There is nothing wrong with using a rhyme dictionary as long as its not your using as your core to rhyming or writing.
I probably used an online website called "Rhyme Zone " a few times in the past.
It has nothing to do with getting better.
I do not use it to figure out a new rhyme I simply use it to see the basic rhymes if I am on a word that has over 50 damn basic rhymes like bat for example can have a shit load of rhymes.
I would only use it If I am stuck and cannot THINK I AM MISSING A BASIC RHYME that I am forgetting.
Here lets put it this way.
There is no difference if you get your rhymes from your brain or a book or a website.
It does not matter how you get your rhymes but it matters if you have the rhymes.
What I am saying is your brain will EVENTUALLY THINK OF EVERY SINGLE RHYME but sometimes on words that have 50 rhymes you want to hurry up and get shit out of the way so you do not have time to look in your mind and make sure you counted all 50 rhymes.
I basically just use it RARELY if I WANT TO SEE basic rhymes so I can then look at each rhyme and automatically see all the rhymes without having to think of the basic rhymes.
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Notice I keep saying "BASIC RHYMES" because like the other guy said, this does not help you make complex lines, because some rhymes are born out of creativity. Meaning you have to break down syllables.
For example if you want to rhyme "Metaphor" and you try to look up a rhyme for it you will NOT FIND ANY RHYMES.
Why? Because your brain is more creative then build in rhymes.
If you want to rhyme metaphor you break it down into MET A PHOR
You then rhyme something with MET, something with A and something with PHOR
You can then get rhymes like WET A WHORE with METAPHOR.
I am not saying to use a rhyming dictionary I am just saying there is nothing wrong if you just want to see all the BASIC RHYMES so you can get a possible word you forgot of.
IMO anything that gives me the edge or makes me work quicker I will use.
I do not use that much I use it very rarely but it can help on a rare occasion.
My closing note is that ITS NOT OKAY to use it if you are using it as your core rhyming.
If you are depended on it or you think those are the only rhymes just because IT SAID SO you are stupid and need to open your mind more.
How I see it is, you are just eliminating work from your brain, you are pulling out all the BASIC RHYMES so that you can see all the BASIC RHYMES and allow your brain to then find complex rhymes that COULD CONJOIN form the basic rhymes.
How I see it is, you are thinking of rhymes.
How ever they come to you is up to you.
I wrote a entire song 2 days ago didn't use anything but my mind.
Like I said its okay to use it but I don't recommend using it, only use it as a TOOL not a dependent source.
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Rhyme dictionaries are limited when it comes to accenting words and breaking apart words, use it if you want but you'll never be as good as a rapper using his head.
ONLY USE RHYME DICTIONARIES for BASIC RHYMES ONLY!!!
Period.
If you are trying to find rhymes for complex words you WILL NOT FIND THEM because you have to CREATE THEM WITH YOUR MIND.
Books/internet can only find basic rhymes like bat, cat, goose, moose.
They cannot find rhymes to words like, supercalafragilisticespialadoshes.
I can literally make a rhyme for that word because all you have to do is break down every syllable and find a word that rhymes with each syllable. You then connect all the words and it will rhyme no matter how big the word is. The only problem is finding rhymes that make sense when put together that is what takes time when breaking down a huge word.
But like I said books cannot also create flows.
For example if you look up the word "DICK"
You will not find rhymes like peek, seek.
Now you are thinking dick doesn't rhyme with peek or seek right?
Well your right but the thing is IT CAN RHYME WITH THOSE WORDS when you change how you flow the word.
For example you are still saying dick but you slang the flow and say suck my deek(dick)
You see books cannot think of flows or break shit down.
If you want to rhyme a complex word like "Lickitybuttcrack"
You have to break each part down into lick-ity-butt-crack
lick rhymes with slick, ity rhymes with ity, butt rhymes with nut, crack rhymes with sack.
So you put it all together and you now have "lickitybuttcrack" rhyming with your new word "slickitynutsack"
A BOOK CANNOT DO THIS, YOUR BRAIN IS THE ONLY THING THAT CAN MAKE COMPLEX RHYMES.
like I said I can rhyme any word in the world but making it make sense is the hard part.