Rhyming dictionary

Words that rhyme with “young”

“young” has 12 perfect rhymes in this list, from 1 to 2 syllables. The most common are tongue, hung, lung, sung, and strung. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as won, does, and done. The two example lines rhyme “young” with “sung” and “tongue”.

Perfect rhymes

Perfect rhymes repeat every sound from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.

1 syllable

  • tongue
  • hung
  • lung
  • sung
  • strung
  • sprung
  • stung
  • swung
  • flung
  • clung

2 syllables

  • among
  • unsung

Near rhymes (same vowel sound)

Near rhymes keep the vowel sound and change the consonants: softer, and there are many more of them.

  • won
  • does
  • done
  • enough
  • son
  • huh
  • once
  • such
  • run
  • um
  • stuff
  • shut
  • fun
  • comes
  • cut
  • blood
  • trust
  • front
  • gun
  • months
  • become
  • touch
  • luck
  • loved
  • none
  • ones
  • month
  • sun
  • club
  • lunch
  • tough
  • drunk
  • mum
  • judge
  • loves
  • truck
  • stuck
  • grunts
  • bus
  • jump

“young” in a lyric: two examples

My uncle hums the songs his band had sung
back when his hair was long and he was young.

I caught a snowflake on my tongue,
and for a second I was young.

Lines written for this page. Use them as a starting point, not as a finished verse.

How to choose the rhyme

  • Say the line out loud before you choose: the rhyme has to land on the beat where the melody stresses it.
  • Rhymes of 1 syllable (tongue, hung, and lung) close a line hard; those of 2 syllables (among and unsung) stretch it and soften it. Match them to what the line is saying.
  • If every perfect rhyme for “young” sounds forced, move “young” inside the line and end it on another word.