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

airing

acting

aching

actions

acton

aging

ailing

action

angling

asking

arming

arching

awning

astounds

auction

asthma

auctions

austin

backing

banging

banding

astound

banking

bagging

baiting

baking

barring

basting

bastions

bastion

baston

beading

beaming

bearing

beating

bedding

being

beijing

belling

bidding

belting

bitching

bucking

bending

billing

binding

birthing

biting

blasting

boasting

biding

blaring

bleaching

blushing

brushing

blessing

blending

blinding

bleeding

bleeping

blocking

blooming

blowing

blueing

bluing

bathing

blazing

browning

boarding

boxing

boating

boiling

bonding

boning

bracing

bolling

bolting

branching

bookstands

booming

bookstand

booting

bounding

bouncing

boozing

boring

bowling

braiding

boston

bowing

boughten

braving

breasting

brimming

breeding

briefing

breathing

breeching

brawling

breaking

broiling

broking

brooding

brewing

browsing

building

bruting

budding

buckling

batting

bulging

bunting

butting

chilling

burning

buying

caning

camping

carling

carping

burping

calling

calming

chipping

casting

casing

castings

carving

catching

charming

caulking

caxton

ceiling

chanting

chasing

chastened

chasten

chestnuts

chafing

chestnut

chopping

chewing

cleaning

clearing

clipping

clanging

churning

climbing

cloaking

clocking

clogging

closing

clouding

clothing

clowning

clucking

coming

coasting

coaxing

coating

cocking

codding

coiling

colling

combing

coaching

chirping

choking

cooing

cooking

costing

cooling

coping

costumes

costume

couching

coupling

coursing

crackling

crashing

cracking

cresting

cribbing

creaking

creeping

crooning

crossing

crowing

crushing

crying

culling

cuddling

curing

curling

custom

craving

cutting

dawning

dashing

daunting

daring

dancing

darling

damning

customs

dealing

derring

destin

diction

yielding

dicing

digging

dilling

dining

dipping

disdain

disdained

disdains

distend

dressing

distance

diving

docking

doing

doting

drilling

distant

drinking

draining

drawing

drafting

doubting

dragging

dripping

drugging

distinct

driving

dropping

drumming

dubbing

drying

ducking

earring

dumpling

during

dwelling

dustman

dueling

dukedom

earning

easing

dyeing

dying

earthling

eating

edging

duckling

eking

eighteenth

eighteens

eighteen

ending

erring

esteem

evening

etching

extant

extend

grieving

extends

extent

extinct

facing

faction

factions

eyestone

fainting

fading

failing

falling

farming

farthing

fastened

fasten

fielding

filling

fiction

faulting

feeding

feeling

fehling

feigning

faustian

fixing

fencing

festoon

fining

fetching

fictions

finding

fitting

fighting

firing

flashing

flagging

fightings

flaming

flaring

filing

fledgling

fleeting

flitting

fleming

flooding

floating

flogging

flooring

funding

flushing

footing

flying

folding

forcing

foaming

foiling

fucking

forming

founding

frosting

franking

freaking

freezing

foundling

framing

fruiting

frying

fraying

fuming

galling

gadding

gearing

gassing

getting

gaming

gilding

gloaming

flowing

glinting

giving

glaring

glancing

girding

glazing

glowing

going

golding

greening

golfing

grasping

grafting

grappling

grading

grating

grayling

grazing

greeting

forging

grinding

grounding

groundling

grouping

grouting

growing

gushing

hanging

hamstring

handling

hastens

harping

hasten

having

hatching

heading

healing

hilling

hearing

heckling

helping

heating

heaving

herring

hiding

heightens

heighten

hitting

hosting

hounding

holding

horning

holing

homing

hopping

housing

hugging

humming

hogging

icing

hunting

hurling

hurting

hoarding

inkling

leasing

knitting

kipling

jeering

jetting

jailing

jarring

jutting

kenning

judging

jumping

keeling

keeping

jogging

kindling

kicking

killing

joking

jerking

knocking

knowing

keystone

leaning

lading

landing

lasting

launching

lamping

lagging

lapping

lashing

laughing

leading

lawing

laying

leaking

leaping

latching

learning

keystones

lactone

legging

melting

licking

lending

lemming

lifting

lightning

lightnings

lighting

lightens

lightman

listen

liking

lining

lighten

listens

listings

living

loaning

loathing

longing

loving

lunching

logging

looping

lopping

loring

lodging

losing

lumping

looking

lowing

lying

looming

loading

nanking

madding

mailing

making

malting

marking

matting

matching

marching

meaning

mining

mincing

milling

minding

meeting

mapping

mooring

molting

moisten

mocking

morning

morphing

mugging

mounting

mourning

mowing

moulding

moving

musing

mustang

muting

mustangs

nagging

napping

merging

nestling

netting

nekton

nightmare

nightmares

nipping

nothing

nosing

nutting

nighttimes

nighttime

nursing

nodding

octane

offing

skimming

grooming

offspring

preaching

ousting

outing

pacing

packing

padding

paging

owing

panning

panting

pairing

pelting

pegging

painting

paring

parking

parting

passing

peaking

paving

patching

paying

peacetime

pastimes

pectin

pastime

peeing

pending

pounding

picking

petting

phasing

phrasing

pinching

piercing

pitching

pimping

pining

pistons

piston

piling

piping

planting

planking

plating

plugging

plumbing

pleading

pleasing

pointing

plodding

poking

poling

plaything

playing

polling

posting

postings

pooling

popping

postman

postmark

pouncing

pouting

praying

pressing

pushing

printing

puffing

priming

prowling

prying

pudding

pumping

purging

putting

pruning

quaking

question

quilting

quilling

questions

racing

rafting

racking

railing

raging

ragtime

reading

rambling

raising

raking

raving

rectum

schilling

ringing

ruling

dictum

resting

ribbing

riding

rifling

rigging

oozing

rubbing

roasting

rounding

romping

rocking

rolling

roofing

rousing

roving

right-hand

salting

rising

sacking

sagging

sailing

sapling

saving

scalping

scaling

scarring

roaring

scheming

scolding

schooling

sniffing

scrimping

screening

screaming

seating

section

searching

screwing

sections

seedling

seeling

seeming

seizing

setting

seeing

sexton

serving

sewing

shafting

shading

shilling

sharking

shredding

scraping

shifting

shining

slanting

shedding

shelving

sheeting

shelling

sheathing

shipping

shakedown

shaving

shearing

shoestring

sighing

shirting

shakedowns

shocking

shooting

shunting

sibling

shrinking

shuffling

signing

shoring

sitting

shrouding

siding

singing

saying

skilling

sixteenths

showing

sinking

sixteenth

sighting

sizing

sistine

sixteens

sightings

sixteen

skirting

sledding

sleeping

scratching

slapping

slitting

slating

smelling

sliding

sneaking

sneezing

slighting

smelting

snarling

tackling

sloping

slotting

smacking

smoking

snapping

slouching

smoothing

snoring

soaking

something

stinging

soaring

spending

springing

sobbing

sounding

spanking

sparing

speaking

sparkling

sparling

spelling

sperling

sporting

squinting

sopping

sprinkling

spurling

squeezing

stacking

stinking

soothing

steering

sticking

standing

stealing

stamping

starling

starting

stalling

stating

staving

staging

sterling

stretching

storming

straining

streaming

straddling

stocking

stooping

stopping

stowing

strapping

striking

stirring

stitching

stripling

stripping

strutting

stuffing

sucking

striving

stroking

suckling

suction

suing

suiting

swearing

sweating

sweeping

sweeting

swaying

sustains

swelling

swimming

switching

swooning

systems

system

sustain

sustained

tacking

tanning

tasting

tastings

tamping

taking

talking

taunting

scorching

teaming

teeming

telling

teething

tempting

tailing

testing

thrilling

thinking

thrashing

teston

throwing

thrusting

thumping

ticking

tipping

tiding

tightens

tighten

tilting

toasting

tithing

tooling

topping

tossing

touchdown

tricking

teaching

trilling

tracing

training

trifling

trading

trailing

trimming

tripping

trusting

trucking

twining

tuning

turning

trying

tying

tubing

wasting

touching

vesting

veering

vaulting

victims

veiling

vestments

viking

vestment

victim

vying

voiding

voting

wading

wanting

waiting

waking

waning

wapping

warling

washing

warning

warming

walking

warping

walling

westling

weakling

wellspring

wearing

weaving

webbing

wedding

weeding

weeping

weighing

whacking

whitling

whipping

wheeling

whaling

whirling

whiting

whooping

whopping

wielding

wincing

willing

winding

wiring

wisdom

witching

wringing

wrestling

wrecking

wording

working

writing

yachting

yearning

yearling

yelling

wilding

touchdowns

3 syllable words

abounding

academe

absorbing

accenting

acetone

accident

alerting

accidents

according

accusing

adjoining

admiring

adoring

afflicting

affecting

agreeing

alarming

annealing

alluring

amazing

amusing

annoying

aspiring

arresting

arriving

appalling

appealing

anything

arranging

approving

approaching

asserting

assuming

astounding

baffling

assuring

astonish

astounded

asthmatics

attracting

auctioneer

ballooning

auctioneers

asthmatic

backsliding

backbiting

badgering

battering

begotten

believing

beholding

bloodletting

besieging

beseeching

bickering

billowing

blanketing

bettering

blackmailing

blundering

blustering

bookkeeping

bottling

brainwashing

broadcasting

buffeting

bullfighting

bumbling

bullying

bundling

bungling

abducting

bushwhacking

butchering

abiding

cackling

carpeting

canoeing

caressing

carousing

campaigning

bystander

carjacking

carrying

centering

causation

channeling

challenging

chattering

cessation

confiding

coloring

colouring

churchgoing

comforting

commanding

bystanders

concurring

childbearing

complaining

concerning

conceding

compounding

commuting

complying

composing

completing

connecting

conforming

confounding

confusing

conflicting

conjuring

conquering

conserving

consoling

consulting

conveying

consuming

converging

contacting

convincing

contracting

counseling

correcting

copying

costumer

costumers

cradling

covering

cowering

customize

crusading

crocheting

customer

customers

dampening

darkening

cycling

dairying

damaging

defusing

degrading

dialing

debating

decedents

decedent

decadents

decadent

decreasing

departing

deserving

detailing

destinies

destiny

diapering

constricting

dissidence

dissident

dissembling

dissecting

disdainful

dissidents

dissolving

distinctive

distinctly

distinguish

distemper

distinctions

distances

distinguished

distressing

distracting

diverting

doddering

diverging

downsizing

dressmaking

distinction

dumbfounding

easterling

eavesdropping

echoing

echidna

emptying

endearing

enclosing

enchanting

enduring

engaging

equating

engraving

engrossing

erecting

erupting

ensuing

enlisting

entering

enticing

equations

estimate

equation

estimates

exacting

excepting

exceeding

everything

excitement

oncoming

expanding

expelling

expiring

exploring

existing

exhausting

extensive

factoring

extinction

extensions

extension

extinctions

faltering

extinguish

exulting

extinguished

fastener

fasteners

fictional

feathering

favoring

fingering

finishing

fixation

flattering

flavoring

extender

fondling

forbidding

following

foreboding

forecasting

extenders

forgiving

forthcoming

freewheeling

frustrating

forwarding

glimmering

flowering

gardening

gambling

gathering

galloping

fustian

governing

glowering

good-looking

guesstimate

highflying

groundbreaking

handwriting

hairdressing

hardening

harvesting

hardworking

hesitant

heartbreaking

housewarming

housekeeping

impending

imploring

importing

imprinting

imposing

improving

infighting

increasing

guesstimates

inserting

installing

invading

inspiring

inviting

interesting

investing

ironing

journeying

jockeying

kidnapping

laboring

lactating

lamenting

languishing

landscaping

landholding

laundering

lastingly

lawmaking

layering

lecithin

offsetting

lettering

liechtenstein

life-giving

listeners

lingering

ligation

listener

locating

location

locations

machining

lumbering

lowering

macadam

narrowing

marshaling

marketing

matchmaking

maturing

measuring

mellowing

misspelling

misleading

mistaking

modeling

mothering

mumbling

mottling

motoring

murmuring

offering

nicotine

nerve-racking

networking

neutering

nightingale

nourishing

neighboring

nightmarish

occident

observing

obliging

negation

istanbul

opining

ongoing

opposing

outstanding

outgoing

outlying

outfitting

outpouring

paneling

painstaking

parceling

pardoning

papering

patrolling

peppering

pickering

persisting

pervading

pilfering

pitying

plastering

polishing

polluting

pondering

positions

position

post-mortem

preceding

postmaster

postmasters

postnatal

powdering

perplexing

prevailing

proceeding

promising

quarreling

pseudonym

profiling

profiting

pseudonyms

pronouncing

provoking

questioner

regarding

questionnaire

questionnaires

questioners

railroading

raveling

ravishing

reactions

reaction

relapsing

refreshing

rejoicing

reflecting

ordering

recording

rectangles

rectangle

relieving

scavenging

reducing

rendering

repeating

resident

respecting

resisting

revolving

reversing

revolting

scaffolding

residents

rumbling

residence

scattering

right-handed

scrambling

seagoing

sectional

seducing

shadowing

shimmering

shipbuilding

shoplifting

shortening

shortcoming

sleepwalking

smattering

sojourning

soldering

souring

soldiering

strengthening

succeeding

stuttering

surrounding

surviving

suffering

surprising

surveying

surpassing

tabling

sustenance

systemic

tapering

unfailing

tempering

tectonic

tectonics

unsparing

testaments

thanksgiving

tinkling

thundering

tailoring

tinkering

tormenting

uprising

taxation

trembling

toweling

transporting

traversing

trumpeting

twinkling

tumbling

typesetting

typewriting

unbending

testament

upsetting

undoing

unfeeling

unwilling

undying

unflinching

unwitting

unyielding

unthinking

towering

watering

toastmaster

underling

varying

vanishing

victimize

vomiting

vacations

wagering

warehousing

wandering

vacation

vocation

vocations

weathering

well-being

whitening

winnowing

withering

wrongdoing

yellowing

4 syllable words

academic

academies

academics

academy

accidental

agonizing

agitating

activating

aggravating

admonishing

advertising

actionable

annotating

appetizing

awakening

astonishing

astonishment

babysitting

barbecuing

bicycling

bewildering

condescending

captivating

calculating

centralizing

conditioning

circulating

coexisting

complicating

corresponding

customary

customizes

delegating

developing

destination

detonating

destinations

devastating

diagnosing

denigrating

dichotomy

dictionary

disconcerting

disapproving

discouraging

disheartening

disengaging

dispiriting

disparaging

dominating

distinctively

distributing

distinguishes

distinguishing

domineering

edifying

embarrassing

emphasizing

encircling

encompassing

encouraging

energizing

engineering

enlightening

enveloping

entertaining

estimable

enterprising

estimated

examining

estimations

estonians

estimator

estonian

estimators

everlasting

exceedingly

estimation

executing

extensively

extenuate

extendible

fascinating

extinguisher

extinguishers

extinguishment

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

gratifying

hesitating

hesitancy

hesitantly

implicating

inheriting

inhibiting

inquiring

dictionaries

irritating

integrating

intersecting

interlocking

interviewing

isotonic

laminating

legislating

merchandising

legitimate

liberating

macedonian

maximizing

misdemeanors

misdemeanor

mitigating

moderating

mountaineering

never-ending

notifying

notwithstanding

nonrecurring

oceangoing

obviating

occidental

occupying

legitimize

oscillating

ostentation

overcoming

overarching

overhauling

overbearing

overlapping

overpowering

overflowing

overlying

overrating

overruling

overwhelming

partitioning

parachuting

patronizing

palpitating

penetrating

persevering

pioneering

posthumously

ostensibly

questionable

realizing

reentering

registering

rectangular

residences

residency

operating

residential

residencies

ostensible

separating

speechifying

suffocating

sustainable

testimonies

testimony

unassuming

unbecoming

unavailing

unbelieving

underpinning

undulating

underlying

undertaking

underwriting

unremitting

vacillating

unrelenting

understanding

waterproofing

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Words that rhyme with the word listening

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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