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

samson

damson

emption

gumption

caption

traction

sanction

action

mansion

faction

fraction

hessian

mission

ration

russian

ashen

fashion

fission

freshen

mahone

passion

prussian

session

grandson

lampron

gambit

dobson

claxon

dampen

saxon

amman

bason

bisson

cabin

christen

famine

fasten

gammon

glisten

lessen

lesson

listen

salmon

diction

fiction

flashgun

tension

flexion

question

torsion

freshman

friction

craftsman

draftsman

function

gentian

mention

junction

suction

martian

section

auction

christian

pension

portion

option

bastion

bludgeon

capstan

caution

caxton

cushion

dudgeon

gambits

grecian

gudgeon

haitian

kitchen

nation

pathan

pigeon

station

vision

alban

acton

alman

atman

canyon

captain

carbon

ensign

falcon

jackman

fibrin

jasmine

jetson

kansan

keelson

packman

kelson

oxen

passman

piston

plantain

kremlin

aspen

banyan

baston

canton

hempen

bagman

calvin

gascon

hackman

ibsen

m1

parson

stepson

panton

santon

scallion

whitson

saffron

stallion

tuscan

corban

chapman

chaplain

chessman

arson

tubman

teston

classman

pressman

plankton

belgian

brethren

engine

faustian

fortune

georgian

hangman

dungeon

mangan

margin

luncheon

bushman

billon

gallon

beckon

common

thicken

ninon

seven

weapon

bellon

jason

begun

jetton

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

robin

sadden

shaman

threaten

urban

women

alan

batten

basin

batton

baton

baron

barren

bayman

bison

cayman

garron

german

gladden

happen

given

hasten

griffon

heaven

gibbon

glidden

heron

hidden

hymen

hyson

perron

reckon

sermon

toughen

redden

person

satin

turban

urson

wiccan

written

bitten

bobbin

blacken

bourbon

bracken

breton

briton

burman

button

caisson

cannon

canon

charon

chasten

chicken

cousin

daman

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

dragon

driven

ermine

fatten

felon

firman

flatten

lagan

latin

layman

kitten

lambda

leaden

lemon

leaven

ledden

liman

linen

madden

marron

melon

mitten

mason

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

patten

platen

platten

prison

slacken

stricken

summon

quicken

sicken

smitten

stiffen

striven

sudden

sullen

talon

vegan

tappen

villain

wagon

worsen

zaman

cauldron

baldwin

doctrine

strengthen

dustman

sexton

landman

homespun

klansman

lengthen

motion

burgeon

ocean

surgeon

persian

sturgeon

suasion

version

asian

earthen

notion

cajun

potion

lotion

urchin

tungsten

tempting

airman

apron

austin

bargain

barton

bellman

billion

boston

billman

brakeman

carman

carmine

carton

chevron

chairman

citron

clinton

dalton

crimson

desman

cordon

darken

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

fireman

foreman

fountain

garden

gilden

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hetman

houseman

jargon

jordan

jorden

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lockman

london

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

matron

melton

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

morgan

mormon

mountain

muslin

nekton

onion

norman

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

pardon

patron

pectin

penman

pillion

pinion

pitman

ponton

runnion

shipman

shorten

shotgun

sovereign

sylvan

tartan

tendon

scullion

selden

sharpen

silken

stockman

sultan

tarpon

tillman

trillion

wanton

vulcan

warden

workman

smarten

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

stallman

stillion

undone

landsman

watchman

churchman

othman

drunken

dutchman

longan

rincon

shrunken

sunken

auden

bacon

bollen

boughten

bowman

brazen

brighten

broaden

burden

burdon

burton

canaan

certain

cotton

craven

crewman

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

demon

dromon

fallen

floren

foreign

freeman

frighten

gotten

heighten

scotsman

graven

haven

human

yachtsman

hyphen

salesman

symptom

hausen

kalan

leman

laden

lichen

lighten

townsman

liken

lumen

moisten

umpteen

wombats

liven

locken

loosen

lyden

maiden

statesman

loren

often

pollan

portman

omen

pagan

pavon

pollen

pullen

raven

riden

ripen

roman

rosin

rotten

rumen

satan

seaman

semen

shaken

showman

siphon

siren

snippet

sodden

soften

straighten

syphon

taken

thousand

tighten

titan

toman

triton

trodden

waken

warren

whiten

widen

wizen

woman

wooden

woolen

yaupon

yeoman

zircon

combats

bordman

competes

delphian

headsman

horseman

children

imbeds

marchman

markman

oarsman

fusion

heathen

region

trojan

henchman

legion

lesion

penguin

boatman

bolden

bookman

bullion

chieftain

combat

compete

copeman

cowan

dian

downbeat

embed

fielden

footman

freedman

golden

goodman

gowan

guardsman

huntsman

imbed

ion

newsman

rayon

scion

shearman

snippets

soldan

unfit

union

urine

lion

lopeman

marksman

mayan

molten

olden

paean

peon

sequin

sportsman

symptoms

wombat

woodman

woolman

zion

coachman

umpteenth

compute

beacon

blowgun

brogan

beaten

broken

eden

cheapen

chosen

eaten

colon

cretin

crouton

deacon

deepen

elan

frozen

hoven

leven

impedes

gluten

reason

limpets

hogan

logan

proven

odin

open

postman

poison

hoten

rerun

season

seton

empties

spokesman

slogan

spoken

solon

rosen

seedsman

shogun

steven

stolen

sweeten

swollen

token

treason

weaken

wheaten

woven

computes

empty

impede

inept

compote

invite

sumpter

rowen

rowan

owen

ruin

impute

invites

invade

lymphoid

removed

invades

confide

gunboat

unbowed

gunboats

confides

unmoved

3 syllable words

forbidden

cambrian

magician

talisman

albion

elison

abduction

affliction

contrition

ramadan

conviction

campion

compulsion

champion

compression

jettison

vatican

completion

addiction

alsatian

accretion

compassion

concussion

dalmatian

irishman

lactation

nutrition

obsession

plantation

salvation

secretion

stagnation

ignition

taxation

temptation

collision

commotion

phoenician

transcription

venetian

volition

halogen

munition

musician

provision

sedition

summation

promotion

adhesion

ambrosian

badminton

derision

fruition

complexion

tuition

encryption

transgression

parisian

prescription

castration

chamberlain

african

dominion

conduction

bedridden

cardigan

vermilion

convulsion

impression

temptations

lumberman

magdalen

transaction

translation

logician

unbutton

unwritten

compunction

abortion

apportion

artesian

cartesian

depiction

depletion

dimension

excision

emulsion

eviction

libration

nitrogen

norwegian

prediction

preemption

vibration

catalan

proportion

conscription

constriction

andean

subscription

oxygen

production

propulsion

halcyon

lesbian

ablation

kantian

formation

perception

reduction

hammerman

javelin

hydrogen

gestation

sensation

perfection

incision

lanolin

ablution

adoption

objection

impassion

asuncion

emblazon

embolden

egyptian

appian

imprison

fabian

combatant

infliction

restriction

niacin

aleutian

division

galleon

correction

decision

deletion

direction

cremation

dilution

emotion

description

narration

precision

gradation

probation

flirtation

procession

religion

revision

proscription

profession

reaction

recision

rescission

masculine

solution

myosin

albumin

tamarin

octillion

cessation

permian

plebeian

collegian

reptilian

pollution

possession

arian

origin

vacation

abdomen

anglican

artisan

assumption

brazilian

charlatan

civilian

concoction

confucian

contortion

corsican

distinction

embattle

englishman

everyone

horatian

impatience

impatient

laotian

misprision

opinion

partisan

pavilion

porcelain

presumption

redemption

resumption

timberman

unburden

abstraction

conjunction

construction

inscription

obstruction

protection

laurentian

regression

submersion

adrian

attention

affection

digression

collagen

inaction

subversion

succession

dissection

anyone

suppression

bouillon

bosnian

backwoodsman

aggression

ascension

abrasion

bulletin

selection

embitter

accession

combatants

connexion

collection

concession

oppression

connection

freemason

gordian

guardian

progression

jacobin

jamaican

keynesian

scorpion

confession

mandarin

mummified

specimen

suburban

toboggan

uneven

wesleyan

absorption

abstention

adsorption

congressman

consumption

excretion

exemption

extinction

causation

bandwagon

confident

muskmelon

projection

alien

assertion

confidence

snapdragon

desertion

elation

fisherman

gyration

aryan

biotin

corruption

clarion

immersion

grobian

korean

margarine

gaussian

irian

libyan

cetacean

devotion

lecithin

ligation

citation

dilation

simian

nemean

handwoven

percussion

predation

cation

housebroken

dorian

negation

digestion

carrion

saccharin

recession

communion

oration

perversion

nubian

embattled

harlequin

marian

samoan

impedance

avian

suggestion

impotent

unbroken

parthian

precession

secession

privation

sedation

attraction

implosion

contention

confection

conception

declension

midshipman

suspension

retraction

diffraction

exaction

convection

convention

coercion

austrian

cohesion

corrosion

perfusion

capsaicin

discipline

mexican

croatian

sumatran

creation

aegean

scythian

phrygian

nobleman

rebellion

stygian

heartbroken

congestion

snapdragons

keratin

medicine

pelican

aspersion

carnation

crustacean

detection

discussion

beethoven

detention

dispersion

dissension

dictation

eruption

foundation

pretension

prevention

reception

retention

seduction

assassin

cinnamon

cistercian

silicon

determine

skeleton

eleven

citizen

gravamen

election

exertion

misshapen

unison

fixation

optation

fustian

starvation

denizen

erection

thespian

venison

hydration

deception

deduction

depression

waterman

deflation

defection

inhibit

insertion

migration

repression

resection

revulsion

amputate

transfusion

contraction

distraction

contraption

downtrodden

ejection

subtraction

nonunion

expansion

rejection

infraction

truncation

caucasian

diversion

aversion

collusion

allusion

delusion

donation

duration

erosion

evasion

flotation

illusion

imagine

location

malaysian

mutation

notation

occasion

ovation

precaution

quotation

regimen

relation

reversion

rotation

vocation

inception

induction

bedouin

exception

excursion

exhaustion

filtration

conflation

odeon

chilean

distortion

frustration

disruption

discretion

veteran

deflection

infection

inpatient

invention

reflection

prostration

freudian

fenian

foramen

ghanaian

extraction

gillian

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

jovian

julian

median

protean

misfortune

malayan

inflation

syrian

inhibits

pentathlon

ingestion

injection

backgammon

abandon

alderman

battalion

chairperson

alaskan

combative

genuine

italian

medallion

embedded

in-person

uncertain

mistaken

predestine

rhodopsin

fijian

lutheran

anchorman

beholden

benjamin

menhaden

incursion

invasion

inversion

profusion

conversion

destruction

emptying

equation

exclusion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

extortion

extrusion

seclusion

diffusion

infarction

inpatients

inflection

inspection

contusion

persuasion

preclusion

contagion

occlusion

competent

intestine

disunion

nebraskan

awaken

bitumen

cyprian

bedizen

infidels

outspoken

ferryman

feminine

nevadan

ottoman

arkansan

melanin

indian

overman

peterman

crestfallen

vitamin

puritan

superman

reunion

etruscan

companion

solomon

clergyman

conclusion

confusion

inclusion

infusion

intention

intrusion

singleton

inhuman

injunction

instruction

embodies

guncotton

enlighten

enliven

forewoman

policeman

uncommon

acumen

reopen

charwoman

computer

chairwoman

infidel

rifleman

moroccan

pompadour

horizon

clarendon

inhabit

confiding

somebody

countryman

councilman

confidante

saleswoman

overdone

overrun

emptier

computers

gentleman

forgotten

innovate

renovate

synoptics

inhabits

nonhuman

unfaithful

australian

sympathy

benefits

lymphatic

innovates

synoptic

sympathize

inviting

uterine

sympathies

invading

orion

benefit

embody

ineptly

invader

invaders

confetti

gunpowder

4 syllable words

amphibian

combination

fabrication

statistician

acquisition

abdication

competition

composition

admiration

gravitation

habitation

manumission

opposition

supposition

preignition

proposition

politician

aberration

adoration

laceration

coalition

arbitration

amputation

competitions

malnutrition

abyssinian

graduation

dominican

maturation

saturation

samaritan

abrogation

absolution

abnegation

accusation

activation

aggravation

aggregation

application

approbation

calibration

cancellation

advocation

circumcision

commutation

compilation

cultivation

emulation

exhibition

granulation

imposition

intermission

masturbation

palpitation

precondition

publication

recognition

restitution

superstition

tabulation

apprehension

vaccination

diocesan

maccabean

omnipotent

liberian

affirmation

algerian

allegation

allocation

aspiration

deposition

emanation

appellation

avocation

fumigation

jacobean

domination

erudition

animation

annotation

definition

fascination

germination

intuition

inhibition

assemblyman

levitation

limitation

machination

navigation

nomination

perturbation

recreation

repetition

reposition

resurrection

rumination

sanitation

validation

vacillation

iberian

termination

trepidation

siberian

valuation

ideation

embarkation

aviation

federation

gastrulation

jurisdiction

comparison

compensation

complication

comprehension

adulation

computation

formulation

decoration

generation

fragmentation

substitution

decompression

agitation

tamoxifen

electrician

calculation

radiation

variation

veneration

perforation

preparation

pagination

reparation

cogitation

attribution

separation

acclamation

acclimation

adaptation

affectation

albanian

american

annexation

backwardation

barbarian

benediction

carcinogen

columbian

commendation

committeeman

confirmation

convolution

culmination

dandelion

darwinian

dereliction

disposition

emigration

fermentation

fibrillation

glaciation

hypertension

indecision

inhibitions

invitation

liquidation

lubrication

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

permutation

prostitution

relaxation

requisition

retrocession

simulation

stimulation

strangulation

subdivision

syndication

tasmanian

watermelon

businesswoman

amputations

circumspection

embodiment

contradiction

obstetrician

hyperion

hibernation

imitation

immolation

mammalian

dissipation

desperation

perspiration

diminution

reformation

assyrian

respiration

restoration

supervision

reservation

irritation

jubilation

floridian

locomotion

visitation

galilean

comedian

mitigation

polynesian

arabian

defamation

procreation

titillation

chameleon

valerian

criterion

appalachian

decimation

declaration

preservation

instigation

institution

transformation

malformation

interdiction

crocodilian

armageddon

condemnation

invitations

ostentation

satisfaction

subluxation

transportation

segmentation

constitution

exposition

imperfection

augmentation

expedition

republican

shakespearean

circumvention

implication

imputation

incantation

indignation

inquisition

obfuscation

foliation

meridian

toleration

liberation

nigerian

corinthian

moravian

coloration

deviation

peruvian

moderation

mediation

operation

aldebaran

conservation

competitor

penicillin

consummation

information

observation

immigration

intercession

intimation

persecution

refutation

reclamation

tribulation

altercation

registration

alternation

celebration

conversation

crucifixion

deformation

demarcation

elocution

estimation

expiration

armenian

molestation

eritrean

proclamation

prosecution

protestation

cotyledon

pavlovian

wagnerian

librarian

extradition

californian

computations

expectation

contribution

infiltration

indiscretion

contemplation

demonstration

impregnation

implantation

impediment

disillusion

nonprescription

evolution

corp.

alteration

corporation

englishwoman

devolution

melanesian

reelection

revolution

repossession

resolution

ulceration

usurpation

preelection

inhabitant

menstruation

inflammation

reproduction

pigmentation

arizonan

canadian

disinfection

bolivian

disinflation

draconian

gregorian

napoleon

execution

exploration

collodion

consternation

fallopian

sicilian

simonian

himalayan

impatiently

importation

bavarian

missourian

planarian

retribution

macedonian

athenian

deconstruction

transplantation

noblewoman

impediments

incubation

iteration

miseration

reassertion

surrogation

competitors

reconstruction

violation

gargantuan

predilection

destitution

polyhedron

interaction

recollection

algonquian

accordion

herculean

compatibles

competencies

confidences

confidently

nonpartisan

contravention

cyclopean

centurion

gorgonian

agrarian

guatemalan

exclamation

overburden

predetermine

sectarian

distribution

jordanian

olympian

exploitation

pagurian

situation

inhabitants

inhibiting

arthurian

bifurcation

collocation

figuration

fluoridation

hesitation

hungarian

inhalation

inhibitor

innovation

realization

isolation

repercussion

irrigation

oscillation

recitation

renovation

revelation

revocation

connotation

delegation

coronation

correlation

dedication

derivation

desiccation

exhumation

dissertation

suffocation

dilatation

dissolution

divination

elevation

medication

provocation

meditation

mutilation

desolation

detonation

litigation

mongolian

motivation

profanation

propagation

reinspection

preconception

lancastrian

condescension

octahedron

liquefaction

compatriot

education

european

contrarian

competency

fluctuation

coloradan

hemoglobin

utopian

plutonian

misbegotten

pedestrian

vegetation

modulation

newtonian

praetorian

distillation

bohemian

insulation

insurrection

inspiration

oxidation

renovations

replication

excitation

innovations

interruption

degradation

intonation

regulation

inundation

penetration

occupation

pelagian

hegelian

circulation

self-deception

consolation

designation

dislocation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

destination

devastation

disaffection

indication

inhibited

inhibitors

ordination

ovulation

population

reputation

resignation

retardation

segregation

ventilation

vindication

duplication

leviathan

lilliputian

speculation

stipulation

contraception

equitation

invocation

convocation

presentation

recantation

alabaman

compatriots

competently

conjugation

copernican

custodian

dehydration

elongation

estonian

eustachian

historian

ibuprofen

legislation

minnesotan

reexamine

syncopation

nestorian

paraguayan

consecration

confiscation

evocation

condensation

smithsonian

confidential

constellation

disconnection

incarnation

constipation

dispensation

disputation

ohioan

illustration

relocation

consultation

excavation

exhortation

inclination

indexation

infestation

indentation

installation

integration

interception

intersection

intervention

ministration

misperception

mortification

punctuation

tetrahedron

anybody

devonian

iranian

reawaken

protozoan

adrenaline

exhalation

emphatically

congregation

ineptitude

indigestion

interjection

computerize

concentration

confrontation

conflagration

inattention

incrustation

indonesian

introduction

misconception

orchestration

explanation

explication

extrication

sequestration

equestrian

computerized

hydrocarbon

rhododendron

confederate

greco-roman

interurban

introspection

inveterate

nicaraguan

symbiotic

victorian

competitive

interwoven

confederates

renovator

inhabited

innovator

superhuman

gentlewoman

kindergarten

unobtrusive

innovative

innovators

renovators

infatuate

empty-handed

sympathizer

compatible

sympathetic

sympathizes

sympathizers

copenhagen

infatuates

5 syllable words

amortization

mathematician

recombination

stratification

dramatization

ramification

academician

mummification

dionysian

normalization

anticipation

harmonization

presbyterian

inactivation

maximilian

maximization

decomposition

acceleration

assemblywoman

canonization

classification

coagulation

colonization

conciliation

consideration

decapitation

gasification

glorification

gratification

hanoverian

obliteration

pacification

presupposition

ratification

alliteration

cauterization

commemoration

amplification

appreciation

elaboration

evaporation

cohabitation

affiliation

alienation

collaboration

humiliation

association

pasteurization

reaffirmation

retaliation

exacerbation

manifestation

configuration

domestication

evacuation

emancipation

participation

authorization

scandinavian

corroboration

examination

magnetization

magnification

quantification

falsification

continuation

misapprehension

communication

misapplication

contamination

administration

authentication

inhabitation

abbreviation

abomination

accommodation

civilization

denomination

exhilaration

facilitation

assimilation

determination

babylonian

denunciation

amelioration

desalination

confederation

assassination

eradication

dissemination

attenuation

agglomeration

evaluation

fertilization

amazonian

caledonian

carolinian

prevarication

specification

incineration

revaluation

resuscitation

pronunciation

mississippian

modernization

renunciation

repatriation

vulgarization

panamanian

orientation

premeditation

solicitation

accumulation

imagination

articulation

disembarkation

dissatisfaction

dissociation

improvisation

capitulation

alleviation

depreciation

infatuation

juxtaposition

simplification

procrastination

delineation

deliberation

irradiation

exaggeration

interpretation

enumeration

nitroglycerine

confabulation

proliferation

reverberation

refrigeration

amalgamation

accreditation

appropriation

recrimination

sophistication

conglomeration

equivocation

equalization

recommendation

predisposition

sedimentation

invalidation

sanctification

pomeranian

substantiation

concatenation

exfoliation

hybridization

manipulation

hyperinflation

immunization

exasperation

insemination

insinuation

intimidation

subordination

miscalculation

initiation

negotiation

origination

regeneration

delicatessen

augustinian

ejaculation

triangulation

cooperation

elimination

elizabethan

illumination

mobilization

peloponnesian

precipitation

repudiation

remuneration

reiteration

hyperborean

computational

centralization

patagonian

expatriation

extermination

nonintervention

beethovenian

ornamentation

representation

brobdingnagian

pennsylvanian

congratulation

expropriation

argumentation

excoriation

misinformation

approximation

instrumentation

defenestration

incrimination

discrimination

disinclination

disintegration

theologian

adulteration

overproduction

washingtonian

oregonian

unitarian

libertarian

proletarian

nickelodeon

nonsectarian

jeffersonian

annihilation

deceleration

deification

ionization

recuperation

reintegration

vaporization

polarization

degeneration

epicurean

infidelity

certification

coordination

hallucination

edification

legalization

localization

mechanization

modification

notification

nullification

ossification

preoccupation

purification

qualification

sterilization

unification

verification

discoloration

inauguration

brutalization

clarification

codification

exoneration

ethiopian

inhibitory

interpolation

russification

vilification

utilization

infidelities

rejuvenation

neapolitan

adjudication

perpetuation

specialization

confidentially

lithuanian

consolidation

amphitheatre

depopulation

neutralization

incarceration

organization

predestination

pythagorean

fortification

inoculation

interrogation

vegetarian

reforestation

desegregation

incorporation

invitational

justification

rectification

christianization

exoskeleton

hydrogenation

philadelphian

interconnection

investigation

yugoslavian

intoxication

multiplication

prognostication

synchronization

carthaginian

electrocution

indoctrination

metropolitan

confederacy

homeopathic

argentinian

centenarian

inevitable

inevitably

veterinarian

infatuated

unavoidable

homeopathy

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word ambition

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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