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Words That Rhyme With Mess

71 words rhyme with mess, from 1 to 4 syllables: bless, chess, dress, guess, less and more, the everyday words first. Then 13 near rhymes, like afresh, fez, flesh, fresh.

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1 syllable15 words

  • bless
  • chess
  • dress
  • guess
  • less
  • press
  • stress
  • yes
  • cress
  • es
  • fess
  • tress

Rare: ess, jess, ness

2 syllables34 words

  • abscess
  • access
  • address
  • assess
  • caress
  • confess
  • depress
  • digress
  • distress
  • excess
  • express
  • finesse
  • impress
  • obsess
  • oppress
  • possess
  • process
  • profess
  • progress
  • recess
  • redress
  • repress
  • success
  • suppress
  • transgress
  • undress
  • unless
  • egress
  • fluoresce
  • headdress
  • outguess

Rare: aggress, largesse, noblesse

3 syllables21 words

  • acquiesce
  • carefulness
  • coalesce
  • convalesce
  • dispossess
  • faithfulness
  • nonetheless
  • bashfulness
  • ems
  • grumpiness
  • overdress
  • pensiveness
  • reassess
  • repossess
  • watercress

Rare: abs, angriness, awesomeness, inverness, letterpress, sos

4 syllables1 word

  • nevertheless

Near rhymes13 words

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

  • afresh
  • fez
  • flesh
  • fresh
  • mesh
  • refresh
  • says
  • thresh
  • enmesh

Rare: cortege, creche, horseflesh, resh

Slant rhymes29 words

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

  • desks
  • jests
  • nests
  • pests
  • rests
  • tests
  • vests
  • chests
  • crests
  • guests
  • quests
  • arrests
  • attests
  • breasts
  • digests
  • divests
  • infests
  • invests
  • bequests
  • protests
  • requests
  • suggests
  • conquests
  • headrests
  • manifests
  • fests
  • armrests
  • backrests
  • reinvests
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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 mess?

bless, chess, dress, guess, less, press, and every other word that end in the same sounds as mess. 71 rhymes in all.

How many syllables are in mess?

Mess 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 mess?

afresh, fez, flesh, fresh and the other 13 near rhymes: the same vowel sound as mess, with consonants that sound alike.

What are slant rhymes for mess?

Looser rhymes with the same stressed vowel and a similar ending, the closest first: desks, jests, nests, pests, rests, tests. Songwriters use them where a perfect rhyme would sound forced.

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