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3 syllable words
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

carbon

margin

marksman

martian

guardsman

forebears

cauldron

markman

forebrain

marchman

doctrine

airman

alban

arson

barbers

bargain

barton

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

corban

darken

dobson

fibrin

forebear

garden

harbors

harden

harken

harten

hearten

jargon

kenyan

marlin

marten

martin

onion

pardon

parson

runnion

scullion

sharpen

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

tarpon

tartan

charon

barbre

forefront

portion

barber

georgian

sportsman

auction

torsion

watchman

arbor

fortune

bobbin

othman

option

harbor

marron

perron

robin

heron

bordman

horseman

caution

delphian

oarsman

portman

yachtsman

scotsman

ensign

bellman

keelson

kelson

kelvin

nekton

oxen

ponton

banyan

boston

canyon

fireman

jetson

jorden

muslin

desman

jordan

norman

organ

orphan

pressman

selden

shotgun

billion

bullion

carvers

chessman

chevron

cordon

dolman

dolphin

foreman

gorgon

harpers

headman

kremlin

hempen

hetman

lockman

london

m1

melton

million

minion

morgan

mormon

pectin

penman

pillion

pinion

scallion

shorten

spearman

stallion

stepson

stillion

stockman

sultan

tendon

teston

warden

trillion

vulcan

tubman

undone

tuscan

warfare

churchman

drawbridge

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

faction

faustian

luncheon

longan

landsman

bastion

traction

engine

question

shrunken

brethren

flexion

harebrained

belgian

suction

caption

pension

freshman

gentian

sunken

craftsman

draftsman

action

flashgun

fraction

mention

sanction

mansion

section

tension

baron

barren

beckon

bellon

bollen

bourbon

breton

button

cabin

carper

carver

common

cotton

cousin

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

fallen

felon

floren

foreign

garron

gotten

harper

heaven

jetton

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

locken

loren

marver

melon

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

pavon

pollan

pollen

reckon

redden

resin

rosin

rotten

seven

sharper

siren

sodden

soften

sudden

sullen

summon

threaten

toughen

trodden

vegan

turban

urban

warren

weapon

airborne

capstan

baldwin

caxton

dearborn

grandson

headsman

sexton

strengthen

klansman

landman

lengthen

dustman

townsman

bludgeon

fashion

gudgeon

hessian

passion

ashen

dudgeon

mahone

freshen

earthen

burgeon

pathan

urchin

persian

prussian

ration

session

surgeon

sturgeon

version

russian

emption

gumption

henchman

penguin

plankton

tungsten

billman

crimson

footman

fountain

gascon

hackman

jasmine

kansan

piston

mignon

linemen

lisbon

acton

baston

bookman

calvin

canton

captain

gilden

goodman

jackman

linden

lynden

minden

plantain

ion

kirkman

lineman

milken

passman

pitman

saffron

peon

santon

lion

scion

zion

samson

saxon

shearman

stallman

wanton

wherefore

whitson

mayan

woodman

woolman

shipman

silken

workman

alman

austin

chaplain

dian

atman

aspen

bagman

chapman

paean

rayon

dalton

dampen

damson

ibsen

packman

therefore

classman

claxon

clinton

faulcon

union

falcon

houseman

lightman

mountain

outdone

outrun

panton

sylvan

tillman

function

huntsman

junction

fiction

hangman

diction

rincon

coachman

mangan

friction

christian

bushman

alan

amman

auden

bason

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

begun

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

blacken

boughten

bracken

brighten

briton

broaden

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cannon

canon

certain

cheapen

chicken

christen

cretin

cuban

curtain

deacon

deepen

demon

dragon

driven

eaten

eden

elan

ermine

famine

fasten

fatten

firman

flatten

freeborn

freeman

frighten

gallon

gammon

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

grabbers

griffon

happen

hausen

heighten

herbers

hidden

homespun

hymen

hyphen

hyson

kitten

lagan

lampron

latin

leman

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linen

listen

liven

lyden

madden

mitten

ninon

often

patten

person

platen

platten

postman

prison

pullen

quicken

reason

rerun

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

sadden

salesman

salmon

satin

scrubbers

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

sicken

siphon

slacken

smitten

spokesman

statesman

steven

stiffen

stricken

striven

sweeten

syphon

talon

tappen

thicken

thousand

tighten

titan

torpor

treason

triton

urson

villain

wagon

weaken

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

written

yaupon

zircon

cushion

lotion

cajun

legion

lesion

kitchen

pigeon

haitian

notion

vision

fission

ocean

region

nation

grecian

heathen

motion

mission

asian

potion

fusion

suasion

station

trojan

airframes

apron

brakeman

chieftain

berber

bolden

carefree

boatman

citron

fielden

graybeard

copeman

freedman

golden

lopeman

cowan

matron

molten

herber

olden

cropper

grabber

proffer

newsman

patron

perverts

prepares

proper

dropper

sequin

soldan

gowan

prepared

scriber

proverbs

scrubber

urine

airframe

children

graybeards

seedsman

bacon

basin

blowgun

bowman

bayman

brazen

broken

caisson

canaan

cayman

brogan

chasten

chosen

colon

craven

crewman

crouton

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

dromon

frozen

gluten

graven

hasten

haven

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

jason

kalan

laden

layman

logan

loosen

lumen

maiden

mason

moisten

odin

omen

open

pagan

perverse

prepare

pervert

poison

proven

proverb

raven

roman

rumen

satan

rosen

servers

shaken

shaman

spoken

straighten

stolen

swollen

surfers

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

taken

token

toman

waken

woven

yeoman

zaman

owen

ruin

rowan

rowen

trapper

driver

fervor

surfer

wrapper

server

shriver

graveyards

droppers

surprise

graveyard

performs

purports

craver

drover

gripper

groover

grouper

draper

graver

griever

scraper

tripper

trooper

crawford

crowbar

drivers

grievers

trappers

traverse

wrappers

perforce

perform

purport

prefer

groupers

prefers

scrapers

trippers

troopers

3 syllable words

guardian

arian

aryan

barbara

carrion

clarion

barbary

marian

margarine

arkansan

harlequin

octillion

artisan

austrian

cardigan

charlatan

charwoman

forbidden

unburden

lumberman

partisan

rebellion

artesian

suburban

gordian

carnation

albion

starvation

bosnian

scorpion

cartesian

laurentian

ferryman

zambian

partition

heartbroken

plebeian

korean

nonunion

syrian

countryman

dorian

irian

confection

contention

convection

convention

abandon

declension

everyone

suspension

corsican

porcelain

chamberlain

timberman

prostration

combustion

vermilion

conception

unbutton

accession

accretion

adrian

affection

aggression

ambition

andean

anyone

ascension

attention

campion

champion

cognition

collagen

collection

concession

confession

congestion

connection

connexion

corporal

corporate

cyprian

digression

dissection

erection

firebrick

formation

fustian

garrison

gravamen

halcyon

kantian

lesbian

mandarin

norwegian

objection

obsession

oppression

optation

optician

ottoman

oxygen

perception

perfection

progression

protection

regression

secretion

selection

solomon

submersion

subversion

succession

suppression

thespian

uneven

wesleyan

abstention

excretion

complexion

clergyman

direction

porphyry

audition

correction

suggestion

collegian

projection

narration

oration

origin

perversion

profession

possession

procession

albumin

phoenician

badminton

gyration

fabian

galleon

heroin

heroine

intestine

hawaiian

appian

libyan

malayan

gaussian

permian

tamarin

venetian

adhesion

digestion

chilean

nubian

muskmelon

ghanaian

gillian

simian

grobian

saccharin

franciscan

nonhuman

reflection

compression

contrition

abduction

deflection

inception

exception

infection

intention

invention

capsaicin

nobleman

opinion

pavilion

predestine

fijian

aegean

phrygian

abdomen

african

bedridden

brazilian

stygian

civilian

corporates

bribery

dominion

shrubbery

firebrand

forewoman

policeman

talisman

scythian

unwritten

abrasion

admission

damnation

defection

abortion

attrition

deception

ablation

alsatian

apportion

barbershop

contagion

crustacean

dalmatian

depression

detection

detention

dimension

libration

hydration

hydrogen

ingestion

injection

election

eruption

lactation

dissension

migration

transcription

nitrogen

patrician

foundation

plantation

repression

proportion

australian

resection

retention

pretension

prevention

reception

salvation

conscription

stagnation

submission

tactician

subscription

taxation

transition

backwoodsman

constriction

vibration

keratin

infarction

inflection

congressman

exemption

jettison

inspection

prescription

bravura

keynesian

vatican

absorption

adsorption

eleven

extension

elison

jamaican

bedizen

indian

firebirds

awaken

transgression

ejection

emblazon

embolden

etruscan

imprison

truncation

firebrands

nebraskan

handwoven

outspoken

rejection

reptilian

fenian

citation

jovian

julian

protean

duration

ligation

collision

edition

physician

provision

tradition

firebird

recession

addition

cessation

corruption

deletion

flirtation

alien

bedouin

caucasian

freudian

odeon

nemean

dilation

dilution

orion

assertion

aversion

avian

veteran

diversion

commission

causation

samoan

malaysian

percussion

occasion

precession

predation

median

petition

negation

permission

position

sedation

summation

privation

uterine

probation

secession

acumen

battalion

chairperson

chairwoman

clarendon

cohesion

construction

enlighten

enliven

genuine

inscription

magician

medallion

mistaken

obstruction

frustration

perfusion

rifleman

sumatran

castration

attraction

completion

conflation

contortion

proportions

transmission

redemption

translation

impression

discretion

disruption

misprision

corrosion

coercion

derision

horatian

parisian

lutheran

misshapen

subtraction

adoption

depletion

restriction

suspicion

description

expression

aspersion

addiction

destruction

deflation

dentition

rendition

technician

temptation

nutrition

proscription

dictation

equation

irishman

preemption

encryption

condition

prediction

persuasion

menhaden

contraption

ablution

conversion

fixation

contraction

gestation

invasion

profusion

sensation

bulletin

determine

assassin

bouillon

catalan

denizen

freemason

masculine

saleswoman

hammerman

jacobin

javelin

lanolin

medicine

pelican

snapdragon

nevadan

perforates

communion

preference

properties

skeleton

councilman

puritan

reunion

specimen

venison

waterman

housebroken

vitamin

companion

unbroken

ramadan

ambrosian

cetacean

allusion

collusion

conviction

aleutian

commotion

emission

concoction

misfortune

retraction

cremation

donation

decision

division

elation

diffraction

desertion

erosion

confucian

confusion

evasion

flotation

gradation

halogen

distortion

immersion

lecithin

munition

instruction

filtration

musician

mutation

ovation

intrusion

pollution

relation

religion

remission

abstraction

regimen

promotion

inflation

affliction

omission

transaction

quotation

notation

recision

location

precision

rescission

reversion

revision

rotation

sedition

solution

vacation

vocation

volition

rhodopsin

foramen

perforate

logician

uncertain

cation

horizon

alaskan

cerebral

moroccan

mexican

property

draperies

alderman

magdalen

italian

properly

anchorman

benjamin

cistercian

compassion

concussion

contusion

creation

croatian

depiction

diffusion

dispersion

distraction

eviction

excision

exertion

extortion

extrusion

fruition

ignition

incision

incursion

infraction

insertion

inversion

laotian

nerve-racking

occlusion

production

propulsion

reduction

surprising

transfusion

tuition

disunion

feminine

bravery

hereford

overdone

drapery

citizen

forgotten

melanin

egyptian

bitumen

cinnamon

overman

preparers

silicon

unison

gentleman

perversely

toboggan

peterman

superman

beethoven

performance

crestfallen

imagine

anglican

fisherman

extraction

emotion

excursion

assumption

delusion

inhuman

devotion

infusion

midshipman

illusion

compulsion

conduction

convulsion

conclusion

pentathlon

moreover

niacin

paraphrase

tripartite

preparer

surveyors

purveyors

biotin

firepower

myosin

reopen

backgammon

wherever

performers

discipline

uncommon

consumption

guncotton

in-person

infliction

asuncion

deduction

discussion

emulsion

beholden

impassion

inaction

preclusion

revulsion

seclusion

seduction

compunction

bandwagon

englishman

distinction

downtrodden

inclusion

performer

conjunction

implosion

exhaustion

induction

presumption

overrun

resumption

singleton

exaction

precaution

extinction

surveyor

purveyor

reaction

forever

expansion

explosion

exclusion

expulsion

injunction

prefrontal

surprises

free-for-all

fireproof

traversing

4 syllable words

arbitration

herbariums

sectarian

armenian

pagurian

albanian

barbarism

jordanian

assyrian

criterion

hyperion

valerian

floridian

missourian

algerian

nigerian

pedestrian

abyssinian

barbarity

centurion

eritrean

gorgonian

oblivion

samaritan

tasmanian

obsidian

canadian

arabian

mammalian

european

corp.

mongolian

equestrian

corporation

polynesian

aberration

meridian

armageddon

carborundum

carbureted

comparison

crocodilian

shakespearean

consecration

octahedron

augmentation

abnegation

hypertension

overburden

corporations

gargantuan

pavlovian

accordion

watermelon

american

carcinogen

eustachian

competition

composition

obligation

abolition

assemblyman

bolivian

conflagration

contraception

contravention

galilean

gregorian

habitation

hibernation

jacobean

maccabean

obstetrician

opposition

orchestration

politician

proposition

proverbial

condescension

lancastrian

obfuscation

ostentation

adrenaline

moravian

peruvian

corinthian

apparition

toleration

liberation

moderation

operation

pelagian

perforation

variation

amphibian

altercation

aldebaran

abdication

annexation

columbian

cyclopean

apprehension

approbation

cotyledon

guatemalan

herculean

irreverent

olympian

affectation

nestorian

conservation

conversation

convolution

masturbation

observation

prosecution

retardation

subdivision

alabaman

copernican

prostitution

publication

confirmation

demarcation

irreverence

fabrication

correlation

perspiration

perforations

perturbation

resurrection

chameleon

collodion

coloradan

comedian

diocesan

fallopian

iranian

jubilation

oscillation

draconian

manumission

napoleon

newtonian

nonpartisan

nonprescription

plutonian

praetorian

recreation

collocation

provocation

connotation

propagation

reelection

utopian

affirmation

preelection

malformation

cogitation

comprehension

malnutrition

electrician

misperception

tetrahedron

subluxation

embarkation

modulation

tamoxifen

consternation

indentation

constitution

incarnation

imperfection

indexation

intervention

infestation

interception

intersection

coloration

adoration

athenian

hegelian

prohibition

veneration

reparation

separation

congregation

laceration

bohemian

decoration

federation

generation

preparation

interjection

rhetorician

convocation

abrogation

absolution

alternation

consolation

algonquian

deformation

adaptation

backwardation

calibration

aggregation

aggravation

compilation

consummation

circumcision

deportation

insurrection

inattention

corroborate

intercession

persecution

predilection

recollection

protestation

oxidation

retrocession

fibrillation

molestation

lubrication

disaffection

proclamation

californian

graduation

conjugation

rhododendron

committeeman

custodian

contradiction

historian

prevaricate

porphyritic

saturation

contribution

dandelion

maturation

impregnation

expectation

estonian

paraguayan

victorian

gravitation

irritation

isolation

levitation

navigation

preferential

preparations

preservation

procreation

reformation

readmission

repercussion

repossession

reservation

respiration

restoration

sanitation

suffocation

supervision

ulceration

usurpation

vacillation

trepidation

validation

valuation

admiration

annotation

declaration

allegation

alteration

aspiration

allocation

animation

appalachian

appellation

avocation

bifurcation

derivation

desperation

dissertation

erudition

adulation

republican

circumvention

agitation

himalayan

attribution

introspection

decompression

importation

noblewoman

exhortation

substitution

transportation

interdiction

reinspection

transformation

mortification

devonian

condemnation

confiscation

corroborates

macedonian

constellation

gastrulation

disinfection

constipation

consultation

perversity

complication

sicilian

fluctuation

prevaricates

simonian

leviathan

miseration

surrogation

indigestion

iteration

coalition

ideation

cancellation

advocation

celebration

contemplation

application

activation

acclamation

acclimation

acquisition

self-deception

crucifixion

deprivation

immigration

superstition

desecration

statistician

degradation

proportionate

relaxation

polyhedron

information

segregation

exhibition

superhuman

cultivation

depravation

depredation

dereliction

expiration

interruption

penetration

proportional

circumspection

emigration

intermission

extradition

palpitation

dehydration

penicillin

chiropractic

dominican

reexamine

inhibition

hydrocarbon

situation

elongation

glaciation

decimation

defamation

ministration

dedication

delegation

demolition

deposition

desiccation

desolation

dilatation

dissipation

elevation

imitation

immolation

evocation

fluoridation

fumigation

hesitation

figuration

fireproofing

integration

inhalation

innovation

computation

illustration

retribution

reproduction

irrigation

motivation

realization

limitation

medication

meditation

mitigation

mutilation

litigation

recitation

transplantation

renovation

ohioan

exploration

relocation

incantation

repetition

revelation

reposition

revocation

rumination

formulation

smithsonian

supposition

titillation

visitation

menstruation

punctuation

arizonan

education

incubation

interwoven

periphery

proprietor

propriety

protozoan

vegetation

combination

distribution

extrication

sequestration

mediation

benediction

radiation

deviation

commutation

foliation

devastation

excitation

indonesian

inspiration

elocution

indication

confrontation

distillation

duplication

emulation

designation

dislocation

equitation

estimation

insulation

liquidation

incrustation

interaction

intimation

invitation

invocation

occupation

permutation

population

reclamation

replication

reputation

resignation

restitution

indiscretion

recognition

refutation

regulation

requisition

speculation

syndication

tabulation

implantation

ventilation

introduction

aviation

vindication

nicaraguan

ibuprofen

legislation

kindergarten

syncopation

interurban

peripheral

greco-roman

preferences

proprietors

disillusion

jurisdiction

exposition

intuition

resolution

calculation

disputation

excavation

revolution

disinflation

inflammation

amputation

execution

locomotion

evolution

instigation

satisfaction

devolution

expedition

implication

indignation

installation

exhalation

hemoglobin

registration

strangulation

exclamation

explication

exploitation

infiltration

peripherals

preferable

preferably

culmination

destination

granulation

stimulation

stipulation

lilliputian

exhumation

imposition

simulation

circulation

disposition

indecision

tribulation

accusation

destitution

ammunition

ordination

businesswoman

gentlewoman

performances

predetermine

minnesotan

institution

imputation

segmentation

coronation

detonation

dissolution

domination

melanesian

purifier

premonition

definition

emanation

compensation

inquisition

nomination

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explanation

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concentration

pagination

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commendation

intonation

ovulation

presentation

recantation

englishwoman

vaccination

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purifiers

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dietitian

reassertion

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germination

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termination

misconception

profanation

divination

chiropractor

machination

fermentation

precondition

inundation

chiropractors

perforated

preconception

copenhagen

deconstruction

reconstruction

5 syllable words

hyperborean

libertarian

nonsectarian

veterinarian

hanoverian

unitarian

proletarian

vegetarian

pomeranian

epicurean

presbyterian

centenarian

panamanian

confederation

babylonian

oregonian

acceleration

carthaginian

collaboration

commemoration

reverberation

corroboration

augustinian

maximilian

philadelphian

scandinavian

appropriation

argentinian

incarceration

recombination

obliteration

prevarication

caledonian

vulgarization

ornamentation

articulation

nonintervention

brobdingnagian

deceleration

deliberation

elaboration

lithuanian

dionysian

cauterization

accreditation

manifestation

proprietaries

cooperation

incorporation

degeneration

regeneration

interrogation

abbreviation

attenuation

modernization

repatriation

assemblywoman

expatriation

beethovenian

amazonian

carolinian

jeffersonian

patagonian

proprietary

representation

humiliation

pythagorean

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substantiation

cohabitation

washingtonian

perpetuation

hyperinflation

participation

exacerbation

domestication

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corroborative

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theologian

inhabitation

ethiopian

adulteration

classification

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dramatization

exoneration

accommodation

agglomeration

codification

investigation

amortization

disembarkation

gasification

glorification

gratification

mobilization

modification

nullification

ossification

pacification

interpretation

premeditation

russification

stratification

defenestration

qualification

ramification

ratification

pasteurization

instrumentation

appreciation

irreparable

nitroglycerine

irreparably

consolidation

polarization

quantification

magnetization

magnification

normalization

conglomeration

reforestation

amalgamation

association

evaporation

irradiation

falsification

hybridization

fortification

alleviation

alliteration

excoriation

justification

vaporization

affiliation

electrocution

delicatessen

triangulation

exoskeleton

yugoslavian

academician

amelioration

amplification

approximation

assimilation

brutalization

civilization

clarification

conciliation

consideration

decapitation

discoloration

elizabethan

evaluation

facilitation

improvisation

inauguration

interpolation

intoxication

legalization

localization

multiplication

mummification

notification

orientation

prognostication

proportionally

reiteration

resuscitation

revaluation

solicitation

specification

sterilization

unification

utilization

verification

vilification

sanctification

mathematician

pennsylvanian

metropolitan

adjudication

depreciation

refrigeration

capitulation

misapprehension

congratulation

argumentation

mississippian

nickelodeon

preparatory

infatuation

exaggeration

irrepressible

equalization

inactivation

anticipation

emancipation

recrimination

dissociation

enumeration

sophistication

annihilation

recuperation

retaliation

manipulation

maximization

misapplication

neutralization

misinformation

insemination

exfoliation

invalidation

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reintegration

proliferation

configuration

predestination

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proportionately

continuation

communication

delineation

ejaculation

initiation

negotiation

dissemination

confabulation

procrastination

edification

simplification

precipitation

presupposition

eradication

repudiation

certification

purification

exhilaration

fertilization

remuneration

discrimination

preoccupation

disintegration

incrimination

incineration

centralization

overproduction

administration

indoctrination

specialization

harmonization

decomposition

depopulation

equivocation

immunization

inoculation

insinuation

intimidation

rectification

subordination

alienation

irreversible

irreversibly

origination

corroborated

accumulation

juxtaposition

assassination

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elimination

hallucination

coordination

peloponnesian

proprietorship

concatenation

contamination

evacuation

recommendation

organization

proprietorships

sedimentation

hydrogenation

dissatisfaction

disinclination

abomination

denomination

miscalculation

colonization

determination

illumination

mechanization

imagination

rejuvenation

neapolitan

christianization

examination

deification

extermination

interconnection

ionization

canonization

denunciation

renunciation

synchronization

pronunciation

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word barbarian

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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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