Rhyming dictionary

Words that rhyme with “friend”

“friend” has 27 perfect rhymes in this list, from 1 to 3 syllables. The most common are end, send, and spend. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as left, else, and next. The two example lines rhyme “friend” with “spend” and “bend”.

It rhymes with the same words as end.

Perfect rhymes

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

1 syllable

  • end
  • send
  • spend
  • lend
  • tend
  • bend
  • blend
  • mend
  • trend
  • penned

2 syllables

  • pretend
  • defend
  • intend
  • attend
  • depend
  • extend
  • offend
  • descend
  • suspend
  • commend
  • ascend
  • contend
  • amend
  • transcend

3 syllables

  • recommend
  • comprehend
  • apprehend

Near rhymes (same vowel sound)

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

  • left
  • else
  • next
  • care
  • went
  • dead
  • best
  • hell
  • yourself
  • head
  • yet
  • men
  • guess
  • myself
  • friends
  • says
  • death
  • forget
  • check
  • against
  • set
  • rest
  • read
  • gets
  • met
  • bed
  • em
  • ahead
  • sent
  • perfect
  • himself
  • scared
  • red
  • hair
  • air
  • ten
  • sense
  • sex
  • felt
  • bet

“friend” in a lyric: two examples

I had a dollar left to spend
and bought two gumballs, one for my friend.

The road keeps winding round another bend,
and you keep driving, half asleep, my friend.

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 (end, send, and spend) close a line hard; those of 3 syllables (recommend and comprehend) stretch it and soften it. Match them to what the line is saying.
  • If every perfect rhyme for “friend” sounds forced, move “friend” inside the line and end it on another word.