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

acton

action

airborne

airman

alan

alman

airframes

airframe

arbor

amman

apron

arson

alban

ashen

aspen

asian

auction

atman

austin

auden

banyan

baldwin

bagman

bacon

barbers

bargain

barton

barber

barbre

bastion

baron

barren

baston

bason

basin

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

bellman

belgian

bellon

begun

berber

billion

bobbin

bludgeon

billman

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

blacken

boatman

blowgun

bolden

bollen

bordman

bookman

boston

beckon

bourbon

boughten

bracken

bowman

brethren

brakeman

brazen

breton

brighten

burgeon

briton

bullion

burden

brogan

broken

burdon

bushman

broaden

burman

burton

button

cabin

caisson

cajun

calvin

carbon

canyon

caption

capstan

canton

captain

cannon

canon

carman

carefree

carmine

carton

carvers

carper

carver

cauldron

caution

caxton

cayman

chairman

certain

charon

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chasten

cheapen

chevron

christian

churchman

chicken

christen

chieftain

children

chosen

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

colon

common

canaan

coachman

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

craftsman

cousin

cowan

craven

crewman

crimson

cretin

cropper

crouton

cushion

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagon

craver

dagan

dalton

daman

darken

deaden

deafen

dampen

damson

deacon

crawford

crowbar

dearborn

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dian

diction

doctrine

dobson

dolphin

dolman

dozen

draftsman

dragon

draper

dungeon

driven

elan

drawbridge

drivers

dudgeon

dropper

drunken

dutchman

earthen

eaten

dromon

droppers

drover

dustman

eden

driver

engine

emption

ensign

ermine

herbers

faction

faustian

fallen

fashion

faulcon

felon

falcon

famine

fasten

fatten

fibrin

fiction

fielden

fervor

fireman

flashgun

firman

fission

flexion

flatten

floren

forebears

footman

forebear

forebrain

forefront

foreign

fortune

foreman

fraction

fountain

freshman

freeborn

freedman

freeman

freshen

friction

gilden

frighten

garden

garron

gascon

function

gallon

gammon

georgian

gentian

german

frozen

fusion

gibbon

goodman

glidden

glisten

golden

gluten

gorgon

gotten

gladden

grabbers

gowan

grabber

grandson

graven

given

grecian

graybeard

graybeards

graveyards

graver

graveyard

guardsman

griever

gripper

groover

grouper

groupers

gudgeon

gumption

hackman

haitian

hangman

happen

harbor

harbors

harden

harken

harten

harpers

harebrained

harper

griffon

hasten

hausen

hearten

headman

heaven

headsman

heighten

heathen

haven

hempen

henchman

grievers

herber

heron

hetman

hessian

hidden

hogan

homespun

horseman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

jargon

jackman

jasmine

jason

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

junction

kenyan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kansan

kirkman

kalan

kitchen

kitten

klansman

kremlin

laden

landsman

lagan

lampron

landman

lengthen

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

legion

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

lesion

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lion

lichen

liken

liman

linen

lockman

lisbon

listen

london

locken

lighten

longan

liven

logan

loosen

lopeman

loren

luncheon

m1

lynden

lyden

madden

lotion

mahone

lumen

maiden

mangan

mansion

margin

marksman

martian

marchman

markman

marlin

marten

martin

marron

marver

matron

mason

mayan

layman

melton

million

mention

melon

milken

minden

oarsman

minion

mission

morgan

mormon

motion

molten

mountain

moisten

muffin

mullen

muslin

mutton

nation

ninon

nekton

newsman

norman

notion

mignon

ocean

onion

often

olden

odin

omen

open

option

organ

ion

mitten

orphan

othman

oven

outdone

outrun

packman

paean

pagan

panton

pardon

parson

passion

passman

pathan

patten

pectin

pavon

penman

penguin

pension

peon

patron

person

owen

oxen

perforce

perron

persian

perverts

pillion

pinion

pervert

pigeon

piston

pitman

perverse

platten

plankton

plantain

portion

pollan

pollen

poison

ponton

portman

platen

postman

potion

performs

perform

prepared

prepares

prefer

prepare

pressman

prison

proffer

proper

prussian

proven

proverb

pullen

question

purports

purport

ration

quicken

raven

reason

reckon

redden

rayon

region

proverbs

prefers

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

rincon

riden

robin

riven

rosin

rotten

samson

ripen

risen

roman

runnion

russian

saffron

sadden

salesman

salmon

rosen

santon

rowan

scallion

rumen

rowen

sanction

saxon

scion

satin

satan

scotsman

ruin

scullion

scrubbers

seaman

scriber

scrubber

scraper

scrapers

season

selden

section

seedsman

semen

sharpen

seven

sexton

session

sermon

seton

sequin

servers

shaken

server

shaman

shorten

shotgun

sharper

shearman

shipman

shogun

showman

shriver

shrunken

siren

smarten

silken

sicken

siphon

slacken

slogan

sportsman

smitten

sodden

sovran

soften

soldan

sovereign

spartan

spearman

spokesman

solon

spoken

squadron

stallion

stallman

stepson

steven

stiffen

station

stillion

stockman

strengthen

sturgeon

statesman

stricken

striven

stolen

straighten

sultan

suction

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

surgeon

surfer

surprise

surfers

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

tendon

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tension

torsion

teston

threaten

therefore

tillman

thicken

thousand

tighten

titan

token

toman

torpor

toughen

townsman

traction

trillion

treason

trodden

triton

trapper

tripper

trappers

trojan

traverse

trooper

trippers

tubman

undone

tuscan

turban

tungsten

troopers

union

urban

urchin

urson

urine

vegan

version

villain

vision

vulcan

wanton

warden

wagon

watchman

warfare

warren

weapon

wherefore

whitson

weaken

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

waken

widen

zion

wizen

woodman

woman

woolman

workman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

woven

wrapper

yachtsman

written

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

wrappers

zircon

suasion

3 syllable words

abandon

abstention

abduction

abdomen

ablation

absorption

ablution

abortion

abstraction

accession

abrasion

accretion

adrian

affection

acumen

adhesion

admission

addition

adoption

addiction

adsorption

aegean

aggression

african

affliction

alien

albion

albumin

aleutian

alderman

ambition

alsatian

allusion

ambrosian

andean

anchorman

anglican

anyone

appian

apportion

alaskan

arian

arkansan

artisan

artesian

aryan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assertion

attention

attraction

assumption

asuncion

attrition

austrian

audition

australian

aversion

avian

barbara

badminton

backwoodsman

awaken

backgammon

bandwagon

barbary

barbershop

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

bedouin

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

brazilian

bravura

bouillon

bravery

bribery

bulletin

campion

cardigan

capsaicin

carrion

carnation

cartesian

castration

catalan

caucasian

causation

cation

cessation

chairperson

cetacean

charwoman

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

cerebral

chilean

cinnamon

citation

citizen

civilian

clarendon

cistercian

clarion

cognition

coercion

clergyman

conception

cohesion

collagen

collection

collegian

collision

combustion

collusion

commission

communion

companion

compassion

confection

complexion

completion

commotion

compression

compulsion

concession

confession

condition

concoction

concussion

conclusion

conduction

congestion

connection

connexion

congressman

conflation

confucian

confusion

conjunction

conscription

constriction

construction

contagion

consumption

compunction

contention

contortion

contraction

contraption

contrition

convection

convention

conversion

conviction

contusion

convulsion

correction

corporal

corporate

corporates

countryman

corsican

corruption

corrosion

councilman

cremation

creation

croatian

crestfallen

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

declension

decision

deduction

defection

deflection

deletion

deflation

delusion

dentition

denizen

depiction

depletion

derision

depression

description

desertion

exception

dimension

detection

detention

destruction

determine

dilation

devotion

dictation

diffraction

digestion

digression

diffusion

dilution

direction

discipline

discretion

discussion

dispersion

dissection

disruption

dissension

distortion

distraction

disunion

distinction

diversion

dorian

dominion

division

donation

downtrodden

draperies

drapery

duration

ejection

edition

egyptian

elation

election

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

encryption

emission

emotion

emulsion

enlighten

englishman

enliven

erection

equation

everyone

eruption

etruscan

erosion

evasion

eviction

exaction

excision

hereford

excretion

exemption

exertion

excursion

exhaustion

expansion

explosion

fabian

extension

expulsion

extortion

extraction

extinction

extrusion

expression

fenian

feminine

ferryman

fijian

firebird

filtration

firebrand

firebirds

firebrands

firebrick

grobian

fisherman

firepower

fireproof

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

forever

formation

forgotten

franciscan

foundation

free-for-all

freemason

freudian

gillian

fruition

gaussian

frustration

garrison

galleon

fustian

ghanaian

genuine

gestation

gentleman

gordian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

halcyon

gyration

guncotton

handwoven

halogen

hammerman

harlequin

heartbroken

hawaiian

exclusion

heroin

heroine

horatian

housebroken

horizon

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

imprison

impression

in-person

inaction

inception

incision

inclusion

indian

infection

incursion

ingestion

infarction

induction

inflection

inflation

infliction

infraction

infusion

inhuman

injection

insertion

inscription

injunction

inspection

intention

instruction

intestine

invention

intrusion

invasion

laurentian

inversion

irian

irishman

jamaican

jacobin

italian

jettison

javelin

kantian

jovian

julian

keratin

korean

keynesian

lactation

lanolin

laotian

lesbian

lecithin

libyan

libration

ligation

location

logician

median

lumberman

mandarin

lutheran

malayan

malaysian

magician

magdalen

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

medicine

melanin

deception

migration

octillion

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

misshapen

moroccan

moreover

objection

muskmelon

munition

musician

mutation

nutrition

narration

myosin

nebraskan

negation

nemean

nerve-racking

nevadan

nobleman

nitrogen

niacin

norwegian

nubian

nonhuman

notation

nonunion

obsession

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

odeon

omission

oppression

fixation

optation

opinion

optician

oration

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

performance

oxygen

partisan

partition

parisian

patrician

paraphrase

pavilion

pelican

perception

perfection

percussion

perforate

pentathlon

perforates

permian

perfusion

performers

permission

persuasion

perversion

phoenician

petition

perversely

peterman

physician

plebeian

phrygian

porcelain

porphyry

possession

policeman

plantation

pollution

predestine

position

precession

precision

preemption

precaution

preclusion

predation

prediction

preference

performer

preparers

preparer

prescription

prostration

procession

pretension

prevention

privation

probation

presumption

production

protection

profession

progression

projection

promotion

profusion

proportion

properties

properly

property

proportions

proscription

propulsion

protean

prefrontal

provision

regression

puritan

purveyors

purveyor

ramadan

quotation

rebellion

reception

recession

reflection

reaction

recision

redemption

reduction

regimen

rejection

relation

remission

reopen

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

restriction

retention

retraction

reversion

revision

reunion

revulsion

resumption

rifleman

rendition

secession

rhodopsin

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

scorpion

scythian

selection

sedation

sedition

seduction

sensation

shrubbery

secretion

simian

skeleton

silicon

singleton

snapdragon

stagnation

solomon

specimen

solution

starvation

seclusion

stygian

submission

subversion

suburban

submersion

succession

suggestion

subscription

summation

sumatran

subtraction

suppression

suspension

surprising

superman

surprises

surveyor

surveyors

suspicion

syrian

tamarin

talisman

tactician

taxation

technician

temptation

timberman

thespian

toboggan

tradition

transcription

transition

transgression

translation

transfusion

transmission

traversing

tripartite

vitamin

unburden

unbutton

truncation

tuition

uneven

unbroken

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

uterine

vacation

vatican

vermilion

venetian

vibration

veteran

venison

unison

vocation

volition

transaction

zambian

religion

wesleyan

waterman

wherever

4 syllable words

abyssinian

aberration

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

adaptation

acquisition

activation

accusation

admiration

admonition

adrenaline

affectation

adoration

adulation

advocation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

arbitration

albanian

algerian

alabaman

aldebaran

algonquian

american

allegation

altercation

alternation

allocation

alteration

amphibian

annexation

animation

amputation

annotation

apparition

apprehension

approbation

appalachian

appellation

application

arabian

ammunition

armenian

armageddon

arizonan

assemblyman

abdication

aspiration

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

backwardation

barbarism

barbarity

avocation

aviation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

bifurcation

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

canadian

cancellation

carborundum

carbureted

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

chiropractic

chiropractor

chiropractors

circumcision

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

cogitation

consecration

composition

collocation

collodion

columbian

coloradan

comedian

coloration

combination

commendation

committeeman

comparison

commutation

competition

compensation

complication

compilation

comprehension

computation

concentration

condemnation

condescension

condensation

conflagration

confirmation

confiscation

connotation

conservation

congregation

conjugation

confrontation

consternation

constitution

consolation

constellation

constipation

consummation

consultation

coalition

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

conversation

convolution

convocation

cotyledon

corinthian

contemplation

corp.

corporation

corporations

correlation

corroborate

coronation

corroborates

copernican

criterion

crocodilian

copenhagen

cultivation

culmination

crucifixion

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

preparation

decoration

declaration

decompression

decimation

dedication

deconstruction

defamation

deformation

degradation

dehydration

delegation

definition

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

derivation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

deposition

desiccation

designation

desolation

desperation

destination

destitution

devonian

devastation

deviation

devolution

dilatation

disaffection

detonation

dietitian

disconnection

diminution

diocesan

disinfection

disillusion

disinflation

dislocation

disputation

disposition

dispensation

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

distribution

domination

divination

dominican

draconian

electrician

duplication

education

elongation

elevation

elocution

emanation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

dissolution

equitation

eritrean

eustachian

european

estonian

erudition

estimation

evocation

evolution

excitation

excavation

exhibition

exhortation

execution

exhalation

exhumation

expectation

fabrication

expiration

exploration

explication

exploitation

explanation

fallopian

extradition

expedition

extrication

exposition

federation

fascination

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

fireproofing

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

gregorian

fumigation

gargantuan

galilean

gastrulation

exclamation

generation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gravitation

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

herbariums

herculean

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hesitation

hyperion

hydrocarbon

hypertension

ideation

illustration

ibuprofen

immigration

imitation

immolation

imperfection

implantation

incarnation

impregnation

inattention

importation

incantation

imposition

imputation

inclination

incubation

indentation

indexation

indigestion

incrustation

indecision

infestation

indication

indignation

indiscretion

indonesian

infiltration

inflammation

information

implication

inhibition

inhalation

inquisition

lancastrian

inspiration

instigation

insurrection

integration

insulation

interception

installation

institution

interaction

intercession

interdiction

interjection

intersection

intervention

intermission

interruption

interurban

interwoven

intimation

introspection

introduction

intuition

intonation

inundation

invitation

invocation

iranian

irreverence

irreverent

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jacobean

iteration

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

innovation

legislation

oblivion

liberation

levitation

leviathan

obsidian

lilliputian

liquefaction

limitation

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

mammalian

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

maturation

machination

malnutrition

manumission

masturbation

medication

mediation

meditation

melanesian

meridian

menstruation

miseration

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

misperception

modulation

missourian

moderation

molestation

mitigation

motivation

mongolian

moravian

mortification

mutilation

nigerian

nestorian

navigation

newtonian

nicaraguan

napoleon

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

nomination

obfuscation

obligation

octahedron

obstetrician

observation

occupation

opposition

olympian

ohioan

operation

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ordination

pagurian

oxidation

palpitation

pagination

paraguayan

perforation

ovulation

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforations

perspiration

peripheral

peripherals

periphery

persecution

permutation

peruvian

polynesian

perturbation

perversity

pigmentation

politician

plutonian

praetorian

polyhedron

porphyritic

population

preelection

preferential

predilection

perforated

preferable

precondition

preconception

preferably

performances

preferences

predetermine

preparations

preservation

premonition

preignition

presentation

proclamation

prevaricate

procreation

prevaricates

profanation

prohibition

prostitution

propagation

proportional

proportionate

proposition

proprietor

proprietors

prosecution

propriety

protestation

proverbial

publication

provocation

punctuation

purifier

purifiers

radiation

readmission

realization

protozoan

recantation

reawaken

reassertion

recitation

recreation

recollection

recognition

reconstruction

reelection

reclamation

reexamine

reformation

refutation

registration

reinspection

regulation

relaxation

subdivision

relocation

repercussion

renovation

reparation

repetition

reposition

replication

repossession

rhetorician

reservation

republican

reproduction

reputation

requisition

rhododendron

resignation

resolution

respiration

retribution

restitution

resurrection

restoration

retardation

retrocession

revelation

revocation

revolution

samaritan

sanitation

rumination

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segregation

self-deception

segmentation

shakespearean

separation

sequestration

sicilian

simonian

simulation

smithsonian

speculation

situation

statistician

strangulation

stimulation

stipulation

subluxation

suffocation

substitution

supervision

surrogation

superhuman

superstition

supposition

tasmanian

tamoxifen

tabulation

toleration

tetrahedron

termination

titillation

syncopation

syndication

transformation

transplantation

trepidation

transportation

tribulation

ulceration

usurpation

valerian

utopian

vacillation

vaccination

validation

valuation

variation

veneration

victorian

vegetation

ventilation

vindication

violation

visitation

watermelon

5 syllable words

acceleration

abomination

academician

accommodation

accreditation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

accumulation

agglomeration

affiliation

amazonian

alleviation

alliteration

amalgamation

alienation

amelioration

amplification

annihilation

appropriation

amortization

appreciation

approximation

anticipation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

attenuation

association

assimilation

augustinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

deceleration

abbreviation

canonization

capitulation

carthaginian

carolinian

cauterization

centenarian

centralization

certification

christianization

civilization

clarification

cohabitation

collaboration

codification

commemoration

colonization

classification

communication

confederation

conciliation

confabulation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

coagulation

consolidation

consideration

concatenation

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

corroborative

corroborated

contamination

decomposition

deliberation

degeneration

defenestration

deification

delicatessen

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

desalination

depreciation

desegregation

dissemination

determination

dionysian

discoloration

disembarkation

discrimination

disintegration

disinclination

dissatisfaction

domestication

dramatization

elaboration

ejaculation

edification

electrocution

elizabethan

elimination

emancipation

epicurean

enumeration

equalization

eradication

equivocation

ethiopian

evacuation

evaluation

evaporation

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

dissociation

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

falsification

facilitation

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hybridization

hyperborean

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

illumination

imagination

immunization

improvisation

incarceration

inauguration

inactivation

incorporation

decapitation

incineration

incrimination

infatuation

indoctrination

inhabitation

initiation

insemination

inoculation

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpretation

interrogation

interpolation

intoxication

invalidation

intimidation

investigation

ionization

irreparable

irreparably

irradiation

irrepressible

irreversible

irreversibly

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

manifestation

maximilian

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

mechanization

metropolitan

misapprehension

misapplication

misinformation

miscalculation

modernization

mobilization

modification

mississippian

mummification

negotiation

neapolitan

nickelodeon

neutralization

nitroglycerine

nonsectarian

nonintervention

notification

nullification

normalization

multiplication

obliteration

oregonian

ornamentation

ossification

origination

overproduction

organization

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

orientation

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

pomeranian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

presbyterian

premeditation

preoccupation

preparatory

prevarication

presupposition

procrastination

proletarian

prognostication

proliferation

proportionally

proportionately

proprietaries

proprietary

pronunciation

proprietorship

proprietorships

qualification

pythagorean

purification

quantification

ramification

ratification

recombination

recrimination

recuperation

rectification

recommendation

regeneration

reaffirmation

reforestation

refrigeration

reiteration

reintegration

rejuvenation

repatriation

renunciation

representation

repudiation

reverberation

resuscitation

revaluation

retaliation

remuneration

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specification

sophistication

specialization

sterilization

vulgarization

stratification

substantiation

subordination

theologian

synchronization

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

veterinarian

vegetarian

verification

vilification

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word barbarian

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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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