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

liking

striking

viking

acting

aching

bagging

ailing

asking

backing

awning

baiting

baking

barring

batting

beading

beaming

beating

biding

binding

biting

blazing

blinding

bleeding

bleeping

blocking

boiling

boring

boxing

bracing

braiding

braving

breaking

brawling

cracking

breeding

briefing

broiling

creaking

broking

browning

browsing

chafing

bucking

buckling

budding

buying

butting

calling

calming

caulking

caning

casing

ceiling

chasing

choking

chopping

cleaning

climbing

clucking

cloaking

clocking

clogging

clouding

clowning

codding

coiling

cocking

colling

coming

cooking

dicing

crackling

craving

creeping

crossing

crying

culling

cunning

cutting

damning

dawning

dealing

dining

ducking

eking

fighting

diving

docking

doubting

driving

dragging

draining

drying

dropping

drugging

drumming

dubbing

filing

dying

duckling

dyeing

easing

eating

firing

finding

fading

facing

falling

failing

feeding

feeling

feigning

fining

freaking

frying

fucking

grinding

flagging

flaming

fleeting

flooding

flogging

flooring

flying

foiling

framing

freezing

galling

gaming

gassing

glazing

grading

leaking

gadding

grating

grayling

knocking

grazing

greening

greeting

grieving

grouting

gunning

having

healing

hearing

heating

icing

heaving

hogging

housing

hopping

hugging

hiding

humming

jailing

jarring

jeering

jerking

jogging

jutting

keeling

kicking

lagging

keeping

lapping

joking

lading

laughing

leading

leaning

leaping

leasing

licking

seeming

lighting

lightning

lining

logging

looking

lopping

loring

lying

madding

mailing

making

loving

marking

mapping

matting

mining

meaning

mocking

meeting

nagging

napping

minding

mugging

rocking

panning

nodding

offing

nutting

outing

packing

rising

padding

riding

rifling

pacing

parking

paving

peaking

passing

piling

pining

piping

phasing

phrasing

picking

priming

pleading

pleasing

plodding

plating

sacking

plugging

plumbing

poking

popping

pouting

prying

prowling

puffing

quaking

racking

putting

racing

railing

raising

raking

raving

reading

roaring

rousing

rubbing

running

sharking

sailing

scraping

sagging

saving

scaling

scarring

scheming

screaming

screening

seizing

seeling

seating

shading

shaving

sheeting

shining

shoring

shocking

shrouding

signing

sighing

sighting

siding

sizing

sliding

slapping

slating

sleeping

slighting

stalling

smacking

slotting

smoking

sneaking

sneezing

snoring

soaking

soaring

sobbing

snapping

sopping

speaking

squeezing

stacking

yachting

strapping

staving

stealing

stating

sticking

stocking

stopping

streaming

straining

striving

stroking

strutting

sucking

suckling

stuffing

stunning

taking

talking

sweeping

sweeting

tanning

tacking

tackling

tailing

teaming

teeming

ticking

tiding

tithing

trifling

topping

tossing

tracing

trading

training

trailing

tricking

trucking

trying

twining

tying

voiding

vying

veiling

wading

waiting

waking

walking

walling

waning

wapping

weaving

weeding

whacking

weeping

whaling

wheeling

whiting

wiring

wilding

winding

weakling

whopping

writing

working

wrecking

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

addressed

adheres

adores

aging

airing

angling

arching

arming

attracts

authors

attract

badders

banding

banking

banging

bathing

basting

batters

bathers

beadwork

bearing

beaters

bedding

being

beijing

belting

bending

belling

betrays

betters

bettors

bidders

bidding

billing

birthing

bitching

blaring

blasting

bleaching

bitters

bonding

blending

blessing

blushing

boarding

blooming

boating

blowing

blueing

bluing

bolling

boasting

bolting

boning

booming

booting

boozing

bouncing

bounding

bowling

bowing

breathing

branching

breasting

breeching

brewing

brooding

brushing

bruting

building

brimming

bunting

burning

butters

cadres

camping

carping

carling

burping

carving

catching

casting

caters

cedars

chanting

charming

chipping

chirping

churning

clanging

chewing

cheaters

cheddars

chilling

citric

clearing

clipping

closing

coating

coaching

coasting

clothing

coaxing

combing

costing

cooling

coping

cooing

couching

coupling

coursing

bothers

crashing

crushing

cribbing

crooning

crowing

cresting

cuddling

dancing

curing

curling

daring

cutters

darling

dashing

daunting

bulging

derring

detracts

detract

deters

detours

digging

dilling

dipping

fuming

dishing

doing

drafting

drawing

doting

dressing

drilling

drinking

dripping

dueling

during

dwelling

earning

earring

dumpling

earthling

eaters

filling

edging

ending

erring

etching

evening

ethers

fainting

farming

fielding

farthing

faulting

fehling

fetching

fencing

feeders

fathers

features

fetters

feathers

fitting

fixing

fishing

flaring

flashing

fleming

fledgling

flitting

floating

footing

flushing

forcing

forming

foaming

flowing

folding

forging

founding

foundling

franking

fruiting

frosting

fraying

glaring

gearing

golfing

grappling

getting

ginning

girding

giving

gilding

getters

glancing

gloaming

glowing

going

golding

grafting

gathers

grasping

glinting

funding

grounding

grooming

grouping

groundling

growing

guitars

hanging

hamstring

handling

gutters

heaters

hatching

harping

heading

haters

headers

heckling

helping

hoarding

heathers

herring

hilling

hissing

hitting

hitters

horning

holing

homing

holding

hosting

hooters

hounding

hunting

hurling

hurting

hydras

gushing

inning

judging

jumping

inkling

jetting

kenning

killing

knitting

kindling

kipling

lawing

lashing

ladders

lamping

latching

lasting

landing

launching

knowing

lathers

laying

leaders

futures

learning

legging

lemming

lending

leathers

letters

lifting

listing

serving

living

setting

litters

lodging

longing

loaning

looming

looping

loathing

losing

sewing

loaders

lumping

lunching

lowing

malting

matching

marching

matrice

matrix

mathers

matters

merging

morning

melting

metric

missing

milling

mooring

mincing

metrics

meters

metres

molting

matures

morphing

moulding

mothers

motors

mounting

mowing

mourning

moving

musing

muting

nanking

nestling

mutters

netting

nipping

nitric

networks

network

nursing

nosing

natures

nothing

nutters

odors

oozing

offspring

nethers

pairing

ousting

otters

outdoors

others

outraged

outrage

outreach

outright

owing

paging

painting

padres

patching

parting

paring

paying

peeing

pedros

pegging

pelting

pending

peters

petting

piercing

pimping

pinching

planking

playing

plaything

planting

pitching

pouncing

praying

pointing

poling

pooling

posting

potters

pounding

preaching

polling

powders

pressing

ribbing

printing

pumping

pruning

pudding

purging

pushing

raging

rafting

quilling

quilting

raiders

radars

quitters

rambling

raters

readers

resting

retires

retracts

retrace

retract

putters

riders

panting

rigging

ringing

roasting

romping

rounding

rolling

roofing

roving

ruling

rooters

rotors

routers

loading

salting

sapling

saying

scalping

schilling

schooling

scorching

scolding

scratching

screwing

searching

scrimping

seedling

seeing

looters

setters

shafting

shatters

shearing

sheathing

shelling

shilling

shipping

shirting

shelving

shifting

shoestring

shooting

shooters

shredding

shrinking

showing

shuffling

shudders

shunting

shedding

sinking

singing

sibling

siders

sitters

sitting

shutters

skilling

slanting

skimming

skirting

sledding

skaters

slitting

slouching

sloping

spanking

snarling

smelling

sniffing

sparkling

smoothing

smelting

sounding

something

soothing

spending

sparing

sparling

spelling

sperling

spinning

sporting

springing

staging

spurling

sprinkling

squinting

squatters

staircase

southers

stairways

stamping

standing

starches

starcher

suing

starchy

starling

starting

stearic

starkly

steering

sterling

stooping

starcraft

stinking

stinging

stirring

stitching

storage

storehouse

storming

straddling

stowing

straighten

straggle

straightedge

straggler

stragglers

straightens

strictures

stories

suiting

stretching

stricken

strikeout

striker

strikeouts

stricture

strickler

strictly

strikers

stripping

stripling

struggles

structure

structured

structures

struggle

strychnine

stresses

sturgeon

sturgeons

stressful

suitors

yearling

swaying

swearing

sweating

swelling

sweaters

swimming

swooning

tamping

tasting

switching

taunting

teaching

tatters

teeters

teething

thrashing

telling

testing

tempting

theatrics

tethers

thinking

thrusting

theatric

thrilling

throwing

thumping

tipping

tooling

touching

trilling

trimming

tripping

trusting

tubing

tuning

turning

twisting

tutors

tilting

toasting

vaulting

veering

vesting

voting

vitric

voters

waders

waiters

wanting

warling

warming

warning

warping

washing

wasting

waters

sutures

wearing

whooping

utters

weighing

webbing

wedding

whipping

whirling

westling

wellspring

whitehorse

whistling

wielding

willing

winning

whitling

wincing

wishing

witching

withers

weathers

wording

wringing

wrestling

woodwork

yearning

yelling

yielding

zithers

3 syllable words

abiding

abducting

according

accusing

affecting

accenting

abounding

absorbing

adjoining

admiring

addresses

addressee

adoring

agreeing

alarming

alerting

afflicting

aligning

amazing

annealing

amusing

alluring

annoying

aspiring

asserting

arranging

approving

approaching

arresting

arriving

assuming

ascending

assuring

astounding

appealing

backbiting

attracting

attractive

attraction

authorship

attractions

authorized

authorize

backsliding

badgering

baffling

anything

appalling

battering

battening

batteries

becoming

beguiling

believing

belonging

beseeching

besieging

bettering

befitting

beginning

besetting

beholding

bickering

bedraggle

billowing

blackmailing

blanketing

bittersweet

bloodsucking

blossoming

bloodletting

blundering

blustering

blistering

bookkeeping

ballooning

bottling

brainwashing

broadcasting

buffeting

bubbling

bullfighting

bundling

cowering

bungling

bushwhacking

cackling

bustling

butchering

buttercup

buttercups

buttresses

canoeing

carousing

carrying

carjacking

carpeting

campaigning

cataracts

cataract

caressing

cauterize

centering

channeling

challenging

chattering

childbearing

churchgoing

coauthors

coloring

colouring

comforting

commuting

complaining

completing

commanding

complying

composing

compounding

concurring

confiding

concerning

conflicting

conforming

conquering

bothersome

confounding

conceding

connecting

confusing

conjuring

conveying

conserving

copying

correcting

consoling

contacting

consuming

contracting

converging

consulting

convincing

constricting

counseling

covering

cradling

crippling

crusading

crocheting

cushioning

damaging

dairying

dampening

darkening

deadening

debating

delighting

declining

decreasing

degrading

defusing

departing

descending

deserving

dialing

deafening

designing

detailing

despairing

detractor

detractors

detergent

detergents

diapering

dieters

bullying

bumbling

dissecting

diverging

disguising

dissolving

disgusting

dissembling

dissenting

distracting

distressing

diverting

dividing

divining

doddering

downsizing

dressmaking

doubling

drizzling

emptying

dwindling

easterling

dumbfounding

eavesdropping

echoing

enclosing

enchanting

emitting

endearing

exciting

engaging

erecting

enduring

ensuing

engraving

enticing

engrossing

equating

erupting

exceeding

entering

etruscan

enlisting

exacting

everything

etruscans

excepting

factoring

exhausting

exulting

expelling

expanding

existing

expiring

exploring

faltering

favoring

fastening

feathering

fingering

flattering

flavoring

flowering

fondling

foreboding

forbidding

forecasting

forgiving

following

forthcoming

forwarding

disarming

freewheeling

frustrating

futurist

futurists

gambling

gardening

galloping

gathering

glowering

glistening

governing

good-looking

glimmering

groundbreaking

guitarist

guitarists

hardworking

happening

handwriting

hairdressing

hardening

finishing

harvesting

headdresses

heartbreaking

highflying

housekeeping

housewarming

hydrazine

incoming

imploring

hydrogen

importing

increasing

imposing

impending

improving

imprinting

infighting

hydroxides

inspiring

installing

insulting

inserting

interesting

jockeying

ironing

invading

inviting

issuing

investing

journeying

juggling

kidnapping

hydrogens

hydroxide

laboring

lactating

lamenting

landholding

landscaping

languishing

layering

laundering

leadership

leaderships

discerning

leavening

lessening

leveling

lethargy

lettering

life-giving

lightening

listening

lingering

locating

machining

lowering

lumbering

maddening

madrigal

madrigals

matchmaking

marketing

marshaling

matrices

matrixes

maturing

meddling

mellowing

measuring

mistaking

misgiving

meteors

middling

misleading

misspelling

modeling

mattresses

mothering

metrical

mottling

motoring

motorcade

motorized

motorcades

motorcars

mumbling

motorcar

motorize

murmuring

muscling

neighboring

nerve-racking

neutering

networking

nitrogen

offering

obliging

observing

nourishing

oncoming

ongoing

offsetting

opening

opining

opposing

ordering

outgoing

outfitting

otherwise

outlying

outpouring

outrigger

outriggers

outrages

outstanding

paneling

narrowing

painstaking

pardoning

patrolling

patrician

patricians

peddling

pervading

peppering

perplexing

petroglyph

pickering

piddling

pilfering

petroglyphs

plastering

pitying

pondering

polishing

powdering

preceding

presiding

proceeding

polluting

parceling

prevailing

profiling

profiting

promising

reclining

pronouncing

quarreling

quickening

railroading

provoking

recording

raveling

reasoning

reckoning

ravishing

readership

redirect

reducing

reflecting

rejoicing

relieving

repeating

respecting

regarding

relapsing

rendering

resisting

retiring

refreshing

retraction

retrospect

retrograde

reviving

revolting

reversing

revolving

rhetoric

riveting

rioters

papering

rumbling

persisting

scaffolding

satirists

satirize

scattering

scrambling

scavenging

scattergood

satirist

seagoing

scribbling

seasoning

seducing

liturgy

satires

settling

shadowing

shimmering

shipbuilding

shoplifting

shortening

shortcoming

sickening

sleepwalking

sizzling

souring

smattering

softening

sojourning

soldering

soldiering

staircases

stiffening

storekeeper

storekeepers

stargazer

stargazers

strengthening

straightforward

structural

stuttering

suffering

succeeding

surpassing

surprising

wrongdoing

surveying

surviving

sweetening

tailoring

tapering

tabling

thickening

tempering

thanksgiving

theatres

threatening

thundering

ticketing

towering

tinkering

tinkling

tormenting

toweling

transporting

traversing

trembling

trumpeting

tumbling

typesetting

typewriting

twinkling

underling

unfeeling

unbending

unfailing

undoing

undying

uprising

unwitting

unyielding

unthinking

unwilling

unsparing

unflinching

upsetting

vomiting

vanishing

varying

visiting

wagering

wandering

waitresses

warehousing

watering

watershed

watersheds

weathering

well-being

whispering

whitening

winnowing

withering

widowers

waterways

surrounding

yellowing

lotteries

4 syllable words

activating

admonishing

agonizing

agitating

advertising

annotating

aggravating

appetizing

astonishing

atrocities

awakening

authorizes

babysitting

atrocity

barbecuing

bewildering

bicycling

calculating

captivating

cauterizes

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

complicating

conditioning

condescending

corresponding

delegating

denigrating

detonating

devastating

developing

diagnosing

disappointing

disabling

discouraging

disconcerting

disparaging

disheartening

dispiriting

distinguishing

distributing

dominating

domineering

edifying

emphasizing

embarrassing

encompassing

encouraging

energizing

enlightening

engineering

enterprising

entertaining

enveloping

everlasting

examining

encircling

executing

fascinating

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

futurism

gratifying

hesitating

hydrocarbon

hydrocarbons

implicating

hydrogenate

interviewing

inheriting

inquiring

interlocking

integrating

inhibiting

intersecting

irritating

hydrogenates

laminating

disapproving

disappearing

legislating

liberating

disengaging

liturgical

matriculate

matriculates

meteoric

merchandising

mitigating

moderating

maximizing

metrically

motorcycles

mountaineering

motorcycle

notifying

never-ending

nonrecurring

notwithstanding

obviating

occupying

oceangoing

operating

oscillating

overarching

overbearing

overlying

overcoming

overlapping

overpowering

overrating

overflowing

overhauling

overruling

overwhelming

patronizing

partitioning

palpitating

penetrating

petitioning

pioneering

realizing

reentering

registering

retroactive

retrospective

retrocession

retractable

rhetorical

rhetorician

rhetoricians

parachuting

persevering

satirizes

literacy

separating

satirical

speechifying

suffocating

theatrical

unavailing

unassuming

unbecoming

unbelieving

underlying

underpinning

underwriting

undulating

undertaking

unrelenting

unremitting

understanding

waterproofing

vacillating

6 syllable words
7 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word striking

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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