Rhymes for "defy" /dɪfɑɪ/

2 syllables (de-fy)

Looking for words that rhyme with "defy"? Here are perfect rhymes and multisyllabic combinations.

Perfect Rhymes for 'defy'

These words share the same ending sound from the stressed syllable onward.

  • i
  • buy
  • goodbye
  • pie
  • get high
  • sky
  • cry
  • high
  • lie
  • try
  • dry
  • ally
  • deny
  • hog tie
  • freeze dry
  • good guy
  • good-bye
  • fly
  • hi-fi
  • eye'
  • chai
  • dubai
  • my
  • belie
  • eye
  • white-lie
  • the eye
  • tie
  • dye
  • wry
  • shut eye
  • sky-high
  • ray
  • black-tie
  • nearby
  • fbi
  • fly high
  • knee high
  • on high
  • come by
  • lay by
  • hold by
  • sigh
  • bad guy
  • rye
  • nice guy
  • reply
  • by-and-by
  • potpie
  • evil eye
  • die
  • fry
  • cross eye
  • blue-sky
  • squeak by
  • two ply
  • high and dry
  • bonsai
  • bye
  • do-or-die
  • meat pie
  • blue sky
  • white tie
  • gone by
  • rank high
  • rhye
  • spy
  • stand by
  • vie
  • rely
  • good-by
  • hair dye
  • bone-dry
  • black tie
  • black eye
  • bye-bye
  • sly
  • hog-tie
  • bow tie
  • july
  • shoo-fly
  • thesky
  • passers-by
  • hue and cry
  • knee-high
  • mumbai
  • ride high
  • tie-and-dye
  • keen eye
  • dry fly
  • new high
  • comply
  • get by
  • espy
  • guy
  • fall guy
  • pass by
  • nigh
  • by

Sound-Alike Words for 'defy'

Slant rhymes, assonance rhymes, call it what you want — a very useful tool for songwriters.

Perfect matches

These words match the entire phrase "defy".

  • di-vine
  • midnight
  • behind
  • delights
  • springtime
  • inspires
  • deny
  • signal light
  • riptide
  • revive
  • pristine
  • incite
  • delight
  • revise
  • excites
  • designs
  • good-bye
  • decide
  • belie
  • beguile
  • defy
  • ignite
  • excite
  • mid-night
  • devise
  • device
  • designed
  • divine
  • beside
  • design
  • invite
  • fistfight
  • spill light
  • windchimes
  • in-sights
  • in time
  • crystallize
  • belied
  • despise
  • fishwife
  • invites
  • ignites
  • reply
  • defies
  • big time
  • spring tide
  • reclines
  • deprived
  • prescribe
  • disguise
  • describe
  • midwife
  • insights
  • mid-life
  • think twice
  • thin ice
  • refines
  • twin-striped
  • demise
  • expired
  • king-size
  • in line
  • implies
  • linked rhyme
  • milk-white
  • hitchhike
  • defied
  • decried
  • resign
  • rely
  • still life
  • beguiled
  • rich rhyme
  • deride
  • divide
  • reprise
  • flip side
  • despite
  • insight
  • recital
  • resigned
  • imbibed
  • derive
  • divides
  • dislike
  • riptides
  • springlike
  • insides
  • imbibe
  • grim-eyed
  • be-hind
  • goodbyes
  • still-life
  • midnights
  • give light
  • remind
  • sick mind
  • belies
  • dislikes
  • in sight

Multisyllabic Rhyme Sets for 'defy'

The following sets contain words grouped by phonetic similarity. Select one word from each group within a set to form a multi-syllabic or phrase-level rhyme. Mix and match across sets to discover even more creative possibilities.

kick
king
spring
still
kiss
live
fish
tears
winds
chick
wings
brick
hit'
if
bling
witch
cheers
little
link
sins
thrill
ships
bliss
win
smitten
sin
twist
slip
swing
wind
swim
limp
zing
ship
tip
silk
riddle
rip
rich
pink
myth
grit
lit
will
wind'
gift
ring
drip
kissed
trip
lips
hymn
kitten
pitch
give
built
milk
king'
drink
sing
years
list
chill
hiss
nymph
shit
kill
pig
sling
builds
swift
pinch
kindle
fridge
shtick
brings
gifts
lick
spill
twitch
lil'
bricks
sinned
hints
rings
risks
ears
twins
stink
winked
wink
shrimp
pins
gills
hits
hitched
slipped
miss
linked
lip
like
i
i'm
rhymes
nice
night
time
times
hyme
buy
white
life
right
time'
smiles
live
bite
chime
winds
light
pie
shine
cry
light's
christ
might
blind
flight
thyme
sign
sky
wind
lie
lights
high
pies
mine
whine
wild
strive
try
died
skies
ice
kite
wise
life'
ride
lime
lives
knives
dry
lines
write
tides
line
knife
nine
bright
child
heights
pride
rice
smile
knight
fight
rhyme
tight
rite
vinyl
likes
smiled
bride
ripe
rise
pine
bride's
isle
hive
fly
bites
idle
eye'
spice
chai
smite
tide
piles
finds
writes
vibes
wines
flies
sighed
sighs
fight's
pipes
twice
line's
sky's

"defy" in Song Lyrics

See how artists use "defy" in their lyrics:

What the radio won't play, the underground will supply it I'm an MC pirate that's loud, not quiet Radical as they make'em, make a rule I'll defy it Critics may say I'm wise, some may call my words lies I've lived more in one day than they will in their lives
Just a little bit of the taste of the bass for you As you get up and dance at the LQ When some deny it, defy it, I swing bolos And then they clear the lane, I go solo The meaning of all of that, some media is the wack

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