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

acting

aching

aging

alban

albans

album

albums

angling

alpine

arching

arming

asking

awning

backing

bagging

baiting

baking

banding

ballpoint

ballpoints

basting

banking

banging

barring

bathing

batting

beading

beaming

beating

beijing

being

bidding

binding

biding

birthing

blasting

blazing

bitching

biting

bleaching

bleeding

bleeping

blinding

blushing

blocking

blooming

blowing

blueing

bluing

bolting

boiling

bolling

boarding

boasting

bonding

boating

boning

booming

braiding

booting

bouncing

bounding

boozing

boring

bowling

bracing

brawling

breaking

boxing

branching

breeding

bowing

breathing

breeching

brewing

briefing

brimming

buckling

brushing

broiling

bucking

budding

broking

brooding

browsing

bruting

calling

calvin

bullpen

bunting

burning

burping

butting

carling

buying

calming

camping

caning

carving

casting

casing

catching

carping

caulking

ceiling

chanting

chafing

chasing

charming

chewing

chipping

chirping

dancing

churning

clanging

choking

chopping

cleaning

clearing

clipping

climbing

clippings

cloaking

clocking

clogging

closing

clouding

clothing

clowning

clucking

coasting

coaching

coating

cocking

colling

coming

combing

coupling

coiling

cooking

cooling

costing

coping

coursing

couching

cracking

crackling

creaking

creeping

cuddling

cribbing

crushing

crooning

crossing

crowing

crying

cunning

curing

crashing

damning

cutting

codding

cooing

dashing

coaxing

darling

daunting

dawning

dealing

browning

delphian

digging

dicing

dining

dipping

dishing

drafting

diving

docking

doting

doing

dolphin

dolphins

doubting

dragging

draining

etching

drawing

duckling

drinking

dripping

driving

drugging

dubbing

ducking

dueling

dropping

drumming

drying

dumpling

during

edging

earning

earring

eating

easing

dyeing

dying

eking

evening

fining

falling

fading

facing

fainting

faulting

farming

farthing

feeding

feeling

fetching

fielding

feigning

filing

finding

fighting

flavin

fixing

fitting

flagging

flaming

fishing

flashing

firing

fleeting

folding

flitting

flooding

foiling

flushing

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flogging

flooring

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forcing

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fraying

forming

founding

freaking

foundling

forging

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frosting

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grafting

grappling

fucking

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galling

gaming

gassing

gearing

ginning

girding

glancing

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golding

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glazing

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glowing

going

grading

grasping

fuming

grating

grazing

grieving

inning

grinding

grounding

greening

greeting

grooming

groundling

inkling

grouping

gushing

holing

growing

gunning

healing

handling

hanging

hatching

harping

hearing

hopping

heaving

hiding

hissing

holding

hamstring

hitting

hoarding

horning

hogging

homing

hosting

hounding

housing

hugging

hunting

humming

hurting

icing

heating

grouting

flippant

sapling

jarring

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jerking

jutting

keeling

judging

kicking

jogging

kindling

matting

joking

keeping

knitting

knocking

lamping

landing

lagging

kipling

lasting

laughing

lashing

latching

looking

lading

knowing

lapping

leading

learning

leaking

leaning

leaping

leasing

lifting

licking

listing

laying

lightning

liking

lining

merging

lighting

loading

loaning

loathing

lodging

logging

looming

lawing

longing

looping

losing

lumping

malting

lunching

madding

making

mapping

mincing

launching

matching

marking

meaning

meeting

lowing

lying

marching

lopping

missing

loring

minding

mining

molting

mooring

morning

morphing

moulding

nodding

moving

mugging

mourning

mowing

musing

muting

nagging

nestling

nanking

napping

mocking

nipping

nursing

nutting

mounting

nothing

nosing

ousting

offing

oozing

offspring

outing

pouncing

pouting

praying

pacing

painting

panting

packing

padding

panning

paging

owing

patching

passing

parking

parting

paying

peaking

peeing

preaching

pudding

piercing

phasing

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picking

piling

pimping

pinching

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planking

pitching

pining

piping

plating

playing

poling

plaything

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polling

pooling

plumbing

pointing

pleading

plodding

poking

popping

posting

pleasing

pounding

putting

printing

prowling

priming

pumping

puffing

quaking

purging

pushing

pruning

prying

rafting

racing

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raising

raking

raging

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reading

ribbing

rifling

riding

rigging

roasting

rolling

roving

rubbing

ruling

ringing

running

romping

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roaring

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rousing

sacking

rounding

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scolding

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seedling

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showing

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sighing

signing

sinking

sitting

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skimming

slanting

skirting

slapping

slating

sleeping

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sliding

slighting

slitting

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snapping

snarling

sloping

slotting

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smoothing

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slip-ons

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spinning

sparling

sopping

speaking

sparkling

soothing

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stirring

solvents

squinting

stamping

standing

stacking

stating

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sprinkling

starling

starting

squeezing

stalling

stealing

steering

sticking

stretching

straddling

something

stinking

straining

springing

stinging

stitching

storming

stocking

stooping

stopping

stowing

strapping

streaming

striking

stripping

striving

strutting

stuffing

stunning

stroking

sucking

suckling

stripling

swaying

suiting

suing

sweeping

swimming

switching

sylvan

scorching

tacking

tackling

tamping

taking

tanning

tempting

taunting

talking

tasting

teaming

thumping

teeming

thinking

thrashing

throwing

thrusting

teething

ticking

teaching

tiding

tipping

tithing

toasting

tooling

touching

swooning

training

topping

tossing

trusting

tracing

trading

tricking

trimming

tripping

trucking

trifling

trying

tubing

turning

twining

tuning

twisting

tying

vaulting

veering

waiting

wading

viking

voiding

voting

vying

waking

walling

walking

wanting

wasting

warling

warming

warning

warping

wapping

washing

whistling

waning

weaving

weeding

weeping

weighing

wellspring

westling

whacking

wheeling

whipping

whiting

whitling

wielding

wilding

wincing

weakling

winding

whopping

winning

wording

working

wishing

witching

whooping

wringing

wiring

writing

yachting

yearning

yielding

3 syllable words

abiding

accenting

abounding

according

accusing

absorbing

affecting

adjoining

adoring

agreeing

afflicting

admiring

alluring

alarming

albino

albion

alerting

aligning

albumin

allophone

allophones

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amusing

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anything

approving

appalling

appealing

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arranging

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ballooning

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badgering

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backbiting

astounding

alphonsine

backsliding

attracting

amazing

deadening

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becoming

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beginning

beguiling

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beholding

beseeching

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besieging

bickering

blackmailing

blanketing

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blistering

blundering

bloodletting

bloodsucking

blossoming

blustering

bookkeeping

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brainwashing

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bubbling

bullfighting

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butchering

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caressing

campaigning

calvinist

carjacking

carrying

broadcasting

cellophane

centering

channeling

chattering

challenging

carpeting

chelyabinsk

childbearing

churchgoing

cliffhanger

cliffhangers

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cycling

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darkening

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delphine

deserving

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doddering

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dressmaking

drizzling

dumbfounding

enticing

dwindling

eavesdropping

elephant

elephants

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eleven

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elevens

eleventh

enchanting

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everything

easterling

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exploring

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feathering

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fondling

forgiving

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forecasting

frustrating

galloping

gathering

gambling

gardening

glimmering

good-looking

glistening

glowering

governing

galvanic

galvanize

groundbreaking

hairdressing

happening

handwriting

harvesting

hardening

highflying

hardworking

housekeeping

housewarming

impending

imploring

improving

imposing

incoming

infighting

importing

increasing

imprinting

heartbreaking

invading

inserting

insulting

inspiring

installing

interesting

inviting

ironing

jockeying

journeying

juggling

outlying

laboring

maturing

kidnapping

lamenting

landholding

measuring

lactating

lawmaking

leavening

lessening

leveling

layering

lingering

listening

life-giving

lightening

locating

lumbering

maddening

machining

lowering

landscaping

meddling

matchmaking

marshaling

marketing

middling

misgiving

misleading

misspelling

mistaking

laundering

mothering

modeling

mottling

motoring

languishing

murmuring

muscling

mumbling

neighboring

networking

nerve-racking

neutering

nourishing

observing

obliging

opposing

offering

olivine

ongoing

opening

opining

oncoming

ordering

outfitting

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outgoing

outpouring

outstanding

paneling

painstaking

papering

patrolling

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parceling

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pickering

piddling

philippine

philippines

pilfering

pitying

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plebeian

plebeians

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powdering

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promising

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relevant

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reflecting

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retiring

riveting

rumbling

scaffolding

scavenging

scattering

scribbling

seagoing

seducing

shimmering

settling

seasoning

self-interest

shadowing

scrambling

shipbuilding

sickening

shoplifting

sizzling

sleepwalking

shortcoming

shortening

smattering

slovenly

stiffening

soldiering

softening

sojourning

souring

solvency

strengthening

stuttering

succeeding

suffering

surviving

surveying

surpassing

surrounding

surprising

soldering

sweetening

undoing

tabling

tempering

tapering

threatening

telephone

thanksgiving

telephones

thundering

ticketing

thickening

tinkering

tinkling

tormenting

toweling

trembling

traversing

trumpeting

towering

transporting

undying

tumbling

typesetting

unbending

twinkling

underling

unfailing

typewriting

unfeeling

unflinching

unsparing

unyielding

vanishing

unwitting

uprising

upsetting

wagering

visiting

vomiting

warehousing

watering

unthinking

unwilling

weathering

whispering

whitening

winnowing

withering

wrongdoing

wandering

xylophone

4 syllable words

activating

agonizing

advertising

aggravating

admonishing

agitating

albanian

albanians

alabaman

allophonic

alabamans

alluvium

annotating

appetizing

babysitting

astonishing

awakening

barbecuing

bicycling

bewildering

bolivian

bolivians

calculating

captivating

centralizing

circulating

complicating

condescending

conditioning

corresponding

coexisting

delegating

detonating

developing

diagnosing

disabling

devastating

disappearing

disapproving

disappointing

disparaging

dispiriting

disheartening

distributing

distinguishing

disconcerting

discouraging

dominating

domineering

disengaging

edifying

embarrassing

emphasizing

encircling

encompassing

encouraging

enlightening

energizing

engineering

enterprising

entertaining

enveloping

everlasting

elephantine

examining

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fascinating

fallopian

filipino

filipinos

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

galvanizes

gratifying

hesitating

implicating

inheriting

inhibiting

interlocking

interviewing

inquiring

intersecting

integrating

irritating

laminating

legislating

liberating

maximizing

merchandising

moderating

never-ending

mitigating

mountaineering

notifying

obviating

occupying

oceangoing

oscillating

operating

nonrecurring

notwithstanding

overbearing

overcoming

overflowing

overlying

overhauling

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overlapping

parachuting

patronizing

partitioning

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penetrating

overruling

pioneering

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overwhelming

overarching

polyphony

realizing

relevancy

registering

reentering

petitioning

polyphonic

separating

speechifying

suffocating

telephonic

telephonics

telephony

unbelieving

underlying

unavailing

unassuming

unbecoming

underpinning

undertaking

underwriting

understanding

undulating

sylvania

vacillating

unrelenting

unremitting

waterproofing

denigrating

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word shelving

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:

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  • Wolf
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