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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.

  • go awry
  • abide by
  • by and by
  • come by
  • do well by
  • get by
  • give the go by
  • go by
  • lay by
  • pass by
  • put by
  • set great store by
  • set store by
  • sit by
  • squeak by
  • stand by
  • stop by
  • swear by
  • what's by
  • by the bye
  • far cry
  • hue and cry
  • cross one's heart and hope to die
  • do or die
  • never say die
  • hang out to dry
  • high and dry
  • keep your powder dry
  • leave high and dry
  • run dry
  • watching paint dry
  • apple of one's eye
  • apple of your eye
  • better than a stick in the eye
  • black eye
  • blink of an eye
  • catch one's eye
  • discerning eye
  • eagle eye
  • eye for an eye
  • get a black eye
  • get the eye
  • give one the eye
  • give the glad eye
  • half an eye
  • have an eye
  • hit the bull's eye
  • in one's mind's eye
  • in the eye
  • in the public eye
  • in the twinkling of an eye
  • meet one's eye
  • more than meets the eye
  • mud in your eye
  • not bat an eye
  • out of the corner of one's eye
  • private eye
  • red eye
  • see eye to eye
  • shut eye
  • to the eye
  • turn a blind eye
  • twinkling of an eye
  • weather eye
  • bar fly
  • feathers fly
  • make the feathers fly
  • on the fly
  • pigs might fly
  • pop fly
  • sacrifice fly
  • will never fly
  • French fry
  • bigger fish to fry
  • fish fry
  • other fish to fry
  • small fry
  • fall guy
  • nice guy
  • wise guy
  • flying high
  • knee high
  • riding high
  • let sleeping dogs lie
  • the big lie
  • white lie
  • easy as pie
  • eat humble pie
  • finger in the pie
  • have a finger in the pie
  • sweetie pie
  • once bitten, twice shy
  • bear in the sky
  • out of a clear blue sky
  • pie in the sky
  • reach for the sky
  • on the sly
  • in short supply
  • hog tie
  • old school tie
  • old college try
Pure Rhymes — Set #1 of 1

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End Rhymes

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

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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.

  • as an aside
  • brush aside
  • draw aside
  • lay aside
  • put aside
  • set aside
  • always a bridesmaid, never a bride
  • cut and dried
  • bug eyed
  • clear eyed
  • dewey eyed
  • large eyed
  • starry eyed
  • wide eyed
  • get one's brains fried
  • have one's hide
  • tan one's hide
  • step inside
  • at the outside
  • pocket one's pride
  • swallow one's pride
  • along for the ride
  • for a ride
  • for the ride
  • let ride
  • take for a ride
  • take someone for a ride
  • thumb a ride
  • get on one's good side
  • get out of bed on the wrong side
  • on the safe side
  • on the side
  • seamy side
  • side by side
  • thorn in one's side
  • thorn in your side
  • to be on the safe side
  • hit one's stride
  • in stride
  • take in stride
  • stem the tide
  • swim against the tide
  • swim with the tide
  • turn the tide
  • fit to be tied
  • have one's hands tied
  • my hands are tied
  • tongue tied
  • all wool and a yard wide
  • come from far and wide
  • far and wide
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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."

  • could + buy
  • could + by
  • could + cry
  • could + die
  • could + dry
  • could + dye
  • could + fly
  • could + fry
  • could + lie
  • could + my
  • could + ply
  • could + pry
  • could + sigh
  • could + spy
  • could + thy
  • could + tie
  • could + try
  • could + vie
  • good + buy
  • good + by
  • good + bye
  • good + cry
  • good + die
  • good + dry
  • good + eye
  • good + fly
  • good + guy
  • good + high
  • good + lie
  • good + my
  • good + pie
  • good + spy
  • good + thy
  • good + try
  • misunderstood + by
  • misunderstood + my
  • should + buy
  • should + by
  • should + cry
  • should + die
  • should + dry
  • should + dye
  • should + fly
  • should + lie
  • should + my
  • should + sigh
  • should + spy
  • should + thy
  • should + tie
  • should + try
  • should + vie
  • stood + by
  • stood + eye
  • stood + high
  • stood + my
  • stood + nigh
  • understood + by
  • understood + my
  • understood + why
  • withstood + by
  • wood + by
  • would + buy
  • would + by
  • would + cry
  • would + die
  • would + dry
  • would + dye
  • would + eye
  • would + fly
  • would + fry
  • would + lie
  • would + my
  • would + ply
  • would + pry
  • would + shy
  • would + sigh
  • would + spy
  • would + thy
  • would + tie
  • would + try
  • would + vie
Mosaic Rhymes — Set #1 of 1