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

blocking

clocking

cocking

docking

knocking

mocking

rocking

shocking

stocking

acting

aching

arming

asking

backing

bagging

baking

awning

barring

batting

boxing

biding

biting

brawling

boring

bodkin

bonding

breaking

broking

browning

browsing

coming

buckling

calming

bucking

budding

butting

calling

carling

carping

carving

caulking

charming

chopping

choking

clogging

clowning

climbing

cloaking

clouding

clucking

colling

codding

cracking

cooking

crackling

creaking

crossing

culling

cunning

cutting

darling

damning

dawning

ducking

dicing

dining

diving

doubting

dragging

driving

dropping

drugging

drumming

dubbing

falling

duckling

farming

eking

jarring

fighting

filing

fining

firing

flagging

flogging

flooding

flooring

hopping

freaking

fucking

gadding

galling

gassing

golfing

jogging

hiding

gunning

grouting

harping

having

hogging

housing

hugging

humming

icing

jerking

joking

jutting

sagging

kicking

outing

lagging

lapping

laughing

leaking

licking

logging

looking

lodging

liking

lopping

lining

marking

lighting

loring

loving

madding

making

mapping

matting

mining

mugging

nagging

napping

nutting

nodding

offing

packing

padding

parking

parting

panning

passing

peaking

picking

plodding

piling

pining

piping

plugging

plumbing

poking

popping

priming

pouting

prowling

puffing

putting

quaking

racking

raking

romping

rousing

sacking

rubbing

riding

rising

roaring

running

scarring

sharking

shining

shoring

shrouding

slotting

smacking

siding

sighting

signing

sizing

snarling

slapping

sliding

slighting

sobbing

smoking

snapping

sneaking

snoring

soaking

soaring

sopping

stacking

sparling

speaking

sparkling

starling

starting

stalling

sticking

stockings

stopping

striking

strapping

striving

stroking

strutting

stuffing

stunning

sucking

suckling

tacking

tackling

talking

taking

tanning

ticking

tiding

topping

trucking

tossing

tricking

twining

yachting

whacking

washing

whiting

whopping

walking

viking

waking

wapping

walling

wanting

wiring

working

wrecking

writing

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

ailing

airing

aging

adjuncts

adjoin

adjoins

angling

adjunct

arching

banking

banding

baiting

banging

beading

beaming

bedding

bidding

belling

beijing

being

belting

bending

bitching

billing

blaring

binding

birthing

blasting

bleeping

blinding

bleaching

bleeding

blessing

blending

blazing

blooming

blowing

blushing

boarding

blueing

bluing

boasting

boating

bodkins

boiling

bolling

bolting

boning

booming

boatswain

booting

boozing

bouncing

bounding

bowling

bowing

bracing

braiding

branching

basting

braving

bathing

bearing

breeding

briefing

brimming

broiling

breathing

breeching

brewing

breasting

brooding

beating

brushing

bruting

bunting

burning

bulging

building

burping

buying

camping

caning

catching

casting

casing

catchings

catkins

catchment

ceiling

chanting

chafing

chasing

chewing

clearing

chipping

chirping

churning

chilling

clanging

cleaning

clipping

closing

clothing

coaxing

coating

coiling

combing

coaching

coasting

cooing

couching

cooling

costing

coping

coupling

coursing

crushing

crashing

craving

creeping

cribbing

crowing

cresting

crying

cuddling

crooning

curing

curling

dashing

dancing

daunting

daring

dealing

derring

digging

dilling

dipping

drawing

dishing

drafting

doting

draining

dressing

drilling

doing

dripping

drinking

drying

dueling

during

dwelling

dumpling

dudgeon

dutchman

dyeing

dying

earning

earring

easing

eating

earthling

edging

ending

evening

erring

etchings

etching

facing

fading

failing

fainting

farthing

faulting

feeding

feeling

fehling

feigning

fetching

fencing

fielding

finding

flashing

filling

fixing

fitting

flaming

flaring

fishing

fleeting

fledgling

fleming

flying

floating

flushing

flowing

foaming

foiling

footing

folding

forcing

forming

forging

founding

franking

frosting

framing

freezing

fruiting

foundling

fraying

frying

fuming

funding

gaming

gearing

getting

glancing

gilding

ginning

girding

giving

glaring

glazing

glinting

going

grading

grafting

grasping

grating

glowing

golding

godsend

godsends

grappling

grayling

grazing

greening

greeting

grinding

grieving

grooming

gushing

grounding

grouping

healing

groundling

growing

gudgeon

heckling

hamstring

handling

hanging

hatching

heading

headsman

hearing

heating

heaving

herring

helping

hoarding

gloaming

hilling

hissing

hitting

holding

holing

homing

horning

flitting

hurting

hosting

hounding

hunting

hurling

inning

inkling

jailing

jeering

jetting

jetson

jetsons

judging

judgment

judgments

jumping

keeling

keeping

matching

kenning

killing

kindling

kipling

lamping

lading

landing

knowing

lashing

latching

lawing

lasting

leading

leaning

leaping

launching

laying

learning

leasing

legging

lemming

lending

kitchen

lightning

living

loading

kitchens

lifting

loaning

loathing

listing

lodgings

longing

looming

looping

lying

lumping

losing

mailing

lunching

lowing

malting

marching

knitting

meaning

meeting

milling

minding

merging

melting

mincing

mooring

mowing

missing

molting

morphing

morning

moulding

mounting

mourning

moving

nanking

muting

netting

nestling

nipping

nothing

musing

nursing

nosing

offspring

ousting

oozing

outcome

loathsome

outcomes

owing

pacing

paging

painting

pairing

panting

paring

patching

paving

paying

peeing

pegging

petting

phasing

pelting

phrasing

pending

piercing

planking

planting

plating

pitching

playing

plaything

pinching

pleading

pleasing

pimping

poling

pointing

polling

pooling

pouncing

pounding

pressing

praying

outshines

preaching

printing

prying

pumping

pruning

pudding

purging

pushing

rafting

quilling

racing

quilting

raging

railing

raising

rambling

reading

redskin

redskins

resting

ribbing

rifling

rigging

ringing

roasting

rolling

roofing

rounding

raving

roving

ruling

posting

salting

outshine

sailing

saving

scalping

scaling

scheming

schilling

saying

schooling

seating

scorching

searching

scolding

scratching

scraping

screaming

screening

screwing

scrimping

scotsman

seeling

seeming

seizing

serving

setting

shading

seeing

sewing

seedsman

shafting

shaving

shearing

shedding

sheeting

shelling

shilling

shelving

shifting

shipping

shirting

shooting

sheathing

shoestring

shotgun

shotguns

shredding

shrinking

sighing

sitting

sinking

singing

sibling

skilling

skimming

showing

slanting

skirting

slating

sledding

sleeping

slitting

sloping

slouching

smelling

smelting

shuffling

smoothing

shunting

sneezing

sniffing

something

spanking

sounding

sparing

spelling

spending

sperling

sapling

spinning

sporting

stamping

spurling

squeezing

springing

staging

sprinkling

squinting

stagnant

stagnate

standing

stating

staving

stealing

steering

sterling

sweating

sweeping

stockman

storming

stooping

stinking

stinging

stirring

stitching

stowing

straddling

straining

streaming

stripping

stripling

suiting

stretching

suing

stigma

swaying

swearing

sweeting

soothing

swelling

swimming

swooning

switching

tamping

taunting

tailing

teaming

teaching

tasting

thrusting

teeming

thrilling

teething

thrashing

telling

thinking

testing

tempting

throwing

thumping

tithing

tipping

tooling

tilting

toasting

touching

trifling

tracing

trading

trailing

training

trilling

trimming

tripping

trying

trusting

warling

warming

tubing

turning

tuning

tying

seedling

twisting

vaulting

veering

veiling

vesting

vying

voting

wading

waiting

voiding

waning

warning

warping

wheeling

weakling

wearing

weaving

webbing

wedding

weeding

weeping

weighing

whaling

wasting

westling

wellspring

whipping

whirling

winding

whistling

whitling

wielding

whitson

wilding

whooping

willing

winning

wincing

wishing

witching

watchman

woodsman

wording

wrestling

wringing

yearling

yearning

yelling

yielding

3 syllable words

abiding

abducting

abounding

absorbing

adoring

aligning

according

accusing

accenting

adjoining

adhesion

admiring

affecting

agreeing

afflicting

alarming

alerting

alluring

amazing

amusing

annealing

appalling

annoying

arriving

appealing

approving

approaching

arresting

anything

ascending

arranging

aspiring

asserting

backbiting

attracting

autism

attachment

attachments

atheism

baffling

assuming

backsliding

badgering

assuring

ballooning

astounding

battening

battering

bickering

becoming

befitting

bedizen

bedchamber

beginning

beguiling

belonging

bettering

believing

besetting

beseeching

besieging

beholding

billowing

bloodsucking

blackmailing

blistering

bottling

bloodletting

blundering

blustering

blossoming

bookkeeping

blanketing

brainwashing

broadcasting

bubbling

buffeting

bumbling

bundling

bungling

bullying

bullfighting

bustling

bushwhacking

cackling

canoeing

butchering

campaigning

caressing

carjacking

carousing

carrying

carpeting

catacomb

catacombs

buddhism

channeling

chattering

challenging

centering

churchgoing

childbearing

cetacean

coloring

colouring

comforting

citizen

citizens

commanding

concurring

confiding

commuting

compounding

complying

composing

conceding

concerning

complaining

completing

conflicting

conforming

conquering

confounding

copying

conjuring

contacting

connecting

contracting

consulting

consuming

converging

confusing

conveying

constricting

convincing

conserving

correcting

counseling

consoling

covering

cowering

cradling

crippling

crocheting

crusading

cushioning

cycling

darkening

dampening

deadening

deafening

damaging

debating

delighting

dairying

declining

decreasing

defusing

degrading

departing

designing

detailing

despairing

detachment

dialing

diapering

disarming

discerning

disguising

disgusting

doddering

dissecting

divining

diverting

dividing

dissolving

diverging

distracting

dissembling

dissenting

distressing

doubling

downsizing

dressmaking

drizzling

dumbfounding

dwindling

echoing

eavesdropping

easterling

faltering

emitting

enclosing

enchanting

emptying

endearing

engaging

enduring

engraving

engrossing

ensuing

entering

enlisting

enticing

factoring

equating

erecting

erupting

exacting

everything

exceeding

exciting

exhausting

expelling

expiring

exulting

expanding

exploring

existing

excepting

fastening

favoring

feathering

fingering

finishing

flattering

flavoring

flowering

following

fondling

forbidding

forecasting

foreboding

forgiving

forthcoming

forwarding

freewheeling

frustrating

galloping

gambling

gardening

gathering

glimmering

glowering

governing

good-looking

groundbreaking

hairdressing

happening

hardworking

hardening

handwriting

harvesting

heartbreaking

glistening

highflying

housekeeping

housewarming

imploring

importing

imposing

impending

incoming

infighting

increasing

improving

imprinting

inserting

installing

insulting

interesting

ironing

inviting

inspiring

investing

invading

issuing

jettison

journeying

descending

juggling

judgmental

deserving

outpouring

matchmaking

lactating

laboring

lamenting

landscaping

languishing

landholding

lawmaking

layering

laundering

latecomer

latecomers

lessening

leavening

leveling

lettering

lightening

life-giving

lingering

listening

locating

litigant

litigants

maddening

lowering

lumbering

machining

marketing

marshaling

outfitting

kitchener

meddling

maturing

measuring

medicine

medicines

kitchenette

middling

mellowing

modeling

mottling

mistaking

misgiving

misspelling

mothering

motoring

modicum

misleading

mumbling

muscling

murmuring

kitchenware

nerve-racking

neighboring

neutering

networking

mutagen

mutagens

narrowing

obliging

ongoing

observing

offering

offsetting

oncoming

nourishing

opening

opining

opposing

ordering

midsummer

outgoing

matchmaker

outlying

matchmakers

outstanding

painstaking

paneling

parceling

pardoning

papering

patrolling

peddling

peppering

pervading

perplexing

persisting

pickering

piddling

pietism

pilfering

plastering

pitying

pondering

polishing

polluting

powdering

presiding

preceding

prevailing

profiting

proceeding

profiling

promising

pronouncing

provoking

quarreling

quickening

railroading

raveling

recording

reasoning

reckoning

reclining

reducing

regarding

relapsing

relieving

rendering

reflecting

rejoicing

refreshing

repeating

retiring

reviving

reversing

revolting

reticence

reticent

revolving

riveting

respecting

resisting

ravishing

rumbling

scattering

scaffolding

scavenging

scrambling

scribbling

seagoing

seasoning

surviving

kidnapping

shadowing

settling

shimmering

shipbuilding

shoplifting

shortening

shortcoming

sizzling

sickening

sleepwalking

smattering

softening

soldering

soldiering

souring

stagnation

stiffening

stigmatize

sojourning

stuttering

stygian

succeeding

strengthening

suffering

surpassing

surprising

surrounding

surveying

sweetening

tabling

tailoring

tapering

thickening

threatening

tempering

thanksgiving

ticketing

tinkering

tinkling

tormenting

toweling

towering

thundering

traversing

trembling

transporting

trumpeting

tumbling

typewriting

typesetting

underling

twinkling

undying

unfailing

unbending

unsparing

unwilling

unwitting

unthinking

vanishing

varying

upsetting

vatican

visiting

uprising

wagering

wandering

vomiting

warehousing

unyielding

undoing

weathering

well-being

watering

whitening

whispering

winnowing

withering

unfeeling

unflinching

wrongdoing

yellowing

seducing

4 syllable words

activating

agonizing

agitating

advertising

aggravating

admonishing

annotating

appetizing

awakening

babysitting

astonishing

barbecuing

bewildering

bicycling

calculating

captivating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

citizenship

complicating

conditioning

condescending

corresponding

delegating

denigrating

detonating

devastating

developing

diagnosing

disabling

disappearing

disappointing

disapproving

discouraging

disengaging

disheartening

disconcerting

distributing

distinguishing

dominating

domineering

disparaging

dispiriting

edifying

embarrassing

emphasizing

enlightening

encircling

encompassing

encouraging

energizing

engineering

enveloping

everlasting

examining

executing

entertaining

enterprising

fascinating

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

gratifying

hesitating

inheriting

inquiring

implicating

inhibiting

interlocking

integrating

intersecting

interviewing

irritating

judaism

laminating

legislating

liberating

maximizing

medicinal

merchandising

mitigating

moderating

mountaineering

never-ending

nonrecurring

occupying

obviating

notifying

oceangoing

notwithstanding

operating

oscillating

overarching

overcoming

overlapping

overhauling

overlying

overbearing

overflowing

overpowering

overrating

overruling

overwhelming

palpitating

partitioning

parachuting

patronizing

pathogenic

persevering

penetrating

photogenic

petitioning

pioneering

potassium

realizing

reentering

registering

separating

speechifying

suffocating

unassuming

unavailing

unbecoming

unbelieving

underwriting

underpinning

understanding

unremitting

underlying

vacillating

undertaking

waterproofing

undulating

unrelenting

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Words that rhyme with the word stocking

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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