Words that rhyme with defeating
Top rhymes for defeating
meeting, eating, beating and treating
21 common words rhyme with defeating. The most common are meeting, eating, beating and treating.
Perfect rhymes for defeating
3 syllables
- competing
- completing
- repeating
- deleting
- retreating
- depleting
- mistreating
- unseating
4 syllables
Show 1 rare word
- entreating
Near rhymes for defeating
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- reading
- leading
- speaking
- keeping
- increasing
- seeking
- sleeping
- feeding
- beaten
- releasing
- eaten
- bleeding
- breeding
- freaking
- needing
- misleading
- sweeping
- briefing
- preceding
- leaking
- intriguing
- decreasing
- speeding
- proceeding
- succeeding
- policing
- exceeding
- creeping
- leasing
- pleading
- sneaking
- weeping
- unbeaten
- housekeeping
- leaping
- seeding
- cheerleading
- peacekeeping
- conceding
- tweaking
How defeating sounds
| Pronunciation | /dɪˈfitɪŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (de-FEAT-ing) |
| Stress pattern | da-DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -itɪŋ |
Defeating 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 defeating?
- The most common rhymes for defeating are meeting, eating, beating, treating, competing and cheating.
- How many words rhyme with defeating?
- We found 21 common perfect rhymes and 1 rarer word for defeating, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in defeating?
- Defeating has three syllables, with the stress on the second.