Words that rhyme with tighten
Top rhymes for tighten
titan, lighten, brighten and enlighten
7 common words rhyme with tighten. The most common are titan, lighten, brighten and enlighten.
Perfect rhymes for tighten
3 syllables
Near rhymes for tighten
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- writing
- fighting
- item
- exciting
- lighting
- citing
- inviting
- biting
- highlighting
- handwriting
- uniting
- sighting
- bison
- widen
- songwriting
- inciting
- rewriting
- underwriting
- reciting
- whiting
- reuniting
- firefighting
- siphon
- infighting
- igniting
- screenwriting
- lichen
- siting
- hyphen
- ripen
- glycine
- liken
- moonlighting
- psilocybin
- bullfighting
- delighting
- expediting
- spotlighting
- unexciting
- indicting
How tighten sounds
| Pronunciation | /ˈtaɪtən/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (TIGHT-en) |
| Stress pattern | DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -aɪtən |
Tighten has two syllables, with the stress on the first. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with tighten?
- The most common rhymes for tighten are titan, lighten, brighten, enlighten, frighten and heighten.
- How many words rhyme with tighten?
- We found 7 common perfect rhymes for tighten, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in tighten?
- Tighten has two syllables, with the stress on the first.