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Words that rhyme withawesome

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 AA coda S
3
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
blossom1possum
3 syllables
opossum
mosaic rhyme
sauce them
2
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
gotham2
4 syllables
microcosm
4
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
balsamflotsammoslemrostrum
mosaic rhyme
sauce him
145
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
problem12bottom10autumn2column1Harlem4condom1gollum1stardom1BarnumquantumSaddamslalomsodomsolemnwampumgossip3crossing20sausage1Dawsonblossoms1crosses1faucet2posse2saucer1bosses1casa1crossings1fossil1fossils1losses1processed1blossomed1bossing9bossycasas1
3 syllables
Joachimpossible3possiblyPicasso1apostle1colossal1manassas1Mombasa1apostles1blossoming1colossuscossetingcrisscrossescrisscrossingembossesembossingglossariesglossarygossamergossamersgossipergossipersgossiping3gossipygraciasjostlingKinshasa
4 syllables
impossible6philosophy2atrocities1atrocity1calabasas1impossibly1monstrosity1rhinoceros1albatrosses1applesauces1impossibles6microfossilmicrofossils
5 syllables
reciprocity1animositiesanimositymicroprocessormicroprocessors
15
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
Aussie
3 syllables
ossiclesHelios
4 syllables
diocesandiocesansferocitiesferocity
5 syllables
curiosity1generosity2curiosities1generosities2virtuositiesvirtuosity
6 syllables
religiositiesreligiosity

“awesome” at line end — from real songs

Probably, uh, probably Tyler, his life seems pretty awesomeProbably Dill, 'cause he doesn't have to do anything at all
— Frank Ocean, “Futura Free” · rhymes awesome / all
And your life seemed so awesomeI've been at war with my body
— Lorde, “Girl, so confusing featuring lorde” · rhymes awesome / body
That's just my ego talkingThinks he's super hero awesome
— Open Mike Eagle, “Thirsty Ego Raps” · rhymes awesome / talking

How to read the 154 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 3
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 2
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 4
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 145
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 15
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.