Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word application.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
3 syllable words
4 syllable words

application

abdication

abnegation

acclamation

abrogation

acclimation

advocation

activation

affectation

accusation

adaptation

adulation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

allocation

allegation

amputation

animation

annotation

annexation

appellation

appalachian

appalachians

applications

approbation

avocation

cancellation

celebration

calibration

convocation

calculation

proclamation

circulation

complication

collocation

combination

compilation

commutation

computation

confiscation

conjugation

consecration

consolation

consummation

connotation

coronation

correlation

culmination

decimation

defamation

dedication

degradation

delegation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

derivation

desiccation

desecration

desolation

destination

detonation

dilatation

elocution

domination

duplication

elevation

education

duplications

emanation

emulation

equitation

estimation

fascination

explication

explanation

fabrication

fragmentation

germination

gastrulation

gravitation

granulation

habitation

hesitation

implication

indication

invocation

isolation

machination

medication

meditation

obligations

mortification

navigation

nomination

obfuscation

obligation

occupation

ordination

oscillation

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

population

publication

publications

profanation

propagation

provocation

realization

reclamation

recitation

regulation

renovation

replication

reputation

revelation

revocation

sanitation

segregation

speculation

stipulation

strangulation

subluxation

suffocation

subluxations

surrogation

tabulation

termination

transplantation

trepidation

vaccination

validation

vacillation

valuation

ventilation

vindication

violation

Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word application.
2 syllable words

ablaze

ables

abeles

action

acton

afflict

afflicts

airman

alan

alman

alban

amman

apples

applause

appalls

appeals

applies

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

auden

austin

banyan

baldwin

bagman

bacon

baron

barren

baffles

bargain

barton

basin

bason

bastion

beckon

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

baubles

belgian

bellman

bellon

begun

bibles

befalls

billion

billman

billon

bison

bollen

bolden

boatman

bobbin

bludgeon

bitten

blowgun

bookman

bordman

boston

brakeman

brethren

brazen

breton

boughten

bracken

bourbon

bowman

brighten

briton

broaden

bullion

burton

caisson

cajun

bushman

button

cabin

burgeon

bubbles

burden

burdon

burman

cables

brogan

calvin

canaan

caption

capstan

captain

canyon

canton

canon

caples

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

caution

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

claxon

chaplain

chapman

chasten

chessman

charon

cheapen

chevron

chicken

bisson

churchman

children

chieftain

chosen

christen

citron

christian

classman

clinton

coachman

cannon

colon

common

blacken

copeman

craftsman

broken

corban

cordon

cousin

couples

cotton

cowan

craven

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

dabbles

cuban

cushion

curtain

cumin

dagan

dagon

dalton

daman

emption

dampen

damson

deafen

deepen

deflect

deflects

delphian

demon

deploys

desman

devon

devils

dian

diction

devilish

divulge

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

deaden

doubles

dozen

draftsman

dudgeon

drunken

dragon

driven

dromon

dungeon

duplex

dustman

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

efflux

elan

deacon

engine

ensign

ermine

evils

fashion

faction

falcon

fallen

eyeballs

famine

fables

faulcon

fasten

fatten

faustian

felon

fiction

fibrin

fielden

fireman

flexion

flashgun

flatten

firman

floren

fission

foibles

footman

foreman

fraction

fortune

fountain

foreign

freshen

friction

freshman

frighten

freeman

freedman

frozen

function

gallon

gammon

garden

fusion

gables

garron

gascon

gentian

georgian

german

gladden

glisten

given

glidden

gluten

gobbles

golden

gilden

gorgon

gotten

gowan

grandson

goodman

graven

gibbon

grecian

griffon

gumption

darken

gudgeon

guardsman

haitian

hackman

happen

hangman

hasten

harden

henchman

headsman

headman

haven

heathen

hearten

heaven

heighten

heron

hessian

hetman

harken

harten

hempen

hausen

havelock

hidden

hobbles

horseman

houseman

hovels

homespun

huntsman

hymen

hyson

hyphen

ibsen

hogan

human

hoven

hoten

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

junction

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kansan

kelvin

kalan

klansman

kirkman

kitchen

kitten

kremlin

landsman

laden

lagan

lampron

landman

latin

layman

leaven

ledden

legion

lessen

lengthen

leaden

lemon

lesion

leman

lesson

labels

lapels

levels

leven

lichen

lighten

lifelike

lightman

liken

liman

linden

lineman

linemen

lion

linen

lisbon

listen

liven

lobules

locken

lockman

london

lopeman

longan

loosen

logan

loopholes

loren

lotion

lumen

luncheon

mahone

madden

maiden

lyden

mansion

marchman

mangan

margin

marksman

markman

marlin

marron

lynden

maples

mason

m1

marten

martian

martin

melon

mention

melton

matron

milken

million

mayan

minion

mignon

mission

minden

moisten

molten

morgan

muffin

mullen

motion

mormon

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

mitten

nipples

noblesse

ninon

mobiles

notion

norman

nobles

mountain

oarsman

novels

muffles

nibbles

oblige

oblique

ocean

often

odin

onion

open

omen

organ

orphan

othman

oven

outdone

outrun

passion

oxen

option

owen

packman

pagan

paean

olden

panton

pardon

parson

pathan

passman

patten

patron

pectin

pavon

pebbles

pension

penguin

penman

peoples

peon

perron

person

persian

pigeon

ovules

pillion

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

portion

pollan

pollen

ponton

portman

potion

postman

pinion

pressman

prussian

proven

public

prison

publics

publish

pullen

piston

pitman

question

quicken

raffles

ration

raven

rayon

reason

pupils

reckon

redden

reflect

reflects

reflex

reflux

region

rebels

replace

replies

repulse

rerun

resin

refills

reveals

revels

repels

riden

ripen

rincon

ridden

rifles

zircon

ribbon

ripples

risen

rivals

riven

robin

robles

repeals

roman

quibbles

rotten

ruffles

seedsman

rosen

rosin

russian

runnion

salesman

saffron

sadden

sables

salmon

sanction

samson

satan

satin

santon

rowan

saxon

scallion

scullion

scotsman

scion

seaman

season

scuffles

section

rowen

rumen

rubles

session

selden

sequin

shipman

semen

sermon

sexton

seven

shaken

shaman

sharpen

seton

shearman

shrunken

shogun

shorten

shotgun

shovels

showman

shuffles

ruin

silken

sicken

slacken

siphon

siren

smarten

slogan

smitten

soldan

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

sodden

soften

stallion

spokesman

station

splashes

squadron

spoken

squabbles

splashy

splices

sportsman

stallman

statesman

stepson

stockman

stillion

steven

stiffen

stolen

straighten

strengthen

suasion

stricken

sturgeon

striven

sublease

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

supplies

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

swivels

sunken

syphon

tables

talon

tappen

tendon

taken

tarpon

tartan

tension

teston

summon

thicken

threaten

tighten

tillman

thousand

titan

token

toman

traction

torsion

toughen

townsman

topples

treason

trillion

triton

trodden

trojan

tungsten

tubman

tuscan

undone

turban

urson

urchin

union

urban

urine

vegan

version

villain

vulcan

waffles

wagon

waken

watchman

weapon

wanton

warden

warren

weaken

weevils

wheaten

whiplash

whitson

whiten

vision

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

workman

wooden

worsen

yachtsman

yaupon

zaman

woodman

woolman

woolen

woven

zion

written

yeoman

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abolish

abstraction

accession

abrasion

abortion

absorption

abstention

adhesion

addiction

accretion

admission

acumen

addition

adoption

adsorption

aegean

adrian

affection

afflicting

afflictions

african

aggression

alaskan

albion

albumin

aleutian

alderman

alien

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

affliction

anglican

anchorman

andean

anyone

applesauce

appian

applicant

applicants

apportion

arian

asuncion

ascension

artisan

artesian

aryan

attention

assumption

assertion

aspersion

assassin

arkansan

attraction

attrition

audition

australian

aversion

avian

aviles

austrian

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

bedouin

beethoven

biblical

benjamin

beholden

biotin

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

buffalos

cablegram

cambrian

campion

cinnamon

carnation

capsaicin

cardigan

carrion

castration

cation

catalan

cessation

cartesian

caucasian

causation

cavalcade

cetacean

chairperson

charlatan

champion

charwoman

chamberlain

citation

cistercian

chairwoman

chilean

citizen

civilian

civilized

clarendon

civilize

clarion

clergyman

cognition

cobblestone

cobblestones

collagen

collection

cohesion

collegian

collision

compulsion

collusion

combustion

complexion

coercion

commission

commotion

compassion

companion

completion

communion

compression

compunction

conception

conduction

concussion

concession

confession

concoction

confection

condition

conclusion

confucian

congestion

congressman

conflation

conjunction

connection

connexion

conscription

confusion

construction

constriction

consumption

contagion

contention

contortion

contraction

contraption

convection

bitumen

convention

contrition

contusion

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

corruption

corsican

corrosion

councilman

countryman

creation

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

damnation

dimension

deception

decision

declension

deduction

defection

deflation

deflected

deflection

deflectors

deflector

deletion

delusion

depiction

denizen

dentition

depletion

depression

description

derision

desertion

destruction

detection

detention

determine

devotion

dictation

diffraction

diffusion

digestion

digression

dilation

dilution

direction

discussion

discipline

discretion

dispersion

disruption

dissection

dissension

distortion

diversion

distraction

division

distinction

disunion

donation

downtrodden

dorian

duplicate

duplicates

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

elation

election

eleven

elison

dominion

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

enlighten

enliven

emulsion

encryption

englishman

equation

erection

epilogue

erosion

etruscan

evasion

everyone

eruption

eviction

exaction

exception

excision

exclusion

excretion

exhaustion

expansion

exertion

expulsion

expression

extension

exemption

explosion

extortion

extraction

extinction

extrusion

fabian

excursion

feminine

fenian

ferryman

fijian

filtration

fixation

flirtation

fisherman

flotation

foramen

forbidden

fruition

formation

foundation

forgotten

forewoman

franciscan

freemason

freudian

frustration

garrison

galleon

fustian

gentleman

genuine

gaussian

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gradation

gordian

gravamen

grobian

guardian

replaces

halogen

gyration

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

instruction

guncotton

harlequin

intention

abandon

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horizon

housebroken

intestine

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

impassion

immersion

illusion

imagine

impression

inaction

implosion

imprison

in-person

inception

incision

incursion

inclusion

inflection

infliction

inflation

induction

infarction

infection

infusion

ingestion

indian

horatian

injection

injunction

inspection

insertion

inscription

infraction

inhuman

invasion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

jacobin

jamaican

italian

jettison

javelin

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

korean

keynesian

lactation

laotian

lecithin

laurentian

lanolin

lesbian

intrusion

libration

ligation

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

malayan

magician

magdalen

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

objection

medicine

medallion

melanin

mexican

menhaden

migration

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

misshapen

mobilize

moroccan

mutation

myosin

musician

muskmelon

narration

negation

nebraskan

nemean

nepalese

nevadan

niacin

median

nobleman

nitrogen

midshipman

nonhuman

optician

notation

norwegian

novelist

novelists

nutrition

nubian

obligate

obligates

occasion

obstruction

obsession

obloquy

occlusion

obliging

obliges

obliquely

octillion

odeon

oppression

opinion

munition

omission

optation

oration

origin

orion

nonunion

ovation

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parisian

partition

partisan

pavilion

patrician

parthian

payables

pelican

percussion

perfection

permission

perfusion

permian

perception

pentathlon

phoenician

persuasion

petition

physician

perversion

phrygian

peterman

plantation

policeman

populists

plebeian

pollution

populace

populist

porcelain

possession

precaution

precession

preclusion

precision

predation

position

predestine

prediction

preemption

prescription

privation

presumption

probation

pretension

prevention

procession

production

profession

progression

projection

promotion

profusion

proportion

propulsion

prostration

protection

provision

proscription

protean

publishes

publicists

secession

publishers

publicist

publisher

publicize

publicly

puritan

retention

quotation

ramadan

reaction

retraction

rebellion

recession

reception

recision

reduction

reflection

reflecting

reflected

reflections

redemption

reflective

reflector

reflectors

regression

regimen

relation

rendition

rejection

religion

remission

reptilian

replicas

replicate

replicates

replacement

replica

replacements

reflexive

repression

resection

rescission

repulsive

reopen

resumption

restriction

reunion

snapdragon

reversion

revulsion

rifleman

revision

rhodopsin

rotation

reflexes

saccharin

saleswoman

sedation

samoan

secretion

seclusion

scorpion

scythian

seduction

sedition

selection

sensation

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

succession

submersion

submission

suburban

subscription

subtraction

subversion

suggestion

summation

thespian

sumatran

supplicant

suspension

superman

suppression

suspicion

tablespoon

taxation

tablespoons

temptation

syrian

talisman

tactician

technician

tamarin

tablecloth

tablecloths

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transcription

translation

transgression

transition

transmission

transfusion

truncation

uneven

unbutton

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unbroken

tuition

unison

unwritten

upholster

uterine

vacation

vatican

vibration

venetian

venison

veteran

vermilion

vocation

volition

vitamin

wesleyan

whiplashes

waterman

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abolishes

absolution

abolition

abyssinian

accordion

acquisition

admonition

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

affirmation

alabaman

agrarian

albanian

aldebaran

algonquian

algerian

altercation

ammunition

alteration

alternation

american

amphibian

apologies

apologise

apologist

apologists

apologize

apparition

applicable

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

armageddon

arthurian

attribution

arizonan

armenian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

apology

barbarian

bifurcation

bavarian

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

californian

canadian

carcinogen

centurion

chameleon

circumspection

circumvention

circumcision

columbian

cogitation

coloration

collodion

coloradan

composition

commendation

coalition

committeeman

compensation

competition

comparison

comprehension

comedian

concentration

contraception

contribution

conflagration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

congregation

confirmation

confrontation

constellation

conservation

consternation

constipation

consultation

constitution

contemplation

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

conversation

copernican

convolution

corp.

corporation

corinthian

cotyledon

crucifixion

criterion

crocodilian

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

copenhagen

dandelion

declaration

decompression

decoration

deconstruction

definition

deformation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deposition

deportation

dereliction

designation

desperation

destitution

devastation

deviation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

emigration

diminution

dislocation

disaffection

diocesan

disconnection

disinflation

disillusion

disinfection

dispensation

disposition

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

divination

distribution

draconian

embarkation

electrician

duplicative

duplicity

elongation

dominican

englishwoman

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

european

eustachian

estonian

exclamation

excavation

evocation

evolution

excitation

execution

exhalation

exhortation

exhibition

exhumation

expectation

exploitation

exploration

federation

expedition

exposition

expiration

extrication

extradition

fallopian

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

fumigation

formulation

darwinian

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

graduation

gorgonian

greco-roman

gregorian

hibernation

herculean

hegelian

hemoglobin

himalayan

historian

intercession

hydrocarbon

ideation

implantation

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

imitation

immolation

illustration

immigration

imperfection

imputation

impregnation

importation

imposition

incarnation

incantation

inattention

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indecision

inhalation

intonation

indentation

indexation

indiscretion

indigestion

inflammation

indignation

infiltration

information

infestation

indonesian

integration

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

inspiration

installation

insulation

intimation

insurrection

instigation

interaction

interdiction

intersection

interjection

interruption

intermission

intervention

interurban

institution

interwoven

interception

introspection

inundation

hungarian

intuition

invitation

irritation

iranian

irrigation

jubilation

jacobean

iteration

introduction

jordanian

jurisdiction

lubrication

lancastrian

laceration

legislation

kindergarten

levitation

leviathan

liberation

liberian

lilliputian

limitation

librarian

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

nonprescription

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

maturation

masturbation

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

misbegotten

minnesotan

misconception

miseration

misperception

missourian

mitigation

obsidian

modulation

guatemalan

molestation

moderation

mongolian

moravian

motivation

ohioan

mutilation

napoleon

nebulizer

neoplasm

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nigerian

nonpartisan

obligated

oblivion

obstetrician

observation

octahedron

overburden

opposition

operation

olympian

orchestration

ostentation

ovulation

pagurian

pavlovian

paraguayan

pedestrian

pigmentation

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

permutation

perforation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

plutonian

politician

polynesian

populism

polyhedron

presentation

preconception

praetorian

precondition

predilection

preelection

premonition

predetermine

preparation

preignition

preservation

prohibition

procreation

prosecution

proposition

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

publicity

retardation

punctuation

radiation

readmission

reassertion

reawaken

recollection

recognition

reconstruction

recreation

reelection

reexamine

revolution

reformation

refutation

registration

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

reparation

recantation

repetition

replicated

repercussion

replaceable

repossession

requisition

resignation

reposition

reproduction

republican

reservation

resolution

respiration

restitution

restoration

retribution

resurrection

retrocession

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

saturation

samaritan

satisfaction

sectarian

segmentation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

toleration

statistician

stimulation

subdivision

substitution

titillation

superhuman

supposition

syncopation

superstition

supervision

syndication

tasmanian

tamoxifen

tetrahedron

transformation

transportation

tribulation

ulceration

typologies

typology

usurpation

upholstery

utopian

variation

valerian

vegetation

veneration

victorian

wagnerian

visitation

topology

watermelon

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abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

academician

accommodation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

accreditation

affiliation

agglomeration

alliteration

alleviation

amalgamation

amelioration

amazonian

amortization

anticipation

apologises

apologizes

appreciation

approximation

appropriation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

assimilation

association

assemblywoman

attenuation

authorization

augustinian

babylonian

bibliographies

bibliography

beethovenian

brutalization

caledonian

brobdingnagian

capitulation

canonization

carolinian

cauterization

centenarian

certification

centralization

cephalosporin

carthaginian

christianization

clarification

civilization

civilizations

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

communication

concatenation

confabulation

conciliation

configuration

confederation

consolidation

consideration

conglomeration

contamination

congratulation

continuation

coordination

cooperation

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

desalination

depreciation

desegregation

determination

diabolical

discoloration

discrimination

dionysian

disembarkation

disintegration

disinclination

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

dramatization

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

epicurean

equivocation

equalization

evaluation

evacuation

ethiopian

evaporation

examination

exaggeration

exacerbation

exasperation

excoriation

expatriation

exoneration

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoskeleton

expropriation

extermination

fertilization

fortification

glorification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

incarceration

inauguration

incineration

incrimination

incorporation

infatuation

indoctrination

intoxication

inhabitation

inoculation

initiation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

intimidation

invalidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

localization

lithuanian

libertarian

magnetization

manifestation

manipulation

nonsectarian

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

metropolitan

mechanization

miscalculation

misapprehension

misinformation

modernization

mobilizations

mobilization

mummification

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

mississippian

nonintervention

normalization

notification

obliteration

obligatory

origination

organization

ornamentation

orientation

oregonian

overproduction

participation

panamanian

pasteurization

patagonian

perpetuation

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

preoccupation

predestination

premeditation

predisposition

presbyterian

presupposition

proletarian

procrastination

prognostication

proliferation

pronunciation

public-spirited

quantification

reaffirmation

purification

recommendation

recombination

recrimination

rectification

recuperation

pythagorean

reforestation

regeneration

refrigeration

reintegration

rejuvenation

reiteration

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

revaluation

retaliation

resuscitation

reverberation

sedimentation

sanctification

scandinavian

simplification

solicitation

specification

specialization

sterilization

sophistication

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

utilization

unification

triangulation

unitarian

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word application

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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