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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.

  • dirt cheap
  • get off cheap
  • on the cheap
  • strike all of a heap
  • earn one's keep
  • look before you leap
  • as you sow, so shall you reap
  • black sheep
  • beauty sleep
  • put to sleep
  • clean sweep
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.

  • give the creeps
  • the creeps
  • for keeps
  • play for keeps
Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 54
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 54
  • Simon Legree
  • fit to a T
  • suit to a T
  • did use to be
  • if need be
  • let be
  • make one out to be
  • powers that be
  • slated to be
  • the powers that be
  • to be
  • what will be will be
  • would be
  • get the third degree
  • third degree
  • to a degree
  • to the nth degree
  • feel free
  • footloose and fancy free
  • for free
  • scot free
  • set free
  • toll free
  • low key
  • master key
  • off key
  • under lock and key
  • a little bird told me
  • ain't got nothing on me
  • closed book to me
  • dear me
  • greek to me
  • many is me
  • play me
  • rather you than me
  • search me
  • see me
  • so help me
  • so sue me
  • somebody up there loves me
  • sue me
  • words fail me
  • you're telling me
  • cop a plea
  • at sea
  • between the devil and the deep blue sea
  • not the only fish in the sea
  • put to sea
  • to sea
  • worse things happen at sea
  • let us see
  • long time no see
  • none so blind as those who will not see
  • to a t
  • dish of tea
  • not my cup of tea
  • not one's cup of tea
  • bark up the wrong tree
  • barking up the wrong tree
  • family tree
  • lit up like a Christmas tree
  • up a tree
Near Rhymes — Set #3 of 54

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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