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

exports

expressed

emption

experts

export

flexion

section

sexton

aspirin

desperate

gumption

misprint

passports

esprit

caption

action

fiction

diction

faction

friction

fraction

gentian

mention

pension

question

suction

tension

traction

caxton

delphian

expert

lampron

misprints

haitian

hessian

nation

motion

penguin

lotion

freshen

notion

grecian

ocean

session

potion

station

aspen

jetson

kenyan

chessman

chevron

copeman

ensign

airman

chairman

claxon

apron

junction

expired

hempen

keelson

kelson

sanction

lopeman

m1

nekton

pressman

lakefront

pectin

function

saxon

stepson

teston

bastion

auction

belgian

christian

engine

freshman

brethren

option

portion

torsion

martian

mansion

basin

beckon

caisson

chasten

hasten

heron

lessen

charon

jason

lesson

homespun

children

headsman

marron

strengthen

mason

open

doctrine

spokesman

disprove

weapon

reckon

moisten

lengthen

expire

passport

capstan

statesman

perron

dustman

henchman

tungsten

huntsman

marksman

burgeon

newsprint

fission

passion

guardsman

landsman

craftsman

draftsman

fashion

persian

lesion

mission

ration

ashen

asian

cushion

earthen

heathen

legion

prussian

trojan

urchin

version

sturgeon

suasion

cajun

region

russian

surgeon

acton

banyan

boatman

arson

bolden

captain

citron

disperse

bullion

billion

bookman

brakeman

baston

bellman

canyon

chaplain

chapman

chieftain

classman

dampen

damson

desman

fielden

freedman

gascon

golden

hackman

ibsen

headman

hetman

jackman

parson

saffron

tuscan

molten

scallion

selden

samson

olden

onion

pillion

runnion

sequin

sharpen

shipman

trillion

whitson

pinion

piston

kremlin

melton

minion

oxen

packman

passman

penman

soldan

stallion

kelvin

kirkman

million

scullion

spearman

stillion

tarpon

union

workman

tendon

bushman

coachman

margin

georgian

luncheon

dungeon

faustian

flashgun

fortune

bacon

baron

barren

bason

bayman

beacon

beaten

bellon

bison

bisson

blacken

blowgun

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brazen

breton

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

canaan

cayman

certain

cheapen

chicken

chosen

christen

colon

craven

cretin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dromon

seedsman

eaten

yachtsman

eden

elan

ermine

fasten

felon

firman

freeman

frozen

garron

german

glisten

graven

happen

haven

heaven

hesper

hogan

hoten

hoven

hyson

jetton

kalan

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

leven

listen

logan

maiden

melon

odin

omen

pagan

person

plankton

poison

quicken

raven

reason

redden

rerun

resin

roman

rosen

satan

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

seven

shogun

sicken

slogan

townsman

shaken

shaman

slacken

scotsman

showman

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

straighten

stricken

sweeten

swollen

taken

tappen

thicken

threaten

token

toman

treason

turban

urban

urson

vegan

vesper

waken

weaken

wheaten

wiccan

worsen

woven

yeoman

zaman

zircon

baldwin

bordman

cauldron

despairs

dispersed

grandson

horseman

klansman

landman

portman

oarsman

postman

fusion

pathan

backboards

chessboards

oxfords

gudgeon

kitchen

mahone

dudgeon

bludgeon

caution

pigeon

vision

sportsman

alman

aspire

atman

austin

bagman

bargain

barton

billman

boston

calvin

canton

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

clinton

corban

cordon

crimson

darken

despair

disburse

dispair

dobson

falcon

fibrin

fireman

footman

foreman

fountain

garden

gilden

goodman

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

hearten

houseman

jargon

jasmine

jaspers

jordan

jorden

kansan

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lockman

london

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

matron

mignon

milken

minden

morgan

mormon

mountain

muslin

newsman

norman

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

panton

pardon

patron

pitman

plantain

santon

shearman

shorten

silken

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stockman

sultan

sylvan

tartan

tillman

tubman

undone

vulcan

warden

whispers

woodman

woolman

drunken

dutchman

mangan

churchman

hangman

rincon

shrunken

sunken

backboard

owen

rowan

chessboard

rayon

marchman

markman

paean

peon

rowen

urine

oxford

salesman

alan

amman

bitten

canon

dozen

brighten

dragon

driven

flatten

floren

briton

fatten

baton

batton

asper

batten

begun

billon

button

cabin

cannon

cousin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

famine

foreign

gallon

gammon

given

gladden

gibbon

glidden

gluten

hausen

hymen

hyphen

jasper

kitten

lagan

locken

mitten

frighten

griffon

heighten

hidden

human

latin

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linen

liven

loosen

loren

lumen

lyden

madden

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

oven

patten

platen

platten

prison

proven

pullen

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

rumen

sadden

salmon

satin

siphon

siren

smitten

stiffen

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

syphon

talon

thousand

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

villain

wagon

warren

whisper

whiten

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

yaupon

sagebrush

alban

dalton

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

ponton

shotgun

stallman

wanton

longan

othman

watchman

mayan

zion

icebergs

cowan

lion

baseboard

ion

ruin

scion

dian

dashboard

gowan

auden

bobbin

often

bollen

cotton

gotten

robin

baseboards

boughten

broaden

common

fallen

pavon

pollan

pollen

rosin

rotten

sodden

soften

trodden

dashboards

disbar

highbrows

iceberg

phosphors

washboard

highbrow

neighbors

phosphor

neighbor

3 syllable words

expression

excretion

expressions

extraction

explosion

castration

frustration

accretion

conscription

constriction

expresses

fixation

gestation

inscription

secretion

sensation

subscription

taxation

transcription

expansion

cessation

encryption

prescription

description

extortion

adsorption

extrusion

expulsion

narration

disruption

exception

completion

filtration

compression

impression

prostration

accession

crustacean

persuasion

oppression

succession

suppression

suspicion

technician

temptation

apportion

lactation

expressly

proportion

equation

alsatian

abstraction

thespian

depletion

depression

dictation

absorption

contraption

consumption

transgression

distraction

expertly

exclusion

extension

extinction

inspection

proscription

restriction

flirtation

flotation

vacation

suspension

ovation

assumption

implosion

discretion

transmission

donation

translation

duration

quotation

excursion

expiring

probation

notation

contrition

rotation

conflation

inflation

misprision

vocation

location

creation

croatian

expiry

chairperson

everyone

capsaicin

horatian

damnation

aggression

migration

impassion

expressive

abrasion

aspersion

carnation

exporters

reexports

norwegian

dalmatian

dispersion

concession

libration

attrition

cistercian

deflation

insertion

patrician

plantation

formation

compassion

dentition

foundation

hydration

nutrition

obsession

optation

progression

ablation

regression

repression

starvation

vibration

rendition

salvation

stagnation

tactician

ambrosian

countryman

crestfallen

transfusion

disunion

housebroken

emblazon

embolden

subtraction

imprison

cyprian

ferryman

truncation

contraction

outspoken

infarction

exporter

infraction

unbroken

commotion

attraction

elation

contortion

procession

occasion

recession

volition

intrusion

assertion

deletion

emotion

erosion

gradation

gyration

mutation

negation

phoenician

predation

permission

promotion

summation

aspersions

compulsion

declension

oration

diffraction

distortion

compunction

distinction

confucian

cremation

cetacean

secession

omission

venetian

devotion

relation

sedation

austrian

cohesion

clarion

bedridden

carrion

heroin

chairwoman

dispersal

in-person

mexican

cambrian

logician

heroine

mistaken

marian

ablution

abortion

admission

ambition

artesian

aspiring

asuncion

cartesian

adoption

condition

contagion

digression

eruption

despairing

disparage

laotian

excision

australian

exertion

ignition

invasion

corrosion

heartbroken

coercion

menhaden

misshapen

occlusion

optician

partition

backwoodsman

propulsion

seclusion

transition

preclusion

submission

anyone

champion

garrison

fustian

freemason

assassin

communion

franciscan

adrian

halcyon

awaken

egyptian

handwoven

companion

reexport

lesbian

wesleyan

campion

reptilian

snapdragon

infusion

collegian

citation

commission

desertion

direction

evasion

emission

caucasian

confusion

addition

aleutian

causation

edition

lecithin

englishman

clergyman

corruption

dilation

correction

ligation

presumption

inclusion

malaysian

musician

munition

percussion

conclusion

perversion

position

petition

precession

physician

misfortune

redemption

pollution

concoction

convulsion

precaution

privation

solution

tradition

whispering

retraction

reaction

resumption

sedition

appian

aspirates

magician

foramen

expires

arian

uncertain

discipline

bedouin

unwritten

abdomen

dorian

genuine

aspirant

grobian

acumen

aspartame

dispersive

korean

enliven

enlighten

jovian

opinion

permian

policeman

taxpayers

odeon

protean

syrian

affection

beholden

cognition

collection

concussion

connection

connexion

contusion

conversion

deception

defection

derision

detection

diffusion

discussion

dissection

election

emulsion

erection

exemption

fruition

incision

incursion

inversion

irishman

misfortunes

oxygen

parisian

perception

perfection

disbursement

preemption

profusion

protection

reception

resection

revulsion

selection

subversion

submersion

tuition

disbursements

reflection

andean

kantian

albion

jamaican

keratin

masculine

nonunion

adhesion

albumin

zambian

projection

rejection

overdone

conception

keynesian

overman

scorpion

pentathlon

midshipman

confection

bandwagon

gentleman

convection

inhuman

disparate

infection

beethoven

inception

aspirants

aspirate

abduction

bedizen

ejection

deflection

gordian

guardian

indian

specimen

superman

taxpayer

uneven

disbarment

allusion

objection

audition

division

rescission

recision

parthian

provision

mispronounce

religion

illusion

immersion

remission

aversion

delusion

decision

collusion

reversion

injection

collision

charwoman

alien

aryan

avian

timberman

complexion

backgammon

medallion

chilean

italian

fabian

freudian

battalion

cardigan

forbidden

lumberman

nobleman

galleon

forewoman

gaussian

gillian

horizon

irian

julian

nubian

reopen

saccharin

inflection

libyan

samoan

rhodopsin

hawaiian

malayan

simian

veteran

unburden

plebeian

stygian

attention

aegean

pretension

prevention

nitrogen

anchorman

prediction

addiction

scythian

ascension

laurentian

inaction

dissension

deduction

detention

depiction

dimension

eviction

hydrogen

production

reduction

phrygian

retention

seduction

suggestion

affliction

contention

convention

downtrodden

octillion

aspires

conviction

exhaustion

induction

invention

singleton

transaction

bitumen

bosnian

bulletin

denizen

gravamen

hackberry

hammerman

combustion

determine

elison

forgotten

jettison

councilman

jacobin

macabre

mandarin

medicine

overrun

puritan

skeleton

suburban

digestion

peterman

icebreakers

recovery

takeovers

venison

conduction

whisperer

exaction

origin

precision

profession

dilution

imagine

margarine

possession

revision

ingestion

congestion

disapprove

bookkeepers

alaskan

brazilian

charlatan

dominion

rebellion

phosphorites

partisan

pavilion

porcelain

uncommon

whisperers

predestine

destruction

perfusion

unbutton

artisan

guncotton

gooseberries

sumatran

infliction

talisman

vermilion

civilian

icebreaker

abandon

benjamin

confession

cation

fenian

passover

ghanaian

uterine

nemean

takeover

median

orion

tamarin

aquifer

bookkeeper

cinnamon

citizen

gooseberry

intention

nevadan

nonhuman

pelican

receivers

reunion

toboggan

vatican

nebraskan

obstruction

fijian

neighboring

etruscan

conjunction

construction

injunction

arkansan

intestine

instruction

harlequin

fisherman

halogen

diversion

regimen

abstention

clarendon

aquifers

african

moroccan

myosin

neighborly

neighbourly

niacin

receiver

badminton

anglican

saleswoman

lutheran

feminine

eleven

catalan

discover

phosphorite

waterman

unison

ramadan

melanin

javelin

lanolin

silicon

raspberries

congressman

alderman

discovers

magdalen

chamberlain

achievers

corsican

rifleman

biotin

decipher

bishoprics

recover

muskmelon

bouillon

achiever

collagen

disappear

raspberry

solomon

dogberry

ottoman

vitamin

recovers

neighborhood

neighborhoods

cheeseburgers

disappears

gossiper

lucifer

cheeseburger

gossipers

high-powered

phosphoric

4 syllable words

expiration

recreation

expectation

explanation

explication

extrication

expirations

exploration

menstruation

exhumation

desperation

procreation

respiration

variation

exclamation

extradition

disputation

excavation

expedition

exposition

importation

transportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dislocation

exhalation

equitation

excitation

inspiration

retrocession

aspiration

impregnation

perspiration

sequestration

declaration

restoration

shakespearean

preparation

separation

dispensation

decoration

gastrulation

foliation

reparation

embarkation

execution

exhortation

transformation

estonian

glaciation

nestorian

deportation

emigration

estimation

exhibition

liquidation

aspirations

backwardation

degradation

destination

masturbation

replication

vaccination

reclamation

refutation

reputation

segregation

speculation

transplantation

requisition

registration

approbation

celebration

recantation

penetration

decimation

demonstration

derivation

desiccation

desolation

dissertation

dissipation

distribution

experience

implantation

perturbation

preservation

recitation

reformation

reservation

trepidation

ulceration

usurpation

disinflation

amputation

imputation

perforation

nonprescription

radiation

constipation

illustration

laceration

consternation

incarnation

generation

malnutrition

fluctuation

installation

instigation

misperception

federation

ministration

retribution

segmentation

aviation

malformation

veneration

abrogation

cancellation

circulation

conservation

dereliction

desecration

designation

devastation

disposition

ventilation

eritrean

custodian

greco-roman

historian

aggregation

aggravation

fabrication

fibrillation

recognition

distillation

insulation

immigration

indonesian

information

lubrication

incubation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

annexation

emulation

oxidation

palpitation

presentation

victorian

regulation

expressionist

stipulation

experienced

sectarian

resignation

confrontation

misperceptions

obstetrician

orchestration

fallopian

syncopation

admiration

affirmation

bifurcation

corp.

comprehension

appellation

legislation

corporation

evocation

emanation

napoleon

deposition

fascination

figuration

defamation

delegation

detonation

erudition

elevation

fluoridation

hesitation

levitation

irrigation

irritation

motivation

relocation

renovation

revelation

smithsonian

valuation

draconian

repetition

machination

meditation

vacillation

arbitration

iteration

compensation

deviation

liberation

calculation

constellation

computation

consultation

ideation

macedonian

vegetation

decompression

aberration

electrician

formulation

incantation

inclination

indexation

inflammation

inquisition

integration

apparition

rhetorician

miseration

adoration

liquefaction

mortification

pigmentation

punctuation

mediation

coloration

operation

tetrahedron

pavlovian

intermission

apprehension

culmination

cultivation

accordion

graduation

agrarian

herculean

experiment

intimation

exportable

absolution

affectation

adaptation

centurion

benediction

calibration

compilation

consolation

consummation

deformation

destitution

duplication

invitation

lilliputian

demarcation

imposition

intonation

inundation

molestation

ovulation

restitution

ordination

permutation

population

congregation

proclamation

protestation

saturation

recollection

relaxation

maturation

occupation

situation

retardation

simulation

stimulation

tribulation

circumspection

concentration

dehydration

contribution

equestrian

incrustation

infiltration

allocation

imitation

immolation

isolation

gregorian

locomotion

melanesian

revolution

institution

evolution

innovation

appalachian

litigation

oscillation

propagation

resolution

inhalation

limitation

substitution

revocation

avocation

dissolution

indignation

divination

reinspection

intuition

collodion

devonian

mitigation

infestation

medication

premonition

supposition

experiments

reproduction

attribution

subluxation

titillation

assyrian

lancastrian

demolition

utopian

coronation

definition

correlation

simonian

dedication

devolution

dilatation

visitation

consecration

coalition

pedestrian

adulation

prohibition

surrogation

education

contrarian

agitation

pagination

recuperates

abdication

advocation

contemplation

obsidian

gorgonian

peruvian

application

disapproving

overburden

barbarian

librarian

self-deception

respirators

competition

copenhagen

composition

abyssinian

dispiriting

persecution

elocution

fermentation

interaction

precondition

darwinian

statistician

superstition

pagurian

gentlewoman

ibuprofen

hydrocarbon

disparaging

inhibition

european

ostentation

hyperion

augmentation

confiscation

arthurian

introspection

constitution

indentation

animation

iranian

collocation

fragmentation

obfuscation

satisfaction

annotation

diminution

octahedron

hibernation

condensation

germination

gravitation

habitation

manumission

navigation

opposition

sanitation

suffocation

validation

supervision

mongolian

jacobean

proposition

maccabean

missourian

newtonian

plutonian

praetorian

disillusion

valerian

allegation

respirator

sicilian

provocation

reposition

recuperate

termination

receivership

repossession

disapproval

interwoven

bohemian

reassertion

modulation

moderation

cogitation

toleration

violation

conflagration

altercation

conversation

abnegation

commendation

disparages

cyclopean

invocation

aspirated

committeeman

prostitution

prosecution

indiscretion

asperity

interurban

intercession

armenian

confirmation

convocation

vindication

minnesotan

indication

publication

receiverships

superhuman

syndication

tabulation

oblivion

paraguayan

alternation

granulation

observation

nonpartisan

conjugation

reciprocates

californian

assemblyman

arabian

arizonan

bavarian

bolivian

chameleon

comedian

disappearance

disparities

exuberance

exuberant

himalayan

misbegotten

noblewoman

connotation

planarian

disappearing

jubilation

reawaken

reciprocal

reciprocate

abolition

strangulation

complication

implication

algerian

alteration

fumigation

nomination

domination

mutilation

profanation

realization

rumination

condemnation

admonition

ammunition

carcinogen

circumcision

combination

commutation

interruption

obligation

subdivision

jordanian

columbian

nigerian

nicaraguan

samaritan

wagnerian

leviathan

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5 syllable words

exasperation

dissociation

association

experiential

repudiation

misappropriates

recuperation

interpretation

extermination

appreciation

depreciation

misappropriate

substantiation

negotiation

abbreviation

conciliation

repatriation

centralization

improvisation

irradiation

representation

corroboration

incarceration

misapprehension

maximization

rectification

accreditation

recommendation

decapitation

mechanization

clarification

exoskeleton

acceleration

precipitation

verification

remuneration

specification

sterilization

accumulation

affiliation

alleviation

delineation

enumeration

evaporation

juxtaposition

pasteurization

vaporization

decomposition

sedimentation

incorporation

insinuation

subordination

consolidation

equalization

depopulation

synchronization

equivocation

manipulation

congratulation

initiation

presbyterian

immunization

consideration

determination

discoloration

vulgarization

christianization

denunciation

disproportionate

jeffersonian

interpolation

peloponnesian

pronunciation

miscalculation

nickelodeon

carolinian

incineration

electrocution

accommodation

evaluation

resuscitation

assassination

assimilation

facilitation

illumination

renunciation

infatuation

discrimination

disembarkation

procrastination

specialization

defenestration

rejuvenation

confabulation

capitulation

concatenation

harmonization

amalgamation

hybridization

invalidation

anticipation

misinformation

contamination

neutralization

normalization

collaboration

emancipation

domestication

elaboration

polarization

desegregation

evacuation

examination

predestination

recombination

experimental

exacerbation

recrimination

administration

triangulation

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hydrogenation

centenarian

indoctrination

inhabitation

ejaculation

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academician

agglomeration

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adulteration

civilization

exoneration

hyperborean

coagulation

hanoverian

elizabethan

attenuation

denomination

desalination

beethovenian

orientation

hallucination

prevarication

mississippian

inauguration

approximation

solicitation

investigation

intoxication

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incrimination

vegetarian

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annihilation

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exaggeration

alienation

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nitroglycerine

pythagorean

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reaffirmation

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pennsylvanian

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refrigeration

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inoculation

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degeneration

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ethiopian

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premeditation

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canonization

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amazonian

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dissatisfaction

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pacification

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falsification

magnification

misapplication

deification

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amplification

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reciprocity

disparagingly

experimenter

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notification

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neapolitan

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unitarian

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scandinavian

pomeranian

recoverable

interconnection

nonintervention

argentinian

carthaginian

lithuanian

discoverable

dionysian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word expropriation

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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