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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.

  • make sure
  • slow but sure
  • to be sure
  • nickel tour
  • whistle-stop tour
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 20
  • beat about the bush
  • beat around the bush
  • bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 20
  • red rag to a bull
  • shoot the bull
  • have one's hands full
  • my hands are full
  • to the full
  • long pull
  • dyed in the wool
Near Rhymes — Set #3 of 20

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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."

  • the + boor
  • the + cure
  • the + lure
  • the + moor
  • the + Moore
  • the + Muir
  • the + pure
  • the + Ruhr
  • the + spoor
  • the + sure
  • the + tour
  • the + your
Mosaic Rhymes — Set #1 of 1