Words that rhyme with colony
Colony is a 3-syllable word with 129 perfect rhymes. The most popular rhymes are aborigine, accompany, acrimony. This word appears in songs across our database, making it a versatile choice for songwriters and poets.
Definition of colony
- a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government; "the American colony in Paris"
- a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
- one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
2 syllables
3 syllables
- agony
- anemone
- attorney
- balcony
- barony
- botany
- company
- cottony
- cushiony
- dittany
- euphony
- felony
- fourpenny
- gluttony
- hominy
- irony
- larceny
- lemony
- litany
- mutiny
- progeny
- satiny
- scrutiny
- sixpenny
- symphony
- synchrony
- timpani
- tyranny
- villainy
- guarani
- antigone
- melpomene
- yemeni
- atony
- neoteny
- romany
- buttony
- scammony
- tammany
- theogony
- germany
- persephone
- saxony
- tuscany
- destiny
- ebony
- harmony
- simony
- tiffany
- albany
- anthony
- antony
- brittany
- betony
- rhatany
- schimberni
- gethsemane
- jiminy
- rimini
- mahoney
- bethany
- tenpenny
4 syllables
- aborigine
- accompany
- acrimony
- alimony
- androgyny
- antiphony
- cacophony
- ceremony
- chalcedony
- colophony
- cosmogony
- disharmony
- epiphany
- hegemony
- homogeny
- homophony
- ignominy
- mahogany
- matrimony
- miscellany
- misogyny
- monogyny
- monotony
- ontogeny
- parsimony
- patrimony
- phylogeny
- polyphony
- sanctimony
- stereophony
- telephony
- testimony
- polygyny
- agrimony
- antimony
- palimony
- histogeny
- fivepenny
- polygeny
- postliminy
- christophany
- tautophony
5 syllables
Examples of "colony" in lyrics
See how colony is used at the end of a line in songs:
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"The things you should've worked out, in your first colony"
Aceyalone — Ms. AmeriKKKa -
"the things you should of worked out in your first colony"
Aceyalone — Ms. AmeriKKKa -
"When a noble's demoted hope it don't sucker-punch the colony"
Aesop Rock — The Mayor and the Crook
What do these rhymes mean?
- aborigine
- an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast
- accompany
- be present or associated with an event or entity; "French fries come with the hamburger
- acrimony
- a rough and bitter manner
- agony
- intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt
- alimony
- court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
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Rhyming tips for songwriters
When using "colony" in your lyrics, consider mixing perfect rhymes with near rhymes (slant rhymes) for a more natural flow. Perfect rhymes like aborigine, accompany, acrimony create a satisfying resolution, while slant rhymes add variety and keep listeners engaged.
Since "colony" has 3 syllables, try matching it with words of similar length for a balanced meter. Multi-syllable rhymes often sound more sophisticated than single-syllable pairs.