Rhymes with fess
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F f One-syllable rhymes
- abs — Abs are the same as abdominals.
- bess — a diminutive of Elizabeth
- bless — When someone such as a priest blesses people or things, he asks for God's favour and protection for them.
- ccs — carbon capture and storage
- chess — Chess is a game for two people, played on a chessboard. Each player has 16 pieces, including a king. Your aim is to move your pieces so that your opponent's king cannot escape being taken.
- cmos — complementary metal oxide silicon
- cress — Cress is a plant with small green leaves that are used in salads or to decorate food. See also mustard and cress.
- cus — (informal) because.
- dress — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dss — Department of Social Security
- ers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of er.
- ess — A thing shaped like the letter S.
- esse — Essential nature or essence.
- fs — the sixth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
- guess — to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
- hess — Dame Myra, 1890–1965, English pianist.
- hesse — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, German novelist and poet: Nobel Prize 1946.
- ins — (used to indicate inclusion within space, a place, or limits): walking in the park.
- jess — a male or female given name, form of Jesse, Jessie, or Jessica.
- las — the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- les — A lesbian.
- less — not at all (used before a verb): He little knows what awaits him.
- ls — the 12th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
- mess — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- ness — a headland; promontory; cape.
- oas — Organization of American States
- pos — a chamber pot.
- press — to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
- s — the 19th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
- stress — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- tcas — traffic collision avoidance system: a safety system in aircraft that is designed to prevent mid-air collisions
- tess — a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tress — Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- ts — the 20th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
- us — Unit Separator
- uss — United States Senate
- uys — Pieter-Dirk. born 1945, South African comedian and satirist, noted for creating the female character Evita Bezuidenhout
- vs — the 22nd letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
- wes — a male given name, form of Wesley.
- ws — the 23rd letter of the English alphabet, a semivowel.
- yes — (used to express affirmation or assent or to mark the addition of something emphasizing and amplifying a previous statement): Do you want that? Yes, I do.
Two-syllable rhymes
- address — Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
- aggress — to attack first or begin a quarrel
- assess — When you assess a person, thing, or situation, you consider them in order to make a judgment about them.
- attests — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attest.
- battle dress — military field uniform and accouterments, generally camouflaged and stripped of all ornamentation.
- caress — If you caress someone, you stroke them gently and affectionately.
- compress — When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
- confess — If someone confesses to doing something wrong, they admit that they did it.
- contests — Plural form of contest.
- depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
- digests — Plural form of digest.
- digress — to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
- distress — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- drop press — drop forge.
- egress — Go out of or leave (a place).
- excess — An amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable.
- express — By express train or delivery service.
- finesse — extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.
- fluoresce — to exhibit fluorescence.
- impress — to press or force into public service, as sailors.
- largesse — generous bestowal of gifts.
- marsh cress — any cress belonging to the genus Rorippa, of the mustard family, especially R. islandica, that grows in marshy areas in North America and Eurasia.
- noblesse — The nobility.
- obsess — to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him.
- oppress — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- possess — to have as belonging to one; have as property; own: to possess a house and a car.
- profess — to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
- progress — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
- punch press — a power-driven machine used to cut, draw, or otherwise shape material, especially metal sheets, with dies, under pressure or by heavy blows.
- recess — temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- redress — the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses.
- regress — to move backward; go back.
- repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- rock cress — any of several low growing plants belonging to the genus Arabis, of the mustard family, having spikes or one-sided clusters of white, pink, or purple flowers, grown as an ornamental in rock gardens.
- success — the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.
- suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- transgress — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
- undress — to take the clothes off (a person); disrobe.
- unless — except; but; save: Nothing will come of it, unless disaster.
- word stress — the stress pattern or patterns associated with the words of a particular language when they are considered in isolation.
Three-syllable rhymes
- acquiesce — If you acquiesce in something, you agree to do what someone wants or to accept what they do.
- bitter cress — any plant belonging to the genus Cardamine, of the mustard family, having usually pinnate leaves and clusters of white, pink, or purple flowers.
- coalesce — If two or more things coalesce, they come together and form a larger group or system.
- convalesce — If you are convalescing, you are resting and getting your health back after an illness or operation.
- dinner dress — a dress, often long and having sleeves or a jacket, more elaborate than one designed for daytime wear but less formal than an evening gown.
- dispossess — to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
- durable press — permanent press.
- fancy dress — a costume for a ball, masquerade, etc., chosen to please the fancy, usually a costume characteristic of a particular period or place, class of persons, or historical or fictitious character.
- garden cress — a peppergrass, Lepidium sativum, used as a salad vegetable.
- indian cress — a nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus, of South America, having red-spotted or red-striped, yellow-orange flowers, the young flower buds and fruits being used as seasoning.
- more or less — in greater quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: I need more money.
- morning dress — formal daytime apparel for men, including striped pants, a cutaway, and a silk hat.
- nonetheless — however; nevertheless.
- printing press — a machine, as a cylinder press or rotary press, for printing on paper or the like from type, plates, etc.
- reassess — to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation.
- repossess — to possess again; regain possession of, especially for nonpayment of money due.
- sentence stress — the stress pattern or patterns associated with words as arranged in sentences in a particular language.
- winter cress — any cress belonging to the genus Barbarea, of the mustard family, having lyrate leaves and yellow flowers.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- hydraulic press — a machine permitting a small force applied to a small piston to produce, through fluid pressure, a large force on a large piston.
- nevertheless — nonetheless; notwithstanding; however; in spite of that: a small but nevertheless important change.
- permanent press — a process in which a fabric is chemically treated to make it wrinkle-resistant so as to require little or no ironing after washing.
- pony express — a former system in the American West of carrying mail and express by relays of riders mounted on ponies, especially the system operating (1860–61) between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California.
- rotary press — a printing press in which the type or plates to be printed are fastened upon a rotating cylinder and are impressed on a continuous roll of moving paper.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- freedom of the press — the right to publish newspapers, magazines, and other printed matter without governmental restriction and subject only to the laws of libel, obscenity, sedition, etc.