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

abatement

abridgement

aberrant

absorbent

abhorrent

abstinent

abundant

accountant

achievement

adamant

adjournment

adherent

decadent

accident

adjacent

adornment

advisement

afferent

advancement

affiant

affluent

agreement

alignment

adjutant

alliant

allotment

adjustment

amazement

amusement

appeasement

announcement

amendment

annulment

apartment

appointment

applicant

armament

apparent

argument

arraignment

arrangement

arrogant

ascendant

assailant

assortment

assessment

assignment

assistant

aspirant

astringent

atonement

attainment

attendant

attachment

battlement

banishment

battlefront

debarment

ambient

bereavement

betterment

carillon

brilliantly

bombardment

blandishment

caroline

clairvoyant

combatant

complacent

complainant

coherent

celebrant

commandment

cognizant

commencement

commitment

compartment

complaisant

compliant

complement

component

concealment

comportment

concurrent

confinement

condiment

confident

confluent

consultant

consequent

consignment

consistent

consonant

containment

contentment

contestant

contingent

cormorant

covenant

conversant

convergent

convenient

crosscurrent

continent

curtailment

debasement

decedent

deferment

defiant

deficient

defendant

declarant

delinquent

department

derailments

depressant

derailment

deportment

descendant

determent

deterrent

descendent

detachment

detriment

dependent

detergent

deployment

despondent

discernment

different

disbursement

diligent

disbarment

deviant

discordant

effluent

divalent

displacement

dissident

divestment

ebullient

dissonant

dominant

elegant

divergent

element

elephant

efferent

efficient

eminent

emergent

disgorgement

eloquent

embayment

embankment

emigrant

employment

encroachment

emplacement

enactment

enchantment

endorsement

endearment

endowment

immanent

enforcement

enrichment

enrollment

enslavement

enjoyment

enlargement

enlistment

enhancement

enticement

entombment

excellent

equipment

escarpment

escapement

entrenchment

estrangement

evident

excrement

exponent

exigent

excitement

existent

expectant

engrossment

fairyland

filament

exultant

fabricant

flamboyant

flatulent

fraudulent

freewheeling

fulfillment

garnishment

government

hesitant

gradient

harassment

ignorant

engagement

immigrant

imminent

impairment

impatient

implement

impotent

important

prejudgment

impeachment

imprudent

improvement

incessant

incident

incitement

inclement

increment

indecent

incumbent

infrequent

indictment

inducement

indolent

indulgent

indigent

indignant

indifferent

informant

infringement

inhalant

innocent

inpatient

inherent

insistent

insolent

insolvent

insouciant

instrument

insurgent

monument

internment

irritant

ligament

lubricant

jubilant

involvement

investment

litigant

lenient

malignant

maltreatment

misstatement

management

militant

measurement

miscreant

misjudgment

mistreatment

lieutenant

negligent

nonpayment

norlander

nourishment

nutrient

observant

odorant

oceanfront

occupant

opponent

omniscient

operant

prevalent

ornament

orpiment

parliament

parliaments

petulant

persistent

permanent

precedent

impressment

opulent

proponent

postponement

president

prescient

prepayment

presentment

procurement

prominent

pronouncement

protestant

proficient

provident

punishment

puzzlement

sentiment

radiant

reagent

redolent

pursuant

recruitment

recurrent

sufficient

redundant

regiment

refinement

refreshment

registrant

repellent

relevant

resident

resonant

reliant

reluctant

repentant

repugnant

repayment

resilient

replacement

requirement

resentment

resistant

resplendent

respondent

quiescent

reticent

sediment

reverent

sacrament

rudiment

ruminant

salient

subsequent

resultant

resurgent

retrenchment

settlement

stimulant

somnolent

quarreling

tenement

temperament

supplicant

testament

tolerant

tournament

truculent

translucent

supplement

triumphant

transparent

turbulent

unpleasant

variant

vehement

vigilant

violent

transcendent

wonderment

4 syllable words

accoutrement

accomplishment

accompaniment

acquiescent

acknowledgement

adolescent

advertisement

aggrandizement

antecedent

apportionment

astonishment

ambivalent

belligerent

beneficent

benevolent

bewilderment

coefficient

coincident

concomitant

constituent

convalescent

correspondent

beryllium

deodorant

determinant

development

disagreement

disarmament

diminishment

disappointment

discouragement

disenchantment

abandonment

dismemberment

disengagement

effervescent

embarrassment

embezzlement

embellishment

embodiment

encouragement

endangerment

disinfectant

entertainment

entanglement

enlightenment

entitlement

equivalent

evanescent

environment

establishment

exorbitant

experiment

expedient

extravagant

expectorant

extinguishment

exuberant

grandiloquent

impertinent

impediment

incipient

inadvertent

impoverishment

incontinent

inconsistent

inconvenient

independent

inefficient

ingredient

inhabitant

intelligent

insufficient

integument

intercurrent

intermittent

intolerant

irreverent

iridescent

itinerant

luxuriant

malevolent

luminescent

magnificent

misgovernment

mismanagement

intransigent

monovalent

invariant

nonresident

nonviolent

noncombatant

nonexistent

obsolescent

omnipotent

obedient

omnipresent

overstatement

percipient

participant

incandescent

preeminent

predicament

predominant

incompetent

incoherent

reappointment

readjustment

recipient

reassignment

recalcitrant

refrigerant

reimbursement

reinforcement

reenactment

reinstatement

reminiscent

resettlement

reinvestment

replenishment

reassessment

retirement

self-confident

self-government

self-sufficient

self-consistent

significant

subservient

tetravalent

rearrangement

undercurrent

unemployment

understatement

virulently

6 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word purulent

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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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