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2 syllable words

abstain

abstract

abstruse

action

acton

abstracts

affect

affects

affixed

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

aspen

asian

atman

austin

auden

auction

bacon

baldwin

bargain

baron

baston

bastion

bason

baton

basin

batten

batton

barton

barren

beckon

bayman

beefsteak

beacon

beaten

belgian

begun

bellman

bisson

bitten

billion

billman

billon

bison

boatman

bellon

boston

bludgeon

bobbin

bookman

blacken

blowgun

bollen

bolden

bobcats

bobcat

bordman

brethren

breton

bracken

brakeman

brazen

brighten

briton

bullion

broaden

brogan

broken

button

boughten

cabin

bowman

caisson

cajun

burgeon

calvin

canaan

cannon

burman

canon

canton

burton

canyon

bushman

bourbon

capstan

capstone

captain

caption

chicken

banyan

carbon

carman

caution

carton

cauldron

caxton

christian

carmine

children

chairman

certain

chessman

chevron

chieftain

charon

chasten

cheapen

chaplain

christen

chapman

chosen

churchman

citron

cayman

classman

claxon

coachman

clinton

colon

bagman

common

corban

cordon

copeman

cotton

cousin

cowan

craftsman

craven

crimson

crewman

crouton

cretin

cuban

cushion

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

dalton

daman

damson

dampen

darken

debased

deaden

deafen

deacon

deepen

defaced

defects

defect

delphian

demon

depicts

desman

diction

diffused

dian

dipstick

devon

divest

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

divests

dustman

dungeon

dozen

dovecotes

dovecote

draftsman

dudgeon

drunken

driven

dromon

dragon

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eavesdrop

eden

effect

effects

elan

engine

emption

ensign

depict

ermine

evict

burden

faction

falcon

fallen

faustian

fashion

fasten

fatten

faulcon

famine

felon

fiction

fission

fibrin

flashgun

fireman

fielden

firman

flatten

flexion

floren

footman

foreign

fraction

fountain

friction

fortune

freshen

freshman

freedman

freeman

frighten

frozen

function

fusion

garden

gallon

gammon

garron

gentian

gascon

georgian

german

glisten

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

foreman

gluten

gotten

grandson

goodman

gorgon

gowan

golden

graven

grecian

gumption

gudgeon

guardsman

griffon

haitian

hackman

hangman

happen

harden

harken

harten

hearten

hausen

headsman

headman

hasten

heaven

heathen

haven

henchman

heighten

hempen

hetman

heron

hessian

homespun

hipsters

hogan

horseman

houseman

hopscotch

hoten

hoven

huntsman

human

ibsen

hyson

hymen

hyphen

hidden

hipster

burdon

ion

jetson

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetton

junction

keelson

kelson

jorden

kansan

kelvin

kalan

kenyan

jordan

kitten

kitchen

klansman

kremlin

latin

kirkman

landsman

lampron

landman

leaven

laden

lengthen

lessen

lesson

lagan

leaden

ledden

lemon

legion

lesion

layman

leman

leven

lightman

lighten

lichen

liken

liman

listen

linden

lisbon

lineman

lobsters

linemen

lobster

liven

linen

locken

lion

lockman

logan

loosen

london

luncheon

lotion

lumen

longan

loren

lyden

lynden

lopeman

m1

mahone

madden

maiden

mangan

mansion

martian

marten

martin

marksman

margin

markman

marron

marlin

mason

matron

melton

melon

mayan

mention

mitten

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mission

marchman

moisten

molten

motion

mountain

muslin

muffin

mullen

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

obstruct

obstructs

ocean

odin

offset

offsets

offshoot

offshoots

often

onion

omen

olden

open

option

organ

orphan

oven

mormon

oxen

owen

packman

paean

pagan

panton

passion

pathan

patten

patron

passman

parson

pavon

pectin

pardon

penguin

penman

pension

peon

perron

person

pigeon

piston

pillion

pinion

pitman

plankton

platen

platten

poison

pollan

portion

portman

ponton

pollen

postman

potion

plantain

persian

pressman

othman

outdone

prison

morgan

outrun

prussian

proven

pullen

question

ration

quicken

quipster

rayon

raven

reason

reckon

redden

region

resin

rerun

ribbon

rincon

ridden

rotten

riden

risen

riven

robin

ripostes

ripen

roman

rosen

rosin

riposte

robust

rowan

ruin

rowen

russian

runnion

saffron

salesman

sadden

salmon

sanction

samson

santon

rumen

saxon

satin

scallion

satan

scapegoats

scapegoat

scotsman

scion

scullion

seaman

season

section

selden

seedsman

semen

session

sequin

sexton

shipman

shorten

seton

seven

shogun

sermon

shaken

shaman

sharpen

shearman

shotgun

showman

shrunken

silken

smarten

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

smitten

sodden

slogan

soften

solon

soldan

sovereign

sovran

space-time

spartan

spastic

spearman

spectral

spectre

spectrum

spectrums

spokesman

sportsman

spigot

spigots

squadron

spoken

stallion

stallman

statesman

stillion

station

stockman

stolen

straighten

strengthen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

substance

subside

subsides

stepson

steven

stiffen

substrates

substrate

suction

sultan

sunken

sudden

sullen

summon

surgeon

sweepstakes

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

sweepstake

syphon

tarpon

tappen

taken

tartan

talon

teston

tension

tendon

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

tillman

titan

traction

torsion

toughen

townsman

toman

tubman

tungsten

trillion

trodden

treason

tuscan

triton

upshot

trojan

undone

token

upset

upsets

union

turban

typist

typists

upstarts

upstart

upstream

urson

tipster

upside

urban

urchin

urine

watchman

vegan

webster

version

vision

villain

vulcan

wanton

warden

wagon

warren

websters

whitson

whiten

wiccan

wheaten

widen

wizen

woman

waken

women

woodman

weaken

yachtsman

woolman

weapon

wooden

woolen

worsen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

workman

written

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablution

ablation

abdomen

abduction

abstentions

absorption

abortion

abstinence

abstinent

abrasion

abstracted

abstraction

abstractions

accession

addition

accretion

acumen

addiction

adhesion

admission

affection

adoption

adsorption

affected

aegean

adrian

affecting

affections

affective

affliction

aggression

aleutian

allusion

alaskan

albumin

albion

alderman

alien

african

alsatian

ambrosian

ambition

anchorman

andean

anyone

anglican

apportion

appian

apostate

arkansan

arian

apostle

apostles

artesian

ascension

aryan

artisan

aspersion

assumption

assertion

asuncion

assassin

attention

attraction

attrition

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

awaken

baby-sit

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

bedouin

beholden

beethoven

bouillon

biotin

bitumen

benjamin

bosnian

brazilian

bulletin

cambrian

campion

commission

capsaicin

cardigan

castration

cartesian

causation

caucasian

carrion

cation

cetacean

carnation

cessation

chairwoman

chairperson

chamberlain

champion

catalan

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cistercian

civilian

citation

citizen

clarion

cohesion

cinnamon

cognition

coercion

collagen

collection

collision

collusion

collegian

combustion

clarendon

clergyman

commotion

conception

communion

companion

compassion

compulsion

contention

concession

complexion

completion

compression

compunction

condition

conclusion

concussion

concoction

conduction

confection

exclusion

confession

conscription

conflation

confusion

confucian

congestion

connection

connexion

conjunction

construction

consumption

contraction

congressman

contagion

contortion

contusion

dentition

contraption

contrition

convection

convention

convulsion

decision

conversion

conviction

countryman

corruption

corrosion

councilman

corsican

crustacean

crestfallen

cremation

creation

croatian

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

correction

declension

abandon

deficits

deduction

defection

defections

defective

deficit

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

depiction

depictions

depletion

depicted

deposit

deposits

derision

description

desertion

destruction

detection

detention

determine

devastate

dissension

devotion

dilution

dictation

digestion

dilation

diffraction

digression

diffusion

dimension

direction

discussion

dissection

discretion

dispersion

disruption

discipline

distinction

distraction

distortion

disunion

diversion

division

divestment

divestments

dominion

downtrodden

duration

donation

dorian

eavesdropping

edition

effective

effectors

effector

egyptian

election

elation

ejection

eleven

elison

emission

emblazon

embolden

emotion

encryption

emulsion

englishman

enlighten

enliven

episode

episodes

epistle

equation

exception

depression

erection

excision

erosion

etruscan

eruption

everyone

evasion

eviction

evictions

exaction

excretion

excursion

exertion

exhaustion

extension

extinction

extrusion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extraction

extortion

fabian

fenian

feminine

ferryman

filtration

fixation

fisherman

fijian

flirtation

flotation

expansion

forbidden

formation

foramen

forgotten

foundation

frustration

franciscan

freudian

freemason

fruition

fustian

gestation

garrison

galleon

gaussian

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

forewoman

exemption

gordian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

grobian

guncotton

gyration

halcyon

handwoven

hammerman

halogen

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heavyset

ignition

heroin

heroine

heavyweights

heavyweight

hydration

housebroken

illusion

horizon

hydrogen

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

horatian

inception

inaction

in-person

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

induction

infarction

infliction

infusion

inflation

inflection

infraction

ingestion

inhuman

injection

injunction

inscription

inspection

insertion

instruction

intention

intestine

intrusion

invention

invasion

inversion

irian

irishman

italian

jettison

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

kantian

jovian

julian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

laotian

lanolin

laurentian

lesbian

lecithin

libration

ligation

libyan

lobbyists

lobbyist

location

logician

malaysian

lumberman

lutheran

magician

lopsided

malayan

magdalen

mandarin

marian

margarine

masculine

medallion

median

menhaden

medicine

melanin

midshipman

migration

misprision

misfortune

misshapen

mistaken

mexican

privation

infection

munition

musician

muskmelon

moroccan

mutation

nebraskan

narration

myosin

navigate

negation

navigates

nemean

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

objection

nevadan

norwegian

nonunion

notation

nutrition

nubian

obfuscate

obsession

obstacle

obstinate

obstacles

obstructions

occlusion

octillion

obstructive

occasion

odeon

offsetting

omission

optician

oppression

opinion

optation

oration

opposite

origin

opposites

orion

oboist

ovation

outspoken

ottoman

overdone

oxygen

overman

overrun

partition

pavilion

patrician

parthian

partisan

perception

pelican

parisian

pentathlon

percussion

petition

prescription

permission

perfusion

permian

physician

phoenician

persuasion

phrygian

peterman

perversion

plantation

plebeian

policeman

perfection

pollution

porcelain

position

possession

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

prediction

pretension

predation

predestine

preemption

presumption

prevention

probation

procession

production

profusion

profession

progression

projection

promotion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

prostration

provision

protection

protean

puritan

reception

quotation

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

recession

recision

reduction

redemption

reflection

regression

relation

religion

rejection

rendition

remission

regimen

reopen

restriction

reptilian

repression

rescission

resection

resumption

retention

retraction

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rhapsody

rhapsodic

rhapsodize

rotation

rifleman

robustly

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

secession

samoan

scorpion

scythian

seclusion

secretion

selection

sensation

sedation

sedition

seduction

revisits

simian

snapdragon

singleton

silicon

skeleton

solution

solomon

sophistry

spaghetti

revisit

spectators

spectator

spectrograph

spectacles

stagnation

starvation

substances

submission

submersion

subacute

stygian

subsidize

subsidies

subsidy

substantial

substantive

substitutes

substitute

subtraction

subversion

suburban

succession

summation

suggestion

sumatran

suffocate

superman

suppression

suspension

suspicion

syrian

spectacle

tactician

technician

talisman

tapestries

tapestry

taxation

temptation

tamarin

thespian

specimen

timberman

toboggan

upsetting

transfusion

transaction

transcription

tradition

transition

transgression

translation

transmission

truncation

tuition

typesetting

unwritten

unbutton

uncertain

vatican

unbroken

unburden

uncommon

unison

uneven

upside-down

uterine

vacation

venetian

venison

vermilion

vitamin

volition

veteran

vocation

waterman

vibration

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

aberration

abolition

abrogation

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

acquisition

accusation

activation

adaptation

admiration

adrenaline

affectation

adoration

adulation

advocation

affectionate

affectively

affirmation

agitation

agrarian

algerian

aggravation

aggregation

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algonquian

allegation

allocation

alteration

admonition

altercation

amputation

alternation

american

arbitration

annotation

ammunition

annexation

animation

amphibian

apparition

apprehension

approbation

appellation

apostrophe

arabian

application

apostrophes

appalachian

apostolic

arizonan

armenian

armageddon

aspiration

assyrian

assemblyman

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

baby-sitters

baby-sitter

avocado

avocados

babysitting

backwardation

arthurian

comedian

barbarian

benediction

bavarian

bifurcation

bolivian

capacitors

bohemian

businesswoman

calibration

calculation

californian

canadian

cancellation

committeeman

capacitance

capacitor

capacities

capacity

carcinogen

celebration

chameleon

centurion

circumspection

circumcision

circumvention

circulation

cogitation

coalition

coloration

collodion

collocation

combination

columbian

coloradan

commendation

commutation

comparison

competition

computation

composition

compilation

complication

comprehension

concentration

condescension

condensation

condemnation

estimation

connotation

confirmation

confrontation

conservation

conflagration

congregation

consolation

constellation

constipation

consternation

consultation

consummation

confiscation

contemplation

consecration

conjugation

contraception

contradiction

contribution

convolution

contrarian

conversation

contravention

convocation

copernican

corinthian

copenhagen

corp.

corporation

coronation

cotyledon

crucifixion

culmination

criterion

crocodilian

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

correlation

dandelion

decimation

deconstruction

decompression

decoration

dedication

defamation

definition

dehydration

delegation

degradation

demonstration

demolition

deformation

demarcation

equitation

deportation

deposition

dereliction

declaration

depositions

depositors

depositor

depravation

depredation

deprivation

derivation

desecration

designation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

destination

detonation

dissipation

devastated

devastating

devastation

deviation

devolution

dilatation

dietitian

diminution

disaffection

diocesan

disinfection

disinflation

disputation

disconnection

devonian

disillusion

dislocation

disposition

dispensation

dissertation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

divestiture

divestitures

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

effectively

effectuate

electrician

elevation

elocution

embarkation

emanation

elongation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

estonian

eritrean

erudition

eustachian

european

evacuate

excitation

evolution

evocation

excavation

evocative

compensation

exclamation

execution

exhumation

exhibition

exhortation

exhalation

granulation

indonesian

expectation

expiration

expedition

explanation

explication

exploitation

exploration

exposition

fabrication

extrication

extradition

fallopian

federation

fascination

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

foliation

fluoridation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

graduation

gorgonian

gravitation

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

hypertension

hesitation

hibernation

hemoglobin

herculean

hegelian

imitation

greco-roman

imposition

historian

imputation

hyperion

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

illustration

hungarian

immigration

hydrocarbon

immolation

importation

himalayan

implantation

imperfection

implication

impregnation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

indignation

indecision

incrustation

indentation

inclination

incubation

indexation

indiscretion

indication

indigestion

infiltration

inhibition

inhalation

information

inflammation

instigation

installation

inspiration

inquisition

innovation

insurrection

insulation

integration

interaction

infestation

interdiction

interjection

interception

intersection

intercession

intermission

interruption

interurban

intervention

interwoven

intimation

introspection

introduction

intonation

invitation

intuition

inundation

invocation

iranian

leviathan

irritation

isolation

iteration

irrigation

jacobean

jurisdiction

jubilation

jordanian

laceration

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

liberation

librarian

limitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

malnutrition

locomotion

litigation

malformation

lubrication

maccabean

machination

macedonian

mammalian

manumission

liberian

masturbation

maturation

menstruation

meditation

mediation

medication

melanesian

meridian

misconception

ministration

mitigation

miseration

minnesotan

misperception

missourian

misbegotten

moderation

modulation

molestation

mongolian

mortification

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

navigator

navigators

nigerian

nomination

noblewoman

newtonian

nicaraguan

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

oscillation

obesity

oblivion

obstetrical

obstetricians

obsidian

obstinacy

obstructionist

obstructionists

observation

occupation

officiate

octahedron

officiates

ohioan

opposition

orchestration

olympian

oppositions

operation

ordination

opacity

ostentation

palpitation

ovulation

oxidation

preignition

overburden

pagurian

pagination

paraguayan

penetration

pedestrian

pavlovian

penicillin

pelagian

persecution

permutation

perforation

preconception

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

politician

polynesian

population

polyhedron

praetorian

precondition

premonition

predetermine

predilection

preelection

preparation

presentation

preservation

moravian

procreation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

publication

prosecution

protestation

provocation

protozoan

punctuation

readmission

recitation

radiation

realization

reawaken

recantation

reconstruction

reassertion

recognition

recollection

reclamation

recreation

refutation

reelection

reformation

reexamine

reinspection

repetition

registration

resurrection

regulation

relaxation

relocation

renovation

retribution

reparation

reposition

republican

repossession

reproduction

reputation

resolution

respiration

reservation

resignation

restoration

requisition

replication

retardation

retrocession

repercussion

revelation

proclamation

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

revocation

revocations

rhapsodizes

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

sectarian

self-deception

segregation

segmentation

separation

sequestration

siberian

shakespearean

sophisticates

sicilian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

sophisticate

substantiates

spectacular

spectrometry

spectrometer

spectroscopy

speculation

statistician

stipulation

stimulation

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

subsidizes

substantially

substantiate

substituted

substantively

suffocating

superstition

supposition

superhuman

suppositions

suffocation

supervision

surrogation

syndication

syncopation

tabulation

tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

tamoxifen

variation

titillation

transformation

topsy-turvy

toleration

transportation

tribulation

trepidation

transplantation

ulceration

ubiquity

usurpation

valerian

valuation

vacillation

validation

vaccination

utopian

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

violation

vindication

victorian

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

accommodation

academician

acceleration

accreditation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

adulteration

affiliation

affectionately

alliteration

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

amalgamation

amelioration

argentinian

amazonian

annihilation

amortization

amplification

anticipation

appreciation

approximation

appropriation

argumentation

assassination

assimilation

articulation

association

assemblywoman

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

commemoration

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

cauterization

carolinian

certification

carthaginian

centralization

centenarian

christianization

civilization

classification

clarification

cohabitation

codification

coagulation

collaboration

colonization

communication

conciliation

continuation

concatenation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

contamination

congratulation

conglomeration

consideration

consolidation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

deification

degeneration

deliberation

delicatessen

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depositary

depreciation

depository

desalination

desegregation

determination

dionysian

discrimination

disintegration

disembarkation

discoloration

disinclination

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

equalization

enumeration

epicurean

epistolary

equivocation

evacuated

evacuation

evaluation

eradication

evaporation

ethiopian

evacuations

exasperation

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

excoriation

exhilaration

exfoliation

exoneration

expatriation

extermination

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

glorification

fortification

gasification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

improvisation

hydrogenation

hybridization

hyperborean

hyperinflation

illumination

inactivation

imagination

immunization

incineration

incarceration

inauguration

incrimination

humiliation

incorporation

indoctrination

exoskeleton

infatuation

initiation

inhabitation

insinuation

inoculation

insemination

instrumentation

interpretation

interconnection

interpolation

interrogation

investigation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

mechanization

mobilization

modification

misapprehension

misinformation

misapplication

mississippian

metropolitan

miscalculation

modernization

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

navigational

negotiation

neutralization

obliteration

nonintervention

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

normalization

notification

nonsectarian

nullification

ornamentation

obstructionism

origination

organization

oregonian

orientation

ossification

overproduction

pacification

predestination

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

presbyterian

premeditation

presupposition

predisposition

preoccupation

prevarication

procrastination

prognostication

pronunciation

proliferation

proletarian

purification

pythagorean

qualification

quantification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

recuperation

refrigeration

reforestation

regeneration

reiteration

reintegration

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

resuscitation

representation

repositories

repository

repudiation

repatriation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

sophistication

simplification

sophisticated

solicitation

specification

specialization

stratification

sterilization

subordination

subsidiary

subsidiaries

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

vegetarian

veterinarian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word substitution

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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