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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.

Pure Rhymes — Set #1 of 1

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End Rhymes

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

There are no end rhymes for "costs".
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.

  • cut across
  • get across
  • put across
  • run across
  • stumble across
  • straw boss
  • bear one's cross
  • double cross
  • at a loss
  • dead loss
  • for a loss
  • throw for a loss
  • a rolling stone gathers no moss
  • rolling stone gathers no moss
  • hit the sauce
  • argue the toss
Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 85
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 85
  • beat someone to the draw
  • beat to the draw
  • luck of the draw
  • quick on the draw
  • slow on the draw
  • hem and haw
  • glass jaw
  • lay down the law
  • letter of the law
  • parliamentary law
  • sod's law
  • spirit of the law
  • word of the law
  • at a straw
  • catch at a straw
  • draw the shortest straw
  • last straw
  • make bricks without straw
  • man of straw
  • the short straw
Near Rhymes — Set #3 of 85

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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