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Words that rhyme with raking.

The strongest songwriting rhymes for raking are making, taking, shaking, waking, breaking, waiting, saying, and playing.

Strong near rhymes (slant rhymes) include chasing, wasting, staying, laying, praying, and fading.

Useful phrase rhymes include "way things", "take the baby", "shake the feeling", "way of thinking", and "risk taking".

What rhymes with raking?

These rhymes are specially chosen by our unique songwriting rhyming dictionary to give you the best songwriting rhymes. These aren't always perfect rhymes – we show you rhymes that are singable, useful words for your song.

  • making
  • taking
  • shaking
  • waking
  • breaking
  • waiting
  • saying
  • playing
  • baby
  • maybe
  • crazy
  • trying
  • feeling
  • getting
  • lately
  • lady
  • crying
  • lying
  • telling
  • dying
  • leaving
  • even
  • dreaming
  • driving
  • sleeping
  • seeing
  • fighting
  • way things
  • take the baby
  • shake the feeling

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Perfect rhymes for raking

  • making
  • taking
  • shaking
  • waking
  • breaking
  • mistaking
  • breathtaking
  • undertaking
  • quaking
  • painstaking
  • forsaking
  • staking
  • earthshaking
  • moneymaking
  • peacemaking
  • decisionmaking
  • faking
  • baking
  • glassmaking
  • flaking
  • handshaking
  • matchmaking
  • overtaking
  • retaking
  • papermaking
  • homemaking
  • snaking
  • bookmaking
  • remaking
  • braking
  • printmaking
  • dressmaking
  • caking
  • lawmaking
  • slaking
  • moviemaking
  • maikong
  • filmmaking
  • policymaking
  • steelmaking
  • dealmaking
  • rulemaking
  • basketmaking
  • profittaking


Near rhymes for raking

Near rhymes work great for songwriting, often giving a more interesting feel than perfect rhymes.

Phrase rhymes for raking

Short phrases that rhyme with this word, giving you imagery and direction for the next line.

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