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Rhyming Words for Kids (Complete List)
Many of us have fond memories of learning nursery rhymes and rhyming stories when we were children.
These tales are important because they expose children to rhyme, which is essential for language development. Children who have strong early language abilities, including listening and speaking, are shown to develop more robust reading and writing skills.
Helping your child recognize and use rhyme will help them first with their verbal language and then with their literacy. Introducing rhyming words for kids is an excellent way to do that.
Table of Contents
- How Do You Teach Rhyming Words To Children?
- Rhyming Words For Kindergarten
- Rhyming Words For First Grade And Older
- Any Time Can Be Rhyme Time
How Do You Teach Rhyming Words To Children?
Children learn about rhyme in three stages, although there is much overlap as they move from one step to another.
Rhyme Exposure
This is when your child hears rhyming words. This can be in songs while reading rhyming together, or elsewhere. At this stage, you should point out rhyming words to your child.
Rhyme Recognition
Once your child hears a rhyme and points it out, they have reached the stage of rhyme recognition.
Rhyme Production
Finally, your child will be able to produce rhyme themselves. They may take great pride in asking you questions, such as, “Do you know what rhymes with door? More!”
While this may seem like a small thing to you, to them it’s big. Make sure to show them that you’re impressed with their newly-found knowledge.
Ways To Teach Rhyming Words
Make learning to rhyme fun by using some of these methods.
Share Rhyme In Books, Poems, And Songs
Reading rhyming books and poems and singing together will expose your child to rhymes in a fun, relaxing way. Read the complete story or sing the entire song first and then go back and point out the rhymes.
Then, when your child is aware of the concept of rhyming, ask them to point out the pairs of rhyming words they hear or read.
Once your child is familiar with rhymes, read or sing, but don’t say the second rhyming word. Instead, ask your child to provide a suitable rhyme.
Puzzles
Rhyme word puzzles are a fun way for your child to practice pairing up rhyming words.
Clip Cards
Not all rhyming words have the same spelling at the end. To prevent your child from becoming confused by the spelling, use peg cards where your child picks the correct rhyme according to the picture.
Lap Books
Create nursery rhyme lap-books with your child. First, print out the standard nursery rhyme and then have your child replace the original word with another of their own that rhymes.
Rhyming Dictionaries
Help your child find suitable rhyming words with a rhyming dictionary.
These can be immensely helpful no matter what age you are, especially if you are a teacher, writer, or write lyrics for songs.
Rhyming Words For Kindergarten
These are great options for those who are younger than kindergarten or those who are still working on completing that first year in school. These are simple words that won’t be too challenging for this age.
Words That Rhyme With At
- Bat
- Cat
- Fat
- Hat
- Mat
- Pat
- Rat
- Sat
- Vat
- Slat
- Brat
- Flat
- Chat
- Splat
- That
Words That Rhyme With An
- Ban
- Can
- Fan
- Man
- Pan
- Ran
- Tan
- Van
- Flan
- Plan
- Span
- Scan
Words That Rhyme With Ab
- Cab
- Dab
- Drab
- Fab
- Flab
- Grab
- Jab
- Nab
- Lab
- Slab
- Tab
- Crab
Words That Rhyme With Ad
- Add
- Bad
- Clad
- Dad
- Fad
- Had
- Lad
- Mad
- Pad
- Rad
- Sad
Words That Rhyme With All
- Ball
- Call
- Fall
- Hall
- Mall
- Shawl
- Tall
- Wall
- Thrall
- Gall
Words That Rhyme With Ag
- Bag
- Flag
- Drag
- Gag
- Hag
- Nag
- Rag
- Sag
- Tag
- Wag
Words That Rhyme With Ip
- Ship
- Chip
- Clip
- Dip
- Drip
- Flip
- Grip
- Hip
- Kip
- Lip
- Nip
- Pip
- Rip
- Sip
- Slip
- Skip
- Snip
- Tip
- Trip
- Zip
Words That Rhyme With Ap
- App
- Cap
- Clap
- Flap
- Gap
- Lap
- Map
- Nap
- Rap
- Scrap
- Slap
- Snap
- Strap
- Snap
- Tap
- Trap
Words That Rhyme With Id
- Bid
- Did
- Hid
- Kid
- Lid
- Mid
- Rid
- Sid
- Grid
- Slid
- Skid
- Squid
Words That Rhyme With Op
- Bop
- Cop
- Crop
- Clop
- Drop
- Flop
- Hop
- Mop
- Plop
- Prop
- Shop
- Stop
- Swap
- Top
Words That Rhyme With Am
- Clam
- Cram
- Dam
- Gram
- Ham
- Jam
- Lamb
- Ram
- Slam
- Spam
- Tram
Words That Rhyme With Ig
- Big
- Dig
- Fig
- Gig
- Pig
- Rig
- Twig
- Swig
- Wig
- Brig
Words That Rhyme With Ar
- Are
- Bar
- Car
- Far
- Jar
- Scar
- Star
- Tar
- Ajar
- Guitar
Words That Rhyme With Aw
- Awe
- Caw
- Claw
- Draw
- Flaw
- Paw
- Raw
- Saw
- Straw
- Thaw
Words That Rhyme With Ay
- Bay
- Clay
- Day
- Gray
- Hay
- Jay
- Lay
- May
- Pay
- Play
- Pray
- Say
- Stay
- Spray
- Sway
- They
- Way
- Tray
Words That Rhyme With Ell
- Bell
- Cell
- Dell
- Fell
- Gel
- Sell
- Shell
- Smell
- Spell
- Tell
- Well
- Yell
Words That Rhyme With En
- Den
- Men
- Pen
- Ten
- Then
- When
- Wren
- Zen
- Ben
- Ken
Words That Rhyme With Et
- Bet
- Get
- Jet
- Let
- Met
- Net
- Pet
- Set
- Wet
- Yet
Words That Rhyme With Ew
- Blue
- Blew
- Brew
- Chew
- Clue
- Crew
- Cue
- Do
- Dew
- Drew
- Ewe
- Flew
- Glue
- Grew
- Knew
- New
- Phew
- Shoe
- Shoo
- Stew
- Through
- Threw
- True
- Two
- View
- You
- Who
- Zoo
Words That Rhyme With In
- Bin
- Chin
- Din
- Fin
- Grin
- Inn
- Pin
- Shin
- Skin
- Spin
- Twin
- Thin
- Tin
- Win
Words That Rhyme With It
- Bit
- Fit
- Hit
- Kit
- Knit
- Lit
- Mit
- Nit
- Pit
- Sit
- Quit
- Skit
- Slit
- Spit
Words That Rhyme With Od
- Cod
- Bod
- Odd
- Nod
- Plod
- Prod
- Rod
- Squad
- Trod
- Pod
Words That Rhyme With Og
- Bog
- Blog
- Cog
- Clog
- Dog
- Fog
- Frog
- Hog
- Jog
- Log
Words That Rhyme With Op
- Top
- Chop
- Cop
- Crop
- Drop
- Flop
- Hop
- Mop
- Pop
- Shop
- Stop
Words That Rhyme With Ot
- Blot
- Cot
- Clot
- Dot
- Got
- Hot
- Knot
- Not
- Plot
- Pot
- Rot
- Shot
- Spot
Words That Rhyme With Ow
- Bow
- Brow
- Cow
- How
- Now
- Pow
- Sow
- Row
- Vow
- Wow
Rhyming Words For First Grade And Older
These are useful rhyming words for first graders and above with an expanding skillset.
Words That Rhyme With Ake
- Ache
- Bake
- Cake
- Brake
- Break
- Fake
- Flake
- Lake
- Make
- Quake
- Rake
- Sake
- Take
- Sneak
- Steak
- Stake
- Wake
Words That Rhyme With Ale
- Bail
- Bale
- Kale
- Dale
- Fail
- Hail
- Male
- Nail
- Pail
- Pale
- Rail
- Sail
- Snail
- Sale
- Stale
- Tail
- Tale
- Trail
- Whale
- Detail
- Toenail
Words That Rhyme With Ain
- Brain
- Cane
- Chain
- Crane
- Drain
- Gain
- Grain
- Lane
- Mane
- Main
- Pane
- Pain
- Plain
- Plane
- Reign
- Rain
- Sprain
- Stain
- Strain
- Train
- Again
Words That Rhyme With Or
- Door
- Chore
- Core
- Four
- For
- Sore
- Floor
- Door
- More
- Oar
- Snore
- Soar
- Store
- Score
Words That Rhyme With School
- Cool
- Cruel
- Drool
- Fool
- Fuel
- Ghoul
- Jewel
- Mule
- Pool
- Spool
- Tool
- Who’ll
- You’ll
- Yule
Any Time Can Be Rhyme Time
Whether you are playing rhyme I-spy, singing nursery rhymes, or reading a book of children’s poems, the time you spend sharing rhymes with your child is helping them develop spoken language.
Build a little rhyme time into every day and give your child an advantage.
Introducing rhyming words is an excellent way to lay a solid foundation for literacy.
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10 Words That Just Don't Rhyme With Anything
You'll have to invent new words if you want to rhyme "orange"—or any of these.
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Month
Poets must be really bummed out that no word rhymes with “month.” It seems like the word “month” would come in handy for love poems that you need to write early in your relationship. As in, “I’ve dated you for almost a month/ Hanging out with you is lots of funth.” That’s just not romantic.
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Silver
No wonder gold is worth more! Everything rhymes with it! Old, bold, told, sold. However, it’s impossible to rhyme the word silver. Robert Frost penned his famous poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” back in 1923. It starts like this: “Nature’s first green is gold, /Her hardest hue to hold.” Imagine if he’d tried it this way instead:” Nature’s first green is silver/ Her hardest hue to de-lil-ver.” See why poets prefer the word gold?
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Bulb
Bulb is such an excellent word, it’s hard to believe it’s doesn’t have any word that rhymes with it. What is a poet supposed to use when they want to convey a great idea? “Above your head, a flashing bulb/ Great idea! You’re no schlub.” Except maybe you are, because “bulb” and “schlub” don’t rhyme. No need for poetry when you have 17 light bulb jokes to make you sound smart.
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Wolf
Chances are, you’re not going to need to come up with a rhyme for the word “wolf.” “Golf” is not going to work and neither will “Ralph.” If you really need to go for it, be like Duran Duran in their ’80s hit “Hungry like the Wolf.” Rhyme everything except the title and chorus! Look at how these rock star lyricists fake you out with almost-rhymes: “Burning the ground I break from the crowd” and “mouth is alive with juices like wine” and “strut on a line it’s discord and rhyme.” They left “wolf” alone. No rhymes needed!
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Walrus
Remember how the famous Beatles song “I am the Walrus” gets so trippy? Nothing rhymes with “walrus.” Especially, “I am the egg man.” If you’re writing an ode to the ocean or any maritime love songs, go ahead and mention whales, fish, sharks, and seals. Plenty of rhyming choices there.
Toss in some “goo goo g’joob”s. It worked for the Beatles!
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Rhythm
Ever wonder why they call it “Rhythm and Blues,” instead of “Blues and Rhythm?” Probably because nothing rhymes with rhythm, but so much rhymes with blues. Including lots of “oohs” if you’re singing. It’s pretty unfair that we don’t have any words to rhyme with “rhythm” since you should have a strong sense of rhythm if you’re writing poetry or song lyrics. Let’s face it, they usually rhyme.
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Husband
One of the most important words ever rhymes with “wife.” The word “life.” (Also “strife.”) But nothing rhymes with husband. What is going on with that, Cupid? “Roses are red, glad we’re wed./ I love my husband/He’s my dustbin . . . bunion . . . cummerbund.” This is why we can’t talk in verse in real life.
Skip the poetry and get some sleep.
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Woman
Shakespeare is a virtuoso of the English Language. In part because he always came up with a work-around for the fact that nothing rhymes with woman. Why aren’t there any rhymes for woman? How did Shakespeare make it through all those love sonnets and romances without a rhyme for woman? It’s not a surprise that he decided to compare his woman to a “summer’s day?” And carry on about the “darling buds of May.” It would have been tragedy to begin with: “This summer’s day is like my woman/ Darling May buds are spicy as cumin.” Ugh! Here’s 21 everyday phrases invented by Shakespeare.
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Purple
There are plenty of words that almost rhyme with “purple,” but nothing takes the cake exactly. If you need to rhyme “purple” try “turtle.
” As in: “Roses are red, violets are purple. Stems are green and so is my turtle.” Yikes. Better stick with blue violets or lilac. “Violets are lilac and so is my love shack.” See? Plenty of other options. Check out these fun facts about colors .
Originally Published: September 05, 2017
Molly Pennington, PhD
Molly is a writer and collage artist with a PhD in film and cultural studies from the University of Pittsburgh. Her professional astrology services and artwork are available at Baroque Moon Astrology. She covers the zodiac, books, movies, TV and culture for Reader’s Digest, and loves to talk about all the ways we make meaning.
How to write powerfully and with style: tips for aspiring poets
May 8, 2020 Inspiration Column
About artistic taste, strong and weak rhyme, and why technically perfect lines are not a guarantee of a response in the reader's soul.
Alexandra Ardova
Poet, author of the collection “Happiness. Adolescence. Youth".
What does "strong" and "stylish" mean? So that verses are taught by heart and saved by them. So that each poem for the reader is a micro-inspiration, a clue on the way to something high.
I will win you back from all lands, from all skies,
Because the forest is my cradle, and the grave is the forest.
Marina Tsvetaeva
Stylish is about the same with clothes. Such a poem suits the temperament and life experience of the author, the described image is holistic, nothing is knocked out of it. It is a pleasure to read to others, and others want to write the same way. Stylish poems correspond to the time, but will remain relevant in the “next season”. In general, you are either in leopard leggings or in a good coat.
The text of the registrar in the registry office about “ships of love” and “two fragile vessels” is not stylish. Poems from postcards for the anniversary - in most cases, too.
Because such lines should be universal, addressed simultaneously to the entire population of the Russian Federation. A stylish text can only be written for a narrower audience. (By the way, if the words are both stylish and “for everyone”, this is already brilliant, a classic.)
I also like the phrase that occurs in social networks: “There is only one criterion: there are goosebumps - no goosebumps. All. And so it is with everything."
What is needed to create good poetry
Like any professional, a poet needs to master the “materiel”. What can be done so that your poems do not scroll through the feed?
1. Use rich rhyme
Not verbal, not morphemic.
- "Walked - started" - not very good.
"Went - censer" - good. - "purring - whimpering" - not very good.
"Purring - prey" (like Marina Tsvetaeva) - good.
Ideally, rhyming words should be different parts of speech. If these are nouns, then they must be in different cases.
Let's take two blocks of rhyming words: "Simple - empty - single" and "Simple - from Rostov - Leo Tolstoy". In both cases, the rhymes are accurate (sounds coincide not only from the shock, but also before it). But the second example is more interesting due to the fact that different parts of speech or different cases are used.
2. Always count syllables
Yes, there are many good examples of using free time. But only experienced poets can afford this.
he in boots, she on tiptoe, barefoot
she has a sandal with a broken heel in her hand
he laughs so hard that he almost chokes on his Adam's apple
Vera Polozkova
It is usually immediately clear who uses free meter consciously and who uses it out of inexperience. Abstract artists owned an academic school. If you still want to write conceptual poems, you first need to master the classical techniques.
3. Come up with honest metaphors
When a person tells you about how his day went, it is immediately clear whether he is showing off or speaking sincerely.
Behaves unnecessarily pompous or friendly with you. This is also evident in the lyrics. The metaphor must be "taken out" from within, and not taken from outside. It should be unique, not boring. Should give a pleasant coolness or warm hope.
- “And tears of wax dripped from the night lamp on the dress” (Boris Pasternak).
- “The autumn of life, like the autumn of the year, must be accepted with gratitude” (Eldar Ryazanov).
In both cases, the metaphor is easily “inhaled”, and also conveys the atmosphere of what is happening: from lighting and air temperature to the deep feelings of the characters.
4. Connect language and design
There is an exercise for graphic designers (design is my main occupation): for example, type the words “happy anniversary” and “terminator” in cursive cursive.
It is clear for which word the headset is suitable, and for which it is worth changing it. The same goes for meaning and form.
The ability to intuitively pass words through oneself will help to make friends between language and thought.
It is necessary to visualize the music that remains in the ears while reading the poem aloud, and compare it with the meaning.
Both size (a philosophical dactyl that leaves an aftertaste, or a confident bright trochee), and phonetics, and even places where you can take a breath while reading, also matter. And here it is worth checking if there are any ridiculous, falling out words in the poem.
How to develop artistic taste
As is usually the case in life, the above rules are ambiguous, have limits of application and many exceptions, and simply memorizing them will not work. To apply poetic laws in practice, you must have an artistic taste. How to develop it?
1. Don't neglect education
This is the easiest way. Good universities usually pump the brain so much that even a person far from creativity can easily distinguish real art from kitsch.
2. Read good books
Immerse yourself in the philosophy of Russian and foreign classics.
Soak up the language. Consider how deep you will have to dive.
See for yourself 📚
- 10 books that prove that classics are not boring
3. Watch and listen
Knowledge of painting and music is equally important. If you are inspired and subsequently write poems based on your impressions of a painting or a symphony, this will not be plagiarism. And if you focus on famous poets, the reader will easily notice this.
4. Connect with interesting people
Charismatic and strong people help their social circle grow. This also applies to artistic taste.
6 more tips from personal experience
1. Study musical literacy
Learn to feel different meter, live the pauses, conduct your own lines. Then you will have the right to say that your poems have a melody.
2. Learn foreign languages
It is necessary to know the meanings of the main borrowed roots in order not to get into a mess. Foaming at the mouth, beginner poets tell how bad it is to rhyme "boots" and "shoes", and immediately rhyme "voyage" and "bag".
Choose the right one 💬
- 8 methods to help you learn foreign words
3. Don't write the way
have already written before you. Don't make the discovery of America out of what every reasonable person already feels. Think twice when you pour yourself some cocoa and wrap yourself in a blanket and sit down to write about autumn. Think uniquely, like no one else in the world. Neither Pushkin, nor Tsvetaeva, nor Polozkov.
4. Move sincerely and unobtrusively
Do not publish in paid collective collections: no one reads them, except for published poets. Do not participate in dubious apartment houses, where there are more participants than spectators. Do not boast of membership in literary unions: they still take everyone there now. Do not write deliberately laudatory reviews of other poets in the hope that you will be praised in return.
For starters, a couple of your best poems on your personal page will suffice. If the lines are successful, there will definitely be people who will say: “Yes, this is brilliant, I will tell everyone about you.
” Keep your blog neat and respectful of the reader.
5. Live in harmony with the world
It happens that a poet has good taste, and he counted the syllables, but the reader does not have the notorious goosebumps. I believe that every poem is written to some extent by higher forces, by the cosmos. And with this same cosmos, the author needs to establish a connection. Here, unfortunately, there are no universal recipes. From experience - you need to live in harmony with yourself and the world around you, be receptive and attentive.
6. Check if your thought is valuable
Will it be as important in prose as in poetry? If you remove the form, will the content remain?
The advice turned out to be cautionary. In fact, if both the mind and the heart work at full capacity, then everything will work out.
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23 well-known words that do not rhyme (actually have rhymes)
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You've no doubt heard the old fact that nothing rhymes with orange . But in fact, the English surname Gorringe is like that of Henry Honeychurch Gorringe, the captain of the USS. Gettysburg - rhymes with orange . And so does Blorenge , the name of a hill in South Wales. But even if proper nouns such as surnames and place names are excluded, this still leaves sporang , an obscure name for the sporangium, the spore-producing part of the plant.
So, although it may depend on your accent, how obscure the word you are willing to accept, and where exactly the stress falls in the word (because sporang can rhyme with orange or be pronounced "spuh- Ranzh "), there actually seems to be a rhyme for orange .
In fact, although they often end up on lists of notoriously non-rhyming words, all of the words listed here have rhymes in English—assuming bizarre dialectal words and obscure scientific jargon are allowed.
1. Caustic rhymes with epacrid (in some pronunciations) the name of any plant of the genus Epakris , most of which are in Australia.
two. worry partially rhymes with both phalanx meaning "in line" and grateful an old word meaning "thank".
3. Beige is pronounced more like the first syllable of Asia than similarly spelled words such as age , measure , scene as well as fury .
But this does not mean that there is no rhyme in it; there is also gray , a dull color name for an undyed fabric.
Four. Bulb rhymes with Culb , an obscure 17th-century word for objection or harsh response.
5. Chaos rhymes with naos , the name of the innermost part of a Greek temple, and Speos , an Egyptian tomb built into a cave.
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6. Circle rhymes with roar , an old dialect word meaning "pull arms and legs towards the body", as well as both heterocercal and homocercal , two zoological terms that describe fish are either asymmetrical or symmetrical, respectively.
7. Circus is a homophone, cerc , which is the name of an appendage on the body of some insects, and therefore rhymes with cysticercus , another name for a tapeworm larva.
If that's too confusing, why not try rhyming with cloudy , a 17th century word meaning "no thumb".
8. Concierge is a direct borrowing from French, so the number of English words it can rhyme with is already limited. But there is half virgin , another French loanword used as an old-fashioned name for a virgin young woman - or as Merriam-Webster explains: "a girl ... who carries on obscene or obscene words and usually promiscuous caresses, but retains her virginity." It literally means "half-maiden".
9. Stupid rhymes with hit , a dialect word for flattened, pounded meat or a sudden strong blow, among other definitions.
10. False rhymes with false which is an alternative name for waltz, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
eleven. Film rhymes with film , an old Southern English word for dust or fine powder.
12. Mud rhymes with both shed which is the amount lost in spilling the drink (or the spill itself) and plowing which means hard work or labour.
13. Gouge rhymes with curse which means "crowd or lament". 19th century college slang curse was also a long, boring or difficult lesson or work.
14. bay rhymes with both sera , which is another name for the flax toad plant, and hunt , an old southwest English word for loose feathers coming out of pillows and cushions.
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fifteen. Music rhymes with both old and dysgeusia , both of which are medical words describing, respectively, a complete or minor impairment of a person's taste sensations.
16. Violet rhymes with Hirple which means "to limp" or "awkward to walk", and curly , an old Scots word for a leather strap that goes under a horse's tail to secure its saddle (this also more broadly meaning "buttocks").
17. Replenish rhymes with both irritate meaning "remove furniture" and Rhine meaning "pertaining to the river Rhine".
18. Rhythm rhymes with the English place name Litham as does Smitham , an old word for fine malt dust or powdered lead ore.
19. Silver , after purple and orange is the third of three English flowers, presumably without rhyming. But there is child , an old dialect word for lamb.
twenty. Wasp rhymes with both cosp , a clasp for fastening a door or gate, and Knosp , an architectural ornament resembling a tree bud.
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21. Width rhymes with width , an English dialect word that is variously used to refer to the length, depth or width of something - or literally the length of one side.
