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Words that rhyme with love

6 perfect rhymes and 26 near rhymes for love, with a pronunciation tip and four rap bars you can use in The Rhyme Game.

Quick answer

The best rhymes for love are above, dove, glove, shove. If you need a near rhyme, try enough, rough, tough.

Perfect rhymes with love

Perfect rhymes match the stressed vowel and everything after it. Select a word to open its page when we have one.

  • above
  • dove
  • glove
  • shove
  • of
  • thereof

Longer rhymes for love

Multi syllable options give you more room on beat four and make a line sound planned.

  • high above
  • push and shove
  • turtle dove
  • thereof

Near rhymes with love

Near rhymes share the vowel or the ending but not both. They are common in real rap and save you when a perfect rhyme does not arrive in time.

  • sun
  • one
  • done
  • run
  • fun
  • none
  • son
  • gun
  • young
  • tongue
  • enough
  • rough
  • tough
  • stuff
  • cup
  • up
  • blood
  • mud
  • flood
  • touch
  • much
  • such
  • trust
  • hug
  • drug
  • club

Pronunciation tip

Love uses the short u of "luv", not the long oo of move or prove. Look at spelling and you will pick the wrong partner. Listen instead.

Rap example

Four bars in an AABB scheme. Bars 1 and 2 share one rhyme, bars 3 and 4 share another. Each bar lands its last word on beat four.

  1. Everything I write comes back to love
  2. I look at the stars and I look above
  3. Beat keeps rolling and I am in the zone
  4. Counting every bar like I am built of stone

Using love in The Rhyme Game

Love has only a handful of exact rhymes, so treat it as a near rhyme word. In AABB pair it with enough, tough or one and the line still lands. Avoid AAAA on love unless you enjoy a challenge.

In the official app, a bar is four beats long and the rhyme word sits on beat four. Build your setup on beats one to three, then land love or one of its rhymes right on the fourth beat. For the full mechanics, read the how to play guide and the rules.

Need more rhymes for love?

The Rhyme Finder searches the Datamuse database live and lets you filter by syllable count.

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Rhymes with love: FAQ

What rhymes with love?

Perfect rhymes for love include above, dove, glove, shove, of, thereof. Near rhymes include enough, rough, tough, stuff, cup.

Does love have a perfect rhyme?

Love has only a small set of perfect rhymes, so rappers often rely on near rhymes. The Rhyme Finder can show more options.

How do I use love in a freestyle?

Love has only a handful of exact rhymes, so treat it as a near rhyme word. In AABB pair it with enough, tough or one and the line still lands. Avoid AAAA on love unless you enjoy a challenge.

Where can I find more rhymes for love?

Open the Rhyme Finder to search love live with Datamuse and filter by syllable count.

Lists are curated by The Rhyme Game Wiki and checked against common US pronunciation. Last updated November 7, 2026. Data for live searches comes from Datamuse.