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

action

acton

alban

airman

alan

alman

amman

amongst

announced

announce

apron

arson

ashen

auction

atman

auden

austin

asian

awning

aspen

bagman

banyan

bargain

baldwin

baron

barren

bacon

barton

bastion

bason

baston

basin

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beckon

beaming

beacon

beaten

begun

bellman

belgian

bellon

bemoans

billion

bisson

billon

bison

bitten

blacken

blowgun

bludgeon

bobbin

bollen

boatman

bolden

booming

boning

bookman

bordman

billman

bushman

boston

brakeman

boughten

bracken

brazen

briton

brethren

breton

brighten

broaden

brogan

broken

bullion

burman

burgeon

bourbon

burden

burdon

burton

bowman

button

cabin

caisson

cajun

calvin

canaan

cannon

canon

cannons

canons

canton

canyon

carbon

caption

canyons

capstan

captain

carman

carmine

carton

caning

caution

cauldron

caxton

cayman

caymans

chairman

certain

chaplain

chapman

charon

chasten

cheapen

chessman

christian

chicken

christen

churchman

children

chosen

chevron

chieftain

classman

claxon

citron

clinton

coachman

coming

comings

colon

commence

common

commons

communes

canines

canings

copeman

dalton

corban

cordon

craftsman

cotton

cousin

cowan

craven

crewman

crouton

crimson

cuban

cumin

cushion

cunning

cummins

curtain

cretin

dagan

dagon

daman

damson

dampen

dawning

deaden

deafen

deacon

deepen

demon

demons

delphian

demeans

diction

denounce

desman

dian

devon

dining

dobson

dolman

doctrine

dolphin

domains

dozen

dudgeon

draftsman

drunken

driven

dromon

dragon

dungeon

dutchman

dustman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

darken

faction

emption

falcon

engine

enhance

enhanced

ensign

ermine

fashion

fallen

famine

famines

faustian

fiction

fasten

faulcon

fibrin

fatten

felon

fielden

fireman

fining

firman

fission

flashgun

flexion

flatten

floren

foaming

footman

fraction

foreman

fortune

foreign

freshen

fountain

freshman

freedman

freeman

friction

frighten

frozen

fuming

function

fusion

gammon

gammons

gallon

garron

gaming

garden

gascon

gentian

gibbon

georgian

german

finance

gilden

glisten

glidden

gluten

gotten

gladden

golden

goodman

gorgon

gowan

grandson

grecian

griffon

graven

guardsman

gumption

gudgeon

gunning

hackman

haitian

hangman

harden

harken

happen

harten

hasten

hausen

hearten

headsman

headman

heaven

heathen

heighten

hessian

henchman

heron

hetman

hidden

hempen

hogan

homespun

horseman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

humans

homing

humming

huntsman

hymen

haven

ibsen

immense

hyson

inning

innings

hyphen

given

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

junction

jetson

jordan

jetton

lengthen

jorden

kitchen

klansman

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kirkman

kenyans

kenning

kelvin

landman

knowing

kremlin

kitten

landsman

lampron

kansan

laden

lagan

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

leaning

legion

lemming

lemans

leanings

lemmings

lemon

kalan

lemons

lessen

lesion

lesson

lineman

linemen

lichen

lightman

liman

linden

liken

linen

lighten

linens

lotion

lining

linings

lockman

listen

longan

lisbon

liven

logan

loaning

london

loosen

looming

locken

lopeman

loren

lion

lumen

luncheon

lynden

m1

lyden

madden

mansion

martian

mahone

mangan

marchman

margin

maiden

marten

markman

marksman

marlin

marron

martin

mason

matron

mayan

meaning

meanings

leven

ginning

damning

mention

minden

mignon

milken

million

mining

minion

minions

mission

mitten

mountain

muffin

mullen

molten

moisten

morgan

muslin

mormon

mutton

nation

newsman

nekton

ninon

motion

norman

notion

oarsman

olden

odin

often

ocean

omen

onion

onions

omens

option

organ

open

orphan

othman

outdone

oven

owen

oxen

outrun

packman

paean

pagan

panning

panton

pardon

passion

passman

pathan

parson

pavon

patten

patron

pectin

penance

penguin

pension

penman

perron

person

persian

phonemes

pigeon

piston

pining

pillion

pinion

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

portion

portman

potion

postman

pressman

prison

ponton

proven

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

quinones

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

melton

remains

peon

melon

renounce

resin

ribbon

ridden

rincon

riden

riven

ripen

risen

robin

roman

rerun

rosin

rotten

rosen

russian

romans

rumen

runnion

salesman

running

saffron

ruin

runnings

sadden

rowan

rowen

salmon

samson

sanction

santon

scotsman

satan

saxon

scallion

scheming

scion

scullion

satin

seaman

section

seedsman

seeming

selden

semen

session

sharpen

shining

sequin

sermon

season

shotgun

seton

seven

shaman

shamans

shaken

shearman

sexton

shipman

shogun

showman

shorten

seamans

shrunken

sicken

station

silken

smitten

siphon

siren

smarten

sodden

soften

soldan

sovereign

sovran

slacken

slogan

skimming

spartan

spearman

solon

stallman

spokesman

squadron

sportsman

statesman

spoken

stallion

stockman

stiffen

stricken

strengthen

stillion

stolen

steven

straighten

striven

sturgeon

stepson

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

suasion

sunken

summon

summons

swooning

sylvan

swollen

swimming

sweeten

syphon

tarpon

tanning

talon

taken

tappen

teaming

tartan

teeming

tension

tendon

teston

thicken

thousand

tillman

threaten

tighten

titan

token

toman

treason

townsman

torsion

traction

toughen

trodden

trojan

trillion

triton

tubman

tuscan

tuning

twining

turban

tungsten

undone

unhinge

union

unions

vegan

urban

urson

urchin

urine

vision

villain

version

watchman

wanton

warden

vulcan

wagon

warren

waning

waken

whitson

weapon

whiten

widen

weaken

wheaten

wiccan

woman

winning

women

winnings

wizen

wooden

woolen

yachtsman

woodman

woolman

written

workman

worsen

woven

surgeon

yeoman

yeomans

yaupon

zaman

zion

zircon

romance

3 syllable words

ablution

ablation

abdomen

abortion

abduction

abrasion

absorption

accession

accretion

addiction

abstraction

abstention

addition

acumen

adhesion

albumin

adoption

affection

adsorption

aegean

affliction

albion

aggression

adrian

african

alaskan

allusion

alsatian

ambition

aleutian

anglican

andean

alderman

anchorman

annoying

ambrosian

announcement

anions

announcements

announces

annoyance

announcer

announcers

artesian

apportion

appian

anyone

animist

arian

animists

arkansan

artisan

aryan

ascension

alien

assertion

aspersion

assassin

assumption

asuncion

attrition

attention

attraction

bedridden

awaken

aversion

avian

backgammon

badminton

bandwagon

austrian

backwoodsman

bananas

bedizen

battalion

bedouin

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

bonanza

bouillon

bosnian

brazilian

bulletin

australian

campion

cambrian

dalmatian

canoeing

canonize

cardigan

carnation

cartesian

capsaicin

carrion

castration

communion

catalan

causation

cetacean

chairwoman

chairperson

chamberlain

champion

cessation

charlatan

charwoman

cistercian

cinnamon

chilean

cinemas

citation

civilian

citizen

clergyman

clarion

clarendon

commingle

coercion

collision

collagen

collection

collegian

collusion

combustion

cohesion

commencement

commences

commotion

communist

completion

communists

compassion

companion

compression

compulsion

conception

compunction

caucasian

concession

concussion

confession

conduction

confection

conclusion

concoction

conflation

confucian

congestion

confusion

congressman

complexion

connexion

conviction

conscription

constriction

construction

consumption

contention

contortion

contraction

contagion

contraption

convection

convention

contusion

conjunction

conversion

connection

convulsion

correction

corrosion

corruption

councilman

countryman

corsican

creation

cremation

cation

crestfallen

crustacean

croatian

cyprian

damnation

in-person

decision

declension

deception

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

demonic

demonize

demonstrate

demonstrates

dentition

depiction

depletion

denizen

denounces

depression

derision

description

desertion

detection

detention

destruction

determine

devotion

dictation

diffraction

diffusion

dilution

digression

dimension

dilation

dimensions

direction

dimensioned

diminish

discipline

discretion

discussion

dissection

dispersion

disruption

dissension

distinction

disunion

distortion

distraction

diversion

division

dominick

dominion

donation

dominos

dorian

edition

downtrodden

duration

dominique

dominoes

elison

digestion

egyptian

abandon

elation

election

ejection

eleven

emission

emulsion

emotion

emblazon

embolden

encryption

englishman

enhancement

enhancements

enhancer

enliven

erection

equation

erosion

eruption

etruscan

evasion

eviction

everyone

exaction

excision

exception

excretion

exertion

enemies

exclusion

excursion

exemption

exhaustion

expression

expansion

extinction

explosion

extrusion

expulsion

extension

fabian

extortion

extraction

fenian

enlighten

ferryman

feminine

fijian

filtration

enemas

financial

financials

financier

financiers

fisherman

flotation

flirtation

fixation

forbidden

franciscan

foramen

formation

forewoman

forgotten

fruition

foundation

freudian

finances

frustration

freemason

enhances

garrison

galleon

fustian

gaussian

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gentleman

ghanaians

gordian

gradation

gravamen

grobian

guardian

gyration

guncotton

halcyon

handwoven

halogen

hammerman

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hydration

horatian

housebroken

horizon

humanist

humanists

humanize

humankind

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immensely

immersion

impassion

immunized

inception

inaction

gillian

incision

impression

imprison

implosion

inclusion

incursion

indian

inflection

induction

infection

infarction

infliction

inflation

ingestion

infusion

inhuman

inscription

injection

injunction

inspection

insertion

infraction

instruction

intention

intestine

invention

intrusion

invasion

inversion

irishman

irian

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

jettison

julian

jovian

italian

kantian

lactation

keratin

keynesian

korean

kimonos

knowingly

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

leniency

libration

libyan

ligation

logician

location

leningrad

lumberman

lutheran

magician

magdalen

malaysian

malayan

margarine

marian

mandarin

masculine

meaningful

medallion

median

medicine

migration

midshipman

menhaden

mexican

minimize

minimized

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

mnemonics

mnemonic

nonhuman

nonunion

moroccan

muskmelon

mutation

niacin

narration

negation

myosin

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

nobleman

nitrogen

norwegian

nominees

notation

nubian

nutrition

obsession

objection

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

octillion

odeon

oppression

optation

oration

opinion

origin

orion

ottoman

overdone

overrun

overman

oxygen

ovation

parisian

outspoken

partisan

parthian

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

permission

perfection

percussion

permian

perfusion

petition

persuasion

peterman

perversion

phoenician

phonemic

physician

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

progression

procession

profession

privation

position

possession

precaution

precession

precision

predation

preclusion

predestine

prediction

prescription

preemption

presumption

pretension

prevention

porcelain

probation

production

profusion

melanin

projection

promotion

prostration

proscription

proportion

propulsion

protection

protean

provision

quotation

puritan

ramadan

reaction

recession

recision

reception

rebellion

perception

repression

redemption

reduction

reflection

regression

regimen

rejection

rendition

remission

religion

renounces

reopen

relation

reptilian

restriction

resumption

resection

retention

retraction

reunion

reunions

revision

reversion

rhodopsin

rifleman

revulsion

suburban

rescission

rotation

saleswoman

romanesque

saccharin

samoan

salvation

scorpion

scythian

secretion

selection

secession

sedation

seclusion

seduction

sedition

seemingly

sensation

summation

shamanists

shamanism

sumatran

solomon

simian

silicon

solution

skeleton

snapdragon

stagnation

singleton

starvation

specimen

subversion

stygian

subscription

submersion

subtraction

succession

suggestion

superman

tuition

suspicion

romances

suppression

suspension

syrian

tactician

talisman

taxation

technician

tamarin

temptation

tenancy

timberman

thespian

toboggan

transaction

transcription

tradition

transgression

translation

transfusion

truncation

unburden

unbutton

unanswered

unbroken

venetian

uncertain

vatican

uncommon

unionists

unionist

unison

unwritten

uneven

uterine

vacation

venison

vehemence

vermilion

vocation

veteran

volition

vibration

vitamin

waterman

wesleyan

winnowing

womanize

zambian

4 syllable words

abolition

abdication

abnegation

aberration

abrogation

absolution

acquisition

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

accordion

abyssinian

activation

adaptation

admonition

adoration

affirmation

admiration

affectation

adulation

advocation

adrenaline

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

alteration

allegation

allocation

ammunition

algerian

altercation

alternation

animation

animism

american

annexation

annotation

apparition

arbitration

amphibian

amputation

armageddon

annoyances

apprehension

appellation

application

appalachian

approbation

arabian

armenian

arizonan

arthurian

algonquian

population

aspiration

assemblyman

augmentation

assyrian

attribution

athenian

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

benediction

bavarian

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

cancellation

carcinogen

canonical

canadian

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circumspection

circulation

circumvention

cogitation

collocation

coalition

collodion

coloration

combination

coloradan

comedian

commendation

columbian

commensurate

competition

committeeman

composition

communicates

communicate

commutation

communism

comparison

compensation

compilation

complication

concentration

computation

condemnation

condescension

confirmation

condensation

conflagration

confiscation

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

connotation

constitution

conservation

constellation

consolation

consternation

constipation

consummation

contemplation

contraception

consecration

consultation

contradiction

comprehension

contravention

contrarian

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

corinthian

copernican

cotyledon

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

criterion

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

copenhagen

dandelion

dietitian

darwinian

decimation

declaration

deconstruction

definition

defamation

decompression

decoration

dedication

deformation

demarcation

demolition

dehydration

degradation

delegation

dehumanize

demonstrably

demonstrable

demonstrated

demonstration

demonstrations

deposition

deportation

dereliction

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

demonstrators

devolution

desiccation

designation

desperation

destitution

destination

desolation

detonation

derivation

devastation

deviation

devonian

demonstrator

demonstrative

diminution

diocesan

diminishment

dimensional

diminishes

dilatation

disconnection

disaffection

disinfection

disinflation

disillusion

dislocation

disputation

disposition

dispensation

dissipation

dissertation

dissolution

distribution

distillation

divination

dominican

domination

dominicans

dynamism

draconian

duplication

dynamically

electrician

elevation

education

elocution

elongation

emanation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

emancipate

englishwoman

fascination

emancipates

erudition

enunciate

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

estimation

eustachian

european

estonian

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

execution

exclamation

exhalation

exhibition

exhumation

expectation

expedition

exhortation

exposition

exploration

explanation

exploitation

expiration

explication

extradition

fabrication

fallopian

extrication

federation

fibrillation

fermentation

figuration

financially

fluctuation

floridian

foliation

fluoridation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

gargantuan

galilean

generation

gastrulation

germination

gentlewoman

graduation

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

gravitation

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

gregorian

herculean

insurrection

hegelian

hemoglobin

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

humanism

humanizes

hungarian

humanistic

hydrocarbon

insulation

incrustation

hyperion

ideation

ibuprofen

imitation

immolation

iberian

immigration

illustration

imperfection

imposition

inclination

implantation

importation

impregnation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

implication

hypertension

incubation

indecision

indigestion

indication

indentation

indexation

indignation

inflammation

indiscretion

indonesian

infiltration

infestation

information

inhibition

inhalation

inquisition

inimical

innovation

instigation

inspiration

installation

institution

interception

integration

interaction

intercession

interdiction

interjection

intermission

interruption

intimation

intersection

intervention

intonation

interurban

interwoven

introduction

introspection

invitation

inundation

invocation

iranian

irritation

irrigation

isolation

jacobean

jubilation

iteration

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leninism

levitation

liberian

librarian

liberation

lubrication

limitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

locomotion

litigation

luminescence

machination

luminescent

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

leviathan

mammalian

masturbation

maturation

reminiscent

mediation

medication

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

misconception

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

minimizes

miseration

moderation

missourian

mitigation

modulation

motivation

mortification

mongolian

molestation

moravian

misperception

nonprescription

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

nicaraguan

newtonian

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

nigerian

nomenclature

penicillin

requisition

obstetrician

obligation

observation

occupation

obfuscation

oblivion

obsidian

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

oscillation

onomastic

onomastics

operation

ordination

orchestration

penetration

ostentation

oxidation

ovulation

overburden

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

peninsula

peninsular

permutation

perforation

persecution

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

proclamation

polynesian

polyhedron

praetorian

precondition

preconception

predetermine

predilection

preignition

premonition

preelection

preparation

presentation

preservation

profanation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

provocation

publication

punctuation

protozoan

radiation

readmission

recantation

reassertion

realization

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recognition

recitation

reclamation

reconstruction

recreation

recollection

reelection

reexamine

reformation

refutation

reinspection

registration

regulation

relocation

renovation

reminiscence

relaxation

reparation

meditation

repetition

repercussion

reposition

replication

repossession

reproduction

republican

reputation

retardation

reservation

resolution

respiration

resurrection

resignation

restitution

restoration

retribution

retrocession

rhetorician

revelation

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

rumination

siberian

sanitation

samaritan

satisfaction

saturation

segmentation

segregation

sectarian

self-deception

sequestration

shakespearean

separation

sicilian

simulation

situation

simonian

statistician

smithsonian

speculation

strangulation

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

suffocation

superhuman

superstition

supposition

supervision

syncopation

syndication

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

termination

trepidation

tetrahedron

toleration

titillation

transplantation

transformation

transportation

tribulation

ulceration

vegetation

veneration

unionism

usurpation

valuation

vaccination

vacillation

validation

utopian

valerian

variation

unencumber

ventilation

violation

vindication

victorian

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

womanizer

surrogation

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

accumulation

accommodation

accreditation

adjudication

acceleration

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appropriation

animosities

animosity

appreciation

argumentation

approximation

argentinian

articulation

assimilation

association

assemblywoman

assassination

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

communication

caledonian

communications

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

centenarian

centralization

certification

christianization

classification

civilization

clarification

codification

coagulation

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

cohabitation

commensurately

communicating

carthaginian

communicable

communicative

congratulation

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

communicator

corroboration

communicators

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deification

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

denomination

depopulation

denunciation

denunciations

depreciation

desegregation

desalination

determination

dionysian

discoloration

disinclination

disembarkation

discrimination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

electrocution

elaboration

elimination

elizabethan

emancipations

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

equivocation

eradication

evaluation

ethiopian

evacuation

examination

exasperation

exaggeration

exacerbation

evaporation

exfoliation

excoriation

emancipation

exoneration

exhilaration

falsification

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

facilitation

emancipated

extermination

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

illumination

immunization

imagination

immunizations

improvisation

inactivation

incineration

incarceration

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incrimination

incorporation

infatuation

indoctrination

inhabitation

initiation

insemination

inoculation

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

justification

intimidation

interpretation

interrogation

intoxication

ionization

invalidation

investigation

juxtaposition

irradiation

interpolation

jeffersonian

mechanization

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

maximization

mathematician

maximilian

remuneration

metropolitan

misapprehension

misapplication

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

multiplication

mummification

negotiation

neutralization

neapolitan

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

nonintervention

nonsectarian

nomenclatural

normalization

nullification

notification

ornamentation

obliteration

organization

orientation

oregonian

origination

ossification

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

repudiation

proliferation

perpetuation

philadelphian

pennsylvanian

polarization

precipitation

predestination

preoccupation

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premeditation

presupposition

presbyterian

prevarication

pomeranian

procrastination

prognostication

proletarian

pronunciation

quantification

qualification

purification

pythagorean

ratification

ramification

reaffirmation

recombination

recrimination

recommendation

recuperation

reforestation

refrigeration

reintegration

regeneration

reiteration

rejuvenation

reminiscences

renunciation

repatriation

representation

rectification

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

specialization

stratification

substantiation

subordination

sterilization

synchronization

triangulation

theologian

unanswerable

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word manumission

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

Rhyming Dictionary


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