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2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

ashen

asian

aspen

arson

auction

atman

auden

austin

bastion

basin

bagman

bargain

bacon

baron

banyan

barbette

barefoot

barton

barren

bason

baldwin

baston

baton

batten

batton

bushman

bayman

beacon

billion

beaten

billman

beckon

billon

belgian

bellman

bellon

bisson

begun

bison

bitten

bordman

bereaved

blacken

bludgeon

bereft

boatman

bolden

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bookman

brakeman

bourbon

brazen

boughten

bowman

bracken

brethren

briton

boston

breton

brighten

brogan

broken

brevets

browbeat

burgeon

broaden

bullion

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cajun

canaan

calvin

cannon

canon

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

canton

canyon

carbide

carman

carmine

carpets

carton

carpet

cayman

cauldron

caution

certain

caxton

chairman

chaplain

chapman

churchman

cheapen

christen

christian

chieftain

chasten

chicken

chessman

children

chevron

chosen

citron

classman

clinton

claxon

coachman

colon

common

charon

caisson

copeman

corban

corrupt

cordon

corrupts

corvette

corvettes

cotton

cousin

craftsman

craven

cowan

crafty

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

cushion

cabin

damson

daman

dampen

dalton

darken

deaden

deafen

deacon

deepen

delphian

diction

demon

desman

devon

dian

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

drafting

draftsman

dragon

driftwood

driven

drafty

drip-dry

dromon

drunken

dudgeon

dungeon

dutchman

eaten

eden

dustman

earthen

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

erupts

erupt

fashion

faction

falcon

fallen

famine

farfetched

fasten

faulcon

fatten

faustian

dagon

felon

fiction

fielden

fireman

fibrin

firman

fission

fervid

flashgun

flatten

flexion

footman

floren

forbade

foreign

forbids

forebode

forefoot

forbid

foreman

forfeit

forfeits

fortune

fraction

fountain

freedman

freeman

friction

freshen

freshman

frighten

frozen

function

fusion

garden

gascon

gentian

gallon

gammon

glisten

garron

georgian

german

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

gluten

golden

goodman

gorgon

gowan

gotten

grecian

griffon

graven

gumption

gudgeon

guardsman

hackman

haitian

hangman

harden

happen

hasten

harken

harten

haven

hausen

headman

heathen

henchman

hearten

headsman

heaven

heighten

hempen

heron

hessian

hidden

homespun

hogan

horseman

hoten

huntsman

ibsen

hoven

houseman

human

hymen

hyson

hyphen

hetman

grafting

grandson

ion

junction

jargon

jackman

jetson

jason

jordan

jorden

jetton

jasmine

keelson

kalan

kansan

kelson

kelvin

kitten

kitchen

krypton

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

klansman

laden

landsman

landman

layman

lagan

lampron

latin

leaden

legion

leman

lessen

ledden

lesion

lesson

leven

lengthen

lemon

leaven

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

linden

liman

lineman

linemen

linen

listen

lisbon

lion

luncheon

liven

london

longan

locken

logan

lopeman

lotion

lockman

loosen

lumen

loren

lynden

m1

lyden

madden

mahone

maiden

mangan

mansion

marksman

graphite

markman

marchman

marlin

marten

marron

martian

mention

martin

mason

matron

mayan

melon

melton

mignon

milken

million

minion

minden

margin

mission

mitten

moisten

dagan

molten

motion

morgan

mormon

mountain

muslin

muffin

mullen

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

option

onion

open

olden

odin

often

ocean

organ

omen

oven

orphan

orbits

orbit

othman

outdone

outrun

paean

oxen

packman

panton

owen

passion

parson

pardon

passman

patron

pathan

patten

pension

pectin

penman

penguin

pavon

peon

person

persian

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

perron

pollan

pollen

ponton

platten

portion

portman

potion

postman

platen

poison

pagan

pressman

morbid

prison

privates

private

pervade

profit

profits

prophets

prophet

proven

provide

prussian

provides

pullen

question

ration

quicken

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

pervades

probate

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

rincon

ripen

risen

scullion

riven

seaman

riden

robin

roman

rosen

russian

runnion

salesman

saffron

rosin

rotten

rumen

sadden

salmon

rowan

ruin

sanction

satan

rowen

samson

santon

satin

saxon

scallion

scriptures

scotsman

scripture

scion

season

section

seedsman

semen

sequin

selden

sermon

session

seton

sharpen

shearman

sicken

sexton

seven

shaken

shaman

sherbet

shipman

shotgun

shogun

shrunken

showman

silken

shorten

siren

siphon

smitten

smarten

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

spearman

spartan

sovereign

sovran

sorbet

sportsman

spokesman

squadron

stallman

stallion

statesman

stepson

station

stillion

steven

stiffen

stockman

stolen

straighten

stricken

strengthen

spoken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

surgeon

sunken

surfeit

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

tarpon

tappen

talon

tartan

whitson

taken

tendon

tension

teston

thicken

thousand

threaten

tillman

tighten

titan

token

toman

toughen

torpid

torsion

townsman

traction

thrifty

treason

trillion

wheaten

wiccan

women

tubman

tungsten

triton

trojan

turban

triptych

tuscan

turbot

undone

urson

urchin

urban

urine

union

tribute

triptychs

vision

version

vulcan

villain

trodden

vegan

weaken

waken

warden

watchman

warren

wanton

wagon

warpath

weapon

turbid

whiten

tributes

worsen

tripod

woodman

woolman

workman

widen

wizen

woman

wooden

woolen

woven

written

yaupon

yachtsman

tripods

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

abdomen

absorption

accretion

addition

accession

abstention

abstraction

addiction

acumen

affection

adhesion

adoption

adsorption

admission

adrian

aggression

african

affliction

alaskan

aegean

aleutian

andean

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

alderman

anchorman

anglican

appian

anyone

apportion

alien

arbiters

arbiter

arbitrage

arbitrate

arbitrates

arian

albion

arkansan

albumin

artisan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

aryan

artesian

assertion

assumption

attraction

asuncion

attrition

attention

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

awaken

backgammon

avian

backwoodsman

badminton

battalion

bandwagon

bedridden

bedizen

bedouin

beholden

benjamin

biotin

beethoven

bitumen

bouillon

bravado

brazilian

brevity

bulletin

bosnian

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

carnation

cardigan

cetacean

carpeted

carpeting

carrion

cartesian

chairperson

cation

castration

cessation

catalan

causation

caucasian

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

charlatan

cinnamon

charwoman

clarendon

citizen

citation

chilean

cistercian

civilian

clarion

clergyman

commotion

coercion

collagen

collection

cognition

cohesion

collegian

collision

combustion

collusion

compassion

commission

companion

communion

completion

compulsion

conception

conduction

concussion

compression

concession

condition

complexion

concoction

compunction

confession

conclusion

confection

conflation

conscription

conjunction

connection

connexion

congressman

contraption

confucian

contraction

consumption

construction

constriction

contagion

contention

contortion

confusion

congestion

contrition

convulsion

convection

convention

conviction

contusion

conversion

correction

corrosion

corsican

corruptive

corruptly

creation

cremation

countryman

craftsmanship

crabeater

crestfallen

crustacean

councilman

croatian

curvature

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

decision

declension

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

diffraction

dictation

depression

depiction

depletion

derision

dentition

description

desertion

destruction

detection

detention

determine

devotion

digression

diffusion

digestion

dilation

dilution

direction

dimension

discipline

discretion

discussion

dispersion

dissection

dissension

distraction

diversion

division

distortion

disunion

distinction

donation

downtrodden

dorian

draftsmanship

duration

edition

elation

election

ejection

eleven

elison

dominion

embolden

emblazon

emission

encryption

emotion

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equation

erosion

exception

etruscan

eruptive

exaction

eviction

evasion

everyone

excision

exclusion

exemption

exhaustion

exertion

excretion

excursion

expulsion

expression

expansion

explosion

extension

extraction

extrusion

extinction

extortion

fabian

fenian

feminine

ferryboats

ferryboat

ferryman

fijian

filtration

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

forbidding

foreboding

forefathers

forefather

forewoman

forfeitures

forfeiture

forgotten

formation

fruition

foundation

franciscan

freemason

freudian

frustration

fustian

garrison

gentleman

gaussian

genuine

galleon

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

abandon

gradation

gravamen

gravity

gravitates

grobian

intrusion

graffiti

guncotton

gyration

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

halcyon

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

hereafter

heroine

hydrogen

hydration

horatian

horizon

housebroken

imagine

ignition

illusion

immersion

impassion

inception

impression

imprison

implosion

inaction

in-person

incision

induction

incursion

inclusion

indian

infraction

infarction

infection

inflation

ingestion

inflection

infliction

infusion

inscription

injunction

insertion

inspection

injection

instruction

intention

inhuman

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

irian

irishman

guardian

italian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

lecithin

korean

keynesian

lactation

laurentian

lanolin

libration

laotian

lesbian

ligation

libyan

logician

location

lumberman

magician

magdalen

lutheran

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

migration

marian

masculine

median

medicine

medallion

melanin

menhaden

midshipman

mexican

margarine

misfortune

gravitate

misprision

misshapen

rendition

moroccan

morbidly

musician

munition

myosin

muskmelon

mutation

narration

nebraskan

negation

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nutrition

objection

origin

nubian

obsession

obstruction

occasion

oppression

occlusion

omission

octillion

odeon

opinion

optation

optician

oration

ottoman

orion

orbital

orbitals

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parapet

parisian

partition

patrician

partisan

parthian

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfection

permission

perfusion

permian

perpetrate

perpetrates

perfidy

petition

phoenician

physician

peterman

persuasion

pervading

phrygian

perversion

plebeian

plantation

pollution

policeman

position

possession

porcelain

precision

preclusion

predestine

predation

prescription

privation

privately

privations

procession

probity

probative

production

profession

profiteers

progression

profusion

profiting

profiteer

prohibit

prohibits

projection

proportion

promotion

propulsion

proscription

protection

prostration

providence

protean

provided

provident

provider

providers

provision

puritan

redemption

reduction

probation

ramadan

quotation

reaction

rebellion

recession

recision

relation

regression

reflection

rejection

regimen

religion

reopen

reptilian

rescission

restriction

revision

rhodopsin

reunion

reversion

rifleman

rotation

samoan

saleswoman

saccharin

salvation

scorpion

scriptural

scythian

secession

sedation

sedition

secretion

seclusion

selection

sensation

servitude

silicon

simian

singleton

solomon

solution

skeleton

snapdragon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

suspension

subscription

subtraction

summation

succession

suggestion

suburban

subversion

sumatran

suppression

superman

suspicion

syrian

talisman

tamarin

technician

taxation

tactician

temptation

thespian

thereafter

toboggan

timberman

torpedoes

torpedo

tradition

transcription

transaction

transgression

transition

transmission

translation

transfusion

torpedos

vacation

tuition

truncation

troubadour

unbutton

uncertain

unburden

uncommon

unbroken

turpitude

uneven

unison

unwritten

uterine

venison

vatican

venetian

vibration

vermilion

veteran

verbatim

vitamin

volition

vocation

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

mistaken

4 syllable words

abrogation

abolition

aberration

abnegation

abdication

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

accordion

abyssinian

activation

armageddon

arbitrations

adulation

admonition

advocation

adoration

adrenaline

affectation

aggravation

agitation

admiration

affirmation

arbitration

agrarian

alabaman

aggregation

adaptation

algerian

aldebaran

allegation

allocation

alternation

altercation

alteration

american

ammunition

amputation

amphibian

animation

annotation

appellation

apparition

application

appalachian

annexation

apprehension

approbation

arabian

arbitragers

arbitrager

arbitrageur

arbitrageurs

arbitrary

algonquian

albanian

arbitrator

arbitrators

arizonan

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

attribution

assyrian

athenian

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

armenian

calibration

cancellation

calculation

canadian

californian

carcinogen

carbohydrate

carbohydrates

carpetbagger

carpetbaggers

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collocation

combination

commendation

coloration

columbian

coloradan

collodion

comedian

committeeman

commutation

competition

comparison

compensation

compilation

composition

complication

computation

comprehension

condemnation

concentration

condensation

condescension

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

confrontation

connotation

congregation

conjugation

contemplation

contraception

consecration

conservation

constipation

consolation

consummation

constellation

constitution

consultation

consternation

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

contribution

coronation

convolution

convocation

conversation

corp.

corporation

correlation

copernican

copenhagen

corruptible

corinthian

cotyledon

culmination

crocodilian

crucifixion

criterion

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

decimation

dandelion

darwinian

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

deformation

dedication

defamation

definition

decoration

degradation

delegation

demarcation

dehydration

demolition

demonstration

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

deposition

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desecration

designation

desperation

destination

deviation

detonation

devolution

destitution

devastation

derivative

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

disaffection

diocesan

disconnection

dispensation

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

disposition

dissertation

disputation

dissipation

dissolution

divination

distillation

distribution

domination

dominican

draconian

emanation

elongation

elevation

duplication

education

electrician

elocution

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

european

erudition

estimation

estonian

eustachian

evolution

evocation

excavation

exclamation

fascination

excitation

exhibition

execution

exhalation

exhortation

exhumation

exploitation

expedition

exposition

explanation

explication

expiration

exploration

expectation

fabrication

extradition

extrication

fallopian

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

fluoridation

floridian

foliation

fluctuation

forfeitable

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

federation

misperception

intonation

graduation

gorgonian

introspection

granulation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hesitation

imitation

himalayan

immolation

historian

hypertension

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

hungarian

illustration

immigration

hibernation

imperfection

implication

imposition

imputation

inclination

impregnation

importation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

indiscretion

indication

incrustation

indigestion

indecision

indentation

indexation

indignation

incubation

indonesian

inhalation

implantation

inflammation

information

infiltration

inhibition

infestation

innovation

inquisition

installation

inspiration

instigation

institution

insulation

interception

insurrection

interaction

integration

interdiction

intercession

interjection

intermission

intimation

intersection

invocation

intervention

interwoven

interurban

inundation

introduction

intuition

iranian

invitation

irritation

isolation

iteration

jacobean

jurisdiction

jubilation

jordanian

lilliputian

laceration

kindergarten

librarian

lancastrian

legislation

liberation

leviathan

levitation

liberian

limitation

machination

liquefaction

litigation

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

misconception

medication

mediation

meditation

masturbation

maturation

melanesian

menstruation

ministration

manumission

minnesotan

meridian

misbegotten

miseration

modulation

moderation

molestation

mortification

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

neuropathy

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nomination

noblewoman

nonprescription

nigerian

nonpartisan

obfuscation

obligation

occupation

opposition

operation

observation

obsidian

obstetrician

oblivion

ordination

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

oscillation

orchestration

ostentation

overburden

pagination

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

penetration

penicillin

pedestrian

pelagian

perforation

permutation

perpetrator

perpetrators

perpetual

preelection

perpetuals

perpetuate

perpetuates

pavlovian

moravian

morbidity

pigmentation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

mongolian

planarian

preconception

precondition

politician

polyhedron

population

praetorian

polynesian

plutonian

predetermine

predilection

missourian

preignition

premonition

presentation

preservation

preparation

proclamation

procreation

probationer

probationers

profanation

profitable

prohibition

prohibitions

prohibitive

proposition

propagation

prosecution

protozoan

protestation

provocation

prostitution

providential

punctuation

radiation

readmission

reawaken

recantation

reconstruction

recitation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

publication

recreation

relaxation

reelection

reinspection

reformation

reexamine

refutation

registration

regulation

relocation

renovation

repetition

replication

reparation

reproduction

republican

reputation

requisition

reservation

resignation

resolution

respiration

restitution

resurrection

retardation

revelation

revocation

retribution

rhetorician

retrocession

revolution

restoration

rhododendron

samaritan

rumination

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

sectarian

segregation

self-deception

segmentation

separation

sequestration

simulation

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simonian

situation

smithsonian

speculation

mitigation

stimulation

stipulation

statistician

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

surrogation

suffocation

supposition

superstition

supervision

superhuman

syncopation

syndication

substitution

tabulation

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

tasmanian

therapeutics

therapeutic

transportation

toleration

titillation

transformation

transplantation

tribulation

trepidation

vacillation

tributaries

tributary

validation

ulceration

usurpation

utopian

violation

vaccination

vindication

variation

valuation

turbidity

vegetation

ventilation

valerian

veneration

victorian

visitation

watermelon

wagnerian

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

acceleration

academician

adjudication

adulteration

affiliation

administration

agglomeration

preoccupation

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amalgamation

amelioration

amazonian

amortization

amplification

anticipation

annihilation

appreciation

approximation

appropriation

arbitrarily

argumentation

argentinian

assassination

articulation

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

brobdingnagians

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

carthaginian

centralization

centenarian

certification

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

communication

concatenation

confabulation

conciliation

confederation

configuration

congratulation

conglomeration

consolidation

contamination

consideration

continuation

coordination

cooperation

corroboration

decomposition

decapitation

deceleration

degeneration

deification

defenestration

delicatessen

deliberation

delineation

denomination

depopulation

depreciation

denunciation

desegregation

desalination

determination

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

electrocution

elaboration

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

eradication

equalization

equivocation

enumeration

epicurean

ethiopian

evacuation

evaporation

exacerbation

evaluation

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

exhilaration

exfoliation

exoneration

excoriation

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

exoskeleton

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

intoxication

gratification

gravitational

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

hybridization

hydrogenation

illumination

hyperinflation

hyperborean

humiliation

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incarceration

incineration

incrimination

indoctrination

interpolation

infatuation

inhabitation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

interconnection

instrumentation

initiation

interpretation

interrogation

intimidation

invalidation

ionization

investigation

irradiation

irrefutable

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

justification

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

manifestation

mathematician

maximization

maximilian

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

incorporation

mississippian

remuneration

modernization

mobilization

modification

neapolitan

multiplication

mummification

neutralization

negotiation

nonintervention

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

normalization

nonsectarian

notification

nullification

obliteration

origination

organization

oregonian

orientation

ornamentation

ossification

overproduction

pacification

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

peripatetic

perpetually

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

perpetuity

predisposition

presupposition

panamanian

premeditation

prevarication

presbyterian

procrastination

probationary

prognostication

prohibitory

proletarian

pronunciation

proliferation

purification

quantification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

recuperation

reforestation

refrigeration

reintegration

regeneration

reiteration

rejuvenation

pythagorean

qualification

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

resuscitation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

stratification

sterilization

subordination

synchronization

substantiation

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

vaporization

utilization

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vegetarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word eruption

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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