Rhyme Dictionary

Rhymes with “Acting

70 rhyming words found

🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Acting"

20 words

These words rhyme exactly with "acting" — same ending sound.

WordSyllablesTypeDefinition
exacting3Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
enacting3nounEnactment.
detracting3nounThat detracts.
retracting3verb(transitive) To pull (something) back or back inside.
impacting3verb(figurative, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect.
counteracting4verb(transitive) To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on someone or something.
interacting4Taking part in an interaction.
reacting3verb(intransitive) To act in response.
subcontracting4verb(ambitransitive) To contract out portions of a larger contracted project.
overreacting5verbTo react too much or too intensely.
distracting3Causing a distraction; interfering with the ability to concentrate or focus.
attracting3verb(transitive) To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
contacting3verb(transitive) To touch; to come into physical contact with.
subtracting3nounAn act of subtraction.
redacting3verb(usually transitive) To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.
act ing2(countable) An instance of a certain standardized college admissions test in the United States, originally called the American College Test.
back tongue2
black tongue2nouna benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue
cracked tongue2
extracting3verb(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.

🎵 Near Rhymes for "Acting"

50 words

These words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.

WordSyllablesTypeDefinition
attractive3Pleasing or appealing to the senses, especially of a potential romantic partner.
everlasting4nounLasting or enduring forever; endless, eternal.
active2nounHaving the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
practice2nounRepetition of an activity to improve a skill.
lasting2nounPersisting for an extended period of time.
backing2nounSupport, especially financial.
passing2nounGoing past.
asking2nounThe act or process of posing a question or making a request.
rapping2noun(music) Musical speech accompanied by a rhythm, most commonly as part of hip-hop music.
adapting3verb(transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
crackling2noun(cooking, countable) A crispy, fried skin or rind, especially of pork.
relaxing3nounConducive to relaxation; helping one to relax.
taxing2nounWith respect to an experience: exhausting; draining.
acton2noun(uncountable) Any of a few places in England:
crafting2nounThe act by which something is crafted.
casting2nounThe act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
whacking2noun(countable) A beating.
lacking2nounMissing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc).
chatting2nounTalk; chatter.
cracking2noun(colloquial) Great; excellent.
racking2noun(brewing) The process of clarifying, and thereby deterring further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
blasting2nounA planned explosion, as in mining.
waxing2noun(countable) A cosmetic procedure in which hair is removed from the body by the application and removal of wax.
fasting2nounAbstinence or mortification for religious reasons, especially abstinence from food.
actin2noun(biochemistry, uncountable) A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament).
smacking2nounA series of smacks; the act by which somebody is smacked.
slapping2nounThe act of giving a slap or slaps
ratting2noun(uncountable) A vocation involving the pest control of rats, typically using a working terrier.
packing2nounThe action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
batting2nounThe act of someone who bats.
laughing2verb(intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
sacking2noun(countable) Firing or termination of an employee.
planting2nounThe act of setting a plant in the ground for growth.
clapping2nounThe action by which someone or something claps.
acted2verb(intransitive) To do something.
axing2noun(figurative) The process of something being axed or terminated.
tracking2nounThe act or process by which something is tracked.
prolactin3noun(biochemistry) A peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland; it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females.
dancing2nounThe activity of taking part in a dance.
blacking2nounShoe polish.
stacking2nounThe act by which something is stacked.
rafting2nounThe sport of guiding a raft while descending a river, especially through rapids known as white water rafting.
attacking3Carrying out an attack.
jacking2noun(colloquial) A street robbery.
macing2noun(UK, US, Canada, Australia, slang, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Scottish descent (used in driving culture to denigrate someone for poor/slow/amateurish driving responses).
packed in2
captain2nounThe person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
hacking2noun(computing) Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.
jackson2nounA surname originating as a patronymic.
slacking2nounthe evasion of work or duty

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