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Words That Rhyme With Lesson

2 words rhyme with lesson, from 2 to 5 syllables: lessen, delicatessen. Then 70 near rhymes, like accessing, acquiescing, addressing, aggression.

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2 syllables1 word

  • lessen

5 syllables1 word

  • delicatessen

Near rhymes70 words

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

  • accessing
  • acquiescing
  • addressing
  • aggression
  • assessing
  • blessing
  • caressing
  • coalescing
  • compressing
  • compression
  • concession
  • confessing
  • confession
  • depressing
  • depression
  • digressing
  • digression
  • discretion
  • distressing
  • dressing
  • expressing
  • expression
  • freshen
  • guessing
  • impressing
  • impression
  • indiscretion
  • meshing
  • messing
  • obsessing
  • obsession
  • oppressing
  • oppression
  • possessing
  • possession
  • pressing
  • procession
  • professing
  • profession
  • progressing
  • progression
  • recessing
  • recession
  • redressing
  • refreshing
  • regression
  • repressing
  • repression
  • resin
  • secession
  • session
  • stressing
  • succession
  • suppressing
  • suppression
  • transgressing
  • transgression
  • accession
  • decompression
  • enmeshing
  • hairdressing
  • hessian
  • intercession
  • outguessing
  • reassessing
  • repossession

Rare: misimpression, nonaggression, precession, retrocession

Slant rhymes40 words

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

  • beckon
  • deaden
  • eleven
  • heaven
  • leaden
  • reckon
  • redden
  • weapon
  • felon
  • lemon
  • melon
  • seven
  • question
  • threaten
  • digestion
  • intestine
  • congestion
  • suggestion
  • watermelon
  • indigestion
  • deafen
  • leaven
  • vegan
  • chessman
  • pressman
  • ingestion
  • muskmelon
  • predestine
  • ensign
  • denim
  • venom
  • freshman
  • phenom
  • plenum
  • stetson
  • flagellum
  • antebellum
  • mention
  • pension
  • section

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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 lesson?

lessen, delicatessen: the words that end in the same sounds as lesson. 2 rhymes in all.

How many syllables are in lesson?

Lesson has 2 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 lesson?

accessing, acquiescing, addressing, aggression and the other 70 near rhymes: the same vowel sound as lesson, with consonants that sound alike.

What are slant rhymes for lesson?

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

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