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Words that rhyme withanybody

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 EH coda N
223
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
many3penny2jenny1kenny2dennis1Leonard1tennisbennyjennalenny1dennysenate1denim5venom2brennan1VeniceLennon2BennettReynoldsgenet1jenni1jennings1menace1penance1pennant1tenant1tenner1tenor1benesBenetbening4bennetbennetsbennettsbenniebenniesbenningbennisbrennans1brenningdenims5denningfennelfennelsgenets1genoeseGreenwichhennahennaedhennashenningJenner
3 syllables
general1lieutenant1senatorbenefit3generous1jenniferKennedy1benefits2penaltyhennessy5antenna2genesis1kennedys2penniless1tenements2venison1genovese1hennepin1kilkenny1menacing1penalties1senators1tenement1antennas2benedickbenedicksBeneluxBenningtondenizendenizenseugeniceugenicsgeneraled1generals1genitalgenitalsGenoaGenovahellenic
4 syllables
generallyadrenaline3millennium3obscenity2benefiting1centennial1millenniums1replenishment1Adrenalinadrenalines3amenableamenitiesamenitybenefittedbenefittingcalistheniccalisthenicscentennials1congenitalcountertenorcountertenorscryogenic
5 syllables
anthropogenicbicentennialbicentennialscarcinogenic
6 syllables
angiogenesis
28
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
any4eno1cayenne1Cheyennedoyenne
3 syllables
enemy6energy6enemies6Vienna1enemaenemasenergies6siennasiennas
4 syllables
serenity1biennialbiennialsperennialperennials
5 syllables
perennially
6 syllables

“anybody” at line end — from real songs

Help, not just anybodyHelp
— John Lennon, “Help!” · rhymes anybody / help
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybodyOutside of a small circle of friends
— Phil Ochs, “Outside of a Small Circle of Friends” · rhymes anybody / friends

How to read the 223 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.

Assonance 223
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 28
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.