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Words that rhyme with lying

Lying has 2 syllables. The first syllable is stressed. There are 34 perfect rhymes and 80 near rhymes below, grouped by syllables.

Top rhymes for lying: trying, buying, flying, dying, crying, drying, tying, spying.

Perfect rhymes for lying

34

2 syllables

  • trying
  • buying
  • flying
  • dying
  • crying
  • drying
  • tying
  • spying
  • frying
  • eyeing
  • dyeing
  • vying
  • prying
  • sighing
  • plying
  • shying

3 syllables

  • applying
  • denying
  • relying
  • supplying
  • implying
  • replying
  • complying
  • defying
  • undying
  • decrying
  • allying
  • belying
  • retrying

4+ syllables

  • underlying
  • overlying
  • indemnifying
  • overflying
  • misapplying

Near rhymes for lying

80

Same vowel sound, different consonants. Closest-sounding first.

2 syllables

  • writing
  • via
  • fighting
  • driving
  • mining
  • rising
  • riding
  • signing
  • hiding
  • lighting
  • timing
  • firing
  • lion
  • hiring
  • striking
  • ion
  • smiling
  • dining
  • climbing
  • filing
  • pricing
  • diving
  • liking
  • shining
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  • citing
  • lining
  • hiking
  • maya
  • sliding
  • typing
  • biting
  • guiding
  • thriving
  • viking
  • whining
  • wiring
  • striving
  • icing
  • siding
  • styling
  • wiping
  • piping
  • biking
  • tiring
  • piling
  • sighting
  • sizing

3 syllables

  • providing
  • exciting
  • surprising
  • describing
  • arriving
  • requiring
  • deciding
  • inspiring
  • surviving
  • defining
  • combining
  • designing
  • comprising
  • inviting
  • declining
  • acquiring
  • retiring
  • uprising
  • arising
  • dividing
  • residing
  • advising
  • aspiring
  • messiah
Show 9 more
  • presiding
  • abiding
  • refining
  • uniting
  • admiring
  • compiling
  • assigning
  • resigning
  • prescribing

Questions

What rhymes with lying?
The closest perfect rhymes for lying are trying, buying, flying, dying, crying, drying, tying, spying, frying and eyeing. There are 34 in all, grouped by syllables on this page.
How many syllables are in lying?
Lying has 2 syllables. The first syllable is stressed.
What are some near rhymes for lying?
Near rhymes keep the vowel sound but change the consonants, which is often what a lyric needs. For lying, try writing, via, fighting, driving and mining.

Pronunciations from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (Carnegie Mellon University). Word frequency from wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0), word lists from SCOWL, offensive-word filtering from LDNOOBW (CC BY 4.0).