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

aching

acting

aging

ailing

airing

arming

arching

asking

angling

banging

attempts

attempt

awning

backing

bagging

banding

baiting

baking

banking

bedding

bathing

barring

batting

beading

beaming

bearing

beating

basting

bending

belting

belling

being

beijing

bidding

billing

bleeding

bitching

biding

binding

birthing

blasting

blaring

blazing

bleaching

bleeping

biting

blending

blinding

blessing

blocking

blooming

blushing

bonding

blowing

blueing

bluing

boning

boarding

boasting

bolting

boating

boiling

bolling

booming

booting

bouncing

bounding

bowing

breeding

bunting

bowling

boxing

breathing

breasting

branching

braiding

briefing

bracing

braving

brawling

breaking

breeching

brimming

building

brooding

boozing

brewing

broiling

broking

budding

buckling

browning

bucking

browsing

burping

bulging

brushing

bruting

burning

boring

butting

buying

calling

calming

camping

carling

carping

catching

casting

ceiling

carving

casing

caulking

chafing

chanting

chipping

charming

chasing

chewing

chilling

chirping

chopping

cleaning

clanging

churning

choking

clearing

climbing

clipping

clowning

clucking

closing

coasting

coaching

coaxing

cloaking

coating

cocking

codding

coiling

colling

clocking

combing

clogging

coming

clothing

clouding

coupling

caning

coursing

dipping

cooking

cooling

couching

cooing

cracking

creeping

cribbing

crashing

crackling

cresting

creaking

crooning

craving

crossing

crushing

crying

crowing

cuddling

culling

cunning

dancing

curing

cutting

daring

dashing

daunting

dawning

dealing

darling

curling

derring

damning

digging

dilling

dining

dicing

coping

dishing

costing

dragging

dripping

drafting

draining

docking

doing

drawing

doting

drilling

drinking

dropping

dressing

driving

dumpling

drugging

duckling

drumming

dubbing

ducking

drying

dueling

during

dwelling

earring

earning

easing

earthling

eating

eking

edging

ending

dyeing

dying

erring

evening

etching

facing

fading

fainting

farming

farthing

falling

feeling

failing

fencing

feeding

faulting

fehling

feigning

fetching

filling

fixing

flagging

fielding

finding

fining

fighting

filing

fitting

firing

fishing

flitting

flashing

fledgling

flaring

fleeting

fleming

flaming

floating

flooding

flogging

flooring

flowing

founding

kidnap

footing

folding

forcing

foaming

foiling

forging

franking

freaking

freezing

foundling

fraying

frosting

forming

framing

fruiting

fucking

frying

funding

fuming

gadding

diving

ginning

glinting

gilding

gassing

flying

galling

gaming

gearing

getting

girding

glaring

glazing

giving

golding

golfing

gloaming

glowing

going

grading

grafting

grappling

glancing

grasping

greening

grinding

grounding

greeting

grieving

grouping

groundling

grayling

grazing

grooming

grouting

growing

gunning

hanging

harping

handling

gushing

hamstring

grating

hatching

having

heading

healing

helping

hilling

hissing

hitting

heckling

hearing

heaving

herring

hiding

hopping

horning

hounding

heating

hoarding

hosting

hogging

holding

holing

homing

hunting

humming

housing

hurling

inkling

inning

hugging

hurting

icing

jumping

keeping

kenning

jarring

jeering

jetting

jutting

keeling

jerking

jogging

joking

kicking

judging

jailing

killing

kindling

kipling

lagging

lamping

knitting

lading

knocking

knowing

lapping

landing

laughing

latching

lasting

launching

lawing

laying

leading

lending

leaking

leaning

leaping

learning

leasing

lemming

lifting

legging

listing

lashing

licking

lightning

lining

living

lopping

lumping

lunching

loaning

looping

lighting

loading

matting

looking

loving

longing

logging

looming

loring

losing

lodging

lowing

madding

lying

loathing

liking

malting

mapping

mailing

making

matching

meaning

marking

marching

doubting

mincing

milling

missing

melting

minding

meeting

mining

merging

morning

mooring

molting

mocking

morphing

mounting

moulding

mourning

moving

mowing

napping

nagging

nanking

mugging

musing

muting

nestling

netting

nipping

nodding

nutting

nothing

nosing

nursing

petting

offing

oozing

ousting

outing

packing

pacing

owing

padding

paging

offspring

pending

panning

painting

panting

pairing

paring

parking

passing

patching

peaking

paying

peeing

paving

pegging

pelting

parting

phasing

phrasing

picking

pimping

pinching

piercing

piping

pitching

planking

pining

piling

planting

pleading

pointing

plating

pleasing

plodding

plugging

playing

plaything

plumbing

poking

poling

polling

pooling

quilting

popping

printing

pouncing

pounding

pressing

preaching

praying

posting

pouting

priming

pumping

pudding

pruning

puffing

putting

pushing

prying

prowling

quaking

purging

quilling

flushing

reading

ringing

rafting

rambling

raising

raking

raving

resting

racing

sapling

racking

scalping

ribbing

rigging

riding

rifling

roasting

rising

roaring

rocking

romping

saying

rolling

running

sacking

sagging

schilling

rounding

rubbing

salting

roofing

rousing

roving

ruling

sailing

saving

raging

scaling

railing

scarring

scheming

schooling

scolding

scorching

scraping

sweeping

sibling

screening

scratching

scrimping

seedling

seating

seeling

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seizing

seeing

searching

shearing

shedding

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setting

shading

sharking

serving

shaving

sewing

sheathing

sheeting

shifting

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screwing

shelling

shelving

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shining

shoestring

shirting

shocking

shooting

shunting

shoring

shredding

shrinking

shuffling

showing

shrouding

slapping

singing

sinking

sitting

skilling

skimming

signing

sighting

sizing

skirting

slanting

slating

sledding

sleeping

sliding

slighting

slitting

sloping

smacking

sighing

slotting

slouching

smelling

smelting

smoking

snapping

sniffing

sneaking

sneezing

smoothing

snarling

snoring

soaking

soaring

sobbing

siding

sopping

sounding

stinging

screaming

spending

something

soothing

sparing

speaking

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sparkling

stacking

spanking

spinning

springing

squinting

sprinkling

squeezing

sparling

sporting

spurling

stalling

staging

stamping

stampings

stampede

stamper

standing

steering

sticking

stealing

starling

starting

stating

staving

sterling

stemple

steamboats

steamboat

steinbock

stinking

stanhope

stitching

stopping

stirring

storming

swearing

sperling

stooping

stocking

strapping

stripling

straining

streaming

stretching

stripping

stumpage

stowing

straddling

strutting

stuffing

striking

sucking

striving

stunning

stroking

stumble

stumbles

stumper

suckling

swaying

suiting

suing

sweating

swimming

tacking

tanning

switching

tackling

swooning

tamping

tailing

taking

talking

taunting

teaming

tasting

teaching

tempting

testing

telling

thumping

thinking

teeming

thrilling

thrashing

thrusting

throwing

tilting

ticking

teething

tiding

tipping

topping

trading

training

touching

toasting

tooling

tossing

tracing

trailing

tricking

tripping

trilling

trimming

trusting

trucking

tuning

turning

twining

trifling

twisting

trying

tubing

tying

tithing

swelling

veering

vaulting

vesting

veiling

viking

voiding

wanting

wapping

warning

voting

wading

vying

warling

waiting

waking

walking

walling

warming

warping

waning

washing

wasting

weakling

wearing

wedding

weeding

weeping

weaving

webbing

weighing

wellspring

westling

whipping

whistling

whacking

wheeling

whaling

whirling

whiting

whitling

whooping

whopping

wielding

wincing

winning

willing

winding

wilding

witching

wiring

wringing

wishing

wrestling

wording

wrecking

working

writing

yachting

yearling

yearning

yelling

yielding

sweeting

3 syllable words

abiding

absorbing

abounding

according

accusing

accenting

admiring

adoring

affecting

afflicting

agreeing

adjoining

aspiring

alerting

aligning

alluring

amazing

amusing

appalling

annealing

alarming

annoying

anything

approving

appealing

ascending

approaching

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arriving

arresting

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asserting

assuming

astounding

attracting

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ballooning

badgering

baffling

backbiting

backsliding

beguiling

becoming

beginning

battering

battening

befitting

beholding

believing

belonging

beseeching

besieging

bloodsucking

bickering

billowing

blackmailing

blanketing

bloodletting

blistering

bookkeeping

blustering

blossoming

blundering

bushwhacking

bettering

brainwashing

broadcasting

bubbling

bullfighting

bumbling

bungling

buffeting

bullying

bundling

butchering

bustling

cackling

bottling

bottom-up

campaigning

canoeing

carjacking

carousing

caressing

carpeting

carrying

centering

channeling

challenging

childbearing

chattering

churchgoing

comforting

commanding

concerning

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commuting

complaining

contacting

completing

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conserving

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complying

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conquering

composing

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consoling

constricting

consuming

contracting

converging

conveying

distracting

counseling

convincing

copying

disgusting

covering

cowering

crippling

decreasing

cradling

crocheting

crusading

delighting

declining

disguising

cushioning

dairying

defusing

damaging

cycling

deadening

darkening

deafening

debating

departing

degrading

descending

deserving

designing

detailing

despairing

dampening

dividing

dialing

disarming

discerning

dissenting

dissembling

correcting

dissecting

dissolving

distressing

diverging

diverting

doubling

drizzling

doddering

dressmaking

divining

downsizing

dumbfounding

dwindling

easterling

equating

eavesdropping

engraving

enchanting

ensuing

echoing

emptying

emitting

engrossing

enticing

engaging

enduring

endearing

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enlisting

entering

erecting

exacting

everything

erupting

exceeding

excepting

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exhausting

expanding

expiring

exploring

existing

expelling

exulting

factoring

faltering

fingering

finishing

feathering

favoring

fastening

flattering

flavoring

flowering

forecasting

forbidding

fondling

following

foreboding

forgiving

forthcoming

freewheeling

kidnapper

frustrating

forwarding

glimmering

galloping

gardening

gathering

gambling

good-looking

glistening

glowering

governing

groundbreaking

hairdressing

handwriting

hardworking

happening

hardening

harvesting

kidnappers

highflying

heartbreaking

housekeeping

housewarming

incoming

impending

imploring

importing

imposing

imprinting

improving

infighting

increasing

insulting

inserting

inspiring

installing

invading

inviting

interesting

investing

ironing

issuing

juggling

journeying

jockeying

lamenting

abducting

laboring

lactating

landscaping

landholding

lessening

languishing

laundering

layering

lawmaking

lingering

leavening

leveling

lettering

listening

lightening

life-giving

lumbering

locating

lowering

maddening

machining

marshaling

marketing

matchmaking

maturing

measuring

meddling

middling

mellowing

misgiving

misleading

misspelling

mistaking

modeling

mothering

motoring

mottling

mumbling

nerve-racking

muscling

murmuring

narrowing

neighboring

networking

nourishing

observing

obliging

neutering

offering

oncoming

ongoing

opposing

ordering

opening

opining

outpouring

outstanding

outlying

outgoing

outfitting

painstaking

paneling

papering

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parceling

peddling

patrolling

peppering

perplexing

persisting

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offsetting

pickering

piddling

pilfering

pitying

plastering

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polishing

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pronouncing

promising

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provoking

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ravishing

reckoning

regarding

redemptive

reasoning

reducing

relieving

redemption

redemptions

riveting

rendering

resisting

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reclining

repeating

recording

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respecting

rumbling

revolting

revolving

scaffolding

scattering

scavenging

railroading

scrambling

diapering

scribbling

seducing

seasoning

seagoing

settling

sickening

shadowing

shimmering

shipbuilding

shoplifting

shortening

shortcoming

sizzling

sleepwalking

smattering

softening

soldering

sweetening

sojourning

souring

stiffening

soldiering

strengthening

stuttering

succeeding

surpassing

suffering

surprising

surrounding

surviving

surveying

tailoring

tabling

tapering

ticketing

tempering

tinkering

thanksgiving

thickening

threatening

thundering

tinkling

towering

transporting

tormenting

toweling

traversing

trembling

twinkling

trumpeting

tumbling

unbending

typesetting

typewriting

underling

undoing

undying

unfailing

upsetting

unsparing

unfeeling

unflinching

uprising

unthinking

unwilling

varying

unwitting

vanishing

unyielding

visiting

watering

warehousing

wagering

wandering

vomiting

weathering

well-being

whispering

whitening

withering

winnowing

wrongdoing

yellowing

4 syllable words

advertising

agonizing

activating

aggravating

admonishing

agitating

annotating

appetizing

awakening

astonishing

attainable

automobile

automobiles

babysitting

barbecuing

bewildering

bicycling

calculating

captivating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

condescending

conditioning

complicating

developing

denigrating

delegating

detonating

devastating

disabling

diagnosing

disappearing

disappointing

disapproving

disengaging

disconcerting

discouraging

dispiriting

disparaging

disheartening

corresponding

distinguishing

distributing

dominating

domineering

embarrassing

edifying

emphasizing

encircling

encompassing

energizing

encouraging

engineering

enlightening

enterprising

entertaining

enveloping

examining

everlasting

executing

fascinating

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

fathomable

gratifying

hesitating

inquiring

implicating

inheriting

inhibiting

integrating

interlocking

interviewing

intersecting

irritating

laminating

liberating

legislating

maximizing

merchandising

mitigating

moderating

mountaineering

notwithstanding

never-ending

nonrecurring

notifying

oceangoing

obviating

occupying

petitioning

operating

oscillating

overlapping

overarching

overflowing

overbearing

overcoming

overhauling

overpowering

overrating

overlying

overruling

overwhelming

parachuting

palpitating

penetrating

patronizing

partitioning

persevering

pioneering

realizing

reentering

registering

redeemable

separating

speechifying

suffocating

unavailing

unassuming

underpinning

underlying

understanding

unbecoming

unbelieving

undertaking

underwriting

undulating

unrelenting

unremitting

vacillating

waterproofing

6 syllable words

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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.


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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

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

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
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Different Types of Rhymes
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