rhymers
Poets pairing sounds
Rhymers are people who compose rhymes—poets, songwriters, or anyone who crafts verse with matching sounds.
The term often suggests informal or amateur versifiers rather than serious literary poets: The local rhymers gathered at the pub to share their latest creations.
In hip-hop culture, rhymers are rappers who demonstrate skill with wordplay and flow.
Writers of metrical lines
- poetsComposers of verse
- lyricistsComposers of song text
- wordsmithsSkilled manipulators of language
- sonneteerWriter of fourteen-line poems
bards · couplet · stanza · meter · cadence · assonance · verse · prosody
Hip-hop vocalists
- MCsShow hosts, briefly
- freestylersUnscripted performance athletes
- lyricistsComposers of song text
- flowUnbroken forward movement
bars · cyphers · beatboxers · spitters · verses · punchlines · wordplay · battle rap
Composers of song text
- songwritersCreators of musical compositions
- composersCreators of musical works
- chorusSingers performing together
- hookCurved catching device
melody · refrain · jingle · ditty · singalong · advertising · catchy · earworm
- lullabiesSoothing songs for children
- singalongCommunal vocal session
- Mother GooseImaginary nursery rhyme creator
- picture booksBooks told through images
Shel Silverstein · wordplay · singsong · repetition · memorization · phonics · early literacy · bedtime stories
versifiers
Writers of metrical lines
- poetsComposers of verse
- lyricistsComposers of song text
- wordsmithsSkilled manipulators of language
sonneteer · bards · couplet · stanza · meter · cadence · assonance · verse · prosody · limerick
rappers
Hip-hop vocalists
- MCsShow hosts, briefly
- freestylersUnscripted performance athletes
- lyricistsComposers of song text
flow · bars · cyphers · beatboxers · spitters · verses · punchlines · wordplay · battle rap · improvisation
lyricists
Composers of song text
- songwritersCreators of musical compositions
- composersCreators of musical works
- chorusSingers performing together
hook · melody · refrain · jingle · ditty · singalong · advertising · catchy · earworm · pop music
Dr. Seuss
- lullabiesSoothing songs for children
- singalongCommunal vocal session
- Mother GooseImaginary nursery rhyme creator
picture books · Shel Silverstein · wordplay · singsong · repetition · memorization · phonics · early literacy · bedtime stories · clapping games
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, poet, journalist
- spoken wordspoken word, spoken word poetry, slam poetry, slam poets, poetry slam
- word loverslogophile, logophiles, word nerd, word nerds, wordsmith
rhymersessayists
Writers of discursive prose
novelists · fiction writers · journalists · columnists · technical writers
- nursery rhymesTraditional poems for toddlers
- rhyme or reasonLogical basis or pattern
- perfect rhymeIdentical stressed syllable endings
- without rhyme or reason
- counting rhymesVerses for choosing someone
- rhyme schemeSound-matching arrangement in poetry
rhyme, rhymes, rhymed, rhymer, rhymester, rhymeless, unrhymed