Perfect rhymes
Perfect rhymes repeat every sound from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
2 syllables
- controlled
- behold
- ahold
- uphold
- unfold
- enrolled
- withhold
- untold
- foretold
- paroled
- consoled
3 syllables
- uncontrolled
“old” has 26 perfect rhymes in this list, from 1 to 3 syllables. The most common are told, hold, and cold. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as home, those, and hello. The two example lines rhyme “old” with “told” and “gold”.
It rhymes with the same words as cold and gold.
Perfect rhymes repeat every sound from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
Near rhymes keep the vowel sound and change the consonants: softer, and there are many more of them.
My dad tells all the jokes his father told
and laughs so hard you'd never guess they're old.
The wedding ring was brass, not even gold,
but Grandma wears it still, now that she's old.
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