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

acting

aching

affirms

affirm

affront

affronts

airing

ailing

aging

angling

banging

arming

arching

aprons

apron

asking

banding

awning

backing

bagging

auburn

baiting

baking

barring

banking

basting

bathing

batting

bearing

bedding

beading

billing

beaming

belting

belling

beijing

being

browning

bending

bidding

biding

binding

befriend

beating

blaring

birthing

blasting

blending

blinding

biting

blessing

bitching

blazing

bleeding

bleeping

blocking

befriends

bleaching

brushing

blooming

boarding

boring

blushing

bonding

boning

boasting

boating

boiling

bolling

bolting

booming

booting

boozing

bouncing

bounding

brooding

blueing

bowling

boxing

branching

breasting

braving

brawling

bracing

braiding

breaking

breeding

breathing

breeching

bluing

bowing

brimming

briefing

broiling

broking

brewing

browsing

blowing

bruting

bunting

budding

bulging

building

burping

carping

butting

caning

camping

calling

calming

buying

carling

caverns

carving

casting

cavern

caulking

catching

casing

ceiling

chanting

charming

chevron

chilling

chipping

chafing

chirping

clearing

chasing

chewing

clanging

cleaning

climbing

colling

choking

clowning

chopping

clipping

clocking

clogging

clouding

cloaking

clucking

closing

cocking

codding

coasting

coaxing

coating

coiling

coaching

combing

clothing

coming

buckling

coupling

costing

cooking

couching

cooling

coping

cooing

coursing

creeping

crackling

cresting

cuddling

craving

cribbing

crooning

crossing

crashing

creaking

crowing

dancing

culling

crushing

curing

curling

cutting

damning

daring

darling

dawning

crying

dashing

daunting

cracking

dealing

bucking

deform

deformed

derring

dicing

dining

digging

dilling

dipping

dishing

diving

docking

duckling

dumpling

driving

doing

draining

drafting

doubting

dragging

dressing

drilling

drinking

dripping

drawing

drugging

dropping

drumming

doting

drying

dubbing

ducking

during

dueling

dwelling

dyeing

dying

earring

earthling

easing

eating

edging

eking

ending

ephraim

erring

etching

evening

harping

farming

feigning

farthing

fainting

faulting

falling

facing

fading

failing

feeding

feeling

fehling

fencing

fetching

finding

fining

firing

fixing

fighting

filing

filling

fitting

flagging

fishing

flaming

flaring

flashing

forcing

flooring

flushing

fledgling

fleming

flitting

flogging

flying

fleeting

floating

flooding

foaming

foiling

folding

footing

forming

flowing

forging

fucking

franking

founding

frosting

foundling

fraying

frying

framing

freaking

freezing

fruiting

fuming

funding

gearing

gassing

getting

fielding

gaming

hanging

gilding

ginning

glancing

girding

giving

glaring

glinting

glazing

gloaming

glowing

golfing

going

golding

govern

governs

grading

grafting

grappling

grasping

grinding

grounding

gadding

greening

grieving

groundling

grating

grayling

grazing

greeting

grooming

grouping

grouting

growing

gushing

handling

galling

hamstring

hatching

fibrin

having

heading

herring

heckling

helping

heaving

hiding

hilling

hissing

hitting

heating

hoarding

hogging

holding

hunting

hugging

humming

hurling

hounding

hopping

housing

hosting

holing

homing

hurting

icing

inkling

inning

jarring

jerking

judging

jeering

jetting

jogging

joking

jumping

jutting

kenning

kindling

kipling

kicking

killing

keeping

knitting

knowing

jailing

keeling

lading

lagging

lamping

landing

lasting

lapping

laughing

launching

lashing

latching

lawing

laying

leading

legging

lending

lemming

leaning

leaping

leasing

lightning

lining

licking

leaking

lifting

lighting

liking

knocking

listing

living

longing

loaning

logging

looking

lopping

lodging

loading

looming

looping

loathing

loring

losing

lumping

lunching

malting

madding

lying

mailing

making

lowing

lowborn

mapping

marking

marching

mining

melting

meaning

matching

meeting

merging

mincing

minding

milling

missing

mocking

molting

mooring

morphing

matting

mounting

moulding

moving

mugging

mowing

nanking

nestling

nagging

napping

netting

musing

muting

newborn

nursing

nutting

nothing

nipping

nodding

nosing

newborns

hearing

offspring

oozing

ousting

outing

offing

owing

pacing

packing

soaring

healing

padding

panting

pairing

something

painting

parking

parting

paring

passing

paving

patching

paying

piercing

pelting

pending

petting

picking

phasing

phrasing

pining

pimping

piling

pinching

piping

planting

planking

pointing

peaking

playing

plumbing

pitching

plodding

plugging

pouncing

pleading

pleasing

poking

paging

plaything

poling

polling

pounding

posting

pouting

praying

plating

pooling

printing

popping

pressing

priming

pumping

puffing

purging

prowling

pruning

pudding

prying

putting

pushing

quilling

quilting

preaching

quaking

rambling

rafting

racking

raving

racing

railing

raising

raking

reading

raging

soothing

peeing

pegging

steering

reforms

refrains

refrain

reprint

reprints

resting

roaring

rifling

ringing

romping

ribbing

riding

rigging

rising

rocking

roasting

rolling

rounding

rubbing

roving

sacking

sagging

ruling

sailing

saffron

salting

sapling

saving

saying

scarring

reformed

scalping

schilling

roofing

scaling

scheming

schooling

scorching

scolding

screening

scratching

scraping

screaming

screwing

scrimping

serving

searching

rousing

setting

seedling

seating

seeling

seeming

seizing

seeing

sewing

shafting

sharking

shearing

shining

shelving

shifting

shirting

shaving

shedding

shelling

shilling

sheathing

shuffling

sheeting

shipping

shunting

shocking

shoring

shredding

shrinking

shrouding

shoestring

shooting

showing

shopworn

signing

sibling

snarling

siding

sighting

snapping

sighing

shading

singing

reborn

sinking

sitting

skilling

skimming

slapping

sledding

sliding

slating

sleeping

slighting

smoothing

slitting

smelting

slotting

smacking

smelling

slouching

sloping

smoking

snoring

sizing

sniffing

sneaking

sneezing

soaking

skirting

sounding

reform

sporting

sobbing

sopping

sperling

slanting

sparling

sparing

spanking

sparkling

speaking

sovran

spelling

spending

spinning

stocking

yielding

sovrans

tooling

springing

sprinkling

sprinters

springtime

sprinkle

sprinkler

sprinklers

sprinkles

sprinter

spurling

starling

starting

squinting

standing

stamping

stacking

stalling

staving

squeezing

stating

staging

sterling

stinging

stealing

sticking

stinking

stirring

stopping

storming

straddling

strapping

striking

stripling

spearman

stitching

stretching

stooping

stowing

straining

streaming

stripping

striving

stroking

strutting

suckling

stuffing

sucking

suiting

suing

supreme

swearing

sweating

swaying

sweeping

sweeting

swelling

swimming

tackling

swooning

tacking

talking

switching

tailing

taking

tamping

taverns

tavern

tasting

taunting

telling

teeming

testing

teaching

teaming

tempting

thinking

thrilling

thrashing

teething

throwing

thrusting

thumping

tilting

tiding

tipping

tithing

toasting

touching

training

springer

topping

tossing

tracing

trading

trailing

trusting

trucking

trifling

ticking

tricking

trilling

trimming

tripping

trying

twining

twisting

tuning

tying

tubing

vaulting

warling

vesting

viking

veiling

vibrant

voiding

veering

vying

walking

walling

voting

waiting

waking

waning

wanting

wapping

wading

warming

warping

wearing

westling

wasting

weakling

supremes

weaving

webbing

wedding

wellspring

weighing

weeding

weeping

whacking

whaling

whipping

wheeling

whirling

whitling

working

whistling

whiting

whopping

wielding

whooping

wilding

winning

wiring

wording

wincing

winding

willing

wishing

witching

wringing

wrecking

wrestling

writing

yachting

yearling

washing

yelling

springboard

3 syllable words

according

adjoining

abounding

abiding

absorbing

accusing

accenting

abhorrence

aberrant

abhorrent

adoring

admiring

afflicting

affecting

alluring

afferent

alarming

annealing

amusing

appalling

appealing

annoying

apprentice

apprehend

approving

approaching

arranging

arriving

arresting

battering

assuming

assuring

aspiring

badgering

astounding

attracting

backbiting

backsliding

baffling

appearance

anything

apparent

scattering

battening

bloodletting

becoming

befitting

bloodsucking

beginning

belonging

beguiling

beholding

believing

bettering

bickering

besetting

besieging

beseeching

billowing

blackmailing

blanketing

blistering

blossoming

bookkeeping

bottling

brainwashing

broadcasting

beforehand

bubbling

buffeting

bumbling

bundling

bungling

bullying

bullfighting

butchering

campaigning

bustling

canoeing

carrying

bushwhacking

cackling

caressing

carousing

carjacking

carpeting

centering

chattering

challenging

channeling

childbearing

churchgoing

complaining

compounding

commuting

complying

composing

completing

conceding

conforming

confounding

confiding

confusing

conflicting

conjuring

connecting

conquering

consoling

consuming

consulting

constricting

contacting

contracting

convincing

copying

correcting

counseling

cowering

crusading

crocheting

cradling

crippling

dairying

cushioning

dampening

cycling

damaging

cyprian

darkening

deadening

deafening

debarment

declining

decreasing

deferment

deference

deferments

descending

designing

degrading

departing

delighting

defusing

despairing

detailing

hardworking

diapering

dialing

difference

different

disarming

differently

disguising

dissecting

disgusting

dissenting

doddering

dividing

distressing

distracting

doubling

dressmaking

dissembling

downsizing

drizzling

dissolving

dumbfounding

dwindling

easterling

eavesdropping

echoing

emitting

efferent

emptying

entering

enchanting

favoring

engaging

ensuing

engraving

engrossing

endearing

enduring

enlisting

enticing

enclosing

equating

erecting

feathering

everything

erupting

everyone

evermore

exacting

exceeding

expanding

excepting

expelling

exciting

exhausting

existing

factoring

faltering

fastening

expiring

exulting

exploring

flattering

fingering

finishing

flavoring

flowering

forwarding

following

fondling

forbidding

foreboding

forgiving

forecasting

forthcoming

frustrating

freewheeling

gathering

gardening

gambling

glimmering

glowering

glistening

good-looking

government

governors

governor

governments

groundbreaking

hairdressing

handwriting

happening

galloping

hardening

harvesting

listening

highflying

hibernate

heartbreaking

inserting

housekeeping

housewarming

invading

impending

imprinting

importing

improving

imposing

imploring

incoming

increasing

infighting

inspiring

installing

insulting

investing

interesting

inviting

issuing

juggling

abducting

journeying

jockeying

kidnapping

laboring

lactating

labyrinth

laundering

lawmaking

landscaping

languishing

layering

lettering

lessening

leveling

life-giving

lightening

landholding

lingering

locating

machining

lowering

maddening

marketing

matchmaking

maturing

measuring

mellowing

marshaling

meddling

middling

mistaking

misspelling

misleading

modeling

misgiving

motoring

mottling

mumbling

murmuring

networking

muscling

narrowing

neighboring

neutering

nerve-racking

nevermore

obliging

offering

nourishing

oberon

offerings

opposing

opening

operant

ongoing

opining

offsetting

oncoming

ordering

overhung

outgoing

outlying

outstanding

overhang

outpouring

overhangs

outfitting

overman

overmatch

overnight

overrun

overruns

paneling

papering

softening

painstaking

patrolling

peddling

parceling

peppering

pervading

pardoning

peppermint

pilfering

persisting

pickering

piddling

powdering

plastering

pitying

polluting

pondering

polishing

presiding

proceeding

preceding

promising

pronouncing

profiting

profiling

quickening

ravishing

quarreling

railroading

raveling

reaffirms

perplexing

recording

reducing

reclining

reckoning

reflecting

reference

reaffirm

rendering

reviving

refreshing

regarding

rejoicing

reformist

reformists

relapsing

relieving

repeating

resisting

respecting

reprimands

reprimand

reverence

reverend

reverent

retiring

riveting

revolting

revolving

rumbling

scavenging

scaffolding

scrambling

scribbling

seasoning

seducing

seagoing

severance

settling

shimmering

soldering

shadowing

shipbuilding

shortening

shoplifting

shortcoming

sickening

sojourning

sizzling

sleepwalking

smattering

souring

soldiering

sopranos

soprano

reformers

reasoning

reformer

stiffening

strengthening

superman

succeeding

tormenting

surveying

surrounding

surviving

sweetening

surpassing

surprising

unbending

tailoring

tabling

tapering

tempering

thickening

threatening

thanksgiving

tinkering

tinkling

towering

toweling

transporting

ticketing

trumpeting

trembling

tumbling

typewriting

typesetting

twinkling

undoing

unfailing

undying

unfeeling

uprising

unflinching

upsetting

unsparing

unwilling

unwitting

unyielding

uppermost

unthinking

varying

vanishing

visiting

vibrancy

vomiting

wandering

wagering

warehousing

watering

weathering

well-being

withering

whispering

winnowing

whitening

wrongdoing

yellowing

4 syllable words

activating

admonishing

advertising

aggravating

agitating

agonizing

aforementioned

affirmation

annotating

affirmations

affirmative

appetizing

apprehensive

apprehension

apprehensions

apprentices

apprenticeship

apprenticeships

astonishing

awakening

babysitting

appearances

barbecuing

apparently

bavarian

bewildering

bicycling

captivating

calculating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

complicating

conditioning

copernican

corresponding

covariance

deferential

deformation

deformities

delegating

denigrating

deformity

condescending

detonating

differences

diagnosing

differential

differentials

disappointing

disapproving

disappearing

disabling

disconcerting

discouraging

disparaging

disengaging

disheartening

dispiriting

distributing

distinguishing

dominating

domineering

edifying

embarrassing

effrontery

emphasizing

encouraging

entertaining

energizing

encircling

encompassing

enterprising

enlightening

engineering

enveloping

developing

everlasting

examining

executing

fascinating

devastating

fireproofing

fingerprinting

fluctuating

governorship

governorships

governmental

gratifying

hesitating

hibernation

hyperion

iberian

implicating

inquiring

inheriting

integrating

inhibiting

interlocking

interviewing

intersecting

irritating

labyrinthine

laminating

legislating

liberating

liberian

liberians

moderating

maximizing

merchandising

mitigating

mountaineering

nonrecurring

notifying

notwithstanding

obviating

occupying

oceangoing

operating

oscillating

overbearing

overcoming

overflowing

overarching

overlying

overhauling

overlapping

overpowering

overrating

overruling

overwhelming

palpitating

parachuting

patronizing

papier-mache

petitioning

penetrating

pepperoni

persevering

partitioning

pioneering

realizing

reentering

references

referendum

reformation

referendums

reappearance

registering

reverently

reverential

separating

siberian

speechifying

suffocating

superhuman

superimpose

supremacy

tabernacle

unavailing

unassuming

unbecoming

unbelieving

underlying

underpinning

undertaking

underwriting

understanding

undulating

unrelenting

vacillating

unremitting

waterproofing

supremely

7 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word governing

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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