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“Reticent” is notoriously difficult to rhyme perfectly. Check the near rhymes below for close alternatives.
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Reticent"
49 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| benevolent | 4 | Having a disposition to do good. | |
| delicate | 3 | noun | Easily damaged or requiring careful handling. |
| pertinent | 3 | noun | Important with regard to (a subject or matter); pertaining; relevant. |
| exigent | 3 | noun | Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action. |
| eloquent | 3 | Fluently persuasive and articulate. | |
| reticence | 3 | noun | (uncountable, also figuratively) Avoidance of saying or reluctance to say too much; discretion, tight-lippedness; (countable) an instance of acting in this manner. |
| penitent | 3 | noun | Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses; feeling sincere guilt. |
| evident | 3 | Obviously true by simple observation. | |
| development | 4 | noun | (uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change. |
| intelligent | 4 | noun | Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright. |
| element | 3 | noun | (chemistry) Any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus. |
| prevalent | 3 | noun | Widespread or preferred. |
| decadent | 3 | noun | Luxuriously self-indulgent. |
| petulant | 3 | Childishly irritable. | |
| relevant | 3 | Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic. | |
| hesitant | 3 | Tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation. | |
| nettlesome | 3 | (of a person, thing, situation, etc.) Causing irritation, annoyance, or discomfort; bothersome, irksome. | |
| predicate | 3 | noun | (grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by. |
| pestilence | 3 | noun | Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating. |
| evidence | 3 | noun | Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion. |
| innocent | 3 | noun | Free from guilt, sin, or immorality. |
| magnificent | 4 | Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance. | |
| deficit | 3 | noun | A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue. |
| celibate | 3 | noun | (chiefly religious) Not married. |
| embellishment | 4 | noun | An added touch; an ornamental addition; a flourish. |
| regiment | 3 | noun | (military) A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units. |
| negligent | 3 | Careless or inattentive. | |
| relevance | 3 | noun | The property or state of being relevant or pertinent. |
| effeminate | 4 | noun | (often derogatory) Of a boy or man, exhibiting behavior or mannerisms considered typical of a woman or unmasculine. |
| settlement | 3 | noun | A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place. |
| precedent | 3 | noun | An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future. |
| fetishist | 3 | noun | One who has a sexual fetish. |
| resident | 3 | noun | A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area. |
| indelicate | 4 | Improper or immodest. | |
| adrenaline | 4 | noun | (biochemistry) Epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter. |
| president | 3 | noun | The head of state of a republic. |
| exsiccate | 3 | verb | (transitive) To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate. |
| medicine | 3 | noun | (uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug. |
| evidenced | 3 | supported by evidence | |
| jettison | 3 | verb | To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load. |
| repetitive | 4 | Happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating. | |
| venison | 3 | noun | The meat of a deer, especially one that was hunted in its own natural habitat. |
| replenishment | 4 | noun | A new supply of something. |
| meddling | 3 | noun | unwanted interference |
| heaven-sent | 3 | Fortunate, appropriate, opportune or providential, as (or as if) ordained by God. | |
| retinal | 3 | noun | (ophthalmology, relational) Of or pertaining to the retina. |
| edison | 3 | noun | Thomas Edison (1847–1931), American inventor and businessman. |
| encystment | 3 | noun | The formation of a cyst. |
| denison | 3 | noun | A surname. |
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Poetry
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