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

action

acton

airman

airstrip

airstrips

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arcade

arcades

argot

arctic

archduke

aroused

arrest

arrests

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

austin

auden

bagman

bacon

baldwin

banyan

bargain

baron

barren

basin

bastion

bason

baston

baton

batten

barton

batton

belgian

bellman

bayman

beckon

begun

beacon

burgeon

bellon

bison

billion

bisson

billman

billon

bitten

bludgeon

blacken

blowgun

bookman

bordman

boatman

bolden

bobbin

bollen

bourbon

burden

boston

boughten

brazen

brigade

brakeman

breasting

bracken

brackets

breakthrough

breakthroughs

bracket

breakdown

breasted

breakdowns

breastplate

brethren

breton

brigades

brighten

brightens

brightly

bristle

brisket

bristles

bristol

briton

brogan

broaden

broken

brocades

brocade

brucite

brookside

bullion

bowman

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

caisson

cajun

calvin

canaan

cannon

canton

canon

caption

canyon

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

caution

cayman

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chasten

charon

churchman

caxton

cherished

christen

chessman

cheapen

chicken

christian

chevron

chieftain

children

chosen

christians

circuit

circuits

bushman

citron

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

beaten

colon

copeman

corban

cordon

correct

corkwood

corrects

craftsman

cousin

craven

cowan

cotton

crimson

cresting

cretin

crested

crewman

crickets

cricket

crochet

crouton

crusade

croquet

crooked

crusades

crusted

crusty

crustal

crystal

deacon

corset

cumin

curtain

cushion

dagan

dagon

dalton

daman

damson

dampen

darken

deaden

deafen

deepen

cuban

crystals

delphian

desman

diction

devon

dian

direct

directs

dobson

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

draftsman

dozen

dragon

doorsteps

doorstep

drastic

driest

driven

dromon

drugstores

drunken

dudgeon

drugstore

dungeon

dustman

earthen

dutchman

earshot

eaten

eden

elan

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

erased

ergots

erects

ergot

erstwhile

erect

demon

faction

falcon

fallen

fashion

famine

fasten

fatten

faulcon

faustian

felon

fiction

fielden

fibrin

fireman

fission

firman

firstborn

first-rate

firstly

firestone

flexion

flashgun

flatten

floren

footman

forests

forget

foreman

foreign

forest

forestall

forestalls

forgets

forgot

fraction

fractions

fortune

fountain

fractures

fracture

forster

freeman

friction

freedman

freshen

function

freestone

freighter

freshman

frictions

frighten

frightens

frigates

freighters

frigate

frightful

frigid

frosting

frustrates

frustrate

frozen

frostings

fructose

frosty

frosted

frostbite

fusion

gammon

gentian

gascon

garron

garden

georgian

german

gallon

gilden

gibbon

given

glidden

goodman

gorgon

golden

gorgets

glisten

gladden

grandson

gluten

gowan

gotten

gumption

grecian

graven

greasewood

gudgeon

guardsman

gristle

griffon

hackman

harassed

hasten

hangman

happen

harden

haven

headman

harten

hausen

headsman

harken

hearten

heathen

heaven

hempen

henchman

heron

hessian

hetman

heighten

hidden

hogan

hirsute

homespun

horsehead

horseman

horsetail

horsetails

huntsman

houseman

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

hoten

ion

junction

haitian

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

jurists

jurist

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kelvin

kirkman

klansman

kitchen

kitten

kremlin

landsman

layman

leaden

leaven

laden

lagan

lampron

latin

ledden

landman

legion

lengthen

lessen

lesson

lemon

lesion

leman

leven

kalan

lightman

liken

lion

liman

linden

lineman

linemen

linen

m1

lisbon

listen

liven

logan

lockman

locken

luncheon

london

longan

lotion

lopeman

loren

lumen

lyden

loosen

lynden

lyrist

lichen

mahone

madden

maiden

lighten

mangan

mansion

marchman

market

martian

mason

marksman

markman

marron

marlin

marten

martin

markets

matron

mayan

mention

melton

mignon

melon

milken

million

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

minion

muffin

mullen

motion

mountain

muslin

mutton

minden

nation

margin

nekton

newsman

ninon

notion

norman

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

olden

omen

onion

open

option

orchid

orchids

organ

othman

orphan

oven

outdone

outrun

owen

oxen

pagan

packman

paean

panton

pardon

parson

precedes

parquet

pathan

passion

passman

pectin

pension

patron

patten

penguin

penman

pavon

peon

person

persian

persuade

perron

persuades

pillion

pinion

plankton

piston

pitman

plantain

platen

poison

platten

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

pigeon

potion

portman

postman

practice

practiced

practise

precede

kansan

common

prejudge

pressman

presides

prestige

presto

preside

prison

proceed

priesthood

pristine

priestly

proceeds

proctors

proctor

prostrate

prussian

proven

pullen

pursuits

pursuit

question

ration

raven

rayon

quicken

reason

purist

purists

reckon

redden

prostate

region

resin

rerun

riden

ribbon

ridden

rincon

sexton

ripen

risen

sermon

seven

riven

robin

rotten

rumen

ruin

runnion

russian

salmon

sanction

sadden

saffron

samson

salesman

satan

santon

satin

session

shrunken

saxon

scallion

scullion

scotsman

seaman

season

scion

section

seedsman

selden

semen

sequin

rosen

shaken

roman

seton

shaman

shipman

sharpen

rosin

shearman

shotgun

rowan

shogun

shorten

showman

rowen

sicken

silken

summon

slacken

slogan

smitten

smarten

sodden

soften

soldan

spartan

spearman

solon

sovereign

sovran

stallion

sportsman

spokesman

stallman

spoken

squadron

statesman

station

stepson

stillion

steven

stiffen

stockman

stolen

straighten

strengthen

sturgeon

suasion

suction

sudden

sunken

surgeon

siphon

stricken

sullen

sultan

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

traction

syphon

taken

striven

talon

siren

tappen

tarpon

tartan

targets

tendon

tension

teston

thicken

thirsty

thousand

threaten

thursdays

tighten

thrusting

thursday

thruster

thrusters

titan

tillman

torsion

toughen

token

toman

zaman

tourist

tourists

townsman

target

throughout

treason

trestle

trickster

trillion

tricksters

triton

trojan

trodden

tungsten

trusty

turban

undone

urchin

tuscan

turgid

urson

union

trustee

urban

trustees

urine

trusting

tubman

vegan

tractors

version

vulcan

vision

villain

wagon

waken

wanton

watchman

whitson

weaken

weapon

whiten

widen

wheaten

wiccan

warren

wizen

wrestling

woman

women

worsen

workman

warden

woodman

woolman

workdays

wooden

woolen

woven

workday

worsted

wrestle

wrestlers

wrestles

written

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

tractor

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablution

abdomen

abrasion

abortion

accession

abstraction

absorption

abstention

accretion

acumen

addition

addiction

adoption

adhesion

admission

adrian

adsorption

aegean

aerostat

affection

affliction

african

aerostats

alaskan

albion

albumin

alien

allusion

alderman

aleutian

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anyone

apportion

appian

arresting

arrogate

architect

architects

archetypes

arkansan

archetypal

arian

archetype

architrave

artesian

ascension

artisan

aryan

aspersion

assassin

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attention

attraction

attrition

audition

australian

austrian

awaken

anglican

avian

backgammon

aversion

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

barricade

battalion

barristers

barrister

bedizen

bedridden

beholden

beethoven

biotin

benjamin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

breakwater

bulletin

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

causation

carnation

cartesian

cardigan

carrion

castration

caucasian

catalan

cation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

characters

charcuterie

character

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

cherrystone

cherrystones

christendom

christianize

citation

cistercian

citizen

clarendon

civilian

barricades

clergyman

coercion

cognition

collection

collegian

collision

cohesion

collagen

clarion

collusion

bedouin

combustion

commission

compassion

commotion

completion

complexion

communion

companion

concession

compression

compunction

conception

compulsion

concoction

concussion

conclusion

confession

confection

condition

conduction

conflation

congestion

confusion

congressman

conjunction

connection

connexion

conscription

confucian

contagion

consumption

construction

constriction

contention

convention

convection

contortion

contrition

contusion

contraction

contraption

conviction

convulsion

correction

corrections

correcting

corrective

conversion

correctly

corrosion

corrugate

creation

countryman

corsican

councilman

cremation

creosote

crestfallen

croatian

crocheting

crocodiles

crusader

crusaders

crusading

crustaceans

crocodile

cruzados

cruzado

crystalline

crystallize

crystallized

cyprian

deception

decision

declension

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

derision

dentition

depletion

denizen

depiction

depression

description

desertion

detection

destruction

detention

determine

devotion

dictation

dilation

digestion

digression

diffraction

dimension

diffusion

dilution

direction

directed

directions

directive

director

directly

directors

discipline

discretion

discussion

disruption

dissension

dissection

dispersion

distraction

division

distortion

disunion

dominion

donation

emission

distinction

dorian

downtrodden

duration

edition

ejection

egyptian

elation

election

elison

eleven

emblazon

embolden

emotion

emulsion

equation

encryption

englishman

enlighten

enliven

erection

eruption

erections

erosion

erecting

erector

evasion

diversion

etruscan

everyone

eviction

exaction

abandon

exception

excision

exertion

exemption

exhaustion

excretion

excursion

expansion

explosion

expulsion

extension

extortion

extinction

expression

extraction

extrusion

fabian

feminine

fenian

ferryman

fijian

filtration

fixation

fireside

fisherman

flotation

forgotten

forested

forewoman

foramen

foresters

foreshadow

forestry

foreshadows

forbidden

forgetful

forester

formation

foundation

fractional

franciscan

frustrations

freemason

freudian

fustian

frightfully

frustrating

frustration

fruition

galleon

garrison

gentleman

genuine

gaussian

gillian

ghanaian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

gyration

guardian

grobian

guncotton

halogen

halcyon

handwoven

hammerman

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

heuristics

horizon

heuristic

inaction

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

impassion

impression

housebroken

immersion

implosion

imprison

in-person

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

inflation

induction

infection

infarction

injunction

inflection

ingestion

infraction

infusion

infliction

inhuman

injection

inscription

instruction

inspection

insertion

intention

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

intrusion

irian

irishman

irrigate

jamaican

jacobin

italian

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

libyan

keratin

kantian

korean

keynesian

laurentian

laotian

lecithin

lanolin

lesbian

malaysian

libration

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

malayan

magician

magdalen

mandarin

marian

marketers

marketer

margarine

marketing

marketings

marketplace

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

menhaden

mutation

mexican

melanin

midshipman

misfortune

mistaken

misshapen

misprision

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

myosin

narcotic

narcotics

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

precession

niacin

parisian

nitrogen

nobleman

precedents

notation

norwegian

nubian

nonunion

parthian

nonhuman

objection

obsession

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

odeon

omission

oppression

optation

oration

opinion

optician

origin

orion

ottoman

overdone

overman

outspoken

ovation

overrun

oxygen

parachute

parakeets

parasites

parachutes

parakeet

parasite

nutrition

partition

partisan

patrician

perception

pelican

pavilion

pentathlon

percussion

perfection

permission

permian

perfusion

persuaded

peristyle

peroxide

phoenician

perversion

petition

phrygian

peterman

physician

plebeian

pollution

policeman

possession

position

precaution

porcelain

practices

practical

practises

precautions

practically

precedent

preceding

precision

preclusion

predestine

exclusion

prediction

preemption

prejudice

prejudgment

prescription

president

presidents

presiding

presumption

pretension

privation

probation

proceeding

procedure

procedures

proceedings

procession

profession

projection

prevention

production

profusion

promotion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

prosody

protection

provision

prosthetic

prostration

prostitutes

prostitute

prosthetics

protean

puritan

prostheses

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

recession

reception

recision

quotation

reduction

redemption

reflection

prostatic

regimen

relation

rejection

rendition

remission

reopen

repression

reptilian

religion

resection

rescission

resumption

retraction

retention

restriction

reunion

revulsion

revision

reversion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saleswoman

saccharin

samoan

secession

secretion

scythian

scorpion

seclusion

seduction

sedition

selection

scarcity

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

skyrocket

snapdragon

skyrockets

solomon

solution

starvation

specimen

stygian

submersion

succession

submission

subtraction

subscription

subversion

suburban

suppression

surrogate

suggestion

surrogates

suspension

suspicion

superman

sumatran

tactician

syrian

talisman

tamarin

technician

theorists

theorist

thespian

targeted

timberman

toboggan

tractable

tradition

transaction

transcription

transfusion

tragedy

tragedies

transgression

transition

translation

transmission

uneven

trusteeship

trustworthy

uncommon

unwritten

unbroken

unbutton

unburden

uncertain

unison

uterine

vacation

tuition

variegate

varsity

venetian

vermilion

venison

versatile

vatican

veteran

vocation

vibration

volition

vitamin

wesleyan

waterman

workaday

wrestler

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abolition

aberration

absolution

abyssinian

acquisition

adoration

admonition

admiration

accordion

adrenaline

affectation

affirmation

agrarian

alabaman

amputation

albanian

algonquian

aldebaran

altercation

alternation

ammunition

alteration

american

amphibian

algerian

annexation

appalachian

apparition

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

arizonan

armageddon

architectures

archdiocese

architecture

aristocrat

aristocrats

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

athenian

assemblyman

assyrian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

collocation

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calculation

californian

canadian

circumspection

carcinogen

caricature

caricatures

centurion

chameleon

characterized

characterize

circumvention

circumcision

coloration

coalition

cogitation

collodion

columbian

combination

coloradan

commendation

comedian

commutation

compilation

compensation

complication

competition

comparison

composition

computation

concentration

comprehension

condemnation

confirmation

confiscation

congregation

condescension

conjugation

conflagration

confrontation

connotation

condensation

consecration

conservation

consolation

consummation

constellation

constipation

consultation

consternation

constitution

contemplation

contraception

contribution

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

conversation

convocation

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

corp.

corporation

correctional

corregidor

dehydration

excavation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

crystallizes

culmination

cultivation

cyclopean

dandelion

custodian

darwinian

declaration

decoration

decompression

definition

deconstruction

deformation

corrugated

demarcation

demolition

deposition

demonstration

deportation

dereliction

desperation

committeeman

destitution

deviation

devolution

dilatation

dietitian

devonian

diminution

diocesan

directional

directorate

directories

directorship

directorships

disaffection

disconnection

directory

disinflation

disillusion

disinfection

distillation

dissertation

dispensation

dissipation

disposition

disputation

dissolution

domination

divination

distribution

dominican

dislocation

draconian

duplication

elocution

elongation

embarkation

electrician

erudition

evolution

englishwoman

equestrian

ergotism

eritrean

european

eustachian

estonian

evocation

excitation

exclamation

illustration

exhalation

explanation

execution

explication

exhibition

exhortation

expedition

expiration

expectation

exhumation

exploitation

exploration

exposition

extradition

extrication

fallopian

federation

fibrillation

figuration

ferocity

fluctuation

foliation

floridian

forgettable

formulation

fragmentation

fractionally

fumigation

galilean

generation

gentlewoman

gargantuan

gorgonian

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

forsythias

guatemalan

isolation

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hypertension

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

ideation

imitation

immolation

impregnation

implication

imposition

implantation

imperfection

importation

irritation

imputation

inattention

incarnation

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indentation

indecision

indication

indexation

indigestion

inhalation

innovation

indignation

inflammation

infestation

indonesian

infiltration

information

inhibition

indiscretion

inquisition

instigation

insulation

inspiration

installation

institution

insurrection

integration

incantation

interaction

intercession

interjection

interception

interdiction

intermission

interruption

intimation

intonation

invocation

intervention

interwoven

interurban

introduction

introspection

inundation

intuition

invitation

intersection

iranian

jubilation

iteration

jacobean

jurisdiction

jordanian

jurisdictions

kindergarten

laceration

legislation

levitation

lancastrian

leviathan

liberation

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

maccabean

liquefaction

liquidation

liberian

locomotion

lubrication

macedonian

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

marketable

masturbation

marketplaces

mutilation

maturation

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

misconception

misbegotten

minnesotan

miseration

mitigation

misperception

missourian

moderation

modulation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

motivation

mortification

napoleon

manumission

preconception

nestorian

nicaraguan

nomination

newtonian

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

nigerian

obfuscation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

occupation

obstetrician

olympian

operation

opposition

orchestration

ohioan

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

oxidation

ovulation

pagurian

paraguayan

parachuting

pedestrian

pavlovian

pelagian

penicillin

perspiration

permutation

persuadable

perturbation

peruvian

octahedron

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

politician

polyhedron

polynesian

population

practicable

practitioner

practitioners

praetorian

precondition

predetermine

predilection

preignition

premonition

preparation

prejudicial

prejudices

prehistoric

preservation

presidential

presidency

presidencies

presidio

proclamation

prohibition

procreation

profanation

proposition

prosecution

provocation

punctuation

realization

recollection

protestation

publication

prostitution

protozoan

reassertion

radiation

purgatory

readmission

recognition

reawaken

recreation

reformation

reconstruction

reelection

reexamine

refutation

registration

reservation

preelection

relaxation

reparation

repercussion

repetition

repossession

reposition

reproduction

republican

resolution

relocation

reinspection

requisition

respiration

restitution

resurrection

retardation

retribution

retrocession

revolution

restoration

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

sequestration

saturation

satisfaction

segmentation

sectarian

self-deception

separation

shakespearean

sicilian

siberian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

stimulation

stipulation

statistician

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

suffocation

supposition

superhuman

superstition

supervision

syncopation

syndication

tamoxifen

tasmanian

tetrahedron

terrestrial

toleration

titillation

transformation

tribulation

transportation

trepidation

transplantation

ulceration

usurpation

utopian

valuation

variation

valerian

variegated

veneration

veracity

vindication

visitation

voracity

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abomination

abbreviation

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

accreditation

adulteration

agglomeration

affiliation

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amortization

amalgamation

amelioration

amazonian

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

approximation

appreciation

appropriation

argumentation

aristocracy

argentinian

architectural

articulation

assassination

assimilation

association

assemblywoman

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

babylonian

clarification

beethovenian

braggadocio

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

cauterization

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

caricaturist

carthaginian

certification

centralization

centenarian

characterizes

characteristics

characteristic

christianization

christianity

civilization

classification

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

configuration

confederation

conglomeration

congratulation

contamination

consolidation

continuation

coordination

cooperation

consideration

deification

curiosities

curiosity

crystallographer

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

crystallography

deliberation

delicatessen

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depreciation

depopulation

desalination

derogatory

determination

dionysian

directorial

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissemination

dissociation

dissatisfaction

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

electrocution

elimination

emancipation

elizabethan

ejaculation

epicurean

eradication

equalization

enumeration

equivocation

evacuation

evaluation

evaporation

ethiopian

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

exoskeleton

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

humiliation

hybridization

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

hyperborean

imagination

illumination

immunization

improvisation

irradiation

inactivation

incineration

incarceration

incrimination

incorporation

infatuation

indoctrination

initiation

inhabitation

inoculation

insemination

instrumentation

insinuation

interpolation

ionization

interconnection

interpretation

investigation

intoxication

intimidation

invalidation

inauguration

predestination

jeffersonian

jurisdictional

justification

legalization

magnetization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

mechanization

maximization

metropolitan

maximilian

misapplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

mobilization

misinformation

mississippian

modernization

modification

mummification

multiplication

neapolitan

neutralization

negotiation

nickelodeon

normalization

notification

nullification

nonintervention

nonsectarian

obliteration

oregonian

organization

orientation

ossification

ornamentation

overproduction

pacification

nitroglycerine

panamanian

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

participation

philadelphian

pomeranian

practicality

precautionary

precipitation

juxtaposition

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

prognostication

proletarian

proliferation

pronunciation

purification

pythagorean

qualification

reaffirmation

ramification

ratification

quantification

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

reforestation

recuperation

regeneration

refrigeration

reintegration

rejuvenation

reiteration

renunciation

remuneration

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

specialization

solicitation

stratification

sophistication

specification

sterilization

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

verification

vulgarization

versatility

veterinarian

vilification

washingtonian

vegetarian

yugoslavian

predisposition

8 syllable words

Help Us Improve this Tool

We would LOVE to hear your FEEDBACK on this tool!

Words that rhyme with the word surrogation

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

Rhyming Dictionary


Cite This Article

Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

WORD SCRAMBLE. THE WORD FINDER located on the website https://www.thewordfinder.com/