Rhyming dictionary
Words that rhyme with explain
Explain has 2 syllables. The second syllable is stressed. There are 85 perfect rhymes and 80 near rhymes below, grouped by syllables.
Top rhymes for explain: main, pain, train, brain, gain, plane, rain, chain.
Perfect rhymes for explain
851 syllable
- main
- pain
- train
- brain
- gain
- plane
- rain
- chain
- lane
- plain
- jane
- grain
- strain
- drain
- reign
- crane
- vein
- cane
- vain
- ln
- stain
- sane
- cain
- slain
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- twain
- rein
- mane
- bane
- seine
- pane
- swain
- vane
- thane
- lain
- sprain
- wane
- feign
- fain
- wain
- skein
- deign
2 syllables
- again
- campaign
- remain
- maintain
- contain
- insane
- obtain
- domain
- complain
- retain
- cocaine
- terrain
- sustain
- champagne
- regain
- blockchain
- refrain
- humane
- attain
- mundane
- disdain
- restrain
- detain
- champaign
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- abstain
- arcane
- profane
- pertain
- constrain
- inane
- moraine
- romaine
- butane
- retrain
- ordain
- urbane
- germane
- demesne
- arraign
3 syllables
- entertain
- ascertain
- inhumane
- preordain
4+ syllables
- legerdemain
Near rhymes for explain
80Same vowel sound, different consonants. Closest-sounding first.
1 syllable
- change
- range
- ain't
- strange
- trained
- paint
- gained
- saint
- trains
- gains
- planes
- chains
- brains
- lanes
- plains
- pains
- rains
- stained
- faint
- veins
- strains
- grains
- drained
- drains
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- strained
- reigns
- stains
- mains
- chained
- cranes
- rained
- reins
- grange
- quaint
- reigned
- canes
- sprained
- taint
- pained
- grained
- panes
- waned
2 syllables
- exchange
- remains
- contains
- remained
- explained
- obtained
- contained
- explains
- maintained
- complaint
- campaigns
- sustained
- retained
- arrange
- complained
- maintains
- detained
- domains
- restraint
- retains
- attained
- regained
- ordained
- complains
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- restrained
- constrained
- campaigned
- constraint
- ingrained
- obtains
- pertains
- untrained
- sustains
- refrained
3 syllables
- entertained
- interchange
- unexplained
- rearrange
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Questions
- What rhymes with explain?
- The closest perfect rhymes for explain are main, pain, train, brain, gain, plane, rain, chain, lane and plain. There are 85 in all, grouped by syllables on this page.
- How many syllables are in explain?
- Explain has 2 syllables. The second syllable is stressed.
- What are some near rhymes for explain?
- Near rhymes keep the vowel sound but change the consonants, which is often what a lyric needs. For explain, try change, range, ain't, strange and trained.
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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).