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

acting

airedale

acton

action

actions

assail

basting

austin

astound

auctions

avail

astounds

bastions

auction

bastion

baston

asthma

blackmail

boughten

clydesdale

fightings

castings

casting

chastened

caxton

chasten

chestnuts

chestnut

cocktail

costing

derail

detail

coattail

coasting

curtail

costumes

costume

custom

customs

destin

fighting

boasting

bookstand

foxtail

bookstands

guardrail

boston

disdained

disdains

dictum

disdain

distance

distant

distend

distinct

doornail

dovetail

e-mail

eighteens

eighteen

dustman

eighteenth

entail

esteem

dukedom

exhale

extends

extant

extend

extent

extinct

fantail

eyestone

fastened

fasten

factions

faction

female

faustian

festoon

fiction

fictions

full-scale

diction

greenmail

heighten

heightens

handrail

hastens

hasten

hobnail

horsetail

inhale

impale

hosting

keystone

large-scale

keystones

lactone

lasting

lighten

lightens

lighting

lightnings

lightning

lightman

listens

listen

listings

listing

ousting

prevail

mustang

mustangs

moisten

nekton

nightmares

nighttime

nighttimes

nightmare

octane

piston

pectin

pastimes

pastime

peacetime

postings

posting

pistons

postman

postmark

question

whitetail

regale

roasting

rectum

resale

retail

right-hand

resting

sustains

questions

sighting

sightings

unveil

travail

sexton

sections

shakedown

shakedowns

sistine

sustain

suction

sixteen

sustained

sixteens

wasting

sixteenth

sixteenths

systems

tastings

tasting

tightens

tighten

testing

toasting

upscale

teston

touchdowns

touchdown

twisting

telltale

vesting

vestment

vestments

victims

victim

section

system

ragtime

wholesale

wisdom

yachting

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word nightingale

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

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