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Words that rhyme withanswers

feminine
Masculine

Ends on a stressed syllable — a one-syllable rhyme, or a multisyllable word whose primary stress lands last. The rhyme hits the final beat, the way most rhymes in songs do.

Examples

love · dove · today · believe · forgot

Feminine this word

Ends with an unstressed syllable trailing the stressed one — always at least two syllables. The rhyme lands a beat earlier and trails off softly.

Examples

river · mother · follow · breaking · mountain

Masculine and feminine endings rarely sing together (the rhyme lands on a different beat), so they're kept apart here.

 vowel AE coda N·S
8
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are identical.
  2. The sounds after the vowels (if any) are identical.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

cat / hat — same AE vowel, same T ending

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
dancers2cancers1lancersprancers
3 syllables
advancersenhancersfreelancers
4 syllables
necromancers
3
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are identical.
  2. The sounds after the vowels come from the same phonetic family (e.g. T↔D, P↔B, M↔N).
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

cat / pad — AE vowel; T and D are both stops

Family chart
PlosivesFricativesNasals
VoicedbdgvTHzzhjmnng
Unvoicedptkfthsshch

Each column is a family pair — same place + manner, only the voicing differs.

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
panthers1rancherspanzers
2
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are identical.
  2. The sounds after the vowels are identical, with one extra consonant on one side.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

love / loved — extra D on one side

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
gangsters2hamsters
52
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are identical.
  2. The sounds after the vowels are identical, but one side stops one consonant earlier.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

cried / cry — one side missing the final D

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
manners2mathers1gathers3azures1bangers1hammers1badgers1banners1blatherscathersclamors
3 syllables
cadavers1cliffhangersdispatchersenamorsflycatchersgnatcatchersharassersjackhammersprogrammers
279
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are the same.
  2. The consonants after the vowel are not phonetically related.
  3. The syllables begin differently.
How it feels
  1. Perfect
  2. Family
  3. Additive / Subtractive
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
resolvedunresolved
Example

love / dot — both AH, but V and T have nothing in common

Assonance rhymes always have consonants after the vowels, but the consonants cannot be phonetically related.

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
matters10actors1masters5rappers7rafters4crackers1ladders2backers1chapters1gamblers1handlers1plasters1ramblers1samplers1scatters1shatters1stragglers1tatters1addersafters21ambers1amblersanchors3andersangers3anglersantlersaskersaspersastersattarsbabblersbachelors1bankers1banters1battersblabbersbladdersblasters2braggerscamberscampers1candors
3 syllables
disasters1adaptersadaptorsattackersbackpackersbroadcastersbystanders1commanders1contractorsdetractorsenchantersenrapturesespaliersforecastersgallbladdersgrandmastersheadmastershereaftershighlandershijackerskidnappers1linebackers1mcmastersmeandersnewscastersnutcrackerspanhandlersphilanderspilasterspostmastersreactors1recapturesringmasters1
4 syllables
benefactors1alabastersalexanders1antimattersburgomasterscarpetbaggerschiropractorscoriandersfirecrackers1gerrymandershandicappersmalefactorsmanufacturesoleandersoleastersquartermasterssalamanderssupertankerscircumstances1anticancerhappenstances
5 syllables
velociraptors1
10
What it is
  1. The syllables' vowel sounds are identical.
  2. The sounds after the vowels (if any) are identical.
  3. The syllables begin the same — repetition, not a rhyme.
How it feels

Off the rhyme scale — identity is repetition, not resolution. Shown so you can spot it, not reach for it.

Example

fuse / confuse — both stressed syllables are 'fuse'

Source
Berklee College of Music's songwriting method (Pat Pattison)
2 syllables
answer14answered2Anselm
3 syllables
answering3ancestriesancestryfianceefiancees
4 syllables
answerable
5 syllables
allegiances1

“answers” at line end — from real songs

I wanted action, she wantеd answersSunrise with the dеalers and the dancers
— Jason Isbell, “Death Wish” · rhymes answers / dancers
Wisdom burned upon a shelf, who'll kill the raging cancerFill the sky with screams and cries, bathe in fiery answers
— Townes Van Zandt, “Lungs” · rhymes answers / cancer
The lady of the lake off the answersThe snaking of the flames off the candle
— Aesop Rock, “Catacomb Kids” · rhymes answers / candle

How to read the 344 results

Tiers follow Pat Pattison's stability scale — pick the resolution your line needs, not just the closest sound. Bold words are common in lyrics; a struck-through word with a cliché flag is an overworked pair; a vermilion dot counts how often the pair appears at line end in our corpus of real songs.

Perfect rhyme 8
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 3
The consonants after the vowel are swapped for phonetic siblings — T↔D, M↔N, S↔Z. Nearly as stable as perfect rhyme, with far more word choices.
Additive 2
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 52
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 279
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 10
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.