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Words that rhyme with waves.

The strongest songwriting rhymes for waves are days, gave, face, take, place, make, say, and makes.

Strong near rhymes (slant rhymes) include save, ways, ain't, made, away, and same.

Useful phrase rhymes include "are in place", "is in place", "face to face", "day to day", and "school days".

What rhymes with waves?

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.

  • days
  • gave
  • face
  • take
  • place
  • make
  • say
  • makes
  • made
  • away
  • same
  • day
  • break
  • pain
  • name
  • stay
  • change
  • wait
  • babe
  • came
  • wake
  • late
  • hate
  • taste
  • play
  • game
  • rain
  • are in place
  • face to face
  • day to day

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Perfect rhymes for waves

  • caves
  • slaves
  • craves
  • graves
  • claves
  • knaves
  • saves
  • braves
  • enclaves
  • shaves
  • behaves
  • misbehaves
  • daves
  • aftershaves
  • draves
  • architraves
  • chaves
  • hargraves
  • hartgraves
  • maves
  • naves
  • paves
  • raves
  • seagraves
  • staves
  • taves


Near rhymes for waves

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

Phrase rhymes for waves

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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