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Words that rhyme with honestly — 261 rhymes by quality | Rhyme Land
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Words that rhyme withhonestly

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 N
1
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)
4 syllables
dishonestly
260
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
wanna5gonna3Johnny3donna1bonnie1donald1ronnieconnorsonicconniesonnet3yawning1goner3bonnet1chronic2dawning2bonnets1gianni1goners1juana1mano1BonneybonnybrawnyconicconicsconningconnorsdanidanisDonardonnas1donniedonningdonnyfaunafaunasfawning1guanokhanatekhanatesllanollanoes
3 syllables
modestlymonitor1Jonathanmonica1nirvana1bluebonnets2rihanna1adonis1Chardonnay1connery1cyrano1dishonest1dishonor1moniker1monocle1soprano1Tijuana1wannabe1admonishadmonishedafghaniastonishastonishedbluebonnetbonneted1bonneting1BotswanabuboniccanoniccarbonicChanukahchardonnays1Chicano
4 syllables
economy5anonymous1electronicmarijuana3astronomy1ironically1astronomer1canonical1supersonic1admonishesadmonishingadmonishmentadmonishmentsafrikanerafrikanersagronomistagronomistsagronomyallophonic
5 syllables
americano1napoletano1americanos1
6 syllables
59
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
on293
2 syllables
honest10honor5honour2honored5anaawningawningedhonors5honoured2
3 syllables
honesty1BaranybionicbionicscrayonningcryonicsGuiana
4 syllables
veronicahonorabledamianos1avionicavionics
5 syllables

“honestly” at line end — from real songs

No one will ever love you honestlyNo one will ever love you for your honesty
— The Magnetic Fields, “No One Will Ever Love You” · rhymes honestly / honesty

How to read the 261 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 1
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Assonance 260
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 59
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.