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

action

acton

addressed

adheres

adores

alan

airman

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

aspen

asian

auction

attract

atman

attracts

austin

authors

auden

bacon

batten

bastion

bason

bagman

banyan

baston

baron

basin

bargain

barton

baldwin

barren

bathers

baton

batton

badders

batters

bayman

beacon

claxon

beaten

belgian

begun

bellman

betrays

bellon

blacken

bisson

bitten

billman

bison

billon

billion

bitters

bludgeon

bordman

boatman

blowgun

betters

bobbin

bettors

bolden

bidders

bollen

bookman

brakeman

boughten

bracken

bourbon

boston

bowman

brazen

brethren

brighten

briton

breton

broaden

brogan

broken

bothers

bullion

cabin

burgeon

bushman

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

butters

cadres

caisson

cajun

calvin

cannon

canaan

canon

capstan

caption

canton

canyon

carbon

carman

carmine

captain

carton

caters

cauldron

caxton

caution

cayman

cedars

chairman

certain

chaplain

chapman

christen

chieftain

chasten

cheapen

chicken

children

chessman

chevron

charon

cheaters

chosen

cheddars

christian

churchman

citron

citric

classman

clinton

coachman

colon

common

beadwork

beaters

beckon

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

damson

cretin

craftsman

craven

cowan

crewman

crimson

crouton

cushion

curtain

cutters

dagan

cuban

dagon

cumin

dalton

daman

dampen

deacon

darken

deaden

deafen

cousin

deepen

delphian

demon

detracts

detract

desman

diction

deters

dian

devon

detours

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dobson

dragon

draftsman

dozen

driven

dudgeon

dromon

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

eaten

eden

earthen

eaters

elan

emption

engine

dustman

ermine

ethers

ensign

faction

falcon

fashion

fasten

faustian

famine

fatten

faulcon

features

fibrin

fallen

feeders

felon

fiction

fielden

griffon

flashgun

fission

fireman

flatten

firman

flexion

footman

floren

foreign

foreman

fraction

freedman

fortune

fountain

function

freeman

freshen

friction

freshman

frighten

frozen

fusion

fetters

gallon

gammon

garden

futures

gascon

garron

gathers

gentian

glisten

feathers

georgian

gladden

gilden

german

gibbon

given

glidden

gluten

grandson

gorgon

gotten

graven

golden

gowan

grecian

guardsman

gudgeon

guitars

gumption

headsman

goodman

getters

hackman

haitian

hangman

harken

happen

hasten

harden

harten

haven

haters

hausen

headers

headman

hearten

heathen

heighten

hetman

heaters

henchman

heaven

heathers

hempen

hessian

heron

hidden

hitters

hogan

homespun

hooters

fathers

huntsman

human

houseman

hoven

hydras

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

hymen

horseman

hoten

gutters

mission

jackman

jasmine

jason

jargon

jetson

jordan

jorden

junction

kansan

keelson

kelson

jetton

kalan

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kitten

klansman

kremlin

ladders

lagan

latin

lampron

landman

landsman

laden

lathers

legion

leman

kitchen

leaden

leaders

leaven

leathers

lengthen

ledden

lemon

lesion

lesson

layman

letters

leven

ion

lessen

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

markman

linden

lineman

linemen

linen

lion

lisbon

listen

lockman

liven

loaders

locken

litters

london

logan

loosen

longan

lotion

loren

lumen

lynden

luncheon

lyden

madden

mahone

mansion

mangan

marchman

maiden

margin

m1

marksman

marlin

marten

marron

martian

mason

liman

martin

matron

matrix

matrice

metres

mayan

melon

melton

metric

mathers

mention

meters

matters

metrics

milken

mignon

minden

million

minion

looters

matures

mitten

moisten

morgan

mormon

molten

motion

mountain

networks

muslin

muffin

nation

mullen

nekton

oarsman

motors

mutters

mutton

nitric

ninon

newsman

notion

norman

nutters

natures

nethers

network

ocean

odin

olden

omen

open

onion

odors

often

option

organ

orphan

outdone

othman

otters

outdoors

others

outrage

outraged

oxen

packman

outrun

outright

oven

owen

outreach

padres

paean

pagan

passion

pathan

parson

passman

pardon

patron

patten

pectin

penguin

penman

pavon

pedros

pension

peon

person

persian

perron

pigeon

pillion

pinion

pitman

piston

plankton

peters

plantain

platen

platten

poison

panton

ponton

pollan

pollen

portion

portman

potion

postman

potters

powders

pressman

prison

mothers

lopeman

prussian

pullen

putters

question

quicken

quitters

ration

raven

rayon

raters

raiders

radars

readers

reckon

reason

redden

region

rerun

resin

retracts

retract

retrace

retires

ribbon

riden

rincon

ripen

risen

riven

robin

roman

rooters

rosen

rotten

rosin

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

rotors

routers

russian

runnion

sadden

saxon

saffron

salesman

sanction

samson

salmon

satan

satin

santon

scallion

siren

slacken

scion

scotsman

section

seaman

season

sequin

seedsman

semen

selden

session

sermon

seton

shearman

sexton

shaken

sharpen

shipman

shaman

seven

shogun

showman

setters

silken

shorten

sicken

shatters

shotgun

shrunken

shutters

shudders

siders

shooters

siphon

sitters

scullion

skaters

smarten

ridden

slogan

smitten

soldan

sodden

soften

solon

spokesman

spoken

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

southers

squadron

riders

sportsman

squatters

staircase

stairways

stallion

stockman

statesman

starches

starcraft

starcher

starchy

station

steven

starkly

stearic

stepson

stiffen

stillion

straightedge

storage

straighten

storehouse

stragglers

straggler

stories

straightens

straggle

strengthen

stolen

stresses

stressful

suction

sturgeon

striking

strictures

structured

stricture

stroking

strikeout

strictly

strikeouts

striker

strikers

strychnine

struggle

struggles

suasion

structure

structures

sturgeons

sunken

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

suitors

strickler

stricken

surgeon

striven

sweeten

sylvan

swollen

sweaters

sutures

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tatters

tension

teeters

tendon

teston

theatrics

thicken

tighten

thousand

theatric

tethers

tillman

threaten

titan

torsion

token

toman

toughen

traction

townsman

treason

triton

trillion

trodden

trojan

tuscan

turban

tungsten

tutors

tubman

undone

urson

urchin

urban

urine

worsen

written

union

utters

vegan

version

vision

villain

vitric

voters

vulcan

wagon

waken

warden

warren

wanton

watchman

waiters

waders

waters

weaken

whitson

wheaten

wiccan

widen

wizen

workman

whitehorse

weapon

withers

weathers

whiten

woman

women

wooden

woodman

woodwork

woolen

woolman

zircon

yachtsman

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

stallman

zion

proven

zithers

3 syllable words

abduction

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abrasion

abortion

absorption

abstention

accession

addiction

accretion

adoption

acumen

admission

addition

addresses

addressee

adhesion

adrian

adsorption

affection

african

affliction

aegean

aggression

alaskan

albion

albumin

alderman

aleutian

alsatian

allusion

alien

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

apportion

appian

anyone

arkansan

arian

attracting

assassin

ascension

aspersion

artisan

aryan

assertion

artesian

attrition

asuncion

assumption

attractive

battalion

attention

australian

austrian

audition

aversion

authorship

avian

backgammon

authorize

awaken

backwoodsman

authorized

badminton

bandwagon

batteries

anglican

bedraggle

collection

beethoven

bedridden

beholden

bedizen

bedouin

bitumen

benjamin

biotin

bittersweet

cinnamon

bulletin

bosnian

bothersome

bouillon

brazilian

buttresses

buttercup

buttercups

campion

cambrian

carnation

castration

capsaicin

cardigan

cataracts

catalan

cataract

cartesian

cistercian

citation

cation

caucasian

causation

cetacean

cauterize

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

compassion

citizen

collagen

carrion

clarion

clarendon

clergyman

coercion

coauthors

collegian

collusion

cohesion

cognition

collision

complexion

combustion

commission

civilian

companion

commotion

communion

completion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conception

concession

abandon

concoction

concussion

conduction

confection

confession

condition

congestion

confucian

conflation

confusion

connection

congressman

conjunction

connexion

constriction

construction

contention

consumption

conclusion

contortion

contrition

conscription

contagion

convection

convention

convulsion

conviction

contusion

conversion

correction

corruption

corsican

corrosion

councilman

creation

cremation

crustacean

crestfallen

croatian

dalmatian

cyprian

damnation

defection

deception

deduction

declension

decision

deflection

deletion

delusion

deflation

denizen

depiction

dentition

countryman

depression

description

desertion

derision

disruption

detention

detergent

detergents

determine

distinction

depletion

detractor

detractors

devotion

digression

dilation

dimension

digestion

dilution

diffusion

discretion

discussion

discipline

direction

dictation

dispersion

dissection

distortion

dissension

dieters

disunion

diversion

downtrodden

division

donation

dorian

dominion

duration

edition

ejection

egyptian

election

elation

eleven

emulsion

encryption

emission

emotion

embolden

emblazon

englishman

elison

etruscan

erosion

equation

etruscans

evasion

enlighten

exemption

exception

exhaustion

excision

exertion

excretion

excursion

exclusion

expansion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extinction

extension

extortion

extrusion

everyone

eviction

enliven

fenian

ferryman

fabian

protection

fixation

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

foramen

forewoman

formation

forgotten

freemason

franciscan

foundation

frustration

fruition

freudian

fustian

feminine

gyration

filtration

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

gestation

ghanaian

guncotton

genuine

gillian

gradation

gravamen

gordian

guardian

guitarists

guitarist

grobian

harlequin

heartbroken

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

headdresses

hawaiian

futurists

horizon

heroin

heroine

hydration

impassion

hydroxide

horatian

hydrogens

hydrogen

hydrazine

hydroxides

ignition

imagine

immersion

illusion

impression

implosion

imprison

housebroken

futurist

in-person

inception

mistaken

inflection

incursion

induction

indian

infection

infarction

infliction

ingestion

inflation

inspection

inhuman

injection

injunction

inscription

insertion

infusion

intention

intestine

invention

intrusion

invasion

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

laotian

lanolin

laurentian

leadership

leaderships

lecithin

lesbian

lethargy

libration

ligation

fijian

incision

location

liturgy

logician

lumberman

lutheran

lotteries

magdalen

madrigal

madrigals

magician

malayan

mandarin

margarine

malaysian

marian

masculine

mattresses

matrixes

matrices

medallion

metrical

medicine

median

melanin

menhaden

mexican

migration

libyan

midshipman

meteors

misprision

misfortune

misshapen

moroccan

inclusion

protean

objection

motorcar

motorcars

motorize

mutation

motorized

muskmelon

munition

musician

nevadan

narration

myosin

nebraskan

nemean

negation

networking

nitrogen

niacin

nobleman

nutrition

nonhuman

notation

norwegian

nonunion

nubian

obstruction

obsession

occasion

occlusion

octillion

odeon

omission

oppression

optation

oration

opinion

optician

origin

orion

ottoman

otherwise

motorcades

outrages

outspoken

outriggers

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

outrigger

motorcade

partition

parisian

parthian

partisan

patrician

patricians

perception

pelican

pavilion

pentathlon

percussion

perfection

permission

perfusion

permian

persuasion

perversion

peterman

petition

phoenician

physician

petroglyph

phrygian

petroglyphs

plantation

plebeian

pollution

porcelain

position

possession

prediction

precision

precaution

predestine

precession

preclusion

predation

preemption

pretension

presumption

prescription

prevention

privation

progression

procession

production

projection

profession

profusion

prostration

probation

promotion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

policeman

puritan

quotation

ramadan

readership

recession

reception

recision

rebellion

reflection

reduction

redemption

redirect

regression

regimen

relation

rejection

remission

religion

rendition

reopen

reptilian

rescission

resumption

retention

retrograde

retrospect

reunion

revulsion

reversion

revision

rhetoric

rhodopsin

rotation

saccharin

rioters

rifleman

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

satires

snapdragon

satirist

scattergood

satirists

satirize

scorpion

secession

secretion

sedition

seclusion

sedation

scythian

seduction

selection

sensation

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

solution

solomon

stagnation

specimen

staircases

suppression

starvation

stargazer

stargazers

provision

storekeepers

storekeeper

straightforward

superman

tactician

subscription

suspension

structural

submersion

submission

succession

suburban

subversion

stygian

suggestion

summation

sumatran

taxation

temptation

technician

syrian

tamarin

talisman

suspicion

timberman

thespian

theatres

transaction

toboggan

transgression

transcription

transfusion

tradition

transition

translation

unison

transmission

truncation

unbroken

tuition

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

uterine

unwritten

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

vibration

veteran

vermilion

vitamin

vocation

volition

waitresses

waterman

watershed

watersheds

waterways

wesleyan

widowers

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

abolition

absolution

adaptation

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

admiration

admonition

adoration

accordion

adrenaline

advocation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

agitation

alabaman

adulation

albanian

aldebaran

amputation

allocation

allegation

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

ammunition

algonquian

amphibian

algerian

approbation

annotation

apparition

annexation

application

animation

appellation

appalachian

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

armageddon

arizonan

armenian

aspiration

atrocities

assyrian

athenian

assemblyman

arthurian

attribution

atrocity

augmentation

authorizes

aviation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

circulation

businesswoman

calculation

cancellation

californian

canadian

carcinogen

calibration

celebration

cauterizes

centurion

chameleon

circumspection

circumcision

circumvention

figuration

cogitation

coalition

coloradan

coloration

collocation

compensation

collodion

combination

commendation

comedian

committeeman

complication

commutation

comparison

columbian

competition

compilation

composition

comprehension

computation

consummation

concentration

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

confrontation

congregation

conflagration

conjugation

conservation

condensation

consolation

consecration

constellation

contraception

consternation

constipation

constitution

contemplation

consultation

contradiction

contravention

connotation

contrarian

contribution

condemnation

convocation

conversation

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

corinthian

culmination

criterion

crucifixion

crocodilian

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

deconstruction

decoration

demarcation

declaration

dedication

decimation

decompression

defamation

definition

deformation

dehydration

degradation

delegation

demonstration

demolition

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

deposition

dereliction

derivation

desecration

desiccation

designation

desperation

destination

destitution

deviation

devolution

devastation

divination

desolation

dilatation

diminution

dietitian

diocesan

domination

detonation

disconnection

disaffection

draconian

disinfection

dislocation

disposition

dispensation

disputation

distribution

distillation

dissertation

dissolution

devonian

dominican

dissipation

disinflation

duplication

elevation

education

electrician

elongation

emulation

emanation

embarkation

elocution

emigration

disillusion

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

estimation

estonian

gastrulation

eustachian

european

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

execution

exhibition

exhalation

exclamation

exhortation

exhumation

exposition

expiration

explication

exploration

explanation

exploitation

extrication

fabrication

extradition

expedition

expectation

fascination

federation

fibrillation

fermentation

fallopian

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

futurism

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

germination

gravitation

graduation

granulation

gorgonian

guatemalan

greco-roman

gregorian

habitation

hibernation

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hesitation

historian

himalayan

imperfection

hungarian

implication

imposition

hydrogenate

hydrocarbon

hydrogenates

hydrocarbons

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

ideation

illustration

immigration

imitation

immolation

implantation

importation

impregnation

imputation

incantation

inattention

incarnation

inclination

incrustation

information

incubation

indication

indexation

indentation

indigestion

indiscretion

indecision

inhalation

indignation

infiltration

inflammation

infestation

inhibition

invocation

inspiration

innovation

inquisition

installation

instigation

institution

indonesian

insurrection

interjection

interception

interdiction

intercession

integration

intermission

interruption

intersection

intervention

insulation

introspection

intimation

intonation

interwoven

introduction

interurban

intuition

inundation

levitation

invitation

iranian

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

liberation

mortification

liberian

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

liturgical

locomotion

literacy

mitigation

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

lubrication

machination

macedonian

maccabean

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

moderation

masturbation

matriculate

matriculates

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meteoric

meridian

metrically

ministration

minnesotan

miseration

misperception

misconception

missourian

misbegotten

modulation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

motivation

obligation

obfuscation

motorcycle

motorcycles

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

nigerian

nicaraguan

nomination

newtonian

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

observation

occupation

obstetrician

octahedron

oblivion

obsidian

operation

olympian

opposition

ordination

ohioan

orchestration

ostentation

oscillation

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

palpitation

pagination

pagurian

paraguayan

penetration

penicillin

pedestrian

pavlovian

pelagian

perforation

permutation

perspiration

persecution

perturbation

pigmentation

peruvian

planarian

plutonian

population

politician

polyhedron

polynesian

preconception

precondition

predilection

praetorian

predetermine

preignition

preparation

preservation

premonition

presentation

proclamation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

radiation

readmission

realization

reawaken

recollection

reclamation

recitation

recantation

recognition

reconstruction

reexamine

recreation

registration

reformation

reassertion

refutation

regulation

relaxation

reinspection

relocation

renovation

repercussion

reposition

repossession

reparation

replication

repetition

reproduction

republican

reputation

restoration

reservation

respiration

requisition

restitution

resolution

resignation

resurrection

retardation

retractable

retribution

retrocession

retroactive

rhetorician

retrospective

revocation

rhetorical

revelation

revolution

rhetoricians

rumination

satisfaction

sanitation

satirical

samaritan

saturation

satirizes

sectarian

separation

segregation

self-deception

sequestration

segmentation

simulation

rhododendron

shakespearean

siberian

simonian

sicilian

situation

speculation

smithsonian

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

supervision

strangulation

surrogation

subluxation

syndication

syncopation

subdivision

substitution

suffocation

superhuman

superstition

supposition

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

theatrical

usurpation

titillation

toleration

transformation

tribulation

transplantation

transportation

trepidation

ulceration

utopian

vaccination

vacillation

valerian

validation

valuation

veneration

variation

visitation

vegetation

vindication

violation

ventilation

victorian

watermelon

wagnerian

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

adjudication

accumulation

academician

acceleration

administration

accommodation

accreditation

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alliteration

alleviation

amelioration

amortization

amalgamation

amazonian

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

approximation

appropriation

argumentation

argentinian

assassination

authorization

assimilation

attenuation

articulation

association

assemblywoman

augustinian

authentication

authorizations

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

canonization

capitulation

carthaginian

cauterization

certification

centralization

centenarian

christianization

caledonian

carolinian

clarification

civilization

classification

coagulation

codification

collaboration

cohabitation

colonization

commemoration

communication

concatenation

confederation

confabulation

configuration

congratulation

conglomeration

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

defenestration

deification

deliberation

degeneration

delineation

delicatessen

enumeration

denomination

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

conciliation

determination

denunciation

depopulation

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disintegration

disinclination

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

electrocution

elaboration

inactivation

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

dionysian

eradication

equalization

equivocation

ethiopian

evaporation

evacuation

evaluation

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

extermination

expropriation

facilitation

exoskeleton

epicurean

fertilization

fortification

falsification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

heterocercal

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hydrocephalic

hyperinflation

immunization

illumination

imagination

hyperborean

improvisation

inauguration

incineration

incarceration

incorporation

incrimination

infatuation

indoctrination

inhabitation

instrumentation

inoculation

initiation

insemination

insinuation

interconnection

interpolation

interrogation

intoxication

interpretation

intimidation

invalidation

investigation

irradiation

ionization

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

manifestation

mathematician

mechanization

maximization

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

maximilian

miscalculation

misinformation

libertarian

modernization

modification

mississippian

mobilization

motorcyclist

motorcyclists

multiplication

mummification

negotiation

neutralization

neapolitan

nonintervention

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

nitrocellulose

notification

nullification

normalization

nonsectarian

obliteration

oregonian

organization

orientation

ossification

origination

ornamentation

overproduction

pacification

pasteurization

participation

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

predestination

precipitation

predisposition

preoccupation

premeditation

presupposition

presbyterian

prevarication

procrastination

prognostication

proliferation

proletarian

pronunciation

panamanian

quantification

purification

qualification

pythagorean

ratification

ramification

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recuperation

rectification

recrimination

reforestation

regeneration

refrigeration

reintegration

rejuvenation

remuneration

repatriation

representation

renunciation

repudiation

retaliation

resuscitation

retroactively

retrospectively

revaluation

reverberation

sophistication

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

utilization

unitarian

vaporization

vegetarian

veterinarian

verification

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word retraction

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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