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4 syllable words
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2 syllable words

abstain

abstruse

acton

action

affects

affect

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

affixed

barton

ashen

arson

asian

aspen

atman

auction

austin

auden

bacon

bagman

baldwin

banyan

baron

bargain

barren

basin

bason

baston

bastion

baton

batten

batton

beckon

bayman

beacon

beaten

beefsteak

belgian

bellman

bellon

billion

billman

begun

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

blacken

bobbin

boston

bordman

blowgun

bobcats

bludgeon

boatman

bobcat

bookman

bollen

boughten

bolden

bourbon

bracken

brakeman

brethren

breton

brighten

brazen

briton

broaden

broken

bowman

brogan

bullion

burden

apron

burgeon

cabin

button

caisson

cajun

calvin

cannon

canaan

canon

canton

canyon

caption

captain

capstan

carbon

capstone

carman

carmine

carton

caxton

caution

cauldron

cayman

chairman

chaplain

chapman

certain

charon

chessman

chevron

christian

churchman

chasten

children

chieftain

chicken

christen

cheapen

chosen

citron

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

common

colon

burman

burton

copeman

corban

cordon

cousin

cowan

craftsman

craven

cretin

crimson

crewman

crouton

cotton

cuban

cumin

curtain

cushion

dalton

dampen

dagan

dagon

daman

damson

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

debased

bushman

deepen

defects

defaced

defect

delphian

demon

depict

depicts

desman

diction

devon

dian

diffused

dipstick

divest

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

divests

draftsman

dragon

dozen

dovecotes

driven

dovecote

dromon

drunken

dustman

earthen

dungeon

dudgeon

dutchman

eaten

eavesdrop

eden

effects

elan

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

effect

evict

faction

fashion

falcon

famine

fasten

fatten

faulcon

faustian

fallen

fibrin

fiction

felon

flexion

flashgun

flatten

fireman

firman

floren

fission

fraction

fortune

foreman

foreign

footman

fountain

fielden

freshen

friction

freshman

frighten

freedman

freeman

frozen

function

gascon

gentian

garron

garden

gallon

gammon

georgian

german

gibbon

glisten

gluten

gilden

golden

given

gladden

goodman

gorgon

glidden

gotten

gowan

grandson

fusion

harken

grecian

guardsman

gudgeon

gumption

hackman

haitian

hangman

happen

harden

harten

hasten

headsman

headman

graven

hausen

haven

hearten

heaven

heathen

griffon

heighten

henchman

hempen

hessian

hetman

heron

hidden

hipsters

hipster

horseman

houseman

homespun

hopscotch

hoten

hogan

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

hyson

huntsman

ibsen

burdon

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetson

junction

locken

jordan

jorden

lockman

jetton

lampron

klansman

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kitten

kitchen

kirkman

lagan

landsman

latin

landman

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

legion

leman

lengthen

kansan

lessen

lesson

lesion

leven

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

lineman

linemen

liman

listen

linden

lisbon

linen

liven

lion

lobster

lobsters

kalan

logan

loren

london

longan

loosen

lopeman

lotion

kremlin

lumen

mason

madden

mahone

lynden

maiden

marksman

mangan

mansion

marchman

markman

margin

m1

martian

marlin

marron

martin

lyden

laden

matron

luncheon

marten

melon

melton

mention

mignon

milken

minden

million

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

mayan

morgan

mormon

mountain

motion

muffin

muslin

mullen

nation

mutton

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

obstruct

obstructs

ocean

offset

offsets

offshoot

odin

offshoots

often

onion

olden

omen

open

option

organ

orphan

outrun

outdone

othman

oven

owen

oxen

packman

pagan

paean

panton

parson

pardon

passion

passman

pathan

patron

patten

pectin

pavon

pension

penguin

penman

peon

persian

perron

person

plankton

plantain

piston

pitman

pigeon

pillion

pinion

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

portion

portman

ponton

postman

potion

poison

pressman

molten

prison

prussian

proven

ration

question

quicken

quipster

rayon

raven

reason

reckon

redden

region

rerun

pullen

resin

spartan

ridden

ribbon

riden

rincon

ripen

robin

risen

riven

roman

rosen

robust

rosin

rotten

runnion

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

russian

sanction

saffron

santon

satin

sadden

salesman

salmon

satan

saxon

scallion

samson

scotsman

scullion

scion

scapegoats

seaman

season

scapegoat

section

seedsman

session

sharpen

selden

sequin

semen

sexton

sermon

seton

seven

shorten

shaken

shotgun

shearman

shaman

shipman

ripostes

shrunken

silken

showman

slacken

shogun

siren

siphon

slogan

smarten

smitten

sicken

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

sovereign

sovran

riposte

spastic

space-time

spearman

spectral

spectrum

spectre

spectrums

sportsman

statesman

squadron

stallion

spoken

spokesman

stallman

spigot

spigots

substance

station

stepson

stockman

strengthen

straighten

stricken

stillion

stolen

striven

sturgeon

subsides

subside

stiffen

suasion

steven

substrate

substrates

suction

sudden

sultan

sunken

sullen

summon

sweepstakes

sweepstake

sylvan

talon

sweeten

syphon

tarpon

swollen

tappen

tartan

taken

tendon

tension

teston

surgeon

thicken

thousand

threaten

traction

titan

tillman

tipster

token

townsman

toughen

toman

torsion

treason

tuscan

tubman

triton

trodden

tungsten

turban

typists

upstarts

typist

undone

union

upset

trillion

upsets

trojan

upshot

upside

upstart

urchin

upstream

urban

urson

urine

version

vegan

villain

vision

vulcan

wanton

tighten

workman

warden

websters

wagon

waken

warren

watchman

weaken

weapon

webster

whitson

whiten

wheaten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woodman

woolman

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

woven

written

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abandon

ablution

abdomen

absorption

abstention

abortion

abrasion

abstentions

accession

abstinence

abstinent

accretion

adrian

adsorption

addiction

adhesion

addition

admission

adoption

acumen

affection

affections

affecting

affected

affective

aegean

african

aggression

alaskan

albion

alsatian

albumin

aleutian

allusion

alderman

alien

affliction

ambition

anglican

anchorman

andean

anyone

apostle

apostate

apostles

appian

ambrosian

apportion

artesian

ascension

arkansan

arian

artisan

aryan

assassin

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attention

aspersion

attrition

australian

austrian

audition

aversion

bandwagon

avian

backgammon

badminton

backwoodsman

awaken

baby-sit

battalion

bedouin

bedizen

bedridden

biotin

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

infarction

cambrian

campion

cartesian

capsaicin

carnation

cardigan

carrion

cation

catalan

caucasian

causation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

cistercian

cinnamon

chilean

compassion

collection

charwoman

citation

collagen

civilian

clergyman

clarendon

clarion

cognition

coercion

commotion

collision

collusion

cohesion

combustion

commission

companion

collegian

communion

citizen

completion

complexion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conception

concession

concoction

conduction

concussion

condition

confection

conclusion

conscription

congressman

confucian

confusion

congestion

connection

connexion

conjunction

consumption

contagion

contention

contortion

contrition

contusion

convection

convention

conversion

conviction

correction

convulsion

corrosion

corruption

corsican

countryman

councilman

crustacean

creation

crestfallen

croatian

cremation

dalmatian

damnation

deception

confession

decision

deduction

defection

defections

defective

deficit

deficits

cyprian

denizen

deflection

dentition

deletion

delusion

depicted

depiction

depictions

depletion

deposits

deposit

deflation

depression

derision

description

desertion

detection

declension

detention

determine

devastate

induction

digression

devotion

dictation

diffraction

diffusion

digestion

dilution

dilation

dimension

direction

dissection

discretion

discussion

dispersion

disruption

dissension

discipline

distinction

distortion

disunion

diversion

divestment

divestments

dominion

division

donation

downtrodden

eavesdropping

dorian

duration

edition

egyptian

effectors

effector

ejection

encryption

election

elation

emblazon

elison

eleven

embolden

emission

emotion

emulsion

erection

enliven

enlighten

effective

equation

episode

episodes

eruption

etruscan

erosion

englishman

everyone

evasion

epistle

exaction

eviction

evictions

exception

excretion

excision

exemption

excursion

exclusion

conflation

exertion

expression

explosion

expulsion

extension

extinction

extortion

extrusion

fabian

expansion

ferryman

hammerman

filtration

flirtation

fixation

fisherman

flotation

foramen

forewoman

forbidden

forgotten

foundation

formation

franciscan

fruition

freemason

freudian

gentleman

garrison

gaussian

genuine

gestation

galleon

gordian

ghanaian

gillian

gradation

fustian

fenian

gravamen

guardian

fijian

feminine

gyration

halogen

heartbroken

halcyon

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

hydration

heavyset

grobian

heroin

heroine

horatian

housebroken

horizon

hydrogen

guncotton

impression

impassion

imagine

illusion

immersion

heavyweights

implosion

ignition

imprison

inaction

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

in-person

heavyweight

probation

exhaustion

infliction

injunction

infusion

inflection

inhuman

ingestion

inflation

infraction

injection

inspection

inscription

insertion

intention

intrusion

intestine

invention

invasion

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

javelin

jamaican

jettison

location

laurentian

kantian

keratin

korean

keynesian

lanolin

lecithin

laotian

libration

lesbian

libyan

ligation

lobbyist

lobbyists

jovian

logician

julian

lopsided

lumberman

lactation

marian

lutheran

magdalen

magician

mandarin

margarine

malayan

malaysian

medallion

mutation

medicine

melanin

menhaden

migration

mexican

midshipman

mistaken

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

obstinate

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

plantation

median

narration

nebraskan

negation

navigate

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

navigates

notation

norwegian

nonunion

nubian

obsession

nutrition

objection

obstacle

nonhuman

obfuscate

oboist

obstacles

myosin

obstructive

optation

masculine

octillion

offsetting

odeon

oppression

omission

opinion

opposite

opposites

optician

oration

origin

orion

occlusion

outspoken

ottoman

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

partition

occasion

parisian

parthian

partisan

prescription

patrician

pelican

pavilion

perfection

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfusion

permian

permission

persuasion

perversion

peterman

petition

physician

phrygian

phoenician

plebeian

pollution

policeman

porcelain

position

possession

precession

prediction

precaution

precision

predation

predestine

preclusion

preemption

infection

presumption

pretension

prevention

procession

privation

production

progression

profusion

profession

projection

protection

proportion

proscription

propulsion

promotion

protean

puritan

rhapsody

quotation

ramadan

reaction

recession

reception

rebellion

recision

reduction

redemption

reflection

regimen

regression

rejection

rendition

provision

relation

remission

religion

reopen

repression

rescission

resection

restriction

resumption

retention

reunion

reptilian

reversion

revision

revulsion

rifleman

rhapsodic

rhapsodize

rhodopsin

secretion

revisits

robustly

rotation

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

secession

scorpion

scythian

seclusion

seduction

sedation

sedition

sensation

selection

silicon

snapdragon

simian

skeleton

singleton

solution

solomon

sophistry

revisit

spaghetti

specimen

spectrograph

spectacle

spectacles

spectators

spectator

stagnation

starvation

subscription

submersion

submission

subacute

subsidies

stygian

subsidize

subsidy

substances

substantive

substitute

substitutes

succession

subversion

suburban

suffocate

suggestion

summation

sumatran

superman

suppression

syrian

suspension

suspicion

temptation

tactician

tamarin

talisman

tapestries

taxation

tapestry

technician

thespian

toboggan

timberman

transcription

transgression

tradition

transfusion

translation

transmission

transition

unbroken

truncation

tuition

unburden

typesetting

uncertain

unbutton

unwritten

uncommon

uneven

upsetting

unison

upside-down

vacation

uterine

vatican

vibration

venetian

veteran

vermilion

venison

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abolition

abyssinian

accordion

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

adrenaline

acquisition

admiration

activation

adoration

adaptation

admonition

advocation

adulation

affectation

affectionate

affectively

affirmation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

allocation

allegation

algerian

algonquian

aldebaran

alteration

altercation

alternation

application

amputation

apparition

ammunition

american

amphibian

animation

annexation

annotation

appalachian

apostrophe

apostrophes

apostolic

appellation

approbation

apprehension

declaration

arabian

arbitration

aspiration

armageddon

armenian

arizonan

arthurian

assyrian

athenian

assemblyman

attribution

avocation

augmentation

aviation

baby-sitter

baby-sitters

backwardation

avocado

babysitting

avocados

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

calculation

businesswoman

calibration

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

capacitance

capacitor

capacity

capacities

capacitors

circumspection

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

cogitation

coalition

collocation

collodion

commutation

coloration

combination

commendation

committeeman

coloradan

comedian

columbian

comparison

compensation

competition

compilation

decompression

concentration

comprehension

computation

composition

condemnation

condensation

condescension

conflagration

confirmation

confiscation

desolation

consecration

connotation

consolation

constellation

congregation

conservation

conjugation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consummation

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

contribution

conversation

convocation

coronation

corp.

convolution

copenhagen

corporation

copernican

corinthian

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

cultivation

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

custodian

cyclopean

desperation

confrontation

darwinian

decimation

deconstruction

desecration

decoration

dedication

defamation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

definition

degradation

dehydration

delegation

demonstration

dereliction

demolition

demarcation

deportation

depositions

deposition

depositors

depositor

deformation

derivation

destination

destitution

dandelion

desiccation

complication

designation

exhalation

detonation

devastated

devastating

dietitian

devonian

diocesan

dilatation

diminution

devolution

disconnection

disaffection

disposition

disinfection

dislocation

disinflation

dispensation

disillusion

disputation

devastation

dissertation

dissipation

distribution

distillation

dissolution

divestiture

divestitures

dominican

domination

divination

draconian

duplication

deviation

effectively

effectuate

electrician

emigration

elevation

elocution

embarkation

emanation

elongation

emulation

estimation

education

equitation

erudition

eustachian

equestrian

eritrean

estonian

european

evacuate

englishwoman

evolution

evocation

evocative

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhibition

exhumation

expiration

exploration

explanation

expedition

expectation

exploitation

explication

exposition

extradition

fabrication

fascination

exhortation

fallopian

federation

gravitation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

formulation

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

fragmentation

graduation

granulation

fumigation

generation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

galilean

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

hungarian

habitation

herculean

hegelian

hemoglobin

historian

hibernation

hesitation

himalayan

hypertension

hydrocarbon

hyperion

immigration

iberian

illustration

ibuprofen

imitation

immolation

ideation

implication

imperfection

implantation

indiscretion

impregnation

importation

imposition

imputation

inclination

incantation

incarnation

inattention

indication

incrustation

indentation

indexation

incubation

indecision

indigestion

indignation

indonesian

infiltration

inhalation

inflammation

information

inhibition

innovation

instigation

inquisition

inspiration

institution

insurrection

installation

insulation

integration

interruption

interjection

interdiction

intermission

intercession

interception

intersection

interurban

intervention

intimation

introduction

intonation

intuition

invitation

interwoven

introspection

inundation

invocation

iranian

irrigation

isolation

iteration

irritation

jacobean

jubilation

lubrication

jurisdiction

jordanian

lancastrian

laceration

kindergarten

menstruation

legislation

librarian

liberian

liberation

leviathan

levitation

limitation

liquefaction

litigation

lilliputian

liquidation

locomotion

malnutrition

macedonian

machination

malformation

maccabean

manumission

mammalian

obstructionist

maturation

obstructionists

infestation

meditation

melanesian

meridian

ministration

medication

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

misperception

miseration

missourian

moderation

mitigation

perspiration

motivation

modulation

moravian

mortification

mutilation

obstinacy

napoleon

nestorian

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

nomination

nonprescription

noblewoman

navigation

nonpartisan

navigator

navigators

obfuscation

observation

obligation

obesity

obsidian

oblivion

obstetrician

obstetrical

obstetricians

orchestration

mediation

oxidation

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

officiate

opposition

officiates

operation

opacity

olympian

oppositions

palpitation

oscillation

ostentation

ordination

overburden

ovulation

pagination

pagurian

paraguayan

molestation

pedestrian

pavlovian

pelagian

penetration

perforation

penicillin

permutation

persecution

perturbation

preservation

peruvian

pigmentation

presentation

planarian

politician

population

polyhedron

polynesian

praetorian

preparation

predilection

preconception

precondition

predetermine

premonition

preelection

preignition

plutonian

procreation

profanation

prohibition

mongolian

proclamation

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

propagation

proposition

protozoan

publication

provocation

punctuation

radiation

reassertion

readmission

realization

recitation

recantation

reawaken

reconstruction

registration

recollection

recreation

reclamation

recognition

refutation

reformation

reexamine

reelection

regulation

reinspection

repossession

reparation

replication

relaxation

renovation

relocation

repercussion

repetition

reposition

reputation

requisition

republican

retribution

reservation

restoration

respiration

resurrection

restitution

resolution

resignation

retardation

retrocession

reproduction

revelation

rhetorician

revocations

revolution

rhododendron

rhapsodizes

revocation

saturation

rumination

sanitation

samaritan

segmentation

sectarian

segregation

sequestration

separation

self-deception

simulation

shakespearean

simonian

siberian

situation

smithsonian

sicilian

sophisticates

sophisticate

spectacular

spectroscopy

spectrometer

spectrometry

speculation

statistician

strangulation

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

subluxation

subsidizes

substantially

substantiate

substitution

substantiates

substantively

substituted

substitutions

suffocation

suffocating

superstition

supposition

superhuman

supervision

tabulation

surrogation

suppositions

syndication

syncopation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

topsy-turvy

transformation

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

ulceration

tribulation

ubiquity

usurpation

validation

vacillation

valerian

vaccination

utopian

valuation

ventilation

veneration

variation

vegetation

vindication

victorian

violation

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

accreditation

accommodation

academician

accumulation

acceleration

administration

adjudication

adulteration

affectionately

affiliation

agglomeration

alliteration

alienation

alleviation

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

amplification

amelioration

anticipation

annihilation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

articulation

assassination

assimilation

association

attenuation

assemblywoman

authorization

authentication

babylonian

augustinian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

argentinian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centenarian

classification

centralization

certification

christianization

collaboration

clarification

cohabitation

civilization

codification

coagulation

commemoration

communication

colonization

concatenation

conciliation

confederation

confabulation

configuration

congratulation

conglomeration

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

deceleration

decapitation

defenestration

deification

denunciation

deliberation

delicatessen

denomination

delineation

depopulation

depositary

depository

depreciation

degeneration

desalination

desegregation

determination

indoctrination

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

dissatisfaction

disembarkation

disintegration

disinclination

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

emancipation

elizabethan

equivocation

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

eradication

evacuation

evacuated

evacuations

evaporation

ethiopian

evaluation

epistolary

exasperation

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

exfoliation

excoriation

exoneration

exhilaration

expatriation

extermination

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

exoskeleton

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hydrogenation

hybridization

hyperborean

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

immunization

improvisation

incineration

incarceration

inactivation

inauguration

incrimination

incorporation

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interrogation

interpolation

interpretation

justification

intoxication

intimidation

invalidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnification

magnetization

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

mechanization

metropolitan

obstructionism

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

pacification

pasteurization

multiplication

mummification

nonintervention

neutralization

negotiation

navigational

neapolitan

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

notification

nonsectarian

normalization

nullification

obliteration

ossification

orientation

ornamentation

organization

origination

oregonian

overproduction

maximilian

participation

maximization

panamanian

modification

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

philadelphian

patagonian

perpetuation

polarization

pomeranian

predestination

precipitation

predisposition

presbyterian

premeditation

preoccupation

prevarication

presupposition

yugoslavian

prognostication

procrastination

revaluation

pronunciation

reverberation

proletarian

proliferation

purification

quantification

ratification

ramification

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

reforestation

recuperation

refrigeration

regeneration

reiteration

reintegration

rejuvenation

renunciation

repatriation

remuneration

repository

repudiation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

pythagorean

qualification

repositories

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

sophistication

solicitation

sophisticated

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

subsidiaries

subsidiary

substantiation

specialization

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vegetarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

decomposition

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word abstraction

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

Rhyming Dictionary


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