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

aces

accuse

agrees

ages

always

agog

alleys

anas

anise

antes

armies

appease

assays

baileys

ashes

asses

assuage

axes

babies

backsaws

backache

backwash

baggage

basses

bashes

ballasts

bases

basic

baptists

basics

cherries

beaches

bellies

berries

beseech

besiege

beiges

bushes

because

bodies

bigwigs

bigeyes

bounties

buggies

bosses

booties

boxes

bowses

bookish

brownies

buckeyes

bunnies

bookies

buses

bullies

buries

burmese

cacique

buoys

bigwig

busses

c.d.s

caches

bushwhack

bushwhacks

caddies

chemise

cadres

cages

candies

carries

casas

cases

cashes

canvass

cashews

cassock

cds

ceases

ceres

chases

cha-chas

cheeses

bookcase

chevies

beauties

chilis

chillies

chimneys

chinese

cities

coffees

coaxes

choices

coaches

chooses

colas

collies

cruelties

couches

cookies

copies

counties

cowries

crannies

crazies

countries

cossack

cossacks

cronies

crevice

currys

cypress

curries

cutlass

daddies

dailies

dairies

daisies

decays

decease

dashes

decrees

decoys

degrees

discuss

cuckoos

disease

follies

disguise

entries

ditties

doilies

donkeys

displease

disuse

doses

dosage

dummies

duckies

duties

dozes

eddies

echoes

echos

dishes

eighties

empties

eases

egos

essays

eschews

exes

faces

fancies

fairies

excuse

fatties

faxes

flurries

ferries

fifties

fillies

fixes

fichus

fishes

excise

foresees

frailties

gushes

hades

foundries

foxes

fridays

haitis

frenzies

fusses

galleys

ganges

gazes

gashes

gauchos

gauges

harries

gillies

glories

goodies

grannies

genus

gravies

furnace

goshawk

fuzes

geckos

gullies

guppies

gypsies

guineas

guises

hisses

grimace

heavies

grizzlies

guesses

honeys

highways

hobbies

hollies

hoaxes

hashes

hashish

hogwash

haycock

hiccough

hospice

ices

hurries

ids

hoses

lackeys

innes

ladies

issues

jaundice

jockeys

jollies

jerseys

jesus

journeys

juries

jellies

khakis

kiddies

kidneys

laces

justice

juices

kisses

latelies

laundries

lashes

lattice

lettuce

leases

leakage

lampreys

lessees

levees

levies

lefties

leaches

leashes

lilies

lobbies

lorries

likewise

looses

loges

loses

logic

leeches

losses

maltese

marlys

mages

macaws

magic

maoris

makos

marries

massage

masses

nineties

mercies

meshes

menace

mazes

message

messes

midas

minas

miscues

mawkish

mises

misses

moneys

montes

mondays

mochas

mixes

monkeys

mounties

mores

moonies

mosses

movies

mummies

murphys

muses

musics

music

nachos

nannies

navies

misuse

necklace

newsies

nieces

mistrusts

nixes

noises

novice

notice

patties

pcs

orgies

orcas

okays

osage

oozes

pansies

paces

paddies

palace

pallas

pages

package

pastries

parties

pawnees

office

peaches

pius

pennies

petties

passage

pesos

physique

passes

phases

physics

picas

pieces

pisses

poppies

ponies

pooches

porpoise

pocock

poses

peacock

pouches

practice

poultice

peacocks

preface

nonpluss

pretties

noses

promise

luggage

proxies

forties

jocose

psyche

studies

puckish

pudgies

pulleys

pussies

pusses

quarries

queries

pygmies

quizzes

races

pushes

rages

raises

rallies

readies

rashes

reaches

rakish

recuse

rupees

puppies

rescues

riches

rises

rockies

roaches

rookies

roses

rowdies

rubies

sallies

purpose

rustys

reprise

safeties

sages

sagas

saris

sashes

sauces

seasick

sausage

rushes

sixties

selies

series

shamas

sentries

service

sexes

shanties

sizes

sixes

sieges

seizes

stories

whiskeys

wishes

species

stealthies

solace

squeezes

rejoice

stogies

sundays

tallies

swishes

surface

tapas

taxis

theses

techies

teaches

testes

taxes

teases

terrace

theories

tories

tosses

thursdays

tissues

thirties

tonys

touches

tortoise

tourneys

trapeze

trustees

treaties

treatise

trophies

tuesdays

turkeys

tushes

unease

twenties

ukase

uses

usage

valleys

verges

vexes

vases

vegas

vices

varies

volleys

visas

voices

wages

visage

waxes

washes

weeklies

wednesdays

wheezes

yankees

worthies

worries

yummies

purchase

yuppies

zigzag

zigzags

3 syllable words

abeles

absentees

acquiesce

afghanis

agencies

agonies

alleles

allergies

amnesties

anchovies

all-purpose

balconies

arteries

armories

appointees

armistice

apprentice

assemblies

atrophies

autopsies

attorneys

avarice

bahrainis

bakeries

bankruptcies

batteries

bengalis

berettas

blackberries

blueberries

boundaries

breweries

bumblebees

burgundies

burglaries

canneries

calvaries

canaries

cavities

charities

certainties

centuries

comedies

companies

committees

congolese

colonies

conferees

chimpanzees

courtesies

cranberries

cowardice

currencies

densities

deportees

deputies

destinies

devotees

diaries

disagrees

draperies

duenas

edifice

embassies

enemies

employees

enmities

energies

enlistees

embodies

enrollees

entities

entreaties

eulogies

excellencies

fantasies

disservice

factories

faculties

equities

families

fiascos

felonies

filigrees

fisheries

forgeries

harmonies

galaxies

frequencies

galleries

genovese

gooseberries

guarantees

guaranties

groceries

hatcheries

herbalists

honorees

hierarchies

homilies

histories

honeybees

hickories

imageries

indices

javanese

industries

injuries

japanese

jealousies

iraqis

prodigies

journalese

liberties

legacies

libraries

legacy

litanies

loyalties

lotteries

maladies

machetes

luxuries

manatees

manganese

malpractice

melodies

memories

messiahs

ministries

miseries

nobodies

monarchies

mosaics

mosaic

mucosa

mutinies

mysteries

nepalese

niceties

nominees

novelties

nurseries

oddities

orifice

ovaries

parities

overseas

oversees

parodies

pharmacies

passageway

pharisees

pedigrees

penalties

pianists

portuguese

primaries

pleasantries

potpourris

populace

precipice

pregnancies

prognoses

lucchese

properties

prostheses

strategies

strawberries

qualities

quantities

quandaries

recipes

raspberries

rarities

referees

registries

refugees

remedies

reveries

resignees

repurchase

rivalries

robberies

rococo

rosaries

royalties

salaries

salinas

sceneries

saturdays

seventies

sequoias

wineries

specialities

specialties

subtleties

tapestries

summaries

surgeries

symphonies

sympathies

tendencies

synergies

tamales

therapies

tragedies

travesties

treasuries

treasurys

tyrannies

vacancies

vagaries

vanities

subsidies

verities

vertices

wallabies

victories

wannabes

violists

voyages

warranties

westerlies

yesterdays

4 syllable words

abalones

abilities

academies

absurdities

accessories

accuracies

activities

advisories

actuaries

adversaries

affinities

accompanies

anomalies

allegories

amenities

analogies

annuities

anxieties

antipathies

antiquities

antipodes

apostrophes

archdiocese

antibodies

authorities

aviaries

asymmetries

atrocities

anthologies

aphrodites

bangladeshis

banalities

apologies

biographies

brutalities

bureaucracies

bureaucratese

boogie-woogie

calliopes

calamities

candidacies

capacities

capillaries

casualties

categories

causalities

cemeteries

ceremonies

catastrophes

celebrities

chronologies

commissaries

communities

commodities

competencies

commentaries

complexities

complicities

corollaries

conspiracies

controversies

contingencies

deformities

deficiencies

democracies

delicacies

dependencies

delinquencies

deliveries

diagnoses

directories

difficulties

dignitaries

dictionaries

discoveries

discrepancies

disparities

dormitories

divinities

distilleries

doxologies

economies

efficiencies

emissaries

emergencies

embroideries

epilepsies

estuaries

facilities

exigencies

expectancies

extremities

facsimiles

fatalities

festivities

fidelities

fraternities

formalities

geometries

gratuities

functionaries

hostilities

humanities

hypotheses

identities

impurities

immunities

inequities

insolvencies

insurgencies

inquiries

intensities

infirmities

intricacies

inventories

interviewees

indignities

laboratories

lavatories

indemnities

legalities

legionaries

priorities

localities

liquidities

malignancies

machineries

lumpectomies

majorities

maturities

mercenaries

minorities

militaries

missionaries

monasteries

modalities

monopolies

necessities

luminaries

obscenities

ordinaries

otologies

pakistanis

parentheses

pathologies

philosophies

philanthropies

presidencies

proclivities

propensities

realities

recoveries

redundancies

refineries

refractories

residencies

rhinoplasties

rigidities

subfamilies

sanctuaries

securities

secondaries

secretaries

seminaries

signatories

societies

territories

taxonomies

temporaries

taxidermists

technologies

testimonies

tonalities

transparencies

tributaries

uncertainties

utilities

velocities

visionaries

vasectomies

subcommittees

Words that rhyme with the word diocese

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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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