Rhyming dictionary

Words that rhyme with “hope”

“hope” has 10 perfect rhymes in this list, from 1 to 2 syllables. The most common are nope, rope, and pope. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as home, those, and told. The two example lines rhyme “hope” with “slope” and “rope”.

Perfect rhymes

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

1 syllable

  • nope
  • rope
  • pope
  • soap
  • dope
  • cope
  • scope
  • slope
  • grope

2 syllables

  • elope

Near rhymes (same vowel sound)

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

  • home
  • those
  • told
  • old
  • hello
  • own
  • show
  • most
  • both
  • hold
  • whole
  • alone
  • phone
  • ago
  • knows
  • close
  • though
  • supposed
  • goes
  • whoa
  • control
  • cold
  • known
  • road
  • throw
  • suppose
  • clothes
  • broke
  • boat
  • gold
  • soul
  • blow
  • joke
  • wrote
  • slow
  • yo
  • owe
  • grow
  • ow
  • smoke

“hope” in a lyric: two examples

We climbed the hill and sledded down the slope
on cafeteria trays and pure hope.

My brother's fixing cars with tape and rope,
a bit of luck and way too much hope.

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 (nope, rope, and pope) close a line hard; those of 2 syllables (elope) stretch it and soften it. Match them to what the line is saying.
  • If every perfect rhyme for “hope” sounds forced, move “hope” inside the line and end it on another word.