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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.

  • build castles in Spain
  • castles in Spain
  • Bruce Wayne
  • come again
  • now and again
  • on again, off again
  • run that by me again
  • something else again
  • then again
  • time and again
  • time and time again
  • you can say that again
  • bird brain
  • on the brain
  • rack one's brain
  • rack your brain
  • raise cain
  • whispering campaign
  • pull your chain
  • brain drain
  • down the drain
  • go down the drain
  • pour money down the drain
  • against the grain
  • go against the grain
  • plain jane
  • bullet lane
  • live in the fast lane
  • lovers' lane
  • stroll down memory lane
  • in the main
  • with might and main
  • feel no pain
  • give a pain
  • know enough to come in out of the rain
  • out of the rain
  • right as rain
  • free rein
  • tight rein
  • gravy train
  • ride the gravy train
  • through train
  • in vain
  • take one's name in vain
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 2
End Rhymes — Set #2 of 2

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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.

  • first base
  • not to get to first base
  • off base
  • reach first base
  • third base
  • to first base
  • touch base
  • basket case
  • couch case
  • just in case
  • nut case
  • on the case
  • vanity case
  • cut to the chase
  • give chase
  • lead a merry chase
  • wild goose chase
  • about face
  • blow up in one's face
  • blue in the face
  • butt face
  • cut off one's nose to spite one's face
  • cut off your nose to spite your face
  • egg on your face
  • face to face
  • hatchet face
  • in one's face
  • in the face
  • in your face
  • keep a straight face
  • long face
  • look in the face
  • lose face
  • make a face
  • plain as the nose on your face
  • pull a long face
  • save face
  • shoot off one's face
  • show one's face
  • slap in the face
  • stare in the face
  • straight face
  • till you're blue in the face
  • to one's face
  • to spite one's face
  • volte face
  • wipe the smile of someone's face
  • written all over your face
  • day of grace
  • fall from grace
  • from grace
  • period of grace
  • saving grace
  • with a bad grace
  • with good grace
  • at a snail's pace
  • change of pace
  • keep pace
  • snail's pace
  • all over the place
  • between a rock and a hard place
  • feel out of place
  • haircut place
  • have one's heart in the right place
  • heart in the right place
  • high place
  • in another's place
  • in place
  • in the first place
  • in the place
  • in the same place
  • in the second place
  • in the third place
  • into place
  • jumping off place
  • know one's place
  • know your place
  • lightning never strikes twice in the same place
  • out of place
  • put in one's place
  • put one in one's place
  • take place
  • drag race
  • rat race
  • outer space
  • without a trace
Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 47
  • take aim
  • to blame
  • stake a claim
  • add fuel to the flame
  • an old flame
  • old flame
  • ahead of the game
  • at stage of the game
  • ball game
  • be game
  • love game
  • name of the game
  • on the game
  • pick-up game
  • play a waiting game
  • play the game
  • skin in the game
  • still in the game
  • whole new ball game
  • clear one's name
  • drop name
  • handle to one's name
  • in name
  • pet name
  • to one's name
  • just the same
  • one and the same
  • damn shame
  • for shame
  • put to shame
  • to shame
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 47
  • cut a swathe
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."

  • are + brain
  • are + chain
  • are + fain
  • are + gain
  • are + grain
  • are + Jane
  • are + main
  • are + pain
  • are + plain
  • are + plane
  • are + rain
  • are + sane
  • are + slain
  • are + Spain
  • are + twain
  • are + vain
  • car + train
  • our + bane
  • our + brain
  • our + chain
  • our + gain
  • our + grain
  • our + lane
  • our + main
  • our + pain
  • our + plain
  • our + plane
  • our + rain
  • our + reign
  • our + slain
  • our + train
  • our + vain
Mosaic Rhymes — Set #1 of 1