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

curling

hurling

sperling

spurling

sterling

whirling

yearling

aching

ailing

airing

baking

backing

bagging

baiting

bedding

bearing

batting

belling

berlin

belting

billing

birthing

blaring

blazing

blessing

boiling

bolling

bowling

bracing

braiding

braving

brawling

breaking

broiling

burping

carling

burning

calling

caning

casing

ceiling

chafing

chasing

chilling

chirping

churning

coiling

colling

derring

cooling

crackling

cracking

craving

culling

damning

daring

darling

dealing

dilling

dueling

dwelling

earning

dragging

draining

dressing

drilling

earthling

failing

facing

fehling

fading

feeling

erring

falling

feigning

filling

filing

flagging

flaming

flaring

fleming

foiling

furlong

gadding

framing

galling

gaming

girding

gassing

getting

jailing

glaring

glazing

grappling

grayling

grading

grating

grazing

having

heading

healing

heckling

helping

herring

hurting

hilling

holing

jerking

jetting

keeling

kenning

killing

sacking

lading

lagging

lapping

laughing

learning

legging

lemming

madding

mailing

making

mapping

matting

merlin

merlins

merging

melting

milling

netting

nagging

napping

nursing

railing

packing

padding

pairing

pacing

pelting

panning

paring

passing

paving

pegging

quaking

petting

phasing

phrasing

piling

plating

poling

polling

pooling

pressing

purging

prowling

quilling

racing

racking

sailing

raising

raking

raving

sapling

rolling

ruling

sagging

saving

scalping

scaling

schilling

schooling

scraping

searching

seeling

serving

shelling

setting

shaving

shedding

shelving

shading

shirting

shilling

shredding

skirting

skilling

slapping

slating

sledding

smacking

smelting

smelling

snarling

snapping

spelling

sparing

sparling

stacking

stalling

starling

stating

staving

stealing

stirring

swelling

straining

straddling

strapping

swearing

sweating

tailing

tackling

tacking

taking

tanning

training

telling

thrilling

tooling

trailing

tracing

trading

trilling

turning

veiling

wading

waiting

waking

warling

walling

waning

whaling

wearing

wedding

yearlings

yearning

webbing

wheeling

willing

wording

working

wrestling

wrecking

yelling

whacking

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

acting

aging

airline

airlines

angling

arming

arching

asking

awning

banding

banging

basting

bathing

barring

beading

beaming

beating

banking

beijing

bidding

bending

biding

binding

bitching

blasting

biting

bleaching

bleeding

blending

bleeping

blocking

blooming

blinding

blowing

blueing

bluing

blushing

boarding

bolting

boating

bowing

boasting

bonding

boning

booming

booting

boozing

boring

bouncing

bounding

breasting

breeding

briefing

breathing

breeching

brewing

boxing

brilliant

brimming

broking

brooding

browning

browsing

bruting

branching

brushing

bucking

buckling

budding

being

camping

butting

buying

bunting

calming

catching

carping

carving

casting

carlin

caulking

chanting

charming

chipping

chewing

choking

chopping

clanging

cleaning

clearing

climbing

clipping

cloaking

clocking

clogging

closing

clouding

clowning

clucking

coating

clothing

coaching

coasting

coaxing

cocking

codding

combing

coming

bulging

creeping

cresting

coping

cooking

cooing

coupling

couching

costing

coursing

crashing

creaking

cribbing

crooning

crossing

crowing

cuddling

crushing

crying

cunning

curing

cutting

dashing

darlings

dawning

daunting

dancing

building

dicing

digging

dining

dipping

dishing

duckling

dripping

driving

dropping

drinking

doubting

diving

docking

doting

doing

drafting

drawing

drugging

drumming

dubbing

drying

ducking

during

dumpling

dyeing

dying

earring

easing

eating

edging

eking

ending

etching

fainting

evening

farming

faulting

fencing

feeding

farthing

fetching

fielding

fighting

fining

firing

fitting

fishing

finding

fixing

fledgling

flashing

fleeting

flitting

flogging

flooding

flooring

flowing

flushing

flying

foaming

folding

forcing

footing

forging

forming

fraying

freaking

freezing

fruiting

fucking

franking

foundling

frying

founding

freelance

fuming

frosting

funding

gilding

gearing

garland

ginning

giving

glancing

glinting

gloaming

golding

floating

glowing

golfing

grouping

going

grafting

grasping

greening

greeting

grieving

grooming

grinding

grounding

groundling

grouting

growing

gunning

gushing

hairline

hanging

handling

harping

hatching

hearing

heating

heaving

heirloom

heirlooms

hiding

hoarding

holding

hissing

hitting

hogging

hamstring

homing

horning

housing

hugging

hosting

hounding

hopping

humming

icing

hunting

inkling

inning

jarring

jeering

jogging

joking

judging

jumping

yielding

jutting

keeping

kicking

lashing

lamping

landing

knitting

knocking

knowing

lasting

laying

latching

leading

leaking

leaning

lawing

launching

leaping

leasing

lending

licking

lifting

lighting

lightning

liking

lining

living

loading

loaning

logging

looking

loathing

lodging

looming

longing

looping

lopping

loring

listing

losing

loving

lowing

lying

lumping

lunching

matching

malting

marking

marching

marlin

marlins

meaning

meeting

mincing

mining

minding

missing

mocking

mooring

molting

moreland

nestling

moorland

moorlands

morland

morning

morphing

moulding

mourning

moving

mugging

mowing

mounting

musing

muting

nanking

nipping

nodding

nosing

nothing

norland

nutting

offing

offspring

oozing

outing

ousting

paging

painting

panting

parking

parlance

patching

parting

owing

paying

peaking

peeing

pending

putting

piercing

picking

pimping

pinching

pining

playing

plaything

planting

piping

pleading

pleasing

plodding

plugging

planking

pitching

plumbing

poking

pointing

praying

popping

pouting

preaching

posting

pouncing

pounding

priming

printing

prolong

prolongs

pruning

pudding

prying

puffing

pumping

purloin

pushing

quilting

raging

rafting

rambling

resting

kindling

kipling

reading

ribbing

rifling

riding

rigging

rising

ringing

roaring

rocking

roofing

rousing

roving

rubbing

roasting

romping

rounding

salting

saying

running

scarring

scratching

scolding

scheming

screaming

screening

scorching

screwing

seedling

seating

seeming

seizing

seeing

scrimping

shafting

sharking

shearing

sheeting

sewing

shining

shipping

shocking

shooting

sheathing

shifting

shoestring

shoring

shuffling

sibling

shrouding

showing

shunting

shrinking

siding

sighing

slanting

sighting

signing

sitting

sizing

skimming

singing

sinking

sleeping

sliding

slighting

slitting

sloping

slotting

slouching

smoking

sneaking

sneezing

sniffing

snoring

soaking

soaring

sobbing

smoothing

sparkling

sporting

sopping

speaking

soothing

sounding

something

spending

spanking

spinning

springing

staging

squeezing

sprinkling

squinting

stamping

standing

starting

steering

sticking

stinging

stinking

stitching

storming

stocking

stooping

stopping

stowing

streaming

stretching

stripling

striking

stripping

striving

stroking

strutting

stuffing

stunning

suckling

sucking

suiting

suing

swaying

sweeping

sweeting

swimming

swooning

tamping

talking

tasting

switching

taunting

teaming

teaching

teeming

testing

teething

thrashing

throwing

thrusting

thumping

thinking

ticking

tiding

tempting

tilting

topping

tossing

tithing

toasting

touching

tipping

trifling

tricking

trimming

trillions

tripping

trucking

tuning

twining

trying

trusting

twisting

tubing

tying

trillion

weaving

vaulting

vesting

veering

viking

weeding

voiding

voting

vying

walking

wapping

wanting

warming

warning

warping

weighing

wasting

weakling

weeping

washing

wellspring

westling

whirlwind

whistling

whitling

wielding

wilding

whipping

whiting

whooping

whopping

wincing

winding

winning

wiring

writing

yachting

wishing

witching

wringing

3 syllable words

according

abiding

abducting

absorbing

accenting

abounding

accusing

arriving

agreeing

alerting

admiring

affecting

adoring

afflicting

aligning

adjoining

alarming

alluring

amazing

approaching

annealing

appalling

appealing

anything

annoying

amusing

arranging

arresting

approving

ballooning

ascending

asserting

baffling

badgering

backsliding

assuming

attracting

assuring

astounding

backbiting

battering

battening

becoming

befitting

beginning

beguiling

beholding

aspiring

bettering

bickering

besetting

belonging

beseeching

besieging

billowing

blackmailing

blanketing

blistering

bloodletting

bloodsucking

blossoming

blundering

blustering

bottling

bookkeeping

believing

brilliantly

broadcasting

brainwashing

bubbling

buffeting

bullying

butchering

bullfighting

bumbling

bundling

bungling

cackling

bushwhacking

bustling

campaigning

carousing

canoeing

caressing

carrying

centering

carjacking

caroline

carpeting

channeling

carillon

challenging

chattering

childbearing

churchgoing

colouring

coloring

comforting

commanding

commuting

complaining

completing

complying

composing

concurring

conceding

concerning

conforming

consulting

confiding

conserving

conflicting

conjuring

conquering

copying

connecting

consoling

consuming

correcting

confounding

converging

conveying

confusing

constricting

contacting

compounding

counseling

contracting

covering

cowering

convincing

cradling

crippling

crusading

crocheting

dairying

cycling

cushioning

damaging

deadening

deafening

dampening

darkening

debating

delighting

declining

decreasing

degrading

departing

defusing

derailment

derailments

descending

journeying

deserving

dialing

diapering

dissecting

discerning

disarming

disguising

disgusting

dissembling

diverging

diverting

dissolving

dividing

doddering

doubling

divining

downsizing

dressmaking

drizzling

dissenting

distracting

distressing

dumbfounding

dwindling

easterling

echoing

eavesdropping

detailing

emptying

endearing

enchanting

ensuing

enclosing

enlisting

engaging

enduring

engraving

engrossing

entering

equating

everything

erecting

erupting

exacting

expanding

expelling

excepting

exciting

exhausting

existing

exploring

expiring

exulting

exceeding

factoring

enticing

fairyland

favoring

feathering

faltering

fastening

fingering

finishing

emitting

flattering

flavoring

flowering

forbidding

following

fondling

foreboding

forecasting

forgiving

forwarding

freewheeling

frustrating

forthcoming

galloping

gambling

gathering

glimmering

glistening

glowering

governing

groundbreaking

good-looking

gardening

hairdressing

happening

handwriting

hardening

hardworking

harvesting

heartbreaking

highflying

housekeeping

housewarming

ironing

impending

imploring

importing

improving

increasing

imposing

imprinting

incoming

infighting

inserting

installing

insulting

inspiring

interesting

invading

investing

inviting

issuing

jockeying

juggling

despairing

designing

laboring

lactating

lamenting

landholding

landscaping

languishing

layering

laundering

lawmaking

leavening

lowering

leveling

lettering

lightening

life-giving

locating

lingering

listening

lessening

lumbering

machining

maddening

marshaling

marketing

matchmaking

mellowing

maturing

meddling

measuring

middling

misleading

misgiving

misspelling

mistaking

murmuring

motoring

muscling

mumbling

narrowing

mothering

mottling

neighboring

nerve-racking

neutering

modeling

networking

norlander

nourishing

offering

observing

offsetting

ongoing

obliging

oncoming

opening

ordering

outlying

opining

opposing

outgoing

outfitting

outpouring

outstanding

paneling

painstaking

papering

parceling

pardoning

parliament

parliaments

patrolling

peddling

peppering

pervading

pickering

persisting

piddling

pilfering

plastering

pitying

powdering

pondering

preceding

prevailing

profiling

polishing

proceeding

profiting

promising

provoking

pronouncing

presiding

perplexing

purulent

polluting

quarreling

quickening

raveling

railroading

ravishing

kidnapping

reclining

recording

regarding

refreshing

revolving

reasoning

reckoning

reducing

relapsing

relieving

rendering

revolting

repeating

respecting

reflecting

resisting

retiring

rejoicing

rumbling

riveting

reversing

reviving

scattering

scaffolding

scrambling

scribbling

seagoing

seasoning

seducing

settling

shadowing

shimmering

shipbuilding

shoplifting

sickening

sizzling

shortening

sleepwalking

smattering

shortcoming

soldering

souring

soldiering

stiffening

sojourning

strengthening

suffering

surpassing

surprising

surrounding

surveying

surviving

sweetening

succeeding

stuttering

softening

tailoring

tapering

scavenging

tabling

traversing

tempering

threatening

thundering

tinkering

tinkling

towering

toweling

thickening

trembling

ticketing

tormenting

transporting

tumbling

twinkling

trumpeting

typesetting

typewriting

thanksgiving

underling

unbending

unfailing

undoing

undying

unfeeling

unflinching

unsparing

unthinking

unwilling

vanishing

varying

uprising

upsetting

virulent

wagering

vomiting

wandering

warehousing

visiting

unyielding

well-being

watering

weathering

whispering

whitening

withering

winnowing

wrongdoing

yellowing

unwitting

4 syllable words

activating

advertising

admonishing

aggravating

annotating

appetizing

agitating

agonizing

awakening

astonishing

babysitting

barbecuing

beryllium

bewildering

bicycling

calculating

centralizing

captivating

circulating

coexisting

complicating

condescending

conditioning

corresponding

delegating

denigrating

developing

disparaging

detonating

devastating

diagnosing

disabling

disappearing

discouraging

disconcerting

disengaging

disheartening

disappointing

disapproving

dispiriting

distinguishing

dominating

domineering

distributing

encircling

emphasizing

encompassing

encouraging

energizing

enlightening

engineering

enterprising

entertaining

everlasting

enveloping

examining

executing

fascinating

edifying

embarrassing

fireproofing

fingerprinting

fluctuating

gratifying

hesitating

implicating

inheriting

inhibiting

interlocking

inquiring

integrating

interviewing

intersecting

irritating

laminating

legislating

liberating

maximizing

merchandising

moderating

mitigating

mountaineering

never-ending

nonrecurring

notifying

notwithstanding

overlapping

obviating

occupying

oceangoing

operating

overbearing

overcoming

overarching

oscillating

overhauling

overlying

overruling

overwhelming

palpitating

overrating

overpowering

parachuting

partitioning

patronizing

penetrating

petitioning

pioneering

persevering

overflowing

realizing

reentering

registering

separating

speechifying

suffocating

underlying

unavailing

unbelieving

unbecoming

underpinning

unassuming

undertaking

underwriting

understanding

undulating

vacillating

unrelenting

waterproofing

unremitting

virulently

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Words that rhyme with the word curling

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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