Rhyming Dictionary! Feedback?
Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word dismissal.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
4 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word dismissal.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

wishful

mistral

wistful

blissful

bristol

cymbal

dimple

fiscal

nimble

pimple

simple

symbol

dismal

distal

hymnal

pistil

pistol

crystal

thimble

tinsel

bristle

gristle

thistle

fissile

missal

missel

missile

whistle

bestial

minstrel

bushel

special

vigil

lustful

mishmash

restful

zestful

brindle

bumble

cheerful

crumble

crumple

crustal

dwindle

fearful

fitful

fumble

grindle

grumble

healthful

humble

jumble

kindle

lintel

mumble

peaceful

pencil

quintal

rumble

rumple

shindle

signal

sinful

skillful

spindle

stemple

stressful

stumble

swindle

tearful

temple

tensile

tindal

tremble

tumble

umbel

vengeful

vestal

willful

windle

brittle

ingle

dingle

kinkle

cripple

jingle

brickle

lingle

tingle

swingle

bustle

trinkle

tinkle

twinkle

winkle

wrinkle

chisel

civil

dibble

grizzle

nuptial

gribble

giggle

frizzle

fizzle

fickle

fipple

mingle

missions

pigskins

drivel

drizzle

dribble

jiggle

sprinkle

hustle

single

hummel

kibble

shingle

fiddle

kiddle

pummel

quibble

piddle

riddle

riffle

riggle

sipple

skittle

stickle

trestle

tribble

tussle

swivel

tittle

trickle

twiddle

scribble

shrivel

sibyl

sickle

smittle

squiggle

triple

ripple

rustle

sizzle

sniffle

spittle

kittel

kittle

knittle

little

middle

muscle

mickle

mussel

nibble

nickel

nestle

nickle

nipple

pickle

vessel

virile

tickle

tipple

tressel

whittle

wiggle

wrestle

wriggle

tasteful

spectral

gambrel

central

picnics

boastful

austral

helpful

astral

harmful

entrail

ventral

wasteful

crucial

herschel

bethel

cudgel

facial

hissing

paschal

racial

social

spacial

spatial

methyl

ethel

ethyl

missing

glacial

fixings

coastal

hostile

hansel

hostel

harmel

axle

damsel

dorsal

dreadful

pygmies

careful

bundle

capsule

amble

ample

begins

bramble

cancel

biggins

consul

dishing

council

counsel

cromwell

dismays

dental

ductile

equal

fishing

fretful

formal

frontal

gamble

genial

gentle

gospel

graceful

houseful

kendal

lentil

likins

mendel

mental

morsel

needful

normal

pretzel

prayerful

postal

postel

parcel

peacenik

picnic

ramble

rascal

rectal

sample

scramble

rundle

sequel

several

shamble

wamble

trample

trundle

useful

wishing

rental

shameful

tonsil

tramble

buckskins

bengal

cushions

engle

fixing

fungal

jungle

marshal

martial

partial

pickings

pigeons

riggings

russians

sessions

uncle

visions

basal

beadle

beagle

bedell

beetle

beryl

betel

bevel

bubble

buckle

camel

ceryl

couple

burel

castle

chuckle

cuddle

double

devil

duffel

docile

succinct

dermal

dekle

eagle

easel

eisel

fecal

feeble

fennel

feral

fetal

fluegel

freckle

gleeful

hamal

hamel

heckle

hegel

kennel

kettle

hassle

hovel

huckle

juggle

facile

evil

fossil

fuddle

funnel

guzzle

housel

huddle

jostle

knuckle

legal

level

mammal

medal

meddle

metal

mettle

mosel

muckle

muddle

muffle

mural

muzzle

needle

nettle

neural

nuzzle

pebble

pedal

peddle

penal

people

peril

petal

phenol

pleural

plural

pommel

primal

puddle

puzzle

rammel

rebel

regal

regel

reigle

renal

revel

ruttle

shuffle

rubble

ruddle

ruffle

rural

shovel

shuttle

suckle

tassel

supple

scuffle

scuttle

seckel

settle

shekel

smuggle

snuggle

speckle

steeple

sterile

struggle

stubble

subtle

suttle

teagle

tercel

terrel

thermal

treble

trouble

truffle

trammel

tunnel

tweedle

ural

vassal

venal

weasel

weevil

artful

bushings

scornful

scoundrel

technics

tactful

mournful

mindful

forceful

kicking

licking

leasing

rigging

lethal

picking

digging

ticking

thankful

tranquil

algal

akins

anvil

april

arval

baleful

brandle

becomes

candle

cantle

chickens

cornel

cranial

cuisines

carnal

carpal

corbel

crandall

chortle

daniel

darnel

doleful

doubtful

essence

fateful

fondle

frightful

fruitful

gainful

garble

granule

grateful

gushing

hateful

hopeful

isms

larval

handle

hurtful

lessens

lessons

mantel

mantle

marble

marvel

mitral

mortal

neutral

orval

painful

panful

portal

pushing

quickens

rightful

sandal

technic

tuneful

spiteful

schisms

sparkle

spaniel

vandal

scalpel

shrapnel

startle

thickens

thoughtful

warble

scandal

angle

ankle

asking

bangle

bashful

casings

dangle

facings

faithful

fangle

fashions

jangle

leggings

machines

mangle

mongol

muggings

oceans

passions

rankle

spangle

strangle

tangle

truthful

watchful

wrangle

wrongful

youthful

able

addle

anal

annal

annul

appel

apple

aural

awful

babble

babel

baffle

bagel

barrel

borel

basil

boggle

bogle

boodle

bugle

burble

butyl

cackle

capel

caple

carol

carrel

carrol

cattle

caudal

chapel

circle

coddle

colonel

coral

crackle

cradle

dabble

battle

bauble

bible

bodle

bottle

bridal

bridle

brutal

buccal

cable

caudle

causal

channel

chattel

choral

cobble

coble

cockle

coppel

copple

cycle

dawdle

dazzle

doodle

drabble

final

fable

askance

gascons

maxims

floral

flannel

ducal

fatal

faunal

sequence

feudal

sequins

fertile

focal

foible

frazzle

frugal

futile

gable

gaggle

gavel

girdle

global

glottal

gobble

goggle

google

goral

grackle

grapple

gravel

grovel

gurgle

hable

hackle

harle

lashings

haggle

hazel

hazle

herbal

hopple

hurdle

hurtle

idle

idol

jackal

journal

joyful

kernel

label

ladle

hobble

laurel

local

loral

teachings

lawful

libel

saxons

maple

mobile

mochel

techniques

modal

model

mogul

motile

noble

exchange

moral

myrtle

nasal

natal

naval

novel

nozzle

navel

noodle

ogle

opal

oral

paddle

panel

papal

playful

pottle

oval

poodle

popple

prattle

pupil

purple

quarrel

rabble

raffle

rattle

ravel

rifle

rival

roble

rouble

ruble

rueful

sable

saddle

scovel

scrabble

scruple

servile

shackle

sidle

sorel

sorrel

spinal

spiral

spousal

squabble

stable

staple

stifle

straddle

straggle

table

tackle

tattle

throttle

tidal

title

toddle

toggle

tootle

topple

total

travel

tribal

trifle

tubal

turtle

twaddle

verbal

vernal

vinyl

vital

vocal

waddle

waffle

wattle

wobble

worrel

brothel

bucking

dicing

ducking

agile

casing

chasing

easing

cooking

eking

peaking

mugging

racing

seizing

leaking

passing

squeezing

hatchel

hugging

legging

pegging

rigel

sucking

tossing

facing

fragile

fucking

gassing

icing

looking

pacing

assumes

basins

beacons

beckons

caissons

cosens

cousins

dashing

deacons

dozens

eggnog

lakins

lashing

masons

license

loosens

nuisance

pecans

possums

reasons

reckons

resins

resumes

seasons

teaching

technique

touching

toughens

vegans

washing

weakens

vowel

duel

fuel

dial

howell

lisle

rial

royal

crewel

aisle

bowel

dowel

cruel

dual

towel

jewel

loyal

squirrel

trial

vial

angel

boxing

coaxing

housings

cordial

legions

dockings

lesions

regions

vikings

makings

takings

musings

eggnogs

licensed

aching

backing

bagging

baking

boozing

choking

cocking

docking

hogging

housing

jogging

joking

lagging

laughing

logging

making

liking

losing

mocking

musing

nagging

nosing

oozing

packing

phasing

poking

quaking

racking

raising

raking

rising

rocking

rousing

sacking

sizing

soaking

sagging

shocking

tacking

taking

viking

whacking

waking

aging

beijing

raging

coaching

cognac

couching

lichens

likens

lykens

mesons

paging

poisons

racemes

raisins

regains

tokens

wagons

asians

cajuns

lozenge

regimes

rejoins

exhumes

legumes

vaccines

sighing

weighing

bygones

hogans

icons

raccoons

rhizomes

tycoons

against

vacuums

cocoons

lagoons

magness

3 syllable words

especial

official

dismantle

transmittal

acquittal

biblical

businesses

disposal

dissemble

drinkable

embezzle

familial

festival

hospital

imperil

lexical

metrical

retrieval

sigmoidal

mistrial

technical

uncivil

bedevil

befuddle

bicycle

biddable

chemical

classical

comical

disable

disloyal

finagle

helical

icicle

illegal

immobile

immoral

livable

merciful

miracle

personal

pinnacle

pitiful

pivotal

quizzical

rebuttal

removal

resettle

reversal

seminal

syllable

typical

distrustful

vesicle

vitriol

mistrustful

visible

distasteful

commingle

credential

provincial

ethnical

dissension

respectful

essential

disgraceful

technician

cereal

filial

lineal

serial

trivial

visceral

businesslike

ethical

judicial

commercial

disdainful

external

regretful

scriptural

insightful

vehicle

integral

pessimists

resourceful

technicals

ventricle

dishevel

rehearsal

culpable

immortal

impanel

multiple

bountiful

impartial

cyclical

uncouple

unsettle

judgmental

delightful

tentacle

ignoble

mishandle

tactical

abysmal

adrenal

bedraggle

equable

infertile

quintuple

rekindle

assemble

fanciful

infernal

plentiful

rentable

resemble

technicians

spectacle

ritual

empanel

enfeeble

internal

optical

deceitful

sequential

interval

sentinel

skeptical

weaknesses

apical

apostle

ascension

bearable

betrayal

capitol

chronicle

clerical

colossal

conical

credible

cubicle

curable

domical

durable

edible

enamel

ennoble

epochal

eternal

fictional

financial

flammable

genital

graphical

gullible

lovable

marital

meaningful

medical

minimal

musical

neglectful

nominal

parable

potential

preamble

primeval

prodigal

psychical

remodel

retinal

revival

sculptural

skeletal

temporal

tenable

terminal

terrible

textual

tropical

upheaval

vertical

wearable

literal

example

liberal

littoral

logical

teaspoonful

magical

teachable

medial

digital

visual

issuance

disincline

unstable

unbundle

surgical

resentful

renewal

eventful

obstacle

punctual

pickerel

femoral

mythical

menial

structural

menstrual

mineral

palatial

reachable

regional

ministral

sexual

substantial

denial

baptismal

aerial

astraddle

cultural

constable

ariel

burial

embattle

appraisal

approval

entitle

encircle

fixable

congenial

cerebral

begonias

machinists

balmoral

bassoonist

communal

hormonal

iguanas

proconsul

reconcile

reprisal

tribunal

unequal

refusal

disengaged

unfaithful

wonderful

principal

principle

unravel

masterful

unlawful

fraternal

sectoral

cathedral

celestial

admiral

chasuble

dutiful

disengage

sectional

sensual

unable

prenatal

proposal

accrual

axial

bacchanal

bimodal

caboodle

colorful

debacle

enable

errorful

miscible

newcastle

apparel

fluxional

ramshackle

withdrawal

caramel

disciple

unshackle

colloidal

issuing

pastoral

pectoral

nonlethal

maternal

paternal

retrial

triumphal

untruthful

court-martial

ensemble

informal

remorseful

casual

fijians

legible

national

notional

reconciles

rational

sagittal

touchable

usual

washable

postnatal

sociable

vaginal

townspeople

vegetal

virginal

bilingual

entangle

humoral

federal

fluvial

general

guttural

jovial

numeral

pineal

pluvial

radial

rectangle

tracheal

untangle

varietal

exchanges

magnesite

pedestal

nocturnal

boondoggle

peacemakers

non-verbal

purposeful

quadruple

sensible

utensil

flexible

autumnal

archival

turntable

portrayal

ancestral

functional

orchestral

tangential

ungrateful

actual

chargeable

changeable

conjugal

fractional

marginal

newfangle

projectile

optional

prudential

worshipful

tangible

vegetable

decimal

bifocal

animal

annual

coequal

corporal

doctoral

leasable

flavorful

eatable

feasible

manual

parental

peaceable

seasonal

peacemaker

pineapple

survival

readable

recital

redouble

sorrowful

treatable

archetypal

agonists

disconcert

disconnect

hygienists

misconceive

successful

taskmaster

prefrontal

sequences

ambrosial

triangle

laughingstock

panhandle

magnesia

manhandle

bronchial

biracial

agonist

arousal

arrival

arsenal

auroral

awakens

axioms

coronal

bookmakers

disconnects

dishonest

diurnal

doable

doggerel

eskimos

farcical

forcible

funeral

hygienist

lateral

liable

lionel

mackerel

mechanics

misconstrue

optimal

pacemakers

pachinko

payable

perusal

pliable

powerful

proximal

taxable

vertebral

viable

mutual

natural

gradual

seagoing

virtual

eugenics

echoing

abnormal

businessman

forgetful

misconstrues

packinghouse

arable

bookmaker

breakable

affable

beautiful

callable

cervical

cannibal

coracle

capital

casinos

clavicle

crucible

decency

fusible

low-level

monocle

follicle

juvenile

movable

mutable

nautical

notable

pacemaker

passable

plausible

possible

potable

probable

provable

quotable

radical

sizable

suitable

traceable

trainable

versatile

volatile

fallible

audible

horrible

mayoral

cuticle

capable

burnable

laudable

liaisons

laughable

likeable

masonic

museums

salable

scalable

tunable

usable

workable

likable

ridable

mechanic

oracle

topical

messenger

granduncle

laughingly

eugenic

factual

jokingly

agnostics

exchanger

article

backpedal

barnacle

cantonal

cardinal

carnival

cortical

countable

orbital

mandible

maximize

palpable

particle

portable

likenesses

madrigal

pessimist

practical

soluble

solvable

voluble

valuable

tractable

asuncion

exchangers

messengers

bankable

agnostic

doctrinal

technocrat

equinox

mechanize

laconic

licensee

licenser

technocrats

passenger

regency

licensure

licensees

nuisances

licenses

passengers

cognizance

cognizant

archangel

jockeying

agonies

agonize

vacancy

cogency

reconquer

agency

agonized

vacancies

deconstruct

reconstruct

agencies

lozenges

machinist

agincourt

diagnose

mackenzie

4 syllable words

interstitial

hysterical

historical

despicable

admissible

discernible

receivable

imperial

redeemable

irascible

rhetorical

miserable

vestigial

pitiable

reliable

remedial

illogical

differential

beneficial

dispensable

invincible

intermingle

ethereal

consumable

quintessential

excitable

indelible

infeasible

pessimistic

invisible

prejudicial

residual

equivocal

subliminal

unmerciful

episcopal

reciprocal

spiritual

acoustical

disposable

estimable

disrespectful

agreeable

botanical

convivial

corruptible

definable

chimerical

desirable

conditional

fanatical

impeachable

divisible

enviable

galenical

phenomenal

imitable

mechanical

medicinal

polemical

inaudible

immovable

permissible

reassemble

technically

technicolor

inferential

removable

theatrical

dimensional

insatiable

sabbatical

additional

allowable

amiable

businesswoman

decennial

delusional

departmental

describable

detachable

discountable

disputable

divisional

electrical

emotional

ephemeral

fathomable

heretical

inaugural

incidental

inflammable

insensible

insoluble

intestinal

liturgical

maniacal

material

memorable

millennial

mosaical

perishable

permeable

poetical

preferable

preferential

processional

punishable

pyramidal

respectable

reverential

strategical

superficial

traditional

tyrannical

unspeakable

variable

venerable

venereal

dysfunctional

exceptional

influential

intentional

instrumental

immutable

symmetrical

sustainable

impassable

impeccable

impersonal

impossible

incapable

infallible

unsalable

umbilical

issuable

governmental

hexagonal

habitual

identical

participle

pumpernickel

remarkable

reportable

noncommittal

predictable

hospitable

elemental

elliptical

empirical

statistical

confirmable

collegial

conceivable

continual

consensual

consolable

defensible

deplorable

desensitize

explainable

explicable

extendible

inscrutable

intramural

adjustable

logistical

sacrificial

sensational

inflexible

artificial

digestible

transitional

excusable

expandable

extricable

incremental

obstetrical

nutritional

residential

instructional

antisocial

appreciable

regimental

amenable

answerable

amicable

appealable

arterial

attainable

available

avoidable

bacterial

believable

canonical

erasable

foreseeable

genocidal

grammatical

homicidal

honeysuckle

inedible

ineffable

ironical

irritable

polygonal

pictorial

mechanism

municipal

political

primordial

rabbinical

reasonable

reversible

terrestrial

repairable

satirical

seasonable

custodial

adorable

admirable

emmanuel

debatable

veritable

vulnerable

encyclical

inflatable

ostensible

responsible

unreasonable

contestable

fundamental

implacable

implausible

improbable

invaluable

achievable

nonsensical

nontechnical

sentimental

irrational

existential

illegible

untreatable

exponential

industrial

deferential

fissionable

unnatural

detrimental

incredible

incurable

devotional

compensable

bisexual

occasional

provisional

unusual

desensitized

intangible

proverbial

duodenal

collateral

binomial

colonial

conventional

memorial

neonatal

collapsible

combinable

comfortable

commendable

deductible

receptacle

occipital

persuadable

abdominal

patentable

dependable

lamentable

observable

obtainable

accessible

accountable

mechanisms

delectable

preventable

advisable

adaptable

adoptable

pontifical

apocryphal

affordable

amendable

approvable

antipodal

compatible

convertible

anarchical

asexual

employable

equitable

forgivable

replaceable

reputable

susceptible

formidable

supportable

transferable

demonstrable

impractical

intractable

biennial

impregnable

parochial

perennial

centrifugal

contemptible

exportable

peripheral

triennial

atypical

circumstantial

colloquial

comparable

creditable

disengagement

orthogonal

centennial

charitable

habitable

heritable

marsupial

navigable

noticeable

numerical

paganism

palatable

profitable

reducible

revocable

serviceable

sinusoidal

terminable

epithelial

conceptual

universal

approachable

negligible

noncommercial

nonessential

presidential

providential

questionable

controllable

execrable

monumental

enforceable

ornamental

sacramental

cylindrical

augmentable

behavioral

directional

correctional

eligible

enjoyable

eventual

laryngeal

negotiable

professional

relational

tetrahedral

manageable

zoological

confidential

exchangeable

injectable

matriarchal

alluvial

biaxial

horizontal

perceptible

bilateral

forgettable

practicable

coaxial

collectible

forfeitable

disenchantment

applicable

presentable

trilateral

patriarchal

suicidal

tutorial

anecdotal

marketable

metacarpal

transportable

temperamental

congenital

unshakable

proportional

measurable

original

confessional

perpetual

pleasurable

continental

nontaxable

oriental

tabernacle

epidermal

patrimonial

mercurial

mesodermal

magnesium

acceptable

adverbial

quadrennial

arboreal

mollycoddle

raptorial

mechanically

motorcycle

reconsider

biannual

sartorial

congressional

controversial

corrigible

fashionable

issuances

knowledgeable

methodical

octahedral

messianic

disapproval

malleable

disassemble

renewable

repayable

dishonestly

paranormal

actionable

hydrothermal

diagnostics

disengaging

disconnected

pentecostal

disconnection

disentangle

insubstantial

redoubtable

returnable

dishonesty

disconcerting

parietal

diagnostic

unsuccessful

operable

tolerable

honorable

diagonal

favorable

misconception

occidental

oceanic

reconstructive

accidental

consonantal

iconoclast

retractable

agonizes

misconceptions

personable

pessimism

transcendental

diagnosing

agonizing

consequential

isothermal

arguable

alkaloidal

maximizes

nonvolatile

hierarchical

oceangoing

octagonal

maximizing

violable

monolingual

deconstruction

reconstruction

reconstructions

diagnoses

5 syllable words

impermissible

inadmissible

immaterial

innumerable

periodical

indivisible

institutional

irresistible

theoretical

determinable

economical

geographical

geometrical

indefeasible

inexplicable

discoverable

inexorable

invariable

irreversible

ministerial

unmistakable

ineligible

diabolical

geophysical

mathematical

indefensible

insurmountable

deliverable

immemorial

imperceptible

experiential

jurisdictional

distinguishable

ecumenical

egotistical

inaccessible

inapplicable

indefinable

interminable

irrepressible

pharmaceutical

immeasurable

hypocritical

incomparable

indomitable

inescapable

categorical

indescribable

semiannual

undeniable

individual

indispensable

indisputable

inextricable

incompressible

considerable

inimitable

inseparable

intolerable

inspirational

evangelical

puritanical

unanswerable

interdigital

experimental

abominable

anatomical

biographical

diacritical

eradicable

metaphorical

metaphysical

multilateral

neoclassical

testimonial

unreliable

maximization

invitational

justifiable

lackadaisical

philosophical

astronomical

irresponsible

developmental

incompatible

inconceivable

inexhaustible

disreputable

intramarginal

parenthetical

indestructible

imaginable

pedagogical

ceremonial

alphabetical

exercisable

imponderable

irreparable

inalienable

paradoxical

problematical

inhospitable

biochemical

unforeseeable

impressionable

biomedical

unconditional

polynomial

recoverable

territorial

typographical

aboriginal

environmental

impracticable

inexcusable

allegorical

aeronautical

photochemical

attitudinal

matrilineal

periodontal

antithetical

oratorical

technicality

patrilineal

unfavorable

intelligible

desensitizing

developable

jurisprudential

latitudinal

incorrigible

dictatorial

equatorial

inevitable

irrevocable

astronautical

attributable

impenetrable

uncomfortable

ineffectual

disinclination

parimutuel

constitutional

endothelial

gravitational

reprehensible

magisterial

prosecutable

editorial

interchangeable

myocardial

peritoneal

technicalities

professorial

unforgettable

ungovernable

reportorial

unequivocal

senatorial

communicable

verifiable

inadvisable

pseudopodial

hypercritical

inequitable

heterocercal

curatorial

directorial

irrefutable

understandable

conversational

equiangular

international

inheritable

managerial

comprehensible

unimpeachable

actuarial

acknowledgeable

bicentennial

intracranial

insufferable

inviolable

matrimonial

nondeductible

secretarial

unacceptable

unavoidable

connotational

inconsequential

navigational

uncontrollable

dishonorable

educational

washingtonian

esophageal

artiodactyl

unaccountable

constantinople

coincidental

incalculable

objectionable

recognizable

occupational

architectural

aberrational

operational

nomenclatural

unquestionable

insupportable

nonelectrical

washingtonians

disagreeable

transcontinental

computational

nonprofessional

unconscionable

hypothetical

congregational

agonizingly

invulnerable

mythological

intellectual

longitudinal

observational

astrological

nonrenewable

unsupportable

iconoclasm

technological

seismological

iconoclastic

classifiable

geochemistry

supernatural

ecological

metallurgical

neurological

oceanographer

oceanography

asymmetrical

nonpolitical

agricultural

morphological

horticultural

ontological

realizable

unilateral

biochemistry

geological

analytical

analyzable

theological

mechanization

psychological

chronological

phonological

pathological

dialectical

biological

iconography

7 syllable words
8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word dismissal

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


Cite This Article

Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

WORD SCRAMBLE. THE WORD FINDER located on the website https://www.thewordfinder.com/