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Words That Rhyme With World

9 words rhyme with world, from 1 to 3 syllables: curled, hurled, swirled, twirled, whirled and more, the everyday words first. For looser rhymes, slant rhymes like urged, burned, curbed, curved.

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1 syllable5 words

  • curled
  • hurled
  • swirled
  • twirled
  • whirled

2 syllables2 words

  • unfurled

Rare: dreamworld

3 syllables2 words

  • underworld
  • netherworld

Slant rhymes40 words

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

  • urged
  • burned
  • curbed
  • curved
  • earned
  • firmed
  • merged
  • purged
  • served
  • surged
  • termed
  • turned
  • churned
  • emerged
  • learned
  • spurned
  • swerved
  • yearned
  • affirmed
  • deserved
  • diverged
  • interned
  • observed
  • reserved
  • returned
  • scourged
  • splurged
  • unnerved
  • adjourned
  • concerned
  • confirmed
  • conserved
  • converged
  • discerned
  • disturbed
  • perturbed
  • preserved
  • submerged
  • sunburned
  • overturned

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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 world?

curled, hurled, swirled, twirled, whirled, unfurled, and every other word that end in the same sounds as world. 9 rhymes in all.

How many syllables are in world?

World 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 slant rhymes for world?

Looser rhymes with the same stressed vowel and a similar ending, the closest first: urged, burned, curbed, curved, earned, firmed. Songwriters use them where a perfect rhyme would sound forced.

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