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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word expiring.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
2 syllable words
4 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word expiring.
2 syllable words

aching

aging

acting

airing

angling

arming

arching

ailing

aspire

aspirin

backboards

backboard

backing

baiting

baking

banding

banking

bagging

banging

barring

basting

baseboard

baseboards

awning

bathing

batting

beading

beaming

bearing

asking

asper

being

belling

belting

beijing

bending

beating

bidding

biding

bleeding

dipping

biting

bitching

bleaching

binding

blasting

blazing

birthing

bleeping

blessing

blending

billing

blaring

blinding

blushing

blocking

blooming

blowing

blueing

bluing

boarding

boasting

boiling

bolting

bonding

boating

bolling

boning

boxing

boring

bouncing

bracing

braiding

braving

bounding

boozing

bowling

brawling

bowing

branching

breaking

breasting

briefing

brimming

booting

buckling

breathing

breeching

brewing

bucking

brushing

broiling

broking

brooding

browning

browsing

bruting

building

breeding

budding

bulging

booming

bedding

buying

burping

butting

calling

calming

camping

carling

carping

caning

casting

carving

casing

ceiling

chafing

chanting

charming

chessboards

chessboard

caulking

chewing

chipping

chilling

chasing

chirping

catching

choking

chopping

coiling

clearing

clipping

clucking

climbing

cloaking

clocking

coasting

clogging

closing

clouding

clowning

clothing

coaching

coating

coaxing

cleaning

cocking

coming

codding

combing

colling

clanging

churning

cooking

coping

cooling

cooing

costing

coupling

couching

cresting

creaking

creeping

cribbing

coursing

crackling

cracking

craving

crooning

crossing

crowing

curing

crushing

crashing

crying

cuddling

culling

cunning

curling

burning

daring

dancing

cutting

darling

dealing

dashing

daunting

dawning

dashboards

desperate

derring

despair

despairs

dashboard

dicing

damning

digging

dilling

dining

bunting

disbar

disburse

dishing

dispair

dispersed

disprove

disperse

dripping

diving

docking

dressing

drilling

drinking

draining

drafting

drawing

doting

doubting

dragging

driving

doing

earring

dropping

dumpling

duckling

drying

ducking

during

dyeing

dying

drugging

drumming

dubbing

dwelling

earthling

dueling

earning

easing

eating

edging

ending

esprit

evening

etching

fixing

erring

experts

eking

expert

export

exports

expressed

fencing

farthing

feeding

facing

fading

failing

fainting

faulting

feeling

farming

fehling

feigning

fighting

fetching

fielding

filing

filling

finding

firing

fining

fishing

fitting

falling

flaring

fleeting

flitting

flooring

fledgling

fleming

flooding

flashing

floating

flogging

flowing

flushing

flying

foaming

freaking

forcing

footing

folding

forging

forming

foiling

framing

foundling

founding

franking

fraying

freezing

frosting

gearing

fucking

frying

funding

gaming

gassing

fuming

gadding

galling

gilding

ginning

giving

glaring

glancing

getting

glazing

glinting

girding

golding

golfing

gloaming

glowing

going

grading

grafting

grappling

fruiting

grasping

flaming

grinding

heaving

grating

greening

grouping

groundling

grounding

herring

grooming

hamstring

heating

gushing

handling

hanging

heckling

hearing

harping

healing

heading

having

hatching

helping

hiding

hilling

hissing

gunning

hoarding

grouting

hesper

hogging

highbrows

hitting

holding

horning

hosting

hopping

hounding

holing

homing

hunting

hugging

humming

housing

hurling

hurting

iceberg

growing

icebergs

highbrow

icing

grayling

grazing

inkling

greeting

inning

grieving

flagging

jailing

jarring

jasper

jeering

jumping

keeling

keeping

jerking

jetting

joking

jutting

kenning

judging

jogging

jaspers

kicking

kindling

kipling

killing

knitting

leading

lasting

lashing

licking

knocking

knowing

leaking

lakefront

lamping

latching

laughing

launching

lawing

laying

listing

leaning

lapping

leaping

learning

leasing

lending

legging

lemming

lifting

lading

lighting

liking

lightning

lagging

lining

landing

living

looking

loading

loaning

logging

looming

loathing

lodging

longing

loring

looping

lopping

loving

losing

lumping

lying

lunching

lowing

madding

mailing

marching

making

mapping

malting

marking

matching

matting

misprint

meaning

meeting

milling

melting

merging

mincing

mining

minding

misprints

missing

mocking

mourning

molting

mooring

morning

morphing

moulding

mounting

mowing

moving

mugging

nipping

musing

muting

nagging

nanking

napping

nestling

neighbors

neighbor

newsprint

nodding

nosing

nothing

netting

pimping

nursing

pairing

nutting

offspring

ousting

offing

oozing

outing

oxfords

pacing

oxford

owing

packing

padding

paging

pinching

painting

pelting

panning

parting

parking

passing

passports

panting

paring

peaking

peeing

pending

paving

pegging

paying

passport

patching

petting

phasing

phosphor

piercing

picking

piling

phrasing

phosphors

piping

pleading

pitching

posting

plating

plaything

planting

playing

planking

pleasing

plodding

pouncing

plugging

plumbing

poking

popping

pointing

poling

polling

pooling

preaching

pounding

pouting

praying

pining

printing

pressing

priming

pruning

prying

puffing

pumping

prowling

quilting

quilling

pudding

pushing

putting

quaking

racing

purging

racking

railing

rafting

raging

raising

raking

rambling

reading

raving

resting

ribbing

riding

rigging

rising

ringing

rifling

roaring

roasting

romping

rubbing

scarring

rocking

rounding

rolling

rousing

roving

ruling

scheming

sacking

saving

roofing

scalping

schilling

running

sapling

sailing

scaling

salting

saying

scolding

sagging

sagebrush

schooling

scorching

scraping

scrimping

screaming

screening

seating

seedling

seeling

scratching

screwing

seeming

seeing

seizing

shrinking

searching

setting

serving

shading

shifting

sewing

shearing

sheathing

shelving

shafting

shaving

sharking

shipping

shoestring

shilling

shedding

sheeting

shining

shoring

shelling

shocking

shirting

shooting

showing

shredding

shuffling

shrouding

sibling

shunting

siding

sighting

signing

sinking

singing

sighing

sitting

sizing

skilling

skimming

sleeping

slapping

slating

sledding

slanting

skirting

sliding

slighting

slitting

sloping

smelting

smacking

smelling

smoking

slotting

slouching

smoothing

snapping

snarling

sneaking

sneezing

sniffing

snoring

soaring

soaking

sobbing

something

soothing

sopping

sounding

spanking

sparing

speaking

spinning

sparling

spending

spelling

sparkling

sperling

sporting

springing

squinting

squeezing

stamping

starling

stacking

staging

standing

spurling

stalling

steering

starting

staving

stripling

sprinkling

stripping

stating

stealing

stopping

sterling

sticking

stinging

stinking

streaming

stitching

storming

stocking

stooping

straining

strapping

stretching

stirring

straddling

striking

stowing

striving

stroking

strutting

stuffing

stunning

sucking

suckling

suiting

suing

swaying

swearing

sweeping

sweeting

swimming

switching

tackling

sweating

swelling

tailing

swooning

telling

teaming

teeming

teaching

teething

tamping

tasting

taking

talking

taunting

tanning

tempting

tacking

testing

thinking

thrusting

thumping

thrilling

throwing

ticking

tilting

tiding

tipping

tripping

trilling

tithing

toasting

tricking

trifling

twisting

trusting

topping

tossing

tracing

trading

trailing

training

touching

trimming

tooling

trucking

trying

tubing

twining

tuning

turning

tying

thrashing

veering

veiling

vaulting

vesper

vesting

viking

vying

voiding

voting

wading

waking

waiting

walking

walling

wincing

warling

warming

wiring

wapping

wanting

washboard

washing

weakling

wearing

weaving

whipping

wasting

webbing

wedding

weeding

weeping

westling

wheeling

waning

whacking

whaling

wielding

weighing

whistling

whitling

whiting

whispers

whisper

whooping

whopping

whirling

wilding

willing

wishing

winning

warning

witching

winding

wrestling

warping

wrecking

wording

working

wringing

writing

yachting

yearling

yearning

yelling

yielding

3 syllable words

according

abiding

absorbing

accenting

accusing

adjoining

arriving

abounding

achievers

achiever

admiring

adoring

afflicting

affecting

agreeing

aligning

alarming

alluring

amazing

annealing

amusing

alerting

annoying

appalling

appealing

anything

approving

approaching

aquifers

aquifer

arranging

arresting

ascending

aspires

aspersion

aspersions

aspartame

astounding

asserting

assuming

beguiling

becoming

believing

besieging

aspirates

assuring

backbiting

backsliding

blistering

badgering

ballooning

attracting

baffling

battering

battening

befitting

bickering

beginning

belonging

beholding

aspirant

beseeching

aspirants

besetting

aspirate

bettering

bullfighting

blackmailing

billowing

bishoprics

bloodletting

bookkeeping

blanketing

blossoming

blundering

blustering

bookkeepers

bloodsucking

bookkeeper

brainwashing

bottling

bubbling

broadcasting

buffeting

bumbling

bundling

bungling

bullying

bushwhacking

bustling

butchering

cackling

campaigning

carpeting

canoeing

caressing

carousing

carjacking

carrying

complying

conceding

centering

challenging

channeling

chattering

cheeseburger

cheeseburgers

childbearing

confiding

churchgoing

complaining

completing

colouring

coloring

comforting

commanding

commuting

composing

compounding

conforming

concerning

concurring

conflicting

confounding

confusing

conjuring

conquering

connecting

conserving

consoling

consulting

consuming

constricting

contacting

contracting

converging

conveying

convincing

copying

correcting

counseling

covering

crippling

cushioning

crocheting

cowering

cradling

crusading

cycling

dampening

dairying

diapering

darkening

dialing

damaging

decreasing

deadening

deafening

debating

decipher

delighting

defusing

degrading

departing

descending

designing

detailing

deserving

insulting

dissenting

disarming

disappears

disapprove

disbarment

disbursement

discerning

disbursements

discover

discovers

disparage

disgusting

disparate

dispersive

dispersion

dispersal

drizzling

dissecting

dissembling

dwindling

dissolving

dividing

diverting

diverging

divining

distracting

distressing

downsizing

doubling

dressmaking

doddering

dogberry

dumbfounding

easterling

echoing

eavesdropping

emptying

emitting

enchanting

enclosing

enticing

equating

endearing

engraving

enduring

engaging

engrossing

ensuing

entering

enlisting

erecting

excepting

everything

exacting

exhausting

erupting

existing

fingering

expertly

exporter

disappear

exporters

expressive

expression

expresses

expressly

expressions

faltering

exulting

factoring

fastening

favoring

feathering

finishing

flattering

flavoring

flowering

forbidding

following

fondling

foreboding

forecasting

forthcoming

forgiving

forwarding

freewheeling

frustrating

galloping

gambling

imploring

gathering

gardening

glimmering

glistening

governing

glowering

gooseberries

good-looking

gooseberry

gossipers

gossiper

importing

infighting

increasing

handwriting

hairdressing

hackberry

happening

hardening

harvesting

hardworking

heartbreaking

highflying

high-powered

housewarming

groundbreaking

housekeeping

housebroken

imposing

impending

improving

incoming

imprinting

icebreakers

icebreaker

inserting

installing

respecting

interesting

inviting

invading

investing

ironing

issuing

jockeying

juggling

journeying

kidnapping

lamenting

layering

listening

lactating

lingering

laundering

landholding

lawmaking

leavening

lessening

laboring

lettering

leveling

life-giving

lightening

locating

landscaping

languishing

lowering

lumbering

machining

macabre

lucifer

maddening

matchmaking

maturing

marketing

marshaling

misleading

middling

meddling

measuring

mellowing

misgiving

misfortune

misfortunes

misprision

misspelling

mistaking

mispronounce

modeling

mothering

motoring

mottling

mumbling

muscling

murmuring

narrowing

neighboring

neighborly

neighbourly

nerve-racking

neighborhood

neutering

reckoning

networking

neighborhoods

nourishing

observing

opining

opening

opposing

offsetting

ordering

offering

oncoming

ongoing

outgoing

outfitting

outlying

outpouring

obliging

outstanding

painstaking

papering

parceling

peppering

paneling

patrolling

peddling

perplexing

persisting

pervading

phosphoric

pardoning

pickering

passover

piddling

pilfering

phosphorite

phosphorites

pitying

plastering

pondering

polishing

polluting

powdering

preceding

presiding

prevailing

proceeding

quickening

profiling

pronouncing

provoking

profiting

quarreling

railroading

promising

ravishing

reasoning

receivers

raveling

receiver

raspberries

raspberry

repeating

recording

recovery

recovers

reducing

reexport

regarding

relapsing

reexports

relieving

rejoicing

refreshing

reflecting

rendering

resisting

recover

reversing

reviving

revolting

riveting

revolving

rumbling

scattering

scaffolding

scavenging

scribbling

seducing

seagoing

seasoning

settling

scrambling

shimmering

shipbuilding

shoplifting

shortcoming

shadowing

shortening

sickening

sizzling

sleepwalking

smattering

soldering

sojourning

soldiering

softening

souring

stiffening

strengthening

stuttering

succeeding

surprising

surpassing

suffering

surveying

surrounding

surviving

tempering

sweetening

tailoring

thickening

tabling

taxpayer

taxpayers

tapering

takeovers

takeover

thanksgiving

trumpeting

threatening

thundering

ticketing

tinkering

tinkling

tumbling

transporting

trembling

traversing

typewriting

tormenting

toweling

twinkling

towering

typesetting

unbending

underling

undoing

undying

unsparing

unfailing

unfeeling

unflinching

unthinking

uprising

unwilling

unwitting

unyielding

upsetting

varying

vanishing

visiting

vomiting

wagering

wandering

warehousing

abducting

weathering

watering

well-being

whisperers

whisperer

whitening

winnowing

withering

wrongdoing

yellowing

4 syllable words

activating

agitating

advertising

aggravating

admonishing

agonizing

annotating

appetizing

asperity

aspiration

aspirations

bewildering

astonishing

awakening

babysitting

barbecuing

aspirated

bicycling

calculating

captivating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

complicating

conditioning

condescending

corresponding

delegating

denigrating

desperately

desperado

desperadoes

desperation

detonating

devastating

developing

diagnosing

diaspora

disabling

disappointing

disapproving

discoverers

disapproval

discoveries

discouraging

disconcerting

discoverer

discovery

disengaging

disappearing

disparaging

disheartening

disparages

dispiriting

dispirited

disparity

disparities

distributing

dominating

domineering

distinguishing

edifying

encompassing

emphasizing

embarrassing

encircling

energizing

engineering

executing

enlightening

enterprising

entertaining

enveloping

experience

examining

everlasting

esperanto

experienced

experiment

experiments

expirations

expiration

exportable

expressionist

expropriate

exuberant

fascinating

exuberance

interlocking

fingerprinting

fireproofing

encouraging

fluctuating

gratifying

hesitating

inheriting

inhibiting

implicating

integrating

interviewing

irritating

intersecting

laminating

liberating

legislating

low-spirited

maximizing

merchandising

misgovernment

misperception

misperceptions

mitigating

mispronounces

moderating

mountaineering

never-ending

nonrecurring

notifying

notwithstanding

occupying

operating

oceangoing

oscillating

occupiers

overlying

overflowing

overcoming

overlapping

overbearing

overhauling

overpowering

overrating

overruling

pacifiers

pacifier

overwhelming

overarching

palpitating

occupier

parachuting

partitioning

obviating

persevering

patronizing

penetrating

petitioning

phosphorescence

pioneering

realizing

receivership

receiverships

reciprocal

reciprocates

reciprocate

reentering

disappearance

recoveries

recuperates

recuperate

registering

respiration

respirators

respirator

separating

speechifying

suffocating

unbelieving

unassuming

unavailing

unbecoming

underwriting

underlying

undertaking

understanding

underpinning

undulating

unrelenting

unremitting

vacillating

vociferate

vociferates

waterproofing

whosoever

Words that rhyme with the word expiring

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

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