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

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

ardent

auction

auden

austin

belgian

bellman

bacon

banyan

baldwin

bastion

basin

barton

baston

baron

barren

bason

baton

bargain

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

bagman

beckon

begun

bellon

billion

billman

billon

bisson

bison

bitten

bludgeon

boatman

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

birthmark

birthing

birthmarks

boardings

boarding

birdman

bookman

brakeman

bordman

boughten

bolden

boston

bollen

bourbon

bowman

bracken

braiding

boredom

brazen

brethren

breton

brighten

briton

breeding

breathing

britons

broaden

broadens

brogan

broken

bushman

brooding

caisson

bullion

burden

burton

burdon

cajun

burgeon

button

cabin

calvin

bruting

burdened

burdens

canton

canyon

caption

cannon

canon

captain

carbon

capstan

carman

carmine

cardoon

canaan

cauldron

carton

cartons

cartoons

cartoon

chairman

certain

chessman

chevron

charon

chasten

cheapen

chicken

chaplain

christen

christian

chieftain

children

chapman

chosen

churchman

citron

classman

clinton

claxon

coachman

colon

common

copeman

corban

cordon

craftsman

cotton

cousin

cowan

craven

credence

cretin

crimson

crouton

croutons

crewman

cuban

cushion

curtain

curtains

cumin

caution

dagan

dagon

daman

dalton

dampen

deacon

damson

darken

deaden

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dian

diction

cayman

caxton

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

dragon

driven

eaten

drunken

dungeon

eden

earthen

dudgeon

dromon

dustman

dutchman

elan

ensign

engine

draftsman

emption

dreadnought

ermine

faction

falcon

fibrin

fashion

fasten

felon

faustian

famine

farthing

fatten

faulcon

fiction

fielden

fission

fireman

firman

flashgun

flexion

flatten

floren

footman

fallen

foreign

foreman

freshman

frighten

fountain

fortune

fortunes

fourteens

fortnights

fourteen

fourteenth

fraction

freedman

freshen

freeman

freedom

freetown

freedoms

fortnight

friction

garden

fortin

function

fusion

fruiting

gallon

gammon

frozen

gascon

gardens

garron

georgian

glisten

gilden

gibbon

glidden

gluten

gladden

girding

given

golden

goodman

grecian

gotten

gorgon

grandson

greetings

graven

grating

gowan

greeting

german

grading

griffon

gumption

gudgeon

guardsman

grouting

haitian

hangman

haven

happen

headman

harden

hardened

harten

hasten

hausen

heathen

henchman

hardens

headsman

harken

hearten

hempen

heaven

heighten

heron

hessian

hidden

hetman

homespun

horseman

hoarding

hoten

hogan

hyphen

ibsen

huntsman

hymen

hackman

hurting

hyson

houseman

hoven

human

burman

ion

keelson

kansan

kelson

kenyan

junction

jasmine

jetson

jason

jetton

jordan

jorden

jordans

kalan

jargon

kelvin

jackman

kirkman

kitchen

kitten

kremlin

melton

melon

klansman

landman

latin

lampron

leaden

layman

leaven

legion

ledden

leman

lengthen

lemon

lessen

linden

lesson

lesion

leven

linen

lightman

lighten

lichen

liken

liman

lineman

linemen

listen

lisbon

lion

liven

lockman

locken

lagan

luncheon

lynden

london

m1

longan

loosen

lyden

lopeman

matron

lumen

madden

mahone

mangan

mansion

marron

martian

marksman

margin

marchman

markman

marlin

marten

martens

martians

maiden

martin

martins

mason

logan

loren

lotion

mayan

laden

minion

landsman

mignon

milken

million

minden

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

motion

mountain

morgan

muffin

muslin

mullen

mutton

nation

mordant

mormon

nekton

onion

ninon

newsman

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

olden

odin

often

omen

option

paean

open

ordnance

organ

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

oven

oxen

owen

packman

pagan

panton

pardon

penman

pardons

parson

part-time

parting

patron

passman

passion

partners

partner

pectin

pathan

patten

pavon

penguin

peon

ordain

perron

person

persian

pertains

pertain

pinion

pigeon

pillion

pitman

piston

platen

platten

plankton

plantain

poison

portion

portents

ponton

portends

portend

portent

pollan

portions

portman

pollen

potion

postman

pressman

pretend

pretends

prison

prussian

prudhomme

prudence

proven

prudent

pullen

quicken

question

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

rerun

proteins

resin

rincon

runnion

risen

ribbon

sanction

ridden

riden

ripen

riven

robin

roman

russian

rotten

rosen

rosin

rumen

rowan

rowen

salesman

saffron

sadden

salmon

samson

ruin

santon

shorten

protein

satan

scotsman

saxon

satin

scion

scallion

seaman

season

scullion

section

sardines

seedsman

selden

sequin

semen

sermon

session

seton

sexton

shearman

seven

shaken

shaman

sharpen

shipman

shirting

shogun

sardine

silken

statesman

shrunken

sicken

shotgun

shredding

showman

shorthand

shrouding

stepson

smitten

siphon

siren

smarten

slacken

slogan

skirting

sodden

station

strengthen

soften

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

sportsman

spokesman

squadron

stallion

stallman

spoken

steven

soldan

stiffen

stillion

straighten

solon

stockman

stolen

stricken

striven

suasion

sturgeon

suction

sunken

sudden

sullen

summon

sultan

surgeon

sweeten

sylvan

syphon

swollen

teston

taken

talon

tendon

tarpon

tartan

tappen

thicken

threaten

threatens

thirteen

thirteenth

thirteenths

thousand

tighten

tillman

torsion

traction

titan

toughen

townsman

token

toman

trading

tradings

treatment

treason

treadmills

treadmill

treatments

trident

trillion

tungsten

triton

tubman

tuscan

trojan

trodden

turban

shortens

undone

union

urban

urchin

urson

urine

zaman

vegan

verdant

waken

villain

version

vision

vulcan

wanton

warden

wagon

wardens

warren

watchman

whitson

wheaten

weaken

weapon

whiten

wiccan

widen

women

woodman

woolman

worsen

wizen

woman

wooden

woolen

wording

workman

written

writings

woven

writing

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

verdin

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

accession

abortion

abstention

abstraction

absorption

abrasion

accretion

affection

aggression

addition

addiction

admission

adoption

adhesion

acumen

adsorption

aerodyne

aegean

adrian

affliction

african

aleutian

alaskan

alderman

alien

albion

albumin

andean

allusion

attraction

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

anyone

anglican

apportion

appian

arkansan

artesian

arian

artisan

aryan

assertion

ardently

aspersion

assassin

assumption

asuncion

attrition

audition

abandon

dilation

austrian

aversion

australian

backgammon

badminton

backwoodsman

battalion

bartenders

bartender

benjamin

awaken

bedouin

beethoven

bedridden

bedizen

bandwagon

baritones

biotin

brazilian

beholden

bitumen

baritone

boardinghouse

bosnian

bouillon

avian

burdensome

bulletin

breadwinners

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

cardinal

cardinals

breadwinner

carnation

carrion

cartesian

cartoonist

castration

digestion

catalan

cation

caucasian

cartoonists

causation

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

certainly

certainty

certainties

chamberlain

charwoman

charlatan

chardonnays

chardonnay

champion

chilean

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

civilian

clarendon

clarion

coercion

cognition

clergyman

collection

cohesion

collagen

collegian

collision

collusion

commotion

companion

communion

compassion

conception

complexion

compression

compunction

concession

completion

compulsion

combustion

concussion

condition

confession

concoction

conduction

conclusion

confection

constriction

conflation

confucian

confusion

construction

congestion

connection

conjunction

congressman

connexion

conscription

consumption

contagion

contraction

contortion

commission

contraption

contrition

convection

contusion

convention

conviction

convulsion

conversion

correction

corruption

councilman

court-martial

corsican

corrosion

cortina

countryman

cortinas

creations

credentialed

credentials

croatian

crustacean

credenza

croatians

crestfallen

dalmatian

damnation

digression

declension

deduction

decision

deflection

deflation

deletion

delusion

depression

dentition

depiction

depletion

dictation

derision

desertion

description

destruction

denizen

determine

devotion

diffraction

diffusion

dilution

cyprian

direction

discretion

discussion

discipline

dispersion

disruption

distinction

distraction

distortion

disunion

diversion

donation

division

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

durations

duration

edition

earthenware

egyptian

elation

eleven

elison

emission

emotion

emulsion

encryption

emblazon

embolden

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equation

etruscan

erosion

evasion

exception

everyone

eviction

exaction

excision

exclusion

excretion

excursion

exemption

expansion

exertion

exhaustion

explosion

expression

extraction

extortion

extinction

expulsion

extrusion

fabian

fenian

farthingale

feminine

ferryman

filtration

fijian

fisherman

firedamp

fixation

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

formation

foundation

fortuna

fortunate

fortnightly

freemason

franciscan

freethinkers

freethinker

freudian

fruition

frustration

fustian

galleon

gardener

gardenias

gardeners

garrison

gardening

genuine

gentleman

guncotton

gaussian

gestation

gradation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradient

gravamen

gradients

grobian

guardian

guardians

gyration

gyrations

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

halcyon

hardener

hardening

hawaiian

hardeners

heartbroken

harlequin

heroin

heroine

impression

horatian

horizon

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

inception

inaction

illusion

imagine

immersion

impassion

in-person

imprison

implosion

housebroken

incision

inclusion

forgotten

incursion

indian

infection

inflection

induction

inflation

infarction

infliction

infraction

infusion

ingestion

injection

insertion

inspection

inhuman

injunction

instruction

inscription

intestine

intrusion

invasion

italian

irian

irishman

inversion

irritant

irritants

jacobin

jettison

javelin

jovian

julian

kantian

jamaican

lactation

keratin

keynesian

laotian

lanolin

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

location

logician

lutheran

lumberman

magician

magdalen

malayan

mandarin

malaysian

marian

marathon

margarine

marathons

maritime

maritimes

masculine

medicine

peterman

median

medallion

melanin

korean

menhaden

mexican

migration

midshipman

petition

possession

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

mutation

narration

munition

muskmelon

negation

moroccan

musician

myosin

nebraskan

nemean

nitrogen

niacin

nevadan

notation

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

nutrition

objection

obsession

obstruction

occlusion

occasion

octillion

nubian

odeon

omission

perception

oppression

optation

optician

oration

orations

opinion

origin

orion

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

pardoning

ordinance

parisian

partisan

parthenon

parthian

partition

partnership

partnerships

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

percussion

perfection

permission

perfusion

permian

pertinent

persuasion

perversion

precaution

phoenician

plantation

plebeian

physician

policeman

pollution

porcelain

phrygian

precision

position

portmanteau

preclusion

predation

predestine

pretended

pretenders

presumption

pretender

prescription

privation

procession

profession

probation

production

profusion

progression

projection

promotion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

prostration

protean

prudential

provision

prudency

puritan

prudently

rebellion

reaction

ramadan

puritans

quotation

recision

redemption

reflection

regimen

regression

reduction

restriction

religion

rendition

reopen

reptilian

rescission

resumption

revision

reunion

reversion

revulsion

rifleman

rhodopsin

rotation

salvation

saleswoman

saccharin

samoan

scorpion

sardonic

scrutinize

seduction

scythian

seclusion

secretion

sedation

sedition

selection

sensation

scrutiny

short-winded

silicon

simian

skeleton

singleton

snapdragon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

solomon

submersion

submission

subscription

stygian

suppression

subtraction

suburban

subversion

succession

suggestion

summation

sumatran

superman

tactician

suspension

suspicion

talisman

syrian

tamarin

temptation

taxation

technician

thespian

threatening

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transition

transaction

transgression

transfusion

transcription

translation

transmission

vacation

tuition

truncation

tritium

unbroken

unbutton

uncertain

unwritten

uneven

unison

unburden

uncommon

uterine

urethane

venison

venetian

vatican

veteran

vibration

vermilion

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

shortening

4 syllable words

aberration

abnegation

abolition

abdication

absolution

abrogation

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

adoration

accusation

admonition

affectation

accordion

activation

acquisition

adaptation

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

admiration

affirmation

agitation

agrarian

allegation

aggravation

aggregation

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

ammunition

annexation

amputation

annotation

animation

arbitration

amphibian

apprehension

apparition

appellation

application

approbation

appalachian

armenian

arizonan

armageddon

arithmetic

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

arabian

augmentation

attribution

aviation

avocation

backwardation

benediction

barbarian

bifurcation

bavarian

bohemian

bolivian

californian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumvention

circumcision

circumspection

cogitation

coalition

coloration

collocation

coloradan

collodion

columbian

combination

commendation

commutation

comprehension

comedian

committeeman

comparison

computation

compensation

condensation

competition

composition

compilation

concentration

complication

condescension

condemnation

confirmation

confrontation

confiscation

conflagration

conjugation

congregation

connotation

consternation

constellation

conservation

consolation

consecration

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contraception

contemplation

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

contribution

coronation

conversation

copernican

convolution

convocation

coordinates

copenhagen

coordinate

corinthian

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

decimation

declaration

dedication

celebration

defamation

deformation

definition

degradation

dehydration

delegation

demarcation

demolition

deposition

deportation

depravation

derivation

demonstration

depredation

desecration

detonation

destination

deprivation

designation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

destitution

dereliction

deviation

devastation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

diminution

dilatation

diocesan

incrustation

disaffection

disconnection

disinfection

disillusion

disinflation

dispensation

disputation

dislocation

disposition

distillation

dissertation

distribution

dissipation

dissolution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

elocution

elongation

emanation

emigration

emulation

embarkation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

estimation

estonian

eustachian

erudition

eritrean

european

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

exhortation

exhibition

execution

exhalation

exhumation

exploitation

expiration

expectation

explanation

expedition

explication

exploration

exposition

extradition

extrication

precondition

federation

fabrication

fascination

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

fallopian

foliation

fluoridation

fluctuation

floridian

formulation

fortunately

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

generation

gargantuan

gastrulation

gentlewoman

glaciation

germination

graduation

gravitation

granulation

gorgonian

greco-roman

guardianship

guatemalan

gregorian

habitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hyperion

hungarian

hydrocarbon

imitation

inattention

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

illustration

imperfection

impregnation

imputation

immolation

importation

immigration

implantation

implication

imposition

incantation

incarnation

inclination

incubation

indentation

indexation

indigestion

indication

indiscretion

indignation

indonesian

infestation

infiltration

inflammation

information

insurrection

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

installation

instigation

institution

inspiration

insulation

integration

intervention

interception

interruption

interdiction

intersection

interaction

intercession

interjection

intermission

interurban

interwoven

intonation

introduction

intuition

introspection

inundation

isolation

intimation

invitation

iranian

invocation

iridium

irritation

irrigation

irrational

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jordanians

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

melanesian

legislation

limitation

litigation

liberation

levitation

librarian

lilliputian

liberian

leviathan

liquidation

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

machination

maturation

maccabean

macedonian

malnutrition

malformation

mammalian

masturbation

manumission

medication

meditation

lancastrian

menstruation

meridian

mediation

ministration

miseration

misperception

misconception

mitigation

moderation

missourian

motivation

modulation

molestation

mutilation

mortification

mongolian

moravian

napoleon

navigation

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

noblewoman

nomination

nonprescription

nonpartisan

nestorian

obligation

obfuscation

oblivion

observation

occupation

obstetrician

octahedron

obsidian

ohioan

olympian

opposition

orchestration

ordinances

ordination

ordinary

ordinaries

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

misbegotten

oxidation

pagination

paraguayan

pagurian

penicillin

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

palpitation

perturbation

operation

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

peruvian

minnesotan

planarian

plutonian

pigmentation

politician

population

polynesian

polyhedron

praetorian

preconception

predetermine

predilection

indecision

preignition

premonition

predominates

preparation

preservation

presentation

profanation

procreation

proclamation

prohibition

proposition

propagation

prosecution

prostitution

predominance

predominant

protestation

protozoan

publication

provocation

resolution

predominate

recollection

radiation

readmission

reassertion

realization

reawaken

reconstruction

recitation

recantation

recognition

reclamation

recreation

reexamine

reformation

refutation

reinspection

regulation

relocation

relaxation

registration

repercussion

reparation

repetition

replication

reposition

repossession

reproduction

reputation

renovation

republican

requisition

restoration

restitution

resignation

respiration

resurrection

punctuation

rhetorician

retardation

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retribution

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revolution

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rhododendron

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shakespearean

scrutinizes

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tasmanian

tamoxifen

tetrahedron

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vaccination

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vacillation

variation

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variations

vegetation

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valerian

victorian

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violation

visitation

validation

wagnerian

watermelon

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abomination

acceleration

academician

accommodation

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accumulation

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administration

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affiliation

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amazonian

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elimination

electrocution

elizabethan

emancipation

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epicurean

equivocation

eradication

evaporation

ethiopian

evacuation

evaluation

examination

exaggeration

exacerbation

exasperation

excoriation

exhilaration

exfoliation

exoneration

expatriation

exoskeleton

incorporation

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facilitation

fertilization

falsification

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

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hydrogenation

humiliation

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hyperborean

imagination

illumination

inactivation

immunization

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inauguration

incarceration

incineration

incrimination

dionysian

indoctrination

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initiation

inhabitation

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inoculation

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interpretation

intimidation

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ionization

investigation

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irredentism

irrationally

jeffersonian

justification

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legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

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magnification

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manipulation

mathematician

mechanization

maximization

maximilian

metropolitan

misapprehension

misinformation

miscalculation

modernization

mobilization

modification

mississippian

mummification

multiplication

neapolitan

negotiation

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nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

nonintervention

nonsectarian

normalization

notification

obliteration

nullification

orientation

origination

ornamentation

organization

oregonian

ordinarily

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pacification

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pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

panamanian

pennsylvanian

peritoneal

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polarization

philadelphian

pomeranian

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prevarication

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representation

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revaluation

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sanctification

scandinavian

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specification

specialization

solicitation

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

unification

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

verification

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.


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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.

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