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

beading

bleeding

breeding

feeding

leading

pleading

reading

aching

ailing

baiting

baking

bedding

billing

biting

blazing

boiling

bracing

braving

breaking

brimming

broiling

brooding

budding

caning

casing

chafing

chasing

chilling

chipping

clearing

climbing

clipping

clouding

codding

coiling

craving

cribbing

dicing

digging

dilling

dining

dipping

diving

draining

drilling

dripping

driving

earring

facing

failing

feigning

fighting

filing

filling

fining

firing

fitting

flaming

flitting

flooding

foiling

framing

gadding

gaming

gearing

ginning

girding

giving

glazing

grating

grayling

grazing

heading

hilling

hissing

hitting

icing

inning

jailing

kicking

killing

knitting

shedding

shredding

sledding

wedding

weeding

beating

beaming

bathing

being

beatings

bidding

biding

binding

bleaching

bleeping

blinding

braiding

breathing

briefing

breeching

building

ceiling

cleaning

creeping

creaking

dealing

yielding

easing

eating

eking

evening

feedings

feeling

fading

fielding

finding

fleeting

freaking

freezing

gilding

grading

greening

greeting

grieving

grinding

healing

hearing

heating

heaving

hiding

keeling

keeping

jeering

lading

screaming

leaning

leaking

leaping

leasing

licking

lighting

liking

lining

loading

paving

madding

mailing

making

nodding

meaning

meeting

meetings

milling

mining

minding

missing

nipping

pacing

padding

peaking

peeing

seedling

racing

scraping

phasing

phrasing

picking

piling

pleasing

pining

piping

plating

plodding

screening

seating

preaching

priming

pudding

quaking

quilling

readings

railing

raising

raking

raving

ribbing

riding

ridings

rigging

rising

scheming

sailing

saving

scaling

schilling

seeling

seeming

seizing

living

seeing

seatings

shadings

sheathing

shaving

shearing

shilling

shining

sheeting

shipping

shrouding

siding

sighting

signing

sitting

sizing

skilling

skimming

slating

sleeping

sliding

slighting

slitting

sneaking

sneezing

sniffing

spinning

speaking

squeezing

trading

shading

stealing

stating

staving

steering

trailing

sticking

trilling

straining

streaming

striking

stripping

striving

sweeping

sweeting

swimming

tailing

taking

teaching

teaming

teething

teeming

tracing

thrilling

ticking

tiding

tithing

tidings

tipping

training

tricking

trimming

tripping

twining

waiting

voiding

wading

veering

veiling

viking

weaving

waking

weakling

waning

weeping

wheeling

whipping

whiting

whaling

writing

wielding

wilding

willing

winding

winning

wiring

wording

3 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word reading.
2 syllable words

aging

acting

backing

banding

airing

awning

bagging

barring

beijing

banging

basting

batting

bearing

beatnik

belling

birthing

bending

arming

asking

belting

bitching

blaring

blasting

blocking

blending

boarding

blessing

boating

blooming

blowing

blueing

bluing

blushing

boasting

banking

beatniks

bonding

bolling

boning

booming

booting

boozing

boring

bolting

bouncing

bounding

arching

bowling

bowing

boxing

brawling

atoms

broking

browning

brewing

breasting

attains

browsing

bruting

bucking

buckling

branching

burning

brushing

bunting

bulging

burping

dueling

clocking

butting

buying

calling

calming

camping

carling

cloaking

carping

caulking

cadence

catching

carving

casting

cautions

chopping

chirping

chewing

chanting

charming

choking

churning

clanging

clogging

closing

clothing

clowning

clucking

coating

coaching

coasting

coatings

coaxing

cocking

colling

combing

coming

cooing

buttons

cooking

cooling

coping

docking

costing

couching

cracking

crashing

coursing

crackling

cresting

daunting

crooning

crying

cuddling

crossing

culling

cunning

curing

crowing

crushing

curling

cutting

damning

cuttings

dancing

daring

coupling

dawning

darling

dashing

derring

betweens

daytimes

dishing

cottons

doing

angling

doting

doubting

dragging

drafting

drawing

dressing

dropping

drinking

drying

drugging

drumming

dubbing

ducking

dwelling

during

duckling

dumpling

dyeing

dying

bottoms

earning

earthling

edens

edging

frosting

ending

erring

etching

fainting

falling

farthing

farming

faulting

fehling

adams

fetching

fencing

grappling

fishing

fittings

fixing

flagging

flaring

flashing

fledgling

flying

ethnic

fleming

floating

flogging

flooring

flowing

flushing

foaming

folding

footing

footings

forcing

forging

forming

founding

fraying

fruiting

foundling

franking

frying

funding

fucking

fuming

galling

batons

golding

gassing

getting

glaring

gloaming

gettings

glinting

ethnics

glowing

glancing

going

golfing

grasping

grounding

grooming

grouping

grouting

gunning

groundling

growing

guidance

gushing

handling

hanging

haitians

grafting

kindling

hamstring

fathoms

headings

having

hoarding

herring

holding

heckling

helping

hogging

holing

homing

hopping

hounding

housing

hoodwink

horning

hosting

hugging

humming

hurling

hurting

harping

hunting

hatching

inkling

items

jarring

jerking

jetting

jogging

joking

jutting

jumping

kenning

judging

kidneys

kipling

kittens

knocking

knowing

lagging

scratching

landing

lamping

laying

laughing

lashing

latching

lawing

lasting

launching

learning

legging

lending

lemming

lifting

lightning

listing

loadings

loaning

logging

looking

looming

looping

lopping

loring

loathing

lodging

longing

losing

lying

lowing

lumping

lunching

nestling

malting

latins

marking

matching

marching

matting

melting

merging

midnight

mincing

mittens

moulding

mocking

molting

mooring

morning

morphing

modems

motions

moving

mowing

mounting

mourning

mugging

musing

muting

napping

netting

paying

maidens

nanking

nations

ousting

mapping

nagging

nosing

nothing

nothings

notions

nursing

nutting

nutmeg

offing

offspring

oozing

paring

outing

passing

outings

packing

owing

paging

painting

pairing

panning

panting

patching

parking

parting

pathans

patience

loving

pegging

pelting

pending

piercing

petting

pimping

pinching

playing

pitching

plaything

planting

planking

pointing

pittance

plugging

plumbing

pitons

poking

poling

polling

pooling

popping

posting

pounding

praying

pouting

pouncing

printing

pressing

prying

puddings

prowling

pruning

puffing

putting

pumping

quilting

purging

pushing

potions

racking

rambling

rations

redeems

resting

retains

rhythms

riddance

raging

ringing

rifling

roaring

roasting

rocking

rounding

rolling

roofing

rousing

roving

rubbing

romping

routines

ruling

running

saying

saddens

sagging

salting

sapling

scalping

scarring

satans

satins

sacking

schooling

scolding

scorching

rafting

lotions

scrimping

lapping

screwing

searching

serving

sedans

setting

settings

sewing

shelling

shafting

sharking

shifting

shelving

shirting

shocking

shooting

shoestring

shootings

shoring

shrinking

showing

shuffling

shunting

singing

sibling

sinking

sighing

skirting

slanting

slapping

sloping

slotting

slouching

smacking

smoothing

smelling

smoking

snapping

snoring

smelting

snarling

soaking

soaring

sobbing

soothing

sounding

sopping

sparing

something

spanking

sparkling

sparling

springing

staging

spending

spelling

sperling

sporting

sprinkling

spurling

squinting

stacking

stalling

stamping

tackling

sedums

starling

starting

steamship

stanzas

sterling

stencil

stinger

stingers

stinging

stinking

stirring

stances

stinkers

stingy

stitching

stocking

standing

stooping

stopping

stowing

storming

straddling

stripling

strapping

stretching

stroking

strutting

stuffing

stunning

swaying

sucking

suiting

suing

suckling

swearing

sweating

swelling

sweetens

switching

swooning

tacking

tasting

talking

tanning

tamping

stanza

taunting

telling

tooling

testing

tempting

topping

thinking

throwing

thrusting

thumping

tilting

titans

toasting

tossing

thrashing

totems

touching

tuning

trifling

trying

tubing

trucking

trusting

turning

tying

twisting

stomach

voting

vaulting

vesting

vying

walking

weddings

walling

wasting

wapping

wearing

washing

wanting

warling

warming

warning

warping

webbing

wednesday

whistling

whacking

whirling

weighing

westling

wringing

whitings

whitling

whooping

whopping

wincing

widens

wishing

witching

wednesdays

working

wrecking

wrestling

yachting

yearling

yearning

yelling

wellspring

stomachs

utmost

3 syllable words

abiding

annealing

appealing

arriving

adoring

agreeing

aligning

believing

anything

amazing

beguiling

becoming

befitting

beseeching

besieging

beholding

besetting

beginning

billowing

backbiting

bickering

divining

backsliding

adjoining

blistering

abounding

according

arranging

blundering

accusing

annoying

battering

bookkeeping

admiring

amusing

ascending

belonging

astounding

atmosphere

attracting

bettering

buffeting

bullying

aspiring

audience

blackmailing

arresting

assuming

canoeing

caressing

campaigning

asserting

bustling

carousing

cackling

assuring

carrying

carjacking

chattering

centering

channeling

cadences

childbearing

churchgoing

carpeting

bushwhacking

challenging

coloring

bundling

colouring

comforting

bungling

commanding

commuting

complaining

conceding

completing

compounding

complying

composing

concerning

concurring

confiding

confounding

confusing

conjuring

conquering

conflicting

connecting

conforming

conserving

consoling

consuming

constricting

consulting

contacting

contracting

conveying

converging

convincing

copying

correcting

discerning

alerting

alluring

cradling

cowering

covering

appalling

crusading

bloodsucking

crocheting

ballooning

battening

blossoming

dairying

cycling

damaging

crippling

degrading

designing

detailing

declining

debating

defusing

abducting

deserving

deafening

cushioning

delighting

descending

departing

dialing

blustering

deadening

afflicting

despairing

diapering

dissecting

approving

approaching

bloodletting

bullfighting

baffling

bubbling

bumbling

cottonseed

counseling

disarming

dampening

darkening

decreasing

disguising

disgusting

dissenting

bottling

dissembling

dissolving

doddering

badgering

butchering

brainwashing

diverting

broadcasting

diverging

distressing

laboring

downsizing

doubling

bedouins

distracting

drizzling

dressmaking

blanketing

dumbfounding

dwindling

easterling

eavesdropping

echoing

endearing

enduring

admission

emptying

engaging

engraving

equating

enticing

erecting

alarming

ensuing

entering

enlisting

affecting

erupting

engrossing

absorbing

accenting

emitting

botanists

exceeding

everything

exacting

excepting

exciting

expiring

favoring

exhausting

existing

expanding

admissions

factoring

faltering

fastening

exulting

expelling

feathering

exploring

enclosing

fingering

flattering

finishing

flavoring

flowering

forbidding

following

fondling

foreboding

forecasting

forgiving

freewheeling

forwarding

forthcoming

frustrating

hardening

galloping

gambling

botanist

ethnically

glimmering

gathering

glowering

glistening

ethnical

good-looking

governing

enchanting

gardening

groundbreaking

hairdressing

diatoms

handwriting

incoming

hardworking

heartbreaking

hedonic

highflying

housekeeping

housewarming

impending

idioms

imploring

importing

imposing

imprinting

improving

increasing

harvesting

inviting

infighting

ironing

inserting

installing

issuing

inspiring

insulting

interesting

invading

investing

jockeying

juggling

journeying

kidnapping

itemize

happening

lactating

lamenting

layering

landscaping

laundering

lawmaking

lettering

lessening

leveling

lightening

life-giving

lingering

leavening

listening

scribbling

languishing

locating

landholding

machining

lowering

maddening

lumbering

latency

matchmaking

marketing

marshaling

matinees

meddling

mediums

mellowing

maturing

measuring

middling

misleading

mistaking

misspelling

modeling

mothering

motoring

misgiving

mottling

mumbling

murmuring

muscling

neighboring

narrowing

neutering

nerve-racking

networking

nourishing

offering

obliging

observing

opining

ongoing

opening

opposing

oncoming

ordering

outfitting

offsetting

outgoing

pardoning

outlying

outpouring

papering

paneling

painstaking

parceling

outstanding

patrolling

mutinies

pervading

piddling

pickering

pilfering

persisting

pitying

plastering

podiums

pondering

polishing

polluting

powdering

prevailing

profiling

profiting

promising

pronouncing

perplexing

provoking

quickening

quarreling

potency

reasoning

railroading

reclining

raveling

ravishing

reckoning

reducing

recording

reflecting

rejoicing

relieving

regarding

rendering

relapsing

repeating

resisting

respecting

retiring

reviving

revolting

revolving

reversing

refreshing

rhythmically

riveting

rumbling

scaffolding

satanist

scattering

scavenging

seagoing

peddling

seasoning

peppering

seducing

settling

scrambling

shadowing

shimmering

shipbuilding

shoplifting

shortening

shortcoming

sickening

sizzling

smattering

soldering

sleepwalking

souring

soothingly

soldiering

softening

sojourning

litanies

stiffening

stonecutters

strengthening

stuttering

succeeding

surrounding

suffering

surveying

surviving

surpassing

sweetening

surprising

tabling

tailoring

tapering

tempering

thanksgiving

teutonic

thickening

thundering

ticketing

tinkering

tinkling

titanic

threatening

tormenting

toweling

towering

traversing

trembling

transporting

tuitions

tumbling

stonecutter

trumpeting

twinkling

typesetting

typewriting

unyielding

undoing

undying

unfeeling

underling

unbending

unfailing

unwilling

unflinching

unsparing

unthinking

unwitting

uprising

upsetting

utensil

utensils

varying

vanishing

visiting

vomiting

wagering

weathering

wandering

watering

warehousing

whispering

whitening

withering

winnowing

wittingly

witnesses

well-being

wrongdoing

yellowing

4 syllable words

babysitting

appetizing

atomizer

bewildering

awakening

audiences

astonishing

captivating

bicycling

calculating

centralizing

circulating

coexisting

complicating

condescending

conditioning

corresponding

barbecuing

agonizing

denigrating

delegating

detonating

disabling

disappointing

disengaging

devastating

annotating

diagnosing

distributing

disappearing

edifying

dominating

domineering

discouraging

encouraging

energizing

activating

advertising

disapproving

agitating

aggravating

dispiriting

distinguishing

embarrassing

emphasizing

examining

disconcerting

admonishing

fascinating

enlightening

disparaging

engineering

enterprising

disheartening

enveloping

fireproofing

entertaining

fluctuating

encompassing

admissible

eyewitnesses

botanical

encircling

gratifying

diatomic

hesitating

hedonistic

executing

hedonism

implicating

inquiring

inheriting

inhibiting

diatonic

interviewing

interlocking

intersecting

irritating

integrating

everlasting

itemizes

ethnocentric

fingerprinting

developing

laminating

legislating

liberating

maximizing

merchandising

mitigating

moderating

mountaineering

nonrecurring

mademoiselle

never-ending

notifying

notwithstanding

obviating

occupying

oceangoing

operating

oscillating

overlying

overrating

overbearing

overlapping

overpowering

overruling

overhauling

overwhelming

palpitating

overflowing

parachuting

overcoming

partitioning

overarching

patronizing

petitioning

petunias

pioneering

realizing

readmission

reentering

registering

satanism

penetrating

separating

persevering

speechifying

stenographer

suffocating

unavailing

unbecoming

unbelieving

underlying

underpinning

undertaking

underwriting

understanding

unassuming

unrelenting

undulating

unremitting

waterproofing

vacillating

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Words that rhyme with the word reading

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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