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Words that rhyme withmajor

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 EY coda JH
4
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
pager1wager1stager
3 syllables
teenager
mosaic rhyme
page herengage her
48
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
favor9favour2laser1flavor3razor2frasieraver1braver1saver1savor1waver1batherblazerFrazerGlaserglazergraverlaverlazarmasermazerquaverraiser
3 syllables
appraiserdisfavorengraverfundraiserlifesaverstargazertrailblazerdenatureeraser1
4 syllables
legislaturenomenclature
18
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
stranger28danger23savior12ranger1manger4changer1GraingergrangerpatzertasterwasterXavier
3 syllables
behavior6behaviour2arrangerendangerexchanger
4 syllables
misbehavior1
22
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
mayor2player2layer1sayer2Mayer1Bayerpayerslayersprayerstayerstrayer
3 syllables
conveyor1assayerballplayerbricklayerconveyernaysayerpurveyorratepayersoothsayer
286
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
later13paper15failure5neighbor6greater1Taylorchamber5labor4sailor6traitor1baker2waitertrailer2maker3painter1labour1neighbour1tailor5vapor2caper2skater2acre1cater1crater1fader1faker1freighter1gainer1jailer1Mainer1nager1plainer1quaker1raker1saber1shaker1straighter1taker1taper1agarbailorbreakerDaimlerdraperframergaitergatorgradergraterHaberhaterkramermailernadirnamerpaterplanarplanerplaterpraterraiderrapersabrescalarscraperSederslaterstatertabortamer
3 syllables
newspaper1creator3skyscraper1Decatur1container1debater1inhaler1remainder1wallpaper1attainderbedchamberbelaborcampaignercaretakercarmakercomplainercrusadercuratordeflatordictatordisclaimerdressmakerequatorfilmmakerfinaglerflypaperglassmakerhatmakerhaymakerhomemakericebreakerinflatorinvaderkingmakerlandscaperlawbreakerlawmakerLemaitrelocatormatchmakerMercatormuckrakerno-brainerpacemakerpeacemakerprintmakerrainmakerretailerretainersandpapershoemakersteelmakerstrikebreaker
4 syllables
elevator2operator2generator2activator2alligator2instigator2aviator1calculator1percolator1respirator1separator1undertaker1actuatoragitatorallocatoralternatoranimatorannotatorantechamberapplicatorarbitratorautomakerbasketmakercandlemakercarburetorcommentator
5 syllables
investigatorrefrigerator1accelerator1manipulator1accumulatoradministratoramphitheateramphitheatreappropriatorcollaboratorcommunicator
5
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
majors1magesMagimajored4
3 syllables
majoring4

“major” at line end — from real songs

(Oh, what, you major?)Went from playing community ball to balling with the majors
— Bill Withers, “The Season / Carry Me” · rhymes major / majors
Doesn't matter if you're minor or majorA rhythm recipe that you'll savor
— Lou Reed, “Can I Kick It?” · rhymes major / savor
High off the ground, from stair to skyscraperCool out thinking we local. C'mon, homie, we major
— Nas, “We Major” · rhymes major / skyscraper

How to read the 378 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 4
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 48
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 18
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 22
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 286
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 5
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.