Rhyming dictionary
Words that rhyme with independent
Independent has 4 syllables. The third syllable is stressed. There are 10 perfect rhymes and 80 near rhymes below, grouped by syllables.
Top rhymes for independent: pendant, dependent, defendant, attendant, descendant, transcendent, ascendant, resplendent.
Perfect rhymes for independent
102 syllables
- pendant
3 syllables
- dependent
- defendant
- attendant
- descendant
- transcendent
- ascendant
- resplendent
4+ syllables
- superintendent
- interdependent
Near rhymes for independent
80Same vowel sound, different consonants. Closest-sounding first.
2 syllables
- tenant
- tendon
- pennant
- pedant
- credit
- ended
- senate
- edit
- sentenced
- tenants
- splendid
- tended
- blended
- bennet
- tenet
- entrant
- mended
- trended
- leaden
- pennants
- redden
- fended
- dentin
- rennet
Show 4 more
- pedants
- deaden
- present
- engine
3 syllables
- lieutenant
- amendment
- defendants
- descendants
- attendants
- dependents
- repentant
- intended
- extended
- attended
- suspended
- agenda
- attendance
- defended
- offended
- amendments
- amended
- descended
- dependence
- resentment
- pretended
- depended
- discredit
- ascended
Show 13 more
- commended
- contended
- lieutenants
- contentment
- expended
- befriended
- transcendence
- appended
- transcended
- distended
- ascendance
- accredit
- presentment
4+ syllables
- independents
- superintendents
- unrepentant
- independence
- recommended
- apprehended
- unintended
- unattended
- hacienda
- interdependence
- rhododendron
- overextended
- comprehended
- condescended
- philodendron
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Questions
- What rhymes with independent?
- The closest perfect rhymes for independent are pendant, dependent, defendant, attendant, descendant, transcendent, ascendant, resplendent, superintendent and interdependent. There are 10 in all, grouped by syllables on this page.
- How many syllables are in independent?
- Independent has 4 syllables. The third syllable is stressed.
- What are some near rhymes for independent?
- Near rhymes keep the vowel sound but change the consonants, which is often what a lyric needs. For independent, try tenant, tendon, pennant, pedant and credit.
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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).