Rhymes for common words / yes

Words That Rhyme With Yes

“yes” has 1 syllable. Its most-used rhymes are guess, unless, less, dress, mess. Every list is sorted with the most common words first.

Perfect rhymes for yes

Same stressed vowel and ending sound.

  • guess
  • unless
  • less
  • dress
  • mess
  • press
  • bless
  • success
  • jess
  • express
  • confess
  • stress
  • impress
  • chess
  • distress
  • nevertheless
  • possess
  • les
  • des
  • recess
  • ness
  • nonetheless
  • undress
  • assess
  • suppress
  • finesse
  • caress
  • bess
  • abs
  • depress
  • ems
  • obsess
  • fess
  • sos
  • repossess

Near rhymes for yes

Same vowel; ending consonant from the same sound family.

  • says
  • death
  • fresh
  • breath
  • jeff
  • flesh
  • seth
  • beth
  • deaf
  • chef
  • rev
  • fez
  • cortez
  • ref
  • refresh
  • meth
  • macbeth
  • dev
  • mesh
  • kiev
  • lev

Slant rhymes for yes

Share the vowel or the final consonant. Great for natural-sounding lyrics.

  • else
  • gets
  • sense
  • steps
  • lets
  • fence
  • sets
  • checks
  • bets
  • tense
  • rex
  • deaths
  • threats
  • debts
  • pets
  • hence
  • jets
  • tex
  • necks
  • breaths
  • spence
  • lex
  • decks
  • dense
  • specs
  • nets
  • scarce
  • sweats
  • mets
  • dex
  • cheques
  • hex
  • wrecks
  • whence
  • chefs
  • flex
  • reps
  • pence
  • vets
  • techs

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What rhymes with yes?

The most common perfect rhymes for “yes” are guess, unless, less, dress, mess, press, bless, success. Near rhymes include says, death, fresh, breath, jeff.

What is a slant rhyme for yes?

Slant and near rhymes for “yes” include says, death, fresh, breath, else, gets, sense, steps. They share the vowel sound or the ending, so they sound natural in lyrics.

How many syllables are in yes?

“yes” has 1 syllable, according to the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

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