Rhyme Dictionary

Rhymes with “Instead”

♬100 rhyming words found

🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Instead"

50 words

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

Word	Syllables	Type	Definition
dread	1	noun	(transitive) To fear greatly.
lead	1	verb	(uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
head	1	noun	(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
dead	1	noun	(usually not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
tread	1	verb	(intransitive) To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.
bloodshed	2	noun	A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.
aforesaid	3		Previously stated; said or named before.
embed	2	verb	(transitive, computing) To encapsulate within another document or data file.
godhead	2	noun	The divine nature of God as an abstract entity.
thread	1	noun	A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
shed	1	verb	A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.
read	1	verb	(transitive or intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
bed	1	noun	(countable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
ahead	2		At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving.
shred	1	noun	A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.
talking head	3	noun	(idiomatic, also attributive) A journalist or pundit, especially one on television, who presents or discusses issues of the day.
figurehead	3	noun	(by extension) Someone in a nominal position of leadership who has little to no actual power.
imbed	2	verb	Alternative spelling of embed. [(transitive) To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.]
spearhead	2	noun	One who leads or initiates an activity (such as an attack or a campaign).
shithead	2	noun	(countable, derogatory, offensive, slang) A stupid or contemptible person.
overhead	3	noun	(uncountable, business, accounting) The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
watershed	3	noun	(hydrology, US, Canada) A region of land within which water flows down into a specified body, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean; a drainage basin.
inbred	2	noun	(often derogatory) Having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding.
loggerhead	3	noun	The loggerhead sea turtle or loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), an oceanic turtle found throughout the world.
sped	1	noun	(slang, derogatory, offensive) A special education student.
widespread	2		Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
brown bread	2	noun	Any bread with a brown colour as contrasted with white, off-white, or other colours.
seabed	2	noun	The floor or bottom of the sea or ocean.
featherbed	3	noun	A mattress stuffed with feathers.
test bed	2	noun	(idiomatic) Alternative form of testbed. [Any platform used for testing a scientific theory, computational tool or new technology.]
stop dead	2	verb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To stop suddenly.
ted	1	noun	A nickname for the male given names Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus, and Edmund.
bulkhead	2	noun	(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
thoroughbred	3	noun	(loosely) Any purebred horse.
deathbed	2	noun	The bed on which someone dies.
fled	1		a 1996 American buddy action comedy film directed by Kevin Hooks.
flatbed	2	noun	An open freight vehicle with no sides, designed to carry heavy or outsized loads.
fed	1	verb	(Canada, in the plural) The Canadian federal government.
sled	1	noun	A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.
deadhead	2	noun	Anyone traveling for free, without paying the expected fare.
hotbed	2	noun	(by extension) An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable.
retread	2	noun	To replace the traction-providing surface of a vehicle that employs tires, tracks or treads.
letterhead	3	noun	A portion of text at the top of a letter, identifying the sender and often giving their address etc., used for formal correspondence.
drumhead	2	noun	Alternative spelling of drum head. [The thin circle of material attached to the top of a drum shell for the purpose of striking, sometimes made of skin and in such occurrences sometimes referred to as a skin, or drum-skin, but often synthetic.]
trundle bed	3	noun	A low bed, designed to be rolled/stored away, usually on casters, under a higher bed, e.g. for temporary use by guests.
ned	1	noun	(Scotland, slang, derogatory, offensive) A person, usually a youth, of low social standing and education, a violent disposition and with a particular style of dress (typically sportswear or Burberry), speech and behaviour.
riverbed	3	noun	(hydrology) The path where a river runs, or where a river once ran; the bottom earthen part of a river, not including the riverbanks.
hardhead	2	noun	One who is practical or hardheaded.
dragonhead	3	noun	Any plant of the genus Dracocephalum.
braindead	2	noun	Alternative form of brain-dead. [(informal, derogatory) An unintelligent person.]

🎵 Near Rhymes for "Instead"

50 words

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

Word	Syllables	Type	Definition
despair	2	noun	(intransitive) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation. [(often) with of]
address	2	noun	Direction.
caress	2	noun	(transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.
process	2	noun	A series of events leading to a result or product.
express	2	verb	(not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
declare	2	verb	(transitive, intransitive) To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.
possess	2	verb	(transitive) To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own.
affair	2	noun	An adulterous relationship, chiefly of a married person. (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart).
attend	2	verb	Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present.
impress	2	verb	(transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
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.
upset	2	verb	(of a person, predicative only) Angry, distressed, or unhappy
condemned	2	noun	Adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or confiscation.
impaired	2	noun	Rendered less effective.
obsess	2	verb	(transitive) To dominate the thoughts of someone.
nightmare	2	noun	A very unpleasant or frightening dream.
mindset	2	noun	A way of thinking; an attitude or opinion, especially a habitual one.
confess	2	verb	(intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
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
dispair	2	verb	(transitive, uncommon) To separate (a pair).
prepared	2		(followed by the preposition to) Disposed, willing, ready (to do something).
again	2		Another time: indicating a repeat of an action.
amen	2	verb	(biblical) Certainly; verily.
pretend	2	verb	(intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
offend	2	verb	(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
software	2	noun	(computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).
sunset	2	noun	The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
everywhere	3	noun	In or to all locations under discussion.
roulette	2	noun	(uncountable) A game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered (usually red and black) spaces. When the ball stops, it indicates the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
underwear	3	noun	Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
intel	2	noun	(especially espionage and military) Intelligence (secret information).
undress	2	verb	(intransitive) To remove one’s clothing.
nowhere	2	noun	In no place.
seashell	2	noun	The empty shell of a marine mollusk.
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.
kiev	2	noun	The capital city of Ukraine and the administrative centre of Kyiv Oblast.
gazelle	2	noun	An antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa), Procapra (native to Asia), Eudorcas, or Nanger, capable of running at high speeds for long periods.
unless	2		the final novel by Canadian writer Carol Shields, first published by Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins in 2002.
back end	2	noun	(computing) That part of a hardware or software system that is farthest from the user; the internals rather than the user interface.
rebelled	2	verb	(intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority.
sea shell	2	noun	Alternative form of seashell. [The empty shell of a marine mollusk.]
my friend	2		"" is the 17th single by Zard,ZARD discography (in Japanese) http://wezard.net/album.html released 8 January 1996.
farewell	2	noun	A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure.
forget	2	verb	(transitive) To lose remembrance of.
internet	3	noun	(uncountable) Internet access or connection; internet connectivity.
juliet	3	noun	One of the title characters of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
like em	2		—
make a mess	3		—
success	2	noun	The achievement of one's aim or goal.
tell them	2		—

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