Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word exploring.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 exploring.
2 syllable words

acting

aching

airing

aging

ailing

angling

arming

asking

arching

asphalt

awning

backing

baking

bagging

baiting

bagful

barring

banging

beading

beaming

banking

baseballs

batting

baseball

bashful

bearing

basting

bathing

beating

banding

bedding

belting

belling

bending

being

billing

bidding

biding

binding

blazing

biting

birthing

boring

beijing

bleeping

boarding

blaring

blessing

blushing

blasting

blending

bleeding

bleaching

blinding

blocking

blowing

blueing

bluing

boasting

bolting

boiling

boating

bolling

boxing

bonding

boning

breasting

booming

booting

boozing

brawling

bouncing

carving

bowling

bracing

bounding

bowing

braiding

braving

branching

breaking

breeding

blooming

breathing

breeching

brewing

briefing

brimming

bitching

buckling

building

bulging

bucking

brushing

bunting

broking

browning

browsing

bruting

budding

brooding

burping

burning

calling

camping

butting

buying

calming

caning

broiling

carping

casing

ceiling

casting

charming

chasing

chanting

chilling

chipping

chirping

choking

chopping

chewing

churning

clearing

clanging

cleaning

climbing

clipping

caulking

clucking

cloaking

clocking

clogging

closing

clouding

clowning

clothing

coaching

coasting

coaxing

cocking

coiling

colling

coating

codding

coming

chafing

combing

cooking

cooling

cooing

coping

coupling

dilling

coursing

crackling

cresting

creaking

creeping

cribbing

cracking

crashing

craving

crooning

crossing

crowing

crushing

cuddling

culling

curing

dancing

cunning

curling

cutting

crying

damning

daring

dawning

darling

daunting

dashing

dealing

derring

dicing

digging

cesspool

couching

dipping

dining

costing

catching

carling

displace

dispel

dispels

displayed

displays

displease

display

diving

doing

drilling

doting

docking

doubting

drafting

dragging

draining

drawing

dressing

earring

drinking

dripping

dumpling

dropping

drugging

drumming

duckling

ducking

during

dwelling

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dueling

drying

dyeing

dying

earning

easing

eking

eating

edging

ending

earthling

driving

dishing

evening

etching

erring

explain

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expel

explodes

fixing

explode

exploit

exploits

filling

farming

faulting

farthing

facing

failing

fading

fainting

fencing

fielding

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fehling

feeding

filing

fetching

feigning

fighting

finding

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fishing

firing

fitting

fining

flaring

fledgling

fleeting

flashing

fleming

grounding

growing

flagging

flooring

flushing

flooding

flowing

flying

foaming

foiling

folding

forcing

forming

forging

footing

gilding

gearing

founding

foundling

freaking

freezing

flaming

frosting

framing

franking

fraying

fucking

fuming

galling

funding

gassing

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fruiting

gadding

gaming

getting

gunning

flitting

giving

glancing

glaring

hosting

floating

glinting

flogging

grasping

ginning

grappling

girding

golding

golfing

gospel

glowing

going

grafting

handling

glazing

groundling

greening

greeting

grieving

grinding

grouping

gloaming

grading

grating

grayling

grazing

grooming

hamstring

gushing

heating

hounding

grouting

healing

hanging

harping

heading

having

hearing

hatching

heckling

helping

herring

heaving

hilling

hissing

hoarding

horning

hitting

hogging

holding

holing

hopping

gospels

hiding

homing

hunting

hugging

humming

hurling

housing

hurting

icing

inkling

inning

houseful

rounding

jumping

jarring

jeering

keeling

jailing

jerking

jetting

joking

jutting

judging

jogging

keeping

kenning

kicking

kindling

kipling

killing

knitting

leasing

knowing

lading

knocking

lagging

lamping

licking

lasting

lashing

lawing

lapping

leaking

leaping

launching

leading

leaning

laughing

learning

latching

laying

lending

legging

lemming

landing

lifting

liking

lightning

lining

listing

living

logging

looking

loading

loaning

loathing

lodging

longing

looping

loring

lumping

lunching

loving

lowing

lying

malting

looming

losing

marching

lopping

mapping

making

marking

lighting

madding

meaning

meeting

matting

melting

mincing

milling

minding

mining

matching

merging

misplace

missing

mailing

misspell

offspring

molting

mocking

mooring

morning

morphing

mourning

moulding

mounting

moving

mowing

mugging

nestling

misspells

musing

nagging

nipping

nodding

nosing

nothing

nosebleed

nursing

muting

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napping

offing

netting

ousting

outing

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owing

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panting

padding

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piling

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puffing

pushing

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putting

quaking

racing

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rafting

railing

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raking

raising

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reading

resting

ribbing

rigging

ringing

rifling

oozing

riding

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roaring

roasting

rocking

rolling

romping

roofing

yielding

pooling

rubbing

ruling

running

rousing

sacking

roving

schilling

sapling

scorching

salting

scalping

scaling

scheming

schooling

saving

saying

scarring

scolding

scraping

screaming

scratching

screening

scrimping

seedling

seeling

seeming

seizing

searching

screwing

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seeing

serving

setting

sewing

shafting

singing

sinking

sharking

shading

shifting

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shelling

shelving

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sheeting

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shaving

shearing

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shocking

shoestring

shredding

shining

shoring

shrinking

showing

shirting

shuffling

shooting

sibling

shunting

sighing

shrouding

siding

sighting

signing

sitting

swelling

sixfold

skilling

skimming

sagging

smelting

snoring

sleeping

slitting

slapping

sledding

smacking

slating

sliding

slighting

smelling

sloping

slouching

sneaking

slotting

snarling

smoking

snapping

smoothing

sneezing

sniffing

soaking

sprinkling

soaring

sparing

speaking

sopping

sounding

sobbing

sparkling

something

soothing

sparling

sporting

spanking

spelling

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spending

sperling

springing

spurling

storming

squeezing

squinting

stalling

stamping

starling

starting

sticking

stacking

steering

stealing

sterling

stinging

straddling

staging

stating

stinking

standing

stitching

stocking

stooping

stopping

stirring

staving

stowing

streaming

stretching

striking

strutting

straining

strapping

stripling

suckling

stripping

sucking

stroking

stuffing

stunning

striving

suiting

suing

tackling

sailing

sweeping

swimming

switching

sweating

sweeting

tacking

tailing

swooning

taking

talking

sizing

tasting

taunting

teaming

teeming

teaching

teething

tanning

telling

tempting

tamping

testing

slanting

thrilling

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thrusting

thumping

thinking

thrashing

throwing

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tipping

tricking

toasting

tooling

topping

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trading

tithing

tossing

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training

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trifling

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trimming

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trusting

trucking

trying

twisting

tying

tubing

tuning

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twining

swaying

swearing

tilting

weeding

skirting

veering

vesting

vaulting

veiling

viking

vying

voiding

voting

wading

waiting

waking

walking

walling

warling

warming

warning

wasting

wapping

washing

wanting

waning

weakling

warping

wearing

weaving

webbing

wedding

useful

weeping

wellspring

whistling

westling

whitling

whipping

wheeling

whacking

whaling

whirling

whooping

whiting

whopping

wielding

wincing

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wiring

wrestling

wishing

wrecking

witching

wilding

winning

working

wording

wishful

wringing

yearling

winding

writing

yachting

yearning

yelling

weighing

3 syllable words

according

absorbing

accenting

accusing

abiding

abounding

adjoining

admiring

abducting

alluring

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aligning

alarming

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adoring

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approving

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anything

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asserting

backsliding

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backbiting

assuming

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attracting

becoming

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beguiling

ballooning

battering

battening

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beginning

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belonging

bickering

believing

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besieging

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billowing

blistering

blackmailing

bloodletting

blustering

blanketing

bookkeeping

blundering

blossoming

discipline

bloodsucking

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brainwashing

bundling

broadcasting

bubbling

bullfighting

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bullying

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bungling

cackling

butchering

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canoeing

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carrying

centering

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channeling

chasuble

chattering

churchgoing

childbearing

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composing

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consoling

commuting

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confusing

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constricting

conquering

consuming

correcting

connecting

converging

conveying

convincing

copying

contacting

contracting

disarming

counseling

covering

cowering

cradling

crippling

crocheting

crusading

cushioning

cycling

dampening

dairying

damaging

darkening

deadening

descending

deafening

declining

departing

delighting

decreasing

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degrading

despairing

designing

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disabled

disables

disable

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disbelief

disbelieve

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disciples

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displeasure

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displacements

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enticing

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esplanade

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espalier

everything

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existing

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explicate

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explosions

expulsions

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faltering

fastening

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feathering

feasible

finishing

fixable

equable

flattering

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dishevel

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following

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forbidding

forecasting

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fondling

forwarding

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galloping

frustrating

gambling

gardening

glistening

governing

good-looking

fusible

glimmering

glowering

handwriting

hairdressing

happening

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hardening

highflying

groundbreaking

highfliers

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heartbreaking

highflier

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housekeeping

housewarming

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increasing

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insulting

interesting

invading

investing

ironing

juggling

jockeying

journeying

kidnapping

laboring

lamenting

landscaping

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lactating

languishing

laundering

lawmaking

layering

leasable

laughable

lessening

landholding

lettering

legible

leveling

life-giving

lightening

misleading

lingering

likable

likeable

listening

locating

lumbering

lowering

machining

marketing

misspelling

misplaces

maddening

marshaling

meddling

maturing

measuring

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mellowing

middling

misapplies

misgiving

misapply

miscible

massively

mistaking

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mothering

motoring

mottling

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murmuring

muscling

issuing

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narrowing

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networking

neutering

nourishing

nerve-racking

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offering

offsetting

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ongoing

opening

opining

ordering

rumbling

oncoming

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outlying

outstanding

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painstaking

paneling

papering

parceling

pardoning

passably

passable

passively

pickering

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piddling

pilfering

peddling

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pervading

peaceable

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pitying

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pondering

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possible

possibly

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pronouncing

promising

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railroading

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raveling

reachable

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reckoning

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reflecting

reasoning

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respecting

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resplendent

resupply

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reversing

reviving

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revolving

riveting

outfitting

scaffolding

scattering

scavenging

scrambling

scribbling

seducing

settling

seagoing

seasoning

shadowing

shimmering

shoplifting

shipbuilding

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shortcoming

sickening

sizzling

ticketing

sleepwalking

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soldiering

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soldering

sojourning

sociable

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surprising

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strengthening

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suffering

surrounding

surveying

unfailing

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tabling

tailoring

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taxable

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thickening

thanksgiving

taxables

teachable

threatening

thundering

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tinkling

transporting

trembling

tormenting

towering

touchable

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toweling

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tumbling

typewriting

twinkling

typesetting

underling

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undying

sweetening

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unthinking

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sizable

visiting

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visible

vomiting

warehousing

wandering

watering

weathering

washable

yellowing

whispering

whitening

winnowing

withering

well-being

wrongdoing

usable

usefully

4 syllable words

activating

advertising

agonizing

agitating

aggravating

appetizing

annotating

awakening

astonishing

babysitting

barbecuing

bewildering

bicycling

calculating

captivating

corresponding

centralizing

disappointing

circulating

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complicating

condescending

conditioning

disapproving

delegating

denigrating

developing

devastating

detonating

diagnosing

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disconcerting

discouraging

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disheartening

admonishing

dispiriting

disparaging

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encompassing

edifying

emphasizing

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encouraging

enlightening

engineering

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enveloping

equivalence

equivalent

equivalents

everlasting

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executing

explainable

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explanation

explanations

entertaining

explication

explicable

explicitly

explosively

exploration

explorations

exploitation

fascinating

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

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hesitating

implicating

interlocking

inheriting

inquiring

inhibiting

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legislating

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liberating

maximizing

merchandising

mitigating

moderating

mountaineering

never-ending

nonrecurring

occupying

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obviating

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overlying

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overwhelming

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patronizing

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pioneering

realizing

reentering

registering

separating

issuable

speechifying

suffocating

undulating

underwriting

understanding

unassuming

unbelieving

underlying

unavailing

unbecoming

underpinning

undertaking

unrelenting

unremitting

vacillating

waterproofing

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Words that rhyme with the word exploring

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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