# I'd Like a List of Antonyms That Rhyme **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 7, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377 "2013-06-07T13:10:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/21 "2013-06-08T07:46:38Z")
hire and fire none and ton cower and tower fab and drab I suppose raise and raze rhyme? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/22 "2013-06-08T12:03:59Z")
never & ever ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/23 "2013-06-08T14:55:27Z")
fat & flat ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/24 "2013-06-08T14:58:05Z")
Begun and done? Happy and crappy? (in terms of feeling, anyway - “I feel happy” versus “I feel crappy.”) ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/25 "2013-06-08T20:07:21Z")
or and nor either and neither starboard and larboard ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/26 "2013-06-08T20:15:05Z")
Blatant and latent. Covert and overt. (Although these two might derive from the same root.) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/27 "2013-06-08T20:54:06Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > I suppose raise and raze rhyme? Well, that’s the pair I was going to use… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/28 "2013-06-08T23:13:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Tripolar** : > > Antonym and synonym. > [@](#): > > Quoth **notfrommensa** : > > Male and Female? Neither of these pairs is a rhyme. For a proper rhyme, the words need to match from the last accented vowel all the way to the end of the word. So, for instance, “antonym” is accented on the “ant”, so the rhyme would be something like “santonym”. And “female” rhymes with “e-mail”, but not “male”. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/29 "2013-06-08T23:44:51Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Neither of these pairs is a rhyme. For a proper rhyme, the words need to match from the last accented vowel all the way to the end of the word. So, for instance, “antonym” is accented on the “ant”, so the rhyme would be something like “santonym”. And “female” rhymes with “e-mail”, but not “male”. There are many types of rhymes. None of them are ‘proper’. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/30 "2013-06-10T05:02:06Z")
adore/abhore ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/31 "2013-06-10T12:53:01Z")
> [@nachtmusick](#): > > Shame and fame. Those aren’t antonyms if you’re Paris Hilton. Some others, perhaps more tenuous than many already posted: big/twig, gain/drain, fight/flight. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/32 "2013-06-10T12:59:52Z")
Here’s a pair that not only rhyme, but sound exactly the same: **Raise** and \*\*Raze \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/33 "2013-06-10T13:17:31Z")
eviscerate and commiserate (yeah, I’m reaching) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/34 "2013-06-10T13:32:58Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > There are many types of rhymes. None of them are ‘proper’. But many of them are called “perfect.” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/35 "2013-06-10T13:53:29Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > There are many types of rhymes. None of them are ‘proper’. Pish-tush! Copper is a “proper” rhyme. ---
**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/36 "2013-06-13T06:58:37Z")
Brag/nag? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/37 "2013-06-28T18:35:21Z")
scrawny and brawny ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/38 "2013-06-28T20:17:42Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Glad and sad. Glad and mad ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/39 "2013-06-28T20:39:41Z")
Bad and rad? ---
**Author:** ![Boudreaux1996](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/67e7ee/32.png) [@Boudreaux1996](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boudreaux1996)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-a-list-of-antonyms-that-rhyme/660377/40 "2021-04-24T23:14:56Z")
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