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

acting

aching

ailing

aging

airing

angling

anthem

anthems

arming

arching

asking

awning

backing

bindings

banding

belting

baking

banging

bagging

bantam

bantams

barring

bending

banking

bathing

beading

beaming

batting

being

beijing

bearing

bedding

belling

biding

bidding

billing

blasting

blaring

blazing

birthing

bitching

bleeding

bleaching

bleeping

blending

blowing

blocking

blooming

blueing

bluing

blushing

boarding

bonding

bolling

booting

boring

booming

boozing

bouncing

bounding

bowing

bowling

boxing

breasting

bracing

braiding

branching

braving

brawling

breaking

breeding

breathing

breeching

briefing

brewing

brimming

broking

browning

bruting

brooding

browsing

brushing

buckling

bucking

building

bulging

budding

burning

buying

calling

camping

burping

butting

calming

canteen

canton

carling

carping

canteens

cantons

casting

carving

casing

catching

caulking

ceiling

centime

centner

centimes

chafing

chasing

choking

churning

charming

chilling

chipping

chirping

chopping

chewing

clanging

climbing

clearing

closing

clipping

cloaking

clocking

clogging

clothing

blessing

clouding

clowning

coaxing

coaching

cocking

codding

colling

combing

coming

comedown

condense

condemn

condensed

condemned

condemns

coursing

condone

contain

contains

contend

contemn

contempt

content

contends

contents

coping

coupling

cooking

cooling

cooing

couching

crashing

craving

clucking

cresting

creaking

crooning

crossing

crackling

cracking

creeping

cribbing

crowing

crushing

crying

cuddling

cunning

dancing

cutting

culling

curing

curling

damning

daring

darling

dashing

dealing

dentine

derring

dicing

earning

dyeing

digging

dipping

dishing

diving

drafting

doubting

docking

dragging

doing

drawing

dressing

drinking

driving

drying

duckling

drilling

dripping

dropping

drugging

drumming

dubbing

ducking

dueling

dumpling

during

dwelling

dying

dilling

earthling

earring

easing

edging

feeling

eking

ending

endings

evening

entomb

erring

fehling

etching

entwine

facing

fading

failing

fencing

farming

farthing

fielding

falling

feeding

fetching

findings

condones

filing

resting

filling

firing

fitting

flaming

fixing

flagging

flaring

fishing

flashing

flitting

flooring

flowing

fledgling

fleming

flogging

flooding

flying

flushing

foaming

folding

forcing

footing

forging

forming

founding

framing

franking

fraying

foundling

fountain

fountains

freaking

freezing

fruiting

frying

fucking

fuming

licking

losing

funding

galling

gaming

gadding

gassing

glancing

getting

ginning

glazing

gilding

gearing

girding

giving

gentian

glaring

gloaming

glowing

going

golding

golfing

grafting

grading

grappling

grasping

grayling

grazing

grieving

grounding

grooming

hurting

groundling

gunning

growing

heaving

grouping

grouting

healing

handling

hanging

harping

hamstring

having

hatching

handmade

heading

hearing

heckling

helping

hiding

hitting

herring

hilling

hissing

hoarding

hogging

holding

horning

hounding

holing

homing

hopping

housing

hugging

humming

gushing

hurling

loving

icing

inkling

inning

intend

intense

intends

yelling

intent

intents

jailing

intones

intone

jeering

jarring

jerking

jetting

joking

jumping

jogging

judging

jutting

keeling

keeping

kenning

knitting

kindling

kipling

kicking

killing

knocking

lasting

knowing

landing

lading

landings

lamping

lagging

lapping

landman

landmarks

lashing

landmark

latching

laughing

lawing

laying

indent

leading

leaking

leaping

learning

leasing

lifting

legging

lending

lendings

lemming

lightning

liking

listing

loathing

loading

logging

longing

lindane

linden

living

lodging

looking

looming

looping

london

lopping

mailing

lunching

lowing

lying

maintain

lumping

madding

lynden

making

maintains

marking

matting

marching

mapping

matching

loring

melting

mincing

minden

milling

missing

merging

mention

mentions

mooring

morning

morphing

moulding

mountain

mountains

mourning

moving

mugging

muting

nanking

musing

nagging

napping

mowing

mundane

netting

nineteen

nineteenth

nosing

nestling

nipping

nodding

nutting

nothing

parting

nursing

ousting

offing

ointment

offspring

oozing

outing

panton

packing

padding

owing

pacing

panning

paging

pairing

parking

paring

passing

patching

paving

peaking

peeing

pelting

pending

petting

mocking

pegging

pentane

pendant

phantom

phasing

phantoms

phrasing

piling

pinching

piping

paying

pimping

picking

pitching

plaything

planking

pleading

pleasing

playing

poking

poling

plodding

plugging

plumbing

polling

piercing

ponton

pontoon

pontoons

pooling

pouncing

pounding

pouting

priming

praying

preaching

pressing

pruning

prowling

putting

prying

popping

pumping

pudding

puffing

purging

quaking

pushing

raising

quantum

quintin

quilting

rafting

racing

railing

raging

racking

raking

quilling

raving

rambling

random

reading

riding

rifling

rising

ringing

rounding

ribbing

rigging

roaring

rolling

romping

sailing

saving

rocking

roving

running

rousing

rubbing

ruling

sacking

sagging

santon

roofing

sandman

sapling

scaling

saying

scalping

sucking

scheming

scolding

scarring

schilling

schooling

scorching

scraping

scratching

screaming

scrimping

screwing

searching

seedling

seeling

seeming

seizing

setting

seeing

sewing

sentence

shafting

serving

shading

shaving

sharking

shearing

sheathing

shedding

shelving

shifting

shirting

shoestring

shrinking

shooting

shelling

shilling

shipping

shocking

shoring

showing

shredding

shrouding

shuffling

sibling

siding

sinking

sitting

sizing

sighing

skilling

skimming

skirting

singing

slapping

sleeping

sliding

slitting

sledding

smelting

spending

sloping

slotting

sneaking

snarling

smacking

smelling

snapping

slouching

smitten

smoking

smoothing

sneezing

snoring

sniffing

smoothen

soaking

smoothens

soaring

sobbing

something

spanking

soundings

somethings

sparling

sopping

sparing

sparkling

soothing

sometime

sometimes

sounding

speaking

spelling

spinning

sperling

suiting

springing

sprinkling

spurling

standing

starting

squeezing

stalling

staving

stealing

staging

stamping

starling

stacking

steering

sterling

sticking

stinking

stinging

stirring

stitching

stocking

storming

stowing

straddling

striking

stooping

stopping

streaming

striving

stroking

strutting

stunning

stripling

strapping

stripping

stuffing

stretching

suckling

suing

sweating

swaying

swearing

sundown

sweeping

swelling

swooning

tailing

taking

talking

swimming

tacking

switching

tackling

tamping

tandem

tanning

teaching

teaming

teeming

teething

tempting

telling

tendon

testing

tendons

thrusting

twisting

thinking

throwing

thrilling

thrashing

whaling

thumping

trailing

tilting

ticking

tiding

tossing

tithing

tooling

topping

turning

trading

tipping

touching

trilling

tracing

trifling

trusting

tuning

trying

tricking

trimming

tripping

trucking

tubing

tying

westling

veiling

undone

wanton

warling

viking

vesting

vintner

vintners

warming

warning

warping

wilding

vying

wading

waking

walking

walling

wincing

weakling

wielding

wapping

weaving

washing

webbing

weeding

veering

wearing

weeping

wedding

wheeling

weighing

wellspring

whacking

whistling

whipping

whirling

whitling

whooping

whopping

winning

wiring

willing

windmill

windmills

yachting

wrestling

wording

working

wrecking

wishing

witching

wringing

undine

yearling

yearning

yielding

3 syllable words

adjoining

accenting

abounding

according

accusing

abiding

absorbing

alerting

admiring

affecting

adoring

afflicting

alarming

agreeing

aligning

andean

amazing

andante

anything

arranging

annealing

annoying

antenna

antennas

appalling

appealing

approaching

approving

alluring

arresting

amusing

arriving

ascending

asserting

backbiting

assuming

astounding

attracting

backsliding

badgering

ballooning

bandana

bandanas

baffling

befitting

battering

belonging

beholding

becoming

beginning

beguiling

believing

besetting

battening

beseeching

bettering

bickering

bentonite

besieging

billowing

aspiring

assuring

blanketing

blackmailing

blistering

bloodletting

blossoming

bloodsucking

blundering

bookkeeping

blustering

bottling

brainwashing

broadcasting

bubbling

buffeting

bullfighting

bundling

bullying

bumbling

bungling

campaigning

butchering

bustling

cackling

bushwhacking

canoeing

caressing

carousing

carpeting

cantonal

carrying

carjacking

centering

challenging

channeling

chattering

childbearing

churchgoing

coloring

colouring

commanding

comforting

commitments

commitment

commuting

complaining

commotion

completing

complying

connecting

concurring

conceding

concerning

conserving

composing

compounding

condensate

condensates

condenser

conjuring

conquering

conflicting

conforming

confounding

confusing

confiding

condiments

condiment

consoling

consulting

constricting

consuming

contacting

container

containers

containment

contemplates

contender

contenders

contemplate

contented

contention

contentions

continent

continue

contentment

contingent

contingents

continents

continued

contracting

conveying

converging

correcting

continues

convincing

copying

counseling

countenance

dialing

cradling

cowering

crocheting

crippling

crusading

cycling

cushioning

damaging

dairying

dampening

darkening

deadening

deafening

diapering

debating

delighting

declining

defusing

decreasing

degrading

departing

designing

descending

deserving

detailing

despairing

covering

discerning

disarming

disguising

disgusting

diverting

dissecting

dissenting

dissolving

distressing

distracting

dissembling

diverging

dividing

divining

doddering

downsizing

donation

doubling

donations

drizzling

dressmaking

dumbfounding

dwindling

damnation

easterling

echoing

emitting

emptying

enchanting

engaging

enclosing

engraving

emotion

emotions

endearing

enduring

endemic

endangered

endangers

endowments

endowment

endanger

engrossing

enlisting

erupting

eavesdropping

ensuing

entering

entangle

entangled

enticing

equating

erecting

entombment

exciting

exceeding

everything

exacting

excepting

existing

exulting

expanding

expelling

expiring

exploring

factoring

faltering

favoring

exhausting

feathering

fastening

fandango

fingering

respecting

finishing

flattering

flavoring

flowering

forecasting

fondling

foreboding

forbidding

following

forgiving

abducting

freewheeling

forthcoming

forwarding

frustrating

galloping

gambling

gardening

gathering

glowering

glistening

glimmering

governing

good-looking

groundbreaking

handwriting

happening

harvesting

hardening

hardworking

heartbreaking

highflying

housekeeping

housewarming

hairdressing

importing

imprinting

impending

imposing

imploring

improving

incoming

increasing

monotone

infighting

indian

indium

indians

indentures

inserting

installing

insulting

inspiring

intended

intensely

motoring

intensive

intention

intimate

ironing

intentioned

interesting

intently

intentions

intimates

inviting

investing

invading

issuing

janthina

journeying

juggling

jockeying

kantian

kidnapping

laboring

lamenting

lactating

landholding

landscaping

lanthanum

languishing

landmasses

landowner

landowners

laundering

lawmaking

leavening

lettering

lessening

leveling

life-giving

lightening

layering

locating

lingering

listening

londoner

londoners

lowering

machining

lumbering

maddening

maintenance

marketing

maturing

marshaling

matchmaking

measuring

meddling

middling

mellowing

menhaden

minuteman

misgiving

misleading

mistaking

misspelling

muscling

indenture

modeling

mountaineer

indentured

mothering

mountaineers

mottling

murmuring

neighboring

mumbling

munition

munitions

narrowing

neutering

nerve-racking

networking

offering

opining

nourishing

obliging

offsetting

oncoming

ongoing

opening

ordering

outfitting

opposing

outgoing

outlying

papering

observing

outpouring

outstanding

painstaking

paneling

pantheon

pandemic

pantomime

parceling

pardoning

patrolling

peppering

penitent

perplexing

persisting

pervading

pickering

pitying

plastering

piddling

polluting

polishing

pondering

pilfering

preceding

powdering

prevailing

profiling

presiding

profiting

proceeding

pronouncing

promising

provoking

reasoning

railroading

quarreling

raveling

ravishing

ramadan

randomize

randomly

quickening

reckoning

reclining

recording

reducing

rendering

rejoicing

peddling

relieving

reflecting

regarding

relapsing

refreshing

remittance

repeating

resisting

revolting

revolving

reversing

reviving

riveting

rumbling

scaffolding

scattering

scavenging

seagoing

scrambling

scribbling

seasoning

seducing

sentinel

sentinels

sentiments

sentences

sentiment

settling

shadowing

shimmering

shipbuilding

shortcoming

shortening

shoplifting

sickening

sizzling

sleepwalking

smattering

softening

soldering

soldiering

souring

sojourning

retiring

stiffening

strengthening

stuttering

succeeding

suffering

surpassing

surrounding

surviving

surveying

surprising

summation

summations

sweetening

tabling

tailoring

tapering

tantamount

tempering

tendency

tendencies

thickening

threatening

thanksgiving

thundering

ticketing

tinkering

tormenting

toweling

tinkling

towering

transporting

trumpeting

trembling

tumbling

twinkling

traversing

typesetting

underling

undaunted

undying

unfailing

unfeeling

unflinching

vomiting

unsparing

unwitting

unwilling

unthinking

unyielding

uprising

untangle

untimely

upsetting

visiting

varying

wagering

wandering

vanishing

wantonly

warehousing

watering

weathering

typewriting

well-being

venetian

whispering

whitening

unbending

winnowing

withering

wrongdoing

undoing

yellowing

4 syllable words

activating

agonizing

agitating

aggravating

admonishing

advertising

anatomist

anatomy

andantino

annotating

antinomy

antimatter

appetizing

anathema

babysitting

awakening

barbecuing

bicycling

bewildering

astonishing

calculating

canadian

canadians

captivating

centralizing

centenary

centennial

centimetre

centimetres

circulating

coexisting

committeeman

comedian

comedienne

comedians

complicating

condemnation

condensation

condemnations

condescending

contaminate

contaminates

containerized

contemplative

contemplation

contemptible

contemptuously

continual

contingency

contingencies

continuance

continentals

corresponding

continental

countenances

delegating

denigrating

detonating

devastating

developing

diagnosing

disappointing

disabling

disconcerting

disengaging

disappearing

discouraging

disapproving

disheartening

dispiriting

distributing

disparaging

distinguishing

dominating

domineering

conditioning

encircling

embarrassing

emphasizing

emotional

encompassing

encouraging

energizing

endangerment

engineering

enlightening

entertaining

enterprising

entanglement

entanglements

enveloping

everlasting

examining

executing

edifying

fascinating

fireproofing

fluctuating

fingerprinting

fundamentals

fundamental

gratifying

hesitating

implicating

mitigating

indemnities

indemnity

indentation

ianthina

inheriting

inhibiting

gondwanaland

inquiring

integrating

intemperate

intangible

intangibles

intensified

inattention

intensity

intensities

intensively

intentional

interlocking

interviewing

intersecting

intimacy

intimately

intimidate

intimation

intimidates

intimations

intonation

intonations

irritating

laminating

liberating

legislating

inattentive

indemnify

maximizing

merchandising

indonesian

moderating

monotony

monatomic

mountaineering

never-ending

nonrecurring

obviating

notifying

notwithstanding

occupying

operating

oscillating

overcoming

overflowing

overlapping

overarching

overbearing

overrating

overruling

overhauling

overlying

overpowering

overwhelming

palpitating

oceangoing

parachuting

partitioning

patronizing

reentering

penetrating

persevering

petitioning

pioneering

realizing

registering

remittances

intensifies

separating

sentimental

speechifying

suffocating

unremitting

underlying

underpinning

understanding

unrelenting

undulating

unassuming

unbecoming

vacillating

vanadium

waterproofing

unavailing

unbelieving

undertaking

underwriting

intensify

7 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word pointing

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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