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Rhyming Words That You and Your Child Need to Know

Rhyming Words That You and Your Child Need to Know

Whether you’re writing a song, a poem, or just having fun, rhyming words will help you get your point across in an enjoyable way. Rhyming words can also help adults and children alike memorize a greater amount of important details than you ever thought possible.

Below you’ll find 1000s of rhyming words and phrases with beautiful images we’ve designed for each set. Teach these words to your kids to help them learn as many new words as they can!

Rhyming Words for Kids

Rhyming words help children more easily remember words. Kids think playing with words that rhyme is fun, so they stay engaged with learning for longer. And they're right! Rhyming also helps children learn about language.

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Rhyming will teach them about word families and how words are put together. Kids also begin learning about the patterns, rhythms, and structure of language through simple rhymes. Help your child succeed in reading by using the following rhyming families.

Rhyming Dictionary

Our list of rhyming words, also known as a rhyming dictionary, is great for using when playing Words with Friends or Scrabble. The words are listed using the suffix of the word and the rhyming words derived from it or words that are similar. All are listed from easiest to hardest and in alphabetical order.

Words that rhyme with crab

Crab rhymes with ab

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  • cab
  • dab
  • fab
  • gab
  • jab
  • lab
  • nab
  • tab
  • blab
  • crab

  • flab
  • grab
  • scab
  • slab
  • stab

Words that rhyme with ace

Vase rhymes with ace

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lace to vase

lace
pace
race
vase

brace to place

brace
grace
place

Words that rhyme with ack

Yak rhymes with ack

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back to flack

back
lack
pack
rack
sack
tack
yak
black
crack
flack

knack to attack

knack
quack
slack
smack
snack
stack
track
whack
attack

Words that rhyme with ad

Dad rhymes with ad

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bad to lad

bad
cad
dad
fad
had
lad

mad to plaid

mad
pad
sad
tad
clad
plaid

Words that rhyme with ail

Whale rhymes with -ail

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bale to tale

bale
dale
fail
frail
hale
hail
kale
mail
male
nail
pail
tale

rail to email

rail
sail
stale
scale
snail
trail
vale
wail
whale
detail
email

Words that rhyme with air

Square rhymes with air

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bare to prayer

bare
care
chair
dare
fair
hair
lair
pair
rare
tear
wear
blare
chair
flare
glare
prayer

stare to unfair

stare
scare
share
spare
square
there
where
aware
beware
compare
declare
despair
prepare
repair
unfair

Words that rhyme with ake

Lake rhymes with ake

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ache to wake

ache
bake
fake
lake
make
rake
sake
take
wake

brake to mistake

brake
break
flake
quake
snake
stake
steak
awake
mistake

Words that rhyme with all

Ball rhymes with all

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ball to pall

ball
call
doll
fall
gall
hall
mall
pall

tall to football

tall
wall
crawl
small
stall
squall
baseball
football

Words that rhyme with am

Clam rhymes with am

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bam to yam

bam
cam
dam
ham
ram
yam

clam to tram

clam
cram
dram
gram
slam
tram

Words that rhyme with an

Van rhymes with an

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ban to tan

ban
can
fan
man
pan
ran
tan

van to began

van
bran
flan
plan
scan
span
began

Words that rhyme with and

Sand rhymes with and

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band to grand

band
hand
land
sand
bland
grand

command to understand

command
demand
expand
stand
understand

Words that rhyme with ap

Map rhymes with ap

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cap to zap

cap
gap
lap
map
nap
rap
sap
tap
zap

chap to wrap

chap
clap
flap
slap
snap
strap
trap
wrap

Words that rhyme with ar

Car rhymes with ar

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are to mar

are
bar
car
far
jar
mar

par to guitar

par
tar
scar
star
afar
guitar

Words that rhyme with at

Cat rhymes with at

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bat to sat

bat
cat
fat
hat
mat
pat
rat
sat

brat to combat

brat
flat
that
scat
spat
splat
combat

Words that rhyme with ate

Gate rhymes with ate

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date to crate

date
fate
gate
hate
late
mate
rate
wait
crate

great to create

great
plate
skate
slate
state
straight
trait
weight
create

Words that rhyme with aw

Straw rhymes with words ending in ‘aw'

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Words that rhyme with aw

law
raw
saw
claw
draw
flaw
gnaw
straw

Words that rhyme with words ending with ‘ax'

fax
lax
max
tax
wax
flax
slacks
tracks

Words that rhyme with words ending with ‘ear

bear
dear
fear
gear
hear
near
rear
sear
tear
wear
year
clear
leer
spear
steer

Words that rhyme with ed

bed
dead
fed
head
led
read
red
said
wed
bread
bled
dread
fled
pled
spread
thread
tread
instead

Words that rhyme with eek

geek
leek
meek
peek
reek
seek
week
beak
bleak
creek
freak
Greek
sleek

Words that rhyme with ell

bell
dell
fell
sell
tell
well
yell
shell
smell
spell
farewell
hotel
motel

Words that rhyme with en

den
hen
men
pen
ten
glen
then
when
wren
again

Words that rhyme with et

bet
get
jet
let
met
net
pet
set
vet
wet
yet
threat
barrette
reset
upset

Words that rhyme with ick

lick
nick
pick
sick
tick
wick
brick
click
flick
prick
quick
slick
stick
trick

Words that rhyme with in

bin
chin
din
kin
pin
sin
tin
win
grin
skin
thin
twin
begin
within

Words that rhyme with ing

ding
king
ping
ring
sing
wing
zing
bling
bring
cling
fling
sling
spring
sting
string
swing
thing

Words that rhyme with it

bit
fit
hit
kit
lit
mitt
pit
sit
flit
knit
quit
skit
slit
spit
split
wit
admit
commit
permit

Words that rhyme with ite

bite
kite
bright
fight
fright
knight
light
might
night
plight
quite
right
slight
tight
white
write
delight
tonight

Words that rhyme with oh

go
doe
hoe
low
mow
row
sew
toe
blow
crow
dough
flow
know
glow
grow
know
show
slow
snow
stow
though
throw
ago
although
below

Words that rhyme with oke

joke
poke
woke
yoke
broke
cloak
croak
stoke
awoke

Words that rhyme with ore

bore
core
fore
gore
lore
more
pore
sore
tore
wore
boar
floor
store
implore

Words that rhyme with ot

cot
dot
got
hot
lot
not
pot
rot
tot
bought
fought
blot
knot
plot
taught
shot
slot
spot
squat
trot
forgot

Words that rhyme with ound

bound
crowned
found
ground
hound
mound
pound
round
sound
wound
around
astound
surround

Words that rhyme with oze

bows
hose
nose
rose
toes
blows
flows
froze
grows
prose
those

Words that rhyme with ub

cub
hub
pub
rub
sub
tub
club
stub
scrub
shrub

Words that rhyme with uck

buck
duck
luck
muck
suck
tuck
pluck
stuck
struck
truck

Words that rhyme with ump

bump
dump
hump
lump
pump
clump
plump
slump
stump
trump

Words that rhyme with un

bun
fun
gun
one
run
son
sun
ton
won
done
none
begun
outdone
undone

How Can I Help My Child Learn Rhyming Words?

Learning rhyming words is an important milestone for children. They'll need to understand rhymes to succeed in future assignments, from poetry to word relationships and more. If your child is struggling with rhyming words, there are some things you can do to help.

An easy and fun thing to do with your child is to play a rhyming game. Give them a word, and see if they can come up with three to five words that rhyme with that word. Then, have them give you a word, and see if you can come up with three to five words that rhyme with that word. Keep going back and forth until you're ready to stop. This is a lighthearted way to get your child to practice their rhyming.

There are a lot of websites geared toward helping your child with rhyming and other English topics. Do your research to find good ones, or ask their teacher for recommendations. A lot of sites have rhyming games that your child can play. If your child has fun practicing rhyming, they'll be more likely to want to continue doing so. Educational games are a great way for children to learn.

Finally, getting your child a tutor may be necessary. A tutor has the expertise to help your child succeed at rhyming, and anything else they may be struggling with. A lot of tutors, especially those found online, are current or former teachers themselves. A tutor will also help your child build their academic confidence, allowing them to approach tests and assignments with ease.

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