Rhyme Dictionary
Rhymes with “Breaking”
/ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/
To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
♬100 rhyming words found
🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Breaking"
50 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "breaking" — same ending sound.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| breathtaking | 3 | stunningly beautiful; amazing | |
| undertaking | 4 | noun | That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise. |
| quaking | 2 | noun | Shaking uncontrollably, especially due to fear or awe; trembling or shivering. |
| painstaking | 3 | noun | Carefully attentive to details; studious; diligent in performing a process or procedure. |
| groundbreaking | 3 | noun | Innovative; new, different; doing something that has never been done before. |
| heartbreaking | 3 | noun | That causes great grief, anguish or distress. |
| forsaking | 3 | noun | The act by which somebody is forsaken; an abandonment. |
| making | 2 | noun | The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction. |
| taking | 2 | noun | The act by which something is taken. |
| staking | 2 | noun | An act of stabbing with a stake. |
| shaking | 2 | noun | A movement that shakes. |
| raking | 2 | noun | The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake. |
| earthshaking | 3 | Of global consequence or importance. | |
| waking | 2 | noun | The act of becoming awake from sleep, or a period of time spent awake. |
| moneymaking | 4 | noun | Alternative form of money-making. [The acquisition of money.] |
| peacemaking | 3 | noun | The act of reconciling two people or groups who disagree. |
| decisionmaking | 5 | noun | Alternative form of decision making. [The process of reaching a decision.] |
| muckraking | 3 | noun | the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures) |
| glassmaking | 3 | noun | The craft or industry of producing glass |
| flaking | 2 | noun | Breaking or tending to break into flakes. |
| handshaking | 3 | noun | A greeting by clasping hands. |
| mistaking | 3 | noun | (obsolete) A mistake. |
| matchmaking | 3 | noun | An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage. |
| overtaking | 4 | noun | The act by which one thing overtakes another. |
| retaking | 3 | noun | The act of taking again. |
| papermaking | 4 | noun | The craft of making paper. |
| homemaking | 3 | noun | The management of a household considered as an occupation. |
| snaking | 2 | noun | A twisting, serpentine layout or motion. |
| bookmaking | 3 | noun | The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events. |
| remaking | 3 | noun | Re-creation; reconstruction. |
| dangerous undertaking | 7 | noun | a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) |
| print making | 3 | — | |
| baking | 2 | noun | An action in which something is baked. |
| decision making | 5 | noun | The process of reaching a decision. |
| printmaking | 3 | noun | The field of art concerned, roughly, with the transfer of ink or paint from a plate or block or through a screen mesh to paper. |
| dressmaking | 3 | noun | The craft of making custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns. |
| caking | 2 | noun | A layer or deposit of caked material. |
| faking | 2 | noun | The act of something being faked. |
| lawmaking | 3 | noun | The process of passing or enacting laws; legislation. |
| slaking | 2 | the process in which earth materials disintegrate and crumble when exposed to moisture. | |
| braking | 2 | noun | The act of applying brakes. |
| lace making | 3 | noun | act or process or making tatting or handmade lace |
| moviemaking | 4 | noun | The production of movies |
| lawbreaking | 3 | noun | The commission of a criminal act, the violation or breaking of a law. |
| picture taking | 4 | noun | the act of taking and printing photographs |
| maikong | 2 | noun | (rare) Synonym of crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) |
| filmmaking | 3 | noun | The activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes. |
| policymaking | 5 | noun | The formulation of policies. |
| steelmaking | 3 | noun | The manufacture of steel. |
| dealmaking | 3 | noun | The making of commercial, financial or political deals |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Breaking"
50 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| forsaken | 3 | Deserted; abandoned. | |
| grating | 2 | noun | (typically of a voice) Harsh and unpleasant. |
| blazing | 2 | noun | Of tremendous intensity, heat (thermal energy) or fervor; white-hot. |
| gaping | 2 | noun | Wide open. |
| degrading | 3 | noun | Causing or likely to cause someone to feel degraded. |
| awaken | 3 | verb | (intransitive) To stop sleeping; awake. |
| vacant | 2 | Not occupied; empty. | |
| amazing | 3 | Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising. | |
| pervading | 3 | spread throughout | |
| creating | 3 | noun | creation |
| gazing | 2 | noun | The act by which somebody gazes. |
| scraping | 2 | noun | (computing) Automated collection of data, data scraping. |
| taken | 2 | (informal) In a serious romantic relationship. | |
| abating | 3 | noun | (rhetoric) Anesis. |
| waken | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir. |
| facing | 2 | noun | Positioned so as to face (in a particular direction) |
| bracing | 2 | noun | Invigorating or stimulating. |
| mistaken | 3 | (with a copula verb, often with about) Having an incorrect belief. | |
| playing | 2 | noun | (gerund of play) An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played. |
| sailing | 2 | noun | Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise |
| saying | 2 | noun | A proverb or maxim. |
| escaping | 3 | noun | The act of one who escapes; an escape. |
| bacon | 2 | noun | Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig. |
| mating | 2 | noun | (zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation. |
| raising | 2 | noun | Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity. |
| suffocating | 4 | noun | That tends to suffocate the target(s); so overwhelming and lethal or life-threatening as to suffocate; suffocative. |
| pacing | 2 | noun | The act of moving in paces, or their arrangement or timing. |
| praying | 2 | noun | An act of saying a prayer. |
| praising | 2 | noun | An act of giving praise. |
| awakened | 3 | Having been woken up. | |
| berating | 3 | noun | A scolding. |
| break in | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To enter a place by force or illicit means. |
| lacing | 2 | noun | That with which something is laced. |
| dating | 2 | noun | A form of romantic courtship typically between two individuals with the aim of assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse. |
| shaken | 2 | noun | In a state of shock or trauma. |
| shaping | 2 | noun | The action of the verb to shape. |
| chasing | 2 | noun | Engraved or embossed decoration. |
| aiding | 2 | noun | The act of one who aids or assists. |
| persuading | 3 | noun | An act of persuasion. |
| aping | 2 | noun | Foolish imitation or mimicry. |
| celebrating | 4 | noun | celebration |
| fading | 2 | noun | The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment. |
| lading | 2 | noun | (uncountable) Shipment, cargo, freight. |
| waiting | 2 | noun | The act of staying or remaining in expectation. |
| aching | 2 | noun | That aches; continuously painful; that causes pain. |
| waving | 2 | noun | Repeated moving of arms or hands to signal. |
| debating | 3 | noun | The act of taking part in a debate. |
| horse trading | 3 | noun | Alternative spelling of horsetrading. [(idiomatic) Informal negotiating, especially when complex or clever in nature.] |
| raiding | 2 | noun | The act of carrying out a raid. |
| equating | 3 | noun | The act by which things are equated; the evaluation of things as equivalent. |
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