Rhyming dictionary

Words that rhyme with “stay”

“stay” has 78 perfect rhymes in this list, from 1 to 3 syllables. The most common are they, say, and hey. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as great, name, and place. The two example lines rhyme “stay” with “away” and “stray”.

It rhymes with the same words as day, away and play.

Perfect rhymes

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

1 syllable

  • they
  • say
  • hey
  • way
  • day
  • may
  • play
  • pay
  • gay
  • ray
  • lay
  • pray
  • bay
  • jay
  • clay
  • gray
  • yay
  • grey
  • prey
  • spray
  • kay
  • yea
  • weigh
  • tray
  • hay
  • stray
  • nay
  • sway
  • trey
  • sleigh
  • neigh

2 syllables

  • okay
  • away
  • ok
  • today
  • obey
  • halfway
  • delay
  • betray
  • display
  • cafe
  • repay
  • ballet
  • ba
  • hooray
  • survey
  • essay
  • bouquet
  • convey
  • valet
  • hurray
  • array
  • decay
  • astray
  • filet
  • cliche
  • replay
  • dossier
  • moray
  • puree
  • portray
  • calais
  • toupee
  • fillet
  • souffle
  • croquet
  • soiree
  • dismay
  • sorbet

3 syllables

  • everyday
  • underway
  • disobey
  • cabaret
  • faraway
  • anime
  • disarray
  • cabernet
  • attache

Near rhymes (same vowel sound)

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

  • great
  • name
  • place
  • made
  • came
  • same
  • days
  • face
  • case
  • late
  • change
  • gave
  • makes
  • afraid
  • game
  • break
  • save
  • hate
  • safe
  • date
  • straight
  • takes
  • changed
  • explain
  • state
  • strange
  • pain
  • wake
  • mistake
  • age
  • train
  • paid
  • space
  • eight
  • brain
  • saved
  • became
  • sake
  • jail
  • plane

“stay” in a lyric: two examples

The rain came down, the last bus pulled away,
and you just shrugged and said that you would stay.

A one-eyed cat showed up, a little stray,
and ate our tuna. Then he chose to stay.

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 (they, say, and hey) close a line hard; those of 3 syllables (everyday and underway) stretch it and soften it. Match them to what the line is saying.
  • If every perfect rhyme for “stay” sounds forced, move “stay” inside the line and end it on another word.