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

acting

aching

ailing

airing

aging

all-time

angling

arming

asking

awning

backing

arching

blueing

banding

basting

baiting

baking

banking

banging

baldwin

barring

batting

bearing

beading

beaming

bathing

beating

belling

bending

bedding

beijing

being

billing

biting

binding

bidding

biding

birthing

bitching

blasting

blending

blinding

blaring

blessing

blocking

blazing

bleeding

bleeping

bleaching

bloodhound

bloodhounds

blooming

blowing

blatant

bluing

bagging

blushing

boating

bolting

booming

boozing

boarding

boasting

bonding

boiling

bolling

boning

boring

bolden

brewing

bouncing

bounding

breasting

brawling

boxing

bowling

bowing

branching

bracing

braiding

braving

breaking

breeding

breathing

breeching

briefing

brooding

browning

browsing

bucking

brushing

broiling

broking

buckling

budding

bulging

building

buildings

burning

burping

brimming

buying

calling

caning

chipping

casting

carling

carping

carving

casing

catching

caulking

ceiling

chanting

charming

chafing

chasing

chewing

chilling

choking

chopping

chirping

clearing

climbing

clipping

cloaking

clocking

clogging

closing

clanging

clothing

cleaning

clouding

clowning

clucking

coating

colling

coasting

cocking

codding

coiling

coaching

coaxing

churning

combing

coming

calming

camping

doing

coupling

cooling

costing

cooing

couching

coursing

cooking

coping

cracking

crackling

crushing

crashing

cresting

cuddling

cribbing

craving

creaking

creeping

crooning

crossing

crowing

crying

cunning

curing

curling

dalton

daltons

damning

dancing

daunting

darling

daring

dawning

dashing

dining

derring

dealing

dilling

dicing

digging

dipping

dishing

diving

docking

drafting

doting

drilling

drugging

dragging

dressing

drinking

dripping

driving

draining

dropping

drawing

drumming

duckling

dubbing

ducking

dueling

dumpling

during

dwelling

earthling

earring

drying

dyeing

dying

earning

easing

eating

eking

ending

edging

flooding

erring

etching

evening

facing

failing

fading

fainting

falling

farming

farthing

fehling

filing

filling

fencing

fighting

fielding

finding

fetching

feigning

fielden

fitting

fining

firing

feeding

fishing

flitting

feeling

fixing

flagging

flaring

fledgling

fleeting

fleming

flashing

flaming

flatten

flattened

floating

flogging

flooring

flushing

grinding

gilding

foaming

footing

folding

forcing

foiling

forging

forming

founding

franking

foundling

framing

fraying

freaking

frosting

funding

fucking

fuming

frying

full-time

gadding

galling

gassing

gaming

getting

grooming

gearing

freezing

glancing

glinting

giving

glaring

girding

glazing

gladden

glidden

gloaming

flying

golfing

golding

gilden

ginning

gluten

gluttons

glowing

going

grafting

golden

grappling

grasping

grating

grayling

grading

grazing

greening

greeting

helping

grouping

gunning

hamstring

gushing

groundling

handling

growing

hanging

grieving

harping

having

heading

healing

heating

hatching

hearing

heaving

heckling

herring

hilling

hitting

grounding

hoarding

horning

hiding

hugging

housing

humming

holdings

hosting

hounding

hogging

holing

homing

hopping

hurling

hurting

icing

hissing

holding

inkling

inning

killing

jailing

jumping

jarring

jetting

judging

jogging

joking

jerking

keeling

kenning

jeering

kicking

kipling

knitting

lamping

knocking

landing

lagging

knowing

lading

mincing

lapping

kindling

lasting

laughing

lashing

latching

lawing

launching

leading

leaking

leaning

leaping

laying

learning

leasing

legging

lending

lemming

loathing

lifting

listing

lighting

lightning

lining

licking

liking

living

loading

loaning

lumping

looming

looping

losing

loving

lunching

logging

looking

lopping

loring

lodging

longing

lowing

lying

mailing

minding

madding

milling

marking

matting

meeting

mapping

matching

marching

melton

merging

making

mining

flowing

missing

mocking

sagging

mealtime

morning

morphing

moulding

mooring

mouldings

planting

meaning

molting

moving

mugging

mowing

mourning

musing

netting

nagging

nestling

nanking

napping

nipping

pimping

nodding

nothing

mounting

nosing

nursing

offing

offspring

olden

oozing

ousting

pinching

owing

packing

pacing

padding

painting

pairing

panning

panting

parting

parking

paring

paging

passing

pegging

patching

peaking

paying

peeing

petting

pending

picking

piercing

paving

phasing

phrasing

piling

pining

piping

planking

pitching

racking

molten

platoon

platoons

rafting

platen

plumbing

pointing

plodding

poking

poling

plaything

playthings

pleading

pleasing

pleadings

plugging

polling

pooling

posting

printing

pouncing

pounding

popping

pressing

priming

preaching

praying

prowling

pruning

pumping

puffing

pudding

pushing

prying

quaking

purging

quilling

plating

playing

railing

racing

raising

raking

raging

rambling

raving

reading

platinum

resting

rifling

ribbing

riding

rigging

platten

roasting

rising

roaring

rocking

rolling

romping

roofing

rousing

rubbing

ruling

running

rounding

roving

ringing

sacking

sailing

scalping

scaling

scarring

keeping

scheming

saying

schilling

schooling

scolding

scrimping

screwing

scratching

scraping

screaming

screening

seating

searching

scorching

seedling

seeling

seeing

setting

shuffling

seizing

shearing

shoring

selden

shafting

seeming

sharking

shedding

shaving

sheathing

sheeting

shelling

shelving

shifting

shilling

shining

shipping

shirting

shocking

shading

shoestring

sewing

shredding

seldom

showing

shrinking

shrouding

serving

sibling

siding

sighting

sitting

signing

sinking

sizing

singing

sporting

slanting

skilling

skimming

skirting

slapping

slating

sledding

sleeping

something

slitting

smelling

slotting

slouching

sloping

smoking

smoothing

snapping

sighing

snarling

sniffing

snoring

soaking

soaring

sobbing

soldan

sneaking

squinting

soothing

sounding

sopping

spanking

sparing

sparkling

sparling

sneezing

spelling

spending

stamping

sperling

spinning

spurling

stacking

springing

sprinkling

squeezing

starting

speaking

staging

stalling

standing

sliding

starling

suckling

slighting

stooping

stating

stealing

steering

sterling

sticking

stinking

stocking

stopping

stitching

staving

stirring

storming

stowing

stinging

straddling

stunning

strapping

stuffing

stripling

striking

stripping

stretching

streaming

sucking

striving

stroking

suing

straining

smacking

sultan

sapling

writing

yachting

sultans

swearing

sweating

winning

swelling

sweeting

swimming

sweeping

swooning

tackling

tacking

tailing

whooping

tamping

touching

talking

taunting

tasting

tanning

thumping

tempting

teething

testing

telling

thrilling

thinking

thrashing

throwing

teaming

tooling

toasting

ticking

tiding

tipping

topping

tithing

tossing

teeming

tracing

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trucking

trifling

trailing

tricking

trimming

tripping

training

trying

tubing

twisting

tuning

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tying

trading

turning

switching

teaching

wilding

willing

whopping

vesting

veering

veiling

viking

waiting

taking

voting

vying

voiding

walling

wading

waking

wanting

warling

warming

warning

warping

wasting

walking

wapping

wearing

washing

weakling

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wedding

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wheeling

weaving

weeding

whiting

weeping

wellspring

westling

whistling

whitling

whacking

whaling

whipping

whirling

weighing

wielding

wincing

winding

wrestling

wiring

wrecking

wishing

witching

wording

working

wringing

swaying

yearling

yearning

yelling

yielding

saving

3 syllable words

abounding

abiding

adjoining

according

absorbing

accenting

admiring

adoring

afflicting

affecting

alarming

aleutians

agreeing

allotment

allotments

approaching

amazing

annoying

anything

ascending

aspiring

annealing

assuring

appalling

appealing

arresting

arriving

arranging

astounding

blundering

attracting

backbiting

backsliding

badgering

baffling

battering

battening

befitting

beginning

besieging

becoming

believing

besetting

belonging

beguiling

beholding

beseeching

beholden

bettering

billowing

blackmailing

blanketing

blistering

bickering

blatantly

bloodsucking

blossoming

bookkeeping

bottling

bushwhacking

brainwashing

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bubbling

buffeting

bullfighting

bullying

bulletin

broadcasting

bulletins

bumbling

bundling

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cackling

butchering

comforting

coloring

centering

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carrying

carpeting

channeling

carjacking

challenging

chattering

childbearing

celadon

caressing

churchgoing

completing

commanding

campaigning

complaining

complying

composing

blustering

compounding

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confusing

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consulting

conveying

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conforming

constricting

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conquering

contracting

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covering

cowering

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copying

counseling

crippling

crocheting

crusading

cradling

cycling

dairying

cushioning

damaging

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darkening

deadening

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defusing

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deserving

decreasing

degrading

descending

deletion

deletions

designing

despairing

detailing

dilution

dialing

diapering

dilation

discerning

disarming

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dissenting

disgusting

dissolving

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distracting

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dissembling

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doddering

doubling

dressmaking

downsizing

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dumbfounding

dwindling

easterling

eavesdropping

echoing

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enclosing

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enchanting

elation

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equating

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enlisting

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engaging

everything

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exceeding

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existing

exulting

exploring

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expanding

expelling

faltering

exacting

fastening

favoring

feathering

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finishing

flattering

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flowering

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following

foreboding

fondling

forbidding

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forgiving

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frustrating

freewheeling

gelatine

gambling

galloping

gardening

gathering

glimmering

glistening

good-looking

glowering

glutamic

governing

gluttony

inserting

guillotine

haltingly

handwriting

hairdressing

happening

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hardening

heartbreaking

improving

highflying

housekeeping

housewarming

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impending

imprinting

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increasing

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groundbreaking

insulting

installing

interesting

inspiring

investing

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ironing

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issuing

juggling

jockeying

journeying

yellowing

kidnapping

lamenting

lactating

landholding

laboring

landscaping

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laundering

lawmaking

layering

leavening

leveling

lettering

machining

lingering

locating

lightening

listening

life-giving

lessening

lumbering

lowering

maddening

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maturing

meddling

misleading

marketing

marshaling

measuring

mellowing

middling

militant

militants

miltonic

misgiving

modeling

mistaking

misspelling

mothering

mottling

motoring

muscling

mumbling

murmuring

narrowing

networking

neighboring

neutering

obliging

nourishing

observing

offering

offsetting

oncoming

ongoing

opening

ordering

outgoing

outfitting

nerve-racking

outlying

outpouring

plastering

opining

outstanding

painstaking

paladin

palatine

paneling

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patrolling

papering

pardoning

peddling

pilfering

piddling

peppering

pickering

persisting

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pitying

platonists

platonist

plutonic

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pondering

pronouncing

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powdering

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promising

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quickening

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reflecting

platonic

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regarding

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reckoning

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ravishing

relapsing

relation

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respecting

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reversing

reviving

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revolving

riveting

rumbling

relations

scaffolding

scattering

scavenging

scribbling

seagoing

scrambling

seasoning

settling

shadowing

shimmering

shipbuilding

shoplifting

shortcoming

shortening

sickening

sizzling

skeleton

skeletons

sleepwalking

smattering

softening

solutions

sojourning

soldering

soldiering

souring

stiffening

stuttering

succeeding

strengthening

suffering

winnowing

sultanate

surpassing

surprising

surrounding

tabling

tailoring

sweetening

toweling

tapering

tempering

threatening

thanksgiving

thickening

thundering

towering

ticketing

tinkering

tormenting

tinkling

traversing

trembling

transporting

trumpeting

typewriting

ultima

tumbling

typesetting

twinkling

ultimate

underling

undying

unflinching

unsparing

unfailing

unfeeling

unthinking

unwilling

upsetting

uprising

unyielding

varying

vanishing

visiting

vomiting

weathering

wandering

volition

wagering

warehousing

watering

well-being

whispering

whitening

unbending

surveying

withering

surviving

wrongdoing

4 syllable words

activating

admonishing

agitating

aggravating

agonizing

advertising

annotating

appetizing

altimeter

astonishing

awakening

babysitting

altimeters

altimetry

barbecuing

bicycling

bewildering

caladiums

calculating

captivating

centralizing

collodion

circulating

coexisting

coalition

coalitions

complicating

conditioning

corresponding

condescending

disapproving

delegating

denigrating

detonating

diagnosing

devastating

disappointing

developing

disappearing

disconcerting

disabling

discouraging

distributing

dispiriting

disparaging

disengaging

distinguishing

disheartening

dominating

edifying

emphasizing

encompassing

encouraging

encircling

embarrassing

enveloping

engineering

entertaining

enterprising

enlightening

energizing

everlasting

executing

examining

fascinating

fireproofing

fingerprinting

domineering

fluctuating

foliation

gratifying

hesitating

implicating

mitigating

inheriting

inhibiting

inquiring

integrating

interlocking

irritating

laminating

interviewing

legislating

intersecting

liberating

melatonin

maximizing

melatonins

militancy

merchandising

moderating

never-ending

mountaineering

notifying

notwithstanding

obviating

oceangoing

occupying

operating

oscillating

nonrecurring

overflowing

overlapping

overarching

overruling

overrating

overwhelming

overcoming

palpitating

palladium

parachuting

partitioning

patronizing

penetrating

persevering

petitioning

overhauling

overbearing

overlying

pioneering

overpowering

plutonian

realizing

reentering

registering

relationship

relationships

relational

separating

speechifying

suffocating

unbelieving

unassuming

ultimately

ultimatum

ultimatums

unavailing

underlying

unbecoming

undulating

unrelenting

undertaking

underwriting

unremitting

vacillating

valuation

valuations

violation

violations

waterproofing

underpinning

understanding

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word polluting

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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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  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
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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:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
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  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

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

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