Words That Rhyme With Not
145 rhymes for "not" (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
- "not" is easy to rhyme: bought, caught, got and hot 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 cost, dropped and knocked.
- Longer rhymes like cannot and forgot let you end a line on a stronger, more surprising word.
Perfect rhymes for not (25)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
Near rhymes for not (120)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
1 syllable
- cost
- dropped
- knocked
- locked
- shopped
- soft
- stopped
- want
- watched
- blocked
- chopped
- font
- opt
- popped
- shocked
- squashed
- swapped
- washed
- bossed
- botched
- clocked
- cocked
- copped
- cropped
- docked
- flocked
- flopped
- hopped
- lopped
- mocked
- mopped
- notched
- plopped
- propped
- rocked
- socked
- stocked
- topped
- waft
- scotched
- odd
- prompt
- raw
- god
- ha
- rod
- sod
- squad
- ah
- awe
- blotched
- boxed
- bra
- cod
- ma
- nod
- pa
- plod
- pod
- prod
- qua
- shod
- spa
- stomped
- trod
- wad
- blah
- quad
- caused
- bogged
- bombed
- bond
- fond
- angst
- art
- block
- clock
- drop
- heart
- job
- knock
- lock
- part
- pop
- shop
- start
- stock
- stop
- top
- blob
- bob
- bog
- chart
- chop
- clog
- crop
- fog
- frog
- hog
- mob
- smart
2 syllables
3 syllables
- commandant
- interlocked
- nonchalant
- correspond
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What rhymes with not?
Common perfect rhymes for not include bought, caught, got, hot, lot, plot, spot and dot. This page lists 145 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for not?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of not but change a consonant. Good ones include cost, dropped, knocked, locked, shopped and soft.
How many syllables are in not?
Not 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.