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

puffing

stuffing

airing

backing

awning

bagging

barring

batting

bearing

bedding

belling

bidding

biding

billing

biting

blaring

blessing

blushing

bunting

blocking

boring

brawling

briefing

bucking

brimming

browning

browsing

budding

brushing

buckling

butting

digging

calling

calming

caulking

chafing

chilling

chipping

chopping

clearing

climbing

clipping

clocking

clogging

clucking

clouding

clowning

codding

cocking

coming

colling

cooking

coupling

cracking

cribbing

crossing

cunning

crushing

culling

cutting

cuddling

curing

damning

dawning

daring

derring

dicing

dilling

knitting

dipping

drafting

diving

docking

doubting

dragging

dressing

drilling

drumming

dubbing

ducking

duckling

dripping

driving

dropping

drugging

during

dwelling

earring

flooding

dining

erring

fighting

falling

fehling

filing

filling

fitting

fining

firing

flagging

flaring

fleming

flitting

flogging

flooring

housing

humming

flushing

laughing

footing

fucking

funding

gadding

galling

gassing

gearing

getting

ginning

giving

glaring

golfing

hopping

gunning

grafting

grouting

gushing

hugging

jutting

having

heading

hogging

hiding

hilling

hissing

hitting

judging

hunting

icing

inning

jarring

jetting

jogging

jumping

lifting

herring

kenning

kicking

killing

knocking

lagging

lapping

liking

legging

lemming

licking

lighting

lining

lovings

padding

living

logging

looking

shuffling

lopping

loving

lumping

loring

madding

mapping

matting

milling

morphing

mining

mocking

missing

mooring

mugging

nagging

napping

netting

panning

nothing

rubbing

nipping

nodding

nutting

offing

outing

running

packing

pairing

petting

paring

passing

pegging

picking

piling

pining

piping

plumbing

plodding

plugging

popping

pouting

pressing

priming

prowling

putting

puffins

pumping

pudding

rafting

quilling

rifling

racking

ribbing

riding

rigging

rising

roaring

rocking

roofing

rousing

sniffing

shelling

sacking

sagging

scarring

schilling

setting

shafting

shearing

shedding

shifting

shilling

shining

shipping

shocking

shoring

shredding

shunting

shrouding

siding

sighting

signing

sitting

slapping

skilling

sizing

skimming

sledding

slighting

slitting

slotting

sliding

smacking

smelling

snapping

snoring

soaring

sobbing

sopping

sparing

spelling

spinning

stacking

stalling

steering

sticking

stocking

stopping

strapping

striking

stripping

striving

strutting

stunning

sucking

suckling

swearing

sweating

swelling

swimming

tacking

talking

tanning

telling

thrilling

thrusting

thumping

ticking

touching

tiding

tipping

topping

tossing

trifling

tricking

trilling

trimming

tripping

trucking

trusting

twining

veering

viking

wapping

walking

walling

webbing

wearing

wedding

wrecking

whacking

whipping

whiting

wiring

whopping

willing

winning

writing

yachting

yelling

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

acting

aching

affines

ailing

angling

arming

aging

arching

baking

asking

avenge

baiting

baboons

banding

banging

banking

bathing

basting

beading

beaming

beating

beijing

being

bending

bitching

belting

binding

birthing

blasting

blazing

blending

blinding

bleeding

bleeping

blowing

blueing

bluing

boarding

blooming

boasting

boating

boiling

bolling

bleaching

bonding

bolting

boning

bouncing

bounding

booting

boozing

bowing

bowling

boxing

breasting

bracing

braiding

braving

breaking

branching

breeding

breathing

breeching

brewing

booming

broiling

broking

brooding

bulging

building

bruting

burning

burping

buying

cabins

caning

carling

catching

carping

carving

casting

casing

ceiling

cavins

charming

chasing

camping

chewing

cheapens

chirping

choking

clanging

churning

cleaning

chanting

cloaking

closing

coating

clothing

coaching

coasting

coaxing

coffins

coiling

combing

cooing

cooling

couching

costing

coppins

darling

crashing

crackling

cresting

craving

creaking

creeping

crooning

crying

curling

crowing

coursing

coping

dashing

daunting

dealing

defence

deepens

defines

coupons

dancing

defunct

defense

cubans

heckling

dishing

dobbins

doting

doing

drawing

draining

drying

dueling

drinking

dumpling

earning

dyeing

dying

easing

eating

earthling

edging

ending

eking

etching

evince

evening

evens

farming

farthing

failing

fainting

faulting

fetching

fencing

finding

feeding

feeling

fielding

facing

fishing

fixing

flaming

flashing

fading

fleeting

floating

fledgling

feigning

flying

forcing

foaming

foiling

forging

folding

forming

founding

frosting

framing

freaking

freezing

fruiting

franking

foundling

fraying

frying

fuming

gaming

gibbons

gilding

glancing

girding

givens

glinting

glazing

gloaming

glowing

going

golding

grappling

grasping

grating

grayling

grazing

greening

greeting

grieving

flowing

grinding

grounding

grooming

grouping

harping

groundling

hanging

growing

holing

handling

hamstring

happens

hatching

healing

hearing

heating

heaving

havens

heavens

helping

hoarding

hipbones

holding

homing

horning

hounding

grading

hosting

hurling

hurting

inkling

jailing

jeering

jerking

japans

joking

kipling

keeling

keeping

kevins

kindling

lamping

landing

lading

lashing

lasting

knowing

latching

launching

lawing

leading

leaking

leaning

leaping

learning

leasing

laying

leavens

lending

levins

levens

lightning

lodging

longing

listing

livings

loading

loaning

loathing

looming

looping

lunching

lying

losing

malting

mailing

making

lowing

matching

marking

meaning

marching

melting

meeting

merging

mincing

minding

molting

morning

moulding

mounting

mowing

muffins

mourning

moving

muting

musing

nanking

nestling

nosing

nursing

offspring

oozing

ousting

opens

opines

ovens

painting

pacing

owing

panting

patching

parking

parting

paving

peaking

paying

pelting

pending

peeing

phasing

piercing

pimping

pitching

phrasing

poking

pinching

planting

plating

pleading

pleasing

planking

pippins

playing

plaything

pointing

poling

pouncing

pounding

printing

pooling

posting

pushing

praying

preaching

prying

pruning

purging

quilting

quaking

racing

railing

raising

raking

raging

polling

raving

reading

rambling

refines

resting

revenge

ribbons

ringing

robbins

roasting

robins

rolling

romping

ravens

rounding

ravines

roving

rovings

salting

sapling

sailing

saving

savings

saying

scalping

scaling

scavenge

scheming

schooling

scratching

scorching

scraping

scolding

scrimping

screaming

screening

seating

seeling

searching

seeing

seedling

seeming

screwing

seizing

serving

shading

sevens

sewing

ruling

shaving

sheeting

sheathing

shavings

shirting

sharking

sibling

shoestring

shooting

showing

sighing

singing

sinking

siphons

shrinking

slanting

skirting

slating

sleeping

slouching

shelving

sloping

smelting

snarling

smoking

sneaking

sneezing

smoothing

soaking

paging

something

sounding

spending

soothing

soybeans

spangle

sperling

spanish

spanking

sparling

speaking

sparkling

spencer

spencers

sphincter

sphincters

sponges

spongy

spinster

sponsor

sponsors

springing

sporting

spurling

squeezing

sprinkling

spunky

squinting

stamping

standing

starling

starting

stating

staving

stealing

sterling

staging

stinging

stinking

stitching

stirring

stretching

storming

straddling

stripling

stooping

stowing

straining

streaming

stroking

suiting

suing

swaying

switching

tackling

sweeping

sweeting

swooning

tailing

taking

tamping

taunting

testing

teaming

teeming

teaching

tempting

tasting

teething

thinking

thrashing

throwing

tithing

tilting

toppings

tooling

toasting

tracing

trading

trailing

training

trying

twisting

tubing

turning

tying

typhoons

tuning

vaulting

vesting

veiling

voiding

voting

vying

wading

waiting

waking

waning

wanting

washing

warling

warming

warning

warping

weaving

wasting

weakling

weapons

weavings

weeding

weighing

wishing

whistling

whaling

wheeling

whirling

westling

wellspring

whitling

wilding

wincing

winding

wielding

witching

whooping

wording

working

weeping

wringing

wrestling

yaupons

yearling

yearning

yielding

3 syllable words

abiding

abounding

according

accusing

absorbing

accenting

abeyance

appealing

abducting

adoring

affecting

appalling

adjoining

afflicting

admiring

agreeing

alerting

aligning

alarming

annoying

alluring

amazing

annealing

amusing

anything

approving

approaching

arranging

arresting

arriving

ascending

assuming

assuring

ballooning

aspiring

asserting

attracting

avenger

avenues

backbiting

backsliding

badgering

baffling

battening

battering

becoming

befitting

beginning

beguiling

astounding

beholding

believing

bettering

bickering

besetting

besieging

beseeching

billowing

blackmailing

blanketing

blossoming

blistering

bloodletting

blundering

bloodsucking

blustering

bottling

brainwashing

broadcasting

bubbling

bubonic

bullfighting

bullying

bumbling

bundling

bungling

bookkeeping

bushwhacking

bustling

butchering

belonging

cackling

canoeing

caressing

carjacking

carousing

carrying

carpeting

centering

childbearing

chattering

challenging

churchgoing

channeling

campaigning

coloring

colouring

comforting

commanding

commuting

complaining

composing

conforming

completing

concurring

concerning

confounding

conjuring

complying

compounding

confusing

conceding

confiding

connecting

conserving

consoling

conflicting

consulting

conquering

constricting

consuming

conveying

converging

convincing

dampening

contacting

copying

counseling

correcting

covering

cowering

cradling

crippling

crocheting

contracting

cycling

cushioning

crusading

dairying

damaging

deafening

debating

darkening

deadening

declining

decreasing

defusing

degrading

defenses

defiance

defensive

delighting

deserving

designing

detailing

departing

descending

despairing

deviance

dialing

diapering

discerning

disarming

disguising

dissecting

disgusting

dissembling

dissenting

dissolving

dividing

diverging

diverting

distressing

distracting

divining

doubling

doddering

downsizing

drizzling

dumbfounding

dressmaking

easterling

eavesdropping

echoing

dwindling

emitting

emptying

enclosing

enchanting

endearing

engaging

enduring

engraving

engrossing

ensuing

entering

exulting

enlisting

erupting

equating

erecting

everything

exceeding

exciting

exacting

excepting

existing

expiring

expanding

exploring

enticing

factoring

faltering

fastening

feathering

favoring

exhausting

fingering

expelling

finishing

flattering

flavoring

flowering

following

fondling

forbidding

foreboding

forecasting

forgiving

forthcoming

forwarding

freewheeling

galloping

gambling

gardening

gathering

glowering

glistening

glimmering

good-looking

governing

groundbreaking

happening

hairdressing

handwriting

hardening

heartbreaking

hardworking

highflying

harvesting

housekeeping

housewarming

juggling

frustrating

impending

incoming

imposing

insulting

importing

improving

imprinting

increasing

imploring

infighting

inserting

inspiring

installing

interesting

invading

investing

ironing

inviting

jockeying

japanese

javanese

issuing

journeying

kidnapping

lamenting

laboring

lactating

languishing

landholding

landscaping

layering

laundering

lawmaking

leavening

lessening

leveling

lettering

libyans

life-giving

lightening

listening

locating

lingering

lovingly

lumbering

maddening

machining

lowering

maturing

marketing

measuring

marshaling

matchmaking

meddling

mottling

mellowing

middling

misgiving

misleading

mistaking

modeling

mothering

misspelling

motoring

mumbling

murmuring

muscling

narrowing

neighboring

nerve-racking

networking

neutering

movingly

opposing

nourishing

offering

opening

observing

offsetting

offensive

oncoming

ongoing

newfangled

opining

ordering

outfitting

outgoing

outlying

outpouring

outstanding

painstaking

newfangle

obliging

paneling

papering

parceling

pardoning

patrolling

peddling

peppering

persisting

pervading

perplexing

piddling

pilfering

pickering

pitying

plastering

polluting

pondering

presiding

powdering

preceding

proceeding

profiling

profiting

promising

pronouncing

prevailing

provoking

quarreling

quickening

rabbinic

railroading

reasoning

reckoning

ravishing

recording

reducing

reclining

refreshing

reflecting

regarding

rejoicing

rendering

relapsing

relieving

repeating

retiring

reversing

reviving

resisting

revolving

respecting

revolting

revenues

reopens

raveling

riveting

polishing

savannas

scattering

scaffolding

scavenger

scavengers

scavenging

scribbling

seasoning

seducing

seagoing

settling

scrambling

shadowing

shimmering

shipbuilding

shoplifting

sickening

shortening

shortcoming

sizzling

sleepwalking

smattering

rumbling

souring

soldering

sojourning

soldiering

spangler

spongiform

sponsorship

sponsorships

stiffening

strengthening

stuttering

submission

subpoenas

submissions

submissive

succeeding

surpassing

surviving

surprising

surrounding

surveying

softening

sweetening

tabling

tailoring

tempering

tapering

thanksgiving

thickening

threatening

thundering

tinkling

tinkering

tormenting

toweling

towering

traversing

trembling

transporting

unfeeling

trumpeting

tumbling

twinkling

typesetting

typewriting

underling

unbending

unfailing

undoing

undying

vanishing

unwitting

unflinching

unwilling

uprising

upsetting

unsparing

unyielding

unthinking

varying

ticketing

vomiting

visiting

wagering

wandering

watering

weathering

warehousing

well-being

whispering

whitening

winnowing

withering

wrongdoing

yellowing

4 syllable words

abnegation

activating

admonishing

advertising

agonizing

annotating

aggravating

appetizing

agitating

awakening

babysitting

avuncular

barbecuing

astonishing

bewildering

bicycling

captivating

calculating

centralizing

chauvinism

chauvinistic

circulating

coexisting

complicating

conditioning

condescending

corresponding

copenhagen

delegating

defensible

defensively

detonating

devastating

denigrating

developing

diagnosing

discouraging

disapproving

disconcerting

disengaging

disheartening

dispiriting

disparaging

distributing

dominating

domineering

distinguishing

edifying

embarrassing

emphasizing

encircling

encompassing

encouraging

energizing

engineering

enlightening

enterprising

enveloping

euphemism

euphemisms

evanescence

evanescent

evangelist

evangelists

evangelize

everlasting

examining

executing

fascinating

fingerprinting

fireproofing

entertaining

gratifying

fluctuating

implicating

inheriting

inhibiting

inquiring

interlocking

interviewing

intersecting

irritating

japonica

integrating

disabling

laminating

legislating

liberating

disappointing

maximizing

mitigating

moderating

merchandising

mountaineering

notifying

nonrecurring

notwithstanding

occupying

oceangoing

obviating

oscillating

operating

overcoming

never-ending

overbearing

overflowing

overarching

overhauling

overlapping

overpowering

overlying

overrating

overwhelming

overruling

palpitating

patronizing

partitioning

parachuting

persevering

petitioning

penetrating

pioneering

rabbinical

realizing

reentering

registering

separating

disappearing

speechifying

suffocating

unassuming

unavailing

underlying

unbecoming

unbelieving

underpinning

undertaking

understanding

underwriting

undulating

vacillating

unremitting

unrelenting

waterproofing

hesitating

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word puffing

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