Rhyme and meter form the essential rules of Chinese poetry.
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Rhyme
/ɹaɪm/
Synonyms for "rhyme" (159 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (48)
dingdongdirgedithyrambdouble rhymedovetaildroneeclogueelegyenglish sonnetepicepigramepithalamiumepodeepopeeepopoeiaeposeye rhymegeorgicghazelhaiku
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harpinghoratian odehumdrumidyllintelligenceitalian sonnetjinglejingle-janglelimericklogiclyricmadrigalmeaningmeasuremetermonodymonotonemonotonymusical thoughtnarrative poemnear rhymenursery rhymeodeorganizationpalinodeparonomasia
Noun(2 words)
dutch rijmend rhyme
Related words (79)
pastoralpastoral elegypastorelapastourellepetrarchan sonnetpindaric odepitter patterpitter-patterpoempoesypoetryprothalamiumpunrationalerationalityrepeated soundsrepetitiousnessrepetitivenessrhyme royalrhyme scheme
Show 43 more words
rhyming dictionaryrhythmrimerondeaurondelroundelroundelayrunesapphic odesatirescansestinashakespearean sonnetsingle rhymesingsongslant rhymeslokasongsonnetsonnet sequencesoundnessstale repetitionstructureswingtail rhymetankatediumtensotenzonethe supreme fictionthrenodytriolettrottroubadour poemunnecessary repetitionunrhymed poetryverseverseletversicleversificationvillanellevirelaywisdom
Noun(13 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: accord, agree, alba, alliterate, alliteration.
- Sentence evidence is available for rhyme, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from moby, derived_reverse, opengloss, wordnet, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "rhyme".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "rhyme"
Keep "rhyme" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "rhyme" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "rhyme", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "rhyme" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
23 entriesagreeagreementcheckconsistencycorrespondcorrespondencecreate verballyfitgibejibelinguistic featurelinguistic unitmatchphonological patternphonological relationpoem
Showing 16 of 23 words.
More specific
13 entriesalternate rhymeballad stanzabe consistent withcohere withcoupletend rhymeeye rhymefeminine rhymeinternal rhymemasculine rhymerhyme coupletrhyme pairrhyming word
Collocations
9 entriesend rhymeeye rhymefeminine rhymeinternal rhymemasculine rhymeperfect rhymerhyme schemerhyme withslant rhyme
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
180 translations across 62 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- gjasërame noun (word that rhymes with another)
- rimë noun (word that rhymes with another)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὁμοιοκαταληξία noun (word that rhymes with another)
Arabic
3 entries- أُسْجُوعَة noun (verse, poetry)
- قَافِيَة noun (word that rhymes with another)
- قَصِيدَة noun (verse, poetry)
Armenian
1 entries- հանգ noun (word that rhymes with another)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- qafiyə noun (word that rhymes with another)
- qafiyələndirmək verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
Belarusian
2 entries- верш noun (verse, poetry)
- ры́фма noun (word that rhymes with another)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ри́ма noun (word that rhymes with another)
- сти́хче noun (verse, poetry)
- стих noun (verse, poetry)
- стихотворе́ние noun (verse, poetry)
Burmese
1 entries- ကာရန် noun (word that rhymes with another)
Catalan
4 entries- rima noun (verse, poetry)
- rima noun (word that rhymes with another)
- rimar verb ((transitive) put words together)
- rimar verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 韻 /韵 noun (word that rhymes with another)
- 韻文 /韵文 noun (verse, poetry)
- 韻腳 /韵脚 noun (word that rhymes with another)
- 壓韻 /压韵 verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
Czech
4 entries- (dětská) říkanka noun (verse, poetry)
- rým noun (word that rhymes with another)
- rýmovačka noun (verse, poetry)
- rýmovat verb ((transitive) put words together)
Danish
3 entries- rim noun (word that rhymes with another)
- rime verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
- rime verb ((reciprocal))
Dari
2 entries- قَافِیَه noun (verse, poetry)
- قَافِیَه noun (word that rhymes with another)
Dutch
4 entries- rijm noun (verse, poetry)
- rijm noun (word that rhymes with another)
- rijmpje noun (verse, poetry)
- rijmwoord noun (word that rhymes with another)
Esperanto
1 entries- rimi verb ((transitive) put words together)
Estonian
1 entries- riim noun (word that rhymes with another)
Finnish
4 entries- riimi noun (verse, poetry)
- riimi noun (word that rhymes with another)
- riimitellä verb ((transitive) put words together)
- rimmata verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
French
4 entries- rime noun (word that rhymes with another)
- strophe noun (verse, poetry)
- vers noun (verse, poetry)
- faire rimer verb ((transitive) put words together)
Galician
4 entries- rima noun (verse, poetry)
- rima noun (word that rhymes with another)
- rimar verb ((transitive) put words together)
- rimar verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
Georgian
1 entries- რითმა noun (word that rhymes with another)
German
4 entries- Reim noun (verse, poetry)
- Reim noun (word that rhymes with another)
- reimen verb ((transitive) put words together)
- sich reimen verb ((reciprocal))
Greek
4 entries- ομοιοκαταληξία noun (verse, poetry)
- ομοιοκαταληξία noun (word that rhymes with another)
- ομοιοκαταληκτώ verb ((transitive) put words together)
- ομοιοκαταληκτώ verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
Hebrew
2 entries- חֲרִיזָה noun (verse, poetry)
- חָרוּז noun (word that rhymes with another)
Hindi
1 entries- तुक noun (word that rhymes with another)
Hungarian
3 entries- rím noun (word that rhymes with another)
- rímel verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
- rímel verb ((reciprocal))
Icelandic
2 entries- rím noun (verse, poetry)
- rím noun (word that rhymes with another)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- قافِیِه noun (verse, poetry)
- قافِیِه noun (word that rhymes with another)
Italian
4 entries- rima noun (word that rhymes with another)
- fare rima verb ((transitive) put words together)
- fare rima verb ((reciprocal))
- mettere in rima verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
Japanese
4 entries- 詩 noun (verse, poetry)
- 韻 noun (word that rhymes with another)
- 押韻する verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
- 韻を踏む verb ((transitive) put words together)
Kazakh
1 entries- ұйқас noun (word that rhymes with another)
Khmer
3 entries- កាព្យ noun (verse, poetry)
- ឃ្លោង noun (word that rhymes with another)
- ជួន noun (word that rhymes with another)
Korean
1 entries- 운 noun (word that rhymes with another)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- уйкаштык noun (word that rhymes with another)
Lao
2 entries- ສຳຜັດ noun (word that rhymes with another)
- ໂຄງ noun (verse, poetry)
Latvian
1 entries- atskaņa noun (word that rhymes with another)
Lithuanian
1 entries- rimas noun (word that rhymes with another)
Macedonian
1 entries- рима noun (word that rhymes with another)
Malay
2 entries- rima noun (verse, poetry)
- rima noun (word that rhymes with another)
Māori
4 entries- huarite noun (word that rhymes with another)
- kupu huarite noun (word that rhymes with another)
- huarite verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
- huarite verb ((reciprocal))
Norwegian
1 entries- rime verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- rim noun (word that rhymes with another)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- قافیه noun (verse, poetry)
- قافیه noun (word that rhymes with another)
Polish
2 entries- rym noun (word that rhymes with another)
- rymować verb ((transitive) put words together)
Portuguese
4 entries- poesia noun (verse, poetry)
- rima noun (word that rhymes with another)
- rimar verb ((transitive) put words together)
- rimar verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
Romanian
4 entries- rimă noun (verse, poetry)
- rimă noun (word that rhymes with another)
- vers noun (verse, poetry)
- rima verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
Russian
4 entries- ри́фма noun (word that rhymes with another)
- стих noun (verse, poetry)
- стихотворе́ние noun (verse, poetry)
- рифмова́ть verb ((transitive) put words together)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- rima noun (word that rhymes with another)
- slik noun (word that rhymes with another)
- srok noun (word that rhymes with another)
- рима noun (word that rhymes with another)
Slovak
1 entries- rým noun (word that rhymes with another)
Slovene
3 entries- rima noun (word that rhymes with another)
- rimati se verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
- rimati se verb ((reciprocal))
Spanish
4 entries- rima noun (word that rhymes with another)
- rimar verb ((transitive) put words together)
- rimar verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
- rimar verb ((reciprocal))
Swahili
2 entries- kina noun (verse, poetry)
- kina noun (word that rhymes with another)
Swedish
4 entries- rim noun (verse, poetry)
- rim noun (word that rhymes with another)
- rimma verb ((transitive) put words together)
- rimma verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
Tajik
2 entries- қофия noun (verse, poetry)
- қофия noun (word that rhymes with another)
Tamil
2 entries- எதுகை noun (word that rhymes with another)
- ஒத்திசை noun (word that rhymes with another)
Thai
2 entries- กลอน noun (verse, poetry)
- สัมผัส noun (word that rhymes with another)
Turkish
3 entries- kafiye noun (verse, poetry)
- kafiye noun (word that rhymes with another)
- uyak noun (verse, poetry)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вірш noun (verse, poetry)
- ри́ма noun (word that rhymes with another)
- римува́ти verb ((transitive) put words together)
- римува́тися verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
Urdu
2 entries- قافِیَہ noun (verse, poetry)
- قافِیَہ noun (word that rhymes with another)
Uzbek
1 entries- qofiya noun (word that rhymes with another)
Vietnamese
1 entries- vần noun (word that rhymes with another)
Welsh
1 entries- odli verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
Yiddish
3 entries- גראַם noun (verse, poetry)
- גראַמען verb ((transitive) put words together)
- גראַמען verb ((intransitive) to rhyme (with))
Sample sentences
35 total sentences available.
The poem's rhyme scheme is highly complex.
Source: tatoeba (709090)
What's your favorite nursery rhyme?
Source: tatoeba (906832)
History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
Source: tatoeba (1569411)
Showing 4 of 35 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "rhyme"?
Closest matches include accord, agree, alba, alliterate, alliteration.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "rhyme"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.