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5 syllable words
6 syllable words
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2 syllable words

sportsman

portman

athwart

spartan

tartan

harten

hearten

barton

marten

martin

smarten

carton

shorten

georgian

portion

huntsman

fortune

torsion

guardsman

margin

martian

marksman

starting

markman

dustman

retorts

oarsman

horseman

marchman

yachtsman

scotsman

bordman

tungsten

corban

airman

jorden

chairman

jargon

jordan

kenyan

austin

bargain

carbon

carman

arson

carmine

cordon

dalton

darken

mormon

norman

marlin

morgan

onion

organ

orphan

outrun

shotgun

warden

pardon

parson

sharpen

wanton

scullion

sultan

starters

craftsman

draftsman

harden

harken

foreman

tarpon

runnion

garden

citron

gorgon

brethren

dutchman

othman

faustian

mutton

starter

children

cauldron

warren

baldwin

doctrine

lampron

foreign

delphian

loren

boughten

button

floren

dudgeon

russian

pathan

cutthroat

gudgeon

prussian

bludgeon

strutting

atman

banyan

bellman

billion

landsman

boatman

bullion

canyon

chessman

faulcon

hempen

chevron

clinton

desman

fireman

fibrin

footman

headman

hetman

ensign

jetson

keelson

kelson

kelvin

london

matron

muslin

outdone

patron

penman

pitman

pressman

scallion

sovereign

sovran

spearman

stallion

stallman

stepson

m1

melton

kremlin

lightman

million

minion

nekton

nitride

pectin

pillion

pinion

piston

retort

selden

squadron

saffron

stillion

tubman

tendon

trillion

undone

whitson

tuscan

vulcan

teston

gentian

belgian

bushman

flexion

question

pension

suction

shrunken

mention

sweethearts

section

drunken

engine

freshman

sunken

tension

dungeon

luncheon

retreats

sexton

auden

baron

baton

beckon

bellon

retreads

barren

batten

batton

bitten

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

charon

cotton

cousin

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

fatten

felon

flatten

frighten

garron

gotten

heaven

heighten

heron

jetton

kitten

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

lighten

melon

postman

marron

mitten

muffin

hatreds

reckon

townsman

often

patten

headsman

platen

redden

resin

nitrates

platten

mullen

perron

lengthen

oven

matured

rotten

seven

shuttered

tetrads

satin

siren

klansman

smitten

storied

threaten

triton

landman

sudden

sullen

summon

tighten

toughen

titan

strengthen

vegan

weapon

whiten

grandson

written

statesman

yaupon

urchin

pigeon

sturgeon

earthen

fission

kitchen

mahone

mission

session

emption

version

gumption

henchman

penguin

sweetheart

freshen

vision

hessian

cushion

persian

burgeon

surgeon

adroit

bagman

baston

billman

bookman

alban

attired

boston

chaplain

chapman

classman

claxon

falcon

fountain

gascon

gilden

goodman

hackman

hatred

houseman

hydride

ibsen

jackman

jasmine

junction

kansan

putrid

kirkman

function

retread

retreat

samson

saxon

stretching

sylvan

tillman

woolman

workman

santon

woodman

aspen

apron

calvin

canton

captain

crimson

dobson

dolman

dolphin

lockman

lynden

mignon

panton

union

milken

minden

mountain

packman

plantain

ponton

alman

damson

linemen

stockman

linden

oxen

passman

shipman

nitrate

acton

dampen

lineman

lisbon

shearman

silken

dian

christian

diction

fiction

flashgun

friction

hangman

peon

southward

mayan

paean

ion

longan

lion

mangan

rayon

rincon

scion

straddling

watchman

zion

capstan

caxton

homespun

hydrates

outwards

retards

salesman

spokesman

start-ups

woodward

startles

plankton

sadden

salmon

satan

scattered

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

sicken

siphon

slacken

sodden

soften

steven

stratas

sweeten

syphon

stiffen

straighten

stratum

stricken

striven

talon

tappen

thicken

thousand

treason

trodden

turban

urson

villain

wheaten

urban

wagon

weaken

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

alan

amman

bason

battered

beacon

beaten

begun

billon

bison

bisson

blacken

bobbin

bollen

bourbon

bracken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

cannon

canon

certain

cheapen

christen

common

chicken

cretin

crouton

curtain

deacon

deepen

demon

eden

elan

eaten

fallen

famine

dragon

driven

ermine

fasten

gallon

given

gibbon

firman

gammon

german

gladden

glidden

fettered

freeman

glisten

gluten

griffon

happen

hausen

hidden

hoten

hymen

hyphen

hyson

lagan

leman

lettered

leven

lichen

liken

liman

linen

listen

littered

liven

locken

lyden

madden

ninon

pavon

person

petard

pollan

pollen

prison

pullen

quicken

reason

rerun

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rosin

zircon

ashen

fashion

legion

stretches

heathen

caution

grecian

lesion

passion

ration

region

chieftain

copeman

faction

golden

retard

retired

auction

bastion

brakeman

sequin

traction

bolden

freedman

lopeman

olden

outward

soldan

fraction

newsman

fielden

hydrate

molten

start-up

action

option

strident

caption

mansion

startle

churchman

straddles

coachman

cowan

gowan

owen

rowan

seedsman

rowen

strata

urine

bacon

basin

blowgun

bowman

brazen

brogan

broken

canaan

cayman

chasten

colon

bayman

caisson

chosen

craven

crewman

cuban

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

dromon

frozen

graven

hasten

haven

hogan

hoven

human

jason

kalan

laden

layman

logan

loosen

lumen

maiden

mason

moisten

neutered

odin

pagan

poison

proven

roman

rosen

rumen

shaken

omen

open

raven

shaman

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

spoken

stolen

straddle

taken

swollen

sanction

token

toman

waken

woven

yeoman

zaman

asian

cajun

lotion

motion

nation

potion

trojan

withered

ocean

station

notion

fusion

haitian

suasion

sturdy

ruin

powdered

stretcher

feathered

featured

stretchers

weathered

stretto

stewards

natured

sutured

steward

3 syllable words

austrian

contortion

abortion

apportion

construction

nitrogen

obstruction

proportion

abstention

countryman

origin

destruction

etruscan

compression

compulsion

contention

conduction

battalion

combustion

disruption

distortion

unbutton

convulsion

charlatan

heartbroken

hydrogen

aggression

propulsion

reduction

regression

protection

progression

oppression

concussion

artesian

attention

cartesian

laurentian

production

suppression

instruction

determine

absorption

adsorption

puritan

scorpion

waterman

complexion

consumption

expulsion

extension

congressman

extortion

guardian

fustian

gordian

keratin

muskmelon

intestine

arian

aryan

suggestion

carrion

projection

clarion

reptilian

dorian

nebraskan

harlequin

octillion

korean

marian

conception

confection

african

assumption

induction

cambrian

clarendon

corsican

guncotton

italian

convection

contrition

convention

medallion

intention

porcelain

rebellion

magician

uncertain

impression

abduction

declension

discretion

misfortune

suspension

australian

objection

congestion

scythian

constriction

accession

adoption

ascension

connection

connexion

affection

aspersion

concession

accretion

conversion

detection

detention

norwegian

crustacean

deduction

digression

catalan

eruption

carnation

contagion

depression

erection

subtraction

attrition

discussion

skeleton

contraption

ottoman

confession

cistercian

contraction

collection

emulsion

formation

ferryman

obsession

excretion

inflection

submersion

expression

secretion

selection

inspection

seduction

transgression

patrician

vitamin

partition

oxygen

revulsion

starvation

subversion

succession

citizen

cyprian

arkansan

downtrodden

egyptian

ejection

unbroken

gentleman

companion

rejection

councilman

communion

snapdragon

anglican

corruption

procession

profession

deflection

biotin

ghanaian

possession

strategies

stratagem

plebeian

petition

irian

syrian

invention

aversion

parthian

completion

regimen

inception

infection

hawaiian

concoction

conflation

halogen

exception

exhaustion

frustration

assertion

malayan

orion

presumption

reflection

resumption

singleton

brazilian

cardigan

civilian

artisan

alaskan

conscription

abandon

ingestion

adroitly

injection

charwoman

subscription

everyone

discipline

forbidden

dominion

forewoman

lumberman

magdalen

mexican

mistaken

nutritive

opinion

outriders

partisan

pavilion

rifleman

unburden

unwritten

extinction

addiction

infraction

incursion

aegean

compassion

dentition

inaction

defection

election

prescription

beholden

dictation

gestation

ablation

benjamin

dimension

repression

retention

perception

perfection

tactician

temptation

deception

exemption

strategy

distraction

abrasion

cathartic

contusion

dispersion

stygian

dissection

dissension

insertion

pretension

infarction

inversion

lactation

exertion

reception

stratagems

phrygian

optation

optician

plantation

andean

anyone

nonunion

adrian

albion

assassin

ambrosian

imprison

campion

bosnian

champion

housebroken

awaken

cinnamon

suburban

distinction

kantian

lanolin

zambian

crestfallen

specimen

disunion

collagen

medicine

truncation

halcyon

ramadan

thespian

uneven

eleven

lesbian

peterman

digestion

outrider

denizen

silicon

garrison

jacobin

jamaican

venison

wesleyan

indian

nevadan

patriot

javelin

jettison

pelican

solomon

toboggan

vatican

exaction

intrusion

affliction

filtration

redemption

inflation

transaction

excursion

translation

prostration

diffraction

misprision

attraction

midshipman

addition

castration

conviction

caucasian

cetacean

citation

clergyman

collegian

collision

retraction

causation

commission

correction

desertion

direction

diversion

edition

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

imagine

immersion

malaysian

notation

occasion

oration

percussion

physician

phoenician

negation

perversion

narration

position

precaution

predation

quotation

secession

rotation

recession

reversion

sedation

provision

summation

venetian

tradition

acumen

appian

capsaicin

cation

galleon

gillian

heroin

heroine

libyan

literate

motherhood

nobleman

patriots

permian

policeman

predestine

protean

quadratic

samoan

simian

abstraction

veteran

uncommon

chilean

gaussian

in-person

inscription

bedridden

extraction

timberman

transcription

migration

libration

deflation

persuasion

submission

stagnation

alsatian

extrusion

depiction

depletion

equation

anchorman

condition

dalmatian

damnation

eviction

fixation

foundation

nutrition

hydration

resection

encryption

impassion

prevention

expansion

invasion

salvation

lutheran

vibration

taxation

description

suspicion

hammerman

albumin

mandarin

unison

bedizen

elison

gravamen

moderates

adhesion

outspoken

bitumen

saturdays

keynesian

laterites

stratified

gyration

division

inhuman

recision

dilation

mithridates

mutation

emission

ligation

decision

deletion

duration

precession

privation

reaction

religion

lecithin

cessation

evasion

startlingly

elation

rescission

sedition

avian

bedouin

chairwoman

abdomen

backgammon

jovian

julian

nemean

nubian

genuine

saccharin

tamarin

odeon

chamberlain

perfusion

stratify

chairperson

uterine

enlighten

alien

cohesion

enliven

grobian

fabian

freudian

horizon

median

retarded

saturday

alderman

logician

rhodopsin

sumatran

moroccan

fenian

moderate

ignition

excision

incision

restriction

dehydrate

irishman

misshapen

infliction

menhaden

mithridate

englishman

preemption

rendition

sensation

proscription

strategist

technician

coercion

croatian

parisian

badminton

handwoven

bandwagon

masculine

fijian

derision

emblazon

strategists

beethoven

bitterroot

freemason

overrun

reunion

nonhuman

pentathlon

superman

overdone

overman

aleutian

audition

gradation

probation

ovation

location

allusion

collusion

commotion

cremation

noteworthy

pollution

donation

margarine

backwoodsman

erosion

promotion

vacation

relation

solution

vocation

ablution

ambition

cognition

foramen

occlusion

profusion

talisman

admission

vermilion

transition

corrosion

creation

fruition

hitherto

horatian

tuition

embolden

franciscan

bulletin

feminine

forgotten

melanin

conclusion

confucian

confusion

transmission

volition

emotion

illusion

permission

precision

delusion

devotion

munition

musician

omission

leatherwood

remission

revision

compunction

federate

myosin

niacin

asuncion

diffusion

preclusion

seclusion

conjunction

reopen

prediction

saturate

implosion

inclusion

infusion

bouillon

exclusion

explosion

dilution

injunction

fatherhood

hydrated

saleswoman

laotian

transfusion

stewardship

4 syllable words

authorities

authority

agrarian

barbarian

contrarian

accordion

librarian

sectarian

bavarian

gregorian

planarian

contraception

hungarian

contravention

armageddon

tetrahedron

centurion

historian

nestorian

pagurian

inattention

victorian

jordanian

wagnerian

introspection

arthurian

assyrian

confrontation

contradiction

coronation

correlation

criterion

european

floridian

incrustation

introduction

missourian

orchestration

praetorian

self-deception

valerian

nonprescription

athenian

maturity

vegetation

amputation

arbitration

computation

gastrulation

importation

tetrahedral

crocodilian

imputation

exhortation

pedestrian

condescension

congregation

abrogation

aggravation

aggregation

approbation

commutation

competition

degradation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

disaffection

equitation

hypertension

interruption

palpitation

penetration

predilection

recollection

reputation

segregation

statistician

apprehension

american

armenian

cotyledon

darwinian

paraguayan

samaritan

committeeman

custodian

gorgonian

cyclopean

habitation

equestrian

hesitation

himalayan

annotation

corp.

corporation

connotation

extradition

galilean

dilatation

fallopian

derivation

californian

alteration

erudition

canadian

hyperion

maccabean

napoleon

obstetrician

extrication

fluoridation

imitation

iberian

irrigation

arabian

collodion

smithsonian

iranian

recitation

jacobean

irritation

supposition

politician

liberian

meditation

mammalian

litigation

conflagration

suffocation

repetition

sanitation

sequestration

siberian

retribution

consultation

agitation

subluxation

reproduction

comparison

education

complication

consecration

macedonian

excavation

shakespearean

imperfection

implication

expedition

exposition

illustration

inflammation

inquisition

integration

malformation

ministration

jurisdiction

misperception

mortification

ostentation

indigestion

acclamation

acclimation

alternation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

application

advocation

benediction

calibration

cancellation

celebration

compilation

composition

consummation

consolation

dietitian

convocation

reconstruction

nigerian

cultivation

deformation

desecration

destitution

devastation

disposition

distillation

emigration

estimation

exhibition

imposition

immigration

indication

deconstruction

insulation

insurrection

intimation

invitation

invocation

iterations

obligation

oxidation

proclamation

prostitution

reclamation

replication

requisition

retardation

ventilation

vindication

explication

dandelion

predetermine

penicillin

alabaman

albanian

contribution

exclamation

copernican

estonian

tasmanian

eustachian

columbian

guatemalan

distribution

dominican

impregnation

abolition

algerian

allocation

allegation

animation

legislation

appalachian

avocation

deposition

desiccation

navigation

oscillation

propagation

proposition

validation

assemblyman

decimation

motivation

mutilation

vacillation

visitation

appellation

dedication

defamation

delegation

demolition

desolation

dissertation

elevation

isolation

levitation

limitation

medication

opposition

repossession

inhalation

innovation

renovation

immolation

collocation

restoration

resurrection

revelation

syncopation

revocation

inhibition

gravitation

gentlewoman

provocation

adrenaline

adulation

comedian

constitution

substitution

diocesan

cogitation

constellation

constipation

modulation

disinfection

chameleon

moderately

disputation

devonian

obfuscation

republican

condemnation

simonian

confiscation

circumvention

consternation

embarkation

instigation

tamoxifen

incantation

installation

satisfaction

transportation

incarnation

liquefaction

abnegation

backwardation

altercation

confirmation

algonquian

absolution

conservation

exhalation

convolution

information

conversation

duplication

designation

excitation

masturbation

demarcation

iteration

surrogation

observation

refutation

recognition

subdivision

protestation

prohibition

pelagian

resignation

restitution

superstition

coalition

rhetorician

eritrean

circumspection

contemplation

herculean

indiscretion

implantation

greco-roman

interurban

nicaraguan

overburden

oblivion

obsidian

pavlovian

watermelon

devolution

evolution

dissolution

conjugation

affirmation

bifurcation

hibernation

realization

repercussion

hydrocarbon

mitigation

revolution

mongolian

reposition

resolution

titillation

elongation

perturbation

literature

jubilation

ulceration

perspiration

noblewoman

hemoglobin

electrician

fluctuation

disinflation

draconian

federative

indentation

coloradan

decompression

execution

newtonian

utopian

indexation

transformation

institution

interception

interdiction

misbegotten

intersection

intervention

interwoven

menstruation

sicilian

infestation

reinspection

protozoan

transplantation

plutonian

annexation

apparition

indonesian

incubation

affectation

indecision

interaction

moderating

interjection

perforation

intercession

intermission

publication

relaxation

prosecution

lilliputian

corinthian

elocution

dislocation

coloration

carcinogen

circumcision

gargantuan

variation

expectation

exploitation

situation

minnesotan

peruvian

heterodox

moravian

englishwoman

dehydration

admiration

aspiration

attribution

augmentation

disillusion

dissipation

evocation

intuition

lancastrian

locomotion

maturities

preelection

punctuation

valuation

businesswoman

strategical

usurpation

indignation

kindergarten

recreation

reelection

figuration

relocation

registration

fibrillation

meteorite

moderators

molestation

infiltration

syndication

fabrication

persecution

retrocession

inspiration

liquidation

stereotype

permutation

nonpartisan

adoration

ibuprofen

reparation

liberation

rhododendron

aberration

bohemian

decoration

generation

operation

comprehension

hegelian

moderation

laceration

miseration

federation

preparation

separation

toleration

veneration

patriotic

meridian

formulation

abyssinian

graduation

malnutrition

octahedron

moderator

maturation

reiterate

amphibian

reiterates

olympian

stereotyped

saturation

stereotypes

reformation

trepidation

ohioan

declaration

reservation

desperation

federations

polynesian

preservation

procreation

respiration

expiration

bolivian

federated

nutritional

lubrication

dehydrated

abdication

moderated

polyhedron

crucifixion

saturated

ideation

leviathan

exploration

aldebaran

reexamine

nutritionist

adriatic

literati

rumination

fumigation

arizonan

emulation

hydrothermal

regulation

speculation

nutritionists

ordination

stewardesses

deviation

foliation

aviation

radiation

mediation

glaciation

calculation

strangulation

manumission

readmission

accusation

exhumation

ammunition

population

stimulation

stipulation

superhuman

tribulation

culmination

simulation

granulation

intonation

occupation

tabulation

circulation

destination

inclination

segmentation

detonation

definition

emanation

explanation

melanesian

premonition

profanation

supervision

combination

vaccination

ovulation

admonition

recantation

presentation

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iterative

compensation

disconnection

violation

condensation

dispensation

fragmentation

pigmentation

reassertion

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concentration

demonstration

divination

domination

fascination

preignition

misconception

machination

nomination

germination

termination

inundation

pagination

precondition

commendation

fermentation

preconception

copenhagen

5 syllable words

proletarian

libertarian

unitarian

centenarian

lithuanian

pythagorean

mathematician

presbyterian

oregonian

argentinian

authoritative

epicurean

reforestation

augustinian

delicatessen

philadelphian

authorization

patagonian

hanoverian

panamanian

accommodation

adulteration

facilitation

inhabitation

obliteration

prevarication

adjudication

alliteration

carthaginian

cohabitation

dionysian

nonsectarian

representation

sophistication

incorporation

magnetization

instrumentation

accreditation

amalgamation

consolidation

domestication

desegregation

authentication

babylonian

decapitation

dramatization

amazonian

assimilation

discoloration

neapolitan

solicitation

intoxication

interpretation

juxtaposition

disintegration

capitulation

metropolitan

washingtonian

congratulation

communication

appropriation

inactivation

incarceration

indoctrination

emancipation

manifestation

invalidation

misapplication

confederation

mummification

modernization

precipitation

hyperborean

glorification

academician

amortization

mississippian

pasteurization

improvisation

centralization

investigation

expatriation

ornamentation

approximation

overproduction

neutralization

equivocation

vaporization

justification

normalization

polarization

pomeranian

cauterization

substantiation

excoriation

interrogation

immunization

commemoration

hybridization

fortification

synchronization

reintegration

degeneration

ethiopian

theologian

reiteration

electrocution

expropriation

caledonian

evaluation

gratification

eradication

stratification

attenuation

sterilization

acceleration

heterodoxy

multiplication

nickelodeon

clarification

simplification

premeditation

presupposition

nullification

purification

amplification

ratification

resuscitation

russification

verification

vulgarization

perpetuation

specialization

reverberation

anticipation

collaboration

continuation

exacerbation

falsification

deceleration

intimidation

association

magnification

misinformation

predisposition

quantification

participation

rectification

assemblywoman

ejaculation

scandinavian

nonintervention

notification

ramification

ossification

prognostication

revaluation

modification

hydrotherapy

inauguration

interpolation

qualification

agglomeration

pacification

notoriety

civilization

classification

brutalization

dissatisfaction

certification

codification

edification

consideration

fertilization

gasification

utilization

vilification

misapprehension

brobdingnagian

sanctification

affiliation

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conglomeration

equalization

exoskeleton

maximilian

dissociation

triangulation

elaboration

evaporation

configuration

insinuation

initiation

regeneration

subordination

reaffirmation

retaliation

extermination

abbreviation

disembarkation

procrastination

conciliation

exoneration

articulation

exhilaration

incineration

legalization

localization

mobilization

repudiation

unification

appreciation

carolinian

beethovenian

corroboration

jeffersonian

delineation

administration

recuperation

maximization

decomposition

hyperinflation

enumeration

contamination

yugoslavian

defenestration

interconnection

orientation

confabulation

determination

repatriation

accumulation

remuneration

infatuation

cooperation

exaggeration

depreciation

miscalculation

refrigeration

concatenation

alleviation

proliferation

recrimination

insemination

inoculation

annihilation

manipulation

depopulation

evacuation

irradiation

incrimination

discrimination

negotiation

patriotism

hydrogenation

abomination

assassination

amelioration

coordination

denomination

dissemination

peloponnesian

specification

imagination

argumentation

pennsylvanian

exasperation

exfoliation

predestination

recombination

recommendation

sedimentation

humiliation

disinclination

nitroglycerine

rejuvenation

elizabethan

desalination

hallucination

coagulation

preoccupation

examination

harmonization

organization

alienation

origination

illumination

elimination

mechanization

christianization

deification

ionization

canonization

colonization

denunciation

renunciation

pronunciation

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word authoritarian

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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