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

acton

action

adroit

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

aspen

asian

athwart

atman

auden

attired

auction

austin

baron

bagman

barren

bacon

banyan

bargain

barton

baston

basin

bason

baton

batten

bastion

battered

batton

baldwin

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

belgian

bellman

begun

bellon

billon

bisson

bitten

billion

billman

bison

briton

blacken

blowgun

bludgeon

bolden

bookman

bordman

bobbin

bollen

boston

brethren

bourbon

brakeman

bracken

brazen

boatman

boughten

bowman

breton

brighten

broaden

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burgeon

burman

burton

bushman

button

cabin

caisson

cajun

calvin

canaan

cannon

canon

canton

capstan

canyon

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

caption

carton

cauldron

bullion

caution

caxton

certain

chairman

charon

chaplain

chapman

chasten

chevron

cheapen

chessman

chicken

children

chieftain

christen

citron

christian

churchman

chosen

classman

claxon

clinton

cayman

coachman

colon

common

cordon

copeman

corban

deaden

craftsman

crimson

cousin

craven

cotton

cowan

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

cushion

damson

dampen

darken

dagan

dagon

daman

dalton

deafen

deacon

cutthroat

delphian

deepen

demon

desman

devon

diction

dian

emption

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dudgeon

earthen

driven

dungeon

drunken

dozen

dragon

dustman

dromon

dutchman

eaten

eden

elan

engine

ensign

ermine

felon

feathered

falcon

faction

flexion

fashion

fasten

fatten

faulcon

fallen

faustian

firman

fibrin

fielden

fireman

fiction

fettered

fission

flashgun

famine

flatten

featured

floren

fortune

foreman

zircon

footman

foreign

fountain

fraction

freshen

freshman

function

freedman

friction

freeman

frozen

frighten

fusion

gentian

garden

garron

gascon

gallon

georgian

german

gammon

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

goodman

glisten

harden

golden

gluten

gorgon

grandson

graven

gotten

gowan

griffon

gudgeon

hackman

guardsman

haitian

gumption

grecian

hangman

happen

harken

heaven

henchman

hatred

headman

heathen

hearten

hasten

haven

hausen

heighten

hatreds

headsman

hempen

heron

harten

hessian

hidden

hetman

homespun

hogan

houseman

hoven

human

horseman

huntsman

hydride

hydrates

hydrate

ibsen

hyphen

hyson

hymen

hoten

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jason

jordan

jetton

jorden

junction

linen

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kansan

kalan

kremlin

kitten

klansman

kitchen

leaven

leaden

lampron

landsman

landman

lagan

latin

layman

ledden

laden

lengthen

lessen

lesson

lettered

lemon

leman

leven

legion

linden

lichen

lesion

lightman

lineman

lighten

liken

liman

linemen

lion

listen

lisbon

london

lockman

loren

lopeman

longan

locken

logan

loosen

lotion

lynden

m1

luncheon

lyden

lumen

markman

maiden

mahone

marron

madden

margin

marchman

mansion

marlin

matron

marksman

mangan

martian

marten

martin

mason

mayan

matured

melton

melon

mention

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

mullen

muslin

muffin

mountain

mutton

motion

nation

ocean

littered

liven

nekton

natured

ninon

newsman

nitrate

nitrates

nitride

oarsman

notion

norman

olden

onion

odin

often

omen

open

organ

option

orphan

outdone

outrun

outwards

oven

oxen

owen

packman

pagan

paean

othman

pardon

panton

parson

neutered

patron

passman

passion

pathan

patten

pectin

pavon

pension

penguin

penman

peon

perron

persian

person

pigeon

pillion

plankton

pinion

piston

pitman

petard

plantain

platen

platten

ponton

pollan

pollen

portion

portman

postman

powdered

potion

pressman

prison

poison

outward

spokesman

sportsman

prussian

pullen

question

putrid

quicken

raven

ration

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

rerun

proven

resin

retard

retired

retorts

riven

retort

retreads

risen

retreats

retreat

ridden

ribbon

rincon

riden

ripen

stallion

retards

retread

robin

rosen

rosin

saffron

sadden

salesman

russian

salmon

runnion

rotten

rumen

rowan

samson

ruin

santon

satan

satin

sanction

rowen

selden

saxon

scullion

scotsman

seaman

season

section

seedsman

sexton

session

scallion

sermon

seven

semen

scion

squadron

shaken

sequin

seton

sharpen

shaman

shearman

shipman

shorten

shogun

shrunken

shotgun

scattered

showman

sicken

silken

siren

siphon

slacken

smarten

slogan

smitten

sovereign

spearman

soldan

soften

sovran

southward

spartan

solon

sodden

spoken

shuttered

stallman

roman

start-up

start-ups

startle

starting

startles

stepson

statesman

station

steven

threaten

starter

stiffen

straddling

stillion

straddle

stockman

straddles

stolen

storied

starters

straighten

stratas

stratum

strata

toughen

steward

strengthen

stricken

striven

stretches

stretching

strident

stretchers

stretcher

stretto

stewards

strutting

sturgeon

suasion

sturdy

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

sunken

summon

tendon

torsion

surgeon

sylvan

tetrads

thicken

taken

sweethearts

talon

swollen

syphon

teston

tarpon

tension

tartan

tappen

sutured

sweeten

tillman

thousand

tighten

titan

token

toman

sweetheart

traction

treason

turban

tungsten

trillion

tubman

trodden

triton

trojan

tuscan

undone

union

urban

urchin

urson

urine

vegan

version

villain

townsman

vision

vulcan

waken

warden

wanton

woodman

weapon

weathered

wagon

warren

watchman

weaken

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

workman

women

wooden

whitson

widen

woman

wizen

withered

woodward

woolen

woolman

worsen

written

zaman

yachtsman

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zion

3 syllable words

abandon

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

ablation

ablution

absorption

abstraction

abstention

accession

accretion

aegean

abduction

addition

addiction

acumen

adhesion

admission

adoption

affection

african

affliction

albion

adsorption

alaskan

aggression

alderman

albumin

andean

aleutian

alien

allusion

adroitly

ambition

ambrosian

alsatian

anchorman

anyone

appian

apportion

arian

artisan

artesian

arkansan

aryan

ascension

assertion

aspersion

assassin

assumption

asuncion

audition

aversion

attrition

attraction

austrian

attention

avian

australian

awaken

badminton

backgammon

battalion

backwoodsman

bandwagon

anglican

beholden

beethoven

benjamin

biotin

bitterroot

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

campion

carrion

bedouin

cambrian

cartesian

cardigan

capsaicin

carnation

castration

cation

catalan

cathartic

caucasian

causation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

citizen

cistercian

citation

civilian

clarion

clergyman

conception

cognition

coercion

cohesion

collision

collegian

collusion

commotion

collagen

collection

commission

combustion

communion

companion

completion

compulsion

compassion

complexion

compression

compunction

concession

conclusion

concussion

bedizen

projection

concoction

condition

confection

confession

conduction

conflation

conscription

confucian

confusion

congestion

connection

conjunction

connexion

congressman

conviction

constriction

construction

consumption

conversion

contagion

contortion

contrition

contusion

contraction

contention

convection

contraption

convention

correction

convulsion

corruption

corrosion

corsican

cyprian

countryman

crestfallen

creation

councilman

cremation

crustacean

croatian

decision

dalmatian

damnation

declension

deception

encryption

defection

deduction

deflection

deletion

dehydrate

delusion

dentition

denizen

depiction

embolden

depletion

derision

depression

description

desertion

destruction

detection

detention

determine

devotion

dictation

diffraction

digestion

direction

dimension

digression

discipline

dilation

dilution

discretion

diffusion

discussion

disruption

dissection

dispersion

dissension

division

distinction

distortion

distraction

diversion

disunion

dominion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

duration

edition

egyptian

election

ejection

elation

eleven

emblazon

emission

emotion

enlighten

englishman

etruscan

emulsion

enliven

equation

erection

erosion

eruption

evasion

excision

eviction

excretion

exception

exaction

exclusion

exemption

excursion

exertion

exhaustion

explosion

forbidden

extortion

expression

expansion

extension

expulsion

extinction

extraction

fabian

extrusion

federate

fatherhood

filtration

foramen

fenian

fijian

feminine

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

forgotten

foundation

forewoman

formation

flotation

freudian

fruition

frustration

freemason

genuine

fustian

galleon

gentleman

gaussian

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

hammerman

gradation

gravamen

guncotton

guardian

gyration

grobian

halcyon

halogen

handwoven

harlequin

heroin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroine

franciscan

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hitherto

illusion

ignition

hydration

hydrogen

hydrated

immersion

impassion

implosion

imprison

impression

inaction

incision

infarction

in-person

inception

indian

incursion

inclusion

induction

infliction

infection

infraction

inflection

inflation

ingestion

infusion

injection

inhuman

injunction

inscription

imagine

insertion

instruction

intention

intestine

intrusion

irian

invention

invasion

inversion

irishman

jamaican

jacobin

italian

javelin

jovian

julian

kantian

keynesian

korean

laurentian

leatherwood

lanolin

laotian

laterites

lesbian

lecithin

libration

libyan

ligation

lactation

inspection

literate

logician

location

obsession

lumberman

lutheran

magician

malaysian

malayan

magdalen

marian

mandarin

margarine

masculine

medallion

median

menhaden

medicine

melanin

mexican

midshipman

migration

misfortune

misprision

narration

mithridate

mithridates

mistaken

misshapen

moderate

moderates

moroccan

musician

munition

motherhood

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

nebraskan

negation

nemean

nevadan

nitrogen

niacin

nobleman

nonhuman

norwegian

occasion

objection

nonunion

nubian

nutrition

notation

nutritive

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

opinion

odeon

omission

optician

oration

oppression

optation

origin

orion

parisian

outspoken

outriders

outrider

ovation

overdone

parthian

overman

overrun

ottoman

oxygen

perfection

pavilion

patrician

partition

patriots

patriot

partisan

pelican

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfusion

permission

petition

physician

permian

phoenician

persuasion

phrygian

perversion

peterman

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

porcelain

predation

position

precision

possession

precession

preclusion

precaution

predestine

prediction

preemption

prescription

profession

pretension

prevention

procession

production

presumption

privation

probation

profusion

progression

noteworthy

deflation

proportion

proscription

propulsion

protection

prostration

protean

puritan

provision

promotion

quadratic

ramadan

reception

rebellion

reaction

recession

recision

redemption

reduction

regimen

reflection

regression

rendition

religion

remission

rejection

relation

reopen

reptilian

rescission

repression

resection

restriction

retention

retraction

retarded

resumption

revision

reunion

reversion

rhodopsin

rifleman

revulsion

saccharin

rotation

saleswoman

samoan

salvation

secretion

sedation

scorpion

secession

scythian

seclusion

sedition

seduction

selection

saturday

sensation

skeleton

simian

silicon

singleton

saturate

solution

snapdragon

specimen

solomon

stagnation

saturdays

quotation

thespian

startlingly

stewardship

starvation

strategist

strategists

stratify

strategy

stratified

stratagem

strategies

stratagems

transition

stygian

submersion

submission

subscription

suburban

subversion

summation

subtraction

suggestion

succession

sumatran

technician

superman

suspicion

tactician

suspension

syrian

talisman

tamarin

suppression

temptation

taxation

toboggan

timberman

transmission

tradition

transcription

transgression

transaction

translation

transfusion

tuition

truncation

unburden

unbutton

uneven

unbroken

uncertain

uncommon

unison

vatican

uterine

vacation

venison

veteran

vermilion

venetian

vibration

volition

vitamin

vocation

wesleyan

waterman

zambian

4 syllable words

advocation

abolition

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

aberration

acquisition

activation

agitation

accusation

adoration

adrenaline

admiration

adriatic

albanian

affirmation

affectation

adaptation

adulation

aggravation

admonition

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

algerian

allegation

allocation

algonquian

altercation

alternation

american

amphibian

amputation

alteration

ammunition

apparition

annotation

appalachian

annexation

appellation

application

apprehension

approbation

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

arthurian

armageddon

armenian

animation

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

authority

authorities

aviation

bavarian

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

canadian

cancellation

calibration

californian

calculation

carcinogen

centurion

celebration

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

coalition

circumspection

circumvention

cogitation

collodion

collocation

coloration

committeeman

coloradan

comedian

columbian

combination

commendation

commutation

comparison

competition

composition

comprehension

compilation

complication

computation

compensation

concentration

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

congregation

conjugation

confrontation

connotation

consecration

consolation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

conservation

consternation

consummation

contemplation

contrarian

contradiction

contraception

contribution

contravention

conversation

copernican

corinthian

convocation

convolution

corp.

corporation

coronation

copenhagen

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

cultivation

crucifixion

culmination

darwinian

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

decoration

decimation

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

defamation

definition

deformation

degradation

dehydration

delegation

dehydrated

dedication

demarcation

demolition

deportation

demonstration

deposition

depravation

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

desperation

depredation

desecration

desiccation

desolation

designation

destination

destitution

devolution

devastation

deviation

devonian

detonation

dietitian

disaffection

dilatation

diocesan

diminution

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

disposition

dislocation

dispensation

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

distribution

divination

dissolution

dominican

distillation

domination

draconian

duplication

electrician

elevation

education

elocution

elongation

emanation

embarkation

emigration

englishwoman

exhibition

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

estimation

estonian

european

evolution

eustachian

evocation

excavation

expedition

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

exposition

emulation

expiration

exhortation

federation

exploration

expectation

explication

exhumation

exploitation

explanation

federations

extradition

fabrication

extrication

fallopian

fascination

fibrillation

federated

federative

floridian

figuration

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

impregnation

formulation

insurrection

fermentation

condemnation

galilean

fumigation

generation

gentlewoman

gastrulation

gargantuan

germination

glaciation

graduation

granulation

gorgonian

gravitation

greco-roman

condescension

gregorian

habitation

guatemalan

fragmentation

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

heterodox

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

imposition

hungarian

ideation

hydrocarbon

hydrothermal

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

ibuprofen

inquisition

liquidation

illustration

imitation

immigration

importation

imperfection

immolation

implication

inattention

indignation

imputation

incantation

indonesian

incarnation

incrustation

indigestion

inclination

indecision

indentation

indexation

incubation

indiscretion

indication

implantation

infiltration

infestation

information

inflammation

inhibition

inhalation

innovation

instigation

institution

insulation

installation

intermission

interdiction

integration

interception

intercession

interaction

intuition

introduction

interjection

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

interruption

intimation

intonation

introspection

invitation

iranian

invocation

irrigation

irritation

jacobean

iterations

isolation

iterative

iteration

inundation

jordanian

inspiration

jurisdiction

jubilation

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

levitation

legislation

leviathan

librarian

liberian

liberation

limitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

literati

literature

observation

condensation

locomotion

macedonian

maccabean

litigation

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

masturbation

maturation

maturities

maturity

mediation

meditation

melanesian

meridian

menstruation

medication

machination

ministration

minnesotan

miseration

misbegotten

misconception

misperception

missourian

mitigation

moderated

moderation

moderating

moderately

moderators

modulation

moderator

napoleon

molestation

mongolian

moravian

motivation

mutilation

mortification

navigation

nestorian

lubrication

nigerian

newtonian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nomination

oblivion

nonpartisan

nonprescription

nutritional

nutritionist

nutritionists

obfuscation

obsidian

obligation

meteorite

obstetrician

occupation

olympian

ohioan

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

overburden

ostentation

oxidation

ovulation

paraguayan

pagurian

palpitation

pagination

patriotic

octahedron

pavlovian

pedestrian

penicillin

penetration

perforation

pelagian

planarian

persecution

perspiration

permutation

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

prohibition

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

praetorian

precondition

preconception

predetermine

preparation

preignition

preservation

preelection

predilection

premonition

presentation

procreation

proclamation

profanation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

propagation

publication

provocation

punctuation

protozoan

readmission

radiation

reassertion

realization

reawaken

recantation

recognition

recreation

reclamation

recitation

recollection

reconstruction

reelection

reformation

regulation

reexamine

registration

refutation

reinspection

renovation

reiterate

reiterates

relocation

relaxation

reparation

repetition

republican

replication

reputation

reposition

reproduction

repercussion

repossession

requisition

reservation

restitution

respiration

restoration

resolution

resurrection

resignation

retardation

retrocession

retribution

revelation

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

separation

rumination

sequestration

saturation

sanitation

satisfaction

saturated

shakespearean

samaritan

sectarian

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

sicilian

siberian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stereotype

stereotyped

stereotypes

stimulation

stipulation

titillation

strategical

strangulation

stewardesses

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

suffocation

superhuman

supposition

superstition

supervision

syndication

surrogation

syncopation

tabulation

tasmanian

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

tetrahedral

toleration

trepidation

transformation

transplantation

transportation

ulceration

tribulation

vacillation

utopian

usurpation

vaccination

valerian

validation

variation

valuation

veneration

ventilation

victorian

visitation

violation

vindication

wagnerian

watermelon

vegetation

5 syllable words

abbreviation

acceleration

academician

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

affiliation

abomination

administration

agglomeration

alliteration

alleviation

alienation

amazonian

amalgamation

amelioration

amortization

amplification

adulteration

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

assemblywoman

assassination

assimilation

association

augustinian

attenuation

authorization

authentication

authoritative

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

carolinian

canonization

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

certification

centenarian

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

cohabitation

collaboration

codification

commemoration

communication

concatenation

colonization

conciliation

confederation

configuration

confabulation

congratulation

conglomeration

consideration

consolidation

continuation

contamination

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

delicatessen

deliberation

deification

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

discrimination

dionysian

discoloration

disembarkation

dissatisfaction

disintegration

dissemination

domestication

dissociation

dramatization

ejaculation

edification

electrocution

elaboration

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

disinclination

epicurean

equivocation

eradication

enumeration

equalization

ethiopian

evaporation

evaluation

evacuation

exasperation

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

excoriation

exfoliation

expatriation

expropriation

exoskeleton

exoneration

extermination

facilitation

exhilaration

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

heterodoxy

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hydrotherapy

hyperborean

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

improvisation

incineration

inactivation

incrimination

incarceration

incorporation

inauguration

indoctrination

immunization

infatuation

initiation

inoculation

inhabitation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpretation

jeffersonian

intimidation

interrogation

interpolation

intoxication

investigation

ionization

irradiation

invalidation

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

harmonization

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

mechanization

metropolitan

misapprehension

misapplication

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

mummification

multiplication

neapolitan

participation

negotiation

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

notification

nullification

notoriety

obliteration

nonsectarian

normalization

pasteurization

oregonian

organization

orientation

origination

ornamentation

ossification

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

neutralization

patagonian

patriotism

pennsylvanian

peloponnesian

perpetuation

philadelphian

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

presbyterian

polarization

predisposition

preoccupation

premeditation

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

prognostication

proletarian

proliferation

purification

pronunciation

pythagorean

quantification

reaffirmation

ramification

ratification

recombination

recommendation

qualification

recrimination

rectification

recuperation

refrigeration

regeneration

reforestation

reintegration

reiteration

remuneration

renunciation

rejuvenation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

unification

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word bedridden

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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