Rhyming dictionary

Words that rhyme with “hand”

“hand” has 29 perfect rhymes in this list, from 1 to 4 syllables. The most common are stand, land, and grand. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as than, last, and thanks. The two example lines rhyme “hand” with “planned” and “sand”.

Perfect rhymes

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

1 syllable

  • stand
  • land
  • grand
  • band
  • planned
  • sand
  • brand
  • banned
  • canned
  • grande
  • strand
  • scanned
  • bland
  • gland
  • manned
  • tanned
  • panned

2 syllables

  • command
  • demand
  • expand
  • withstand
  • firsthand
  • remand
  • unmanned
  • disband
  • offhand
  • unplanned

3 syllables

  • understand

4 syllables

  • misunderstand

Near rhymes (same vowel sound)

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

  • than
  • last
  • thanks
  • dad
  • bad
  • ask
  • damn
  • hands
  • asked
  • chance
  • shall
  • half
  • fact
  • black
  • plan
  • perhaps
  • past
  • laughs
  • glad
  • jack
  • fast
  • hang
  • dance
  • catch
  • mad
  • act
  • pass
  • class
  • attack
  • bag
  • frank
  • ran
  • bank
  • relax
  • sad
  • laugh
  • cat
  • glass
  • cash
  • grab

“hand” in a lyric: two examples

The garage band's first gig went as planned
until the drummer dropped a stick from his hand.

We wrote our names together in the sand,
and the tide came in and took them, hand in hand.

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 (stand, land, and grand) close a line hard; those of 4 syllables (misunderstand) stretch it and soften it. Match them to what the line is saying.
  • If every perfect rhyme for “hand” sounds forced, move “hand” inside the line and end it on another word.