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2 syllable words

arson

parson

auction

caption

margin

torsion

portion

marksman

ashen

caution

fashion

haitian

nation

passion

ration

station

marchman

markman

dobson

darken

oxen

pardon

garden

sharpen

bargain

barton

jargon

hearten

smarten

gumption

squadron

spartan

sovereign

sovran

harten

harken

harden

tarpon

tartan

marlin

marten

martin

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

action

basin

bason

bastion

bison

caisson

chasten

faction

fasten

flashgun

fortune

fraction

function

georgian

guardsman

hasten

hyson

jason

junction

mansion

mason

person

sanction

sportsman

suction

traction

urson

worsen

grecian

russian

capstan

suasion

sturgeon

session

surgeon

bordman

asian

doctrine

freshen

cauldron

grandson

lampron

oarsman

spartans

hessian

persian

burgeon

cajun

earthen

yachtsman

prussian

horseman

portman

urchin

version

scotsman

workman

warden

mormon

onion

organ

orphan

outrun

norman

morgan

passman

ponton

saxon

saffron

lockman

jordan

jorden

kirkman

roberts

runnion

samson

scallion

scullion

shorten

shotgun

stallion

stepson

stockman

emption

alban

banyan

apron

baston

boston

canyon

chaplain

chapman

classman

corban

claxon

captain

cordon

damson

dolman

gascon

gorgon

dolphin

fireman

foreman

craftsman

draftsman

churchman

diction

landsman

dungeon

faustian

gentian

longan

luncheon

mention

othman

pension

question

section

huntsman

tension

watchman

fiction

flexion

freshman

friction

cotton

craven

floren

frighten

german

curtain

bacon

baron

barren

bayman

certain

dagan

dagon

daman

foreign

cayman

firman

happen

haven

lighten

maiden

lichen

liken

liman

liven

locken

loren

lyden

moisten

pollan

pollen

raven

straighten

syphon

taken

tappen

tighten

titan

triton

trodden

turban

urban

yaupon

zaman

zircon

brighten

bollen

bourbon

brazen

common

burden

burton

bobbin

burman

canaan

ermine

fallen

garron

burdon

gotten

graven

hyphen

kalan

laden

pavon

shaman

siphon

soften

wizen

waken

lessen

sermon

shaken

warren

heighten

hymen

layman

lesson

ripen

pagan

riden

robin

rosin

rotten

satan

widen

siren

sodden

whiten

abrades

baldwin

caxton

delphian

klansman

landman

statesman

townsman

upbraid

vibrates

legion

dudgeon

heathen

pathan

bludgeon

fission

notion

ocean

cushion

gudgeon

lesion

lotion

mahone

mission

motion

potion

region

zion

scion

urine

dian

rayon

plankton

ion

mayan

lion

tungsten

acton

aspen

airman

afraid

abrade

alman

atman

austin

averts

brakeman

calvin

chessman

faulcon

ibsen

jasmine

kansan

keelson

kelson

kenyan

chairman

chevron

falcon

bagman

billion

bullion

copeman

dalton

dampen

canton

citron

diverts

ensign

fibrin

hackman

jetson

lightman

fountain

houseman

jackman

lineman

linemen

london

lopeman

minion

muslin

matron

minden

mountain

outdone

million

packman

panton

patron

pillion

pinion

plantain

pressman

santon

shearman

shipman

spearman

stillion

sultan

teston

stallman

trillion

tuscan

tubman

undone

union

vibrate

vulcan

wanton

whitson

brethren

bushman

christian

sporting

sunken

belgian

drunken

dutchman

engine

hangman

mangan

shrunken

auden

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

cabin

flatten

freeman

supports

charon

cheapen

christen

dozen

gallon

gammon

spokesman

heron

subverts

strengthen

fibroids

alan

amman

broaden

demon

button

cannon

cousin

cretin

fatten

glisten

hausen

lagan

latin

leman

lengthen

boughten

sexton

bisson

blacken

bracken

canon

deacon

eaten

eden

elan

salesman

deepen

dragon

famine

gladden

leven

listen

muffin

season

headsman

patten

perron

poison

rerun

semen

robert

platten

platen

marron

mutton

oven

seton

sadden

salmon

satin

slacken

dustman

sullen

weaken

children

summon

talon

thousand

treason

wagon

sweeten

toughen

loosen

mullen

upwards

open

madden

often

reason

seaman

steven

weapon

wheaten

sudden

fusion

henchman

kitchen

penguin

pigeon

trojan

vision

bellman

billman

boatman

bolden

bookman

chevrette

chieftain

clinton

crimson

cupboards

desman

efforts

everts

fibroid

fielden

goodman

freedman

footman

gilden

golden

headman

hempen

kelvin

kremlin

hybrid

leopards

paean

hetman

linden

lisbon

cowan

gowan

lynden

m1

melton

mignon

milken

molten

nekton

newsman

olden

pectin

penman

piston

sequin

silken

sylvan

peon

pitman

reverts

selden

soldan

tendon

shepherds

tillman

uproot

upward

woodman

woolman

coachman

rincon

homespun

departs

hybrids

seaports

reports

mopboard

seedsman

postman

avert

beckon

begun

bellon

billon

bitten

blowgun

bowman

breton

briton

brogan

broken

buffered

chicken

chosen

colon

covered

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

cupboard

deaden

deafen

devon

divert

driven

dromon

felon

frozen

gabert

gibbon

given

glidden

gluten

griffon

heaven

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

jetton

kitten

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

leopard

linen

logan

lumen

melon

mitten

ninon

odin

omen

prison

proven

pullen

quicken

reckon

redden

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rumen

scabbard

seven

shepherd

shogun

showman

sicken

slogan

smitten

solon

spirit

spoken

stiffen

stolen

stricken

striven

swollen

tapered

thicken

threaten

token

toman

vegan

villain

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

written

yeoman

liveried

nephrite

subvert

support

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

spheroid

covert

effort

evert

overt

labored

rapport

revert

favored

fevered

shipyards

report

seaport

apart

defraud

deport

spirits

depart

spearhead

chipboard

spreader

keyboards

shipboard

shipyard

keyboard

seaboard

abridge

aboard

abort

abroad

afford

cavort

aborts

affords

abridged

3 syllable words

assertion

causation

citation

dilation

duration

flirtation

ligation

narration

negation

privation

sedation

summation

predation

truncation

attraction

completion

filtration

conflation

suspension

gravamen

operates

impression

translation

apportion

artesian

cognition

collection

connection

connexion

deflation

dictation

fixation

gestation

patrician

proportion

propulsion

protection

selection

temptation

attrition

aspersion

affection

attention

cartesian

partition

depletion

ascension

compassion

contagion

dissection

laurentian

sensation

aryan

operate

foramen

aversion

caucasian

nebraskan

audition

projection

cessation

cetacean

correction

cremation

direction

diversion

desertion

snapdragon

copperhead

donation

elation

flotation

gradation

location

malaysian

mutation

occasion

ovation

phoenician

probation

notation

possession

procession

profession

quotation

relation

vacation

venetian

rotation

vocation

contraction

complexion

transgression

expression

subtraction

convention

declension

diffraction

partisan

compulsion

retraction

chairperson

creation

convection

inflation

confucian

croatian

artisan

confection

contention

contrition

discretion

cardigan

charlatan

charwoman

coercion

in-person

depiction

dimension

election

nutrition

opportune

australian

cyprian

persuasion

detention

dissension

perception

detection

determine

obsession

defection

dispersion

norwegian

perfection

nitrogen

accession

awaken

cistercian

freemason

abortion

garrison

guardian

ablution

bosnian

hammerman

jamaican

objection

suburban

waterman

addiction

admission

adoption

abstraction

ambition

superman

concession

conversion

condition

confession

copperheads

exertion

hydrogen

equation

impassion

insertion

invasion

erection

irishman

pretension

resection

prevention

submersion

submission

retention

subversion

tactician

suspicion

succession

transition

typewriting

addition

adhesion

aleutian

appian

arian

arkansan

collegian

commission

commotion

companion

congressman

corruption

countryman

deletion

digestion

dilution

distraction

dorian

edition

ejection

evasion

excretion

expansion

harlequin

horizon

immersion

infarction

infraction

inspection

irian

korean

malayan

margarine

masculine

origin

parthian

percussion

permission

perversion

petition

physician

pollution

position

precession

promotion

recession

rejection

reversion

saccharin

secession

solution

suggestion

tamarin

tradition

compunction

uncertain

infection

corrosion

assumption

derision

african

invention

transmission

alderman

austrian

unburden

forbidden

rhodopsin

everyone

confusion

abortions

parisian

contortion

conviction

deflection

misprision

nonhuman

mistaken

policeman

porcelain

corsican

magician

reflection

lumberman

cambrian

opinion

unwritten

laotian

affliction

obstruction

injection

deportment

congestion

constriction

construction

extraction

uneven

zambian

incursion

menhaden

occlusion

ignition

inversion

misshapen

production

profusion

prediction

peterman

oxygen

ottoman

overdone

overman

overrun

solomon

scorpion

separates

kantian

rendition

reduction

mandarin

technician

andean

albion

collagen

gordian

anchorman

champion

campion

eruption

eviction

ferryman

asuncion

contusion

dentition

abridges

ambrosian

abstention

inflection

nonunion

librettist

expulsion

extension

destruction

housebroken

restriction

transfusion

albumin

octillion

consumption

absorption

emblazon

adsorption

contraption

imprison

unbroken

etruscan

abridgement

everything

collision

devotion

cabarets

collusion

clergyman

diverting

biotin

emission

carrion

clarion

munition

fisherman

omission

provision

reaction

erosion

musician

emotion

remission

sedition

galleon

volition

marian

myosin

niacin

orion

permian

separate

plebeian

syrian

veteran

uterine

allusion

abduction

conduction

concoction

convulsion

disruption

excursion

distortion

implosion

intrusion

presumption

transaction

intention

conception

conclusion

resumption

infusion

aperture

fruition

lutheran

pepperidge

medallion

conjunction

acumen

perfusion

predestine

pavilion

vibrators

dominion

abdomen

alaskan

battalion

bedridden

brazilian

chairwoman

chamberlain

civilian

cohesion

genuine

forewoman

instruction

logician

rebellion

repertoire

sumatran

timberman

tuition

talisman

deception

department

cabaret

deduction

apartment

everythings

diffusion

revulsion

seclusion

seduction

emulsion

concussion

heartbroken

ingestion

inaction

preclusion

preemption

reception

prescription

anyone

halcyon

keratin

averted

eleven

elison

indian

jettison

bedizen

lesbian

libretto

overdoes

extortion

explosion

infliction

puritan

extrusion

thespian

vibrator

vitamin

specimen

vatican

wesleyan

apartments

englishman

egyptian

councilman

handwoven

muskmelon

badminton

franciscan

reptilian

distinction

intestine

communion

outspoken

departments

combustion

exaction

exception

inception

inclusion

induction

inhuman

misfortune

illusion

redemption

precaution

precision

lecithin

halogen

overhead

delusion

division

religion

avian

chilean

freudian

gaussian

grobian

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

libyan

nubian

odeon

conscription

alien

cation

fabian

ghanaian

gillian

jovian

julian

moroccan

liberate

poverty

protean

subscription

sportsmanship

transcription

injunction

samoan

simian

extinction

backwoodsman

italian

mexican

overtakes

abandon

discipline

overrates

rifleman

vermilion

fijian

beholden

reportage

incision

scythian

phrygian

departing

excision

overheads

overtures

encryption

aegean

proscription

stygian

discussion

description

exemption

adrian

assassin

beethoven

bitumen

bouillon

bulletin

catalan

disunion

embolden

forgotten

fustian

jacobin

javelin

jeopardize

keynesian

lanolin

libertine

medicine

nevadan

overdraft

overdraw

overrate

overtake

overtone

overturn

ramadan

reverted

saleswoman

toboggan

unison

venison

inscription

decision

overthrow

imagine

rescission

recision

revision

exhaustion

backgammon

departed

enlighten

enliven

guncotton

labrador

nobleman

libertines

magdalen

overrides

overtax

overtones

overturns

reproduce

sephardic

sephardim

unbutton

uncommon

bedouin

jeopardy

exclusion

fenian

favorite

median

overeat

nemean

reopen

repartee

sporadic

benjamin

overthrows

sportingly

overture

overheats

bandwagon

crestfallen

downtrodden

gentleman

labradors

anglican

liberties

overtime

pelican

reunion

denizen

favorites

overdose

pentathlon

silicon

midshipman

skeleton

singleton

cinnamon

citizen

override

spirited

overdrafts

overheat

regimen

clarendon

hybridize

overdrive

typewriters

apartheid

supporters

deportees

departures

liberty

overdo

puberty

overdue

copartners

covertly

deportee

everyday

feminine

supporter

melanin

overtly

typewriter

departure

copartner

reporters

reporter

abortive

aforethought

aborted

4 syllable words

apparitions

appellation

bifurcation

declaration

dissertation

domination

figuration

nomination

oscillation

reservation

restoration

connotation

usurpation

collocation

preservation

provocation

perturbation

reformation

ideation

violation

arbitration

compensation

complication

computation

consecration

modulation

augmentation

exploration

cogitation

transformation

celebration

combination

commendation

commutation

consolation

convocation

demarcation

consummation

deportation

emigration

retardation

fabrication

obligation

oxidation

palpitation

penetration

proclamation

copernican

information

abnegation

annexation

application

depredation

desecration

immigration

affectation

depravation

deprivation

graduation

occupation

congregation

operators

coloradan

coronation

annotation

allegation

allocation

animation

appalachian

avocation

correlation

fascination

gravitation

conjugation

habitation

isolation

navigation

procreation

profanation

proposition

recreation

repercussion

resurrection

suffocation

opposition

sanitation

trepidation

vacillation

dehydration

machination

validation

valuation

radiation

reassertion

conflagration

confrontation

contemplation

aviation

foliation

separating

variation

concentration

surrogation

deviation

operator

rhetorician

orchestration

mediation

condemnation

condensation

adulation

confiscation

constellation

amputation

constipation

consultation

decompression

agitation

comprehension

comparison

deportations

depredations

fragmentation

pagination

embarkation

illustration

incarnation

ostentation

fluctuation

imperfection

importation

integration

malformation

ministration

misperception

mortification

obfuscation

subluxation

competition

advocation

watermelon

aggravation

aggregation

cancellation

abdication

acclamation

acclimation

abrogation

barbarian

glaciation

situation

accusation

activation

composition

cultivation

designation

deformation

granulation

insurrection

interaction

intercession

culmination

inundation

lubrication

molestation

ordination

presentation

protestation

publication

recantation

relaxation

resignation

stipulation

superstition

vaccination

devastation

duplication

fibrillation

prosecution

replication

reputation

tabulation

apprehension

transplantation

decimation

dedication

delegation

detonation

emanation

evocation

defamation

planarian

derivation

desiccation

desolation

dissipation

divination

elevation

dilatation

fluoridation

demonstration

germination

nonpartisan

fumigation

hesitation

imitation

visitation

bavarian

cooperates

irritation

revocation

rumination

jubilation

sequestration

irrigation

immolation

implantation

impregnation

termination

titillation

inhalation

innovation

supervision

arabian

supposition

syncopation

revelation

manumission

mutilation

realization

politician

hyperion

medication

meditation

polynesian

liberator

motivation

contribution

elongation

mitigation

recitation

repossession

renovation

limitation

litigation

relocation

expectation

legislation

levitation

adrenaline

attribution

calculation

condescension

contrarian

cooperate

dietitian

dispensation

disputation

education

exhortation

formulation

gastrulation

implication

imputation

incantation

indentation

indexation

infestation

interception

intersection

intervention

liberating

menstruation

moravian

pigmentation

punctuation

satisfaction

segmentation

vegetation

dislocation

destination

excitation

circulation

disaffection

fermentation

gargantuan

degradation

invocation

interjection

indication

invitation

lilliputian

permutation

reclamation

liquidation

ovulation

recollection

regulation

refutation

segregation

stimulation

syndication

tribulation

convolution

distillation

insulation

intermission

interruption

predilection

emulation

intimation

simulation

speculation

registration

statistician

superhuman

vindication

ventilation

equitation

estimation

intonation

prostitution

strangulation

agrarian

albanian

armenian

interurban

tasmanian

jordanian

samaritan

overburden

wagnerian

librarian

liberators

american

abolition

deposition

contraception

hungarian

overrating

circumspection

contradiction

reelection

repetition

infiltration

obstetrician

readmission

explication

exploitation

incrustation

preelection

preignition

reposition

explanation

iberian

mammalian

liberian

missourian

napoleon

operative

nonprescription

reawaken

siberian

valerian

canadian

assyrian

gregorian

criterion

diocesan

constitution

excavation

coalition

disinflation

disconnection

electrician

inclination

nigerian

pedestrian

pelagian

indignation

instigation

malnutrition

prohibition

inflammation

installation

interdiction

reinspection

reproduction

retribution

acquisition

benediction

introspection

absolution

carcinogen

exhalation

admonition

ammunition

elocution

imposition

inattention

persecution

polyhedron

precondition

recognition

disposition

incubation

extrication

distribution

apportionment

exclamation

contravention

indiscretion

committeeman

alabaman

cotyledon

eustachian

guatemalan

nicaraguan

sectarian

accordion

darwinian

cyclopean

reproductions

pagurian

ibuprofen

opportunists

assemblyman

arthurian

demolition

definition

dissolution

fallopian

algerian

devolution

diminution

lancastrian

erudition

abortionist

disinfection

floridian

jacobean

galilean

himalayan

iranian

octahedron

sobriety

substitution

evolution

european

intuition

exposition

locomotion

collodion

comedian

expedition

melanesian

chameleon

execution

exhumation

premonition

revolution

resolution

liberated

mongolian

maccabean

praetorian

opportunist

armageddon

republican

deconstruction

crocodilian

reconstruction

tamoxifen

shakespearean

hypertensive

interwoven

algonquian

circumcision

indecision

retrocession

indigestion

leviathan

requisition

destitution

subdivision

crucifixion

athenian

exhibition

restitution

indonesian

dereliction

abyssinian

aldebaran

amphibian

centurion

columbian

dandelion

gorgonian

greco-roman

herculean

historian

hypertonic

obsidian

meridian

jeopardizes

nephridium

nestorian

oblivion

pavlovian

reexamine

predetermine

separators

abortionists

extradition

peruvian

victorian

introduction

businesswoman

californian

kindergarten

equestrian

inhibition

circumvention

inquisition

institution

jurisdiction

liquefaction

superheated

preconception

tetrahedron

arizonan

supportable

bolivian

repertory

subordinate

separator

simonian

utopian

newtonian

plutonian

noblewoman

macedonian

devonian

bohemian

corinthian

misconception

self-deception

spiritual

separatist

olympian

subordinates

departmental

overdoses

hydrocarbon

gentlewoman

paraguayan

penicillin

rhododendron

englishwoman

eritrean

spirituals

ohioan

separatists

reportable

affordable

protozoan

draconian

sporadically

sicilian

severity

hegelian

aphrodite

copyreaders

custodian

dominican

estonian

hypertrophy

laboratory

minnesotan

disillusion

smithsonian

hemoglobin

misbegotten

reproduces

aphrodites

laboratories

copyreader

reproductive

copenhagen

5 syllable words

adulteration

agglomeration

exoneration

modernization

pomeranian

reaffirmation

vaporization

cauterization

commemoration

elaboration

aberrational

recuperation

alliteration

authorization

reiteration

conglomeration

exasperation

incorporation

hyperinflation

incarceration

acceleration

inauguration

prevarication

amortization

confederation

obliteration

consideration

discoloration

amelioration

repatriation

vulgarization

ionization

proliferation

annihilation

deceleration

reverberation

polarization

deliberation

enumeration

appreciation

exaggeration

pasteurization

exacerbation

degeneration

configuration

manifestation

appropriation

regeneration

depopulation

abbreviation

abomination

accommodation

assassination

attenuation

canonization

classification

codification

colonization

decapitation

determination

dramatization

exhilaration

gasification

glorification

gratification

incineration

modification

nullification

orientation

ossification

pacification

preoccupation

qualification

ramification

ratification

remuneration

russification

stratification

cooperative

ornamentation

nonintervention

perpetuation

multiplication

deification

depreciation

irradiation

retaliation

affiliation

alleviation

association

capitulation

refrigeration

expatriation

accreditation

amalgamation

anticipation

concatenation

consolidation

contamination

desegregation

domestication

emancipation

falsification

fortification

harmonization

hybridization

inoculation

interrogation

justification

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

misapplication

misinformation

normalization

opportunism

organization

participation

quantification

recombination

recommendation

reforestation

reintegration

sedimentation

subordination

clarification

conciliation

triangulation

civilization

apparatuses

denomination

eradication

desalination

authentication

dissemination

hallucination

evaluation

hyperborean

denunciation

brutalization

coordination

edification

facilitation

legalization

interpolation

hydrogenation

localization

opportunity

assimilation

coagulation

mechanization

mummification

solicitation

precipitation

utilization

argumentation

premeditation

renunciation

mobilization

notification

pronunciation

indoctrination

purification

repudiation

resuscitation

revaluation

sterilization

unification

verification

vilification

abortifacient

amplification

disembarkation

disintegration

adjudication

defenestration

delineation

approximation

dissociation

humiliation

articulation

cohabitation

infatuation

alienation

imagination

confabulation

interpretation

intoxication

extermination

improvisation

procrastination

prognostication

specialization

representation

inactivation

evacuation

communication

equalization

misapprehension

continuation

examination

substantiation

sanctification

excoriation

insemination

predestination

congratulation

maximization

recrimination

rectification

invalidation

sophistication

neutralization

abortifacients

expropriation

administration

haberdashery

initiation

negotiation

opportunities

origination

elimination

ejaculation

fertilization

peloponnesian

specification

christianization

presupposition

certification

libertarian

panamanian

proletarian

inhabitation

unitarian

academician

illumination

separatism

centralization

accumulation

interconnection

investigation

rejuvenation

juxtaposition

simplification

nonsectarian

mathematician

instrumentation

synchronization

decomposition

intimidation

augustinian

insinuation

scandinavian

electrocution

exfoliation

immunization

libertarians

miscalculation

equivocation

assemblywoman

reportorial

hanoverian

jeffersonian

amazonian

favoritism

patagonian

discrimination

babylonian

disinclination

overproduction

reapportionment

incrimination

opportunistic

predisposition

delicatessen

epicurean

philadelphian

elizabethan

caledonian

carthaginian

diverticulum

neapolitan

oregonian

pennsylvanian

argentinian

aphrodisiac

yugoslavian

divertimento

presbyterian

exoskeleton

maximilian

ethiopian

spiritually

dissatisfaction

nitroglycerine

carolinian

washingtonian

brobdingnagian

metropolitan

nickelodeon

mississippian

spiritualism

spiritualist

theologian

beethovenian

spiritualists

veterinarian

dionysian

pythagorean

vegetarian

lithuanian

centenarian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word operation

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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