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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.

  • doesn't add up to a can of beans
  • full of beans
  • not worth a hill of beans
  • spill the beans
  • beyond one's means
  • by all manner of means
  • by any means
  • man of means
  • not by any manner of means
  • not by any means
  • ways and means
  • like sardines
  • packed like sardines
  • behind the scenes
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 7
End Rhymes — Set #2 of 7
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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.

  • come between
  • few and far between
  • go between
  • come clean
  • keep one's nose clean
  • keep your nose clean
  • new broom sweeps clean
  • new brush sweeps clean
  • squeaky clean
  • x raying machine
  • make a scene
  • make the scene
  • mob scene
  • not one's scene
  • silver screen
  • smoke screen
  • vent your spleen
  • sight unseen
Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 54
  • all ears
  • around one's ears
  • believe one's ears
  • bring down around one's ears
  • dry behind the ears
  • little pitchers have big ears
  • music to my ears
  • music to one's ears
  • prick up one's ears
  • pull down around one's ears
  • up to one's ears
  • walls have ears
  • wet behind the ears
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 54
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