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Words that rhyme with yearning.

The strongest songwriting rhymes for yearning are burning, turning, learning, worry, running, nothing, coming, and feeling.

Strong near rhymes (slant rhymes) include searching, working, hurting, flirting, bursting, and swirling.

Useful phrase rhymes include "number of things", "world history", "return trip", "summer morning", and "world music".

What rhymes with yearning?

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.

  • burning
  • turning
  • learning
  • worry
  • running
  • nothing
  • coming
  • feeling
  • morning
  • going
  • looking
  • something
  • trying
  • waiting
  • getting
  • making
  • saying
  • living
  • doing
  • taking
  • talking
  • falling
  • thinking
  • telling
  • loving
  • giving
  • darling
  • number of things
  • world history
  • return trip

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Perfect rhymes for yearning

  • burning
  • turning
  • learning
  • discerning
  • concerning
  • churning
  • returning
  • overturning
  • kerning
  • spurning
  • adjourning
  • berning
  • durning
  • werning


Near rhymes for yearning

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

Phrase rhymes for yearning

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

Learn how to use phrase rhymes in songwriting.


Want to know what rhymes with yearning?

Looking up rhymes for "yearning" is easy. Finding rhymes that work in a song is harder—so we curated rhyming words built for songwriters.

When you're writing a song, you need rhymes that are easy to pronounce, easy to sing, and easy to remember. That's what we optimize for.

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