🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Staying"
50 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "staying" — same ending sound.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| braying | 2 | noun | An act or sound of braying. |
| swaying | 2 | noun | The motion of something that sways. |
| slaying | 2 | noun | Killing, especially the murder of a human. |
| playing | 2 | noun | (gerund of play) An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played. |
| flaying | 2 | noun | The act by which something is flayed. |
| surveying | 3 | noun | The applied science of accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them. |
| decaying | 3 | noun | The process of undergoing decay. |
| praying | 2 | noun | An act of saying a prayer. |
| straying | 2 | noun | The act of one who strays; deviation or sin, often sexual infidelity. |
| conveying | 3 | noun | act of transferring property title from one person to another |
| dismaying | 3 | noun | Disheartening; daunting. |
| allaying | 3 | noun | An allayment. |
| relaying | 3 | noun | An instance of something being relayed. |
| downplaying | 3 | noun | The act by which something is downplayed, or made to seem less important. |
| displaying | 3 | noun | The process by which something is displayed; a showing. |
| splaying | 2 | noun | A shape or motion that splays. |
| replaying | 3 | noun | The act by which something is replayed. |
| buffeting | 3 | noun | A blow or motion that buffets. |
| spraying | 2 | noun | The act by which something is sprayed. |
| betraying | 3 | noun | That betrays |
| portraying | 3 | noun | a representation by picture or portraiture |
| egg laying | 3 | noun | the production of eggs (especially in birds) |
| doomsaying | 3 | noun | The action of making dire predictions about the future |
| crocheting | 3 | noun | A form of needlework that is made using a crochet. |
| fraying | 2 | noun | Frayed material. |
| delaying | 3 | noun | A delay. |
| preying | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To act as a predator. |
| repaying | 3 | verb | Synonym of pay back in all senses. |
| roleplaying | 3 | noun | Action in which a person takes on a role (as that of an actor) and acts out being that character. |
| taxpaying | 3 | noun | That pays taxes. |
| disobeying | 4 | verb | (intransitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey. |
| obeying | 3 | verb | (transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of. |
| sleighing | 2 | noun | A ride on a sleigh. |
| mayeng | 2 | noun | The tree Pterospermum acerifolium. |
| neighing | 2 | noun | The sound made by a horse: an act or instance of the verb neigh. |
| prepaying | 3 | verb | To pay in advance, or beforehand |
| purveying | 3 | verb | (transitive) To furnish or provide. |
| ricocheting | 4 | verb | To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction. |
| graying | 2 | verb | An achromatic colour between black and white. |
| overpaying | 4 | verb | (ambitransitive) To pay too much. |
| carillon playing | 5 | noun | playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower |
| greying | 2 | the fourth full-length album released by The Banner on Good Fight Music on December 9, 2014. | |
| outweighing | 3 | verb | (transitive) To exceed in importance or value. |
| overplaying | 4 | verb | (ambitransitive, acting) To overdo or overact one's effect or role. |
| underpaying | 4 | verb | (transitive) To pay (someone) less than the value of their work; to pay (someone) insufficiently. |
| nonpaying | 3 | not paying | |
| decay hung | 3 | — | |
| doorway hung | 3 | — | |
| hallway hung | 3 | — | |
| j ing | 2 | — |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Staying"
50 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| blazing | 2 | noun | Of tremendous intensity, heat (thermal energy) or fervor; white-hot. |
| craving | 2 | noun | A strong desire; yearning. |
| amazing | 3 | Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising. | |
| raving | 2 | noun | Causing excitement or wild praise. |
| baying | 2 | noun | An instance of baying; a howl. |
| making | 2 | noun | The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction. |
| taking | 2 | noun | The act by which something is taken. |
| facing | 2 | noun | Positioned so as to face (in a particular direction) |
| remaining | 3 | noun | Which remains, especially after something else has been removed. |
| complaining | 3 | noun | The act by which someone complains; a complaint. |
| 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. |
| shaking | 2 | noun | A movement that shakes. |
| 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. |
| pacing | 2 | noun | The act of moving in paces, or their arrangement or timing. |
| praising | 2 | noun | An act of giving praise. |
| 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. |
| waking | 2 | noun | The act of becoming awake from sleep, or a period of time spent awake. |
| chasing | 2 | noun | Engraved or embossed decoration. |
| breaking | 2 | noun | The act by which something is broken. |
| fading | 2 | noun | The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment. |
| waiting | 2 | noun | The act of staying or remaining in expectation. |
| draining | 2 | noun | (comparable) Causing a depletion of energy or resources; exhausting. |
| waving | 2 | noun | Repeated moving of arms or hands to signal. |
| laying | 2 | noun | The act by which something is laid (in any sense). |
| naming | 2 | noun | The process of giving names to things. |
| rating | 2 | noun | A number, letter, or other mark that refers to the ability of something. |
| gaming | 2 | noun | The playing of a game. |
| saving | 2 | noun | A reduction in cost or expenditure. |
| trading | 2 | noun | Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade. |
| shaving | 2 | noun | (uncountable) The action of having a shave. |
| racing | 2 | noun | The sport of competing in races. |
| taping | 2 | noun | The act of sticking adhesive tape to something. |
| stating | 2 | noun | statement |
| haying | 2 | noun | The act of gathering hay. |
| slaving | 2 | noun | Enslavement. |
| caving | 2 | noun | The recreational sport of exploring caves. |
| weighing | 2 | noun | The process by which something is weighed. |
| paying | 2 | noun | payment |
| raining | 2 | noun | A fall of rain. |
| faking | 2 | noun | The act of something being faked. |
| blaming | 2 | noun | The act of accusing or assigning culpability to. |
| freighting | 2 | noun | (uncountable) The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation. |
| hating | 2 | noun | hatred |
| taming | 2 | noun | The process by which a person, animal or thing is tamed. |
| dazing | 2 | verb | (transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear. |
| stay in | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To remain at home. |
| failing | 2 | noun | weakness; defect |
| wading | 2 | noun | Usually of a bird: which wades. |
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