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Words that rhyme withdancer

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
9
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
answer2cancer1lancerprancer
3 syllables
advancerenhancerfreelancer
4 syllables
anticancernecromancer
mosaic rhyme
romance heradvance her
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
panther2rancherpanzer
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
gangster1hamster
58
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
ratherhammer4gather2manner2Amor2tannerbanger2catcher1badger1banner1grammar1hangar1hanger1passer1Sanger1snatcher1stammer1AshurazureblatherCatherclamorclamourcrammer
3 syllables
cadavercliffhangerdispatcherenamorflycatchergnatcatcherharasserjackhammerprogrammersledgehammer
303
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
after21matter15laughter14faster12master6actor4anger3chatter2capture1ladder4chapter3amber1rapper7pastor2factor1anchor3gambler2plaster2shatter1akbar1Astor1blaster2Casper2cracker1pasture1sadder1stagger2stamper1baxterbanker1banter1camper1dagger1dapper1fracture1hamper1Jagger1jasper1madder1platter1scatter1slacker1splatter1tracker1tractor1trapper1adderAlgeramblerampereanglerantleraskerasperasterattarbabblerbackerBangorbatterblabberbladderbraggercambercandorcankercantercantorcaptorCasparcastercastorchandlerclamberclapperclatter
3 syllables
disaster8commander1bystander1Duvalier1kidnapper1linebacker1reactor1ringmaster1schoolmaster1adapteradaptorattackerbackpackerbroadcastercontractordetractorenchanterenraptureespalierforecastergallbladdergrandmasterheadmasterhereafterHighlanderhijackerLancasterLeanderLysanderMcMastermeandernewscasternutcrackerpanhandlerphilanderpilasterpostmasterrecapturesandbaggerscoutmastersportscasterstepladdertaskmasterthereaftertoastmasterTrafalgarwebmasterwildcatteranswering3chancellor2romancing1advances1advancing1financing1unanswered1advancersancestriesancestrycanceling
4 syllables
Alexander1benefactor1firecracker1alabasterantimatterburgomastercarpetbaggerchiropractorcoriandergerrymanderhandicapperMadagascarmalefactormanufactureoleanderoleasterquartermastersalamandersubcontractorsupertankercircumstances2answerablehappenstancesintransigenceintransigentnecromancersnecromanciesnecromancyprecancerousrefinancesrefinancing
5 syllables
velociraptorallegiances1intransigencesunanswerable
7
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)
1 syllable
dance37
2 syllables
dancing8dancers3dances2dancings1danser1sundance1

“dancer” at line end — from real songs

She said she'd always been a dancerAnd though she thought I knew the answer
— The Beatles, “She Came In Through the Bathroom Window” · rhymes dancer / answer
I'm putting my weight behind the dancerWhen you trust least the ones who claim to have the answers
— Andrew Bird, “Bloodless” · rhymes dancer / answers
I was down at the New AmsterdamWith a black-haired flamenco dancer
— Counting Crows, “Mr. Jones” · rhymes dancer / amsterdam

How to read the 375 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 9
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 58
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 303
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 7
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.