Words That Rhyme With Smile
file, mile, pile, style and trial rhyme with smile. Below are all 26 everyday perfect rhymes, plus near rhymes such as fire, require, wire and admire.
Perfect rhymes for smile26
1 syllable · 16
- file
- mile
- pile
- style
- trial
- while
- dial
- tile
- vile
- aisle
- bile
- guile
- isle
- rile
- wile
- stile
2 syllables · 8
- worthwhile
- compile
- hostile
- awhile
- beguile
- fertile
- revile
- refile
3 syllables · 2
- versatile
- chamomile
Near rhymes for smile
Same stressed vowel, slightly different ending.
1 syllable
- fire
- wire
- dire
- hire
- tyre
- ire
- lyre
- mire
- shire
- spire
- squire
- skier
- quire
2 syllables
- require
- admire
- expire
- inquire
- inspire
- retire
- aspire
- perspire
- afire
- rehire
Using rhymes for smile
Smile rhymes with while, mile, style, file and worthwhile, and while is the one that fits most easily into conversational lines. *Worthwhile* gives a satisfying three-syllable close. Near rhymes such as fire, wire and inspire swap the “l” for an “r”.
Example lines
Two original couplets: one with a perfect rhyme, one with a near rhyme.
I didn’t say I’m sorry, but I stayed with you a while,
and somewhere near the end of it, I saw you start to smile.
You never had to try too hard, you never set out to inspire;
you only had to walk into a room, and it would smile.
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