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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.

  • give up the ghost
  • at the most
  • from pillar to post
  • pillar to post
  • hot dog roast
Pure Rhymes — Set #1 of 1

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End Rhymes

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

  • first and foremost
End Rhymes — Set #1 of 2
End Rhymes — Set #2 of 2

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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 51
  • a rising tide lifts all boats
  • burn one's boats
  • separate the sheep from the goats
  • compare notes
  • feel one's oats
  • sow one's wild oats
  • at each other's throats
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 51
  • in the same boat
  • just off the boat
  • miss the boat
  • rock the boat
  • whatever floats your boat
  • that boat won't float
  • get one's goat
  • get your goat
  • hit a sour note
  • learn by rote
  • cut one's throat
  • cut throat
  • down one's throat
  • fly at one's throat
  • jump down one's throat
  • lump in one's throat
  • ram down one's throat
  • stick in one's throat
  • straw vote
  • that's all she wrote
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