Words That Rhyme With Gay
202 rhymes for "gay" (1 syllable): 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
- "gay" is easy to rhyme: a, day, gray and lay 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 aid, ate and base.
- Longer rhymes like away and delay let you end a line on a stronger, more surprising word.
Perfect rhymes for gay (82)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
1 syllable
2 syllables
3 syllables
- everyday
- cabaret
- disarray
- disobey
- faraway
- gaudier
- baa
- underpay
4+ syllables
- communique
- cabriolet
Near rhymes for gay (120)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
1 syllable
- aid
- ate
- base
- case
- date
- eight
- face
- fate
- great
- hate
- late
- made
- paid
- phase
- phrase
- place
- played
- race
- raise
- rate
- space
- state
- stayed
- straight
- trace
- wait
- weight
- ace
- blade
- chase
- gate
- grace
- grade
- laid
- maize
- mate
- maze
- pace
- plate
- praise
- prayed
- raid
- shade
- trade
- wade
- aide
- bade
- bait
- bayed
- blaze
- brace
- braid
- braise
- crate
- craze
- dais
- daze
- fade
- faze
- gait
- gaze
- glade
- glaze
- grate
- graze
- haze
- jade
- lace
- lade
- mace
- maid
- pate
- raze
- skate
- slate
- spade
- spate
- staid
- suede
- trait
- vase
2 syllables
3 syllables
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What rhymes with gay?
Common perfect rhymes for gay include a, day, gray, lay, may, pay, play and re. This page lists 202 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for gay?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of gay but change a consonant. Good ones include aid, ate, base, case, date and eight.
How many syllables are in gay?
Gay has 1 syllable 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.