Words that rhyme with category
Top rhymes for category
story, territory, glory and laboratory
66 common words rhyme with category. The most common are story, territory, glory and laboratory.
Perfect rhymes for category
3 syllables
- pylori
4 syllables
5 syllables
- regulatory
- respiratory
- inflammatory
- observatory
- repository
- obligatory
- explanatory
- derogatory
- exploratory
- celebratory
- inhibitory
- depository
- compensatory
- circulatory
- defamatory
- ambulatory
- retaliatory
- conciliatory
- contributory
- reformatory
- revelatory
- accusatory
- declaratory
- confirmatory
- exculpatory
- oscillatory
6 syllables
- discriminatory
- participatory
- congratulatory
- investigatory
- anticipatory
- hallucinatory
Show 16 rare words
- expiratory
- articulatory
- multistory
- signori
- dilatory
- cacciatore
- nondiscriminatory
- prohibitory
- confiscatory
- interrogatory
- depilatory
- outlawry
- nugatory
- aleatory
- incantatory
- admonitory
Near rhymes for category
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- wally
- crawly
- sorry
- stories
- holy
- coffee
- slowly
- strongly
- categories
- forty
- territories
- holly
- molly
- naughty
- wholly
- broadly
- softly
- salty
- laboratories
- poly
- safari
- faulty
- jolly
- dolly
- ari
- goalie
- stormy
- wrongly
- trolley
- chlorine
- glossy
- melancholy
- folly
- doggy
- lowly
- shorty
- volley
- corny
- inventories
- palsy
How category sounds
| Pronunciation | /ˈkætəˌɡɔɹi/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (CAT-e-go-ry) |
| Stress pattern | DUM-da-da-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ɔɹi |
Category has four syllables, with the stress on the first. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with category?
- The most common rhymes for category are story, territory, glory, laboratory, regulatory and inventory.
- How many words rhyme with category?
- We found 66 common perfect rhymes and 16 rarer words for category, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in category?
- Category has four syllables, with the stress on the first.