Words that rhyme with cunning
Top rhymes for cunning
running, stunning, gunning and dunning
8 common words rhyme with cunning. The most common are running, stunning, gunning and dunning.
Perfect rhymes for cunning
3 syllables
- outrunning
4 syllables
- overrunning
Show 2 rare words
- rerunning
- outgunning
Near rhymes for cunning
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- coming
- becoming
- upcoming
- incoming
- forthcoming
- plumbing
- overcoming
- homecoming
- humming
- drumming
- oncoming
- summing
- numbing
- succumbing
- unbecoming
- strumming
- shortcoming
- dumbing
- thumbing
- something
- nothing
- learning
- putting
- turning
- funding
- cutting
- burning
- returning
- wanting
- loving
- hunting
- concerning
- discussing
- earning
- jumping
- touching
- bombing
- judging
- flooding
- rushing
How cunning sounds
| Pronunciation | /ˈkʌnɪŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (CUN-ning) |
| Stress pattern | DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ʌnɪŋ |
Cunning has two syllables, with the stress on the first. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with cunning?
- The most common rhymes for cunning are running, stunning, gunning, dunning, shunning and sunning.
- How many words rhyme with cunning?
- We found 8 common perfect rhymes and 2 rarer words for cunning, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in cunning?
- Cunning has two syllables, with the stress on the first.