An overview of RhymeZone
What is RhymeZone?
RhymeZone is the best and fastest way to find English words for writing poetry, song lyrics,
essays, and more. It has been running continuously since 1996.
How do I use RhymeZone?
Type a word into the search box, select a
function in the dropdown list next to the box, and then hit
"Search" to view the results. Here are the different
functions that you can select from that dropdown list:
- Find rhymes: This function will return words
that exactly rhyme with the word you typed in.
- Find near rhymes: This function will return words
that almost rhyme with the word you typed in.
- Find synonyms: This function will return words
that are the same or similar in meaning to the word
you typed in.
- Find descriptive words: This function will find words
that commonly describe your word, or vice versa. For example,
"sunset" will bring up "beautiful", "red", and "gorgeous", among
other adjectives.
- Find antonyms: This function will return words
that can mean the opposite of what you typed in.
- Find definition: This function will search
for definitions of the word you typed in. It will also allow
you to submit your query to other online dictionaries on the Web.
- Find homophones: This function will return words
that have exactly the same pronunciation as what you typed in
but are spelled differently.
- Find similar sounding words: This function will return words
that have a pronunciation that's similar, but not necessarily
the same, as what you typed in.
- Match consonants: This option will return words
that have the same pattern of consonant sounds. Phonetic,
for example, will return fanatic.
- Find related words: This option will return words
that are related in some important way to what you typed in.
- Find similar spellings: This option will return words
in the dictionary that are spelled similarly to what you typed in.
Use this feature to spell-check a word that you aren't sure of.
- Match these letters: This option will return words and phrases
that contain the letters you type in.
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Profanity warning
If you use RhymeZone with young children, please know that you may occasionally see results that contain words and phrases considered by some people to be obscene. With that in mind, please use your best judgment about how, or whether, to browse RhymeZone with young children.
Problematic word associations
Some of the features on RhymeZone, such as the "related words" and
"descriptive words" functions, are enabled by a statistical analysis
of the words in a large collection of books written in the past
century. A handful of times we've found that this analysis can lead
RhymeZone to suggest word associations that reflect racist or
harmful stereotypes present in the source material, and we remove
them. If you see one of these, please know that we do not endorse the
association itself, and we'll seek to remove it from the site
if you report it to us via the "Feedback" link.
I found some "near rhymes" that seem way, way off. What's up with that?
Sometimes you'll find strange results in the "near rhymes"
section. Very often these will make more sense when you
hear the rhyme pronounced out loud in the context of a song.
RhymeZone casts a wide net to hunt down "near rhymes", analyzing
poetry and lyrics from several genres as well as the pronunciations
of the words themselves. We don't want to leave any stone
unturned to find good ideas for you, and we'd rather risk giving
you a bizarre suggestion than missing out on a good one!
What's up with the "phrase rhymes" section?
This experimental new tab on RhymeZone shows you
phrases that might be good matches for your multi-syllable query word. For example, the word
"poetry" produces phrase rhymes like "boba tea" and "swollen knee" and
"hopeful he" and "moments we". Some of these (like "boba tea") are
single conceptual units, while others (like "hopeful he") are sentence
fragments. Both kinds of results may be useful when writing slant
rhymes that cross line boundaries, popular in hip hop music and recent
musical theater. Typically, RhymeZone's phrase rhymes are assonant (share
vowel sounds) with the query word, and also have the same final
consonant, if any.
As with the "near rhymes" section you'll often find many strange choices in this section,
some of them nonsensical. Phrase rhymes are a work in progress!
Who contributed to RhymeZone?
How can I find out more?
You can submit comments or questions through this
feedback form.
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