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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.

  • dead ahead
  • get ahead
  • go ahead
  • light years ahead
  • streets ahead
  • get up on the wrong side of the bed
  • on the wrong side of the bed
  • put to bed
  • to bed
  • best thing since sliced bread
  • half a loaf is better than no bread
  • white bread
  • drop dead
  • knock 'em dead
  • stone dead
  • Dead head
  • acid head
  • beat into one's head
  • big head
  • bring to a head
  • eyes in the back of one's head
  • fat head
  • fling oneself at someone's head
  • get through one's head
  • go over one's head
  • go to one's head
  • hang one's head
  • hang over one's head
  • have a price on one's head
  • have rocks in one's head
  • heap coals of fire on one's head
  • heels over head
  • hide one's head
  • hit the nail on the head
  • in over your head
  • into one's head
  • keep a civil tongue in one's head
  • like a bear with a sore head
  • like a hole in the head
  • lose one's head
  • off one's head
  • off the top of one's head
  • over one's head
  • over your head
  • price on one's head
  • put ideas into one's head
  • rear its head
  • talk out of the back of your head
  • through one's head
  • turn one's head
  • upon one's head
  • have the lead
  • raise ned
  • sight read
  • taken as read
  • in the red
  • out of the red
  • paint the town red
  • see red
  • in good stead
  • stand in good stead
  • stand one in good stead
  • by a thread
  • hang by a thread
  • fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Pure Rhymes — Set #1 of 1

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End Rhymes

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

  • something nasty in the woodshed
  • take someone to the woodshed
End Rhymes — Set #1 of 7
End Rhymes — Set #2 of 7
End Rhymes — Set #3 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.

Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 85
  • bring suit against
  • dead set against
  • gang up against
  • odds are against
  • pit against
  • rub up against
  • run up against
  • set one's face against
  • side against
  • up against
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 85
  • catch one's breath
  • don't hold your breath
  • hold one's breath
  • in the same breath
  • out of breath
  • save one's breath
  • second breath
  • short of breath
  • take a long breath
  • under one's breath
  • under your breath
  • waste one's breath
  • between life and death
  • bore to death
  • cheat death
  • do to death
  • done to death
  • fate worse than death
  • frightened to death
  • kiss of death
  • matter of life and death
  • meet one's death
  • scare to death
  • sick to death
  • tickle to death
  • to death
Near Rhymes — Set #3 of 85

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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."

  • been + bed
  • been + bled
  • been + bred
  • been + dead
  • been + ed
  • been + fed
  • been + head
  • been + lead
  • been + led
  • been + read
  • been + red
  • been + said
  • been + shed
  • been + sped
  • been + spread
  • been + wed
  • grin + said
  • grin + spread
  • in + bed
  • in + bread
  • in + dead
  • in + dread
  • in + ed
  • in + Fred
  • in + head
  • in + lead
  • in + led
  • in + med
  • in + Ned
  • in + read
  • in + red
  • in + said
  • in + spread
  • in + stead
  • in + Ted
  • in + thread
  • kin + read
  • Lynn + said
  • pin + head
  • Quinn + said
  • sin + led
  • skin + red
  • skin + spread
  • thin + bed
  • thin + bread
  • thin + red
  • thin + thread
  • tin + shed
  • twin + bed
  • when + bed
  • when + bed
  • when + bread
  • when + bread
  • when + bred
  • when + bred
  • when + dead
  • when + dead
  • when + fed
  • when + fed
  • when + Fred
  • when + Fred
  • when + head
  • when + head
  • when + lead
  • when + lead
  • when + led
  • when + led
  • when + Ned
  • when + Ned
  • when + read
  • when + read
  • when + red
  • when + red
  • when + said
  • when + said
  • when + shed
  • when + shed
  • when + spread
  • when + spread
  • when + Ted
  • when + Ted
  • within + red
  • within + said
Mosaic Rhymes — Set #1 of 1