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Words that rhyme with roses.

The strongest songwriting rhymes for roses are going, hoping, holding, knowing, rolling, showing, smoking, and growing.

Strong near rhymes (slant rhymes) include closing, floating, blowing, throwing, loaded, and flowing.

Useful phrase rhymes include "soul kiss", "cigarette smoking", "know the things", "soul music", and "from nowhere".

What rhymes with roses?

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.

  • going
  • hoping
  • holding
  • knowing
  • rolling
  • showing
  • smoking
  • growing
  • floating
  • blowing
  • only
  • lonely
  • slowly
  • holy
  • losing
  • music
  • looking
  • talking
  • doing
  • walking
  • calling
  • morning
  • wanted
  • nowhere
  • moving
  • pulling
  • counting
  • soul kiss
  • cigarette smoking
  • soul music

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Perfect rhymes for roses

  • noses
  • juxtaposes
  • imposes
  • exposes
  • opposes
  • discloses
  • disposes
  • proposes
  • supposes
  • composes
  • closes
  • poses
  • hoses
  • primroses
  • decomposes
  • forecloses
  • bulldozes
  • choses
  • dozes
  • overexposes
  • ptoses
  • coses
  • proses


Near rhymes for roses

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

Phrase rhymes for roses

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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Searching for words that rhyme with "roses" for songwriting? This page lists rhymes that actually sound natural in lyrics—not just words that technically rhyme.

Good rhymes support meaning. If the rhyme forces a weird word, the listener feels it—so we prioritize rhymes that keep your story clear.

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