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Words that rhyme with codes.

The strongest songwriting rhymes for codes are roads, goes, knows, road, hold, clothes, know, and close.

Strong near rhymes (slant rhymes) include told, old, cold, go, bones, and home.

Useful phrase rhymes include "was at home", "be in control", "hold close", "and at home", and "talk show".

What rhymes with codes?

These rhymes are specially chosen by our unique songwriting rhyming dictionary to give you the best songwriting rhymes. These aren't always perfect rhymes – we show you rhymes that are singable, useful words for your song.

  • roads
  • goes
  • knows
  • road
  • hold
  • clothes
  • know
  • close
  • told
  • old
  • cold
  • home
  • alone
  • own
  • gold
  • hope
  • show
  • both
  • soul
  • phone
  • whole
  • control
  • broke
  • roll
  • slow
  • whoa
  • low
  • was at home
  • be in control
  • hold close

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Perfect rhymes for codes

  • crossroads
  • roads
  • loads
  • implodes
  • toads
  • explodes
  • nodes
  • corrodes
  • erodes
  • inroads
  • episodes
  • downloads
  • nematodes
  • unloads
  • goads
  • odes
  • anodes
  • diodes
  • overloads
  • cathodes
  • payloads
  • bodes
  • caseloads
  • boatloads
  • reloads
  • truckloads
  • workloads
  • carloads
  • shiploads
  • busloads
  • planeloads
  • rhoads
  • hodes
  • lodes
  • modes
  • railroads
  • rhoades
  • rhodes
  • roades
  • rodes


Near rhymes for codes

Near rhymes work great for songwriting, often giving a more interesting feel than perfect rhymes.

Phrase rhymes for codes

Short phrases that rhyme with this word, giving you imagery and direction for the next line.

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