🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Shortcomings"
2 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "shortcomings" — same ending sound.
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Shortcomings"
15 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| shortcoming | 3 | noun | A deficiency or falling short; failure to attain a goal or ideal. |
| running | 2 | noun | The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason. |
| coming | 2 | noun | The act of arriving; an arrival. |
| something | 2 | noun | Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify. |
| summons | 2 | noun | A call to do something, especially to come. |
| humming | 2 | noun | Making a hum sound. |
| misgivings | 3 | "Misgivings" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of the HBO original series The Wire. | |
| trappings | 2 | noun | Clothing or equipment. |
| surfaces | 3 | noun | The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid. |
| fortresses | 3 | noun | A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security. |
| beginnings | 3 | noun | beginning |
| bombings | 2 | noun | The action of dropping bombs from the air. |
| runnings | 2 | noun | The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason. |
| short coming | 3 | — | |
| troubles | 2 | noun | (Ireland, historical) The continued violence and terrorist, military and paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland that happened from the mid 1960s to the late 1990s. |
✍️ How to Use These Rhymes
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Poetry
Perfect rhymes work best in traditional verse. Use near rhymes for modern free verse.
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Song Lyrics
Near rhymes are common in pop and hip-hop. They keep lyrics natural and conversational.
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Greeting Cards
Short perfect rhymes (1–2 syllables) feel warm and memorable in cards and captions.
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