Words That Rhyme With Sound
101 rhymes for "sound" (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
- "sound" is easy to rhyme: bound, found, ground and pound 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 scrounged, browsed and cloud.
- Longer rhymes like around and compound let you end a line on a stronger, more surprising word.
Perfect rhymes for sound (29)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
- around
- compound
- profound
- surround
- unsound
- abound
- aground
- astound
- confound
- expound
- impound
- rebound
- renowned
- resound
- unwound
3 syllables
- ultrasound
Near rhymes for sound (72)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
1 syllable
2 syllables
3 syllables
- disallowed
- disavowed
- overcrowd
- mispronounced
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What rhymes with sound?
Common perfect rhymes for sound include bound, found, ground, pound, round, drowned, frowned and wound. This page lists 101 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for sound?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of sound but change a consonant. Good ones include scrounged, browsed, cloud, crowd, housed and loud.
How many syllables are in sound?
Sound 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.