Rhyme Dictionary
Rhymes with “Perish”
/ˈpɛɹɪʃ/
To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.
♬66 rhyming words found
🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Perish"
16 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "perish" — same ending sound.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| garish | 2 | Overly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste. | |
| parish | 2 | noun | (Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Lutheranism, Eastern Orthodoxy) An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church. |
| bearish | 2 | (stock market, of the price of financial instruments) Characterized by or expecting falling prices. | |
| warish | 2 | verb | (obsolete, intransitive) To get better; to recover from an illness. |
| fairish | 2 | noun | Of moderate quality, size, etc. |
| barish | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| nightmarish | 3 | Resembling a nightmare. | |
| squarish | 2 | Approximately square. | |
| marish | 2 | noun | (now poetic or archaic) A marsh. |
| harish | 2 | Like a hare. | |
| air rush | 2 | — | |
| buresh | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| cherish | 2 | verb | To treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care. |
| farish | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| gerrish | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| parrish | 2 | noun | A surname. |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Perish"
50 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| relish | 2 | noun | (by extension) (countable, uncountable, originally US) A condiment or sauce added to food for a spicy or tangy flavour; specifically, one made with chopped, pickled fruit or vegetables. |
| disparage | 3 | verb | To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue. |
| merit | 2 | noun | (countable, uncountable) Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward. |
| flourish | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To thrive or grow well. |
| apparent | 3 | Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable. | |
| peril | 2 | noun | A situation of serious and immediate danger. |
| embellish | 3 | verb | To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate. |
| cherished | 2 | highly valued, having a high personal value. | |
| blemish | 2 | noun | A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot. |
| menace | 2 | noun | A perceived threat or danger. |
| careless | 2 | Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes. | |
| nourish | 2 | verb | (transitive) To feed and cause to grow; to supply with food or other matter which increases weight and promotes health. |
| awareness | 3 | noun | The state or quality of being aware of something. |
| boorish | 2 | Behaving as a boor; rough in manners. | |
| fetish | 2 | noun | (countable, uncountable) Sexual fixation to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body. |
| embarrassed | 3 | Having a feeling of shameful discomfort. | |
| message | 2 | noun | A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed. |
| devilish | 2 | Wicked, evil. | |
| cleric | 2 | noun | A member of a clergy. |
| merits | 2 | noun | Intrinsic advantages, as opposed to political or procedural advantages. |
| replenish | 3 | verb | (transitive) To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to. |
| hellish | 2 | (hyperbolic) causing great pain, discomfort or distress | |
| selfish | 2 | Having excessive or exclusive regard and concern for one's own well-being, profit or pleasure, with little or no consideration for others. | |
| heiress | 2 | noun | A woman who has a right of inheritance or who stands to inherit. |
| errand | 2 | noun | A journey undertaken to accomplish some task. |
| ferret | 2 | noun | An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals. |
| inherit | 3 | verb | (transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death. |
| sheriff | 2 | noun | (US) A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in their county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected. |
| parrot | 2 | noun | A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae. |
| miscarriage | 3 | noun | (medicine) The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term. |
| fairness | 2 | noun | The property of being fair or equitable. |
| moorish | 2 | Of or pertaining to the Moors or their culture. | |
| rarest | 2 | Very uncommon; scarce. | |
| perished | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To die; to cease to live. |
| fairest | 2 | Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent. | |
| barest | 2 | Naked, uncovered. | |
| berreth | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| claridge | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| embarrass | 3 | verb | (transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash. |
| era | 2 | noun | A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year. |
| farris | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| ferris | 2 | noun | A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Fergus and/or from the Norman surname Ferrers. |
| harris | 2 | noun | (countable) An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic. |
| irish | 2 | noun | Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people. |
| marist | 2 | noun | A member of any of several Roman Catholic organizations named after the Virgin Mary |
| marriage | 2 | noun | A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, or religious rights and responsibilities. |
| middle irish | 4 | noun | The Goidelic language spoken in Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man from the 10th to the 12th century. |
| parent | 2 | noun | (often in the plural) A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.). |
| paris | 2 | noun | The capital and largest city of France. |
| parris | 2 | noun | An English habitational surname, a variant of Paris. |
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