🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Forgiveness"
1 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "forgiveness" — same ending sound.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| resistiveness | 4 | noun | The quality of being resistive. |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Forgiveness"
50 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| pernicious | 3 | Causing much harm in a subtle way. | |
| diminish | 3 | verb | (transitive) To make smaller. |
| ambitious | 3 | (of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction. | |
| vicious | 2 | noun | Violent, destructive and cruel. |
| driven | 2 | Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals. | |
| witless | 2 | Lacking wit or understanding; foolish. | |
| pivot | 2 | noun | (figuratively, by extension) Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation. |
| sinuous | 2 | Having curves in alternate directions; meandering. | |
| fictitious | 3 | Invented; contrived. | |
| viscous | 2 | Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid (that is, a high viscosity). | |
| minute | 2 | noun | A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds). |
| suspicious | 3 | Distrustful or tending to suspect. | |
| witnessed | 2 | verb | (transitive) To furnish proof of, to show. |
| sickness | 2 | noun | The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness. |
| seditious | 3 | Of, related to, or being involved in sedition. | |
| fearless | 2 | Without fear. | |
| richness | 2 | noun | (uncountable) The state or quality of being rich; wealthiness, wealth, riches. |
| stillness | 2 | noun | The quality or state of being still. |
| finish | 2 | verb | (transitive) To complete (something). |
| illness | 2 | noun | (uncountable) A state of bad health or disease. |
| religious | 3 | noun | Concerning religion. |
| business | 2 | noun | (uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity. |
| liveness | 2 | noun | The property of being alive. |
| delicious | 3 | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. | |
| isthmus | 2 | noun | (geography) A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses. |
| fitness | 2 | noun | The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate. |
| stiffness | 2 | noun | Rigidity or a measure of rigidity. |
| civics | 2 | noun | The study of good citizenship and proper membership in a community. |
| swiftness | 2 | noun | The state of being swift. |
| forgiven | 3 | verb | (transitive) To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against. |
| bigness | 2 | noun | The characteristic of being big. |
| thickness | 2 | noun | (uncountable, countable) A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is. |
| order of business | 5 | noun | The sequence in which tasks need to be completed in order of importance or priority; an agenda. |
| minutes | 2 | noun | The official notes kept during a meeting. |
| gymnast | 2 | noun | One who performs (the sport of) gymnastics. |
| quickness | 2 | noun | rapidity of movement or activity; agility or dexterity |
| thinness | 2 | noun | The state or quality of being thin. |
| superstitious | 4 | Susceptible to superstitions. | |
| skinless | 2 | Not having an outer layer of skin or skinlike material, or with such a layer removed. | |
| show business | 3 | noun | Alternative spelling of showbusiness. [The entertainment industry.] |
| striven | 2 | verb | To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently. |
| unfinished business | 5 | noun | A matter that still has to be completed or dealt with, sometimes with an ominous or threatening implication. |
| unforgiven | 4 | noun | Not forgiven. |
| false witness | 3 | noun | (countable) A perjurer; a deceptive or misleading witness. |
| guiness | 2 | noun | — |
| christmas | 2 | noun | (originally Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places. |
| father christmas | 4 | noun | (folklore) A mythical figure said to bring presents to people (especially children) at Christmas time. |
| given | 2 | noun | A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation. |
| guinness | 2 | noun | (uncountable) A brand of dark stout beer from Ireland, one of the most widely recognised brands of beer in the world, named for Arthur Guinness who first brewed it. |
| witness | 2 | noun | (countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something. |
✍️ How to Use These Rhymes
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Poetry
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Song Lyrics
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Short perfect rhymes (1–2 syllables) feel warm and memorable in cards and captions.
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