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2 syllable words
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2 syllable words

acton

action

affirm

affront

affronts

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

bookman

affirms

bowman

apron

aprons

arson

aspen

ashen

atman

asian

bayman

auden

austin

auction

auburn

bordman

bagman

bacon

baldwin

banyan

bargain

barton

baron

barren

basin

bason

bastion

baston

baton

batten

batton

blowgun

bellman

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

befriend

befriends

belgian

billman

billion

bellon

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

blacken

bludgeon

bolden

bourbon

bobbin

bollen

brogan

brakeman

brethren

broken

boughten

boston

bracken

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

brazen

darken

burden

burman

burdon

burton

burgeon

zircon

bushman

dampen

bullion

cabin

caisson

cajun

carman

calvin

canton

canaan

cannon

carmine

canon

canyon

carbon

capstan

captain

caption

carton

chapman

cavern

cauldron

caxton

caverns

caution

cayman

chessman

charon

certain

chairman

chaplain

chasten

cheapen

chevron

chieftain

chosen

churchman

children

christian

button

christen

citron

classman

claxon

coachman

clinton

colon

common

chicken

damson

corban

cordon

curtain

craftsman

cowan

cousin

craven

crewman

crouton

cuban

crimson

cotton

cretin

cumin

daman

dalton

dagan

dagon

cushion

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

deformed

deform

devon

desman

driven

diction

dian

dolman

doctrine

dromon

dobson

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dragon

drunken

dustman

earthen

dutchman

dungeon

eaten

eden

elan

emption

dudgeon

graven

ermine

ensign

ephraim

firman

falcon

faction

fallen

famine

faustian

fasten

faulcon

fatten

felon

fashion

fireman

fibrin

fielden

fiction

floren

flashgun

flexion

flatten

fission

foreign

fortune

footman

fountain

freedman

fraction

freeman

gammon

frozen

freshman

fusion

friction

frighten

freshen

function

gallon

garden

garron

german

gascon

gentian

georgian

given

gilden

gibbon

gowan

glidden

golden

gorgon

goodman

gluten

govern

glisten

gotten

gladden

governs

grandson

engine

grecian

griffon

motion

guardsman

headsman

hackman

gudgeon

gumption

haitian

headman

hangman

harden

harken

harten

hausen

haven

happen

hasten

hearten

heathen

heaven

hoven

hempen

henchman

heron

hessian

homespun

hogan

hetman

horseman

human

hidden

houseman

hoten

huntsman

heighten

hymen

ibsen

hyphen

hyson

jargon

jackman

jordan

ion

jasmine

jason

jetson

jetton

jorden

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kalan

junction

kirkman

kenyan

klansman

kremlin

kitten

lagan

lampron

landsman

layman

kitchen

landman

leaven

laden

latin

leaden

ledden

legion

lemon

leman

leven

lessen

lesson

lesion

lichen

lightman

lengthen

liken

logan

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lighten

linen

listen

lion

liven

lockman

locken

liman

london

longan

loosen

lotion

loren

lumen

lowborn

m1

lynden

luncheon

lyden

madden

maiden

mahone

mangan

marchman

markman

marlin

marksman

margin

mansion

marron

marten

martian

martin

matron

mason

mayan

melton

mignon

mention

melon

milken

million

minden

minion

molten

moisten

morgan

mitten

mission

mountain

muffin

mullen

rerun

muslin

mutton

nation

newsman

nekton

newborns

newborn

ninon

oarsman

notion

ocean

omen

olden

odin

often

orphan

onion

open

option

organ

outrun

outdone

othman

oven

owen

oxen

packman

paean

pagan

patron

pardon

parson

passman

passion

pathan

panton

patten

pavon

pectin

penman

pension

penguin

peon

persian

perron

person

pitman

plankton

pinion

piston

pillion

pigeon

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

portman

portion

potion

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

raven

rayon

ration

reason

reckon

reborn

redden

reform

reformed

reforms

region

refrain

refrains

reprint

reprints

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

ripen

roman

rosen

riven

robin

ruin

rumen

salmon

risen

rowan

rowen

saffron

runnion

samson

rotten

sadden

russian

salesman

santon

sanction

rosin

satan

satin

saxon

soldan

scotsman

season

scullion

seedsman

scallion

scion

section

slogan

sermon

semen

seven

selden

session

sequin

seton

sexton

silken

shaken

showman

shearman

shorten

shaman

shogun

sharpen

shipman

shotgun

shrunken

sicken

shopworn

siren

siphon

slacken

solon

smarten

seaman

smitten

sodden

soften

sovran

spearman

spoken

sovrans

spartan

sparing

sportsman

squadron

stallman

sprinkle

springer

sprinkler

springing

springtime

springboard

sprinklers

sprinkles

sprinters

sprinter

stallion

statesman

steven

stepson

stillion

stiffen

station

stockman

stolen

sturgeon

striven

straighten

stricken

strengthen

suasion

sovereign

sultan

suction

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

supremes

surgeon

sylvan

swollen

sweeten

syphon

tarpon

tartan

tavern

taverns

taken

talon

tappen

tendon

teston

tension

triton

tillman

token

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

toman

townsman

torsion

traction

toughen

trillion

trojan

trodden

urban

treason

tubman

union

turban

tungsten

tuscan

undone

urson

urchin

urine

warden

version

thicken

woven

vegan

vibrant

villain

warren

vision

vulcan

wagon

waken

wanton

watchman

yeoman

women

zaman

weaken

weapon

wheaten

woodman

whiten

worsen

yachtsman

woolman

workman

yaupon

whitson

wiccan

widen

woman

wizen

wooden

woolen

written

zion

sprinkling

supreme

3 syllable words

abdomen

aberrant

ablation

abduction

abhorrence

abhorrent

ablution

adrian

abortion

abrasion

accession

absorption

abstention

abstraction

afferent

accretion

addition

acumen

addiction

adhesion

affection

admission

adoption

adsorption

aegean

african

affliction

aggression

alaskan

albion

albumin

aleutian

apparent

alien

alsatian

ambition

allusion

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

appearance

appian

apprehend

aversion

battalion

apportion

arian

arkansan

assertion

aryan

aspersion

artesian

ascension

artisan

assassin

assumption

asuncion

attention

attraction

awaken

avian

austrian

audition

australian

backgammon

attrition

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

beethoven

bedridden

beholden

bedizen

bedouin

beforehand

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

apprentice

bufferin

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

carrion

carnation

cartesian

caucasian

causation

catalan

cation

champion

chairperson

chamberlain

cessation

cetacean

chairwoman

charlatan

charwoman

castration

cinnamon

chilean

cistercian

citation

clergyman

clarion

civilian

citizen

clarendon

cohesion

collection

collagen

collegian

collision

cognition

collusion

commotion

communion

commission

combustion

compassion

complexion

compression

completion

contrition

concession

convection

compulsion

concussion

connexion

confession

confection

condition

conduction

congressman

conflation

congestion

confucian

confusion

connection

compunction

conjunction

contagion

contention

construction

consumption

contortion

constriction

contraction

contraption

conscription

conversion

convention

conception

conviction

convulsion

concoction

correction

corrosion

corsican

corruption

contusion

councilman

countryman

coverings

creation

cremation

croatian

crustacean

crestfallen

covering

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

conclusion

companion

debarment

deferment

deception

decision

declension

defection

deduction

deference

deferments

deflation

deletion

deflection

delusion

dentition

depiction

depletion

determine

denizen

derision

depression

description

desertion

detection

detention

destruction

devotion

digestion

difference

diapering

different

dictation

diffraction

differently

diffusion

digression

dilation

dimension

direction

dilution

discipline

discretion

discussion

dispersion

donation

dissension

division

disruption

dorian

downtrodden

distraction

diversion

disunion

distinction

distortion

dominion

dissection

emulsion

gravamen

elation

duration

efferent

ejection

edition

egyptian

election

elison

emblazon

eleven

emission

embolden

emotion

encryption

erection

enlighten

equation

enliven

etruscan

erosion

eruption

evermore

evasion

everyone

eviction

exaction

exertion

excursion

exception

exemption

excision

excretion

exclusion

exhaustion

fabian

expansion

explosion

extension

extortion

extraction

expulsion

extinction

extrusion

expression

englishman

favoring

ferryman

feminine

fenian

fisherman

filtration

fijian

flirtation

flotation

garrison

foramen

forewoman

formation

foundation

forbidden

forgotten

franciscan

freemason

freudian

fustian

frustration

fruition

galleon

fixation

gaussian

gentleman

gradation

genuine

gestation

governors

ghanaian

gillian

governance

governing

gordian

governments

governor

grobian

guardian

guncotton

gyration

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

hawaiian

harlequin

abandon

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hibernate

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

immersion

imprison

impression

imagine

implosion

impassion

in-person

inaction

inception

incursion

indian

incision

inclusion

induction

infarction

jacobin

infection

inflation

ingestion

injection

inflection

infraction

inhuman

infliction

infusion

injunction

inscription

insertion

inspection

intention

instruction

italian

intestine

invasion

inversion

irian

invention

irishman

intrusion

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

laboring

labyrinth

laurentian

laotian

lactation

lanolin

lecithin

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

location

logician

mandarin

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

malaysian

malayan

magician

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

median

moroccan

medicine

migration

menhaden

midshipman

mexican

melanin

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

munition

mutation

musician

narration

muskmelon

myosin

negation

nevadan

nemean

nevermore

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

oberon

nonhuman

norwegian

notation

nutrition

nubian

objection

obsession

nonunion

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

odeon

offering

offerings

omission

orion

operant

oppression

optation

oration

opinion

optician

origin

ottoman

outspoken

overnight

overhangs

oxygen

papering

pavilion

patrician

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

pelican

peppermint

nebraskan

permian

peppering

pentathlon

percussion

perception

perfection

perfusion

perversion

peterman

permission

persuasion

petition

plantation

phoenician

physician

phrygian

plebeian

policeman

resumption

pollution

possession

porcelain

position

precaution

precession

predation

predestine

precision

preclusion

prediction

privation

prescription

probation

prevention

pretension

presumption

preemption

procession

production

profession

profusion

progression

proscription

projection

promotion

protean

provision

proportion

protection

prostration

propulsion

puritan

quotation

reaction

ramadan

reaffirms

rebellion

reaffirm

recession

recision

regression

reception

rejection

redemption

reduction

reference

reflection

reformist

reformists

reformer

regimen

reformers

relation

reopen

religion

rendition

remission

repression

resection

reprimand

rescission

reprimands

reptilian

restriction

retention

retraction

reverence

reunion

reverend

reverent

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

revulsion

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

scorpion

scuppernong

secession

secretion

sedation

seclusion

sedition

sensation

seduction

selection

severance

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

scythian

solomon

snapdragon

solution

subscription

soprano

specimen

thespian

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

sopranos

suburban

subversion

suffering

succession

suggestion

sufferings

subtraction

sumatran

summation

suppression

syrian

suspension

suspicion

tactician

talisman

tamarin

tapering

taxation

technician

temptation

timberman

toboggan

transgression

transmission

tradition

transaction

transcription

transfusion

transition

translation

truncation

tuition

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unbutton

unbroken

uneven

unwritten

uterine

vocation

uppermost

unison

vacation

vatican

venison

venetian

vermilion

veteran

vitamin

volition

vibration

vibrancy

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

accordion

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

abyssinian

absolution

activation

accusation

acquisition

adaptation

admiration

affirmation

adoration

advocation

adrenaline

adulation

affectation

admonition

affirmations

affirmative

aggravation

aforementioned

aggregation

apparition

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

allegation

alteration

alternation

altercation

allocation

american

animation

amphibian

amputation

ammunition

annotation

annexation

appalachian

apparently

appearances

appellation

apprehension

apprehensions

apprehensive

arabian

arizonan

armageddon

arbitration

armenian

aspiration

arthurian

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

bavarian

apprenticeships

approbation

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

attribution

avocation

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

application

apprentices

apprenticeship

commutation

businesswoman

canadian

calibration

cancellation

californian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circumspection

circulation

circumvention

coalition

collodion

collocation

cogitation

coloradan

columbian

coloration

committeeman

comedian

combination

commendation

comparison

darwinian

compensation

calculation

compilation

complication

competition

contravention

computation

composition

comprehension

condemnation

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

congregation

confrontation

conjugation

connotation

contrarian

conservation

consolation

consummation

condescension

consecration

constellation

constipation

consultation

consternation

constitution

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

conversation

condensation

concentration

convocation

convolution

corp.

corporation

copernican

corinthian

coronation

copenhagen

correlation

covariance

cotyledon

criterion

crucifixion

crocodilian

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

contribution

dandelion

decoration

declaration

decimation

decompression

deconstruction

dedication

defamation

deferential

deformation

deformity

delegation

deformities

dehydration

degradation

demarcation

demolition

devastation

definition

demonstration

deportation

derivation

depravation

deprivation

depredation

deposition

dereliction

desecration

deviation

desperation

desiccation

desolation

designation

destination

destitution

detonation

devonian

devolution

differences

dietitian

differential

differentials

diocesan

disaffection

diminution

dislocation

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

disillusion

dispensation

disposition

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

dissolution

divination

distribution

domination

dominican

draconian

dilatation

duplication

education

effrontery

elevation

elongation

electrician

emanation

embarkation

emigration

elocution

greco-roman

emulation

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

eustachian

estonian

european

estimation

erudition

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

expiration

exhumation

exploitation

expectation

explication

expedition

explanation

fallopian

exploration

extradition

extrication

fabrication

exposition

federation

fermentation

fascination

figuration

motivation

fibrillation

floridian

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

fluoridation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

governmental

gorgonian

governorship

governorships

graduation

gastrulation

granulation

fluctuation

gravitation

gregorian

englishwoman

habitation

hibernation

herculean

hesitation

historian

hegelian

himalayan

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hemoglobin

hyperion

iberian

ideation

hypertension

illustration

ibuprofen

imitation

imperfection

importation

implication

implantation

impregnation

immolation

immigration

imposition

imputation

incubation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

inclination

indentation

indecision

indexation

indonesian

incrustation

indication

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

information

inhalation

inhibition

inquisition

innovation

insurrection

inspiration

interaction

insulation

installation

instigation

integration

institution

interception

intercession

intermission

interdiction

isolation

interurban

intersection

intervention

interwoven

intimation

intonation

interruption

introduction

intuition

invitation

introspection

invocation

iranian

irrigation

irritation

inundation

iteration

interjection

jacobean

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

jordanian

laceration

labyrinthine

lancastrian

legislation

liberation

inflammation

leviathan

liberians

librarian

levitation

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

litigation

lilliputian

locomotion

liberian

lubrication

mammalian

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

machination

manumission

maturation

masturbation

mediation

medication

infestation

meridian

menstruation

miseration

melanesian

minnesotan

ministration

meditation

misbegotten

molestation

misconception

misperception

missourian

mitigation

moderation

mongolian

moravian

mortification

infiltration

guatemalan

modulation

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

politician

noblewoman

nicaraguan

nestorian

never-ending

newtonian

nigerian

nonpartisan

obfuscation

nomination

nonprescription

obligation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

obstetrician

operation

orchestration

ordination

opposition

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

papier-mache

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penicillin

perforation

pepperoni

persecution

permutation

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

planarian

pigmentation

plutonian

penetration

restoration

praetorian

predetermine

preservation

precondition

preconception

preparation

predilection

preignition

premonition

presentation

preelection

procreation

profanation

population

provocation

proclamation

protozoan

prohibition

protestation

propagation

proposition

prostitution

publication

prosecution

radiation

polynesian

punctuation

readmission

reassertion

reappearance

realization

reawaken

resurrection

recitation

reclamation

reinspection

recantation

recreation

recognition

reelection

recollection

reformation

reexamine

references

referendum

referendums

refutation

reconstruction

regulation

registration

relocation

reparation

renovation

repercussion

relaxation

repetition

replication

reposition

repossession

reputation

requisition

reproduction

republican

reservation

resignation

resolution

respiration

polyhedron

retardation

restitution

revelation

rhetorician

reverently

reverential

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

separation

segmentation

segregation

sequestration

self-deception

simonian

siberian

shakespearean

sicilian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

retribution

retrocession

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

titillation

suffocation

substitution

superhuman

supervision

superimpose

superstition

supposition

supremacy

supremely

tabernacle

surrogation

syndication

syncopation

tabulation

tasmanian

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

toleration

transformation

transportation

tribulation

ulceration

transplantation

trepidation

usurpation

valerian

variation

veneration

validation

vegetation

ventilation

valuation

utopian

victorian

visitation

vindication

wagnerian

violation

vaccination

vacillation

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

academician

accommodation

accreditation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

accumulation

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

amazonian

amalgamation

amelioration

alliteration

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

affirmatively

appreciation

authorization

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

association

assassination

assimilation

assemblywoman

articulation

augustinian

authentication

babylonian

attenuation

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

certification

centenarian

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

communication

caledonian

concatenation

conciliation

confederation

configuration

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deliberation

deification

delicatessen

delineation

denomination

denunciation

desalination

depreciation

desegregation

determination

depopulation

differentiate

differentiates

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disintegration

disinclination

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

dissatisfaction

dramatization

elaboration

edification

ejaculation

elimination

emancipation

electrocution

elizabethan

enumeration

equalization

epicurean

eradication

equivocation

ethiopian

evaluation

evacuation

evaporation

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoskeleton

exoneration

expropriation

expatriation

extermination

facilitation

fertilization

falsification

fortification

glorification

gasification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

deceleration

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

illumination

imagination

immunization

improvisation

hyperinflation

incorporation

inauguration

incineration

inactivation

incarceration

incrimination

indoctrination

infatuation

hyperborean

initiation

inhabitation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

intimidation

intoxication

investigation

interrogation

irradiation

invalidation

interpretation

ionization

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

maximilian

mathematician

manipulation

maximization

mechanization

manifestation

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

misinformation

mobilization

miscalculation

modification

mississippian

modernization

decapitation

mummification

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

notification

nonsectarian

normalization

nullification

obliteration

orientation

oregonian

ornamentation

organization

origination

ossification

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

pasteurization

patagonian

participation

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

peloponnesian

neapolitan

pomeranian

reaffirmation

precipitation

predestination

presbyterian

premeditation

preoccupation

predisposition

prevarication

presupposition

multiplication

procrastination

proletarian

proliferation

prognostication

pronunciation

pythagorean

purification

qualification

quantification

ratification

ramification

recombination

recommendation

reforestation

reformatories

reformatory

recrimination

regeneration

refrigeration

reintegration

reiteration

rejuvenation

recuperation

remuneration

repatriation

renunciation

repudiation

representation

reprehensible

rectification

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

sedimentation

simplification

scandinavian

solicitation

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

supernatural

superintendent

superintendents

synchronization

theologian

substantiation

triangulation

unification

unitarian

vegetarian

vaporization

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

utilization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word overman

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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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