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2 syllable words

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

alight

arson

apron

ashen

asian

aspen

auction

atman

auden

austin

bacon

baldwin

banyan

bargain

barton

baron

barren

ballast

ballasts

basin

bason

bastion

beckon

bagman

baston

baton

batten

batton

beacon

bayman

beaten

begun

belgian

bellman

brethren

bellon

billion

billman

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

blacken

blacktop

blasted

blackwood

blackout

blackouts

blaster

blastoff

bludgeon

blasting

breton

brighten

blockades

blockhead

blockheads

blockade

blisters

blister

blowgun

bollen

bolden

bobbin

boatman

bolster

bolstered

bolsters

bookman

bracken

brakeman

bordman

boston

boughten

bourbon

bowman

brazen

bluster

bluestone

briton

broaden

broken

brogan

bulkheads

bullion

bullshit

bulkhead

calvin

button

caisson

cabin

burgeon

bushman

burdon

burman

burton

cajun

calcite

calloused

canaan

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

caxton

caution

cayman

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

children

chessman

chevron

chasten

chicken

christen

chieftain

cheapen

chosen

christian

churchman

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

cloister

cloisters

closet

coachman

collect

closedown

closedowns

closets

cluster

clustered

clusters

collects

colon

common

cliched

cloistered

corban

cordon

copeman

cotton

cushion

craftsman

cousin

crimson

cowan

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

dagan

dagon

dalton

daman

damson

darken

deaden

deafen

dampen

deacon

daylights

daylight

craven

deepen

delight

delphian

delights

demon

desman

diction

devon

dian

burden

ibsen

fasten

dobson

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

felon

draftsman

dozen

fiction

dragon

dudgeon

dulcet

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

elect

elan

elects

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

faulcon

falcon

fallen

falsehoods

falstaff

famine

falsehood

fashion

fatten

faustian

driven

drunken

fibrin

fielden

fireman

fission

flaccid

firman

flagstaff

flashgun

flagstone

flagstaffs

flagstones

flatten

flaxseed

floren

flighty

flusters

fluster

footman

foreman

foreign

fortune

fountain

freedman

freeman

friction

freshen

freshman

gascon

frighten

frozen

fusion

gentian

gallon

garden

gallstone

gammon

garron

gallstones

georgian

german

gilden

gibbon

given

glisten

goodman

gladden

glidden

gotten

gowan

gluten

golden

grandson

gorgon

graven

grecian

gudgeon

gumption

guardsman

griffon

hackman

haitian

hailstone

hailstones

hailstorm

harken

hangman

happen

harden

headman

hasten

headsman

harten

hearten

hausen

haven

hessian

heathen

hempen

heaven

henchman

heron

heighten

hetman

hidden

hillside

hillsides

homespun

hogan

holstein

holster

horseman

houseman

hoven

human

huntsman

hoten

hymen

hyson

hyphen

dromon

ion

jason

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kansan

kalan

kirkman

kremlin

klansman

laden

lagan

landsman

lampron

landman

kitten

latin

layman

leaden

kitchen

leaven

lengthen

ledden

lemon

legion

lesson

leman

lighten

lesion

lessen

lichen

liken

lightman

liman

listen

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

linen

lion

leven

lockman

locken

logan

london

lotion

longan

loosen

loren

lopeman

luncheon

m1

lynden

maelstrom

lyden

madden

lumen

mahone

mansion

mangan

marchman

marksman

maiden

martian

markman

margin

marron

mason

marlin

marten

martin

matron

mention

melton

melon

liven

seven

mignon

milestone

mayan

million

minden

milkweed

millstone

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

molest

molests

milestones

motion

morgan

mormon

mountain

nekton

mullen

muslin

muffin

nation

mutton

newsman

ninon

notion

norman

oarsman

onion

ocean

olden

often

odin

omen

oilseeds

oilseed

open

milken

organ

orphan

oxen

packman

oven

outdone

outrun

owen

othman

paean

pagan

parson

passion

passman

pardon

pathan

patron

patten

pavon

pectin

pension

penman

penguin

peon

perron

persian

person

panton

option

pigeon

pillion

plankton

placid

placoid

placate

plantain

plastics

plastic

plasters

plaster

platen

platten

polished

policed

pollan

poison

polecats

pollen

ponton

portman

portion

potion

pressman

prison

postman

prussian

pitman

pullen

proven

question

rayon

ration

raven

reason

quicken

reckon

redden

pinion

region

piston

rerun

resin

ribbon

rincon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

saxon

rotten

roman

rosen

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

russian

salesman

saffron

sanction

runnion

samson

sadden

salmon

santon

satin

satan

scullion

scallion

scotsman

scion

seaman

season

rosin

seedsman

selects

select

selden

sicken

curtain

session

sexton

shaken

sequin

sharpen

shearman

sermon

shipman

semen

seton

shrunken

shaman

shorten

shotgun

shogun

showman

silken

slacken

smarten

siphon

siren

skylights

skylight

slogan

slightly

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

slaughters

solon

slighting

solstice

slaughter

stepson

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

spokesman

station

stallion

stallman

sportsman

squadron

statesman

spoken

steven

stiffen

stillion

stockman

strengthen

stricken

stolen

striven

straighten

sturgeon

suasion

sultan

sullen

summon

sunken

surgeon

sudden

sylvan

swollen

syphon

sweeten

tendon

taken

talon

tappen

tension

tarpon

tartan

teston

threaten

torsion

thousand

tillman

toughen

townsman

tighten

titan

token

toman

thicken

molten

treason

trillion

yachtsman

triton

tubman

tungsten

trodden

undone

union

ulster

twilight

tuscan

urban

urson

urchin

vegan

urine

turban

villain

version

vulcan

waken

vision

wagon

wanton

watchman

weapon

warren

weaken

wheaten

whitson

whiten

woolman

wiccan

warden

woolen

woodman

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

workman

worsen

woven

written

trojan

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

polecat

3 syllable words

abduction

ablution

abortion

abrasion

abdomen

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accretion

acumen

abandon

adoption

adsorption

aegean

admission

adhesion

adrian

alaskan

albion

albumin

african

alderman

allusion

allocate

allocates

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

apportion

anyone

appian

artesian

arkansan

arian

artisan

aryan

alien

aspersion

assassin

assumption

attrition

audition

awaken

aversion

backgammon

backwoodsman

australian

austrian

avian

ballistics

bandwagon

ballistic

bedouin

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

beethoven

beholden

badminton

biotin

bitumen

blastoderm

blessedly

blistering

blockader

blockaded

blustering

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

blockaders

bulletin

benjamin

cambrian

campion

carnation

capsaicin

cardigan

castration

cartesian

carrion

catalan

caucasian

cation

causation

cetacean

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

charlatan

chamberlain

chilean

citation

cistercian

cinnamon

citizen

civilian

charwoman

clarendon

clarion

coalesced

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collagen

collegian

collective

collectors

collector

collegiate

collusion

combustion

completion

commotion

companion

communion

compassion

compression

compunction

compulsion

conflation

concoction

concussion

condition

conclusion

congestion

confucian

confusion

clergyman

congressman

conjunction

conscription

constriction

construction

consumption

contagion

contraction

contortion

contraption

contrition

conversion

contusion

convulsion

corruption

corrosion

corsican

cremation

creation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

countryman

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

councilman

decision

deflation

delegate

delegates

deletion

delicate

delighted

delighting

delightful

delusion

dentition

denizen

depletion

depression

derision

description

desertion

determine

destruction

devotion

dialects

dialect

dictation

diffraction

digression

digestion

diffusion

dilution

discipline

discretion

discussion

dispersion

distraction

distinction

distortion

disruption

dominion

diversion

division

donation

disunion

dorian

downtrodden

dualist

duelist

duration

egyptian

elastic

electors

elector

electric

elective

electrics

electro

electrode

electrodes

electron

eleven

electrons

elicits

elicit

elison

emission

emotion

emulsion

embolden

encryption

emblazon

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equation

erosion

eruption

etruscan

evasion

everyone

exaction

exception

exemption

excision

excursion

exclusion

excretion

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

expression

expulsion

extraction

explosion

extension

extinction

extrusion

falsity

falsettos

falsetto

fabian

extortion

fijian

filtration

ferryman

fenian

fixation

fisherman

flirtation

fluctuates

formation

flotation

fluctuate

flycatcher

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

foundation

franciscan

freemason

freudian

frustration

fustian

galleon

fruition

galactic

garrison

galactose

gestation

gentleman

gaussian

genuine

ghanaian

gillian

glaciate

gordian

glistening

gradation

gravamen

guardian

grobian

guncotton

gyration

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

halogen

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

feminine

illicit

illusion

illustrate

illustrates

imagine

impression

impassion

immersion

implosion

imprison

in-person

incursion

inception

incision

inclusion

induction

infliction

infarction

indian

inflation

infraction

ingestion

infusion

inhuman

inspection

insertion

injunction

inscription

intention

instruction

invention

intestine

intrusion

jamaican

invasion

inversion

irian

irishman

italian

jacobin

javelin

jettison

mexican

ignition

julian

jovian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

korean

laotian

lanolin

libration

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

ligation

location

logician

magician

loyalists

loyalist

lumberman

magdalen

lutheran

malayan

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

medicine

melanin

menhaden

migration

midshipman

zambian

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

misshapen

molested

molesters

molester

moroccan

muskmelon

musician

mutation

narration

myosin

nebraskan

munition

nemean

nevadan

niacin

obstruction

nihilists

nobleman

nonhuman

nitrogen

nutrition

notation

norwegian

nonunion

nubian

occasion

occlusion

octillion

omission

odeon

oration

opinion

optation

origin

orion

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

outspoken

oxygen

ottoman

palisade

palisades

partition

patrician

parisian

pelican

parthian

partisan

perception

pavilion

percussion

pentathlon

permission

perfusion

permian

persuasion

perversion

peterman

phoenician

optician

philistine

philistines

phrygian

pilaster

pilasters

placidly

plantation

plastering

plasterwork

plasterer

plebeian

policeman

median

pleistocene

porcelain

precession

prediction

pretension

precision

predestine

preclusion

preemption

prevention

prescription

presumption

privation

probation

profusion

proportion

promotion

precaution

propulsion

provision

prostration

protean

puritan

reaction

quotation

ramadan

realist

realists

rebellion

recision

redemption

reelect

regimen

relation

religion

reluctant

relegate

relocate

remission

rendition

reopen

proscription

repression

reptilian

rescission

restriction

resumption

retention

retraction

reunion

reversion

revulsion

rhodopsin

revision

rifleman

rotation

royalist

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

scholastic

scythian

secretion

seclusion

sedition

selective

sensation

silicon

silicate

silicates

solicits

skeleton

simian

solicit

snapdragon

singleton

soloist

soloists

solomon

solstices

slaughterhouse

stagnation

starvation

specimen

submersion

submission

stygian

subscription

subtraction

subversion

suspicion

suburban

sumatran

superman

syrian

tactician

talisman

taxation

technician

temptation

tamarin

talkative

transaction

translation

thespian

toboggan

timberman

transcription

transfusion

transgression

transition

transmission

tuition

venison

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

unbroken

unison

truncation

vacation

unwritten

uterine

vatican

venetian

vibration

veteran

volition

vocation

vitamin

violist

violists

waterman

wesleyan

vermilion

4 syllable words

abolition

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

accordion

acquisition

activation

abyssinian

adaptation

adulation

adoration

admiration

admonition

advocation

affectation

adrenaline

affirmation

agrarian

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

albanian

aldebaran

alabaman

animation

algerian

altercation

algonquian

allocation

allegations

allocations

alligator

alligators

alteration

alternation

american

allegation

ammunition

amphibian

amputation

annexation

appellation

apparition

annotation

appalachian

application

apprehension

arabian

approbation

arbitration

armageddon

armenian

arizonan

arthurian

benediction

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

augmentation

attribution

athenian

avocation

backwardation

aviation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

calculation

businesswoman

californian

calibration

calisthenic

calisthenics

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

chalcedony

circumspection

circulation

circumvention

circumcision

collectible

collectibles

collectivize

cogitation

collectivist

collectivized

collectively

collocation

collodion

coloradan

columbian

combination

commendation

comedian

comparison

compilation

committeeman

commutation

competition

compensation

composition

complication

comprehension

computation

condescension

condemnation

condensation

concentration

confirmation

conjugation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

consolation

connotation

dislocation

conservation

consecration

constellation

consultation

consummation

constipation

constitution

contraception

contradiction

contemplation

contravention

contrarian

contribution

conversation

correlation

copernican

coronation

corp.

corporation

convocation

convolution

corinthian

copenhagen

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

cyclopean

declaration

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

decompression

dedication

defamation

definition

decoration

deconstruction

delectable

degradation

deformation

dehydration

delegating

delegation

delegations

delicately

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

deposition

derivation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

deportation

desecration

desolation

desiccation

designation

consternation

destitution

detonation

devastation

desperation

devolution

destination

dialectic

deviation

devonian

disconnection

dilatation

dietitian

diminution

dielectric

diocesan

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

disposition

dispensation

distillation

dissertation

dissolution

dissipation

distribution

disputation

divination

domination

dominican

figuration

duplication

dualistic

electrician

education

electricians

electioneers

electorate

electrical

electorates

electricals

electrify

electrifies

electrocute

electrolyte

electrolytes

electronic

elevation

electroplate

electronics

elicited

elocution

elocutions

emanation

elongation

elucidate

emulation

embarkation

emigration

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

estimation

eustachian

european

estonian

evolution

evocation

excavation

excitation

execution

exclamation

exhalation

exhibition

exhumation

explication

exhortation

expectation

expiration

expedition

exposition

explanation

exploitation

fascination

exploration

fallopian

extradition

extrication

fabrication

felicity

federation

felicitate

fermentation

fibrillation

hypertension

fluctuation

fluoridation

floridian

fluctuating

foliation

fluctuations

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

germination

gastrulation

gentlewoman

generation

glaciation

graduation

granulation

gorgonian

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

hesitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

draconian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

ideation

illustration

illustrations

illustrated

illustrative

illustrator

illustrators

imitation

immolation

imperfection

immigration

imposition

implication

implantation

impregnation

importation

imputation

inattention

infestation

inclination

incrustation

incarnation

incubation

indecision

indexation

indentation

indication

indigestion

indiscretion

indignation

indonesian

infiltration

inflammation

incantation

information

inhalation

inhibition

insurrection

innovation

insulation

inspiration

inquisition

installation

institution

instigation

interaction

interdiction

interception

integration

intercession

interruption

intersection

intermission

interurban

introspection

intervention

introduction

intimation

intonation

interwoven

inundation

intuition

interjection

irrigation

isolation

invocation

irritation

invitation

iranian

iteration

jacobean

jubilation

jurisdiction

jordanian

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

liberation

legislation

leviathan

librarian

levitation

liberian

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

machination

macedonian

maccabean

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

maturation

masturbation

medication

mediation

meditation

melanesian

malformation

menstruation

ministration

miseration

misconception

minnesotan

misbegotten

meridian

molestation

misperception

moderation

modulation

missourian

mitigation

relaxation

mortification

moravian

mongolian

motivation

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nicaraguan

nigerian

nomination

nestorian

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

oblivion

newtonian

obligation

observation

noblewoman

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

olympian

octahedron

ohioan

oleaster

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ovulation

overburden

ostentation

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

pelagian

perforation

pedestrian

pavlovian

penetration

penicillin

persecution

permutation

perspiration

perturbation

paraguayan

peruvian

repetition

pigmentation

reposition

planarian

politician

plutonian

population

polynesian

polyhedron

preignition

preconception

precondition

predetermine

premonition

presentation

preparation

preservation

proclamation

procreation

praetorian

prohibition

profanation

propagation

proposition

provocation

prosecution

punctuation

prostitution

protozoan

protestation

realization

radiation

readmission

reassertion

realistic

realizations

reawaken

recantation

recitation

reconstruction

recreation

reclamation

recognition

reexamine

regulation

reinspection

reformation

refutation

registration

renovation

relocation

relocations

reluctantly

reparation

repercussion

replication

repossession

reproduction

republican

reputation

requisition

resolution

resignation

reservation

respiration

restoration

restitution

retrocession

retribution

retardation

revelation

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

rhetorician

rumination

samaritan

satisfaction

sanitation

saturation

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

self-deception

separation

shakespearean

sequestration

siberian

sicilian

simonian

simulation

solicitor

situation

smithsonian

speculation

solicitors

solicitude

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

subluxation

substitution

strangulation

subdivision

supposition

superstition

superhuman

supervision

surrogation

syncopation

syndication

tabulation

termination

tamoxifen

tasmanian

tetrahedron

titillation

transformation

tribulation

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

ventilation

valerian

vacillation

vaccination

utopian

validation

valuation

usurpation

variation

vegetation

velocity

veneration

velocities

victorian

vindication

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

mollycoddle

5 syllable words

abomination

acceleration

accreditation

academician

accommodation

accumulation

abbreviation

adulteration

adjudication

administration

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

alliteration

amelioration

amalgamation

amortization

amazonian

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

alienation

appreciation

appropriation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

approximation

attenuation

assimilation

association

assemblywoman

authentication

authorization

babylonian

augustinian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

assassination

polarization

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

certification

cauterization

centralization

centenarian

civilization

classification

christianization

clarification

coagulation

collaboration

cohabitation

codification

collectivism

colonization

confederation

communication

commemoration

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

conglomeration

configuration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

coordination

cooperation

corroboration

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

defenestration

deification

degeneration

deliberation

delicatessen

delicatessens

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

dialectical

disembarkation

discoloration

dionysian

discrimination

disinclination

disintegration

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

elasticity

electrically

electricity

electrocutions

electrocution

electroplating

electrostatic

elimination

elizabethan

elucidative

emancipation

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

eradication

equivocation

evacuation

ethiopian

evaluation

evaporation

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

exoskeleton

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

dramatization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

illumination

illegitimate

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incineration

incarceration

incorporation

incrimination

infatuation

indoctrination

initiation

insinuation

inoculation

insemination

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interrogation

interpretation

inhabitation

intoxication

intimidation

invalidation

ionization

irradiation

investigation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

magnification

magnetization

localization

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

mechanization

maximilian

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mobilization

modification

mississippian

modernization

mummification

multiplication

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nullification

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

normalization

notification

nonsectarian

obliteration

orientation

origination

organization

oregonian

ornamentation

ossification

pacification

overproduction

pasteurization

participation

patagonian

panamanian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

pomeranian

premeditation

predestination

predisposition

prevarication

presupposition

presbyterian

preoccupation

precipitation

procrastination

prognostication

proletarian

proliferation

pronunciation

purification

qualification

pythagorean

quantification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

realistically

recombination

rectification

recuperation

recommendation

recrimination

reiteration

regeneration

refrigeration

reintegration

rejuvenation

reforestation

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

solicitations

specialization

sophistication

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word selection

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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