Culture and Reference

Words that rhyme with "love"

  • dove
  • above
  • glove
  • shove

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How this list was made

A short, curated set written for this page — not a scraped dictionary. Each entry has an original note, not a copied definition.

What actually makes a word rhyme with "love"?

The 4 words on this list share the same ending sound as "love" from the stressed syllable onward — that sound, not the spelling, is what makes a rhyme.

Linguistic note

English is notoriously short on perfect rhymes for "love": dove, above, glove and shove are close to the full list. Songwriters usually reach for a near-rhyme instead — "enough", "tough", "one" — which share the vowel sound but not the exact ending.