Rhymes for "lead" /lɛd/

1 syllable (lead)

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

Perfect Rhymes for 'lead'

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

  • bed
  • read
  • undead
  • red
  • flame red
  • bread
  • drop dead
  • paint the town red
  • blood red
  • hit the nail on the head
  • in the red
  • 'head
  • stone-dead
  • dark-red
  • bred
  • dead'
  • dread
  • blood-red
  • beet-red
  • instead
  • dead
  • spread
  • the dead
  • said
  • spoon-fed
  • fire-red
  • best-read
  • break bread
  • go to bed
  • forge ahead
  • widespread
  • head
  • get ahead
  • shoot ahead
  • wed
  • rose-red
  • breast-fed
  • bed head
  • half-dead
  • lip-red
  • stead
  • shred
  • misled
  • well-read
  • lie ahead
  • overfed
  • embed
  • abed
  • brick red
  • thread
  • sled
  • flame-red
  • grass-fed
  • grow red
  • fire red
  • corn-fed
  • go ahead
  • fled
  • turn red
  • sea-bred
  • unsaid
  • peach red
  • loomingoverhead
  • wheat-fed
  • cool head
  • dash ahead
  • retread
  • dew-fed
  • white bread
  • sea sled
  • tread
  • well-bred
  • shed
  • crown head
  • hot bed
  • earth-fed
  • misread
  • look ahead
  • sky-bred
  • star-led
  • oat bread
  • corn bread
  • rush ahead
  • dredd
  • cat-bed
  • knock dead
  • black lead
  • strike dead
  • swell head
  • fall dead
  • ill-bred
  • moor-bred
  • drive ahead
  • far ahead
  • cut dead
  • bled
  • long-fed
  • wise-said
  • the lead

Sound-Alike Words for 'lead'

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Perfect matches

These words match the entire phrase "lead".

  • air
  • friend
  • friends
  • pen
  • yell
  • tears
  • egg
  • bear
  • bed
  • read
  • let's
  • rest
  • met
  • rare
  • self
  • cher
  • blend
  • sense
  • step
  • yes
  • death's
  • check
  • red
  • west
  • fair
  • best
  • belle
  • fest
  • blessed
  • ten
  • web
  • stair
  • tempt
  • trek
  • wear
  • when
  • legs
  • share
  • neck
  • edge
  • bread
  • elf
  • held
  • bend
  • swells
  • dress
  • cell
  • leg
  • gem
  • dare
  • 'head
  • hell
  • bless
  • melt
  • men
  • mend
  • bears
  • metal
  • chair
  • chai
  • breath
  • realm
  • stairs
  • squelched
  • steps
  • vex
  • well
  • swell
  • spent
  • spend
  • spell
  • sells
  • tense
  • tempts
  • realms
  • swept
  • wrecks
  • stretch
  • end
  • meant
  • bells
  • mare
  • kept
  • slet's
  • felt
  • dead'
  • theirs
  • hen's
  • stressed
  • dressed
  • bares
  • prayer
  • scared
  • says
  • pear
  • helm
  • fresh
  • jet
  • deck
  • pears

"lead" in Song Lyrics

See how artists use "lead" in their lyrics:

Now tell me have you ever looked up in the distance And seen a mac aimin' at your head man Before you know it, life is flashin', reminiscing and your body is drippin' and full of lead man I done been there (uh huh), I done cocked that (uh huh),
I see peace to the red sky I see these are where the dead die, leavin' my head high And if the streets up ahead crowd with the heat from the lead fly But the grief when I said "Bye," pull the sheets on my bed dry We're turnin' the table, we tellin' a tale
Sick of them thugs, sick of wrath of the next man's grudge What the other kid did was pull out, no doubt A newer me in better shape, before he lit out, he lead the chase My owner fell to the floor, his wig split So fast, I didn't know he was hit, it's over with

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