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

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imprudent

recruitment

derailment

tournament

arrogant

assailant

clairvoyant

effluent

irritant

opponent

redolent

repellent

prevalent

proponent

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fulfillment

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atonement

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component

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covenant

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deterrent

dissident

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divalent

elegant

element

elephant

eminent

evident

government

hesitant

immanent

adjournment

imminent

innocent

ligament

litigant

precedent

president

relevant

tenement

militant

resonant

sediment

reticent

fairyland

engrossment

filament

jubilant

nutrient

resident

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announcement

apartment

assortment

carillon

caroline

complacent

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concealment

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defiant

deficient

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different

diligent

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efferent

efficient

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employment

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equipment

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fraudulent

implement

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increment

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internment

measurement

prescient

procurement

pronouncement

recurrent

regiment

reliant

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reverent

sufficient

temperament

translucent

unpleasant

violent

abatement

alignment

allotment

amazement

armament

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assessment

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assignment

assistant

appeasement

attainment

attendant

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combatant

commitment

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refreshment

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deployment

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embayment

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ornament

refinement

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repentant

repugnant

resistant

sacrament

sentiment

wonderment

abridgement

malignant

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incessant

incident

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observant

orpiment

parliament

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supplement

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testament

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displacement

emplacement

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enforcement

enslavement

escarpment

excrement

impressment

infrequent

instrument

involvement

mistreatment

detachment

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triumphant

achievement

norlander

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amendment

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incitement

appointment

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afferent

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gradient

operant

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radiant

lenient

odorant

salient

tolerant

vehement

adjustment

impeachment

contingent

delinquent

engagement

garnishment

annulment

battlement

declarant

immigrant

nonpayment

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persistent

protestant

entrenchment

infringement

resultant

emigrant

estrangement

brilliantly

celebrant

opulent

abhorrent

adherent

banishment

advancement

inherent

contentment

management

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enlistment

expectant

investment

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misjudgment

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enchantment

enhancement

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dominant

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prominent

battlefront

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transparent

oceanfront

blandishment

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confident

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applicant

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condiment

accident

continent

occupant

resplendent

freewheeling

reagent

omniscient

arrangement

abstinent

complement

postponement

quarreling

4 syllable words

virulently

accoutrement

exuberant

irreverent

equivalent

tetravalent

intolerant

iridescent

intercurrent

malevolent

determinant

monovalent

benevolent

subservient

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undercurrent

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development

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disarmament

intermittent

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misgovernment

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unemployment

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magnificent

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self-government

diminishment

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inhabitant

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establishment

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nonviolent

abandonment

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dismemberment

noncombatant

nonexistent

overstatement

reinstatement

correspondent

enlightenment

disappointment

reinvestment

self-sufficient

disengagement

mismanagement

endangerment

astonishment

replenishment

inconvenient

obedient

inconsistent

aggrandizement

self-confident

disenchantment

incoherent

advertisement

expectorant

extinguishment

self-consistent

acquiescent

rearrangement

acknowledgement

concomitant

beryllium

6 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word purulent

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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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