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Words That Rhyme With Happy

4 words rhyme with happy, from 2 to 3 syllables: snappy, scrappy, unhappy, slaphappy. Then 10 near rhymes, like abbey, crabby, flabby, shabby. For looser rhymes, slant rhymes like alley, aptly, baggy, canny.

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2 syllables2 words

  • snappy
  • scrappy

3 syllables2 words

  • unhappy
  • slaphappy

Near rhymes10 words

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

  • abbey
  • crabby
  • flabby
  • shabby
  • tabby
  • cabby
  • gabby

Rare: abbe, cabbie, gaby

Slant rhymes40 words

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

  • alley
  • aptly
  • baggy
  • canny
  • daddy
  • dally
  • fatty
  • natty
  • paddy
  • patty
  • rally
  • ratty
  • sally
  • sassy
  • savvy
  • tacky
  • tally
  • brassy
  • caddie
  • chatty
  • clammy
  • classy
  • craggy
  • finale
  • flashy
  • galley
  • glassy
  • granny
  • grassy
  • patchy
  • shaggy
  • trashy
  • valley
  • chassis
  • uncanny
  • scratchy
  • verbally
  • assay
  • bally
  • batty

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Pronunciations from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, © 1993-2015 Carnegie Mellon University, matched to our dictionary of English words.

Questions

What rhymes with happy?

snappy, scrappy, unhappy, slaphappy: the words that end in the same sounds as happy. 4 rhymes in all.

How many syllables are in happy?

Happy has 2 syllables.

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 happy?

abbey, crabby, flabby, shabby and the other 10 near rhymes: the same vowel sound as happy, with consonants that sound alike.

What are slant rhymes for happy?

Looser rhymes with the same stressed vowel and a similar ending, the closest first: alley, aptly, baggy, canny, daddy, dally. Songwriters use them where a perfect rhyme would sound forced.

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