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

abreast

abhors

acting

aching

affairs

afresh

aging

airing

angling

ailing

arching

appraise

apprise

arming

asking

appears

averse

avers

awning

backing

broking

browning

barring

banding

banking

banging

basting

bathing

bearing

batting

beaming

beating

beavers

bedding

beading

beijing

bitching

belting

bending

being

birthing

belling

binding

bidding

biding

billing

bevers

blaring

baiting

baking

biting

blasting

blazing

blushing

boarding

boating

blending

blinding

blessing

blocking

blooming

blowing

bluing

bolling

bleaching

blueing

boasting

bolting

boning

bonding

booming

bleeding

boring

bowling

bowing

bouncing

bounding

boxing

bleeping

booting

boozing

branching

boiling

bracing

breeching

breasting

brawling

brimming

breathing

brewing

braiding

braving

breaking

breeding

briefing

broiling

brooding

browsing

bagging

brushing

buckling

bucking

budding

bruting

building

bulging

bunting

chanting

butting

burning

burping

buying

charming

camping

calming

caprice

calling

carling

casting

caning

catching

carping

carving

caulking

casing

ceiling

chafing

chasing

buffers

chipping

choking

chopping

clearing

chilling

chirping

churning

clanging

cleaning

choppers

climbing

clipping

coaching

clothing

cloaking

closing

clouding

clowning

clucking

coating

coasting

clocking

clogging

coaxing

capers

codding

combing

coming

colling

coiling

cocking

chauffeurs

cooking

cooling

chewing

cooing

cobras

cutting

coffers

coping

costing

coursing

coupling

couching

crackling

covers

cracking

coppers

crashing

cresting

creeping

cribbing

crooning

craving

creaking

crossing

crowing

crushing

cuddling

culling

cunning

curing

curling

crying

daring

coopers

darling

dashing

dancing

daunting

damning

dawning

cyphers

cypress

dealing

daybreak

defers

defrost

defrays

derring

depressed

dipping

dicing

digging

dilling

dining

diffract

dippers

differs

dishing

diverge

divers

diverse

diving

docking

doting

doubting

drawing

drafting

dragging

drinking

dressing

doing

draining

edging

drilling

dripping

driving

dropping

drugging

drumming

dueling

dumpling

duckling

dubbing

ducking

during

earring

dwelling

earning

dyeing

dying

earthling

easing

eating

drying

eking

ending

divorce

divorced

folding

erring

etching

evening

evers

fabric

eyebrows

fabrics

facing

fading

farthing

farming

faulting

falling

fining

failing

fetching

fencing

fehling

fielding

feeding

feeling

feigning

fibres

fevers

fixing

fighting

firing

fishing

foaming

fainting

finding

filing

filling

fitting

flaring

flashing

fledgling

fleming

floating

flagging

flaming

fleeting

flitting

flooding

flushing

flooring

flowing

flogging

flying

foiling

favors

forging

forcing

forming

footing

fucking

founding

frosting

franking

fruiting

foundling

framing

freaking

freezing

fraying

frying

funding

fuming

gadding

galling

gassing

gaming

gearing

gloaming

getting

gilding

glaring

glancing

ginning

girding

giving

glazing

givers

glinting

glowing

going

golding

golfing

gophers

gunning

gushing

grappling

grafting

grasping

grating

grayling

grazing

greening

greeting

grouting

grieving

grinding

grounding

grooming

grouping

groundling

herring

growing

hatching

harping

handling

hamstring

having

heading

hearing

hanging

healing

heating

heaving

heckling

hebrews

helping

heifers

hoarding

hiding

hilling

hissing

grading

hitting

horning

holing

homing

hopping

holding

hogging

hoppers

hosting

hounding

housing

hugging

humming

hurling

hurting

hovers

hunting

icing

inkling

inning

jarring

jeering

jerking

jetting

jailing

jobbers

jogging

judging

jumping

joking

jutting

keeping

kenning

kicking

keeling

keepers

kindling

killing

kipling

knowing

lawing

knitting

knocking

lagging

lading

kippers

labors

lamping

launching

latching

lapping

lashing

landing

lasting

laughing

lavers

laying

leading

leaking

leaning

leapfrog

leaping

learning

lending

legging

lemming

roving

leasing

lifting

lightning

licking

lighting

liking

rubbing

lepers

listing

lining

living

loading

salting

loathing

lodging

logging

longing

looking

looming

lopping

loring

loving

looping

losing

loppers

lovers

lowing

saving

levers

lubbers

loafers

lunching

lumping

malting

madding

lying

mailing

making

mapping

marching

matching

marking

matting

meaning

meeting

merging

melting

mincing

minding

milling

mining

missing

mocking

molting

mooring

loaning

morning

morphing

mourning

mugging

mowing

moulding

mounting

musing

muting

nagging

nanking

napping

moving

loopers

nestling

netting

nipping

nutting

nodding

nothing

nosing

nursing

obverse

schooling

offspring

oppressed

oozing

operas

outing

ousting

nevers

shirting

offers

overs

pairing

owing

packing

padding

pacing

paging

painting

paring

parking

parting

panting

passing

papers

patching

petting

pelting

pending

paving

peaking

paying

peeing

paupers

pegging

peppers

piercing

panning

picking

piling

phasing

pinching

popping

phrasing

pitching

pimping

piping

planting

planking

pining

pipers

plaything

plating

plugging

plumbing

poking

poling

polling

plodding

pointing

pleading

pleasing

playing

pooling

poppers

pouting

preaching

posting

pouncing

pounding

praying

printing

offing

pressing

priming

pumping

prowling

puffing

purging

pushing

pruning

pudding

prying

putting

quaking

quilting

rafting

quilling

racking

raging

racing

railing

raising

raking

rambling

rappers

raving

reading

reefers

livers

reproach

refers

refresh

repairs

reprise

resting

reveres

ringing

quavers

rising

reverse

rifling

ribbing

riding

rigging

rivers

roaring

rousing

roasting

rocking

robbers

rolling

romping

rounding

roofing

ropers

roofers

reversed

rubbers

rubric

ruling

sapling

running

sacking

sagging

sailing

zippers

rovers

scalping

scarring

scaling

scheming

saying

movers

schilling

scorching

scratching

searching

scrimping

scraping

screwing

scuppers

screaming

screening

seating

shearing

sewing

shafting

serving

seedling

seeling

seeming

seizing

shading

seeing

severs

sharking

shaving

sabres

shelving

setting

shifting

shedding

shelling

shilling

shining

sheathing

sheeting

shippers

shipping

shipwreck

shipwright

shipwrights

savers

shuffling

shunting

shoring

shrouding

showing

shrinking

shooting

shredding

shoestring

shoppers

sibling

tailing

savors

sinking

sighting

signing

sitting

sizing

singing

sighing

skilling

slapping

slanting

skimming

skirting

sledding

sleeping

slating

skippers

sliding

slighting

slitting

sloping

slouching

snarling

smoking

snapping

snoring

soaring

smoothing

smelting

smacking

smelling

sniffing

something

soaking

sneaking

sneezing

scolding

sobbing

sobers

sopping

soothing

slotting

sounding

tasting

shavers

spanking

saviors

sparing

sparger

sparkles

sparkling

sparling

sparsely

spelling

speaking

sporting

spending

sperling

spinning

sparrows

shivers

shocking

siding

sprinkling

springing

sprightly

tracing

sovereign

squinting

starling

stamping

standing

stacking

stalling

staging

squeezing

starting

stating

stitching

staving

steering

stinking

sterling

sticking

stinging

stirring

stealing

stopping

stocking

stooping

storming

stowing

stretching

strapping

stripping

straddling

striking

streaming

striving

stroking

strutting

suckling

stuffing

stunning

sucking

suffers

suffrage

straining

suiting

suing

touching

stripling

switching

sparkle

supers

thrusting

swearing

tipping

tackling

sweating

swimming

swaying

sweepers

sweeping

swooning

tacking

sweeting

swelling

taking

throwing

talking

tamping

thumping

teaching

tempting

taunting

teething

teaming

teeming

sprocket

testing

tanning

tapers

telling

thrashing

thinking

thrilling

topping

tithing

tilting

toasting

sovereigns

ticking

tiding

tooling

tippers

toppers

tossing

suppers

tripping

spurling

trifling

tricking

trilling

trimming

trailing

training

trucking

trusting

twisting

tubing

tuning

turning

twining

tying

trying

tubers

uprights

upright

uprise

uppers

vapors

veering

voting

vaulting

vesting

viking

veiling

voiding

vipers

winning

vying

warling

warming

warning

wapping

wanting

walling

walking

waiting

waking

waivers

warping

waning

washing

wearing

wellspring

wasting

trading

whipping

wedding

weeping

westling

weakling

weaving

weeding

weighing

whacking

whaling

weavers

wheeling

whopping

webbing

whistling

whitling

whirling

whiting

whooping

whoppers

wielding

wilding

wincing

willing

wading

winding

webers

witching

wiring

wishing

wording

working

wrecking

wrestling

writing

yachting

yearling

yearning

wringing

wipers

yelling

wafers

yielding

zephyrs

zebras

3 syllable words

abounding

abrasion

abiding

abrasions

abrasive

abrogate

annoying

absorbing

accusing

adjoining

according

adoring

admiring

accenting

affecting

abducting

agreeing

afflicting

anything

aforesaid

african

africans

amusing

alerting

alarming

aligning

alluring

amazing

annealing

apercu

affricate

affricates

appalling

appealing

appraises

appraisals

appraisal

appraisers

appraiser

apprises

apricots

apricot

asserting

assuming

ascending

aspiring

assuring

arriving

arresting

astounding

attracting

aversion

averages

aversions

aversive

average

backbiting

avarice

backsliding

arranging

badgering

ballooning

battering

beholding

beseeching

befitting

battening

beginning

beguiling

becoming

behaviors

besieging

bettering

believing

besetting

belonging

bickering

billowing

beverages

beverage

bifurcate

blackmailing

blanketing

bookkeeping

bloodletting

bloodsucking

blundering

blistering

blossoming

blustering

bottling

brainwashing

broadcasting

baffling

connecting

canoeing

bubbling

bullfighting

chattering

bundling

bungling

bullying

bumbling

bustling

butchering

caprices

bushwhacking

cackling

campaigning

capricorn

carousing

caressing

carjacking

carrying

challenging

centering

channeling

carpeting

confounding

buffeting

churchgoing

childbearing

confiding

coloring

comforting

commanding

colouring

commuting

complaining

completing

compounding

complying

conceding

concerning

concurring

conflicting

conforming

confusing

conjuring

counseling

conserving

consuming

converging

conveying

consulting

convincing

constricting

contracting

contacting

conquering

covering

coppersmith

copying

coverage

correcting

copyrights

copyright

cowering

cooperage

cradling

crippling

crocheting

crusading

cushioning

cycling

copiers

dairying

damaging

dampening

darkening

delighting

debating

decreasing

declining

deafening

depression

deadening

degrading

defusing

departing

depresses

deserving

depressant

depressive

depressions

deprecate

deprecates

descending

despairing

designing

depressants

detailing

deforest

devours

following

dialing

diapering

diffraction

discerning

disarming

disguising

disgusting

diverting

distressing

dissenting

dissolving

distracting

dissembling

dissecting

diverging

divergent

diverges

diversion

diversions

dividing

divining

doddering

engaging

doubling

dressmaking

downsizing

drizzling

dumbfounding

echoing

dwindling

enclosing

easterling

eavesdropping

emptying

emitting

enchanting

endearing

divorcee

divorces

enduring

engrossing

ensuing

engraving

enticing

equating

erecting

entering

enlisting

erupting

everything

evergreen

everglades

evergreens

euphoric

everest

exacting

exhausting

exceeding

exciting

expanding

existing

expelling

excepting

expiring

exploring

exulting

fabricant

fabricates

fabricate

factoring

faltering

fastening

favoring

feathering

feverish

finishing

fingering

flattering

flavoring

flowering

fondling

foreboding

forecasting

forbidding

forgiving

forthcoming

forwarding

frustrating

freewheeling

glimmering

galloping

gathering

gambling

gardening

gibberish

glistening

glowering

good-looking

governing

groundbreaking

hairdressing

handwriting

hardworking

happening

harvesting

hardening

heartbreaking

highflying

housekeeping

housewarming

hovercraft

hyperspace

improving

imposing

imprinting

impending

importing

imploring

incoming

increasing

infighting

installing

inserting

invading

inspiring

insulting

interesting

investing

inviting

ironing

issuing

jockeying

juggling

journeying

kidnapping

lamenting

lactating

laboring

diaphragm

landholding

laundering

languishing

landscaping

lawmaking

layering

layperson

diapers

lettering

leavening

leprosy

lessening

leveling

lightening

leprechauns

leverage

life-giving

leprechaun

listening

locating

lingering

lowering

lubricate

lubricant

machining

maddening

maturing

matchmaking

maverick

marketing

marshaling

mavericks

measuring

mellowing

meddling

narrowing

middling

misgiving

misleading

mistaking

misspelling

modeling

obliging

mothering

mumbling

muscling

motoring

murmuring

mottling

nebraskan

nerve-racking

networking

neighboring

nebraskans

neutering

nourishing

observing

offering

ongoing

opining

opening

offsetting

oncoming

oppresses

oppression

oppressive

outgoing

lumbering

ordering

oppressions

oppressor

outpouring

oppressors

outlying

outfitting

outstanding

ovaries

overcoats

overcoat

overcrowds

overcooks

overcrowd

overcook

overcomes

overcome

overgrowth

overgrown

overreach

overseas

oversea

oversees

overshoot

overshot

oversell

oversight

oversize

oversleep

overstate

oversee

overstay

overuse

overweight

overstock

overstates

overstep

painstaking

paneling

papering

parceling

pardoning

paperweight

polluting

peppering

perplexing

peddling

pervading

persisting

pickering

piddling

pilfering

pondering

plastering

pitying

polishing

powdering

presiding

proceeding

prevailing

profiling

profiting

promising

pronouncing

provoking

quarreling

lubricants

railroading

reducing

rapprochement

recording

reclining

ravishing

raveling

reasoning

reckoning

reappears

refreshing

rejoicing

repeating

refractive

preceding

reflecting

refractor

refreshes

refreshment

resisting

refreshments

relapsing

referees

regarding

relieving

reforest

rendering

refractors

repurchase

refresher

represent

repressive

repression

reprisals

quickening

repressions

represents

reprisal

retiring

respecting

rubberize

reveries

revolting

reversals

reverser

reversal

reversing

reviving

reverses

revolving

reviewers

reversion

reversers

riveting

rivieres

robberies

rumbling

riverside

overcharge

overacts

sickening

scattering

scavenging

scaffolding

overact

supersede

overcast

seagoing

scribbling

scrambling

seasoning

seducing

shadowing

sapphires

shimmering

shipbuilding

settling

shoplifting

shortening

shortcoming

sleepwalking

sizzling

smattering

soldering

sojourning

soldiering

softening

souring

sovereignty

tinkering

stiffening

suppresses

strengthening

suppression

succeeding

suffering

stuttering

subversion

subversive

suffragist

suffragists

suffragette

suffragettes

supercharge

surprising

supersedes

tempering

suppressor

surpassing

surrounding

surveying

surviving

sweetening

tabling

tailoring

tapering

thickening

threatening

thanksgiving

thundering

tormenting

sobriquet

ticketing

tinkling

towering

toweling

traversing

transporting

trembling

trumpeting

typewriting

tumbling

typesetting

twinkling

underling

unbending

unthinking

unwilling

undoing

unflinching

unfailing

unfeeling

undying

unsparing

uprisings

unwitting

upsetting

unyielding

vanishing

vaporize

winnowing

varying

visiting

vomiting

warehousing

watering

wandering

wagering

whispering

weathering

well-being

whitening

yellowing

withering

wrongdoing

4 syllable words

abrogation

advertising

activating

admonishing

agitating

aggravating

africanize

agonizing

annotating

aphorism

aphorisms

appetizing

appreciate

appreciable

appreciates

approachable

approximate

approximates

astonishing

awakening

aviaries

babysitting

barbecuing

behaviorist

behaviorists

bewildering

bifurcated

bicycling

bifurcation

captivating

calculating

centralizing

circulating

conditioning

coexisting

complicating

condescending

coverages

corresponding

depreciates

delegating

depreciate

depressingly

denigrating

devastating

detonating

developing

diagnosing

disabling

disappearing

disapproving

disappointing

disengaging

disconcerting

discouraging

disheartening

disparaging

dispiriting

distributing

distinguishing

diversity

diversified

diversify

encouraging

domineering

dominating

edifying

emphasizing

embarrassing

encircling

encompassing

energizing

enterprising

entertaining

enveloping

enlightening

everlasting

examining

executing

fabrication

fabricator

fabrications

fabricated

fabricators

engineering

fascinating

fireproofing

fingerprinting

fluctuating

gratifying

hesitating

hyperactive

hypersonic

implicating

inheriting

inhibiting

inquiring

integrating

intersecting

interlocking

interviewing

irritating

laminating

legislating

liberating

lubricated

lubrication

maximizing

moderating

merchandising

mitigating

mountaineering

never-ending

nonrecurring

notifying

notwithstanding

oceangoing

obviating

occupying

lubricity

operating

oscillating

overarching

overbearing

overcharges

overcoming

overflowing

overeager

overpowering

overlapping

overlying

overhauling

overrating

overexpose

overexcites

overruling

overreaches

overexcite

oversizes

overseer

overshadows

overseers

overshadow

overstated

overwhelming

oversupply

overstatements

overstatement

palpitating

parachuting

partitioning

petitioning

penetrating

persevering

patronizing

pioneering

realizing

reentering

refractory

refractories

refrigerant

refrigerants

refrigerate

registering

repurchases

repercussion

repercussions

reversible

separating

superstructures

speechifying

suffocating

supersonic

superstition

superstitions

supersonics

superoxide

superstructure

unassuming

unbecoming

unavailing

unbelieving

underlying

undertaking

understanding

unremitting

unrelenting

undulating

underwriting

underpinning

vacillating

waterproofing

7 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word approaching

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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