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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alan

alman

alban

amman

apron

arson

aspen

asian

asper

aspirin

aspire

atman

auction

ashen

austin

auden

backboard

backboards

banyan

bacon

baron

barren

bagman

bargain

barton

baldwin

baseboard

baseboards

basin

bason

bastion

baston

burman

baton

bayman

batten

batton

beacon

billion

beaten

beckon

belgian

bellman

bellon

billman

begun

billon

bison

bisson

blacken

bludgeon

bitten

boatman

blowgun

bolden

bobbin

bookman

bordman

boston

breton

bourbon

bollen

brethren

brakeman

brazen

brighten

briton

boughten

bowman

burgeon

bullion

bracken

brogan

burden

burdon

broken

broaden

bushman

burton

caisson

cajun

calvin

button

churchman

canaan

capstan

canyon

captain

canton

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

caxton

cauldron

cayman

caution

chairman

chaplain

certain

chapman

christen

chessman

chevron

charon

chasten

children

chicken

chessboards

cheapen

chessboard

chieftain

chosen

christian

citron

canon

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

colon

common

cannon

copeman

corban

cordon

craftsman

cousin

cotton

cowan

craven

cretin

crimson

deacon

crewman

dagan

crouton

cushion

curtain

dagon

cuban

dampen

damson

daman

dalton

darken

cumin

dashboard

dashboards

deaden

deafen

cabin

delphian

demon

desman

despair

despairs

desperate

devon

diction

disburse

disbar

dispair

dian

disperse

dispersed

doctrine

earthen

disprove

dobson

dozen

draftsman

dolman

dolphin

dustman

dungeon

drunken

dragon

driven

dromon

dudgeon

elan

eden

emption

engine

dutchman

ensign

eaten

esprit

experts

expert

expire

export

exports

expressed

expired

ermine

faction

falcon

fashion

fasten

famine

fatten

felon

freeman

faulcon

fission

faustian

firman

fireman

flexion

flashgun

flatten

floren

footman

friction

fibrin

fortune

foreman

fountain

fraction

fiction

foreign

freshen

freshman

frighten

fielden

freedman

fallen

gascon

frozen

garron

garden

gallon

gammon

fusion

gentian

function

georgian

german

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

grandson

gorgon

gotten

gowan

graven

gumption

gudgeon

guardsman

griffon

haitian

grecian

hackman

hasten

happen

harden

harten

hangman

harken

hausen

hempen

haven

headsman

headman

heaven

heathen

hearten

heighten

henchman

heron

hessian

hetman

highbrow

highbrows

hogan

homespun

horseman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

hesper

hyson

hyphen

golden

ibsen

icebergs

iceberg

hymen

hidden

ion

jason

jetson

jackman

jaspers

jasper

jetton

jargon

jasmine

jordan

junction

jorden

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kelvin

kalan

kansan

kirkman

kitchen

kremlin

kitten

klansman

lampron

lakefront

landsman

laden

landman

layman

leaden

lagan

latin

leaven

lessen

lesson

lengthen

ledden

lemon

legion

lesion

leman

leven

linden

lichen

liken

liman

lightman

lineman

linemen

linen

listen

lisbon

lockman

liven

locken

lion

logan

london

lopeman

lotion

longan

loosen

loren

m1

luncheon

lynden

lyden

lumen

mahone

maiden

madden

mansion

mangan

marchman

margin

marron

martian

markman

marksman

marlin

marten

martin

mason

matron

mayan

gluten

deepen

mention

melton

million

melon

mignon

milken

minden

minion

misprints

misprint

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

motion

muffin

mullen

mountain

muslin

nation

mutton

nekton

neighbors

neighbor

ninon

newsman

notion

norman

oarsman

newsprint

onion

ocean

olden

odin

often

omen

open

option

organ

orphan

outrun

oven

outdone

othman

oxen

owen

oxfords

oxford

packman

paean

pagan

panton

pardon

parson

passion

passman

passport

passports

goodman

pathan

pectin

patron

patten

pavon

pension

penguin

penman

perron

person

persian

pigeon

phosphors

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

phosphor

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

portion

ponton

postman

potion

portman

pressman

pollan

prison

pollen

peon

prussian

pullen

question

ration

quicken

raven

rayon

reason

proven

reckon

redden

region

zircon

suasion

lighten

resin

rerun

ribbon

ridden

rincon

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

roman

rotten

russian

runnion

saffron

salesman

rumen

rowen

ruin

sadden

sagebrush

rowan

sanction

samson

satan

santon

salmon

rosen

saxon

scallion

scullion

scotsman

section

rosin

satin

selden

semen

sequin

sermon

session

sexton

shipman

seven

shaken

shaman

sharpen

shearman

shorten

seton

shogun

shrunken

shotgun

showman

tendon

season

sicken

slacken

silken

scion

smarten

seaman

siphon

siren

smitten

soldan

titan

seedsman

spokesman

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spoken

sportsman

station

stepson

statesman

stallion

stillion

steven

stiffen

stallman

stockman

straighten

slogan

sodden

soften

strengthen

sturgeon

stricken

striven

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

solon

surgeon

sunken

sweeten

taken

syphon

tension

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

swollen

sylvan

teston

thicken

threaten

squadron

stolen

tillman

tighten

token

thousand

toman

traction

toughen

townsman

tungsten

trillion

tuscan

turban

tubman

treason

triton

trojan

trodden

torsion

undone

union

urson

urchin

urban

urine

vegan

version

vesper

villain

vision

whispers

vulcan

weapon

waken

whisper

warden

wagon

warren

weaken

wheaten

wanton

watchman

washboard

whitson

wiccan

whiten

widen

wizen

woman

women

workman

wooden

worsen

yachtsman

zaman

woodman

woolman

woolen

yaupon

woven

written

yeoman

zion

3 syllable words

ablation

abrasion

abortion

ablution

abduction

abdomen

absorption

accession

accretion

abstraction

achiever

achievers

abstention

adoption

addition

acumen

addiction

adhesion

admission

adrian

adsorption

aggression

affection

aegean

affliction

african

alaskan

aleutian

alderman

albion

albumin

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambrosian

ambition

anchorman

andean

apportion

anyone

appian

arian

arkansan

aquifers

aquifer

artesian

anglican

artisan

aryan

ascension

aspersion

aspersions

aspirant

aspirants

aspartame

aspirate

aspirates

assassin

aspiring

assertion

asuncion

assumption

attention

aspires

attraction

attrition

australian

aversion

audition

austrian

avian

awaken

backwoodsman

bandwagon

backgammon

badminton

decision

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

bedouin

beholden

benjamin

beethoven

biotin

bitumen

bishoprics

bookkeepers

bosnian

bookkeeper

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

carnation

carrion

cartesian

cation

cardigan

catalan

caucasian

cetacean

chairperson

causation

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

chilean

cheeseburgers

cheeseburger

charlatan

charwoman

cinnamon

cistercian

citation

civilian

citizen

clarendon

clarion

coercion

clergyman

cognition

cohesion

collection

collegian

collision

collusion

collagen

compression

completion

commission

combustion

commotion

compassion

companion

complexion

communion

compulsion

compunction

concession

concoction

concussion

conclusion

conscription

conflation

confection

conduction

confession

confucian

connection

connexion

confusion

congestion

conjunction

congressman

consumption

constriction

construction

contagion

contortion

contraction

contrition

condition

contraption

contusion

contention

convection

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

countryman

crestfallen

corrosion

councilman

corsican

cremation

creation

corruption

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

conception

decipher

declension

deflation

defection

deflection

deletion

deduction

depletion

desertion

dentition

depiction

denizen

depression

description

derision

despairing

destruction

detection

determine

dictation

detention

discretion

discipline

diffraction

digression

dilation

direction

diffusion

dimension

digestion

dilution

disbursement

disbursements

disbarment

disappear

disappears

disapprove

devotion

discussion

discovers

disparage

discover

erection

dispersion

dispersal

dispersive

diversion

abandon

disparate

distinction

distraction

dissection

dissension

distortion

disunion

division

disruption

donation

dominion

downtrodden

dorian

duration

dogberry

egyptian

election

ejection

edition

elation

elison

eleven

emblazon

embolden

encryption

emulsion

emission

emotion

englishman

enlighten

equation

enliven

everyone

erosion

eruption

evasion

eviction

delusion

exception

exclusion

excision

excursion

exertion

exemption

exhaustion

expertly

expiring

expiry

expires

explosion

exporter

exporters

expulsion

extension

expressly

expressive

extinction

extortion

exaction

etruscan

extrusion

fabian

ferryman

feminine

filtration

fisherman

fijian

flirtation

flotation

foramen

formation

foundation

forgotten

forewoman

freemason

fruition

freudian

fenian

franciscan

galleon

gaussian

fustian

garrison

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

forbidden

gordian

gradation

gossipers

gossiper

gooseberry

gravamen

gyration

guncotton

guardian

grobian

halcyon

hackberry

heroin

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

halogen

heroine

impression

high-powered

horatian

housebroken

horizon

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

icebreakers

illusion

imagine

icebreaker

impassion

immersion

implosion

in-person

imprison

inaction

inception

incursion

incision

inclusion

indian

infarction

infection

induction

inflation

inflection

infliction

infraction

inscription

infusion

injection

inhuman

ingestion

injunction

insertion

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

invasion

inversion

intrusion

invention

irishman

irian

italian

jamaican

jacobin

jettison

javelin

jovian

julian

keratin

kantian

keynesian

korean

lactation

laotian

laurentian

lanolin

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

gooseberries

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

macabre

lutheran

lucifer

magician

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

marian

magdalen

margarine

masculine

medallion

medicine

median

migration

mexican

menhaden

midshipman

melanin

misfortune

misfortunes

misprision

mispronounce

mistaken

misshapen

patrician

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

nebraskan

myosin

negation

neighborhood

neighborhoods

neighboring

neighborly

neighbourly

nemean

obsession

occasion

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

notation

norwegian

nubian

nonunion

nonhuman

nutrition

objection

nevadan

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

omission

odeon

oppression

optation

oration

optician

opinion

origin

orion

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

outspoken

ottoman

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

passover

pavilion

pentathlon

probation

percussion

perfection

permission

perfusion

permian

persuasion

plantation

perversion

phoenician

petition

physician

phosphorites

phrygian

phosphoric

phosphorite

peterman

plebeian

policeman

procession

precession

position

possession

porcelain

precaution

prescription

precision

privation

preclusion

predation

preemption

prediction

predestine

presumption

pollution

pretension

prevention

perception

prostration

progression

projection

profusion

profession

promotion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

protean

protection

puritan

provision

quotation

ramadan

raspberries

raspberry

reaction

rebellion

receivers

receiver

recision

recover

recovers

recovery

reception

recession

redemption

reexports

reflection

reduction

reexport

production

regression

rejection

relation

religion

pelican

regimen

rendition

remission

repression

reptilian

reopen

resection

restriction

resumption

rescission

retention

retraction

reversion

revulsion

rhodopsin

revision

reunion

saccharin

rotation

secretion

rifleman

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

secession

scorpion

scythian

seclusion

sedation

sedition

subtraction

seduction

selection

skeleton

singleton

simian

silicon

snapdragon

specimen

solution

transaction

stagnation

starvation

submersion

submission

subscription

stygian

solomon

succession

subversion

suggestion

sumatran

summation

suspension

suppression

superman

suspicion

temptation

technician

tactician

syrian

takeovers

takeover

talisman

taxpayer

tamarin

taxpayers

unburden

thespian

timberman

toboggan

transfusion

transgression

translation

transmission

transcription

suburban

transition

tradition

truncation

tuition

unbroken

venison

uncertain

uneven

uncommon

unwritten

unison

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

whispering

vermilion

unbutton

vibration

vocation

veteran

volition

wesleyan

waterman

whisperer

whisperers

vitamin

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

abolition

absolution

acclamation

acquisition

abyssinian

acclimation

accusation

accordion

activation

adaptation

admonition

adrenaline

adulation

affirmation

affectation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

allocation

allegation

albanian

algerian

aldebaran

algonquian

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

ammunition

amphibian

amputation

annexation

apparition

appellation

application

animation

annotation

appalachian

apprehension

approbation

arbitration

arabian

armenian

arizonan

armageddon

arthurian

asperity

aspirated

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

aviation

augmentation

avocation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

composition

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumspection

circumcision

circumvention

cogitation

coalition

collodion

coloradan

collocation

combination

commendation

committeeman

columbian

comedian

comparison

compilation

compensation

commutation

competition

complication

comprehension

concentration

computation

condemnation

condensation

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

conservation

confrontation

conjugation

connotation

congregation

consecration

consolation

consternation

consummation

constellation

constipation

consultation

constitution

contemplation

contrarian

contraception

contribution

contradiction

contravention

conversation

condescension

copernican

coronation

corinthian

copenhagen

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

convolution

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

culmination

dandelion

darwinian

convocation

decompression

importation

deconstruction

dedication

degradation

defamation

delegation

dehydration

deformation

definition

gentlewoman

demarcation

demonstration

desecration

depravation

deportation

deposition

depredation

deprivation

derivation

dereliction

designation

destination

destitution

desperately

devastation

desperado

desperadoes

detonation

demolition

devolution

deviation

diaspora

devonian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

dietitian

disaffection

disappearance

disappearing

disapproving

disapproval

dislocation

disinflation

disillusion

disconnection

discoveries

disinfection

discoverer

discovery

discoverers

disparaging

disparages

dispensation

disputation

disposition

disparities

dispiriting

disparity

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

divination

distribution

dispirited

domination

draconian

duplication

dominican

education

electrician

emanation

elongation

elevation

elocution

emulation

embarkation

englishwoman

equestrian

estimation

esperanto

erudition

estonian

european

eustachian

evocation

evolution

eritrean

exclamation

execution

exhortation

exhibition

exhumation

expedition

experience

experienced

experiment

exportable

exposition

experiments

expressionist

expropriate

extradition

fascination

fabrication

fallopian

exuberance

exuberant

fermentation

fibrillation

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

gastrulation

galilean

germination

glaciation

gargantuan

graduation

granulation

gorgonian

greco-roman

gravitation

gregorian

guatemalan

hesitation

habitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hibernation

illustration

historian

himalayan

hungarian

immigration

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

imperfection

ibuprofen

imitation

hydrocarbon

ideation

immolation

implantation

implication

imposition

impregnation

imputation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

inclination

incubation

incrustation

indecision

indentation

indexation

infiltration

indignation

infestation

indication

indonesian

indiscretion

inflammation

information

inhalation

innovation

inquisition

inhibition

intercession

insulation

insurrection

installation

instigation

integration

interaction

interception

institution

intermission

interdiction

interjection

intonation

intervention

interruption

interurban

interwoven

intersection

intimation

inundation

invitation

introspection

intuition

introduction

irrigation

invocation

iranian

irritation

isolation

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

indigestion

lancastrian

levitation

legislation

leviathan

liberian

limitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

low-spirited

machination

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

maturation

meditation

ministration

medication

mediation

melanesian

minnesotan

misbegotten

misgovernment

misconception

misperception

misperceptions

moderation

missourian

molestation

mispronounces

mitigation

modulation

mortification

mongolian

moravian

motivation

navigation

mutilation

napoleon

nestorian

obfuscation

nicaraguan

nigerian

observation

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

newtonian

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

olympian

occupiers

occupier

ohioan

oscillation

ordination

opposition

orchestration

ostentation

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

pacifiers

pacifier

pagination

palpitation

pagurian

librarian

paraguayan

pedestrian

pavlovian

relocation

pelagian

penicillin

meridian

persecution

permutation

perturbation

phosphorescence

pigmentation

peruvian

planarian

plutonian

presentation

polyhedron

population

polynesian

praetorian

precondition

premonition

preelection

preignition

predilection

predetermine

preconception

politician

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

protestation

propagation

prosecution

prostitution

proposition

readmission

provocation

punctuation

publication

radiation

realization

reassertion

receivership

receiverships

recollection

reciprocal

reciprocate

recognition

reciprocates

reconstruction

recoveries

reawaken

recuperates

recuperate

refutation

regulation

reelection

reexamine

protozoan

reinspection

relaxation

profanation

renovation

replication

repercussion

repetition

repossession

reposition

subluxation

reputation

requisition

resignation

resurrection

respirators

respirator

resolution

restitution

retardation

retribution

satisfaction

retrocession

revelation

rhetorician

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

sectarian

saturation

rumination

sanitation

samaritan

reproduction

segregation

self-deception

shakespearean

republican

situation

sicilian

simonian

simulation

smithsonian

segmentation

stimulation

stipulation

statistician

siberian

strangulation

subdivision

transplantation

substitution

suffocation

superstition

surrogation

supervision

supposition

superhuman

syncopation

syndication

tabulation

tasmanian

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

toleration

titillation

trepidation

tribulation

usurpation

vacillation

variation

valuation

validation

valerian

ventilation

vegetation

utopian

visitation

victorian

vindication

vociferates

vociferate

violation

wagnerian

watermelon

whosoever

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

accommodation

academician

accreditation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

adulteration

agglomeration

affiliation

alleviation

alienation

amortization

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

amplification

articulation

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

authorization

augustinian

authentication

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

certification

christianization

centenarian

civilization

clarification

cohabitation

classification

coagulation

codification

colonization

commemoration

communication

concatenation

conciliation

configuration

decapitation

confederation

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

deification

degeneration

delineation

delicatessen

eradication

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

dionysian

disappearances

disinclination

disembarkation

discoverable

discrimination

disintegration

disparagingly

disproportionate

dissociation

dissemination

dissatisfaction

domestication

dramatization

ejaculation

edification

elimination

electrocution

elizabethan

emancipation

equivocation

epicurean

equalization

evacuation

exacerbation

evaluation

ethiopian

examination

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

experimental

experimenter

experimenters

experiential

expiratory

experiences

expropriation

extermination

expressionism

expropriations

expressionistic

expropriated

exaggeration

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

reforestation

glorification

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

humiliation

hybridization

hyperinflation

incarceration

illumination

imagination

immunization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

inauguration

inactivation

improvisation

incrimination

infatuation

indoctrination

initiation

inoculation

insemination

inhabitation

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

juxtaposition

jeffersonian

justification

legalization

libertarian

pasteurization

localization

lithuanian

manipulation

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

misinformation

miscalculation

misappropriate

misapprehension

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

negotiation

nickelodeon

neutralization

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

nonsectarian

normalization

notification

obliteration

nullification

orientation

organization

oregonian

origination

ornamentation

ossification

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

patagonian

misappropriates

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

precipitation

polarization

pomeranian

predestination

premeditation

preoccupation

predisposition

presbyterian

prevarication

presupposition

procrastination

proletarian

peloponnesian

prognostication

proliferation

reiteration

pronunciation

purification

pythagorean

qualification

quantification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recommendation

recombination

rectification

recoverable

reciprocity

recrimination

refrigeration

regeneration

reintegration

rejuvenation

renunciation

remuneration

repatriation

representation

resuscitation

respiratory

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

repudiation

scandinavian

sedimentation

solicitation

simplification

specification

specialization

sophistication

sterilization

substantiation

subordination

stratification

synchronization

vaporization

triangulation

unification

unitarian

theologian

utilization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

veterinarian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word expiration

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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