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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

chessman

ensign

jetson

keelson

kelson

kenyan

stepson

teston

pressman

caisson

chasten

sections

hasten

lessen

lesson

mason

questions

gumption

basin

jason

christian

fiction

diction

engine

action

fraction

bastion

belgian

caption

faction

freshman

mansion

traction

friction

suction

function

junction

sanction

ashen

asian

cajun

cushion

mission

fashion

fission

grecian

passion

prussian

ration

suasion

russian

delphian

strengthen

headsman

dustman

lengthen

sexton

airman

aspen

banyan

baston

bellman

billion

bullion

canyon

chairman

chastened

chestnut

chevron

classman

desman

destin

gascon

hastens

headman

hempen

hetman

ibsen

kelvin

kremlin

m1

melton

million

minion

nekton

onion

passman

pectin

penman

pillion

pinion

piston

runnion

scallion

scullion

selden

stallion

stillion

tendon

trillion

tuscan

whitson

actions

henchman

fictions

factions

bastions

penguin

auction

bacon

bason

bayman

beckon

bellon

bison

bisson

brazen

brethren

breton

bushman

canaan

cayman

charon

christen

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

deaden

deafen

devon

dungeon

extant

fasten

faustian

felon

flashgun

glisten

graven

haven

heaven

heron

hyson

jetton

kalan

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

listen

luncheon

maiden

marron

martian

melon

moisten

option

pagan

perron

person

portion

raven

reckon

redden

resin

resting

satan

seven

shaken

shaman

straighten

taken

testing

threaten

torsion

urson

vegan

vesting

waken

weapon

worsen

zaman

heathen

lampron

vision

ocean

sturgeon

pathan

statesman

kitchen

klansman

region

lesion

lotion

persian

motion

urchin

pigeon

mahone

surgeon

version

pistons

landman

potion

postman

legion

notion

chestnuts

children

bludgeon

burgeon

dudgeon

earthen

capstan

caution

caxton

distant

distance

gudgeon

rayon

auctions

plankton

tungsten

boston

bagman

bookman

billman

brakeman

acton

austin

alman

atman

calvin

apron

canton

captain

chaplain

chapman

citron

claxon

clinton

crimson

custom

dampen

damson

disdain

falcon

fastened

festoon

footman

gilden

goodman

hackman

houseman

kirkman

listens

kansan

london

lynden

matron

jackman

jasmine

linden

lisbon

mignon

milken

muslin

packman

panton

patron

pitman

rectum

samson

plantain

saffron

santon

saxon

shipman

silken

spearman

sultan

sustain

tillman

sylvan

system

tubman

undone

union

vulcan

woodman

woolman

workman

huntsman

draftsman

vestment

craftsman

landsman

basting

churchman

drunken

dutchman

casting

fortune

listing

tasting

lasting

mustang

shrunken

sunken

twisting

georgian

hangman

mangan

margin

wasting

rincon

cousin

cretin

curtain

demon

happen

hidden

oven

patten

poison

deacon

griffon

heighten

hymen

hyphen

deepen

platen

platten

prison

smitten

urban

summon

sullen

syphon

villain

sweeten

wagon

wizen

weaken

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

widen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

alan

amman

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

begun

billon

blacken

bitten

bourbon

bracken

brighten

briton

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

cannon

canon

certain

cheapen

chicken

dozen

dragon

driven

eaten

eden

elan

ermine

famine

fatten

firman

flatten

freeman

frighten

gallon

gammon

garron

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

kitten

lagan

latin

leman

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linen

liven

loosen

lyden

madden

mitten

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

pullen

quicken

reason

rerun

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

sadden

salmon

satin

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

steven

thicken

stiffen

stricken

striven

toughen

treason

sudden

triton

turban

talon

tighten

titan

tappen

zircon

astound

doctrine

systems

cauldron

oarsman

sustained

sustains

townsman

baldwin

bordman

customs

disdained

disdains

distend

grandson

homespun

horseman

marchman

markman

portman

salesman

scotsman

spokesman

yachtsman

vestments

trojan

fusion

castings

listings

mustangs

tastings

mayan

scion

lion

paean

dian

peon

urine

ion

zion

arson

barton

boatman

bolden

carmine

chieftain

copeman

dictum

bookstand

alban

bargain

carman

corban

cordon

dalton

guardsman

carbon

carton

darken

dobson

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

astounds

sportsman

fibrin

fielden

fireman

foreman

fountain

freedman

garden

golden

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

hearten

heightens

jargon

jordan

jorden

lightens

lightman

lineman

linemen

lockman

lopeman

marlin

marten

martin

minden

molten

morgan

mormon

mountain

newsman

norman

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

oxen

pardon

olden

parson

ponton

sequin

shakedown

shotgun

sistine

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

sharpen

shearman

shorten

squadron

stallman

tarpon

tartan

tightens

victim

wanton

stockman

warden

wisdom

marksman

acting

coasting

othman

ousting

posting

coachman

toasting

boasting

hosting

distinct

watchman

costing

longan

roasting

asthma

auden

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bookstands

boughten

bowman

broaden

brogan

broken

chosen

colon

common

cotton

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

dromon

eighteen

fallen

floren

foreign

frozen

gluten

gotten

hausen

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

locken

logan

loren

lumen

odin

often

omen

open

pastimes

pavon

pollan

pollen

proven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

seedsman

shakedowns

shogun

showman

sixteen

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

stolen

swollen

thousand

token

toman

trodden

victims

warren

woven

yaupon

yeoman

fighting

extinct

postings

lighting

right-hand

sighting

dukedom

postmark

sixteens

eighteens

esteem

keystone

lactone

octane

pastime

eyestone

owen

cowan

gowan

ruin

rowan

sixteenth

rowen

eighteenth

fightings

lightning

sightings

costumes

keystones

lightnings

yachting

peacetime

nighttime

costume

ragtime

nighttimes

extends

touchdown

nightmares

touchdowns

extend

extent

nightmare

sixteenths

3 syllable words

truncation

croatian

creation

mistaken

chairperson

decedent

genuine

conception

filtration

conflation

discretion

exception

inception

prostration

translation

inflation

suspension

contagion

venison

abrasion

compassion

dentition

discussion

accretion

carnation

depletion

dispersion

dissection

equation

hydration

impassion

inaction

libration

locations

menhaden

migration

misshapen

optation

preemption

rendition

resection

secretion

vibration

elison

medicine

vocations

asuncion

aspersion

jettison

ferryman

invasion

freemason

awaken

starvation

jamaican

specimen

thespian

formation

technician

foundation

exertion

anyone

suspicion

foramen

carrion

clarion

malayan

veteran

marian

aleutian

correction

addition

corruption

decision

aversion

caucasian

collegian

commotion

commission

devotion

emission

questioner

direction

edition

promotion

immersion

recision

tradition

imagine

perversion

petition

emotion

fisherman

extraction

physician

pollution

position

rescission

reversion

sedition

solution

decedents

excretion

expansion

distraction

testament

expression

extortion

masculine

emblazon

coercion

laotian

enliven

diffraction

enlighten

mexican

excursion

everyone

distortion

exaction

disruption

in-person

equations

magician

bedridden

uncertain

transmission

confucian

transaction

attraction

assumption

completion

pentathlon

chairwoman

redemption

addiction

gravamen

adoption

affection

emulsion

erection

incision

proportion

propulsion

protection

retention

hammerman

ablution

halcyon

wesleyan

abortion

abstraction

election

ignition

questioners

questionnaire

reduction

perfection

inversion

attention

collection

patrician

testaments

apportion

attrition

concussion

condition

connection

connexion

conversion

deduction

defection

depiction

keratin

detection

detention

diffusion

suburban

excision

dimension

eviction

laurentian

positions

pretension

incursion

prevention

skeleton

fustian

lesbian

uneven

production

profusion

bedizen

revulsion

selection

nevadan

seduction

sectional

denizen

destiny

determine

pelican

submersion

submission

subversion

adhesion

adsorption

allusion

appian

arian

bedouin

besetting

cation

chilean

clergyman

collision

collusion

consumption

contraction

contraption

crestfallen

delusion

description

destruction

digestion

dilution

disdainful

disunion

diversion

division

egyptian

ejection

encryption

erosion

exemption

expulsion

galleon

gaussian

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

horizon

illusion

infraction

libyan

muskmelon

percussion

permian

permission

plebeian

possession

precaution

precision

prescription

profession

projection

provision

reaction

rejection

religion

saccharin

simian

subtraction

suggestion

syrian

tamarin

transfusion

presumption

acumen

misprision

invention

misfortune

tuition

questionnaires

abandon

reflection

stygian

backgammon

parisian

battalion

decadent

discipline

infusion

destinies

medallion

hesitant

logician

phrygian

italian

infection

induction

perfusion

dissidence

cohesion

scythian

dissident

guesstimate

lumberman

resumption

predestine

residence

rebellion

abduction

unburden

affliction

unbutton

compulsion

conduction

unwritten

aegean

derision

concoction

confection

timberman

contention

resident

confusion

distinction

contortion

conviction

convention

convulsion

fruition

convection

deflection

contrition

declension

corrosion

talisman

vermilion

construction

instruction

constriction

conscription

obstruction

inscription

subscription

transcription

australian

eruption

exceeding

seclusion

albion

succeeding

andean

benjamin

exciting

excitement

bitumen

bulletin

champion

campion

citizen

cyprian

forgotten

cinnamon

equating

garrison

confession

depression

occlusion

prediction

repression

congestion

oppression

kantian

contusion

preclusion

progression

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

peterman

objection

cartesian

regression

indian

macadam

mandarin

artesian

digression

norwegian

reactions

suppression

ingestion

admission

aggression

fictional

tactician

puritan

superman

toboggan

injection

ambition

waterman

silicon

zambian

transition

anchorman

inspection

absorption

infarction

complexion

proscription

inflection

infliction

restriction

distinctions

extinction

extrusion

explosion

exclusion

extension

audition

omission

accident

regimen

reptilian

remission

residents

volition

franciscan

intestine

munition

communion

countryman

halogen

companion

locating

decadents

bandwagon

musician

dissidents

embolden

snapdragon

albumin

imprison

postnatal

alien

aryan

dorian

avian

fabian

protean

jovian

listener

moroccan

nubian

samoan

grobian

myosin

uterine

julian

compunction

fastener

korean

freudian

niacin

odeon

orion

compression

combustion

conclusion

abdomen

corsican

policeman

porcelain

systemic

rectangle

austrian

uncommon

brazilian

retraction

singleton

civilian

alaskan

alderman

cambrian

dominion

opinion

guncotton

pavilion

exhaustion

implosion

extinctions

impression

inclusion

inhuman

intention

intrusion

midshipman

estimate

fijian

extensions

injunction

conjunction

accidents

backwoodsman

lutheran

auctioneer

irishman

beholden

cognition

partition

optician

nutrition

acetone

adrian

beethoven

bosnian

catalan

customer

eleven

fasteners

feminine

gordian

guardian

jacobin

javelin

keynesian

lanolin

rectangles

listeners

scorpion

melanin

unison

vatican

abstention

transgression

ramadan

saleswoman

distances

etruscan

estimates

councilman

nonunion

ambrosian

housebroken

octillion

handwoven

outspoken

unbroken

badminton

extender

nebraskan

sustenance

visiting

margarine

fastening

revision

listening

parthian

origin

auctioneers

astounding

nonhuman

fenian

irian

nemean

extenders

african

customers

biotin

reopen

clarendon

chamberlain

customize

distemper

forewoman

magdalen

nobleman

median

rifleman

sumatran

congressman

fastenings

hydrogen

lastingly

nitrogen

ottoman

harlequin

downtrodden

vitamin

arkansan

istanbul

solomon

postmaster

englishman

collagen

nicotine

begotten

bouillon

echidna

reunion

toastmaster

anglican

lightening

ticketing

heartbroken

liechtenstein

cardigan

postmasters

charlatan

artisan

bystander

charwoman

partisan

rhodopsin

tectonic

victimize

forbidden

asthmatics

distinctive

distinctly

astonish

nightmarish

bystanders

guesstimates

occident

astounded

academe

pseudonym

right-handed

distinguished

extensive

extinguished

pseudonyms

nightingale

distinguish

tectonics

costumers

costumer

extinguish

asthmatic

post-mortem

4 syllable words

legislation

aberration

adoration

aviation

coloration

iteration

liberation

miseration

perforation

radiation

reassertion

rhetorician

violation

education

pagination

vegetation

adulation

agitation

estimations

exploration

indexation

infestation

destinations

situation

excavation

menstruation

abdication

acclamation

registration

abnegation

abrogation

accusation

activation

adaptation

acclimation

advocation

approbation

aggregation

aggravation

calibration

affectation

application

cancellation

celebration

granulation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

emulation

insulation

circulation

conversation

degradation

dislocation

distillation

emigration

equitation

fabrication

fermentation

inspiration

designation

masturbation

penetration

presentation

relaxation

recantation

palpitation

refutation

regulation

replication

reclamation

reputation

vaccination

resignation

retrocession

segregation

exhalation

speculation

ventilation

tabulation

admiration

appalachian

collocation

connotation

coronation

correlation

dilatation

divination

domination

figuration

fluoridation

hibernation

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

mitigation

motivation

oscillation

perturbation

nomination

mutilation

profanation

provocation

valuation

propagation

titillation

visitation

suffocation

realization

affirmation

bifurcation

limitation

litigation

fumigation

jubilation

resurrection

rumination

usurpation

expectation

demonstration

explanation

explication

exploitation

sequestration

exclamation

extrication

apparition

ideation

pelagian

foliation

fluctuation

deviation

operation

toleration

moderation

modulation

mediation

cogitation

augmentation

amputation

calculation

compensation

confiscation

condensation

dispensation

disinflation

disputation

embarkation

execution

exhortation

fragmentation

gastrulation

illustration

indentation

installation

ministration

obfuscation

instigation

exhumation

ostentation

satisfaction

segmentation

subluxation

transformation

transportation

altercation

backwardation

commutation

combination

confirmation

alternation

commendation

compilation

conservation

exhibition

intercession

inundation

consummation

disaffection

immigration

indication

occupation

fibrillation

intimation

culmination

cultivation

liquidation

observation

consolation

convocation

elocution

information

invitation

invocation

ovulation

oxidation

destitution

insurrection

lubrication

obligation

ordination

intonation

duplication

permutation

statistician

stimulation

proclamation

tribulation

population

simulation

syndication

stipulation

strangulation

persecution

predilection

publication

recollection

restitution

vindication

impregnation

repetition

canadian

resolution

relocation

incrustation

abolition

melanesian

mammalian

erudition

reawaken

arabian

alteration

syncopation

revolution

evocation

evolution

self-deception

corp.

orchestration

dehydration

demolition

deposition

corporation

definition

devolution

conjugation

dissolution

premonition

procreation

arbitration

attribution

coalition

complication

computation

condemnation

condescension

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

consultation

dietitian

disconnection

disinfection

expedition

exposition

formulation

implication

importation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

indignation

inflammation

integration

interception

intersection

leviathan

malformation

meridian

misperception

moravian

mortification

pigmentation

preconception

prohibition

punctuation

retribution

congregation

incubation

interaction

pagurian

superstition

interruption

intermission

recognition

reexamine

lilliputian

prosecution

nestorian

penicillin

tasmanian

sectarian

requisition

residential

retardation

benediction

circumcision

ammunition

alabaman

dereliction

acquisition

admonition

deportation

albanian

copernican

disposition

estimator

deformation

estonian

demarcation

absolution

eustachian

contraception

indiscretion

assemblyman

distribution

elongation

infiltration

misconception

extradition

concentration

conflagration

confrontation

contemplation

implantation

supposition

jacobean

locomotion

maccabean

sicilian

bavarian

assyrian

diminution

disillusion

planarian

proposition

reposition

repercussion

politician

polynesian

reelection

chameleon

preelection

preignition

opposition

comedian

arizonan

galilean

himalayan

intuition

estimators

estonians

comparison

pedestrian

misbegotten

electrician

institution

interdiction

liquefaction

sustainable

jurisdiction

substitution

extendible

introspection

corinthian

transplantation

athenian

peruvian

indonesian

hypertension

indecision

imposition

composition

crucifixion

convolution

prostitution

questionable

competition

precondition

agrarian

committeeman

custodian

barbarian

cotyledon

amphibian

aldebaran

american

centurion

abyssinian

predetermine

contribution

samaritan

testimony

wagnerian

astonishment

residency

dandelion

dominican

eritrean

greco-roman

historian

herculean

ohioan

hesitancy

interurban

jordanian

librarian

nicaraguan

obsidian

minnesotan

paraguayan

readmission

algerian

repossession

astonishing

dictionary

smithsonian

gentlewoman

inhibition

businesswoman

equestrian

hungarian

tetrahedron

academy

intervention

coloradan

devonian

european

fallopian

floridian

hyperion

imperfection

bolivian

reinspection

collodion

criterion

gregorian

iberian

iranian

liberian

napoleon

valerian

constitution

inquisition

reproduction

missourian

simonian

siberian

reconstruction

contrarian

deconstruction

adrenaline

indigestion

hesitantly

interwoven

macedonian

noblewoman

republican

tamoxifen

interjection

testimonies

apprehension

shakespearean

residences

carcinogen

bohemian

actionable

dictionaries

exceedingly

inattention

subdivision

hegelian

superhuman

nigerian

introduction

contradiction

circumspection

nonprescription

obstetrician

accordion

columbian

cyclopean

rhododendron

academies

comprehension

armenian

darwinian

guatemalan

misdemeanor

oblivion

californian

olympian

overburden

pavlovian

kindergarten

victorian

englishwoman

octahedron

circumvention

lancastrian

rectangular

decompression

arthurian

supervision

manumission

malnutrition

distinguishing

crocodilian

diocesan

draconian

estimable

estimated

hemoglobin

misdemeanors

newtonian

plutonian

protozoan

utopian

contravention

polyhedron

algonquian

ostensible

ostensibly

customary

gorgonian

isotonic

watermelon

distinguishes

legitimate

legitimize

mongolian

armageddon

customizes

residencies

gargantuan

praetorian

accidental

extensively

extinguishers

distinctively

extinguisher

dichotomy

extinguishment

extenuate

ibuprofen

hydrocarbon

nonpartisan

occidental

academic

academics

copenhagen

posthumously

5 syllable words

specification

association

dissociation

commemoration

polarization

vaporization

alienation

cauterization

deceleration

specialization

corroboration

reiteration

exfoliation

predestination

degeneration

anticipation

exasperation

excoriation

domestication

manifestation

negotiation

origination

initiation

regeneration

gasification

dramatization

mechanization

facilitation

discoloration

fertilization

hallucination

pacification

edification

desalination

dissemination

gratification

modernization

denunciation

incineration

orientation

acceleration

amortization

attenuation

clarification

classification

coagulation

assassination

assimilation

canonization

certification

conciliation

ramification

confederation

consideration

precipitation

premeditation

ratification

prevarication

pronunciation

renunciation

resuscitation

russification

verification

sterilization

stratification

solicitation

affiliation

enumeration

investigation

alliteration

annihilation

alleviation

elaboration

evaporation

recuperation

appreciation

reaffirmation

humiliation

irradiation

retaliation

expatriation

reverberation

ionization

delineation

proliferation

depreciation

pasteurization

deification

perpetuation

deliberation

defenestration

collaboration

accreditation

authorization

consolidation

cooperation

desegregation

emancipation

exacerbation

falsification

hyperinflation

incarceration

insemination

insinuation

interrogation

justification

magnetization

magnification

maximization

misapplication

misinformation

participation

recommendation

rectification

reforestation

sedimentation

sophistication

abbreviation

accommodation

abomination

adulteration

agglomeration

amelioration

brutalization

civilization

codification

colonization

coordination

decapitation

denomination

determination

elimination

eradication

evaluation

exhilaration

exoneration

christianization

inauguration

administration

glorification

illumination

interpolation

legalization

localization

mobilization

modification

mummification

nullification

authentication

expropriation

notification

obliteration

ossification

preoccupation

purification

qualification

remuneration

repatriation

repudiation

revaluation

unification

utilization

vilification

vulgarization

mississippian

panamanian

centralization

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

intoxication

extermination

procrastination

capitulation

infatuation

rejuvenation

representation

refrigeration

adjudication

cohabitation

exaggeration

imagination

approximation

amplification

ornamentation

pennsylvanian

sanctification

substantiation

misapprehension

appropriation

communication

amalgamation

concatenation

configuration

conglomeration

contamination

continuation

depopulation

equalization

equivocation

evacuation

examination

fortification

harmonization

hybridization

immunization

inactivation

incorporation

inoculation

manipulation

neutralization

normalization

quantification

recombination

organization

recrimination

reintegration

epicurean

subordination

scandinavian

invalidation

intimidation

ejaculation

academician

argumentation

assemblywoman

inhabitation

exoskeleton

miscalculation

hydrogenation

elizabethan

peloponnesian

triangulation

incrimination

multiplication

dissatisfaction

confabulation

jeffersonian

accumulation

simplification

interpretation

articulation

improvisation

prognostication

instrumentation

mathematician

predisposition

congratulation

synchronization

academicians

pomeranian

electrocution

presbyterian

indoctrination

presupposition

caledonian

carolinian

libertarian

lusitanias

amazonian

babylonian

overproduction

proletarian

neapolitan

unitarian

hanoverian

patagonian

juxtaposition

metropolitan

decomposition

reactionary

augustinian

testamentary

testimonial

macedonians

maximilian

philadelphian

ethiopian

extenuating

interconnection

nonintervention

reactionaries

theologian

testimonials

nonsectarian

hyperborean

oregonian

brobdingnagian

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

vegetarian

centenarian

delicatessen

veterinarian

distinguishable

yugoslavian

beethovenian

lithuanian

pythagorean

customarily

legitimately

legitimizes

accidentally

carthaginian

systematically

washingtonian

argentinian

dionysian

academically

legitimacy

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word cessation

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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