Words that rhyme with contentious
Top rhymes for contentious
conscientious, pretentious, unpretentious and tendentious
4 common words rhyme with contentious. The most common are conscientious, pretentious, unpretentious and tendentious.
Perfect rhymes for contentious
3 syllables
- pretentious
- tendentious
4 syllables
Near rhymes for contentious
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- census
- consensus
- apprentice
- momentous
- portentous
- licentious
- friendship
- tennis
- precious
- anxious
- tremendous
- premise
- infectious
- friendships
- menace
- horrendous
- preface
- senseless
- forensics
- defenseless
- prosthesis
- stupendous
- bennis
- attention
- potential
- mention
- expensive
- essential
- sentence
- presidential
- convention
- extensive
- percentage
- consequences
- extension
- offensive
- awareness
- defensive
- comprehensive
- delicious
How contentious sounds
| Pronunciation | /kənˈtɛnʃəs/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 |
| Stress pattern | da-DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ɛnʃəs |
Contentious has three syllables, with the stress on the second. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with contentious?
- The most common rhymes for contentious are conscientious, pretentious, unpretentious and tendentious.
- How many words rhyme with contentious?
- We found 4 common perfect rhymes for contentious, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in contentious?
- Contentious has three syllables, with the stress on the second.