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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word emission.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

ibsen

crimson

whitson

bisson

christen

glisten

listen

women

suction

tension

gentian

pension

christian

mention

section

flexion

function

junction

cushion

session

russian

kitchen

freshen

hessian

grecian

pigeon

prussian

vision

children

billion

billman

citron

clinton

damson

ensign

gilden

hempen

jetson

keelson

kelson

kremlin

linden

lisbon

lynden

m1

mignon

milken

million

minion

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

samson

shipman

silken

spearman

stepson

stillion

sylvan

tillman

trillion

winsome

pensions

action

auction

begun

belgian

billon

bitten

brethren

briton

bushman

caption

chicken

demon

driven

dungeon

engine

faction

fraction

freeman

freshman

gibbon

ginseng

given

glidden

griffon

hidden

huntsman

inchon

kitten

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

linen

luncheon

mansion

martian

mitten

ninon

option

portion

prison

question

quicken

ribbon

ridden

rincon

risen

riven

sanction

seaman

semen

sicken

smitten

stiffen

stricken

striven

summon

sunshine

thicken

torsion

traction

villain

wiccan

woman

written

region

caution

fashion

legion

lengthen

lampron

lesion

ocean

station

ration

passion

homespun

incense

sexton

ashen

bludgeon

grandson

delphian

dudgeon

gudgeon

strengthen

haitian

heathen

nation

notion

lotion

motion

potion

penchant

penguin

tensions

engines

conscience

luncheons

vengeance

dungeons

pungent

tungsten

airman

arson

bullion

chevron

chieftain

footman

dampen

dobson

freedman

desman

fielden

income

insane

london

melton

nekton

penman

saxon

scullion

selden

sequin

sultan

tubman

vulcan

bookman

chairman

chessman

bellman

claxon

goodman

headman

hetman

kelvin

muslin

onion

oxen

pectin

pressman

ringing

kenyan

parson

runnion

shearman

singing

teston

tendon

tuscan

undone

woodman

woolman

ensconce

incensed

bastion

georgian

coachman

margin

moonshine

othman

shrunken

mincing

sunken

churchman

flashgun

drunken

dutchman

wincing

faustian

fortune

watchman

amman

basin

bason

beacon

beaten

beckon

bellon

cayman

bayman

benign

bison

bowman

breton

burman

button

caisson

charon

chasten

cheapen

common

cousin

cumin

deafen

deepen

devon

cretin

crewman

deacon

deaden

daman

dozen

firman

eaten

eden

elan

dromon

ermine

famine

fasten

felon

gammon

layman

hasten

heaven

heron

jason

jetton

leaven

ledden

lumen

marron

mason

german

human

hymen

hyson

leven

liman

loosen

melon

leaden

moisten

oven

reason

redden

resin

season

salmon

sermon

seton

muffin

mullen

mutton

omen

perron

person

pullen

reckon

rerun

roman

rumen

seven

toman

toughen

penguins

threaten

steven

treason

weaken

yeoman

worsen

wheaten

weapon

wooden

woolen

showman

sullen

sweeten

shaman

sudden

urson

vegan

zaman

baldwin

capstan

cauldron

caxton

doctrine

dustman

headsman

kinsman

pinching

seedsman

sinking

thinking

burgeon

mahone

earthen

sneaking

asian

cajun

fusion

persian

gingham

pathan

sneezing

trojan

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

urchin

version

plankton

henchman

tangent

enchant

mansions

ancient

peon

paean

acton

alban

alman

apron

aspen

atman

austin

bagman

banyan

bargain

barton

boston

brakeman

baston

boatman

bolden

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chanson

chaplain

classman

darken

copeman

chapman

corban

cordon

dalton

dolman

gascon

harten

hearten

kansan

jasmine

houseman

jackman

jorden

ensnarl

jargon

dolphin

foreman

kirkman

fountain

golden

gorgon

jordan

knickknack

falcon

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

garden

hackman

harden

harken

lightman

martin

lineman

linemen

lockman

lonesome

lopeman

marlin

marten

matron

minden

molten

morgan

mormon

mountain

newsman

norman

olden

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

packman

panton

pardon

passman

patron

plantain

ponton

ransom

saffron

santon

scallion

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallion

stallman

tarpon

tartan

stockman

union

wanton

warden

workman

ancients

hangman

fencing

mangan

longan

punkin

tangents

alan

auden

bacon

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bordman

boughten

bourbon

bracken

brazen

brighten

broaden

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burton

cabin

canaan

cannon

canon

certain

chosen

colon

cotton

craven

crouton

cuban

curtain

dagan

dagon

demesne

dragon

fallen

fatten

flatten

floren

foreign

frighten

frozen

gallon

garron

gladden

gluten

gotten

graven

happen

hausen

haven

heighten

hogan

horseman

hoten

hoven

hyphen

kalan

kansans

klansman

laden

lagan

landman

latin

lichen

lighten

liken

liven

locken

logan

loren

lunching

lyden

madden

maiden

marchman

markman

nonsense

oarsman

odin

often

open

pagan

patten

pavon

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

portman

postman

proven

raven

riden

ripen

robin

rosen

rosin

rotten

sadden

salesman

satan

satin

scotsman

shaken

shogun

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

spokesman

statesman

stolen

straighten

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

thousand

tighten

titan

token

townsman

triton

trodden

turban

urban

wagon

waken

warren

whiten

widen

wizen

woven

yachtsman

yaupon

zircon

knocking

smacking

smoking

landsman

guardsman

longing

hanging

craftsman

marksman

cancan

monsoon

sportsman

banging

draftsman

ensnares

lion

rowan

rowen

ruin

urine

gowan

ion

dian

owen

mayan

cowan

rayon

scion

zion

pouncing

ringneck

bouncing

dancing

ensnare

longings

nanking

mankind

monsoons

launching

knickknacks

banking

sanguine

hangings

launchings

longhand

mankinds

ginghams

encamp

incomes

unkempt

consume

unknown

unknowns

unseen

conjoin

consent

consumed

consumes

enzymes

ransoms

unkind

unsound

conjoined

consents

benzene

benzine

enzyme

enjoin

3 syllable words

fruition

tuition

ejection

imprison

rejection

dominion

innocence

description

innocent

logician

infliction

combustion

completion

contrition

deflection

inception

induction

infection

invention

omniscient

presumption

punishment

redemption

reflection

resumption

transmission

compression

compulsion

discretion

disruption

exception

misprision

accession

accretion

affection

aggression

ascension

asuncion

attention

cistercian

cognition

collection

compassion

concession

concussion

confession

connection

connexion

deflation

dictation

exertion

fixation

imagined

imagines

inaction

insertion

irishman

nutrition

obsession

oppression

optician

partition

bedizen

englishman

phoenicians

production

progression

reduction

medicine

regression

venison

silicon

bulletin

propulsion

protection

repression

distinction

eleven

secretion

selection

tactician

succession

suppression

transition

cinnamon

citizen

garrison

temptation

freemason

libyan

syrian

ingestion

gillian

injection

nemean

chilean

aleutian

assertion

cessation

collegian

delusion

duration

erosion

evasion

illusion

narration

negation

percussion

pollution

precaution

predation

reaction

relation

reversion

sedation

solution

inscription

destruction

excretion

exemption

complexion

expression

expulsion

extension

etruscan

inspection

innocents

punishments

intestine

inflection

projection

suggestion

creation

extinction

scythian

derision

parisian

stygian

aegean

phrygian

predestine

senescence

assumption

banishment

convection

convention

policeman

in-person

compunction

conception

conduction

confection

declension

contention

connexions

convulsion

diffraction

distortion

exhaustion

filtration

pavilion

exaction

opinion

implosion

intention

midshipman

rebellion

damaging

inflation

civilian

vanishing

brazilian

suspension

bedridden

talisman

timberman

unwritten

vermilion

equation

pelican

damnation

puritan

ferryman

jamaican

injunction

addiction

keratin

ramadan

adoption

instruction

retention

crustacean

eruption

formation

invasion

inversion

cyprian

dalmatian

enigma

unison

uneven

apportion

anyone

vatican

diffusion

bouillon

preclusion

prediction

denizen

pretension

prevention

proportion

indian

gestation

incursion

resection

submersion

congestion

digression

ablution

ablation

seclusion

abortion

objection

sensation

skeleton

allusion

aversion

badminton

carrion

causation

citation

clarion

collusion

consumption

correction

corruption

digestion

dilation

dilution

direction

distraction

donation

expansion

fenian

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

franciscan

gradation

gyration

infarction

infraction

ligation

location

malaysian

marian

median

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

niacin

notation

occasion

oration

ovation

pensioner

permian

plebeian

privation

probation

quotation

reptilian

rotation

samoan

truncation

vacation

vocation

injunctions

alaskan

cardigan

frustration

attraction

singleton

chairperson

conviction

denizens

discipline

forbidden

everyone

laotian

contortion

genuine

fijian

croatian

affliction

intrusion

excursion

retraction

inasmuch

concoction

horatian

inhuman

italian

jamaicans

conflation

confucian

inclusion

lumberman

mexican

coercion

infusion

unbutton

unisons

construction

conjunction

obstruction

contusion

foundation

hydration

campion

artesian

conversion

abrasion

beholden

bitumen

dissection

champion

limousine

wesleyan

reunion

monism

contagion

lesbian

hammerman

alsatian

cartesian

carnation

jainism

suburban

nevadan

dispersion

lactation

toboggan

zambian

libration

laurentian

awaken

menhaden

migration

misshapen

norwegian

occlusion

optation

pensioners

perception

perfection

plantation

profusion

salvation

stagnation

starvation

subversion

taxation

vibration

adsorption

absorption

abstention

contraption

contraction

encryption

exclusion

extrusion

proscription

extortion

explosion

managements

restriction

prescription

transgression

subtraction

amazement

communion

octillion

companion

countryman

insincere

caucasian

conjunctions

diversion

lecithin

perversion

emblazon

embolden

nebraskan

sunshiny

gentleman

fabian

galleon

ghanaian

grobian

irian

avian

freudian

hawaiian

jovian

julian

korean

protean

tamarin

reopen

bedouin

appian

gaussian

veteran

nubian

alien

aryan

dorian

odeon

heroine

arian

heroin

malayan

limousines

abduction

cohesion

medallion

mistaken

conclusion

misfortune

confusion

enliven

uncertain

enjoyment

enlighten

unburden

guncotton

prostration

transaction

battalion

translation

castration

abandon

pentathlon

chamberlain

rhodopsin

cambrian

sumatran

amusement

corrosion

transcription

subscription

conscription

constriction

extraction

incumbent

tangential

aspersion

incoming

benjamin

engineer

ingenue

ringmaster

beethoven

kantian

keynesian

ottoman

thespian

overrun

specimen

overdone

solomon

peterman

vitamin

albion

congressman

adrian

enjoyments

determine

mandarin

assassin

scorpion

gordian

guardian

halcyon

bosnian

fustian

forgotten

andean

feminine

disunion

amusements

adhesion

ambrosian

unbroken

incumbents

clergyman

halogen

amazing

regimen

origin

parthian

abstraction

congenial

engineers

pungently

enchantment

foramen

acumen

jansenists

saccharin

austrian

biotin

horizon

cation

moroccan

capsaicin

encounter

perfusion

uncommon

orion

nobleman

charwoman

chairwoman

rifleman

uterine

keynesians

amusing

consuming

enchanter

hydrogen

lutheran

nitrogen

oncoming

oxygen

persuasion

transfusion

handwoven

mannequin

nonunion

superman

arkansan

bandwagon

consonant

encounters

jansenist

saleswoman

amazon

waterman

councilman

crestfallen

downtrodden

snapdragon

encampment

harlequin

outspoken

catalan

melanin

unconcern

overman

collagen

gravamen

javelin

jacobin

lanolin

consciences

enchanters

management

nonhuman

engenders

encampments

margarine

angina

ensuing

lawmaking

amazons

longingly

magdalen

porcelain

consonants

abdomen

unconcerned

african

forewoman

mannequins

backwoodsman

clarendon

partisan

renaissance

alderman

backgammon

charlatan

corsican

artisan

consummate

tumescent

concentrate

heartbroken

concentrates

anchorman

manganese

albumin

ensemble

incentive

masculine

housebroken

nincompoop

anglican

long-winded

australian

enchanting

ensembles

incomplete

ongoing

nincompoops

consummates

enchanted

uncomplete

concentric

monisms

encumber

benignly

coenzyme

consumer

honeycomb

uncanny

consumers

ungainly

unseemly

engender

4 syllable words

coalition

dietitian

prohibition

rhetorician

dominican

fibrillation

himalayan

stimulation

crucifixion

invitation

precondition

indecision

simulation

disposition

immigration

sicilian

syndication

liquidation

definition

abolition

deposition

dilatation

divination

emanation

erudition

fumigation

disillusion

dissolution

inhalation

innovation

preelection

irrigation

litigation

manumission

opposition

politician

proposition

reelection

repossession

repetition

supposition

rumination

businesswoman

inhibition

liberation

mediation

deviation

apparition

miseration

variation

iteration

reassertion

decompression

disinfection

disinflation

electrician

imperfection

institution

implication

imputation

indignation

inquisition

instigation

interdiction

pigmentation

american

committeeman

competition

composition

indication

information

emigration

inundation

requisition

invocation

lilliputian

distillation

disaffection

emulation

intonation

minnesotan

insulation

samaritan

insurrection

culmination

exhibition

intercession

intimation

recognition

interruption

situation

acquisition

ammunition

circumcision

stipulation

vindication

admonition

statistician

tribulation

decimation

defamation

dedication

syncopation

chameleon

delegation

bifurcation

impregnation

animation

assyrian

valerian

indiscretion

infiltration

comedian

derivation

detonation

devolution

elevation

dissertation

desiccation

desolation

domination

evolution

fluoridation

germination

hesitation

levitation

gravitation

simonian

figuration

locomotion

medication

meditation

nomination

realization

recitation

recreation

reformation

renovation

repercussion

resolution

resurrection

revelation

revocation

revolution

suffocation

termination

trepidation

aviation

cogitation

coloration

comparison

decoration

disconnection

dispensation

education

englishwoman

expedition

exposition

federation

fluctuation

foliation

generation

ideation

illustration

importation

inclination

indentation

indexation

infestation

inflammation

innocently

installation

integration

interception

intersection

intervention

leviathan

liquefaction

ministration

misperception

preconception

preparation

radiation

reinspection

reparation

reproduction

republican

segmentation

separation

surrogation

vegetation

veneration

violation

apprehension

indigestion

interjection

interaction

eritrean

penicillin

equitation

commutation

glaciation

inspiration

celebration

compilation

obsidian

penetration

publication

saturation

commendation

fermentation

speculation

recollection

reclamation

recantation

olympian

fabrication

abdication

cultivation

retrocession

consummation

combination

estimation

regulation

acclamation

acclimation

desecration

designation

destination

destitution

devastation

indonesian

predilection

replication

subdivision

predetermine

depredation

inattention

ventilation

amphibian

reputation

resignation

superstition

deprivation

lubrication

nonessential

depravation

graduation

deformation

degradation

dislocation

oblivion

demarcation

restitution

maturation

elocution

presentation

proclamation

segregation

incrustation

implantation

extradition

introduction

misconception

dehydration

obstetrician

distribution

equestrian

circumspection

demonstration

legislation

affirmation

machination

mutilation

hyperion

iberian

appellation

coronation

admiration

correlation

habitation

jubilation

motivation

navigation

preservation

procreation

profanation

propagation

relocation

smithsonian

vacillation

oscillation

supervision

validation

bolivian

allegation

allocation

annotation

iranian

connotation

reservation

criterion

declaration

desperation

isolation

polynesian

provocation

respiration

restoration

devonian

sanitation

diocesan

floridian

mammalian

ulceration

collocation

evocation

liberian

avocation

fascination

melanesian

reawaken

siberian

adulation

armageddon

crocodilian

agitation

inconsistent

amputation

arbitration

circumvention

compensation

adrenaline

complication

disputation

excavation

execution

formulation

fragmentation

incantation

incarnation

malnutrition

subluxation

substitution

augmentation

computation

embarkation

attribution

condemnation

condescension

noncommittal

pagination

retribution

comprehension

punctuation

modulation

hemoglobin

inseminate

pedestrian

aberration

corinthian

adoration

operation

pelagian

perforation

deconstruction

introspection

exhalation

toleration

nigerian

meridian

athenian

laceration

hegelian

registration

reconstruction

bohemian

homogeny

incompetent

incubation

moderation

absolution

adaptation

affectation

benediction

convolution

ordination

protestation

advocation

convocation

aggravation

expiration

abnegation

refutation

abrogation

granulation

molestation

ovulation

palpitation

relaxation

activation

oxidation

prosecution

prostitution

carcinogen

accusation

aggregation

annexation

calibration

application

approbation

cancellation

circulation

confirmation

consolation

deportation

dereliction

occupation

obligation

permutation

persecution

retardation

population

duplication

excitation

noncommercial

tabulation

vaccination

contemplation

abyssinian

nicaraguan

self-deception

contraception

sequestration

columbian

armenian

gymnasium

guatemalan

encomium

explanation

explication

extrication

expectation

exclamation

victorian

darwinian

interurban

cotyledon

copernican

paraguayan

watermelon

algerian

alteration

appalachian

aspiration

corp.

corporation

exhumation

homogenize

hibernation

numismatist

assemblyman

conjugation

elongation

insensible

perspiration

perturbation

usurpation

valuation

arabian

transformation

arizonan

condensation

consecration

bavarian

jacobean

gastrulation

maccabean

confiscation

galilean

obfuscation

constellation

collodion

gregorian

planarian

praetorian

missourian

constipation

european

canadian

ostentation

fallopian

constitution

consultation

mortification

satisfaction

calculation

napoleon

malformation

exploration

jurisdiction

exhortation

menstruation

interwoven

strangulation

tamoxifen

inconstancy

consensual

encomiums

gymnasiums

jansenism

misbegotten

shakespearean

congregation

incompetents

numismatists

backwardation

altercation

alternation

congenital

conservation

conversation

homogenized

hypertension

masturbation

observation

polyhedron

confrontation

concentration

conflagration

contradiction

contravention

contribution

moravian

exploitation

orchestration

peruvian

barbarian

accordion

incumbency

agrarian

centurion

cyclopean

historian

insanity

librarian

rhododendron

pagurian

tangentially

incinerate

reexamine

sectarian

californian

concomitant

tasmanian

wagnerian

kindergarten

nonsensical

hungarian

concentrations

consternation

octahedron

tetrahedron

transportation

ohioan

arthurian

ingeniously

coloradan

contrarian

draconian

incontinent

insinuate

macedonian

newtonian

noncombatant

noncompliance

plutonian

protozoan

utopian

nonprescription

albanian

aldebaran

alabaman

noncombatants

custodian

dandelion

estonian

herculean

jordanian

engineering

pavlovian

eustachian

gorgonian

greco-roman

nestorian

overburden

encompassing

transplantation

menacingly

incandescent

inconclusive

mongolian

unassuming

consumable

noblewoman

superhuman

algonquian

nonconformist

encompasses

gentlewoman

ibuprofen

hydrocarbon

consonantal

insinuates

inconvenience

inconvenient

unconverted

lancastrian

manzanilla

concentrated

conjunctiva

gargantuan

insensitive

nonpartisan

anaconda

copenhagen

monogamy

zionism

nonconformists

5 syllable words

mississippian

deliberation

delineation

decomposition

maximization

recrimination

initiation

intimidation

presupposition

incineration

illumination

precipitation

mummification

denomination

elimination

determination

dissemination

decapitation

exhilaration

resuscitation

academician

civilization

assimilation

solicitation

specification

deceleration

commemoration

affiliation

deification

irradiation

depreciation

humiliation

imagination

dissociation

improvisation

enumeration

refrigeration

dionysian

simplification

mathematician

degeneration

emancipation

equivocation

examination

immunization

inactivation

insemination

insinuation

maximilian

misinformation

negotiation

origination

predisposition

reiteration

abomination

imaginations

accommodation

amelioration

conciliation

denunciation

discoloration

eradication

facilitation

interpolation

legalization

premeditation

remuneration

renunciation

repudiation

vilification

nickelodeon

alleviation

extermination

annihilation

infatuation

interpretation

appreciation

alienation

association

cauterization

incrimination

insinuations

alliteration

elaboration

retaliation

rejuvenation

evaporation

imaginary

proliferation

recuperation

capitulation

exaggeration

reaffirmation

discrimination

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

ionization

misapprehension

communication

domestication

evacuation

inoculation

predestination

sophistication

anticipation

recommendation

sedimentation

desegregation

depopulation

delicatessen

amalgamation

quantification

authorization

contamination

reintegration

participation

presbyterian

regeneration

invalidation

manipulation

interrogation

misapplication

abbreviation

christianization

amortization

canonization

codification

agglomeration

certification

classification

confederation

desalination

dramatization

edification

elizabethan

exoneration

inhabitation

clarification

adulteration

assassination

attenuation

brutalization

colonization

consideration

evaluation

fertilization

gasification

glorification

gratification

imaginable

imaginative

inauguration

modification

ossification

purification

pronunciation

ratification

notification

ramification

mobilization

repatriation

mechanization

preoccupation

obliteration

prevarication

hallucination

localization

nullification

orientation

pacification

qualification

russification

sterilization

unification

stratification

verification

vulgarization

utilization

articulation

defenestration

disembarkation

accumulation

interconnection

juxtaposition

nonintervention

carolinian

unconditional

neapolitan

ornamentation

intoxication

investigation

cohabitation

instrumentation

pasteurization

adjudication

perpetuation

accreditation

appropriation

concatenation

configuration

conglomeration

consolidation

continuation

equalization

exacerbation

excoriation

exfoliation

falsification

fortification

harmonization

vaporization

reverberation

synchronization

polarization

incarceration

hybridization

hyperinflation

incorporation

magnification

collaboration

inconsistency

magnetization

justification

manifestation

reforestation

neutralization

normalization

organization

recombination

rectification

subordination

miscalculation

argumentation

augustinian

indoctrination

administration

electrocution

peloponnesian

theologian

assemblywoman

coagulation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

ejaculation

revaluation

modernization

ethiopian

acceleration

authentication

incompetency

procrastination

amazonian

centralization

confabulation

representation

expatriation

caledonian

amplification

approximation

multiplication

overproduction

hanoverian

libertarian

panamanian

sanctification

congratulation

metropolitan

nitroglycerine

incompressible

pennsylvanian

substantiation

incompetently

expropriation

insinuating

ingenuity

exasperation

amazonians

pomeranian

hydrogenation

scandinavian

philadelphian

exoskeleton

inconsistencies

prognostication

unconscionable

brobdingnagian

unitarian

incomparable

washingtonian

jeffersonian

proletarian

oregonian

beethovenian

babylonian

patagonian

lithuanian

pythagorean

incendiary

epicurean

concomitantly

incompatible

triangulation

conscientiously

inconsequential

incantatory

hyperborean

nonsectarian

specialization

vegetarian

centenarian

inconceivable

veterinarian

yugoslavian

uncomfortable

carthaginian

incongruity

minicomputer

argentinian

inconveniences

minicomputers

diamagnetic

uncontrollable

unaccountable

uncompromising

nonconformity

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word emission

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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