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Words that rhyme withlower

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 OW coda —
11
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
slower1mower1blowergoergrowerknowerrowersowerthrower
3 syllables
churchgoer
4 syllables
moviegoer
mosaic rhyme
know her3show her1throw her1
132
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
over63shoulder36older21closer9soldier8sober11owner1poker5motor2colder12solar1homer1rover9clover6poster1Dover4boulder4bolder3closure2loner2roller2toaster3coaster1grocer2holder1joker1kosher2stoker1donorbroker1drover1gopher1odor1ogre1polar1smoker1stroller1voter1bonerbowlerclothiercloturecodercolter
3 syllables
october4composure3bulldozer1exposure1beachcomberbeholderbipolarbondholdercardholderchangeovercomposercomptrollercontrollercrossoverdecoderdisclosureenclosureforeclosurefreeholderfreeloaderhangoverholdoverhomeownerhouseholderinclosurelandholderlandownerlandroverlayoverleftovermakeovermisnomermoreovernonsmokerpassoverpromoter
4 syllables
mediocre2interloperlocomotorofficeholder
5 syllables
overexposurepolicyholder
mosaic rhyme
go there5go for1so there1
129
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
holster1bolsterjokesterKoestleroldsterpollsterroadstergoing29growing10knowing8showing7blowing6throwing1poem6joeypoet4chloeOwen2Noah1zoeglowing8flowing8Joelpoems3cohen3boa1crowing1goers1Owens1
3 syllables
upholsterpoetry2heroics1inchoate1ongoing1Samoa1unknowing1balboabalboasbestowing1churchgoerschurchgoingdadoing1elbowing2farrowingforegoingforgoingglassblowersglowinglygoeringheroicheroines1
4 syllables
overflowing2cenozoiceasygoingheroicallyjeroboamjeroboamsjingoismjingoismsmesozoicmoviegoersoceangoingOhioanohioansoverthrowingOwensboro
5 syllables
26
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
low99
2 syllables
loislowered2Lowell1lowest1loesslowers1lowing99below43hello15rouleau
3 syllables
glassblowerholloinglowering1soloing3soloistsoloistsbuffalo2tupelo3bungalow2bigelow1
4 syllables
buffaloing2whistleblower
5 syllables
Michelangelo2

“lower” at line end — from real songs

I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slowerMakes you talk a little lower
— Counting Crows, “A Long December” · rhymes lower / slower

How to read the 272 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 11
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 132
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 129
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 26
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.