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

aching

ailing

airing

aging

angling

arching

arming

awning

banging

boarding

baking

beating

bedding

bending

bathing

beading

beaming

bearing

beijing

being

belling

binding

barring

biding

bidding

billing

birthing

blending

blaring

blazing

bleeding

bleeping

bitching

bleaching

blessing

blinding

blocking

blushing

blooming

blowing

blueing

bluing

boasting

boxing

boating

bolting

bonding

booting

bouncing

bounding

boring

bracing

bolling

boning

booming

boozing

bowling

bowing

braiding

braving

brawling

breaking

briefing

breathing

breeching

breeding

brimming

broiling

brewing

broking

brooding

browning

browsing

brushing

buckling

bruting

bucking

budding

building

bulging

boiling

burning

burping

caftan

captain

caftans

calling

calming

caning

captains

buying

caption

captions

catching

carping

carving

casing

caulking

ceiling

clearing

carling

charming

chasing

chieftain

chieftains

chilling

chewing

chipping

chirping

clanging

chopping

churning

climbing

choking

cleaning

clipping

cloaking

clocking

clogging

closing

clouding

coasting

clowning

clucking

coating

cocking

codding

coaxing

coaching

coiling

colling

coming

combing

clothing

diving

cooking

cooling

coping

cooing

coupling

crashing

craving

creaking

coursing

couching

creeping

cuddling

crossing

crushing

crying

cribbing

crooning

crowing

culling

cunning

curling

curing

dashing

daring

darling

dawning

dealing

derring

dicing

digging

dilling

dining

diphthong

dipping

dishing

firing

dressing

doing

docking

doting

draining

dropping

drugging

drawing

driving

drinking

drilling

dripping

drumming

dubbing

drying

ducking

duckling

dwelling

earning

eating

dumpling

dueling

during

earthling

dyeing

dying

earring

edging

easing

eking

ending

evening

etching

fencing

erring

fading

facing

farming

failing

falling

farthing

fehling

feeding

feeling

feigning

finding

filing

fetching

fining

fifteen

fielding

fifteens

filling

fifteenth

fitting

fishing

fixing

flashing

flaring

fledgling

fleeting

fleming

floating

flogging

flooding

flooring

flushing

flowing

flying

foaming

forcing

footing

folding

foiling

forging

forming

founding

funding

framing

fraying

freaking

fruiting

fucking

frying

galling

freezing

fuming

gaming

foundling

gearing

girding

gilding

ginning

giving

glinting

golfing

glaring

glazing

grading

golding

gloaming

glowing

going

grinding

hamstring

flitting

grazing

greeting

gunning

groundling

greening

grieving

grooming

grouping

gushing

hanging

grounding

handling

growing

hatching

harping

heading

heating

heckling

healing

hearing

heaving

helping

horning

hoarding

herring

hiding

hitting

hogging

hopping

holding

hilling

hissing

holing

hosting

homing

hounding

flaming

housing

hugging

humming

hurling

icing

grayling

leaking

inning

inkling

leaning

learning

leasing

jailing

jarring

jerking

jeering

jumping

jogging

judging

joking

kipling

knitting

keeling

kenning

keeping

kicking

killing

kindling

knocking

lading

knowing

lashing

latching

launching

lawing

laying

leading

leaping

left-hand

legging

lending

lemming

lightning

licking

listing

liking

lining

lifetime

living

lifetimes

loading

loaning

loathing

logging

lopping

loving

lodging

longing

looking

looming

looping

losing

lowing

lumping

loring

lunching

lying

mailing

making

marking

matching

marching

meaning

roofing

meeting

minding

mining

mincing

milling

missing

molting

morning

morphing

mocking

moulding

mooring

moving

mourning

mugging

muting

musing

nothing

nestling

mowing

neptune

nodding

nipping

nosing

nursing

obtains

offspring

often

oozing

option

options

owing

pacing

obtain

pairing

paging

parking

paring

patching

paving

paying

peaking

pegging

peeing

pending

phasing

phrasing

piling

piercing

pointing

pinching

picking

pining

piping

plaything

playing

pleading

pleasing

pitching

plodding

plugging

plumbing

posting

pimping

popping

poking

poling

polling

pooling

pouncing

pounding

praying

quilting

merging

printing

pressing

preaching

prowling

pumping

quaking

prying

purging

pruning

pudding

quilling

pushing

racing

raging

railing

rambling

raising

raking

raving

reading

riding

ribbing

roasting

priming

rising

roaring

rigging

ringing

rocking

rolling

romping

rounding

rousing

rubbing

running

sailing

ruling

saving

scaling

scarring

saying

scheming

scolding

schilling

schooling

scorching

scratching

scraping

serving

scrimping

screaming

screening

screwing

seating

searching

seedling

seeling

seeming

seizing

seeing

sewing

sharking

shelving

shading

shaving

shedding

sheeting

shelling

shearing

sheathing

shilling

shining

shocking

shooting

shoring

shoestring

shipping

shrouding

sibling

shrinking

siding

sighing

shredding

signing

sitting

sizing

sinking

singing

skilling

skimming

showing

sledding

sliding

slitting

smelling

slouching

sleeping

sloping

smoking

smoothing

snarling

sniffing

sneaking

snoring

sounding

sneezing

soaring

sobbing

sopping

soften

softens

soothing

sparling

sparing

soaking

sparkling

spending

spelling

speaking

sperling

spinning

spurling

squinting

starling

stalling

staging

squeezing

springing

sprinkling

sputum

staving

stealing

steering

sterling

stocking

storming

stopping

stirring

stinking

sticking

stinging

stitching

straining

stooping

stowing

stretching

striking

streaming

stripling

suckling

striving

stunning

stroking

sucking

stripping

suiting

suing

swearing

sweeting

swelling

tailing

swaying

roving

sweeping

swimming

switching

swooning

thrashing

taking

talking

teaching

teaming

teeming

tempting

telling

teething

thinking

thrilling

throwing

thumping

tilting

tiding

tithing

ticking

toasting

trading

tipping

topping

tossing

tracing

touching

tooling

trailing

training

trucking

turning

trying

tricking

trilling

trimming

tripping

tubing

twining

twisting

tying

voting

uptown

veiling

veering

viking

voiding

wading

vying

warling

waking

walking

walling

waning

wapping

warming

warning

warping

washing

westling

wearing

webbing

wedding

weighing

weakling

wellspring

weaving

weeding

weeping

whaling

whirling

tuning

wheeling

whipping

whistling

wiring

whitling

wilding

wielding

wincing

winding

yearning

whooping

whopping

wrestling

wording

working

wrecking

yearling

willing

wishing

winning

witching

wringing

yelling

yielding

3 syllable words

accenting

abiding

abounding

according

absorbing

abdomen

abatement

abatements

accusing

abducting

afflicting

admiring

affecting

adoring

agreeing

adjoining

alarming

alerting

aligning

alluring

ascending

amazing

annoying

anything

annealing

arresting

arranging

arriving

approving

approaching

aspiring

asserting

attracting

appealing

assuming

assuring

astounding

avoidance

backbiting

appalling

backsliding

amusing

badgering

befitting

battening

beginning

beguiling

beholding

becoming

believing

belonging

ballooning

bettering

besetting

billowing

beseeching

besieging

bickering

blanketing

blackmailing

bloodletting

blistering

blossoming

bloodsucking

blundering

blustering

bottling

bookkeeping

brainwashing

broadcasting

bullfighting

bubbling

bullying

bumbling

bundling

bungling

bushwhacking

bustling

cackling

canoeing

campaigning

butchering

caressing

carpeting

carousing

centering

carjacking

channeling

challenging

childbearing

churchgoing

comforting

commanding

commuting

colouring

coloring

completing

complaining

complying

composing

compounding

conceding

concerning

confiding

connecting

conflicting

conforming

confounding

confusing

conserving

consoling

conjuring

conquering

constricting

consulting

correcting

copying

contacting

contracting

consuming

converging

conveying

convincing

counseling

cradling

covering

crusading

dairying

cycling

cushioning

crocheting

damaging

dampening

crippling

cowering

darkening

deafening

debating

defusing

deadening

deserving

designing

declining

debutante

debutantes

delighting

decreasing

degrading

departing

descending

detailing

despairing

diapering

dissecting

dialing

dissenting

disgusting

disarming

discerning

disguising

diverting

devotion

dissembling

distracting

dissolving

distressing

diverging

divining

doddering

dividing

dividends

doubling

downsizing

dressmaking

drizzling

dumbfounding

dwindling

echoing

eavesdropping

emptying

emitting

enchanting

easterling

enclosing

endearing

engraving

enduring

dividend

entering

enticing

ensuing

enlisting

equating

erecting

erupting

everything

evidence

exacting

excepting

exceeding

exciting

exhausting

expanding

existing

evident

expelling

expiring

exploring

exulting

faltering

engaging

fastening

engrossing

favoring

feathering

fingering

finishing

flavoring

mellowing

concurring

forecasting

flowering

forgiving

following

forbidding

fondling

foreboding

forwarding

freewheeling

galloping

gambling

forthcoming

gardening

gathering

frustrating

glowering

governing

glistening

glimmering

good-looking

groundbreaking

handwriting

hairdressing

happening

harvesting

hardening

hardworking

heartbreaking

highflying

housewarming

importing

housekeeping

impending

imploring

imposing

imprinting

improving

incoming

infighting

increasing

insulting

interesting

installing

investing

ironing

inviting

issuing

jockeying

journeying

juggling

kidnapping

lactating

lamenting

laboring

landscaping

landholding

languishing

left-winger

inserting

laundering

lawmaking

leavening

inspiring

layering

left-handed

lettering

lessening

leveling

invading

left-wingers

life-giving

lightening

lingering

listening

lowering

lumbering

maddening

machining

marketing

locating

matchmaking

maturing

marshaling

measuring

meddling

middling

misgiving

misleading

misspelling

mistaking

modeling

mottling

motoring

mothering

murmuring

muscling

mumbling

narrowing

neighboring

nerve-racking

networking

neutering

nourishing

nevadan

nevadans

observing

obliging

offsetting

oncoming

ongoing

opening

outgoing

opining

opposing

ordering

outfitting

optimist

optimize

optimum

optional

outlying

optimal

outpouring

outstanding

ovation

ovations

optimists

paneling

papering

painstaking

parceling

pardoning

patrolling

peddling

peppering

persisting

pervading

perplexing

pilfering

piddling

pitying

pickering

polluting

polishing

pondering

powdering

proceeding

profiling

promising

pronouncing

preceding

presiding

provoking

quarreling

quickening

raveling

ravishing

railroading

reasoning

reckoning

reclining

recording

reducing

reflecting

relapsing

rendering

repeating

respecting

regarding

resisting

refreshing

relieving

rejoicing

retiring

reversing

reviving

revolting

revolving

prevailing

riveting

rumbling

scaffolding

scavenging

scrambling

seagoing

scribbling

seasoning

seducing

september

settling

shortening

shoplifting

shimmering

shipbuilding

shortcoming

sickening

sizzling

sleepwalking

softening

souring

soldering

softener

sojourning

soldiering

stiffening

strengthening

stuttering

succeeding

surveying

surrounding

surviving

sweetening

tabling

tailoring

tapering

tempering

thickening

thanksgiving

threatening

trembling

ticketing

thundering

tinkling

tinkering

toweling

tormenting

towering

trumpeting

transporting

traversing

twinkling

vomiting

typesetting

typewriting

undoing

undying

unbending

underling

unfailing

varying

vanishing

unfeeling

unwitting

upsetting

unthinking

unwilling

uprising

unflinching

unsparing

unyielding

visiting

wagering

wandering

warehousing

watering

tumbling

weathering

well-being

whispering

whitening

surpassing

winnowing

wrongdoing

withering

surprising

yellowing

4 syllable words

abdominal

agitating

advertising

aggravating

agonizing

admonishing

activating

annotating

appetizing

awakening

astonishing

aviation

babysitting

bewildering

bicycling

barbecuing

calculating

captivating

circulating

coexisting

complicating

centralizing

corresponding

delegating

denigrating

detonating

devastating

deviations

devotional

disappointing

disappearing

disconcerting

disapproving

disabling

discouraging

disengaging

disheartening

developing

dispiriting

disparaging

diagnosing

distinguishing

distributing

conditioning

dominating

domineering

edifying

embarrassing

emphasizing

encircling

encompassing

encouraging

engineering

energizing

enlightening

enveloping

epidemic

epidemics

epitome

epitomize

everlasting

examining

evidently

executing

evidences

fascinating

enterprising

entertaining

fingerprinting

fireproofing

condescending

fluctuating

gratifying

hesitating

implicating

inheriting

integrating

intersecting

interlocking

interviewing

inhibiting

inquiring

irritating

laminating

legislating

liberating

leviathan

maximizing

lobotomy

moderating

mitigating

mountaineering

notifying

neptunium

never-ending

nonrecurring

notwithstanding

obedience

obedient

obviating

occupying

oceangoing

operating

oscillating

optimism

optometrist

optometry

optometrists

overflowing

overbearing

optimistic

overarching

overcoming

overrating

overlapping

overpowering

overhauling

overlying

overruling

overwhelming

palpitating

parachuting

obtainable

partitioning

patronizing

penetrating

persevering

petitioning

pioneering

realizing

reentering

registering

merchandising

separating

speechifying

suffocating

underwriting

underlying

underpinning

undertaking

undulating

unbecoming

understanding

vacillating

unavailing

unrelenting

unremitting

unassuming

unbelieving

waterproofing

deviation

7 syllable words
8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word rafting

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