Words That Rhyme With Up
102 rhymes for "up" (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
- "up" has only a few perfect rhymes (cup, pup, sup and closeup), so many writers mix in near rhymes to avoid the obvious pairs.
- For a softer, less predictable sound, try a near rhyme such as dump, jump and bump.
- Longer rhymes like closeup let you end a line on a stronger, more surprising word.
Perfect rhymes for up (4)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
1 syllable
- cup
- pup
- sup
2 syllables
- closeup
Near rhymes for up (98)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
1 syllable
- dump
- jump
- bump
- lump
- pump
- clump
- hump
- plump
- rump
- slump
- stump
- thump
- trump
- chump
- club
- pub
- rub
- cub
- dub
- grub
- hub
- scrub
- shrub
- snub
- stub
- sub
- tub
- upped
- bug
- but
- cut
- luck
- plug
- putt
- shut
- struck
- stuck
- truck
- what
- blood
- buck
- chuck
- drug
- duck
- dug
- flood
- gut
- hut
- muck
- mud
- mug
- nut
- pulp
- smug
- ugh
- bud
- butt
- chug
- cluck
- dud
- glut
- gulp
- hug
- jug
- jut
- lug
- mutt
- pluck
- puck
- rug
- rut
- shrug
- shuck
- slug
- snug
- spud
- strut
- stud
- suck
- thud
- thug
- tuck
- tug
- yuck
- crud
- schmuck
3 syllables
- interrupt
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Questions about rhymes for up
What rhymes with up?
Common perfect rhymes for up include cup, pup, sup and closeup. This page lists 102 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for up?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of up but change a consonant. Good ones include dump, jump, bump, lump, pump and clump.
How many syllables are in up?
Up 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.