Words that rhyme with defiance
Top rhymes for defiance
science, alliance, compliance and reliance
9 common words rhyme with defiance. The most common are science, alliance, compliance and reliance.
Perfect rhymes for defiance
2 syllables
3 syllables
4 syllables
- neuroscience
- pseudoscience
- bioscience
- noncompliance
Show 1 rare word
- overreliance
Near rhymes for defiance
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- giant
- client
- license
- silence
- clients
- guidance
- giants
- lion
- bias
- lions
- ion
- licence
- triumph
- riots
- diets
- ions
- compliant
- reliant
- pious
- triumphs
- defiant
- scion
- dandelion
- cation
- subsidence
- dandelions
- contrivance
- pliant
- connivance
- impious
- quiets
- trying
- buying
- flying
- lying
- dying
- crisis
- crying
- virus
- applying
How defiance sounds
| Pronunciation | /dɪˈfaɪəns/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (de-FI-ance) |
| Stress pattern | da-DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -aɪəns |
Defiance 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 defiance?
- The most common rhymes for defiance are science, alliance, compliance, reliance, neuroscience and appliance.
- How many words rhyme with defiance?
- We found 9 common perfect rhymes and 1 rarer word for defiance, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in defiance?
- Defiance has three syllables, with the stress on the second.