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

alan

fasten

gallon

bason

talon

action

bastion

caption

faction

fraction

mansion

traction

craftsman

draftsman

ashen

fashion

passion

ration

baldwin

calkins

cauldron

falcons

grandson

horseman

klansman

lampron

landman

salesman

scotsman

sexton

statesman

yachtsman

acton

alban

arson

atman

balsam

bullion

canton

captain

dalton

dolphin

dampen

austin

bellman

boston

chaplain

chapman

chessman

bagman

billion

dobson

dolman

ensign

faulcon

flashing

jackman

hackman

houseman

jasmine

jetson

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

melton

million

onion

oxen

packman

panton

parson

pillion

plantain

pressman

runnion

saffron

santon

selden

stallman

stepson

stillion

sultan

talcum

teston

trillion

tuscan

vulcan

plankton

tungsten

mention

option

section

batton

auction

faustian

freshman

hangman

question

cabin

caisson

belgian

flashgun

flexion

gentian

mangan

pension

cannon

famine

fatten

gammon

happen

lagan

sadden

slacken

tappen

urson

martian

canon

fallen

garron

hasten

latin

patten

worsen

wagon

portion

suction

baron

barren

baton

bison

blacken

flatten

tension

amman

basin

bellon

gladden

lessen

pollen

hyson

jason

madden

mullen

person

platen

platten

pollan

sullen

torsion

batten

bollen

bracken

chasten

dragon

felon

kalan

lesson

mason

melon

salmon

satin

huntsman

landsman

sanction

sportsman

marksman

alkanes

blessing

bordman

bulging

caution

children

dian

doctrine

dustman

flagging

freshen

haitian

headsman

hessian

homespun

ion

lion

mahone

marchman

markman

mayan

nation

oarsman

paean

pathan

peon

placement

portman

prussian

rayon

russian

scion

session

spokesman

station

townsman

vulcans

zion

airman

apron

jordan

kirkman

belgians

blacksmith

carbon

fibrin

fielden

hearten

carman

carmine

jorden

kremlin

corban

emption

carton

chairman

chevron

hempen

darken

cordon

hetman

jargon

marlin

ibsen

brakeman

desman

bargain

barton

billman

blackens

bolden

fireman

flagman

foreman

fountain

fulsome

harden

harten

gorgon

lightman

lineman

garden

gilden

golden

harken

headman

linemen

london

penguin

lockman

m1

marten

milken

minden

minion

norman

matron

nekton

muslin

martin

molten

mormon

mountain

morgan

olden

organ

orphan

outdone

gumption

pectin

patron

henchman

outrun

penman

pinion

piston

pardon

plaisance

ponton

soldan

sovran

smarten

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

silken

slackens

sovereign

spartan

squadron

stockman

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

tendon

undone

tillman

union

tubman

wanton

warden

welcome

whitson

wholesome

woolman

workman

function

guardsman

junction

placements

blessings

christian

engine

fiction

georgian

margin

othman

brethren

bushman

diction

churchman

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

friction

fortune

longan

luncheon

shrunken

sunken

watchman

bacon

beacon

beckon

auden

bayman

align

beaten

billon

blossom

bobbin

boughten

bourbon

breton

brighten

broaden

burdon

burman

bisson

brazen

burden

burton

button

cheapen

christen

colon

common

demon

craven

cretin

cotton

cousin

deafen

charon

deaden

canaan

deepen

devon

cayman

certain

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

dozen

ermine

firman

floren

eaten

eden

elan

foreign

freeman

frighten

german

glisten

gotten

graven

hausen

haven

heaven

heighten

heron

hymen

hyphen

jetton

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

locken

loosen

loren

lyden

maiden

malign

marron

moisten

muffin

mutton

often

oven

pagan

pavon

pullen

raven

perron

plasma

reason

reckon

redden

rerun

resin

riden

ripen

robin

rosin

rotten

satan

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

siphon

siren

sodden

soften

solon

steven

stolen

straighten

sudden

summon

sweeten

swollen

syphon

taken

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

toughen

treason

triton

trodden

turban

urban

vegan

villain

yaupon

waken

weaken

weapon

warren

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

woolen

zaman

zircon

postman

strengthen

milkens

lengthen

welcomes

blazing

blocking

bludgeon

cajun

burgeon

caulking

clocking

clogging

dudgeon

cushion

asian

earthen

fission

flogging

gudgeon

heathen

legion

lesion

lotion

mission

motion

glazing

grecian

notion

persian

surgeon

walking

talking

ocean

version

potion

suasion

urchin

sturgeon

region

cowan

gowan

urine

blossoms

aligned

aligns

blackmail

boatman

bookman

chieftain

citron

classmate

clinton

copeman

crimson

linden

lisbon

lopeman

lynden

maligned

mignon

newsman

pitman

pleasant

sequin

well-known

spearman

woodman

slouching

shipman

shearman

goodman

footman

freedman

rincon

coachman

begun

bitten

blowgun

bowman

briton

brogan

broken

given

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

toman

prison

hidden

thicken

token

stricken

frozen

gibbon

glidden

gluten

griffon

poison

striven

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woven

written

yeoman

chosen

crouton

chicken

cologne

ribbon

ridden

proven

quicken

risen

rosen

roman

riven

rumen

shogun

spoken

showman

sicken

slogan

smitten

stiffen

cumin

mitten

kitten

cuban

lumen

ninon

omen

odin

open

crewman

driven

logan

dromon

linen

pleasants

seedsman

cloaking

closing

fusion

kitchen

pigeon

pleasing

trojan

vision

bleaching

blowguns

slogans

rowan

rowen

ruin

owen

closings

classmates

clucking

plugging

blushing

flushing

milkman

3 syllable words

bosnian

fustian

gordian

adrian

guardian

keynesian

thespian

scorpion

wesleyan

lesbian

taxation

avian

aryan

carrion

cation

chilean

clarion

dorian

fabian

gillian

irian

julian

korean

malayan

marian

permian

plebeian

adhesion

collegian

halogen

franciscan

albumin

parthian

austrian

battalion

everyone

italian

medallion

policeman

transmission

anyone

balcony

collagen

cyprian

elison

falconer

ferryman

garrison

hammerman

indian

jacobin

mandarin

pelican

ramadan

skeleton

solomon

uneven

vatican

accretion

allegiance

artesian

cartesian

collegians

dalmatian

norwegian

salvation

secretion

sensation

grobian

jovian

libyan

simian

freudian

hawaiian

nemean

nubian

odeon

pliocene

fenian

ghanaian

median

protean

saccharin

syrian

tamarin

aleutian

allusion

cessation

clergyman

collision

collusion

deletion

dilation

countryman

dilution

malaysian

phoenician

venetian

masculine

solution

transfusion

pollution

badminton

reaction

abdomen

aegean

african

alaskan

alderman

anglican

backgammon

balconies

bedridden

brazilian

cardigan

charlatan

civilian

completion

corsican

dominion

elegant

enlighten

enliven

falconers

falconet

falconry

fijian

forbidden

horatian

laotian

mexican

moleskin

opinion

pavilion

pelicans

phrygian

polishing

porcelain

rebellion

scythian

stygian

translation

uncertain

unwritten

vermilion

assassin

catalan

transcription

bulletin

oxygen

bedizen

beethoven

dulcimer

incision

irishman

anchorman

damnation

excision

transition

javelin

eleven

jettison

lactation

lanolin

stagnation

specimen

connexion

silicon

malaysians

menhaden

succession

crustacean

attention

depletion

toboggan

australian

emulsion

laurentian

obsession

occlusion

tactician

ottoman

suspicion

collection

collisions

concession

inaction

affection

plantation

helicon

propulsion

fixation

vitamin

reunion

accession

admission

connection

protection

revulsion

persuasion

ablation

allusions

ambition

gestation

polygon

ablution

alchemy

selection

communion

digestion

companion

gradation

summation

bandwagon

gyration

alaskans

illusion

aligning

assertion

tradition

vacation

alignment

falconets

excretion

ambrosian

edition

elation

ligation

addition

audition

eloquence

eloquent

emblazon

harlequin

flirtation

lecithin

volition

handwoven

rescission

malignant

causation

commission

commotion

decision

delusion

narration

nebraskan

citation

negation

oration

origin

permission

physician

position

possession

precision

predation

privation

procession

promotion

sedation

octillion

provision

nonunion

profession

petition

outspoken

direction

relation

snapdragon

corruption

projection

reptilian

religion

saleswoman

suggestion

recision

correction

perversion

foramen

heroine

samoan

veteran

bedouin

heroin

rhodopsin

retraction

guncotton

predestine

helicons

rifleman

prostration

uncommon

midshipman

nonhuman

nobleman

mistaken

magdalen

magician

abandon

perfusion

unbutton

transaction

partisan

cohesion

affliction

attraction

acumen

forewoman

abduction

chairperson

artisan

chairwoman

charwoman

castration

combustion

balkanize

compulsion

conception

conclusion

confection

conflation

confusion

contention

convection

convention

convulsion

declension

diffraction

exaction

genuine

frustration

corrosion

creation

derision

parisian

tuition

abstraction

conscription

subscription

coercion

croatian

fruition

constriction

insertion

preclusion

preemption

rendition

retention

compassion

concussion

profusion

progression

proportion

reduction

congestion

condition

confession

production

prevention

regression

religions

pretension

deduction

dentition

contusion

defection

deflation

delusions

detection

detention

digression

diligence

diligent

dimension

dissection

election

erection

eruption

libration

migration

misshapen

nitrogen

oppression

malcontent

optician

partition

optation

patrician

objection

perfection

perception

apportion

ascension

backwoodsman

alignments

abortion

addiction

adoption

aggression

aspersion

blackmailing

cognition

attrition

carnation

fluxional

formation

foundation

hydration

hydrogen

illusions

impassion

seclusion

seduction

starvation

submission

suppression

technician

temptation

vibration

abstention

adsorption

bitumen

awaken

complexion

congressman

consumption

contraction

expansion

contraption

determine

distraction

expulsion

extortion

freemason

glassmaker

gravamen

infraction

jamaican

medicine

melanin

nevadan

subtraction

suburban

volcano

waterman

prescription

transgression

unison

venison

disunion

downtrodden

ejection

gentleman

embolden

housebroken

etruscan

arkansan

crestfallen

councilman

imprison

intestine

muskmelon

rejection

truncation

unbroken

duration

emotion

notation

ovation

precession

englishman

precaution

rotation

quotation

secession

sedition

aversion

blossoming

desertion

munition

caucasian

cetacean

cremation

imagine

erosion

musician

mutation

percussion

probation

fisherman

recession

diversion

division

donation

vocation

omission

location

remission

devotion

emission

occasion

flotation

revision

malcontents

compression

confucian

alchemist

assumption

contortion

obstruction

concoction

conduction

contrition

conviction

deflection

exception

excursion

exhaustion

filtration

implosion

inception

inclusion

induction

infection

inflation

infusion

inhuman

invention

misprision

pentathlon

inscription

presumption

redemption

resumption

construction

extraction

reflection

singleton

suspension

volcanoes

realign

volcanos

unburden

moroccan

myosin

sumatran

niacin

biotin

glaucoma

logician

bologna

horizon

orion

discipline

chamberlain

lumberman

in-person

reopen

injection

ingestion

heartbroken

extinction

extension

exclusion

proscription

depression

nutrition

inflection

infliction

dispersion

explosion

beholden

exemption

depiction

exertion

reception

expression

restriction

repression

description

infarction

submersion

resection

subversion

contagion

diffusion

eviction

extrusion

cistercian

conversion

discussion

ignition

inspection

deception

absorption

asuncion

dictation

dissension

encryption

abrasion

prediction

bouillon

cinnamon

citizen

denizen

distinction

egyptian

feminine

forgotten

keratin

overdone

overman

overrun

peterman

puritan

superman

disruption

discretion

margarine

impression

immersion

intrusion

evasion

instruction

intention

regimen

misfortune

distortion

reversion

timberman

clarendon

phlegmatic

pleasantly

pleasantry

volcanic

uterine

benjamin

equation

inversion

destruction

invasion

incursion

coelacanth

compunction

lutheran

glockenspiel

pleasantries

conjunction

realism

dulciana

injunction

4 syllable words

pavlovian

abyssinian

albanian

coliseum

collodion

colosseum

fallopian

jacobean

maccabean

mammalian

valerian

algerian

meridian

moravian

peruvian

tasmanian

wagnerian

cyclopean

oblivion

obsidian

algonquian

amphibian

arabian

assyrian

bavarian

bolivian

canadian

ulceration

chameleon

comedian

criterion

draconian

dulcinea

floridian

gregorian

hyperion

iberian

liberian

missourian

napoleon

polynesian

planarian

siberian

pelagian

pedestrian

corinthian

shakespearean

nigerian

lancastrian

athenian

accordion

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

annexation

armenian

barbarian

cancellation

centurion

colloquium

columbian

committeeman

cotyledon

cultivation

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

eritrean

estonian

glaciation

gorgonian

herculean

jordanian

librarian

nestorian

olympian

pagurian

plasmodium

polyhedron

relaxation

sectarian

statistician

californian

appellation

smithsonian

european

arthurian

pelagians

iranian

sicilian

simonian

appalachian

assemblyman

diocesan

devonian

elysium

newtonian

mongolian

plasmodia

plutonian

politician

abolition

coloradan

validation

praetorian

valuation

allegation

himalayan

allocation

hungarian

recreation

vacillation

utopian

malnutrition

subluxation

transformation

calculation

transportation

aberration

bohemian

adulation

macedonian

coalition

hegelian

apparition

ideation

laceration

tamoxifen

coloration

adoration

aviation

foliation

moderation

contrarian

operation

radiation

phylogeny

polygyny

toleration

variation

application

calibration

oxidation

excitation

consummation

circumcision

conversation

exhibition

expiration

carcinogen

palpitation

acclamation

acclimation

conservation

absolution

molestation

historian

graduation

samaritan

polygonal

victorian

hallucinate

saturation

maturation

penicillin

paraguayan

american

coalescence

copernican

eustachian

equestrian

corp.

corporation

correlation

decimation

desiccation

dissolution

desolation

declaration

delegation

demolition

desperation

devolution

dissipation

elevation

resolution

respiration

restoration

revelation

revolution

polygamy

evolution

inhalation

jubilation

mutilation

navigation

isolation

oscillation

procreation

readmission

perspiration

recitation

aspiration

collocation

animation

annotation

alteration

avocation

hibernation

admiration

affirmation

gravitation

habitation

sanitation

immolation

indexation

consecration

obfuscation

excavation

gastrulation

agitation

alchemically

malformation

satisfaction

comparison

crocodilian

elegantly

menstruation

hallucinates

hemoglobin

modulation

noblewoman

amputation

confiscation

constipation

expedition

exposition

consternation

execution

illustration

republican

instigation

octahedron

substitution

generation

federation

strangulation

decoration

deviation

registration

perforation

iteration

miseration

preparation

prohibition

mediation

leviathan

liberation

reparation

rhetorician

separation

surrogation

veneration

celebration

dereliction

persecution

backwardation

confirmation

desecration

fabrication

predilection

abnegation

approbation

estimation

indonesian

devastation

hypertension

masturbation

proclamation

subdivision

prosecution

protestation

superstition

tabulation

publication

consolation

advocation

affectation

compilation

abdication

abrogation

aggregation

altercation

orchestration

adaptation

alternation

acquisition

activation

ammunition

accusation

self-deception

aggravation

convolution

gargantuan

obstetrician

granulation

expectation

indecision

inspiration

interaction

obligation

observation

reclamation

recollection

replication

retrocession

distillation

insulation

restitution

vaccination

ventilation

extradition

extrication

elocution

rhododendron

dominican

greco-roman

minnesotan

overburden

eloquently

gentlewoman

alexanders

legislation

watermelon

comprehension

exhumation

reelection

connotation

innovation

perturbation

preelection

preservation

propagation

proposition

provocation

realization

computation

augmentation

attribution

transplantation

bifurcation

figuration

reformation

relocation

renovation

repetition

reposition

repossession

reservation

fluoridation

resurrection

revocation

trepidation

usurpation

complication

imitation

suffocation

supervision

supposition

fascination

hesitation

titillation

condescension

derivation

exploration

disillusion

delusional

erudition

electrician

formulation

dissertation

consultation

manumission

constitution

disinflation

deposition

incantation

constellation

levitation

infestation

dedication

liquefaction

tetrahedron

defamation

dilatation

irrigation

ministration

ostentation

litigation

medication

institution

locomotion

meditation

installation

motivation

jurisdiction

opposition

alexandrine

exhalation

alleghany

protozoan

alexander

adrenaline

apprehension

arizonan

indigestion

interwoven

education

fluctuation

vegetation

cogitation

admonition

benediction

circulation

circumspection

commutation

competition

composition

conflagration

contemplation

contraception

convocation

crucifixion

culmination

deformation

degradation

demarcation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

designation

destination

destitution

diligently

dislocation

disposition

duplication

emigration

emulation

equitation

exclamation

explanation

explication

exploitation

fibrillation

illusionist

immigration

implantation

imposition

inattention

incrustation

indication

information

insurrection

intercession

intermission

interruption

intimation

invocation

lilliputian

nonprescription

occupation

penetration

permutation

population

prostitution

recognition

refutation

regulation

religionist

reputation

requisition

resignation

retardation

segregation

sequestration

speculation

superhuman

vindication

nicaraguan

businesswoman

interurban

situation

predetermine

conjugation

ibuprofen

guatemalan

dehydration

hydrocarbon

alexandrines

malignancies

syncopation

englishwoman

nonpartisan

inhibition

reexamine

elongation

condemnation

embarkation

illusionists

imperfection

evocation

limitation

indentation

interdiction

intervention

reinspection

reproduction

machination

punctuation

intuition

irritation

intersection

mortification

fumigation

melanesian

disinfection

arbitration

visitation

circumvention

decompression

disputation

exhortation

mitigation

fragmentation

implication

importation

imputation

repercussion

inquisition

incarnation

inflammation

rumination

integration

interception

retribution

ohioan

congregation

interjection

confrontation

concentration

indiscretion

pagination

introduction

reawaken

malignancy

misbegotten

infiltration

contribution

contradiction

contravention

armageddon

impregnation

distribution

combination

disaffection

invitation

liquidation

lubrication

ordination

ovulation

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

syndication

tribulation

dietitian

realizing

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kindergarten

compensation

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pigmentation

bolognese

inclination

preconception

divination

diminution

demonstration

copenhagen

deconstruction

inundation

reconstruction

dualism

dualisms

5 syllable words

babylonian

caledonian

dionysian

pomeranian

theologian

maximilian

amazonian

carolinian

hanoverian

hyperborean

jeffersonian

panamanian

patagonian

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falsification

augustinian

maximization

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elizabethan

renunciation

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conciliation

oregonian

pronunciation

unitarian

vulgarization

beethovenian

libertarian

nickelodeon

proletarian

nonsectarian

pennsylvanian

affiliation

alienation

delineation

dissociation

lithuanian

vegetarian

pythagorean

manifestation

emancipation

excoriation

anticipation

epicurean

negotiation

veterinarian

presbyterian

yugoslavian

assemblywoman

cooperation

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ethiopian

centenarian

initiation

philadelphian

resuscitation

abbreviation

revaluation

specification

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mississippian

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carthaginian

washingtonian

nitroglycerine

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reaffirmation

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deceleration

alliteration

substantiation

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argentinian

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sophistication

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participation

administration

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triangulation

delicatessen

ejaculation

academician

adulteration

confederation

desalination

eradication

fertilization

hallucination

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nullification

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orientation

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pacification

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stratification

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utilization

approximation

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amelioration

agglomeration

attenuation

brutalization

civilization

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decapitation

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dissatisfaction

hallucinating

dramatization

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gratification

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peloponnesian

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russification

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mathematician

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imagination

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electrocution

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examination

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intimidation

organization

recrimination

neapolitan

christianization

deification

ionization

synchronization

denomination

determination

mechanization

recommendation

sedimentation

interconnection

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word halcyon

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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