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

aching

acting

action

actions

ailing

aging

airing

acton

angling

arming

asking

arching

auction

astounds

astound

asthma

austin

banding

basting

backing

bagging

baking

banking

banging

barring

bastion

auctions

baston

bathing

bastions

buckling

beading

beaming

building

bearing

blushing

bedding

being

belting

bending

belling

blasting

bidding

blazing

birthing

bitching

bleeding

bleeping

bleaching

billing

blending

blaring

blessing

boarding

blocking

blooming

blowing

bonding

boating

boiling

boning

beijing

boasting

bolting

bolling

budding

blueing

brawling

booting

boring

boughten

boozing

boston

bouncing

bounding

boxing

bowling

bowing

bracing

braiding

branching

braving

breaking

breeding

booming

briefing

broiling

bruting

bucking

breathing

breeching

breasting

brewing

browsing

brimming

broking

brooding

brushing

bookstands

bookstand

bluing

bulging

bunting

burning

burping

calling

calming

camping

carling

carping

carving

casting

casing

castings

caulking

catching

chanting

charming

chasing

chafing

ceiling

chasten

chilling

chipping

chirping

choking

chewing

chestnut

chestnuts

chopping

churning

clanging

clearing

clipping

cloaking

clocking

clogging

closing

clothing

clouding

clucking

coating

cocking

codding

coiling

colling

coasting

coaxing

combing

coming

crooning

crossing

coaching

caxton

costing

cuddling

cooking

cooling

coping

cooing

coursing

coupling

cracking

crackling

craving

creaking

creeping

crashing

cresting

cribbing

costume

crowing

crushing

dancing

darling

culling

curing

curling

custom

daunting

damning

daring

customs

dashing

costumes

couching

dealing

derring

destin

chastened

digging

dilling

dipping

dictum

disdain

disdained

disdains

dishing

distance

distant

distend

distinct

faulting

drafting

docking

doting

doing

dragging

dropping

drugging

drawing

duckling

drinking

dressing

drilling

dripping

drumming

dubbing

ducking

dumpling

dueling

dukedom

during

dustman

dwelling

earning

earring

earthling

easing

edging

eighteen

eking

eighteenth

eighteens

ending

erring

esteem

etching

farthing

extinct

extant

extend

fasten

extends

extent

faction

fainting

farming

fading

failing

falling

facing

eyestone

factions

fastened

faustian

feeding

feeling

fencing

fehling

fetching

festoon

fiction

fielding

fictions

filling

fitting

flagging

flaming

fishing

flushing

fixing

flitting

floating

flogging

flooding

flooring

flashing

fledgling

flaring

fleming

flowing

forcing

grafting

foiling

footing

folding

foaming

forging

forming

founding

framing

franking

fraying

foundling

freaking

freezing

frosting

funding

fruiting

fucking

fuming

gadding

galling

gaming

gassing

getting

gearing

gilding

glancing

ginning

glazing

girding

giving

glaring

golfing

glinting

golding

gloaming

glowing

going

grading

grappling

grasping

grayling

grazing

grieving

grounding

groundling

grooming

grouping

growing

hamstring

gushing

handling

hanging

harping

hatching

hasten

hastens

having

heading

healing

heighten

hearing

heaving

heightens

heckling

helping

herring

hilling

hissing

hitting

hoarding

hogging

hopping

holding

hosting

holing

homing

hounding

housing

hunting

hugging

humming

hurting

hurling

inning

inkling

diction

jailing

jarring

jeering

jetting

jogging

jerking

joking

judging

jumping

keeling

keeping

kenning

kicking

killing

kindling

keystone

keystones

knocking

kipling

knitting

lamping

landing

lasting

lading

knowing

lagging

lashing

laughing

launching

lactone

leaking

latching

leaping

lawing

leading

laying

learning

leasing

lending

legging

lemming

licking

lifting

lighten

lapping

lightens

lightman

loaning

loathing

listing

living

loading

listings

listen

listens

lodging

longing

logging

looming

morphing

looping

lopping

loring

lumping

loving

lunching

losing

lowing

mounting

malting

marking

madding

mailing

making

mapping

marching

matching

melting

milling

merging

mincing

missing

mocking

moisten

molting

mooring

moulding

looking

nothing

mugging

muting

nagging

nanking

napping

mowing

nestling

musing

moving

mustang

mustangs

netting

nodding

nekton

nightmare

nightmares

nipping

nighttime

nighttimes

nosing

nursing

ousting

octane

offing

offspring

oozing

painting

pacing

packing

padding

paging

owing

pairing

plaything

parking

panting

parting

paring

passing

paving

peaking

pastime

paying

patching

pectin

pastimes

peacetime

peeing

petting

phasing

piercing

pegging

picking

phrasing

pimping

pinching

pelting

pumping

pending

pitching

planking

planting

pleading

pleasing

rafting

plodding

playing

plugging

plumbing

pointing

poking

poling

pooling

popping

postings

postman

posting

postmark

pouncing

pounding

praying

preaching

pressing

prowling

printing

pruning

puffing

quaking

pudding

racing

railing

raising

raking

quilting

polling

quilling

purging

pushing

question

questions

racking

raving

rambling

reading

raging

ragtime

piston

rectum

resting

pistons

ribbing

ringing

romping

rounding

rocking

roaring

roasting

rolling

roofing

rousing

rubbing

roving

sapling

ruling

scalping

sacking

salting

sagging

sailing

saving

scaling

scarring

saying

scheming

scorching

schilling

schooling

scolding

scraping

screaming

seeming

scratching

scrimping

screwing

seedling

searching

sections

seeing

seeling

seizing

sharking

setting

shafting

shaving

serving

sewing

sexton

shading

shakedowns

shakedown

shearing

sheathing

shedding

shelving

shelling

shifting

shilling

section

shirting

shocking

shooting

shoestring

shipping

shoring

shuffling

shunting

shrouding

shrinking

shredding

showing

sibling

sitting

singing

sistine

sixteenth

sixteens

sixteenths

slanting

skirting

slapping

skilling

skimming

sledding

sleeping

sloping

slitting

smacking

slouching

snoring

soaring

smelting

smelling

snarling

snapping

sneaking

sneezing

smoking

sniffing

smoothing

soaking

sobbing

storming

sounding

sparling

sopping

spanking

speaking

sparkling

spending

sparing

spelling

soothing

sperling

spinning

stamping

standing

starling

starting

something

sporting

squeezing

stacking

stalling

springing

staging

spurling

sprinkling

staving

stealing

stocking

squinting

stinging

stinking

steering

sterling

sticking

stirring

stitching

stooping

stopping

stowing

straddling

sinking

strapping

streaming

stuffing

stripling

stripping

stroking

stretching

suckling

sixteen

sucking

suction

suiting

suing

swaying

sustain

sustained

sustains

swearing

sweating

sweeping

swooning

swelling

swimming

switching

system

tacking

systems

tackling

tailing

tamping

tasting

taunting

taking

talking

tastings

teaching

teaming

teeming

teething

telling

tempting

tuning

testing

thrashing

thinking

thrilling

throwing

thrusting

thumping

tighten

tightens

tilting

ticking

tithing

toasting

tipping

tooling

tracing

trading

trailing

tossing

touching

touchdowns

touchdown

tricking

topping

trucking

trusting

trilling

trimming

tripping

tubing

teston

turning

twisting

vaulting

veiling

vesting

veering

vestment

vestments

victim

victims

voiding

voting

wading

wanting

waking

walking

walling

wapping

warling

warming

warping

wasting

weakling

weaving

washing

wearing

weeding

webbing

wedding

weeping

weighing

whacking

whaling

wheeling

whopping

westling

whistling

whipping

whirling

whooping

wellspring

wielding

whitling

winning

wincing

willing

wisdom

yearning

wishing

witching

wording

working

wrecking

wrestling

wringing

rigging

yearling

yelling

yielding

right-hand

3 syllable words

abounding

absorbing

academe

accusing

accenting

according

accident

accidents

acetone

abiding

adjoining

aligning

admiring

adoring

affecting

agreeing

afflicting

alerting

alarming

annoying

amusing

alluring

amazing

annealing

anything

appalling

appealing

arriving

ascending

arranging

approving

aspiring

arresting

asserting

abducting

approaching

astounding

assuming

assuring

attracting

astonish

astounded

asthmatic

asthmatics

auctioneer

ballooning

backbiting

badgering

baffling

backsliding

auctioneers

beginning

beguiling

bettering

belonging

beseeching

bickering

believing

besetting

besieging

blackmailing

blanketing

billowing

blossoming

bloodletting

bloodsucking

becoming

blustering

befitting

blistering

begotten

beholding

bottling

brainwashing

bookkeeping

bubbling

broadcasting

buffeting

blundering

bullfighting

bundling

bungling

conquering

bullying

bumbling

cackling

butchering

bystander

campaigning

caressing

carousing

carjacking

carpeting

canoeing

carrying

constricting

bushwhacking

bustling

bystanders

centering

challenging

channeling

causation

childbearing

churchgoing

coloring

colouring

commanding

commuting

complaining

completing

comforting

complying

composing

compounding

concerning

conceding

concurring

confusing

conjuring

conforming

confounding

connecting

contacting

conserving

conveying

confiding

consuming

contracting

converging

cessation

copying

conflicting

convincing

correcting

counseling

costumers

covering

cowering

cradling

costumer

crippling

crocheting

crusading

consoling

cushioning

customer

customers

cycling

dampening

damaging

dairying

customize

darkening

consulting

deadening

debating

declining

deafening

delighting

defusing

decreasing

degrading

decadent

decedent

decadents

decedents

departing

descending

designing

detailing

deserving

destinies

despairing

destiny

discerning

disarming

disdainful

disguising

disgusting

dissecting

dissenting

dissidence

dissident

dissidents

dissolving

dissembling

distances

distemper

distinctly

distinction

distinctions

distressing

doubling

distinctive

diverting

dividing

diverging

divining

doddering

downsizing

drizzling

dressmaking

dumbfounding

distinguish

dwindling

distinguished

easterling

echoing

distracting

eavesdropping

echidna

fastening

enticing

emitting

equating

enchanting

emptying

enduring

endearing

engaging

entering

ensuing

engraving

engrossing

enlisting

erecting

exceeding

enclosing

erupting

estimate

estimates

equations

everything

exacting

equation

exciting

excitement

excepting

exhausting

expiring

expanding

existing

expelling

exploring

extender

extensive

extenders

extension

extensions

extinguish

extinction

extinctions

extinguished

faltering

factoring

exulting

fastener

fasteners

fastenings

favoring

fictional

fingering

finishing

fixation

flavoring

flowering

governing

following

fondling

foreboding

forbidding

forthcoming

forwarding

forgiving

freewheeling

fustian

frustrating

galloping

gardening

gambling

gathering

forecasting

glowering

glimmering

glistening

good-looking

groundbreaking

guesstimate

guesstimates

hairdressing

handwriting

happening

hardening

hardworking

harvesting

heartbreaking

hesitant

highflying

housekeeping

housewarming

impending

imploring

importing

imposing

incoming

infighting

improving

increasing

imprinting

inspiring

installing

insulting

inserting

interesting

invading

investing

inviting

feathering

jockeying

journeying

juggling

kidnapping

laboring

lactating

lamenting

lastingly

laundering

lawmaking

layering

lettering

leavening

life-giving

landholding

lecithin

lessening

landscaping

leveling

liechtenstein

languishing

ligation

location

listening

listeners

listener

locating

locations

lumbering

lowering

macadam

machining

maddening

marshaling

marketing

matchmaking

maturing

measuring

meddling

mellowing

middling

misgiving

mistaking

misleading

misspelling

modeling

mottling

lingering

mothering

motoring

muscling

murmuring

narrowing

mumbling

neighboring

neutering

negation

nightingale

networking

nightmarish

nicotine

nerve-racking

outgoing

offering

observing

obliging

offsetting

opining

ongoing

opening

opposing

ordering

oncoming

outfitting

outpouring

outstanding

painstaking

paneling

outlying

papering

pardoning

parceling

nourishing

patrolling

pitying

peddling

peppering

pickering

pervading

piddling

pilfering

persisting

perplexing

reasoning

plastering

polluting

polishing

pondering

position

positions

post-mortem

postmaster

postmasters

postnatal

powdering

preceding

presiding

prevailing

proceeding

profiling

profiting

promising

provoking

pronouncing

pseudonym

pseudonyms

quickening

quarreling

questionnaire

questionnaires

questioners

questioner

raveling

reclining

reducing

railroading

ravishing

reaction

reckoning

reactions

recording

repeating

rectangle

rectangles

reflecting

regarding

relapsing

refreshing

rejoicing

relieving

occident

rendering

retiring

respecting

reversing

residence

resisting

resident

residents

reviving

revolting

revolving

riveting

right-handed

istanbul

scaffolding

scavenging

rumbling

scrambling

seasoning

seagoing

scribbling

seducing

sectional

shadowing

settling

shimmering

shoplifting

shipbuilding

shortcoming

shortening

sickening

sleepwalking

sizzling

softening

sojourning

soldering

souring

stiffening

soldiering

strengthening

succeeding

suffering

surprising

surpassing

surrounding

surviving

surveying

sustenance

systemic

tabling

tailoring

tapering

taxation

tempering

tectonic

tectonics

testament

testaments

threatening

thickening

thundering

ticketing

tinkering

tinkling

toastmaster

towering

tormenting

transporting

thanksgiving

toweling

traversing

trembling

trumpeting

tumbling

twinkling

typesetting

typewriting

unbending

underling

undoing

unfailing

undying

unfeeling

unflinching

unsparing

unwilling

unyielding

unwitting

uprising

upsetting

vacation

vacations

vanishing

varying

victimize

unthinking

visiting

vocation

vocations

vomiting

wagering

wandering

warehousing

weathering

whispering

well-being

winnowing

withering

wrongdoing

issuing

yellowing

4 syllable words

academic

academics

academies

academy

accidental

actionable

admonishing

agitating

aggravating

agonizing

advertising

activating

annotating

appetizing

astonishing

astonishment

babysitting

awakening

barbecuing

bewildering

bicycling

calculating

captivating

corresponding

circulating

coexisting

complicating

conditioning

condescending

centralizing

customary

customizes

delegating

denigrating

diagnosing

detonating

devastating

developing

destination

destinations

dichotomy

dictionary

disabling

disappearing

disappointing

disapproving

disconcerting

discouraging

disengaging

disheartening

dispiriting

disparaging

distinguishes

dominating

domineering

distributing

distinctively

distinguishing

edifying

emphasizing

entertaining

energizing

encouraging

embarrassing

engineering

enlightening

enterprising

encircling

enveloping

examining

encompassing

estimated

estimation

estimable

estimations

estonian

estonians

everlasting

estimators

estimator

exceedingly

executing

fascinating

extendible

extensively

extinguisher

extinguishers

extinguishment

extenuate

dictionaries

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

gratifying

hesitancy

hesitantly

hesitating

implicating

inheriting

inquiring

integrating

inhibiting

interlocking

intersecting

interviewing

irritating

isotonic

laminating

legislating

legitimate

legitimize

liberating

macedonian

maximizing

merchandising

misdemeanors

misdemeanor

mitigating

moderating

mountaineering

never-ending

nonrecurring

notifying

notwithstanding

obviating

occidental

operating

oscillating

ostensible

ostensibly

ostentation

overarching

overbearing

overcoming

overflowing

overlapping

overhauling

overlying

overpowering

overrating

overruling

overwhelming

palpitating

pioneering

partitioning

parachuting

patronizing

petitioning

penetrating

persevering

posthumously

questionable

reentering

realizing

rectangular

registering

occupying

residency

residences

residencies

residential

oceangoing

separating

speechifying

suffocating

sustainable

testimonies

testimony

unassuming

unavailing

unbecoming

unbelieving

underpinning

undertaking

underwriting

understanding

undulating

underlying

unrelenting

vacillating

unremitting

waterproofing

Words that rhyme with the word lightning

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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