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2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

amongst

announced

announce

ashen

asian

arson

aspen

banyan

atman

auction

auden

austin

awning

bacon

bagman

baldwin

baron

barren

bastion

basin

bason

baton

apron

bargain

barton

baston

batten

batton

begun

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

belgian

bellon

bellman

beaming

bemoans

billion

billman

billon

bludgeon

bisson

bitten

bison

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boatman

bolden

boning

briton

bookman

boughten

bourbon

boston

bordman

booming

bowman

breton

brethren

bracken

brazen

brighten

broaden

brakeman

brogan

broken

bullion

burman

cajun

button

burgeon

bushman

burden

burdon

burton

cabin

caisson

calvin

cannons

cannon

canines

canings

caning

canon

canyons

canton

canyon

caption

canons

captain

carbon

capstan

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

caution

caymans

certain

chairman

chaplain

caxton

chapman

charon

chicken

cheapen

chessman

chevron

chieftain

chasten

children

cayman

christian

christen

churchman

chosen

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

coming

comings

commons

common

communes

commence

copeman

corban

cordon

crimson

cousin

cotton

craven

cowan

craftsman

cretin

crewman

crouton

cunning

cushion

cuban

cumin

dagan

cummins

curtain

dagon

deacon

deaden

deafen

dampen

damson

damning

deepen

demeans

delphian

demon

demons

denounce

dalton

desman

canaan

devon

diction

flexion

dobson

dian

dozen

dragon

draftsman

dungeon

driven

dromon

drunken

eaten

eden

earthen

dutchman

dustman

dudgeon

elan

emption

enhanced

ensign

engine

enhance

domains

ermine

dolphin

faction

fallen

falcon

fashion

fiction

faustian

felon

fielden

fatten

faulcon

fibrin

fasten

finance

famine

famines

footman

dawning

fission

flashgun

firman

flatten

floren

haitian

doctrine

fraction

fortune

fountain

foreign

dolman

foreman

freedman

dining

friction

freshen

freeman

fusion

freshman

frighten

function

frozen

gallon

fining

gammons

garron

garden

gascon

georgian

german

gibbon

given

gentian

ginning

gilden

gladden

fireman

glidden

glisten

gluten

gotten

golden

gorgon

gowan

goodman

grandson

gumption

grecian

gudgeon

griffon

graven

guardsman

gunning

hackman

foaming

hangman

happen

harden

harken

harten

hasten

headman

headsman

hausen

haven

hearten

heathen

gammon

heaven

hempen

heighten

henchman

fuming

hessian

hidden

heron

hetman

hogan

homespun

horseman

hoten

hoven

human

houseman

humans

gaming

huntsman

hymen

ibsen

hyphen

hyson

homing

immense

humming

darken

innings

inning

ion

jetson

jason

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetton

jordan

kenyan

jorden

junction

kansan

keelson

kalan

kelson

kelvin

kenyans

kirkman

kitchen

kitten

klansman

kenning

kremlin

knowing

laden

lagan

landman

landsman

latin

legion

leaven

ledden

leanings

leman

lemans

lengthen

lemons

lemon

lemmings

lesion

lessen

lemming

lesson

leven

leaning

lichen

lighten

lightman

linden

linens

linen

lineman

linemen

liken

liman

lining

linings

lion

listen

lisbon

layman

leaden

liven

loaning

locken

lockman

logan

london

longan

loosen

lotion

lumen

luncheon

loren

lynden

m1

lyden

madden

lopeman

mahone

mangan

maiden

mansion

lampron

margin

marron

marlin

marten

markman

marksman

martian

mason

martin

matron

mayan

looming

marchman

melon

meanings

meaning

mention

melton

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mining

minions

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

motion

muffin

mullen

mountain

nation

mutton

muslin

newsman

ninon

nekton

panton

pardon

notion

norman

oarsman

ocean

onions

onion

odin

often

omen

olden

omens

open

option

organ

othman

orphan

outdone

outrun

oven

oxen

paean

packman

owen

pagan

panning

passion

pathan

passman

patron

penance

penguin

pectin

patten

pavon

pension

penman

peon

perron

persian

person

phonemes

daman

pinion

pigeon

pillion

piston

pitman

plankton

pining

plantain

platen

poison

portion

ponton

pollan

pollen

portman

platten

potion

pressman

prison

prussian

pullen

question

ration

proven

quicken

raven

rayon

quinones

reason

reckon

parson

redden

region

remains

renounce

resin

rerun

ribbon

rincon

ridden

risen

riven

riden

ripen

robin

roman

romance

romans

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

running

russian

runnion

sadden

saffron

salesman

salmon

sanction

santon

satan

samson

satin

saxon

scallion

seamans

seaman

season

scullion

scotsman

section

seedsman

scion

seeming

selden

scheming

semen

runnings

session

seton

seven

sequin

sexton

sermon

shaken

shaman

shipman

shrunken

postman

shamans

shearman

shogun

showman

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

sicken

silken

smitten

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

skimming

sodden

soften

smarten

soldan

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

spoken

squadron

spokesman

sportsman

stallion

stallman

station

stiffen

stillion

steven

stepson

stolen

straighten

statesman

stockman

strengthen

suasion

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

summons

summon

sunken

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

syphon

swimming

swooning

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tanning

teaming

teeming

tension

torsion

thicken

tendon

teston

thousand

threaten

tillman

tighten

titan

token

toman

toughen

townsman

traction

swollen

trillion

treason

trojan

triton

trodden

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

turban

tuning

twining

undone

unions

union

unhinge

urchin

urban

urson

urine

vegan

version

vision

villain

vulcan

wagon

waken

weapon

watchman

weaken

warren

warden

wheaten

winnings

wiccan

winning

whitson

wanton

whiten

widen

wizen

woman

women

waning

written

wooden

woolen

woodman

woolman

worsen

woven

workman

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

yeomans

zaman

zion

zircon

shining

3 syllable words

abandon

ablation

abrasion

ablution

abortion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accession

accretion

addition

adoption

abduction

adhesion

addiction

admission

acumen

adsorption

affection

aegean

aggression

affliction

african

abdomen

adrian

alaskan

aleutian

anchorman

albion

allusion

alsatian

alderman

ambition

animist

animists

anions

alien

andean

anglican

announcement

announcements

announcer

announces

apportion

albumin

announcers

annoying

annoyance

anyone

appian

ambrosian

asuncion

arian

artesian

aspersion

ascension

arkansan

badminton

artisan

assassin

aryan

assertion

assumption

attrition

attraction

attention

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

awaken

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

bananas

bandwagon

battalion

bedizen

bedridden

bedouin

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

bonanza

bouillon

bosnian

brazilian

bulletin

carnation

canoeing

canonize

capsaicin

cardigan

cartesian

castration

caucasian

carrion

catalan

cation

causation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

cistercian

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

cinemas

citation

charlatan

citizen

civilian

clarendon

clarion

coercion

cognition

collegian

collection

cohesion

collusion

collision

collagen

combustion

compression

commotion

commission

communist

communion

communists

completion

compassion

companion

complexion

compunction

commingle

commencement

compulsion

commences

concession

conception

conclusion

concoction

concussion

clergyman

conflation

condition

confession

conduction

confection

confucian

confusion

congestion

congressman

conjunction

connection

connexion

conscription

constriction

construction

consumption

contraction

contagion

contraption

contention

contortion

contrition

contusion

convection

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

creation

cremation

corruption

corrosion

corsican

councilman

countryman

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

damnation

deception

decision

declension

deduction

deflation

defection

deflection

deletion

delusion

demonic

demonize

demonstrate

demonstrates

dalmatian

denounces

dentition

denizen

depiction

depletion

depression

derision

description

desertion

detention

detection

destruction

determine

inception

devotion

dissection

diffraction

diffusion

digestion

digression

dilation

dimension

dimensions

dilution

diminish

dimensioned

campion

cambrian

discipline

discretion

discussion

dispersion

direction

disruption

ferryman

dissension

distortion

distraction

distinction

disunion

diversion

division

dictation

donation

dominion

dominick

dominique

dominoes

dorian

dominos

downtrodden

duration

edition

elation

election

egyptian

ejection

financiers

eleven

emission

elison

emblazon

embolden

emotion

emulsion

encryption

enhancement

enhancer

enhances

enhancements

enlighten

enliven

englishman

equation

enemas

enemies

erection

erosion

eruption

evasion

etruscan

everyone

eviction

exception

excision

exaction

exclusion

excretion

excursion

exertion

exemption

exhaustion

expansion

expression

expulsion

extension

finances

explosion

extortion

extinction

filtration

extraction

extrusion

fabian

financial

fenian

feminine

fijian

financials

financier

fixation

flirtation

flotation

fisherman

foundation

formation

forbidden

foramen

forgotten

forewoman

franciscan

frustration

fruition

freemason

freudian

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gestation

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

ghanaians

gillian

gradation

gordian

gravamen

gyration

guncotton

grobian

guardian

halcyon

halogen

handwoven

hammerman

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

horatian

heroine

horizon

humanists

humanist

housebroken

humanize

heroin

humankind

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

impassion

immersion

immensely

immunized

inaction

impression

implosion

imprison

incision

in-person

incursion

indian

inclusion

induction

inspection

inflation

injection

infection

infusion

ingestion

injunction

inflection

infliction

infraction

inhuman

insertion

inscription

intention

instruction

intestine

infarction

intrusion

invention

invasion

inversion

irishman

irian

jettison

italian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

lactation

kantian

keynesian

kimonos

jovian

keratin

julian

knowingly

korean

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

leniency

leningrad

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

malaysian

magician

malayan

mandarin

magdalen

marian

masculine

margarine

melanin

meaningful

median

medicine

medallion

possession

migration

minimized

minimize

midshipman

misfortune

mnemonic

misprision

misshapen

mnemonics

mistaken

moroccan

narration

mutation

musician

myosin

muskmelon

negation

munition

nemean

niacin

nevadan

nebraskan

nitrogen

nobleman

nominees

notation

norwegian

nubian

obsession

occasion

objection

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

nonunion

omission

odeon

oration

opinion

nutrition

oppression

optation

optician

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

ovation

overman

overrun

oxygen

nonhuman

parisian

partition

partisan

patrician

pavilion

pelican

percussion

perception

pentathlon

perfection

permission

permian

perfusion

persuasion

phoenician

petition

perversion

parthian

peterman

phonemic

phrygian

physician

plantation

menhaden

plebeian

recession

position

pollution

policeman

porcelain

precaution

precession

predation

prediction

predestine

preemption

prescription

presumption

procession

privation

probation

pretension

prevention

production

progression

profession

profusion

projection

promotion

propulsion

proportion

prostration

protection

proscription

protean

reaction

provision

puritan

ramadan

quotation

rebellion

reception

preclusion

recision

precision

renounces

redemption

reduction

reflection

regression

rejection

relation

religion

regimen

mexican

remission

rendition

reopen

rescission

repression

resection

restriction

reptilian

resumption

reversion

retention

retraction

revision

reunions

reunion

revulsion

rifleman

rhodopsin

rotation

romances

romanesque

sensation

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

selection

secession

scythian

scorpion

seclusion

secretion

seduction

sedation

sedition

seemingly

shamanism

shamanists

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solution

solomon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submersion

subtraction

subscription

suburban

succession

subversion

submission

summation

suggestion

suppression

sumatran

superman

suspension

suspicion

taxation

syrian

technician

tactician

talisman

tamarin

temptation

tenancy

thespian

transcription

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transaction

translation

transfusion

transgression

transition

transmission

truncation

unanswered

uncertain

tuition

unburden

unbroken

unbutton

unionists

uneven

unionist

uncommon

unison

vacation

unwritten

uterine

venetian

venison

vocation

vehemence

vatican

vermilion

vibration

veteran

vitamin

volition

womanize

waterman

wesleyan

winnowing

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

abolition

aberration

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

accordion

adaptation

admonition

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

advocation

affirmation

affectation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

algerian

aldebaran

allegation

allocation

alteration

ammunition

altercation

alternation

american

animation

amphibian

amputation

algonquian

annexation

annotation

animism

appellation

application

appalachian

apprehension

annoyances

apparition

approbation

arbitration

armenian

arthurian

armageddon

aspiration

assyrian

assemblyman

athenian

backwardation

augmentation

attribution

avocation

aviation

arabian

benediction

bavarian

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

barbarian

calculation

businesswoman

incarnation

arizonan

calibration

californian

cancellation

canonical

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumspection

circumcision

circulation

circumvention

confiscation

cogitation

collocation

collodion

commendation

compensation

combination

coloration

commutation

comedian

columbian

coloradan

compilation

concentration

committeeman

communicate

communicates

competition

communism

comparison

complication

composition

comprehension

computation

commensurate

condemnation

coalition

confrontation

conflagration

condescension

confirmation

conjugation

congregation

connotation

conservation

consolation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contemplation

conversation

contraception

contradiction

contribution

contravention

contrarian

coronation

convocation

copenhagen

corinthian

convolution

corp.

corporation

copernican

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

decimation

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

demonstrations

darwinian

declaration

defamation

definition

decompression

dedication

deconstruction

decoration

deformation

degradation

delegation

demarcation

demolition

dehydration

dehumanize

demonstrable

demonstrably

demonstrated

desecration

desiccation

destination

demonstrators

demonstrator

derivation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

deposition

demonstrative

designation

desolation

desperation

destitution

deviation

devolution

devonian

dandelion

dietitian

dimensional

diminishes

diminishment

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

disinflation

dislocation

disposition

disillusion

disinfection

disputation

distillation

dissipation

dissertation

dissolution

distribution

elevation

domination

dominican

dominicans

draconian

education

duplication

dynamism

dynamically

electrician

elocution

embarkation

elongation

emancipate

emigration

emancipates

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

explanation

estimation

excitation

european

eustachian

excavation

evolution

evocation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

exhumation

estonian

expiration

expedition

expectation

explication

exploitation

exploration

extrication

exposition

extradition

figuration

fascination

fabrication

fallopian

fermentation

fibrillation

federation

financially

fluctuation

floridian

fluoridation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

germination

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

habitation

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

hemoglobin

foliation

hegelian

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

herculean

humanistic

humanism

humanizes

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

ideation

hypertension

iberian

ibuprofen

imperfection

implantation

implication

importation

imputation

imposition

impregnation

inattention

indignation

incubation

indecision

indigestion

indiscretion

laceration

indonesian

infiltration

inflammation

instigation

information

inhibition

inimical

inquisition

inspiration

institution

insulation

insurrection

interaction

interception

intercession

intermission

interjection

intersection

interruption

intervention

interurban

interwoven

interdiction

installation

introduction

introspection

intuition

invitation

irritation

iranian

isolation

iteration

jacobean

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

jordanian

menstruation

liberation

lancastrian

legislation

leninism

leviathan

liquidation

levitation

locomotion

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

librarian

liberian

lubrication

luminescence

luminescent

machination

manumission

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

masturbation

maturation

medication

meditation

melanesian

mediation

meridian

minimizes

misconception

minnesotan

misbegotten

miseration

molestation

mitigation

misperception

missourian

moderation

modulation

mongolian

moravian

nomination

motivation

navigation

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

nomenclature

nestorian

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

opposition

obfuscation

obligation

occupation

obstetrician

oblivion

obsidian

observation

octahedron

operation

onomastics

onomastic

olympian

ohioan

ordination

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

pagination

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

pagurian

overburden

reclamation

recognition

paraguayan

pelagian

pedestrian

pavlovian

penicillin

peninsula

peninsular

perforation

persecution

permutation

perspiration

perturbation

planarian

population

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

praetorian

peruvian

recitation

precondition

predilection

predetermine

preelection

preconception

premonition

preignition

preparation

preservation

proclamation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prostitution

protestation

provocation

punctuation

prosecution

publication

radiation

realization

readmission

reassertion

reawaken

protozoan

recollection

recreation

reconstruction

reformation

reelection

reexamine

refutation

relaxation

reinspection

revelation

registration

relocation

regulation

reminiscence

reminiscent

requisition

reparation

replication

reposition

repossession

repercussion

repetition

reproduction

reservation

resignation

resolution

respiration

restoration

restitution

republican

resurrection

revocation

reputation

retardation

retribution

retrocession

revolution

rumination

rhetorician

rhododendron

sanitation

satisfaction

self-deception

saturation

samaritan

segmentation

sectarian

segregation

sequestration

separation

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simulation

situation

simonian

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

suffocation

supposition

superstition

surrogation

supervision

superhuman

syndication

syncopation

transformation

tabulation

tasmanian

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

transplantation

transportation

tribulation

trepidation

ulceration

unionism

unencumber

vaccination

vacillation

validation

usurpation

utopian

valerian

valuation

variation

ventilation

vegetation

veneration

womanizer

visitation

violation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

appropriation

abbreviation

abomination

accommodation

accreditation

academician

accumulation

acceleration

administration

adjudication

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

alienation

alliteration

amalgamation

amelioration

amazonian

amplification

amortization

annihilation

animosity

animosities

appreciation

anticipation

approximation

brutalization

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

assassination

association

assimilation

assemblywoman

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

caledonian

dissatisfaction

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

centenarian

certification

christianization

clarification

classification

codification

cohabitation

coagulation

collaboration

colonization

communication

concatenation

commemoration

communicable

communications

communicating

communicators

communicator

communicative

commensurately

configuration

confederation

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

coordination

cooperation

corroboration

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deification

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

depopulation

desalination

desegregation

determination

incineration

discrimination

dionysian

disinclination

disintegration

discoloration

disembarkation

domestication

edification

dramatization

elaboration

ejaculation

electrocution

emancipations

elimination

elizabethan

emancipated

enumeration

equalization

epicurean

eradication

equivocation

evaporation

evaluation

evacuation

ethiopian

exacerbation

examination

exaggeration

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exoneration

exhilaration

expatriation

exoskeleton

falsification

extermination

expropriation

facilitation

fertilization

dissemination

fortification

hanoverian

gasification

glorification

gratification

harmonization

hallucination

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

immunization

immunizations

improvisation

inactivation

incorporation

incrimination

infatuation

indoctrination

inhabitation

insinuation

inoculation

insemination

interconnection

interrogation

interpolation

interpretation

instrumentation

intimidation

intoxication

irradiation

invalidation

ionization

investigation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

localization

lithuanian

libertarian

manifestation

manipulation

magnetization

magnification

mathematician

maximization

maximilian

mechanization

misapprehension

misapplication

miscalculation

mobilization

misinformation

mississippian

modification

modernization

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nomenclatural

nonintervention

normalization

notification

nullification

nonsectarian

obliteration

oregonian

organization

orientation

origination

ossification

ornamentation

pacification

overproduction

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

prevarication

procrastination

presupposition

prognostication

proletarian

proliferation

qualification

quantification

purification

reaffirmation

pythagorean

ramification

ratification

recombination

recommendation

rectification

reforestation

recuperation

recrimination

refrigeration

reintegration

rejuvenation

reiteration

remuneration

regeneration

reminiscences

repatriation

representation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

specialization

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unanswerable

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vulgarization

verification

veterinarian

vegetarian

washingtonian

yugoslavian

metropolitan

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word renunciation

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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