Rhyme index

Words that rhyme with awesome

Words that share the ending of awesome — blossom, possum, opossum and more. 2 syllables, a nasal ending, pronounced AA1 S AH0 M.

Sound structure

awesome has 2 syllables and is pronounced AA1 S AH0 M. Its ending, M, is a nasal ending.

An n, m or ng ending hums, so it carries to the end of a bar and leaves room before the next line starts.

The closest matches are blossom, possum, opossum, fossum.

Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese

Pronunciation
AA1 S AH0 M
Syllable breakdown
AA1 · S · AH0 · M
Syllable count
2 syllables
Ending sound
M
Ending type
a nasal ending

Perfect rhymes

The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.

  • blossom B L AA1 S AH0 M · 2 syllables · standard
  • possum P AA1 S AH0 M · 2 syllables · standard
  • opossum OW0 P AA1 S AH0 M · 3 syllables · standard
  • fossum F AA1 S AH0 M · 2 syllables · rare
  • vanrossum V AE2 N R AA1 S AH0 M · 3 syllables · rare
  • wassom W AA1 S AH0 M · 2 syllables · rare
  • wassum W AA1 S AH0 M · 2 syllables · rare

Near rhymes

The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.

  • from F R AH1 M · 1 syllable · common
  • some S AH1 M · 1 syllable · common
  • problem P R AA1 B L AH0 M · 2 syllables · common
  • come K AH1 M · 1 syllable · common
  • bottom B AA1 T AH0 M · 2 syllables · standard
  • rock-bottom R AA2 K B AA1 D AH0 M · 3 syllables · standard
  • microcosm M AY1 K R AH0 K AA2 Z AH0 M · 4 syllables · standard
  • self-criticism S EH2 L F K R IH1 D AH0 S IH2 Z AH0 M · 5 syllables · standard
  • anti-semitism AE2 N T AY2 S EH1 M AH0 T IH2 Z AH0 M · 6 syllables · standard
  • anti-catholicism AE1 N T IY0 K AH0 TH AO1 L AH0 S IH2 Z AH0 M · 7 syllables · standard
  • authoritarianism AH0 TH AO2 R AH0 T EH1 R IY0 AH0 N IH2 Z AH0 M · 8 syllables · standard
  • one W AH1 N · 1 syllable · common
  • column K AA1 L AH0 M · 2 syllables · standard
  • one-to-one W AH2 N T AH0 W AH1 N · 3 syllables · common
  • jerusalem JH ER0 UW1 S AH0 L AH0 M · 4 syllables · standard
  • enthusiasm IH0 N TH UW1 Z IY0 AE2 Z AH0 M · 5 syllables · standard
  • professionalism P R AH0 F EH1 SH AH0 N AH0 L IH2 Z AH0 M · 6 syllables · standard
  • anglo-catholicism AE1 NG G L OW0 K AH0 TH AO1 L AH0 S IH2 Z AH0 M · 7 syllables · standard
  • totalitarianism T OW2 T AE2 L AH0 T EH1 R IY0 AH0 N IH2 Z AH0 M · 8 syllables · standard
  • on AA1 N · 1 syllable · common

Cross-language rhymes

A different language, but the sound still lines up.

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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