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

navigation

abrogation

abnegation

abdication

abolition

admiration

acclamation

acclimation

adaptation

accusation

activation

allegation

affirmation

advocation

adulation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

allocation

amputation

animation

annexation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

application

approbation

aspiration

avocation

commendation

commutation

calibration

calculation

cancellation

celebration

circulation

collocation

combination

compilation

delegation

correlation

congregation

conjugation

connotation

consolation

consummation

convocation

coronation

culmination

decimation

dedication

defamation

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

derivation

desiccation

designation

desolation

desecration

destination

detonation

devastation

domination

devolution

dilatation

elevation

emanation

divination

emigration

education

equitation

emulation

estimation

evolution

granulation

fascination

graduation

fabrication

fermentation

fluoridation

fragmentation

fumigation

gastrulation

germination

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

imitation

immigration

immolation

innovation

inhalation

invocation

irrigation

isolation

jubilation

litigation

levitation

machination

maturation

medication

meditation

modulation

mitigation

proclamation

mutilation

motivation

nomination

revelation

obligation

occupation

ordination

oscillation

pagination

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

penetration

population

propagation

provocation

presentation

profanation

realization

recantation

recitation

reclamation

renovation

regulation

resignation

replication

reputation

revocation

revocations

revolution

sanitation

strangulation

saturation

segregation

speculation

violation

surrogation

suffocation

tabulation

termination

vaccination

vacillation

validation

valuation

vegetation

ventilation

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2 syllable words

abstain

abstract

action

acton

abstruse

abstracts

affect

affects

airman

alan

alban

affixed

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

austin

auden

bacon

bagman

banyan

bargain

baron

barren

baldwin

bason

bastion

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

barton

basin

begun

beefsteak

belgian

bellman

billion

bellon

billman

billon

bison

beckon

bisson

bludgeon

boston

blacken

bordman

blowgun

bobbin

boatman

bobcats

bobcat

bookman

bollen

boughten

bolden

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brakeman

bitten

brazen

caption

brethren

breton

brighten

briton

burgeon

broaden

brogan

bullion

broken

bushman

burman

caisson

cajun

calvin

burton

button

cabin

beacon

canyon

canton

canaan

cannon

canon

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

beaten

capstone

caution

caxton

cayman

cauldron

certain

carton

chasten

chairman

chapman

charon

chaplain

cheapen

chessman

chevron

children

chicken

christian

citron

chieftain

christen

churchman

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

chosen

colon

common

copeman

corban

cordon

cousin

cotton

cowan

craftsman

craven

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cushion

crimson

cumin

curtain

damson

dampen

dagan

dagon

daman

dalton

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

debased

deepen

defaced

defects

delphian

defect

demon

depicts

depict

desman

diction

devon

dian

diffused

dipstick

divests

dobson

divest

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

emption

draftsman

dragon

drunken

dudgeon

dovecotes

driven

dromon

dungeon

dovecote

dustman

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

eavesdrop

effect

elan

effects

engine

ensign

ermine

evict

dozen

burden

faction

falcon

famine

fallen

fashion

fasten

faustian

fatten

fiction

faulcon

felon

fibrin

fielden

fireman

flashgun

flexion

fission

flatten

footman

firman

floren

fraction

fortune

fountain

freeman

freedman

foreman

freshen

function

freshman

friction

frighten

fusion

frozen

gallon

gammon

garden

gentian

gascon

garron

georgian

gilden

gibbon

given

german

gladden

glisten

glidden

gluten

golden

goodman

gorgon

gotten

gowan

foreign

grandson

graven

grecian

gudgeon

gumption

guardsman

griffon

hackman

haitian

hasten

hangman

happen

harden

harken

harten

hausen

haven

headman

headsman

heaven

heathen

hearten

heighten

hessian

hempen

henchman

hetman

heron

hidden

hipster

hipsters

hogan

homespun

hopscotch

horseman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

hyson

hyphen

ibsen

burdon

jackman

jetson

jargon

jasmine

jason

ion

jetton

leaven

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kansan

kalan

kelvin

klansman

junction

landsman

landman

kirkman

lagan

kremlin

laden

kitchen

lampron

kitten

latin

layman

leaden

legion

jorden

lengthen

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

lesion

leven

lichen

leman

lighten

liken

liman

listen

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lion

lisbon

linen

liven

jordan

london

longan

lockman

locken

logan

loosen

lobsters

lopeman

lobster

luncheon

m1

lotion

lumen

lyden

lynden

madden

loren

mansion

mahone

mangan

maiden

marchman

martian

mason

marksman

margin

marron

markman

marlin

marten

martin

matron

melton

melon

mention

mignon

million

minion

milken

minden

mission

moisten

mitten

molten

morgan

mayan

muffin

mullen

mountain

nation

muslin

mutton

nekton

newsman

ninon

notion

norman

oarsman

obstruct

ocean

obstructs

offshoot

odin

offsets

offset

offshoots

often

olden

omen

open

option

organ

orphan

othman

oven

outdone

outrun

oxen

packman

paean

owen

pagan

passion

panton

parson

pardon

passman

onion

pathan

pectin

patten

pavon

patron

pension

penguin

penman

peon

perron

persian

person

plankton

pillion

pinion

plantain

platen

piston

pitman

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

portion

portman

ponton

potion

postman

pressman

mormon

prison

prussian

proven

pullen

question

pigeon

quicken

quipster

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

rerun

region

resin

russian

runnion

rincon

riden

ripen

ribbon

ridden

riven

ripostes

riposte

rosin

rotten

rumen

robust

rowan

rowen

ruin

sadden

risen

saffron

salmon

robin

salesman

roman

sanction

rosen

samson

saxon

scallion

satan

satin

scapegoat

scullion

scapegoats

scotsman

scion

seaman

season

section

selden

seedsman

semen

sermon

sequin

session

seton

seven

sexton

santon

shaken

sharpen

shipman

shearman

siren

shotgun

shrunken

sicken

showman

siphon

silken

sovereign

slacken

smarten

slogan

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

shaman

stepson

sovran

spartan

spearman

spastic

spectrums

spectral

spectre

spectrum

statesman

stallman

stallion

squadron

spokesman

sportsman

spigots

spoken

spigot

station

steven

space-time

stiffen

stillion

stockman

stolen

straighten

shogun

shorten

suasion

strengthen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

subside

substance

substrates

substrate

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

sunken

summon

syphon

sweeten

sweepstakes

sweepstake

swollen

sylvan

taken

talon

tappen

surgeon

tarpon

tartan

tension

tendon

teston

threaten

thicken

thousand

tighten

tillman

titan

tipster

subsides

traction

torsion

toughen

townsman

trillion

tubman

triton

treason

trodden

trojan

tungsten

tuscan

turban

union

toman

undone

urson

upset

upsets

upshot

typist

typists

urchin

urban

upstart

upstarts

upstream

urine

vegan

version

upside

villain

token

vision

vulcan

waken

widen

motion

wagon

wizen

wanton

warden

warren

whitson

watchman

weapon

whiten

zaman

weaken

wheaten

wiccan

websters

webster

woman

women

yachtsman

woodman

worsen

woolman

workman

wooden

woolen

woven

written

yaupon

yeoman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

addition

abortion

absorption

abstention

abstentions

abstinence

abstinent

abstracted

abrasion

abstraction

accession

accretion

acumen

addiction

adhesion

abstractions

admission

adsorption

adrian

aegean

affection

affections

affecting

affected

affective

aleutian

aggression

african

affliction

alaskan

albion

albumin

alderman

adoption

alien

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

apostate

apostle

apostles

apportion

appian

anyone

arian

arkansan

backgammon

artisan

aspersion

attrition

aryan

assumption

asuncion

assertion

ascension

attention

attraction

assassin

australian

avian

audition

awaken

aversion

austrian

baby-sit

backwoodsman

artesian

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

bedouin

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

cambrian

campion

bulletin

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

cartesian

causation

catalan

cation

caucasian

carrion

cetacean

chairperson

champion

chairwoman

charlatan

charwoman

chamberlain

chilean

citation

civilian

cistercian

cinnamon

citizen

clarion

clergyman

cognition

collagen

collection

collegian

collision

collusion

coercion

cohesion

clarendon

combustion

commission

commotion

completion

communion

companion

compassion

complexion

compunction

compulsion

compression

conception

concession

concussion

conduction

condition

concoction

conclusion

confection

conflation

confession

confucian

confusion

congestion

congressman

conjunction

connection

connexion

conscription

consumption

construction

constriction

contagion

contention

contortion

corruption

contraction

contraption

contusion

convection

convention

convulsion

conviction

conversion

contrition

correction

corrosion

corsican

councilman

countryman

cremation

croatian

creation

crestfallen

crustacean

cyprian

abandon

deduction

deception

decision

deflation

defection

deficit

defections

deflection

deficits

defective

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

depiction

depictions

depicted

depletion

deposit

deposits

derision

desertion

detection

description

detention

destruction

determine

devastate

diffusion

dilation

dictation

digression

devotion

diffraction

digestion

direction

dimension

dilution

discipline

discussion

discretion

disruption

dissection

dissension

dispersion

distortion

divestment

diversion

divestments

division

distinction

distraction

disunion

depression

dominion

donation

downtrodden

duration

edition

eavesdropping

effector

ejection

egyptian

elation

election

elison

eleven

emblazon

emission

embolden

effective

effectors

emotion

encryption

englishman

erection

dorian

equation

episodes

episode

enliven

epistle

emulsion

eruption

enlighten

erosion

etruscan

eviction

evasion

everyone

evictions

exaction

exception

excision

exclusion

excretion

excursion

exertion

exhaustion

procession

expulsion

expression

extension

explosion

extortion

extinction

extraction

fabian

extrusion

exemption

foramen

filtration

ferryman

fijian

fenian

fisherman

flirtation

fixation

flotation

feminine

forbidden

formation

foundation

franciscan

expansion

freemason

frustration

galleon

fruition

fustian

freudian

gordian

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gradation

forewoman

gravamen

forgotten

gyration

guardian

guncotton

grobian

halogen

hammerman

hawaiian

halcyon

harlequin

handwoven

heavyweights

heavyset

heavyweight

horatian

heroin

heroine

horizon

heartbroken

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

immersion

illusion

imagine

implosion

impression

in-person

imprison

inaction

inception

incision

inclusion

impassion

incursion

indian

induction

infarction

javelin

declension

inflation

infection

inflection

injunction

injection

jettison

infusion

insertion

inspection

intention

infraction

ingestion

instruction

inhuman

intestine

inscription

invention

invasion

inversion

intrusion

jacobin

jamaican

irishman

italian

irian

infliction

kantian

keratin

jovian

julian

lanolin

korean

keynesian

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

libration

lesbian

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

margarine

masculine

marian

lopsided

medicine

menhaden

medallion

melanin

median

migration

mexican

midshipman

lobbyist

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

misfortune

lobbyists

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

navigates

navigate

nebraskan

niacin

nevadan

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nemean

nonunion

notation

norwegian

nubian

objection

nutrition

obfuscate

oboist

obsession

obstruction

obstacle

obstacles

obstinate

occasion

obstructions

occlusion

obstructive

octillion

odeon

offsetting

omission

opposite

opinion

opposites

oppression

optation

oration

origin

optician

orion

ovation

ottoman

overdone

outspoken

overman

oxygen

overrun

partition

parthian

partisan

parisian

pavilion

patrician

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfection

permission

permian

perfusion

pelican

persuasion

perversion

peterman

phoenician

petition

plebeian

pollution

policeman

position

possession

porcelain

prediction

preemption

precaution

precession

preclusion

precision

predestine

profession

presumption

pretension

production

prevention

moroccan

probation

profusion

progression

projection

promotion

proportion

prostration

propulsion

protection

prescription

proscription

protean

provision

quotation

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

reception

reduction

recession

recision

redemption

reflection

resumption

regression

relation

rejection

remission

religion

rendition

regimen

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

restriction

puritan

retention

retraction

phrygian

reunion

physician

reversion

revision

revulsion

rhapsodize

rhapsody

rhapsodic

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

robustly

samoan

secession

scorpion

scythian

seclusion

secretion

seduction

sedition

selection

sensation

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

solution

solomon

snapdragon

sophistry

specimen

spectacle

spectacles

spectrograph

spectators

spectator

starvation

spaghetti

submersion

stygian

submission

subacute

subscription

substances

substantial

subsidy

subsidize

suburban

substitute

succession

substantive

subversion

substitutes

suffocate

suggestion

subtraction

sumatran

superman

suppression

suspension

suspicion

syrian

subsidies

tactician

talisman

tamarin

temptation

tapestry

technician

thespian

tapestries

timberman

toboggan

transgression

transaction

tradition

transfusion

transcription

transition

truncation

transmission

tuition

typesetting

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unbroken

uneven

unwritten

upsetting

unison

vacation

uterine

upside-down

venetian

venison

vermilion

vatican

veteran

vibration

vocation

vitamin

volition

revisits

zambian

waterman

wesleyan

revisit

4 syllable words

aberration

absolution

abyssinian

accordion

acquisition

adoration

adrenaline

affectionate

albanian

affectively

alabaman

agrarian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

admonition

alteration

altercation

american

ammunition

amphibian

arbitration

apprehension

apparition

apostrophes

apostrophe

armageddon

arabian

arizonan

apostolic

alternation

armenian

arthurian

backwardation

attribution

athenian

assemblyman

assyrian

augmentation

aviation

avocado

avocados

babysitting

baby-sitter

baby-sitters

barbarian

comedian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

californian

canadian

capacitance

capacities

capacitors

carcinogen

capacitor

capacity

centurion

chameleon

circumspection

circumvention

circumcision

coalition

cogitation

collodion

coloration

columbian

coloradan

compensation

complication

computation

comparison

committeeman

competition

composition

comprehension

concentration

condensation

condescension

condemnation

conflagration

confiscation

confrontation

confirmation

consecration

conservation

constellation

constipation

consultation

constitution

consternation

contemplation

contraception

contribution

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

conversation

convolution

copenhagen

copernican

corinthian

declaration

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

criterion

cultivation

crocodilian

crucifixion

custodian

cyclopean

decoration

dandelion

darwinian

decompression

deconstruction

definition

deformation

demolition

demarcation

dehydration

deposition

demonstration

deportation

depositions

depositor

depositors

execution

dereliction

desperation

destitution

devastating

devastated

deviation

dietitian

devonian

distillation

disaffection

diminution

diocesan

dispensation

disconnection

dislocation

disinflation

disinfection

disillusion

disposition

dissertation

dissipation

disputation

distribution

divestiture

divestitures

dissolution

dominican

duplication

effectuate

elocution

electrician

effectively

elongation

embarkation

equestrian

erudition

evocation

excavation

eritrean

european

estonian

eustachian

evacuate

evocative

englishwoman

excitation

draconian

exclamation

exhalation

exhortation

exhibition

exhumation

indonesian

expedition

expiration

expectation

explanation

explication

exposition

exploration

exploitation

extrication

extradition

fallopian

federation

figuration

fibrillation

fluctuation

foliation

floridian

formulation

galilean

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

gargantuan

gorgonian

guatemalan

hegelian

hibernation

himalayan

hemoglobin

historian

herculean

hungarian

hydrocarbon

ideation

hypertension

gregorian

hyperion

iberian

implantation

ibuprofen

illustration

implication

imputation

inclination

importation

incantation

incarnation

imposition

inattention

impregnation

incrustation

indication

incubation

imperfection

indecision

indentation

indexation

indignation

indigestion

greco-roman

indiscretion

information

infestation

infiltration

inflammation

inhibition

inquisition

installation

inspiration

instigation

insulation

integration

intimation

insurrection

interception

interaction

intercession

intervention

interruption

intermission

interdiction

intersection

interjection

intonation

introduction

introspection

inundation

invitation

interurban

iranian

intuition

iteration

irritation

institution

jacobean

interwoven

jordanian

jurisdiction

laceration

lancastrian

kindergarten

legislation

mortification

liberation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

liquefaction

limitation

liquidation

locomotion

maccabean

lubrication

macedonian

malnutrition

malformation

mammalian

manumission

masturbation

melanesian

ministration

mediation

menstruation

meridian

minnesotan

misconception

miseration

misbegotten

molestation

misperception

moderation

missourian

mongolian

moravian

napoleon

navigators

navigator

nestorian

nicaraguan

newtonian

nigerian

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

oblivion

obesity

observation

obstetrician

obstetricians

obsidian

obstinacy

obstetrical

obstructionist

octahedron

obstructionists

officiates

officiate

ohioan

olympian

operation

opposition

opacity

oppositions

orchestration

ostentation

overburden

pagurian

paraguayan

perspiration

pavlovian

pedestrian

perturbation

pelagian

persecution

penicillin

perforation

permutation

peruvian

retribution

pigmentation

politician

planarian

plutonian

polyhedron

polynesian

predilection

precondition

preconception

predetermine

praetorian

preelection

premonition

preparation

preignition

preservation

procreation

prohibition

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

publication

punctuation

radiation

readmission

reassertion

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recognition

recollection

recreation

reconstruction

reelection

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reformation

retardation

refutation

repercussion

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

reparation

repetition

registration

repossession

reposition

reservation

requisition

reproduction

republican

resolution

respiration

restitution

restoration

resurrection

retrocession

wagnerian

rhetorician

rhododendron

rhapsodizes

rumination

samaritan

satisfaction

sectarian

segmentation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

simulation

siberian

sicilian

simonian

situation

sophisticate

smithsonian

sophisticates

statistician

stimulation

spectacular

spectrometer

spectrometry

spectroscopy

stipulation

shakespearean

subluxation

vindication

victorian

substantially

substantiate

subsidizes

substantiates

substitutions

substitution

substituted

substantively

suffocating

supposition

supervision

superhuman

superstition

suppositions

syncopation

syndication

toleration

tamoxifen

tasmanian

tetrahedron

titillation

transformation

transplantation

tribulation

transportation

trepidation

ulceration

ubiquity

usurpation

utopian

valerian

variation

veneration

topsy-turvy

subdivision

visitation

watermelon

5 syllable words

abomination

abbreviation

alienation

accreditation

acceleration

accommodation

academician

accumulation

adjudication

adulteration

affectionately

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

administration

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assimilation

association

attenuation

assemblywoman

augustinian

authorization

authentication

babylonian

commemoration

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

capitulation

certification

cauterization

centralization

centenarian

carthaginian

christianization

carolinian

civilization

clarification

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

configuration

conglomeration

confederation

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

coordination

cooperation

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deification

delicatessen

deliberation

delineation

denomination

depopulation

denunciation

depositary

depository

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

domestication

dionysian

discoloration

disintegration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

elizabethan

elimination

emancipation

electrocution

equivocation

epicurean

equalization

enumeration

epistolary

exaggeration

ethiopian

evacuation

evaporation

evaluation

evacuations

exacerbation

evacuated

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exhilaration

exfoliation

exoneration

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

falsification

facilitation

fertilization

fortification

glorification

indoctrination

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

immunization

inactivation

improvisation

inauguration

incarceration

incineration

incrimination

incorporation

exoskeleton

infatuation

jeffersonian

inhabitation

inoculation

initiation

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interrogation

interpretation

insemination

intoxication

intimidation

investigation

invalidation

ionization

irradiation

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

localization

magnetization

lithuanian

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

maximilian

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

modification

mobilization

misinformation

mississippian

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nonintervention

nitroglycerine

nonsectarian

normalization

notification

obstructionism

nullification

obliteration

organization

origination

oregonian

orientation

ornamentation

ossification

overproduction

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

peloponnesian

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

preoccupation

premeditation

presupposition

procrastination

prognostication

proliferation

proletarian

pronunciation

presbyterian

purification

qualification

quantification

pythagorean

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

reforestation

rectification

recuperation

recrimination

refrigeration

regeneration

rejuvenation

reintegration

reiteration

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repository

repositories

revaluation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

vulgarization

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

sophistication

solicitation

sophisticated

specialization

specification

sterilization

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

subsidiaries

subsidiary

vilification

unification

triangulation

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

yugoslavian

washingtonian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word navigation

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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