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

abstain

abstract

abstruse

action

acton

affect

affixed

affects

abstracts

airman

alman

alan

alban

amman

arson

apron

ashen

aspen

asian

auction

austin

auden

atman

bason

bagman

baldwin

bastion

baston

bargain

barton

baron

barren

basin

bacon

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

beckon

beefsteak

bayman

belgian

begun

bellman

bellon

billion

banyan

bludgeon

billman

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

bobbin

blacken

boatman

bobcat

blowgun

bobcats

bordman

boston

bookman

bollen

boughten

bourbon

bracken

brakeman

bowman

brazen

brethren

bolden

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

bullion

bushman

button

burman

burton

burgeon

cabin

caisson

calvin

cajun

canaan

cannon

canon

canyon

canton

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

capstone

cauldron

caution

caxton

carton

cayman

citron

chessman

chairman

chapman

charon

chasten

chicken

chaplain

chevron

certain

cheapen

christian

children

christen

chieftain

churchman

chosen

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

common

damson

colon

copeman

cordon

corban

cotton

crimson

craftsman

cousin

cretin

cowan

craven

crewman

crouton

cuban

cushion

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

dalton

brogan

daman

dampen

broken

darken

burden

deaden

deacon

deafen

debased

burdon

deepen

defaced

defect

defects

delphian

demon

depicts

depict

desman

diction

dian

devon

diffused

dipstick

divest

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

divests

dungeon

dudgeon

dustman

draftsman

drunken

dozen

driven

dragon

dromon

dovecote

dovecotes

dutchman

eden

emption

eaten

eavesdrop

effect

elan

effects

earthen

ensign

engine

ermine

evict

harten

hasten

freshman

faction

falcon

fallen

fashion

famine

fasten

faustian

felon

fiction

flexion

fibrin

fission

faulcon

fielden

fireman

flashgun

flatten

firman

freedman

foreman

floren

fraction

footman

fountain

foreign

fortune

freeman

freshen

friction

function

garden

frighten

gallon

gammon

frozen

fusion

gascon

garron

gentian

glidden

georgian

german

gibbon

gilden

given

gladden

glisten

goodman

golden

gorgon

gotten

gowan

gluten

grandson

grecian

graven

guardsman

griffon

gumption

gudgeon

haitian

hackman

hangman

happen

harden

harken

hausen

haven

hessian

headsman

heathen

hearten

heaven

hempen

henchman

heighten

heron

hidden

hetman

hipster

hymen

hipsters

homespun

horseman

houseman

hopscotch

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

headman

junction

jetson

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jordan

ion

jetton

jorden

kansan

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kitten

kelvin

kirkman

klansman

kitchen

landman

kalan

lampron

kremlin

laden

lagan

landsman

lengthen

ledden

leaven

leman

legion

lesion

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

liman

london

linden

lisbon

linen

listen

lineman

linemen

lion

liven

lobsters

lockman

locken

lobster

longan

lotion

loosen

loren

lopeman

oarsman

layman

logan

lynden

lyden

madden

m1

mangan

mahone

maiden

mansion

marchman

martian

marksman

markman

marlin

marten

martin

marron

mason

matron

margin

leaden

mayan

lumen

million

luncheon

mention

mignon

melton

milken

minden

minion

melon

mountain

mitten

mission

motion

morgan

moisten

molten

muffin

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

mullen

notion

norman

latin

obstructs

lemon

obstruct

mormon

ocean

fatten

offsets

offset

offshoots

offshoot

often

onion

olden

omen

open

option

organ

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

oven

oxen

owen

packman

paean

pagan

pardon

parson

passion

panton

passman

patten

pathan

patron

pectin

pension

penguin

penman

peon

person

persian

pillion

pigeon

perron

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

pollan

poison

pollen

ponton

portion

portman

postman

potion

plankton

odin

pavon

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

question

pullen

quicken

quipster

ration

reason

rayon

raven

reckon

region

redden

rerun

resin

ridden

rincon

riden

ripen

riven

russian

runnion

robin

roman

rosen

robust

rosin

rotten

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

sadden

saffron

samson

salesman

saxon

sanction

salmon

santon

satin

satan

scallion

scullion

scotsman

ribbon

scion

seaman

season

section

seedsman

selden

semen

session

sequin

sermon

seton

seven

sexton

shipman

shorten

silken

sharpen

shearman

shaken

shaman

shrunken

shogun

shotgun

sicken

showman

siphon

siren

slacken

riposte

smitten

sodden

soldan

smarten

soften

solon

sovereign

spearman

sovran

spartan

spectral

spastic

space-time

spectre

spectrum

stallman

spectrums

squadron

stallion

spokesman

sportsman

spigot

spigots

spoken

stillion

stepson

stiffen

statesman

station

stockman

steven

stolen

straighten

stricken

strengthen

slogan

striven

suasion

subside

subsides

substance

sturgeon

scapegoat

scapegoats

substrates

risen

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

sunken

summon

surgeon

sweeten

sylvan

syphon

sweepstakes

swollen

taken

talon

tarpon

tension

tappen

tartan

tendon

teston

sweepstake

treason

torsion

traction

tillman

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

toman

tipster

toughen

token

townsman

tubman

trillion

tungsten

substrate

tuscan

trodden

triton

trojan

turban

typists

typist

thicken

undone

upstream

upsets

union

upside

upstart

upshot

upstarts

urban

urson

urchin

urine

vegan

version

villain

vision

vulcan

upset

warden

wanton

wagon

warren

waken

watchman

weaken

weapon

webster

websters

wheaten

whitson

woodman

wiccan

widen

women

wooden

whiten

wizen

woman

woolman

woolen

yachtsman

written

zion

worsen

yaupon

workman

woven

yeoman

zaman

zircon

ripostes

3 syllable words

abandon

abdomen

apportion

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

abduction

abstention

abstentions

absorption

abstraction

abstinence

abstinent

abstractions

accession

accretion

admission

addition

acumen

addiction

adhesion

adoption

aegean

adrian

adsorption

affected

affecting

affliction

affection

affections

affective

african

aggression

albion

alaskan

albumin

allusion

aleutian

alsatian

alien

alderman

ambition

ambrosian

abstracted

anchorman

andean

anyone

apostle

apostate

apostles

appian

anglican

bandwagon

artesian

arkansan

assertion

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assumption

attrition

audition

attention

attraction

austrian

asuncion

australian

aversion

avian

arian

badminton

backwoodsman

awaken

backgammon

baby-sit

beholden

artisan

aryan

bedridden

bedizen

battalion

bedouin

beethoven

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

carrion

cartesian

cation

causation

castration

catalan

caucasian

champion

chairwoman

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

citation

cistercian

cinnamon

citizen

collision

clarion

clergyman

clarendon

cognition

collection

cohesion

coercion

collagen

collegian

combustion

conception

collusion

commission

concession

condition

commotion

communion

companion

completion

compassion

complexion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conscription

cyprian

concussion

confession

crustacean

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confection

congestion

connection

connexion

conflation

confucian

confusion

congressman

conjunction

convulsion

contraction

consumption

contagion

construction

constriction

contention

contortion

contraption

conviction

contrition

contusion

conversion

convection

convention

corruption

correction

corrosion

corsican

countryman

crestfallen

creation

croatian

cremation

councilman

damnation

dalmatian

decision

deception

procession

declension

defection

defections

defective

deflation

deficit

deletion

deficits

deflection

delusion

description

dentition

depiction

depictions

depicted

depletion

denizen

deposit

depression

derision

deposits

desertion

destruction

detection

detention

determine

dictation

devotion

digestion

dilation

diffraction

diffusion

devastate

digression

dilution

dimension

dissection

direction

discretion

discussion

discipline

dissension

disruption

dispersion

distinction

distortion

distraction

disunion

diversion

division

dorian

divestment

divestments

donation

downtrodden

edition

embolden

emission

duration

eavesdropping

elation

ejection

elison

effective

election

effector

eleven

effectors

excretion

egyptian

emblazon

emotion

encryption

englishman

enlighten

enliven

emulsion

eruption

epistle

equation

erosion

erection

etruscan

excision

eviction

evictions

everyone

evasion

exclusion

exception

exaction

excursion

exemption

exertion

exhaustion

episode

episodes

expression

explosion

expulsion

extension

extinction

fabian

extortion

extrusion

extraction

fenian

feminine

ferryman

franciscan

fixation

fijian

expansion

filtration

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

foundation

forewoman

formation

foramen

forgotten

freemason

freudian

frustration

fustian

galleon

fruition

garrison

gaussian

gestation

genuine

gillian

ghanaian

gentleman

gordian

gradation

guardian

hawaiian

grobian

gravamen

halcyon

guncotton

gyration

hammerman

handwoven

halogen

harlequin

heartbroken

heavyset

heavyweight

heavyweights

heroin

heroine

obsession

indian

housebroken

horatian

horizon

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

imagine

immersion

illusion

impassion

implosion

imprison

in-person

inaction

impression

incision

inception

inclusion

incursion

infliction

induction

infection

infarction

infusion

ingestion

kantian

inflation

inhuman

inflection

infraction

injection

inscription

inspection

insertion

instruction

injunction

intention

intestine

invasion

inversion

intrusion

invention

irian

octillion

irishman

jamaican

italian

jacobin

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

keynesian

keratin

korean

lactation

laurentian

nutrition

objection

obstruction

lanolin

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

deduction

lobbyist

lobbyists

logician

location

lumberman

lopsided

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malayan

malaysian

median

mandarin

marian

masculine

margarine

medallion

medicine

misprision

menhaden

midshipman

migration

mexican

misfortune

melanin

mistaken

misshapen

moroccan

nonunion

muskmelon

munition

musician

mutation

myosin

narration

navigate

navigates

nebraskan

negation

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

nubian

norwegian

notation

obfuscate

obstructions

obstacle

obstacles

obstructive

occasion

obstinate

oboist

occlusion

odeon

offsetting

omission

optician

oppression

oration

optation

opposite

opposites

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

ovation

overman

overrun

oxygen

partition

parthian

parisian

partisan

patrician

revision

perception

percussion

pentathlon

perfection

perfusion

permian

petition

permission

persuasion

peterman

perversion

physician

phrygian

phoenician

plebeian

policeman

pollution

plantation

predation

prediction

position

possession

precision

precession

precaution

porcelain

preclusion

predestine

pelican

preemption

prescription

probation

presumption

pretension

privation

prevention

production

profession

profusion

progression

proportion

propulsion

projection

promotion

proscription

prostration

protean

protection

provision

puritan

reaction

ramadan

rebellion

recision

quotation

reception

recession

regression

reduction

redemption

reflection

regimen

religion

rendition

relation

rejection

remission

reopen

reptilian

rescission

resection

repression

restriction

resumption

retention

reunion

retraction

revisit

reversion

revulsion

substantive

revisits

rhapsody

substitute

rhapsodic

rhapsodize

rifleman

rhodopsin

rotation

robustly

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

scythian

scorpion

secession

secretion

sedation

sedition

seduction

seclusion

selection

sensation

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

sophistry

spaghetti

specimen

spectator

spectacle

spectators

spectacles

spectrograph

stagnation

starvation

submission

subscription

stygian

submersion

subacute

substances

substantial

substitutes

suburban

subversion

succession

suspicion

suggestion

suffocate

sumatran

summation

superman

suppression

suspension

syrian

tactician

talisman

technician

tamarin

tapestries

tapestry

taxation

temptation

thespian

toboggan

transcription

timberman

tradition

transaction

transition

transmission

transfusion

transgression

translation

unburden

unbutton

unbroken

truncation

typesetting

tuition

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

upside-down

uneven

upsetting

unison

uterine

vatican

vermilion

venetian

venison

vibration

veteran

vacation

volition

waterman

vocation

vitamin

wesleyan

zambian

subtraction

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

abolition

apprehension

aberration

abrogation

accordion

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

admiration

admonition

adoration

adulation

advocation

affectation

affectively

affectionate

affirmation

adrenaline

agrarian

absolution

alabaman

agitation

aggravation

albanian

aggregation

algerian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

alteration

apparition

amphibian

american

appellation

alternation

altercation

annexation

apostrophes

animation

annotation

appalachian

apostrophe

amputation

aldebaran

ammunition

approbation

apostolic

application

arbitration

arthurian

armageddon

armenian

arizonan

barbarian

assemblyman

aspiration

athenian

arabian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

babysitting

backwardation

baby-sitters

baby-sitter

bavarian

benediction

avocation

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

avocado

avocados

combination

capacitance

businesswoman

calculation

californian

calibration

canadian

cancellation

collodion

capacities

capacitor

capacity

carcinogen

capacitors

darwinian

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

circulation

coalition

cogitation

columbian

collocation

coloradan

coloration

commendation

committeeman

cultivation

competition

compilation

complication

comparison

compensation

composition

comprehension

commutation

computation

concentration

condescension

condemnation

confiscation

condensation

confirmation

crucifixion

connotation

conjugation

congregation

conflagration

confrontation

consecration

conservation

consolation

constellation

consternation

consummation

constipation

contradiction

constitution

consultation

contrarian

contravention

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

contemplation

contraception

copernican

corinthian

correlation

corporation

coronation

copenhagen

corp.

crocodilian

cotyledon

criterion

culmination

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

decimation

declaration

decoration

gravitation

decompression

degradation

defamation

definition

dehydration

delegation

dereliction

demolition

deformation

demarcation

deprivation

depredation

deportation

deposition

depositions

depravation

depositors

depositor

demonstration

derivation

desecration

desiccation

dissipation

designation

destitution

destination

disillusion

detonation

devonian

devolution

deviation

dietitian

devastated

dilatation

devastating

devastation

diminution

diocesan

desolation

disaffection

disconnection

disinflation

disinfection

disposition

dislocation

disputation

dispensation

desperation

dissolution

distillation

dissertation

distribution

divestiture

dominican

divestitures

divination

domination

draconian

education

duplication

elevation

effectively

electrician

elocution

elongation

effectuate

emigration

emanation

exhibition

englishwoman

estimation

emulation

eritrean

erudition

estonian

eustachian

equestrian

equitation

european

evacuate

evocation

evolution

excitation

excavation

evocative

exclamation

embarkation

execution

exhumation

exhalation

exhortation

expectation

expedition

exposition

exploration

explanation

explication

exploitation

fabrication

fallopian

extradition

extrication

fascination

fibrillation

federation

fermentation

figuration

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

gregorian

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gentlewoman

generation

gastrulation

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

expiration

greco-roman

herculean

granulation

habitation

guatemalan

hesitation

hegelian

historian

hemoglobin

hyperion

hibernation

himalayan

hungarian

hydrocarbon

indecision

moravian

hypertension

ideation

ibuprofen

imitation

immolation

immigration

illustration

implication

implantation

imperfection

importation

imposition

inattention

imputation

impregnation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indentation

indexation

indignation

indonesian

indiscretion

indigestion

infestation

infiltration

inhibition

inhalation

inflammation

information

instigation

institution

innovation

inquisition

inspiration

installation

insurrection

interception

interdiction

intercession

insulation

integration

interaction

interjection

intermission

intersection

interruption

intimation

interurban

interwoven

intervention

invitation

introduction

jurisdiction

jordanian

intuition

indication

inundation

iranian

invocation

irritation

jacobean

irrigation

iteration

jubilation

intonation

lancastrian

kindergarten

laceration

introspection

librarian

liquidation

levitation

liberation

leviathan

lilliputian

limitation

lubrication

litigation

liquefaction

locomotion

macedonian

maccabean

mammalian

malnutrition

malformation

maturation

masturbation

manumission

mediation

medication

meditation

meridian

menstruation

melanesian

minnesotan

ministration

misbegotten

misconception

miseration

motivation

missourian

misperception

mitigation

moderation

modulation

machination

deconstruction

mongolian

molestation

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

navigator

navigators

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obesity

obfuscation

obligation

legislation

obstetrical

observation

obstetrician

obstetricians

obstructionist

obstructionists

obstinacy

occupation

octahedron

olympian

pavlovian

isolation

officiates

ohioan

opacity

operation

opposition

oppositions

orchestration

ordination

ostentation

oscillation

oxidation

pagurian

overburden

ovulation

pagination

pedestrian

officiate

paraguayan

palpitation

dedication

pelagian

penicillin

penetration

perforation

persecution

peruvian

perturbation

perspiration

permutation

pigmentation

planarian

politician

polynesian

plutonian

polyhedron

population

praetorian

precondition

preconception

predetermine

preelection

predilection

protozoan

preignition

proclamation

procreation

premonition

profanation

preparation

prohibition

proposition

propagation

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

publication

provocation

punctuation

radiation

readmission

preservation

realization

reassertion

reawaken

recantation

recitation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

presentation

recreation

reexamine

reelection

reformation

refutation

registration

repetition

renovation

reinspection

relaxation

regulation

relocation

reparation

repercussion

reposition

replication

reconstruction

requisition

repossession

republican

resolution

resignation

reservation

restitution

revelation

reproduction

reputation

respiration

retrocession

retribution

retardation

restoration

resurrection

revolution

revocations

rhetorician

revocation

rhododendron

substitution

rumination

samaritan

saturation

sanitation

satisfaction

rhapsodizes

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

separation

self-deception

sequestration

shakespearean

simonian

simulation

substituted

situation

smithsonian

sophisticate

sophisticates

spectacular

spectrometer

spectrometry

spectroscopy

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

substitutions

substantiate

substantiates

substantively

substantially

surrogation

supposition

suffocation

suffocating

tasmanian

superstition

supervision

superhuman

suppositions

syncopation

tabulation

syndication

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

trepidation

toleration

titillation

topsy-turvy

transformation

transportation

tribulation

transplantation

ubiquity

ulceration

visitation

usurpation

utopian

validation

vacillation

valuation

vaccination

variation

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

victorian

vindication

violation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

appropriation

accommodation

accreditation

acceleration

academician

accumulation

administration

adjudication

adulteration

affiliation

affectionately

agglomeration

approximation

alliteration

abomination

alleviation

brobdingnagian

amazonian

amortization

amelioration

amalgamation

alienation

anticipation

annihilation

amplification

argentinian

appreciation

articulation

assimilation

association

assemblywoman

assassination

augustinian

attenuation

authentication

authorization

argumentation

babylonian

beethovenian

caledonian

carolinian

centenarian

capitulation

canonization

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

certification

christianization

clarification

classification

coagulation

civilization

collaboration

codification

cohabitation

conciliation

brutalization

communication

concatenation

consideration

colonization

confederation

configuration

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

corroboration

coordination

commemoration

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

delineation

defenestration

deliberation

degeneration

deification

delicatessen

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

desalination

depositary

depreciation

depository

dionysian

determination

desegregation

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

excoriation

ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

exhilaration

emancipation

epicurean

exfoliation

enumeration

equalization

equivocation

epistolary

eradication

ethiopian

evaporation

evaluation

evacuations

evacuated

exacerbation

exasperation

exaggeration

examination

evacuation

exoneration

expatriation

exoskeleton

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

fertilization

falsification

fortification

gasification

glorification

hanoverian

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

hyperborean

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

immunization

inactivation

improvisation

incrimination

incarceration

inauguration

incineration

incorporation

obliteration

indoctrination

initiation

inhabitation

insinuation

insemination

inoculation

instrumentation

interconnection

intimidation

interpretation

interrogation

investigation

jeffersonian

interpolation

invalidation

irradiation

ionization

juxtaposition

intoxication

justification

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

maximilian

magnification

maximization

manifestation

magnetization

manipulation

mathematician

metropolitan

misapprehension

miscalculation

misapplication

misinformation

mississippian

modernization

nonsectarian

mobilization

modification

mummification

navigational

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

negotiation

nonintervention

multiplication

normalization

notification

nullification

mechanization

obstructionism

oregonian

ossification

orientation

ornamentation

origination

organization

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

patagonian

pasteurization

infatuation

pennsylvanian

philadelphian

perpetuation

peloponnesian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

proletarian

proliferation

prognostication

pronunciation

pythagorean

quantification

purification

qualification

reaffirmation

ramification

ratification

recombination

reverberation

recommendation

recrimination

refrigeration

reforestation

regeneration

rectification

recuperation

reiteration

remuneration

rejuvenation

renunciation

reintegration

repatriation

repositories

repudiation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

repository

preoccupation

scandinavian

russification

sanctification

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

stratification

sophistication

sophisticated

specification

specialization

sterilization

subordination

subsidiaries

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

unification

veterinarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word obsidian

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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