A perfect rhyme for “gone” ends in /ɔn/, the sound from its stressed vowel to the end of the word. Near rhymes differ by a single sound, which is enough to end a line beside “gone” without matching it exactly. Most of the near rhymes end in one of two sounds, /oʊn/ or /ɑn/.
Spoken aloud, “gone” is /ɡɔn/, respelled GAWN, one syllable. With a single syllable there is nothing in front of the stress, so a rhyme has to match the word in full.
“Gone” has 20 perfect rhymes and 67 near rhymes in common use; on, dawn and drawn are the most common.
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What Rhymes With Gone
On, dawn, drawn and lawn rhyme with “gone”, each one ending in /ɔn/ from the stressed vowel on. A word that changes one sound of that ending, such as own or don, reads as a near rhyme instead.
- On
- Dawn
- Drawn
- Lawn
- Swan
- Pawn
- Withdrawn
- Coupon
- Twenty-one
- Spawn
- Yawn
- Fawn
Perfect Rhymes With Gone
One-Syllable Rhymes With Gone
- On
- Dawn
- Drawn
- Lawn
- Swan
- Pawn
- Spawn
- Yawn
- Fawn
- Prawn
- Brawn
Two-Syllable Rhymes With Gone
- Withdrawn
- Coupon
- Hands-on
- Anon
- Bygone
Three-Syllable Rhymes With Gone
- Twenty-one
- Undergone
- Mastodon
- Overdrawn
Near Rhymes With Gone
Among the 67 near rhymes for “gone”, the most common ending is /oʊn/, as in own and alone. A second ending, /ɑn/, is heard in words such as don and john. Measured against the full /ɔn/ ending of “gone”, most of its near rhymes change, add or leave out one sound.
Near Rhymes For Gone Like Own And Alone
Common English has 16 words ending in /oʊn/, each said with /oʊ/ in place of the /ɔ/ of “gone”.
- Own
- Alone
- Phone
- Known
- Stone
- Telephone
- Grown
- Bone
- Zone
- Thrown
- Loan
- Tone
- Unknown
- Shown
- Blown
- Throne
Words Like Don And John That Almost Rhyme With Gone
With /ɑ/ in place of the /ɔ/ of “gone”, the ending becomes /ɑn/, as in don, john and upon.
- Don
- John
- Upon
- Moron
- Con
- Khan
- Hon
- Hogan
- Non
- Salon
- Phenomenon
- Pentagon
- Yuan
- Amazon
- Marathon
- Wan
Gone Rhymes With An -ong Ending: Long And Wrong
Long, wrong and along share the ending /ɔŋ/, which is /ŋ/ in place of the final /n/ of “gone”.
Gone Rhymes Closing In -aunt: Haunt And Taunt
In haunt, taunt and flaunt the ending is /ɔnt/, which is the ending of “gone” followed by /t/.
- Haunt
- Taunt
- Flaunt
- Gaunt
- Conte
- Jaunt
Dawned And Pawned: Gone With A Final Consonant
Dawned, pawned and spawned are near rhymes on /ɔnd/, which is the ending of “gone” followed by /d/.
- Dawned
- Pawned
- Spawned
Launch And Staunch As Near Rhymes For Gone
Next come launch and staunch, whose ending /ɔntʃ/ is the ending of “gone” followed by /tʃ/.
- Launch
- Staunch
Sauna /ɔnə/, pom /ɔm/, won /ʌn/ and aunt /ænt/ also rhyme loosely with “gone”, though no other common word shares their endings.
Does Don Rhyme With Gone
People often ask whether these words rhyme with “gone”. Only the sounds from the stressed vowel on count, so two words can share four letters and still not rhyme.
| Word | Rhymes With Gone | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| On | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Dawn | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Drawn | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Don | Near rhyme | /ɑ/ in place of the /ɔ/ of "gone", near enough for the end of a line |
| Won | Near rhyme | /ʌ/ in place of the /ɔ/ of "gone", near enough for the end of a line |
| In | Consonance only | Same stressed vowel, and the final consonant is of the same kind rather than the same sound |
| Recon | No | Only the unstressed last syllable matches, and the stressed syllable is different |
| One | No | Same letters at the end, but said /ʌn/ |
| Done | No | Same letters at the end, but said /ʌn/ |
Nouns And Verbs That Rhyme With Gone
Most perfect rhymes for “gone” are 13 nouns, followed by four verbs. Dawn is both a noun and a verb, so it is listed once, under the part of speech it takes more often. In a line that ends on “gone”, swapping in drawn, withdrawn and undergone leaves the grammar intact, since all of them are verbs.
| Word Class | Rhymes |
|---|---|
| Nouns | Dawn, lawn, swan, pawn, coupon, twenty-one, spawn, yawn, fawn, prawn, brawn, bygone |
| Verbs | Drawn, withdrawn, undergone, overdrawn |
Less Common Rhymes For Gone
These less common words rhyme with “gone” on every sound from the stressed vowel on, among them foregone, hadron and daikon. They are standard English but rare in everyday writing, so readers meet them mostly in verse.
- Foregone
- Hadron
- Daikon
- Thereon
- Chanson
- Woebegone
- Predawn
- Piton
- Exon
Five-Letter Words That Rhyme With Gone
Drawn, spawn, prawn and brawn rhyme with “gone” in exactly five letters. Letter count has no bearing on the rhyme, which follows the sound alone, so a four-letter word and a nine-letter word can share the same ending.
- Drawn
- Spawn
- Prawn
- Brawn
The Ending Sound In Gone
The rhyme sound of “gone” is /ɔn/, which consists of the stressed vowel /ɔ/ followed by /n/. Common English has 20 other words with this ending, including dawn, drawn and lawn. Spelling varies across these words, from -awn in dawn to -on in on.
| Spelling | Words | Example |
|---|---|---|
| -awn | 10 | Dawn |
| -on | 5 | On |
Words That Look Like Gone But Do Not Rhyme
In spelling, “gone” matches one, done, someone and everyone on the final -one, but the pronunciation differs in every one of them. One, done and none end in /ʌn/ and someone ends in /ʌmwən/, whereas “gone” ends in /ɔn/. The final /n/ of “gone” is also the last sound of all of them, so a pairing with any of them counts as a near rhyme, never a perfect one.
| Word | Ending Sound | Closing Sound Shared With Gone |
|---|---|---|
| One | /ʌn/ | /n/ |
| Done | /ʌn/ | /n/ |
| Someone | /ʌmwən/ | /n/ |
| Everyone | /ɛvriwən/ | /n/ |
| Alone | /oʊn/ | /n/ |
| Phone | /oʊn/ | /n/ |
| Anyone | /ɛniwən/ | /n/ |
| None | /ʌn/ | /n/ |
Rhyme Schemes With Gone
In the stanza forms poets use most, “gone” rhymes with dawn and drawn. Lines with the same letter end on the same rhyme sound.
| Scheme | Line endings | How The Lines Pair |
|---|---|---|
| AABB | Gone / dawn / drawn / lawn | Two couplets in a row, each pair rhyming on consecutive lines. |
| ABAB | Gone / own / dawn / alone | Alternating lines, with the near rhymes on the B lines and the perfect pair on the A lines. |
| ABCB | … / gone / … / dawn | Only the second and fourth lines rhyme, as in the ballad stanza and in most hymns. |
Using Gone Rhymes In Poems And Songs
Percy Bysshe Shelley matches “gone” with dawn in these lines from “Hymn of Apollo”:
Waken me when their Mother, the gray Dawn,
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), Hymn of Apollo
Tells them that dreams and that the moon is gone.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge rhymes “gone” with on in “Youth and Age”:
What strange disguise hast now put on
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), Youth and Age
To make believe that thou art gone?
Dawn and drawn are the most common rhymes for “gone” in a couplet. For a longer line or song verse, writers use withdrawn and coupon instead.
| Kind Of Line | Line-Ending Pairs | How They Match |
|---|---|---|
| Couplet with a one-syllable ending | Gone / dawn, gone / drawn, gone / lawn | Both words end in /ɔn/ and have the same number of syllables |
| Longer line or song verse | Gone / withdrawn, gone / coupon | The longer word ends in the same /ɔn/, with one more syllable before it |
| Near rhyme in a lyric | Gone / long, gone / wrong, gone / along | Same stressed vowel /ɔ/, one sound of the ending differs |
Names That Rhyme With Gone
Proper names rhyme by the same rule as common words, and Sean, Shawn and Anton all end on the sound of “gone”. The counts on this page include common words only, which is why the names are listed separately, most common first.
- Sean
- Shawn
- Anton
- Vaughn
- Shaun
- Braun
- Dion
- Vaughan
- Amon
- Vuitton
FAQs
The most common words that rhyme with “gone” in everyday English are dawn, drawn, lawn and swan. Pawn, withdrawn, coupon and yawn are the other everyday rhymes. These rhymes end in /ɔn/, the sound of “gone” from its stressed vowel to the end.
Everyday things that rhyme with “gone” include spawn, bomb, launch and gong. Of these, bomb, launch and gong are near rhymes, which change one sound of the ending rather than repeating it in full.
“Gone” has 87 rhymes in common English when perfect and near rhymes are counted together. Of that number, 20 are perfect rhymes and the other 67 are near rhymes.
Near rhymes for “gone” include long, wrong, along, song, strong and aunt. All of them share the /ɔ/ vowel of “gone” and end in different sounds after it. In a lyric, listeners hear them as a full match, because the shared vowel is what they notice at speaking speed.
“Gone” ends in the same letters as one, done and someone, yet none of them rhymes with it. None of them is said with the /ɔ/ of “gone”, and two words rhyme only when the stressed vowel is the same.
