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

creaking

eking

freaking

leaking

peaking

sneaking

speaking

aching

ailing

baking

backing

baiting

beading

beaming

beating

being

bidding

biding

billing

biting

bleeping

bleaching

bleeding

blazing

blocking

breaking

breeding

boiling

breeching

briefing

bracing

breathing

braiding

braving

brimming

broiling

bucking

caning

casing

caulking

ceiling

chafing

chasing

chilling

chipping

choking

cleaning

clearing

climbing

clipping

cloaking

clocking

clucking

cocking

coiling

cracking

cooking

craving

creeping

cribbing

dealing

jailing

jeering

broking

dicing

digging

dilling

dining

dipping

docking

draining

drilling

dripping

driving

ducking

diving

easing

earring

eating

feeding

feeling

feigning

fielding

evening

facing

fading

failing

fighting

filing

filling

fining

firing

fitting

fixing

flitting

fleeting

flaming

foiling

freezing

framing

fucking

gaming

giving

gearing

ginning

greening

glazing

greeting

grading

grieving

grayling

grazing

grating

healing

hearing

heating

heaving

hiding

hilling

hissing

hitting

icing

inning

jerking

yielding

joking

keeling

keeping

kicking

killing

knitting

knocking

lading

screening

leading

leaning

leaping

leasing

licking

lighting

liking

lining

living

looking

mailing

making

meeting

milling

mining

mocking

missing

meaning

nipping

signing

reading

pacing

packing

peeing

paving

picking

phasing

phrasing

piling

pining

piping

pleading

pleasing

plating

poking

raving

preaching

priming

quaking

raking

quilling

racing

racking

railing

raising

slating

screaming

ribbing

riding

rigging

rising

scheming

rocking

sacking

sailing

saving

scaling

schilling

scraping

seating

seeling

seeing

seedling

seeming

seizing

shading

shaving

sheeting

sheathing

shilling

shearing

shining

shipping

shocking

siding

sitting

sighting

sizing

skilling

skimming

sleeping

sliding

slighting

slitting

smacking

smoking

sneezing

sniffing

soaking

spinning

squeezing

stealing

stacking

stating

staving

steering

sticking

stocking

streaming

striking

straining

stripping

striving

stroking

sucking

sweeping

sweeting

taking

swimming

tacking

tailing

talking

teeming

teaching

teaming

teething

ticking

thrilling

tiding

tipping

tricking

tracing

trading

trailing

training

trilling

trimming

tripping

trucking

twining

veering

voiding

viking

veiling

waking

wading

waiting

walking

waning

whacking

weakling

weaving

weeding

weeping

whaling

wheeling

whipping

wielding

whiting

willing

winning

wiring

working

wrecking

writing

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

abscond

absconds

absence

absinthe

absent

aging

acting

afghan

afghans

airing

angling

arming

arching

asking

awning

banding

bagging

banging

banking

bathing

barring

basting

batting

bearing

bedding

beijing

belling

belting

bending

blinding

bitching

binding

birthing

blaring

blessing

blending

blooming

blowing

blasting

blueing

bluing

boating

bolling

boning

booming

booting

boozing

boring

blushing

boarding

boasting

bolting

bonding

bouncing

boxing

bowling

brawling

bowing

brewing

bounding

breasting

branching

buckling

browning

browsing

bruting

brushing

budding

building

burning

burping

butting

bunting

buying

bulging

calling

calming

camping

catching

carling

carping

carving

casting

brooding

chanting

charming

chirping

chewing

chopping

churning

clanging

clogging

closing

coaxing

clothing

clouding

clowning

coating

coaching

coasting

codding

colling

combing

coming

cooling

coping

cooing

couching

crackling

costing

coupling

coursing

crashing

cresting

crooning

crossing

crowing

crying

culling

cunning

curing

curling

cutting

crushing

cuddling

damning

daring

dawning

dashing

dancing

darling

daunting

dishing

dobson

dobsons

doting

doing

doubting

dragging

drafting

dressing

drawing

drinking

drying

dropping

drugging

drumming

dubbing

dyeing

duckling

dueling

during

dwelling

dumpling

dying

earning

edging

earthling

ending

erring

etching

falling

fainting

farming

faulting

farthing

fehling

fetching

fencing

finding

fishing

frying

derring

flagging

flaring

fledgling

fleming

flying

floating

flogging

flooding

flooring

flashing

flowing

flushing

foaming

footing

fruiting

folding

forcing

forging

forming

fraying

franking

founding

frosting

foundling

gadding

galling

funding

gassing

gilding

getting

girding

glaring

glancing

glinting

fuming

grinding

gloaming

glowing

going

golding

golfing

grafting

grappling

grasping

grooming

grouping

grouting

gunning

grounding

growing

gushing

groundling

having

harping

handling

hanging

hatching

hamstring

heading

heckling

herring

hogging

hoarding

holding

holing

homing

hopping

housing

helping

horning

hosting

hounding

hugging

humming

hunting

hurling

hurting

ibsen

inkling

gypsum

jarring

jetting

judging

scarring

jutting

kenning

lagging

jogging

kindling

kipling

knowing

jumping

landing

laying

lapping

laughing

lashing

latching

lawing

lasting

launching

learning

lifting

legging

lemming

lending

lightning

listing

loading

loaning

looming

loathing

lodging

logging

longing

looping

lopping

loring

loving

mapping

marking

lowing

lamping

losing

lying

madding

lumping

malting

lunching

marching

matting

matching

mincing

minding

merging

melting

mooring

molting

morning

morphing

moulding

shooting

moving

mugging

musing

muting

mowing

mourning

nagging

nanking

napping

netting

napkin

napkins

nestling

nodding

nosing

nursing

nutting

nothing

obscene

offing

oozing

outing

offspring

ousting

paging

owing

painting

padding

pairing

panting

panning

paying

parking

paring

passing

patching

parting

pegging

pelting

pending

pimping

petting

pipkin

pitching

piercing

pinching

pipkins

planking

pouting

planting

playing

plaything

plodding

plugging

plumbing

pointing

poling

polling

pooling

popping

posting

pouncing

pounding

printing

pressing

puffing

praying

prowling

prying

pruning

pudding

purging

pumping

pushing

raging

quilting

rafting

rambling

slapping

putting

resting

ringing

rifling

roaring

rolling

roofing

rousing

roving

rubbing

ruling

roasting

romping

rounding

running

saying

sagging

salting

sapling

scalping

schooling

scratching

scorching

scrimping

screwing

searching

sharking

scolding

serving

setting

shedding

sewing

shafting

sheepskin

shifting

shelling

shelving

shrinking

sibling

shirting

shredding

shrouding

shoring

shoestring

showing

shuffling

shunting

sighing

sinking

singing

mounting

skirting

slanting

sledding

sloping

slotting

smelling

slouching

smelting

smoothing

snapping

snoring

soaring

soothing

sobbing

something

sopping

sparing

sounding

spanking

snarling

sparkling

sparling

tossing

spasm

springing

sprinkling

spelling

sperling

spending

spoken

sporting

spurling

staging

squinting

stalling

stamping

standing

starling

starting

sterling

stinking

stinging

stitching

stooping

stirring

stopping

storming

strapping

stretching

straddling

stripling

stowing

strutting

stuffing

stunning

touching

spasms

suckling

suing

swaying

suiting

swearing

sweating

switching

tackling

swelling

swooning

tamping

tanning

tasting

telling

taunting

testing

tempting

thinking

tilting

throwing

thrusting

thumping

tithing

thrashing

toasting

tooling

topping

trifling

trying

tying

twisting

tubing

tuning

turning

trusting

voting

vaulting

vesting

vying

walling

wapping

wanting

warling

warming

warning

warping

washing

wasting

weighing

wearing

webbing

wedding

westling

wellspring

whistling

whitling

wilding

wincing

whooping

whopping

winding

wishing

witching

wringing

whirling

wording

wrestling

yachting

yearling

yearning

yelling

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3 syllable words

abiding

abducting

abounding

absorbing

absentee

abysmal

absentees

absences

affecting

accenting

adjoining

accusing

admiring

adoring

afflicting

afghanis

afghani

agreeing

according

annealing

aligning

amazing

amusing

alluring

annoying

anything

appealing

appalling

approving

appeasement

approaching

arriving

arranging

arresting

ascending

aspiring

alerting

asserting

assuming

attracting

assuring

astounding

backbiting

badgering

baffling

ballooning

backsliding

alarming

becoming

befitting

beguiling

believing

beseeching

beginning

belonging

beholding

besieging

besetting

bettering

battening

billowing

blackmailing

battering

blistering

bloodletting

blanketing

bloodsucking

blossoming

blundering

bickering

bookkeeping

bottling

brainwashing

blustering

broadcasting

bubbling

buffeting

bullfighting

bundling

bungling

butchering

bushwhacking

bullying

bumbling

cackling

campaigning

bustling

carrying

canoeing

caressing

carousing

carjacking

carpeting

centering

channeling

challenging

chattering

childbearing

churchgoing

coloring

colouring

comforting

declining

decreasing

commanding

completing

complaining

covering

commuting

conceding

concurring

conquering

confiding

confusing

conjuring

composing

concerning

compounding

confounding

connecting

conflicting

contacting

constricting

conforming

conserving

consoling

consulting

consuming

copying

conveying

convincing

converging

correcting

cowering

cradling

complying

counseling

crippling

crocheting

crusading

cushioning

cubism

cycling

dairying

damaging

darkening

deadening

deafening

contracting

dampening

debasement

debating

defusing

defeasance

deficient

degrading

delighting

designing

detailing

deserving

descending

despairing

dialing

diapering

discerning

disarming

diffusion

disguising

disgusting

dissenting

dissolving

dissecting

distressing

dividing

diverting

divining

diverging

division

divisions

doddering

doubling

downsizing

dressmaking

dissembling

distracting

drizzling

dwindling

dumbfounding

echoing

easterling

endearing

equating

emitting

eavesdropping

efficient

emptying

enchanting

enclosing

enduring

engraving

enticing

engaging

ensuing

entering

engrossing

enlisting

epsomite

erecting

everything

exacting

exceeding

evasions

exciting

expelling

excepting

exhausting

existing

expiring

expanding

exploring

favoring

factoring

feathering

faltering

fastening

exulting

erupting

evasion

fingering

finishing

flavoring

flattering

flowering

forbidding

forgiving

following

forecasting

fondling

foreboding

freewheeling

forwarding

frustrating

forthcoming

galloping

gambling

gardening

gathering

glimmering

glowering

good-looking

governing

glistening

groundbreaking

inviting

happening

handwriting

hardening

hardworking

harvesting

heartbreaking

highflying

housekeeping

housewarming

impending

incoming

imposing

imploring

importing

improving

imprinting

infighting

increasing

inserting

inspiring

installing

insulting

interesting

hairdressing

invading

investing

ironing

issuing

departing

journeying

jockeying

laboring

kidnapping

lactating

juggling

layering

lawmaking

laundering

life-giving

leavening

lessening

lightening

lettering

leveling

lingering

listening

locating

lowering

machining

lumbering

maddening

marketing

lamenting

matchmaking

scribbling

maturing

landscaping

languishing

middling

mellowing

measuring

meddling

misgiving

misleading

marshaling

mistaking

mothering

modeling

misspelling

motoring

mottling

murmuring

muscling

mumbling

neighboring

narrowing

nerve-racking

networking

neutering

nourishing

obliging

obeisance

observing

opining

offering

oncoming

ongoing

opening

opposing

outfitting

opossum

ordering

outgoing

offsetting

outlying

outpouring

outstanding

painstaking

paneling

papering

peddling

patrolling

parceling

peppering

perplexing

pardoning

persisting

reasoning

pervading

pickering

pitying

piddling

pilfering

polishing

polluting

pondering

plastering

preceding

presiding

prevailing

proceeding

profiling

powdering

provoking

pronouncing

profiting

quickening

railroading

promising

quarreling

raveling

ravishing

reckoning

relieving

rejoicing

reflecting

regarding

relapsing

refreshing

rendering

repeating

repugnant

resisting

retiring

reviving

revolting

revolving

reversing

revision

revisions

respecting

riveting

landholding

rubicon

rumbling

scattering

scaffolding

scrambling

seagoing

seasoning

seducing

reducing

shadowing

settling

shimmering

shipbuilding

shoplifting

shortcoming

shortening

sickening

reclining

sizzling

recording

sleepwalking

smattering

soldering

softening

sojourning

soldiering

souring

scavenging

tormenting

spasmodic

strengthening

stiffening

stuttering

specimen

typewriting

specimens

succeeding

suffering

subkingdom

sufficient

surviving

surveying

surprising

surpassing

surrounding

sweetening

tailoring

tabling

tempering

thanksgiving

thickening

ticketing

tinkering

threatening

thundering

tinkling

toboggan

toboggans

tapering

subcontract

towering

toweling

traversing

trembling

transporting

twinkling

trumpeting

tumbling

typesetting

subcontracts

unfeeling

unfailing

undoing

undying

unflinching

varying

unyielding

vanishing

unwilling

unwitting

uprising

unthinking

underling

upsetting

unsparing

visiting

unbending

vomiting

wagering

wandering

warehousing

well-being

watering

weathering

whispering

whitening

withering

wrongdoing

winnowing

yellowing

4 syllable words

abysmally

abyssinian

activating

advertising

admonishing

afghanistan

afghanistans

aggravating

agitating

agonizing

annotating

appetizing

awakening

astonishing

babysitting

barbecuing

bicycling

bewildering

calculating

captivating

circulating

coefficient

coefficients

coexisting

centralizing

conditioning

complicating

corresponding

condescending

deficiency

deficiencies

delegating

detonating

developing

diagnosing

devastating

disabling

disappointing

disappearing

disconcerting

disapproving

discouraging

disengaging

dispiriting

disheartening

distinguishing

distributing

divisional

dominating

domineering

disparaging

edifying

embarrassing

emphasizing

efficiencies

encircling

efficiency

encompassing

efficiently

encouraging

energizing

enlightening

entertaining

enveloping

engineering

enterprising

examining

everlasting

executing

fascinating

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

gratifying

hesitating

implicating

inquiring

inheriting

inhibiting

interlocking

interviewing

integrating

intersecting

irritating

denigrating

laminating

liberating

legislating

mitigating

moderating

maximizing

mountaineering

notifying

notwithstanding

obscenities

obscenity

obviating

operating

occupying

oscillating

oceangoing

overcoming

overbearing

overarching

overflowing

overhauling

overrating

overlying

palpitating

overpowering

overruling

overwhelming

patronizing

partitioning

overlapping

parachuting

penetrating

persevering

pioneering

petitioning

realizing

reentering

registering

merchandising

separating

never-ending

nonrecurring

subcommittee

sufficiency

sufficiently

suffocating

subcommittees

speechifying

unavailing

unassuming

subcontracted

unbecoming

undertaking

underpinning

underwriting

undulating

underlying

understanding

unrelenting

vacillating

unremitting

unbelieving

subcontractor

waterproofing

subcontractors

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word speaking

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
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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