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

acton

action

adorn

adorns

airman

alban

alan

amman

alman

arson

apron

ashen

bayman

austin

auden

auction

beckon

asian

baldwin

aspen

bagman

bacon

banyan

baron

bargain

baton

barton

baston

bastion

bason

basin

batten

barren

batton

beaten

beacon

billman

belgian

bellman

begun

bellon

burman

billion

bison

bitten

blacken

blowgun

bludgeon

billon

bisson

bobbin

bedrooms

burden

bolden

boughten

bourbon

bowman

boston

brakeman

bracken

brazen

brethren

brighten

broaden

breton

briton

brogan

broken

bullion

burdon

bollen

burgeon

burton

bookman

bushman

bedroom

button

cabin

caisson

cajun

calvin

cannon

canon

canaan

canton

canyon

carbon

captain

caption

capstan

carton

chairman

chapman

cayman

caxton

caution

certain

charon

cauldron

chaplain

chessman

chasten

cheapen

chevron

chicken

chieftain

chosen

churchman

children

christian

christen

citrin

citron

classman

coachman

claxon

citrine

clinton

colon

common

copeman

craftsman

cotton

cousin

cowan

craven

cretin

crewman

crimson

curtain

cutworm

crouton

cumin

cuban

cushion

cutworms

daman

dalton

dampen

damson

darken

dagan

dagon

daydream

daydreams

deacon

deaden

deafen

zircon

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

gammon

dethrone

dian

diction

devon

garron

doctrine

dolman

dobson

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dragon

driven

dromon

drunken

dustman

dutchman

earthen

dungeon

dudgeon

eaten

eden

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

garden

function

firman

falcon

fallen

faction

famine

faulcon

fatten

faustian

fasten

felon

fibrin

fielden

floren

fiction

flatten

flashgun

fission

flexion

footman

foreign

fortune

frighten

fountain

freedman

fraction

freshman

freeman

frozen

fashion

friction

freshen

fusion

gallon

gascon

german

georgian

gentian

golden

gladden

gluten

gilden

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

goodman

gotten

grandson

gowan

graven

grecian

hackman

guardsman

gudgeon

gumption

griffon

hadron

haitian

harden

harten

hangman

happen

hausen

hasten

haven

hawthorn

hawthorns

headman

heighten

headsman

hearten

hempen

henchman

heaven

heathen

headroom

heron

hessian

hetman

houseman

hoten

hymen

hogan

homespun

hidden

hoven

human

huntsman

hydrant

hydrants

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

lighten

lichen

jackman

ion

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jetton

jason

junction

kirkman

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kalan

kitchen

kitten

klansman

lampron

landman

lagan

latrines

kremlin

landsman

latin

layman

lemon

latrine

leaden

leman

leaven

ledden

legion

lengthen

lesion

lessen

lesson

laden

leven

loren

linemen

liken

liman

lineman

lion

linden

lisbon

linen

liven

listen

lockman

lopeman

london

longan

locken

logan

lotion

loosen

harken

luncheon

lumen

m1

mangan

lyden

lynden

margin

madden

mahone

maiden

marchman

mansion

markman

marlin

martian

marksman

marten

martin

matron

marron

mason

matrons

mayan

midterms

melton

midterm

mignon

mention

milken

million

minden

minion

melon

mission

mitten

modern

molten

moisten

moderns

mountain

muffin

mullen

motion

mutton

muslin

newsman

nekton

ninon

notion

ocean

often

odin

omen

olden

onion

open

option

othman

outruns

outdone

pitman

pattern

oxen

owen

packman

panton

pagan

paean

pardon

parson

passman

passion

patron

pathan

patrons

patten

patterned

pavon

pectin

penman

penguin

pension

peon

patterns

persian

person

perron

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

platen

oven

platten

plankton

plantain

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

postman

potion

pressman

prison

quadrant

proven

prussian

pullen

quicken

ration

rayon

raven

reason

question

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

retrench

return

nation

returns

riden

rincon

ripen

ribbon

roman

ridden

rotten

robin

rosen

rosin

rowan

rowen

rumen

smarten

risen

runnion

russian

soldan

riven

saffron

salesman

sadden

salmon

samson

satin

saturn

sanction

santon

satan

sauterne

saturns

sauternes

saxon

scallion

scullion

seaman

scion

season

section

seedsman

semen

selden

sequin

sermon

sharpen

shearman

shotgun

shipman

seton

shaman

showman

shogun

seven

shaken

sexton

shrunken

sicken

session

sovereign

sovran

spartan

ruin

spokesman

siren

siphon

slacken

slogan

smitten

sodden

soften

solon

southern

spearman

silken

spoken

squadron

squadrons

statesman

stallion

stepson

station

steering

sternly

strangle

storming

stolen

stormy

stillion

stockman

stirring

steven

stiffen

stirrings

straighten

sterner

straining

sternposts

strangers

stranger

strangely

strangler

streaming

streamline

sternpost

streamer

stricken

streamers

strengthen

strengthens

stroma

stringent

striven

stringers

stringer

stringy

stronghold

sturgeon

suasion

strongholds

suction

sudden

summon

sultan

surgeon

sullen

sunken

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

syphon

talon

tappen

taken

tarpon

tartan

tendon

teston

tension

thicken

tighten

thousand

threaten

tillman

titan

torsion

townsman

toman

token

toughen

traction

treason

tubman

triton

trillion

trodden

trojan

strongly

turban

tuscan

undone

urson

urban

urchin

urine

union

vegan

version

watchman

tungsten

villain

vision

vulcan

warren

wanton

wagon

waken

whiten

whitson

wheaten

widen

weaken

weapon

wiccan

wizen

woman

worsen

woodman

workman

woolman

women

woven

wooden

woolen

written

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

3 syllable words

ablation

abortion

abrasion

abdomen

ablution

abduction

absorption

abstention

accession

accretion

abstraction

acumen

addition

addiction

admission

adoption

adhesion

adoring

adherence

adherent

adherents

adornment

adrenal

adrian

affection

adsorption

affliction

african

aegean

aggression

alaskan

albion

albumin

aleutian

alien

alsatian

allusion

buttermilk

ambrosian

ambition

anchorman

andean

anyone

anglican

appian

apportion

arian

arkansan

artesian

aryan

ascension

artisan

assassin

assertion

aspersion

attention

assumption

atrium

atriums

attorney

australian

awaken

attrition

aversion

attraction

attorneys

audition

avian

bandwagon

backwoodsman

battalion

battering

asuncion

backgammon

bedridden

badminton

bedizen

bettering

beholden

benjamin

bitumen

beethoven

biotin

bedouin

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

abandon

chattering

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

catalan

castration

carnation

caucasian

cartesian

carrion

causation

cation

cetacean

chairperson

chamberlain

charwoman

champion

cessation

chairwoman

charlatan

cistercian

cinnamon

chilean

citation

citizen

clergyman

clarion

civilian

clarendon

coercion

collection

collegian

collision

cohesion

collagen

cognition

collusion

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

complexion

completion

compression

concession

conception

compulsion

compunction

conclusion

concoction

concussion

confession

confection

condition

conduction

conflation

contagion

contrition

congestion

contention

confucian

confusion

congressman

connection

connexion

conscription

constriction

conjunction

contusion

construction

consumption

contraction

contortion

contraption

convection

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

countryman

corsican

councilman

corrosion

corruption

cremation

creation

correction

crestfallen

crustacean

croatian

cyprian

dalmatian

declension

damnation

deception

decision

deduction

defection

deletion

deflection

dentition

delusion

denizen

depiction

depletion

derision

depression

description

desertion

detection

detention

destruction

deterrent

deterrence

detriment

deterrents

dictation

diffraction

devotion

diffusion

digestion

digression

dilation

diversion

dilution

dimension

direction

discipline

discretion

discussion

dispersion

distortion

disruption

dissection

dissension

distraction

distinction

disunion

dithyramb

doddering

dorian

dominion

donation

downtrodden

elation

duration

division

edition

ejection

egyptian

election

eleven

emblazon

fustian

elison

embolden

emission

enlighten

encryption

englishman

emotion

enliven

emulsion

equation

eternal

erection

erosion

eruption

etruscan

evasion

everyone

exception

eviction

excision

exaction

exclusion

excursion

exertion

exemption

exhaustion

excretion

expansion

galleon

expression

extortion

extraction

extinction

extrusion

fabian

fisherman

expulsion

feathering

filtration

feminine

ferryman

fenian

fijian

fixation

extension

flirtation

flotation

forewoman

formation

foramen

forbidden

forgotten

foundation

freemason

franciscan

freudian

fruition

frustration

explosion

garrison

gathering

gentleman

gaussian

gatherings

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gordian

gillian

gravamen

gradation

gyration

guardian

grobian

guncotton

halcyon

halogen

deflation

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

housebroken

horizon

horatian

hydration

hydrogen

in-person

immersion

illusion

ignition

imagine

impassion

imprison

impression

inaction

implosion

inception

ingestion

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

infection

inflation

infarction

induction

inflection

infraction

infliction

infusion

inhuman

insertion

inspection

handwoven

inscription

injunction

intention

jamaican

inversion

intestine

intrusion

invasion

invention

irishman

italian

irian

jacobin

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

injection

laurentian

lanolin

lecithin

laotian

lesbian

lettering

libration

libyan

ligation

instruction

location

logician

lutheran

lutherans

magdalen

magician

malayan

mandarin

malaysian

margarine

maternal

marian

masculine

medallion

matronly

median

medicine

maturing

menhaden

midshipman

mexican

migration

misfortune

misprision

modernist

melanin

modernists

misshapen

mistaken

modernize

moroccan

harlequin

mothering

motoring

mutation

muskmelon

myosin

munition

musician

narration

plebeian

nevadan

neutering

nebraskan

negation

niacin

nemean

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

norwegian

nonunion

notation

nubian

nutrient

nutrition

objection

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

octillion

oration

odorant

nutrients

optician

odeon

optation

omission

oppression

opinion

orion

obsession

origin

ottoman

outermost

outspoken

plantation

ovation

overdone

overrun

oxygen

partisan

partition

parisian

paternal

patrician

parthian

patronage

patronize

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfection

perfusion

permian

permission

phoenician

physician

perversion

petition

persuasion

phrygian

policeman

possession

pollution

protection

powdering

porcelain

position

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

predation

privation

probation

prescription

procession

protean

predestine

pretension

profession

prostration

progression

proportion

preemption

prediction

prevention

production

projection

profusion

promotion

propulsion

proscription

provision

presumption

puritan

quotation

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

redemption

reduction

reflection

regression

retention

regimen

retirements

relation

rejection

religion

reopen

rendition

remission

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

restriction

resumption

retraction

retiring

retrenchment

retrenchments

reversion

reunion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

strontium

rotation

saleswoman

solomon

saccharin

samoan

revulsion

sedation

scattering

scorpion

secretion

secession

scythian

seclusion

selection

sensation

seduction

salvation

simian

snapdragon

silicon

skeleton

singleton

solution

southerners

southernmost

southerner

specimen

stagnation

starvation

sedition

strangulate

strengthening

stringency

suburban

submersion

submission

subscription

stygian

subtraction

subversion

succession

summation

superman

sumatran

suggestion

suppression

suspension

suspicion

tuition

syrian

tamarin

talisman

tactician

taxation

temptation

thespian

technician

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transaction

translation

transmission

transition

transgression

transfusion

transcription

truncation

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unbroken

unbutton

uneven

uterine

vermilion

unwritten

unison

veteran

utterance

vacation

venetian

veterans

venison

vatican

vibration

vitamin

vocation

volition

watermarks

weathering

wesleyan

withering

yttrium

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

abolition

absolution

accordion

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

abyssinian

acquisition

activation

adaptation

adoration

admiration

admonition

affirmation

affectation

adrenalin

adrenaline

adulation

adrenergic

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

albanian

algerian

algonquian

allegation

alteration

altercation

agitation

allocation

alternation

american

ammunition

annotation

animation

appalachian

annexation

apparition

appellation

arabian

amputation

arbitration

application

approbation

apprehension

arizonan

armenian

amphibian

arthurian

armageddon

assyrian

athenian

aspiration

assemblyman

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

bolivian

bohemian

benediction

bifurcation

businesswoman

californian

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

decoration

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

circulation

coalition

cogitation

coloradan

collocation

collodion

coloration

comedian

combination

commendation

committeeman

comparison

columbian

commutation

compensation

competition

compilation

complication

comprehension

composition

computation

concentration

confirmation

condemnation

condescension

condensation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

connotation

consternation

conservation

constellation

constipation

consolation

consecration

constitution

consultation

consummation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

congregation

contravention

contribution

conjugation

conversation

convocation

copernican

coronation

convolution

corinthian

copenhagen

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

correlation

criterion

cultivation

custodian

crocodilian

culmination

crucifixion

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

dedication

calculation

decompression

deconstruction

defamation

calibration

deformation

degradation

dehydration

delegation

deodorant

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deodorants

determinant

determinate

deportation

derivation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

desolation

desperation

designation

destitution

destination

determinants

deposition

desiccation

determinist

detrimental

detonation

devastation

deviation

dietitian

devolution

devonian

dilatation

disaffection

diminution

diocesan

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

disconnection

dislocation

disputation

disposition

dissipation

dissertation

distillation

dissolution

distribution

dispensation

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

divination

elevation

elongation

embarkation

elocution

emanation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

eternally

eternity

estimation

estonian

erudition

european

excitation

evocation

evolution

excavation

exclamation

expiration

exhortation

exhalation

exhibition

execution

expectation

expedition

exhumation

explanation

explication

eustachian

exploitation

exploration

fabrication

extradition

extrication

fallopian

federation

figuration

father-in-law

fermentation

fibrillation

floridian

foliation

fluoridation

fluctuation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

fascination

galilean

exposition

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

gastrulation

germination

glaciation

gravitation

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

herculean

hemoglobin

hesitation

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hyperion

hungarian

hydrometer

hydrocarbon

iberian

hypertension

ibuprofen

ideation

illustration

immolation

implantation

imitation

immigration

importation

imperfection

inattention

implication

imputation

impregnation

imposition

incantation

incarnation

information

inclination

indignation

incrustation

indication

indentation

indigestion

indexation

indecision

incubation

infestation

inflammation

indonesian

infiltration

indiscretion

inhalation

inhibition

innovation

inspiration

installation

instigation

inquisition

intermission

interaction

intercession

interception

interdiction

interjection

insulation

insurrection

integration

interruption

interurban

intersection

interwoven

intervention

intimation

intuition

introduction

introspection

intonation

inundation

iteration

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jacobean

invitation

invocation

iranian

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

liberian

liberation

levitation

leviathan

librarian

institution

limitation

litigation

liquefaction

lilliputian

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

masturbation

maternity

matrimony

maturation

medication

mediation

meditation

mortification

meridian

menstruation

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

melanesian

miseration

misconception

misperception

moderation

missourian

modernism

mitigation

modernity

molestation

modernizes

modulation

mongolian

moravian

mother-in-law

definition

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

nestorian

navigation

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nomination

nonprescription

obligation

obfuscation

oblivion

observation

obstetrician

occupation

obsidian

octahedron

operation

opposition

olympian

ohioan

orchestration

ordination

ostentation

oscillation

planarian

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

pagination

patrimony

paternity

patrimonial

patronizes

patronizing

patronymic

pedestrian

pelagian

pavlovian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

perturbation

perspiration

peruvian

pigmentation

plutonian

polyhedron

politician

polynesian

praetorian

population

preconception

predetermine

precondition

preparation

preservation

preelection

premonition

presentation

procreation

proclamation

predilection

profanation

prohibition

propagation

preignition

proposition

prostitution

prosecution

protozoan

protestation

provocation

publication

quadrennial

quaternary

punctuation

retirement

reassertion

reawaken

radiation

reformation

realization

readmission

recantation

recitation

reclamation

recollection

recreation

reelection

reconstruction

reexamine

recognition

refutation

registration

regulation

renovation

reparation

relocation

relaxation

repercussion

repetition

replication

repossession

republican

reinspection

reproduction

reputation

requisition

reservation

respiration

resignation

reposition

resolution

restitution

restoration

resurrection

retardation

returnable

retribution

retrocession

revelation

revocation

rhetorician

rhododendron

revolution

rumination

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

separation

segregation

self-deception

segmentation

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simulation

smithsonian

simonian

speculation

situation

statistician

samaritan

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

strangulations

substitution

subdivision

subluxation

suffocation

superhuman

supervision

superstition

supposition

surrogation

tabulation

tamoxifen

syndication

tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

toleration

titillation

transformation

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

tribulation

usurpation

ulceration

syncopation

utterances

valerian

vegetation

veneration

vacillation

validation

valuation

variation

ventilation

vaccination

utopian

veterinary

violation

visitation

vindication

wagnerian

victorian

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accreditation

academician

accommodation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alliteration

alleviation

amelioration

amazonian

amalgamation

amortization

annihilation

anticipation

appropriation

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argumentation

approximation

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amplification

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association

assemblywoman

assassination

assimilation

attenuation

authentication

augustinian

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

canonization

capitulation

cauterization

carolinian

certification

centralization

centenarian

carthaginian

christianization

civilization

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classification

coagulation

codification

collaboration

cohabitation

colonization

commemoration

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conciliation

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configuration

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consideration

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conglomeration

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continuation

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decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

caledonian

delicatessen

deification

degeneration

deliberation

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

desalination

determinable

desegregation

determination

determinations

depreciation

determinative

determinedly

determinism

deterministic

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disintegration

disinclination

dionysian

dissociation

dissatisfaction

dissemination

domestication

dramatization

elaboration

edification

ejaculation

electrocution

emancipation

elizabethan

equalization

epicurean

eradication

ethiopian

enumeration

evacuation

evaporation

exaggeration

evaluation

exacerbation

exasperation

examination

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

exoskeleton

facilitation

extermination

falsification

fertilization

expropriation

fortification

elimination

equivocation

glorification

gratification

gasification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

immunization

illumination

imagination

inauguration

inactivation

improvisation

incarceration

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

infatuation

indoctrination

inhabitation

defenestration

interpolation

interrogation

inoculation

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpretation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

irradiation

investigation

ionization

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

initiation

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

manifestation

magnification

manipulation

mathematician

matrimonial

maximilian

maximization

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mobilization

modernization

modification

mississippian

insemination

mummification

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nonsectarian

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

normalization

notification

nullification

obliteration

oregonian

orientation

organization

origination

ornamentation

ossification

pacification

panamanian

pasteurization

paternalism

patagonian

paternalistic

participation

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

overproduction

pomeranian

precipitation

preoccupation

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

proletarian

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procrastination

predisposition

proliferation

prognostication

pronunciation

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pythagorean

quantification

purification

qualification

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ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recuperation

rectification

recrimination

reforestation

regeneration

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reiteration

remuneration

reintegration

rejuvenation

renunciation

repatriation

repudiation

resuscitation

representation

retaliation

ramification

reverberation

revaluation

multiplication

sanctification

scandinavian

russification

solicitation

sophistication

simplification

specialization

specification

sterilization

sedimentation

stratification

substantiation

subordination

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

unification

vaporization

utilization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

veterinarians

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

synchronization

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word waterman

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Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


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

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Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

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