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

acton

action

airman

alban

alan

alman

alder

altars

altar

alter

alters

baldric

amman

arson

apron

aspen

austin

ashen

asian

atman

auction

auden

balder

bagman

bacon

balter

banyan

bargain

bolden

broaden

barton

barren

bastion

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

belgian

bellman

bellon

billion

billman

billon

bison

blacken

bladders

bladder

blather

bisson

bitten

blatter

boatman

blotter

blowgun

bludgeon

bobbin

burdon

burman

bollen

bookman

boston

bolter

boughten

boulders

boulder

bourbon

bowman

brakeman

boulter

bracken

brazen

brethren

brighten

breton

bullion

briton

baron

burden

capstan

builders

brogan

broken

builder

burgeon

burton

bushman

button

calvin

classman

canaan

cajun

canton

cabin

cannon

canon

canyon

caisson

captain

carman

carmine

carbon

carton

caxton

cayman

caution

certain

children

childrens

chairman

chaplain

caption

charon

chapman

chessman

chevron

chicken

chieftain

chasten

churchman

cheapen

chosen

christian

christen

citron

coachman

clatter

claxon

clinton

clothiers

clothier

clutter

cloture

basin

colon

bason

baston

klansman

baton

colter

common

corban

copeman

cordon

cotton

craftsman

coulter

cousin

cowan

craven

crewman

cretin

crimson

dalton

dampen

cultures

crouton

cultured

culture

cuban

curtain

dagan

dagon

cushion

daman

damson

darken

zircon

deaden

deacon

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

cumin

dustman

desman

dutchman

devon

diction

elan

dian

dungeon

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dobson

draftsman

dozen

dragon

driven

dromon

drunken

dudgeon

earthen

eden

eaten

eldritch

elders

elder

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

marlin

fallen

falcon

falter

famine

faction

falters

lagan

faulcon

fielden

faustian

fasten

fatten

felon

fibrin

felter

fiction

fielder

fielders

fireman

fieldwork

filters

filter

firman

flashgun

flatten

fission

flatware

flatworm

flexion

layman

floren

flutters

flutter

folder

flytrap

folders

foreign

footman

fortune

fountain

freedman

fraction

freeman

freshen

freshman

frighten

frozen

gorgon

function

friction

gallon

gammon

fusion

garden

german

georgian

garron

gascon

gelder

gentian

golden

gilden

gladden

gilder

glidden

gliders

glider

gibbon

given

glisten

gluten

glitters

goodman

grandson

gotten

gowan

graven

guardsman

gudgeon

griffon

halters

guilder

guilders

hackman

gumption

haitian

halter

hausen

horseman

huntsman

headsman

harden

harken

hangman

happen

harten

headman

hearten

hasten

heighten

haven

henchman

hempen

grecian

holders

heaven

holder

hetman

hidden

hogan

houseman

homespun

hessian

hoten

heathen

hoven

hymen

human

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

fashion

flatter

floater

jasmine

landsman

heron

floaters

jargon

jackman

ion

jetson

jason

jordan

jorden

kansan

keelson

junction

kirkman

landman

kalan

kelson

kilter

kelter

kremlin

laden

kitten

kitchen

lampron

glitter

kelvin

kenyan

lemon

jetton

latin

leaden

leman

ledden

leaven

lengthen

lessen

lesson

leven

legion

lesion

melton

lightman

linemen

liman

lichen

lighten

liken

lineman

linden

linen

liven

lion

lisbon

listen

lockman

locken

london

logan

longan

loosen

lopeman

loren

lyden

lynden

m1

luncheon

lumen

marksman

madden

marchman

maiden

mahone

mangan

mansion

lotion

margin

markman

marten

martin

martian

matron

mason

mayan

melon

mignon

mention

milken

minden

million

minion

molten

mitten

mission

moisten

morgan

moulder

mountain

muffin

motion

mullen

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

oarsman

notion

olden

omen

marron

odin

ocean

often

onion

open

organ

orphan

option

postman

outdone

outrun

othman

oven

owen

oxen

packman

paltry

panton

pardon

parson

passman

passion

pathan

patron

pavon

pectin

penman

penguin

pension

peon

patten

perron

persian

portman

person

pitman

pillion

pinion

piston

pigeon

portion

plankton

plantain

polder

pollan

platter

pollen

platten

platters

plotters

plotter

poison

platen

plater

ponton

poulter

potion

paean

poultry

pagan

silken

pressman

prison

pullen

prussian

proven

ration

rayon

quilters

question

quicken

quilter

raven

reason

reckon

redden

region

rerun

slacken

resin

roman

riden

ridden

ripen

rincon

ribbon

risen

riven

robin

runnion

rotten

rumen

russian

rowan

rowen

ruin

sadden

saffron

salmon

salesman

salters

samson

salter

rosin

sanction

rosen

scallion

saxon

satin

scion

satan

scotsman

scullion

seedsman

section

seaman

selden

season

sharpen

semen

sermon

shaman

sexton

sequin

seton

seven

shaken

session

shearman

shouldered

shoulders

shipman

shorten

shoulder

showman

shotgun

shogun

shelters

shelter

shrunken

sicken

santon

siren

siphon

skelter

soldan

sodden

slogan

smarten

soften

slider

solder

smitten

slatter

slither

sovereign

soldier

solon

sovran

soldiers

spartan

spearman

sportsman

squadron

spokesman

stallion

statesman

sturgeon

spoken

station

stepson

stockman

stolen

stillion

steven

stiffen

straighten

strengthen

stricken

striven

suasion

sultan

sudden

sullen

suction

sultry

swollen

summon

surgeon

sunken

sylvan

syphon

swelters

sweeten

swelter

sweltry

tillman

tarpon

tartan

talon

tappen

tendon

teston

tension

thousand

thicken

tighten

taken

threaten

titan

token

torsion

townsman

toman

traction

toughen

trillion

treason

trodden

tubman

triton

trojan

turban

tungsten

tuscan

slaters

ultra

urban

undone

urchin

urine

union

watchman

urson

warden

version

vulcan

vultures

villain

wagon

warren

vulture

walter

walters

wanton

waken

vision

yachtsman

wilder

vegan

welders

welder

whiten

whitson

welter

wheaten

wiccan

widen

yaupon

wizen

woman

woodman

woolman

workman

worsen

women

wooden

woolen

woven

weapon

written

yeoman

weaken

zaman

zion

slater

3 syllable words

abdomen

abrasion

abduction

ablation

ablution

accession

abstention

abstraction

absorption

abortion

acumen

accretion

addiction

addition

admission

adhesion

adoption

adrian

affection

aegean

affliction

aggression

african

alaskan

albion

albumin

aleutian

alien

alsatian

altarpiece

allusion

adsorption

alternates

aryan

andean

ambrosian

anchorman

anyone

anglican

apportion

appian

bandwagon

arkansan

arian

artesian

artisan

aspersion

assassin

audition

ambition

assertion

attention

attrition

assumption

attraction

austrian

aversion

awaken

backwoodsman

australian

backgammon

avian

asuncion

balderdash

badminton

ascension

abandon

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

bedouin

beethoven

beholden

beholder

bewildered

bewilders

bellwethers

benjamin

bewilder

biotin

bitumen

bloodthirsty

bellwether

cambrian

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

capsaicin

citation

bulletin

cistercian

campion

coercion

caucasian

cardigan

carnation

castration

carrion

causation

cartesian

cation

catalan

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chamberlain

charwoman

chairwoman

charlatan

champion

chilean

cinnamon

civilian

citizen

clarion

clarendon

clergyman

collagen

cognition

cohesion

collection

collegian

collision

collider

collusion

commission

commotion

communion

companion

compression

complexion

completion

compassion

conflation

compulsion

compunction

conception

concession

concussion

conclusion

concoction

condition

conduction

confession

confection

confucian

congestion

confusion

contagion

congressman

connection

connexion

conscription

conjunction

constriction

construction

consumption

contention

contraction

contrition

convection

convention

contusion

contraption

contortion

conviction

conversion

convulsion

corsican

corrosion

corruption

councilman

countryman

cremation

creation

crestfallen

croatian

dalmatian

cultural

crustacean

damnation

cyprian

deception

decision

declension

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

depression

correction

derision

duration

description

destruction

detection

detention

digression

desertion

dilation

dilution

dictation

digestion

diffusion

dimension

diffraction

discretion

discipline

devotion

dissection

dispersion

distortion

disruption

dissension

distinction

distraction

disunion

diversion

division

dominion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

edition

egyptian

ejection

direction

discussion

elderly

election

elation

eleven

elison

equation

embolden

englishman

enlighten

encryption

emblazon

emission

emotion

enliven

emulsion

erection

erosion

etruscan

eruption

evasion

everyone

eviction

exaction

exception

excision

excretion

exclusion

excursion

exemption

exertion

exhaustion

elaters

expansion

elater

explosion

extension

expulsion

combustion

extrusion

extraction

fabian

faltering

ferryman

feminine

fenian

filtration

fisherman

expression

fijian

fixation

flattering

flattery

flirtation

extinction

flotation

forewoman

foramen

forbidden

forgotten

formation

foundation

franciscan

freemason

frustration

fruition

gordian

freudian

fustian

galleon

garrison

gentleman

gaussian

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

extortion

gillian

glutaric

gravamen

gradation

halogen

guardian

grobian

halcyon

gyration

guncotton

harlequin

handwoven

hawaiian

heartbroken

horizon

housebroken

horatian

heroin

heroine

helotry

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

immersion

imprison

impression

implosion

impassion

in-person

inception

incision

incursion

inclusion

indian

inaction

induction

intention

infliction

infection

inflection

inflation

infraction

inhuman

ingestion

infarction

injection

infusion

insertion

inspection

inscription

instruction

injunction

intestine

intrusion

invasion

invention

irian

irishman

inversion

jamaican

italian

jacobin

javelin

jettison

lanolin

korean

kantian

jovian

julian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

laurentian

laotian

lesbian

precaution

lecithin

libration

ligation

libyan

location

logician

lutheran

margarine

imagine

malayan

magdalen

maltreatment

malaysian

magician

maladroit

marian

nobleman

masculine

median

medicine

medallion

melanin

odeon

migration

midshipman

mexican

misprision

misfortune

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

narration

oppression

negation

nevadan

nitrogen

nebraskan

nemean

niacin

nonunion

obsession

notation

objection

nonhuman

norwegian

nubian

nutrition

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

octillion

origin

omission

opinion

oration

overdone

optation

optician

menhaden

orion

overrun

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

oxygen

parthian

parisian

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

pelican

permian

perception

pentathlon

percussion

perfection

permission

perfusion

peterman

perversion

persuasion

petition

phoenician

physician

plantation

pollution

phrygian

policeman

plebeian

plethora

polluters

polluter

porcelain

possession

position

precession

preclusion

predestine

prediction

preemption

pretension

prescription

progression

presumption

production

prevention

probation

procession

proportion

privation

profession

projection

profusion

promotion

propulsion

proscription

quotation

prostration

protection

protean

provision

puritan

precision

ramadan

reaction

recession

reception

recision

rebellion

predation

redemption

reduction

reflection

regression

rejection

regimen

relation

religion

rendition

repression

reopen

remission

resection

rescission

reptilian

restriction

retention

reunion

retraction

resumption

reversion

rifleman

rhodopsin

revulsion

revision

rotation

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

saltier

samoan

scorpion

secretion

secession

seclusion

scythian

sedation

sedition

seduction

selection

sensation

silicon

simian

skeleton

singleton

snapdragon

solomon

soldering

soldiering

solution

solitaire

specimen

stagnation

starvation

talisman

stygian

submersion

submission

timberman

suburban

subversion

succession

subtraction

suggestion

summation

superman

suppression

suspension

suspicion

subscription

syrian

tactician

tamarin

taxation

temptation

technician

thespian

toboggan

sumatran

tradition

transaction

transcription

transgression

translation

transmission

transfusion

truncation

transition

tuition

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unbroken

unbutton

uneven

uterine

unwritten

unison

vacation

vatican

venetian

veteran

vibration

vitamin

vocation

volition

vermilion

venison

welterweight

wesleyan

zambian

zealotry

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

abyssinian

absolution

acclamation

adoration

acclimation

accordion

admiration

accusation

activation

acquisition

admonition

adaptation

adrenaline

affectation

alabaman

alteration

affirmation

agrarian

adulation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

aldebaran

albanian

alterations

alternation

algerian

allegation

algonquian

alternately

allocation

altercation

altercations

alternative

barbarian

alternator

advocation

altruism

altruistic

american

animation

annotation

amputation

annexation

appalachian

amphibian

ammunition

apparition

application

appellation

approbation

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

armenian

armageddon

arthurian

arizonan

aspiration

assyrian

athenian

attribution

aviation

assemblyman

augmentation

backwardation

avocation

bavarian

bewilderment

benediction

bewildering

bilateral

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

canadian

businesswoman

calibration

calculation

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coloradan

californian

coalition

collateral

cogitation

collocation

collodion

coloration

columbian

committeeman

commendation

commutation

comparison

complication

compilation

comprehension

competition

composition

compensation

conflagration

computation

confiscation

concentration

condemnation

condescension

confirmation

condensation

confrontation

connotation

conjugation

consecration

conservation

consternation

constipation

congregation

constellation

constitution

consultation

consummation

consolation

contrarian

conversation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

convocation

contribution

convolution

coronation

contemplation

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

corp.

corporation

correlation

comedian

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

cultivation

culmination

cyclopean

custodian

crucifixion

dandelion

deportation

decimation

declaration

decoration

decompression

dedication

deconstruction

defamation

definition

delegation

deformation

degradation

dehydration

demarcation

darwinian

demolition

demonstration

depredation

deposition

depravation

dereliction

deprivation

expiration

derivation

designation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

deviation

desecration

devastation

devolution

devonian

dilatation

dietitian

diminution

diocesan

destination

destitution

disaffection

electrician

detonation

dislocation

disillusion

disinfection

disputation

disposition

disinflation

dispensation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

domination

dilatory

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

disconnection

equitation

elevation

elongation

elocution

emanation

embarkation

englishwoman

equestrian

emulation

emigration

divination

eritrean

erudition

estimation

european

estonian

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhortation

exhalation

exhibition

exhumation

expectation

expedition

exploration

explication

exploitation

laceration

fallopian

fabrication

extradition

extrication

exposition

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gentlewoman

gastrulation

generation

germination

glaciation

gargantuan

graduation

gravitation

gorgonian

granulation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

hungarian

herculean

explanation

hesitation

hibernation

historian

himalayan

heliotrope

hegelian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

helter-skelter

ideation

combination

illiterate

hypertension

ibuprofen

liberian

illiterates

illustration

fascination

melodramas

importation

imperfection

implication

implantation

impregnation

imposition

imputation

incarnation

hemoglobin

inattention

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indication

indentation

indexation

indigestion

indecision

indignation

indiscretion

indonesian

inflammation

infiltration

infestation

information

insurrection

inhalation

inhibition

innovation

insulation

inspiration

installation

instigation

inquisition

institution

integration

interaction

interception

intercession

interdiction

intermission

interjection

interurban

interruption

intersection

interwoven

intimation

introspection

intuition

introduction

intonation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

invitation

iranian

jacobean

iteration

invocation

jordanian

kindergarten

jubilation

jurisdiction

immigration

lancastrian

leviathan

intervention

liberation

imitation

levitation

legislation

librarian

limitation

lilliputian

liquidation

litigation

liquefaction

locomotion

maccabean

macedonian

lubrication

malnutrition

malformation

mammalian

manumission

immolation

masturbation

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

melodrama

machination

inundation

meridian

menstruation

militarists

militarize

militaries

militarized

military

miseration

ministration

misbegotten

minnesotan

misconception

misperception

moderation

missourian

mitigation

molestation

modulation

mongolian

moravian

mortification

napoleon

motivation

mutilation

navigation

nestorian

nigerian

noblewoman

nicaraguan

newtonian

nonpartisan

nonprescription

nomination

obligation

oblivion

observation

obfuscation

obsidian

obstetrician

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

overburden

ostentation

oscillation

oxidation

ovulation

occupation

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

pagination

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

pigmentation

polyhedron

polynesian

politician

plutonian

polyhedrons

population

praetorian

incantation

predetermine

predilection

preelection

preignition

preparation

preservation

premonition

presentation

proclamation

procreation

propagation

prohibition

profanation

reassertion

proposition

publication

provocation

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

punctuation

radiation

realization

readmission

reawaken

reclamation

prosecution

recitation

recognition

recantation

recollection

reposition

preconception

recreation

reelection

reexamine

reconstruction

reformation

refutation

regulation

reinspection

registration

relocation

respiration

relaxation

reparation

replication

renovation

repercussion

repetition

repossession

resignation

reservation

republican

reputation

reproduction

resolution

retardation

resurrection

retrocession

retribution

revelation

rhododendron

revocation

rhetorician

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rumination

samaritan

salutary

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sectarian

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siberian

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shakespearean

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sicilian

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tamoxifen

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ulterior

watermelon

variation

vegetation

wagnerian

veneration

violation

victorian

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visitation

ventilation

violator

violators

precondition

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

accommodation

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

alienation

aleatory

alliteration

alliterative

adulteration

alternatively

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amazonian

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determination

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dionysian

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emancipation

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equivocation

ethiopian

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evaluation

evaporation

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exaggeration

examination

excoriation

exfoliation

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exoskeleton

expatriation

extermination

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fertilization

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hanoverian

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hydrogenation

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illumination

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investigation

legalization

jeffersonian

justification

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imagination

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

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manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

immunization

maximization

melodramatic

militarism

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militarily

miscalculation

misapplication

misapprehension

misinformation

mississippian

mobilization

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modification

multiplication

mummification

ionization

libertarian

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

nonintervention

nonsectarian

normalization

obliteration

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notification

orientation

oregonian

organization

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pacification

panamanian

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russification

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simplification

solidarity

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specialization

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sterilization

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substantiation

subordination

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

ultraviolet

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

vilification

vulgarization

veterinarian

washingtonian

vegetarian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word alderman

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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