Rhyming Dictionary! Feedback?
Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word expression.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
2 syllable words
5 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word expression.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

aspen

asian

asper

aspirin

aspire

atman

auction

austin

auden

backboards

backboard

bacon

bagman

baldwin

barton

banyan

bargain

baron

barren

basin

baseboard

baseboards

bason

bastion

baton

beacon

beckon

beaten

carton

batten

broken

bayman

billion

billman

belgian

bellon

billon

bellman

bison

bisson

bitten

bookman

bludgeon

blacken

boatman

bolden

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bordman

briton

begun

brakeman

bourbon

bracken

boughten

bowman

brazen

brighten

broaden

brogan

brethren

breton

bullion

boston

burgeon

burdon

burman

burton

cajun

cabin

calvin

burden

canton

cannon

canon

canyon

canaan

caption

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

capstan

cauldron

caxton

caution

cayman

chairman

chaplain

chapman

certain

charon

cheapen

chasten

chicken

chessman

chevron

chessboard

chessboards

chieftain

children

christian

christen

churchman

chosen

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

common

baston

batton

bushman

copeman

corban

cordon

cousin

cotton

cowan

craftsman

craven

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cushion

curtain

cumin

dagan

dagon

dampen

damson

darken

dalton

daman

dashboard

dashboards

deacon

deaden

deafen

button

caisson

deepen

desman

despair

despairs

desperate

diction

delphian

devon

demon

disbar

disburse

dispair

disperse

dispersed

disprove

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dustman

dungeon

dutchman

driven

dudgeon

earthen

drunken

eaten

eden

dragon

dromon

emption

engine

elan

ensign

ermine

esprit

experts

expire

expired

export

exports

expert

faction

faulcon

famine

fashion

faustian

fasten

felon

fatten

fibrin

fiction

fielden

fission

flashgun

fireman

firman

flatten

flexion

footman

floren

foreign

foreman

falcon

fortune

fountain

fraction

fallen

freshen

freshman

freedman

freeman

function

fusion

friction

garden

gascon

garron

georgian

frighten

gentian

german

frozen

gallon

gammon

gibbon

glisten

gilden

given

glidden

region

gladden

gluten

goodman

gorgon

golden

grecian

grandson

graven

griffon

gudgeon

gumption

guardsman

gotten

hackman

haitian

gowan

hangman

harden

harken

harten

happen

hasten

hausen

haven

headman

heaven

heathen

hessian

heron

henchman

hempen

hesper

hetman

hidden

homespun

hogan

highbrows

horseman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

highbrow

dian

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

iceberg

icebergs

hymen

huntsman

ion

jackman

jetson

jetton

jargon

jordan

jorden

jason

jasmine

jaspers

jasper

junction

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kansan

kalan

keelson

kirkman

kitchen

kitten

klansman

kremlin

lampron

lakefront

landsman

landman

lagan

latin

layman

leaden

lemon

lengthen

legion

leman

lessen

lesion

lesson

leaven

leven

ledden

linden

liken

lightman

lineman

linemen

lighten

liman

linen

lion

lisbon

listen

locken

liven

lockman

london

logan

lopeman

longan

loosen

loren

lotion

lichen

luncheon

lumen

laden

lyden

lynden

heighten

mahone

maiden

mangan

marksman

margin

marron

mansion

marlin

markman

martian

marten

martin

marchman

mason

matron

mayan

melon

melton

mention

milken

million

minion

minden

mignon

misprint

misprints

mission

mitten

headsman

moisten

molten

motion

morgan

mormon

mountain

muffin

mullen

nation

muslin

mutton

nekton

neighbors

neighbor

newsprint

newsman

ninon

madden

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

olden

odin

often

omen

option

open

organ

orphan

oven

outrun

outdone

othman

oxen

oxfords

oxford

owen

onion

pardon

panton

paean

pagan

parson

passion

passman

passports

pathan

passport

patron

patten

pavon

pension

pectin

penman

penguin

peon

perron

persian

packman

person

hearten

section

m1

pigeon

pillion

pinion

phosphors

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollen

portion

portman

ponton

postman

potion

pollan

pressman

prison

proven

question

quicken

prussian

ration

pullen

raven

rayon

reckon

redden

reason

zircon

phosphor

rerun

resin

rincon

ribbon

ridden

risen

ripen

riven

russian

runnion

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

saffron

sagebrush

salesman

sadden

salmon

sanction

samson

santon

satan

saxon

scotsman

scullion

seaman

season

scallion

satin

scion

riden

seedsman

selden

semen

session

sexton

seven

sermon

seton

shaken

shipman

sequin

shearman

sharpen

shorten

shaman

shogun

shrunken

shotgun

showman

sicken

silken

spokesman

siren

smitten

smarten

slacken

slogan

soldan

sovereign

sportsman

sodden

spoken

spearman

soften

stepson

station

solon

statesman

sovran

spartan

steven

stillion

stiffen

squadron

stricken

strengthen

stockman

stolen

straighten

striven

sturgeon

suasion

stallion

stallman

siphon

suction

sultan

sunken

sudden

sullen

summon

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

taken

swollen

syphon

talon

tension

teston

tendon

thicken

tappen

thousand

threaten

tarpon

tartan

tighten

tillman

torsion

traction

townsman

toughen

toman

token

trillion

treason

tubman

trojan

triton

trodden

tungsten

turban

tuscan

titan

undone

urchin

roman

urban

urson

union

urine

vegan

version

vesper

villain

vision

vulcan

warden

waken

warren

wanton

wagon

washboard

watchman

weaken

weapon

whisper

wheaten

whispers

whitson

wiccan

woman

whiten

widen

wizen

women

woodman

wooden

woolman

woolen

written

workman

worsen

woven

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

robin

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abduction

abdomen

abstraction

absorption

abstention

accretion

abortion

abrasion

addition

achievers

acumen

achiever

adsorption

adoption

admission

addiction

adrian

adhesion

aleutian

affliction

aegean

affection

aggression

alaskan

african

allusion

alsatian

alderman

albumin

ambrosian

ambition

alien

albion

ascension

anchorman

apportion

anyone

appian

aquifer

aquifers

aspersion

arkansan

arian

aspirant

artisan

artesian

aspersions

aryan

aspartame

aspirants

aspirate

bandwagon

assassin

aspiring

aspires

assertion

attraction

attrition

asuncion

attention

assumption

australian

austrian

audition

aversion

awaken

aspirates

backgammon

backwoodsman

avian

badminton

andean

anglican

complexion

bedizen

battalion

bedouin

bedridden

bitumen

beholden

benjamin

bishoprics

biotin

bookkeepers

bookkeeper

bulletin

castration

bouillon

brazilian

concession

bosnian

deception

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

carrion

cartesian

causation

beethoven

caucasian

cation

catalan

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chamberlain

champion

chairwoman

charlatan

charwoman

cheeseburgers

chilean

cinnamon

cheeseburger

cistercian

compassion

completion

commission

citizen

citation

civilian

coercion

clergyman

cognition

collection

collegian

collision

collagen

collusion

combustion

cohesion

commotion

clarendon

companion

communion

clarion

conception

compulsion

compunction

concussion

condition

concoction

conclusion

conduction

confection

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

connection

connexion

conscription

conjunction

contention

consumption

contagion

constriction

construction

contortion

contraction

contrition

contraption

convention

conversion

contusion

convection

conviction

convulsion

correction

councilman

countryman

corsican

creation

cremation

croatian

crestfallen

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

corruption

corrosion

congressman

decision

declension

decipher

deduction

defection

deflection

deflation

abandon

deletion

delusion

depletion

dentition

depiction

denizen

desertion

derision

despairing

digression

detection

detention

determine

dictation

diffraction

devotion

diffusion

dimension

digestion

dilation

dilution

direction

disbarment

disapprove

disbursement

disbursements

discipline

discover

discovers

discussion

disparage

dispersal

dispersion

disparate

dispersive

distinction

disappears

dissection

dissension

distortion

disunion

diversion

division

donation

dogberry

downtrodden

dominion

dorian

duration

egyptian

ejection

edition

election

eleven

elison

disappear

emission

englishman

emulsion

emotion

encryption

eviction

elation

erection

equation

erosion

eruption

emblazon

evasion

everyone

etruscan

excision

exclusion

enliven

exaction

exemption

exertion

exhaustion

embolden

enlighten

expires

expiring

expiry

exporters

exporter

expressly

expertly

extortion

extinction

fabian

formation

fenian

feminine

ferryman

fisherman

fijian

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

foundation

franciscan

freemason

fruition

fustian

freudian

garrison

gooseberry

gentleman

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

galleon

gaussian

gyration

gooseberries

gradation

gravamen

gossiper

hammerman

guncotton

guardian

halcyon

hackberry

halogen

gossipers

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

grobian

macabre

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

high-powered

impassion

ignition

icebreakers

icebreaker

illusion

imagine

immersion

implosion

hydration

hydrogen

imprison

in-person

incision

inclusion

inaction

infection

infarction

incursion

induction

indian

inflection

infraction

ingestion

injection

infusion

infliction

inhuman

injunction

inflation

insertion

intention

intestine

invention

intrusion

invasion

inversion

irishman

italian

irian

jacobin

jettison

javelin

jovian

julian

keratin

jamaican

kantian

keynesian

korean

lactation

laotian

lanolin

laurentian

lesbian

lecithin

libration

libyan

ligation

logician

location

lumberman

lucifer

lutheran

peterman

petition

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

medicine

median

menhaden

melanin

mexican

heartbroken

medallion

migration

midshipman

misfortune

misfortunes

mispronounce

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

negation

magdalen

muskmelon

narration

munition

mutation

musician

myosin

nebraskan

neighborly

neighbourly

neighborhoods

neighboring

neighborhood

nemean

niacin

nevadan

nitrogen

ovation

notation

norwegian

nonunion

nobleman

obsession

nutrition

objection

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

octillion

odeon

omission

optation

optician

opinion

oration

origin

orion

nonhuman

outspoken

ottoman

nubian

oxygen

overman

overrun

parisian

patrician

parthian

overdone

partition

partisan

passover

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

percussion

permission

perfection

permian

perfusion

persuasion

perversion

phoenician

physician

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

policeman

position

possession

pollution

porcelain

precaution

precession

preclusion

predation

predestine

prediction

preemption

progression

procession

precision

profession

presumption

pretension

prevention

privation

probation

production

prescription

profusion

projection

promotion

propulsion

prostration

proscription

protean

provision

puritan

quotation

reaction

ramadan

raspberries

raspberry

reception

reflection

rebellion

receiver

receivers

recision

recover

recovers

recovery

redemption

reduction

reexport

reexports

proportion

genuine

regimen

regression

protection

rejection

relation

religion

remission

rendition

reopen

reptilian

rescission

resection

resumption

restriction

retraction

retention

reversion

reunion

revulsion

rhodopsin

revision

rifleman

phosphorite

salvation

rotation

saleswoman

saccharin

samoan

phosphoric

scythian

scorpion

secretion

seclusion

sedition

sensation

phosphorites

sedation

seduction

selection

subversion

silicon

singleton

simian

skeleton

snapdragon

solution

specimen

solomon

starvation

subtraction

submission

stagnation

submersion

stygian

subscription

suburban

suggestion

summation

superman

sumatran

suspicion

tactician

syrian

takeovers

takeover

talisman

tamarin

taxation

technician

temptation

taxpayer

timberman

thespian

taxpayers

unbroken

uncertain

tradition

transfusion

transcription

transaction

transgression

transition

translation

transmission

truncation

tuition

toboggan

unburden

unbutton

uncommon

uneven

unison

unwritten

vacation

uterine

vibration

venetian

vatican

venison

vermilion

veteran

vocation

vitamin

volition

waterman

whisperer

wesleyan

whisperers

whispering

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

abrogation

accusation

acquisition

activation

admiration

adaptation

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

amputation

adulation

affectation

advocation

affirmation

agrarian

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

alabaman

aldebaran

algonquian

allegation

alteration

allocation

altercation

alternation

american

albanian

ammunition

amphibian

barbarian

algerian

annexation

apparition

animation

annotation

appellation

application

apprehension

approbation

appalachian

arbitration

arabian

arthurian

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

asperity

comprehension

aspirated

aspiration

aspirations

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

backwardation

aviation

complication

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

celebration

calculation

californian

calibration

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

centurion

chameleon

circumspection

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

coloration

collocation

collodion

combination

coloradan

columbian

comedian

commendation

comparison

commutation

committeeman

competition

compensation

compilation

composition

concentration

computation

declaration

condensation

condescension

condemnation

confirmation

conflagration

confrontation

confiscation

congregation

consecration

conservation

consolation

constellation

conjugation

connotation

consternation

constipation

consummation

consultation

contemplation

constitution

contraception

contrarian

conversation

contribution

contravention

convocation

corinthian

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

coronation

contradiction

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

dandelion

decoration

decimation

importation

businesswoman

deconstruction

dedication

deformation

definition

degradation

dehydration

delegation

demolition

demarcation

reformation

deportation

defamation

deposition

depravation

desolation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

designation

derivation

desiccation

dereliction

dilatation

destination

detonation

destitution

desperately

devastation

deviation

devolution

dietitian

devonian

diaspora

desperado

desperadoes

diminution

diocesan

demonstration

disaffection

disappearance

disapproval

disapproving

disposition

disconnection

discoverer

discoverers

discovery

discoveries

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

disillusion

dispiriting

disparity

dispensation

disparaging

disparities

disparages

dispirited

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

dissolution

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

elongation

emanation

elocution

embarkation

disappearing

emulation

englishwoman

emigration

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

estimation

evolution

european

evocation

esperanto

estonian

excitation

excavation

exclamation

execution

exhibition

expectation

exhalation

experience

exhortation

exhumation

experiment

experienced

eustachian

experiments

explanation

explication

exploitation

exportable

expropriate

extradition

extrication

exuberance

exuberant

fabrication

federation

fibrillation

fascination

fallopian

fermentation

figuration

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

gastrulation

fumigation

galilean

generation

gargantuan

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

greco-roman

gravitation

graduation

gregorian

granulation

habitation

guatemalan

renovation

hesitation

herculean

hemoglobin

hibernation

himalayan

historian

immigration

impregnation

ibuprofen

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

ideation

hyperion

iberian

imitation

immolation

implantation

implication

imposition

imputation

incantation

inclination

inattention

incarnation

incrustation

intercession

incubation

indigestion

indexation

indignation

indentation

indecision

indication

indonesian

infestation

infiltration

inflammation

information

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

insulation

installation

instigation

integration

institution

interaction

interception

interdiction

interjection

intermission

intimation

intersection

intervention

interurban

interruption

interwoven

intonation

inundation

introspection

iteration

intuition

introduction

invitation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

invocation

iranian

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

kindergarten

jurisdiction

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

liberation

levitation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

liquefaction

liquidation

lilliputian

limitation

locomotion

litigation

low-spirited

lubrication

machination

maccabean

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

masturbation

manumission

maturation

miseration

mediation

meditation

medication

melanesian

menstruation

minnesotan

misconception

meridian

misbegotten

misgovernment

mitigation

mispronounces

missourian

moderation

modulation

molestation

motivation

mongolian

mortification

moravian

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nicaraguan

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

hegelian

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

overburden

observation

obfuscation

obligation

noblewoman

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

occupier

occupiers

olympian

ovulation

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

oxidation

pacifier

pagination

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

penetration

pelagian

pedestrian

penicillin

perspiration

perforation

persecution

permutation

pacifiers

pavlovian

macedonian

perturbation

pigmentation

planarian

peruvian

politician

praetorian

population

polynesian

polyhedron

precondition

preconception

preelection

preignition

predetermine

predilection

premonition

preparation

presentation

preservation

proclamation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

protestation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protozoan

registration

provocation

publication

punctuation

radiation

readmission

receivership

recognition

reciprocal

recantation

recitation

reassertion

reawaken

reclamation

recollection

receiverships

recreation

reciprocate

reciprocates

reconstruction

recoveries

realization

recuperates

recuperate

reelection

reexamine

refutation

regulation

relaxation

relocation

phosphorescence

reparation

repossession

repetition

reposition

repercussion

replication

reproduction

respirator

requisition

resignation

reservation

reputation

resolution

republican

respirators

restoration

resurrection

retardation

restitution

retrocession

revelation

retribution

rhetorician

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

subdivision

rumination

sanitation

samaritan

separation

sequestration

saturation

satisfaction

segmentation

sectarian

segregation

self-deception

simulation

shakespearean

sicilian

siberian

simonian

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subluxation

substitution

superstition

suffocation

superhuman

supervision

supposition

surrogation

syncopation

syndication

tabulation

tamoxifen

termination

titillation

tasmanian

ulceration

tetrahedron

transformation

toleration

transportation

trepidation

transplantation

tribulation

utopian

vaccination

usurpation

variation

valuation

victorian

vacillation

vindication

valerian

validation

veneration

ventilation

vegetation

violation

visitation

vociferates

vociferate

wagnerian

watermelon

whosoever

plutonian

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

academician

accommodation

adulteration

accreditation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

affiliation

agglomeration

amortization

alleviation

amelioration

alliteration

alienation

amalgamation

amazonian

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

approximation

appropriation

articulation

argumentation

argentinian

assassination

assemblywoman

association

assimilation

attenuation

authentication

augustinian

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

decapitation

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

carthaginian

certification

christianization

civilization

centralization

classification

cohabitation

commemoration

codification

coagulation

collaboration

colonization

communication

clarification

centenarian

concatenation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

cooperation

deceleration

consolidation

consideration

contamination

continuation

conciliation

coordination

corroboration

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

deification

depopulation

denomination

denunciation

depreciation

desegregation

desalination

determination

experimental

disappearances

discoloration

discoverable

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

disparagingly

disproportionate

dissociation

dissemination

elaboration

edification

domestication

dramatization

dissatisfaction

ejaculation

emancipation

elimination

electrocution

elizabethan

ethiopian

enumeration

equivocation

eradication

epicurean

equalization

evacuation

evaluation

exacerbation

exasperation

excoriation

examination

expatriation

exhilaration

exoneration

exfoliation

exoskeleton

experiences

experiential

exaggeration

experimenter

expiratory

expressionistic

expropriation

expropriations

expropriated

extermination

facilitation

experimenters

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

metropolitan

glorification

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

humiliation

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

immunization

hybridization

improvisation

incineration

incorporation

inauguration

incarceration

inactivation

incrimination

infatuation

indoctrination

initiation

inhabitation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interrogation

intimidation

interpretation

intoxication

investigation

invalidation

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

justification

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

modification

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

maximization

mechanization

mathematician

maximilian

misapprehension

misapplication

misappropriates

misappropriate

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

negotiation

multiplication

neapolitan

mummification

nickelodeon

neutralization

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

notification

nonsectarian

normalization

obliteration

origination

orientation

ornamentation

oregonian

ossification

organization

panamanian

overproduction

nullification

pacification

pasteurization

participation

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

dionysian

precipitation

polarization

pomeranian

predisposition

predestination

premeditation

preoccupation

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

presbyterian

prognostication

proliferation

pronunciation

proletarian

quantification

purification

qualification

pythagorean

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

reciprocity

recommendation

recombination

recoverable

recrimination

rectification

regeneration

refrigeration

reforestation

remuneration

reiteration

reintegration

rejuvenation

sedimentation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

reverberation

respiratory

retaliation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

renunciation

solicitation

specialization

specification

sophistication

sterilization

subordination

simplification

stratification

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

utilization

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

vilification

unification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

unitarian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word expression

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


Cite This Article

Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

WORD SCRAMBLE. THE WORD FINDER located on the website https://www.thewordfinder.com/