Rhyme index

Words that rhyme with various

Words that share the ending of various — hilarious, precarious, aquarius and more. 3 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced V EH1 R IY0 AH0 S.

Sound structure

various has 3 syllables and is pronounced V EH1 R IY0 AH0 S. Its ending, S, is a stopped ending.

A plosive ending cuts the sound off cleanly. It closes a line with force, but it has fewer matches than the other types.

The closest matches are hilarious, precarious, aquarius, nefarious.

Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese

Pronunciation
V EH1 R IY0 AH0 S
Syllable breakdown
V · EH1 · R · IY0 · AH0 · S
Syllable count
3 syllables
Ending sound
S
Ending type
a stopped ending

Perfect rhymes

The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.

  • hilarious HH IH0 L EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
  • precarious P R IY0 K EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
  • aquarius AH0 K W EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
  • nefarious N AH0 F EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
  • sagittarius S AE2 JH AH0 T EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 5 syllables · standard
  • carious K EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 3 syllables · rare
  • gregarious G R AH0 G EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
  • stradivarius S T R AE2 D IH0 V EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 5 syllables · standard
  • scarious S K EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 3 syllables · rare
  • vicarious V AY0 K EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
  • multifarious M AH2 L T IY0 F EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 5 syllables · rare
  • calcareous K AE0 L K EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
  • anticarious AE2 N T IH0 K EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 5 syllables · rare
  • lactarius L AE2 K T EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 4 syllables · rare
  • multivarious M AH2 L T IH0 V EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 5 syllables · rare
  • burglarious B ER2 G L EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 4 syllables · rare
  • nonvicarious N AA2 N V IH0 K EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 5 syllables · rare
  • contrarious K AH0 N T R EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 4 syllables · rare
  • omnifarious AA2 M N AH0 F EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 5 syllables · rare
  • malarious M AH0 L EH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 4 syllables · rare

Near rhymes

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

  • serious S IH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 3 syllables · common
  • us AH1 S · 1 syllable · common
  • business B IH1 Z N AH0 S · 2 syllables · common
  • curious K Y UH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 3 syllables · standard
  • people P IY1 P AH0 L · 2 syllables · common
  • does D AH1 Z · 1 syllable · common
  • mysterious M IH0 S T IH1 R IY0 AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
  • simultaneous S AY2 M AH0 L T EY1 N IY0 AH0 S · 5 syllables · standard
  • contemporaneous K AH0 N T EH2 M P ER0 EY1 N IY0 AH0 S · 6 syllables · standard
  • pseudo-dionysius S UW2 D OW0 D AY2 AH0 N IH1 S IY0 AH0 S · 7 syllables · standard
  • alias EY1 L IY0 AH0 S · 3 syllables · standard
  • fire F AY1 ER0 · 2 syllables · common
  • a AH0 · 1 syllable · common
  • spontaneous S P AA0 N T EY1 N IY0 AH0 S · 4 syllables · standard
  • miscellaneous M IH2 S AH0 L EY1 N IY0 AH0 S · 5 syllables · standard
  • extraordinariness IH0 K S T R AO1 R D AH0 N EH2 R IY0 N AH0 S · 6 syllables · rare
  • revolutionariness R EH2 V AH0 L UW1 SH AH0 N EH2 R IY0 N AH0 S · 7 syllables · rare
  • radius R EY1 D IY0 AH0 S · 3 syllables · standard
  • jesus JH IY1 Z AH0 S · 2 syllables · standard
  • the DH AH0 · 1 syllable · common

Cross-language rhymes

A different language, but the sound still lines up.

How this was worked out

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