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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word penance.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 penance.
1 syllable words
3 syllable words

alliance

abstinence

abundance

affluence

acceptance

acquaintance

accordance

admittance

abhorrence

adherence

allegiance

ambulance

anions

animist

animists

abeyance

allowance

announcer

announcers

announces

announcement

ascendance

attendance

arrogance

appearance

appliance

aspirants

assurance

audience

assistance

avoidance

annoying

bonanza

bananas

announcements

canonize

cinemas

canoeing

circumference

clairvoyance

cognizance

commencement

compliance

concurrence

comeuppance

commences

communists

communist

commingle

connivance

condolence

conference

conformance

confidence

confluence

congruence

consequence

contrivance

conveyance

dalliance

defeasance

defiance

countenance

demonstrate

demonize

demonic

demonstrates

dependence

deterrence

difference

denounces

deviance

diligence

dimension

dimensioned

dimensions

dissidence

dissonance

diminish

disturbance

governance

dominick

dominique

enactments

effluence

enemas

eloquence

enemies

emergence

enhancements

enhancement

enhancer

excellence

dominoes

evidence

enhances

existence

financier

finances

financial

financials

financiers

dominos

fluorescence

furtherance

ghanaians

forbearance

humanist

humanize

humanists

humankind

ignorance

imminence

impatience

immunized

immensely

impedance

incidence

inductance

indulgence

inference

influence

innocence

insistence

insolence

imprudence

insurance

importance

issuance

leningrad

leniency

kimonos

knowingly

maintenance

residence

lubricants

malfeasance

long-distance

meaningful

reticence

minimize

occurrence

negligence

obeisance

observance

mnemonics

nominees

mnemonic

ordinance

opulence

performance

pestilence

repentance

phonemic

presidents

prevalence

provenance

prescience

providence

quintessence

reliance

remittance

remembrance

renounces

resemblance

misstatements

resistance

minimized

resurgence

reunions

romanesque

romances

seemingly

senescence

surveillance

shamanists

submergence

shamanism

sustenance

subsistence

temperance

tolerance

transference

turbulence

unanswered

unionists

unionist

utterance

vehemence

violence

vigilance

winnowing

womanize

Words that rhyme with the word penance

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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