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

acting

aching

ailing

airing

aging

angling

arching

arming

asking

awning

backing

baiting

beating

baking

banding

banking

banging

basting

barring

batting

beading

beaming

bathing

bearing

bedding

bagging

beijing

being

biding

belting

bending

bidding

billing

binding

birthing

bitching

biting

blasting

blinding

blazing

bleaching

blaring

bleeding

bleeping

blocking

blending

blessing

blooming

blushing

blowing

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boarding

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boning

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boring

booming

boozing

boxing

bounding

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bracing

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braving

breaking

breeding

briefing

breathing

breasting

branching

brawling

brimming

breeching

brewing

broiling

browning

broking

brooding

browsing

brushing

bruting

buckling

boating

bucking

budding

bulging

building

bolling

bolting

belling

bunting

butting

buying

caftan

caftans

calling

calming

caning

camping

captain

captains

caption

captions

carling

carving

carping

casting

casing

ceiling

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catching

chafing

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charming

chasing

chieftain

chewing

chieftains

chipping

clanging

chirping

cleaning

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chopping

churning

codding

clearing

climbing

clipping

clogging

clouding

clowning

clucking

coiling

cloaking

clocking

colling

closing

cocking

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coming

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combing

clothing

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chilling

burping

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cooking

cooling

coping

costing

coupling

craving

creaking

creeping

coursing

cresting

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crackling

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curing

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daring

darling

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dawning

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derring

crowing

burning

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digging

dilling

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dipping

diphthong

dishing

diving

docking

doting

doing

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dressing

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driving

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eating

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dumpling

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dueling

eking

during

easing

dyeing

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earthling

dwelling

earning

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edging

etching

ending

faulting

finding

erring

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farming

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farthing

feeding

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feeling

fehling

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fencing

fetching

filing

fining

fifteenth

filling

fifteen

fifteens

firing

fitting

flagging

fishing

flaming

jetting

fixing

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flaring

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folding

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forging

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foundling

franking

freaking

fraying

forming

frosting

freezing

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fucking

foaming

gaming

getting

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galling

gassing

gearing

glancing

giving

glazing

gilding

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girding

glaring

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funding

glinting

gloaming

glowing

going

golding

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grafting

grading

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grasping

grayling

grazing

flowing

greeting

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hamstring

greening

grieving

grouting

groundling

grounding

gushing

grooming

growing

handling

grouping

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harping

having

healing

hearing

heaving

foiling

hanging

hatching

heckling

helping

heading

hiding

fuming

herring

hitting

hoarding

hogging

holding

hilling

hopping

horning

hosting

hounding

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hugging

humming

hissing

hunting

icing

hurling

hurting

inkling

homing

inning

jailing

jarring

holing

jeering

jerking

jogging

joking

judging

jumping

yielding

jutting

keeling

keeping

rubbing

kenning

knitting

kipling

knocking

kicking

running

killing

lasting

lading

lamping

landing

lagging

lapping

lashing

latching

laughing

launching

lawing

leading

leaking

leaning

leaping

leasing

laying

learning

left-hand

legging

lending

lemming

lighting

lifting

licking

lifetime

lifetimes

lightning

liking

lining

listing

living

loaning

loathing

loading

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loving

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logging

loring

longing

looking

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looping

losing

lowing

lumping

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malting

mailing

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mapping

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meeting

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meaning

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minding

mining

missing

merging

mocking

milling

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molting

morning

morphing

mooring

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nanking

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musing

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napping

mowing

netting

nestling

neptune

nodding

nipping

nosing

nothing

nutting

nursing

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matching

offing

offspring

often

oozing

option

options

ousting

outing

pacing

owing

packing

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paging

painting

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panning

parting

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paying

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peeing

pelting

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petting

phasing

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pairing

picking

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piling

pimping

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pining

plating

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pitching

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poling

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kindling

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sailing

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scaling

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scheming

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ruling

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scolding

screening

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schilling

seating

seedling

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scrimping

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setting

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serving

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shelving

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shedding

shelling

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snapping

shredding

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softens

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something

sopping

speaking

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sprinkling

stating

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springing

sputum

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sperling

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stowing

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toasting

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trading

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trifling

trying

tubing

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twining

tying

twisting

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trimming

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thinking

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wading

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vesting

voiding

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vying

walking

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wanting

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wellspring

throwing

weakling

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warning

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warling

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whooping

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wincing

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winning

wording

working

wrecking

wishing

witching

wrestling

writing

yachting

yearling

yearning

yelling

wringing

3 syllable words

abducting

abiding

absorbing

abounding

abatements

abdomen

accenting

accusing

adjoining

admiring

adoring

afflicting

affecting

according

agreeing

alerting

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alarming

alluring

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amusing

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anything

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arriving

aspiring

assuming

assuring

attracting

avoidance

astounding

backbiting

badgering

backsliding

baffling

ballooning

befitting

battering

battening

becoming

beginning

beguiling

beholding

arranging

believing

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beseeching

besieging

bettering

bickering

billowing

blackmailing

blanketing

bloodletting

blossoming

blistering

bloodsucking

blundering

blustering

bottling

buffeting

belonging

bookkeeping

brainwashing

bubbling

broadcasting

bullying

bullfighting

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bundling

bungling

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cackling

bushwhacking

carjacking

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canoeing

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carrying

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chattering

challenging

channeling

composing

childbearing

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churchgoing

comforting

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commanding

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contracting

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constricting

contacting

consuming

consulting

conveying

converging

convincing

consoling

crocheting

correcting

cowering

copying

covering

cradling

counseling

crippling

despairing

cushioning

darkening

crusading

damaging

dairying

cycling

dampening

deafening

debutantes

debutante

declining

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degrading

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deadening

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diapering

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dissolving

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dividends

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doubling

downsizing

dressmaking

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dumbfounding

easterling

dwindling

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echoing

emitting

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everything

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enlisting

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expiring

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evidence

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interesting

inspiring

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devotion

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laundering

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left-winger

left-wingers

left-handed

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machining

leveling

life-giving

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lingering

listening

lumbering

lowering

maddening

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measuring

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mellowing

mistaking

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networking

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muscling

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offsetting

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nourishing

nevadans

nevadan

offering

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opening

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optimal

optimists

optimize

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ovations

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settling

september

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softener

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surprising

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tabling

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thanksgiving

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ticketing

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tumbling

typewriting

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twinkling

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undying

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unwitting

unsparing

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uprising

varying

vomiting

wandering

visiting

wagering

watering

weathering

well-being

whispering

whitening

withering

winnowing

warehousing

wrongdoing

yellowing

4 syllable words

abdominal

activating

admonishing

advertising

aggravating

agitating

agonizing

annotating

appetizing

babysitting

aviation

awakening

astonishing

deviation

barbecuing

bicycling

bewildering

calculating

captivating

centralizing

circulating

complicating

coexisting

condescending

corresponding

denigrating

delegating

devastating

detonating

conditioning

developing

deviations

disappointing

disabling

diagnosing

disappearing

disconcerting

disapproving

discouraging

disengaging

dispiriting

disparaging

disheartening

distributing

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domineering

edifying

enterprising

fascinating

encouraging

engineering

enlightening

energizing

encompassing

entertaining

enveloping

epidemic

epidemics

epitome

epitomize

everlasting

embarrassing

examining

evidences

executing

evidently

emphasizing

fingerprinting

encircling

fireproofing

fluctuating

gratifying

hesitating

implicating

inheriting

inhibiting

inquiring

intersecting

interlocking

interviewing

integrating

irritating

devotional

laminating

legislating

liberating

leviathan

lobotomy

nonrecurring

mitigating

maximizing

moderating

merchandising

mountaineering

neptunium

never-ending

notifying

notwithstanding

obedience

obedient

occupying

obtainable

oceangoing

operating

optimistic

optimism

optometrist

optometrists

optometry

overcoming

overbearing

overarching

overlapping

overflowing

overhauling

overrating

overwhelming

overpowering

overruling

overlying

palpitating

parachuting

partitioning

patronizing

penetrating

persevering

petitioning

pioneering

realizing

reentering

registering

separating

speechifying

suffocating

unavailing

undertaking

underwriting

unbelieving

unrelenting

unbecoming

unassuming

underlying

underpinning

understanding

undulating

unremitting

vacillating

waterproofing

7 syllable words
8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word obviating

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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