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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.

  • Down East
  • at the least
  • but not least
  • in the least
  • last but not least
  • not in the least
  • to say the least
Pure Rhymes — Set #1 of 1

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End Rhymes

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

End Rhymes — Set #1 of 1

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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.

Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 54
  • fox and geese
  • elbow grease
  • squeaky wheel gets the grease
  • on the increase
  • nasty nice
  • hold one's peace
  • all in one piece
  • by the piece
  • conversation piece
  • of a piece
  • speak one's piece
  • the villain of the piece
  • think piece
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 54
Near Rhymes — Set #3 of 54

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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."

One-syllable words do not have mosaic rhymes.

Mosaic Rhymes — Set #1 of 1