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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.

  • come to naught
  • go for naught
  • food for thought
  • give it some thought
  • on second thought
  • perish the thought
  • second thought
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.

Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 85
  • scotch broth
  • too many cooks spoil the broth
  • cut your coat according to your cloth
  • made up out of whole cloth
  • man of the cloth
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 85
  • a penny for your thoughts
  • penny for one's thoughts
  • second thoughts
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."

One-syllable words do not have mosaic rhymes.

Mosaic Rhymes — Set #1 of 1