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Words That Rhyme With Light

174 words rhyme with light, from 1 to 4 syllables: bite, blight, bright, byte, cite and more, the everyday words first. Then 217 near rhymes, like abide, allied, alongside, amplified.

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1 syllable35 words

  • bite
  • blight
  • bright
  • byte
  • cite
  • fight
  • flight
  • fright
  • height
  • kite
  • knight
  • might
  • mite
  • night
  • plight
  • quite
  • right
  • rite
  • sight
  • site
  • slight
  • spite
  • tight
  • trite
  • white
  • wright
  • write
  • bight
  • lite
  • sprite
  • wight

Rare: hight, kyte, nite, sleight

2 syllables72 words

  • airtight
  • alight
  • bullfight
  • contrite
  • daylight
  • delight
  • despite
  • downright
  • excite
  • eyesight
  • finite
  • flashlight
  • floodlight
  • foresight
  • forthright
  • fortnight
  • frostbite
  • goodnight
  • graphite
  • headlight
  • highlight
  • hindsight
  • ignite
  • incite
  • indict
  • insight
  • invite
  • limelight
  • midnight
  • moonlight
  • outright
  • playwright
  • polite
  • recite
  • rewrite
  • searchlight
  • skylight
  • spotlight
  • starlight
  • sunlight
  • tonight
  • twilight
  • unite
  • upright
  • uptight
  • alright
  • backbite
  • birthright
  • calcite
  • campsite
  • dogfight
  • firefight
  • fluorite
  • gunfight
  • lignite
  • nonwhite
  • shipwright
  • snakebite
  • soundbite
  • stoplight
  • website
  • wheelwright

Rare: backlight, dunite, indite, inflight, jadeite, sporophyte, sticktight, sulfite, sylvite, wainwright

3 syllables59 words

  • apartheid
  • appetite
  • copyright
  • dynamite
  • erudite
  • expedite
  • extradite
  • impolite
  • kilobyte
  • megabyte
  • neophyte
  • overnight
  • oversight
  • overwrite
  • parasite
  • reunite
  • satellite
  • underwrite
  • watertight
  • acolyte
  • anthracite
  • candlelight
  • gigabyte
  • leukocyte
  • overflight
  • phagocyte
  • plebiscite
  • recondite
  • socialite
  • stalagmite
  • terabyte
  • tripartite

Rare: ammonite, andesite, anorthite, apatite, bentonite, biotite, cryolite, diorite, disinvite, dolomite, franklinite, hematite, lazulite, limonite, lymphocyte, magnesite, magnetite, monzonite, muscovite, niccolite, pegmatite, phlogopite, phosphorite, reignite, reinvite, selenite, urbanite

4 syllables8 words

  • hermaphrodite
  • meteorite
  • electrolyte
  • overexcite
  • suburbanite

Rare: gametophyte, granulocyte, metabolite

Near rhymes217 words

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

  • abide
  • allied
  • alongside
  • amplified
  • applied
  • aside
  • astride
  • backside
  • bedside
  • belied
  • beside
  • bide
  • bride
  • broadside
  • certified
  • chide
  • clarified
  • classified
  • cockeyed
  • coincide
  • collide
  • complied
  • confide
  • countryside
  • cried
  • crucified
  • cyanide
  • decide
  • decried
  • defied
  • deified
  • denied
  • deride
  • died
  • dignified
  • dioxide
  • disqualified
  • dissatisfied
  • diversified
  • divide
  • dried
  • dyed
  • electrified
  • exemplified
  • eyed
  • falsified
  • fireside
  • flied
  • fortified
  • fried
  • fungicide
  • germicide
  • glide
  • glorified
  • gratified
  • guide
  • hide
  • hillside
  • homicide
  • horrified
  • identified
  • implied
  • insecticide
  • inside
  • intensified
  • justified
  • landslide
  • lied
  • liquefied
  • magnified
  • misguide
  • modified
  • mollified
  • mortified
  • multiplied
  • mummified
  • mystified
  • nationwide
  • notified
  • nullified
  • occupied
  • outside
  • override
  • oxide
  • pacified
  • peroxide
  • personified
  • pesticide
  • petrified
  • plied
  • preoccupied
  • preside
  • pride
  • pried
  • prophesied
  • provide
  • purified
  • qualified
  • ratified
  • rectified
  • relied
  • replied
  • reside
  • ride
  • roadside
  • satisfied
  • seaside
  • shied
  • side
  • sighed
  • signified
  • simplified
  • slide
  • snide
  • solidified
  • specified
  • spied
  • stratified
  • stride
  • subdivide
  • subside
  • supplied
  • terrified
  • testified
  • tide
  • tied
  • tried
  • typified
  • underside
  • unidentified
  • unified
  • unjustified
  • unoccupied
  • unqualified
  • unsatisfied
  • unspecified
  • untied
  • upside
  • verified
  • vied
  • wayside
  • wide
  • worldwide
  • acidified
  • backslide
  • beatified
  • betide
  • blindside
  • bromide
  • calcified
  • carbide
  • citywide
  • codified
  • countrywide
  • curbside
  • declassified
  • dockside
  • downside
  • fluoride
  • formaldehyde
  • fratricide
  • gentrified
  • graveside
  • herbicide
  • indemnified
  • infanticide
  • joyride
  • lakeside
  • misapplied
  • misidentified
  • mountainside
  • ossified
  • overqualified
  • oversimplified
  • oversupplied
  • pied
  • poolside
  • quantified
  • rawhide
  • reclassified
  • retried
  • reunified
  • ringside
  • riverside
  • stateside
  • statewide
  • sulfide
  • thalidomide
  • triglyceride
  • unclassified
  • undignified
  • untried
  • unverified
  • yuletide
  • yuppified

Rare: actinide, amide, arsenide, beachside, decertified, eide, glucoside, glycoside, halide, harborside, hydride, iodide, ironside, monosaccharide, nucleotide, peptide, polyamide, polysaccharide, silverside, superoxide, telluride, vide

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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 light?

bite, blight, bright, byte, cite, fight, and every other word that end in the same sounds as light. 174 rhymes in all.

How many syllables are in light?

Light has 1 syllable.

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 light?

abide, allied, alongside, amplified and the other 217 near rhymes: the same vowel sound as light, with consonants that sound alike.

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