A perfect rhyme for “out” ends in /aʊt/, 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 “out” without matching it exactly. Most of the near rhymes end in one of two sounds, /ɑt/ or /aʊd/.
Spoken aloud, “out” is /aʊt/, respelled OWT, one syllable. With a single syllable there is nothing in front of the stress, so a rhyme has to match the word in full.
“Out” has 59 perfect rhymes and 35 near rhymes in common use; about, without and doubt are the most common.
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What Rhymes With Out
About, without, doubt and route rhyme with “out”, each one ending in /aʊt/ from the stressed vowel on. A word that changes one sound of that ending, such as got or proud, reads as a near rhyme instead.
- About
- Without
- Doubt
- Route
- Shout
- Throughout
- Bout
- Scout
- Lookout
- Blackout
- Trout
- Workout
Perfect Rhymes With Out
One-Syllable Rhymes With Out
- Doubt
- Route
- Shout
- Bout
- Scout
- Trout
- Drought
- Sprout
- Stout
- Kraut
- Snout
- Tout
- Spout
- Gout
- Clout
- Pout
- Lout
- Rout
- Grout
Two-Syllable Rhymes With Out
- About
- Without
- Throughout
- Lookout
- Blackout
- Workout
- Hideout
- Knockout
- Layout
- Stakeout
- Time-out
- Fallout
- Turnout
- Takeout
- Devout
- All-out
- Checkout
- Blowout
- Breakout
- Dropout
- Hangout
- Reroute
- Payout
- Handout
- Dugout
- Tryout
- Printout
- Sellout
- Timeout
- Burnout
- Buyout
- Bailout
- Readout
- Cookout
- Cutout
- Sell-out
- Washout
Three-Syllable Rhymes With Out
- Roundabout
- Sauerkraut
- Runabout
Near Rhymes With Out
The near rhymes for “out” number 35, and most of them end in /ɑt/, as got and lot do. Proud and allowed end in /aʊd/, the second most common ending. Measured against the full /aʊt/ ending of “out”, most of its near rhymes change, add or leave out one sound.
Near Rhymes For Out Ending In -ot: Got And Lot
Got, lot and shot are near rhymes on /ɑt/, which is /ɑ/ in place of the /aʊ/ of “out”.
- Not
- Got
- Lot
- Shot
- Hot
- Caught
- Bought
- Forgot
- Spot
- Pot
- Gunshot
- Robot
- Plot
- Rot
- Dot
- Yacht
Proud And Allowed As Near Rhymes For Out
Next come proud, allowed and crowd, whose ending /aʊd/ is /d/ in place of the final /t/ of “out”.
- Proud
- Allowed
- Crowd
- Loud
- Cloud
- Aloud
- Vowed
- Shroud
- Bowed
- Endowed
- Plowed
- Stroud
- Sowed
Cannot /ænɑt/, outta /utə/, routes /uts/ and mascot /æskət/ are looser near rhymes for “out”, each on an ending of its own.
Does Got Rhyme With Out
People often ask whether these words rhyme with “out”. Only the sounds from the stressed vowel on count, so two words can share four letters and still not rhyme.
| Word | Rhymes With Out | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| About | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Without | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Doubt | Yes | Perfect rhyme, matching every sound from the stressed vowel on |
| Got | Near rhyme | /ɑ/ in place of the /aʊ/ of "out", near enough for the end of a line |
| Proud | Near rhyme | /d/ in place of the final /t/ of "out", near enough for the end of a line |
| It | Consonance only | Same stressed vowel, and the final consonant is of the same kind rather than the same sound |
| Shootout | No | Only the unstressed last syllable matches, and the stressed syllable is different |
Nouns And Adjectives That Rhyme With Out
“Out” has perfect rhymes in two word classes: 48 nouns and three adjectives. Doubt is both a noun and a verb, so it is listed once, under the part of speech it takes more often. Among the nouns, doubt, route and shout are in the same word class as “out”, which is a noun.
| Word Class | Rhymes |
|---|---|
| Nouns | Doubt, route, shout, bout, scout, lookout, blackout, trout, workout, hideout, knockout, layout |
| Adjectives | About, devout, all-out |
Foods And Vehicles That Rhyme With Out
Meaning has no effect on whether two words rhyme, so the rhymes for “out” name every kind of thing, including trout and takeout among foods. Nothing among animals, body parts, colors, flowers, cities and places rhymes with “out” at all.
| Kind Of Word | Rhymes |
|---|---|
| Foods | Trout, takeout, stout, sauerkraut, cookout |
| Vehicles | Runabout, yacht |
Less Common Rhymes For Out
These less common words rhyme with “out” on every sound from the stressed vowel on, among them walkout, standout and lockout. They are standard English but rare in everyday writing, so readers meet them mostly in verse.
- Walkout
- Standout
- Lockout
- Holdout
- Flout
- Turnabout
- Pullout
- Strikeout
- Shutout
- Redoubt
- Brownout
- Hereabout
- Logout
- Shakeout
- Phaseout
- Eelpout
Five-Letter Words That Rhyme With Out
About, doubt, route and shout rhyme with “out” 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.
- About
- Doubt
- Route
- Shout
- Scout
- Trout
- Stout
- Kraut
- Snout
- Spout
- Clout
- Grout
The Ending Sound In Out
A rhyme for “out” has to end in /aʊt/, the sound formed by the stressed vowel /aʊ/ followed by /t/. Common English has 59 other words with this ending, including about, without and doubt. Spelling varies across these words, from -out in about to -eout in hideout.
| Spelling | Words | Example |
|---|---|---|
| -out | 44 | About |
| -eout | 5 | Hideout |
| -ayout | 2 | Layout |
| -aut | 2 | Kraut |
Rhyme Schemes With Out
With about and without as its rhymes, “out” fits the common stanza forms. In the scheme, lines with the same letter rhyme with each other.
| Scheme | Line endings | How The Lines Pair |
|---|---|---|
| AABB | Out / about / without / doubt | Two couplets in a row, each pair rhyming on consecutive lines. |
| ABAB | Out / got / about / lot | Alternating lines, with the near rhymes on the B lines and the perfect pair on the A lines. |
| ABCB | … / out / … / about | Only the second and fourth lines rhyme, as in the ballad stanza and in most hymns. |
Using Out Rhymes In Poems And Songs
Alfred Tennyson rhymes “out” with trout in “The Brook’s Song”:
I wind about, and in and out,
Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), The Brook's Song
With here a blossom sailing,
And here and there a lusty trout,
In “To the Small Celandine”, William Wordsworth pairs “out” with rout:
Men that keep a mighty rout!
William Wordsworth (1770-1850), To the Small Celandine
I'm as great as them, I trow,
Since the day I found thee out.
In a couplet ending on “out”, the nearest rhymes are doubt and route. For a longer line or song verse, writers use about and without instead.
| Kind Of Line | Line-Ending Pairs | How They Match |
|---|---|---|
| Couplet with a one-syllable ending | Out / doubt, out / route, out / shout | Both words end in /aʊt/ and have the same number of syllables |
| Longer line or song verse | Out / about, out / without, out / throughout | The longer word ends in the same /aʊt/, with one more syllable before it |
| Near rhyme in a lyric | Out / proud, out / allowed, out / crowd | Same stressed vowel /aʊ/, one sound of the ending differs |
Compound Words That Rhyme With Out
A compound rhymes on its last word, so any compound ending in the same sound as “out” rhymes with it. Time-out, all-out and sell-out each end on that sound, with the stress on the same syllable as in the one-word rhymes.
- Time-out
- All-out
- Sell-out
FAQs
The words that rhyme with “out” include about, without, doubt and route, which are the ones heard most in speech and song. Beyond those, shout, bout, drought, turnout, devout and kraut rhyme with it as well. All of them end in /aʊt/, which is the part of “out” a rhyme has to match.
Everyday things that rhyme with “out” include trout, fallout, takeout, sprout, stout and snout. For a person rather than an object, scout, lookout and knockout rhyme with “out” in the same way.
“Out” has 94 rhymes in common English when perfect and near rhymes are counted together. The perfect rhymes number 59, each repeating /aʊt/ in full, while the other 35 are near rhymes.
Near rhymes for “out” include proud, allowed, crowd, loud, outta and cloud. The /aʊ/ vowel of “out” is in all of them, with part of the ending different. Writers choose these looser matches when the meaning of the line comes first.
The two-syllable rhymes for “out” are throughout, blackout, workout, hideout, layout, stakeout and time-out. Only the last syllable has to match “out”, and in each of these it is /aʊt/ exactly.
