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

renovation

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

adaptation

aggravation

adulation

advocation

agitation

aggregation

allegation

allocation

annotation

appalachian

animation

appellation

application

approbation

avocation

calibration

benediction

cancellation

celebration

circulation

collocation

connotation

consolation

consummation

convocation

coronation

correlation

culmination

cultivation

decimation

declaration

dedication

defamation

degradation

delegation

demolition

depravation

deprivation

depredation

derivation

deposition

desecration

desiccation

desolation

detonation

designation

destination

desperation

devastation

dilatation

devolution

emigration

dissipation

distillation

divination

domination

emanation

education

elocution

elevation

emulation

equitation

estimation

erudition

evolution

excavation

fascination

excitation

exhalation

fluoridation

granulation

germination

generation

insulation

habitation

hesitation

immolation

immigration

inclination

indication

innovation

innovations

installation

inflammation

inhalation

imitation

integration

intimation

intonation

inundation

irrigation

isolation

invitation

invocation

irritation

levitation

jubilation

legislation

litigation

machination

limitation

medication

meditation

ministration

mitigation

motivation

navigation

mutilation

nomination

oscillation

pagination

palpitation

penetration

profanation

predilection

preservation

propagation

provocation

realization

recitation

reclamation

recollection

recreation

reformation

regulation

replication

renovations

reputation

revocation

revolution

repetition

reservation

resignation

resolution

respiration

restoration

revelation

sanitation

segregation

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

suffocation

surrogation

syncopation

syndication

tabulation

termination

titillation

trepidation

tribulation

ventilation

vacillation

validation

veneration

vaccination

vegetation

vindication

visitation

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

action

airman

acton

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

auction

atman

auden

austin

bacon

bagman

baldwin

banyan

basin

bastion

baron

barren

bargain

barton

bason

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

belgian

bellman

billion

bellon

billman

begun

billon

bison

bludgeon

bisson

bookman

bitten

blacken

bordman

boatman

bolden

blowgun

caisson

bobbin

bollen

boston

cabin

bourbon

brethren

brazen

breton

brighten

brakeman

briton

bowman

bracken

bullion

broaden

burden

brogan

bushman

button

burgeon

burdon

burman

burton

broken

cajun

boughten

calvin

canaan

canyon

canton

canon

capstan

captain

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

caution

cauldron

cayman

caxton

carton

chairman

certain

chasten

chevron

chessman

charon

children

cheapen

chicken

chieftain

chosen

chaplain

christian

citron

churchman

chapman

claxon

clinton

classman

coachman

christen

colon

combat

combats

common

compete

competes

compute

compote

computes

confide

confides

cannon

copeman

corban

cordon

craftsman

cousin

cowan

cotton

craven

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

cushion

damson

dagon

daman

dampen

dalton

darken

deaden

deafen

deacon

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dian

diction

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

downbeat

dozen

dudgeon

draftsman

drunken

driven

dragon

dromon

dungeon

dutchman

eden

dustman

elan

earthen

eaten

embed

emption

empties

empty

engine

ensign

ermine

faction

falcon

fallen

famine

fashion

fasten

fatten

faustian

faulcon

fiction

felon

fibrin

fielden

fireman

firman

fission

flexion

flashgun

footman

flatten

floren

foreign

foreman

fortune

fraction

freeman

freedman

freshman

friction

frighten

freshen

function

gascon

gallon

gambits

gammon

garron

fusion

garden

gambit

gentian

fountain

georgian

german

frozen

given

glisten

gilden

goodman

gibbon

gladden

glidden

gluten

golden

grandson

gorgon

gowan

gotten

graven

grecian

dagan

gumption

gudgeon

guardsman

griffon

haitian

hasten

hangman

hackman

headman

happen

headsman

haven

harken

harten

hausen

heaven

harden

hearten

heathen

heighten

henchman

hessian

hempen

hetman

heron

hidden

homespun

horseman

hogan

hoten

houseman

hoven

human

gunboat

gunboats

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

invade

impede

impedes

impute

inept

invite

invades

invites

ion

jetson

jason

jasmine

jackman

jargon

jetton

kenyan

junction

kelson

kelvin

kansan

kalan

keelson

klansman

kremlin

kitchen

kirkman

kitten

landsman

landman

lampron

lagan

lambda

latin

leaven

layman

leaden

ledden

legion

jordan

leman

lemon

lengthen

lessen

laden

lesion

lesson

leven

jorden

lichen

lighten

liken

lightman

liman

imbeds

linden

linen

lineman

linemen

lion

lisbon

limpets

listen

london

liven

locken

longan

loosen

lockman

lopeman

logan

luncheon

lyden

lotion

loren

lumen

lymphoid

lynden

mangan

maiden

mahone

madden

mansion

m1

margin

marchman

markman

marksman

mason

martian

marron

marlin

marten

martin

imbed

matron

melon

melton

million

mignon

milken

minden

minion

mention

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

mayan

nation

muslin

mutton

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

ocean

oarsman

onion

olden

option

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

oven

othman

odin

panton

pagan

packman

paean

pardon

parson

passion

pathan

passman

patron

patten

pectin

pavon

pension

penguin

penman

perron

persian

person

peon

pinion

pillion

pigeon

plantain

pitman

platen

platten

portion

ponton

portman

postman

potion

poison

open

pollan

often

pressman

prison

pollen

piston

plankton

prussian

proven

pullen

question

quicken

ration

raven

reason

reckon

redden

rayon

oxen

removed

region

resin

omen

rerun

rincon

riden

ribbon

ridden

ripen

riven

risen

robin

zircon

roman

owen

rosen

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

russian

saffron

sadden

salesman

salmon

sanction

samson

satan

santon

satin

section

scullion

saxon

scallion

scion

scotsman

seven

sexton

shaken

seaman

session

selden

semen

sermon

seton

sequin

seedsman

shaman

season

sharpen

shipman

shearman

rosin

shrunken

silken

sicken

shotgun

showman

siphon

siren

slacken

snippets

smitten

smarten

soldan

slogan

snippet

sodden

soften

solon

teston

runnion

shorten

sovereign

sovran

spearman

sportsman

spokesman

spartan

squadron

spoken

stallion

station

stepson

stillion

statesman

steven

stiffen

stallman

stockman

strengthen

stolen

straighten

striven

suction

suasion

sudden

sultan

stricken

sullen

sturgeon

summon

shogun

sylvan

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

symptom

symptoms

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tension

tendon

tempting

umpteen

sumpter

sunken

threaten

tighten

titan

tillman

thicken

thousand

token

toman

traction

torsion

toughen

townsman

treason

trillion

triton

trojan

trodden

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

unbowed

undone

union

unmoved

unfit

urban

urchin

urine

urson

turban

vegan

version

vulcan

vision

waken

wanton

villain

weaken

warden

watchman

warren

weapon

whitson

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

wagon

woman

woodman

woolman

women

wooden

woolen

workman

worsen

zaman

woven

written

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

wombats

zion

umpteenth

wombat

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

ablution

abdomen

abrasion

abortion

abstraction

abstention

accession

accretion

absorption

addition

addiction

adoption

acumen

adhesion

admission

adrian

affliction

african

aegean

affection

aggression

adsorption

alaskan

aleutian

albumin

alderman

alien

alsatian

allusion

ambrosian

ambition

ambitions

amputate

anchorman

anyone

andean

anglican

appian

albion

apportion

arian

arkansan

artesian

assassin

ascension

aspersion

aryan

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attraction

attention

attrition

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

awaken

avian

backgammon

badminton

backwoodsman

bandwagon

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

benefit

benefits

beholden

benjamin

artisan

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

cambrian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

campion

beethoven

capsaicin

carnation

carrion

castration

causation

cardigan

cartesian

catalan

cation

caucasian

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

chilean

charlatan

charwoman

cinnamon

cistercian

citation

civilian

clarion

clarendon

coercion

cognition

clergyman

collegian

collection

collagen

cohesion

collision

commission

citizen

collusion

combatant

combatants

combative

combustion

communion

commotion

compassion

companion

competent

completion

complexion

compunction

compulsion

compression

computer

concession

concussion

conception

concoction

conclusion

computers

condition

conduction

confection

confession

congestion

confidence

confidante

confetti

confident

confiding

confucian

confusion

congressman

connection

conjunction

connexion

conscription

construction

constriction

consumption

contagion

contortion

contraction

contention

contraption

convulsion

conversion

conviction

contrition

contusion

convection

convention

correction

creation

countryman

councilman

corsican

crustacean

corruption

cremation

croatian

crestfallen

corrosion

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

decision

deception

declension

deduction

deflation

defection

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

depression

derision

description

desertion

detention

destruction

detection

dictation

determine

devotion

diffraction

diffusion

digestion

digression

dilation

dimension

direction

discipline

discussion

discretion

dispersion

disruption

dissension

dissection

distortion

distraction

distinction

disunion

diversion

division

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

duration

edition

egyptian

elation

election

ejection

eleven

elison

embattle

emblazon

embattled

embedded

embitter

dilution

embodies

embody

embolden

emission

emotion

emulsion

emptying

emptier

encryption

equation

enlighten

enliven

englishman

eruption

erection

erosion

etruscan

evasion

everyone

eviction

exaction

exception

exertion

excretion

excursion

exemption

exclusion

excision

expansion

expulsion

extortion

extraction

exhaustion

extension

extinction

fabian

extrusion

explosion

expression

ferryman

fenian

feminine

filtration

fijian

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

formation

foundation

franciscan

freemason

freudian

frustration

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

ghanaian

gillian

fruition

gordian

gradation

gravamen

abandon

guncotton

grobian

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

halcyon

hawaiian

harlequin

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

guardian

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

gunpowder

ignition

gyration

imagine

illusion

impatience

impatient

impassion

immersion

impedance

implosion

impotent

impression

imprison

inaction

inception

in-person

inclusion

incision

incursion

indian

ineptly

infarction

infection

induction

infidel

inpatient

insertion

infidels

inflection

infliction

infraction

infusion

ingestion

inhabit

inhibit

inhabits

injection

inhibits

inhuman

injunction

innovate

innovates

inpatients

inscription

inspection

instruction

intention

invading

intrusion

intestine

invaders

invader

invention

inversion

inviting

italian

jacobin

irian

jamaican

jettison

javelin

irishman

kantian

julian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

laotian

lanolin

jovian

lecithin

lesbian

laurentian

libration

ligation

libyan

location

lumberman

lutheran

lymphatic

logician

malaysian

malayan

magician

mandarin

magdalen

marian

margarine

masculine

renovate

medicine

medallion

melanin

median

migration

mexican

midshipman

misshapen

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

moroccan

munition

retention

mutation

nebraskan

myosin

nevadan

nemean

nobleman

nitrogen

niacin

notation

nonhuman

norwegian

nonunion

nubian

retraction

mummified

musician

occasion

obsession

obstruction

occlusion

objection

nutrition

odeon

muskmelon

omission

octillion

oppression

optation

oration

opinion

optician

origin

ottoman

orion

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parisian

patrician

partisan

partition

pelican

pavilion

parthian

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfection

permission

permian

perfusion

phoenician

procession

persuasion

perversion

petition

peterman

phrygian

physician

precaution

plebeian

precision

policeman

preclusion

possession

position

porcelain

pompadour

pollution

precession

predestine

prediction

preemption

prescription

presumption

production

pretension

prevention

probation

profession

progression

profusion

projection

promotion

propulsion

proportion

proscription

prostration

protean

provision

protection

quotation

puritan

ramadan

reaction

reception

rebellion

recession

recision

redemption

reduction

reflection

regimen

regression

relation

religion

rejection

remission

rendition

repression

reopen

reptilian

revulsion

resection

restriction

resumption

rescission

reunion

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

seduction

secretion

scythian

seclusion

secession

scorpion

sedition

selection

singleton

skeleton

rotation

simian

silicon

solution

solomon

snapdragon

snapdragons

somebody

stagnation

starvation

specimen

stygian

subversion

succession

submersion

submission

suburban

subtraction

subscription

suggestion

sumatran

suppression

suspicion

suspension

superman

sympathize

sympathies

sympathy

synoptics

synoptic

tactician

temptations

syrian

taxation

technician

tamarin

talisman

thespian

timberman

toboggan

transaction

tradition

transcription

transgression

transition

transfusion

transmission

truncation

tuition

unburden

unbroken

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unison

unfaithful

uneven

unwritten

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

vibration

veteran

vermilion

vocation

vitamin

volition

wesleyan

waterman

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abyssinian

absolution

accordion

acquisition

admiration

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

affirmation

affectation

alabaman

agrarian

albanian

algerian

algonquian

aldebaran

altercation

alternation

alteration

ambitiously

american

ammunition

amputation

amphibian

amputations

annexation

apparition

anybody

arabian

arbitration

apprehension

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

augmentation

attribution

assyrian

athenian

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

calculation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

californian

canadian

carcinogen

centurion

chameleon

combination

circumspection

circumcision

circumvention

cogitation

coalition

coloration

collodion

columbian

committeeman

coloradan

commendation

comedian

commutation

compilation

comparison

compatible

compatriots

compatibles

compatriot

compensation

competition

competitions

competitive

competently

competency

competitors

competitor

competencies

complication

computation

composition

computations

comprehension

computerize

condemnation

computerized

concentration

condensation

condescension

confidences

confrontation

confederate

confidential

conjugation

confiscation

conflagration

confirmation

confidently

congregation

confederates

consecration

conservation

constellation

constipation

consultation

consternation

constitution

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

contribution

conversation

convolution

corinthian

corp.

corporation

copenhagen

copernican

cotyledon

crucifixion

crocodilian

criterion

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

deformation

definition

dehydration

demonstration

demarcation

dereliction

deportation

destitution

deviation

devonian

dietitian

disaffection

disinflation

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

dislocation

dispensation

disposition

disputation

dissertation

dissolution

distribution

dominican

draconian

duplication

electrician

embarkation

elongation

embodiment

empty-handed

emphatically

englishwoman

equestrian

eritrean

estonian

european

evocation

eustachian

exclamation

execution

explanation

explication

exhortation

exhibition

expiration

expectation

exhumation

expedition

exploration

exploitation

exposition

extrication

extradition

fabrication

fallopian

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

formulation

foliation

floridian

fluctuation

fragmentation

fumigation

gastrulation

galilean

gargantuan

gentlewoman

glaciation

graduation

gorgonian

gravitation

greco-roman

maturation

gregorian

guatemalan

institution

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hibernation

himalayan

historian

insurrection

hungarian

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

illustration

impatiently

imputation

impediment

implication

importation

imposition

implantation

impregnation

impediments

imperfection

indexation

incantation

inattention

incarnation

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indentation

indignation

infestation

infatuates

infatuate

hydrocarbon

instigation

infiltration

information

inhabited

inhibition

inhibitions

inhibited

inhibiting

inhabitant

inhibitor

inhabitants

inhibitors

indigestion

indiscretion

innovative

innovator

innovators

indonesian

inquisition

ineptitude

inspiration

ibuprofen

interruption

interaction

intercession

intermission

interception

interdiction

intersection

interjection

interurban

introspection

introduction

intuition

interwoven

intervention

ideation

invitations

inveterate

iteration

jordanian

iranian

jacobean

leviathan

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

lilliputian

liberation

librarian

liberian

liquidation

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

mammalian

malnutrition

masturbation

manumission

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

minnesotan

miseration

misbegotten

misperception

modulation

moderation

missourian

mortification

misconception

molestation

moravian

mongolian

renovator

napoleon

nestorian

noblewoman

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

nonprescription

nonpartisan

preignition

obligation

occupation

oblivion

observation

octahedron

obsidian

obstetrician

obfuscation

ohioan

olympian

omnipotent

ordination

opposition

orchestration

operation

ovulation

ostentation

overburden

oxidation

paraguayan

pagurian

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penicillin

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

perforation

permutation

peruvian

pigmentation

proclamation

politician

plutonian

population

polynesian

praetorian

polyhedron

precondition

preelection

preparation

presentation

premonition

preconception

predetermine

planarian

procreation

prohibition

prosecution

proposition

prostitution

protestation

publication

protozoan

punctuation

radiation

recantation

readmission

reassertion

reawaken

recognition

reconstruction

reelection

reexamine

refutation

registration

relaxation

reinspection

relocation

reparation

renovators

repossession

reposition

repercussion

republican

requisition

reproduction

restitution

resurrection

retrocession

retribution

retardation

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

saturation

samaritan

satisfaction

sectarian

separation

sequestration

self-deception

segmentation

shakespearean

sympathizers

sicilian

simonian

siberian

situation

smithsonian

statistician

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

supervision

supposition

superstition

superhuman

sympathetic

sympathizes

sympathizer

tasmanian

tamoxifen

tetrahedron

toleration

transformation

transportation

transplantation

ulceration

unobtrusive

usurpation

valuation

symbiotic

valerian

variation

victorian

violation

wagnerian

utopian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accreditation

accommodation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

amalgamation

alleviation

alliteration

amelioration

amazonian

amplification

amortization

amphitheatre

anticipation

approximation

argumentation

appreciation

appropriation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

attenuation

association

authentication

augustinian

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

certification

centenarian

christianization

civilization

classification

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

communication

colonization

commemoration

computational

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

configuration

confidentially

confederacy

conglomeration

congratulation

confederation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deification

deliberation

delicatessen

delineation

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

discoloration

dionysian

disintegration

disinclination

discrimination

disembarkation

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

elimination

elaboration

electrocution

ejaculation

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

equivocation

eradication

ethiopian

evacuation

exacerbation

evaporation

evaluation

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

exoskeleton

extermination

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

gratification

glorification

maximization

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

homeopathic

humiliation

hyperinflation

hybridization

hyperborean

hydrogenation

illumination

imagination

investigation

immunization

improvisation

inauguration

incarceration

incineration

incrimination

incorporation

infatuation

inoculation

infatuated

inevitably

infidelity

insemination

infidelities

inhabitation

inhibitory

initiation

indoctrination

insinuation

homeopathy

inevitable

instrumentation

interrogation

interpolation

interconnection

interpretation

intoxication

intimidation

invalidation

invitational

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

manipulation

manifestation

magnetization

magnification

mathematician

maximilian

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

misinformation

miscalculation

mobilization

modification

mississippian

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nullification

notification

normalization

nonsectarian

nonintervention

obliteration

oregonian

organization

orientation

ossification

ornamentation

overproduction

panamanian

pacification

pasteurization

participation

patagonian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

peloponnesian

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

predisposition

predestination

precipitation

preoccupation

presbyterian

presupposition

procrastination

prognostication

proliferation

proletarian

pronunciation

purification

ramification

quantification

qualification

pythagorean

ratification

reaffirmation

rectification

recuperation

recommendation

recombination

recrimination

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

rejuvenation

reintegration

reiteration

remuneration

repatriation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

repudiation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specialization

specification

stratification

substantiation

subordination

sophistication

synchronization

utilization

triangulation

theologian

unavoidable

unification

unitarian

vaporization

vegetarian

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word renovation

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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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