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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word lessening.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 lessening.
2 syllable words

acting

aching

airing

ailing

aging

awning

angling

arming

asking

arching

augment

backing

bagging

basting

banging

banding

basements

baiting

baking

banking

barring

bagman

basement

bearing

batting

bedding

bathing

beading

beaming

beating

bending

belting

belling

bidding

billing

biding

bitching

binding

blushing

blaring

blasting

birthing

blending

blinding

blazing

biting

bleeding

bleeping

bleaching

blocking

blooming

blowing

blueing

bluing

boarding

boasting

bonding

boning

bolting

boating

boiling

bolling

bracing

bookman

booming

bounding

bouncing

bowing

braiding

booting

bowling

boxing

boozing

branching

boring

braving

brawling

breaking

brushing

breeding

browning

brimming

briefing

broiling

broking

brooding

browsing

breathing

breeching

brewing

bruting

bucking

buckling

budding

beijing

building

bulging

being

bunting

burning

butting

buying

bushman

caning

camping

calling

carling

calming

carping

casting

casing

chafing

catching

caulking

ceiling

chanting

chasing

chessman

chilling

chipping

chirping

carving

charming

chewing

choking

chopping

churning

clanging

burping

cleaning

clearing

clipping

climbing

cloaking

clocking

clogging

closing

clowning

clucking

coasting

coaxing

coating

cocking

coaching

coachman

codding

coiling

clothing

clouding

colling

coming

digging

combing

dicing

culling

cooking

cooling

coping

crashing

coupling

cracking

craving

coursing

creaking

couching

crackling

creeping

cribbing

crooning

cooing

cutting

crossing

crushing

cuddling

curing

crying

crowing

curling

damning

daring

costing

dancing

dashing

dawning

daunting

dealing

derring

desman

darling

dilling

dining

dipping

dishing

drying

diving

docking

doing

doting

draining

drafting

dragging

drilling

drinking

dripping

drawing

doubting

driving

dropping

drugging

drumming

dubbing

dwelling

earning

duckling

during

dumpling

dyeing

dying

dueling

earring

earthling

easing

eating

easement

edging

ducking

ending

etching

erring

fining

eking

evening

fading

facing

failing

fehling

feigning

fetching

fainting

farming

faulting

falling

farthing

fencing

feeding

finding

feeling

fielding

filling

figment

fighting

filing

figments

firing

fishing

fitting

flashing

flaring

flagging

flaming

fledgling

fleeting

flooding

flushing

fleming

flitting

floating

flogging

flooring

flying

flowing

foaming

footing

foiling

folding

forcing

forming

forging

founding

frosting

framing

franking

foundling

fraying

freaking

freezing

fruiting

fucking

funding

gadding

fuming

galling

gaming

gassing

getting

ginning

gilding

gearing

glancing

girding

glaring

giving

glinting

grafting

grappling

glazing

grading

frying

golding

golfing

gloaming

glowing

going

grasping

grinding

grating

grayling

grazing

greening

groundling

greeting

grieving

grooming

grounding

grouping

grouting

growing

gushing

hamstring

handling

hackman

hanging

heading

hatching

having

harping

healing

hearing

heckling

heating

heaving

helping

herring

hissing

hilling

hitting

hiding

hoarding

hogging

fixing

holding

horning

hosting

hounding

holing

homing

hopping

houseman

housing

hugging

humming

hunting

hurling

hurting

inning

icing

inkling

iceman

jackman

jailing

jarring

jasmine

jeering

jerking

jetting

jutting

judging

jumping

jogging

joking

kipling

kicking

killing

kindling

knitting

osmund

keeling

lading

lagging

laughing

lamping

landing

launching

lapping

lashing

lasting

latching

keeping

lawing

laying

knocking

leaning

leading

leaking

lending

legging

lemming

leasing

licking

lifting

leaping

knowing

listing

learning

lining

lignin

lightning

lighting

liking

living

loading

longing

looking

loaning

logging

looming

looping

lopping

loathing

lodging

loring

losing

lumping

lunching

madding

mailing

making

lying

malting

lowing

mapping

matting

meaning

matching

marking

meeting

melting

mining

mincing

minding

milling

merging

mignons

mignon

loving

magnum

missing

mooring

marching

mocking

molting

morning

mounting

morphing

moulding

mourning

mugging

moving

mowing

netting

nagging

nanking

napping

musing

muting

nursing

nutting

nodding

nothing

nosing

nipping

offspring

offing

nickname

ousting

oozing

outing

lockman

romping

nicknames

newsman

pacing

pairing

panning

painting

packing

padding

paging

packman

paring

panting

parking

parting

passing

paving

passman

patching

paying

peaking

pegging

pelting

pending

petting

phasing

phrasing

peeing

picking

piercing

pigments

pigment

piling

pimping

planting

pinching

pining

pitching

planking

piping

plating

playing

plaything

plugging

plumbing

pointing

plodding

poking

poling

poignant

polling

posting

owing

pounding

praying

pouncing

pooling

popping

pouting

preaching

priming

printing

pumping

pruning

puffing

pudding

prying

prowling

purging

pushing

putting

racing

quilting

rafting

quaking

quilling

racking

railing

raging

raising

raking

rambling

pleading

raving

reading

pleasing

ringing

ribbing

rigging

rifling

riding

rising

roasting

roaring

yielding

rocking

rolling

rubbing

roofing

rounding

sapling

scalping

sacking

sagging

sailing

saving

scaling

saying

salting

rousing

scolding

roving

swelling

ruling

scrimping

scarring

scraping

screening

scratching

searching

sticking

scheming

schilling

segment

schooling

screaming

seedling

segments

slating

seating

setting

shafting

serving

shading

sharking

sewing

shining

shaving

shearing

shelving

shedding

shelling

shifting

shilling

sheeting

shipping

sheathing

shirting

shocking

shoestring

shredding

signing

shuffling

shrinking

sighing

seeling

shrouding

siding

showing

shunting

sighting

singing

sibling

signings

seeming

sinking

sitting

slanting

skilling

shooting

skimming

skirting

slapping

shoring

sledding

seizing

sizing

sleeping

slitting

spanking

sliding

smelling

smelting

smacking

sparkling

slighting

sloping

snapping

snarling

slotting

spending

smoking

sneaking

sperling

sneezing

sniffing

sporting

snoring

sounding

soaking

soaring

springing

sobbing

seeing

slouching

sopping

smoothing

soothing

sparing

spelling

spinning

something

sparling

speaking

sprinkling

spurling

squinting

stamping

standing

stacking

stating

staving

steering

staging

starling

starting

squeezing

stalling

stealing

screwing

sterling

scorching

stretching

straining

stitching

straddling

stinking

strapping

stirring

storming

stocking

stooping

stopping

stowing

streaming

striking

strutting

sucking

stripling

stuffing

suckling

stripping

swimming

striving

stroking

suing

suiting

swearing

sweating

swaying

sweeping

sweeting

telling

stinging

swooning

tacking

tanning

tackling

tamping

tailing

taunting

taking

talking

teaming

teeming

teaching

teething

tempting

tasting

thrashing

thrusting

thumping

thrilling

ticking

tiding

throwing

tilting

toasting

tipping

tooling

topping

tithing

tossing

touching

tracing

training

trading

trailing

tricking

trilling

trifling

trimming

turning

trusting

switching

trucking

tuning

trying

tubing

twining

twisting

tripping

tying

thinking

warning

veering

veiling

vaulting

warping

wasting

viking

voiding

waning

wanting

wading

waiting

waking

vying

warling

warming

voting

walking

walling

wapping

washing

wellspring

whistling

wearing

webbing

wedding

weakling

weaving

weeding

weeping

whacking

weighing

whaling

wheeling

whipping

whirling

whitling

willing

wincing

wilding

yearning

whiting

whooping

winding

yearling

whopping

wishing

winning

wrecking

witching

wringing

wording

working

wiring

writing

yachting

yelling

wielding

3 syllable words

adjoining

admiring

abounding

abiding

accenting

according

accusing

absorbing

acumen

affecting

adoring

agreeing

alerting

alluring

alarming

afflicting

amazing

annoying

anything

annealing

appalling

appealing

amusing

arranging

aspiring

approaching

astounding

approving

asinine

asserting

assuming

assuring

attracting

backsliding

backbiting

backgammon

badgering

arresting

ballooning

battering

befitting

arriving

beginnings

beguiling

belonging

bettering

abducting

besieging

believing

beseeching

bickering

beholding

billowing

blanketing

blackmailing

blistering

bloodletting

blundering

bookkeeping

bogeyman

bottling

bosnians

bosnian

brainwashing

blustering

broadcasting

bullfighting

buffeting

bullying

bumbling

bundling

bungling

bushwhacking

butchering

canoeing

caressing

campaigning

carjacking

carousing

carpeting

carrying

centering

challenging

chattering

childbearing

churchgoing

coloring

colouring

commanding

concurring

conceding

concerning

confiding

comforting

complaining

compounding

commuting

complying

composing

conflicting

completing

conforming

confounding

consulting

connecting

consoling

consuming

conquering

conveying

conserving

converging

contacting

cycling

convincing

correcting

damaging

counseling

covering

cowering

crocheting

copying

constricting

dairying

contracting

cosmonaut

crusading

darkening

dialing

declining

defusing

degrading

debating

decreasing

delighting

despairing

departing

deserving

detailing

diapering

cosmonauts

confusing

conjuring

disgusting

disarming

disguising

dissonance

dissembling

dissecting

dissonant

dismantles

dissolving

dismantle

distracting

dismember

distressing

dividing

document

diverting

diverging

documents

doddering

dressmaking

downsizing

disunion

dwindling

dumbfounding

easterling

echoing

eavesdropping

enticing

emitting

emptying

enchanting

enclosing

endearing

enduring

engaging

engraving

engrossing

equating

ensuing

entering

enlisting

erupting

erecting

everything

exacting

finishing

expanding

examine

exciting

excepting

exceeding

exhausting

examines

existing

expiring

exulting

exploring

expelling

factoring

feathering

favoring

faltering

fingering

fishmonger

flattering

flavoring

flowering

fondling

forthcoming

forbidding

forgiving

forecasting

following

foreboding

forwarding

frustrating

freewheeling

gambling

gardening

gathering

glimmering

good-looking

glowering

governing

groundbreaking

handwriting

hairdressing

hardening

harvesting

hardworking

heartbreaking

highflying

high-minded

housewarming

housekeeping

issuing

imprinting

imploring

importing

imposing

incoming

impending

improving

infighting

increasing

insulting

inspiring

installing

interesting

inserting

investing

ironing

invading

inviting

opposing

jockeying

journeying

kidnapping

laboring

lactating

lamenting

landholding

landscaping

languishing

layering

laundering

outlying

lettering

lingering

lawmaking

locating

modeling

ligament

ligaments

machining

lumbering

lowering

matchmaking

measuring

marketing

marshaling

maximum

maturing

misgiving

mellowing

misleading

life-giving

mismanage

misspelling

mistaking

mottling

mothering

motoring

mumbling

murmuring

narrowing

nerve-racking

networking

neighboring

neutering

misnomer

nourishing

obliging

observing

oncoming

opining

ongoing

offsetting

offering

outgoing

outfitting

outstanding

outpouring

ordering

painstaking

parceling

pardoning

papering

patrolling

peppering

persisting

pervading

pickering

perplexing

plastering

pilfering

pigmented

pitying

profiting

polishing

poignancy

poignantly

polluting

pondering

presiding

preceding

proceeding

prevailing

promising

pronouncing

provoking

quarreling

profiling

railroading

reclining

ravishing

recommend

recommends

reducing

recording

powdering

regarding

rendering

relapsing

refreshing

relieving

repeating

rejoicing

reflecting

regiments

regimens

regiment

regimen

resonance

resisting

resonant

retiring

reviving

revolving

reversing

revolting

respecting

osmium

surpassing

surprising

scaffolding

scattering

scavenging

surveying

rumbling

seagoing

seasonings

segmented

shadowing

shimmering

shipbuilding

seducing

shortening

shoplifting

shortcoming

sleepwalking

smattering

sojourning

soldiering

souring

scrambling

succeeding

stuttering

suffering

tumbling

surrounding

surviving

soldering

tempering

tailoring

tapering

thanksgiving

undying

thundering

vanishing

tinkling

tormenting

toweling

transporting

traversing

towering

trumpeting

twinkling

typewriting

unbending

typesetting

underling

undoing

visiting

unfeeling

tinkering

unwilling

unwitting

unsparing

unyielding

unthinking

uprising

upsetting

varying

unflinching

vomiting

warehousing

wagering

wandering

weathering

well-being

unfailing

whispering

whitening

withering

winnowing

wrongdoing

yellowing

watering

4 syllable words

activating

awakening

admonishing

agonizing

aggravating

agitating

advertising

annotating

appetizing

astonishing

augmentable

augmentation

babysitting

barbecuing

bicycling

bewildering

calculating

captivating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

conditioning

condescending

complicating

corresponding

delegating

developing

denigrating

devastating

diagnosing

disappointing

discouraging

disconcerting

disappearing

disapproving

disheartening

disengaging

dispiriting

disparaging

disseminate

disseminates

dismemberment

distinguishing

dominating

domineering

distributing

economies

economist

edifying

economists

encircling

enlightening

embarrassing

emphasizing

engineering

encompassing

encouraging

energizing

enveloping

entertaining

enterprising

everlasting

economize

economy

examining

executing

examiner

examiners

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

gratifying

hegemony

hesitating

irritating

implicating

ignominy

inhibiting

inheriting

integrating

inquiring

intersecting

interlocking

interviewing

disabling

laminating

overruling

legislating

liberating

overrating

maximizing

merchandising

mitigating

mismanages

moderating

mountaineering

mismanagement

never-ending

notifying

notwithstanding

nonrecurring

oceangoing

occupying

obviating

operating

oscillating

overcoming

overlapping

overpowering

overlying

overflowing

overarching

overhauling

overbearing

palpitating

parachuting

partitioning

patronizing

petitioning

persevering

penetrating

pigmentation

pioneering

realizing

overwhelming

reentering

registering

regimental

reexamine

segmentation

separating

speechifying

suffocating

taxonomy

taxonomies

tasmanian

unavailing

unbecoming

unbelieving

unassuming

underlying

underpinning

undertaking

underwriting

undulating

vacillating

unremitting

unrelenting

waterproofing

understanding

Words that rhyme with the word lessening

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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