Rhyming dictionary

Words that rhyme with “goodbye”

“goodbye” has 49 perfect rhymes in this list, from 1 to 2 syllables. The most common are my, why, and by. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as night, guys, and nice. The two example lines rhyme “goodbye” with “shy” and “cry”.

It rhymes with the same words as cry, sky and fly.

Perfect rhymes

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

1 syllable

  • my
  • why
  • by
  • guy
  • try
  • hi
  • die
  • high
  • bye
  • buy
  • lie
  • eye
  • fly
  • cry
  • sky
  • dry
  • aye
  • tie
  • thy
  • pie
  • spy
  • shy
  • fry
  • chi
  • sigh
  • kai
  • thai
  • ai
  • sly
  • tai
  • fi
  • thigh

2 syllables

  • deny
  • supply
  • nearby
  • apply
  • july
  • rely
  • reply
  • untie
  • shanghai
  • hereby
  • defy
  • standby
  • comply
  • imply
  • thereby
  • whereby
  • bonsai

Near rhymes (same vowel sound)

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

  • night
  • guys
  • nice
  • fine
  • kind
  • might
  • mind
  • live
  • while
  • wife
  • tonight
  • five
  • eyes
  • times
  • inside
  • mine
  • quite
  • fight
  • side
  • child
  • behind
  • died
  • tried
  • line
  • sometimes
  • outside
  • light
  • alive
  • sighs
  • alright
  • white
  • drive
  • write
  • sign
  • ride
  • crime
  • miles
  • surprise
  • hide
  • ice

“goodbye” in a lyric: two examples

Grandpa never hugs, he's way too shy;
he honks the truck horn twice to say goodbye.

The moving truck pulled off; I didn't cry,
but the dog stayed by the gate and barked goodbye.

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 (my, why, and by) close a line hard; those of 2 syllables (deny and supply) stretch it and soften it. Match them to what the line is saying.
  • If every perfect rhyme for “goodbye” sounds forced, move “goodbye” inside the line and end it on another word.