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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word meridian.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

billion

headman

kenyan

million

minion

pillion

pinion

stillion

trillion

burden

burdon

deaden

glidden

hidden

leaden

ledden

redden

ridden

brethren

churchman

persian

urchin

burgeon

earthen

shredding

sturgeon

surgeon

version

children

delphian

grandson

headsman

landman

banyan

bellman

billman

birdman

bullion

burdened

burdens

canyon

chessman

chevron

citron

clinton

crimson

desman

ensign

freedman

gilden

goodman

hempen

hetman

ibsen

jetson

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

linden

lisbon

lynden

m1

melton

mignon

milken

nekton

onion

pectin

penman

piston

pitman

pressman

runnion

scallion

scullion

selden

shipman

silken

spearman

stallion

stepson

sylvan

tendon

teston

tillman

verdant

whitson

woodman

workman

beckon

begun

belgian

bellon

billon

bisson

bitten

bourbon

breton

briton

burman

burton

certain

charon

chicken

christen

christian

curtain

deafen

devon

diction

driven

eden

engine

ermine

felon

fiction

firman

flashgun

flexion

freshman

friction

gentian

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glisten

griffon

heaven

heron

jetton

kitten

laden

landsman

leaven

lemon

lessen

lesson

linen

listen

madden

maiden

marron

melon

mention

mitten

ninon

pension

perron

person

prison

question

quicken

reckon

resin

ribbon

rincon

risen

riven

sadden

section

sermon

seven

sicken

smitten

stiffen

stricken

striven

sudden

tension

thicken

thirteen

threaten

turban

urban

urson

vegan

villain

weapon

wiccan

women

wooden

worsen

written

zircon

nation

fashion

ashen

asian

suasion

mahone

klansman

kitchen

strengthen

station

statesman

mission

heathen

hessian

capstan

session

caxton

ration

baldwin

pigeon

haitian

bordman

cauldron

fission

seedsman

sexton

salesman

freshen

cajun

passion

pathan

lengthen

vision

paean

urine

peon

rayon

thirteenths

henchman

emption

plankton

penguin

acton

airman

alman

bolden

bookman

aspen

atman

bagman

baston

brakeman

chairman

chapman

classman

captain

chaplain

britons

calvin

canton

claxon

cordon

credence

curtains

dampen

damson

dreadnought

falcon

fielden

footman

garden

hackman

jackman

jasmine

kansan

gascon

golden

harden

jordan

jorden

london

minden

muslin

olden

outdone

packman

panton

pardon

passman

plantain

samson

sardine

squadron

threatens

undone

vulcan

santon

saxon

soldan

sultan

tubman

tuscan

union

warden

woolman

craftsman

draftsman

guardsman

marksman

ordnance

sportsman

martian

othman

shrunken

faction

portion

prudhomme

fraction

georgian

luncheon

mangan

fortune

hangman

mansion

margin

watchman

thirteenth

torsion

traction

suction

sunken

coachman

drunken

bastion

bushman

dungeon

action

caption

dutchman

alan

auden

baron

barren

amman

bacon

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

blacken

bayman

beacon

beaten

bracken

brazen

broaden

button

cabin

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

chasten

cheapen

cousin

craven

cretin

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deepen

demon

dozen

famine

fasten

elan

dragon

eaten

fatten

freeman

flatten

freedom

gallon

lagan

latin

layman

kalan

gammon

garron

graven

hasten

haven

happen

jason

leman

oven

platen

mason

pertain

odin

pagan

raven

rerun

leven

lyden

muffin

mullen

mutton

patten

platten

pullen

reason

riden

satan

satin

semen

shaken

sodden

steven

slacken

salmon

straighten

seaman

season

shaman

sullen

seton

summon

sweeten

taken

talon

tappen

verdin

toughen

treason

trodden

wagon

waken

weaken

wheaten

widen

zaman

woolen

woman

ardent

dustman

gardens

hardened

hardens

homespun

horseman

jordans

marchman

markman

mordant

oarsman

pardons

portman

postman

sardines

spokesman

yachtsman

townsman

scotsman

wardens

wording

russian

lesion

region

skirting

cushion

notion

legion

ocean

trojan

grecian

gudgeon

motion

lotion

bludgeon

dudgeon

girding

prussian

fusion

hurting

potion

shirting

caution

birthmark

portions

tungsten

martians

fortunes

gumption

dian

ion

lion

mayan

scion

zion

alban

arson

austin

bargain

apron

barton

birthing

chieftain

copeman

boatman

boredom

boston

broadens

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

corban

dalton

darken

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

sanction

dobson

fireman

freedoms

fountain

harken

foreman

fourteen

gorgon

harten

hearten

houseman

lockman

jargon

lineman

linemen

lopeman

marlin

lightman

marten

martin

matron

mormon

mountain

newsman

norman

organ

orphan

ordain

oxen

huntsman

molten

morgan

parson

patron

ponton

junction

pertains

prudence

prudent

saffron

shotgun

smarten

spartan

sequin

sharpen

shearman

shorten

stallman

stockman

wanton

tarpon

trident

function

tartan

longan

birthmarks

option

auction

faustian

bison

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

brighten

brogan

broken

cartons

chosen

colon

common

cotton

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

dromon

fallen

floren

foreign

fourteens

freetown

frighten

frozen

gluten

gotten

hausen

heighten

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

hyson

lampron

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

logan

loosen

loren

lumen

martens

moisten

often

omen

open

pavon

poison

pollan

pollen

protein

proven

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

shogun

shortens

showman

siphon

siren

slogan

soften

solon

spoken

stolen

swollen

syphon

thousand

tighten

titan

token

toman

treatment

triton

warren

whiten

wizen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

braiding

trading

fourteenth

grating

grading

treatments

croutons

pretend

outrun

fortnights

cardoon

fibrin

fortin

proteins

sovereign

sovran

cowan

gowan

rowan

rowen

ruin

owen

shorthand

boarding

hoarding

parting

tradings

doctrine

farthing

treadmills

fortnight

martins

part-time

portend

portent

boardings

breeding

brooding

fruiting

greeting

portends

bruting

portents

grouting

shrouding

writing

treadmill

cartoon

breathing

writings

greetings

cartoons

pretends

partners

partner

3 syllable words

aegean

derision

parisian

phrygian

scythian

stygian

bedridden

albion

anyone

campion

champion

cyprian

kantian

lesbian

thespian

halcyon

keynesian

garrison

adrian

gordian

gradient

wesleyan

zambian

guardian

alien

appian

arian

avian

bedouin

fabian

freudian

galleon

odeon

plebeian

tritium

correction

corruption

deletion

direction

parthian

permission

sedition

reptilian

fijian

pertinent

dominion

guardians

civilian

brazilian

forbidden

gradients

talisman

opinion

pavilion

bosnian

elison

ferryman

aerodyne

forgotten

irishman

fustian

mandarin

jettison

keratin

vatican

medicine

ramadan

scorpion

depletion

perception

uneven

perfection

addition

adhesion

aryan

badminton

cation

cessation

cetacean

collegian

cortina

dorian

edition

elation

encryption

evasion

fenian

foramen

franciscan

gaussian

ghanaian

gradation

grobian

hawaiian

horizon

irian

jovian

julian

korean

malayan

moroccan

nemean

nubian

octillion

percussion

phoenician

predation

protean

sedation

tradition

venetian

cardigan

cambrian

capsaicin

abdomen

african

chairwoman

genuine

corrosion

enlighten

italian

magdalen

mistaken

enliven

medallion

midshipman

cohesion

everyone

perfusion

unwritten

policeman

rebellion

coercion

tuition

fruition

horatian

transcription

deduction

eleven

ambition

addiction

deflation

lanolin

admission

venison

dentition

jacobin

invasion

laurentian

technician

transition

jamaican

depiction

denizen

backwoodsman

javelin

foundation

gestation

temptation

dictation

diffusion

fixation

awaken

bitumen

bouillon

catalan

puritan

specimen

artesian

citizen

attrition

cinnamon

silicon

skeleton

cartesian

equation

eruption

eviction

bulletin

reunion

misshapen

norwegian

nutrition

partition

patrician

prediction

rendition

seduction

sensation

overdone

pelican

tactician

beethoven

description

restriction

prescription

proscription

assertion

audition

aversion

collision

commission

decision

delusion

emblazon

emission

erosion

illusion

imagine

egyptian

desertion

devotion

diversion

division

emotion

flirtation

halogen

immersion

lecithin

malaysian

munition

musician

narration

negation

occasion

omission

origin

perversion

petition

physician

position

precision

provision

recession

recision

regimen

religion

remission

rescission

albumin

bandwagon

imprison

snapdragon

reversion

revision

gardenias

harlequin

secession

handwoven

summation

masculine

disunion

volition

orion

samoan

heroin

heroine

affliction

charlatan

charwoman

unburden

porcelain

battalion

induction

puritans

acumen

discipline

predestine

austrian

artisan

corsican

cortinas

logician

magician

contrition

conviction

misprision

mexican

nobleman

partisan

inhuman

infusion

inflation

completion

backgammon

transmission

irritant

burdensome

redemption

abduction

forewoman

rifleman

filtration

inscription

australian

croatian

laotian

subscription

constriction

conscription

ablation

accretion

adoption

aggression

aspersion

beholden

benjamin

cistercian

cognition

condition

contagion

conversion

credential

crustacean

deception

defection

depression

detection

detention

digression

dimension

discussion

dispersion

dissection

dissension

earthenware

election

emulsion

erection

excision

exertion

hydration

ignition

impassion

inaction

incision

incursion

insertion

inversion

menhaden

nitrogen

oppression

optician

persuasion

preclusion

preemption

pretension

prevention

production

profusion

progression

reception

reduction

repression

retention

revulsion

seclusion

secretion

submission

resection

regression

subversion

submersion

suppression

suspicion

assassin

feminine

waterman

overman

peterman

ottoman

toboggan

nevadan

solomon

superman

baritone

infliction

certainly

certainty

suburban

collagen

determine

hardener

gardener

transgression

hammerman

unison

congressman

melanin

overrun

vitamin

ambrosian

arkansan

councilman

communion

companion

crestfallen

countryman

digestion

distinction

downtrodden

ejection

embolden

englishman

etruscan

gentleman

intestine

irritants

nebraskan

nonunion

truncation

rejection

saleswoman

ovation

promotion

quotation

rotation

oration

pollution

profession

citation

collusion

commotion

notation

procession

caucasian

causation

mutation

possession

precession

privation

probation

solution

allusion

aleutian

location

croatians

ligation

threatening

dilation

donation

duration

fisherman

flotation

gyration

marathon

vacation

vocation

anglican

castration

compression

conduction

confucian

confusion

conflation

obstruction

deflection

diffraction

discretion

disruption

distortion

exaction

exception

excursion

exhaustion

implosion

inception

impression

inclusion

presumption

construction

intention

misfortune

nonhuman

singleton

pentathlon

invention

reflection

infection

intrusion

resumption

heartbroken

tamarin

uterine

abandon

baritones

ingestion

alderman

injection

saccharin

cardinal

alaskan

certainties

chairperson

timberman

veteran

chamberlain

rhodopsin

extinction

gardeners

in-person

boardinghouse

reopen

lumberman

clarendon

unbutton

hardeners

guncotton

uncertain

uncommon

ablution

abortion

abrasion

accession

adsorption

affection

alsatian

anchorman

apportion

ascension

attention

carnation

collection

compassion

concession

concussion

confession

connection

connexion

contusion

creation

dalmatian

damnation

destruction

distraction

durations

exclusion

excretion

exemption

expansion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

extortion

extrusion

formation

fortunate

gardening

gyrations

hardening

hydrogen

infarction

inflection

infraction

inspection

lactation

libration

lutheran

marathons

migration

obsession

occlusion

optation

orations

oxygen

pardoning

parthenon

plantation

proportion

propulsion

protection

salvation

selection

stagnation

starvation

succession

taxation

urethane

vibration

unbroken

chardonnay

housebroken

muskmelon

outspoken

credenza

cartoonist

maritime

ardently

firedamp

fortuna

freemason

cardinals

ordinance

prudency

gravamen

projection

suggestion

attraction

suspension

abstraction

assumption

transaction

translation

extraction

contortion

contention

convection

convention

convulsion

credentialed

credentials

declension

frustration

prostration

instruction

injunction

pretensions

conception

conclusion

concoction

confection

retraction

compulsion

combustion

cremation

precaution

creations

margarine

relation

dilution

reaction

objection

farthingale

congestion

breadwinners

maritimes

prudently

absorption

abstention

biotin

complexion

consumption

contraction

contraption

myosin

niacin

scrutiny

subtraction

transfusion

asuncion

prudential

shortening

compunction

conjunction

freethinkers

portmanteau

breadwinner

scrutinize

cartoonists

partnerships

chardonnays

freethinker

pretended

bartender

court-martial

sumatran

fortnightly

partnership

short-winded

pretender

sardonic

pretenders

bartenders

4 syllable words

amphibian

darwinian

abyssinian

obsidian

bolivian

assyrian

arizonan

comedian

criterion

european

galilean

hyperion

iberian

jacobean

liberian

maccabean

siberian

sicilian

valerian

algerian

erudition

trepidation

surrogation

nigerian

shakespearean

armenian

agrarian

barbarian

oblivion

wagnerian

herculean

degradation

depredation

fabrication

committeeman

librarian

olympian

paraguayan

canadian

chameleon

polynesian

arthurian

derivation

draconian

arabian

fluoridation

irritation

levitation

collodion

iranian

gravitation

validation

devonian

simonian

apparition

athenian

attribution

bohemian

contrarian

crocodilian

federation

hegelian

macedonian

mediation

pelagian

radiation

rhetorician

jordanian

abrogation

nestorian

indonesian

fibrillation

tasmanian

approbation

cotyledon

liquidation

lubrication

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

aggregation

estonian

aggravation

persecution

historian

albanian

abdication

benediction

segregation

glaciation

sectarian

gorgonian

accordion

samaritan

centurion

graduation

victorian

depravation

pavlovian

deprivation

columbian

dereliction

californian

extradition

correlation

fumigation

limitation

supervision

dissipation

resurrection

rumination

allocation

allegation

animation

annotation

medication

meditation

appalachian

appellation

avocation

dedication

habitation

mitigation

navigation

sanitation

smithsonian

titillation

gregorian

himalayan

utopian

vacillation

visitation

bavarian

coloradan

fallopian

mammalian

napoleon

newtonian

missourian

planarian

plutonian

cogitation

agitation

pedestrian

arbitration

adulation

expedition

gastrulation

interdiction

jordanians

tetrahedron

retribution

apprehension

registration

aviation

ideation

variation

abnegation

acclamation

acclimation

activation

algonquian

annexation

affectation

application

cancellation

carcinogen

guardianship

circumcision

backwardation

hypertension

crucifixion

cultivation

indecision

indication

insurrection

intermission

interruption

invitation

oxidation

palpitation

polyhedron

publication

restitution

subdivision

superhuman

superstition

vindication

syndication

aldebaran

alabaman

dominican

predominate

predetermine

american

nicaraguan

copernican

contradiction

ohioan

situation

penicillin

overburden

pagurian

watermelon

extrication

eustachian

abolition

collocation

connotation

decimation

defamation

delegation

demolition

deposition

desiccation

desolation

dilatation

disillusion

elevation

hesitation

hungarian

imitation

immolation

innovation

inhalation

irrigation

jubilation

litigation

isolation

mongolian

motivation

mutilation

oscillation

preelection

propagation

provocation

readmission

realization

recitation

recreation

reelection

renovation

repercussion

repetition

revelation

revocation

dehydration

equestrian

variations

circumvention

jurisdiction

reproduction

indentation

indexation

indignation

instigation

interception

intersection

intervention

electrician

mortification

praetorian

protozoan

malnutrition

misperception

disinflation

imperfection

indigestion

armageddon

comparison

interwoven

predominant

predominates

predominance

congregation

education

modulation

vegetation

interjection

arithmetic

consolation

convocation

equitation

aberration

consummation

adoration

coalition

estimation

excitation

exhibition

lilliputian

molestation

obligation

reputation

requisition

resignation

retardation

retrocession

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

coloration

speculation

designation

reclamation

recognition

immigration

decoration

absolution

circulation

elocution

predilection

refutation

simulation

deviation

devastation

duplication

acquisition

adaptation

advocation

dislocation

distillation

proclamation

prosecution

protestation

tribulation

ventilation

insulation

invocation

replication

foliation

generation

iteration

laceration

leviathan

liberation

miseration

moderation

operation

toleration

emulation

perforation

preparation

reparation

intercession

compilation

intimation

prohibition

separation

veneration

regulation

orchestration

circumspection

infiltration

introduction

contribution

comprehension

businesswoman

legislation

kindergarten

rhododendron

greco-roman

guatemalan

assemblyman

conjugation

interurban

saturation

syncopation

minnesotan

maturation

reexamine

alteration

aspiration

corporation

intuition

installation

desperation

institution

devolution

hibernation

preservation

usurpation

illustration

integration

infestation

politician

inflammation

reservation

incarnation

perturbation

restoration

corp.

locomotion

resolution

respiration

ulceration

imputation

incantation

consultation

execution

excavation

importation

implication

substitution

calculation

admiration

bifurcation

condemnation

constellation

constipation

exposition

lancastrian

ministration

obfuscation

affirmation

dissertation

octahedron

declaration

satisfaction

reinspection

dissolution

augmentation

evolution

complication

confiscation

figuration

disinfection

ostentation

irrational

procreation

proposition

reformation

manumission

perspiration

amputation

disputation

opposition

reposition

repossession

revolution

suffocation

supposition

adrenaline

diocesan

exhalation

fluctuation

hemoglobin

incubation

misbegotten

noblewoman

republican

strangulation

tamoxifen

accusation

contemplation

expectation

admonition

competition

composition

conversation

desecration

contravention

alternation

exclamation

ammunition

celebration

destination

explication

calibration

exploitation

confirmation

conservation

convolution

altercation

destitution

imposition

information

emigration

inattention

contraception

permutation

distribution

masturbation

observation

penetration

inspiration

indiscretion

interaction

incrustation

obstetrician

intonation

impregnation

implantation

tabulation

nonprescription

recollection

gargantuan

disaffection

self-deception

disposition

expiration

granulation

prostitution

gentlewoman

inhibition

coordinate

exhumation

englishwoman

nonpartisan

ordinary

computation

condescension

liquefaction

consternation

constitution

decompression

malformation

menstruation

subluxation

transformation

transportation

pigmentation

disconnection

dispensation

embarkation

exhortation

exploration

formulation

inclination

inquisition

punctuation

segmentation

detonation

emanation

definition

diminution

divination

germination

melanesian

termination

valuation

premonition

coordinates

ordinaries

pagination

recantation

reawaken

ordination

explanation

vaccination

occupation

population

commutation

demarcation

fermentation

presentation

misconception

fortunately

culmination

deformation

deportation

inundation

sequestration

ovulation

ordinances

ibuprofen

reassertion

hydrocarbon

condensation

consecration

fragmentation

introspection

machination

fascination

preignition

evocation

relocation

conflagration

demonstration

precondition

transplantation

combination

relaxation

elongation

dietitian

violation

compensation

preconception

scrutinizes

coronation

domination

profanation

concentration

nomination

deconstruction

reconstruction

commendation

copenhagen

confrontation

5 syllable words

caledonian

carolinian

libertarian

nickelodeon

hanoverian

pomeranian

cauterization

dionysian

maximilian

presbyterian

scandinavian

veterinarian

amortization

elizabethan

fertilization

specification

vulgarization

amazonian

oregonian

jeffersonian

mississippian

panamanian

beethovenian

babylonian

peritoneal

patagonian

hyperborean

affiliation

delineation

irradiation

carthaginian

humiliation

polarization

vaporization

pennsylvanian

hyperinflation

augustinian

authorization

reiteration

recrimination

ethiopian

maximization

initiation

theologian

philadelphian

argentinian

abbreviation

certification

clarification

consideration

conciliation

decapitation

desalination

glorification

interpolation

modernization

mummification

orientation

precipitation

prevarication

repudiation

solicitation

stratification

sterilization

verification

interpretation

centralization

proletarian

unitarian

depreciation

appreciation

pasteurization

perpetuation

brobdingnagian

refrigeration

washingtonian

alliteration

accreditation

anticipation

hybridization

inactivation

lithuanian

intimidation

invalidation

normalization

participation

deliberation

dissociation

pythagorean

proliferation

vegetarian

origination

delicatessen

periodontal

negotiation

epicurean

administration

centenarian

assimilation

civilization

classification

gratification

pacification

purification

resuscitation

confederation

eradication

gasification

incineration

obliteration

exhilaration

accommodation

edification

dramatization

facilitation

ratification

premeditation

ramification

articulation

improvisation

overproduction

representation

capitulation

misapprehension

metropolitan

nitroglycerine

nonsectarian

adjudication

sophistication

exfoliation

retaliation

reintegration

equalization

equivocation

falsification

quantification

alienation

reforestation

alleviation

fortification

insinuation

predisposition

recombination

continuation

association

configuration

consolidation

magnetization

manifestation

manipulation

magnification

misinformation

neutralization

yugoslavian

academician

adulteration

amplification

approximation

brutalization

cooperation

corroboration

disintegration

dissatisfaction

evaluation

legalization

localization

mobilization

notification

ornamentation

ossification

qualification

repatriation

simplification

unification

utilization

vilification

sanctification

mathematician

congratulation

cohabitation

infatuation

predominantly

specialization

annihilation

collaboration

deceleration

enumeration

evaporation

commemoration

sedimentation

elaboration

emancipation

reaffirmation

desegregation

depopulation

immunization

irrationally

excoriation

evacuation

recuperation

inoculation

misapplication

interrogation

rectification

reverberation

authentication

degeneration

assemblywoman

ejaculation

inhabitation

puritanical

puritanism

regeneration

acceleration

amelioration

attenuation

denomination

elimination

exoneration

illumination

inauguration

nullification

disembarkation

incrimination

expatriation

discoloration

discrimination

intoxication

dissemination

investigation

nonintervention

agglomeration

modification

disinclination

preoccupation

coagulation

codification

peloponnesian

presupposition

remuneration

russification

prognostication

substantiation

exaggeration

indoctrination

imagination

electrocution

expropriation

miscalculation

irredentism

puritanisms

rejuvenation

amalgamation

domestication

examination

exasperation

exacerbation

recommendation

incorporation

incarceration

insemination

predestination

appropriation

communication

conglomeration

decomposition

justification

ordinarily

christianization

instrumentation

exoskeleton

abomination

confabulation

assassination

coordination

denunciation

determination

hallucination

renunciation

accumulation

multiplication

mechanization

synchronization

defenestration

juxtaposition

procrastination

argumentation

concatenation

subordination

contamination

triangulation

neapolitan

hydrogenation

deification

creationism

extermination

interconnection

revaluation

canonization

harmonization

organization

ionization

colonization

pronunciation

coordinated

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word meridian

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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