Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word ongoing.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 ongoing.
2 syllable words

acting

aching

ailing

aging

airing

ancient

ancients

arming

arching

asking

banging

banding

banking

bagging

backing

baiting

baking

barring

bending

batting

basting

bathing

beading

beaming

bearing

beating

beijing

being

belling

belting

bedding

benign

benzene

benzine

bowing

binding

biding

bidding

billing

birthing

bitching

biting

blinding

blocking

bouncing

blasting

blending

boring

blaring

blazing

bleeding

bleeping

blessing

bleaching

blowing

blushing

blueing

bluing

boarding

boasting

bounding

boating

bolling

boning

bolting

blooming

boiling

booming

booting

boozing

bowling

boxing

branching

brawling

bracing

braiding

braving

breasting

breaking

breeding

breathing

briefing

brimming

broking

browning

buckling

broiling

browsing

breeching

brooding

brushing

bucking

camping

brewing

budding

bruting

caning

calling

building

bunting

bulging

calming

burning

butting

buying

burping

cancan

carling

carping

carving

casting

caulking

catching

casing

ceiling

chafing

chanting

charming

chanson

chewing

chasing

chilling

choking

chipping

chirping

chopping

clanging

clocking

churning

cleaning

climbing

cloaking

clearing

clipping

closing

clothing

clowning

cocking

codding

clouding

clucking

coating

coaching

coasting

coaxing

coiling

colling

combing

coming

conjoin

conjoined

conscience

consent

consents

consumed

consumes

consume

costing

crowing

coupling

cooing

cooking

cunning

coping

coursing

crackling

cracking

cooling

crooning

crashing

cresting

craving

creaking

creeping

cribbing

crossing

cuddling

couching

crushing

crying

culling

cutting

curing

curling

damning

dancing

darling

daunting

dawning

dashing

daring

dealing

demesne

dining

derring

dicing

digging

dilling

damson

dipping

dishing

docking

diving

dragging

drafting

doting

doubting

doing

dropping

draining

drugging

drawing

drinking

dumpling

driving

drilling

dripping

duckling

drumming

dubbing

drying

dressing

ducking

dueling

dyeing

earning

dying

dungeon

during

dwelling

earring

dungeons

earthling

easing

eating

eking

edging

enchant

farming

ending

engines

engine

enjoin

ensconce

ensnare

ensnares

ensnarl

evening

erring

etching

enzymes

enzyme

facing

fading

encamp

fainting

failing

falling

farthing

finding

faulting

fencing

feigning

fighting

filing

fielding

feeding

feeling

fehling

fetching

filling

fining

flagging

firing

fixing

fitting

flaming

flaring

fishing

flashing

flooding

floating

fledgling

fleeting

fleming

flitting

flooring

flowing

forcing

foaming

forging

flushing

flying

folding

foiling

forming

footing

founding

foundling

franking

fucking

frying

funding

gadding

freaking

freezing

fraying

frosting

fuming

galling

fruiting

gassing

gaming

framing

gilding

hopping

getting

gushing

glancing

glowing

going

glinting

gloaming

golding

girding

giving

glaring

glazing

ginseng

golfing

groundling

grinding

grafting

grappling

grasping

greening

grading

grating

grayling

grounding

grazing

greeting

grieving

grooming

grouting

grouping

gunning

hanging

handling

hangings

growing

hangman

hounding

hunting

hogging

hamstring

harping

having

hiding

hatching

heckling

helping

heading

healing

hearing

heating

heaving

herring

henchman

hilling

hissing

hitting

hoarding

holing

holding

ginghams

horning

gearing

hosting

landing

housing

hugging

hurling

humming

icing

hurting

gingham

income

inchon

incense

incomes

incensed

inkling

inning

insane

jailing

jarring

knocking

lagging

jumping

jeering

joking

jutting

kansan

kansans

jerking

jetting

judging

keeling

keeping

kenning

kindling

killing

knowing

kicking

kipling

knitting

knickknack

knickknacks

kinsman

lamping

launching

lasting

ginning

lapping

laughing

lashing

latching

launchings

lawing

homing

lading

leaning

learning

leading

leaking

leaping

leasing

legging

pelting

lending

lightning

lighting

liking

lifting

licking

laying

longan

longing

lining

logging

loading

loaning

loathing

listing

living

lodging

lonesome

longhand

lopping

longings

looking

looming

looping

lunching

lowing

lumping

loring

loving

lying

luncheon

losing

luncheons

madding

melting

malting

mailing

mangan

mapping

marking

minding

mankind

mankinds

marching

mansion

matching

matting

meaning

mansions

meeting

making

mining

lemming

merging

mincing

nosing

nothing

milling

mocking

molting

missing

musing

mounting

monsoon

mugging

morning

morphing

mourning

monsoons

moulding

mooring

moonshine

moving

mowing

nanking

nagging

nestling

nodding

muting

netting

nipping

napping

nonsense

nutting

offing

offspring

oozing

ousting

panting

parking

parting

outing

panning

owing

painting

packing

padding

pacing

pairing

paging

paring

passing

patching

paving

paying

peaking

peeing

pegging

penchant

pending

pining

planting

pension

petting

pensions

phasing

piling

pinching

piercing

pimping

phrasing

picking

piping

pitching

planking

plodding

plugging

plumbing

pleading

pleasing

plaything

pointing

poking

pouncing

popping

playing

poling

polling

posting

pooling

pounding

pouting

printing

preaching

praying

pressing

priming

pumping

plating

prowling

pruning

prying

puffing

pudding

penguin

pungent

punkin

romping

rafting

racking

rambling

putting

nursing

quaking

quilling

quilting

racing

railing

raging

rounding

raising

raving

reading

ransom

ransoms

raking

rocking

rolling

resting

rising

rifling

ringing

riding

rigging

ribbing

rincon

ringneck

roaring

roasting

roofing

running

sacking

sagging

roving

rubbing

ruling

scalping

sharking

salting

sapling

sailing

saving

scaling

saying

samson

scarring

scorching

screening

scratching

screwing

scheming

scolding

schilling

schooling

scrimping

scraping

screaming

searching

seating

seedling

seeing

shunting

rousing

shelving

seeling

seeming

sibling

seizing

sewing

serving

setting

shining

sinking

shafting

shifting

siding

shading

shaving

shearing

shedding

sheeting

shelling

sheathing

shilling

shocking

shrinking

showing

shuffling

shoring

shrouding

shoestring

shipping

shirting

shooting

shredding

signing

sighing

sighting

singing

purging

sizing

sitting

pushing

penguins

skilling

slanting

slapping

sliding

slating

sledding

sleeping

slighting

sloping

slotting

smacking

smoking

slouching

smelting

smelling

smoothing

snarling

slitting

snapping

spending

sneaking

spinning

sneezing

sobbing

soaking

soaring

something

sniffing

sopping

spanking

sparkling

sounding

sparling

snoring

sparing

speaking

spelling

soothing

sperling

sporting

springing

standing

starling

starting

stopping

sprinkling

squinting

stamping

stacking

stalling

spurling

squeezing

staging

stunning

straddling

stating

staving

stocking

stinking

stinging

topping

storming

stealing

sticking

stooping

stirring

stowing

steering

straining

strapping

sterling

streaming

stitching

suckling

striving

stroking

strutting

stuffing

sucking

stripping

tossing

townsman

suing

skirting

suiting

stretching

taunting

striking

tacking

swearing

sweating

swaying

tackling

tamping

sweeping

sweeting

swelling

switching

swooning

talking

swimming

tailing

taking

tangent

tangents

tanning

thinking

tempting

thrashing

tasting

teaming

teeming

telling

teething

throwing

thrusting

testing

tension

thrilling

thumping

tensions

tiding

ticking

tilting

sunshine

tithing

teaching

tipping

toasting

sunken

touching

stripling

skimming

tooling

tracing

trading

trailing

trifling

trusting

training

trucking

trilling

trimming

tripping

trying

tricking

twining

tuning

turning

tying

tubing

twisting

vaulting

unknown

unkind

unknowns

unseen

unsound

unkempt

veering

veiling

viking

voting

walking

walling

vesting

voiding

wapping

vying

wading

waiting

waning

waking

washing

warling

warming

warning

warping

wasting

wearing

weaving

webbing

wedding

weeding

winding

wringing

whaling

wheeling

whipping

whirling

whopping

yachting

whiting

whistling

wellspring

whitling

whooping

wilding

weakling

wielding

willing

wincing

weeping

weighing

winning

wiring

wrestling

wording

working

wrecking

wishing

witching

winsome

writing

westling

whacking

yearling

yearning

yelling

yielding

vengeance

3 syllable words

abiding

abounding

abducting

accusing

according

adjoining

admiring

adoring

agreeing

affecting

afflicting

aligning

alarming

alerting

alluring

amazing

amazons

amazon

approaching

amusement

amusements

amusing

annealing

angina

annoying

anything

appalling

appealing

approving

amazement

arresting

arranging

arriving

ascending

asserting

assuming

assuring

astounding

attracting

aspiring

badgering

baffling

ballooning

backbiting

backsliding

banishment

battening

battering

belonging

befitting

beginning

beguiling

beholding

believing

becoming

benignly

benjamin

beseeching

canoeing

besetting

billowing

bickering

blanketing

blackmailing

bloodletting

blistering

blossoming

blundering

blustering

bloodsucking

bookkeeping

bottling

besieging

brainwashing

broadcasting

buffeting

bubbling

bungling

bundling

bustling

cackling

bullying

bumbling

butchering

bullfighting

campaigning

bushwhacking

carjacking

bettering

caressing

carpeting

carrying

accenting

centering

channeling

challenging

chattering

childbearing

churchgoing

carousing

coenzyme

coloring

conserving

colouring

commanding

concurring

comforting

commuting

complaining

commissioned

commissions

completing

composing

conceding

compounding

concentrate

concentrates

concerning

concentric

complying

conforming

confounding

confusing

confiding

conflicting

congenial

conjuring

conquering

connecting

consciences

connexion

connexions

conjunction

commission

conjunctions

absorbing

consonant

consulting

consuming

constricting

consumer

consumers

consummate

consumption

consummates

contacting

contracting

conveying

copying

counseling

converging

convincing

covering

cowering

correcting

crocheting

cradling

crippling

crusading

consonants

installing

cycling

cushioning

dampening

dairying

damaging

darkening

deadening

deafening

debating

defusing

declining

decreasing

degrading

departing

delighting

denizen

descending

denizens

diapering

deserving

dialing

designing

detailing

despairing

disarming

disguising

disgusting

discerning

diverting

dissecting

diverging

dissenting

dissolving

dissembling

distressing

distracting

dividing

divining

downsizing

doubling

doddering

drizzling

dressmaking

dumbfounding

dwindling

emitting

echoing

easterling

eavesdropping

emission

emissions

emptying

enchanted

enchanting

encampments

enchantment

enchanter

enchanters

ensuing

enclosing

endearing

engaging

engraving

enduring

encumber

encounter

encounters

engenders

engrossing

engineer

engineers

engender

enlisting

enjoyment

enjoyments

enigma

ensemble

ensembles

entering

factoring

enticing

equating

erecting

erupting

everything

exacting

exhausting

exceeding

expanding

excepting

existing

expelling

exciting

expiring

exploring

exulting

encampment

faltering

fastening

favoring

feathering

fingering

finishing

flattering

flavoring

flowering

fondling

foreboding

forwarding

forbidding

forgiving

forecasting

forthcoming

freewheeling

frustrating

galloping

gambling

gardening

gathering

glowering

glistening

glimmering

good-looking

governing

groundbreaking

happening

handwriting

hairdressing

hardening

hardworking

harvesting

heartbreaking

highflying

honeycomb

housewarming

languishing

imposing

housekeeping

improving

impending

importing

imprinting

imploring

imagined

imagine

incoming

imagines

inasmuch

incentive

incomplete

increasing

infighting

injunction

ingenue

injunctions

incumbent

incumbents

innocence

inserting

insincere

insulting

inspiring

interesting

ironing

inviting

invading

issuing

investing

jainism

jamaican

jamaicans

jockeying

juggling

journeying

keynesian

jansenist

kidnapping

landholding

keynesians

innocent

lactating

lamenting

laboring

jansenists

landscaping

laundering

innocents

lawmaking

leavening

layering

life-giving

lightening

lessening

lettering

leveling

sizzling

lingering

listening

locating

long-winded

longingly

mellowing

lumbering

maddening

lowering

machining

maturing

managements

mannequin

marketing

mannequins

manganese

marshaling

matchmaking

management

measuring

meddling

limousine

misgiving

middling

muscling

misleading

modeling

monism

misspelling

mottling

motoring

mothering

mumbling

murmuring

narrowing

neutering

mistaking

networking

nerve-racking

neighboring

nincompoop

nincompoops

monisms

nourishing

limousines

opposing

offering

observing

obliging

ordering

offsetting

oncoming

opening

opining

omniscient

omission

omissions

outfitting

paneling

patrolling

parceling

outstanding

outlying

painstaking

papering

outpouring

pardoning

peddling

pervading

peppering

persisting

perplexing

promising

pensioner

pensioners

pilfering

pickering

phoenicians

piddling

phoenician

pitying

plastering

polluting

polishing

powdering

preceding

presiding

prevailing

profiting

provoking

proceeding

profiling

pronouncing

pungently

punishment

refreshing

quarreling

recording

quickening

reducing

railroading

ravishing

raveling

reasoning

reckoning

reclining

reflecting

regarding

rendering

rejoicing

relieving

repeating

reversing

relapsing

resisting

respecting

remission

remissions

renaissance

retiring

reviving

revolving

ringmaster

revolting

riveting

rumbling

seagoing

scaffolding

scavenging

scattering

seasoning

punishments

scrambling

scribbling

shadowing

seducing

senescence

shimmering

settling

shipbuilding

shoplifting

shortening

shortcoming

sickening

sleepwalking

smattering

softening

soldering

souring

sojourning

soldiering

stiffening

strengthening

stuttering

suffering

succeeding

toweling

surrounding

sweetening

surveying

surviving

surprising

tabling

tailoring

tangential

thundering

surpassing

tapering

tempering

thanksgiving

thickening

threatening

tinkering

ticketing

tinkling

sunshiny

tormenting

towering

varying

transporting

traversing

trumpeting

typesetting

twinkling

tumbling

tumescent

trembling

unbending

typewriting

uncanny

unconcern

uncommon

uncomplete

unconcerned

underling

undying

unfailing

unfeeling

unwilling

unflinching

vanishing

ungainly

unwitting

unsparing

unison

unyielding

unthinking

unseemly

upsetting

uprising

unisons

vomiting

visiting

wagering

warehousing

watering

weathering

wrongdoing

well-being

whispering

venison

whitening

winnowing

withering

yellowing

4 syllable words

activating

admonishing

agonizing

agitating

aggravating

advertising

annotating

anaconda

appetizing

astonishing

awakening

babysitting

barbecuing

bicycling

bewildering

calculating

captivating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

commissioner

commissioners

complicating

concentrated

concentration

concentrations

concomitant

condescending

conditioning

congenital

conjunctiva

consensual

consummation

consumable

corresponding

denigrating

delegating

detonating

devastating

developing

diagnosing

disappearing

consonantal

disengaging

disconcerting

disheartening

discouraging

disparaging

dispiriting

distributing

distinguishing

dominating

domineering

edifying

embarrassing

encircling

encouraging

energizing

encomium

engineering

encompassing

encomiums

encompasses

emphasizing

enlightening

entertaining

enveloping

enterprising

everlasting

executing

examining

fascinating

fingerprinting

disapproving

fireproofing

fluctuating

gratifying

gymnasiums

hesitating

gymnasium

homogenize

homogenized

homogeny

disappointing

disabling

implicating

incinerate

incandescent

incantation

incompetent

inconstancy

incompetents

inconclusive

incontinent

inconsistent

inconvenience

inconvenient

inheriting

inhibiting

incumbency

ingeniously

inquiring

insensitive

insanity

inseminate

insensible

integrating

innocently

insinuate

insinuates

interviewing

interlocking

irritating

intersecting

jansenism

laminating

liberating

legislating

maximizing

manzanilla

menacingly

merchandising

moderating

mitigating

mountaineering

never-ending

monogamy

nonrecurring

noncommittal

nonconformist

noncombatant

noncompliance

nonessential

noncombatants

noncommercial

nonconformists

nonsensical

persevering

notifying

notwithstanding

numismatist

oceangoing

obviating

occupying

operating

oscillating

overarching

overlying

overcoming

overpowering

overrating

palpitating

overruling

overwhelming

parachuting

overbearing

overflowing

partitioning

patronizing

overhauling

overlapping

penetrating

pioneering

petitioning

realizing

reentering

registering

separating

numismatists

speechifying

suffocating

tangentially

unassuming

unavailing

unbecoming

unbelieving

underlying

underpinning

understanding

unconverted

undertaking

underwriting

undulating

unremitting

unrelenting

vacillating

waterproofing

zionism

7 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word ongoing

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
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