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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word patent.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
3 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word patent.
3 syllable words

adjutant

abatement

combatant

battlement

aberrant

adamant

affluent

ambient

apparent

aspirant

assailant

betterment

divalent

flamboyant

government

harassment

hesitant

irritant

militant

reticent

adenoid

alliant

efferent

gradient

operant

prescient

pursuant

radiant

reverent

salient

variant

vehement

automate

violent

tolerant

adjacent

cottonmouth

divergent

flatulent

battlefront

contestant

divestment

abstinent

enactment

reagent

curtailment

debasement

detriment

fabricant

accident

accountant

allotment

amazement

annulment

applicant

ascendant

assessment

assistant

atonement

attainment

attendant

commitment

continent

conversant

impotent

nonpayment

observant

persistent

protestant

reluctant

repentant

resultant

sacrament

sentiment

settlement

testament

wonderment

abhorrent

adenoids

adjournment

arraignment

arrogant

attachment

attentive

automates

banishment

bereavement

clairvoyant

concurrent

convergent

cormorant

cottonwood

covenant

crosscurrent

decadent

decedent

deferment

detachment

determent

deterrent

dissident

dissonant

dominant

effluent

elegant

element

elephant

eminent

evident

filament

fluorescent

immanent

imminent

innocent

jubilant

lieutenant

ligament

litigant

maltreatment

management

nutrient

opponent

pedantry

permanent

potentate

precedent

prepayment

president

prevalent

prominent

proponent

provident

redolent

relevant

repayment

repellent

resident

resonant

ruminant

sediment

tenement

triumphant

virulent

authentic

vigilant

amendment

fraudulent

defiant

prurient

recurrent

measurement

rotunda

patiently

apartment

regiment

assortment

attendants

complaisant

consistent

deviant

complainant

resurgent

enchantment

consultant

different

containment

emergent

sufficient

petulant

deportment

exultant

recruitment

translucent

transparent

lenient

commencement

detergent

proficient

complacent

odorant

nourishment

reliant

retinoid

appointment

commandment

department

excitement

existent

important

incitement

indictment

presentment

resentment

transcendent

unpleasant

alignment

assignment

celebrant

abundant

agreement

cognizant

condiment

confident

discernment

ebullient

embayment

emigrant

endowment

esculent

excellent

incessant

incident

indolent

insolent

lubricant

occupant

opulent

ornament

orpiment

parliament

potentates

repugnant

resistant

somnolent

stimulant

supplement

supplicant

adjustment

blandishment

contingent

attendance

compliant

consonant

cottonwoods

debarment

declarant

defendant

appeasement

armament

confluent

admittance

component

dependent

depressant

derailment

refreshment

eloquent

descendant

registrant

descendent

immigrant

malignant

monument

puzzlement

redundant

refinement

tournament

truculent

turbulent

achievement

compartment

adherent

advancement

comportment

investment

arrangement

attentions

impatient

punishment

exigent

negligent

omniscient

contentment

inhalant

insurgent

enlistment

enjoyment

inpatient

expectant

ignorant

purulent

retinoids

rudiment

astringent

absorbent

adornment

advisement

amusement

announcement

argument

complement

concealment

confinement

consequent

consignment

convenient

despondent

disbarment

disbursement

discordant

employment

enrollment

enticement

entombment

escapement

exponent

impairment

implement

inclement

increment

incumbent

informant

insistent

insolvent

internment

misstatement

prejudgment

temperament

replacement

requirement

respondent

embankment

pronouncement

enhancement

subsequent

attention

coherent

deficient

diligent

efficient

abridgement

indulgent

attainder

engagement

enrichment

garnishment

oceanfront

entrenchment

resilient

addendums

indecent

deployment

miscreant

bombardment

displacement

emplacement

endorsement

enforcement

enslavement

escarpment

excrement

impressment

instrument

involvement

misjudgment

mistreatment

postponement

resplendent

detentions

indigent

inherent

potentials

godmother

disgorgement

encroachment

retrenchment

enlargement

indignant

indifferent

inducement

insouciant

procurement

addendum

midwinter

equipment

endearment

imprudent

sidewinder

fulfillment

delinquent

detention

estrangement

godmothers

impeachment

potential

retention

engrossment

identics

improvement

infrequent

readmit

rotundo

infringement

outmoded

standardize

red-handed

4 syllable words

detonator

patentable

detonators

itinerant

inadvertent

reenactment

antecedent

detonating

luxuriant

adolescent

accoutrement

acquiescent

inhabitant

benevolent

evanescent

iridescent

monovalent

undercurrent

reassessment

subservient

luminescent

malevolent

advertisement

noncombatant

recalcitrant

automatic

attenuate

identify

recipient

sedentary

authenticate

preeminent

automated

automotive

irreverent

percipient

retirement

ambivalent

participant

reappointment

resettlement

belligerent

coefficient

detonation

concomitant

convalescent

intermittent

magnificent

obsolescent

omnipotent

impertinent

nonresident

tetravalent

authenticates

constituent

deodorant

photometer

readjustment

understatement

attenuates

automatics

coincident

effervescent

identified

intercurrent

disenchantment

determinant

identifies

intolerant

invariant

nonviolent

predicament

predominant

reassignment

reminiscent

abandonment

disappointment

disinfectant

enlightenment

entertainment

entitlement

exorbitant

expectorant

grandiloquent

incandescent

incompetent

incontinent

misgovernment

nonexistent

omnipresent

overstatement

reinvestment

authentically

beneficent

detonations

rearrangement

acknowledgement

astonishment

mismanagement

automaton

obedient

embodiment

impediment

reimbursement

extravagant

disarmament

significant

aggrandizement

inconsistent

bewilderment

equivalent

development

disagreement

self-government

discouragement

entanglement

potentially

encouragement

insufficient

intelligent

establishment

intransigent

accompaniment

admittedly

correspondent

dismemberment

embarrassment

embezzlement

environment

experiment

exuberant

incipient

independent

integument

odometer

reinforcement

reinstatement

self-consistent

unemployment

endangerment

disengagement

embellishment

inefficient

self-sufficient

apportionment

mathematics

refrigerant

replenishment

inconvenient

expedient

self-confident

ingredient

odometers

accomplishment

impoverishment

identity

diminishment

incoherent

mathematic

identities

redundancy

identical

identikit

redundancies

extinguishment

good-naturedly

6 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word patent

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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