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

action

acton

adroit

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

attired

auction

auden

austin

athwart

bargain

bacon

barton

baldwin

basin

bason

baston

baron

barren

baton

banyan

bastion

batten

bagman

caisson

bayman

batton

battered

beacon

bordman

bison

belgian

bellman

bisson

begun

billion

billman

billon

bitten

bellon

bolden

bookman

bludgeon

boatman

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

brethren

brazen

brighten

briton

broaden

boughten

brakeman

bourbon

breton

bowman

bracken

brogan

broken

boston

bushman

burgeon

bullion

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

cajun

beaten

beckon

cannon

canaan

canon

capstan

carton

canton

captain

canyon

caption

carman

carmine

carbon

cauldron

children

caution

chairman

caxton

certain

chaplain

chasten

chevron

chieftain

charon

cheapen

chicken

chessman

chapman

chosen

christian

cayman

christen

churchman

citron

classman

clinton

claxon

coachman

colon

common

corban

cordon

copeman

craven

craftsman

cousin

cowan

cotton

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

curtain

cumin

cushion

dagan

dagon

daman

damson

dalton

dampen

cutthroat

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

calvin

demon

desman

diction

dian

hessian

delphian

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

driven

dragon

drunken

eden

dungeon

dustman

eaten

dudgeon

earthen

dutchman

dromon

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

faction

falcon

fallen

famine

fashion

fasten

faustian

felon

faulcon

fatten

feathered

featured

fiction

fibrin

fielden

fission

fireman

firman

flashgun

flexion

flatten

floren

fettered

foreman

foreign

fortune

freeman

friction

freedman

freshen

freshman

fraction

fountain

frighten

frozen

function

fusion

gallon

gammon

garden

garron

gascon

footman

gentian

georgian

glidden

glisten

gilden

gibbon

given

goodman

gladden

golden

gorgon

guardsman

german

grecian

grandson

graven

griffon

gumption

heighten

gluten

gotten

gowan

haitian

harden

hackman

hangman

harken

heathen

hasten

headsman

harten

headman

hearten

haven

heaven

hatred

hatreds

happen

hausen

hempen

henchman

heron

gudgeon

hetman

horseman

homespun

hogan

hoten

hidden

huntsman

houseman

hoven

human

hydrate

hydrates

hymen

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

ion

legion

jason

jargon

jetson

jetton

jackman

jasmine

jordan

junction

jorden

keelson

kelson

kalan

kelvin

kenyan

kansan

kitchen

kitten

kirkman

klansman

kremlin

landsman

lampron

landman

layman

leaden

lagan

latin

leaven

hydride

lesion

ledden

leman

lessen

lesson

leven

lemon

lettered

lightman

laden

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

lineman

listen

linemen

lisbon

linen

lion

littered

london

liven

loren

lotion

loosen

lockman

lopeman

longan

logan

luncheon

locken

lumen

lynden

lyden

mason

m1

madden

maiden

mahone

martian

margin

mangan

marksman

marchman

markman

marlin

marten

mansion

marron

martin

matron

mayan

linden

mention

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

melton

matured

mission

moisten

molten

morgan

mitten

mormon

motion

devon

muffin

mullen

nation

mutton

mountain

natured

melon

nekton

neutered

newsman

lengthen

nitrates

muslin

ninon

nitrate

nitride

norman

rosen

notion

ruin

oarsman

ocean

olden

odin

often

omen

option

open

organ

orphan

onion

outdone

othman

outrun

oven

oxen

penman

pagan

passion

parson

passman

paean

pardon

pathan

panton

patron

pectin

patten

pavon

pension

peon

perron

person

persian

pillion

pinion

pigeon

petard

piston

penguin

pitman

plankton

plantain

poison

packman

platen

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

portman

potion

postman

powdered

pressman

platten

prison

proven

owen

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

ration

raven

reason

rayon

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

retard

retreads

retread

retorts

retreats

retired

retort

retreat

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

ripen

risen

riven

zircon

putrid

retards

outward

robin

roman

rosin

russian

sadden

runnion

saffron

saxon

salesman

rotten

sanction

rowan

samson

santon

rumen

rowen

satan

salmon

satin

scallion

scion

seaman

season

scullion

scotsman

seedsman

section

selden

shearman

sequin

semen

seton

sexton

shaken

shaman

sermon

seven

session

sharpen

shipman

shogun

shorten

shrunken

shotgun

showman

outwards

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

smarten

smitten

sodden

soldan

slacken

slogan

soften

solon

spartan

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spokesman

spoken

sportsman

squadron

start-up

startle

starting

start-ups

stallman

stallion

starters

starter

southward

startles

station

stepson

statesman

steven

scattered

stillion

stiffen

straddling

straddle

straddles

stolen

stewards

straighten

stockman

storied

strident

strata

stratas

striven

stratum

strengthen

stricken

stretches

stretching

stretchers

stretcher

stretto

shuttered

steward

sturgeon

suasion

sturdy

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

summon

sunken

sweetheart

sweeten

surgeon

sweethearts

swollen

sylvan

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tension

tendon

sutured

tillman

trillion

thicken

tighten

teston

threaten

thousand

tetrads

titan

torsion

traction

townsman

toughen

token

toman

strutting

treason

triton

trodden

trojan

tungsten

tubman

turban

tuscan

undone

union

urson

urchin

urine

urban

vegan

version

vision

villain

vulcan

waken

wagon

warden

wanton

warren

whitson

weaken

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

watchman

weapon

weathered

widen

withered

wizen

women

woodman

wooden

worsen

written

woolman

workman

yachtsman

woman

woolen

woven

yaupon

woodward

yeoman

zaman

zion

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

ablution

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

abstraction

accession

absorption

abstention

accretion

acumen

addiction

addition

admission

adoption

adrian

adhesion

adroitly

adsorption

aggression

affliction

affection

african

aegean

alderman

aleutian

albumin

albion

alien

alsatian

allusion

ambrosian

ambition

andean

anchorman

anglican

anyone

apportion

appian

arian

arkansan

artesian

ascension

alaskan

artisan

aspersion

assassin

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attrition

attention

attraction

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

awaken

avian

backwoodsman

badminton

backgammon

bandwagon

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

bedouin

beholden

beethoven

biotin

benjamin

bitumen

bitterroot

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

aryan

castration

capsaicin

carnation

carrion

cardigan

cartesian

caucasian

cation

catalan

cathartic

citation

causation

cistercian

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

champion

cinnamon

civilian

clergyman

clarendon

coercion

cohesion

clarion

cognition

compression

collection

collagen

collision

collegian

citizen

collusion

combustion

compassion

commission

commotion

communion

companion

completion

complexion

conflation

compunction

conception

cambrian

compulsion

conclusion

concoction

concussion

campion

condition

conduction

concession

confession

confection

congestion

conjunction

connexion

congressman

connection

conscription

contagion

constriction

construction

consumption

contention

contraction

contraption

contrition

contortion

convection

convention

contusion

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

corruption

creation

corsican

councilman

countryman

cremation

crustacean

crestfallen

croatian

damnation

cyprian

dalmatian

confusion

deception

declension

decision

deduction

corrosion

confucian

defection

deflation

dehydrate

deflection

deletion

dentition

denizen

depiction

depletion

depression

derision

description

diffraction

digression

desertion

destruction

detection

detention

determine

abandon

dictation

devotion

diffusion

digestion

dilation

dilution

dimension

discretion

discussion

discipline

disruption

dispersion

distraction

dissection

dissension

distinction

distortion

disunion

division

diversion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

dominion

edition

duration

egyptian

ejection

elation

election

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emission

emulsion

emotion

encryption

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equation

erection

erosion

eruption

evasion

etruscan

eviction

everyone

excretion

exception

excision

expression

exertion

exclusion

excursion

exhaustion

exemption

expansion

extension

exaction

expulsion

explosion

extraction

extinction

extortion

extrusion

fabian

federate

fatherhood

feminine

fenian

ferryman

fijian

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

flotation

formation

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

foundation

freemason

freudian

franciscan

frustration

fruition

galleon

fustian

garrison

foramen

gaussian

guardian

gestation

gordian

gentleman

genuine

ghanaian

gradation

gravamen

gillian

grobian

guncotton

gyration

handwoven

hammerman

halogen

harlequin

halcyon

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hydrated

horatian

horizon

hitherto

housebroken

hydrogen

ignition

infection

illusion

inflation

impassion

immersion

implosion

impression

imagine

in-person

inaction

imprison

inception

incursion

inclusion

induction

infarction

indian

incision

infraction

inflection

ingestion

insertion

inspection

injection

injunction

inscription

instruction

infusion

infliction

intention

inhuman

intrusion

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jamaican

jettison

jacobin

javelin

jovian

keratin

keynesian

kantian

julian

korean

lactation

laurentian

laotian

lanolin

laterites

leatherwood

lecithin

ligation

lesbian

libyan

malayan

literate

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

narration

malaysian

magician

magdalen

mandarin

marian

margarine

masculine

menhaden

medallion

median

medicine

negation

muskmelon

midshipman

mexican

misprision

misfortune

mistaken

misshapen

mithridates

mithridate

moderate

moderates

moroccan

motherhood

delusion

munition

musician

mutation

melanin

nebraskan

myosin

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

direction

nobleman

norwegian

nonunion

notation

nubian

nutritive

occasion

objection

nonhuman

obsession

obstruction

occlusion

odeon

octillion

omission

oration

oppression

optation

optician

opinion

origin

orion

ottoman

outrider

outriders

outspoken

noteworthy

plantation

nutrition

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

patrician

partition

partisan

parthian

parisian

patriot

patriots

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfection

permission

perfusion

permian

persuasion

peterman

phoenician

petition

physician

perversion

phrygian

plebeian

pollution

policeman

possession

position

porcelain

precaution

precession

preclusion

precision

predation

prediction

preemption

predestine

privation

presumption

pretension

prevention

prescription

probation

production

procession

profession

progression

projection

promotion

prostration

proportion

propulsion

proscription

protean

protection

profusion

provision

puritan

quotation

quadratic

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

recession

reception

recision

reflection

relation

redemption

reduction

regression

regimen

rejection

rendition

remission

reopen

repression

religion

restriction

resumption

resection

rescission

retarded

reptilian

retraction

reunion

revulsion

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

retention

rotation

saleswoman

salvation

saccharin

samoan

saturate

saturday

scorpion

scythian

secession

seclusion

secretion

sedation

seduction

sedition

selection

sensation

sumatran

silicon

singleton

simian

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

starvation

stagnation

startlingly

stewardship

stratagem

stratagems

strategists

stratified

stratify

strategy

strategies

strategist

submersion

submission

subscription

stygian

subtraction

summation

succession

saturdays

subversion

suggestion

suburban

suppression

suspension

suspicion

taxation

temptation

syrian

tactician

superman

talisman

tamarin

technician

timberman

thespian

transgression

tradition

transcription

transaction

transfusion

transition

translation

transmission

truncation

tuition

uncertain

unburden

unbutton

uncommon

uneven

unison

unbroken

uterine

vacation

unwritten

venetian

venison

vermilion

vatican

veteran

vocation

vitamin

volition

waterman

wesleyan

toboggan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

absolution

abyssinian

accordion

adulation

accusation

adaptation

acquisition

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

admonition

adriatic

agitation

activation

advocation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

algerian

albanian

aldebaran

algonquian

alteration

altercation

alternation

allegation

allocation

amphibian

alabaman

annexation

ammunition

animation

amputation

annotation

appalachian

apparition

appellation

application

approbation

apprehension

american

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

calibration

aspiration

calculation

assyrian

attribution

augmentation

authorities

athenian

authority

avocation

aviation

assemblyman

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

defamation

californian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

circumcision

cogitation

coalition

collocation

coloration

combination

coloradan

columbian

comedian

commendation

commutation

comparison

committeeman

compensation

competition

compilation

collodion

complication

composition

comprehension

concentration

computation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

congregation

conservation

consolation

consternation

constellation

contemplation

consultation

consummation

constipation

constitution

conversation

convocation

contradiction

contraception

contrarian

decoration

contravention

contribution

convolution

corp.

coronation

copernican

corinthian

copenhagen

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

culmination

cultivation

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

decompression

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

declaration

decimation

deconstruction

darwinian

dedication

canadian

degradation

delegation

insurrection

cancellation

definition

demonstration

demolition

depredation

derivation

depravation

deprivation

deposition

dereliction

desecration

desiccation

desolation

desperation

dilatation

destination

destitution

detonation

deviation

devastation

dietitian

devolution

designation

diminution

diocesan

disinflation

disaffection

disconnection

disinfection

disillusion

dislocation

dispensation

dissipation

dissertation

disputation

disposition

distillation

dissolution

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

education

duplication

elongation

emigration

elevation

emanation

electrician

embarkation

elocution

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

erudition

estimation

eustachian

european

estonian

evocation

excavation

excitation

exclamation

exhumation

evolution

exhalation

execution

exhibition

exhortation

expiration

expectation

expedition

exploration

explanation

explication

exploitation

exposition

extrication

fabrication

fascination

extradition

fallopian

federation

federations

federated

fermentation

federative

fibrillation

figuration

fluctuation

floridian

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

hibernation

fragmentation

gargantuan

fumigation

galilean

hesitation

gastrulation

hegelian

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

germination

gregorian

greco-roman

gravitation

hemoglobin

habitation

guatemalan

herculean

ideation

generation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

illustration

imitation

hydrothermal

hydrocarbon

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

immolation

importation

implantation

imperfection

implication

imposition

iteration

impregnation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indentation

indication

inclination

indexation

indignation

indiscretion

indigestion

indonesian

infiltration

irrigation

irritation

infestation

inflammation

information

iterations

inhalation

inhibition

interjection

innovation

inspiration

instigation

inquisition

installation

institution

insulation

integration

interaction

intercession

interception

intermission

intervention

devonian

interdiction

interruption

intersection

interurban

intimation

inundation

intonation

introduction

introspection

intuition

invitation

invocation

interwoven

iranian

isolation

legislation

iterative

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

liberation

limitation

liquidation

litigation

levitation

liberian

leviathan

librarian

lilliputian

malformation

medication

liquefaction

literature

literati

mediation

masturbation

locomotion

lubrication

maturation

machination

macedonian

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

maccabean

maturities

meditation

menstruation

maturity

ministration

melanesian

motivation

meridian

meteorite

mutilation

minnesotan

misbegotten

miseration

misconception

misperception

missourian

mitigation

modulation

moderating

moderated

moderators

moderator

moderately

moderation

molestation

moravian

mortification

mongolian

navigation

nigerian

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nomination

heterodox

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

nutritional

nutritionist

nutritionists

observation

obsidian

oblivion

obstetrician

occupation

ohioan

octahedron

olympian

operation

orchestration

ordination

opposition

oscillation

ostentation

ovulation

oxidation

penicillin

pigmentation

palpitation

pagurian

penetration

pagination

overburden

pedestrian

pelagian

pavlovian

perforation

paraguayan

perspiration

perturbation

permutation

persecution

planarian

patriotic

peruvian

population

polyhedron

politician

polynesian

praetorian

preconception

precondition

preelection

predilection

predetermine

preignition

premonition

preparation

presentation

preservation

protestation

profanation

proclamation

procreation

provocation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prostitution

prosecution

protozoan

plutonian

publication

punctuation

radiation

readmission

realization

reassertion

recantation

reawaken

recitation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

reelection

reexamine

reformation

reinspection

registration

regulation

refutation

reiterate

reiterates

recreation

relocation

renovation

reparation

repossession

replication

reposition

repercussion

repetition

reproduction

republican

reputation

resignation

respiration

restoration

reservation

resurrection

resolution

requisition

restitution

retrocession

retribution

revelation

revocation

rhetorician

revolution

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

saturated

segmentation

sectarian

segregation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

simulation

sicilian

simonian

situation

smithsonian

speculation

syndication

statistician

stereotypes

stereotyped

stereotype

stipulation

stimulation

strangulation

strategical

titillation

siberian

suffocation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

superhuman

superstition

surrogation

supposition

termination

tabulation

stewardesses

syncopation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

supervision

tetrahedron

tetrahedral

toleration

transformation

tribulation

trepidation

transportation

transplantation

ulceration

validation

usurpation

vacillation

utopian

vaccination

valerian

valuation

variation

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

violation

vindication

visitation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accommodation

academician

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

agglomeration

adulteration

affiliation

amelioration

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amplification

amortization

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

argumentation

approximation

appropriation

argentinian

articulation

defenestration

assassination

assimilation

association

authorization

attenuation

authentication

authoritative

augustinian

assemblywoman

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

christianization

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

certification

centenarian

civilization

cohabitation

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

communication

concatenation

confederation

configuration

confabulation

conciliation

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

cooperation

continuation

coordination

corroboration

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

deification

degeneration

deliberation

reverberation

delicatessen

denomination

denunciation

depreciation

desalination

depopulation

desegregation

determination

delineation

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

ejaculation

domestication

elaboration

dramatization

edification

emancipation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

enumeration

equalization

epicurean

evaporation

eradication

equivocation

ethiopian

evacuation

evaluation

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

exoneration

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoskeleton

expatriation

extermination

expropriation

falsification

facilitation

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

heterodoxy

hybridization

humiliation

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hydrotherapy

hyperborean

illumination

irradiation

imagination

incineration

immunization

legalization

incarceration

inactivation

improvisation

inauguration

incorporation

incrimination

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

initiation

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

interconnection

intoxication

intimidation

invalidation

investigation

ionization

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

mechanization

maximization

maximilian

misapplication

misapprehension

metropolitan

misinformation

miscalculation

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

mummification

multiplication

neutralization

neapolitan

negotiation

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

normalization

nonintervention

nonsectarian

dionysian

nullification

notoriety

notification

obliteration

oregonian

organization

origination

orientation

ossification

ornamentation

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

perpetuation

patagonian

patriotism

peloponnesian

philadelphian

scandinavian

pennsylvanian

polarization

pomeranian

premeditation

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

preoccupation

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

proliferation

proletarian

pronunciation

prognostication

presbyterian

purification

qualification

quantification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

reforestation

recommendation

recuperation

rectification

refrigeration

recrimination

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

representation

pythagorean

repatriation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

triangulation

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

unification

utilization

unitarian

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word dehydration

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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