A perfect rhyme for “most” ends in /oʊst/, 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 “most” without matching it exactly. Most of the near rhymes end in one of two sounds, /oʊz/ or /us/.
Spoken aloud, “most” is /moʊst/, respelled MOHST, one syllable. With a single syllable there is nothing in front of the stress, so a rhyme has to match the word in full.
“Most” has 28 perfect rhymes and 100 near rhymes in common use; close, almost and ghost are the most common.
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What Rhymes With Most
Close, almost, ghost and post rhyme with “most”, each one ending in /oʊst/ from the stressed vowel on. A word that changes one sound of that ending, such as those or use, reads as a near rhyme instead.
- Close
- Almost
- Ghost
- Post
- Toast
- Coast
- Gross
- Host
- Roast
- Dose
- Diagnosed
- Overdose
Perfect Rhymes With Most
One-Syllable Rhymes With Most
- Close
- Ghost
- Post
- Toast
- Coast
- Gross
- Host
- Roast
- Dose
- Dos
- Boast
- Grossed
Two-Syllable Rhymes With Most
- Almost
- Utmost
- Foremost
- Outpost
- Glucose
- Lamppost
- Engrossed
- Fructose
Three-Syllable Rhymes With Most
- Diagnosed
- Overdose
- Adios
- Diagnose
- Comatose
- Overdosed
- Innermost
- Grandiose
Near Rhymes With Most
“Most” has 100 near rhymes in common English, and more of them end in /oʊz/ than in any other sound, like those and knows. After that comes /us/, the ending of use and excuse. In most near rhymes for “most”, one sound of the /oʊst/ ending is different and the rest is the same.
Near Rhymes For Most Like Those And Knows
Those, knows and goes share the ending /oʊz/, which is the vowel of “most” followed by /z/ instead.
Loose Rhymes For Most Like Use And Excuse
In use, excuse and introduce the ending is /us/, which is the vowel /u/ in place of the vowel of “most”, and no final /t/.
- Use
- Excuse
- Introduce
- Loose
- Juice
- Produce
- Abuse
- Goose
- Reduce
- Seduce
- Moose
- Truce
- Noose
- Reproduce
- Yous
- Deuce
Looser Most Rhymes: Across And Cross
Across, cross and cos are near rhymes on /ɔs/, which is the vowel /ɔ/ in place of the vowel of “most”, and no final /t/.
- Across
- Cross
- Cos
- Loss
- Sauce
- Toss
- Moss
- Joss
- Gloss
- La-crosse
- Lacrosse
- Applesauce
- Doss
- Mos
- Oss
Most Rhymes With A -ked Ending: Smoked And Soaked
Next come smoked, soaked and choked, whose ending /oʊkt/ is /k/ in place of the /s/ of “most”.
- Smoked
- Soaked
- Choked
- Provoked
- Poked
- Revoked
- Stoked
- Cloaked
- Joked
- Invoked
- Stroked
- Unprovoked
Words Like Introduced And Produced That Almost Rhyme With Most
Words such as introduced, produced and reduced end in /ust/, which is /u/ in place of the /oʊ/ of “most”.
- Introduced
- Produced
- Reduced
- Boost
- Seduced
- Induced
- Roost
- Deduced
- Reproduced
Most Rhymes With A Different Vowel: Lost And Crossed
Among the words ending in /ɔst/ are lost, crossed and frost, each said with /ɔ/ in place of the /oʊ/ of “most”.
- Lost
- Crossed
- Frost
- Tossed
- Exhaust
- Holocaust
- Defrost
Bolt /oʊlt/, hoped /oʊpt/, poster /oʊstɚ/ and moist /ɔɪst/ are looser near rhymes for “most”, each on an ending of its own.
Does Lost Rhyme With Most
People often ask whether these words rhyme with “most”. Only the sounds from the stressed vowel on count, so two words can share four letters and still not rhyme.
| Word | Rhymes With Most | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Close | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Almost | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Ghost | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Lost | Near rhyme | /ɔ/ in place of the /oʊ/ of "most", near enough for the end of a line |
| Hoped | Near rhyme | /p/ in place of the /s/ of "most", near enough for the end of a line |
| This | Consonance only | Same stressed vowel, and the final consonant is of the same kind rather than the same sound |
| Cosmos | No | Only the unstressed last syllable matches, and the stressed syllable is different |
| Cost | No | Same letters at the end, but said /ɔst/ |
Nouns, Verbs And Adjectives That Rhyme With Most
Most perfect rhymes for “most” are 17 nouns, followed by six verbs and four adjectives. Close is both an adjective and a noun, so it is listed once, under the part of speech it takes more often. Among the adjectives, foremost, comatose and innermost are in the same word class as “most”, which is a adjective.
| Word Class | Rhymes |
|---|---|
| Nouns | Close, ghost, post, toast, coast, gross, host, roast, dose, utmost, adios, dos |
| Verbs | Diagnosed, overdose, diagnose, overdosed, grossed, engrossed |
| Adjectives | Foremost, comatose, innermost, grandiose |
Animals, Body Parts And Foods That Rhyme With Most
Meaning has no effect on whether two words rhyme, so the rhymes for “most” name every kind of thing, including goose and moose among animals. Nothing among colors, flowers, cities and places rhymes with “most” at all.
| Kind Of Word | Rhymes |
|---|---|
| Animals | Goose, moose, colt |
| Body Parts | Nose, toes, oss |
| Foods | Toast, roast, juice, produce, sauce, applesauce |
Less Common Rhymes For Most
These less common words rhyme with “most” on every sound from the stressed vowel on, among them morose, signpost and cellulose. They are standard English but rare in everyday writing, so readers meet them mostly in verse.
- Morose
- Signpost
- Cellulose
- Southernmost
- Outermost
- Northernmost
- Altos
- Uppermost
- Goalpost
- Glasnost
- Riposte
- Cohost
- Adipose
- Grosz
- Bellicose
- Coste
- Seacoast
- Nitrocellulose
- Westernmost
- Engross
- Guidepost
- Otiose
- Arkose
- Bowse
Five-Letter Words That Rhyme With Most
Close, ghost, toast and coast rhyme with “most” 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.
- Close
- Ghost
- Toast
- Coast
- Gross
- Roast
- Adios
- Boast
The Ending Sound In Most
The rhyme sound of “most” is /oʊst/, which consists of the stressed vowel /oʊ/ followed by /s/ and /t/. Common English has 28 other words with this ending, including close, almost and ghost. Spelling varies across these words, from -ost in almost to -oast in toast.
| Spelling | Words | Example |
|---|---|---|
| -ost | 9 | Almost |
| -oast | 4 | Toast |
| -ed | 4 | Diagnosed |
Words That Look Like Most But Do Not Rhyme
“Most” and lost, cost, frost and boost share the spelling -ost, but the pronunciation of “Most” differs from each of them. Lost, cost and frost end in /ɔst/ and boost and roost end in /ust/, whereas “most” ends in /oʊst/. The final /st/ of “most” 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 Most |
|---|---|---|
| Lost | /ɔst/ | /st/ |
| Cost | /ɔst/ | /st/ |
| Frost | /ɔst/ | /st/ |
| Boost | /ust/ | /st/ |
| Dost | /ɑst/ | /st/ |
| Roost | /ust/ | /st/ |
| Compost | /ɑmpoʊst/ | /st/ |
| Provost | /oʊvoʊst/ | /st/ |
Rhyme Schemes With Most
With close and almost as its rhymes, “most” fits the common stanza forms. Lines with the same letter end on the same rhyme sound.
| Scheme | Line endings | How The Lines Pair |
|---|---|---|
| AABB | Most / close / almost / ghost | Two couplets in a row, each pair rhyming on consecutive lines. |
| ABAB | Most / those / close / knows | Alternating lines, with the near rhymes on the B lines and the perfect pair on the A lines. |
| ABCB | … / most / … / close | Only the second and fourth lines rhyme, as in the ballad stanza and in most hymns. |
Using Most Rhymes In Poems And Songs
In “Dandelion”, Annie Rankin Annan pairs “most” with ghost:
Rapt Shelley found the airy ghost
Annie Rankin Annan (1848-1925), Dandelion
Of that bright flower the spring loves most,
In a couplet ending on “most”, the nearest rhymes are close and ghost. In a longer line or song verse, almost and utmost fit the line ending instead.
| Kind Of Line | Line-Ending Pairs | How They Match |
|---|---|---|
| Couplet with a one-syllable ending | Most / close, most / ghost, most / post | Both words end in /oʊst/ and have the same number of syllables |
| Longer line or song verse | Most / almost, most / utmost, most / foremost | The longer word ends in the same /oʊst/, with one more syllable before it |
| Near rhyme in a lyric | Most / those, most / knows, most / goes | Same stressed vowel /oʊ/, one sound of the ending differs |
FAQs
The most common words that rhyme with “most” in everyday English are close, almost, ghost and post. Beyond those, gross, diagnosed, overdose, adios, dos and boast rhyme with it as well. They match “most” from the stressed vowel /oʊ/ onward.
Things you can name that rhyme with “most” include toast, coast, roast and dose. Each of them is the name of an object and matches the /oʊst/ ending of “most” exactly.
The total for “most” comes to 128 rhymes in everyday English, perfect and near rhymes combined. Of that total, 28 are perfect rhymes on /oʊst/ and 100 are near rhymes that differ by one sound.
Near rhymes for “most” include those, knows, goes, suppose, clothes and nose. Most of them have the stressed vowel /oʊ/ of “most”, with one sound after it different. Writers choose these looser matches when the meaning of the line comes first.
The two-syllable words that rhyme with “most” include utmost, foremost and outpost. The final syllable of each one has the /oʊst/ ending of “most”.
“Most” ends in the same letters as lost, cost and frost, yet none of them rhymes with it. Their stressed vowel differs from the /oʊ/ in “most”, so they count as eye rhymes rather than true rhymes.
