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

acting

aching

aging

ailing

angling

airing

arming

asking

arching

camping

bathing

awning

beading

bearing

backing

beating

bagging

baiting

baking

banding

banking

beaming

banging

basting

barring

bedding

batting

bending

belting

belling

being

beijing

bounding

bidding

binding

biding

bitching

blaring

bleeding

bleaching

blasting

biting

blazing

birthing

blending

bleeping

blessing

blinding

blooming

blocking

blowing

blueing

bluing

blushing

boarding

boasting

bonding

billing

bolling

braiding

branching

breathing

boning

booming

brimming

bolting

booting

boozing

boring

bowling

bracing

building

braving

brawling

breasting

breaking

breeding

boating

breeching

boiling

brewing

briefing

brushing

brooding

browning

broiling

broking

browsing

bruting

bunting

budding

bouncing

bulging

burning

buckling

bucking

burping

butting

boxing

buying

calling

calming

bowing

carping

carling

carving

casting

casing

catching

caulking

ceiling

chanting

chilling

charming

chafing

chasing

chewing

chipping

chirping

chopping

choking

clipping

churning

cleaning

clearing

clanging

climbing

coasting

cloaking

clogging

clouding

clowning

clucking

coming

closing

coating

clothing

codding

coaxing

cocking

coiling

coaching

combined

combing

combines

colling

combine

clocking

caning

confined

confines

confound

confine

confounds

compounds

convene

convenes

convent

convents

cribbing

convince

coupling

cooking

coping

costing

cooling

couching

coursing

cresting

cooing

creeping

crackling

cracking

craving

crashing

creaking

cunning

crooning

crowing

crushing

cuddling

culling

cutting

curling

crying

curing

damning

dampen

crossing

dancing

daring

daunting

compound

darling

dashing

dawning

dealing

derring

dipping

digging

dilling

dining

dicing

dishing

diving

docking

doting

doing

drafting

dragging

doubting

draining

dressing

dripping

drilling

dumpling

drinking

drumming

duckling

dumbfound

dropping

drugging

dubbing

ducking

during

dueling

drying

dwelling

dumbfounds

earning

earring

easing

earthling

dyeing

dying

eating

driving

edging

eking

ending

evening

drawing

erring

etching

fainting

fading

farthing

farming

facing

failing

falling

feeding

fehling

faulting

feeling

fencing

fielding

finding

filling

fetching

fining

fighting

filing

fishing

firing

fitting

fixing

feigning

flaring

fleming

flaming

flagging

flashing

fledgling

flitting

fleeting

floating

flogging

flooding

flooring

flushing

flowing

foaming

flying

folding

foiling

founding

footing

forcing

forming

forging

foundling

framing

franking

funding

gadding

freaking

freezing

fucking

fuming

frosting

fruiting

galling

frying

gaming

fraying

gassing

gearing

getting

gilding

ginning

glancing

girding

giving

glaring

glazing

glinting

golding

grounding

gloaming

glowing

going

grading

golfing

greening

grinding

grappling

grasping

greeting

grieving

grooming

grafting

grating

grayling

grazing

groundling

grouping

grouting

growing

gunning

gunpoint

gushing

handling

hamstring

hanging

harping

having

hatching

heading

healing

heckling

helping

herring

hempen

hearing

heating

heaving

hiding

henbane

hilling

hounding

hitting

hoarding

holding

horning

hopping

hosting

holing

humming

hunting

hugging

housing

hurling

hurting

icing

hogging

hissing

homing

impounds

impound

invent

impinge

infants

kindling

infant

inning

inkling

jumping

invents

kenning

jetting

jeering

jailing

jarring

jerking

jogging

joking

judging

jutting

kipling

keeping

keeling

kicking

killing

knitting

knocking

lading

knowing

nothing

landing

lamping

leading

leaning

leaping

lasting

lampoon

lashing

laying

lending

lapping

learning

latching

leaking

leasing

legging

lemming

laughing

launching

lawing

licking

lifting

looming

lagging

lightning

listing

lining

living

loading

loaning

liking

looking

logging

loathing

lodging

lopping

longing

lumping

lunching

loving

loring

losing

lowing

lying

madding

looping

mailing

malting

lighting

making

meaning

marking

matching

marching

matting

melting

meeting

mincing

minding

milling

mining

merging

missing

mocking

molting

nosing

morning

mounting

mourning

mapping

mooring

mugging

morphing

moulding

moving

mowing

musing

moonbeam

nanking

napping

nagging

nestling

netting

nipping

nodding

muting

moonbeams

nutting

nursing

sloping

offspring

oozing

ousting

outing

owing

painting

pacing

packing

panting

padding

pimping

pairing

panning

pinching

pitching

paging

paring

parking

parting

passing

pending

pegging

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peaking

peeing

patching

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piercing

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picking

paying

phasing

phrasing

piling

planking

pining

piping

planting

pleading

pounding

plumbing

pointing

pleasing

plodding

plugging

pompons

plaything

poking

poling

printing

popping

polling

pooling

posting

pouncing

pompom

pompoms

preaching

praying

pressing

pompon

priming

pouting

pumping

pudding

pushing

puffing

putting

prowling

quaking

purging

quilting

rampant

pruning

quilling

racing

racking

reading

rafting

raging

railing

rambling

raising

raking

raving

plating

spending

resting

prying

playing

ribbing

ringing

rigging

roasting

rising

roaring

rocking

rolling

romping

roofing

running

rubbing

rousing

roving

ruling

sacking

sagging

sapling

scrimping

sailing

rounding

sampans

salting

sampan

schilling

saving

screaming

screening

scheming

scalping

scolding

scraping

scaling

schooling

scratching

screwing

scorching

saying

searching

seeming

seedling

scarring

seating

seeling

seeing

seizing

setting

shading

serving

sewing

shafting

sharking

shearing

shaving

shedding

shelving

shifting

shelling

shilling

sheeting

shining

rifling

shipping

shredding

shirting

shunting

shoestring

shooting

shoring

showing

shrinking

shuffling

shrouding

shocking

sibling

siding

signing

singing

sighing

sighting

sinking

skimming

sledding

slanting

sitting

skilling

sleeping

slapping

sliding

sizing

skirting

slating

slighting

something

slitting

smelling

smelting

sniffing

snapping

sheathing

sneaking

sneezing

smoothing

snarling

slotting

smacking

smoking

snoring

soaking

soaring

sobbing

riding

spinning

sounding

offing

spanking

sparing

spelling

sopping

speaking

sparkling

soothing

sparling

sperling

sporting

squinting

sprinkling

squeezing

spurling

stacking

trimming

slouching

standing

stamping

steering

sticking

stealing

starling

starting

stating

staving

sterling

trusting

stripling

stripping

springing

stitching

stinking

straining

streaming

straddling

stooping

stopping

stirring

storming

stocking

stowing

strapping

striking

stunning

stretching

strutting

stuffing

striving

stroking

sucking

suckling

twining

staging

swaying

stalling

swimming

switching

swearing

sweating

sweeping

swelling

sweeting

sunbeam

swooning

tackling

tailing

taking

talking

tempting

tamping

tampons

tanning

teaming

tampon

tasting

taunting

teaching

teeming

teething

telling

tacking

testing

thumping

stinging

thrilling

ticking

thrusting

tiding

thrashing

tilting

suing

tipping

touching

topping

tithing

toasting

tooling

tossing

tracing

trading

tripping

training

tricking

trilling

trucking

trifling

trailing

trying

tubing

twisting

throwing

turning

tuning

tying

suiting

unbend

unbound

thinking

vesting

wading

voiding

vaulting

veiling

viking

voting

waiting

vying

waking

wheeling

walking

walling

waning

wanting

warning

warping

wapping

warling

warming

washing

wellspring

wasting

wedding

wearing

webbing

weeding

weeping

weaving

weighing

westling

weakling

whacking

whaling

wampum

whipping

whirling

wincing

whistling

veering

whitling

wielding

willing

wilding

whooping

whopping

whiting

winding

winning

wishing

witching

wording

wiring

working

wrecking

wrestling

wringing

yearning

writing

yachting

yearling

yelling

yielding

3 syllable words

accenting

abounding

according

abiding

absorbing

accusing

adjoining

affecting

adoring

agreeing

admiring

afflicting

amusing

alerting

aligning

alluring

amazing

annealing

bickering

ambient

annoying

approving

appalling

appealing

arresting

anything

arranging

approaching

arriving

aspiring

alarming

asserting

astounding

attracting

battening

assuring

backsliding

backbiting

badgering

ballooning

assuming

baffling

beginning

bambino

becoming

battering

befitting

beholding

beguiling

bambinos

belonging

campaigning

besetting

besieging

believing

beseeching

bettering

billowing

blackmailing

blanketing

bloodletting

blistering

bloodsucking

blossoming

blundering

blustering

bubbling

bumbling

bookkeeping

brainwashing

bottling

broadcasting

buffeting

bundling

bullfighting

bushwhacking

bullying

bungling

butchering

bustling

cackling

campana

canoeing

chimpanzees

caressing

carousing

carjacking

carpeting

carrying

centering

chimpanzee

challenging

childbearing

channeling

chattering

champions

champion

comforting

churchgoing

coloring

colouring

comeuppance

complaining

commuting

companies

companions

companion

company

compensate

compensates

completing

complying

component

composing

compounded

confusing

dampening

components

conceding

confounding

concurring

concerning

conforming

compunction

confiding

conflicting

confinement

confounded

conjuring

connecting

convention

conquering

conserving

consoling

consulting

constricting

consuming

contacting

contracting

convenient

conventions

converging

connivance

conveyance

darkening

conveying

convincing

crippling

correcting

covering

copying

cowering

counseling

convinces

cradling

crocheting

dairying

cushioning

crusading

damaging

cycling

deadening

campion

deafening

debating

degrading

departing

declining

decreasing

defusing

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deserving

designing

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diapering

dialing

discerning

disarming

disgusting

distracting

disguising

dissecting

dissembling

distressing

dissolving

downsizing

dividing

divining

doubling

diverting

diverging

doddering

equating

erecting

dumbfounded

dumbfounding

drizzling

dressmaking

dwindling

easterling

eavesdropping

echoing

enticing

endearing

embankments

emitting

empanel

emptying

enclosing

enchanting

embayment

enduring

embankment

ensuing

entering

engaging

engraving

engrossing

enlisting

erupting

everything

exacting

excepting

existing

exceeding

exploring

exhausting

exciting

expelling

expiring

exulting

factoring

faltering

fastening

feathering

favoring

fingering

finishing

flattering

flavoring

flowering

following

forecasting

forwarding

forbidding

foreboding

fondling

forgiving

forthcoming

freewheeling

frustrating

gambling

gardening

galloping

gathering

glistening

glimmering

governing

good-looking

hairdressing

glowering

groundbreaking

happening

hardening

hardworking

harvesting

heartbreaking

highflying

impinges

imploring

importing

housekeeping

housewarming

impanel

improving

imposing

homophone

inventive

incoming

homophones

investing

increasing

infighting

infinite

infantry

invention

infantile

inventions

invading

inserting

abducting

inspiring

installing

insulting

interesting

infamy

inventors

issuing

juggling

inventor

ironing

inviting

journeying

jockeying

infancy

kidnapping

infante

lactating

nourishing

laboring

landscaping

landholding

laundering

lawmaking

languishing

leavening

lettering

lessening

leveling

layering

life-giving

lightening

listening

lingering

locating

maddening

machining

lumbering

lowering

lymphomas

lymphoma

maturing

misspelling

misgiving

matchmaking

meddling

misleading

marshaling

marketing

mellowing

measuring

middling

mistaking

modeling

muscling

mothering

motoring

mottling

mumbling

murmuring

narrowing

neighboring

nerve-racking

neutering

networking

nonpayment

obliging

observing

handwriting

offering

opening

opposing

ongoing

oncoming

outstanding

opining

outpouring

ordering

outgoing

outlying

outfitting

pardoning

painstaking

papering

paneling

patrolling

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peppering

peddling

persisting

piddling

pilfering

pickering

pervading

pitying

parceling

plastering

reflecting

respecting

presiding

polluting

pondering

pompano

prevailing

polishing

preceding

powdering

proceeding

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quickening

reclining

provoking

pronouncing

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profiting

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regarding

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railroading

rendering

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reasoning

recording

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ravishing

raveling

repeating

rejoicing

relapsing

relieving

retiring

reversing

reviving

revolting

revolving

reckoning

riveting

rumbling

scribbling

scaffolding

scavenging

scrambling

seducing

seasoning

seagoing

scattering

settling

shadowing

shimmering

shipbuilding

shortening

shortcoming

sickening

shoplifting

sizzling

sleepwalking

sojourning

smattering

softening

soldering

soldiering

souring

zambian

stiffening

strengthening

succeeding

stuttering

suffering

sweetening

symphonic

surpassing

surrounding

surprising

surveying

surviving

symphonies

symphony

tempering

tailoring

thickening

tapering

tabling

tenpenny

thanksgiving

unbundle

ticketing

thundering

threatening

uprising

tinkling

tormenting

towering

toweling

trumpeting

trembling

traversing

transporting

tumbling

tympanum

twinkling

typesetting

typewriting

unbounded

underling

undoing

unfailing

undying

uneven

unfeeling

unsparing

tinkering

upsetting

whispering

unfounded

unyielding

unwilling

unwitting

unthinking

unflinching

unfinished

vanishing

varying

visiting

vomiting

wagering

wandering

watering

warehousing

weathering

well-being

whitening

winnowing

withering

wrongdoing

yellowing

4 syllable words

activating

agonizing

agitating

advertising

aggravating

admonishing

annotating

appetizing

awakening

astonishing

barbecuing

babysitting

bicycling

calculating

intersecting

bewildering

captivating

centralizing

championship

championships

circulating

coexisting

combination

combinations

combinable

companionship

companionway

compensable

compensation

compensated

compensations

complicating

condescending

conditioning

conventional

conveniently

convincingly

corresponding

denigrating

delegating

disappearing

disappointing

developing

detonating

disabling

diagnosing

devastating

disapproving

disconcerting

disparaging

dispiriting

discouraging

disengaging

disheartening

enveloping

distinguishing

dominating

domineering

distributing

embarrassing

edifying

emphasizing

encompassing

encircling

encouraging

energizing

enlightening

entertaining

engineering

enterprising

everlasting

examining

executing

fascinating

fingerprinting

fireproofing

fluctuating

gratifying

hesitating

implicating

impunity

infanticide

infinitely

inheriting

inoffensive

inquiring

infinity

infinitive

inhibiting

interlocking

interviewing

integrating

irritating

inventory

inventories

invincible

infanticides

laminating

liberating

legislating

maximizing

merchandising

mitigating

moderating

mountaineering

nonrecurring

monophonic

notifying

notwithstanding

oceangoing

obviating

operating

one-upmanship

oscillating

overbearing

overarching

overflowing

overcoming

overwhelming

overlying

overpowering

overrating

overruling

palpitating

overhauling

partitioning

overlapping

parachuting

patronizing

penetrating

petitioning

persevering

pioneering

reentering

realizing

registering

separating

occupying

speechifying

suffocating

unassuming

unavailing

understanding

unbecoming

underlying

underpinning

undertaking

underwriting

unbelieving

undulating

unrelenting

unremitting

vacillating

waterproofing

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Words that rhyme with the word impending

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

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Different Types of Rhymes
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