Words that rhyme with license
License is a 2-syllable word with 138 perfect rhymes. The most popular rhymes are absence, adolescence, allegiance. This word appears in songs across our database, making it a versatile choice for songwriters and poets.
Definition of license
- noun
- a legal document giving official permission to do something
- freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
- excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; "when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke
2 syllables
3 syllables
- allegiance
- ambulance
- coalescence
- cognisance
- complaisance
- condolence
- consequence
- convergence
- conversance
- corpulence
- covalence
- diligence
- divergence
- divulgence
- effulgence
- eloquence
- emergence
- excellence
- excrescence
- feculence
- flatulence
- florescence
- fluorescence
- imbalance
- impatience
- indigence
- indolence
- indulgence
- innocence
- insentience
- insolence
- insurgence
- malfeasance
- misfeasance
- negligence
- nonchalance
- nonfeasance
- opulence
- outbalance
- pestilence
- petulance
- prevalence
- purulence
- putrescence
- quintessence
- redolence
- refulgence
- resemblance
- resurgence
- reticence
- senescence
- somnolence
- submergence
- subsequence
- succulence
- surveillance
- translucence
- truculence
- tumescence
- turbulence
- unbalance
- vigilance
- cognizance
- nonviolence
- candescence
- concrescence
- defeasance
- virescence
- bivalence
4 syllables
- adolescence
- ambivalence
- beneficence
- benevolence
- birefringence
- concupiscence
- convalescence
- counterbalance
- effervescence
- efflorescence
- equivalence
- evanescence
- grandiloquence
- incandescence
- inconsequence
- inflorescence
- intelligence
- intransigence
- iridescence
- juvenescence
- luminescence
- magnificence
- magniloquence
- malevolence
- munificence
- obsolescence
- omnipresence
- opalescence
- overbalance
- phosphorescence
- polyvalence
- reconnaissance
- recrudescence
- detumescence
- intumescence
- maleficence
- recognizance
- arborescence
- deliquescence
- equipollence
- preadolescence
5 syllables
6 syllables
7 syllables
Examples of "license" in lyrics
See how license is used at the end of a line in songs:
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"I'm mad cause I was caught and reached for his license"
2 Live Crew — In the Dust -
"I'm just a Yungsta, I roll without a license"
504 Boyz f/ Lil' Romeo, Magic — Tight Whips -
"Drivin' wit no license"
AP.9 f/ Messy Marv — My Life
What do these rhymes mean?
- absence
- the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation" failure to be present the time interval
- adolescence
- the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood in the state that someone is in between puberty and
- allegiance
- the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
- ambivalence
- mixed feelings or emotions
- ambulance
- a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
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Rhyming tips for songwriters
When using "license" in your lyrics, consider mixing perfect rhymes with near rhymes (slant rhymes) for a more natural flow. Perfect rhymes like absence, adolescence, allegiance create a satisfying resolution, while slant rhymes add variety and keep listeners engaged.
Since "license" 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.