Rhyming dictionary
Words that rhyme with initial
Initial has 3 syllables. The second syllable is stressed. There are 9 perfect rhymes and 80 near rhymes below, grouped by syllables.
Top rhymes for initial: official, judicial, artificial, beneficial, unofficial, superficial, sacrificial, interstitial.
Perfect rhymes for initial
93 syllables
- official
- judicial
4+ syllables
- artificial
- beneficial
- unofficial
- superficial
- sacrificial
- interstitial
- prejudicial
Near rhymes for initial
80Same vowel sound, different consonants. Closest-sounding first.
2 syllables
- missile
- whistle
- thistle
- wishful
- bristle
- fissile
- missal
- gristle
- drizzle
- chisel
- sizzle
- fizzle
- sniffle
- riffle
- frizzle
- grizzle
- civil
- mission
- crystal
- wishes
- fiscal
- dishes
- missiles
- pistol
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- pixel
- fishes
3 syllables
- additional
- officials
- provincial
- dismissal
- initials
- epistle
- initialed
- militia
- position
- addition
- commission
- condition
- edition
- permission
- tradition
- transition
- transmission
- petition
- physician
- admission
- nutrition
- submission
- musician
- suspicion
Show 9 more
- tuition
- ambition
- audition
- emission
- technician
- ignition
- partition
- magician
- rendition
4+ syllables
- antimissile
- competition
- definition
- opposition
- recognition
- exhibition
- composition
- acquisition
- coalition
- politician
- expedition
- ammunition
- proposition
- prohibition
- demolition
- exposition
- intuition
- abolition
- deposition
- disposition
- repetition
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Questions
- What rhymes with initial?
- The closest perfect rhymes for initial are official, judicial, artificial, beneficial, unofficial, superficial, sacrificial, interstitial and prejudicial. There are 9 in all, grouped by syllables on this page.
- How many syllables are in initial?
- Initial has 3 syllables. The second syllable is stressed.
- What are some near rhymes for initial?
- Near rhymes keep the vowel sound but change the consonants, which is often what a lyric needs. For initial, try missile, whistle, thistle, wishful and bristle.
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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).