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

aching

acting

airing

aging

ailing

angling

asking

backing

arching

awning

baiting

basting

beading

banding

bagging

baking

banging

batting

banking

barring

bathing

beaming

bearing

bedding

arming

bucking

belling

bending

biting

being

bitching

birthing

binding

biding

blaring

blasting

bleeding

blending

bleeping

blessing

bleaching

blinding

blazing

blocking

blooming

blowing

blueing

bluing

bruting

blushing

boating

brushing

boarding

boasting

bolting

bonding

boiling

bouncing

bounding

boxing

bolling

booting

boning

booming

boozing

boring

bowling

bracing

bowing

braiding

breathing

breeching

brawling

breaking

breeding

brewing

braving

broiling

broking

brooding

browning

browsing

branching

beijing

buckling

budding

bulging

chieftain

burning

burping

buying

chieftains

camping

carling

caftan

caftans

calming

caning

captain

captains

chanting

carping

casting

ceiling

chafing

carving

calling

casing

caulking

catching

charming

caption

captions

chasing

chirping

choking

chopping

churning

clouding

cleaning

climbing

cloaking

clocking

clogging

closing

clothing

clucking

coasting

clowning

coating

coming

clanging

coaxing

cocking

codding

coiling

chewing

colling

combing

coaching

cooking

cooling

coping

cooing

crowing

costing

coupling

coursing

crackling

cracking

craving

couching

crashing

creaking

creeping

cuddling

crushing

daunting

culling

curing

daring

crooning

curling

dancing

crossing

damning

darling

dashing

dawning

crying

cunning

dealing

dwelling

derring

dicing

dining

dishing

drawing

doting

doubting

diving

docking

dragging

doing

draining

dressing

driving

dropping

duckling

drugging

drumming

dubbing

ducking

drying

dumpling

during

dueling

easing

earthling

earning

falling

dyeing

dying

eking

edging

failing

ending

etching

evening

erring

fainting

facing

fading

farming

fielding

faulting

feeding

feeling

fehling

feigning

fifteenth

fencing

fighting

fetching

finding

filing

fining

fishing

flaring

flagging

flaming

flashing

fledgling

fleming

floating

flooding

flushing

firing

flogging

flowing

flying

folding

foaming

foiling

flooring

forcing

forming

founding

franking

framing

foundling

fraying

forging

freaking

freezing

frosting

funding

fruiting

fucking

fuming

gadding

galling

gaming

gassing

frying

glaring

glancing

glazing

golding

golfing

gloaming

glowing

going

grading

grappling

grasping

grating

greening

gunning

gushing

grinding

grayling

grazing

grieving

grounding

grooming

grouping

grouting

groundling

growing

hamstring

handling

hanging

heading

healing

having

hatching

hearing

heckling

helping

heaving

herring

harping

hiding

hoarding

hogging

hosting

hugging

humming

hurting

holding

horning

holing

homing

hopping

housing

hounding

hurling

icing

girding

farthing

inkling

jeering

jailing

jarring

jerking

jogging

joking

judging

jumping

kindling

keeling

keeping

kenning

leading

knocking

knowing

lading

leaking

lagging

landing

lasting

laughing

lapping

lashing

latching

lawing

launching

laying

leaning

leaping

lamping

leasing

learning

loving

left-hand

lending

legging

lemming

lifetime

lifetimes

lighting

lightning

lining

looking

loathing

liking

loading

loaning

logging

lodging

longing

looming

looping

lopping

loring

losing

lowing

lumping

lunching

madding

lying

mailing

making

matching

marking

malting

matting

meaning

mapping

nothing

marching

minding

mining

merging

mocking

mounting

nestling

molting

mooring

mugging

muting

morning

morphing

mourning

moving

moulding

mowing

nanking

nagging

napping

neptune

musing

nodding

nosing

nursing

obtains

panting

parting

offing

paring

pairing

offspring

often

pacing

ousting

options

painting

outing

packing

owing

option

padding

paging

paying

peaking

panning

passing

parking

patching

paving

pending

pegging

peeing

phasing

phrasing

piling

pining

piping

pitching

planting

plating

pointing

planking

pleading

pleasing

plaything

plodding

playing

posting

plugging

plumbing

poking

poling

pooling

popping

pouting

polling

preaching

pouncing

pounding

praying

pressing

priming

pudding

pumping

reading

pushing

prowling

pruning

quaking

prying

purging

racing

racking

railing

raking

raging

raising

rambling

raving

obtain

oozing

ringing

rifling

roasting

riding

rising

roaring

roofing

rocking

rolling

romping

yelling

rounding

rousing

roving

running

salting

sapling

sacking

sagging

sailing

saving

saying

scheming

scaling

scalping

scarring

scolding

schooling

scraping

scorching

screaming

scratching

screening

seedling

searching

seeling

seeming

seizing

seeing

serving

sheathing

screwing

sharking

shading

shaving

sewing

shedding

shelling

shelving

shirting

shining

shocking

shoestring

shooting

shrouding

showing

shredding

shoring

sighting

siding

sighing

singing

slanting

signing

skirting

slating

sledding

sleeping

slighting

slapping

sliding

slotting

sizing

sloping

smelling

slouching

smacking

snarling

smoking

smoothing

snapping

sneaking

rubbing

tasting

sneezing

spending

snoring

sounding

sopping

soothing

softens

spanking

springing

soaring

sobbing

soften

sparing

speaking

spelling

sparling

sparkling

sprinkling

sperling

starting

squeezing

stating

stealing

stamping

standing

starling

spurling

stacking

stalling

staving

sterling

staging

sputum

stinging

sporting

stitching

soaking

stirring

stocking

straddling

stooping

suiting

stopping

storming

streaming

stretching

stowing

straining

suckling

stunning

sucking

striving

stroking

tamping

strapping

striking

suing

swaying

swearing

sweeping

swelling

switching

tackling

swooning

tacking

tailing

taking

talking

tanning

taunting

teaching

teaming

teeming

ruling

teething

tempting

thrashing

throwing

thumping

toasting

telling

tiding

tithing

tooling

topping

tossing

trifling

touching

tracing

trading

trailing

training

trucking

tubing

tuning

turning

waning

trying

tying

wanting

twining

waiting

uptown

vaulting

veiling

voting

viking

voiding

vying

wading

waking

walking

walling

wasting

warling

warming

warning

warping

wapping

washing

weakling

wearing

weaving

webbing

wedding

weeding

weeping

whiting

weighing

westling

wellspring

wheeling

whacking

whaling

whirling

whooping

whopping

wilding

winding

wiring

wishing

witching

wringing

wielding

wrestling

wrecking

writing

wording

working

yachting

yearling

yearning

yielding

3 syllable words

abiding

abducting

accenting

abounding

according

accusing

absorbing

abdomen

affecting

alerting

adoring

agreeing

adjoining

admiring

annoying

afflicting

aligning

alluring

amazing

annealing

amusing

anything

alarming

appalling

appealing

approaching

approving

arresting

asserting

arriving

ascending

aspiring

arranging

assuming

assuring

astounding

attracting

avoidance

backbiting

badgering

baffling

ballooning

battering

battening

becoming

backsliding

beginning

beguiling

beholding

believing

belonging

bettering

besieging

blustering

blackmailing

blanketing

bloodletting

bloodsucking

blossoming

blundering

beseeching

bookkeeping

bottling

broadcasting

brainwashing

bubbling

abatements

defusing

abatement

bullfighting

bullying

bustling

butchering

bundling

caressing

bungling

bushwhacking

carpeting

cackling

canoeing

carjacking

carousing

carrying

campaigning

centering

challenging

channeling

chattering

completing

churchgoing

bumbling

commuting

comforting

coloring

colouring

commanding

complaining

childbearing

composing

concurring

conceding

concerning

compounding

confiding

conflicting

conforming

connecting

confounding

confusing

conserving

consoling

conjuring

conquering

consulting

constricting

consuming

cradling

contacting

conveying

convincing

converging

copying

correcting

complying

covering

cowering

counseling

crippling

deafening

crocheting

dairying

cushioning

damaging

cycling

dampening

deadening

darkening

contracting

crusading

debating

declining

debutante

debutantes

decreasing

degrading

departing

deserving

designing

detailing

descending

despairing

diapering

discerning

dialing

disarming

disgusting

disguising

dissecting

dwindling

incoming

dissembling

distressing

dissolving

distracting

dissenting

dividing

diverting

divining

doubling

doddering

downsizing

dividends

drizzling

dressmaking

dumbfounding

faltering

diverging

dividend

easterling

emptying

enchanting

eavesdropping

echoing

endearing

enduring

engaging

enclosing

enlisting

entering

enticing

ensuing

engrossing

everything

equating

erecting

erupting

engraving

evidence

exciting

exacting

exceeding

excepting

evident

exhausting

existing

exulting

factoring

expelling

expiring

expanding

exploring

feathering

favoring

fastening

fingering

finishing

flattering

flavoring

flowering

following

fondling

forgiving

forecasting

forthcoming

foreboding

forwarding

freewheeling

forbidding

frustrating

galloping

gambling

gardening

gathering

glistening

good-looking

glowering

governing

importing

hairdressing

groundbreaking

impending

handwriting

happening

harvesting

heartbreaking

highflying

hardening

housewarming

housekeeping

hardworking

imploring

imposing

imprinting

improving

increasing

issuing

inserting

insulting

inviting

invading

installing

interesting

investing

inspiring

ironing

jockeying

journeying

juggling

kidnapping

laboring

lactating

lamenting

layering

laundering

lawmaking

languishing

landscaping

landholding

leavening

left-winger

lettering

left-wingers

lessening

leveling

life-giving

lightening

listening

lingering

locating

left-handed

lowering

lumbering

machining

maddening

marshaling

matchmaking

maturing

measuring

meddling

mellowing

marketing

mistaking

middling

misgiving

misleading

misspelling

mothering

motoring

mottling

mumbling

murmuring

muscling

narrowing

neighboring

nerve-racking

neutering

networking

nevadan

nevadans

modeling

nourishing

reflecting

obliging

offering

offsetting

opposing

ongoing

oncoming

optimal

optimist

ordering

outfitting

outgoing

outlying

outpouring

outstanding

ovation

ovations

optimum

optimists

optimize

optional

painstaking

paneling

patrolling

papering

parceling

pardoning

persisting

peppering

peddling

perplexing

pervading

piddling

polishing

polluting

pondering

presiding

preceding

powdering

prevailing

plastering

profiting

quickening

proceeding

profiling

provoking

pronouncing

promising

quarreling

ravishing

railroading

raveling

observing

reclining

reasoning

reckoning

recording

reducing

relieving

refreshing

rejoicing

regarding

relapsing

rendering

resisting

respecting

opening

retiring

reversing

reviving

revolting

revolving

opining

yellowing

scattering

scavenging

scaffolding

scrambling

scribbling

seagoing

seasoning

seducing

september

settling

shadowing

shipbuilding

shoplifting

shortening

shortcoming

sickening

sizzling

sleepwalking

smattering

softening

sojourning

soldering

soldiering

softener

souring

tapering

strengthening

stuttering

rumbling

succeeding

surpassing

surveying

sweetening

tabling

tailoring

surviving

surprising

thickening

tempering

threatening

thanksgiving

tinkering

thundering

tinkling

tormenting

traversing

toweling

trembling

towering

transporting

trumpeting

twinkling

tumbling

typesetting

typewriting

undoing

undying

unfeeling

underling

unbending

unfailing

unflinching

unsparing

unthinking

unwilling

unwitting

varying

upsetting

vanishing

uprising

vomiting

wagering

wandering

surrounding

warehousing

watering

unyielding

weathering

well-being

whispering

whitening

withering

wrongdoing

devotion

4 syllable words

abdominal

agitating

activating

aggravating

agonizing

advertising

admonishing

annotating

appetizing

babysitting

awakening

astonishing

aviation

barbecuing

bewildering

bicycling

captivating

calculating

centralizing

coexisting

circulating

conditioning

condescending

complicating

corresponding

detonating

devastating

deviation

denigrating

devotional

disappointing

diagnosing

disabling

disappearing

disapproving

disconcerting

discouraging

disengaging

disheartening

dispiriting

disparaging

distinguishing

distributing

dominating

domineering

edifying

embarrassing

emphasizing

encouraging

energizing

encircling

enlightening

entertaining

enveloping

enterprising

engineering

everlasting

encompassing

epidemic

epitome

epidemics

epitomize

examining

executing

evidences

evidently

fascinating

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

delegating

gratifying

hesitating

implicating

interlocking

developing

inheriting

inhibiting

inquiring

interviewing

integrating

irritating

intersecting

deviations

laminating

legislating

liberating

leviathan

lobotomy

maximizing

mitigating

merchandising

moderating

mountaineering

neptunium

never-ending

nonrecurring

notifying

notwithstanding

obviating

reentering

obtainable

overlying

optimism

overrating

overwhelming

optimistic

oscillating

optometrist

optometry

optometrists

overflowing

overbearing

overcoming

overarching

overhauling

overlapping

overpowering

overruling

parachuting

partitioning

patronizing

penetrating

obedience

persevering

petitioning

pioneering

palpitating

obedient

realizing

occupying

oceangoing

registering

operating

separating

speechifying

suffocating

underlying

unbelieving

underpinning

understanding

undertaking

undulating

unremitting

underwriting

unrelenting

vacillating

unbecoming

unassuming

unavailing

waterproofing

7 syllable words
8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word lifting

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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