Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with religious
Words that share the ending of religious — non-religious, prestigious, prodigious and more. 3 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced R IH0 L IH1 JH AH0 S.
Sound structure
religious has 3 syllables and is pronounced R IH0 L IH1 JH AH0 S. Its ending, S, 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 non-religious, prestigious, prodigious, litigious.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- R IH0 L IH1 JH AH0 S
- Syllable breakdown
- R · IH0 · L · IH1 · JH · AH0 · S
- Syllable count
- 3 syllables
- Ending sound
- S
- Ending type
- a stopped ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- non-religious N AA2 N R IH0 L IH1 JH AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
- prestigious P R EH0 S T IH1 JH AH0 S · 3 syllables · standard
- prodigious P R AH0 D IH1 JH AH0 S · 3 syllables · standard
- litigious L IH0 T IH1 JH AH0 S · 3 syllables · rare
- nonreligious N AA2 N R IH0 L IH1 JH AH0 S · 4 syllables · rare
- semireligious S EH2 M IY0 R IH0 L IH1 JH AH0 S · 5 syllables · rare
- irreligious IH2 R R AH0 L IH1 JH AH0 S · 4 syllables · rare
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- e-business IY1 B IH2 Z N AH0 S · 3 syllables · common
- serious S IH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 3 syllables · common
- business B IH1 Z N AH0 S · 2 syllables · common
- us AH1 S · 1 syllable · common
- delicious D IH0 L IH1 SH AH0 S · 3 syllables · standard
- jesus JH IY1 Z AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- mysterious M IH0 S T IH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
- dionysius D AY2 AH0 N IH1 S IY0 AH0 S · 5 syllables · standard
- pseudo-dionysius S UW2 D OW0 D AY2 AH0 N IH1 S IY0 AH0 S · 7 syllables · standard
- afro-indigenous AE2 F R OW0 AH0 N D IH1 JH AH0 N AH0 S · 6 syllables · standard
- does D AH1 Z · 1 syllable · common
- non-business N AA1 N B IH1 Z N AH0 S · 3 syllables · common
- jesus' JH IY1 Z AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
- insidious IH2 N S IH1 D IY2 AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
- homogeneous HH OW2 M AH0 JH IY1 N IY0 AH0 S · 5 syllables · standard
- contemporaneous K AH0 N T EH2 M P ER0 EY1 N IY0 AH0 S · 6 syllables · standard
- a AH0 · 1 syllable · common
- previous P R IY1 V IY0 AH0 S · 3 syllables · standard
- people P IY1 P AH0 L · 2 syllables · common
- prometheus P R AH0 M IY1 TH IY2 AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
- the DH AH0 · 1 syllable · common
- inhomogeneous IH0 N HH OW2 M AH0 JH IY1 N IY0 AH0 S · 6 syllables · rare
- was W AA1 Z · 1 syllable · common
- deleterious D EH2 L AH0 T IH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 5 syllables · standard
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 이름 2 syllables · common
- スチール 4 syllables · common
- 파이어 3 syllables · common
- サイズ 3 syllables · common
- 지금 2 syllables · common
- シェリス 3 syllables · common
- 타이어 3 syllables · common
- ライム 3 syllables · common
- 비트 2 syllables · common
- イニング 4 syllables · common
- 필리피서 4 syllables · noun · standard
- オリヂナル 5 syllables · common
- 에너자이저 5 syllables · noun · standard
- みず ミズ · 2 syllables · common
- 귀뚜라미보일러 7 syllables · noun · standard
- タイム 3 syllables · common
- 스위트 3 syllables · common
- ファイバー 4 syllables · common
- 히트 2 syllables · common
- ビル 2 syllables · common
- リヤ 2 syllables · common
- ユリア 3 syllables · common
- ファイア 3 syllables · common
- 믿음 2 syllables · common
- 大半 タイパン · 4 syllables · common
- 갈라디아서 5 syllables · noun · standard
- いふく イフク · 3 syllables · common
- 기쁨 2 syllables · common
- スイング 4 syllables · common
How this was worked out
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