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

action

accedes

acids

acton

agates

airman

acquits

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

aspen

ashen

asian

asides

auden

assets

austin

bagman

baldwin

aztec

bargain

azides

backsides

barton

bacon

aztecs

banyan

baron

backstage

barren

bason

baston

basin

baskets

bastion

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beaten

beacon

beckon

begun

begets

beachheads

belgian

bellman

billion

bison

billman

bisson

bitten

bellon

billon

besides

bigots

biscuits

bestows

blacken

blowgun

bludgeon

boatman

bordman

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bookman

bolden

bouquets

bourbon

bowman

brighten

brakeman

bracken

breton

briton

broaden

brethren

brazen

brogan

broken

boycotts

buckets

bullion

burden

burdon

burgeon

burman

burton

bushman

button

calvin

cabin

caisson

cajun

cannon

capstan

canon

canaan

canton

canyon

carbon

captain

caption

carton

caution

caskets

cassettes

caxton

cauldron

caustic

cascades

cayman

certain

chairman

chapman

chessman

chaplain

chasten

charon

cheapen

chastised

chastise

checkouts

chicots

children

chevron

chieftain

chicken

chosen

christen

christian

churchman

citron

claxon

coachman

clinton

colon

bustos

darken

corban

damson

copeman

cordon

costas

cousin

cretin

cowan

craven

crewman

crimson

crouton

cumin

curtain

dalton

cushion

cuban

cycads

cystic

dagan

dagon

daman

dampen

deacon

deaden

deceits

decides

decodes

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dian

diction

digits

dicots

diskettes

distaste

dockets

doctrine

dogwoods

dolphin

dragon

drunken

dozen

driven

dromon

dungeon

dudgeon

dugouts

dustman

dutchman

eaten

earthen

eden

eighties

elan

emption

deafen

engine

ensign

equates

ermine

exceeds

felon

excites

exits

faction

facets

falcon

fallen

exudes

famine

fasten

fatten

faustian

fashion

faulcon

faucets

facades

fireman

fibrin

fiction

fielden

firman

fission

flashgun

flatten

flexion

floren

footman

fountain

foreman

foreign

fraction

fortune

freedman

freeman

freshen

freshman

frighten

gallon

garden

gascon

friction

gammon

function

fusion

garron

goodman

gaskets

gentian

georgian

german

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

glisten

gluten

glidden

grandson

golden

gorgon

gowan

frozen

graven

grecian

griffon

guardsman

gudgeon

harken

hackman

hangman

harden

gumption

happen

haitian

harten

hearten

headsman

headman

hasten

hausen

haven

heathen

heaven

haystack

haystacks

hectic

heighten

henchman

hempen

hetman

hessian

heron

hidden

homespun

hostage

hogan

hoten

human

hoven

hymen

hyson

ibsen

hyphen

zion

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jorden

jason

jetton

jordan

junction

justice

kansan

kalan

keelson

kelson

kirkman

kelvin

kenyan

kitchen

klansman

kitten

landsman

landman

lampron

lactose

laden

latin

kremlin

lagan

layman

leman

lawsuits

leaden

lactic

leaven

ledden

lemon

legates

legion

jackets

lessen

lesson

leven

lengthen

lesion

lighten

lineman

lichen

lighthouse

linemen

liman

liken

linden

linen

lightweight

lion

liquids

locken

lisbon

listen

longan

london

liven

lockets

logan

locates

lockouts

lopeman

loosen

loren

lumen

lotion

luncheon

lyden

madden

lynden

m1

maggots

mahone

maiden

mansion

mangan

maoists

margin

marlin

marten

martin

mason

matron

mayan

marron

mention

melton

melon

mignon

milken

minden

million

minion

misguides

misjudge

mitten

mission

mistake

mistakes

moisten

mistook

molten

mormon

mountain

morgan

motion

moustache

muffin

mullen

muslin

mustache

mutton

mystic

mystics

nation

norman

nekton

newsman

nightclub

nightclubs

nightsticks

nighthawks

nightshirts

nightshade

mystique

nightshirt

nightstick

ninon

nighthawk

notion

nuggets

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

olden

omen

onion

open

orphan

organ

outdone

outrun

pardon

oven

owen

oxides

packman

packets

pastas

panton

patten

pavon

passion

paean

pathan

pagan

patron

pectin

pectic

penguin

penman

pension

peon

person

piston

perron

persian

platen

pillion

pinion

pitman

pigeon

pickets

platten

plantain

plankton

poison

pockets

ponton

pollan

pollen

portion

portman

postman

potion

postage

posits

postscript

pressman

prison

ration

prussian

question

proven

pullen

quicken

rackets

racquets

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

reacts

recedes

recites

redden

region

zaman

rerun

resin

resets

resides

ribbon

ridden

riden

samson

robin

rosin

ripen

rincon

risen

riven

rockets

roman

rosen

rosettes

runnion

russian

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

russets

saxon

rustic

rustys

salmon

satin

salesman

saffron

sanction

santon

sadden

scallion

satan

scullion

scion

seaman

season

section

sermon

seton

selden

seedsman

semen

sequin

session

seven

sexton

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shaman

shaken

shogun

shorten

shrunken

showman

sight-seer

silken

sicken

siren

siphon

sixties

smarten

sovereign

slacken

smitten

slogan

sockets

sodden

soften

soldan

sovran

spartan

solon

spearman

spoken

spokesman

squadron

stallman

stallion

station

stepson

stillion

straighten

steven

stiffen

stolen

stricken

strengthen

striven

sturgeon

suasion

yeoman

triton

trodden

tension

suction

sudden

succeeds

summon

sultan

sunken

sweeten

surgeon

sylvan

swollen

syphon

taken

tactic

tactics

talon

tarpon

tartan

tappen

tendon

teston

sullen

thicken

thousand

tighten

titan

tillman

threaten

thickets

tickets

townsman

torsion

traction

toman

toughen

token

treason

trillion

testes

trojan

tsetse

tubman

tuscan

tungsten

undone

union

urban

urchin

urine

urson

turban

vegan

whitson

version

vistas

whiten

villain

vision

warden

warren

vulcan

wanton

wagon

waken

washouts

visits

woodman

wheaten

widen

wizen

woman

women

weaken

workman

weapon

wiccan

wickets

wooden

woolen

vestige

woolman

worsen

woven

written

yaupon

tuesdays

decades

misquotes

zircon

postscripts

3 syllable words

abdomen

abandon

abduction

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abstention

accession

accretion

acetic

acidic

aggression

abstraction

adrian

acumen

adoption

addition

addiction

admission

adhesion

adsorption

affection

affliction

african

aegean

arkansan

alaskan

alderman

albion

albumin

aleutian

allusion

alien

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

andean

apportion

anchorman

appian

anyone

anglican

arian

aquatic

aqueduct

aqueducts

artesian

artisan

aryan

ascension

aspersion

ascetic

assassin

assumption

asuncion

audition

attention

attraction

attrition

assertion

austrian

aversion

avian

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

australian

battalion

beethoven

bedizen

bedridden

bedouin

beholden

bitumen

biotin

benjamin

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

cartesian

carrion

catalan

cation

castaways

castigate

castigates

castration

caucasian

causation

chairwoman

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chamberlain

champion

charwoman

charlatan

chastises

citation

citizen

chilean

cinnamon

cicadas

cistercian

civilian

collagen

clergyman

collegian

clarion

clarendon

collision

cognition

coercion

cohesion

collusion

collection

cockatoos

combustion

commission

commotion

compassion

companion

completion

complexion

concession

compulsion

conception

compression

compunction

concoction

concussion

conclusion

conduction

condition

confection

confession

confusion

congestion

congressman

conflation

confucian

connection

conjunction

connexion

conscription

constriction

construction

contagion

consumption

contention

contortion

contusion

contrition

contraction

contraption

convection

convention

conversion

convulsion

correction

conviction

corrosion

corruption

corsican

councilman

countryman

creation

crestfallen

cremation

crustacean

croatian

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

communion

zambian

decision

declension

deception

deflation

deduction

defection

deflection

deletion

delusion

dentition

depiction

depletion

denizen

eleven

discipline

depression

derision

detention

detection

desertion

destruction

description

devotion

diffusion

digestion

dictation

diffraction

digitize

digression

dilation

dilution

direction

dioxides

dimension

diastase

elison

discussion

dispersion

dissection

disruption

division

dissension

diversion

distasteful

distortion

distraction

distinction

disunion

donation

dorian

dominion

downtrodden

duration

ecstasy

edition

egyptian

discretion

egotist

ejection

elation

election

emotion

emission

emblazon

embolden

encryption

emulsion

exhaustion

erosion

enlighten

equation

erection

equities

eruption

etruscan

evasion

everyone

eviction

enliven

exception

excision

exclusion

exaction

excursion

exertion

excretion

exemption

extraction

exotic

exotics

expansion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

extortion

extinction

fabian

extrusion

ferryman

fisherman

filtration

fijian

fisticuff

fisticuffs

fixation

flotation

foramen

forewoman

forgotten

forbidden

formation

foundation

flirtation

franciscan

freemason

fustian

galleon

fenian

frustration

fruition

garrison

gaussian

freudian

gordian

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

gestation

genuine

gradation

feminine

englishman

grobian

guardian

halcyon

hammerman

gyration

handwoven

halogen

harlequin

heartbroken

guncotton

hawaiian

hectograph

horatian

heroine

heroin

horizon

hostages

hostesses

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

impassion

imagine

immersion

implosion

incision

induction

impression

inaction

inception

in-person

imprison

incursion

inclusion

indian

infarction

infection

inhuman

ingestion

infraction

infusion

inflection

infliction

injection

injunction

inscription

insertion

intention

inspection

instruction

irishman

intestine

irian

intrusion

invasion

inversion

invention

italian

jacobin

jamaican

jesuits

jettison

javelin

jovian

jujitsu

julian

justices

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

korean

laotian

lanolin

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

inflation

ligation

libration

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

malayan

lutheran

magician

magdalen

machetes

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

masculine

medallion

marian

median

medicine

mexican

midshipman

menhaden

melanin

mestizo

migration

misfortune

misjudges

misjudgment

misprision

misjudgments

mistaken

misshapen

mistaking

myosin

moroccan

mutation

mosquitoes

mosquitos

muskmelon

munition

musician

mystical

nebraskan

narration

negation

niacin

nemean

nevadan

niceties

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

notation

norwegian

nubian

nutrition

obsession

objection

obstruction

occasion

octagon

octillion

occlusion

odeon

optician

optation

opinion

oppression

omission

oration

origin

orion

outspoken

overman

overdone

ovation

overrun

oxidize

oxidized

oxygen

partisan

partition

parthian

pagodas

parisian

patrician

pavilion

pelican

percussion

pentathlon

perception

perfection

perfusion

permission

permian

persuasion

peterman

petition

phoenician

physician

perversion

phrygian

pesetas

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

porcelain

position

possession

precaution

privation

precession

pretension

precision

preclusion

predation

predestine

presumption

prediction

preemption

prescription

prevention

probation

procession

production

profession

profusion

progression

projection

proportion

propulsion

promotion

proscription

prostration

protean

protection

provision

puritan

quotation

quixotic

ramadan

reaction

reduction

recession

recision

rebellion

reception

regattas

redemption

reflection

regression

regimen

relation

rejection

religion

remission

rendition

reopen

reptilian

rescission

repression

resection

residues

rhodopsin

resumption

restriction

retention

reunion

revulsion

retraction

reversion

revision

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

righteously

scythian

secession

seclusion

sedation

secretion

seduction

selection

sedition

sensation

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solution

specimen

starvation

stagnation

stygian

submersion

submission

subscription

suburban

subversion

subtraction

suggestion

sumatran

summation

superman

suppression

suspicion

suspension

testicles

talisman

succession

tactician

tactical

tacticians

syrian

taxation

tamarin

temptation

technician

testicle

truncation

timberman

thespian

tradition

transaction

toboggan

transcription

transmission

transition

transfusion

translation

transgression

suicides

veteran

uncertain

uneven

unburden

unbutton

uncommon

unison

unbroken

unwritten

vacation

vatican

uterine

venetian

tuition

venison

vibration

vermilion

vocation

volition

vestiges

wesleyan

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abnegation

accordion

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

alabaman

abyssinian

activation

adaptation

adoration

admiration

admonition

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

acquisition

agitation

allegation

allocation

algonquian

aldebaran

algerian

altercation

alteration

alternation

american

amphibian

ammunition

amputation

albanian

annotation

animation

appalachian

appellation

apparition

annexation

application

arbitration

arabian

armageddon

approbation

arizonan

apprehension

armenian

agrarian

arthurian

asiatic

aspiration

assyrian

athenian

assemblyman

attribution

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

calculation

calibration

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

centurion

celebration

chameleon

circumcision

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

committeeman

coalition

cogitation

coloradan

collocation

collodion

coloration

columbian

comedian

combination

commendation

commutation

competition

compilation

comparison

compensation

complication

computation

composition

concentration

comprehension

condemnation

condescension

condensation

consummation

connotation

conservation

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

consolation

conjugation

consecration

constipation

consternation

constellation

constitution

consultation

contemplation

contrarian

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

correlation

corp.

corporation

corinthian

coronation

cotyledon

criterion

custodian

crocodilian

cultivation

crucifixion

cyclopean

culmination

dandelion

darwinian

businesswoman

decimation

declaration

deformation

decompression

dedication

defamation

decoration

definition

deconstruction

degradation

demarcation

delegation

dehydration

demolition

deportation

demonstration

deposition

depravation

depredation

derivation

devolution

deprivation

dereliction

designation

destitution

desiccation

desperation

desecration

desolation

destination

devonian

devastation

deviation

detonation

dietitian

diocesan

dilatation

elevation

disaffection

diminution

disillusion

dislocation

disinfection

disinflation

disposition

disputation

dissatisfy

dispensation

dissertation

dissatisfied

dissipation

distillation

dissolution

distribution

divination

domination

draconian

dominican

duplication

education

egotism

electrician

disconnection

elocution

embarkation

elongation

emulation

emanation

emigration

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

estimation

estonian

eustachian

european

evolution

exhibition

exclamation

evocation

excavation

excitation

execution

exhumation

exhalation

extradition

exhortation

expiration

expedition

exposition

explanation

explication

exploitation

exploration

fabrication

expectation

extrication

fallopian

fascination

federation

fibrillation

fermentation

figuration

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

galilean

fumigation

gargantuan

gastrulation

glaciation

gentlewoman

germination

generation

gorgonian

granulation

graduation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hesitation

hibernation

herculean

hemoglobin

historian

hungarian

himalayan

hyperion

iberian

ideation

hypertension

ibuprofen

illustration

implantation

hydrocarbon

implication

imperfection

imitation

immigration

importation

imposition

impregnation

immolation

inattention

imputation

incantation

incarnation

incrustation

indecision

incubation

indentation

indigestion

indication

indexation

indiscretion

indignation

indonesian

inclination

isolation

renovation

information

inhalation

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

interception

inspiration

insulation

insurrection

installation

instigation

institution

integration

interaction

intermission

interurban

intersection

interwoven

interruption

interdiction

intervention

interjection

intimation

intercession

intuition

invitation

invocation

introspection

introduction

inundation

iranian

intonation

irrigation

irritation

jacobean

iteration

infiltration

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

infestation

levitation

liberian

librarian

limitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

mammalian

masturbation

maturation

medication

mediation

meditation

meridian

menstruation

melanesian

liberation

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

miseration

inflammation

moderation

missourian

mistakenly

mitigation

modulation

molestation

mongolian

moravian

mortification

motivation

mustachio

mustachioed

mutilation

mysticism

napoleon

navigation

newtonian

nestorian

nicaraguan

nigerian

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obsidian

obfuscation

obligation

observation

oblivion

obstetrician

octagonal

octahedron

occupation

ohioan

olympian

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

oxidation

ovulation

oxidizer

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

pagination

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

perspiration

persecution

perturbation

peruvian

pistachio

pigmentation

pistachios

planarian

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

misperception

praetorian

preignition

predetermine

predilection

preelection

preconception

preparation

preservation

premonition

presentation

precondition

proclamation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

radiation

reassertion

reawaken

recitation

readmission

realization

reclamation

recantation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

reexamine

recreation

reformation

refutation

reelection

registration

regulation

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

repetition

reputation

reposition

repossession

reproduction

replication

requisition

repercussion

republican

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termination

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testosterone

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validation

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utopian

valuation

variation

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

violation

victorian

visitation

vindication

wagnerian

watermelon

vestigial

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abbreviation

abomination

accreditation

academician

acceleration

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accumulation

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administration

adulteration

agglomeration

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alliteration

alleviation

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communication

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dionysian

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domestication

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egotistical

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emancipation

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elizabethan

eradication

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equivocation

ethiopian

evacuation

epicurean

evaluation

enumeration

evaporation

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exaggeration

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excoriation

examination

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exoskeleton

exhilaration

exoneration

extermination

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facilitation

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falsification

fertilization

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hanoverian

hallucination

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hyperborean

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immunization

imagination

incarceration

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incineration

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jeffersonian

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legalization

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localization

lithuanian

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metropolitan

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misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

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nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

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nonintervention

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oregonian

orientation

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organization

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pennsylvanian

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scandinavian

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sophistication

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sterilization

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theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

washingtonian

vulgarization

veterinarian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word yachtsman

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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.

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