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

action

actions

acton

acting

airman

alan

alban

alman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

basin

asthma

astound

astounds

atman

auction

austin

auden

banyan

auctions

bacon

bagman

baldwin

bargain

baron

barren

barton

bastion

amman

bason

basting

bastions

baston

bayman

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

beckon

belgian

begun

bellman

bellon

billion

bison

billman

billon

bisson

bookman

bitten

bludgeon

blacken

boatman

boasting

blowgun

bobbin

bolden

bollen

boston

bordman

bookstand

bookstands

boughten

brazen

brethren

breton

brakeman

bushman

bourbon

bracken

brighten

briton

bowman

broaden

brogan

burgeon

bullion

canyon

burden

burdon

broken

burman

canon

caisson

button

cajun

cabin

calvin

canaan

cannon

canton

burton

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

casting

cayman

caution

caxton

cauldron

castings

carton

chasten

chessman

chairman

chaplain

chapman

certain

charon

christian

chastened

chestnut

chevron

christen

chestnuts

children

cheapen

chicken

chieftain

chosen

churchman

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

coasting

colon

common

baton

copeman

corban

cordon

costing

costume

craven

cotton

crimson

cushion

craftsman

cousin

cowan

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

dagan

dagon

custom

customs

daman

dampen

damson

dalton

darken

deaden

deacon

deafen

cumin

curtain

deepen

costumes

delphian

demon

desman

destin

devon

diction

dian

dictum

disdained

disdain

disdains

distance

distant

distend

distinct

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dragon

driven

dustman

dudgeon

dromon

drunken

dukedom

dungeon

earthen

dutchman

eaten

eden

eighteen

eighteens

eighteenth

elan

engine

ensign

ermine

esteem

extant

extend

extent

extinct

eyestone

faction

fashion

factions

fasten

falcon

fastened

famine

fallen

fatten

faustian

faulcon

felon

festoon

fiction

fictions

fibrin

fielden

fighting

fightings

fireman

firman

fission

flashgun

extends

flatten

footman

foreman

floren

foreign

fraction

freshman

fortune

fountain

friction

freeman

function

frighten

headman

gallon

gascon

garron

georgian

glisten

german

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

goodman

headsman

gammon

fusion

garden

golden

gorgon

graven

grandson

grecian

gudgeon

griffon

guardsman

gumption

frozen

gluten

hackman

hasten

hangman

gotten

happen

harden

harken

hastens

haven

harten

henchman

heaven

hempen

heron

heathen

heighten

heightens

hausen

hetman

hidden

homespun

horseman

hosting

hogan

hoten

houseman

hoven

human

huntsman

gowan

hearten

hyson

hymen

hyphen

ibsen

freedman

klansman

ion

jackman

jargon

jetson

jason

jetton

jordan

jorden

junction

kelson

kenyan

kelvin

keelson

kalan

jasmine

kansan

keystone

keystones

kirkman

kitchen

kitten

kremlin

laden

lampron

landman

lagan

lactone

landsman

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

latin

legion

lemon

lengthen

lesion

leman

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

lighten

lightman

lightens

lighting

lightning

lightnings

liken

linden

liman

listen

lisbon

listens

listing

lion

listings

lineman

liven

lockman

locken

logan

lotion

loosen

lopeman

longan

loren

lumen

luncheon

london

m1

lynden

lyden

madden

mahone

maiden

linemen

mansion

linen

mangan

marchman

margin

lasting

marron

marten

martian

mason

matron

mayan

martin

melon

melton

mignon

milken

million

minion

minden

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

motion

mountain

muffin

muslin

mustang

ocean

mullen

mutton

mustangs

nekton

newsman

nightmare

nightmares

ninon

nighttimes

norman

notion

oarsman

nighttime

marksman

marlin

octane

odin

often

markman

penguin

olden

option

omen

orphan

ousting

outdone

outrun

othman

oven

oxen

owen

pagan

packman

panton

paean

passion

passman

parson

pastime

pathan

pastimes

pardon

patron

patten

pavon

onion

open

plankton

pectin

penman

organ

perron

peon

persian

pillion

person

pinion

piston

pigeon

pistons

plantain

platen

poison

ponton

pollan

pollen

portion

pitman

portman

platten

peacetime

postman

posting

postings

postmark

potion

pressman

prison

prussian

pullen

proven

questions

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

ragtime

reason

reckon

rectum

region

redden

rerun

resin

resting

runnion

rumen

rincon

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

roasting

right-hand

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowan

rowen

ruin

russian

sanction

saffron

samson

sadden

salmon

salesman

santon

satan

scallion

scullion

saxon

satin

seaman

season

scotsman

scion

sections

seedsman

selden

semen

sequin

sermon

sexton

seven

shaman

shipman

seton

shakedown

sharpen

shearman

shakedowns

shaken

shogun

shorten

shotgun

showman

shrunken

sicken

sighting

sightings

silken

spearman

siphon

siren

slacken

sistine

sixteen

slogan

sixteens

sixteenth

sixteenths

smitten

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

sodden

soften

solon

stallion

stepson

statesman

sportsman

squadron

stallman

strengthen

suasion

stillion

steven

stiffen

stockman

spoken

straighten

sturgeon

stricken

striven

stolen

spokesman

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

surgeon

sunken

summon

sustain

sylvan

sweeten

sustained

sustains

swollen

syphon

system

taken

talon

tappen

systems

tarpon

tartan

tasting

tastings

tendon

testing

teston

threaten

zaman

thicken

thousand

tillman

titan

tightens

toasting

token

toman

torsion

tighten

touchdowns

traction

toughen

townsman

treason

trillion

triton

trojan

trodden

tubman

tungsten

turban

touchdown

tuscan

twisting

undone

union

urban

urson

urchin

urine

vegan

vestments

vesting

version

vestment

villain

victims

victim

vision

worsen

vulcan

waken

wasting

wagon

wanton

warden

watchman

warren

weaken

weapon

whitson

woodman

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

wisdom

woolen

woolman

workman

written

woven

yachting

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abrasion

ablution

abortion

abduction

abdomen

absorption

accretion

abstraction

accident

academe

accidents

abstention

acetone

addition

acumen

addiction

adhesion

adoption

adsorption

admission

adrian

affection

aegean

affliction

african

aggression

aleutian

albion

albumin

alien

alaskan

alderman

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

appian

apportion

arian

artesian

arkansan

artisan

aryan

aspersion

assumption

asthmatic

asthmatics

asuncion

astonish

astounding

astounded

attention

attraction

attrition

australian

audition

austrian

auctioneer

backgammon

awaken

aversion

avian

auctioneers

bandwagon

backwoodsman

badminton

battalion

bedizen

bedridden

bedouin

beholden

beethoven

begotten

besetting

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

bystanders

campion

cambrian

bystander

carnation

compassion

cardigan

carrion

caucasian

cation

catalan

chairperson

champion

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chairwoman

chilean

cinnamon

citizen

civilian

clarendon

clarion

coercion

clergyman

collection

collegian

cohesion

cognition

collagen

commission

commotion

collision

collusion

combustion

communion

companion

completion

cartesian

complexion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conception

concoction

conclusion

concussion

condition

conduction

confection

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

connection

congestion

conjunction

congressman

connexion

conscription

contagion

consumption

contraction

contention

contortion

constriction

construction

contraption

conversion

contrition

convection

convention

conviction

contusion

convulsion

correction

corsican

costumer

costumers

creation

croatian

crestfallen

countryman

councilman

decedent

cyprian

customize

customers

decadent

decadents

decedents

customer

decision

declension

deduction

defection

corrosion

corruption

deflection

delusion

dentition

depletion

depiction

depression

derision

description

destiny

detection

destinies

detention

destruction

determine

diffusion

devotion

discretion

digestion

diffraction

digression

direction

dimension

dilution

discussion

dispersion

disdainful

discipline

dissection

denizen

dissidence

dissident

dissidents

distances

distemper

distinction

distinctions

distinctive

distinctly

distinguish

distinguished

distraction

distortion

disunion

diversion

division

dorian

dominion

downtrodden

ejection

elison

edition

election

egyptian

emission

eleven

emblazon

echidna

disruption

embolden

emotion

emulsion

inception

encryption

enlighten

enliven

equations

equation

erection

equating

erosion

estimate

estimates

eruption

etruscan

everyone

eviction

exaction

exception

exertion

exceeding

excretion

excursion

expansion

excision

excitement

exciting

exemption

exclusion

exhaustion

extraction

expression

explosion

expulsion

extender

extenders

extension

extensions

extensive

extortion

extinction

extinctions

extinguished

extrusion

extinguish

fabian

fastener

fastening

fastenings

ferryman

feminine

fenian

fictional

fijian

filtration

fisherman

foramen

forewoman

forbidden

formation

forgotten

foundation

freemason

in-person

inaction

franciscan

freudian

fustian

fruition

galleon

gaussian

garrison

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

hesitant

gravamen

grobian

guardian

guesstimate

halcyon

hammerman

halogen

handwoven

guesstimates

guncotton

harlequin

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

horizon

housebroken

hydration

heartbroken

imagine

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

immersion

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

incision

abandon

englishman

inclusion

incursion

indian

fasteners

inflation

induction

infection

infarction

inflection

infliction

infraction

infusion

inscription

ingestion

injection

inhuman

injunction

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

invasion

inversion

invention

intrusion

italian

irishman

irian

istanbul

jacobin

jamaican

jettison

jovian

javelin

julian

keratin

kantian

keynesian

korean

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lastingly

lesbian

malayan

magician

libration

libyan

liechtenstein

lightening

listener

listeners

logician

listening

locations

locating

lumberman

macadam

lutheran

magdalen

mandarin

margarine

marian

medallion

medicine

melanin

menhaden

migration

mexican

midshipman

masculine

mistaken

misshapen

misfortune

misprision

moroccan

median

munition

muskmelon

musician

myosin

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nicotine

nightingale

nightmarish

nobleman

nitrogen

nonunion

norwegian

nonhuman

nubian

nutrition

objection

obstruction

occident

occlusion

odeon

octillion

optation

oppression

opinion

optician

orion

origin

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

omission

patrician

parisian

partition

parthian

partisan

pavilion

percussion

pelican

pentathlon

physician

perfection

permian

permission

perfusion

perversion

petition

phrygian

peterman

position

plebeian

policeman

pollution

porcelain

positions

possession

postnatal

postmaster

postmasters

post-mortem

precaution

precision

preclusion

predestine

silicon

preemption

prescription

pretension

prevention

presumption

production

profusion

profession

progression

promotion

protection

prostration

projection

proportion

proscription

protean

provision

pseudonym

pseudonyms

puritan

questioner

propulsion

questioners

questionnaire

questionnaires

reaction

ramadan

rebellion

reactions

recision

rectangle

rectangles

redemption

reduction

reflection

regression

regimen

rejection

rendition

religion

remission

reopen

rescission

repression

reptilian

resection

residence

resident

residents

resumption

restriction

retention

retraction

reversion

revulsion

revision

reunion

rifleman

rhodopsin

right-handed

saccharin

samoan

saleswoman

secretion

scythian

seclusion

scorpion

sectional

prediction

sedition

seduction

selection

simian

suburban

skeleton

snapdragon

singleton

solution

solomon

specimen

starvation

submersion

submission

subtraction

stygian

subscription

thespian

subversion

suggestion

succeeding

sumatran

superman

suppression

suspension

suspicion

syrian

sustenance

tamarin

talisman

tactician

systemic

technician

testaments

tectonic

tectonics

testament

timberman

toboggan

toastmaster

ticketing

transmission

truncation

translation

tradition

transaction

transfusion

transcription

transgression

transition

tuition

unwritten

uncertain

uneven

unbutton

uncommon

unison

unbroken

unburden

uterine

venison

veteran

vibration

vermilion

victimize

visiting

vitamin

vocations

waterman

vatican

wesleyan

volition

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

abolition

absolution

acclimation

accusation

abyssinian

accidental

academic

acclamation

activation

academics

adaptation

acquisition

actionable

accordion

academies

academy

adoration

admiration

admonition

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

affirmation

agitation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

altercation

alteration

algonquian

alternation

apprehension

amputation

amphibian

appalachian

apparition

application

approbation

arabian

arbitration

ammunition

arizonan

armenian

arthurian

armageddon

assemblyman

assyrian

astonishment

astonishing

athenian

american

augmentation

backwardation

attribution

aviation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calibration

calculation

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

chameleon

centurion

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

cogitation

coalition

collocation

coloration

combination

comedian

collodion

coloradan

columbian

commendation

compensation

committeeman

commutation

circumspection

comparison

compilation

competition

complication

composition

comprehension

computation

condensation

condemnation

condescension

confiscation

confirmation

congregation

connotation

conjugation

confrontation

conservation

consecration

conflagration

consolation

coronation

constellation

consternation

constipation

consummation

consultation

contemplation

contraception

constitution

contradiction

contrarian

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

copenhagen

copernican

corinthian

contravention

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

criterion

correlation

crucifixion

crocodilian

culmination

cultivation

cyclopean

customizes

dandelion

darwinian

custodian

customary

deconstruction

decompression

definition

degradation

deformation

dehydration

demonstration

demolition

demarcation

depravation

depredation

deposition

deportation

deprivation

dereliction

designation

destinations

destitution

dilatation

deviation

dietitian

dictionary

devonian

dictionaries

dichotomy

devolution

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

dislocation

disinflation

disinfection

disillusion

dispensation

disputation

disposition

dissolution

distillation

distinguishes

distinctively

distinguishing

divination

distribution

domination

draconian

dominican

duplication

education

electrician

elocution

elongation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

equitation

eritrean

equestrian

erudition

estimable

estimated

estimations

estimator

estonian

eustachian

estonians

european

expectation

estimators

evocation

evolution

excavation

exclamation

exhalation

execution

exhortation

exceedingly

exhumation

exhibition

expedition

explanation

exploration

explication

exploitation

exposition

extendible

extrication

extinguishers

extinguisher

extinguishment

extradition

extensively

extenuate

fabrication

fallopian

fermentation

figuration

fibrillation

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

indexation

floridian

fragmentation

concentration

formulation

imputation

fumigation

galilean

gastrulation

gentlewoman

granulation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

gargantuan

hesitantly

herculean

hesitancy

hegelian

gorgonian

hemoglobin

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

illustration

imitation

hungarian

immigration

immolation

ideation

impregnation

implication

importation

implantation

imposition

imperfection

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

incantation

inattention

incarnation

incrustation

inclination

incubation

indecision

englishwoman

indentation

indignation

indiscretion

infestation

indication

information

inflammation

infiltration

indonesian

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

inspiration

insulation

installation

instigation

insurrection

integration

institution

interaction

interception

intercession

intersection

intermission

interruption

interdiction

interurban

interjection

intervention

interwoven

intimation

intonation

intuition

inundation

invitation

introspection

introduction

invocation

irritation

iteration

isolation

irrigation

iranian

isotonic

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

lancastrian

indigestion

legislation

leviathan

liberation

librarian

liberian

legitimate

legitimize

locomotion

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

litigation

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

lilliputian

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

ministration

minnesotan

masturbation

melanesian

menstruation

mediation

meridian

motivation

mortification

misbegotten

occupation

misconception

miseration

misperception

missourian

mitigation

moderation

modulation

moravian

mongolian

misdemeanors

misdemeanor

mutilation

napoleon

nestorian

nicaraguan

nigerian

newtonian

noblewoman

nomination

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

obligation

observation

obsidian

oblivion

obstetrician

occidental

octahedron

ohioan

penetration

operation

orchestration

opposition

olympian

ordination

penicillin

oscillation

ostentation

ostensible

ostensibly

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

pavlovian

pelagian

pedestrian

perforation

persecution

permutation

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

population

planarian

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

praetorian

preconception

precondition

posthumously

predilection

predetermine

premonition

preignition

presentation

profanation

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

punctuation

prosecution

proposition

prostitution

protozoan

provocation

publication

questionable

radiation

reassertion

recantation

realization

reawaken

readmission

reclamation

recollection

recognition

reconstruction

reexamine

reelection

rectangular

refutation

registration

regulation

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

repetition

repercussion

replication

reputation

requisition

reposition

repossession

reproduction

republican

resignation

restitution

resolution

retrocession

resurrection

residential

residences

residencies

rumination

residency

retardation

retribution

rhetorician

revolution

rhododendron

samaritan

satisfaction

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

self-deception

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

preelection

situation

simulation

smithsonian

statistician

speculation

subluxation

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

substitution

suffocation

superstition

supposition

superhuman

supervision

syndication

syncopation

sustainable

tabulation

tasmanian

tamoxifen

testimony

testimonies

tetrahedron

simonian

toleration

titillation

valerian

transformation

transportation

tribulation

transplantation

vaccination

usurpation

utopian

valuation

vegetation

ventilation

violation

victorian

vindication

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

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abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

academician

academicians

academically

accidentally

accreditation

accommodation

accumulation

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

adjudication

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

amplification

anticipation

annihilation

appreciation

approximation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

appropriation

assassination

assemblywoman

association

assimilation

attenuation

authentication

augustinian

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

canonization

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

centenarian

centralization

certification

predestination

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

collaboration

codification

cohabitation

commemoration

colonization

communication

carthaginian

conciliation

confederation

confabulation

configuration

congratulation

conglomeration

consideration

consolidation

continuation

contamination

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

deceleration

customarily

decapitation

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deification

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

denunciation

depreciation

denomination

depopulation

desalination

desegregation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

discrimination

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

distinguishable

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

elimination

ejaculation

electrocution

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

eradication

equivocation

ethiopian

evacuation

evaluation

evaporation

exacerbation

exasperation

excoriation

exaggeration

examination

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

extenuating

facilitation

concatenation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

incineration

harmonization

improvisation

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

humiliation

hybridization

illumination

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

hyperborean

imagination

immunization

inauguration

inactivation

incarceration

incorporation

incrimination

exoskeleton

infatuation

insemination

initiation

inoculation

inhabitation

insinuation

instrumentation

interrogation

interpolation

interpretation

interconnection

intimidation

investigation

invalidation

ionization

irradiation

intoxication

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

legitimacy

libertarian

legitimately

legitimizes

magnetization

indoctrination

localization

lusitanias

macedonians

lithuanian

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mummification

mechanization

maximization

mathematician

misapplication

metropolitan

misapprehension

miscalculation

maximilian

misinformation

mississippian

modernization

mobilization

modification

multiplication

negotiation

neutralization

neapolitan

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

normalization

nonintervention

nonsectarian

notification

nullification

obliteration

origination

orientation

organization

ornamentation

ossification

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

pasteurization

participation

patagonian

peloponnesian

oregonian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

prevarication

procrastination

presupposition

prognostication

proliferation

proletarian

pronunciation

purification

pythagorean

qualification

quantification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recommendation

recombination

recrimination

recuperation

rectification

reforestation

reiteration

refrigeration

regeneration

reactionary

reintegration

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

reactionaries

repatriation

repudiation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

specification

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

systematically

simplification

testamentary

testimonial

testimonials

theologian

triangulation

unification

utilization

unitarian

vaporization

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

vegetarian

yugoslavian

predisposition

8 syllable words

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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.


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:

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  • Silver
  • Bulb
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