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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.

  • 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
  • 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
Pure Rhymes — Set #1 of 1

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End Rhymes

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

  • live out of a suitcase
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 47
  • the breaks
  • sell like hot cakes
  • no great shakes
  • pull up stakes
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 47
  • sour grapes
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."

One-syllable words do not have mosaic rhymes.

Mosaic Rhymes — Set #1 of 1