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Words that rhyme withterrorists

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 EH coda R
872
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
married10Mary4Paris5marry4wearing2parents4very2marriage3harry2scary7buried5Sarahsheriffstaring3Jerry1ericlarrymerry2sara1Garybury2Karenfairy1Aaron1parent2derekcarrie1sharing1error4haroldcherry2Harrisnarrow1era2vera2perrysparrow7blaring1caring1clarence1bearing1Erinscaring8erikmarrow2cherylberries2cherish2Pharaoh2sparrows1cherries1peril2prairie2swearing1jared17gerald1bearings1beret1Bering1berry1beryl1carats1carey1daring1derry1fairies1ferry1garish1garret1gerry1heiress1herring1kari1parrot1parrots1sheriffs1sheryl1wary1wearer1hairykaraaarons1aerieaeriesairesairing127airy
3 syllables
area1narrator1charity3character1embarrassed3therapy1heroin2jeremymarrying4areas1variouspreparingtherapist2primaryHarrison1ericaarrogant1heroine1marilynchariot2embarrassclarity3Meredithaerial2camaro1carrion1heresy1marriott1Maryland1burialharriet1alvero1apparent1arrogance1burials1canary1caramel1Cherokee1guerrero1heritage1herrera1janeiro1Kerouac1lariat1marion1marriages1mascara1merrily1newbury1parable1parenting1remarried1Sahara1sombrero1strawberries1aberrantaberrantsaerials2ArafatarielAzeribariumbariumsbaronessbaronetbaronetsbearable
4 syllables
America5american3necessary1apparently1americans1embarrassing3ordinary1experiment1temporaryhilarious1january1experiments1february1scenarioiscariot1dictionary1hysteria1missionaries1posterity1prosperity2sincerity1legendaryBavaria1caricature1commissary1dictionaries1huckleberries1hysterical1hysterically1inheritance1literary1missionary1monastery1primavera1
5 syllables
necessarilyunnecessarychemotherapy1contemporaries1contemporary1illusionary1obituaries1obituary1precariously1
6 syllables
extraordinary1revolutionarypeculiarity1
7 syllables
8 syllables
109
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
tear3
2 syllables
terryterror6Taratearing1terre2terrace2terrors1tarifftariffedtariffstarotaroestarriedtarriestarryTerenceterracedterries
3 syllables
terrible2terribly1terrorist2terrier1Antarestariffingtarryingterraces2terracingterriers1solitaire1
4 syllables
military1secretary1cemetery4cemeteries1Ontario1tributaries1budgetary
5 syllables
momentarily1
6 syllables
authoritarianauthoritarians

“terrorists” at line end — from real songs

But don't worry bout that, man, worry 'bout terroristsYour kids are dosed up on medical sedatives
— Kae Tempest, “Europe Is Lost” · rhymes terrorists / sedatives

How to read the 872 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.

Assonance 872
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.
Identity 109
The whole stressed syllable repeats, beginning included. That's repetition, not rhyme — the line echoes instead of resolving.