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Words that rhyme with tense.

The strongest songwriting rhymes for tense are sense, when, then, again, end, guess, yes, and else.

Strong near rhymes (slant rhymes) include let's, friends, there's, gets, went, and friend.

Useful phrase rhymes include "up in bed", "back end", "health care", "in the air", and "never again".

What rhymes with tense?

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.

  • sense
  • when
  • then
  • again
  • end
  • guess
  • yes
  • else
  • friends
  • get
  • let
  • tell
  • there
  • said
  • where
  • best
  • well
  • tears
  • head
  • myself
  • left
  • bed
  • care
  • forget
  • felt
  • help
  • perfect
  • up in bed
  • back end
  • health care

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Perfect rhymes for tense

  • sense
  • fence
  • defense
  • offense
  • dense
  • recompense
  • immense
  • commence
  • thence
  • incense
  • dispense
  • mense
  • expense
  • defence
  • suspense
  • condense
  • whence
  • cense
  • commonsense
  • lense
  • cents
  • frankincense
  • flense
  • pense
  • pence
  • spence
  • antisense
  • misrepresents
  • ferenc
  • hense
  • nondefense
  • bence
  • hence
  • nunsense
  • spens


Near rhymes for tense

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

Phrase rhymes for tense

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

Learn how to use phrase rhymes in songwriting.


Want to know what rhymes with tense?

If you're writing lyrics and stuck on "tense", you're in the right place. These are songwriting rhymes chosen to fit rhythm, flow, and feel.

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