Rhyming dictionary

Words that rhyme with “believe”

“believe” has 16 perfect rhymes in this list, from 1 to 2 syllables. The most common are leave, eve, and sleeve. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as keep, feel, and three. The two example lines rhyme “believe” with “sleeve” and “Eve”.

Perfect rhymes

Perfect rhymes repeat every sound from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.

1 syllable

  • leave
  • eve
  • sleeve
  • heave
  • grieve
  • weave
  • cleave

2 syllables

  • receive
  • achieve
  • naive
  • retrieve
  • relieve
  • deceive
  • perceive
  • conceive
  • reprieve

Near rhymes (same vowel sound)

Near rhymes keep the vowel sound and change the consonants: softer, and there are many more of them.

  • keep
  • feel
  • three
  • hear
  • real
  • seen
  • meet
  • police
  • each
  • eat
  • deal
  • means
  • sleep
  • least
  • week
  • between
  • speak
  • free
  • seems
  • team
  • needs
  • seem
  • street
  • dream
  • sweet
  • beat
  • weeks
  • clean
  • piece
  • feet
  • chief
  • peace
  • key
  • deep
  • sea
  • agree
  • tea
  • scene
  • feels
  • seat

“believe” in a lyric: two examples

The magician pulled a coin out of my sleeve,
and for one second, I let myself believe.

We wrote our wishes down on New Year's Eve
and burned them, and pretended to believe.

Lines written for this page. Use them as a starting point, not as a finished verse.

How to choose the rhyme

  • Say the line out loud before you choose: the rhyme has to land on the beat where the melody stresses it.
  • Rhymes of 1 syllable (leave, eve, and sleeve) close a line hard; those of 2 syllables (receive and achieve) stretch it and soften it. Match them to what the line is saying.
  • If every perfect rhyme for “believe” sounds forced, move “believe” inside the line and end it on another word.