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Words that rhyme with gentleman — 278 rhymes by quality | Rhyme Land
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Words that rhyme withgentleman

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·T
278
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
plenty3center1twenty6sentence6enter1mental4centre2entered1dentist1rented1sentenced1dentists2denton1centers1centres1prentice1quentin1scented1twenties1venting1Bentoncentered1centreddentaldentalsdented2dentindentinedentinesdenting2dentinsenters1lentillentilslentomentoredmentorsplenties3rentalrentalsrenter
3 syllables
invented1entering1sentences3presented8mentally1momentum2incentive1repentance3sentiment1contented1entities1inventor1pentium1prevented1Adventistadventistsapprenticeapprenticedassentedassentingattentiveaugmentedaugmentingauthenticcemented1cementing1centering1centringclementesconsentedconsenting
4 syllables
identity1instrumental2sentimental1identicaldiscontented1incidentals1innocenti1instrumentals1transcendental1accidentalaccidentalsapprenticesapprenticingattentivelyattentivenessauthentically
5 syllables
accidentally2representativedocumentarydocumentaries1alimentaryargumentative
6 syllables
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)
1 syllable
gent1
2 syllables
gentle5gentledgentles5
3 syllables
gentlemen7gentleness2magenta1gentlingmagentas1
4 syllables
gentlemanly

“gentleman” at line end — from real songs

Pay attention: I'm stabbing your women friends, like a gentleman60 Crip and Grizzly and some RMK Denim
— Earl Sweatshirt, “AssMilk” · rhymes gentleman / denim

How to read the 278 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 278
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.