Rhyming dictionary

Words that rhyme with “smile”

“smile” has 13 perfect rhymes in this list, from 1 to 3 syllables. The most common are while, file, and style. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as night, guys, and guy. The two example lines rhyme “smile” with “mile”.

Perfect rhymes

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

1 syllable

  • while
  • file
  • style
  • mile
  • pile
  • aisle
  • vile
  • guile

2 syllables

  • awhile
  • worthwhile
  • compile

3 syllables

  • chamomile
  • camomile

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
  • guy
  • nice
  • fine
  • kind
  • might
  • try
  • hi
  • mind
  • live
  • wife
  • tonight
  • die
  • five
  • eyes
  • times
  • inside
  • mine
  • quite
  • fight
  • side
  • child
  • behind
  • high
  • died
  • bye
  • buy
  • tried
  • line
  • sometimes
  • outside
  • light
  • alive
  • sighs
  • alright
  • white
  • drive
  • lie
  • write

“smile” in a lyric: two examples

The hospital's long hallway, mile on mile,
and then your door, your messy hair, your smile.

My mother's photos, in a crooked pile,
and every one is her, mid-sneeze, mid-smile.

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 (while, file, and style) close a line hard; those of 3 syllables (chamomile and camomile) stretch it and soften it. Match them to what the line is saying.
  • If every perfect rhyme for “smile” sounds forced, move “smile” inside the line and end it on another word.