Songwriting rhymes for convention
These rhymes are specially chosen by our unique songwriting rhyming dictionary to give you the best songwriting rhymes.
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Perfect rhymes for convention
- apprehension
- tension
- attention
- contention
- dimension
- condescension
- mention
- comprehension
- detention
- retention
- dissension
- pretension
- invention
- misapprehension
- extension
- prevention
- gentian
- fourth dimension
- suspension
- pay attention
- pension
- not to mention
- paying attention
- hypertension
- honorable mention
- reinvention
- hypotension
- surface tension
- right ascension
- third dimension
- essential hypertension
- colloidal suspension
- center of attention
- horse gentian
- university extension
- closed gentian
- green gentian
- secondary hypertension
- bottle gentian
- american gentian
- marsh gentian
- spurred gentian
- striped gentian
- birth prevention
- blind gentian
- stiff gentian
- tufted gentian
- tulip gentian
- immediate apprehension
- with attention
- absentia in
- ascension
- denshin
- great yellow gentian
- henschen
- in suspension
- laurentian
- mensch in
- placentia in
- prairie gentian
Near rhymes for convention
Near rhymes work great for songwriting, often giving a more interesting feel than perfect rhymes.
- heaven
- second
- one
- but
- of
- up
- love
- what
- special
- just
- come
- devil
- from
- lesson
- question
- direction
- seven
- done
- run
- message
- some
- us
- much
- sun
- jealous
- questions
- reflection
- connection
- enough
- wanna
- parents
- once
- fun
- touch
- reckless
- gonna
- affection
- perfection
- young
- intentions
- welcome
- endless
- fuck
- breakfast
- such
- mental
- careful
- what's
- engine
- settle
- seconds
- uh
- does
- confession
- precious
- front
- ended
- lessons
- conversation
- necklace
- cut
- present
- must
- stuck
- impression
- gentle
- gun
- headed
- protection
- someone
- extra
- confessions
- trust
- heaven's
- restless
- tongue
- blood
- ones
- angel
- none
- texas
- denim
- venom
- broken
- there'll
- places
- everyone
- open
- sentimental
- velvet
- listen
- one's
- shut
- obsession
- discretion
- taken
- weapons
- heavens
- become
- drunk
Want to know what rhymes with convention?
If you’re a songwriter, a quick search online will throw up thousands of different words and expressions that rhyme
In fact, people have been publishing rhyming dictionaries for more than a hundred years
But are these the best rhymes for songwriters? I don’t know about you, but if I’m going to choose between “thieve” and “breach” (which do not rhyme), I’ll always choose “thieve”
Why? Well, we as songwriters are looking for singable words that sound good together in songs
The main factor we look at is how they sound when we say them or sing them, rather than just looking at how they look on a page — and this is what sets us apart from other types of writers
That's what we've done with Chorus!
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