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Words that rhyme with purpose

Purpose has 2 syllables. The first syllable is stressed. There is 1 perfect rhyme and 80 near rhymes below, grouped by syllables.

Top rhymes for purpose: multipurpose.

Perfect rhymes for purpose

1

4+ syllables

  • multipurpose

Near rhymes for purpose

80

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

2 syllables

  • surplus
  • circus
  • serpents
  • purplish
  • purples
  • gerbils
  • furbish
  • surface
  • purchase
  • purple
  • circuits
  • flourish
  • serpent
  • turrets
  • nourish
  • thermos
  • syrups
  • dermis
  • stirrups
  • service
  • purchased
  • nervous
  • versus
  • worthless
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  • furnace
  • circa
  • burgess
  • surfaced
  • flourished
  • skirmish
  • chirping
  • nourished
  • firmness
  • wordless
  • sherbet
  • bourbons
  • furtive
  • turbans
  • burping
  • turbot
  • splurges
  • sternness
  • kerchiefs
  • burbles
  • terseness
  • furbished
  • certain
  • target
  • urban
  • circle

3 syllables

  • disturbance
  • interprets
  • refurbish
  • interpret
  • occurrence
  • recurrence
  • deterrence
  • repurchase
  • alertness
  • transference
  • resurface
  • concurrence
  • inertness
  • mazurkas
  • refurbished
  • assertive
  • disservice
  • resurfaced
  • malnourished
  • usurping
  • absurdist
  • repurchased
  • suburbans

4+ syllables

  • misinterprets
  • epidermis
  • misinterpret
  • reinterpret
  • coinsurance
  • inadvertence
  • undernourished

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Questions

What rhymes with purpose?
The closest perfect rhymes for purpose are multipurpose. There are 1 in all, grouped by syllables on this page.
How many syllables are in purpose?
Purpose has 2 syllables. The first syllable is stressed.
What are some near rhymes for purpose?
Near rhymes keep the vowel sound but change the consonants, which is often what a lyric needs. For purpose, try surplus, circus, serpents, purplish and purples.

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).