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Words that rhyme with matches.

The strongest songwriting rhymes for matches are catches, happens, happen, imagine, glasses, battle, chances, and happened.

Strong near rhymes (slant rhymes) include ashes, passion, handle, granted, that'll, and dances.

Useful phrase rhymes include "get up", "stand up", "end up", "catch up", and "fell in love".

What rhymes with matches?

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.

  • catches
  • happens
  • happen
  • imagine
  • glasses
  • battle
  • chances
  • happened
  • passion
  • handle
  • granted
  • sadness
  • madness
  • candle
  • question
  • heaven
  • questions
  • special
  • jealous
  • devil
  • second
  • message
  • attention
  • lesson
  • seven
  • reckless
  • direction
  • get up
  • fell in love
  • gun battle

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Perfect rhymes for matches

  • patches
  • mismatches
  • catches
  • stachys
  • scratches
  • hatches
  • machos
  • attaches
  • snatches
  • dispatches
  • batches
  • detaches
  • baches
  • scatches
  • thatches
  • achaz
  • laches
  • latches


Near rhymes for matches

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

Phrase rhymes for matches

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

Learn how to use phrase rhymes in songwriting.


Want to know what rhymes with matches?

Looking up rhymes for "matches" is easy. Finding rhymes that work in a song is harder—so we curated rhyming words built for songwriters.

A rhyming dictionary is most powerful when it's built for lyrics. We focus on singable sounds and songwriting-friendly word choices.

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