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

accused

action

acton

accost

aghast

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

ashen

apron

arson

asian

aspen

atman

assist

assists

auction

auden

august

austin

bagman

bacon

banyan

baldwin

barren

bargain

bason

bastion

baston

baton

barton

basin

batton

brazen

batten

bitten

bayman

belgian

bellman

begun

bellon

bequest

bequests

beckon

billon

billion

billman

biggest

bison

bisson

blacken

beacon

bludgeon

boatman

bolden

bookman

bordman

blowgun

bobbin

bracken

brethren

boston

brakeman

bollen

boughten

bourbon

breton

briton

bowman

brogan

broken

beaten

brighten

bullion

calvin

broaden

burden

bushman

button

burgeon

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

caisson

cajun

canaan

caption

capstan

canton

canyon

captain

cannon

canon

carbon

carman

carmine

caution

caxton

carton

chairman

cayman

certain

chaplain

cauldron

chapman

christen

christian

chessman

chevron

churchman

chasten

chicken

children

chieftain

cheapen

charon

chosen

claxon

classman

coachman

clinton

colon

common

citron

baron

copeman

corban

cordon

craftsman

cousin

crimson

craven

crewman

cretin

crouton

darken

cuban

cushion

dalton

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

damson

dampen

daman

deafen

deepen

deaden

deject

delphian

deacon

cotton

demon

cowan

desman

devon

dian

diction

digests

digest

disgusts

diseased

disgust

dissects

dissect

desist

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dungeon

dustman

dudgeon

dragon

driven

dromon

dutchman

drunken

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

emption

engine

ensign

eject

ejects

ermine

exact

exacts

exist

exhausts

exists

faction

fashion

falcon

fascist

famine

fallen

eyesight

freshen

fascists

fasten

faustian

felon

fission

fibrin

fiction

fireman

firman

fielden

flexion

flashgun

flatten

floren

footman

focused

focussed

foreign

foreman

fraction

fountain

fortune

freedman

freeman

freshman

friction

fatten

frighten

frozen

faulcon

gibbon

fusion

gallon

gammon

garden

gascon

garron

gentian

function

guardsman

glisten

georgian

given

gladden

glidden

german

gilden

goodman

gorgon

grandson

gluten

golden

grecian

gowan

gotten

graven

griffon

gumption

hackman

haitian

hangman

gudgeon

hausen

headsman

hasten

happen

harden

harken

harten

haven

hessian

headman

henchman

hempen

heaven

heron

hearten

heighten

heathen

hetman

hidden

homespun

hogan

horseman

houseman

exhaust

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

jetson

jackman

jasmine

jason

jargon

ion

junction

jetton

jordan

jorden

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kalan

klansman

kitchen

kirkman

kremlin

kitten

lagan

laden

landsman

lampron

landman

latin

layman

leaden

lengthen

leaven

lemon

leman

lesion

lessen

lesson

ledden

leven

legion

lichen

liken

linen

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lighten

liman

lion

listen

lisbon

lockman

locken

locusts

liven

logan

locust

london

loosen

longan

loosestrife

lopeman

loosestrifes

loren

lotion

luncheon

lumen

lyden

lakeside

low-cost

lynden

m1

madden

mahone

maiden

mangan

mansion

martian

marksman

margin

marchman

markman

marron

marlin

marten

martin

matron

mayan

mention

mason

melon

melton

deceased

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mission

mitten

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

molten

morgan

mormon

muslin

nation

mutton

moisten

nekton

resin

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

onion

olden

odin

often

omen

open

option

organ

orphan

oxen

outdone

outrun

othman

oven

owen

packman

packaged

pagan

paean

passion

panton

parson

passman

pardon

patron

patten

pathan

pension

penman

penguin

pavon

perron

persian

person

pectin

pigeon

piston

pillion

pinion

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

portion

portman

miscast

potion

pressman

prison

postman

ponton

pollen

peon

prussian

proven

pullen

ration

question

quicken

raven

rayon

reason

recessed

recast

reckon

redden

region

resist

rejects

requests

request

rerun

reject

resists

newsman

ribbon

rincon

riden

ripen

risen

riven

rosin

roughshod

rosen

robin

roman

rotten

rowan

rowen

ruin

russian

rumen

runnion

ridden

salesman

saffron

sadden

salmon

sanction

samson

santon

satin

satan

saxon

scallion

scullion

scotsman

season

scion

seaman

seacoast

section

selden

seedsman

semen

session

sexton

sequin

seven

shaken

sharpen

sermon

shaman

zircon

shearman

shipman

shogun

shorten

shotgun

showman

shrunken

seton

sicken

silken

soldan

slacken

siphon

siren

smitten

smarten

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

titan

spokesman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

spoken

sportsman

station

stallion

statesman

stiffen

stallman

stillion

stepson

steven

stockman

stolen

straighten

strengthen

suasion

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suction

sudden

suggest

sultan

sullen

suggests

summon

surgeon

sylvan

swollen

sweeten

syphon

taken

tension

tendon

teston

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

thicken

thousand

threaten

tillman

tighten

squadron

token

toman

townsman

toughen

touchstone

traction

vegan

sunken

treason

tungsten

tubman

tuscan

trojan

trodden

turban

undone

trillion

triton

urson

urchin

urban

urine

union

torsion

version

vision

vulcan

villain

whitson

wagon

waken

wanton

warden

warren

watchman

weapon

whiten

wiccan

weaken

wheaten

wizen

women

widen

woman

workman

wooden

worsen

yachtsman

woodman

woolman

woolen

woven

written

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

abdomen

ablution

absorption

abstention

abstraction

abrasion

abortion

accession

accretion

accosted

accustom

accustomed

ambition

acoustics

acoustic

addition

acumen

addiction

adhesion

admission

adoption

affection

adrian

adsorption

aegean

affliction

african

aggression

albion

albumin

aleutian

alsatian

allusion

alien

alaskan

alderman

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

ascension

appian

anyone

apportion

artisan

arian

artesian

arkansan

aryan

aspersion

asuncion

assumption

assistance

assertion

assistant

assistants

backgammon

attention

attrition

audition

austrian

aversion

avian

australian

backwoodsman

awaken

attraction

badminton

bandwagon

assassin

cardigan

abandon

battalion

bedouin

bedridden

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

brazilian

beethoven

bedizen

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

carrion

cartesian

castration

catalan

cation

caucasian

champion

carnation

causation

cessation

chairwoman

cetacean

chairperson

chamberlain

cistercian

charlatan

charwoman

cinnamon

chilean

citation

citizen

clarion

clergyman

clarendon

coercion

coexist

cognition

collision

collection

collegian

civilian

collagen

collusion

commission

combustion

cohesion

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

compulsion

completion

compression

complexion

compunction

concussion

concession

conception

conclusion

concoction

conduction

condition

confession

congestion

conflation

confucian

confusion

conjunction

congressman

connection

confection

connexion

conscription

consumption

construction

contention

constriction

contortion

contagion

contraction

contrition

conviction

contraption

convulsion

convection

convention

contusion

conversion

correction

corrosion

corruption

councilman

corsican

croatian

countryman

creation

crestfallen

cremation

crustacean

dalmatian

cyprian

damnation

deception

declension

decision

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

dejected

deletion

delusion

dentition

denizen

depiction

depletion

derision

depression

description

desertion

desiccates

desiccate

detention

destruction

determine

devotion

dictation

digestion

diffraction

digression

digester

diffusion

digestive

disruption

dilution

dimension

direction

dilation

discretion

discipline

discussion

dispersion

disasters

disgusted

disgusting

disaster

distortion

dissection

dissension

dissections

dissecting

dissected

distinction

distraction

division

dominion

diversion

disunion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

edition

duration

elison

egyptian

elation

election

eleven

encryption

emulsion

emotion

embolden

emblazon

emission

englishman

enlighten

enliven

ejection

equation

erection

erosion

eruption

essayist

etruscan

eviction

exaction

evasion

exacting

everyone

exactions

excretion

exception

excision

exclusion

exactly

detection

excursion

execute

executes

exemption

predation

exertion

exhaustion

exhausting

exhaustive

existence

existent

expansion

existing

expulsion

exquisite

extension

extinction

extortion

explosion

expression

extrusion

extraction

fabian

ferryman

fenian

feminine

fixation

fisherman

filtration

fijian

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

foundation

forewoman

forgotten

formation

franciscan

fruition

freemason

freudian

frustration

galleon

fustian

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

exhausted

gestation

ghanaian

grobian

genuine

gordian

gillian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

gyration

guncotton

handwoven

hawaiian

harlequin

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

housebroken

heartbroken

hydrogen

hydration

ignition

illusion

imagine

impassion

implosion

inaction

impression

imprison

in-person

inception

immersion

incision

incursion

induction

indian

infarction

infection

inflation

injunction

inscription

infliction

infraction

injection

infusion

instruction

insertion

inhuman

inspection

inflection

ingestion

jettison

intention

intestine

invention

invasion

intrusion

inversion

irishman

javelin

irian

jacobin

italian

jamaican

jovian

julian

lactation

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lecithin

laotian

mexican

lanolin

laurentian

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

logician

location

lumberman

lutheran

magician

magdalen

magistrates

magistrate

malaysian

malayan

majesty

majestic

mandarin

marian

margarine

masculine

medicine

medallion

median

melanin

menhaden

inclusion

midshipman

migration

misprision

misshapen

misfortune

moroccan

mistaken

musician

munition

myosin

narration

muskmelon

mutation

negation

nemean

nebraskan

nevadan

resisting

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nutrition

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nubian

nonhuman

obsession

obstruction

occlusion

occasion

objection

octillion

omission

oppression

opinion

odeon

optation

optician

origin

orion

ottoman

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

outspoken

oxygen

pakistan

pacesetter

partition

partisan

parisian

parthian

oration

patrician

progression

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

percussion

permission

perfusion

perfection

permian

persuasion

perversion

petition

peterman

phagocyte

phagocytes

phoenician

perception

phrygian

plantation

policeman

plebeian

pollution

possession

precaution

prediction

preclusion

precision

precession

preemption

production

procession

prescription

presumption

probation

pretension

prevention

privation

profession

profusion

projection

porcelain

promotion

proportion

propulsion

provision

protection

proscription

protean

prostration

newcastle

ramadan

quotation

puritan

reaction

rebellion

recession

recision

reception

reduction

regression

resistance

redemption

reflection

register

registrar

registrars

regimen

registers

registrant

registrants

registries

registry

rendition

religion

rejections

relation

reopen

remission

requisite

rejection

newscaster

reptilian

requester

repression

requisites

rescission

resection

resistant

restriction

resumption

retraction

retention

reunion

revision

reversion

revulsion

rifleman

salvation

rhodopsin

rotation

ricochet

saleswoman

saccharin

samoan

scorpion

scythian

secretion

secession

seclusion

sedation

sedition

seduction

selection

sensation

sequester

sequestered

predestine

sequesters

skeleton

solution

singleton

solomon

silicon

simian

snapdragon

newscasters

specimen

tradition

stagnation

starvation

submission

succession

submersion

stygian

subscription

subtraction

suburban

subversion

suggestion

summation

suggestions

sumatran

suggestive

suppression

superman

suspension

suspicion

syrian

talisman

technician

taxation

temptation

tamarin

thespian

uneven

timberman

toboggan

transcription

transmission

transgression

translation

transfusion

tuition

truncation

unbutton

unburden

unbroken

uncertain

uncommon

venetian

unison

transaction

vacation

unwritten

uterine

venison

vatican

vermilion

volition

vibration

vitamin

wesleyan

vocation

visigoths

visigoth

veteran

waterman

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

accusative

acoustically

acquisitive

acoustical

adaptation

accordion

adoration

advocation

admiration

adulation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

adrenaline

albanian

aldebaran

allegation

algerian

altercation

alternation

alteration

algonquian

allocation

amputation

amphibian

american

application

animation

annotation

appellation

apparition

appalachian

annexation

approbation

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

arizonan

armageddon

arthurian

armenian

aspiration

avocation

assemblyman

associative

associates

associate

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

backwardation

aviation

barbarian

comparison

compensation

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

calibration

calculation

californian

businesswoman

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

circumvention

chameleon

celebration

centurion

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

commutation

coexistence

combination

coexisting

cogitation

collocation

coloration

columbian

collodion

coloradan

commendation

comedian

committeeman

complication

comprehension

computation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

compilation

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

connotation

consolation

coronation

consecration

constellation

conservation

contraception

constitution

consummation

consultation

contemplation

contradiction

contravention

consternation

constipation

contribution

convolution

contrarian

convocation

copernican

conversation

copenhagen

correlation

corp.

corporation

corinthian

crocodilian

criterion

dereliction

excavation

crucifixion

cultivation

culmination

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

execution

dedication

decompression

decoration

deconstruction

defamation

delegation

deformation

degradation

dehydration

demarcation

depravation

demonstration

deportation

depredation

deprivation

derivation

cotyledon

excitation

desecration

desiccation

destination

destitution

estimation

desolation

detonation

devolution

devastation

deviation

devonian

digestible

disaffection

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

dispensation

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

disputation

distillation

dissolution

dissipation

dissertation

dissociate

domination

divination

distribution

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

elocution

emanation

emulation

emigration

elongation

embarkation

englishwoman

equestrian

eritrean

european

evolution

estonian

eustachian

exclamation

designation

evocation

executions

exactitude

desperation

inclination

executing

exhalation

executive

executor

executors

explanation

expiration

exhumation

exhortation

existential

expectation

explication

exploitation

extradition

exploration

fascination

exquisitely

extrication

fabrication

fallopian

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

fumigation

figuration

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

floridian

fragmentation

formulation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

gentlewoman

generation

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

gravitation

graduation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

hesitation

herculean

hemoglobin

hegelian

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

ideation

iberian

ibuprofen

illustration

imitation

immolation

immigration

implantation

hungarian

imperfection

implication

imputation

importation

impregnation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indentation

indication

indexation

indignation

indiscretion

indigestion

indonesian

infiltration

infestation

inflammation

inhibition

inhalation

innovation

installation

insulation

information

inspiration

instigation

institution

insurrection

integration

interaction

interception

interdiction

intercession

interjection

introduction

invocation

intimation

introspection

intermission

interruption

intervention

interwoven

interurban

intonation

inundation

intuition

invitation

jacobean

isolation

irrigation

irritation

iranian

iteration

jurisdiction

intersection

jubilation

jordanian

laceration

kindergarten

legislation

lancastrian

levitation

leviathan

liberation

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

logistical

lubrication

malnutrition

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

mammalian

manumission

meditation

melanesian

medication

masturbation

maturation

mediation

menstruation

meridian

misconception

misbegotten

minnesotan

miseration

ministration

missourian

mitigation

modulation

moderation

misperception

reparation

mongolian

mortification

motivation

moravian

navigation

reproduction

mutilation

napoleon

molestation

necessitates

necessity

necessitate

necessities

nestorian

nigerian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nomination

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

occupation

obstetrician

obligation

octahedron

observation

oblivion

obsidian

operation

olympian

ohioan

ordination

oscillation

orchestration

ostentation

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

pagination

pakistani

pagurian

pakistanis

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

penicillin

penetration

pedestrian

permutation

perforation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

precondition

planarian

plutonian

polyhedron

pigmentation

pelagian

population

proclamation

preignition

polynesian

predilection

preconception

preelection

predetermine

praetorian

presentation

preservation

preparation

profanation

procreation

propagation

prostitution

prosecution

protestation

provocation

protozoan

publication

psychiatric

psychiatry

radiation

reclamation

readmission

realization

reassertion

reawaken

recantation

recitation

recollection

recreation

regulation

reconstruction

reelection

refutation

punctuation

registration

reformation

registering

registrations

reinspection

reexamine

renovation

relaxation

relocation

repercussion

replication

repossession

republican

reputation

reservation

resignation

resolution

respiration

resurrection

restitution

restoration

resuscitate

retardation

retribution

retrocession

revelation

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

sectarian

segregation

self-deception

segmentation

separation

shakespearean

sequestration

simulation

sicilian

simonian

smithsonian

situation

speculation

strangulation

stimulation

stipulation

subluxation

siberian

subdivision

suffocation

substitution

superstition

supervision

superhuman

surrogation

syncopation

syndication

tabulation

tasmanian

termination

tamoxifen

tetrahedron

toleration

vasectomies

toxicity

transformation

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

titillation

ventilation

usurpation

utopian

vacillation

validation

vegetation

violation

valuation

variation

valerian

veneration

vasectomy

vindication

visitation

wagnerian

victorian

vicissitude

vicissitudes

watermelon

viscosity

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accommodation

accumulation

accreditation

accusatory

adjudication

amazonian

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alliteration

alleviation

amalgamation

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

articulation

appreciation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

appropriation

assassination

assimilation

assemblywoman

association

associations

associated

augustinian

augustinians

authorization

authentication

attenuation

babylonian

amelioration

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

centralization

certification

centenarian

christianization

civilization

classification

coagulation

clarification

codification

colonization

communication

cohabitation

commemoration

collaboration

carthaginian

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

congratulation

conglomeration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

coordination

cooperation

consideration

corroboration

decapitation

decomposition

deification

degeneration

defenestration

delicatessen

deliberation

delineation

depopulation

denomination

denunciation

depreciation

desegregation

desalination

evacuation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

disintegration

disinclination

disestablishment

disembarkation

dissociation

dissemination

dissatisfaction

domestication

dramatization

edification

equalization

ejaculation

electrocution

elaboration

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

epicurean

equivocation

eradication

ethiopian

excoriation

evaluation

evaporation

exacerbation

examination

exaggeration

exasperation

executioner

executioners

exfoliation

deceleration

exhilaration

expatriation

exoskeleton

exoneration

expropriation

extermination

falsification

facilitation

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

incarceration

inauguration

incineration

incrimination

incorporation

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

inoculation

insemination

initiation

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

jeffersonian

intoxication

interpolation

juxtaposition

interrogation

interpretation

intimidation

invalidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

justification

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magisterial

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

mechanization

maximization

maximilian

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

remuneration

mobilization

modernization

mississippian

modification

multiplication

mummification

misinformation

neapolitan

negotiation

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

normalization

nullification

nonsectarian

notification

neutralization

obliteration

organization

origination

ornamentation

oregonian

orientation

ossification

overproduction

pacification

pasteurization

panamanian

participation

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

prognostication

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

predisposition

precipitation

preoccupation

procrastination

predestination

premeditation

presupposition

prevarication

presbyterian

pronunciation

proliferation

proletarian

psychotherapy

ratification

qualification

ramification

quantification

purification

pythagorean

reaffirmation

recommendation

rectification

recuperation

recombination

recrimination

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reintegration

reiteration

rejuvenation

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

sophistication

theologian

triangulation

utilization

unitarian

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

unification

vulgarization

vilification

washingtonian

veterinarian

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
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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