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

aching

acting

aesthete

aging

ailing

airing

aesthetes

angling

arming

arching

asking

awning

astute

backdates

backing

backdate

backstitch

bathing

baiting

basting

baking

banding

banking

bagging

baghdad

banging

barring

batting

bearing

beating

bedding

belting

bending

belling

beijing

being

bested

binding

biding

birthing

beaming

bidding

billing

bitching

biting

blaring

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blazing

bleeding

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bleeping

blending

blessing

beading

blinding

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blocking

blooming

blushing

boasting

bolting

boating

boiling

booting

boarding

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blowing

bolling

boning

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boring

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blueing

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bowing

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brimming

brewing

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broking

bunting

buckling

budding

bulging

busted

burping

burning

butting

caning

camping

calling

calming

casting

buying

casing

catching

carling

carping

carving

ceiling

caulking

chanting

chafing

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chilling

chipping

chirping

climbing

charming

choking

chopping

chested

churning

chewing

clearing

clanging

clucking

coasting

clipping

closing

coating

coaxing

cloaking

clocking

clogging

clouding

clowning

cocking

codding

clothing

coaching

cleaning

coiling

colling

combing

bruting

coming

coupling

costing

cooking

cooling

coping

couching

cooing

craving

crackling

cracking

crashing

creaking

creeping

cresting

crooning

crossing

crowing

cuddling

crushing

crying

cribbing

culling

cunning

curing

curling

cutting

daring

dancing

dashing

daunting

damning

darling

dawning

dealing

coursing

brushing

brooding

browning

browsing

bucking

derring

building

jutting

lighting

dicing

dictate

dining

dipping

dishing

distad

diving

docking

doing

doting

drafting

doubting

draining

dressing

driving

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drilling

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dumpling

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drumming

dubbing

drying

ducking

dyeing

dying

during

dwelling

eating

earthling

earning

edging

easing

ending

eking

erring

estates

estate

etching

evening

duckling

dueling

earring

fainting

facing

fading

failing

fetching

fehling

dilling

fighting

feeding

farming

farthing

fencing

feeling

feigning

filing

finding

filling

fining

firing

fielding

fishing

fitting

flaming

fixing

flagging

flaring

flashing

fledgling

fleeting

fleming

flitting

flooding

floating

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flooring

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flushing

flying

footing

foiling

folding

forcing

falling

forging

forming

foaming

founding

foundling

framing

franking

fraying

freaking

funding

fucking

frying

fruiting

gadding

fuming

galling

gaming

getting

gilding

gearing

ginning

girding

giving

glaring

glancing

glazing

gassing

glinting

gloaming

frosting

grazing

grating

grafting

grading

grappling

grasping

golfing

grayling

greeting

hamstring

going

grinding

grouting

gunning

gushing

golding

greening

grieving

groundling

grounding

grooming

grouping

growing

handling

freezing

hanging

glowing

faulting

heckling

helping

heading

heating

herring

having

healing

hearing

heaving

hatching

lightning

dictates

digging

hiding

hitting

hilling

hissing

harping

hugging

hosting

housing

horning

hounding

humming

hunting

hurting

icing

hurling

inkling

inning

jeering

jerking

holding

jailing

holing

jumping

kenning

judging

keeling

keeping

kicking

joking

kindling

killing

jogging

knitting

lading

lactate

kipling

lagging

knocking

knowing

lamping

landing

lasting

laying

lapping

legging

laughing

leading

leaking

leaning

leaping

learning

leasing

lashing

latching

launching

lemming

lawing

lending

jarring

jetting

lifting

licking

lighted

slighting

liking

lining

hoarding

hogging

homing

listing

living

loading

loaning

listed

loathing

loving

looking

losing

looming

looping

lopping

loring

longing

lodging

lumping

logging

lunching

lying

lowing

mailing

making

malting

madding

mapping

matching

marking

marching

masted

masthead

matting

meaning

meeting

melting

mining

mincing

minding

milling

merging

misdeed

misdeeds

misstates

misstate

missing

mocking

molting

mooring

morning

morphing

moulding

mounting

mugging

musing

mowing

nanking

muting

nagging

mourning

napping

moving

nestling

netting

nothing

nosing

nursing

nutting

offing

octet

petting

offspring

ousting

outing

hopping

oozing

pacing

packing

padding

owing

paging

painting

panting

pairing

panning

paring

parking

nodding

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parting

passing

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patching

paying

peaking

pelting

pending

pegging

peeing

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phrasing

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picking

piling

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pining

piping

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playing

pimping

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plugging

planking

planting

plaything

plumbing

pointing

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poking

poling

polling

pumping

posting

pouting

praying

postdates

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postdate

prowling

pooling

puffing

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prying

putting

quilting

rafting

quaking

racing

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racking

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pushing

rambling

reading

raising

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restates

restate

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rising

ringing

roaring

roasting

riding

rocking

rubbing

rousing

romping

rounding

rolling

roofing

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ruling

running

sacking

sagging

sailing

saving

scaling

saying

salting

sapling

scalping

scarring

scheming

schilling

scraping

screaming

screening

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scolding

schooling

scorching

screwing

scrimping

searching

seating

setting

shaving

seeling

seeming

seizing

serving

seedling

seeing

shafting

shading

sewing

sharking

shedding

shearing

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sheeting

shelling

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shilling

shipping

shocking

shooting

shredding

shuffling

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shrinking

shoring

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showing

sighting

siding

sighing

sighted

signing

singing

sinking

ribbing

sizing

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slanting

skirting

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skimming

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sledding

sliding

sleeping

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smelting

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snarling

sneezing

sloping

slouching

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smoking

smoothing

sniffing

soaking

soaring

something

sobbing

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spanking

sparkling

sopping

soothing

speaking

sounding

sparling

stating

spending

squinting

spelling

sprinkling

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sperling

spinning

springing

spurling

staging

squeezing

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standing

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stalling

sweeting

starling

staving

starting

stripling

stealing

steering

sterling

sticking

straddling

stinging

stinking

straining

stirring

storming

stretching

striking

stitching

strapping

streaming

stocking

striving

stooping

stopping

stowing

stripping

stuffing

stunning

sucking

suckling

strutting

suiting

sweating

swaying

swearing

sweeping

stroking

suing

swelling

swimming

teaching

slitting

switching

tasting

tailing

taking

tackling

tamping

taunting

tacking

tanning

thinking

teaming

tempting

testing

telling

teeming

thrilling

teething

thrashing

trading

swooning

thrusting

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tilting

tiding

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tipping

tooling

topping

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touching

talking

tracing

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training

trifling

tricking

trilling

trimming

tripping

trusting

trying

tubing

twisting

twining

tying

twisted

turning

tuning

throwing

vaulting

veering

vesting

veiling

viking

vested

voiding

westling

waiting

wading

waking

waning

vying

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voting

warling

warming

walking

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warning

wellspring

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weaving

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weakling

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writing

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whooping

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willing

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wording

working

witching

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yachting

yelling

toasting

yearling

yearning

yielding

3 syllable words

acetate

abiding

absorbing

accusing

abounding

according

accenting

adjoining

admiring

adoring

afflicting

agitate

actuate

alerting

amazing

aligning

agreeing

alluring

amusing

alarming

annealing

anything

battening

affecting

annoying

asserting

appealing

arriving

aspiring

appalling

arresting

assuming

arranging

approving

approaching

ascending

assuring

attracting

astounding

backsliding

backbiting

baffling

ballooning

badgering

backstitches

battering

becoming

befitting

beginning

beguiling

beholding

believing

belonging

besieging

beseeching

besetting

besotted

bettering

blackmailing

blanketing

bigoted

billowing

blistering

bickering

bloodsucking

bloodletting

bottling

bookkeeping

blossoming

blustering

blundering

brainwashing

colouring

broadcasting

buffeting

bubbling

bustling

bumbling

bundling

bungling

bullfighting

bullying

bushwhacking

campaigning

cackling

butchering

carpeting

canoeing

carrying

caressing

carousing

carjacking

centering

deadening

challenging

channeling

churchgoing

chastity

chattering

childbearing

cogitate

coloring

deafening

comforting

commuting

complaining

completing

conveying

commanding

conceding

concerning

concurring

complying

composing

confiding

conserving

conflicting

consulting

contacting

contracting

converging

compounding

constricting

confusing

consoling

consuming

conforming

confounding

conquering

convincing

conjuring

connecting

correcting

copying

counseling

cradling

cowering

crippling

covering

crusading

crocheting

degrading

cushioning

damaging

dairying

dampening

cycling

darkening

custody

declining

decided

decreasing

defusing

delighting

designing

departing

deserving

descending

despairing

abducting

detailing

destitute

lightening

dictation

dialing

dictators

disarming

discerning

disgusting

disguising

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dissembling

dissolving

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distracting

diverting

dividing

divining

doddering

doubling

dressmaking

drizzling

downsizing

distressing

diverging

everything

dwindling

easterling

endearing

ecstatic

eavesdropping

eightieth

echoing

emptying

enchanting

emitting

enduring

engrossing

entering

engraving

enlisting

ensuing

enticing

equating

engaging

erupting

erecting

enclosing

exacting

excepting

exceeding

dumbfounding

exciting

exulting

exhausting

existing

factoring

faceted

expiring

expanding

exploring

expelling

faltering

feathering

diapering

favoring

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fingering

finishing

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flowering

flavoring

forecasting

foreboding

fondling

forbidding

forgiving

following

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happening

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galloping

gambling

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gestation

gathering

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glimmering

freewheeling

governing

good-looking

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hairdressing

handwriting

hardening

hardworking

harvesting

heartbreaking

highflying

oncoming

housekeeping

housewarming

imploring

impending

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imprinting

imposing

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inserting

insulting

infighting

increasing

inspiring

installing

interesting

incoming

invading

inviting

investing

ironing

jacketed

leavening

issuing

juggling

lessening

journeying

kidnapping

leveling

lactation

laboring

lamenting

lawmaking

landholding

landscaping

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layering

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lettering

jockeying

life-giving

outlying

lingering

liquidates

liquidate

pilfering

listening

located

locating

machining

lumbering

measuring

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lowering

matchmaking

marketing

marshaling

mastodon

maturing

meddling

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mellowing

mistaking

misleading

misstatement

modeling

misstatements

misgiving

misspelling

motoring

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preceding

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quickening

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raveling

reckoning

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reclining

reflecting

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rectitude

regarding

rendering

reducing

rejoicing

relapsing

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repeating

respecting

restitute

railroading

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riveting

rumbling

scaffolding

scavenging

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scrambling

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shipbuilding

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shimmering

sixtieth

sleepwalking

dictator

smattering

softening

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soldering

sojourning

soldiering

sweetening

stiffening

strengthening

stuttering

succeeding

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surviving

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surrounding

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threatening

tabling

tapering

tempering

thickening

varying

ticketing

vegetate

tinkling

thundering

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tormenting

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transporting

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towering

toweling

upsetting

tumbling

twinkling

typewriting

typesetting

undoing

underling

unbending

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unthinking

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unyielding

uprising

vanishing

tailoring

visiting

thanksgiving

weathering

vomiting

well-being

warehousing

tinkering

wandering

wagering

watering

whispering

whitening

withering

winnowing

wrongdoing

yellowing

4 syllable words

acidity

advertising

actuators

actuator

admonishing

agonizing

agitation

agitator

agitators

appetizing

awakening

astonishing

babysitting

barbecuing

bewildering

bicycling

calculating

captivating

centralizing

coexisting

cogitation

complicating

condescending

conditioning

corresponding

custodian

custodians

custodial

decidedly

destitution

developing

diagnosing

dictatorship

dictatorships

disappointing

disconcerting

disapproving

disappearing

disabling

discouraging

disengaging

dispiriting

disparaging

disheartening

distinguishing

distributing

everlasting

domineering

encompassing

edifying

ecstatically

energizing

executing

emphasizing

embarrassing

encircling

encouraging

engineering

enlightening

enterprising

entertaining

equitation

enveloping

excitation

examining

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

gratifying

implicating

integrating

inhibiting

inquiring

inheriting

interlocking

intersecting

interviewing

legislating

liberating

liquidators

liquidities

liquidity

maximizing

lucidity

merchandising

moderating

mountaineering

negotiate

negotiates

never-ending

overlying

notifying

notwithstanding

nonrecurring

obviating

occupying

oceangoing

octahedron

octahedral

liquidation

operating

overcoming

overflowing

overarching

overhauling

overbearing

overlapping

overpowering

overrating

oxidative

oxidation

overwhelming

parachuting

patronizing

persevering

partitioning

petitioning

overruling

pioneering

liquidator

realizing

recitations

registering

reentering

restitution

rigidity

rigidities

separating

liquidations

speechifying

visitation

vegetation

unassuming

undulating

unbecoming

unbelieving

undertaking

underwriting

understanding

underlying

underpinning

unremitting

unrelenting

visitations

waterproofing

Words that rhyme with the word hesitating

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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.


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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

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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
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  • 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.

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  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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