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2 syllable words

action

acton

alan

alban

alight

airman

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

auction

atman

auden

austin

bacon

beckon

baldwin

ballasts

bagman

ballast

banyan

basin

bastion

bason

barren

barton

baston

bayman

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

bargain

baron

begun

belgian

bellman

billion

bellon

billman

billon

bison

bisson

blacken

blackwood

bitten

blackouts

blacktop

blackout

blasted

blaster

blockade

blisters

blastoff

blockades

blister

blockhead

blockheads

blowgun

blasting

bludgeon

bluestone

bookman

bolden

boston

bollen

bordman

boughten

bolstered

bolsters

bolster

bourbon

brethren

brakeman

bracken

brazen

breton

brighten

bowman

briton

brogan

broken

broaden

bullion

bullshit

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

caisson

cajun

button

cabin

calcite

calvin

calloused

canyon

canton

cannon

canon

caption

capstan

captain

canaan

carbon

carman

carmine

burton

bushman

carton

bluster

boatman

bobbin

cauldron

caution

caxton

cayman

chairman

chaplain

chapman

claxon

chevron

chicken

christen

chieftain

chosen

christian

children

churchman

citron

clinton

cliched

classman

closedown

closets

coachman

clustered

clusters

closedowns

closet

cluster

collect

collects

cloister

cloistered

colon

certain

cloisters

common

copeman

craftsman

cotton

cousin

corban

cowan

cordon

craven

crewman

cretin

crimson

cushion

crouton

cuban

dagan

dagon

dalton

damson

daylights

deaden

deafen

darken

daylight

deacon

daman

dampen

delight

delights

delphian

demon

desman

devon

deepen

dian

diction

charon

chasten

cheapen

chessman

dobson

doctrine

dozen

draftsman

drunken

dolphin

dragon

driven

dromon

dungeon

dustman

dudgeon

dulcet

dutchman

earthen

dolman

eaten

elect

eden

elan

elects

emption

ensign

engine

cumin

ermine

ibsen

freeman

bulkhead

faction

falcon

falsehoods

falsehood

fallen

famine

falstaff

fashion

hyson

fasten

faustian

friction

fatten

fiction

felon

fibrin

fielden

fireman

flexion

fission

flashgun

firman

flagstone

flatten

flagstones

flaccid

flagstaffs

flaxseed

flagstaff

fluster

faulcon

foreman

foreign

flusters

fraction

footman

fortune

fountain

freshen

freedman

freshman

flighty

floren

frighten

function

fusion

gallon

gammon

gascon

garron

gallstones

garden

gallstone

gentian

gowan

georgian

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glisten

gluten

golden

goodman

glidden

gorgon

gotten

grandson

gilden

gumption

grecian

gudgeon

graven

guardsman

griffon

haitian

hackman

hailstone

hailstones

hailstorm

hangman

happen

hasten

headsman

headman

hausen

haven

harken

harten

heaven

heighten

hearten

heathen

harden

henchman

heron

hessian

hetman

hempen

hidden

hillsides

holstein

hillside

holster

homespun

hogan

houseman

human

horseman

hoten

hoven

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

frozen

bulkheads

keelson

kelson

jackman

ion

jargon

jasmine

junction

jetson

jason

jetton

jordan

jorden

kalan

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

klansman

kitchen

kitten

laden

lampron

lagan

landman

landsman

layman

leaden

ledden

legion

latin

leaven

leman

lemon

lengthen

lesion

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

lightman

lighten

liken

liman

lineman

linemen

linden

lion

linen

lisbon

listen

liven

locken

lockman

loosen

london

logan

lopeman

longan

loren

lotion

luncheon

m1

lyden

lynden

madden

maelstrom

mahone

maiden

lumen

mangan

mansion

mason

marksman

martian

marchman

markman

margin

marlin

marron

marten

martin

matron

melton

melon

mention

milken

mignon

milestone

milestones

milkweed

million

minden

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

molests

molest

molten

morgan

mormon

millstone

motion

mullen

mountain

muffin

mutton

notion

newsman

muslin

ninon

norman

oarsman

ocean

olden

odin

oilseeds

often

omen

onion

open

option

organ

outdone

orphan

othman

outrun

oven

oxen

owen

pagan

paean

panton

parson

pardon

passion

passman

packman

pathan

patron

pension

penguin

pectin

penman

pavon

peon

perron

person

persian

pigeon

patten

pillion

pinion

plankton

plantain

placid

placoid

plaster

poison

plasters

plastics

platen

platten

plastic

curtain

piston

polished

pollan

pollen

policed

ponton

portion

portman

pressman

prison

postman

potion

prussian

proven

pullen

question

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

placate

region

pitman

polecat

nation

nekton

rerun

resin

rincon

riden

ripen

ruin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rowan

rowen

robin

rosin

rotten

rumen

russian

runnion

selden

saxon

scallion

saffron

sanction

samson

satan

santon

sadden

satin

salesman

scullion

scion

scotsman

seaman

season

section

salmon

seedsman

select

selects

semen

session

sexton

mayan

sequin

seven

shaken

sermon

shaman

oilseed

seton

shrunken

shipman

shogun

showman

shorten

shotgun

sicken

silken

siphon

siren

slacken

skylight

skylights

slaughter

slaughters

soldan

slighting

smitten

smarten

sodden

soften

solon

solstice

slightly

spokesman

spearman

spoken

sovereign

sovran

spartan

sportsman

slogan

squadron

stallion

stallman

station

stepson

stillion

statesman

stockman

steven

stiffen

stolen

straighten

strengthen

stricken

sturgeon

striven

suasion

suction

sultan

sunken

sudden

sullen

summon

talon

surgeon

sylvan

syphon

taken

sweeten

swollen

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tension

tendon

teston

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

tillman

token

torsion

toughen

toman

townsman

traction

treason

trillion

tungsten

tubman

tuscan

triton

trojan

turban

trodden

twilight

ulster

undone

union

urson

urban

urchin

urine

vegan

version

villain

vision

vulcan

waken

wagon

wanton

warden

watchman

warren

weaken

weapon

woolman

shearman

whitson

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woolen

woodman

wheaten

workman

woman

women

wooden

worsen

woven

written

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

sharpen

zircon

polecats

3 syllable words

ablution

abduction

ablation

abortion

abrasion

abdomen

abstraction

absorption

abstention

accession

accretion

acumen

addiction

addition

adhesion

admission

adsorption

adrian

aegean

affliction

african

affection

aggression

aleutian

adoption

alaskan

albion

alien

albumin

alderman

allocate

allocates

alsatian

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

anyone

apportion

anglican

appian

andean

arkansan

arian

artesian

ascension

artisan

aryan

aspersion

assassin

assumption

assertion

asuncion

attrition

attraction

attention

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandwagon

badminton

ballistics

ballistic

bedouin

avian

bedridden

battalion

bedizen

beethoven

beholden

castration

biotin

benjamin

bitumen

blockaded

blastoderm

blistering

blessedly

blockaders

blockader

cation

caucasian

blustering

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

carrion

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

cartesian

catalan

causation

celestial

commission

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

cinnamon

chilean

cistercian

citation

collection

clergyman

citizen

clarion

civilian

clarendon

collegian

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collected

coalesced

collagen

diffusion

collusion

collectors

collector

combustion

collegiate

communion

confession

collision

commotion

compulsion

compunction

compassion

completion

compression

complexion

conclusion

conduction

conception

concoction

concession

concussion

condition

confection

confucian

confusion

conflation

congestion

congressman

conjunction

connection

connexion

consumption

conscription

construction

constriction

contagion

companion

dictation

contention

contortion

contusion

corruption

contrition

conversion

contraption

convection

conviction

convention

convulsion

correction

corrosion

corsican

creation

countryman

councilman

cremation

crestfallen

crustacean

croatian

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

declension

deception

decision

deduction

deflation

defection

deflection

delegates

delegate

deletion

delicate

delightful

delighted

delighting

delusion

denizen

dentition

depletion

depression

description

derision

desertion

depiction

destruction

detection

detention

determine

devotion

dialect

dialects

diffraction

contraction

digestion

digression

dilution

dimension

discretion

discussion

dilation

discipline

disruption

direction

dispersion

dissection

dissension

distinction

distraction

distortion

collections

disunion

duration

division

diversion

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

dualist

duelist

egyptian

edition

ejection

election

elections

elation

elective

elector

electric

elastic

electors

electron

electrode

electro

electrodes

electrons

elison

eleven

elicits

elicit

emblazon

emulsion

electrics

encryption

enlighten

enliven

emission

emotion

englishman

embolden

equation

collective

eruption

erection

etruscan

erosion

eviction

everyone

exaction

exception

excision

exclusion

evasion

exertion

excretion

excursion

exhaustion

exemption

expansion

explosion

expulsion

extortion

expression

extension

extinction

extraction

extrusion

fabian

falsity

falsettos

falsetto

ferryman

fenian

fijian

feminine

filtration

fixation

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

fluctuate

fluctuates

forewoman

forgotten

foramen

formation

flycatcher

forbidden

foundation

franciscan

freemason

freudian

frustration

galactose

fustian

galactic

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

glaciate

gordian

glistening

gradation

guncotton

guardian

gravamen

grobian

gyration

halogen

halcyon

handwoven

hammerman

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

fruition

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

heroin

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

illicit

illustrates

illustrate

impassion

imagine

immersion

implosion

inclusion

inaction

in-person

imprison

impression

incursion

incision

injunction

inception

induction

infarction

infection

inhuman

infliction

infusion

infraction

inflation

inflection

ingestion

injection

indian

inscription

insertion

inspection

instruction

keratin

invasion

invention

intention

intrusion

intestine

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

jamaican

jettison

julian

javelin

jovian

kantian

lactation

keynesian

korean

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

laurentian

lanolin

libration

libyan

ligation

location

logician

loyalist

loyalists

lutheran

magician

magdalen

malaysian

malayan

lumberman

mandarin

marian

margarine

masculine

medicine

melanin

menhaden

mexican

medallion

median

migration

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

molested

molesters

molester

moroccan

narration

abandon

niacin

munition

musician

myosin

negation

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

mutation

muskmelon

nihilists

nitrogen

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nobleman

nubian

obsession

obstruction

objection

nutrition

octillion

odeon

omission

oppression

oration

opinion

optation

optician

origin

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

palisade

palisades

oxygen

partisan

parisian

parthian

partition

patrician

pelican

perception

pentathlon

percussion

perfection

persuasion

pavilion

phoenician

perfusion

perversion

permian

peterman

petition

philistine

permission

philistines

phrygian

physician

pilaster

pilasters

orion

plantation

placidly

plasterer

plastering

pollution

plasterwork

plebeian

policeman

pleistocene

porcelain

position

production

promotion

possession

preclusion

precession

predation

prediction

precision

precaution

preemption

progression

predestine

prescription

presumption

procession

privation

profusion

pretension

prevention

probation

profession

projection

propulsion

proportion

proscription

prostration

protean

protection

provision

puritan

reaction

ramadan

quotation

realist

realists

rebellion

recision

reception

recession

redemption

reduction

reelect

regression

reflection

regimen

rejection

relation

religion

relegate

relocate

reluctant

remission

rendition

reopen

occasion

resection

rescission

reptilian

repression

occlusion

selection

resumption

retraction

restriction

retention

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

royalist

sensation

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

seclusion

samoan

secretion

scythian

secession

scorpion

seduction

sedation

sedition

scholastic

selections

selective

zambian

silicon

skeleton

silicate

silicates

simian

singleton

solution

slaughterhouse

snapdragon

solicit

solicits

solomon

soloists

soloist

solstices

specimen

stagnation

starvation

submersion

stygian

submission

subscription

subtraction

subversion

suburban

succession

summation

suggestion

superman

sumatran

suppression

suspension

suspicion

tactician

talisman

syrian

talkative

tamarin

taxation

technician

temptation

transaction

thespian

toboggan

tradition

timberman

transfusion

transcription

translation

transition

uneven

unbroken

truncation

tuition

transgression

unburden

unbutton

uncommon

uncertain

unison

transmission

unwritten

uterine

vacation

venison

vatican

venetian

vermilion

vibration

veteran

violist

violists

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

4 syllable words

absolution

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

abolition

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

activation

adaptation

accusation

accordion

acquisition

admiration

admonition

adoration

advocation

adulation

adrenaline

allegations

affectation

aggravation

affirmation

aggregation

agitation

alabaman

albanian

algonquian

algerian

aldebaran

agrarian

alligator

alligators

altercation

alteration

alternation

amputation

ammunition

american

amphibian

animation

annotation

annexation

appalachian

apparition

appellation

approbation

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

cultivation

calibration

calculation

calisthenic

californian

calisthenics

cancellation

businesswoman

canadian

carcinogen

aviation

centurion

chalcedony

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collectible

collectibles

collectively

collectivist

collectivized

collectivize

coloration

dislocation

combination

columbian

collodion

coloradan

comedian

commendation

committeeman

commutation

complication

compensation

computation

competition

composition

compilation

comprehension

concentration

condensation

condescension

condemnation

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

congregation

confrontation

conjugation

connotation

comparison

consecration

constitution

consolation

constellation

conservation

consternation

constipation

consummation

consultation

contemplation

contribution

convocation

convolution

contravention

conversation

contrarian

coronation

correlation

copernican

corinthian

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

copenhagen

distribution

crucifixion

culmination

cyclopean

custodian

crocodilian

criterion

dandelion

darwinian

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

contradiction

decoration

definition

deformation

degradation

delegating

dehydration

delectable

demonstration

demarcation

demolition

delicately

deposition

depravation

deportation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

designation

destination

desperation

desolation

devastation

deviation

devonian

dialectic

dietitian

contraception

dielectric

dissipation

diocesan

dispensation

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disputation

disposition

disinflation

disinfection

dissertation

distillation

duplication

divination

electricians

domination

dominican

draconian

dualistic

electioneer

electioneers

electorate

electorates

electrician

electrical

electricals

electrify

emigration

electrocute

electrifies

electrolyte

electrolytes

electroplate

electronic

electronics

elongation

elucidate

elicited

equitation

embarkation

erudition

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

estimation

eritrean

estonian

european

iberian

exclamation

excavation

excitation

evocation

exhibition

exhumation

exhortation

exhalation

expectation

explication

explanation

expedition

expiration

exploitation

exploration

exposition

fascination

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fallopian

federation

fermentation

figuration

fibrillation

fluctuation

fluctuations

felicity

fluctuating

floridian

fluoridation

foliation

fragmentation

formulation

felicitate

ideation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

gorgonian

glaciation

granulation

graduation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

historian

hibernation

himalayan

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

eustachian

ibuprofen

illustration

illustrations

illustrated

illustrative

illustrator

implication

imitation

immigration

implantation

importation

immolation

illustrators

imperfection

imposition

inclination

imputation

inattention

incantation

impregnation

incarnation

incubation

indexation

incrustation

innovation

indecision

indentation

indication

indiscretion

indignation

infestation

indonesian

indigestion

infiltration

inflammation

inhibition

information

inhalation

institution

inquisition

instigation

inspiration

insulation

invitation

interaction

interruption

interdiction

intermission

interjection

interception

intercession

intersection

intimation

intonation

inundation

intuition

introduction

introspection

interwoven

intervention

interurban

invocation

irritation

integration

jacobean

iteration

iranian

isolation

irrigation

jurisdiction

jubilation

jordanian

insurrection

installation

laceration

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

liberation

librarian

limitation

leviathan

liberian

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

machination

motivation

malformation

maccabean

macedonian

malnutrition

mammalian

masturbation

maturation

menstruation

mediation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

misconception

misbegotten

manumission

miseration

misperception

mitigation

missourian

moderation

modulation

molestation

mollycoddle

mortification

mongolian

moravian

repetition

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

reputation

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

nomination

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obligation

obfuscation

oblivion

obstetrician

observation

obsidian

occupation

octahedron

oleaster

olympian

ordination

opposition

orchestration

operation

oscillation

ostentation

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

pagurian

pagination

palpitation

paraguayan

penetration

pelagian

pedestrian

pavlovian

penicillin

perforation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

permutation

planarian

politician

premonition

polynesian

polyhedron

population

plutonian

presentation

predilection

preelection

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solicitors

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tamoxifen

termination

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vaccination

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valerian

utopian

valuation

vegetation

vindication

variation

veneration

ventilation

velocities

victorian

violation

velocity

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abomination

abbreviation

academician

acceleration

accumulation

accommodation

accreditation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

agglomeration

affiliation

alienation

alliteration

alleviation

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amazonian

authentication

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dissatisfaction

dionysian

dissociation

epicurean

domestication

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electrically

electrocutions

electrostatic

elimination

electroplating

elizabethan

elucidative

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ethiopian

evaluation

evacuation

evaporation

exaggeration

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hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

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hydrogenation

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hyperinflation

illumination

illegitimate

imagination

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jeffersonian

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metropolitan

multiplication

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mobilization

mississippian

modernization

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nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

notification

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organization

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panamanian

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remuneration

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pomeranian

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presbyterian

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pronunciation

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qualification

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reaffirmation

realistically

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recommendation

recombination

recrimination

recuperation

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russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

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sophistication

solicitation

solicitations

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

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theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vilification

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word elocution

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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