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

action

acton

adorn

adorns

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

burton

arson

baron

brighten

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

auden

banyan

bagman

austin

bacon

baldwin

baston

barton

bastion

barren

basin

bargain

baton

brethren

bason

batton

beckon

bayman

beaten

beacon

batten

begun

bellman

bellon

bedroom

bedrooms

billion

billman

bitten

bludgeon

billon

bisson

blacken

blowgun

bracken

boatman

bison

bobbin

bolden

bookman

boston

boughten

bourbon

bollen

bowman

bordman

brakeman

brazen

briton

burgeon

bullion

brogan

burden

burdon

broaden

broken

burman

button

bushman

cabin

caisson

cajun

calvin

canaan

cannon

canon

canyon

captain

caption

capstan

carbon

certain

carman

chairman

carmine

caxton

carton

cayman

chessman

caution

cauldron

chevron

chaplain

chapman

charon

chieftain

chasten

chicken

cheapen

children

christen

chosen

christian

churchman

citron

citrine

citrin

classman

claxon

coachman

colon

common

corban

cordon

cotton

crimson

craftsman

cousin

craven

cretin

crewman

cowan

crouton

cushion

copeman

curtain

dagan

cumin

cutworm

cutworms

dagon

dalton

deafen

deaden

dampen

damson

daman

darken

deacon

daydream

daydreams

cuban

zircon

delphian

demon

desman

dethrone

devon

diction

dian

dragon

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

driven

dromon

earthen

dudgeon

dustman

dutchman

eaten

eden

elan

emption

fiction

ermine

faction

fatten

falcon

fallen

fashion

faustian

famine

fasten

faulcon

felon

fibrin

fission

firman

fielden

fireman

flashgun

flatten

floren

footman

fraction

friction

fortune

foreman

fountain

frighten

freshen

freshman

freedman

freeman

frozen

function

gallon

gammon

fusion

garden

gascon

garron

georgian

german

foreign

goodman

gibbon

gilden

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gluten

golden

gorgon

grandson

gotten

gowan

graven

grecian

gudgeon

hackman

haitian

griffon

guardsman

gumption

hadron

happen

harden

harten

hasten

jetson

harken

headman

hawthorn

hawthorns

hempen

heaven

hearten

haven

heighten

heathen

headroom

hessian

hetman

heron

headsman

hidden

hogan

homespun

horseman

hoten

huntsman

hoven

human

hydrant

hydrants

ibsen

hymen

hyphen

hyson

houseman

deepen

hausen

ion

jasmine

jackman

jason

jargon

jordan

jorden

junction

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kalan

kirkman

kitchen

kitten

kremlin

lagan

klansman

landman

landsman

laden

lampron

latin

orphan

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

layman

lesson

legion

lesion

leman

leven

lighten

lightman

lichen

liken

liman

linden

lineman

linemen

london

linen

longan

lisbon

listen

logan

lotion

lockman

liven

locken

lopeman

loosen

loren

lumen

lynden

lyden

m1

madden

lion

mahone

marron

marten

martian

maiden

margin

marlin

marchman

martin

matron

matrons

markman

mason

marksman

melon

mayan

milken

million

minden

midterm

midterms

mignon

minion

othman

oven

mission

mitten

mountain

molten

moisten

moderns

morgan

mormon

muffin

mullen

motion

modern

mutton

muslin

nation

latrine

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

onion

often

option

olden

omen

open

organ

outdone

outrun

outruns

pagan

packman

oxen

owen

paean

passion

passman

pardon

parson

pavon

pathan

patron

patten

patrons

patterned

patterns

pattern

peon

pinion

perron

piston

pillion

pressman

persian

person

pigeon

pitman

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

portman

postman

potion

prison

proven

prussian

quicken

reckon

pullen

quadrant

ration

raven

rayon

reason

redden

region

resin

rerun

retrench

return

returns

latrines

ribbon

ridden

riden

risen

riven

rotten

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

russian

saffron

samson

sadden

salesman

sanction

salmon

runnion

satin

suction

saxon

scallion

scotsman

scion

scullion

satan

seaman

season

session

selden

sequin

semen

seedsman

sermon

sexton

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

sharpen

shipman

shorten

shogun

shearman

shotgun

showman

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

smitten

smarten

slacken

slogan

sodden

soldan

soften

solon

southern

sovereign

sovran

spartan

saturns

spearman

sportsman

spoken

spokesman

squadron

station

stallion

statesman

stallman

squadrons

stepson

stillion

stiffen

steven

stirring

sternly

sternposts

sterner

sternpost

stirrings

stockman

stolen

steering

storming

stormy

straighten

straining

striven

strangler

strangle

strangely

strangers

stranger

streaming

streamline

stricken

stringent

stringers

stringer

streamers

stringy

streamer

stronghold

strongholds

strongly

stroma

saturn

sturgeon

suasion

sullen

summon

sauternes

sultan

surgeon

sudden

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

taken

talon

syphon

tartan

tarpon

tappen

thicken

thousand

tighten

tillman

torsion

titan

token

traction

toman

toughen

townsman

trillion

treason

triton

trojan

trodden

tubman

tuscan

turban

undone

union

urchin

urban

urson

urine

version

zaman

vision

wagon

waken

wanton

vulcan

warden

warren

weapon

watchman

whitson

villain

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

weaken

widen

wizen

woman

written

woodman

woolman

workman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

yachtsman

zion

sauterne

3 syllable words

abandon

abduction

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

abdomen

abstention

accession

accretion

abstraction

absorption

addition

adhesion

addiction

admission

adoption

adherence

adherent

acumen

adherents

affection

adoring

aegean

adornment

adrian

adsorption

adrenal

affliction

arian

african

aggression

alaskan

albion

aleutian

alien

alderman

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

albumin

anchorman

anyone

anglican

andean

appian

apportion

artesian

arkansan

ascension

aspersion

aryan

assassin

asuncion

assertion

attention

attrition

assumption

atrium

atriums

attorney

attorneys

bandwagon

attraction

audition

aversion

avian

backgammon

awaken

austrian

australian

backwoodsman

badminton

artisan

battering

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

betterment

bettering

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

battalion

bulletin

buttermilk

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

carrion

carnation

cation

castration

cartesian

causation

cessation

catalan

cetacean

chairwoman

chairperson

champion

caucasian

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chattering

chilean

cinnamon

cistercian

citation

clarion

citizen

civilian

clarendon

clergyman

cohesion

coercion

collagen

cognition

collection

collegian

collision

collusion

combustion

commission

commotion

compassion

communion

completion

companion

complexion

compression

compulsion

compunction

concussion

condition

connection

conception

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confection

concession

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

congressman

conjunction

connexion

conversion

conviction

conscription

constriction

contagion

contention

contusion

contortion

construction

consumption

contrition

contraction

contraption

convention

convection

convulsion

correction

corrosion

corruption

corsican

countryman

crestfallen

creation

cremation

councilman

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

declension

deception

decision

deduction

deletion

deflection

deflation

delusion

depiction

depletion

depression

derision

desertion

description

destruction

detention

detection

determent

determine

deterrence

determined

determines

deterrent

deterrents

detriment

dictation

devotion

dissension

diffraction

diffusion

digestion

digression

dimension

direction

discipline

discussion

dilation

dilution

discretion

dissection

division

distortion

donation

dispersion

disruption

distinction

distraction

disunion

diversion

dithyramb

doddering

dominion

downtrodden

dorian

elison

defection

duration

edition

egyptian

election

ejection

elation

eleven

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

enlighten

enliven

encryption

englishman

emulsion

equation

erection

erosion

eruption

eternal

etruscan

evasion

everyone

eviction

exaction

exception

excision

exclusion

exertion

exemption

exhaustion

excursion

excretion

expansion

extrusion

extension

extortion

extraction

extinction

expulsion

fabian

expression

feathering

fenian

feminine

explosion

ferryman

filtration

fisherman

fijian

fixation

flirtation

flotation

foramen

genuine

forgotten

foundation

formation

forewoman

franciscan

freudian

freemason

fruition

frustration

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gatherings

gathering

gentleman

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

guncotton

gyration

grobian

guardian

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

forbidden

incursion

hawaiian

heroine

horatian

horizon

heartbroken

heroin

hydration

immersion

housebroken

ignition

illusion

hydrogen

imagine

impassion

inaction

jettison

imprison

in-person

implosion

impression

incision

inception

inclusion

indian

induction

inflation

infarction

infection

infusion

inflection

infliction

infraction

ingestion

intention

inspection

inhuman

injunction

instruction

injection

insertion

invention

intestine

intrusion

invasion

inversion

jacobin

italian

jamaican

irian

irishman

javelin

harlequin

jovian

inscription

orion

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

lanolin

julian

korean

laotian

lecithin

laurentian

lesbian

lettering

libyan

ligation

libration

logician

location

lumberman

lutheran

lutherans

magdalen

magician

mandarin

malayan

malaysian

marian

margarine

masculine

maternal

matronly

maturing

medicine

melanin

median

medallion

menhaden

mexican

migration

midshipman

misfortune

mistaken

misshapen

misprision

modernize

modernists

moroccan

modernist

musician

motoring

muskmelon

mutation

mothering

narration

munition

myosin

negation

nemean

nebraskan

nevadan

niacin

neutering

objection

nonunion

nonhuman

norwegian

notation

nubian

nutrition

nutrient

nutrients

obsession

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

odeon

octillion

odorant

opinion

nobleman

oppression

optation

omission

optician

oration

origin

nitrogen

ottoman

outermost

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

paternal

pavilion

patrician

patronage

patronize

pelican

pentathlon

perception

perfection

permian

permission

perfusion

persuasion

percussion

perversion

peterman

petition

phoenician

physician

phrygian

predestine

precession

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

position

possession

porcelain

powdering

precaution

predation

preclusion

precision

prediction

preemption

prescription

pretension

prevention

presumption

procession

profession

production

profusion

privation

probation

progression

projection

promotion

proportion

propulsion

prostration

proscription

protection

provision

protean

puritan

ramadan

rebellion

quotation

reaction

reception

recession

recision

redemption

reduction

reflection

regimen

regression

rendition

rejection

relation

reopen

resection

retention

religion

rescission

reptilian

repression

remission

restriction

resumption

retrenchment

retraction

retirements

retiring

retrenchments

reunion

reversion

revulsion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

samoan

salvation

saleswoman

submersion

scorpion

scattering

scythian

secession

sedation

seclusion

secretion

sedition

sensation

selection

seduction

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solution

solomon

southerner

southerners

southernmost

specimen

stagnation

starvation

strangulate

stringency

strontium

suggestion

stygian

submission

subscription

subtraction

suburban

subversion

summation

succession

sumatran

suppression

superman

suspension

suspicion

syrian

talisman

tactician

tamarin

temptation

taxation

technician

thespian

toboggan

timberman

truncation

transaction

transfusion

transcription

transgression

transition

translation

tradition

transmission

tuition

unbutton

uncertain

unburden

uncommon

unbroken

uneven

unwritten

unison

uterine

utterance

vacation

vatican

veteran

venetian

veterans

vermilion

vibration

vocation

volition

vitamin

wesleyan

weathering

watermark

watermarks

withering

waterman

yttrium

watering

zambian

4 syllable words

abnegation

abrogation

abolition

aberration

abdication

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

accordion

acquisition

adaptation

admonition

admiration

adoration

affectation

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

adrenalin

adrenergic

affirmation

activation

agitation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

allegation

allocation

algonquian

algerian

aggravation

aldebaran

american

alternation

alteration

altercation

ammunition

amphibian

apparition

animation

annotation

appalachian

annexation

amputation

appellation

application

apprehension

approbation

arabian

arbitration

arthurian

aspiration

assyrian

assemblyman

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

avocation

arizonan

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

armageddon

businesswoman

armenian

canadian

calibration

cancellation

californian

centurion

carcinogen

celebration

chameleon

circumvention

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

coalition

cogitation

coloration

combination

collocation

collodion

coloradan

comedian

columbian

commendation

comparison

committeeman

compensation

commutation

competition

compilation

complication

composition

comprehension

computation

concentration

condescension

condemnation

condensation

confrontation

conjugation

congregation

conflagration

confiscation

confirmation

connotation

consternation

consolation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contravention

contrarian

contraception

contradiction

contribution

conservation

conversation

contemplation

convocation

consecration

convolution

copernican

corinthian

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

copenhagen

criterion

cotyledon

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

dedication

calculation

delegation

definition

degradation

deformation

dehydration

deportation

deposition

demarcation

demonstration

demolition

deodorant

deodorants

depravation

depredation

designation

destination

derivation

desiccation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

destitution

desolation

desperation

determinate

determinant

determinants

determinist

detonation

devastation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

deviation

dilatation

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

diocesan

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

dispensation

dissertation

distillation

disputation

dissipation

dissolution

disposition

divination

distribution

domination

disillusion

dominican

detrimental

draconian

duplication

education

emanation

elevation

electrician

elocution

elongation

embarkation

emigration

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

estimation

estonian

defamation

erudition

eternally

eternity

european

eustachian

emulation

evolution

evocation

excitation

excavation

exclamation

exhibition

execution

exhalation

exhortation

expiration

explication

expectation

expedition

exhumation

explanation

fermentation

exploitation

extradition

extrication

fallopian

fascination

fabrication

father-in-law

federation

exploration

exposition

fibrillation

figuration

gentlewoman

floridian

fluctuation

fragmentation

formulation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

fluoridation

foliation

germination

glaciation

graduation

granulation

gorgonian

gregorian

habitation

greco-roman

guatemalan

gravitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

hypertension

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

ideation

herculean

hungarian

hyperion

hydrometer

iberian

illustration

imitation

immigration

implantation

immolation

imperfection

inattention

impregnation

importation

imputation

imposition

implication

incantation

incrustation

incarnation

inclination

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

incubation

indentation

indignation

indication

indonesian

indexation

indigestion

indiscretion

infestation

infiltration

inflammation

information

inhalation

inhibition

innovation

inspiration

installation

instigation

institution

integration

insulation

insurrection

inquisition

interaction

interception

intermission

interdiction

interjection

interruption

interurban

intimation

intonation

intervention

interwoven

intersection

introduction

intercession

intuition

invitation

inundation

invocation

iranian

irrigation

irritation

jacobean

iteration

isolation

introspection

indecision

jordanian

jubilation

kindergarten

lancastrian

laceration

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberation

librarian

liberian

lilliputian

limitation

litigation

liquidation

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

masturbation

matrimony

maternity

maturation

meditation

medication

melanesian

mediation

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

ostentation

misconception

miseration

missourian

mitigation

nigerian

molestation

moravian

mongolian

modulation

modernity

modernizes

moderation

motivation

mortification

mother-in-law

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

modernism

nomination

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

operation

opposition

olympian

ordination

orchestration

oscillation

misperception

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

patrimony

patrimonial

paternity

patronizes

patronymic

patronizing

pavlovian

penetration

penicillin

pedestrian

pelagian

perforation

permutation

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

pigmentation

planarian

politician

plutonian

polynesian

population

polyhedron

praetorian

persecution

precondition

preconception

presentation

premonition

preparation

preelection

preignition

predilection

predetermine

preservation

jurisdiction

profanation

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

provocation

punctuation

quadrennial

publication

quaternary

recantation

radiation

reassertion

readmission

realization

reawaken

recitation

recognition

reclamation

recollection

recreation

reelection

reconstruction

reexamine

refutation

regulation

reformation

registration

reinspection

reposition

relaxation

renovation

repetition

restoration

reparation

resignation

repercussion

replication

reputation

requisition

republican

reproduction

reservation

repossession

resolution

restitution

relocation

respiration

resurrection

retardation

retirement

retribution

retrocession

returnable

rhetorician

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

rumination

revelation

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segmentation

separation

segregation

sequestration

self-deception

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

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termination

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tamoxifen

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utopian

vaccination

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valerian

validation

valuation

utterances

variation

veneration

ventilation

vegetation

veterinary

victorian

visitation

violation

vindication

wagnerian

watermelon

watermelons

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abomination

abbreviation

accreditation

academician

acceleration

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accumulation

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adulteration

affiliation

argumentation

agglomeration

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amazonian

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amortization

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approximation

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determinedly

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discrimination

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elizabethan

ejaculation

elaboration

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equalization

ethiopian

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evacuation

evaluation

evaporation

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excoriation

exhilaration

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exoneration

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exoskeleton

examination

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fertilization

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hanoverian

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imagination

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jeffersonian

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metropolitan

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miscalculation

mississippian

juxtaposition

mobilization

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negotiation

neapolitan

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nickelodeon

nonsectarian

nonintervention

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notification

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organization

orientation

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nitroglycerine

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misinformation

pacification

panamanian

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patagonian

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paternalism

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pennsylvanian

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pomeranian

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theologian

triangulation

unitarian

unification

utilization

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

veterinarians

vulgarization

washingtonian

vilification

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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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
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  • Bulb
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