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Words that rhyme with need.

The strongest songwriting rhymes for need are lead, read, bleed, seed, weed, feed, speed, and feel.

Strong near rhymes (slant rhymes) include here, keep, sweet, see, leave, and hear.

Useful phrase rhymes include "out to sea", "take leave", "side street", "summer sweet", and "at ease".

What rhymes with need?

These rhymes are specially chosen by our unique songwriting rhyming dictionary to give you the best songwriting rhymes. These aren't always perfect rhymes – we show you rhymes that are singable, useful words for your song.

  • lead
  • read
  • bleed
  • seed
  • weed
  • feed
  • speed
  • feel
  • here
  • keep
  • sweet
  • see
  • leave
  • hear
  • feet
  • believe
  • please
  • real
  • sleep
  • mean
  • breathe
  • dream
  • seen
  • deep
  • free
  • feels
  • dreams
  • out to sea
  • take leave
  • side street

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Perfect rhymes for need

  • lead
  • read
  • bleed
  • seed
  • weed
  • feed
  • speed
  • greed
  • concede
  • indeed
  • heed
  • plead
  • breed
  • mislead
  • freed
  • fried
  • centipede
  • accede
  • impede
  • cede
  • precede
  • supersede
  • succeed
  • proceed
  • recede
  • reed
  • treed
  • intercede
  • tweed
  • guaranteed
  • screed
  • stampede
  • exceed
  • secede
  • deed
  • bead
  • steed
  • misdeed
  • dreed
  • swede
  • glede
  • agreed
  • keyed
  • seaweed
  • duckweed
  • proofread
  • lipide
  • prophesied
  • ragweed
  • milkweed
  • misread
  • fireweed
  • meade
  • reseed
  • disagreed
  • glead
  • skeed
  • appleseed
  • highspeed
  • aidid
  • lockheed
  • preceed
  • nosebleed
  • linseed
  • aniseed
  • flaxseed
  • airspeed
  • pokeweed
  • overfeed
  • rapeseed
  • oilseed
  • inbreed
  • cottonseed
  • skied
  • gleed
  • peed
  • pitied


Near rhymes for need

Near rhymes work great for songwriting, often giving a more interesting feel than perfect rhymes.

Phrase rhymes for need

Short phrases that rhyme with this word, giving you imagery and direction for the next line.

Learn how to use phrase rhymes in songwriting.


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