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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.