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

backing

cracking

packing

racking

sacking

smacking

stacking

tacking

whacking

aching

acting

airing

ailing

asking

bagging

baking

awning

banking

banging

banding

baiting

biding

biting

blasting

batting

barring

bearing

bedding

belling

blaring

blazing

blessing

blocking

boxing

boring

bracken

bracing

braiding

braving

brawling

breaking

bucking

break-in

buckling

broking

browning

browsing

budding

burning

burping

butting

camping

chanting

calling

caning

calming

catching

caulking

casing

casting

chafing

chasing

chirping

chopping

clanging

choking

churning

climbing

clocking

clucking

cloaking

clogging

clouding

clowning

cocking

codding

colling

coming

cooking

crackling

crashing

craving

creaking

crossing

culling

cunning

curling

cutting

damning

docking

dancing

daring

lagging

dashing

dawning

derring

dicing

dining

diving

doubting

drafting

dragging

draining

dressing

driving

ducking

duckling

dropping

drugging

drumming

dubbing

dwelling

earning

eking

erring

flagging

facing

fading

flaming

flaring

flashing

flogging

flooding

failing

falling

fehling

feigning

fighting

filing

fining

firing

fleming

flooring

merkin

franking

freaking

framing

fucking

gadding

galling

gassing

gaming

glancing

grafting

grappling

getting

girding

glaring

glazing

grading

grasping

grating

grayling

grazing

grouting

hurting

icing

gunning

hanging

having

hatching

heckling

heading

herring

hiding

hogging

hopping

housing

hugging

humming

hurling

lemming

jerking

jailing

jarring

jetting

joking

jogging

jutting

kenning

knocking

kicking

lading

lapping

lamping

lashing

landing

latching

laughing

lasting

leaking

learning

licking

legging

lighting

liking

madding

lining

logging

looking

lopping

loring

loving

mailing

making

mapping

marking

matching

matting

mining

mocking

nagging

napping

nanking

mugging

passing

netting

patching

nodding

nutting

nursing

offing

outing

paving

padding

pacing

pairing

panning

panting

paring

parking

peaking

pegging

perkin

petting

phasing

phrasing

picking

planting

piling

pining

raking

planking

piping

plating

plodding

plugging

plumbing

poking

popping

pouting

racing

quaking

rafting

railing

pressing

priming

prowling

puffing

putting

raising

raving

riding

rocking

rising

roaring

rousing

rubbing

running

sagging

sailing

sapling

scalping

saving

scaling

scarring

scratching

scraping

serving

setting

shredding

shading

shafting

sharking

shaving

shedding

shelling

shoring

shocking

shining

shirting

shrouding

siding

sighting

signing

sizing

snapping

slapping

slanting

skirting

slating

sledding

sliding

slighting

slotting

spanking

smelling

soaring

smoking

sneaking

snoring

soaking

sobbing

sopping

sparing

speaking

sucking

stamping

spelling

sperling

spurling

standing

stalling

stating

staving

sterling

sticking

stocking

straddling

stopping

straining

strapping

striking

striving

stroking

strutting

stuffing

stunning

suckling

taking

swelling

tackling

talking

sweating

swearing

tailing

tanning

tamping

ticking

tiding

telling

thrashing

tossing

topping

tracing

trading

trailing

training

tricking

trucking

turning

twining

yachting

yearling

yearning

veiling

viking

walking

waiting

waking

wading

walling

waning

wapping

writing

wearing

webbing

wedding

whaling

whirling

whiting

whopping

wrecking

wiring

workings

wording

working

yelling

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

aging

angling

arching

arcane

argent

argon

argonne

arming

bidding

arraign

arson

arsons

bargain

bathing

basting

beading

beaming

beating

beijing

belting

bending

being

bargains

birthing

binding

billing

bitching

bleeding

bleaching

bleeping

blending

blushing

boarding

blooming

blowing

blueing

bluing

boasting

boating

boiling

bolting

bonding

bouncing

bounding

bolling

boning

booming

booting

boozing

bowling

bowing

brackens

brakeman

brimming

branching

breasting

breeding

briefing

breathing

breeching

brewing

breakneck

bunting

brushing

broiling

brooding

bruting

broken

brogan

brougham

bulging

building

brazen

burgeon

buying

carling

carping

carving

ceiling

charming

chilling

chipping

chewing

churchman

cleaning

clearing

clipping

closing

clothing

coaching

coasting

coating

coaxing

blinding

coiling

combing

couching

costing

coupling

coursing

cooling

coping

cooing

cresting

creeping

crooning

crescent

crescents

cribbing

crying

crushing

crossings

crowing

cuddling

curing

daunting

darling

dealing

darken

darkened

digging

deerskin

dilling

dipping

dishing

doing

doting

drachma

drachmas

dragon

dragons

dragnet

dragnets

drawing

drinking

drilling

drying

dressings

dripping

dyeing

dueling

during

dumpling

dying

earring

easing

earthling

eating

edging

ending

evening

fainting

farming

faulting

feeding

feeling

farthing

fearsome

fencing

fetching

firkins

finding

filling

fitting

fishing

fielding

fixing

fleeting

fledgling

flitting

floating

flying

etching

flushing

flowing

forcing

foaming

foiling

folding

footing

foreign

foreseen

foregone

foreskin

forging

forming

forgings

founding

foundling

grouping

fraying

fragments

freezing

frying

frequent

frozen

fruiting

frosting

frogmouths

freshen

freshman

frogmouth

funding

fuming

frequents

freshens

ginning

giving

gilding

fragment

gearing

georgian

golfing

gloaming

glowing

going

golding

gorgon

gorgons

glinting

georgians

grinding

grounding

greening

greeting

grieving

grooming

groundling

grecian

growing

gushing

handling

hamstring

harken

harkens

harping

helping

healing

hearing

heating

heaving

hearkens

hoarding

hilling

hissing

hitting

holding

holing

homing

horning

horseman

hounding

hosting

hunting

gruesome

inning

foursome

inkling

irksome

jerkins

jeering

jargon

judging

jumping

keeling

keeping

killing

knitting

kirkman

knowing

kipling

kindling

krishna

lawing

launching

laying

leading

leaning

leaping

leasing

lending

lifting

lightning

living

loading

loaning

loathing

listing

longing

lodging

looming

looping

lorgnette

lorgnettes

losing

lying

lumping

lunching

lowing

malting

marching

marchman

margin

margined

margins

markings

markman

marksman

melting

meaning

meeting

merchant

merchants

merging

milling

minding

mincing

peeing

morning

missing

mooring

molting

morgan

morgans

morphing

moving

mowing

moulding

mounting

mourning

musing

muting

nestling

nipping

nothing

nosing

oarsman

offspring

oozing

organ

organs

ousting

parting

paging

painting

owing

parchment

parsons

parson

paying

pelting

pending

percent

percents

perchance

perkins

persian

persians

person

persons

piercing

pimping

pinching

pitching

plaything

pleasing

playing

poling

polling

pooling

pointing

posting

pouncing

pounding

pleading

praying

preaching

pregnant

presence

present

pressman

presents

presume

presumes

quilling

printing

precincts

prison

prisons

prussian

prying

purging

pumping

pruning

pudding

pushing

prism

quilting

prisms

raging

rambling

precinct

reading

resting

romping

rifling

ribbing

rigging

ringing

roasting

rolling

roofing

rounding

roving

ruling

saying

salting

scheming

schilling

schooling

scorching

scolding

searching

screaming

screening

screwing

scrimping

seating

seeling

seeming

seizing

seeing

seedling

sergeant

sergeants

sewing

shelving

shearing

sheeting

sheathing

shifting

shilling

shipping

shooting

shoestring

showing

shuffling

shrinking

shunting

sibling

sighing

sitting

sinking

singing

skilling

skimming

sleeping

slitting

sloping

slouching

snarling

sneezing

sniffing

smoothing

smelting

sounding

sparkling

something

soothing

sorghum

sparling

suiting

spending

sporting

spinning

squeezing

springing

sprinkling

squinting

staging

starling

starting

stealing

steering

stinging

stinking

storming

stooping

stowing

streaming

stretching

stripping

stitching

stripling

stirring

suing

surgeon

surgeons

swaying

sweeping

sweeting

swooning

switching

swimming

tasting

taunting

teaming

testing

teeming

thinking

teaching

teething

tempting

thrusting

thumping

thrilling

throwing

tilting

tipping

tithing

touching

tooling

torsion

trilling

treason

treasons

trifling

trimming

tripping

trojans

trying

trusting

tubing

tuning

tying

twisting

trojan

toasting

urchin

vaulting

urson

urchins

urgent

veering

version

vesting

versions

voiding

vying

voting

virgins

washing

warling

wanting

warming

warning

warping

virgin

wasting

weaving

weeding

weeping

weighing

wheeling

whipping

westling

wellspring

whistling

whitling

weakling

wilding

winding

willing

wincing

winning

whooping

wishing

witching

workman

worsen

worsens

wrestling

wielding

wringing

zircon

yielding

zircons

3 syllable words

abducting

abiding

accenting

admiring

abounding

absorbing

amazing

according

accusing

adjoining

affecting

alerting

adoring

agreeing

aligning

afflicting

alarming

alluring

annoying

annealing

appalling

anything

approving

approaching

appealing

arachnid

arachnids

arcanum

archangel

argentine

argentines

argonaut

argonauts

argument

archangels

arguments

amusing

bickering

arkansan

arresting

arranging

arrogance

arsenal

arsenic

arsenide

arsenals

arsonist

arsonists

ascending

asserting

backsliding

badgering

aspiring

backbiting

assuming

attracting

assuring

astounding

baffling

bettering

ballooning

bargainer

becoming

battering

battening

befitting

bargainers

beguiling

besetting

belonging

beginning

believing

beseeching

besieging

beholding

arraignment

arkansans

arraignments

billowing

arriving

blackmailing

blanketing

arrogant

bloodletting

bloodsucking

blossoming

blundering

blustering

bottling

bookkeeping

brainwashing

brigantine

buffeting

broadcasting

bubbling

bullfighting

bullying

bumbling

bundling

bungling

brazenly

burgundy

burgundies

bushwhacking

bustling

butchering

canoeing

campaigning

channeling

carjacking

caressing

carrying

carousing

centering

challenging

carpeting

childbearing

churchgoing

blistering

circumcise

circumference

circumvent

circumvents

circumspect

circumstance

circumscribe

chattering

colouring

coloring

comforting

commanding

complaining

commuting

complying

completing

composing

compounding

concerning

conquering

conserving

conjuring

connecting

conceding

concurring

confiding

consoling

conflicting

conforming

confusing

contacting

confounding

constricting

consulting

consuming

contracting

converging

conveying

correcting

copying

covering

counseling

corrosion

cowering

cradling

crippling

crocheting

convincing

crescendo

cross-country

crusading

cycling

dairying

cushioning

damaging

dampening

debating

darkening

deadening

deafening

deserving

designing

declining

delighting

decreasing

departing

descending

derision

detailing

despairing

defusing

degrading

diapering

dialing

discerning

disarming

disguising

disgusting

dissecting

diverting

diverging

distracting

dividing

divining

dissenting

dissolving

dissembling

distressing

doddering

doubling

downsizing

dressmaking

dressmakers

dressmaker

dwindling

dumbfounding

drizzling

echoing

easterling

eavesdropping

enticing

emptying

enclosing

enchanting

emitting

endearing

engaging

ensuing

enduring

engraving

enlisting

engrossing

entering

erecting

equating

erosion

exacting

everything

exciting

erupting

exceeding

expanding

excepting

exhausting

expiring

exploring

exulting

fastening

favoring

feathering

faltering

fingering

finishing

flattering

flavoring

existing

expelling

flowering

following

eurasian

fondling

forbidding

foreboding

forecasting

foreigner

foreigners

coercion

forgiving

freewheeling

fragmented

frequencies

frequency

frustrating

frequently

galloping

gambling

garrison

gardening

gathering

glimmering

glowering

glistening

good-looking

governing

groundbreaking

happening

hardworking

handwriting

hardening

hairdressing

harassment

heartbreaking

harvesting

highflying

horizons

horsemanship

housekeeping

horizon

housewarming

hurricane

hurricanes

forwarding

impending

imploring

importing

imposing

incoming

increasing

infighting

inserting

improving

imprinting

installing

insulting

invading

inviting

inspiring

investing

irishman

ironing

lessening

issuing

jockeying

journeying

juggling

lactating

interesting

laboring

kidnapping

kerosene

lamenting

landscaping

landholding

languishing

larceny

layering

laundering

leavening

lettering

leveling

lightening

lingering

listening

locating

maddening

lowering

lumbering

machining

life-giving

marconi

marginal

marketing

marshaling

marksmanship

matchmaking

mellowing

measuring

meddling

maturing

mercantile

merchandise

middling

forthcoming

mistaking

modeling

moroccan

misspelling

moroccans

mothering

motoring

mottling

murmuring

muscling

mumbling

nerve-racking

narrowing

neighboring

networking

observing

neutering

nourishing

obliging

norwegian

norwegians

offering

offsetting

oncoming

ongoing

opening

opining

opposing

ordering

nourishment

organelles

organic

organics

organize

organist

organized

organum

origin

origins

outgoing

outfitting

outlying

outpouring

outstanding

paneling

painstaking

papering

parceling

pardoning

parisian

parsonage

paragon

patrolling

peddling

peppering

misleading

percentage

pervading

perplexing

persisting

personal

personals

personnel

persona

pickering

phrygian

pilfering

pitying

plastering

polluting

pondering

polishing

powdering

pragmatic

pragmatist

piddling

pragmatists

prescience

prescient

preconceive

pregnancy

pregnancies

presences

presenter

prevailing

presumptive

presently

presiding

presentment

quarreling

presumption

presumptions

presenters

provoking

proceeding

profiting

progeny

prognoses

prisoner

proximal

prisoners

promising

pronouncing

proconsul

profiling

proximate

pursuant

pyroxene

quickening

preceding

railroading

raveling

ravishing

reasoning

misgiving

reckoning

recording

relapsing

reducing

reflecting

regarding

refreshing

relieving

rejoicing

rendering

sickening

reclining

retiring

reversing

reviving

respecting

repeating

resisting

revolting

revolving

riveting

rumbling

scaffolding

sarasin

sarcoma

scattering

scavenging

saracens

scrambling

scribbling

seasoning

seagoing

seducing

settling

shadowing

shipbuilding

shoplifting

shortcoming

shimmering

shortening

sizzling

sleepwalking

smattering

souring

soldering

softening

sojourning

soldiering

stiffening

strengthening

stuttering

succeeding

suffering

surpassing

surprising

surveying

surrounding

surviving

sweetening

tabling

tailoring

tapering

tempering

thanksgiving

thickening

threatening

thundering

ticketing

tinkering

tinkling

towering

tormenting

toweling

traversing

trembling

transporting

trumpeting

truism

tumbling

typesetting

typewriting

twinkling

underling

undoing

undying

unbending

tiresome

unfailing

unsparing

unwilling

unwitting

uprising

unthinking

unyielding

upsetting

urgency

vanishing

varying

urgently

vomiting

visiting

virginal

wagering

wandering

warehousing

watering

weathering

wearisome

well-being

whispering

whitening

winnowing

withering

workmanship

workmanlike

worrisome

wrongdoing

yellowing

unfeeling

unflinching

4 syllable words

activating

agonizing

agitating

advertising

aggravating

admonishing

annotating

appetizing

argentina

argentinas

archenemy

arizonan

arizonans

awakening

astonishing

babysitting

barbecuing

bewildering

bicycling

arrogantly

broken-winded

burgomaster

burgomasters

calculating

captivating

carcinogen

carcinoma

carcinogens

centralizing

charismatic

charismatics

chrysanthemum

chrysanthemums

circulating

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

circumstances

circumstantial

complicating

condescending

conditioning

corresponding

denigrating

detonating

devastating

developing

delegating

diagnosing

disabling

disappearing

disappointing

disapproving

disconcerting

discouraging

disengaging

disparaging

disheartening

dispiriting

distributing

distinguishing

domineering

draconian

edifying

encircling

encompassing

embarrassing

emphasizing

encouraging

energizing

enlightening

engineering

entertaining

enterprising

dominating

everlasting

examining

enveloping

executing

fascinating

fireproofing

fingerprinting

fluctuating

coexisting

fragmentary

fragmentation

gorgonian

gargantuan

gratifying

heroism

horizontal

hesitating

implicating

inheriting

inhibiting

inquiring

integrating

interlocking

intersecting

interviewing

laminating

legislating

liberating

irritating

maraschino

marginally

marijuana

maximizing

mercenaries

mercenary

merchandiser

merchandising

merchandisers

moderating

mitigating

mountaineering

never-ending

notifying

notwithstanding

occupying

obviating

operating

nonrecurring

oceangoing

organically

organizer

organizers

organisms

organizes

originates

oscillating

original

originals

overcoming

originate

overbearing

overarching

overflowing

overhauling

overlapping

overrating

overruling

parachuting

overlying

palpitating

overpowering

parishioner

parisienne

parishioners

parisians

overwhelming

paraguayan

parsonages

parsimony

partitioning

organism

organismic

patronizing

penetrating

percentages

persevering

personify

personifies

personally

personable

personalize

personalized

petitioning

pioneering

pragmatism

precondition

preconditions

preconception

preconceptions

preignition

presentable

presentation

presentations

presumably

progenitor

proximity

prognosticate

prognosticates

realizing

registering

reentering

suffocating

separating

speechifying

reorganize

unavailing

unbecoming

unassuming

unbelieving

underlying

underpinning

understanding

undertaking

underwriting

undulating

vacillating

unremitting

virginity

waterproofing

unrelenting

zirconium

zirconiums

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Words that rhyme with the word cracking

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  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

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  • Cat and Bad
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  • 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

Rhyming Dictionary


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