im trying to write a poem but i have writers block and can't find a word to rhyme with thoughts. any ideas?
2006-10-25 13:54:27 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
thoughts
problems with previous suggestions:
1) for the vast majority, the vowel is slightly different (the "o" of "pots" is NOT the same as the vowel sound in "thoughts"... at least not in MOST English dialects). Rhyming may not need to be perfect, but matching the accented vowel is usually one of the more important parts. (On the other hand, this /o/ is closer than other vowels, and might work in certain contexts.)
2) The -naut words (astronaut, cosmonaut, juggernaut) MAY work, but there are many dialects in which they rhyme with "pots" instead, so be careful.
3) "caught", etc. don't allow for an added -s, and don't quite match if you leave it off. (Perhaps, depending on the context, you can get away with using a word that lacks the s.)
There are a number of possibilities if you can figure out how to make just "thought" work (e.g., expressions like 'many a thought' and 'every thought' can convey the idea of plurality without needing the plural FORM).
If you HAVE to have a perfect match, and cannot omit the final 's', I believe ONLY the following will work:
oughts (meaning 'things one ought to do')
aughts AND noughts (zeros/nothings)
dreadnoughts/dreadnaughts (battleships)
fraughts (cargoes [Scot.])
onslaughts
There is also a word "waughts" (large draughts of a liquid. [Scot.]) but I think the "gh" may be pronounced in that case (Scots English often KEPT ch/gh sounds.)
If you're still stuck, another possible way to go is with a near rhyme in which the VOWEL matches, but in place of the /t/ you use a sound or sound cluster that is fairly close but not identical. Possibilities:
using /th/ - broths, cloths, froths, moths [unfortunately, the "th" of some of these words may use the voice; without the voice works better.... one way to avoid this is the possessive, e.g., "cloth's", which should not use the voice in any case]
using /f/ - coughs, doffs, scoffs, troughs
using /k/ - balks, chalks, Fawkes, hawks, squawks, stalks, talks, walks
closely related to this, try words that have the /t/ but with an ADDITIONAL sound:
assaults, faults, halts, malts, salts, vaults, waltz
flaunts, haunts, taunts
OR a word that simply drops the /t/
(a)cross, boss, cross, dross, emboss, floss, gloss, loss, moss, sauce, toss
Finally, sometimes a REVERSAL of the /t/ + /s/ sounds will work:
bossed, cost, crossed, embossed, exhaust, flossed, frost, glossed, lost, tossed
2006-10-26 04:23:33 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Words That Rhyme With Thought
2016-09-30 11:18:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I only wonder what would happen,if the seeds that were planted. Flowered into rhymes? And turned to vines,that rhymed all the time! If that were to be. Then innocents well see! I like it very much! It made me read it twice,before I came up with this stupid answer! Perhaps,the third time would have been the charm!
2016-03-15 22:24:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
bought
brought
fraught
fought
not
knots
pots
lots
sots
spots
dots
plots
clots
blots
snot
snots
sought
wrought
taut
taught
caught
got
slot
slots
trot
trots
cot
cots
ersatz
fiat
garrote
shot
shots
jot
jots
squat
squats
swat
swats
rot
rots
yacht
yachts
It's a start anyway. Perhaps one of the words suggested so far will inspire you to continue your poem - even if in a way differently from what you'd originall imagined. Bon chance! I'm certainly no poet, but having had to write a sonnet for a class in poetry, I can sympathize with your writer's block!
2006-10-25 17:02:57 · answer #4 · answered by Aine 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some of the answers don't rhyme with 'thoughts' at all, do they?
Try these:
rorts
sorts
ports
courts
forts
naughts
quarts
quartz
warts
worts
reports
resorts
purports
austronauts
cavorts
aborts
exhorts
shorts
snorts
courts
deports
exports
imports
sports
supports
contorts
cohorts
forts
consorts
2006-10-25 20:21:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi! You can change your wording and your "thoughts", to thinking. There are many more words that rhyme with thinking. By the way, don't use the words, "silver, orange or purple" in your poem. They do not rhyme with anything.
Good Luck!
2006-10-25 14:06:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Writers Block.
2006-10-25 13:58:40 · answer #7 · answered by David 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could probably get away with things like
lots
pots
spots
cots
dots
hots
jots
knots
rots
sots
good luck!
2006-10-25 13:58:49 · answer #8 · answered by Kris 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pots, knots, tots (tater and child varities), shots, oughts, fraughts, spots, clots, trots, snots, slots, lots, boughts, cots, dots, faughts, gots, hots, jots, rots, sots...
2006-10-25 14:08:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
tots
bots
bought
cots
caught
dots
faught
got
mot
not
lot
2006-10-25 15:17:15 · answer #10 · answered by Sarah M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋