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Words that rhyme with evil

Evil has 2 syllables. The first syllable is stressed. There are 5 perfect rhymes and 80 near rhymes below, grouped by syllables.

Top rhymes for evil: weevil, medieval, retrieval, upheaval, primeval.

Perfect rhymes for evil

5

2 syllables

  • weevil

3 syllables

  • medieval
  • retrieval
  • upheaval
  • primeval

Near rhymes for evil

80

Same vowel sound, different consonants. Closest-sounding first.

2 syllables

  • evils
  • weevils
  • diesel
  • lethal
  • diva
  • viva
  • shiva
  • refill
  • weasel
  • easel
  • gleeful
  • even
  • peaceful
  • measles
  • divas
  • refills
  • diesels
  • needful
  • weasels
  • earful
  • vivas
  • visa
  • needle
  • penal
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  • renal
  • cleavage
  • feeble
  • grievous
  • grievance
  • heathen
  • evens
  • beadle
  • evened
  • venal
  • leavings
  • people
  • season
  • reason
  • legal
  • via
  • leaving
  • equal
  • eagle
  • sequel
  • treason
  • weaving
  • beetle
  • visas
  • grieving
  • fetal
  • regal
  • freezes
  • pleases
  • cheeses

3 syllables

  • upheavals
  • geneva
  • yeshiva
  • nonlethal
  • uneven
  • deceitful
  • adrenal
  • enfeeble
  • idea
  • illegal
  • receiving
  • diseases
  • maria
  • believing
  • achieving
  • cathedral
  • preseason
  • cerebral
  • amnesia
  • unequal

4+ syllables

  • esophageal
  • peritoneal
  • hymeneal
  • duodenal
  • diarrhea
  • anesthesia

Questions

What rhymes with evil?
The closest perfect rhymes for evil are weevil, medieval, retrieval, upheaval and primeval. There are 5 in all, grouped by syllables on this page.
How many syllables are in evil?
Evil has 2 syllables. The first syllable is stressed.
What are some near rhymes for evil?
Near rhymes keep the vowel sound but change the consonants, which is often what a lyric needs. For evil, try evils, weevils, diesel, lethal and diva.

Pronunciations from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (Carnegie Mellon University). Word frequency from wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0), word lists from SCOWL, offensive-word filtering from LDNOOBW (CC BY 4.0).