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

actions

acting

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

asthma

atman

astound

astounds

auction

auctions

austin

auden

bacon

basin

bason

bastion

bastions

brakeman

baldwin

baron

barren

bargain

barton

blacken

basting

banyan

baston

baton

batten

bayman

beacon

beckon

batton

beaten

belgian

bellman

bellon

begun

bison

billion

billman

billon

bracken

bookman

bisson

brazen

bagman

bludgeon

boatman

bitten

blowgun

bobbin

boasting

bollen

bourbon

bordman

bolden

bookstand

boston

bookstands

boughten

bowman

brethren

breton

brighten

broken

briton

broaden

brogan

burden

bullion

burdon

burgeon

captain

caisson

cajun

calvin

cabin

capstan

canaan

canton

cannon

canon

canyon

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

casting

castings

caxton

cayman

caution

cauldron

certain

chairman

chasten

chastened

chaplain

chapman

charon

cheapen

chessman

chevron

chieftain

christian

churchman

chicken

christen

children

chestnut

chestnuts

chosen

citron

claxon

classman

coasting

clinton

coachman

colon

common

burman

copeman

corban

cordon

costing

costume

costumes

cotton

cousin

cowan

craftsman

craven

damson

cretin

crimson

crewman

crouton

cushion

curtain

cuban

cumin

custom

dagon

dagan

daman

deacon

dalton

customs

dampen

darken

burton

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

delphian

desman

destin

devon

dian

diction

dictum

disdain

disdained

disdains

distance

distant

distend

distinct

doctrine

dobson

draftsman

dragon

dudgeon

dolphin

drunken

dozen

driven

dromon

dukedom

dungeon

dolman

earthen

eaten

eden

eighteen

dustman

ermine

dutchman

elan

eighteenth

emption

ensign

engine

eighteens

esteem

extant

extend

extends

extinct

extent

famine

factions

falcon

fallen

fashion

fasten

fastened

faustian

fatten

faulcon

felon

fightings

fiction

fictions

fibrin

fielden

fighting

flashgun

fission

fireman

firman

flatten

floren

footman

festoon

foreign

foreman

eyestone

fortune

freshen

freedman

freeman

fountain

friction

freshman

frighten

frozen

function

fusion

gallon

gammon

gascon

garron

garden

gentian

german

gibbon

gilden

given

gladden

glisten

glidden

golden

goodman

gluten

grandson

gorgon

gotten

gowan

grecian

georgian

graven

griffon

gumption

gudgeon

guardsman

hasten

hackman

hastens

hangman

happen

harden

harken

harten

haven

hausen

headman

headsman

heathen

henchman

hempen

heaven

heighten

hearten

heightens

heron

hessian

hetman

hidden

hogan

homespun

horseman

houseman

hosting

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

bushman

hyson

ibsen

hyphen

hymen

button

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetson

jetton

kremlin

jordan

kalan

kansan

keelson

kelson

kirkman

kelvin

jorden

kenyan

keystone

klansman

kitchen

kitten

junction

laden

lampron

landman

lagan

lactone

landsman

layman

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

keystones

lasting

legion

lesson

lengthen

lessen

lesion

leman

lemon

leven

lichen

lighten

lightman

lightens

lighting

lightning

liken

lineman

liman

linden

linemen

linen

lion

listen

lisbon

lightnings

listens

listing

listings

liven

lockman

locken

logan

london

longan

lotion

lopeman

loren

lumen

luncheon

lyden

lynden

madden

m1

maiden

mahone

mansion

mangan

marchman

marksman

marron

marten

mason

margin

martin

markman

matron

marlin

mention

martian

melton

melon

loosen

mignon

milken

minden

million

minion

mission

mitten

mayan

moisten

molten

motion

morgan

mormon

mountain

muffin

mullen

muslin

mutton

nekton

mustang

newsman

mustangs

ninon

nightmares

nightmare

nighttimes

nighttime

notion

norman

oarsman

ocean

octane

odin

often

omen

onion

open

option

olden

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

othman

ousting

oven

oxen

owen

passion

packman

paean

pagan

panton

pardon

parson

passman

pectin

pension

patron

pathan

peacetime

pastimes

pastime

patten

penguin

pavon

penman

peon

person

persian

perron

pigeon

pillion

piston

pinion

pistons

portion

plankton

plantain

platen

poison

ponton

pollan

pollen

portman

posting

postman

postings

postmark

potion

pitman

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

question

platten

pullen

questions

ration

quicken

ragtime

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

rectum

redden

region

rerun

resin

resting

riden

ribbon

ridden

right-hand

rincon

ripen

samson

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowan

rowen

ruin

roasting

rumen

salesman

russian

saffron

sadden

salmon

runnion

sanction

saxon

satan

santon

satin

scallion

scion

seaman

season

scotsman

scullion

sections

seedsman

selden

semen

session

shaken

sexton

sequin

shakedown

shaman

shakedowns

sermon

seton

seven

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shogun

shorten

shotgun

showman

shrunken

sicken

silken

sightings

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

sixteen

sixteens

sixteenth

sistine

smarten

smitten

sixteenths

soldan

sovereign

sodden

soften

solon

sovran

spartan

spokesman

sportsman

spoken

squadron

stallion

spearman

stallman

suasion

statesman

stepson

steven

stiffen

stillion

stockman

straighten

strengthen

sturgeon

stricken

stolen

striven

tension

sighting

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

surgeon

sunken

sustain

sustained

sweeten

syphon

sylvan

swollen

system

systems

taken

tendon

tasting

talon

tappen

tastings

tarpon

tartan

sustains

teston

testing

thicken

zaman

thousand

titan

token

tightens

tillman

toman

toasting

torsion

threaten

townsman

touchdown

treason

touchdowns

toughen

trillion

triton

turban

tungsten

tubman

tuscan

trodden

trojan

twisting

urson

urchin

urban

urine

union

tighten

undone

waken

vegan

victim

victims

version

vestments

villain

vision

vesting

vestment

workman

wasting

wagon

vulcan

wanton

warden

watchman

warren

weaken

worsen

weapon

whitson

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woodman

woman

women

wooden

woolen

wisdom

woolman

woven

yachtsman

written

yachting

yaupon

yeoman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

ablution

abdomen

abrasion

abortion

abstraction

absorption

abstention

academe

accession

accretion

accidents

acetone

accident

addition

acumen

addiction

adhesion

admission

adoption

adrian

adsorption

affliction

african

aggression

alaskan

albion

albumin

alderman

alien

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

aleutian

andean

anglican

anyone

appian

apportion

aegean

affection

arkansan

artisan

artesian

aryan

ascension

assertion

aspersion

assumption

assassin

avian

asuncion

astounded

astounding

attention

attraction

audition

attrition

auctioneer

auctioneers

astonish

australian

asthmatics

asthmatic

aversion

austrian

backgammon

awaken

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

bedridden

bedouin

bedizen

beethoven

benjamin

besetting

beholden

begotten

biotin

bitumen

bouillon

bosnian

brazilian

arian

bulletin

cambrian

capsaicin

bystander

bystanders

campion

croatian

crustacean

carnation

cardigan

carrion

cartesian

castration

catalan

cation

chairperson

chamberlain

chairwoman

charlatan

charwoman

champion

cinnamon

chilean

citizen

clarendon

civilian

clarion

cistercian

clergyman

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collection

collagen

collegian

collision

collusion

commission

commotion

combustion

communion

complexion

companion

completion

compression

compulsion

compassion

compunction

conception

connection

concession

concussion

concoction

confection

condition

conclusion

conduction

confession

conflation

congestion

confucian

confusion

congressman

conjunction

connexion

conscription

contention

contagion

contortion

consumption

contraction

constriction

construction

contrition

contraption

convection

contusion

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

corruption

corrosion

corsican

costumers

costumer

councilman

countryman

crestfallen

customer

cyprian

customers

customize

decadent

decadents

deception

declension

decision

decedents

deflation

deduction

deletion

digression

defection

deflection

desertion

dentition

denizen

depiction

depletion

depression

derision

description

delusion

detection

devotion

destiny

destruction

destinies

detention

determine

dissection

dilution

digestion

diffraction

diffusion

dimension

direction

discretion

discussion

dissension

disdainful

discipline

dispersion

disruption

dissidence

dissident

dissidents

distances

distemper

distraction

distortion

distinction

distinctions

distinctive

distinguished

distinguish

distinctly

disunion

diversion

division

evasion

dorian

dominion

downtrodden

edition

eruption

egyptian

election

ejection

eleven

elison

emotion

emblazon

emission

emulsion

embolden

equation

encryption

enlighten

enliven

equating

equations

englishman

erection

erosion

echidna

estimate

estimates

etruscan

eviction

everyone

exaction

exceeding

exception

exertion

excitement

exciting

decedent

excretion

excursion

exemption

exhaustion

exclusion

foundation

expansion

extraction

explosion

expression

extension

expulsion

extender

extenders

extortion

extensions

extensive

extinction

extinctions

extinguished

extinguish

extrusion

fabian

fastener

fasteners

fastening

fastenings

fenian

feminine

ferryman

fictional

filtration

fijian

formation

foramen

fisherman

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

excision

gentleman

fruition

freudian

frustration

galleon

fustian

garrison

gaussian

franciscan

genuine

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gravamen

guesstimate

guesstimates

guncotton

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

guardian

heroin

heroine

hesitant

horizon

housebroken

heartbroken

grobian

inaction

hydrogen

immersion

ignition

illusion

imagine

impression

impassion

imprison

implosion

in-person

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

induction

infarction

infection

inflation

ingestion

inflection

infliction

infraction

infusion

inhuman

injection

insertion

injunction

invasion

inscription

intention

instruction

intestine

inspection

intrusion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

istanbul

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

locating

kantian

keynesian

keratin

jovian

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

julian

korean

lastingly

lesbian

lightening

liechtenstein

libyan

listener

listeners

listening

logician

lumberman

malaysian

magdalen

lutheran

magician

macadam

malayan

mandarin

margarine

masculine

marian

median

medicine

medallion

mexican

menhaden

melanin

midshipman

misshapen

mistaken

misfortune

misprision

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

myosin

nemean

nebraskan

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nicotine

nightmarish

nightingale

nutrition

nonunion

norwegian

nubian

objection

nonhuman

obsession

obstruction

optation

occident

occlusion

octillion

odeon

omission

oppression

opinion

optician

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

permission

perfection

perfusion

permian

persuasion

perversion

phoenician

peterman

petition

phrygian

physician

pretension

plebeian

position

policeman

pollution

porcelain

positions

possession

predestine

abandon

preclusion

precision

prediction

postnatal

postmasters

preemption

post-mortem

postmaster

prevention

prescription

presumption

procession

profession

progression

production

profusion

projection

promotion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

prostration

protection

protean

provision

pseudonym

pseudonyms

puritan

questioner

questioners

questionnaire

questionnaires

ramadan

reaction

reactions

rebellion

recession

reception

rectangle

rectangles

redemption

reduction

reflection

recision

regression

rejection

regimen

remission

rendition

religion

reopen

resection

repression

rescission

reptilian

residence

resident

residents

restriction

resumption

retention

retraction

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

right-handed

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

secretion

secession

seclusion

scythian

sectional

sedition

selection

seduction

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

solution

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

starvation

submersion

stygian

submission

succession

suggestion

suburban

subversion

subtraction

succeeding

sumatran

suppression

suspension

superman

suspicion

syrian

systemic

tactician

technician

tamarin

talisman

tectonic

sustenance

tectonics

subscription

testament

testaments

thespian

timberman

toboggan

toastmaster

translation

tradition

transition

transgression

transaction

transcription

transmission

transfusion

truncation

tuition

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unison

uterine

unwritten

uneven

unbroken

venetian

venison

vatican

veteran

victimize

vermilion

visiting

vitamin

volition

waterman

wesleyan

ticketing

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

academic

activation

actionable

academies

academy

academics

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accusation

acquisition

admiration

adaptation

admonition

accidental

adoration

annexation

adulation

advocation

affirmation

affectation

application

annotation

aggravation

adrenaline

agitation

aggregation

albanian

alabaman

agrarian

aldebaran

amputation

allegation

alteration

altercation

alternation

ammunition

algonquian

american

amphibian

algerian

animation

appellation

apparition

appalachian

approbation

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

assyrian

arizonan

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

athenian

astonishment

astonishing

augmentation

attribution

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

armageddon

calculation

calibration

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

circulation

chameleon

collocation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collodion

coloradan

coloration

combination

commendation

comedian

committeeman

columbian

commutation

complication

computation

comprehension

compensation

comparison

composition

conjugation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

connotation

conservation

consecration

consternation

consolation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consummation

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contrarian

contradiction

contravention

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

competition

exhumation

compilation

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

customary

cyclopean

customizes

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

decompression

deconstruction

desecration

defamation

delegation

deformation

degradation

dehydration

definition

demarcation

demonstration

demolition

derivation

desolation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

deposition

dereliction

designation

desperation

destination

destinations

destitution

deviation

detonation

devastation

devolution

devonian

dichotomy

dilatation

excitation

dietitian

dictionary

dictionaries

diminution

disputation

dislocation

diocesan

disaffection

disinflation

disillusion

disinfection

disconnection

dispensation

disposition

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

distinguishing

distinguishes

distinctively

distribution

education

estimation

divination

domination

draconian

dominican

duplication

erudition

elevation

electrician

elocution

emanation

embarkation

emigration

elongation

emulation

equitation

equestrian

englishwoman

eritrean

estimated

estimable

estimations

eustachian

estimator

estonian

estimators

estonians

european

exclamation

evolution

excavation

exceedingly

expiration

exploration

ideation

execution

exhalation

explanation

exhibition

expectation

exhortation

expedition

explication

exploitation

exposition

extendible

extenuate

extinguisher

extinguishers

extinguishment

extensively

extrication

extradition

fabrication

federation

fallopian

fascination

fluctuation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

foliation

fluoridation

formulation

fragmentation

imitation

fumigation

generation

galilean

gastrulation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

germination

graduation

granulation

gravitation

gorgonian

greco-roman

gregorian

hungarian

guatemalan

habitation

herculean

hegelian

hemoglobin

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

hesitantly

historian

hesitancy

immolation

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

hydrocarbon

illustration

implication

imputation

incantation

incarnation

immigration

implantation

impregnation

importation

imperfection

imposition

inclination

inattention

businesswoman

precondition

incubation

incrustation

indecision

indentation

indexation

indication

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

indonesian

innovation

inhalation

infestation

information

inflammation

infiltration

inhibition

inquisition

intimation

installation

invocation

intercession

interaction

integration

isolation

iteration

institution

interception

intonation

intermission

interruption

interdiction

intersection

intervention

interjection

interurban

interwoven

inundation

intuition

introspection

introduction

inspiration

invitation

iranian

instigation

irrigation

irritation

insulation

jacobean

isotonic

insurrection

laceration

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

jubilation

lancastrian

legislation

legitimate

levitation

leviathan

liberation

librarian

liberian

limitation

lilliputian

liquidation

liquefaction

legitimize

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

mammalian

malnutrition

manumission

maturation

masturbation

meditation

miseration

mediation

moderation

menstruation

melanesian

meridian

ministration

mitigation

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

misdemeanors

misperception

missourian

misdemeanor

molestation

modulation

moravian

motivation

mortification

navigation

mutilation

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

observation

mongolian

noblewoman

nomination

obfuscation

obligation

nonprescription

nonpartisan

oblivion

nicaraguan

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

occidental

operation

olympian

ohioan

opposition

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

ostensible

ostensibly

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

penetration

pelagian

pedestrian

pavlovian

penicillin

perforation

permutation

perspiration

perturbation

persecution

peruvian

pigmentation

population

planarian

plutonian

polyhedron

polynesian

politician

posthumously

preconception

praetorian

predetermine

preparation

preelection

preignition

premonition

predilection

preservation

procreation

presentation

provocation

proclamation

profanation

prohibition

punctuation

propagation

proposition

publication

prosecution

protestation

prostitution

protozoan

questionable

reassertion

realization

readmission

reawaken

recantation

recitation

reclamation

recollection

refutation

recognition

reelection

reconstruction

rectangular

reexamine

reformation

regulation

registration

reinspection

relaxation

reparation

renovation

replication

respiration

restoration

repercussion

repetition

reposition

reputation

repossession

requisition

reproduction

republican

reservation

resignation

residential

residency

residences

residencies

resolution

restitution

resurrection

revelation

retardation

retrocession

retribution

rhetorician

revolution

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simulation

simonian

situation

smithsonian

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

statistician

strangulation

subluxation

subdivision

suffocation

substitution

surrogation

superstition

supervision

supposition

sustainable

superhuman

syndication

syncopation

tabulation

tasmanian

tamoxifen

termination

testimony

testimonies

tetrahedron

vaccination

toleration

titillation

transformation

trepidation

transportation

transplantation

tribulation

usurpation

ulceration

utopian

vacillation

variation

veneration

validation

vegetation

ventilation

victorian

violation

vindication

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

valerian

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academically

academician

accommodation

academicians

acceleration

accreditation

accumulation

accidentally

adjudication

administration

affiliation

amplification

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amelioration

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

adulteration

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

articulation

assassination

association

assimilation

assemblywoman

authentication

authorization

attenuation

augustinian

argentinian

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carthaginian

carolinian

cauterization

centralization

centenarian

certification

christianization

clarification

civilization

classification

coagulation

codification

collaboration

cohabitation

colonization

communication

commemoration

concatenation

confabulation

conciliation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

deceleration

exfoliation

customarily

decapitation

decomposition

deification

degeneration

defenestration

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

denomination

depreciation

desalination

depopulation

desegregation

denunciation

determination

discoloration

disembarkation

discrimination

dionysian

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

distinguishable

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

elimination

electrocution

emancipation

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

eradication

equivocation

elizabethan

evaluation

ejaculation

evacuation

ethiopian

evaporation

exacerbation

exasperation

exaggeration

examination

excoriation

expatriation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

expropriation

extermination

extenuating

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

humiliation

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

hybridization

hydrogenation

imagination

hyperinflation

hyperborean

illumination

inactivation

immunization

improvisation

inauguration

incarceration

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

insemination

inoculation

interpolation

irradiation

insinuation

interconnection

interrogation

interpretation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

ionization

investigation

instrumentation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

legitimacy

legitimately

libertarian

legitimizes

localization

lithuanian

lusitanias

magnification

macedonians

magnetization

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

mechanization

maximilian

maximization

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

modernization

mobilization

misapprehension

misinformation

mississippian

modification

mummification

multiplication

negotiation

neutralization

neapolitan

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

notification

normalization

nullification

nonsectarian

nonintervention

obliteration

orientation

origination

ornamentation

organization

ossification

pacification

panamanian

participation

overproduction

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

predestination

precipitation

preoccupation

premeditation

prevarication

presupposition

presbyterian

procrastination

prognostication

predisposition

pronunciation

proliferation

proletarian

purification

qualification

quantification

pythagorean

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

reactionary

reactionaries

recombination

recommendation

recuperation

rectification

recrimination

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reiteration

reintegration

rejuvenation

repatriation

remuneration

renunciation

repudiation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

oregonian

simplification

sophistication

solicitation

specification

sterilization

specialization

stratification

subordination

synchronization

systematically

testamentary

testimonial

testimonials

substantiation

theologian

triangulation

unification

utilization

unitarian

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word vacation

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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