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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alman

alan

alban

amman

apron

arson

ardor

artwork

bellman

aspen

atman

ashen

asian

bellon

beckon

breton

austin

bacon

bagman

auden

baron

banyan

baston

baldwin

bargain

barren

barter

basin

bason

baton

barton

bastion

batten

batton

bartram

bayman

beacon

beaten

auction

begun

belgian

artworks

burden

bertram

bookman

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

blacken

birthrights

birthrate

birders

bison

birthrates

birder

birthright

blowgun

bludgeon

bullion

billion

boatman

bolden

bobbin

bollen

boardrooms

border

bracken

brakeman

bourbon

boarder

brazen

briton

boardroom

bordman

boston

boughten

bowman

brighten

bratwurst

breeder

breeders

broaden

burdon

brother

breather

brogan

broken

brothers

boarders

bordered

borders

bushman

burman

burton

burgeon

cabin

caisson

cajun

button

calvin

canaan

cannon

canon

canton

cauldron

canyon

captain

capstan

carbon

carman

carmine

caption

carder

carton

cartridge

cartwright

carters

cayman

caution

carter

caxton

chapman

certain

chairman

chaplain

chieftain

chicken

cheapen

chessman

chasten

charter

chartered

charters

chartreuse

chosen

christen

clinton

citron

christian

churchman

claxon

classman

coachman

colon

common

craters

corban

cordon

craven

copeman

cotton

courter

cousin

craftsman

cowan

crater

courtyards

courtyard

crimson

cretin

crewman

critters

critter

crouton

cushion

curtain

crowder

cuban

zircon

cumin

creatures

creature

engine

dagan

goodman

dagon

dalton

damson

deafen

daman

darken

deacon

dampen

delphian

deepen

demon

darter

desman

devon

dian

diction

doctrine

dobson

dozen

dolphin

draftsman

dragon

driven

dudgeon

dutchman

drunken

dungeon

dustman

earthen

dolman

eaten

earthworms

earthwork

earthworm

eden

dromon

elan

emption

golden

ensign

ermine

felon

faction

falcon

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

fashion

faulcon

faustian

farther

gladden

glidden

flexion

fission

fiction

firman

flashgun

fielden

fireman

flatten

footman

floren

freedman

foreign

foreman

fortune

forthright

fountain

fraction

frater

freeman

friction

frighten

fretter

fritter

frozen

further

furthers

function

gammon

fusion

garron

gentian

fibrin

gallon

gascon

georgian

german

garter

garters

gilden

garden

gibbon

girder

girders

given

glisten

gluten

gorgon

gotten

gowan

grader

graders

grandson

graven

griffon

guardsman

gumption

grecian

gudgeon

guardrail

guardrails

hackman

haitian

haven

hangman

happen

harden

harder

harders

hardware

hasten

harken

harten

hausen

heaven

heathen

hearten

heighten

henchman

herder

herders

hetman

hoven

hempen

hogan

hoten

homespun

horseman

houseman

huntsman

hidden

human

hymen

ibsen

hyphen

hyson

kitchen

ion

jetson

kelson

jackman

jasmine

jason

jetton

kansan

kalan

jargon

jordan

keelson

jorden

junction

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

lampron

kremlin

lagan

klansman

laden

landman

leaven

landsman

latin

larder

layman

lemon

leman

legion

lessen

lesson

lengthen

lesion

linden

kitten

lineman

leven

lichen

linen

lightman

lighten

liken

liman

linemen

lion

lisbon

listen

luncheon

lockman

liven

locken

london

logan

loren

lopeman

longan

loosen

lumen

lotion

lyden

lynden

m1

madden

mahone

maiden

mangan

mansion

marchman

margin

mason

matron

marlin

marten

martin

martian

markman

marksman

martyr

martyrs

mayan

melton

melon

mention

mignon

milken

million

minion

minden

grater

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

motion

mortar

mortars

mountain

muffin

mullen

murdered

murders

murder

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

ninon

newsman

norman

northern

norther

oarsman

northward

notion

nurtures

nurture

ocean

onion

odin

olden

often

omen

open

option

order

ordered

organ

orphan

othman

outdone

packman

oven

pagan

owen

oxen

pectin

outrun

penman

patron

panton

passman

pardon

parson

partridge

passion

pathan

pension

patten

paean

penguin

peon

pillion

persian

person

perturb

perturbs

perturbed

pigeon

pinion

pavon

piston

pitman

prussian

plantain

question

platen

platten

plankton

poison

pollen

ponton

porter

orders

portion

portman

portrait

portraits

pressman

postman

potion

porters

prater

portray

proven

prison

protract

protrude

pullen

pollan

quarter

quicken

ration

quarters

rowen

portrays

reckon

rayon

reason

stallman

region

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

risen

riven

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

rowan

ruin

praetor

russian

sadden

saffron

runnion

salesman

santon

raven

salmon

samson

sanction

satan

satin

saxon

scallion

scullion

seaman

season

scotsman

scion

selden

section

seven

sexton

seedsman

sermon

sequin

semen

seton

shipman

shaken

shaman

sharpen

shearman

shogun

stillion

shorten

shotgun

showman

shrunken

silken

sicken

smitten

squadron

siren

slacken

smarten

siphon

slogan

sodden

soldan

soften

solon

sovereign

sovran

spearman

spartan

spoken

spokesman

sportsman

sorter

sorters

stepson

stallion

statesman

station

stiffen

steven

stockman

straighten

stolen

strengthen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

suction

sudden

sultan

sylvan

sullen

summon

sunken

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

tension

teston

tappen

tendon

tarpon

tartan

tartar

tartars

threaten

tillman

thicken

thousand

tighten

toughen

torsion

traction

titan

token

toman

traders

torture

townsman

trader

traitor

traitors

tortures

treason

trillion

trodden

triton

trojan

version

tubman

tuscan

turban

tungsten

urban

undone

union

urine

urchin

urson

vegan

treaters

weapon

woodman

wooden

villain

vision

vulcan

wagon

waken

wanton

warden

warder

warders

warren

whitson

wiccan

widen

wardrobes

woman

woolman

watchman

weaken

whiten

wizen

women

wheaten

workman

wardrobe

woolen

worsen

woven

treater

written

trotter

zaman

yaupon

yeoman

yachtsman

zion

writers

writer

3 syllable words

abandon

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

abduction

ablation

ablution

absorption

abstention

accession

accretion

abstraction

addition

addiction

admission

adhesion

acumen

adoption

adrian

aegean

african

affection

adsorption

affliction

aggression

andean

alaskan

allusion

alderman

albion

aleutian

albumin

alien

anchorman

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anglican

anyone

appian

apportion

arian

arkansan

arthropod

artesian

arteries

arthropods

artisan

artery

bedridden

assassin

aspersion

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attrition

badminton

attraction

audition

backwoodsman

aversion

awaken

avian

austrian

backgammon

australian

bandwagon

battalion

bedizen

attention

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

aryan

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

brotherhood

brotherly

bulletin

cyprian

ascension

cambrian

campion

completion

carrion

cardigan

carnation

catalan

cation

castration

capsaicin

caucasian

cartesian

cartridges

causation

chairperson

chairwoman

cessation

chamberlain

champion

cetacean

charlatan

charwoman

charterhouse

chilean

cinnamon

citizen

cistercian

citation

civilian

clarion

clergyman

clarendon

collision

collection

collegian

collusion

coercion

cohesion

cognition

complexion

commotion

collagen

combustion

commission

compassion

communion

companion

compression

compulsion

compunction

concession

conduction

concussion

conclusion

concoction

condition

confession

conception

confection

connection

congestion

conflation

confucian

confusion

congressman

conjunction

connexion

conversion

conscription

consumption

contagion

constriction

construction

contention

contortion

contrition

convection

contusion

contraction

contraption

convention

conviction

convulsion

correction

corrosion

councilman

corruption

corridor

corsican

corridors

countryman

creator

corduroy

creators

courtier

crestfallen

creation

croatian

cremation

crustacean

curator

courtiers

curators

dimension

dalmatian

damnation

decision

deception

declension

depression

deduction

defection

deflation

delusion

deflection

deletion

denizen

derision

dentition

depiction

depletion

detection

detention

desertion

description

destruction

dictation

determine

devotion

digression

digestion

diffraction

diffusion

dilation

dilution

direction

discretion

discipline

discussion

dissection

dissension

disruption

dispersion

division

distortion

distraction

disunion

distinction

diversion

egyptian

dominion

dorian

donation

duration

edition

downtrodden

election

eleven

elation

elison

emission

ejection

emblazon

embolden

emotion

emulsion

encryption

enliven

erosion

equation

erection

eritreans

eruption

etruscan

everyone

eviction

evasion

exaction

excision

exception

exclusion

excretion

excursion

exemption

enlighten

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

expulsion

expression

explosion

extension

extortion

fabian

extraction

extrusion

extinction

feminine

fenian

ferryman

fisherman

filtration

fijian

fixation

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

forgotten

forewoman

formation

fortresses

foundation

fraternal

franciscan

fratricide

fraternize

fratricides

freemason

freudian

furtherance

furthermore

fruition

frustration

fustian

galleon

genuine

gentleman

gaussian

garrison

ghanaian

gestation

gillian

gradation

gordian

englishman

intrusion

guardian

gridiron

gravamen

grobian

guncotton

gyration

hairdressing

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

hardworking

harlequin

hairdresser

hairdressers

hawaiian

halcyon

illusion

imagine

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

immersion

impassion

implosion

in-person

imprison

impression

inaction

inception

incursion

incision

inclusion

indian

induction

infarction

intestine

infection

inhuman

inflation

ingestion

inflection

infliction

infraction

infusion

injection

insertion

inspection

inscription

injunction

instruction

intention

misprision

invention

irishman

irian

invasion

inversion

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

italian

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

korean

lactation

laurentian

keynesian

laotian

lecithin

lanolin

lesbian

libyan

libration

ligation

misfortune

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magician

magdalen

malayan

mandarin

malaysian

marauder

marauders

margarine

martyrdom

masculine

median

medallion

marian

menhaden

melanin

mexican

midshipman

migration

mistaken

rejection

moroccan

misshapen

munition

musician

murderers

murderer

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

narration

nebraskan

negation

narrator

narrators

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nutrition

northerly

northerner

northerners

oppression

notation

northernmost

norwegian

nubian

objection

opinion

occasion

occlusion

obstruction

octillion

odeon

obsession

omission

optician

optation

oration

orator

nonunion

orators

ordering

orion

origin

overdone

overrun

ottoman

overman

ovation

outspoken

oxygen

pelican

parisian

parthian

partisan

patrician

partition

pavilion

partridges

phrygian

pentathlon

percussion

perception

perfection

permian

permission

physician

perfusion

petition

phoenician

perversion

peterman

persuasion

plebeian

pollution

policeman

plantation

porcelain

precision

position

possession

precession

portrayal

portrayals

preclusion

precaution

predation

predestine

preemption

prediction

prescription

pretension

projection

presumption

procession

prevention

privation

probation

production

profession

provision

progression

promotion

profusion

proportion

propulsion

protection

protean

prostration

proscription

prothorax

protracted

prudery

ramadan

puritan

quotation

northwardly

quarterback

quarterbacks

recession

rebellion

reception

reaction

recision

orderly

reduction

redemption

reflection

regimen

regression

religion

quarterly

relation

remission

rendition

reopen

reptilian

repression

retention

reorder

rescission

resection

resumption

restriction

retraction

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

salvation

scythian

scorpion

secession

seclusion

sedition

seduction

sedation

secretion

selection

sensation

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

solution

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submission

submersion

subtraction

subscription

suburban

succession

suggestion

summation

suppression

subversion

superman

suspicion

sumatran

syrian

suspension

tactician

talisman

tamarin

technician

temptation

taxation

tertiary

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transgression

torturer

transcription

torturers

transaction

transfusion

transition

translation

transmission

tuition

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

unwritten

uneven

uncommon

unison

urethra

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

truncation

vibration

vitamin

volition

vocation

waterman

wesleyan

vermilion

zambian

4 syllable words

abolition

abnegation

abrogation

aberration

absolution

abyssinian

accordion

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

admiration

adaptation

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

affectation

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

algerian

albanian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

amputation

american

amphibian

ammunition

altercation

alternation

alteration

animation

annotation

annexation

apparition

appalachian

appellation

arabian

application

approbation

apprehension

arterial

arbitration

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

abdication

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

backwardation

aviation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

brother-in-law

businesswoman

canadian

calibration

californian

cancellation

calculation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circulation

circumvention

circumspection

coalition

collodion

cogitation

collocation

coloradan

coloration

composition

columbian

comedian

comparison

committeeman

competition

commutation

compilation

commendation

combination

complication

comprehension

computation

compensation

condescension

condemnation

condensation

conjugation

conflagration

confiscation

congregation

confrontation

confirmation

connotation

consecration

consolation

constellation

contemplation

conservation

consummation

constitution

consultation

contrarian

constipation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

conversation

consternation

convocation

convolution

concentration

cotyledon

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

copenhagen

copernican

criterion

corinthian

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

culmination

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

deposition

dedication

defamation

degradation

definition

deformation

dehydration

delegation

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

decoration

decompression

deconstruction

depravation

depredation

deprivation

deportation

derivation

dereliction

desecration

desiccation

desolation

designation

destitution

desperation

destination

detonation

devolution

devonian

deviation

dietitian

devastation

dilatation

diminution

disaffection

education

diocesan

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

disposition

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

divination

dispensation

dominican

draconian

duplication

domination

elevation

electrician

emigration

embarkation

emanation

elongation

elocution

emulation

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

eritrea

estimation

erudition

estonian

european

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhibition

exhortation

exhalation

expectation

exhumation

expedition

exposition

expiration

explication

exploration

explanation

exploitation

extradition

extrication

fabrication

federation

fallopian

fascination

fermentation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fraternity

fraternities

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

generation

gentlewoman

gastrulation

germination

gargantuan

glaciation

fibrillation

englishwoman

graduation

gorgonian

granulation

greco-roman

gregorian

gravitation

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hesitation

herculean

hemoglobin

himalayan

historian

hibernation

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

ideation

hypertension

ibuprofen

illustration

imitation

immigration

immolation

imperfection

implication

implantation

importation

imposition

inattention

imputation

impregnation

incantation

incarnation

cyclopean

inclination

incubation

indecision

indication

indignation

indonesian

indentation

indexation

indigestion

indiscretion

infiltration

interwoven

infestation

inhalation

inhibition

inflammation

information

innovation

inquisition

installation

inspiration

instigation

intercession

institution

integration

insulation

insurrection

interurban

interdiction

intermission

interruption

interception

interjection

interaction

intersection

intervention

intimation

intonation

introduction

introspection

intuition

iranian

invitation

invocation

irrigation

jacobean

iteration

irritation

isolation

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

laceration

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

liberian

leviathan

librarian

liberation

limitation

lilliputian

inundation

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

masturbation

medication

maturation

mediation

meridian

meditation

menstruation

melanesian

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

miseration

liquidation

misperception

missourian

mitigation

moderation

modulation

molestation

incrustation

mongolian

motivation

mortification

mortuary

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

noblewoman

nomination

nonprescription

oblivion

nonpartisan

obligation

obfuscation

opposition

obsidian

octahedron

obstetrician

occupation

ohioan

olympian

operation

observation

orchestration

oratory

renovation

oscillation

ordination

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagurian

paraguayan

palpitation

pavlovian

pagination

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

persecution

permutation

peruvian

perturbation

perturbations

perspiration

perforation

pigmentation

planarian

moravian

plutonian

polyhedron

politician

population

preparation

praetorian

porterages

predilection

predetermine

preelection

preignition

premonition

precondition

preconception

preservation

polynesian

presentation

procreation

proclamation

pretoria

prohibition

propagation

proposition

protozoan

protestation

prosecution

prostitution

profanation

provocation

publication

punctuation

radiation

recitation

readmission

reassertion

realization

reawaken

reclamation

recognition

recantation

recollection

recreation

reexamine

reelection

reformation

refutation

registration

regulation

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

quartermaster

repetition

reparation

reposition

repossession

reproduction

rhetorician

revelation

revocation

replication

republican

reputation

requisition

resolution

resurrection

resignation

restitution

reservation

respiration

restoration

retardation

retrocession

retribution

revolution

repercussion

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

sartorial

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

separation

self-deception

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simonian

simulation

smithsonian

situation

speculation

statistician

reconstruction

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

supervision

supposition

superhuman

superstition

surrogation

syndication

suffocation

syncopation

tabulation

tasmanian

territories

tamoxifen

territory

termination

tetrahedron

titillation

stimulation

toleration

transformation

transplantation

transportation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

valerian

validation

variation

utopian

vaccination

usurpation

vacillation

valuation

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

victorian

vindication

visitation

violation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abomination

academician

accreditation

acceleration

accommodation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

adulteration

agglomeration

affiliation

alliteration

alienation

alleviation

amazonian

amortization

amplification

amalgamation

amelioration

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

augustinian

babylonian

authentication

authorization

attenuation

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

abbreviation

carolinian

capitulation

carthaginian

cauterization

centenarian

certification

centralization

caledonian

classification

civilization

clarification

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

communication

christianization

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

congratulation

conglomeration

consolidation

consideration

contamination

continuation

cooperation

canonization

coordination

corroboration

curatorial

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deliberation

delicatessen

deification

delineation

depreciation

depopulation

denomination

desegregation

desalination

determination

denunciation

discoloration

disembarkation

disintegration

discrimination

dissatisfaction

dissemination

disinclination

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

electrocution

elaboration

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

dionysian

ejaculation

epicurean

equalization

enumeration

eradication

equivocation

ethiopian

evacuation

evaporation

evaluation

exacerbation

exaggeration

exasperation

examination

excoriation

exhilaration

exoskeleton

exoneration

expatriation

expropriation

facilitation

extermination

falsification

exfoliation

fortification

gasification

fertilization

glorification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hydrogenation

hybridization

hyperborean

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

immunization

inactivation

improvisation

inauguration

incarceration

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insinuation

insemination

interrogation

interpolation

interpretation

instrumentation

interconnection

intimidation

intoxication

gratification

investigation

irradiation

ionization

irretrievably

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

invalidation

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

reintegration

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

mummification

multiplication

neapolitan

negotiation

nickelodeon

neutralization

nitroglycerine

nonsectarian

moratoria

nonintervention

normalization

notification

nullification

obliteration

oratorio

moratorium

moratoriums

origination

orientation

ossification

ornamentation

oregonian

organization

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

patagonian

peloponnesian

pasteurization

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

oratorical

precipitation

premeditation

predestination

predisposition

preoccupation

presbyterian

presupposition

proliferation

prevarication

procrastination

proletarian

prognostication

pythagorean

qualification

quantification

purification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recommendation

recombination

refrigeration

rectification

recrimination

recuperation

reforestation

regeneration

pronunciation

reiteration

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

repatriation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specification

specialization

sophistication

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

territorial

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

unification

vaporization

utilization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

vilification

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word brethren

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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