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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.

There are no end rhymes for "retired".
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.

  • add fuel to the fire
  • ball of fire
  • baptism of fire
  • catch fire
  • cease fire
  • cross fire
  • draw fire
  • fat hits the fire
  • fat is in the fire
  • fight fire with fire
  • get on like a house on fire
  • hang fire
  • have too many irons in the fire
  • hold fire
  • into the fire
  • iron in the fire
  • irons in the fire
  • jump from the frying pan into the fire
  • line of fire
  • on fire
  • open fire
  • out of the frying pan into the fire
  • out of the frying pan, into the fire
  • play with fire
  • pull one's chestnuts out of the fire
  • pull the fat from the fire
  • set on fire
  • set the world on fire
  • sure fire
  • too many irons in the fire
  • under fire
  • with fire
  • cross the wire
  • down to the wire
  • live wire
  • under the wire
Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 42
  • bark is worse than their bite
  • bark worse than one's bite
  • sleep well- don't let the bedbugs bite
  • their bark is worse than their bite
  • pick a fight
  • put up a fight
  • take flight
  • stage fright
  • go fly a kite
  • high as a kite
  • bring to light
  • come to light
  • dash light
  • get the green light
  • green light
  • leading light
  • like a light
  • more heat than light
  • out like a light
  • see the light
  • the green light
  • to light
  • travel light
  • call it a night
  • fly by night
  • spend the night
  • all right
  • in the right
  • serve one right
  • set right
  • at first sight
  • heave in sight
  • on sight
  • out of sight
  • second sight
  • jaws tight
  • sit tight
  • black and white
  • in black and white
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 42
Near Rhymes — Set #3 of 42

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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."

There are no mosaic rhymes for "retired".
Mosaic Rhymes — Set #1 of 1