Words that rhyme with close
Top rhymes for close
most, gross, dose and glucose
135 common words rhyme with close. The most common are most, gross, dose and glucose.
When close sounds like /kloʊs/
Perfect rhymes for close
5 syllables
- nitrocellulose
Show 4 rare words
- engross
- otiose
- arkose
- bowse
Near rhymes for close
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- both
- growth
- oath
- loaf
- sloth
- loath
- undergrowth
- outgrowth
- brioche
- gauche
- troth
- quoth
- so
- no
- know
- go
- those
- show
- though
- hope
- post
- ago
- almost
- low
- although
- across
- shows
- goes
- co
- vote
- knows
- loss
- below
- note
- wrote
- tomorrow
- radio
- cross
- photo
- coach
When close sounds like /kloʊz/
Perfect rhymes for close
1 syllable
2 syllables
- photos
- suppose
- shadows
- propose
- expose
- oppose
- impose
- disclose
- euros
- arose
- dispose
- logos
- compose
- demos
- elbows
- kilos
- boroughs
- rainbows
- rhinos
- promos
- willows
- silos
- nachos
- primrose
- inflows
- enclose
- repose
- depose
- cargoes
- cocos
- outflows
- transpose
- foreclose
- vetoes
- bestows
- repos
- crossbows
- plainclothes
- tempos
- bongos
- bulldoze
- gyros
- torsos
- scarecrows
- pharos
- bozos
- fallows
- cargos
3 syllables
4 syllables
- portfolios
- pistachios
- politicos
- superimpose
Show 23 rare words
- espressos
- roes
- romeos
- jumbos
- sideshows
- forgoes
- brose
- outgrows
- interpose
- lachrymose
- backhoes
- reimpose
- falsettos
- torpedos
- misdiagnose
- hognose
- overexpose
- tarots
- jocose
- calypsos
- rockrose
- afterglows
- undertows
Near rhymes for close
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- drove
- grove
- stove
- dove
- cove
- loathe
- trove
- hove
- clove
- mangrove
- rove
- clothe
- strove
- alcove
- wove
- so
- no
- know
- because
- go
- most
- both
- show
- though
- ago
- cause
- low
- although
- co
- below
- growth
- tomorrow
- radio
- photo
- coach
- goals
- pro
- approach
- supposed
- grow
How close sounds
| Pronunciation | /kloʊs/ or /kloʊz/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| Stress pattern | DUM |
| Rhyme sound | -oʊs |
Close has one syllable. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with close?
- The most common rhymes for close are most, gross, dose, glucose, overdose and diagnose.
- How many words rhyme with close?
- We found 135 common perfect rhymes and 4 rarer words for close, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in close?
- Close has one syllable.