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

able

addle

agile

aisle

algal

amble

annal

ample

angel

angle

anal

ankle

anvil

annul

appel

apple

april

arcane

arching

argent

argon

argonne

arson

arsons

artful

arval

astral

aural

axle

austral

babble

bangle

babel

baffle

baleful

bagel

bargain

bargains

arraign

bashful

barrel

basil

basal

beagle

battle

bedell

beetle

bauble

bengal

bestial

beryl

betel

bevel

bethel

bible

beadle

awful

boggle

borel

blissful

boastful

bodle

bogle

boodle

bottle

bowel

bracing

bracken

brackens

bramble

brandle

brickle

bridal

bridle

bristol

brakeman

brazen

break-in

brindle

breaking

bristle

breakneck

brittle

brogan

breeching

broken

broking

brothel

browsing

brougham

bundle

bubble

buckle

brutal

buccal

bugle

bumble

burgeon

carnal

burel

candle

burble

bustle

cackle

capsule

brushing

bushel

cantle

butyl

capel

caple

cable

careful

camel

carpal

cancel

carol

carrel

carrol

castle

caudle

causal

central

ceryl

cattle

channel

cheerful

chattel

chisel

choral

chortle

chuckle

churchman

circle

chapel

cobble

civil

cockle

coastal

coble

coddle

colonel

consul

caudal

puddle

cordial

cornel

corbel

coppel

copple

coral

council

counsel

couple

coursing

crandall

crescents

cripple

cranial

crashing

crescent

cradle

crewel

creaking

cromwell

cuddle

crumple

crustal

crystal

crucial

crossings

crossing

cruel

crushing

cudgel

darkened

darnel

crumble

darken

cymbal

damsel

daniel

dangle

cycle

dabble

dawdle

dazzle

dekle

deerskin

dental

dermal

devil

dibble

dial

dimple

dismal

distal

dingle

docile

doleful

dorsal

doodle

double

doubtful

drabble

dowel

drachmas

drachma

dragons

dribble

drivel

dreadful

ductile

dragon

dragnet

dragnets

dragging

dressing

drizzle

dressings

drugging

dual

ducal

duffel

dwindle

entrail

eagle

easel

duel

eisel

engle

ethel

ethyl

evil

faithful

facile

facial

fable

fangle

fatal

faunal

equal

fateful

fennel

fearful

feral

fertile

fearsome

fecal

feeble

fetal

feudal

fickle

final

fiscal

fiddle

fipple

fissile

firkins

fitful

flannel

forceful

fondle

forcing

floral

foregone

crackle

fluegel

focal

foible

harkens

harmful

foreign

forging

foreseen

foreskin

forgings

formal

fragile

fossil

fragment

foursome

fizzle

fragments

frazzle

frontal

freckle

harken

fretful

frightful

frequents

freshens

frequent

frizzle

freshen

freshman

frogmouth

frogmouths

frozen

funnel

fungal

fumble

freezing

fuddle

fruitful

frugal

futile

gable

gaggle

freaking

fuel

garble

gamble

gambrel

gainful

granule

gavel

gentle

georgians

georgian

giggle

girdle

glacial

gorgon

glottal

gorgons

gobble

goggle

goral

global

google

gospel

grovel

grindle

grackle

gravel

grecian

genial

graceful

grazing

gribble

gristle

grizzle

guzzle

grumble

grapple

gurgle

gruesome

handle

grateful

hackle

haggle

hamel

hable

hamal

hansel

hearkens

harmel

harle

hatchel

healthful

hassle

hateful

hazel

hazle

heckle

hegel

herschel

helpful

hobble

hurtful

herbal

hostile

hostel

hopple

horseman

hustle

houseful

hovel

huckle

huddle

hummel

humble

housel

hurdle

howell

hopeful

hurtle

hymnal

idle

idol

ingle

cracking

gleeful

normal

irksome

jargon

jangle

jackal

jerking

jiggle

jerkins

jewel

jingle

jungle

journal

juggle

joyful

jostle

kennel

kernel

kendal

kindle

kinkle

kettle

kibble

kiddle

kirkman

kittel

kittle

knittle

larval

knuckle

krishna

label

ladle

laurel

lawful

level

libel

lethal

lintel

legal

loral

little

lisle

local

lorgnettes

lingle

loyal

lorgnette

mammal

mantel

mantle

lustful

maple

marble

marching

marchman

mangle

lentil

markings

markman

marshal

martial

marvel

marking

marksman

missile

meddle

mendel

mental

medal

merchants

merchant

merging

metal

needful

morgans

mettle

mickle

middle

mindful

mingle

minstrel

model

mochel

mitral

merkin

methyl

missal

missel

mobile

mongol

modal

mogul

morgan

moral

needle

mournful

mortal

muckle

muddle

mosel

motile

muffle

morsel

muscle

mussel

muzzle

mumble

mural

myrtle

nasal

natal

naval

navel

mistral

nestle

nettle

neural

neutral

nimble

nibble

nickel

nickle

nipple

noble

novel

noodle

nozzle

oarsman

nuzzle

nursing

nuptial

ogle

oral

opal

organ

organs

panel

panful

paddle

painful

oval

papal

parchment

partial

orval

parsons

parcel

parson

parking

paschal

pebble

pedal

peaceful

pencil

percent

people

percents

penal

perchance

peril

perkin

perkins

persian

peddle

persians

person

phenol

persons

petal

phrasing

pimple

pistil

pickle

piddle

piercing

pistol

pleural

plural

playful

pommel

portal

postel

popple

postal

poodle

pottle

prayerful

prattle

preaching

precinct

presents

precincts

pregnant

presence

present

pressing

pressman

pretzel

primal

prisons

prison

prisms

prism

presumes

prussian

presume

pummel

jumble

purple

scandal

pupil

quarrel

purging

quintal

quibble

scorching

rabble

racial

raffle

ramble

puzzle

rascal

rankle

rammel

rebel

rattle

rectal

ravel

regel

regal

reigle

renal

rental

scrabble

restful

revel

shameful

rigel

rightful

riddle

riffle

rifle

riggle

ripple

rial

rival

roble

rubble

ruddle

scornful

rouble

rundle

rustle

ruttle

rumple

rural

sable

ruble

saddle

rueful

ruffle

sample

sandal

scalpel

rumble

scoundrel

shrivel

scovel

scuffle

scuttle

scribble

seckel

searching

scruple

servile

shamble

settle

sequel

several

shackle

royal

shovel

shrapnel

shuffle

shindle

shingle

shekel

sibyl

sickle

sidle

signal

shuttle

simple

sinful

single

sipple

smuggle

scramble

snuggle

spiral

skillful

sizzle

skittle

smittle

sniffle

social

sharking

sparkle

sorel

sorrel

sorghum

spangle

speckle

spacial

spinal

spaniel

spatial

spectral

spindle

special

squabble

spiteful

sprinkle

strangle

spittle

startle

spousal

stemple

squiggle

sterile

stickle

straddle

straggle

squirrel

stable

staple

steeple

struggle

stifle

stressful

stubble

subtle

suckle

supple

surgeon

surgeons

suttle

stumble

swindle

swingle

swivel

symbol

tactful

tangle

tassel

tasteful

tattle

tackle

table

teagle

tearful

temple

terrel

tensile

tercel

thankful

throttle

thimble

thoughtful

tindal

tinsel

tingle

tinkle

thermal

thistle

tickle

tidal

thrashing

tipple

torsion

tonsil

toddle

toggle

topple

tittle

towel

tootle

total

tramble

trample

trammel

tranquil

tracing

title

travel

treason

tremble

treble

tressel

trestle

tribal

tribble

trial

tricking

trinkle

triple

trickle

trojans

trojan

trifle

trundle

trouble

truffle

trucking

truthful

tubal

tumble

tunnel

tussle

twaddle

twinkle

turtle

twiddle

tuneful

tweedle

uncle

umbel

treasons

urchin

ural

urchins

urgent

vandal

urson

useful

vassal

vengeful

ventral

verbal

venal

versions

vernal

version

vessel

vestal

vial

virgins

vinyl

vigil

virgin

virile

wamble

warble

waddle

waffle

vowel

watchful

vital

wasteful

wattle

vocal

weasel

weevil

wishful

windle

winkle

whistle

willful

whittle

wiggle

wistful

wobble

wrangle

worrel

worsens

worsen

working

wrecking

wrinkle

wrongful

wrestle

wriggle

workings

youthful

workman

zestful

zircon

zircons

3 syllable words

abnormal

abysmal

actual

accrual

acquittal

admiral

adrenal

affable

aerial

arable

ambrosial

archival

ancestral

animal

apical

apostle

apparel

appraisal

annual

approval

arachnid

archangel

archangels

arachnids

archetypal

argonaut

argentine

argentines

argonauts

argument

arguments

arkansan

arkansans

axial

ariel

arousal

arsenic

arrogance

arrogant

arsenide

arsonists

arrival

arraignment

astraddle

audible

arraignments

assemble

autumnal

auroral

bankable

bacchanal

backpedal

balmoral

baptismal

bargainers

barnacle

biblical

bargainer

bearable

beautiful

befuddle

bedevil

bedraggle

belittle

betrayal

bicycle

biddable

bilingual

bimodal

biracial

boondoggle

bountiful

bronchial

brazenly

breakable

brigantine

burial

cantonal

burgundy

burgundies

callable

capable

burnable

caramel

casual

cannibal

capital

capitol

caboodle

caressing

carnival

carousing

cervical

bifocal

cathedral

cerebral

cereal

changeable

celestial

constable

chasuble

chemical

chronicle

circumcise

circumference

clavicle

circumscribe

circumspect

circumstance

classical

circumvents

circumvent

clerical

coercion

coequal

comical

colloidal

colorful

colossal

commercial

commingle

committal

communal

congenial

conical

cortical

coracle

coronal

countable

corporal

corrosion

court-martial

financial

criminal

credible

credential

crescendo

critical

cross-country

crucible

cubicle

darkening

culpable

curable

cuticle

cyclical

cynical

debacle

cultural

decimal

delightful

deceitful

denial

diurnal

derision

digital

domical

disciple

dishevel

disgraceful

dismissal

disdainful

disloyal

dispersal

dissemble

disposal

distasteful

distrustful

disable

doable

doctoral

doggerel

drinkable

edible

fictional

dressmaking

dressmakers

dressmaker

durable

eatable

dutiful

embattle

embezzle

empanel

enamel

encircle

enfeeble

ensemble

enable

ennoble

entangle

entitle

fallible

epistle

equable

errorful

erosion

especial

essential

eternal

ethnical

eventful

ethical

eurasian

example

fanciful

external

factual

familial

festival

epochal

feasible

federal

femoral

fixable

flammable

filial

finagle

fluvial

forcible

flexible

follicle

foreigner

foreigners

forgetful

fragmented

fraternal

dismantle

frequently

frequency

frequencies

functional

fusible

funeral

garrison

general

graphical

genital

gradual

granduncle

gullible

guttural

harassment

helical

horrible

hormonal

hospital

horsemanship

horizons

horizon

humoral

hurricanes

hurricane

imbecile

icicle

ignoble

illegal

impartial

impanel

immortal

immobile

immoral

imperil

infernal

infertile

informal

initial

flavorful

insightful

integral

internal

interval

irishman

judgmental

jovial

juvenile

kerosene

larceny

judicial

lateral

laudable

laughable

leasable

lovable

legible

likable

likeable

lexical

liable

liberal

lineal

lionel

livable

literal

littoral

low-level

magical

madrigal

lyrical

mackerel

mandible

manual

marconi

manhandle

marital

marksmanship

maternal

masterful

mayoral

medical

meaningful

mistrustful

mercantile

merchandise

medial

merciful

menial

metrical

mineral

miracle

miscible

minimal

ministral

mishandle

menstrual

mistrial

monocle

moroccans

moroccan

movable

musical

multiple

mutable

mutual

mythical

nautical

natural

mystical

neglectful

nocturnal

newcastle

newfangle

non-verbal

nonlethal

norwegians

notional

norwegian

notable

nourishment

nourishing

obstacle

numeral

official

optimal

oracle

optical

orbital

organic

organum

organelles

orchestral

organist

organize

organized

origin

organics

origins

parsonage

panhandle

palpable

parable

palatial

paragon

parental

parisian

passable

paternal

peaceable

payable

pectoral

pedestal

percentage

pastoral

personal

persona

personals

personnel

perusal

phrygian

physical

pineapple

pickerel

pineal

pinnacle

plausible

pitiful

pliable

plentiful

pivotal

pluvial

portable

possible

portrayal

potable

postnatal

potential

powerful

practical

pragmatist

pragmatists

preamble

pragmatic

preconceive

prefrontal

pregnancy

pregnancies

prescient

presences

prescience

presently

presenter

presenters

prenatal

presentment

primeval

presumptions

presumption

presumptive

probable

principal

principle

proconsul

prisoners

prisoner

prodigal

progeny

projectile

prognoses

proposal

proximal

proximate

provable

provincial

prudential

psychical

purposeful

punctual

quadruple

pursuant

radical

quotable

radial

ramshackle

reachable

readable

rebuttal

redouble

recital

rectangle

regretful

rehearsal

refusal

rekindle

remodel

rentable

remorseful

renewal

resettle

removal

reprisal

resemble

resentful

pyroxene

retinal

retrial

resourceful

retrieval

quintuple

ridable

ritual

revival

quizzical

respectful

salable

scalable

saracens

sarasin

sarcoma

seasonal

sectional

reversal

scriptural

sectoral

sculptural

seminal

sentinel

sensual

sensible

serial

sequential

sexual

sigmoidal

sizable

sociable

skeptical

skeletal

soluble

solvable

sorrowful

spectacle

structural

suitable

substantial

successful

surgical

survival

syllable

taxable

tactical

tangential

teachable

teaspoonful

technical

temporal

terminal

terrible

tentacle

testicle

tiresome

tenable

textual

topical

touchable

townspeople

traceable

tractable

trainable

transmittal

tracheal

treatable

triangle

tribunal

triumphal

tropical

tricycle

trivial

truism

typical

turntable

tunable

unbundle

unable

uncivil

uncouple

unequal

unfaithful

unlawful

ungrateful

urgency

unravel

unsettle

unshackle

unstable

untangle

untruthful

upheaval

urgently

vegetal

valuable

usual

usable

utensil

varietal

vegetable

vehicle

ventricle

versatile

vertebral

vertical

vesicle

viable

virtual

visceral

visible

visual

vitriol

voluble

volatile

warehousing

wearable

wearisome

whimsical

withdrawal

wonderful

workable

worshipful

workmanlike

workmanship

worrisome

4 syllable words

acceptable

accessible

accountable

actionable

accidental

achievable

acoustical

adaptable

additional

adorable

admissible

adoptable

adjustable

admirable

adverbial

affordable

agreeable

advisable

alkaloidal

appreciable

allowable

amendable

approvable

anarchical

argentinas

anecdotal

antipodal

answerable

antisocial

apocryphal

appealable

applicable

approachable

alluvial

archenemy

amenable

arboreal

amiable

amicable

argentina

abdominal

avoidable

arguable

arizonan

arizonans

arrogantly

arterial

artificial

asexual

augmentable

available

atypical

attainable

bacterial

believable

behavioral

biannual

beneficial

biaxial

binomial

bisexual

botanical

broken-winded

burgomaster

burgomasters

carcinoma

canonical

carcinogen

carcinogens

centrifugal

centennial

collapsible

charitable

chimerical

charismatics

charismatic

chrysanthemum

chrysanthemums

circumcision

circumstances

coaxial

circumvention

circumspection

circumstantial

collectible

commendable

collegial

comparable

congenital

congressional

combinable

comfortable

compatible

colonial

colloquial

conditional

confessional

confidential

conceivable

confirmable

conceptual

compensable

consonantal

consensual

consolable

consequential

collateral

consumable

contemptible

contestable

continental

biennial

conventional

bilateral

controversial

continual

correctional

corruptible

convivial

creditable

cylindrical

custodial

delusional

debatable

deductible

defensible

delectable

definable

decennial

deferential

demonstrable

departmental

desirable

directional

detachable

dependable

deplorable

despicable

describable

detrimental

devotional

diagonal

digestible

dimensional

discountable

disassemble

divisional

differential

dispensable

zoological

disentangle

disposable

disputable

disrespectful

divisible

disapproval

discernible

dysfunctional

duodenal

eligible

elemental

emmanuel

electrical

elliptical

emotional

enforceable

employable

enjoyable

empirical

encyclical

enviable

epidermal

episcopal

ephemeral

fashionable

exchangeable

erasable

equivocal

equitable

estimable

eventual

ethereal

exceptional

draconian

excitable

execrable

exportable

expandable

explicable

excusable

explainable

existential

exponential

extendible

extricable

fathomable

fanatical

epithelial

favorable

fissionable

foreseeable

forfeitable

forgettable

forgivable

formidable

fragmentary

fragmentation

fundamental

galenical

gargantuan

gorgonian

grammatical

governmental

genocidal

habitable

habitual

injectable

insatiable

impeachable

heretical

heritable

impeccable

hierarchical

historical

homicidal

hexagonal

honorable

hospitable

horizontal

hydrothermal

honeysuckle

illegible

illogical

heroism

identical

hysterical

imitable

immiscible

immovable

immutable

impassable

imperial

impersonal

impossible

impractical

impregnable

implacable

implausible

improbable

inimical

incapable

inaugural

inaudible

incidental

incredible

incremental

incurable

indelible

inedible

ineffable

industrial

infallible

infeasible

inferential

inflexible

inflammable

inflatable

influential

insensible

nonsensical

inscrutable

insoluble

instructional

instrumental

nontaxable

convertible

intangible

intentional

intractable

intestinal

invisible

controllable

invaluable

invincible

intramural

insubstantial

irrational

ironical

issuable

irritable

isothermal

lamentable

laryngeal

marketable

liturgical

logistical

malleable

manageable

maniacal

maraschino

marijuana

negotiable

marsupial

negligible

material

matriarchal

measurable

medicinal

memorable

memorial

mechanical

mercenary

mercenaries

merchandiser

merchandisers

merchandising

mesodermal

metacarpal

methodical

interstitial

millennial

mollycoddle

miserable

mercurial

municipal

motorcycle

mosaical

monolingual

monumental

navigable

intermingle

neonatal

nutritional

noncommittal

noncommercial

nonessential

nonvolatile

nontechnical

noticeable

occasional

observable

irascible

obstetrical

obtainable

occipital

numerical

octagonal

occidental

octahedral

operable

organism

oriental

organisms

organically

originals

organizes

organizer

organizers

organismic

originate

originates

ornamental

orthogonal

paraguayan

ostensible

palatable

parietal

paranormal

parishioners

parishioner

parisians

parsimony

parochial

parisienne

participle

perishable

permissible

permeable

parsonages

patentable

patrimonial

patriarchal

perceptible

pentecostal

percentages

perennial

peripheral

perpetual

personable

personalize

personalized

personally

phenomenal

persuadable

personify

personifies

polygonal

pictorial

pitiable

polemical

pleasurable

poetical

political

pontifical

practicable

pragmatism

preferable

predictable

preconditions

preferential

precondition

preignition

prejudicial

presentable

presentations

preconceptions

presentation

preconception

presidential

presumably

preventable

primordial

processional

professional

profitable

progenitor

prognosticate

prognosticates

provisional

proximity

providential

proverbial

punishable

sartorial

satirical

pyramidal

questionable

rabbinical

receptacle

raptorial

reasonable

reassemble

receivable

reciprocal

redeemable

redoubtable

reducible

relational

regimental

remarkable

reliable

renewable

reportable

reorganize

remedial

repayable

removable

repairable

replaceable

reputable

quadrennial

responsible

respectable

retractable

returnable

reversible

rhetorical

revocable

sacramental

sacrificial

sabbatical

quintessential

tabernacle

residential

seasonable

sensational

serviceable

sentimental

residual

reverential

sinusoidal

spiritual

strategical

statistical

subliminal

suicidal

superficial

supportable

susceptible

sustainable

symmetrical

pumpernickel

temperamental

terminable

theatrical

tetrahedral

terrestrial

tolerable

transitional

transportable

traditional

transferable

transcendental

triennial

trilateral

tutorial

tyrannical

umbilical

unmerciful

universal

unnatural

unreasonable

unshakable

unspeakable

unsuccessful

unusual

untreatable

unsalable

variable

venerable

venereal

veritable

vestigial

virginity

violable

vulnerable

zirconium

zirconiums

5 syllable words

aberrational

abominable

acknowledgeable

actuarial

aeronautical

agricultural

alphabetical

analytical

anatomical

allegorical

antithetical

architectural

analyzable

argentinian

argentinians

argumentation

argumentative

artiodactyl

astronomical

astrological

astronautical

attitudinal

attributable

asymmetrical

bicentennial

biochemical

biographical

biological

biomedical

carcinogenic

ceremonial

categorical

coincidental

chronological

constantinople

circumnavigate

classifiable

circumstantially

conversational

computational

connotational

congregational

communicable

comprehensible

considerable

constitutional

curatorial

deliverable

diabolical

determinable

developable

developmental

dishonorable

dictatorial

dialectical

diacritical

disagreeable

discoverable

disreputable

distinguishable

directorial

educational

economical

ecumenical

ecological

editorial

endothelial

egotistical

environmental

esophageal

eradicable

evangelical

exercisable

experimental

equatorial

experiential

geophysical

geographical

gravitational

geometrical

geological

inimitable

horticultural

horizontally

hypercritical

hypothetical

imaginable

immaterial

hypocritical

immemorial

immeasurable

impenetrable

imperceptible

heterocercal

imponderable

impressionable

impracticable

impermissible

inalienable

incomparable

incompatible

inadvisable

inapplicable

incalculable

incompressible

inconceivable

incorrigible

indefensible

indefeasible

indefinable

inconsequential

indescribable

indispensable

indestructible

individual

indisputable

inaccessible

indomitable

ineligible

inequitable

inescapable

inexhaustible

inexorable

ineffectual

inadmissible

inevitable

inexcusable

inextricable

indivisible

inexplicable

inhospitable

inheritable

innumerable

inspirational

institutional

inseparable

intramarginal

interdigital

international

interminable

intelligible

interchangeable

insurmountable

insupportable

intolerable

intracranial

invariable

invitational

irreparable

irrefutable

irrepressible

irresistible

irresponsible

irreversible

irrevocable

inviolable

jurisdictional

insufferable

justifiable

lackadaisical

latitudinal

longitudinal

magisterial

managerial

mathematical

matrilineal

metallurgical

metaphorical

metaphysical

ministerial

myocardial

morphological

navigational

mythological

multilateral

matrimonial

neoclassical

nomenclatural

nonprofessional

nondeductible

nonelectrical

nonpolitical

nonrenewable

invulnerable

jurisprudential

observational

objectionable

occupational

ontological

oratorical

oregonians

oregonian

organization

organizations

originally

origination

originations

originator

paradoxical

parimutuel

originators

parenthetical

parkinsonism

patrilineal

pedagogical

pathological

periodontal

periodical

peritoneal

personalizes

personality

personalities

pharmaceutical

photochemical

philosophical

phonological

polynomial

pragmatically

intellectual

problematical

professorial

prognostications

prognostication

prosecutable

pseudopodial

neurological

psychological

puritanical

recognizable

recoverable

reorganizes

reprehensible

reportorial

realizable

secretarial

seismological

semiannual

senatorial

supernatural

territorial

testimonial

theoretical

theological

transcontinental

technological

unconditional

typographical

unanswerable

unavoidable

unaccountable

unacceptable

uncomfortable

unconscionable

uncontrollable

undeniable

understandable

unfavorable

unequivocal

ungovernable

unimpeachable

unmistakable

unilateral

unquestionable

unsupportable

unreliable

verifiable

unforgettable

unforeseeable

7 syllable words
8 syllable words

Help Us Improve this Tool

We would LOVE to hear your FEEDBACK on this tool!

Words that rhyme with the word marginal

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

Rhyming Dictionary


Cite This Article

Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

WORD SCRAMBLE. THE WORD FINDER located on the website https://www.thewordfinder.com/