Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word edifying.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
3 syllable words
4 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word edifying.
2 syllable words

aching

acting

advance

advanced

advent

airing

angling

ailing

asking

arming

arching

aging

banding

backing

bagging

baiting

baking

banging

awning

banking

bedding

bathing

bearing

bedpan

basting

bedpans

batting

beading

barring

beaming

beating

belting

bending

belling

beijing

being

bidding

blaring

bitching

blasting

biding

billing

biting

birthing

binding

blazing

bleaching

bleeding

bleeping

blending

blushing

boasting

bolting

blocking

blooming

boarding

blowing

bluing

boating

blueing

boiling

bolling

bonding

braiding

boning

bouncing

boxing

breathing

booming

booting

boozing

boring

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braving

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branching

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brushing

bounding

breeding

briefing

brimming

brooding

broiling

broking

browning

browsing

breeching

brewing

bruting

buckling

bucking

bracing

budding

bulging

building

bunting

burning

burping

butting

buying

calling

calming

camping

caning

carling

carping

casting

carving

casing

catching

caulking

ceiling

chafing

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chirping

blinding

clothing

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clearing

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closing

clucking

clouding

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chewing

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codding

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blessing

coming

cooking

cooling

coping

cooing

costing

couching

coupling

crackling

cracking

coursing

culling

crushing

crashing

craving

cresting

cribbing

creeping

crooning

crossing

crowing

creaking

crying

cuddling

cunning

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curling

cutting

daring

dancing

damning

dashing

darling

daunting

dawning

dealing

derring

digging

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dilling

dining

dipping

dishing

diving

doing

doting

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dressing

ducking

drinking

draining

drilling

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drawing

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doubting

duckling

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docking

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dueling

dwelling

during

dropping

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dyeing

earthling

edging

earning

earring

easing

eating

eking

ending

dying

etching

erring

evening

fucking

fading

facing

failing

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farthing

farming

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feeding

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faulting

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fighting

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fixing

filling

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finding

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fishing

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foundling

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gassing

fuming

getting

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handling

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glazing

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ginning

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grating

grayling

golding

glowing

going

grading

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greening

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gunning

hamstring

gushing

grounding

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grooming

grouping

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growing

hanging

grinding

groundling

harping

hatching

heading

headband

having

headbands

healing

hearing

heckling

helping

herring

hiding

hilling

hissing

hitting

hoarding

holding

gloaming

heating

heaving

hogging

hidebound

holing

hunting

hugging

humming

hurling

hurting

icing

horning

hosting

hounding

homing

hopping

housing

inkling

inning

jetting

jailing

jerking

jarring

jeering

nutting

jumping

jutting

judging

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joking

kipling

keeling

kindling

kicking

killing

knitting

keeping

kenning

lading

laying

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landing

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lashing

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lasting

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leading

learning

latching

leaking

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lending

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lighting

lightning

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lining

listing

living

loading

looking

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loaning

logging

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lodging

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loring

losing

loving

malting

knowing

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madding

lying

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meaning

meeting

milling

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missing

merging

mining

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morning

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napping

muting

running

nothing

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nodding

nosing

nursing

lowing

offing

offspring

oozing

ousting

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outbound

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ringing

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rounding

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ruling

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sacking

sagging

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schooling

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shedding

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sinking

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skimming

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sliding

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showing

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smoothing

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snapping

snarling

sloping

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sneaking

sneezing

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something

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speaking

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standing

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starling

starting

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stevens

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squeezing

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stipends

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tailing

taking

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talking

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thinking

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viking

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wishing

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witching

winning

wiring

working

wrestling

washing

yelling

writing

yearling

yearning

wringing

yachting

3 syllable words

abducting

abiding

according

accusing

absorbing

accenting

admiring

abounding

adoring

adjoining

advancer

advancers

advancement

advancements

advantage

adventist

adventists

advances

adventures

adventure

affecting

aligning

agreeing

amazing

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amusing

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appalling

appealing

anything

arriving

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ascending

approaching

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asserting

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assuring

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befitting

backbiting

baffling

backsliding

ballooning

astounding

badgering

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battering

beethoven

beginning

beguiling

belonging

bettering

beholding

believing

besieging

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beseeching

bickering

blanketing

blackmailing

billowing

autobahn

bloodsucking

bloodletting

blossoming

blistering

blundering

blustering

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bookkeeping

bullfighting

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bumbling

brainwashing

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bullying

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chattering

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deafening

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dwindling

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eavesdropping

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everything

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scaffolding

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flattering

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interesting

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installing

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issuing

investing

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ironing

jockeying

juggling

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kidnapping

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marketing

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networking

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sickening

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softening

sojourning

soldering

souring

stepmother

stiffener

soldiering

stiffening

strengthening

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stuttering

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surprising

surpassing

surviving

surveying

surrounding

unfailing

unfeeling

tailoring

tapering

thickening

tempering

threatening

thanksgiving

ticketing

thundering

unflinching

tinkling

tabling

toweling

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transporting

traversing

twinkling

undying

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typewriting

unbending

typesetting

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tumbling

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vomiting

unwilling

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unthinking

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varying

visiting

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tormenting

wagering

warehousing

wandering

whispering

weathering

watering

well-being

whitening

withering

winnowing

yellowing

wrongdoing

4 syllable words

activating

aggravating

admonishing

advertising

advantages

adventurers

adventurer

adventuresome

agonizing

agitating

annotating

appetizing

astonishing

babysitting

barbecuing

awakening

bewildering

bicycling

calculating

centralizing

captivating

circulating

coexisting

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conditioning

corresponding

delegating

denigrating

disappearing

detonating

devastating

developing

diagnosing

disabling

disappointing

disapproving

disengaging

disconcerting

discouraging

disheartening

dispiriting

disparaging

distinguishing

distributing

dominating

domineering

encircling

embarrassing

encompassing

enlightening

enveloping

energizing

engineering

encouraging

enterprising

entertaining

everlasting

examining

executing

fascinating

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

hesitating

implicating

integrating

condescending

inheriting

inquiring

inhibiting

interlocking

intersecting

interviewing

irritating

laminating

legislating

liberating

maximizing

mitigating

merchandising

moderating

mountaineering

never-ending

nonrecurring

notwithstanding

occupying

oceangoing

palpitating

oscillating

operating

overcoming

overlying

overlapping

overpowering

overflowing

overrating

overruling

overhauling

overwhelming

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overarching

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patronizing

penetrating

partitioning

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petitioning

pioneering

obviating

realizing

reentering

registering

separating

suffocating

unavailing

underlying

unbelieving

unassuming

unbecoming

underwriting

undertaking

underpinning

understanding

undulating

unremitting

unrelenting

vacillating

utopian

waterproofing

utopians

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word edifying

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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