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Rhymes for civil

2 syllables · rhymes on “-ivil”

The adjective civil has two syllables; the rhyme sits on “-ivil”. Here are 4 perfect and the 24 most common near rhymes, each sorted by syllables. The most common are “percival”, “drivel” and “swivel”. Perfect rhymes on “-ivil” are rare. Near rhymes like “evil” or “results” often sound more natural in a song because they are less predictable. “evil”, “official” or “whistle” sound similar – one of them may fit your line better.

Perfect rhymes 4

2 syllables

  • drivel
  • swivel
  • shrivel

3 syllables

  • percival

Near rhymes top 24

2 syllables

  • evil
  • results
  • result
  • whistle
  • peaceful
  • whistles
  • pistol
  • sniffles
  • missile
  • missiles
  • lethal
  • weasel
  • crystals
  • diesel
  • cecil
  • pistols

3 syllables

  • official
  • officials
  • initial
  • medieval
  • merciful
  • initials

4 or more syllables

  • artificial
  • superficial

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Rhyme data: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the rhyme lists on this page are under the same licence. All sources