Rhyming dictionary

Words that rhyme with “fear”

“fear” has 49 perfect rhymes in this list, from 1 to 3 syllables. The most common are year, dear, and clear. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as things, years, and which. The two example lines rhyme “fear” with “near” and “clear”.

It rhymes with the same words as year.

Perfect rhymes

Perfect rhymes repeat every sound from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.

1 syllable

  • year
  • dear
  • clear
  • near
  • beer
  • cheer
  • gear
  • rear
  • mere
  • deer
  • pier
  • queer
  • sheer
  • steer
  • spear
  • sphere
  • smear
  • sneer
  • shear

2 syllables

  • career
  • appear
  • severe
  • sincere
  • frontier
  • premiere
  • cashier
  • premier
  • unclear
  • revere
  • adhere
  • austere
  • veneer

3 syllables

  • disappear
  • engineer
  • interfere
  • volunteer
  • souvenir
  • pioneer
  • brigadier
  • chandelier
  • cavalier
  • auctioneer
  • chevalier
  • reappear
  • persevere
  • belvedere
  • financier
  • commandeer
  • insincere

Near rhymes (same vowel sound)

Near rhymes keep the vowel sound and change the consonants: softer, and there are many more of them.

  • things
  • years
  • which
  • big
  • kill
  • miss
  • bit
  • since
  • bring
  • killed
  • until
  • sit
  • kids
  • kid
  • drink
  • its
  • hit
  • wish
  • six
  • pick
  • king
  • lives
  • sick
  • win
  • till
  • quick
  • weird
  • kiss
  • ship
  • forgive
  • film
  • sing
  • thinks
  • ring
  • bill
  • fish
  • stick
  • trip
  • list
  • fix

“fear” in a lyric: two examples

The first day at a new school, I sat near
the window, counting minutes, counting fear.

My dad got up and sang it loud and clear,
off-key, red-faced, and not a sign of fear.

Lines written for this page. Use them as a starting point, not as a finished verse.

How to choose the rhyme

  • Say the line out loud before you choose: the rhyme has to land on the beat where the melody stresses it.
  • Rhymes of 1 syllable (year, dear, and clear) close a line hard; those of 3 syllables (disappear and engineer) stretch it and soften it. Match them to what the line is saying.
  • If every perfect rhyme for “fear” sounds forced, move “fear” inside the line and end it on another word.