Hugely comprehensive and completely up to date, the Oxford Rhyming Dictionary is the ultimate rhymer's companion. An ideal reference tool for songwriters, poets, copywriters, and lyricists, and useful for students and teachers in the classroom, it offers over 85,000 words and is more than twice the size of most of it's competitors, giving you the best possible chance of finding even the most elusive rhyme. This dictionary is simple and straightforward to use: you locate the word you need in the index, and are referred to the place in the main text where you will find the words that rhyme with it. Browse a little further and you will also find, near by, close rhymes and half rhymes for the word in question. Words are organized according to their sound rather than alphabetically, which means you can find a rhyme to match a word as it is spoken, rather than how it is spelt. Whether you're in search of a gluey Drambuie, pastrami with tsunami, or a Salt Lake City subcommittee, this dictionary will help to increase your vocabulary and will take your rhyming skills to a whole new level.
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"An index on a rarely treated topic and of this scope---making up more than half of the book and listing close to 95,000 words---is hard to come by."--Library Journal
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52 of 53 people found the following review helpful
By Edward Barry
Format:Hardcover
This book is a wonder and seems to be the most comprehensive of its type on the market.
It's enduring attraction is that it promotes so many different contexts for rhyme - not just academic poetry but in jokes, song lyrics, photo-captions, speeches etc - that you may not be initially aware of. Unexpectedly for me it's a great "dip in" book.
As with all reference books this needs to be (and is) a sturdy hardback. How many others are?
Ultimately it's main worth for me is it's organisation. It's arranged by a large index at the back which is a list of alphabetical subjects, their exact rhymes are numerically systematised in the front section into groups of exact rhymes. Usefully this includes proper nouns (eg Robert di Niro = hero)and even more practically, each category is organised ALONGSIDE groups of near-rhymes giving you greater access to the comedic side of rhyming.
And that's just it - with such a large wordbank this is an unpredictably funny source of reference. One which is bound to increase in usuage once the lay-out is mastered.
You too can rhyme Somerset with Exocet!
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By G. Hogg
Format:Hardcover
This is the one to get. Don't bother with cheaper ones. It's a reference book that doesn't mind being well thumbed. If only the other publishers realised that reference books have to be a sturdy piece of kit. This will be a constant companion for many years. Penguin lasted a year. Chambers lasted a few weeks.
34 of 38 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have always liked rhyming,
So I gave this book a try.
And from the start it was obvious
This book was a good buy.
The only downside has to be
I now constantly talk in rhyme.
My wife and kids moved away
Because I do it all the time
Although I really like these rhymes
And I find them quite enjoying.
I don't have any friends anymore
Because they found it annoying.
I have read this from front to back
And I struggle to let it go.
It's because of my arthritis
In my hands and left elbow.
The Oxford Rhyming Dictionary
Has truly changed my life.
I'm now sad and all alone
And my neighbour's doing my wife.
So I gave this book a try.
And from the start it was obvious
This book was a good buy.
The only downside has to be
I now constantly talk in rhyme.
My wife and kids moved away
Because I do it all the time
Although I really like these rhymes
And I find them quite enjoying.
I don't have any friends anymore
Because they found it annoying.
I have read this from front to back
And I struggle to let it go.
It's because of my arthritis
In my hands and left elbow.
The Oxford Rhyming Dictionary
Has truly changed my life.
I'm now sad and all alone
And my neighbour's doing my wife.
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The bee's knees
Everything a budding poet or lyricist could wish for when inspiration is required - a must addition to your library.
Published 1 month ago by Tinuviel
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The Best
I bought the new oxford dictionary 2012 first but i wasted £15 as it only had 45,000 words and i found it so annoying as more often than not the word i wanted wasnt in it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Ashleigh-Kate
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Stuck for a word?
As an occasional writer of poetry and much doggerel this is a really excellent reference for those elusive rhyming words.
Published on 6 Feb 2011 by M. F. Johnson
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rhymes galore, system poor!
A vast range of rhymes, including many proper names and trademarks, although a lot of these will have questionable relevance even a year after publication... Read more
Published on 5 Oct 2010 by Christopherdcowell
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Definitely worth it
As a songwriter, I have used cheaper rhyming dictionaries and found them limited and difficult to navigate. As soon as I bought this one, I could tell I'd made the right purchase. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2010 by H. Morrell
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A Rhyme Too Many?
While the book is very comprehensive its very comprehensiveness
counts against convenient use. If you're an amateur poet, you'd
do better with the Penguin or the... Read more
counts against convenient use. If you're an amateur poet, you'd
do better with the Penguin or the... Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2005 by Andrew D. Crowe
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