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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.

  • the penny dropped
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 "stopped".
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.

  • not much cop
  • cash crop
  • cream of the crop
  • in one's crop
  • stuck in one's crop
  • hear a pin drop
  • let drop
  • take a drop
  • flip flop
  • take a flop
  • all over the shop
  • bull in a china shop
  • china shop
  • close up shop
  • closed shop
  • open shop
  • talk shop
  • whistle stop
  • big top
  • blow one's top
  • blow your top
  • on top
  • over the top
  • take it from the top
Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 104
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 104
  • la ti da
  • ta da
  • last hurrah
  • a la
  • la la la
  • lay down the law
  • letter of the law
  • parliamentary law
  • sod's law
  • spirit of the law
  • word of the law
  • in the raw
  • ménage à trois
  • see ya
Near Rhymes — Set #3 of 104

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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