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Rhymes with adapts

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One-syllable rhymes

  • acts — a book of the New Testament, ascribed to Luke
  • ax — An ax is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade that is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.
  • axe — An axe is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade which is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.
  • backs — a large tub, vat, or cistern used by dyers, brewers, distillers, etc., to hold liquids.
  • bax — Sir Arnold (Edward Trevor). 1883–1953, English composer of romantic works, often based on Celtic legends, including the tone poem Tintagel (1917)
  • chaps — Chaps are leather leggings without a seat that are sometimes worn by cowboys over their pants.
  • cracks — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
  • craps — a gambling game using two dice, in which a player wins the bet if 7 or 11 is thrown first, and loses if 2, 3, or 12 is thrown
  • dax — an index of share prices based on an average of 30 leading stocks quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
  • facts — something that actually exists; reality; truth: Your fears have no basis in fact.
  • fax — facsimile
  • flaps — something flat and broad that is attached at one side only and hangs loosely or covers an opening: the flap of an envelope; the flap of a pocket.
  • flax — any plant of the genus Linum, especially L. usitatissimum, a slender, erect, annual plant having narrow, lance-shaped leaves and blue flowers, cultivated for its fiber and seeds.
  • jacks — a male given name, form of Jacob or John.
  • laps — the act of lapping liquid.
  • lapse — an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
  • lax — not strict or severe; careless or negligent: lax morals; a lax attitude toward discipline.
  • maxMaxwell ("Max") 1924–2007, U.S. jazz drummer and bandleader.
  • pax — the Roman goddess of peace.
  • sacks — a strong light-colored wine formerly imported from Spain and the Canary Islands.
  • saps — Fortification. a deep, narrow trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place or an enemy's position.
  • sax — a short, single-edged sword of ancient Scandinavia.
  • saxe — Comte Hermann Maurice de [er-man maw-rees duh] /ɛrˈman mɔˈris də/ (Show IPA), 1696–1750, French military leader: marshal of France 1744.
  • schnapps — (in Europe) any strong, dry spirit, as slivovitz, aquavit, or kirsch.
  • slacks — the fine screenings of coal.
  • tacks — a lease, especially on farmland.
  • taps — a cylindrical stick, long plug, or stopper for closing an opening through which liquid is drawn, as in a cask; spigot.
  • tax — a tax levied according to the value of the property, merchandise, etc., being taxed.
  • tracks — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
  • traps — a ladder or ladderlike device used to reach a loft, attic, etc.
  • wax — a fit of anger; rage.
  • wraps — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.

Two-syllable rhymes

  • adapt — If you adapt to a new situation or adapt yourself to it, you change your ideas or behaviour in order to deal with it successfully.
  • collapse — If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
  • death tax — a tax on money or property that a person inherits
  • gift tax — a tax imposed on the transfer of money or property from one living person to another by gift, payable by the donor.
  • ice ax — a mountaineering tool combining an adzlike blade and a pick on the head of a long wooden handle, with a spike on the end, used for cutting into ice and for support on icy surfaces.
  • perhaps — maybe; possibly: Perhaps the package will arrive today.
  • poll tax — a capitation tax, the payment of which is sometimes a prerequisite to exercise the right of suffrage.
  • pretax — profits, etc.: before tax
  • relapse — to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
  • relax — to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
  • sales tax — a tax on receipts from sales, usually added to the selling price by the seller.
  • single tax — a tax, as on land, that constitutes the sole source of public revenue.
  • stamp tax — a tax whose revenue is derived from the sale of stamps that are required to be affixed to certain retail merchandise and legal documents.

Three-syllable rhymes

  • adapted — If something is adapted to a particular situation or purpose, it is especially suitable for it.
  • adaptors — Plural form of adaptor.
  • direct tax — a tax exacted directly from the persons who will bear the burden of it (without reimbursement to them at the expense of others), as a poll tax, a general property tax, or an income tax.
  • hidden tax — any tax paid by a manufacturer, supplier, or seller that is added on to the price the consumer pays.
  • income tax — a tax levied on incomes, especially an annual government tax on personal incomes.
  • japan wax — a pale-yellow, waxy, water-insoluble solid obtained from the fruit of certain sumacs, especially Rhus succedanea, native to Japan and China: used chiefly in the manufacture of candles, furniture polishes, and floor waxes.
  • sealing wax — a resinous preparation, soft when heated, used for sealing letters, documents, etc.

Four-or-more syllable rhymes

  • indirect tax — a tax levied indirectly, as one levied on commodities before they reach the consumer but ultimately paid by the consumer as part of the market price.
  • mineral wax — ozocerite.
  • paraffin wax — paraffin in its solid state.
  • property tax — a tax levied on real or personal property.
  • vegetable wax — a wax, or a substance resembling wax, obtained from various plants, as the wax palm.
  • withholding tax — that part of an employee's tax liability withheld by the employer from wages or salary and paid directly to the government.

Four-or-more syllable rhymes

  • capital gains tax — a tax on the profit made from the sale of an asset
  • inheritance tax — a tax levied on the right of an heir to receive a decedent's property, the rate being a percentage of the value of the property.
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