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2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

amongst

announce

announced

apron

ashen

asian

arson

aspen

auction

atman

auden

bacon

awning

bagman

baldwin

banyan

bastion

basin

bason

baston

bargain

barton

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

caisson

austin

bayman

beckon

billion

beaten

belgian

bellman

bemoans

begun

bellon

bison

bisson

billman

billon

bitten

bludgeon

blacken

bolden

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boatman

bookman

button

boning

boston

bracken

bordman

brethren

brakeman

brazen

brighten

broken

boughten

bowman

breton

briton

bourbon

broaden

brogan

booming

bullion

bushman

burman

burgeon

burden

burdon

burton

cabin

beaming

cajun

beacon

canaan

cannon

canon

canines

caning

canings

canyon

cannons

canton

canons

canyons

capstan

caption

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

caution

caxton

cauldron

cayman

caymans

chaplain

chapman

charon

chasten

chairman

children

clinton

chicken

christen

chessman

chevron

chieftain

cheapen

chosen

christian

claxon

citron

classman

churchman

coachman

certain

colon

commence

coming

comings

communes

commons

common

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

craven

crewman

cowan

craftsman

cretin

cousin

crouton

crimson

cushion

dampen

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

cummins

dalton

curtain

cunning

damson

deacon

deaden

dawning

darken

cuban

deepen

deafen

delphian

demeans

denounce

demon

demons

desman

diction

dian

devon

dining

calvin

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dozen

drunken

draftsman

dudgeon

dragon

dutchman

dustman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

emption

engine

ensign

enhanced

ermine

enhance

faction

falcon

fallen

famine

famines

dungeon

faustian

felon

fibrin

fiction

fashion

fasten

faulcon

finance

flashgun

fortune

fielden

dromon

fatten

fission

fining

flexion

domains

driven

fireman

footman

firman

flatten

floren

foreman

foreign

foaming

fountain

fraction

friction

freshen

frighten

freshman

frozen

fuming

fusion

gallon

headsman

freedman

gentian

gascon

gammons

garden

garron

georgian

german

freeman

gumption

glisten

gilden

gibbon

given

ginning

gluten

gladden

goodman

gorgon

glidden

golden

gowan

grandson

grecian

graven

gotten

griffon

guardsman

gudgeon

heathen

function

haitian

hackman

hangman

happen

harden

harken

gaming

gammon

hasten

hausen

haven

headman

hearten

hessian

hempen

heighten

hetman

henchman

heron

hidden

homespun

horseman

hogan

homing

human

houseman

hoten

hoven

humming

heaven

hymen

hyson

harten

ibsen

hyphen

humans

immense

huntsman

gunning

innings

inning

jason

jetson

jargon

jasmine

jorden

junction

jetton

jordan

kenyan

kenyans

kansan

keelson

kelson

kalan

kelvin

kenning

kirkman

ion

klansman

jackman

kitchen

damning

lampron

landman

kremlin

laden

lagan

landsman

layman

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

leaning

leanings

legion

lemon

lengthen

lemans

leman

lemming

lemmings

lemons

lesson

lessen

leven

liken

lineman

liman

linemen

lichen

lightman

linden

lighten

linen

linens

lining

linings

lion

kitten

listen

lesion

lisbon

liven

loaning

knowing

lockman

london

locken

longan

logan

looming

loosen

luncheon

lopeman

lynden

lyden

loren

m1

lotion

lumen

mahone

madden

maiden

mansion

marchman

mangan

margin

markman

marksman

marlin

martian

mason

marten

martin

matron

mayan

marron

meaning

meanings

mention

mignon

milken

minden

minion

minions

million

mining

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

mountain

motion

muffin

mullen

nation

morgan

mormon

muslin

mutton

nekton

newsman

ninon

notion

oarsman

ocean

olden

odin

often

omen

omens

onion

option

onions

open

outdone

outrun

othman

orphan

oven

oxen

packman

pagan

organ

paean

panton

parson

pardon

panning

passion

passman

owen

pathan

patron

patten

norman

pavon

pectin

penguin

penance

pension

penman

melton

pinion

pillion

pigeon

pining

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

perron

persian

potion

postman

phonemes

peon

prison

pressman

person

proven

question

quicken

quinones

ration

raven

rayon

reason

prussian

reckon

region

redden

pullen

remains

portman

renounce

rerun

resin

ribbon

rincon

riden

ripen

ridden

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

romance

romans

rotten

rowan

rumen

rowen

shaman

ruin

russian

runnion

salmon

saffron

salesman

sadden

runnings

samson

sanction

saxon

santon

satan

satin

scallion

scullion

scheming

scion

scotsman

section

seaman

season

seamans

seedsman

seeming

session

sequin

selden

semen

sermon

seton

running

seven

sexton

shaken

shamans

tighten

melon

thousand

sharpen

shining

shipman

shrunken

shogun

shorten

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

shotgun

showman

smitten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

sodden

soften

solon

spokesman

spoken

sportsman

smarten

station

stallion

statesman

stallman

stillion

steven

stiffen

stockman

stepson

stolen

straighten

strengthen

suasion

skimming

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suction

sudden

sunken

summons

squadron

summon

sultan

sullen

surgeon

sylvan

syphon

swooning

sweeten

swollen

swimming

tarpon

tartan

talon

tappen

tanning

taken

teaming

teeming

tendon

tension

teston

slogan

thicken

threaten

traction

townsman

titan

token

toman

torsion

toughen

trillion

triton

treason

trodden

trojan

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

tuning

twining

turban

undone

unhinge

union

unions

urson

urchin

urine

urban

vegan

vision

villain

version

vulcan

wanton

watchman

waken

weaken

warden

wagon

warren

weapon

waning

wheaten

whiten

whitson

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

woodman

woolman

workman

wooden

woolen

winning

winnings

worsen

woven

written

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

yeomans

zaman

tillman

zion

zircon

shearman

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

absorption

abortion

abrasion

abstention

accession

accretion

abstraction

acumen

addiction

addition

adsorption

adoption

admission

aegean

adhesion

adrian

affection

affliction

aggression

african

alaskan

albion

albumin

aleutian

alsatian

allusion

alien

ambition

alderman

anchorman

anglican

ambrosian

andean

animist

animists

anyone

anions

announcements

annoyance

announcers

announcer

announces

announcement

apportion

appian

annoying

arian

arkansan

artisan

ascension

asuncion

artesian

assassin

assertion

aspersion

assumption

australian

aryan

attraction

attention

attrition

audition

awaken

aversion

badminton

backgammon

backwoodsman

avian

bananas

bandwagon

battalion

austrian

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beholden

benjamin

biotin

beethoven

bitumen

bonanza

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

campion

cambrian

canonize

capsaicin

canoeing

carnation

cartesian

carrion

cardigan

castration

causation

catalan

cation

caucasian

chairperson

charlatan

chamberlain

champion

chairwoman

charwoman

chilean

cinemas

citation

cistercian

cinnamon

civilian

citizen

clarion

clarendon

clergyman

cessation

cetacean

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collagen

collection

collusion

collision

combustion

commencement

commences

commotion

communist

communists

complexion

companion

compassion

commingle

commission

completion

compression

compulsion

compunction

concession

conception

conclusion

concoction

concussion

conduction

confection

confession

condition

conflation

confucian

congestion

confusion

congressman

collegian

connection

connexion

conjunction

construction

conscription

constriction

consumption

contagion

contention

contortion

convection

convulsion

convention

contraption

contusion

contrition

conviction

conversion

corsican

correction

corruption

corrosion

councilman

croatian

countryman

cremation

creation

crestfallen

crustacean

abandon

damnation

dalmatian

cyprian

declension

deception

decision

deduction

deflection

defection

deflation

contraction

deletion

delusion

demonic

desertion

demonize

demonstrate

demonstrates

denizen

depiction

dentition

depletion

depression

denounces

description

derision

destruction

detection

detention

dilation

digression

determine

diffraction

dictation

diffusion

digestion

devotion

dilution

dimension

dimensions

dimensioned

direction

discussion

discretion

discipline

diminish

disruption

dispersion

disunion

distraction

distinction

distortion

dissension

diversion

exclusion

dissection

flotation

division

dominion

dominique

downtrodden

dorian

dominick

dominoes

fisherman

dominos

donation

forgotten

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

elation

election

elison

emblazon

embolden

emulsion

eleven

emission

emotion

encryption

enemas

enemies

englishman

enhancement

enlighten

enliven

enhancements

enhancer

enhances

erection

equation

eruption

erosion

etruscan

evasion

everyone

eviction

exaction

exception

excision

excretion

excursion

exertion

exhaustion

exemption

expansion

expulsion

expression

explosion

extension

extinction

extrusion

extraction

extortion

fabian

fixation

feminine

fenian

ferryman

filtration

financial

financials

financier

financiers

fijian

finances

flirtation

foramen

formation

foundation

forewoman

franciscan

in-person

forbidden

fruition

frustration

freemason

freudian

fustian

galleon

gaussian

garrison

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

ghanaians

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

grobian

guardian

gyration

halogen

handwoven

harlequin

hammerman

halcyon

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

guncotton

horatian

horizon

housebroken

humanize

humanist

humanists

humankind

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immunized

immersion

immensely

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

inaction

inception

inflation

incursion

incision

induction

infection

infarction

inflection

inclusion

infliction

indian

infraction

injection

injunction

infusion

ingestion

insertion

inscription

inspection

inhuman

instruction

intention

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

intrusion

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

irian

irishman

italian

jettison

jovian

julian

kimonos

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

lanolin

lecithin

laotian

laurentian

leniency

leningrad

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

location

lumberman

logician

lutheran

magician

magdalen

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

korean

meaningful

medallion

median

knowingly

medicine

rendition

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

migration

minimized

minimize

misshapen

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

mnemonics

mnemonic

nobleman

moroccan

munition

mutation

musician

myosin

narration

muskmelon

negation

nitrogen

nebraskan

niacin

nevadan

nemean

nominees

nonhuman

nonunion

notation

nutrition

nubian

norwegian

obstruction

objection

occasion

obsession

occlusion

omission

oration

octillion

odeon

oppression

optation

opinion

optician

patrician

ovation

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parthian

parisian

partisan

partition

pavilion

pelican

remission

procession

pentathlon

perfection

permission

perfusion

permian

perception

petition

percussion

persuasion

perversion

phoenician

melanin

plantation

physician

phrygian

pollution

policeman

plebeian

porcelain

projection

predation

possession

preclusion

precaution

precession

precision

predestine

peterman

prediction

prescription

preemption

presumption

production

profusion

privation

probation

prevention

profession

propulsion

protection

promotion

progression

proportion

proscription

prostration

pretension

protean

provision

position

quotation

ramadan

puritan

reaction

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

reduction

reflection

regression

redemption

regimen

rejection

relation

religion

phonemic

reopen

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

restriction

resumption

retraction

retention

reunion

revulsion

reunions

reversion

revision

rotation

rhodopsin

rifleman

romances

romanesque

renounces

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

scorpion

scythian

seduction

secretion

sedation

secession

seclusion

sedition

seemingly

selection

sensation

shamanism

shamanists

stygian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

simian

solution

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

subversion

stagnation

starvation

submission

subscription

submersion

subtraction

suburban

succession

sumatran

summation

suppression

superman

suspension

temptation

suggestion

suspicion

taxation

syrian

tactician

tamarin

talisman

technician

tenancy

thespian

transaction

tradition

toboggan

translation

transgression

transcription

transfusion

transition

truncation

transmission

tuition

unbutton

uncertain

unbroken

unburden

uncommon

unanswered

uneven

unison

uterine

unionist

unionists

unwritten

vacation

vatican

vehemence

venetian

vibration

vocation

venison

vermilion

veteran

vitamin

volition

timberman

wesleyan

waterman

winnowing

womanize

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

abolition

accusation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

population

activation

acquisition

abyssinian

adaptation

affectation

advocation

adulation

adrenaline

admonition

admiration

adoration

agitation

aggravation

affirmation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

allegation

allocation

altercation

animation

algonquian

algerian

alteration

alternation

amputation

ammunition

american

amphibian

animism

annotation

annexation

annoyances

apparition

application

approbation

appellation

appalachian

arbitration

arabian

apprehension

aldebaran

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

arizonan

assyrian

aspiration

assemblyman

athenian

augmentation

attribution

bavarian

avocation

backwardation

aviation

barbarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calculation

dispensation

cancellation

canadian

canonical

calibration

celebration

carcinogen

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

circumcision

coalition

cogitation

collocation

coloration

collodion

coloradan

combination

columbian

commendation

comedian

commensurate

committeeman

compensation

communism

compilation

comparison

competition

composition

comprehension

computation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

conservation

consolation

constellation

constipation

consternation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contemplation

disputation

convocation

contradiction

contravention

contribution

contrarian

conversation

copernican

convolution

copenhagen

corinthian

coronation

corp.

dedication

correlation

corporation

cotyledon

degradation

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

cyclopean

culmination

custodian

deconstruction

desiccation

dandelion

decimation

declaration

darwinian

decompression

decoration

defamation

definition

deformation

dehydration

dehumanize

destination

delegation

demarcation

demolition

demonstrations

demonstrative

demonstrably

demonstration

demonstrator

demonstrated

demonstrators

depravation

demonstrable

deportation

deposition

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

derivation

desolation

designation

desperation

dislocation

dilatation

destitution

detonation

devastation

devolution

deviation

dietitian

devonian

dimensional

diminution

diocesan

diminishment

diminishes

disaffection

disconnection

disinflation

disinfection

disillusion

disposition

contraception

californian

distillation

dissipation

dissertation

dissolution

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

dominicans

fluoridation

draconian

duplication

education

dynamism

dynamically

emanation

elevation

electrician

elongation

elocution

emancipates

emancipate

embarkation

emigration

englishwoman

enunciate

equitation

eritrean

equestrian

erudition

estimation

formulation

estonian

european

eustachian

evocation

excavation

evolution

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

exhumation

expedition

expectation

explanation

expiration

explication

exploitation

exposition

extrication

fabrication

fascination

extradition

fallopian

exploration

fermentation

federation

fibrillation

figuration

financially

foliation

fluctuation

floridian

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

generation

gentlewoman

gargantuan

gastrulation

germination

glaciation

guatemalan

gorgonian

granulation

graduation

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

habitation

humanism

hesitation

hibernation

herculean

hemoglobin

hegelian

himalayan

historian

humanistic

humanizes

hydrocarbon

imitation

ideation

implantation

ibuprofen

hypertension

imputation

illustration

hyperion

iberian

immolation

immigration

imperfection

importation

hungarian

imposition

impregnation

inattention

indexation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

indication

incubation

incrustation

indentation

indecision

indigestion

indignation

infestation

indonesian

indiscretion

infiltration

inflammation

information

inhalation

inhibition

inspiration

innovation

inquisition

installation

insulation

integration

instigation

insurrection

interaction

inimical

institution

intercession

interception

interdiction

iteration

interjection

interruption

intersection

intermission

intonation

intimation

invocation

introduction

introspection

inundation

intuition

invitation

interurban

isolation

jubilation

irrigation

meditation

irritation

jacobean

intervention

iranian

interwoven

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

litigation

levitation

leviathan

librarian

lilliputian

liberation

liberian

limitation

liquefaction

liquidation

lubrication

locomotion

maccabean

luminescent

machination

macedonian

luminescence

malformation

manumission

malnutrition

mammalian

masturbation

maturation

medication

leninism

mediation

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minimizes

minnesotan

misconception

melanesian

miseration

misperception

misbegotten

mitigation

missourian

moderation

modulation

noblewoman

nomination

molestation

motivation

mortification

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

mongolian

nomenclature

moravian

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

occupation

obligation

observation

obstetrician

oblivion

obsidian

octahedron

orchestration

ohioan

olympian

operation

opposition

onomastic

onomastics

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penicillin

peninsula

peninsular

penetration

procreation

permutation

perforation

persecution

profanation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

pigmentation

politician

plutonian

polynesian

polyhedron

preconception

precondition

praetorian

predetermine

presentation

predilection

preservation

preparation

preelection

preignition

premonition

proclamation

propagation

prosecution

prostitution

proposition

prohibition

protestation

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

radiation

realization

reassertion

reawaken

recantation

recitation

reconstruction

readmission

recollection

reclamation

recognition

recreation

relaxation

relocation

reelection

reformation

reexamine

refutation

regulation

reinspection

registration

reminiscence

reminiscent

replication

reputation

renovation

reparation

repercussion

repetition

reposition

repossession

reproduction

requisition

resignation

republican

reservation

retardation

resolution

respiration

restoration

resurrection

restitution

revocation

revelation

retrocession

revolution

retribution

rhetorician

rumination

rhododendron

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

sequestration

self-deception

separation

shakespearean

subdivision

simonian

situation

sicilian

subluxation

smithsonian

speculation

stipulation

statistician

strangulation

substitution

siberian

supposition

superstition

supervision

superhuman

surrogation

termination

tabulation

syncopation

syndication

tamoxifen

tasmanian

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

transformation

trepidation

tribulation

transportation

transplantation

ulceration

unencumber

usurpation

unionism

utopian

vaccination

vacillation

valuation

validation

vegetation

variation

valerian

veneration

ventilation

violation

vindication

visitation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

womanizer

5 syllable words

abbreviation

accreditation

abomination

accommodation

acceleration

academician

adulteration

administration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

amplification

argumentation

animosity

animosities

annihilation

anticipation

appropriation

appreciation

approximation

argentinian

assemblywoman

articulation

assimilation

assassination

association

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

canonization

certification

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centenarian

coagulation

centralization

codification

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

commensurately

communicative

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

congratulation

conglomeration

consolidation

consideration

contamination

continuation

coordination

cooperation

corroboration

decomposition

deification

decapitation

degeneration

defenestration

desegregation

delicatessen

deceleration

denomination

depopulation

denunciation

depreciation

denunciations

desalination

deliberation

delineation

determination

discoloration

disembarkation

dionysian

discrimination

disinclination

disintegration

dissemination

dissociation

dissatisfaction

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

electrocution

elimination

emancipation

elizabethan

emancipations

emancipated

enumeration

epicurean

equivocation

eradication

equalization

evacuation

evaluation

evaporation

ethiopian

exaggeration

examination

exacerbation

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fortification

dramatization

fertilization

harmonization

gasification

glorification

gratification

hanoverian

humiliation

hyperborean

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

imagination

improvisation

hybridization

inactivation

interconnection

inauguration

incarceration

incineration

incrimination

incorporation

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

insinuation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

instrumentation

interrogation

interpretation

intoxication

interpolation

investigation

intimidation

invalidation

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

localization

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

manifestation

maximization

mathematician

maximilian

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

modernization

miscalculation

misapprehension

misinformation

modification

mobilization

mississippian

multiplication

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nomenclatural

nonintervention

nonsectarian

notification

normalization

obliteration

oregonian

orientation

ossification

organization

ornamentation

origination

overproduction

pacification

participation

panamanian

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

predestination

precipitation

premeditation

preoccupation

predisposition

presbyterian

procrastination

prognostication

pronunciation

presupposition

proletarian

proliferation

rejuvenation

purification

qualification

ramification

quantification

pythagorean

ratification

recommendation

recuperation

reaffirmation

rectification

recombination

recrimination

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reintegration

reiteration

reminiscences

renunciation

repatriation

repudiation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

specification

solicitation

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

yugoslavian

theologian

triangulation

unification

unanswerable

utilization

unitarian

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word communication

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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