Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word preceding.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 preceding.
2 syllable words

aching

acting

aging

ailing

airing

angling

airstrip

airstrips

arcades

archduke

arcade

arching

arctic

argot

arming

aroused

arrests

arrest

asking

awning

backing

baiting

banding

baking

banking

bagging

banging

basting

barring

bathing

batting

beaming

beating

bedding

bearing

beijing

binding

bidding

biding

being

bending

billing

belting

bouncing

belling

blasting

biting

bitching

blaring

blazing

bleaching

blinding

bleeping

blending

blessing

blocking

blooming

blushing

birthing

blueing

bluing

boarding

boasting

boating

bonding

boiling

bolting

bolling

boning

booming

blowing

booting

boozing

boring

bounding

bracing

boxing

bowling

bowing

bracket

braving

breaking

branching

brawling

breakdown

breakdowns

breakthrough

breakthroughs

brackets

braiding

breathing

briefing

breeching

breasting

brewing

brigade

breastplate

brigades

brisket

brimming

broiling

brooding

broking

brighten

browning

breasted

bristle

brightens

bristles

brightly

bristol

brocade

brookside

browsing

brocades

brucite

brushing

bruting

budding

buckling

building

bunting

bulging

burning

burping

buying

butting

calling

casing

caning

camping

carling

carping

carving

calming

casting

ceiling

catching

caulking

chafing

chanting

charming

chasing

chilling

chirping

choking

chopping

christian

chewing

christen

cherished

chipping

christians

churning

circuit

cleaning

clearing

climbing

clipping

clouding

clothing

cloaking

clocking

clogging

closing

clowning

clanging

clucking

coaching

coasting

codding

coiling

coaxing

coating

cocking

combing

coming

colling

circuits

crashing

cooking

cooing

cooling

coping

corkwood

correct

creaking

corrects

creeping

costing

craving

corset

cresting

coupling

coursing

crackling

cracking

couching

crested

cribbing

crossing

crooning

crowing

crochet

crickets

croquet

crusade

crooked

crusades

crushing

crustal

crusted

crusty

crying

cuddling

culling

crystal

crystals

cunning

curing

curling

cricket

cutting

bucking

damning

dancing

gaming

daring

dashing

daunting

dealing

darling

dawning

derring

dicing

digging

dilling

dining

dipping

direct

dishing

diving

docking

directs

dying

doing

draining

drafting

doting

doubting

dragging

drastic

earning

dressing

drawing

doorstep

drinking

dripping

driving

dropping

doorsteps

duckling

dumpling

drugging

drying

drumming

dubbing

ducking

dueling

drugstores

drugstore

during

driest

easing

earring

dyeing

earthling

earshot

eating

eking

drilling

dwelling

edging

ending

erased

erect

ergot

flowing

evening

etching

erstwhile

facing

fading

fainting

failing

farthing

falling

farming

faulting

finding

feeling

feigning

fencing

fehling

fighting

filing

filling

fining

firestone

firing

fishing

firstborn

firstly

first-rate

fitting

fixing

fleeting

flaming

flagging

flashing

fledgling

flaring

flooding

fleming

flitting

floating

flogging

flooring

fetching

flushing

foiling

folding

flying

erring

foaming

footing

erects

ergots

forcing

forestalls

forget

forests

forming

forster

founding

forging

forgot

framing

foundling

freestone

fraction

fractions

fracture

fractures

franking

forest

forestall

freaking

freezing

freighters

friction

freighter

frictions

frigate

frigates

frosting

fraying

frighten

frightens

frightful

frosted

frostbite

frigid

frostings

frosty

forgets

funding

gadding

frying

fruiting

fucking

fuming

frustrates

frustrate

fructose

slanting

galling

gilding

gearing

ginning

getting

girding

giving

glinting

golding

grading

glazing

glancing

glaring

glowing

going

grasping

gloaming

golfing

grafting

grappling

gorgets

grating

grayling

grazing

grinding

greening

greeting

grieving

grounding

groundling

grooming

grouping

grouting

gristle

hearing

growing

gunning

gushing

hamstring

handling

harping

greasewood

hanging

hatching

harassed

healing

having

heading

heating

heaving

hiding

hilling

gassing

heckling

helping

herring

hissing

icing

hoarding

holding

hounding

hitting

horning

hogging

holing

homing

hopping

hunting

horsetail

housing

hugging

humming

hurling

hurting

horsetails

hosting

horsehead

inkling

inning

hirsute

jailing

jeering

jarring

jerking

jetting

jogging

joking

keeling

kipling

jumping

judging

jurist

keeping

jurists

jutting

kindling

kicking

killing

kenning

knitting

knocking

knowing

lading

landing

lashing

lamping

lagging

lasting

lapping

launching

laughing

latching

lawing

laying

leaking

leaning

leaping

learning

legging

lemming

lending

lifting

licking

lighting

lightning

liking

lining

listing

living

loading

loaning

loathing

lodging

logging

looking

looming

looping

lopping

loring

losing

loving

longing

lowing

lumping

lunching

madding

mailing

making

lying

lyrist

malting

mapping

marching

market

markets

marking

meaning

meeting

melting

missing

minding

mincing

milling

mining

merging

molting

mocking

mooring

morning

morphing

moulding

mounting

mourning

moving

mowing

mugging

matting

nanking

nagging

napping

nestling

nodding

nipping

muting

netting

musing

nosing

nursing

offspring

nutting

offing

oozing

nothing

matching

ousting

outing

pacing

painting

padding

owing

packing

paging

pairing

panning

panting

pitching

orchid

parking

paring

parquet

parting

passing

peaking

peeing

pending

paving

paying

pelting

pegging

patching

phasing

phrasing

picking

petting

piercing

persuades

pimping

piling

pinching

pining

piping

pleasing

pointing

plating

plaything

playing

planting

planking

plodding

plugging

persuade

plumbing

poking

poling

polling

posting

pounding

pouncing

pooling

popping

pouting

preaching

practice

precedes

precede

practiced

practise

praying

prejudge

pressing

presides

preside

prestige

printing

pristine

priming

proceeds

proceed

priestly

priesthood

presto

proctor

proctors

slating

prying

pudding

prowling

pruning

puffing

pumping

orchids

prostate

pushing

quaking

putting

purging

quilling

quilting

raising

raking

raging

railing

rafting

racking

raving

rambling

racing

riding

resting

ribbing

rifling

rigging

rising

ringing

roaring

roasting

rocking

romping

rolling

rounding

sailing

saving

salting

sapling

rousing

roving

rubbing

ruling

running

sacking

sagging

scheming

saying

screaming

sheeting

roofing

scaling

sheathing

scolding

schilling

scalping

scorching

scarring

schooling

screening

shifting

scraping

seedling

seating

seeing

scrimping

searching

seeling

seeming

seizing

shading

shafting

sharking

serving

setting

sewing

shaving

shearing

screwing

shedding

scratching

shelling

shelving

shilling

shining

shoestring

shipping

shirting

shocking

shooting

shoring

showing

shredding

shrinking

siding

sibling

shrouding

sighting

signing

singing

sighing

shuffling

shunting

sinking

sitting

sizing

skilling

skimming

sleeping

sledding

prostrate

skirting

slapping

sliding

slighting

slitting

smelting

sloping

slotting

smacking

smelling

smoking

slouching

sneaking

smoothing

snapping

snarling

sneezing

sniffing

snoring

straddling

streaming

soaking

something

soothing

squeezing

stripling

soaring

speaking

spending

spinning

sparkling

sparling

sporting

spanking

sparing

spelling

sperling

springing

stealing

sounding

sopping

sprinkling

squinting

standing

stating

staving

staging

stamping

starling

starting

spurling

stacking

steering

straining

stalling

sticking

stinking

stinging

stitching

storming

sterling

stocking

stooping

stopping

stowing

stirring

striking

sobbing

strapping

stretching

stripping

striving

stroking

strutting

stuffing

stunning

purist

suckling

pursuit

suiting

suing

purists

tying

pursuits

sweeting

sweeping

swimming

switching

swaying

swearing

sweating

swelling

swooning

tailing

taking

tackling

tacking

talking

thinking

tamping

sucking

teething

tanning

target

tasting

teaming

teeming

teaching

testing

tempting

taunting

telling

thrilling

thrashing

throwing

thirsty

throughout

thruster

thrusters

tiding

thrusting

ticking

thumping

thursdays

thursday

tracing

tilting

trading

tithing

tipping

toasting

tossing

tooling

topping

touching

tourist

tourists

traction

training

tractors

tractor

trailing

tricking

tricksters

trestle

trickster

trifling

trilling

trusting

trimming

tripping

trucking

trustees

trustee

trying

twining

turning

targets

twisting

trusty

tubing

tuning

turgid

veering

vaulting

veiling

vesting

viking

voiding

wasting

waiting

wading

waning

vying

wanting

walling

wapping

warling

voting

waking

warming

walking

warning

warping

washing

weakling

wearing

weaving

weeping

wedding

weighing

webbing

whistling

wellspring

wheeling

westling

whaling

whipping

whacking

whirling

whitling

whiting

whooping

wilding

winding

wincing

willing

whopping

winning

wiring

wishing

wording

witching

working

workdays

workday

wrestling

worsted

wrecking

wrestle

wrestlers

wrestles

writing

wringing

yachting

yearling

yearning

yelling

3 syllable words

abiding

abounding

according

accenting

accusing

absorbing

adjoining

agreeing

admiring

afflicting

adoring

affecting

aerostats

aerostat

alerting

annealing

alluring

alarming

amusing

aligning

amazing

annoying

appealing

anything

appalling

approving

approaching

archetypal

archetype

archetypes

architrave

architects

ascending

arresting

arranging

arriving

arrogate

aspiring

asserting

assuming

assuring

astounding

attracting

backbiting

architect

backsliding

badgering

baffling

ballooning

barricades

barricade

barrister

barristers

battening

battering

befitting

becoming

beginning

beguiling

beholding

cycling

besetting

bickering

billowing

bettering

belonging

blanketing

blistering

blossoming

bloodsucking

blustering

blundering

bookkeeping

blackmailing

bottling

bloodletting

brainwashing

breakwater

broadcasting

bubbling

bullying

bumbling

bundling

bungling

bullfighting

bustling

bushwhacking

cackling

butchering

carrying

campaigning

canoeing

caressing

carousing

carpeting

carjacking

centering

churchgoing

channeling

challenging

character

completing

chattering

childbearing

cherrystone

cherrystones

christendom

christianize

buffeting

characters

colouring

commanding

coloring

comforting

cushioning

charcuterie

commuting

confiding

concerning

conserving

consoling

concurring

compounding

confounding

conjuring

composing

conflicting

confusing

connecting

conquering

conforming

consuming

constricting

consulting

contacting

converging

convincing

conveying

copying

correcting

corrective

correction

corrections

correctly

covering

complying

counseling

cradling

cowering

creosote

corrugate

crestfallen

crippling

crocheting

crusaders

contracting

crocodile

crocodiles

crusader

crustacean

crustaceans

cruzado

cruzados

crystalline

crystallized

crystallize

complaining

dairying

damaging

dampening

doddering

darkening

deadening

degrading

deafening

decreasing

defusing

declining

delighting

descending

despairing

deserving

designing

detailing

debating

departing

diapering

dialing

directive

direction

directions

directed

directly

director

directors

disguising

discerning

disarming

disgusting

dissecting

dissenting

diverting

dissembling

distressing

diverging

dissolving

distracting

divining

downsizing

doubling

dressmaking

easterling

drizzling

echoing

dumbfounding

dwindling

eavesdropping

emitting

emptying

enchanting

erecting

enclosing

endearing

ensuing

enlisting

enduring

engraving

engrossing

engaging

entering

enticing

equating

erection

erections

exciting

erupting

everything

exacting

excepting

expanding

expiring

existing

fastening

expelling

exploring

factoring

faltering

exulting

favoring

exhausting

feathering

forbidding

fingering

finishing

fireside

flavoring

flattering

flowering

following

fondling

galloping

foreboding

forecasting

foreshadow

foreshadows

forwarding

forested

foresters

forestry

forester

forgetful

forgiving

forthcoming

forgotten

fractional

frightfully

frustrating

frustration

frustrations

erector

gathering

glistening

glimmering

glowering

governing

good-looking

groundbreaking

happening

hardening

hardworking

harvesting

handwriting

hairdressing

highflying

gardening

abducting

heartbreaking

housekeeping

heuristics

housewarming

impending

imposing

heuristic

incoming

imprinting

imploring

importing

improving

increasing

infighting

inspiring

inserting

installing

insulting

interesting

invading

issuing

ironing

investing

inviting

irrigate

jockeying

journeying

juggling

kidnapping

laboring

landscaping

layering

lamenting

landholding

languishing

laundering

lawmaking

leavening

lessening

life-giving

lightening

leveling

lettering

lingering

listening

locating

lowering

lumbering

machining

maddening

marketing

marketer

marketers

marketings

marketplace

lactating

marshaling

misspelling

gambling

mellowing

measuring

meddling

matchmaking

misgiving

middling

mistaking

modeling

mottling

maturing

motoring

mothering

mumbling

murmuring

muscling

narrowing

narcotic

narcotics

neighboring

nerve-racking

neutering

networking

ongoing

opening

nourishing

offsetting

offering

observing

oncoming

obliging

opposing

opining

outfitting

outgoing

outpouring

outlying

outstanding

painstaking

papering

paneling

parceling

pardoning

parakeets

parasites

parakeet

parasite

peppering

patrolling

peddling

perplexing

peristyle

peroxide

persisting

pervading

persuaded

pickering

piddling

pilfering

pitying

ordering

plastering

polishing

polluting

pondering

powdering

practically

practical

precedent

precedents

precaution

precautions

practises

practices

prejudgment

prejudice

president

presidents

parachutes

prevailing

procedure

procedures

profiting

profiling

promising

pronouncing

parachute

prosody

prostheses

provoking

prosthetic

prosthetics

prostration

prostitute

prostitutes

surprising

quarreling

prostatic

quickening

railroading

raveling

ravishing

reasoning

regarding

rejoicing

resisting

rendering

respecting

reckoning

reflecting

reclining

relapsing

refreshing

revolting

revolving

recording

retiring

reversing

reviving

riveting

reducing

rumbling

scaffolding

scattering

scrambling

scavenging

scarcity

seasoning

seagoing

seducing

scribbling

settling

shadowing

shimmering

shipbuilding

shoplifting

shortening

shortcoming

sickening

sizzling

skyrocket

skyrockets

sleepwalking

smattering

sojourning

soldiering

soldering

souring

stiffening

strengthening

softening

stuttering

suffering

surpassing

sweetening

surrounding

tabling

surviving

surveying

thickening

tailoring

tapering

tempering

thanksgiving

theorist

theorists

targeted

surrogate

threatening

ticketing

thundering

tinkering

tinkling

toweling

towering

tormenting

tragedies

tractable

tragedy

transporting

unfeeling

traversing

trumpeting

trusteeship

trustworthy

twinkling

typewriting

typesetting

tumbling

undoing

unbending

underling

undying

trembling

unfailing

unsparing

unflinching

unthinking

varying

visiting

unyielding

unwilling

unwitting

upsetting

vanishing

varsity

variegate

versatile

wagering

vomiting

wandering

warehousing

watering

whispering

weathering

well-being

whitening

winnowing

withering

workaday

wrestler

uprising

wrongdoing

surrogates

yellowing

4 syllable words

activating

admonishing

agonizing

agitating

advertising

aggravating

annotating

appetizing

archdiocese

aristocrat

aristocrats

babysitting

awakening

barbecuing

astonishing

architecture

architectures

bewildering

bicycling

calculating

captivating

caricatures

caricature

characterized

characterize

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

condescending

conditioning

complicating

correctional

corregidor

corresponding

corrugated

crocodilian

crystallizes

devastating

denigrating

developing

diagnosing

delegating

detonating

directories

directional

disappearing

disengaging

disappointing

discouraging

disapproving

disconcerting

disheartening

directorship

disparaging

directorships

disabling

dispiriting

distributing

distinguishing

directorate

directory

dominating

domineering

emphasizing

edifying

embarrassing

encircling

encouraging

engineering

energizing

enlightening

encompassing

enveloping

entertaining

enterprising

ergotism

everlasting

examining

executing

fascinating

ferocity

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

forsythias

forgettable

fractionally

gratifying

hesitating

intersecting

inhibiting

inheriting

inquiring

implicating

integrating

interlocking

irritating

irrigation

jurisdictions

jurisdiction

interviewing

laminating

legislating

liberating

marketable

marketplaces

maximizing

merchandising

mitigating

moderating

mountaineering

never-ending

nonrecurring

obviating

occupying

oceangoing

notwithstanding

operating

notifying

oscillating

overarching

overbearing

overpowering

overruling

overhauling

overrating

overwhelming

overcoming

overflowing

overlapping

overlying

palpitating

parachuting

partitioning

patronizing

penetrating

persevering

petitioning

persuadable

pioneering

practicable

practitioner

practitioners

prehistoric

prejudices

presidio

presidential

presidencies

presidency

prejudicial

prostitution

realizing

reentering

registering

separating

speechifying

purgatory

suffocating

terrestrial

unbecoming

unassuming

surrogation

unbelieving

unavailing

underpinning

underlying

understanding

undertaking

underwriting

undulating

unrelenting

unremitting

vacillating

veracity

variegated

voracity

waterproofing

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Words that rhyme with the word preceding

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

Rhyming Dictionary


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