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Words That Rhyme With Up

37 words rhyme with up, from 1 to 3 syllables: cup, pup, sup, yup, checkup and more, the everyday words first. Then 18 near rhymes, like club, cub, dub, grub.

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1 syllable4 words

  • cup
  • pup
  • sup
  • yup

2 syllables31 words

  • checkup
  • holdup
  • letup
  • makeup
  • pickup
  • teacup
  • backup
  • blowup
  • breakup
  • buildup
  • cleanup
  • eggcup
  • grownup
  • hookup
  • lineup
  • linkup
  • lockup
  • markup
  • pileup
  • roundup
  • setup
  • shakeup
  • speedup
  • startup
  • windup

Rare: hangup, pushup, standup, tuneup, walkup, warmup

3 syllables2 words

  • buttercup

Rare: coverup

Near rhymes18 words

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

  • club
  • cub
  • dub
  • grub
  • hub
  • nightclub
  • pub
  • rub
  • scrub
  • shrub
  • snub
  • stub
  • sub
  • tub
  • bub
  • drub
  • nub
  • washtub

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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 up?

cup, pup, sup, yup, checkup, holdup, and every other word that end in the same sounds as up. 37 rhymes in all.

How many syllables are in up?

Up 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 up?

club, cub, dub, grub and the other 18 near rhymes: the same vowel sound as up, with consonants that sound alike.

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