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

pension

mention

gentian

tension

lengthen

strengthen

sexton

citron

chieftain

clinton

ensign

kenyan

minion

pinion

piston

henchman

tungsten

teston

whitson

emption

function

sanction

junction

huntsman

brethren

diction

engine

christian

fiction

question

section

mansion

flexion

friction

grandson

children

dustman

hessian

haitian

nation

mission

fission

grecian

station

gumption

plankton

freshen

penguin

session

airman

banyan

baston

billion

canton

canyon

chairman

chessman

chevron

defence

defense

craftsman

draftsman

ibsen

jetson

keelson

hetman

kelson

landsman

linden

lynden

matron

melton

million

nekton

onion

panton

patron

pressman

pectin

penman

pillion

pitman

plantain

santon

spearman

spinster

shearman

runnion

stillion

trillion

tendon

stepson

belgian

freshman

martian

rincon

suction

revenge

dungeon

luncheon

bastion

portion

torsion

capstan

caxton

bisson

mitten

ninon

written

breton

briton

glisten

doctrine

bitten

caisson

perron

wheaten

landman

beaten

eaten

christen

lessen

cretin

klansman

basin

jetton

kitten

seedsman

charon

chasten

jason

statesman

hasten

heron

lesson

linen

marron

mason

rerun

seton

headsman

listen

smitten

threaten

sweeten

postman

legion

ashen

asian

cushion

heathen

burgeon

cajun

earthen

fashion

kitchen

lesion

passion

pathan

persian

prussian

pigeon

region

sphincters

ration

russian

urchin

sturgeon

suasion

version

surgeon

vision

sportsman

bellman

arson

aspen

austin

atman

billman

boston

bullion

classman

crimson

desman

fibrin

fielden

fireman

footman

fountain

freedman

gascon

gilden

headman

kansan

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

hempen

lightman

lineman

linemen

lisbon

london

m1

mignon

milken

minden

outrun

parson

mountain

passman

marksman

ponton

saffron

scullion

sequin

spencers

sultan

sylvan

tillman

tuscan

wanton

workman

selden

shipman

silken

undone

union

action

caption

faction

faustian

flashgun

fortune

auction

bushman

drunken

dutchman

fraction

georgian

hangman

mangan

margin

option

shrunken

sunken

sphincter

sponges

traction

bacon

baron

scotsman

barren

bason

lampron

marchman

baton

batten

batton

markman

bayman

beacon

beckon

billon

bourbon

brazen

burden

brighten

townsman

bellon

horseman

begun

bison

burdon

homespun

burman

burton

button

canaan

cannon

cayman

yachtsman

canon

certain

dagon

deafen

deepen

spokesman

cheapen

chicken

craven

curtain

dagan

daman

deaden

delphian

deacon

demon

devon

driven

eden

elan

ermine

fasten

fatten

felon

firman

flatten

freeman

frighten

garron

german

gibbon

given

glidden

graven

griffon

haven

heaven

heighten

hidden

hyphen

hyson

kalan

laden

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

leven

lighten

maiden

melon

moisten

mutton

pagan

patten

person

platen

platten

prison

quicken

raven

reason

reckon

redden

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

satan

satin

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seven

shaken

shaman

sicken

siphon

siren

spencer

steven

stiffen

straighten

stricken

striven

syphon

taken

thicken

bordman

zircon

cauldron

tighten

urban

portman

titan

treason

triton

turban

urson

vegan

villain

oarsman

waken

weaken

weapon

whiten

wiccan

women

worsen

zaman

bludgeon

dudgeon

motion

ocean

potion

caution

notion

gudgeon

spanish

lotion

mahone

acton

apron

bargain

barton

boatman

carman

bookman

brakeman

captain

carbon

carmine

carton

cheapens

claxon

corban

cordon

dalton

damson

darken

deepens

dobson

evens

evince

foreman

garden

givens

goodman

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

havens

hearten

heavens

houseman

jargon

jordan

jorden

leavens

levens

marlin

marten

martin

molten

morgan

mormon

muslin

norman

organ

orphan

outdone

oxen

pardon

ravens

ribbons

samson

saxon

sevens

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

siphons

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

tarpon

tartan

vulcan

warden

weapons

woodman

woolman

guardsman

tubman

coachman

avenge

churchman

spangle

longan

othman

watchman

weavings

paean

urine

rayon

salesman

baldwin

peon

defunct

boughten

cotton

cousin

crouton

dozen

floren

foreign

gluten

gotten

hoten

hymen

lichen

liken

liman

liven

loosen

loren

lyden

muffin

mullen

often

oven

poison

pullen

riden

ripen

rotten

soften

sudden

sullen

summon

toughen

warren

widen

wizen

woman

wooden

woolen

alban

alman

bagman

bolden

calvin

chaplain

chapman

coffins

copeman

dampen

defines

dolman

dolphin

falcon

faulcon

gibbons

golden

hackman

jackman

jasmine

lockman

lopeman

muffins

newsman

olden

ovens

packman

pippins

puffins

refines

soldan

stockman

fusion

spongy

sponsors

stallman

typhoons

chafing

leaping

sweeping

weeping

heaving

keeping

trojan

weaving

webbing

livings

savings

shavings

dian

ion

lion

mayan

scion

zion

amman

auden

alan

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bowman

bracken

broaden

brogan

broken

cabin

chosen

colon

common

crewman

cuban

cumin

dragon

dromon

fallen

famine

frozen

gallon

gammon

gladden

happen

hausen

hogan

hoven

human

lagan

locken

logan

lumen

madden

odin

omen

open

pavon

pollan

pollen

proven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rumen

sadden

salmon

shogun

showman

slacken

slogan

sodden

solon

spoken

sponsor

stolen

swollen

talon

tappen

thousand

token

toman

trodden

wagon

woven

yaupon

yeoman

cabins

scallion

stallion

chipping

robins

dipping

piping

diving

roofing

giving

japans

living

puffing

raving

saving

cubans

ribbing

yaupons

affines

whipping

nipping

offing

paving

opens

shaving

shipping

tipping

happens

scavenge

hipbones

cowan

gowan

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

baboons

cavins

coppins

coupons

dobbins

kevins

ravines

robbins

levins

soybeans

toppings

lovings

rovings

chopping

coping

dubbing

having

hopping

lapping

looping

lopping

loving

mapping

moving

napping

popping

roving

rubbing

wapping

whooping

whopping

opines

sobbing

sopping

spunky

topping

tubing

spanking

3 syllable words

castration

filtration

frustration

instruction

sensation

extraction

gestation

distraction

excretion

expression

prostration

discretion

inflation

crustacean

pretension

plantation

prevention

inscription

constriction

construction

cistercian

retention

fixation

temptation

dictation

insertion

extortion

extrusion

transgression

cessation

cetacean

intestine

infarction

restriction

contraction

infraction

narration

destruction

contraption

conflation

contrition

distortion

impression

intrusion

mistaken

predestine

retraction

translation

injunction

dissension

connexion

hydration

inaction

defection

dentition

detention

depression

contagion

ingestion

connection

deflation

dimension

conscription

invasion

libration

menhaden

repression

resection

migration

abstraction

obstruction

vibration

preemption

transcription

adsorption

description

expansion

subtraction

encryption

extinction

expulsion

truncation

citation

countryman

cremation

elation

duration

flirtation

precession

digestion

gyration

recession

relation

secession

compression

attraction

defenses

contortion

deflection

diffraction

infection

induction

disruption

misprision

distinction

excursion

invention

presumption

redemption

transmission

reflection

resumption

congestion

conjunction

subscription

horatian

australian

creation

ablation

abrasion

accretion

affection

aggression

alsatian

ascension

carnation

venison

concession

deception

deduction

discussion

dispersion

dissection

eviction

ignition

inversion

prediction

reception

absorption

emulsion

lactation

laurentian

perfection

persuasion

exemption

exclusion

attention

attrition

damnation

depiction

depletion

detection

digression

election

equation

erection

eruption

foundation

incursion

misshapen

oppression

optation

patrician

progression

regression

consumption

inflection

infliction

prescription

revulsion

suppression

taxation

extension

technician

freemason

rendition

secretion

seduction

stagnation

explosion

negation

oration

notation

rejection

dilation

mutation

emission

ligation

suggestion

assertion

deletion

donation

gradation

privation

procession

flotation

desertion

etruscan

predation

phoenician

evasion

profession

quotation

rotation

crestfallen

summation

sedition

sedation

egyptian

venetian

ejection

remission

vacation

emblazon

conduction

concoction

completion

intention

misfortune

assumption

confection

confucian

conviction

exaction

exception

inception

convention

contention

declension

convulsion

inclusion

inhuman

singleton

transaction

infusion

suspension

capsaicin

enliven

in-person

enlighten

rebellion

austrian

injection

uncertain

exertion

aspersion

apportion

contusion

excision

abortion

conversion

dalmatian

impassion

addiction

incision

concussion

condition

confession

asuncion

collection

proscription

cognition

formation

propulsion

protection

reduction

production

proportion

inspection

nitrogen

nutrition

perception

salvation

selection

starvation

suspicion

transition

medicine

denizen

keratin

assassin

kantian

projection

downtrodden

cinnamon

cyprian

thespian

reunion

unbroken

gentleman

imprison

masculine

reptilian

elison

peterman

skeleton

anyone

franciscan

fustian

indian

jettison

affliction

compulsion

confusion

imagine

immersion

rescission

reversion

conception

compunction

combustion

commission

convection

revision

lecithin

correction

conclusion

exhaustion

causation

englishman

decision

devotion

emotion

erosion

fisherman

location

munition

occasion

ovation

petition

physician

position

possession

precaution

precision

pentathlon

probation

vocation

implosion

addition

direction

division

diversion

edition

malaysian

reaction

recision

religion

tradition

chairperson

objection

discipline

logician

pavilion

bedridden

brazilian

civilian

italian

clarion

mexican

rifleman

magician

carrion

medallion

fenian

genuine

foramen

syrian

alaskan

veteran

marian

guncotton

unbutton

unburden

unwritten

ablution

accession

adoption

beholden

compassion

diffusion

fijian

optician

sponsorship

obsession

preclusion

seclusion

croatian

partition

hydrogen

irishman

submission

succession

tactician

abstention

coercion

complexion

handwoven

adrian

bulletin

awaken

bitumen

determine

disunion

housebroken

nebraskan

embolden

citizen

andean

eleven

snapdragon

jamaican

lanolin

mandarin

wesleyan

specimen

lesbian

silicon

unison

companion

keynesian

pelican

uneven

abduction

aleutian

aversion

caucasian

collision

commotion

corruption

delusion

dilution

illusion

nonhuman

percussion

permission

perversion

pollution

promotion

provision

solution

sponsorships

submissions

biotin

cation

battalion

cambrian

chairwoman

defensive

dominion

opinion

heartbroken

median

abandon

congressman

sumatran

heroin

irian

arian

ghanaian

heroine

nemean

niacin

timberman

uncommon

malayan

myosin

oxygen

occlusion

corrosion

newfangle

fruition

tuition

submersion

laotian

subversion

profusion

benjamin

catalan

defiance

hammerman

puritan

councilman

superman

vitamin

waterman

beethoven

octillion

deviance

overdone

overman

suburban

ambrosian

overrun

communion

outspoken

gravamen

arkansan

bosnian

halcyon

badminton

bandwagon

abeyance

nevadan

vatican

omission

avenger

allusion

audition

volition

origin

collusion

midshipman

newfangled

halogen

musician

african

alderman

artisan

cardigan

charlatan

charwoman

forbidden

lumberman

partisan

perfusion

corsican

nobleman

offensive

policeman

backwoodsman

porcelain

rhodopsin

transfusion

talisman

vermilion

dorian

ambition

aryan

bedouin

gaussian

hawaiian

korean

moroccan

orion

protean

reopen

saccharin

uterine

admission

tamarin

anchorman

lutheran

harlequin

nonunion

muskmelon

derision

parisian

spongiform

collagen

forgotten

garrison

jacobin

javelin

ottoman

guardian

gordian

ramadan

reopens

scorpion

solomon

toboggan

abdomen

parthian

backgammon

regimen

clarendon

collegian

cohesion

forewoman

magdalen

submissive

margarine

avian

cartesian

norwegian

alien

fabian

samoan

artesian

adhesion

saleswoman

bedizen

bouillon

feminine

ferryman

melanin

revenues

subpoenas

anglican

clergyman

spangler

chamberlain

acumen

everyone

galleon

jovian

albumin

grobian

appian

chilean

freudian

gillian

horizon

julian

libyan

nubian

odeon

permian

plebeian

simian

aegean

phrygian

scythian

stygian

albion

bubonic

campion

champion

libyans

rabbinic

savannas

zambian

lovingly

movingly

copying

avenues

japanese

scavenger

javanese

scavengers

scavenging

4 syllable words

menstruation

inspiration

devastation

restoration

deconstruction

reconstruction

generation

demonstration

incrustation

indiscretion

veneration

orchestration

incantation

indentation

instigation

integration

installation

affectation

annexation

celebration

emigration

expiration

relaxation

immigration

inundation

invitation

molestation

protestation

dehydration

dilatation

hesitation

legislation

annotation

desperation

imitation

limitation

inhalation

innovation

irritation

levitation

meditation

sanitation

renovation

respiration

visitation

equestrian

decoration

concentration

pedestrian

federation

vegetation

separation

extrication

iteration

preparation

reparation

augmentation

consternation

ostentation

disinflation

indexation

pigmentation

electrician

decompression

indignation

dispensation

exploration

incarnation

abnegation

deformation

deportation

desecration

designation

destination

estimation

equitation

distillation

excitation

fermentation

indication

insulation

interaction

intercession

intimation

intonation

invocation

masturbation

presentation

recantation

reputation

resignation

syndication

ventilation

incubation

vindication

animation

declaration

dedication

bifurcation

connotation

decimation

implantation

aspiration

confrontation

delegation

derivation

elongation

desiccation

desolation

detonation

divination

perspiration

revelation

revocation

irrigation

dissertation

dissipation

immolation

reservation

emanation

syncopation

hibernation

medication

elevation

preservation

profanation

realization

recitation

trepidation

ulceration

liberation

reassertion

agitation

cogitation

laceration

miseration

perforation

education

condensation

confiscation

compensation

consecration

fragmentation

disconnection

constellation

excavation

gastrulation

constipation

consultation

embarkation

exhortation

importation

inclination

institution

lancastrian

obfuscation

segmentation

transportation

inflammation

adaptation

benediction

calibration

cancellation

commendation

conservation

conversation

degradation

demarcation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dislocation

emulation

eritrean

exhalation

fibrillation

granulation

information

intermission

interurban

liquidation

precondition

reclamation

refutation

regulation

replication

retardation

segregation

situation

speculation

transplantation

evocation

distribution

domination

explanation

defamation

habitation

expectation

exploitation

exclamation

impregnation

explication

contemplation

inhibition

definition

fascination

coronation

conflagration

figuration

conjugation

fluoridation

extradition

germination

affirmation

alteration

intuition

isolation

litigation

perturbation

planarian

mitigation

recreation

repetition

reposition

machination

nomination

preignition

reformation

relocation

suffocation

termination

titillation

vacillation

adulation

disputation

punctuation

arbitration

execution

implication

imputation

fluctuation

pagination

modulation

condemnation

malnutrition

exhumation

jurisdiction

subluxation

coloration

mediation

toleration

adoration

introspection

violation

aberration

operation

rhetorician

variation

deviation

moderation

statistician

centurion

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

tribulation

publication

superstition

dereliction

altercation

restitution

maturation

retrocession

minnesotan

alternation

nestorian

penicillin

predetermine

combination

exhibition

destitution

historian

consummation

commutation

confirmation

indecision

convocation

indonesian

oxidation

saturation

palpitation

wagnerian

vaccination

consolation

elocution

interruption

ordination

culmination

cultivation

corp.

smithsonian

corporation

demolition

repercussion

revolution

rumination

validation

nonprescription

appellation

deposition

oscillation

resolution

businesswoman

erudition

correlation

premonition

collocation

gravitation

preelection

dissolution

propagation

provocation

evolution

jubilation

usurpation

admiration

allegation

allocation

avocation

introduction

reelection

kindergarten

devolution

diminution

navigation

interwoven

reawaken

himalayan

evanescence

transformation

expedition

evanescent

amputation

constitution

retribution

satisfaction

inquisition

malformation

computation

exposition

interdiction

substitution

nigerian

surrogation

indigestion

dietitian

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

activation

admonition

accusation

advocation

aggravation

reexamine

aggregation

librarian

backwardation

paraguayan

ammunition

circulation

duplication

disaffection

hypertension

obstetrician

application

approbation

compilation

disposition

imposition

obligation

observation

graduation

occupation

ovulation

tabulation

proclamation

population

estonian

permutation

persecution

victorian

contraception

samaritan

contribution

requisition

abolition

comprehension

gentlewoman

appalachian

algerian

englishwoman

disillusion

fumigation

motivation

mutilation

melanesian

opposition

politician

assemblyman

proposition

repossession

supposition

iberian

attribution

adrenaline

hemoglobin

contrarian

calculation

crocodilian

shakespearean

hyperion

complication

republican

assyrian

imperfection

chauvinistic

bavarian

liberian

intervention

comparison

reinspection

missourian

praetorian

preconception

formulation

siberian

sicilian

disinfection

valerian

defensible

defensively

prohibition

apparition

aviation

foliation

apprehension

ideation

radiation

strangulation

coalition

corinthian

pelagian

congregation

circumcision

custodian

barbarian

competition

agrarian

copernican

inattention

american

convolution

contradiction

crucifixion

insurrection

aldebaran

dandelion

composition

eustachian

sectarian

absolution

acquisition

greco-roman

overburden

abdication

obsidian

fabrication

glaciation

lubrication

recognition

prosecution

prostitution

resurrection

locomotion

procreation

readmission

rhododendron

polynesian

ibuprofen

hungarian

valuation

arabian

canadian

criterion

misperception

devonian

liquefaction

reproduction

tetrahedron

diocesan

gregorian

iranian

condescension

draconian

simonian

interception

mortification

intersection

hegelian

interjection

accordion

subdivision

alabaman

amphibian

californian

dominican

predilection

gargantuan

moravian

nicaraguan

recollection

nonpartisan

polyhedron

pagurian

misconception

carcinogen

evangelists

self-deception

circumvention

noblewoman

tamoxifen

manumission

macedonian

newtonian

plutonian

mammalian

coloradan

circumspection

evangelize

contravention

athenian

leviathan

evangelist

abyssinian

armenian

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tasmanian

albanian

darwinian

jordanian

gorgonian

misbegotten

supervision

comedian

european

protozoan

utopian

chameleon

lilliputian

hydrocarbon

bohemian

guatemalan

watermelon

armageddon

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arizonan

octahedron

arthurian

committeeman

cotyledon

superhuman

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meridian

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japonica

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columbian

cyclopean

oblivion

olympian

pavlovian

mongolian

avuncular

algonquian

chauvinism

euphemism

euphemisms

copenhagen

5 syllable words

investigation

degeneration

predestination

reintegration

deceleration

administration

reverberation

reiteration

domestication

inactivation

initiation

disintegration

dissemination

confederation

incineration

legalization

orientation

adulteration

repatriation

denunciation

renunciation

commemoration

alliteration

ionization

disembarkation

refrigeration

anticipation

configuration

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accreditation

emancipation

equalization

exacerbation

hyperinflation

incarceration

interrogation

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insemination

intimidation

manifestation

sophistication

ejaculation

acceleration

attenuation

civilization

colonization

consideration

mechanization

remuneration

triangulation

decapitation

authentication

modernization

pronunciation

prevarication

indoctrination

revaluation

sterilization

christianization

desalination

inhabitation

canonization

exoneration

obliteration

solicitation

perpetuation

infatuation

deification

delineation

enumeration

reaffirmation

expatriation

extermination

interpretation

disinclination

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intoxication

procrastination

prognostication

excoriation

continuation

exasperation

invalidation

harmonization

magnetization

hybridization

manipulation

equivocation

concatenation

immunization

organization

synchronization

argumentation

conciliation

denomination

determination

discoloration

electrocution

eradication

inauguration

localization

mobilization

presupposition

dissociation

interconnection

imagination

affiliation

ornamentation

vaporization

capitulation

proliferation

centralization

annihilation

representation

cohabitation

alienation

communication

origination

contamination

examination

veterinarian

instrumentation

congratulation

incorporation

centenarian

sedimentation

inoculation

recombination

normalization

predisposition

expropriation

amortization

discrimination

amelioration

dramatization

resuscitation

approximation

specification

precipitation

vilification

interpolation

confabulation

elimination

illumination

mummification

preoccupation

association

nonsectarian

pasteurization

deliberation

elaboration

retaliation

substantiation

adjudication

evaporation

specialization

pennsylvanian

rejuvenation

recuperation

polarization

epicurean

consolidation

quantification

recommendation

authorization

participation

conglomeration

misapplication

misinformation

cooperation

corroboration

justification

recrimination

amalgamation

facilitation

exhilaration

glorification

gratification

gasification

hallucination

notification

nullification

hydrogenation

modification

ossification

pacification

purification

qualification

stratification

unification

ramification

ratification

vulgarization

russification

verification

assassination

abomination

academician

assimilation

certification

clarification

classification

accommodation

codification

coordination

edification

dissatisfaction

hyperborean

mathematician

depreciation

improvisation

panamanian

exaggeration

simplification

appreciation

cauterization

collaboration

decomposition

evacuation

alleviation

depopulation

exfoliation

falsification

fortification

magnification

maximization

rectification

subordination

augustinian

theologian

presbyterian

miscalculation

evangelistic

accumulation

agglomeration

juxtaposition

abbreviation

coagulation

fertilization

amplification

multiplication

sanctification

libertarian

misapprehension

hanoverian

neapolitan

neutralization

pomeranian

philadelphian

brutalization

utilization

nonintervention

evaluation

articulation

overproduction

peloponnesian

unitarian

evangelical

humiliation

irradiation

washingtonian

jeffersonian

mississippian

brobdingnagian

metropolitan

proletarian

delicatessen

negotiation

scandinavian

yugoslavian

exoskeleton

evangelicals

repudiation

ethiopian

patagonian

caledonian

nitroglycerine

oregonian

babylonian

amazonian

appropriation

assemblywoman

maximilian

carolinian

beethovenian

evangelism

lithuanian

pythagorean

elizabethan

vegetarian

carthaginian

argentinian

nickelodeon

dionysian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word defenestration

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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