Hardware rhymes with:
anywhere, bakeware, bundeswehr, compuware, cookware, delaware, delftware, dinnerware, earthenware, elsewhere, everywhere, eyewear, farberware, flatware, footware, footwear, giftware, glassware, groupware, houseware, kitchenware, knitwear, knowledgeware, munsingwear, neckwear, netware, noteware, nowhere, outerwear, shareware, silverware, sleepwear, software, somewhere, sportswear, stoneware, swimwear, tableware, tupperware, underwear, vaporware, wickware
Hardware sounds like:
harder, hardier, harter, hartter, heartier, herder, hereditary, herter, horter, howerter, huerter