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Words that rhyme withover

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 V
22
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
rover4clover4Dover1drover1stover
3 syllables
changeovercrossoverhangoverholdoverlandroverleftovermakeovermoreoverpassoverpushoverrolloversleepoverspilloverstopovertakeover
mosaic rhyme
drove her1
20
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
closure2crozierposerposeurgopher1loafercloser1grocer2kosher2cloturepoacher
3 syllables
composure3bulldozer1exposure1composerdisclosureenclosureforeclosureinclosure
5 syllables
overexposure
13
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
soldier1poster1toaster3coaster1holster1bolsterclothierjokesterKoestlerpollsterroadsterroaster
3 syllables
upholster
14
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
lower1slower2mower1blowergoergrowerknowerrowersowerthrower
3 syllables
churchgoerglassblower
4 syllables
moviegoerwhistleblower
146
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
shoulder10older1sober4owner1poker5motor2colder2solar1homer1boulder4bolder3loner2roller1holder1joker1stoker1donorbroker1odor1ogre1polar1smoker1stroller1voter1bonerbowlercodercoltercombercoulter
3 syllables
october1beachcomberbeholderbipolarbondholdercardholdercomptrollercontrollerdecoderfreeholderfreeloaderhomeownerhouseholderlandholderlandownermisnomernonsmokerpromotersarcomashareholdershareownershipownerstakeholder
4 syllables
mediocre2interloperlocomotorofficeholderCasanova1supernova1villanova1CzechoslovakczechoslovaksinterwovenMonroviapavlovianSegovia
5 syllables
policyholderNavratilova
13
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
ovalovalsovateovers63ovumovums
3 syllables
overture1layoverlayoversovergrowthovergrowthsoverlyoversee

“over” at line end — from real songs

It was done after it was overWe were just two lovers crying on each other's shoulder
— Laura Marling, “Ghosts” · rhymes over / shoulder
Short after it was overYou, as precious as a clover
— Bon Iver, “AWARDS SEASON” · rhymes over / clover
If you think that you know yourself, you can come overLay your hands on me like you're a Land Rover
— Lana Del Rey, “Arcadia” · rhymes over / rover

How to read the 215 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 22
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 20
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 13
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 14
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 146
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 13
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.