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Rhymes with cabriolet

cab·ri·o·let
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One-syllable rhymes

  • a — In music, A is the sixth note in the scale of C major.
  • abbe — Ernst. 1840–1905, German physicist, noted for his work in optics and the microscope condenser known as the Abbe condenser
  • ae — one; a single
  • ay — ever; always
  • bay — A bay is a part of a coast where the land curves inwards.
  • bet — If you bet on the result of a horse race, football game, or other event, you give someone a sum of money which they give you back with extra money if the result is what you predicted, or which they keep if it is not.
  • bey — (in the Ottoman Empire) a title given to senior officers, provincial governors, certain other officials or nobles, and (sometimes) Europeans
  • brae — a hill or hillside; slope
  • bray — When a donkey brays, it makes a loud harsh sound.
  • brett — a male or female given name.
  • ca — Canada
  • cache — A cache is a quantity of things such as weapons that have been hidden.
  • cay — a small low island or bank composed of sand and coral fragments, esp in the Caribbean area
  • cea — carcinoembryonic antigen
  • che — Chemical Engineer
  • chet — a male given name, form of Chester.
  • chez — at the home of
  • clay — Clay is a kind of earth that is soft when it is wet and hard when it is dry. Clay is shaped and baked to make things such as pots and bricks.
  • cliche — A cliché is an idea or phrase which has been used so much that it is no longer interesting or effective or no longer has much meaning.
  • cluj — an industrial city in NW Romania, on the Someşul-Mic River: former capital of Transylvania. Pop: 297 000 (2005 est)
  • cray — a crayfish
  • da — from; of (used in Italian and Portuguese personal names, originally to indicate place of origin): Lorenzo da Ponte; Vasco da Gama.
  • dae — Dictionary of American English
  • dak — a system of mail delivery or passenger transport by relays of bearers or horses stationed at intervals along a route
  • day — A day is one of the seven twenty-four hour periods of time in a week.
  • de — of; from: occurring as part of some personal names and originally indicating place of origin
  • debt — A debt is a sum of money that you owe someone.
  • dk — Datakit
  • dray — a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
  • drey — The nest of a squirrel, typically in the form of a mass of twigs in a tree.
  • fay — a female given name, form of Faith.
  • faye — a female given name, form of Faith.
  • fe — iron
  • fey — British Dialect. doomed; fated to die.
  • flay — to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
  • fray — a raveled or worn part, as in cloth: frays at the toes of well-worn sneakers.
  • fret — to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
  • frey — the god of peace, prosperity, and marriage: one of the Vanir, originally brought to Asgard as a hostage.
  • ga — genetic algorithm
  • gai — Guaranteed Annual Income
  • galle — a seaport in SW Sri Lanka.
  • gay — of, relating to, or exhibiting sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex; homosexual: a gay couple. Antonyms: straight.
  • gaye — Marvin. 1939–84, US soul singer and songwriter; recordings include "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (1969), What's Going On (1971), and "Sexual Healing" (1982): shot dead by his father
  • get — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • gray — of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
  • grey — any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
  • ha — the 26th letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing a glottal spirant consonant sound.
  • hayJohn Milton, 1838–1905, U.S. statesman and author.
  • hey — Used to attract attention, to express surprise, interest, or annoyance, or to elicit agreement.
  • j — the tenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
  • j. — (law) Abbreviation of judge. (title).
  • jayJohn, 1745–1829, U.S. statesman and jurist: first chief justice of the U.S. 1789–95.
  • jet — a compact black coal, susceptible of a high polish, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc.
  • jfet — Junction Field Effect Transistor
  • k — the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
  • k. — Alternative form of K.
  • kaySir Arthurian Romance. the rude, boastful foster brother and seneschal of Arthur.
  • kayeDanny (David Daniel Kaminski) 1913–87, U.S. comedian, singer, and actor.
  • kkk — KKK is an abbreviation for Ku Klux Klan.
  • lay — to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
  • lei — (in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
  • les — A lesbian.
  • let — Archaic. to hinder, prevent, or obstruct.
  • lett — a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
  • ley — a pewter containing about 80 percent tin and 20 percent lead.
  • mae — a female given name, form of Mary.
  • may — the fifth month of the year, containing 31 days.
  • mccayWinsor, 1871?–1934, U.S. artist, cartoonist, and animator.
  • mccraeJohn, 1872–1918, Canadian physician, soldier, and poet.
  • mckayClaude, 1890–1948, U.S. author, born in Jamaica: leader in the Harlem Renaissance.
  • mcraeCarmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
  • met — simple past tense and past participle of meet1 .
  • nay — and not only so but; not only that but also; indeed: many good, nay, noble qualities.
  • ne — the highest point; acme.
  • net — net income, profit, or the like.
  • nett — (dated, especially in the USA) alternative spelling of net (Remaining after expenses or deductions.).
  • ney — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
  • oj — OJ is the same as orange juice.
  • ok — all right; proceeding normally; satisfactory or under control: Things are OK at the moment.
  • ole — Object Linking and Embedding
  • passe — no longer fashionable, in wide use, etc.; out-of-date; outmoded: There were many photographs of passé fashions. I thought hand-cranked pencil sharpeners were passé.
  • pay — to coat or cover (seams, a ship's bottom, etc.) with pitch, tar, or the like.
  • paye — In Britain, PAYE is a system of paying income tax in which your employer pays your tax directly to the government, and then takes this amount from your salary or wages. PAYE is an abbreviation for 'pay as you earn'.
  • pei — I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
  • pet — a fit of peevishness, sulking, or bad mood.
  • play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • pray — to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
  • prey — an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
  • quayMatthew Stanley, 1833–1904, U.S. politician: senator 1887–99, 1901–4.
  • raeJohn, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
  • rayJohn, 1627?–1705, English naturalist.
  • re — regular expression
  • ret — to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
  • say — assay.
  • saye — save as you earn
  • schley — Winfield Scott [win-feeld] /ˈwɪnˌfild/ (Show IPA), 1839–1911, U.S. rear admiral.
  • se — compass point: southeast
  • set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • shay — a chaise.
  • shea — shea tree.
  • slay — to draw (warp ends) through the heddle eyes of the harness or through the dents of the reed in accordance with a given plan for weaving a fabric.
  • sleigh — a light vehicle on runners, usually open and generally horse-drawn, used especially for transporting persons over snow or ice.
  • spey — a river in E Scotland, flowing generally northeast through the Grampian Mountains to the Moray Firth: salmon fishing; parts of the surrounding area (Speyside) are famous for whisky distilleries. Length: 172 km (107 miles)
  • spray — a single, slender shoot, twig, or branch with its leaves, flowers, or berries.
  • sta — Saint (female)
  • stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
  • stet — let it stand (used imperatively as a direction on a printer's proof, manuscript, or the like, to retain material previously cancelled, usually accompanied by a row of dots under or beside the material).
  • stray — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
  • sway — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
  • sweat — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
  • tae — to.
  • tay — a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
  • tet — the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
  • tete — a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
  • they — any male person or animal; a man: hes and shes.
  • threat — a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace: He confessed under the threat of imprisonment.
  • tormeMelvin Howard ("Mel"; "The Velvet Fog") 1925–99, U.S. jazz singer, actor, and composer.
  • tray — a coin worth threepence.
  • trey — a playing card or a die having three pips.
  • vet — veterinarian.
  • way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • wei — any of several dynasties that ruled in North China, especially one ruling a.d. 220–265 and one ruling a.d. 386–534.
  • weigh — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
  • wet — moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
  • wey — an old British unit of weight of various values, especially 16 stones of 16 pounds each, or 256 pounds.
  • whet — to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction.
  • whey — a milk serum, separating as liquid from the curd after coagulation, as in cheese making.
  • wy — The name of the letter Y.
  • yea — to the extent, amount, etc., indicated: The doll is about yay high.
  • yet — at the present time; now: Don't go yet. Are they here yet?
  • yett — gate.

Two-syllable rhymes

  • naivete — the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
  • name day — the feast day of the saint after whom a person is named.
  • nanette — a female given name, form of Ann.
  • nikkei — an index showing the average closing prices of 225 stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
  • ninette — a female given name.
  • nisei — a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
  • noaa — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (a U.S. agency incorporating the National Weather Service)
  • nyet — (slang, Russian) A Russian no; a negative response.
  • obey — to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of: to obey one's parents.
  • octet — a company of eight singers or musicians.
  • o'dayAnita (Anita Belle Colton) 1919–2006, U.S. jazz singer.
  • odette — a female given name.
  • offset — something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
  • okay — to put one's endorsement on or indicate one's approval of (a request, piece of copy, bank check, etc.); authorize; initial: Would you OK my application?
  • one-way — moving, or allowing movement in one direction only: a one-way street.
  • ovett — Steve. born 1955, British middle-distance runner: winner of the 800 metres in the 1980 Olympic Games
  • palais — French. a palace, especially a French government or municipal building.
  • parfait — a dessert of ice cream and fruit or ice cream and syrup in alternate layers, often topped with whipped cream and served in a tall, narrow, short-stemmed glass.
  • parquet — a floor composed of short strips or blocks of wood forming a pattern, sometimes with inlays of other woods or other materials.
  • paulette — a female given name: derived from Paul.
  • perrier — an effervescent mineral water from a spring in southern France
  • piet — Scot. a magpie.
  • pipette — a slender graduated tube used in a laboratory for measuring and transferring quantities of liquids from one container to another.
  • portray — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
  • pound net — a trap for catching fish, consisting of a system of nets staked upright in the water and a rectangular enclosure or pound from which escape is impossible.
  • prepay — to pay or arrange to pay beforehand or before due: to prepay the loan.
  • preset — to set beforehand.
  • puree — a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
  • purvey — to provide, furnish, or supply (especially food or provisions) usually as a business or service.
  • quartet — any group of four persons or things.
  • quintet — any set or group of five persons or things.
  • red bay — an evergreen tree, Persea borbonia, of the eastern coast of the U.S., having faintly bluish-green leaves and blue or blue-black, red-stalked fruit, grown as an ornamental.
  • red clay — a brown to red, widely distributed deep-sea deposit consisting chiefly of microscopic particles and tinted red by iron oxides and manganese.
  • regret — to feel sorrow or remorse for (an act, fault, disappointment, etc.): He no sooner spoke than he regretted it.
  • renee — a female given name, French form of Renata.
  • repay — to pay back or refund, as money.
  • replay — to play again, as a record or tape.
  • reset — to set again: to reset an alarm clock; to reset a broken bone.
  • resnais — Alain (alɛ̃). 1922–2014, French film director, whose films include Hiroshima mon amour (1959), L'Année dernière à Marienbad (1961), La Vie est un roman (1983), and On Connaît la Chanson (1998)
  • rey — a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
  • risque — daringly close to indelicacy or impropriety; off-color: a risqué story.
  • rogetPeter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
  • rosette — a female given name.
  • roulette — a game of chance played at a table marked off with numbers from 1 to 36, one or two zeros, and several other sections affording the players a variety of betting opportunities, and having in the center a revolving, dishlike device (roulette wheel) into which a small ball is spun to come to rest finally in one of the 37 or 38 compartments, indicating the winning number and its characteristics, as odd or even, red or black, and between 1 and 18 or 19 and 36.
  • sachet — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
  • saint's day — a day of celebration commemorating a particular saint.
  • san josé — a republic in Central America, between Panama and Nicaragua. 19,238 sq. mi. (49,825 sq. km). Capital: San José.
  • saute — cooked or browned in a pan containing a small quantity of butter, oil, or other fat.
  • saw set — an instrument used to bend out slightly the point of each alternate tooth of a saw so that the kerf made by the saw will be wider than its blade.
  • school day — any day on which school is conducted.
  • sextet — any group or set of six.
  • sick pay — wages or other compensation received from an employer during an illness.
  • smart set — sophisticated, fashionable people as a group: a shop catering to the smart set.
  • soiree — an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose: a musical soiree.
  • sorbet — sherbet (defs 1, 3).
  • souffle — a light baked dish made fluffy with beaten egg whites combined with egg yolks, white sauce, and fish, cheese, or other ingredients.
  • speech day — In some British schools, speech day is a day, usually at the end of the school year, when prizes are presented to pupils and speeches are made by guest speakers and the head teacher.
  • squeeze play — Baseball. Also called suicide squeeze, suicide squeeze play. a play executed when there is a runner on third base and usually not more than one out, in which the runner starts for home as soon as the pitcher makes a motion to pitch, and the batter bunts. Also called safety squeeze, safety squeeze play. a similar play in which the runner on third base waits until the batter has successfully bunted before trying to score.
  • steel gray — dark metallic gray with a bluish tinge.
  • strike pay — strike benefit.
  • stroke play — medal play.
  • survey — to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
  • susette — a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
  • sweet bay — laurel (def 1).
  • tea tray — a tray for carrying or holding articles used in serving tea.
  • tibet — Also, Thibet. Also called Sitsang, Xizang. Official name Tibet Autonomous Region. an administrative division of China, N of the Himalayas: prior to 1950 a theocracy under the Dalai Lama; the highest country in the world, average elevation about 16,000 feet (4877 meters). 471,660 sq. mi. (1,221,599 sq. km). Capital: Lhasa.
  • today — this present day: Today is beautiful.
  • toupee — a man's wig.
  • triple play — a play in which three put-outs are made.
  • twelfth day — the 12th day after Christmas, January 6, on which the festival of the Epiphany is celebrated: formerly observed as the last day of the Christmas festivities.
  • una — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
  • unmet — simple past tense and past participle of meet1 .
  • unset — not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
  • upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
  • uva — ultraviolet light with a relatively long wavelength, able to penetrate the deep layers of the skin.
  • valet — a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
  • vedette — Also called vedette boat. a small naval launch used for scouting.
  • viet — South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
  • vignette — a decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter.
  • wilmette — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • wynette — Tammy, original name Virginia Wynette Pugh. 1942–98, US country singer; her bestselling records include "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" (1967) and "Stand By Your Man" (1969)
  • yay — Yet Another Yacc
  • you bet — to wager with (something or someone).
  • yvette — a female given name, form of Yvonne.
  • aaa — Amateur Athletic Association
  • abet — If one person abets another, they help or encourage them to do something criminal or wrong. Abet is often used in the legal expression 'aid and abet'.
  • aka — aka is an abbreviation for 'also known as'. aka is used especially when referring to someone's nickname or stage name.
  • allay — If you allay someone's fears or doubts, you stop them feeling afraid or doubtful.
  • annette — a feminine name
  • array — An array of different things or people is a large number or wide range of them.
  • asea — in a seaward manner
  • ash gray — pale gray resembling the color of ashes.
  • astray — out of the correct path or direction
  • as yet — You use as yet with negative statements to describe a situation that has existed up until the present time.
  • at bay — (of a person or animal) forced to turn and face attackers
  • away — If someone or something moves or is moved away from a place, they move or are moved so that they are no longer there. If you are away from a place, you are not in the place where people expect you to be.
  • babette — a female given name, form of Barbara.
  • baguette — A baguette is a type of long, thin, white bread which is traditionally made in France.
  • ballet — Ballet is a type of very skilled and artistic dancing with carefully planned movements.
  • barbette — (formerly) an earthen platform inside a parapet, from which heavy guns could fire over the top
  • barnett — a male given name.
  • barrette — A barrette is a small metal or plastic device that a woman uses to hold her hair in position.
  • beauvais — a market town in N France, 64 km (40 miles) northwest of Paris. Pop: 55 392 (1999)
  • beget — To beget something means to cause it to happen or be created.
  • benet — to trap (something) in a net
  • beset — If someone or something is beset by problems or fears, they have many problems or fears which affect them severely.
  • betray — If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them.
  • bizet — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1838–75, French composer, whose works include the opera Carmen (1875) and incidental music to Daudet's L'Arlésienne (1872)
  • blue jay — a common, crested North American jay (Cyanocitta cristata) with a blue upper body and head
  • bombay — a breed of black short-haired medium-sized cat
  • bouquet — A bouquet is a bunch of flowers which is attractively arranged.
  • bourget — a suburb of Paris: former airport, landing site for Charles A. Lindbergh, May 1927.
  • bouvier — a large powerful dog of a Belgian breed, having a rough shaggy coat: used esp for cattle herding and guarding
  • brunet — dark brown
  • brunette — A brunette is a white-skinned woman or girl with dark brown hair.
  • buffet — A buffet is a meal of cold food that is displayed on a long table at a party or public occasion. Guests usually serve themselves from the table.
  • bull bay — evergreen magnolia.
  • burnett — Frances Hodgson (ˈhɒdʒsən). 1849–1924, US novelist, born in England; author of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886) and The Secret Garden (1911)
  • cadet — A cadet is a young man or woman who is being trained in the armed services or the police.
  • cafe — A café is a place where you can buy drinks, simple meals, and snacks, but, in Britain, not usually alcoholic drinks.
  • calais — a port in N France, on the Strait of Dover: the nearest French port to England; belonged to England 1347–1558. Pop: 75 790 (2006)
  • callais — a green stone found as beads and ornaments in the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age of W Europe
  • cama — the hybrid offspring of a camel and a llama
  • cassette — A cassette is a small, flat, rectangular plastic case containing magnetic tape which is used for recording and playing back sound or film.
  • cathay — China
  • ceta — Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
  • chalet — A chalet is a small wooden house, especially in a mountain area or a holiday camp.
  • charette — a final, intensive effort to finish a project, especially an architectural design project, before a deadline.
  • charrette — a final, intensive effort to finish a project, especially an architectural design project, before a deadline.
  • chevrette — the skin of a young goat
  • child's play — something that is easy to do
  • cia — The CIA is the government organization in the United States that collects secret information about other countries. CIA is an abbreviation for 'Central Intelligence Agency'.
  • ciskei — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in SE South Africa; declared independent in 1981 but this was not recognized outside South Africa; abolished in 1993. Capital: Bisho (now Bhisho)
  • claudette — a female given name, form of Claudia.
  • cold sweat — If you are in a cold sweat, you are sweating and feel cold, usually because you are very afraid or nervous.
  • colette — full name Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette. 1873–1954, French novelist; her works include Chéri (1920), Gigi (1944), and the series of Claudine books
  • collette — Toni, full name Antonia Collette. born 1972, Australian film actress. Her films include Muriel's Wedding (1994), The Sixth Sense (1999) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
  • convey — To convey information or feelings means to cause them to be known or understood by someone.
  • cornet — A cornet is a musical instrument of the brass family that looks like a small trumpet.
  • corvette — A corvette is a small fast warship that is used to protect other ships from attack.
  • couchette — A couchette is a bed on a train or a boat which is folded against the wall or used as a seat during the day.
  • crochet — Crochet is a way of making cloth out of cotton or wool by using a needle with a small hook at the end.
  • croquet — Croquet is a game played on grass in which the players use long wooden sticks called mallets to hit balls through metal arches.
  • dead set — absolutely
  • decay — When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
  • defray — If you defray someone's costs or expenses, you give them money which represents the amount that they have spent, for example while they have been doing something for you or acting on your behalf.
  • delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
  • dey — the title given to commanders or (from 1710) governors of the Janissaries of Algiers (1671–1830)
  • diskette — floppy disk.
  • dismay — to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt: The surprise attack dismayed the enemy.
  • display — to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign.
  • double play — a play in which two putouts are made.
  • draw play — draw (def 54).
  • drift net — a fishing net supported upright in the water by floats attached along the upper edge and sinkers along the lower, so as to be carried with the current or tide.
  • duet — a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
  • eagle ray — any of several rays of the family Myliobatidae, found in tropical seas and noted for the soaring movements by which they propel themselves through the water.
  • faberge — (Peter) Carl Gustavovich [kahrl guh-stah-vuh-vich] /kɑrl gəˈstɑ və vɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1846–1920, Russian goldsmith and jeweler.
  • fast day — a day on which fasting is observed, especially such a day appointed by some ecclesiastical or civil authority.
  • feast day — a day, especially a church holiday, for feasting and rejoicing.
  • fete day — a festival day.
  • field day — a day devoted to outdoor sports or athletic contests, as at a school.
  • filet — A kind of net or lace with a square mesh.
  • fillet — Cookery. a boneless cut or slice of meat or fish, especially the beef tenderloin. a piece of veal or other meat boned, rolled, and tied for roasting.
  • flag day — June 14, the anniversary of the day (June 14, 1777) when Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag of the United States.
  • fleurette — a female given name.
  • foia — Freedom of Information Act
  • forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
  • foul play — any treacherous or unfair dealing, especially involving murder: We feared that he had met with foul play.
  • frechette — Louis Honoré [French lwee aw-naw-rey] /French lwi ɔ nɔˈreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1839–1908, Canadian poet and journalist.
  • gas jet — gas burner (def 1).
  • gazette — a newspaper (now used chiefly in the names of newspapers): The Phoenix Gazette.
  • gervais — (sometimes initial capital letter) an unsalted French cream cheese made from whole milk and cream.
  • gilletteKing Camp, 1855–1932, U.S. businessman: inventor of the safety razor.
  • gill net — a curtainlike net, suspended vertically in the water, with meshes of such a size as to catch by the gills a fish that has thrust its head through.
  • give way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • good day — day spent well
  • gray jay — a gray jay, Perisoreus canadensis, of northern North America, noted for its boldness in stealing food from houses, traps, camps, etc.
  • green bay — an arm of Lake Michigan, in NE Wisconsin. 120 miles (195 km) long.
  • gwinnettButton, 1735?–77, American Revolutionary leader, born in England.
  • hair spray — a liquid in an aerosol or other spray container, for holding the hair in place.
  • halfway — to half the distance; to midpoint: The rope reaches only halfway.
  • hefei — a province in E China. 54,015 sq. mi. (139,899 sq. km). Capital: Hefei.
  • hooray — joy
  • hurray — to shout “hurrah.”.
  • ira — a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
  • ita — A kind of palm tree (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco.
  • jeannette — a city in W Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
  • jet set — a fashionable social set composed of wealthy people who travel frequently by jetliner to parties and resorts.
  • leap day — February 29: the extra day added to the Gregorian calendar in leap year.
  • lord's daythe, Sunday.
  • lorgnette — a pair of eyeglasses mounted on a handle.
  • lynette — a female given name.
  • lyonnais — a former province in E France.
  • mackay — a seaport in E Australia.
  • make way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • manet — Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
  • marais — a swamp or bayou.
  • marquetteJacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), ("Père Marquette") 1637–75, French Jesuit missionary and explorer in America.
  • match play — play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side.
  • may day — the first day of May, long celebrated with various festivities, as the crowning of the May queen, dancing around the Maypole, and, in recent years, often marked by labor parades and political demonstrations.
  • millayEdna St. Vincent (Mrs. Eugen Jan Boissevain) 1892–1950, U.S. poet.
  • minette — a syenitic lamprophyre composed chiefly of orthoclase and biotite.
  • monetClaude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
  • moray — any of numerous chiefly tropical eels of the family Muraenidae, having porelike gill openings and no pectoral fins.

Four-or-more syllable rhymes

  • go a long way — (Idiomatic) To be adequate or helpful for a significant amount of time.
  • high holy day — either of two holy days of special significance, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
  • in a bad way — not good in any manner or degree.
  • in a big way — very much, greatly
  • make one's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • manila bay — a bay in the Philippines, in W Luzon Island: the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet 1898.
  • mean solar day — day (def 3a).
  • memorial day — Also called Decoration Day. a day, May 30, set aside in most states of the U.S. for observances in memory of dead members of the armed forces of all wars: now officially observed on the last Monday in May.
  • midsummer day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.
  • morgan le fay — the fairy sister of King Arthur.
  • mosquito net — a screen, curtain, or canopy of net, gauze, or the like, for keeping out mosquitoes.
  • mystery play — a medieval dramatic form based on a Biblical story, usually dealing with the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
  • national debt — the financial obligations of a national government resulting from deficit spending.
  • oxygen debt — the body's oxygen deficiency resulting from strenuous physical activity.
  • presidents' day — the third Monday in February, a legal holiday in the U.S., commemorating the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
  • receiving set — a radio receiver.
  • roll in the hay — a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
  • saint patrick's day — March 17, observed by the Irish in honor of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.
  • spirit away — the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
  • squirrel away — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
  • thanksgiving day — a national holiday celebrated as a day of feasting and giving thanks for divine favors or goodness, observed on the fourth Thursday of November in the U.S. and in Canada on the second Monday of October.
  • vascular ray — a radiate band of parenchyma in the secondary xylem extending into the secondary phloem of the stems of certain vascular plants, formed by the cambium and serving for the storage of food and the conduction of nutriments.
  • vitamin k — menadione.
  • action replay — An action replay is a repeated showing, usually in slow motion, of an event that has just been on television.
  • african gray — an ashy-gray, African parrot, Psittacus erithacus, having a short, red tail, noted especially for its ability to mimic speech.
  • armed forces day — the third Saturday in May, observed in some areas of the U.S. as a holiday in honor of all branches of the armed forces.
  • armistice day — the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended World War I, on Nov 11, 1918, now kept on Remembrance Sunday
  • ascension day — the 40th day after Easter, when the Ascension of Christ into heaven is celebrated
  • calendar day — the period from one midnight to the following midnight.
  • canada jay — a large common jay of North America, Perisoreus canadensis, with a grey body, and a white-and-black crestless head
  • carry away — to remove forcefully
  • character set — a set of characters to display on a computer screen or be printed out that are all of the same design
  • chesapeake bay — the largest inlet of the Atlantic in the coast of the US: bordered by Maryland and Virginia
  • columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492
  • commonwealth day — the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth, May 24, celebrated (now on the second Monday in March) as a holiday in many parts of the Commonwealth
  • corps de ballet — In ballet, the corps de ballet is the group of dancers who dance together, in contrast to the main dancers, who dance by themselves.
  • day after day — If something happens day after day, it happens every day without stopping.
  • delaware bay — an inlet of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Delaware river
  • far and away — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
  • flageolet — a small end-blown flute with four finger holes in front and two in the rear.
  • flaminian way — an ancient Roman road extending N from Rome to what is now Rimini. 215 miles (345 km) long.
  • fritter away — to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed by away): to fritter away one's money; to fritter away an afternoon.

Four-or-more syllable rhymes

  • decoration day — Memorial Day
  • discovery day — Columbus Day.
  • independence day — July 4, a U.S. holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
  • morality play — an allegorical form of the drama current from the 14th to 16th centuries and employing such personified abstractions as Virtue, Vice, Greed, Gluttony, etc.
  • narragansett bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in E Rhode Island. 28 miles (45 km) long.
  • order of the day — the agenda for an assembly, meeting, group, or organization.
  • radioactive decay — decay (def 8).
  • san francisco bay — a bay in W California: the harbor of San Francisco; connected with the Pacific by the Golden Gate strait. 50 miles (80 km) long; 3–12 miles (5–19 km) wide.
  • spiritual bouquet — the spiritual presentation of a good work to another person.
  • valentine's day — February 14, observed in honor of St. Valentine as a day for the exchange of valentines and other tokens of affection.

Four-or-more syllable rhymes

  • forever and a day — without ever ending; eternally: to last forever.
  • inauguration day — the day on which the president of the United States is inaugurated, being January 20 of every year following a year whose number is divisible by four. Prior to the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution (ratified February 6, 1933), it was March 4.
  • martin luther king day — the third Monday in January, a legal holiday in some states of the U.S., commemorating the birthday (Jan. 15) of Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • military attache — attaché (def 2).
  • saint valentine's day — February 14, observed in honor of St. Valentine as a day for the exchange of valentines and other tokens of affection.
  • united nations day — the anniversary of the United Nations on October 24, marking its founding in 1945.

Four-or-more syllable rhymes

  • texas independence day — March 2, observed in Texas as the anniversary of the declaration in 1836 of the independence of Texas from Mexico and also as the birthday of Sam Houston.

Three-syllable rhymes

  • all saints' day — a Christian festival celebrated on Nov 1 to honour all the saints
  • all the way — You use all the way to emphasize how long a distance is.
  • alpha ray — ionizing radiation consisting of a stream of alpha particles
  • anisette — a liquorice-flavoured liqueur made from aniseed
  • antigay — opposed to homosexual people and behaviour
  • antoinette — a feminine name: dim. Nettie, Netty, Toni, Tony
  • appian way — a Roman road in Italy, extending from Rome to Brindisi: begun in 312 bc by Appius Claudius Caecus. Length: about 560 km (350 miles)
  • arbor day — a tree-planting day observed individually by the states of the U.S., usually in spring
  • attache — An attaché is a member of staff in an embassy, usually with a special responsibility for something.
  • back away — If you back away from a commitment that you made or something that you were involved with in the past, you try to show that you are no longer committed to it or involved with it.
  • baronet — A baronet is a man who has been made a knight. When a baronet dies, the title is passed on to his son.
  • bastille day — (in France) an annual holiday on July 14, commemorating the fall of the Bastille
  • bernadette — a feminine name
  • beta ray — a stream of beta particles
  • bird of prey — A bird of prey is a bird such as an eagle or a hawk that kills and eats other birds and animals.
  • biscayne bay — an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the SE coast of Florida, separating the cities of Miami and Miami Beach.
  • blaze away — to fire a gun rapidly a number of times
  • boulder clay — an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of fine clay, boulders, and pebbles
  • bouncing bet — a perennial soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) with clusters of pinkish flowers
  • boxing day — Boxing Day is the 26th of December, the day after Christmas Day.
  • break away — If you break away from someone who is trying to hold you or catch you, you free yourself and run away.
  • break of day — dawn; daybreak.
  • by the way — You say by the way when you add something to what you are saying, especially something that you have just thought of.
  • cabaret — Cabaret is live entertainment consisting of dancing, singing, or comedy acts that are performed in the evening in restaurants or nightclubs.
  • cabernet — a type of grape
  • cafe au lait — coffee with milk
  • calumet — a long-stemmed ceremonial pipe, smoked by North American Indians as a token of peace, at sacrifices, etc.
  • cast away — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
  • charcoal grey — a very dark grey colour
  • china clay — kaolin.
  • cigarette — Cigarettes are small tubes of paper containing tobacco which people smoke.
  • civil day — day (def 3c).
  • clarinet — A clarinet is a musical instrument of the woodwind family in the shape of a pipe. You play the clarinet by blowing into it and covering and uncovering the holes with your fingers.
  • clear away — When you clear things away or clear away, you put away the things that you have been using, especially for eating or cooking.
  • come away — to become detached
  • communique — A communiqué is an official statement or announcement.
  • coronet — A coronet is a small crown.
  • crepe suzette — an orange-flavoured pancake flambéed in a liqueur or brandy
  • day by day — gradually or progressively; daily
  • degree day — a day on which university degrees are conferred
  • delta ray — a particle, esp an electron, ejected from matter by ionizing radiation
  • deseret — a territory established by the Mormons in 1849 as a proposed state of the Union: was refused admission to the Union by Congress and incorporated in the newly organized Territory of Utah 1850.
  • devil ray — manta.
  • die away — If a sound dies away, it gradually becomes weaker or fainter and finally disappears completely.
  • disarray — to put out of array or order; throw into disorder.
  • disobey — Fail to obey (rules, a command, or someone in authority).
  • dna — Deoxyribonucleic acid, a self-replicating material present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic information.
  • dossier — a collection or file of documents on the same subject, especially a complete file containing detailed information about a person or topic.
  • draw away — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
  • drop away — become fewer
  • fade away — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
  • falconet — any of several small Asian falcons, especially of the genus Microhierax.
  • fall away — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
  • fannie mae — Federal National Mortgage Association.
  • faraway — distant; remote: faraway lands.
  • father's day — a day, usually the third Sunday in June, set aside in honor of fathers.
  • fiance — a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
  • fool away — a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
  • gamma ray — a photon of penetrating electromagnetic radiation (gamma radiation) emitted from an atomic nucleus.
  • georgette — a female given name, form of Georgia.
  • get away — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • give away — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • go away — leave!
  • great white way — the theater district along Broadway, near Times Square in New York City.
  • groundhog day — February 2, in most parts of the U.S., the day on which, according to legend, the groundhog first emerges from hibernation. If it is a sunny day and the groundhog sees its shadow, six more weeks of wintry weather are predicted.
  • guy fawkes day — (in Britain) November 5, celebrating the anniversary of the capture of Guy Fawkes.
  • hell to pay — serious consequences, as of a foolish action
  • hit the hay — grass, clover, alfalfa, etc., cut and dried for use as forage.
  • holy day — a consecrated day or religious festival, especially one other than Sunday.
  • hudson bay — a large inland sea in N Canada. 850 miles (1370 km) long; 600 miles (965 km) wide; 400,000 sq. mi. (1,036,000 sq. km).
  • in a way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • intraday — occurring during a single day.
  • judgment day — the day of the Last Judgment; doomsday.
  • keep away — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • kitchenette — a very small, compact kitchen.
  • labor day — (in the U.S.) a legal holiday, commonly the first Monday in September, in honor of labor.
  • lady dayBillie ("Lady Day") 1915–59, U.S. jazz singer.
  • lafayette — Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier [ma-ree zhaw-zef pawl eev rawk zheel-ber dy maw-tyey] /maˈri ʒɔˈzɛf pɔl iv rɔk ʒilˈbɛr dü mɔˈtyeɪ/ (Show IPA), Marquis de. Also, La Fayette. 1757–1834, French soldier, statesman, and liberal leader, who served in the American Revolutionary Army as aide-de-camp to General Washington, and took a leading part in the French revolutions of 1789 and 1830.
  • landing net — a small, bag-shaped net with a handle at the mouth, for scooping a hooked fish out of the water and bringing it to shore or into a boat.
  • laugh away — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
  • lay away — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • lunar day — a division of time that is equal to the elapsed time between two consecutive returns of the same terrestrial meridian to the moon.
  • luncheonette — a small restaurant or lunchroom where light meals are served.
  • mariette — Auguste Édouard [oh-gyst ey-dwar] /oʊˈgüst eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1821–81, French Egyptologist.
  • medal play — play in which the score is reckoned by counting the strokes taken to complete the round.
  • merit pay — an additional sum paid to an employee, as a schoolteacher, whose work is superior and whose services are valued.
  • milky way — the spiral galaxy containing our solar system. With the naked eye it is observed as a faint luminous band stretching across the heavens, composed of approximately a trillion stars, most of which are too distant to be seen individually.
  • minaret — a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
  • minuet — a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
  • miracle play — a medieval dramatic form dealing with religious subjects such as Biblical stories or saints' lives, usually presented in a series or cycle by the craft guilds.
  • mobile bay — a bay of the Gulf of Mexico, in SW Alabama: Civil War naval battle 1864. 36 miles (58 km) long; 8–18 miles (13–29 km) wide.
  • monterey — a city in W California, on Monterey Bay: the capital of California until 1847.
  • monterrey — a state in NE Mexico. 25,136 sq. mi. (65,102 sq. km). Capital: Monterrey.
  • mother's day — a day, usually the second Sunday in May, set aside in honor of mothers.
  • new year's day — January 1, celebrated as a holiday in many countries.
  • new york bay — a bay of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Hudson, W of Long Island and E of Staten Island and New Jersey.
  • nicoletJean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
  • nicolette — a female given name, form of Nicole.
  • olivette — a large floodlight having a single bulb.
  • on the way — en route
  • overplay — to exaggerate or overemphasize (one's role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.): The young actor overplayed Hamlet shamelessly. The director of the movie had overplayed the pathos.
  • overstay — to stay beyond the time, limit, or duration of; outstay: to overstay one's welcome.
  • oxford gray — medium to dark gray.
  • pancake day — Christian calendar: Shrove Tuesday
  • papier-mache — a substance made of pulped paper or paper pulp mixed with glue and other materials or of layers of paper glued and pressed together, molded when moist to form various articles, and becoming hard and strong when dry.
  • pass away — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
  • passion play — a dramatic representation of the passion of Christ, as that given every ten years at the Bavarian village of Oberammergau.
  • piagetJean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1896–1980, Swiss psychologist: studied cognitive development of children.
  • pinochet — Augusto (auˈɣusto). 1915-2006, Chilean general and statesman; president of Chile (1974–90) following his overthrow of Allende (1973): charged (2001) with murder and kidnapping but found unfit to stand trial
  • potter's clay — a clay, suitably plastic and free of iron and other impurities, for use by potters.
  • power play — Football. an aggressive running play in which numerous offensive players converge and forge ahead to block and clear a path for the ball carrier.
  • prudhoe bay — an inlet of the Beaufort Sea, N of Alaska: large oil and gas fields.
  • public debt — national debt.
  • pull away — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
  • put away — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
  • quai d'orsay — the quay along the south bank of the Seine in Paris, on which are located the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other French government offices.
  • quarter day — (in England, Ireland, and Wales) one of the four days, Lady Day, Midsummer Day, Michaelmas, or Christmas, regarded as marking off the quarters of the year, on which quarterly payments are due, tenancies begin and end, etc.
  • rainy day — a time of need or emergency: saving money for a rainy day.
  • right away — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
  • right of way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
  • run away — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • salt away — a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
  • santa fé — a city in E Argentina.
  • send away — dismiss
  • shadow play — a show in which shadows of puppets, flat figures, or live actors are projected onto a lighted screen.
  • show the way — guide
  • sign away — a token; indication.
  • silhouette — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
  • silver gray — a light brownish-gray.
  • sobriquet — a nickname.
  • solar day — Astronomy. the time interval between two successive transits by the sun of the meridian directly opposite that of the observer; the 24-hour interval from one midnight to the following midnight.
  • square away — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
  • statuette — a small statue.
  • string quartet — a musical composition, usually in three or four movements, for four stringed instruments, typically two violins, viola, and cello.
  • suffragette — a woman advocate of female suffrage.
  • take away — something taken back or away, especially an employee benefit that is eliminated or substantially reduced by the terms of a union contract.
  • tear away — designed to be easily separated or opened by tearing: a box with a tearaway seal.
  • throw away — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • time of day — a definite time as shown by a timepiece; the hour: Can you tell me the time of day?
  • tooth decay — dental caries.
  • tuck away — to put into a small, close, or concealing place: Tuck the money into your wallet.
  • turn away — move further from sth, sb
  • underpay — to pay less than is deserved or usual.
  • underplay — to act (a part) sketchily.
  • underway — occurring while under way: the underway activities on a cruise ship.
  • usa — The USA is an abbreviation for the United States of America.
  • wedding day — the day of a wedding.
  • while away — a period or interval of time: to wait a long while; He arrived a short while ago.
  • willamette — a river flowing N through NW Oregon into the Columbia River at Portland. About 290 miles (465 km) long.
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