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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

accused

action

acton

airman

aghast

alban

accost

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

aspen

assist

assists

atman

auction

austin

auden

august

baldwin

asian

bason

basin

bagman

banyan

bargain

baron

baston

barren

barton

baton

batten

batton

bacon

bayman

bordman

beacon

belgian

bellman

bellon

bison

begun

bisson

bequest

bequests

billion

billman

billon

biggest

bitten

boston

blacken

beaten

beckon

bludgeon

boatman

bobbin

bolden

brethren

bookman

bollen

boughten

bracken

brakeman

bourbon

bowman

brazen

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

burgeon

bullion

blowgun

burden

burdon

burman

bushman

button

caisson

cajun

cabin

burton

calvin

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

capstan

caption

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

caution

cauldron

caxton

cayman

chairman

certain

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

chasten

chicken

cheapen

chieftain

children

chosen

citron

classman

claxon

charon

clinton

coachman

christen

christian

common

churchman

colon

canaan

copeman

corban

cordon

craftsman

cousin

cotton

cowan

craven

cretin

crimson

crewman

cushion

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

damson

dalton

dampen

darken

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

deject

delphian

demon

desist

desman

fashion

devon

digests

diction

digest

dian

diseased

disgust

disgusts

dobson

dissect

dissects

doctrine

dolman

dudgeon

draftsman

dungeon

drunken

dozen

dragon

driven

dromon

dutchman

dustman

earthen

faustian

eject

ejects

elan

eaten

dolphin

engine

emption

ensign

ermine

exact

exacts

exhaust

exist

exhausts

exists

faction

deceased

falcon

fallen

fasten

felon

faulcon

fatten

fiction

famine

fascist

fascists

fibrin

fielden

fireman

eden

flexion

fission

flashgun

flatten

floren

firman

function

fraction

fortune

foreman

foreign

fountain

freshman

friction

footman

freshen

freedman

freeman

frighten

fusion

frozen

gascon

garden

gallon

gammon

garron

gentian

georgian

gilden

gibbon

german

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gluten

golden

goodman

grandson

gorgon

haitian

gotten

gowan

graven

grecian

gumption

guardsman

gudgeon

hackman

griffon

headman

hempen

harden

hasten

harken

harten

happen

hausen

heaven

haven

henchman

hessian

headsman

heighten

hearten

heron

hetman

hangman

hidden

heathen

hogan

focussed

homespun

horseman

houseman

huntsman

hyson

hymen

hoten

human

hoven

hyphen

ibsen

eyesight

focused

reject

martian

jackman

jason

jargon

junction

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

kalan

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kitchen

kremlin

klansman

kitten

kirkman

laden

lakeside

lampron

lagan

landsman

landman

latin

legion

leaven

lessen

lesson

ledden

lemon

lengthen

lesion

leven

leman

lichen

layman

lighten

lightman

liken

liman

leaden

jasmine

listen

linden

linemen

lisbon

lineman

linen

liven

locken

lockman

lotion

luncheon

london

longan

loosen

loren

lopeman

logan

loosestrife

loosestrifes

low-cost

m1

lynden

lyden

madden

lumen

mahone

lion

mansion

margin

mason

marchman

locust

marksman

marron

markman

marlin

marten

martin

maiden

locusts

mangan

ion

melon

melton

mention

matron

mignon

million

minden

minion

mayan

milken

mission

mitten

moisten

morgan

mormon

motion

muffin

muslin

mullen

nation

mountain

mutton

molten

miscast

nekton

ninon

newsman

notion

norman

oarsman

ocean

olden

omen

option

organ

potion

odin

orphan

outdone

outrun

othman

oven

oxen

pathan

owen

packaged

packman

often

passion

parson

panton

pardon

passman

pagan

paean

patron

patten

pavon

pectin

pension

peon

penman

penguin

perron

person

persian

pigeon

piston

pillion

pinion

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

portion

ponton

portman

onion

open

postman

pressman

prison

prussian

ration

pullen

quicken

proven

rayon

raven

reason

reckon

recessed

redden

region

recast

rejects

requests

request

stricken

resin

resist

resists

ribbon

rincon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

roman

roughshod

rosin

rotten

rosen

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

section

russian

sadden

salesman

sanction

runnion

samson

salmon

santon

scotsman

saxon

scullion

scallion

satin

scion

satan

seaman

season

seacoast

saffron

seedsman

selden

semen

session

sexton

shrunken

seven

sharpen

shipman

shorten

shearman

sermon

seton

shaken

shotgun

shaman

shogun

showman

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

smarten

slacken

smitten

slogan

sodden

soften

soldan

sportsman

sequin

spokesman

spartan

spearman

spoken

squadron

station

stepson

statesman

stallman

stillion

stiffen

steven

stockman

rerun

stolen

straighten

strengthen

stallion

striven

sturgeon

suasion

solon

sovereign

sovran

suction

sudden

suggests

suggest

sultan

sullen

sunken

summon

surgeon

sylvan

swollen

tension

syphon

talon

tappen

taken

tarpon

tartan

sweeten

tendon

teston

threaten

thicken

thousand

tighten

titan

tillman

token

torsion

toman

touchstone

toughen

townsman

traction

tubman

tuscan

trojan

trillion

triton

trodden

treason

tungsten

turban

urchin

undone

union

urban

urson

urine

vegan

version

vision

villain

yachtsman

vulcan

wagon

wanton

waken

warden

watchman

warren

weaken

weapon

whiten

whitson

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

woodman

wheaten

wooden

woolen

woolman

written

workman

worsen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abandon

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

abstention

absorption

abduction

abdomen

accretion

accustom

accustomed

acoustic

addition

addiction

acumen

acoustics

adhesion

admission

adoption

adsorption

adrian

affliction

african

aegean

alderman

accosted

aleutian

albion

albumin

abstraction

alaskan

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

apportion

anyone

appian

alien

artesian

anglican

arkansan

arian

aryan

attrition

aspersion

assertion

assistance

assistant

assistants

asuncion

assumption

attraction

assassin

audition

aversion

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

australian

austrian

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

avian

bedouin

bedridden

bedizen

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

beethoven

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

cambrian

artisan

campion

capsaicin

carnation

cardigan

carrion

cartesian

castration

caucasian

causation

cation

catalan

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

cognition

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

commission

cistercian

citation

civilian

citizen

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

coercion

coexist

charlatan

cohesion

collagen

compassion

collegian

compression

collision

collusion

commotion

complexion

companion

communion

completion

compulsion

compunction

conception

concussion

conclusion

concoction

condition

conduction

confection

conflation

confucian

confusion

congressman

conjunction

constriction

construction

contention

consumption

convection

contagion

contrition

contusion

contraction

contraption

contortion

convention

conviction

conversion

convulsion

conscription

correction

corruption

countryman

creation

cremation

corrosion

councilman

crestfallen

corsican

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

declension

deception

deduction

decision

defection

deflection

deflation

dejected

deletion

delusion

dentition

depression

depiction

depletion

derision

denizen

desertion

detection

detention

description

desiccate

desiccates

destruction

determine

devotion

division

digression

dilation

dimension

digestive

digester

diffraction

diffusion

dilution

discretion

dictation

direction

discipline

disasters

disaster

discussion

dispersion

disgusted

dissected

disruption

dissecting

dissection

dissections

dissension

distortion

distraction

distinction

disunion

diversion

disgusting

duration

donation

eleven

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

edition

egyptian

election

elation

elison

enlighten

emission

emotion

emulsion

encryption

embolden

englishman

equation

erection

emblazon

enliven

erosion

eruption

essayist

etruscan

eviction

evasion

everyone

exaction

exactions

exception

exacting

excision

exclusion

excretion

excursion

execute

executes

exactly

exertion

existing

exemption

exhaustion

existence

existent

exhaustive

expression

expansion

explosion

exhausting

expulsion

exquisite

exhausted

extortion

extrusion

extraction

extinction

fabian

intestine

feminine

fenian

ferryman

filtration

fijian

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

fixation

extension

foundation

forewoman

formation

forgotten

franciscan

freemason

foramen

forbidden

freudian

fruition

frustration

fustian

garrison

galleon

gaussian

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

genuine

gentleman

gravamen

gradation

gyration

guncotton

guardian

grobian

horatian

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

gordian

impassion

hydration

hydrogen

housebroken

ignition

immersion

illusion

imagine

implosion

impression

incision

inception

inaction

in-person

inclusion

imprison

incursion

indian

induction

infarction

infection

inflection

inflation

infliction

infraction

infusion

inhuman

injection

insertion

inscription

inspection

intention

instruction

injunction

horizon

irishman

invention

invasion

inversion

intrusion

italian

jamaican

irian

jettison

jovian

julian

lactation

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

laurentian

laotian

lanolin

ligation

lecithin

libration

lesbian

libyan

location

javelin

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magistrates

malaysian

malayan

jacobin

mandarin

majestic

majesty

margarine

marian

magistrate

medallion

medicine

melanin

median

menhaden

migration

midshipman

mexican

musician

masculine

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

munition

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

narration

negation

nebraskan

nevadan

nemean

newcastle

nonhuman

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

notation

rejections

newscasters

nonunion

norwegian

nutrition

occasion

occlusion

obstruction

octillion

newscaster

nubian

omission

position

oration

optation

opinion

odeon

optician

origin

ovation

outspoken

ottoman

patrician

overdone

oxygen

overman

overrun

pacesetter

pakistan

partition

parthian

partisan

parisian

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

physician

phoenician

perception

perfection

permission

percussion

perfusion

pollution

permian

petition

perversion

persuasion

peterman

phagocytes

phagocyte

phrygian

policeman

plantation

plebeian

predation

porcelain

predestine

orion

precession

precaution

precision

preclusion

prediction

privation

preemption

production

presumption

pretension

prevention

prescription

probation

propulsion

profusion

proportion

promotion

proscription

prostration

protean

provision

puritan

quotation

ramadan

rebellion

reaction

recession

reception

recision

reduction

redemption

reflection

regimen

register

registers

registrant

registrants

registrar

registry

registrars

registries

remission

relation

rendition

religion

repression

reptilian

requester

requisite

reopen

resection

rescission

resistance

resistant

resisting

restriction

resumption

requisites

retention

reversion

retraction

reunion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

secretion

rifleman

rotation

ricochet

secession

sedation

sedition

saccharin

salvation

samoan

scythian

scorpion

seclusion

seduction

sensation

saleswoman

sequestered

sequester

sequesters

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solution

specimen

stagnation

submission

starvation

submersion

stygian

solomon

suburban

subtraction

subscription

subversion

suspension

suggestive

sumatran

summation

superman

suspicion

syrian

talisman

tactician

tamarin

taxation

technician

temptation

toboggan

tradition

thespian

timberman

truncation

transition

transgression

transaction

translation

transmission

transfusion

transcription

tuition

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

unbutton

unwritten

unison

uterine

venetian

vacation

vatican

venison

vermilion

veteran

vibration

vocation

vitamin

volition

visigoths

visigoth

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

calculation

abolition

aberration

abnegation

abdication

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accusation

accusations

accusative

agitation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

acoustical

acquisitions

acoustically

acquisitive

agrarian

adrenaline

adoration

admonition

adulation

advocation

affectation

admiration

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

calibration

alabaman

algerian

albanian

aldebaran

annexation

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

animation

ammunition

algonquian

amputation

amphibian

apprehension

apparition

annotation

appalachian

appellation

application

approbation

arabian

arbitration

armageddon

armenian

arizonan

arthurian

assemblyman

athenian

assyrian

aspiration

attribution

associate

associates

associative

augmentation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

aviation

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

californian

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

cogitation

chameleon

circulation

circumvention

circumcision

circumspection

coalition

coexistence

coexisting

coloration

collocation

combination

collodion

coloradan

columbian

commendation

competition

comedian

comparison

commutation

committeeman

compensation

compilation

composition

complication

comprehension

computation

condemnation

concentration

condensation

condescension

conjugation

confirmation

conflagration

confrontation

confiscation

congregation

connotation

consummation

consecration

consolation

constellation

constipation

consultation

constitution

conservation

consternation

contravention

contraception

contrarian

contemplation

contradiction

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

coronation

corp.

corporation

corinthian

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

culmination

cultivation

copernican

crucifixion

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

precondition

darwinian

crocodilian

copenhagen

dedication

decompression

decimation

decoration

declaration

deconstruction

defamation

definition

delegation

degradation

deformation

dehydration

derivation

demolition

devastation

devolution

demarcation

demonstration

deposition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

deportation

designation

desecration

desiccation

desperation

destination

destitution

desolation

detonation

deviation

dietitian

dilatation

digestible

diminution

devonian

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

disinfection

disillusion

disinflation

disposition

disputation

dispensation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

dislocation

distillation

dissociate

divination

distribution

domination

dominican

elevation

duplication

draconian

education

electrician

emanation

elongation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

elocution

erudition

eritrean

embarkation

estimation

estonian

evolution

evocation

exclamation

european

executor

eustachian

excavation

excitation

exactitude

execution

executions

executing

executive

executors

exhibition

exhalation

existential

exhumation

exhortation

expedition

exposition

expectation

explanation

explication

expiration

exploration

exploitation

fluctuation

extradition

fabrication

fermentation

extrication

fallopian

fascination

fluoridation

fibrillation

figuration

federation

intersection

intervention

floridian

exquisitely

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

gargantuan

gastrulation

galilean

germination

glaciation

generation

gentlewoman

graduation

gravitation

granulation

gorgonian

greco-roman

gregorian

habitation

guatemalan

himalayan

hegelian

hemoglobin

hesitation

herculean

hibernation

historian

hypertension

hungarian

imperfection

hydrocarbon

hyperion

illustration

iberian

imitation

immolation

ideation

immigration

incrustation

ibuprofen

imposition

impregnation

importation

inattention

implantation

implication

imputation

inclination

incantation

incarnation

indecision

incubation

indigestion

indexation

indication

indiscretion

indignation

indonesian

infestation

inflammation

information

inhalation

infiltration

inhibition

indentation

innovation

inquisition

insulation

installation

inspiration

instigation

insurrection

integration

institution

interjection

intercession

interception

interaction

interdiction

intermission

interurban

intimation

intonation

interwoven

inundation

invocation

irrigation

intuition

introspection

interruption

iranian

irritation

invitation

isolation

iteration

introduction

jubilation

jurisdiction

jordanian

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

liberation

leviathan

levitation

liberian

limitation

librarian

lilliputian

litigation

liquidation

jacobean

liquefaction

maturation

locomotion

logistical

lubrication

machination

macedonian

maccabean

manumission

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

masturbation

menstruation

medication

meditation

mediation

melanesian

meridian

minnesotan

ministration

necessities

miseration

misconception

misperception

modulation

mitigation

moderation

missourian

motivation

mutilation

molestation

mortification

moravian

mongolian

napoleon

necessity

misbegotten

navigation

necessitate

necessitates

nestorian

nigerian

nomination

nicaraguan

newtonian

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obligation

occupation

obsidian

obfuscation

observation

obstetrician

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

opposition

operation

ordination

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

oxidation

ovulation

pedestrian

pagination

palpitation

pagurian

pakistani

pakistanis

paraguayan

pavlovian

penetration

penicillin

pelagian

perforation

permutation

planarian

perspiration

persecution

perturbation

pigmentation

peruvian

plutonian

politician

population

polynesian

polyhedron

preconception

praetorian

predilection

preelection

predetermine

preignition

premonition

presentation

preparation

preservation

proclamation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

publication

protestation

provocation

punctuation

psychiatry

psychiatric

radiation

protozoan

realization

readmission

reawaken

reassertion

recantation

recollection

reclamation

recognition

recitation

reconstruction

recreation

reelection

reexamine

registering

reformation

refutation

registration

registrations

regulation

reinspection

renovation

oblivion

relocation

relaxation

repetition

repossession

reposition

replication

reproduction

reputation

reparation

repercussion

republican

resignation

reservation

resolution

respiration

restoration

restitution

resurrection

revelation

retrocession

revolution

retardation

retribution

revocation

rhododendron

rhetorician

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

sicilian

siberian

simonian

situation

simulation

smithsonian

speculation

stimulation

subdivision

stipulation

strangulation

statistician

subluxation

requisition

substitution

suffocation

superstition

superhuman

supervision

supposition

surrogation

syndication

syncopation

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

termination

titillation

toleration

tetrahedron

toxicity

transformation

transplantation

tribulation

transportation

trepidation

ulceration

usurpation

vegetation

validation

vacillation

vaccination

valerian

valuation

vasectomy

vasectomies

variation

veneration

ventilation

utopian

visitation

violation

vindication

victorian

wagnerian

viscosity

watermelon

vicissitude

vicissitudes

resuscitate

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

accusatory

adjudication

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

administration

alliteration

alleviation

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

amplification

annihilation

alienation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

assassination

attenuation

associated

associations

augustinian

augustinians

authorization

authentication

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

deceleration

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

certification

centenarian

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

codification

coagulation

collaboration

cohabitation

commemoration

colonization

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

confabulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decapitation

decomposition

degeneration

deification

defenestration

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

depreciation

depopulation

denunciation

desegregation

determination

desalination

denomination

discoloration

disembarkation

disestablishment

discrimination

disinclination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

dissemination

dionysian

disintegration

domestication

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

elimination

electrocution

emancipation

elizabethan

equalization

equivocation

epicurean

eradication

enumeration

exaggeration

evaporation

evacuation

evaluation

exacerbation

examination

ethiopian

executioner

executioners

exasperation

excoriation

exoneration

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

facilitation

fertilization

falsification

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

hybridization

humiliation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

hydrogenation

illumination

immunization

imagination

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incarceration

incorporation

incrimination

initiation

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

interpretation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interrogation

intimidation

extermination

ionization

invalidation

investigation

irradiation

manipulation

intoxication

juxtaposition

justification

incineration

legalization

libertarian

jeffersonian

localization

magisterial

mathematician

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

lithuanian

mechanization

metropolitan

misapprehension

maximilian

misinformation

mobilization

modification

modernization

mississippian

maximization

mummification

misapplication

multiplication

neutralization

negotiation

neapolitan

miscalculation

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

notification

nullification

normalization

nonintervention

nonsectarian

obliteration

oregonian

organization

orientation

ossification

ornamentation

pacification

overproduction

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

philadelphian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

presupposition

preoccupation

presbyterian

prevarication

premeditation

procrastination

proletarian

proliferation

prognostication

pronunciation

purification

qualification

psychotherapy

pythagorean

quantification

ramification

ratification

origination

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

rectification

recuperation

recrimination

regeneration

refrigeration

reforestation

reintegration

reiteration

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

subordination

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

sanctification

scandinavian

russification

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

stratification

sophistication

specialization

specification

sterilization

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

unification

utilization

vegetarian

vaporization

verification

veterinarian

vilification

resuscitation

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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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
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