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

acting

aching

airing

ailing

angling

barring

aging

abrupt

approve

arching

arming

asking

awning

banding

banking

backing

bagging

banging

baiting

baking

bearing

bedding

beijing

being

belting

belling

beating

bending

blaring

billing

basting

brooding

bidding

biding

biting

birthing

bitching

browning

binding

blasting

blazing

bleeding

blending

blinding

bleeping

blessing

blocking

boarding

blooming

blueing

bluing

blushing

boating

brewing

blowing

boasting

bolling

booming

booting

boozing

boring

bonding

bouncing

bounding

boning

bowing

bleaching

boxing

boiling

bowling

breasting

braving

bolting

brawling

branching

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braiding

breaking

breathing

breeching

breeding

bathing

briefing

brimming

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browsing

batting

brushing

bruting

beading

bucking

beaming

buckling

budding

building

bulging

bunting

butting

burning

burping

buying

carling

carping

camping

calming

carving

charming

caning

calling

caulking

catching

chanting

chewing

chipping

chilling

chirping

chopping

choking

clearing

churning

clanging

climbing

casing

clouding

clowning

cloaking

clocking

clogging

closing

coating

clothing

clucking

coaching

coasting

cocking

coaxing

coiling

colling

codding

coming

combing

cleaning

clipping

ceiling

chafing

cooling

casting

chasing

cooing

cooking

costing

coping

couching

coupling

coursing

cuddling

culling

crackling

cracking

craving

crashing

creaking

creeping

cresting

crooning

crushing

crossing

crowing

crying

cunning

cribbing

curing

curling

cutting

darling

daring

dancing

damning

dashing

daunting

dawning

dealing

debriefs

debrief

derring

deprived

deprive

deprave

flooding

flooring

dicing

digging

dilling

dipping

dishing

diving

docking

dripping

doing

doubting

drafting

doting

dragging

dressing

drawing

draining

drilling

drinking

driving

dropping

drugging

drumming

dubbing

ducking

drying

duckling

dueling

dumpling

during

earring

dining

dwelling

earning

dyeing

dying

earthling

easing

eating

edging

eking

ending

erring

etching

evening

farthing

farming

faulting

falling

fainting

fading

failing

fencing

fehling

fighting

feeding

feeling

feigning

fetching

facing

fitting

fixing

firing

finding

filing

filling

fining

fishing

fielding

flagging

flaring

fledgling

fleming

flitting

floating

flashing

flaming

fleeting

flogging

flushing

foaming

footing

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forcing

forming

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funding

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fucking

franking

foundling

framing

freaking

freezing

fraying

fuming

frosting

frying

gadding

galling

gaming

gassing

gearing

golfing

grappling

giving

harping

grooming

gilding

glaring

glancing

glazing

glinting

gloaming

glowing

going

golding

grouping

grading

grouting

grafting

grasping

grinding

grounding

grieving

grating

grayling

grazing

groundling

greening

greeting

gushing

handling

growing

gunning

getting

hamstring

ginning

girding

hanging

hatching

having

heading

herring

heckling

helping

hearing

heaving

hiding

hilling

hissing

hitting

healing

heating

hoarding

hogging

holing

holding

hopping

homing

horning

hugging

hounding

housing

humming

hosting

hunting

hurling

hurting

icing

inkling

inning

flowing

jarring

jeering

jerking

jetting

jailing

jumping

jogging

joking

judging

jutting

keeling

keeping

kenning

kicking

killing

kindling

kipling

lamping

knitting

knocking

lagging

knowing

lading

landing

lapping

lasting

laughing

lashing

latching

lawing

launching

leaping

learning

leading

leaking

leaning

leasing

legging

lemming

lending

lifting

licking

laying

lighting

lightning

melting

liking

living

listing

lunching

lining

loading

loaning

logging

losing

loathing

loving

lodging

lumping

looming

looping

lopping

loring

looking

madding

longing

lowing

lying

malting

matching

mailing

marking

making

mapping

marching

matting

meaning

meeting

merging

mincing

minding

mining

missing

morning

morphing

mooring

mocking

molting

moulding

mounting

mourning

moving

mugging

musing

muting

mowing

nagging

nanking

napping

nipping

nestling

milling

netting

nodding

nosing

nothing

nutting

offing

offspring

oozing

outing

nursing

ousting

packing

padding

owing

pacing

paging

pairing

painting

panting

panning

paring

parking

parting

passing

paving

patching

pegging

paying

peaking

peeing

pelting

pending

piercing

petting

phrasing

phasing

picking

piling

pimping

pinching

pining

piping

planting

planking

plating

plaything

playing

pooling

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poling

polling

pointing

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posting

pouncing

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pitching

pouting

printing

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prowling

pruning

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prying

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putting

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rafting

quilling

quilting

racking

quaking

racing

raging

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rambling

raving

raising

raking

reading

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resting

reprieve

reverb

ribbing

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roving

rhubarb

riffraff

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rising

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rocking

ringing

roasting

rousing

rolling

romping

roofing

rounding

rubbing

ruling

running

sacking

sagging

sapling

scarring

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scheming

schooling

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schilling

scraping

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scolding

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shearing

screening

screwing

scrimping

serving

setting

sharking

searching

seedling

seating

seeing

sewing

seeling

seeming

shading

shafting

seizing

shaving

shedding

sheathing

sheeting

shelling

shelving

shipping

shifting

shilling

shining

shirting

shocking

shoestring

shuffling

shooting

shoring

shrouding

shrinking

shredding

showing

shunting

sibling

siding

sighting

signing

singing

sighing

sinking

sitting

sizing

slapping

skilling

slanting

skimming

skirting

slating

slouching

sledding

sleeping

sliding

slighting

slitting

sloping

slotting

smacking

snarling

snoring

smoothing

snapping

soaring

smelting

smelling

smoking

sneaking

sneezing

sniffing

soaking

sobbing

something

soothing

sopping

sparkling

sparling

sparing

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spanking

speaking

spelling

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sporting

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sporophytes

sporophyte

sprinkling

squinting

spurling

squeezing

stamping

starling

stacking

stalling

staging

standing

starting

steering

salting

staving

sterling

sticking

stinging

stating

stealing

stinking

storming

stitching

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stopping

strapping

straddling

stocking

stowing

stripling

stirring

straining

striking

streaming

striving

strutting

stuffing

stunning

suburbs

suburb

sucking

stroking

suckling

suiting

stretching

suing

superb

stripping

swaying

swearing

sweating

swooning

sweeping

swelling

swimming

switching

sweeting

tackling

tacking

tailing

tamping

thumping

taunting

talking

tanning

tasting

teaching

thrusting

tempting

testing

tipping

tooling

thinking

thrashing

thrilling

taking

throwing

teaming

topping

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touching

tilting

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tiding

tithing

tossing

teething

telling

toasting

tracing

trading

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training

twisting

trusting

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tubing

trilling

trimming

twining

trying

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turning

tying

warling

veering

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vesting

tricking

viking

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veiling

voiding

vying

warning

wapping

warming

walking

wanting

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warping

trifling

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wasting

wellspring

wearing

westling

whistling

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webbing

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winning

wording

working

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writing

yachting

wishing

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wringing

yearling

yearning

yelling

sailing

yielding

3 syllable words

afflicting

abounding

appealing

abducting

alarming

abiding

adoring

absorbing

aligning

abruptly

according

affecting

adjoining

accenting

admiring

agreeing

alerting

alluring

amazing

appalling

annealing

annoying

anything

astounding

attracting

asserting

arranging

ascending

aspiring

arriving

assuring

arresting

backbiting

badgering

backsliding

baffling

becoming

believing

bubbling

battering

befitting

beginning

beguiling

beholding

bettering

bickering

billowing

belonging

besetting

besieging

blackmailing

beseeching

blanketing

blistering

bloodletting

bloodsucking

blundering

blustering

blossoming

bottling

bookkeeping

brainwashing

broadcasting

battening

concurring

buffeting

bullfighting

bundling

bungling

confiding

bullying

bumbling

bustling

butchering

confounding

bushwhacking

cackling

carousing

carrying

campaigning

carjacking

connecting

centering

challenging

channeling

chattering

childbearing

caressing

carpeting

churchgoing

coloring

complaining

comforting

completing

commanding

colouring

complying

composing

compounding

conceding

concerning

conserving

deserving

confusing

conforming

conflicting

conjuring

conquering

consoling

consulting

converging

conveying

contracting

constricting

contacting

convincing

departing

copying

correcting

covering

cowering

cradling

crippling

crusading

crocheting

cushioning

dairying

damaging

dampening

darkening

defusing

debating

decreasing

declining

cycling

deadening

deafening

degrading

delighting

counseling

descending

designing

despairing

detailing

diapering

dialing

dissolving

discerning

disarming

disguising

dissembling

dissecting

disgusting

dissenting

engaging

diverting

divining

distressing

diverging

doddering

dividing

dressmaking

doubling

downsizing

dumbfounding

dwindling

easterling

eavesdropping

echoing

drizzling

equating

enclosing

emptying

enchanting

endearing

enduring

exulting

distracting

ensuing

engraving

engrossing

enticing

entering

enlisting

faltering

everything

erupting

exceeding

exciting

exacting

excepting

expanding

emitting

exhausting

existing

expelling

expiring

exploring

erecting

feathering

factoring

fastening

favoring

feverfew

feverfews

fingering

finishing

flattering

flavoring

fiberboard

fibreboard

flowering

foreboding

following

fondling

forbidding

forwarding

forecasting

forgiving

forthcoming

frustrating

freewheeling

galloping

gambling

gardening

good-looking

gathering

glimmering

governing

glowering

glistening

handwriting

groundbreaking

hairdressing

hardworking

happening

hardening

harvesting

highflying

heartbreaking

housekeeping

housewarming

imposing

impending

imploring

importing

imprinting

increasing

infighting

inserting

incoming

inspiring

installing

insulting

interesting

invading

investing

inviting

ironing

issuing

jockeying

journeying

juggling

kidnapping

lamenting

mellowing

lactating

laboring

landholding

laundering

landscaping

languishing

lawmaking

leavening

lettering

life-giving

lessening

leveling

lightening

lingering

layering

machining

listening

locating

lumbering

lowering

maddening

maturing

measuring

matchmaking

meddling

marketing

marshaling

middling

misgiving

misleading

misspelling

mistaking

mothering

modeling

motoring

mottling

mumbling

muscling

murmuring

narrowing

nerve-racking

networking

neighboring

neutering

yellowing

ordering

observing

obliging

offering

ongoing

opining

opening

offsetting

oncoming

nourishing

outpouring

outgoing

outlying

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outstanding

overbuilt

overblown

overbuy

overfill

overfed

overfeed

overflow

overflows

overfly

overboard

overviews

overview

overripe

painstaking

papering

paneling

paperbacks

paperback

parceling

pardoning

peddling

peppering

pickering

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piddling

overpay

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pondering

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quickening

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raveling

ravishing

reasoning

reckoning

reclining

rumbling

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reflecting

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powdering

relieving

repeating

resisting

rendering

respecting

rejoicing

relapsing

reprobate

retiring

reversing

regarding

riveting

revolting

revolving

refurbish

scaffolding

scattering

scavenging

scrambling

scribbling

seducing

seagoing

shadowing

seasoning

settling

shimmering

shipbuilding

shoplifting

shortening

shortcoming

sleepwalking

sizzling

sickening

smattering

soldering

sojourning

softening

soldiering

souring

suffering

stiffening

stuttering

succeeding

strengthening

suburban

suburbans

watering

supervise

surprising

surpassing

surrounding

surviving

surveying

sweetening

tabling

tailoring

tempering

tapering

thundering

thanksgiving

thickening

threatening

tormenting

tinkering

ticketing

tinkling

towering

transporting

toweling

traversing

typesetting

trumpeting

tumbling

underling

typewriting

trembling

unbending

unfeeling

twinkling

unfailing

upsetting

undying

unwilling

unsparing

unflinching

unthinking

unwitting

unyielding

warehousing

varying

visiting

vomiting

vanishing

wandering

wagering

wrongdoing

whispering

weathering

well-being

whitening

winnowing

withering

4 syllable words

abbreviate

abbreviates

agonizing

activating

aggravating

admonishing

advertising

agitating

annotating

appetizing

approvable

appropriate

appropriates

astonishing

awakening

approbation

babysitting

barbecuing

bewildering

bicycling

captivating

calculating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

complicating

conditioning

corresponding

delegating

denigrating

depravation

depravity

deprivation

deprivations

condescending

detonating

encouraging

energizing

devastating

diagnosing

disappointing

dispiriting

disconcerting

disengaging

discouraging

disparaging

distributing

dominating

domineering

edifying

disabling

disappearing

disheartening

encompassing

emphasizing

encircling

distinguishing

enterprising

entertaining

enveloping

embarrassing

engineering

executing

everlasting

examining

effervescent

enlightening

everybody

fascinating

favorable

fingerprinting

fluctuating

gratifying

hesitating

hyperbaric

hyperbola

hyperbole

implicating

inquiring

inheriting

inhibiting

integrating

interlocking

interviewing

intersecting

irritating

developing

laminating

legislating

liberating

maximizing

merchandising

mitigating

moderating

mountaineering

never-ending

nonrecurring

notifying

oceangoing

occupying

obviating

notwithstanding

operating

opprobrium

oscillating

overarching

overbearing

overcoming

overburden

overflowing

operable

overlapping

overlying

overhauling

overruling

overpowering

overrating

overwhelming

overpower

overpowered

overpowers

overvalue

palpitating

parachuting

patronizing

partitioning

penetrating

persevering

petitioning

pioneering

realizing

registering

repairable

reverberates

reverberate

reentering

overpasses

separating

speechifying

suffocating

superfamily

superficial

supervises

waterproofing

supervision

unassuming

underlying

unbelieving

underwriting

underpinning

undertaking

understanding

undulating

unavailing

unremitting

unbecoming

unrelenting

vacillating

supervisors

supervisor

Words that rhyme with the word approving

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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

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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.

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

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