Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word activation.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 activation.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

active

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

auction

atman

auden

austin

backstop

bacon

bagman

baldwin

banyan

baston

bason

bastion

baron

barren

bargain

baton

batten

barton

batton

basin

bayman

beckon

beacon

beaten

belgian

begun

bellman

billion

billman

billon

bison

blacken

bisson

bitten

boastful

blowgun

boatman

bobbin

bolden

brakeman

brethren

boughten

brazen

brighten

bookman

bollen

breton

bourbon

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

bullion

bellon

bludgeon

bordman

caisson

cajun

button

cabin

burman

calvin

canton

bushman

canaan

cannon

canon

canyon

burton

caption

capstan

captain

boston

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

bowman

bracken

caution

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

chasten

christian

chieftain

charon

christen

cheapen

chicken

chosen

churchman

children

citron

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

colon

common

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

cousin

cowan

craftsman

craven

cretin

crimson

crouton

cuban

crewman

cushion

curtain

dagan

dagon

cumin

dalton

daman

dampen

damson

deaden

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dian

diction

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dragon

driven

dromon

drunken

dudgeon

dungeon

dustman

dyestuffs

dutchman

dustbin

dyestuff

earthen

eaten

eden

eastbound

eightfold

dobson

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

darken

burden

flatten

faction

falcon

famine

fallen

fashion

fastball

fastballs

fasten

fatten

faustian

felon

faulcon

festive

fission

fibrin

burdon

fiction

flexion

flashgun

fireman

firman

fielden

footman

foreman

floren

fraction

fountain

fortune

foreign

freshen

freshman

friction

frighten

fucked-up

freedman

freeman

gallon

gammon

garden

fusion

frozen

function

gentian

gascon

georgian

garron

given

gladden

gilden

german

gibbon

glidden

glisten

goodman

gorgon

gotten

gluten

grandson

graven

grecian

gudgeon

guardsman

griffon

gumption

haitian

hackman

hangman

happen

harden

hasten

harten

harken

headsman

henchman

headman

hearten

heathen

heaven

heighten

hempen

haven

heron

golden

hessian

hetman

hidden

hogan

horseman

hausen

homespun

houseman

hoven

gowan

hoten

huntsman

hymen

hyson

ibsen

hyphen

human

deacon

burgeon

jackman

ion

jason

jetson

jasmine

jetton

jargon

jordan

jorden

junction

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kansan

kelvin

klansman

kalan

kirkman

kitchen

kitten

kremlin

landsman

latin

leaven

luncheon

lampron

landman

laden

lagan

layman

leaden

ledden

legion

lessen

lesson

lengthen

lemon

lesion

leman

leven

lichen

lightman

lighten

liken

liman

linden

lineman

linemen

linen

lion

liven

lockman

locken

lisbon

listen

logan

london

longan

loosen

lopeman

loren

lotion

lumen

lustful

lyden

lynden

madden

mahone

maiden

mangan

mansion

marchman

margin

martian

marksman

marten

martin

markman

marron

marlin

mason

mastiff

matron

mayan

mention

melton

melon

million

mignon

minden

milken

minion

mission

mitten

missteps

misstep

m1

moisten

motion

molten

morgan

mormon

mountain

muffin

mullen

nation

muslin

mutton

nekton

newsman

norman

ninon

nightfall

notion

oarsman

octave

ocean

onion

often

olden

odin

omen

open

option

organ

orphan

othman

oven

outdone

outrun

packman

deafen

oxen

panton

pathan

passman

patron

parson

passion

patten

pavon

pardon

pectin

penguin

penman

pension

pagan

perron

peon

persian

person

paean

plantain

pigeon

plankton

platen

platten

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

poison

ponton

pollan

pollen

portion

portman

postman

postpone

postpones

potion

owen

pressman

prison

proven

pullen

raven

quicken

ration

rayon

prussian

reckon

reason

redden

region

question

rerun

resin

restful

restive

ribbon

ridden

riden

session

ripen

riven

risen

rightful

rincon

seven

robin

rotten

rosin

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

russian

runnion

saffron

sadden

salmon

salesman

samson

sanction

rosen

saxon

santon

scallion

satin

satan

scion

scotsman

scullion

section

seaman

season

seedsman

selden

semen

sequin

sermon

roman

seton

sexton

shaken

shaman

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shorten

shotgun

shrunken

sicken

showman

silken

siphon

siren

slacken

smarten

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

sovereign

sovran

solon

spartan

spearman

slogan

station

stallion

sportsman

statesman

spokesman

squadron

stallman

spoken

stepson

strengthen

stillion

stockman

straighten

striven

steven

stiffen

stolen

stricken

sturgeon

suasion

suction

sultan

sullen

sunken

sudden

summon

surgeon

tactful

syphon

taken

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

talon

tension

shogun

tartan

tendon

tappen

tarpon

tasteful

teston

thicken

thoughtful

thousand

threaten

tighten

tungsten

tillman

traction

torsion

toughen

townsman

toman

trillion

tubman

triton

treason

trodden

turban

trojan

tuscan

token

undone

union

urson

urchin

urban

urine

titan

vegan

version

vulcan

wanton

wagon

waken

vision

villain

warden

warren

washtub

whitson

watchman

weapon

whiten

widen

wizen

wasteful

weaken

wheaten

wiccan

woman

women

wistful

yachtsman

workman

worsen

woodman

woolman

wooden

woolen

woven

written

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zestful

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abortion

abdomen

abrasion

accession

accretion

activate

absorption

abstention

abstraction

activist

activists

actively

addition

addiction

acumen

admission

adhesion

adoption

adsorption

aegean

adrian

african

aggression

affliction

agitprop

albion

albumin

alderman

alaskan

aleutian

affection

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

apportion

anglican

anyone

anchorman

appian

andean

assassin

alien

artesian

arian

arkansan

artisan

aryan

assertion

ascension

aspersion

assumption

audition

asuncion

attention

attrition

attraction

australian

austrian

backwoodsman

backgammon

awaken

avian

badminton

bandwagon

basketball

basketballs

battalion

beethoven

bedridden

bedizen

bedouin

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

aversion

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cessation

catalan

cardigan

carnation

cation

caucasian

cartesian

carrion

causation

causative

chairperson

champion

chairwoman

chamberlain

citation

cetacean

charlatan

charwoman

cinnamon

chilean

cistercian

citizen

civilian

clarendon

clergyman

cognition

coercion

collection

cohesion

collegian

collision

combustion

collagen

commission

collusion

compassion

commotion

companion

completion

compulsion

compunction

concession

compression

conception

complexion

conduction

concussion

confession

concoction

confection

condition

conclusion

conflation

confucian

congestion

confusion

congressman

conjunction

connection

connexion

conscription

consumption

construction

contention

constriction

contagion

contortion

contraction

contrition

contusion

contraption

convection

convention

convulsion

conversion

conviction

corruption

councilman

countryman

corsican

correction

corrosion

crustacean

cremation

creation

croatian

crestfallen

dalmatian

cyprian

damnation

deception

decision

deceitful

declension

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

depletion

depression

depiction

derision

desertion

dentition

description

destruction

detection

detention

determine

devotion

dictation

dictaphone

clarion

digestion

diffraction

diffusion

dilation

elation

digression

diversion

dilution

discussion

discretion

discipline

dimension

disruption

dissection

direction

distinction

distortion

dissension

distraction

disunion

dispersion

division

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

election

elison

emblazon

eruption

communion

encryption

emulsion

emission

emotion

englishman

enliven

enlighten

equation

erection

erosion

establish

etruscan

evasion

everyone

eviction

exaction

eleven

exception

excision

established

excretion

exclusion

excursion

exertion

exemption

exhaustion

embolden

extortion

expression

expulsion

extension

extinction

explosion

extraction

extrusion

expansion

face-to-face

feminine

fenian

ferryman

festival

flotation

festivals

flirtation

fixation

filtration

fixative

fijian

fisherman

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

fabian

foundation

franciscan

galleon

freemason

freudian

garrison

forgotten

formation

frustration

fustian

fruition

gentleman

gaussian

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

fugitive

gordian

gravamen

gradation

guardian

grobian

guncotton

gyration

hammerman

handwoven

halcyon

halogen

harlequin

heartbroken

hawaiian

heroine

horatian

heroin

horizon

hydration

hydrogen

housebroken

ignition

illusion

imagine

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

immersion

inaction

inception

incision

in-person

inclusion

incursion

indian

precession

induction

inflation

infection

infarction

inflection

infliction

infraction

injunction

ingestion

infusion

injection

inhuman

inscription

insertion

instruction

intention

inspection

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

intrusion

jacobin

italian

irishman

irian

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

justified

justifies

kantian

lanolin

justify

juxtapose

keratin

korean

keynesian

lecithin

laxative

laurentian

laotian

lesbian

ligation

libration

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

julian

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

menhaden

melanin

migration

mexican

midshipman

misfortune

optation

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

narration

mutation

myosin

muskmelon

munition

musician

mystifies

mystify

negation

nevadan

nebraskan

nemean

niacin

nonhuman

nitrogen

nobleman

nonunion

norwegian

notation

negative

nubian

nutrition

octillion

obstruction

occasion

objection

obsession

occlusion

october

octopi

omission

odeon

opinion

oppression

optician

oration

origin

orion

ovation

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

perception

abandon

oxygen

pavilion

parthian

partisan

parisian

partition

patrician

pelican

percussion

perfection

perfusion

permian

permission

pentathlon

persuasion

perversion

petition

phoenician

physician

phrygian

peterman

plebeian

pocketbook

pocketful

pocketbooks

policeman

pollution

porcelain

position

possession

postponement

postponements

positive

precaution

predation

relation

preclusion

preemption

prediction

prescription

presumption

pretension

prevention

privation

procession

production

profusion

progression

probation

profession

projection

promotion

proportion

prostration

propulsion

proscription

protection

protean

provision

quotation

ramadan

reaction

recession

reception

recision

rebellion

reactive

rectifies

rectify

redemption

reduction

reflection

regimen

regression

rejection

remission

rendition

religion

reopen

reptilian

repression

rescission

resection

retraction

restriction

resumption

retention

reversion

revision

revulsion

reunion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rightfully

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

seduction

scorpion

secretion

sedation

secession

sedition

scythian

seclusion

sensation

selection

predestine

puritan

simian

silicon

skeleton

singleton

specimen

solution

snapdragon

solomon

stagnation

starvation

succession

subscription

submersion

submission

suburban

subtraction

stygian

subversion

suggestion

summation

sumatran

superman

suppression

suspension

suspicion

talisman

syrian

tamarin

temptation

testifies

testify

technician

thespian

zambian

timberman

toboggan

transaction

transcription

translation

transgression

transition

transmission

transfusion

tradition

truncation

vatican

tuition

unbroken

uneven

unison

unburden

uncommon

unbutton

uterine

uncertain

unwritten

vacation

vegetable

vegetables

vibration

venetian

venison

vermilion

veteran

vestibules

vestibule

vocation

vitamin

volition

wesleyan

wastebasket

waterman

wastebaskets

precision

4 syllable words

abolition

aberration

accordion

absolution

acidifies

activated

abyssinian

activism

activities

activity

activator

admiration

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

acidify

affectation

affirmation

alabaman

aldebaran

agrarian

albanian

algerian

algonquian

ammunition

alternation

alteration

altercation

amphibian

annexation

apparition

american

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

armageddon

arthurian

arizonan

armenian

aspiration

augmentation

assemblyman

attribution

athenian

assyrian

aviation

bavarian

barbarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

celebration

californian

businesswoman

canadian

carcinogen

centurion

circumvention

chameleon

circumspection

circumcision

cogitation

coalition

commendation

collodion

coloradan

coloration

columbian

comedian

committeeman

compensation

confiscation

confirmation

comparison

complication

computation

concentration

composition

comprehension

condemnation

condensation

condescension

congregation

competition

conflagration

confrontation

consecration

conservation

consultation

consternation

constitution

contemplation

contraception

contravention

contribution

contradiction

contrarian

convolution

conversation

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

cotyledon

corp.

corporation

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

deactivate

declaration

decompression

decoration

deconstruction

definition

demolition

deformation

dehydration

demarcation

demonstration

deposition

deportation

dereliction

desecration

designation

destitution

devastation

devolution

desperation

deviation

devonian

dilatation

dietitian

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disaffection

disadvantage

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

dispensation

disposition

dissertation

dissolution

dissipation

disputation

distribution

divination

dominican

draconian

education

duplication

electrician

exhibition

elocution

elongation

embarkation

emigration

exhumation

englishwoman

eritrean

incrustation

equitable

equestrian

equitably

erudition

exclamation

estonian

execution

establishes

european

evolution

evocation

expiration

eustachian

excitable

establishment

establishments

indication

incubation

exhortation

darwinian

expedition

expectation

exposition

explanation

explication

exploration

exploitation

extradition

indexation

fallopian

fermentation

federation

fluoridation

fibrillation

floridian

fluctuation

figuration

foliation

festivities

festivity

formulation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

indentation

graduation

gravitation

greco-roman

guatemalan

gregorian

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hibernation

himalayan

historian

imitation

immigration

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

illustration

ideation

iberian

immolation

implication

imposition

implantation

importation

impregnation

hungarian

imperfection

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

inattention

ibuprofen

indecision

indigestion

indignation

indiscretion

inflammation

infestation

infiltration

indonesian

inhalation

inhibition

information

inquisition

installation

instigation

institution

inspiration

intercession

integration

insulation

interception

insurrection

interdiction

interruption

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

invocation

irrigation

interaction

inundation

introspection

introduction

intuition

invitation

jacobean

interjection

iteration

irritation

iranian

intermission

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

laceration

juxtaposes

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberation

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

maturation

mediation

mitigation

menstruation

melanesian

meridian

ministration

misconception

miseration

misadventures

minnesotan

misperception

misbegotten

misadventure

missourian

moderation

modulation

molestation

obfuscation

napoleon

nestorian

negotiable

negatively

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

nonprescription

noblewoman

nonpartisan

obstetrician

mongolian

octahedron

orchestration

oblivion

observation

obsidian

operation

moravian

olympian

ohioan

opposition

macedonian

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

paraguayan

pagurian

pavlovian

penetration

penicillin

pedestrian

pelagian

perforation

persecution

permutation

perspiration

perturbation

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

positively

praetorian

peruvian

precondition

predilection

preignition

preelection

premonition

preparation

presentation

preservation

procreation

proposition

prohibition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

publication

punctuation

recreation

radiation

preconception

recollection

realization

recognition

readmission

reassertion

reawaken

recidivists

recidivist

reconstruction

rectifiers

rectifier

reelection

refutation

reformation

reestablish

registration

shakespearean

reinspection

reexamine

relaxation

relocation

reparation

predetermine

repercussion

repetition

requisition

repossession

reposition

reproduction

republican

resignation

reservation

restitution

restoration

respiration

retribution

resolution

retardation

revolution

resurrection

retrocession

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

satisfaction

sectarian

segmentation

sequestration

saturation

self-deception

separation

siberian

simulation

sicilian

simonian

situation

smithsonian

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

supposition

superstition

supervision

superhuman

syncopation

syndication

tamoxifen

tasmanian

tetrahedron

variation

titillation

toleration

transformation

ulceration

transportation

transplantation

tribulation

trepidation

valuation

usurpation

utopian

valerian

vegetation

veneration

vestibular

victorian

vindication

wagnerian

visitation

watermelon

5 syllable words

abomination

abbreviation

accreditation

academician

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alliteration

alleviation

amalgamation

amazonian

amplification

amelioration

appreciation

approximation

articulation

assimilation

argumentation

appropriation

assassination

association

attenuation

assemblywoman

augustinian

argentinian

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

canonization

brutalization

brobdingnagian

certification

cauterization

caledonian

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

centralization

centenarian

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

cohabitation

codification

colonization

collaboration

commemoration

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

congratulation

conglomeration

contamination

consolidation

consideration

continuation

coordination

cooperation

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

delicatessen

deification

degeneration

deliberation

delineation

denomination

depopulation

denunciation

depreciation

desegregation

determination

desalination

discoloration

discrimination

disinclination

disembarkation

disadvantages

disintegration

dissociation

dissatisfaction

dissemination

elaboration

ejaculation

edification

dionysian

electrocution

emancipation

elimination

elizabethan

equalization

epicurean

enumeration

eradication

equivocation

examination

ethiopian

excoriation

evaluation

evaporation

exacerbation

exaggeration

exasperation

expatriation

incrimination

exfoliation

exoneration

exhilaration

extermination

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

glorification

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gasification

harmonization

hallucination

hanoverian

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

imagination

illumination

immunization

incarceration

improvisation

inauguration

incineration

incorporation

exoskeleton

indoctrination

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inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

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instrumentation

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intimidation

investigation

invalidation

intoxication

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

justifications

justifiable

juxtaposition

juxtapositions

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

misapplication

mathematician

maximization

mechanization

maximilian

mobilization

metropolitan

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

modernization

modification

multiplication

mummification

negativity

neutralization

negotiation

nickelodeon

normalization

nonsectarian

nonintervention

neapolitan

notification

nitroglycerine

nullification

obliteration

misapprehension

oregonian

organization

origination

ornamentation

orientation

ossification

osteopathic

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

pasteurization

participation

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

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philadelphian

pomeranian

positivism

purification

precipitation

predestination

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predisposition

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presupposition

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procrastination

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pronunciation

proliferation

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pseudopodial

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pythagorean

ramification

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recidivism

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reintegration

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recrimination

reforestation

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renunciation

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representation

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specialization

solicitation

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substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

yugoslavian

washingtonian

vegetarian

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Words that rhyme with the word activation

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


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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