Rhyming dictionary

Words that rhyme with “year”

“year” has 49 perfect rhymes in this list, from 1 to 3 syllables. The most common are dear, clear, and near. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as things, years, and which. The two example lines rhyme “year” with “gear” and “pier”.

It rhymes with the same words as fear.

Perfect rhymes

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

1 syllable

  • dear
  • clear
  • near
  • fear
  • beer
  • cheer
  • gear
  • rear
  • mere
  • deer
  • pier
  • queer
  • sheer
  • steer
  • spear
  • sphere
  • smear
  • sneer
  • shear

2 syllables

  • career
  • appear
  • severe
  • sincere
  • frontier
  • premiere
  • cashier
  • premier
  • unclear
  • revere
  • adhere
  • austere
  • veneer

3 syllables

  • disappear
  • engineer
  • interfere
  • volunteer
  • souvenir
  • pioneer
  • brigadier
  • chandelier
  • cavalier
  • auctioneer
  • chevalier
  • reappear
  • persevere
  • belvedere
  • financier
  • commandeer
  • insincere

Near rhymes (same vowel sound)

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

  • things
  • years
  • which
  • big
  • kill
  • miss
  • bit
  • since
  • bring
  • killed
  • until
  • sit
  • kids
  • kid
  • drink
  • its
  • hit
  • wish
  • six
  • pick
  • king
  • lives
  • sick
  • win
  • till
  • quick
  • weird
  • kiss
  • ship
  • forgive
  • film
  • sing
  • thinks
  • ring
  • bill
  • fish
  • stick
  • trip
  • list
  • fix

“year” in a lyric: two examples

We ran the marathon in costume gear,
dressed as a taco, same as every year.

We take the same blurry photo by the pier,
the four of us, a bit older each year.

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 (dear, clear, and near) close a line hard; those of 3 syllables (disappear and engineer) stretch it and soften it. Match them to what the line is saying.
  • If every perfect rhyme for “year” sounds forced, move “year” inside the line and end it on another word.