The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary

by Rosalind Fergusson

The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary is an indispensable reference companion for anyone who writes verse whether lyric poet, songwriter or composer of limericks or jingles. Clearly arranged and easy to use, it offers an astonishing wide range of suggestions for rhyming words, from the common and everyday to the more difficult and obscure.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Writing, Language, Poetry, Dictionaries, Linguistics

544 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Tina]

Very useful if the internet crashes!

[Jennifer (JC-S)]

I often refer to this little dictionary, and not just when I'm trying to write in verse. Words form their own connections, and any book of words will invariably remind me of old friends or introduce some new ones.

I've been using this particular book for well over ten years. It took me a little while to get used to the way it is organised but once I did, I was amazed by how many word endings (and words) are contained within its compact frame.

[David Chmelik]

This is the best readily available or the standard English rhyming dictionary and is excellent, but I would like to see a bigger one, and even one with some other Germanic language words and pre-modern words.

[Molly]

It's a rhyming dictionary; it shows you words that rhyme and places them in alphabetical order. Kind of hard to screw that up.

[Jude Knight]

Very useful for anyone who needs to write silly rhyming couplets, as I did for a living for a short while, and as I still do for work events.

[Ali]

I think about this book after reading improve my vocabulary and gain to knowledge.

[Tiffany]

very helpful