What are perfect rhymes for care?

Perfect rhymes for care include: despair, glare, debonair, bare, declare, affair. These words share the exact same ending sound as care.

What are near rhymes (slant rhymes) for care?

Near rhymes for care include: obscure, austere, sneer, dour, jeer, lour. These words have similar but not identical sounds — widely used in modern songwriting and rap.

What rhymes with care for songwriting?

For songwriting, the best rhymes for care depend on your line's rhythm. RhymeIt groups results by syllable count so you can match your meter. Perfect rhymes like despair work well for traditional song structures, while near rhymes give you more creative flexibility.

Words That Rhyme With Care

Perfect, Near & Multi-Syllable Rhymes — grouped by syllable count

Rhyming with care helps when you're writing tender, direct, or conversational lines. Perfect rhymes like share and there keep the tone simple and natural.

Perfect Rhymes

1 syllable

3 syllables

debonair unaware solitaire thoroughfare love affair disrepair doctrinaire bring to bear questionnaire everywhere laissez faire underwear open air teddy bear tableware nom de guerre vaporware public square

4 syllables

up in the air out of thin air

5 syllables

castle in the air extraordinaire

7 syllables

psychological warfare

Near Rhymes

1 syllable

sneer dour jeer lour spire clear core peer char stir queer pure bar whore score gore scour sore lore slur fire spur steer cur cheer

2 syllables

obscure austere inquire implore assure procure severe demure infer allure concur secure endure abhor premier ensure defer incur transfer rapport adhere bizarre grandeur deplore demur explore require ignore

3 syllables

cavalier chevalier insincere raconteur immature persevere

4 syllables

esprit de corps

Using "Care" in Your Lyrics

Care is quietly powerful — it doesn't shout. Perfect rhymes like 'there' and 'share' keep it conversational, while near rhymes like 'afraid' or 'cascade' add the vulnerability care requires. The best care verses show rather than tell.

Example Rhyming Couplets With "Care"

"I wore my feeling like I didn't care / About the weight of everything left there"

"She turned the burden into something rare / And made her healing something worth the wear"

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The list above includes both perfect rhymes and near rhymes (slant rhymes) for care. Perfect rhymes share the exact same ending sound, while near rhymes have similar but not identical sounds — giving you more flexibility in modern songwriting, rap, and poetry. Results are grouped by syllable count to help you match your line’s rhythm.