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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

amongst

announce

announced

apron

arson

ashen

aspen

asian

auction

atman

auden

austin

bacon

awning

bagman

baldwin

banyan

bastion

basin

bason

baston

bargain

barton

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

beckon

bayman

beacon

beaming

caisson

beaten

belgian

bellman

begun

bellon

bemoans

bisson

billion

billman

billon

bitten

bludgeon

bison

blacken

blowgun

bookman

boatman

bolden

bobbin

bollen

boning

booming

boston

bordman

breton

brethren

briton

bowman

brakeman

boughten

bourbon

bracken

brazen

brighten

broaden

brogan

broken

bullion

bushman

burman

button

burgeon

burden

burdon

burton

cabin

cajun

canaan

cannon

calvin

canines

caning

canings

cannons

canon

canyon

caption

canton

canyons

canons

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

caution

carton

cauldron

caxton

cayman

caymans

chairman

certain

charon

chaplain

chapman

chasten

cheapen

chessman

chevron

chicken

chieftain

christen

christian

children

churchman

chosen

citron

clinton

claxon

coachman

classman

colon

commence

comings

common

coming

commons

communes

copeman

corban

cordon

crimson

cotton

cousin

cretin

crewman

craven

craftsman

cowan

crouton

cuban

cushion

cummins

cumin

cunning

curtain

dagan

dagon

dalton

daman

damson

deaden

deafen

deacon

dawning

deepen

delphian

demeans

demon

demons

darken

denounce

desman

devon

diction

dian

dining

dobson

doctrine

elan

dromon

dolman

dolphin

domains

dragon

dungeon

drunken

driven

dudgeon

dozen

draftsman

dutchman

dustman

eaten

eden

earthen

engine

emption

enhance

ensign

enhanced

ermine

faction

fashion

fasten

felon

faustian

famine

famines

faulcon

fatten

fiction

fission

fielden

fibrin

finance

fining

fireman

firman

flashgun

flexion

flatten

floren

foaming

footman

foreign

fraction

fallen

fountain

fortune

freshen

freeman

freedman

friction

freshman

frighten

frozen

function

fuming

gammon

fusion

gammons

garden

gallon

gaming

garron

gascon

georgian

gilden

german

foreman

gibbon

falcon

given

ginning

glisten

goodman

golden

gorgon

gluten

gotten

gowan

gumption

grandson

grecian

griffon

gudgeon

graven

guardsman

gunning

henchman

haitian

hackman

harden

harken

hangman

happen

headman

hempen

hasten

heaven

headsman

heathen

harten

hearten

hausen

haven

heighten

heron

hetman

hidden

hessian

homespun

human

houseman

horseman

hoten

hoven

homing

huntsman

ibsen

humming

humans

hymen

hyson

immense

hogan

damning

inning

innings

hyphen

ion

jetson

jason

jargon

jasmine

kremlin

jackman

jetton

kenyans

kelson

kenyan

junction

keelson

kansan

kelvin

kalan

kenning

kitchen

kitten

klansman

kirkman

knowing

jordan

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lampron

landman

landsman

layman

laden

lagan

latin

leaning

leanings

legion

jorden

lemans

lemming

lemmings

lemons

lengthen

lessen

lesson

glidden

lesion

leven

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linden

linen

linens

lineman

linemen

lion

lining

linings

listen

lisbon

liven

locken

loaning

lockman

logan

london

longan

loosen

looming

lopeman

loren

lotion

lynden

luncheon

lumen

lyden

m1

mahone

madden

maiden

mansion

mangan

martian

marron

mason

margin

markman

marlin

marten

martin

marchman

matron

marksman

mayan

meaning

meanings

gladden

dampen

mignon

melton

milken

million

minden

renounce

minion

minions

mining

mission

mitten

moisten

motion

molten

morgan

mormon

mountain

muffin

mullen

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

olden

omen

omens

onion

onions

open

option

organ

orphan

othman

oven

outdone

outrun

oxen

packman

owen

paean

pagan

panton

passion

parson

pardon

pathan

passman

patron

patten

panning

pavon

pectin

penance

penguin

penman

peon

perron

person

persian

pigeon

pillion

pining

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

plankton

platen

platten

poison

phonemes

ponton

pollan

potion

portman

postman

pollen

portion

pressman

prison

prussian

pullen

proven

question

quicken

quinones

ration

reason

rayon

reckon

redden

region

raven

melon

remains

resin

rerun

rincon

ribbon

ridden

risen

riden

ripen

riven

romance

roman

romans

robin

rosen

rosin

rowan

rumen

rowen

ruin

russian

runnion

running

runnings

rotten

sadden

saffron

samson

salmon

sanction

santon

saxon

scallion

satan

satin

scheming

scion

scotsman

scullion

salesman

seaman

seamans

season

section

seedsman

seeming

selden

semen

sequin

session

sermon

sexton

shipman

shrunken

seven

shearman

shaman

sharpen

shaken

shining

shorten

shogun

shotgun

showman

shamans

sicken

seton

silken

stepson

smitten

skimming

siphon

siren

slacken

soldan

slogan

sodden

soften

smarten

solon

station

strengthen

sovran

stillion

spoken

spokesman

squadron

stallion

stallman

statesman

sportsman

steven

sovereign

stiffen

spartan

spearman

stockman

stolen

straighten

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

suction

sylvan

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

summons

swimming

sweeten

surgeon

swollen

swooning

tarpon

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tanning

trojan

tartan

tendon

teston

teeming

thicken

tillman

threaten

thousand

tighten

titan

token

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

treason

trillion

toman

triton

trodden

teaming

tubman

tungsten

undone

tuscan

turban

twining

unhinge

union

urson

urchin

urine

urban

unions

vegan

women

version

villain

vision

vulcan

wanton

warden

waken

warren

waning

watchman

whitson

weapon

wiccan

wheaten

wagon

whiten

widen

winning

winnings

weaken

wizen

woman

worsen

woodman

woolman

wooden

woolen

workman

woven

written

yeoman

tuning

yachtsman

yaupon

yeomans

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abandon

ablation

ablution

abstention

accession

abortion

abrasion

absorption

aegean

abstraction

accretion

admission

adoption

addition

addiction

adsorption

adhesion

acumen

arkansan

affliction

abdomen

aggression

abduction

alaskan

adrian

african

allusion

alien

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

andean

anchorman

anglican

apportion

aleutian

announcement

anions

announcements

animist

announcer

anyone

annoying

annoyance

announcers

announces

appian

albumin

animists

albion

arian

alderman

assassin

aspersion

artisan

aryan

assertion

attraction

assumption

attrition

audition

austrian

australian

aversion

badminton

battalion

awaken

backwoodsman

backgammon

avian

bananas

bandwagon

bedizen

bedouin

beholden

beethoven

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

bedridden

bonanza

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

artesian

cambrian

campion

canoeing

capsaicin

canonize

carnation

cardigan

carrion

causation

caucasian

castration

cation

cartesian

catalan

chamberlain

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

charlatan

charwoman

cistercian

cinnamon

chilean

citation

cinemas

citizen

coercion

clarion

civilian

clergyman

clarendon

cognition

cohesion

collegian

collusion

collision

collagen

commotion

combustion

commingle

dalmatian

consumption

communion

contagion

complexion

compassion

companion

completion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conception

concession

concussion

concoction

conclusion

confection

condition

conduction

confession

congestion

conflation

confucian

confusion

congressman

conjunction

conscription

constriction

construction

communists

contortion

contraction

contraption

contrition

communist

convection

conviction

convulsion

correction

contusion

conversion

cyprian

corrosion

creation

croatian

corruption

councilman

countryman

crestfallen

crustacean

corsican

damnation

decision

deflation

deletion

delusion

demonic

demonize

dictation

demonstrate

depletion

denizen

dentition

denounces

derision

description

destruction

determine

demonstrates

devotion

diffraction

diffusion

digression

digestion

dilation

discretion

diminish

direction

discipline

discussion

dispersion

dilution

disunion

disruption

dissection

distinction

distraction

distortion

division

diversion

donation

dominique

dominos

dominick

dominion

downtrodden

duration

dominoes

dorian

egyptian

edition

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

enemas

encryption

enemies

erosion

englishman

enhancement

equation

enlighten

enliven

enhances

etruscan

eruption

enhancements

enhancer

evasion

exaction

everyone

exertion

excision

excretion

exemption

excursion

exclusion

exhaustion

expansion

expulsion

extinction

expression

explosion

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

medicine

fenian

feminine

ferryman

financial

fixation

filtration

financiers

financials

financier

finances

fisherman

fijian

flirtation

flotation

foramen

formation

freemason

fruition

foundation

franciscan

freudian

frustration

genuine

fustian

garrison

forbidden

gentleman

gestation

gaussian

galleon

ghanaian

forewoman

ghanaians

forgotten

gillian

gradation

gordian

gravamen

grobian

guardian

guncotton

gyration

hammerman

halcyon

handwoven

halogen

harlequin

heroin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

humanist

humanize

humanists

humankind

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

immensely

immunized

implosion

imprison

in-person

incision

inclusion

incursion

inflection

indian

induction

infarction

inflation

infliction

ingestion

injunction

infraction

infusion

inhuman

inspection

insertion

inscription

instruction

intestine

italian

invasion

intrusion

irishman

irian

inversion

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

jettison

lanolin

kantian

keratin

lactation

julian

kimonos

keynesian

korean

knowingly

lecithin

laotian

jovian

lesbian

leningrad

ligation

libration

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

malayan

magician

magdalen

malaysian

medallion

mandarin

marian

margarine

masculine

meaningful

leniency

median

mexican

menhaden

migration

midshipman

melanin

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

mnemonics

mnemonic

moroccan

munition

muskmelon

mutation

musician

myosin

negation

narration

nebraskan

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

nominees

nonunion

notation

norwegian

nubian

objection

obsession

occasion

nutrition

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

odeon

oppression

omission

opinion

optation

oration

optician

origin

orion

ovation

overdone

ottoman

overrun

outspoken

overman

oxygen

pavilion

parisian

parthian

partition

patrician

partisan

pelican

perception

perfection

permission

phoenician

pentathlon

percussion

perfusion

permian

persuasion

perversion

petition

peterman

phrygian

physician

plantation

plebeian

phonemic

policeman

pollution

predation

precaution

position

precision

preclusion

predestine

prediction

preemption

presumption

prescription

porcelain

privation

probation

production

profusion

progression

propulsion

promotion

proportion

proscription

prostration

protean

quotation

ramadan

provision

puritan

rebellion

reaction

reduction

recision

redemption

regression

regimen

relation

religion

rendition

reopen

renounces

repression

reptilian

rescission

resumption

restriction

retraction

reunion

reunions

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

romances

romanesque

rotation

saccharin

samoan

salvation

saleswoman

scythian

scorpion

seclusion

secretion

sedation

sensation

seemingly

shamanism

shamanists

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submission

submersion

subtraction

subscription

suburban

subversion

succession

suggestion

sumatran

suppression

suspicion

superman

tuition

syrian

tamarin

tactician

talisman

taxation

technician

temptation

tenancy

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transcription

transgression

transmission

translation

transition

transfusion

truncation

uncertain

uneven

uncommon

vacation

minimized

unanswered

unbroken

unburden

unionists

unbutton

unwritten

unison

uterine

unionist

vatican

venison

venetian

vermilion

vehemence

veteran

vocation

vibration

vitamin

volition

waterman

wesleyan

winnowing

womanize

zambian

minimize

4 syllable words

aldebaran

aberration

abdication

abnegation

acclamation

acclimation

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

accordion

accusation

admonition

admiration

adoration

activation

adaptation

adrenaline

adulation

acquisition

advocation

affectation

affirmation

agrarian

arizonan

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

albanian

alabaman

amputation

american

allegation

allocation

algonquian

algerian

alternation

alteration

altercation

ammunition

animation

amphibian

annexation

annotation

apprehension

animism

appellation

application

appalachian

apparition

annoyances

arabian

approbation

arbitration

armenian

armageddon

aspiration

assemblyman

attribution

augmentation

athenian

assyrian

avocation

aviation

backwardation

bavarian

barbarian

arthurian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calculation

cancellation

californian

canadian

carcinogen

canonical

calibration

centurion

chameleon

celebration

circumvention

circumspection

circulation

circumcision

coalition

cogitation

coloration

collocation

coloradan

columbian

combination

collodion

comedian

commensurate

commendation

committeeman

communicate

communicates

comparison

compensation

comprehension

competition

compilation

composition

complication

condemnation

concentration

condescension

condensation

computation

commutation

confirmation

confrontation

confiscation

congregation

conflagration

conjugation

connotation

consternation

conservation

consolation

consecration

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contemplation

contraception

contravention

contrarian

contradiction

contribution

convocation

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

coronation

conversation

corinthian

corp.

corporation

correlation

culmination

cultivation

cotyledon

crucifixion

crocodilian

criterion

custodian

cyclopean

communism

darwinian

decompression

decimation

deconstruction

declaration

decoration

dedication

defamation

deformation

definition

delegation

degradation

demolition

dehumanize

dehydration

demarcation

demonstration

devonian

demonstrable

demonstrably

deportation

demonstrator

demonstrators

deposition

derivation

desiccation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

designation

destination

desecration

desolation

desperation

destitution

depravation

deviation

demonstrated

detonation

devastation

devolution

demonstrations

demonstrative

dietitian

dilatation

disposition

diminishment

diminishes

disaffection

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

disillusion

dislocation

diocesan

disputation

dissertation

dissolution

dissipation

distillation

distribution

dominican

domination

dominicans

duplication

draconian

education

dynamism

dynamically

electrician

elevation

glaciation

dandelion

emancipate

emancipates

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

enunciate

equestrian

estimation

equitation

eritrean

erudition

european

estonian

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excavation

exclamation

excitation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

elongation

expectation

exhumation

exhortation

expedition

expiration

explanation

exploration

exposition

explication

exploitation

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fallopian

fascination

federation

fermentation

figuration

financially

fibrillation

fluoridation

fluctuation

floridian

foliation

germination

fragmentation

formulation

fumigation

generation

gargantuan

gastrulation

gentlewoman

galilean

elocution

graduation

gorgonian

granulation

gravitation

gregorian

guatemalan

greco-roman

habitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hesitation

himalayan

hibernation

historian

imperfection

implantation

humanism

hungarian

humanizes

humanistic

hypertension

iberian

illustration

immigration

ideation

impregnation

ibuprofen

implication

hydrocarbon

importation

imposition

inattention

imputation

incantation

hyperion

incarnation

inclination

indiscretion

incrustation

incubation

indentation

indexation

indication

indigestion

inflammation

indecision

infestation

indignation

infiltration

indonesian

information

inhalation

inhibition

inimical

innovation

inspiration

inquisition

institution

installation

instigation

insurrection

interaction

insulation

integration

interception

intercession

interdiction

interjection

interruption

intervention

intonation

intersection

intermission

intimation

interurban

interwoven

introduction

irrigation

introspection

iranian

invitation

invocation

inundation

intuition

irritation

isolation

jacobean

jubilation

laceration

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

leninism

leviathan

levitation

librarian

liberian

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

luminescence

maccabean

luminescent

machination

mammalian

macedonian

maturation

malformation

manumission

masturbation

malnutrition

mediation

medication

melanesian

meditation

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

minimizes

misconception

misbegotten

misperception

missourian

mitigation

moderation

modulation

molestation

motivation

moravian

mortification

mongolian

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

noblewoman

nomenclature

nomination

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obligation

oblivion

obfuscation

observation

obsidian

occupation

ohioan

obstetrician

octahedron

olympian

pelagian

operation

opposition

onomastics

onomastic

ordination

orchestration

ostentation

pagination

oscillation

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

penicillin

penetration

peninsula

peninsular

permutation

perspiration

perforation

persecution

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

preconception

praetorian

precondition

predetermine

predilection

preignition

preparation

presentation

preservation

profanation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

proclamation

protestation

publication

provocation

protozoan

punctuation

radiation

reinspection

reassertion

readmission

realization

reawaken

recantation

recollection

recognition

recreation

recitation

reclamation

reexamine

reconstruction

reformation

registration

refutation

regulation

relaxation

relocation

renovation

reminiscence

reminiscent

reparation

repercussion

repossession

reproduction

repetition

replication

reposition

republican

resignation

reservation

requisition

resolution

respiration

reputation

restitution

restoration

resurrection

retrocession

rhetorician

retardation

retribution

rhododendron

revelation

revocation

revolution

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segmentation

self-deception

separation

segregation

sequestration

shakespearean

simonian

sicilian

siberian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

stimulation

statistician

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

suffocation

syncopation

surrogation

syndication

superstition

supervision

superhuman

supposition

tasmanian

tabulation

tamoxifen

termination

titillation

tetrahedron

trepidation

toleration

tribulation

transformation

transportation

transplantation

ulceration

unencumber

vaccination

usurpation

vacillation

unionism

validation

utopian

variation

valerian

valuation

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

violation

vindication

visitation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

womanizer

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alliteration

alleviation

amalgamation

amelioration

amazonian

amortization

amplification

annihilation

animosity

animosities

anticipation

appreciation

approximation

appropriation

argumentation

argentinian

assassination

articulation

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

carthaginian

centenarian

certification

centralization

christianization

civilization

classification

coagulation

codification

clarification

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

commensurately

communicable

communicating

communication

communications

communicator

confederation

communicative

conciliation

concatenation

confabulation

communicators

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

caledonian

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

degeneration

deliberation

delineation

defenestration

deification

delicatessen

determination

denomination

denunciation

denunciations

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

dionysian

discoloration

disintegration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

elaboration

ejaculation

edification

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

emancipations

emancipated

enumeration

eradication

equalization

equivocation

epicurean

ethiopian

evaluation

evacuation

evaporation

examination

exaggeration

exacerbation

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

hybridization

humiliation

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

hyperborean

illumination

imagination

immunization

immunizations

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incarceration

incineration

incrimination

incorporation

indoctrination

infatuation

initiation

inhabitation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

inoculation

interconnection

interpolation

interrogation

interpretation

intimidation

irradiation

intoxication

ionization

invalidation

investigation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

maximization

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

mechanization

remuneration

misapprehension

misapplication

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

mummification

multiplication

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nomenclatural

nonintervention

nonsectarian

normalization

notification

nullification

obliteration

origination

orientation

organization

oregonian

ornamentation

panamanian

ossification

overproduction

pacification

participation

patagonian

pasteurization

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

premeditation

predisposition

preoccupation

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

prognostication

proliferation

proletarian

pronunciation

quantification

qualification

pythagorean

purification

ramification

reiteration

ratification

reaffirmation

recommendation

recombination

recrimination

recuperation

rectification

regeneration

refrigeration

reforestation

reintegration

rejuvenation

renunciation

metropolitan

reminiscences

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unanswerable

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word dimension

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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