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2 syllable words

action

acton

adroit

alban

alman

amman

arson

airman

apron

alan

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

attired

athwart

auction

auden

austin

bason

bargain

bastion

bacon

baldwin

baron

bagman

barton

basin

banyan

barren

beaten

bayman

beacon

baton

batten

batton

baston

battered

beckon

billman

belgian

begun

billon

bellman

billion

bellon

bison

bisson

bobbin

bollen

boatman

bolden

bludgeon

blacken

blowgun

bordman

bookman

bitten

boston

boughten

brakeman

brazen

brighten

bourbon

briton

broaden

bracken

brethren

breton

brogan

broken

bullion

caisson

cajun

burden

burdon

burgeon

bushman

burman

burton

button

cabin

bowman

canaan

carbon

caption

canton

captain

capstan

canyon

carman

carmine

cauldron

caution

carton

caxton

cayman

chairman

certain

chasten

cheapen

charon

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

children

chieftain

christian

christen

churchman

chicken

chosen

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

common

canon

cordon

corban

cotton

craven

craftsman

cowan

cousin

darken

cretin

crimson

crouton

crewman

cuban

cumin

cushion

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

damson

dalton

dampen

deacon

cutthroat

deaden

deafen

copeman

deepen

cannon

calvin

demon

dian

devon

diction

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dungeon

dozen

driven

dudgeon

drunken

dragon

dromon

dustman

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

fashion

fasten

faustian

fallen

fatten

featured

faulcon

famine

feathered

fielden

fiction

fibrin

fireman

felon

fettered

firman

fission

flashgun

flexion

floren

foreign

footman

foreman

flatten

falcon

fortune

freedman

fraction

fountain

freeman

friction

freshen

freshman

frighten

frozen

garden

function

fusion

gallon

gammon

gascon

garron

gentian

faction

georgian

gilden

gladden

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

german

gorgon

gotten

golden

goodman

gluten

gowan

grandson

grecian

graven

griffon

guardsman

gumption

gudgeon

haitian

hackman

harden

harken

harten

hasten

happen

heathen

hatred

hearten

hatreds

headsman

headman

hausen

heaven

horseman

haven

heighten

hempen

hessian

hidden

hetman

heron

homespun

hogan

hoten

houseman

hoven

human

hangman

huntsman

henchman

hydrate

hyson

ibsen

hymen

hyphen

delphian

ion

kelvin

jargon

jordan

jorden

jason

jetson

jetton

jasmine

junction

landsman

kalan

kansan

landman

keelson

kitten

laden

lampron

kitchen

kirkman

klansman

kremlin

lagan

layman

kelson

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

kenyan

leman

lesion

lessen

lesson

leven

lengthen

lettered

marchman

lichen

lightman

lighten

linden

listen

maiden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

liken

liman

linen

lion

lemon

lockman

locken

littered

longan

loren

lotion

london

loosen

lopeman

lyden

lynden

luncheon

m1

lumen

madden

mahone

logan

liven

margin

mangan

mansion

marksman

markman

marlin

marten

martin

marron

martian

mason

hydride

jackman

matron

portion

matured

mayan

melon

melton

mention

mignon

minden

million

minion

mission

milken

mitten

moisten

morgan

mormon

motion

molten

mountain

muffin

mutton

muslin

mullen

nation

natured

nekton

newsman

nitrates

nitrate

nitride

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

olden

odin

often

omen

open

onion

option

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

othman

outwards

outward

plantain

oven

pardon

parson

pagan

paean

packman

panton

passion

passman

pathan

patron

pavon

patten

pectin

oxen

pension

peon

penguin

penman

person

persian

perron

piston

pigeon

pillion

pinion

petard

pitman

plankton

owen

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

neutered

potion

postman

powdered

pressman

prison

ration

prussian

raven

proven

putrid

question

quicken

pullen

rayon

reckon

redden

region

reason

rerun

resin

retards

retread

retorts

retreats

retired

retort

retreat

retreads

desman

ridden

riden

ribbon

robin

rincon

ripen

risen

riven

roman

rosin

rosen

russian

retard

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

runnion

saffron

salesman

salmon

sanction

rotten

samson

santon

satan

scotsman

saxon

scion

scattered

scallion

scullion

seaman

season

satin

seedsman

section

selden

sadden

semen

sharpen

shearman

seton

session

sequin

sermon

seven

shaman

sexton

shorten

shaken

shipman

shogun

shotgun

shrunken

showman

silken

sicken

shuttered

station

smarten

siren

siphon

slacken

slogan

sodden

smitten

spartan

southward

solon

sovereign

sovran

spearman

starting

startle

soften

squadron

start-up

start-ups

sportsman

starters

starter

stallman

stallion

startles

spoken

spokesman

statesman

soldan

stepson

steven

zircon

hydrates

portman

stockman

stiffen

stillion

stolen

steward

straighten

straddling

straddles

stratas

strata

strengthen

stratum

stretcher

stretches

stricken

sturgeon

stretchers

sturdy

strutting

stretto

strident

suasion

striven

stretching

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

sunken

summon

surgeon

sweethearts

sweeten

sweetheart

sylvan

sutured

swollen

taken

syphon

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tension

tendon

teston

tetrads

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

token

straddle

toman

torsion

traction

townsman

toughen

treason

trodden

triton

tuscan

turban

trojan

trillion

tubman

tungsten

undone

union

tillman

urson

urchin

urine

vegan

wheaten

version

vision

urban

villain

warden

waken

warren

wanton

wagon

whitson

watchman

weaken

vulcan

weapon

weathered

whiten

widen

wiccan

wizen

withered

women

woman

stewards

wooden

worsen

yachtsman

zaman

woodman

workman

woolman

woodward

woolen

woven

written

yaupon

yeoman

zion

storied

3 syllable words

ablation

abortion

abrasion

abduction

ablution

abdomen

absorption

abstraction

accession

abstention

accretion

addition

addiction

adhesion

acumen

admission

adoption

adsorption

adrian

adroitly

aggression

african

affection

affliction

artesian

alaskan

alderman

albumin

albion

aleutian

alien

alsatian

allusion

ambrosian

ambition

anchorman

andean

anglican

aegean

anyone

apportion

appian

arkansan

arian

aryan

artisan

ascension

assassin

attraction

assumption

assertion

attrition

aspersion

attention

audition

asuncion

australian

austrian

bedridden

awaken

aversion

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

avian

bedizen

bedouin

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bitterroot

bosnian

bouillon

beethoven

bulletin

brazilian

deflation

conclusion

cardigan

capsaicin

castration

cartesian

causation

caucasian

cation

cathartic

catalan

carrion

cistercian

citation

cetacean

cessation

charwoman

chairwoman

chairperson

charlatan

champion

chamberlain

cinnamon

chilean

citizen

clarion

clergyman

civilian

clarendon

cognition

coercion

collection

collagen

collegian

cohesion

collision

collusion

combustion

commission

compression

commotion

compassion

complexion

companion

communion

completion

compulsion

compunction

conception

concession

concoction

conflation

confession

confection

confucian

confusion

congestion

conscription

conjunction

connection

connexion

congressman

contortion

constriction

construction

contagion

consumption

contention

contraction

contraption

contrition

convection

convention

conversion

contusion

conviction

convulsion

conduction

creation

cremation

correction

condition

corsican

councilman

countryman

corruption

crustacean

croatian

dalmatian

damnation

cyprian

crestfallen

corrosion

deception

decision

declension

concussion

deduction

defection

cambrian

deflection

campion

abandon

deletion

delusion

depletion

depiction

depression

description

derision

denizen

dentition

desertion

dehydrate

destruction

detection

detention

determine

devotion

dictation

diffraction

discretion

digestion

digression

dilation

dimension

dilution

discipline

discussion

direction

diffusion

disruption

dispersion

dissection

dissension

distortion

distraction

distinction

diversion

disunion

division

duration

donation

dorian

dominion

downtrodden

edition

elation

egyptian

ejection

election

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emission

emulsion

encryption

emotion

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equation

erection

erosion

eruption

etruscan

everyone

eviction

evasion

exaction

exception

excision

exemption

excretion

exertion

excursion

exhaustion

expression

expansion

exclusion

explosion

expulsion

extension

extraction

extinction

extortion

extrusion

fatherhood

federate

filtration

fenian

fijian

fisherman

ferryman

feminine

formation

fixation

foundation

frustration

flirtation

flotation

foramen

fabian

freemason

forbidden

forewoman

franciscan

forgotten

freudian

fruition

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

gradation

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

guardian

gravamen

grobian

gyration

guncotton

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hitherto

horatian

horizon

housebroken

genuine

rhodopsin

hydration

hydrogen

impassion

ignition

imagine

immersion

illusion

implosion

impression

inaction

in-person

imprison

inception

incursion

indian

inclusion

incision

induction

inflation

infarction

inflection

infliction

infraction

infusion

injunction

injection

inhuman

inscription

insertion

ingestion

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

intrusion

infection

invasion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

julian

jovian

laurentian

laotian

kantian

keratin

lactation

korean

keynesian

lanolin

laterites

leatherwood

lecithin

ligation

lesbian

libration

malaysian

libyan

margarine

literate

location

lumberman

logician

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malayan

mandarin

marian

masculine

median

medallion

menhaden

medicine

melanin

midshipman

mexican

migration

misfortune

hydrated

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

mithridate

mithridates

moderate

moderates

moroccan

motherhood

myosin

mutation

muskmelon

musician

narration

negation

nebraskan

munition

nemean

occasion

nitrogen

niacin

nevadan

nonhuman

nobleman

nonunion

notation

nutrition

noteworthy

norwegian

nubian

ovation

plantation

obsession

objection

nutritive

optation

obstruction

octillion

odeon

omission

oppression

opinion

optician

oration

origin

orion

ottoman

outrider

outspoken

occlusion

outriders

overdone

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partition

patrician

partisan

patriot

patriots

pavilion

pelican

perception

perfection

pentathlon

percussion

permission

perfusion

permian

persuasion

peterman

perversion

petition

phoenician

physician

phrygian

plebeian

pollution

overman

policeman

overrun

porcelain

precaution

precession

possession

precision

preclusion

predation

predestine

prediction

prostration

preemption

prescription

presumption

pretension

privation

prevention

probation

procession

production

progression

proportion

projection

promotion

propulsion

proscription

protection

protean

provision

quotation

puritan

quadratic

ramadan

reaction

profession

profusion

recession

reception

rebellion

recision

redemption

reduction

reflection

regression

regimen

rejection

relation

remission

rendition

religion

reopen

repression

restriction

reptilian

resection

resumption

rescission

retarded

retraction

retention

reunion

rotation

reversion

revulsion

revision

rifleman

secretion

sedation

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

secession

scorpion

saturdays

saturday

saturate

scythian

sedition

seclusion

seduction

selection

saccharin

sensation

position

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

startlingly

toboggan

stratagem

stratagems

strategies

strategists

strategy

strategist

stratify

stratified

submersion

stygian

submission

subscription

subtraction

subversion

suburban

succession

suggestion

sumatran

summation

suppression

superman

suspension

suspicion

syrian

tactician

tamarin

talisman

taxation

temptation

stewardship

technician

thespian

timberman

transgression

transaction

translation

tradition

transcription

transition

transmission

transfusion

unbroken

unburden

truncation

tuition

unison

uncommon

uneven

unbutton

uncertain

unwritten

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

vermilion

veteran

vibration

vitamin

vocation

waterman

volition

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abnegation

abdication

abolition

animation

abrogation

acclimation

accordion

acclamation

absolution

abyssinian

activation

accusation

acquisition

adaptation

admiration

adoration

adulation

adrenaline

admonition

adriatic

advocation

affirmation

arbitration

aggravation

aggregation

algonquian

annexation

application

appellation

agitation

agrarian

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

affectation

ammunition

american

amphibian

amputation

appalachian

annotation

apparition

approbation

apprehension

armenian

arabian

armageddon

arizonan

arthurian

alabaman

aspiration

athenian

attribution

augmentation

assemblyman

assyrian

authorities

authority

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

calibration

defamation

calculation

businesswoman

degradation

californian

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

circumcision

chameleon

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

commendation

coloration

combination

comedian

committeeman

columbian

condemnation

commutation

compilation

compensation

complication

composition

comparison

comprehension

competition

computation

coloradan

concentration

condensation

condescension

decompression

canadian

confirmation

confrontation

confiscation

conflagration

connotation

conservation

congregation

conjugation

consecration

consolation

constellation

consternation

constipation

consultation

contemplation

consummation

convocation

constitution

contraception

conversation

contradiction

contribution

contravention

contrarian

convolution

corp.

corporation

coronation

corinthian

correlation

culmination

decimation

cotyledon

cultivation

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

custodian

dandelion

cyclopean

darwinian

declaration

copenhagen

copernican

dedication

deconstruction

decoration

insulation

definition

delegation

demolition

demonstration

depredation

depravation

deposition

desecration

designation

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

desiccation

destination

desperation

destitution

detonation

deviation

devolution

devastation

devonian

dietitian

diocesan

disaffection

dilatation

diminution

disconnection

disinflation

dislocation

disillusion

disinfection

dispensation

divination

desolation

disputation

disposition

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

dissolution

distribution

domination

dominican

duplication

draconian

electrician

elevation

embarkation

elocution

emanation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

erudition

eritrean

estimation

evocation

education

eustachian

european

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

exhortation

exhalation

exhibition

expiration

exhumation

execution

explanation

expectation

expedition

explication

exploitation

exploration

exposition

estonian

extrication

extradition

floridian

fabrication

fluctuation

fascination

fallopian

federated

federation

federations

figuration

fermentation

fibrillation

federative

fluoridation

formulation

fragmentation

generation

foliation

gastrulation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

graduation

gorgonian

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

granulation

guatemalan

habitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

himalayan

historian

hesitation

heterodox

hibernation

herculean

hungarian

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

hydrothermal

ibuprofen

implication

ideation

immigration

immolation

illustration

imperfection

imitation

implantation

indignation

importation

imposition

indication

impregnation

imputation

incantation

inattention

incrustation

inclination

indexation

incubation

indentation

indecision

indigestion

indiscretion

inhalation

inflammation

infiltration

information

innovation

isolation

inhibition

inquisition

inspiration

installation

instigation

integration

insurrection

interaction

institution

interception

intercession

interdiction

intermission

intersection

intervention

interruption

interwoven

indonesian

intimation

interurban

intonation

interjection

introduction

introspection

intuition

invocation

invitation

infestation

iranian

irrigation

irritation

masturbation

jordanian

hydrocarbon

jubilation

jurisdiction

jacobean

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

leviathan

liberation

liberian

librarian

malformation

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

lilliputian

literati

literature

locomotion

lubrication

macedonian

machination

maccabean

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

iterative

maturation

medication

mediation

menstruation

melanesian

meditation

meteorite

meridian

ministration

misperception

minnesotan

mitigation

miseration

misconception

misbegotten

missourian

nestorian

moderation

modulation

moderately

moderating

moderators

moderator

molestation

motivation

moravian

mortification

mongolian

dehydrated

moderated

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nicaraguan

newtonian

nigerian

maturity

nonpartisan

noblewoman

nomination

nonprescription

nutritional

nutritionist

nutritionists

observation

obligation

obfuscation

obsidian

oblivion

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

operation

opposition

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

orchestration

population

ovulation

pedestrian

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

patriotic

pavlovian

penetration

perturbation

pelagian

penicillin

perforation

permutation

perspiration

planarian

persecution

pigmentation

peruvian

plutonian

overburden

politician

polyhedron

polynesian

maturities

praetorian

preconception

precondition

preelection

predetermine

predilection

procreation

preignition

preservation

preparation

presentation

proclamation

premonition

protestation

profanation

propagation

prohibition

proposition

provocation

prosecution

prostitution

protozoan

publication

punctuation

radiation

readmission

reassertion

reclamation

reawaken

recitation

recantation

recognition

recollection

recreation

reconstruction

reelection

reexamine

reformation

refutation

registration

regulation

reinspection

relocation

renovation

reparation

reiterates

repossession

reposition

replication

repercussion

repetition

reputation

republican

requisition

reiterate

resignation

reservation

respiration

restoration

reproduction

resolution

restitution

resurrection

retrocession

retribution

revelation

separation

revocation

rhetorician

revolution

rhododendron

segregation

rumination

sanitation

samaritan

saturation

satisfaction

saturated

sectarian

segmentation

simulation

self-deception

situation

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

statistician

sicilian

simonian

smithsonian

speculation

stereotyped

stereotypes

stereotype

titillation

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

strategical

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

suffocation

supervision

supposition

superstition

surrogation

superhuman

syncopation

syndication

tabulation

tamoxifen

termination

tasmanian

tetrahedral

tetrahedron

toleration

stewardesses

ulceration

transformation

trepidation

tribulation

transportation

transplantation

usurpation

validation

ventilation

vacillation

utopian

vaccination

valuation

variation

veneration

vegetation

valerian

vindication

violation

victorian

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abomination

abbreviation

accommodation

accreditation

acceleration

academician

adulteration

accumulation

adjudication

administration

agglomeration

alienation

alliteration

alleviation

amalgamation

amelioration

amortization

amplification

amazonian

anticipation

affiliation

annihilation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

articulation

argumentation

argentinian

authorization

assassination

assimilation

association

attenuation

assemblywoman

authentication

augustinian

authoritative

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

defenestration

canonization

capitulation

cauterization

carthaginian

carolinian

centenarian

centralization

certification

christianization

civilization

classification

clarification

collaboration

codification

coagulation

cohabitation

colonization

commemoration

communication

concatenation

conciliation

decomposition

confederation

configuration

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

deceleration

corroboration

decapitation

degeneration

deification

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

denomination

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

denunciation

revaluation

determination

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

dionysian

disinclination

disintegration

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

elimination

elizabethan

electrocution

emancipation

equalization

enumeration

eradication

equivocation

epicurean

exacerbation

evacuation

evaluation

ethiopian

evaporation

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

exoneration

excoriation

exhilaration

expatriation

exoskeleton

exfoliation

expropriation

hybridization

extermination

falsification

fertilization

facilitation

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

humiliation

harmonization

hanoverian

heterodoxy

mummification

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

hydrotherapy

imagination

immunization

illumination

incarceration

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

indoctrination

infatuation

inoculation

invalidation

initiation

inhabitation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interpretation

interrogation

interpolation

interconnection

intimidation

intoxication

investigation

ionization

irradiation

legalization

justification

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

manifestation

libertarian

mathematician

mechanization

maximization

maximilian

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

misinformation

miscalculation

mississippian

negotiation

mobilization

modernization

modification

multiplication

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nonintervention

nonsectarian

nitroglycerine

normalization

notification

nullification

notoriety

obliteration

origination

orientation

ossification

organization

ornamentation

oregonian

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

patriotism

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

overproduction

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

ratification

proliferation

prognostication

pronunciation

proletarian

quantification

purification

pythagorean

ramification

qualification

reiteration

recombination

reforestation

recommendation

recuperation

rectification

recrimination

refrigeration

reintegration

regeneration

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

sophistication

specialization

specification

solicitation

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

veterinarian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word retardation

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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