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

aircrafts

alan

aircraft

aircrew

alban

alman

amman

basin

apron

archer

archers

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

austin

auden

coachman

bacon

banyan

bagman

baldwin

bargain

barger

barker

barkers

baron

barton

baston

barren

bayman

beacon

beaten

belgian

beckon

batten

batton

begun

bellman

bellon

berserk

bisson

billion

bison

billman

billon

bitten

blowgun

boatman

bolden

bordman

blacken

bludgeon

bobbin

bollen

bookman

boston

boughten

bourbon

bowman

broken

brazen

bracken

brakeman

brethren

brighten

braggers

brassard

bragger

breakers

breton

brickyard

broaden

briton

braziers

brochure

brogan

breaker

brochures

broker

burgeon

brokers

burden

burdon

browsers

burman

brushwork

browser

bullion

burgher

bushman

burton

bracer

button

cabin

caisson

cajun

canaan

calvin

cannon

canon

caption

canyon

carbon

carman

canton

carmine

capstan

caxton

carton

cauldron

caution

captain

cayman

chairman

certain

chaplain

chapman

chasten

cheapen

chessman

charon

chargers

charger

chevron

chicken

chieftain

christian

chosen

christen

citron

churchman

children

churchyard

classman

claxon

clinton

baton

bason

bastion

colon

common

copeman

corban

cordon

corkscrew

corsair

cotton

courser

cousin

cowan

craven

craftsman

crackers

cracker

craker

cretin

crewman

cuban

croaker

croker

crouton

crocker

crossroads

crozier

cruisers

crushers

cruiser

crusher

crossroad

crimson

cumin

dagon

daman

deacon

dalton

damson

darken

dampen

deaden

deafen

cushion

dagan

deepen

curtain

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dian

diction

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dragon

dromon

dudgeon

drunken

driven

dressers

dresser

dungeon

dustman

eaten

eden

dutchman

earthen

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

faction

fairground

fairgrounds

fashion

falcon

fasten

fallen

famine

fiction

fielden

faustian

fibrin

fatten

fission

faulcon

flashgun

fireman

firman

flexion

floren

foreground

footman

foreign

foreman

fusion

felon

fortune

fraction

forsworn

fountain

forswear

foursquare

forgers

fragrant

freedman

freshen

freeman

freezers

freezer

fresher

freshman

friction

frozen

frighten

flatten

function

forger

gentian

garden

garron

gascon

gammon

gilden

gibbon

given

glisten

georgian

golden

german

gluten

goodman

gorgon

gallon

gladden

graven

grandson

gowan

glidden

gotten

grecian

grazer

greaser

griffon

gumption

guardsman

gudgeon

huntsman

haitian

hackman

hangman

grocer

grocers

hasten

heathen

harken

harten

hausen

headsman

headman

haven

hearten

heighten

hyphen

happen

hessian

homespun

heron

henchman

hogan

hetman

hidden

horseman

hoten

hoven

houseman

human

heaven

hymen

harden

hyson

ibsen

hempen

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetson

jorden

junction

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

laden

kercher

kirkman

klansman

kitchen

kremlin

kitten

lampron

lagan

landman

landsman

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

leman

lengthen

lemon

lesion

lessen

lesson

leven

jordan

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linden

lineman

linemen

linen

lion

jetton

kalan

listen

lockman

liven

locken

lisbon

kansan

lotion

lopeman

loosen

loren

luncheon

lumen

lyden

london

lynden

longan

maiden

mahone

madden

m1

keelson

mangan

logan

margin

marchman

margrave

markers

marker

marcor

marksman

markman

martian

marlin

mason

marten

martin

matron

marron

mayan

mention

melton

marchers

melon

mercer

merger

mignon

mergers

million

minden

minion

milken

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

nation

muslin

nekton

newsman

ninon

mutton

norman

marcher

notion

oarsman

ocean

mansion

olden

odin

often

omen

option

open

orchards

orchard

organ

orphan

onion

outrun

outdone

othman

oven

oxen

owen

packman

pagan

paean

panton

pardon

parson

parsers

parser

parkers

passion

passman

patron

pathan

pectin

patten

pavon

parker

pension

peon

penguin

perjured

perjures

perjure

perron

person

persian

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

penman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

potion

portman

porkers

porker

postman

preachers

preacher

prescribes

prescribe

pressman

pressures

pressure

presser

procure

prison

programs

program

programme

proscribes

proscribe

proven

preserve

shogun

prussian

ration

purser

question

raven

rayon

quicken

reckon

reason

redden

region

rerun

resin

riden

ripen

rincon

ribbon

ridden

risen

rosen

robin

roman

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

runnion

rosin

russian

saffron

salesman

rotten

sadden

salmon

riven

samson

sanction

saxon

satan

scallion

santon

scion

satin

scarecrows

scorcher

scarecrow

seaman

season

scullion

scotsman

searchers

searcher

section

seedsman

selden

session

semen

seton

sexton

sequin

sermon

seven

shaken

shaman

sharpen

shearman

shipman

pullen

shorten

shotgun

showman

cursor

shrunken

sicken

silken

siphon

siren

soldan

slogan

solon

smarten

slacken

smitten

sodden

soften

sovereign

sovran

spokesman

spoken

station

spartan

spearman

sportsman

squadron

steven

statesman

stolen

stallion

stallman

stepson

stillion

stiffen

stockman

straighten

suasion

sturgeon

stricken

striven

suction

strengthen

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

surgeon

surcharge

sweeten

swollen

taken

syphon

sunken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

sylvan

tension

teston

thicken

thousand

tighten

tendon

tillman

threaten

thresher

titan

token

torsion

traction

toman

townsman

toughen

tracers

tracer

trackers

tracker

treason

treasures

treasure

urson

trojan

trillion

triton

tungsten

tubman

trodden

truckers

trucker

turban

tuscan

union

undone

triggers

urchin

urban

urine

trigger

vegan

version

verser

vision

villain

vulcan

warden

waken

warren

weaken

wanton

watchman

weapon

wheaten

whiten

whitson

wiccan

widen

wizen

woodman

woolman

woman

women

wooden

woolen

workers

worker

worsen

workman

workroom

woven

yeoman

wagon

yachtsman

yaupon

written

wrecker

yorker

yorkers

yorkshire

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

ablution

abdomen

abrasion

abortion

accession

abstraction

absorption

abstention

acumen

admission

adhesion

addition

adoption

addiction

adrian

adsorption

african

aegean

affection

affliction

aggression

alaskan

albion

alien

alderman

aleutian

albumin

alsatian

ambition

allusion

ambrosian

andean

anchorman

anglican

apportion

anyone

appian

archery

arian

artesian

arkansan

aryan

ascension

artisan

aspersion

attrition

assertion

assumption

attention

attraction

asuncion

audition

australian

austrian

awaken

aversion

backgammon

badminton

avian

backwoodsman

bandwagon

assassin

bedridden

bedizen

beethoven

beholden

bedouin

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brokerage

brasserie

brazier

brazilian

bulletin

bureaucrats

bureaucrat

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

carnation

caucasian

cardigan

causation

cartesian

castration

carrion

cation

catalan

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

battalion

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

clarion

civilian

chilean

cistercian

citation

citizen

cinnamon

clarendon

clergyman

coercion

cohesion

cognition

collegian

collision

collection

collagen

collusion

commission

commotion

combustion

completion

compassion

communion

companion

complexion

conflation

compression

confucian

concession

conception

concoction

compulsion

conclusion

compunction

concussion

confession

conduction

confection

condition

convulsion

congestion

confusion

contagion

congressman

conscription

connexion

constriction

construction

consumption

conjunction

connection

contraction

contraption

contention

contortion

contrition

convention

conversion

convection

conviction

contusion

correction

corrosion

creation

corruption

countryman

corsican

councilman

cremation

crackerjack

coworker

crestfallen

coworkers

croatian

crosscurrent

crosscurrents

crustacean

crockery

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

declension

decision

deflation

deduction

defection

deflection

deletion

delusion

depletion

dentition

depiction

denizen

dictation

description

desertion

depression

derision

detention

detection

determine

devotion

diffraction

destruction

diffusion

digestion

digression

dilation

discretion

dimension

dilution

direction

discipline

discussion

disruption

dispersion

dissection

dissension

distinction

distortion

distraction

diversion

disunion

division

dominion

duration

dorian

encryption

downtrodden

edition

egyptian

elation

election

ejection

eleven

elison

equation

emblazon

emission

emulsion

emotion

englishman

enlighten

enliven

erasers

eraser

erection

embolden

excretion

eruption

etruscan

erosion

everyone

exception

excision

evasion

eviction

exaction

exclusion

exertion

exemption

expansion

excursion

exhaustion

expression

extension

extraction

expulsion

extinction

extortion

extrusion

fabian

zambian

explosion

grobian

ferryman

fenian

fijian

filtration

grocery

fixation

fisherman

flirtation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

foundation

forgotten

forgery

freemason

freudian

fruition

frustration

franciscan

fustian

garrison

gaussian

forgeries

galleon

gentleman

gestation

gillian

ghanaian

gordian

genuine

gradation

gravamen

feminine

grazier

gregory

groceries

gyration

halcyon

hammerman

halogen

handwoven

guardian

hawaiian

heartbroken

harlequin

guncotton

horatian

heroin

heroine

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

harasser

ignition

immersion

imagine

implosion

impression

impassion

imprison

inception

incision

inclusion

inaction

incursion

in-person

indian

illusion

harassers

infarction

induction

infection

inflation

ingestion

infraction

inflection

infliction

infusion

inscription

insertion

inhuman

inspection

injection

instruction

intention

injunction

jamaican

intestine

intrusion

invasion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

jettison

laotian

javelin

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

lactation

keynesian

korean

lanolin

laurentian

lesbian

lecithin

libration

ligation

libyan

logician

norwegian

malayan

malaysian

lutheran

lumberman

magician

magdalen

mandarin

margarine

marian

marjoram

marguerite

masculine

medallion

median

menhaden

mexican

medicine

migration

mercuric

mercury

midshipman

misfortune

melanin

misprision

mistaken

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

narration

misshapen

mutation

nebraskan

myosin

negation

nemean

nobleman

nitrogen

niacin

nevadan

nonhuman

nonunion

nutrition

omission

nubian

objection

nurseries

nursery

obsession

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

odeon

oppression

optation

optician

opinion

orion

origin

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

paragraph

paragraphs

parisian

parthian

partisan

patrician

partition

pavilion

pelican

percussion

perception

plantation

pentathlon

peregrine

peregrines

perfection

permian

permission

perjury

perjurer

perfusion

persuasion

phoenician

perversion

petition

peterman

physician

phrygian

plebeian

pollution

position

possession

porcelain

precession

precaution

policeman

preclusion

praiseworthy

precision

predation

predestine

prediction

preemption

abandon

precursors

prescribers

prescriber

prescription

prescriptions

precursor

procreates

procreate

presumption

pressurize

preservers

privation

pretension

prevention

procession

procurement

procurements

procurer

production

profession

progresses

progression

projection

progressive

profusion

promotion

prostration

protean

proportion

propulsion

protection

preserver

provision

reaction

puritan

pursuers

pursuer

ramadan

recession

reception

recision

redemption

reduction

restriction

rebellion

relation

regression

rejection

religion

rendition

remission

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

regimen

reflection

resumption

retraction

retention

reversion

reunion

revision

salvation

rhodopsin

revulsion

rifleman

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

sauerkraut

secession

scythian

seclusion

sedation

sedition

seduction

selection

sensation

sharecropper

sharecroppers

simian

singleton

silicon

snapdragon

skeleton

solomon

starvation

sorcery

stagnation

specimen

solution

sorcerer

sorcerers

taxation

subscription

submission

temptation

stygian

subtraction

superman

submersion

succession

technician

suburban

subversion

summation

suggestion

sumatran

suspension

suppression

surcharges

surgeries

suspicion

tactician

syrian

talisman

tamarin

surgery

thespian

timberman

three-quarters

toboggan

transcription

tradition

translation

transaction

transition

transfusion

transgression

transmission

treasuries

treasurys

treachery

treasury

treasurer

treasurers

trickery

truncation

tuition

uneven

unison

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

unbroken

vacation

uterine

venetian

vatican

venison

vermilion

veteran

vibration

vitamin

volition

waterman

wesleyan

cursory

4 syllable words

aberration

abrogation

abnegation

abdication

abolition

acclamation

abyssinian

absolution

acclimation

accusation

activation

acquisition

adoration

adaptation

admiration

accordion

admonition

adrenaline

adulation

affirmation

affectation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

allegation

algerian

aldebaran

algonquian

allocation

alternation

alteration

altercation

american

ammunition

amputation

animation

annexation

annotation

apparition

approbation

appellation

appalachian

application

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

armageddon

armenian

arizonan

arthurian

aspiration

attribution

assyrian

athenian

amphibian

assemblyman

augmentation

backwardation

avocation

barbarian

aviation

ayrshire

coalition

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

brokerages

coloration

bureaucracies

bureaucratese

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

cancellation

canadian

californian

carcinogen

caracara

celebration

chameleon

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

circumcision

centurion

cogitation

bavarian

collocation

collodion

coloradan

comprehension

combination

commendation

compilation

comedian

committeeman

commutation

compensation

competition

comparison

complication

computation

composition

congregation

concentration

condemnation

confirmation

condensation

condescension

confiscation

confrontation

conflagration

coronation

connotation

conservation

consecration

consternation

consolation

constellation

consummation

conjugation

constipation

consultation

convocation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contribution

contrarian

contravention

conversation

convolution

constitution

corp.

copenhagen

copernican

corporation

correlation

corinthian

cotyledon

declaration

criterion

decoration

cross-reference

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

culmination

deformation

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

dandelion

decimation

decompression

degradation

defamation

deconstruction

dedication

delegation

definition

demarcation

dehydration

fabrication

deportation

demolition

demonstration

deposition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

derivation

designation

desiccation

columbian

dereliction

desolation

desperation

destination

deviation

devastation

devonian

detonation

devolution

dilatation

dietitian

destitution

disconnection

dissertation

domination

diminution

disaffection

dislocation

dispensation

disputation

dissipation

divination

disposition

disillusion

disinfection

distillation

disinflation

distribution

dissolution

diocesan

dominican

duplication

draconian

elevation

education

emanation

electrician

elocution

elongation

embarkation

equitation

emulation

englishwoman

emigration

eritrean

estimation

eustachian

erudition

estonian

european

excitation

evocation

excavation

exclamation

evolution

expiration

exploitation

execution

exhalation

exhortation

exhumation

exploration

expectation

explanation

exhibition

expedition

explication

extrication

equestrian

exposition

indignation

extradition

indiscretion

bureaucracy

fascination

fibrillation

fallopian

federation

figuration

fermentation

fluctuation

fluoridation

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

firecrackers

fumigation

gastrulation

galilean

generation

gargantuan

glaciation

germination

gentlewoman

gorgonian

granulation

graduation

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

firecracker

habitation

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hegelian

hibernation

hesitation

historian

herculean

himalayan

ideation

hungarian

hara-kiri

hypertension

iberian

ibuprofen

illustration

imitation

immigration

incarnation

immolation

impregnation

importation

implantation

implication

imposition

imperfection

incrustation

imputation

incantation

inattention

inclination

incubation

indentation

indecision

indexation

indigestion

indication

hemoglobin

indonesian

infestation

infiltration

information

inhalation

inflammation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

instigation

inspiration

insulation

installation

institution

insurrection

integration

interaction

intercession

interception

intimation

intervention

intermission

interruption

intersection

intonation

interurban

interwoven

introspection

introduction

intuition

inundation

iteration

invitation

invocation

interjection

irritation

irrigation

isolation

iranian

liquefaction

jacobean

interdiction

jubilation

liquidation

jordanian

jurisdiction

laceration

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberation

lilliputian

liberian

librarian

limitation

locomotion

litigation

machination

malformation

malnutrition

maccabean

macedonian

mammalian

manumission

masturbation

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

mercurial

miseration

menstruation

merry-go-round

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

melanesian

misbegotten

misconception

misperception

molestation

moderation

mitigation

modulation

missourian

mortification

moravian

mongolian

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nestorian

noblewoman

nicaraguan

nomination

newtonian

nigerian

nonprescription

nonpartisan

observation

obligation

nurseryman

obfuscation

oblivion

occupation

octahedron

obsidian

ohioan

olympian

obstetrician

operation

ordination

opposition

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

pelagian

pavlovian

pedestrian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

perspiration

permutation

perturbation

pigmentation

persecution

planarian

plutonian

peruvian

preservation

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

preconception

praetorian

precondition

publication

predetermine

predilection

preelection

preignition

preparation

premonition

presentation

preservative

profanation

pressurizes

proclamation

procrastinate

procrastinates

prohibition

protestation

propagation

prosecution

proposition

prostitution

protozoan

provocation

punctuation

radiation

readmission

realization

reassertion

recantation

recitation

reformation

reclamation

respiration

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

reelection

restoration

reawaken

refutation

reexamine

relocation

regulation

relaxation

registration

reinspection

renovation

reparation

replication

repetition

repercussion

reposition

repossession

reputation

requisition

republican

reservation

reproduction

resignation

resolution

restitution

resurrection

retardation

revelation

retribution

retrocession

revocation

rhetorician

rhododendron

revolution

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

simulation

simonian

sicilian

situation

smithsonian

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

statistician

strangulation

subluxation

substitution

subdivision

suffocation

surrogation

superstition

supervision

superhuman

supposition

syncopation

tabulation

syndication

tamoxifen

tasmanian

titillation

termination

tetrahedron

toleration

trepidation

transformation

transportation

transplantation

tribulation

ulceration

utopian

vaccination

vacillation

validation

vegetation

valuation

valerian

veneration

ventilation

visitation

violation

victorian

vindication

siberian

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

academician

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

affiliation

agglomeration

adulteration

alleviation

amelioration

alienation

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amplification

annihilation

appreciation

anticipation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

assimilation

assemblywoman

association

attenuation

augustinian

authorization

authentication

babylonian

amortization

beethovenian

coagulation

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

cauterization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

centenarian

centralization

certification

civilization

christianization

choreography

clarification

classification

codification

cohabitation

colonization

collaboration

commemoration

communication

cooperation

conciliation

concatenation

configuration

confederation

confabulation

coordination

conglomeration

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

congratulation

denunciation

corroboration

delineation

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deification

depreciation

deliberation

delicatessen

denomination

depopulation

desalination

desegregation

determination

discoloration

dissociation

discrimination

dissemination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

domestication

dionysian

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elimination

elaboration

electrocution

elizabethan

equalization

emancipation

enumeration

expatriation

excoriation

equivocation

eradication

expropriation

evaporation

exfoliation

epicurean

ethiopian

evacuation

exacerbation

exasperation

exaggeration

examination

evaluation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

extermination

facilitation

indoctrination

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

incrimination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incarceration

incorporation

incineration

infatuation

initiation

inhabitation

insinuation

inoculation

insemination

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

localization

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

manifestation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

normalization

mobilization

modernization

mississippian

modification

mummification

multiplication

negotiation

neutralization

neapolitan

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

nonintervention

nonsectarian

notification

obliteration

nullification

oregonian

orientation

organization

origination

ornamentation

ossification

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

pennsylvanian

polarization

peloponnesian

perpetuation

philadelphian

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

preoccupation

presbyterian

premeditation

prevarication

presupposition

procrastination

procrastinator

procrastinators

proletarian

prognostication

proliferation

reaffirmation

purification

qualification

pythagorean

ramification

quantification

ratification

refrigeration

recrimination

recuperation

recombination

recommendation

rectification

reforestation

regeneration

reiteration

reintegration

rejuvenation

renunciation

remuneration

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

sanctification

russification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

substantiation

subordination

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

veterinarian

verification

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word procreation

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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