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

acton

action

bludgeon

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

atman

auden

asian

aspen

auction

austin

bacon

baron

banyan

baldwin

bargain

bantams

baton

batten

beacon

barton

baston

bagman

barren

basin

beckon

bason

bastion

batton

bayman

bantam

banding

bellon

bellman

belgian

bending

binding

bindings

bison

anthem

blacken

anthems

blowgun

boatman

bobbin

boughten

bookman

boston

bollen

bolden

bordman

bonding

bowman

bracken

brazen

brethren

brakeman

brighten

brogan

broken

bullion

broaden

burden

burdon

burton

burman

bushman

cabin

cajun

calvin

canaan

burgeon

caisson

cannon

deaden

canon

bounding

canton

bourbon

cantons

canyon

canteen

captain

capstan

carbon

caption

carton

carman

carmine

certain

caution

cauldron

cayman

caxton

centime

centimes

centner

charon

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chanting

chasten

cheapen

christian

children

chessman

chevron

chosen

churchman

coachman

canteens

classman

claxon

jason

colon

common

comedown

condemn

condemned

condemns

condone

condense

condones

condensed

deepen

bunting

contain

contemn

contains

content

contend

contempt

contends

contents

crouton

cuban

corban

cordon

cotton

cousin

curtain

cowan

craven

cushion

copeman

craftsman

cumin

crewman

zircon

dalton

dagon

daman

dampen

damson

darken

deafen

deacon

dagan

daunting

delphian

demon

dentine

desman

devon

diction

dian

dromon

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dungeon

dolphin

dudgeon

dozen

elan

dragon

drunken

dustman

eden

earthen

dutchman

draftsman

emption

ensign

engine

ending

endings

entomb

ermine

entwine

fashion

falcon

faction

freeman

fallen

fountain

freedman

fainting

famine

fasten

fatten

felon

fiction

faulcon

flatten

fielden

faustian

fibrin

firman

fireman

finding

findings

flashgun

flexion

floren

foreign

fountains

foreman

fortune

founding

fraction

frighten

friction

freshen

freshman

frozen

function

fusion

funding

gallon

gammon

garden

gascon

garron

gentian

german

gluten

georgian

gladden

golden

grecian

graven

gotten

goodman

gowan

gorgon

grandson

gudgeon

harten

gumption

guardsman

happen

harden

harken

hasten

haitian

hangman

hausen

haven

heaven

heighten

heron

headman

heathen

hearten

headsman

hessian

hoten

hempen

hogan

hoven

huntsman

hymen

henchman

homespun

horseman

human

hounding

houseman

hyphen

hackman

hunting

hyson

handmade

intend

intense

intends

indent

intent

intents

intone

intones

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

mountain

jorden

junction

kelson

kelvin

kalan

keelson

kansan

kirkman

klansman

lessen

kenyan

kremlin

lesion

laden

lagan

lampron

layman

leaden

landings

latin

landman

landsman

leaven

landmark

ledden

leman

lemon

legion

lengthen

lending

lendings

landmarks

lesson

landing

leven

m1

liman

lighten

lightman

lichen

liken

lineman

linemen

lindane

lion

liven

london

locken

logan

loosen

loren

lockman

longan

lotion

lopeman

lumen

luncheon

lyden

marksman

maiden

mahone

maintain

maintains

marron

madden

mangan

mansion

margin

marchman

markman

marten

mention

marlin

martian

martin

matron

mason

mayan

melon

motion

mentions

minden

molten

moisten

morgan

mormon

minding

poison

mullen

mundane

muslin

mountains

nation

othman

mounting

muffin

newsman

nineteen

nineteenth

ocean

norman

notion

oarsman

pointing

odin

onion

often

olden

ointment

omen

open

organ

option

outdone

orphan

outrun

oven

paean

pagan

owen

oxen

packman

painting

pentane

patten

passion

panton

patron

pavon

pardon

parson

passman

pathan

peon

platen

penman

plantain

pendant

penguin

pending

platten

panting

pension

plankton

perron

persian

person

phantom

phantoms

paintings

pollen

shaman

shearman

pollan

portman

postman

portion

pontoon

pontoons

potion

ponton

pressman

proven

pullen

prussian

ration

question

quantum

random

pounding

reason

rayon

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

rincon

riden

ripen

raven

robin

roman

rosen

rotten

russian

runnion

sadden

salmon

rowan

rowen

ruin

rounding

rumen

saffron

salesman

satan

satin

scion

sandman

saxon

seaman

season

santon

scallion

scullion

scotsman

samson

section

sanction

seedsman

selden

semen

sentence

sequin

rosin

sermon

session

seven

sexton

shaken

shorten

shotgun

showman

shogun

smarten

shrunken

siphon

siren

slacken

sharpen

slogan

smoothen

sodden

smoothing

soften

solon

soldan

shunting

sometime

sometimes

sounding

soundings

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spoken

steven

sportsman

squinting

squadron

smoothens

spokesman

stepson

statesman

station

stallion

stallman

stolen

straighten

sullen

strengthen

sturgeon

suasion

summon

sunken

surgeon

sudden

stockman

suction

sundown

tartan

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

tandem

tappen

tarpon

tendon

tension

tendons

taunting

thousand

tighten

titan

toughen

token

toman

torsion

townsman

traction

treason

triton

tubman

somethings

trodden

trojan

tuscan

tungsten

turban

something

undone

union

vintner

urban

urchin

urine

urson

vegan

version

zaman

undine

vintners

zion

vulcan

wanton

wagon

waken

warden

warren

weaken

weapon

watchman

whiten

woman

widen

wizen

windmill

windmills

wooden

wanting

woolen

woodman

woolman

worsen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

yachtsman

workman

winding

3 syllable words

abandon

ablation

ablution

abduction

abdomen

abortion

abstention

accession

absorption

abstraction

affliction

abrasion

accretion

admission

addiction

acumen

adrian

adhesion

aegean

addition

adoption

adsorption

affection

african

aleutian

alaskan

ambition

aggression

alderman

albumin

alien

allusion

albion

alsatian

ambrosian

anchorman

biotin

andean

antenna

anglican

bitumen

andante

antennas

appian

arian

apportion

aryan

arkansan

ascension

artesian

assassin

assertion

aspersion

assumption

asuncion

attention

attraction

artisan

attrition

audition

anyone

austrian

australian

bandana

aversion

awaken

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandanas

battalion

bedizen

bandwagon

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

bentonite

beholden

benjamin

anything

bouillon

bosnian

fruition

bulletin

brazilian

cambrian

campion

cantonal

clergyman

capsaicin

cardigan

carrion

cartesian

carnation

castration

cistercian

catalan

cation

caucasian

causation

citizen

cetacean

charlatan

chairperson

champion

chamberlain

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

cessation

citation

chairwoman

clarion

civilian

deduction

clarendon

collision

cognition

collagen

collegian

collusion

cohesion

coercion

collection

commission

commitment

commitments

commotion

compassion

communion

combustion

companion

completion

compression

compulsion

complexion

compunction

commuting

concession

concussion

conception

conclusion

concoction

conduction

condensate

condensates

condition

condiment

condiments

condenser

confection

defection

confession

confucian

confusion

congestion

connexion

contagion

conflation

connection

constriction

construction

congressman

conjunction

conscription

consumption

contrition

containment

contemplate

contemplates

contentions

contention

contusion

contender

contenders

contented

contentment

continent

continents

containers

contingent

contingents

contortion

container

contraction

continue

continued

continues

contraption

convention

convection

conviction

convulsion

corruption

countryman

correction

corrosion

corsican

councilman

creation

cremation

crestfallen

crustacean

countenance

croatian

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

declension

decision

deflation

conversion

deflection

delusion

deletion

derision

dentition

denizen

depiction

depletion

depression

desertion

description

javelin

detection

detention

determine

destruction

diffusion

dictation

devotion

diffraction

dilution

discipline

digestion

dimension

direction

digression

dilation

discussion

emulsion

discretion

dispersion

disruption

dissension

distinction

division

distortion

distraction

disunion

diversion

dominion

dissection

dorian

downtrodden

election

donation

donations

duration

eleven

edition

elison

ejection

elation

emission

emblazon

embolden

emitting

emotion

emotions

egyptian

encryption

enlighten

enliven

endowment

englishman

entangle

endowments

entangled

entombment

erosion

equation

erection

eruption

etruscan

evasion

eviction

exaction

everyone

excision

exertion

exception

excursion

exclusion

excretion

exemption

endanger

exhaustion

expression

endemic

extension

expulsion

fabian

extinction

extrusion

extortion

extraction

feminine

fijian

expansion

fandango

fenian

ferryman

filtration

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

forbidden

foramen

flotation

forewoman

forgotten

formation

foundation

franciscan

explosion

freemason

endangered

endangers

freudian

frustration

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

ghanaian

gillian

gravamen

gordian

gradation

gestation

grobian

guncotton

halogen

guardian

halcyon

gyration

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

illusion

imagine

heartbroken

ignition

immersion

in-person

impassion

imprison

impression

inaction

incision

implosion

inception

inclusion

incursion

indian

indians

indenture

indentured

indentures

indium

induction

infarction

infection

inflation

inflection

infliction

infraction

infusion

ingestion

inhuman

injection

insertion

inspection

injunction

inscription

instruction

intended

intensely

intensive

intention

intentioned

intentions

intently

intestine

intimate

intimates

intrusion

invasion

inversion

invention

irishman

italian

jacobin

jamaican

irian

janthina

jettison

keratin

jovian

julian

kantian

korean

keynesian

lactation

lanolin

laotian

lanthanum

laurentian

lecithin

landmasses

landowner

landowners

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

location

logician

londoner

londoners

lutheran

lumberman

malayan

magician

malaysian

magdalen

maintenance

marian

margarine

mandarin

median

medallion

masculine

medicine

melanin

menhaden

midshipman

migration

minuteman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mexican

mistaken

monotone

moroccan

mountaineer

mountaineers

munition

munitions

musician

myosin

mutation

muskmelon

narration

nemean

nevadan

negation

nebraskan

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nutrition

octillion

nonhuman

notation

nubian

norwegian

nonunion

occasion

obsession

obstruction

objection

occlusion

omission

opinion

oppression

optician

optation

oration

origin

odeon

ottoman

overdone

overman

ovation

overrun

outspoken

oxygen

orion

pantheon

parisian

pantomime

parthian

patrician

partisan

partition

pavilion

penitent

pelican

perception

peterman

permission

percussion

permian

perfusion

petition

persuasion

perfection

perversion

phrygian

physician

phoenician

plantation

plebeian

pentathlon

pandemic

policeman

pollution

position

possession

porcelain

predestine

precession

precision

preclusion

precaution

predation

prediction

preemption

prescription

production

pretension

prevention

procession

presumption

privation

probation

profusion

progression

proportion

projection

promotion

propulsion

proscription

protean

prostration

provision

profession

protection

puritan

ramadan

quotation

randomize

randomly

rebellion

reception

reaction

recession

recision

regimen

redemption

reduction

reflection

regression

religion

rejection

relation

remittance

remission

reopen

rescission

repression

reptilian

resection

resumption

restriction

retention

revulsion

retraction

revision

reunion

reversion

rhodopsin

rendition

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

salvation

scorpion

secession

seclusion

sedition

secretion

sedation

seduction

selection

sensation

sentences

sentiment

sentinel

sentinels

sentiments

skeleton

singleton

simian

silicon

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

suburban

subtraction

subversion

succession

suggestion

summation

sumatran

subscription

summations

superman

suppression

suspicion

suspension

syrian

talisman

tactician

tamarin

tantamount

technician

temptation

thespian

tendency

tendencies

taxation

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transition

transmission

translation

transfusion

tuition

transcription

truncation

transgression

unbutton

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

transaction

uncommon

uneven

unison

undoing

undying

untangle

undaunted

unwritten

unwitting

untimely

vacation

vatican

uterine

veteran

vermilion

venison

venetian

volition

vibration

vitamin

vomiting

wantonly

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

vocation

unthinking

4 syllable words

abolition

abdication

abnegation

aberration

abyssinian

accordion

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

adaptation

activation

adrenaline

adoration

admiration

adulation

advocation

affectation

affirmation

admonition

aggravation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

algerian

aggregation

aldebaran

american

albanian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

amphibian

anathema

amputation

anatomist

ammunition

anatomy

annotation

animation

annexation

andantino

appalachian

antinomy

arizonan

arbitration

arabian

apprehension

application

approbation

arthurian

armenian

armageddon

assyrian

assemblyman

aspiration

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

appellation

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

antimatter

apparition

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

californian

calibration

calculation

canadian

canadians

cancellation

carcinogen

centenary

centennial

centimetre

celebration

centimetres

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collodion

collocation

computation

coloration

columbian

coloradan

committeeman

comedian

comedians

combination

comedienne

commutation

comparison

commendation

competition

composition

compilation

comprehension

complication

compensation

condemnation

condemnations

condescension

condensation

concentration

confiscation

dedication

conflagration

conjugation

consecration

congregation

connotation

constipation

constellation

constitution

conservation

consultation

consummation

consolation

contaminate

contaminates

contemplation

contemptuously

contemptible

contemplative

contingency

contingencies

continental

continentals

continual

contraception

continuance

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

containerized

contribution

convocation

convolution

conversation

corinthian

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

countenances

copernican

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

culmination

dandelion

darwinian

copenhagen

decimation

declaration

decompression

confrontation

deconstruction

decoration

defamation

definition

confirmation

dehydration

demolition

delegation

degradation

demonstration

deposition

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

desiccation

desecration

designation

desolation

destitution

detonation

desperation

destination

devonian

dietitian

deviation

devolution

devastation

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

consternation

disputation

disposition

disinflation

dispensation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

dislocation

distillation

divination

distribution

dominican

domination

draconian

electrician

duplication

elevation

education

emanation

elocution

emigration

elongation

embarkation

emotional

emulation

deformation

exploration

englishwoman

entanglement

entanglements

eritrean

equestrian

equitation

erudition

estimation

estonian

european

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excitation

execution

exclamation

exhibition

exhalation

exhortation

exhumation

exposition

exploitation

explanation

explication

fabrication

extradition

extrication

fascination

federation

fallopian

fibrillation

fermentation

figuration

floridian

foliation

fluoridation

fluctuation

expectation

expedition

formulation

expiration

fragmentation

endangerment

demarcation

fumigation

galilean

fundamentals

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

germination

graduation

granulation

gorgonian

gondwanaland

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

hegelian

hesitation

historian

hemoglobin

hibernation

himalayan

herculean

habitation

iberian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

ianthina

illustration

imitation

ideation

ibuprofen

importation

immolation

immigration

implantation

imposition

imperfection

implication

impregnation

imputation

inattention

incantation

inattentive

incarnation

fundamental

inclination

incrustation

indecision

incubation

indemnify

indemnities

intensifies

indentation

indication

indexation

indigestion

indignation

indonesian

indiscretion

infestation

infiltration

inflammation

information

inhibition

installation

inhalation

innovation

inquisition

inspiration

instigation

integration

insulation

insurrection

intangible

intangibles

intemperate

institution

intensified

intensities

indemnity

intensify

intentional

intensively

interaction

intercession

intermission

interception

interdiction

interjection

interurban

interwoven

interruption

intimation

intimacy

intersection

intervention

intimations

intimately

intimidate

intimidates

intonation

intonations

introduction

introspection

intuition

inundation

invitation

invocation

intensity

iranian

irritation

irrigation

jacobean

isolation

iteration

excavation

jubilation

kindergarten

jurisdiction

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberian

liberation

lilliputian

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

litigation

librarian

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

meridian

machination

maturation

masturbation

meditation

mediation

medication

melanesian

menstruation

misperception

minnesotan

misbegotten

ministration

misconception

miseration

mitigation

monotony

missourian

molestation

monatomic

moderation

mongolian

moravian

modulation

mortification

motivation

macedonian

mountaineering

ostentation

napoleon

mutilation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

noblewoman

nomination

nonprescription

obsidian

oblivion

obligation

obfuscation

obstetrician

observation

occupation

nonpartisan

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

opposition

operation

orchestration

ordination

navigation

oscillation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagurian

pagination

paraguayan

pavlovian

pelagian

penicillin

pedestrian

penetration

permutation

persecution

perforation

perturbation

perspiration

peruvian

planarian

pigmentation

palpitation

plutonian

jordanian

polyhedron

politician

population

precondition

preconception

predetermine

polynesian

preelection

preignition

preparation

predilection

premonition

preservation

procreation

presentation

proclamation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protozoan

protestation

publication

provocation

punctuation

profanation

radiation

reawaken

reassertion

readmission

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rhododendron

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speculation

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tetrahedron

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utopian

variation

vacillation

validation

vanadium

vaccination

valuation

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

victorian

violation

visitation

usurpation

watermelon

wagnerian

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abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

accumulation

alleviation

alliteration

amalgamation

alienation

amazonian

amelioration

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anatomical

anatomically

amplification

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argentinian

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assemblywoman

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brutalization

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carolinian

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centenarians

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elizabethan

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eradication

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epicurean

entomology

entomologists

ethiopian

evaporation

evaluation

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exfoliation

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exoneration

exoskeleton

expropriation

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falsification

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fortification

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gametangia

gasification

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hanoverian

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hyperborean

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imagination

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nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

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organization

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pennsylvanian

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polarization

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recombination

recrimination

rectification

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reforestation

regeneration

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reintegration

rejuvenation

renunciation

repatriation

repudiation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

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revaluation

remuneration

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

scandinavians

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simplification

pronunciation

solicitation

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specialization

sterilization

substantiation

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stratification

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

undeniably

unitarian

unification

vegetarian

vaporization

utilization

verification

veterinarian

undeniable

vilification

washingtonian

vulgarization

yugoslavian

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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
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  • Bulb
  • Wolf
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