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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

alan

alban

alman

amman

begun

ardent

arson

austin

ashen

asian

aspen

auden

auction

apron

bacon

bagman

banyan

baldwin

baron

barren

basin

bason

barton

bastion

bayman

beacon

beaten

bargain

landman

belgian

billon

billion

billman

birdman

birthing

birthmark

bisson

blacken

bludgeon

bison

blowgun

birthmarks

boarding

brighten

boardings

boatman

bookman

boston

bollen

bolden

bordman

boredom

boughten

bourbon

bracken

brazen

brakeman

bowman

braiding

breathing

breeding

brethren

bobbin

broaden

broadens

brogan

burgeon

bullion

burdon

burden

burdened

bruting

brooding

burman

burdens

bushman

cabin

caisson

cajun

canaan

cannon

calvin

canon

broken

carman

capstan

canyon

caption

carbon

cardoon

carmine

cayman

cartons

caution

cauldron

cartoon

cartoons

caxton

chapman

chaplain

chasten

cheapen

chicken

christen

chieftain

chosen

children

christian

churchman

carton

common

classman

claxon

coachman

colon

dampen

damson

cousin

copeman

corban

cordon

craftsman

cotton

cowan

craven

credence

cretin

crewman

crimson

croutons

cuban

crouton

cumin

dagan

dagon

cushion

daman

dalton

darken

deacon

delphian

deepen

demon

diction

dian

dragon

firman

flashgun

fission

draftsman

dozen

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

driven

dromon

drunken

dudgeon

dustman

dungeon

dreadnought

dutchman

famine

eaten

ermine

eden

elan

engine

emption

fashion

fasten

falcon

faction

fallen

farthing

fiction

foreign

faulcon

faustian

fibrin

fielden

fireman

flexion

floren

zircon

foreman

frighten

fortin

fortune

gallon

fortunes

fortnight

fortnights

fountain

fraction

gammon

fourteen

fourteens

fourteenth

friction

freshman

freeman

freetown

freedom

freedoms

freedman

frozen

fruiting

fusion

function

gardens

garron

german

gibbon

gascon

given

gladden

gentian

glidden

georgian

glisten

gluten

graven

grating

griffon

garden

gilden

girding

golden

goodman

gotten

grading

gowan

gorgon

grandson

grecian

greeting

grouting

greetings

gudgeon

mason

guardsman

gumption

happen

haitian

hackman

hangman

harden

hardened

harten

hasten

haven

headsman

hearten

hausen

hoven

harken

hardens

heathen

heighten

henchman

hidden

hogan

hoten

homespun

horseman

hoarding

houseman

human

hyphen

hurting

huntsman

hymen

hyson

ibsen

marlin

kalan

marten

lampron

ion

landsman

jackman

jasmine

jason

jargon

jordan

jordans

jorden

junction

kansan

kirkman

laden

lagan

kitchen

klansman

layman

leman

legion

lesion

lighten

lightman

leven

lichen

liken

liman

linden

lineman

linen

listen

lisbon

liven

lion

linemen

locken

lockman

london

logan

loosen

loren

lotion

lopeman

longan

lumen

luncheon

lyden

lynden

madden

mahone

maiden

mansion

mangan

marchman

margin

markman

marksman

martin

martens

martian

martians

martins

mayan

milken

million

mention

mignon

minden

mission

muffin

molten

mountain

moisten

motion

morgan

mormon

mordant

mullen

nation

muslin

ninon

minion

newsman

notion

ocean

norman

oarsman

odin

often

omen

olden

onion

open

option

ordain

organ

ordnance

oven

outdone

outrun

othman

pagan

packman

paean

owen

oxen

pardon

parson

pardons

part-time

parting

passion

passman

orphan

partner

partners

pavon

ponton

pension

penguin

peon

pollan

person

persian

pertain

pertains

pigeon

pillion

pinion

plankton

poison

pollen

portman

portion

portends

portents

portend

portent

portions

postman

potion

shogun

prison

pretends

pretend

shortens

slacken

proven

prudence

prudent

protein

proteins

prussian

pullen

prudhomme

question

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

region

ribbon

ridden

risen

rerun

riden

rincon

ripen

riven

rotten

runnion

rosen

rosin

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

russian

sadden

salmon

saffron

samson

salesman

sanction

sardine

sardines

section

saxon

scallion

scotsman

scion

scullion

seaman

season

seton

seedsman

sermon

semen

sequin

shaken

shaman

shirting

shipman

robin

sharpen

shearman

roman

shorten

stillion

shredding

shotgun

showman

shrunken

sicken

smarten

silken

siphon

siren

slogan

shrouding

skirting

station

soften

solon

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

stallion

sodden

spoken

squadron

sportsman

spokesman

statesman

stallman

stiffen

steven

stolen

stockman

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

sweeten

sudden

suction

sullen

summon

sunken

sylvan

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

thicken

tarpon

tappen

tension

tartan

thirteen

thirteenth

shorthand

tighten

tillman

thousand

thirteenths

titan

token

toman

toughen

torsion

townsman

traction

trading

tradings

treadmill

treason

treadmills

treatment

triton

trillion

trodden

treatments

trident

trojan

tubman

turban

tuscan

tungsten

undone

union

urban

urson

urine

urchin

zaman

verdant

wagon

verdin

version

villain

vision

waken

vulcan

wanton

warren

warden

wardens

watchman

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

women

wooden

widen

wizen

woman

woodman

woolen

worsen

woolman

workman

weaken

woven

wording

writing

yaupon

yeoman

yachtsman

writings

zion

3 syllable words

abduction

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

accretion

accession

abstention

abstraction

absorption

acumen

addiction

addition

adhesion

admission

adrian

adoption

adsorption

aegean

african

affection

aggression

affliction

alaskan

albion

aleutian

albumin

alderman

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambition

abandon

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

aerodyne

attraction

anyone

appian

apportion

arkansan

ardently

arian

artesian

ascension

aryan

aspersion

assassin

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attention

attrition

audition

awaken

artisan

avian

austrian

backgammon

australian

aversion

backwoodsman

badminton

baritones

bandwagon

battalion

bartender

bartenders

bedouin

bedridden

bedizen

beethoven

baritone

biotin

benjamin

bitumen

boardinghouse

bosnian

bouillon

breadwinner

brazilian

breadwinners

bulletin

burdensome

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

cardinal

cardinals

carnation

carrion

beholden

cartesian

cation

catalan

caucasian

castration

cartoonist

cartoonists

causation

certainty

certainties

cetacean

certainly

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chardonnay

chardonnays

chilean

citizen

cistercian

cinnamon

citation

civilian

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

coercion

collagen

collection

collegian

collision

cohesion

collusion

cognition

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

compassion

complexion

compression

conception

completion

compulsion

compunction

concession

conclusion

concussion

confession

confection

condition

concoction

confucian

conduction

conflation

confusion

congestion

congressman

connection

conjunction

conscription

connexion

contrition

convection

contraption

contagion

contention

contortion

contraction

constriction

construction

consumption

contusion

convention

convulsion

correction

corruption

corrosion

cortina

corsican

councilman

cortinas

court-martial

countryman

crestfallen

creations

cremation

credential

credenza

conviction

credentialed

credentials

croatian

crustacean

croatians

creation

cyprian

dalmatian

conversion

damnation

deception

decision

declension

deduction

defection

deletion

deflection

deflation

delusion

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

derision

depression

description

desertion

detection

detention

destruction

determine

dictation

devotion

discipline

diffraction

diffusion

digression

direction

dimension

digestion

dilation

dilution

discretion

dissection

discussion

dissension

dispersion

diversion

division

disruption

distortion

distinction

distraction

disunion

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

duration

durations

earthenware

election

ejection

edition

elation

egyptian

eleven

elison

embolden

emission

emblazon

emotion

encryption

equation

enlighten

enliven

englishman

emulsion

erection

etruscan

erosion

eruption

feminine

everyone

evasion

exaction

excision

excursion

exception

exemption

exertion

exclusion

excretion

exhaustion

expression

expansion

explosion

expulsion

extension

fabian

extortion

extraction

extrusion

farthingale

ferryman

fenian

eviction

fijian

filtration

horatian

firedamp

fisherman

forbidden

fixation

flirtation

foramen

flotation

fortunate

forgotten

formation

fortuna

fortnightly

foundation

franciscan

freemason

freudian

freethinker

freethinkers

fustian

fruition

frustration

galleon

gardener

garrison

gardeners

gardening

gardenias

gestation

gentleman

genuine

gaussian

ghanaian

gillian

gradient

gradation

gradients

gordian

gravamen

grobian

guardian

guardians

guncotton

gyration

gyrations

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

hardener

handwoven

companion

hardeners

hawaiian

harlequin

heartbroken

hardening

heroin

heroine

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

illusion

ignition

imagine

immersion

inclusion

impression

imprison

implosion

in-person

impassion

inception

inaction

incision

incursion

indian

extinction

infection

induction

infarction

inflection

inflation

infusion

infliction

infraction

ingestion

injection

inhuman

injunction

insertion

inscription

instruction

intention

intestine

intrusion

invention

invasion

inversion

irritant

italian

irritants

inspection

irian

irishman

jettison

jacobin

javelin

jamaican

jovian

julian

keynesian

kantian

keratin

lactation

korean

lanolin

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

laurentian

libyan

ligation

libration

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

marathon

marathons

marian

margarine

maritime

maritimes

forewoman

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

mexican

migration

midshipman

misshapen

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

moroccan

narration

myosin

muskmelon

munition

musician

mutation

negation

nebraskan

niacin

possession

nevadan

nemean

nitrogen

nonhuman

notation

norwegian

nonunion

obsession

occasion

nubian

nobleman

objection

nutrition

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

omission

oppression

oration

odeon

opinion

optation

optician

orations

ordinance

origin

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parisian

parthian

parthenon

pardoning

patrician

partisan

partition

partnership

partnerships

pavilion

pelican

percussion

pentathlon

perception

perfection

perfusion

permian

permission

persuasion

petition

phrygian

peterman

perversion

phoenician

physician

plebeian

plantation

policeman

pertinent

pollution

precession

orion

porcelain

position

precision

precaution

portmanteau

preclusion

predation

prediction

shortening

predestine

preemption

prescription

pretension

pretensions

procession

presumption

pretended

prevention

profession

pretender

privation

probation

production

profusion

progression

projection

pretenders

promotion

proportion

propulsion

protean

protection

provision

prostration

prudency

prudential

prudently

puritans

ramadan

puritan

reaction

rebellion

quotation

reception

recession

recision

redemption

reduction

proscription

reflection

regimen

rejection

relation

religion

remission

regression

rendition

reopen

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

resumption

restriction

retention

reversion

revision

reunion

retraction

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

samoan

saleswoman

salvation

secession

scythian

scrutiny

scrutinize

scorpion

sedation

seduction

seclusion

selection

secretion

sedition

sensation

short-winded

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

timberman

stygian

suppression

submersion

submission

subscription

subtraction

summation

subversion

succession

superman

suggestion

sumatran

suburban

suspension

suspicion

syrian

tamarin

talisman

tactician

technician

taxation

temptation

thespian

threatening

toboggan

transition

tradition

transaction

transcription

transfusion

transgression

transmission

translation

tritium

truncation

unbutton

uncertain

tuition

unburden

uncommon

unbroken

uneven

unison

uterine

unwritten

urethane

vatican

vacation

venison

venetian

vermilion

vocation

volition

vibration

vitamin

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

sardonic

4 syllable words

abolition

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

abyssinian

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

advocation

accordion

adaptation

acquisition

activation

adrenaline

accusation

adoration

admiration

admonition

adulation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

american

amphibian

amputation

ammunition

alternation

animation

annexation

apparition

appalachian

appellation

application

attribution

annotation

approbation

augmentation

arizonan

armageddon

arabian

arbitration

arithmetic

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

athenian

assyrian

apprehension

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

calculation

businesswoman

calibration

canadian

cancellation

californian

carcinogen

centurion

celebration

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

coalition

collocation

collodion

coloradan

comedian

coloration

columbian

combination

commendation

committeeman

cogitation

comparison

commutation

computation

compilation

composition

comprehension

complication

concentration

condescension

condemnation

condensation

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

connotation

conservation

consolation

conjugation

consecration

congregation

constellation

consternation

consultation

consummation

contraception

constipation

constitution

contemplation

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

contribution

convocation

convolution

coordinate

coordinates

corinthian

copernican

coronation

copenhagen

corp.

cotyledon

corporation

correlation

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

conversation

darwinian

devolution

decoration

decimation

declaration

dedication

defamation

decompression

deconstruction

definition

delegation

degradation

deformation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

deposition

depravation

derivation

depredation

dereliction

desecration

desiccation

deprivation

designation

destination

destitution

desolation

desperation

detonation

dietitian

devastation

deviation

dilatation

diocesan

disaffection

diminution

disconnection

dislocation

dispensation

disinflation

disposition

disputation

dissertation

distillation

dissipation

dissolution

distribution

divination

disillusion

dominican

domination

disinfection

draconian

duplication

electrician

education

elevation

emanation

elocution

emigration

embarkation

elongation

equitation

eritrean

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

estonian

estimation

erudition

exhortation

european

evocation

evolution

exclamation

excitation

excavation

execution

exhibition

exhalation

exhumation

expectation

expiration

exploitation

expedition

exploration

exposition

explanation

explication

fallopian

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fascination

eustachian

federation

fermentation

figuration

fibrillation

devonian

floridian

foliation

fluoridation

fluctuation

formulation

fortunately

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

germination

gastrulation

glaciation

graduation

granulation

gorgonian

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guardianship

guatemalan

habitation

hesitation

herculean

hemoglobin

hibernation

competition

historian

himalayan

hegelian

hyperion

hydrocarbon

hypertension

iberian

ideation

illustration

ibuprofen

hungarian

imitation

immolation

immigration

imperfection

importation

implantation

imposition

impregnation

implication

imputation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indentation

indexation

indecision

indigestion

indication

infestation

indiscretion

information

inhalation

indignation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

kindergarten

installation

instigation

institution

indonesian

infiltration

inflammation

insurrection

interaction

interruption

integration

interception

insulation

intercession

intermission

interdiction

interjection

intersection

interurban

interwoven

intimation

intonation

intervention

introspection

introduction

intuition

inundation

invitation

invocation

inspiration

irritation

irrational

irrigation

isolation

iridium

iteration

jacobean

jordanian

jordanians

jubilation

leviathan

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

iranian

levitation

librarian

liberian

liberation

lilliputian

limitation

litigation

liquidation

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

mammalian

malnutrition

manumission

malformation

jurisdiction

masturbation

maturation

meditation

medication

mediation

melanesian

meridian

menstruation

orchestration

compensation

minnesotan

misbegotten

miseration

ministration

misconception

misperception

missourian

mitigation

moderation

molestation

moravian

motivation

modulation

mutilation

napoleon

mongolian

navigation

mortification

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obsidian

oblivion

obligation

observation

obfuscation

occupation

octahedron

obstetrician

ohioan

olympian

operation

opposition

nigerian

ordinary

ordinaries

ordination

ordinances

pedestrian

ostentation

oscillation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

pagination

pagurian

paraguayan

pavlovian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

perturbation

plutonian

politician

polyhedron

polynesian

population

praetorian

preconception

precondition

predetermine

predilection

preparation

preelection

premonition

predominate

preignition

predominates

preservation

presentation

procreation

proclamation

profanation

prohibition

predominance

proposition

predominant

protestation

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

readmission

radiation

realization

reassertion

recitation

reawaken

recantation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

smithsonian

propagation

reelection

prosecution

refutation

reformation

reparation

regulation

reinspection

repercussion

repetition

registration

relocation

prostitution

renovation

repossession

relaxation

replication

reposition

reproduction

restoration

restitution

reservation

resolution

respiration

requisition

resignation

resurrection

rhetorician

reputation

retrocession

revelation

revocation

revolution

retribution

retardation

rhododendron

republican

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

sectarian

scrutinizes

segmentation

segregation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

reconstruction

recreation

siberian

sicilian

simonian

situation

simulation

speculation

statistician

reexamine

strangulation

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

supervision

superhuman

superstition

suffocation

supposition

surrogation

syndication

syncopation

tamoxifen

tabulation

termination

tetrahedron

tasmanian

titillation

toleration

transformation

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

usurpation

utopian

variation

vacillation

validation

variations

valerian

valuation

vaccination

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

victorian

vindication

wagnerian

violation

visitation

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

administration

adjudication

adulteration

accumulation

affiliation

agglomeration

alliteration

alienation

alleviation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

amplification

amalgamation

annihilation

anticipation

argumentation

appreciation

assemblywoman

association

assassination

assimilation

appropriation

attenuation

approximation

babylonian

authentication

authorization

augustinian

articulation

argentinian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

centenarian

centralization

certification

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

commemoration

colonization

communication

carthaginian

beethovenian

concatenation

conciliation

confederation

configuration

confabulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

conglomeration

congratulation

cooperation

coordinated

coordination

corroboration

creationism

deceleration

decomposition

delicatessen

degeneration

defenestration

deification

deliberation

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

desalination

depreciation

desegregation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

disintegration

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

discrimination

disembarkation

domestication

disinclination

decapitation

elaboration

ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

epicurean

enumeration

equalization

equivocation

eradication

ethiopian

dramatization

evaporation

evacuation

exasperation

exaggeration

excoriation

exfoliation

exacerbation

examination

exhilaration

expatriation

expropriation

exoskeleton

facilitation

falsification

extermination

exoneration

evaluation

fertilization

fortification

glorification

gratification

gasification

hanoverian

hallucination

harmonization

humiliation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

hybridization

hydrogenation

illumination

imagination

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incineration

incarceration

immunization

incorporation

incrimination

inhabitation

initiation

insemination

indoctrination

infatuation

interpolation

interconnection

interpretation

interrogation

intimidation

intoxication

inoculation

investigation

insinuation

irradiation

irrationally

jeffersonian

instrumentation

irredentism

invalidation

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

justification

manipulation

ionization

edification

maximilian

mechanization

maximization

metropolitan

misapprehension

misapplication

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

negotiation

mathematician

neutralization

nickelodeon

nonintervention

nonsectarian

notification

normalization

obliteration

nullification

nitroglycerine

oregonian

ordinarily

organization

orientation

origination

ossification

pacification

overproduction

panamanian

participation

patagonian

pasteurization

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

peritoneal

periodontal

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

ornamentation

predestination

presbyterian

premeditation

preoccupation

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

proletarian

proliferation

predisposition

purification

prognostication

puritanical

predominantly

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

puritanism

puritanisms

pythagorean

qualification

recommendation

quantification

recombination

pronunciation

rectification

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reintegration

reiteration

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

rejuvenation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

repudiation

recuperation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

recrimination

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

specialization

stratification

substantiation

subordination

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

sterilization

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

unitarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word threaten

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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