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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.

  • lo and behold
  • sight to behold
  • blow hot and cold
  • get down cold
  • in the cold
  • knock cold
  • leave out in the cold
  • make one's blood run cold
  • out cold
  • out in the cold
  • pass out cold
  • stone cold
  • take cold
  • Acapulco gold
  • all that glitters is not gold
  • heart of gold
  • strike gold
  • on hold
  • all told
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.

  • goldfish bowl
  • on the dole
  • field goal
  • ace in the hole
  • black hole
  • in the hole
  • out of the hole
  • square peg in a round hole
  • watering hole
  • out on parole
  • shore patrol
  • with a ten foot pole
  • wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole
  • straw poll
  • take a straw poll
  • call the roll
  • heads will roll
  • on a roll
  • rock and roll
  • heart and soul
  • lost soul
  • sell your soul
  • with heart and soul
  • take its toll
  • on the whole
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  • burn up the road
  • get the show on the road
  • hit the road
  • hug the road
  • middle of the road
  • on the road
  • one for the road
  • royal road
  • where the rubber meets the road
Near Rhymes — Set #3 of 51

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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