Words that rhyme with contest
Contest is a 2-syllable word with 151 perfect rhymes. The most popular rhymes are unprocessed, unpressed, alkahest. This word appears in songs across our database, making it a versatile choice for songwriters and poets.
Definition of contest
- noun
- an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
- a struggle between rivals
- verb
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"
1 syllable
2 syllables
- abreast
- armrest
- arrest
- attest
- backrest
- behest
- bequest
- congest
- detest
- digest
- divest
- dressed
- footrest
- gabfest
- headrest
- incest
- infest
- ingest
- inquest
- invest
- molest
- northwest
- pressed
- protest
- redbreast
- request
- slugfest
- southwest
- stressed
- suggest
- unrest
- midwest
- egest
- blessed
- conquest
- concepts
- fondest
- guessed
- hottest
- messed
- reinvest
- retest
- songfest
- fessed
- addwest
- charest
- farwest
- natwest
- norwest
- penwest
- sylvest
- rearrest
- devest
- pretest
- acquest
- imprest
- talkfest
- unblest
- hillcrest
- celeste
3 syllables
- unpressed
- alkahest
- recessed
- addressed
- anapaest
- arbalest
- coalesced
- compressed
- depressed
- disinfest
- disinvest
- distressed
- expressed
- houseguest
- impressed
- interest
- manifest
- obsessed
- oppressed
- palimpsest
- possessed
- professed
- repressed
- suppressed
- unblessed
- undressed
- unstressed
- anapest
- bucharest
- budapest
- rinderpest
- acquiesced
- almagest
- assessed
- caressed
- confessed
- decongest
- digressed
- finessed
- progressed
- reassessed
- transgressed
- stateswest
- indigest
- intrawest
- telequest
- telewest
- prestressed
- firecrest
- undervest
Examples of "contest" in lyrics
See how contest is used at the end of a line in songs:
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"You got a face of a queen in a beauty contest"
2 Live Crew — With Your Badself -
"Hangin with the bangin on the strength, there's no contest"
3rd Bass — Wordz of Wizdom -
"Caught up in a popularity contest"
Birdman f/ Bun B, Drake — More Milli
What do these rhymes mean?
- abreast
- alongside each other, facing in the same direction being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to
- alkahest
- hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists
- recessed
- having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look" resembling an alcove
- unpressed
- (of clothing) not smoothed with heat
- unprocessed
- not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil" not altered from an original or natural state
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Rhyming tips for songwriters
When using "contest" in your lyrics, consider mixing perfect rhymes with near rhymes (slant rhymes) for a more natural flow. Perfect rhymes like unprocessed, unpressed, alkahest create a satisfying resolution, while slant rhymes add variety and keep listeners engaged.
Since "contest" has 2 syllables, try matching it with words of similar length for a balanced meter. Multi-syllable rhymes often sound more sophisticated than single-syllable pairs.