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

acton

action

airman

alan

alban

amman

alman

apron

arson

calvin

aspen

ashen

asian

atman

auction

augment

austin

auden

bacon

bason

banyan

bargain

baron

barren

baldwin

basement

barton

basements

basin

bastion

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beckon

beacon

beaten

bellman

billman

belgian

bellon

bison

billion

billon

bisson

bitten

blacken

bordman

begun

bookman

boatman

boston

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bludgeon

bolden

boughten

brakeman

bracken

brethren

bowman

brazen

breton

brighten

broaden

burman

brogan

broken

burdon

bullion

burgeon

cabin

burden

bushman

burton

button

caisson

cajun

briton

bourbon

canaan

captain

cannon

canon

canton

capstan

canyon

carman

carmine

carbon

caption

caxton

cayman

cauldron

carton

caution

certain

chapman

chairman

chaplain

charon

chasten

cheapen

chessman

churchman

chevron

chicken

children

chieftain

christian

chosen

christen

classman

claxon

coachman

citron

clinton

colon

common

corban

craftsman

cotton

cousin

cowan

craven

copeman

crewman

crimson

cretin

crouton

cordon

cuban

cumin

curtain

cushion

dagan

dagon

dampen

damson

daman

dalton

darken

deafen

deacon

deaden

zircon

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dian

diction

emption

draftsman

dragon

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

drunken

dromon

driven

dudgeon

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

easement

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

engine

famine

faction

ermine

falcon

grandson

german

fallen

fasten

flashgun

fatten

faulcon

fibrin

faustian

felon

figment

feigning

fiction

fielden

figments

fireman

firman

flexion

foreman

flatten

footman

floren

fission

foreign

fashion

fraction

fountain

fortune

freedman

freshman

friction

freeman

frighten

freshen

frozen

gallon

fusion

gammon

garden

gascon

garron

function

gentian

georgian

gorgon

gilden

gibbon

gladden

given

ensign

gotten

golden

goodman

glidden

glisten

gluten

gowan

graven

grecian

griffon

hangman

guardsman

hackman

gudgeon

gumption

haitian

happen

headsman

harden

headman

harken

harten

hearten

hasten

hausen

haven

heaven

heathen

hymen

heighten

henchman

hetman

hempen

horseman

heron

hogan

hessian

hidden

homespun

houseman

huntsman

human

hoten

hoven

iceman

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

kirkman

jargon

ion

jasmine

landsman

klansman

kansan

jetson

jason

jetton

jordan

jorden

junction

keelson

kalan

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kitten

kitchen

landman

lagan

lampron

kremlin

laden

latin

layman

leaden

melton

leaven

leman

lemon

lichen

lengthen

lessen

lesion

lesson

leven

lightman

lighten

liken

lineman

lignin

linemen

liman

lisbon

locken

lion

linden

lockman

longan

linen

listen

liven

lopeman

logan

london

loren

loosen

lotion

lumen

luncheon

m1

lyden

lynden

madden

magnum

mahone

maiden

mangan

mansion

marchman

marksman

markman

marlin

marten

margin

marron

legion

martian

martin

matron

mason

mayan

melon

ledden

mention

mignon

mignons

minden

milken

million

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

morgan

mormon

molten

mountain

muffin

mullen

motion

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

nickname

ninon

norman

oarsman

notion

nicknames

organ

onion

ocean

often

omen

olden

odin

open

option

othman

osmund

orphan

outdone

outrun

oven

oxen

pagan

owen

paean

panton

pardon

parson

penguin

passion

passman

pectin

patten

pathan

patron

pavon

penman

pension

person

persian

peon

perron

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

pigment

plankton

piston

pinion

portman

poignant

pigeon

poison

ponton

pollan

pollen

pigments

portion

pillion

postman

potion

sexton

pressman

prison

sharpen

question

prussian

proven

pullen

quicken

ration

rayon

reason

reckon

raven

redden

region

rerun

resin

riden

rincon

ripen

ridden

robin

roman

russian

risen

rotten

riven

rosen

rosin

rumen

runnion

saffron

santon

rowan

salmon

salesman

samson

sanction

segment

rowen

sadden

ruin

saxon

satan

scotsman

scallion

satin

scullion

scion

seaman

section

season

seedsman

segments

selden

semen

shrunken

ribbon

sermon

shaken

shaman

sequin

seven

session

seton

shotgun

shearman

shipman

shorten

shogun

showman

sicken

signing

silken

siphon

siren

slogan

slacken

smarten

sodden

soften

soldan

smitten

signings

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

spoken

sportsman

spokesman

statesman

stallion

stallman

squadron

stepson

station

steven

stillion

stiffen

stockman

summon

strengthen

straighten

suasion

suction

sultan

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

stolen

sunken

sturgeon

surgeon

sweeten

sylvan

swollen

townsman

taken

talon

tarpon

tartan

syphon

tappen

tendon

teston

tension

tillman

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

traction

titan

token

torsion

toughen

toman

tubman

tungsten

triton

trodden

turban

trillion

treason

trojan

tuscan

undone

union

urban

urson

urchin

urine

vegan

version

villain

vision

wagon

workman

yachtsman

waken

watchman

vulcan

wanton

warden

warren

weaken

weapon

whiten

whitson

wheaten

wiccan

zaman

widen

woodman

woolman

wizen

woman

women

worsen

yaupon

wooden

woolen

woven

written

yeoman

zion

3 syllable words

abandon

abdomen

albumin

abduction

acumen

accession

abortion

accretion

absorption

abstraction

abrasion

abstention

adoption

african

adhesion

admission

adrian

affection

adsorption

affliction

aegean

aggression

alaskan

addiction

addition

albion

ablution

aleutian

alien

alsatian

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

artisan

anyone

appian

arkansan

arian

apportion

artesian

aryan

ascension

alderman

ablation

asinine

assassin

assertion

aspersion

attraction

attention

asuncion

attrition

austrian

audition

australian

avian

awaken

aversion

backwoodsman

assuming

assumption

bandwagon

battalion

bedouin

bedizen

becoming

bedridden

beethoven

badminton

benjamin

biotin

beholden

bitumen

bosnian

bosnians

bogeyman

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

beginning

beginnings

cambrian

conclusion

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

cessation

carrion

catalan

cation

castration

caucasian

cartesian

causation

concoction

chairperson

chairwoman

charlatan

charwoman

champion

chamberlain

cinnamon

chilean

cetacean

citizen

clergyman

civilian

clarion

clarendon

coercion

cognition

collagen

collection

collegian

collision

collusion

cohesion

citation

combustion

compassion

companion

commission

commotion

communion

compulsion

complexion

conception

completion

compression

compunction

concussion

cistercian

concession

condition

confection

confucian

conduction

confession

confusion

conflation

congestion

congressman

consumption

connection

connexion

conscription

constriction

construction

conjunction

contagion

contention

contraption

contraction

contrition

convulsion

contusion

convection

convention

conviction

conversion

cremation

crustacean

countryman

contortion

correction

corruption

cosmonaut

councilman

corrosion

cosmonauts

corsican

creation

croatian

crestfallen

cushioning

cyprian

dalmatian

declension

damnation

decision

deduction

deception

defection

deflection

deletion

gravamen

delusion

denizen

dentition

depletion

depiction

depression

derision

digression

description

detection

destruction

dictation

detention

determine

devotion

desertion

dilution

diffraction

diffusion

digestion

dilation

dimension

direction

discipline

discretion

discussion

dismantle

dismantles

dismember

dispersion

dissection

disruption

dissension

dissonance

division

dissonant

distortion

distraction

disunion

diversion

distinction

documents

downtrodden

dorian

document

dominion

donation

duration

edition

election

egyptian

ejection

elation

elison

eleven

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

encryption

englishman

emulsion

enlighten

enliven

erection

erosion

eruption

examines

everyone

eviction

examine

exaction

etruscan

gestation

exception

excision

evasion

exclusion

excursion

exertion

exemption

excretion

expansion

exhaustion

expression

explosion

expulsion

extortion

extension

extinction

extrusion

extraction

fabian

ghanaian

ferryman

feminine

fenian

foramen

fisherman

fijian

filtration

fixation

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

fishmonger

forewoman

forgotten

formation

foundation

franciscan

freudian

freemason

fruition

gentleman

frustration

galleon

fustian

garrison

gaussian

genuine

gillian

gordian

gradation

equation

grobian

deflation

guardian

halogen

halcyon

handwoven

guncotton

gyration

harlequin

heartbroken

hawaiian

hydrogen

heroin

heroine

horatian

high-minded

horizon

hydration

housebroken

ignition

illusion

imagine

impassion

immersion

implosion

impression

inaction

in-person

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

imprison

indian

induction

infection

infarction

precaution

infraction

inhuman

infusion

injection

ingestion

infliction

injunction

inscription

inspection

instruction

insertion

intention

intrusion

javelin

intestine

invasion

jacobin

lactation

inversion

irishman

italian

irian

kantian

jamaican

jessamine

keratin

jettison

jovian

julian

keynesian

invention

lanolin

korean

mexican

laotian

lecithin

laurentian

menhaden

ligation

ligaments

lesbian

lessening

libration

libyan

ligament

migration

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

machining

magdalen

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

marian

margarine

masculine

medallion

medicine

median

melanin

mezzanine

midshipman

inflection

misfortune

inflation

mismanage

misprision

misshapen

misnomer

muskmelon

mistaken

myosin

moroccan

narration

munition

musician

mutation

nebraskan

negation

nevadan

nitrogen

niacin

nobleman

nemean

occlusion

nonunion

norwegian

nonhuman

notation

nutrition

nubian

objection

obsession

obstruction

occasion

octillion

opinion

odeon

omission

optician

oration

oppression

optation

origin

ottoman

osmium

outspoken

ovation

oxygen

overman

overdone

overrun

parthian

parisian

partisan

partition

pavilion

patrician

pelican

pentathlon

percussion

persuasion

perfusion

perception

permian

perfection

permission

perversion

petition

orion

peterman

phoenician

phrygian

plantation

physician

policeman

porcelain

plebeian

poignancy

poignantly

pigmented

pollution

position

possession

preclusion

precision

predation

predestine

precession

prescription

preemption

privation

profusion

progression

presumption

procession

prevention

probation

production

profession

projection

pretension

promotion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

protection

prediction

provision

puritan

prostration

solomon

ramadan

reaction

reasoning

rebellion

recision

reckoning

reception

recommend

recession

recommends

rejection

solution

reduction

reflection

redemption

regimen

regimens

regiment

regression

regiments

religion

remission

relation

reptilian

repression

resection

rescission

resonance

rendition

reopen

resonant

restriction

resumption

retraction

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

retention

rifleman

saccharin

rotation

salvation

saleswoman

seduction

scorpion

samoan

scythian

secretion

seclusion

sedation

secession

seasoning

seasonings

rhodopsin

sedition

sensation

protean

selection

quickening

segmented

silicon

simian

sickening

singleton

snapdragon

skeleton

quotation

specimen

stagnation

starvation

succession

submersion

stygian

submission

subscription

subtraction

suburban

subversion

suggestion

sumatran

summation

suspicion

superman

suspension

suppression

taxation

talisman

tactician

syrian

tamarin

technician

temptation

unison

thespian

toboggan

timberman

thickening

transgression

transcription

tradition

transaction

transfusion

translation

transition

transmission

truncation

tuition

uncommon

unbutton

unbroken

unburden

unwritten

uneven

uncertain

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

vitamin

veteran

vermilion

vibration

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

aldebaran

aberration

abnegation

acclamation

abrogation

absolution

acclimation

abyssinian

accordion

accusation

abolition

activation

adoration

acquisition

admiration

admonition

affectation

aggravation

affirmation

adulation

adrenaline

advocation

aggregation

albanian

agitation

agrarian

adaptation

algerian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

altercation

alternation

alteration

american

annexation

animation

annotation

appalachian

apparition

amphibian

amputation

appellation

approbation

apprehension

application

arabian

ammunition

arbitration

arizonan

armenian

armageddon

arthurian

assemblyman

backwardation

aspiration

assyrian

athenian

attribution

aviation

augmentation

avocation

augmentable

awakening

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

calculation

bolivian

bohemian

calibration

businesswoman

californian

decoration

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

canadian

columbian

coalition

collodion

coloradan

collocation

cogitation

coloration

comedian

combination

commutation

committeeman

comparison

competition

commendation

compilation

compensation

composition

computation

complication

comprehension

concentration

condemnation

congregation

conflagration

confiscation

confrontation

confirmation

consolation

consummation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

constellation

constipation

constitution

conservation

consternation

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contravention

contrarian

contradiction

contribution

convolution

conversation

convocation

condensation

condescension

copernican

correlation

corinthian

cotyledon

corp.

corporation

culmination

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cyclopean

custodian

cultivation

dandelion

darwinian

declaration

decimation

decompression

copenhagen

coronation

dedication

granulation

defamation

degradation

delegation

deformation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

depravation

deposition

deportation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

desecration

designation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

destitution

devastation

destination

detonation

emulation

devolution

devonian

dilatation

dietitian

deviation

disillusion

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

disposition

dismemberment

dislocation

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

disputation

disseminate

dissertation

dissolution

dissipation

distillation

distribution

divination

draconian

domination

dominican

duplication

economize

economies

economy

economist

economists

education

electrician

elevation

elongation

elocution

emanation

disseminates

embarkation

emigration

englishwoman

exclamation

equitation

eritrean

equestrian

erudition

estimation

estonian

examiner

european

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excitation

excavation

examiners

examining

graduation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

exhumation

expedition

expectation

expiration

explication

exploration

exposition

exploitation

explanation

extrication

extradition

fabrication

fallopian

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

fluctuation

floridian

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

fascination

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

greco-roman

gravitation

relaxation

gregorian

habitation

guatemalan

hegelian

hegemony

herculean

hesitation

historian

hibernation

himalayan

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hemoglobin

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

ibuprofen

ideation

ignominy

implantation

illustration

implication

imperfection

imitation

immolation

immigration

importation

imposition

impregnation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

indexation

incrustation

indentation

incubation

deconstruction

indecision

indigestion

indication

inclination

indignation

indiscretion

machination

infestation

inflammation

indonesian

inhalation

inhibition

information

innovation

insulation

inquisition

installation

instigation

integration

interaction

institution

inspiration

insurrection

interception

intercession

interdiction

interjection

intervention

interwoven

interruption

intersection

interurban

intermission

intuition

invitation

intimation

inundation

jacobean

irrigation

isolation

iranian

iteration

irritation

jubilation

jordanian

jurisdiction

intonation

introduction

kindergarten

introspection

laceration

lancastrian

invocation

leviathan

liberation

liberian

librarian

levitation

litigation

limitation

liquefaction

locomotion

liquidation

lilliputian

lubrication

maccabean

infiltration

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

masturbation

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

manumission

melanesian

meridian

menstruation

legislation

misbegotten

minnesotan

ministration

miseration

orchestration

mismanagement

mismanages

misperception

missourian

mitigation

modulation

moderation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

motivation

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

occupation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

oblivion

noblewoman

nomination

obsidian

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obligation

obfuscation

observation

obstetrician

octahedron

nigerian

ohioan

olympian

opposition

operation

definition

ordination

misconception

oscillation

ostentation

oxidation

ovulation

overburden

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

pagination

penetration

penicillin

perforation

perspiration

persecution

permutation

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

plutonian

pigmentation

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

praetorian

shakespearean

preparation

predilection

preignition

preelection

premonition

presentation

preservation

procreation

proclamation

profanation

prohibition

preconception

prosecution

proposition

prostitution

simulation

predetermine

propagation

protestation

provocation

protozoan

punctuation

publication

radiation

readmission

realization

reassertion

reawaken

reclamation

recitation

recantation

recognition

recollection

recreation

reexamine

reformation

reelection

refutation

regulation

registration

reinspection

regimental

reconstruction

relocation

reservation

renovation

resolution

reparation

repercussion

repetition

replication

reposition

reputation

repossession

requisition

reproduction

republican

resignation

respiration

restoration

restitution

revelation

retrocession

retribution

rhetorician

resurrection

revocation

retardation

revolution

rhododendron

sanitation

rumination

samaritan

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segregation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

precondition

siberian

sicilian

segmentation

smithsonian

simonian

situation

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

surrogation

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

suffocation

superhuman

supposition

superstition

supervision

tabulation

taxonomy

tamoxifen

syndication

tasmanian

taxonomies

termination

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

transformation

transplantation

trepidation

transportation

tribulation

syncopation

ulceration

utopian

usurpation

vacillation

validation

valuation

variation

veneration

valerian

vegetation

ventilation

victorian

violation

vindication

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

vaccination

5 syllable words

academician

acceleration

accreditation

accommodation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

abomination

alienation

alleviation

amalgamation

amazonian

alliteration

amelioration

annihilation

amortization

amplification

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appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

assemblywoman

assassination

abbreviation

attenuation

augustinian

authorization

authentication

babylonian

association

beethovenian

assimilation

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

carolinian

canonization

cauterization

carthaginian

centenarian

centralization

certification

christianization

classification

civilization

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coagulation

codification

collaboration

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colonization

communication

commemoration

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confederation

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configuration

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consideration

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cooperation

continuation

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coordination

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

conciliation

degeneration

deification

defenestration

delineation

denomination

depopulation

denunciation

depreciation

desegregation

desalination

determination

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disintegration

disinclination

dionysian

dissatisfaction

disseminating

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

documentary

documentaries

dramatization

econometric

economizes

econometrics

economical

economically

ecumenical

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

electrocution

elizabethan

emancipation

elimination

disseminated

falsification

epicurean

equalization

equivocation

eradication

evacuation

evaluation

examination

exacerbation

ethiopian

exaggeration

examinations

evaporation

exasperation

enumeration

exfoliation

exoskeleton

exoneration

exhilaration

expatriation

excoriation

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

excommunicate

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

equanimity

delicatessen

gratification

hanoverian

hallucination

harmonization

hybridization

humiliation

hydrogenation

hyperborean

illumination

immunization

imagination

hyperinflation

inactivation

inauguration

incarceration

improvisation

incineration

incorporation

infatuation

incrimination

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

instrumentation

insinuation

interconnection

interpolation

interrogation

interpretation

invalidation

intimidation

irradiation

ionization

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

justification

intoxication

investigation

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

maximilian

maximization

mathematician

mechanization

legalization

metropolitan

indoctrination

misapplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

mississippian

modernization

mobilization

modification

multiplication

mummification

negotiation

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

neutralization

nonsectarian

nonintervention

normalization

nullification

notification

obliteration

neapolitan

oregonian

organization

orientation

ornamentation

ossification

pacification

overproduction

panamanian

participation

patagonian

pasteurization

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

polarization

philadelphian

pomeranian

origination

misinformation

deliberation

preoccupation

premeditation

presbyterian

predisposition

procrastination

prevarication

presupposition

prognostication

proletarian

proliferation

pythagorean

purification

qualification

quantification

pronunciation

ratification

ramification

reaffirmation

recommendation

recombination

recommendations

rectification

recuperation

recrimination

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reintegration

predestination

reiteration

rejuvenation

repatriation

representation

remuneration

reverberation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

renunciation

repudiation

sanctification

russification

scandinavian

sedimentation

precipitation

simplification

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

substantiation

subordination

solicitation

sophistication

triangulation

unitarian

unification

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

theologian

vilification

veterinarian

verification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

synchronization

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word backgammon

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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:

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