Words That Rhyme With Because

267 rhymes for "because" (2 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

  • "because" is easy to rhyme: applause, withdraws, guffaws and outdoes 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 belongs, prolongs and applauds.
  • For rap, multisyllable matches like kickoff, accost and cutoff carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.

Perfect rhymes for because (31)

The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.

2 syllables

  • applause
  • withdraws
  • guffaws
  • outdoes

1 syllable

  • cause
  • does
  • draws
  • has
  • laws
  • pause
  • was
  • cars
  • clause
  • flaws
  • buzz
  • claws
  • fuzz
  • gauze
  • gnaws
  • jaws
  • mas
  • pas
  • paws
  • saws
  • spas
  • straws
  • thaws
  • vase
  • baas

3 syllables

  • overdoes
  • vichyssoise

Multisyllable rhymes for because (117)

The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.

2 syllables

  • kickoff
  • accost
  • cutoff
  • accord
  • record
  • reports
  • recalled
  • crisscross
  • embossed
  • jigsaw
  • retorts
  • decor
  • liftoff
  • install
  • installed
  • restore
  • restored
  • support
  • abort
  • abroad
  • appall
  • appalled
  • distort
  • divorce
  • exhaust
  • import
  • withdrawn
  • aboard
  • adore
  • adored
  • adorn
  • adorned
  • applaud
  • clipboard
  • contort
  • crisscrossed
  • defraud
  • defrost
  • deport
  • distraught
  • inborn
  • indoor
  • remorse
  • springboard
  • switchboard
  • unborn
  • afford
  • along
  • award
  • before
  • belong
  • default
  • ignore
  • ignored
  • inform
  • informed
  • resort
  • toward
  • absorb
  • absorbed
  • assault
  • assort
  • belonged
  • conform
  • explored
  • pitfall
  • prolong
  • prolonged
  • reform
  • reformed
  • reward
  • abhorred
  • aloft
  • ashore
  • befall
  • billboard
  • cavort
  • consort
  • deformed
  • deplored
  • diphthong
  • divorced
  • drugstore
  • exalt
  • exhort
  • stillborn
  • windfall
  • explore

3 syllables

  • protocols
  • holocaust
  • woebegone
  • astronauts
  • harpsichord
  • synagogue
  • unicorn
  • aboveboard
  • basketball
  • commodore
  • cosmonaut
  • guarantor
  • matador
  • reinforce
  • tablecloth
  • tomahawk
  • applesauce
  • cannonball
  • troubadour
  • analog
  • analogue
  • uniform
  • dialogue
  • carnivore
  • dinosaur
  • epilogue
  • monologue
  • wherewithal

4+ syllables

  • triceratops

Near rhymes for because (119)

Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.

2 syllables

  • belongs
  • prolongs
  • applauds
  • across
  • withdraw
  • emboss
  • foresaw
  • guffaw
  • lacrosse
  • redraw
  • ignores
  • installs
  • restores
  • appalls
  • explores
  • abhors
  • adores
  • baseballs
  • befalls
  • deplores
  • forestalls
  • implores
  • outdoors

1 syllable

  • logs
  • songs
  • wrongs
  • blogs
  • dawns
  • fogs
  • frauds
  • gongs
  • lauds
  • lawns
  • longs
  • pawns
  • prawns
  • prongs
  • throngs
  • yawns
  • cross
  • draw
  • law
  • loss
  • saw
  • flaw
  • sauce
  • straw
  • toss
  • caw
  • claw
  • dos
  • dross
  • gloss
  • gnaw
  • jaw
  • moss
  • paw
  • thaw
  • talks
  • thoughts
  • walks
  • balks
  • broths
  • chalks
  • cloths
  • coughs
  • froths
  • hawks
  • moths
  • offs
  • scoffs
  • squawks
  • stalks
  • troughs
  • calls
  • doors
  • falls
  • off
  • scores
  • stores
  • walls
  • balls
  • bores
  • cloth
  • crawls
  • floors
  • halls
  • pours
  • wars
  • bawls
  • brawls
  • broth
  • chores
  • cores
  • drawers
  • drawls
  • fours
  • froth
  • galls
  • gores
  • hauls
  • malls
  • moth
  • oars
  • ores
  • pores
  • roars
  • shawls
  • shores
  • smalls
  • snores
  • soars
  • sores
  • spores
  • sprawls
  • squalls
  • stalls

3 syllables

  • guarantors
  • underscores

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Questions about rhymes for because

What rhymes with because?

Common perfect rhymes for because include applause, withdraws, guffaws, outdoes, cause, does, draws and has. This page lists 267 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.

What is a near rhyme for because?

Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of because but change a consonant. Good ones include belongs, prolongs, applauds, across, withdraw and emboss.

How many syllables are in because?

Because has 2 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.