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

accord

accords

acrid

anchored

antlered

assert

asserts

assort

assured

bastard

billiard

blizzard

bluebird

bolstered

bayard

bogart

begrudge

bordered

brassard

bustard

catchword

catbird

buzzard

checkered

byard

buzzards

censored

centered

chambered

cloistered

clustered

buffered

colored

coloured

coward

battered

conferred

cornered

covered

cowherd

crawford

custard

cupboard

degrade

degrades

desert

degreed

deserts

desserts

dessert

discard

discards

discord

discreet

discrete

dockyard

drunkard

escort

escorts

exerts

excrete

excretes

egret

exert

favored

figured

fettered

fevered

fingered

feathered

featured

exhort

exhorts

flavored

flowered

cultured

absurd

gaillard

hansard

haggard

gizzard

go-cart

hartford

homeward

hayward

hazard

hired

hazards

hundred

keyword

injured

izard

izzard

kingbird

labored

record

inward

landward

lanyard

laggard

leeward

leftward

leopard

lettered

littered

lizard

layered

lizards

lowered

mallard

mannered

mastered

laggards

membered

measured

migrate

migrates

miniard

mirrored

neutered

mustard

natured

muskrat

muskrats

negroid

northward

ordered

one-third

murdered

niggard

orchard

passwords

pampered

pictured

pestered

petard

pillared

perjured

picard

powdered

punctured

misread

records

redbird

recruit

regard

regret

regards

regrets

recruits

resort

resorts

reword

scabbard

ruptured

reynard

sacred

scattered

seaward

secret

secrete

secrets

shepherd

standard

steward

southward

structured

shuttered

shouldered

snowbird

spaniard

sunbird

sugared

tankard

sutured

tapered

telford

tired

towered

tempered

unheard

vineyard

wayward

westward

windward

whiskered

weathered

withered

wizard

wizards

wondered

woodward

Words that rhyme with the word awkward

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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