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

ailing

aging

airing

against

akins

angling

arming

arching

awning

askance

assumes

asians

banging

baiting

barring

bathing

beading

basins

beacons

beaming

bearing

bedding

beckons

becomes

begins

belting

beijing

belling

beating

being

bending

blushing

biding

binding

biting

birthing

bidding

billing

bitching

biggins

blaring

blending

blazing

bleeding

bleeping

blooming

bleaching

blinding

blowing

blueing

bluing

boarding

boasting

malting

bonding

bolting

bolling

boning

booming

bounding

bouncing

booting

boozing

bowing

bowling

boring

boxing

braiding

braving

brawling

broking

breeding

briefing

brimming

broiling

brooding

breathing

breeching

brewing

browning

browsing

brushing

buckling

buckskins

budding

bulging

building

bruting

bunting

burning

butting

buying

burping

bushings

caissons

bygones

cajuns

calling

calming

caning

carping

boiling

carving

catching

ceiling

casings

charming

chafing

clanging

choking

chopping

churning

chilling

chirping

chipping

chewing

chickens

cleaning

clearing

climbing

coasting

cloaking

clogging

clouding

clowning

coaxing

clipping

closing

coating

clothing

coaching

cocoons

codding

coming

coiling

combing

cognac

colling

carling

flaming

boating

cooking

cooling

coping

coupling

cosens

coursing

couching

cousins

cooing

creeping

craving

crushing

creaking

cribbing

crooning

cuddling

culling

crying

cunning

crowing

cuisines

curing

derring

cushions

daring

darling

daunting

cutting

dawning

dealing

deacons

curling

dockings

diving

dining

dilling

dipping

dishing

digging

dismays

duckling

ending

doubting

doting

doing

dozens

facings

faulting

drinking

driving

dropping

drugging

drumming

drying

fencing

drawing

drilling

dripping

dubbing

fading

dueling

dumpling

dwelling

earning

earthling

dyeing

dying

during

earring

easing

eating

farming

edging

draining

eking

fainting

erring

etching

evening

essence

eggnogs

exhumes

exchange

finding

eggnog

failing

falling

farthing

fashions

fehling

feeding

feeling

feigning

fighting

filing

fetching

fielding

filling

fining

firing

fishing

fixing

fitting

fixings

flaring

fledgling

fleeting

fleming

flogging

flooding

flooring

flitting

flushing

flying

folding

foaming

foiling

footing

forcing

forming

forging

founding

framing

foundling

freaking

fraying

funding

gaming

frying

fruiting

fuming

galling

getting

floating

gearing

gilding

flowing

freezing

girding

glaring

glazing

golding

giving

gloaming

glowing

going

golfing

glinting

grading

grinding

grounding

gushing

grating

grayling

grazing

groundling

greening

greeting

grieving

grooming

grouping

grouting

growing

gunning

hamstring

hanging

hatching

handling

harping

hoarding

ginning

heading

hissing

healing

heckling

hearing

helping

herring

hiding

heating

heaving

hilling

hitting

hosting

hounding

hunting

hopping

horning

housing

hugging

holding

housings

holing

homing

humming

hurling

hurting

launching

icons

inkling

inning

jailing

jumping

jetting

jarring

jogging

jeering

joking

jutting

judging

keeling

kenning

kicking

keeping

kipling

killing

knitting

kindling

knowing

lading

lakins

lagoons

hogging

latching

lawing

laying

leaking

leading

leaning

leasing

lending

legging

lemming

leggings

leaping

lessens

legions

lesions

lessons

legumes

license

licensed

lightning

listing

licking

lighting

lining

lifting

lichens

likens

likins

logging

lodging

longing

living

loading

loaning

looking

looming

loathing

looping

lopping

lumping

loring

loving

lunching

lying

losing

lowing

lykens

machines

loosens

lozenge

makings

learning

mailing

marching

merging

hogans

matching

masons

meaning

melting

maxims

isms

meeting

magness

minding

milling

mincing

mining

missing

peacenik

molting

mooring

morning

morphing

mounting

mourning

moulding

moving

mugging

mowing

muggings

mishmash

nutting

musing

nestling

netting

nodding

nipping

nosing

nothing

offing

outing

pelting

offspring

muting

nuisance

oceans

pending

musings

oozing

owing

pairing

painting

paging

paring

parting

patching

passions

paving

paying

peaking

pegging

peeing

pecans

petting

phrasing

phasing

picking

plating

pickings

picnic

picnics

piercing

piling

pining

piping

pimping

pinching

pitching

pigeons

plodding

pigskins

playing

plaything

pleading

pleasing

plugging

plumbing

poking

pointing

poisons

popping

posting

pouncing

pounding

pouting

praying

poling

polling

pooling

possums

pygmies

priming

printing

prowling

preaching

pumping

prying

puffing

purging

pushing

pruning

pudding

putting

quilting

quilling

raccoons

quickens

racemes

railing

raising

raging

raisins

rambling

raving

reading

reasons

reckons

mesons

missions

regimes

resins

regions

rejoins

regains

riding

romping

ribbing

rhizomes

rifling

rounding

rigging

rising

roasting

roaring

rolling

ringing

rousing

riggings

roofing

rubbing

roving

ruling

running

salting

sailing

saving

scaling

saying

saxons

russians

scratching

scarring

scraping

scorching

scolding

scheming

schilling

schooling

schisms

screaming

scrimping

screening

screwing

searching

serving

setting

seedling

seating

seeling

seeming

seizing

seeing

sequins

sessions

shading

sequence

sewing

shaving

shedding

shearing

sheeting

sheathing

shelling

shelving

shining

shifting

shilling

shipping

shirting

shoestring

shoring

shuffling

shunting

shrinking

shrouding

sibling

shredding

showing

siding

shooting

sighting

signing

sinking

sighing

sizing

singing

sitting

skilling

seasons

skimming

skirting

slating

sledding

sliding

slighting

slotting

slouching

sleeping

slitting

sloping

smelting

snarling

smelling

smoking

sneaking

snoring

soaking

soaring

sneezing

sniffing

smoothing

sobbing

stalling

something

squinting

sopping

sparkling

sounding

sparling

spending

sparing

speaking

sporting

spelling

sperling

spinning

soothing

spurling

sprinkling

squeezing

springing

staging

starling

starting

stating

staving

sterling

sticking

stuffing

stealing

storming

stinking

straining

stirring

steering

stooping

stinging

stitching

stopping

stowing

streaming

stretching

suckling

striving

stroking

strutting

stunning

succinct

stripping

suing

suiting

swearing

sweating

swelling

swaying

resumes

stripling

sweeping

sweeting

swimming

switching

swooning

takings

tailing

yelling

taunting

teaming

teaching

teachings

technic

teeming

technics

technique

techniques

teething

thinking

thumping

twisting

telling

thrilling

throwing

thickens

ticking

tiding

turning

tempting

tilting

trailing

toasting

training

tipping

topping

touching

trading

tricking

tithing

tooling

trilling

trimming

tripping

trifling

trying

tubing

twining

tuning

tokens

toughens

tying

tycoons

vaulting

vaccines

vacuums

veering

veiling

vikings

wading

waiting

vying

voiding

voting

wagons

visions

walling

washing

wanting

warling

warming

warning

warping

waning

wapping

weakling

vegans

weakens

westling

wearing

whistling

webbing

wedding

whaling

whirling

whiting

wellspring

weighing

weeding

weeping

wheeling

whipping

whitling

weaving

whooping

whopping

wilding

winding

wiring

wording

wincing

willing

winning

wishing

witching

writing

yachting

wringing

yearling

wielding

yearning

yielding

3 syllable words

accenting

admiring

abiding

adoring

adjoining

abounding

according

accusing

absorbing

affecting

agonist

agnostics

agonies

agonists

agonize

agonized

agincourt

agency

agnostic

agreeing

afflicting

agencies

alarming

ascending

alerting

aligning

backsliding

alluring

amazing

annealing

amusing

arresting

annoying

appalling

appealing

anything

arranging

arriving

approaching

approving

ascension

aspiring

asserting

assuming

assuring

astounding

attracting

backbiting

awakens

axioms

asuncion

badgering

baffling

ballooning

battening

bassoonist

becoming

befitting

beginning

begonias

beguiling

believing

belonging

besetting

beholding

beseeching

bettering

besieging

billowing

blackmailing

blanketing

bickering

bloodsucking

blossoming

blistering

bloodletting

blundering

blustering

bookkeeping

bookmaker

bookmakers

bottling

brainwashing

broadcasting

bubbling

buffeting

bullying

bumbling

bundling

bullfighting

bungling

cackling

bushwhacking

butchering

businesses

businesslike

businessman

bustling

campaigning

canoeing

caressing

abducting

carousing

carpeting

centering

challenging

channeling

casinos

churchgoing

childbearing

commanding

coloring

colouring

comforting

complaining

cognizance

cognizant

cogency

concurring

commuting

completing

complying

composing

compounding

conceding

carjacking

concerning

conquering

connecting

conserving

consoling

consuming

consulting

contacting

constricting

converging

conjuring

contracting

conveying

correcting

copying

convincing

counseling

cowering

covering

cradling

crocheting

crusading

confounding

crippling

declining

cushioning

dairying

damaging

dampening

cycling

darkening

deadening

deafening

debating

decency

dialing

deserving

deconstruct

descending

diapering

delighting

designing

despairing

detailing

diagnose

diverting

discerning

disarming

disconcert

disconnect

disgusting

disengage

disengaged

disconnects

disguising

dishonest

dissecting

dissenting

dressmaking

dismisses

dismissive

dissension

distressing

decreasing

diverging

defusing

dividing

degrading

divining

departing

doddering

doubling

downsizing

drizzling

easterling

dumbfounding

dwindling

echoing

eavesdropping

disincline

enclosing

emptying

emitting

enchanting

endearing

enticing

erecting

engaging

enduring

ensuing

entering

enlisting

engraving

engrossing

equating

equinox

erupting

exacting

everything

eugenic

eugenics

excepting

factoring

exhausting

exceeding

exciting

exchanger

exchangers

exchanges

expanding

existing

expelling

expiring

exploring

exulting

eskimos

dismissal

dismissals

faltering

favoring

dissembling

feathering

dissolving

fijians

finishing

fingering

distracting

flavoring

confiding

conforming

flowering

confusing

respecting

following

fondling

forecasting

forgiving

forthcoming

forbidding

forwarding

foreboding

marketing

conflicting

gathering

galloping

frustrating

gambling

gardening

glowering

glistening

governing

good-looking

groundbreaking

freewheeling

happening

handwriting

hardworking

harvesting

hardening

highflying

heartbreaking

hairdressing

glimmering

housewarming

housekeeping

importing

imploring

iguanas

impending

imposing

infighting

incoming

improving

increasing

imprinting

ironing

inserting

inspiring

investing

interesting

inviting

issuance

issuing

jockeying

installing

journeying

insulting

juggling

jokingly

laboring

kidnapping

laconic

lactating

invading

lamenting

landscaping

laughingly

languishing

laundering

laughingstock

lawmaking

maddening

layering

lessening

lettering

hygienists

leavening

leveling

liaisons

licensee

licenser

licensees

licenses

lightening

life-giving

licensure

likenesses

lingering

listening

machining

locating

lowering

lumbering

lozenges

machinist

machinists

mackenzie

magnesia

magnesite

resisting

matchmaking

marshaling

masonic

maturing

hygienist

meddling

maximize

measuring

mechanic

mellowing

mechanics

mechanize

misgiving

middling

misconceive

messenger

misconstrue

messengers

misleading

misconstrues

mistaking

modeling

mottling

motoring

muscling

mothering

mumbling

murmuring

offsetting

narrowing

neighboring

nerve-racking

networking

neutering

observing

nourishing

nuisances

offering

oncoming

obliging

ongoing

opposing

outfitting

opening

opining

ordering

outgoing

outstanding

pachinko

pacemakers

pacemaker

packinghouse

museums

outpouring

paneling

painstaking

papering

parceling

pardoning

passenger

passengers

outlying

patrolling

peacemakers

peacemaker

peddling

peppering

persisting

pervading

misspelling

perplexing

pessimist

pickering

pessimists

piddling

pitying

pilfering

polluting

polishing

pondering

powdering

preceding

proceeding

prevailing

provoking

profiting

promising

pronouncing

profiling

quickening

raveling

railroading

ravishing

quarreling

reckoning

reasoning

reducing

presiding

recording

reclining

reconquer

reconciles

reconcile

reconstruct

reflecting

refreshing

relapsing

rendering

regarding

relieving

repeating

rejoicing

regency

reversing

revolving

retiring

reviving

revolting

riveting

rumbling

scaffolding

scrambling

scavenging

scribbling

seagoing

seducing

settling

sequences

shimmering

shipbuilding

shortcoming

shortening

shoplifting

sickening

seasoning

sizzling

sleepwalking

softening

soldering

souring

sojourning

soldiering

stuttering

stiffening

strengthening

succeeding

suffering

surpassing

surveying

surrounding

surviving

sweetening

tabling

tailoring

tapering

surprising

yellowing

taskmaster

technician

technicians

technicals

technocrats

technocrat

thanksgiving

thickening

threatening

tempering

thundering

ticketing

tinkering

toweling

tormenting

towering

transporting

traversing

trumpeting

tinkling

trembling

tumbling

twinkling

typesetting

unbending

typewriting

underling

undoing

undying

unfailing

unfeeling

unsparing

unflinching

unwilling

unwitting

uprising

unthinking

unyielding

upsetting

technical

vanishing

varying

wagering

vomiting

visiting

watering

wandering

warehousing

weathering

vacancy

well-being

whispering

whitening

winnowing

withering

wrongdoing

vacancies

weaknesses

landholding

4 syllable words

activating

admonishing

advertising

agitating

aggravating

agonizes

agonizing

annotating

appetizing

awakening

babysitting

astonishing

barbecuing

bicycling

bewildering

businesswoman

calculating

captivating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

complicating

corresponding

desensitize

desensitized

devastating

delegating

detonating

diagnosing

developing

diagnostic

diagnoses

diagnostics

disabling

disappearing

disconcerting

disappointing

disapproving

disengaging

deconstruction

discouraging

disheartening

disengagement

disenchantment

disconnection

dishonestly

dishonesty

dispiriting

disconnected

distributing

denigrating

dominating

domineering

edifying

engineering

encircling

emphasizing

embarrassing

encompassing

encouraging

enlightening

enterprising

entertaining

energizing

enveloping

everlasting

examining

executing

exchangeable

fascinating

disparaging

fireproofing

distinguishing

fingerprinting

conditioning

condescending

maximizing

gratifying

laminating

iconoclast

implicating

integrating

intersecting

hesitating

interlocking

inheriting

irritating

inhibiting

issuances

inquiring

interviewing

legislating

liberating

fluctuating

magnesium

maximizes

mechanical

mechanically

mechanism

mechanisms

merchandising

messianic

misconception

misconceptions

moderating

mitigating

mountaineering

never-ending

nonrecurring

obviating

occupying

oceangoing

oceanic

notifying

notwithstanding

operating

oscillating

overbearing

overcoming

overflowing

overlapping

overarching

overhauling

overlying

overpowering

overrating

overruling

overwhelming

palpitating

parachuting

partitioning

patronizing

paganism

persevering

petitioning

pessimism

pessimistic

pioneering

penetrating

realizing

reconstructive

reconsider

reconstruction

reconstructions

reentering

registering

separating

speechifying

suffocating

technically

technicolor

unrelenting

unassuming

unbecoming

unavailing

unbelieving

underlying

undertaking

underpinning

underwriting

understanding

undulating

unremitting

vacillating

waterproofing

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Words that rhyme with the word asking

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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