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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

junction

function

gumption

dungeon

mention

luncheon

tension

gentian

pension

suction

ashen

fashion

haitian

grecian

lotion

motion

nation

notion

ocean

passion

potion

prussian

ration

russian

station

emption

sanction

ensign

bastion

christian

engine

flexion

friction

question

faustian

section

mansion

fiction

diction

portion

torsion

lengthen

strengthen

fission

hessian

region

cajun

caution

dudgeon

mission

asian

bludgeon

lesion

cushion

freshen

gudgeon

legion

heathen

session

suasion

trojan

pronouns

action

auction

belgian

caption

faction

fortune

fraction

georgian

martian

option

traction

blowgun

bowman

brogan

broken

bromine

chosen

colon

dromon

frozen

hogan

hoten

hoven

logan

odin

omen

open

shogun

slogan

solon

spoken

pronoun

showman

roman

rosen

stolen

toman

swollen

token

woven

yeoman

kitchen

pigeon

vision

torments

fusion

garments

drumming

mahone

boatman

bolden

copeman

fountain

golden

lopeman

molten

mountain

olden

pronounce

soldan

union

wanton

coachman

margin

owen

rowan

rowen

ferments

dormant

homespun

mormons

spokesman

postman

townsman

auden

boughten

broaden

canaan

cannon

canon

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

floren

foreign

gluten

hausen

human

linen

lumen

loosen

loren

moisten

ninon

often

poison

proven

mornings

thousand

warnings

rumen

warren

yaupon

browning

burgeon

crooning

pruning

sturgeon

persian

earthen

pathan

surgeon

urchin

version

austin

burmans

banyan

canton

canyon

clinton

corban

cordon

dalton

faulcon

firmans

foreman

freemans

germans

gorgon

houseman

jordan

jorden

kansan

kenyan

linden

lineman

linemen

london

lynden

mignon

minden

morgan

mormon

onion

organ

orphan

minion

newsman

norman

outdone

outrun

panton

penman

pinion

plantain

ponton

runnion

santon

sermons

shorten

stallman

surnames

tendon

undone

warden

ruin

burnings

drunken

earnings

hangman

longan

horning

mangan

morning

gowan

mourning

sunken

trainings

rincon

cowan

shrunken

warning

yearnings

screenings

baldwin

bordman

horseman

garment

oarsman

pronounced

grandson

klansman

landman

portman

torment

alan

amman

bacon

baron

basin

bason

plankton

barren

baton

batton

bellon

bison

batten

bayman

bisson

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

billon

bitten

blacken

bobbin

bollen

bourbon

bracken

brazen

brighten

breton

briton

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

caisson

cayman

certain

charon

chasten

cheapen

chicken

christen

common

cotton

cousin

craven

cretin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dozen

dragon

driven

eaten

eden

elan

ermine

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

felon

firman

flatten

freeman

frighten

gallon

gammon

garron

germain

german

germane

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

haven

heaven

jetton

glisten

gotten

graven

heighten

jason

griffon

happen

hasten

heron

hidden

hymen

hyphen

hyson

kalan

kitten

laden

lagan

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

locken

lyden

madden

maiden

marron

mason

melon

mitten

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

pagan

patten

pavon

perron

person

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

prison

pullen

quicken

raven

reason

reckon

redden

rerun

sadden

henchman

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

salmon

seaman

rosin

rotten

satan

satin

season

semen

landsman

resin

sermon

tungsten

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

smitten

sodden

soften

steven

stiffen

stricken

striven

sudden

huntsman

straighten

sullen

summon

surname

sweeten

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

thicken

threaten

tighten

titan

toughen

treason

triton

trodden

turban

urban

urson

vegan

villain

wagon

waken

weaken

weapon

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

wooden

worsen

written

zaman

women

woolen

zircon

penguin

sportsman

burning

churning

draining

earning

learning

yearning

training

greening

grooming

screening

turning

acton

airman

alban

alman

apron

arson

aspen

atman

bagman

bargain

barton

baston

bellman

billion

billman

bookman

boston

brakeman

bullion

calvin

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

chieftain

citron

classman

claxon

crimson

dampen

damson

darken

desman

dobson

dolman

dolphin

falcon

ferment

fibrin

fielden

fireman

footman

freedman

garden

gascon

gilden

goodman

hackman

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

ibsen

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

lightman

lisbon

lockman

m1

marlin

marten

martin

matron

melton

milken

million

muslin

nekton

oxen

packman

pardon

parson

passman

patron

pectin

pillion

piston

pitman

pressman

saffron

samson

saxon

scallion

scullion

selden

sequin

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shotgun

silken

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

stallion

stepson

stillion

stockman

sultan

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

teston

tillman

trillion

tubman

tuscan

vulcan

whitson

woodman

woolman

workman

brethren

bushman

churchman

dutchman

flashgun

forming

trimmings

warming

othman

watchman

freshman

capstan

cauldron

caxton

children

delphian

dustman

paean

marchman

dian

markman

statesman

zion

yachtsman

mayan

lion

peon

doctrine

scion

sexton

ion

rayon

scotsman

seedsman

lampron

headsman

salesman

urine

marksman

guardsman

draftsman

craftsman

vermin

termine

brahmin

ermin

brimming

framing

priming

screaming

trimming

farming

arming

charming

hormones

hormone

surmount

doorman

merman

3 syllable words

conflation

concession

crustacean

sensation

phoenician

venetian

donation

truncation

frustration

confucian

conception

conviction

inflation

contagion

succession

accession

ablation

accretion

condition

obsession

confession

fixation

foundation

gestation

insertion

secretion

cessation

location

notation

flotation

vocation

conscription

negation

rotation

assertion

constriction

ovation

predation

probation

procession

quotation

sedation

summation

inspection

consumption

contraction

contraption

croatian

completion

creation

conduction

confection

confusion

contrition

convulsion

convection

convention

concoction

contention

contortion

compression

suspension

castration

filtration

logician

prostration

inception

transmission

affliction

translation

cohesion

abrasion

addiction

aggression

alsatian

ascension

aspersion

asuncion

attrition

cistercian

compassion

concussion

conjunction

connection

connexion

construction

conversion

deflation

dentition

depletion

dictation

formation

incision

injunction

inscription

invasion

laurentian

oppression

patrician

plantation

progression

regression

rendition

submission

subscription

suppression

suspicion

taxation

temptation

transcription

unison

addition

recession

excretion

relation

duration

edition

elation

subtraction

encryption

transfusion

transgression

secession

adsorption

tradition

infliction

cremation

malaysian

cetacean

causation

franciscan

collegian

volition

commission

complexion

munition

expression

infraction

profession

inflection

prescription

expansion

position

possession

mutation

deletion

narration

occasion

omission

oration

petition

physician

coercion

attraction

conclusion

assumption

declension

impression

discretion

compunction

exception

excursion

induction

infection

invention

magician

infusion

resumption

uncertain

presumption

instruction

injection

extraction

objection

collection

ablution

adoption

attention

deduction

depiction

depression

dimension

dissection

exertion

lactation

libration

hydration

incursion

inversion

nutrition

optation

abortion

venison

affection

apportion

carnation

contusion

deception

pretension

detention

emulsion

equation

eruption

inaction

prevention

dalmatian

damnation

dispersion

dissension

excision

migration

persuasion

eviction

production

propulsion

pronouncing

proportion

protection

retention

salvation

starvation

revulsion

reduction

seduction

selection

submersion

profusion

reception

stagnation

subversion

transition

vibration

caucasian

citation

gradation

gyration

ligation

musician

origin

adhesion

vacation

precession

absorption

description

pollution

distraction

percussion

extortion

infarction

aversion

commotion

decision

projection

corruption

egyptian

aleutian

collision

dilation

emission

evasion

flirtation

desertion

privation

promotion

provision

reaction

recision

rescission

sedition

solution

proscription

abduction

compulsion

disruption

distortion

distinction

deflection

gaussian

intrusion

reflection

transaction

intention

combustion

inclusion

pronounces

abstraction

dormancy

clarendon

ambition

horatian

congestion

admission

artesian

ignition

cartesian

cognition

defection

detection

erection

extinction

fruition

digression

discussion

election

tuition

impassion

norwegian

occlusion

optician

partition

perception

perfection

preemption

repression

resection

technician

tactician

lanolin

destruction

exclusion

exemption

denizen

restriction

cinnamon

chairmanships

halcyon

expulsion

extension

extrusion

collusion

suggestion

allusion

correction

mormonism

audition

lecithin

immersion

permission

reversion

ornament

religion

rejection

precaution

precision

remission

dilution

diversion

division

frowningly

halogen

digestion

direction

ejection

chairmanship

diffraction

exaction

exhaustion

misfortune

retraction

misprision

redemption

tormenting

obstruction

normandy

ingestion

ornaments

promenades

hydrogen

nitrogen

laotian

oxygen

warningly

abstention

prediction

germinate

promenade

terminate

journeyman

tournament

tournaments

devotion

revision

imagine

emotion

perversion

terminates

harmonies

parisian

corrosion

journeying

derision

harmony

birmingham

pronouncements

tormentors

erosion

orion

protean

grobian

tormentor

jovian

harmonize

odeon

reopen

overrun

overdone

overman

beethoven

reunion

armaments

pronouncement

implosion

illusion

delusion

abdomen

forewoman

hormonal

nobleman

permanent

explosion

prominent

rhodopsin

diffusion

preclusion

seclusion

beholden

hawaiian

downtrodden

bedouin

chromium

dorian

fenian

freudian

ghanaian

heroin

heroine

nonunion

ambrosian

julian

korean

communion

councilman

housebroken

outspoken

unbroken

nubian

uterine

disunion

embolden

handwoven

samoan

lutheran

feminine

awaken

bosnian

scorpion

bitumen

bouillon

kantian

heartbroken

keynesian

uneven

mandarin

waterman

indian

andean

anyone

gordian

melanin

superman

abandon

acumen

austrian

charwoman

genuine

guncotton

opinion

porcelain

sumatran

terminals

unburden

unbutton

uncommon

unwritten

alderman

criminals

perfusion

dominion

forbidden

chairwoman

corsican

enlighten

enliven

in-person

anchorman

benjamin

menhaden

alien

countryman

appian

aryan

biotin

cation

cranium

gentleman

chilean

badminton

bandwagon

arian

avian

carrion

clarion

fabian

albumin

arkansan

armament

companion

foramen

galleon

crestfallen

gillian

irian

libyan

malayan

moroccan

saccharin

harmonics

horizon

marian

median

nemean

niacin

intestine

saleswoman

myosin

permian

plebeian

simian

syrian

tamarin

veteran

aegean

stygian

australian

anglican

backwoodsman

ironing

phrygian

scythian

inhuman

nonhuman

pentathlon

singleton

fijian

clergyman

assassin

albion

bedizen

campion

catalan

collagen

criminal

determine

forgotten

freemason

hammerman

medicine

nevadan

puritan

ramadan

terminal

thespian

toboggan

wesleyan

zambian

margarine

premiums

fisherman

vitamin

parthian

congressman

regimen

bulletin

champion

citizen

cyprian

ferryman

garrison

guardian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

keratin

lesbian

ottoman

pelican

silicon

skeleton

solomon

specimen

adrian

eleven

elison

fustian

gravamen

peterman

suburban

vatican

chairperson

discipline

chamberlain

englishman

african

charlatan

civilian

italian

medallion

mexican

timberman

magdalen

vermilion

lumberman

pavilion

battalion

bedridden

rebellion

rifleman

everyone

backgammon

capsaicin

alaskan

artisan

cambrian

cardigan

mistaken

predestine

brazilian

partisan

policeman

surmounted

talisman

irishman

misshapen

warmonger

reptilian

imprison

harlequin

premium

etruscan

emblazon

muskmelon

masculine

nebraskan

snapdragon

octillion

midshipman

fermium

germanic

harmonic

paramount

4 syllable words

foliation

concentration

demonstration

dispensation

ministration

confiscation

compensation

fermentation

intonation

ordination

ovulation

commendation

penetration

presentation

annexation

copenhagen

devastation

recantation

connotation

animation

annotation

correlation

legislation

fascination

detonation

divination

domination

emanation

germination

inhalation

innovation

jubilation

machination

mutilation

nomination

recreation

rumination

sanitation

termination

renovation

ulceration

confrontation

coalition

prohibition

contemplation

variation

incrustation

orchestration

illustration

inclination

condemnation

disinflation

mortification

fragmentation

pagination

instigation

integration

obfuscation

ostentation

pigmentation

preconception

subluxation

segmentation

calibration

cancellation

celebration

desecration

designation

invitation

excitation

duplication

emigration

invocation

relaxation

precondition

syndication

publication

terminations

vindication

benediction

conservation

immigration

consolation

consummation

destination

indication

vaccination

adaptation

conversation

granulation

convocation

intimation

insulation

glaciation

inspiration

combination

culmination

resignation

cultivation

ventilation

allegation

allocation

appellation

avocation

collocation

decimation

dedication

defamation

definition

derivation

desiccation

desolation

dilatation

dissipation

elevation

fumigation

habitation

hesitation

imitation

delegation

fluoridation

immolation

irrigation

isolation

litigation

locomotion

medication

meditation

melanesian

navigation

oscillation

premonition

propagation

provocation

realization

recitation

revelation

revocation

suffocation

vacillation

validation

conjugation

syncopation

circumspection

misconception

conflagration

sequestration

inflammation

installation

agitation

fluctuation

mediation

augmentation

condescension

formulation

indignation

radiation

jurisdiction

laceration

veneration

adulation

reinspection

transportation

coloration

transformation

generation

punctuation

ideation

aviation

education

vegetation

infestation

menstruation

reassertion

consecration

deviation

satisfaction

surrogation

constellation

consternation

consultation

violation

constipation

decompression

modulation

activation

admonition

ammunition

application

abrogation

affectation

advocation

abnegation

aggravation

congregation

incubation

acclamation

accusation

acclimation

aggregation

approbation

circulation

deformation

depredation

degradation

demarcation

deportation

confirmation

depravation

deprivation

elocution

dereliction

distillation

emulation

equitation

fibrillation

expiration

lilliputian

lubrication

persecution

population

occupation

obligation

oxidation

palpitation

premonitions

proclamation

prosecution

reclamation

recognition

regulation

segregation

simulation

penicillin

tabulation

speculation

commutation

strangulation

compilation

estimation

circumcision

information

replication

retardation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

insurrection

reputation

tribulation

reconstruction

deconstruction

introspection

transplantation

abolition

alteration

appalachian

aspiration

bifurcation

contraception

contradiction

contribution

corp.

corporation

declaration

dehydration

demolition

deposition

desperation

diminution

dissertation

erudition

explanation

exploitation

figuration

gravitation

infiltration

inhibition

irritation

levitation

limitation

mitigation

opposition

politician

polynesian

preignition

preservation

proposition

reformation

repetition

reposition

repossession

reservation

respiration

restoration

supposition

titillation

trepidation

usurpation

visitation

reparation

arbitration

amputation

disconnection

disinfection

disputation

imputation

execution

substitution

embarkation

dietitian

excavation

incantation

separation

retribution

exhumation

exhortation

iteration

liberation

indentation

malformation

indexation

miseration

gastrulation

cogitation

institution

inquisition

computation

complication

calculation

preparation

exploration

implication

importation

federation

nonprescription

incarnation

decoration

exhalation

registration

requisition

disaffection

superstition

altercation

competition

composition

fabrication

convolution

exhibition

masturbation

graduation

recollection

intercession

maturation

minnesotan

saturation

disposition

situation

abdication

acquisition

liquidation

imposition

observation

predilection

exclamation

evocation

evolution

distribution

indiscretion

intuition

perspiration

perturbation

extrication

revolution

resolution

explication

introduction

manumission

relocation

expectation

affirmation

devolution

dissolution

self-deception

obstetrician

elongation

admiration

attribution

reproduction

interception

interdiction

intersection

constitution

malnutrition

liquefaction

expedition

exposition

comprehension

moderation

perforation

aberration

operation

toleration

adoration

rhetorician

indonesian

restitution

subdivision

crucifixion

destitution

indecision

dislocation

retrocession

alternation

absolution

backwardation

interaction

interruption

prostitution

intermission

inattention

extradition

hibernation

devonian

draconian

disillusion

intervention

misperception

newtonian

plutonian

simonian

interjection

apparition

hypertension

permutation

refutation

contravention

implantation

ornamental

estonian

gorgonian

electrician

circumvention

preelection

readmission

reelection

resurrection

valuation

imperfection

repercussion

smithsonian

apprehension

terminator

leviathan

carcinogen

copernican

dominican

harmonium

tramontana

impregnation

indigestion

supervision

macedonian

permanently

harmonia

adrenaline

prominently

harmonizes

terminable

criminalists

gerrymander

gerrymanders

criminally

arizonan

germania

criminalize

preeminence

ohioan

criminalist

napoleon

bolivian

collodion

protozoan

utopian

fallopian

bohemian

rhododendron

columbian

custodian

harmonica

iranians

jordanian

overburden

pavlovian

olympian

ceremonies

greco-roman

darwinian

preeminent

thermometers

peruvian

mongolian

hemoglobin

interwoven

noblewoman

armenians

californian

canadian

ceremony

floridian

geraniums

gregorian

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

iranian

planarian

praetorian

reawaken

thermometer

athenian

corinthian

cotyledon

eustachian

hungarian

albanian

armenian

dandelion

centurion

abyssinian

accordion

herculean

historian

interurban

nestorian

paraguayan

tasmanian

wagnerian

victorian

watermelon

geranium

moravian

meridian

contrarian

uranium

kindergarten

gargantuan

algonquian

equestrian

businesswoman

gentlewoman

superhuman

nonpartisan

arabian

assyrian

bavarian

chameleon

coloradan

comedian

criterion

diocesan

european

galilean

himalayan

hyperion

iberian

jacobean

lancastrian

liberian

maccabean

mammalian

missourian

siberian

sicilian

valerian

sectarian

pelagian

predetermine

barbarian

reexamine

committeeman

hegelian

eritrean

samaritan

nigerian

agrarian

amphibian

aldebaran

cyclopean

guatemalan

alabaman

librarian

american

nicaraguan

oblivion

obsidian

pagurian

armageddon

algerian

englishwoman

crocodilian

misbegotten

arthurian

comparison

pedestrian

republican

shakespearean

tamoxifen

polyhedron

assemblyman

octahedron

tetrahedron

5 syllable words

association

delineation

humiliation

initiation

brutalization

glorification

colonization

consideration

coordination

resuscitation

utilization

manifestation

alleviation

polarization

retaliation

proliferation

dissociation

affiliation

appreciation

ornamentation

fortification

continuation

configuration

harmonization

insinuation

reforestation

magnification

magnetization

normalization

negotiation

neutralization

emancipation

adulteration

legalization

dramatization

coagulation

codification

clarification

classification

gasification

attenuation

certification

abbreviation

civilization

denomination

edification

fertilization

gratification

hallucination

illumination

inauguration

incineration

modification

nullification

orientation

ossification

pacification

purification

qualification

ramification

ratification

repatriation

russification

stratification

solicitation

sterilization

verification

vilification

defenestration

alienation

annihilation

ionization

irradiation

centralization

cohabitation

deification

rejuvenation

specialization

depreciation

cooperation

equalization

excoriation

authorization

appropriation

communication

consolidation

hybridization

hyperinflation

immunization

contamination

falsification

concatenation

justification

manipulation

sedimentation

sanctification

recommendation

reintegration

subordination

origination

organization

degeneration

regeneration

misinformation

rectification

assassination

determination

confederation

vulgarization

revaluation

abomination

amelioration

discoloration

modernization

evaluation

obliteration

mechanization

dissemination

unitarian

elimination

administration

authentication

adjudication

alliteration

amplification

cauterization

collaboration

commemoration

confabulation

dionysian

disinclination

disintegration

elaboration

enumeration

evaporation

expatriation

imagination

incrimination

multiplication

prognostication

reaffirmation

representation

simplification

vaporization

exfoliation

examination

exacerbation

reiteration

substantiation

anticipation

conglomeration

equivocation

incarceration

inoculation

insemination

interrogation

intimidation

centenarian

invalidation

quantification

misapprehension

corroboration

recombination

predestination

inactivation

expropriation

academician

accommodation

indoctrination

hydrogenation

inhabitation

assimilation

agglomeration

decapitation

facilitation

peloponnesian

precipitation

preoccupation

prevarication

presupposition

christianization

desalination

eradication

exhilaration

interpolation

mummification

premeditation

specification

argumentation

repudiation

panamanian

exaggeration

infatuation

procrastination

deceleration

interpretation

capitulation

extermination

deliberation

interconnection

overproduction

nonintervention

investigation

intoxication

mathematician

accumulation

pasteurization

pennsylvanian

refrigeration

discrimination

perpetuation

veterinarian

synchronization

accreditation

decomposition

participation

domestication

recrimination

incorporation

desegregation

congratulation

evacuation

exasperation

sophistication

misapplication

amalgamation

depopulation

maximization

acceleration

elizabethan

amortization

remuneration

juxtaposition

articulation

approximation

improvisation

recuperation

instrumentation

argentinian

predisposition

electrocution

miscalculation

exoneration

disembarkation

dissatisfaction

reverberation

oregonian

amazonian

jeffersonian

caledonian

babylonian

patagonian

ornamentally

ejaculation

triangulation

washingtonian

ceremonial

premonitory

criminality

carolinian

beethovenian

terminology

criminology

theologian

ethiopian

hanoverian

proletarian

nickelodeon

lithuanian

yugoslavian

brobdingnagian

nitroglycerine

pomeranian

exoskeleton

hyperborean

pythagorean

augustinian

scandinavian

nonsectarian

carthaginian

assemblywoman

mississippian

neapolitan

vegetarian

libertarian

delicatessen

epicurean

maximilian

philadelphian

presbyterian

metropolitan

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word pronunciation

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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