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

catchword

southward

structured

coward

flowered

towered

dockyard

hartford

landward

passwords

absurd

accord

bastard

bordered

bustard

catbird

clustered

conferred

cornered

custard

hansard

homeward

inward

lanyard

mastered

mustard

ordered

pampered

record

spaniard

standard

wondered

northward

sunbird

woodward

battered

brassard

buffered

buzzard

checkered

colored

coloured

covered

crawford

cupboard

haggard

hayward

hazard

hundred

keyword

laggard

leeward

mallard

mannered

powdered

reword

scabbard

scattered

seaward

shuttered

wayward

anchored

cultured

punctured

drunkard

one-third

orchard

pictured

ruptured

tankard

unheard

accords

antlered

byard

cowherd

hired

leftward

lowered

records

steward

tired

westward

windward

acrid

billiard

buzzards

censored

centered

chambered

cloistered

figured

hazards

laggards

membered

miniard

pestered

redbird

shouldered

telford

tempered

vineyard

whiskered

fingered

assert

bluebird

fettered

flavored

gaillard

gizzard

izard

izzard

labored

leopard

injured

blizzard

favored

fevered

lettered

littered

lizard

mirrored

kingbird

neutered

petard

assured

murdered

niggard

pillared

reynard

shepherd

snowbird

sugared

tapered

wizard

bolstered

discord

recruits

feathered

featured

measured

natured

perjured

sutured

weathered

withered

bayard

layered

asserts

degrade

exert

lizards

migrate

picard

recruit

regard

regret

sacred

wizards

degrades

desert

dessert

discard

escort

exerts

migrates

muskrat

regards

discards

escorts

excrete

muskrats

assort

bogart

degreed

deserts

go-cart

negroid

secret

desserts

misread

secrete

excretes

secrets

discreet

discrete

regrets

egret

resort

begrudge

exhort

resorts

exhorts

Words that rhyme with the word awkward

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

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