Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word protection.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 protection.
2 syllable words

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

artist

artists

artsy

ashen

asian

atman

auction

austin

auden

bacon

baldwin

bagman

banyan

awards

bargain

bason

bastion

basin

baton

batten

barton

baston

baron

barren

beacon

beaten

bayman

barites

beckon

batton

breton

belgian

bellman

bellon

begun

bitten

bison

billion

billman

billon

birdseed

birdcage

blacken

bisson

bludgeon

bracken

bobbin

bolden

boatman

blowgun

bookman

brethren

bollen

boughten

brakeman

bordman

boston

bourbon

bowman

bordeaux

brazen

brighten

british

bridegroom

briton

bridges

bridgetown

bridgehead

bridesmaids

bridesmaid

bullion

broadcast

broadsword

berets

broaden

broken

brutish

crutches

broadside

brogan

burden

broadcasts

burdon

burgeon

aspen

button

bushman

caisson

calvin

cabin

cajun

caption

canaan

canton

canyon

captain

cannon

canon

capstan

carats

carbon

carman

carmine

carrots

carton

caution

cauldron

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

chapman

chartists

chasten

chessman

cheapen

chevron

christian

chicken

christen

children

chieftain

churchman

chosen

citron

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

cohorts

colon

chaplain

charades

common

charon

chartist

copeman

corban

cordon

cortex

courthouse

cotton

cortege

cordage

corrodes

cousin

cowan

critic

cowards

courtship

craftsman

crimson

cretin

crewman

craven

creates

critics

critique

critiques

crouton

croats

cuban

cushion

curtain

burman

cumin

curtsy

burton

damson

deaden

deafen

dalton

dampen

deacon

daman

darken

deepen

delphian

demon

derides

desman

devon

dian

diction

diehards

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dredges

dragon

driven

dromon

drunken

dungeon

dudgeon

dustman

druids

dutchman

earthquake

eaten

eden

earthquakes

earthstar

elan

earthen

emption

engine

ensign

erodes

ermine

fashion

falcon

fallen

famine

farthest

fasten

faulcon

faustian

fatten

felon

ferrets

fiction

fission

fireman

fielden

firman

flashgun

flatten

footman

floren

foreman

foreheads

freshen

foreign

foretaste

foretastes

forethought

fortune

fountain

freedman

fortes

forties

freeman

freshman

friction

frighten

fibrin

fridges

furthest

frozen

fusion

garden

gascon

gallon

gammon

garrets

garron

gentian

georgian

german

glisten

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

gotten

gluten

golden

goodman

gorgon

fridays

gowan

grandson

gumption

griffon

graven

gudgeon

hackman

guardsman

grudges

gyrates

haitian

hardship

harden

hangman

hardships

harken

happen

harten

hartshorn

headman

hempen

hasten

hearten

heaven

headsman

hausen

haven

henchman

heathen

heartache

heighten

hessian

hetman

heron

hidden

hogan

homespun

horseman

hoten

houseman

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

dagon

ion

jackman

jason

jetson

jetton

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kitten

klansman

kitchen

kremlin

kalan

keywords

kurdish

lessen

lampron

lagan

leaden

lesson

landsman

latin

laden

layman

leaven

lengthen

ledden

lemon

landman

legion

leman

lesion

leven

mention

luncheon

lightman

lighten

liken

lichen

linden

lineman

linemen

liman

lockman

locken

linen

listen

lisbon

logan

london

longan

loosen

lion

lopeman

liven

lotion

lordship

loren

lumen

m1

mansion

lyden

lynden

madden

mahone

mangan

marksman

marchman

markman

margin

marlin

marron

marten

martian

mason

martin

matron

mayan

maiden

melton

melon

merits

milken

mignon

million

minden

minion

greatest

grecian

mission

mitten

grotesque

moisten

morgan

mormon

molten

mortgage

mortgaged

motion

muffin

mullen

parson

dagan

mountain

mutton

muslin

nation

nekton

narrates

norman

newsman

ninon

nordic

notion

northwest

oarsman

ocean

northeast

often

outrun

odin

onion

olden

option

organ

oven

omen

open

orphan

othman

outdone

oxen

owen

packman

pagan

paean

panton

pardon

predicts

parades

parrots

partake

passion

parties

passman

pathan

patten

patron

pectin

pavon

penguin

penman

pension

person

peon

perron

persian

pigeon

pillion

pinion

pirates

piston

pitman

plankton

platen

platten

plantain

poison

portion

pollan

ponton

pollen

portage

portman

potion

postman

porridge

predict

pressman

pretext

pretzels

prison

product

produce

products

prussian

protects

protect

protest

protests

proven

prudish

question

quicken

ration

rayon

raven

reason

reckon

redden

pullen

region

rerun

resin

rewards

rewrites

sanction

rotten

rincon

ribbon

ridden

riden

russian

robin

rosin

roman

rosen

shrunken

runnion

ripen

risen

riven

rumen

saffron

sadden

rowen

salesman

rowan

ruin

samson

santon

salmon

saxon

scallion

satan

scotsman

scullion

scratches

seaman

season

scratching

scratchy

satin

selden

semen

session

sexton

sequin

sermon

seven

seedsman

seton

shaken

scion

shaman

sharpen

shipman

shearman

shortage

shogun

shortcake

shorten

shotgun

shortstop

showman

silken

sicken

slacken

siphon

siren

slogan

smarten

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

sportsman

sovereign

spokesman

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

spoken

stepson

station

statesman

stallion

stallman

stillion

stiffen

steven

stolen

strengthen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

stockman

straighten

sudden

sultan

sullen

summon

sunken

surtax

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

syphon

swollen

tension

taken

tarpon

tartan

talon

tarots

tendon

teston

threaten

tappen

thicken

torsion

tighten

titan

tillman

token

toman

thousand

tirades

thirties

toughen

townsman

tortoise

towards

treason

treatise

treaties

triads

trillion

trodden

trojan

trudges

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

triton

turrets

undone

union

tryouts

urson

urchin

urine

urban

turban

vegan

vertex

version

verdicts

verdict

vortex

pretzel

virtues

vulcan

vision

wagon

waken

wanton

villain

warden

warren

whitson

yachtsman

weapon

whiten

wiccan

watchman

weaken

wheaten

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

workman

worsen

woolman

woolen

wretched

woven

worthies

written

woodman

yardage

yardstick

yardsticks

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

pretties

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

abdomen

abstention

ablution

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abstraction

accretion

acumen

abandon

admission

adhesion

adoption

adsorption

aegean

adrian

alaskan

african

albion

albumin

alderman

aleutian

alsatian

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

aortic

apportion

appian

arian

arkansan

article

artesian

articles

artichokes

artichoke

artisan

artisans

artistry

aryan

alien

aspersion

assassin

assumption

aversion

australian

audition

austrian

avian

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandwagon

badminton

battalion

bedouin

bedizen

bedridden

beholden

brazilian

bitumen

biotin

beethoven

bosnian

bouillon

benjamin

bulletin

broadcasting

broadcasters

broadcaster

berettas

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

causation

carnation

carrion

cardigans

cartesian

castration

cation

caucasian

catalan

cardigan

cardiac

cessation

compassion

collision

chairwoman

champion

chariots

charities

charwoman

commotion

cistercian

chairperson

chilean

civilian

chamberlain

citizen

cinnamon

clarion

clergyman

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collagen

collegian

clarendon

collusion

combustion

charlatan

communion

companion

compression

compulsion

compunction

completion

conversion

concoction

concussion

condition

conclusion

congestion

conflation

confucian

confusion

conjunction

conscription

contraption

contortion

contagion

consumption

contrition

contusion

congressman

corruption

convulsion

corsican

countryman

cortical

cortisol

councilman

cortisone

corrosion

courtesies

courtesy

cowardice

cremation

creation

crestfallen

critical

criticize

croatian

crotchety

burritos

zambian

dalmatian

damnation

decision

deflation

deletion

delusion

denizen

depletion

depression

desertion

description

derision

destruction

dentition

determine

devotion

dictation

diffraction

digression

dilation

digestion

dilution

diffusion

emission

discretion

discussion

discipline

dispersion

disruption

distinction

distortion

distraction

diversion

division

disunion

dominion

donation

downtrodden

duration

drudgery

eleven

elation

egyptian

elison

dorian

emblazon

embolden

emotion

emulsion

englishman

equation

enlighten

enliven

eruption

erosion

etruscan

erotic

erratic

exaction

exception

evasion

everyone

exemption

encryption

excision

exclusion

excretion

exertion

excursion

exhaustion

expression

expansion

extension

explosion

extinction

expulsion

extraction

extortion

extrusion

feminine

fenian

ferryman

filtration

fixation

fisherman

fijian

flirtation

flotation

freemason

foramen

forbidden

formation

forgotten

foundation

forewoman

forthcoming

franciscan

freudian

frustration

fustian

fruition

garrison

galleon

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

grobian

gyration

guardian

grotesquely

grudgingly

guncotton

harlequin

hammerman

halcyon

handwoven

halogen

hardcover

hardcovers

hawaiian

heartbroken

heretic

heretics

heritage

horatian

heroin

heroine

horizon

housebroken

impression

hydrogen

ignition

impassion

illusion

imagine

immersion

implosion

imprison

in-person

cyprian

inclusion

inspection

inception

injunction

indian

induction

inflection

infliction

infraction

incursion

infarction

inflation

infusion

ingestion

inhuman

intention

insertion

incision

inscription

instruction

mistaken

hydration

intestine

jamaican

jettison

intrusion

invention

invasion

inversion

irian

italian

irishman

jacobin

lactation

javelin

keratin

julian

kantian

korean

keynesian

jovian

laotian

lanolin

laureates

lecithin

lesbian

libration

magdalen

magician

ligation

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

malaysian

medallion

malayan

mandarin

marian

margarine

masculine

mexican

median

medicine

menhaden

melanin

midshipman

migration

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

fabian

moroccan

mortgages

mutation

munition

narration

myosin

musician

nebraskan

nemean

neritic

nevadan

muskmelon

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

neurotic

nonunion

notation

norwegian

nubian

northeastern

northwestern

nutrition

occasion

occlusion

octillion

odeon

outspoken

opinion

optation

optician

oration

origin

ovation

ottoman

orthoclase

overdone

overman

overrun

omission

oxygen

paradox

paradigm

paradise

paradigms

parities

parodies

parodist

orion

parisian

peterman

particle

particles

partition

partisan

partisans

pavilion

pelican

perception

pentathlon

percussion

perfusion

permission

permian

periods

persuasion

perversion

phoenician

phrygian

pirouettes

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

precession

portico

portuguese

precaution

preclusion

precision

prediction

predestine

porcelain

predicate

predicates

predictions

predictive

predictor

predictors

prescription

preemption

parthian

predispose

presumption

prevention

privation

probation

produces

prodigal

prodigies

prodigy

profusion

productive

proportion

promotion

producer

producers

prostration

proscription

protective

protectors

protector

protean

protestant

provision

protesters

protocols

protester

protocol

protestants

quotation

puritan

ramadan

rarities

reaction

rebellion

recision

redemption

relation

regimen

religion

remission

rendition

repression

reptilian

rescission

retraction

restriction

resumption

reunion

revulsion

rotation

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

reopen

saccharin

salvation

samoan

saleswoman

secretion

scythian

seclusion

sedition

scorpion

sensation

shortages

shortcoming

shortcomings

shortsighted

silicon

simian

skeleton

singleton

solution

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submission

submersion

subscription

suburban

subversion

sumatran

suspicion

superman

surtaxes

tactician

syrian

temptation

technician

taxation

tamarin

talisman

thespian

toboggan

timberman

tortoises

transaction

transgression

transition

transcription

transfusion

translation

transmission

treatises

truncation

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unbroken

unbutton

uneven

vatican

unison

vacation

unwritten

uterine

tuition

venetian

venison

veteran

vertical

vertically

vermilion

vertices

vertigo

verities

vibration

vocation

volition

vitamin

waterman

wesleyan

wretchedly

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

absolution

adaptation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

accordion

activation

abyssinian

admiration

admonition

affectation

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affirmation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

alabaman

albanian

agrarian

aldebaran

algerian

altercation

alteration

alternation

allegation

allocation

american

annexation

annotation

amputation

animation

ammunition

appalachian

amphibian

apparition

appellation

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

application

approbation

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

articulate

arthurian

articular

articulates

algonquian

aspiration

assyrian

athenian

attribution

aviation

augmentation

assemblyman

avocation

bavarian

backwardation

barbarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

bradykinin

culmination

cultivation

canadian

calibration

calculation

businesswoman

californian

cancellation

centurion

celebration

carcinogen

circumspection

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

collocation

cogitation

coalition

chameleon

collodion

coloradan

columbian

combination

comedian

commendation

committeeman

commutation

comparison

compensation

competition

compilation

computation

concentration

complication

condescension

comprehension

condemnation

condensation

composition

confirmation

confrontation

confiscation

congregation

conflagration

conjugation

connotation

consternation

conservation

consolation

consecration

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

consummation

contemplation

contravention

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

corp.

corporation

correlation

corinthian

coronation

cotyledon

criticism

criterion

criticisms

crucifixion

critically

criticizes

crocodilian

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

deconstruction

decompression

decoration

declaration

dedication

defamation

definition

deformation

delegation

degradation

dehydration

demolition

demonstration

demarcation

deposition

deportation

depravation

dereliction

depredation

derivation

desecration

desiccation

deprivation

desolation

designation

destination

desperation

destitution

detonation

devastation

devolution

deviation

devonian

dilatation

emigration

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disinfection

disposition

disillusion

dispensation

dislocation

disinflation

disputation

dissertation

distillation

dissipation

dissolution

distribution

divination

diuretics

diuretic

domination

dominican

emanation

draconian

elevation

duplication

druidism

education

electrician

elocution

elongation

embarkation

emulation

equitation

estimation

equestrian

englishwoman

erudition

eritrean

eradicate

eustachian

european

evolution

estonian

evocation

excitation

graduation

excavation

exclamation

fascination

exhibition

exhortation

exhalation

exhumation

expiration

exploitation

expedition

exploration

exposition

explanation

explication

fabrication

expectation

extradition

extrication

miseration

fallopian

fermentation

execution

federation

fibrillation

figuration

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

interaction

interjection

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

great-grandfather

great-grandmother

moderation

mitigation

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

heretical

herculean

heritages

hibernation

hesitation

himalayan

historian

horticulture

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

imperfection

hyperion

ideation

ibuprofen

illustration

iberian

imitation

immolation

immigration

imposition

implication

importation

implantation

impregnation

imputation

inattention

insurrection

innovation

incantation

incrustation

indigestion

incarnation

indexation

indication

indentation

indecision

indiscretion

indignation

indonesian

information

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

inhalation

inhibition

interdiction

incubation

inquisition

inclination

instigation

inspiration

installation

institution

insulation

integration

interception

intercession

intermission

intersection

interruption

intervention

interurban

intimation

intonation

interwoven

introduction

introspection

intuition

iridescent

irritation

inundation

invocation

iranian

invitation

irrigation

isolation

jubilation

jacobean

laceration

liberation

jordanian

levitation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

legislation

leviathan

lancastrian

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

liquidation

litigation

liquefaction

limitation

locomotion

lubrication

meditation

machination

mammalian

malnutrition

malformation

manumission

maccabean

maturation

masturbation

macedonian

medication

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

ministration

meridian

misconception

minnesotan

misbegotten

missourian

misperception

motivation

modulation

molestation

mortification

moravian

mongolian

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nomination

nigerian

noblewoman

nicaraguan

nonprescription

nonpartisan

northwesterly

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

occupation

obstetrician

northeasterly

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

operation

opposition

ordination

orchestration

ostentation

oscillation

orthogonal

orthography

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

palpitation

pagination

pagurian

paraguayan

paradoxes

participates

participants

participle

participles

particular

participate

particulars

partisanship

particulates

particulate

pavlovian

penetration

pedestrian

pelagian

penicillin

perturbation

perforation

perspiration

periodic

permutation

persecution

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

praetorian

preconception

population

precondition

predicament

predicaments

predetermine

predictable

predecessors

predecessor

preignition

premonition

preparation

presentation

preservation

participant

simonian

proclamation

procreation

prodigiously

prohibition

profanation

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protectionists

protectorate

protagonist

protagonists

protestation

provocation

protestations

protozoan

protozoans

protozoa

publication

punctuation

radiation

reassertion

recantation

realization

reawaken

readmission

recitation

reclamation

recognition

recreation

reconstruction

reexamine

reinspection

refutation

regulation

registration

relaxation

reformation

relocation

renovation

repetition

repossession

reputation

reposition

replication

republican

repercussion

reproduction

samaritan

resignation

requisition

reservation

resolution

restoration

retribution

restitution

respiration

retardation

retrocession

revelation

revocation

sanitation

revolution

rhododendron

rumination

sicilian

satisfaction

saturation

sectarian

self-deception

segmentation

segregation

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

reparation

simulation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

strangulation

superhuman

supposition

surrogation

superstition

supervision

syndication

syncopation

tabulation

tamoxifen

titillation

tasmanian

toleration

tetrahedron

termination

transformation

tribulation

transportation

trepidation

transplantation

vacillation

valerian

ulceration

usurpation

utopian

vaccination

validation

valuation

variation

varieties

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

victorian

violation

visitation

vindication

virtuoso

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alliteration

alleviation

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

alienation

appreciation

appropriation

argumentation

approximation

argentinian

articulated

articulation

attenuation

association

assemblywoman

assassination

authentication

augustinian

authorization

assimilation

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

certification

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centenarian

centralization

commemoration

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

codification

coagulation

collaboration

cohabitation

colonization

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

congratulation

coordination

corroboration

corticosteroids

corticosteroid

presupposition

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deification

delicatessen

denunciation

delineation

denomination

depreciation

depopulation

desegregation

desalination

deliberation

determination

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

dionysian

equivocation

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

eradicable

eradication

eroticism

ethiopian

evaporation

evacuation

evaluation

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exhilaration

exfoliation

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

expropriation

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

horticultural

horticulturist

humiliation

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

imagination

immunization

illumination

improvisation

inauguration

inactivation

incineration

incarceration

incorporation

incrimination

inhabitation

infatuation

initiation

insemination

inoculation

insinuation

instrumentation

hybridization

interconnection

interpolation

interrogation

intimidation

intoxication

ionization

investigation

irradiation

invalidation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

localization

mechanization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

meritocracy

metropolitan

modification

misapplication

interpretation

misapprehension

miscalculation

mississippian

misinformation

mobilization

modernization

multiplication

mummification

normalization

neutralization

negotiation

neapolitan

nonintervention

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

nonsectarian

notification

nullification

obliteration

organization

oregonian

orientation

origination

ossification

overproduction

pacification

ornamentation

panamanian

paradoxical

participation

participations

participating

peloponnesian

pasteurization

patagonian

particularly

pennsylvanian

periodical

perpetuation

periodicals

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

participative

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

predisposition

predispositions

prevarication

procrastination

prognostication

productivity

proletarian

proliferation

pronunciation

protectionism

protestantism

purification

qualification

pythagorean

quantification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

recuperation

recommendation

rectification

recrimination

regeneration

reiteration

reforestation

refrigeration

reintegration

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

representation

repatriation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

sophistication

solicitation

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theoretical

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

unification

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

virtuosity

washingtonian

yugoslavian

indoctrination

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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
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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