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

woven

hoven

homespun

postman

spokesman

boatman

bolden

chevron

copeman

corban

cordon

jordan

jorden

lopeman

molten

morgan

mormon

norman

olden

organ

orphan

outrun

shorten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

foreman

golden

gorgon

warden

coachman

portion

bowman

baron

barren

blowgun

bourbon

brogan

fortune

georgian

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

certain

charon

chosen

colon

curtain

dromon

ermine

firman

floren

foreign

frozen

garron

german

heron

hogan

hoten

logan

loren

marron

odin

omen

open

perron

person

roman

rosen

sermon

proven

shogun

torsion

showman

slogan

solon

spoken

stolen

swollen

token

toman

turban

urban

urson

warren

worsen

yeoman

zircon

bordman

burgeon

cauldron

children

doctrine

earthen

horseman

lampron

lotion

motion

notion

oarsman

ocean

owen

persian

portman

potion

rowan

rowen

sovrans

sturgeon

surgeon

townsman

trojan

urchin

urine

version

airman

apron

bargain

arson

austin

barton

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

citron

dalton

darken

faulcon

harden

harken

harten

hearten

houseman

jargon

fountain

garden

kirkman

fibrin

fireman

lowborn

marten

newsman

outdone

mountain

martin

marlin

matron

pardon

smarten

squadron

parson

patron

spartan

spearman

union

saffron

stallman

tarpon

tartan

sharpen

wanton

workman

shearman

sportsman

faustian

brethren

churchman

margin

martian

broaden

auden

boughten

cavern

craven

crewman

cumin

govern

cuban

devon

crouton

driven

given

gluten

graven

heaven

leven

leaven

hausen

loosen

liven

haven

human

lumen

moisten

oven

often

pavon

poison

raven

rerun

riven

rumen

seven

siren

steven

striven

tavern

thousand

yaupon

scotsman

yachtsman

klansman

markman

aprons

grandson

affront

marchman

statesman

seedsman

sexton

delphian

dustman

headsman

landman

salesman

capstan

caxton

vibrant

fusion

sparing

cowan

emption

gowan

gumption

henchman

plankton

rayon

ruin

tungsten

freedman

gascon

gilden

goodman

kansan

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

falcon

fielden

footman

governs

hackman

headman

hempen

hetman

ibsen

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

jackman

jetson

keelson

kelson

jasmine

lisbon

lockman

london

lynden

melton

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

muslin

nekton

newborn

onion

oxen

packman

panton

passman

pectin

penman

piston

pitman

pillion

pinion

plantain

ponton

pressman

runnion

samson

santon

scallion

scullion

selden

shipman

shotgun

silken

stallion

stepson

saxon

stillion

sylvan

tendon

teston

tubman

vulcan

whitson

woolman

stockman

sultan

taverns

tillman

trillion

tuscan

undone

woodman

alban

alman

atman

aspen

baston

billman

bookman

boston

canton

captain

brakeman

calvin

canyon

caverns

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chieftain

classman

claxon

clinton

crimson

dampen

damson

desman

ensign

ephraim

acton

dobson

dolman

bullion

dolphin

bellman

bagman

banyan

billion

affronts

draftsman

craftsman

function

guardsman

huntsman

marksman

junction

sanction

landsman

dungeon

dutchman

gentian

shrunken

drunken

auction

question

bushman

diction

mansion

caption

christian

faction

engine

fiction

fraction

freshman

friction

longan

luncheon

mangan

othman

traction

suction

section

action

bastion

belgian

flashgun

flexion

hangman

option

rincon

watchman

sunken

mention

pension

tension

alan

amman

auburn

bacon

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

bellon

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

blacken

bobbin

bollen

bracken

brazen

breton

brighten

briton

button

cabin

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

chasten

cheapen

chicken

christen

common

cotton

cousin

cretin

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

dozen

dragon

eaten

eden

elan

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

felon

flatten

freeman

frighten

gallon

gammon

gibbon

gladden

glidden

glisten

gotten

griffon

happen

hasten

heighten

hidden

hymen

hyphen

hyson

jason

jetton

kalan

kitten

laden

lagan

latin

layman

leaden

ledden

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linen

listen

locken

lyden

madden

maiden

mason

melon

mitten

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

pagan

patten

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

prison

pullen

quicken

reason

reckon

redden

ripen

robin

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

risen

rosin

rotten

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

seaman

season

semen

seton

shaken

shaman

sicken

siphon

smitten

stiffen

straighten

sodden

stricken

soften

slacken

sudden

syphon

sullen

summon

sweeten

taken

talon

tappen

threaten

thicken

tighten

titan

toughen

treason

triton

trodden

vegan

villain

wagon

waken

weaken

weapon

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

zaman

befriend

baldwin

newborns

strengthen

reprint

lengthen

ashen

asian

bludgeon

cajun

caution

cushion

dudgeon

fashion

fission

freshen

grecian

gudgeon

haitian

heathen

hessian

kitchen

legion

lesion

mahone

mission

nation

passion

pathan

pigeon

prussian

ration

region

russian

session

station

suasion

vision

befriends

refrain

reprints

affirms

m1

sequin

lion

paean

mayan

peon

zion

dian

ion

scion

sprinkle

refrains

shopworn

supremes

affirm

penguin

sprinkles

reborn

sprinters

supreme

deformed

reforms

reformed

springer

sprinklers

sprinter

deform

reform

sprinkler

springboard

springing

springtime

sprinkling

3 syllable words

overnight

superman

waterman

jovian

oberon

orion

uterine

aversion

diversion

overhangs

donation

flotation

location

notation

overmatch

perversion

probation

quotation

reversion

rotation

vocation

lutheran

alderman

governance

government

determine

gravamen

hammerman

nevadan

peterman

reverence

reverend

reverent

severance

suburban

conversion

subversion

inversion

korean

dorian

odeon

protean

saccharin

veteran

grobian

tamarin

assertion

caucasian

causation

evasion

fisherman

governments

desertion

governing

immersion

mutation

omission

oration

privation

volition

aberrant

apparent

austrian

chairperson

chamberlain

cohesion

covering

croatian

deferment

everyone

favoring

in-person

logician

lumberman

nobleman

offering

rhodopsin

sumatran

timberman

unburden

uncertain

javelin

prevention

invasion

difference

jamaican

dispersion

evermore

gordian

mandarin

operant

deference

nevermore

freemason

cistercian

exertion

incursion

insertion

nutrition

efferent

different

formation

cyprian

foundation

laurentian

adrian

afferent

anchorman

starvation

unison

submersion

beethoven

reference

bouillon

aspersion

assassin

scorpion

salvation

malaysian

offerings

ligation

occasion

revision

scuppernong

summation

secession

sedation

citation

coverings

munition

musician

narration

cetacean

cremation

deferments

downtrodden

negation

margarine

cessation

division

precession

gradation

gyration

imagine

duration

possession

predation

procession

proscription

elation

dilation

profession

provision

recession

relation

vacation

arian

aryan

avian

foramen

moroccan

reopen

syrian

bufferin

freudian

nubian

gaussian

horizon

clarion

irian

carrion

julian

malayan

marian

permian

alaskan

excursion

corsican

forbidden

invention

abandon

appearance

forewoman

italian

mistaken

convection

convention

medallion

unwritten

bedridden

backgammon

cambrian

capsaicin

civilian

battalion

peppermint

pavilion

predestine

porcelain

rebellion

tuition

corrosion

creation

derision

horatian

peppering

diapering

fruition

laotian

suffering

laboring

papering

tapering

parisian

aggression

alsatian

beholden

dalmatian

damnation

deception

defection

deflation

depression

detection

detention

dictation

digression

dimension

hydration

impassion

inaction

lactation

libration

ablation

abortion

abrasion

accession

accretion

affection

apportion

ascension

attention

attrition

carnation

collection

compassion

concession

confession

connection

connexion

contagion

crustacean

dissection

dissension

election

erection

eviction

fixation

gestation

misshapen

migration

menhaden

oppression

obsession

norwegian

optation

plantation

regression

retention

proportion

progression

pretension

reception

repression

patrician

resection

protection

revulsion

selection

sensation

secretion

succession

suppression

taxation

temptation

vibration

australian

stagnation

albion

andean

awaken

bedizen

bosnian

bulletin

campion

catalan

champion

cinnamon

citizen

collagen

denizen

elison

ferryman

forgotten

fustian

garrison

governors

guardian

halcyon

indian

jacobin

jettison

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lanolin

lesbian

medicine

ottoman

pelican

ramadan

reunion

silicon

skeleton

solomon

specimen

thespian

toboggan

vatican

venison

vitamin

wesleyan

zambian

companion

councilman

countryman

debarment

ejection

digestion

emblazon

embolden

imprison

muskmelon

handwoven

intestine

nebraskan

projection

rejection

snapdragon

suggestion

truncation

emission

emotion

commotion

decision

deletion

devotion

direction

erosion

audition

commission

correction

clergyman

collegian

collision

flirtation

addition

edition

permission

religion

rescission

sedition

sufferings

tradition

percussion

promotion

reaction

regimen

parthian

halogen

labyrinth

lecithin

position

precision

recision

venetian

origin

petition

phoenician

physician

remission

attraction

castration

compression

conception

confection

conflation

contention

contortion

contrition

conviction

convulsion

deflection

diffraction

distortion

exception

filtration

frustration

declension

discretion

exaction

intention

impression

inception

infection

inflation

misfortune

misprision

pentathlon

prostration

redemption

reflection

retraction

suspension

transaction

translation

cation

abdomen

artisan

brazilian

chairwoman

charlatan

charwoman

fabian

dominion

talisman

enlighten

ghanaian

opinion

partisan

rifleman

bedouin

chilean

cardigan

magdalen

alien

guncotton

nemean

african

galleon

gillian

myosin

niacin

magician

mexican

plebeian

policeman

clarendon

discipline

perfusion

unbutton

fenian

appian

biotin

governor

hawaiian

heroin

vibrancy

heroine

libyan

simian

uncommon

samoan

vermilion

median

backwoodsman

congestion

ingestion

injection

objection

congressman

condition

complexion

optician

concussion

contraction

excision

subtraction

cognition

submission

exemption

equation

partition

excretion

benjamin

contraption

oxygen

expansion

nitrogen

aegean

restriction

fijian

ambition

incision

prediction

preemption

infarction

inflection

abstention

infraction

production

transition

description

destruction

inspection

propulsion

encryption

scythian

absorption

distraction

expression

extension

extortion

addiction

admission

adoption

hydrogen

ignition

adsorption

cartesian

discussion

reduction

deduction

emulsion

stygian

artesian

dentition

depiction

depletion

phrygian

irishman

persuasion

perception

rendition

perfection

seduction

tactician

technician

prescription

transgression

suspicion

adhesion

ambrosian

apprentice

arkansan

badminton

bandwagon

bitumen

communion

differently

disunion

egyptian

eleven

etruscan

franciscan

gentleman

harlequin

hibernate

housebroken

masculine

nonunion

octillion

outspoken

puritan

reprimand

reptilian

saleswoman

soprano

unbroken

uneven

anglican

illusion

abduction

conscription

construction

conduction

induction

resumption

transmission

implosion

exhaustion

inscription

completion

compulsion

constriction

abstraction

assumption

concoction

disruption

dilution

extraction

abhorrence

abhorrent

solution

instruction

aleutian

allusion

corruption

collusion

delusion

precaution

pollution

affliction

obstruction

subscription

transcription

combustion

midshipman

presumption

singleton

heartbroken

reprimands

enliven

acumen

sopranos

uppermost

ablution

contusion

diffusion

eruption

consumption

occlusion

preclusion

profusion

explosion

expulsion

seclusion

infliction

distinction

englishman

albumin

crestfallen

confucian

feminine

apprehend

conclusion

anyone

melanin

beforehand

confusion

infusion

reaffirms

inclusion

extinction

inhuman

intrusion

nonhuman

exclusion

extrusion

genuine

reformers

transfusion

compunction

asuncion

reaffirm

conjunction

reformist

injunction

reformer

reformists

4 syllable words

covariance

bavarian

motivation

foliation

interurban

ohioan

ovulation

watermelon

protozoan

corporation

procreation

coloradan

evocation

planarian

corp.

usurpation

bolivian

alteration

supervision

rhododendron

relocation

apparition

adoration

aviation

peruvian

aberration

bohemian

coalition

coloration

decoration

moderation

deviation

generation

laceration

federation

iteration

liberation

miseration

operation

preparation

reassertion

perforation

prohibition

reparation

veneration

rhetorician

separation

toleration

alternation

conversation

molestation

protestation

retrocession

dislocation

superhuman

superstition

agrarian

american

olympian

sectarian

nicaraguan

aldebaran

greco-roman

wagnerian

jordanian

librarian

copernican

maturation

samaritan

columbian

eustachian

barbarian

pavlovian

predetermine

saturation

reverently

hydrocarbon

kindergarten

devonian

hyperion

admiration

iberian

liberian

affirmation

arabian

assyrian

desperation

canadian

collodion

revelation

criterion

draconian

fallopian

floridian

figuration

missourian

reverential

reformation

gregorian

mammalian

napoleon

newtonian

hibernation

innovation

bifurcation

dissertation

elevation

fumigation

governorship

gravitation

hungarian

jubilation

ulceration

preservation

renovation

repercussion

respiration

restoration

provocation

reservation

resurrection

locomotion

praetorian

mutilation

navigation

perspiration

declaration

levitation

perturbation

rumination

plutonian

revocation

avocation

siberian

simonian

utopian

aspiration

valerian

apparently

comparison

contrarian

governmental

noblewoman

pedestrian

ideation

nigerian

leviathan

mediation

papier-mache

pelagian

radiation

variation

violation

activation

advocation

affirmations

devastation

backwardation

duplication

governorships

hypertension

indonesian

information

insurrection

invitation

invocation

inspiration

interaction

intercession

intermission

refutation

meridian

altercation

equitation

convocation

expiration

masturbation

conservation

cultivation

deportation

lubrication

confirmation

deformation

liquidation

observation

moravian

accordion

affirmative

alabaman

albanian

centurion

cotyledon

custodian

darwinian

differences

eritrean

glaciation

gorgonian

estonian

historian

nestorian

liberians

pagurian

elongation

equestrian

reappearance

references

referendum

superimpose

supremely

tabernacle

tasmanian

victorian

dedication

limitation

liquefaction

litigation

manumission

medication

meditation

allocation

suffocation

circumvention

exhortation

malformation

misperception

exploration

malnutrition

mitigation

decimation

allegation

algerian

animation

appalachian

collocation

connotation

desolation

devolution

electrician

appellation

interception

annotation

defamation

delegation

interdiction

arthurian

differential

dilatation

transformation

deferential

desiccation

dissipation

transportation

evolution

hesitation

imperfection

habitation

importation

imitation

immolation

excavation

ostentation

intersection

disputation

mongolian

oscillation

lancastrian

mortification

tetrahedron

inhalation

irritation

isolation

never-ending

preelection

propagation

realization

recreation

intervention

repossession

revolution

sanitation

titillation

formulation

recitation

reelection

smithsonian

trepidation

vacillation

validation

visitation

consternation

cogitation

appearances

vegetation

modulation

comedian

agitation

incubation

galilean

education

interjection

armageddon

diocesan

himalayan

reawaken

adrenaline

adulation

interwoven

chameleon

arizonan

iranian

macedonian

jacobean

maccabean

referendums

sicilian

shakespearean

abdication

abnegation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

adaptation

affectation

aforementioned

annexation

application

athenian

calibration

cancellation

celebration

commutation

compilation

consolation

consummation

convolution

corinthian

crucifixion

demarcation

desecration

designation

dietitian

differentials

disaffection

distillation

emigration

emulation

estimation

excitation

exploitation

fabrication

fibrillation

granulation

hegelian

immigration

inattention

indication

insulation

interruption

intimation

obligation

occupation

orchestration

ordination

oxidation

palpitation

penetration

polyhedron

population

predilection

proclamation

publication

reclamation

recollection

regulation

relaxation

replication

reputation

requisition

resignation

retardation

sequestration

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

syndication

tabulation

tribulation

ventilation

vindication

committeeman

exhumation

assemblyman

californian

conjugation

effrontery

reexamine

abyssinian

dominican

graduation

oblivion

dehydration

guatemalan

legislation

obsidian

herculean

nonpartisan

syncopation

pepperoni

amphibian

armenian

cyclopean

dandelion

deformity

minnesotan

paraguayan

penicillin

situation

supremacy

demolition

erudition

valuation

labyrinthine

polynesian

amputation

politician

germination

abolition

correlation

opposition

coronation

deposition

repetition

reposition

supposition

arbitration

termination

augmentation

complication

calculation

computation

condemnation

intuition

preignition

proposition

readmission

condescension

confiscation

consecration

constipation

decompression

disinfection

disinflation

embarkation

imputation

incantation

derivation

constellation

consultation

gastrulation

illustration

implication

incarnation

indentation

indexation

indignation

infestation

inflammation

inquisition

installation

instigation

integration

ministration

obfuscation

octahedron

reinspection

satisfaction

subluxation

exhalation

indigestion

apprehension

congregation

registration

strangulation

tamoxifen

self-deception

confrontation

contemplation

deformities

crocodilian

misbegotten

conflagration

contraception

contradiction

contravention

introduction

obstetrician

contribution

european

fluctuation

hemoglobin

exclamation

expectation

explication

extradition

extrication

distribution

implantation

impregnation

incrustation

indiscretion

republican

infiltration

abrogation

aggravation

aggregation

algonquian

approbation

benediction

carcinogen

circulation

circumcision

competition

composition

copenhagen

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

disposition

exhibition

fermentation

gargantuan

imposition

indecision

permutation

persecution

recognition

segregation

statistician

gentlewoman

ibuprofen

inhibition

businesswoman

apprentices

apprehensions

comprehension

surrogation

menstruation

introspection

reconstruction

transplantation

exposition

expedition

reproduction

punctuation

retribution

deconstruction

inclination

irrigation

profanation

divination

dissolution

fluoridation

disillusion

resolution

apprenticeship

circumspection

explanation

nonprescription

englishwoman

absolution

admonition

ammunition

combination

culmination

destination

destitution

elocution

intonation

lilliputian

prosecution

prostitution

apprenticeships

vaccination

restitution

attribution

compensation

apprehensive

condensation

constitution

disconnection

dispensation

execution

fragmentation

institution

jurisdiction

pigmentation

segmentation

substitution

concentration

misconception

definition

domination

emanation

detonation

diminution

fascination

machination

nomination

melanesian

premonition

pagination

commendation

inundation

precondition

presentation

recantation

preconception

demonstration

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cooperation

hanoverian

proletarian

overproduction

proliferation

reverberation

corroboration

beethovenian

hyperborean

libertarian

unitarian

cauterization

association

dissociation

enumeration

evaporation

polarization

recuperation

supernatural

pomeranian

negotiation

reiteration

inauguration

localization

notification

remuneration

mobilization

prevarication

coagulation

coordination

carolinian

jeffersonian

cohabitation

nitroglycerine

collaboration

commemoration

humiliation

reaffirmation

deceleration

deliberation

vegetarian

alleviation

alliteration

elaboration

appropriation

equivocation

incorporation

exfoliation

exoskeleton

regeneration

authorization

degeneration

yugoslavian

amelioration

confederation

obliteration

amortization

abbreviation

consideration

evaluation

revaluation

modernization

ethiopian

exhilaration

exoneration

orientation

determination

incineration

interpolation

interpretation

brutalization

utilization

discoloration

unification

adulteration

repudiation

civilization

acceleration

agglomeration

theologian

repatriation

vulgarization

adjudication

amazonian

babylonian

brobdingnagian

caledonian

exaggeration

nickelodeon

nonsectarian

panamanian

patagonian

pennsylvanian

refrigeration

conglomeration

irradiation

exasperation

immunization

equalization

excoriation

inactivation

evacuation

fortification

affiliation

configuration

incarceration

communication

exacerbation

hyperinflation

normalization

annihilation

deification

delineation

expropriation

lithuanian

interrogation

invalidation

pythagorean

decomposition

vaporization

desegregation

retaliation

misinformation

ejaculation

superintendent

affirmatively

authentication

triangulation

delicatessen

epicurean

initiation

philadelphian

presbyterian

assimilation

classification

codification

accumulation

expatriation

facilitation

disembarkation

eradication

defenestration

modification

mummification

preoccupation

extermination

resuscitation

improvisation

assassination

decapitation

dissemination

dramatization

edification

gasification

gratification

accommodation

desalination

ornamentation

conciliation

interconnection

legalization

nullification

qualification

nonintervention

ossification

pacification

precipitation

premeditation

ramification

ratification

russification

investigation

solicitation

specification

stratification

vilification

specialization

superintendents

appreciation

washingtonian

capitulation

pasteurization

depreciation

imagination

electrocution

mississippian

neapolitan

oregonian

accreditation

consolidation

contamination

depopulation

examination

amalgamation

anticipation

domestication

emancipation

falsification

inoculation

insemination

intimidation

justification

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

maximization

misapplication

recombination

reintegration

differentiate

neutralization

subordination

recrimination

rectification

concatenation

participation

sophistication

predestination

organization

quantification

maximilian

augustinian

origination

reformatory

inhabitation

veterinarian

hydrogenation

scandinavian

attenuation

approximation

articulation

abomination

academician

clarification

procrastination

certification

differentiates

prognostication

fertilization

presupposition

simplification

glorification

peloponnesian

disintegration

elimination

elizabethan

pronunciation

confabulation

discrimination

dissatisfaction

amplification

centralization

sterilization

incrimination

multiplication

verification

intoxication

administration

argumentation

carthaginian

indoctrination

infatuation

mathematician

metropolitan

miscalculation

perpetuation

reformatories

rejuvenation

congratulation

misapprehension

sanctification

substantiation

synchronization

argentinian

continuation

harmonization

recommendation

hybridization

insinuation

predisposition

reforestation

sedimentation

instrumentation

assemblywoman

disinclination

reprehensible

representation

juxtaposition

alienation

centenarian

illumination

purification

hallucination

denomination

christianization

canonization

mechanization

denunciation

colonization

renunciation

dionysian

ionization

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word overrun

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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