Rhyme index

Words that rhyme with highest

Words that share the ending of highest — biased, unbiased, driest and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced HH AY1 AH0 S T.

Sound structure

highest has 2 syllables and is pronounced HH AY1 AH0 S T. Its ending, T, is a stopped ending.

A plosive ending cuts the sound off cleanly. It closes a line with force, but it has fewer matches than the other types.

The closest matches are biased, unbiased, driest, biassed.

Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese

Pronunciation
HH AY1 AH0 S T
Syllable breakdown
HH · AY1 · AH0 · S · T
Syllable count
2 syllables
Ending sound
T
Ending type
a stopped ending

Perfect rhymes

The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.

  • biased B AY1 AH0 S T · 2 syllables · standard
  • unbiased AH2 N B AY1 AH0 S T · 3 syllables · standard
  • driest D R AY1 AH0 S T · 2 syllables · standard
  • biassed B AY1 AH0 S T · 2 syllables · rare
  • misbiased M IH0 S B AY1 AH0 S T · 3 syllables · rare
  • misbiassed M IH0 S B AY1 AH0 S T · 3 syllables · rare
  • nonbiased N AA2 N B AY1 AH0 S T · 3 syllables · rare
  • unbiassed AH0 N B AY1 AH0 S T · 3 syllables · rare

Near rhymes

The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.

  • just JH AH1 S T · 1 syllable · common
  • must M AH1 S T · 1 syllable · common
  • trust T R AH1 S T · 1 syllable · common
  • but B AH1 T · 1 syllable · common
  • fire F AY1 ER0 · 2 syllables · common
  • one-world W AH2 N W ER1 AH0 L D · 3 syllables · common
  • violinist V AY0 AH0 L IH1 N AH0 S T · 4 syllables · standard
  • anthropologist AE2 N TH R AH0 P AA1 L AH0 JH AH0 S T · 5 syllables · standard
  • anesthesiologist AE2 N AH0 S TH IY2 Z IY0 AA1 L AH0 JH AH0 S T · 7 syllables · standard
  • endocrinologist EH2 N D OW0 K R AH0 N AA1 L AH0 JH AH0 S T · 6 syllables · standard
  • what W AH1 T · 1 syllable · common
  • higher HH AY1 ER0 · 2 syllables · common
  • earliest ER1 L IY0 AH0 S T · 3 syllables · standard
  • propagandist P R AA2 P AH0 G AE1 N D AH0 S T · 4 syllables · standard
  • psychoanalyst S AY2 K OW0 AE1 N AH0 L AH0 S T · 5 syllables · standard
  • conversationalist K AA2 N V ER0 S EY1 SH AH0 N AH0 L AH0 S T · 6 syllables · rare
  • and AH0 N D · 1 syllable · common
  • finest F AY1 N AH0 S T · 2 syllables · standard
  • pianist P IY0 AE1 N AH0 S T · 3 syllables · standard
  • protagonist P R OW0 T AE1 G AH0 N AH0 S T · 4 syllables · standard
  • first F ER1 S T · 1 syllable · common
  • ultranationalist AH2 L T R AH0 N AE1 SH AH0 N AH0 L AH0 S T · 6 syllables · rare
  • heart HH AA1 R T · 1 syllable · common

Cross-language rhymes

A different language, but the sound still lines up.

How this was worked out

RhymeMore matches sound, not spelling. It splits a word into syllables, pulls out the vowel and the closing consonant of each, and groups candidates by how many syllables agree counting back from the end. The FAQ explains the method in full.

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