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

aching

acting

acorns

acorn

aging

airing

ailing

aground

angling

arming

arching

asking

basting

awning

backing

backrooms

background

backroom

baiting

backgrounds

banging

banding

banking

barring

baking

bathing

bagging

bearing

beaming

beating

bedding

batting

bidding

belting

bending

belling

biding

broking

beijing

billing

birthing

binding

bigram

bitching

biting

blessing

blending

bleeding

bleeping

being

bleaching

blazing

blinding

blocking

blaring

blasting

blooming

boating

blowing

bighorns

blushing

boarding

boasting

boning

bolting

bonding

boiling

bolling

bounding

bighorn

boring

booting

boozing

bouncing

branching

blueing

bracing

boxing

bowling

braiding

breasting

bluing

bookworm

brimming

breeching

breeding

briefing

booming

breathing

bowing

braving

brawling

breaking

broiling

brewing

beading

brooding

building

buckling

bucking

budding

bulging

bunting

burping

butting

buying

calling

calming

camping

caning

carling

chagrin

carping

carving

casting

casing

ceiling

caulking

catching

chafing

chanting

charming

chasing

chilling

chagrined

chewing

chipping

chirping

chopping

cleaning

clanging

clipping

coasting

choking

climbing

clowning

cloaking

clocking

clogging

closing

clothing

clouding

clucking

coming

coaxing

coating

cocking

codding

coiling

colling

combing

coaching

bruting

costing

cooking

cooing

cooling

coping

coupling

couching

coursing

cresting

creaking

creeping

crashing

crackling

craving

cribbing

cunning

cuddling

cracking

crooning

crossing

culling

curing

crowing

curling

daring

crushing

darling

cutting

dancing

damning

dacron

dashing

dawning

dealing

daunting

crying

derring

browning

browsing

brushing

dicing

digging

discerns

dilling

dipping

dining

dishing

disarmed

discern

disarm

dressing

drilling

diving

docking

draining

drafting

doubting

dragging

doing

drawing

dripping

during

drinking

driving

duckling

doting

drugging

drumming

dubbing

ducking

dropping

drying

dueling

dumpling

dwelling

dyeing

dying

earthling

easing

eating

eking

edging

ending

evening

erring

etching

facing

fading

fainting

failing

feigning

fishing

farming

fencing

farthing

feeding

feeling

faulting

fielding

fehling

fetching

falling

filling

finding

fighting

filing

fining

firing

fitting

fixing

flaring

flitting

fledgling

fleming

flashing

flaming

fleeting

flooding

flooring

floating

flogging

flowing

flushing

folding

foaming

footing

franking

freaking

forming

forging

forcing

founding

foundling

framing

flying

fraying

foiling

frosting

freezing

fruiting

fucking

glazing

gilding

funding

gassing

getting

gadding

galling

gaming

girding

giving

glaring

glinting

glancing

fuming

gloaming

greening

golding

golfing

glowing

going

grasping

grading

grafting

grappling

grating

greeting

grayling

grazing

frying

grieving

grinding

grounding

grooming

grouping

groundling

grouting

growing

gunning

gushing

hearing

harping

hamstring

handling

hanging

heading

having

hatching

healing

heating

heckling

heaving

helping

hitting

hoarding

hugging

hilling

hiding

hurling

hogging

holding

horning

hosting

hounding

holing

homing

hopping

housing

humming

herring

hurting

hunting

inkling

jeering

jerking

icing

jailing

jarring

jetting

jogging

joking

judging

flagging

jumping

jutting

yielding

keeling

kindling

kicking

killing

keeping

kipling

kenning

knitting

landing

lasting

lamping

lading

lagging

lapping

knowing

lashing

launching

latching

laughing

lawing

leaning

leasing

leading

leaking

leaping

laying

lending

legging

lemming

leghorn

licking

lifting

leghorns

lighting

lightning

knocking

liking

living

lining

loaning

loading

loathing

lodging

longing

logging

looking

loring

loving

lucerne

looming

looping

lopping

losing

lowing

lugworms

lugworm

lumping

lunching

lying

madding

mailing

marching

marking

malting

making

mapping

matching

lukewarm

matting

meeting

melting

merging

micron

microns

migraine

migraines

migrants

migrant

milling

mincing

minding

mooring

morning

molting

mocking

morphing

mining

moulding

mounting

mourning

nestling

mugging

moving

mushrooms

mowing

mushroom

musing

muting

nanking

nagging

napping

netting

meaning

nipping

nodding

newsrooms

newsroom

nosing

nothing

nursing

nutting

offing

offspring

ousting

outing

pacing

owing

packing

padding

paging

pairing

panning

paring

parking

parting

painting

passing

pelting

pending

peaking

pegging

paying

peeing

paving

petting

phasing

phrasing

picking

panting

pimping

patching

pinching

piling

pining

pitching

planting

planking

pleading

pleasing

piping

plating

plodding

plugging

playing

plaything

plumbing

oozing

roasting

roaring

pointing

polling

pressing

posting

popping

printing

pouncing

preaching

praying

pounding

pouting

priming

prowling

pruning

purging

pushing

pumping

puffing

putting

quaking

quilting

quilling

pudding

racing

rafting

racking

railing

raging

raising

prying

rambling

pooling

raking

reading

raving

ringing

resting

ribbing

rigging

rifling

riding

rising

romping

poking

rocking

rolling

roofing

rubbing

poling

rounding

running

rousing

roving

ruling

slitting

sacking

schilling

scarring

scheming

saying

salting

sapling

scalping

sagging

sailing

saving

scaling

schooling

scolding

scorching

serving

screaming

screening

searching

seedling

seating

scraping

scratching

scrimping

seeing

seeling

seeming

seizing

screwing

sharking

shafting

setting

sheathing

shading

shaving

sewing

shedding

singing

shifting

shilling

shelving

shining

shipping

shirting

shoestring

sibling

shelling

shrinking

shocking

shooting

showing

shredding

shuffling

shoring

shrouding

shunting

signing

siding

sighting

sighing

sinking

sitting

skilling

sheeting

sizing

skimming

skirting

swearing

slanting

sledding

sleeping

swaying

slapping

slating

sliding

slighting

sloping

swimming

slotting

smelting

snarling

smelling

sneaking

smoking

snapping

smoothing

sniffing

sneezing

snoring

soaring

soaking

sobbing

sojourn

springing

squinting

sprinkling

sparing

sperling

sparling

spending

sporting

spanking

speaking

spelling

sparkling

sounding

sopping

spurling

something

squeezing

stacking

soothing

staging

stalling

stamping

standing

sterling

sticking

starting

stealing

stating

staving

stinging

stinking

stirring

stitching

starling

storming

straddling

stocking

stooping

stopping

stowing

straining

strapping

streaming

stunning

stripling

stretching

stripping

suckling

strutting

stuffing

sucking

striving

stroking

suing

suiting

striking

smacking

slouching

sweating

sweeping

sweeting

swelling

swooning

tackling

tacking

tailing

taking

talking

testing

tamping

tanning

tasting

teaming

teeming

telling

teaching

teething

taunting

tempting

thrilling

thinking

thrashing

throwing

thrusting

tilting

ticking

tipping

thumping

tiding

training

trusting

toasting

tossing

touching

trilling

tracing

trading

tithing

trimming

tooling

tripping

trucking

trifling

tuning

topping

tubing

trying

trailing

tricking

switching

twining

tying

vesting

vaulting

veiling

viking

voiding

voting

wading

waiting

waking

vying

walking

walling

waning

warling

warning

warming

wapping

warping

washing

wasting

wearing

weakling

weaving

webbing

westling

wedding

yearling

vagrants

wanting

wellspring

weeding

weeping

whipping

whirling

wheeling

winding

whacking

whaling

wiring

whiting

whitling

whooping

wincing

willing

wilding

witching

whopping

wielding

wishing

wringing

wrestling

wording

working

wrecking

writing

yachting

yelling

weighing

vagrant

3 syllable words

accenting

abounding

according

abiding

absorbing

accusing

adoring

adjoining

admiring

agreeing

affecting

departing

alluring

amazing

afflicting

agreements

agreement

aligning

alarming

annealing

aggrandize

amusing

annoying

anything

appalling

approving

appealing

approaching

aspiring

arresting

arranging

arriving

assuming

assuring

astounding

assurance

attracting

backbiting

badgering

backsliding

baffling

ballooning

battening

battering

becoming

befitting

beguiling

beholding

belonging

bettering

besieging

believing

beseeching

billowing

blackmailing

bloodletting

blanketing

bloodsucking

blossoming

blundering

bookkeeping

bottling

broadcasting

brainwashing

buffeting

campaigning

bullying

bullfighting

bumbling

bundling

bungling

butchering

bustling

bushwhacking

caesarean

cackling

caesareans

centering

canoeing

caressing

carousing

carjacking

carpeting

carrying

chattering

challenging

channeling

childbearing

bubbling

cicerone

churchgoing

complaining

commuting

coloring

comforting

commanding

complying

completing

composing

compounding

conceding

concurring

connecting

conforming

confounding

conjuring

conquering

confiding

confusing

conflicting

consoling

consuming

crusading

constricting

converging

conveying

correcting

convincing

contracting

copying

covering

counseling

cowering

cradling

crippling

consulting

cushioning

declining

crocheting

decreasing

dairying

damaging

dampening

darkening

cycling

deadening

degrading

deafening

debating

defusing

decorum

delighting

contacting

discernment

diapering

dialing

diagrams

diagram

dichromate

disguising

disgusting

dissembling

dissecting

dissolving

distracting

distressing

diverting

dividing

dressmaking

divining

doddering

diverging

drizzling

doubling

downsizing

dumbfounding

dwindling

emitting

echoing

eavesdropping

enchanting

emptying

enclosing

endearing

engrossing

engraving

engaging

enlisting

enduring

ensuing

entering

equating

erecting

erupting

enticing

exacting

everything

exceeding

exciting

excepting

excrement

expanding

expelling

expiring

exploring

factoring

exhausting

existing

exulting

fingering

feathering

faltering

fastening

favoring

figurine

figurines

finishing

fisherman

flattering

flavoring

abducting

flowering

forwarding

following

fondling

freewheeling

forbidding

forgiving

forthcoming

foreboding

forecasting

frustrating

gathering

gardening

galloping

gambling

glowering

good-looking

groundbreaking

happening

handwriting

hairdressing

hardworking

hardening

harvesting

heartbreaking

highflying

housekeeping

housewarming

ironing

impending

imprinting

importing

increasing

imposing

imploring

improving

incoming

infighting

installing

invading

inspiring

insulting

inviting

interesting

investing

issuing

juggernaut

jockeying

journeying

juggling

kidnapping

lamenting

laboring

lactating

landscaping

languishing

lachrymose

laundering

landholding

lawmaking

layering

lettering

leavening

leveling

life-giving

lightening

lingering

locating

lowering

lumbering

machining

matchmaking

maddening

macrame

marshaling

marketing

maturing

measuring

meddling

measurement

measurements

mellowing

middling

misleading

misgiving

mothering

miscreants

miscreant

misspelling

modeling

motoring

mottling

muscling

murmuring

mumbling

networking

narrowing

neighboring

nerve-racking

neutering

observing

nourishing

obliging

occurrence

offering

offsetting

riveting

opining

opposing

ordering

opening

outgoing

outlying

outfitting

outpouring

outstanding

painstaking

papering

parceling

pardoning

piddling

peppering

patrolling

peddling

perplexing

persisting

pervading

paneling

polishing

oncoming

pitying

plastering

pondering

ongoing

polluting

preceding

presiding

proceeding

powdering

profiling

promising

pronouncing

provoking

profiting

quarreling

railroading

reasoning

relapsing

raveling

reclining

reckoning

recording

repeating

regarding

relieving

rendering

ravishing

refreshing

reflecting

recurrent

rejoicing

reducing

resisting

revolving

retiring

reviving

respecting

revolting

requirement

requirements

rumbling

saccharin

scattering

scaffolding

scavenging

scribbling

seasoning

seducing

seagoing

scrambling

settling

sizzling

shipbuilding

shoplifting

shortening

shadowing

shortcoming

sacraments

sleepwalking

smattering

softening

sojourner

sojourners

sojourning

soldering

soldiering

souring

sacrament

strengthening

suffering

succeeding

stuttering

surpassing

surrounding

surveying

sweetening

surviving

surprising

tailoring

tempering

tabling

tapering

unflinching

saccharine

threatening

tinkering

thundering

ticketing

tinkling

towering

toweling

trembling

transporting

trumpeting

tormenting

tumbling

underling

unbending

typesetting

twinkling

typewriting

unfailing

undoing

undying

unfeeling

thanksgiving

upsetting

unsparing

uprising

unyielding

unwilling

unwitting

unthinking

weathering

varying

vanishing

visiting

wagering

vomiting

wandering

warehousing

watering

well-being

whitening

winnowing

wrongdoing

yellowing

vagrancy

4 syllable words

activating

admonishing

acrimony

agitating

advertising

agonizing

agronomy

agronomists

agronomist

annotating

aggrandizement

aggravating

appetizing

aquariums

awakening

aquarium

astonishing

assurances

assyrian

assyrians

babysitting

barbecuing

bewildering

bicycling

calculating

captivating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

complicating

condescending

conditioning

corresponding

delegating

denigrating

developing

devastating

detonating

diagnosing

disabling

discouraging

disappearing

disappointing

discernible

disarmament

disconcerting

disapproving

disengaging

discriminate

discriminates

disheartening

disharmony

disorient

disparaging

dispiriting

distinguishing

distributing

dominating

domineering

embarrassing

encircling

edifying

emphasizing

encouraging

encompassing

energizing

enlightening

engineering

entertaining

enveloping

enterprising

everlasting

examining

executing

fascinating

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

gratifying

hesitating

inheriting

implicating

inhibiting

inquiring

irritating

integrating

interlocking

interviewing

intersecting

hygrometer

laminating

legislating

liberating

luxuriant

macaroni

macarena

merchandising

micrometers

micrometer

misremember

missourian

missourians

mitigating

moderating

mountaineering

necromancer

necromancy

never-ending

nonrecurring

nigerian

nigerians

notwithstanding

obviating

notifying

occupying

occurrences

oceangoing

maximizing

operating

oscillating

overlying

overbearing

overarching

overcoming

overflowing

overlapping

overpowering

overrating

overruling

overhauling

overwhelming

pagurian

parachuting

petitioning

partitioning

penetrating

patronizing

persevering

palpitating

pioneering

realizing

recriminate

reentering

registering

reassurance

separating

speechifying

suffocating

sacramental

underlying

unassuming

unavailing

unbecoming

unbelieving

underpinning

undertaking

underwriting

understanding

undulating

vacillating

unremitting

unrelenting

waterproofing

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Words that rhyme with the word discerning

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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

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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.

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