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

cooking

looking

aching

airing

backing

baking

bearing

bedding

belling

blessing

bidding

billing

blaring

blocking

blooming

booming

booting

boozing

breaking

brimming

broking

brooding

bruting

buckling

bucking

budding

derring

butting

caulking

coming

chilling

chipping

choking

clearing

clipping

cloaking

clocking

clucking

cocking

cooling

cracking

creaking

cribbing

crooning

cutting

culling

curing

cunning

daring

digging

dilling

dipping

rigging

docking

dressing

dubbing

ducking

drilling

dripping

drugging

drumming

during

duckling

dueling

dwelling

earring

eking

erring

hilling

hissing

fruiting

fucking

fehling

fixing

filling

fitting

flaring

fleming

flitting

flooding

freaking

footing

fuming

heckling

gearing

getting

ginning

giving

glaring

herring

grooming

grouping

gunning

heading

hitting

oozing

hugging

humming

inning

jerking

jetting

joking

licking

lemming

jutting

kenning

kicking

knitting

knocking

killing

leaking

legging

liking

living

looming

looping

losing

loving

making

milling

missing

mocking

mooring

nutting

moving

mugging

musing

muting

netting

nipping

packing

pairing

paring

peaking

pegging

petting

picking

pickings

plugging

plumbing

poking

pooling

pressing

pruning

pudding

pushing

puffing

putting

quaking

quilling

racking

raking

rocking

roofing

rubbing

ruling

running

sacking

schilling

schooling

shearing

shelling

setting

shedding

shilling

shipping

shocking

shooting

shredding

sitting

skilling

skimming

sledding

slitting

smacking

smelling

smoking

sneaking

sniffing

soaking

swearing

ribbing

sparing

speaking

spelling

spinning

stacking

swooning

sticking

steering

stocking

stooping

tacking

striking

stripping

stroking

strutting

stuffing

sucking

suckling

stunning

suiting

sweating

swelling

swimming

taking

talking

telling

thrilling

ticking

trucking

tricking

tipping

tooling

trilling

trimming

tripping

tubing

tuning

veering

viking

waking

walking

wearing

webbing

whacking

whooping

working

wrecking

whipping

winning

wedding

willing

yelling

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

acting

against

aging

ailing

akins

angling

asking

arming

arching

asians

askance

assumes

awning

bagging

baiting

banking

barring

banging

banding

bathing

basting

basins

batting

beacons

beading

beating

beckons

begins

becomes

belting

bending

beijing

being

biding

biggins

binding

bitching

biting

blasting

blazing

bleeding

birthing

bleaching

bleeping

blending

blinding

blueing

bluing

blushing

blowing

boarding

boating

boiling

bolling

boning

boasting

bolting

bonding

boring

boxing

bracing

braiding

bowing

bowling

bouncing

bounding

brawling

branching

braving

brewing

breasting

breeding

briefing

breathing

breeching

broiling

browning

browsing

brushing

beaming

ceiling

building

bulging

buckskins

bushings

burning

burping

buying

bygones

caissons

calling

calming

camping

caning

combing

carling

casing

carping

carving

casings

casting

catching

chafing

cajuns

chasing

chewing

chickens

chanting

charming

chirping

chopping

churning

clanging

cleaning

climbing

clogging

closing

clouding

clowning

clothing

coaching

coasting

coating

coaxing

codding

cocoons

cognac

coiling

colling

cooing

coupling

coping

couching

costing

cosens

coursing

cousins

crackling

crashing

craving

cresting

creeping

crossing

crowing

crushing

cuddling

curling

crying

cushions

cuisines

damning

dawning

dashing

dancing

darling

daunting

deacons

dealing

dicing

bunting

dining

dishing

dockings

diving

doing

dismays

doting

doubting

dragging

drafting

dozens

draining

drawing

drinking

driving

dropping

drying

dumpling

dyeing

dying

earning

earthling

edging

easing

eating

eggnog

eggnogs

ending

etching

evening

essence

exhumes

exchange

facing

fading

failing

facings

frying

fainting

falling

farming

fetching

fencing

feeding

feeling

feigning

faulting

fielding

fighting

filing

fishing

fining

firing

fixings

flagging

flaming

finding

flashing

fledgling

flushing

fleeting

floating

flogging

flooring

foaming

flowing

flying

foiling

framing

folding

forcing

forming

founding

forging

foundling

franking

fraying

freezing

frosting

funding

farthing

gadding

galling

gaming

gascons

gassing

gilding

glancing

girding

glinting

glazing

gloaming

glowing

going

golding

golfing

grading

heating

grafting

grating

grayling

grazing

greening

greeting

grieving

gushing

grasping

grouting

growing

grinding

grounding

groundling

hamstring

handling

healing

hearing

hanging

having

hatching

harping

heaving

grappling

helping

hiding

fashions

hoarding

hogging

holing

hunting

homing

hopping

housing

holding

horning

hosting

hounding

housings

hurling

hurting

icing

icons

inkling

jailing

jarring

jeering

isms

lending

jogging

jumping

keeling

keeping

landing

judging

kipling

kindling

knowing

lashings

lading

lapping

lagging

lakins

lagoons

lashing

latching

lasting

laughing

lawing

laying

launching

leading

leaning

leaping

learning

leasing

leggings

legions

legumes

lifting

lessens

lessons

license

lesions

licensed

lighting

lichens

lightning

likens

likins

listing

lining

loading

loaning

loathing

lodging

logging

longing

lumping

lopping

loring

lowing

loosens

lozenge

lunching

lying

lykens

machines

madding

mailing

magness

makings

mapping

malting

marching

marking

matting

meaning

matching

masons

maxims

meeting

mincing

lamping

melting

merging

minding

mesons

mining

missions

mishmash

molting

morning

morphing

muggings

nothing

moulding

mounting

mourning

mowing

musings

nagging

napping

nodding

nosing

nanking

nestling

nursing

nuisance

offing

oceans

offspring

skirting

yielding

outing

owing

slanting

hogans

pacing

padding

paging

painting

slotting

parking

panning

paving

ousting

panting

parting

passing

patching

passions

paying

smelting

pelting

pending

peeing

pecans

phasing

phrasing

piercing

piling

picnic

pigskins

picnics

pigeons

pimping

pitching

pining

piping

pleading

pleasing

plodding

pinching

planking

playing

plaything

planting

pointing

poisons

plating

poling

polling

popping

posting

pouting

printing

praying

preaching

pouncing

pounding

priming

prowling

prying

pumping

pygmies

purging

quickens

quilting

racing

rafting

raccoons

racemes

railing

raging

raising

raving

reading

rambling

raisins

reckons

reasons

regains

regimes

regions

sounding

resting

resins

peacenik

ringing

riggings

riding

rifling

rising

roaring

rolling

rousing

roving

roasting

rounding

romping

russians

sagging

sailing

salting

saving

sapling

saying

scaling

screwing

scarring

scalping

scrimping

saxons

scheming

scolding

schisms

scraping

screaming

scratching

scorching

screening

seating

searching

seeling

seasons

seedling

seeing

seeming

seizing

serving

sharking

sessions

shading

sheathing

shafting

possums

sequence

sequins

shelving

shifting

shining

shirting

showing

sheeting

shoestring

singing

sinking

shrinking

shuffling

shunting

sibling

shoring

shrouding

siding

sighting

signing

sighing

sizing

sleeping

slapping

slating

sliding

slighting

resumes

sewing

sloping

slouching

smoothing

shaving

snapping

sneezing

snoring

snarling

soothing

rejoins

soaring

sobbing

something

sopping

spending

spanking

sparkling

sparling

sperling

springing

sprinkling

squinting

spurling

squeezing

stalling

staging

sporting

stamping

standing

starting

stinging

stitching

stating

staving

stealing

sterling

stirring

stinking

switching

stopping

starling

stowing

storming

straddling

straining

stretching

stripling

striving

strapping

suing

succinct

swaying

sweeping

sweeting

tackling

streaming

tailing

takings

tanning

tamping

rhizomes

teaming

teaching

technic

taunting

teachings

teeming

technics

technique

techniques

teething

tempting

thinking

testing

thickens

thrashing

throwing

thrusting

tilting

tiding

tithing

toasting

tokens

touching

thumping

topping

tossing

tracing

toughens

trading

trailing

training

trifling

trusting

trying

twisting

turning

twining

tycoons

wishing

tying

tasting

vaccines

vacuums

vaulting

vesting

voiding

wading

vikings

veiling

vegans

voting

vying

wagons

waiting

walling

waning

wanting

wapping

weeding

weeping

washing

warling

warming

warning

warping

visions

weaving

weakling

wasting

weakens

weighing

westling

wellspring

whistling

whaling

wheeling

whirling

whitling

whiting

wincing

whopping

wielding

wilding

winding

wiring

witching

wording

wringing

wrestling

writing

yachting

yearling

yearning

3 syllable words

according

accusing

abiding

abducting

abounding

absorbing

accenting

affecting

adoring

afflicting

admiring

agency

agencies

agincourt

annoying

adjoining

agonist

agonists

agonies

agonize

agonized

agreeing

alluring

alerting

aligning

amazing

annealing

alarming

amusing

agnostics

appalling

agnostic

appealing

anything

assuring

arresting

assuming

arriving

approving

aspiring

arranging

asserting

ascending

ascension

attracting

astounding

asuncion

awakens

approaching

badgering

baffling

backbiting

backsliding

axioms

ballooning

bassoonist

battening

battering

becoming

befitting

beginning

bettering

begonias

beguiling

believing

belonging

beseeching

besetting

besieging

beholding

bickering

billowing

blackmailing

blanketing

blistering

bloodsucking

blossoming

blundering

blustering

bookkeeping

bookmaker

bookmakers

bloodletting

bottling

brainwashing

broadcasting

bubbling

bullying

buffeting

bullfighting

butchering

bushwhacking

bustling

cackling

businesslike

businesses

businessman

canoeing

bumbling

caressing

carjacking

carousing

carrying

carpeting

casinos

bungling

campaigning

centering

chattering

childbearing

churchgoing

channeling

cognizance

cognizant

cogency

coloring

colouring

challenging

comforting

commanding

concurring

commuting

complying

composing

conceding

concerning

confiding

complaining

completing

conflicting

compounding

conforming

confounding

conveying

correcting

conjuring

conquering

conserving

consuming

converging

confusing

consulting

contacting

convincing

contracting

connecting

copying

consoling

counseling

covering

constricting

cowering

cradling

crocheting

crippling

crusading

cushioning

dairying

cycling

damaging

dampening

darkening

deadening

deafening

declining

decreasing

debating

defusing

decency

deconstruct

degrading

delighting

departing

descending

deserving

designing

detailing

bundling

despairing

dialing

diapering

diagnose

discerning

disarming

disconcert

disconnect

disconnects

disengage

disguising

disengaged

disgusting

dissecting

dissenting

dissolving

disincline

dishonest

dissembling

distracting

diverting

dismisses

dismissals

dissension

distressing

diverging

dividing

divining

dismissal

dismissive

doubling

doddering

downsizing

dressmaking

drizzling

dwindling

dumbfounding

echoing

easterling

eavesdropping

emitting

enclosing

emptying

enchanting

endearing

equating

ensuing

entering

enduring

enticing

engaging

engraving

engrossing

enlisting

equinox

erecting

exacting

everything

eugenic

eskimos

eugenics

exceeding

erupting

exciting

excepting

exhausting

exchanger

exchangers

exchanges

expelling

expiring

existing

expanding

exploring

exulting

factoring

feathering

favoring

fijians

fingering

finishing

flattering

flavoring

flowering

forbidding

forgiving

following

forthcoming

fondling

forecasting

foreboding

forwarding

freewheeling

gathering

galloping

gambling

gardening

fastening

faltering

good-looking

glimmering

glowering

glistening

governing

hairdressing

groundbreaking

happening

hardening

hardworking

harvesting

heartbreaking

handwriting

highflying

frustrating

housekeeping

housewarming

hygienist

hygienists

imposing

impending

imploring

importing

improving

iguanas

imprinting

incoming

increasing

installing

inserting

inspiring

insulting

interesting

ironing

invading

inviting

investing

issuance

issuing

infighting

jockeying

juggling

journeying

laboring

kidnapping

laconic

lamenting

landscaping

languishing

landholding

layering

lawmaking

laughingly

laundering

lactating

leavening

laughingstock

lettering

jokingly

lessening

leveling

liaisons

life-giving

lightening

licenses

licensee

licenser

licensure

licensees

likenesses

listening

locating

lingering

lowering

lumbering

lozenges

machining

machinist

machinists

mackenzie

maddening

magnesite

magnesia

marketing

mechanize

marshaling

mechanics

masonic

maturing

measuring

matchmaking

mechanic

maximize

meddling

mellowing

middling

messenger

misconceive

mistaking

misgiving

misleading

misspelling

misconstrue

misconstrues

modeling

mothering

motoring

mottling

muscling

murmuring

mumbling

museums

narrowing

neutering

networking

neighboring

nerve-racking

nourishing

nuisances

messengers

offering

observing

obliging

offsetting

oncoming

ongoing

opening

opposing

opining

outfitting

outgoing

outlying

outpouring

outstanding

ordering

packinghouse

painstaking

papering

parceling

pardoning

patrolling

passenger

passengers

pacemakers

pachinko

peppering

peddling

perplexing

persisting

pervading

softening

pickering

pessimists

piddling

pilfering

pitying

plastering

paneling

polluting

prevailing

polishing

pondering

presiding

powdering

preceding

proceeding

profiling

provoking

profiting

promising

pronouncing

quickening

quarreling

raveling

ravishing

railroading

reasoning

regarding

reclining

reconcile

reconciles

reflecting

recording

reducing

reckoning

refreshing

reconquer

regency

peacemakers

relieving

rendering

repeating

retiring

reversing

reviving

respecting

relapsing

resisting

revolting

revolving

reconstruct

riveting

rumbling

scattering

scaffolding

scavenging

scrambling

scribbling

seasoning

seagoing

seducing

settling

shadowing

sequences

shimmering

shipbuilding

shortening

shoplifting

pessimist

sickening

pacemaker

peacemaker

sizzling

sleepwalking

shortcoming

smattering

sojourning

soldiering

soldering

stiffening

stuttering

succeeding

suffering

surveying

surpassing

surrounding

surviving

surprising

rejoicing

sweetening

strengthening

tabling

tailoring

toweling

tapering

technical

technicals

technician

technicians

technocrat

technocrats

tempering

thickening

threatening

thanksgiving

ticketing

thundering

tinkering

souring

towering

tormenting

traversing

trembling

transporting

tinkling

trumpeting

tumbling

twinkling

unbending

typewriting

underling

undying

unfailing

unfeeling

unsparing

unthinking

unwilling

unwitting

uprising

upsetting

unyielding

vacancy

vacancies

varying

vanishing

vomiting

visiting

wagering

wandering

undoing

warehousing

weathering

watering

weaknesses

well-being

typesetting

whispering

whitening

winnowing

withering

unflinching

wrongdoing

yellowing

taskmaster

4 syllable words

activating

aggravating

admonishing

advertising

agonizing

agonizes

annotating

agitating

astonishing

awakening

babysitting

barbecuing

appetizing

bewildering

bicycling

businesswoman

captivating

calculating

circulating

coexisting

centralizing

complicating

conditioning

condescending

corresponding

deconstruction

delegating

denigrating

detonating

desensitize

desensitized

developing

devastating

diagnosing

diagnostic

diagnoses

diagnostics

disconcerting

disapproving

disconnected

disconnection

discouraging

disengaging

disheartening

disengagement

disenchantment

dispiriting

disparaging

distinguishing

dishonestly

distributing

dishonesty

dominating

domineering

edifying

embarrassing

encouraging

encircling

encompassing

emphasizing

energizing

enlightening

entertaining

enveloping

engineering

enterprising

everlasting

examining

executing

exchangeable

fireproofing

fingerprinting

fluctuating

fascinating

gratifying

hesitating

implicating

iconoclast

inheriting

inhibiting

inquiring

interlocking

integrating

intersecting

irritating

interviewing

issuances

disabling

laminating

legislating

liberating

magnesium

maximizing

mechanical

mechanically

maximizes

mechanism

mechanisms

merchandising

misconception

mitigating

moderating

misconceptions

mountaineering

nonrecurring

never-ending

notifying

notwithstanding

messianic

occupying

oceangoing

obviating

oceanic

disappointing

operating

disappearing

overarching

overbearing

overcoming

overruling

overhauling

overlying

overflowing

overlapping

overpowering

overrating

overwhelming

oscillating

parachuting

patronizing

partitioning

persevering

palpitating

petitioning

pessimistic

pioneering

realizing

registering

reentering

paganism

reconsider

reconstructive

reconstruction

reconstructions

penetrating

suffocating

pessimism

separating

speechifying

technically

technicolor

unassuming

unavailing

unremitting

vacillating

undulating

waterproofing

unbecoming

unbelieving

underlying

underpinning

understanding

undertaking

underwriting

unrelenting

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Words that rhyme with the word cooking

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
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  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
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