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

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

ardor

artworks

artwork

ashen

asian

arson

aspen

atman

auction

austin

auden

basin

banyan

bacon

bagman

barton

baldwin

baron

barren

bargain

bartram

barter

bason

bastion

batten

baston

bayman

beaten

beckon

begun

belgian

baton

bellman

bellon

bertram

birthrates

birthrights

birthright

bison

billion

birders

bisson

bitten

billman

birder

billon

birthrate

blacken

boatman

bobbin

bordman

bolden

bookman

bollen

boardrooms

boarders

bordered

borders

boardroom

boarder

border

boughten

boston

blowgun

bludgeon

bourbon

bracken

brakeman

bratwurst

bowman

brazen

breton

brighten

briton

brethren

broaden

brogan

broken

breeders

breeder

brother

brothers

bullion

caisson

cajun

burden

burgeon

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

button

bushman

calvin

canaan

caption

cannon

canyon

carbon

canton

captain

canon

capstan

carder

carman

carters

carter

carton

cartridge

caution

cartwright

cauldron

cayman

carmine

caxton

breather

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chartered

chasten

chessman

cheapen

charters

chevron

chieftain

chartreuse

charter

chicken

children

churchman

christian

christen

chosen

claxon

citron

classman

coachman

clinton

batton

beacon

colon

curtain

copeman

corban

cordon

craven

cotton

craters

craftsman

courter

cousin

courtyards

cowan

crater

critters

courtyard

cretin

crimson

crewman

critter

cuban

crowder

crouton

creature

creatures

cushion

cumin

damson

dagon

daman

dampen

dalton

darken

dagan

deafen

deepen

delphian

deaden

demon

deacon

desman

diction

devon

dian

darter

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

common

draftsman

dragon

drunken

dozen

dromon

dungeon

earthen

earthworms

earthwork

earthworm

dustman

eaten

eden

dudgeon

dutchman

elan

emption

engine

ermine

ensign

haitian

faction

fashion

fasten

falcon

famine

fallen

farther

fatten

faulcon

fiction

fibrin

faustian

felon

fielden

fireman

firman

fission

flexion

flashgun

flatten

footman

floren

fortune

forthright

fountain

fraction

freedman

freshen

freeman

freshman

fretter

friction

frater

frighten

foreign

foreman

function

further

furthers

fusion

gallon

gammon

garden

garron

frozen

gentian

fritter

gascon

german

georgian

gibbon

gilden

girder

girders

garter

glisten

gluten

garters

golden

goodman

gorgon

graven

given

grandson

grater

gladden

graders

gowan

grader

gotten

grecian

guardrails

guardsman

guardrail

griffon

gumption

gudgeon

glidden

hackman

hasten

hangman

happen

harden

henchman

harken

harders

hardware

harder

harten

haven

headsman

heathen

headman

hearten

hempen

heaven

heighten

hausen

hessian

hetman

homespun

horseman

hoten

houseman

hogan

hoven

human

hyson

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

ibsen

heron

hidden

ion

jackman

jason

jetton

jasmine

jargon

jordan

jorden

jetson

junction

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kansan

kelvin

kirkman

klansman

kremlin

kitten

kitchen

kalan

laden

landsman

latin

layman

landman

lagan

leaden

leaven

lampron

ledden

larder

legion

lessen

lengthen

leman

lemon

lesion

lesson

leven

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linden

lisbon

listen

liven

lineman

linemen

lion

linen

locken

lockman

logan

london

lotion

luncheon

lyden

loren

lumen

lynden

m1

maiden

mahone

lopeman

madden

mansion

mangan

marchman

longan

margin

loosen

markman

marksman

marlin

marron

marten

driven

martian

herders

matron

mason

martin

martyrs

mention

melton

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mayan

mission

martyr

moisten

mitten

molten

motion

morgan

mormon

mortars

mountain

mortar

muffin

mullen

murdered

murders

murder

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

melon

notion

northern

northward

norman

norther

nurtures

nurture

oarsman

ocean

odin

onion

olden

often

omen

open

option

order

ordered

organ

orphan

othman

outrun

outdone

oven

owen

oxen

pagan

panton

pardon

paean

parson

patron

passion

pathan

patten

partridge

packman

passman

pavon

pectin

perturbs

pension

penguin

penman

peon

perturbed

person

perturb

persian

perron

platen

pillion

pinion

pitman

plantain

plankton

piston

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

pigeon

orders

ponton

herder

portion

portman

portrait

portrays

portraits

portray

postman

porters

porter

potion

sexton

prater

pressman

prison

protract

protrude

proven

prussian

pullen

ration

quarters

quarter

question

quicken

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

ripen

ribbon

riden

ridden

rincon

robin

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rosin

rowan

russian

runnion

sadden

salesman

salmon

saffron

rumen

rowen

ruin

scotsman

rotten

samson

sanction

saxon

scallion

satin

santon

satan

shaman

scion

section

seaman

season

seedsman

scullion

selden

session

sermon

shaken

semen

seton

seven

sequin

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shogun

zaman

shorten

shotgun

showman

siphon

silken

sicken

siren

slacken

smarten

smitten

spartan

sorters

slogan

soldan

sodden

soften

solon

sorter

sovereign

sovran

spearman

stallion

sportsman

spokesman

stallman

spoken

squadron

statesman

station

stepson

straighten

strengthen

stillion

steven

stockman

stiffen

stolen

sturgeon

stricken

striven

suasion

suction

sudden

sullen

sunken

summon

surgeon

sultan

sweeten

sylvan

swollen

taken

tartan

syphon

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartar

tartars

tension

tendon

teston

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

tillman

shrunken

titan

torsion

token

toman

torture

tortures

toughen

traction

traitors

traitor

townsman

trader

treason

traders

treater

treaters

turban

trillion

tubman

triton

trojan

tuscan

trodden

tungsten

trotter

urban

urchin

union

undone

urine

urson

vegan

version

vision

villain

vulcan

waken

weaken

wanton

warden

watchman

warren

wardrobes

warders

wardrobe

warder

weapon

worsen

whitson

workman

wagon

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

woodman

woolman

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

writer

writers

written

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zion

praetor

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

ablution

abortion

abdomen

abrasion

abstraction

accession

abstention

absorption

accretion

adhesion

admission

acumen

addiction

addition

adoption

adsorption

aegean

adrian

affection

albion

alsatian

affliction

aggression

alaskan

albumin

aleutian

alderman

allusion

alien

african

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

appian

apportion

attention

arian

ascension

artesian

artisan

arteries

artery

aryan

arthropod

arthropods

assertion

assumption

aspersion

asuncion

assassin

attraction

arkansan

attrition

australian

audition

austrian

awaken

backgammon

aversion

bandwagon

badminton

backwoodsman

beethoven

bedridden

beholden

cessation

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

benjamin

bouillon

brotherhood

brotherly

bulletin

cambrian

campion

brazilian

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

causation

cartesian

carrion

cartridges

cation

caucasian

catalan

cetacean

citation

chairperson

chamberlain

chairwoman

champion

avian

battalion

charlatan

charterhouse

cistercian

charwoman

chilean

collection

cinnamon

coercion

clarion

civilian

citizen

clarendon

clergyman

cognition

cohesion

collagen

collegian

collision

collusion

bedizen

combustion

bedouin

commission

commotion

communion

completion

compulsion

complexion

compunction

compression

conception

concession

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confection

concussion

condition

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

contraption

connection

connexion

conjunction

conscription

constriction

construction

contagion

consumption

contention

contraction

contortion

contrition

convection

convention

contusion

conversion

conviction

convulsion

corduroy

correction

compassion

congressman

corruption

countryman

corrosion

corsican

courtiers

councilman

courtier

corridors

creators

creator

creation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

cremation

corridor

dissension

companion

curators

dalmatian

damnation

derision

deception

declension

decision

deduction

deflation

defection

deflection

deletion

delusion

dentition

depletion

depiction

denizen

cyprian

depression

desertion

description

detection

detention

destruction

determine

dimension

dictation

dilation

digression

devotion

digestion

dilution

diffraction

diffusion

direction

dissection

discussion

discretion

discipline

dispersion

disruption

enlighten

distraction

diversion

distortion

division

disunion

donation

downtrodden

dominion

dorian

duration

edition

elation

election

ejection

egyptian

eleven

elison

emblazon

distinction

emotion

enliven

englishman

emulsion

equation

erection

encryption

eritreans

eruption

evasion

erosion

everyone

eviction

etruscan

exaction

exception

excision

exertion

exemption

embolden

excursion

excretion

exclusion

emission

exhaustion

explosion

extraction

extension

extortion

extinction

expulsion

expression

extrusion

fabian

ferryman

filtration

fixation

fijian

fisherman

fenian

hairdressing

feminine

flotation

foramen

forbidden

formation

forgotten

forewoman

fortresses

foundation

freemason

fraternal

fraternize

fratricide

fratricides

franciscan

freudian

frustration

furtherance

furthermore

fustian

garrison

galleon

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

fruition

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

grobian

guardian

gridiron

gyration

guncotton

hairdressers

hairdresser

hammerman

halogen

handwoven

halcyon

harlequin

hardworking

heartbroken

hawaiian

abandon

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impassion

impression

in-person

inaction

inception

incursion

implosion

imprison

inclusion

intestine

indian

incision

induction

inflation

infection

inflection

infliction

infusion

ingestion

infraction

insertion

injection

injunction

inhuman

inscription

inspection

intention

instruction

infarction

invasion

intrusion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

expansion

jamaican

javelin

jovian

julian

lactation

jettison

kantian

keratin

korean

keynesian

laotian

laurentian

lanolin

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

location

margarine

logician

heroin

marian

lutheran

lumberman

magician

malayan

malaysian

magdalen

mandarin

marauder

marauders

martyrdom

obsession

occlusion

masculine

medicine

medallion

menhaden

migration

mexican

midshipman

odeon

misshapen

misprision

median

mistaken

oppression

melanin

munition

moroccan

musician

murderer

murderers

muskmelon

mutation

narration

myosin

narrators

narrator

nebraskan

negation

niacin

nemean

nevadan

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

notation

optation

northerly

norwegian

northerners

northernmost

northerner

nubian

northwardly

nutrition

objection

obstruction

occasion

octillion

opinion

omission

nonunion

oration

optician

orators

orator

ordering

misfortune

orderly

origin

orion

ottoman

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

outspoken

oxygen

parisian

parthian

patrician

partition

partisan

partridges

pavilion

perception

perfection

percussion

permission

permian

pelican

pentathlon

perfusion

perversion

persuasion

peterman

petition

phoenician

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

physician

pollution

policeman

portrayal

portrayals

possession

position

zambian

curator

precession

predation

precaution

preclusion

precision

predestine

prediction

preemption

prescription

presumption

probation

pretension

privation

prevention

procession

projection

profession

production

progression

profusion

promotion

propulsion

proscription

prostration

proportion

protection

prothorax

prudery

puritan

quotation

protean

quarterbacks

quarterback

ramadan

reaction

quarterly

reception

recession

rebellion

recision

redemption

reflection

protracted

reduction

provision

regression

regimen

rejection

relation

rendition

remission

religion

reopen

reorder

reptilian

repression

rescission

resection

retraction

retention

restriction

resumption

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

scythian

sedation

selection

secession

secretion

seduction

sedition

seclusion

porcelain

sensation

timberman

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solution

solomon

stagnation

specimen

starvation

stygian

submersion

subtraction

summation

suburban

submission

subversion

succession

subscription

suggestion

superman

suspension

suppression

suspicion

sumatran

tactician

tamarin

talisman

syrian

taxation

temptation

technician

tertiary

thespian

toboggan

torturer

torturers

transaction

tradition

transcription

translation

transition

transfusion

transgression

transmission

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

urethra

uneven

unison

uncommon

unwritten

uncertain

uterine

vacation

venetian

vatican

venison

vibration

veteran

vocation

vermilion

vitamin

volition

waterman

wesleyan

4 syllable words

abnegation

abdication

abolition

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

abyssinian

accordion

accusation

affectation

absolution

activation

adaptation

acquisition

adulation

advocation

adrenaline

admonition

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

agrarian

allocation

allegation

algonquian

algerian

american

ammunition

amputation

amphibian

annexation

animation

annotation

approbation

appellation

appalachian

apparition

apprehension

arbitration

application

arabian

attribution

arthurian

arizonan

arterial

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

armenian

armageddon

augmentation

avocation

aviation

celebration

barbarian

circulation

coloration

benediction

bavarian

bolivian

bohemian

brother-in-law

calibration

calculation

businesswoman

californian

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

cogitation

coalition

collocation

collodion

coloradan

combination

columbian

comedian

commendation

committeeman

dissertation

compilation

concentration

compensation

complication

commutation

computation

composition

comprehension

competition

congregation

confirmation

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

condescension

confrontation

conflagration

comparison

connotation

conservation

consecration

consolation

constellation

conjugation

consternation

constipation

consummation

consultation

contemplation

constitution

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

conversation

contribution

convocation

copernican

contravention

convolution

copenhagen

corinthian

correlation

coronation

cotyledon

custodian

criterion

cultivation

crocodilian

culmination

crucifixion

distillation

dereliction

dandelion

cyclopean

decimation

dedication

defamation

decompression

deconstruction

definition

deformation

degradation

delegation

depravation

demolition

demarcation

derivation

dehydration

demonstration

deportation

deposition

depredation

deprivation

desecration

designation

desiccation

desolation

darwinian

destination

deviation

destitution

devastation

devolution

dilatation

dietitian

devonian

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disinfection

disconnection

disillusion

disinflation

dislocation

dispensation

disputation

disposition

dissolution

estimation

distribution

divination

dissipation

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

elevation

education

emanation

electrician

elocution

elongation

excitation

exclamation

exhalation

embarkation

emulation

emigration

expiration

englishwoman

equitation

exhortation

equestrian

eritrean

eritrea

estonian

erudition

eustachian

european

evocation

excavation

evolution

execution

exhibition

exhumation

extrication

exploration

explanation

explication

exploitation

expectation

expedition

exposition

extradition

fascination

fallopian

figuration

fabrication

fermentation

fibrillation

polynesian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

floridian

fraternity

fraternities

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

glaciation

gastrulation

gentlewoman

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

interwoven

hesitation

inclination

historian

hypertension

hungarian

ideation

illustration

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

hydrocarbon

indexation

indication

imitation

immolation

indentation

himalayan

imperfection

implication

implantation

importation

incantation

immigration

incarnation

imposition

impregnation

imputation

inattention

incrustation

incubation

intimation

indecision

intonation

indiscretion

indonesian

indigestion

information

infiltration

infestation

inflammation

inhalation

indignation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

intervention

inspiration

interception

installation

interaction

instigation

integration

insulation

insurrection

intercession

interjection

intermission

interruption

interdiction

intersection

interurban

institution

inundation

population

introspection

introduction

intuition

irrigation

irritation

invocation

invitation

isolation

iranian

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

legislation

kindergarten

lancastrian

levitation

liberation

liberian

leviathan

librarian

limitation

lilliputian

litigation

liquidation

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

machination

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

obstetrician

medication

meditation

mediation

melanesian

occupation

miseration

menstruation

meridian

ministration

misbegotten

misconception

misperception

mitigation

moderation

modulation

molestation

mongolian

missourian

mutilation

mortification

motivation

mortuary

navigation

napoleon

nestorian

nicaraguan

newtonian

nigerian

nomination

noblewoman

operation

moravian

observation

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obligation

obfuscation

oblivion

minnesotan

octahedron

obsidian

olympian

ohioan

opposition

orchestration

oratory

ostentation

ordination

oscillation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

paraguayan

pagurian

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

peruvian

penetration

permutation

penicillin

pigmentation

persecution

plutonian

planarian

politician

polyhedron

porterages

precondition

predetermine

preconception

predilection

presentation

premonition

preelection

preignition

propagation

proclamation

pretoria

procreation

profanation

prohibition

prosecution

proposition

prostitution

protestation

reclamation

realization

publication

punctuation

registration

radiation

quartermaster

readmission

recitation

recantation

reassertion

reawaken

recreation

protozoan

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

reelection

reexamine

refutation

regulation

provocation

reinspection

renovation

relocation

relaxation

replication

repercussion

reputation

requisition

repetition

reposition

reproduction

republican

repossession

resignation

resolution

retardation

resurrection

restitution

retribution

retrocession

rhetorician

revelation

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

praetorian

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

satisfaction

sartorial

segregation

sectarian

segmentation

self-deception

sequestration

shakespearean

simulation

situation

simonian

sicilian

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subluxation

subdivision

superstition

substitution

suffocation

supervision

supposition

superhuman

surrogation

syncopation

syndication

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

siberian

tetrahedron

territory

territories

toleration

transformation

titillation

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

utopian

vacillation

validation

valuation

variation

vaccination

vegetation

valerian

ventilation

violation

vindication

visitation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

academician

affiliation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

accumulation

agglomeration

alienation

alliteration

alleviation

amelioration

amazonian

amortization

amplification

annihilation

amalgamation

appropriation

appreciation

approximation

anticipation

argentinian

argumentation

attenuation

articulation

assassination

association

assimilation

assemblywoman

augustinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

certification

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

cauterization

capitulation

canonization

carolinian

carthaginian

centralization

centenarian

collaboration

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

colonization

commemoration

communication

dissemination

concatenation

conglomeration

conciliation

confederation

configuration

confabulation

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

deification

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

degeneration

defenestration

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

desalination

denomination

denunciation

depreciation

depopulation

desegregation

determination

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dionysian

dramatization

dissociation

domestication

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

eradication

equalization

equivocation

epicurean

evaluation

evaporation

evacuation

exacerbation

exaggeration

exasperation

examination

ethiopian

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

extermination

expropriation

incorporation

falsification

facilitation

fertilization

gasification

fortification

glorification

gratification

pomeranian

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

incrimination

humiliation

hybridization

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

hyperborean

illumination

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

incarceration

inauguration

incineration

insemination

insinuation

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

instrumentation

interpolation

interrogation

interpretation

interconnection

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

irradiation

investigation

ionization

irretrievably

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

metropolitan

miscalculation

misapplication

misapprehension

mechanization

modernization

modification

mobilization

mummification

multiplication

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

misinformation

nonintervention

normalization

notification

moratorium

nullification

obliteration

mississippian

moratoria

nonsectarian

oratorio

oratorical

origination

orientation

ornamentation

organization

ossification

oregonian

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

moratoriums

predestination

precipitation

premeditation

preoccupation

pronunciation

presbyterian

predisposition

proliferation

prevarication

procrastination

prognostication

proletarian

presupposition

purification

regeneration

pythagorean

qualification

ramification

quantification

reaffirmation

ratification

recuperation

recombination

rectification

recommendation

recrimination

reforestation

refrigeration

reintegration

reiteration

remuneration

renunciation

rejuvenation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

retaliation

resuscitation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

substantiation

subordination

synchronization

territorial

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

curatorial

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word perturbation

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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