Rhyming dictionary

Words that rhyme with “yellow”

“yellow” has 6 perfect rhymes in this list, from 2 to 3 syllables. The most common are fellow, mellow, and cello. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as cellphone, narrow, and fellows. The two example lines rhyme “yellow” with “cello” and “fellow”.

Perfect rhymes

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

2 syllables

  • fellow
  • mellow
  • cello
  • bellow
  • jello

3 syllables

  • othello

Near rhymes (same vowel sound)

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

  • cellphone
  • narrow
  • fellows
  • echo
  • petrol
  • elbow
  • metro
  • memo
  • ghetto
  • pharaoh
  • demo
  • threshold
  • echoes
  • meadow
  • sparrow
  • marrow
  • headphones
  • elbows
  • espresso
  • meadows
  • tempo
  • techno
  • bellows
  • retro
  • romero
  • narrowed
  • memento
  • manifesto
  • narrows
  • concerto
  • pharaohs
  • presto
  • fresno
  • farrow
  • cellphones
  • sparrows
  • gecko
  • headstone
  • velcro
  • electrodes

“yellow” in a lyric: two examples

My sister practices her cello
in Dad's old raincoat, bright and yellow.

My grandpa was a soft-spoken fellow
who painted every door he owned bright yellow.

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 2 syllables (fellow, mellow, and cello) close a line hard; those of 3 syllables (othello) stretch it and soften it. Match them to what the line is saying.
  • If every perfect rhyme for “yellow” sounds forced, move “yellow” inside the line and end it on another word.