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

abscond

absconds

absence

absent

acting

aching

absinthe

airing

ailing

afghan

afghans

aging

arming

arching

asking

angling

awning

backing

banding

bagging

banging

baiting

baking

banking

barring

basting

bathing

browning

bearing

bedding

beating

belling

beijing

being

belting

bending

binding

blasting

bidding

biding

billing

biting

bitching

beaming

birthing

blending

blaring

blazing

bleaching

bleeding

bleeping

blinding

blessing

broking

blocking

blowing

boating

blushing

blueing

bluing

boarding

boasting

bolling

boning

bolting

bonding

booming

boozing

boiling

booting

bowling

bowing

bouncing

bounding

blooming

boring

boxing

breasting

brawling

brimming

brewing

branching

bracing

braiding

braving

breaking

breeding

briefing

breeching

broiling

breathing

brooding

beading

brushing

batting

bruting

buckling

bunting

budding

bulging

building

burning

butting

burping

camping

calling

calming

buying

caning

carling

carping

carving

casting

caulking

catching

ceiling

casing

chafing

chanting

charming

chipping

choking

clipping

cloaking

chilling

chirping

chewing

chopping

clanging

churning

clearing

climbing

cleaning

clocking

clogging

clothing

clouding

clowning

clucking

coating

coaching

coasting

coaxing

cocking

codding

colling

coiling

combing

coming

chasing

bucking

cooing

coping

costing

cooking

cooling

couching

coursing

cracking

crackling

crashing

craving

creaking

creeping

cresting

cribbing

crowing

crossing

darling

cutting

crooning

cuddling

culling

cunning

crushing

curing

dashing

crying

dancing

damning

daring

curling

daunting

dawning

dealing

derring

joking

doting

dipping

dicing

digging

dining

dilling

dishing

diving

docking

doubting

doing

dobsons

dobson

drafting

dragging

ending

dressing

dripping

drilling

drinking

driving

dropping

drugging

drumming

duckling

dumpling

ducking

drawing

dueling

during

dwelling

easing

drying

dyeing

dubbing

dying

earthling

earning

edging

eating

eking

earring

draining

erring

etching

evening

fainting

falling

facing

fading

failing

farming

faulting

farthing

fencing

finding

fehling

fighting

filing

filling

fetching

fielding

feeling

feigning

flashing

fixing

firing

fitting

fishing

flagging

flitting

fledgling

feeding

fleeting

fleming

flooring

fining

flaring

floating

flooding

flowing

flogging

foaming

flushing

flying

flaming

folding

footing

foiling

forcing

fucking

funding

gloaming

forming

founding

frosting

freezing

fruiting

foundling

framing

franking

frying

fraying

fuming

freaking

gadding

galling

grappling

gilding

gassing

gearing

getting

ginning

going

glancing

glowing

glinting

giving

glaring

glazing

girding

golding

golfing

gaming

grading

grafting

grasping

grazing

grating

grayling

greening

greeting

grouting

grieving

grinding

gunning

growing

grooming

grounding

holing

grouping

groundling

gushing

gypsum

handling

homing

harping

heckling

hatching

helping

hamstring

having

heading

herring

healing

hearing

heating

heaving

hoarding

hiding

hilling

hissing

hitting

hanging

hogging

holding

hopping

horning

hosting

hounding

hunting

hugging

humming

icing

hurling

hurting

ibsen

inkling

inning

forging

jarring

jailing

jumping

jeering

judging

jogging

jutting

lagging

jerking

jetting

kenning

kicking

killing

kindling

landing

keeling

keeping

kipling

knowing

lamping

knitting

knocking

lading

lapping

lawing

lasting

laughing

leaping

lashing

latching

launching

leading

leaking

leaning

laying

learning

leasing

legging

lemming

lending

mocking

licking

loaning

lightning

loading

listing

lighting

liking

lining

living

loathing

lumping

lodging

lopping

losing

loving

lowing

logging

looking

looming

looping

loring

longing

lunching

lying

lifting

madding

malting

mailing

making

mapping

marking

matting

matching

marching

meaning

meeting

melting

mincing

minding

milling

mining

missing

merging

morning

morphing

mooring

mugging

molting

mowing

mounting

mourning

moving

nothing

moulding

musing

napping

napkin

nestling

muting

nagging

nanking

napkins

netting

nutting

nipping

outing

nodding

obscene

offing

nursing

offspring

oozing

ousting

owing

panting

pacing

packing

parking

padding

pairing

panning

painting

paring

paging

parting

passing

piping

pinching

patching

paving

paying

pegging

pelting

pending

peaking

petting

peeing

phasing

piercing

pimping

phrasing

picking

piling

pining

pipkin

pipkins

pitching

planting

planking

plumbing

plodding

plugging

poking

poling

polling

pointing

plating

pleasing

pleading

plaything

playing

popping

pouting

posting

pouncing

pounding

printing

pooling

pressing

priming

preaching

praying

pumping

prowling

puffing

putting

quilting

pruning

pudding

quilling

pushing

prying

quaking

purging

racing

racking

rambling

rafting

raising

railing

raking

raving

reading

raging

resting

rolling

rifling

roasting

ribbing

riding

rigging

roaring

ringing

rising

rocking

roving

rubbing

romping

rounding

roofing

ruling

salting

sapling

running

scalping

snapping

sacking

sagging

scarring

sailing

saving

scaling

scheming

saying

schilling

schooling

scolding

scrimping

scraping

scratching

screwing

seedling

scorching

screaming

screening

seating

searching

seeing

seeling

seeming

seizing

sewing

shafting

sharking

shading

shaving

shearing

sheathing

shelving

shipping

shrouding

shedding

sheepskin

shelling

shilling

shining

sheeting

showing

shifting

shocking

shooting

shoring

shirting

shoestring

shredding

shrinking

shuffling

shunting

sibling

sizing

siding

sighting

signing

sinking

sitting

skilling

singing

sighing

skimming

skirting

slanting

slapping

sloping

slouching

setting

sledding

sleeping

sliding

slighting

slitting

slotting

smacking

slating

smelling

smelting

smoking

smoothing

serving

snarling

sneaking

sneezing

sniffing

soaking

sopping

something

sounding

soaring

sobbing

soothing

spanking

sparing

sparkling

sparling

spending

spelling

spinning

speaking

sperling

spasms

spasm

spoken

stopping

stowing

strapping

stripling

sporting

sprinkling

stamping

standing

starling

starting

squeezing

stalling

springing

spurling

staging

stating

storming

steering

sticking

stinking

stocking

stooping

stinging

stitching

staving

stealing

sterling

stirring

straddling

straining

stripping

squinting

striking

striving

stretching

streaming

stroking

strutting

stacking

stuffing

stunning

snoring

sucking

suckling

suing

tackling

suiting

swearing

sweating

sweeping

swelling

swimming

swooning

switching

sweeting

swaying

tacking

tipping

tailing

tamping

taunting

tanning

tasting

taking

talking

teaming

teeming

teaching

teething

tempting

testing

thinking

thrashing

thrilling

thrusting

thumping

throwing

tilting

telling

ticking

tiding

touching

tooling

topping

tossing

tracing

trading

trailing

topknot

training

trusting

tripping

toasting

trifling

trilling

trimming

tubing

tuning

trying

trucking

twining

tricking

turning

twisting

vaulting

tying

veering

veiling

vesting

viking

voting

walking

walling

vying

voiding

wading

waiting

waking

waning

wapping

wanting

warling

warming

warning

warping

wearing

washing

wasting

weakling

weaving

webbing

wedding

weeping

weeding

weighing

wellspring

westling

whipping

whopping

whistling

whitling

whacking

whiting

whooping

whaling

wheeling

whirling

wielding

wilding

willing

wincing

winding

wrestling

winning

wiring

wrecking

witching

wording

working

wishing

wringing

writing

yachting

yearling

yearning

yelling

tithing

yielding

3 syllable words

abounding

abiding

absences

absentee

according

absorbing

accenting

abysmal

absentees

adjoining

alluring

admiring

afflicting

alerting

affecting

agreeing

alarming

aligning

afghani

afghanis

annoying

annealing

anything

appeasement

aspiring

ascending

arresting

arriving

arranging

asserting

assuring

astounding

attracting

backbiting

backsliding

badgering

baffling

battening

battering

beginning

beguiling

befitting

becoming

beholding

belonging

believing

besetting

beseeching

besieging

bettering

bickering

billowing

blackmailing

blanketing

blistering

bloodletting

blundering

blustering

blossoming

bookkeeping

bloodsucking

bottling

brainwashing

broadcasting

bubbling

buffeting

bumbling

bundling

bullfighting

bungling

bullying

bustling

bushwhacking

butchering

campaigning

canoeing

cackling

commuting

carousing

carrying

carjacking

caressing

carpeting

centering

challenging

channeling

complaining

churchgoing

childbearing

colouring

coloring

chattering

comforting

commanding

completing

complying

compounding

conveying

concurring

crippling

conceding

conforming

confusing

confounding

concerning

confiding

conflicting

conjuring

connecting

consuming

conserving

consulting

contacting

constricting

departing

contracting

converging

conquering

covering

cowering

copying

correcting

cradling

counseling

convincing

crocheting

cycling

dairying

cubism

cushioning

damaging

dampening

darkening

debating

deadening

deafening

debasement

declining

decreasing

defusing

degrading

deficient

defeasance

delighting

crusading

descending

deserving

despairing

designing

detailing

diapering

discerning

dialing

diffusion

dissolving

disarming

disguising

dissecting

dissenting

doubling

downsizing

disgusting

dissembling

diverting

divining

dividing

distressing

distracting

diverging

division

divisions

doddering

dressmaking

drizzling

dumbfounding

enclosing

dwindling

echoing

emptying

emitting

enchanting

easterling

eavesdropping

efficient

foreboding

endearing

engaging

enduring

engrossing

ensuing

entering

enlisting

exciting

engraving

enticing

equating

erupting

exploring

erecting

everything

evasions

evasion

exacting

exceeding

excepting

factoring

expelling

expanding

exhausting

existing

expiring

faltering

exulting

fastening

epsomite

feathering

fingering

finishing

favoring

flattering

flavoring

flowering

following

fondling

forbidding

forwarding

freewheeling

forgiving

forthcoming

frustrating

glowering

governing

galloping

gathering

gardening

glimmering

glistening

gambling

good-looking

groundbreaking

hairdressing

happening

hardening

hardworking

highflying

harvesting

heartbreaking

handwriting

housekeeping

housewarming

impending

imploring

importing

abducting

improving

inspiring

installing

imprinting

increasing

incoming

infighting

inserting

ironing

insulting

invading

inviting

investing

interesting

issuing

leavening

juggling

jockeying

journeying

kidnapping

lamenting

landholding

lactating

laboring

landscaping

languishing

laundering

lawmaking

layering

forecasting

lessening

lettering

leveling

lingering

lightening

listening

locating

lumbering

lowering

machining

maddening

life-giving

meddling

maturing

matchmaking

measuring

marketing

marshaling

mellowing

misspelling

misgiving

misleading

middling

mistaking

modeling

mothering

motoring

outgoing

mumbling

mottling

narrowing

networking

murmuring

muscling

neighboring

nerve-racking

observing

neutering

obliging

ongoing

nourishing

offering

opening

offsetting

oncoming

opining

obeisance

ordering

outfitting

opossum

outlying

outpouring

papering

paneling

parceling

painstaking

pardoning

pervading

peddling

peppering

perplexing

persisting

pilfering

pickering

piddling

pitying

plastering

polishing

pondering

proceeding

presiding

prevailing

powdering

preceding

profiling

profiting

promising

pronouncing

quarreling

quickening

railroading

raveling

reasoning

reckoning

ravishing

reclining

recording

regarding

reflecting

refreshing

rejoicing

repeating

relieving

rendering

retiring

relapsing

respecting

resisting

repugnant

reversing

rumbling

revolting

reviving

revolving

riveting

rubicon

revisions

scattering

scaffolding

scavenging

seducing

seagoing

scribbling

seasoning

scrambling

revision

shadowing

settling

shimmering

shipbuilding

shoplifting

shortening

shortcoming

sickening

sizzling

sleepwalking

smattering

outstanding

souring

soldering

softening

sojourning

soldiering

specimen

spasmodic

specimens

stiffening

strengthening

stuttering

suffering

surprising

subkingdom

succeeding

sufficient

subcontracts

surpassing

subcontract

surrounding

sweetening

tabling

surveying

surviving

tapering

tailoring

thickening

threatening

tempering

yellowing

thanksgiving

thundering

ticketing

tinkering

towering

toweling

toboggan

toboggans

tormenting

transporting

traversing

trumpeting

tumbling

trembling

typesetting

twinkling

upsetting

typewriting

unyielding

underling

undying

unwilling

unwitting

unfeeling

unbending

unfailing

undoing

unsparing

unflinching

unthinking

varying

vanishing

wandering

vomiting

wagering

warehousing

watering

weathering

well-being

whispering

whitening

visiting

winnowing

withering

wrongdoing

tinkling

4 syllable words

abyssinian

abysmally

activating

advertising

aggravating

agonizing

agitating

admonishing

afghanistan

afghanistans

annotating

appetizing

awakening

astonishing

babysitting

barbecuing

bewildering

bicycling

calculating

captivating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

coefficients

coefficient

complicating

conditioning

corresponding

condescending

deficiency

deficiencies

delegating

denigrating

diagnosing

disappointing

disappearing

developing

disabling

disapproving

detonating

devastating

dispiriting

disconcerting

disengaging

discouraging

disheartening

distributing

distinguishing

divisional

dominating

disparaging

domineering

emphasizing

edifying

embarrassing

efficiency

efficiencies

encircling

efficiently

encompassing

encouraging

energizing

enterprising

fascinating

engineering

enveloping

everlasting

examining

enlightening

executing

entertaining

fireproofing

fingerprinting

fluctuating

hesitating

gratifying

implicating

inheriting

inhibiting

inquiring

integrating

interlocking

interviewing

intersecting

irritating

laminating

legislating

liberating

maximizing

merchandising

mitigating

moderating

mountaineering

notifying

never-ending

notwithstanding

obviating

obscenity

oceangoing

operating

occupying

obscenities

oscillating

nonrecurring

overflowing

overpowering

overlying

overbearing

overcoming

overlapping

overrating

overruling

overhauling

overwhelming

parachuting

palpitating

partitioning

patronizing

pioneering

persevering

penetrating

petitioning

realizing

reentering

registering

overarching

separating

speechifying

subcommittees

subcontracted

suffocating

sufficiency

sufficiently

subcontractor

subcontractors

subcommittee

unassuming

unavailing

underlying

underpinning

unbecoming

unbelieving

undertaking

underwriting

undulating

unremitting

unrelenting

understanding

vacillating

waterproofing

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word opposing

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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