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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word ancient.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 ancient.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

absent

affront

arrant

ardent

besant

banking

banging

benzene

benzine

benign

catchment

buoyant

cancan

brilliant

chanson

bouncing

clement

client

cogent

conscience

confront

conjoined

conjoin

consent

consents

constant

convent

consume

consumed

consumes

coolant

courant

crescent

covent

cr.

current

damson

dancing

decent

demesne

engines

distant

dungeons

dormant

dungeon

docent

durant

easement

henchman

encamp

engine

hydrant

inchon

entrant

errant

enzyme

enzymes

extant

enjoin

ensnare

fervent

fencing

ensconce

fragment

frequent

flippant

forefront

fluent

gallant

hangman

garment

giant

hangings

hanging

ginghams

gingham

ginseng

ensnares

ensnarl

incense

incensed

income

lakefront

infant

insane

instant

kansan

kansans

judgment

knocking

knickknacks

knickknack

kinsman

launchings

launching

longan

luncheons

lonesome

longing

longhand

luncheon

lunching

mangan

mansion

migrant

mankinds

mankind

moment

mincing

movement

mordant

monsoons

monsoon

moonshine

nanking

nonsense

ointment

patent

pageant

parchment

parent

peasant

longings

pedant

pensions

pension

piquant

pleasant

penguins

penguin

pheasant

incomes

pigment

pinching

pliant

potent

pouncing

pregnant

present

pungent

provant

prudent

quadrant

quotient

rampant

ransoms

ransom

recent

regent

remnant

rincon

ringneck

ringing

rodent

punkin

segment

sequent

samson

sanguine

sergeant

serpent

servant

strident

stringent

silent

stagnant

shipment

solvent

smacking

sneaking

sneezing

smoking

singing

sinking

student

talent

sunshine

tension

treatment

trident

torrent

townsman

thinking

tyrant

truant

urgent

sunken

vengeance

unkempt

unknown

unknowns

unseen

unkind

unsound

vibrant

verdant

valiant

warrant

wincing

winsome

3 syllable words

aberrant

abatement

abhorrent

abstinent

abridgement

absorbent

abundant

accident

accountant

adamant

adjacent

achievement

adherent

bereavement

adjournment

adjustment

adjutant

alignment

advancement

affluent

affiant

adornment

advisement

afferent

alliant

amazement

ambient

agreement

allotment

amazons

amazon

amazing

amendment

blandishment

assailant

amusement

arrangement

applicant

annulment

appointment

appeasement

armament

argument

arrogant

ascendant

attainment

banishment

attendant

announcement

assignment

aspirant

attachment

assessment

atonement

astringent

assortment

battlement

battlefront

assistant

angina

benjamin

benignly

betterment

amusements

amusing

apartment

celebrant

bombardment

clairvoyant

apparent

cognizant

coherent

commandment

combatant

commencement

commission

commissioned

commitment

complainant

commissions

complacent

complaisant

compartment

complement

component

compliant

comportment

concealment

concentrate

concentrates

concurrent

condiment

confident

confinement

confluent

congenial

connexions

conjunction

conjunctions

connexion

concentric

consonant

consignment

consistent

consonants

consciences

consequent

coenzyme

consultant

contestant

consumer

containment

continent

convergent

consumers

consuming

contentment

consummate

convenient

consummates

contingent

conversant

denizen

consumption

denizens

cormorant

debasement

curtailment

debarment

decadent

crosscurrent

defendant

decedent

deficient

deferment

defiant

delinquent

declarant

damaging

dependent

covenant

department

deployment

deportment

depressant

derailment

descendant

descendent

engineer

detachment

detriment

detergent

harassment

determent

deterrent

hesitant

deviant

diligent

disbarment

disbursement

discernment

disgorgement

dissident

displacement

discordant

dissonant

divestment

dominant

efferent

different

elegant

divalent

element

elephant

divergent

eloquent

effluent

efficient

enhancement

embayment

embankment

ebullient

enchanted

emigrant

enchanters

eminent

emplacement

emissions

employment

emission

enchanter

enactment

encampment

enchanting

enchantment

emergent

endorsement

encroachment

endearment

encumber

encampments

endowment

enforcement

encounters

engineers

engagement

engenders

encounter

engender

despondent

enrichment

enjoyment

enjoyments

enlistment

enrollment

enlargement

ensembles

ensemble

enslavement

ensuing

enigma

evident

entrenchment

escapement

entombment

escarpment

esculent

equipment

estrangement

excellent

fabricant

exigent

existent

excrement

excitement

exponent

expectant

enticement

exultant

filament

flatulent

fraudulent

flamboyant

fluorescent

fulfillment

gradient

garnishment

government

finishing

engrossment

honeycomb

incessant

ignorant

immigrant

impeachment

imminent

imagines

immanent

impairment

imagine

imagined

impatient

impotent

implement

impressment

important

imprudent

improvement

inasmuch

incident

incentive

incitement

inclement

lubricant

incomplete

increment

incumbent

indolent

innocent

indigent

inherent

indignant

indecent

indifferent

indictment

indulgent

inhalant

informant

infringement

infrequent

ingenue

injunction

injunctions

innocence

incumbents

inducement

innocents

inpatient

insistent

insincere

insolent

instrument

insolvent

insouciant

insurgent

jainism

irritant

investment

internment

jamaicans

involvement

jamaican

keynesians

keynesian

jansenist

jubilant

jansenists

lenient

ligament

lawmaking

limousine

litigant

long-winded

limousines

management

longingly

maltreatment

malignant

managements

manganese

lieutenant

measurement

mannequins

mannequin

militant

misstatement

monism

misjudgment

miscreant

monisms

mistreatment

negligent

monument

nincompoop

nincompoops

nonpayment

nourishment

occupant

omissions

odorant

observant

nutrient

oceanfront

omniscient

omission

ornament

opulent

orpiment

parliament

opponent

operant

oncoming

ongoing

pensioner

petulant

pensioners

persistent

permanent

phoenicians

phoenician

postponement

incoming

precedent

president

prevalent

prepayment

prejudgment

prescient

presentment

procurement

proficient

prominent

protestant

radiant

provident

pungently

punishment

punishments

pursuant

proponent

pronouncement

quiescent

prurient

purulent

puzzlement

reagent

sentiment

redolent

refinement

redundant

recurrent

recruitment

refreshment

relevant

resident

regiment

remissions

registrant

reluctant

reliant

repayment

remission

renaissance

replacement

resentment

reticent

repellent

requirement

reverent

retrenchment

repentant

resultant

resonant

resurgent

resistant

resplendent

respondent

rudiment

repugnant

resilient

ringmaster

sacrament

salient

sediment

senescence

settlement

somnolent

stimulant

ruminant

subsequent

sufficient

temperament

supplement

supplicant

tangential

sunshiny

testament

transcendent

transparent

tournament

triumphant

translucent

tolerant

tumescent

turbulent

truculent

uncanny

uncomplete

unconcern

unconcerned

ungainly

unisons

unison

unpleasant

unseemly

vehement

venison

violent

variant

vanishing

virulent

vigilant

uncommon

wonderment

4 syllable words

acquiescent

acknowledgement

accoutrement

accomplishment

accompaniment

adolescent

ambivalent

advertisement

aggrandizement

abandonment

anaconda

antecedent

apportionment

astonishment

beneficent

benevolent

belligerent

bewilderment

coincident

commissioner

commissioners

concomitant

concentrated

concentration

concentrations

congenital

conjunctiva

consensual

consonantal

constituent

consumable

convalescent

consummation

correspondent

deodorant

coefficient

development

diminishment

disappointment

disarmament

disagreement

determinant

disenchantment

disinfectant

disengagement

dismemberment

discouragement

effervescent

embarrassment

embezzlement

embellishment

embodiment

encomium

encomiums

endangerment

encouragement

encompasses

encompassing

engineering

enlightenment

expectorant

extravagant

entitlement

environment

equivalent

evanescent

establishment

experiment

expedient

exorbitant

extinguishment

exuberant

grandiloquent

gymnasiums

gymnasium

homogeny

homogenize

homogenized

impediment

impertinent

inadvertent

incandescent

impoverishment

incantation

incipient

entanglement

incinerate

entertainment

incoherent

incompetent

incompetents

inconclusive

inconstancy

incontinent

inconsistent

inconvenience

inconvenient

incumbency

independent

inefficient

inhabitant

ingredient

ingeniously

innocently

inseminate

insanity

insensible

insensitive

insinuate

insinuates

irreverent

itinerant

insufficient

intercurrent

integument

invariant

intermittent

intelligent

intolerant

intransigent

iridescent

jansenism

magnificent

malevolent

luxuriant

manzanilla

menacingly

mismanagement

misgovernment

monovalent

noncombatant

noncombatants

noncommercial

noncommittal

monogamy

noncompliance

nonviolent

nonresident

nonexistent

nonessential

nonsensical

numismatist

numismatists

omnipotent

nonconformists

obedient

omnipresent

obsolescent

overstatement

participant

nonconformist

luminescent

percipient

predicament

readjustment

reappointment

predominant

preeminent

reassessment

reassignment

reenactment

recalcitrant

rearrangement

reminiscent

reinvestment

reinforcement

reinstatement

reimbursement

replenishment

resettlement

retirement

recipient

self-confident

self-sufficient

self-consistent

self-government

significant

subservient

tangentially

tetravalent

undercurrent

unconverted

understatement

unemployment

unassuming

zionism

refrigerant

7 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word ancient

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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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