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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.

  • here you are
  • lower the bar
  • getaway car
  • kiddie car
  • close but no cigar
  • by far
  • near and far
  • thus far
  • below par
  • hitch one's wagon to a star
  • lucky star
  • wishin' on a star
  • wishing on a star
  • spoil the ship for a ha'pworth of tar
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 #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.

  • chip off the old block
  • head on the block
  • new kid on the block
  • on the block
  • writer's block
  • by a long chalk
  • against the clock
  • round the clock
  • turn back the clock
  • go off at half cock
  • in the dock
  • do a devon loch
  • pick a lock
  • acid rock
  • in stock
  • laughing stock
  • out of stock
  • take stock
  • in a walk
  • run before you can walk
Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 104
  • cut a swathe
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."

  • the + are
  • the + bar
  • the + Barr
  • the + barre
  • the + car
  • the + Carr
  • the + char
  • the + czar
  • the + far
  • the + gar
  • the + jar
  • the + mar
  • the + our
  • the + par
  • the + Saar
  • the + scar
  • the + spar
  • the + star
  • the + Starr
  • the + tar
Mosaic Rhymes — Set #1 of 1