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

airman

apron

bellman

chairman

chessman

citron

desman

ensign

goodman

hempen

hetman

jetson

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

m1

matron

melton

nekton

patron

pectin

penman

pressman

saffron

selden

squadron

stepson

tendon

teston

woodman

baron

barren

beckon

bellon

breton

burden

burdon

deafen

devon

felon

garron

gladden

glidden

heaven

hidden

jetton

laden

leaven

lemon

lessen

lesson

madden

henchman

maiden

melon

resin

ridden

sadden

seven

sudden

reckon

threaten

vegan

weapon

wooden

dutchman

flexion

gentian

belgian

bushman

engine

mention

pension

question

section

tension

urine

bludgeon

cushion

dudgeon

fission

kitchen

mahone

pigeon

prussian

russian

cauldron

delphian

grandson

lampron

landman

lengthen

gudgeon

mission

vision

heathen

sexton

strengthen

alman

bertram

billion

billman

brakeman

calvin

captain

canton

canyon

classman

claxon

clinton

chaplain

bookman

bullion

chapman

crimson

dampen

damson

gascon

ibsen

jasmine

linden

lisbon

london

mignon

muslin

outrun

runnion

sovereign

sovran

spearman

stallion

stillion

sylvan

tillman

woolman

emption

penguin

milken

million

onion

samson

santon

saxon

minion

scallion

scullion

shipman

silken

acton

aspen

atman

bagman

banyan

baston

falcon

fibrin

footman

freedman

gilden

hackman

jackman

kansan

kirkman

lynden

packman

panton

passman

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

sultan

trillion

tubman

tuscan

undone

vulcan

whitson

workman

alan

amman

auden

bacon

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

bayman

begun

billon

birthright

bisson

bitten

blacken

bourbon

bracken

brazen

briton

broaden

burman

burton

button

cabin

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

certain

chasten

chicken

christen

christian

churchman

cousin

craven

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

diction

dozen

dragon

driven

drunken

dungeon

eden

ermine

famine

fasten

fatten

fiction

firman

flashgun

flatten

floren

foreign

friction

gallon

gammon

german

gibbon

given

glisten

graven

griffon

hangman

happen

hasten

haven

jason

kalan

kitten

lagan

landsman

latin

layman

linen

listen

loren

luncheon

lyden

mangan

mason

mitten

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

odin

oven

pagan

patten

person

platen

platten

prison

pullen

quicken

raven

rerun

ribbon

riden

rincon

risen

riven

salmon

satan

satin

sermon

shaken

shaman

shrunken

sicken

siren

slacken

smitten

sodden

stiffen

straighten

stricken

striven

suction

sullen

summon

sunken

taken

talon

tappen

thicken

toughen

trodden

turban

urban

urson

villain

wagon

waken

warren

wiccan

widen

woman

women

woolen

worsen

written

zaman

zircon

baldwin

dustman

seedsman

bordman

salesman

caxton

statesman

capstan

doctrine

klansman

ashen

asian

brothers

burgeon

cajun

earthen

fashion

furthers

haitian

nation

passion

pathan

persian

ration

station

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

urchin

version

rayon

birthrights

gumption

plankton

tungsten

austin

alban

arson

barton

bargain

boatman

brother

further

boston

carbon

bolden

carman

carmine

carton

chieftain

copeman

corban

cordon

dalton

darken

dobson

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

fielden

golden

fireman

foreman

fountain

garden

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

hearten

houseman

jargon

jordan

jorden

linemen

lockman

marlin

lightman

lineman

lopeman

marten

martin

minden

morgan

mormon

mountain

newsman

norman

molten

olden

organ

oxen

pardon

sharpen

shotgun

orphan

outdone

parson

ponton

sequin

shearman

shorten

smarten

soldan

spartan

stallman

stockman

tarpon

tartan

union

wanton

warden

craftsman

draftsman

function

guardsman

huntsman

junction

action

othman

fraction

northern

georgian

bastion

birthrate

martian

torsion

fortune

traction

caption

coachman

faction

longan

mansion

margin

portion

watchman

beacon

beaten

birders

bison

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

brighten

brogan

broken

cheapen

chosen

colon

common

cotton

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

deacon

deepen

demon

dromon

eaten

elan

fallen

freeman

frighten

frozen

girders

gluten

gotten

graders

hausen

heighten

herder

herders

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

hyson

leman

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

logan

loosen

lumen

moisten

murdered

murders

often

omen

open

pavon

poison

pollan

pollen

proven

reason

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

seaman

season

semen

seton

shogun

showman

siphon

slogan

soften

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

sweeten

swollen

syphon

thousand

tighten

titan

token

toman

traders

treason

triton

weaken

wheaten

whiten

wizen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

markman

yachtsman

marchman

homespun

horseman

oarsman

portman

portrait

postman

scotsman

spokesman

townsman

trojan

caution

lotion

fusion

grecian

legion

lesion

motion

notion

potion

region

ocean

cartridge

birthrates

forthright

partridge

earthworms

birder

fretter

girder

gowan

grader

ion

murder

dian

lion

cowan

mayan

owen

paean

peon

rowan

rowen

trader

zion

ruin

scion

sportsman

portraits

marksman

sanction

auction

breather

earthwork

earthworm

faustian

option

protract

bartram

bratwurst

cartwright

breeders

critters

craters

traitors

farther

norther

nurtures

torture

protrude

crater

crowder

critter

breeder

frater

grater

fritter

traitor

prater

tortures

nurture

ardor

barter

boarder

border

carder

carter

charter

courter

darter

garter

harder

larder

order

perturb

porter

northward

martyr

mortar

quarter

tartar

warder

sorter

courtyard

creatures

boarders

bordered

borders

carters

chartered

charters

garters

harders

martyrs

mortars

ordered

orders

perturbs

porters

portray

quarters

sorters

tartars

warders

courtyards

artwork

chartreuse

hardware

guardrail

boardroom

portrays

wardrobe

creature

artworks

guardrails

boardrooms

wardrobes

treaters

writers

perturbed

praetor

treater

trotter

writer

3 syllable words

bedridden

mandarin

skeleton

specimen

denizen

elison

jettison

pelican

venison

adrian

rendition

carrion

clarion

heroin

heroine

marian

saccharin

tamarin

addition

edition

fisherman

lecithin

regimen

sedition

tradition

aegean

phrygian

derision

parisian

scythian

stygian

chairperson

chairwoman

everyone

genuine

mexican

cyprian

thespian

andean

determine

ramadan

anyone

bedizen

hammerman

bulletin

citizen

cinnamon

suburban

lesbian

ferryman

indian

silicon

keratin

wesleyan

addiction

benjamin

condition

dentition

menhaden

deduction

production

seduction

reduction

technician

alien

appian

arian

avian

cation

cessation

chilean

clergyman

collision

commission

correction

decision

direction

division

emission

fabian

foramen

freudian

furtherance

furthermore

galleon

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

gradation

halogen

hawaiian

horizon

libyan

malayan

median

moroccan

narration

odeon

percussion

permian

permission

petition

physician

plebeian

position

possession

precession

predation

procession

profession

provision

recession

recision

religion

reptilian

rescission

samoan

secession

sedation

simian

snapdragon

syrian

enliven

logician

abdomen

brotherhood

dominion

discipline

urethra

african

alderman

cambrian

chamberlain

enlighten

brazilian

clarendon

in-person

lumberman

civilian

magician

medallion

brotherly

lutheran

opinion

tuition

rebellion

induction

timberman

unbutton

uncertain

vermilion

fruition

talisman

pavilion

unwritten

midshipman

pentathlon

conduction

predestine

abrasion

abortion

accession

accretion

adoption

aggression

admission

affection

ambition

ascension

beholden

attrition

anchorman

apportion

attention

collection

concession

concussion

confession

dissection

deception

dissension

defection

depression

depiction

election

gestation

irishman

emulsion

backwoodsman

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

connexion

detention

discussion

connection

detection

digression

dimension

erection

incision

eviction

excision

oppression

perfection

prevention

laurentian

patrician

progression

proportion

propulsion

protection

repression

resection

revulsion

submission

suppression

temptation

selection

succession

transition

pretension

misshapen

obsession

perception

reception

regression

retention

secretion

preemption

sensation

suspicion

tactician

albion

assassin

awaken

beethoven

bitumen

campion

catalan

champion

eleven

feminine

forgotten

fraternal

fustian

garrison

gordian

guardian

halcyon

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

kantian

keynesian

lanolin

melanin

nevadan

overdone

overrun

puritan

toboggan

uneven

vatican

zambian

badminton

bandwagon

ambrosian

egyptian

ejection

emblazon

embolden

adhesion

etruscan

imprison

intestine

projection

suggestion

encryption

extortion

countryman

digestion

franciscan

unbroken

adsorption

handwoven

nebraskan

crestfallen

rejection

aleutian

allusion

assertion

audition

aversion

cetacean

collegian

collusion

commotion

deletion

delusion

desertion

devotion

duration

elation

emotion

erosion

evasion

illusion

imagine

immersion

malaysian

margarine

munition

musician

negation

occasion

omission

pollution

promotion

phoenician

precision

remission

reversion

revision

solution

summation

venetian

volition

gridiron

orion

uterine

murderers

abduction

myosin

affliction

castration

grobian

nemean

attraction

compression

compulsion

assumption

combustion

conception

contention

contortion

gaussian

confection

irian

contrition

conviction

convulsion

declension

nubian

convection

convention

deflection

diffraction

discretion

disruption

distortion

exception

filtration

frustration

impression

infection

inhuman

inception

niacin

intention

intrusion

invention

biotin

dorian

misprision

misfortune

protean

reopen

resumption

aryan

suspension

redemption

fenian

korean

julian

jovian

presumption

reflection

singleton

transmission

abandon

acumen

alaskan

austrian

backgammon

battalion

capsaicin

cohesion

extraction

forbidden

fratricide

guncotton

italian

magdalen

mistaken

nobleman

perfusion

policeman

rhodopsin

rifleman

sumatran

unburden

uncommon

congestion

ingestion

injection

objection

laotian

coercion

corrosion

creation

croatian

fijian

horatian

cognition

cistercian

compassion

ablation

ablution

aspersion

contagion

contusion

conversion

crustacean

deflation

depletion

dictation

diffusion

dispersion

equation

exertion

fixation

foundation

impassion

inaction

incursion

insertion

invasion

inversion

libration

migration

nitrogen

nutrition

occlusion

optician

oxygen

prediction

profusion

partition

preclusion

seclusion

submersion

subversion

vibration

subtraction

transgression

complexion

consumption

contraction

contraption

abstention

description

destruction

distraction

excretion

expression

expulsion

extension

extrusion

absorption

exemption

infarction

inflection

infliction

infraction

inspection

murderer

prescription

masculine

muskmelon

octillion

collagen

truncation

bosnian

bouillon

saleswoman

curators

freemason

solomon

vitamin

companion

fraternize

communion

disunion

scorpion

waterman

councilman

gravamen

albumin

eritreans

fratricides

ottoman

overman

peterman

reunion

housebroken

superman

unison

harlequin

distinction

englishman

causation

ovation

caucasian

origin

perversion

citation

gyration

parthian

completion

abstraction

flotation

vocation

hairdressing

flirtation

quotation

dilation

subscription

diversion

donation

location

reaction

conclusion

conflation

confucian

confusion

relation

concoction

rotation

conscription

constriction

exaction

construction

corruption

excursion

exhaustion

retraction

cremation

ligation

privation

probation

prostration

implosion

northerly

notation

northerner

inclusion

nonhuman

arthropod

anglican

oration

inscription

instruction

mutation

obstruction

transcription

inflation

infusion

vacation

artisan

australian

cardigan

charlatan

charwoman

corridor

corsican

extinction

forewoman

hairdresser

martyrdom

narrator

orator

partisan

porcelain

dalmatian

damnation

proscription

artesian

eruption

carnation

cartesian

lactation

restriction

northerners

asuncion

norwegian

alsatian

formation

optation

congressman

explosion

persuasion

plantation

starvation

taxation

prothorax

salvation

stagnation

arthropods

exclusion

expansion

compunction

outspoken

protracted

corridors

hairdressers

nonunion

fortresses

arkansan

narrators

orators

downtrodden

translation

injunction

marauder

conjunction

prudery

cartridges

transaction

dilution

ordering

precaution

heartbroken

tertiary

portrayal

northernmost

transfusion

marauders

reorder

creators

curator

portrayals

torturer

hardworking

torturers

creator

quarterback

charterhouse

artery

corduroy

courtier

quarterbacks

partridges

northwardly

courtiers

orderly

quarterly

arteries

4 syllable words

meridian

centurion

eritrean

sectarian

dedication

assyrian

missourian

medication

algerian

meditation

valerian

brother-in-law

corinthian

federation

nigerian

rhetorician

american

penicillin

samaritan

penetration

emigration

nestorian

pagurian

celebration

desecration

greco-roman

aldebaran

predilection

desolation

trepidation

desiccation

arizonan

bavarian

canadian

delegation

resurrection

demolition

comedian

arthurian

levitation

resolution

deposition

collodion

devolution

recitation

elevation

evolution

floridian

abolition

galilean

recreation

criterion

validation

repetition

renovation

revelation

gregorian

himalayan

hyperion

iberian

jacobean

maccabean

decimation

planarian

hesitation

siberian

sicilian

rhododendron

defamation

liberian

revocation

revolution

tetrahedron

athenian

radiation

education

adoration

generation

agitation

comparison

preparation

shakespearean

separation

prohibition

apparition

veneration

coalition

dietitian

reparation

variation

leviathan

vegetation

adulation

decoration

macedonian

adrenaline

pedestrian

pelagian

crocodilian

moravian

peruvian

registration

alabaman

agrarian

abyssinian

accordion

amphibian

ventilation

committeeman

barbarian

indecision

copernican

custodian

dandelion

immigration

indication

vindication

dominican

estonian

graduation

acquisition

glaciation

historian

oblivion

equitation

resignation

maturation

elocution

emulation

segregation

librarian

benediction

degradation

retrocession

minnesotan

restitution

nicaraguan

designation

reclamation

destitution

devastation

regulation

replication

reputation

requisition

interurban

depredation

deprivation

recollection

depravation

recognition

obsidian

paraguayan

calibration

statistician

estimation

syndication

circumcision

reexamine

wagnerian

subdivision

predetermine

saturation

exhibition

polyhedron

speculation

situation

victorian

self-deception

sequestration

californian

dehydration

equestrian

gentlewoman

kindergarten

legislation

ohioan

admiration

allegation

allocation

animation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

avocation

declaration

derivation

desperation

dilatation

disillusion

dissipation

dissolution

erudition

gravitation

habitation

hungarian

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

intuition

limitation

litigation

mitigation

navigation

opposition

politician

preservation

readmission

preelection

preignition

proposition

reelection

reformation

repercussion

repossession

respiration

restoration

smithsonian

vacillation

reposition

reservation

sanitation

suffocation

supervision

supposition

titillation

visitation

chameleon

electrician

embarkation

coloradan

excavation

expedition

execution

exhortation

arabian

exposition

bolivian

integration

retribution

illustration

devonian

indignation

ministration

interdiction

draconian

european

fallopian

fraternity

iranian

mammalian

napoleon

menstruation

protozoan

simonian

octahedron

praetorian

reawaken

armageddon

contrarian

exhalation

cogitation

fluctuation

interwoven

misbegotten

modulation

noblewoman

republican

mediation

miseration

moderation

reassertion

violation

bohemian

coloration

hegelian

ideation

iteration

liberation

application

infiltration

approbation

composition

exclamation

backwardation

cancellation

carcinogen

competition

crucifixion

circulation

cultivation

expectation

destination

disaffection

disposition

fabrication

fibrillation

explication

distillation

hypertension

imposition

inattention

indonesian

persecution

tabulation

tribulation

extradition

granulation

extrication

excitation

expiration

stimulation

stipulation

palpitation

dereliction

oxidation

simulation

protestation

publication

refutation

superhuman

superstition

acclamation

accusation

acclimation

activation

admonition

advocation

affectation

aggregation

adaptation

aggravation

annexation

insurrection

invocation

lilliputian

molestation

intercession

invitation

liquidation

abdication

abnegation

absolution

insulation

intimation

abrogation

intermission

interruption

albanian

columbian

fraternities

guatemalan

pavlovian

watermelon

herculean

jordanian

overburden

conjugation

darwinian

cotyledon

cyclopean

eustachian

exhumation

syncopation

arterial

tasmanian

territories

olympian

assemblyman

businesswoman

hydrocarbon

inhibition

amputation

arbitration

attribution

augmentation

bifurcation

calculation

circumvention

collocation

condescension

connotation

consecration

decompression

definition

detonation

disinfection

disinflation

dissertation

emanation

exploration

figuration

fluoridation

fumigation

gastrulation

imperfection

implication

importation

imputation

incarnation

indentation

indexation

infestation

inflammation

inquisition

installation

instigation

institution

interception

intersection

intervention

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jubilation

lancastrian

liquefaction

locomotion

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

melanesian

misperception

motivation

mutilation

oscillation

ostentation

polynesian

premonition

procreation

propagation

provocation

punctuation

realization

reinspection

rumination

satisfaction

segmentation

subluxation

substitution

ulceration

newtonian

apprehension

diocesan

eritrea

hemoglobin

plutonian

utopian

territory

indigestion

strangulation

interjection

tamoxifen

ammunition

consummation

deformation

convolution

culmination

circumspection

algonquian

commutation

compilation

consolation

vaccination

deportation

convocation

conflagration

retardation

demarcation

gargantuan

inspiration

interaction

obligation

proclamation

recantation

distribution

explanation

introduction

obstetrician

presentation

impregnation

orchestration

duplication

occupation

ovulation

dislocation

information

intonation

lubrication

indiscretion

prosecution

prostitution

exploitation

incrustation

population

comprehension

toleration

englishwoman

aviation

perforation

foliation

aberration

deviation

laceration

surrogation

operation

ibuprofen

reconstruction

gorgonian

armenian

introspection

deconstruction

complication

computation

condemnation

confiscation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

disconnection

dispensation

disputation

formulation

fragmentation

incantation

inclination

jurisdiction

mortification

obfuscation

pigmentation

pretoria

reproduction

hibernation

termination

congregation

germination

perspiration

aspiration

perturbation

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corporation

correlation

affirmation

coronation

divination

diminution

corp.

evocation

fascination

incubation

machination

mongolian

relocation

usurpation

valuation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

demonstration

confrontation

contribution

implantation

pagination

misconception

observation

masturbation

altercation

alternation

inundation

combination

confirmation

conversation

fermentation

conservation

ordination

permutation

perturbations

relaxation

oratory

elongation

mortuary

nonpartisan

consternation

compensation

condensation

sartorial

transformation

nonprescription

transportation

nomination

profanation

domination

concentration

copenhagen

precondition

commendation

transplantation

preconception

porterages

quartermaster

5 syllable words

vegetarian

presbyterian

epicurean

academician

edification

adulteration

premeditation

jeffersonian

hanoverian

caledonian

carolinian

alliteration

nonsectarian

deliberation

pythagorean

accreditation

sedimentation

delicatessen

maximilian

veterinarian

certification

theologian

classification

confederation

dramatization

discoloration

elizabethan

exhilaration

fertilization

obliteration

gratification

peloponnesian

incineration

pacification

gasification

prevarication

specification

stratification

ramification

ratification

defenestration

metropolitan

babylonian

exaggeration

hyperborean

neapolitan

nickelodeon

unitarian

patagonian

panamanian

proletarian

mathematician

pennsylvanian

refrigeration

libertarian

mississippian

perpetuation

amazonian

specialization

administration

interrogation

cauterization

commemoration

affiliation

invalidation

anticipation

lithuanian

deceleration

deification

delineation

desegregation

domestication

magnetization

configuration

falsification

excoriation

magnification

annihilation

maximization

misinformation

recommendation

rectification

reintegration

vaporization

assemblywoman

augustinian

authentication

centenarian

degeneration

exoskeleton

initiation

negotiation

origination

philadelphian

pomeranian

regeneration

scandinavian

abbreviation

representation

reiteration

disembarkation

disintegration

civilization

decapitation

interpolation

qualification

utilization

resuscitation

repatriation

determination

mummification

unification

localization

orientation

repudiation

desalination

elimination

vilification

ethiopian

centralization

acceleration

amortization

attenuation

conciliation

investigation

assimilation

brutalization

accommodation

clarification

codification

coagulation

consideration

facilitation

mobilization

amplification

modernization

modification

notification

nullification

presupposition

russification

solicitation

sterilization

vulgarization

legalization

ossification

precipitation

verification

expatriation

adjudication

appreciation

capitulation

territorial

carthaginian

beethovenian

cohabitation

rejuvenation

washingtonian

depreciation

nitroglycerine

pasteurization

infatuation

sanctification

amalgamation

appropriation

communication

consolidation

equivocation

emancipation

continuation

decomposition

depopulation

equalization

evacuation

exasperation

exfoliation

hyperinflation

expropriation

indoctrination

fortification

immunization

incarceration

insinuation

manipulation

subordination

inactivation

incorporation

inoculation

intimidation

justification

normalization

participation

predestination

predisposition

recrimination

manifestation

misapplication

electrocution

sophistication

quantification

association

collaboration

dissociation

hydrogenation

recuperation

inhabitation

alienation

alleviation

elaboration

enumeration

humiliation

irradiation

proliferation

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authorization

agglomeration

nonintervention

incrimination

ornamentation

dissemination

improvisation

exoneration

articulation

amelioration

disinclination

overproduction

denomination

abomination

assassination

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evaluation

hallucination

discrimination

accumulation

dissatisfaction

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interpretation

preoccupation

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intoxication

inauguration

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procrastination

illumination

mechanization

remuneration

approximation

multiplication

simplification

confabulation

extermination

congratulation

brobdingnagian

synchronization

misapprehension

cooperation

corroboration

substantiation

imagination

argumentation

contamination

examination

hybridization

exacerbation

insemination

recombination

miscalculation

conglomeration

concatenation

neutralization

reforestation

curatorial

oregonian

christianization

instrumentation

ejaculation

polarization

reaffirmation

retaliation

reverberation

prognostication

yugoslavian

canonization

denunciation

renunciation

revaluation

moratoria

oratorio

coordination

glorification

irretrievably

moratorium

argentinian

harmonization

triangulation

organization

moratoriums

oratorical

colonization

pronunciation

dionysian

ionization

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word brethren

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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