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

action

acton

alan

airman

alban

alman

amman

ardent

apron

arson

aspen

asian

burman

ashen

atman

auction

bacon

bagman

baron

barren

banyan

bargain

barton

basin

bason

bastion

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

bellman

bellon

belgian

billon

billman

birdman

birthing

bowman

bison

blacken

blowgun

boarding

bludgeon

bisson

bitten

boardings

boatman

bobbin

bollen

boston

bracken

billion

bookman

bourbon

braiding

brazen

brakeman

brogan

breton

brighten

briton

breeding

brethren

breathing

britons

broken

bullion

bruting

burden

burdon

brooding

burdened

burdens

burgeon

birthmark

birthmarks

burton

button

cabin

calvin

caisson

canaan

cajun

cannon

canon

canton

canyon

captain

carbon

caption

capstan

carman

cardoon

carmine

cartons

carton

cartoon

caution

cauldron

cayman

certain

cartoons

caxton

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chasten

cheapen

chicken

children

chessman

chevron

chieftain

chosen

colon

christen

citron

christian

churchman

classman

common

claxon

coachman

clinton

cumin

curtain

credence

cretin

copeman

crouton

crewman

cotton

cousin

cowan

craven

craftsman

crimson

cuban

croutons

curtains

cushion

dagan

zion

dagon

daman

bushman

deaden

damson

darken

deacon

deafen

dampen

dolman

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dian

dozen

diction

dobson

dolphin

doctrine

dragon

draftsman

dromon

dudgeon

drunken

dungeon

dustman

earthen

eden

dutchman

eaten

elan

ermine

driven

engine

emption

ensign

dreadnought

fallen

famine

fasten

faction

falcon

fatten

farthing

fashion

faustian

felon

fibrin

fielden

fireman

firman

fission

flashgun

fiction

flatten

footman

flexion

fortin

fortnight

fortnights

frighten

frozen

fortune

fountain

fortunes

gilden

fourteenth

fraction

freedman

freedom

freeman

freedoms

gardens

freetown

freshen

freshman

gammon

gallon

friction

garron

gascon

function

fusion

georgian

fruiting

gentian

german

gibbon

given

fourteen

girding

fourteens

glidden

goodman

gotten

glisten

gluten

gowan

grading

grandson

graven

griffon

grecian

greeting

grouting

greetings

guardsman

gudgeon

hackman

haitian

hardens

gumption

hardened

hangman

happen

harken

hausen

heighten

heathen

headman

hearten

hasten

haven

heaven

headsman

hempen

horseman

grating

henchman

hoarding

hogan

heron

hidden

hessian

homespun

hetman

hoten

hoven

houseman

human

huntsman

hurting

hymen

hyphen

hyson

harten

ibsen

zaman

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

laden

lagan

jason

jetson

jetton

junction

keelson

kansan

kitten

kalan

kitchen

kelson

kelvin

kirkman

klansman

kenyan

kremlin

landman

landsman

lampron

latin

leaden

ledden

lichen

layman

leaven

leman

lemon

legion

lesion

lengthen

lessen

lesson

lighten

leven

lightman

liken

liman

linden

lineman

liven

locken

lion

linemen

linen

listen

lisbon

lockman

logan

lotion

lopeman

longan

loosen

lumen

luncheon

lynden

m1

mahone

maiden

mason

mangan

mansion

marten

martin

marchman

margin

marron

martian

markman

martens

martians

marksman

marlin

minion

martins

matron

mayan

melton

melon

mignon

milken

million

mention

mission

moisten

mutton

mitten

molten

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

muslin

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

notion

oarsman

ocean

omen

open

onion

ordnance

option

ordain

pavon

sermon

seton

shaken

oven

outrun

othman

owen

pardons

oxen

packman

panton

pagan

paean

parson

parting

penman

peon

part-time

partner

partners

passion

patten

pathan

passman

patron

penguin

pension

sharpen

pectin

perron

persian

person

poison

pertain

pertains

platen

plantain

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

platten

pollen

pollan

ponton

portends

portion

portman

potion

portend

portent

portents

portions

postman

seven

sequin

pullen

pressman

prison

pretend

pretends

protein

proteins

proven

prussian

prudence

prudent

prudhomme

question

ration

quicken

raven

reason

reckon

rayon

redden

region

rerun

resin

ridden

ripen

robin

roman

ribbon

rincon

risen

riven

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowan

rumen

runnion

ruin

russian

salmon

saffron

salesman

samson

scallion

santon

seaman

rowen

satin

scion

saxon

satan

scotsman

sardines

scullion

sardine

season

seedsman

sanction

section

selden

semen

session

shaman

sexton

shearman

shipman

shirting

shogun

showman

shrouding

shortens

shotgun

shrunken

shredding

sicken

shorthand

silken

siphon

siren

slacken

skirting

slogan

smarten

solon

smitten

soften

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

thousand

spoken

stolen

stallion

stockman

sportsman

spokesman

station

statesman

stepson

steven

stiffen

stillion

summon

straighten

strengthen

token

stricken

sultan

striven

sturgeon

suasion

suction

sullen

toman

whiten

sunken

sweeten

talon

surgeon

swollen

tappen

sylvan

syphon

taken

tarpon

tendon

tension

teston

thicken

thirteen

tighten

threaten

thirteenth

thirteenths

threatens

titan

tartan

tillman

torsion

traction

townsman

trading

tradings

toughen

treadmill

treadmills

treatment

treatments

trillion

treason

triton

trojan

tubman

tuscan

turban

tungsten

urchin

union

urson

wagon

verdant

urban

vegan

verdin

vulcan

version

villain

vision

waken

urine

watchman

weaken

weapon

wheaten

wiccan

whitson

wizen

wooden

woven

woodman

woman

women

woolen

worsen

written

woolman

wording

writing

workman

writings

yachtsman

yeoman

zircon

3 syllable words

abandon

abdomen

abduction

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abstention

accession

accretion

abstraction

addition

addiction

adhesion

acumen

admission

adoption

adrian

aerodyne

adsorption

african

affection

aggression

affliction

alaskan

aegean

alderman

aleutian

albumin

artisan

albion

alien

allusion

alsatian

andean

ambrosian

ambition

anchorman

anglican

anyone

appian

apportion

ardently

arian

artesian

arkansan

aryan

ascension

assassin

beholden

aspersion

assertion

asuncion

attention

assumption

attraction

attrition

austrian

australian

audition

aversion

awaken

avian

backgammon

badminton

backwoodsman

baritone

baritones

bartenders

bartender

bedouin

bedizen

bandwagon

battalion

bedridden

beethoven

benjamin

biotin

boardinghouse

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

breadwinner

breadwinners

brazilian

bulletin

burdensome

campion

cambrian

cardigan

cardinal

capsaicin

cardinals

carnation

carrion

cartesian

cartoonist

cartoonists

cation

caucasian

causation

catalan

castration

certainly

certainty

cessation

cetacean

certainties

chairperson

champion

chairwoman

chamberlain

chardonnay

chardonnays

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

citizen

citation

civilian

cistercian

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

coercion

collagen

collegian

cohesion

cognition

collection

collision

collusion

commotion

compassion

commission

combustion

communion

concession

condition

concussion

completion

compression

complexion

conduction

compulsion

conception

compunction

conclusion

concoction

confession

confection

connexion

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

congressman

conjunction

connection

creations

conscription

constriction

construction

consumption

contortion

croatian

contusion

conversion

convection

convention

contraption

contrition

conviction

convulsion

correction

corrosion

corruption

corsican

cortinas

creation

councilman

countryman

court-martial

cortina

credenza

contagion

credential

credentialed

credentials

cremation

crestfallen

contention

croatians

contraction

crustacean

companion

cyprian

dalmatian

diversion

damnation

decision

declension

deception

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

depiction

derision

depletion

depression

description

determine

desertion

destruction

detection

detention

dorian

dilation

devotion

digression

digestion

diffraction

dictation

dilution

diffusion

dimension

direction

discipline

dispersion

discussion

discretion

disruption

distortion

dissection

dissension

distinction

distraction

division

donation

disunion

downtrodden

dominion

duration

durations

elation

earthenware

edition

egyptian

ejection

election

eleven

elison

embolden

emotion

emulsion

emission

encryption

emblazon

englishman

enlighten

enliven

erosion

equation

eruption

erection

etruscan

extortion

evasion

exhaustion

everyone

eviction

exaction

excision

exception

exclusion

exertion

excursion

excretion

exemption

extinction

expansion

explosion

expulsion

expression

extension

extraction

fabian

farthingale

fenian

feminine

ferryman

fijian

firedamp

fisherman

filtration

fixation

flotation

flirtation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

formation

fortnightly

foundation

freemason

extrusion

freethinker

freethinkers

freudian

galleon

fustian

gardener

fortunate

fruition

frustration

gardeners

gardenias

gardening

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

fortuna

ghanaian

gestation

gillian

gordian

franciscan

gradation

gradient

gradients

grobian

guardian

gravamen

guardians

hardener

gyration

gyrations

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

halogen

hardeners

guncotton

hardening

horizon

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

hydration

hydrogen

housebroken

ignition

imagine

illusion

immersion

impassion

implosion

in-person

inaction

imprison

incision

impression

inception

inclusion

incursion

indian

predation

induction

infarction

inflation

infraction

infection

inflection

infliction

infusion

ingestion

inhuman

insertion

inspection

instruction

injunction

irritant

inscription

injection

intention

intestine

irian

inversion

invention

irishman

italian

irritants

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

korean

jovian

julian

intrusion

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

invasion

laotian

lanolin

lecithin

lesbian

ligation

libyan

libration

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

malayan

malaysian

laurentian

magician

mandarin

marathon

margarine

marian

maritime

maritimes

marathons

masculine

melanin

median

medicine

menhaden

medallion

mexican

migration

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

muskmelon

munition

mutation

myosin

musician

narration

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

nonunion

odeon

norwegian

negation

notation

nubian

objection

nutrition

occasion

obsession

occlusion

octillion

obstruction

omission

opinion

oppression

optation

optician

oration

ordinance

orations

origin

orion

overdone

ottoman

overman

overrun

outspoken

ovation

oxygen

pardoning

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

partnership

pavilion

patrician

pelican

partnerships

percussion

parthenon

pentathlon

perception

perfection

perfusion

permian

permission

plebeian

peterman

petition

perversion

persuasion

pertinent

phoenician

phrygian

physician

plantation

pollution

policeman

porcelain

possession

portmanteau

precaution

position

precession

precision

preclusion

predestine

preemption

pretensions

prescription

presumption

pretension

pretenders

pretender

prevention

pretended

production

prediction

privation

probation

procession

profession

profusion

progression

projection

promotion

protean

proportion

propulsion

protection

prostration

proscription

prudency

provision

prudently

prudential

puritan

puritans

ramadan

reaction

quotation

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

religion

remission

redemption

reduction

relation

reflection

regimen

regression

rejection

reopen

rescission

repression

resection

reptilian

rendition

reunion

retraction

reversion

retention

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

restriction

rifleman

resumption

rotation

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

sardonic

scrutinize

scrutiny

sedation

sedition

scythian

secretion

seduction

seclusion

selection

secession

sensation

shortening

short-winded

silicon

skeleton

simian

snapdragon

singleton

solomon

solution

stagnation

starvation

stygian

suburban

sumatran

submersion

submission

subversion

succession

suggestion

subscription

subtraction

summation

suppression

suspicion

suspension

syrian

talisman

tactician

tamarin

taxation

technician

temptation

thespian

threatening

timberman

toboggan

superman

tradition

transaction

transcription

transition

translation

transmission

transgression

specimen

tritium

unburden

unbroken

unbutton

uncertain

tuition

uncommon

truncation

uneven

unison

urethane

unwritten

vacation

vatican

venison

venetian

veteran

vibration

vermilion

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

uterine

wesleyan

transfusion

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abolition

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

accordion

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

adoration

admiration

admonition

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

agrarian

alabaman

affirmation

agitation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

aldebaran

albanian

alteration

allegation

allocation

altercation

alternation

american

amphibian

ammunition

amputation

algerian

animation

algonquian

arabian

annotation

apparition

appalachian

appellation

annexation

application

approbation

arbitration

arizonan

apprehension

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

arithmetic

augmentation

assyrian

athenian

attribution

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

aspiration

assemblyman

bolivian

bohemian

bifurcation

californian

calibration

calculation

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

businesswoman

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

coloradan

comedian

coloration

columbian

combination

committeeman

commendation

comparison

commutation

compilation

composition

complication

comprehension

concentration

computation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

conjugation

confiscation

congregation

conflagration

confrontation

connotation

conservation

consolation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consummation

consultation

competition

contrarian

conversation

convocation

convolution

contravention

contribution

coordinate

corp.

corporation

coronation

contradiction

coordinates

correlation

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

cotyledon

contemplation

criterion

contraception

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

compensation

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

decompression

deformation

dedication

defamation

decoration

definition

degradation

dehydration

delegation

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

deportation

depredation

deposition

derivation

depravation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

desiccation

desolation

designation

destitution

desperation

destination

detonation

devolution

devastation

deviation

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

diocesan

diminution

disaffection

declaration

dislocation

disposition

disillusion

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

dissolution

domination

distillation

dissertation

dissipation

divination

dominican

distribution

disputation

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

deconstruction

elongation

elevation

elocution

emanation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

erudition

eritrean

european

estonian

estimation

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excitation

excavation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

expedition

exploitation

expiration

expectation

exploration

explication

exposition

explanation

exhumation

fabrication

fallopian

fascination

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluoridation

foliation

fluctuation

formulation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

fortunately

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

fragmentation

graduation

extradition

granulation

gregorian

greco-roman

gravitation

guardianship

guatemalan

habitation

extrication

hemoglobin

hegelian

historian

himalayan

hesitation

hibernation

herculean

hungarian

hydrocarbon

ideation

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

hypertension

illustration

imitation

immolation

importation

implication

implantation

imperfection

imposition

immigration

inattention

imputation

incantation

incarnation

impregnation

incrustation

inclination

incubation

indecision

indication

indentation

inflammation

indonesian

inhibition

information

infestation

infiltration

inhalation

innovation

insulation

inquisition

installation

inspiration

interaction

instigation

institution

integration

insurrection

irrigation

interception

intercession

intimation

interwoven

interurban

intersection

intervention

interjection

interruption

intonation

introduction

invocation

iranian

iridium

interdiction

intuition

inundation

invitation

irrational

intermission

isolation

irritation

iteration

jacobean

jordanian

introspection

jordanians

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

liberian

leviathan

librarian

liberation

levitation

lilliputian

limitation

litigation

liquidation

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

malformation

mammalian

manumission

malnutrition

maturation

masturbation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

misperception

misconception

moderation

missourian

modulation

mitigation

molestation

moravian

mortification

motivation

mongolian

mutilation

napoleon

nestorian

misbegotten

navigation

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

nomination

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obligation

obfuscation

oblivion

obsidian

ohioan

octahedron

observation

occupation

obstetrician

operation

opposition

ordinary

ordinaries

ordination

ordinances

orchestration

oscillation

indexation

indigestion

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagurian

paraguayan

pagination

palpitation

indiscretion

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

persecution

peruvian

perturbation

planarian

politician

permutation

perspiration

polyhedron

polynesian

population

plutonian

praetorian

pigmentation

olympian

predetermine

predominate

preignition

predominant

predominates

preparation

preelection

premonition

preservation

presentation

predominance

profanation

prohibition

proclamation

procreation

predilection

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protozoan

provocation

protestation

publication

radiation

readmission

reawaken

reassertion

realization

recantation

recitation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

reexamine

recreation

reelection

reconstruction

reformation

regulation

refutation

registration

relaxation

relocation

punctuation

reinspection

renovation

repercussion

repetition

replication

reparation

reposition

repossession

reproduction

republican

reputation

requisition

resignation

reservation

resolution

respiration

retardation

rhododendron

retrocession

retribution

revelation

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

restoration

resurrection

restitution

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

scrutinizes

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

ostentation

miseration

shakespearean

indignation

siberian

sicilian

simonian

smithsonian

simulation

situation

preconception

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

suffocation

subluxation

substitution

surrogation

supposition

supervision

syndication

tabulation

syncopation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

superstition

termination

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

superhuman

transplantation

transportation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

validation

valerian

vacillation

valuation

vaccination

variation

variations

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

victorian

utopian

violation

vindication

visitation

wagnerian

usurpation

watermelon

transformation

precondition

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

accommodation

acceleration

accreditation

accumulation

adulteration

adjudication

administration

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

alliteration

alienation

amelioration

amortization

amplification

amalgamation

amazonian

annihilation

appreciation

anticipation

appropriation

approximation

argentinian

articulation

argumentation

assassination

attenuation

association

authorization

authentication

babylonian

augustinian

assimilation

assemblywoman

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

certification

centenarian

centralization

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

codification

coagulation

collaboration

cohabitation

commemoration

colonization

communication

conciliation

concatenation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

cooperation

coordinated

corroboration

coordination

continuation

creationism

decomposition

decapitation

degeneration

defenestration

deification

delicatessen

deliberation

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

desalination

depreciation

determination

desegregation

dionysian

discoloration

disembarkation

disintegration

discrimination

disinclination

dissociation

dissatisfaction

dissemination

deceleration

domestication

dramatization

elaboration

edification

ejaculation

elizabethan

emancipation

electrocution

elimination

epicurean

eradication

equalization

equivocation

ethiopian

evaluation

evacuation

enumeration

evaporation

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

exacerbation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

hanoverian

hallucination

gratification

harmonization

hybridization

humiliation

hydrogenation

hyperborean

imagination

hyperinflation

immunization

inactivation

inauguration

improvisation

illumination

incorporation

incarceration

incineration

incrimination

infatuation

indoctrination

inhabitation

inoculation

insinuation

insemination

instrumentation

initiation

interrogation

intimidation

intoxication

ionization

investigation

irradiation

irrationally

irredentism

interconnection

jeffersonian

interpolation

interpretation

juxtaposition

justification

invalidation

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

maximilian

mathematician

maximization

metropolitan

mechanization

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

modernization

modification

mobilization

mississippian

mummification

multiplication

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

nonsectarian

normalization

notification

nullification

obliteration

ornamentation

ordinarily

oregonian

orientation

organization

overproduction

panamanian

pacification

participation

origination

patagonian

pasteurization

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

ossification

periodontal

philadelphian

peritoneal

pomeranian

polarization

perpetuation

precipitation

predestination

premeditation

preoccupation

predominantly

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

predisposition

proletarian

prognostication

proliferation

pythagorean

puritanism

qualification

puritanisms

puritanical

quantification

ramification

reaffirmation

ratification

pronunciation

reforestation

purification

recommendation

rectification

recuperation

recrimination

reiteration

reintegration

regeneration

refrigeration

recombination

renunciation

repatriation

repudiation

representation

retaliation

rejuvenation

revaluation

resuscitation

russification

remuneration

reverberation

scandinavian

sedimentation

sanctification

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

simplification

triangulation

unitarian

unification

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

utilization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

specification

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word broaden

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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