Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with science
Words that share the ending of science — alliance, compliance, reliance and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced S AY1 AH0 N S.
Sound structure
science has 2 syllables and is pronounced S AY1 AH0 N 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 alliance, compliance, reliance, non-compliance.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- S AY1 AH0 N S
- Syllable breakdown
- S · AY1 · AH0 · N · S
- Syllable count
- 2 syllables
- Ending sound
- S
- Ending type
- a stopped ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- alliance AH0 L AY1 AH0 N S · 3 syllables · standard
- compliance K AH0 M P L AY1 AH0 N S · 3 syllables · standard
- reliance R IH0 L AY1 AH0 N S · 3 syllables · standard
- non-compliance N AA2 N K AH0 M P L AY1 AH0 N S · 4 syllables · standard
- defiance D IH0 F AY1 AH0 N S · 3 syllables · standard
- over-reliance OW2 V AH0 R R AH0 L AY1 AH0 N S · 5 syllables · standard
- self-reliance S EH2 L F R IY0 L AY1 AH0 N S · 4 syllables · standard
- appliance AH0 P L AY1 AH0 N S · 3 syllables · standard
- overreliance OW1 V ER0 R IH0 L AY2 AH0 N S · 5 syllables · rare
- neuroscience N Y UH1 R OW0 S AY2 AH0 N S · 4 syllables · standard
- affiance AH0 F AY1 AH0 N S · 3 syllables · rare
- counteralliance K AW1 N T AH0 R AH0 L AY1 AH0 N S · 5 syllables · rare
- geoscience JH IY2 OW0 S AY1 AH0 N S · 4 syllables · standard
- inscience IH0 N S AY1 AH0 N S · 3 syllables · rare
- interalliance IH2 N T AH0 R AH0 L AY1 AH0 N S · 5 syllables · rare
- pseudoscience S UW2 D OW0 S AY1 AH0 N S · 4 syllables · standard
- nonscience N AA2 N S AY1 AH0 N S · 3 syllables · rare
- bioscience B AY2 OW0 S AY1 AH0 N S · 4 syllables · standard
- proscience P R AH0 S AY1 AH0 N S · 3 syllables · rare
- noncompliance N AA2 N K AH0 M P L AY1 AH0 N S · 4 syllables · standard
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- once W AH1 N S · 1 syllable · common
- us AH1 S · 1 syllable · common
- license L AY1 S AH0 N S · 2 syllables · standard
- silence S AY1 L AH0 N S · 2 syllables · standard
- and AH0 N D · 1 syllable · common
- off-license AO1 F L AY2 S AH0 N S · 3 syllables · standard
- experience IH0 K S P IH1 R IY0 AH0 N S · 4 syllables · common
- non-interference N AA2 N IH2 N T ER0 F IH1 R AH0 N S · 5 syllables · standard
- writer-in-residence R AY2 D AH0 R IH0 N R EH1 Z AH0 D AH0 N S · 6 syllables · standard
- electroluminescence AH0 L EH2 K T R OW0 L UW2 M AH0 N EH1 S AH0 N S · 7 syllables · rare
- fire F AY1 ER0 · 2 syllables · common
- one W AH1 N · 1 syllable · common
- audience AA1 D IY0 AH0 N S · 3 syllables · standard
- interference IH2 N T ER0 F IH1 R AH0 N S · 4 syllables · standard
- disobedience D IH2 S AH0 B IY1 D IY0 AH0 N S · 5 syllables · standard
- counterintelligence K AW2 N T ER0 IH0 N T EH1 L IH0 JH AH0 N S · 6 syllables · standard
- guidance G AY1 D AH0 N S · 2 syllables · standard
- does D AH1 Z · 1 syllable · common
- appearance AH0 P IH1 R AH0 N S · 3 syllables · standard
- covariance K OW2 V AA1 R IY2 AH0 N S · 4 syllables · standard
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 파이어 3 syllables · common
- サンス 3 syllables · common
- 타이어 3 syllables · common
- サイズ 3 syllables · common
- 지금 2 syllables · common
- タイム 3 syllables · common
- 비트 2 syllables · common
- ファイア 3 syllables · common
- 라이트 3 syllables · common
- ファイバー 4 syllables · common
- 아이리버 4 syllables · noun · standard
- みず ミズ · 2 syllables · common
- 에너자이저 5 syllables · noun · standard
- オリヂナル 5 syllables · common
- 귀뚜라미보일러 7 syllables · noun · standard
- ライム 3 syllables · common
- 이름 2 syllables · common
- 大半 タイパン · 4 syllables · common
- 메이크 3 syllables · common
- ビル 2 syllables · common
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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