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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word extinguish.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word extinguish.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

extinct

sixteenths

english

distinct

sixteenth

listings

extends

anguish

extend

extent

languish

listing

sixteens

twisting

distance

pinkish

sixteen

vanquish

vesting

extant

resting

testing

distant

distend

lungfish

pistons

sexton

british

finnish

skittish

bookstands

minish

finish

vestments

sistine

castings

destin

piston

tastings

fictions

postings

bookstand

fiction

fiendish

boasting

casting

diction

ousting

posting

queenfish

sunfish

tasting

acting

basting

coasting

costing

hosting

impish

lasting

roasting

toasting

wasting

frankish

victims

caxton

systems

sluggish

greenish

sections

bookish

fetish

mustangs

lettish

puckish

punish

yiddish

dictum

system

teston

hashish

nekton

astounds

longish

pectin

vestment

victim

brandish

cornish

devilish

elfish

garnish

goosefish

hagfish

mustang

publish

redfish

section

suction

tarnish

whitefish

catfish

dealfish

dogfish

fightings

flatfish

selfish

shellfish

sightings

standish

varnish

customs

keystones

sustained

astound

dustman

sustains

banish

bearish

blemish

boorish

brackish

brownish

brutish

bullish

burnish

cherish

clannish

danish

fighting

flattish

flemish

furnish

garish

hellish

lighting

marish

relish

sheepish

sighting

mawkish

questions

moorish

peevish

perish

rakish

reddish

rubbish

scottish

spanish

auctions

goldfish

lightnings

swordfish

actions

guardfish

squeamish

vanish

turkish

factions

swedish

whitish

yachting

austin

baston

acton

boston

custom

esteem

festoon

keystone

rectum

sustain

action

auction

childish

eighteenth

faction

lightning

pipefish

purplish

question

sailfish

starfish

bluish

costumes

jewish

postman

newish

bastions

touchdowns

amish

babish

blowfish

dovish

foolish

churlish

crawfish

crayfish

furbish

ghoulish

girlish

irish

jewfish

prudish

polish

radish

raffish

kurdish

postmark

lavish

parish

skirmish

slavish

smallish

snobbish

stylish

eyestone

fastened

hastens

lactone

tightens

eighteens

lightens

wisdom

chastened

chestnut

costume

heightens

octane

peacetime

bastion

faustian

touchdown

boyish

flourish

grayish

nourish

chestnuts

pastimes

shakedowns

boughten

chasten

eighteen

hasten

heighten

tighten

right-hand

fasten

lighten

moisten

dukedom

lightman

shakedown

pastime

nightmares

nighttimes

listen

listens

nightmare

nighttime

ragtime

disdain

disdained

disdains

asthma

6 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word extinguish

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

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