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

aching

acting

ailing

aging

airing

amused

angling

arching

arming

asking

backing

awning

baiting

baking

banking

banding

banging

banquet

banquets

basting

bagging

bathing

barring

batting

beating

beaming

bearing

bedding

beijing

belting

bending

belling

being

benights

benight

binding

biding

bidding

billing

beading

biting

blasting

blending

blinding

blazing

blessing

bleeding

bleeping

blocking

bleaching

blooming

boasting

boating

boiling

blushing

boarding

bolling

blowing

blueing

bluing

bolting

bonding

blaring

boning

bracing

bouncing

bounding

boxing

booting

boozing

boring

bowling

bowing

braiding

branching

breasting

breaking

braving

breeding

briefing

breathing

breeching

booming

brawling

brimming

brewing

broiling

broking

browning

brooding

browsing

bucking

buckling

building

bulging

budding

bunting

burning

bruting

burping

butting

buying

calling

calming

camping

caning

carling

carping

carving

casing

casting

chanting

chasing

chafing

caulking

ceiling

catching

charming

chemist

chemists

chewing

chirping

brushing

chilling

chipping

choking

chopping

bitching

churning

birthing

clanging

coasting

cloaking

clocking

clucking

coating

clipping

clogging

closing

clouding

clothing

coaching

coaxing

clowning

cocking

coiling

codding

colling

combing

coming

concede

concedes

conchoid

connect

connects

constant

cleaning

conceit

constrain

constraints

constrained

constrains

constraint

constrict

construct

constructs

construe

cooking

cooling

coping

costing

coursing

cracking

crackling

coupling

cooing

crashing

craving

cresting

creaking

creeping

crooning

crossing

cribbing

crushing

crying

cuddling

couching

cunning

curling

cutting

curing

dancing

culling

damning

daring

dashing

crowing

daunting

damaged

dawning

dealing

darling

derring

dicing

dining

digging

dilling

dipping

dishing

ding-dong

diving

docking

downstage

doting

draining

drafting

doubting

dragging

downstream

doing

drawing

dressing

drilling

doomsday

drinking

driving

dripping

fancied

dropping

drugging

drumming

drying

duckling

dubbing

earning

earthling

eating

dwelling

easing

dyeing

dying

during

earring

dueling

edging

enact

enacts

encode

eking

ending

ducking

dumpling

evening

erring

etching

fainting

facing

fading

failing

falling

farming

farthing

faulting

feigning

fencing

finding

fighting

fielding

feeding

feeling

fehling

filing

fetching

filling

fining

finished

fleeting

flashing

fixing

fledgling

firing

fitting

flagging

flaring

fishing

flaming

fleming

flitting

climbing

floating

foiling

flushing

flying

folding

foaming

flowing

franking

footing

framing

foundling

founding

forming

flooring

forging

freaking

fraying

frosting

freezing

flogging

flooding

lending

fruiting

glazing

frying

gaming

fucking

fuming

funding

gadding

galling

glancing

function

functions

gassing

getting

ginning

gilding

gearing

girding

giving

glaring

glinting

golding

golfing

gloaming

glowing

going

grading

grafting

grating

grasping

grayling

grazing

greening

greeting

groundling

grappling

grinding

grounding

grieving

grooming

grouping

grouting

growing

gunning

lemming

clearing

gunshots

hamstring

hamstrings

handling

hamsters

hamster

hanging

having

heading

hatching

harping

heating

healing

hearing

heckling

heaving

helping

herring

gunshot

hiding

hissing

hitting

hoarding

holding

hogging

holing

homestead

gushing

homesteads

homestretch

homing

honest

hopping

horning

hosting

hounding

hilling

instance

housing

hugging

humming

gymnast

hurting

icing

hurling

gymnasts

incite

incites

hunting

inkling

inning

ingots

inset

insides

inside

install

instead

instant

installs

instinct

instill

instills

instincts

instructs

instruct

jailing

jerking

jetting

jeering

jarring

jogging

joking

jumping

junket

judging

juncture

junction

junctures

junctions

jutting

junkets

keeling

kenning

keeping

kicking

kindling

knitting

knocking

killing

kingdom

knockdown

lasting

knowing

ingot

kumquat

lading

lagging

lamping

landing

lancet

lancets

kingdoms

kipling

leaking

lashing

laying

launching

lapping

laughing

latching

lawing

languid

leaning

leading

knighthood

learning

leaping

knightly

leasing

legging

offspring

constants

forcing

lightning

lighting

liking

lifting

lengthy

lengthwise

limestone

licking

limestones

listing

lining

loathing

living

loading

logging

linseed

lodging

long-term

loaning

longing

meaning

looking

lopping

lunching

mainstays

lumping

lying

loring

losing

loving

lunchtime

lowing

madding

mainstay

making

mainstream

mailing

malting

marking

mapping

matching

marching

melting

matting

looming

meeting

looping

mincing

lengthens

minding

mining

merging

milling

minstrel

minstrels

missing

mocking

minster

molting

monsters

moonstone

monster

moonstones

moonstruck

mooring

mounting

morning

morphing

moulding

mourning

moving

mowing

mugging

nanking

muting

nagging

napping

musing

nestling

netting

nipping

nodding

non-stick

nursing

nutting

nothing

nonstops

nonstop

nosing

offing

playing

planting

ousting

outing

pacing

oozing

painting

packing

paging

padding

panting

panning

pairing

passing

parking

parting

patching

pelting

paving

peaking

paying

pegging

peeing

pending

owing

petting

phasing

phrasing

pining

picking

piercing

pinching

piling

pimping

planking

piping

pitching

posting

pointing

plating

pleading

pleasing

poking

plodding

plugging

plumbing

poling

polling

pouncing

praying

printing

pounding

pouting

preaching

pooling

popping

pressing

paring

priming

pruning

prowling

prying

pushing

quilting

purging

pumping

quaking

pudding

puffing

punctured

punctures

putting

puncture

quilling

racing

racking

raking

rafting

railing

raising

raging

rambling

rancid

raving

reading

plaything

onset

lengthen

resting

rhinestones

rhinestone

rifling

riding

ribbing

rounding

rigging

romping

roasting

rising

rocking

ringing

roaring

rolling

roofing

sanction

rousing

sacking

ruling

sailing

saving

salting

sapling

running

sagging

sanctum

roving

scaling

rubbing

saying

scalping

scarring

sanctions

shirting

scheming

scraping

screaming

scratching

scolding

scorching

screening

schilling

seating

seedling

seeling

seeming

seamster

searching

scrimping

seeing

seizing

serving

shafting

setting

shading

shaving

sharking

schooling

shearing

shedding

sewing

sheeting

sheathing

shining

shelving

shifting

shelling

shilling

shipping

screwing

shocking

shoestring

shooting

shrinking

shunting

shredding

shuffling

shoring

shrouding

showing

sibling

siding

sighting

signing

sinking

sitting

singing

sighing

sizing

skilling

skirting

skimming

slanting

slating

slighting

slapping

sledding

sleeping

sliding

slitting

sloping

slotting

slouching

smacking

smelting

sneaking

stinking

smelling

smoking

snapping

sneezing

sterling

sticking

snarling

smoothing

straddling

straining

soaking

sniffing

something

spanking

spending

stating

sounding

speaking

sparing

spelling

sparkling

sporting

starting

sparling

sopping

soothing

sperling

squinting

standing

stacking

staging

sprinkling

stamping

spurling

squeezing

springing

starling

stalling

staving

spinning

stealing

steering

stocking

snoring

stinging

stirring

stooping

stitching

storming

stopping

snowstorm

stowing

snowstorms

strapping

soaring

streaming

striking

stretching

sobbing

stripling

striving

stroking

strutting

stripping

sucking

suckling

youngsters

stuffing

sweating

sweeting

swaying

stunning

sweeping

swelling

swearing

swimming

swooning

switching

tacking

taking

tailing

tackling

talking

tamping

tanning

tasting

taunting

teamsters

teaming

teeming

teaching

teamster

tempting

teething

telling

suing

thrusting

thinking

thrashing

thrilling

throwing

thumping

ticking

tilting

tiding

tipping

tinctures

toasting

tithing

tooling

tincture

tonight

tomcat

topping

tossing

tracing

touching

trading

training

trifling

suiting

tricking

trucking

trilling

trimming

trusting

twisting

twining

tungsten

turning

tuning

trying

tying

tubing

trailing

uncouth

tripping

testing

unset

unseat

veiling

vaulting

veering

unwashed

vesting

waning

viking

wainscot

waiting

waking

wading

voiding

voting

walking

vying

walling

wanting

wapping

warling

wincing

weakling

wearing

wedding

winding

washing

wasting

warming

warning

warping

webbing

wrestling

weeding

wellspring

westling

whacking

whaling

weighing

wheeling

whipping

whirling

whiting

weeping

whistling

whitling

wielding

whooping

whopping

wilding

willing

working

winning

wiring

wording

wishing

witching

wrecking

writing

weaving

yachting

wringing

yearling

yangtze

yearning

yielding

yelling

youngster

uncut

unused

3 syllable words

absorbing

accenting

adjoining

abounding

accusing

abiding

according

admiring

affecting

alarming

adoring

afflicting

alerting

aligning

agreeing

alluring

amazing

amusing

arresting

anecdote

amnesties

anecdotes

annealing

anything

annoying

appalling

aniseed

appealing

approving

anisette

approaching

arranging

arriving

amnesty

ascending

amsterdam

aspiring

astounding

attracting

assuming

assuring

backbiting

backsliding

badgering

baffling

banister

bannister

ballooning

battening

battering

bettering

beseeching

befitting

becoming

beginning

beguiling

beholding

believing

belonging

besetting

besieging

asserting

bickering

billowing

churchgoing

blackmailing

blanketing

bloodsucking

blistering

childbearing

bloodletting

blossoming

blundering

blustering

bottling

brainwashing

broadcasting

bookkeeping

buffeting

bumbling

bubbling

bullfighting

bullying

bundling

bungling

bushwhacking

bustling

butchering

cackling

campaigning

canister

caressing

canoeing

carousing

carpeting

carrying

carjacking

canoeist

centering

channeling

canisters

challenging

chattering

chemistry

favoring

coincide

colouring

commanding

commuting

coloring

composing

coincides

complaining

comforting

completing

complying

compounding

conceding

conceded

conceited

concerning

confiding

concurring

conforming

confounding

consoling

confusing

conflicting

conjuring

connected

conserving

connecting

conquering

connection

connections

consider

connectors

connecter

connector

connective

considers

constancy

constantly

constable

constables

constipate

constipates

debating

constitute

counseling

constitutes

constricting

constricted

construction

constriction

constructions

constrictor

constrictions

constrictors

constructive

conveying

converging

correcting

consulting

consuming

constructor

contracting

constructors

convincing

contacting

covering

cowering

copying

crusading

cradling

crocheting

crippling

cycling

cushioning

dairying

dampening

faltering

damaging

deadening

deafening

darkening

abducting

degrading

delighting

densities

decreasing

detailing

despairing

deserving

dialing

departing

descending

designing

diapering

disguising

dissecting

defusing

disarming

discerning

disgusting

dissembling

distracting

distressing

diverting

diverging

dissenting

dissolving

divining

dividing

density

domestics

downsizing

doubling

drizzling

enduring

dynastic

easterling

dwindling

dynasties

dynasty

eavesdropping

echoing

endearing

emitting

emptying

enclosing

enchanting

enactment

enactments

engaging

engraving

ensuing

enlisting

engrossing

entering

enticing

equating

erupting

erecting

everything

expelling

exceeding

exciting

excepting

exhausting

existing

expanding

expiring

exploring

exacting

exulting

factoring

dumbfounding

declining

fastening

domestic

feathering

fingering

finishing

flattering

flavoring

doddering

frustrating

fondling

flowering

following

forbidding

forgiving

forwarding

forthcoming

foreboding

freewheeling

forecasting

gambling

galloping

gathering

genocides

genocide

functional

gardening

glimmering

glistening

glowering

good-looking

governing

groundbreaking

fumigate

guncotton

gymnastics

installing

handwriting

hardworking

harvesting

happening

heartbreaking

hardening

highflying

housewarming

homesteader

honestly

homesteaders

honesty

homicides

housekeeping

improving

impending

imploring

imposing

importing

imprinting

gymnastic

inactive

increasing

incitement

incoming

incidence

incident

incitements

hairdressing

incidents

homicide

interesting

infighting

inserting

inspiring

insiders

insider

instigates

instigate

instances

instantly

inaction

inchoate

instructive

invading

instruction

instructions

instrument

instinctive

institute

institutes

instructor

instruments

insulting

instructors

investing

inviting

ironing

issuing

jockeying

journeying

juggling

laboring

lactating

kidnapping

lawmaking

lamenting

landholding

layering

laundering

languishing

leavening

lessening

life-giving

lettering

lightening

leveling

lingering

locating

listening

long-distance

longitude

longitudes

lowering

machining

maddening

matchmaking

marshaling

marketing

maturing

measuring

meddling

mellowing

menstrual

lumbering

menstruate

ministral

middling

minister

offsetting

ministers

mumbling

ministries

misgiving

misleading

misspelling

modeling

ministry

monastic

monoxide

motoring

mottling

mothering

murmuring

muscling

narrowing

neighboring

nerve-racking

networking

neutering

observing

non-catholic

non-catholics

nourishing

nonstarters

nonstarter

obliging

non-standard

offering

reinstate

oncoming

one-sided

ongoing

ordering

outgoing

outlying

outfitting

outpouring

opining

opposing

outstanding

paneling

papering

parceling

plastering

opening

patrolling

peddling

peppering

perplexing

persisting

pervading

pianists

pickering

pilfering

piddling

pitying

pardoning

pianist

polishing

pondering

preceding

prevailing

polluting

powdering

presiding

proceeding

profiling

profiting

provoking

promising

pronouncing

punctuate

punctual

quarreling

quickening

railroading

raveling

ravishing

reasoning

reckoning

reclining

recording

reducing

reenact

reenacts

regarding

reflecting

refreshing

reinstall

reinstalls

rejoicing

relapsing

respecting

rendering

retiring

resisting

renegades

renegade

repeating

reversing

relieving

revolving

reviving

scattering

revolting

riveting

rumbling

sanctity

sanctify

scaffolding

scavenging

scrambling

seagoing

sensation

seasoning

seducing

seamstresses

semester

semesters

scribbling

sensations

settling

sensitive

sensitize

shadowing

shimmering

shipbuilding

shortening

shortcoming

sickening

sinister

sinusoid

sizzling

sleepwalking

smattering

shoplifting

strengthening

soldiering

soldering

sojourning

souring

softening

stiffening

succeeding

stuttering

suffering

surveying

sweetening

surpassing

surrounding

surviving

surprising

tabling

tailoring

tapering

tempering

thanksgiving

threatening

ticketing

thickening

thundering

tinkering

tinkling

tormenting

toweling

towering

typesetting

transporting

trembling

traversing

trumpeting

tumbling

twinkling

tunicate

typewriting

underling

unbending

unsparing

unfailing

unfeeling

undying

undoing

unflinching

ungodly

unsettle

unstable

unthinking

vanishing

wandering

unwilling

unwitting

upsetting

unyielding

varying

uprising

wagering

visiting

vomiting

warehousing

watering

well-being

whispering

whitening

weathering

winnowing

withering

wrongdoing

yellowing

4 syllable words

activating

admonishing

agitating

advertising

aggravating

agonizing

anaesthetic

anaesthetics

amygdala

legislating

anecdotal

appetizing

annexation

anxieties

anesthetist

anxiety

babysitting

awakening

astonishing

barbecuing

bicycling

bewildering

calculating

captivating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

coincidence

coincident

complicating

concatenate

concatenates

fascinating

condescending

conditioning

considerate

constellation

constellations

reinstatement

consternation

constipation

constipated

constituent

constituents

constitutive

constructionist

constitution

constructively

constitutions

corresponding

denigrating

delegating

disparaging

devastating

detonating

diagnosing

developing

disabling

disappearing

disheartening

disappointing

disengaging

discouraging

disconcerting

disapproving

dispiriting

distributing

distinguishing

dominating

domestically

domesticates

domesticate

domineering

energizing

encircling

emphasizing

encompassing

embarrassing

emaciate

emaciates

edifying

encouraging

enlightening

enterprising

entertaining

enveloping

everlasting

examining

executing

engineering

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

fumigation

functionary

functionaries

genocidal

functionally

gnosticism

gratifying

installations

hanseatic

hesitating

homicidal

implicating

inactivates

inactivate

instrumental

incidences

incidental

incidentals

inquiring

inheriting

inhibiting

iniquity

insatiable

installation

instigation

instigators

instigator

interviewing

interlocking

inequity

instructional

institution

instinctively

integrating

instrumentals

intersecting

inequities

irritating

kinesthetic

laminating

maximizing

liberating

menstruation

ministration

merchandising

ministrations

mitigating

moderating

monastery

monstrosity

monasteries

mountaineering

never-ending

minnesotans

nonrecurring

notwithstanding

notifying

obviating

occupying

oceangoing

minnesotan

oscillating

overarching

overbearing

overrating

overlying

palpitating

overcoming

overflowing

overpowering

overruling

overwhelming

overhauling

overlapping

parachuting

partitioning

penetrating

patronizing

persevering

petitioning

operating

pioneering

poinsettias

reentering

punctuation

rancidity

realizing

reenactment

reenactments

registering

sanctimony

sanctuaries

sanctuary

sensational

separating

sinusoidal

speechifying

institutions

suffocating

understanding

undertaking

unavailing

unassuming

unbelieving

unbecoming

underlying

underpinning

underwriting

undulating

unremitting

unrelenting

vacillating

waterproofing

tenacity

7 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word painstaking

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.


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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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