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

action

acton

airman

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

alban

aspen

aspire

asper

aspirin

atman

auction

austin

auden

backboards

backboard

baldwin

bagman

banyan

basin

bacon

baron

barren

bargain

barton

baseboard

bason

bastion

asian

beckon

bayman

beacon

beaten

batten

batton

baseboards

belgian

bellman

bellon

begun

billion

bison

bisson

blacken

billon

bitten

blowgun

boatman

bludgeon

billman

bobbin

bolden

bookman

bordman

boston

bollen

boughten

bourbon

bowman

brethren

brakeman

bracken

brazen

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

burgeon

baston

bullion

burden

burdon

burman

burton

baton

ashen

cajun

bushman

canyon

canaan

canton

cannon

canon

capstan

captain

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

caxton

chairman

cayman

certain

caution

charon

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chasten

cheapen

chessboards

chessboard

chevron

chicken

chieftain

children

caisson

chosen

citron

churchman

claxon

classman

coachman

clinton

christian

colon

common

christen

copeman

corban

cordon

craftsman

cousin

cowan

cotton

craven

cretin

crimson

deacon

crewman

dagan

crouton

cushion

curtain

dagon

cuban

dampen

damson

daman

darken

cumin

dalton

dashboard

dashboards

deaden

deafen

calvin

button

cabin

delphian

demon

desman

desperate

despairs

devon

diction

despair

dian

disbar

disburse

dispair

disprove

disperse

dispersed

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dromon

dozen

dragon

dudgeon

driven

dustman

drunken

dungeon

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

dutchman

expressed

emption

ensign

esprit

engine

expert

expired

expire

experts

ermine

exports

export

faction

fashion

falcon

famine

fallen

fasten

fatten

faustian

faulcon

felon

fibrin

fiction

fielden

fission

firman

fireman

flashgun

flatten

flexion

floren

footman

foreman

foreign

fraction

freshen

fortune

fountain

friction

freshman

freedman

freeman

function

frozen

fusion

garden

frighten

gallon

gammon

garron

gascon

deepen

gentian

georgian

glisten

given

gladden

glidden

gluten

golden

goodman

gotten

grandson

graven

gorgon

grecian

gowan

gumption

guardsman

gudgeon

griffon

haitian

hackman

hangman

happen

haven

harden

harken

headsman

headman

hempen

harten

heathen

heaven

hearten

heighten

henchman

hasten

heron

hausen

hesper

hessian

hetman

homespun

hogan

horseman

hoten

hoven

houseman

highbrows

highbrow

human

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

iceberg

gibbon

icebergs

hidden

ion

jackman

jetson

jason

jetton

jargon

jasmine

jaspers

jordan

jorden

jasper

junction

keelson

kelson

kalan

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

klansman

kitchen

kitten

kremlin

lampron

lakefront

landsman

laden

landman

layman

leaden

leaven

lagan

latin

ledden

legion

leman

lemon

lengthen

lesion

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

liman

linden

linemen

linen

lion

lineman

listen

lisbon

liven

locken

lockman

logan

lotion

lopeman

london

loosen

loren

longan

lumen

luncheon

m1

lynden

lyden

madden

mahone

maiden

mangan

marksman

margin

marchman

markman

marron

martian

mason

martin

matron

mayan

marten

mention

melton

melon

mignon

million

minion

milken

minden

misprint

mansion

misprints

marlin

moisten

mission

molten

mitten

motion

mormon

muffin

mullen

mountain

muslin

nation

mutton

neighbor

neighbors

nekton

newsprint

ninon

newsman

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

olden

omen

often

option

open

onion

orphan

outdone

outrun

othman

oven

oxen

oxfords

owen

oxford

packman

paean

pagan

organ

panton

morgan

pardon

parson

pectin

german

passion

passports

passport

passman

pathan

patron

patten

pension

penguin

penman

gilden

perron

leven

persian

section

peon

pillion

pinion

piston

pigeon

pitman

phosphors

plankton

plantain

poison

platten

pollan

pollen

platen

ponton

potion

portion

portman

postman

pressman

proven

prussian

question

quicken

pullen

ration

raven

rayon

prison

reason

reckon

redden

pavon

region

rerun

resin

person

rincon

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

russian

rowan

rowen

rumen

ruin

rosin

rotten

runnion

roman

rosen

sadden

saffron

sagebrush

salesman

salmon

samson

sanction

phosphor

satan

zircon

saxon

scallion

scullion

scion

scotsman

season

seaman

seedsman

selden

semen

sequin

session

sexton

sermon

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

sharpen

shogun

shearman

shipman

showman

shorten

shotgun

shrunken

slacken

silken

siphon

siren

slogan

smarten

soldan

solon

sovereign

sovran

smitten

sodden

soften

spartan

spearman

spokesman

station

statesman

stallion

spoken

sportsman

squadron

stallman

stepson

strengthen

stillion

steven

stolen

straighten

stricken

stockman

stiffen

striven

sturgeon

suasion

sicken

suction

sudden

sultan

sunken

sullen

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

summon

sylvan

santon

tarpon

taken

tappen

talon

tartan

tension

teston

tendon

thicken

syphon

thousand

threaten

tighten

tillman

satin

token

toman

titan

traction

torsion

townsman

toughen

tungsten

trojan

trillion

tuscan

treason

turban

tubman

triton

trodden

urchin

union

urban

urson

undone

urine

vegan

version

vesper

vision

villain

vulcan

waken

weaken

warden

warren

wanton

washboard

weapon

watchman

wheaten

whisper

whitson

wiccan

wagon

whispers

whiten

widen

wizen

woman

women

workman

wooden

worsen

woven

yachtsman

yeoman

zaman

woodman

woolman

woolen

written

yaupon

zion

3 syllable words

accretion

ablation

abortion

abdomen

abduction

absorption

ablution

abstraction

accession

abrasion

abstention

achievers

achiever

acumen

adoption

adsorption

addition

adhesion

addiction

admission

adrian

aegean

aggression

affection

affliction

african

albion

albumin

aryan

alaskan

alsatian

aleutian

allusion

alien

ambrosian

ambition

andean

anchorman

anglican

apportion

anyone

appian

arian

aquifer

arkansan

aquifers

alderman

artesian

artisan

ascension

aspersion

aspersions

aspirant

aspirates

aspirants

aspirate

aspires

assumption

assertion

attrition

aspiring

asuncion

assassin

attention

attraction

aspartame

audition

australian

austrian

awaken

aversion

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandwagon

badminton

bedridden

bedouin

bedizen

battalion

bulletin

beholden

beethoven

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

bishoprics

bosnian

bookkeepers

bookkeeper

bouillon

brazilian

compression

campion

capsaicin

carrion

cartesian

carnation

cardigan

castration

caucasian

causation

catalan

cation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

compulsion

champion

charlatan

charwoman

cheeseburgers

cheeseburger

chilean

cistercian

citation

civilian

cinnamon

citizen

clarendon

clarion

coercion

clergyman

completion

cognition

cohesion

collegian

collision

collusion

combustion

commotion

compassion

communion

companion

commission

complexion

collagen

collection

compunction

cambrian

concoction

concession

condition

concussion

conclusion

conception

conduction

confection

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

confession

conjunction

congressman

connection

conscription

constriction

consumption

connexion

contraption

contraction

contagion

contention

contortion

contrition

contusion

convection

construction

convention

convulsion

correction

corrosion

countryman

corruption

councilman

corsican

creation

croatian

crestfallen

cremation

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

conversion

declension

deception

conviction

decipher

decision

deflation

defection

deflection

deletion

delusion

depletion

dentition

depiction

description

depression

derision

desertion

denizen

despairing

detection

detention

determine

destruction

devotion

dictation

diffraction

digression

dilation

direction

diffusion

digestion

dimension

dilution

disappear

disappears

disapprove

disbursement

disbarment

disbursements

discover

discretion

discovers

discussion

disparage

disparate

dispersal

disruption

dispersion

dispersive

dissection

dissension

discipline

distraction

disunion

distinction

election

diversion

division

downtrodden

dogberry

donation

dorian

dominion

duration

egyptian

elation

edition

ejection

distortion

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

encryption

expresses

emission

enlighten

equation

enliven

emotion

emulsion

erosion

eruption

erection

everyone

evasion

eviction

exaction

exception

excision

excretion

excursion

exertion

exhaustion

exemption

expansion

exclusion

expertly

expiring

expires

explosion

expiry

englishman

expression

expressions

expressly

exporters

expressive

exporter

expulsion

extortion

extension

extinction

extraction

extrusion

fabian

ferryman

fenian

feminine

fixation

filtration

fijian

fisherman

flirtation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

formation

flotation

foundation

franciscan

freemason

garrison

freudian

frustration

fustian

fruition

galleon

gaussian

etruscan

genuine

gentleman

deduction

gestation

abandon

patrician

gossiper

gossipers

gooseberries

gradation

gooseberry

gordian

gravamen

grobian

guardian

guncotton

gyration

halcyon

hackberry

hammerman

halogen

handwoven

heartbroken

hawaiian

harlequin

heroin

heroine

horatian

housebroken

horizon

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

immersion

icebreakers

imagine

impassion

impression

high-powered

implosion

imprison

in-person

inaction

inception

icebreaker

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

lesbian

inflation

infarction

infection

induction

inflection

infliction

inscription

infusion

inhuman

injection

ingestion

injunction

insertion

infraction

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

intrusion

invasion

inversion

invention

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

jovian

jamaican

jettison

javelin

julian

kantian

korean

keratin

keynesian

lactation

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lanolin

libration

ligation

libyan

location

logician

magician

lumberman

lucifer

macabre

magdalen

lutheran

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

marian

margarine

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

mexican

ghanaian

midshipman

menhaden

melanin

migration

misfortune

misfortunes

misprision

mispronounce

mistaken

misshapen

munition

moroccan

musician

muskmelon

mutation

narration

myosin

negation

nebraskan

neighborhood

neighborhoods

neighboring

neighborly

neighbourly

nemean

nevadan

nobleman

nitrogen

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nutrition

nonhuman

nubian

niacin

objection

obsession

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

odeon

octillion

omission

oppression

optation

oration

optician

opinion

outspoken

origin

orion

ottoman

ovation

oxygen

overdone

overman

overrun

parisian

parthian

gillian

partition

partisan

passover

pavilion

pentathlon

permission

percussion

permian

perfection

perfusion

persuasion

perversion

peterman

phoenician

petition

pelican

plantation

physician

pollution

phrygian

policeman

plebeian

position

precaution

possession

porcelain

precession

precision

preclusion

predation

prediction

predestine

preemption

prescription

presumption

pretension

privation

progression

probation

procession

profusion

projection

production

profession

promotion

proportion

propulsion

prostration

proscription

protean

perception

protection

provision

quotation

puritan

ramadan

raspberries

raspberry

reaction

prevention

recession

rebellion

receivers

receiver

salvation

reception

reptilian

recision

recovery

reexports

reexport

reflection

redemption

reduction

regimen

regression

relation

rejection

recovers

rendition

religion

repression

remission

reopen

rescission

resection

restriction

retraction

retention

resumption

reversion

reunion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

recover

samoan

talisman

phosphorite

secession

scorpion

secretion

seclusion

scythian

sedation

sedition

phosphorites

seduction

sensation

selection

tamarin

specimen

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solution

solomon

starvation

stagnation

silicon

stygian

submission

submersion

subscription

succession

subtraction

subversion

suburban

suppression

suspicion

superman

suggestion

sumatran

suspension

summation

tactician

phosphoric

syrian

takeovers

takeover

taxation

technician

temptation

thespian

taxpayers

taxpayer

timberman

toboggan

transgression

translation

transfusion

transition

transcription

tradition

transaction

transmission

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

unwritten

uneven

uncommon

unison

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

veteran

vermilion

vibration

vocation

vitamin

volition

venison

wesleyan

waterman

whispering

whisperer

whisperers

zambian

4 syllable words

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

accordion

accusation

absolution

acquisition

activation

abyssinian

adoration

adaptation

admiration

adrenaline

adulation

admonition

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

affirmation

agrarian

agitation

albanian

alabaman

allocation

allegation

algerian

algonquian

altercation

alteration

alternation

ammunition

american

amphibian

amputation

animation

annexation

appellation

apparition

apprehension

appalachian

application

annotation

approbation

arabian

arbitration

armenian

arizonan

armageddon

arthurian

aldebaran

aspirations

aspiration

asperity

aspirated

assyrian

attribution

athenian

augmentation

assemblyman

backwardation

aviation

avocation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

declaration

calculation

calibration

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumspection

circumcision

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

coloration

collocation

collodion

combination

columbian

commendation

coloradan

comprehension

comedian

compensation

committeeman

commutation

comparison

competition

compilation

complication

composition

computation

concentration

decimation

condensation

condemnation

condescension

confrontation

congregation

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

conjugation

consternation

constipation

conservation

constellation

consolation

consecration

constitution

consultation

contemplation

connotation

consummation

contradiction

contraception

contribution

contrarian

contravention

conversation

corp.

coronation

copenhagen

convolution

corinthian

copernican

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

convocation

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

custodian

cultivation

cyclopean

culmination

darwinian

dandelion

decoration

decompression

deconstruction

importation

embarkation

dedication

degradation

deformation

definition

dehydration

delegation

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

desiccation

desolation

deportation

deposition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

derivation

dereliction

desecration

designation

destination

desperadoes

desperately

desperado

desperation

detonation

devastation

destitution

deviation

devolution

devonian

dilatation

disapproving

dietitian

diaspora

disappearance

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disappearing

disapproval

defamation

discoverer

discoverers

disillusion

dissertation

dissipation

discoveries

discovery

dislocation

disinflation

disinfection

disparaging

disparages

disparities

disposition

disparity

disputation

dispensation

dispiriting

dispirited

distribution

dissolution

distillation

electrician

divination

domination

draconian

dominican

duplication

education

elevation

elocution

disconnection

elongation

emanation

generation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

estonian

estimation

eritrean

expressionist

erudition

evocation

evolution

eustachian

excavation

excitation

exhumation

expectation

exclamation

exhalation

exhibition

execution

exhortation

expedition

experience

experienced

explanation

experiment

experiments

expiration

expirations

explication

exploration

exposition

esperanto

exportable

extrication

extradition

exuberance

exuberant

fabrication

fallopian

fascination

federation

fibrillation

fermentation

figuration

european

floridian

foliation

fluctuation

fluoridation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

greco-roman

gorgonian

graduation

gravitation

gregorian

granulation

guatemalan

habitation

hesitation

herculean

hegelian

hemoglobin

inclination

hibernation

historian

impregnation

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hungarian

hypertension

iberian

ibuprofen

ideation

illustration

immigration

imitation

immolation

imperfection

implantation

imputation

incarnation

imposition

implication

inattention

incantation

himalayan

incubation

indexation

indentation

incrustation

indication

indecision

indonesian

inflammation

infiltration

infestation

indiscretion

information

inquisition

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inspiration

installation

instigation

insulation

integration

institution

interaction

intercession

insurrection

interception

interdiction

interjection

intermission

intimation

intonation

interwoven

interurban

interruption

intersection

intervention

introduction

introspection

intuition

inundation

irrigation

irritation

iteration

invitation

isolation

iranian

invocation

jacobean

jubilation

jordanian

jurisdiction

laceration

kindergarten

indignation

lancastrian

legislation

indigestion

levitation

leviathan

liberation

pavlovian

librarian

lilliputian

liquefaction

limitation

liquidation

malnutrition

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

low-spirited

malformation

machination

macedonian

maccabean

manumission

misperceptions

misperception

masturbation

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

mammalian

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

miseration

misconception

misgovernment

mispronounces

molestation

mitigation

missourian

moderation

modulation

mongolian

moravian

motivation

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

palpitation

obfuscation

nestorian

newtonian

noblewoman

nigerian

nonprescription

nomination

nonpartisan

nicaraguan

obligation

obstetrician

obsidian

observation

occupation

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

pagination

oblivion

occupier

occupiers

orchestration

operation

ordination

opposition

oscillation

ostentation

ovulation

oxidation

overburden

pacifier

pacifiers

pagurian

paraguayan

pedestrian

liberian

pelagian

sanitation

meridian

penetration

penicillin

satisfaction

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

polynesian

plutonian

politician

polyhedron

preparation

population

praetorian

precondition

predetermine

predilection

premonition

preconception

preelection

preignition

preservation

presentation

recantation

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

profanation

propagation

proposition

radiation

punctuation

protestation

provocation

prosecution

prostitution

protozoan

publication

readmission

receivership

reassertion

receiverships

realization

reawaken

reciprocal

reciprocates

reciprocate

recitation

recognition

recollection

recreation

reclamation

recuperates

recuperate

recoveries

reformation

reelection

refutation

reexamine

registration

regulation

reconstruction

reinspection

renovation

relaxation

relocation

reparation

replication

repetition

reproduction

reposition

repossession

repercussion

republican

reputation

requisition

respiration

restoration

reservation

restitution

retribution

resignation

revelation

resolution

respirators

respirator

retrocession

retardation

resurrection

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

segmentation

phosphorescence

saturation

sectarian

segregation

separation

self-deception

sequestration

shakespearean

sicilian

siberian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

superstition

supposition

suffocation

superhuman

supervision

surrogation

syncopation

syndication

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

tetrahedron

termination

titillation

toleration

transformation

transplantation

transportation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

veneration

usurpation

variation

vaccination

vacillation

valuation

utopian

valerian

validation

vegetation

ventilation

victorian

visitation

violation

vindication

vociferates

vociferate

wagnerian

whosoever

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

acceleration

accreditation

accumulation

academician

abomination

accommodation

administration

adjudication

adulteration

centralization

affiliation

agglomeration

alliteration

alleviation

alienation

amalgamation

amelioration

amazonian

amortization

amplification

appreciation

anticipation

annihilation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

conciliation

assassination

assimilation

association

attenuation

assemblywoman

augustinian

authorization

babylonian

authentication

brutalization

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

caledonian

capitulation

canonization

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

decomposition

centenarian

certification

christianization

civilization

clarification

coagulation

classification

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

communication

concatenation

decapitation

confabulation

confederation

congratulation

configuration

conglomeration

consolidation

consideration

contamination

continuation

corroboration

cooperation

coordination

deceleration

defenestration

degeneration

deification

delineation

deliberation

delicatessen

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

denomination

desalination

desegregation

determination

dionysian

disappearances

discoloration

discoverable

dissociation

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

disparagingly

disproportionate

dissemination

dissatisfaction

electrocution

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

elizabethan

elimination

emancipation

epicurean

enumeration

equalization

equivocation

eradication

ethiopian

evaporation

exasperation

evaluation

evacuation

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

experiential

experiences

experimental

experimenter

experimenters

expiratory

expressionism

expressionistic

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

reforestation

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

improvisation

humiliation

hyperborean

hybridization

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

incarceration

immunization

illumination

imagination

incorporation

inactivation

inauguration

incineration

incrimination

infatuation

indoctrination

initiation

inhabitation

inoculation

insinuation

insemination

instrumentation

interconnection

interpretation

interpolation

intoxication

invalidation

interrogation

intimidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

maximization

manifestation

mechanization

misinformation

mathematician

maximilian

metropolitan

misappropriates

misappropriate

misapprehension

misapplication

miscalculation

mississippian

mobilization

participation

modernization

modification

mummification

multiplication

pasteurization

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

normalization

nonsectarian

notification

nullification

nonintervention

obliteration

oregonian

orientation

organization

origination

ornamentation

ossification

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

patagonian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

scandinavian

peloponnesian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predisposition

predestination

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

prevarication

presupposition

procrastination

pronunciation

proletarian

prognostication

proliferation

reaffirmation

pythagorean

purification

qualification

quantification

ramification

ratification

reciprocity

recommendation

recombination

repudiation

rectification

recrimination

recuperation

refrigeration

regeneration

reintegration

reiteration

remuneration

rejuvenation

renunciation

repatriation

representation

respiratory

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

recoverable

russification

sanctification

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

vegetarian

unification

unitarian

vaporization

utilization

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word expropriation

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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