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Pure Rhymes

Words that have identical vowel-based rhyme sounds in the tonic syllable. Moreover, that tonic syllable must start with a different consonantal sound.

  • add fuel to the fire
  • ball of fire
  • baptism of fire
  • catch fire
  • cease fire
  • cross fire
  • draw fire
  • fat hits the fire
  • fat is in the fire
  • fight fire with fire
  • get on like a house on fire
  • hang fire
  • have too many irons in the fire
  • hold fire
  • into the fire
  • iron in the fire
  • irons in the fire
  • jump from the frying pan into the fire
  • line of fire
  • on fire
  • open fire
  • out of the frying pan into the fire
  • out of the frying pan, into the fire
  • play with fire
  • pull one's chestnuts out of the fire
  • pull the fat from the fire
  • set on fire
  • set the world on fire
  • sure fire
  • too many irons in the fire
  • under fire
  • with fire
  • cross the wire
  • down to the wire
  • live wire
  • under the wire
Pure Rhymes — Set #1 of 1

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End Rhymes

Words that have a pure rhyme on their last syllable only.

  • go haywire
End Rhymes — Set #1 of 3
End Rhymes — Set #2 of 3
End Rhymes — Set #3 of 3

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Near Rhymes

Words that "almost" rhyme on the vowel-based rhyme sound of the stressed syllable like: be/eat or maybe/shapely.

  • mountain to climb
  • not worth a dime
  • on a dime
  • turn on a dime
  • about time
  • ahead of time
  • all in good time
  • at a set time
  • at a time
  • at one time
  • at the same time
  • beat time
  • behind time
  • bide one's time
  • big time
  • doing time
  • fast time
  • fight against time
  • from time to time
  • fullness of time
  • give a hard time
  • good time
  • half time
  • have a time
  • high time
  • in due time
  • in the nick of time
  • in time
  • it's high time
  • just in the nick of time
  • just in time
  • keep good time
  • keep time
  • kill time
  • less than no time
  • live on borrowed time
  • make good time
  • make time
  • mark time
  • nick of time
  • on borrowed time
  • on one's own time
  • on time
  • once upon a time
  • question of time
  • race against time
  • serve time
  • slow time
  • small time
  • some other time
  • take one's time
  • tell time
  • the sands of time
  • to the end of time
  • two time
Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 42
  • as an aside
  • brush aside
  • draw aside
  • lay aside
  • put aside
  • set aside
  • always a bridesmaid, never a bride
  • cut and dried
  • bug eyed
  • clear eyed
  • dewey eyed
  • large eyed
  • starry eyed
  • wide eyed
  • get one's brains fried
  • have one's hide
  • tan one's hide
  • step inside
  • at the outside
  • pocket one's pride
  • swallow one's pride
  • along for the ride
  • for a ride
  • for the ride
  • let ride
  • take for a ride
  • take someone for a ride
  • thumb a ride
  • get on one's good side
  • get out of bed on the wrong side
  • on the safe side
  • on the side
  • seamy side
  • side by side
  • thorn in one's side
  • thorn in your side
  • to be on the safe side
  • hit one's stride
  • in stride
  • take in stride
  • stem the tide
  • swim against the tide
  • swim with the tide
  • turn the tide
  • fit to be tied
  • have one's hands tied
  • my hands are tied
  • tongue tied
  • all wool and a yard wide
  • come from far and wide
  • far and wide
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 42
Near Rhymes — Set #3 of 42

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Mosaic Rhymes

Rhymes made up of more than one word. For instance, "jealous" and "tell us" or "shaky" and "make me."

  • bad + fire
  • had + dire
  • had + fire
  • had + wire
Mosaic Rhymes — Set #1 of 1