Rhymes with decadence
dec·a·dence
D d Two-syllable rhymes
- cadence — The cadence of someone's voice is the way their voice gets higher and lower as they speak.
- presence — the state or fact of being present, as with others or in a place.
- prudence — a female given name.
- sentence — Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
- silence — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
Three-syllable rhymes
- arrogance — the quality or state of being arrogant; overbearing pride or self-importance
- benelux — The Benelux countries are Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
- blessedness — consecrated; sacred; holy; sanctified: the Blessed Sacrament.
- confidence — If you have confidence in someone, you feel that you can trust them.
- credulous — If you describe someone as credulous, you have a low opinion of them because they are too ready to believe what people tell them and are easily deceived.
- daedalus — an Athenian architect and inventor who built the labyrinth for Minos on Crete and fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus to flee the island
- decadent — If you say that a person or society is decadent, you think that they have low moral standards and are interested mainly in pleasure.
- deference — Deference is a polite and respectful attitude towards someone, especially because they have an important position.
- detritus — Detritus is the small pieces of rubbish that remain after an event has finished or when something has been used.
- difference — the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
- edifice — a building, especially one of large size or imposing appearance.
- fremitus — palpable vibration, as of the walls of the chest.
- genesis — an origin, creation, or beginning.
- genocide — the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
- gentleness — kindly; amiable: a gentle manner.
- helplessness — unable to help oneself; weak or dependent: a helpless invalid.
- ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- indulgence — the act or practice of indulging; gratification of desire.
- innocence — the quality or state of being innocent; freedom from sin or moral wrong.
- innocent — free from moral wrong; without sin; pure: innocent children.
- megabucks — one million dollars.
- membranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- nebulous — hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused: a nebulous recollection of the meeting; a nebulous distinction between pride and conceit.
- negligence — the quality, fact, or result of being negligent; neglect: negligence in discharging one's responsibilities.
- opulence — wealth, riches, or affluence.
- paradise — a town in N California.
- pegasus — 1. (networking, product) A product to support Internet searches, electronic mail, and Usenet news. 2. (project) An open source project run by The Open Group which implements a Common Information Model (CIM) Object Manager.
- pendulous — hanging down loosely: pendulous blossoms.
- pestilence — a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
- precedence — act or fact of preceding.
- precipice — a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face.
- prevalence — the condition of being prevalent, or widespread: the prevalence of AIDS in developing countries.
- providence — a state of the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast: a part of New England. 1214 sq. mi. (3145 sq. km). Capital: Providence. Abbreviation: RI (for use with zip code), R.I.
- recklessness — utterly unconcerned about the consequences of some action; without caution; careless (usually followed by of): to be reckless of danger.
- relevance — the condition of being relevant, or connected with the matter at hand: Some traditional institutions of the media lack relevance in this digital age.
- residence — the place, especially the house, in which a person lives or resides; dwelling place; home: Their residence is in New York City.
- resonance — the state or quality of being resonant.
- restlessness — characterized by or showing inability to remain at rest: a restless mood.
- reverence — a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
- sensuous — perceived by or affecting the senses: the sensuous qualities of music.
- tenebrous — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- tenuous — lacking a sound basis, as reasoning; unsubstantiated; weak: a tenuous argument.
- testament — Law. a will, especially one that relates to the disposition of one's personal property. will2 (def 8).
- tetanus — Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw. Compare lockjaw.
- tremulous — (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
- venomous — (of an animal) having a gland or glands for secreting venom; able to inflict a poisoned bite, sting, or wound: a venomous snake.
- violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- belligerence — the act or quality of being belligerent or warlike; aggressiveness
- beneficence — the act of doing good; kindness
- benevolence — inclination or tendency to help or do good to others; charity
- contentiousness — The state of being contentious.
- delectable — If you describe something, especially food or drink, as delectable, you mean that it is very pleasant.
- directionless — the act or an instance of directing.
- incredulous — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- intelligence — capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.
- irrelevance — the quality or condition of being irrelevant.
- persepolis — an ancient capital of Persia: its imposing ruins are in S Iran, about 30 miles (48 km) NE of Shiraz.
- pink elephants — a facetious name applied to hallucinations caused by drunkenness
- preeminence — the state or character of being preeminent.
- unpleasantness — the quality or state of being unpleasant.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- direct evidence — evidence of a witness who testifies to the truth of the fact to be proved (contrasted with circumstantial evidence).
- hearsay evidence — testimony based on what a witness has heard from another person rather than on direct personal knowledge or experience.
- morphogenesis — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- state's evidence — evidence given by an accomplice in a crime who becomes a voluntary witness against the other defendants: The defendants' case was lost when one of them turned state's evidence.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- indirect evidence — circumstantial evidence.
- magnetic resonance — the response by atoms, molecules, or nuclei subjected to a magnetic field to radio waves or other forms of energy: used in medicine for scanning
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- circumstantial evidence — indirect evidence that tends to establish a conclusion by inference