Words that rhyme with love

How to rhyme with “love”

Say it aloud: LUV. “Glove,” “shove,” and “above” share the stressed /ʌv/ ending. “Dove” rhymes when pronounced like the bird, but not when pronounced like the past tense of “dive.”

Songwriting idea

Instead of ending every line with “love,” try placing it inside a line and ending on “above” or “glove.”

Quick question

Do rhymes have to be spelled alike? No. Rhymes are based on sounds, especially the stressed vowel and what follows it. Pronunciation can vary by accent.

Words that rhyme with love: a quick comparison

For the common pronunciation /lʌv/, the rhyme starts with the stressed vowel /ʌ/ and ends with /v/. Spelling alone can be misleading.

Close sounds that are not exact matches

Enough and rough end with /f/, not /v/. They can work as near rhymes, especially in a sung line, but the final consonant changes. Move has a different vowel, so it is not an exact rhyme either.

Two original lyric examples

I left the porch light glowing up above And folded all my letters into love

It's never quite enough to call it love When every honest answer gets a shove

Read both couplets aloud. The first uses a closer ending match; the second experiments with enough and love as a near rhyme.

Try another ending

Instead of repeating “love,” write one line ending in above, then rewrite it using glove. Keep the meaning natural. Compare more suggestions in the rhyme finder.

Multiword rhymes for “love”

You don't have to end a line with a single word. A short phrase can carry the same /ʌv/ ending and make the lyric feel more natural.

• rise above — “I found a reason to rise above”
• fits like a glove — “That old jacket fits like a glove”
• push and shove — “We learned to live without the push and shove”
• thinking of — an imperfect match: “of” is often pronounced /əv/ or /ə/, so the sound depends on delivery

Perfect versus near rhymes

Above and glove match the stressed ending of “love.” Enough and tough keep the /ʌ/ vowel but change the final consonant to /f/. Move keeps /v/ but changes the vowel to /uː/. Treat these as slant-rhyme options, not exact matches.

Two original lyric examples

When the world got loud, I tried to rise above
I learned that staying isn't always love

I said I'd had enough of every push and shove
Then found a quieter way to speak of love

The first couplet uses an exact ending rhyme. The second combines a near rhyme (“enough”) inside the line with a closer end rhyme (“shove” / “love”).

Want longer sound matches? Read our multisyllabic rhyme guide or try the multisyllabic rhyme finder.