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

aching

acting

batting

adams

ailing

airing

aging

beading

arming

asking

beaming

arching

atoms

awning

backing

bagging

baiting

barring

bathing

attains

baking

banding

banging

banking

basting

batons

bearing

beating

angling

beatings

beatnik

beatniks

bedding

beijing

being

belling

biting

birthing

belting

bending

blowing

bidding

biding

billing

binding

betweens

bluing

bitching

blueing

blaring

blazing

bleeding

bleeping

blessing

blocking

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blasting

blooming

blending

blinding

boating

blushing

boarding

boasting

boiling

bolling

boning

booming

booting

boozing

boring

breathing

brewing

bolting

bonding

bottoms

bouncing

bowing

bowling

bracing

braiding

braving

brawling

breaking

bounding

boxing

breasting

branching

breeching

breeding

buying

brimming

building

briefing

broiling

broking

brooding

browning

browsing

bruting

bucking

budding

burning

brushing

burping

buckling

bunting

butting

bulging

buttons

cadence

calling

calming

caning

camping

carling

carping

carving

casing

caulking

ceiling

chafing

catching

casting

chanting

cautions

charming

chasing

chewing

chilling

chipping

chirping

choking

chopping

churning

cleaning

clanging

clearing

climbing

clipping

cloaking

clocking

clogging

closing

clouding

clothing

clowning

clucking

coating

coaching

coasting

coatings

cocking

coaxing

codding

coiling

colling

combing

coming

cracking

dyeing

dying

cooing

cooking

cooling

coping

couching

costing

cottons

coupling

coursing

craving

creaking

creeping

cribbing

crashing

cresting

crooning

crowing

crying

crossing

crushing

cuddling

culling

cunning

curing

curling

cutting

damning

dashing

crackling

daring

dancing

darling

dawning

dealing

daunting

derring

cuttings

daytimes

doting

doubting

drying

dicing

dilling

doing

digging

dining

dipping

drawing

diving

dishing

docking

dragging

drafting

draining

dressing

drilling

dripping

drinking

driving

dropping

drugging

drumming

flowing

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ducking

flying

dueling

during

dwelling

earning

earring

duckling

earthling

dumpling

easing

eating

eking

edging

edens

ending

erring

etching

evening

ethnic

ethnics

facing

failing

fading

falling

fainting

feeding

farming

feeling

faulting

farthing

fathoms

feedings

fehling

feigning

fighting

filing

filling

fining

fetching

fencing

fielding

finding

firing

fishing

fitting

flagging

flaming

flaring

fleeting

fleming

flitting

floating

flogging

flashing

fittings

fixing

fledgling

flooding

flooring

foaming

flushing

foiling

killing

missing

folding

footing

footings

screwing

forcing

forging

forming

framing

fraying

freaking

freezing

founding

frosting

franking

foundling

fruiting

fucking

fuming

gadding

galling

gaming

gassing

gearing

getting

ginning

girding

funding

gettings

gilding

giving

glancing

glaring

glazing

glowing

gloaming

glinting

going

grading

golding

grating

grayling

grazing

golfing

grafting

grappling

grasping

greening

greeting

grieving

grooming

grinding

heading

growing

grouping

grouting

gunning

groundling

gushing

hoodwink

frying

hanging

handling

hamstring

hounding

hatching

grounding

having

harping

hugging

healing

hearing

heating

heaving

heckling

hunting

guidance

herring

hiding

hilling

hissing

hitting

hogging

helping

hoarding

holding

holing

homing

headings

hopping

humming

hurling

housing

haitians

horning

hosting

hurting

icing

inkling

kindling

inning

licking

jailing

jarring

jeering

jerking

jetting

jogging

joking

judging

jumping

jutting

keeling

keeping

kenning

knowing

kicking

knitting

knocking

kipling

kidneys

kittens

lading

lagging

lapping

latching

lamping

landing

lasting

lighting

lashing

scrimping

seatings

lawing

laying

laughing

launching

leading

leaking

leaning

leaping

learning

leasing

legging

lemming

lending

lifting

losing

liking

lining

living

loading

loaning

loathing

lodging

listing

loadings

lowing

logging

lying

looking

longing

latins

looming

looping

lopping

loring

loving

lumping

lunching

lotions

madding

mailing

making

mapping

lightning

malting

marching

maidens

marking

matting

matching

meaning

seating

meeting

milling

mining

merging

meetings

melting

mincing

minding

midnight

searching

items

mocking

planking

mooring

molting

morning

morphing

moving

mowing

mugging

musing

mittens

moulding

mounting

mourning

muting

plating

nagging

napping

netting

nanking

nestling

nations

nipping

nodding

nosing

nothing

nothings

nursing

nutting

nutmeg

notions

oozing

offing

offspring

ousting

outing

outings

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padding

pairing

paging

painting

owing

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panning

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paring

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patching

parking

parting

pathans

patience

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pelting

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peeing

petting

phasing

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piling

pimping

pining

pinching

piping

pitching

planting

pittance

pitons

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pleasing

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plugging

plumbing

poking

poling

polling

pooling

plaything

pointing

popping

posting

praying

pouting

pressing

priming

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pounding

printing

potions

reading

readings

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pruning

pudding

puffing

putting

purging

pushing

puddings

pumping

quaking

quilling

prowling

racing

racking

quilting

rafting

raging

railing

raising

raking

raving

rambling

rations

modems

resting

retains

roofing

motions

ribbing

riding

rigging

roaring

ringing

ridings

rifling

riddance

rising

rocking

rolling

rousing

roasting

romping

rounding

routines

roving

rubbing

ruling

running

sacking

sagging

saying

sailing

saving

scaling

saddens

salting

sapling

scalping

rhythms

scarring

satans

satins

scheming

redeems

schilling

schooling

scraping

screaming

screening

scratching

scolding

scorching

sedans

seeing

seeling

seeming

seizing

serving

setting

settings

sewing

shading

shaving

shearing

shadings

shafting

sharking

shedding

sheathing

sheeting

shelling

shelving

shifting

shilling

shining

shipping

shirting

shocking

shoestring

shooting

shootings

shoring

showing

shredding

shrouding

shuffling

shrinking

sighing

shunting

sibling

siding

sighting

signing

sitting

sizing

skilling

singing

sinking

skimming

skirting

slapping

slating

sledding

sleeping

sliding

slighting

slitting

slanting

sloping

slotting

smacking

suing

slouching

smelling

smoking

snapping

sneaking

smoothing

snarling

sneezing

sniffing

snoring

soaking

soaring

sobbing

smelting

something

soothing

sopping

sparing

swaying

sounding

speaking

suiting

sparling

spanking

sperling

spinning

spurling

squeezing

stacking

springing

spending

sporting

squinting

sprinkling

staging

stinging

stating

stamping

standing

starling

starting

stances

stanza

stanzas

staving

stealing

spelling

stinger

steering

sterling

sticking

stingers

stencil

steamship

stingy

stinkers

stinking

stirring

stalling

stocking

stooping

stopping

stowing

straining

stitching

storming

straddling

stomach

stomachs

strapping

streaming

striking

stripping

striving

stroking

strutting

stuffing

stunning

stretching

stripling

sucking

suckling

swearing

sparkling

sweating

sweeping

sweeting

sweetens

swelling

swimming

swooning

tacking

tailing

taking

talking

tanning

teeming

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tasting

taunting

teaching

teaming

telling

thrilling

throwing

teething

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thinking

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testing

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tiding

thumping

tipping

tidings

tilting

tithing

titans

toasting

tooling

topping

tossing

touching

totems

tracing

trading

trailing

training

tricking

trilling

trifling

trimming

tripping

trucking

trusting

trying

tubing

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twining

seedling

twisting

tying

yachting

veering

utmost

vaulting

veiling

vesting

vying

viking

voiding

voting

wading

waking

walking

walling

waiting

waning

wapping

washing

wanting

warling

warming

warning

warping

wasting

weakling

wearing

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webbing

wedding

weddings

wednesday

wednesdays

weeding

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weighing

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whaling

wheeling

whipping

westling

wellspring

whirling

whistling

whiting

whooping

whopping

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winning

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whitings

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widens

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wishing

winding

witching

working

wrecking

wrestling

wringing

writing

yearling

yearning

yelling

sedums

yielding

3 syllable words

abiding

abounding

abducting

absorbing

accenting

according

adoring

adjoining

accusing

admiring

affecting

admission

admissions

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agreeing

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alarming

alluring

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appalling

anything

annealing

appealing

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amusing

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approaching

arresting

asserting

assuming

arranging

assuring

approving

ascending

aspiring

astounding

atmosphere

backbiting

audience

attracting

backsliding

badgering

ballooning

baffling

battering

amazing

becoming

beginning

beguiling

believing

belonging

beseeching

beholding

bettering

besetting

besieging

bickering

billowing

blanketing

blistering

bloodsucking

blossoming

blackmailing

bloodletting

blundering

blustering

befitting

bottling

botanist

botanists

brainwashing

bookkeeping

bubbling

buffeting

bullying

bullfighting

bumbling

bundling

bungling

butchering

bushwhacking

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cackling

broadcasting

cadences

bedouins

canoeing

caressing

carousing

carpeting

carjacking

carrying

centering

channeling

challenging

churchgoing

childbearing

chattering

coloring

colouring

comforting

commanding

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composing

conceding

concerning

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completing

confiding

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conflicting

conforming

confusing

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connecting

conserving

consoling

consulting

constricting

consuming

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conveying

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convincing

copying

correcting

contracting

cottonseed

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counseling

covering

cowering

cradling

crippling

crocheting

crusading

cushioning

damaging

dairying

cycling

darkening

deadening

deafening

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defusing

degrading

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deserving

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diatoms

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everything

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ethnical

ethnically

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fastening

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following

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good-looking

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hedonic

idioms

incoming

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installing

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interesting

invading

ironing

issuing

inviting

investing

jockeying

journeying

juggling

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lactating

kidnapping

lamenting

landholding

landscaping

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layering

laundering

lawmaking

leavening

lettering

lessening

leveling

life-giving

lightening

listening

locating

lingering

litanies

lowering

lumbering

machining

maddening

latency

itemize

marketing

maturing

marshaling

matchmaking

matinees

measuring

mellowing

middling

scribbling

mediums

meddling

misgiving

modeling

misleading

mothering

plastering

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mottling

muscling

mumbling

narrowing

neighboring

nerve-racking

networking

neutering

nourishing

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offering

ongoing

opening

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opposing

mutinies

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podiums

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potency

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scaffolding

satanist

scattering

rhythmically

scrambling

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forbidding

yellowing

seasoning

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seducing

scavenging

shadowing

settling

shimmering

shipbuilding

shortening

shoplifting

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sickening

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soldering

softening

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soothingly

stiffening

stonecutter

stonecutters

stuttering

succeeding

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surveying

surpassing

surrounding

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surprising

sweetening

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tailoring

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thanksgiving

teutonic

thickening

threatening

thundering

ticketing

tempering

tinkering

tinkling

titanic

towering

toweling

tormenting

traversing

trembling

transporting

trumpeting

tumbling

twinkling

tuitions

typesetting

typewriting

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unbending

undoing

undying

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uprising

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varying

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unthinking

unflinching

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utensil

utensils

vanishing

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wagering

vomiting

wandering

warehousing

visiting

watering

weathering

well-being

whispering

whitening

unfeeling

winnowing

withering

wittingly

witnesses

wrongdoing

unfailing

4 syllable words

advertising

admonishing

admissible

activating

agonizing

agitating

aggravating

astonishing

appetizing

awakening

babysitting

audiences

barbecuing

atomizer

annotating

bewildering

bicycling

botanical

calculating

captivating

centralizing

circulating

conditioning

condescending

coexisting

corresponding

delegating

denigrating

diagnosing

devastating

diatomic

diatonic

disabling

disappearing

disappointing

disapproving

discouraging

disconcerting

disheartening

disengaging

dispiriting

disparaging

distributing

distinguishing

dominating

domineering

detonating

developing

edifying

embarrassing

emphasizing

encircling

encompassing

encouraging

energizing

enlightening

entertaining

enveloping

engineering

enterprising

everlasting

ethnocentric

examining

executing

eyewitnesses

fascinating

fireproofing

fingerprinting

fluctuating

complicating

gratifying

hesitating

hedonistic

hedonism

implicating

inheriting

inhibiting

inquiring

integrating

interlocking

liberating

interviewing

irritating

intersecting

laminating

legislating

itemizes

maximizing

merchandising

mademoiselle

mitigating

moderating

mountaineering

notifying

never-ending

nonrecurring

operating

obviating

occupying

oceangoing

oscillating

overbearing

overcoming

overarching

notwithstanding

overflowing

overlying

overpowering

overrating

overruling

overwhelming

palpitating

parachuting

patronizing

partitioning

overlapping

persevering

overhauling

petitioning

pioneering

penetrating

petunias

readmission

realizing

reentering

registering

satanism

separating

speechifying

stenographer

suffocating

unassuming

unavailing

underlying

unbecoming

unbelieving

underpinning

understanding

undertaking

underwriting

undulating

unremitting

unrelenting

vacillating

waterproofing

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Words that rhyme with the word sting

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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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  • Month
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  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
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