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

abloom

action

acton

alan

airman

akin

aflame

alban

alman

amman

aplomb

apron

burgeon

aspen

asian

arson

ashen

aspirin

atman

auction

aubin

austin

auden

bacon

bastion

bagman

banyan

baron

barren

bason

bargain

barton

basin

baston

baton

baldwin

batten

batton

beckon

bayman

beacon

beaten

begun

begin

bordman

bellon

bellman

billion

billman

berlin

bidden

billon

boughten

blacken

bludgeon

bison

bisson

bitten

bobbin

biplane

boatman

blowgun

bodkin

brahmin

belgian

bolden

bollen

boston

bookman

bracken

brethren

bourbon

brakeman

brazen

bowman

break-in

breton

brighten

broaden

buckskin

bullion

briton

buffin

brogan

broken

bruin

bumpkin

burden

burdon

burman

button

caxton

cabin

captain

caisson

calvin

calkin

canaan

canton

canyon

caplin

cannon

capstan

canon

caption

cajun

carbon

carlin

carman

carmine

carton

cavin

cauldron

caution

cayman

certain

classman

claxon

citron

chagrin

chairman

chaplains

chapman

chevron

charon

chessman

chasten

cheapen

chicken

children

chieftain

churchman

christen

christian

chosen

citrin

clinton

coachman

burton

collin

bushman

coffin

colin

cochin

colon

common

deafen

copland

copeman

cordon

coppin

craven

craftsman

corban

coupling

cotton

cousin

couplings

cowan

covin

cretin

crewman

crimson

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

cushion

damson

dampen

dahlin

dalton

daman

dagon

deaden

darken

dauphin

deacon

demon

crispin

dagan

delphian

deepen

deerskin

diction

desman

destin

devon

dian

dextrin

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

dobson

dobbin

dozen

dragon

draftsman

driven

dudgeon

dublin

dromon

drunken

earthen

dungeon

doyen

dutchman

dustman

dustbin

eaten

eden

elan

elfin

ermin

ensign

emption

engine

erin

ermine

faction

famine

felon

flashgun

fashion

fasten

falcon

fallen

fatten

faulcon

faustian

fibrin

flatten

fireman

firman

fission

fielden

fiction

flavin

flexion

floren

florin

footman

even

foreman

foreign

foreskin

fraction

fortune

fountain

fortin

franklin

freshen

freshman

friction

freedman

frighten

function

freeman

frozen

fusion

gallon

gascon

gammon

garron

garden

georgian

gentian

german

gladden

gibbon

gilden

hangman

given

graven

glidden

glisten

goblin

goblins

grecian

gorgon

grandson

golden

gluten

goodman

going

gotten

griffon

gowan

griffin

hackman

gudgeon

haitian

guardsman

gumption

happen

harden

harken

harten

hasten

haven

headman

hearten

hausen

headsman

heathen

heaven

heron

hessian

hempen

heighten

henchman

herein

hetman

horseman

houseman

hidden

hoven

homespun

hogan

hoten

human

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jordan

jorden

jason

jetton

junction

klansman

kremlin

kalan

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kevin

kitchen

kipling

kitten

laden

lagan

lifeline

lakin

lampron

landman

landsman

latin

leaden

layman

laurin

leaven

ledden

legion

lemon

lengthen

lesion

leman

lessen

lesson

leven

levin

lichen

lightman

lifelong

lighten

lifelines

lignin

liken

liman

linden

lineman

liven

linemen

linen

listen

lion

lisbon

locken

mansion

lockman

maslin

london

longan

loren

lotion

logan

loosen

lumen

margin

lopeman

marlin

luncheon

madden

m1

mahone

mangan

malkin

maiden

marron

marchman

markman

lyden

marksman

lynden

martian

marten

martin

matron

mason

maudlin

mayan

nekton

melon

melton

mention

merlin

merkin

mignon

milken

minden

minion

mullen

million

muslin

mormon

mitten

linchpin

mission

muffin

moisten

morgan

morin

mountain

molten

motion

mutton

nation

napkin

napalm

othman

ninon

oarsman

norman

notion

onion

oblong

ocean

off-line

often

olden

odin

omen

open

option

organ

orphan

pablum

outdone

oven

outrun

packman

panton

owen

passion

oxen

pagan

paean

passman

pardon

parson

pathan

patten

patron

paulin

pavon

pectin

penman

pension

penguin

peon

perron

plankton

persian

pillion

person

pigeon

pinion

pigskin

piston

perkin

pipkin

pippin

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

newsman

pollan

pollen

poison

ponton

poplin

poplins

portion

portman

postman

potion

pressman

prison

siphon

pullen

prussian

proven

puffin

pumpkin

question

quicken

ration

raven

ravin

rayon

raisin

reason

resin

reckon

punkin

redden

redskin

region

replant

rerun

quintin

ribbon

ridden

riden

rifling

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rosin

rincon

robbin

roman

rosen

rotten

rowan

rowen

saffron

samson

santon

russian

sadden

salmon

rumen

runnion

ruin

salesman

sanction

sanguine

sapling

satin

ronin

saplings

satan

rubin

scallion

scullion

scotsman

scion

seaman

season

section

ruffin

seedsman

sequin

saxon

selden

semen

sharpen

seven

session

shahin

shaken

shaman

sexton

shearman

seton

sheepskin

shipman

shogun

shorten

shotgun

silken

shrunken

shuffling

sermon

sicken

sibling

showman

siblings

siren

zircon

siskin

smarten

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

slogan

smoothen

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

solon

spelling

spellings

titan

spokesman

squadron

sportsman

spoken

talon

splendor

splenic

splinter

splinters

stallion

stallman

statesman

station

stepson

stillion

stockman

steven

stiffen

stolen

straighten

stricken

striven

strengthen

sturgeon

suasion

sublime

sullen

sultan

sudden

summon

suction

sunken

supplant

supplants

traction

slacken

surgeon

swollen

syphon

sylvan

sweeten

tappen

tarpon

tartan

taken

teston

tension

termine

tendon

threaten

tillman

therein

thicken

thousand

tighten

threadfin

tiffin

toughen

townsman

torsion

token

toman

splendid

trillion

triton

trodden

treason

trojan

turban

tuscan

tungsten

turpin

tubman

undone

upland

union

urchin

uplands

urban

urine

version

urson

vegan

verdin

vermin

zaman

virgin

vision

vixen

vulcan

villain

wagon

watchman

wanton

warden

waken

warren

weaken

weapon

wheaten

woolen

wherein

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

wooden

whitson

within

women

woodman

yachtsman

woolman

workman

worsen

woven

written

yaupon

yeoman

zion

truncheon

3 syllable words

abduction

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

abstraction

accession

accretion

absorption

abstention

admission

adhesion

adrian

addition

addiction

adoption

adsorption

affluent

acumen

aegean

affluence

affliction

affection

aggression

albion

alsatian

albumin

aleutian

alderman

allusion

alien

ambition

alaskan

andean

anglican

anchorman

anyone

ambrosian

appalling

appealing

appellant

appellants

artisan

appian

abandon

appliance

apportion

aryan

arian

artesian

arkansan

aversion

assassin

assertion

assumption

attraction

audition

asuncion

attrition

australian

austrian

attention

avian

backgammon

badminton

backwoodsman

awaken

bandwagon

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

aspersion

bedridden

begotten

ascension

benjamin

beethoven

beholden

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

bubbling

damnation

bufferin

cephalon

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

carnation

cation

cardigan

caucasian

causation

carrion

castration

cartesian

cessation

charwoman

champion

chamberlain

chairperson

chairwoman

civilians

charlatan

chilean

cetacean

citizen

cinnamon

citation

cistercian

clandestine

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

combustion

cognition

collagen

coercion

cohesion

collegian

collision

collection

collusion

commission

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

completion

complexion

compulsion

compression

compunction

conception

concession

concussion

conduction

condition

concoction

confection

confession

congressman

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

conclusion

connexion

conscription

constriction

consumption

construction

contagion

contention

contraction

contraption

contortion

conjunction

connection

convention

conviction

conversion

convulsion

contusion

convection

corsican

councilman

corruption

crestfallen

corrosion

correction

creation

countryman

cremation

curmudgeon

croatian

crustacean

contrition

dalmatian

cyprian

declension

decision

deflation

deduction

defection

delusion

deflection

deletion

deception

denizen

dentition

deployments

depression

derision

depiction

desertion

description

destruction

determine

depletion

deployment

detection

detention

devotion

dictation

diffraction

digestion

digression

dilation

dilution

diffusion

dimension

diploma

direction

discipline

diplomas

discretion

discussion

dispersion

disruption

dissection

dissension

distinction

distortion

divalent

diversion

division

disunion

doubling

ebullient

downtrodden

dorian

donation

dominion

duration

edition

effluence

effluent

eruption

forbidden

ejection

eleven

elison

emblazon

egyptian

embolden

emission

emulsion

emotion

encryption

equation

englishman

enlighten

enliven

erection

erosion

elation

etruscan

eurasian

evasion

foramen

election

forgotten

eviction

exaction

examine

exception

excision

exhaustion

exclusion

exertion

excursion

excretion

exemption

expansion

everyone

expulsion

explosion

fabian

extrusion

extinction

feminine

fenian

expression

fijian

ferryman

filtration

fisherman

fixation

extension

flirtation

extortion

extraction

flotation

forewoman

formation

foundation

franciscan

freudian

fruition

freemason

frustration

fustian

galleon

garrison

genuine

gentleman

gaussian

ghanaian

halogen

gestation

gillian

hammerman

globulin

glycogen

gordian

gradation

gravamen

halcyon

guardian

gyration

grobian

guncotton

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

hydrogen

housebroken

hydration

humulin

illusion

ignition

imagine

impassion

distraction

immersion

implosion

impression

imprison

inaction

in-person

inclusion

incision

incursion

inception

indian

induction

infraction

inflation

inflection

infliction

infection

infusion

ingestion

injection

inhuman

injunction

instruction

insertion

inscription

inspection

irian

invention

invasion

intestine

intrusion

irishman

inversion

intention

italian

jessamine

jovian

jettison

keratin

jubilant

julian

kantian

keynesian

korean

lactation

lecithin

laotian

laurentian

layperson

lesbian

jamaican

libration

libyan

ligation

mannequin

location

logician

lumberman

medicine

mandarin

malayan

malaysian

margarine

lutheran

marian

magician

medallion

median

mexican

melanin

menhaden

midshipman

migration

misfortune

nevadan

misprision

moccasin

myosin

misshapen

moroccan

moleskin

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

mistaken

myrmidon

narration

nebraskan

negation

nemean

ottoman

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

omission

nonhuman

norwegian

nonunion

notation

nubian

nutrition

obstruction

opaline

occasion

obsession

occlusion

objection

octillion

odeon

opalines

opulence

opulent

origin

optician

oration

optation

opinion

oppression

partisan

orion

ovation

overdone

outspoken

overman

oxygen

overrun

paladin

parthian

parisian

partition

singleton

pavilions

patrician

percussion

production

pelican

perception

pentathlon

perfection

permian

permission

perversion

perfusion

persuasion

peterman

petition

phoenician

physician

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

pollution

policeman

precaution

privation

position

possession

precision

precession

preclusion

prevention

predation

prediction

predestine

preemption

presumption

pretension

probation

procession

prescription

proportion

profusion

progression

projection

promotion

profession

propulsion

prostration

protean

proscription

protection

provision

puritan

reaction

rebellion

rebellions

quotation

reception

recession

recision

regimen

reduction

redemption

reflection

regression

rejection

relation

religion

remission

repellent

repellents

reopen

rendition

reptilian

repression

replenish

rescission

resection

restriction

resumption

retraction

retention

sarasin

revulsion

revision

reversion

rhodopsin

rotation

saleswoman

salvation

saccharin

samoan

reunion

sedation

scorpion

scythian

seduction

seclusion

secretion

secession

sedition

selection

sensation

silicon

simian

infarction

skeleton

snapdragon

specimen

solomon

solution

splendidly

stagnation

splintery

starvation

submersion

submission

subscription

subtraction

suburban

subversion

sumatran

summation

stygian

succession

suggestion

superman

supplement

supplements

suppression

tabling

syrian

tactician

suspension

talisman

tamarin

taxation

suspicion

technician

thespian

temptation

timberman

tradition

transaction

toboggan

transcription

transition

translation

transmission

transgression

transfusion

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unbutton

uneven

unison

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

underpin

vacation

vanillin

vatican

venison

vermilion

venetian

uterine

zambian

veteran

vibration

violin

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zeppelin

4 syllable words

abalone

abolition

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

adrenaline

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

accordion

adulation

activation

advocation

adrenalin

adaptation

adoration

admiration

admonition

agitation

affectation

aggregation

aggravation

affirmation

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

algonquian

albanian

allegation

appellation

algerian

allocation

altercation

alteration

alternation

american

amphibian

ammunition

appalachian

amputation

animation

annotation

annexation

apparition

abalones

approbation

apprehension

application

appliances

arabian

arbitration

armageddon

arizonan

arthurian

armenian

assemblyman

attribution

assyrian

athenian

augmentation

avocation

aspiration

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

aviation

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bradykinin

bohemian

distillation

californian

calculation

canadian

cancellation

calibration

carcinogen

celebration

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

centurion

coalition

cogitation

coloradan

collodion

coloration

collocation

combination

columbian

comedian

commutation

committeeman

comparison

compilation

competition

composition

complication

comprehension

commendation

computation

compensation

concentration

condemnation

condescension

condensation

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

connotation

consolation

consecration

conservation

constellation

constitution

consultation

constipation

consummation

contemplation

consternation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

contrarian

convolution

convocation

conversation

demolition

copernican

corinthian

cotyledon

correlation

corp.

corporation

coronation

crocodilian

criterion

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

dandelion

cyclopean

copenhagen

darwinian

custodian

declaration

decompression

decimation

dedication

defamation

decoration

degradation

definition

deformation

delegation

dehydration

demarcation

deconstruction

demonstration

dereliction

deposition

derivation

depravation

depredation

deportation

deprivation

desiccation

desecration

designation

desolation

destitution

desperation

destination

detonation

devolution

devastation

dietitian

devonian

deviation

dissolution

diocesan

dilatation

diminution

diplomacy

disaffection

diplomatic

disconnection

disillusion

dislocation

disinflation

disinfection

dispensation

disposition

dissertation

disputation

dissipation

divination

distribution

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

erudition

electrician

elevation

embarkation

elocution

elongation

emanation

emigration

emulation

equitation

englishwoman

equestrian

eritrean

european

estimation

estonian

eustachian

evolution

excavation

evocation

exhibition

excitation

exhalation

execution

exclamation

exhortation

exhumation

explanation

expedition

explication

exploration

exploitation

expiration

expectation

fabrication

extradition

extrication

exposition

fallopian

fascination

federation

floridian

fibrillation

figuration

fermentation

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

gastrulation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

germination

generation

granulation

gravitation

graduation

gorgonian

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

glaciation

hemoglobin

herculean

hegelian

hesitation

himalayan

hibernation

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

illustration

imitation

immolation

immigration

imposition

implantation

implication

importation

imperfection

impregnation

imputation

inattention

incantation

incrustation

incarnation

inclination

incubation

indecision

indentation

indexation

indication

indigestion

indignation

indiscretion

indonesian

businesswoman

inhalation

inhibition

infiltration

inflammation

infestation

information

insulation

innovation

installation

inquisition

instigation

institution

insurrection

invitation

inspiration

invocation

integration

interruption

intermission

interdiction

intersection

interjection

jacobean

isolation

interurban

intervention

interwoven

intimation

introduction

introspection

intuition

intonation

inundation

iranian

interaction

irrigation

interception

irritation

intercession

iteration

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberian

liberation

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

litigation

liquefaction

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

machination

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

macedonian

masturbation

maturation

medication

meditation

mediation

meridian

melatonin

melanesian

menstruation

minnesotan

misbegotten

ministration

misconception

miseration

misperception

modulation

moderation

navigation

moravian

molestation

mortification

motivation

mongolian

mutilation

missourian

napoleon

mitigation

nestorian

noblewoman

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

occupation

obfuscation

observation

obstetrician

oblivion

ohioan

octahedron

oleandrin

olympian

obligation

obsidian

opposition

operation

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

pagination

pagurian

paraguayan

papilloma

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

pigmentation

planarian

politician

polyhedron

population

polynesian

plutonian

praetorian

predilection

preservation

predetermine

preelection

preignition

preparation

presentation

preconception

premonition

precondition

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

resolution

profanation

resignation

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

provocation

publication

respiration

punctuation

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rhododendron

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sectarian

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shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

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speculation

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strangulation

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substitution

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tamoxifen

tasmanian

tetrahedron

termination

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vacillation

utopian

vaccination

valerian

validation

vegetation

veneration

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ventilation

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vindication

visitation

watermelon

wagnerian

victorian

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

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accommodation

accumulation

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adjudication

administration

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

alliteration

alienation

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amazonian

amelioration

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assemblywoman

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babylonians

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elizabethan

elimination

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equalization

eradication

equivocation

enumeration

ethiopian

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exaggeration

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examination

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fertilization

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hallucination

hanoverian

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imagination

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investigation

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modernization

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nitroglycerine

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representation

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russification

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sedimentation

simplification

pronunciation

misinformation

solicitation

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substantiation

subordination

supplementary

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vegetarian

vaporization

verification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

vilification

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word javelin

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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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