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2 syllable words

suggests

gumption

christian

suction

suggest

faustian

luncheon

function

huntsman

junction

ashen

bludgeon

dudgeon

fashion

ration

freshen

passion

prussian

gudgeon

hessian

russian

session

gascon

chessman

henchman

classman

digests

passman

pressman

teston

tuscan

tungsten

aspen

baston

action

auction

bason

belgian

caption

craftsman

diction

digest

draftsman

dungeon

dutchman

engine

faction

fasten

fiction

flexion

fortune

fraction

freshman

friction

gentian

lessen

lesson

mansion

marksman

martian

mention

option

pension

portion

sanction

section

sportsman

tension

torsion

traction

caxton

dustman

grandson

scotsman

capstan

yachtsman

nation

urchin

caution

mission

sexton

horseman

lengthen

cushion

fission

strengthen

haitian

pigeon

station

kitchen

airman

emption

arson

kelson

houseman

damson

austin

ensign

hetman

jetson

kelvin

headman

hempen

keelson

kremlin

bellman

boston

desman

dobson

ibsen

chairman

chevron

claxon

kenyan

london

runnion

melton

nekton

muslin

samson

saxon

scullion

tubman

vulcan

whitson

undone

sultan

m1

onion

stepson

tendon

touchstone

piston

oxen

parson

pectin

penman

selden

roughshod

reject

landsman

guardsman

shrunken

georgian

margin

watchman

sunken

drunken

eject

brethren

bushman

churchman

deject

beckon

button

caisson

charon

chasten

christen

devon

glisten

felon

hyson

basin

bellon

cousin

heron

dozen

hasten

bison

breton

bisson

deaden

deafen

heaven

jason

perron

person

redden

resin

seven

sudden

threaten

urson

summon

weapon

marron

melon

oven

reckon

worsen

listen

leaden

leaven

lemon

jetton

ledden

mason

muffin

mullen

mutton

sullen

toughen

vegan

headsman

marchman

children

klansman

lampron

landman

markman

spokesman

statesman

doctrine

bordman

homespun

baldwin

portman

cauldron

delphian

oarsman

townsman

grecian

legion

lotion

mahone

motion

notion

ocean

pathan

surgeon

trojan

potion

cajun

region

burgeon

vision

sturgeon

penguin

rejects

ejects

plankton

alman

bargain

acton

barton

atman

alban

banyan

aghast

assist

bagman

billion

billman

bookman

bullion

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

carton

chaplain

clinton

carbon

carman

carmine

chapman

citron

corban

cordon

crimson

dalton

dampen

darken

dolman

dolphin

falcon

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

footman

foreman

fountain

garden

gilden

goodman

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

harten

hearten

linden

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kansan

lightman

lineman

lisbon

lockman

lynden

marlin

martin

milken

million

marten

minden

minion

linemen

mignon

morgan

mormon

mountain

norman

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

packman

panton

pardon

pillion

pinion

pitman

plantain

ponton

recessed

saffron

santon

scallion

sharpen

shipman

shorten

shotgun

silken

woolman

smarten

sylvan

trillion

tarpon

tartan

tillman

wanton

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

stallion

stallman

stillion

stockman

woodman

warden

bequests

requests

coachman

longan

rincon

hangman

mangan

flashgun

othman

batten

salesman

alan

bitten

baton

billon

blacken

bollen

chicken

frighten

common

foreign

disgust

boughten

bracken

amman

auden

barren

request

resists

baron

batton

begun

bobbin

brighten

briton

broaden

cannon

dragon

cabin

canon

cotton

driven

famine

flatten

floren

fallen

fatten

gallon

gladden

glidden

hidden

seedsman

gammon

given

gotten

hausen

hymen

lichen

hyphen

lighten

liken

locken

loosen

loren

moisten

often

patten

pavon

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

prison

garron

gibbon

griffon

happen

heighten

kitten

lagan

latin

liman

linen

liven

lyden

madden

mitten

ninon

pullen

ribbon

postman

quicken

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

rotten

satin

sodden

stiffen

striven

thousand

titan

wagon

women

robin

salmon

smitten

syphon

thicken

trodden

villain

wooden

written

rosin

sadden

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

soften

stricken

talon

tappen

tighten

triton

warren

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

woolen

yaupon

assists

bequest

asian

earthen

fascists

fusion

heathen

lesion

persian

suasion

version

bolden

biggest

freedman

golden

gowan

sequin

shearman

scion

soldan

workman

zion

lopeman

molten

dian

boatman

copeman

brakeman

cowan

lion

urine

patron

union

matron

mayan

kirkman

dissect

fielden

resist

exists

accost

newsman

disgusts

olden

rayon

august

chieftain

desist

apron

ion

fascist

exist

dissects

accused

miscast

bacon

bayman

beacon

beaten

blowgun

bourbon

bowman

brazen

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

canaan

cayman

certain

cheapen

chosen

colon

craven

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deepen

demon

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

ermine

firman

freeman

frozen

german

gluten

graven

haven

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

kalan

laden

layman

leman

leven

logan

lumen

maiden

odin

omen

open

pagan

poison

proven

raven

reason

rerun

roman

rosen

rumen

satan

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

shaken

shaman

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

straighten

sweeten

swollen

taken

token

toman

treason

turban

urban

waken

weaken

wheaten

woven

yeoman

zaman

zircon

exhausts

deceased

owen

packaged

rowan

peon

paean

rowen

ruin

exhaust

exact

locusts

eyesight

exacts

loosestrife

diseased

lakeside

recast

seacoast

loosestrifes

focussed

focused

locust

low-cost

3 syllable words

addition

commission

edition

negation

petition

physician

position

predation

recession

tradition

injection

rejections

secession

sedation

summation

egyptian

alaskan

logician

abstention

confection

convention

contention

convection

compression

conception

declension

suspension

intention

ablation

addiction

attrition

compassion

concussion

condition

deception

defection

depression

detection

detention

digression

dimension

dissection

dissension

election

erection

laurentian

majestic

patrician

production

propulsion

reception

reduction

submission

suggestive

aleutian

audition

aversion

commotion

causation

cetacean

citation

desertion

duration

gyration

dilation

elation

emission

malaysian

occasion

oration

phoenician

pollution

ligation

precession

venetian

promotion

regimen

intestine

nebraskan

truncation

privation

sedition

solution

complexion

registrant

discretion

accustom

compulsion

contrition

exhaustion

battalion

dissections

predestine

medallion

talisman

conduction

conflation

invention

rebellion

infection

affliction

conviction

deflection

exception

attraction

convulsion

impression

inception

redemption

reflection

abandon

policeman

garrison

registrants

hydration

cognition

proportion

foundation

carnation

formation

contagion

determine

contusion

conversion

dalmatian

nevadan

damnation

dictation

digestive

deflation

depiction

eviction

exertion

ignition

impassion

inaction

irishman

lactation

libration

migration

occlusion

optation

optician

partition

perception

perfection

plantation

repression

eleven

jamaican

pretension

prevention

profusion

salvation

ablution

apportion

secretion

accretion

ambition

adoption

transition

awaken

vibration

specimen

suburban

subversion

abrasion

resection

abortion

retention

submersion

admission

stagnation

starvation

tactician

accustomed

allusion

assertion

caucasian

cessation

collision

collusion

companion

contraction

contraption

correction

corruption

cremation

deletion

devotion

digester

dilution

direction

diversion

donation

emotion

etruscan

evasion

exemption

expression

extension

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

franciscan

gradation

immersion

inflection

inspection

lecithin

location

malayan

margarine

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

notation

omission

ovation

permission

probation

provision

quotation

relation

remission

resistance

resistant

reversion

rotation

subtraction

transgression

vacation

vocation

volition

compunction

aegean

tuition

fruition

diffraction

inflation

midshipman

resumption

registrar

acumen

conclusion

concoction

coercion

horatian

exaction

filtration

presumption

confucian

confusion

croatian

creation

phrygian

stygian

completion

contortion

brazilian

dissected

dominion

pavilion

uncertain

uncommon

civilian

pakistan

transaction

translation

transmission

guncotton

in-person

italian

unburden

lumberman

opinion

existence

existent

eruption

inversion

incursion

emulsion

equation

excision

incision

invasion

insertion

halcyon

freemason

hammerman

asuncion

beholden

cartesian

gestation

registers

registry

resisting

revulsion

gravamen

fustian

preclusion

preemption

seclusion

seduction

sensation

dejected

deduction

artesian

aspersion

alsatian

crustacean

uneven

depletion

taxation

waterman

dissecting

fixation

menhaden

suspicion

assassin

diffusion

nutrition

thespian

toboggan

infliction

absorption

infraction

arkansan

assistance

consumption

communion

congressman

assistant

countryman

unbroken

adsorption

exactions

registrars

ghanaian

halogen

saccharin

narration

samoan

illusion

origin

percussion

register

reaction

recision

marian

myosin

veteran

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

plebeian

perversion

niacin

tamarin

rescission

clergyman

englishman

collegian

decision

carrion

clarion

delusion

division

erosion

bedouin

gaussian

inhuman

inclusion

assumption

excursion

infusion

castration

induction

existing

intrusion

misfortune

registries

abduction

implosion

frustration

alderman

laotian

forewoman

lutheran

unwritten

fijian

scythian

conscription

discipline

unbutton

constriction

construction

bedridden

cambrian

capsaicin

timberman

obstruction

subscription

abdomen

backgammon

chairwoman

anchorman

dentition

discussion

benjamin

dispersion

assistants

misshapen

nitrogen

oxygen

persuasion

prediction

technician

temptation

rendition

cistercian

hydrogen

albion

campion

ferryman

guardian

kantian

mandarin

medicine

excretion

prescription

bitumen

cyprian

overdone

overman

scorpion

extortion

magistrates

overrun

unison

wesleyan

zambian

exclusion

explosion

andean

anyone

bedizen

champion

peterman

bosnian

bulletin

elison

gordian

indian

jettison

lesbian

transfusion

expansion

expulsion

extrusion

superman

infarction

venison

outspoken

sequesters

sequestered

reptilian

nonunion

snapdragon

crestfallen

bandwagon

acoustics

adhesion

albumin

downtrodden

handwoven

ambrosian

distortion

imagine

precaution

precision

disruption

religion

misprision

exhausting

nonhuman

pentathlon

retraction

prostration

arian

biotin

chilean

extraction

appian

aryan

cation

dorian

foramen

libyan

korean

abstraction

gillian

inscription

transcription

galleon

irian

instruction

simian

syrian

uterine

enlighten

disasters

extinction

backwoodsman

enliven

acoustic

austrian

cohesion

everyone

chamberlain

accosted

chairperson

mistaken

phagocytes

nobleman

perfusion

requester

rhodopsin

heartbroken

rifleman

sequester

derision

description

destruction

distraction

parisian

norwegian

encryption

corrosion

adrian

badminton

beethoven

catalan

cinnamon

citizen

collagen

councilman

denizen

desiccate

disaster

distinction

disunion

emblazon

embolden

essayist

feminine

gentleman

harlequin

housebroken

imprison

jacobin

javelin

keratin

keynesian

lanolin

melanin

newcastle

octillion

ottoman

pelican

phagocyte

puritan

ramadan

reunion

silicon

skeleton

solomon

vatican

vitamin

singleton

conjunction

parthian

majesty

revision

disgusting

african

artisan

cardigan

charlatan

charwoman

clarendon

coexist

corsican

desiccates

australian

forbidden

genuine

mexican

partisan

sumatran

requisite

magdalen

porcelain

vermilion

exquisite

alien

avian

proscription

restriction

fabian

fenian

grobian

horizon

jovian

julian

median

freudian

moroccan

nubian

odeon

permian

protean

nemean

reopen

disgusted

execute

exhausted

exhaustive

masculine

requisites

injunction

bouillon

forgotten

anglican

exacting

magistrate

executes

orion

pacesetter

newscasters

saleswoman

ricochet

visigoth

newscaster

visigoths

exactly

4 syllable words

indigestion

american

logistical

graduation

samaritan

inattention

bavarian

planarian

repossession

supposition

legislation

suffocation

coloration

prohibition

apparition

surrogation

coalition

nigerian

violation

dietitian

pedestrian

circumvention

adulation

education

adrenaline

fluctuation

cogitation

vegetation

agitation

modulation

digestible

disaffection

maturation

cultivation

agrarian

culmination

predilection

annexation

saturation

publication

penicillin

recollection

situation

apprehension

interjection

registration

abolition

algerian

allegation

canadian

allocation

animation

annotation

appalachian

avocation

collocation

connotation

delegation

appellation

coronation

correlation

dedication

defamation

definition

demolition

deposition

derivation

divination

elevation

detonation

domination

dilatation

emanation

erudition

mammalian

necessity

contravention

fluoridation

conjugation

fascination

germination

hungarian

inhalation

innovation

profanation

reelection

revelation

imitation

mitigation

opposition

revocation

arabian

titillation

termination

gravitation

limitation

litigation

meditation

motivation

mutilation

navigation

nomination

propagation

proposition

provocation

realization

sanitation

habitation

hesitation

immolation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jubilation

machination

oscillation

medication

politician

preelection

preignition

premonition

renovation

repetition

reposition

resurrection

vacillation

validation

visitation

aberration

adoration

athenian

comparison

condescension

decompression

disconnection

disinfection

ideation

indexation

infestation

iteration

liberation

miseration

moderation

operation

preconception

punctuation

registering

registrations

subluxation

toleration

acclamation

accusation

acclimation

activation

advocation

adaptation

abdication

abrogation

acquisition

admonition

affectation

abnegation

aggravation

aggregation

ammunition

application

approbation

benediction

calibration

cancellation

celebration

circulation

combination

commendation

commutation

competition

compilation

composition

consolation

consummation

depravation

conversation

convocation

degradation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

designation

devastation

emigration

emulation

duplication

equitation

exhibition

fabrication

fermentation

fibrillation

gargantuan

granulation

hypertension

immigration

imposition

indecision

insurrection

insulation

intercession

indication

intermission

intimation

intonation

inundation

invitation

invocation

liquidation

molestation

occupation

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

obligation

penetration

population

presentation

precondition

proclamation

protestation

recantation

reputation

reclamation

recognition

regulation

replication

requisition

resignation

retrocession

segregation

simulation

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

syndication

tabulation

tribulation

vaccination

ventilation

vindication

sectarian

necessitate

aldebaran

dominican

glaciation

minnesotan

necessities

barbarian

librarian

obsidian

committeeman

wagnerian

devolution

hibernation

fumigation

corp.

corporation

bifurcation

evolution

intuition

manumission

contraception

resolution

businesswoman

indiscretion

valuation

assemblyman

figuration

admiration

affirmation

alteration

diminution

equestrian

circumspection

rhododendron

inhibition

locomotion

self-deception

revolution

rumination

misconception

readmission

ulceration

syncopation

valerian

comprehension

comedian

chameleon

reawaken

collodion

coloradan

gregorian

assyrian

fallopian

missourian

napoleon

accusations

acquisitions

foliation

hegelian

amputation

computation

constipation

necessitates

arbitration

obfuscation

satisfaction

armageddon

complication

mortification

ostentation

segmentation

aviation

perforation

radiation

deviation

mediation

reassertion

contrarian

augmentation

consecration

fragmentation

pigmentation

leviathan

constellation

formulation

laceration

confiscation

condemnation

calculation

consultation

electrician

expedition

acoustical

excavation

exposition

gastrulation

illustration

inclination

integration

interception

intersection

intervention

jurisdiction

ministration

misperception

reinspection

reproduction

imperfection

implication

imputation

indentation

indignation

inflammation

inquisition

installation

liquefaction

prosecution

prostitution

retardation

congregation

interaction

lilliputian

lubrication

introspection

superstition

information

observation

persecution

convolution

elocution

confirmation

altercation

absolution

backwardation

exhalation

strangulation

circumcision

alternation

deformation

demarcation

deportation

explanation

incrustation

albanian

existential

expectation

abyssinian

explication

accordion

alabaman

infiltration

interurban

confrontation

vasectomy

contemplation

contradiction

extradition

pagurian

pakistani

tasmanian

introduction

orchestration

impregnation

nicaraguan

exclamation

oblivion

concentration

jordanian

conflagration

obstetrician

watermelon

extrication

sequestration

coexistence

dehydration

elongation

englishwoman

arthurian

decimation

devonian

constitution

importation

aspiration

lancastrian

malformation

malnutrition

octahedron

sicilian

simonian

tetrahedron

desiccation

incarnation

substitution

iranian

himalayan

evocation

melanesian

perturbation

polynesian

recitation

relocation

respiration

execution

interdiction

smithsonian

attribution

retribution

condensation

desperation

desolation

compensation

procreation

restoration

incantation

vasectomies

interwoven

macedonian

hemoglobin

executor

pakistanis

crocodilian

desecration

separation

decoration

relaxation

reparation

restitution

preparation

conservation

rhetorician

pelagian

coexisting

permutation

incubation

variation

veneration

generation

federation

destination

destitution

estimation

interruption

excitation

expiration

inspiration

masturbation

indonesian

custodian

implantation

contribution

executions

armenian

centurion

copernican

cotyledon

columbian

eritrean

gorgonian

paraguayan

estonian

guatemalan

nestorian

overburden

pavlovian

demonstration

moravian

nonprescription

reexamine

toxicity

victorian

predetermine

kindergarten

executive

executors

californian

associative

disillusion

dissolution

consternation

exploration

transplantation

levitation

preservation

reformation

repercussion

deconstruction

instigation

institution

transformation

mongolian

reconstruction

transportation

recreation

dissipation

trepidation

menstruation

declaration

dissertation

perspiration

reservation

protozoan

accusative

newtonian

noblewoman

shakespearean

republican

hyperion

iberian

siberian

diocesan

floridian

liberian

plutonian

utopian

galilean

arizonan

draconian

european

maccabean

jacobean

acoustically

criterion

associate

misbegotten

algonquian

bohemian

carcinogen

corinthian

dislocation

disposition

distillation

exploitation

polyhedron

refutation

greco-roman

gentlewoman

amphibian

associates

peruvian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

exhumation

herculean

historian

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

meridian

olympian

exactitude

usurpation

embarkation

ohioan

disinflation

dispensation

disputation

exhortation

pagination

acquisitive

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praetorian

distribution

superhuman

crucifixion

eustachian

vicissitude

viscosity

executing

supervision

tamoxifen

vicissitudes

exquisitely

psychiatry

nonpartisan

resuscitate

dissociate

copenhagen

psychiatric

5 syllable words

degeneration

deification

ionization

commemoration

affiliation

annihilation

alliteration

vegetarian

adjudication

domestication

manifestation

regeneration

accommodation

notification

academician

adulteration

legalization

mobilization

modification

fertilization

dramatization

edification

localization

mechanization

mummification

nullification

ossification

pacification

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obliteration

unification

utilization

ratification

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solicitation

prevarication

codification

gratification

civilization

confederation

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qualification

verification

clarification

classification

colonization

attenuation

vilification

abomination

brutalization

sterilization

stratification

canonization

gasification

glorification

proletarian

presupposition

certification

unitarian

mathematician

rejuvenation

cauterization

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collaboration

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delineation

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exaggeration

polarization

carthaginian

refrigeration

appreciation

accreditation

equalization

sophistication

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configuration

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continuation

fortification

subordination

harmonization

communication

magnetization

recommendation

rectification

sedimentation

normalization

neutralization

hybridization

amalgamation

falsification

magnification

manipulation

organization

delicatessen

negotiation

philadelphian

cooperation

augustinian

authorization

corroboration

reiteration

initiation

abbreviation

coagulation

libertarian

agglomeration

acceleration

amelioration

coordination

amortization

panamanian

decapitation

elimination

hallucination

magisterial

assemblywoman

peloponnesian

eradication

preoccupation

exhilaration

interpolation

illumination

authentication

dissemination

orientation

denomination

determination

modernization

depreciation

interconnection

augustinians

accumulation

infatuation

centralization

nonsectarian

nonintervention

multiplication

defenestration

amplification

ornamentation

investigation

cohabitation

juxtaposition

procrastination

confabulation

representation

simplification

synchronization

sanctification

enumeration

elaboration

evaporation

humiliation

irradiation

proliferation

reaffirmation

recuperation

retaliation

misapprehension

anticipation

decomposition

administration

argumentation

desegregation

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predestination

appropriation

emancipation

participation

scandinavian

depopulation

exacerbation

immunization

inactivation

evacuation

examination

hyperinflation

inoculation

pomeranian

conglomeration

insemination

invalidation

interrogation

recombination

recrimination

intimidation

quantification

reforestation

reintegration

ejaculation

theologian

inhabitation

exoskeleton

nickelodeon

overproduction

remuneration

denunciation

renunciation

repudiation

caledonian

oregonian

articulation

revaluation

prognostication

conciliation

premeditation

consideration

babylonian

patagonian

pronunciation

approximation

incrimination

exoneration

disembarkation

interpretation

intoxication

evaluation

amazonian

improvisation

inauguration

hyperborean

extermination

substantiation

brobdingnagian

capitulation

pasteurization

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washingtonian

congratulation

instrumentation

nitroglycerine

association

reverberation

psychotherapy

consolidation

electrocution

executioner

incarceration

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predisposition

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maximilian

presbyterian

triangulation

russification

executioners

specification

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associations

elizabethan

ethiopian

assassination

assimilation

incineration

carolinian

jeffersonian

mississippian

neapolitan

pennsylvanian

specialization

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maximization

exfoliation

insinuation

justification

yugoslavian

accusatory

christianization

precipitation

resuscitation

discoloration

expatriation

beethovenian

metropolitan

hanoverian

misapplication

misinformation

expropriation

centenarian

veterinarian

discrimination

disintegration

disinclination

dissatisfaction

origination

desalination

argentinian

miscalculation

imagination

lithuanian

hydrogenation

pythagorean

disestablishment

associated

dionysian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word suggestion

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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