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Words That Rhyme With Depression

33 words rhyme with depression, from 2 to 4 syllables: freshen, session, hessian, aggression, compression and more, the everyday words first. Then 39 near rhymes, like accessing, acquiescing, addressing, assessing.

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2 syllables3 words

  • freshen
  • session
  • hessian

3 syllables23 words

  • aggression
  • compression
  • concession
  • confession
  • digression
  • discretion
  • expression
  • impression
  • obsession
  • oppression
  • possession
  • procession
  • profession
  • progression
  • recession
  • regression
  • repression
  • secession
  • succession
  • suppression
  • transgression
  • accession

Rare: precession

4 syllables7 words

  • indiscretion
  • decompression
  • intercession
  • repossession

Rare: misimpression, nonaggression, retrocession

Near rhymes39 words

The same vowel, consonants that sound alike: close enough for songs and poems.

  • accessing
  • acquiescing
  • addressing
  • assessing
  • blessing
  • caressing
  • coalescing
  • compressing
  • confessing
  • delicatessen
  • depressing
  • digressing
  • distressing
  • dressing
  • expressing
  • guessing
  • impressing
  • lessen
  • lesson
  • meshing
  • messing
  • obsessing
  • oppressing
  • possessing
  • pressing
  • professing
  • progressing
  • recessing
  • redressing
  • refreshing
  • repressing
  • resin
  • stressing
  • suppressing
  • transgressing
  • enmeshing
  • hairdressing
  • outguessing
  • reassessing

Slant rhymes40 words

Looser: the same stressed vowel and a similar ending, the closest first. Common in songs and poems.

  • watermelon
  • freshman
  • threaten
  • beckon
  • deaden
  • eleven
  • heaven
  • leaden
  • reckon
  • redden
  • weapon
  • felon
  • lemon
  • melon
  • seven
  • muskmelon
  • deafen
  • leaven
  • vegan
  • collection
  • complexion
  • conception
  • confection
  • congestion
  • connection
  • contention
  • convection
  • convention
  • correction
  • declension
  • deflection
  • dissection
  • dissension
  • inflection
  • inspection
  • perception
  • perfection
  • pretension
  • prevention
  • projection

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Pronunciations from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, © 1993-2015 Carnegie Mellon University, matched to our dictionary of English words.

Questions

What rhymes with depression?

freshen, session, hessian, aggression, compression, concession, and every other word that end in the same sounds as depression. 33 rhymes in all.

How many syllables are in depression?

Depression has 3 syllables.

How are the rhymes chosen?

Two words rhyme when they sound the same from their last stressed vowel to the end: these are perfect rhymes, matched by sound, not by spelling. Near rhymes keep the vowel and swap a consonant for one that sounds alike, like time and mine.

What are near rhymes for depression?

accessing, acquiescing, addressing, assessing and the other 39 near rhymes: the same vowel sound as depression, with consonants that sound alike.

What are slant rhymes for depression?

Looser rhymes with the same stressed vowel and a similar ending, the closest first: watermelon, freshman, threaten, beckon, deaden, eleven. Songwriters use them where a perfect rhyme would sound forced.

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