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

acting

aching

airing

ailing

aging

angling

arming

arching

basting

beading

banding

awning

beaming

banking

backing

bagging

baiting

baking

banging

bearing

barring

batting

belting

bathing

beating

bedding

belling

being

beijing

bending

asking

bidding

billing

bitching

birthing

binding

biding

biting

blending

bleeding

bleeping

bleaching

blasting

blazing

blessing

blinding

blaring

blooming

blocking

blueing

blushing

boarding

boasting

bolting

bonding

bolling

boning

bluing

boating

booming

boiling

booting

boozing

blowing

boring

bouncing

butting

bounding

bowling

boxing

breeding

bracing

briefing

braiding

branching

braving

breasting

breathing

breeching

brushing

brawling

breaking

broiling

broking

brooding

brewing

browning

buckling

bucking

budding

bulging

browsing

bruting

bunting

burning

burping

calming

bowing

calling

buying

camping

caning

carving

ceiling

casting

casing

caulking

catching

chilling

chanting

charming

chafing

chasing

chewing

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chirping

clipping

churning

cleaning

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choking

chopping

cloaking

clocking

clanging

clogging

closing

clouding

clucking

coasting

coaxing

clowning

coating

cocking

codding

coiling

clothing

coaching

colling

coming

combing

coupling

cooing

cooking

carling

carping

cooling

costing

coursing

coping

cracking

crackling

couching

cresting

cribbing

cuddling

creaking

creeping

craving

crooning

crossing

culling

crowing

cunning

curing

daring

curling

cutting

crushing

damning

crying

dancing

dealing

daunting

dawning

dashing

darling

derring

crashing

digging

dicing

dilling

dipping

dining

dishing

diving

docking

glaring

drilling

drumming

drinking

dumpling

dressing

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dragging

draining

dropping

drawing

drying

dripping

duckling

during

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dubbing

dueling

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dwelling

earning

easing

earthling

eating

dyeing

dying

edging

eking

erring

ending

evening

etching

drafting

fading

failing

fainting

doubting

facing

farming

finding

falling

faulting

feeding

feeling

fehling

feigning

fencing

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fishing

fitting

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flashing

fleming

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farthing

flitting

flooding

flooring

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foaming

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flying

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framing

freaking

freezing

flushing

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forming

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foundling

frosting

franking

funding

fucking

fuming

gaming

fruiting

gadding

galling

gassing

frying

getting

doting

ginning

giving

girding

glancing

gloaming

looking

glazing

greening

greeting

grooming

golfing

grafting

grappling

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grayling

grazing

grieving

grasping

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going

golding

heading

grounding

gunning

hamstring

gushing

having

groundling

growing

handling

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hatching

healing

hearing

hilling

hissing

grouting

herring

heckling

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heating

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hoarding

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holding

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hurling

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icing

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inning

inkling

jeering

jarring

jailing

jerking

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jutting

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keeping

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lemming

lasting

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latching

lawing

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leading

leaking

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learning

legging

laying

lending

leasing

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lightning

lighting

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lining

looming

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loading

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logging

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doing

losing

glowing

lunching

madding

mailing

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meaning

making

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marking

mapping

matting

matching

marching

milling

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melting

meeting

merging

mining

mooring

molting

minding

morning

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morphing

mocking

moulding

mounting

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moving

mowing

nanking

musing

paring

muting

nagging

napping

nipping

netting

nestling

nothing

nodding

offspring

nosing

nursing

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offing

oozing

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outing

pairing

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padding

paging

owing

panning

panting

patching

pelting

peaking

pegging

lowing

paying

peeing

parking

parting

passing

pending

picking

petting

phasing

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pinching

posting

pouncing

piling

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pitching

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pointing

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poling

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pressing

priming

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seeming

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sharking

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showing

siding

sighing

sighting

sitting

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sinking

singing

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sledding

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slating

skilling

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sliding

slighting

sniffing

scolding

smelting

smelling

sneaking

sneezing

sloping

slotting

smacking

smoking

snapping

slouching

smoothing

snoring

snarling

stinking

schooling

something

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soaking

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speaking

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sounding

sparling

spanking

sporting

sobbing

sopping

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squeezing

standing

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stalling

staging

stamping

starling

sticking

springing

starting

stealing

sterling

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stitching

stating

stinging

sparkling

stocking

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stowing

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sucking

soothing

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stripping

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strutting

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striking

striving

stroking

suiting

suing

swearing

sweating

sweeping

sweeting

swelling

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tackling

tailing

taking

talking

tanning

teaming

teeming

teaching

teething

tasting

taunting

tipping

tempting

telling

testing

thinking

thrilling

ticking

thrusting

tiding

thrashing

throwing

toasting

tithing

tooling

topping

tossing

touching

turning

tracing

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trilling

trifling

tripping

trading

trusting

trucking

trailing

tubing

tuning

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training

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tying

unarmed

unarm

tacking

unrein

wringing

vaulting

veiling

vesting

wanting

viking

voiding

voting

wading

walking

walling

vying

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warling

waking

wapping

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warning

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weeding

weeping

weighing

whipping

weakling

wheeling

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wellspring

westling

whacking

whaling

willing

whiting

wielding

wilding

whooping

whopping

winding

winning

wishing

witching

wrestling

wiring

wording

working

wrecking

writing

yachting

unearned

yelling

yielding

3 syllable words

admiring

absorbing

according

adjoining

abounding

accusing

accenting

adoring

abiding

alerting

affecting

asserting

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anything

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amaranth

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backbiting

backsliding

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blackmailing

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boomerang

bookkeeping

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everything

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fastening

forbidding

following

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forecasting

gathering

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forgiving

freewheeling

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frustrating

gambling

galloping

gardening

faltering

lowering

glistening

governing

good-looking

downsizing

hammerman

hairdressing

hardworking

happening

handwriting

harvesting

hardening

heartbreaking

highflying

incoming

increasing

housekeeping

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imploring

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imposing

imprinting

improving

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housewarming

inherent

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installing

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interesting

innermost

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laundering

lawmaking

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leveling

life-giving

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marketing

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mistaking

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misleading

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mottling

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rejoicing

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revolving

rumbling

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scaffolding

scattering

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seagoing

seasoning

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settling

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shipbuilding

shoplifting

shortcoming

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sickening

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sleepwalking

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soldering

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stiffening

softening

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strengthening

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surrounding

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surprising

tailoring

tamarin

tamarins

tapering

thundering

thickening

ticketing

threatening

tinkling

thanksgiving

tormenting

undoing

towering

toweling

tumbling

traversing

trembling

trumpeting

transporting

twinkling

underling

unbending

typewriting

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unsparing

uprising

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unwilling

unwitting

unyielding

varying

vanishing

unthinking

watering

wagering

visiting

wandering

vomiting

warehousing

well-being

whitening

winnowing

wrongdoing

unfailing

yellowing

tabling

4 syllable words

activating

admonishing

agitating

advertising

aggravating

agonizing

appetizing

annotating

awakening

babysitting

barbecuing

astonishing

bewildering

calculating

captivating

bicycling

centralizing

circulating

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conditioning

corresponding

denigrating

delegating

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discouraging

devastating

developing

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disappearing

disconcerting

disapproving

disengaging

disappointing

disheartening

diagnosing

disparaging

dispiriting

distinguishing

distributing

dominating

domineering

embarrassing

emphasizing

energizing

edifying

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engineering

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enveloping

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enormity

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examining

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fascinating

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fireproofing

fluctuating

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implicating

interlocking

inquiring

inheriting

integrating

inhibiting

inherently

interviewing

intersecting

irritating

laminating

legislating

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maximizing

memorandum

memorandums

merchandising

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moderating

mountaineering

nonrecurring

never-ending

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notifying

notwithstanding

operating

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realizing

registering

separating

speechifying

suffocating

undertaking

underlying

unavailing

unbecoming

understanding

unassuming

unbelieving

underpinning

underwriting

undulating

unrelenting

unremitting

unwarranted

vacillating

waterproofing

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word shimmering

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
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  • Walrus
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