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

blocking

clocking

cocking

docking

knocking

mocking

rocking

shocking

stocking

aching

acting

bucking

arming

asking

awning

backing

barring

bagging

baking

batting

broking

browning

biding

biting

bonding

boxing

boring

brawling

breaking

browsing

buckling

budding

choking

calming

butting

calling

carling

carping

carving

charming

caulking

chopping

cloaking

clogging

clucking

climbing

clouding

clowning

codding

colling

coming

cutting

cooking

cracking

crackling

creaking

crossing

culling

cunning

damning

darling

dawning

flogging

dicing

flooring

dining

dockings

diving

dropping

doubting

dragging

driving

drugging

ducking

duckling

drumming

dubbing

eking

falling

farming

fighting

firing

filing

fining

flagging

flooding

lagging

freaking

hogging

fucking

gadding

galling

gassing

gunning

golfing

grouting

having

harping

hiding

hopping

housing

hugging

humming

icing

jerking

jarring

jogging

joking

jutting

kicking

lapping

laughing

leaking

licking

liking

lighting

lining

lodging

logging

looking

lopping

loring

loving

madding

making

mapping

marking

nodding

matting

mining

nagging

napping

mugging

nutting

offing

packing

outing

panning

padding

parking

parting

passing

peaking

piling

picking

pining

piping

plodding

plugging

plumbing

poking

popping

pouting

priming

prowling

puffing

putting

quaking

racking

raking

riding

rising

roaring

romping

rousing

rubbing

running

sacking

sagging

scarring

sharking

shoring

shining

shrouding

siding

sighting

signing

sizing

slapping

slotting

sliding

slighting

smacking

smoking

snapping

snarling

sneaking

sobbing

snoring

soaking

soaring

sopping

sparkling

sparling

speaking

stacking

stalling

starling

starting

sticking

stopping

striking

sucking

strapping

suckling

striving

stroking

strutting

stuffing

stunning

tacking

talking

tackling

taking

tanning

trucking

tricking

tiding

ticking

topping

tossing

twining

viking

vikings

yachting

whacking

whiting

walking

walling

waking

whopping

wanting

wapping

washing

wiring

working

wrecking

writing

3 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word shocking.
2 syllable words

against

aging

akins

ailing

airing

arching

angling

askance

asians

assumes

banking

banging

banding

baiting

basins

bathing

beaming

bearing

beating

broiling

basting

bedding

beckons

begins

beijing

belling

bidding

being

belting

bending

biggins

binding

billing

birthing

bitching

blessing

blinding

blasting

blaring

blazing

bleeding

bleeping

bleaching

blending

blooming

blowing

blueing

bluing

becomes

blushing

boarding

boating

boiling

bolling

boasting

bolting

boning

bouncing

bounding

booming

booting

boozing

bowling

bracing

bowing

braiding

braving

breeding

briefing

brimming

branching

breathing

breeching

brewing

breasting

brooding

brushing

bruting

beacons

buckskins

beading

chirping

building

bunting

burning

burping

bulging

bushings

buying

bygones

caissons

cajuns

camping

caning

catching

casting

casing

ceiling

casings

chafing

chanting

chasing

chewing

chickens

chilling

chipping

clanging

churning

coaxing

cleaning

clearing

clipping

closing

clothing

coaching

coasting

coating

cocoons

coiling

cognac

combing

cooling

couching

cooing

costing

coping

coupling

coursing

crashing

craving

creeping

cresting

cribbing

crushing

crying

cuddling

crooning

crowing

curing

curling

daunting

cousins

cuisines

dancing

daring

dashing

deacons

dealing

derring

cosens

cushions

digging

dilling

dipping

flowing

flying

dishing

foiling

dismays

doing

drilling

dripping

drawing

drafting

doting

draining

dressing

dozens

drinking

drying

dueling

dumpling

during

dyeing

dying

dwelling

earning

earring

earthling

easing

eating

edging

eggnog

eggnogs

ending

flushing

failing

erring

essence

etching

evening

exchange

facing

facings

exhumes

fading

farthing

fainting

faulting

feeding

feeling

fehling

feigning

fetching

fencing

fielding

fashions

finding

fixing

filling

fitting

fishing

fixings

flashing

flaming

flaring

fleeting

fleming

flitting

floating

fledgling

foaming

footing

folding

forcing

forging

lading

franking

founding

frosting

framing

freezing

foundling

fraying

fruiting

forming

funding

fuming

gaming

gascons

gearing

getting

glancing

ginning

girding

giving

glaring

glazing

gilding

glinting

gloaming

grayling

glowing

grafting

grappling

grasping

grading

grating

going

grazing

grinding

grounding

greening

greeting

grieving

grooming

grouping

groundling

growing

golding

gushing

hounding

frying

hanging

hatching

handling

hamstring

heading

heckling

healing

hearing

heating

heaving

herring

hilling

helping

hissing

hoarding

horning

hitting

holing

homing

holding

hosting

housings

hunting

hurling

hurting

hogans

icons

inning

inkling

judging

jailing

jeering

jetting

jumping

keeling

keeping

kenning

killing

knitting

knowing

kipling

kindling

isms

lagoons

lakins

lashing

lamping

landing

lasting

lashings

lawing

latching

launching

leading

laying

leaning

leaping

learning

leasing

legging

lemming

leggings

lending

lessens

lessons

legions

lesions

legumes

lichens

license

licensed

lightning

likens

likins

living

loading

loaning

loathing

listing

longing

makings

looming

lumping

lying

looping

losing

loosens

lunching

lowing

lykens

lozenge

machines

magness

mailing

lifting

malting

masons

matching

marching

meaning

maxims

meeting

merging

melting

mesons

milling

mincing

minding

morning

missing

mishmash

missions

morphing

mooring

musing

molting

mowing

mounting

mourning

muggings

moving

moulding

muting

musings

nanking

nothing

netting

nipping

nosing

nuisance

nursing

nestling

oceans

offspring

ousting

oozing

pacing

owing

pairing

paging

painting

panting

paring

patching

paving

passions

paying

peacenik

peeing

pegging

petting

pelting

pending

pickings

pecans

phasing

phrasing

picnic

picnics

piercing

pigskins

pigeons

pimping

pinching

planking

planting

plating

pitching

playing

plaything

pleading

pleasing

poling

pointing

poisons

pooling

pouncing

possums

posting

pounding

polling

pressing

praying

preaching

printing

pruning

prying

pumping

pudding

purging

pushing

pygmies

quilling

racing

quilting

quickens

raccoons

racemes

rafting

railing

raging

raising

raisins

raving

reading

rambling

reasons

reckons

regains

resting

regimes

resins

regions

rejoins

resumes

ribbing

rhizomes

rifling

rigging

ringing

riggings

roasting

rounding

rolling

roofing

roving

ruling

russians

salting

sailing

sapling

scalping

scratching

saving

scaling

scheming

schilling

schooling

scraping

saying

saxons

scolding

schisms

scorching

screaming

screening

screwing

searching

scrimping

seasons

seating

shafting

seeling

seeming

seizing

seeing

seedling

sequins

sequence

serving

setting

shading

sewing

sessions

shaving

shearing

sheathing

shedding

sheeting

shelling

shilling

shipping

shooting

shifting

shoestring

shirting

showing

shredding

shrinking

shelving

sighing

shuffling

shunting

sibling

sinking

singing

sitting

skilling

slanting

skimming

skirting

slating

sledding

slitting

sloping

sleeping

slouching

smelling

smelting

smoothing

sneezing

sniffing

spelling

sporting

something

spanking

sounding

sparing

soothing

spending

sperling

spinning

springing

spurling

stamping

squeezing

staging

sprinkling

squinting

standing

stating

staving

stealing

steering

sterling

stinking

stinging

stooping

stirring

stitching

storming

straddling

stowing

straining

streaming

stretching

stripping

stripling

succinct

suing

suiting

swaying

swearing

sweating

sweeping

sweeting

swelling

swimming

switching

swooning

takings

tamping

tailing

tasting

taunting

teaming

teachings

technic

teaching

teeming

teething

technics

technique

techniques

trifling

trusting

telling

thinking

thrashing

thrusting

thrilling

throwing

thickens

thumping

tithing

tipping

testing

trying

tilting

toasting

touching

tooling

tracing

trading

trailing

training

tokens

toughens

trilling

trimming

tripping

tempting

tubing

tuning

turning

tying

twisting

tycoons

vesting

vaulting

vaccines

vacuums

veering

vegans

veiling

voiding

vying

voting

wading

waiting

wagons

visions

waning

warling

warming

warning

warping

wasting

weakens

weakling

weaving

wearing

webbing

wedding

weeding

weeping

whaling

wheeling

weighing

westling

wellspring

whipping

whirling

whistling

whitling

wilding

winding

whooping

willing

winning

wishing

witching

wielding

wincing

wording

wrestling

wringing

yearling

yearning

yelling

yielding

3 syllable words

abiding

abducting

abounding

according

accusing

adoring

absorbing

admiring

adjoining

aligning

accenting

affecting

alerting

agencies

agonist

agnostic

agnostics

agincourt

agonies

agonists

agonize

agency

alarming

agreeing

agonized

alluring

afflicting

amazing

assuming

amusing

appalling

annoying

appealing

approving

approaching

assuring

arriving

ascending

ascension

aspiring

asserting

attracting

arresting

astounding

anything

arranging

asuncion

awakens

backbiting

badgering

backsliding

axioms

baffling

ballooning

bassoonist

annealing

becoming

broadcasting

bloodsucking

befitting

belonging

believing

beholding

bettering

besetting

beseeching

besieging

bickering

billowing

blackmailing

blanketing

blossoming

beguiling

beginning

bloodletting

blundering

blustering

bookkeeping

blistering

bottling

brainwashing

begonias

bookmaker

bookmakers

battening

bubbling

battering

buffeting

bumbling

bundling

bungling

bushwhacking

bullfighting

bustling

cackling

butchering

carjacking

canoeing

caressing

campaigning

carousing

carpeting

bullying

carrying

casinos

challenging

channeling

chattering

centering

childbearing

businessman

concurring

coloring

colouring

churchgoing

cognizance

cognizant

comforting

commanding

commuting

complying

composing

complaining

completing

cogency

compounding

conceding

concerning

conjuring

confiding

conquering

conforming

confounding

conflicting

confusing

businesses

connecting

conserving

businesslike

consoling

contacting

consuming

constricting

copying

consulting

conveying

converging

convincing

correcting

counseling

dairying

cowering

cradling

crippling

crocheting

contracting

crusading

cushioning

dampening

cycling

damaging

covering

darkening

deadening

deafening

debating

declining

decency

decreasing

departing

deconstruct

degrading

delighting

descending

designing

deserving

defusing

detailing

despairing

diagnose

dialing

diapering

disarming

discerning

disgusting

disengage

disguising

disconcert

disengaged

disconnect

dishonest

disconnects

dismissal

dismisses

dismissive

dismissals

dissecting

dissenting

dissolving

distracting

dissembling

distressing

dissension

doddering

diverging

divining

diverting

doubling

downsizing

dressmaking

dividing

drizzling

dumbfounding

dwindling

easterling

eavesdropping

echoing

emitting

emptying

enclosing

enchanting

endearing

enduring

engaging

engraving

engrossing

ensuing

enlisting

entering

enticing

following

erecting

erupting

eskimos

eugenic

exacting

everything

exceeding

eugenics

excepting

factoring

exciting

exchangers

exhausting

exchanges

expelling

expiring

exulting

expanding

exploring

existing

exchanger

faltering

disincline

equinox

flowering

fastening

favoring

feathering

fingering

finishing

fijians

flattering

flavoring

equating

fondling

forbidding

foreboding

forecasting

forthcoming

forwarding

forgiving

glowering

galloping

gambling

gardening

gathering

glimmering

freewheeling

glistening

governing

good-looking

groundbreaking

frustrating

happening

hardworking

hardening

handwriting

harvesting

heartbreaking

highflying

hairdressing

housekeeping

housewarming

hygienist

hygienists

incoming

infighting

importing

imposing

impending

improving

iguanas

imprinting

imploring

increasing

invading

inserting

issuing

ironing

installing

insulting

interesting

investing

inviting

juggling

inspiring

jokingly

journeying

issuance

laconic

lactating

laboring

kidnapping

landscaping

languishing

landholding

laughingly

laundering

laughingstock

lawmaking

layering

leavening

lessening

leveling

lettering

licenses

licensee

licenser

licensees

liaisons

licensure

lightening

life-giving

likenesses

lingering

listening

locating

lowering

machining

machinist

mackenzie

machinists

lozenges

maddening

lumbering

magnesia

magnesite

marketing

marshaling

masonic

matchmaking

maturing

maximize

measuring

middling

mechanic

mellowing

mechanics

meddling

mechanize

messenger

messengers

misgiving

misleading

misconceive

misconstrue

misconstrues

modeling

mothering

muscling

mottling

mumbling

motoring

murmuring

museums

misspelling

narrowing

neighboring

nerve-racking

obliging

offering

mistaking

neutering

networking

nourishing

nuisances

observing

outstanding

ongoing

oncoming

outpouring

opening

opining

opposing

ordering

outlying

outfitting

outgoing

packinghouse

pachinko

pacemakers

pacemaker

paneling

painstaking

parceling

pardoning

passengers

passenger

patrolling

peacemaker

peacemakers

peddling

papering

pervading

perplexing

peppering

pessimists

pessimist

persisting

pickering

piddling

regarding

pilfering

plastering

pitying

pondering

polluting

polishing

profiting

powdering

promising

presiding

proceeding

profiling

preceding

prevailing

provoking

pronouncing

quarreling

offsetting

quickening

railroading

raveling

reasoning

ravishing

reckoning

reclining

reconquer

reconcile

reconciles

reconstruct

recording

reducing

reflecting

refreshing

revolving

regency

relieving

respecting

retiring

relapsing

rejoicing

resisting

rendering

reviving

repeating

reversing

revolting

riveting

rumbling

scaffolding

scattering

scrambling

scavenging

scribbling

seagoing

seasoning

seducing

sequences

shadowing

settling

shortening

shoplifting

shortcoming

shimmering

shipbuilding

sickening

sizzling

sleepwalking

smattering

soldering

softening

sojourning

soldiering

souring

stiffening

strengthening

stuttering

suffering

succeeding

surpassing

surprising

surrounding

surveying

surviving

sweetening

tabling

tailoring

tapering

taskmaster

technical

technicals

technician

technicians

technocrat

technocrats

thickening

threatening

thundering

ticketing

traversing

tinkering

toweling

towering

transporting

tormenting

trembling

tinkling

tempering

trumpeting

thanksgiving

tumbling

typewriting

typesetting

twinkling

uprising

undying

underling

unfailing

unfeeling

unwilling

unflinching

undoing

unthinking

unwitting

unyielding

vanishing

upsetting

vacancy

vacancies

varying

unsparing

vomiting

wagering

visiting

wandering

watering

warehousing

weaknesses

weathering

well-being

whispering

whitening

winnowing

withering

unbending

wrongdoing

yellowing

lamenting

4 syllable words

activating

admonishing

advertising

agitating

aggravating

agonizing

agonizes

appetizing

astonishing

awakening

babysitting

barbecuing

annotating

bewildering

bicycling

businesswoman

calculating

captivating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

complicating

condescending

conditioning

corresponding

delegating

deconstruction

denigrating

desensitize

desensitized

diagnosing

detonating

developing

devastating

diagnoses

diagnostic

diagnostics

disabling

disappearing

disappointing

disapproving

disconcerting

disheartening

disengaging

enterprising

disconnected

disparaging

dispiriting

distinguishing

distributing

dominating

domineering

edifying

embarrassing

emphasizing

encouraging

encircling

encompassing

enlightening

energizing

engineering

entertaining

discouraging

disconnection

everlasting

examining

exchangeable

executing

dishonesty

fascinating

fingerprinting

disengagement

fireproofing

fluctuating

disenchantment

enveloping

gratifying

hesitating

implicating

issuances

iconoclast

inquiring

inhibiting

interlocking

integrating

intersecting

interviewing

irritating

inheriting

dishonestly

legislating

liberating

magnesium

maximizing

maximizes

mechanical

merchandising

mechanically

messianic

mechanism

mechanisms

mitigating

misconception

misconceptions

moderating

mountaineering

nonrecurring

notifying

never-ending

notwithstanding

obviating

occupying

oceangoing

oceanic

operating

oscillating

overarching

overcoming

overlapping

overhauling

overlying

overbearing

overpowering

overflowing

overrating

overruling

overwhelming

palpitating

paganism

parachuting

partitioning

patronizing

penetrating

petitioning

persevering

pessimistic

pessimism

pioneering

realizing

reconsider

reconstruction

reconstructions

reconstructive

reentering

registering

separating

speechifying

suffocating

technically

technicolor

unassuming

unremitting

laminating

undertaking

underwriting

underlying

underpinning

understanding

undulating

unrelenting

vacillating

waterproofing

unavailing

unbecoming

unbelieving

Words that rhyme with the word shocking

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
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