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

acting

alan

airman

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

baton

aspen

asian

asthma

atman

astound

astounds

austin

auden

bacon

bagman

baldwin

banyan

baron

barren

basin

bargain

barton

basting

baston

brakeman

bastions

batten

batton

beckon

bayman

beacon

beaten

bellman

bellon

belgian

begun

bison

bisson

billman

billon

bitten

blowgun

bludgeon

bookman

bobbin

bollen

billion

bolden

boston

bordman

bookstand

bookstands

boasting

boatman

boughten

bourbon

bowman

burgeon

brazen

brethren

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burton

bullion

burman

bushman

button

cabin

calvin

caisson

cajun

canaan

cannon

canon

canton

canyon

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chaplain

casting

cauldron

castings

classman

cayman

chairman

chapman

certain

chasten

chastened

chessman

charon

chevron

chicken

christen

christian

churchman

chieftain

cheapen

chosen

children

citron

chestnut

coasting

coachman

colon

clinton

common

chestnuts

cushion

curtain

dampen

corban

cordon

copeman

cotton

craftsman

costing

costume

costumes

cowan

cousin

craven

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

dagan

custom

customs

dagon

dalton

daman

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

zircon

glisten

deepen

delphian

desman

demon

destin

devon

dian

dictum

disdain

disdained

disdains

distance

distant

dobson

distend

distinct

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

dragon

draftsman

dudgeon

drunken

dukedom

driven

dromon

emption

dungeon

earthen

dutchman

dustman

eaten

eden

eighteens

eighteenth

elan

eighteen

engine

ensign

ermine

esteem

extend

extant

extends

extent

extinct

eyestone

flatten

fastened

famine

fallen

fatten

faustian

faulcon

felon

festoon

falcon

fictions

fielden

fighting

fightings

fireman

firman

fission

fibrin

foreman

footman

foreign

fortune

fountain

freedman

freeman

freshman

floren

gascon

gammon

gallon

frighten

fusion

garden

frozen

garron

gladden

georgian

german

gilden

gibbon

given

glidden

gorgon

golden

goodman

gluten

gowan

graven

grecian

griffon

gudgeon

guardsman

gotten

gumption

hasten

hangman

happen

harden

harken

harten

hastens

headman

hausen

haven

headsman

heaven

heighten

heathen

heightens

jasmine

hetman

henchman

heron

hidden

hogan

homespun

horseman

hoten

houseman

huntsman

hoven

human

hosting

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

ion

jason

hearten

jargon

jetson

hempen

jetton

jordan

jorden

kirkman

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kalan

kitchen

lagan

klansman

kremlin

lampron

lactone

laden

landman

landsman

lasting

latin

layman

kitten

keystone

keystones

leaden

leaven

ledden

lengthen

legion

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

lesion

lion

leven

lightman

lichen

lighten

lightens

lighting

lightning

liken

lineman

linemen

liman

linden

linen

lightnings

lisbon

listen

lockman

liven

listens

listing

listings

locken

london

logan

longan

loosen

madden

lopeman

lotion

m1

loren

lyden

lynden

lumen

luncheon

mangan

maiden

marchman

matron

mason

margin

marksman

markman

marlin

marten

martin

marron

melton

melon

mayan

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mission

moisten

motion

morgan

mitten

mormon

molten

mountain

muffin

mullen

muslin

mutton

nekton

newsman

ninon

nighttime

nighttimes

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

octane

odin

onion

often

olden

omen

open

organ

orphan

othman

ousting

outdone

outrun

oven

owen

parson

panton

pardon

passman

patron

pastime

pastimes

patten

pavon

pectin

penman

penguin

peon

peacetime

person

pagan

persian

perron

pillion

pigeon

ponton

pinion

piston

plantain

plankton

platen

platten

poison

pistons

pollan

pollen

pitman

portman

paean

postman

posting

postings

potion

pressman

prison

question

proven

pullen

questions

quicken

ragtime

rayon

reason

reckon

rectum

raven

redden

region

shogun

nightmare

mustang

mustangs

rerun

resin

resting

riden

ripen

nightmares

ribbon

ridden

rincon

risen

right-hand

riven

rosin

rotten

roman

rosen

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

roasting

robin

saffron

sadden

salmon

salesman

santon

satin

runnion

scallion

satan

scotsman

scullion

scion

seaman

season

selden

seedsman

sequin

sermon

seton

seven

shakedown

shaken

sharpen

shorten

shaman

shakedowns

shearman

shipman

shotgun

shrunken

showman

sicken

smarten

silken

semen

sighting

sightings

siphon

siren

slogan

sixteen

sixteens

sixteenth

sistine

sixteenths

smitten

sodden

statesman

soften

stallman

soldan

spokesman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spoken

spearman

sportsman

solon

stallion

squadron

strengthen

stepson

straighten

suasion

stillion

steven

stiffen

stockman

stricken

stolen

sturgeon

striven

sultan

sudden

sullen

surgeon

summon

sunken

sustain

trodden

syphon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

system

postmark

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tasting

tastings

tendon

testing

teston

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

token

tightens

tillman

toman

toasting

toughen

triton

townsman

touchdown

treason

trillion

sustained

sustains

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

turban

twisting

undone

urban

union

systems

urchin

urine

urson

vegan

version

workman

trojan

vesting

victim

waken

yachtsman

woven

vestment

vision

villain

worsen

victims

vestments

vulcan

wanton

warden

warren

wagon

wasting

watchman

weaken

whitson

weapon

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woodman

wheaten

woman

women

wooden

woolen

wisdom

woolman

written

yachting

yaupon

zaman

yeoman

zion

touchdowns

3 syllable words

abandon

abduction

ablation

ablution

abortion

abdomen

abrasion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accession

accidents

academe

accretion

acetone

acumen

addiction

addition

admission

adoption

adrian

adsorption

aegean

adhesion

affliction

african

aleutian

albion

aggression

alaskan

albumin

alderman

alien

alsatian

ambition

allusion

ambrosian

andean

anyone

anglican

appian

anchorman

apportion

arian

arkansan

artesian

ascension

assertion

aryan

aspersion

attraction

assassin

attrition

assumption

attention

asuncion

asthmatic

astonish

asthmatics

astounded

astounding

auctioneer

audition

auctioneers

avian

austrian

australian

aversion

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

artisan

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

beholden

begotten

benjamin

besetting

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

battalion

declension

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

carnation

cardigan

carrion

cartesian

catalan

cation

caucasian

causation

castration

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

clarion

chilean

cinnamon

citation

civilian

cistercian

citizen

clarendon

commission

collegian

charwoman

coercion

cognition

collagen

clergyman

cohesion

collision

collusion

combustion

commotion

complexion

dalmatian

compassion

companion

communion

damnation

compulsion

congestion

confection

concession

concussion

conception

concoction

conduction

condition

confession

conclusion

conflation

confucian

confusion

contraction

conjunction

conscription

constriction

contagion

construction

consumption

congressman

contention

contortion

corruption

contraption

convection

convention

conviction

contrition

contusion

conversion

convulsion

corrosion

councilman

costumer

costumers

creation

countryman

croatian

crustacean

cremation

crestfallen

corsican

completion

customer

cyprian

customers

customize

compression

decadent

compunction

decadents

deception

decedent

decedents

bystanders

decision

bystander

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

derision

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

depression

desertion

description

detention

destruction

detection

destiny

determine

destinies

dictation

devotion

diffraction

dilution

digression

dilation

dimension

digestion

discussion

discretion

discipline

disdainful

diffusion

disruption

dispersion

dissension

distortion

dissidence

dissident

dissidents

distances

distemper

distraction

distinction

distinctive

distinctly

distinguished

distinguish

distinctions

diversion

division

disunion

donation

dominion

dorian

edition

election

duration

echidna

ejection

elison

elation

downtrodden

eleven

egyptian

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

emulsion

encryption

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equation

equations

equating

erection

eruption

erosion

estimate

estimates

eviction

exaction

excision

evasion

everyone

etruscan

exciting

extortion

exception

exceeding

excitement

extraction

exclusion

excursion

exertion

excretion

exemption

expansion

exhaustion

expression

explosion

expulsion

extender

extension

extenders

extensions

extensive

extinction

extinctions

extinguish

extinguished

fabian

extrusion

fastener

fasteners

fastening

fastenings

fenian

feminine

ferryman

fictional

flirtation

fixation

flotation

foramen

fisherman

forbidden

fijian

freemason

filtration

franciscan

formation

foundation

forewoman

forgotten

freudian

galleon

fruition

frustration

gaussian

fustian

garrison

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gentleman

genuine

gordian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

grobian

invasion

halcyon

hammerman

gyration

guncotton

halogen

handwoven

harlequin

irishman

hawaiian

guesstimate

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hesitant

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

imagine

ignition

immersion

inception

incision

illusion

impassion

impression

in-person

implosion

imprison

incursion

inclusion

induction

infection

infliction

inflation

inflection

infraction

infarction

infusion

ingestion

inhuman

injection

inspection

injunction

insertion

inscription

indian

instruction

intention

intestine

intrusion

irian

guesstimates

invention

inversion

istanbul

italian

jamaican

javelin

laurentian

mexican

jettison

kantian

keynesian

keratin

jovian

lanolin

korean

julian

lastingly

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

lightening

liechtenstein

location

locations

listening

locating

logician

magician

macadam

lutheran

magdalen

malaysian

listeners

lumberman

mandarin

malayan

masculine

marian

medallion

medicine

median

melanin

menhaden

margarine

migration

listener

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

repression

mistaken

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

narration

negation

nebraskan

niacin

nevadan

nemean

nicotine

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

notation

nonunion

norwegian

objection

obstruction

occasion

nutrition

obsession

occlusion

occident

octillion

nubian

odeon

omission

opinion

oration

oppression

optation

optician

origin

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

orion

oxygen

position

possession

parisian

partisan

partition

parthian

perfection

patrician

perception

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

permian

perfusion

permission

persuasion

perversion

petition

phoenician

physician

phrygian

peterman

plantation

plebeian

pollution

policeman

porcelain

positions

misshapen

nightingale

postmasters

postnatal

precaution

precession

preclusion

precision

predation

prediction

pretension

prevention

presumption

predestine

preemption

prescription

privation

production

procession

probation

profession

promotion

profusion

progression

proportion

propulsion

provision

prostration

proscription

protean

pseudonym

pseudonyms

puritan

ramadan

quotation

questioners

questionnaire

questionnaires

reception

rebellion

recession

recision

reduction

questioner

rectangle

rectangles

redemption

reopen

reflection

rejection

relation

regimen

regression

rendition

remission

religion

reptilian

nightmarish

resection

residence

resident

residents

rescission

restriction

retraction

retention

resumption

reunion

revulsion

rhodopsin

reversion

revision

rifleman

right-handed

rotation

samoan

saleswoman

salvation

secretion

secession

seclusion

scorpion

scythian

sectional

sedation

seduction

sedition

subscription

sensation

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

submission

snapdragon

solution

starvation

specimen

stagnation

solomon

stygian

submersion

subtraction

post-mortem

succession

suggestion

subversion

succeeding

sumatran

summation

suspension

suspicion

suppression

superman

postmaster

syrian

sustenance

uncommon

tamarin

talisman

technician

temptation

testament

testaments

tectonics

thespian

tectonic

toboggan

ticketing

timberman

toastmaster

transaction

transition

transcription

tradition

translation

transmission

transfusion

transgression

suburban

unison

truncation

tuition

unbutton

uncertain

uneven

unbroken

unburden

unwritten

vatican

uterine

vacations

venetian

vermilion

venison

veteran

victimize

vocation

vitamin

vocations

volition

waterman

wesleyan

visiting

zambian

vibration

systemic

4 syllable words

abdication

abolition

aberration

abyssinian

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

academic

academics

academy

academies

acclimation

accidental

affirmation

accusation

acquisition

actionable

activation

adaptation

adoration

advocation

admiration

adulation

admonition

adrenaline

affectation

accordion

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

alabaman

aldebaran

agrarian

albanian

algerian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

altercation

alteration

alternation

amputation

american

ammunition

amphibian

arizonan

annexation

animation

annotation

appalachian

apparition

appellation

application

approbation

arabian

apprehension

arbitration

armageddon

armenian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

astonishment

astonishing

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

arthurian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

cancellation

canadian

californian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

coloration

collocation

coloradan

combination

commendation

collodion

comedian

columbian

committeeman

complication

comparison

commutation

compensation

competition

compilation

composition

comprehension

confirmation

condescension

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

conservation

connotation

consecration

consolation

constipation

concentration

constellation

conjugation

consternation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

conversation

convocation

convolution

contribution

corp.

corporation

coronation

corinthian

copernican

copenhagen

correlation

cotyledon

contravention

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

contrarian

cyclopean

custodian

customary

customizes

dandelion

darwinian

computation

decimation

declaration

deconstruction

decoration

dedication

defamation

definition

delegation

degradation

dehydration

demarcation

dereliction

deformation

demolition

deposition

deportation

depravation

depredation

desiccation

deprivation

desecration

derivation

desolation

designation

demonstration

desperation

destination

dietitian

detonation

devolution

dictionary

deviation

destitution

devastation

dictionaries

dichotomy

devonian

diocesan

dilatation

diminution

destinations

disaffection

disconnection

decompression

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

disposition

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

dissolution

distinguishing

distinguishes

distinctively

divination

distribution

domination

dominican

dispensation

duplication

education

elocution

elevation

electrician

emanation

embarkation

elongation

emigration

draconian

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

estimation

estimations

estimable

estimated

estimator

estimators

eustachian

european

evocation

estonian

excavation

excitation

evolution

exceedingly

estonians

exclamation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

exhumation

exhortation

expedition

expectation

exploration

expiration

exposition

explanation

explication

exploitation

extendible

extensively

extenuate

extinguisher

extinguishment

extinguishers

extrication

fascination

fallopian

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

extradition

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

fragmentation

formulation

galilean

floridian

fumigation

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

fabrication

glaciation

germination

gentlewoman

repetition

graduation

granulation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

gorgonian

habitation

hibernation

herculean

hesitancy

hesitation

hesitantly

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

ideation

iberian

imitation

immigration

immolation

illustration

imperfection

implication

implantation

imposition

inattention

importation

imputation

impregnation

incantation

incarnation

ibuprofen

inclination

incubation

incrustation

indecision

indentation

indexation

indication

indiscretion

indignation

indonesian

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

information

inhalation

inhibition

inspiration

interaction

innovation

inquisition

installation

insurrection

interdiction

insulation

integration

instigation

institution

interception

intercession

interjection

indigestion

intermission

intersection

interruption

intimation

intonation

introduction

intuition

intervention

interurban

introspection

interwoven

inundation

iteration

invocation

irrigation

irritation

invitation

isolation

iranian

isotonic

hegelian

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

laceration

lancastrian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

legislation

legitimate

legitimize

liberation

levitation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

machination

maccabean

macedonian

lubrication

malformation

mammalian

malnutrition

manumission

masturbation

maturation

medication

meditation

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

hemoglobin

replication

ministration

reposition

misconception

minnesotan

miseration

misperception

misbegotten

missourian

mitigation

moderation

modulation

moravian

mongolian

molestation

motivation

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

misdemeanor

misdemeanors

noblewoman

nomination

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

obligation

observation

obsidian

oblivion

obstetrician

occupation

occidental

octahedron

operation

olympian

ohioan

ordination

orchestration

opposition

oscillation

ostentation

ostensible

ostensibly

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

pavlovian

penetration

penicillin

pedestrian

pelagian

perforation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

plutonian

population

permutation

precondition

praetorian

preconception

predilection

preelection

preparation

preignition

premonition

preservation

presentation

predetermine

proclamation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

provocation

prosecution

punctuation

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

publication

reparation

repercussion

radiation

recreation

questionable

readmission

reassertion

recantation

reawaken

realization

recitation

reclamation

recollection

recognition

reconstruction

rectangular

reelection

reformation

refutation

reexamine

relaxation

regulation

registration

reinspection

relocation

renovation

republican

reproduction

reputation

repossession

requisition

reservation

residency

resignation

residences

residential

residencies

resolution

respiration

restoration

restitution

resurrection

retardation

retrocession

retribution

revelation

revocation

rhetorician

revolution

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

sectarian

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

substitution

separation

sequestration

posthumously

shakespearean

siberian

simulation

sicilian

simonian

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

strangulation

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

subluxation

suffocation

surrogation

supposition

superstition

supervision

superhuman

sustainable

syndication

syncopation

tamoxifen

tabulation

tasmanian

termination

testimony

testimonies

tetrahedron

toleration

titillation

transplantation

transformation

transportation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

vaccination

usurpation

utopian

vacillation

validation

valuation

variation

valerian

veneration

vegetation

ventilation

vindication

violation

victorian

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

academicians

academically

acceleration

accidentally

accommodation

accumulation

adulteration

adjudication

administration

affiliation

accreditation

agglomeration

alienation

alliteration

amelioration

amazonian

alleviation

amalgamation

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

approximation

appreciation

appropriation

argumentation

argentinian

assassination

association

assimilation

assemblywoman

attenuation

authorization

authentication

augustinian

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

articulation

caledonian

capitulation

carolinian

canonization

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

certification

centenarian

christianization

clarification

civilization

classification

collaboration

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

commemoration

colonization

communication

conciliation

configuration

confabulation

conglomeration

confederation

congratulation

consideration

contamination

consolidation

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

customarily

decapitation

concatenation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

deification

deliberation

degeneration

delicatessen

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

distinguishable

domestication

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

elimination

electrocution

elizabethan

emancipation

eradication

equalization

equivocation

evaporation

evacuation

evaluation

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

exasperation

ethiopian

exfoliation

exoneration

exoskeleton

exhilaration

expatriation

excoriation

expropriation

extermination

extenuating

epicurean

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

enumeration

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hyperborean

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

imagination

illumination

immunization

inactivation

inauguration

improvisation

incarceration

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

inoculation

insemination

initiation

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

intoxication

interrogation

interpretation

intimidation

invalidation

irradiation

interpolation

investigation

ionization

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

justification

legalization

legitimacy

legitimately

legitimizes

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

macedonians

lusitanias

magnification

magnetization

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

mechanization

metropolitan

misapprehension

representation

misapplication

misinformation

modernization

modification

mobilization

mississippian

mummification

multiplication

miscalculation

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

repudiation

nitroglycerine

nonsectarian

nonintervention

normalization

notification

nullification

obliteration

oregonian

organization

orientation

origination

ossification

ornamentation

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

patagonian

pasteurization

pennsylvanian

peloponnesian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

revaluation

precipitation

predestination

preoccupation

premeditation

predisposition

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

proliferation

pronunciation

prognostication

proletarian

purification

pythagorean

qualification

quantification

ramification

ratification

reactionary

reactionaries

reaffirmation

recommendation

recombination

rectification

recrimination

recuperation

regeneration

refrigeration

reforestation

reiteration

reintegration

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

retaliation

resuscitation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

sophistication

specialization

specification

stratification

sterilization

solicitation

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

systematically

testamentary

testimonial

testimonials

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

veterinarian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word faction

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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