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

accords

accord

acton

action

airman

alan

alban

acrid

alman

amman

arson

apron

ashen

asian

aspen

assert

asserts

atman

assured

austin

auction

auden

billon

assort

banyan

barton

bargain

backward

backwards

bacon

baron

barren

basin

bastion

bason

baston

belgian

baton

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

begrudge

beckon

begun

bellman

bellon

billion

batten

bisson

billman

carton

baldwin

bitten

bison

bushman

bludgeon

bordman

boughten

bourbon

boston

brakeman

bookman

bracken

bolden

bollen

brazen

bowman

brethren

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

burgeon

bullion

burton

burden

burdon

burman

boatman

caisson

cajun

calvin

cabin

buzzards

buzzard

canaan

button

caption

capstan

canton

canyon

captain

carbon

cannon

canon

carman

carmine

bogart

bobbin

blacken

cauldron

blowgun

caution

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chasten

chessman

children

chicken

chieftain

checkered

chosen

christen

churchman

cheapen

chevron

citron

christian

claxon

clinton

classman

coachman

awkward

colon

bagman

corban

cordon

copeman

craftsman

cotton

cousin

cowan

craven

cretin

curtain

crimson

cushion

dagan

crouton

cuban

cumin

dagon

dalton

damson

crewman

daman

dampen

darken

deacon

deafen

deepen

degrade

degrades

degreed

demon

delphian

common

desert

deserts

desman

desserts

dessert

diction

devon

dian

discards

discard

discord

discreet

discrete

dobson

dockyard

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

dragon

driven

dungeon

earthen

egret

dustman

drunken

dudgeon

dutchman

eaten

eden

dromon

draftsman

elan

emption

engine

ensign

escorts

escort

ermine

deaden

exerts

exert

exhort

exhorts

postman

excrete

faction

falcon

fallen

famine

fashion

faustian

faulcon

fasten

fatten

felon

fiction

fibrin

fielden

figured

fireman

firman

floren

fission

flashgun

flatten

flexion

footman

foreign

foreman

fortune

fountain

fraction

freshen

freshman

freeman

freedman

friction

frighten

frozen

function

fusion

garden

gallon

gammon

garron

gascon

gentian

german

gibbon

georgian

gilden

given

gizzard

glisten

gladden

gorgon

grandson

gotten

goodman

gluten

go-cart

golden

gowan

graven

glidden

grecian

gumption

gudgeon

guardsman

horseman

griffon

haitian

hackman

haggard

harden

harken

happen

harten

hasten

hangman

hausen

haven

hazards

headsman

hearten

headman

hempen

heaven

heighten

heathen

heron

henchman

hessian

hetman

hidden

hogan

homespun

hazard

hoten

houseman

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

hyson

ibsen

hyphen

ion

jason

jargon

jasmine

jackman

jetson

jordan

jorden

jetton

junction

izard

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kansan

kelvin

kalan

kirkman

klansman

kremlin

kitten

laden

lagan

kitchen

laggards

izzard

laggard

lampron

landman

landsman

portion

latin

leaven

ledden

lengthen

lessen

lesson

mason

legion

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

lisbon

liman

listen

liven

linden

lineman

linemen

lion

linen

lizard

lizards

lockman

locken

loren

lotion

london

loosen

lopeman

longan

m1

luncheon

lyden

lynden

madden

lumen

mahone

maiden

logan

mansion

marchman

mangan

margin

lesion

marten

martian

martin

marksman

markman

marron

marlin

matron

mayan

measured

melon

melton

mention

mignon

million

migrate

migrates

milken

minden

minion

mission

misread

moisten

mitten

molten

morgan

nation

mormon

motion

muffin

muslin

mutton

mountain

mullen

muskrat

muskrats

leven

nekton

newsman

negroid

ninon

niggard

norman

oarsman

notion

lemon

ocean

onion

often

olden

odin

open

omen

option

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

othman

oven

pension

pagan

packman

parson

panton

pardon

passion

passman

owen

pectin

pathan

patron

patten

pavon

oxen

paean

penguin

penman

peon

perron

person

persian

passwords

plankton

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

pigeon

picard

poison

pollan

pollen

password

ponton

leman

layman

portman

leaden

potion

excretes

pressman

prison

prussian

pullen

proven

question

ration

raven

rayon

quicken

reason

records

record

reckon

recruit

recruits

redden

regards

region

regard

regret

regrets

resort

resin

rerun

resorts

riden

rincon

ribbon

ridden

risen

rotten

riven

rosen

rosin

rowan

rowen

robin

roman

rumen

ruin

runnion

russian

salesman

saffron

samson

sadden

sacred

sanction

salmon

santon

ripen

satan

saxon

scallion

scullion

scion

scotsman

seaman

season

secret

section

secrete

secrets

seedsman

satin

selden

semen

sexton

session

sharpen

sermon

seven

shaken

shaman

seton

sequin

shearman

shipman

shogun

shorten

shotgun

shrunken

silken

sicken

showman

siphon

siren

smarten

smitten

slogan

sodden

soften

soldan

sovran

sovereign

solon

spartan

sportsman

spearman

spoken

spokesman

squadron

stallion

stallman

station

statesman

slacken

stepson

steven

strengthen

sturgeon

stillion

straighten

stockman

stolen

suasion

stricken

striven

suction

stiffen

sudden

sullen

sugared

summon

sunken

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

sultan

tartan

tarpon

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tension

tendon

teston

threaten

tighten

thicken

thousand

tillman

torsion

traction

townsman

toughen

titan

token

toman

trillion

triton

turban

tubman

trodden

tuscan

trojan

tungsten

urson

undone

union

urchin

urban

urine

treason

vegan

version

vision

villain

vulcan

wagon

waken

wanton

warden

warren

weapon

weaken

wheaten

watchman

whiten

whiskered

whitson

yachtsman

wiccan

widen

workman

worsen

written

woodman

woolman

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

wizards

wizard

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abduction

abortion

abrasion

abstraction

abstention

accession

according

accordance

accretion

accurate

accredit

acquired

adoption

addiction

adrian

addition

acumen

adhesion

admission

adsorption

affliction

african

affection

aggression

alaskan

aegean

albion

albumin

apportion

alderman

allusion

alsatian

ambrosian

ambition

aleutian

anchorman

anglican

andean

anyone

alien

appian

arkansan

artesian

arian

artisan

aryan

ascertain

ascension

asserting

aspersion

assassin

asserted

assertion

assertions

assertive

assortment

assumption

asuncion

attention

assorted

attraction

attrition

australian

austrian

aversion

audition

avian

awaken

castration

bighearted

backgammon

backwoodsman

baccarat

battalion

bedridden

bedouin

beethoven

beholden

bedizen

benjamin

biotin

bandwagon

causation

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

carnation

cambrian

campion

cartesian

capsaicin

cardigan

carrion

caucasian

catalan

cation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

charwoman

charlatan

cistercian

citation

chilean

cinnamon

cigarette

cigarettes

civilian

citizen

clarendon

clarion

coercion

clergyman

cognition

cohesion

combustion

collegian

collection

collision

collusion

badminton

collagen

commission

commotion

compression

compassion

compulsion

companion

complexion

conception

concession

concoction

concussion

condition

conduction

conflation

confection

confession

conclusion

confucian

confusion

congestion

conscription

constriction

congressman

connection

connexion

conjunction

construction

contortion

contagion

consumption

contraction

contraption

contention

contrition

contusion

convection

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

countryman

corsican

corruption

councilman

cremation

dalmatian

creation

corrosion

damnation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

deception

decision

declension

decorate

deflation

deduction

defection

deflection

decorative

degraded

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

description

desertion

depletion

depiction

derision

deserted

deserter

deserters

desertions

destruction

detection

detention

determine

dictation

digression

diffraction

devotion

diffusion

digestion

dilation

dimension

dilution

direction

discipline

discretion

discretions

degrading

discordant

discredit

discredits

discussion

disheartened

disruption

disordered

disorders

dissection

disorder

dissension

dispersion

distinction

distortion

distraction

donation

division

disunion

diversion

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

elation

election

elison

eleven

depression

emblazon

encryption

emulsion

emotion

emission

englishman

enlighten

enliven

embolden

equation

erection

erosion

exaction

eruption

everyone

evasion

etruscan

eviction

exception

excision

completion

communion

excretion

abandon

exhaustion

exertion

exemption

exertions

exclusion

compunction

expansion

expression

extension

expulsion

extinction

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

feminine

fenian

ferryman

filtration

figurehead

fijian

flirtation

flotation

frustration

fixation

fisherman

foramen

forbidden

formation

forgotten

forewoman

foundation

freemason

franciscan

freudian

fruition

fustian

garrison

galleon

gestation

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

guncotton

gyration

guardian

gaussian

grobian

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

horatian

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

heartbroken

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impassion

impression

inaction

implosion

infarction

excursion

inception

incision

incursion

inclusion

indian

induction

imprison

inflation

infection

inflection

infraction

infliction

in-person

infusion

inspection

ingestion

inscription

insertion

inhuman

injunction

injection

instruction

intestine

intention

invasion

intrusion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

lactation

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lacerate

laurentian

lanolin

porcelain

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

location

lucrative

logician

loggerheads

loggerhead

lumberman

malaysian

magdalen

magician

macartney

lutheran

malayan

margarine

mandarin

marian

masquerade

masculine

medicine

migration

medallion

melanin

menhaden

migrations

mexican

midshipman

median

narration

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

musician

moroccan

mutation

munition

muskmelon

myosin

negation

nebraskan

nevadan

niacin

newsworthy

nemean

notation

nitrogen

niggardly

nonhuman

nobleman

norwegian

nonunion

nutrition

objection

nubian

obstruction

obsession

occasion

occlusion

opinion

oppression

oration

odeon

optation

omission

optician

octillion

origin

orion

ovation

ottoman

outspoken

pollution

overdone

overrun

oxygen

parthian

parisian

partition

partisan

pentathlon

patrician

pavilion

pelican

percussion

perception

perfection

permian

perfusion

permission

persuasion

petition

peterman

perversion

phoenician

phrygian

physician

plantation

plebeian

policeman

overman

position

possession

explosion

sensation

precaution

predation

preemption

predestine

prediction

presumption

prescription

privation

probation

pretension

prevention

procession

production

progression

proportion

promotion

projection

profession

profusion

propulsion

prostration

protection

proscription

protean

provision

puritan

quotation

reaction

reception

recreate

rebellion

reasserts

reassert

recession

recording

recorders

recordings

recorder

recision

recreates

recruitment

recruiters

recruiter

reduction

redemption

reflection

ramadan

regression

regarding

regimen

regretful

relation

rejection

religion

remission

rendition

repression

reopen

reptilian

resection

restriction

resumption

retraction

retention

reunion

reversion

revision

rescission

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

salvation

saleswoman

saccharin

samoan

sedation

scorpion

secession

scythian

seclusion

secretion

secretions

secretive

secretly

seduction

sedition

selection

precession

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

stagnation

starvation

solution

specimen

temptation

stygian

subscription

submersion

submission

subtraction

suburban

subversion

succession

suggestion

suppression

summation

superman

suspicion

suspension

taxation

tactician

sumatran

syrian

tamarin

talisman

technician

thespian

timberman

transaction

tradition

transcription

toboggan

transgression

transfusion

transition

translation

truncation

tuition

unbutton

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

uneven

unison

transmission

vacation

uterine

venetian

vatican

venison

preclusion

veteran

vibration

vitamin

vermilion

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

wizardry

zambian

ziggurat

ziggurats

precision

4 syllable words

aberration

abnegation

abdication

abolition

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

absolution

abyssinian

accordion

accordions

accordingly

accusation

accurately

acquisition

admiration

adaptation

activation

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

affirmation

aggravation

affectation

adulation

ageratum

ageratums

agitation

aggregation

advocation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

appellation

algonquian

algerian

alteration

allegation

alternation

allocation

altercation

american

annotation

aldebaran

amputation

annexation

animation

ammunition

amphibian

appalachian

apparition

application

approbation

arbitration

arabian

arizonan

armenian

armageddon

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

apprehension

assyrian

athenian

assuredly

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

celebration

backwardation

barbarian

bifurcation

bavarian

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

canadian

calibration

californian

calculation

cancellation

carcinogen

businesswoman

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coloration

cogitation

coalition

commendation

collocation

combination

collodion

columbian

coloradan

comedian

committeeman

convolution

commutation

competition

compensation

compilation

comparison

composition

computation

comprehension

concentration

complication

condemnation

condensation

condescension

conflagration

confirmation

confiscation

confrontation

connotation

conservation

conjugation

consternation

consolation

constellation

consecration

constipation

constitution

consultation

contemplation

congregation

contradiction

contrarian

contraception

contravention

contribution

conversation

consummation

convocation

degradations

corp.

corporation

coronation

corinthian

copernican

copenhagen

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

culmination

cultivation

crucifixion

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

decorated

deformation

decoration

defamation

decorations

dedication

definition

decorators

decorator

delegation

demarcation

demonstration

elevation

dehydration

demolition

derivation

depravation

dereliction

deposition

desecration

desiccation

destination

desolation

desperation

designation

destitution

detonation

devolution

dietitian

devonian

dilatation

diminution

deviation

diocesan

disaffection

discredited

disheartening

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

disposition

disputation

dissertation

dislocation

distillation

disorderly

dissipation

dissolution

divination

domination

dominican

education

distribution

draconian

duplication

electrician

disconnection

emanation

depredation

elongation

elocution

emulation

emigration

englishwoman

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

estimation

evolution

estonian

evocation

european

expiration

eustachian

excavation

deprivation

execution

exclamation

excoriate

exhalation

exhibition

expectation

exploitation

explanation

explication

exploration

laceration

exhumation

expedition

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fallopian

fascination

federation

figuration

fermentation

fibrillation

figurative

fluctuation

floridian

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

germination

gentlewoman

gregorian

glaciation

greco-roman

graduation

granulation

gorgonian

gravitation

guatemalan

habitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

historian

hibernation

herculean

himalayan

imperfection

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

ideation

imitation

ibuprofen

illustration

iberian

immolation

immigration

implantation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

incrustation

implication

impregnation

exposition

inattention

incubation

indication

information

inclination

inflammation

indecision

indentation

indexation

imposition

indiscretion

indignation

indigestion

indonesian

infiltration

infestation

inspiration

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

insulation

intimation

installation

instigation

institution

intercession

inundation

integration

interaction

interception

interdiction

insurrection

interjection

intermission

interruption

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

intonation

invitation

invocation

excretory

inhalation

irritation

introduction

intuition

introspection

iranian

irrigation

iteration

isolation

lancastrian

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

lacerations

kindergarten

hungarian

legislation

legerdemain

levitation

liberation

librarian

liberian

lilliputian

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

logarithm

logarithms

machination

macedonian

maccabean

majorities

majority

masturbation

leviathan

mammalian

manumission

miseration

maturation

malnutrition

medication

menstruation

melanesian

ministration

meridian

migratory

minnesotan

mediation

misbegotten

misconception

missourian

misperception

molestation

mitigation

modulation

moderation

moravian

mongolian

mortification

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

observation

nonpartisan

nomination

nonprescription

noblewoman

obligation

obfuscation

oblivion

obstetrician

occupation

obsidian

operation

ohioan

olympian

opposition

orchestration

ordination

ostentation

oscillation

overburden

octahedron

ovulation

pagination

oxidation

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

pejorative

perforation

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

permutation

perturbation

perspiration

peruvian

planarian

plutonian

politician

persecution

polyhedron

polynesian

population

praetorian

predilection

preignition

precondition

predetermine

preelection

preconception

premonition

preparation

proclamation

procreation

profanation

propagation

prohibition

proposition

punctuation

protestation

reformation

prosecution

prostitution

protozoan

publication

provocation

refutation

radiation

recollection

readmission

realization

reassertion

reawaken

reclamation

recognition

recreation

reconstruction

reelection

reexamine

registration

relaxation

relocation

reinspection

renovation

replication

reparation

repetition

repossession

repercussion

reposition

reproduction

republican

requisition

resolution

resignation

respiration

restoration

revelation

resurrection

retardation

retrocession

retribution

restitution

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

sanitation

self-deception

samaritan

saturation

satisfaction

secretary

sectarian

security

securities

secretaries

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

simulation

sicilian

simonian

siberian

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

subluxation

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

substitution

suffocation

syndication

syncopation

surrogation

supposition

superstition

supervision

superhuman

tabulation

tasmanian

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

transformation

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

tribulation

usurpation

ulceration

utopian

vaccination

vacillation

variation

veneration

valuation

validation

valerian

ventilation

visitation

victorian

vindication

violation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

academician

accommodation

assimilation

accreditations

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

agglomeration

adulteration

affiliation

alleviation

alliteration

amelioration

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

annihilation

amplification

alienation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

association

attenuation

authentication

authorization

augustinian

babylonian

beethovenian

clarification

coagulation

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

cohabitation

centralization

certification

centenarian

classification

civilization

christianization

codification

collaboration

commemoration

colonization

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

configuration

confederation

conglomeration

congratulation

consolidation

consideration

contamination

continuation

cooperation

corroboration

coordination

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deliberation

denomination

delicatessen

deification

delineation

denunciation

desegregation

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

determination

diacritical

dionysian

discoloration

disembarkation

discrimination

disinclination

discretionary

dissatisfaction

dissemination

elaboration

dissociation

disintegration

domestication

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

equivocation

examination

eradication

epicurean

equalization

evacuation

evaporation

evaluation

ethiopian

exasperation

exhilaration

exfoliation

expatriation

exoskeleton

incineration

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

gasification

fortification

gratification

glorification

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

humiliation

hyperborean

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

immunization

incarceration

incorporation

inactivation

inauguration

incrimination

infatuation

inhabitation

indoctrination

improvisation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interpolation

interconnection

interpretation

interrogation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mechanization

maximilian

maximization

mccarthyism

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mathematician

mississippian

modification

mobilization

modernization

mummification

multiplication

myocardial

myocardium

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nullification

nitroglycerine

normalization

nonsectarian

obliteration

notification

nonintervention

overproduction

origination

orientation

ornamentation

organization

oregonian

ossification

pacification

participation

panamanian

pasteurization

patagonian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

peloponnesian

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

premeditation

predisposition

preoccupation

prevarication

presbyterian

presupposition

procrastination

prognostication

proliferation

pronunciation

proletarian

purification

reforestation

pythagorean

qualification

ratification

reaffirmation

ramification

recrimination

rectification

recombination

recuperation

recommendation

quantification

regeneration

refrigeration

rejuvenation

reiteration

reintegration

remuneration

representation

renunciation

repatriation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

secretarial

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

subordination

stratification

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word exhortation

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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:

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