Top 83 Words That Rhyme with Recruit (With Meanings)

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Welcome to this guide on the best words that rhyme with recruit!

Here you’ll find the top 83 words and phrases for rhyming the word ‘recruit’.

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Words That Rhyme With Recruit

  • Absolute – complete, without any restrictions or limitations
  • Acute – sharp, intense, or severe
  • Arrowroot – a starch used in cooking as a thickening agent
  • Astute – having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage
  • Attribute – a quality or characteristic that is inherent or ascribed to someone or something
  • Beetroot – a dark red root vegetable with a sweet taste
  • Bluet – a small blue flowering plant found in North America
  • Bodysuit – a one-piece garment that covers the torso and sometimes the legs and arms, typically worn as underwear or as a swimsuit
  • Boot – a sturdy item of footwear covering the foot and ankle, and sometimes the lower leg
  • Bruit – a sound heard in auscultation, typically due to turbulent blood flow
  • Brute – a violent or aggressive person or animal
  • Butte – a steep hill or mountain with a flat top
  • Cahoot – collaboration or partnership, especially in a shady or unethical scheme
  • Cheroot – a thin cigar with both ends clipped
  • Chute – a sloping channel or slide for conveying things to a lower level
  • Commute – travel some distance between one’s home and place of work on a regular basis
  • Compute – calculate or reckon a numerical value or figure
  • Confute – prove (a person or an assertion) to be wrong
  • Constitute – be (a part) of a whole
  • Coot – a waterbird with a distinctive white bill and forehead, typically found on or near water
  • Cute – attractive, especially in a pretty or endearing way
  • Depute – appoint or delegate (a person) to a particular office or position
  • Destitute – without the basic necessities of life
  • Dilute – make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by adding water or another solvent to it
  • Dispute – a disagreement or argument
  • Disrepute – the state of being held in low esteem by the public
  • Dissolute – lax in morals or conduct
  • Doit – a very small coin, typically a former Dutch coin worth half a stiver
  • Doute – a series of doubts or hesitations
  • Electrocute – to kill someone by electric shock
  • Execute – to carry out a sentence of death; to perform a task or instruction
  • Flute – a musical instrument with a thin, cylindrical tube
  • Fruit – the sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food
  • Galoot – an awkward, silly, or foolish person
  • Gumboot – a rubber boot, especially one worn for work in wet or muddy conditions
  • Hirsute – hairy
  • Hoot – a loud cry or shout expressing scorn or disapproval
  • Impute – to attribute or credit to someone
  • Institute – an organization founded for a particular purpose, often educational or scientific
  • Irresolute – uncertain; hesitant
  • Jackboot – a sturdy leather boot reaching up to the knee, used especially by soldiers
  • Jute – a long, soft, shiny vegetable fiber that can be spun into coarse, strong threads
  • Loot – stolen goods; to steal goods
  • Lute – a musical instrument with a rounded body and a fretted neck
  • Malamute – a large breed of dog used for pulling sleds
  • Moot – subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty; to raise for discussion
  • Mute – unable to speak; refraining from speech or temporarily speechless
  • Newt – a small, semiaquatic salamander
  • Nuit – the French word for “night”
  • Overshoot – to go beyond or exceed a limit or target
  • Parachute – a device designed to slow the fall of a person or object from an aircraft
  • Permute – to change the order or arrangement of something
  • Persecute – to subject someone to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or beliefs
  • Pollute – to contaminate or make impure
  • Prosecute – to bring legal action against someone, typically for a crime
  • Prostitute – a person who engages in sexual activity for payment; to degrade oneself or one’s talents for personal or financial gain.
  • Pursuit – the act of following or chasing after someone or something, typically to catch or achieve it.
  • Reboot – to restart a computer or other electronic device.
  • Recompute – to perform a computation again, especially using different data or parameters.
  • Reconstitute – to re-form or reconstruct something, especially from previously separated parts or materials.
  • Refute – to prove that something is false or incorrect.
  • Repute – the state of being regarded in a particular way, especially as being highly regarded or well-known.
  • Reroute – to change the direction or path of something, especially a vehicle or transportation route.
  • Resolute – determined and unwavering in purpose or commitment.
  • Root – the part of a plant that attaches it to the ground and absorbs water and nutrients.
  • Route – a path or course taken by a person or vehicle to reach a destination.
  • Salute – a gesture of respect or honor, typically involving raising one’s hand to the forehead.
  • Scoot – to move quickly or hurriedly, especially on foot or on a small vehicle.
  • Shoot – to fire a weapon, or to take a photograph or video.
  • Snoot – the nose or nostrils of a person or animal, or a derogatory term for someone who is arrogant or snobbish.
  • Solute – a substance that is dissolved in a liquid to form a solution.
  • Subacute – characterized by symptoms that are less severe than acute but more severe than chronic.
  • Substitute – a person or thing that takes the place of another, especially in a specific role or function.
  • Suit – a set of clothing consisting of a jacket and trousers or a skirt, typically worn for formal occasions.
  • Taproot – the main root of a plant that grows vertically downward and gives rise to lateral roots.
  • Telecommute – to work from home or another remote location using telecommunications technology.
  • Toot – a short blast or sound made by a horn or whistle, or slang for a small amount of alcohol.
  • Tracksuit – a type of athletic clothing consisting of a matching jacket and pants, typically made of a lightweight material.
  • Transmute – to change or convert something into a different form or substance.
  • Undershoot – to fail to reach or fall short of a target or goal.
  • Uproot – to remove a plant or tree from the ground, or to move someone from their home or familiar surroundings.
  • Ut – a musical note that was once commonly used in Western music notation.
  • Volute – a spiral or scroll-shaped ornament, typically found in architecture or design.



Written by Gabriel Cruz - Foodie, Animal Lover, Slang & Language Enthusiast