Words That Rhyme With Close

Close is said two ways, and each rhymes with its own words: close as in dose, and close as in blows. 160 rhymes in all, the everyday words first. Then 2 near rhymes, like brioche, gauche.

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Close as in dose

1 syllable4 words

dose
gross

Rare: bowse, grosz

2 syllables5 words

engross
glucose
morose
fructose

Rare: arkose

3 syllables10 words

cellulose
diagnose
grandiose
overdose
adipose
bellicose
comatose
otiose

Rare: adios, centavos

5 syllables1 word

Rare: nitrocellulose

Near rhymes2 words

The same vowel, consonants that sound alike: close enough for songs and poems.

brioche
gauche

Slant rhymes10 words

Looser: the same stressed vowel and a similar ending, the closest first. Common in songs and poems.

hosts
posts
boasts
coasts
ghosts
roasts
toasts
outposts
signposts
lampposts

Close as in blows

1 syllable39 words

blows
chose
crows
doze
flows
foes
froze
glows
goes
grows
hoes
hose
knows
lows
noes
nose
ohs
owes
pose
pros
prose
roes
rose
rows
shows
slows
snows
sows
those
throws
toes
tows
woes
throes

Rare: brose, joes, lowes, ose, pows

2 syllables59 words

arose
bestows
boroughs
bulldoze
cargoes
compose
crossbows
depose
disclose
dispose
elbows
enclose
expose
forgoes
impose
jumbos
kilos
meadows
oppose
outgrows
photos
primrose
propose
rainbows
repose
rhinos
scarecrows
shadows
sideshows
silos
suppose
tempos
torsos
transpose
vetoes
willows
backhoes
bongos
bozos
demos
euros
fallows
foreclose
gyros
inflows
jocose
logos
nachos
outflows
plainclothes
promos
tarots
workflows

Rare: cargos, cocos, hognose, pharos, repos, rockrose

3 syllables36 words

bungalows
cameos
commandos
decompose
dominoes
embryos
falsettos
interpose
juxtapose
overflows
overthrows
patios
presuppose
radios
ratios
rodeos
stereos
studios
tobaccos
tomorrows
tuxedos
undergoes
undertows
afterglows
amigos
calypsos
espressos
lachrymose
pantyhose
predispose
reimpose

Rare: buffalos, dominos, romeos, tornados, torpedos

4 syllables6 words

pistachios
portfolios
superimpose
misdiagnose
overexpose
politicos

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Questions

What rhymes with close?

dose, gross, engross, glucose, morose, fructose, and every other word that end in the same sounds as close. 160 rhymes in all.

How many syllables are in close?

Close has 1 syllable.

How are the rhymes chosen?

Two words rhyme when they sound the same from their last stressed vowel to the end: these are perfect rhymes, matched by sound, not by spelling. Near rhymes keep the vowel and swap a consonant for one that sounds alike, like time and mine.

What are near rhymes for close?

brioche, gauche and the other 2 near rhymes: the same vowel sound as close, with consonants that sound alike.

What are slant rhymes for close?

Looser rhymes with the same stressed vowel and a similar ending, the closest first: hosts, posts, boasts, coasts, ghosts, roasts. Songwriters use them where a perfect rhyme would sound forced.

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