RhymeZone
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Type of site | Online dictionary |
|---|---|
| Available in | English, Spanish |
| Owner | Datamuse |
| URL | rhymezone |
| Launched | 1996 |
RhymeZone is a website and app, owned and operated by Datamuse, created as an online dictionary in 1996 to allow users to search for rhymes, synonyms and definitions.
History
RhymeZone has two websites, one for the Spanish language and one for the English language. The Spanish website is named rimar.io[1] (or Rhyme.io when translated to English), while the English website is named rhymezone.com. Rhymezone also has an app for iOS,[2] Android,[3] and Amazon Alexa. In Google Docs, Rhymezone has its own add-on called OneLook Thesaurus.
Notable users
During a 2011 Reddit AMA, American musical comedian Bo Burnham mentioned RhymeZone when asked if he uses any websites to help him write lyrics.[4] Comedian Stephen Colbert wrote the following lyrics: "If you’re going to run in Texas, you can’t be a liberal man / Maybe that kind of thing would fly up way up in Spokane / Sometimes I’ll eat a pecan, with my friend Tarzan / Do you see how easy it was, not to rhyme man with man? / Finding good rhymes can be tough, on that we are agreed / I recommend rhymezone.com, they’ve got the rhymes you need / And sometimes lines don’t have to rhyme, they can end in different sounds / Just don’t rhyme a word with the same word, also Ted Cruz sucks."[5]
References
- ^ rimar.io
- ^ "RhymeZone". Apple App Store. Archived from the original on 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ^ "RhymeZone Rhyming Dictionary - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ^ "R/IAmA - I am a 20 year-old comedian and redditor. My name is Bo Burnham. AMA".
- ^ Mekelburg, Madlin (March 8, 2018). "Stephen Colbert and the internet react to nickname feud between Beto O'Rourke and Ted Cruz". El Paso Times. Retrieved June 3, 2023.