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

accrues

action

acton

acres

airman

alban

alan

agrees

alman

amman

arson

apron

ashen

aspen

asian

askers

atman

assures

auction

austin

auden

augers

augurs

backrests

backrest

backers

bacon

bagman

bakers

baldwin

bason

bastion

bargain

barton

baron

barren

basin

batten

banyan

batton

beckon

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckers

begun

beggars

belgian

bellman

billion

bison

bellon

biggers

bickers

bludgeon

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

blacken

blowgun

boatman

bobbin

bollen

bordman

bookman

bookers

boston

brakeman

brethren

boughten

bourbon

bracken

brazen

bowman

boxers

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

bolden

burden

burdon

bullion

broken

bushman

button

burgeon

buggers

burman

burton

caisson

cabin

caesars

cajun

brogan

calvin

canaan

caption

carbon

carman

canton

canon

canyon

carmine

capstan

captain

cashiers

cauldron

caution

carton

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

charon

chapman

chasten

cheapen

chasers

checkers

chessman

christian

christen

chevron

chieftain

children

chosen

chiggers

chicken

churchman

claxon

classman

citron

coachman

clinton

cigars

cockroach

chaplain

cannon

colon

common

baston

baton

cookers

copeman

corban

cordon

cougars

crimson

craftsman

crewman

crouton

cushion

curtain

cumin

dagan

dagon

daggers

damson

cuban

dalton

dampen

daman

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

decrease

decreased

decrees

decries

deepen

degrees

delphian

demon

cotton

cousin

cowan

craven

cretin

desman

devon

dian

diction

diggers

dickers

discourse

discharge

disgraced

disgorge

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dockers

disgrace

dossiers

dozen

draftsman

dragon

dudgeon

drunken

dungeon

dustman

driven

eaten

eden

dromon

dutchman

earthen

eggers

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

portion

fashion

faustian

fibrin

faction

falcon

fallen

famine

fakers

fasten

felon

fatten

fiction

faulcon

fielden

figures

fireman

fission

firman

fishers

fissures

flashgun

flexion

floren

footman

flatten

foreman

foreign

function

fortune

fraction

fountain

freedman

freeman

freshen

freshman

friction

frighten

frozen

fuckers

fusion

garden

gallon

gentian

gascon

garron

german

gibbon

given

gilden

geysers

glidden

georgian

glisten

gladden

gorgon

gotten

goodman

gowan

grandson

grecian

graven

golden

griffon

gluten

gudgeon

guardsman

guessers

guesswork

gumption

haitian

hangman

harken

hackman

gushers

hackers

harden

happen

harten

hasten

haven

headman

headsman

hawkers

hearten

heathen

heaven

heighten

henchman

hempen

hessian

heron

hausen

hetman

gammon

hidden

hogan

homespun

hookers

hoosiers

horseman

houseman

huntsman

hyson

hymen

hyphen

ibsen

human

housewright

hoten

hoven

housework

ion

jackman

kansan

jargon

jetson

jason

jetton

jasmine

jaggers

joggers

jordan

junction

jorden

kalan

jaguars

jokers

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

klansman

jaegers

keelson

kitchen

kirkman

kitten

kickers

lagan

lampron

kremlin

laden

lacrosse

lakers

koshers

landsman

landman

portman

lessen

leaven

ledden

lemon

lengthen

legion

lesion

leman

leaguers

lesson

leven

lessors

lineman

linemen

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linden

lion

linen

lasers

latin

layman

liven

locken

lockers

loren

lockman

london

longan

logan

loosen

lopeman

loggers

lookers

lotion

losers

luncheon

lyden

m1

madden

lynden

lumen

mahone

maiden

magyars

lugers

makers

majors

mansion

mangan

marchman

margin

markman

martian

marksman

marlin

marten

martin

matron

leaden

marron

mason

mayan

measures

mention

listen

melon

melton

mignon

minden

milken

million

minion

lisbon

mountain

mission

misers

mitten

mousers

morgan

mormon

moisten

motion

molten

mutton

liquors

muffin

mullen

muslin

muckrake

muggers

mischarge

nation

nekton

negroes

negros

newsman

mixers

ninon

niggers

norman

oarsman

notion

packman

liqueurs

ocean

option

onion

olden

omen

open

organ

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

passion

passman

oven

oxen

owen

pacers

packers

paean

pagan

parson

pardon

panton

passers

pagers

pathan

often

patron

pension

pectin

patten

pavon

penguin

penman

peon

perron

person

persian

odin

ponton

pickers

plankton

pigeon

pinion

piston

plantain

pitman

pillion

piecework

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

poachers

occurs

potion

postman

sexton

pressman

prison

prussian

pullen

pushers

quakers

question

proven

ration

quicken

racers

rackers

raisers

rakers

raven

rayon

reason

recharge

reckon

recourse

region

redden

razors

sharpen

russian

rerun

resin

research

runnion

riden

ripen

rincon

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

robin

rigors

rockers

rickers

rockrose

rosin

rotten

roman

rosen

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

rogers

resource

saffron

salesman

sadden

salmon

sanction

samson

saxon

santon

satan

satin

saucers

scallion

scion

seaman

season

scotsman

section

seedsman

scullion

seekers

secures

shaken

segars

scissors

session

seven

selden

sequin

semen

sermon

seton

seizures

shakers

shaman

shearman

shorten

shotgun

shogun

zion

shipman

tighten

showman

sicken

silken

siggers

siren

siphon

slacken

slogan

smarten

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

solon

sportsman

stiffen

spoken

station

stepson

statesman

stallman

spokesman

steven

stallion

squeakers

stillion

squadron

strengthen

sturgeon

stockman

straighten

stricken

striven

stolen

suasion

suction

sudden

sucrose

suckers

sugars

sunken

sullen

summon

sultan

surgeon

syphon

taken

takers

tension

tarpon

tartan

tendon

talon

tappen

teachers

taxers

teston

sweeten

swollen

thicken

sylvan

thousand

threaten

tigers

shrunken

titan

zaman

tillman

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

toman

triton

tubman

treason

trodden

trojan

trillion

tungsten

turban

tuscan

undone

urson

urchin

urban

union

urine

ushers

users

version

vicars

villain

vision

vulcan

visors

vouchers

wagers

warden

vegan

wagon

wanton

warren

yachtsman

waken

watchman

weapon

whiten

whitson

weaken

wheaten

whiskers

wiccan

wickers

widen

wizen

worsen

workman

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woodman

woolman

wishers

woven

written

washers

yaupon

yeoman

token

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abrasion

abortion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accretion

acquires

addition

admission

addiction

adsorption

acumen

aggressive

acreage

adhesion

adrian

affection

affliction

african

aggregate

aegean

aggregates

aggressors

aggressor

alsatian

adoption

alaskan

albumin

albion

aleutian

alderman

allusion

alien

ambition

ambrosian

andean

anglican

anchorman

apportion

artisan

appian

anyone

arian

arkansan

artesian

aryan

ascension

attraction

aspersion

assassin

assertion

asuncion

attention

assumption

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

backgammon

avian

awaken

backwoodsman

badminton

bakeries

battalion

bedouin

bedizen

bedridden

beethoven

beholden

biotin

benjamin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bucharest

bulletin

cambrian

campion

carnation

cardigan

cessation

cetacean

capsaicin

collection

carrion

cartesian

castration

catalan

caucasian

cation

causation

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

charwoman

charlatan

chilean

cinnamon

cistercian

civilian

citizen

clarendon

clergyman

clarion

coercion

cockroaches

champion

cohesion

collegian

collision

collagen

collusion

bandwagon

compassion

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

companion

concussion

compulsion

compunction

conception

conclusion

concoction

condition

conduction

confection

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

connexion

convection

connection

complexion

congressman

conjunction

conscription

convention

constriction

construction

consumption

contention

contagion

contrition

contraction

contraption

contortion

contusion

correction

conviction

convulsion

conversion

corruption

corsican

corrosion

countryman

croatian

crustacean

cremation

creation

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

description

dentition

deception

decision

declension

decreases

decreasing

defection

deduction

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

councilman

depiction

depletion

derision

desertion

crestfallen

desires

destruction

detection

detention

determine

dilution

devotion

digresses

diversion

diffraction

dictation

diffusion

dimension

dichroic

discipline

discharges

direction

discourage

discretion

discussion

discourses

discursive

disruption

disgraceful

dissension

disrespects

disregard

dispersion

disregards

distraction

disrespect

distortion

distinction

disunion

donation

disgorgement

dominion

division

dorian

downtrodden

duration

edition

ejection

egyptian

elation

election

emission

eleven

elison

encryption

emblazon

embolden

emotion

emulsion

englishman

enlighten

enliven

exertion

eviction

erection

eruption

erosion

etruscan

equation

everyone

evasion

exception

eucharist

exaction

excision

excretion

excursion

exclusion

exemption

excursions

exercise

exhaustion

completion

position

expression

extension

expansion

extraction

explosion

extortion

extinction

expulsion

extrusion

fabian

ferryman

fenian

feminine

fijian

filtration

fisherman

fisheries

fixation

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

foramen

forewoman

forgotten

formation

foundation

franciscan

freemason

frustration

fruition

freudian

fustian

galleon

laotian

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

grobian

guardian

halogen

hammerman

halcyon

handwoven

harlequin

guncotton

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

exorcists

horatian

hickories

horizon

inspection

housebroken

immersion

impression

ignition

impassion

illusion

imagine

implosion

inception

imprison

in-person

inaction

abandon

incursion

ingestion

incision

inflection

infliction

infection

infraction

infarction

inflation

induction

infusion

indian

inclusion

injection

insertion

inscription

injunction

inhuman

instruction

intention

intestine

invention

irian

intrusion

inversion

invasion

issuers

italian

jacobin

javelin

jettison

jamaican

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

kayakers

lactation

lanolin

lecithin

lesbian

licorice

libyan

myosin

niacin

location

logician

magician

lumberman

magdalen

malayan

malaysian

lutheran

mandarin

luxuries

margarine

masculine

mazurkas

medicine

median

medallion

marian

melanin

menhaden

mexican

microscope

microscopes

midshipman

miscarriage

misprision

misfortune

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

muckraker

mischarges

narration

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

miseries

nobleman

nonhuman

notation

nonunion

nutrition

objection

nubian

obstruction

norwegian

occasion

occlusion

octillion

ovation

optation

optician

omission

opinion

origin

ottoman

orion

outspoken

partition

oxygen

overdone

overrun

overman

parthian

parisian

partisan

pelican

pavilion

pentathlon

perception

perfection

percussion

permission

permian

perfusion

petition

persuasion

peterman

perversion

phoenician

physician

picaresque

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

pollution

policeman

porcelain

odeon

precaution

precision

preclusion

exorcist

predestine

prediction

preemption

predation

prescription

probation

prevention

pretension

presumption

production

protection

projection

prostration

profusion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

promotion

ramadan

puritan

provision

protean

remission

quotation

recession

reception

redemption

rebellion

reassures

recision

reduction

reflection

regimen

relation

regressive

rejection

religion

reaction

rendition

reopen

reptilian

rescission

resection

researches

restriction

resurgence

resumption

resurgent

resurrect

resources

retraction

rescuers

retention

revision

reversion

reunion

resourceful

revulsion

rifleman

rhodopsin

rotation

rosaries

saccharin

sacrosanct

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

secession

requires

secretion

scorpion

scythian

sedation

sedition

seduction

secrecy

researchers

segregate

seclusion

selection

sensation

researcher

silicon

simian

skeleton

singleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

submission

specimen

starvation

stygian

submersion

subtraction

suburban

subversion

suggestion

summation

superman

sumatran

suspension

suspicion

tactician

subscription

syrian

taxation

technician

temptation

talisman

tamarin

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transcription

transfusion

transition

translation

transmission

tuition

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

unbutton

uncommon

uneven

unwritten

unison

vacation

uterine

vagaries

vatican

venetian

venison

veteran

vermilion

vitamin

vocation

volition

voyagers

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abolition

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

accusation

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accuracy

accuracies

acquisition

admiration

agrarian

adrenaline

adulation

activation

adaptation

admonition

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

affirmation

affectation

agitation

agriculture

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

alteration

allocation

allegation

algonquian

algerian

altercation

american

ammunition

apprehension

amputation

amphibian

approbation

animation

annotation

appellation

application

arbitration

annexation

arabian

armageddon

arizonan

armenian

appalachian

arthurian

aspiration

alternation

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

backwardation

aviation

avocation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

calibration

bolivian

calculation

businesswoman

californian

bohemian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumspection

circumcision

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

coloradan

columbian

commutation

combination

commendation

comparison

comedian

committeeman

exhortation

competition

compilation

comprehension

computation

composition

concentration

complication

condescension

condemnation

condensation

confirmation

conflagration

confrontation

confiscation

congregation

connotation

conjugation

consecration

conservation

constellation

consternation

consummation

consolation

constipation

constitution

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contrarian

contradiction

contravention

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

copernican

corinthian

copenhagen

demonstration

desecration

designation

criterion

crucifixion

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

culmination

crocodilian

dandelion

darwinian

decompression

decoration

declaration

decimation

deconstruction

deportation

dedication

defamation

definition

deformation

dehydration

degradation

delegation

demarcation

demolition

cotyledon

depravation

deposition

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

desiccation

desperation

desolation

destination

destitution

detonation

deviation

devolution

diminution

devastation

devonian

dilatation

disaffection

discouraging

diocesan

disconnection

discouragement

domination

discourages

disinfection

dislocation

disinflation

disillusion

disorganize

dispensation

dissertation

disputation

disposition

disrespectful

dissipation

distillation

dissolution

distribution

divination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

egregiously

electrician

elevation

elocution

emigration

elongation

emanation

emulation

embarkation

englishwoman

erudition

equitation

estimation

eritrean

estonian

evolution

equestrian

evocation

european

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

eustachian

exercises

exercisers

exerciser

exhalation

exhibition

compensation

expiration

expectation

expedition

explanation

explication

exploitation

exploration

exposition

extradition

extrication

fabrication

figuration

fascination

federation

fibrillation

fallopian

fermentation

fluctuation

floridian

fluoridation

foliation

fragmentation

formulation

fumigation

galilean

generation

glaciation

gastrulation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

germination

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hesitation

himalayan

historian

inspiration

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

importation

impregnation

ibuprofen

immigration

illustration

imperfection

imitation

immolation

implantation

implication

imposition

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

indentation

indexation

incubation

indecision

indication

indiscretion

incrustation

indigestion

indignation

infestation

inclination

infiltration

inflammation

information

inhalation

inhibition

indonesian

innovation

inquisition

installation

instigation

institution

integration

insurrection

intercession

interception

interaction

interjection

interdiction

insulation

intermission

intersection

intervention

interruption

interurban

interwoven

intimation

introduction

inundation

intuition

introspection

isolation

intonation

invitation

invocation

iranian

irrigation

irritation

iteration

jacobean

jubilation

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

lancastrian

mutilation

exhumation

legislation

librarian

liberation

leviathan

levitation

liberian

limitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

machination

malnutrition

manumission

malformation

maccabean

macedonian

mammalian

masturbation

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

liquidation

meridian

micrographics

micrographic

microscopy

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

miscarriages

microcosm

miseration

misconception

misperception

mitigation

missourian

modulation

mortification

molestation

mongolian

moravian

motivation

navigation

nestorian

napoleon

newtonian

nicaraguan

observation

nigerian

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

occupation

obligation

obfuscation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

octahedron

nicaraguans

opposition

olympian

orchestration

ordination

ohioan

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

penetration

penicillin

pelagian

pavlovian

pedestrian

perforation

persecution

perspiration

permutation

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

pigmentation

politician

polyhedron

polynesian

plutonian

population

exorcism

praetorian

preconception

exorcisms

precondition

preelection

preignition

predilection

premonition

predetermine

preparation

preservation

procreation

proclamation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

presentation

repercussion

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

provocation

punctuation

publication

radiation

relocation

recognition

reelection

reassertion

recantation

recitation

recollection

reawaken

reconstruction

reclamation

recreation

reformation

refutation

registration

reexamine

reinspection

regulation

regurgitate

relaxation

reparation

renovation

repossession

readmission

reposition

repetition

replication

realization

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reputation

republican

requisition

resignation

reservation

resolution

revocation

resurrection

respiration

restoration

restitution

retardation

retrocession

revelation

retribution

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

saturation

samaritan

sanitation

satisfaction

segregation

sectarian

segmentation

separation

sequestration

self-deception

shakespearean

sicilian

simonian

siberian

simulation

situation

speculation

smithsonian

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

suffocation

substitution

supposition

superstition

supervision

superhuman

surrogation

tabulation

syncopation

syndication

termination

tamoxifen

tasmanian

tetrahedron

theocracy

titillation

transformation

transportation

tribulation

trepidation

transplantation

ulceration

valerian

usurpation

vacillation

vaccination

utopian

validation

valuation

variation

veneration

vegetation

ventilation

vindication

victorian

wagnerian

visitation

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

academician

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

administration

adulteration

adjudication

agglomeration

affiliation

agricultural

alleviation

alliteration

alienation

amelioration

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

amplification

annihilation

appreciation

anticipation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

attenuation

association

augustinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

collaboration

canonization

carolinian

cauterization

centralization

centenarian

certification

carthaginian

christianization

civilization

classification

clarification

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

colonization

commemoration

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

configuration

confederation

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

consolidation

corroboration

denomination

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

deification

degeneration

deliberation

delicatessen

delineation

decapitation

depopulation

depreciation

denunciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

discoloration

dionysian

discrimination

disembarkation

disintegration

disinclination

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

elaboration

edification

ejaculation

dramatization

elimination

electrocution

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

equalization

epicurean

eradication

equivocation

evaporation

evacuation

evaluation

ethiopian

exaggeration

exasperation

examination

exacerbation

excoriation

excruciating

exercisable

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

extermination

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

exoskeleton

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

hybridization

humiliation

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

immunization

illumination

imagination

inauguration

inactivation

incarceration

improvisation

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

infatuation

indoctrination

inhabitation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

initiation

interconnection

intoxication

interpolation

interrogation

interpretation

intimidation

ionization

investigation

irradiation

invalidation

instrumentation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

maximilian

mechanization

misapprehension

misapplication

metropolitan

miscalculation

microcomputer

microcomputers

microscopically

misinformation

mississippian

mischaracterize

modernization

modification

mobilization

mummification

multiplication

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

nonsectarian

normalization

obliteration

notification

nullification

pasteurization

orientation

organization

ossification

oregonian

origination

ornamentation

nickelodeon

pacification

participation

overproduction

panamanian

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

premeditation

preoccupation

predestination

predisposition

prevarication

procrastination

presupposition

prognostication

proliferation

pronunciation

proletarian

qualification

purification

pythagorean

quantification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

recuperation

regeneration

reforestation

refrigeration

reiteration

reintegration

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

russification

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vilification

vegetarian

verification

vicariously

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

presbyterian

8 syllable words

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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
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