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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word polyhedron.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

alan

alban

alder

alman

altars

altar

alter

alters

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

auction

auden

atman

austin

baldric

baldwin

bagman

bacon

balder

banyan

bargain

barton

bastion

baron

barren

baston

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

belgian

begun

bellman

bellon

billion

billman

bison

billon

bisson

balter

bitten

blacken

bladder

bladders

boughten

bollen

bolden

bludgeon

bobbin

bookman

boatman

blowgun

blotter

bolter

bordman

brethren

boston

bracken

brakeman

brazen

boulders

boulder

bourbon

bowman

blather

boulter

brighten

breton

briton

broaden

bullion

burden

burdon

burgeon

builders

broken

builder

burman

burton

bushman

calvin

button

cajun

cabin

caisson

brogan

canaan

blatter

cannon

canyon

carbon

carman

carmine

caption

capstan

captain

carton

cauldron

caution

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chosen

children

childrens

chevron

chieftain

charon

cheapen

chicken

chessman

chasten

citron

christen

churchman

christian

classman

claxon

clatter

clinton

coachman

clothiers

clothier

cloture

colon

colter

common

clutter

cordon

corban

copeman

cotton

crimson

cretin

craftsman

cousin

craven

cowan

coulter

crewman

crouton

cultured

culture

cuban

dalton

darken

dagan

dagon

daman

cushion

dampen

damson

deacon

deaden

deafen

cumin

deepen

delphian

demon

curtain

cultures

canon

canton

desman

kitchen

dian

devon

diction

gallon

dolman

dobson

doctrine

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dragon

eden

driven

dustman

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

eaten

dudgeon

earthen

dromon

elan

gilden

eldritch

elders

elder

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

fallen

falcon

faction

faulcon

faustian

fashion

famine

fasten

fatten

falters

falter

felon

felter

fibrin

fielden

fireman

fiction

fielders

fieldwork

fielder

filters

firman

flashgun

fission

flatten

hoven

floren

flexion

flatware

flatworm

footman

folders

folder

foreign

foreman

fortune

freedman

fountain

function

fraction

friction

frighten

freshman

freshen

frozen

fusion

freeman

garden

gammon

garron

gascon

gladden

filter

gibbon

gentian

georgian

german

gilder

given

glider

glidden

glisten

golden

gliders

grecian

grandson

gotten

gorgon

gowan

gelder

goodman

glitters

gluten

glitter

graven

griffon

hyson

kirkman

flatter

guardsman

gumption

gudgeon

guilders

guilder

hackman

haitian

hangman

harden

halter

halters

happen

harken

harten

headman

headsman

hasten

hausen

haven

hearten

heathen

heighten

heaven

hidden

henchman

heron

hempen

hetman

hessian

houseman

homespun

horseman

holders

hogan

hoten

human

huntsman

holder

floaters

ibsen

flytrap

hymen

hyphen

floater

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

junction

kalan

kansan

keelson

kelson

jason

kelter

kelvin

kenyan

kilter

flutter

flutters

kitten

lampron

landman

laden

lagan

legion

landsman

ledden

leaden

layman

leaven

latin

leman

lemon

lengthen

linden

lesion

leven

lesson

linemen

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

lineman

linen

lessen

lion

lynden

margin

martian

lisbon

marksman

london

lockman

locken

loren

lotion

lopeman

logan

longan

luncheon

loosen

lumen

lyden

m1

madden

mahone

maiden

mangan

mansion

liven

marchman

listen

markman

marron

marlin

marten

martin

matron

mayan

melton

melon

mention

mignon

million

minden

minion

milken

mason

mitten

mission

moisten

molten

mormon

muffin

mountain

morgan

motion

moulder

mullen

mutton

muslin

nation

klansman

nekton

ninon

olden

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

newsman

omen

onion

option

organ

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

oven

oxen

packman

owen

paean

pagan

open

paltry

pardon

panton

parson

passion

passman

patron

pathan

pavon

pectin

patten

penman

peon

pension

perron

penguin

persian

person

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

plotters

plotter

platters

plater

platter

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

portman

postman

potion

poulter

poultry

polder

kremlin

silken

prison

pressman

prussian

pullen

proven

question

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

quilters

reckon

reason

redden

region

quilter

sicken

rerun

resin

ridden

riden

ribbon

rincon

ripen

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rowan

runnion

saffron

rotten

sadden

salesman

russian

salmon

rumen

salter

scotsman

sanction

saxon

ruin

scallion

scullion

santon

satan

satin

scion

samson

seaman

season

rowen

section

salters

seedsman

sexton

selden

semen

sequin

sharpen

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

session

sermon

shearman

shelters

shipman

shotgun

shrunken

shorten

shoulders

shogun

shoulder

showman

shouldered

shelter

siren

siphon

skelter

sodden

slacken

slater

slider

smarten

slither

slogan

slaters

slatter

soldan

smitten

sovereign

soften

sovran

squadron

soldiers

spartan

spearman

solder

spoken

spokesman

sportsman

soldier

stallion

solon

stallman

stillion

stockman

statesman

steven

stiffen

station

stepson

stolen

straighten

strengthen

stricken

striven

sudden

suction

sullen

sultan

sultry

summon

sunken

sweeten

syphon

sylvan

sweltry

sturgeon

swelter

swelters

swollen

surgeon

talon

taken

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tendon

suasion

tension

teston

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

tillman

toughen

traction

townsman

torsion

trodden

trillion

triton

token

treason

trojan

tungsten

tubman

turban

tuscan

toman

undone

ultra

union

urchin

urine

urson

urban

vegan

warden

villain

vision

vulcan

vultures

wagon

waken

vulture

wanton

walter

walters

warren

version

watchman

weaken

wheaten

whiten

weapon

welders

welder

welter

whitson

wiccan

widen

wizen

woodman

women

wooden

woolman

wilder

woman

woolen

workman

worsen

woven

written

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abandon

ablation

ablution

abduction

abrasion

accretion

abdomen

absorption

abstraction

abstention

accession

abortion

adhesion

acumen

addition

addiction

admission

adrian

adsorption

adoption

affliction

affection

african

aegean

aggression

alaskan

albion

alderman

albumin

aleutian

alien

allusion

alsatian

alternate

altarpiece

alternates

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

appian

anglican

apportion

anyone

aryan

arkansan

artisan

arian

ascension

artesian

aspersion

assassin

assertion

assumption

attrition

audition

attention

attraction

awaken

aversion

austrian

avian

australian

backgammon

backwoodsman

balderdash

bedizen

bandwagon

battalion

badminton

bedouin

bedridden

asuncion

beholden

biotin

beethoven

beholder

bellwether

benjamin

bitumen

bellwethers

bewilders

bewilder

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

campion

cambrian

bloodthirsty

fruition

bewildered

cardigan

carnation

cartesian

capsaicin

carrion

cessation

cetacean

castration

caucasian

causation

catalan

cation

chairperson

clarion

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

citation

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

civilian

clarendon

clergyman

cognition

collagen

coercion

cohesion

collection

collegian

collision

collusion

collider

combustion

commission

conflation

communion

completion

complexion

commotion

compression

compassion

compulsion

confession

companion

concussion

compunction

conception

condition

conclusion

conduction

concession

concoction

confection

depiction

confucian

confusion

congressman

congestion

conjunction

connection

contagion

conscription

constriction

construction

consumption

contention

conversion

conviction

contortion

contrition

contraction

contraption

contusion

convection

convention

convulsion

correction

corsican

corrosion

creation

cremation

countryman

councilman

crestfallen

corruption

croatian

connexion

crustacean

cultural

depletion

dalmatian

damnation

cyprian

declension

decision

deception

deflation

deflection

deduction

defection

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

depression

derision

description

desertion

determine

destruction

detection

detention

devotion

dictation

dilation

digestion

dilution

digression

dimension

diffraction

discretion

diffusion

direction

discipline

discussion

dispersion

dissection

division

disruption

dissension

disunion

distinction

distortion

distraction

diversion

dominion

dorian

donation

downtrodden

duration

egyptian

edition

ejection

election

eleven

elison

emission

emblazon

embolden

emotion

emulsion

encryption

elater

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equation

erosion

erection

eruption

etruscan

evasion

eviction

everyone

exception

excision

exertion

excursion

excretion

exhaustion

exclusion

exemption

faltering

expansion

fabian

explosion

expression

extinction

expulsion

extension

extortion

extraction

extrusion

exaction

fenian

feminine

grobian

fijian

fisherman

filtration

fixation

elaters

flotation

elation

flirtation

flattery

elderly

forbidden

foramen

freemason

formation

forewoman

foundation

galleon

franciscan

forgotten

frustration

freudian

fustian

garrison

ferryman

gravamen

gaussian

genuine

gillian

ghanaian

gestation

gentleman

gordian

gradation

glutaric

halcyon

guncotton

gyration

harlequin

halogen

heartbroken

hammerman

hawaiian

hydration

handwoven

hydrogen

heroin

heroine

horatian

flattering

housebroken

horizon

helotry

guardian

illusion

imagine

ignition

immersion

impassion

impression

implosion

imprison

in-person

inaction

incision

inception

incursion

indian

induction

infarction

inhuman

inclusion

inflation

infection

inflection

infliction

infraction

infusion

ingestion

injection

injunction

inscription

insertion

instruction

inspection

intention

intrusion

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jamaican

jacobin

kantian

jettison

javelin

julian

jovian

keynesian

keratin

korean

lactation

lanolin

laurentian

lecithin

laotian

margarine

libration

ligation

libyan

lesbian

lumberman

location

logician

lutheran

magician

maladroit

malaysian

magdalen

malayan

mandarin

maltreatment

marian

myosin

masculine

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

medallion

midshipman

migration

mexican

narration

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

misshapen

moroccan

munition

musician

mutation

muskmelon

negation

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nubian

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

notation

objection

nutrition

occasion

occlusion

octillion

obsession

odeon

obstruction

opinion

omission

optation

optician

oration

oppression

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

pelican

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

persuasion

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfection

permission

perfusion

permian

phoenician

petition

physician

phrygian

perversion

peterman

plantation

plebeian

plethora

policeman

pollution

polluters

polluter

position

possession

porcelain

precaution

precession

preclusion

precision

predation

preemption

prescription

predestine

prediction

privation

pretension

prevention

probation

procession

presumption

production

profusion

proportion

profession

promotion

progression

projection

propulsion

proscription

provision

prostration

protean

protection

puritan

ramadan

quotation

reaction

recession

recision

reception

rebellion

relation

religion

reflection

reduction

redemption

regression

rejection

regimen

silicon

remission

rendition

reopen

reptilian

rescission

resection

restriction

resumption

retention

salvation

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

retraction

secretion

repression

saleswoman

saccharin

saltier

rotation

scythian

scorpion

samoan

secession

seclusion

sedation

seduction

selection

sensation

sedition

simian

skeleton

singleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

soldiering

solitaire

starvation

soldering

specimen

stagnation

stygian

submersion

submission

subscription

subtraction

suburban

subversion

succession

suggestion

sumatran

summation

talisman

suspicion

suspension

tactician

taxation

syrian

superman

tamarin

suppression

technician

temptation

thespian

zambian

translation

timberman

tradition

transcription

transaction

transfusion

transgression

transmission

transition

truncation

tuition

uneven

unbroken

uncertain

unburden

unbutton

unison

uncommon

unwritten

vacation

uterine

vatican

venetian

venison

vibration

vitamin

volition

vocation

veteran

wesleyan

waterman

welterweight

vermilion

toboggan

zealotry

4 syllable words

aberration

abnegation

abolition

admiration

abdication

abyssinian

accusation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

acquisition

activation

adaptation

adoration

abrogation

adulation

adrenaline

admonition

affirmation

affectation

advocation

alabaman

agitation

agrarian

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

aggravation

aggregation

amputation

allegation

altercation

allocation

alteration

altercations

alterations

alternately

alternation

alternator

american

altruism

altruistic

amphibian

ammunition

alternative

appellation

animation

annotation

annexation

apprehension

appalachian

arbitration

apparition

application

approbation

arabian

armenian

armageddon

arizonan

arthurian

canadian

aspiration

assyrian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

backwardation

assemblyman

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

athenian

bilateral

bewilderment

benediction

cancellation

bewildering

bolivian

bohemian

calculation

californian

calibration

businesswoman

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

coalition

cogitation

collodion

coloradan

collocation

coloration

columbian

comedian

collateral

combination

commendation

committeeman

commutation

computation

compilation

comprehension

complication

competition

composition

comparison

compensation

condescension

condemnation

condensation

concentration

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

conjugation

congregation

confrontation

constitution

consolation

constellation

consultation

consummation

conservation

consecration

consternation

constipation

contemplation

conversation

contrarian

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

convocation

convolution

cotyledon

corp.

corporation

copernican

coronation

copenhagen

corinthian

correlation

crocodilian

criterion

crucifixion

connotation

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

decompression

culmination

deconstruction

decoration

dehydration

defamation

deformation

dedication

degradation

definition

delegation

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

desolation

deposition

desecration

deportation

desperation

depravation

desiccation

designation

depredation

deviation

detonation

devastation

dietitian

devolution

devonian

dilatation

diocesan

dilatory

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disputation

dislocation

disposition

disinflation

dispensation

distillation

dissipation

dissolution

dissertation

distribution

divination

deprivation

dominican

draconian

derivation

domination

dereliction

duplication

education

destination

electrician

elevation

destitution

embarkation

elocution

emigration

elongation

emanation

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

estimation

eritrean

estonian

erudition

european

eustachian

fallopian

exploitation

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exhalation

execution

exclamation

exhumation

exhibition

exhortation

fabrication

expiration

explication

expectation

explanation

exploration

extradition

extrication

exposition

fascination

federation

disinfection

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

fermentation

foliation

formulation

galilean

fragmentation

glaciation

fumigation

gargantuan

gravitation

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

granulation

generation

graduation

gorgonian

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

heliotrope

hegelian

hesitation

hibernation

herculean

hemoglobin

himalayan

historian

helter-skelter

hungarian

hydrocarbon

ideation

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

imitation

illiterate

illiterates

hypertension

illustration

immigration

immolation

imposition

implication

importation

impregnation

imputation

incantation

implantation

inattention

imperfection

incarnation

indonesian

incubation

indecision

indication

indiscretion

indentation

indexation

indignation

indigestion

inflammation

incrustation

infiltration

infestation

inhalation

inhibition

information

innovation

inclination

inquisition

insulation

installation

institution

insurrection

interaction

instigation

integration

inspiration

intercession

interception

interdiction

interjection

interwoven

interruption

intimation

intersection

intervention

intermission

intonation

interurban

introduction

introspection

intuition

inundation

isolation

iranian

irritation

jacobean

invitation

invocation

iteration

irrigation

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

expedition

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberation

liberian

limitation

lilliputian

librarian

manumission

liquefaction

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

navigation

litigation

maturation

meridian

melodramas

melodrama

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

masturbation

military

ministration

militarize

militarized

militarists

minnesotan

militaries

napoleon

mongolian

misperception

moravian

misconception

moderation

modulation

missourian

mitigation

miseration

molestation

mortification

motivation

mutilation

misbegotten

laceration

praetorian

ohioan

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

noblewoman

nicaraguan

olympian

nonpartisan

nonprescription

nomination

oblivion

obligation

obfuscation

occupation

observation

obsidian

obstetrician

palpitation

ostentation

opposition

operation

oscillation

orchestration

ordination

overburden

oxidation

ovulation

pagination

pagurian

pelagian

pavlovian

pedestrian

paraguayan

penetration

penicillin

permutation

perforation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

pigmentation

plutonian

polynesian

politician

population

procreation

preignition

predilection

predetermine

preelection

preparation

premonition

proclamation

preservation

presentation

propagation

proposition

prohibition

prosecution

prostitution

publication

provocation

punctuation

protozoan

protestation

profanation

radiation

readmission

realization

reawaken

reassertion

recitation

reclamation

recantation

recollection

recognition

refutation

reconstruction

recreation

reexamine

reelection

reformation

regulation

reinspection

relocation

registration

relaxation

renovation

reparation

repercussion

repetition

repossession

replication

republican

reputation

requisition

reproduction

restitution

resolution

resignation

reservation

respiration

restoration

resurrection

retrocession

retribution

retardation

revelation

rhododendron

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

reposition

samaritan

rumination

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

salutary

self-deception

separation

shakespearean

segregation

segmentation

siberian

sicilian

sequestration

simulation

situation

simonian

smithsonian

solitary

speculation

strangulation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

tetrahedron

precondition

supposition

subluxation

substitution

suffocation

subdivision

superhuman

superstition

tabulation

syncopation

syndication

tamoxifen

supervision

tasmanian

surrogation

termination

titillation

variation

toleration

transformation

trepidation

tribulation

transportation

transplantation

ulceration

valuation

valerian

vacillation

usurpation

utopian

vaccination

validation

ulterior

ventilation

veneration

visitation

vegetation

violation

vindication

victorian

violator

violators

wagnerian

watermelon

preconception

5 syllable words

abbreviation

academician

acceleration

alienation

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

abomination

affiliation

agglomeration

aleatory

alleviation

alliteration

alliterative

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

amplification

alternatively

appreciation

annihilation

appropriation

anticipation

approximation

argumentation

articulation

argentinian

association

assemblywoman

assimilation

assassination

attenuation

augustinian

babylonian

authentication

authorization

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

carolinian

capitulation

carthaginian

cauterization

certification

centralization

centenarian

classification

christianization

civilization

clarification

codification

depreciation

coagulation

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

configuration

commemoration

communication

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

concatenation

congratulation

conglomeration

consideration

consolidation

continuation

contamination

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decomposition

decapitation

deceleration

defenestration

degeneration

deification

delineation

delicatessen

deliberation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

desalination

desegregation

equalization

inauguration

determination

discoloration

discrimination

dionysian

disembarkation

canonization

dissatisfaction

disintegration

dissemination

dissociation

dramatization

edification

domestication

ejaculation

elaboration

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

epicurean

ethiopian

eradication

equivocation

evaluation

evacuation

evaporation

exaggeration

exacerbation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

exoskeleton

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

examination

falsification

exasperation

disinclination

fertilization

hydrogenation

fortification

gasification

gratification

glorification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hybridization

incrimination

hyperborean

illiteracy

hyperinflation

imagination

illumination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

incarceration

incineration

incorporation

initiation

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

inoculation

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

intimidation

interpolation

interrogation

interpretation

intoxication

invalidation

insemination

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

investigation

neapolitan

legalization

libertarian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

lithuanian

negotiation

mathematician

maximization

maximilian

melodramatic

misapprehension

militarily

mechanization

militaristic

metropolitan

miscalculation

militarism

misapplication

mobilization

modernization

modification

misinformation

multiplication

mummification

mississippian

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

normalization

nickelodeon

notification

nonsectarian

nullification

neutralization

obliteration

ossification

orientation

ornamentation

origination

oregonian

organization

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

peloponnesian

philadelphian

pomeranian

polarization

precipitation

preoccupation

predisposition

premeditation

predestination

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

proletarian

proliferation

prognostication

pronunciation

qualification

purification

pythagorean

quantification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recuperation

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reiteration

reintegration

rejuvenation

remuneration

recrimination

rectification

renunciation

repatriation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

representation

sedimentation

simplification

solidarity

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

theologian

substantiation

subordination

synchronization

triangulation

unification

ultraviolet

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

yugoslavian

vegetarian

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

verification

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word polyhedron

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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