Rhyme Dictionary

Rhymes with “Defense”

♬100 rhyming words found

🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Defense"

50 words

These words rhyme exactly with "defense" — same ending sound.

Word	Syllables	Type	Definition
intense	2		Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
pretense	2	noun	(countable or uncountable) The action of pretending; false or simulated show or appearance; false or hypocritical assertion or representation.
sense	1	noun	Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
dense	1	noun	Having relatively high density.
recompense	3	noun	To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.
immense	2	noun	Huge, gigantic, very large.
tense	1	noun	(linguistics, uncountable) The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
horse sense	2	noun	Common sense, especially with a connotation of folk wisdom that trumps formal education.
commence	2	verb	(intransitive) To begin, start.
good sense	2	noun	(idiomatic) Common sense; sensibleness.
fence	1	noun	A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
thence	1		(formal) From there, from that place or from that time.
incense	2	noun	Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.
dispense	2	verb	To issue, distribute, or give out.
offense	2	noun	The act of offending.
make sense	2	verb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To be sensible, coherent, reasonable.
mense	1	noun	(UK, dialect) Decency; propriety; civility.
expense	2	noun	A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.
defence	2	noun	The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
suspense	2	noun	the pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc.
common sense	3	noun	Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.
condense	2	verb	(transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
whence	1		(archaic, formal or literary) From where; from which place or source.
cense	1	noun	To perfume with incense.
moral sense	3	noun	Synonym of moral compass.
commonsense	3	noun	Alternative form of common sense.
lense	1	noun	Misspelling of lens. [(optics) An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.]
frankincense	3	noun	A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree.
sixth sense	2	noun	Extrasensory perception; the ability to sense things by means other than the known bodily senses.
flense	1	verb	To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.
future tense	3	noun	(grammar) The tense or time form of a verb used to refer to an event or occurrence that has not yet happened or is expected to happen in the future.
visual sense	4	noun	the ability to see; the faculty of vision
picket fence	3	noun	A simple fence made from wooden pickets, connected by horizontal bars.
past tense	2	noun	(grammar) A grammatical form (often a verb form) that refers to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that happened (or had happened), or existed, at some time before now (the applicable reference time).
incidental expense	6	noun	A minor expense incurred in the course of an activity.
pence	1	noun	(US politics) Used specifically of Mike Pence
spence	1	noun	Short form of the male given name Spencer.
antisense	3	noun	(genetics) The strand of nucleic acid complementary to a strand which codes for an RNA or protein.
present tense	3	noun	(grammar) A grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time.
cents	1	noun	(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
perfect tense	3	noun	Often, specifically, the present perfect tense as distinguished from the past perfect and future perfect tenses.
sunk fence	2	noun	A ditch or watercourse.
capital offense	5	noun	A crime for which the maximum penalty is capital punishment.
muscle sense	3	noun	the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body
on the fence	3		—
snake fence	2	noun	(US, Canada) A zigzag fence built from interlocking split logs or young trees, not secured with nails.
imperfect tense	4	noun	(grammar) A tense used to describe a past action that is ongoing, incomplete or continuous, or coincident with another action.
in a sense	3		in some respects
statutory offense	6	noun	crimes created by statutes and not by common law
worm fence	2	noun	Synonym of snake fence.

🎵 Near Rhymes for "Defense"

50 words

These words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.

Word	Syllables	Type	Definition
lament	2	noun	(intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
distress	2	noun	Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
caress	2	noun	(transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.
incensed	2		Enraged; infuriated; spitefully or furiously angry.
express	2	verb	(not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
possess	2	verb	(transitive) To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own.
repent	2	verb	(intransitive) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
transcend	2	verb	(transitive) To pass beyond the limits of something.
represent	3	verb	(transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
impress	2	verb	(transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
relent	2	verb	(intransitive) To give in or be swayed; to become less hard, harsh, or cruel; to show clemency.
descent	2	noun	An instance of descending; act of coming down.
extend	2	verb	(transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
prevent	2	verb	(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
event	2	noun	An occurrence; something that happens.
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.
confess	2	verb	(intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
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
intent	2	noun	Something that is intended.
against	2		—
oppress	2	verb	(transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
indent	2	noun	A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
again	2		Another time: indicating a repeat of an action.
presents	2	noun	(law) The contents of the present document: the one in which the word presents appears.
pretend	2	verb	(intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
invent	2	verb	To design a new process or mechanism.
offend	2	verb	(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
condensed	2		Highly concentrated, or packed into a small space.
president	3	noun	The head of state of a republic.
events	2	noun	An occurrence; something that happens.
depend	2	verb	(intransitive, usually followed by on or upon) To trust; to have confidence; to rely.
suspend	2	verb	To halt something temporarily.
segments	2	noun	One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
dispensed	2		distributed or weighted out in carefully determined portions
contents	2	noun	(usually in the plural) That which is contained.
weekend	2	noun	The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.
rents	1	noun	Alternative spelling of 'rents.
repents	2	verb	(intransitive) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".
percent	2	noun	For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).
unless	2		the final novel by Canadian writer Carol Shields, first published by Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins in 2002.
presidents	3		a 2021 French political satire film written and directed by Anne Fontaine.
intents	2	noun	Something that is intended.
forgets	2	verb	(transitive) To lose remembrance of.
misrepresents	4	verb	To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.
prevents	2	verb	(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
amend	2	verb	(transitive) To make better; improve.
defense men	3		—
line men	2		—
lorenz	2	noun	A surname from German of Latin origin.