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

aching

aging

adroit

airing

ailing

angling

bagging

asking

baking

backing

baiting

banding

basting

banking

banging

bathing

battered

bearing

beating

beading

beaming

bedding

attired

athwart

beijing

belling

bolting

being

bending

boning

belting

binding

biding

bidding

billing

booming

birthing

blinding

blaring

blending

bitching

blazing

bleeding

bleeping

blessing

bleaching

blooming

blueing

boasting

boating

blushing

bluing

booting

boiling

bolling

boozing

blowing

bouncing

bounding

branching

bowling

bracing

braiding

braving

brawling

breaking

breasting

breeding

briefing

brimming

bowing

breathing

breeching

brewing

broiling

browning

browsing

bruting

bucking

brushing

buckling

budding

broking

bulging

building

brooding

burning

burping

calling

buying

camping

caning

casing

catching

caulking

chafing

chasing

chewing

chirping

chilling

chipping

choking

churning

clanging

clearing

cleaning

climbing

ceiling

clipping

cloaking

coasting

clouding

clowning

clucking

coating

closing

clothing

coaching

coaxing

coiling

combing

coming

couching

cooking

coupling

cooling

coping

cooing

crackling

cracking

crashing

cresting

crying

cuddling

crushing

craving

creaking

creeping

crooning

crossing

culling

cunning

curing

crowing

curling

cutthroat

dancing

cribbing

damning

daring

dashing

dawning

dealing

derring

dicing

dining

dilling

dipping

digging

yielding

dishing

diving

doting

doing

dragging

draining

driving

drawing

drugging

drumming

dubbing

duckling

during

drinking

dressing

drilling

dripping

ducking

drying

earning

earring

dyeing

dying

dumpling

dueling

dwelling

earthling

eating

easing

eking

edging

icing

ending

erring

etching

feeling

evening

feeding

fencing

fainting

facing

fading

failing

feathered

featured

fehling

feigning

fetching

fettered

fielding

filing

finding

fining

fishing

fitting

fixing

flagging

flaring

fleeting

flashing

fledgling

fleming

flitting

flaming

floating

flooding

flying

filling

flowing

flushing

folding

founding

footing

funding

franking

foaming

fruiting

fucking

frying

gadding

foundling

framing

freaking

freezing

fuming

fraying

galling

foiling

gaming

gassing

gearing

getting

gilding

glancing

glinting

girding

glaring

ginning

giving

glazing

gloaming

glowing

going

golding

grappling

grasping

grating

greeting

grading

grayling

grazing

greening

grieving

grinding

grounding

grooming

groundling

gunning

gushing

handling

hamstring

grouping

growing

hanging

having

hearing

heating

hatching

heading

healing

hatred

hatreds

herring

heaving

heckling

helping

hiding

hilling

hissing

hosting

hitting

hogging

holding

holing

homing

hounding

jailing

housing

humming

hurling

hydrates

hydrate

hugging

jeering

inkling

inning

molting

jerking

jetting

joking

judging

jumping

keeling

keeping

kenning

killing

kindling

knitting

kipling

kicking

lamping

lagging

lading

knowing

landing

lapping

laughing

launching

lawing

lashing

latching

lifting

laying

leading

learning

lending

leaking

leaning

leaping

leasing

legging

lemming

lettered

lightning

licking

liking

painting

piercing

listing

lining

lying

looming

lodging

logging

loathing

longing

living

loading

loaning

looking

madding

looping

lumping

melting

loving

lunching

meeting

losing

lowing

littered

making

mapping

matching

mailing

meaning

matured

packing

padding

merging

minding

mining

milling

mincing

missing

startle

mooring

moulding

mugging

muting

nagging

mowing

moving

musing

nanking

napping

netting

nestling

neutered

natured

nipping

nitrate

nitrates

nitride

nothing

nursing

nosing

offing

offspring

oozing

outward

outwards

owing

pacing

pairing

paging

panning

paring

patching

passing

paving

paying

peaking

pelting

petting

pending

peeing

phasing

piling

pegging

phrasing

petard

picking

pimping

pinching

roofing

spinning

pointing

piping

planking

plating

plaything

pleasing

pitching

playing

pleading

poking

poling

polling

plugging

pooling

plumbing

posting

pouncing

pounding

rifling

powdered

praying

prowling

preaching

printing

priming

pruning

pumping

pressing

prying

purging

pudding

puffing

pushing

quilting

putrid

racking

quaking

riding

quilling

rambling

raving

raising

reading

ribbing

raging

railing

resting

retards

retard

retorts

retort

retread

retreads

retreats

retired

retreat

rising

racing

rigging

ringing

roasting

raking

rolling

rounding

pining

rousing

rubbing

running

sacking

sagging

roving

ruling

sapling

spending

sailing

scalping

saving

saying

scattered

scratching

scolding

scheming

schilling

schooling

scraping

screaming

screening

screwing

scrimping

searching

seating

seedling

seeling

seeming

seizing

seeing

shifting

serving

setting

shearing

shading

shaving

shedding

sewing

sheathing

sheeting

shelling

shelving

shining

shilling

shipping

shooting

sibling

shuffling

shrouding

shrinking

shredding

showing

shuttered

siding

signing

sitting

sizing

sighing

sinking

skilling

singing

slating

skimming

sledding

slapping

sliding

slitting

smacking

sloping

slouching

smelting

snapping

smelling

smoking

sneaking

sneezing

sniffing

shoestring

smoothing

soaking

sleeping

sounding

soothing

spanking

southward

sparing

squinting

sperling

speaking

spelling

spurling

springing

hydride

sprinkling

squeezing

stamping

stacking

stalling

staging

standing

start-up

scaling

start-ups

starters

startles

stating

starter

steering

toasting

sterling

stinking

sticking

stinging

stewards

steward

stirring

stitching

stooping

straddling

stowing

straining

storied

straddle

straddles

strapping

stratas

strata

stratum

stunning

streaming

stretching

stretto

stretchers

stretcher

stretches

strident

striking

striving

stripling

stripping

stroking

stuffing

sturdy

sucking

suckling

suiting

swearing

suing

swaying

sutured

sweating

talking

sweeping

tackling

sweeting

tacking

swelling

swimming

swooning

tailing

switching

tamping

taking

sweetheart

tanning

sweethearts

tasting

stealing

teeming

telling

tilting

teaching

teaming

teething

testing

thrashing

thumping

tiding

tempting

tetrads

thinking

thrilling

ticking

throwing

tithing

tipping

tossing

touching

staving

tooling

tracing

trading

walking

trailing

training

tricking

trifling

trucking

trying

trilling

trimming

twisting

tripping

twining

tying

tubing

tuning

turning

vesting

veering

viking

voting

vying

veiling

voiding

wading

waiting

wasting

walling

waking

washing

waning

whitling

wielding

wearing

wilding

weaving

webbing

wedding

weeding

weeping

weighing

westling

whacking

whirling

whistling

whaling

wheeling

whipping

whooping

willing

weakling

winding

wincing

winning

wishing

witching

woodward

wording

weathered

wellspring

working

yearling

yearning

wrestling

wrecking

yelling

wringing

withered

3 syllable words

according

abducting

absorbing

abounding

abiding

accenting

accusing

admiring

adjoining

adoring

affecting

afflicting

adroitly

alarming

aligning

alluring

amazing

arresting

agreeing

annoying

approving

annealing

appalling

appealing

approaching

anything

amusing

arranging

arriving

aspiring

ascending

assuring

astounding

assuming

attracting

backbiting

backsliding

attrition

badgering

baffling

ballooning

battening

battering

becoming

bedridden

befitting

beginning

beguiling

beholding

believing

besetting

belonging

beseeching

bickering

billowing

besieging

blanketing

blackmailing

bitterroot

blistering

bloodletting

bloodsucking

blossoming

bettering

blustering

blundering

bookkeeping

bottling

brainwashing

broadcasting

bubbling

buffeting

bullying

bullfighting

bumbling

bundling

bungling

bushwhacking

bustling

carjacking

cackling

caressing

campaigning

carousing

canoeing

cathartic

centering

challenging

channeling

chattering

childbearing

churchgoing

comforting

coloring

colouring

commanding

conjuring

commuting

concerning

completing

compounding

composing

conceding

complying

connecting

concurring

conquering

conforming

confounding

confiding

conflicting

confusing

consulting

complaining

conserving

consoling

constricting

consuming

contacting

contracting

converging

conveying

correcting

cowering

counseling

covering

cradling

crocheting

crippling

crusading

cushioning

dairying

cycling

damaging

dampening

darkening

debating

deadening

deafening

declining

delighting

decreasing

degrading

dehydrate

defusing

descending

deserving

designing

detailing

despairing

dialing

diapering

convincing

disarming

discerning

disguising

disgusting

butchering

pardoning

dissecting

diverging

dissenting

dissolving

distracting

distressing

dividing

divining

doubling

downsizing

dressmaking

dumbfounding

dwindling

emitting

drizzling

echoing

easterling

eavesdropping

emptying

enchanting

dissembling

endearing

engaging

enclosing

erecting

erupting

everything

ensuing

entering

equating

engrossing

enlisting

enticing

exacting

exciting

excepting

exceeding

exhausting

existing

expiring

factoring

faltering

exploring

fastening

exulting

favoring

feathering

fatherhood

federate

expanding

expelling

gardening

fingering

finishing

flattering

flavoring

flowering

fondling

forecasting

foreboding

forbidding

forgiving

forthcoming

forwarding

frustrating

freewheeling

galloping

gambling

gathering

glowering

glimmering

glistening

governing

good-looking

groundbreaking

handwriting

hairdressing

happening

hardening

harvesting

heartbreaking

hardworking

highflying

housekeeping

housewarming

hydrated

hydration

impending

imploring

importing

infighting

imprinting

improving

increasing

imposing

incoming

inserting

insulting

interesting

inspiring

installing

invading

investing

inviting

hitherto

issuing

journeying

juggling

kidnapping

lactating

lamenting

laboring

landholding

layering

laundering

lawmaking

lettering

landscaping

languishing

laterites

lessening

leatherwood

leveling

lightening

life-giving

listening

lingering

locating

lowering

lumbering

machining

marshaling

matchmaking

maturing

measuring

meddling

maddening

literate

mellowing

engraving

parceling

mistaking

moderate

moderates

misspelling

mithridate

mithridates

modeling

startlingly

mothering

motherhood

motoring

mottling

muscling

murmuring

mumbling

narrowing

neighboring

neutering

nerve-racking

networking

nourishing

nutrition

noteworthy

offering

observing

obliging

nutritive

offsetting

ongoing

oncoming

ordering

opposing

opening

opining

outfitting

outgoing

outpouring

misleading

outlying

outstanding

outriders

outrider

misgiving

painstaking

paneling

middling

papering

patrolling

enduring

patriot

patriots

peddling

peppering

persisting

pervading

perplexing

pickering

leavening

piddling

plastering

polluting

pitying

polishing

pondering

powdering

proceeding

preceding

presiding

prevailing

promising

pronouncing

provoking

profiling

quadratic

quickening

raveling

ravishing

railroading

resisting

reckoning

recording

reducing

regarding

repeating

relapsing

refreshing

reasoning

relieving

rendering

reflecting

respecting

rejoicing

retarded

reclining

revolving

retiring

reversing

revolting

reviving

riveting

rumbling

saturday

scattering

scavenging

scrambling

scribbling

pilfering

shadowing

seagoing

settling

seasoning

shimmering

shipbuilding

shortening

shoplifting

shortcoming

sickening

sizzling

smattering

softening

sojourning

soldiering

souring

sleepwalking

saturate

saturdays

seducing

scaffolding

stiffening

stewardship

stratagem

strategies

stratagems

strategist

stratify

strategy

stratified

strategists

strengthening

stuttering

succeeding

suffering

surveying

tailoring

surprising

surpassing

surrounding

surviving

tabling

sweetening

tapering

tempering

thickening

tormenting

thundering

ticketing

thanksgiving

threatening

towering

tinkering

tinkling

toweling

traversing

transporting

wandering

trumpeting

typewriting

typesetting

underling

undoing

tumbling

unfailing

undying

unbending

unfeeling

unsparing

unwitting

varying

unthinking

trembling

upsetting

visiting

vanishing

unyielding

unwilling

wagering

uprising

twinkling

unflinching

warehousing

watering

well-being

whitening

whispering

winnowing

weathering

withering

wrongdoing

yellowing

4 syllable words

activating

advertising

aggravating

admonishing

adoration

adriatic

agitating

agonizing

annotating

appetizing

astonishing

authorities

babysitting

authority

awakening

barbecuing

bewildering

bicycling

calculating

captivating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

complicating

condescending

conditioning

corresponding

delegating

dehydrated

dehydration

denigrating

detonating

diagnosing

devastating

developing

disappointing

disappearing

disabling

disapproving

disconcerting

discouraging

disengaging

disheartening

dispiriting

distributing

dominating

domineering

disparaging

edifying

embarrassing

emphasizing

encircling

encouraging

energizing

entertaining

enlightening

enterprising

enveloping

everlasting

executing

examining

fascinating

federated

federation

federations

federative

fireproofing

fingerprinting

fluctuating

gratifying

hesitating

heterodox

implicating

inheriting

inhibiting

integrating

inquiring

intersecting

interlocking

interviewing

irritating

iteration

iterations

iterative

laminating

legislating

liberating

literati

literature

maximizing

maturation

maturities

maturity

merchandising

mitigating

moderation

moderated

moderately

mountaineering

never-ending

nonrecurring

notifying

notwithstanding

nutritional

nutritionist

nutritionists

obviating

occupying

oceangoing

oscillating

overarching

overlying

overcoming

overflowing

overlapping

overhauling

overbearing

overpowering

overrating

overruling

overwhelming

meteorite

palpitating

engineering

parachuting

partitioning

patronizing

patriotic

distinguishing

penetrating

petitioning

persevering

encompassing

pioneering

realizing

reentering

registering

reiterate

reiterates

retardation

saturation

separating

speechifying

saturated

moderator

moderators

hydrothermal

stewardesses

stereotypes

strategical

suffocating

tetrahedral

tetrahedron

stereotyped

stereotype

underwriting

underlying

undulating

unbelieving

underpinning

unrelenting

understanding

undertaking

unremitting

vacillating

unassuming

unavailing

unbecoming

waterproofing

Words that rhyme with the word starting

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

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