🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Expense"
50 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "expense" — 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. |
| 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. |
| defense | 2 | noun | The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury. |
| 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). |
| civil defense | 4 | noun | Efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack. |
| 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. |
| air defense | 3 | noun | (military, weaponry) The use of systems, equipment, and personnel to prevent or reduce the impact of an attack by enemy aircraft or missiles. |
| 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 |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Expense"
43 wordsThese 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. |
| express | 2 | verb | (not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops. |
| 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". |
| excess | 2 | noun | The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper. |
| circumvent | 3 | verb | (transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass |
| commend | 2 | verb | (transitive) To praise or acclaim. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| extend | 2 | verb | (transitive) To cause to increase in extent. |
| access | 2 | noun | (uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility. |
| event | 2 | noun | An occurrence; something that happens. |
| confess | 2 | verb | (intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed. |
| intent | 2 | noun | Something that is intended. |
| extent | 2 | noun | A range of values or locations. |
| against | 2 | — | |
| expend | 2 | verb | (transitive) To consume, exhaust (some resource). |
| assets | 2 | noun | (finance) Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts. |
| 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. |
| revenge | 2 | noun | Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| boyfriend | 2 | noun | A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship. |
| 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. |
| dividend | 3 | noun | (finance) A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually). |
| 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. |
| best friend | 2 | noun | An especially close and trusted friend. |
| dividends | 3 | noun | (finance) A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually). |
| rents | 1 | noun | Alternative spelling of 'rents. |
| acute accent | 4 | noun | (orthography): A diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing systems. |
| comprehends | 3 | verb | (transitive) To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb. |
| percent | 2 | noun | For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion). |
| depends | 2 | verb | (intransitive, usually followed by on or upon) To trust; to have confidence; to rely. |
| intents | 2 | noun | Something that is intended. |
| prevents | 2 | verb | (transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something). |
| lorenz | 2 | noun | A surname from German of Latin origin. |
| recess | 2 | noun | (countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening. |
| success | 2 | noun | The achievement of one's aim or goal. |
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