Words that rhyme with hard

• bard 5
  n 1: a lyric poet 2: an ornamental caparison for a horse v 1: put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion" [syn: caparison, bard, barde, dress up]
• canard 5
  n 1: a deliberately misleading fabrication
• discard 5
  n 1: anything that is cast aside or discarded 2: (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit 3: getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable [syn: discard, throwing away] v 1: throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away]
• sard 1
  n 1: a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony [syn: sard, sardine, sardius]
• backyard 0
  n 1: the grounds in back of a house
• barred 0
  adj 1: preventing entry or exit or a course of action; "a barricaded street"; "barred doors"; "the blockaded harbor" [syn: barricaded, barred, blockaded] 2: marked with stripes or bands
• bastard 0
  adj 1: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard] n 1: insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous [syn: asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB] 2: the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents [syn: bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child, illegitimate, whoreson] 3: derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin; "the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic" [syn: bastard, mongrel]
• bodyguard 0
  n 1: someone who escorts and protects a prominent person [syn: bodyguard, escort] 2: a group of men who escort and protect some important person
• bombard 0
  n 1: a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family [syn: bombardon, bombard] v 1: cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs" [syn: pelt, bombard] 2: throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden" [syn: bombard, bomb] 3: address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer" [syn: bombard, barrage] 4: direct high energy particles or radiation against
• boulevard 0
  n 1: a wide street or thoroughfare [syn: avenue, boulevard]
• card 0
  n 1: one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes; "he collected cards and traded them with the other boys" 2: a card certifying the identity of the bearer; "he had to show his card to get in" [syn: card, identity card] 3: a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures); "they sent us a card from Miami" 4: thin cardboard, usually rectangular 5: a witty amusing person who makes jokes [syn: wag, wit, card] 6: a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a poster advertised the coming attractions" [syn: poster, posting, placard, notice, bill, card] 7: a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited [syn: calling card, visiting card, card] 8: (golf) a record of scores (as in golf); "you have to turn in your card to get a handicap" [syn: card, scorecard] 9: a list of dishes available at a restaurant; "the menu was in French" [syn: menu, bill of fare, card, carte du jour, carte] 10: (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat; "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate" [syn: batting order, card, lineup] 11: a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities [syn: circuit board, circuit card, board, card, plug-in, add-in] v 1: separate the fibers of; "tease wool" [syn: tease, card] 2: ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor; "I was carded when I tried to buy a beer!"
• chard 0
  n 1: beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks [syn: chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet, chard plant, Beta vulgaris cicla] 2: long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves [syn: chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet]
• courtyard 0
  n 1: an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court" [syn: court, courtyard]
• disregard 0
  n 1: lack of attention and due care [syn: disregard, neglect] 2: willful lack of care and attention [syn: disregard, neglect] v 1: refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting" [syn: ignore, disregard, snub, cut] 2: bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" [syn: dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore] 3: give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" [syn: neglect, ignore, disregard]
• graveyard 0
  n 1: a tract of land used for burials [syn: cemetery, graveyard, burial site, burial ground, burying ground, memorial park, necropolis]
• guard 0
  n 1: a person who keeps watch over something or someone 2: the person who plays that position on a football team; "the left guard was injured on the play" 3: a device designed to prevent injury or accidents [syn: guard, safety, safety device] 4: a posture of defence in boxing or fencing; "keep your guard up" 5: the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team 6: a military unit serving to protect some place or person 7: a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.; "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down" [syn: precaution, safeguard, guard] 8: the duty of serving as a sentry; "he was on guard that night" [syn: guard duty, guard, sentry duty, sentry go] 9: (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "guards must be good blockers" 10: a position on a basketball team v 1: to keep watch over; "there would be men guarding the horses" 2: watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away" [syn: guard, ward] 3: protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks" [syn: defend, guard, hold] 4: take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence; "guard against becoming too friendly with the staff"; "guard against infection"
• lard 0
  n 1: soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1: prepare or cook with lard; "lard meat" 2: add details to [syn: embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise]
• regard 0
  n 1: (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point; "it differs in that respect" [syn: respect, regard] 2: paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" [syn: attentiveness, heed, regard, paying attention] [ant: heedlessness, inattentiveness] 3: (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare; "give him my kind regards"; "my best wishes" [syn: regard, wish, compliments] 4: a long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me" [syn: gaze, regard] 5: the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard" [syn: esteem, regard, respect] [ant: disesteem] 6: a feeling of friendship and esteem; "she mistook his manly regard for love"; "he inspires respect" [syn: regard, respect] 7: an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him" [syn: respect, esteem, regard] [ant: disrespect] v 1: deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" [syn: see, consider, reckon, view, regard] 2: look at attentively [syn: regard, consider] 3: connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business" [syn: involve, affect, regard]
• retard 0
  n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard] v 1: cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate" 2: be delayed 3: slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" [syn: check, retard, delay] 4: lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" [syn: decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard] [ant: accelerate, quicken, speed, speed up]
• reward 0
  n 1: a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward" [syn: wages, reward, payoff] 2: payment made in return for a service rendered 3: an act performed to strengthen approved behavior [syn: reward, reinforcement] 4: the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property 5: benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity" [syn: advantage, reward] [ant: penalty] v 1: bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action" [syn: honor, honour, reward] [ant: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame] 2: strengthen and support with rewards; "Let's reinforce good behavior" [syn: reinforce, reward] 3: act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions [syn: reward, repay, pay back]
• scarred 0
  adj 1: deeply affected or marked by mental or physical pain or injury; "Could her scarred mind ever be free of fear?"; "a face scarred by anxiety"; "the fire left her arm badly scarred" 2: blemished by injury or rough wear; "the scarred piano bench"; "walls marred by graffiti" [syn: marred, scarred]
• shard 0
  n 1: a broken piece of a brittle artifact [syn: shard, sherd, fragment]
• starred 0
  adj 1: marked with an asterisk; "the starred items" [syn: asterisked, starred]
• ward 0
  n 1: a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another 2: a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections 3: block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they put her in a 4-bed ward" [syn: ward, hospital ward] 4: English economist and conservationist (1914-1981) [syn: Ward, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth] 5: English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920) [syn: Ward, Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward] 6: United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913) [syn: Ward, Montgomery Ward, Aaron Montgomery Ward] 7: a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) [syn: cellblock, ward] v 1: watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away" [syn: guard, ward]
• yard 0
  n 1: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride [syn: yard, pace] 2: the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard" [syn: yard, grounds, curtilage] 3: a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings); "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town" 4: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn: thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yard] 5: a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel) [syn: cubic yard, yard] 6: a tract of land where logs are accumulated 7: an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines [syn: yard, railway yard, railyard] 8: a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen 9: an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
• fahd 0
  n 1: king of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005 (1923-2005) [syn: Fahd, Fahd ibn Abdel Aziz al-Saud]
• sade 0
  n 1: French soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term `sadism' (1740-1814) [syn: Sade, de Sade, Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade, Marquis de Sade]
• briard 0
  n 1: old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat
• bernard 0
  n 1: French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878) [syn: Bernard, Claude Bernard]
• girard 0
  n 1: United States financier (born in France) who helped finance the War of 1812 (1750-1831) [syn: Girard, Stephen Girard]
• godard 0
  n 1: French film maker influenced by surrealism; early work explored the documentary use of film; noted for innovative techniques (born in 1930) [syn: Godard, Jean Luc Godard]
• nard 0
  n 1: an aromatic ointment used in antiquity [syn: nard, spikenard]
• charred 0
• byard 0
• giscard 0
• alard 0
• archard 0
• barnard 0
• bedard 0
• belgard 0
• bellard 0
• benard 0
• berrard 0
• bevard 0
• billard 0
• boilard 0
• bolyard 0
• bongard 0
• borchard 0
• bossard 0
• bouchard 0
• bouffard 0
• bovard 0
• bozard 0
• brossard 0
• brouillard 0
• broussard 0
• bunyard 0
• burchard 0
• burnard 0
• buzard 0
• chouinard 0
• couillard 0
• coulthard 0
• deckard 0
• denard 0
• dennard 0
• dewaard 0
• dillard 0
• disbarred 0
• drouillard 0
• fayard 0
• gabbard 0
• gallard 0
• garard 0
• gaspard 0
• gerard 0
• giard 0
• gibbard 0
• gillard 0
• gilyard 0
• gossard 0
• guerard 0
• guichard 0
• guinyard 0
• picard 0
• renard 0
• ard 0
• berard 0
• pard 0

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