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

acting

aching

airing

aging

ailing

bolting

angling

banging

arching

arming

asking

awning

backing

bagging

baiting

baking

banding

banking

bearing

bathing

batting

beading

beaming

beating

bedding

basting

bending

belling

beijing

belting

being

bidding

binding

billing

biding

blaring

bleeping

birthing

bitching

bleaching

blasting

biting

blazing

bleeding

blending

blessing

blinding

blowing

blushing

blooming

blueing

bluing

blocking

boasting

boarding

boating

barring

boiling

bolling

bonding

bowling

bowing

bouncing

bounding

booting

boozing

boring

boxing

bracing

braiding

broking

branching

breathing

brimming

broiling

breeching

brewing

breasting

browning

braving

breaking

breeding

briefing

brooding

brushing

brawling

browsing

bruting

bucking

booming

buckling

budding

butting

bunting

bulging

burning

burping

buying

calling

caning

building

camping

carling

calming

carping

chanting

caulking

catching

charming

ceiling

chafing

chasing

chapman

chewing

chilling

clanging

chipping

choking

chirping

chopping

churning

cleaning

clearing

casting

chipmunks

climbing

chipmunk

clipping

cloaking

casing

clocking

clothing

coaching

coasting

clowning

clucking

coating

clouding

coaxing

combing

clogging

closing

coiling

cocking

codding

coming

colling

flitting

carving

etching

copeman

couching

cooking

cooling

cooing

costing

coupling

coursing

cracking

crackling

crooning

crowing

creeping

cribbing

crossing

crashing

cresting

craving

creaking

culling

crushing

crying

cuddling

curing

curling

cutting

dancing

damning

daring

dashing

dawning

daunting

dealing

darling

derring

dining

digging

dicing

dilling

dipping

dishing

doing

diving

docking

doting

doubting

draining

dressing

drilling

drinking

dripping

dropping

drawing

drafting

dragging

driving

drugging

drumming

dubbing

ducking

duckling

dueling

drying

during

dwelling

earning

earring

dumpling

dyeing

dying

earthling

easing

edging

eating

eking

ending

erring

evening

facing

fading

faulting

farthing

fainting

farming

failing

falling

feeding

fehling

feeling

folding

fencing

feigning

filling

fetching

fielding

fighting

filing

finding

fining

fitting

fishing

fixing

firing

flagging

flaming

flaring

flashing

flooding

floating

foaming

flowing

flushing

flooring

foiling

fledgling

fleming

flying

fleeting

flogging

foundling

forging

forcing

forming

founding

footing

horning

framing

frosting

fuming

funding

fucking

going

galling

gearing

frying

gadding

gaming

golding

getting

freaking

gilding

gassing

ginning

gloaming

glowing

glancing

glinting

giving

glaring

girding

glazing

holding

grooming

fraying

grouping

golfing

growing

grappling

grinding

grafting

grasping

grading

grating

grayling

grounding

grazing

greeting

grieving

groundling

greening

grouting

hosting

gushing

hanging

handling

hamstring

hunting

holing

franking

heading

hatching

harping

having

healing

hearing

heating

heaving

heckling

homing

herring

hugging

hoarding

hilling

hissing

hitting

hogging

helping

hiding

hopping

freezing

humming

fruiting

hounding

housing

hurling

hurting

icing

evenings

inkling

inning

joking

jetting

judging

jailing

jarring

jeering

jogging

jerking

jutting

kenning

jumping

keeping

kicking

leaning

leaping

knowing

kipling

knitting

kindling

knocking

lading

lagging

lamping

landing

killing

lapping

launching

lashing

latching

lawing

lasting

laughing

laying

leading

leaking

learning

leasing

lining

lending

lightning

lemming

lifting

lighting

liking

licking

loading

loathing

living

marching

molting

legging

morning

looping

longing

lopeman

logging

looking

looming

lopping

loring

lodging

loving

lunching

lowing

lumping

losing

matching

listing

malting

mapping

mooring

lying

madding

mailing

making

marking

meaning

merging

melting

meeting

milling

mining

mincing

minding

missing

matting

mocking

mourning

morphing

moulding

mugging

mounting

moving

movements

mowing

movement

musing

muting

nosing

napping

netting

nipping

nodding

nestling

nothing

nutting

nanking

offing

offspring

oozing

nursing

passing

ousting

outing

owing

paging

pacing

packing

padding

painting

pairing

panning

panting

paring

parking

parting

patching

quilling

quilting

raging

pending

pegging

petting

pelting

peaking

peeing

phasing

phrasing

picking

piercing

pinching

pimping

piling

pining

piping

planting

planking

pitching

plating

paying

playing

plaything

pleading

pleasing

plodding

plugging

plumbing

poking

poling

polling

pointing

pooling

posting

pouncing

pounding

pouting

preaching

praying

popping

pressing

priming

putting

printing

pruning

prowling

puffing

pumping

pudding

purging

pushing

prying

quaking

paving

rafting

pavement

racing

racking

railing

pavements

raising

raking

rambling

nagging

raving

reading

resting

ribbing

rigging

ruling

riding

roasting

rifling

rocking

rolling

roving

rubbing

ringing

rounding

roaring

roofing

rousing

romping

rising

sacking

sagging

sailing

salting

swearing

keeling

sapling

scolding

schilling

schooling

scarring

scheming

scorching

scraping

screwing

screening

setting

scratching

scrimping

screaming

sewing

searching

seedling

seeling

seeming

seizing

serving

seeing

shearing

seating

shafting

sharking

shading

shaving

sheathing

shedding

shelling

sheeting

shelving

shifting

shilling

shining

shipment

shipman

shipments

shipping

shoestring

shooting

shoring

shirting

shocking

showing

shredding

shrinking

shuffling

shrouding

shunting

signing

sighing

sibling

siding

sighting

singing

sinking

sitting

slanting

skilling

skimming

slapping

sizing

skirting

slating

sledding

sleeping

sliding

slighting

slitting

slouching

smoking

smoothing

smelling

scalping

smelting

smacking

snapping

snarling

soaking

sniffing

snoring

soaring

sneaking

sneezing

sobbing

spinning

soothing

slotting

stinging

sounding

spending

something

sopping

spanking

sparing

sparkling

spelling

sparling

sporting

stinking

speaking

sperling

stalling

stooping

stowing

springing

spurling

squeezing

stamping

standing

steering

sticking

starling

starting

stating

staving

stealing

sterling

stitching

sprinkling

stirring

stocking

stroking

squinting

strutting

storming

stripling

stopping

straining

strapping

stripping

stretching

straddling

streaming

striking

striving

stuffing

sucking

stacking

suckling

staging

suing

suiting

scaling

swaying

sweating

sweeping

swelling

swimming

sweeting

switching

swooning

talking

tackling

tacking

tailing

taking

tamping

tanning

teaching

tasting

throwing

taunting

telling

thinking

thrilling

tempting

teething

thrashing

testing

teaming

teeming

thrusting

thumping

toasting

tipping

tooling

topping

tossing

trucking

ticking

touching

tithing

tracing

trading

tuning

trusting

twining

training

tricking

trilling

tripping

trying

trifling

trimming

tubing

trailing

turning

tubman

twisting

tying

tiding

tilting

wringing

saying

voiding

voting

vaulting

veering

vesting

veiling

viking

walking

wanting

vying

wading

waiting

waking

walling

waning

warling

warming

warning

warping

washing

wasting

wapping

wrecking

weakling

wearing

webbing

wedding

weeping

weaving

weeding

weighing

wellspring

westling

whacking

whaling

whipping

winning

whistling

whirling

whiting

whooping

whitling

whopping

wincing

winding

willing

wilding

wheeling

wishing

wielding

wiring

witching

wording

working

yearning

wrestling

writing

yachting

yearling

yelling

yielding

saving

3 syllable words

abducting

adjoining

abounding

accenting

according

accusing

absorbing

admiring

adoring

aligning

agreeing

alerting

alluring

alarming

afflicting

annoying

amazing

amusing

annealing

affecting

appalling

appealing

approving

approaching

asserting

anything

apennine

aspiring

arresting

arriving

ascending

assuming

arranging

assuring

astounding

baffling

backbiting

badgering

backsliding

attracting

ballooning

abiding

becoming

battering

beseeching

befitting

beginning

belonging

beguiling

beholding

believing

besetting

bettering

bickering

besieging

billowing

blanketing

blackmailing

blossoming

bloodsucking

blundering

blustering

bloodletting

blistering

bubbling

bottling

brainwashing

broadcasting

carpeting

bustling

buffeting

bumbling

bundling

bungling

bullfighting

bushwhacking

cackling

canoeing

campaigning

caressing

carjacking

bullying

carousing

butchering

bookkeeping

carrying

channeling

challenging

centering

chattering

childbearing

churchgoing

coloring

colouring

commanding

completing

compounding

concurring

comforting

complaining

complying

conceding

concerning

commuting

composing

confiding

imprinting

conforming

confounding

connecting

conserving

consoling

confusing

counseling

conveying

consuming

converging

contacting

convincing

contracting

correcting

copying

covering

cowering

cradling

covenants

crocheting

covenant

crusading

cushioning

cycling

damaging

dairying

darkening

debating

declining

decreasing

defusing

degrading

delighting

departing

descending

deserving

designing

dialing

despairing

diapering

detailing

disarming

discerning

disgusting

disguising

dissecting

dissenting

dissolving

dissembling

distracting

distressing

diverging

divining

doubling

dividing

doddering

drizzling

downsizing

diverting

dressmaking

erupting

dwindling

echoing

easterling

eavesdropping

emitting

emptying

ensuing

endearing

engaging

enclosing

engraving

engrossing

enchanting

enduring

enlisting

entering

enticing

dumbfounding

equating

erecting

conquering

fondling

exciting

exacting

exhausting

excepting

exceeding

everything

existing

expanding

expelling

expiring

exulting

exploring

factoring

favoring

faltering

feathering

conjuring

fingering

finishing

flattering

flowering

flavoring

following

hardening

forthcoming

forbidding

forgiving

consulting

forecasting

forwarding

foreboding

freewheeling

gardening

galloping

gambling

gathering

glowering

glimmering

governing

groundbreaking

good-looking

handwriting

hairdressing

hafnium

harvesting

hardworking

heartbreaking

highflying

impending

housewarming

housekeeping

frustrating

imploring

importing

imposing

constricting

improving

incoming

infighting

increasing

inspiring

insulting

interesting

inserting

installing

ironing

jockeying

invading

inviting

investing

issuing

juggling

conflicting

journeying

lamenting

laboring

lactating

landholding

lawmaking

laundering

languishing

layering

landscaping

kidnapping

leveling

life-giving

lingering

machining

locating

lowering

lumbering

marketing

marshaling

meddling

maturing

mellowing

measuring

middling

modeling

misspelling

misgiving

misleading

mistaking

matchmaking

mothering

motoring

mottling

mumbling

lettering

murmuring

muscling

neutering

nerve-racking

narrowing

neighboring

networking

oncoming

offsetting

offering

nourishing

obliging

ongoing

opposing

opponent

opponents

opinions

ordering

outfitting

outpouring

outlying

outstanding

outgoing

raveling

painstaking

paneling

pardoning

parceling

papering

patrolling

peddling

opinion

perplexing

persisting

pervading

pickering

peppering

piddling

pilfering

plastering

pitying

quarreling

polishing

polluting

pondering

powdering

preceding

presiding

profiting

promising

pronouncing

proceeding

provoking

prevailing

railroading

ravishing

observing

reducing

recording

reviving

reclining

regarding

revolting

relapsing

relieving

rejoicing

refreshing

reflecting

refinements

rendering

repayment

repeating

retiring

respecting

repayments

reversing

resisting

rumbling

revolving

riveting

refinement

scaffolding

scavenging

scattering

scrambling

scribbling

seagoing

settling

seducing

shadowing

shipbuilding

shimmering

shortcoming

shoplifting

sizzling

surpassing

sleepwalking

smattering

sojourning

soldiering

soldering

souring

strengthening

stuttering

succeeding

suffering

surprising

surviving

surrounding

surveying

tabling

tailoring

tapering

tempering

thanksgiving

thundering

ticketing

tormenting

toweling

tinkling

tinkering

trumpeting

towering

trembling

typesetting

typewriting

transporting

traversing

tumbling

twinkling

unbending

underling

uprising

upsetting

undoing

undying

unfailing

unfeeling

unwitting

unsparing

unthinking

unflinching

unyielding

vomiting

unwilling

vanishing

varying

visiting

wagering

wandering

watering

warehousing

weathering

well-being

whitening

whispering

winnowing

withering

wrongdoing

yellowing

4 syllable words

activating

admonishing

agitating

agonizing

aggravating

advertising

annotating

appetizing

astonishing

awakening

babysitting

barbecuing

bicycling

bewildering

captivating

calculating

conditioning

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

complicating

condescending

corresponding

covenanter

covenanters

denigrating

detonating

delegating

developing

diagnosing

devastating

devonian

disabling

disappointing

disappearing

disapproving

disconcerting

discouraging

disengaging

disheartening

dispiriting

disparaging

distinguishing

distributing

domineering

dominating

eponymy

edifying

effeminate

embarrassing

emphasizing

enlightening

engineering

encompassing

encircling

encouraging

energizing

enterprising

entertaining

enveloping

examining

executing

everlasting

fascinating

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

evenhanded

gratifying

hesitating

implicating

inheriting

inhibiting

integrating

inquiring

interlocking

interviewing

intersecting

irritating

laminating

liberating

legislating

merchandising

maximizing

mitigating

moderating

mountaineering

notifying

never-ending

nonrecurring

oceangoing

occupying

open-ended

operating

notwithstanding

opinionate

oscillating

overcoming

overarching

overbearing

overlapping

overpowering

overflowing

overhauling

overlying

overwhelming

overruling

palpitating

overrating

parachuting

partitioning

petitioning

patronizing

persevering

penetrating

pioneering

realizing

reentering

obviating

registering

separating

speechifying

suffocating

unassuming

unavailing

unbecoming

unbelieving

underpinning

undulating

underwriting

unremitting

unrelenting

vacillating

underlying

waterproofing

understanding

undertaking

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word opening

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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