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

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

anthem

anthems

apron

asian

aspen

ashen

auction

atman

auden

austin

bargain

bantam

bantams

banyan

bagman

baldwin

bacon

banding

baron

beaten

barren

barton

bastion

baston

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beckon

basin

belgian

begun

bellman

bellon

bason

bayman

bending

billion

billman

billon

arson

bindings

bitten

bludgeon

bisson

boatman

bison

blacken

blowgun

bolden

brakeman

bobbin

binding

bookman

boston

boughten

bordman

bollen

bourbon

bowman

bonding

bounding

bracken

breton

briton

brethren

brighten

brazen

bullion

bunting

broaden

brogan

broken

burden

button

cajun

bushman

burton

burgeon

burdon

burman

cabin

caisson

calvin

cantons

cannon

canon

canteens

canteen

canton

canyon

caption

captain

capstan

carbon

carman

carmine

caution

carton

caxton

cauldron

cayman

centimes

centime

centner

certain

chairman

chanting

chieftain

charon

cheapen

chaplain

chapman

chasten

chessman

chevron

chicken

christen

christian

churchman

chosen

children

citron

clinton

classman

claxon

coachman

colon

comedown

common

condemn

condemned

condemns

condense

condensed

condone

condones

contain

contains

contend

contempt

contemn

contends

content

copeman

contents

corban

cordon

cotton

canaan

cousin

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

cushion

curtain

cuban

cumin

dagan

dagon

dalton

daman

deafen

dampen

damson

daunting

deacon

deaden

darken

deepen

delphian

demon

dentine

desman

devon

diction

dian

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dozen

draftsman

dragon

drunken

driven

dromon

dudgeon

dungeon

dustman

eaten

earthen

dutchman

eden

elan

emption

engine

ending

ensign

endings

entomb

entwine

ermine

faction

fainting

falcon

fallen

famine

fashion

faustian

fatten

felon

faulcon

fasten

fiction

fielden

fibrin

fireman

findings

finding

firman

fission

flexion

flatten

flashgun

floren

footman

foreman

foreign

fortune

craven

fountain

fountains

freshen

fraction

freedman

freeman

freshman

frighten

frozen

function

friction

funding

fusion

gallon

garden

gammon

gascon

garron

gentian

founding

georgian

german

gibbon

gilden

given

glisten

goodman

gluten

gotten

golden

gorgon

gowan

grecian

griffon

grandson

graven

gumption

guardsman

gudgeon

haitian

harten

handmade

hackman

heathen

hangman

harden

harken

happen

headman

hasten

hausen

haven

headsman

hearten

henchman

hempen

heaven

heighten

heron

hoten

homespun

hogan

horseman

houseman

hoven

human

hounding

huntsman

hunting

ibsen

hyphen

hyson

hymen

hessian

hetman

hidden

cowan

indent

intend

intends

intense

intent

intents

intones

intone

ion

junction

jetson

jetton

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

jason

jackman

kansan

kalan

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kelvin

kitten

kitchen

glidden

klansman

kirkman

kremlin

landman

lampron

laden

lagan

landmark

landings

landing

landmarks

lesion

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

legion

ledden

leman

lemon

lendings

lending

lengthen

lessen

lesson

landsman

leven

lighten

lichen

lightman

liken

lindane

linden

linen

lineman

linemen

liman

lion

lisbon

listen

lockman

liven

locken

logan

london

luncheon

lotion

longan

lopeman

loosen

loren

lumen

lyden

lynden

m1

knitting

maintain

maintains

mahone

madden

maiden

mangan

gladden

mansion

martian

marten

margin

marron

marlin

marchman

markman

martin

marksman

mason

matron

craftsman

mention

melton

mignon

melon

mentions

milken

million

minden

minion

mission

mitten

molten

moisten

morgan

mormon

motion

mountain

mundane

mountains

muslin

mounting

muffin

mullen

mutton

nation

nekton

ninon

newsman

nineteen

nineteenth

notion

norman

oarsman

odin

often

ointment

olden

onion

ocean

omen

open

option

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

othman

oven

paintings

painting

oxen

packman

paean

pagan

owen

panting

panton

pardon

parson

passion

patten

pectin

pathan

passman

pavon

patron

pendant

pending

pension

pentane

penman

peon

perron

persian

person

phantoms

phantom

pigeon

pinion

piston

pillion

pitman

plantain

plankton

platen

platten

pointing

poison

ponton

pontoons

pontoon

pollan

pollen

portion

portman

potion

postman

pounding

pressman

prison

ration

prussian

pullen

proven

quintin

question

quicken

quantum

random

reason

reckon

redden

mayan

region

rayon

raven

penguin

rerun

resin

rincon

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

runnion

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

rounding

russian

rotten

saffron

salesman

sadden

salmon

samson

sanction

riven

sandman

satan

satin

saxon

scallion

santon

scullion

seaman

scotsman

season

scion

section

sentence

selden

semen

session

seton

sexton

shipman

sequin

seven

shaken

shearman

shaman

sharpen

sermon

silken

shrunken

shunting

sicken

shorten

shotgun

shogun

showman

smarten

slogan

smitten

sodden

soldan

soften

solon

smoothens

smoothen

smoothing

sometimes

sometime

soundings

sounding

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

spokesman

spoken

somethings

sportsman

squadron

squinting

something

stallion

stallman

station

statesman

stiffen

stepson

siphon

steven

siren

stillion

slacken

straighten

stockman

stolen

strengthen

stricken

seedsman

striven

sturgeon

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

suasion

sundown

sunken

sylvan

sweeten

summon

surgeon

swollen

syphon

tandem

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tension

tendons

tendon

teston

thicken

tillman

threaten

tighten

titan

thousand

token

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

toman

taunting

treason

trillion

triton

trodden

trojan

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

undine

undone

union

turban

urban

urchin

urson

urine

vegan

vulcan

vintners

vintner

vision

villain

written

whitson

version

wanton

wheaten

wanting

weaken

weapon

warden

watchman

whiten

warren

wiccan

windmills

women

woodman

woolman

windmill

woman

wooden

woolen

workman

waken

widen

wizen

worsen

winding

woven

yachtsman

wagon

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

minding

3 syllable words

abduction

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abrasion

abortion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accession

acumen

addition

addiction

adhesion

adoption

adsorption

admission

adrian

accretion

aegean

affection

aggression

affliction

alaskan

aleutian

alderman

albumin

alien

albion

alsatian

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andante

andean

anglican

african

antennas

bentonite

antenna

audition

anyone

artisan

apportion

arian

arkansan

artesian

aspersion

ascension

assertion

asuncion

assassin

aryan

assumption

appian

anything

attraction

attrition

attention

australian

austrian

aversion

awaken

backgammon

avian

badminton

backwoodsman

bandwagon

bandanas

bandana

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

beholden

bedridden

beethoven

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

cantonal

abandon

carnation

carrion

cardigan

capsaicin

cartesian

castration

causation

catalan

caucasian

cation

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

cistercian

cinnamon

charlatan

charwoman

citizen

citation

chilean

civilian

clarendon

coercion

clarion

clergyman

cognition

collection

collegian

collusion

cohesion

collision

collagen

combustion

commission

compassion

commotion

commitment

communion

companion

commitments

commuting

compunction

compulsion

compression

complexion

conclusion

concession

conception

concussion

concoction

condensates

condensate

condenser

condiment

confession

confection

conduction

conflation

confucian

congestion

confusion

congressman

condiments

connection

connexion

conscription

condition

contentions

completion

contagion

constriction

construction

containers

container

containment

contortion

contemplates

contemplate

contender

contenders

contented

consumption

continent

continents

contingent

contingents

continued

countenance

continue

continues

contentment

contraction

contraption

contrition

contusion

convection

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

countryman

correction

corruption

corrosion

cambrian

corsican

campion

councilman

cremation

creation

croatian

crestfallen

crustacean

cyprian

damnation

dalmatian

deception

decision

declension

destruction

deduction

deflation

deflection

defection

deletion

delusion

dentition

denizen

depiction

depletion

depression

description

derision

desertion

detection

determine

diffraction

devotion

diffusion

digression

digestion

dilation

dimension

dilution

discipline

disruption

discussion

discretion

dispersion

direction

dissection

dissension

distortion

distraction

distinction

disunion

diversion

dominion

donation

donations

downtrodden

dorian

duration

edition

elation

election

egyptian

ejection

division

eleven

elison

emission

emotion

emotions

emblazon

embolden

emitting

emulsion

encryption

endangered

endemic

enlighten

endanger

englishman

entangle

entangled

enliven

endangers

entombment

endowment

equation

endowments

erection

eruption

erosion

exaction

etruscan

eviction

everyone

evasion

exception

excretion

excursion

exhaustion

excision

exclusion

exemption

expansion

exertion

extension

expression

expulsion

explosion

extortion

extinction

extraction

extrusion

fabian

fandango

feminine

fenian

ferryman

fijian

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

formation

foundation

forgotten

frustration

franciscan

freemason

fruition

freudian

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

genuine

gordian

gradation

gravamen

grobian

guardian

gyration

guncotton

handwoven

hammerman

halcyon

halogen

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

horatian

horizon

heroine

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

illusion

imagine

immersion

ignition

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

inaction

in-person

inception

incision

inflection

incursion

infliction

indentured

indentures

indenture

indians

indian

infarction

inclusion

infection

indium

infraction

ingestion

injection

infusion

inhuman

insertion

inspection

inscription

intended

intentioned

intensely

intentions

intensive

intently

intestine

intimate

intimates

intrusion

invasion

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jamaican

jettison

jacobin

javelin

janthina

jovian

julian

kantian

keynesian

lactation

landowner

landmasses

landowners

lanthanum

laotian

laurentian

lanolin

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

location

logician

londoner

londoners

keratin

lumberman

lutheran

maintenance

magician

malayan

magdalen

malaysian

korean

mandarin

marian

margarine

masculine

median

medicine

medallion

rejection

melanin

menhaden

midshipman

mexican

migration

minuteman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

monotone

moroccan

mutation

munition

munitions

musician

nitrogen

muskmelon

negation

narration

nemean

nebraskan

nevadan

myosin

niacin

mountaineer

nobleman

mountaineers

nonhuman

notation

norwegian

nonunion

nubian

nutrition

obstruction

occasion

obsession

objection

occlusion

oppression

octillion

odeon

omission

opinion

optation

optician

oration

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

pantomime

oxygen

pandemic

pantheon

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

pavilion

patrician

pelican

pentathlon

penitent

percussion

perception

permission

perfection

perfusion

permian

phoenician

petition

perversion

phrygian

peterman

physician

plantation

persuasion

plebeian

pollution

porcelain

presumption

policeman

possession

position

predation

precaution

precession

predestine

precision

preemption

prediction

prescription

preclusion

pretension

prevention

privation

probation

procession

profession

progression

projection

promotion

profusion

proportion

propulsion

prostration

production

protection

provision

proscription

protean

quotation

puritan

randomize

randomly

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

redemption

reflection

reduction

regression

regimen

relation

religion

remission

remittance

rendition

reopen

repression

rescission

reptilian

resection

restriction

resumption

retraction

retention

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rifleman

rhodopsin

rotation

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

sedation

scythian

secession

secretion

seclusion

scorpion

sedition

seduction

sensation

sentiment

selection

sentiments

sentinel

sentinels

silicon

simian

stagnation

skeleton

starvation

solomon

snapdragon

solution

specimen

singleton

stygian

submersion

submission

subscription

subtraction

succession

suggestion

subversion

suburban

sumatran

summation

summations

suppression

suspicion

suspension

tactician

syrian

tantamount

superman

talisman

tamarin

truncation

temptation

taxation

technician

tendencies

tendency

timberman

thespian

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transcription

transfusion

translation

transgression

transition

transmission

tuition

undoing

unbutton

uncertain

unburden

unbroken

uncommon

undaunted

undying

uneven

untangle

unthinking

untimely

unwitting

unison

unwritten

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

vermilion

vibration

vocation

vitamin

volition

veteran

vomiting

wantonly

wesleyan

waterman

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abrogation

abnegation

absolution

abolition

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

abyssinian

advocation

adaptation

adulation

admonition

accordion

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

affectation

aggregation

agitation

aggravation

agrarian

alabaman

allegation

algerian

albanian

aldebaran

algonquian

allocation

alternation

alteration

altercation

affirmation

american

ammunition

amputation

anathema

anatomist

anatomy

amphibian

andantino

annexation

appalachian

apparition

appellation

antinomy

approbation

arbitration

apprehension

arabian

arizonan

application

aspiration

armenian

arthurian

armageddon

assemblyman

bifurcation

assyrian

augmentation

benediction

attribution

athenian

avocation

backwardation

aviation

barbarian

bavarian

antimatter

calculation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calibration

canadians

commendation

commutation

compensation

carcinogen

celebration

centenary

centennial

centurion

centimetres

centimetre

chameleon

circulation

circumspection

circumcision

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collocation

coloration

collodion

coloradan

columbian

comedian

comedians

comedienne

competition

compilation

committeeman

comparison

complication

composition

comprehension

computation

concentration

condemnations

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

consecration

conservation

consternation

consultation

constitution

contaminate

containerized

contaminates

contemplation

contemptuously

contemplative

contemptible

continental

continentals

contingencies

contingency

continual

continuance

copenhagen

cotyledon

contraception

contribution

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

conversation

convolution

corinthian

copernican

correlation

corp.

corporation

californian

countenances

incubation

canadian

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

dandelion

definition

deformation

dehydration

demarcation

demonstration

demolition

deposition

deportation

desecration

dereliction

desperation

destitution

devastation

devolution

deviation

devonian

dietitian

disposition

disaffection

diocesan

dislocation

disinflation

disinfection

disillusion

disputation

dissertation

dissolution

distribution

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elocution

elongation

emigration

embarkation

emotional

endangerment

englishwoman

entanglement

entanglements

equestrian

erudition

evocation

evolution

european

eustachian

excavation

explanation

exhalation

eritrean

exclamation

execution

excitation

exhibition

exhumation

exhortation

expectation

expedition

expiration

estonian

explication

exploration

exposition

exploitation

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fallopian

fermentation

federation

figuration

fluctuation

foliation

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

fundamental

generation

galilean

gastrulation

gargantuan

fundamentals

gentlewoman

gondwanaland

gorgonian

graduation

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hibernation

historian

himalayan

implantation

hungarian

hydrocarbon

illustration

hypertension

ianthina

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

imperfection

impregnation

imposition

importation

inattention

inattentive

ideation

infiltration

indecision

indigestion

indonesian

indemnify

indiscretion

indemnities

inquisition

institution

insurrection

intangible

intangibles

intemperate

indemnity

intentional

intensify

intensified

intensifies

intensities

intensity

intensively

interaction

interception

interdiction

intervention

interjection

intersection

interurban

intermission

interwoven

intimacy

intimately

intimidates

intimidate

introduction

intuition

iranian

irritation

isolation

jacobean

jubilation

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

leviathan

liberation

liquefaction

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

masturbation

glaciation

manumission

maturation

mediation

menstruation

meridian

relocation

misconception

miseration

minnesotan

misbegotten

misperception

missourian

moderation

modulation

molestation

monotony

monatomic

mongolian

mortification

moravian

navigation

nestorian

napoleon

nicaraguan

newtonian

nigerian

mountaineering

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

occupation

observation

obstetrician

opposition

oblivion

obsidian

octahedron

ohioan

operation

olympian

oscillation

orchestration

ostentation

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

pavlovian

pelagian

pedestrian

melanesian

perforation

persecution

permutation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

population

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

preconception

precondition

praetorian

premonition

predilection

presentation

preignition

preservation

preparation

preelection

predetermine

proclamation

protestation

propagation

proposition

prohibition

procreation

prosecution

provocation

prostitution

punctuation

publication

protozoan

radiation

reassertion

readmission

reawaken

recantation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

recreation

reformation

reelection

reexamine

refutation

registration

reinspection

relaxation

remittances

penicillin

repossession

repetition

reposition

reproduction

repercussion

requisition

republican

resolution

respiration

restitution

restoration

retardation

retribution

reservation

resurrection

retrocession

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

satisfaction

saturation

sectarian

reparation

self-deception

segmentation

sentimental

sequestration

separation

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simonian

situation

statistician

smithsonian

strangulation

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

superstition

supposition

supervision

tabulation

surrogation

superhuman

tamoxifen

tetrahedron

toleration

transformation

trepidation

transportation

transplantation

tasmanian

ulceration

usurpation

utopian

vacillation

validation

valuation

vanadium

valerian

variation

vegetation

veneration

visitation

violation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

acceleration

accommodation

adjudication

accreditation

accumulation

academician

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alliteration

alienation

alleviation

amalgamation

amelioration

amazonian

amplification

amortization

anatomical

anatomically

anticipation

approximation

argentinian

argumentation

appreciation

appropriation

articulation

assimilation

assemblywoman

association

attenuation

augustinian

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

caledonian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

carthaginian

centenarian

centenarians

centralization

certification

civilization

clarification

coagulation

classification

codification

cohabitation

colonization

collaboration

commemoration

communication

consolidation

conciliation

confederation

confabulation

configuration

congratulation

condominiums

condominium

consideration

conglomeration

contaminated

contaminating

contemporary

contemporaries

coordination

continuously

continually

continuances

continuity

cooperation

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

deliberation

deification

delineation

delicatessen

denationalize

depopulation

depreciation

desegregation

desalination

degeneration

defenestration

discrimination

disembarkation

dionysian

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

electrocution

elizabethan

entomology

entomologist

entomologists

equalization

epicurean

equivocation

evacuation

evaporation

exacerbation

ethiopian

evaluation

exaggeration

exasperation

exhilaration

excoriation

exfoliation

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

fundamentalist

fundamentalists

gametangia

fundamentally

gasification

manifestation

manipulation

glorification

gratification

harmonization

hanoverian

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

immunization

hyperborean

improvisation

inadmissible

incarceration

inauguration

incorporation

indomitable

indonesians

initiation

intensifying

intentionally

interpretation

intimidating

intimidated

ionization

irradiation

justification

juxtaposition

jeffersonian

magnetization

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnification

mathematician

reiteration

mechanization

maximilian

maximization

misapplication

misinformation

miscalculation

misapprehension

mobilization

mississippian

modernization

modification

multiplication

mummification

neutralization

nonintervention

negotiation

neapolitan

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nullification

notification

normalization

participation

obliteration

organization

orientation

ornamentation

oregonian

ossification

overproduction

pandemonium

pacification

panamanian

nonsectarian

peloponnesian

pasteurization

patagonian

penitentiary

penitentiaries

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

premeditation

preoccupation

predisposition

presbyterian

prevarication

presupposition

remuneration

procrastination

pronunciation

prognostication

proliferation

proletarian

purification

quantification

qualification

ratification

ramification

pythagorean

reaffirmation

recommendation

recombination

recrimination

rectification

recuperation

refrigeration

reforestation

metropolitan

regeneration

repatriation

repudiation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

scandinavians

sedimentation

simplification

sterilization

solicitation

specification

specialization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

theologian

triangulation

undeniable

unification

undeniably

utilization

unitarian

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vulgarization

vilification

veterinarian

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word intonation

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How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
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  • Orange

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