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

absinthe

absence

absent

abscond

absconds

afghan

afghans

aging

aching

ailing

airing

acting

angling

arming

arching

asking

baiting

baking

banding

awning

backing

bagging

banging

banking

beading

beaming

bearing

basting

bathing

batting

beating

bedding

beijing

being

belling

bitching

brimming

belting

bending

bidding

billing

binding

biding

birthing

biting

blaring

blazing

blasting

bleaching

bleeding

bleeping

blending

blinding

blessing

blocking

blooming

blueing

bluing

blushing

blowing

boating

boarding

boasting

boiling

bolling

booting

boozing

booming

boning

braving

bolting

bonding

boring

briefing

bouncing

bowling

bracing

braiding

bowing

bounding

boxing

branching

brawling

breaking

breasting

breathing

breeching

breeding

brewing

barring

brooding

broiling

broking

browning

browsing

building

buckling

bulging

bucking

budding

bunting

brushing

butting

buying

carling

burning

calling

burping

caning

camping

calming

casing

ceiling

chafing

carping

carving

casting

caulking

catching

chanting

closing

charming

chasing

chilling

chipping

clearing

clipping

chewing

choking

climbing

cloaking

chirping

chopping

churning

clanging

cleaning

clouding

clowning

clucking

coating

coaching

coasting

coaxing

clocking

coiling

cocking

codding

colling

combing

clogging

coming

clothing

couching

cooling

cooing

cooking

coping

costing

creaking

coupling

coursing

crackling

cracking

crashing

creeping

cresting

cribbing

craving

crooning

cuddling

crushing

crowing

crying

crossing

culling

cunning

curing

cutting

curling

damning

dancing

daring

darling

dealing

daunting

dawning

dashing

bruting

derring

dicing

digging

dilling

dipping

dining

dishing

diving

doubting

doing

doting

docking

drilling

drafting

draining

dressing

dragging

drawing

dobsons

drinking

dripping

dobson

eating

driving

easing

drugging

dueling

feeding

drumming

duckling

dubbing

ducking

drying

earring

dumpling

dwelling

feeling

during

dropping

fielding

edging

dyeing

eking

ending

evening

erring

facing

fainting

fading

failing

etching

farming

falling

farthing

faulting

earning

dying

fencing

earthling

fehling

feigning

fetching

fixing

filling

fitting

fishing

finding

fighting

filing

fining

firing

flagging

flaming

flaring

fleeting

flitting

fledgling

fleming

floating

flooding

flushing

flowing

flogging

flooring

flying

foaming

foiling

freaking

fraying

freezing

folding

forming

forging

founding

foundling

framing

franking

fruiting

footing

frosting

fucking

fuming

frying

forcing

funding

grouping

gadding

grouting

galling

glinting

gaming

gilding

gearing

ginning

giving

glazing

getting

glaring

glancing

gassing

girding

gloaming

glowing

grazing

greening

grading

grating

going

golding

golfing

grafting

grayling

greeting

grieving

grappling

grooming

grinding

grasping

grounding

groundling

gunning

growing

gushing

gypsum

hamstring

handling

hitting

hanging

harping

heading

having

hatching

healing

hearing

heating

heaving

heckling

helping

herring

hiding

hilling

hissing

icing

hoarding

holing

homing

holding

horning

hosting

hounding

hogging

hopping

housing

jeering

hunting

hugging

humming

hurling

hurting

ibsen

inkling

inning

jailing

jarring

jerking

jetting

jogging

flashing

joking

keeling

keeping

kicking

killing

jumping

jutting

kenning

kindling

judging

lifting

kipling

knitting

lading

knowing

knocking

lamping

landing

lasting

laughing

lapping

lashing

latching

launching

laying

leaking

leaning

leaping

lagging

leading

leasing

licking

lending

legging

lemming

learning

lighting

lawing

lightning

listing

living

lining

loading

loaning

loathing

looping

looking

looming

logging

lopping

longing

losing

loring

loving

lodging

meaning

lowing

lumping

lunching

mailing

making

lying

malting

madding

marking

matting

matching

marching

mapping

meeting

liking

melting

mincing

milling

missing

minding

mining

mocking

merging

musing

mooring

molting

morning

morphing

moulding

moving

mugging

mowing

mourning

muting

mounting

nagging

nanking

nothing

nipping

napkin

nestling

netting

nodding

nosing

napkins

nutting

napping

nursing

offspring

oozing

offing

obscene

outing

ousting

painting

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paging

owing

packing

padding

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paring

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pimping

picking

pinching

pipkin

pitching

pipkins

piling

pining

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plating

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playing

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plaything

plugging

pooling

pointing

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poking

poling

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pouting

posting

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popping

praying

plodding

scheming

pressing

priming

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prying

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quilling

quilting

reading

raising

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railing

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rambling

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resting

printing

ribbing

riding

rifling

rigging

ringing

rising

roofing

rousing

rolling

roasting

romping

rounding

roaring

rocking

roving

rubbing

ruling

running

sailing

saving

salting

sapling

sacking

sagging

saying

scaling

scalping

schilling

schooling

scolding

yelling

scarring

scrimping

screaming

screening

screwing

scraping

scratching

searching

seating

seizing

seedling

seeling

seeming

seeing

serving

shafting

setting

shooting

shading

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sewing

shifting

shearing

shaving

sheeting

shilling

sheathing

sheepskin

shedding

shelling

shipping

shelving

shining

sharking

shirting

shocking

swaying

shoring

shrinking

shuffling

sibling

shunting

shredding

shrouding

siding

sighting

showing

sighing

signing

teeming

sinking

sitting

sizing

skilling

skimming

skirting

slanting

slapping

slating

sleeping

slitting

sledding

sliding

slighting

sloping

slotting

slouching

smacking

smelling

smelting

sneezing

scorching

smoothing

sneaking

soothing

something

smoking

snarling

snapping

sniffing

soaking

snoring

soaring

sobbing

sopping

sounding

spanking

sparing

sparkling

sparling

speaking

spinning

spending

spelling

sporting

sperling

spoken

springing

sprinkling

squeezing

squinting

stating

staging

stamping

standing

starling

starting

stacking

stalling

stealing

staving

steering

spurling

sterling

sticking

topping

spasm

stinking

singing

stooping

streaming

stitching

stowing

straining

storming

straddling

stocking

stopping

strapping

stirring

striking

stretching

stripling

stripping

stuffing

striving

stroking

strutting

stunning

trimming

suckling

sucking

stinging

suiting

swimming

suing

swearing

sweating

sweeping

sweeting

swelling

switching

tailing

swooning

tackling

taking

telling

tacking

teaming

teething

tasting

teaching

tamping

taunting

talking

tanning

tricking

trilling

tempting

thinking

tilting

thrilling

ticking

thrusting

thumping

tiding

throwing

thrashing

tipping

spasms

tooling

touching

toasting

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tracing

trading

trailing

tithing

training

testing

trifling

twisting

tripping

tubing

tuning

trusting

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trying

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twining

tying

veering

vesting

veiling

viking

voiding

vaulting

voting

wading

vying

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walking

walling

weakling

weeding

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wasting

weaving

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wanting

warling

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wapping

warping

washing

webbing

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wellspring

westling

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whacking

whipping

whistling

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wielding

wincing

whooping

willing

wilding

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whopping

winning

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whirling

witching

wringing

wrestling

wiring

wrecking

writing

wording

working

yachting

yearling

yearning

topknot

yielding

3 syllable words

abiding

abounding

absorbing

absences

abysmal

absentees

accenting

absentee

according

affecting

adjoining

afflicting

adoring

admiring

afghani

afghanis

alarming

agreeing

alerting

aligning

amazing

assuming

alluring

annealing

annoying

appealing

anything

appalling

approving

approaching

arranging

arresting

arriving

appeasement

ascending

aspiring

asserting

ballooning

backbiting

assuring

astounding

baffling

attracting

backsliding

badgering

becoming

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beguiling

battening

believing

beginning

beholding

belonging

besieging

billowing

besetting

bickering

beseeching

bettering

blackmailing

blanketing

blistering

bloodletting

bloodsucking

blundering

blustering

blossoming

bookkeeping

bottling

brainwashing

battering

broadcasting

channeling

buffeting

bullfighting

bullying

bumbling

bundling

bungling

bushwhacking

bustling

butchering

canoeing

campaigning

caressing

abducting

carousing

cackling

carjacking

centering

carrying

challenging

carpeting

coloring

churchgoing

colouring

commanding

comforting

childbearing

chattering

delighting

departing

complaining

composing

confiding

conforming

compounding

conceding

concerning

concurring

complying

confounding

connecting

conflicting

conjuring

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consuming

conserving

consoling

consulting

constricting

contacting

conveying

correcting

convincing

copying

crippling

contracting

covering

cowering

cradling

counseling

converging

completing

crusading

cubism

cushioning

dairying

damaging

cycling

dampening

degrading

decreasing

defeasance

declining

deadening

deafening

debasement

debating

deficient

darkening

crocheting

descending

deserving

bubbling

designing

detailing

despairing

diapering

dialing

disarming

discerning

disguising

dividing

disgusting

dissecting

dissembling

dissenting

dissolving

distressing

distracting

diverting

diverging

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divisions

doddering

doubling

drizzling

downsizing

dressmaking

dwindling

dumbfounding

echoing

favoring

easterling

eavesdropping

division

emitting

enchanting

emptying

efficient

enclosing

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enduring

engrossing

engraving

engaging

ensuing

enlisting

enticing

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erecting

evasion

evasions

expelling

expiring

everything

exacting

exceeding

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epsomite

expanding

existing

exploring

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erupting

factoring

faltering

fastening

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fingering

finishing

flavoring

flowering

forgiving

forwarding

freewheeling

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following

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gathering

gardening

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glistening

glowering

good-looking

gambling

governing

groundbreaking

galloping

hairdressing

handwriting

highflying

flattering

harvesting

hardworking

happening

heartbreaking

housekeeping

hardening

housewarming

impending

imploring

importing

imprinting

improving

inserting

infighting

increasing

inspiring

installing

insulting

issuing

incoming

interesting

invading

inviting

investing

ironing

jockeying

yellowing

kidnapping

journeying

juggling

lactating

lawmaking

lamenting

laboring

landscaping

landholding

languishing

layering

laundering

leavening

lessening

leveling

lettering

life-giving

lightening

listening

lingering

locating

lowering

lumbering

machining

maturing

maddening

matchmaking

marshaling

marketing

measuring

meddling

mellowing

networking

misleading

mistaking

misgiving

misspelling

neutering

middling

muscling

mothering

motoring

mumbling

murmuring

modeling

mottling

narrowing

neighboring

nerve-racking

observing

obliging

nourishing

obeisance

oncoming

ongoing

offsetting

offering

opening

opining

opposing

ordering

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outgoing

outlying

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outstanding

opossum

prevailing

painstaking

paneling

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persisting

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piddling

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raveling

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relieving

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rendering

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respecting

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reviving

reversing

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revolving

revision

revisions

riveting

scaffolding

rumbling

rubicon

scribbling

scrambling

seagoing

seasoning

settling

shadowing

shimmering

shipbuilding

shoplifting

sickening

scavenging

sizzling

sleepwalking

smattering

softening

sojourning

soldering

soldiering

souring

thanksgiving

shortcoming

specimen

specimens

shortening

stiffening

strengthening

stuttering

spasmodic

succeeding

suffering

subkingdom

sufficient

surprising

surviving

surveying

surpassing

surrounding

sweetening

tailoring

thickening

tabling

tapering

subcontract

tempering

ticketing

threatening

thundering

tinkling

tinkering

towering

traversing

toweling

toboggan

tormenting

toboggans

transporting

trembling

unbending

twinkling

trumpeting

tumbling

underling

subcontracts

typewriting

typesetting

undoing

undying

unfailing

unfeeling

uprising

unyielding

unsparing

unwilling

unwitting

unflinching

unthinking

upsetting

varying

visiting

vomiting

vanishing

wagering

warehousing

weathering

watering

well-being

whispering

wandering

whitening

winnowing

wrongdoing

withering

scattering

4 syllable words

abysmally

abyssinian

advertising

agonizing

activating

afghanistan

afghanistans

aggravating

admonishing

agitating

annotating

appetizing

awakening

babysitting

astonishing

barbecuing

bewildering

bicycling

captivating

calculating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

coefficient

coefficients

complicating

condescending

conditioning

corresponding

deficiencies

deficiency

delegating

denigrating

developing

diagnosing

detonating

devastating

disapproving

disabling

disappointing

disappearing

disconcerting

discouraging

dispiriting

disengaging

disparaging

disheartening

distributing

distinguishing

divisional

dominating

domineering

emphasizing

embarrassing

efficiently

encircling

energizing

enlightening

encompassing

encouraging

engineering

enterprising

entertaining

enveloping

everlasting

efficiency

executing

examining

fascinating

edifying

fireproofing

fingerprinting

efficiencies

fluctuating

gratifying

hesitating

implicating

inquiring

inheriting

inhibiting

interviewing

interlocking

integrating

intersecting

irritating

laminating

legislating

liberating

maximizing

merchandising

mitigating

mountaineering

moderating

never-ending

nonrecurring

notwithstanding

notifying

occupying

oceangoing

obviating

operating

oscillating

obscenity

overarching

overbearing

overcoming

obscenities

overflowing

overhauling

overruling

palpitating

overrating

overwhelming

parachuting

partitioning

patronizing

penetrating

persevering

petitioning

pioneering

overlapping

realizing

reentering

registering

overlying

overpowering

separating

speechifying

subcommittee

subcommittees

subcontracted

unassuming

sufficiency

subcontractor

subcontractors

suffocating

unavailing

unbecoming

unbelieving

undertaking

underlying

understanding

underpinning

underwriting

undulating

unrelenting

unremitting

vacillating

waterproofing

sufficiently

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word defusing

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Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


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  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

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  • Head and Mud
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  • True and Cure

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When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

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