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

lightens

plaything

tightens

tithing

heightens

heighten

lighten

tighten

blinding

evening

shunting

sightings

wilding

binding

minding

bonding

warning

bunting

fightings

finding

funding

grinding

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horning

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morning

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coming

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cutting

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liking

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meaning

grouting

heating

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icing

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outing

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stating

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training

trucking

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aging

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lightman

loathing

lodging

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matching

nothing

paging

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ringing

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touching

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acting

arming

asking

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buckling

camping

carling

carping

carving

casting

chanting

charming

costing

coupling

coursing

crackling

cuddling

dancing

darling

daunting

drafting

duckling

ending

fainting

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fencing

fielding

forcing

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starling

starting

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clocking

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derring

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heading

healing

hearing

heaving

herring

hilling

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hitting

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housing

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jailing

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jogging

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keeping

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knocking

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lapping

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leading

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learning

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lemming

licking

living

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logging

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loring

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netting

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offing

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making

milling

missing

mocking

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muting

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nipping

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padding

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reading

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setting

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bearing

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docking

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during

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flaming

flaring

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floating

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flooring

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spelling

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aching

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ailing

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bleeding

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blocking

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earring

easing

eking

erring

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thinking

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footing

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freaking

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gearing

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giving

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sweating

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talking

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tailing

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telling

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trilling

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wedding

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weeding

something

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wheeling

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westling

groundling

nestling

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handling

tastings

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right-hand

castings

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acton

boston

austin

baston

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clothing

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etching

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merging

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pushing

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soothing

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stretching

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fraying

paying

seeing

angling

astounds

inkling

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mowing

playing

praying

saying

drawing

swaying

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being

sprinkling

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building

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holding

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posting

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scolding

vesting

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shifting

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twisting

coasting

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bolting

cresting

eighteenth

fixing

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listing

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mustang

smelting

stripling

testing

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toasting

tilting

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coaxing

gilding

golding

lifting

quilting

chasten

fasten

moisten

hasten

astound

caxton

customs

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dustman

fledgling

nightmares

nighttimes

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actions

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listings

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mustangs

postings

eyestone

custom

destin

nightmare

nighttime

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eighteens

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nekton

pectin

piston

teston

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action

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faustian

suction

bastion

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wellspring

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eighteen

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listen

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sexton

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sections

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octane

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rectum

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extent

vestment

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system

sixteenth

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question

section

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chestnuts

costumes

asthma

postmark

sixteens

costume

esteem

sistine

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chestnut

dukedom

festoon

sixteen

touchdowns

disdain

disdained

disdains

3 syllable words

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life-giving

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rumbling

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ticketing

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diapering

flattering

scattering

smattering

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accenting

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childbearing

harvesting

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ravishing

astonish

auctioneer

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badgering

gathering

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housewarming

revolving

incoming

pseudonym

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carjacking

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ordering

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twinkling

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powdering

bystander

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carousing

lettering

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arranging

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anything

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destinies

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installing

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respecting

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papering

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pseudonyms

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favoring

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auctioneers

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tectonic

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flavoring

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acetone

consuming

academe

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bullfighting

backbiting

mothering

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nicotine

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destiny

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fasteners

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typewriting

networking

nightingale

underling

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distances

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bystanders

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occident

testament

tectonics

warehousing

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landholding

thanksgiving

fastener

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besieging

churchgoing

customers

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unyielding

customize

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wrongdoing

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estimate

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systemic

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excitement

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jockeying

journeying

liechtenstein

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pickering

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shimmering

testaments

varying

yellowing

sectional

lastingly

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aspiring

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housekeeping

fictional

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fustian

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locations

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positions

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extinctions

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post-mortem

4 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word lightening

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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.


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  • 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

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When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

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Different Types of Rhymes
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