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

abeles

ablaze

ables

action

acton

afflict

afflicts

alan

airman

alban

alman

appalls

applause

appeals

apron

applies

apples

arson

ashen

aspen

asian

atman

auction

austin

auden

amman

bacon

bagman

baldwin

banyan

bastion

basin

bason

barton

baston

barren

batten

batton

bayman

baubles

beacon

beaten

beckon

befalls

belgian

begun

bellman

bellon

bookman

bisson

baton

billion

billman

billon

bison

bitten

bibles

blacken

bludgeon

bolden

boatman

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

baron

bordman

brethren

bracken

brakeman

breton

briton

bourbon

bowman

brazen

brighten

broaden

baffles

broken

boston

boughten

bullion

bushman

burgeon

bargain

burden

burdon

burman

burton

bubbles

button

cabin

caisson

calvin

cajun

cables

canaan

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

captain

caption

cauldron

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

capstan

caution

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

charon

chasten

chaplain

chapman

cheapen

chicken

children

chevron

christen

christian

chieftain

churchman

chosen

citron

chessman

claxon

clinton

classman

coachman

caples

common

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

craftsman

cretin

craven

crewman

cowan

crimson

cousin

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

cushion

couples

dagan

dabbles

deacon

deaden

deafen

damson

darken

dampen

daman

deflect

deflects

deepen

dagon

delphian

demon

desman

diction

devon

devilish

devils

divulge

dian

dobson

dolphin

doctrine

draftsman

driven

dozen

dragon

dromon

doubles

drunken

dudgeon

duplex

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

efflux

eden

elan

dolman

eaten

earthen

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

evils

deploys

colon

brogan

fraction

gumption

faction

falcon

fallen

fables

eyeballs

fashion

faulcon

fasten

felon

faustian

fatten

fielden

famine

fibrin

fiction

flexion

fission

flashgun

firman

flatten

floren

foibles

fireman

footman

fortune

foreman

fountain

foreign

freedman

freshen

freshman

freeman

function

fusion

gibbon

friction

gallon

garden

frighten

gentian

gascon

garron

georgian

glisten

given

frozen

gilden

gammon

glidden

gladden

german

gluten

gables

goodman

gorgon

griffon

grecian

golden

gotten

grandson

gowan

graven

gobbles

gudgeon

haitian

hackman

guardsman

headman

hasten

harken

harden

harten

happen

hausen

haven

havelock

headsman

hempen

henchman

heaven

hessian

hearten

heighten

heron

heathen

hetman

hidden

homespun

horseman

hangman

houseman

hoven

human

hovels

huntsman

hyphen

hyson

hymen

ibsen

hobbles

hogan

hoten

dalton

jackman

junction

jargon

jetson

jetton

jasmine

jordan

jorden

jason

landsman

kitten

keelson

kansan

kelson

kitchen

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kalan

klansman

kremlin

laden

lagan

labels

lampron

leaden

leaven

lapels

latin

layman

ledden

lemon

lengthen

landman

legion

leman

lessen

lesson

lesion

leven

lichen

liken

levels

lifelike

listen

lighten

lightman

linden

lineman

linen

linemen

liman

lion

lisbon

lynden

lockman

london

locken

loosen

longan

lopeman

m1

logan

loopholes

luncheon

lotion

lobules

liven

muffin

loren

mahone

maiden

mangan

mansion

ion

marksman

martian

marron

mason

markman

marlin

margin

marten

martin

matron

mention

lumen

milken

melton

melon

mignon

lyden

marchman

million

minion

minden

mission

mitten

madden

molten

moisten

maples

motion

mayan

mobiles

morgan

mountain

muslin

mutton

nation

muffles

mullen

nekton

newsman

ninon

nibbles

nipples

norman

notion

passman

oarsman

pavon

nobles

noblesse

oblique

ocean

olden

often

odin

omen

option

onion

open

organ

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

oven

novels

packman

oxen

paean

pagan

panton

pardon

parson

pigeon

passion

pathan

patron

pectin

oblige

pebbles

patten

owen

penman

pension

peoples

pillion

penguin

peon

perron

person

persian

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

portion

pollan

pollen

platen

platten

poison

portman

ponton

potion

postman

pressman

prison

ovules

prussian

proven

public

publics

pullen

publish

pupils

reflect

question

ration

reflects

quibbles

reason

rayon

rebels

reckon

redden

refills

quicken

reflex

reflux

raffles

region

raven

repels

repeals

replace

replies

repulse

rerun

ripples

resin

reveals

revels

ribbon

ridden

rincon

ripen

rifles

risen

riven

riden

robin

rosen

robles

seedsman

session

sexton

rowen

ruffles

russian

runnion

rumen

ruin

salesman

sables

salmon

sadden

sanction

saffron

samson

santon

satin

saxon

scallion

scotsman

seaman

scion

season

scuffles

section

scullion

satan

rubles

rivals

selden

roman

sequin

rosin

shipman

semen

sermon

seven

seton

rotten

shaken

rowan

shaman

sharpen

shearman

shrunken

mormon

shorten

shotgun

shogun

shovels

shuffles

showman

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

smitten

soldan

soften

solon

smarten

sodden

spearman

sovereign

slogan

sovran

spartan

spokesman

sportsman

spoken

splashes

splashy

splices

squabbles

squadron

stillion

stiffen

station

stallion

stallman

steven

stepson

stricken

stockman

stolen

straighten

strengthen

statesman

striven

sudden

sturgeon

suction

suasion

sultan

sullen

summon

sunken

supplies

surgeon

sublease

tension

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

swivels

taken

tarpon

tartan

tables

talon

tappen

tendon

teston

thicken

tillman

threaten

token

thousand

tighten

titan

toman

traction

torsion

toughen

townsman

topples

treason

trillion

tuscan

tungsten

tubman

trojan

triton

trodden

turban

undone

urchin

union

urban

urine

urson

vegan

villain

vision

version

vulcan

waffles

waken

weaken

weapon

wanton

warden

watchman

wagon

warren

weevils

wheaten

whitson

whiplash

wiccan

woolman

women

woolen

woodman

woman

wooden

widen

wizen

workman

worsen

written

whiten

woven

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

abandon

abdomen

ablution

abstention

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abolish

abstraction

accession

accretion

addiction

acumen

addition

adhesion

aegean

adsorption

adoption

adrian

afflicting

aggression

african

alaskan

aleutian

alderman

albion

albumin

alien

alsatian

admission

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

backwoodsman

anchorman

anyone

appian

anglican

applicant

applicants

apportion

arian

arkansan

applesauce

artesian

ascension

aspersion

assassin

attention

asuncion

assertion

assumption

aryan

attraction

audition

aversion

attrition

australian

austrian

awaken

backgammon

aviles

avian

andean

artisan

bandwagon

collision

battalion

bedizen

beethoven

bedridden

beholden

bedouin

benjamin

biblical

biotin

bitumen

brazilian

bouillon

bosnian

bulletin

buffalos

cablegram

campion

cambrian

carnation

capsaicin

castration

carrion

catalan

cardigan

cartesian

causation

caucasian

cation

cetacean

cessation

cavalcade

charlatan

chamberlain

champion

cistercian

chilean

chairwoman

citation

cinnamon

citizen

chairperson

civilian

civilize

charwoman

clarion

clergyman

clarendon

civilized

cobblestone

collegian

coercion

collagen

cognition

cohesion

cobblestones

badminton

collusion

compassion

commotion

communion

commission

companion

compression

compunction

completion

compulsion

conception

conduction

concession

concoction

concussion

conclusion

condition

conflation

confession

congestion

confucian

conjunction

confusion

congressman

conscription

constriction

construction

consumption

contagion

contention

contraction

contraption

contortion

contusion

contrition

convention

conviction

correction

conversion

convulsion

corrosion

corsican

cyprian

corruption

councilman

countryman

creation

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

decision

deflected

deflector

deflectors

exertion

deletion

expansion

delusion

denizen

procession

depletion

digestion

dilution

desertion

description

derision

determine

dictation

digression

devotion

diffusion

discussion

direction

discretion

discipline

disruption

dilation

dispersion

dissection

distinction

distortion

disunion

diversion

division

dominion

donation

duration

downtrodden

dorian

duplicate

duplicates

edition

egyptian

eleven

elison

emotion

emulsion

emblazon

emission

encryption

embolden

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equation

epilogue

evasion

erosion

etruscan

eruption

everyone

dentition

excretion

excision

exclusion

excursion

exhaustion

combustion

expression

explosion

extinction

extortion

extraction

filtration

expulsion

extrusion

fabian

ferryman

fenian

feminine

fijian

fixation

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

formation

foundation

foramen

forewoman

forgotten

forbidden

franciscan

ghanaian

freemason

frustration

fruition

fustian

freudian

galleon

gentleman

gaussian

genuine

garrison

gillian

gestation

gordian

gradation

gravamen

grobian

guardian

gyration

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

heroin

heroine

hawaiian

heartbroken

guncotton

horatian

implosion

hydration

horizon

hydrogen

impression

ignition

impassion

illusion

immersion

imagine

in-person

housebroken

imprison

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

insertion

injunction

inscription

inhuman

instruction

probation

ingestion

infusion

intestine

intrusion

invasion

inversion

intention

italian

jacobin

jamaican

jettison

javelin

jovian

irishman

julian

irian

keratin

keynesian

kantian

lactation

korean

laurentian

lecithin

laotian

libration

libyan

lesbian

lanolin

ligation

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

malayan

magician

malaysian

mandarin

marian

masculine

margarine

medallion

median

mexican

medicine

midshipman

menhaden

melanin

migration

magdalen

misfortune

mistaken

misprision

misshapen

moroccan

mobilize

muskmelon

mutation

narration

munition

musician

myosin

nebraskan

negation

nevadan

nemean

nepalese

nitrogen

nobleman

parthian

nonhuman

notation

nonunion

norwegian

nutrition

niacin

obligate

nubian

obligates

obsession

obliquely

obloquy

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

octillion

odeon

omission

oppression

optation

oration

optician

ovation

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

opinion

overdone

overman

overrun

novelist

oxygen

parisian

obliges

partition

partisan

patrician

pelican

novelists

pavilion

pentathlon

perception

percussion

permission

perfusion

permian

payables

phoenician

phrygian

persuasion

peterman

perversion

petition

physician

plantation

policeman

position

plebeian

pollution

possession

porcelain

populace

populist

populists

precession

pretension

prevention

prediction

predation

predestine

preemption

preclusion

prescription

presumption

precision

precaution

privation

obliging

production

progression

profusion

proportion

propulsion

promotion

proscription

prostration

protean

provision

publicist

publicists

publishes

publishers

publisher

publicly

publicize

puritan

reflected

recision

regression

reaction

rebellion

redemption

reduction

reflective

reflector

reflectors

reflexive

quotation

regimen

ramadan

relation

religion

rendition

remission

reopen

replacement

replicas

replica

replicate

replicates

replaces

repression

reptilian

repulsive

rescission

retraction

replacements

retention

restriction

resumption

reunion

reversion

revulsion

rhodopsin

revision

rifleman

rotation

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

sedition

scythian

scorpion

seclusion

secretion

sedation

sensation

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

solution

solomon

snapdragon

suspension

stagnation

starvation

specimen

subtraction

succession

submersion

subversion

stygian

suburban

submission

subscription

suggestion

suppression

summation

sumatran

supplicant

superman

syrian

technician

tablecloths

suspicion

tactician

talisman

tablespoon

tablespoons

taxation

temptation

tamarin

tablecloth

thespian

transaction

timberman

toboggan

translation

transgression

tradition

transfusion

transition

transcription

transmission

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

unison

unwritten

upholster

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

vibration

veteran

vermilion

vitamin

volition

vocation

waterman

wesleyan

whiplashes

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abolishes

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accusation

adaptation

activation

acquisition

abyssinian

admiration

affectation

adulation

advocation

affirmation

admonition

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

agitation

aldebaran

altercation

allegation

alabaman

albanian

algonquian

algerian

allocation

alteration

adoration

alternation

american

collocation

adrenaline

ammunition

amputation

arizonan

amphibian

annexation

animation

annotation

apparition

apologies

appalachian

apologist

appalachians

apologists

apology

apologise

apologize

applications

applicable

application

appellation

armageddon

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

approbation

arthurian

armenian

aspiration

assemblyman

athenian

assyrian

backwardation

attribution

augmentation

avocation

aviation

cancellation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calibration

californian

canadian

calculation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumspection

circumvention

circulation

circumcision

coalition

cogitation

collodion

coloration

combination

comparison

commendation

committeeman

commutation

compilation

complication

comprehension

computation

compensation

competition

composition

concentration

condescension

condemnation

condensation

conflagration

confirmation

confiscation

confrontation

conjugation

congregation

consecration

connotation

conservation

consolation

constellation

consternation

consultation

consummation

constipation

constitution

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

contribution

convocation

corp.

corporation

correlation

conversation

corinthian

convolution

coronation

copenhagen

copernican

cyclopean

cotyledon

criterion

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

crocodilian

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

dedication

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

defamation

decimation

deformation

dehydration

degradation

definition

delegation

demolition

evolution

demarcation

demonstration

evocation

dilatation

deportation

desolation

desecration

deposition

derivation

desiccation

desperation

depravation

depredation

detonation

deprivation

dereliction

devolution

devonian

designation

destination

dietitian

destitution

devastation

disconnection

diminution

deviation

diocesan

disinfection

disposition

dislocation

disinflation

disillusion

disputation

distillation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

divination

dispensation

distribution

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

duplications

duplicative

duplicity

education

electrician

elevation

elocution

elongation

emulation

embarkation

emigration

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

emanation

eustachian

european

erudition

estimation

eritrean

estonian

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

coloradan

exhalation

exhibition

columbian

exhortation

exhumation

expectation

expedition

comedian

expiration

explanation

exploration

fallopian

exposition

extrication

figuration

fabrication

fascination

fibrillation

extradition

fermentation

federation

explication

fluoridation

fluctuation

floridian

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

germination

fumigation

glaciation

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

galilean

granulation

gargantuan

gravitation

graduation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

gorgonian

exploitation

habitation

hypertension

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitation

himalayan

hibernation

historian

ideation

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

immolation

imitation

illustration

immigration

imperfection

implantation

implication

imposition

inattention

impregnation

importation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

indexation

indication

incrustation

indentation

indecision

indigestion

indiscretion

indignation

incubation

inflammation

infestation

infiltration

indonesian

ibuprofen

information

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

inspiration

installation

institution

instigation

liquefaction

insulation

interaction

interdiction

interjection

interception

intercession

intermission

interruption

intersection

intervention

introspection

introduction

intuition

integration

invocation

interurban

intimation

intonation

inundation

interwoven

invitation

iranian

iteration

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

litigation

laceration

liberation

legislation

levitation

leviathan

librarian

liberian

lilliputian

lancastrian

machination

liquidation

limitation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

meridian

manumission

masturbation

maturation

mediation

melanesian

medication

meditation

menstruation

misconception

ministration

misbegotten

minnesotan

miseration

misperception

mitigation

missourian

modulation

moderation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

mortification

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

oxidation

navigation

nestorian

nebulizer

palpitation

nicaraguan

nigerian

nomination

noblewoman

nonprescription

newtonian

obligation

obfuscation

obligated

obligations

observation

oblivion

obsidian

nonpartisan

obstetrician

occupation

ohioan

octahedron

olympian

operation

ordination

orchestration

ovulation

opposition

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

penetration

neoplasm

pagination

pagurian

paraguayan

pelagian

pedestrian

pavlovian

penicillin

perforation

permutation

pigmentation

perspiration

persecution

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

politician

plutonian

polynesian

polyhedron

population

populism

praetorian

preconception

predetermine

precondition

preparation

premonition

preservation

presentation

preignition

proclamation

profanation

procreation

prohibition

prosecution

propagation

prostitution

proposition

protestation

provocation

publication

publications

punctuation

publicity

protozoan

radiation

reinspection

realization

recantation

readmission

recitation

reclamation

reconstruction

recognition

recreation

reexamine

reformation

refutation

registration

reassertion

relaxation

regulation

relocation

repercussion

reawaken

reparation

renovation

repetition

replaceable

replication

replicated

reposition

repossession

republican

reproduction

reputation

requisition

resolution

reservation

restoration

retardation

revelation

retrocession

restitution

revocation

revolution

respiration

rhetorician

rhododendron

resignation

retribution

self-deception

segregation

samaritan

rumination

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

sectarian

segmentation

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

simulation

sicilian

simonian

situation

smithsonian

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

statistician

surrogation

strangulation

syndication

subluxation

subluxations

substitution

suffocation

subdivision

supposition

superstition

supervision

superhuman

syncopation

tabulation

termination

tamoxifen

tasmanian

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

transformation

topology

transportation

trepidation

transplantation

tribulation

ulceration

typology

typologies

upholstery

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utopian

vacillation

validation

valuation

variation

veneration

vaccination

vegetation

valerian

ventilation

vindication

visitation

violation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

siberian

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abbreviation

abomination

accreditation

acceleration

accommodation

accumulation

academician

adjudication

administration

affiliation

adulteration

agglomeration

alienation

alliteration

alleviation

amelioration

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

annihilation

amplification

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apologizes

articulation

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appropriation

argumentation

approximation

argentinian

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

authorization

authentication

augustinian

babylonian

beethovenian

bibliographies

bibliography

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

carthaginian

civilization

cauterization

carolinian

certification

centralization

centenarian

cephalosporin

canonization

christianization

civilizations

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classification

coagulation

codification

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commemoration

communication

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conciliation

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confederation

configuration

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consideration

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cooperation

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deceleration

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decomposition

defenestration

deification

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exhilaration

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

denomination

colonization

denunciation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

diabolical

discoloration

dionysian

discrimination

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disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

elimination

dramatization

elizabethan

edification

ejaculation

electrocution

elaboration

equivocation

emancipation

enumeration

epicurean

eradication

equalization

evaporation

evaluation

evacuation

ethiopian

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

exasperation

depopulation

excoriation

exfoliation

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

expropriation

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

humiliation

hybridization

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hanoverian

illumination

imagination

immunization

inauguration

inactivation

improvisation

incarceration

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

infatuation

indoctrination

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initiation

inoculation

inhabitation

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instrumentation

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interpretation

invalidation

intoxication

investigation

intimidation

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnification

magnetization

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

mechanization

maximilian

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

mobilization

mobilizations

modification

modernization

mummification

multiplication

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

notification

nonsectarian

normalization

nullification

obliteration

oregonian

ossification

origination

orientation

ornamentation

organization

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

obligatory

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

participation

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predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

prognostication

proletarian

proliferation

pronunciation

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public-spirited

pythagorean

qualification

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ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recuperation

rectification

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

refrigeration

reforestation

regeneration

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rejuvenation

reintegration

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

repudiation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

procrastination

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

vilification

verification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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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:

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  • Head and Mud
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When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
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