Words that rhyme with running
Top rhymes for running
stunning, cunning, gunning and dunning
8 common words rhyme with running. The most common are stunning, cunning, gunning and dunning.
Perfect rhymes for running
3 syllables
- outrunning
4 syllables
- overrunning
Show 2 rare words
- rerunning
- outgunning
Near rhymes for running
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 running sounds
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹʌnɪŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (RUN-ning) |
| Stress pattern | DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ʌnɪŋ |
Running has two syllables, with the stress on the first. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
Counting syllables? See how many syllables are in running.
Questions
- What rhymes with running?
- The most common rhymes for running are stunning, cunning, gunning, dunning, shunning and sunning.
- How many words rhyme with running?
- We found 8 common perfect rhymes and 2 rarer words for running, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in running?
- Running has two syllables, with the stress on the first.