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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.

  • look bleak
  • tongue in cheek
  • turn the other cheek
  • up the creek
  • spring a leak
  • past one's peak
  • widow's peak
  • fit of pique
  • quarterback sneak
  • pip squeak
  • till the pips squeak
  • talk a blue streak
  • winning streak
  • yellow streak
  • spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak
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 54
  • beyond belief
  • come to grief
  • good grief
  • new leaf
  • turn a new leaf
  • turn over a new leaf
  • had as lief
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 54
  • catch some Z's
  • birds and the bees
  • bat the breeze
  • fan the breeze
  • in a breeze
  • win in a breeze
  • big cheese
  • chalk and cheese
  • hard cheese
  • down with a disease
  • at one's ease
  • ill at ease
  • bee's knees
  • bring to one's knees
  • on one's knees
  • alike as two peas
  • as you please
  • high seas
  • main squeeze
  • tight squeeze
  • dot the i's and cross the t's
  • can't see the forest for the trees
  • forest for the trees
  • wood for the trees
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."

  • the + beak
  • the + bleak
  • the + cheek
  • the + chic
  • the + clique
  • the + creak
  • the + creek
  • the + eek
  • the + freak
  • the + geek
  • the + Greek
  • the + leak
  • the + leek
  • the + meek
  • the + peak
  • the + peek
  • the + pique
  • the + reek
  • the + seek
  • the + Sheikh
  • the + shriek
  • the + Sikh
  • the + sleek
  • the + sneak
  • the + speak
  • the + squeak
  • the + streak
  • the + teak
  • the + weak
  • the + week
Mosaic Rhymes — Set #1 of 1