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Words that rhyme withbrother

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 AH coda DH
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
other7mother5smothersouther
3 syllables
another3grandmother1godmotherstepmother
26
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
lover2cover9buzzerhover1plover1shoversuffer1tougher1usher1blufferbuffercrusherduffergusherhussarmusher
3 syllables
discover6recover6hardcoveruncover
4 syllables
undercover1rediscover
45
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
culture1structure3buster1sculpture1youngster1luster1ulcer1vulture1blusterbusker
3 syllables
adjusterblockbusterlacklusterrestructuresubculture
4 syllables
acupunctureagricultureaquaculturecounterculturefilibuster
134
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
wonder25under15summer22number6color6thunder8younger3hunter5butter6hunger6colour2supper2upperrubber1sucker2butler1gutter7slumber4tucker2bummer4bugger1drummer3mutter3shudder2stutter3shutterDumpster2flutter1gunner1bunker1cutter1dumber1hummer1jumper1plunder1pucker1slugger1stunner1vulgar1mulderblubberblunderBrucknerBuchnerbumperbunglercluttercomercouplercumbercutlerdumperdunkerhuggerHumberhunkerJunkerlubberlumberlumperlungermongermuggermuller
3 syllables
asunder2bloodsucker1midsummer1abductorafluttercocksuckerconductordiscolorencumberforerunnergunrunnerheadhunterinductorinstructornewcomeroutnumberroadrunnerspelunkerstonecuttergrandmothers1wuthering1godmothersmothering24motherlessmotherlyothernesssmotheringsoutherliessoutherlySouthernersouthernersstepmothersSutherland
4 syllables
motherfucker12technicolor1kilometremulticolorwatercolor
5 syllables
semiconductor
2
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
brothers21
3 syllables
brotherly

“brother” at line end — from real songs

And you could be my brotherOnce again, fall asleep with our backs against each other
— Adrianne Lenker, “Simulation Swarm” · rhymes brother / other
This is how you make yourself call your motherAnd this is how you make yourself closer to your brother
— Jason Isbell, “24 Frames” · rhymes brother / mother
To the violence of my brotherFeel the pain of another
— Lori McKenna, “A Beautiful Noise” · rhymes brother / another

How to read the 213 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 26
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 45
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 134
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 2
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.