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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.

  • drive one round the bend
  • round the bend
  • at a loose end
  • at wits end
  • at your wit's end
  • bitter end
  • come to a dead end
  • end for end
  • for days on end
  • for hours on end
  • hair stand on end
  • hold up one's end
  • keep up one's end
  • living end
  • make one's hair stand on end
  • make your hair stand on end
  • means to an end
  • no end
  • on end
  • rear end
  • short end
  • split end
  • tail end
  • throw someone in at the deep end
  • tight end
  • to the bitter end
  • world without end
  • bosom friend
  • fair weather friend
  • fairweather friend
  • girl friend
  • lady friend
  • man's best friend
  • on the mend
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.

Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 85
  • catch one's breath
  • don't hold your breath
  • hold one's breath
  • in the same breath
  • out of breath
  • save one's breath
  • second breath
  • short of breath
  • take a long breath
  • under one's breath
  • under your breath
  • waste one's breath
  • between life and death
  • bore to death
  • cheat death
  • do to death
  • done to death
  • fate worse than death
  • frightened to death
  • kiss of death
  • matter of life and death
  • meet one's death
  • scare to death
  • sick to death
  • tickle to death
  • to death
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 85
  • do a stretch
  • home stretch
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."

  • dead + end
  • dead + friend
  • head + end
  • instead + spend
  • red + end
  • said + friend
Mosaic Rhymes — Set #1 of 1