Songwriting rhymes for play
These rhymes are specially chosen by our unique songwriting rhyming dictionary to give you the best songwriting rhymes.
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Near rhymes for play
Near rhymes work great for songwriting, often giving a more interesting feel than perfect rhymes.
- take
- make
- ain't
- face
- made
- same
- place
- break
- pain
- name
- wait
- change
- babe
- came
- days
- wake
- late
- hate
- game
- gave
- rain
- makes
- save
- afraid
- taste
- straight
- blame
- ways
- space
- shake
- takes
- awake
- waste
- faith
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- safe
- fake
- changed
- brain
- chase
- fade
- insane
- played
- train
- mistakes
- weight
- strange
- mistake
- fame
- flame
- they'll
- great
- wave
- replace
- champagne
- state
- explain
- games
- case
- paid
- stayed
- always
- stage
- they've
- paint
- plane
- chain
- slave
- escape
- veins
- laid
- fate
- raise
- trade
- saved
- breaks
- flames
- waves
- saint
- embrace
- race
- brave
- grave
- grace
- plate
- shape
- phase
- they'd
- nails
- raised
- trace
- erase
- vain
- lane
- page
- sail
- aim
- plays
- pace
- tastes
Want to know what rhymes with play?
Our rhyming dictionary is designed specifically for songwriters; this means we'll give you different rhyming ideas depending on your genre so that you'll always have something usable
You can also filter the rhymes we suggest by the number of syllables, so if you're looking for words with a certain number of syllables, our dictionary will be super useful.
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