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

acting

airing

alines

angling

along

alums

alongs

almost

bagging

asking

awning

arming

arching

backing

balance

balanced

balloons

banging

batting

banding

banking

barring

beading

beaming

bearing

beating

bedding

belling

belong

belongs

belting

bending

biding

bleeding

bidding

billing

billings

billions

binding

birthing

biting

bitching

blanket

blankly

blankets

blaring

blancmange

blasting

bleaching

bleeping

blessing

blowing

blending

blinding

blocking

blooming

blueing

bluing

blushing

bowing

boating

bolling

boning

booming

booting

boozing

boring

boarding

bolting

bonding

bouncing

bounding

bowling

boasting

boxing

boiling

branching

brawling

breathing

breasting

breeding

breeching

briefing

brewing

blemish

brimming

broiling

broking

brooding

browning

browsing

bruting

bucking

brushing

calling

buckling

budding

camping

building

bulging

burning

burping

butting

bunting

calming

carling

ceiling

catching

casting

ceilings

caulking

carping

carving

challenge

chirping

churning

chewing

chanting

charming

chilling

chipping

choking

chopping

clamshell

clanging

cleaning

climbing

clearing

clannish

cleanser

cleansers

climax

clenches

clincher

clinches

clinic

clinics

clinique

clipping

challenged

cloaking

clocking

clogging

clouding

clowning

clucking

clothing

clumsy

coiling

coating

cocking

codding

colling

combing

coaching

coasting

coaxing

coming

collings

collums

columns

collins

cracking

creaking

curling

closing

cooing

cooling

coping

couching

costing

coupling

coursing

creeping

crowing

crashing

cooking

crackling

cresting

cribbing

crooning

crossing

crushing

culling

rising

cunning

curing

cutting

cuddling

damning

daring

dealing

dashing

dancing

dealings

dawning

darling

daunting

glinting

derring

dicing

digging

dilling

dining

diving

doing

dipping

dishing

docking

doting

doubting

dragging

drafting

dropping

dressing

driving

drilling

dripping

drinking

drugging

dwelling

drawing

drumming

dubbing

ducking

dueling

during

duckling

dumpling

dwellings

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easing

eating

earring

earthling

edging

eking

erring

ending

evening

etching

feeding

feeling

falling

farming

faulting

farthing

feelings

fehling

filing

fetching

fighting

fencing

fielding

filings

finding

filling

fillings

felons

flushing

felines

firing

flagging

fitting

fishing

fixing

folding

fining

flaring

fleeting

flashing

glancing

fledgling

fleming

flemish

flitting

floating

flogging

flooding

flooring

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foiling

flowing

flanges

flimsy

foaming

flounces

forcing

freaking

freezing

franking

fruiting

forming

founding

frosting

forging

foundling

fucking

gadding

gassing

galling

gallons

getting

girding

gearing

fuming

gilding

ginning

giving

funding

glances

glaring

glowing

going

gloaming

grafting

greening

grappling

grasping

golding

golfing

greeting

grieving

growing

hanging

grinding

grooming

grouping

grouting

gunning

gushing

handling

grounding

hamstring

groundling

holing

hopping

hugging

harping

holding

having

heading

healing

hearing

heating

heaving

heckling

hatching

herring

hiding

helping

hilling

hissing

hitting

hogging

hoarding

homing

helmsman

horning

hosting

hounding

housing

humming

hurling

hurting

icing

hunting

jetting

inkling

jeering

inning

jerking

keeling

keeping

jarring

jogging

joking

jutting

judging

jumping

kenning

knowing

kicking

killing

killings

knitting

kindling

knocking

kipling

klansman

kleenex

nutting

lagging

lamping

landing

lapping

lashing

laughing

leading

leaking

leaning

leaping

latching

lawing

lasting

learning

leasing

legging

lemming

launching

lending

licking

loathing

lighting

liking

lightning

lodging

lifting

madding

living

loading

loaning

listing

looking

lining

lowing

logging

looming

looping

lopping

loring

losing

loving

longing

lumping

lunching

malting

mapping

meaning

matting

meeting

marking

matching

marching

melange

melting

merging

mining

melons

minding

milling

mincing

millions

missing

mocking

nagging

mooring

molting

morning

morphing

moulding

napping

moving

mounting

mourning

mowing

mugging

netting

mullens

musing

muting

nanking

nestling

nursing

nipping

nodding

nosing

nothing

offing

offspring

oolong

nylons

oozing

skirting

outing

ousting

packing

padding

pairing

owing

panning

panting

paring

passing

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parking

parting

peaking

pegging

petting

pelting

pending

phalanx

piling

pilings

pining

picking

piercing

pimping

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piping

pleading

planting

planking

plankton

pleasing

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plugging

pointing

plumbing

poking

plunges

plunger

poling

plumage

polling

pollens

pooling

preaching

pouting

priming

popping

posting

pressing

pouncing

pounding

printing

purging

prowling

pruning

pudding

puffing

putting

pushing

pumping

pylons

quilling

quilting

racking

pitching

rafting

rambling

reading

resting

ribbing

riding

rifling

sewing

rigging

roaring

rocking

rolling

ringing

roasting

rollings

romping

roofing

rousing

rounding

roving

serving

rubbing

sacking

sagging

ruling

running

saloons

sapling

scarring

salting

scallions

scalping

salons

scheming

setting

schilling

schillings

schooling

screaming

screening

scratching

screwing

searching

rulings

scorching

seating

seeling

seeming

seizing

seedling

scrimping

shafting

scolding

sharking

shedding

sheeting

shelling

sheathing

shellings

shelving

shilling

shifting

shillings

shining

shredding

shearing

shirting

slapping

showing

shipping

shocking

shooting

shoring

shuffling

shoestring

shunting

sibling

siding

shrinking

sighting

sizing

signing

sitting

skilling

singing

skillings

silence

skimming

sinking

slanting

shrouding

sledding

sleeping

sliding

slighting

slitting

sloping

slotting

slinger

slinky

slouching

smacking

tanning

smelling

snapping

sneaking

sneezing

smelting

smoking

sniffing

snoring

soaking

smoothing

snarling

soaring

sobbing

sparing

sopping

spanking

soothing

sounding

something

sparkling

sparling

speaking

spelling

spending

sperling

spurling

spinning

squeezing

stacking

stamping

springing

squinting

sprinkling

standing

stalling

sporting

stealing

sterling

steering

sticking

starling

starting

strapping

stooping

straddling

stopping

stowing

storming

streaming

stretching

striking

striving

stripping

stroking

strutting

stuffing

stunning

sucking

suckling

suing

stocking

sweating

suiting

sweeting

sullens

swearing

sweeping

swelling

tacking

swimming

swooning

switching

tackling

stitching

voiding

stinging

tamping

stinking

stripling

talking

teaming

teeming

teething

thrilling

taunting

telling

teaching

testing

tempting

thinking

thrashing

tiding

throwing

ticking

thumping

tilting

tithing

thrusting

tipping

talons

tlingit

toasting

tooling

trifling

topping

tossing

tricking

trilling

touching

trimming

tripping

trucking

turning

tubing

tuning

trusting

twisting

twining

valence

viking

vesting

veering

vaulting

villains

voting

walking

walling

wapping

washing

whirling

wanting

warling

warming

warning

warping

wearing

weaving

webbing

wedding

weeding

weeping

whacking

wheeling

weakling

yielding

westling

wellspring

whipping

whiting

wielding

wilding

winding

whooping

whopping

willing

whitling

wincing

winning

wiring

wording

working

wrecking

writing

wrestling

witching

wringing

whistling

woolens

yearling

yachting

yearning

wishing

yelling

volumes

3 syllable words

abiding

adjoining

accusing

abducting

accenting

abounding

according

absorbing

admiring

affecting

agreeing

adoring

aliens

alerting

aligning

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alliance

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amusing

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approaching

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assuming

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backsliding

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almighty

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ballooning

balancer

balances

balloonist

balloonists

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annoying

anything

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believing

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beginning

belonging

beholding

belongings

bettering

bickering

besetting

besieging

bilingual

billowing

beseeching

blackmailing

blanketing

bloodletting

bloodsucking

blemishes

blistering

blossoming

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blustering

bookkeeping

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brainwashing

broadcasting

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bullfighting

bullying

butchering

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cackling

caressing

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bumbling

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bulimic

carousing

bundling

bungling

carrying

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carpeting

channeling

challenging

challenges

chattering

churchgoing

childbearing

chileans

challengers

climactic

climaxes

challenger

clumsily

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colonized

coloring

complaining

colonize

colonies

columnist

columnists

comforting

commanding

commuting

colonist

complying

colonists

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conceding

composing

conveying

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conjuring

conquering

connecting

conserving

confusing

contacting

consoling

consuming

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consulting

constricting

contracting

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copying

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cradling

crocheting

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crippling

concurring

crusading

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conflicting

glimmering

cycling

dairying

deadening

deafening

dampening

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dalliance

degrading

delighting

declining

decreasing

defusing

delinquent

delinquents

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detailing

dialing

deserving

designing

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despairing

diapering

dilemmas

discerning

disarming

disguising

dissecting

dissenting

dissembling

dissolving

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distressing

distracting

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diverting

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doddering

doubling

dressmaking

drizzling

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dwindling

echoing

easterling

downsizing

elongate

emitting

emptying

engaging

enduring

endearing

enticing

eavesdropping

equating

ensuing

engraving

enchanting

engrossing

enlisting

entering

enclosing

erecting

erupting

everything

glowering

glistening

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excepting

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existing

exulting

factoring

favoring

feathering

faltering

fastening

fingering

finishing

exploring

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flattering

felonies

flowering

fluency

forbidding

following

followings

forgiving

freewheeling

forwarding

forthcoming

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gathering

galloping

gambling

galleons

forecasting

gardening

foreboding

fondling

exacting

governing

good-looking

groundbreaking

hairdressing

handwriting

happening

hardening

heartbreaking

hellenic

hellenize

harvesting

highflying

hardworking

housekeeping

housewarming

illnesses

impending

imposing

incoming

imploring

importing

improving

imprinting

infighting

increasing

invading

inserting

inviting

cushioning

ironing

installing

interesting

investing

inspiring

issuing

insulting

journeying

jockeying

juggling

kidnapping

laboring

offering

lactating

glowingly

lamenting

languishing

landholding

lawmaking

laundering

leavening

lettering

lessening

leveling

lightening

locating

lingering

lowering

lumbering

machining

listening

maddening

life-giving

matchmaking

measuring

maturing

marketing

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meddling

mellowing

middling

misleading

misgiving

mistaking

misspelling

mothering

modeling

motoring

mottling

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nerve-racking

networking

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ordering

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palmistry

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pardoning

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piddling

pilfering

parceling

pitying

plastering

pleonasm

polemic

plumages

polemics

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polluting

powdering

pondering

polonaise

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prevailing

proceeding

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pronouncing

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regarding

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retiring

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reversing

resisting

respecting

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revolving

rejoicing

relapsing

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reliance

relinquish

rendering

railroading

rumbling

salinas

scattering

scaffolding

scavenging

scrambling

seagoing

seasoning

scribbling

seducing

settling

schoolmaster

shadowing

shimmering

opposing

shortening

shoplifting

shortcoming

silencer

sizzling

shipbuilding

sickening

silences

opining

sleepwalking

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smattering

soldering

souring

sojourning

soldiering

softening

stiffening

strengthening

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succeeding

suffering

surpassing

surprising

surveying

surviving

tabling

surrounding

sweetening

tailoring

tapering

tempering

thickening

thanksgiving

threatening

thundering

ticketing

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traversing

toweling

trembling

transporting

typesetting

typewriting

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twinkling

underling

tormenting

trumpeting

violins

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unfailing

undying

undoing

unfeeling

unyielding

uprising

unsparing

unwilling

unwitting

unthinking

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vanishing

violence

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visiting

wagering

wandering

warehousing

watering

vomiting

well-being

weathering

whitening

willingly

withering

wrongdoing

winnowing

yellowing

whispering

4 syllable words

activating

advertising

admonishing

agonizing

awakening

agitating

aggravating

annotating

appetizing

astonishing

alliances

babysitting

allowances

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bicycling

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centralizing

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clinically

coexisting

colonizer

colonizers

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corresponding

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conditioning

delegating

delinquency

delinquencies

denigrating

detonating

devastating

developing

diagnosing

disabling

discouraging

disappointing

disconcerting

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disheartening

disappearing

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domineering

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elongation

elongated

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emphasizing

engineering

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hellenizes

hesitating

hellenism

implicating

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interlocking

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irritating

integrating

laminating

legislating

liberating

maximizing

melancholic

melanesian

melancholy

merchandising

melanesians

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never-ending

nonrecurring

notifying

notwithstanding

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overlying

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overwhelming

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pioneering

polemical

polemicist

polynesian

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registering

relinquishes

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unbecoming

unbelieving

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vacillating

unrelenting

violinist

violinists

waterproofing

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Words that rhyme with the word playing

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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