Words that rhyme with melancholy
Top rhymes for melancholy
holly, molly, poly and jolly
13 common words rhyme with melancholy. The most common are holly, molly, poly and jolly.
Perfect rhymes for melancholy
4 syllables
- duopoly
Show 3 rare words
- loblolly
- colly
- bialy
Near rhymes for melancholy
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- sorry
- safari
- ari
- sari
- calamari
- party
- story
- body
- probably
- army
- coffee
- everybody
- somebody
- copy
- territory
- category
- charlie
- hockey
- glory
- johnny
- laboratory
- regulatory
- bobby
- additionally
- rocky
- inventory
- mandatory
- lobby
- colleague
- curry
- hobby
- mommy
- hardy
- respiratory
- hierarchy
- statutory
- inflammatory
- observatory
- storey
- quarry
How melancholy sounds
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɛlənˌkɑli/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 |
| Stress pattern | DUM-da-da-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ɑli |
Melancholy 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 melancholy?
- The most common rhymes for melancholy are holly, molly, poly, jolly, dolly and trolley.
- How many words rhyme with melancholy?
- We found 13 common perfect rhymes and 3 rarer words for melancholy, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in melancholy?
- Melancholy has four syllables, with the stress on the first.