Words that rhyme with silence
Closest near rhymes for silence
science, license, violent and silent
No common English word is a perfect rhyme for silence. The closest near rhymes are science, license, violent and silent.
Near rhymes for silence
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- science
- license
- violent
- silent
- virus
- alliance
- guidance
- compliance
- pilots
- licence
- reliance
- iris
- defiance
- neuroscience
- appliance
- stylus
- tyrants
- violets
- antivirus
- islets
- subsidence
- aspirants
- pseudoscience
- desirous
- bioscience
- noncompliance
- retrovirus
- contrivance
- adenovirus
- connivance
- cytomegalovirus
- eyeless
- eyelets
- island
- balance
- clients
- giants
- wireless
- bias
- surveillance
Perfect rhymes for silence
No common word ends with exactly the same sound as silence.
How silence sounds
| Pronunciation | /ˈsaɪləns/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (SI-lence) |
| Stress pattern | DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -aɪləns |
Silence has two syllables, with the stress on the first. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
Counting syllables? See how many syllables are in silence.
Questions
- What rhymes with silence?
- No common word rhymes perfectly with silence. Near rhymes such as science, license, violent, silent and virus come closest.
- How many words rhyme with silence?
- We found 0 common perfect rhymes for silence, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in silence?
- Silence has two syllables, with the stress on the first.