Words that rhyme with pound
Top rhymes for pound
around, found, ground and sound
52 common words rhyme with pound. The most common are around, found, ground and sound.
Perfect rhymes for pound
2 syllables
- around
- background
- compound
- renowned
- profound
- playground
- surround
- rebound
- abound
- foreground
- inbound
- southbound
- greyhound
- newfound
- eastbound
- campground
- westbound
- outbound
- unbound
- aground
- unsound
- spellbound
- confound
- fairground
- earthbound
- expound
- impound
- astound
- unwound
- resound
- homebound
- snowbound
3 syllables
Show 5 rare words
- foxhound
- hidebound
- propound
- redound
- horehound
Near rhymes for pound
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- down
- town
- account
- amount
- allowed
- brown
- sounds
- count
- proud
- crowd
- crown
- loud
- mount
- cloud
- grounds
- downtown
- discount
- rounds
- breakdown
- lbs
- compounds
- touchdown
- clown
- hometown
- backgrounds
- rebounds
- gown
- paramount
- housed
- bounds
- countdown
- drown
- shutdown
- noun
- meltdown
- lockdown
- aloud
- showdown
- surrounds
- endowed
How pound sounds
| Pronunciation | /paʊnd/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| Stress pattern | DUM |
| Rhyme sound | -aʊnd |
Pound has one syllable. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with pound?
- The most common rhymes for pound are around, found, ground, sound, round and background.
- How many words rhyme with pound?
- We found 52 common perfect rhymes and 5 rarer words for pound, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in pound?
- Pound has one syllable.