Rhymes with hippopotamus
hip·po·pot·a·mus
H h Two-syllable rhymes
- camel — A camel is a large animal that lives in deserts and is used for carrying goods and people. Camels have long necks and one or two lumps on their backs called humps.
- christmas — Christmas is a Christian festival when the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated. Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December.
- dolphin — any of several chiefly marine, cetacean mammals of the family Delphinidae, having a fishlike body, numerous teeth, and the front of the head elongated into a beaklike projection.
- goddess — a female god or deity.
- hostage — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- humus — the dark organic material in soils, produced by the decomposition of vegetable or animal matter and essential to the fertility of the earth.
- mammoth — any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth.
- orange — methyl orange.
- promise — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- thomas — an apostle who demanded proof of Christ's Resurrection. John 20:24–29.
Three-syllable rhymes
- animal — An animal is a living creature such as a dog, lion, or rabbit, rather than a bird, fish, insect, or human being.
- bottomless — If you describe a supply of something as bottomless, you mean that it seems so large that it will never run out.
- calculus — Calculus is a branch of advanced mathematics which deals with variable quantities.
- cognizance — Cognizance is knowledge or understanding.
- confidence — If you have confidence in someone, you feel that you can trust them.
- consciousness — Your consciousness is your mind and your thoughts.
- consequence — The consequences of something are the results or effects of it.
- crocodile — A crocodile is a large reptile with a long body and strong jaws. Crocodiles live in rivers and eat meat.
- dinosaur — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- documents — Plural form of document.
- dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- fabulous — almost impossible to believe; incredible.
- iguana — a large, arboreal lizard, Iguana iguana, native to Central and South America, having stout legs and a crest of spines from neck to tail.
- impala — an African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, the male of which has ringed, lyre-shaped horns.
- marvelous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- obvious — easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident: an obvious advantage.
- octopus — any octopod of the genus Octopus, having a soft, oval body and eight sucker-bearing arms, living mostly at the bottom of the sea.
- ominous — portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- omnibus — bus1 (def 1).
- opulence — wealth, riches, or affluence.
- oxalis — any plant of the genus Oxalis, comprising the wood sorrels.
- phosphorous — containing trivalent phosphorus.
- phosphorus — Chemistry. a solid, nonmetallic element existing in at least three allotropic forms, one that is yellow, poisonous, flammable, and luminous in the dark, one that is red, less poisonous, and less flammable, and another that is black, insoluble in most solvents, and the least flammable. The element is used in forming smoke screens, its compounds are used in matches and phosphate fertilizers, and it is a necessary constituent of plant and animal life in bones, nerves, and embryos. Symbol: P; atomic weight: 30.974; atomic number: 15; specific gravity: (yellow) 1.82 at 20°C, (red) 2.20 at 20°C, (black) 2.25–2.69 at 20°C.
- platypus — a small, aquatic, egg-laying monotreme, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a tail like that of a beaver, a sensitive bill resembling that of a duck, and, in adult males, venom-injecting spurs on the ankles of the hind limbs, used primarily for fighting with other males during the breeding season.
- populace — the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.
- populous — full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated.
- prominence — Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- prophetess — a woman who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- provenance — place or source of origin: The provenance of the ancient manuscript has never been determined.
- providence — a state of the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast: a part of New England. 1214 sq. mi. (3145 sq. km). Capital: Providence. Abbreviation: RI (for use with zip code), R.I.
- romulus — the founder of Rome, in 753 b.c., and its first king: a son of Mars and Rhea Silvia, he and his twin brother (Remus) were abandoned as babies, suckled by a she-wolf, and brought up by a shepherd; Remus was finally killed for mocking the fortifications of Rome, which Romulus had just founded.
- somnolence — sleepy; drowsy.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- acropolis — the citadel of an ancient Greek city
- anomalous — Something that is anomalous is different from what is usual or expected.
- anonymous — If you remain anonymous when you do something, you do not let people know that you were the person who did it.
- asparagus — Asparagus is a vegetable that is long and green and has small shoots at one end. It is cooked and served whole.
- autonomous — An autonomous country, organization, or group governs or controls itself rather than being controlled by anyone else.
- economist — a specialist in economics.
- esophagus — The part of the alimentary canal that connects the throat to the stomach; the gullet. In humans and other vertebrates it is a muscular tube lined with mucous membrane.
- homogenous — Biology. corresponding in structure because of a common origin.
- homologous — having the same or a similar relation; corresponding, as in relative position or structure.
- hydrolysis — chemical decomposition in which a compound is split into other compounds by reacting with water.
- hypothesis — a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.
- idolatrous — worshiping idols.
- incompetence — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
- incontinence — unable to restrain natural discharges or evacuations of urine or feces.
- metropolis — any large, busy city.
- monogamous — practicing or advocating monogamy.
- monotonous — lacking in variety; tediously unvarying: the monotonous flat scenery.
- necropolis — a cemetery, especially one of large size and usually of an ancient city.
- nitrogenous — containing nitrogen.
- predominance — the state, condition, or quality of being predominant: the predominance of the rich over the poor.
- preposterous — completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish: a preposterous tale.
- recognizance — Law. a bond or obligation of record entered into before a court of record or a magistrate, binding a person to do a particular act. the sum pledged as surety on such a bond.
- reconnaissance — the act of reconnoitering.
- rhinoceros — any of several large, thick-skinned, perissodactyl mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae, of Africa and India, having one or two upright horns on the snout: all rhinoceroses are endangered.
- ridiculous — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
- sarcophagus — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- self-confidence — realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.
- synonymous — having the character of synonyms or a synonym; equivalent in meaning; expressing or implying the same idea.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- antioxidants — Plural form of antioxidant.
- electrolysis — Chemical decomposition produced by passing an electric current through a liquid or solution containing ions.
- heliopolis — Biblical name On. an ancient ruined city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- megalopolis — a very large city.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- alcoholics anonymous — an association of alcoholics who try, esp by mutual assistance, to overcome alcoholism