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Words that rhyme withnow

masculine
Masculine this word

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

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 AW coda —
49
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)
1 syllable
how32bow4wow2cow2thou1brow1vow2sow1plow2ciao1bough1Mao1POW2prow1dow1yow1chowFAOFrauGAOhaoHowelaoloughplough
2 syllables
somehow33allow3eyebrow1kowtow1meow1southpaw1avowendowhighbrowknow-howlandauLiaoluauMacaoMacaupowwowsnowplow
3 syllables
anyhow10curacaodisallowdisavow
515
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)
1 syllable
downcliché62outcliché40town7ground6sound5house4mouth5round3found3loud2crowd4doubt3proud3south2crown4brown1clouds5count1clown1shout2bound2cloud3bout8couch11wound1drown15mouse9gown1foul5pound5ouchdrowned6mount3doubts5frown13growls2shouts1scout2cows6towns7clowns7downs5mouths1bows8crowds5shroud4bounceblouse6owl4hound1howl5vows2frowns1drought2gowns3growl2mound3lounge1clout2crowned1crowns2ploughed2pout2scouts2snout2sowed1spouse1stout2tout2trout2vouch2browns1brows1crouch1douse1fowl1louse1lout1nouns1ounce1owls1ploughs1plowed1rousse1scowls1shrouds1slouch1
2 syllables
around19about2without12downtown2allowed9account5amount3background4throughoutwarehouse2announcehometown7allows1uptown8breakdown3aground6discountprofound2sundown2unwound3abound2aloud2arouse1courthouse2fairground2fallout2jailhouse1meltdown1outhouse2penthouse2showdown2surround1unsound2aroused1blackouts1blowout1breakdowns1comedown1devouts1doghouse1endowed1eyebrows1farmhouse1foreground1Georgetown1henhouse1hideout1hoedown1knockout1lookout1madhouse1Motown1playground1pronounce1rebound1renown1roadhouse1timeout1touchdowns1townhouse1unbound1wildflowers1workouts1alehouseall-outastound
3 syllables
underground1whereabouts1roundabout1battleground1chinatown1Morgantown1paramount1roundabouts1slaughterhouse1AdenauerAllentownboardinghousecatamountCharlottetowncharterhousecoffeehouseCooperstowncottonmouthcottonmouthscuracaosdisalloweddisallowsdisavoweddisavowsfirehouseHagerstownhereabouthereaboutsmenopausemispronounceMorristownovercrowdovercrowdspackinghousepowerhouseRittenhouserunaboutrunaboutssauerkrautsauerkrautsScaramouchshantytownshantytownsthereaboutsturnaboutturnabouts
4 syllables
merry-go-round
55
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)
1 syllable
sounds11pounds1counts2grounds3rounds2hounds4bounds1bouncedflouncedfounds71jousts
2 syllables
accounts5announced1playgrounds1resounds1surrounds1abounds2amounts3astounds
3 syllables
battlegrounds1catamountsmispronouncedturnaroundsultrasounds
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 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)
3 syllables
Mindanao

“now” at line end — from real songs

These will just be places to me nowThe foreman is down
— Bon Iver, “33 “GOD”” · rhymes now / down
Would you really rush out?Would you really rush out? (For me now)
— Bon Iver, “Blindsided” · rhymes now / out
They're an illusion to me nowI got to get to her somehow
— Bob Dylan, “Tangled Up in Blue” · rhymes now / somehow

How to read the 619 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 49
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Additive 515
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 55
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 1
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.