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Words that rhyme with verse.

The strongest songwriting rhymes for verse are curse, purse, nurse, worse, first, girl, turn, and hurts.

Strong near rhymes (slant rhymes) include hurt, heard, words, work, worst, and worth.

Useful phrase rhymes include "and in turn", "was at work", "is at work", "baby girl", and "art world".

What rhymes with verse?

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.

  • curse
  • purse
  • nurse
  • worse
  • first
  • girl
  • turn
  • hurts
  • hurt
  • heard
  • words
  • work
  • worst
  • worth
  • world
  • burn
  • girls
  • learn
  • word
  • deserve
  • earth
  • turned
  • learned
  • tired
  • hours
  • flowers
  • lovers
  • and in turn
  • was at work
  • baby girl

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Perfect rhymes for verse

  • curse
  • purse
  • nurse
  • worse
  • hearse
  • rehearse
  • terse
  • coerce
  • disperse
  • immerse
  • burse
  • submerse
  • disburse
  • intersperse
  • perce
  • reimburse
  • merce
  • pers
  • bearse
  • emerse
  • bearce
  • bearss
  • furse
  • kearse
  • kerce
  • pearse
  • perse
  • scearce


Near rhymes for verse

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

Phrase rhymes for verse

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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