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Words that rhyme with pauses.

The strongest songwriting rhymes for pauses are causes, fortune, promise, important, bottles, darkness, honest, and problems.

Strong near rhymes (slant rhymes) include horses, often, foreign, laurent, chorus, and orbit.

Useful phrase rhymes include "fall in love", "call up", "walk up", "go up", and "in the long run".

What rhymes with pauses?

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.

  • causes
  • fortune
  • promise
  • important
  • bottles
  • darkness
  • honest
  • problems
  • bottle
  • bottom
  • pocket
  • problem
  • common
  • promised
  • fallen
  • darkest
  • papa
  • garden
  • thousand
  • broken
  • open
  • apartment
  • emotions
  • promises
  • poison
  • someone
  • voices
  • fall in love
  • call up
  • in the long run

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Perfect rhymes for pauses

  • causes
  • clauses
  • gauzes
  • lases
  • plazas
  • vases
  • vosges


Near rhymes for pauses

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

Phrase rhymes for pauses

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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