Rhyming Words

Words with similar sounds are called rhyming words. For example, Ring and sing have similar sounds. Such words are commonly usually used in poems.

List of Rhyming Animals

Alsatian / dalmatian
fox / hawks / ox
Baboon / raccoon
Bat / cat / rat
Beagle / eagle
Bear / hare / mare
Beaver / retriever / weaver
Bee / flea
Camel / mammal
eel / seal
Dog / frog / hog
Drake / snake
Fawn / prawn / swan
Fowl / owl
Germ / worm
Goose / moose
Guppy / puppy
Hen / wren
Jay / ray
Lark / shark
Lynx / minks / skinks
Moth / sloth
Quail / snail / whale

Rhyming Words: Informal

These Rhyming words are commonly used in informal context.

Airy-fairy: Impractical
Big-wig: Important person
Boo-boo: silly mistakes
Boogie-woogie: dance, music (style)
Brain drain: Emigration of educated/qualified people to other country
Chock-a-block: Crammed full or tightly
Chow-chow: food
Clap-trap: doing things only to get applause or attention
Culture-vulture: someone who is interested in culture and the arts

Dum-dum: stupid person
Gaga: go crazy
Heyday: period of greatest success
Hobnob: Mix socially
Huff and puff: perform with great difficulty
Humdrum: boring
Humpty-dumpty: short fat person
Hurly-burly: Busy, chaos
Hush-hush: secret
Hustle and bustle: hurried

Itsy-bitsy: Very small
Jet set: who travel by air frequently
Kowtow: Be subservient
Lowbrow: Not cultured
Mayday: international radio distress signa (commonly used by ships and aircrafts)
Mumbo-jumbo: meaningless rituals
Nitty-gritty: details of a matter
Nitwit: foolish person
Pell-mell: confused, disorderly
Powwow: meeting

Ragtag: Untidy or disorganized
Razzmatazz: showy
Roly-poly: Round and plump
Sanctum-sanctorum: most holy part of a sacred place
Titbit: gossip
True-blue: very loyal
Voodoo: rituals characterised by sorcery and spirit possession
Wacky-backy: Cannabis
Walkie-talkie: two-way radio
Willy-nilly: Whether one likes it or not

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