🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Befriend"
50 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "befriend" — same ending sound.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| contend | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight. |
| comprehend | 3 | verb | (transitive) To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb. |
| apprehend | 3 | verb | (transitive) To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand. |
| transcend | 2 | verb | (transitive) To pass beyond the limits of something. |
| commend | 2 | verb | (transitive) To praise or acclaim. |
| condescend | 3 | verb | (intransitive) (figurative) To treat someone as though inferior; to talk down to someone; to patronize. |
| attend | 2 | verb | Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present. |
| portend | 2 | verb | (transitive) To serve as a warning or omen of. |
| mend | 1 | verb | (transitive) To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged). |
| friend | 1 | noun | A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection. |
| extend | 2 | verb | (transitive) To cause to increase in extent. |
| bend | 1 | noun | (transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means. |
| descend | 2 | verb | Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position. |
| ascend | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar. |
| defend | 2 | verb | (transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard. |
| intend | 2 | verb | (ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon |
| append | 2 | verb | (transitive) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex |
| end | 1 | noun | The terminal point of something in space or time. |
| lend | 1 | verb | (transitive) To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned. |
| expend | 2 | verb | (transitive) To consume, exhaust (some resource). |
| send | 1 | verb | (transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone). |
| tend | 1 | verb | (with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.) |
| girlfriend | 2 | noun | A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship. |
| penned | 1 | (obsolete) winged; having plumes | |
| scend | 1 | noun | (intransitive) To heave upward. |
| distend | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell |
| blend | 1 | noun | A mixture of two or more things. |
| pretend | 2 | verb | (intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance. |
| spend | 1 | verb | (ambitransitive) To pay out (money). |
| offend | 2 | verb | (transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult. |
| godsend | 2 | noun | An instance of unexpected benefit or good fortune; a windfall. |
| shend | 1 | verb | (obsolete) To disgrace or put to shame. |
| depend | 2 | verb | (intransitive, usually followed by on or upon) To trust; to have confidence; to rely. |
| suspend | 2 | verb | To halt something temporarily. |
| boyfriend | 2 | noun | A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship. |
| misspend | 2 | verb | To spend poorly, incorrectly or unwisely. |
| bitter end | 3 | noun | (idiomatic) The end of a long and difficult process. |
| tail end | 2 | noun | (figurative) The last part of a period of time, event, or situation; the concluding or final part. |
| recommend | 3 | verb | (transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice. |
| rear end | 2 | noun | (slang) The buttocks. |
| fag end | 2 | noun | Alternative spelling of fag-end. [(now chiefly India) The last remnant.] |
| impend | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent. |
| lady friend | 3 | noun | A female friend (used to avoid the possible ambiguity of the term girlfriend) |
| ende | 1 | noun | A language spoken in Indonesia. |
| dividend | 3 | noun | (finance) A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually). |
| bookend | 2 | noun | A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright. |
| overextend | 4 | verb | To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit; to overreach. |
| downtrend | 2 | noun | Any gradual movement towards a lower state or value. |
| hende | 1 | noun | — |
| dead end | 2 | noun | (figurative) A position that offers no hope of change or progress. |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Befriend"
12 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| condemned | 2 | noun | Adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or confiscation. |
| prevent | 2 | verb | (transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something). |
| cement | 2 | noun | (countable, uncountable) A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete. |
| against | 2 | — | |
| ahead | 2 | At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving. | |
| again | 2 | Another time: indicating a repeat of an action. | |
| spearhead | 2 | noun | One who leads or initiates an activity (such as an attack or a campaign). |
| amen | 2 | verb | (biblical) Certainly; verily. |
| stemmed | 1 | Having a stem. | |
| befriends | 2 | verb | (transitive) To become a friend of, to make friends with. |
| best friends | 2 | An especially close and trusted friend. | |
| behead | 2 | verb | (transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head. |
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