Words That Rhyme With Fire
acquire, desire, entire, higher and prior rhyme with fire. Below are all 51 everyday perfect rhymes, plus near rhymes such as file, mile, pile and smile.
Perfect rhymes for fire51
1 syllable · 12
- wire
- dire
- hire
- tyre
- ire
- lyre
- mire
- shire
- spire
- squire
- skier
- quire
2 syllables · 28
- higher
- prior
- require
- admire
- buyer
- choir
- expire
- inquire
- inspire
- retire
- tire
- aspire
- drier
- dryer
- flier
- flyer
- friar
- liar
- perspire
- pyre
- sire
- afire
- briar
- brier
- crier
- dyer
- fryer
- rehire
3 syllables · 11
- acquire
- desire
- entire
- enquire
- supplier
- attire
- ceasefire
- conspire
- transpire
- misfire
- rewire
Near rhymes for fire
Same stressed vowel, slightly different ending.
1 syllable
- file
- mile
- pile
- smile
- style
- trial
- while
- dial
- tile
- vile
- aisle
- bile
- guile
- isle
- rile
- wile
- stile
2 syllables
- via
- worthwhile
- compile
- hostile
- awhile
- bayou
- beguile
- fertile
- revile
- refile
3 syllables
- versatile
- papaya
- chamomile
- messiah
- pariah
Using rhymes for fire
Fire is usually said as two syllables, “fi-er”, so its perfect rhymes are desire, higher, wire, entire and admire. That gives a song about fire strong verbs and big feelings to work with. Near rhymes such as smile, while and mile swap the “r” for an “l”, useful when the perfect rhymes feel too grand.
Example lines
Two original couplets: one with a perfect rhyme, one with a near rhyme.
We fed it every letter, and we watched the sparks go higher,
and all the things we never said went up into the fire.
We sat there on the step and didn’t speak for quite a while,
just watching as the last of it burned down inside the fire.
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