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

action

acton

acting

actions

ashen

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

asian

auction

asthma

atman

astound

astounds

auctions

auden

austin

bason

bastion

baldwin

bagman

banyan

bargain

barton

baron

barren

basin

bastions

bacon

basting

baston

baton

batten

batton

beckon

bayman

beacon

beaten

billon

bellman

bellon

belgian

begun

billion

billman

bison

bisson

bitten

bludgeon

blacken

blowgun

bordman

bobbin

bookman

bollen

boatman

bolden

bookstand

bookstands

boasting

boston

boughten

brethren

briton

bracken

brazen

brighten

broaden

brakeman

bourbon

bowman

breton

broken

brogan

bushman

bullion

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

caisson

cajun

calvin

canaan

aspen

cannon

canton

canyon

canon

caption

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

clinton

caution

capstan

cauldron

caxton

chairman

cayman

certain

chaplain

christen

chapman

christian

chessman

chosen

chestnuts

chicken

chevron

children

chieftain

churchman

claxon

chestnut

citron

charon

chasten

classman

chastened

cheapen

coachman

coasting

carton

castings

colon

common

casting

cousin

corban

cordon

copeman

cotton

costing

costume

costumes

craftsman

cowan

craven

cretin

crewman

crimson

cushion

custom

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

customs

dagan

dagon

damson

dalton

daman

dampen

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

delphian

desman

destin

devon

diction

dian

dictum

disdain

disdained

disdains

distance

distant

distend

distinct

draftsman

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

dragon

driven

dungeon

dutchman

dustman

emption

drunken

dudgeon

earthen

eden

eaten

dromon

eighteen

eighteenth

eighteens

elan

dukedom

ensign

engine

ermine

esteem

extant

extend

extends

extent

extinct

glisten

eyestone

faction

fashion

factions

fasten

fastened

fallen

famine

fiction

faustian

faulcon

fatten

felon

festoon

fibrin

flexion

fictions

gentian

flashgun

fireman

fighting

fielden

fightings

firman

flatten

floren

footman

foreign

foreman

fraction

fortune

fountain

freshen

freedman

freeman

freshman

frighten

frozen

fusion

friction

garden

gallon

gammon

garron

gascon

falcon

georgian

german

gibbon

given

gilden

glidden

gladden

grandson

goodman

gorgon

gotten

golden

gluten

gowan

graven

grecian

griffon

gudgeon

guardsman

haitian

hackman

hangman

happen

harden

harken

hausen

harten

hasten

hastens

headman

heathen

heaven

heighten

heightens

hessian

huntsman

hempen

henchman

headsman

heron

haven

horseman

hearten

hetman

homespun

hogan

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

hosting

hymen

hidden

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

deepen

ion

jackman

jargon

jason

jasmine

kitchen

jetson

jordan

jorden

jetton

keelson

kelson

kansan

kalan

klansman

kitten

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

kirkman

keystone

lactone

keystones

lampron

laden

lagan

landman

landsman

latin

ledden

lasting

layman

leaden

legion

leaven

lemon

leman

lengthen

lessen

lesson

lesion

lichen

leven

lightman

lighten

lighting

lightens

lightning

lightnings

liken

liman

linen

linden

lineman

linemen

lion

listen

lisbon

listens

listing

listings

london

lockman

liven

locken

logan

longan

loosen

loren

lopeman

luncheon

lynden

m1

lyden

lumen

lotion

mahone

madden

maiden

mansion

margin

marchman

mangan

marksman

markman

marlin

martian

marten

martin

marron

mason

matron

mayan

melon

melton

mention

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mitten

molten

morgan

muslin

moisten

mormon

muffin

mullen

motion

mountain

mutton

mustang

mustangs

nation

nekton

nighttime

nightmares

nightmare

nighttimes

ninon

notion

norman

oarsman

newsman

ocean

olden

odin

onion

often

packman

omen

option

organ

orphan

oxen

oven

outdone

outrun

othman

owen

paean

panton

ousting

pardon

open

pagan

passion

passman

pastime

pathan

pastimes

parson

pectin

patten

patron

pavon

pension

penguin

penman

peon

peacetime

octane

perron

persian

person

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pistons

plankton

plantain

platen

poison

pitman

platten

portion

portman

ponton

pollen

potion

pollan

postman

posting

postings

postmark

pressman

prison

proven

pullen

question

quicken

questions

ragtime

ration

reason

raven

rayon

reckon

redden

rectum

region

rerun

resin

resting

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

rincon

riden

ripen

robin

roman

right-hand

roasting

rosin

rosen

sanction

rowan

rumen

rowen

ruin

saffron

sadden

rotten

salesman

salmon

runnion

samson

saxon

santon

satin

satan

scallion

scion

scotsman

scullion

season

seaman

section

sections

seedsman

selden

semen

sequin

sermon

session

seton

sexton

sharpen

shipman

seven

shaken

shaman

shakedowns

shearman

shorten

shogun

shakedown

shotgun

showman

shrunken

sicken

silken

sighting

sightings

siphon

siren

sistine

sixteen

sixteens

sixteenth

sixteenths

smarten

slacken

slogan

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

stepson

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

spoken

spokesman

sportsman

squadron

stallion

stallman

statesman

station

stiffen

steven

stockman

stolen

straighten

stricken

strengthen

striven

sturgeon

sullen

sultan

summon

sudden

sunken

surgeon

system

syphon

sylvan

sustain

sustained

sustains

sweeten

swollen

tartan

talon

tappen

tension

systems

taken

tarpon

tendon

thicken

teston

thousand

threaten

tighten

tasting

tightens

tillman

tastings

titan

torsion

testing

traction

touchdown

toughen

touchdowns

token

toman

townsman

treason

trillion

triton

trodden

trojan

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

turban

undone

union

urban

urson

urchin

urine

twisting

vegan

toasting

version

vesting

vestment

vestments

villain

stillion

victim

victims

vision

vulcan

whitson

wizen

women

suasion

wanton

warden

wagon

waken

warren

wiccan

watchman

weapon

whiten

weaken

wheaten

wasting

widen

wisdom

written

demon

woodman

woolman

woman

wooden

woolen

worsen

workman

woven

yachting

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abandon

abduction

abdomen

abortion

absorption

abstention

abrasion

abstraction

accident

accidents

academe

acumen

acetone

adhesion

adoption

adsorption

adrian

aegean

african

albion

alsatian

alaskan

allusion

andean

alien

albumin

alderman

ambrosian

anglican

apportion

anyone

appian

anchorman

arian

aryan

artisan

artesian

arkansan

assumption

assassin

asthmatic

astonish

asthmatics

attraction

astounding

astounded

auctioneer

auctioneers

awaken

aversion

avian

austrian

backgammon

badminton

backwoodsman

bandwagon

battalion

australian

bedouin

bedizen

bedridden

beholden

beethoven

begotten

benjamin

besetting

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

aspersion

bystander

bystanders

cambrian

campion

confucian

cardigan

carnation

carrion

coercion

capsaicin

castration

caucasian

cation

catalan

cetacean

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

charwoman

civilian

charlatan

citation

cistercian

chilean

cinnamon

clarion

citizen

clarendon

clergyman

cohesion

collagen

collusion

combustion

completion

compassion

cartesian

congestion

communion

companion

complexion

compression

compulsion

conception

compunction

concoction

conflation

conclusion

conduction

confection

confusion

conscription

constriction

conjunction

consumption

construction

contagion

contention

contortion

contraction

contraption

contusion

convection

convention

convulsion

correction

countryman

corruption

corrosion

councilman

corsican

costumer

costumers

cremation

conversion

creation

crestfallen

crustacean

deflation

croatian

customer

customers

dalmatian

damnation

cyprian

customize

deflection

deception

decedent

decadents

decedents

declension

deduction

decadent

defection

predestine

delusion

congressman

depletion

depression

denizen

derision

description

digestion

dimension

destinies

destiny

detection

detention

determine

diffraction

digression

devotion

destruction

discussion

diffusion

dilation

dilution

direction

discretion

discipline

dissension

dictation

disdainful

dissection

disruption

dissidence

dispersion

dissident

dissidents

distances

distemper

distinction

distinctions

distortion

distraction

distinguished

distinctive

distinctly

distinguish

dominion

diversion

donation

disunion

dorian

downtrodden

egyptian

duration

echidna

ejection

encryption

election

elation

eleven

embolden

emblazon

emotion

englishman

emulsion

enlighten

enliven

equation

equations

equating

erection

eruption

erosion

estimate

excision

exaction

everyone

evasion

exception

etruscan

exceeding

exemption

exertion

exciting

excretion

excursion

exclusion

exhaustion

expansion

fabian

extortion

excitement

expression

expulsion

explosion

extender

extenders

extension

extensions

extinction

extinctions

extinguish

extensive

extinguished

extraction

extrusion

fastener

fasteners

ferryman

fenian

fastening

fastenings

feminine

fixation

fisherman

fictional

fijian

filtration

flirtation

forbidden

flotation

foramen

formation

foundation

franciscan

forewoman

forgotten

freemason

fruition

frustration

fustian

galleon

freudian

gaussian

gestation

ghanaian

gentleman

genuine

gillian

estimates

gradation

gordian

gravamen

gyration

guardian

grobian

guesstimate

guncotton

guesstimates

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

hesitant

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

harlequin

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

illusion

imagine

immersion

impression

impassion

implosion

imprison

irian

in-person

incision

inception

inaction

incursion

indian

induction

infection

infarction

inflation

inflection

infraction

ingestion

infusion

infliction

injection

inhuman

inscription

injunction

insertion

instruction

intention

intestine

invention

intrusion

invasion

inspection

inversion

jamaican

jacobin

italian

istanbul

javelin

jovian

kantian

lactation

julian

korean

keynesian

keratin

laurentian

laotian

lecithin

lanolin

lastingly

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

liechtenstein

lightening

listener

listeners

listening

logician

location

locations

locating

lumberman

macadam

lutheran

malayan

malaysian

magdalen

mandarin

marian

margarine

masculine

medallion

medicine

median

melanin

menhaden

migration

midshipman

mexican

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

narration

muskmelon

moroccan

mutation

myosin

nebraskan

niacin

nutrition

objection

nevadan

nemean

nightmarish

nicotine

nightingale

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

notation

norwegian

nubian

nonunion

obstruction

occasion

octillion

occlusion

occident

odeon

permian

opinion

oration

optation

origin

orion

parisian

ovation

overdone

overrun

outspoken

oxygen

overman

ottoman

parthian

partisan

pavilion

percussion

perception

pentathlon

pelican

perfection

perfusion

proscription

phrygian

peterman

plebeian

plantation

policeman

porcelain

postnatal

postmaster

post-mortem

postmasters

proportion

precaution

precession

inclusion

preclusion

prediction

preemption

prescription

precision

pretension

prevention

privation

probation

profusion

presumption

projection

persuasion

prostration

protean

perversion

pseudonyms

pseudonym

puritan

questioner

quotation

ramadan

questioners

reaction

reactions

questionnaires

questionnaire

rebellion

reception

redemption

rectangle

rectangles

reflection

rejection

relation

regimen

reopen

repression

reptilian

residence

resident

residents

restriction

resumption

resection

retention

reunion

revision

reversion

retraction

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

right-handed

rotation

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

scythian

seclusion

seduction

sectional

sensation

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

solomon

specimen

stagnation

snapdragon

starvation

submersion

subscription

suburban

subtraction

subversion

succeeding

suggestion

suspension

superman

sumatran

syrian

sustenance

talisman

taxation

tamarin

systemic

temptation

tectonics

tectonic

thespian

venison

testament

testaments

ticketing

toboggan

transaction

timberman

transcription

transmission

tuition

transgression

translation

transfusion

truncation

unwritten

unbutton

uneven

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unbroken

unison

vacation

vacations

uterine

toastmaster

vatican

vibration

visiting

vermilion

veteran

victimize

stygian

vocation

vocations

vitamin

wesleyan

waterman

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

academies

academics

academy

acclimation

acclamation

accidental

academic

accordion

accusation

activation

adaptation

actionable

admiration

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

arabian

agrarian

alabaman

altercation

allegation

allocation

algerian

alteration

alternation

arbitration

aldebaran

albanian

ammunition

algonquian

american

amphibian

amputation

annotation

annexation

appellation

animation

apparition

apprehension

application

approbation

appalachian

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

assyrian

aspiration

assemblyman

astonishing

astonishment

athenian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calibration

calculation

californian

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

chameleon

celebration

centurion

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

cogitation

coloration

collocation

collodion

combination

coloradan

comedian

commendation

columbian

competition

committeeman

comparison

commutation

compilation

compensation

complication

computation

concentration

condemnation

condescension

condensation

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

confrontation

comprehension

congregation

connotation

consecration

constellation

conservation

consolation

constipation

consternation

constitution

conjugation

consultation

consummation

contradiction

contraception

contemplation

contravention

contribution

contrarian

convolution

conversation

coronation

convocation

copernican

corp.

corporation

corinthian

copenhagen

correlation

cotyledon

cultivation

criterion

culmination

crocodilian

crucifixion

custodian

customary

customizes

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

dedication

defamation

decompression

decoration

deconstruction

degradation

deformation

dehydration

delegation

demarcation

gregorian

demonstration

depravation

depredation

deportation

deprivation

dereliction

designation

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desecration

desperation

destination

destinations

destitution

detonation

devolution

deviation

devastation

dictionary

dictionaries

devonian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

dichotomy

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

dissipation

dispensation

disputation

dissertation

dissolution

distillation

distinguishes

distinguishing

distinctively

distribution

dominican

divination

domination

draconian

duplication

education

elevation

electrician

elocution

emigration

emanation

elongation

embarkation

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

estimation

estimable

estimated

estimations

estonian

evolution

estonians

european

estimator

eustachian

evocation

estimators

excavation

exceedingly

exhalation

excitation

expedition

exclamation

execution

exhibition

exhortation

extradition

fabrication

exhumation

expiration

expectation

explanation

explication

exposition

extendible

exploration

extenuate

extensively

extinguisher

extinguishers

extinguishment

exploitation

extrication

fascination

fallopian

fibrillation

federation

fermentation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

germination

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

gravitation

graduation

granulation

gorgonian

greco-roman

habitation

guatemalan

hesitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

hesitancy

hesitantly

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

herculean

ideation

hyperion

hydrocarbon

iberian

hypertension

ibuprofen

illustration

imitation

immigration

immolation

imperfection

implication

importation

implantation

imputation

impregnation

inattention

innovation

inclination

incarnation

inquisition

indication

incrustation

indecision

indiscretion

incubation

indignation

indentation

indexation

indigestion

indonesian

inhalation

infiltration

infestation

inflammation

information

inhibition

incantation

instigation

institution

insulation

insurrection

integration

interdiction

intercession

installation

inspiration

interaction

interception

interjection

intuition

intermission

intersection

interruption

interurban

intervention

intimation

intonation

introduction

introspection

interwoven

inundation

invitation

invocation

iranian

irritation

irrigation

isolation

iteration

jacobean

isotonic

jurisdiction

jordanian

jubilation

laceration

kindergarten

legislation

legitimate

limitation

legitimize

levitation

lancastrian

liberian

leviathan

liberation

librarian

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

machination

macedonian

malnutrition

malformation

mammalian

manumission

maturation

masturbation

medication

meditation

melanesian

mediation

meridian

miseration

menstruation

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

misdemeanor

misdemeanors

republican

missourian

mitigation

moderation

modulation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

motivation

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

newtonian

nestorian

nomination

nicaraguan

nigerian

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

oblivion

obligation

observation

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

occidental

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

oxidation

operation

ordination

orchestration

oscillation

ostensible

ostensibly

ostentation

ovulation

overburden

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

penicillin

penetration

pelagian

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

pigmentation

planarian

perturbation

plutonian

polynesian

population

polyhedron

posthumously

praetorian

precondition

preconception

predetermine

predilection

preelection

preparation

preservation

presentation

profanation

proclamation

procreation

propagation

prosecution

protozoan

protestation

publication

readmission

provocation

punctuation

questionable

realization

radiation

reassertion

reawaken

recantation

recognition

recollection

recitation

reclamation

reconstruction

recreation

rectangular

reelection

regulation

reexamine

refutation

reformation

registration

relaxation

relocation

reinspection

renovation

reparation

prostitution

repercussion

peruvian

replication

reproduction

misperception

reputation

respiration

rhetorician

residency

residential

resignation

reservation

residences

residencies

resolution

restitution

restoration

resurrection

revelation

retardation

retrocession

retribution

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

violation

samaritan

rumination

saturation

sanitation

satisfaction

sectarian

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

siberian

shakespearean

sicilian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

suffocation

superstition

supervision

superhuman

surrogation

testimonies

syndication

syncopation

titillation

sustainable

tabulation

tamoxifen

termination

tasmanian

ventilation

testimony

trepidation

toleration

transformation

transportation

transplantation

tribulation

ulceration

valerian

vacillation

vaccination

usurpation

utopian

variation

validation

valuation

vegetation

veneration

tetrahedron

victorian

vindication

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

academicians

academically

acceleration

accommodation

accidentally

accreditation

adjudication

administration

affiliation

adulteration

agglomeration

accumulation

alliteration

alleviation

alienation

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

amplification

annihilation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

anticipation

argumentation

articulation

argentinian

association

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

attenuation

augustinian

authorization

authentication

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

canonization

carolinian

cauterization

certification

centralization

civilization

christianization

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

collaboration

cohabitation

colonization

commemoration

communication

conciliation

concatenation

configuration

confederation

confabulation

carthaginian

centenarian

conglomeration

consideration

consolidation

continuation

contamination

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

customarily

decapitation

deceleration

congratulation

decomposition

defenestration

deification

degeneration

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

denunciation

depreciation

denomination

depopulation

desalination

desegregation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissemination

dissatisfaction

distinguishable

dramatization

domestication

dissociation

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

elimination

electrocution

elizabethan

emancipation

equalization

eradication

enumeration

epicurean

equivocation

evacuation

evaporation

evaluation

exaggeration

exacerbation

ethiopian

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

extenuating

exfoliation

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

imagination

immunization

ionization

illumination

improvisation

inactivation

incineration

inauguration

incrimination

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

incarceration

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

incorporation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

investigation

irradiation

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

justification

legalization

legitimacy

legitimately

legitimizes

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

lusitanias

macedonians

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

manifestation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

mummification

multiplication

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

obliteration

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

normalization

notification

nullification

nonsectarian

negotiation

oregonian

ossification

pacification

organization

origination

orientation

ornamentation

overproduction

panamanian

pasteurization

participation

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

prognostication

proliferation

proletarian

pronunciation

precipitation

purification

qualification

pythagorean

quantification

ratification

ramification

reactionary

reactionaries

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

recuperation

refrigeration

reforestation

regeneration

reiteration

rejuvenation

reintegration

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

specialization

stratification

representation

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

systematically

sterilization

theologian

verification

testamentary

testimonial

testimonials

triangulation

unitarian

unification

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

repudiation

yugoslavian

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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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  • Bulb
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