🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Shadow"
50 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "shadow" — same ending sound.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| apropos | 3 | noun | Of an appropriate or pertinent nature. |
| show | 1 | verb | (transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something). |
| flow | 1 | noun | Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude. |
| fallow | 2 | noun | (agriculture, uncountable) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year. |
| although | 2 | despite the fact that | |
| low | 1 | noun | Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty. |
| 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. |
| glow | 1 | noun | (intransitive) To emit heat and light without a flame. |
| afterglow | 3 | noun | The glow seen in the sky after sunset. |
| throw | 1 | verb | (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air. |
| grotto | 2 | noun | A small cave. |
| beau | 1 | noun | (dated, US, Canada) A male lover; a boyfriend. |
| forgo | 2 | verb | To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish. |
| oh | 1 | noun | An utterance of oh; a spoken expression of surprise, acknowledgement, etc. |
| tableau | 2 | noun | A striking and vivid representation or scene; a picture. |
| 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) |
| portfolio | 4 | noun | (finance) The group of investments and other assets held by an investor. |
| throe | 1 | noun | A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die. |
| aficionado | 5 | noun | A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity (originally bullfighting); a fan or devotee. |
| slow | 1 | verb | Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed. |
| winnow | 2 | verb | (transitive, agriculture, literal) To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff. |
| undergo | 3 | verb | (transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase. |
| even so | 3 | In spite of that (preceding a remark (or fact) within a given discourse). | |
| vertigo | 3 | noun | A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear. |
| mow | 1 | verb | (transitive) To cut down grass or crops. |
| gusto | 2 | noun | Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor. |
| indigo | 3 | noun | A purplish-blue color. |
| know | 1 | verb | (transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that. |
| archipelago | 5 | noun | (collective, geography) A group of islands. |
| woe | 1 | noun | Great sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness. |
| paseo | 3 | noun | A public path or avenue designed for walking, sometimes for dining or recreation. |
| grow | 1 | verb | (ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude. |
| yobbo | 2 | noun | (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, slang) A yob. |
| pro | 1 | noun | Professional. |
| row | 1 | noun | A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc. |
| staccato | 3 | noun | (music) An articulation marking directing that a note or passage of notes are to be played in an abruptly disconnected manner, with each note sounding for a very short duration, and a short break lasting until the sounding of the next note; as opposed to legato. Staccato is indicated by a dot directly above or below the notehead. |
| though | 1 | verb | (conjunctive) Despite that; however. |
| emo | 2 | noun | (uncountable, music) Any form of guitar-driven alternative rock that is particularly or notably emotional |
| quid pro quo | 3 | noun | Something which is offered or asked for in exchange for something else. |
| bungalow | 3 | noun | A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space. |
| fandango | 3 | noun | (music, dance) A form of lively flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (e.g. fandango de Huelva), some of which have their own names (e.g. malagueña, granadina). |
| inflow | 2 | noun | The act or process of flowing in or into. |
| aglow | 2 | (sometimes figurative) glowing; radiant | |
| doe | 1 | noun | A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used). |
| radio | 3 | noun | (countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound. |
| cameo | 3 | noun | A single very brief appearance, especially by a prominent celebrity in a movie or song. |
| floe | 1 | noun | A low, flat mass of floating ice. |
| patio | 3 | noun | A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation. |
| forego | 2 | verb | To precede, to go before. |
| impresario | 5 | noun | A manager or producer in the entertainment industry, especially music or theatre. |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Shadow"
50 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| alcove | 2 | noun | (architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room. |
| morose | 2 | Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour. | |
| control | 2 | noun | (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of. |
| evoke | 2 | verb | (transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination. |
| abode | 2 | noun | (formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation. |
| unknown | 2 | noun | (sometimes postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known. |
| bestowed | 2 | given formally or officially | |
| transpose | 2 | verb | (transitive) To reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange. |
| overshadow | 4 | verb | (transitive) To dominate something and make it seem insignificant. |
| backbone | 2 | noun | (countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals. |
| 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). |
| envelope | 3 | noun | A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing. |
| explode | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off. |
| kaleidoscope | 4 | noun | An instrument consisting of a tube containing mirrors and loose, colourful beads or other objects; when the tube is looked into and rotated, a succession of symmetrical designs can be seen. |
| 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. |
| alone | 2 | By oneself, solitary. | |
| mangrove | 2 | noun | Any of various tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubs or trees chiefly of the Rhizophoraceae family that have aerial roots and grow in clumps in brackish intertidal coastal areas; (specifically) any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle). |
| parole | 2 | noun | Conditional release of a prisoner (now especially before the end of a custodial sentence), or the term or state of such release; the system governing such releases. |
| overload | 3 | noun | (transitive) To load excessively. |
| charcoal | 2 | noun | (countable, uncountable) impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is, heating it in the absence of oxygen. |
| manhole | 2 | noun | A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations. |
| 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. |
| unbowed | 2 | (figurative) Not subdued or deterred. | |
| ozone | 2 | noun | (inorganic chemistry) An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a toxic gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge. |
| foreshadow | 3 | verb | To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage. |
| syndrome | 2 | noun | (pathology) A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition. |
| tombstone | 2 | noun | A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave. |
| payroll | 2 | noun | A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each. |
| raincoat | 2 | noun | A waterproof coat to be worn in the rain. |
| rock and roll | 3 | noun | (music) A genre of popular music that evolved in the 1950s from a combination of rhythm and blues and country music, characterized by electric guitars, strong rhythms, and youth-oriented lyrics. |
| whacko | 2 | noun | Alternative spelling of wacko. [(slang, somewhat derogatory) An amusingly eccentric or irrational person.] |
| snow globe | 2 | noun | A decorative object or toy containing a model of a landscape, fluid and suspended white flakes that emulate snowfall when shaken. |
| download | 2 | verb | (transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network. |
| telescope | 3 | noun | A monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy. |
| sailboat | 2 | noun | (nautical) A boat propelled by a sail. |
| gravestone | 2 | noun | A stone slab set at the head of a grave. |
| colorado | 4 | noun | Places in North America: |
| wacko | 2 | noun | (slang, somewhat derogatory) An amusingly eccentric or irrational person. |
| shadows | 2 | a 1959 American independent drama film directed by John Cassavetes about race relations during the Beat Generation years in New York City. | |
| borrowed | 2 | a 2022 drama film directed by Carlos Rafael Betancourt and Oscar Ernesto Ortega. | |
| shadow zone | 3 | noun | (geology, seismology) An area of the Earth's surface where seismographs cannot detect direct P-waves or S-waves from an earthquake. |
| telephone | 3 | noun | (countable, telephony) A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone). |
| reload | 2 | verb | To load (something) again. |
| atto- | 2 | — | |
| black hole | 2 | noun | (physics) A region of spacetime that exerts a gravitational pull strong enough that no matter or energy, not even light, can escape it. |
| draco | 2 | noun | (African-American Vernacular) A short-barreled Kalashnikov-pattern rifle. |
| fallows | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| half hole | 2 | — | |
| like shadows | 3 | — |
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