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

doctrine

minion

pinion

onion

runnion

huntsman

margin

luncheon

dungeon

auction

othman

yachtsman

children

scotsman

cauldron

bludgeon

gudgeon

henchman

dudgeon

pardon

spearman

boston

billion

oxen

parson

sharpen

shotgun

squadron

tarpon

tartan

craftsman

draftsman

outrun

sovereign

scullion

sovran

spartan

airman

carbon

landsman

marksman

banyan

canyon

jargon

bargain

acton

barton

carman

kenyan

linden

carmine

carton

chairman

lockman

arson

london

marten

marlin

lynden

martin

smarten

stockman

trillion

ponton

million

pillion

stillion

undone

hearten

garden

sportsman

darken

harken

harten

harden

dutchman

faction

gentian

fraction

hostage

martian

mention

engine

georgian

pension

action

christian

mansion

option

rincon

suction

tension

traction

watchman

cotton

caxton

garron

gotten

linen

perron

marron

delphian

locken

grandson

dustman

klansman

marchman

portman

strengthen

heron

rotten

lampron

ninon

landman

oxides

barren

baron

lengthen

tactics

markman

townsman

charon

mission

penguin

vision

pigeon

prussian

caution

plankton

fission

russian

kitchen

pathan

mahone

beachheads

function

guardsman

junction

nightsticks

sanction

alban

atman

austin

baston

bellman

billman

bullion

canton

captain

caustic

citron

corban

cordon

dalton

chessman

chevron

claxon

crimson

desman

dobson

dockets

dolman

dolphin

ensign

fibrin

fireman

foreman

fountain

gilden

gorgon

hackman

headman

hempen

ibsen

jackman

jordan

jorden

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kremlin

lactic

lightman

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lockets

m1

matron

mignon

milken

minden

morgan

mormon

mountain

muslin

nekton

norman

organ

orphan

outdone

packman

panton

pastas

patron

pectin

penman

plantain

pockets

pressman

rockets

saffron

santon

saxon

scallion

selden

shearman

shipman

shorten

silken

sockets

stallion

stepson

sultan

sylvan

tactic

tendon

tillman

tuscan

union

vulcan

wanton

warden

tubman

bastion

belgian

brethren

bushman

diction

drunken

faustian

fiction

flashgun

flexion

caption

fortune

freshman

friction

hangman

longan

mangan

portion

postage

question

section

shrunken

sunken

torsion

baldwin

batten

bellon

succeeds

baton

batton

beckon

begun

postman

billon

sexton

bisson

backsides

aztecs

spokesman

statesman

blacken

bollen

brighten

burden

nightstick

bourbon

acquits

bobbin

boughten

burdon

accedes

bracken

capstan

burman

cannon

canon

chastised

button

chicken

christen

common

cousin

deaden

deafen

devon

driven

fallen

fatten

felon

firman

flatten

floren

headsman

dozen

ermine

foreign

frighten

german

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

griffon

heaven

heighten

hidden

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

listen

loren

melon

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

patten

pavon

person

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

prison

quicken

reckon

redden

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

robin

rosin

satin

sermon

seven

sicken

siren

slacken

sodden

soften

stiffen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

thicken

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

trodden

warren

bordman

turban

villain

horseman

urban

urson

vegan

oarsman

weapon

whiten

wiccan

women

worsen

ashen

tungsten

earthen

freshen

legion

backstage

trojan

session

gumption

ration

region

sturgeon

emption

burgeon

cajun

cushion

fashion

hessian

nightclubs

passion

persian

surgeon

urchin

version

alman

apron

aspen

aztec

bagman

begets

boatman

bookman

brakeman

buckets

calvin

cassettes

chaplain

chapman

chastise

chieftain

classman

clinton

costas

dampen

damson

deceits

falcon

faulcon

footman

gascon

goodman

hectic

hetman

houseman

jackets

jasmine

jetson

justice

kirkman

lightweight

melton

molten

mystique

packets

passman

pectic

piston

pitman

posits

rackets

racquets

russets

rustys

samson

sequin

sight-seer

stallman

teston

whitson

woodman

woolman

workman

postscripts

churchman

digits

coachman

vestige

ion

scion

exceeds

homespun

urine

baskets

diskettes

cascades

caskets

distaste

gaskets

dian

lion

mayan

rayon

misguides

misjudge

peon

mystics

nightclub

paean

salesman

liquids

sixties

zion

alan

amman

auden

bacon

bason

beacon

beaten

bison

bitten

breton

briton

broaden

broken

burton

cabin

canaan

certain

cheapen

cretin

crouton

curtain

deacon

deepen

demon

dragon

eaten

eden

elan

famine

fasten

freeman

gallon

gammon

gladden

gluten

happen

hausen

hoten

hymen

hyphen

hyson

jetton

kitten

lagan

leman

leven

lyden

madden

mitten

liman

liven

often

suasion

asian

fusion

lesion

lotion

potion

postscript

motion

station

nation

nightshade

notion

ocean

grecian

pullen

haitian

reason

heathen

riden

ripen

sadden

salmon

siphon

smitten

spoken

steven

straighten

taken

talon

tappen

thousand

threaten

wheaten

widen

woman

written

yaupon

zircon

satan

seaman

season

semen

seton

shaken

sweeten

syphon

token

treason

wagon

waken

weaken

wizen

wooden

woolen

acids

agates

asides

besides

assets

azides

bolden

chicots

copeman

cystic

decades

lactose

facets

faucets

fielden

freedman

golden

newsman

nuggets

olden

pickets

resides

thickets

vistas

tickets

visits

decides

mystic

lockouts

lopeman

maggots

maoists

mistake

rustic

soldan

testes

wickets

lighthouse

moustache

mustache

nighthawk

biscuits

gowan

haystacks

cowan

dogwoods

exits

exudes

seedsman

basin

bayman

blowgun

bouquets

bowman

brazen

brogan

caisson

cayman

chasten

chosen

colon

craven

crewman

cuban

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

dromon

eighties

frozen

graven

hasten

haven

hogan

hoven

human

jason

kalan

laden

layman

logan

loosen

lumen

maiden

mason

moisten

odin

omen

open

pagan

poison

proven

raven

roman

rosen

rumen

shaman

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

stolen

swollen

toman

tsetse

woven

yeoman

zaman

legates

mistook

bigots

haystack

reacts

recedes

bustos

cycads

resets

rosettes

tuesdays

washouts

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

decodes

bestows

boycotts

dicots

dugouts

lawsuits

locates

checkouts

equates

excites

nightshirts

misquotes

nighthawks

nightshirt

facades

recites

mistakes

3 syllable words

octillion

oxygen

dominion

magician

opinion

hostages

optician

partition

tactician

parthian

projection

egyptian

countryman

margarine

suggestion

contrition

declension

tacticians

brazilian

civilian

objection

artisan

congestion

rebellion

austrian

australian

partisan

constriction

pavilion

addiction

ascension

attention

attrition

cyprian

ottoman

indian

cognition

connection

connexion

patrician

bosnian

nitrogen

extinction

hydrogen

digestion

harlequin

abstention

extension

nonunion

prescription

ejection

complexion

restriction

reptilian

rejection

arkansan

clarion

compression

conception

confection

contention

contortion

convection

convention

conviction

edition

inception

collision

halogen

commission

syrian

petition

physician

audition

origin

addition

suspension

distinction

affliction

arian

aryan

prostration

position

provision

carrion

invention

intention

infection

transmission

tradition

marian

backwoodsman

heartbroken

ingestion

injection

unburden

in-person

subscription

tactical

cardigan

logician

conscription

lumberman

transcription

battalion

cambrian

octagon

deception

defection

dentition

depiction

detection

detention

dimension

dissension

election

erection

phrygian

excision

stygian

eviction

incursion

insertion

inversion

irishman

laurentian

nutrition

obsession

oppression

protection

secretion

selection

submersion

submission

transition

scythian

retention

suppression

progression

reception

technician

regression

subversion

succession

suspicion

pretension

accession

admission

accretion

affection

aggression

ambition

aegean

artesian

aspersion

collection

carnation

cartesian

concession

condition

conversion

concussion

confession

castigates

andean

description

councilman

gentleman

determine

adhesion

proscription

franciscan

catalan

collagen

cinnamon

unbroken

communion

encryption

fustian

congressman

solomon

companion

guardian

uneven

vitamin

oxidized

expansion

excretion

vatican

expression

eleven

ferryman

jacobin

inflection

kantian

muskmelon

suburban

waterman

extortion

inspection

aversion

division

emission

venetian

percussion

procession

profession

misjudgment

abduction

fisherman

phoenician

possession

castration

combustion

conduction

distortion

exception

excursion

reversion

completion

compulsion

deflection

frustration

induction

desertion

inhuman

nonhuman

secession

intrusion

decision

immersion

rescission

sedition

midshipman

redemption

reflection

assertion

recision

regimen

machetes

convulsion

recession

ghanaian

abandon

charwoman

chilean

forbidden

magdalen

medallion

malayan

uncommon

construction

fenian

timberman

vermilion

cation

justices

irian

gillian

italian

korean

castigate

castaways

talisman

mexican

inscription

libyan

obstruction

porcelain

corsican

saccharin

rifleman

african

plebeian

oxidize

everyone

backgammon

dorian

alderman

simian

contagion

abrasion

depression

invasion

digression

lactation

menhaden

prediction

prevention

proportion

reduction

rendition

starvation

fijian

production

apportion

dissection

lutheran

ablation

anchorman

cistercian

discussion

dispersion

exertion

abortion

damnation

depletion

ignition

inaction

incision

norwegian

optation

propulsion

misjudgments

stagnation

taxation

vestiges

anyone

champion

citizen

gordian

gravamen

halcyon

hammerman

hectograph

lanolin

lesbian

scorpion

jamaican

javelin

jettison

keynesian

infarction

zambian

infliction

infraction

destruction

wesleyan

albion

consumption

absorption

adsorption

contraction

contraption

expulsion

adrian

awaken

englishman

garrison

outspoken

exemption

bedizen

campion

elison

etruscan

mandarin

misjudges

peterman

ramadan

thespian

instruction

deletion

inflation

pentathlon

clergyman

collegian

diversion

caucasian

elation

evasion

imagine

malaysian

lecithin

occasion

assumption

omission

negation

narration

munition

musician

anglican

misprision

misfortune

permission

religion

conflation

discretion

disruption

sedation

predation

filtration

precision

remission

revision

volition

summation

impression

hawaiian

nobleman

appian

bedridden

equities

heroine

acumen

chamberlain

policeman

sumatran

galleon

heroin

extrusion

gaussian

protean

uterine

alaskan

chastises

ecstasy

veteran

cohesion

capsaicin

tamarin

hostesses

transgression

discipline

enliven

beholden

derision

plantation

vibration

dictation

fruition

contusion

emulsion

libration

perception

perfection

repression

resection

misshapen

equation

alsatian

tuition

benjamin

dalmatian

deduction

deflation

eruption

fixation

migration

revulsion

crustacean

hydration

preemption

foundation

impassion

occlusion

salvation

seduction

sensation

parisian

overdone

unison

venison

ambrosian

housebroken

assassin

overman

medicine

silicon

bouillon

disunion

snapdragon

imprison

pelican

extraction

albumin

crestfallen

acidic

specimen

bandwagon

handwoven

nebraskan

nevadan

denizen

niceties

reunion

truncation

cockatoos

overrun

superman

corruption

transaction

causation

cessation

citation

correction

delusion

devotion

dilation

dilution

emotion

erosion

illusion

donation

duration

presumption

direction

gyration

perversion

oration

confucian

resumption

righteously

infusion

conclusion

concoction

inclusion

vacation

ligation

precession

translation

location

precaution

attraction

privation

reaction

confusion

vocation

mistaken

egotist

dioxides

subtraction

abdomen

charlatan

chairperson

chairwoman

clarendon

genuine

adoption

preclusion

seclusion

alien

avian

bedouin

biotin

mistaking

fabian

formation

freudian

grobian

jovian

julian

median

moroccan

nemean

nubian

odeon

persuasion

orion

diffusion

permian

gestation

temptation

samoan

creation

emblazon

conjunction

saleswoman

abstraction

masculine

injunction

coercion

allusion

freemason

collusion

cremation

forgotten

gradation

jujitsu

diffraction

exaction

promotion

exhaustion

probation

quotation

relation

solution

implosion

aleutian

retraction

beethoven

cetacean

commotion

flirtation

flotation

mutation

notation

ovation

pollution

rotation

bitumen

uncertain

explosion

forewoman

perfusion

rhodopsin

mosquitoes

unwritten

distraction

exclusion

mosquitos

guncotton

unbutton

transfusion

foramen

horizon

compassion

profusion

ablution

corrosion

croatian

horatian

badminton

embolden

exotics

laotian

acetic

ascetic

bulletin

keratin

mestizo

singleton

feminine

melanin

pesetas

puritan

regattas

skeleton

suicides

toboggan

digitize

jesuits

aquatic

enlighten

compunction

exotic

asuncion

predestine

quixotic

downtrodden

intestine

myosin

niacin

reopen

cicadas

residues

pagodas

fisticuffs

testicles

aqueducts

distasteful

diastase

fisticuff

mystical

testicle

aqueduct

4 syllable words

octahedron

crocodilian

contrarian

algerian

arthurian

planarian

contradiction

contravention

condescension

nigerian

acquisition

competition

composition

agrarian

barbarian

darwinian

sectarian

wagnerian

hungarian

politician

opposition

bavarian

criterion

valerian

proposition

assyrian

contemplation

contraception

obstetrician

armageddon

athenian

cogitation

condemnation

shakespearean

librarian

combination

dominican

vaccination

victorian

eritrean

requisition

armenian

registration

oxidation

polyhedron

abyssinian

activation

exhibition

cyclopean

statistician

pagurian

proclamation

polynesian

machination

circumspection

rhododendron

supposition

extradition

abolition

domination

vestigial

nomination

canadian

hyperion

jacobean

maccabean

missourian

iberian

liberian

nonprescription

siberian

circumvention

confiscation

arbitration

consecration

consultation

decompression

expedition

pedestrian

constellation

constipation

disconnection

disinfection

exposition

pagination

mortification

macedonian

obfuscation

corinthian

tetrahedron

ordination

centurion

disposition

amphibian

committeeman

accordion

cotyledon

guatemalan

imposition

compilation

historian

benediction

circumcision

intonation

obsidian

destination

nestorian

oblivion

samaritan

convocation

acclimation

consolation

recognition

recollection

apprehension

gargantuan

obligation

consummation

acclamation

fascination

orchestration

manumission

collocation

californian

oscillation

equestrian

demolition

coronation

profanation

conflagration

conjugation

sequestration

connotation

deposition

detonation

propagation

provocation

repetition

reposition

jurisdiction

subluxation

arabian

consternation

gastrulation

complication

ostentation

chameleon

gregorian

floridian

galilean

mammalian

praetorian

integration

sicilian

augmentation

comedian

education

hegelian

coalition

bohemian

prohibition

vegetation

congregation

modulation

comparison

abnegation

columbian

custodian

estonian

explanation

extrication

gorgonian

abdication

watermelon

abrogation

albanian

adaptation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

altercation

alternation

predetermine

tasmanian

application

approbation

culmination

penicillin

cultivation

olympian

designation

distillation

fabrication

american

disaffection

palpitation

resignation

prostitution

predilection

subdivision

publication

reclamation

self-deception

equitation

estimation

dandelion

carcinogen

liquidation

cancellation

intimation

hypertension

ventilation

jordanian

calibration

allegation

allocation

animation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

avocation

correlation

dissipation

divination

emanation

germination

gravitation

habitation

inhalation

mitigation

mutilation

motivation

suffocation

termination

repossession

titillation

reelection

isolation

litigation

navigation

trepidation

innovation

levitation

limitation

mongolian

preelection

rumination

sanitation

ulceration

vacillation

validation

assemblyman

exhumation

legislation

visitation

draconian

attribution

disinflation

illustration

indexation

fallopian

himalayan

exploration

excavation

european

napoleon

newtonian

constitution

plutonian

electrician

indentation

infestation

installation

ministration

reinspection

collodion

bolivian

malnutrition

lancastrian

generation

republican

apparition

liberation

miseration

toleration

fluctuation

agitation

operation

veneration

exhalation

pelagian

adulation

rhetorician

tamoxifen

octagonal

moderation

coloration

alabaman

explication

backwardation

exclamation

confirmation

conservation

conversation

convolution

duplication

emigration

expiration

fibrillation

observation

contribution

masturbation

penetration

syndication

aldebaran

vindication

meridian

egotism

eustachian

annexation

depravation

celebration

herculean

crucifixion

pavlovian

degradation

interurban

infiltration

depredation

desecration

indonesian

inspiration

insulation

insurrection

information

graduation

immigration

deprivation

devastation

indecision

indication

interruption

inattention

inundation

segregation

restitution

invitation

invocation

lubrication

replication

retrocession

gentlewoman

admiration

figuration

inhibition

fluoridation

nonpartisan

imitation

fumigation

immolation

irrigation

businesswoman

hesitation

medication

hibernation

jubilation

meditation

alteration

aspiration

delegation

decimation

dedication

defamation

desiccation

desolation

declaration

dilatation

disillusion

elevation

syncopation

readmission

revocation

smithsonian

realization

recitation

renovation

resurrection

revelation

supervision

implication

incarnation

interception

interdiction

intersection

inquisition

devonian

indignation

inflammation

instigation

iranian

utopian

intervention

coloradan

diocesan

malformation

punctuation

reproduction

substitution

simonian

protozoan

destitution

impregnation

incrustation

interaction

intercession

intermission

retardation

laceration

surrogation

hemoglobin

interwoven

adoration

absolution

aberration

interjection

testicular

indigestion

prosecution

protestation

superstition

variation

englishwoman

dehydration

elongation

comprehension

ibuprofen

perturbation

perspiration

saturation

satisfaction

oxidizer

institution

recreation

transformation

liquefaction

locomotion

affirmation

mustachioed

moravian

pistachios

introspection

misperception

intuition

restoration

irritation

menstruation

procreation

repercussion

maturation

imperfection

copernican

glaciation

valuation

execution

noblewoman

adrenaline

distribution

relaxation

molestation

indiscretion

introduction

affectation

deformation

demarcation

superhuman

algonquian

decoration

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accusation

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copenhagen

5 syllable words

centenarian

vegetarian

veterinarian

augustinian

argentinian

maximilian

scandinavian

stratification

patagonian

proletarian

unitarian

dionysian

brobdingnagian

nonsectarian

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washingtonian

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degeneration

epicurean

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presbyterian

recrimination

fertilization

amazonian

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mississippian

babylonian

academician

panamanian

oregonian

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alliteration

mathematician

imagination

lithuanian

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origination

philadelphian

administration

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indoctrination

simplification

civilization

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incineration

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nonintervention

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nickelodeon

ratification

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beethovenian

multiplication

representation

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codification

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nitroglycerine

cauterization

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pomeranian

pennsylvanian

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falsification

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misinformation

quantification

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configuration

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hybridization

magnification

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abomination

classification

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confederation

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gasification

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ramification

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approximation

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hanoverian

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hyperborean

anticipation

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amalgamation

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organization

colonization

canonization

mechanization

ionization

deification

pronunciation

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word octogenarian

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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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