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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word mainstay.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
2 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word mainstay.
2 syllable words

airway

alday

abbe

allay

ballet

ba

amused

astray

archway

array

ave

away

benights

benet

benight

birthday

banquets

banquet

betray

bouquet

broadway

buffet

byway

cache

cathay

ca

cachet

cafe

chalet

chemist

chemists

cliche

convey

construe

concede

conceit

concedes

connects

connect

conchoid

constant

constants

constrain

constrained

constrains

constraint

constraints

constrict

conte

construct

constructs

crochet

croquet

damaged

ingots

dismay

defray

decay

delay

ding-dong

display

doomsday

dj

downstage

downstream

doorway

dossier

driveway

essay

entree

encode

enacts

enact

fairway

fancied

forte

friday

finished

fillet

foray

function

functions

gateway

headway

gourmet

gunshots

hearsay

gunshot

gymnast

hamster

hamsters

halfway

gymnasts

hamstring

hallway

hamstrings

heyday

highway

homestead

horseplay

honest

homesteads

homestretch

incite

incites

ingot

inlay

insides

x-ray

youngster

install

instead

installs

instance

instant

instill

instills

instinct

instincts

one-way

instruct

instructs

junction

junctions

juncture

junctures

knightly

junkets

junket

kingdom

kingdoms

knighthood

knockdown

lancets

kumquat

lancet

languid

latte

lunchtime

leeway

lengthen

lengthy

linseed

limestones

long-term

mainstream

malay

limestone

marais

lengthens

lengthwise

melee

midday

midway

off-day

moonstone

minster

minstrel

minstrels

monday

moonstones

monster

monsters

moonstruck

moray

nonstop

nonstops

non-stick

obey

okay

olay

onset

outlay

outweigh

padre

parkway

parlay

parquet

pathway

portray

railway

prepay

rancid

purvey

puncture

punctured

punctures

puree

seamster

rhinestone

rhinestones

relay

repay

roadway

runway

sachet

sanctum

saute

sanction

sanctions

sorbet

soiree

sunday

snowstorm

snowstorms

souffle

subway

stairway

spillway

survey

swordplay

teamster

teamsters

thursday

three-way

tincture

tinctures

tomcat

tonight

tuesday

uncut

wednesday

tungsten

uncouth

valet

unseat

unset

unwashed

two-way

unused

v.a.

u.k.

wainscot

waylay

workday

yangtze

inset

inside

youngsters

3 syllable words

alleyway

amnesties

amnesty

amsterdam

andante

anecdotes

anime

aniseed

anisette

attache

baa

anecdote

banister

bannister

breakaway

canisters

castaway

canape

caraway

carraway

cabaret

canoeist

canister

chardonnay

chemistry

coincide

coincides

conceding

connected

connecter

connector

consider

conceded

conceited

connectors

connective

connecting

connection

connections

constrictor

considers

constable

constancy

constipate

constipates

constantly

constables

constitute

constitutes

constricted

constricting

constriction

constrictions

constructor

infante

constrictors

construction

constructions

constructors

dak

curari

cutaway

constructive

density

densities

disarray

disobey

divorcee

domestic

dominee

domestics

dna

dynastic

dynasty

dynasties

emigre

enactment

enactments

everyday

fiance

faraday

fumigate

functional

day-to-day

galloway

genocide

genocides

guncotton

getaway

gymnastics

gymnastic

hideaway

holiday

honestly

honesty

homesteader

homesteaders

homicide

homicides

inaction

incidents

inactive

incidence

incident

inchoate

incitement

incitements

instigate

insiders

instigates

workaday

instantly

installing

instances

instinctive

instructor

institute

institutes

instruction

instructions

instructive

instructors

instrument

ira

interplay

instruments

ministers

macrame

lingerie

long-distance

longitude

longitudes

matinee

menstruate

minister

menstrual

ministral

ministry

ministries

monastic

monoxide

nonstarter

non-standard

nonstarters

non-catholic

non-catholics

one-sided

painstaking

overstay

overpay

passageway

pianists

pianist

perrier

pistole

punctual

punctuate

reenacts

reinstall

reenact

reinstate

reinstalls

resume

ricochet

renegades

renegade

rockaway

runaway

sanctify

sanctity

saturday

semester

seamstresses

semesters

sensitive

sensitize

sensations

overlay

signore

sinister

sinusoid

sobriquet

sta

stowaway

throwaway

u.s.a.

underpay

underplay

ungodly

unstable

tunicate

unsettle

uva

volante

waterway

sensation

yesterday

insider

6 syllable words
7 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word mainstay

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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