What Rhymes with “Orange”?
People has always wondered what rhymes with the word “orange”? Some witty poets and composers who managed to answer that.
Though there really is no actual dictionary word that rhymes with orange, there are other ways that Orange can be rhymes.
Compound Words
This ways to rhyme probably makes the most sense. Compound words are two words combine together, like door hinge, that is used to rhyme as one word.
Orange Rhyme by Michael Gregorovich
There once was this girl Angeline,
Who knew how all things should have been.
When they said “Get the door, Ang”,She said “It is orange but should have been painted pine green”
Proper Nouns
There are some proper nouns that comes close to rhyming with orange, like this US Naval Commander named Henry Honychurch Gorringe, or Blorenge, a hill in Wales
Local Note by Arthur Guiterman
In Sparkill buried lies that man of mark,
Who brought the Obelisk to Central Park,
Redoubtable Commander H.H. Gorringe,
Whose name supplies the long-sought rhyme for “orange.”
Enjambments
Enjambments are one or two syllables of a word sometimes added to another word to rhyme, which is very confusing at times to read, and even harder to read out loud fluently.
The Unrhymable Word: Orange by Willard Espy
The four eng-
ineers
Wore orange
brassieres.
But even with these, there isn’t a single word that can satisfy the rhyme for orange, and that should be telling you something: The person who invented the word needs to get his eyes checked
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August 18th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
nice write.
August 21st, 2009 at 3:28 am
I love etymology and this article is a clear example of that. It is amazing how even though nothing really rhymes with ‘orange’ there still can be so many ways! Interesting to read and an even more engaging article because it got me thinking of any other words that don’t rhyme!
September 20th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Door hinge.
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:02 pm
syringe rhymes with orange
December 10th, 2009 at 10:45 am
What is the source of the Michael Gregorovich poem? I can’t find where or when it was published.
January 25th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
YOUR GAY
April 5th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
“The Orange’s Origins”
A short poem by – Dorian Perkins – (3-8-2010)
A gorgeous…mormon…born…in Florence…
named Lauren Jordin…sorted…the oranges…
as it was stormin’…on mornin…
after pourin’…her soul…into the old organ.
Then she gave them…to Doris…
to give…to the orphans…
to eat…with their porridge…
in the warmth…of the golden…forest…of origins
*See if you can find the words that rhyme with “orange”:)
April 5th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
OOPS!…IN THE ABOVE POEM…IT’S SUPPOSED TO SAY – “ONE” MORNIN’ (NOT “ON” MORNIN)!
PLEASE EXCUSE THE TYPING ERROR.
- DORIAN PERKINS (4-5-2010)
May 7th, 2010 at 11:11 am
Hi, I wrote “Orange Rhyme” in the ’80s. It is one of my thousands of unpublished poems.
Still can’t think of a rhyme for “silver”.
Michael
November 29th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
NOTHING RHYMES WITH ORANGE… or purple