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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.

  • get one's fingers burned
  • a penny saved is a penny earned
  • leave no stone unturned
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 1

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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.

  • ears burn
  • have money to burn
  • make one's ears burn
  • money to burn
  • slow burn
  • live and learn
  • in return
  • stem to stern
  • at every turn
  • call the turn
  • do one a good turn
  • done to a turn
  • in turn
  • know which way to turn
  • out of turn
  • speak out of turn
  • take a new turn
  • take a turn
  • talk out of turn
  • tide turn
  • to a turn
  • u turn
  • worm may turn
Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 43
  • make a stir
  • as it were
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 43
Near Rhymes — Set #3 of 43

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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