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

acting

aching

airing

ailing

aging

angling

arming

arching

asking

backing

baking

awning

bagging

baiting

ancient

banding

ancients

banging

banking

bedding

basting

batting

beaming

bathing

beading

bearing

beating

beijing

being

belling

bending

belting

benign

benzene

benzine

bidding

binding

biding

billing

blending

blaring

bitching

blasting

bleeping

blinding

birthing

biting

bleeding

blessing

blazing

bleaching

blocking

blooming

blushing

blowing

blueing

bluing

boarding

boning

boasting

bolting

bonding

barring

boating

boiling

bolling

booming

booting

boozing

boring

bouncing

bounding

branching

boxing

breasting

bracing

breaking

braiding

braving

brawling

breeding

breathing

brewing

briefing

breeching

brushing

brimming

broking

browning

brooding

browsing

bruting

bulging

buckling

bucking

budding

building

broiling

bunting

burning

burping

camping

butting

calming

buying

calling

caning

cancan

carling

chanting

casing

carping

casting

carving

chipping

catching

caulking

chafing

ceiling

chanson

charming

chasing

chewing

chilling

chirping

chopping

churning

bowling

clanging

cleaning

clearing

climbing

clipping

cloaking

clocking

clogging

closing

clothing

clouding

clowning

clucking

coaching

coaxing

cocking

coasting

coating

codding

colling

combing

coming

coiling

conjoin

conjoined

choking

conscience

consent

consents

bowing

consumed

consumes

consume

cooking

costing

cooling

couching

coupling

crackling

coursing

cracking

cooing

cresting

coping

crashing

craving

creaking

creeping

cribbing

crossing

crushing

crooning

crowing

cuddling

crying

culling

cunning

cutting

curing

curling

damning

damson

dancing

daring

darling

dashing

daunting

demesne

dealing

dawning

derring

digging

dining

dishing

dressing

dilling

docking

draining

drafting

diving

doting

doubting

dragging

doing

drinking

dicing

drilling

dripping

drawing

drumming

dropping

drugging

dubbing

ducking

drying

duckling

driving

dumpling

dwelling

earning

dungeon

earthling

dungeons

during

earring

dyeing

dying

edging

dueling

eking

easing

encamp

enchant

eating

ending

engine

engines

enjoin

ensconce

ensnares

ensnarl

ensnare

enzyme

enzymes

etching

erring

evening

facing

fainting

farming

fading

failing

faulting

falling

feeding

fencing

feeling

farthing

fehling

feigning

fetching

dipping

fishing

finding

filling

fining

fielding

fighting

filing

fixing

flaring

flashing

fledgling

flagging

firing

flaming

flitting

flushing

fleeting

fleming

floating

foaming

flogging

forcing

flooring

flooding

folding

flying

foiling

flowing

franking

foundling

framing

forming

founding

fraying

freaking

funding

fucking

frosting

fuming

frying

freezing

fruiting

gadding

galling

forging

gaming

fitting

gassing

getting

gearing

gilding

gingham

glancing

ginning

glaring

ginghams

girding

giving

glazing

ginseng

glinting

grading

golfing

golding

going

grappling

grafting

grasping

gloaming

harping

grating

glowing

grayling

grazing

greening

greeting

groundling

grounding

grooming

grouping

grieving

gushing

grinding

gunning

hamstring

grouting

growing

handling

hanging

hangings

hangman

heading

hatching

having

healing

hearing

heckling

helping

henchman

herring

hissing

hilling

heating

heaving

hiding

hitting

hoarding

hounding

homing

hopping

holding

horning

hosting

hogging

holing

housing

humming

hunting

icing

incomes

hugging

hurling

hurting

incense

incensed

inchon

income

inkling

inning

insane

jailing

liking

jerking

jetting

kicking

jeering

jumping

kenning

judging

kindling

jutting

kansan

joking

keeping

keeling

kansans

killing

jogging

kipling

kinsman

knitting

knocking

lagging

knickknacks

knowing

knickknack

landing

lading

lamping

launching

lapping

lashing

launchings

lasting

laughing

latching

lawing

laying

lemming

lending

learning

legging

leaking

leaning

leaping

leasing

leading

licking

lifting

lighting

lightning

jarring

listing

lining

living

loaning

loading

resting

loathing

footing

lonesome

longan

lodging

lumping

looking

lunching

lopping

loving

looming

looping

longings

luncheon

loring

lowing

luncheons

losing

lying

mangan

mapping

mailing

malting

mankind

mansion

mankinds

mansions

marching

marking

madding

making

matching

mounting

matting

meaning

mincing

melting

milling

merging

minding

mining

missing

mocking

molting

meeting

mooring

morning

monsoon

moonshine

monsoons

morphing

moulding

nothing

mourning

nanking

nestling

napping

netting

nagging

musing

muting

nipping

nodding

moving

nonsense

nosing

nursing

nutting

offing

offspring

mugging

ousting

oozing

outing

mowing

longing

packing

painting

panting

pairing

panning

padding

paging

paring

parking

passing

pelting

pegging

penchant

paving

peaking

patching

parting

pending

paying

peeing

penguin

penguins

pension

pensions

petting

phasing

phrasing

picking

pimping

pinching

planking

piercing

planting

piping

pitching

plugging

pining

piling

plating

playing

plaything

pleading

pleasing

plodding

plumbing

pouncing

pacing

popping

pounding

poking

posting

poling

polling

pooling

pouting

pressing

praying

printing

priming

pumping

pruning

pudding

prowling

preaching

prying

puffing

pungent

rafting

pointing

punkin

putting

quaking

racing

racking

pushing

quilting

quilling

purging

raging

railing

rambling

ransoms

raking

ransom

raising

raving

reading

longhand

owing

logging

sweating

rincon

ringing

ribbing

rigging

rifling

riding

romping

rubbing

sanguine

rounding

rocking

roasting

rising

roaring

rolling

roofing

rousing

ruling

running

roving

sacking

sagging

sailing

salting

scrimping

sapling

samson

saving

scalping

scaling

scheming

schilling

scolding

saying

schooling

scraping

screaming

screening

scratching

scorching

screwing

scarring

searching

seating

setting

seeming

serving

sinking

seedling

seeling

singing

seeing

shafting

shedding

shelling

sharking

shaving

shearing

sheeting

sheathing

shelving

shifting

shading

shipping

shilling

shining

shirting

shocking

shoestring

shooting

shoring

sewing

shrinking

shuffling

shunting

shredding

sibling

signing

sighing

shrouding

siding

sighting

showing

sitting

seizing

sizing

slanting

skilling

skimming

slapping

sledding

skirting

sleeping

sliding

slighting

smacking

smelting

smelling

sloping

smoking

slotting

slouching

smoothing

snapping

sneaking

sniffing

soaking

snarling

sneezing

snoring

soaring

sobbing

ringneck

something

sopping

slitting

spanking

sparing

sparkling

sounding

speaking

sparling

soothing

spending

squinting

spelling

sprinkling

spinning

springing

sperling

spurling

sporting

squeezing

stacking

staging

stalling

stamping

stating

sticking

staving

steering

sterling

starting

stealing

stinging

stinking

stitching

stopping

straining

storming

straddling

stocking

stooping

starling

stowing

strapping

stirring

streaming

stretching

stripping

strutting

stuffing

stroking

striving

stunning

stripling

suckling

sunken

sucking

suiting

suing

sunshine

standing

swaying

swearing

striking

slating

sweeping

swimming

tackling

tacking

switching

swooning

tailing

taking

talking

tamping

tanning

tasting

teaching

tangents

tempting

tangent

telling

tension

tensions

testing

taunting

thumping

thinking

teaming

thrusting

thrashing

thrilling

throwing

ticking

teeming

tiding

tilting

teething

touching

tipping

tossing

toasting

townsman

tooling

tithing

tracing

training

tricking

trimming

trading

trailing

trilling

trifling

tripping

trusting

tuning

trying

tubing

turning

twining

tying

trucking

twisting

topping

unkempt

unseen

unkind

unknown

unknowns

unsound

vesting

swelling

vengeance

veering

veiling

vaulting

wrecking

viking

wading

waiting

vying

voiding

voting

walking

walling

waking

waning

wellspring

wapping

washing

wearing

warping

wasting

weakling

westling

winning

warling

wedding

whirling

weaving

webbing

whacking

whaling

wrestling

weighing

whipping

whistling

weeding

wincing

whopping

weeping

whitling

winding

whooping

willing

wielding

wilding

wheeling

whiting

wanting

winsome

wishing

witching

wiring

wording

working

warming

yearning

warning

wringing

yearling

writing

yachting

yelling

yielding

sweeting

3 syllable words

abducting

according

abiding

absorbing

accusing

admiring

adjoining

accenting

abounding

adoring

affecting

afflicting

alarming

agreeing

alerting

aligning

alluring

amazing

amazon

amazons

amazement

amusement

amusements

amusing

appalling

anything

appealing

approving

approaching

annealing

arranging

annoying

backsliding

arriving

aspiring

asserting

assuming

assuring

astounding

backbiting

arresting

attracting

baffling

ascending

badgering

ballooning

angina

banishment

becoming

battening

befitting

beholding

battering

beginning

beguiling

believing

benjamin

belonging

benignly

bettering

bickering

besetting

besieging

beseeching

billowing

blackmailing

blanketing

blistering

bloodsucking

bloodletting

blossoming

blundering

blustering

bookkeeping

bottling

brainwashing

broadcasting

bumbling

bubbling

bundling

buffeting

bullfighting

bullying

bungling

cackling

bustling

butchering

bushwhacking

campaigning

caressing

canoeing

carjacking

carousing

carpeting

carrying

channeling

centering

challenging

chattering

childbearing

churchgoing

connecting

colouring

comforting

coenzyme

coloring

commanding

conjunction

commission

conjunctions

commissioned

composing

compounding

complaining

complying

completing

commuting

conceding

concerning

commissions

concentric

concentrates

concurring

conforming

confounding

confiding

confusing

conflicting

congenial

concentrate

conjuring

conquering

connexion

connexions

consciences

fondling

conserving

consulting

consuming

counseling

consummate

consummates

constricting

consonants

consumers

consumer

consumption

contacting

convincing

crippling

converging

conveying

correcting

copying

cradling

covering

contracting

cowering

crocheting

crusading

dampening

cushioning

damaging

cycling

darkening

dairying

departing

deadening

deafening

declining

decreasing

debating

delighting

degrading

defusing

denizen

denizens

descending

designing

dialing

deserving

detailing

despairing

enclosing

diapering

dissembling

disarming

discerning

disguising

dissolving

dissecting

dressmaking

dissenting

distressing

downsizing

divining

doubling

distracting

dividing

diverting

diverging

doddering

enchantment

dwindling

drizzling

dumbfounding

echoing

eavesdropping

emitting

easterling

encampments

encampment

emptying

enchanting

enchanted

enchanter

emission

enchanters

emissions

disgusting

enticing

encumber

enduring

endearing

engineer

engaging

engineers

engenders

engender

encounters

engraving

enlisting

encounter

engrossing

enjoyments

enjoyment

enigma

ensuing

entering

ensembles

ensemble

expanding

erupting

equating

everything

erecting

expiring

exacting

excepting

exciting

exhausting

exceeding

exploring

existing

expelling

exulting

factoring

fastening

feathering

favoring

faltering

finishing

galloping

gambling

fingering

gardening

flattering

flavoring

foreboding

forecasting

incoming

flowering

forbidding

forthcoming

forwarding

freewheeling

forgiving

frustrating

gathering

glimmering

glistening

governing

good-looking

glowering

harvesting

groundbreaking

happening

hairdressing

handwriting

hardening

hardworking

heartbreaking

highflying

housekeeping

honeycomb

housewarming

imagine

impending

imploring

importing

imposing

imprinting

improving

inasmuch

imagined

imagines

incentive

following

incomplete

increasing

incumbent

incumbents

infighting

insulting

ingenue

consoling

injunction

injunctions

innocent

inserting

innocents

insincere

inspiring

interesting

investing

innocence

installing

invading

inviting

ironing

issuing

limousine

jainism

jamaican

jamaicans

lingering

jockeying

juggling

journeying

keynesian

kidnapping

landholding

landscaping

keynesians

languishing

lactating

leavening

lamenting

laboring

lessening

lawmaking

laundering

layering

leveling

lettering

lightening

listening

life-giving

limousines

jansenist

jansenists

retiring

locating

consonant

lumbering

marketing

longingly

lowering

machining

maddening

managements

management

matchmaking

manganese

mannequin

mannequins

marshaling

mottling

maturing

meddling

middling

measuring

mellowing

misleading

mistaking

modeling

misgiving

monism

monisms

misspelling

long-winded

mothering

motoring

mumbling

muscling

murmuring

narrowing

neighboring

nerve-racking

networking

neutering

nincompoops

nincompoop

nourishing

obliging

observing

offering

offsetting

oncoming

opening

opposing

opining

ongoing

outfitting

ordering

omissions

omniscient

outlying

outgoing

omission

outpouring

outstanding

paneling

parceling

pardoning

papering

painstaking

peddling

patrolling

peppering

perplexing

pensioners

pensioner

pervading

phoenician

persisting

phoenicians

pickering

piddling

pitying

pilfering

plastering

polishing

polluting

pondering

promising

powdering

pronouncing

presiding

profiting

provoking

prevailing

proceeding

profiling

preceding

pungently

reckoning

reclining

recording

quarreling

quickening

relapsing

raveling

ravishing

reasoning

reducing

railroading

reflecting

refreshing

regarding

punishment

rejoicing

punishments

relieving

remission

rendering

renaissance

resisting

repeating

respecting

remissions

reversing

reviving

revolting

revolving

riveting

rumbling

scribbling

scaffolding

settling

scavenging

scattering

scrambling

seasoning

seagoing

seducing

sizzling

senescence

shadowing

shortcoming

shipbuilding

shoplifting

shimmering

shortening

sickening

sweetening

sleepwalking

sojourning

smattering

softening

soldering

soldiering

souring

stiffening

strengthening

surpassing

surprising

stuttering

succeeding

suffering

sunshiny

surviving

surrounding

surveying

ringmaster

thickening

tabling

tailoring

tapering

tempering

threatening

thanksgiving

tinkling

tangential

thundering

ticketing

uncomplete

tinkering

toweling

tormenting

towering

trembling

transporting

traversing

trumpeting

tumbling

tumescent

twinkling

typewriting

typesetting

unbending

uncanny

uncommon

unconcern

unconcerned

underling

unflinching

undying

unfailing

unfeeling

undoing

ungainly

unison

unseemly

unsparing

unisons

unwilling

unthinking

unwitting

unyielding

uprising

vanishing

venison

varying

upsetting

visiting

vomiting

wagering

wandering

winnowing

warehousing

weathering

watering

well-being

whispering

whitening

withering

wrongdoing

yellowing

4 syllable words

activating

admonishing

advertising

aggravating

agitating

agonizing

anaconda

annotating

appetizing

astonishing

awakening

babysitting

bewildering

bicycling

barbecuing

calculating

captivating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

commissioners

complicating

concomitant

concentration

concentrations

condescending

conditioning

concentrated

congenital

commissioner

conjunctiva

consensual

consummation

consumable

corresponding

denigrating

delegating

encircling

diagnosing

devastating

developing

detonating

disappointing

disapproving

disabling

disappearing

engineering

disconcerting

discouraging

dispiriting

disparaging

disheartening

disengaging

domineering

dominating

distributing

distinguishing

edifying

embarrassing

emphasizing

encomium

encomiums

encouraging

energizing

enterprising

enlightening

entertaining

enveloping

everlasting

examining

executing

fascinating

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

gratifying

gymnasiums

gymnasium

hesitating

homogenized

homogeny

homogenize

incandescent

implicating

incantation

incinerate

incompetent

incompetents

consonantal

inconclusive

inconsistent

incontinent

inconstancy

inconvenience

incumbency

inconvenient

ingeniously

inheriting

inhibiting

inquiring

insensible

insensitive

innocently

insanity

inseminate

insinuate

insinuates

integrating

interviewing

interlocking

intersecting

irritating

laminating

jansenism

legislating

liberating

maximizing

manzanilla

menacingly

merchandising

mitigating

monogamy

moderating

overcoming

overlapping

never-ending

noncompliance

noncommittal

noncombatant

noncommercial

nonconformists

noncombatants

nonconformist

nonessential

nonrecurring

nonsensical

notifying

occupying

numismatists

numismatist

oceangoing

notwithstanding

obviating

oscillating

operating

overarching

overpowering

mountaineering

overlying

overflowing

overrating

overwhelming

overruling

overhauling

overbearing

parachuting

palpitating

penetrating

patronizing

partitioning

persevering

petitioning

pioneering

registering

realizing

reentering

separating

speechifying

suffocating

tangentially

unassuming

unavailing

unbecoming

unbelieving

underpinning

unconverted

underlying

understanding

undertaking

underwriting

undulating

unremitting

unrelenting

vacillating

waterproofing

zionism

7 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word encompassing

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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