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Words that rhyme with dad.

The strongest songwriting rhymes for dad are bad, sad, mad, glad, add, had, back, and hand.

Strong near rhymes (slant rhymes) include understand, stand, man, than, that's, and last.

Useful phrase rhymes include "not bad", "come back", "at last", "get back", and "by chance".

What rhymes with dad?

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.

  • bad
  • sad
  • mad
  • glad
  • add
  • had
  • back
  • hand
  • understand
  • stand
  • man
  • than
  • that's
  • last
  • hands
  • damn
  • fast
  • past
  • catch
  • black
  • half
  • pass
  • laugh
  • act
  • dance
  • ask
  • chance
  • not bad
  • come back
  • at last

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Perfect rhymes for dad

  • bad
  • sad
  • mad
  • glad
  • add
  • pad
  • gad
  • lad
  • cad
  • comrade
  • clad
  • ironclad
  • dyad
  • tad
  • shad
  • ecad
  • brad
  • madd
  • riyad
  • had
  • ad
  • grad
  • olympiad
  • scad
  • undergrad
  • plaid
  • keypad
  • forbad
  • shadd
  • arvad
  • ladde
  • radde
  • ydrad
  • dradde
  • tadd
  • amstrad
  • flad
  • hadd
  • khad
  • shahrzad
  • gladd
  • hlad
  • mirad
  • amistad
  • armstrad
  • autorad
  • ayyad
  • branstad
  • chad
  • chadd
  • compuadd
  • ekblad
  • ershad
  • fad
  • gadd


Near rhymes for dad

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

Phrase rhymes for dad

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

Learn how to use phrase rhymes in songwriting.


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