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

basin

bason

bison

caisson

chasten

fasten

hasten

hyson

jason

mason

moisten

gumption

action

auction

bastion

caption

faustian

flashgun

fortune

fraction

georgian

mansion

martian

option

traction

suction

faction

function

sportsman

junction

sanction

caution

hessian

notion

ocean

prussian

session

motion

grecian

lotion

russian

suasion

asian

freshen

potion

cajun

baldwin

grandson

bordman

horseman

oarsman

portman

arson

aspen

austin

banyan

baston

canyon

chastened

classman

claxon

corban

cordon

dalton

damson

dobson

fastened

faulcon

foreman

gascon

gorgon

hastens

jasmine

jordan

jorden

morgan

mormon

muslin

norman

onion

organ

orphan

oxen

parson

passman

runnion

samson

saxon

scallion

scullion

shorten

stallion

stallman

wanton

warden

emption

factions

auctions

bastions

actions

auden

bacon

bayman

boughten

brazen

brighten

broaden

canaan

cayman

chosen

cousin

craftsman

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

diction

dozen

draftsman

dungeon

fiction

flexion

floren

foreign

freshman

friction

frighten

frozen

gentian

graven

hausen

haven

heighten

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

kalan

laden

layman

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

loren

luncheon

lyden

maiden

margin

marksman

mention

often

pagan

pension

person

poison

question

raven

riden

ripen

rosen

rosin

satan

section

shaken

shaman

siphon

siren

straighten

syphon

taken

tension

thousand

tighten

titan

triton

urson

waken

warren

whiten

widen

wizen

worsen

yaupon

zaman

mission

gudgeon

heathen

statesman

legion

lesion

landman

scotsman

lampron

fission

mahone

homespun

klansman

spokesman

fusion

cushion

marchman

markman

version

vision

cauldron

doctrine

region

caxton

persian

trojan

townsman

yachtsman

pathan

capstan

dudgeon

bludgeon

dian

lion

rayon

scion

ion

mayan

zion

plankton

sections

fictions

questions

tungsten

acton

alban

alman

atman

apron

bagman

bargain

billion

boston

captain

carman

carmine

carton

carbon

barton

boatman

bolden

brakeman

calvin

canton

bullion

chaplain

dampen

darken

chapman

copeman

chessman

falcon

fibrin

fireman

fountain

garden

golden

desman

dolphin

ensign

hackman

harden

harken

harten

dolman

hearten

heightens

houseman

ibsen

keelson

kelson

kenyan

lightman

lineman

kansan

jackman

jetson

jargon

lightens

linemen

marten

lisbon

martin

marlin

lopeman

london

lockman

matron

million

minden

minion

molten

mountain

newsman

olden

outdone

outrun

packman

panton

pardon

patron

pillion

pinion

plantain

ponton

pressman

saffron

santon

shotgun

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stepson

sharpen

stillion

stockman

sultan

tarpon

tartan

teston

tightens

trillion

tubman

tuscan

undone

union

vulcan

whitson

landsman

guardsman

basting

coachman

bushman

engine

othman

belgian

casting

costing

drunken

christian

dutchman

lasting

mangan

hangman

longan

shrunken

sunken

wasting

watchman

tasting

bowman

christen

colon

demon

fallen

flatten

happen

bisson

common

bollen

amman

asthma

bobbin

deepen

fatten

blowgun

blacken

button

baton

baron

barren

alan

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

brogan

broken

bracken

cabin

cannon

canon

cheapen

cotton

cretin

deacon

dragon

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

famine

freeman

gallon

gammon

garron

gladden

glisten

gotten

hogan

hoten

hoven

lagan

leman

leven

muffin

mullen

patten

pavon

rerun

listen

madden

mutton

oven

prison

locken

logan

open

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

reason

resin

latin

loosen

odin

omen

risen

robin

roman

rotten

sadden

salmon

satin

seaman

season

semen

seton

shogun

showman

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

swollen

talon

tappen

token

toman

toughen

treason

trodden

wagon

weaken

wheaten

woven

yeoman

children

delphian

dustman

lengthen

salesman

sexton

strengthen

headsman

postman

seedsman

kitchen

earthen

fighting

pigeon

sighting

sturgeon

burgeon

lighting

surgeon

urchin

right-hand

henchman

tastings

castings

penguin

cowan

urine

owen

gowan

paean

peon

rowan

rowen

airman

chieftain

bellman

billman

bookman

chairman

chestnut

chevron

citron

clinton

custom

goodman

crimson

destin

eyestone

fielden

footman

freedman

gilden

headman

hempen

hetman

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

listens

lynden

m1

mignon

milken

linden

melton

nekton

piston

pitman

sequin

octane

pectin

penman

selden

shakedown

shearman

shipman

silken

tillman

tendon

sustain

sylvan

extant

spearman

wisdom

workman

woolman

woodman

acting

brethren

churchman

boasting

coasting

fightings

hosting

lightning

ousting

posting

resting

rincon

roasting

sightings

testing

toasting

vesting

beckon

bellon

begun

billon

bitten

bourbon

breton

briton

burden

burdon

burman

burton

certain

charon

chestnuts

chicken

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

customs

deaden

deafen

devon

distance

distant

driven

eighteen

ermine

felon

firman

german

gibbon

given

glidden

gluten

griffon

heaven

heron

hidden

human

jetton

kitten

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

linen

lumen

marron

melon

mitten

ninon

perron

pistons

proven

pullen

quicken

reckon

redden

ribbon

ridden

riven

rumen

sermon

seven

shakedowns

sicken

smitten

stiffen

stricken

sustained

sustains

thicken

threaten

striven

turban

urban

vegan

villain

weapon

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

zircon

postings

lightnings

yachting

eighteens

bookstand

disdain

festoon

keystone

dictum

dukedom

nightmare

nighttime

peacetime

rectum

system

victim

ruin

eighteenth

listing

twisting

victims

disdains

disdained

distend

systems

keystones

extinct

listings

extend

extent

postmark

vestment

ragtime

pastime

costume

distinct

sistine

vestments

extends

sixteenths

sixteen

sixteenth

lactone

mustang

touchdown

astound

touchdowns

mustangs

astounds

esteem

costumes

nightmares

nighttimes

pastimes

bookstands

sixteens

3 syllable words

coercion

creation

horatian

truncation

capsaicin

castration

conflation

frustration

prostration

transaction

abrasion

accession

accretion

affection

aggression

ascension

attention

collection

compassion

concession

confession

connection

connexion

contagion

deflation

dictation

digression

dissection

exertion

fixation

gestation

norwegian

obsession

oppression

progression

protection

secretion

awaken

regression

positions

selection

transition

jamaican

suppression

freemason

temptation

gravamen

waterman

sensation

succession

vacations

korean

malayan

dorian

addition

aleutian

audition

collegian

commission

deletion

dilution

edition

evasion

musician

petition

precession

omission

origin

pollution

recession

secession

solution

tradition

volition

digestion

suggestion

projection

transgression

laotian

alderman

policeman

porcelain

attraction

completion

confection

confucian

convection

inflation

convention

conception

exaction

compression

contention

suspension

alaskan

forbidden

filtration

declension

corsican

magician

logician

bosnian

determine

overdone

overman

garrison

overrun

australian

scorpion

ablution

abortion

addiction

admission

adoption

ambition

apportion

concussion

defection

erection

insertion

invasion

pretension

prevention

production

proportion

gordian

propulsion

tactician

congestion

reception

asuncion

attrition

condition

dimension

dissension

depletion

irishman

retention

reduction

repression

resection

hammerman

deception

detection

detention

election

nevadan

submission

uneven

suspicion

cistercian

depression

partition

cognition

equation

optician

patrician

perception

perfection

persuasion

suburban

objection

absorption

adsorption

appian

arian

aryan

biotin

cation

commotion

complexion

contraction

contraption

correction

corruption

direction

ejection

emission

exemption

fastener

foramen

galleon

ghanaian

grobian

halogen

hawaiian

jovian

locating

masculine

munition

myosin

nebraskan

niacin

odeon

permission

plebeian

precaution

promotion

protean

reaction

rejection

remission

saccharin

sedition

subtraction

tamarin

affliction

assumption

charlatan

chairperson

conduction

deflection

inception

acumen

african

impression

resumption

abandon

infection

corrosion

austrian

combustion

contrition

conviction

convulsion

brazilian

battalion

invention

concoction

fruition

cardigan

compulsion

contortion

backgammon

charwoman

uncertain

auctioneers

distortion

unburden

lumberman

discretion

equations

medallion

magdalen

exception

tuition

in-person

talisman

abduction

forewoman

unbutton

presumption

unwritten

predestine

mistaken

redemption

transmission

genuine

reflection

abstraction

anyone

javelin

lanolin

wesleyan

anchorman

prediction

jacobin

oxygen

seduction

collagen

guardian

halcyon

jettison

keynesian

peterman

ingestion

kantian

vitamin

injection

vatican

solomon

specimen

ferryman

deduction

auctioneer

dentition

depiction

catalan

misshapen

andean

impassion

menhaden

fasteners

technician

rendition

champion

mandarin

toboggan

eleven

eviction

ignition

elison

lesbian

ottoman

ramadan

emulsion

nutrition

campion

zambian

eruption

albion

inaction

acetone

macadam

superman

preemption

reactions

revulsion

prescription

inflection

inspection

infarction

proscription

extortion

abstention

excretion

expression

extension

consumption

badminton

collision

erosion

accident

bandwagon

parthian

lecithin

albumin

provision

egyptian

fastening

communion

companion

councilman

countryman

emblazon

allusion

clergyman

devotion

precision

questioner

franciscan

aversion

collusion

harlequin

saleswoman

diversion

snapdragon

intestine

emotion

postnatal

margarine

percussion

religion

muskmelon

nonunion

fabian

clarion

gillian

horizon

alien

libyan

carrion

chilean

avian

freudian

gaussian

irian

marian

permian

nubian

julian

simian

syrian

veteran

compunction

uterine

timberman

dominion

chairwoman

opinion

pavilion

rebellion

uncommon

anglican

cambrian

disruption

everyone

diffraction

nonhuman

bedridden

exhaustion

italian

guncotton

retraction

civilian

induction

cohesion

decedent

rhodopsin

rifleman

hesitant

misfortune

intention

resident

mexican

residence

conjunction

conscription

construction

injunction

subscription

accidents

aegean

constriction

extensions

derision

parisian

phrygian

scythian

stygian

fijian

obstruction

transcription

lutheran

fictional

conversion

discussion

fastenings

contusion

nitrogen

sectional

profusion

aspersion

cartesian

occlusion

subversion

equating

questioners

questionnaire

artesian

hydrogen

submersion

bitumen

destiny

indian

adrian

assassin

encryption

fustian

infraction

thespian

description

unison

infliction

venison

bulletin

beethoven

bouillon

cyprian

medicine

congressman

denizen

citizen

destruction

distraction

expansion

expulsion

restriction

adhesion

ambrosian

decedents

disdainful

distinction

testament

englishman

disunion

downtrodden

occident

octillion

outspoken

residents

recision

rescission

reversion

lightening

revision

decision

delusion

besetting

division

perversion

fisherman

illusion

imagine

immersion

visiting

confusion

conclusion

inscription

instruction

implosion

extraction

inhuman

midshipman

questionnaires

testaments

destinies

enlighten

enliven

fenian

sumatran

artisan

extinction

nobleman

median

moroccan

nemean

listener

orion

reopen

samoan

abdomen

asthmatic

bystander

chamberlain

discipline

dissidence

dissident

distinctions

vermilion

partisan

backwoodsman

beholden

benjamin

diffusion

dispersion

exceeding

excision

explosion

incision

incursion

inversion

lastingly

preclusion

seclusion

transfusion

arkansan

bedizen

forgotten

keratin

puritan

silicon

bystanders

cinnamon

pelican

reunion

gentleman

customer

crestfallen

embolden

begotten

dissidents

etruscan

handwoven

housebroken

skeleton

sustenance

unbroken

listeners

extinctions

reptilian

intrusion

inclusion

excursion

infusion

misprision

singleton

pentathlon

right-handed

regimen

listening

heartbroken

customers

customize

excitement

guesstimate

perfusion

decadent

estimate

systemic

bedouin

exclusion

extrusion

heroin

heroine

nightmarish

exciting

distances

estimates

decadents

imprison

guesstimates

academe

echidna

feminine

rectangle

melanin

pseudonym

nicotine

liechtenstein

post-mortem

ticketing

victimize

rectangles

clarendon

distemper

pseudonyms

tectonic

astonish

nightingale

extender

istanbul

extenders

extensive

distinctive

distinctly

tectonics

distinguished

extinguished

costumer

distinguish

asthmatics

succeeding

extinguish

astounded

postmaster

toastmaster

astounding

costumers

postmasters

4 syllable words

aberration

adoration

coloration

foliation

ideation

miseration

moderation

laceration

operation

surrogation

toleration

violation

graduation

maturation

saturation

deformation

deportation

alternation

ordination

accusation

observation

admiration

affirmation

allegation

allocation

animation

annotation

appellation

aspiration

avocation

collocation

connotation

decimation

dedication

defamation

delegation

derivation

desiccation

desolation

detonation

dilatation

divination

domination

elevation

emanation

evocation

fascination

fluoridation

germination

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

hibernation

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

irrigation

isolation

jubilation

litigation

machination

medication

meditation

motivation

mutilation

navigation

nomination

oscillation

preservation

procreation

propagation

provocation

recitation

relocation

renovation

repossession

reservation

revelation

sanitation

suffocation

termination

ulceration

vacillation

validation

revocation

valuation

visitation

elongation

liberation

radiation

veneration

adulation

variation

agitation

reparation

separation

cogitation

decoration

federation

iteration

education

deviation

mediation

reassertion

aviation

fluctuation

apparition

modulation

generation

perforation

preparation

pagination

vegetation

exhortation

formulation

malformation

ostentation

importation

mortification

abdication

activation

adaptation

abnegation

jordanian

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

combination

commendation

commutation

confirmation

consummation

conversation

compilation

consolation

convocation

degradation

demarcation

depravation

depredation

devastation

distillation

fermentation

population

excitation

immigration

tribulation

fabrication

proclamation

reclamation

tabulation

watermelon

equitation

indication

insulation

intimation

intonation

inundation

invocation

presentation

regulation

relaxation

reputation

resignation

situation

tasmanian

acclimation

acclamation

abrogation

advocation

altercation

annexation

approbation

application

backwardation

calibration

cancellation

circulation

glaciation

celebration

conservation

culmination

cultivation

deprivation

desecration

designation

destination

dislocation

duplication

granulation

emigration

emulation

estimation

masturbation

molestation

obligation

oxidation

publication

replication

segregation

simulation

occupation

ovulation

palpitation

penetration

protestation

recantation

retardation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

vaccination

ventilation

vindication

declaration

appalachian

figuration

desperation

fumigation

orchestration

deposition

bifurcation

opposition

reposition

respiration

rumination

resurrection

restoration

dehydration

recreation

reformation

perspiration

perturbation

proposition

syncopation

reawaken

dissipation

dissertation

irritation

titillation

arabian

conjugation

usurpation

trepidation

limitation

supposition

mitigation

mammalian

levitation

canadian

legislation

amputation

arbitration

augmentation

calculation

coalition

compensation

complication

computation

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

consultation

destinations

dietitian

dispensation

embarkation

estimations

excavation

fragmentation

gastrulation

illustration

implication

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

inflammation

installation

integration

leviathan

ministration

obfuscation

pelagian

pigmentation

prohibition

punctuation

rhetorician

segmentation

subluxation

transformation

transportation

congregation

exhalation

transplantation

strangulation

imposition

requisition

hypertension

fibrillation

retrocession

ammunition

lilliputian

composition

american

invitation

copernican

inspiration

cotyledon

information

liquidation

albanian

predilection

syndication

lubrication

samaritan

disaffection

expiration

permutation

persecution

refutation

acquisition

pagurian

recollection

disposition

elocution

prosecution

concentration

conflagration

confrontation

contemplation

explanation

explication

exploitation

extrication

implantation

incrustation

sequestration

demonstration

exclamation

abolition

bavarian

himalayan

collodion

gregorian

diminution

planarian

diocesan

dissolution

coloradan

comedian

politician

premonition

devolution

chameleon

preelection

fallopian

missourian

reelection

floridian

manumission

napoleon

definition

erudition

evolution

resolution

repetition

demolition

preignition

readmission

repercussion

revolution

praetorian

pedestrian

attribution

comparison

condescension

decompression

execution

exploration

exposition

tamoxifen

disconnection

disinflation

disputation

adrenaline

indexation

inquisition

infestation

instigation

indentation

indignation

liquefaction

menstruation

preconception

retribution

satisfaction

apprehension

athenian

bohemian

indigestion

incubation

moravian

registration

admonition

gargantuan

exhibition

dereliction

superstition

recognition

residential

absolution

prostitution

polyhedron

benediction

convolution

statistician

competition

destitution

inattention

insurrection

interaction

intermission

interruption

precondition

intercession

distribution

expectation

abyssinian

accordion

barbarian

historian

overburden

eustachian

obsidian

victorian

pavlovian

dominican

reexamine

wagnerian

nestorian

aldebaran

contribution

committeeman

circumspection

impregnation

armenian

agrarian

alabaman

gorgonian

librarian

infiltration

contraception

misconception

self-deception

assemblyman

businesswoman

inhibition

comprehension

exhumation

hungarian

intuition

locomotion

mongolian

assyrian

arizonan

constitution

disinfection

imperfection

academy

bolivian

galilean

expedition

siberian

iberian

iranian

jacobean

plutonian

circumvention

hyperion

newtonian

electrician

interception

jurisdiction

substitution

criterion

devonian

liberian

maccabean

intersection

intervention

reproduction

interdiction

european

misperception

utopian

reinspection

lancastrian

malnutrition

protozoan

simonian

valerian

estimated

macedonian

contrarian

noblewoman

interjection

armageddon

republican

introspection

shakespearean

sustainable

restitution

actionable

superhuman

nigerian

crucifixion

carcinogen

introduction

obstetrician

meridian

astonishment

indiscretion

extradition

contravention

peruvian

contradiction

academies

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gentlewoman

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englishwoman

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extenuate

5 syllable words

cauterization

corroboration

authorization

association

vaporization

ionization

polarization

cooperation

normalization

organization

amortization

dramatization

coordination

civilization

legalization

fertilization

colonization

denomination

canonization

glorification

inauguration

brutalization

localization

mobilization

modernization

utilization

mechanization

orientation

vulgarization

sterilization

annihilation

specialization

pasteurization

alliteration

proliferation

evaporation

retaliation

alleviation

deification

reaffirmation

alienation

dissociation

affiliation

collaboration

commemoration

elaboration

appropriation

equalization

excoriation

fortification

harmonization

hybridization

immunization

incorporation

magnetization

maximization

negotiation

neutralization

origination

reforestation

reiteration

subordination

christianization

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accommodation

adulteration

agglomeration

amelioration

assassination

assimilation

attenuation

certification

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

conciliation

confederation

consideration

decapitation

denunciation

determination

discoloration

dissemination

edification

elimination

eradication

evaluation

exhilaration

exoneration

facilitation

gasification

gratification

hallucination

illumination

interpolation

modification

mummification

notification

nullification

obliteration

ossification

pacification

premeditation

preoccupation

prevarication

pronunciation

purification

qualification

ramification

ratification

renunciation

resuscitation

revaluation

russification

solicitation

stratification

unification

authentication

verification

vilification

reverberation

adjudication

appreciation

capitulation

cohabitation

recuperation

ornamentation

enumeration

humiliation

exaggeration

perpetuation

rejuvenation

centralization

improvisation

deliberation

delineation

infatuation

representation

imagination

deceleration

irradiation

pomeranian

synchronization

incarceration

insemination

configuration

inactivation

predestination

inoculation

anticipation

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

misapplication

participation

recommendation

rectification

reintegration

recombination

quantification

concatenation

interrogation

invalidation

communication

sedimentation

justification

degeneration

amalgamation

decomposition

sophistication

conglomeration

falsification

accreditation

desegregation

initiation

emancipation

domestication

equivocation

depopulation

exacerbation

examination

exasperation

exfoliation

evacuation

consolidation

regeneration

hyperinflation

contamination

continuation

desalination

incineration

precipitation

ejaculation

inhabitation

repatriation

repudiation

hydrogenation

triangulation

presupposition

specification

remuneration

accumulation

multiplication

confabulation

incrimination

simplification

extermination

discrimination

amplification

approximation

articulation

disintegration

intoxication

disinclination

disembarkation

investigation

procrastination

prognostication

panamanian

refrigeration

depreciation

sanctification

congratulation

substantiation

insinuation

recrimination

intimidation

misinformation

predisposition

argumentation

miscalculation

delicatessen

administration

expropriation

augustinian

indoctrination

epicurean

scandinavian

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academician

assemblywoman

defenestration

unitarian

amazonian

babylonian

proletarian

nonintervention

caledonian

expatriation

interpretation

juxtaposition

overproduction

lusitanias

dissatisfaction

instrumentation

hanoverian

jeffersonian

hyperborean

oregonian

patagonian

misapprehension

mathematician

brobdingnagian

academicians

electrocution

reactionary

philadelphian

macedonians

exoskeleton

maximilian

interconnection

reactionaries

nickelodeon

metropolitan

pennsylvanian

nonsectarian

carolinian

libertarian

nitroglycerine

presbyterian

peloponnesian

ethiopian

theologian

accidentally

carthaginian

neapolitan

washingtonian

beethovenian

mississippian

legitimacy

argentinian

testamentary

testimonial

yugoslavian

extenuating

dionysian

legitimately

testimonials

distinguishable

lithuanian

pythagorean

vegetarian

legitimizes

customarily

centenarian

veterinarian

academically

systematically

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word causation

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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