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2 syllable words

fusion

onion

profuse

runnion

scullion

gumption

cousin

dozen

hausen

muffin

thousand

toughen

wizen

dungeon

luncheon

function

craftsman

huntsman

junction

suction

draftsman

asian

baldwin

bludgeon

delphian

dudgeon

dustman

gudgeon

lesion

prussian

russian

suasion

vision

saffron

scallion

crimson

curfews

trillion

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

undone

vulcan

stallion

stillion

sultan

canyon

minion

million

minden

billion

newsman

muslin

bullion

kansan

kenyan

lightman

lineman

linemen

london

emption

m1

banyan

fibrin

fireman

pillion

pinion

penguin

action

sportsman

auction

belgian

diction

christian

landsman

gentian

caption

engine

fiction

georgian

flexion

bastion

faustian

friction

drunken

faction

fortune

fraction

dutchman

martian

mention

marksman

margin

option

pension

mansion

portion

question

guardsman

section

shrunken

sanction

sunken

tension

torsion

traction

bison

brazen

brighten

button

chosen

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

deafen

frighten

frozen

griffon

heighten

gluten

human

hymen

hyphen

hyson

liman

lichen

liken

liven

lighten

loosen

lumen

lyden

mullen

mutton

often

oven

poison

prison

proven

reason

rosen

rumen

rosin

season

siphon

titan

treason

triton

whiten

siren

soften

tighten

ripen

syphon

stiffen

risen

resin

riden

sudden

sullen

summon

widen

bordman

capstan

cauldron

caxton

children

doctrine

grandson

headsman

horseman

klansman

lampron

landman

lengthen

marchman

markman

oarsman

portman

scotsman

salesman

seedsman

sexton

strengthen

townsman

yachtsman

cajun

nation

motion

pigeon

mission

potion

persian

mahone

ration

haitian

region

hessian

lotion

heathen

legion

ocean

passion

pathan

ashen

grecian

kitchen

notion

station

caution

fashion

session

cushion

fission

freshen

trojan

version

mayan

lion

ion

ruin

henchman

zion

gowan

cowan

dian

plankton

scion

acton

airman

alban

alman

apron

arson

aspen

atman

austin

bagman

bargain

barton

baston

bellman

billman

bookman

boston

brakeman

calvin

canton

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

chieftain

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

corban

cordon

dalton

dampen

damson

darken

desman

dobson

dolman

dolphin

ensign

falcon

faulcon

fielden

footman

foreman

fountain

freedman

garden

gascon

gilden

goodman

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

houseman

ibsen

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kremlin

linden

lisbon

lockman

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

matron

melton

mignon

milken

morgan

mormon

mountain

nekton

organ

oxen

packman

norman

orphan

outrun

panton

outdone

pardon

parson

passman

patron

pectin

penman

piston

pitman

plantain

ponton

prepuce

pressman

professed

samson

santon

saxon

selden

sequin

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shorten

shotgun

silken

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

stallman

stepson

stockman

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

tendon

teston

tillman

union

wanton

warden

whitson

woodman

woolman

rincon

othman

watchman

flashgun

freshman

mangan

bushman

brethren

longan

hangman

baron

barren

bacon

bason

alan

beaten

beckon

bellon

beacon

bayman

auden

baton

basin

batten

batton

begun

amman

billon

blacken

blowgun

bollen

boughten

bowman

bracken

briton

broaden

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

charon

christen

demon

eaten

fasten

chicken

deacon

deaden

devon

dragon

eden

corpses

bisson

bitten

bobbin

breton

brogan

broken

cabin

caisson

chasten

cheapen

colon

common

cotton

craven

cretin

dagan

dagon

daman

deepen

driven

dromon

elan

fallen

famine

fatten

statesman

felon

yearbooks

flatten

floren

foreign

freeman

gallon

gammon

garron

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gotten

graven

happen

hasten

haven

heaven

heron

hidden

hogan

kalan

hoten

hoven

jason

jetton

kitten

laden

lagan

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

linen

listen

locken

logan

loren

madden

maiden

marron

mason

melon

mitten

moisten

ninon

odin

omen

open

pagan

patten

pavon

perron

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

preface

propose

pullen

quicken

raven

reckon

redden

rerun

ribbon

ridden

riven

robin

roman

rotten

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

seaman

semen

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

shogun

showman

sicken

slacken

slogan

smitten

sodden

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

straighten

stricken

striven

sweeten

swollen

taken

talon

tappen

thicken

threaten

token

toman

trapeze

trodden

vegan

villain

wagon

waken

warren

weaken

weapon

wheaten

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

written

yeoman

yaupon

zaman

surgeon

earthen

burgeon

crawfish

sturgeon

urchin

boatman

bolden

copeman

golden

kirkman

lopeman

molten

olden

owen

paean

peon

porpoise

provokes

rayon

rowan

rowen

soldan

workman

yearbook

churchman

coachman

grapeshot

shropshire

bourbon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

certain

crevasse

crevice

curtain

ermine

firman

german

murphys

person

provoke

sermon

surface

traffic

trophies

turban

urban

urson

worsen

zircon

harvest

homespun

postman

spokesman

crayfish

cribbage

harvests

arabs

perfect

cherubs

driveways

orphic

prefect

prefix

urine

curbstone

gearbox

turbos

purpose

purveys

throwback

surveys

service

drawback

drawbacks

earpiece

sheriffs

briefcase

tariffs

gravestone

gravestones

harpists

syrups

giraffes

gravies

dropsy

provost

trappist

tropics

garbage

harpist

provosts

scrapbooks

tropic

furbish

cervix

curbside

scrapbook

3 syllable words

inclusion

intrusion

aspersion

affection

subversion

submersion

abrasion

conversion

aversion

caucasian

collegian

collision

commotion

dilution

erosion

evasion

negation

phoenician

promotion

predation

profession

provision

sedation

summation

venetian

nonunion

albumin

disunion

exclusion

extrusion

conflation

forewoman

affliction

confection

inhuman

nonhuman

policeman

implosion

profusely

apportion

jamaican

ablation

abortion

accession

accretion

addiction

adoption

aggression

artesian

ascension

asuncion

attention

attrition

cartesian

collection

compassion

concession

concussion

condition

confession

connection

connexion

contagion

crustacean

defection

deflation

dispersion

equation

excision

awaken

proposal

incursion

bedizen

bitumen

incision

invasion

inversion

obsession

oppression

progression

propulsion

protection

patrician

production

professions

proportion

provisions

reduction

regression

secretion

submission

selection

succession

anyone

suppression

suspicion

uneven

muskmelon

ghanaian

suggestion

plebeian

unbroken

hawaiian

explosion

addition

malayan

causation

cessation

truncation

samoan

cetacean

decision

immersion

narration

oration

tradition

adhesion

petition

physician

diversion

duration

edition

ambrosian

commission

division

rescission

procession

assertion

devotion

recision

reversion

elation

projection

deletion

emotion

position

possession

abandon

abdomen

alaskan

assumption

attraction

chairwoman

cohesion

combustion

completion

compression

compulsion

conception

concoction

conduction

contention

contortion

contrition

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

corrosion

declension

deflection

diffraction

everyone

excursion

frustration

guncotton

infection

inflation

laotian

lumberman

magician

misfortune

misprision

proposals

reflection

suspension

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

determine

dictation

detection

detention

dimension

dissension

reception

rendition

salvation

reunion

congestion

technician

temptation

toboggan

dalmatian

alsatian

damnation

deception

depletion

depression

dentition

depiction

starvation

suburban

sensation

stagnation

taxation

ignition

carnation

gestation

ferryman

formation

foundation

impassion

inaction

assassin

insertion

lactation

fustian

cistercian

fixation

nevadan

erection

plantation

election

proficient

optation

objection

eviction

norwegian

gravamen

perfection

persuasion

infliction

consumption

abstention

complexion

inflection

infarction

adsorption

contraction

contraption

infraction

subtraction

prescription

flirtation

bandwagon

donation

emission

ligation

arkansan

egyptian

location

ovation

probation

recession

secession

sedition

aryan

privation

appian

arian

handwoven

desertion

digestion

dilation

perversion

imprison

clarion

imagine

gillian

provoking

bedouin

carrion

irian

quotation

cation

horizon

chilean

heroin

heroine

dorian

galleon

korean

emblazon

embolden

libyan

countryman

marian

corruption

nebraskan

citation

rotation

ejection

notation

revision

vocation

musician

precision

reopen

gyration

religion

rejection

simian

flotation

syrian

impression

compunction

presumption

inception

exception

castration

filtration

redemption

prostration

discretion

pentathlon

distortion

translation

resumption

invention

intention

battalion

chairperson

aegean

medallion

mistaken

opinion

conscription

constriction

construction

creation

croatian

derision

fruition

horatian

bedridden

lutheran

obstruction

parisian

phrygian

brazilian

alderman

pavilion

dominion

enlighten

scythian

stygian

capsaicin

enliven

timberman

subscription

tuition

in-person

backgammon

civilian

heartbroken

ingestion

injection

albion

laurentian

hydration

bouillon

cyprian

campion

menhaden

denizen

eleven

anchorman

eruption

libration

migration

elison

indian

proposes

dissection

mandarin

emulsion

provisos

beholden

deduction

misshapen

exertion

preemption

champion

andean

seduction

beethoven

bulletin

citizen

guardian

halcyon

revulsion

gordian

graphical

hammerman

jettison

kantian

keynesian

wesleyan

lesbian

vibration

scorpion

waterman

zambian

thespian

description

barbecues

companion

crestfallen

harlequin

absorption

intestine

octillion

encryption

snapdragon

distraction

excretion

expansion

expression

extension

extortion

inspection

relation

reaction

audition

correction

cremation

fisherman

halogen

vacation

gradation

clergyman

direction

parthian

lecithin

percussion

distinction

englishman

precaution

munition

mutation

origin

niacin

abduction

nemean

myosin

saccharin

transaction

alien

avian

permian

nubian

professor

veteran

tamarin

uterine

abstraction

foramen

firebug

freudian

median

julian

extraction

fabian

fenian

disruption

inscription

exaction

gaussian

exhaustion

induction

midshipman

biotin

backwoodsman

artisan

austrian

cambrian

discipline

genuine

italian

logician

partisan

nobleman

rebellion

rifleman

talisman

vermilion

extinction

fijian

coercion

ambition

nitrogen

exemption

digression

discussion

destruction

admission

cognition

benjamin

hydrogen

irishman

nutrition

expulsion

optician

oxygen

partition

perception

prediction

prevention

pretension

resection

retention

tactician

transition

etruscan

adrian

catalan

garrison

cinnamon

superman

franciscan

freemason

silicon

skeleton

specimen

terrifies

gentleman

solomon

collagen

reptilian

bosnian

badminton

barbecued

jacobin

javelin

keratin

professors

puritan

medicine

pelican

unison

lanolin

orifice

ottoman

peterman

professes

vatican

councilman

venison

verifies

vitamin

ramadan

conjunction

instruction

margarine

omission

permission

precession

regimen

remission

retraction

singleton

transcription

transmission

volition

african

barbecue

charwoman

mexican

corsican

magdalen

sumatran

predestine

grobian

moroccan

odeon

australian

forbidden

orion

privacy

trafficker

protean

proviso

prophecy

jovian

charlatan

porcelain

jerboas

cardigan

chamberlain

restriction

proscription

repression

congressman

transgression

masculine

injunction

feminine

downtrodden

forgotten

melanin

overman

privacies

prophecies

prophesies

traffickers

graphically

housebroken

overdone

horrific

overrun

tropical

outspoken

anglican

harvesting

furbishes

harpsichord

prefecture

clarendon

perfected

harvester

briefcases

porpoises

earpieces

rhodopsin

sharpshooter

terrific

harvesters

saleswoman

crevices

propagate

surfaces

therapies

travesty

sharpshooters

arabic

surpassing

perfectly

travesties

gearboxes

purposes

services

cervical

nervously

purposely

purposeful

firebush

surpasses

verbiage

pervasive

4 syllable words

elocution

persecution

lilliputian

prosecution

refutation

valuation

disillusion

leviathan

attribution

retribution

fluctuation

execution

pagurian

arabian

canadian

chameleon

comedian

dissolution

intuition

evolution

melanesian

polynesian

revolution

mammalian

devolution

suffocation

diminution

resolution

contribution

distribution

surrogation

violation

variation

disputation

substitution

punctuation

athenian

coloration

absolution

american

circumcision

convolution

copernican

custodian

destitution

disaffection

dominican

graduation

herculean

incubation

maturation

permutation

prostitution

restitution

samaritan

saturation

situation

subdivision

ibuprofen

allocation

collodion

allegation

bifurcation

coronation

correlation

delegation

desiccation

desolation

detonation

dilatation

affirmation

animation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

avocation

collocation

connotation

decimation

dedication

defamation

definition

derivation

divination

figuration

elevation

hesitation

imitation

habitation

gravitation

emanation

germination

fluoridation

fascination

domination

immolation

inhalation

innovation

reawaken

irrigation

manumission

medication

meditation

isolation

motivation

supposition

mutilation

realization

machination

jubilation

vacillation

validation

missourian

ulceration

litigation

locomotion

termination

napoleon

navigation

preignition

profanation

professional

proficiency

renovation

revocation

propagation

recreation

reformation

provisional

provocation

recitation

revelation

sanitation

fallopian

oscillation

nomination

cogitation

institution

satisfaction

comparison

education

mortification

adulation

liquefaction

exhumation

agitation

malnutrition

menstruation

adrenaline

hemoglobin

modulation

constitution

noblewoman

vegetation

coalition

reassertion

federation

separation

decoration

liberation

operation

dietitian

pelagian

iteration

perforation

laceration

adoration

prohibition

toleration

aberration

reparation

miseration

rhetorician

generation

preparation

moderation

foliation

veneration

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

adaptation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

annexation

application

approbation

barbecuing

benediction

calibration

cancellation

celebration

circulation

combination

commendation

commutation

compilation

confirmation

consolation

consummation

convocation

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

degradation

depravation

estonian

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

designation

destination

duplication

emigration

devastation

distillation

emulation

estimation

excitation

equitation

fabrication

immigration

indecision

information

indonesian

fermentation

granulation

inattention

indication

insulation

intimation

intonation

centurion

invocation

inundation

gorgonian

obligation

occupation

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

penetration

population

precondition

predilection

presentation

proclamation

armenian

professionals

publication

provocations

recantation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

regulation

glaciation

jordanian

simulation

cotyledon

minnesotan

reputation

tasmanian

replication

segregation

vaccination

tribulation

committeeman

speculation

ventilation

vindication

pavlovian

paraguayan

stipulation

retrocession

stimulation

resignation

statistician

superhuman

tabulation

albanian

ohioan

conjugation

gentlewoman

legislation

syncopation

admiration

aspiration

declaration

deposition

dissertation

dissipation

erudition

limitation

politician

abolition

alteration

corp.

corporation

demolition

desperation

irritation

levitation

mitigation

mongolian

opposition

preelection

premonition

preservation

reelection

respiration

restoration

repetition

procreation

proposition

repossession

reservation

reposition

resurrection

titillation

trepidation

visitation

smithsonian

bavarian

hyperion

augmentation

circumvention

criterion

consecration

computation

coloradan

condensation

condescension

maccabean

confiscation

devonian

liberian

himalayan

complication

arizonan

decompression

installation

obfuscation

transformation

subluxation

galilean

calculation

assyrian

jacobean

european

gregorian

condemnation

imputation

infestation

inflammation

malformation

ostentation

implication

floridian

imperfection

excavation

iberian

octahedron

planarian

inclination

illustration

segmentation

constellation

tetrahedron

disinfection

valerian

formulation

fragmentation

pigmentation

reproduction

amputation

constipation

consultation

disinflation

dispensation

gastrulation

jurisdiction

siberian

disconnection

ministration

preconception

compensation

integration

arbitration

protozoan

simonian

apprehension

bohemian

congregation

exhalation

hegelian

ideation

indigestion

republican

nigerian

strangulation

interwoven

admonition

altercation

meridian

acquisition

alternation

competition

composition

conservation

conversation

disposition

expiration

imposition

inspiration

insurrection

backwardation

fibrillation

deformation

dislocation

ammunition

exhibition

interaction

invitation

polyhedron

protestation

requisition

moravian

liquidation

syndication

observation

intercession

masturbation

peruvian

intermission

molestation

propositions

contraception

contravention

contemplation

rhododendron

contradiction

abyssinian

concentration

introduction

barbarian

infiltration

accordion

agrarian

alabaman

amphibian

orifices

penicillin

circumspection

demonstration

extrication

wagnerian

oblivion

exploitation

nicaraguan

obsidian

explication

explanation

incrustation

exclamation

assemblyman

conflagration

confrontation

sequestration

columbian

cyclopean

obstetrician

dehydration

equestrian

orchestration

dandelion

darwinian

self-deception

businesswoman

californian

inhibition

misconception

greco-roman

interurban

librarian

guatemalan

evocation

relocation

hibernation

supervision

arthurian

hungarian

algerian

perspiration

perturbation

exhortation

expedition

exploration

exposition

intersection

intervention

perfectionist

deconstruction

indexation

interdiction

electrician

importation

incantation

incarnation

indentation

interception

transportation

indignation

inquisition

instigation

reinspection

reconstruction

introspection

consternation

misperception

embarkation

macedonian

misbegotten

pedestrian

crocodilian

interjection

iranian

draconian

registration

bolivian

contrarian

armageddon

sicilian

apparition

gargantuan

expectation

extradition

implantation

perfectionists

hypertension

impregnation

indiscretion

aviation

interruption

nonprescription

mediation

corinthian

deviation

radiation

aldebaran

comprehension

englishwoman

eritrean

historian

hydrocarbon

kindergarten

nestorian

olympian

predetermine

reexamine

sectarian

victorian

repercussion

fumigation

professorship

usurpation

readmission

rumination

transplantation

shakespearean

diocesan

newtonian

praetorian

tamoxifen

plutonian

utopian

algonquian

carcinogen

demarcation

deportation

lubrication

professorships

relaxation

retardation

superstition

nonpartisan

elongation

eustachian

watermelon

lancastrian

pagination

terrifically

previously

propaganda

overburden

copenhagen

propagandist

propagandists

provocative

carboxylic

serviceable

5 syllable words

attenuation

affiliation

immunization

continuation

communication

evaluation

remuneration

repudiation

revaluation

alleviation

annihilation

association

deification

infatuation

accumulation

decomposition

insinuation

epicurean

theologian

configuration

triangulation

assemblywoman

electrocution

ejaculation

pronunciation

stratification

hallucination

amelioration

certification

renunciation

gratification

russification

jeffersonian

gasification

glorification

neapolitan

panamanian

purification

qualification

ramification

ratification

classification

codification

clarification

abbreviation

conciliation

modification

notification

verification

nullification

peloponnesian

vilification

mummification

denunciation

edification

pacification

confederation

ossification

unification

alienation

alliteration

appreciation

cauterization

collaboration

commemoration

delineation

dissociation

enumeration

ionization

irradiation

confabulation

polarization

professionally

proliferation

provisionally

reaffirmation

adjudication

recuperation

vaporization

pomeranian

hyperinflation

appropriation

magnification

manifestation

justification

manipulation

quantification

rectification

falsification

sophistication

exfoliation

fortification

authorization

initiation

scandinavian

negotiation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

adulteration

agglomeration

amortization

assassination

assimilation

brutalization

canonization

corroboration

civilization

coagulation

colonization

consideration

coordination

denomination

determination

discoloration

dissemination

dramatization

elimination

elizabethan

eradication

facilitation

fertilization

inauguration

cooperation

illumination

interpolation

legalization

localization

mechanization

mobilization

modernization

orientation

ethiopian

obliteration

premeditation

preoccupation

presupposition

prevarication

resuscitation

solicitation

specification

sterilization

utilization

vulgarization

reiteration

simplification

dissatisfaction

amazonian

babylonian

caledonian

carolinian

oregonian

amplification

patagonian

juxtaposition

nickelodeon

sanctification

depreciation

substantiation

cohabitation

mathematician

capitulation

metropolitan

specialization

evaporation

deceleration

deliberation

perpetuation

pasteurization

washingtonian

elaboration

refrigeration

rejuvenation

accreditation

amalgamation

conglomeration

consolidation

anticipation

concatenation

contamination

depopulation

desegregation

domestication

emancipation

equalization

equivocation

evacuation

examination

excoriation

harmonization

hybridization

inoculation

insemination

interrogation

invalidation

magnetization

maximization

misapplication

misinformation

recommendation

neutralization

normalization

organization

participation

predestination

recombination

reforestation

reintegration

sedimentation

subordination

philadelphian

authentication

degeneration

regeneration

inhabitation

approximation

desalination

articulation

precipitation

interconnection

exoneration

ornamentation

procrastination

overproduction

expatriation

multiplication

representation

discrimination

disinclination

extermination

disintegration

investigation

nonintervention

centralization

decapitation

exhilaration

intoxication

prognostication

incrimination

incineration

synchronization

exaggeration

proletarian

unitarian

misapprehension

pennsylvanian

congratulation

hanoverian

administration

argumentation

exacerbation

exasperation

expropriation

inactivation

incarceration

incorporation

indoctrination

intimidation

miscalculation

perfectionism

predisposition

recrimination

maximilian

augustinian

delicatessen

instrumentation

defenestration

disembarkation

improvisation

interpretation

beethovenian

hyperborean

libertarian

mississippian

nonsectarian

brobdingnagian

imagination

humiliation

retaliation

reverberation

hydrogenation

presbyterian

repatriation

nitroglycerine

carthaginian

christianization

lithuanian

pythagorean

argentinian

vegetarian

centenarian

irrevocable

veterinarian

yugoslavian

origination

dionysian

exoskeleton

professorial

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word profusion

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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