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Words That Rhyme With Play

239 words rhyme with play, from 1 to 4 syllables: bay, bray, clay, day, fray and more, the everyday words first.

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1 syllable54 words

  • bay
  • bray
  • clay
  • day
  • fray
  • gay
  • gray
  • hay
  • hey
  • jay
  • lay
  • may
  • nay
  • neigh
  • pay
  • pray
  • prey
  • ray
  • re
  • say
  • slay
  • sleigh
  • spay
  • spray
  • stay
  • stray
  • sway
  • they
  • tray
  • way
  • weigh
  • brae
  • dray
  • fey
  • flay
  • lei
  • whey
  • yea

Rare: ae, ay, bey, cay, chez, dey, fay, grey, kay, ley, mae, shay, shea, tae, trey, yay

2 syllables119 words

  • allay
  • archway
  • array
  • ashtray
  • astray
  • away
  • ballet
  • betray
  • birthday
  • bouquet
  • byway
  • causeway
  • chalet
  • convey
  • crochet
  • croquet
  • decay
  • delay
  • dismay
  • display
  • doorway
  • driveway
  • essay
  • filet
  • fillet
  • foreplay
  • freeway
  • gateway
  • gourmet
  • halfway
  • hallway
  • headway
  • hearsay
  • heyday
  • highway
  • hooray
  • horseplay
  • inlay
  • leeway
  • mainstay
  • midday
  • midway
  • obey
  • okay
  • outlay
  • outweigh
  • parkway
  • pathway
  • portray
  • prepay
  • puree
  • railway
  • relay
  • repay
  • replay
  • runway
  • someday
  • stairway
  • subway
  • survey
  • today
  • toupee
  • valet
  • waylay
  • weekday
  • airway
  • beltway
  • defray
  • doomsday
  • dossier
  • downplay
  • fairway
  • gainsay
  • hairspray
  • latte
  • moray
  • padre
  • parfait
  • parquet
  • payday
  • purvey
  • raceway
  • reggae
  • roadway
  • sachet
  • satay
  • screenplay
  • seaway
  • sorbet
  • speedway
  • spillway
  • swordplay
  • thruway
  • walkway
  • workday

Rare: ave, ba, bluejay, breezeway, cafe, cliche, dolce, entree, flyway, folkway, greenway, hurray, madre, melee, nisei, ok, palais, passe, risque, saute, skyway, soiree, souffle, throughway

3 syllables61 words

  • anyway
  • cabaret
  • castaway
  • disarray
  • disobey
  • everyday
  • expressway
  • faraway
  • formulae
  • gaudier
  • getaway
  • hideaway
  • holiday
  • interplay
  • lingerie
  • overlay
  • passageway
  • ricochet
  • runaway
  • stowaway
  • throwaway
  • vertebrae
  • waterway
  • yesterday
  • alleyway
  • alumnae
  • anime
  • baa
  • breakaway
  • caraway
  • giveaway
  • layaway
  • overpay
  • overplay
  • overstay
  • sobriquet
  • straightaway
  • takeaway
  • underpay
  • underplay
  • underway
  • workaday

Rare: aba, ama, antigay, attache, bouvier, cabernet, canape, curare, curari, emigre, faraday, fiance, infante, intraday, macrame, matinee, protege, redisplay, rockaway

4 syllables5 words

  • communique
  • companionway
  • superhighway

Rare: cabriolet, naivete

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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 play?

bay, bray, clay, day, fray, gay, and every other word that end in the same sounds as play. 239 rhymes in all.

How many syllables are in play?

Play 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.

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