Words That Rhyme With Afternoon
63 rhymes for "afternoon" (3 syllables): perfect rhymes, multisyllable rhymes and near rhymes, each grouped by syllable count with the most common words first. Click a linked word to see what rhymes with it.
How to use this rhyme
- "afternoon" is easy to rhyme: opportune, picayune, soon and tune all share its ending sound, so you can hold one rhyme across a whole verse.
- For a softer, less predictable sound, try a near rhyme such as reassume, room and whom.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like kangaroo and shatterproof carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for afternoon (39)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
3 syllables
- opportune
- picayune
2 syllables
- cartoon
- immune
- baboon
- balloon
- bassoon
- buffoon
- cocoon
- commune
- festoon
- harpoon
- lagoon
- lampoon
- maroon
- monsoon
- platoon
- pontoon
- raccoon
- saloon
- tycoon
- typhoon
- attune
4+ syllables
- inopportune
- contrabassoon
Multisyllable rhymes for afternoon (2)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
3 syllables
- kangaroo
- shatterproof
Near rhymes for afternoon (22)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
3 syllables
- reassume
1 syllable
- room
- whom
- boom
- doom
- fume
- zoom
- bloom
- broom
- gloom
- groom
- loom
- plume
- tomb
- womb
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Questions about rhymes for afternoon
What rhymes with afternoon?
Common perfect rhymes for afternoon include opportune, picayune, soon, tune, moon, noon, boon and croon. This page lists 63 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for afternoon?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of afternoon but change a consonant. Good ones include reassume, room, whom, boom, doom and fume.
How many syllables are in afternoon?
Afternoon has 3 syllables in standard US pronunciation.
Rhymes use US pronunciations from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (Carnegie Mellon University) and the SCOWL word lists (Kevin Atkinson). Offensive words are left out.