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

action

acton

alman

alan

alban

atman

bagman

amman

anguished

anguish

apron

ashen

arson

asian

aspen

bacon

auction

austin

auden

baldwin

bangkok

baron

bargain

barren

barton

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

bastion

beacon

beaten

belgian

begun

benches

billion

billman

billon

bison

bitten

blacken

bludgeon

boatman

blowgun

bobbin

bolden

bollen

bookman

brakeman

bourbon

bracken

brazen

boston

bounces

boughten

bowman

bordman

brethren

briton

bullion

burden

bunches

brighten

broken

burdon

burton

button

burgeon

burman

bushman

broaden

cabin

caution

brogan

caxton

cajun

caption

calvin

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

cayman

bongos

certain

chainsaws

chaplain

chapman

changes

cheapen

chicken

children

chieftain

chosen

christian

citron

classman

coachman

churchman

colon

common

concise

dalton

cotton

concoct

craftsman

crimson

congest

consist

consists

copeman

corban

cordon

conquest

cousin

craven

cretin

crewman

conquests

cowan

curtain

crouton

cuban

cumin

cushion

daman

dampen

dagan

dagon

darken

zircon

deacon

deepen

delphian

demon

eden

elan

diction

dian

dozen

dobson

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

donkeys

downcast

dragon

drunken

driven

draftsman

dutchman

dudgeon

dustman

earthen

dromon

eaten

dungeon

encased

encase

engaged

engage

enjoys

ensues

ermine

faction

falcon

fallen

fashion

famine

fatten

fancies

faulcon

faustian

fiction

fibrin

fielden

firman

fission

flatten

flashgun

fireman

floren

footman

fraction

freshman

foreman

fountain

fortune

freedman

freeman

friction

foreign

frighten

function

frozen

finches

fusion

gammon

gamecock

gamecocks

ganges

gascon

gilden

garron

german

georgian

gibbon

goodman

given

gladden

glidden

golden

gorgon

gluten

gotten

gowan

grecian

griffon

gudgeon

guardsman

gumption

haitian

hangman

hackman

graven

happen

haven

harden

harken

harten

hausen

headsman

hearten

heathen

heighten

gallon

hidden

garden

homespun

hogan

homesick

hinges

horseman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

hunches

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

incas

incase

incise

inches

incest

incised

ingest

inject

injects

jasmine

inquest

insect

insects

insight

insights

jackman

insist

insists

ion

jargon

jordan

jorden

junction

kalan

klansman

kirkman

kitten

kitchen

laden

landman

lagan

landsman

lampron

language

latin

layman

launches

legion

languish

leman

lesion

leven

lichen

lightman

lineman

lighten

liken

liman

linemen

linkage

lion

linguists

linguist

lisbon

liven

locken

lockman

logan

luncheon

loosen

longan

lotion

lopeman

loren

lumen

lounges

longish

lunches

lunges

lynxes

lyden

madden

mahone

maiden

mangan

marksman

marlin

martian

marchman

margin

matron

marten

markman

martin

manges

mayan

mangoes

menges

mignon

milken

million

minces

minden

minges

moisten

mission

mitten

molten

monkeys

morgan

platten

mormon

mountain

muslin

muffin

mullen

mutton

nation

namesakes

namesake

newsman

nonesuch

motion

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

olden

odin

often

omen

persian

open

organ

ounces

option

orphan

outdone

othman

outrun

oven

pardon

oxen

packman

pagan

owen

paean

pancake

pavon

pansies

parson

passman

patron

patten

pathan

passion

peon

pancakes

pillion

piston

pigeon

pitman

pinkish

plankton

platen

poison

pollan

pollen

sharpen

shipman

portion

potion

portman

postman

shogun

ponchos

ponton

prison

quenches

prussian

pullen

proven

punches

question

ransack

quicken

ranches

ranges

ration

raven

rayon

reason

region

rerun

rincon

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

russian

saffron

sadden

roman

salesman

salmon

sanction

sermon

satan

scallion

scullion

satin

scotsman

sconces

scion

seaman

season

zaman

seedsman

semen

sequin

silken

shrunken

shaken

shaman

shearman

shorten

shotgun

showman

sicken

slacken

smitten

siphon

siren

slogan

smarten

smashes

soften

seton

sodden

remakes

smokestacks

soldan

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

solon

station

stallion

spokesman

squadron

smokestack

sportsman

spoken

statesman

stallman

stillion

stiffen

steven

straighten

stockman

stolen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

smooches

suasion

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

summon

sunken

sylvan

taken

talon

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

tappen

syphon

tangos

tarpon

tartan

thicken

thousand

traction

tillman

tighten

titan

token

toman

trillion

toughen

torsion

townsman

triton

treason

tubman

trodden

trojan

tuscan

turban

union

unjust

urban

urchin

urine

vanquish

version

villain

vision

vulcan

wagon

waken

wanton

warden

warren

wiccan

watchman

weaken

wenches

whiten

woman

wheaten

women

widen

wizen

wooden

woodman

woolen

woolman

workman

written

woven

yachtsman

yankees

yaupon

yeoman

zion

sneezes

3 syllable words

abandon

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abortion

admission

abstention

abrasion

absorption

abstraction

accretion

addition

addiction

adhesion

acumen

accession

adrian

adsorption

aegean

affection

adoption

affliction

african

aggression

aleutian

alaskan

albumin

alderman

alien

albion

alsatian

attention

ambition

amasses

ambrosian

amazes

ancestor

anchorman

andean

ancestry

annexes

anglican

anxiously

appian

apportion

arian

arkansan

ascension

aryan

artisan

artesian

assassin

assertion

aspersion

assumption

asuncion

allusion

attrition

audition

attraction

austrian

australian

avian

badminton

awaken

aversion

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandwagon

amigos

ancestors

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

ancestral

bedridden

benjamin

beholden

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

beethoven

bulletin

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

cation

carrion

carnation

catalan

castration

caucasian

causation

champion

cessation

chairperson

cetacean

bonuses

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cartesian

censuses

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

citation

civilian

clarion

clergyman

clarendon

collection

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collagen

collegian

collision

collusion

combustion

commission

commotion

concessions

compassion

communion

companion

completion

complexion

concession

conception

compression

compulsion

compunction

concisely

concussion

concussions

concoctions

corruption

conclusion

condition

conduction

confession

concoction

countryman

confucian

confusion

confection

congestion

congestive

congressman

cremation

conflation

conjugate

congested

connection

connexion

consciously

conjunction

conscription

consecrate

consequence

consequent

consignment

consistent

consumption

contagion

constriction

construction

contention

contortion

conjecture

contrition

convention

convection

contusion

contraction

conversion

contraption

conviction

convulsion

croatian

conjectures

conjugal

correction

corrosion

corsican

conjugates

creation

crestfallen

councilman

crustacean

damnation

cyprian

dalmatian

damages

declension

deception

decision

defection

deflection

deduction

deflation

depletion

deletion

derision

delusion

depiction

demagogue

dentition

demagogues

depression

description

detection

detention

destruction

desertion

determine

ejection

devotion

dimension

dictation

digression

digestion

dilation

dilution

diffraction

diffusion

discussion

discipline

discretion

dissension

direction

dispersion

dissection

disruption

distinction

distortion

distraction

disunion

diversion

donation

division

dominion

downsizing

dorian

downsizings

downtrodden

duration

edition

election

elation

eleven

egyptian

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

encryption

emulsion

enlighten

engagement

engaging

englishman

engagements

engages

enliven

enmeshes

erection

equation

eruption

etruscan

erosion

everyone

exception

eviction

evasion

exaction

excision

expansion

exclusion

exemption

exertion

excursion

exhaustion

excretion

extension

explosion

expression

expulsion

extinction

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

ferryman

fenian

feminine

fijian

fruition

filtration

flirtation

fixation

fisherman

flotation

finishes

foramen

forgotten

foundation

forewoman

formation

franciscan

freemason

forbidden

freudian

frustration

fungicide

fungicides

galleon

genuine

garrison

gentleman

fustian

geniuses

ghanaian

gestation

gillian

gradation

gordian

gravamen

grobian

guardian

halcyon

guncotton

hammerman

handwoven

gyration

hanukkahs

halogen

harlequin

hawaiian

heroin

heartbroken

heroine

horatian

horizon

homages

gaussian

housebroken

hydration

ingestion

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

images

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

in-person

inaction

inception

incessant

incision

incisions

incisive

incisor

incursion

inclusion

incisors

indian

induction

infection

inflation

infarction

inflection

inexact

infliction

infraction

infusion

ingested

inhuman

injection

injustice

injunction

injector

injections

injectors

inscription

insertion

insecure

insightful

insistence

insistent

insouciant

inspection

italian

instruction

intention

intestine

intrusion

invention

invasion

inversion

irian

irishman

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

hydrogen

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

kinshasa

korean

lactation

lancaster

laotian

laurentian

lanolin

lecithin

languages

languishes

languishing

lesbian

logician

libration

libyan

ligation

linkages

location

lumberman

lutheran

magician

malayan

malaysian

magdalen

manages

marian

mandarin

margarine

masculine

median

medallion

menhaden

melanin

menaces

mexican

midshipman

migration

misfortune

misshapen

mistaken

misprision

minuses

policeman

munition

musician

mutation

muskmelon

myosin

narration

negation

nebraskan

niacin

nevadan

nemean

nobleman

nitrogen

moroccan

notation

nonunion

norwegian

nubian

objection

nutrition

nuances

obsession

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

octillion

omission

odeon

opinion

nonhuman

oppression

phoenician

oration

optation

permission

optician

orion

ottoman

ovation

overdone

outspoken

overman

overrun

oxygen

parisian

patrician

pavilion

pelican

perception

partisan

perfection

partition

percussion

pentathlon

permian

perfusion

parthian

physician

petition

phrygian

persuasion

peterman

perversion

plantation

plebeian

origin

pollution

position

possession

precession

precaution

porcelain

precision

preclusion

predation

preemption

predestine

prediction

prescription

presumption

prevention

procession

privation

probation

production

profession

promotion

progression

projection

profusion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

pretension

protection

protean

prostration

provision

punishes

puritan

ramadan

quotation

ramshackle

reaction

regimen

rebellion

reception

recession

reflection

recision

redemption

reduction

regression

rejection

rendition

remission

relation

remisses

religion

reopen

sedation

repression

reptilian

stygian

resection

rescission

retention

resumption

retraction

restriction

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

rummages

saccharin

saleswoman

scythian

salvation

sciences

samoan

scorpion

secretion

secession

sedition

seduction

seclusion

sensation

selection

skeleton

simian

silicon

sinuses

singleton

snapdragon

solution

solomon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

submission

suburban

submersion

subtraction

subscription

subversion

succession

summation

suggestion

sumatran

suspension

suppression

suspicion

talisman

superman

syrian

tactician

synagogue

synagogues

tamarin

technician

temptation

taxation

thespian

toboggan

timberman

tonnages

transfusion

tradition

transaction

transcription

transgression

transition

translation

transmission

truncation

tuition

uncertain

unburden

unbutton

unbroken

uncommon

uneven

unison

unquestioned

unwritten

unshackle

vacation

uterine

vanishes

vatican

veteran

venetian

vermilion

vibration

vocation

volition

vitamin

waterman

wesleyan

whimsically

whimsical

zambian

4 syllable words

abolition

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abyssinian

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

absolution

accordion

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

allegation

admonition

admiration

allocation

alternation

amputation

animation

ammunition

altercation

annotation

amphibian

annexation

angiogram

apparition

appellation

arizonan

apprehension

application

alteration

appalachian

approbation

arabian

arbitration

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

assemblyman

aspiration

assyrian

athenian

augmentation

american

attribution

avocation

aviation

backwardation

amnesiac

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calculation

canadian

calibration

cancellation

californian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

coalition

cenozoic

cogitation

coloration

collocation

collodion

coloradan

columbian

combination

comedian

comparison

compensation

commutation

competition

compilation

committeeman

comprehension

composition

complication

computation

concentration

commendation

condescension

confirmation

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

congregation

conflagration

connotation

conjugations

consecration

consecutive

consequently

consecrations

consequences

consequential

conservation

consistency

consistently

consummation

corinthian

consolation

constellation

consultation

contemplation

contrarian

contraception

contravention

contradiction

contribution

conversation

convocation

consternation

convolution

constipation

confrontation

copernican

constitution

corporation

correlation

decimation

conjugation

conjugated

criterion

decompression

corp.

crucifixion

cultivation

cotyledon

cynicism

culmination

dandelion

declaration

darwinian

cyclopean

deconstruction

defamation

custodian

coronation

crocodilian

decoration

dedication

definition

deformation

degradation

delegation

deposition

dehydration

demolition

demonstration

depravation

depredation

deprivation

deportation

derivation

dereliction

demagogy

demarcation

copenhagen

designation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

desecration

education

destination

dietitian

destitution

devonian

deviation

devolution

dilatation

diocesan

detonation

disillusion

disaffection

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

elocution

dissertation

disposition

dissipation

distillation

disputation

dissolution

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

devastation

elevation

electrician

elongation

diminution

embarkation

emanation

emigration

emulation

encyclical

encyclicals

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

estonian

erudition

dispensation

estimation

european

expectation

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

exhibition

execution

exhortation

exhalation

exhumation

eustachian

expedition

expiration

exploration

exposition

fabrication

extradition

extrication

federation

fascination

fallopian

fibrillation

fermentation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

graduation

generation

gentlewoman

gastrulation

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitation

gargantuan

hibernation

himalayan

historian

honeysuckle

honeysuckles

explanation

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ideation

illustration

ibuprofen

imitation

immigration

immolation

impregnation

imperfection

implantation

imposition

implication

importation

incantation

inattention

imputation

incarnation

incessantly

inclination

incognito

incubation

incrustation

indecision

indication

indexation

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

hydrocarbon

indonesian

indentation

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

information

inhalation

innovation

inquisition

injectable

injustices

inquisitor

inquisitive

inquisitors

insecticides

insouciance

insistently

inspiration

installation

insecticide

instigation

institution

insulation

insurrection

interaction

integration

interception

intercession

intimation

intermission

interjection

introspection

intervention

interruption

interurban

intersection

interwoven

intuition

interdiction

intonation

introduction

invitation

invocation

iranian

inundation

irrigation

jacobean

irritation

isolation

iteration

inhibition

hungarian

jordanian

jingoism

jingoistic

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

legislation

lancastrian

liberation

librarian

liberian

limitation

lilliputian

lineages

levitation

linguistically

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

leviathan

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

malnutrition

malformation

mammalian

manumission

masturbation

maturation

medication

mediation

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

miseration

moderation

exploitation

misconception

misbegotten

misperception

mitigation

missourian

modulation

molestation

mongolian

moravian

motivation

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

nonexistent

oblivion

observation

obsidian

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

obstetrician

operation

opposition

ostentation

oscillation

overburden

palpitation

ovulation

pagurian

oxidation

pagination

paraguayan

permutation

orchestration

pedestrian

pavlovian

penicillin

penetration

perforation

pelagian

persecution

ordination

peruvian

perturbation

perspiration

pigmentation

planarian

mortification

plutonian

politician

explication

polynesian

polyhedron

praetorian

preelection

preignition

predilection

predetermine

premonition

preparation

preconception

preservation

presentation

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

situation

protestation

provocation

protozoan

punctuation

publication

radiation

reassertion

readmission

realization

reawaken

reclamation

population

recognition

recitation

recollection

reexamine

recantation

recreation

reelection

reconstruction

reformation

refutation

registration

regulation

prosecution

prostitution

relaxation

relocation

renovation

strangulation

reparation

repetition

replication

reposition

repossession

reinspection

reproduction

resignation

reservation

requisition

resolution

respiration

restitution

restoration

repercussion

republican

resurrection

retribution

retrocession

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

reputation

revelation

sanitation

samaritan

saturation

satisfaction

retardation

sectarian

segregation

segmentation

separation

self-deception

sequestration

profanation

precondition

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simonian

simulation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

substitution

suffocation

superhuman

surrogation

supposition

syndication

tabulation

syncopation

supervision

superstition

tamoxifen

tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

transformation

trepidation

transportation

transplantation

tribulation

ulceration

unaccustomed

variation

unshakable

validation

valuation

valerian

vaccination

vacillation

utopian

usurpation

unsuccessful

vegetation

veneration

subluxation

victorian

violation

vindication

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

ventilation

subdivision

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accreditation

accommodation

adjudication

accumulation

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amazonian

amelioration

amalgamation

annihilation

anticipation

amplification

appreciation

appropriation

argumentation

approximation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

babylonian

authorization

amortization

beethovenian

conciliation

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

canonization

centenarian

centralization

certification

coagulation

clarification

civilization

classification

christianization

collaboration

cohabitation

commemoration

codification

communication

concessionary

concatenation

colonization

confederation

configuration

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

consecutively

consideration

contamination

continuation

consolidation

cooperation

corroboration

coordination

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

degeneration

defenestration

delicatessen

delineation

deification

deliberation

denunciation

denomination

demagoguery

depreciation

depopulation

desalination

desegregation

determination

discoloration

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissociation

dissatisfaction

dissemination

domestication

dramatization

edification

discrimination

elaboration

electrocution

ejaculation

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

encyclopedist

enumeration

epicurean

eradication

equalization

equivocation

ethiopian

evacuation

evaporation

exasperation

evaluation

exaggeration

examination

exacerbation

exoneration

excoriation

exfoliation

exoskeleton

exhilaration

expatriation

dionysian

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

glorification

gratification

hanoverian

hallucination

harmonization

gasification

humiliation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

illumination

imagination

immunization

inauguration

inactivation

inaccessible

improvisation

incarceration

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

indoctrination

infatuation

inexhaustible

inexcusable

inexcusably

inhabitation

initiation

hydrogenation

inoculation

insecurities

insecurity

insemination

insinuation

insignificance

insignificant

instrumentation

interconnection

interrogation

interpretation

intoxication

invalidation

intimidation

interpolation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

hybridization

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

mechanization

manifestation

metropolitan

misapprehension

misinformation

misapplication

miscalculation

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

mummification

multiplication

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

nonintervention

nonsectarian

normalization

notification

nullification

obliteration

ornamentation

ossification

overproduction

panamanian

pacification

patagonian

pasteurization

participation

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

oregonian

philadelphian

organization

orientation

polarization

origination

pomeranian

precipitation

premeditation

predisposition

preoccupation

predestination

presbyterian

prevarication

procrastination

pronunciation

proletarian

proliferation

prognostication

qualification

pythagorean

quantification

purification

ramification

ratification

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

recuperation

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reaffirmation

presupposition

reiteration

remuneration

reintegration

rejuvenation

renunciation

representation

repatriation

retaliation

repudiation

reverberation

revaluation

scandinavian

sanctification

russification

sedimentation

resuscitation

simplification

solicitation

specification

sophistication

specialization

sterilization

stratification

substantiation

subordination

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

unnecessary

unquestionable

unification

vaporization

utilization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word ensign

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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
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  • 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
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  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
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