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

acting

aching

bitching

ailing

airing

angling

arming

arching

asking

backing

aging

asphalt

awning

baking

banding

banking

bagging

baiting

banging

bagful

barring

bearing

beading

beaming

beating

batting

bathing

bedding

belling

belting

bending

being

beijing

billing

bidding

binding

biding

baseballs

blaring

bleeping

blessing

basting

blasting

blending

bleeding

bleaching

blazing

baseball

blinding

blocking

carping

blooming

bashful

birthing

broiling

biting

blushing

boasting

boiling

bolling

boarding

bonding

boating

bolting

boning

booming

booting

boozing

boring

bouncing

broking

bounding

blowing

boxing

breasting

brawling

breaking

blueing

bracing

breathing

breeching

braiding

braving

breeding

bluing

brimming

bowing

bowling

buckling

briefing

brooding

brushing

building

bucking

bulging

budding

bunting

browning

browsing

bruting

burning

brewing

burping

butting

buying

calling

camping

caning

carling

calming

branching

casting

ceiling

casing

caulking

cesspool

chanting

charming

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chafing

chilling

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chewing

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choking

clearing

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cleaning

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climbing

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clipping

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clucking

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clocking

clogging

closing

clouding

clowning

coating

clothing

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cocking

codding

colling

carving

combing

coming

cooking

cooing

cooling

coping

coiling

costing

couching

coupling

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coursing

creaking

creeping

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curling

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crackling

crushing

cuddling

culling

crossing

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crying

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dancing

darling

cutting

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daunting

crooning

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dawning

curing

derring

dilling

dipping

dining

dicing

digging

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dispels

dispel

displace

displease

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display

displayed

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docking

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doting

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draining

duckling

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during

driving

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earthling

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eating

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eking

ending

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dyeing

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erring

etching

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forcing

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flooring

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forging

forming

freaking

frosting

freezing

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floating

foundling

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fucking

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grayling

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getting

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giving

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gospel

gospels

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going

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grooming

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grouping

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gushing

hamstring

handling

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heckling

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heading

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herring

hearing

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having

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hiding

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hilling

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icing

grouting

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hosting

growing

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hounding

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holding

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inkling

inning

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knitting

knocking

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joking

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launching

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laying

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leasing

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leaning

learning

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lifting

lending

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lighting

lightning

listing

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looking

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lining

loading

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logging

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looming

loring

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lumping

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lowing

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melting

meaning

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merging

matching

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misplace

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mining

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nanking

nodding

nothing

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outing

owing

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rocking

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rousing

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sapling

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schooling

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saving

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scolding

sweeting

knowing

scraping

tackling

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seedling

screening

seating

searching

screwing

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seeing

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seizing

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sharking

serving

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shining

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shooting

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shrouding

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showing

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sixfold

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signing

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sinking

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scorching

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skimming

sledding

sleeping

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slapping

slanting

skirting

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sliding

slighting

sloping

slotting

scratching

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sniffing

something

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sizing

smoking

sneaking

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snoring

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soaring

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sparing

spelling

speaking

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sparkling

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sounding

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springing

sprinkling

squinting

stamping

smoothing

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steering

starling

squeezing

stacking

stalling

standing

starting

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sterling

sticking

trading

soothing

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stinking

stretching

straddling

stocking

stooping

stopping

strapping

streaming

stirring

storming

stowing

straining

striking

staging

stripling

suckling

stripping

sucking

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strutting

stuffing

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swearing

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waking

walking

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warning

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useful

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wellspring

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wielding

whooping

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wrecking

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yearling

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3 syllable words

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blistering

blackmailing

blanketing

bloodletting

bloodsucking

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bookkeeping

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brainwashing

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broadcasting

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bullfighting

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childbearing

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chasuble

chattering

churchgoing

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explorers

everything

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feasible

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fixable

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interesting

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yellowing

ironing

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typewriting

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wandering

wagering

warehousing

watering

weathering

well-being

washable

whitening

withering

winnowing

wrongdoing

usable

4 syllable words

activating

advertising

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aggravating

agonizing

annotating

appetizing

astonishing

awakening

barbecuing

babysitting

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bicycling

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conditioning

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equivalents

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explanations

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issuable

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unbelieving

unassuming

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understanding

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undertaking

underwriting

unremitting

vacillating

waterproofing

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Words that rhyme with the word expelling

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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