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

abatement

aberrant

absorbent

abstinent

abridgement

abhorrent

abundant

accident

accountant

achievement

adjacent

adherent

adamant

amendment

adjournment

adjutant

adornment

advisement

adjustment

afferent

advancement

affluent

affiant

amazement

agreement

alignment

allotment

alliant

ambient

amusement

apartment

apparent

appeasement

announcement

annulment

applicant

appointment

ascendant

arraignment

arrogant

armament

arrangement

argument

assessment

aspirant

assignment

assistant

assailant

department

assortment

astringent

attendant

attainment

attachment

atonement

auspices

banishment

backpacker

battlefront

battlement

blandishment

betterment

bombardment

compartment

celebrant

combatant

cognizant

coherent

commencement

commandment

clairvoyant

commitment

comportment

complacent

complainant

complaisant

compliant

component

complement

concealment

concurrent

consultant

contentment

containment

consignment

consonant

confluent

consequent

contestant

defendant

delinquent

consistent

contingent

continent

debarment

convergent

cormorant

covenant

convenient

conversant

curtailment

debasement

crosscurrent

decadent

decedent

condiment

deferment

confident

defiant

deficient

confinement

bereavement

depressant

deployment

derailment

deportment

endowment

detachment

disbarment

determent

deterrent

detergent

detriment

deviant

discernment

different

diligent

disaffect

discordant

disbursement

enforcement

despises

despondent

displacement

disgorgement

disposal

disposals

disposer

dissident

disposes

dispossessed

dissonant

ebullient

divestment

divalent

divergent

dominant

efferent

enslavement

efficient

elegant

element

emergent

emplacement

elephant

eminent

eloquent

embayment

emigrant

embankment

employment

enactment

effluent

enchantment

disabuse

endearment

encroachment

enlargement

engrossment

enlistment

enrichment

endorsement

enhancement

enjoyment

enrollment

engagement

enticement

entrenchment

equipment

escapement

escarpment

entombment

esculent

excitement

exigent

excrement

estrangement

excellent

especial

especially

existent

evident

exponent

exposures

exposure

exposes

exultant

fabricant

filament

fluorescent

fraudulent

garnishment

flatulent

flamboyant

disfigured

fulfillment

disfigure

government

immanent

immigrant

imminent

hesitant

ignorant

harassment

hospices

impatient

important

impeachment

impressment

implement

imprudent

improvement

inclement

incident

incitement

indifferent

increment

incumbent

indecent

indictment

indigent

indolent

indulgent

informant

inducement

insolent

inpatient

infrequent

infringement

inhalant

inherent

innocent

instrument

insurgent

insolvent

insouciant

internment

investment

irritant

involvement

jubilant

jukeboxes

pickpocket

indignant

ligament

litigant

observant

lenient

militant

measurement

malignant

management

maltreatment

miscreant

misjudgment

lieutenant

misstatement

mistreatment

nonpayment

negligent

monument

nourishment

nutrient

occupant

oceanfront

odorant

occupies

omniscient

operant

opponent

orpiment

opulent

lubricant

ornament

pacific

persistent

pacifists

parliament

permanent

pacifist

petulant

pickpockets

virulent

presentment

prepayment

procurement

prejudgment

precedent

prescient

president

prevalent

proponent

proficient

pronouncement

protestant

postponement

prurient

punishment

violent

provident

puzzlement

quiescent

reagent

purulent

radiant

redundant

recruitment

recurrent

refreshment

refinement

redolent

regiment

recipes

registrant

repellent

resentment

repugnant

requirement

repayment

reliant

replacement

relevant

resurgent

resident

resilient

prominent

respecting

resplendent

respondent

resistant

resultant

resonant

retrenchment

reticent

reverent

sacrament

sentiment

sediment

pursuant

ruminant

salient

settlement

stimulant

somnolent

subsequent

supplement

sufficient

supplicant

suspected

testament

suspicions

suspicion

temperament

tournament

translucent

transcendent

tenement

tolerant

transparent

rudiment

truculent

variant

triumphant

turbulent

unpleasant

vehement

vigilant

wonderment

gradient

4 syllable words

accoutrement

acquiescent

accompaniment

accomplishment

acknowledgement

adolescent

advertisement

ambivalent

aggrandizement

antecedent

apportionment

asphyxiate

astonishment

asphyxiates

belligerent

beneficent

benevolent

bewilderment

coefficient

coincident

concomitant

constituent

convalescent

correspondent

deodorant

abandonment

despicable

development

determinant

disaffection

disappointment

disaffected

disagreement

disarmament

diminishment

disengagement

discouragement

disenchantment

dismemberment

disposable

disfigurement

dispassionate

disposables

dispositions

dispositive

disposition

effervescent

embarrassment

embezzlement

embellishment

embodiment

encouragement

enlightenment

entertainment

endangerment

entanglement

entitlement

equivalent

environment

equivocal

equivocate

evanescent

exorbitant

establishment

expectation

expositions

exposition

extravagant

extinguishment

exuberant

impediment

impertinent

inadvertent

impoverishment

incandescent

incipient

incoherent

incompetent

independent

inconsistent

incontinent

inconvenient

inefficient

ingredient

inhabitant

intercurrent

grandiloquent

insufficient

intelligent

integument

intermittent

invariant

iridescent

irreverent

intolerant

intransigent

itinerant

liquefaction

luxuriant

malevolent

luminescent

magnificent

misbegotten

misgovernment

mismanagement

noncombatant

monovalent

nonexistent

nonresident

nonviolent

obedient

obsolescent

omnipresent

omnipotent

overstatement

pacifico

pacifism

participant

percipient

respectively

predominant

predicament

preeminent

reappointment

readjustment

rearrangement

reassessment

reassignment

recalcitrant

reenactment

refrigerant

recipient

reinstatement

reimbursement

reinforcement

reinvestment

replenishment

resettlement

reminiscent

retirement

self-confident

self-consistent

self-sufficient

self-government

significant

subservient

tetravalent

unemployment

understatement

undercurrent

6 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word expectant

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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