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

corsair

compare

fanfare

forebear

glassware

knitwear

somewhere

unfair

warfare

armchair

affair

aware

heighten

lighten

prepare

tighten

lightning

confrere

dustman

fighting

forswear

hardware

lighting

sighting

lightnings

cookware

declare

despair

dispair

heightens

impair

lightens

neckwear

stoneware

threadbare

tightens

welfare

delftware

foursquare

vestment

nowhere

repair

fightings

boughten

sightings

asthma

beware

midair

elsewhere

ensnare

nighttimes

postman

mohair

vestments

yachting

right-hand

acton

austin

baston

boston

custom

eighteens

eyestone

nighttime

postmark

acting

basting

casting

costing

eighteenth

lasting

ousting

tasting

wasting

astound

caxton

chasten

costumes

customs

distend

eighteen

fasten

hasten

keystones

moisten

sustained

sustains

tastings

castings

mustangs

extent

astounds

extend

costume

chastened

destin

dictum

esteem

fastened

hastens

keystone

lactone

nekton

octane

pectin

piston

system

victim

rectum

shakedown

sustain

teston

action

auction

bastion

boasting

faction

coasting

faustian

hosting

mustang

posting

resting

roasting

listing

testing

toasting

twisting

vesting

extends

distant

distance

pastimes

pistons

sexton

shakedowns

systems

victims

sixteenths

actions

auctions

bastions

factions

listings

postings

bookstand

extant

sixteens

sixteenth

distinct

festoon

peacetime

ragtime

pastime

sistine

bookstands

extinct

chestnuts

sixteen

dukedom

chestnut

wisdom

question

section

suction

touchdown

disdained

disdains

questions

sections

touchdowns

listen

disdain

listens

diction

fiction

fictions

6 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word nightmare

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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