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Words that rhyme with slumber — 279 rhymes by quality | Rhyme Land
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Words that rhyme withslumber

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 AH coda M·B
6
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
number1cumberHumberlumber
3 syllables
encumberoutnumber
25
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
jumper1bumperdumperlumperstumperwonder25under15thunder8younger3hunger6plunder1blundermongersunderhunter5bunker1dunker
3 syllables
asunder2headhunterspelunker
7
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
Dumpster2bunglerjuncturepuncturesumptertumbler
4 syllables
acupuncture
54
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
summer22butter6supper2upperrubber1sucker2gutter7tucker2bummer4bugger1drummer3mutter3shudder2stutter3shutterflutter1gunner1cutter1dumber1hummer1pucker1slugger1stunner1blubbercluttercomerhuggerlubberlungermuggermummernutterplumberputterrudderrunnerscrubberscuppersputtersuccortruckerutter
3 syllables
bloodsucker1midsummer1afluttercocksuckerforerunnergunrunnernewcomerroadrunnerstonecutter
4 syllables
motherfucker12kilometre
187
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
other42mother1brother29lover32cover9color6suffer5culture1colour2structure3butler1buster1buzzersculpture1tougher1youngster1hover1luster1plover1ulcer1usher1vulgar1vulture1mulderblufferblusterBrucknerBuchnerbufferbuskerBuSparbustierclustercouplercrusherCustercutlerdufferdusterflustergusherguzzlerhucksterhussarlustreLuxormufflermullermushermusterplungerpufferpuzzler
3 syllables
another40grandmother1discover6recover6abductoradjusterblockbusterconductordiscolorgodmotherhardcoverinductorinstructorlacklusterrestructurestepmothersubcultureuncoverrumblingcrumbling2bumblebee1cumbersome1jumbotron1lumbering1mumbling1outnumbered1rumblings1stumbling1bumblingColomboColumbacolumbocolumboesColumbuscumberingCumberlandencumberedencumbersfumblinggrumblinggrumblings
4 syllables
undercover1technicolor1agricultureaquaculturecounterculturefilibusterhorticultureinfrastructuremulticolorrediscoversuperstructurewatercolorColombia1Columbia1colombiancolombianscolumbiancolumbiansencumberingincumbenciesincumbencyoutnumberingunencumbered
5 syllables
semiconductor
3
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
slumbers1slumbered4
3 syllables
slumbering1

“slumber” at line end — from real songs

At night in your slumberDream her as a child when you loved her mother
— Big Thief, “Interstate” · rhymes slumber / mother
All the world is in slumberAll the times without number
— Cole Porter, “In the Still of the Night” · rhymes slumber / number
Don't talk of loveAnd I won't disturb the slumber
— Paul Simon, “I Am a Rock” · rhymes slumber / love

How to read the 279 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 6
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 25
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 7
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Subtractive 54
Same vowel, but one word stops a consonant early. A slightly clipped, softer resolution than perfect rhyme.
Assonance 187
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 3
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.