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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.

  • at first
  • first things first
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
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.

Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 43
  • visiting nurse
  • line one's purse
  • in reverse
  • all the worse
  • for better or for worse
  • for the worse
  • from bad to worse
  • go from bad to worse
  • take a turn for the worse
  • turn for the worse
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 43
  • make a stir
  • as it were
Near Rhymes — Set #3 of 43

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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