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

abhorrent

abstinent

absorbent

abridgement

abundant

accident

adamant

achievement

accountant

adjustment

adherent

adjacent

alliant

adjournment

affiant

affluent

alignment

afferent

agreement

adornment

advisement

advancement

allotment

ambient

amazement

amendment

armament

aberrant

announcement

apartment

argument

apparent

applicant

appointment

arraignment

appeasement

arrangement

ascendant

assailant

aspirant

assessment

assignment

assistant

atlantic

assortment

astringent

attachment

atonement

battlements

banishment

battlefront

attendant

attainment

battalions

battalion

amusement

deficient

bereavement

blandishment

confident

abatement

confluent

bethlehem

betterment

bottling

catalan

catalans

clairvoyant

celebrant

cognizant

condiment

consultant

coherent

commencement

complainant

complaisant

combatant

commitment

commandment

complement

compliant

compartment

concealment

component

comportment

concurrent

consonant

consequent

complacent

bottlenecks

bombardment

confinement

consignment

bottleneck

consistent

continent

contestant

contentment

covenant

conversant

convergent

containment

convenient

contingent

decedent

curtailment

debarment

defendant

impeachment

debasement

cormorant

crosscurrent

declarant

derailment

detachment

determent

department

despondent

dependent

deployment

descendant

descendent

detergent

depressant

detailing

deportment

deterrent

different

disbarment

discordant

discernment

deviant

diligent

disbursement

disgorgement

dissident

dissonant

dominant

divestment

divalent

divergent

efferent

effluent

enchantment

efficient

embayment

elegant

element

elephant

embankment

eloquent

emergent

employment

displacement

emplacement

enactment

endowment

endorsement

encroachment

endearment

enforcement

engagement

enhancement

enrichment

enlistment

enslavement

enticement

enlargement

immanent

enrollment

entombment

entrenchment

equipment

esculent

ethylene

exigent

excrement

existent

escarpment

excitement

escapement

estrangement

expectant

exponent

exultant

flamboyant

filament

fluorescent

fabricant

engrossment

gradient

government

garnishment

fulfillment

hesitant

harassment

ignorant

imminent

immigrant

enjoyment

impairment

impatient

delinquent

implement

deferment

important

impotent

defiant

incident

imprudent

incessant

incitement

prescient

impressment

improvement

incumbent

indigent

indictment

indifferent

indecent

increment

indignant

innocent

indulgent

inhalant

inherent

informant

infringement

inducement

infrequent

inpatient

inclement

insolvent

insouciant

instrument

italians

irritant

italian

internment

jubilant

ligament

involvement

investment

lenient

lieutenant

lubricant

litigant

prominent

malignant

miscreant

insurgent

negligent

measurement

meddling

management

methylene

middling

middleman

militant

medallions

medallion

misjudgment

modeling

mottling

misstatement

proficient

monument

mistreatment

maltreatment

nourishment

nutrient

occupant

oceanfront

nonpayment

opulent

ornament

opponent

orpiment

observant

parliament

omniscient

permanent

odorant

outlying

peddling

operant

persistent

piddling

outlandish

president

precedent

prejudgment

presentment

prepayment

postponement

protestant

insistent

pursuant

proponent

procurement

prurient

pronouncement

punishment

provident

purulent

quiescent

radiant

reagent

recruitment

recurrent

redundant

refreshment

repellent

registrant

relevant

reliant

reluctant

refinement

repayment

repugnant

requirement

resentment

repentant

replacement

resident

resilient

resultant

reticent

reverent

resistant

retrenchment

respondent

resurgent

resplendent

rudiment

ruminant

salient

sacrament

settling

somnolent

transparent

sufficient

triumphant

temperament

supplicant

tolerant

tournament

supplement

subsequent

translucent

transcendent

unpleasant

variant

vehement

violent

wonderment

4 syllable words

abandonment

accompaniment

acknowledgement

accoutrement

acquiescent

accomplishment

adolescent

advertisement

aggrandizement

ambivalent

antecedent

apportionment

benevolent

astonishment

belligerent

beneficent

bewilderment

coefficient

coincident

concomitant

constituent

correspondent

convalescent

impediment

determinant

development

disagreement

disarmament

diminishment

discouragement

disenchantment

disappointment

disengagement

dismemberment

embezzlement

embarrassment

embellishment

effervescent

embodiment

disinfectant

encouragement

endangerment

entitlement

enlightenment

entanglement

entertainment

deodorant

environment

equivalent

experiment

establishment

evanescent

exorbitant

expectorant

expedient

extravagant

exuberant

extinguishment

grandiloquent

impertinent

impoverishment

inadvertent

incipient

incandescent

incompetent

incontinent

inconsistent

inconvenient

inhabitant

inefficient

ingredient

incoherent

magnificent

malevolent

italianate

insufficient

integument

intercurrent

intermittent

intolerant

iridescent

irreverent

intransigent

invariant

intelligent

luminescent

itinerant

luxuriant

misgovernment

monovalent

mismanagement

noncombatant

nonviolent

nonexistent

independent

obsolescent

omnipotent

nonresident

obedient

overstatement

participant

percipient

omnipresent

predicament

preeminent

predominant

readjustment

reassessment

reappointment

rearrangement

reassignment

recalcitrant

recipient

reminiscent

reenactment

refrigerant

reinforcement

reinvestment

reimbursement

reinstatement

resettlement

replenishment

retirement

self-sufficient

self-confident

self-government

self-consistent

significant

ptolemaic

subservient

tetravalent

unemployment

understatement

undercurrent

Words that rhyme with the word petulant

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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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