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

accent

accents

accounts

aching

acting

acquaint

account

aging

agents

agent

airing

ailing

angling

arming

arching

ascend

ascent

ashamed

asking

assent

assumed

awning

backhand

backing

banking

bathing

basting

bagging

barring

baiting

baking

banging

batting

beading

beaming

bearing

beating

bedding

belting

belling

beijing

besant

being

bidding

biding

billing

binding

bitching

biting

birthing

bismuth

blaring

blasting

blazing

bleaching

bleeding

bleeping

blushing

blinding

boarding

bonding

bookend

blocking

blooming

boasting

boating

blowing

boiling

blueing

bolling

bolting

bluing

bookends

boning

bouncing

bounding

braiding

boxing

bracing

breasting

boring

breeding

booming

booting

boozing

branching

bowing

bowling

brawling

braving

breaking

breathing

breeching

brimming

buying

brewing

briefing

bucking

buckling

bruting

brushing

brooding

budding

bulging

bunting

burning

building

burping

blessing

broiling

butting

caning

casting

camping

carling

carping

calming

carving

casing

caulking

catching

ceiling

chanting

clanging

charming

chasing

checkmate

checkmates

chewing

chilling

churning

chipping

chopping

chirping

choking

cleaning

clearing

climbing

clouding

clipping

clogging

closing

clothing

clowning

clucking

codding

coasting

cocking

coaxing

coating

coaching

cogent

coiling

colling

cloaking

clocking

combing

coming

chafing

calling

crossing

costing

crushing

cooing

cooking

cooling

coping

couching

crashing

coupling

cresting

coursing

crackling

cracking

cribbing

craving

crooning

creaking

cuddling

creeping

crowing

crying

culling

cunning

dancing

dashing

cushioned

cutting

daring

curing

curling

darling

damning

daunting

dawning

decant

decent

dealing

derring

descend

broking

descends

browning

descent

descents

browsing

dicing

digging

dilling

grouting

dishing

dipping

discounts

discount

dining

dissent

disowned

disjoint

dissents

heating

diving

docent

docents

docking

doting

doing

doubting

hitting

draining

dressing

drinking

drugging

drafting

dragging

drilling

dripping

driving

drawing

dropping

drumming

dubbing

drying

duckling

ducking

dumpling

dwelling

earning

during

earring

dyeing

dying

earthling

easing

eating

dueling

edging

erring

etching

evening

eking

fading

facing

fainting

farthing

farming

falling

failing

faulting

fashioned

fencing

fehling

feigning

feeding

feeling

fetching

fielding

fighting

finding

fining

filing

filling

fishing

firing

fixing

handling

flagging

flaming

flaring

flashing

flushing

fledgling

fleming

flitting

flogging

fleeting

floating

flowing

flooding

folding

flooring

flying

foaming

foiling

footing

forcing

forging

forming

founding

franking

foundling

frosting

foxhound

framing

freaking

freezing

grinding

fraying

fruiting

fucking

frying

fuming

gadding

gilding

glinting

gassing

getting

ginning

glancing

galling

gaming

girding

giving

glaring

glazing

grasping

grading

gearing

golding

golfing

grafting

grappling

glowing

going

gushing

greening

grating

grayling

grazing

greeting

grieving

grounding

fitting

grooming

groundling

hounding

gunning

growing

hanging

hamstring

harping

heading

having

hatching

healing

gloaming

hearing

heckling

helping

hoarding

herring

hiding

hilling

hissing

horning

holding

hogging

hopping

holing

homing

hosting

siding

heaving

housing

hunting

hugging

humming

icing

hurling

hurting

ignite

ignites

inning

inkling

jarring

jacinth

jailing

jeering

jetting

jogging

joking

judging

jumping

jutting

kenning

kindling

lading

kicking

killing

knocking

keeling

keeping

knowing

kismets

kipling

lagging

kismet

lamping

knitting

lapping

lashing

doughnuts

lasting

learning

lightning

launching

laughing

leading

leaping

legging

leaking

leasing

legends

legend

lemming

leaning

lifting

licking

latching

lawing

lighting

listing

lining

liking

living

lignite

loading

loaning

laying

loathing

locksmith

madding

loving

longing

lunching

logging

looking

lopping

loring

loosened

looming

looping

lumping

losing

lucent

lying

lowing

minding

doughnut

lodging

magnates

mailing

magnets

making

malting

marking

mapping

matching

marching

matting

meaning

melting

meeting

merging

milling

mincing

mining

miscount

mismatched

mismatch

missing

morning

mocking

mooring

molting

morphing

mounting

nanking

mourning

mugging

moulding

moving

nagging

mowing

musing

muting

nothing

napping

nestling

netting

nascent

nodding

nipping

nosing

nursing

nutting

magnate

magnet

jerking

offspring

offing

panting

ousting

outing

padding

panning

painting

pairing

pageants

paging

owing

pageant

paring

pacing

pinching

packing

parking

pegging

patching

paying

peasants

paving

peaking

peasant

peeing

pelting

parting

passing

petting

pheasants

phasing

phrasing

pheasant

picking

piercing

pimping

piling

piping

oozing

planting

planking

plodding

pleading

playing

plating

pleasing

plaything

plugging

plumbing

pounding

pining

pouncing

pitching

pointing

posting

popping

polling

pooling

pouting

praying

poking

preaching

poling

pressing

priming

printing

pumping

pudding

puffing

prowling

pruning

prying

purging

pushing

putting

quicksands

quilting

rafting

quicksand

quilling

racing

racking

quaking

raging

railing

piquant

raising

grouping

rambling

reading

raking

saying

raving

recent

recount

recounts

rescind

regents

regent

rescinds

resend

resent

resents

resting

riding

rifling

ribbing

rigging

rounding

resound

ringing

running

rising

rubbing

roasting

romping

roaring

rocking

rousing

rolling

roofing

roving

ruling

salting

sacking

sagging

sailing

sapling

saving

scalping

yielding

scarring

sighing

scaling

scolding

scrimping

screening

scratching

scorching

schooling

scraping

screaming

screwing

searching

seconds

second

seedling

seating

seeling

seeing

seeming

seizing

recant

shining

scheming

shedding

shelving

shading

shelling

shafting

sharking

schilling

shearing

sheathing

sheeting

shifting

sewing

shilling

shaving

shuffling

setting

shredding

shrinking

shrouding

shoestring

shipping

shocking

shoring

shirting

shooting

shunting

showing

sibling

sequent

serving

sighting

thrusting

slanting

signing

sinking

singing

sitting

sizing

skilling

skimming

signet

skirting

slapping

slating

sledding

sliding

smelting

smelling

slighting

slitting

slotting

smacking

slouching

sloping

snarling

sleeping

snapping

smoking

smoothing

sniffing

sneaking

snoring

stalling

sneezing

something

sounding

spanking

sparing

sparkling

soaring

sobbing

sopping

soothing

sparling

soaking

squinting

spelling

spinning

springing

sporting

sprinkling

stacking

speaking

sperling

spurling

squeezing

staging

stamping

starling

starting

stinking

straddling

stinging

stitching

stocking

thrashing

storming

steering

stirring

staving

sterling

testing

stooping

straining

stunning

stopping

stowing

strutting

stretching

stripling

strapping

striking

stripping

striving

streaming

stroking

stuffing

sucking

suckling

swaying

suiting

suing

tanning

swearing

sweating

telling

swelling

switching

tackling

swimming

swooning

tacking

talking

tailing

taking

taunting

tempting

sweeping

tamping

tasting

sweeting

teaming

teaching

thinking

teeming

teething

stating

stealing

sticking

thousandths

thousandth

thousand

thousands

thrilling

throwing

thumping

tiding

tithing

tilting

toasting

ticking

tipping

tooling

topping

tossing

trusting

touching

trading

training

trifling

tracing

tricking

trilling

trimming

trailing

tripping

trucking

turning

trying

tubing

tuning

twining

twisting

tying

vacant

yearning

vaulting

veering

wading

wedding

viking

vying

waiting

viscounts

vignettes

viscount

vignette

voiding

waking

walking

voting

wanting

waning

walling

webbing

wapping

washing

warning

wearing

warling

warming

warping

wasting

weakling

weaving

westling

vesting

veiling

wellspring

weeding

weighing

whacking

weeping

whipping

winning

whaling

wheeling

whistling

wilding

wincing

whitling

wielding

whiting

whopping

willing

winding

whirling

whooping

wishing

wrestling

wording

wrecking

witching

wringing

wiring

writing

wizened

yachting

working

yearling

yelling

3 syllable words

abiding

accented

absorbing

acantha

according

accountants

accountant

accusing

adjoining

acquainted

admiring

acquaintance

adoring

afflicting

agendas

agenda

alerting

aligning

alluring

amazing

alarming

agreeing

amusing

annoying

approving

appalling

appealing

anything

arranging

approaching

arresting

arriving

annealing

aspiring

assuring

assuming

asunder

attracting

backbiting

backhanded

backsliding

ballooning

badgering

battening

baffling

battering

beginning

befitting

beholding

belonging

beguiling

believing

beseeching

besieging

bettering

bickering

billowing

blackmailing

becoming

blanketing

bloodletting

bloodsucking

blundering

blustering

blistering

blossoming

bookkeeping

brainwashing

bottling

bubbling

buffeting

bumbling

bundling

bungling

bullfighting

bullying

bushwhacking

butchering

commuting

cackling

campaigning

canoeing

complaining

caressing

carousing

carpeting

carrying

carjacking

centering

byzantine

challenging

chattering

channeling

childbearing

churchgoing

colouring

cocoanuts

coloring

cognition

cognitive

comforting

complying

completing

composing

compounding

conceding

confounding

confiding

conserving

descendants

conforming

confusing

conjuring

conquering

conflicting

consoling

broadcasting

conveying

consuming

converging

convincing

contacting

contracting

correcting

copying

cosmetic

cosmetics

counseling

crusading

covering

concurring

cowering

crocheting

cradling

crippling

dairying

cushioning

cycling

damaging

dampening

darkening

deadening

deafening

debating

consulting

degrading

declining

decimate

defusing

decreasing

departing

delighting

despairing

constricting

descendents

deserving

respecting

designing

abducting

detailing

diapering

dialing

disarming

discontents

discontent

disguising

disgusting

discounters

discounter

dissembling

disjointed

dissenter

dissenters

dissolving

distressing

divining

distracting

diverting

dividing

diverging

doubling

doddering

dogmatic

downsizing

dressmaking

drizzling

dumbfounding

dwindling

eccentric

exceeding

easterling

eavesdropping

eccentrics

echoing

emitting

enclosing

enchanting

emptying

endearing

ensuing

excepting

expanding

enduring

engraving

engrossing

entering

exacting

enlisting

erecting

enticing

equating

essential

essentials

erupting

everything

expelling

exciting

expiring

exploring

engaging

exhausting

factoring

existing

exulting

faltering

fastening

fascinates

fascinate

favoring

feathering

fingering

finishing

foreboding

flattering

flowering

flavoring

fondling

following

forbidding

forecasting

forgiving

frustrating

forwarding

freewheeling

gigantic

gardening

galloping

gambling

glimmering

gathering

glowering

good-looking

forthcoming

groundbreaking

handwriting

observing

housekeeping

hairdressing

hardworking

harvesting

happening

hardening

housewarming

heartbreaking

highflying

hyacinths

hyacinth

huguenots

huguenot

ignited

ignition

imposing

imploring

importing

improving

imprinting

incoming

infighting

increasing

journeying

juggling

dignity

inserting

interesting

installing

insulting

invading

ironing

issuing

inviting

inspiring

jockeying

investing

kidnapping

laboring

lactating

landholding

landscaping

languishing

laundering

lawmaking

leavening

lettering

leveling

life-giving

lightening

layering

lingering

locating

hackmatack

lumbering

machining

lowering

macintosh

mackintosh

maddening

mismatches

magnetics

maturing

magnitudes

magnetron

magnitude

matchmaking

masonite

marketing

marshaling

measuring

meddling

mellowing

misleading

middling

misgiving

mishandle

mishandles

misconduct

misanthrope

magnetite

misspelling

mistaking

magnetic

modeling

mothering

motoring

mottling

mumbling

narrowing

neighboring

nerve-racking

neutering

networking

nourishing

murmuring

obliging

offering

railroading

offsetting

opposing

opening

ordering

opining

oncoming

outstanding

outpouring

ongoing

outgoing

outlying

papering

outfitting

painstaking

paneling

pageantry

parceling

pardoning

patrolling

passionate

peddling

peasantry

pegmatite

pervading

peppering

perplexing

pickering

persisting

piddling

pilfering

presiding

plastering

pitying

pondering

polluting

polishing

powdering

preceding

prevailing

provoking

pronouncing

promising

profiting

profiling

quickening

quiescent

quarreling

raconteur

ravishing

raveling

reasoning

reclining

recording

reckoning

reducing

recondite

recently

recommit

recommits

reflecting

regarding

refreshing

rendering

rejoicing

relieving

repeating

rekindle

relapsing

rejoinder

reignite

resentful

resentment

resentments

reversing

retiring

reviving

revolting

revolving

resisting

scavenging

rumbling

riveting

scattering

scaffolding

reagents

scribbling

scrambling

seagoing

seasoning

secondhand

secondly

seducing

settling

shadowing

shimmering

sequential

shipbuilding

shortening

shoplifting

shortcoming

sickening

osmotic

reagent

sizzling

smattering

sleepwalking

sojourning

soldering

souring

softening

soldiering

stuttering

stiffening

succeeding

strengthening

suffering

surrounding

surveying

surpassing

surviving

surprising

sweetening

tailoring

tabling

tapering

tempering

thickening

thanksgiving

threatening

thundering

tinkering

ticketing

tinkling

tormenting

traversing

transporting

toweling

trembling

trumpeting

towering

tumbling

typesetting

typewriting

twinkling

underling

undoing

undying

unyielding

uprising

unfailing

unfeeling

unwilling

unwitting

unthinking

unflinching

signatures

unsparing

vaccinate

vanishing

varying

wandering

visiting

wagering

vomiting

watering

weathering

warehousing

well-being

whitening

winnowing

whispering

wrongdoing

withering

yellowing

sigmoidal

signature

4 syllable words

accentuate

accentuates

accommodate

accommodates

accountable

accountancy

acquaintances

activating

acquaintanceship

admonishing

advertising

agitating

aggravating

agonizing

annotating

appetizing

ascendency

astonishing

awakening

babysitting

asymmetry

asymmetries

barbecuing

bewildering

bicycling

byzantium

captivating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

calculating

complicating

conditioning

corresponding

decentralize

decimation

delegating

denigrating

detonating

developing

devastating

diagnosing

diaconate

dignitaries

disappointing

disabling

disappearing

disconcerting

disapproving

discontented

dignitary

discontinue

disengaging

disheartening

disentangle

discouraging

discountable

disparaging

disintegrate

dispiriting

disintegrates

distributing

disunity

dominating

domineering

disinterested

dogmatically

dissymmetry

dysentery

examining

edifying

emphasizing

encouraging

encircling

encompassing

embarrassing

enlightening

engineering

enveloping

essentially

entertaining

enterprising

everlasting

energizing

fascinating

fascination

executing

exhumation

fascinated

fecundity

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

gratifying

hacienda

dogmatism

disinterest

dosimeters

hesitating

distinguishing

implicating

inheriting

inhibiting

inquiring

intersecting

interlocking

interviewing

integrating

irritating

isentropic

laminating

liberating

legendary

legislating

locomotion

locomotive

machination

machinations

macintoshes

locomotor

merchandising

mesenteric

magnetism

maximizing

misinterpret

misinterprets

moderating

mitigating

misunderstands

misunderstand

mountaineering

notwithstanding

nonrecurring

notifying

oceangoing

obviating

occupying

operating

oscillating

parachuting

overbearing

overarching

overcoming

overflowing

overhauling

overlying

overwhelming

overlapping

overpowering

overrating

overruling

palpitating

pagination

patronizing

passionately

persevering

petitioning

penetrating

partitioning

pioneering

quasimodo

realizing

reconnoitre

reentering

registering

recantation

secondary

secondaries

separating

signatories

speechifying

suffocating

signatory

unassuming

unbecoming

unavailing

unbelieving

understanding

underlying

underpinning

undertaking

underwriting

unrelenting

vacillating

unremitting

vaccination

vaccinations

undulating

vicinity

waterproofing

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Words that rhyme with the word ascending

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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