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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.

  • big deal
  • great deal
  • it's a deal
  • new deal
  • raw deal
  • real deal
  • square deal
  • cop a feel
  • achilles' heel
  • bring to heel
  • come to heel
  • down at heel
  • on one's heel
  • to heel
  • turn on one's heel
  • under one's heel
  • even keel
  • on an even keel
  • make a meal
  • square meal
  • for real
  • it's been real
  • a steal
  • nerves of steel
  • asleep at the wheel
  • big wheel
  • fifth wheel
  • put one's shoulder to the wheel
  • reinvent the wheel
  • shoulder to the wheel
Pure Rhymes — Set #1 of 1

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End Rhymes

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

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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.

  • come between
  • few and far between
  • go between
  • come clean
  • keep one's nose clean
  • keep your nose clean
  • new broom sweeps clean
  • new brush sweeps clean
  • squeaky clean
  • x raying machine
  • make a scene
  • make the scene
  • mob scene
  • not one's scene
  • silver screen
  • smoke screen
  • vent your spleen
  • sight unseen
Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 54
  • doesn't add up to a can of beans
  • full of beans
  • not worth a hill of beans
  • spill the beans
  • beyond one's means
  • by all manner of means
  • by any means
  • man of means
  • not by any manner of means
  • not by any means
  • ways and means
  • like sardines
  • packed like sardines
  • behind the scenes
Near Rhymes — Set #3 of 54

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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."

  • although + real
  • go + real
  • know + real
  • low + real
  • no + deal
  • no + feel
  • no + meal
  • no + real
  • no + seal
  • no + steel
  • no + wheel
  • no + zeal
  • show + real
  • so + deal
  • so + feel
  • so + real
  • tho + real
  • though + real
Mosaic Rhymes — Set #1 of 1