🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Explode"
50 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "explode" — same ending sound.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| goad | 1 | noun | To prod with a goad. |
| abode | 2 | noun | (formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation. |
| load | 1 | noun | A burden; a weight to be carried. |
| bestowed | 2 | given formally or officially | |
| mode | 1 | noun | A particular means of accomplishing something. |
| ode | 1 | noun | A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style. |
| erode | 2 | verb | To wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction. |
| corrode | 2 | verb | (transitive) To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali. |
| forebode | 2 | verb | To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device). |
| road | 1 | noun | A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane. |
| implode | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To collapse or burst inward violently. |
| bowed | 1 | Bent or curved. | |
| cathode | 2 | noun | (electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows outwards (and thus, electrons flow inwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage with respect to anode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively). |
| diode | 2 | noun | (electronics) An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier. |
| unload | 2 | verb | (transitive) To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.). |
| decode | 2 | verb | To convert from an encrypted form to plain text. |
| overload | 3 | noun | (transitive) To load excessively. |
| lode | 1 | noun | (mining) A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure. |
| commode | 2 | noun | (euphemistic, US, South Asia) A toilet. |
| showed | 1 | verb | (transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something). |
| crowed | 1 | verb | (transitive and intransitive) To be a member of a vessel's crew |
| unbowed | 2 | (figurative) Not subdued or deterred. | |
| overflowed | 3 | verb | (transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container). |
| episode | 3 | noun | An installment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series. |
| crossroad | 2 | noun | A crossroads (place where one road crosses another). |
| owed | 1 | That owes. | |
| a la mode | 3 | (US) Served with ice cream. | |
| stowed | 1 | verb | To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place. |
| troad | 1 | noun | (historical) The Biga peninsula in the northwestern part of Anatolia, Turkey. |
| chode | 1 | noun | Alternative spelling of choad. [A penis, especially one that is short and thick.] |
| trode | 1 | noun | (obsolete) Tread; footing. |
| shrowd | 1 | noun | Obsolete form of shroud. [That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.] |
| anode | 2 | noun | (electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows inwards (and thus, electrons flow outwards). It can have either a positive or a negative voltage with respect to cathode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively). |
| payload | 2 | noun | The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment, and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft. |
| nematode | 3 | noun | (zoology) A worm of the large phylum Nematoda, such as a roundworm or threadworm. |
| truckload | 2 | noun | The contents of a full truck or lorry. |
| flowed | 1 | verb | (intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another. |
| legal code | 3 | noun | (law) All the official laws of a country or state |
| computer code | 4 | noun | (computing, informal) source code |
| tiptoed | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground. |
| rhode | 1 | noun | (Greek mythology) In Greek mythology, the oldest Oceanid, a daughter of Tethys and Oceanus |
| methode | 2 | noun | Archaic spelling of method. [(countable) A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process).] |
| download | 2 | verb | (transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network. |
| railroad | 2 | noun | (chiefly US, Philippines) A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on. |
| workload | 2 | noun | The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period. |
| boatload | 2 | noun | (slang) A large quantity. |
| access road | 3 | noun | A road giving entry to a region or, especially, to a motorway. |
| sewed | 1 | Having been created through the sewing process. | |
| spode | 1 | an English brand of pottery and homewares produced in Stoke-on-Trent, England. | |
| borrowed | 2 | a 2022 drama film directed by Carlos Rafael Betancourt and Oscar Ernesto Ortega. |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Explode"
50 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| control | 2 | noun | (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of. |
| promote | 2 | verb | (transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity. |
| composed | 2 | Showing composure. | |
| threshold | 2 | noun | The lowermost part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill. |
| compose | 2 | verb | (transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work. |
| provoke | 2 | verb | (transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry. |
| impose | 2 | verb | (transitive) (figurative) To apply, enforce, or establish (something, often regarded as burdensome as a restriction or tax: see verb, sense 1.2.1) with authority. |
| bestow | 2 | verb | To impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour; to confer, to give, to accord; to render. |
| expose | 2 | verb | (transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce (to). |
| oppose | 2 | verb | To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against. |
| enclosed | 2 | Contained; held within a container. | |
| tempo | 2 | noun | (music) The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante) |
| unknown | 2 | noun | (sometimes postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known. |
| cyclone | 2 | noun | (loosely) Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system. |
| remote | 2 | noun | At a distance; disconnected. |
| suppose | 2 | verb | (transitive, intransitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe. |
| behold | 2 | verb | (transitive) To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon. |
| exposed | 2 | (usually followed by to) Open (especially to something), unconcealed and/or unprotected (and therefore vulnerable, susceptible). | |
| envelope | 3 | noun | A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing. |
| dispose | 2 | verb | (intransitive, with of) To eliminate or to get rid of something. |
| radio | 3 | noun | (countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound. |
| enclose | 2 | verb | (transitive) To surround with a wall, fence, etc. |
| devote | 2 | verb | to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter; to consecrate. |
| overflow | 3 | noun | (transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container). |
| alone | 2 | By oneself, solitary. | |
| unfold | 2 | verb | (transitive) To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal. |
| controlled | 2 | Subjected to regulation or direction. | |
| chateau | 2 | noun | Alternative spelling of château. [A French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house.] |
| supposed | 2 | (idiomatic) Only used in supposed to | |
| uncontrolled | 3 | Not controlled; not under control. | |
| awoke | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To become conscious after having slept. |
| rainbow | 2 | noun | A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air. |
| microphone | 3 | noun | A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted over radio. |
| tadpole | 2 | noun | A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills. |
| foretold | 2 | known beforehand | |
| hello | 2 | noun | "Hello!" or an equivalent greeting. |
| postpone | 2 | verb | To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc. |
| explodes | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off. |
| telescope | 3 | noun | A monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy. |
| tomorrow | 3 | noun | On the day after the present day. |
| corrodes | 2 | verb | (transitive) To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali. |
| decomposed | 3 | broken down or disintegrated by rot | |
| ago | 2 | noun | (archaic or dialectal) Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away. |
| arose | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up. |
| below | 2 | noun | In or to a lower place. |
| episodes | 3 | the quarterly journal of the International Union of Geological Sciences, published in Seoul, Korea. | |
| mexico | 3 | noun | A country in North America, located south of the United States, and northwest of Guatemala and Belize from Central America. Official name: United Mexican States. |
| shadow | 2 | noun | A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object. |
| stereo | 3 | noun | A system of recording or reproducing sound that uses two or more channels, each playing a portion of the original sound at different locations in order to simulate the separation of sources along at least one spatial dimension. |
| tiptoe | 2 | noun | Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily, on or as if on the tips of one's toes. |
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