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2 syllable words

action

accost

accused

aghast

airman

alban

alan

acton

alman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

assist

assists

atman

auction

austin

auden

august

bacon

bagman

baldwin

amman

banyan

bargain

bastion

basin

bason

baston

boston

barren

barton

bowman

baton

batten

bayman

beacon

beaten

brakeman

batton

beckon

belgian

bellman

begun

bellon

bequests

bison

billion

bisson

blowgun

billman

billon

biggest

bludgeon

boatman

bitten

bequest

blacken

caption

bolden

bordman

bookman

bobbin

bollen

boughten

brazen

brethren

button

bracken

caisson

breton

bullion

brighten

brogan

broken

briton

calvin

broaden

burgeon

burden

cajun

bourbon

bushman

cabin

burman

burton

burdon

canyon

canaan

capstan

canton

cannon

canon

captain

carman

carmine

carton

caution

cauldron

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

christian

chaplain

chapman

charon

chasten

cheapen

chessman

chieftain

children

chosen

christen

chevron

carbon

chicken

churchman

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

common

baron

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

craftsman

craven

crimson

crouton

cuban

cushion

dagan

dagon

dalton

daman

dampen

damson

darken

deacon

curtain

deaden

deafen

cumin

deepen

delphian

demon

deject

cousin

cowan

cretin

crewman

desman

desist

diction

devon

dian

digests

digest

diseased

disgust

disgusts

dissect

dissects

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dozen

dromon

draftsman

dragon

driven

drunken

dustman

dutchman

eaten

earthen

eden

eject

ejects

elan

emption

engine

dungeon

ermine

exact

exacts

ensign

dudgeon

exhausts

gibbon

faction

falcon

fallen

eyesight

famine

fascists

fascist

fashion

faustian

faulcon

felon

fasten

fiction

fibrin

fielden

fireman

flexion

fission

floren

firman

focused

focussed

fatten

footman

foreman

foreign

flashgun

fortune

fraction

friction

freshen

freedman

freshman

freeman

frighten

frozen

gilden

flatten

fountain

fusion

garden

gallon

gammon

garron

gascon

function

gentian

georgian

german

exists

glisten

golden

goodman

glidden

gluten

gorgon

graven

gowan

grandson

gotten

grecian

griffon

gumption

gudgeon

guardsman

haitian

hackman

harden

harken

hangman

happen

harten

hasten

hausen

haven

heathen

headsman

heighten

henchman

headman

hearten

hempen

heaven

given

hessian

hetman

heron

hidden

horseman

hogan

houseman

homespun

hoten

hoven

huntsman

hymen

hyson

human

hyphen

ibsen

gladden

exhaust

exist

deceased

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetson

jordan

jorden

jetton

junction

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kansan

kelvin

kirkman

kitchen

kitten

landsman

klansman

laden

lampron

landman

kremlin

lagan

lakeside

layman

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

kalan

lesion

leman

lengthen

lemon

lesson

lessen

leven

lichen

lighten

lightman

lineman

linemen

liken

liman

linden

lion

linen

listen

lisbon

london

liven

logan

lockman

locken

locusts

locust

longan

loosen

lotion

luncheon

lopeman

lyden

loren

lumen

lynden

loosestrife

low-cost

m1

loosestrifes

mansion

maiden

mangan

margin

martian

marchman

markman

marksman

marlin

marten

marron

martin

mahone

mason

minion

mayan

melon

mention

million

minden

melton

mignon

matron

madden

milken

mission

mitten

motion

moisten

molten

mountain

muffin

morgan

mormon

mullen

nation

muslin

mutton

nekton

newsman

ninon

miscast

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

olden

omen

onion

option

open

orphan

pension

outdone

outrun

oven

organ

othman

owen

pagan

paean

panton

pardon

parson

passion

passman

pathan

packman

oxen

patten

penguin

penman

peon

patron

pectin

pavon

packaged

perron

persian

person

pillion

pigeon

pinion

piston

poison

plankton

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

portion

ponton

portman

postman

potion

pressman

prussian

prison

proven

question

pullen

quicken

ration

raven

reason

rayon

reckon

recessed

redden

region

rejects

reject

rerun

request

resin

requests

resist

resists

roughshod

riden

ripen

roman

rosen

rincon

ribbon

ridden

riven

robin

rosin

risen

rotten

rowan

rowen

rumen

ruin

russian

runnion

santon

sanction

saffron

samson

salesman

sadden

salmon

satan

scullion

scallion

seaman

season

saxon

scion

scotsman

seacoast

satin

section

seedsman

selden

semen

sequin

sermon

recast

session

seton

sexton

shaken

shearman

shaman

shrunken

showman

shorten

shotgun

silken

sicken

shogun

siphon

siren

soldan

slogan

smarten

slacken

smitten

sodden

soften

solon

stallion

shipman

sovereign

sovran

spoken

spartan

spearman

squadron

spokesman

sportsman

station

stepson

steven

stallman

statesman

stillion

stolen

straighten

stockman

stiffen

strengthen

suasion

sharpen

sturgeon

suction

sultan

sullen

suggests

suggest

stricken

sudden

sunken

summon

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

syphon

taken

sylvan

seven

tarpon

tartan

talon

tappen

tension

tendon

teston

striven

thousand

thicken

titan

token

tillman

toman

threaten

torsion

traction

townsman

toughen

touchstone

trojan

trillion

tubman

treason

triton

trodden

tungsten

tuscan

turban

undone

union

tighten

urban

urson

urchin

urine

yeoman

version

vision

vulcan

villain

waken

wanton

warden

yachtsman

wagon

watchman

widen

warren

whitson

weaken

wheaten

whiten

weapon

wiccan

wizen

woven

woman

woodman

woolman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

workman

written

yaupon

zaman

vegan

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abduction

abortion

abrasion

accession

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accretion

acoustics

acoustic

accosted

accustom

accustomed

commotion

addiction

admission

adoption

adsorption

aegean

adrian

affection

affliction

aggression

african

aleutian

alaskan

albion

acumen

alderman

albumin

alien

addition

alsatian

allusion

adhesion

aspersion

ambition

assassin

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anyone

anglican

apportion

appian

arian

arkansan

artesian

ascension

aryan

artisan

assertion

assistance

assistant

assumption

assistants

asuncion

attention

attraction

attrition

audition

australian

austrian

awaken

aversion

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

benjamin

beholden

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

castration

carnation

cartesian

carrion

catalan

cardigan

cessation

cation

caucasian

causation

cetacean

chairperson

cistercian

champion

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

citation

cinnamon

civilian

citizen

clarion

clergyman

coercion

coexist

cognition

cohesion

collegian

collection

collision

collusion

collagen

combustion

commission

clarendon

compassion

communion

companion

completion

complexion

detection

compression

compulsion

compunction

conception

concession

concussion

condition

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confection

confession

conflation

confucian

conscription

conjunction

connection

connexion

confusion

congestion

congressman

constriction

consumption

construction

contagion

contention

contortion

contraction

contraption

contrition

conviction

convection

convention

conversion

contusion

convulsion

correction

corrosion

corruption

corsican

countryman

creation

croatian

cremation

crestfallen

deception

dalmatian

damnation

cyprian

abandon

councilman

declension

deflation

depletion

defection

deduction

deflection

deletion

delusion

dentition

dejected

denizen

depiction

description

decision

depression

derision

desertion

desiccates

desiccate

destruction

detention

dictation

devotion

determine

diffraction

diffusion

digression

digestion

digestive

digester

dimension

dilution

direction

disasters

disaster

discipline

discretion

dilation

discussion

disgusted

disgusting

predation

disruption

dispersion

dissection

dissected

dissections

dissecting

dissension

distinction

distraction

distortion

disunion

diversion

division

donation

dorian

dominion

downtrodden

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

elation

election

eleven

elison

emotion

emblazon

emission

embolden

emulsion

encryption

englishman

equation

enlighten

erosion

erection

essayist

evasion

eviction

everyone

excretion

excision

eruption

etruscan

exaction

exactions

exacting

exactly

exception

enliven

exclusion

excursion

execute

executes

exemption

exertion

exhaustion

exhausting

exhaustive

existing

existent

fixation

exhausted

expansion

explosion

expression

extraction

extinction

extortion

expulsion

exquisite

extrusion

extension

fabian

fenian

feminine

ferryman

filtration

formation

fijian

flirtation

flotation

foundation

fisherman

forewoman

foramen

forbidden

forgotten

gestation

freemason

fruition

freudian

franciscan

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

existence

gordian

gradation

gravamen

grobian

guardian

guncotton

gyration

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

halogen

heroin

heartbroken

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

impassion

illusion

immersion

imagine

implosion

impression

inaction

imprison

in-person

inception

incision

incursion

indian

infarction

infection

induction

inflation

infliction

inflection

infraction

infusion

ingestion

inhuman

injection

inscription

insertion

injunction

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

intrusion

invasion

invention

inversion

jamaican

irian

italian

irishman

jacobin

javelin

jovian

jettison

julian

kantian

keynesian

keratin

lactation

laotian

korean

lanolin

lecithin

laurentian

libration

libyan

lesbian

ligation

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magician

magistrates

malaysian

malayan

majestic

majesty

marian

mandarin

margarine

magdalen

masculine

medallion

inclusion

median

medicine

magistrate

migration

menhaden

midshipman

mexican

melanin

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

misfortune

moroccan

muskmelon

mutation

narration

munition

musician

myosin

negation

nebraskan

nevadan

nemean

newcastle

newscaster

newscasters

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

occasion

notation

norwegian

nonunion

nubian

objection

nutrition

occlusion

nonhuman

obsession

omission

obstruction

odeon

octillion

optation

oppression

oration

optician

opinion

orion

origin

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

outspoken

peterman

pakistan

parthian

partition

parisian

partisan

patrician

petition

pavilion

ottoman

oxygen

perception

pentathlon

percussion

perfection

perfusion

permian

permission

persuasion

perversion

pelican

phoenician

physician

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pacesetter

pollution

porcelain

position

possession

precession

precaution

precision

preclusion

phagocyte

phagocytes

prescription

preemption

prediction

pretension

presumption

prevention

predestine

probation

procession

progression

profession

production

profusion

projection

prostration

proportion

proscription

propulsion

protection

protean

provision

promotion

privation

puritan

quotation

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

rescission

regression

reception

recession

recision

redemption

reduction

regimen

reflection

register

registrant

registrants

registers

registrar

registrars

registries

registry

rejections

sensation

remission

relation

religion

rendition

reopen

repression

reptilian

requisite

requisites

resection

requester

resistance

resistant

resisting

rejection

restriction

resumption

retention

retraction

reversion

revision

reunion

revulsion

rhodopsin

rotation

rifleman

ricochet

secretion

samoan

saleswoman

salvation

secession

scorpion

scythian

seclusion

sedation

selection

saccharin

sedition

seduction

sequestered

sequesters

sequester

thespian

simian

silicon

singleton

snapdragon

skeleton

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

submersion

submission

stygian

subscription

succession

subtraction

suburban

subversion

suggestion

suggestions

suggestive

summation

suppression

sumatran

suspension

suspicion

taxation

technician

syrian

tactician

talisman

temptation

tamarin

superman

timberman

toboggan

transaction

transcription

tradition

transgression

transfusion

transition

translation

transmission

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

uneven

uncertain

unbutton

uncommon

unwritten

unison

vacation

uterine

vatican

venetian

vibration

veteran

venison

vermilion

vocation

vitamin

visigoth

visigoths

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

acclamation

absolution

abyssinian

accordion

allegation

acclimation

accusation

accusations

acoustical

acquisition

acquisitions

acquisitive

accusative

acoustically

activation

admiration

adaptation

affectation

adoration

admonition

adulation

advocation

adrenaline

affirmation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

albanian

alabaman

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

altercation

alteration

allocation

alternation

american

approbation

amputation

annexation

animation

annotation

appellation

application

appalachian

apparition

apprehension

aspiration

arbitration

arabian

amphibian

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

assemblyman

associates

associative

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

backwardation

avocation

aviation

ammunition

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

calculation

calibration

californian

businesswoman

cancellation

canadian

celebration

centurion

carcinogen

chameleon

circumspection

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

coexistence

coexisting

collodion

collocation

coloration

commendation

comedian

combination

columbian

coloradan

committeeman

commutation

comparison

compensation

complication

competition

computation

concentration

condensation

condemnation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

connotation

consecration

congregation

conservation

conjugation

consolation

constellation

consternation

contemplation

consultation

consummation

constipation

constitution

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

contribution

conversation

convocation

correlation

corp.

corporation

coronation

convolution

copernican

corinthian

copenhagen

cotyledon

compilation

culmination

criterion

crocodilian

cultivation

custodian

crucifixion

desecration

decimation

cyclopean

darwinian

dandelion

declaration

decoration

dedication

defamation

decompression

deconstruction

definition

dehydration

deformation

degradation

demonstration

delegation

demolition

demarcation

depravation

deportation

deposition

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

destination

desiccation

desolation

desperation

designation

destitution

deviation

comprehension

devastation

devonian

detonation

dietitian

devolution

digestible

dilatation

disaffection

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disillusion

disinflation

distillation

disinfection

dispensation

disputation

disposition

dissociate

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distribution

divination

domination

draconian

dominican

execution

duplication

education

electrician

elocution

elongation

emanation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

estimation

evocation

elevation

englishwoman

evolution

estonian

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

erudition

eustachian

excavation

european

excitation

exactitude

exclamation

executing

executions

executive

executor

exhalation

composition

executors

exhortation

exhibition

exhumation

existential

expiration

expectation

exploitation

exploration

explanation

explication

expedition

extrication

extradition

fascination

exposition

exquisitely

fallopian

fabrication

fibrillation

federation

fermentation

figuration

fluctuation

fluoridation

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

ideation

gorgonian

graduation

gravitation

granulation

gregorian

greco-roman

habitation

guatemalan

herculean

hemoglobin

hegelian

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

iberian

ibuprofen

illustration

immigration

immolation

imitation

implication

importation

imperfection

implantation

impregnation

imputation

imposition

inattention

incantation

incarnation

indentation

indexation

incubation

incrustation

indication

inclination

indecision

indignation

indonesian

infestation

infiltration

indiscretion

inflammation

information

inhalation

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

inspiration

installation

instigation

institution

integration

insulation

insurrection

interaction

interception

intercession

intuition

interdiction

intermission

intervention

intimation

interjection

interwoven

interruption

intonation

intersection

introspection

introduction

interurban

inundation

iteration

invitation

irritation

invocation

iranian

irrigation

isolation

jacobean

jubilation

jordanian

jurisdiction

machination

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

liberation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

limitation

liquidation

lilliputian

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

logistical

maccabean

lubrication

macedonian

masturbation

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

ministration

meridian

misbegotten

miseration

moderation

misconception

mitigation

misperception

missourian

molestation

mongolian

motivation

modulation

mortification

moravian

napoleon

mutilation

navigation

nestorian

necessitates

necessitate

necessity

necessities

newtonian

minnesotan

nigerian

nomination

noblewoman

observation

nicaraguan

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

nonprescription

occupation

obsidian

obstetrician

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

nonpartisan

operation

orchestration

opposition

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

indigestion

overburden

ovulation

perforation

oxidation

persecution

pagination

pagurian

pakistani

pakistanis

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

permutation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

politician

population

polynesian

polyhedron

preconception

praetorian

precondition

preignition

premonition

predilection

preelection

preparation

preservation

relocation

presentation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

proclamation

protestation

propagation

prosecution

proposition

prostitution

provocation

protozoan

predetermine

repetition

psychiatric

publication

punctuation

radiation

reassertion

realization

readmission

recantation

reawaken

psychiatry

recitation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

recreation

reconstruction

reelection

refutation

reformation

registration

registering

registrations

regulation

reexamine

reinspection

reparation

renovation

relaxation

replication

repercussion

reposition

repossession

reservation

resignation

reputation

requisition

reproduction

republican

resolution

respiration

restoration

restitution

retrocession

revelation

revocation

rhetorician

retribution

retardation

revolution

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

resuscitate

sectarian

saturation

satisfaction

segmentation

segregation

self-deception

sequestration

separation

resurrection

shakespearean

strangulation

simonian

siberian

sicilian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

suffocation

supposition

superstition

syndication

surrogation

termination

tabulation

syncopation

superhuman

tasmanian

tetrahedron

supervision

tamoxifen

titillation

toleration

transformation

toxicity

transportation

trepidation

transplantation

tribulation

ulceration

validation

variation

valuation

usurpation

utopian

vacillation

valerian

vaccination

vasectomy

vasectomies

veneration

ventilation

vicissitude

vicissitudes

violation

victorian

visitation

vegetation

vindication

viscosity

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

accommodation

acceleration

academician

accumulation

accreditation

accusatory

adjudication

administration

adulteration

agglomeration

alienation

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

annihilation

anticipation

approximation

amplification

argumentation

articulation

argentinian

assassination

assimilation

assemblywoman

attenuation

augustinian

augustinians

babylonian

authorization

authentication

communication

beethovenian

brutalization

caledonian

brobdingnagian

canonization

capitulation

certification

carolinian

carthaginian

centralization

cauterization

centenarian

christianization

civilization

cohabitation

classification

codification

coagulation

collaboration

clarification

colonization

commemoration

concatenation

confederation

confabulation

configuration

consideration

conglomeration

congratulation

consolidation

continuation

contamination

corroboration

cooperation

coordination

depreciation

desalination

deceleration

decomposition

decapitation

defenestration

degeneration

deification

delineation

deliberation

delicatessen

denunciation

denomination

depopulation

desegregation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disestablishment

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

incineration

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

exasperation

equalization

ethiopian

equivocation

evaluation

evaporation

evacuation

eradication

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

epicurean

executioner

executioners

exhilaration

expatriation

exoskeleton

exoneration

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

humiliation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

hybridization

hydrogenation

inauguration

illumination

imagination

immunization

inactivation

improvisation

incarceration

incorporation

incrimination

initiation

infatuation

indoctrination

inhabitation

insinuation

inoculation

insemination

instrumentation

interpretation

intimidation

jeffersonian

justification

interrogation

intoxication

invalidation

irradiation

interconnection

investigation

ionization

interpolation

legalization

juxtaposition

libertarian

localization

miscalculation

lithuanian

oregonian

magisterial

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

manifestation

misapplication

mathematician

mechanization

maximilian

maximization

metropolitan

misapprehension

misinformation

mobilization

mississippian

modernization

modification

multiplication

mummification

neutralization

neapolitan

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

nullification

notification

normalization

nonsectarian

obliteration

nickelodeon

orientation

ossification

ornamentation

origination

overproduction

organization

participation

patagonian

panamanian

pasteurization

pacification

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

prevarication

presupposition

procrastination

prognostication

proletarian

proliferation

pronunciation

purification

qualification

quantification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recuperation

recrimination

rectification

refrigeration

reforestation

regeneration

reintegration

reiteration

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

rejuvenation

pythagorean

repudiation

representation

psychotherapy

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

stratification

sophistication

specification

sterilization

specialization

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

vaporization

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

yugoslavian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

vegetarian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word association

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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