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2 syllable words

vulcan

claxon

saxon

gumption

fiction

pension

gentian

tension

mention

auction

diction

sanction

friction

passion

ration

prussian

session

russian

ashen

hessian

fashion

freshen

sexton

collects

selects

caxton

acton

dulcet

ensign

collect

falcon

faulcon

hackman

keelson

kelson

milken

jackman

jetson

nekton

oxen

packman

pectin

select

silken

scullion

stepson

sultan

tuscan

emption

lessen

fasten

lesson

mullen

bason

beckon

bracken

reckon

blacken

slacken

sullen

dungeon

dutchman

drunken

sunken

luncheon

huntsman

caption

option

portion

torsion

mansion

flashgun

bastion

marksman

freshman

belgian

martian

engine

question

shrunken

baldwin

bludgeon

cauldron

caution

children

cushion

delphian

dudgeon

dustman

elects

fission

grandson

gudgeon

haitian

lengthen

marchman

markman

mission

molests

nation

station

strengthen

alban

arson

aspen

chessman

airman

alman

chevron

classman

dalton

damson

darken

desman

gascon

gilden

harken

headman

hempen

kelvin

kenyan

hetman

ibsen

kirkman

lockman

london

kremlin

m1

teston

whitson

woolman

workman

molest

pressman

tillman

undone

henchman

muslin

plankton

melton

million

trillion

tubman

onion

tungsten

billion

bookman

baston

billman

bellman

brakeman

runnion

samson

scallion

selden

stillion

chairman

dobson

dolphin

elect

penman

pillion

stockman

sylvan

bullion

calvin

dolman

parson

passman

stallion

stallman

tendon

craftsman

brethren

bushman

fortune

sportsman

christian

landsman

faustian

margin

guardsman

bullshit

georgian

polished

draftsman

rincon

alan

basin

bellon

breton

button

caisson

charon

chasten

deaden

deafen

bacon

bison

bisson

bollen

christen

billon

chicken

cousin

dozen

devon

felon

gallon

hasten

fallen

glisten

heaven

heron

hyson

jason

jetton

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lichen

liken

listen

locken

marron

mason

melon

muffin

mutton

oven

perron

person

pollan

placid

pollen

pullen

quicken

redden

resin

seven

shaken

sicken

stricken

sudden

summon

taken

talon

thicken

threaten

toughen

urson

vegan

villain

waken

weapon

wiccan

woolen

worsen

zircon

bordman

capstan

doctrine

headsman

klansman

horseman

lampron

landman

oarsman

portman

salesman

scotsman

spokesman

townsman

yachtsman

lotion

grecian

mahone

kitchen

motion

pathan

ocean

notion

pigeon

vision

potion

penguin

bagman

banyan

atman

austin

bargain

barton

blacktop

blasted

bolden

boston

canton

calcite

canyon

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chaplain

chapman

citron

clinton

corban

cordon

crimson

dampen

fibrin

fielden

fireman

flaccid

flaxseed

footman

foreman

fountain

garden

golden

goodman

gorgon

harden

harten

hearten

hillside

houseman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kansan

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

mignon

minden

minion

molten

morgan

mormon

mountain

norman

olden

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

panton

pardon

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

policed

ponton

saffron

santon

sequin

sharpen

shipman

shotgun

sovereign

shorten

smarten

soldan

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

tarpon

tartan

wanton

warden

woodman

maelstrom

blasting

watchman

hangman

longan

mangan

othman

bulkheads

falsehoods

baron

falstaff

gallstone

milestone

amman

hillsides

homespun

barren

baton

milkweed

millstone

batten

batton

beacon

seedsman

auden

begun

statesman

bitten

bobbin

boughten

brighten

briton

broaden

broken

cabin

cannon

canon

colon

common

cotton

deacon

dragon

driven

elan

famine

fatten

flatten

floren

foreign

frighten

gammon

garron

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

gotten

griffon

happen

hausen

heighten

hidden

hymen

hyphen

kalan

kitten

lagan

latin

liman

linen

liven

loosen

lighten

loren

lyden

madden

mitten

ninon

often

platen

prison

sadden

salmon

satin

smitten

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

stiffen

thousand

tighten

titan

moisten

patten

pavon

platten

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rosin

rotten

siphon

siren

stolen

striven

swollen

syphon

tappen

token

warren

weaken

wagon

wizen

triton

trodden

whiten

widen

woman

plastics

women

wooden

written

yaupon

bulkhead

asian

cajun

burgeon

earthen

fusion

legion

heathen

lesion

urchin

version

region

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

persian

trojan

falsehood

apron

ballast

blackwood

blastoff

boatman

calloused

chieftain

copeman

cowan

delights

dian

freedman

gallstones

gowan

ion

lion

lopeman

matron

mayan

milestones

newsman

patron

rayon

scion

shearman

skylights

union

urine

zion

churchman

coachman

alight

bayman

beaten

blackout

blowgun

bourbon

bowman

brazen

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

holstein

burton

cheapen

craven

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

deepen

demon

eden

german

graven

hoten

hoven

human

laden

layman

leven

logan

maiden

odin

omen

open

ballasts

canaan

cayman

certain

closet

cretin

crewman

crouton

flagstone

chosen

cuban

curtain

eaten

flagstaff

ermine

firman

frozen

dromon

freeman

gluten

haven

hogan

leman

lumen

pagan

placoid

proven

rerun

roman

rumen

hailstone

postman

poison

raven

reason

rosen

satan

seaman

season

solstice

semen

sermon

seton

shaman

shogun

showman

slogan

steven

straighten

sweeten

toman

treason

turban

urban

wheaten

woven

yeoman

zaman

blockheads

slighting

flagstaffs

flagstones

hailstones

hailstorm

blackouts

blockades

closedown

closets

clustered

clusters

daylights

flusters

plastic

polecat

ulster

peon

rowan

rowen

ruin

blockhead

owen

paean

closedowns

oilseeds

polecats

placate

slaughters

skylight

bluster

delight

blockade

fluster

cluster

twilight

cliched

blisters

bluestone

oilseed

plasters

bolstered

bolsters

slaughter

blaster

blister

daylight

plaster

slightly

bolster

cloistered

cloisters

holster

flighty

cloister

3 syllable words

contraction

magician

inspection

alaskan

infliction

subtraction

assassin

compression

diffraction

eleven

pelican

exaction

awaken

elison

silicon

assumption

abduction

concoction

conflation

exception

induction

invention

redemption

transaction

jamaican

inception

accretion

adoption

dalmatian

attrition

deflation

perception

prediction

prevention

abortion

alsatian

apportion

compassion

concussion

digression

patrician

ablution

compunction

pretension

condition

crustacean

depression

proportion

retention

salvation

secretion

submission

suspicion

constriction

construction

conjunction

emission

congestion

gyration

obstruction

volition

reaction

sedition

phoenician

oration

provision

aversion

citation

collusion

commotion

desertion

dilution

ligation

privation

venetian

malayan

relation

cetacean

collegian

deletion

duration

allusion

causation

precession

promotion

religion

digestion

electron

harlequin

truncation

reluctant

abstention

consumption

distraction

contraption

destruction

exemption

extension

infraction

prescription

collectors

combustion

completion

confucian

discretion

abandon

collective

dominion

mexican

policeman

filtration

impression

talisman

contrition

frustration

opinion

contortion

inflation

solicits

intention

translation

selective

distinction

subscription

contusion

conversion

bulletin

propulsion

conscription

impassion

suburban

extraction

contagion

subversion

silicate

skeleton

electrons

stagnation

instruction

ingestion

abrasion

starvation

exertion

insertion

emulsion

optation

damnation

submersion

abstraction

carnation

illicit

collector

determine

aspersion

cistercian

vatican

depletion

technician

delicate

foundation

repression

revulsion

taxation

vibration

hydration

preemption

nevadan

ignition

tactician

migration

formation

lactation

libration

plantation

profusion

gradation

expression

extinction

delusion

devotion

evasion

illusion

imagine

location

notation

occasion

companion

immersion

ovation

probation

egyptian

description

restriction

cremation

corruption

cessation

nebraskan

decision

donation

diversion

division

muskmelon

emotion

mutation

recision

flirtation

flotation

narration

transgression

quotation

saccharin

rescission

absorption

adsorption

intestine

reversion

infarction

rotation

vacation

vocation

alderman

capsaicin

castration

coercion

compulsion

conclusion

confusion

convulsion

creation

croatian

dialects

distortion

elective

electors

electro

elicits

englishman

exhaustion

guncotton

horatian

in-person

logician

lumberman

mistaken

molested

molesters

predestine

presumption

prostration

resumption

retraction

silicates

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

injunction

inscription

gravamen

molester

artesian

diffusion

fustian

gestation

freemason

dispersion

toboggan

albion

dentition

dictation

incision

incursion

invasion

jettison

inversion

solicit

elector

dialect

halcyon

hammerman

rendition

pilaster

waterman

cartesian

eruption

excision

norwegian

sensation

temptation

uneven

fixation

electrics

occlusion

oxygen

expulsion

encryption

extortion

countryman

bedouin

electrode

emblazon

chilean

albumin

precaution

electric

gillian

communion

heroine

myosin

samoan

veteran

erosion

percussion

heroin

galleon

ghanaian

hawaiian

marian

audition

carrion

clarion

niacin

unbroken

caucasian

plebeian

perversion

tamarin

intrusion

misfortune

misprision

disruption

excursion

inclusion

implosion

inhuman

infusion

aegean

fruition

backgammon

bedridden

galactose

battalion

pilasters

chairwoman

chairperson

rifleman

forewoman

nobleman

timberman

phrygian

laotian

scythian

stygian

tuition

brazilian

enlighten

enliven

pavilion

abdomen

cambrian

acumen

civilian

medallion

electrodes

backwoodsman

discussion

bedizen

bitumen

bosnian

campion

catalan

transition

falsity

javelin

ferryman

seclusion

cognition

fluctuate

preclusion

allocate

andean

admission

misshapen

partition

anyone

cyprian

delighted

kantian

champion

coalesced

elicit

garrison

gordian

guardian

indian

lanolin

zambian

ambition

unison

anchorman

venison

overdone

mandarin

wesleyan

menhaden

persuasion

peterman

optician

superman

benjamin

lesbian

medicine

overman

scorpion

equation

irishman

overrun

reelect

thespian

ballistics

exclusion

excretion

adhesion

ambrosian

expansion

arkansan

bandwagon

councilman

disunion

downtrodden

etruscan

handwoven

franciscan

gentleman

housebroken

imprison

nonunion

octillion

outspoken

saleswoman

explosion

extrusion

snapdragon

margarine

blustering

fisherman

lecithin

collegiate

halogen

delighting

musician

permission

slaughterhouse

origin

regimen

remission

munition

omission

appian

biotin

arian

cation

alien

aryan

dorian

midshipman

simian

transcription

syrian

nonhuman

uterine

singleton

foramen

gaussian

irian

julian

korean

libyan

transmission

moroccan

african

allocates

cohesion

corsican

discipline

everyone

falsettos

rebellion

vermilion

heartbroken

magdalen

palisades

realists

galactic

rhodopsin

perfusion

scholastic

loyalists

italian

porcelain

lutheran

corrosion

derision

parisian

beholden

transfusion

hydrogen

proscription

nitrogen

nutrition

dualist

melanin

duelist

blessedly

bouillon

loyalist

royalist

solomon

specimen

crestfallen

embolden

jacobin

badminton

collagen

ottoman

puritan

denizen

keynesian

ramadan

realist

masculine

falsetto

feminine

palisade

reptilian

keratin

beethoven

adrian

cinnamon

vitamin

citizen

reunion

anglican

blistering

clergyman

glistening

parthian

pentathlon

plastering

precision

revision

avian

grobian

jovian

artisan

australian

austrian

ballistic

blastoderm

cardigan

charlatan

clarendon

charwoman

horizon

elastic

reopen

median

permian

freudian

odeon

protean

forbidden

fenian

nemean

genuine

nihilists

fabian

nubian

partisan

philistine

pleistocene

sumatran

fluctuates

congressman

fijian

delegate

relegate

relocate

solstices

forgotten

philistines

soloist

talkative

delegates

soloists

chamberlain

blockader

orion

flycatcher

glaciate

illustrate

blockaders

violist

blockaded

illustrates

plasterwork

violists

plasterer

placidly

delightful

4 syllable words

disconnection

electioneers

electrician

subluxation

samaritan

affectation

planarian

altercation

bavarian

elocution

annexation

culmination

cultivation

insurrection

valerian

benediction

isolation

delegation

immolation

abolition

bifurcation

desolation

dilatation

inhalation

appellation

correlation

demolition

elevation

declaration

alteration

jubilation

repossession

mutilation

oscillation

revelation

vacillation

supposition

aberration

adoration

apparition

dietitian

liberation

prohibition

electricians

moderation

operation

circumspection

laceration

miseration

iteration

reassertion

surrogation

indexation

intersection

jurisdiction

preconception

adulation

elocutions

collectible

collectivize

interdiction

reinspection

condescension

imperfection

liquefaction

comparison

satisfaction

reproduction

disinfection

modulation

agrarian

aldebaran

american

electorate

saturation

copernican

graduation

maturation

oblivion

compilation

apprehension

lilliputian

granulation

relaxation

inattention

regulation

introspection

interaction

insulation

abnegation

abdication

crucifixion

alternation

ventilation

interjection

delegations

consolation

hypertension

emulation

stimulation

cancellation

celebration

distillation

molestation

population

simulation

dislocation

fabrication

speculation

stipulation

ovulation

circulation

syndication

tabulation

tribulation

affirmation

animation

admiration

canadian

allocation

allegation

fallopian

annotation

appalachian

avocation

collocation

connotation

aspiration

coronation

derivation

dedication

defamation

deposition

corp.

corporation

decimation

definition

desiccation

detonation

devolution

dissertation

dissolution

divination

emanation

erudition

gravitation

habitation

hungarian

figuration

domination

fascination

hibernation

innovation

germination

evolution

fluoridation

hesitation

imitation

irrigation

nomination

preignition

melanesian

polynesian

meditation

politician

reawaken

solicitor

medication

motivation

litigation

machination

opposition

navigation

premonition

proposition

valuation

validation

coloradan

provocation

renovation

arabian

collodion

titillation

collectibles

collectivist

profanation

collectivized

repetition

reposition

realization

revocation

revolution

recitation

resolution

assyrian

missourian

electrical

propagation

relocation

termination

legislation

sanitation

contraception

contradiction

expectation

misconception

introduction

self-deception

exploration

cogitation

republican

collectively

education

ostentation

fluctuation

leviathan

substitution

formulation

foliation

vegetation

tamoxifen

augmentation

gastrulation

misperception

circumvention

intervention

constellation

consultation

pelagian

decoration

decompression

delectable

electrify

calculation

indentation

interception

infestation

perforation

installation

electorates

pedestrian

illustration

agitation

pagination

ideation

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

admonition

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

albanian

allegations

allocations

ammunition

application

approbation

backwardation

barbarian

calibration

combination

commendation

committeeman

commutation

competition

composition

confirmation

conservation

consummation

conversation

convocation

convolution

deconstruction

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

designation

destination

devastation

dialectic

disposition

dominican

duplication

electricals

emigration

estimation

exhalation

fermentation

fibrillation

glaciation

immigration

imposition

indication

information

inspiration

intercession

intermission

intimation

intonation

inundation

invocation

librarian

lubrication

masturbation

obligation

observation

obsidian

occupation

ordination

oxidation

pagurian

palpitation

penetration

persecution

precondition

presentation

proclamation

prosecution

protestation

realizations

reconstruction

relocations

replication

reputation

resignation

retrocession

segregation

situation

solicitors

statistician

strangulation

subdivision

vaccination

vindication

wagnerian

assemblyman

conjugation

electrifies

fluctuations

inhibition

reluctantly

rhododendron

contravention

syncopation

contemplation

illustrations

implantation

impregnation

dissipation

gregorian

fumigation

diminution

mitigation

algerian

irritation

intuition

visitation

recreation

velocity

locomotion

limitation

usurpation

comedian

himalayan

bolivian

felicity

perturbation

rumination

perspiration

armageddon

compensation

arbitration

complication

amputation

computation

consternation

malformation

consecration

imputation

comprehension

implication

inclination

confiscation

condemnation

condensation

constipation

malnutrition

obfuscation

pigmentation

punctuation

segmentation

contrarian

dielectric

noblewoman

dispensation

attribution

disinflation

fragmentation

integration

mortification

transportation

institution

ministration

retribution

inflammation

transformation

inquisition

aviation

deviation

radiation

reparation

athenian

preparation

federation

mediation

generation

rhetorician

nigerian

separation

transplantation

veneration

variation

algonquian

deformation

demarcation

interurban

pavlovian

watermelon

circumcision

penicillin

solicitude

deportation

destitution

equitation

excitation

exhibition

expiration

invitation

indecision

tasmanian

jordanian

velocities

sectarian

olympian

polyhedron

prostitution

recantation

reclamation

recognition

requisition

retardation

superstition

congregation

custodian

alabaman

eustachian

felicitate

cotyledon

delicately

electrocute

electroplate

elicited

indigestion

businesswoman

californian

dehydration

electrolyte

elongation

equestrian

gentlewoman

concentration

contribution

confrontation

conflagration

distribution

incrustation

indiscretion

infiltration

obstetrician

demonstration

orchestration

evocation

desperation

disillusion

preservation

respiration

restoration

englishwoman

procreation

reservation

reformation

nonprescription

levitation

trepidation

arthurian

galilean

disputation

constitution

expedition

importation

chameleon

iranian

incantation

napoleon

mammalian

simonian

embarkation

excavation

indignation

execution

devonian

exposition

incarnation

instigation

interwoven

corinthian

electrolytes

electronics

incubation

hemoglobin

shakespearean

macedonian

indonesian

interruption

liquidation

restitution

permutation

moravian

refutation

gorgonian

greco-roman

dandelion

centurion

chalcedony

paraguayan

predetermine

columbian

eritrean

minnesotan

accordion

elucidate

historian

sequestration

armenian

overburden

reexamine

fluctuating

illustrated

kindergarten

illustrative

extradition

exclamation

hydrocarbon

extrication

exploitation

explanation

explication

electronic

exhumation

manumission

readmission

repercussion

smithsonian

menstruation

tetrahedron

exhortation

octahedron

lancastrian

criterion

diocesan

crocodilian

arizonan

draconian

european

jacobean

registration

liberian

misbegotten

floridian

hyperion

iberian

maccabean

newtonian

plutonian

protozoan

siberian

sicilian

utopian

bohemian

hegelian

calisthenic

abyssinian

amphibian

cyclopean

darwinian

estonian

guatemalan

ibuprofen

meridian

nestorian

nicaraguan

peruvian

victorian

calisthenics

mongolian

ohioan

oleaster

praetorian

adrenaline

carcinogen

superhuman

dualistic

herculean

realistic

delegating

supervision

alligator

gargantuan

nonpartisan

alligators

illustrator

illustrators

copenhagen

mollycoddle

5 syllable words

vulgarization

nullification

prevarication

deification

commemoration

collaboration

alliteration

dialectical

domestication

acceleration

adulteration

classification

agglomeration

amelioration

brutalization

certification

attenuation

civilization

clarification

codification

discoloration

edification

confederation

facilitation

glorification

gratification

gasification

fertilization

hallucination

legalization

mobilization

modification

localization

mummification

notification

obliteration

ossification

pacification

purification

qualification

ramification

ratification

russification

solicitation

sterilization

stratification

utilization

unification

vilification

verification

affiliation

deceleration

annihilation

alleviation

deliberation

elaboration

polarization

delineation

adjudication

collectivism

multiplication

interconnection

specialization

magnification

communication

falsification

manifestation

fortification

amalgamation

normalization

neutralization

cooperation

degeneration

electrocutions

consolidation

equalization

corroboration

solicitations

accreditation

delicatessen

justification

sophistication

conglomeration

reiteration

academician

assimilation

authentication

coagulation

conciliation

consideration

dissemination

electrocution

elimination

exhilaration

illumination

interpolation

orientation

presupposition

proletarian

unitarian

association

nonintervention

alienation

ornamentation

amplification

mathematician

cauterization

enumeration

evaporation

humiliation

ionization

irradiation

representation

proliferation

centralization

reaffirmation

overproduction

nonsectarian

retaliation

capitulation

dissatisfaction

vaporization

disembarkation

delicatessens

electrically

simplification

electricity

manipulation

sanctification

interrogation

epicurean

hyperinflation

depopulation

desegregation

origination

philadelphian

regeneration

configuration

authorization

inoculation

insemination

theologian

assemblywoman

argumentation

babylonian

carolinian

caledonian

pronunciation

peloponnesian

revaluation

premeditation

preoccupation

modernization

libertarian

mississippian

neapolitan

panamanian

resuscitation

remuneration

renunciation

accommodation

abbreviation

assassination

abomination

amortization

canonization

colonization

coordination

elizabethan

inauguration

denomination

denunciation

desalination

determination

dramatization

eradication

exoneration

evaluation

incineration

rejuvenation

confabulation

dissociation

instrumentation

articulation

cohabitation

refrigeration

reverberation

appreciation

accumulation

pasteurization

interpretation

perpetuation

investigation

imagination

juxtaposition

exaggeration

misinformation

misapprehension

pomeranian

misapplication

magnetization

sedimentation

maximization

emancipation

equivocation

evacuation

exacerbation

examination

organization

participation

predestination

predisposition

decomposition

contamination

continuation

concatenation

congratulation

quantification

reforestation

reintegration

recombination

immunization

incorporation

anticipation

harmonization

hybridization

appropriation

incarceration

invalidation

subordination

augustinian

miscalculation

scandinavian

negotiation

electroplating

initiation

ejaculation

inhabitation

illegitimate

mechanization

precipitation

repatriation

repudiation

christianization

hydrogenation

triangulation

specification

patagonian

incrimination

intoxication

procrastination

approximation

defenestration

amazonian

nickelodeon

oregonian

hyperborean

discrimination

disinclination

disintegration

extermination

prognostication

brobdingnagian

depreciation

substantiation

recuperation

synchronization

pennsylvanian

nitroglycerine

infatuation

metropolitan

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

recommendation

rectification

administration

indoctrination

inactivation

insinuation

intimidation

elasticity

exoskeleton

ethiopian

improvisation

decapitation

expatriation

electrostatic

jeffersonian

expropriation

recrimination

yugoslavian

elucidative

presbyterian

realistically

maximilian

beethovenian

hanoverian

vegetarian

centenarian

veterinarian

carthaginian

washingtonian

argentinian

lithuanian

pythagorean

dionysian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word selection

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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