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

accord

accords

action

acrid

acton

airman

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

alan

asserts

assort

assured

atman

auction

auden

austin

awkward

assert

baldwin

bacon

bagman

backwards

basin

banyan

bargain

baron

barren

barton

bason

bastion

beacon

beaten

beckon

bayman

batten

batton

baston

begrudge

begun

baton

backward

belgian

billion

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

bludgeon

blacken

boatman

bison

blowgun

bookman

bordman

boston

bolden

bourbon

broken

bobbin

bollen

bowman

brethren

briton

brakeman

bracken

brazen

breton

brighten

boughten

broaden

brogan

bullion

bushman

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

bogart

buzzard

caisson

cajun

calvin

canaan

cannon

canon

canton

canyon

buzzards

bellman

caption

bellon

capstan

emption

carbon

carman

carmine

engine

carton

caution

caxton

cayman

certain

christian

chairman

chessman

children

chicken

christen

charon

chasten

cheapen

chieftain

chaplain

chevron

chapman

citron

churchman

clinton

classman

checkered

claxon

chosen

coachman

excretes

common

colon

copeman

crimson

cretin

corban

craftsman

cousin

craven

cotton

crewman

cowan

cushion

curtain

cuban

cumin

damson

dagan

dagon

daman

dalton

dampen

crouton

darken

cordon

cauldron

deepen

degreed

degrades

degrade

delphian

demon

deafen

desman

desert

devon

diction

dian

discards

discard

discreet

discrete

discord

dolman

dessert

desserts

dobson

doctrine

dozen

dolphin

dockyard

draftsman

drunken

dustman

dungeon

dudgeon

earthen

dutchman

eaten

eden

elan

egret

dragon

driven

dromon

deserts

deacon

ensign

ermine

escort

escorts

deaden

excrete

exert

exhort

exerts

exhorts

faction

falcon

faustian

fashion

fasten

faulcon

fallen

famine

fatten

felon

fibrin

fielden

fiction

flexion

fireman

firman

figured

fission

flashgun

flatten

floren

footman

foreman

foreign

fortune

fraction

function

freshen

freeman

freedman

friction

freshman

frighten

frozen

fusion

fountain

gumption

gascon

garden

garron

gentian

gilden

georgian

gibbon

given

german

gizzard

gladden

glidden

glisten

goodman

gorgon

golden

gluten

gotten

go-cart

gowan

grecian

griffon

grandson

graven

gammon

guardsman

gudgeon

gallon

haitian

hackman

haggard

kitchen

hasten

harken

harten

haven

hausen

hazard

hazards

headman

heathen

headsman

henchman

hearten

hempen

heaven

heighten

hessian

heron

hidden

homespun

hetman

hogan

horseman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

ibsen

hyphen

hyson

hangman

ion

jetson

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

harden

jordan

jorden

jetton

junction

kalan

keelson

kansan

izard

kelson

izzard

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

happen

kitten

klansman

kremlin

captain

laden

lampron

landsman

landman

layman

latin

laggards

leaden

leaven

legion

lesion

leman

lessen

lengthen

lemon

lesson

ledden

leven

liken

lichen

lighten

lightman

linden

linen

liman

lineman

linemen

lion

lisbon

listen

liven

lockman

locken

lizards

logan

laggard

london

loosen

loren

lopeman

longan

lotion

lizard

lynden

luncheon

lyden

lumen

m1

madden

mansion

maiden

mahone

mangan

margin

marchman

martian

marron

marlin

marten

martin

mason

matron

mayan

lagan

markman

marksman

mention

mignon

melton

migrates

migrate

milken

minion

minden

million

melon

mission

misread

mitten

moisten

motion

morgan

mormon

muffin

molten

mountain

mullen

measured

muskrats

muskrat

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

negroid

newsman

ninon

niggard

notion

norman

oarsman

ocean

olden

omen

onion

option

open

organ

often

orphan

outrun

oven

outdone

othman

odin

packman

paean

pagan

parson

pardon

panton

passion

passman

passwords

password

oxen

pectin

patron

pathan

patten

pavon

pension

penguin

penman

peon

perron

pinion

persian

pigeon

pillion

piston

pitman

person

picard

plankton

poison

plantain

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

portion

portman

ponton

postman

potion

owen

pressman

prison

proven

question

prussian

quicken

pullen

reason

reckon

records

raven

record

recruits

redden

recruit

regards

regard

regret

regrets

rayon

ration

region

rerun

resorts

ridden

resin

resort

secret

rincon

riden

riven

ripen

risen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

samson

rotten

russian

sacred

saffron

salesman

ruin

rumen

sadden

runnion

sanction

rowan

santon

rowen

satan

salmon

saxon

scullion

seaman

season

scotsman

scallion

scion

satin

secrete

ribbon

secrets

section

selden

semen

seedsman

sequin

session

seton

sermon

seven

sexton

shearman

sharpen

shipman

thicken

shaken

striven

shaman

silken

sicken

siphon

shotgun

siren

shorten

slacken

showman

shrunken

smitten

slogan

smarten

sodden

soften

soldan

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spokesman

spoken

squadron

sportsman

stallion

stallman

statesman

station

stepson

steven

solon

stillion

stricken

stiffen

strengthen

sturgeon

suasion

stockman

straighten

stolen

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

sugared

summon

sylvan

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

syphon

sunken

tartan

taken

talon

tappen

tension

tarpon

tendon

teston

thousand

threaten

tighten

torsion

titan

token

toughen

toman

townsman

traction

treason

trillion

tuscan

tungsten

tubman

turban

trodden

undone

union

urban

urchin

urine

urson

triton

trojan

tillman

version

vegan

whitson

wiccan

vision

vulcan

whiskered

villain

weaken

warden

warren

weapon

watchman

wheaten

women

whiten

wanton

widen

wizard

wizen

wizards

wagon

woman

written

waken

woodman

woolman

workman

wooden

woolen

worsen

woven

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

shogun

3 syllable words

ablation

abortion

abrasion

ablution

abduction

abdomen

absorption

abstraction

abstention

accession

accordance

according

accredit

accurate

acumen

acquired

addiction

addition

adsorption

adoption

adrian

adhesion

admission

aegean

affliction

affection

african

aggression

aleutian

albion

alderman

alien

albumin

alsatian

ambrosian

allusion

ambition

andean

abandon

anchorman

anglican

apportion

anyone

appian

artesian

alaskan

arian

arkansan

ascension

artisan

aryan

ascertain

aspersion

assassin

assertion

assumption

assertions

assortment

asuncion

assertive

assorted

attention

attraction

attrition

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

avian

awaken

backgammon

baccarat

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

asserting

beholden

beethoven

capsaicin

battalion

bighearted

asserted

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

cambrian

campion

carrion

carnation

cartesian

cardigan

castration

causation

encryption

cessation

cetacean

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

chilean

chairperson

charlatan

charwoman

cigarette

cistercian

citation

citizen

civilian

clarendon

clarion

cinnamon

coercion

cohesion

cognition

collegian

clergyman

collection

collision

collusion

collagen

commotion

companion

compassion

combustion

commission

completion

compression

conception

concoction

compulsion

compunction

concession

conclusion

concussion

complexion

cigarettes

conflation

confucian

confession

confusion

confection

congestion

convulsion

condition

conjunction

connection

connexion

conduction

consumption

contortion

contraction

contraption

contention

contagion

contrition

convention

conversion

conviction

contusion

convection

corruption

congressman

constriction

construction

correction

corrosion

corsican

councilman

catalan

countryman

cremation

creation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

declension

decision

deduction

defection

decorate

decorative

deflation

deflection

degraded

degrading

deletion

delusion

communion

denizen

depletion

depression

depiction

dentition

englishman

derision

deserted

desertion

desertions

destruction

detection

detention

determine

dictation

diffraction

dimension

devotion

diffusion

digression

dilation

digestion

dilution

direction

dissection

deserter

discredit

discordant

discredits

discussion

disheartened

disordered

disorders

disorder

dispersion

deserters

disruption

distraction

distortion

dissension

distinction

disunion

diversion

division

discipline

donation

downtrodden

dominion

dorian

duration

edition

elation

ejection

egyptian

election

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

emulsion

caucasian

enlighten

enliven

equation

erection

erosion

eruption

everyone

evasion

eviction

exaction

excision

etruscan

exemption

exertion

exertions

exhaustion

explosion

extraction

extortion

extinction

fabian

feminine

fenian

ferryman

fisherman

fustian

gyration

fijian

figurehead

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

foundation

freemason

forgotten

formation

franciscan

freudian

fruition

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gestation

gillian

gentleman

genuine

ghanaian

gordian

gradation

grobian

gravamen

guardian

guncotton

halcyon

korean

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

hawaiian

harlequin

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hydration

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

implosion

impression

impassion

immersion

imagine

inception

imprison

incursion

inaction

in-person

inclusion

incision

indian

infarction

inflation

induction

infection

inflection

infliction

infraction

injection

infusion

injunction

inhuman

ingestion

insertion

instruction

inspection

intention

intestine

intrusion

invasion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

jovian

julian

kantian

jettison

keratin

keynesian

cation

lacerate

lactation

laurentian

laotian

lanolin

lecithin

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

location

marian

margarine

logician

loggerheads

lumberman

macartney

lutheran

lucrative

magdalen

narration

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

loggerhead

masculine

masquerade

median

medallion

medicine

mexican

menhaden

midshipman

migration

migrations

misfortune

mistaken

misshapen

moroccan

melanin

muskmelon

mutation

munition

musician

myosin

negation

nemean

nebraskan

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

niggardly

nobleman

newsworthy

nubian

nonhuman

norwegian

notation

nutrition

obsession

nonunion

objection

occlusion

octillion

odeon

obstruction

omission

oppression

occasion

optation

opinion

optician

oration

origin

orion

overrun

ovation

outspoken

overdone

overman

ottoman

oxygen

parisian

partition

parthian

partisan

patrician

pavilion

pelican

perception

percussion

pentathlon

perfection

perfusion

permian

persuasion

phoenician

phrygian

petition

physician

perversion

peterman

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

possession

permission

position

porcelain

sensation

precaution

precession

predation

precision

preemption

presumption

pretension

proscription

prevention

propulsion

privation

progression

probation

procession

prostration

proportion

promotion

production

profession

profusion

protection

quotation

projection

protean

puritan

provision

ramadan

recreate

reception

recession

recision

rebellion

reassert

reasserts

reaction

recordings

recording

regretful

recorders

recorder

recreates

recruitment

recruiters

redemption

reflection

recruiter

reduction

regression

regarding

regimen

rejection

seclusion

relation

prediction

religion

remission

rendition

repression

reptilian

reopen

rescission

resection

resumption

retraction

restriction

retention

revulsion

reversion

revision

reunion

rifleman

rotation

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

secession

scythian

scorpion

rhodopsin

seduction

preclusion

predestine

sedition

sedation

selection

secretive

secretly

thespian

silicon

singleton

simian

skeleton

snapdragon

solution

subtraction

stagnation

specimen

starvation

stygian

succession

solomon

submersion

submission

summation

subversion

suggestion

sumatran

suspicion

suburban

suspension

suppression

superman

syrian

tactician

taxation

temptation

talisman

tamarin

technician

transcription

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transmission

transgression

translation

transfusion

transition

truncation

tuition

vacation

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

unwritten

uneven

uncommon

unison

uterine

venetian

vibration

vermilion

vatican

venison

veteran

vocation

wesleyan

volition

wizardry

vitamin

waterman

zambian

ziggurat

ziggurats

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

absolution

abrogation

abolition

abnegation

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accordingly

accordions

accurately

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

adrenaline

agrarian

admiration

admonition

adulation

adoration

affectation

affirmation

advocation

ageratum

ageratums

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

aspiration

animation

albanian

algerian

algonquian

aldebaran

allegation

alteration

alternation

allocation

altercation

american

amphibian

amputation

ammunition

annexation

apparition

application

annotation

apprehension

appalachian

approbation

appellation

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

arthurian

armageddon

armenian

alabaman

assemblyman

assyrian

assuredly

athenian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

aviation

benediction

backwardation

bavarian

barbarian

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

calculation

businesswoman

cancellation

californian

calibration

canadian

carcinogen

emulation

condensation

celebration

centurion

cogitation

chameleon

circulation

circumvention

circumspection

circumcision

coalition

collocation

collodion

coloration

coloradan

columbian

commendation

comedian

combination

commutation

comparison

committeeman

compensation

competition

compilation

complication

comprehension

computation

composition

concentration

condemnation

condescension

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

consecration

consternation

conservation

consolation

constellation

constipation

connotation

constitution

corinthian

consummation

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

conversation

convocation

contribution

contravention

convolution

conjugation

criterion

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

copernican

cotyledon

culmination

cultivation

crucifixion

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

crocodilian

copenhagen

darwinian

declaration

decimation

decompression

diocesan

decoration

decorations

decorated

decorators

decorator

defamation

dedication

definition

deformation

dehydration

degradation

delegation

degradations

demonstration

demarcation

demolition

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

deposition

dereliction

derivation

dispensation

deconstruction

desolation

designation

desiccation

desperation

disposition

desecration

destination

devastation

detonation

deviation

destitution

devolution

devonian

dilatation

dietitian

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

discredited

disillusion

dislocation

disinflation

disinfection

disheartening

disorderly

disputation

dissolution

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

emigration

distribution

divination

elevation

draconian

domination

dominican

electrician

duplication

education

elongation

elocution

emanation

embarkation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

erudition

estimation

excitation

evocation

evolution

exclamation

estonian

excoriate

european

execution

excretory

eustachian

expectation

exhibition

exhalation

exhortation

exhortations

expedition

exhumation

explanation

explication

exploitation

exposition

extradition

extrication

fabrication

federation

fallopian

fascination

fibrillation

fermentation

figuration

fluctuation

floridian

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

generation

gastrulation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

greco-roman

gregorian

gravitation

granulation

guatemalan

figurative

habitation

herculean

hegelian

hemoglobin

hesitation

hungarian

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hydrocarbon

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

immigration

importation

imitation

immolation

implantation

imperfection

implication

incarnation

imposition

impregnation

incantation

inattention

imputation

inclination

incrustation

indexation

incubation

indentation

indecision

indication

hyperion

indignation

indigestion

hypertension

indiscretion

indonesian

infiltration

infestation

inflammation

information

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

installation

instigation

institution

insulation

insurrection

integration

interception

interaction

intercession

interjection

interdiction

intermission

interruption

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

intimation

intonation

inundation

intuition

introduction

introspection

irritation

invitation

iranian

irrigation

invocation

isolation

iteration

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lacerations

lancastrian

legislation

legerdemain

leviathan

liberation

levitation

liquidation

liberian

lilliputian

limitation

litigation

liquefaction

librarian

locomotion

logarithm

logarithms

machination

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

majority

majorities

manumission

masturbation

maturation

meditation

mediation

medication

melanesian

miseration

menstruation

meridian

minnesotan

misbegotten

migratory

misconception

misperception

mitigation

moderation

missourian

modulation

molestation

mongolian

motivation

mortification

moravian

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

obstetrician

nomination

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

observation

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

occupation

octahedron

orchestration

olympian

ohioan

operation

opposition

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

penetration

pedestrian

pelagian

pavlovian

pejorative

penicillin

perforation

polynesian

persecution

pigmentation

permutation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

polyhedron

planarian

plutonian

politician

population

praetorian

precondition

preconception

separation

preelection

predilection

preignition

premonition

preparation

presentation

preservation

proclamation

procreation

profanation

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prohibition

prostitution

regulation

protestation

publication

provocation

radiation

punctuation

protozoan

reinspection

recantation

recitation

reassertion

realization

readmission

reawaken

reclamation

recreation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

reformation

reelection

reexamine

refutation

registration

renovation

relocation

resolution

reparation

replication

repercussion

repossession

reproduction

respiration

repetition

restoration

reposition

requisition

reputation

resignation

reservation

restitution

retardation

retribution

resurrection

retrocession

republican

rhetorician

revelation

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

samaritan

rumination

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

secretaries

secretary

sequestration

sectarian

relaxation

segmentation

segregation

security

self-deception

securities

predetermine

shakespearean

simulation

sicilian

simonian

situation

siberian

smithsonian

subluxation

speculation

statistician

subdivision

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

substitution

suffocation

syncopation

superstition

supposition

supervision

superhuman

surrogation

syndication

tasmanian

tabulation

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

transformation

tribulation

titillation

toleration

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

ulceration

vaccination

usurpation

utopian

vacillation

valerian

valuation

variation

ventilation

vegetation

veneration

visitation

vindication

violation

validation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accommodation

academician

accreditation

accreditations

accumulation

administration

adulteration

adjudication

agglomeration

affiliation

alienation

alleviation

amelioration

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

amplification

appropriation

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

approximation

articulation

argumentation

argentinian

assassination

capitulation

assemblywoman

association

assimilation

attenuation

augustinian

authorization

authentication

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

carolinian

cauterization

centenarian

centralization

cohabitation

certification

christianization

civilization

clarification

collaboration

classification

codification

coagulation

colonization

commemoration

communication

incineration

concatenation

conciliation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consolidation

consideration

confabulation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deification

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

denomination

denunciation

depreciation

depopulation

desalination

decapitation

desegregation

determination

diacritical

discoloration

discretionary

discrimination

disinclination

disintegration

disembarkation

dissociation

dissemination

dissatisfaction

electrocution

domestication

emancipation

elaboration

ejaculation

edification

elizabethan

dramatization

elimination

dionysian

epicurean

enumeration

equalization

equivocation

eradication

evacuation

evaporation

evaluation

exasperation

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

ethiopian

exfoliation

exhilaration

expatriation

exoskeleton

exoneration

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

hallucination

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

immunization

incarceration

hyperborean

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incrimination

incorporation

carthaginian

indoctrination

infatuation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

inhabitation

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpretation

interpolation

interrogation

intoxication

invalidation

intimidation

investigation

irradiation

ionization

juxtaposition

jeffersonian

justification

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

manipulation

manifestation

magnification

maximilian

mccarthyism

maximization

mathematician

metropolitan

misapprehension

miscalculation

misapplication

misinformation

mechanization

mississippian

mobilization

modification

modernization

multiplication

mummification

myocardial

myocardium

negotiation

nickelodeon

neutralization

neapolitan

nitroglycerine

nonsectarian

nonintervention

notification

nullification

obliteration

normalization

origination

orientation

oregonian

organization

ossification

ornamentation

overproduction

pacification

participation

panamanian

pasteurization

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

patagonian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

proliferation

pronunciation

proletarian

prognostication

pythagorean

quantification

purification

qualification

reiteration

ramification

reaffirmation

recommendation

recombination

recrimination

rectification

refrigeration

reforestation

regeneration

ratification

reintegration

rejuvenation

renunciation

remuneration

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

secretarial

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

substantiation

subordination

sophistication

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

unification

utilization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

vaporization

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
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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