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6 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word coordination.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

ardent

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

auden

austin

baldwin

bagman

bacon

bargain

banyan

baron

barren

barton

bastion

clinton

basin

beacon

beaten

beckon

belgian

bellman

billion

billman

boarding

begun

bellon

birdman

billon

bisson

blowgun

bitten

bludgeon

bolden

bison

boardings

boatman

boredom

blacken

birthing

birthmark

bordman

boughten

bowman

bourbon

bookman

boston

brakeman

bobbin

bollen

birthmarks

bracken

broaden

broadens

brogan

broken

brethren

britons

breton

brighten

briton

brooding

burdens

braiding

bullion

brazen

bruting

breathing

cajun

burden

breeding

burdened

burdon

burgeon

burman

burton

button

caisson

calvin

cabin

canaan

capstan

canton

canyon

captain

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

cardoon

cannon

cartons

cartoons

cartoon

canon

caution

cauldron

caxton

certain

carton

chairman

charon

chaplain

chapman

cayman

chevron

chessman

chieftain

children

chasten

christian

churchman

cheapen

chicken

chosen

citron

classman

claxon

christen

coachman

bason

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

colon

common

copeman

cordon

corban

cotton

craftsman

cowan

cousin

craven

credence

cretin

croutons

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

cushion

dalton

curtains

dagan

daman

dampen

damson

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

crewman

crimson

deepen

delphian

devon

desman

diction

dian

dolphin

dolman

dungeon

dromon

dustman

draftsman

drunken

dragon

driven

dreadnought

dudgeon

dutchman

earthen

dozen

elan

emption

engine

eden

ensign

eaten

dobson

ermine

doctrine

demon

faction

falcon

bushman

farthing

fashion

famine

faustian

fiction

faulcon

fibrin

fielden

fission

flexion

floren

fireman

firman

flashgun

footman

frozen

foreign

fasten

fortin

fortnight

fortune

fortunes

foreman

fortnights

fountain

fourteen

fourteenth

fraction

fourteens

freedman

fatten

freshen

friction

felon

flatten

freedoms

freshman

freedom

freeman

frighten

function

garden

fusion

gallon

gammon

gentian

gardens

garron

gascon

georgian

german

gladden

gilden

glidden

girding

gibbon

given

glisten

gluten

golden

freetown

gorgon

grandson

goodman

gowan

gotten

grading

grating

graven

fruiting

grecian

guardsman

gumption

gudgeon

griffon

grouting

haitian

harden

hackman

hangman

happen

hardened

hardens

harken

harten

hausen

headman

headsman

hasten

haven

hearten

heathen

henchman

heron

heighten

hempen

hessian

hetman

heaven

hidden

hoarding

hogan

greetings

houseman

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

hurting

ibsen

homespun

horseman

hoten

greeting

fallen

othman

dagon

ion

jackman

jordans

jorden

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jason

jetton

jordan

junction

kitchen

klansman

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kalan

kitten

kremlin

lampron

landman

laden

landsman

lagan

leaden

latin

layman

leaven

ledden

legion

lengthen

lesion

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

mordant

morgan

lightman

lichen

linden

lineman

lighten

linemen

martens

liken

liman

lisbon

martin

linen

loren

lopeman

logan

london

loosen

longan

lotion

luncheon

lyden

lynden

lumen

madden

lion

maiden

mansion

martian

marlin

margin

marten

markman

listen

liven

marksman

marron

martians

matron

locken

lockman

mayan

mason

mention

melton

melon

mignon

milken

minden

million

martins

minion

mission

moisten

mitten

molten

m1

mormon

mahone

motion

mountain

muslin

muffin

mullen

nation

nekton

mutton

ordain

ninon

newsman

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

olden

open

option

omen

onion

mangan

ordnance

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

oven

marchman

pardon

owen

oxen

packman

paean

panton

pagan

pardons

parson

parting

part-time

partner

passion

partners

passman

pathan

patron

patten

pavon

pectin

pension

penman

peon

penguin

persian

perron

person

pertain

pertains

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

poison

ponton

pollan

pollen

portends

portions

portents

platten

portend

portent

portion

portman

postman

potion

pressman

pretend

pretends

prison

platen

proven

proteins

protein

prudence

prussian

prudhomme

prudent

sharpen

question

shogun

pullen

ration

quicken

raven

redden

region

rerun

reason

reckon

rayon

resin

riden

rincon

scullion

ribbon

roman

rosen

ridden

ripen

risen

russian

sadden

saffron

robin

rowen

rumen

runnion

ruin

salesman

rowan

sanction

sardines

riven

rosin

sardine

samson

santon

rotten

salmon

scotsman

saxon

scallion

scion

satan

satin

section

seedsman

selden

seaman

session

sexton

sermon

season

semen

seton

seven

shaken

sequin

shaman

shearman

shipman

shirting

shorten

shortens

shorthand

showman

shrouding

shotgun

shrunken

sicken

shredding

silken

smarten

siren

slogan

siphon

slacken

smitten

skirting

sodden

soldan

soften

sportsman

solon

spartan

spoken

stallman

sovereign

sovran

spearman

squadron

stallion

spokesman

statesman

station

stepson

steven

stillion

stiffen

stolen

stockman

straighten

strengthen

suasion

sturgeon

suction

sudden

stricken

sullen

sultan

swollen

sunken

surgeon

sylvan

summon

sweeten

syphon

tension

taken

tarpon

talon

tartan

tendon

teston

tappen

thirteenths

thousand

thirteenth

thicken

threaten

thirteen

threatens

striven

tillman

tighten

torsion

traction

token

toman

townsman

tradings

toughen

trading

treatments

treatment

treason

treadmills

treadmill

trident

tubman

trojan

trodden

tungsten

turban

tuscan

urchin

undone

union

urban

urson

urine

trillion

triton

vegan

verdant

villain

vision

verdin

version

vulcan

wagon

waken

wanton

wardens

warden

warren

widen

worsen

wording

watchman

weaken

weapon

wheaten

woven

whiten

whitson

wooden

woodman

woolman

wiccan

women

woolen

workman

wizen

yaupon

woman

yachtsman

written

writings

writing

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

titan

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abortion

accession

absorption

abstention

abstraction

abrasion

acumen

addiction

addition

adoption

adhesion

accretion

admission

adrian

adsorption

affection

aggression

affliction

african

alderman

aegean

aerodyne

albion

aleutian

alaskan

allusion

alien

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

albumin

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

appian

apportion

ardently

arian

artesian

arkansan

artisan

aryan

ascension

aspersion

asuncion

assertion

attention

audition

assumption

attraction

attrition

austrian

aversion

awaken

backwoodsman

backgammon

badminton

bandwagon

avian

bartenders

baritone

australian

baritones

bartender

assassin

battalion

bedridden

beethoven

bedouin

breadwinner

bedizen

benjamin

beholden

bitumen

breadwinners

biotin

brazilian

boardinghouse

bouillon

bosnian

bulletin

burdensome

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

carnation

cardinal

cardinals

cardigan

cartesian

carrion

castration

cartoonists

cartoonist

catalan

cation

causation

caucasian

certainties

certainly

certainty

chardonnays

cetacean

chardonnay

chamberlain

charlatan

champion

chairperson

chairwoman

charwoman

chilean

cessation

cinnamon

citation

cistercian

clarendon

clarion

citizen

civilian

clergyman

coercion

cohesion

collection

cognition

collagen

collegian

collision

collusion

convection

commotion

companion

communion

compassion

completion

complexion

compunction

compression

compulsion

concession

conception

conclusion

concoction

concussion

conduction

confession

confection

condition

conflation

congestion

confusion

congressman

conjunction

connection

connexion

conscription

consumption

constriction

construction

contagion

confucian

contention

contraction

contraption

contortion

contrition

contusion

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

corruption

court-martial

credentials

corsican

corrosion

cortinas

cortina

countryman

creation

councilman

creations

credential

credentialed

credenza

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

croatians

damnation

cyprian

deception

declension

decision

deduction

defection

deflation

deletion

deflection

delusion

depletion

depiction

denizen

depression

derision

description

desertion

detention

dentition

destruction

detection

determine

devotion

dictation

digression

dimension

diffraction

digestion

diffusion

dilation

dilution

direction

discipline

discussion

discretion

disruption

dissection

dispersion

dissension

distinction

distortion

donation

distraction

diversion

dominion

disunion

dorian

downtrodden

duration

durations

earthenware

edition

elation

ejection

egyptian

election

eleven

elison

embolden

emblazon

emission

emotion

emulsion

encryption

enlighten

englishman

enliven

equation

division

erection

eruption

erosion

evasion

eviction

everyone

etruscan

exaction

exception

excision

exclusion

excretion

excursion

exertion

exemption

combustion

exhaustion

commission

expansion

extension

abandon

dalmatian

expulsion

extinction

expression

extortion

extraction

extrusion

explosion

gradation

farthingale

fabian

feminine

ferryman

fenian

fijian

filtration

flotation

flirtation

fixation

fisherman

forbidden

firedamp

foramen

formation

forewoman

forgotten

foundation

fortunate

fortnightly

fortuna

franciscan

freudian

freemason

freethinkers

freethinker

frustration

fustian

galleon

gardener

gardeners

gardenias

gardening

fruition

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradients

gradient

gravamen

guardians

guardian

grobian

guncotton

gyration

gyrations

halogen

hammerman

halcyon

handwoven

hardeners

hardener

hardening

hawaiian

harlequin

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

impassion

immersion

implosion

impression

imprison

inaction

in-person

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

induction

infection

infarction

inflation

ingestion

inflection

infraction

infusion

infliction

injection

injunction

insertion

inscription

instruction

inspection

intention

invasion

invention

inversion

intrusion

intestine

irian

irishman

irritant

irritants

italian

jacobin

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

korean

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

laurentian

laotian

lecithin

lanolin

jamaican

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

location

logician

lutheran

magdalen

lumberman

magician

mandarin

malayan

margarine

maritimes

marian

maritime

medallion

masculine

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

migration

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

misshapen

moroccan

malaysian

mutation

munition

musician

muskmelon

myosin

negation

narration

nebraskan

nemean

nobleman

nevadan

nitrogen

niacin

nonhuman

nonunion

notation

norwegian

nubian

occasion

obstruction

objection

occlusion

obsession

octillion

oration

nutrition

optician

odeon

omission

oppression

optation

opinion

orations

ordinance

marathon

origin

orion

ovation

marathons

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

pardoning

oxygen

parisian

parthenon

parthian

partisan

partition

partnership

partnerships

patrician

pavilion

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfection

permission

permian

perfusion

persuasion

phoenician

petition

perversion

pertinent

peterman

phrygian

physician

pelican

plantation

pollution

policeman

plebeian

possession

portmanteau

position

predation

precaution

precession

porcelain

precision

preclusion

predestine

prediction

proscription

preemption

presumption

pretended

projection

prescription

pretension

pretensions

prevention

pretender

production

probation

procession

profession

progression

privation

profusion

pretenders

promotion

proportion

propulsion

prostration

protection

protean

provision

prudential

short-winded

prudency

prudently

puritan

puritans

ramadan

retraction

quotation

recession

reception

reaction

recision

rebellion

redemption

reduction

regimen

regression

reflection

relation

rejection

religion

rendition

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

remission

resumption

restriction

retention

revulsion

reversion

revision

reunion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

sardonic

scythian

scorpion

scrutinize

scrutiny

sedation

seduction

secretion

secession

sedition

seclusion

selection

sensation

inhuman

shortening

silicon

simian

skeleton

snapdragon

singleton

solution

stagnation

starvation

solomon

specimen

submersion

indian

submission

suggestion

timberman

succession

subscription

subversion

subtraction

threatening

suburban

stygian

summation

sumatran

tactician

suppression

suspension

suspicion

superman

talisman

temptation

syrian

tamarin

taxation

technician

thespian

toboggan

tradition

transaction

translation

transcription

transition

transgression

transmission

transfusion

vacation

truncation

tuition

unburden

unbroken

uncertain

tritium

unbutton

urethane

uterine

unison

unwritten

uneven

uncommon

venetian

vatican

venison

vibration

veteran

vocation

volition

vitamin

vermilion

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

aberration

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accusation

activation

acquisition

adaptation

admonition

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

ammunition

aggregation

affirmation

aggravation

agitation

affectation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

alternation

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

algerian

algonquian

american

amputation

animation

annexation

annotation

application

appellation

appalachian

apparition

approbation

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

arithmetic

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

arizonan

aspiration

athenian

attribution

amphibian

assemblyman

assyrian

augmentation

aviation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

collocation

bavarian

coalition

canadian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

cancellation

indentation

calibration

californian

calculation

businesswoman

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

cogitation

collodion

commendation

combination

coloration

comedian

coordinates

commutation

comparison

compensation

compilation

complication

competition

composition

comprehension

computation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

dedication

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

consolation

constellation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

conservation

consternation

constipation

consultation

consummation

constitution

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

corp.

corporation

copenhagen

exhalation

copernican

corinthian

deformation

delegation

cotyledon

culmination

crucifixion

cultivation

criterion

crocodilian

explanation

decimation

defamation

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decompression

declaration

deconstruction

decoration

degradation

exclamation

definition

dehydration

exhortation

demarcation

explication

execution

demolition

demonstration

depravation

deportation

deposition

depredation

deprivation

derivation

dereliction

desecration

designation

desiccation

desolation

destination

destitution

desperation

detonation

devastation

devolution

deviation

devonian

dilatation

dietitian

diminution

disaffection

diocesan

disconnection

disinflation

disinfection

dispensation

disillusion

dislocation

disposition

disputation

dissertation

distillation

dissolution

dissipation

distribution

domination

divination

dominican

duplication

draconian

education

elevation

electrician

elocution

elongation

emanation

emigration

embarkation

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

eustachian

evolution

estimation

erudition

evocation

estonian

european

excavation

eritrean

excitation

coloradan

columbian

exhibition

expedition

exhumation

expectation

expiration

committeeman

extrication

exploration

fabrication

exposition

extradition

exploitation

fascination

foliation

fibrillation

fermentation

federation

figuration

fluoridation

fluctuation

fallopian

floridian

fortunately

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gastrulation

generation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

glaciation

granulation

graduation

gorgonian

gravitation

guardianship

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

hesitation

herculean

hemoglobin

himalayan

hegelian

historian

imputation

hibernation

incarnation

inclination

hypertension

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

implication

ibuprofen

imitation

ideation

illustration

immolation

imperfection

implantation

impregnation

immigration

importation

imposition

incantation

inattention

greco-roman

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indexation

indignation

inflammation

indigestion

indonesian

indiscretion

infestation

infiltration

inhalation

information

inhibition

indication

innovation

insulation

integration

inquisition

inspiration

installation

instigation

insurrection

institution

interaction

interdiction

interruption

intercession

intermission

interception

intersection

interjection

interurban

intervention

intonation

intimation

inundation

introspection

introduction

intuition

invitation

invocation

irrational

irrigation

iranian

iridium

interwoven

irritation

isolation

iteration

jacobean

jordanian

jordanians

jubilation

jurisdiction

laceration

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

liberation

levitation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

limitation

litigation

lilliputian

liquidation

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

masturbation

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

misconception

miseration

molestation

minnesotan

misbegotten

misperception

moderation

modulation

mitigation

missourian

mongolian

moravian

orchestration

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nestorian

nomination

nigerian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nonprescription

newtonian

nonpartisan

obligation

occupation

obfuscation

observation

obstetrician

oblivion

obsidian

octahedron

operation

opposition

ohioan

olympian

ordinances

ordinaries

ordinary

ostentation

oscillation

overburden

pagination

oxidation

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

pavlovian

pigmentation

permutation

pedestrian

penetration

propagation

perforation

penicillin

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pelagian

planarian

politician

polynesian

plutonian

polyhedron

population

protestation

provocation

preconception

precondition

praetorian

predilection

predominance

prohibition

predominant

premonition

preignition

preelection

preparation

predominate

presentation

predominates

preservation

proclamation

procreation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protozoan

publication

punctuation

shakespearean

radiation

realization

recantation

reassertion

readmission

reawaken

recitation

recreation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

reformation

reelection

registration

refutation

reexamine

regulation

resignation

reinspection

relaxation

reservation

relocation

renovation

repercussion

reparation

repetition

replication

reposition

reputation

repossession

reproduction

requisition

republican

retardation

resolution

resurrection

respiration

restoration

restitution

reclamation

revelation

revocation

rhododendron

revolution

rhetorician

retrocession

sanitation

retribution

samaritan

rumination

saturation

satisfaction

scrutinizes

segregation

segmentation

sectarian

self-deception

sequestration

separation

siberian

sicilian

simulation

situation

stimulation

simonian

smithsonian

stipulation

strangulation

speculation

statistician

suffocation

subluxation

subdivision

predetermine

substitution

surrogation

syndication

superstition

supervision

supposition

superhuman

syncopation

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

tetrahedron

toleration

trepidation

tribulation

transformation

transportation

transplantation

usurpation

ulceration

vaccination

utopian

vacillation

valerian

validation

vegetation

variation

veneration

variations

valuation

ventilation

vindication

titillation

victorian

violation

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alliteration

alienation

alleviation

amalgamation

amelioration

amazonian

amortization

cohabitation

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

assassination

assimilation

attenuation

association

assemblywoman

authentication

authorization

babylonian

augustinian

codification

amplification

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

certification

cauterization

centralization

centenarian

carthaginian

christianization

clarification

civilization

classification

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

congratulation

conglomeration

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

corroboration

creationism

decapitation

extermination

deceleration

decomposition

delineation

degeneration

defenestration

deification

deliberation

delicatessen

excoriation

equivocation

desegregation

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

discoloration

dionysian

dissemination

discrimination

disinclination

disintegration

disembarkation

dissatisfaction

dissociation

eradication

evacuation

domestication

equalization

dramatization

elimination

edification

elizabethan

ejaculation

elaboration

electrocution

emancipation

enumeration

epicurean

examination

exaggeration

evaluation

evaporation

exacerbation

ethiopian

exasperation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

exoskeleton

facilitation

predestination

expropriation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

improvisation

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

illumination

imagination

immunization

incarceration

inauguration

inactivation

incineration

incrimination

incorporation

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interrogation

interpretation

intoxication

invalidation

intimidation

investigation

ionization

irrationally

irradiation

irredentism

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

manipulation

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

mechanization

maximization

mathematician

maximilian

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

misinformation

modernization

mobilization

modification

mississippian

neutralization

nullification

multiplication

mummification

negotiation

neapolitan

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

nonintervention

normalization

notification

nonsectarian

obliteration

ordinarily

ornamentation

origination

oregonian

ossification

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

periodontal

peritoneal

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

pronunciation

pomeranian

precipitation

proliferation

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

predominantly

presupposition

prevarication

presbyterian

procrastination

prognostication

proletarian

quantification

purification

initiation

puritanism

qualification

puritanical

puritanisms

pythagorean

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

revaluation

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

recuperation

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reintegration

rejuvenation

reiteration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

remuneration

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

sterilization

specialization

specification

stratification

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

utilization

unification

unitarian

vaporization

vegetarian

veterinarian

verification

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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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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  • Bulb
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