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

acres

action

acton

accrues

airman

alan

alban

agrees

alman

amman

apron

ashen

asian

aspen

arson

askers

atman

assures

auction

augers

bacon

austin

augurs

backrests

backrest

backers

beckon

bagman

baron

barren

banyan

bargain

barton

baldwin

basin

bason

bastion

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

bakers

beaten

beckers

belgian

auden

beggars

begun

bellman

bellon

bickers

bisson

bludgeon

billman

billon

bison

bitten

boatman

bookman

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bolden

bollen

bookers

brakeman

bracken

bordman

bourbon

boston

boughten

bowman

boxers

brazen

biggers

brethren

breton

burden

briton

broken

burdon

brighten

bullion

broaden

brogan

buggers

burgeon

bushman

burman

burton

caisson

button

cabin

caesars

billion

cajun

calvin

caption

capstan

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

cashiers

caxton

caution

cayman

certain

chairman

chasten

chaplain

chapman

chasers

cheapen

checkers

chevron

chessman

chicken

christen

children

chosen

chieftain

chiggers

christian

churchman

cigars

citron

claxon

charon

classman

clinton

coachman

cockroach

common

canaan

colon

cookers

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

cousin

craftsman

crimson

cowan

cougars

craven

crouton

cushion

cretin

curtain

cuban

crewman

cumin

dampen

dagon

daman

dalton

daggers

damson

darken

deaden

deafen

dagan

deacon

decries

decrees

decreased

decrease

deepen

degrees

delphian

demon

desman

devon

diction

diggers

discharge

disgraced

disgrace

discourse

disgorge

dozen

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dickers

dian

dockers

draftsman

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

dustman

dudgeon

earthen

dragon

ensign

driven

emption

engine

dromon

eggers

eaten

dossiers

ermine

gumption

eden

elan

flexion

faction

fashion

fasten

felon

faulcon

faustian

famine

fatten

fallen

falcon

fiction

fission

firman

fibrin

fireman

fielden

fishers

figures

fissures

flashgun

flatten

fakers

floren

foreman

foreign

fraction

fortune

fountain

freedman

freeman

freshen

freshman

friction

function

fusion

frozen

gallon

frighten

fuckers

gammon

garden

garron

gascon

georgian

gentian

german

gilden

gibbon

geysers

given

gladden

glisten

glidden

grandson

gluten

goodman

gorgon

graven

golden

gotten

grecian

gudgeon

footman

griffon

guardsman

guessers

guesswork

haitian

hackman

hackers

gushers

hangman

harken

hasten

harden

harten

happen

hausen

haven

hawkers

headman

headsman

heaven

hempen

henchman

heron

heighten

hessian

hetman

heathen

hidden

homespun

hogan

hookers

hoosiers

horseman

hearten

hoten

hoven

human

housewright

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

ibsen

hyson

housework

houseman

gowan

ion

jackman

jetson

jasmine

jason

jetton

jargon

jaegers

jaggers

joggers

jaguars

jordan

jokers

jorden

junction

keelson

kansan

kalan

kelson

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

klansman

kitchen

kitten

koshers

kenyan

lacrosse

lampron

kickers

laden

lagan

lakers

landman

landsman

lasers

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lessen

lengthen

lemon

lesion

lessors

leman

lesson

leven

linden

lichen

liken

linen

lightman

lineman

linemen

lighten

liman

lion

lisbon

listen

liqueurs

liquors

liven

locken

leaguers

london

loosen

loren

lopeman

longan

logan

lookers

losers

loggers

lotion

m1

luncheon

lynden

lyden

lugers

lumen

madden

magyars

maiden

mahone

mansion

marchman

mangan

margin

markman

marksman

marron

martian

matron

mason

marlin

marten

martin

mention

measures

majors

mayan

makers

melton

melon

lockman

mignon

milken

million

minion

minden

mischarge

mission

misers

nation

mitten

mixers

motion

morgan

mormon

moisten

molten

mountain

mousers

muffin

mullen

muckrake

muggers

muslin

mutton

lockers

nekton

newsman

negros

ninon

niggers

notion

norman

negroes

oarsman

oxen

onion

odin

often

olden

omen

open

ocean

option

organ

orphan

outrun

oven

outdone

othman

owen

occurs

pacers

pagan

pagers

paean

parson

panton

pardon

passion

passers

passman

pathan

patten

pavon

pectin

penguin

penman

pension

peon

patron

perron

persian

person

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

pickers

piecework

plankton

plantain

packman

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

poachers

portion

portman

ponton

postman

potion

packers

legion

pressman

prison

session

proven

prussian

pullen

pushers

quakers

question

quicken

racers

ration

raisers

raven

razors

rayon

rakers

recharge

reckon

reason

redden

region

recourse

rackers

rerun

research

resin

resource

ribbon

ridden

rickers

riden

rincon

rigors

risen

ripen

riven

robin

rockers

rogers

rockrose

sanction

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

runnion

russian

saffron

salesman

sadden

salmon

samson

santon

satan

satin

saxon

scullion

section

scallion

scissors

scotsman

seaman

season

scion

roman

secures

seedsman

saucers

selden

segars

semen

seizures

seekers

sequin

sermon

seton

seven

sexton

shaken

shrunken

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shorten

shaman

shotgun

shakers

shogun

showman

sicken

silken

siren

siphon

slacken

smarten

siggers

slogan

smitten

soften

sovereign

sovran

spartan

soldan

solon

spearman

sportsman

spokesman

squadron

spoken

squeakers

stallion

stallman

sodden

stepson

station

statesman

strengthen

stricken

stillion

stockman

striven

sylvan

steven

suasion

stiffen

suckers

suction

sucrose

sturgeon

sunken

sudden

sultan

sullen

summon

surgeon

sugars

sweeten

swollen

stolen

tension

syphon

taken

tarpon

tartan

talon

straighten

takers

tappen

tendon

taxers

teachers

teston

thicken

threaten

tillman

thousand

token

tighten

titan

tigers

toman

torsion

traction

townsman

toughen

treason

trillion

trodden

urson

tuscan

turban

tungsten

tubman

trojan

urchin

urban

undone

urine

union

users

ushers

triton

vegan

version

vision

vulcan

vicars

villain

visors

vouchers

workman

waken

warden

wagon

warren

wanton

watchman

washers

weapon

weaken

whiten

whiskers

whitson

wiccan

woodman

wheaten

wizen

woman

women

wooden

wickers

widen

wishers

woolen

woolman

worsen

written

woven

wagers

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abortion

abdomen

abrasion

abstraction

accession

absorption

abstention

acreage

acquires

addiction

addition

admission

adhesion

acumen

adoption

accretion

adsorption

adrian

aegean

affliction

aggressions

african

aggregate

aggregates

aggressive

aggressors

aggressor

alaskan

albion

albumin

aleutian

allusion

alien

alsatian

alderman

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

apportion

anyone

appian

arian

arkansan

attrition

ascension

aspersion

assassin

aryan

artisan

assertion

attention

asuncion

assumption

artesian

bedridden

awaken

australian

austrian

aversion

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

bakeries

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

beethoven

beholden

audition

benjamin

brazilian

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

bucharest

campion

capsaicin

causation

cardigan

castration

caucasian

cation

catalan

cartesian

carnation

cessation

chairperson

cetacean

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

cistercian

chilean

citation

civilian

cinnamon

citizen

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

coercion

cohesion

cognition

collagen

cockroaches

collegian

collision

collusion

completion

compression

combustion

commotion

communion

compulsion

commission

compassion

conception

compunction

companion

complexion

conduction

cambrian

concession

condition

concussion

confession

convention

convulsion

congestion

confusion

congressman

confucian

conjunction

conscription

constriction

construction

conviction

consumption

contagion

contraction

contention

contraption

contrition

contortion

contusion

conversion

conflation

declension

crestfallen

corruption

corsican

corrosion

cremation

crustacean

creation

countryman

councilman

croatian

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

decision

conclusion

concoction

decreases

decreasing

deduction

deflation

deletion

depletion

dentition

depiction

denizen

delusion

derision

description

detention

destruction

laurentian

desires

determine

carrion

abandon

devotion

dilation

dictation

digression

digestion

digressions

discipline

dilution

digresses

dimension

discharges

diffusion

discourage

discretion

discussion

disgraceful

disgorgement

discursive

discourses

dispersion

disregard

disrespects

disregards

disrespect

disruption

distraction

dissection

dissension

distinction

donation

distortion

dichroic

diversion

dominion

disunion

division

dorian

downtrodden

emulsion

duration

encryption

ejection

edition

egyptian

elison

emission

eleven

embolden

emblazon

emotion

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equation

elation

erosion

eruption

exception

etruscan

exaction

eviction

everyone

evasion

excision

eucharist

exemption

excursion

excretion

excursions

exercise

extraction

exertion

extension

extinction

exhaustion

flirtation

expression

expansion

explosion

expulsion

exorcists

exorcist

extortion

extrusion

fabian

feminine

fenian

ferryman

fisherman

fijian

fisheries

filtration

fixation

flotation

exclusion

foramen

formation

forgotten

forewoman

forbidden

foundation

franciscan

freemason

frustration

fruition

fustian

galleon

garrison

freudian

gestation

gentleman

genuine

ghanaian

gillian

gaussian

gradation

gordian

gravamen

guardian

grobian

gyration

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

horatian

horizon

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hickories

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

inception

ignition

immersion

imagine

illusion

impression

impassion

implosion

imprison

inaction

in-person

induction

incursion

inclusion

incision

indian

infarction

infliction

inflection

inflation

infraction

infusion

ingestion

injunction

inhuman

inscription

inspection

instruction

insertion

intention

invasion

invention

intestine

intrusion

inversion

italian

irishman

irian

issuers

jacobin

jamaican

jettison

javelin

jovian

kantian

julian

kayakers

guncotton

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

lanolin

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

licorice

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

luxuries

magician

magdalen

mazurkas

medicine

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

median

malayan

menhaden

melanin

mexican

midshipman

microscope

microscopes

migration

miscarriage

mischarges

mistaken

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

miseries

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

muckraker

mutation

myosin

nebraskan

negation

nutrition

nevadan

niacin

nemean

nitrogen

nobleman

notation

norwegian

nonunion

nubian

obsession

nonhuman

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

omission

octillion

odeon

opinion

oration

optation

ovation

optician

orion

origin

outspoken

overdone

ottoman

overman

overrun

oxygen

precession

parisian

partition

parthian

partisan

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

percussion

permission

permian

perfusion

physician

perversion

petition

persuasion

peterman

phoenician

phrygian

picaresque

plantation

policeman

plebeian

pollution

position

porcelain

precaution

precision

preclusion

prescription

predation

prediction

preemption

pretension

predestine

presumption

procession

prevention

production

privation

probation

projection

profession

propulsion

promotion

prostration

proportion

proscription

protean

provision

puritan

profusion

quotation

reaction

ramadan

recession

reception

rebellion

recision

reassures

redemption

reduction

rejection

rendition

regressions

regressive

regimen

relation

religion

remission

repression

resection

reptilian

requires

rescission

researches

researchers

researcher

rescuers

resourceful

resources

restriction

resurrect

retraction

resumption

retention

resurgent

resurgence

reunion

reversion

revulsion

rhodopsin

revision

rifleman

rotation

rosaries

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

sacrosanct

samoan

scorpion

scythian

secession

seclusion

secrecy

secretion

seduction

sedation

sedition

sensation

segregate

reopen

silicon

skeleton

singleton

simian

snapdragon

specimen

solution

solomon

stagnation

starvation

temptation

subversion

submission

subtraction

subscription

succession

submersion

suburban

stygian

suggestion

superman

sumatran

suspension

summation

suspicion

tamarin

tactician

syrian

talisman

taxation

technician

timberman

toboggan

transgression

transaction

translation

transition

tradition

transcription

transmission

transfusion

thespian

truncation

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

tuition

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

uneven

unison

vacation

uterine

vagaries

venison

vatican

venetian

vermilion

veteran

vibration

vocation

vitamin

volition

voyagers

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

adoration

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

absolution

abyssinian

accordion

accusation

acquisition

accuracy

accuracies

adrenaline

activation

admiration

adaptation

admonition

advocation

adulation

affectation

affirmation

agrarian

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

albanian

agriculture

alabaman

aldebaran

allocation

allegation

algonquian

algerian

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

ammunition

amphibian

amputation

apparition

annexation

application

annotation

appellation

appalachian

benediction

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

approbation

arizonan

armageddon

animation

armenian

aspiration

bifurcation

assemblyman

arthurian

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

calibration

bohemian

bolivian

calculation

businesswoman

defamation

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

circumspection

chameleon

circumvention

circulation

circumcision

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

coloradan

coloration

comparison

combination

commendation

committeeman

comedian

columbian

commutation

complication

composition

compensation

competition

compilation

comprehension

computation

condescension

condemnation

condensation

copernican

confirmation

constellation

confiscation

congregation

conservation

consecration

connotation

consolation

conjugation

confrontation

consternation

constipation

contraception

consultation

consummation

constitution

contrarian

contradiction

contravention

contemplation

contribution

conversation

convocation

conflagration

convolution

copenhagen

corp.

corinthian

coronation

corporation

concentration

correlation

crucifixion

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

decimation

darwinian

decompression

deconstruction

dedication

definition

desiccation

dehydration

delegation

degradation

designation

demolition

demonstration

deformation

demarcation

depravation

deportation

desecration

deposition

dereliction

derivation

depredation

deprivation

destitution

desolation

destination

detonation

devolution

devastation

deviation

devonian

dietitian

disaffection

disconnection

dilatation

diocesan

disinfection

diminution

discouragement

discourages

discouraging

disillusion

dislocation

disinflation

disposition

disrespectful

disputation

dispensation

dissertation

dissolution

dissipation

distillation

distribution

dominican

divination

domination

disorganize

emulation

draconian

duplication

education

egregiously

elocution

electrician

elevation

emanation

emigration

embarkation

elongation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

erudition

eritrean

estimation

estonian

evolution

european

eustachian

evocation

excitation

excavation

execution

exerciser

exercisers

exercises

exhortation

exhibition

exhalation

exhumation

exorcism

expiration

expectation

exploration

exposition

expedition

explication

exploitation

explanation

indiscretion

extradition

extrication

fermentation

fabrication

fascination

fallopian

figuration

fibrillation

fluoridation

floridian

foliation

fluctuation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gastrulation

exclamation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gravitation

gregorian

graduation

granulation

gorgonian

greco-roman

guatemalan

gargantuan

habitation

hesitation

hibernation

herculean

hemoglobin

hegelian

inattention

historian

himalayan

hungarian

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

ideation

illustration

imitation

immigration

impregnation

immolation

implication

imposition

importation

implantation

imputation

hydrocarbon

incantation

incarnation

inclination

incubation

incrustation

indecision

indexation

indication

indentation

indigestion

indignation

indonesian

information

infestation

infiltration

inflammation

inhalation

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

inspiration

institution

installation

instigation

interdiction

intercession

interception

intermission

integration

insulation

intervention

interruption

introspection

interurban

interwoven

intonation

introduction

intuition

intimation

inundation

invitation

invocation

iteration

irrigation

irritation

isolation

iranian

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

laceration

kindergarten

lancastrian

navigation

exorcisms

levitation

leviathan

liberation

liberian

librarian

liquefaction

lilliputian

limitation

litigation

maturation

liquidation

lubrication

locomotion

maccabean

macedonian

machination

masturbation

mammalian

malformation

manumission

medication

mediation

meditation

malnutrition

melanesian

menstruation

microcosm

micrographics

micrographic

microscopy

misbegotten

misconception

ministration

miscarriages

minnesotan

meridian

misperception

missourian

mitigation

moravian

moderation

modulation

molestation

motivation

mortification

mongolian

mutilation

napoleon

legislation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nicaraguans

nigerian

nomination

obfuscation

noblewoman

nonprescription

observation

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

nonpartisan

occupation

olympian

ohioan

octahedron

operation

opposition

ostentation

oscillation

overburden

orchestration

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

perforation

pedestrian

penetration

penicillin

pelagian

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

pigmentation

politician

plutonian

population

polynesian

polyhedron

praetorian

preconception

predetermine

presentation

preignition

preelection

premonition

proclamation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

proposition

publication

propagation

provocation

prosecution

protestation

protozoan

prostitution

punctuation

readmission

realization

reassertion

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self-deception

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shakespearean

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situation

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speculation

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termination

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theocracy

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vaccination

vacillation

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validation

vegetation

ventilation

valuation

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visitation

violation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

valerian

precondition

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abomination

acceleration

academician

accommodation

accreditation

adjudication

administration

accumulation

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agglomeration

affiliation

agricultural

alliteration

alienation

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amelioration

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amazonian

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amplification

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carolinian

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elizabethan

emancipation

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equalization

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eradication

ethiopian

evaporation

exaggeration

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excruciating

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exfoliation

exoskeleton

expatriation

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fertilization

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inauguration

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imagination

immunization

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ionization

jeffersonian

justification

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microscopically

microcomputer

microcomputers

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mischaracterize

misinformation

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modernization

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multiplication

neapolitan

nonintervention

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nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

notification

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nonsectarian

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organization

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pennsylvanian

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remuneration

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representation

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resuscitation

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russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

verification

vaporization

vegetarian

vilification

vicariously

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word resurrection

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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:

  • Month
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