Words that rhyme with lest
Top rhymes for lest
best, west, rest and test
82 common words rhyme with lest. The most common are best, west, rest and test.
Perfect rhymes for lest
1 syllable
2 syllables
- request
- suggest
- arrest
- contest
- expressed
- protest
- impressed
- invest
- addressed
- depressed
- northwest
- southwest
- obsessed
- assessed
- accessed
- possessed
- confessed
- digest
- progressed
- compressed
- unrest
- suppressed
- distressed
- oppressed
- repressed
- attest
- inquest
- professed
- behest
- recessed
- undressed
- abreast
- divest
- detest
- bequest
- ingest
- molest
- infest
- retest
- caressed
- headrest
- armrest
- unstressed
- transgressed
- slugfest
- finessed
3 syllables
- manifest
- unimpressed
- dispossessed
- reinvest
- unprocessed
- repossessed
- coalesced
- acquiesced
- reassessed
- unaddressed
- palimpsest
Show 8 rare words
- backrest
- fessed
- digressed
- congest
- rearrest
- snappiest
- alkahest
- outguessed
Near rhymes for lest
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- left
- project
- perfect
- respect
- effect
- except
- expect
- kept
- subject
- protect
- direct
- accept
- correct
- affect
- object
- checked
- suspect
- select
- desk
- aspect
- reflect
- connect
- collect
- stepped
- slept
- theft
- architect
- detect
- elect
- reject
- indirect
- incorrect
- swept
- stretched
- neglect
- insect
- defect
- disrespect
- inspect
- wrecked
How lest sounds
| Pronunciation | /lɛst/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| Stress pattern | DUM |
| Rhyme sound | -ɛst |
Lest has one syllable. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with lest?
- The most common rhymes for lest are best, west, rest, test, request and suggest.
- How many words rhyme with lest?
- We found 82 common perfect rhymes and 8 rarer words for lest, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in lest?
- Lest has one syllable.