Rhyme Dictionary
Rhymes with “Recompense”
/ˌɹɛkəmˈpɛns/
An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.
🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Recompense"
50 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "recompense" — 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. |
| 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. |
| expense | 2 | noun | A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds. |
| 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. |
| incidental expense | 6 | noun | A minor expense incurred in the course of an activity. |
| 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 |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Recompense"
19 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| comprehend | 3 | verb | (transitive) To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb. |
| incensed | 2 | Enraged; infuriated; spitefully or furiously angry. | |
| 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". |
| 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 |
| evanesce | 3 | verb | (intransitive) To disappear into a mist or dissipate in vapor |
| redress | 2 | noun | To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from. |
| confess | 2 | verb | (intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed. |
| against | 2 | — | |
| represents | 3 | verb | (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of |
| again | 2 | Another time: indicating a repeat of an action. | |
| amends | 2 | noun | Compensation for an injury or loss; recompense; reparation. |
| 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. |
| condensed | 2 | Highly concentrated, or packed into a small space. | |
| president | 3 | noun | The head of state of a republic. |
| events | 2 | noun | An occurrence; something that happens. |
| recommend | 3 | verb | (transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice. |
| presidents | 3 | a 2021 French political satire film written and directed by Anne Fontaine. | |
| amend | 2 | verb | (transitive) To make better; improve. |
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