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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.

  • pick and choose
  • no time to lose
  • bad news
  • mind one's p's and q's
  • mind your p's and q's
  • tighten the screws
  • Jesus shoes
  • be in someone else's shoes
  • dead men's shoes
  • fill one's shoes
  • gym shoes
  • in someone else's shoes
  • into one's shoes
  • put oneself in another's shoes
  • step into one's shoes
  • walk a mile in my shoes
  • no use
  • put to use
  • to use
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.

  • full of prunes
Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 44
  • rub salt into one's wounds
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 44
  • go over like a lead balloon
  • trial balloon
  • rough hewn
  • cry for the moon
  • dark of the moon
  • for the moon
  • full of the moon
  • man in the moon
  • once in a blue moon
  • over the moon
  • promise the moon
  • greasy spoon
  • call the tune
  • carry a tune
  • change one's tune
  • change your tune
  • dance to another tune
  • in tune
  • out of tune
  • sing a new tune
  • sing in tune
  • sing out of tune
  • slow tune
  • to another tune
  • whistle a different tune
Near Rhymes — Set #3 of 44

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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