What rhymes with canvas?

Answer 1

How to go about finding good rhymes:

To get a "perfect rhyme" you would have to exactly match all the sounds from the accented vowel to the end of the word. That is, any perfect rhyme would have to end with "-anvas" (at least in sound, if not in spelling).
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In this case there is no such PERFECT rhyme (something that is much more often the case than people realize). But you can do rather well at finding a "NEAR rhyme" by matching the VOWEL sounds of these syllables ('full assonance'), ending with the same consonant sound ('final consonance') [or perhaps something close] and matching, or coming as close as possible to matching the remaining consonants. In ANY case, the ACCENT of the words must be the same (words ending with an accented "-***" will NOT work!)

For the 'near matching' pay attention to sounds that are likely to provide the closest matches:

* /m/ and /ng/ sounds are very close to the /n/ sound (all three are 'nasals'), /d/ and voice /th/ are also reasonably close
* the closest sounds to /v/ are /f/ /b/ an /p/ (all are labials --formed with the lips); /th/ is close (esp the voiced version as in 'there')
* for the final voiceless /s/ you might be able to use the related voiced /z/ sound or the /sh/ sound (these three s-sounds are called 'sibilants')

Adding an extra consonant sound, or deleting one, esp. from a cluster or consecutive sounds may also work. So for instance, you might omit the n or v, or add an r after the combination.

Finally, for the vowels -- perfect matching is desirable, but sometimes you can use something very close. Also be sure you pay attention to WHAT the vowel sounds really are, which is NOT the same as looking at the letters!

In this case
1) the a of "can" is the short a of 'cat' ,etc. -- but note that following it with an r changes it to a different sound; also, since this vowel has the accent, it is likely to be less forgiving of substitutes (such as a short e).
2) the "a" in "vas" is the unaccented, 'swallowed', sometimes almost non-existent vowel-sound called "schewa" or "schwa" [since that e itself is an instance of the sound]. Short unaccented vowel-sounds like short i and the sound of 'uh' may work but are not identical.

Now which of the possibilities will work may depend on the exact context in which you are using it -- some rhyme-schemes and types of poetry demand very close matching, others are more forgiving (a limerick for instance). In some poetic contexts you can even play a bit with the pronunciation to make it match better. AND occasionally a dialectal pronunciation may allow a word to work or work better which otherwise wouldn't.


So, here are some ideas:

iambus
campus, Grampus

Candice
canthus, xanthous
Kansas
ankus
angus
anxious
chancrous
polyandrous
pangus

enchantress (the final short e is not a perfect match, but close)

'command us', 'stamp us' and other two-word combinations may work, though notice that the final vowel is a short u, not a schewa. (Since the final word IS a separate word it takes more accent which prevents the vowel from being 'reduced' all the way to a schewa.)

IF the dialect you use 'drops' final r's, the following might work:
ambers, cambers
camphors

Sometimes the following words virtually drop the middle syllable, which might make them reasonable matches:
amorous, clamorous, glamorous (to indicate the shortened version one might write them as "am'rous", etc.)

Answer 2

SANCTUS (Sanc·tus (sngkts) A hymn of praise sung at the end of the Preface in many Eucharistic liturgies.
A hymn of praise that is the last item of the Preface of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass.
A musical setting for either of these hymns of praise.)

or

pandas?

Answer 3

Campers

Answer 4

being that canvas is two syllables, try rhyming the second.. good luck!

Answer 5

Kansas.

Answer 6

Pancrias

Answer 7

wanvas. it's not a word, but you didn't ask for a word.

Answer 8

band us

Answer 9

cannabis

Answer 10

nothing