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

dubbing

rubbing

airing

awning

backing

bagging

barring

batting

bearing

bedding

belling

bidding

biding

billing

biting

blaring

blessing

blushing

bunting

blocking

boring

brimming

brawling

browning

browsing

brushing

bucking

budding

buckling

butting

digging

calling

calming

caulking

chopping

clearing

chilling

chipping

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

knocking

dipping

diving

docking

doubting

dragging

dressing

drugging

drilling

dripping

driving

dropping

drumming

ducking

duckling

during

dwelling

earring

erring

falling

fehling

fining

firing

filling

flushing

flooding

fucking

filing

fighting

fitting

flagging

flaring

fleming

flitting

flogging

flooring

footing

funding

dining

gadding

galling

gassing

gearing

getting

ginning

giving

glaring

gushing

gunning

grouting

hogging

hopping

having

heading

herring

hiding

hilling

hissing

hitting

lagging

housing

hugging

humming

hunting

icing

inning

jarring

jetting

kenning

jogging

judging

jumping

jutting

killing

knitting

kicking

lapping

legging

licking

lemming

lighting

laughing

liking

lining

living

padding

pouting

logging

looking

loving

lopping

loring

lovings

mooring

lumping

madding

mapping

matting

milling

mining

missing

mocking

mugging

napping

nagging

netting

nipping

nothing

nodding

nutting

offing

outing

packing

pairing

panning

paring

passing

pegging

petting

picking

piping

piling

pining

plugging

plumbing

plodding

popping

pressing

priming

prowling

puffing

putting

pumping

pudding

quilling

racking

rigging

riding

ribbing

rising

roaring

rocking

rousing

sacking

sagging

running

scarring

schilling

shearing

shedding

shelling

setting

shilling

shuffling

shunting

shining

shipping

sibling

shocking

shoring

shredding

siding

shrouding

sighting

signing

sitting

sizing

skilling

skimming

slapping

sledding

slighting

slitting

slotting

sliding

smacking

smelling

snapping

sniffing

snoring

soaring

sobbing

sopping

strapping

stopping

sparing

spelling

spinning

thrusting

stalling

stacking

steering

sticking

stocking

stuffing

stunning

striking

sucking

stripping

striving

strutting

suckling

thumping

swearing

sweating

swelling

swimming

tacking

talking

tanning

telling

thrilling

ticking

tiding

tipping

topping

tossing

touching

tricking

trilling

trimming

trucking

tripping

trusting

tubing

twining

viking

veering

whipping

whopping

willing

whiting

walking

walling

wapping

webbing

wearing

wedding

whacking

winning

wiring

wrecking

writing

yachting

yelling

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

aching

acting

ailing

angling

affines

arming

aging

arching

baking

asking

avenge

baboons

banding

baiting

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

boxing

booming

booting

boozing

bowling

bracing

bowing

braiding

breasting

braving

breaking

breeding

branching

breathing

breeching

brewing

briefing

broiling

broking

brooding

bruting

bulging

building

burning

burping

buying

cabins

camping

carling

caning

catching

carping

carving

casting

casing

cavins

ceiling

chafing

charming

chasing

chirping

chewing

cheapens

choking

clanging

churning

cleaning

chanting

cloaking

closing

coating

clothing

coaching

coasting

coaxing

coiling

combing

coffins

cooing

cooling

couching

costing

coppins

darling

crashing

crackling

cresting

craving

creaking

creeping

crooning

crying

curling

crowing

coursing

coping

dashing

daunting

dealing

coupons

cubans

dancing

deepens

defence

defense

defunct

defines

dishing

dobbins

doing

doting

drafting

draining

drawing

drinking

drying

dumpling

dueling

dyeing

dying

earning

easing

eating

earthling

edging

eking

feeding

feeling

ending

etching

fetching

evening

evince

farming

facing

fading

failing

farthing

faulting

fainting

feigning

evens

fencing

fielding

fishing

finding

fixing

flashing

flaming

fleeting

floating

fledgling

flying

foaming

foiling

flowing

folding

forcing

forming

founding

forging

frosting

framing

freaking

freezing

franking

foundling

fraying

fruiting

frying

gibbons

gilding

gaming

glancing

girding

givens

glazing

glinting

gloaming

glowing

going

golfing

grafting

grappling

grasping

grading

grating

golding

grayling

grazing

greening

greeting

grinding

grieving

grooming

grounding

grouping

groundling

growing

hanging

harping

handling

hamstring

happens

hatching

healing

hearing

heating

heaving

heavens

heckling

hipbones

hoarding

horning

havens

holding

holing

homing

hounding

hurling

fuming

hosting

inkling

jailing

japans

jeering

jerking

joking

lashing

keeling

latching

lawing

keeping

kevins

kindling

kipling

lamping

landing

lading

knowing

lasting

hurting

leading

leaking

leaning

leaping

learning

leasing

launching

laying

leavens

lending

lifting

levins

levens

lightning

helping

listing

livings

loading

longing

something

loaning

losing

loathing

lodging

lunching

lying

malting

mailing

making

marking

looming

looping

marching

meaning

meeting

lowing

melting

mowing

mincing

minding

matching

merging

morning

morphing

mounting

molting

moulding

mourning

moving

musing

muting

nanking

nestling

nursing

muffins

nosing

ousting

offspring

oozing

opines

ovens

owing

pacing

paving

paging

panting

parking

painting

patching

parting

peaking

paying

pelting

pending

opens

peeing

phasing

phrasing

pimping

pinching

pitching

piercing

planting

planking

pippins

plating

pleading

polling

pleasing

playing

plaything

pointing

poking

pooling

pouncing

poling

posting

pounding

praying

printing

prying

puffins

pushing

pruning

quaking

purging

quilting

rambling

rafting

racing

railing

raging

raising

raking

raving

reading

ravines

ravens

saving

saying

scaling

refines

ringing

resting

rifling

ribbons

revenge

robbins

romping

rolling

roasting

robins

roofing

rounding

roving

ruling

rovings

sailing

salting

sapling

savings

scalping

scheming

scorching

scratching

scrimping

schooling

scraping

screaming

screening

screwing

searching

scolding

seating

seeling

seeming

seizing

serving

seedling

sharking

shading

shafting

shaving

seeing

sewing

shavings

sevens

sheathing

sheeting

shelving

shifting

shrinking

shooting

showing

shoestring

sighing

singing

sinking

siphons

slanting

skirting

slating

sleeping

slouching

shirting

sloping

smelting

snarling

smoking

sneaking

sneezing

smoothing

soaking

preaching

scavenge

soothing

sounding

spanking

sparling

speaking

sparkling

spanish

sperling

spending

sponges

spencers

storming

spongy

sphincter

sphincters

spinster

sponsor

spencer

sponsors

springing

squinting

spurling

squeezing

sprinkling

spunky

staging

sporting

stamping

standing

starling

stating

staving

stealing

sterling

starting

stinging

stitching

stinking

stirring

stooping

spangle

stowing

straddling

straining

stripling

stroking

suiting

suing

swaying

sweeping

sweeting

switching

tackling

swooning

tailing

taking

stretching

thrashing

tamping

taunting

teaming

teeming

teaching

teething

testing

tempting

thinking

tasting

throwing

streaming

tilting

soybeans

tithing

toppings

tooling

toasting

tracing

trading

trailing

training

trifling

trying

tying

twisting

tuning

turning

typhoons

vying

vesting

vaulting

voting

wading

waiting

waking

wanting

warling

warming

waning

warning

warping

washing

weaving

wasting

weakling

weavings

weapons

weeding

weeping

weighing

westling

wellspring

whaling

wheeling

whistling

whirling

whitling

veiling

wilding

wincing

winding

whooping

wielding

wishing

witching

wringing

wrestling

wording

working

voiding

yaupons

yearling

yearning

yielding

3 syllable words

annoying

abounding

absorbing

abeyance

abducting

accenting

according

adoring

adjoining

admiring

appalling

accusing

affecting

agreeing

aligning

alluring

amazing

annealing

appealing

alarming

amusing

afflicting

alerting

anything

approving

approaching

arranging

arresting

arriving

ascending

assuming

assuring

ballooning

aspiring

asserting

attracting

avenger

avenues

badgering

baffling

backbiting

backsliding

battening

battering

becoming

befitting

beginning

beguiling

astounding

beholding

believing

bettering

bickering

besetting

besieging

beseeching

billowing

blackmailing

blanketing

blossoming

blistering

bloodletting

blundering

bloodsucking

blustering

bottling

bumbling

brainwashing

buffeting

broadcasting

bubonic

bullfighting

bullying

bundling

bungling

bookkeeping

bushwhacking

bustling

butchering

belonging

cackling

canoeing

caressing

carjacking

carousing

carpeting

carrying

centering

chattering

childbearing

challenging

churchgoing

channeling

campaigning

coloring

colouring

comforting

commanding

commuting

complaining

composing

conceding

concerning

concurring

completing

compounding

conjuring

complying

confiding

conforming

connecting

conserving

consoling

confounding

confusing

consulting

conquering

conflicting

constricting

consuming

conveying

converging

convincing

dampening

contacting

copying

counseling

correcting

covering

cowering

cradling

crippling

crocheting

contracting

cycling

cushioning

crusading

dairying

damaging

deafening

deadening

darkening

declining

decreasing

departing

defensive

descending

delighting

defusing

degrading

deserving

designing

detailing

despairing

defenses

defiance

deviance

dialing

disgusting

disarming

discerning

disguising

dissecting

diverting

dissembling

diverging

dissenting

dissolving

distressing

distracting

dividing

divining

doddering

downsizing

drizzling

dressmaking

dumbfounding

dwindling

easterling

eavesdropping

echoing

emitting

emptying

endearing

engaging

enduring

engraving

ensuing

entering

engrossing

enlisting

enticing

erupting

enclosing

equating

expiring

enchanting

exploring

exceeding

everything

exciting

exacting

excepting

exhausting

existing

expanding

expelling

fastening

faltering

feathering

factoring

exulting

favoring

fingering

finishing

flattering

flavoring

flowering

following

fondling

forbidding

erecting

foreboding

forecasting

forgiving

forthcoming

forwarding

freewheeling

frustrating

galloping

gambling

gardening

gathering

glowering

glistening

glimmering

governing

good-looking

groundbreaking

hairdressing

happening

hardening

harvesting

handwriting

hardworking

heartbreaking

highflying

housewarming

infighting

increasing

incoming

impending

insulting

inserting

interesting

inspiring

installing

javanese

ironing

issuing

invading

inviting

investing

japanese

jockeying

juggling

journeying

diapering

housekeeping

laboring

lamenting

kidnapping

lactating

languishing

landholding

landscaping

leavening

layering

laundering

lawmaking

lessening

lettering

leveling

imploring

libyans

importing

life-giving

imposing

lightening

imprinting

improving

lingering

listening

lovingly

maddening

machining

lowering

meddling

maturing

mellowing

marketing

measuring

marshaling

middling

misgiving

misleading

mistaking

misspelling

matchmaking

mothering

mottling

modeling

motoring

mumbling

muscling

murmuring

narrowing

neighboring

nerve-racking

neutering

networking

movingly

newfangled

obliging

observing

offering

newfangle

nourishing

offensive

offsetting

opening

oncoming

ongoing

opposing

outfitting

opining

ordering

outgoing

outlying

outpouring

outstanding

painstaking

paneling

parceling

papering

pardoning

patrolling

peddling

peppering

persisting

pervading

perplexing

pickering

piddling

pilfering

pitying

polluting

polishing

pondering

plastering

powdering

scattering

proceeding

profiting

promising

prevailing

profiling

pronouncing

provoking

quarreling

quickening

rabbinic

railroading

raveling

ravishing

reasoning

reckoning

reducing

recording

reclining

regarding

reflecting

relieving

rendering

relapsing

reviving

rejoicing

retiring

riveting

resisting

respecting

revolting

reversing

revolving

revenues

rumbling

repeating

savannas

reopens

refreshing

scaffolding

presiding

scavenging

scavenger

scavengers

scribbling

scrambling

seagoing

seasoning

seducing

settling

shadowing

shipbuilding

shortening

shoplifting

shortcoming

sickening

shimmering

sizzling

sleepwalking

smattering

softening

soldering

sojourning

preceding

soldiering

locating

souring

spangler

spongiform

sponsorships

stiffening

sponsorship

sweetening

stuttering

submission

submissions

submissive

subpoenas

succeeding

suffering

surpassing

surrounding

surviving

surveying

surprising

tabling

tailoring

tempering

thickening

tapering

thanksgiving

threatening

strengthening

thundering

ticketing

tormenting

toweling

towering

traversing

trembling

transporting

tumbling

twinkling

undoing

trumpeting

typesetting

typewriting

unbending

underling

undying

unfailing

well-being

unfeeling

varying

unwitting

uprising

unthinking

unwilling

unyielding

vomiting

vanishing

tinkling

wagering

wandering

warehousing

watering

weathering

unflinching

unsparing

upsetting

whispering

whitening

winnowing

visiting

withering

wrongdoing

yellowing

tinkering

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

defensible

delegating

denigrating

defensively

detonating

devastating

developing

diagnosing

disabling

disappearing

disappointing

disapproving

disconcerting

disengaging

disheartening

dispiriting

discouraging

distributing

distinguishing

disparaging

dominating

domineering

edifying

embarrassing

encircling

encompassing

energizing

enlightening

enterprising

evangelist

euphemism

evanescent

evangelists

evangelize

everlasting

executing

examining

fascinating

emphasizing

encouraging

engineering

fireproofing

fingerprinting

entertaining

enveloping

fluctuating

euphemisms

evanescence

gratifying

hesitating

inheriting

inhibiting

inquiring

integrating

interlocking

intersecting

interviewing

irritating

japonica

laminating

implicating

legislating

liberating

mitigating

maximizing

moderating

mountaineering

merchandising

nonrecurring

notifying

never-ending

obviating

occupying

oceangoing

notwithstanding

operating

oscillating

overcoming

overbearing

overlapping

overpowering

overarching

overhauling

overlying

overwhelming

overflowing

overrating

overruling

parachuting

palpitating

patronizing

partitioning

persevering

petitioning

pioneering

penetrating

rabbinical

realizing

reentering

registering

separating

speechifying

suffocating

unbecoming

unbelieving

unassuming

unavailing

underlying

underpinning

understanding

undertaking

underwriting

undulating

unremitting

unrelenting

vacillating

waterproofing

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word rubbing

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
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  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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