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

abstain

abstract

action

acton

abstruse

abstracts

affects

affect

affixed

airman

alban

alan

amman

alman

apron

arson

ashen

aspen

asian

auction

auden

austin

atman

basin

bastion

banyan

barton

baldwin

bagman

bason

baron

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beckon

beefsteak

beacon

belgian

bellman

begun

bellon

bison

beaten

billion

bisson

billman

billon

bitten

blacken

bobbin

bludgeon

bookman

bobcats

bobcat

boatman

bollen

bolden

bordman

boston

boughten

brighten

bourbon

blowgun

bushman

bracken

brazen

brakeman

bowman

brethren

bullion

briton

broaden

broken

burgeon

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

burton

caisson

breton

button

cabin

cajun

canaan

calvin

cannon

canon

canyon

canton

capstan

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

captain

caution

capstone

caxton

cayman

bacon

chairman

certain

chasten

chessman

chaplain

chapman

charon

cheapen

chevron

chicken

children

christen

christian

churchman

citron

chosen

chieftain

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

common

bargain

barren

corban

copeman

cotton

cordon

cowan

craftsman

cousin

craven

crimson

cushion

darken

cretin

damson

dagan

dagon

dalton

daman

dampen

cuban

deacon

deaden

crewman

crouton

cumin

deafen

debased

defects

defect

delphian

defaced

curtain

deepen

desman

diction

devon

diffused

dian

dipstick

demon

depicts

dobson

doctrine

dolman

divests

divest

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dovecotes

dragon

dovecote

driven

dromon

drunken

dudgeon

depict

dustman

dungeon

dutchman

eaten

eavesdrop

eden

earthen

effect

emption

ensign

engine

effects

ermine

evict

faction

falcon

fallen

huntsman

fashion

faustian

faulcon

fasten

fatten

felon

fiction

fibrin

fielden

fission

flashgun

fraction

fireman

famine

flexion

footman

foreman

flatten

floren

foreign

fortune

firman

fountain

friction

freshen

freshman

frighten

freeman

frozen

function

gascon

garden

gallon

gammon

garron

gentian

georgian

gilden

gibbon

gladden

glidden

glisten

given

fusion

gotten

goodman

gorgon

gowan

grandson

grecian

graven

griffon

golden

german

gluten

guardsman

freedman

gudgeon

gumption

haitian

hackman

harden

hangman

happen

harken

hasten

harten

hearten

haven

headsman

heathen

headman

hausen

heaven

heighten

hempen

hessian

henchman

hetman

hopscotch

heron

horseman

hidden

houseman

hipster

homespun

hipsters

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

hyson

ibsen

hymen

hyphen

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetson

elan

jordan

junction

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kalan

jorden

kansan

kelvin

klansman

kitchen

kirkman

jetton

landsman

lampron

landman

layman

lightman

kitten

legion

latin

leaden

lessen

leaven

lesson

lesion

ledden

leman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linden

lineman

linemen

lemon

lengthen

leven

listen

london

linen

lion

lisbon

lobsters

lobster

liven

locken

logan

lockman

longan

lotion

loren

luncheon

loosen

lyden

lynden

m1

lumen

lopeman

madden

kremlin

margin

mahone

marchman

mansion

marksman

markman

martian

mason

mangan

marlin

marten

martin

maiden

marron

matron

mayan

melton

melon

mention

mignon

milken

million

minion

laden

lagan

mission

minden

moisten

morgan

mormon

molten

motion

muffin

mountain

mullen

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

mitten

ninon

newsman

norman

notion

oarsman

obstructs

obstruct

ocean

often

offshoot

offsets

offshoots

olden

offset

omen

open

option

onion

othman

orphan

outdone

oxen

oven

outrun

owen

packman

organ

paean

pagan

pension

passion

parson

pardon

panton

passman

pavon

pathan

patron

patten

pectin

penguin

penman

perron

persian

peon

person

pigeon

plankton

pinion

plantain

platen

platten

poison

ponton

pollan

pollen

portion

portman

pillion

postman

potion

pressman

piston

pitman

prison

odin

prussian

pullen

proven

ration

question

quicken

raven

rayon

quipster

reckon

reason

region

resin

rerun

redden

rincon

riden

ripen

ribbon

ridden

riposte

ripostes

robin

rosin

rotten

roman

rosen

rowan

rowen

ruin

risen

rumen

russian

riven

runnion

saffron

section

robust

salesman

sadden

sanction

samson

satan

santon

salmon

satin

saxon

scotsman

scullion

scallion

scion

seaman

season

scapegoat

scapegoats

selden

semen

seedsman

sequin

shrunken

session

sharpen

shotgun

sermon

sexton

shaken

seton

seven

shaman

shipman

shorten

shearman

shogun

showman

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

smarten

soften

sodden

smitten

soldan

solon

sovereign

sovran

space-time

spartan

spastic

spearman

spectral

spectrums

spectrum

spectre

spokesman

spigot

sportsman

spoken

spigots

station

squadron

stallion

statesman

stallman

substance

stepson

stockman

stillion

straighten

strengthen

stricken

striven

stolen

sturgeon

suasion

subsides

subside

stiffen

steven

substrate

substrates

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

sunken

summon

syphon

sweepstakes

sylvan

sweepstake

sweeten

surgeon

swollen

yachtsman

tarpon

tartan

taken

talon

tension

tendon

tappen

teston

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

token

toman

tipster

traction

torsion

toughen

townsman

trodden

treason

trillion

trojan

tuscan

triton

tungsten

tubman

turban

typist

typists

undone

upshot

union

upsets

upside

upstarts

upstream

urban

vegan

upset

vision

villain

version

vulcan

watchman

waken

upstart

wanton

warden

wagon

warren

whitson

urchin

websters

whiten

wiccan

weaken

weapon

wheaten

webster

widen

wizen

woodman

woman

urine

women

wooden

woolen

woolman

workman

urson

worsen

woven

written

tillman

zaman

yaupon

yeoman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

absorption

abstraction

abortion

abstention

abstentions

abstracted

abstinence

abstinent

abrasion

abstractions

accession

accretion

addiction

acumen

addition

adhesion

african

admission

adoption

adsorption

aegean

affection

affections

affliction

affecting

affected

affective

aggression

adrian

alaskan

aleutian

alderman

albion

albumin

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anglican

anchorman

andean

anyone

apostate

apostles

apostle

apportion

appian

arian

artisan

artesian

aryan

ascension

assertion

aspersion

assassin

asuncion

assumption

arkansan

attrition

attraction

audition

attention

aversion

australian

austrian

avian

awaken

baby-sit

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

bedizen

biotin

bedridden

bedouin

beholden

benjamin

beethoven

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

causation

capsaicin

castration

carnation

cartesian

cardigan

catalan

cation

caucasian

carrion

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cistercian

citation

cinnamon

civilian

citizen

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

cambrian

campion

cognition

coercion

cohesion

collagen

collection

collegian

collision

collusion

backgammon

backwoodsman

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

completion

compunction

compulsion

concession

compression

conception

conclusion

exhaustion

complexion

conduction

confection

concussion

conflation

condition

confession

conjunction

congressman

congestion

connection

connexion

conscription

confusion

consumption

construction

contagion

contention

contortion

constriction

confucian

contraption

contrition

convulsion

convention

conversion

conviction

contraction

contusion

convection

corsican

correction

corruption

corrosion

councilman

cremation

countryman

deception

creation

croatian

crustacean

decision

crestfallen

dalmatian

damnation

cyprian

defections

deduction

defection

deficit

defective

deficits

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

abandon

dentition

concoction

declension

discussion

depletion

deposit

deposits

depression

description

desertion

derision

destruction

detention

determine

devastate

discretion

diffraction

detection

dictation

diffusion

dilation

digestion

digression

devotion

dilution

dimension

direction

discipline

dispersion

disruption

dissection

dissension

distinction

distortion

distraction

disunion

diversion

divestment

divestments

division

denizen

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

depicted

duration

depiction

depictions

edition

eavesdropping

effective

elation

election

ejection

eleven

elison

emblazon

emission

emotion

embolden

emulsion

encryption

enlighten

enliven

englishman

effectors

equation

epistle

etruscan

erection

eruption

erosion

evasion

everyone

eviction

exaction

excision

exclusion

excretion

excursion

exertion

exemption

evictions

expansion

exception

expression

expulsion

extension

extortion

extraction

extinction

explosion

extrusion

fabian

episodes

feminine

ferryman

fenian

fijian

filtration

fixation

fisherman

flirtation

forbidden

flotation

foramen

forewoman

formation

foundation

forgotten

franciscan

freemason

frustration

fruition

freudian

garrison

galleon

gaussian

fustian

gentleman

gestation

genuine

ghanaian

gillian

gradation

gordian

gravamen

grobian

guardian

gyration

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heavyset

guncotton

heavyweight

heavyweights

heroin

heroine

horatian

housebroken

horizon

hydration

hydrogen

episode

immersion

impassion

illusion

imagine

ignition

implosion

impression

imprison

in-person

inaction

inception

inclusion

incision

incursion

infarction

effector

induction

infection

inflation

inflection

infliction

infraction

infusion

ingestion

indian

inhuman

injunction

injection

inscription

insertion

inspection

instruction

egyptian

intention

intrusion

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

magdalen

jettison

kantian

keratin

jovian

korean

laurentian

julian

lanolin

laotian

keynesian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

lobbyists

lobbyist

location

logician

lopsided

lumberman

lutheran

magician

lactation

malaysian

malayan

margarine

masculine

mandarin

medallion

marian

migration

menhaden

medicine

melanin

mexican

midshipman

median

mistaken

misshapen

misfortune

misprision

moroccan

muskmelon

nebraskan

mutation

myosin

musician

negation

narration

navigates

navigate

nitrogen

niacin

nevadan

nobleman

notation

nonhuman

norwegian

nonunion

nubian

obsession

objection

obstacle

obstacles

munition

oboist

obstruction

occasion

obstructions

occlusion

obstinate

obstructive

octillion

odeon

nemean

offsetting

omission

optation

oppression

opposite

opinion

opposites

optician

oration

ottoman

oxygen

origin

orion

ovation

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

partition

partisan

parthian

nutrition

parisian

patrician

pelican

pavilion

perfection

percussion

perception

permission

pentathlon

perfusion

permian

phoenician

persuasion

petition

perversion

peterman

phrygian

physician

plebeian

plantation

pollution

policeman

porcelain

predation

possession

precession

precaution

position

preclusion

precision

predestine

prescription

prediction

preemption

presumption

pretension

privation

prevention

probation

procession

prostration

production

progression

profession

proportion

profusion

projection

promotion

propulsion

proscription

protection

provision

protean

puritan

quotation

reaction

ramadan

recession

reception

rebellion

recision

reduction

reflection

regimen

regression

relation

rendition

rejection

remission

religion

reopen

repression

redemption

reptilian

resection

rescission

resumption

restriction

retention

retraction

reunion

reversion

secretion

revision

revulsion

revisits

rifleman

rhodopsin

rhapsody

rotation

robustly

saccharin

revisit

salvation

samoan

secession

seclusion

scorpion

scythian

sedation

saleswoman

seduction

sensation

selection

sedition

silicon

singleton

skeleton

simian

solution

rhapsodize

snapdragon

solomon

sophistry

spaghetti

rhapsodic

spectacle

specimen

spectacles

spectators

spectrograph

spectator

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submission

subscription

submersion

subacute

subsidies

subsidize

subsidy

substances

substantial

substitutes

substantive

substitute

taxation

subtraction

succession

suffocate

suggestion

summation

subversion

suburban

sumatran

superman

suspension

suspicion

syrian

suppression

tactician

talisman

technician

tapestries

tamarin

temptation

tapestry

thespian

toboggan

transaction

transgression

transcription

tradition

transfusion

transition

truncation

translation

transmission

tuition

typesetting

unbroken

unbutton

uncertain

unwritten

unburden

uneven

timberman

unison

upsetting

upside-down

uncommon

vacation

uterine

vatican

venetian

venison

vibration

vocation

vitamin

volition

vermilion

veteran

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abnegation

absolution

abolition

aberration

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accusation

adaptation

activation

acquisition

abyssinian

admiration

admonition

adoration

adulation

affectionate

adrenaline

affectation

affirmation

affectively

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

allegation

algerian

albanian

algonquian

aldebaran

altercation

alternation

alteration

american

animation

amputation

ammunition

amphibian

annexation

annotation

appalachian

arbitration

apostolic

apostrophes

apostrophe

apparition

appellation

approbation

apprehension

arabian

avocados

armageddon

arthurian

armenian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

arizonan

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocado

baby-sitter

baby-sitters

backwardation

calibration

benediction

bifurcation

bavarian

calculation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

californian

canadian

cancellation

babysitting

cogitation

capacitance

capacities

capacitors

capacitor

capacity

celebration

carcinogen

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

collodion

coloration

coloradan

columbian

barbarian

committeeman

comedian

comparison

competition

liberation

computation

composition

comprehension

condescension

demarcation

confirmation

congregation

conservation

constellation

consternation

constipation

contraception

constitution

contradiction

contribution

contravention

contrarian

conversation

convolution

copernican

corporation

copenhagen

coronation

correlation

corp.

corinthian

cotyledon

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

criterion

cyclopean

deconstruction

dandelion

darwinian

custodian

culmination

decimation

declaration

decompression

dedication

decoration

definition

defamation

deformation

degradation

delegation

dehydration

demonstration

demolition

deportation

deposition

depositions

depositor

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desiccation

designation

depositors

dereliction

desecration

derivation

destination

desolation

desperation

destitution

devastating

detonation

devastated

devastation

deviation

devolution

dietitian

devonian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

dislocation

disinflation

disinfection

disillusion

dispensation

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

disposition

disputation

dissolution

distribution

divination

divestitures

divestiture

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

elevation

emanation

effectively

electrician

elocution

elongation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

effectuate

equitation

equestrian

estimation

estonian

european

eustachian

eritrean

evacuate

erudition

evocation

explication

excavation

excitation

evolution

exclamation

explanation

expectation

execution

exhortation

exhalation

exhibition

exhumation

expedition

evocative

expiration

exploration

extrication

exposition

exploitation

extradition

fragmentation

fallopian

fascination

fermentation

federation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fumigation

illustration

gastrulation

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

guatemalan

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

historian

himalayan

implication

galilean

immolation

ideation

iberian

hypertension

hyperion

implantation

immigration

imitation

ibuprofen

imperfection

importation

hydrocarbon

imposition

imputation

impregnation

inclination

incrustation

incantation

inattention

incarnation

indexation

indication

incubation

indiscretion

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

indecision

indonesian

information

inhalation

innovation

indentation

inhibition

indigestion

indignation

inquisition

inspiration

integration

insulation

instigation

insurrection

institution

intersection

interaction

intercession

interception

interruption

intermission

interdiction

interjection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

intimation

invocation

intonation

introspection

introduction

intuition

isolation

inundation

irrigation

invitation

iranian

iteration

irritation

jacobean

installation

jurisdiction

jordanian

liberian

jubilation

laceration

malformation

medication

lancastrian

legislation

liquidation

leviathan

levitation

librarian

lilliputian

kindergarten

limitation

litigation

liquefaction

lubrication

locomotion

machination

maccabean

macedonian

ministration

mammalian

hungarian

malnutrition

maturation

manumission

masturbation

mediation

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

minnesotan

miseration

misbegotten

misconception

misperception

missourian

mitigation

molestation

motivation

moderation

mongolian

moravian

ostentation

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

navigators

navigator

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

pagurian

observation

oblivion

obsidian

obesity

obstetrician

obstetricians

obstructionist

obstructionists

obstinacy

octahedron

officiates

olympian

ohioan

opposition

nestorian

operation

oppositions

opacity

ordination

pagination

ovulation

obstetrical

overburden

palpitation

penetration

paraguayan

officiate

pedestrian

pelagian

pavlovian

perforation

persecution

permutation

penicillin

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

presentation

preconception

precondition

praetorian

preparation

predilection

preignition

premonition

preservation

preelection

predetermine

prohibition

prosecution

prostitution

proposition

punctuation

protestation

protozoan

radiation

readmission

realization

reassertion

recantation

reclamation

recitation

recognition

recollection

reawaken

procreation

reconstruction

recreation

refutation

reformation

reelection

reexamine

registration

regulation

renovation

relaxation

relocation

reinspection

reparation

replication

reputation

resignation

repossession

reproduction

reposition

republican

revelation

respiration

requisition

reservation

resolution

restitution

restoration

retardation

resurrection

retribution

retrocession

repercussion

repetition

revocations

revolution

sectarian

revocation

rhetorician

rhododendron

rhapsodizes

rumination

sanitation

satisfaction

samaritan

saturation

segmentation

segregation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simulation

situation

simonian

smithsonian

sophisticate

sophisticates

speculation

spectrometry

spectroscopy

spectacular

spectrometer

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

subsidizes

substantially

substitution

substitutions

substituted

substantively

suffocating

supposition

superstition

superhuman

supervision

suppositions

syncopation

surrogation

syndication

substantiate

termination

tasmanian

tamoxifen

tetrahedron

substantiates

toleration

titillation

transformation

topsy-turvy

tribulation

ulceration

transplantation

transportation

trepidation

ubiquity

vindication

violation

vegetation

vaccination

validation

usurpation

valuation

variation

valerian

utopian

vacillation

veneration

ventilation

visitation

wagnerian

victorian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

adjudication

accommodation

accreditation

academician

acceleration

accumulation

administration

alliteration

adulteration

affiliation

affectionately

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

amalgamation

amelioration

amazonian

amplification

amortization

annihilation

anticipation

approximation

appreciation

appropriation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

assassination

association

assemblywoman

assimilation

attenuation

augustinian

authorization

authentication

babylonian

caledonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

coagulation

canonization

capitulation

cauterization

carolinian

carthaginian

centenarian

centralization

certification

clarification

christianization

civilization

colonization

cohabitation

collaboration

communication

commemoration

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

congratulation

conglomeration

consideration

consolidation

configuration

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decapitation

decomposition

infatuation

deceleration

defenestration

delicatessen

deliberation

delineation

degeneration

denomination

denunciation

discoloration

depopulation

depositary

depreciation

depository

desegregation

desalination

determination

dionysian

discrimination

disembarkation

disintegration

disinclination

dissemination

dissociation

dissatisfaction

domestication

dramatization

edification

hyperborean

elimination

elaboration

ejaculation

electrocution

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

epicurean

juxtaposition

equalization

equivocation

epistolary

eradication

ethiopian

evacuation

evacuations

evaporation

evacuated

evaluation

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

exfoliation

excoriation

exoneration

exhilaration

exoskeleton

expatriation

extermination

expropriation

falsification

fertilization

facilitation

fortification

hybridization

glorification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hydrogenation

immunization

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

improvisation

incarceration

incorporation

inauguration

inactivation

incineration

incrimination

indoctrination

inoculation

inhabitation

initiation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interpolation

interrogation

interconnection

interpretation

intoxication

invalidation

investigation

irradiation

ionization

intimidation

magnetization

jeffersonian

justification

magnification

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

mechanization

misapplication

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

maximilian

metropolitan

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

modernization

mummification

multiplication

navigational

neapolitan

negotiation

overproduction

neutralization

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

notification

normalization

mobilization

nonintervention

nonsectarian

obliteration

obstructionism

patagonian

organization

orientation

ornamentation

origination

oregonian

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

peloponnesian

perpetuation

pennsylvanian

philadelphian

preoccupation

prevarication

polarization

pomeranian

predestination

precipitation

premeditation

predisposition

presbyterian

presupposition

purification

prognostication

pronunciation

proliferation

proletarian

pythagorean

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

procrastination

recuperation

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reintegration

rejuvenation

reiteration

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

repositories

repository

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophisticated

sophistication

specification

sterilization

specialization

stratification

subordination

subsidiary

subsidiaries

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

vilification

verification

unitarian

vaporization

utilization

vegetarian

vulgarization

veterinarian

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:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
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