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

aching

acting

adams

airing

ailing

aging

angling

arching

arming

asking

bagging

baiting

banding

baking

awning

backing

attains

beading

beaming

atoms

banking

beating

barring

bathing

basting

batons

bearing

batting

beatnik

beatings

beatniks

bedding

bending

belling

being

belting

betweens

blaring

bleeding

bleeping

binding

blending

biding

blazing

blasting

bleaching

blessing

birthing

blushing

blinding

biting

blocking

blooming

blowing

blueing

bluing

boarding

boating

boasting

boiling

beijing

boning

bonding

bounding

bolling

booming

booting

boozing

boring

bowling

bolting

briefing

bottoms

bracing

bowing

boxing

braiding

branching

bouncing

braving

breeding

breathing

breeching

breasting

breaking

brewing

building

brawling

bucking

broiling

browning

budding

brushing

buckling

broking

brooding

browsing

bruting

bulging

bunting

burning

burping

casing

butting

calling

calming

camping

cadence

caning

carling

carping

caulking

carving

buying

catching

casting

ceiling

chanting

chafing

chasing

charming

churning

chewing

chirping

choking

chopping

buttons

cautions

climbing

clogging

clowning

clucking

cloaking

clocking

closing

clouding

clothing

coaching

coasting

coating

cocking

codding

coiling

colling

combing

coming

coaxing

coatings

cooking

cooling

coping

cooing

cracking

couching

coupling

costing

coursing

cottons

crackling

crashing

creaking

creeping

craving

cresting

crossing

crushing

culling

cuddling

crying

crooning

curing

cutting

curling

crowing

cuttings

damning

dancing

daring

dawning

daunting

dashing

darling

daytimes

dealing

derring

dining

lagging

yielding

dicing

forming

diving

docking

doing

doting

doubting

dragging

draining

dressing

drawing

drafting

driving

dropping

drumming

drying

dubbing

ducking

during

dwelling

duckling

dueling

dumpling

dyeing

earning

easing

eating

edging

eking

dying

edens

earthling

fainting

fading

ending

erring

etching

ethnic

evening

failing

facing

falling

ethnics

farming

farthing

feeding

faulting

feedings

fathoms

feeling

fehling

feigning

fencing

fining

fetching

fielding

finding

fighting

filing

firing

fixing

flagging

flaring

flaming

flashing

fittings

fledgling

fleeting

fleming

flogging

flooding

floating

flooring

flowing

footing

flushing

foaming

flying

foiling

folding

freaking

fucking

foundling

forcing

forging

founding

framing

franking

freezing

fruiting

frying

frosting

fuming

funding

gadding

galling

fraying

gaming

gassing

gilding

getting

glaring

glancing

girding

glazing

gettings

gloaming

grading

grating

glowing

going

golding

golfing

grafting

grappling

grasping

footings

grayling

grazing

greeting

grieving

grinding

grooming

grouping

grouting

groundling

growing

gushing

handling

hamstring

haitians

heading

hatching

having

harping

headings

healing

hearing

heating

heaving

heckling

herring

helping

hiding

hogging

horning

holing

homing

hopping

hoarding

holding

hoodwink

hosting

hounding

housing

hunting

grounding

humming

hurling

hurting

icing

keeling

guidance

jeering

jetting

jogging

judging

jumping

jarring

jerking

joking

jutting

keeping

kipling

jailing

knocking

kidneys

kittens

knowing

items

lading

landing

lapping

laughing

launching

lashing

latching

lamping

lasting

latins

lawing

lending

leading

leaking

leaping

learning

laying

leasing

lemming

lifting

lightning

lighting

liking

lining

listing

loaning

loading

loathing

loadings

lodging

logging

looking

loving

lunching

looming

lopping

loring

losing

lotions

lumping

looping

lowing

madding

lying

matting

mailing

making

mapping

matching

malting

marking

marching

maidens

screaming

meeting

mining

melting

merging

midnight

minding

meetings

mittens

mocking

mooring

morning

molting

morphing

modems

motions

mounting

mourning

moving

mowing

moulding

musing

muting

nagging

nanking

netting

napping

nestling

nations

nothing

nodding

nosing

nothings

notions

nursing

nutting

offing

oozing

nutmeg

offspring

ousting

pointing

paying

outing

peaking

outings

peeing

pending

pairing

panning

panting

pacing

painting

packing

padding

passing

owing

paging

patching

paring

parking

parting

paving

petting

piercing

pelting

phasing

pathans

phrasing

pimping

piling

pining

pleading

pleasing

planking

piping

plating

pittance

playing

plaything

pitons

planting

plodding

plumbing

patience

poking

polling

pooling

popping

posting

preaching

pouncing

pounding

pouting

praying

potions

pressing

poling

prowling

pruning

pudding

puffing

putting

pushing

pumping

priming

prying

purging

puddings

quaking

quilting

racing

racking

raging

rafting

railing

raking

reading

raving

rambling

rations

readings

redeems

raising

resting

retains

rhythms

riddance

riding

ridings

rising

roaring

rifling

rubbing

rounding

rolling

roofing

rousing

roving

ruling

romping

routines

sacking

saddens

sagging

sailing

saving

scaling

scarring

saying

salting

sapling

scalping

satans

satins

scheming

schooling

scraping

scratching

scolding

scorching

screwing

scrimping

seeling

rocking

seating

seizing

seeing

searching

sedans

seatings

seeming

sedums

setting

seedling

serving

settings

sewing

shading

shadings

sheathing

shedding

shaving

shafting

sharking

shifting

sheeting

shelving

shelling

shining

shirting

shocking

shoestring

shooting

shootings

shoring

roasting

shunting

sibling

shredding

signing

shuffling

shrouding

showing

siding

sighting

sighing

sizing

sleeping

slanting

sledding

smelting

skirting

slapping

slating

slighting

sloping

slotting

slouching

sliding

smacking

smelling

smoking

snapping

smoothing

sneaking

sneezing

sparing

soaking

soaring

sobbing

something

soothing

sopping

sounding

spanking

spending

snarling

speaking

spelling

snoring

sperling

sparling

sporting

squeezing

spurling

stacking

stalling

staging

standing

stamping

sparkling

stances

teething

stanza

stating

staving

stealing

starting

sterling

stencil

stinger

stingers

stirring

stocking

stinkers

stingy

stomach

stomachs

straining

streaming

stooping

stopping

stowing

strapping

storming

straddling

stretching

striking

stripling

strutting

stuffing

striving

stroking

sucking

swearing

suckling

suiting

suing

swaying

sweating

sweeping

sweeting

swelling

sweetens

swooning

tacking

tanning

teaming

talking

teeming

tailing

tackling

tamping

teaching

tasting

taunting

telling

taking

testing

tempting

thrusting

thumping

thrashing

throwing

starling

tiding

tilting

tooling

tithing

toasting

titans

topping

tossing

tidings

totems

touching

tracing

trading

trailing

training

trucking

steamship

trusting

trying

twisting

tuning

tubing

turning

twining

tying

vesting

utmost

vaulting

veiling

viking

voiding

voting

wading

vying

waiting

waking

waning

weeding

wanting

warning

walking

walling

wapping

warling

warming

warping

weeping

washing

wasting

wearing

weaving

webbing

wedding

weakling

weddings

wednesday

wednesdays

weighing

wellspring

whacking

westling

whitling

whistling

wheeling

whirling

whiting

whitings

wielding

whooping

wilding

whopping

wrecking

yearning

winding

wiring

widens

wording

working

wrestling

whaling

writing

yachting

yearling

yelling

trifling

stanzas

3 syllable words

abounding

abiding

accenting

according

accusing

abducting

absorbing

adjoining

adoring

affecting

admiring

admission

admissions

afflicting

agreeing

aligning

alerting

alluring

alarming

amazing

amusing

annoying

annealing

anything

appalling

appealing

approaching

approving

befitting

arranging

arriving

ascending

assuming

assuring

aspiring

asserting

astounding

atmosphere

badgering

baffling

ballooning

attracting

backbiting

backsliding

audience

battening

battering

becoming

bedouins

beginning

arresting

beguiling

bickering

believing

besetting

besieging

bettering

beseeching

billowing

blanketing

blackmailing

blistering

blundering

blossoming

bloodletting

bloodsucking

blustering

bottling

bookkeeping

botanist

brainwashing

botanists

buffeting

bubbling

broadcasting

bullfighting

bullying

bumbling

bundling

bungling

beholding

butchering

cackling

campaigning

cadences

canoeing

caressing

carousing

carrying

carpeting

carjacking

centering

challenging

channeling

chattering

childbearing

churchgoing

commanding

bushwhacking

coloring

conquering

bustling

colouring

complaining

conceding

concurring

comforting

commuting

concerning

compounding

composing

confiding

completing

connecting

conforming

confounding

confusing

conjuring

conflicting

conserving

consoling

complying

constricting

consuming

consulting

conveying

convincing

covering

converging

contracting

copying

correcting

counseling

cottonseed

cowering

crocheting

cradling

crusading

crippling

cushioning

dairying

cycling

damaging

dampening

darkening

deadening

deafening

declining

degrading

delighting

decreasing

defusing

debating

departing

descending

designing

deserving

detailing

despairing

diapering

dialing

discerning

disarming

contacting

disguising

forgiving

disgusting

dissenting

dissolving

dissembling

dissecting

distracting

distressing

dividing

divining

doubling

doddering

diverting

downsizing

dressmaking

drizzling

dumbfounding

dwindling

echoing

easterling

eavesdropping

emitting

emptying

enchanting

enclosing

engraving

engrossing

ensuing

engaging

endearing

enduring

enlisting

entering

factoring

enticing

equating

erecting

erupting

everything

ethnical

exacting

ethnically

exhausting

existing

exceeding

expanding

expelling

expiring

exulting

exciting

excepting

exploring

faltering

fastening

feathering

favoring

finishing

flattering

flavoring

flowering

following

fondling

forbidding

forthcoming

foreboding

forecasting

freewheeling

frustrating

galloping

gambling

diverging

gardening

gathering

glimmering

glistening

governing

good-looking

glowering

forwarding

imposing

hairdressing

handwriting

happening

harvesting

hardworking

hardening

heartbreaking

highflying

hedonic

housekeeping

housewarming

incoming

impending

imprinting

imploring

importing

idioms

improving

infighting

increasing

invading

inserting

inspiring

installing

insulting

interesting

inviting

issuing

investing

ironing

groundbreaking

juggling

journeying

jockeying

kidnapping

laboring

lactating

itemize

laundering

languishing

landscaping

landholding

latency

lawmaking

layering

leavening

lessening

lettering

leveling

lightening

life-giving

listening

litanies

locating

lowering

maddening

machining

lumbering

marketing

marshaling

matchmaking

matinees

maturing

measuring

meddling

diatoms

mellowing

misgiving

middling

misleading

mistaking

misspelling

mothering

motoring

mottling

mumbling

murmuring

muscling

modeling

mutinies

narrowing

neighboring

networking

nerve-racking

neutering

nourishing

observing

obliging

offering

ongoing

opening

opining

offsetting

oncoming

opposing

ordering

outfitting

outgoing

outlying

outpouring

outstanding

painstaking

paneling

papering

pardoning

parceling

patrolling

peppering

perplexing

pervading

pickering

persisting

piddling

pilfering

pitying

peddling

plastering

podiums

polishing

polluting

pondering

potency

powdering

preceding

presiding

prevailing

pronouncing

profiting

promising

provoking

quarreling

quickening

proceeding

profiling

reasoning

reclining

ravishing

raveling

reckoning

refreshing

reducing

recording

reflecting

regarding

relieving

rendering

repeating

rejoicing

relapsing

resisting

respecting

retiring

reversing

reviving

revolting

revolving

rhythmically

railroading

riveting

lamenting

rumbling

scaffolding

scattering

scavenging

satanist

scribbling

scrambling

seasoning

seagoing

seducing

settling

shadowing

shimmering

shipbuilding

shoplifting

sickening

sizzling

sleepwalking

smattering

souring

softening

sojourning

soldiering

soldering

soothingly

mediums

traversing

shortcoming

stiffening

stonecutters

stonecutter

strengthening

stuttering

succeeding

suffering

surrounding

surveying

surpassing

surviving

surprising

sweetening

tabling

tapering

tailoring

shortening

tempering

teutonic

thickening

threatening

thundering

ticketing

tinkling

thanksgiving

titanic

toweling

tormenting

towering

transporting

trembling

trumpeting

twinkling

tuitions

tumbling

typesetting

typewriting

unbending

underling

undoing

undying

visiting

vanishing

unfailing

unfeeling

unflinching

unthinking

unwilling

unwitting

unsparing

unyielding

uprising

upsetting

utensil

utensils

varying

vomiting

wagering

wandering

warehousing

weathering

watering

well-being

whispering

whitening

withering

wittingly

witnesses

wrongdoing

yellowing

4 syllable words

admonishing

activating

advertising

admissible

agonizing

agitating

appetizing

annotating

aggravating

astonishing

awakening

babysitting

audiences

barbecuing

atomizer

bewildering

bicycling

botanical

calculating

captivating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

conditioning

condescending

complicating

corresponding

delegating

denigrating

detonating

developing

devastating

diagnosing

diatomic

disabling

disappearing

disappointing

disapproving

disconcerting

discouraging

diatonic

disengaging

distinguishing

disheartening

dominating

domineering

edifying

embarrassing

emphasizing

encircling

energizing

enlightening

engineering

encompassing

enveloping

encouraging

enterprising

entertaining

everlasting

ethnocentric

examining

executing

eyewitnesses

fascinating

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

dispiriting

disparaging

gratifying

distributing

hedonism

hesitating

hedonistic

implicating

inquiring

inheriting

inhibiting

integrating

interlocking

intersecting

interviewing

irritating

itemizes

legislating

liberating

mademoiselle

maximizing

merchandising

mitigating

moderating

mountaineering

never-ending

nonrecurring

notifying

notwithstanding

obviating

occupying

oceangoing

operating

oscillating

overbearing

overcoming

overhauling

overflowing

overlapping

palpitating

overrating

partitioning

parachuting

overlying

overpowering

patronizing

overruling

overwhelming

petitioning

penetrating

overarching

persevering

petunias

pioneering

realizing

readmission

reentering

registering

satanism

laminating

separating

speechifying

stenographer

suffocating

unassuming

unavailing

unbecoming

unbelieving

underpinning

undertaking

undulating

unremitting

unrelenting

vacillating

underlying

understanding

underwriting

waterproofing

Words that rhyme with the word stinging

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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