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

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

button

auction

ashen

atman

auden

aspen

austin

baldwin

bagman

asian

barbette

bason

bacon

banyan

bargain

barton

baron

barren

baston

basin

bastion

baton

barefoot

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

bellon

bellman

belgian

boughten

brakeman

billon

bisson

bitten

bludgeon

billion

billman

boatman

bison

blacken

blowgun

bereaved

bobbin

bordman

bourbon

boston

bollen

bowman

bracken

bookman

brazen

bolden

brethren

breton

broaden

briton

brighten

brogan

broken

browbeat

bereft

brevets

burdon

burgeon

burman

burton

bullion

burden

bushman

cabin

calvin

caisson

capstan

canton

canyon

captain

cannon

canon

caption

carbide

carbon

carman

carmine

carpet

carpets

carton

caxton

caution

cauldron

cayman

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chevron

chasten

cheapen

chicken

chessman

children

christen

canaan

churchman

christian

chosen

citron

chieftain

coachman

classman

claxon

clinton

colon

common

cajun

copeman

corrupt

cousin

corvettes

corvette

cotton

cowan

crewman

corrupts

craven

crafty

cretin

craftsman

crimson

cuban

crouton

curtain

cumin

cushion

dalton

gorgon

dagan

dagon

darken

deaden

dampen

damson

deafen

daman

deacon

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

diction

dian

dobson

dolman

dozen

dolphin

drafting

draftsman

driven

driftwood

drafty

dragon

dudgeon

drip-dry

drunken

dromon

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

eden

earthen

doctrine

eaten

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

erupt

erupts

forefoot

faction

farfetched

falcon

fallen

famine

fashion

fasten

faulcon

fatten

faustian

floren

fibrin

fireman

felon

fervid

flashgun

fission

fielden

fiction

firman

flatten

forbid

flexion

footman

forbade

foreign

foreman

forfeits

forbids

forebode

forfeit

fortune

garden

fraction

fountain

friction

freshen

freshman

freeman

frighten

frozen

freedman

fusion

garron

glidden

gascon

gallon

gammon

gladden

function

gentian

georgian

gilden

gibbon

german

given

golden

glisten

gluten

goodman

grandson

grafting

gotten

gowan

graven

graphite

grecian

griffon

guardsman

gudgeon

gumption

hackman

haitian

harken

harden

hangman

happen

hidden

harten

headman

hausen

headsman

hasten

haven

hearten

heathen

heaven

heighten

hempen

henchman

heron

hessian

hetman

homespun

horseman

houseman

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

hyson

huntsman

ibsen

mitten

kansan

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetton

jason

jetson

junction

kalan

kitten

kitchen

klansman

kirkman

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

krypton

landman

laden

lagan

lampron

landsman

leaden

latin

layman

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

lesion

leman

lengthen

leven

linden

listen

lightman

lineman

linemen

lichen

lighten

liman

legion

linen

liken

lion

mahone

lisbon

loren

london

lockman

lopeman

longan

liven

locken

lotion

logan

loosen

lynden

lyden

madden

luncheon

m1

lumen

mission

maiden

margin

marchman

mansion

mangan

marksman

markman

marlin

marten

martian

martin

marron

matron

mason

mayan

mignon

melon

melton

mention

milken

million

minden

minion

zion

morgan

mormon

molten

morbid

motion

muffin

mullen

moisten

mountain

mutton

muslin

nation

nekton

ninon

newsman

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

olden

odin

often

orbit

orbits

option

open

organ

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

oven

onion

oxen

packman

owen

paean

pagan

panton

pardon

parson

passion

passman

pathan

omen

patron

patten

pavon

penman

pension

penguin

peon

persian

perron

person

pervades

pervade

pigeon

plankton

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

portion

portman

pillion

pollan

ponton

postman

potion

pollen

prison

pressman

private

privates

profit

probate

profits

pectin

prophet

prophets

proven

provides

prussian

pullen

quicken

question

ration

raven

rayon

reason

redden

reckon

region

rerun

resin

ribbon

risen

riven

ridden

riden

robin

rincon

ripen

roman

rosen

sadden

rosin

rotten

rowan

rowen

russian

runnion

rumen

ruin

saffron

shorten

salmon

salesman

samson

shotgun

santon

saxon

scallion

satin

scion

satan

scotsman

sanction

scullion

seaman

season

scripture

scriptures

shipman

section

sportsman

seedsman

semen

sharpen

sermon

seven

session

sequin

seton

sexton

shaken

shaman

shearman

sherbet

shogun

shrunken

showman

sicken

smitten

selden

siren

silken

siphon

soften

smarten

sodden

slogan

soldan

spartan

sovereign

sovran

spearman

slacken

solon

sorbet

spokesman

stallman

squadron

stallion

statesman

station

stepson

stiffen

steven

stillion

striven

stockman

stricken

sturgeon

spoken

stolen

straighten

strengthen

suasion

sudden

sullen

suction

sultan

summon

sunken

surgeon

surfeit

syphon

tarpon

sylvan

swollen

talon

taken

tappen

tartan

tendon

tension

sweeten

teston

thicken

thousand

threaten

thrifty

tighten

tillman

titan

token

toman

torpid

torsion

toughen

traction

townsman

treason

tribute

trodden

trillion

triptych

tubman

turban

turbid

wooden

tributes

trojan

tungsten

woodman

workman

written

tripod

undone

tuscan

union

urban

urchin

urine

urson

vegan

version

villain

vulcan

wanton

wagon

waken

warren

vision

warpath

watchman

wiccan

widen

whitson

weapon

whiten

wizen

weaken

wheaten

women

woman

turbot

woolen

tripods

woolman

worsen

triptychs

woven

yaupon

yachtsman

triton

yeoman

zaman

provide

zircon

3 syllable words

abortion

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abduction

absorption

abrasion

abstraction

accession

accretion

abstention

admission

addition

addiction

adhesion

adoption

adrian

adsorption

african

affliction

aegean

acumen

affection

aggression

alaskan

albion

alderman

alien

aleutian

allusion

artesian

arian

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

appian

apportion

anyone

arbitrage

arbiter

arbitrates

arbiters

arbitrate

abandon

albumin

arkansan

artisan

aryan

aspersion

assertion

attraction

attrition

assassin

asuncion

attention

assumption

audition

austrian

australian

backwoodsman

aversion

backgammon

bedridden

avian

awaken

badminton

bedizen

battalion

bedouin

bandwagon

beholden

ascension

biotin

bitumen

beethoven

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

benjamin

bravado

bulletin

brevity

cambrian

campion

cyprian

capsaicin

carnation

carpeted

carpeting

cartesian

carrion

catalan

caucasian

causation

castration

cation

charwoman

charlatan

champion

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

cetacean

cessation

cinnamon

civilian

citation

citizen

cistercian

clarendon

coercion

clarion

cognition

clergyman

collegian

collision

collagen

cohesion

collection

collusion

commission

combustion

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

chilean

completion

compression

compulsion

complexion

conviction

condition

conduction

concession

concussion

conception

conclusion

concoction

confection

confession

conflation

compunction

conscription

congressman

connexion

confusion

congestion

conjunction

connection

constriction

construction

contagion

consumption

contention

contrition

contortion

contraction

contraption

conversion

contusion

convection

convention

convulsion

confucian

corrosion

correction

corruption

corruptions

crabeater

corruptive

councilman

countryman

creation

cremation

craftsmanship

crestfallen

corruptly

zambian

croatian

crustacean

curvature

dalmatian

remission

decision

damnation

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

derision

denizen

dentition

depiction

delusion

depletion

depression

description

destruction

desertion

detection

determine

detention

division

digression

devotion

dictation

diffraction

diffusion

dilation

dilution

direction

discretion

digestion

dimension

discipline

discussion

dispersion

disruption

dissection

distinction

distortion

distraction

dissension

diversion

disunion

dominion

dorian

donation

downtrodden

draftsmanship

duration

edition

egyptian

embolden

emission

elation

emblazon

election

ejection

encryption

elison

eleven

emotion

emulsion

englishman

erection

enlighten

equation

enliven

erosion

everyone

eruption

etruscan

eruptions

evasion

erupting

eruptive

eviction

excision

excretion

exaction

exception

excursion

exclusion

exertion

exemption

exhaustion

expansion

expression

extortion

extinction

extraction

extension

extrusion

fabian

ferryman

ferryboats

ferryboat

flotation

filtration

fijian

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

feminine

fenian

forbidding

foramen

forewoman

expulsion

foreboding

forgotten

forfeiture

forefathers

forfeitures

forefather

formation

franciscan

freudian

freemason

fruition

foundation

fustian

galleon

frustration

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

ghanaian

gillian

gestation

explosion

gradation

graffiti

gravamen

gravitate

gravitates

gravity

guardian

grobian

gyration

guncotton

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

harlequin

heartbroken

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

hereafter

handwoven

horatian

housebroken

horizon

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

in-person

incision

impassion

imprison

impression

implosion

inaction

inception

deception

incursion

laurentian

declension

indian

infarction

induction

infection

infliction

infraction

inflation

infusion

inhuman

ingestion

inflection

kantian

injection

injunction

inscription

instruction

insertion

inspection

intention

keratin

korean

intestine

invasion

lanolin

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

julian

javelin

jettison

jacobin

jamaican

jovian

italian

keynesian

lactation

intrusion

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

logician

location

lumberman

magician

magdalen

lutheran

malayan

margarine

marian

mandarin

masculine

inclusion

median

medallion

medicine

migration

menhaden

midshipman

melanin

mexican

misfortune

misprision

malaysian

misshapen

rendition

mistaken

morbidly

moroccan

munition

musician

mutation

muskmelon

myosin

narration

nemean

nebraskan

nobleman

nevadan

nitrogen

niacin

negation

omission

nonhuman

norwegian

notation

nonunion

nutrition

objection

octillion

nubian

obsession

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

proportion

odeon

orbitals

opinion

oration

optician

oppression

optation

origin

ottoman

orion

outspoken

ovation

overdone

partition

oxygen

overrun

partisan

parisian

parthian

parapet

patrician

pavilion

overman

proscription

precision

permission

pentathlon

percussion

perception

permian

perfection

perfidy

perfusion

perversion

perpetrate

persuasion

perpetrates

pervading

petition

peterman

physician

phoenician

phrygian

pelican

plebeian

plantation

policeman

position

possession

precaution

precession

pollution

preclusion

predation

prediction

preemption

prescription

predestine

pretension

prevention

presumption

prohibits

privately

privations

privation

probation

production

procession

profession

probity

probative

prohibit

profiting

progression

profiteers

profusion

profiteer

projection

promotion

protean

prostration

propulsion

protection

provident

provision

providence

providers

provider

ramadan

puritan

quotation

reaction

rebellion

recision

religion

recession

regression

reduction

redemption

reflection

reception

regimen

relation

rejection

reptilian

provided

reopen

repression

rescission

resection

restriction

retraction

retention

resumption

revision

reversion

revulsion

rifleman

reunion

rotation

saccharin

rhodopsin

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

secretion

scythian

secession

seclusion

scriptural

sedation

seduction

selection

sensation

sedition

servitude

submission

simian

snapdragon

silicon

singleton

solomon

solution

skeleton

specimen

starvation

stagnation

stygian

submersion

subscription

suburban

subtraction

subversion

succession

suggestion

sumatran

superman

summation

suppression

suspension

suspicion

tactician

talisman

syrian

tamarin

technician

taxation

temptation

thespian

thereafter

timberman

toboggan

torpedos

torpedo

torpedoes

tradition

transcription

transaction

transfusion

transgression

transition

transmission

translation

tuition

troubadour

truncation

unburden

unbutton

uneven

unwritten

unbroken

uncertain

unison

uncommon

vatican

vacation

uterine

waterman

venetian

vermilion

vibration

verbatim

veteran

turpitude

vocation

volition

vitamin

wesleyan

venison

4 syllable words

abyssinian

abolition

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

accordion

acclimation

acclamation

acquisition

accusation

activation

adoration

admiration

adaptation

admonition

adrenaline

affirmation

affectation

agrarian

alabaman

aggravation

aggregation

adulation

agitation

advocation

algerian

allegation

allocation

algonquian

alteration

alternation

albanian

american

amphibian

altercation

ammunition

amputation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

annexation

apparition

application

approbation

animation

arabian

apprehension

arbitration

arbitrager

arbitrageur

arbitragers

arbitrary

arbitrageurs

arbitrations

arbitrator

arbitrators

armageddon

arizonan

armenian

aldebaran

arthurian

aspiration

attribution

assyrian

assemblyman

athenian

augmentation

backwardation

avocation

aviation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

bifurcation

businesswoman

calibration

californian

calculation

canadian

cancellation

carbohydrate

carcinogen

carbohydrates

carpetbagger

carpetbaggers

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circumvention

circulation

circumspection

coalition

cogitation

coloradan

coloration

collodion

collocation

comedian

columbian

combination

commendation

committeeman

commutation

comparison

competition

compensation

composition

compilation

complication

comprehension

confirmation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confiscation

conflagration

convocation

connotation

conservation

congregation

conjugation

consecration

consolation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

computation

consummation

consultation

contemplation

contradiction

contrarian

contribution

contraception

contravention

conversation

corp.

concentration

copernican

convolution

corinthian

coronation

corporation

correlation

corruptible

confrontation

cotyledon

copenhagen

criterion

cultivation

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

dandelion

declaration

granulation

deformation

decoration

degradation

dehydration

decompression

dedication

defamation

deconstruction

definition

delegation

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

deposition

deportation

depredation

depravation

dereliction

deprivation

derivation

derivative

desecration

desperation

desiccation

designation

desolation

destination

destitution

devolution

deviation

devastation

dietitian

diocesan

devonian

detonation

dilatation

diminution

disillusion

disaffection

disconnection

disinflation

disposition

dislocation

dispensation

disputation

dissipation

distribution

disinfection

dissertation

dissolution

distillation

divination

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elongation

embarkation

elevation

emanation

elocution

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

eritrean

equestrian

equitation

erudition

european

estonian

eustachian

estimation

evocation

evolution

excavation

expiration

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhibition

exhortation

expedition

exhalation

expectation

exhumation

explanation

explication

exploitation

exploration

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fallopian

fascination

federation

fibrillation

figuration

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

fermentation

exposition

forfeitable

formulation

fragmentation

galilean

fumigation

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

gastrulation

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

moderation

graduation

gregorian

gravitation

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

herculean

hemoglobin

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

iberian

hyperion

hypertension

hydrocarbon

hungarian

ibuprofen

ideation

immigration

illustration

imitation

immolation

importation

imposition

impregnation

implication

imputation

imperfection

inattention

implantation

incantation

incarnation

incubation

incrustation

indecision

intermission

indignation

indiscretion

indication

indonesian

indexation

indigestion

infestation

infiltration

inhibition

inhalation

information

innovation

inflammation

inquisition

institution

interdiction

instigation

inspiration

installation

insulation

integration

insurrection

interaction

intercession

interception

interjection

interurban

interruption

intimation

intersection

intuition

introspection

inundation

invitation

iranian

introduction

invocation

irrigation

irritation

jurisdiction

isolation

jordanian

jacobean

jubilation

iteration

intervention

interwoven

kindergarten

laceration

intonation

lancastrian

inclination

librarian

indentation

levitation

liberation

leviathan

legislation

liberian

limitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

manumission

malnutrition

mammalian

masturbation

maturation

malformation

decimation

mediation

medication

meridian

menstruation

misbegotten

ministration

miseration

minnesotan

melanesian

misconception

meditation

missourian

mitigation

relocation

mortification

moravian

mongolian

molestation

pavlovian

modulation

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

neuropathy

nigerian

newtonian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

oblivion

obfuscation

observation

obsidian

obligation

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

opposition

operation

orchestration

ordination

overburden

ostentation

oscillation

oxidation

ovulation

pagination

pagurian

paraguayan

palpitation

pedestrian

penicillin

perforation

permutation

perturbation

perpetual

perpetuals

perpetuate

perpetuates

peruvian

perpetrator

perspiration

persecution

perpetrators

pelagian

politician

planarian

plutonian

praetorian

proposition

polynesian

population

polyhedron

pigmentation

preignition

predetermine

preelection

predilection

preparation

preservation

precondition

procreation

probationer

proclamation

probationers

profanation

prohibitions

prohibition

prohibitive

preconception

propagation

misperception

penetration

prostitution

prosecution

protestation

protozoan

motivation

premonition

providential

provocation

publication

punctuation

radiation

readmission

realization

reassertion

reformation

recognition

recreation

recitation

recantation

reclamation

recollection

reconstruction

reawaken

reelection

reexamine

refutation

registration

reinspection

regulation

relaxation

repercussion

repetition

reposition

presentation

profitable

renovation

reparation

repossession

reproduction

republican

requisition

reservation

resignation

resolution

respiration

restitution

retardation

restoration

resurrection

retribution

retrocession

rhetorician

rhododendron

revolution

revelation

revocation

rumination

samaritan

saturation

sanitation

satisfaction

sectarian

siberian

segregation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

segmentation

sicilian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

replication

statistician

subdivision

strangulation

stipulation

subluxation

stimulation

speculation

substitution

suffocation

supervision

superstition

superhuman

supposition

surrogation

tamoxifen

syndication

tabulation

syncopation

tetrahedron

tasmanian

termination

turbidity

therapeutics

therapeutic

toleration

titillation

transformation

trepidation

transportation

tribulation

transplantation

tributaries

tributary

reputation

ulceration

valerian

validation

valuation

variation

usurpation

utopian

vaccination

vacillation

vegetation

veneration

victorian

wagnerian

visitation

watermelon

vindication

violation

ventilation

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

accommodation

academician

acceleration

accreditation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

affiliation

agglomeration

adulteration

alliteration

alleviation

alienation

amortization

amazonian

amalgamation

amelioration

amplification

anticipation

annihilation

appreciation

approximation

appropriation

arbitrarily

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

assemblywoman

association

assimilation

assassination

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brobdingnagians

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

canonization

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

centenarian

certification

civilization

christianization

codification

coagulation

classification

collaboration

cohabitation

colonization

clarification

commemoration

communication

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

consideration

congratulation

conglomeration

consolidation

continuation

concatenation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

contamination

decapitation

defenestration

degeneration

deliberation

deification

delineation

delicatessen

denomination

depreciation

depopulation

denunciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissociation

disinclination

dissemination

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

elizabethan

elimination

emancipation

electrocution

equivocation

epicurean

eradication

enumeration

ethiopian

evaporation

evaluation

evacuation

exacerbation

exasperation

excoriation

exaggeration

examination

exfoliation

exhilaration

expatriation

exoneration

exoskeleton

equalization

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

glorification

fortification

gasification

expropriation

decomposition

gravitational

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hyperborean

hybridization

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

inauguration

inactivation

illumination

imagination

immunization

improvisation

incarceration

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

inoculation

initiation

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

insemination

intimidation

interpretation

interrogation

juxtaposition

interpolation

invalidation

investigation

irradiation

irrefutable

ionization

jeffersonian

justification

intoxication

libertarian

legalization

localization

magnetization

magnification

lithuanian

manipulation

manifestation

maximilian

mathematician

maximization

mechanization

metropolitan

misapprehension

misapplication

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

modernization

mobilization

mummification

neutralization

neapolitan

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

negotiation

normalization

nonsectarian

notification

nonintervention

nullification

obliteration

multiplication

oregonian

orientation

origination

organization

ornamentation

ossification

overproduction

pacification

participation

panamanian

pasteurization

patagonian

pennsylvanian

peripatetic

perpetuation

perpetually

perpetuity

proliferation

polarization

philadelphian

pomeranian

precipitation

presbyterian

premeditation

predisposition

modification

presupposition

prevarication

proletarian

predestination

deceleration

probationary

procrastination

prognostication

peloponnesian

pythagorean

quantification

purification

qualification

reaffirmation

ramification

ratification

reforestation

recombination

recrimination

recuperation

rectification

recommendation

refrigeration

regeneration

reiteration

reintegration

rejuvenation

pronunciation

prohibitory

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

sophistication

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

scandinavian

sedimentation

sanctification

simplification

solicitation

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

unification

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

repudiation

preoccupation

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
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  • Bulb
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