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

aching

acting

affines

aging

ailing

airing

angling

arching

arming

asking

belling

belting

bending

backing

bagging

awning

avenge

baboons

baiting

baking

banding

banging

barring

batting

beaming

bearing

beating

bedding

bathing

basting

banking

beading

beijing

being

bidding

billing

biting

birthing

bitching

binding

blaring

blazing

bleeding

bleeping

blessing

blocking

bleaching

blasting

blending

blinding

blowing

blushing

boarding

boasting

biding

bolting

boiling

bowing

bonding

bouncing

bounding

boring

boxing

bracing

braiding

branching

braving

brawling

breaking

breeding

brimming

breathing

breasting

breeching

broiling

bucking

budding

brushing

buckling

building

bulging

burning

burping

caning

buying

bunting

butting

calling

calming

camping

cabins

carling

carping

carving

casing

caulking

ceiling

catching

cavins

chanting

chasing

charming

cheapens

chilling

chipping

chirping

chopping

churning

cleaning

clearing

climbing

clanging

clipping

clothing

clogging

clucking

coaching

coasting

clocking

coaxing

cocking

codding

coffins

coiling

colling

couching

coming

coppins

costing

cracking

coupling

coursing

crackling

coupons

crashing

craving

creaking

creeping

daring

casting

crowing

cribbing

crossing

crushing

crying

cubans

cuddling

culling

cunning

cresting

curling

cutting

damning

diving

dancing

dashing

darling

daunting

dawning

dealing

deepens

defence

defense

defunct

defines

derring

dicing

digging

dilling

dining

dipping

dishing

dobbins

docking

drafting

draining

dressing

drawing

dragging

drilling

dripping

driving

dropping

drugging

drumming

dubbing

ducking

drying

duckling

drinking

dumpling

dwelling

earning

earring

easing

dyeing

dying

earthling

eating

eking

edging

ending

erring

etching

flowing

evening

evens

evince

facing

fading

failing

falling

fainting

farthing

folding

farming

fining

faulting

feeling

fehling

feigning

fighting

filing

filling

fetching

fencing

fielding

finding

flitting

flogging

feeding

firing

fitting

flagging

flaring

fleeting

fishing

flashing

fixing

fledgling

flaming

fleming

flooding

flooring

flushing

founding

foiling

flying

fucking

forcing

fraying

glowing

freaking

forging

forming

framing

foundling

franking

freezing

frosting

funding

going

galling

gaming

gadding

golding

frying

gassing

gearing

ginning

girding

getting

giving

gilding

glancing

givens

glaring

glazing

glinting

gibbons

golfing

grafting

scolding

grading

grayling

grating

grazing

greeting

grounding

grieving

groundling

greening

grappling

grasping

grinding

growing

hosting

gunning

gushing

hanging

harping

handling

hamstring

happens

hatching

healing

hopping

heading

hearing

hounding

havens

having

heating

heaving

herring

hiding

heckling

helping

heavens

hilling

holding

hissing

hitting

hogging

hoarding

hipbones

horning

hugging

humming

hurting

icing

jerking

hurling

inning

jarring

hunting

jeering

jetting

inkling

jailing

japans

jogging

jutting

keeping

judging

jumping

keeling

kenning

kevins

kicking

killing

knitting

knocking

knowing

kipling

kindling

lifting

lading

lagging

lapping

leaking

lamping

landing

leading

lashing

lasting

leaning

latching

lawing

leaping

laying

launching

learning

leasing

leavens

legging

lemming

licking

levins

levens

lighting

liking

lining

listing

living

loathing

logging

lodging

longing

lending

lowing

livings

lopping

loring

loving

madding

lying

mailing

making

lovings

lumping

lunching

mapping

matting

meeting

malting

matching

lightning

marking

marching

meaning

scraping

mining

missing

merging

milling

mincing

minding

melting

piling

molting

morphing

moulding

mocking

morning

mounting

mourning

mowing

mugging

nagging

napping

nanking

muffins

nestling

netting

nodding

nursing

nothing

nipping

nutting

offspring

opens

opines

pining

ousting

owing

pacing

packing

padding

pairing

panning

paging

painting

panting

pimping

ovens

parking

parting

pending

paring

passing

paving

peaking

patching

paying

peeing

pegging

petting

phasing

phrasing

pelting

picking

piercing

pinching

piping

planking

scheming

planting

pippins

pleading

pleasing

plodding

plugging

plumbing

playing

plaything

pointing

posting

pouncing

plating

popping

pounding

pressing

praying

preaching

priming

printing

pushing

putting

quaking

prying

puffins

purging

pumping

quilling

quilting

rafting

racing

racking

railing

raising

raking

raging

rambling

raving

reading

ravens

ravines

roasting

resting

refines

rifling

ribbing

rigging

rising

ringing

ribbons

riding

roaring

robbins

revenge

robins

rounding

rovings

rocking

rubbing

running

sacking

romping

sagging

sailing

saving

scaling

scarring

saying

salting

sapling

savings

scalping

scavenge

schilling

pitching

scorching

scratching

screening

screaming

seating

seeling

seeming

searching

seeing

seedling

seizing

yielding

sewing

shafting

setting

shading

sevens

sharking

shaving

shearing

shedding

shifting

sheeting

shelling

shilling

sheathing

shelving

shining

shavings

shipping

shirting

shocking

shoestring

serving

showing

shuffling

shoring

shredding

shrinking

siding

sighting

signing

sighing

shunting

sitting

sibling

singing

sinking

siphons

sizing

skilling

skimming

skirting

slanting

slapping

slating

sledding

sleeping

sliding

slighting

slitting

slotting

slouching

smacking

smelling

snapping

sneaking

sneezing

smelting

snarling

snoring

soaring

sobbing

sopping

sparing

something

sounding

spanish

soybeans

spangle

spanking

speaking

sparkling

sparling

spelling

spending

spencer

spencers

sperling

sphincters

spinning

spinster

squeezing

spongy

sponges

sponsors

spurling

sponsor

stacking

springing

squinting

staging

sprinkling

spunky

stalling

stating

staving

stealing

sporting

stamping

standing

starling

starting

steering

sterling

sticking

stinging

stripping

scrimping

stocking

stopping

straining

strapping

streaming

striking

stitching

stretching

storming

straddling

stripling

sphincter

striving

strutting

stunning

stinking

stirring

sucking

suckling

swaying

swearing

sweating

sweeping

sweeting

swelling

swimming

tacking

switching

tackling

tailing

taking

talking

tanning

teaching

tamping

tasting

taunting

teaming

teeming

teething

tempting

testing

throwing

thrilling

thrashing

thrusting

thumping

thinking

ticking

toasting

tiding

tipping

tithing

topping

tossing

tilting

toppings

touching

tracing

trading

trailing

trifling

training

tricking

trilling

trimming

tripping

trucking

trusting

turning

twining

trying

tying

twisting

typhoons

telling

wading

veering

veiling

viking

voiding

vying

waiting

vaulting

vesting

waking

walking

walling

waning

wanting

wapping

wearing

washing

yearling

warling

warming

warning

warping

wasting

yearning

weakling

webbing

wedding

weeding

weeping

weavings

weighing

whopping

weaving

whacking

whaling

wheeling

whipping

whirling

westling

whistling

wincing

wellspring

whiting

willing

winning

whitling

wielding

wilding

winding

wiring

wording

working

wrecking

writing

wishing

witching

wringing

wrestling

yachting

yaupons

yelling

weapons

3 syllable words

abounding

abiding

according

absorbing

accenting

abeyance

accusing

affecting

adoring

afflicting

adjoining

admiring

amusing

approving

annoying

alarming

alluring

alerting

aligning

amazing

annealing

appalling

appealing

anything

approaching

agreeing

arresting

arranging

arriving

assuming

assuring

ballooning

asserting

badgering

backbiting

attracting

backsliding

avenger

avenues

baffling

battering

battening

astounding

becoming

befitting

beholding

beginning

beguiling

bettering

believing

belonging

ascending

besetting

beseeching

aspiring

besieging

bickering

billowing

blackmailing

blanketing

blistering

bloodletting

bloodsucking

blossoming

blundering

blustering

bookkeeping

bottling

brainwashing

broadcasting

buffeting

bullying

carousing

bubonic

bubbling

bullfighting

bundling

canoeing

butchering

bushwhacking

bustling

bungling

campaigning

caressing

cackling

carjacking

bumbling

carpeting

carrying

centering

challenging

chattering

channeling

childbearing

churchgoing

coloring

colouring

confiding

commuting

composing

commanding

complaining

completing

compounding

complying

concurring

conceding

concerning

conflicting

conforming

conjuring

conquering

connecting

conserving

consulting

confusing

consuming

conveying

converging

contacting

convincing

contracting

cowering

copying

confounding

correcting

comforting

covering

counseling

cradling

crusading

crocheting

crippling

cushioning

dairying

cycling

damaging

dampening

darkening

defusing

deafening

debating

declining

decreasing

deadening

defiance

defenses

defensive

degrading

delighting

deserving

designing

departing

descending

despairing

detailing

dialing

deviance

discerning

disarming

disguising

dissecting

disgusting

dissenting

dissolving

dissembling

distracting

distressing

diverging

diverting

dividing

divining

doddering

doubling

downsizing

dressmaking

drizzling

dumbfounding

flowering

dwindling

easterling

echoing

eavesdropping

ensuing

emitting

entering

emptying

enclosing

enduring

engrossing

endearing

engaging

engraving

enlisting

enticing

enchanting

equating

erecting

exceeding

erupting

exciting

everything

exacting

excepting

exhausting

existing

expelling

expiring

expanding

exploring

exulting

factoring

faltering

favoring

feathering

flattering

flavoring

fastening

fingering

finishing

foreboding

forbidding

fondling

forecasting

forgiving

forwarding

forthcoming

freewheeling

following

glowering

galloping

gambling

gardening

frustrating

gathering

glimmering

glistening

good-looking

governing

groundbreaking

hardening

happening

hairdressing

handwriting

hardworking

harvesting

highflying

heartbreaking

housekeeping

housewarming

imposing

impending

improving

imprinting

infighting

imploring

incoming

increasing

importing

installing

insulting

interesting

issuing

ironing

invading

inviting

inspiring

investing

japanese

jockeying

inserting

javanese

journeying

juggling

abducting

life-giving

lactating

lamenting

languishing

landholding

landscaping

layering

laundering

lawmaking

leavening

lettering

lessening

leveling

libyans

lingering

laboring

kidnapping

listening

locating

lowering

lovingly

lumbering

maddening

machining

lightening

marketing

marshaling

matchmaking

maturing

measuring

meddling

mellowing

consoling

constricting

middling

misgiving

misleading

mistaking

motoring

mothering

modeling

mottling

movingly

murmuring

narrowing

muscling

mumbling

neighboring

nerve-racking

neutering

newfangle

newfangled

nourishing

networking

observing

offensive

offering

opening

opining

obliging

offsetting

ongoing

oncoming

opposing

ordering

outfitting

outgoing

outlying

outpouring

outstanding

parceling

misspelling

paneling

papering

painstaking

pardoning

patrolling

peddling

pervading

persisting

perplexing

pickering

piddling

pilfering

peppering

pitying

plastering

polluting

pondering

powdering

preceding

presiding

prevailing

proceeding

profiling

reducing

profiting

provoking

pronouncing

promising

quarreling

quickening

polishing

railroading

raveling

rabbinic

reasoning

reckoning

ravishing

reclining

recording

refreshing

reflecting

regarding

relieving

rendering

repeating

relapsing

resisting

reopens

respecting

retiring

reviving

revolting

revenues

rejoicing

reversing

riveting

revolving

rumbling

scattering

scaffolding

savannas

scavenger

scavengers

scavenging

scrambling

diapering

seducing

seagoing

scribbling

shadowing

settling

shimmering

shipbuilding

shoplifting

shortening

shortcoming

sickening

sizzling

sleepwalking

smattering

souring

softening

sojourning

soldiering

soldering

spangler

spongiform

sponsorship

sponsorships

stiffening

strengthening

seasoning

suffering

stuttering

succeeding

surpassing

submission

submissions

submissive

subpoenas

surrounding

surveying

surviving

sweetening

tabling

tailoring

tapering

surprising

tempering

uprising

threatening

thundering

ticketing

tinkering

tinkling

towering

tormenting

toweling

traversing

trembling

transporting

trumpeting

tumbling

typesetting

typewriting

twinkling

unbending

vanishing

thanksgiving

undoing

thickening

visiting

underling

unfailing

unfeeling

unflinching

vomiting

unwilling

unwitting

upsetting

unyielding

unthinking

undying

unsparing

wagering

varying

wandering

warehousing

watering

weathering

well-being

whispering

winnowing

wrongdoing

withering

whitening

yellowing

4 syllable words

abnegation

activating

advertising

admonishing

aggravating

agonizing

agitating

annotating

appetizing

awakening

babysitting

avuncular

barbecuing

astonishing

bewildering

bicycling

calculating

captivating

centralizing

chauvinism

chauvinistic

circulating

coexisting

complicating

conditioning

condescending

copenhagen

corresponding

defensible

defensively

delegating

detonating

diagnosing

developing

devastating

disabling

disappearing

disapproving

discouraging

denigrating

disengaging

disconcerting

disheartening

dispiriting

disparaging

distributing

distinguishing

disappointing

domineering

edifying

embarrassing

emphasizing

encouraging

energizing

encircling

enlightening

engineering

encompassing

enterprising

entertaining

enveloping

euphemism

euphemisms

evanescence

evanescent

evangelist

evangelists

evangelize

executing

everlasting

examining

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fascinating

dominating

gratifying

hesitating

inhibiting

implicating

inheriting

inquiring

interlocking

integrating

intersecting

interviewing

irritating

japonica

laminating

legislating

liberating

maximizing

fluctuating

moderating

mountaineering

never-ending

nonrecurring

notwithstanding

notifying

oceangoing

obviating

occupying

operating

oscillating

overflowing

overruling

overlying

overbearing

overcoming

overlapping

overpowering

overrating

overhauling

overwhelming

parachuting

overarching

palpitating

patronizing

persevering

petitioning

penetrating

partitioning

mitigating

pioneering

rabbinical

realizing

reentering

registering

merchandising

speechifying

suffocating

separating

unassuming

unavailing

unbecoming

unbelieving

underlying

waterproofing

underpinning

undertaking

underwriting

vacillating

undulating

unremitting

unrelenting

understanding

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word roofing

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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

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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.

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  • Bulb
  • Wolf
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