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

abstain

abstract

abstracts

acton

abstruse

affect

affects

affixed

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

aspen

ashen

arson

atman

auction

auden

austin

asian

bacon

baldwin

bagman

banyan

bason

bastion

baston

basin

baton

beckon

belgian

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

bayman

beefsteak

begun

bellman

bellon

billion

billman

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

blacken

bludgeon

bobbin

boatman

blowgun

bobcats

bobcat

bookman

bolden

bollen

bordman

canyon

boughten

bracken

brakeman

burgeon

bourbon

brethren

bowman

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

broken

bushman

brazen

brogan

button

bullion

cabin

burden

burdon

caisson

cajun

burman

calvin

burton

canton

cannon

canon

canaan

boston

caxton

caption

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

capstone

carton

cauldron

caution

chaplain

certain

chairman

chapman

cayman

charon

chevron

chasten

chicken

christian

christen

children

chieftain

chosen

churchman

citron

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

cheapen

chessman

colon

capstan

common

baron

bargain

barren

barton

dutchman

copeman

cordon

corban

craftsman

cotton

craven

cousin

crimson

cowan

cretin

crewman

crouton

cushion

damson

dalton

cumin

curtain

dagon

daman

darken

dagan

dampen

deafen

deacon

deaden

debased

cuban

deepen

defaced

defects

defect

delphian

depicts

depict

demon

diction

devon

dian

diffused

desman

dipstick

divests

divest

dobson

doctrine

drunken

dolman

draftsman

dozen

dragon

dovecote

dovecotes

driven

dromon

dungeon

dolphin

dudgeon

dustman

earthen

eavesdrop

effect

effects

eaten

emption

engine

eden

ensign

ermine

evict

fashion

fasten

falcon

faulcon

fallen

famine

fatten

faustian

fiction

felon

fibrin

fielden

fireman

firman

fission

flashgun

flatten

footman

floren

foreign

friction

foreman

freshen

freshman

fortune

fountain

freedman

freeman

frighten

garden

gallon

gammon

garron

fusion

frozen

gentian

gascon

georgian

german

gibbon

gilden

glisten

goodman

gorgon

given

gladden

glidden

gotten

golden

gluten

gowan

grandson

griffon

heaven

grecian

gumption

hackman

gudgeon

haitian

guardsman

hearten

hangman

graven

harken

headman

hasten

headsman

harden

harten

hausen

heathen

hessian

henchman

hetman

happen

heron

hempen

heighten

haven

hidden

homespun

hogan

hopscotch

horseman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

hipsters

hipster

huntsman

milken

hyphen

hyson

minion

elan

hymen

moisten

ion

jackman

jargon

jason

jasmine

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

keelson

kansan

kalan

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kitchen

kitten

kremlin

lampron

landsman

landman

latin

laden

leaden

lagan

layman

leaven

ledden

lesson

lengthen

lessen

lemon

lesion

leman

leven

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

liman

linden

lineman

legion

linemen

linen

lion

listen

klansman

lisbon

london

ibsen

lockman

locken

liven

logan

longan

loosen

lopeman

lotion

m1

lynden

lyden

madden

mahone

maiden

mention

luncheon

mansion

marchman

markman

margin

mangan

marksman

martian

marron

mason

marten

martin

matron

mayan

melton

melon

marlin

mignon

lumen

lobster

minden

mission

mitten

muffin

mullen

motion

morgan

mormon

mountain

molten

nation

muslin

mutton

option

lobsters

nekton

newsman

ninon

loren

norman

oarsman

notion

obstruct

obstructs

offset

odin

offsets

ocean

often

offshoot

offshoots

olden

omen

onion

million

open

organ

orphan

oxen

oven

outdone

outrun

othman

owen

packman

pagan

paean

panton

parson

passion

pardon

passman

pathan

patten

patron

pectin

pavon

pension

penman

penguin

peon

perron

person

persian

plankton

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

platen

pollan

pollen

poison

platten

portion

portman

potion

postman

ponton

pigeon

pressman

prison

prussian

pullen

proven

question

ration

rayon

raven

reason

reckon

quicken

quipster

redden

region

resin

rerun

season

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rosin

rotten

ripostes

roman

rosen

riposte

rowan

robust

rowen

ruin

rumen

russian

runnion

saffron

sadden

salesman

salmon

samson

sanction

saxon

santon

scallion

satin

scion

satan

scapegoats

scapegoat

scotsman

scullion

seaman

selden

seedsman

semen

sexton

session

seven

shaken

sequin

sharpen

shearman

sermon

seton

shaman

shipman

shogun

shorten

shrunken

silken

sicken

siphon

shotgun

showman

siren

slacken

soften

smarten

smitten

sodden

soldan

slogan

solon

sovereign

sovran

space-time

spearman

spartan

spastic

spectrum

spectrums

spectre

sportsman

spokesman

spigot

spoken

spigots

squadron

stallion

stepson

station

stallman

statesman

steven

stiffen

strengthen

stockman

stillion

stricken

stolen

straighten

striven

sturgeon

suasion

sunken

subside

subsides

tension

substance

sultan

sudden

sullen

substrates

substrate

summon

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

sweepstakes

sweepstake

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tendon

teston

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

tillman

titan

tipster

toughen

torsion

townsman

token

toman

treason

tubman

trillion

triton

trodden

trojan

tungsten

tuscan

spectral

typists

typist

undone

union

upset

upsets

turban

upshot

urson

upside

urchin

upstart

urine

upstarts

urban

upstream

vegan

villain

version

vision

vulcan

waken

weapon

wanton

warden

watchman

warren

weaken

webster

websters

wheaten

whiten

whitson

wiccan

workman

worsen

woodman

woolman

wagon

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

woven

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abandon

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

abstentions

absorption

abstention

abstinence

abstinent

abstractions

abstracted

abstraction

accretion

acumen

adoption

admission

adhesion

adsorption

affected

affective

aegean

aleutian

adrian

alaskan

african

albion

albumin

alderman

alsatian

allusion

alien

ambrosian

ambition

anyone

apostate

apostle

apportion

aspersion

apostles

appian

arkansan

arian

anglican

andean

artesian

aryan

artisan

assassin

assumption

anchorman

attrition

audition

australian

aversion

austrian

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

baby-sit

badminton

bandwagon

avian

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

brazilian

bulletin

bouillon

cambrian

campion

causation

compassion

cartesian

castration

cardigan

carnation

caucasian

catalan

cation

carrion

collision

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

charlatan

civilian

chilean

cinnamon

citation

cistercian

citizen

coercion

clarion

cognition

clergyman

cohesion

clarendon

collagen

charwoman

collegian

collusion

combustion

capsaicin

commotion

communion

companion

privation

completion

compression

compulsion

compunction

hydration

concoction

concussion

condition

confucian

congestion

conjunction

confusion

congressman

constriction

construction

conscription

consumption

contagion

contraction

contraption

contortion

contrition

contusion

convulsion

conversion

countryman

corruption

creation

corsican

corrosion

councilman

cremation

croatian

crestfallen

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

cyprian

decision

deflation

deficit

defective

deficits

destruction

deletion

delusion

depictions

depicted

depression

depletion

dentition

deposit

derision

deposits

description

digression

desertion

determine

digestion

devotion

dictation

devastate

diffusion

dilation

dilution

denizen

discretion

discussion

discipline

dispersion

disruption

duration

distraction

distinction

distortion

disunion

diversion

divestment

divestments

division

dominion

donation

downtrodden

dorian

conclusion

conflation

exemption

encryption

elation

effective

effectors

effector

egyptian

evictions

eleven

emission

emotion

elison

emulsion

emblazon

embolden

englishman

enlighten

exaction

enliven

epistle

equation

eruption

episode

exception

erosion

etruscan

evasion

everyone

episodes

exertion

excursion

excision

exclusion

excretion

migration

probation

exhaustion

expansion

expression

extension

extraction

extinction

extortion

explosion

expulsion

extrusion

fabian

filtration

ferryman

feminine

fenian

fijian

fisherman

fustian

flirtation

flotation

foramen

galleon

forewoman

garrison

formation

foundation

freemason

franciscan

freudian

forbidden

frustration

fruition

gestation

ghanaian

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gordian

gillian

forgotten

gradation

gravamen

guncotton

halcyon

hammerman

gyration

halogen

handwoven

grobian

guardian

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroine

heroin

heavyset

heavyweight

horatian

horizon

housebroken

heavyweights

fixation

hydrogen

ignition

imagine

illusion

eavesdropping

immersion

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

in-person

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

infliction

induction

infarction

inflation

ingestion

infraction

infusion

inscription

inhuman

insertion

inspection

intention

instruction

injunction

intestine

invention

invasion

inversion

intrusion

irian

jamaican

italian

irishman

jacobin

jettison

javelin

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lanolin

lactation

laotian

location

lecithin

lesbian

ligation

libration

libyan

logician

korean

lobbyist

narration

lumberman

marian

magician

malayan

lutheran

magdalen

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

medallion

masculine

mexican

medicine

menhaden

median

melanin

midshipman

obstructive

lobbyists

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

misshapen

moroccan

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

munition

musician

navigate

navigates

nevadan

nebraskan

niacin

nemean

nonhuman

nobleman

nitrogen

nonunion

norwegian

obstruction

nutrition

nubian

obfuscate

obstacle

obstacles

oboist

obstinate

obstructions

notation

occasion

occlusion

octillion

odeon

offsetting

omission

opinion

opposites

oration

optation

optician

origin

orion

opposite

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

outspoken

ottoman

oxygen

patrician

parisian

partisan

partition

pavilion

parthian

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfusion

permission

permian

perversion

pelican

peterman

phoenician

persuasion

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

pollution

policeman

porcelain

precaution

precession

predestine

preclusion

precision

prediction

pretension

preemption

prescription

presumption

prevention

lopsided

reversion

profusion

proportion

promotion

proscription

provision

prostration

protean

quotation

ramadan

puritan

reaction

rebellion

recision

redemption

regimen

relation

religion

remission

rendition

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

restriction

resumption

retention

retraction

reunion

revisit

revulsion

rhodopsin

rhapsody

rhapsodize

rhapsodic

rifleman

rotation

robustly

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

scythian

seclusion

secretion

sedition

sensation

solution

silicon

simian

singleton

snapdragon

skeleton

solomon

sophistry

spaghetti

spectacle

specimen

revision

spectacles

revisits

spectator

spectrograph

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submission

submersion

subscription

subacute

subsidies

substantial

subsidize

substances

subsidy

substantive

suspicion

substitute

subtraction

suburban

subversion

suffocate

sumatran

superman

tactician

taxation

syrian

tamarin

talisman

tapestry

tapestries

temptation

technician

thespian

substitutes

timberman

toboggan

transaction

transgression

translation

transfusion

transition

transmission

truncation

transcription

typesetting

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

tuition

unison

unwritten

unbroken

upsetting

upside-down

uterine

vatican

vacation

venetian

venison

vibration

veteran

vermilion

vocation

vitamin

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

spectators

4 syllable words

aberration

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

abyssinian

accordion

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

admiration

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affectively

affirmation

agrarian

aggravation

aggregation

alabaman

agitation

albanian

aldebaran

american

abdication

altercation

algerian

allegation

alteration

alternation

algonquian

allocation

comparison

amphibian

amputation

apprehension

ammunition

annexation

animation

annotation

appellation

appalachian

apparition

application

apostolic

apostrophes

apostrophe

approbation

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

armageddon

arthurian

armenian

aspiration

assemblyman

attribution

assyrian

augmentation

athenian

aviation

avocation

backwardation

avocado

avocados

baby-sitter

baby-sitters

babysitting

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

capacitor

capacitance

capacity

businesswoman

calibration

calculation

californian

canadian

cancellation

coloradan

capacities

capacitors

carcinogen

celebration

chameleon

centurion

circumspection

collocation

circumvention

circulation

circumcision

coalition

cogitation

collodion

columbian

combination

comedian

commendation

committeeman

commutation

competition

compensation

compilation

composition

complication

comprehension

computation

condescension

confirmation

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

education

conjugation

congregation

confrontation

connotation

conservation

consolation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

consultation

constitution

consummation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

contemplation

contribution

copernican

conversation

convocation

convolution

copenhagen

coronation

corinthian

corp.

corporation

correlation

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

dedication

decompression

decoration

deconstruction

declaration

cotyledon

defamation

definition

degradation

deformation

delegation

demolition

demarcation

dehydration

demonstration

deportation

deposition

dereliction

depositions

depravation

depredation

deprivation

depositors

depositor

derivation

desecration

desiccation

desolation

detonation

destination

destitution

desperation

dietitian

devastation

devolution

deviation

devonian

designation

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

devastated

disconnection

disillusion

devastating

disinfection

disposition

disinflation

dispensation

dislocation

disputation

dissertation

divination

distillation

dissipation

dissolution

distribution

divestiture

divestitures

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

concentration

electrician

effectuate

effectively

elevation

hypertension

emanation

elocution

emigration

emulation

elongation

embarkation

englishwoman

eritrean

erudition

equitation

equestrian

estimation

estonian

european

eustachian

evacuate

evolution

evocation

evocative

excitation

excavation

execution

exclamation

exhalation

fabrication

exhibition

expectation

expiration

expedition

explanation

explication

exploitation

exploration

exposition

extradition

extrication

fascination

fallopian

exhumation

federation

fermentation

figuration

fibrillation

exhortation

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

floridian

graduation

fumigation

galilean

germination

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

gargantuan

granulation

gravitation

hungarian

gregorian

habitation

greco-roman

guatemalan

hesitation

himalayan

hemoglobin

hegelian

hibernation

herculean

historian

hydrocarbon

conflagration

ideation

illustration

imitation

immigration

imperfection

immolation

imposition

implication

importation

implantation

impregnation

imputation

inattention

indentation

incantation

incarnation

indexation

inclination

indecision

incrustation

incubation

indication

indigestion

indiscretion

indignation

infestation

information

infiltration

inflammation

indonesian

inhalation

insurrection

inquisition

interdiction

innovation

inhibition

inspiration

installation

institution

instigation

insulation

interaction

interception

integration

intercession

interjection

intermission

hyperion

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

interruption

intimation

intonation

introspection

introduction

inundation

intuition

invocation

invitation

iranian

irrigation

iteration

isolation

irritation

jacobean

jurisdiction

jubilation

jordanian

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

limitation

litigation

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberation

librarian

liberian

liquefaction

lilliputian

liquidation

iberian

locomotion

ibuprofen

lubrication

machination

macedonian

maccabean

mammalian

malformation

manumission

malnutrition

maturation

masturbation

medication

meditation

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

missourian

miseration

moderation

navigation

misconception

misbegotten

misperception

mitigation

minnesotan

modulation

motivation

mortification

molestation

moravian

mongolian

mutilation

napoleon

navigator

newtonian

nestorian

nomination

nicaraguan

nigerian

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obesity

obligation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

obstetrical

obstetrician

obstetricians

obstructionist

obstructionists

oscillation

obstinacy

occupation

officiates

officiate

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

operation

opposition

oppositions

ordination

orchestration

opacity

ostentation

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

persecution

permutation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

pigmentation

politician

plutonian

polyhedron

polynesian

population

preconception

precondition

predetermine

praetorian

preignition

premonition

presentation

preparation

preservation

navigators

profanation

proclamation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

publication

provocation

protestation

prostitution

protozoan

punctuation

radiation

realization

readmission

reassertion

reawaken

recantation

recitation

reconstruction

reclamation

recognition

recreation

reformation

refutation

reexamine

registration

regulation

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

renovation

reparation

repossession

reproduction

repetition

reposition

replication

repercussion

republican

reputation

resignation

resolution

requisition

reservation

respiration

restoration

restitution

revelation

retardation

retribution

retrocession

procreation

revocation

revocations

rhododendron

revolution

rhetorician

rhapsodizes

rumination

samaritan

satisfaction

saturation

sanitation

sophisticates

self-deception

segregation

segmentation

sectarian

separation

shakespearean

sequestration

simulation

sicilian

simonian

situation

siberian

smithsonian

sophisticate

spectacular

spectroscopy

spectrometer

spectrometry

speculation

statistician

stipulation

stimulation

strangulation

subluxation

subdivision

supposition

subsidizes

substantiates

substitution

substitutions

substituted

suffocating

superstition

superhuman

supervision

surrogation

substantially

suppositions

syndication

syncopation

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

substantiate

termination

substantively

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

topsy-turvy

transformation

tribulation

transportation

trepidation

transplantation

ulceration

ubiquity

usurpation

utopian

vacillation

valerian

validation

vaccination

valuation

variation

vegetation

violation

veneration

vindication

victorian

ventilation

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

affectionately

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alliteration

alienation

alleviation

amalgamation

abbreviation

amelioration

amazonian

amplification

amortization

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

argumentation

appropriation

approximation

argentinian

articulation

assemblywoman

assassination

assimilation

association

attenuation

augustinian

authorization

authentication

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

carthaginian

carolinian

collaboration

cauterization

centralization

certification

centenarian

commemoration

capitulation

civilization

christianization

clarification

classification

codification

coagulation

cohabitation

colonization

communication

confederation

confabulation

configuration

conciliation

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

decapitation

deceleration

corroboration

defenestration

degeneration

deliberation

delicatessen

delineation

dissemination

denunciation

depopulation

depositary

depreciation

depository

desalination

desegregation

determination

denomination

discoloration

disembarkation

discrimination

disinclination

dionysian

dissatisfaction

disintegration

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

ejaculation

edification

elaboration

electrocution

emancipation

elizabethan

elimination

enumeration

epicurean

eradication

equalization

equivocation

ethiopian

evaporation

evacuation

evaluation

evacuations

evacuated

epistolary

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

extermination

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

humiliation

concatenation

hybridization

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

illumination

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inauguration

incarceration

inactivation

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

hyperborean

infatuation

initiation

inhabitation

insemination

instrumentation

insinuation

interconnection

inoculation

interrogation

interpretation

intimidation

invalidation

ionization

investigation

intoxication

justification

irradiation

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

indoctrination

magnification

magnetization

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

maximilian

mechanization

metropolitan

misinformation

interpolation

modification

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

mummification

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

multiplication

navigational

neutralization

negotiation

nonintervention

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonsectarian

notification

nullification

normalization

obliteration

ossification

obstructionism

ornamentation

orientation

organization

origination

oregonian

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

neapolitan

polarization

pomeranian

predestination

precipitation

predisposition

presupposition

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

prevarication

decomposition

rectification

proliferation

proletarian

pronunciation

purification

qualification

quantification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

pythagorean

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

recuperation

refrigeration

regeneration

reforestation

reiteration

remuneration

rejuvenation

reintegration

renunciation

representation

repository

repositories

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

repatriation

revaluation

prognostication

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sophistication

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophisticated

specification

specialization

procrastination

stratification

sterilization

subsidiaries

subsidiary

substantiation

subordination

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

verification

vaporization

vegetarian

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word affection

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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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