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

actions

acting

airman

alban

apron

astound

asian

asthma

astounds

basting

auden

auction

auctions

bacon

bargain

barton

baldwin

bastions

bayman

beckon

beacon

beaten

bellman

bellon

begun

belgian

billon

billion

billman

bisson

bludgeon

bitten

blowgun

boatman

boasting

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bolden

bordman

bookman

bookstands

bookstand

bourbon

bowman

brakeman

brazen

brethren

breton

brighten

burden

burdon

burgeon

broaden

burton

briton

brogan

broken

burman

bullion

button

bushman

cajun

canaan

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

casting

castings

cauldron

cayman

certain

chairman

charon

chestnut

cheapen

chestnuts

chevron

chicken

chosen

christen

christian

churchman

chieftain

children

citron

coasting

clinton

coachman

colon

common

lasting

corban

cordon

copeman

cotton

costing

costume

costumes

cousin

cowan

craven

craftsman

cretin

crouton

crimson

crewman

cuban

cumin

curtain

custom

dagan

customs

dagon

dalton

daman

deaden

deafen

darken

deacon

zircon

cushion

deepen

demon

delphian

dolphin

desman

destin

devon

dian

diction

dictum

disdain

disdained

disdains

draftsman

dudgeon

distance

distant

distend

distinct

dozen

dolman

doctrine

earthen

dustman

driven

dromon

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

dukedom

eaten

eighteen

eighteens

eighteenth

elan

emption

engine

ermine

eden

esteem

extant

extend

extends

extent

factions

fallen

eyestone

extinct

felon

faustian

faulcon

fighting

fibrin

fiction

festoon

fictions

fielden

fightings

fireman

firman

floren

foreign

flexion

fission

foreman

footman

fortune

fountain

freeman

freedman

function

freshman

frighten

friction

frozen

fusion

garden

heron

german

gentian

georgian

gibbon

given

glisten

glidden

gluten

gilden

golden

gotten

goodman

gorgon

gowan

graven

grecian

griffon

guardsman

gudgeon

hempen

gumption

haven

hangman

harden

harken

harten

hausen

heaven

heighten

headman

hearten

heathen

heightens

headsman

henchman

horseman

hetman

hidden

hogan

hoten

homespun

hosting

hymen

hoven

human

huntsman

hyphen

ibsen

ion

klansman

lampron

jargon

jetton

jordan

jorden

kalan

junction

laden

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

keystone

keystones

kitchen

kitten

kremlin

lactone

landman

landsman

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

leman

lemon

lengthen

lesion

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

lightens

lightman

lighting

lightning

lightnings

liman

linden

lineman

lion

linemen

linen

listen

lisbon

listens

listing

listings

liven

locken

lockman

logan

london

longan

loosen

loren

lotion

lopeman

lumen

lyden

m1

luncheon

lynden

mangan

maiden

marchman

marron

marten

margin

marlin

marksman

markman

martian

martin

matron

mayan

melon

melton

minden

mention

mignon

milken

million

nekton

minion

motion

mission

moisten

mitten

muffin

mormon

morgan

mountain

molten

mullen

mutton

muslin

mustang

mustangs

newsman

ninon

nighttime

nightmare

nightmares

nighttimes

notion

norman

oarsman

ocean

often

option

onion

odin

omen

open

olden

outrun

organ

octane

orphan

outdone

othman

oven

ousting

owen

paean

pagan

perron

pardon

pastime

pavon

patron

pectin

pastimes

peacetime

penman

penguin

pension

peon

persian

pigeon

piston

plankton

pistons

pillion

pinion

pitman

pollan

pollen

poison

potion

ponton

portion

portman

postman

posting

postings

postmark

prison

proven

pullen

raven

rayon

question

quicken

ragtime

questions

reason

reckon

redden

rectum

region

rerun

resin

resting

ribbon

riden

ridden

rosin

rincon

ripen

robin

rotten

risen

riven

roman

roasting

rosen

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

right-hand

runnion

salesman

siphon

seaman

sanction

satan

scion

scotsman

scullion

season

section

sections

seedsman

selden

sermon

seton

sequin

seven

sexton

shaken

shaman

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

semen

shogun

shakedown

shearman

shipman

shakedowns

showman

shrunken

sicken

sighting

sightings

silken

siren

sistine

sixteenth

sodden

soften

smarten

slogan

smitten

solon

soldan

titan

sixteen

squadron

sovran

spartan

sportsman

spokesman

spearman

stallman

spoken

statesman

steven

stiffen

stillion

stockman

stolen

straighten

stricken

sturgeon

striven

strengthen

syphon

suasion

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

summon

sunken

sixteens

surgeon

sustain

sustained

sustains

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

system

sixteenths

taken

tarpon

tartan

systems

tasting

tastings

tension

tendon

testing

union

thousand

threaten

tighten

sovereign

thicken

tightens

token

tillman

toasting

torsion

toman

toughen

townsman

treason

trillion

triton

trodden

turban

tubman

tungsten

trojan

undone

twisting

vegan

urban

urine

urchin

version

vesting

touchdowns

vestment

vestments

villain

vision

weapon

victim

victims

waken

warren

widen

zaman

zion

vulcan

wanton

warden

wasting

watchman

wheaten

whiten

whitson

wiccan

wizen

yaupon

yachtsman

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

written

yachting

woodman

woolman

workman

yeoman

wisdom

weaken

touchdown

3 syllable words

abandon

ablation

abduction

ablution

abortion

abrasion

academe

abstraction

absorption

abstention

accidents

accession

accident

accretion

acetone

addition

acumen

addiction

adrian

adhesion

admission

adoption

adsorption

affection

aegean

affliction

african

aggression

alaskan

albion

albumin

alderman

aleutian

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambrosian

ambition

battalion

andean

anglican

anchorman

appian

apportion

anyone

aryan

artisan

arian

arkansan

ascension

artesian

aspersion

assassin

assertion

asuncion

assumption

astounding

asthmatic

astonish

astounded

attention

attraction

attrition

audition

awaken

auctioneer

auctioneers

aversion

avian

austrian

backgammon

australian

badminton

bandwagon

backwoodsman

asthmatics

bedouin

bedizen

bedridden

beethoven

benjamin

begotten

beholden

besetting

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

bystander

bystanders

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

carrion

cartesian

cation

causation

catalan

caucasian

castration

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

abdomen

charlatan

charwoman

cinnamon

chilean

citation

cistercian

citizen

civilian

clarendon

clergyman

coercion

collection

clarion

cognition

collagen

collegian

collision

cohesion

complexion

collusion

combustion

commission

commotion

compassion

companion

communion

completion

compression

compulsion

expansion

concussion

concoction

conclusion

confession

confection

conflation

condition

conduction

confucian

confusion

congestion

connection

congressman

conscription

conjunction

connexion

contagion

contention

contortion

consumption

contraction

contraption

convection

convention

conversion

contrition

conviction

contusion

construction

convulsion

constriction

correction

corruption

corsican

corrosion

councilman

costumer

costumers

countryman

conception

creation

croatian

cremation

crestfallen

crustacean

customer

customers

customize

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

decedent

decadent

decadents

decedents

decision

declension

concession

deduction

defection

deflation

deletion

deflection

delusion

dentition

denizen

deception

depiction

depletion

depression

derision

destiny

desertion

destinies

description

detention

dilution

destruction

determine

dilation

digestion

detection

dictation

diffraction

digression

devotion

diffusion

dimension

direction

discipline

discussion

discretion

disdainful

dispersion

dissection

dissidence

dissident

dissension

dissidents

donation

disruption

distinction

distemper

dorian

distances

distinctions

distinctive

distraction

diversion

disunion

distortion

division

dominion

distinctly

distinguish

downtrodden

duration

distinguished

edition

ejection

elation

egyptian

election

eleven

emblazon

embolden

emulsion

emission

emotion

encryption

englishman

enlighten

enliven

elison

erection

equation

equations

equating

eruption

erosion

estimate

estimates

etruscan

exaction

evasion

everyone

eviction

exhaustion

exertion

exceeding

excision

exciting

exemption

exception

excursion

excitement

excretion

exclusion

echidna

explosion

expression

expulsion

extender

extenders

extension

extensions

extensive

extortion

extraction

extinction

extinctions

extinguish

extinguished

extrusion

fabian

fasteners

fastening

fastenings

feminine

fenian

ferryman

fictional

filtration

fijian

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

formation

forewoman

forgotten

foundation

franciscan

fruition

freudian

frustration

fustian

garrison

galleon

gaussian

freemason

genuine

gentleman

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

grobian

hammerman

halcyon

gyration

guncotton

guesstimate

guesstimates

halogen

handwoven

hawaiian

harlequin

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hesitant

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

impassion

inaction

immersion

in-person

impression

imprison

implosion

inception

incursion

inclusion

incision

indian

ingestion

induction

infarction

infection

infraction

inflation

inflection

infliction

infusion

inhuman

insertion

intention

inspection

inscription

instruction

intestine

invention

invasion

intrusion

inversion

irian

irishman

compunction

istanbul

italian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

injection

injunction

lanolin

laotian

lastingly

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

lightening

liechtenstein

listener

listeners

listening

location

locations

locating

logician

lumberman

macadam

lutheran

mandarin

magdalen

malayan

magician

malaysian

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

medicine

median

mexican

migration

melanin

menhaden

midshipman

nevadan

misfortune

mistaken

misshapen

misprision

negation

moroccan

narration

myosin

mutation

muskmelon

munition

musician

nebraskan

nemean

niacin

nicotine

nightingale

nightmarish

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

notation

norwegian

nonunion

occasion

objection

nubian

nutrition

obsession

obstruction

occident

occlusion

oration

oppression

omission

octillion

optation

opinion

optician

origin

orion

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

overman

overdone

overrun

odeon

oxygen

precision

parisian

parthian

peterman

partition

patrician

pavilion

pelican

percussion

permian

permission

perception

perfection

pentathlon

perfusion

phoenician

physician

partisan

petition

persuasion

perversion

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

pollution

policeman

position

porcelain

positions

possession

post-mortem

postmaster

postmasters

postnatal

precaution

precession

preclusion

predation

predestine

silicon

preemption

simian

prediction

prescription

privation

probation

procession

pretension

prevention

production

profession

profusion

progression

projection

promotion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

prostration

protean

protection

provision

pseudonym

puritan

pseudonyms

ramadan

questioner

quotation

questioners

questionnaire

questionnaires

reaction

reactions

recession

recision

rebellion

reception

reduction

rectangle

rectangles

redemption

reflection

regimen

regression

relation

rejection

repression

remission

religion

rendition

reopen

reptilian

rescission

residence

resection

resumption

resident

residents

restriction

retraction

retention

saccharin

reversion

reunion

rhodopsin

revision

revulsion

rifleman

rotation

right-handed

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

scorpion

scythian

secession

sedation

secretion

sectional

seduction

sedition

seclusion

selection

sensation

singleton

presumption

timberman

solution

solomon

snapdragon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

subtraction

suburban

subscription

subversion

succeeding

suggestion

sumatran

succession

summation

superman

suppression

sustenance

suspension

suspicion

syrian

tamarin

talisman

tactician

taxation

skeleton

technician

temptation

testament

testaments

tectonic

thespian

ticketing

toboggan

toastmaster

tectonics

tradition

transaction

transcription

transfusion

transgression

transition

translation

transmission

truncation

tuition

unburden

uncertain

unbutton

uncommon

vatican

unison

systemic

unbroken

uneven

uterine

vacation

vacations

unwritten

venetian

venison

vermilion

veteran

vocation

vibration

vitamin

visiting

victimize

vocations

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abnegation

abolition

abyssinian

abrogation

absolution

academic

acclamation

acclimation

accidental

academy

academies

accordion

academics

accusation

acquisition

actionable

activation

adaptation

adoration

admiration

adrenaline

admonition

adulation

amputation

affirmation

affectation

agitation

agrarian

aggravation

alabaman

aggregation

albanian

aldebaran

allegation

allocation

algerian

algonquian

alteration

advocation

altercation

alternation

american

ammunition

amphibian

animation

annexation

annotation

apparition

appellation

arabian

application

approbation

appalachian

apprehension

arbitration

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

aspiration

arthurian

assyrian

astonishing

astonishment

athenian

assemblyman

avocation

attribution

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calculation

canadian

californian

cancellation

carcinogen

calibration

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

collocation

cogitation

collodion

coloration

comedian

columbian

combination

commendation

committeeman

coloradan

comparison

commutation

competition

compensation

compilation

complication

composition

comprehension

abdication

computation

devastation

condemnation

deviation

concentration

confirmation

conflagration

confiscation

confrontation

connotation

conjugation

congregation

conservation

consolation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consummation

contemplation

consultation

contraception

contradiction

conversation

convocation

contrarian

contravention

convolution

contribution

corp.

copernican

corinthian

copenhagen

coronation

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

customary

cyclopean

customizes

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

decompression

devonian

dedication

defamation

decoration

definition

deformation

delegation

degradation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

exhortation

condensation

condescension

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

deposition

dereliction

derivation

demonstration

designation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

desecration

destination

destinations

destitution

dietitian

detonation

dilatation

devolution

dictionary

dichotomy

dictionaries

diocesan

disaffection

disillusion

disconnection

dislocation

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

disposition

diminution

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

dominican

distillation

divination

distribution

domination

distinctively

draconian

duplication

exhumation

education

elevation

electrician

eritrean

elongation

embarkation

elocution

emanation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

erudition

estimable

estimated

estimation

estonian

estonians

european

estimator

estimators

eustachian

evocation

evolution

estimations

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exceedingly

exhalation

exhibition

distinguishes

deconstruction

distinguishing

expiration

expedition

exploration

explanation

explication

exploitation

exposition

extendible

extensively

extenuate

extinguisher

extinguishment

extinguishers

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fallopian

fascination

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluoridation

foliation

fluctuation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

gravitation

granulation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitancy

hesitation

hesitantly

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

ideation

hypertension

iberian

ibuprofen

illustration

imitation

immolation

immigration

implication

implantation

imposition

imperfection

impregnation

imputation

inhalation

importation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

indentation

indexation

incubation

indication

incrustation

indecision

inclination

indigestion

indignation

indonesian

infestation

indiscretion

inflammation

information

inhibition

infiltration

innovation

interaction

intercession

inquisition

installation

inspiration

instigation

integration

intermission

interception

institution

interjection

insulation

intimation

interruption

insurrection

intersection

interurban

intervention

interwoven

interdiction

introduction

intuition

introspection

intonation

inundation

invitation

invocation

irrigation

isotonic

irritation

isolation

iranian

jacobean

iteration

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

jordanian

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

legitimate

legitimize

librarian

levitation

liberian

leviathan

liberation

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

limitation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

masturbation

maturation

medication

meditation

mediation

meridian

menstruation

melanesian

minnesotan

misdemeanor

ministration

misbegotten

misdemeanors

misconception

miseration

moderation

mitigation

missourian

modulation

misperception

moravian

molestation

mongolian

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

motivation

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nomination

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obligation

observation

oblivion

obsidian

obfuscation

obstetrician

occidental

operation

ohioan

expectation

olympian

opposition

occupation

ordination

oscillation

ostensible

ostensibly

ostentation

orchestration

overburden

octahedron

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

peruvian

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pedestrian

pavlovian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

perturbation

politician

planarian

perspiration

plutonian

polyhedron

polynesian

population

posthumously

praetorian

pigmentation

preconception

precondition

predilection

preignition

predetermine

preelection

preparation

preservation

premonition

proclamation

procreation

profanation

propagation

prohibition

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

provocation

publication

punctuation

protestation

radiation

questionable

protozoan

readmission

realization

reawaken

reassertion

reclamation

recitation

recantation

recognition

recollection

recreation

rectangular

reconstruction

reexamine

reelection

reformation

regulation

refutation

registration

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

renovation

repossession

reparation

replication

repercussion

repetition

reposition

reproduction

republican

reputation

requisition

reservation

resignation

residency

residential

resolution

respiration

residencies

restoration

restitution

retardation

resurrection

residences

revelation

revocation

revolution

retrocession

retribution

rumination

rhetorician

rhododendron

samaritan

sanitation

presentation

saturation

satisfaction

segregation

sectarian

segmentation

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simonian

self-deception

simulation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

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substitution

suffocation

syncopation

surrogation

supposition

superstition

supervision

sustainable

superhuman

syndication

tamoxifen

tabulation

tasmanian

testimonies

termination

testimony

titillation

toleration

tetrahedron

transformation

trepidation

transportation

transplantation

tribulation

ulceration

variation

vacillation

validation

valuation

vaccination

valerian

usurpation

utopian

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

violation

vindication

visitation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

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abbreviation

academically

academician

academicians

acceleration

accommodation

accidentally

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

alliteration

alienation

amelioration

amazonian

amalgamation

adulteration

amortization

annihilation

abomination

amplification

appropriation

appreciation

argumentation

articulation

assassination

anticipation

assemblywoman

association

assimilation

approximation

authorization

authentication

babylonian

augustinian

attenuation

argentinian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

capitulation

canonization

caledonian

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

certification

centralization

centenarian

christianization

civilization

classification

coagulation

codification

collaboration

cohabitation

clarification

commemoration

communication

colonization

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conciliation

confederation

configuration

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conglomeration

consideration

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consolidation

continuation

contamination

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

customarily

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

deification

delicatessen

deliberation

delineation

degeneration

denomination

defenestration

depopulation

desalination

depreciation

denunciation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

desegregation

disembarkation

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

disinclination

disintegration

distinguishable

dramatization

elaboration

edification

ejaculation

electrocution

emancipation

elizabethan

eradication

enumeration

equalization

epicurean

equivocation

ethiopian

evacuation

evaluation

evaporation

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

elimination

exoneration

expropriation

extermination

extenuating

falsification

facilitation

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inauguration

inactivation

exoskeleton

incarceration

incineration

incrimination

infatuation

indoctrination

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

interpolation

instrumentation

interrogation

interpretation

interconnection

invalidation

intimidation

intoxication

investigation

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

ionization

legalization

legitimacy

legitimately

legitimizes

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

lusitanias

macedonians

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

mobilization

modernization

mississippian

modification

mummification

multiplication

misinformation

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

notification

normalization

nonintervention

nullification

obliteration

nonsectarian

orientation

oregonian

origination

organization

ornamentation

ossification

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

patagonian

pasteurization

perpetuation

pennsylvanian

participation

peloponnesian

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

expatriation

incorporation

premeditation

predisposition

prevarication

procrastination

presupposition

proletarian

proliferation

prognostication

pronunciation

purification

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ratification

pythagorean

reactionaries

reactionary

reaffirmation

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recommendation

rectification

recuperation

recrimination

reforestation

reiteration

reintegration

regeneration

refrigeration

rejuvenation

remuneration

repatriation

representation

renunciation

repudiation

preoccupation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

resuscitation

russification

presbyterian

scandinavian

sedimentation

sanctification

simplification

solicitation

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

substantiation

subordination

testamentary

testimonial

testimonials

sophistication

theologian

synchronization

systematically

triangulation

unification

unitarian

vaporization

utilization

verification

vegetarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

veterinarian

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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.


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:

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