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Words that rhyme withwhatever

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 V
14
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
ever16never1clever4trevorlever1sever2
3 syllables
forever1however3whoever1whenever2wherever1endeavor3endeavour
4 syllables
whatsoever
47
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
weather1pleasure12whether1treasure6leather12measure6heather3feather12leisure3tether2ledger1nether1edgerhedgerlegerpledgerzephyrpressure6Fletcher
3 syllables
together1bellwetherdispleasureprofessoraggressor1assessorcompressorhairdresseroppressorpossessorprocessorrefreshersuccessorsuppressortransgressor
4 syllables
altogethercountermeasurepredecessor
5 syllables
multiprocessor
62
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
Spencer1lecture1gesture1Estherlesterjester1texture1dexterChesterventurecensercensor
3 syllables
adventure2ancestoravengercondenserconjecturedebenturedigesterdispenserindentureindexer
4 syllables
architecture1polyester1misadventuremultiplexer
317
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
better69letter19shelter7center1member1enter1tender8centre2terror6sweater6error4temper2elderpepper1hectorcellar1sectorEdgarbender4skelter2ember2fender1lender1tremor1beggar1blender1cheddar1dweller1feller1fetter1gender1getter1herder1nectar1peddler1sceptre1sender1spender1splendor1swelter1teller1tenner1tenor1vendor1wearer1bearerbettorcentnercheckerdebtordeckerDekkereggerElgaremmeremptorFechnerheaderhecklerhellerhelperjaegerJennerKellerkelterKeplerlectorlepermedlarmetierneckerpetterrectorrenderrentersellersettersharershellershredderslendersmelterspecterspectrespellerspreaderstarerstellarSteller
3 syllables
remember35surrender7directorinspectordecember5november1september3bartender1pretender4contender1projector2protector2connector1defector1detector1inventor1objector1assemblerbestsellerbooksellerbootleggercollectorconnecterdefenderdeflectordismemberdissenterdistempereffectorelectorengenderexchequerhotelierinjectorMacGregornewsletternonmemberoffenderpacesetterpropellerprospectorrathskellerreceptorreflectorseafarersuspendertormentortransgenderweekenderwoodpeckerevidence5every2heavily1reverend3eleven4heavenly4beverlyreverie1leverage1reveries2brevity1daredevil1heavier1neverland1revelers1revelry1reverence1seventies1
4 syllables
Rockefeller1countertenorepicenterhelter-skelterinterceptorinterstellarmisrememberphilandererstandard-bearerstorytellerstretcher-bearerevidently2benevolence1bedevilingbenevolentdevilishlydishevelingendeavoring3endeavouringevidences5evidencingirreverenceirreverentleverages1longevitieslongevitymalevolentmultilevelprevalencesreverences1reverencingreverentlyrevocableseventiethseventieths
5 syllables
experimenterinevitable1irrevocably1benevolences1inevitables1inevitablyirreverencesirrevocable

“whatever” at line end — from real songs

Top down in clement weatherTrying to win the Island Race, whatever
— Black Box Recorder, “British Racing Green” · rhymes whatever / weather
And the scarecrow stepped on setStarted on his steps then said, "Whatever"
— Cassandra Jenkins, “Understudies” · rhymes whatever / set
Move the whole family West, but it's whateverY'all know how I met her, we broke up and got back together
— Erykah Badu, “LOVEHAPPY” · rhymes whatever / together

How to read the 440 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 14
Same stressed vowel, same sounds after it, different beginning. Full resolution — the strongest closure a rhyme can give a line.
Family rhyme 47
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 62
Same vowel, but one word carries an extra consonant after the shared ending. The added sound softens the landing slightly.
Assonance 317
Only the stressed vowel matches; the consonants after it are unrelated. Loose and open — useful when a section should stay unresolved.