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

airman

apron

atman

bellman

citrin

footman

hempen

kelson

chairman

chessman

desman

ensign

headman

keelson

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

m1

melton

nekton

outrun

pectin

penman

pitman

pressman

saffron

selden

stepson

tendon

teston

whitson

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

bellon

bitten

briton

burton

beckon

button

certain

curtain

deaden

deafen

devon

fatten

felon

flatten

garron

heaven

kitten

latin

leaden

leaven

lemon

lessen

lesson

melon

mitten

mutton

patten

ledden

pattern

reckon

platen

platten

redden

resin

return

satan

satin

saturn

seven

straighten

vegan

weapon

written

smitten

freshman

belgian

engine

flexion

gentian

mention

section

tension

pension

question

urine

children

delphian

earthen

doctrine

dustman

headsman

lampron

lengthen

outruns

sexton

statesman

strengthen

freshen

hessian

pathan

session

acton

alman

aspen

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

chaplain

chapman

citrine

classman

claxon

clinton

crimson

dampen

damson

falcon

fibrin

gascon

gilden

goodman

hadron

minion

lightman

linden

lisbon

hackman

ibsen

london

lynden

mignon

milken

million

muslin

onion

outdone

patterned

patterns

returns

samson

shipman

shotgun

silken

packman

panton

passman

runnion

santon

saturns

saxon

scallion

scullion

sovereign

squadron

sultan

sovran

spearman

sylvan

emption

stallion

stillion

vulcan

woodman

henchman

woolman

banyan

penguin

bagman

baston

billion

billman

boatman

bookman

brakeman

bullion

jackman

jasmine

kansan

latrine

pillion

pinion

plantain

trillion

undone

piston

tillman

tubman

tuscan

alan

amman

bacon

basin

bason

bayman

beaten

begun

billon

bisson

blacken

boughten

bourbon

bracken

brazen

brighten

burden

burdon

burman

bushman

cabin

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

chasten

chicken

christen

christian

churchman

cotton

cousin

craftsman

craven

cretin

crouton

dagan

dagon

daman

dethrone

diction

dozen

draftsman

dragon

driven

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

eaten

ermine

famine

fasten

fiction

firman

flashgun

floren

foreign

friction

frighten

gallon

gammon

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gluten

gotten

graven

griffon

hangman

happen

hasten

haven

heighten

hidden

hoten

huntsman

jason

kalan

laden

lagan

layman

lighten

linen

listen

loren

luncheon

madden

maiden

mangan

mason

muffin

mullen

ninon

oven

pagan

person

prison

pullen

quicken

raven

rerun

ribbon

ridden

rincon

risen

riven

rotten

sadden

salmon

sauterne

sermon

seton

shaken

shaman

shrunken

sicken

siren

slacken

stiffen

strengthens

stricken

striven

suction

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

sweeten

taken

talon

tappen

thicken

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

turban

urban

urson

villain

wagon

waken

warren

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

zaman

zircon

quadrant

postman

portman

cauldron

capstan

caxton

latrines

klansman

landman

hydrant

cutworms

grandson

midterms

squadrons

yachtsman

scotsman

salesman

bludgeon

cushion

dudgeon

ashen

asian

burgeon

cajun

rayon

fashion

fission

gudgeon

haitian

kitchen

mahone

mission

nation

passion

persian

pigeon

prussian

ration

russian

southern

station

steering

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

urchin

version

vision

gumption

plankton

stringent

tungsten

alban

arson

bargain

barton

bedroom

austin

carbon

bolden

boston

carman

carmine

carton

chieftain

cordon

cutworm

dalton

copeman

corban

darken

faulcon

fielden

foreman

garden

gorgon

harken

harten

golden

fireman

freedman

dobson

dolphin

dolman

fountain

harden

headroom

midterm

jargon

kirkman

lineman

lopeman

marten

martin

minden

molten

morgan

mountain

newsman

norman

oxen

ponton

sauternes

sharpen

soldan

spartan

stallman

tarpon

orphan

linemen

jordan

marlin

olden

shorten

stockman

stirring

hearten

parson

mormon

shearman

houseman

jorden

lockman

pardon

smarten

organ

sequin

tartan

wanton

union

warden

workman

function

hydrants

landsman

junction

sportsman

bastion

caption

mansion

traction

longan

fraction

faction

coachman

action

othman

strangle

watchman

auden

beacon

bison

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bowman

broaden

broken

brogan

cheapen

chosen

colon

common

crewman

cuban

cumin

deacon

deepen

dromon

eden

elan

demon

fallen

freeman

frozen

hausen

hogan

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

hyson

leman

leven

lichen

liken

liman

liven

locken

logan

loosen

lumen

lyden

modern

moisten

odin

often

omen

open

pollan

proven

pavon

poison

pollen

reason

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rumen

seaman

season

semen

shogun

showman

siphon

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

swollen

syphon

thousand

token

toman

treason

trodden

weaken

widen

wizen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

bedrooms

baldwin

bordman

homespun

horseman

marchman

markman

seedsman

townsman

spokesman

oarsman

caution

motion

potion

stringers

lotion

region

fusion

heathen

legion

lesion

ocean

stirrings

straining

grecian

notion

trojan

cowan

streamline

dian

lion

scion

ion

zion

rowan

rowen

ruin

sterner

daydream

mayan

paean

gowan

owen

moderns

peon

guardsman

marksman

sanction

auction

faustian

fortune

georgian

hawthorn

margin

martian

option

portion

storming

strangers

stringer

torsion

daydreams

streamers

hawthorns

stranger

streaming

streamer

stroma

strangler

retrench

stormy

sternly

strongholds

adorn

strangely

sternpost

adorns

stringy

sternposts

stronghold

strongly

3 syllable words

determent

deterrent

determined

determines

deterrents

chairperson

eternal

peterman

suburban

mandarin

maternal

weathering

jettison

feathering

paternal

waterman

hammerman

cistercian

heroin

heroine

temptation

bedouin

carrion

cation

clarion

malayan

gestation

marian

assertion

aversion

cessation

cetacean

desertion

fisherman

flirtation

immersion

lutherans

narration

perversion

reversion

detriment

dithyramb

motoring

neutering

scythian

watering

battalion

bedridden

chamberlain

everyone

in-person

italian

lumberman

matronly

mistaken

patronize

timberman

unburden

uncertain

pentathlon

assassin

catalan

atrium

adrian

anyone

bitumen

awaken

denizen

fustian

gathering

kantian

keratin

beethoven

citizen

cyprian

elison

ferryman

jamaican

lesbian

medicine

mothering

nevadan

overdone

overman

overrun

pelican

skeleton

specimen

superman

thespian

vatican

venison

wesleyan

withering

yttrium

odorant

exertion

insertion

dentition

anchorman

aspersion

attention

detection

detention

attrition

contagion

conversion

crustacean

dictation

dispersion

incursion

inversion

lactation

menhaden

patrician

patronage

plantation

protection

sensation

submersion

subversion

alien

appian

arian

attorney

avian

biotin

chilean

citation

clergyman

correction

countryman

crestfallen

direction

diversion

duration

elation

emblazon

etruscan

evasion

extortion

fabian

flotation

foramen

galleon

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

gradation

hawaiian

imagine

intestine

lecithin

libyan

malaysian

margarine

mutation

negation

notation

occasion

petition

plebeian

predation

protean

quotation

regimen

reptilian

retiring

rotation

samoan

sedation

simian

summation

syrian

vacation

doddering

alderman

aegean

derision

alaskan

predestine

parisian

attraction

powdering

rebellion

phrygian

african

castration

contention

enliven

contrition

distortion

chairwoman

sumatran

excursion

clarendon

medallion

mexican

enlighten

talisman

austrian

backgammon

horatian

intrusion

atriums

capsaicin

coercion

buttermilk

intention

cambrian

abandon

contortion

nutrient

filtration

frustration

stygian

genuine

gatherings

vermilion

ablation

retirements

abortion

abrasion

accretion

affection

erection

impassion

invasion

equation

inaction

misshapen

extraction

fixation

laurentian

nutrition

nitrogen

optation

perception

perfection

persuasion

ascension

alsatian

apportion

benjamin

collection

compassion

connection

connexion

contusion

dalmatian

damnation

deception

defection

deflation

dimension

dissection

dissension

election

preemption

pretension

prevention

proportion

reception

rendition

resection

retention

salvation

secretion

selection

stagnation

tactician

taxation

technician

albion

andean

attorneys

bedizen

gravamen

feminine

campion

champion

cinnamon

eleven

javelin

halcyon

bulletin

forgotten

freemason

garrison

indian

jacobin

keynesian

lanolin

melanin

zambian

ottoman

puritan

ramadan

silicon

toboggan

uneven

vitamin

contraption

companion

contraction

downtrodden

ejection

imprison

unbroken

encryption

nebraskan

nutrients

subtraction

embolden

suggestion

adherents

abstention

adhesion

badminton

bandwagon

projection

extension

extrusion

digestion

truncation

ambrosian

franciscan

snapdragon

rejection

destruction

distraction

addition

aleutian

allusion

caucasian

causation

collegian

collision

collusion

commission

commotion

cremation

decision

deletion

delusion

devotion

dilation

erosion

location

donation

division

edition

emission

emotion

gyration

halogen

illusion

ligation

oration

possession

ovation

percussion

permission

phoenician

physician

pollution

position

precession

privation

probation

procession

profession

promotion

provision

recession

recision

relation

religion

rescission

secession

sedition

solution

tradition

venetian

vocation

aryan

jovian

abduction

adherent

adherence

confection

conflation

irian

conception

korean

julian

convection

fenian

freudian

declension

deflection

diffraction

disruption

dorian

exaction

exception

inception

reflection

retraction

prostration

translation

invention

redemption

gaussian

moroccan

nemean

convention

myosin

orion

infection

horizon

inflation

misfortune

misprision

suspension

median

strengthening

permian

reopen

nubian

odeon

grobian

niacin

abdomen

abstraction

acumen

adrenal

artisan

brazilian

charlatan

civilian

cohesion

constriction

construction

discipline

dominion

guncotton

instruction

logician

magdalen

magician

nobleman

obstruction

opinion

partisan

pavilion

policeman

rifleman

unbutton

uncommon

unwritten

watermark

adornment

backwoodsman

australian

congestion

heartbroken

objection

ingestion

corrosion

creation

croatian

fijian

fruition

laotian

injection

southerner

tuition

ablution

accession

admission

beholden

addiction

adoption

aggression

ambition

artesian

carnation

cartesian

concussion

concession

condition

confession

deduction

depiction

depletion

depression

diffusion

digression

discussion

emulsion

eviction

excision

formation

foundation

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

incision

obsession

occlusion

oppression

irishman

migration

libration

optician

prediction

preclusion

partition

production

profusion

progression

propulsion

reduction

regression

repression

revulsion

seclusion

seduction

starvation

stringency

submission

succession

suppression

suspicion

transition

vibration

adsorption

complexion

infarction

prescription

description

excretion

exemption

expansion

inflection

infraction

inspection

restriction

absorption

modernize

guardian

unison

bouillon

albumin

scorpion

arkansan

collagen

councilman

reunion

strontium

communion

disunion

egyptian

handwoven

harlequin

gordian

solomon

housebroken

masculine

octillion

outspoken

watermarks

bosnian

muskmelon

saleswoman

distinction

affliction

corruption

anglican

omission

origin

parthian

audition

munition

inscription

retrenchment

musician

precision

assumption

remission

combustion

southerners

subscription

transcription

completion

compression

compulsion

conclusion

conscription

revision

confucian

confusion

volition

conduction

concoction

conviction

convulsion

implosion

impression

inclusion

induction

reaction

exhaustion

infusion

discretion

inhuman

midshipman

nonhuman

presumption

singleton

resumption

transmission

cardigan

charwoman

corsican

extinction

forbidden

forewoman

modernist

outermost

perfusion

porcelain

rhodopsin

transgression

asuncion

cognition

eruption

oxygen

consumption

exclusion

explosion

expression

expulsion

proscription

infliction

retrenchments

congressman

compunction

englishman

modernists

nonunion

conjunction

southernmost

strangulate

transaction

injunction

dilution

precaution

transfusion

norwegian

adoring

maturing

4 syllable words

sectarian

restoration

decoration

federation

iteration

reparation

separation

veneration

generation

preparation

aldebaran

centurion

determinate

eritrean

interurban

nestorian

predetermine

utterances

veterinary

eternally

detonation

habitation

sanitation

reformation

resurrection

respiration

annotation

levitation

meditation

hesitation

recitation

eternity

desperation

preservation

reservation

declaration

gravitation

perturbation

aberration

adoration

agitation

apparition

coloration

corinthian

determinant

determinist

interwoven

laceration

liberation

meridian

miseration

pedestrian

perforation

reassertion

variation

vegetation

alabaman

devastation

excitation

penetration

refutation

expiration

affectation

equitation

estimation

palpitation

historian

masturbation

matrimony

maturation

patrimony

adaptation

molestation

victorian

interaction

intercession

intermission

interruption

estonian

copernican

glaciation

greco-roman

graduation

retrocession

nicaraguan

reexamine

ventilation

reputation

retirement

saturation

watermelon

admiration

allocation

equestrian

appalachian

appellation

avocation

bifurcation

defamation

delegation

desiccation

desolation

dilatation

elevation

irritation

navigation

recreation

repetition

titillation

limitation

galilean

animation

dissertation

medication

gregorian

himalayan

jacobean

imitation

renovation

paternity

allegation

missourian

alteration

mitigation

algerian

aspiration

maternity

dedication

litigation

perspiration

maccabean

mammalian

connotation

revelation

affirmation

decimation

figuration

revocation

trepidation

arizonan

vacillation

detrimental

determinants

validation

visitation

arabian

ulceration

assyrian

bavarian

canadian

coloradan

criterion

deodorant

planarian

praetorian

reawaken

valerian

augmentation

amputation

interdiction

intersection

interception

intervention

retribution

tetrahedron

electrician

exhortation

exploration

indentation

menstruation

infestation

education

aviation

watermelons

cogitation

nigerian

patronymic

radiation

patronizes

dietitian

toleration

mother-in-law

operation

pelagian

adulation

moderation

violation

athenian

registration

moravian

interjection

agrarian

abdication

acclimation

backwardation

circulation

accordion

acclamation

albanian

cancellation

tabulation

inspiration

calibration

abyssinian

intimation

american

invitation

amphibian

abnegation

celebration

information

barbarian

committeeman

advocation

desecration

distillation

altercation

alternation

designation

destitution

regulation

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

recollection

replication

resignation

restitution

reclamation

emigration

emulation

deodorants

eustachian

predilection

permutation

pagurian

paraguayan

penicillin

returnable

tasmanian

fabrication

patronizing

overburden

wagnerian

dandelion

activation

annexation

situation

accusation

application

samaritan

granulation

inattention

segregation

custodian

commutation

cultivation

hypertension

librarian

speculation

californian

sequestration

gentlewoman

expectation

exploitation

extradition

extrication

kindergarten

legislation

ohioan

patrimonial

rhododendron

arthurian

collocation

corp.

corporation

deposition

derivation

devolution

demolition

dissipation

erudition

evolution

fumigation

hibernation

motivation

mutilation

hungarian

preelection

oscillation

politician

propagation

provocation

realization

supervision

reelection

repercussion

resolution

revolution

rumination

smithsonian

suffocation

usurpation

valuation

abolition

immolation

inhalation

innovation

jubilation

intuition

isolation

computation

consternation

installation

instigation

imputation

consultation

gastrulation

incantation

integration

satisfaction

chameleon

malnutrition

bolivian

collodion

comedian

indexation

embarkation

devonian

draconian

european

fallopian

floridian

hyperion

iberian

disputation

napoleon

newtonian

arbitration

iranian

liberian

excavation

plutonian

lancastrian

transportation

transformation

ministration

attribution

importation

protozoan

quaternary

calculation

siberian

sicilian

simonian

illustration

utopian

exhalation

macedonian

modulation

fluctuation

contrarian

strangulation

adrenaline

comparison

shakespearean

bohemian

father-in-law

coalition

deviation

foliation

hegelian

ideation

leviathan

prohibition

mediation

abrogation

competition

elocution

compilation

confirmation

dislocation

duplication

immigration

indication

absolution

acquisition

aggregation

approbation

benediction

circumcision

conservation

aggravation

consolation

conversation

convocation

fibrillation

introduction

consummation

dereliction

destination

disaffection

exhibition

deportation

insulation

distribution

insurrection

liquidation

infiltration

self-deception

invocation

lubrication

orchestration

occupation

obstetrician

observation

explication

obligation

ovulation

persecution

prostitution

protestation

requisition

superhuman

superstition

exclamation

implantation

polyhedron

publication

retardation

simulation

impregnation

oxidation

population

proclamation

recognition

relaxation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

tribulation

vindication

syndication

dehydration

exhumation

columbian

syncopation

conjugation

strangulations

assemblyman

cotyledon

cyclopean

darwinian

dominican

guatemalan

peruvian

jordanian

minnesotan

modernism

modernizes

oblivion

quadrennial

obsidian

olympian

pavlovian

adrenergic

circumvention

complication

condemnation

condescension

confiscation

consecration

constellation

constipation

constitution

deconstruction

definition

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dissolution

emanation

evocation

execution

expedition

exposition

fluoridation

formulation

imperfection

implication

incarnation

indignation

inflammation

institution

introspection

irrigation

liquefaction

locomotion

malformation

melanesian

misperception

mortification

obfuscation

octahedron

opposition

ostentation

polynesian

preignition

premonition

procreation

proposition

punctuation

readmission

reconstruction

reinspection

relocation

reposition

repossession

segmentation

subluxation

substitution

supposition

transplantation

apprehension

noblewoman

misbegotten

tamoxifen

hemoglobin

incubation

diocesan

crocodilian

indigestion

armageddon

adrenalin

republican

presentation

carcinogen

crucifixion

culmination

deformation

demarcation

lilliputian

recantation

circumspection

conflagration

admonition

algonquian

ammunition

convolution

disposition

gargantuan

composition

imposition

explanation

indecision

indonesian

incrustation

intonation

contemplation

prosecution

subdivision

contraception

contradiction

contravention

vaccination

contribution

surrogation

comprehension

businesswoman

ibuprofen

inhibition

herculean

elongation

gorgonian

armenian

hydrocarbon

nonpartisan

decompression

disconnection

dispensation

fragmentation

inclination

inquisition

jurisdiction

pigmentation

reproduction

coronation

termination

divination

fascination

congregation

correlation

diminution

manumission

machination

germination

mongolian

confrontation

demonstration

misconception

indiscretion

pagination

ordination

combination

inundation

fermentation

englishwoman

nonprescription

condensation

hydrometer

compensation

domination

nomination

profanation

concentration

commendation

copenhagen

precondition

modernity

preconception

5 syllable words

vegetarian

reiteration

proletarian

unitarian

jeffersonian

libertarian

nonsectarian

deceleration

alliteration

commemoration

degeneration

delicatessen

determinable

determinedly

determinism

regeneration

veterinarian

presbyterian

corroboration

acceleration

confederation

adulteration

premeditation

determination

decapitation

dramatization

interpolation

obliteration

orientation

panamanian

metropolitan

cauterization

veterinarians

collaboration

deterministic

elaboration

enumeration

evaporation

deliberation

lithuanian

proliferation

pythagorean

cohabitation

reaffirmation

recuperation

vaporization

accreditation

determinations

pomeranian

domestication

rectification

exasperation

manifestation

magnetization

interrogation

paternalism

matrimonial

scandinavian

epicurean

inhabitation

determinative

authorization

authentication

agglomeration

desalination

exhilaration

exoneration

facilitation

fertilization

pacification

classification

gratification

discoloration

gasification

amelioration

attenuation

certification

coagulation

consideration

edification

amortization

inauguration

incineration

precipitation

specification

repatriation

cooperation

remuneration

ramification

ratification

resuscitation

solicitation

stratification

vulgarization

ornamentation

centralization

interpretation

investigation

expatriation

interconnection

defenestration

nonintervention

extermination

amazonian

caledonian

carolinian

hanoverian

babylonian

beethovenian

hyperborean

specialization

refrigeration

mathematician

perpetuation

nitroglycerine

pasteurization

paternalistic

patagonian

exaggeration

pennsylvanian

exacerbation

incorporation

excoriation

falsification

reverberation

reintegration

desegregation

exfoliation

deification

delineation

retaliation

argumentation

affiliation

association

configuration

administration

humiliation

irradiation

conglomeration

contamination

continuation

incarceration

misinformation

inactivation

maximization

intimidation

sophistication

anticipation

alleviation

magnification

electrocution

justification

annihilation

polarization

dissociation

augustinian

centenarian

exoskeleton

initiation

maximilian

negotiation

philadelphian

accommodation

dissatisfaction

theologian

academician

assassination

assimilation

intoxication

abbreviation

brutalization

multiplication

civilization

clarification

codification

conciliation

elizabethan

eradication

evaluation

ethiopian

mobilization

modernization

modification

peloponnesian

prevarication

qualification

revaluation

russification

vilification

utilization

ossification

sterilization

amplification

legalization

localization

disembarkation

disintegration

mummification

notification

nullification

representation

preoccupation

repudiation

unification

verification

neapolitan

appreciation

brobdingnagian

adjudication

capitulation

infatuation

sanctification

mississippian

substantiation

nickelodeon

depreciation

imagination

washingtonian

expropriation

amalgamation

appropriation

communication

depopulation

consolidation

emancipation

indoctrination

examination

hyperinflation

immunization

inoculation

insinuation

manipulation

equalization

equivocation

evacuation

fortification

invalidation

misapplication

neutralization

normalization

participation

predestination

quantification

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

sedimentation

subordination

ejaculation

alienation

assemblywoman

triangulation

instrumentation

origination

approximation

articulation

improvisation

abomination

accumulation

confabulation

discrimination

incrimination

juxtaposition

overproduction

simplification

coordination

hallucination

prognostication

denomination

dissemination

elimination

illumination

presupposition

mechanization

purification

carthaginian

rejuvenation

congratulation

misapprehension

synchronization

oregonian

hybridization

miscalculation

decomposition

reforestation

concatenation

insemination

predisposition

christianization

disinclination

procrastination

yugoslavian

glorification

canonization

denunciation

renunciation

harmonization

organization

colonization

pronunciation

dionysian

hydrogenation

argentinian

ionization

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word veteran

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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