Rhyme Dictionary
Rhymes with “Refrain”
/ɹɪˈfɹeɪn/
To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
♬100 rhyming words found
🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Refrain"
50 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "refrain" — same ending sound.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| ascertain | 3 | verb | (transitive) To find out definitely; to discover or establish. |
| disdain | 2 | noun | (uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn. |
| sustain | 2 | verb | (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence. |
| inane | 2 | noun | Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance. |
| mundane | 2 | noun | Ordinary; not new. |
| strain | 1 | noun | (biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one. |
| attain | 2 | verb | (transitive) To gain (an object or desired result). |
| profane | 2 | noun | Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious. |
| plain | 1 | noun | Simple, unaltered. |
| bane | 1 | noun | (countable) A cause of misery or ruin. |
| retain | 2 | verb | (transitive) Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop. |
| domain | 2 | noun | A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise. |
| legerdemain | 4 | noun | Sleight of hand; "magic" trickery. |
| obtain | 2 | verb | (transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way. |
| swain | 1 | noun | (poetic) A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting. |
| explain | 2 | verb | (transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of. |
| wane | 1 | verb | (intransitive) To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline. |
| feign | 1 | verb | To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate. |
| train | 1 | noun | Elongated or trailing portion. |
| arcane | 2 | Understood by only a few. | |
| constrain | 2 | verb | (transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine. |
| germane | 2 | noun | Related to a topic of discussion or consideration. |
| abstain | 2 | verb | (intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. |
| restrain | 2 | verb | (transitive) To control or keep in check. |
| contain | 2 | verb | (transitive) To hold inside. |
| pertain | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To relate to, concern, or be relevant to. |
| campaign | 2 | noun | A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal. |
| deign | 1 | verb | (intransitive) To condescend; to do despite a perceived affront to one's dignity. |
| insane | 2 | Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad. | |
| reign | 1 | noun | The period during which a monarch rules. |
| maintain | 2 | verb | To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.). |
| brain | 1 | noun | The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action. |
| main | 1 | noun | Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal. |
| remain | 2 | verb | To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last. |
| humane | 2 | Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate. | |
| inhumane | 3 | Alternative form of inhuman: lacking pity or compassion for misery and suffering; cruel, unkind. [Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.] | |
| skein | 1 | noun | A quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a fifty-four inch diameter. |
| ordain | 2 | verb | (religion) To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi. |
| grain | 1 | noun | (uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley. |
| pane | 1 | noun | An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc. |
| terrain | 2 | noun | An area of land or its particular features. |
| rain | 1 | noun | (meteorology) Condensed water falling from a cloud. |
| plane | 1 | noun | An airplane; an aeroplane. |
| lane | 1 | noun | (used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare. |
| stain | 1 | noun | A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with certain fluids or substances. |
| detain | 2 | verb | (transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention. |
| daisy chain | 3 | noun | A garland to be worn on the head, made (usually as a pastime) by sewing or otherwise linking the stems of the flowers of daisies (Bellis perennis) into a ring. |
| urbane | 2 | Of a person (usually a man): having refined manners; courteous, polite, suave. | |
| in vain | 2 | (idiomatic) Without success or a result; ending in failure. | |
| bain | 1 | noun | (obsolete) A bath. |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Refrain"
50 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| display | 2 | noun | (computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text. |
| proclaim | 2 | verb | To announce or declare. |
| embrace | 2 | verb | (transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. |
| decay | 2 | noun | (ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition. |
| create | 2 | verb | (transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:) |
| disgrace | 2 | noun | The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. |
| escape | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To get free; to free oneself. |
| aflame | 2 | In flames, on fire, flaming, with flames coming from it. | |
| concave | 2 | noun | Curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl. |
| afraid | 2 | Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear. | |
| restraint | 2 | noun | (uncountable) control or caution; reserve |
| debate | 2 | noun | An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision. |
| explained | 2 | verb | (transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of. |
| relate | 2 | verb | (transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another). |
| relay | 2 | noun | (sports) A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action. |
| remained | 2 | verb | To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last. |
| okay | 2 | noun | Alternative spelling of OK. [All right, acceptable, permitted.] |
| mistake | 2 | noun | An error. |
| invade | 2 | verb | (transitive) To enter by force, usually in order to conquer. |
| populate | 3 | verb | (transitive) To supply with inhabitants; to people. |
| remains | 2 | noun | The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse. |
| refrained | 2 | verb | (intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew |
| contained | 2 | Restricted in space. | |
| explains | 2 | verb | (transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of. |
| headache | 2 | noun | (medicine) A pain or ache in the head. |
| away | 2 | verb | From a place, hence. |
| originate | 4 | verb | (intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with). |
| awake | 2 | verb | Not asleep; conscious. |
| behave | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner. |
| locate | 2 | verb | (transitive) To find out where something is located. |
| hooray | 2 | verb | An expression of excitement. |
| today | 2 | noun | On the current day or date. |
| predate | 2 | verb | (transitive) To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate. |
| became | 2 | verb | (copulative, rather formal, followed by an adjective or a noun) begin to be; turn into (often with permanent states). |
| detained | 2 | Held in custody or confinement. | |
| ashame | 2 | verb | (transitive, rare) To make ashamed; to shame. |
| mainframe | 2 | noun | (computer hardware) A large, powerful computer able to manage very many simultaneous tasks and communicate with very many connected terminals; used by large, complex organizations (such as banks and supermarkets) where continuously sustained operation is vital. |
| attains | 2 | verb | (transitive) To gain (an object or desired result). |
| prepaid | 2 | noun | Paid for in advance. |
| rename | 2 | verb | (transitive) To give a new name to. |
| netscape | 2 | Netscape Communications Corporation (originally Mosaic Communications Corporation) was an American independent computer services company with headquarters in Mountain View, California, and then Dulles, Virginia.Swartz, Jon. | |
| stay away | 3 | verb | (informal, idiomatic) To avoid or not go anywhere near someone or something. |
| abstained | 2 | verb | (intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. |
| refrains | 2 | verb | (intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew |
| windowpanes | 3 | noun | A piece of glass filling a window or a section of a window. |
| pre game | 2 | — | |
| each day | 2 | without missing a day | |
| ok | 2 | noun | All right, acceptable, permitted. |
| re frame | 2 | — | |
| what you say | 3 | "What You Say" is a song by American rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again featuring Australian rapper and singer the Kid Laroi and American singer Post Malone, appearing as the 24th track of the former's sixth studio album, Don't Try This at Home. |
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