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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.

  • off the beam
  • on the beam
  • like a cat that got the cream
  • vanishing cream
  • pipe dream
  • color scheme
  • blow off steam
  • gather steam
  • under one's own steam
  • against the stream
  • swim against the stream
  • SWAT team
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 3
  • change horses in midstream
End Rhymes — Set #2 of 3
End Rhymes — Set #3 of 3

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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.

  • 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
Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 54
  • fox and geese
  • elbow grease
  • squeaky wheel gets the grease
  • on the increase
  • nasty nice
  • hold one's peace
  • all in one piece
  • by the piece
  • conversation piece
  • of a piece
  • speak one's piece
  • the villain of the piece
  • think piece
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 54
  • bug in one's ear
  • by ear
  • flea in one's ear
  • give a thick ear
  • have one's ear
  • lend an ear
  • play by ear
  • play it by ear
  • put a flea in one's ear
  • roasting ear
  • tin ear
  • turn a deaf ear
  • you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
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."

One-syllable words do not have mosaic rhymes.

Mosaic Rhymes — Set #1 of 1