Rhymes with defuse
de·fuse
D d One-syllable rhymes
- woos — to seek the favor, affection, or love of, especially with a view to marriage. Synonyms: court, pursue, chase.
- youse — You (usually more than one person).
- whose — as who should say, Archaic. in a manner of speaking; so to say.
- who's — Who's is the usual spoken form of 'who is' or 'who has', especially when 'has' is an auxiliary verb.
- use — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- snooze — to sleep; slumber; doze; nap.
- skews — to turn aside or swerve; take an oblique course.
- shoes — an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- shmooze — schmooze
- screws — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- coups — Plural form of coup.
- druze — Islam. a member of an independent religious sect living chiefly in Syria, Lebanon, and Israel, established in the 11th century as a branch of Ismaʿili Shiʿism and containing elements of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, and believing in the transmigration of souls and the ultimate perfection of humankind.
- druse — Islam. a member of an independent religious sect living chiefly in Syria, Lebanon, and Israel, established in the 11th century as a branch of Ismaʿili Shiʿism and containing elements of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, and believing in the transmigration of souls and the ultimate perfection of humankind.
- dews — moisture condensed from the atmosphere, especially at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface.
- cues — the letter Q, q.
- cruz — San Juan de la [sahn hwahn de lah] /sɑn ʰwɑn dɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA), John of the Cross, Saint.
- cruse — a small earthenware container used, esp formerly, for liquids
- cruise — A cruise is a holiday during which you travel on a ship or boat and visit a number of places.
- crews — Plural form of crew.
- dues — owed at present; having reached the date for payment: This bill is due.
- clues — Plural form of clue.
- clews — Plural form of clew.
- chuse — Obsolete spelling of choose.
- choose — If you choose someone or something from several people or things that are available, you decide which person or thing you want to have.
- chews — Plural form of chew.
- bruise — A bruise is an injury which appears as a purple mark on your body, although the skin is not broken.
- booze — Booze is alcoholic drink.
- loos — Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- schmooze — to chat idly; gossip.
- ruse — a city in N Bulgaria, on the Danube.
- roose — to flatter or praise
- ooze — (of moisture, liquid, etc.) to flow, percolate, or exude slowly, as through holes or small openings.
- news — netnews
- muse — to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.
- meuse — Dutch Maas. a river in W Europe, flowing from NE France through E Belgium and S Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.
- lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- blues — a feeling of depression or deep unhappiness
- jews — one of a scattered group of people that traces its descent from the Biblical Hebrews or from postexilic adherents of Judaism; Israelite.
- hughes — Charles Evans, 1862–1948, U.S. jurist and statesman: chief justice of the U.S. 1930–41.
- hues — a seaport in central Vietnam: former capital of Annam.
- hews — to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
- goos — a thick or sticky substance: Wash that goo off your hands.
- fuse — Electricity. a protective device, used in an electric circuit, containing a conductor that melts under heat produced by an excess current, thereby opening the circuit. Compare circuit breaker.
- flus — influenza.
Two-syllable rhymes
- chartreuse — either of two liqueurs, green or yellow, made from herbs and flowers
- canoes — Plural form of canoe.
- bemuse — If something bemuses you, it puzzles or confuses you.
- amuse — If something amuses you, it makes you want to laugh or smile.
- accuse — If you accuse someone of doing something wrong or dishonest, you say or tell them that you believe that they did it.
- accrues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accrue.
- abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
- confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- transfuse — to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill: to transfuse a love of literature to one's students.
- toulouse — a former province in S France. Capital: Toulouse.
- suffuse — to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.
- reuse — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- recuse — to reject or challenge (a judge or juror) as disqualified to act, especially because of interest or bias.
- pursues — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- peruse — to read through with thoroughness or care: to peruse a report.
- misuse — wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- mahfouz — Naguib [nah-geeb] /nɑˈgib/ (Show IPA), 1911–2006, Egyptian author: Nobel prize 1988.
- infuse — to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into): The energetic new principal infused new life into the school.
- diffuse — to pour out and spread, as a fluid.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- safety fuse — a slow-burning fuse for igniting detonators from a distance