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

diction

faction

fiction

tension

suction

sanction

action

fraction

friction

pension

gentian

mention

traction

freshen

hessian

session

sexton

claxon

ensign

jetson

keelson

workman

pectin

perfect

stepson

kelson

kirkman

saxon

nekton

emption

beckon

lesson

reckon

urson

worsen

lessen

person

zircon

auction

function

junction

question

freshman

engine

churchman

mansion

craftsman

draftsman

caption

belgian

ashen

burgeon

caxton

cushion

earthen

fashion

fission

grandson

haitian

lengthen

mahone

mission

nation

passion

persian

prussian

ration

russian

station

strengthen

sturgeon

surgeon

urchin

version

airman

melton

damson

desman

pressman

oxen

packman

hetman

penman

chessman

jackman

bookman

cervix

chairman

gascon

kelvin

kenyan

brakeman

chevron

headman

hempen

hackman

ibsen

kremlin

tendon

whitson

gumption

teston

henchman

acton

falcon

m1

samson

saffron

selden

plankton

bellman

martian

flashgun

luncheon

dungeon

option

bushman

torsion

bastion

brethren

christian

portion

landsman

marksman

basin

bacon

bason

bellon

bisson

blacken

bourbon

bracken

breton

burden

burdon

burman

burton

caisson

certain

charon

chasten

chicken

christen

curtain

deaden

deafen

devon

ermine

fasten

felon

firman

german

glisten

hasten

heaven

heron

jason

jetton

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

listen

marron

mason

quicken

melon

perron

redden

resin

sermon

seven

shaken

sicken

slacken

stricken

surface

turban

taken

thicken

threaten

urban

vegan

waken

weapon

wiccan

delphian

klansman

landman

headsman

marchman

capstan

markman

salesman

spokesman

statesman

caution

gudgeon

potion

pigeon

grecian

asian

bludgeon

cajun

crayfish

dudgeon

motion

ocean

pathan

furbish

kitchen

lotion

notion

suasion

vision

urine

penguin

tungsten

alman

arson

aspen

bagman

banyan

baston

bullion

calvin

captain

chaplain

chapman

chieftain

citron

dampen

darken

dobson

footman

gilden

goodman

jasmine

kansan

linden

lisbon

onion

orphan

panton

parson

passman

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

prefix

prefect

sylvan

tillman

tubman

vulcan

tuscan

trillion

undone

atman

billion

billman

canton

canyon

classman

clinton

crimson

curbside

faulcon

harken

lockman

london

lynden

mignon

milken

million

minion

muslin

runnion

santon

scallion

scullion

shipman

silken

stillion

sultan

woodman

woolman

sequin

stallion

stockman

huntsman

guardsman

sportsman

coachman

drunken

dutchman

hangman

sunken

faustian

grapeshot

rincon

shrunken

fortune

georgian

margin

watchman

mangan

othman

corpses

barren

townsman

baron

portman

amman

bitten

seedsman

button

driven

doctrine

canon

dozen

homespun

horseman

cayman

gallon

gibbon

yearbooks

cabin

cannon

dragon

gammon

garron

given

glidden

hyphen

gladden

hidden

hyson

yachtsman

kalan

laden

lagan

latin

layman

oven

pagan

patten

platen

platten

preface

begun

billon

dagan

deacon

linen

mullen

dagon

daman

flatten

muffin

ninon

scrapbooks

alan

brazen

happen

curbstone

canaan

crevice

loosen

mutton

locken

craven

bordman

scotsman

baton

batten

children

batton

bayman

fatten

beacon

briton

broken

cousin

famine

graven

griffon

haven

bison

kitten

lichen

liken

madden

maiden

moisten

often

mitten

prison

raven

dustman

riven

summon

ribbon

ridden

risen

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

striven

sudden

sullen

tappen

token

toughen

traffic

villain

weaken

woman

women

wooden

woolen

pullen

purpose

spoken

zaman

stiffen

baldwin

shaman

straighten

talon

written

soften

oarsman

siphon

service

smitten

syphon

wagon

crawfish

region

heathen

fusion

legion

lesion

trojan

alban

apron

austin

bargain

barton

boatman

bolden

boston

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cherubs

copeman

corban

cordon

curfews

dalton

dolman

dolphin

fielden

fireman

foreman

fountain

freedman

garden

golden

gorgon

harden

harten

hearten

houseman

jargon

jordan

jorden

lightman

lineman

linemen

lopeman

marlin

marten

martin

matron

minden

molten

morgan

mormon

mountain

newsman

norman

olden

organ

orphic

outdone

pardon

patron

ponton

rayon

professed

sharpen

shearman

sheriffs

shorten

shotgun

smarten

soldan

spartan

spearman

stallman

tariffs

tarpon

tartan

tropics

union

wanton

warden

longan

shropshire

auden

beaten

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

brighten

broaden

brogan

cheapen

chosen

colon

common

cotton

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

deepen

demon

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

fallen

floren

foreign

freeman

frighten

frozen

giraffes

gluten

gotten

hausen

heighten

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

leman

leven

lighten

liman

liven

logan

loren

lumen

lyden

murphys

odin

omen

open

pavon

poison

pollan

pollen

proven

purveys

reason

rerun

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

seaman

season

semen

seton

shogun

showman

siren

slogan

sodden

solon

steven

stolen

surveys

swollen

syrups

toman

treason

triton

trodden

gearbox

postman

sweeten

lampron

thousand

tighten

titan

warren

yaupon

gravestone

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

woven

yeoman

cribbage

gravestones

harpists

arabs

briefcase

fibrin

outrun

porpoise

profuse

provokes

scrapbook

sovereign

sovran

trappist

yearbook

squadron

cowan

ion

lion

owen

paean

mayan

peon

rowan

rowen

garbage

ruin

scion

zion

gowan

dian

cauldron

harpist

harvest

provosts

turbos

tropic

harvests

drawbacks

earpiece

prepuce

provost

dropsy

gravies

trophies

driveways

crevasse

drawback

propose

provoke

throwback

trapeze

3 syllable words

inflection

abduction

affliction

surfaces

convection

diffraction

transaction

pretension

prediction

prevention

professions

production

ascension

laurentian

attention

confession

deception

deduction

depiction

detention

dimension

dissension

eviction

reception

addiction

reduction

retention

seduction

furbishes

gradation

precession

secession

perversion

possession

vacation

procession

injection

objection

recession

inspection

derision

infliction

parisian

complexion

infraction

conception

contention

convention

conviction

declension

exception

inception

induction

vermilion

attraction

conduction

invention

redemption

mexican

perfected

perfusion

retraction

african

suspension

ambition

accession

damnation

dalmatian

alsatian

carnation

vatican

aggression

admission

concession

garrison

cervical

graphical

deflation

depression

digression

oppression

eruption

formation

lactation

obsession

partition

persuasion

plantation

progression

proficient

extraction

preemption

regression

abstraction

repression

salvation

stagnation

starvation

taxation

technician

transition

succession

suppression

destruction

audition

causation

cessation

cetacean

citation

clergyman

duration

elation

flotation

ligation

location

adhesion

narration

contraction

mutation

musician

munition

negation

restriction

oration

quotation

subtraction

privation

probation

suggestion

distraction

notation

omission

ovation

remission

surpassing

summation

exemption

extension

infarction

sedation

transgression

cremation

digestion

dilation

donation

gyration

halogen

relation

reaction

predation

rotation

vocation

moroccan

volition

harlequin

capsaicin

castration

coercion

compression

compunction

concoction

conflation

confucian

corrosion

corsican

creation

croatian

discretion

disruption

distinction

fruition

impression

inflation

intention

laotian

logician

perfectly

predestine

rebellion

rifleman

talisman

translation

transmission

tuition

conjunction

injunction

obstruction

constriction

construction

instruction

transcription

awaken

discussion

catalan

migration

crustacean

denizen

excision

profusion

nutrition

optation

optician

dentition

dictation

patrician

diffusion

eleven

lanolin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

keratin

accretion

cognition

elison

forgotten

foundation

gestation

tactician

freemason

rendition

ablation

temptation

hydration

inaction

vibration

ingestion

attrition

irishman

libration

jacobin

medicine

concussion

unison

congestion

ramadan

fixation

skeleton

specimen

silicon

secretion

sensation

venison

abstention

expression

extortion

transfusion

prescription

encryption

proscription

extinction

description

addition

badminton

heroin

heroine

horizon

niacin

desertion

foramen

marian

myosin

aleutian

franciscan

masculine

assertion

commission

commotion

deletion

intestine

permian

devotion

clarion

dilution

edition

lecithin

occasion

origin

truncation

bedouin

emission

emotion

evasion

malaysian

petition

phoenician

physician

pollution

position

precaution

precision

prefecture

promotion

revision

sedition

solution

saccharin

veteran

venetian

carrion

tradition

excursion

misfortune

contrition

infusion

frustration

filtration

confusion

prostration

anglican

exaction

cohesion

partisan

inscription

artisan

cardigan

abdomen

chairwoman

genuine

charlatan

charwoman

porcelain

conscription

mistaken

forbidden

magdalen

magician

nobleman

rhodopsin

subscription

bedridden

campion

halcyon

ablution

abortion

bulletin

adoption

andean

anyone

beethoven

ferryman

albion

lesbian

ottoman

pelican

professes

apportion

artesian

asuncion

bouillon

impassion

assassin

gravamen

hydrogen

incision

insertion

graphically

invasion

champion

cinnamon

ignition

citizen

menhaden

oxygen

seclusion

collagen

preclusion

revulsion

kantian

misshapen

occlusion

proportion

suspicion

keynesian

nitrogen

norwegian

propulsion

submission

puritan

wesleyan

thespian

benjamin

compassion

depletion

vitamin

cartesian

contagion

emulsion

cistercian

condition

equation

zambian

traffickers

exertion

solomon

tropical

albumin

bandwagon

egyptian

gentleman

nebraskan

excretion

exclusion

expansion

contraption

explosion

crestfallen

councilman

expulsion

etruscan

extrusion

handwoven

muskmelon

reptilian

saleswoman

erosion

parthian

aversion

allusion

caucasian

collegian

collision

collusion

decision

diversion

division

illusion

imagine

delusion

immersion

provision

recision

religion

regimen

rescission

reversion

resumption

biotin

convulsion

cation

contortion

midshipman

combustion

completion

compulsion

conclusion

misprision

exhaustion

avian

arian

distortion

nonhuman

appian

pentathlon

chilean

alien

presumption

assumption

fabian

hawaiian

libyan

samoan

terrific

galleon

malayan

simian

ghanaian

gillian

jerboas

plebeian

trafficker

inclusion

discipline

enliven

alaskan

chairperson

civilian

dominion

enlighten

forewoman

guncotton

opinion

backwoodsman

pavilion

policeman

heartbroken

unbutton

unwritten

uncommon

acumen

backgammon

brazilian

everyone

in-person

scythian

phrygian

aegean

stygian

firebush

fijian

subversion

aspersion

incursion

inversion

provisions

abrasion

conversion

dispersion

submersion

congressman

consumption

adsorption

contusion

absorption

uneven

englishman

bedizen

melanin

guardian

arkansan

adrian

bitumen

hammerman

emblazon

imprison

snapdragon

housebroken

embolden

feminine

indian

waterman

nonunion

nevadan

scorpion

superman

reunion

suburban

toboggan

gordian

gearboxes

determine

barbecued

barbecues

overdone

overman

bosnian

overrun

unbroken

fustian

peterman

octillion

professors

ambrosian

outspoken

fisherman

implosion

inhuman

intrusion

provoking

singleton

aryan

dorian

fenian

firebug

freudian

gaussian

grobian

irian

julian

median

nubian

jovian

korean

nemean

cambrian

odeon

alderman

orion

abandon

battalion

uncertain

professor

protean

chamberlain

clarendon

timberman

harpsichord

medallion

unburden

lumberman

tamarin

uterine

australian

barbecue

reopen

italian

profusely

syrian

anchorman

beholden

verbiage

lutheran

cyprian

mandarin

crevices

horrific

nervously

disunion

proposal

surpasses

terrifies

communion

companion

therapies

countryman

purposely

purposes

services

downtrodden

verifies

pervasive

margarine

austrian

proposals

purposeful

prophecy

sharpshooter

arabic

sharpshooters

prophesies

harvesting

travesty

prophecies

briefcases

harvester

porpoises

sumatran

travesties

privacy

harvesters

orifice

privacies

propagate

earpieces

proviso

proposes

provisos

4 syllable words

perfectionists

intersection

annexation

disaffection

dereliction

hypertension

persecution

insurrection

predilection

recollection

interjection

affirmation

allocation

avocation

bifurcation

defamation

definition

perspiration

perturbation

preelection

reelection

reformation

suffocation

circumspection

surrogation

interception

interdiction

misperception

disinfection

intervention

satisfaction

abnegation

abdication

advocation

apprehension

circumcision

fabrication

intercession

interaction

benediction

crucifixion

application

retrocession

profanation

preservation

collocation

abolition

professional

provocation

repercussion

usurpation

germination

dissertation

hibernation

reservation

termination

expectation

self-deception

radiation

liquefaction

preparation

separation

iteration

tamoxifen

confiscation

toleration

transformation

decoration

obfuscation

coloration

operation

electrician

jurisdiction

federation

liberation

circumvention

generation

laceration

disconnection

reinspection

moderation

veneration

miseration

meridian

corinthian

infestation

apparition

indexation

aviation

reparation

adoration

reproduction

aberration

rhetorician

abrogation

absolution

acquisition

admonition

aggravation

aggregation

aldebaran

altercation

alternation

ammunition

amphibian

approbation

backwardation

barbarian

circulation

confirmation

conservation

conversation

convocation

copernican

duplication

fermentation

glaciation

graduation

indication

information

intermission

interruption

introspection

invocation

lubrication

masturbation

maturation

molestation

observation

permutation

professionals

prosecution

protestation

provocations

publication

refutation

samaritan

saturation

statistician

superstition

syndication

vindication

wagnerian

watermelon

contraception

contradiction

introduction

annotation

recreation

planarian

animation

politician

allegation

desiccation

opposition

professorship

proposition

alteration

procreation

bavarian

dedication

appellation

declaration

desperation

navigation

readmission

proficiency

supervision

galilean

arizonan

fluoridation

habitation

vacillation

validation

valuation

aspiration

gravitation

ulceration

irrigation

irritation

figuration

locomotion

respiration

restoration

admiration

machination

sanitation

revocation

fascination

coronation

medication

reposition

repossession

correlation

corp.

corporation

agitation

complication

adrenaline

consecration

adulation

condescension

augmentation

pagination

attribution

consternation

malformation

comparison

implication

indentation

inflammation

preconception

comprehension

subluxation

mortification

education

gastrulation

ostentation

transportation

foliation

mediation

ideation

coalition

deviation

dietitian

prohibition

variation

violation

moravian

peruvian

agrarian

accusation

activation

acclamation

alabaman

acclimation

adaptation

calibration

cancellation

carcinogen

competition

composition

convolution

deformation

deportation

demarcation

desecration

elocution

equitation

excitation

exhibition

expiration

fibrillation

granulation

inattention

inspiration

abyssinian

jordanian

tasmanian

librarian

situation

albanian

sectarian

ordination

recantation

palpitation

precondition

professorships

propositions

prostitution

reclamation

recognition

requisition

american

retardation

overburden

penicillin

relaxation

replication

darwinian

eustachian

speculation

tabulation

vaccination

dandelion

impregnation

infiltration

misconception

conflagration

confrontation

contravention

detonation

dissipation

decimation

derivation

devolution

appalachian

connotation

delegation

demolition

deposition

desolation

dilatation

divination

domination

elevation

emanation

erudition

evocation

evolution

fumigation

hesitation

hungarian

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

isolation

jubilation

levitation

limitation

litigation

manumission

meditation

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

nomination

oscillation

polynesian

preignition

premonition

propagation

realization

recitation

relocation

renovation

repetition

resolution

revelation

trepidation

revolution

rumination

titillation

visitation

incarnation

importation

incantation

arbitration

malnutrition

amputation

maccabean

jacobean

mammalian

protozoan

terrifically

reawaken

calculation

bolivian

constitution

excavation

execution

exploration

formulation

canadian

disinflation

embarkation

decompression

diocesan

floridian

expedition

exposition

fragmentation

european

deconstruction

pelagian

reassertion

armageddon

contrarian

cogitation

congregation

modulation

macedonian

exhalation

pedestrian

vegetation

shakespearean

indigestion

noblewoman

strangulation

fluctuation

reconstruction

algonquian

barbecuing

celebration

combination

commendation

commutation

compilation

consolation

consummation

culmination

cultivation

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

designation

destination

destitution

devastation

dislocation

distillation

emigration

emulation

estimation

gargantuan

immigration

insulation

intimation

intonation

inundation

invitation

reputation

presentation

segregation

occupation

proclamation

obligation

liquidation

penetration

resignation

restitution

ventilation

regulation

simulation

tribulation

oxidation

ovulation

population

stimulation

stipulation

superhuman

contribution

explanation

columbian

carboxylic

exclamation

sequestration

conjugation

dehydration

cotyledon

orchestration

centurion

distribution

dominican

eritrean

obsidian

olympian

pavlovian

reexamine

equestrian

paraguayan

nonprescription

elongation

rhododendron

syncopation

explication

exploitation

greco-roman

californian

guatemalan

incrustation

gorgonian

assemblyman

legislation

extradition

extrication

kindergarten

herculean

armenian

implantation

indiscretion

ohioan

dissolution

melanesian

diminution

intuition

arthurian

supposition

exhumation

condemnation

consultation

constellation

constipation

condensation

dispensation

compensation

disputation

computation

illustration

imputation

inclination

indignation

inquisition

instigation

pigmentation

integration

retribution

segmentation

punctuation

installation

exhortation

ministration

lancastrian

menstruation

transplantation

arabian

republican

incubation

iranian

interwoven

newtonian

plutonian

utopian

registration

hemoglobin

sicilian

coloradan

draconian

disposition

concentration

contemplation

indecision

imposition

hegelian

bohemian

lilliputian

leviathan

polyhedron

obstetrician

demonstration

accordion

businesswoman

committeeman

cyclopean

estonian

gentlewoman

hydrocarbon

inhibition

interurban

minnesotan

nestorian

nicaraguan

nonpartisan

oblivion

victorian

disillusion

mongolian

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5 syllable words

perfectionism

certification

verification

clarification

corroboration

classification

edification

gasification

glorification

purification

ramification

ratification

stratification

gratification

pacification

specification

reverberation

deification

reaffirmation

interconnection

perpetuation

fortification

manifestation

falsification

magnification

acceleration

codification

confederation

eradication

libertarian

modification

mummification

notification

nullification

orientation

ossification

prevarication

qualification

russification

unification

vilification

infatuation

affiliation

commemoration

cauterization

amplification

dissatisfaction

polarization

professionally

vaporization

overproduction

proliferation

nonintervention

representation

deceleration

authorization

cooperation

misapplication

reiteration

misapprehension

hyperinflation

domestication

quantification

epicurean

degeneration

regeneration

justification

sophistication

sanctification

origination

authentication

repatriation

jeffersonian

fertilization

attenuation

interpolation

academician

modernization

vulgarization

desalination

amortization

dissemination

determination

premeditation

ornamentation

alienation

alliteration

collaboration

deliberation

elaboration

evaporation

pasteurization

simplification

disembarkation

articulation

enumeration

irradiation

recuperation

confabulation

defenestration

adjudication

nonsectarian

retaliation

interrogation

insemination

exacerbation

accreditation

communication

reforestation

desegregation

misinformation

predestination

argumentation

electrocution

delicatessen

amelioration

assassination

discoloration

dramatization

obliteration

presupposition

abbreviation

adulteration

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canonization

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consideration

coordination

evaluation

exhilaration

exoneration

inauguration

incineration

mechanization

remuneration

revaluation

babylonian

extermination

amazonian

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multiplication

hyperborean

intoxication

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investigation

prognostication

proletarian

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instrumentation

patagonian

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appropriation

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participation

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inhabitation

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administration

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christianization

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peloponnesian

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procrastination

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centralization

brobdingnagian

metropolitan

provisionally

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centenarian

irrevocable

hanoverian

lithuanian

pythagorean

carthaginian

washingtonian

argentinian

nitroglycerine

professorial

dionysian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word perfection

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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