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

acting

aching

aging

airing

ailing

angling

arching

arming

asking

atman

banging

banding

backing

bagging

baiting

banking

baking

bathing

barring

basting

batman

beading

bearing

beaming

beating

bending

bedding

beijing

belling

being

belting

bidding

biding

birthing

blasting

blending

binding

billing

bitching

biting

blaring

blazing

bleaching

bleeding

bleeping

blessing

blinding

blocking

blooming

blushing

boarding

boating

boasting

boatman

bonding

blowing

bolting

boiling

bolling

browning

boning

bouncing

booting

boring

booming

boozing

bucking

budding

bounding

boxing

branching

bracing

braiding

braving

brawling

breaking

breasting

breathing

breeching

brimming

bowling

breeding

briefing

broiling

brewing

broking

brooding

bowing

browsing

brushing

bruting

blueing

buckling

bluing

building

bulging

bunting

burning

burping

butting

calling

calming

buying

camping

caning

carling

carping

carving

casing

catching

casting

caulking

chafing

ceiling

chanting

charming

chasing

chilling

chipping

chirping

chewing

choking

chopping

churning

clanging

dining

cleaning

clearing

climbing

clipping

clocking

clogging

cloaking

closing

clothing

clouding

clowning

clucking

coating

cocking

codding

coaching

coasting

coaxing

coiling

colling

coming

mapping

sagging

couching

costing

coupling

cooking

cooling

cooing

coping

coursing

cracking

crashing

crackling

cresting

craving

cribbing

crooning

creaking

creeping

crossing

curing

culling

crushing

cuddling

crying

crowing

curling

cutting

dashing

dancing

damning

daring

dawning

darling

daunting

dealing

derring

dicing

digging

dilling

dipping

loaning

longing

dishing

earning

doubting

drafting

diving

docking

doting

doing

dragging

draining

drawing

dressing

drumming

drilling

drinking

dripping

driving

dropping

drugging

dubbing

ducking

duckling

drying

dueling

dwelling

dumpling

during

dyeing

earring

dying

earthling

edging

eating

easing

eking

ending

erring

etching

evening

facing

farthing

fainting

fading

failing

falling

farming

feigning

fencing

fehling

fighting

faulting

feeding

feeling

fining

fetching

filing

finding

filling

fielding

glancing

flooding

flushing

firing

flagging

flashing

flaring

fleming

fitting

flaming

flitting

floating

flogging

flooring

fishing

fixing

funding

flowing

flying

foaming

foiling

folding

forging

forcing

forming

footing

footman

fucking

gadding

getting

franking

founding

frosting

framing

fruiting

foundling

fraying

frying

freaking

galling

freezing

fuming

gassing

ginning

gaming

glaring

girding

giving

loathing

loving

lodging

gearing

glazing

glinting

madding

golfing

gilding

golding

gloaming

glowing

going

living

grafting

grappling

grasping

grating

grinding

grading

grayling

grazing

greening

greeting

grieving

grooming

grounding

hanging

handling

grouting

hamstring

gushing

groundling

grouping

growing

hatching

harping

having

heading

herring

heckling

helping

hetman

heating

horning

healing

hearing

heaving

headman

hiding

hilling

hoarding

hissing

hitting

hogging

holding

holing

homing

hunting

hopping

hugging

hounding

housing

hosting

humming

hurting

hurling

icing

goodman

inning

inkling

knitting

jailing

jarring

jetting

judging

jerking

jogging

joking

jumping

jutting

kicking

killing

kindling

jeering

keeling

keeping

kipling

knocking

knowing

lashing

lamping

landing

lasting

lapping

lading

latching

lagging

laughing

launching

lawing

learning

legging

leaning

leaking

leaping

leasing

lemming

lending

licking

leading

lifting

lighting

laying

lining

liking

listing

loading

logging

looking

lopping

looming

looping

loring

losing

lunching

lumping

lowing

lying

malting

marching

marking

fledgling

fleeting

mailing

making

matching

merging

melting

meaning

meeting

mining

mincing

milling

minding

nothing

combing

missing

madman

morning

morphing

mocking

mooring

molting

mourning

mugging

nagging

napping

mounting

mowing

moulding

musing

muting

netting

moving

nanking

nestling

nodding

nosing

nutting

nursing

offspring

othman

oozing

ousting

offing

outing

pacing

packing

owing

padding

pairing

panting

nipping

patching

paging

paring

parking

parting

passing

painting

paving

paying

peaking

pending

pegging

pelting

petting

phasing

phrasing

picking

piercing

piedmont

piling

pining

pimping

rafting

rambling

pinching

plaything

planting

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plugging

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planking

piping

plodding

pitching

playing

pointing

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pleasing

pitman

poling

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poking

pouting

pounding

posting

pouncing

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pressing

printing

priming

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prying

ptomaine

puffing

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polling

raising

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pooling

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raving

reading

ptomaines

pudding

resting

ribbing

rifling

riding

ringing

sacking

rigging

romping

rounding

rising

roaring

rocking

roasting

rolling

roofing

rousing

rubbing

roving

ruling

sailing

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salting

sapling

sweating

saving

scaling

scalping

scratching

setting

shafting

scorching

schilling

scraping

scolding

scrimping

schooling

screaming

screening

screwing

shedding

searching

serving

seedling

seeling

seeming

seizing

seeing

sewing

seating

shading

scheming

shelling

sharking

shelving

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shearing

sheeting

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shilling

shifting

shining

shirting

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shooting

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shredding

shuffling

shunting

shrinking

shrouding

siding

sibling

sighting

showing

sighing

signing

singing

shipping

sledding

sinking

sitting

smelling

sizing

skirting

skilling

slanting

slapping

slating

slighting

skimming

sleeping

slotting

sliding

smacking

slouching

slitting

sloping

swelling

smelting

snarling

spelling

scarring

spending

snapping

sneezing

sniffing

snoring

soaring

sobbing

soaking

something

sneaking

sparing

soothing

spanking

sparkling

sounding

sparling

sopping

speaking

sporting

staging

sperling

standing

spinning

stamping

springing

squinting

stacking

stating

starling

starting

spurling

stalling

staving

sprinkling

squeezing

stealing

steering

sterling

smoothing

sticking

straddling

stinging

stinking

stocking

strapping

stirring

straining

stuffing

stretching

stitching

stonehenge

strutting

storming

stopping

striking

stripling

stooping

stowing

streaming

sucking

stripping

smoking

suckling

swearing

striving

saying

suiting

swaying

stroking

sweeping

suing

sweeting

testing

swimming

tackling

tamping

tacking

tasting

tailing

taking

talking

taunting

switching

thrashing

telling

thinking

thrusting

swooning

tempting

teething

teaming

teeming

thumping

thrilling

tithing

teaching

ticking

tiding

tipping

tilting

toasting

tooling

throwing

topping

touching

tracing

trading

trailing

training

tossing

tricking

trilling

trimming

tripping

trucking

trifling

trusting

trying

tubing

turning

twining

tuning

tying

twisting

warning

vaulting

vesting

veering

veiling

viking

voiding

waiting

waning

wanting

voting

wading

waking

vying

warling

walking

walling

wapping

warming

washing

warping

wasting

wearing

webbing

wedding

whacking

westling

weighing

wrecking

writing

weakling

wellspring

whaling

weeding

weeping

wheeling

whipping

whirling

whiting

whitling

wilding

wincing

winding

whopping

willing

whistling

whooping

winning

wielding

wiring

wishing

witching

woodman

wording

working

yachting

wringing

wrestling

yearling

yearning

yelling

weaving

yielding

3 syllable words

abducting

accenting

according

accusing

absorbing

adamant

admiring

adjoining

admonish

adoring

affecting

afflicting

agreeing

alerting

alarming

alluring

amazing

amusing

annealing

annoying

arranging

arresting

approving

approaching

appalling

battering

arriving

ascending

astounding

asserting

assuming

assuring

atonement

attainment

attracting

aspiring

backbiting

badgering

ballooning

backsliding

badmintons

badminton

anything

appealing

becoming

beginning

beguiling

befitting

beholding

bettering

believing

belonging

besetting

beseeching

besieging

bickering

blanketing

bloodsucking

billowing

bitumen

blackmailing

blistering

bloodletting

blundering

blustering

bookkeeping

brainwashing

broadcasting

buffeting

bullying

bullfighting

bumbling

bundling

bungling

consulting

abiding

butchering

cadmium

campaigning

carpeting

canoeing

caressing

carousing

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centering

catamount

chattering

childbearing

churchgoing

coloring

colouring

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commanding

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commuting

complying

composing

concerning

complaining

completing

confiding

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conforming

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confusing

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abounding

conquering

connecting

conserving

consoling

consuming

constricting

contacting

conveying

converging

correcting

convincing

counseling

copying

covering

cowering

crippling

crocheting

cushioning

crusading

damaging

dairying

debating

contracting

declining

descending

delighting

departing

degrading

designing

deserving

detailing

decreasing

despairing

dialing

defusing

diapering

disgusting

disarming

disguising

discerning

bushwhacking

dissembling

dissenting

exceeding

distressing

diverting

dividing

doddering

downsizing

drizzling

dwindling

dumbfounding

dressmaking

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echoing

easterling

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eavesdropping

enchanting

emitting

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enlisting

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ensuing

entering

erupting

everything

following

forbidding

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equating

erecting

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fondling

factoring

gathering

exulting

expiring

faltering

expanding

expelling

favoring

feathering

fingering

finishing

flattering

forthcoming

flavoring

flowering

forgiving

exciting

foreboding

forecasting

forwarding

frustrating

freewheeling

excepting

existing

glimmering

exploring

glowering

groundbreaking

handwriting

hairdressing

hardworking

harvesting

highflying

housewarming

housekeeping

heartbreaking

imprinting

installing

good-looking

impending

imploring

importing

imposing

improving

governing

infighting

increasing

inserting

ironing

incoming

interesting

insulting

invading

inviting

investing

issuing

jockeying

journeying

kidnapping

laboring

inspiring

lactating

landscaping

laudanum

landholding

languishing

laundering

lawmaking

layering

lettering

life-giving

lieutenants

lieutenant

lamenting

lingering

locating

dissecting

dissolving

lumbering

lowering

machining

marketing

marshaling

matchmaking

mellowing

measuring

middling

maturing

offsetting

mothering

motoring

mumbling

murmuring

narrowing

neighboring

nerve-racking

networking

neutering

oncoming

misgiving

ottoman

nourishing

observing

obliging

outfitting

opining

ongoing

mistaking

opposing

misleading

outgoing

offering

ordering

outlying

outnumber

outnumbers

outpouring

outstanding

parceling

papering

painstaking

patrolling

misspelling

pervading

peppering

perplexing

persisting

piddling

pickering

pilfering

plastering

pitying

polishing

pondering

pronouncing

presiding

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preceding

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proceeding

provoking

powdering

railroading

polluting

ravishing

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regarding

relapsing

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recording

reflecting

rejoicing

refreshing

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rendering

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reviving

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respecting

resisting

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riveting

rumbling

rudiments

rudiment

comforting

scattering

scribbling

seagoing

sediment

shadowing

sediments

shimmering

seducing

shoplifting

shortcoming

smattering

sizzling

sleepwalking

shipbuilding

sojourning

soldering

soldiering

souring

stamina

stuttering

surrounding

surviving

surprising

suffering

surveying

surpassing

succeeding

tailoring

tapering

thanksgiving

ticketing

tempering

thundering

tinkling

tinkering

toweling

towering

trembling

trumpeting

transporting

traversing

tumbling

tormenting

twinkling

undying

typesetting

unbending

typewriting

undoing

underling

unfailing

unfeeling

vanishing

unwilling

unwitting

unsparing

unyielding

unthinking

varying

uprising

upsetting

visiting

vitamin

vitamins

wagering

wandering

warehousing

watering

well-being

winnowing

withering

whispering

weathering

wrongdoing

yellowing

unflinching

4 syllable words

activating

administers

administrate

administer

admonishes

admonishing

admonition

advertising

admonitions

admonishment

aggravating

agitating

annotating

appetizing

athenaeum

astonishing

autonomic

autonomy

athenian

athenians

babysitting

barbecuing

bewildering

bicycling

calculating

captivating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

conditioning

complicating

condescending

corresponding

delegating

denigrating

devastating

developing

diagnosing

disheartening

disabling

disappointing

disappearing

disconcerting

discouraging

disapproving

disengaging

dominating

domineering

duodenum

edifying

embarrassing

emphasizing

encircling

encompassing

encouraging

engineering

enlightening

energizing

entertaining

enveloping

enterprising

distributing

executing

examining

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

everlasting

hesitating

inheriting

inhibiting

implicating

inquiring

irritating

integrating

interlocking

intersecting

interviewing

legislating

liberating

disparaging

dispiriting

distinguishing

maximizing

merchandising

mitigating

moderating

mountaineering

never-ending

nonrecurring

notifying

notwithstanding

occupying

obviating

oceangoing

oscillating

operating

overcoming

overbearing

overpowering

overhauling

overlying

overwhelming

overflowing

overarching

overlapping

overrating

overruling

palpitating

patronizing

partitioning

parachuting

newtonian

persevering

penetrating

petitioning

pioneering

realizing

registering

reentering

separating

speechifying

suffocating

titanium

unassuming

underpinning

understanding

unavailing

unbecoming

unbelieving

underlying

undertaking

underwriting

undulating

vacillating

unremitting

unrelenting

waterproofing

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word battening

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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.


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  • 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
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  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

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When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

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