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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.

  • razor blade
  • make the grade
  • have it made
  • ready made
  • self made
  • tailor made
  • old maid
  • hit parade
  • call a spade a spade
  • carriage trade
  • horse trade
  • rag trade
  • stock in trade
  • trick of the trade
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.

  • take aim
  • to blame
  • stake a claim
  • add fuel to the flame
  • an old flame
  • old flame
  • ahead of the game
  • at stage of the game
  • ball game
  • be game
  • love game
  • name of the game
  • on the game
  • pick-up game
  • play a waiting game
  • play the game
  • skin in the game
  • still in the game
  • whole new ball game
  • clear one's name
  • drop name
  • handle to one's name
  • in name
  • pet name
  • to one's name
  • just the same
  • one and the same
  • damn shame
  • for shame
  • put to shame
  • to shame
Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 47
  • build castles in Spain
  • castles in Spain
  • Bruce Wayne
  • come again
  • now and again
  • on again, off again
  • run that by me again
  • something else again
  • then again
  • time and again
  • time and time again
  • you can say that again
  • bird brain
  • on the brain
  • rack one's brain
  • rack your brain
  • raise cain
  • whispering campaign
  • pull your chain
  • brain drain
  • down the drain
  • go down the drain
  • pour money down the drain
  • against the grain
  • go against the grain
  • plain jane
  • bullet lane
  • live in the fast lane
  • lovers' lane
  • stroll down memory lane
  • in the main
  • with might and main
  • feel no pain
  • give a pain
  • know enough to come in out of the rain
  • out of the rain
  • right as rain
  • free rein
  • tight rein
  • gravy train
  • ride the gravy train
  • through train
  • in vain
  • take one's name in vain
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 47
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."

  • Emma + made
Mosaic Rhymes — Set #1 of 1