Words that rhyme with cunning
Cunning is a 2-syllable word with 123 perfect rhymes. The most popular rhymes are apportioning, awakening, awning. This word appears in songs across our database, making it a versatile choice for songwriters and poets.
Definition of cunning
- attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby"
- showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"
- shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
2 syllables
- awning
- caning
- dawning
- inning
- lining
- meaning
- morning
- mourning
- punning
- running
- screening
- shunning
- signing
- stunning
- thinning
- tuning
- turning
- warning
- yearning
- kenning
- greening
- leaning
- lightning
- twinning
- winning
- corning
- drowning
- spawning
- sunning
- vining
- canning
- gunning
- manning
- twining
- dunning
- channing
- denning
- bunning
3 syllables
- bargaining
- beginning
- blackening
- broadening
- chastening
- christening
- cushioning
- dampening
- darkening
- deadening
- deafening
- deepening
- designing
- discerning
- evening
- fastening
- gardening
- gunrunning
- happening
- lightening
- likening
- opening
- poisoning
- quickening
- reasoning
- reckoning
- seasoning
- sickening
- slackening
- stiffening
- sweetening
- thickening
- wakening
- weakening
- widening
- auctioning
- battening
- beckoning
- blazoning
- bludgeoning
- brightening
- burdening
- burgeoning
- buttoning
- captaining
- captioning
- cautioning
- championing
- cheapening
- chickening
- coarsening
- cottoning
- crimsoning
- curtaining
- landowning
- lichenin
- reopening
- rerunning
- sharpening
- unmeaning
- outrunning
- dekoning
- aborning
- pankonin
- wilkening
4 syllables
5 syllables
Examples of "cunning" in lyrics
See how cunning is used at the end of a line in songs:
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"Posse 2 Kid Dee is cunning"
C.I.A. (Ice Cube, Kid Dee, Sir Jinx) — My Posse -
"Blow me out the spot, not, but quite cunning"
Easy Mo Bee — Now or Never -
"Beautiful but deadly, she was mad cunning"
Random — Splash Woman
What do these rhymes mean?
- apportioning
- the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
- awakening
- the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most"
- awning
- a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun
- bargaining
- the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement
- beginning
- serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse" the event consisting of the start of something
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Rhyming tips for songwriters
When using "cunning" in your lyrics, consider mixing perfect rhymes with near rhymes (slant rhymes) for a more natural flow. Perfect rhymes like apportioning, awakening, awning create a satisfying resolution, while slant rhymes add variety and keep listeners engaged.
Since "cunning" has 2 syllables, try matching it with words of similar length for a balanced meter. Multi-syllable rhymes often sound more sophisticated than single-syllable pairs.