🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Only"
5 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "only" — same ending sound.
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Only"
50 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| homely | 2 | (Canada, US) Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive. | |
| lowly | 2 | Low in rank or social importance. | |
| phony | 2 | noun | (informal) Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance. |
| stony | 2 | noun | As hard as stone. |
| crony | 2 | noun | (informal, originally Cambridge University) A close friend. |
| trophy | 2 | noun | An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement. |
| wholly | 2 | Completely and entirely; to the fullest extent; (loosely, exaggeratedly) very; to a great extent. | |
| slowly | 2 | (manner) At a slow pace. | |
| boldly | 2 | In a bold manner; with confidence. | |
| holy | 2 | noun | Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god. |
| ceremony | 4 | noun | An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event. |
| matrimony | 4 | noun | (uncountable) Marriage; the state of being married. |
| mostly | 2 | Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole. | |
| phoney | 2 | noun | (chiefly British) Alternative form of phony. [(informal) Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.] |
| unholy | 3 | Not holy; (by extension) evil, impure, or otherwise perverted. | |
| bony | 2 | noun | With little flesh; skinny, thin. |
| baloney | 3 | noun | (uncountable, chiefly US, slang) Nonsense. |
| testimony | 4 | noun | An account of first-hand experience. |
| alimony | 4 | noun | (law, sometimes derogatory) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person. |
| coney | 2 | noun | (Jamaica) The Jamaican coney (Geocapromys brownii), a hutia endemic to Jamaica. |
| closely | 2 | In a close manner. | |
| homie | 2 | noun | (African-American Vernacular) Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown. |
| homey | 2 | noun | Befitting a home; cozy, intimate. |
| remotely | 3 | At a distance, far away. | |
| boney | 2 | noun | (slang) Napoleon Bonaparte. |
| rolly | 2 | noun | (informal, not comparable) Rolling; having the ability to roll, usually due to wheels attached on the bottom. |
| mony | 2 | noun | Obsolete form of money. [A generally accepted means of exchange.] |
| rollie | 2 | noun | (slang, chiefly UK) A cigarette rolled by hand. |
| guacamole | 4 | noun | An avocado-based greenish dip with onions, tomato, and spices, common to Mexican cuisine and often served with tortilla chips. |
| holey | 2 | Having, or being full of, holes. | |
| sony | 2 | noun | (trademark) An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan. |
| poney | 2 | noun | Archaic form of pony (“small horse”). [A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.] |
| coldly | 2 | In a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently. | |
| goalie | 2 | noun | (sports, colloquial) A goalkeeper or goaltender. |
| pepperoni | 4 | noun | A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned with pepper. |
| cody | 2 | noun | A unisex given name transferred from the surname. |
| stoney | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| toney | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| roni | 2 | Roni Visnoveski Turola or simply Roni (born 7 July 1987 in Botucatu, is a Brazilian goalkeeper. | |
| oney | 2 | "Oney" is a song recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. | |
| soley | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| bologna | 3 | noun | The capital city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, the capital of Bologna and also of Emilia-Romagna. |
| croney | 2 | noun | A surname from Irish. |
| foley | 2 | noun | (uncountable, US) The creation of sound effects, and their addition to film and TV images. |
| loney | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| macaroni | 4 | noun | (uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes, typically boiled and served in soup, with a sauce, or in melted cheese; a dish of this. |
| oakley | 2 | noun | Several places in the United States: |
| roley | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| toni | 2 | noun | A diminutive of the female given name Antonia, sometimes used as a formal given name. |
| tony | 2 | noun | Any of the statuettes awarded by the American Theatre Wing. |
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Poetry
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Greeting Cards
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