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Words That Rhyme With Shirt

37 words rhyme with shirt, from 1 to 3 syllables: blurt, curt, dirt, flirt, hurt and more, the everyday words first. Then 55 near rhymes, like absurd, bird, bluebird, blurred.

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1 syllable14 words

  • blurt
  • curt
  • dirt
  • flirt
  • hurt
  • pert
  • skirt
  • spurt
  • squirt
  • girt

Rare: chert, peart, vert, wert

2 syllables17 words

  • alert
  • assert
  • avert
  • dessert
  • divert
  • exert
  • inert
  • insert
  • invert
  • outskirt
  • overt
  • revert
  • subvert
  • nightshirt
  • sweatshirt
  • unhurt

Rare: evert

3 syllables6 words

  • disconcert
  • extrovert
  • introvert
  • undershirt
  • miniskirt
  • reassert

Near rhymes55 words

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

  • absurd
  • bird
  • bluebird
  • blurred
  • chauffeured
  • concurred
  • conferred
  • crossword
  • curd
  • deferred
  • deterred
  • foreword
  • heard
  • herd
  • hummingbird
  • incurred
  • inferred
  • interred
  • keyword
  • mockingbird
  • occurred
  • overheard
  • password
  • preferred
  • recurred
  • referred
  • slurred
  • spurred
  • stirred
  • third
  • transferred
  • unheard
  • watchword
  • word
  • byword
  • catbird
  • catchword
  • demurred
  • gird
  • ladybird
  • misheard
  • nerd
  • reword
  • songbird
  • undeterred

Rare: burd, cowherd, firebird, kingbird, redbird, shorebird, snowbird, sunbird, thunderbird, uncured

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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 shirt?

blurt, curt, dirt, flirt, hurt, pert, and every other word that end in the same sounds as shirt. 37 rhymes in all.

How many syllables are in shirt?

Shirt 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 shirt?

absurd, bird, bluebird, blurred and the other 55 near rhymes: the same vowel sound as shirt, with consonants that sound alike.

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