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Words That Rhyme With Need

agreed, feed, guaranteed, indeed and lead rhyme with need. Below are all 48 everyday perfect rhymes, plus near rhymes such as asleep, breach, cheap and complete.

Perfect rhymes for need48

1 syllable · 27

  • feed
  • lead
  • read
  • speed
  • breed
  • creed
  • deed
  • freed
  • fried
  • greed
  • keyed
  • seed
  • bead
  • bleed
  • cede
  • heed
  • knead
  • kneed
  • plead
  • reed
  • skied
  • teed
  • tweed
  • weed
  • peed
  • mead
  • steed

2 syllables · 17

  • agreed
  • indeed
  • mislead
  • succeed
  • concede
  • exceed
  • misread
  • precede
  • proceed
  • reread
  • accede
  • decreed
  • impede
  • misdeed
  • recede
  • secede
  • stampede

3 syllables · 4

  • guaranteed
  • disagreed
  • intercede
  • supersede

Near rhymes for need

Same stressed vowel, slightly different ending. The 60 most common of 138.

1 syllable

  • breach
  • cheap
  • deep
  • each
  • eat
  • feet
  • heat
  • keep
  • leach
  • meet
  • peak
  • reach
  • seek
  • sheet
  • sleep
  • speak
  • speech
  • street
  • teach
  • treat
  • week
  • beach
  • beat
  • cheat
  • cheek
  • clique
  • creep
  • feat
  • fleet
  • freak
  • heap
  • league
  • leak
  • leap
  • meat
  • neat
  • preach
  • seat
  • sheep
  • sneak
  • steep
  • suite
  • sweep
  • sweet
  • weak

2 syllables

  • asleep
  • complete
  • concrete
  • delete
  • repeat
  • technique
  • unique
  • antique
  • compete
  • defeat
  • discrete
  • elite
  • receipt

3 syllables

  • incomplete
  • obsolete

Using rhymes for need

Need rhymes with feed, read, speed, lead and succeed, plus indeed for a formal touch. *Read* and lead are useful because they also work in past-tense lines. Near rhymes such as deep, keep and each change the final consonant.

Example lines

Two original couplets: one with a perfect rhyme, one with a near rhyme.

I filled a hundred notebooks with the things I meant to read,

and none of them could teach me what I actually need.

Perfect rhyme: need / read

I don’t want much from you, there’s nothing you have to keep;

just stay here for a minute, that is all I need.

Near rhyme: need / keep

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Frequently asked questions

What rhymes with need?
agreed, feed, guaranteed, indeed and lead rhyme with need. Below are all 48 everyday perfect rhymes, plus near rhymes such as asleep, breach, cheap and complete.
How many syllables are in need?
Need has 1 syllable. The rhymes on this page are grouped by syllable count so you can keep the rhythm of a line.
What is a near rhyme?
A near rhyme, or slant rhyme, keeps the stressed vowel of a word but changes the sounds after it slightly, like “heart” and “card”. It is common in songs and modern poetry because it sounds less predictable than a perfect rhyme.