Rhyme Dictionary

Rhymes with “Except”

♬75 rhyming words found

🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Except"

25 words

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

Word	Syllables	Type	Definition
adept	2	noun	One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient
inept	2		Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.
precept	2	noun	A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
accept	2	verb	(transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
intercept	3	noun	(transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
prepped	1		(informal) Prepared.
leapt	1	verb	(intransitive) To jump.
swept	1		(military, of a body of water or part thereof) Cleared of mines (explosive devices).
yclept	1		(archaic, poetic or humorous) Called (by a certain name), named.
leaped	1	verb	(intransitive) To jump.
wept	1	verb	To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
crept	1	verb	(intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
stepped	1		Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs.
windswept	2		Exposed to the winds.
pepped	1	verb	(informal, transitive) To inject with energy and enthusiasm.
kept	1		a reality television series that centered on Jerry Hall (model and ex-wife to Mick Jagger) searching for a kept man.
slept	1	verb	(intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
overstepped	3	verb	(transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
overslept	3	verb	(intransitive) To sleep for longer than intended.
sept-	1		—
sidestepped	2	verb	(transitive, figurative) To avoid or dodge.
clept	1	verb	—
schlepped	1	verb	Alternative form of schlep. [(transitive) To carry, drag, or lug.]
hept-	1		—
sept	1	noun	A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; especially, one of the ancient clans of Ireland.

🎵 Near Rhymes for "Except"

50 words

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

Word	Syllables	Type	Definition
bereft	2		(of a person) Pained by the loss of someone.
subject	2	noun	The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
project	2	noun	A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
direct	2	verb	Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
effect	2	noun	The result or outcome of a cause.
neglect	2	noun	(transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.
affect	2	verb	(transitive) To influence or alter.
reject	2	verb	(transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
exempt	2	verb	Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.
defect	2	noun	A fault or malfunction.
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
respect	2	noun	(uncountable) an attitude of consideration or high regard
deflect	2	verb	(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
reflect	2	verb	(intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
onset	2	noun	(medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
regret	2	noun	To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
object	2	noun	A thing that has physical existence but is not alive.
upset	2	verb	(of a person, predicative only) Angry, distressed, or unhappy
inspect	2	verb	To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
perfect	2	noun	Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
connect	2	verb	(transitive, of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.
silhouette	3	noun	An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.
request	2	noun	(transitive or with a subjunctive clause) To ask for (something).
accent	2	noun	(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
attempt	2	noun	To try.
erect	2	verb	Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
prevent	2	verb	(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
detect	2	verb	To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
suggest	2	verb	(transitive) To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it.
event	2	noun	An occurrence; something that happens.
dissect	2	verb	(transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
intellect	3	noun	(uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
sect	1	noun	An offshoot of a larger religion or denomination.
correct	2	verb	Free from error; true; accurate.
collect	2	verb	(transitive) To gather together; amass.
expressed	2		(genetics) transcribed
digest	2	noun	(transitive) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.
extent	2	noun	A range of values or locations.
indirect	3	noun	Not direct:
deject	2	noun	(transitive) Make sad or dispirited.
retrospect	3	noun	To look or refer back to; to reflect on.
wrecked	1		Destroyed, usually in an accident; damaged to the point of unusability.
interject	3	verb	(transitive) To say as an interruption or aside.
elect	2	verb	(transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something).
eject	2	verb	(transitive) To throw out or remove forcefully.
inject	2	verb	(transitive) To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs.
resurrect	3	verb	(transitive) To raise from the dead; to bring life back to.
in effect	3		Operating or functioning; in force; in play.
insect	2	noun	An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
protect	2	verb	(ambitransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.