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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.

  • hot as hades
  • in spades
  • jack of all trades
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 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.

  • razor blade
  • make the grade
  • have it made
  • ready made
  • self made
  • tailor made
  • old maid
  • hit parade
  • call a spade a spade
  • carriage trade
  • horse trade
  • rag trade
  • stock in trade
  • trick of the trade
Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 47
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 47
  • as hard as nails
  • bed of nails
  • hard as nails
  • off the rails
  • out of one's sails
  • take the wind out of one's sails
  • turn the scales
  • heads or tails
Near Rhymes — Set #3 of 47

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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