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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.

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.

  • get the ax
  • give the ax
  • brass tacks
  • across the tracks
  • cover up one's tracks
  • follow in one's tracks
  • in one's tracks
  • make tracks
  • other side of the tracks
  • right side of the tracks
  • side of the tracks
  • stop in one's tracks
  • the tracks
  • wrong side of the tracks
  • on the wane and on the wax
  • whole ball of wax
Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 74
  • full blast
  • die is cast
  • hard and fast
  • thick and fast
  • at long last
  • breathe one's last
  • breathe your last
  • every last
  • first and last
  • he laughs best who laughs last
  • at half mast
  • nail one's colors to the mast
  • dwell on the past
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 74
  • high-wire act
  • one's act
  • put on an act
  • read someone the riot act
  • read the riot act
  • as a matter of fact
  • in point of fact
  • matter of fact
Near Rhymes — Set #3 of 74

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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