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

aboard

abort

abrades

abridge

abroad

abridged

aborts

abrade

acton

afraid

afford

affords

airman

alan

alban

action

alman

amman

apart

apron

ashen

arson

asian

aspen

atman

auction

auden

austin

avert

averts

bacon

bagman

baldwin

basin

bastion

barren

bason

barton

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beckon

beacon

beaten

begun

belgian

bellman

billion

bellon

bison

bisson

billman

bookman

billon

bitten

blacken

bludgeon

boatman

blowgun

bobbin

bolden

bollen

bordman

brethren

bourbon

brazen

breton

bracken

boston

boughten

bowman

brakeman

brighten

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

bushman

burgeon

bullion

burden

burman

burton

button

buffered

caisson

burdon

cabin

cajun

bargain

calvin

canaan

canon

canyon

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

caxton

cayman

certain

caution

cauldron

cavort

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chasten

canton

chevrette

chevron

christian

churchman

children

chicken

chieftain

chosen

chipboard

christen

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

cheapen

chessman

colon

cannon

banyan

common

baron

copeman

corban

cordon

craftsman

craven

cousin

covered

cowan

covert

curtain

cretin

crimson

crewman

crouton

deafen

dagan

dagon

dalton

daman

damson

dampen

darken

deacon

deaden

cushion

deepen

cotton

cuban

defraud

delphian

depart

demon

deport

departs

cumin

cupboard

cupboards

desman

devon

dian

diction

dobson

diverts

dudgeon

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

divert

dragon

drunken

dozen

driven

dromon

earthen

efforts

dustman

dutchman

eaten

eden

effort

elan

emption

engine

ensign

dungeon

ermine

evert

everts

faction

fashion

fasten

falcon

famine

fatten

fallen

faustian

faulcon

felon

fibroid

fevered

fiction

fibroids

fibrin

fireman

firman

flexion

fielden

fission

flashgun

favored

flatten

foreman

freshen

footman

foreign

fraction

fortune

freeman

freedman

freshman

fountain

friction

frighten

frozen

function

fusion

gabert

garron

garden

gascon

georgian

german

gallon

gentian

gibbon

gilden

glisten

goodman

gorgon

given

gladden

glidden

gluten

golden

gotten

gowan

grandson

gammon

graven

haitian

grecian

gumption

gudgeon

guardsman

griffon

hackman

hessian

headman

happen

hasten

harden

haven

headsman

harken

heaven

heathen

hetman

harten

hearten

heighten

hangman

heron

hempen

henchman

hidden

hausen

horseman

homespun

hogan

hoten

huntsman

houseman

hymen

hoven

human

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

hybrid

hybrids

floren

ion

jetson

jason

jargon

jasmine

jackman

jetton

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

junction

kalan

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

kirkman

klansman

kitchen

kitten

keyboards

labored

keyboard

lampron

landsman

layman

leaden

leaven

laden

landman

lagan

latin

ledden

lessen

lesson

lengthen

leopards

lemon

leopard

legion

lesion

leman

leven

linden

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

lightman

lion

lineman

listen

lisbon

linemen

linen

liven

liveried

locken

lockman

london

lopeman

loosen

loren

longan

lotion

logan

m1

luncheon

lynden

lyden

madden

lumen

mahone

maiden

mansion

margin

marchman

mangan

marksman

markman

marron

martian

mason

marlin

marten

martin

matron

mignon

mayan

mention

melton

melon

milken

million

minden

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

motion

morgan

mormon

mullen

muslin

nation

mutton

nekton

nephrite

newsman

ninon

notion

norman

muffin

oarsman

ocean

onion

open

olden

odin

often

omen

option

organ

orphan

outrun

oven

outdone

othman

overt

pagan

oxen

packman

panton

paean

owen

pardon

mopboard

pinion

mountain

passion

pathan

passman

patron

pectin

patten

pavon

penguin

penman

pension

perron

peon

person

persian

parson

pigeon

pillion

plankton

piston

pitman

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

portion

ponton

portman

postman

potion

pressman

plantain

prison

proven

prussian

question

quicken

ration

rapport

raven

reason

pullen

reckon

rayon

redden

region

report

reports

rerun

reverts

ribbon

revert

ridden

riden

rincon

riven

roberts

robin

roman

robert

rosen

rotten

russian

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

runnion

ripen

risen

sadden

rosin

saffron

sanction

samson

santon

satan

salesman

salmon

saxon

scallion

scullion

satin

scotsman

scion

scabbard

seaboard

seaman

section

season

seaports

seedsman

seaport

selden

semen

resin

shepherds

session

sexton

sermon

seton

sequin

seven

shaken

shaman

shepherd

shearman

sharpen

shipboard

shipman

shorten

shrunken

shotgun

shogun

showman

silken

sicken

shipyards

siphon

shipyard

siren

smarten

smitten

soldan

sodden

soften

solon

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spartans

spearhead

spirit

spheroid

spokesman

stepson

spoken

sporting

sportsman

spreader

spirits

squadron

stallion

stallman

station

statesman

stillion

steven

stiffen

stockman

stolen

subverts

strengthen

sturgeon

suasion

stricken

striven

suction

sudden

subvert

straighten

sultan

sunken

surgeon

sullen

supports

support

sylvan

sweeten

syphon

swollen

taken

summon

talon

tappen

tapered

tarpon

tartan

tendon

tension

teston

threaten

tillman

thicken

tighten

titan

slogan

thousand

token

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

toman

treason

trillion

turban

tungsten

tubman

tuscan

triton

trodden

trojan

upbraid

undone

union

urban

uproot

upward

upwards

urchin

urine

urson

vegan

vibrates

version

vibrate

vision

vulcan

villain

wagon

waken

wanton

warden

worsen

whitson

warren

weaken

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

widen

watchman

weapon

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woodman

woolen

woolman

workman

zaman

written

yachtsman

yaupon

woven

yeoman

zion

zircon

slacken

3 syllable words

ablution

abandon

abduction

abdomen

abortion

aborted

abortions

abstraction

abridges

abridgement

abstention

accession

absorption

abortive

addiction

addition

adoption

adhesion

acumen

admission

adrian

adsorption

affection

aegean

aforethought

african

aleutian

affliction

alaskan

albion

albumin

alderman

alien

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

apportion

apartment

apartments

aperture

apartheid

appian

arian

arkansan

artesian

ascension

aryan

artisan

aspersion

assertion

attraction

attrition

assassin

asuncion

attention

assumption

aversion

audition

australian

austrian

averted

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

awaken

bedridden

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

cabaret

cabarets

bulletin

cambrian

campion

carnation

carrion

cardigan

cartesian

catalan

caucasian

cation

cetacean

causation

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

clarion

chilean

charlatan

cistercian

citation

cinnamon

charwoman

citizen

clergyman

civilian

clarendon

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collegian

collagen

collection

collision

collusion

combustion

commission

companion

completion

compassion

compulsion

commotion

complexion

communion

compunction

conception

concussion

concoction

conclusion

ejection

conflation

confucian

conduction

confection

confession

confusion

dilation

congestion

connection

connexion

conjunction

conscription

constriction

contagion

consumption

contraction

contortion

contention

contraption

construction

contrition

contusion

convection

conversion

conviction

convulsion

convention

copperhead

copperheads

copartners

copartner

correction

corrosion

corruption

cremation

countryman

creation

councilman

covertly

crestfallen

croatian

deception

decision

declension

deduction

defection

corsican

deflection

deletion

delusion

dentition

department

denizen

departing

departments

departed

departure

depiction

deportment

deportees

departures

desertion

deportee

derision

description

cyprian

destruction

detection

detention

devotion

diffraction

digression

digestion

dimension

discretion

diffusion

dilution

direction

discussion

dispersion

determine

dissection

disruption

dissension

distraction

distortion

distinction

everyone

disunion

diversion

division

dorian

diverting

donation

dominion

downtrodden

everything

egyptian

elison

elation

election

eleven

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

encryption

enlighten

enliven

emulsion

englishman

equation

evasion

erosion

etruscan

erection

eruption

everyday

exaction

everythings

eviction

exertion

edition

excision

exclusion

excretion

exemption

excursion

exhaustion

expansion

exception

flirtation

expression

extraction

expulsion

extortion

explosion

extinction

extension

extrusion

fabian

discipline

favorite

ferryman

favorites

feminine

fenian

formation

fisherman

fijian

congressman

foundation

foramen

flotation

freemason

forgotten

forbidden

forewoman

franciscan

fruition

freudian

fustian

gradation

galleon

garrison

gyration

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gravamen

gaussian

guncotton

guardian

grobian

concession

condition

hammerman

horizon

halcyon

handwoven

hawaiian

heroine

halogen

heroin

harlequin

housebroken

immersion

heartbroken

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

hybridize

imagine

in-person

impassion

inaction

imprison

implosion

incursion

inception

inclusion

incision

inflation

insertion

induction

infection

infraction

infarction

infliction

infusion

inflection

inhuman

injunction

injection

inscription

ingestion

inspection

indian

instruction

invasion

intrusion

intestine

invention

inversion

jamaican

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

javelin

jeopardize

jeopardy

jettison

jovian

kantian

keratin

korean

keynesian

labrador

labradors

julian

lecithin

laotian

laurentian

lanolin

lesbian

liberate

libertine

libertines

liberties

liberty

ligation

location

lutheran

logician

lumberman

magician

magdalen

librettist

malayan

malaysian

libyan

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

melanin

menhaden

medicine

mexican

midshipman

median

libretto

presumption

intention

misshapen

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

overdone

moroccan

overman

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

nebraskan

negation

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

notation

norwegian

nubian

nonunion

nutrition

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

objection

obsession

octillion

operates

odeon

operate

omission

opinion

opportune

oration

optician

origin

orion

ovation

outspoken

ottoman

overdo

overdoes

overheads

overdraft

overhead

overdraw

overeat

overheats

overdose

overdrafts

overheat

overdrive

overdue

overrate

overrates

parisian

overrun

overtakes

overtures

overtake

overtone

overthrow

overtax

overtones

overthrows

overture

overtime

overtly

overturn

overturns

overrides

oxygen

override

partition

partisan

patrician

pelican

pavilion

perception

percussion

permission

perfection

permian

perversion

pentathlon

perfusion

persuasion

phoenician

pepperidge

petition

peterman

phrygian

physician

possession

policeman

plebeian

pollution

porcelain

position

preclusion

precaution

precession

precision

predation

prediction

preemption

predestine

prescription

poverty

parthian

privation

probation

production

prevention

profusion

procession

profession

prostration

projection

proportion

promotion

protection

propulsion

proscription

protean

reception

provision

quotation

puritan

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

recession

puberty

recision

reduction

redemption

reflection

relation

rejection

religion

regimen

rendition

remission

reopen

repertoire

repartee

reporter

reproduce

resection

rescission

reptilian

reporters

retraction

retention

resumption

saccharin

reportage

reversion

revulsion

rotation

reverted

rhodopsin

revision

rifleman

restriction

samoan

saleswoman

separate

scythian

scorpion

sedation

seduction

sedition

seclusion

secession

selection

reunion

separates

pretension

sephardim

sephardic

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

spirited

sporadic

starvation

sportsmanship

sportingly

submersion

summation

stygian

submission

subscription

subtraction

suburban

subversion

superman

succession

suspension

suggestion

supporters

supporter

sumatran

suspicion

syrian

tactician

tamarin

talisman

technician

thespian

timberman

toboggan

transgression

transaction

tradition

transfusion

transcription

transition

translation

transmission

truncation

unburden

typewriter

tuition

uncertain

typewriters

unbroken

unbutton

uncommon

unwritten

typewriting

uneven

unison

uterine

vacation

vatican

veteran

venetian

venison

vermilion

vibrations

vibrators

vibrator

vocation

volition

vitamin

wesleyan

waterman

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abortionist

abortionists

abrogation

acclamation

abyssinian

absolution

acclimation

accordion

accusation

acquisition

adulation

admonition

adrenaline

activation

advocation

affectation

affordable

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

albanian

alabaman

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

allegation

alteration

altercation

alternation

allocation

amputation

ammunition

american

amphibian

animation

annexation

application

apparitions

appellation

annotation

appalachian

apportionment

aphrodite

apprehension

aphrodites

arbitration

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

arabian

assyrian

augmentation

attribution

athenian

assemblyman

aviation

avocation

cancellation

bavarian

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calculation

californian

canadian

barbarian

carcinogen

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

cogitation

collocation

circumvention

coalition

collodion

coloradan

combination

columbian

comedian

comparison

commendation

compilation

compensation

complication

commutation

competition

committeeman

concentration

computation

composition

condemnation

condensation

confirmation

conflagration

confiscation

confrontation

condescension

congregation

disaffection

consecration

conservation

consternation

connotation

consolation

constellation

constipation

consultation

consummation

constitution

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

contribution

contravention

coronation

convocation

conversation

cooperates

convolution

copernican

cooperate

copenhagen

corinthian

copyreaders

copyreader

correlation

defamation

culmination

crucifixion

criterion

crocodilian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

dedication

decompression

deformation

deconstruction

definition

cotyledon

delegation

dehydration

cultivation

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

departmental

deportation

deposition

derivation

deportations

desiccation

dereliction

custodian

desolation

designation

destination

destitution

detonation

devastation

deviation

devolution

devonian

dilatation

conjugation

dietitian

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

dislocation

dispensation

disinflation

disillusion

disinfection

disputation

dissipation

distillation

dissolution

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

disposition

education

duplication

elevation

elocution

electrician

emanation

elongation

embarkation

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

estimation

erudition

eritrean

estonian

eustachian

european

evocation

evolution

expectation

excitation

excavation

exclamation

exhortation

exhalation

execution

exhumation

exhibition

expedition

explanation

explication

exploitation

extrication

exposition

extradition

fascination

fabrication

fallopian

fermentation

fibrillation

immigration

fluoridation

foliation

fluctuation

fragmentation

floridian

formulation

fumigation

galilean

germination

glaciation

gastrulation

gargantuan

graduation

granulation

gentlewoman

gravitation

insurrection

gorgonian

habitation

hesitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

imitation

insulation

himalayan

herculean

hemoglobin

hibernation

historian

hegelian

hypertensive

hydrocarbon

hypertension

iberian

ideation

illustration

hyperion

hypertonic

ibuprofen

hungarian

hypertrophy

indication

imperfection

immolation

importation

implantation

implication

impregnation

imposition

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

incrustation

inclination

incubation

indecision

indentation

indexation

infestation

infiltration

indignation

indiscretion

indonesian

inflammation

inhalation

comprehension

innovation

inhibition

installation

institution

indigestion

integration

instigation

interaction

intercession

intersection

intermission

interruption

interjection

interdiction

interception

interurban

intervention

intimation

intonation

inundation

intuition

interwoven

introspection

introduction

irrigation

invitation

invocation

isolation

iranian

irritation

jeopardizes

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laboratories

laboratory

levitation

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

liberated

liberating

liberator

liberators

librarian

liberian

liquidation

lilliputian

limitation

litigation

machination

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

mammalian

malnutrition

manumission

mediation

medication

meditation

menstruation

melanesian

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

misperception

misconception

molestation

mitigation

missourian

modulation

mongolian

mortification

motivation

misbegotten

navigation

mutilation

napoleon

nomination

nestorian

nephridium

nicaraguan

newtonian

nigerian

noblewoman

nonpartisan

occupation

obfuscation

nonprescription

observation

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

octahedron

operating

olympian

ohioan

operettas

operators

operator

opportunists

opportunist

opposition

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

moravian

ostentation

overburden

operative

overdoses

overrating

pagination

palpitation

ovulation

oxidation

pagurian

paraguayan

pelagian

penicillin

pedestrian

pavlovian

permutation

persecution

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

politician

plutonian

population

polynesian

polyhedron

presentation

preconception

precondition

praetorian

predilection

preelection

premonition

preignition

predetermine

procreation

profanation

proclamation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

protestation

reclamation

prostitution

protozoan

recantation

publication

provocation

punctuation

radiation

recitation

readmission

reassertion

realization

reawaken

recollection

recognition

refutation

reexamine

reelection

registration

reconstruction

regulation

relaxation

reinspection

relocation

renovation

repercussion

repetition

repertory

reportable

repossession

reposition

reproduces

reproduction

reproductions

reproductive

requisition

republican

resignation

resolution

restitution

retribution

retardation

retrocession

revelation

revolution

rhododendron

revocation

rumination

segmentation

sanitation

samaritan

satisfaction

sectarian

self-deception

situation

separatist

inquisition

separators

sequestration

separator

shakespearean

severity

siberian

simulation

sicilian

simonian

separatists

sobriety

smithsonian

speculation

spiritual

sporadically

spirituals

statistician

stipulation

stimulation

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

subordinates

substitution

subordinate

suffocation

superstition

superhuman

supervision

surrogation

syndication

superheated

supposition

supportable

tabulation

syncopation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

termination

titillation

transformation

transplantation

tribulation

usurpation

utopian

vaccination

vacillation

validation

valuation

valerian

vegetation

ventilation

victorian

visitation

violation

vindication

wagnerian

watermelon

tetrahedron

5 syllable words

aberrational

abbreviation

accreditation

abomination

abortifacient

abortifacients

acceleration

academician

accommodation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

agglomeration

affiliation

alienation

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

apparatuses

appreciation

aphrodisiac

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

attenuation

association

assimilation

authentication

augustinian

authorization

assemblywoman

alleviation

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

certification

centralization

centenarian

collaboration

christianization

classification

civilization

clarification

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

colonization

communication

concatenation

extermination

conciliation

confederation

configuration

confabulation

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

coordination

cooperations

cooperative

decapitation

decomposition

defenestration

deliberation

deification

delineation

delicatessen

denomination

denunciation

depreciation

depopulation

desalination

desegregation

determination

conglomeration

discoloration

dionysian

disembarkation

discrimination

disintegration

disinclination

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

divertimento

diverticulum

domestication

dramatization

ejaculation

elaboration

elimination

electrocution

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

equalization

epicurean

eradication

equivocation

evaluation

evacuation

ethiopian

exaggeration

edification

exacerbation

examination

exoneration

expatriation

exhilaration

excoriation

exoskeleton

exfoliation

expropriation

falsification

facilitation

fertilization

favoritism

fortification

gasification

gratification

glorification

haberdashery

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

hybridization

illumination

imagination

inauguration

improvisation

inactivation

incarceration

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

infatuation

indoctrination

insemination

initiation

inhabitation

inoculation

insinuation

immunization

instrumentation

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

interconnection

invalidation

intimidation

intoxication

investigation

irradiation

ionization

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

libertarians

magnetization

lithuanian

localization

magnification

manipulation

manifestation

mathematician

maximilian

mechanization

metropolitan

maximization

misapplication

misinformation

mobilization

mississippian

modernization

modification

misapprehension

mummification

multiplication

neapolitan

negotiation

nonintervention

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

notification

nullification

normalization

nonsectarian

obliteration

operational

opportunism

opportunities

opportunistic

opportunity

orientation

organization

oregonian

origination

ornamentation

ossification

miscalculation

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

participation

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

prognostication

proliferation

pronunciation

proletarian

reaffirmation

ramification

purification

qualification

quantification

pythagorean

ratification

reapportionment

recommendation

recombination

refrigeration

recrimination

rectification

reforestation

reintegration

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

reportorial

retaliation

resuscitation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

separatism

simplification

solicitation

specialization

specification

sophistication

spiritually

spiritualism

spiritualists

spiritualist

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

verification

veterinarian

vegetarian

vulgarization

vilification

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word reparation

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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

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