Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with author
Words that share the ending of author — rother, auther, water and more. 2 syllables, an open ending, pronounced AO1 TH ER0.
Sound structure
author has 2 syllables and is pronounced AO1 TH ER0. Its ending, ER0, is an open ending.
Ending on a vowel lets you hold the note and roll into the next line. There are plenty of matches, but the rhyme blurs easily, so match the vowel one syllable earlier to keep it sharp.
The closest matches are rother, auther, water, over.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- AO1 TH ER0
- Syllable breakdown
- AO1 · TH · ER0
- Syllable count
- 2 syllables
- Ending sound
- ER0
- Ending type
- an open ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- rother R AO1 TH ER0 · 2 syllables · rare
- auther AO1 TH ER0 · 2 syllables · rare
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- water W AO1 T ER0 · 2 syllables · common
- over OW1 V ER0 · 2 syllables · common
- daughter D AO1 T ER0 · 2 syllables · standard
- father F AA1 DH ER0 · 2 syllables · common
- make-over M EY1 K OW2 V ER0 · 3 syllables · common
- were W ER1 · 1 syllable · common
- underwater AH1 N D ER0 W AO2 T ER0 · 4 syllables · standard
- administrator AH0 D M IH1 N AH0 S T R EY2 T ER0 · 5 syllables · standard
- order AO1 R D ER0 · 2 syllables · common
- grand-daughter G R AE1 N D AO2 T ER0 · 3 syllables · standard
- her HH ER1 · 1 syllable · common
- million-dollar M IH1 L Y AH0 N D AO2 L ER0 · 4 syllables · standard
- coordinator K OW0 AO1 R D AH0 N EY2 T ER0 · 5 syllables · standard
- offer AO1 F ER0 · 2 syllables · standard
- october AA0 K T OW1 B ER0 · 3 syllables · common
- per P ER1 · 1 syllable · common
- great-grandfather G R EY2 T G R AE1 N D F AA2 DH ER0 · 4 syllables · standard
- middle-upper M IH1 D AH0 L AH0 AH2 P ER0 · 5 syllables · standard
- lower L OW1 ER0 · 2 syllables · common
- granddaughter G R AE1 N D AO2 T ER0 · 3 syllables · standard
- a AH0 · 1 syllable · common
- the DH AH0 · 1 syllable · common
- sir S ER1 · 1 syllable · standard
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 하트 2 syllables · common
- タグ 2 syllables · common
- 아트 2 syllables · common
- ラブ 2 syllables · common
- 파트 2 syllables · common
- 右投 ウトウ · 3 syllables · common
- 다음 2 syllables · common
- イたク イタク · 3 syllables · common
- 타이어 3 syllables · common
- ギャル 2 syllables · common
- 아디다스 4 syllables · noun · standard
- 焼豚 チャーシュー · 4 syllables · common
- 갈라디아서 5 syllables · noun · standard
- オリヂナル 5 syllables · common
- 스탠다드차타드 7 syllables · noun · standard
- ゴール 3 syllables · common
- 어울림모터스 6 syllables · noun · standard
- ノウ 2 syllables · common
- 마음 2 syllables · common
- 東遊 ドンズー · 4 syllables · common
- ノブ 2 syllables · common
- パール 3 syllables · common
- マスク 3 syllables · common
- ミャク 2 syllables · common
- シュトルム 4 syllables · common
- タイム 3 syllables · common
- パッサール 5 syllables · common
- 爆 バク · 2 syllables · common
- グローブ 4 syllables · common
- グラブ 3 syllables · common
- ミリバール 5 syllables · common
- 비트 2 syllables · common
- 一昨 イッサク · 4 syllables · common
- フール 3 syllables · common
- ヘクタール 5 syllables · common
How this was worked out
RhymeMore matches sound, not spelling. It splits a word into syllables, pulls out the vowel and the closing consonant of each, and groups candidates by how many syllables agree counting back from the end. The FAQ explains the method in full.
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