A perfect rhyme for “want” ends in /ɑnt/, 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 “want” without matching it exactly. Most of the near rhymes end in one of two sounds, /ɑn/ or /ɔrt/.
Spoken aloud, “want” is /wɑnt/, respelled WAHNT, one syllable. With a single syllable there is nothing in front of the stress, so a rhyme has to match the word in full.
“Want” has 17 perfect rhymes and 163 near rhymes in common use; aunt, restaurant and font are the most common.
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What Rhymes With Want
Aunt, restaurant, font and haunt rhyme with “want”, each one ending in /ɑnt/ from the stressed vowel on. A word that changes one sound of that ending, such as don or sort, reads as a near rhyme instead.
- Aunt
- Restaurant
- Font
- Haunt
- Commandant
- Croissant
- Taunt
- Flaunt
- Confidant
- Debutante
- Gaunt
- Savant
Perfect Rhymes With Want
One-Syllable Rhymes With Want
- Aunt
- Font
- Haunt
- Taunt
- Flaunt
- Gaunt
- Conte
- Jaunt
Two-Syllable Rhymes With Want
- Croissant
- Savant
- Piedmont
- Storefront
Three-Syllable Rhymes With Want
- Restaurant
- Commandant
- Confidant
- Debutante
- Nonchalant
Near Rhymes With Want
Among the 163 near rhymes for “want”, the most common ending is /ɑn/, as in don and john. A second ending, /ɔrt/, is heard in words such as sort and report. A near rhyme for “want” differs from its /ɑnt/ ending by a single sound, which is what separates it from a perfect rhyme.
Near Rhymes For Want Like Don And John
For don, john and upon the ending is /ɑn/, the ending of “want” without its final /t/.
- On
- Don
- John
- Upon
- Moron
- Con
- Khan
- Hon
- Hogan
- Swan
- Non
- Salon
- Phenomenon
- Pentagon
- Yuan
- Amazon
Loose Rhymes For Want Like Sort And Report
Sort, report and court rhyme loosely on /ɔrt/, which is the vowel /ɔ/ in place of the vowel of “want”, with a different ending after it.
- Sort
- Report
- Court
- Short
- Support
- Airport
- Port
- Sport
- Passport
- Escort
- Transport
- Fort
- Resort
- Abort
- Mort
Want Rhymes With An -art Ending: Start And Heart
Words ending in /ɑrt/ include start, heart and part, each with /r/ in place of the /n/ of “want”.
Looser Want Rhymes: Gone And Dawn
Each of gone, dawn and drawn ends in /ɔn/, the vowel /ɔ/ in place of the vowel of “want”, and no final /t/.
- Gone
- Dawn
- Drawn
- Lawn
- Pawn
- Withdrawn
- Coupon
- Twenty-one
- Yawn
- Fawn
- Hands-on
- Prawn
- Brawn
- Undergone
- Anon
- Bygone
Words Like Front And Hunt That Almost Rhyme With Want
Front, hunt and stunt end in /ʌnt/, which is /ʌ/ in place of the /ɑ/ of “want”.
- Front
- Hunt
- Stunt
- Blunt
- Confront
- Grunt
- Manhunt
- Waterfront
- Upfront
- Forefront
- Brunt
- Affront
- Punt
- Shunt
- Bunt
- Up-front
Want Rhymes With A Different Vowel: Plant And Grant
Said with /æ/ in place of the /ɑ/ of “want”, plant, grant and transplant end in /ænt/.
- Plant
- Grant
- Transplant
- Can't
- Cant
- Ant
- Chant
- Implant
- Pant
- Eggplant
- Rant
- Brant
- Slant
- Recant
- Confidante
- Enchant
Stopped /ɑpt/, locked /ɑkt/, beyond /ɑnd/ and fault /ɔlt/ also rhyme loosely with “want”, though no other common word shares their endings.
Does Start Rhyme With Want
People often ask whether these words rhyme with “want”. Only the sounds from the stressed vowel on count, so two words can share four letters and still not rhyme.
| Word | Rhymes With Want | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Aunt | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Restaurant | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Font | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Start | Near rhyme | /r/ in place of the /n/ of "want", near enough for the end of a line |
| Lost | Near rhyme | The vowel /ɔ/ in place of the vowel of "want", with a different ending after it, near enough for the end of a line |
| Went | Consonance only | Same stressed vowel, and the final consonant is of the same kind rather than the same sound |
| Important | No | Same letters at the end, but said /ɔrtənt/ |
| Meant | No | Same letters at the end, but said /ɛnt/ |
Near Rhymes For Want By Word Class
Counted by part of speech, the near rhymes for “want” number 101 nouns, 43 verbs, eight adjectives and three adverbs. Don is both a noun and a verb, so it is listed once, under the part of speech it takes more often. In a line that ends on “want”, swapping in don, john and moron leaves the grammar intact, since all of them are nouns.
| Word Class | Near Rhymes |
|---|---|
| Nouns | Don, john, moron, con, khan, hogan, swan, salon, phenomenon, pentagon, yuan, amazon |
| Verbs | Depart, gone, drawn, withdrawn, undergone, blunt, confront, recant, enchant, stopped, dropped, popped |
| Adjectives | Apart, state-of-the-art, hands-on, upfront, up-front, fond, paramount, tantamount |
| Adverbs | Non, anon, beyond |
Animals, Body Parts And Foods That Rhyme With Want
Meaning has no effect on whether two words rhyme, so the rhymes for “want” name every kind of thing, including swan and ant among animals. Nothing among colors, flowers and cities rhymes with “want” at all.
| Kind Of Word | Rhymes |
|---|---|
| Animals | Swan, ant, brant, mount |
| Body Parts | Shunt, transplant |
| Foods | Croissant, prawn, eggplant |
| Places | Piedmont, short, lawn |
| Birds | Swan, brant |
| Numbers | Twenty-one, count |
Five-Letter Words That Rhyme With Want
Haunt, taunt, gaunt and conte rhyme with “want” 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.
- Haunt
- Taunt
- Gaunt
- Conte
- Jaunt
The Ending Sound In Want
“Want” ends in the rhyme sound /ɑnt/, made up of the stressed vowel /ɑ/ followed by /n/ and /t/. Aunt, restaurant and font are three of the 17 other common words that end in the same sound. Spelling varies across these words, from -ant in restaurant to -aunt in aunt.
| Spelling | Words | Example |
|---|---|---|
| -ant | 6 | Restaurant |
| -aunt | 6 | Aunt |
| -ont | 3 | Font |
Words That Look Like Want But Do Not Rhyme
“Want” and meant, lieutenant, sergeant and pregnant share the spelling -ant, but the pronunciation of “Want” differs from each of them. Meant ends in /ɛnt/ and lieutenant ends in /ɛnənt/, whereas “want” ends in /ɑnt/. These words and “want” have the same closing /nt/, so a pairing with any of them is a near rhyme rather than a perfect rhyme.
| Word | Ending Sound | Closing Sound Shared With Want |
|---|---|---|
| Important | /ɔrtənt/ | /nt/ |
| Meant | /ɛnt/ | /nt/ |
| Lieutenant | /ɛnənt/ | /nt/ |
| Sergeant | /ɑrdʒənt/ | /nt/ |
| Pregnant | /ɛɡnənt/ | /nt/ |
| Brilliant | /ɪljənt/ | /nt/ |
| Assistant | /ɪstənt/ | /nt/ |
| Plant | /ænt/ | /nt/ |
Rhyme Schemes With Want
“Want” fits the stanza forms most poems use, with aunt and restaurant as its rhymes. When a letter repeats, those lines end on the same rhyme sound.
| Scheme | Line endings | How The Lines Pair |
|---|---|---|
| AABB | Want / aunt / restaurant / font | Two couplets in a row, each pair rhyming on consecutive lines. |
| ABAB | Want / don / aunt / john | Alternating lines, with the near rhymes on the B lines and the perfect pair on the A lines. |
| ABCB | … / want / … / aunt | Only the second and fourth lines rhyme, as in the ballad stanza and in most hymns. |
Using Want Rhymes In Poems And Songs
Aunt and font are the most common rhymes for “want” in a couplet. In a lyric that needs a near rhyme, don and won fit the line ending instead.
| Kind Of Line | Line-Ending Pairs | How They Match |
|---|---|---|
| Couplet with a one-syllable ending | Want / aunt, want / font, want / haunt | Both words end in /ɑnt/ and have the same number of syllables |
| Near rhyme in a lyric | Want / don, want / won, want / gone | Same stressed vowel /ɑ/, one sound of the ending differs |
Names That Rhyme With Want
Proper names rhyme by the same rule as common words, and Vermont, Lamont and Mont all end on the sound of “want”. The counts on this page include common words only, which is why the names are listed separately, most common first.
- Vermont
- Lamont
- Mont
- Belmont
FAQs
Among the words that rhyme with “want”, aunt, restaurant, font and haunt are the ones heard most in speech and writing. These rhymes end in /ɑnt/, the sound of “want” from its stressed vowel to the end.
Things you can name that rhyme with “want” include john, khan, pond and restaurants. They are near rhymes, since no everyday object name ends in the full /ɑnt/ of “want”.
Everyday English has 180 rhymes for “want” once near rhymes are added to the perfect ones. Of these, 17 are perfect rhymes with its whole /ɑnt/ ending, and 163 are near rhymes with one sound of it different.
Near rhymes for “want” include don, won, gone, upon, beyond and onto. All of them share the /ɑ/ vowel of “want” and end in different sounds after it. Poets choose them for lines where an exact match sounds forced.
“Want” ends in the same letters as important, meant and lieutenant, yet none of them rhymes with it. Their stressed vowel differs from the /ɑ/ in “want”, so they count as eye rhymes rather than true rhymes.
