Words that rhyme with waves
Top rhymes for waves
slaves, saves, caves and braves
16 common words rhyme with waves. The most common are slaves, saves, caves and braves.
Perfect rhymes for waves
3 syllables
- microwaves
- misbehaves
Show 2 rare words
- architraves
- aftershaves
Near rhymes for waves
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- bathes
- lathes
- always
- days
- games
- gave
- save
- ways
- sales
- details
- names
- claims
- plays
- remains
- raise
- contains
- phase
- decades
- explains
- females
- brave
- grave
- praise
- slave
- phrase
- grades
- trains
- fails
- pays
- stays
- gains
- emails
- holidays
- aims
- campaigns
- males
- cave
- planes
- chains
- nowadays
How waves sounds
| Pronunciation | /weɪvz/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| Stress pattern | DUM |
| Rhyme sound | -eɪvz |
Waves has one syllable. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with waves?
- The most common rhymes for waves are slaves, saves, caves, braves, behaves and airwaves.
- How many words rhyme with waves?
- We found 16 common perfect rhymes and 2 rarer words for waves, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in waves?
- Waves has one syllable.