Words That Rhyme With How
72 rhymes for "how" (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
- "how" is easy to rhyme: now, bow, cow and thou 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 doubt, house and out.
- Longer rhymes like allow and avow let you end a line on a stronger, more surprising word.
Perfect rhymes for how (20)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
- allow
- avow
- endow
- kowtow
- meow
3 syllables
- disallow
- disavow
Near rhymes for how (52)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
1 syllable
2 syllables
- about
- allowed
- throughout
- without
- aloud
- arouse
- avowed
- carouse
- devout
- endowed
- espouse
3 syllables
- disallowed
- disavowed
- overcrowd
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What rhymes with how?
Common perfect rhymes for how include now, bow, cow, thou, wow, bough, brow and chow. This page lists 72 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for how?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of how but change a consonant. Good ones include doubt, house, out, bout, browse and cloud.
How many syllables are in how?
How 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.