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

adamant

dissident

irritant

jubilant

ligament

immanent

registrant

covenant

dissonant

imminent

innocent

permanent

repellent

catalan

negligent

violent

measurement

battlefront

battlements

temperament

enchantment

ethylene

meddling

peddling

exultant

settling

consultant

abundant

accident

endowment

esculent

immigrant

impotent

incident

opulent

redundant

repugnant

resilient

resultant

sacrament

somnolent

supplement

supplicant

tournament

adjustment

indulgent

abhorrent

betterment

decedent

purulent

ruminant

achievement

enjoyment

dominant

effluent

precedent

reticent

exigent

assailant

inherent

clairvoyant

management

catalans

hesitant

president

inhalant

prominent

resident

excrement

misjudgment

defiant

alliant

implement

incumbent

increment

deficient

existent

insolvent

efferent

nourishment

employment

subsequent

prescient

reverent

enrollment

prejudgment

efficient

enhancement

abstinent

enactment

variant

vehement

cognizant

derailment

embayment

resistant

enrichment

armament

methylene

consonant

piddling

condiment

confident

continent

occupant

ornament

orpiment

parliament

protestant

middling

lubricant

oceanfront

curtailment

debarment

italians

affluent

ambient

arraignment

aspirant

attachment

banishment

bereavement

deferment

detachment

determent

deterrent

elegant

element

elephant

endorsement

enforcement

enlistment

enslavement

escarpment

flamboyant

harassment

ignorant

indigent

instrument

involvement

italian

litigant

middleman

relevant

triumphant

embankment

encroachment

retrenchment

affiant

amendment

afferent

argument

different

quiescent

commencement

complement

endearment

prurient

consequent

department

pursuant

discordant

excitement

radiant

despondent

equipment

important

salient

disbarment

divestment

enticement

incitement

reliant

exponent

recurrent

indictment

informant

indignant

gradient

indifferent

insistent

requirement

resentment

translucent

coherent

respondent

presentment

tolerant

impeachment

engagement

blandishment

refreshment

alignment

allotment

assessment

ascendant

attendant

celebrant

modeling

compliant

bottling

confluent

mottling

defendant

dependent

deployment

descendant

descendent

discernment

malignant

miscreant

eloquent

indecent

persistent

repentant

displacement

entrenchment

emplacement

investment

infringement

contentment

concurrent

opponent

militant

nutrient

proponent

apparent

filament

fluorescent

aberrant

divalent

lieutenant

government

contestant

impairment

imprudent

replacement

transcendent

disbursement

entombment

complacent

complainant

complaisant

concealment

escapement

inducement

insouciant

internment

misstatement

emergent

adjacent

deviant

resurgent

lenient

detergent

diligent

proficient

sufficient

refinement

reluctant

wonderment

abatement

accountant

agreement

amazement

appeasement

applicant

assignment

assistant

atlantic

atonement

attainment

battalions

bethlehem

bottlenecks

combatant

commitment

conversant

debasement

declarant

component

depressant

garnishment

fabricant

incessant

medallions

monument

observant

bombardment

engrossment

expectant

resplendent

impressment

improvement

detailing

infrequent

reagent

mistreatment

arrangement

convergent

disgorgement

enlargement

insurgent

punishment

omniscient

impatient

adherent

adjournment

inpatient

adornment

advisement

amusement

medallion

absorbent

announcement

apartment

appointment

provident

commandment

bottleneck

confinement

consignment

battalion

assortment

prepayment

consistent

convenient

rudiment

containment

deportment

fulfillment

inclement

procurement

pronouncement

recruitment

unpleasant

repayment

transparent

estrangement

divergent

contingent

delinquent

abridgement

advancement

compartment

comportment

odorant

operant

nonpayment

maltreatment

postponement

astringent

outlying

cormorant

crosscurrent

outlandish

4 syllable words

benevolent

malevolent

preeminent

embezzlement

ambivalent

resettlement

equivalent

tetravalent

adolescent

evanescent

predicament

reminiscent

entitlement

beneficent

antecedent

nonresident

impediment

magnificent

coincident

inhabitant

encouragement

readjustment

determinant

intolerant

italianate

iridescent

monovalent

nonviolent

predominant

embarrassment

enlightenment

entanglement

experiment

inefficient

integument

refrigerant

bewilderment

convalescent

embellishment

development

disagreement

replenishment

disarmament

embodiment

impertinent

obsolescent

apportionment

inadvertent

omnipotent

participant

self-sufficient

effervescent

incipient

luminescent

extravagant

discouragement

self-government

diminishment

incoherent

insufficient

intelligent

self-confident

disenchantment

advertisement

retirement

accompaniment

abandonment

irreverent

disappointment

environment

grandiloquent

incandescent

incompetent

incontinent

misgovernment

percipient

mismanagement

disengagement

concomitant

endangerment

reenactment

self-consistent

aggrandizement

inconsistent

inconvenient

belligerent

coefficient

constituent

recalcitrant

reinforcement

reinvestment

reassignment

reassessment

establishment

impoverishment

dismemberment

invariant

correspondent

intransigent

entertainment

expectorant

exuberant

intercurrent

noncombatant

nonexistent

recipient

ingredient

itinerant

intermittent

obedient

reappointment

expedient

acknowledgement

reimbursement

luxuriant

subservient

extinguishment

exorbitant

accoutrement

reinstatement

acquiescent

undercurrent

independent

overstatement

unemployment

disinfectant

rearrangement

significant

accomplishment

deodorant

ptolemaic

omnipresent

astonishment

understatement

Words that rhyme with the word petulant

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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