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

degradation

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

activation

accusation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

allegation

allocation

application

approbation

animation

annotation

appellation

avocation

cancellation

celebration

circulation

congregation

coronation

correlation

culmination

decimation

decoration

dedication

defamation

degradations

delegation

depredation

depravation

deprivation

derivation

desecration

desiccation

desolation

destination

detonation

devastation

dilatation

distillation

divination

education

elevation

emanation

emulation

excitation

erudition

equitation

estimation

excavation

exhalation

extrication

fabrication

fascination

fibrillation

federation

fragmentation

fluoridation

habitation

gastrulation

generation

germination

granulation

hesitation

imitation

immolation

indication

insulation

inhalation

innovation

regulation

intonation

inundation

invocation

irrigation

irritation

intimation

legislation

levitation

liquidation

litigation

machination

medication

meditation

navigation

oxidation

palpitation

penetration

pigmentation

preservation

preparation

presentation

recitation

reclamation

recantation

recreation

reformation

replication

renovation

reparation

reputation

reservation

retribution

revelation

revocation

sanitation

segmentation

segregation

separation

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

suffocation

surrogation

syncopation

tabulation

termination

trepidation

tribulation

ventilation

validation

vaccination

vacillation

variation

vegetation

veneration

vindication

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

accord

acrid

action

acton

accords

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

assert

asserts

assort

auction

atman

assured

auden

austin

awkward

backward

backwards

bacon

bagman

basin

banyan

bastion

baron

barren

bargain

barton

bason

baston

baton

bayman

beckon

batton

beacon

beaten

begrudge

batten

begun

belgian

bellman

bellon

bison

billion

bisson

billman

billon

bitten

blacken

blowgun

bludgeon

bordman

bourbon

bolden

bookman

boston

boatman

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bogart

brethren

bowman

bracken

brakeman

brazen

baldwin

breton

brighten

broaden

briton

brogan

broken

bullion

burdon

burgeon

bushman

burman

burton

button

buzzard

caisson

cajun

cabin

buzzards

calvin

canaan

canton

cannon

canon

canyon

caption

capstan

carbon

carman

carmine

captain

caution

cauldron

caxton

cayman

chairman

certain

carton

charon

chaplain

chapman

chasten

chevron

chessman

children

christen

chicken

chieftain

chosen

christian

churchman

citron

checkered

claxon

clinton

coachman

classman

colon

cheapen

burden

common

cordon

corban

darken

copeman

craftsman

cousin

craven

cowan

crimson

cretin

cotton

crewman

dagan

crouton

cushion

dagon

cuban

cumin

damson

curtain

daman

dampen

dalton

deacon

deaden

deepen

degrade

degrades

degreed

delphian

demon

desert

diction

devon

dian

desserts

discards

discreet

discrete

discord

discard

dessert

deserts

desman

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dockyard

doctrine

dungeon

dustman

dudgeon

earthen

draftsman

drunken

dutchman

dozen

dragon

driven

dromon

eaten

eden

egret

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

escorts

excretes

excrete

exerts

exert

escort

exhorts

exhort

faction

fashion

falcon

fallen

famine

faustian

felon

fatten

faulcon

fasten

fibrin

fiction

fielden

figured

fission

flashgun

flatten

flexion

floren

footman

foreman

foreign

fortune

freshen

fountain

fraction

fireman

freedman

freeman

firman

freshman

friction

frighten

function

garden

gallon

gammon

garron

gascon

georgian

gentian

gilden

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

frozen

goodman

golden

gorgon

gizzard

grandson

gluten

gowan

gotten

gumption

guardsman

grecian

gudgeon

graven

griffon

go-cart

haitian

hackman

haggard

fusion

harden

hangman

harken

happen

hasten

haven

harten

headsman

henchman

headman

hempen

heaven

heathen

hearten

heron

heighten

hessian

hetman

hidden

houseman

hogan

huntsman

homespun

hoven

horseman

hyson

ibsen

hymen

hyphen

hoten

human

hazards

hazard

hausen

mention

deafen

ion

jetson

jason

jargon

jasmine

jetton

jordan

junction

keelson

jorden

kalan

jackman

kansan

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kitchen

norman

kremlin

laden

lagan

landsman

landman

lampron

laggards

kitten

klansman

laggard

lengthen

leaden

ledden

layman

leaven

lemon

lessen

legion

lesion

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

latin

leman

leven

listen

liven

lisbon

linen

london

logan

loosen

loren

lopeman

longan

lotion

luncheon

lynden

m1

lyden

madden

lumen

mansion

maiden

mahone

mangan

marchman

marron

marksman

markman

marlin

marten

martian

mason

matron

martin

mayan

measured

melton

melon

mignon

migrate

migrates

million

margin

milken

minden

minion

mission

misread

molten

mitten

moisten

motion

morgan

mormon

mountain

muffin

mullen

muslin

muskrats

muskrat

mutton

lizards

nation

nekton

negroid

newsman

ninon

izzard

niggard

notion

lion

oarsman

ocean

izard

olden

odin

lizard

locken

onion

lockman

option

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

othman

oven

pagan

oxen

packman

paean

often

pardon

parson

panton

passion

passman

omen

patron

pectin

pathan

patten

pension

penguin

penman

perron

person

persian

peon

prison

open

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pavon

ponton

owen

portion

portman

postman

potion

pollan

pollen

pressman

passwords

prussian

pigeon

proven

pullen

password

picard

question

ration

raven

quicken

rayon

reason

reckon

records

recruit

redden

recruits

record

region

regards

regard

regret

regrets

rerun

resort

resorts

resin

rincon

russian

ridden

ripen

ribbon

risen

riven

robin

rosin

riden

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

runnion

roman

rosen

sacred

saffron

sadden

salesman

salmon

samson

sanction

santon

satan

satin

saxon

scullion

scion

scotsman

seaman

season

secrete

secret

section

secrets

selden

seedsman

semen

session

sexton

sermon

seven

shaken

shaman

seton

sequin

sharpen

shearman

shipman

squadron

shogun

shrunken

siphon

silken

sicken

siren

shorten

shotgun

smarten

slacken

slogan

sodden

smitten

spartan

showman

soften

soldan

solon

spearman

sportsman

sovereign

sovran

spokesman

spoken

stallion

stallman

scallion

statesman

station

stepson

steven

stillion

stiffen

strengthen

suasion

straighten

stockman

stolen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suction

sudden

sullen

sugared

sultan

sunken

surgeon

summon

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tension

tendon

teston

threaten

thicken

tighten

tillman

titan

townsman

thousand

torsion

toughen

toman

traction

token

treason

tungsten

trillion

tubman

triton

trodden

trojan

turban

tuscan

undone

union

urban

urson

urchin

urine

vegan

version

vision

villain

vulcan

warden

wagon

waken

warren

wanton

watchman

weaken

weapon

whitson

whiten

widen

wheaten

wiccan

wizards

wizard

whiskered

wizen

woman

woodman

worsen

workman

wooden

woolman

women

woolen

written

woven

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abrasion

abstraction

abortion

absorption

abstention

accession

accordance

according

accredit

accurate

acquired

addition

addiction

adoption

admission

adrian

adhesion

acumen

adsorption

accretion

aegean

affection

affliction

african

aggression

alaskan

aleutian

albion

albumin

alderman

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambrosian

anglican

andean

anchorman

anyone

appian

apportion

ambition

arian

artesian

artisan

ascension

arkansan

ascertain

aryan

assertion

assassin

assertions

aspersion

asserting

asserted

assertive

assorted

assumption

attraction

attrition

asuncion

attention

audition

aversion

australian

awaken

assortment

austrian

avian

baccarat

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bedridden

bedizen

bandwagon

bedouin

battalion

beethoven

beholden

biotin

benjamin

bitumen

bighearted

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

cambrian

campion

carnation

capsaicin

carrion

cartesian

cardigan

castration

causation

catalan

caucasian

cation

cessation

chairperson

cetacean

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

champion

charwoman

clarendon

cigarettes

chilean

cinnamon

cistercian

citation

citizen

cigarette

civilian

clarion

clergyman

cognition

collegian

collision

coercion

collagen

cohesion

collusion

collection

combustion

compassion

commission

commotion

communion

completion

companion

compulsion

compunction

compression

concession

concoction

conclusion

concussion

condition

conception

conduction

confection

conflation

confession

confucian

confusion

convulsion

congressman

congestion

conjunction

conscription

consumption

construction

constriction

contagion

conversion

contortion

connexion

contraction

contraption

contrition

contusion

convection

convention

conviction

contention

connection

complexion

corruption

correction

corrosion

corsican

councilman

countryman

crustacean

creation

cremation

croatian

crestfallen

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

decision

deception

declension

decorate

decorative

deduction

deflation

defection

deflection

degrading

degraded

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

depletion

depiction

depression

description

derision

deserted

deserter

deserters

desertion

desertions

destruction

determine

detection

detention

diffraction

dictation

devotion

diffusion

digestion

digression

dilation

direction

dilution

dimension

discretion

discussion

discipline

discordant

discredit

discretions

discredits

disheartened

disordered

disorder

disorders

dispersion

disruption

dissection

dissension

distraction

division

disunion

diversion

donation

downtrodden

dominion

dorian

duration

edition

egyptian

distortion

elation

elison

election

eleven

encryption

emulsion

emblazon

emission

englishman

embolden

emotion

enliven

ejection

enlighten

equation

erection

distinction

eruption

etruscan

everyone

eviction

exaction

evasion

excision

exception

erosion

exclusion

exemption

excretion

excursion

exertion

exertions

exhaustion

expansion

expulsion

expression

extension

explosion

extinction

extortion

extrusion

fabian

feminine

fenian

ferryman

filtration

extraction

fixation

fisherman

flirtation

fijian

flotation

formation

foramen

forgotten

forewoman

figurehead

foundation

forbidden

freemason

franciscan

freudian

gyration

frustration

fustian

garrison

galleon

gaussian

fruition

gestation

gentleman

genuine

ghanaian

guncotton

gordian

gravamen

gradation

guardian

grobian

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

heroin

heroine

heartbroken

horatian

horizon

hydration

housebroken

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

impassion

imagine

immersion

implosion

impression

imprison

abandon

inaction

incision

in-person

inception

induction

inclusion

indian

incursion

infarction

inflation

infraction

infliction

infusion

inflection

ingestion

injunction

inscription

insertion

inhuman

injection

instruction

inspection

infection

intention

hawaiian

intrusion

invasion

invention

irian

irishman

inversion

italian

gillian

jamaican

jettison

jacobin

javelin

keratin

kantian

jovian

julian

intestine

lactation

korean

lacerate

lanolin

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

oppression

laurentian

location

ottoman

logician

loggerheads

loggerhead

lumberman

lucrative

lutheran

magdalen

magician

macartney

migration

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

migrations

marian

masculine

masquerade

keynesian

medicine

menhaden

medallion

median

mexican

melanin

midshipman

margarine

misshapen

mistaken

misprision

misfortune

moroccan

mutation

munition

musician

muskmelon

nebraskan

myosin

negation

norwegian

nevadan

nemean

newsworthy

niacin

nitrogen

niggardly

nobleman

nonhuman

notation

nubian

nutrition

objection

obstruction

occasion

obsession

occlusion

nonunion

odeon

position

oration

optation

opinion

optician

origin

orion

outspoken

octillion

ovation

oxygen

overdone

overman

overrun

parthian

parisian

partisan

partition

precession

pelican

omission

patrician

pavilion

percussion

perception

perfection

pentathlon

persuasion

permission

permian

perfusion

phoenician

perversion

petition

peterman

physician

phrygian

pollution

plantation

plebeian

policeman

possession

prescription

precaution

porcelain

preclusion

prediction

presumption

procession

profession

privation

probation

pretension

prevention

production

precision

progression

profusion

predestine

propulsion

preemption

proportion

proscription

promotion

projection

prostration

provision

protection

protean

puritan

ramadan

quotation

reaction

recision

reception

recession

rebellion

reasserts

reassert

recreates

recreate

recording

recordings

recorders

recruiter

recruitment

recruiters

reduction

redemption

reflection

regression

regarding

regimen

regretful

recorder

relation

religion

rejection

remission

rendition

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

resumption

restriction

retraction

retention

revulsion

reversion

revision

rotation

rhodopsin

rifleman

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

reunion

secretion

scythian

seclusion

scorpion

secession

secretions

secretive

secretly

sensation

seduction

sedition

selection

stagnation

starvation

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stygian

submersion

submission

subtraction

subscription

suburban

subversion

succession

suggestion

sumatran

summation

superman

suppression

suspicion

suspension

taxation

syrian

tamarin

tactician

talisman

technician

temptation

thespian

timberman

translation

tradition

transgression

transaction

transcription

transfusion

toboggan

transition

transmission

truncation

tuition

unbutton

uneven

unburden

uncertain

unbroken

uncommon

unwritten

unison

vacation

uterine

venison

venetian

vatican

vermilion

veteran

vibration

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

wizardry

zambian

ziggurat

ziggurats

4 syllable words

aberration

abnegation

abdication

abolition

absolution

abyssinian

accordion

accordions

accordingly

accurately

acquisition

adulation

adaptation

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

admiration

affirmation

affectation

ageratum

ageratums

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

algonquian

algerian

albanian

alteration

alternation

american

amputation

altercation

ammunition

amphibian

annexation

appalachian

apparition

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

arthurian

armageddon

armenian

arizonan

aspiration

assemblyman

attribution

assyrian

athenian

assuredly

backwardation

augmentation

aviation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

commutation

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

commendation

canadian

carcinogen

centurion

chameleon

circumspection

circumvention

circumcision

combination

coalition

collocation

cogitation

collodion

coloration

columbian

coloradan

comedian

compilation

compensation

competition

comparison

committeeman

darwinian

complication

connotation

computation

condemnation

composition

comprehension

condensation

concentration

condescension

conjugation

confrontation

confiscation

conflagration

confirmation

convocation

contemplation

consolation

consecration

constellation

conservation

consultation

consummation

constitution

conversation

consternation

constipation

contraception

contradiction

contribution

contravention

convolution

contrarian

corp.

corporation

copernican

corinthian

cotyledon

crocodilian

copenhagen

criterion

crucifixion

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

declaration

decorations

decompression

deconstruction

decorated

decorators

decorator

definition

deformation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deposition

deportation

dereliction

designation

explication

desperation

explanation

dispensation

destitution

deviation

devolution

dietitian

devonian

disaffection

dislocation

diminution

disillusion

disconnection

discredited

disheartening

disinflation

diocesan

disinfection

disorderly

disposition

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

expiration

dissolution

distribution

domination

dominican

duplication

draconian

elocution

electrician

emigration

embarkation

elongation

englishwoman

eritrean

equestrian

evolution

european

estonian

eustachian

evocation

exclamation

execution

excoriate

excretory

exhibition

exhortation

expedition

exhortations

expectation

exhumation

exposition

exploitation

exploration

extradition

fermentation

fallopian

figuration

figurative

floridian

formulation

fluctuation

foliation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

greco-roman

gravitation

gregorian

guatemalan

interdiction

herculean

hegelian

hemoglobin

hibernation

himalayan

historian

illustration

implication

hydrocarbon

ideation

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

ibuprofen

immigration

implantation

imposition

imperfection

importation

hungarian

impregnation

imputation

incarnation

inattention

inclination

incantation

incrustation

incubation

indentation

indexation

indignation

indecision

indiscretion

indigestion

indonesian

inflammation

information

infestation

infiltration

inhibition

inquisition

integration

installation

inspiration

institution

instigation

insurrection

interaction

interception

intercession

intermission

interjection

interruption

intersection

interwoven

interurban

introduction

introspection

intuition

invitation

iranian

isolation

iteration

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

intervention

kindergarten

laceration

lacerations

lancastrian

olympian

legerdemain

limitation

leviathan

liberation

lilliputian

librarian

liberian

liquefaction

locomotion

logarithm

logarithms

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

mammalian

malnutrition

majority

majorities

manumission

maturation

masturbation

menstruation

mediation

melanesian

meridian

migratory

ministration

minnesotan

miseration

misconception

obligation

misperception

misbegotten

missourian

mitigation

modulation

moderation

motivation

mortification

molestation

mongolian

moravian

mutilation

newtonian

napoleon

nestorian

nigerian

nonprescription

nomination

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nicaraguan

obfuscation

occupation

obsidian

observation

obstetrician

oblivion

overburden

ohioan

praetorian

octahedron

oscillation

orchestration

ordination

opposition

ostentation

pagination

ovulation

paraguayan

pagurian

pedestrian

pelagian

pavlovian

pejorative

perforation

persecution

penicillin

perspiration

permutation

perturbation

peruvian

population

operation

planarian

plutonian

polynesian

polyhedron

politician

proclamation

precondition

premonition

preignition

preconception

predilection

preelection

predetermine

profanation

propagation

procreation

proposition

prohibition

prosecution

prostitution

provocation

protestation

publication

protozoan

reconstruction

radiation

realization

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reawaken

readmission

recollection

recognition

punctuation

refutation

reexamine

reelection

registration

relaxation

relocation

repetition

repercussion

reposition

repossession

reproduction

requisition

resolution

respiration

restoration

republican

resignation

resurrection

restitution

retardation

retrocession

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

satisfaction

saturation

secretaries

secretary

sectarian

securities

security

self-deception

sequestration

shakespearean

smithsonian

sicilian

siberian

simonian

situation

statistician

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

supposition

superstition

superhuman

supervision

syndication

tamoxifen

tasmanian

tetrahedron

titillation

transformation

toleration

transplantation

transportation

ulceration

usurpation

valuation

utopian

valerian

violation

visitation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

reinspection

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accreditation

accreditations

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

alliteration

amelioration

amortization

amplification

amalgamation

anticipation

appreciation

approximation

amazonian

appropriation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

authorization

authentication

babylonian

augustinian

incineration

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

commemoration

carolinian

cauterization

centralization

certification

centenarian

carthaginian

christianization

civilization

classification

cohabitation

codification

collaboration

colonization

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

congratulation

coordination

conglomeration

consolidation

contamination

consideration

continuation

cooperation

corroboration

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

delicatessen

deliberation

deification

delineation

depreciation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

desalination

diacritical

disinclination

discoloration

discrimination

discretionary

disembarkation

disintegration

dionysian

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

edification

domestication

dramatization

ejaculation

elimination

electrocution

elizabethan

emancipation

elaboration

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

eradication

equivocation

examination

exaggeration

evacuation

exacerbation

evaluation

evaporation

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

ethiopian

exoneration

expatriation

exoskeleton

extermination

decapitation

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

interrogation

glorification

hallucination

gratification

harmonization

interconnection

hanoverian

hybridization

illumination

hydrogenation

imagination

humiliation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

incarceration

inauguration

indoctrination

incrimination

incorporation

infatuation

inhabitation

inoculation

insemination

initiation

insinuation

instrumentation

interpretation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

ionization

irradiation

investigation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

localization

magnification

magnetization

manipulation

manifestation

mathematician

maximization

maximilian

mccarthyism

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

misinformation

miscalculation

mississippian

modernization

mobilization

modification

multiplication

mummification

myocardial

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nullification

notification

misapprehension

normalization

nonsectarian

nonintervention

nitroglycerine

myocardium

obliteration

origination

lithuanian

orientation

oregonian

ossification

ornamentation

organization

pacification

overproduction

participation

panamanian

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

perpetuation

pennsylvanian

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

procrastination

prognostication

presupposition

proliferation

pronunciation

proletarian

purification

ratification

quantification

ramification

reaffirmation

recommendation

recombination

refrigeration

recrimination

qualification

rectification

reforestation

recuperation

regeneration

pythagorean

rejuvenation

reiteration

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

sanctification

russification

secretarial

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specialization

sophistication

specification

subordination

stratification

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

reintegration

utilization

vegetarian

veterinarian

vilification

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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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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