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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.

  • tempt the fates
  • in dire straits
Pure Rhymes — Set #1 of 1

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End Rhymes

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

  • open the floodgates
End Rhymes — Set #1 of 22
End Rhymes — Set #2 of 22
End Rhymes — Set #3 of 22

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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
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 47
  • fish or cut bait
  • blind date
  • double date
  • out of date
  • pull date
  • to date
  • up to date
  • one over the eight
  • fourth estate
  • fickle finger of fate
  • tempt fate
  • the fickle finger of fate
  • crash the gate
  • first out of the gate
  • give the gate
  • of late
  • stay up late
  • home plate
  • step up to the plate
  • at any rate
  • at that rate
  • cut rate
  • second rate
  • clean slate
  • in state
  • lie in state
  • get straight
  • give it to one straight
  • go straight
  • in wait
  • lie in wait
  • carry weight
  • pull one's weight
  • pull your weight
  • swing one's weight
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