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Words That Rhyme With Day

away, delay, display, gray and grey rhyme with day. Below are all 93 everyday perfect rhymes, plus near rhymes such as afraid, again, age and aid.

Perfect rhymes for day93

1 syllable · 38

  • gray
  • grey
  • lay
  • may
  • pay
  • play
  • say
  • stay
  • they
  • way
  • bay
  • gay
  • hay
  • hey
  • nay
  • pray
  • ray
  • spray
  • stray
  • tray
  • weigh
  • bray
  • clay
  • fray
  • jay
  • neigh
  • prey
  • quay
  • slay
  • sleigh
  • spay
  • sway
  • dray
  • fey
  • flay
  • lei
  • whey
  • yea

2 syllables · 42

  • away
  • delay
  • display
  • obey
  • survey
  • today
  • array
  • ballet
  • convey
  • decay
  • essay
  • portray
  • allay
  • astray
  • betray
  • bouquet
  • buffet
  • cache
  • chalet
  • crochet
  • croquet
  • dismay
  • filet
  • fillet
  • halfway
  • hooray
  • okay
  • prepay
  • puree
  • repay
  • replay
  • toupee
  • valet
  • dossier
  • parquet
  • purvey
  • sorbet
  • defray
  • moray
  • parfait
  • sachet
  • satay

3 syllables · 12

  • everyday
  • cabaret
  • disarray
  • disobey
  • faraway
  • gaudier
  • baa
  • underpay
  • anime
  • overplay
  • overstay
  • underplay

4 syllables · 1

  • communique

Near rhymes for day

Same stressed vowel, slightly different ending. The 60 most common of 525.

1 syllable

  • age
  • aid
  • aim
  • ate
  • base
  • blame
  • break
  • came
  • case
  • chain
  • claim
  • date
  • days
  • eight
  • face
  • fail
  • faith
  • fate
  • frame
  • gain
  • game
  • gave
  • grave
  • great
  • hate
  • lain
  • late
  • made
  • mail
  • main
  • make
  • name
  • page
  • paid
  • pain
  • pays
  • phase
  • phrase
  • place

2 syllables

  • afraid
  • again
  • awake
  • became
  • behave
  • campaign
  • complain
  • contain
  • create
  • debate
  • decade
  • detail
  • displayed
  • displays
  • domain
  • escape
  • explain
  • maintain
  • mistake
  • obtain
  • persuade

Using rhymes for day

Day is one of the richest rhymes in English. *Way*, stay, say, play and away all fit, along with longer words like display and survey. The danger is a verse where every line ends on the same sound. Near rhymes such as again, came and afraid keep the “ay” vowel while giving the ear a change.

Example lines

Two original couplets: one with a perfect rhyme, one with a near rhyme.

The coffee’s cold, the dishes wait, the light is turning grey,

and still I wouldn’t trade a single minute of this day.

Perfect rhyme: day / grey

I didn’t know the answer, and I didn’t feel afraid;

I only knew I’d try again the next day.

Near rhyme: day / afraid

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Frequently asked questions

What rhymes with day?
away, delay, display, gray and grey rhyme with day. Below are all 93 everyday perfect rhymes, plus near rhymes such as afraid, again, age and aid.
How many syllables are in day?
Day has 1 syllable. The rhymes on this page are grouped by syllable count so you can keep the rhythm of a line.
What is a near rhyme?
A near rhyme, or slant rhyme, keeps the stressed vowel of a word but changes the sounds after it slightly, like “heart” and “card”. It is common in songs and modern poetry because it sounds less predictable than a perfect rhyme.