A perfect rhyme for “and” ends in /ʌnd/, the sound from its stressed vowel to the end of the word. Near rhymes differ by a single sound, which is enough to end a line beside “and” without matching it exactly. Most of the near rhymes end in one of two sounds, /æn/ or /ɛnd/.
Spoken aloud, “and” is /ʌnd/, respelled UHND, one syllable. With a single syllable there is nothing in front of the stress, so a rhyme has to match the word in full.
“And” has 65 perfect rhymes and 154 near rhymes in common use; understand, hand and stand are the most common.
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What Rhymes With And
Understand, hand, stand and land rhyme with “and”, each one ending in /ʌnd/ from the stressed vowel on. A word that changes one sound of that ending, such as man or friend, reads as a near rhyme instead.
Perfect Rhymes With And
One-Syllable Rhymes With And
- Hand
- Stand
- Land
- Grand
- Band
- Planned
- Sand
- Brand
- Fund
- Banned
- Stunned
- Canned
- Rand
- Strand
- Scanned
- Bland
- Gunned
- Gland
- Manned
- Tanned
- Shunned
- Panned
Two-Syllable Rhymes With And
- Command
- Demand
- Homeland
- Expand
- Mainland
- Withstand
- Refund
- Right-hand
- Inland
- Firsthand
- Wasteland
- Heartland
- Woodland
- Left-hand
- Quicksand
- Remand
- Shorthand
- Nightstand
- Unmanned
- Farmland
- Newsstand
- Headband
- Disband
- Backhand
- Midland
- Offhand
- Dreamland
- Bandstand
- Outgunned
- Grassland
- Unplanned
- Broadband
- Southland
Three- And Four-Syllable Rhymes With And
Misunderstand has four syllables, and the rest have three.
- Understand
- Beforehand
- Wonderland
- Motherland
- Fatherland
- Contraband
- Reprimand
- Secondhand
- Overland
- Misunderstand
Near Rhymes With And
The near rhymes for “and” number 154, and most of them end in /æn/, as man and plan do. A second ending, /ɛnd/, is heard in words such as friend and end. Measured against the full /ʌnd/ ending of “and”, most of its near rhymes change, add or leave out one sound.
Near Rhymes For And Ending In -an: Man And Plan
Man, plan and ran are near rhymes on /æn/, which is the vowel /æ/ in place of the vowel of “and”, and no final /d/.
Words Like Friend And End That Almost Rhyme With And
Next come friend, end and send, whose ending /ɛnd/ is /ɛ/ in place of the /ʌ/ of “and”.
One And Won As Near Rhymes For And
Words such as one, won and done end in /ʌn/, which is the ending of “and” without its final /d/.
Loose Rhymes For And Like Aunt And Plant
For aunt, plant and grant the ending is /ænt/, the vowel /æ/ in place of the vowel of “and”, with a different ending after it.
Looser And Rhymes: Hands And Stands
Hands, stands and demands rhyme loosely on /ændz/, which is the vowel /æ/ in place of the vowel of “and”, with a different ending after it.
- Hands
- Stands
- Demands
- Understands
- Lands
- Bands
- Commands
- Sands
- Brands
- Glands
- Strands
- Expands
- Badlands
- Midlands
- Grasslands
- Wetlands
Words Like Front And Hunt That Rhyme Loosely With And
Words ending in /ʌnt/ include front, hunt and stunt, each with /t/ in place of the final /d/ of “and”.
- Front
- Hunt
- Stunt
- Blunt
- Confront
- Grunt
- Manhunt
- Waterfront
- Upfront
- Forefront
- Brunt
- Affront
- Punt
- Shunt
- Bunt
- Up-front
Turned /ɝnd/, beyond /ɑnd/, commander /ændɚ/ and damned /æmd/ are looser near rhymes for “and”, each on an ending of its own.
Does Friend Rhyme With And
People often ask whether these words rhyme with “and”. Only the sounds from the stressed vowel on count, so two words can share four letters and still not rhyme.
| Word | Rhymes With And | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Understand | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Hand | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Stand | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Friend | Near rhyme | /ɛ/ in place of the /ʌ/ of "and", near enough for the end of a line |
| Front | Near rhyme | /t/ in place of the final /d/ of "and", near enough for the end of a line |
| Find | Consonance only | Same stressed vowel, and the final consonant is of the same kind rather than the same sound |
| Happened | No | Only the unstressed last syllable matches, and the stressed syllable is different |
Nouns, Verbs And Adjectives That Rhyme With And
Most perfect rhymes for “and” are 36 nouns, followed by 16 verbs and eleven adjectives. Hand is both a noun and a verb, so it is listed once, under the part of speech it takes more often.
| Word Class | Rhymes |
|---|---|
| Nouns | Hand, stand, land, grand, band, command, sand, demand, brand, fund, homeland, mainland |
| Verbs | Understand, planned, banned, expand, misunderstand, stunned, canned, withstand, scanned, gunned, manned, tanned |
| Adjectives | Beforehand, right-hand, inland, firsthand, bland, left-hand, secondhand, offhand, overland, unplanned, broadband |
Animals, Body Parts And Foods That Rhyme With And
Meaning has no effect on whether two words rhyme, so the rhymes for “and” name every kind of thing, including ant and brant among animals. Nothing among colors and flowers rhymes with “and” at all.
| Kind Of Word | Rhymes |
|---|---|
| Animals | Ant, brant, gander, salamander |
| Body Parts | Hand, gland, transplant, glands, shunt |
| Foods | Eggplant, candy, brandy |
| Places | Wasteland, farmland, midland, grassland, midlands, grasslands, lander, dixieland, parkland, hinterland |
| Cities | Midland, midlands, lander |
| Jobs | Batman, commander, highlander, farmhand, stagehand |
Less Common Rhymes For And
These less common words rhyme with “and” on every sound from the stressed vowel on, among them grandstand, farmhand and armband. They are standard English but rare in everyday writing, so readers meet them mostly in verse.
- Grandstand
- Farmhand
- Armband
- Fairyland
- Fanned
- Dixieland
- Handstand
- Lowland
- Firebrand
- Marshland
- Forehand
- Bund
- Spanned
- Stagehand
- Parkland
- Undermanned
- Hinterland
- Wetland
- Moorland
- Flatland
- Rotund
- Ampersand
- Longhand
- Freehand
Five-Letter Words That Rhyme With And
Stand, grand, brand and bland rhyme with “and” in exactly five letters. Letter count has no bearing on the rhyme, which follows the sound alone, so a four-letter word and a nine-letter word can share the same ending.
- Stand
- Grand
- Brand
- Bland
- Gland
The Ending Sound In And
The rhyme sound of “and” is /ʌnd/, which consists of the stressed vowel /ʌ/ followed by /n/ and /d/. Common English has 65 other words with this ending, including understand, hand and stand. In writing, the sound is spelled -and in understand and -ed in planned.
| Spelling | Words | Example |
|---|---|---|
| -and | 50 | Understand |
| -ed | 13 | Planned |
| -und | 2 | Fund |
Words That Look Like And But Do Not Rhyme
In spelling, “and” matches understand, hand, husband and stand on the final -and, but the pronunciation differs in every one of them. Understand, hand and stand end in /ænd/ and husband ends in /ʌzbənd/, whereas “and” ends in /ʌnd/. No ending sound is shared between “and” and these words, so the resemblance is in print and not in speech.
| Word | Ending Sound | Closing Sound Shared With And |
|---|---|---|
| Understand | /ænd/ | /nd/ |
| Hand | /ænd/ | /nd/ |
| Husband | /ʌzbənd/ | /nd/ |
| Stand | /ænd/ | /nd/ |
| Land | /ænd/ | /nd/ |
| Island | /aɪlənd/ | /nd/ |
| Thousand | /aʊzən/ | None |
| Grand | /ænd/ | /nd/ |
Rhyme Schemes With And
“And” fits the stanza forms most poems use, with understand and hand as its rhymes. In the scheme, lines with the same letter rhyme with each other.
| Scheme | Line endings | How The Lines Pair |
|---|---|---|
| AABB | And / understand / hand / stand | Two couplets in a row, each pair rhyming on consecutive lines. |
| ABAB | And / man / understand / plan | Alternating lines, with the near rhymes on the B lines and the perfect pair on the A lines. |
| ABCB | … / and / … / understand | Only the second and fourth lines rhyme, as in the ballad stanza and in most hymns. |
Using And Rhymes In Poems And Songs
Robert Herrick rhymes “and” with brand in “Ceremonies for Christmas”:
With the last year's brand
Robert Herrick (1591-1674), Ceremonies for Christmas
Light the new block, and
In a couplet ending on “and”, the nearest rhymes are hand and stand. For a longer line or song verse, writers use command and demand instead.
| Kind Of Line | Line-Ending Pairs | How They Match |
|---|---|---|
| Couplet with a one-syllable ending | And / hand, and / stand, and / land | Both words end in /ʌnd/ and have the same number of syllables |
| Longer line or song verse | And / command, and / demand, and / homeland | The longer word ends in the same /ʌnd/, with one more syllable before it |
| Near rhyme in a lyric | And / one, and / man, and / won | Same stressed vowel /ʌ/, one sound of the ending differs |
Names That Rhyme With And
Proper names rhyme by the same rule as common words, and Thailand, Disneyland and Finland all end on the sound of “and”. The counts on this page include common words only, which is why the names are listed separately, most common first.
- Thailand
- Disneyland
- Finland
- Ferdinand
- Greenland
- Streisand
- Queensland
- Lapland
- Mitterrand
- Rhineland
FAQs
Among the words that rhyme with “and”, understand, hand, stand and land are the ones heard most in speech and writing. Beyond those, grand, band, planned, brand, fund and banned rhyme with it as well. Longer words such as misunderstand and beforehand end in /ʌnd/ as well and rhyme just as fully.
Everyday things that rhyme with “and” include sand, mainland, wonderland, contraband and gland. They are nouns that end in /ʌnd/, so each one rhymes with “and” in full.
Counting perfect and near rhymes together, “and” has 219 rhymes in common English. Of these, 65 are perfect rhymes with its whole /ʌnd/ ending, and 154 are near rhymes with one sound of it different.
The closest near rhymes for “and” are one, man, won, done, someone and son. They share the stressed vowel /ʌ/ with “and”, and the sounds after it differ. Rappers and spoken-word poets use them heavily, because at speed listeners hear the vowel more than the consonants.
The two-syllable rhymes for “and” are command, demand, homeland, expand, withstand, refund and right-hand. Only the last syllable has to match “and”, and in each of these it is /ʌnd/ exactly.
“And” ends in the same letters as husband, island and thousand, yet none of them rhymes with it. None of them is said with the /ʌ/ of “and”, and two words rhyme only when the stressed vowel is the same.
