Words That Rhyme With Root

155 rhymes for "root" (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

  • "root" is easy to rhyme: boot, shoot, suit and cute 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 boost, grouped and cooped.
  • Longer rhymes like compute and minute let you end a line on a stronger, more surprising word.

Perfect rhymes for root (35)

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

1 syllable

  • boot
  • shoot
  • suit
  • cute
  • flute
  • fruit
  • brute
  • butte
  • chute
  • hoot
  • jute
  • loot
  • lute
  • moot
  • mute
  • newt
  • scoot
  • toot

2 syllables

  • compute
  • minute
  • acute
  • dispute
  • pursuit
  • recruit
  • refute
  • astute
  • commute
  • dilute
  • pollute
  • repute
  • reroute
  • salute
  • uproot
  • cahoot

3 syllables

  • disrepute

Near rhymes for root (120)

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

1 syllable

2 syllables

3 syllables

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What rhymes with root?

Common perfect rhymes for root include boot, shoot, suit, cute, flute, fruit, brute and butte. This page lists 155 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.

What is a near rhyme for root?

Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of root but change a consonant. Good ones include boost, grouped, cooped, drooped, duped and goofed.

How many syllables are in root?

Root 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.