Songwriting rhymes for paraphrasing
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Perfect rhymes for paraphrasing
Near rhymes for paraphrasing
Near rhymes work great for songwriting, often giving a more interesting feel than perfect rhymes.
- waiting
- making
- saying
- taking
- playing
- chasing
- breaking
- waking
- wasting
- saving
- changing
- craving
- shaking
- racing
- laying
- praying
- staying
- fading
- sailing
- raining
- hating
- facing
- paying
- caving
- trading
- failing
- waving
- pacing
- shaving
- erasing
- creating
- blaming
- tasting
- faking
- painting
- operating
- explaining
- dating
- gaining
- raging
- complaining
- celebrating
- suffocating
- preying
- placing
- replacing
- tracing
- bracing
- paving
- raving
- claiming
- naming
- weighing
- demonstrating
- fascinating
- communicating
- framing
- baking
- escaping
- railing
- straining
- swaying
- irritating
- raiding
- braking
- wading
- waging
- mistaking
- meditating
- excruciating
- taping
- cascading
- rearranging
- shaming
- hibernating
- mayhem
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