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2 syllable words
5 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word operation.
2 syllable words

aboard

abort

abrades

abrade

abridge

aborts

abridged

abroad

action

acton

afraid

afford

affords

alban

airman

alan

alman

amman

apart

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

austin

auden

averts

avert

bargain

barton

banyan

bacon

baron

barren

baldwin

bagman

basin

bason

bastion

baston

billion

baton

bayman

bollen

batten

bordman

beacon

beaten

belgian

bellman

begun

bellon

bookman

bison

bobbin

bludgeon

beckon

bisson

blacken

boatman

bolden

billon

bitten

boston

bourbon

batton

boughten

billman

blowgun

brazen

brakeman

brethren

bowman

bracken

brighten

bullion

broaden

breton

briton

brogan

broken

buffered

burgeon

burden

burman

burton

bushman

button

cajun

canaan

calvin

cabin

caisson

canyon

canton

capstan

captain

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

cannon

canon

caution

cauldron

cayman

caxton

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chasten

chessman

chevron

charon

cheapen

children

chevrette

chieftain

chicken

chipboard

christian

chosen

christen

churchman

citron

clinton

coachman

claxon

classman

colon

carton

common

cavort

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

cousin

covered

covert

cowan

craftsman

craven

crimson

crewman

crouton

cuban

curtain

cushion

cupboards

cumin

cupboard

dagan

dagon

daman

dalton

damson

dampen

cretin

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

defraud

demon

delphian

departs

depart

deport

diction

dian

devon

desman

dudgeon

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

diverts

divert

draftsman

dozen

dragon

driven

dromon

earthen

drunken

dutchman

eaten

eden

efforts

effort

elan

dungeon

dustman

emption

ensign

ermine

everts

evert

engine

burdon

faction

fashion

fasten

faustian

fallen

falcon

faulcon

famine

fatten

favored

fireman

fibrin

fevered

fibroid

fielden

firman

fibroids

fission

flashgun

fiction

flatten

flexion

floren

footman

fortune

foreign

foreman

fraction

freshen

fountain

freedman

freeman

freshman

friction

frighten

felon

frozen

garden

function

gascon

gallon

gammon

fusion

gabert

garron

gentian

georgian

gilden

gibbon

given

german

grandson

gorgon

gotten

graven

gladden

glisten

golden

goodman

gowan

glidden

gluten

grecian

griffon

guardsman

haitian

gumption

harden

hackman

harken

happen

hangman

harten

hasten

hausen

haven

hearten

heathen

headsman

headman

heaven

heighten

henchman

heron

hessian

hempen

hetman

hidden

homespun

hogan

horseman

huntsman

houseman

hybrids

hoven

human

hybrid

hoten

hymen

hyson

ibsen

hyphen

gudgeon

ion

jargon

jordan

jackman

jasmine

jason

jetson

jetton

jorden

junction

kalan

kansan

kelson

keelson

kenyan

kelvin

keyboards

keyboard

lampron

kirkman

laden

klansman

lagan

kremlin

kitten

labored

landman

kitchen

landsman

layman

legion

leman

lengthen

leopards

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

leopard

lesion

lessen

latin

lesson

leven

lighten

liken

liman

lightman

lion

liven

linemen

listen

lisbon

linen

liveried

locken

lockman

loren

longan

lotion

london

lopeman

loosen

logan

lumen

marten

luncheon

lyden

lynden

m1

maiden

mahone

mangan

madden

margin

marksman

marchman

markman

marlin

mansion

marron

martin

mason

lichen

matron

mayan

melon

melton

mention

lineman

million

minden

minion

mignon

milken

mission

morgan

moisten

molten

mopboard

mormon

mitten

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

linden

nation

nekton

nephrite

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

often

odin

onion

open

omen

olden

ocean

organ

orphan

othman

outrun

outdone

mutton

panton

oven

overt

oxen

pagan

packman

paean

owen

pardon

parson

passion

passman

pathan

pavon

patron

patten

pectin

pension

penman

peon

person

penguin

persian

perron

pigeon

pillion

pinion

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

portion

portman

ponton

piston

pitman

pressman

prison

ration

prussian

proven

pullen

question

quicken

rapport

raven

rayon

potion

reckon

reason

redden

region

reports

report

rerun

postman

muslin

resin

reverts

ribbon

riden

russian

ripen

robert

rincon

ridden

risen

riven

roberts

runnion

rosin

rotten

rosen

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

saffron

robin

sadden

salesman

salmon

roman

samson

sanction

satan

santon

satin

saxon

scotsman

scullion

scion

seaman

season

seaports

seaport

seaboard

section

selden

seedsman

semen

scabbard

sharpen

sermon

session

squadron

scallion

shearman

seton

sequin

shaken

shaman

sexton

shepherds

seven

station

shorten

shotgun

shrunken

shogun

showman

sicken

shipyards

shipyard

siphon

siren

silken

smitten

smarten

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spartans

spearman

spearhead

shipman

spirit

spheroid

spirits

sportsman

sporting

spokesman

spoken

spreader

shipboard

stallion

shepherd

stallman

statesman

stepson

stockman

stillion

steven

stiffen

stolen

straighten

sturgeon

suasion

strengthen

stricken

striven

zircon

subvert

subverts

suction

tungsten

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

revert

supports

support

surgeon

syphon

sweeten

sylvan

swollen

sunken

taken

talon

tarpon

tartan

tension

teston

tendon

tapered

urchin

urson

tappen

tighten

titan

thousand

upwards

tillman

thicken

threaten

traction

trodden

torsion

triton

trillion

trojan

turban

tuscan

toman

undone

treason

union

upbraid

tubman

uproot

upward

urban

token

urine

toughen

townsman

version

vibrates

vibrate

vulcan

vision

villain

waken

wagon

warden

wanton

watchman

whiten

weaken

weapon

wheaten

whitson

vegan

warren

wizen

workman

zion

wiccan

yachtsman

widen

women

worsen

yaupon

zaman

woodman

woolman

woman

wooden

woolen

woven

written

yeoman

3 syllable words

ablution

abduction

abdomen

aborted

abortion

abortions

abridges

abridgement

abortive

abstraction

adoption

absorption

accession

addiction

admission

addition

adhesion

acumen

abstention

adrian

adsorption

aegean

affection

affliction

african

aforethought

aleutian

alderman

albion

albumin

alaskan

alien

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

aperture

apartment

anyone

apartments

anglican

apartheid

appian

abandon

apportion

arian

artesian

ascension

aryan

artisan

arkansan

aspersion

assertion

attraction

attention

assumption

asuncion

assassin

attrition

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

averted

avian

awaken

badminton

backwoodsman

backgammon

bandwagon

battalion

bedizen

bedridden

bedouin

bosnian

beholden

beethoven

biotin

benjamin

bitumen

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

cabarets

cabaret

cambrian

campion

compunction

cardigan

cartesian

carrion

causation

caucasian

cation

confection

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

champion

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cistercian

citation

clarion

coercion

citizen

cognition

clergyman

civilian

clarendon

collection

collagen

cinnamon

collegian

collision

collusion

cohesion

commission

commotion

communion

completion

compassion

complexion

companion

combustion

compulsion

catalan

concession

condition

conception

conclusion

concoction

conduction

concussion

confession

conflation

confucian

congressman

confusion

congestion

conjunction

connection

connexion

conscription

constriction

construction

contagion

contention

contortion

contraction

consumption

contrition

contraption

contusion

convection

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

copartner

copartners

copperhead

copperheads

correction

corruption

countryman

corrosion

corsican

councilman

covertly

creation

croatian

cremation

cyprian

crestfallen

declension

deception

decision

defection

deduction

deflation

deflection

deletion

denizen

dentition

depletion

department

departments

departing

departed

departures

departure

deportment

delusion

deportee

deportees

depiction

desertion

dilation

derision

diffraction

detection

detention

determine

destruction

dictation

devotion

digestion

diffusion

dissection

discretion

dimension

direction

dilution

discipline

discussion

dispersion

dissension

disruption

description

distinction

distortion

distraction

diversion

disunion

diverting

dominion

division

donation

dorian

duration

downtrodden

edition

ejection

egyptian

elation

election

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

emulsion

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equation

erection

everyone

erosion

evasion

eruption

etruscan

everyday

eviction

everything

everythings

excretion

excursion

exaction

exception

excision

exclusion

exertion

expansion

exemption

exhaustion

encryption

expression

explosion

extraction

expulsion

extension

extrusion

fabian

favorite

favorites

fixation

flirtation

ferryman

fijian

fenian

feminine

filtration

fisherman

flotation

foramen

forbidden

freemason

forewoman

franciscan

forgotten

freudian

fruition

gravamen

garrison

galleon

fustian

gradation

genuine

gaussian

gentleman

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

grobian

guardian

hammerman

guncotton

halcyon

harlequin

handwoven

halogen

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroine

heroin

horizon

housebroken

hydrogen

hybridize

infarction

inflation

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impression

impassion

implosion

imprison

in-person

inaction

inception

incision

incursion

indian

inclusion

induction

infection

inflection

infliction

extinction

infraction

injection

infusion

ingestion

inhuman

injunction

insertion

inscription

extortion

instruction

intention

intestine

intrusion

invasion

irishman

irian

invention

inversion

italian

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

jettison

jeopardize

jeopardy

jovian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

labrador

labradors

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

liberate

liberties

libertine

libertines

liberty

julian

librettist

libretto

ligation

masculine

libyan

location

lumberman

logician

lutheran

malaysian

malayan

magician

mandarin

margarine

marian

magdalen

medallion

medicine

median

melanin

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

misprision

misshapen

misfortune

mistaken

moroccan

munition

musician

inspection

mutation

narration

muskmelon

myosin

negation

nemean

nevadan

nitrogen

nutrition

niacin

nobleman

notation

norwegian

nonhuman

nonunion

nubian

objection

obsession

obstruction

occasion

octillion

odeon

operate

operates

omission

opportune

opinion

occlusion

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

overdoes

perversion

overman

overhead

overheads

overeat

overdrive

overrates

overrate

overrun

overtake

overtakes

overthrow

overtax

overrides

override

overthrows

overtures

overdraw

overtone

overturn

overtones

overturns

overture

overtime

overtly

oxygen

persuasion

parisian

partition

partisan

parthian

patrician

pavilion

pelican

perception

phoenician

perfection

percussion

permission

permian

pepperidge

perfusion

pentathlon

petition

overdrafts

physician

peterman

phrygian

plebeian

overdo

overdone

overdose

overdraft

overdue

overheat

pollution

policeman

overheats

porcelain

possession

resection

position

precession

predation

precaution

precision

poverty

preclusion

prediction

predestine

preemption

pretension

prevention

presumption

privation

prescription

probation

procession

production

profession

proportion

projection

profusion

propulsion

promotion

proscription

protean

protection

quotation

provision

puberty

puritan

ramadan

reaction

recession

rebellion

reception

recision

reflection

redemption

reduction

regimen

relation

rejection

rendition

religion

remission

reopen

repartee

reportage

reporters

reporter

reproduce

repertoire

reptilian

rescission

nebraskan

retraction

retention

restriction

resumption

reversion

revulsion

revision

rhodopsin

saccharin

rifleman

rotation

saleswoman

sedation

secession

samoan

scorpion

scythian

seclusion

selection

sensation

sedition

seduction

separate

separates

sephardic

sephardim

snapdragon

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

solution

solomon

specimen

spirited

sportsmanship

sporadic

sportingly

submersion

reverted

reunion

submission

stygian

suburban

subversion

subtraction

subscription

summation

succession

suggestion

sumatran

superman

supporters

supporter

suspension

suspicion

syrian

tactician

tamarin

talisman

temptation

technician

timberman

thespian

toboggan

translation

transgression

transition

tradition

transmission

transfusion

transaction

transcription

truncation

typewriting

tuition

typewriter

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

uneven

unwritten

unbutton

typewriters

unison

vacation

uterine

vatican

uncommon

venetian

venison

vermilion

veteran

vibrators

vibrator

vocation

volition

vitamin

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abnegation

abdication

abolition

abortionist

abortionists

abrogation

absolution

adulation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

accordion

acquisition

admonition

adrenaline

abyssinian

affectation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

affordable

agitation

agrarian

albanian

alabaman

algerian

algonquian

aldebaran

allegation

allocation

american

ammunition

amphibian

amputation

annexation

animation

annotation

aphrodite

aphrodites

appalachian

apparitions

appellation

application

apprehension

arabian

apportionment

arbitration

barbarian

armenian

arthurian

armageddon

arizonan

attribution

assyrian

assemblyman

athenian

augmentation

avocation

aviation

bifurcation

bavarian

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

comprehension

businesswoman

calculation

canadian

californian

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

chameleon

centurion

circumspection

circumvention

cogitation

coalition

collocation

coloradan

circulation

collodion

circumcision

combination

complication

comedian

commendation

committeeman

commutation

compensation

comparison

competition

columbian

composition

computation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

conflagration

confiscation

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

consolation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contemplation

contraception

contribution

contrarian

contravention

convocation

cooperate

convolution

contradiction

cooperates

copernican

copenhagen

coronation

corinthian

copyreaders

copyreader

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

declaration

decompression

decimation

deconstruction

dedication

dehydration

definition

defamation

deformation

degradation

deportation

delegation

deportations

demarcation

demonstration

demolition

departmental

depravation

deposition

depredation

depredations

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

desiccation

dissertation

designation

devastation

deviation

derivation

desolation

detonation

dietitian

destination

destitution

devolution

devonian

dilatation

disaffection

diocesan

disconnection

diminution

dispensation

disputation

dislocation

disinflation

disposition

disinfection

disillusion

dissipation

distillation

dissolution

emanation

divination

domination

duplication

embarkation

elongation

dominican

draconian

emigration

elevation

education

electrician

elocution

emulation

explication

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

evocation

eritrean

estimation

explanation

eustachian

erudition

european

estonian

excitation

excavation

exclamation

evolution

execution

expectation

exhortation

exhalation

exhumation

expedition

exhibition

exploration

exploitation

distribution

exposition

extrication

extradition

fabrication

fascination

fallopian

formulation

figuration

fermentation

fibrillation

foliation

fluctuation

fluoridation

floridian

fragmentation

graduation

fumigation

glaciation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

granulation

gravitation

gorgonian

information

gregorian

greco-roman

inhalation

herculean

habitation

hesitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hyperion

hypertensive

hypertonic

hydrocarbon

illustration

immigration

ideation

iberian

ibuprofen

imitation

imperfection

importation

immolation

implantation

impregnation

implication

imposition

imputation

incarnation

incantation

inattention

indentation

indexation

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indication

indigestion

indignation

indiscretion

hypertrophy

indonesian

infestation

guatemalan

infiltration

inflammation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

integration

interaction

insulation

installation

instigation

institution

insurrection

intercession

interception

interjection

intermission

intonation

interdiction

intersection

intervention

interruption

intimation

interurban

interwoven

introspection

introduction

intuition

isolation

invitation

iranian

irrigation

invocation

irritation

inundation

jacobean

jeopardizes

jordanian

situation

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laboratory

laboratories

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

liberator

liberating

liberators

liberian

leviathan

liberated

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

litigation

liquidation

liquefaction

lubrication

locomotion

maccabean

machination

mammalian

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

medication

mediation

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

motivation

misperception

misconception

missourian

mitigation

modulation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

mortification

misbegotten

mutilation

restoration

navigation

nephridium

nestorian

nomination

obfuscation

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obligation

obstetrician

obsidian

occupation

operators

operator

operative

ohioan

opportunist

opportunists

olympian

opposition

oblivion

oscillation

orchestration

ostentation

ordination

octahedron

perturbation

planarian

overrating

ovulation

overdoses

paraguayan

oxidation

palpitation

pagination

pagurian

pedestrian

pavlovian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

permutation

persecution

peruvian

overburden

pigmentation

reservation

plutonian

politician

polyhedron

polynesian

praetorian

precondition

preconception

predilection

preelection

predetermine

proclamation

preignition

presentation

preservation

premonition

procreation

profanation

proposition

provocation

prohibition

prosecution

prostitution

publication

radiation

protestation

punctuation

protozoan

realization

readmission

reassertion

recantation

recitation

reclamation

recollection

reawaken

recognition

reconstruction

recreation

reformation

reexamine

refutation

reelection

reputation

registration

regulation

relaxation

relocation

renovation

repercussion

replication

repossession

repetition

reposition

reproduction

repertory

reportable

reproduces

reproductions

reproductive

republican

reinspection

requisition

retardation

resurrection

napoleon

resignation

resolution

restitution

retribution

revelation

retrocession

rhetorician

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

samaritan

rumination

sanitation

satisfaction

segmentation

segregation

sectarian

self-deception

separating

sequestration

separators

separator

separatist

separatists

shakespearean

severity

siberian

simulation

sicilian

simonian

smithsonian

sobriety

speculation

spiritual

spirituals

sporadically

subluxation

statistician

stipulation

stimulation

strangulation

subdivision

substitution

suffocation

superstition

supervision

superhuman

superheated

supportable

supposition

surrogation

syncopation

syndication

tabulation

usurpation

tamoxifen

termination

tasmanian

tetrahedron

titillation

transformation

transplantation

subordinates

trepidation

tribulation

vacillation

utopian

vaccination

validation

valerian

valuation

variation

subordinate

vegetation

ventilation

wagnerian

violation

visitation

vindication

victorian

watermelon

5 syllable words

aberrational

abomination

adulteration

abortifacient

abortifacients

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

academician

accumulation

adjudication

administration

affiliation

agglomeration

alliteration

alienation

alleviation

abbreviation

amortization

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

aphrodisiac

apparatuses

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

articulation

assassination

attenuation

association

assimilation

assemblywoman

authorization

augustinian

authentication

babylonian

decapitation

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

argentinian

canonization

capitulation

conciliation

caledonian

cauterization

carthaginian

certification

christianization

classification

civilization

clarification

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

colonization

commemoration

communication

confederation

configuration

carolinian

concatenation

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperative

coordination

centralization

centenarian

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deliberation

deification

delicatessen

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

desegregation

determination

discoloration

desalination

dissemination

discrimination

dionysian

disembarkation

disintegration

disinclination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

divertimento

dramatization

diverticulum

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

elimination

electrocution

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

epicurean

eradication

equalization

equivocation

evaluation

evacuation

ethiopian

exasperation

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

excoriation

exoneration

exhilaration

expatriation

exfoliation

exoskeleton

extermination

facilitation

falsification

favoritism

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

expropriation

haberdashery

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

hyperinflation

hybridization

humiliation

hydrogenation

hyperborean

indoctrination

imagination

illumination

improvisation

immunization

incarceration

inauguration

inactivation

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

infatuation

initiation

inoculation

inhabitation

prevarication

insemination

instrumentation

interconnection

intoxication

interrogation

interpolation

interpretation

intimidation

ionization

irradiation

invalidation

investigation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

libertarians

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

mechanization

maximization

maximilian

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

misinformation

mississippian

modernization

modification

mobilization

miscalculation

multiplication

insinuation

mummification

neutralization

negotiation

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

nullification

normalization

notification

nonsectarian

obliteration

opportunism

opportunistic

opportunities

opportunity

orientation

ossification

ornamentation

organization

origination

oregonian

overproduction

polarization

pacification

panamanian

pasteurization

participation

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

pomeranian

philadelphian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

presupposition

preoccupation

presbyterian

premeditation

procrastination

proliferation

prognostication

proletarian

pronunciation

purification

qualification

ramification

quantification

pythagorean

ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recuperation

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

rectification

recrimination

reapportionment

reiteration

remuneration

renunciation

rejuvenation

repatriation

reintegration

representation

reportorial

repudiation

retaliation

resuscitation

reverberation

revaluation

neapolitan

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

separatism

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

spiritualism

spiritualist

spiritualists

spiritually

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

vaporization

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

verification

vulgarization

veterinarian

vilification

washingtonian

yugoslavian

vegetarian

8 syllable words

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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:

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