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

cleaning

greening

leaning

meaning

screening

aching

ailing

being

awning

baiting

baking

beaming

beading

beating

bidding

biding

binding

billing

biting

blazing

bleeding

bleeping

bleaching

blinding

boiling

boning

breeching

breeding

breathing

bracing

braiding

braving

breaking

briefing

brimming

broiling

browning

burning

keeling

clipping

caning

canings

casing

churning

ceiling

chafing

chilling

chipping

chasing

clearing

climbing

clowning

coiling

leanings

feigning

cunning

creaking

creeping

craving

cribbing

crooning

dawning

dealing

leaking

fitting

digging

dining

dicing

draining

dilling

dipping

diving

easing

eating

drilling

dripping

driving

earning

earring

eking

evening

fining

fighting

feeding

feeling

filing

finding

fainting

fading

facing

failing

keeping

fielding

filling

firing

leading

flaming

fleeting

freaking

freezing

flitting

ginning

foiling

framing

greeting

innings

gaming

gearing

giving

glazing

glinting

grading

grinding

grating

grayling

grazing

grieving

gunning

inning

jeering

jailing

healing

hearing

heating

heaving

hiding

hilling

hitting

hissing

icing

leaping

kicking

killing

kenning

knitting

lading

learning

leasing

raving

reading

licking

lighting

lightning

linings

liking

lining

living

loaning

meeting

mailing

making

meanings

milling

mining

mincing

minding

missing

nipping

raising

raking

peaking

peeing

pacing

painting

panning

paving

phasing

phrasing

pining

picking

piling

piping

pleading

pleasing

pointing

plating

preaching

printing

priming

pruning

quaking

racing

quilling

railing

ringing

ribbing

riding

rigging

yielding

rising

running

sailing

saving

scaling

schilling

seating

scheming

screaming

scraping

seedling

seeing

seeling

seeming

seizing

shading

sheeting

shearing

sheathing

shaving

signing

sleeping

singing

teaching

sitting

shilling

shining

shipping

sighting

siding

sizing

skilling

skimming

slating

sliding

slighting

slitting

teaming

sneaking

sneezing

sniffing

speaking

spinning

squeezing

springing

stealing

squinting

stating

staving

stinging

steering

sticking

tanning

stripping

straining

streaming

striking

striving

stunning

sweeping

sweeting

swimming

swooning

tailing

taking

teeming

teething

thrilling

ticking

tiding

tipping

tracing

trailing

training

twining

trading

tricking

trilling

trimming

tripping

tuning

turning

veering

veiling

viking

voiding

wading

waiting

waking

waning

weaving

weakling

weeding

weeping

winning

winnings

wheeling

wielding

whaling

whipping

whiting

wincing

willing

winding

wiring

wringing

writing

yearning

3 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word leaning.
2 syllable words

acting

aging

airing

angling

amongst

announce

announced

arming

asking

arching

backing

bagging

banging

bathing

banding

basting

barring

banking

bearing

batting

bedding

belling

belting

bitching

birthing

blaring

blasting

blending

blessing

blooming

blocking

blowing

blueing

bluing

blushing

boarding

boasting

boating

bolling

bolting

bending

bonding

bouncing

bounding

booming

boozing

boring

bowling

brawling

bowing

boxing

branching

brewing

breasting

building

booting

broking

brooding

browsing

bruting

bucking

budding

brushing

buckling

bulging

bunting

burping

bemoans

beijing

butting

buying

calling

canines

cannons

canons

canyons

calming

catching

carling

carping

carving

casting

caulking

chanting

chirping

chewing

charming

choking

chopping

caymans

clanging

cloaking

clocking

clogging

closing

codding

clucking

clothing

clouding

camping

coating

cocking

colling

coaching

coasting

coaxing

combing

coming

comings

commence

communes

cummins

cooling

crying

cooing

cooking

coping

cracking

couching

costing

coupling

coursing

culling

crossing

crashing

crowing

crushing

crackling

cresting

cuddling

dancing

curing

curling

cutting

damning

daring

daunting

dashing

darling

demons

demeans

derring

denounce

fixing

dishing

docking

doing

domains

doting

doubting

dragging

drawing

drafting

dressing

dropping

drugging

drumming

drying

dyeing

dubbing

ducking

dueling

during

dwelling

duckling

dumpling

dying

drinking

earthling

edging

ending

enhance

etching

erring

enhanced

falling

farming

famines

farthing

faulting

fencing

fehling

fetching

finance

flagging

flaring

flashing

fledgling

fleming

floating

flogging

flooding

flooring

flowing

flushing

flying

fraying

foaming

footing

folding

franking

foundling

forging

founding

forcing

forming

frosting

frying

funding

gilding

fucking

fuming

gadding

galling

gassing

getting

gammons

girding

fruiting

glaring

gloaming

glowing

going

golding

golfing

grafting

grappling

grasping

glancing

fishing

grounding

grooming

grouping

grouting

groundling

growing

harping

handling

hanging

hatching

having

heading

heckling

helping

herring

hogging

hoarding

holding

holing

homing

hopping

horning

hosting

hounding

housing

hugging

humming

humans

hunting

hurling

hurting

immense

inkling

jarring

jerking

gushing

hamstring

jetting

jogging

joking

judging

jumping

jutting

kenyans

kindling

kipling

knocking

knowing

lagging

lapping

laughing

lashing

latching

lasting

launching

lawing

lamping

laying

landing

legging

commons

lending

lifting

lemmings

lemons

listing

loading

loathing

lodging

linens

longing

logging

looking

looming

looping

lopping

loring

losing

loving

lowing

lying

madding

lunching

lumping

merging

malting

mapping

matting

matching

marking

marching

melting

lemming

minions

mocking

morning

mounting

mourning

moving

mooring

molting

morphing

moulding

mowing

mugging

musing

muting

nagging

napping

netting

nanking

nestling

nodding

nursing

nothing

nosing

nutting

offing

offspring

omens

oozing

ousting

outing

owing

paging

panting

packing

padding

pairing

paring

parking

paying

passing

patching

parting

pending

pegging

petting

pelting

penance

phonemes

pinching

piercing

pimping

pitching

planting

playing

plaything

plodding

plugging

plumbing

poking

poling

polling

planking

pooling

popping

posting

pouncing

praying

pounding

pouting

pressing

prying

pudding

prowling

puffing

purging

pumping

pushing

putting

quilting

quinones

racking

rafting

raging

rambling

onions

lemans

remains

renounce

rifling

resting

roaring

rolling

roasting

runnings

rounding

roofing

rousing

roving

rubbing

sacking

romping

romans

ruling

sagging

salting

sapling

saying

scarring

schooling

scratching

screwing

scolding

scrimping

scorching

seamans

searching

scalping

rocking

serving

setting

sharking

shamans

shedding

sewing

shelling

shocking

shrinking

shifting

shooting

shoring

shoestring

shirting

showing

shredding

shunting

shelving

shrouding

shuffling

sibling

sighing

sinking

slanting

skirting

slapping

sledding

shafting

sloping

slotting

tasting

slouching

smacking

snapping

snoring

soaking

soaring

sobbing

smoothing

snarling

sparling

something

sounding

soothing

sparing

spanking

sprinkling

smoking

sopping

sperling

sporting

spurling

sparkling

staging

spelling

standing

stacking

stalling

stamping

starling

starting

spending

sterling

stinking

stirring

stitching

smelling

stocking

stooping

stripling

stopping

stowing

strapping

stretching

straddling

stroking

strutting

stuffing

sucking

suckling

suiting

storming

suing

swaying

swearing

sweating

summons

swelling

switching

tacking

tackling

romance

talking

tamping

smelting

taunting

throwing

testing

thrusting

thumping

tempting

thinking

thrashing

tilting

tithing

tossing

touching

toasting

tooling

trifling

trying

topping

twisting

trucking

tubing

trusting

tying

telling

unhinge

vaulting

unions

vesting

vying

voting

warning

wanting

wasting

walking

walling

wapping

washing

warling

wearing

warping

webbing

wedding

weighing

wellspring

whitling

whacking

whirling

whooping

westling

whistling

whopping

wilding

wishing

witching

warming

wording

working

wrecking

wrestling

yachting

yearling

yelling

yeomans

3 syllable words

abiding

abounding

accusing

accenting

according

abducting

absorbing

adjoining

agreeing

admiring

adoring

afflicting

affecting

alerting

aligning

annealing

amazing

amusing

alluring

animist

animists

annoyance

anions

announces

announcer

announcement

announcers

announcements

annoying

anything

appalling

alarming

appealing

arranging

arriving

ascending

aspiring

badgering

arresting

asserting

approving

approaching

assuming

backbiting

astounding

backsliding

attracting

baffling

assuring

bananas

battening

battering

beginning

becoming

befitting

beguiling

believing

ballooning

belonging

butchering

beholding

beseeching

besieging

bickering

besetting

bettering

billowing

blackmailing

blanketing

blistering

blossoming

blundering

bloodletting

blustering

bloodsucking

bonanza

brainwashing

bottling

broadcasting

buffeting

bubbling

bullying

bullfighting

bundling

bumbling

bungling

bookkeeping

bushwhacking

bustling

canoeing

canonize

carrying

caressing

carousing

carpeting

carjacking

centering

channeling

chattering

challenging

childbearing

churchgoing

cinemas

campaigning

coloring

commanding

colouring

comforting

commencement

commences

complaining

conceding

completing

commingle

communist

communists

commuting

complying

composing

compounding

concurring

concerning

confiding

cackling

conjuring

conquering

connecting

conserving

consoling

consuming

confounding

confusing

consulting

constricting

contacting

conveying

converging

convincing

copying

counseling

correcting

covering

cowering

cradling

crippling

crusading

crocheting

damaging

conflicting

contracting

dairying

cycling

cushioning

dampening

deadening

conforming

deafening

declining

darkening

debating

decreasing

defusing

degrading

delighting

demonic

demonize

denounces

departing

demonstrate

descending

deserving

despairing

dialing

diapering

diminish

dimensions

dimension

dimensioned

disarming

discerning

disgusting

disguising

dissenting

dissecting

dissolving

dissembling

distracting

dividing

distressing

diverging

diverting

doddering

downsizing

doubling

dominique

dominos

dominoes

dominick

divining

drizzling

dwindling

dressmaking

dumbfounding

easterling

echoing

emitting

engraving

emptying

eavesdropping

enclosing

enchanting

endearing

enduring

enemas

enemies

engrossing

engaging

equating

enhancement

ensuing

entering

enticing

enlisting

enhancer

enhances

enhancements

everything

erecting

exceeding

exciting

expanding

exhausting

existing

excepting

expelling

factoring

fastening

exulting

favoring

expiring

faltering

exploring

feathering

exacting

erupting

finances

financier

financials

financial

financiers

fingering

finishing

detailing

flavoring

flattering

flowering

forbidding

forgiving

following

fondling

foreboding

forwarding

forecasting

forthcoming

freewheeling

frustrating

galloping

gambling

gardening

gathering

ghanaians

glistening

glimmering

glowering

governing

good-looking

groundbreaking

hairdressing

happening

hardening

hardworking

harvesting

heartbreaking

highflying

housekeeping

housewarming

humanist

humanists

humanize

humankind

impending

imposing

imprinting

imploring

importing

improving

immunized

immensely

incoming

infighting

increasing

ironing

inserting

inspiring

installing

interesting

invading

inviting

investing

issuing

handwriting

jockeying

journeying

insulting

juggling

kidnapping

laboring

lactating

knowingly

landscaping

languishing

landholding

layering

laundering

lamenting

lawmaking

kimonos

oncoming

lessening

leniency

lettering

life-giving

leveling

leningrad

lightening

listening

lingering

locating

lowering

lumbering

machining

maddening

meaningful

measuring

matchmaking

meddling

maturing

marketing

marshaling

mellowing

middling

misleading

mistaking

misgiving

misspelling

minimize

minimized

mnemonic

mnemonics

modeling

mothering

motoring

mottling

mumbling

murmuring

muscling

neighboring

narrowing

neutering

nerve-racking

networking

nourishing

obliging

observing

nominees

offering

offsetting

leavening

ongoing

opining

opening

outfitting

opposing

ordering

outgoing

outlying

outpouring

outstanding

papering

painstaking

paneling

pardoning

parceling

peddling

patrolling

pervading

peppering

persisting

phonemic

perplexing

pickering

piddling

pilfering

pitying

plastering

polishing

polluting

pondering

preceding

presiding

prevailing

powdering

proceeding

profiting

promising

profiling

pronouncing

provoking

quickening

quarreling

railroading

raveling

ravishing

reclining

reckoning

reducing

reflecting

recording

refreshing

regarding

relieving

rejoicing

relapsing

rendering

renounces

repeating

retiring

revolting

revolving

reversing

respecting

reunions

resisting

reviving

demonstrates

riveting

surrounding

rumbling

scaffolding

seagoing

scattering

scavenging

scribbling

scrambling

seducing

seemingly

shimmering

shipbuilding

shoplifting

shortcoming

shortening

sickening

settling

sizzling

shadowing

sleepwalking

shamanism

shamanists

softening

sojourning

soldering

soldiering

souring

stiffening

strengthening

succeeding

stuttering

suffering

romanesque

surveying

tailoring

tabling

surpassing

tapering

smattering

surviving

surprising

thickening

threatening

tempering

tenancy

thanksgiving

thundering

ticketing

tinkering

towering

tinkling

toweling

traversing

transporting

trembling

trumpeting

tumbling

twinkling

tormenting

typesetting

typewriting

unwitting

romances

undoing

unfailing

underling

unbending

undying

unfeeling

unsparing

unthinking

unflinching

unionists

unionist

unwilling

varying

unyielding

vanishing

uprising

upsetting

vehemence

visiting

vomiting

wagering

unanswered

wandering

watering

warehousing

weathering

whispering

whitening

well-being

winnowing

withering

womanize

wrongdoing

yellowing

4 syllable words

agonizing

agitating

advertising

aggravating

admonishing

activating

annotating

animism

annoyances

awakening

babysitting

astonishing

barbecuing

appetizing

bewildering

bicycling

calculating

canonical

captivating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

communicates

communism

communicate

complicating

commensurate

condescending

conditioning

corresponding

dehumanize

delegating

demonstrated

demonstration

demonstrations

demonstrable

denigrating

demonstrably

demonstrative

demonstrator

demonstrators

diagnosing

developing

diminishes

dimensional

disappointing

disabling

disappearing

disapproving

disengaging

disconcerting

discouraging

disheartening

dispiriting

disparaging

distinguishing

distributing

dominating

domineering

dominican

dominicans

dynamically

dynamism

edifying

energizing

embarrassing

emphasizing

emancipate

emancipates

encircling

encouraging

encompassing

engineering

enlightening

enveloping

enterprising

entertaining

enunciate

examining

executing

fascinating

everlasting

financially

fingerprinting

fireproofing

devastating

fluctuating

gratifying

hesitating

humanism

humanizes

humanistic

implicating

inheriting

inhibiting

inimical

inquiring

integrating

interlocking

irritating

interviewing

intersecting

detonating

laminating

diminishment

legislating

liberating

leninism

luminescence

luminescent

maximizing

manumission

merchandising

minimizes

mitigating

moderating

mountaineering

never-ending

nonrecurring

notifying

notwithstanding

obviating

nomenclature

occupying

oceangoing

operating

oscillating

overlying

overbearing

overcoming

overflowing

overlapping

overarching

overhauling

overrating

overpowering

overruling

overwhelming

palpitating

parachuting

patronizing

partitioning

petitioning

persevering

penetrating

peninsula

peninsular

pioneering

onomastics

onomastic

reentering

realizing

registering

reminiscence

reminiscent

separating

speechifying

suffocating

unbelieving

underpinning

unassuming

unavailing

unbecoming

undertaking

underwriting

underlying

understanding

undulating

unencumber

unrelenting

unremitting

unionism

vacillating

waterproofing

womanizer

6 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word leaning

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  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
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  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

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