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2 syllable words

gumption

diction

suction

caption

option

fiction

friction

mission

fission

grecian

prussian

russian

erupts

ibsen

shearman

shipman

stepson

whitson

emption

cheapen

christen

glisten

bisson

deepen

listen

rerun

gentian

function

dungeon

section

flexion

portion

junction

christian

tension

torsion

luncheon

martian

pension

mention

ashen

bludgeon

capstan

caution

cushion

dudgeon

fashion

freshen

gudgeon

haitian

heathen

hessian

kitchen

legion

lesion

nation

passion

pigeon

ration

region

seedsman

session

station

vision

billion

fireman

muslin

fielden

gilden

erupt

stillion

arson

clinton

billman

mignon

freedman

spearman

ensign

chieftain

minion

million

milken

vulcan

pitman

runnion

captain

keelson

kelson

piston

london

pinion

jetson

linden

silken

tillman

lisbon

onion

sequin

sharpen

pillion

chaplain

chapman

parson

scullion

sultan

tarpon

trillion

tubman

tuscan

tungsten

krypton

sylvan

crimson

lynden

undone

flashgun

fraction

freshman

action

georgian

fortune

huntsman

mansion

margin

marksman

guardsman

question

bushman

sunken

sanction

engine

churchman

sportsman

belgian

dutchman

faustian

drunken

shrunken

rincon

traction

bastion

faction

auction

bason

basin

beacon

beaten

begun

button

caisson

briton

bison

bitten

billon

chasten

chicken

cousin

given

kitten

lessen

sweeten

treason

glidden

leman

oven

seton

summon

tappen

cretin

hyson

leven

season

lesson

linen

quicken

seaman

semen

thicken

toughen

sicken

deacon

dozen

driven

eaten

eden

elan

freeman

gibbon

jason

person

siren

smitten

steven

stiffen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

demon

fasten

griffon

happen

hasten

hidden

mason

mitten

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

prison

reason

ribbon

ninon

ridden

ripen

risen

riven

urson

villain

weaken

weapon

wheaten

wiccan

yaupon

women

worsen

written

statesman

strengthen

bordman

marchman

markman

lengthen

oarsman

horseman

portman

salesman

sexton

homespun

dustman

grandson

asian

cajun

burgeon

surgeon

motion

lotion

mahone

notion

ocean

potion

urchin

version

sturgeon

suasion

persian

earthen

peon

paean

henchman

airman

apron

aspen

austin

bargain

barton

baston

bellman

bookman

boston

bullion

brakeman

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chessman

citron

classman

claxon

copeman

corban

cordon

corrupts

dampen

damson

darken

desman

dobson

fibrin

footman

foreman

garden

gascon

goodman

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

houseman

jargon

jordan

jorden

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

lightman

lineman

linemen

lopeman

m1

marlin

marten

martin

matron

melton

minden

morgan

mormon

nekton

norman

organ

orphan

oxen

pardon

passman

patron

pectin

penman

pressman

privates

samson

saxon

selden

shorten

smarten

spartan

tendon

warden

woodman

woolman

tartan

teston

workman

craftsman

draftsman

landsman

coachman

othman

scriptures

watchman

ermine

felon

firman

floren

headsman

foreign

haven

raven

frighten

garron

german

graven

heaven

heighten

heron

hymen

hyphen

perron

pullen

reckon

redden

bacon

baron

barren

bayman

beckon

bellon

bourbon

brazen

brighten

carpets

breton

burden

canaan

caxton

burdon

burman

burton

cayman

townsman

certain

marron

melon

baldwin

triptychs

jetton

maiden

open

yachtsman

lyden

delphian

scotsman

spokesman

charon

corrupt

craven

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

devon

kalan

leaden

deaden

deafen

laden

layman

leaven

ledden

lemon

liman

loosen

loren

pagan

poison

children

lichen

lighten

liken

liven

resin

riden

sermon

seven

satan

siphon

straighten

klansman

syphon

taken

vegan

threaten

tighten

turban

landman

titan

triton

urban

waken

zircon

orbits

wizen

shaken

shaman

warren

whiten

woolen

zaman

widen

woman

wooden

pathan

penguin

plankton

scripture

fusion

trojan

acton

alban

alman

atman

bagman

boatman

bolden

calvin

canton

chevron

cowan

dalton

dian

dolman

dolphin

falcon

faulcon

fountain

golden

gowan

hackman

ion

jackman

jasmine

kansan

lion

lockman

mayan

molten

mountain

newsman

olden

outdone

outrun

packman

panton

plantain

ponton

prophets

rayon

saffron

santon

scion

shotgun

soldan

sovereign

sovran

squadron

stallman

stockman

triptych

urine

wanton

zion

brethren

longan

mangan

hangman

alan

amman

auden

baton

batten

batton

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

bracken

broaden

brogan

broken

cabin

cannon

canon

chosen

colon

common

cotton

cuban

crewman

crouton

cumin

dragon

dromon

fallen

cauldron

famine

fatten

flatten

frozen

gallon

gammon

gladden

gluten

gotten

hausen

hogan

forfeits

hoten

hoven

human

lagan

latin

locken

logan

lumen

madden

odin

often

omen

patten

pavon

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

private

proven

provide

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

sadden

salmon

satin

shogun

showman

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

stolen

swollen

talon

thousand

token

toman

woven

corvettes

lampron

trodden

wagon

yeoman

doctrine

postman

farfetched

banyan

canyon

carbide

carpet

orbit

morbid

provides

stallion

scallion

torpid

tripods

union

ruin

owen

warpath

rowan

rowen

tributes

driftwood

surfeit

profit

bereft

sherbet

fervid

prophet

tripod

brevets

drip-dry

forbids

profits

barbette

barefoot

forefoot

forebode

forfeit

corvette

bereaved

forbid

sorbet

turbid

tribute

drafting

grafting

turbot

browbeat

pervades

crafty

drafty

forbade

graphite

pervade

probate

thrifty

3 syllable words

destruction

restriction

discipline

description

assumption

inception

redemption

diffraction

exception

induction

adoption

asuncion

depression

discussion

digression

dissection

hydrogen

inaction

irishman

laurentian

nitrogen

perception

production

propulsion

reduction

cremation

correction

direction

percussion

relation

revision

reaction

gyration

inscription

origin

myosin

niacin

instruction

precision

etruscan

distraction

creation

consumption

contraption

encryption

exemption

expulsion

proscription

infraction

prescription

clarendon

abduction

convulsion

predestine

rhodopsin

compulsion

conception

conduction

eruptive

rifleman

attraction

discretion

exaction

impression

apportion

impassion

partition

carnation

hydration

regression

aggression

compassion

concussion

libration

starvation

depletion

patrician

perfection

suppression

cinnamon

conscription

injunction

citizen

construction

subscription

suspicion

keratin

silicon

depiction

garrison

unison

venison

attrition

obstruction

formation

migration

medicine

nutrition

progression

proportion

puritan

vitamin

vibration

transcription

freemason

oppression

contraction

expression

commission

commotion

elation

emission

permission

physician

duration

phoenician

emotion

petition

solution

recession

edition

dilation

dilution

reopen

addition

aleutian

desertion

devotion

erosion

flirtation

gradation

position

expansion

halogen

imagine

pollution

possession

predation

secession

sedition

profession

privation

procession

promotion

sedation

digestion

ligation

cetacean

lecithin

harlequin

assertion

subtraction

citation

narration

negation

biotin

summation

tradition

vacation

oration

venetian

african

artisan

chairperson

charlatan

coercion

combustion

completion

compression

compunction

contrition

corsican

derision

exhaustion

fijian

filtration

fruition

horatian

in-person

italian

laotian

logician

magician

midshipman

misprision

nobleman

opinion

parisian

partisan

porcelain

singleton

suspension

transaction

tuition

conjunction

constriction

abstraction

extraction

collagen

accession

catalan

ascension

accretion

jacobin

collection

dispersion

assassin

cyprian

dissension

fixation

submission

denizen

eleven

obsession

javelin

lanolin

concession

confession

ottoman

ramadan

attention

condition

connexion

eviction

misshapen

parapet

pelican

reunion

insertion

affection

aspersion

cistercian

connection

excision

exertion

protection

peterman

election

privations

scorpion

ablation

abortion

defection

deflation

detection

detention

dimension

crustacean

ablution

addiction

dictation

ignition

solomon

specimen

optation

optician

incision

oxygen

secretion

skeleton

selection

succession

excretion

inspection

complexion

absorption

transgression

infarction

explosion

adsorption

congressman

nebraskan

fenian

allusion

parthian

collision

collusion

musician

recision

ghanaian

decision

fisherman

hawaiian

gentleman

irian

aversion

median

audition

nemean

cessation

delusion

projection

deletion

diversion

division

plebeian

imprison

illusion

malaysian

omission

occasion

moroccan

munition

immersion

provision

orion

horizon

perversion

malayan

religion

rejection

syrian

rescission

ejection

councilman

samoan

appian

arkansan

reversion

volition

suggestion

truncation

affliction

conflation

confucian

contention

contortion

convection

convention

conviction

declension

deflection

infection

inflation

implosion

castration

concoction

confection

intrusion

invention

prostration

frustration

reflection

distortion

uncertain

civilian

providence

alaskan

bedridden

brazilian

chairwoman

forbidden

magdalen

unbutton

orbital

unwritten

capsaicin

cardigan

vermilion

charwoman

forewoman

mexican

pavilion

rebellion

dominion

corrosion

croatian

genuine

objection

congestion

injection

ingestion

abrasion

campion

admission

bitumen

adrian

cognition

bulletin

contagion

contusion

awaken

dentition

diffusion

profusion

transition

preclusion

beethoven

inversion

occlusion

seclusion

champion

ambition

corruptly

determine

conversion

gestation

tactician

technician

temptation

corruptive

sensation

submersion

subversion

rendition

elison

forgotten

carpeting

incursion

fustian

gordian

jamaican

jettison

nevadan

suburban

thespian

toboggan

guardian

exclusion

extension

companion

disunion

downtrodden

abstention

extrusion

inflection

infliction

intestine

masculine

muskmelon

orbitals

outspoken

reptilian

saleswoman

snapdragon

causation

collegian

donation

evasion

flotation

location

mutation

notation

probation

ovation

profiting

distinction

englishman

quotation

rotation

vocation

carrion

clarion

marian

conclusion

confusion

pentathlon

korean

intention

infusion

heroine

aryan

dorian

arian

bedouin

cation

heroin

anglican

excursion

inclusion

misfortune

transmission

abdomen

abandon

acumen

backgammon

battalion

lumberman

carpeted

chamberlain

cohesion

guncotton

medallion

policeman

talisman

australian

backwoodsman

unburden

uncommon

heartbroken

profiteers

timberman

extinction

artesian

beholden

benjamin

alsatian

cartesian

foreboding

extortion

dalmatian

damnation

equation

forfeitures

foundation

invasion

lactation

plantation

stagnation

taxation

norwegian

salvation

adhesion

superman

arbitrate

ambrosian

badminton

hereafter

octillion

anyone

bandwagon

communion

handwoven

ferryman

crestfallen

housebroken

waterman

franciscan

nonunion

unbroken

bedizen

overdone

privately

troubadour

vatican

uneven

bouillon

hammerman

overman

profiteer

caucasian

clergyman

forbidding

forfeiture

inhuman

regimen

translation

simian

avian

libyan

chilean

julian

uterine

veteran

nubian

odeon

saccharin

tamarin

alderman

alien

galleon

gillian

grobian

austrian

fabian

morbidly

foramen

gaussian

jovian

cambrian

arbiters

everyone

mistaken

perfusion

permian

protean

perpetrate

provident

freudian

anchorman

transfusion

persuasion

prohibits

stygian

aegean

lutheran

curvature

scythian

phrygian

albion

lesbian

mandarin

overrun

thereafter

halcyon

wesleyan

albumin

draftsmanship

kantian

melanin

zambian

bosnian

gravamen

turpitude

countryman

embolden

andean

feminine

keynesian

servitude

craftsmanship

indian

nonhuman

margarine

scriptural

enlighten

enliven

sumatran

ferryboats

brevity

forefathers

gravity

probity

bravado

provider

menhaden

perpetrates

emblazon

providers

arbiter

provided

verbatim

prohibit

arbitrates

forefather

pervading

arbitrage

probative

ferryboat

gravitates

torpedos

torpedoes

crabeater

graffiti

torpedo

gravitate

perfidy

4 syllable words

decompression

preconception

reproduction

lilliputian

precondition

european

divination

dissolution

dissipation

diminution

derivation

syncopation

coronation

correlation

dilatation

erudition

fluoridation

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

irritation

litigation

isolation

preignition

deviation

dietitian

mediation

surrogation

violation

misperception

interception

cyclopean

abrogation

adaptation

aggravation

aggregation

approbation

deformation

degradation

demarcation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

disaffection

disposition

distillation

deconstruction

hypertension

immigration

imposition

indication

insulation

insurrection

interaction

intimation

intonation

ordination

vindication

introspection

inundation

invocation

occupation

retardation

segregation

simulation

stimulation

tribulation

fibrillation

stipulation

reconstruction

relaxation

reawaken

abolition

allegation

animation

annotation

defamation

delegation

demolition

desolation

habitation

hesitation

definition

deposition

evolution

detonation

evocation

dedication

devolution

hibernation

locomotion

nomination

opposition

oscillation

premonition

readmission

iranian

machination

motivation

himalayan

preelection

decimation

connotation

inhibition

figuration

proposition

avocation

collocation

elevation

emanation

fascination

mutilation

navigation

provocation

recitation

allocation

appellation

bifurcation

desiccation

dissertation

domination

germination

jubilation

medication

meditation

politician

profanation

propagation

reelection

relocation

renovation

elongation

diocesan

revelation

sanitation

repetition

supposition

resurrection

suffocation

vacillation

validation

resolution

revocation

termination

revolution

contraception

distribution

incrustation

introduction

misconception

coalition

republican

constipation

pigmentation

gastrulation

inflammation

inquisition

installation

adulation

education

integration

inclination

dispensation

formulation

reinspection

hemoglobin

disconnection

imputation

interdiction

apparition

retribution

implication

imperfection

illustration

jurisdiction

ministration

liquefaction

liberation

mortification

miseration

armageddon

iteration

pagination

prohibition

intersection

vegetation

intervention

rhetorician

agitation

modulation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

admonition

advocation

ammunition

application

benediction

calibration

cancellation

celebration

circulation

circumcision

combination

commendation

commutation

competition

compilation

composition

congregation

consolation

consummation

convocation

convolution

corruptible

culmination

desecration

designation

destination

destitution

devastation

duplication

elocution

emigration

emulation

equitation

estimation

exhibition

fabrication

fermentation

granulation

inattention

information

intercession

interjection

intermission

librarian

lubrication

minnesotan

nicaraguan

obligation

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

paraguayan

penetration

penicillin

persecution

population

predilection

presentation

proclamation

prosecution

prostitution

recantation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

regulation

replication

reputation

requisition

resignation

speculation

statistician

tabulation

vaccination

ventilation

contemplation

contradiction

confrontation

circumspection

contribution

legislation

extradition

extrication

impregnation

conjugation

orchestration

dehydration

self-deception

reformation

reservation

melanesian

usurpation

prohibitions

affirmation

perspiration

galilean

floridian

protozoan

appalachian

preservation

jacobean

maccabean

corp.

corporation

calculation

disputation

arbitration

condensation

confiscation

condemnation

condescension

crocodilian

attribution

compensation

complication

constellation

noblewoman

amputation

computation

consecration

constitution

nonprescription

consultation

electrician

incarnation

obfuscation

excavation

execution

expedition

fragmentation

exposition

importation

incantation

comparison

misbegotten

satisfaction

segmentation

subluxation

adoration

laceration

perforation

ideation

generation

operation

preparation

foliation

hegelian

leviathan

moderation

radiation

coloration

federation

aberration

aviation

decoration

reparation

separation

toleration

variation

veneration

annexation

incubation

indigestion

backwardation

apprehension

abnegation

affectation

altercation

copernican

dandelion

saturation

situation

alternation

darwinian

cotyledon

guatemalan

carcinogen

obsidian

confirmation

columbian

maturation

strangulation

agrarian

alabaman

barbarian

conservation

superstition

glaciation

exhalation

conversation

inspiration

permutation

protestation

providential

retrocession

american

eritrean

masturbation

molestation

observation

refutation

reexamine

graduation

dominican

concentration

exclamation

obstetrician

arbitrations

explication

explanation

contravention

indiscretion

gentlewoman

sequestration

hydrocarbon

implantation

demonstration

conflagration

arthurian

gravitation

restoration

limitation

aspiration

comprehension

procreation

titillation

desperation

visitation

admiration

valuation

declaration

alteration

mitigation

recreation

respiration

rumination

ulceration

trepidation

fumigation

intuition

perturbation

circumvention

embarkation

malformation

malnutrition

arizonan

transportation

coloradan

transformation

augmentation

fallopian

exhortation

menstruation

tetrahedron

napoleon

utopian

consternation

praetorian

arabian

ostentation

cogitation

interwoven

contrarian

fluctuation

registration

macedonian

adrenaline

abdication

publication

syndication

gargantuan

invitation

liquidation

crucifixion

cultivation

excitation

expiration

indecision

dislocation

interurban

samaritan

overburden

watermelon

infiltration

nonpartisan

therapeutics

gorgonian

jordanian

oblivion

olympian

predetermine

businesswoman

tributary

disillusion

exhumation

levitation

manumission

disinfection

disinflation

exploration

transplantation

punctuation

substitution

indentation

indexation

indignation

infestation

instigation

institution

arbitrary

assyrian

tributaries

therapeutic

canadian

tamoxifen

chameleon

forfeitable

criterion

derivative

carpetbagger

collodion

comedian

mammalian

valerian

hyperion

iberian

liberian

siberian

athenian

subdivision

expectation

exploitation

bohemian

nigerian

probationer

restitution

accordion

armenian

californian

carpetbaggers

custodian

englishwoman

greco-roman

historian

ibuprofen

pagurian

profitable

victorian

supervision

perpetuate

probationers

prohibitive

algerian

polynesian

shakespearean

bavarian

gregorian

missourian

planarian

indonesian

perpetuates

polyhedron

superhuman

kindergarten

equestrian

neuropathy

nestorian

wagnerian

centurion

committeeman

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octahedron

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perpetrators

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carbohydrates

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arbitrageurs

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perpetual

5 syllable words

preoccupation

presupposition

vaporization

decomposition

reforestation

determination

eradication

interpolation

legalization

premeditation

neapolitan

deification

reaffirmation

polarization

retaliation

reverberation

alienation

anticipation

desegregation

predestination

emancipation

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authorization

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ionization

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imagination

incrimination

annihilation

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examination

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delicatessen

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accreditation

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hyperinflation

manipulation

philadelphian

regeneration

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inactivation

misapplication

invalidation

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sophistication

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electrocution

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certification

canonization

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localization

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abbreviation

adulteration

nullification

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classification

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academician

oregonian

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edification

elizabethan

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fertilization

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gasification

gratification

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pronunciation

remuneration

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unitarian

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specialization

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nonintervention

recuperation

overproduction

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deceleration

representation

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falsification

incarceration

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miscalculation

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exoneration

authentication

incineration

patagonian

prognostication

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amplification

amazonian

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nickelodeon

maximilian

scandinavian

yugoslavian

pennsylvanian

brobdingnagian

dionysian

brobdingnagians

perpetually

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word eruption

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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