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

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arches

argues

arson

arses

arkose

asian

ashen

aspen

caisson

atman

auction

austin

auden

banyan

bacon

bagman

baldwin

baron

barren

bargain

barton

barges

basin

bason

bastion

baston

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

beckon

bayman

begun

belgian

bellman

brakeman

bellon

billion

cabin

bison

bisson

blacken

blowgun

bludgeon

boatman

brazen

billman

bolden

bitten

bordman

bookman

boroughs

bourbon

billon

bollen

boughten

boston

braces

bracken

breton

brethren

brasses

bourses

bowman

breaches

breakage

breeches

brackish

brighten

bobbin

briton

brogan

bullion

broken

bruises

broaden

breezes

brushes

burgeon

broaches

burden

burdon

burman

burton

bushman

button

cajun

canaan

calvin

canyon

canton

cannon

canon

capstan

captain

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

cargoes

cargos

carjack

carjacks

cayman

caution

carton

cauldron

caxton

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charges

charon

carsick

chasten

chessman

christian

chosen

christen

chevron

chieftain

chicken

churches

children

churchman

citron

classman

claxon

coachman

clinton

colon

cheapen

common

copeman

corban

cordon

cousin

courses

corsage

cotton

crosswise

cowan

craftsman

craven

crimson

cresses

cretin

crewman

crazies

crises

crashes

creases

crosses

crouton

cruises

crushes

curtain

dagan

dagon

cushion

cuban

cumin

curses

dalton

daman

zircon

dampen

damson

deacon

deaden

deafen

delphian

deepen

demon

desman

devon

dian

diction

dobson

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

dozen

engine

draftsman

dragon

earthen

dustman

dungeon

dudgeon

drunken

dutchman

driven

druggists

druggist

eaten

eden

dresses

elan

emption

dressage

flexion

dromon

ensign

ermine

faction

falcon

famine

fashion

faustian

fasten

fatten

faulcon

felon

firman

fission

fiction

fibrin

fielden

fireman

flashgun

flatten

footman

forces

foreman

forecasts

foreign

forecast

foresees

forges

freshen

foresight

fraction

fountain

fortune

freeman

forsake

freedman

freezes

freshman

frescoes

forgoes

frozen

friction

frighten

friezes

fusion

gallon

function

floren

gammon

gascon

garron

garden

gentian

german

georgian

gilden

georges

gibbon

given

gladden

golden

glisten

gluten

goodman

gorgon

gorges

glidden

gotten

grandson

gowan

graces

fallen

grasses

graven

guardsman

gudgeon

gumption

griffon

grosses

haitian

hackman

hasten

hausen

haven

headsman

hangman

happen

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

grecian

heathen

heighten

henchman

hempen

heron

herzog

hessian

hetman

hogan

hidden

heaven

horseman

homespun

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

horseshit

horses

horseshoe

huntsman

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

hymen

darken

jason

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jerseys

jetson

kenyan

jetton

jordan

kalan

keelson

kelson

kansan

kelvin

kirkman

landsman

kitchen

jorden

junction

laden

landman

kremlin

lagan

large-scale

kitten

klansman

layman

legion

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lengthen

lampron

largesse

lesion

lessen

lesson

leven

largest

lichen

lightman

liken

liman

listen

liven

lion

lisbon

linen

locken

logan

loosen

lotion

lopeman

luncheon

lockman

london

longan

loren

lumen

lyden

m1

lurches

lynden

maiden

mahone

madden

linemen

mansion

mangan

margin

marchman

linden

marches

marksman

markman

marlin

marquiss

marshes

lineman

marron

martian

marten

martin

mason

milken

mayan

mention

mercies

melton

melon

merges

mignon

minden

marxist

matron

minion

mission

million

mitten

marxists

molten

lighten

moisten

motion

mountain

mormon

muffin

mullen

morgan

nation

muslin

mutton

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

nurses

notion

oarsman

ocean

olden

odin

often

omen

onion

option

orcas

organ

orgies

orphan

outdone

outrun

open

othman

oven

owen

oxen

peon

panton

parson

pagan

pardon

parsec

paean

passion

passman

pathan

patron

pectin

patten

pavon

person

penguin

pension

persian

persist

perron

persists

perches

penman

phrases

pigeon

plankton

packman

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

portion

postman

portman

porches

praises

potion

pollan

pollen

preaches

presage

precise

pressman

presses

prison

prices

prizes

process

ration

project

rayon

prussian

proven

pullen

proxies

purchase

pursues

purges

purses

question

quicken

raven

reason

redden

reckon

region

projects

ponton

rerun

resin

riden

ripen

ribbon

ridden

risen

rowan

rincon

rosen

roman

rosin

riven

robin

rotten

rowen

ruin

rumen

salesman

russian

sadden

saffron

salmon

samson

sanction

santon

scallion

satan

satin

saxon

season

scullion

scotsman

seaman

scion

scourges

screeches

searches

section

selden

seedsman

semen

session

sermon

shaken

shaman

sexton

sequin

seton

seven

shogun

sharpen

shearman

shipman

showman

talon

shorten

shotgun

shrunken

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

smarten

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

sources

spartan

spearman

sovereign

sovran

stallion

statesman

sportsman

spoken

spokesman

squadron

stallman

station

stepson

stillion

stiffen

sturgeon

straighten

runnion

suasion

steven

stockman

strengthen

stricken

striven

stolen

suction

sultan

surcease

surges

sunken

summon

surgeon

sudden

sullen

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

syphon

token

taken

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tarses

tension

tendon

teston

thousand

thicken

threaten

tighten

thrushes

torsion

townsman

titan

toman

tillman

torsos

toughen

torches

traction

traces

trackage

tragic

treason

trojan

tresses

trillion

trashes

triton

trodden

turquoise

turban

turkeys

tungsten

turkish

tubman

turkic

trusses

tuscan

union

undone

urchin

urson

urges

urine

urban

vegan

verges

verses

version

vision

villain

waken

wagon

vulcan

wanton

warden

warren

warsaws

watchman

weaken

wizen

weapon

wheaten

whiten

widen

yeoman

whitson

wiccan

woman

women

woodman

wooden

worsen

workman

woven

yachtsman

woolman

woolen

written

yaupon

wreckage

zaman

zion

3 syllable words

ablation

abdomen

abduction

ablution

abrasion

abstraction

abstention

abortion

absorption

accession

accretion

acumen

addition

addiction

adhesion

aegean

admission

adoption

affection

adrian

adsorption

alsatian

affliction

african

albion

alaskan

aggression

albumin

alderman

alien

allusion

aspersion

ambrosian

ambition

aleutian

andean

anchorman

anglican

appian

anyone

apportion

artesian

archaic

argosy

arises

arian

arkansan

ascension

damnation

artisan

asuncion

assertion

assumption

attention

attraction

attrition

awaken

australian

aversion

austrian

avian

audition

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandwagon

barrages

badminton

bedizen

bedouin

battalion

bedridden

beethoven

beholden

assassin

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

bouillon

bosnian

bourgeoisie

brazilian

bulletin

aryan

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

carrion

charwoman

carnation

cardigan

caresses

carjacking

carjackings

carcasses

carriages

castration

caucasian

cartesian

causation

chairwoman

cation

catalan

cetacean

chairperson

charlatan

champion

chamberlain

chilean

choruses

crustacean

churchgoer

churchgoers

citation

cistercian

citizen

churchgoing

civilian

cinnamon

circuses

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

collusion

coercion

cohesion

cognition

collagen

collegian

collision

collection

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

companion

cherishes

compassion

compression

complexion

completion

compulsion

compunction

conception

concession

conclusion

confection

concussion

condition

concoction

conduction

confession

contagion

conflation

confusion

congestion

conscription

confucian

connection

connexion

conjunction

constriction

construction

consumption

congressman

contention

contusion

contrition

contraction

contraption

convection

convention

conversion

convulsion

conviction

correction

croatian

corruption

corsican

councilman

corsicas

corsica

countryman

cremation

creation

crestfallen

crocuses

contortion

dalmatian

cyprian

decision

deception

declension

deflation

delusion

dilation

defection

deduction

deletion

denizen

dentition

deflection

depiction

depletion

derision

description

depression

desertion

detection

detention

determine

devotion

dictation

diffusion

destruction

diffraction

digestion

digression

direction

dimension

dilution

discipline

discretion

discussion

dissection

dissension

dispersion

disruption

distraction

disunion

distinction

distortion

diversion

division

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

duration

emblazon

elation

eleven

election

ejection

egyptian

elison

edition

enlighten

embolden

emission

emotion

emulsion

encryption

englishman

enliven

erosion

erection

eruption

erases

evasion

excursion

etruscan

exaction

everyone

excision

exclusion

excretion

exception

exertion

exemption

exhaustion

eviction

expansion

explosion

expression

extension

expulsion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

extinction

extortion

farcical

farsighted

feminine

fenian

fixation

ferryman

filtration

fijian

fisherman

flotation

forages

foramen

forecasting

forgotten

forbidden

forecaster

forecasters

formation

forewoman

foundation

freemason

franciscan

frustration

freudian

fruition

fustian

galleon

garages

gaussian

garrison

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

gradation

genuine

gordian

graciously

gravamen

gyration

guardian

grobian

guncotton

halcyon

halogen

handwoven

abandon

hammerman

harasses

hawaiian

harlequin

heartbroken

hydration

heroin

heroine

heiresses

horizon

housebroken

inflation

ignition

hyraxes

illusion

immersion

implosion

impassion

imagine

imprison

impression

incision

inception

inclusion

in-person

incursion

inaction

indian

infarction

induction

infection

hydrogen

inflection

infliction

infraction

infusion

ingestion

inhuman

inspection

insertion

inscription

instruction

intention

intestine

injection

intrusion

invasion

inversion

invention

iraqis

irian

irishman

injunction

jamaican

jacobin

italian

javelin

libyan

jettison

kantian

julian

keratin

keynesian

jovian

jurassic

lactation

laotian

lanolin

korean

lecithin

laurentian

libration

lesbian

ligation

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malayan

malaysian

marian

mandarin

margarine

marxism

marriages

masculine

medallion

medicine

median

menhaden

mexican

melanin

migration

midshipman

mirages

misfortune

mistaken

misshapen

misprision

moroccan

rendition

morasses

narration

mutation

nebraskan

myosin

narcissist

nearsighted

negation

nemean

nevadan

nobleman

nitrogen

niacin

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nourishes

nubian

nutrition

objection

occasion

obsession

obstruction

occlusion

odeon

octillion

omission

opinion

oppression

optation

oration

orchestral

optician

orchestrates

orchestrate

orchestra

orchestras

orgasm

orgasms

origin

orion

ovation

outspoken

ottoman

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

perception

parisian

nonhuman

parishes

parthian

partisan

pavilion

patrician

pelican

partition

percussion

perfusion

perfection

permian

permission

percussive

persistent

perquisite

perquisites

persecutes

persico

persecute

persisting

persuasive

pentathlon

peterman

petition

pharisees

phoenician

phrygian

plantation

physician

plebeian

policeman

remission

pollution

possession

position

progression

precision

preclusion

precession

predestine

preemption

prescription

precaution

prediction

predation

privation

pretension

prevention

presumption

probation

procession

profusion

processions

profession

processes

production

preexists

preexist

projection

projections

presages

projectiles

projectile

projector

proscription

proportion

promotion

propulsion

prosecute

prostration

provision

protean

protection

prosecutes

purchaser

puritan

purchases

quotation

ramadan

purchasers

rebellion

projectors

recision

reception

recession

relation

reaction

redemption

regression

reflection

regimen

rehearses

reduction

rejection

religion

muskmelon

reopen

munition

rescission

resection

reptilian

repression

porcelain

musician

restriction

reversion

revision

reunion

retention

retraction

revulsion

rotation

rifleman

rhodopsin

saleswoman

saccharin

syrian

resumption

samoan

sarcasm

secession

seclusion

scorpion

scythian

secretion

sedation

selection

sedition

seduction

sensation

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

stagnation

starvation

solomon

specimen

solution

suspicion

submersion

subscription

suggestion

stygian

submission

subversion

succession

suburban

subtraction

summation

suppression

sumatran

superman

surgical

suspension

salvation

talisman

tactician

tamarin

temptation

thespian

technician

terraces

sargasso

thoracic

toboggan

timberman

tradition

unwritten

syracuse

translation

transfusion

transmission

transcription

transgression

transition

triassic

tricuspid

tricycle

vatican

tauruses

taxation

tuition

unbutton

uneven

uncommon

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

unison

uterine

vacation

transaction

venetian

venison

vermilion

truncation

vibration

veteran

viruses

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

xeroxes

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abolition

adaptation

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

accordion

affirmation

adoration

adulation

advocation

affectation

adrenaline

admonition

allegation

allocation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

albanian

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

algonquian

algerian

admiration

altercation

alternation

amputation

amphibian

ammunition

animation

annexation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

application

apparition

apprehension

approbation

alteration

arbitration

arabian

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

american

assyrian

attribution

assemblyman

athenian

aviation

avocation

augmentation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

benediction

businesswoman

calculation

californian

canadian

cancellation

calibration

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

cogitation

coalition

coloration

collocation

collodion

coloradan

columbian

combination

commendation

comedian

commutation

committeeman

comparison

compensation

concentration

complication

computation

comprehension

composition

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

compilation

confrontation

congregation

conflagration

connotation

conservation

consecration

consolation

consummation

constellation

consternation

constipation

consultation

conjugation

constitution

contemplation

contraception

contravention

contrarian

contribution

contradiction

conversation

convocation

copernican

convolution

copenhagen

coronation

corp.

corinthian

corporation

correlation

courageously

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

competition

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

decimation

declaration

darwinian

dedication

decoration

defamation

demonstration

deconstruction

decompression

deformation

degradation

delegation

dehydration

demarcation

definition

demolition

dilatation

deportation

desiccation

desolation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

dereliction

derivation

designation

desperation

depravation

destination

destitution

detonation

deviation

devonian

devastation

devolution

dietitian

deposition

diocesan

diminution

disaffection

disillusion

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

disputation

dispensation

disposition

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

dissolution

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

glaciation

draconian

duplication

elevation

emanation

education

electrician

elongation

elocution

emulation

embarkation

emigration

englishwoman

equitation

estimation

eritrean

equestrian

erudition

estonian

evocation

excavation

excitation

eustachian

european

evolution

exhalation

exclamation

exhumation

execution

exhortation

exhibition

expectation

explanation

exploration

explication

exploitation

expiration

fermentation

exposition

extrication

fallopian

fascination

fabrication

federation

extradition

expedition

fibrillation

figuration

graduation

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gastrulation

generation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

germination

granulation

gorgonian

gravitation

habitation

dandelion

greco-roman

gregorian

moravian

guatemalan

herculean

hemoglobin

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

infestation

hegelian

hungarian

ideation

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

illustration

imitation

immolation

implantation

imperfection

implication

importation

immigration

imposition

impregnation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

inattention

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indonesian

indentation

indexation

indication

indignation

indiscretion

indigestion

inflammation

infiltration

hydrocarbon

information

inhalation

intervention

inspiration

innovation

inquisition

installation

instigation

insulation

institution

insurrection

intimation

integration

interception

intersection

intercession

interjection

interaction

intermission

interruption

interurban

interdiction

intonation

interwoven

inundation

invitation

invocation

iranian

introspection

intuition

introduction

irrigation

irritation

isolation

iteration

jacobean

jordanian

lancastrian

jurisdiction

jubilation

kindergarten

legislation

levitation

liberation

leviathan

librarian

liberian

molestation

modulation

limitation

lyricism

liquidation

litigation

liquefaction

lubrication

locomotion

maccabean

machination

macedonian

maharajahs

malformation

mammalian

manumission

malnutrition

masturbation

lilliputian

mediation

medication

maturation

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

miseration

misconception

mitigation

misperception

missourian

moderation

mongolian

relocation

inhibition

mortification

motivation

navigation

mutilation

napoleon

narcissism

narcissistic

nomination

nestorian

nicaraguan

newtonian

nigerian

noblewoman

repercussion

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

obligation

observation

obsidian

obstetrician

oblivion

occupation

ohioan

octahedron

olympian

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

orchestrations

orchestrated

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

paraguayan

pagurian

pavlovian

pelagian

pedestrian

penetration

perturbation

penicillin

permutation

percussionist

persecution

persecutions

persecutor

persecuted

persecutors

persistently

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

pagination

plutonian

polynesian

polyhedron

renovation

politician

population

respiration

praetorian

preconception

presentation

preparation

preelection

premonition

predilection

predetermine

prohibition

precondition

preservation

procreation

profanation

proclamation

processional

preignition

propagation

prosecution

proposition

prosecutions

protestation

provocation

publication

prostitution

protozoan

punctuation

radiation

realization

reassertion

readmission

reawaken

prosecutor

recantation

recitation

recreation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

reinspection

refutation

reformation

registration

regulation

reexamine

reelection

relaxation

prosecutors

reservation

replication

resignation

reparation

reputation

requisition

republican

repetition

repossession

reposition

reproduction

restoration

restitution

resolution

revelation

revocation

retardation

retrocession

retribution

revolution

rumination

rhetorician

rhododendron

superstition

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

resurrection

sarcastically

sectarian

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

simulation

sicilian

simonian

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

suffocation

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

supervision

superhuman

supposition

surgically

syndication

syncopation

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

theorizes

siberian

toleration

titillation

trepidation

transformation

tribulation

transplantation

transportation

ulceration

usurpation

utopian

vaccination

vacillation

validation

valuation

variation

vegetation

valerian

veneration

ventilation

violation

vindication

victorian

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

trajectory

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accreditation

accommodation

accumulation

academician

adjudication

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

administration

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

appreciation

amortization

amplification

anticipation

annihilation

approximation

appropriation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

association

attenuation

assimilation

assemblywoman

authorization

authentication

augustinian

babylonian

assassination

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

carthaginian

centenarian

centralization

certification

civilization

christianization

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confederation

confabulation

configuration

congratulation

conglomeration

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

caledonian

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

defenestration

deification

deliberation

delineation

degeneration

delicatessen

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

desegregation

desalination

determination

dionysian

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

elaboration

edification

ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

discoloration

enumeration

eradication

equivocation

ethiopian

evaluation

evacuation

evaporation

exacerbation

examination

exaggeration

exasperation

exfoliation

excoriation

exhilaration

equalization

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

falsification

extermination

exoneration

facilitation

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

epicurean

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

humiliation

hybridization

hyperinflation

hyperborean

illumination

immunization

imagination

infatuation

improvisation

incarceration

incineration

inactivation

inauguration

incrimination

incorporation

indoctrination

hydrogenation

inhabitation

initiation

insinuation

insemination

inoculation

jeffersonian

instrumentation

interpolation

interrogation

interpretation

interconnection

intoxication

intimidation

ionization

invalidation

investigation

irradiation

irresistible

irresistibly

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

maximization

mechanization

maximilian

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

misinformation

modification

mathematician

multiplication

mummification

repatriation

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

normalization

nonintervention

nonsectarian

notification

nullification

obliteration

oregonian

organization

orientation

ornamentation

origination

ossification

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

patagonian

peloponnesian

pasteurization

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

pharisaism

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

premeditation

predisposition

preoccupation

presbyterian

prevarication

presupposition

procrastination

prognostication

pronunciation

proliferation

proletarian

prosecutable

purification

ramification

qualification

quantification

pythagorean

ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

reiteration

recommendation

recuperation

recrimination

rectification

rejuvenation

reforestation

regeneration

refrigeration

reintegration

remuneration

representation

renunciation

repudiation

reverberation

retaliation

revaluation

resuscitation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specification

sophistication

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word persuasion

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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