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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word abstention.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
4 syllable words
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2 syllable words

abstain

abstract

abstruse

action

acton

abstracts

affect

affects

affixed

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

aspen

asian

atman

auction

auden

austin

bullion

bagman

baldwin

bastion

banyan

baston

barton

bason

baton

bargain

baron

barren

basin

batten

batton

beckon

beefsteak

beaten

begun

belgian

bludgeon

bellman

bison

bisson

bitten

billion

billman

billon

blacken

bobbin

bacon

bellon

boatman

bayman

beacon

boston

boughten

bordman

bookman

bollen

bourbon

bolden

blowgun

bowman

bracken

brethren

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

brazen

brogan

broken

brakeman

bobcat

button

cabin

burton

bushman

caisson

cajun

burman

canton

cannon

calvin

canon

bobcats

canaan

canyon

capstan

caption

captain

capstone

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

christian

caxton

caution

burden

cayman

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

charon

children

chieftain

chasten

chicken

cheapen

chosen

christen

certain

churchman

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

common

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

cousin

craftsman

cowan

craven

cretin

crimson

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

cushion

dalton

dagan

dagon

daman

dampen

damson

darken

deacon

dungeon

deaden

deafen

deepen

defaced

defect

defects

delphian

depicts

depict

desman

demon

dustman

debased

diction

devon

dipstick

dian

diffused

divest

divests

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dragon

dovecotes

driven

dovecote

dromon

drunken

dudgeon

earthen

eaten

effect

eden

eavesdrop

dutchman

effects

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

evict

faction

falcon

fallen

faustian

fashion

fasten

fatten

faulcon

famine

felon

fiction

fibrin

fielden

fireman

burdon

flexion

fortune

fission

footman

fountain

flatten

flashgun

floren

foreman

foreign

fraction

frozen

function

freedman

friction

freshen

freshman

frighten

freeman

fusion

garden

gallon

gammon

garron

gascon

gentian

georgian

gibbon

gilden

given

german

gladden

grandson

glisten

gotten

goodman

gorgon

glidden

gluten

golden

gowan

guardsman

grecian

griffon

graven

gudgeon

gumption

haitian

hackman

hangman

happen

harden

harken

harten

headman

henchman

headsman

hausen

heathen

haven

hearten

hempen

heaven

heighten

hessian

heron

hetman

hidden

hipster

hasten

horseman

hipsters

homespun

hopscotch

hoten

hogan

houseman

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

ibsen

hyphen

hyson

firman

burgeon

ion

junction

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

lengthen

jason

kansan

kalan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kitchen

klansman

kremlin

kitten

lampron

lagan

kirkman

laden

landman

landsman

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

layman

leman

lemon

lessen

lesion

lesson

leven

lightman

linden

lineman

lighten

lichen

liken

liman

linemen

linen

lobster

lobsters

listen

lisbon

liven

lockman

locken

lion

logan

london

luncheon

lotion

loren

lyden

lopeman

lumen

lynden

m1

mahone

loosen

madden

maiden

mangan

mansion

longan

marchman

margin

martian

martin

marksman

marten

marron

markman

marlin

matron

mason

mayan

mention

melton

melon

mignon

milken

million

minden

mission

minion

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

mountain

muffin

mullen

mutton

muslin

nation

nekton

ninon

newsman

norman

motion

oarsman

notion

platen

obstruct

obstructs

ocean

offsets

offset

olden

odin

open

offshoots

option

organ

orphan

outdone

othman

outrun

oven

oxen

packman

paean

pagan

owen

panton

pardon

passion

parson

pathan

passman

patron

pectin

patten

pavon

pension

penman

penguin

perron

persian

peon

person

onion

offshoot

piston

plantain

plankton

pitman

platten

pillion

pinion

ponton

portion

pollan

omen

pollen

poison

portman

postman

potion

often

pressman

prison

pigeon

prussian

proven

pullen

question

quipster

quicken

ration

rayon

raven

reason

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

rincon

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riposte

ripostes

riven

robin

runnion

rotten

saffron

rosen

rosin

rumen

russian

samson

sanction

rowan

rowen

sadden

ruin

salesman

salmon

robust

roman

santon

scotsman

saxon

satin

scallion

satan

scion

scapegoats

scullion

seaman

scapegoat

season

section

sexton

selden

session

seven

seedsman

seton

sequin

semen

sermon

shaken

shorten

sharpen

shotgun

shipman

shearman

shaman

shogun

shrunken

showman

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

smarten

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

slogan

sovereign

spartan

sovran

spastic

spearman

space-time

solon

spectral

spectre

spectrum

spectrums

stepson

spokesman

sportsman

squadron

spigot

spoken

spigots

stallion

strengthen

statesman

station

stallman

stillion

stockman

stolen

straighten

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

steven

stiffen

subside

subsides

substance

substrate

suction

substrates

sudden

sultan

sullen

sunken

summon

surgeon

sweepstake

sweepstakes

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

tarpon

tartan

tendon

tension

talon

tappen

taken

teston

threaten

tighten

tillman

thicken

thousand

tipster

titan

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

token

toman

treason

trillion

triton

trodden

trojan

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

turban

typists

typist

undone

upsets

upset

union

upshot

upstarts

urchin

upstart

upstream

urban

urine

urson

upside

vegan

villain

version

vision

vulcan

wanton

wagon

waken

warden

warren

websters

webster

watchman

weapon

wheaten

weaken

whiten

whitson

wiccan

widen

woodman

woolman

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

workman

woven

written

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abandon

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abduction

abstinence

abstinent

abrasion

abortion

absorption

abstracted

abstraction

accession

abstractions

accretion

acumen

adsorption

addition

adhesion

adoption

affection

affecting

affected

admission

aegean

affections

adrian

affective

affliction

african

aggression

alaskan

asuncion

addiction

alsatian

albumin

aleutian

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

alderman

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

apostate

apostle

apostles

apportion

appian

arkansan

arian

artesian

aspersion

assassin

aryan

artisan

assertion

assumption

albion

attrition

attraction

audition

alien

australian

aversion

austrian

awaken

avian

badminton

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandwagon

battalion

baby-sit

benjamin

bedouin

bedridden

beholden

bedizen

beethoven

bitumen

biotin

cambrian

bulletin

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

campion

cartesian

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

caucasian

castration

causation

cation

catalan

carrion

cetacean

cessation

chairwoman

champion

chairperson

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

complexion

cistercian

citation

collision

civilian

clarion

citizen

clergyman

clarendon

collection

cognition

coercion

cohesion

collagen

compression

collegian

collusion

combustion

commission

concession

companion

commotion

compassion

completion

compunction

compulsion

congestion

communion

concussion

conclusion

concoction

condition

conduction

confection

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

connection

congressman

conjunction

connexion

conscription

constriction

construction

contagion

consumption

contortion

contraction

contraption

contrition

contusion

convection

conversion

conviction

convulsion

crestfallen

correction

corruption

countryman

corrosion

councilman

corsican

creation

cremation

crustacean

croatian

dalmatian

cyprian

damnation

deception

decision

deduction

exception

defection

defections

defective

deficit

deficits

deflation

deflection

deletion

depression

description

detection

detention

dentition

delusion

depiction

depletion

depictions

depicted

derision

deposits

deposit

desertion

destruction

determine

denizen

devastate

disruption

dictation

devotion

diffraction

dimension

digestion

digression

direction

dilation

dilution

discipline

discretion

discussion

dispersion

dissension

distinction

diffusion

dissection

distortion

distraction

disunion

diversion

divestment

divestments

division

dominion

downtrodden

donation

dorian

duration

excursion

edition

eavesdropping

effective

election

ejection

egyptian

effectors

effector

elation

eleven

emblazon

elison

embolden

emission

emotion

emulsion

encryption

enlighten

enliven

englishman

epistle

equation

erection

erosion

eruption

etruscan

episodes

eviction

evasion

excision

evictions

everyone

exaction

exclusion

excretion

exemption

episode

exhaustion

expansion

extinction

expression

procession

explosion

expulsion

extraction

extortion

extrusion

fabian

feminine

fenian

filtration

ferryman

fijian

induction

fixation

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

foramen

forewoman

formation

forgotten

foundation

franciscan

frustration

fustian

freemason

freudian

fruition

galleon

garrison

gaussian

fisherman

gestation

ghanaian

genuine

gentleman

exertion

gillian

gordian

gradation

guardian

grobian

gravamen

halcyon

hammerman

gyration

guncotton

handwoven

halogen

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heavyweight

heroin

heavyset

heroine

heavyweights

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

immersion

imagine

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

in-person

inaction

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

infarction

infection

ingestion

inflection

infusion

infliction

infraction

inhuman

inflation

injunction

inspection

instruction

injection

insertion

inscription

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

intrusion

italian

jamaican

jacobin

jettison

jovian

julian

javelin

kantian

lactation

keratin

keynesian

korean

laurentian

lecithin

laotian

lanolin

lesbian

irian

irishman

libration

ligation

libyan

lobbyists

lobbyist

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

lopsided

malaysian

malayan

magician

magdalen

mandarin

margarine

masculine

marian

medallion

menhaden

medicine

melanin

median

mexican

midshipman

migration

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

misshapen

reversion

musician

muskmelon

mutation

narration

myosin

phrygian

munition

moroccan

plantation

nebraskan

negation

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nutrition

nubian

objection

obfuscate

navigate

obstacle

obstacles

obstructions

obstinate

obstructive

occasion

octillion

occlusion

offsetting

oboist

omission

odeon

opinion

oppression

optation

optician

oration

origin

ottoman

orion

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

ovation

oxygen

pretension

perversion

pavilion

partition

patrician

parthian

partisan

parisian

pentathlon

pelican

perception

perfection

percussion

permission

perfusion

permian

persuasion

progression

protection

phoenician

physician

precession

peterman

profession

petition

navigates

plebeian

pollution

policeman

position

possession

precaution

porcelain

prevention

predation

preemption

opposite

predestine

prediction

presumption

prescription

privation

probation

production

precision

profusion

preclusion

projection

prostration

promotion

proscription

proportion

propulsion

protean

provision

rebellion

reception

quotation

puritan

ramadan

recession

reaction

recision

regression

reflection

redemption

reduction

regimen

rejection

religion

rendition

relation

reopen

remission

opposites

resection

reptilian

rescission

repression

restriction

retraction

resumption

retention

reunion

revision

revulsion

rhapsodic

rhapsodize

rhapsody

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

robustly

samoan

scythian

secession

seclusion

scorpion

secretion

selection

sedation

sedition

seduction

sensation

singleton

simian

silicon

skeleton

subscription

submersion

snapdragon

solution

solomon

spaghetti

specimen

sophistry

spectacle

spectacles

spectator

spectators

spectrograph

submission

stagnation

starvation

stygian

subacute

subsidize

subsidies

subsidy

substantive

substitute

substitutes

subtraction

succession

subversion

suburban

suggestion

suffocate

suppression

summation

superman

suspicion

sumatran

syrian

tactician

tapestries

temptation

taxation

technician

transmission

thespian

talisman

tapestry

transcription

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transfusion

transgression

transition

tamarin

translation

truncation

typesetting

tuition

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

upsetting

unwritten

uneven

uncertain

uncommon

unison

upside-down

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

vibration

venison

veteran

vermilion

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

revisits

zambian

revisit

4 syllable words

abnegation

aberration

abdication

abolition

absolution

abrogation

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accusation

acquisition

activation

assyrian

adaptation

adulation

adrenaline

admonition

adoration

affectation

admiration

affectionate

advocation

affectively

affirmation

aggravation

agrarian

agitation

alabaman

aggregation

albanian

alteration

alternation

algerian

allegation

altercation

allocation

american

ammunition

amphibian

appalachian

amputation

annotation

annexation

animation

apostrophe

aldebaran

apostrophes

appellation

apparition

apprehension

approbation

armenian

arbitration

application

armageddon

arabian

arizonan

aspiration

assemblyman

arthurian

apostolic

athenian

algonquian

augmentation

attribution

circumspection

circumcision

avocation

aviation

babysitting

backwardation

baby-sitters

barbarian

bavarian

avocado

baby-sitter

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

avocados

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

canadian

californian

cancellation

capacitance

capacitors

capacities

capacitor

capacity

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumvention

collodion

cogitation

coalition

collocation

committeeman

combination

commendation

coloradan

comedian

coloration

comparison

compensation

commutation

compilation

columbian

comprehension

computation

composition

complication

concentration

condescension

condensation

condemnation

confrontation

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

conjugation

congregation

conservation

connotation

consolation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contemplation

contravention

contraception

contrarian

contribution

contradiction

conversation

convocation

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

coronation

correlation

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

culmination

cultivation

crucifixion

custodian

cyclopean

estonian

dandelion

darwinian

deconstruction

decompression

destination

decimation

dedication

decoration

defamation

declaration

definition

delegation

degradation

deformation

dehydration

demonstration

demolition

deportation

desperation

deposition

depositions

derivation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

depositors

depositor

demarcation

desiccation

designation

desolation

destitution

detonation

devastation

devastated

devastating

devonian

dietitian

deviation

devolution

disaffection

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disinfection

dispensation

disillusion

disinflation

dislocation

disposition

disputation

distillation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

divestitures

divestiture

distribution

divination

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

education

effectively

effectuate

electrician

emanation

embarkation

elocution

emigration

elongation

emulation

elevation

englishwoman

competition

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

estimation

erudition

eustachian

excitation

european

exclamation

evacuate

evocation

evocative

evolution

excavation

execution

expedition

exhalation

expiration

exhortation

exhibition

exhumation

explanation

exploration

exploitation

explication

expectation

exposition

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fermentation

fallopian

fascination

federation

fibrillation

figuration

fluctuation

floridian

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

gargantuan

fragmentation

galilean

gastrulation

fumigation

generation

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hesitation

hemoglobin

hibernation

herculean

hegelian

himalayan

hypertension

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

indigestion

indentation

incrustation

indexation

ibuprofen

ideation

illustration

imperfection

iberian

imitation

immolation

immigration

implantation

implication

importation

impregnation

imputation

inattention

incantation

imposition

incarnation

inclination

incubation

indecision

hyperion

indication

indiscretion

indignation

indonesian

insurrection

infestation

inhibition

inhalation

information

innovation

inflammation

instigation

institution

installation

inspiration

insulation

inquisition

integration

interruption

interception

interdiction

intersection

interaction

intercession

interjection

intermission

interurban

intervention

interwoven

invitation

intuition

intimation

introspection

intonation

inundation

introduction

invocation

iranian

irritation

iteration

irrigation

isolation

jacobean

levitation

liberation

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

laceration

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

limitation

lilliputian

litigation

liquidation

locomotion

liquefaction

lubrication

maccabean

machination

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

macedonian

manumission

masturbation

maturation

menstruation

meditation

medication

mediation

melanesian

meridian

molestation

misconception

ministration

misbegotten

miseration

minnesotan

misperception

missourian

mitigation

moderation

modulation

mongolian

moravian

proclamation

motivation

napoleon

mutilation

infiltration

navigation

mortification

navigators

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

nomination

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obesity

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

obstetrical

obsidian

obstetrician

obstetricians

obstinacy

obstructionist

obstructionists

occupation

octahedron

praetorian

navigator

officiates

officiate

predilection

observation

olympian

ohioan

preignition

operation

opacity

preparation

ordination

orchestration

oppositions

ostentation

pagurian

oscillation

palpitation

ovulation

oxidation

overburden

pagination

paraguayan

pedestrian

pavlovian

pelagian

penicillin

penetration

permutation

persecution

perforation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

pigmentation

plutonian

politician

population

polynesian

polyhedron

prohibition

preconception

preelection

predetermine

premonition

precondition

opposition

preservation

procreation

profanation

prostitution

propagation

proposition

prosecution

publication

presentation

protestation

provocation

protozoan

reassertion

radiation

realization

reawaken

recantation

readmission

reconstruction

recollection

recitation

recognition

reclamation

recreation

punctuation

refutation

reelection

reexamine

reformation

registration

regulation

reinspection

relaxation

renovation

relocation

reparation

repercussion

repetition

replication

reposition

repossession

republican

reputation

requisition

resignation

reproduction

reservation

respiration

resolution

restitution

restoration

resurrection

retrocession

retribution

revelation

retardation

revocation

revolution

revocations

rhapsodizes

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

sectarian

saturation

satisfaction

segmentation

self-deception

segregation

sequestration

shakespearean

separation

siberian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

sophisticate

sophisticates

spectacular

speculation

spectrometer

statistician

subdivision

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subluxation

spectrometry

spectroscopy

subsidizes

sicilian

substantiate

substantiates

substantively

substituted

substitutions

suffocating

suffocation

superstition

supposition

suppositions

superhuman

surrogation

supervision

syncopation

syndication

tasmanian

transformation

tabulation

tetrahedron

titillation

termination

toleration

topsy-turvy

transportation

tribulation

transplantation

tamoxifen

trepidation

ulceration

ubiquity

valerian

usurpation

utopian

vaccination

vacillation

validation

variation

valuation

vegetation

veneration

visitation

wagnerian

violation

ventilation

victorian

vindication

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

academician

accommodation

accumulation

accreditation

adulteration

adjudication

administration

affectionately

affiliation

agglomeration

alliteration

alienation

alleviation

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

association

appreciation

argumentation

argentinian

assassination

approximation

articulation

assemblywoman

assimilation

appropriation

augustinian

attenuation

authentication

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

carolinian

capitulation

carthaginian

cauterization

centenarian

centralization

certification

christianization

civilization

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classification

cohabitation

collaboration

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coagulation

colonization

commemoration

communication

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conciliation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

confabulation

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

deceleration

defenestration

degeneration

deification

deliberation

delicatessen

delineation

decapitation

desalination

depositary

depopulation

denomination

denunciation

desegregation

depreciation

depository

determination

dissatisfaction

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissociation

dissemination

domestication

dramatization

dionysian

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

electrocution

enumeration

epicurean

epistolary

equalization

eradication

equivocation

excoriation

ethiopian

evacuated

evaporation

evaluation

examination

exasperation

exacerbation

exaggeration

evacuations

evacuation

exfoliation

exoneration

exhilaration

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

gratification

fortification

gasification

glorification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hybridization

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

illumination

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incineration

incarceration

incorporation

incrimination

hyperborean

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

instrumentation

insinuation

interconnection

interrogation

interpolation

interpretation

investigation

intimidation

invalidation

intoxication

ionization

justification

juxtaposition

jeffersonian

legalization

irradiation

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

manifestation

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

mechanization

metropolitan

misinformation

misapprehension

misapplication

miscalculation

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

multiplication

mummification

decomposition

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

nonsectarian

normalization

notification

nullification

obliteration

obstructionism

navigational

oregonian

organization

orientation

ornamentation

ossification

origination

pacification

overproduction

panamanian

patagonian

participation

pasteurization

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

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prognostication

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

philadelphian

procrastination

predestination

predisposition

prevarication

premeditation

presupposition

preoccupation

presbyterian

proletarian

pronunciation

proliferation

purification

qualification

quantification

pythagorean

ramification

reaffirmation

ratification

recrimination

recombination

recommendation

regeneration

refrigeration

reforestation

recuperation

rectification

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reiteration

remuneration

repatriation

reintegration

renunciation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

repositories

repository

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

sophisticated

specification

specialization

subordination

stratification

sterilization

subsidiaries

subsidiary

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

unification

utilization

vegetarian

vaporization

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word abstention

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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