Songwriting rhymes for background
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Perfect rhymes for background
- sound
- ground
- round
- rebound
- pound
- profound
- found
- compound
- hound
- surround
- expound
- resound
- renowned
- confound
- stound
- around
- fairground
- aground
- newfound
- battleground
- foreground
- crowned
- frowned
- drowned
- spellbound
- unbound
- mound
- redound
- unsound
- hidebound
- hang around
- merry-go-round
- mill around
- abound
- astound
- play around
- greyhound
- impound
- playground
- propound
- bring round
- putter around
- turnaround
- outbound
- inbound
- common ground
- unwound
- get around
- proving ground
- homebound
- run around
- bum around
- parade ground
- burial mound
- come round
- revolve around
- burying ground
- roll around
- walk around
- monkey around
Near rhymes for background
Near rhymes work great for songwriting, often giving a more interesting feel than perfect rhymes.
- down
- now
- out
- how
- about
- can
- town
- without
- back
- bout
- loud
- had
- man
- house
- than
- mouth
- an
- bad
- count
- hand
- crowd
- drown
- hands
- proud
- bound
- understand
- stand
- clouds
- sounds
- cloud
- brown
- sad
- happened
- haven't
- doubt
- crown
- black
- mad
- shout
- cannot
- happens
- wow
- happen
- downtown
- somehow
- wound
- handle
- granted
- brand
- land
- plan
- track
- how'd
- south
- glad
- pack
- amount
- imagine
- madhouse
- dad
- bag
- frown
- allowed
- crack
- ran
- couch
- band
- sand
- sadness
- battle
- bands
- crowds
- passion
- madness
- tangled
- doubts
- chances
- language
- candle
- downs
- allow
- drag
- rounds
- pounds
- hounds
- attraction
- how's
- fashion
- candles
- baggage
- began
- fan
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