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Words that rhyme with need

need has 52 perfect rhymes, plus 80 close near rhymes. It is a 1-syllable word, and the lists below are grouped by syllable count so you can match the line you are writing.

Perfect rhymes with need

Same sound from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.

1 syllable · 27

  • speed1
  • feed1
  • seed1
  • reed1
  • breed1
  • weed1
  • bead1
  • deed1
  • creed1
  • freed1
  • mead1
  • greed1
  • bleed1
  • tweed1
  • heed1
  • plead1
  • keyed1
  • steed1
  • swede1
  • knead1
  • cede1
  • peed1
  • screed1
  • skied1
  • teed1
  • kneed1
  • brede1

2 syllables · 20

  • agreed2
  • indeed2
  • exceed2
  • proceed2
  • succeed2
  • stampede2
  • impede2
  • concede2
  • precede2
  • mislead2
  • decreed2
  • reread2
  • misread2
  • recede2
  • accede2
  • secede2
  • shaheed2
  • degreed2
  • reseed2
  • misdeed2

3 syllables · 5

  • guaranteed3
  • disagreed3
  • supersede3
  • intercede3
  • overfeed3

Near rhymes with need

Close but not exact — the workhorses of song lyrics and modern verse.

2 syllables · 59

  • journeyed2
  • hackneyed2
  • moneyed2
  • monied2
  • ponied2
  • married2
  • carried2
  • studied2
  • copied2
  • buried2
  • varied2
  • worried2
  • levied2
  • bodied2
  • hurried2
  • seaweed2
  • emptied2
  • queried2
  • rallied2
  • tallied2
  • bellied2
  • bullied2
  • proofread2
  • frenzied2
  • lobbied2
  • fancied2
  • oilseed2
  • storied2
  • flaxseed2
  • candied2
  • ragweed2
  • breastfeed2
  • airspeed2
  • curried2
  • milkweed2
  • buoyed2
  • envied2
  • linseed2
  • nosebleed2
  • rapeseed2
  • stymied2
  • readied2
  • bloodied2
  • harried2
  • partied2
  • wearied2
  • pitied2
  • bandied2
  • busied2
  • scurried2
  • ferried2
  • steadied2
  • sullied2
  • muddied2
  • birdied2
  • birdseed2
  • duckweed2
  • parried2
  • pokeweed2

3 syllables · 15

  • mutinied3
  • unmarried3
  • embodied3
  • salaried3
  • remedied3
  • ganymede3
  • remarried3
  • centipede3
  • cottonseed3
  • unhurried3
  • aniseed3
  • fireweed3
  • parodied3
  • atrophied3
  • unsullied3

4 syllables · 5

  • accompanied4
  • photocopied4
  • inventoried4
  • disembodied4
  • intermarried4

5 syllables · 1

  • unaccompanied5

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52 Words That Rhyme With NEED