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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

parson

arson

gumption

georgian

suction

function

fortune

option

junction

margin

caption

caution

prussian

russian

horseman

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

harden

harken

harten

hearten

jordan

jorden

marten

martin

spartan

stepson

marlin

pardon

sharpen

smarten

shorten

warden

bargain

corban

cordon

garden

gorgon

darken

barton

jargon

foreman

morgan

mormon

norman

organ

orphan

tartan

tarpon

emption

floren

foreign

loren

warren

diction

action

auction

faction

faustian

fiction

fraction

friction

mansion

section

traction

mention

luncheon

huntsman

sportsman

marksman

pension

dungeon

gentian

tension

sanction

flexion

ashen

bludgeon

bordman

capstan

cauldron

children

cushion

doctrine

dudgeon

dustman

fashion

fission

freshen

grandson

gudgeon

hessian

lampron

lotion

marchman

markman

mission

motion

notion

oarsman

ocean

passion

portman

potion

ration

session

airman

apron

austin

chairman

chevron

chaplain

ibsen

london

sovran

spearman

squadron

stallman

chapman

runnion

saffron

sovereign

captain

jetson

samson

ensign

scullion

saxon

boston

dalton

damson

keelson

kelson

shipman

claxon

fireman

tungsten

citron

muslin

onion

dobson

faulcon

oxen

fibrin

outrun

sultan

tubman

tuscan

undone

vulcan

wanton

whitson

craftsman

draftsman

forefront

guardsman

landsman

bushman

drunken

dutchman

shrunken

belgian

sunken

bastion

christian

flashgun

question

freshman

brethren

engine

hyson

listen

cousin

lessen

lesson

weapon

worsen

yaupon

auden

baron

barren

bason

bison

bisson

boughten

broaden

button

charon

christen

dozen

fasten

garron

glisten

happen

heron

marron

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

often

oven

perron

person

ripen

siren

sullen

sudden

summon

tappen

toughen

urson

purports

scotsman

strengthen

klansman

landman

lengthen

sexton

townsman

yachtsman

caxton

airborne

baldwin

dearborn

headsman

delphian

burgeon

persian

mahone

haitian

earthen

pathan

nation

grecian

kitchen

pigeon

station

surgeon

urchin

version

vision

sturgeon

henchman

penguin

plankton

acton

alban

alman

aspen

atman

bagman

banyan

baston

bellman

billion

billman

bookman

bullion

calvin

canton

canyon

chessman

classman

clinton

copeman

crimson

dampen

desman

dolman

dolphin

falcon

footman

fountain

gascon

gilden

goodman

hackman

headman

hempen

hetman

houseman

jasmine

jackman

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lockman

minden

lopeman

lynden

m1

matron

melton

mignon

milken

million

minion

mountain

outdone

packman

passman

patron

pectin

nekton

panton

penman

perforce

pillion

piston

pitman

ponton

plantain

pinion

pressman

purport

santon

scallion

selden

shearman

shotgun

silken

stallion

stillion

stockman

sylvan

tendon

teston

tillman

trillion

woodman

woolman

hangman

mangan

longan

drawbridge

othman

rincon

watchman

forebears

forebrain

alan

amman

basin

baton

batten

batton

beckon

seedsman

salesman

spokesman

statesman

begun

bellon

billon

bitten

blacken

bobbin

bollen

bourbon

bracken

brighten

briton

burden

burman

burton

cabin

breton

caisson

burdon

cannon

canon

chicken

common

postman

certain

performs

chasten

cheapen

cotton

deaden

deafen

devon

dragon

driven

fallen

famine

fatten

felon

firman

flatten

curtain

deepen

ermine

frighten

gallon

gammon

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

gotten

griffon

hasten

hausen

heaven

heighten

hidden

hymen

hyphen

jason

jetton

kitten

lagan

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linen

liven

locken

loosen

lyden

madden

mason

melon

mitten

ninon

open

patten

pavon

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

prison

pullen

quicken

reckon

redden

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

risen

riven

robin

rosin

rotten

sadden

salmon

satin

sermon

seven

sicken

siphon

slacken

smitten

sodden

soften

stiffen

stricken

striven

syphon

talon

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

triton

trodden

turban

urban

vegan

villain

wagon

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

zircon

asian

cajun

legion

trojan

fusion

heathen

region

lesion

suasion

barbers

boatman

bolden

brakeman

carvers

chieftain

cowan

dian

fielden

forebear

freedman

golden

gowan

harbors

ion

kirkman

lion

mayan

molten

newsman

olden

owen

perform

rowan

rowen

scion

sequin

soldan

union

urine

therefore

warfare

wherefore

workman

zion

churchman

coachman

barbre

arbor

bacon

barber

bayman

broken

homespun

brazen

beacon

beaten

blowgun

bowman

brogan

canaan

carver

cayman

chosen

colon

craven

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

demon

dromon

droppers

eaten

eden

elan

freeman

frozen

gluten

graven

harbor

haven

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

kalan

laden

layman

leman

leven

logan

lumen

maiden

marver

odin

omen

pagan

poison

prefers

proven

raven

reason

roman

rosen

rumen

satan

scrubbers

seaman

season

semen

seton

shaken

shaman

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

straighten

sweeten

swollen

taken

token

toman

torpor

trappers

traverse

treason

trippers

waken

wheaten

woven

weaken

wrappers

yeoman

zaman

graveyards

harebrained

harpers

prepared

prepares

proverbs

carefree

surprise

cropper

trapper

paean

peon

prefer

scrubber

proper

rayon

dropper

gripper

ruin

tripper

wrapper

airframe

graveyard

graybeards

carper

freeborn

prepare

crawford

crowbar

groupers

harper

perverse

proverb

sharper

troopers

drivers

scrapers

grabbers

airframes

graybeard

draper

driver

grabber

grouper

proffer

scraper

scriber

shriver

trooper

grievers

herbers

pervert

servers

surfers

berber

craver

drover

fervor

graver

griever

groover

herber

server

surfer

perverts

3 syllable words

extortion

assumption

attraction

completion

compression

conduction

contrition

concoction

convulsion

suspension

assassin

misfortune

frustration

ablation

ablution

accession

accretion

addiction

affection

aggression

ascension

aspersion

attention

attrition

cistercian

collection

concession

concussion

condition

confession

connection

connexion

conversion

crustacean

depiction

depletion

depression

exertion

impassion

inaction

insertion

obsession

optation

optician

progression

protection

compunction

patrician

regression

secretion

selection

submersion

submission

subversion

succession

suspicion

aversion

corruption

summation

negation

oration

tradition

addition

aleutian

commission

desertion

devotion

edition

emotion

petition

phoenician

physician

pollution

position

possession

precaution

predation

procession

profession

sedation

solution

venetian

companion

projection

truncation

complexion

consumption

contraction

contraption

expansion

expulsion

prescription

subtraction

infarction

conflation

abandon

capsaicin

declension

alaskan

exaction

prostration

battalion

confection

chairperson

corsican

confucian

conviction

magician

convention

lumberman

convection

in-person

medallion

opinion

contention

exhaustion

filtration

porcelain

castration

affliction

discretion

unwritten

combustion

diffraction

impression

uncertain

transaction

unburden

toboggan

abrasion

objection

nevadan

cyprian

determine

obstruction

alsatian

carnation

dalmatian

damnation

deflation

dentition

detection

contusion

detention

dictation

election

fixation

formation

foundation

gestation

suburban

conjunction

defection

digression

conscription

contagion

dimension

dispersion

dissension

erection

eruption

eviction

hydration

constriction

construction

subscription

ignition

incursion

libration

congestion

inversion

lactation

laurentian

migration

occlusion

partition

plantation

profusion

rendition

repression

salvation

sensation

stagnation

starvation

temptation

taxation

technician

vibration

imprison

allusion

countryman

causation

korean

rejection

infraction

inspection

cessation

nebraskan

collegian

collision

collusion

dilation

dilution

emission

cetacean

elation

ejection

expression

duration

gyration

imagine

excretion

citation

snapdragon

performance

diversion

ghanaian

suggestion

unbroken

deletion

immersion

reaction

traversing

muskmelon

parthian

provision

distraction

reversion

aryan

origin

dorian

ligation

samoan

malaysian

transgression

margarine

occasion

recession

privation

secession

sedition

hawaiian

narration

acumen

bedridden

brazilian

cambrian

cardigan

charwoman

civilian

coercion

conception

conclusion

confusion

deflection

disruption

dominion

excursion

forbidden

guncotton

implosion

infection

inflation

intrusion

invention

italian

laotian

misprision

pavilion

policeman

presumption

reflection

resumption

retraction

timberman

translation

tripartite

unbutton

uncommon

abstraction

extraction

equation

superman

emulsion

seduction

awaken

beholden

perception

barbershop

invasion

nutrition

irishman

jamaican

jettison

waterman

fustian

norwegian

garrison

artesian

gordian

guardian

hammerman

uneven

anchorman

ingestion

mandarin

injection

seclusion

diffusion

dissection

revulsion

deduction

preemption

deception

reception

cartesian

elison

scorpion

preclusion

inflection

infliction

explosion

extension

extrusion

audition

correction

irian

digestion

niacin

caucasian

plebeian

cremation

decision

delusion

direction

division

donation

erosion

evasion

gradation

saccharin

flirtation

flotation

illusion

location

mutation

notation

carrion

reptilian

arian

housebroken

appian

communion

egyptian

malayan

intestine

myosin

veteran

ovation

religion

quotation

bedouin

heroin

heroine

marian

orion

forbearance

cation

syrian

tamarin

ambrosian

embolden

recision

relation

percussion

probation

rescission

crestfallen

outspoken

rotation

clarion

vacation

downtrodden

vocation

abduction

englishman

induction

infusion

intention

redemption

inception

inclusion

distinction

exception

pentathlon

rhodopsin

logician

tuition

transcription

rebellion

sumatran

mistaken

forewoman

chairwoman

chamberlain

alderman

backgammon

austrian

discipline

creation

croatian

fruition

abdomen

horatian

everyone

enliven

injunction

enlighten

albion

bedizen

bosnian

bravura

campion

bitumen

bulletin

eleven

beethoven

misshapen

halcyon

venison

perfection

wesleyan

menhaden

indian

medicine

champion

corporal

freemason

admission

corporate

kantian

overdone

discussion

adrian

forgotten

overman

ferryman

gravamen

overrun

ambition

cognition

incision

pretension

prevention

resection

preference

retention

prediction

extinction

andean

tactician

excision

anyone

transition

lesbian

peterman

thespian

unison

zambian

adhesion

albumin

arkansan

bandwagon

disunion

emblazon

handwoven

destruction

description

proscription

exemption

encryption

nonunion

abstention

permission

precession

fisherman

volition

lecithin

halogen

munition

musician

remission

omission

moroccan

biotin

simian

libyan

transmission

barbara

horizon

uterine

inscription

inhuman

nonhuman

chilean

gillian

galleon

gaussian

instruction

corporates

australian

backwoodsman

cohesion

firebrand

nobleman

performers

rifleman

heartbroken

talisman

derision

lutheran

parisian

phrygian

corrosion

scythian

stygian

aegean

benjamin

exclusion

restriction

hydrogen

oxygen

nitrogen

persuasion

surprising

transfusion

citizen

cinnamon

collagen

puritan

jacobin

catalan

denizen

firebrick

free-for-all

javelin

keratin

keynesian

etruscan

lanolin

ottoman

pelican

performer

properties

harlequin

ramadan

reunion

firebrands

silicon

councilman

franciscan

octillion

gentleman

skeleton

vatican

solomon

specimen

vitamin

badminton

clergyman

midshipman

perversion

precision

regimen

revision

singleton

avian

firepower

foramen

median

moreover

property

protean

african

charlatan

clarendon

genuine

grobian

nemean

artisan

barbary

freudian

nubian

odeon

properly

reopen

magdalen

fenian

julian

porphyry

mexican

alien

permian

vermilion

fabian

partisan

wherever

predestine

jovian

nerve-racking

congressman

fijian

bouillon

masculine

prefrontal

feminine

fireproof

hereford

melanin

perversely

preparers

anglican

shrubbery

cerebral

paraphrase

barbaric

perfusion

surprises

draperies

preparer

firebird

saleswoman

firebirds

bribery

drapery

bravery

forever

purveyor

surveyor

perforate

purveyors

surveyors

perforates

4 syllable words

importation

accordion

napoleon

deportation

appellation

deposition

propagation

proposition

opposition

repetition

ulceration

suffocation

apparition

coloration

reassertion

leviathan

operation

preparation

reparation

separation

comparison

exhortation

malformation

american

historian

copernican

nestorian

victorian

samaritan

composition

deformation

culmination

adaptation

compilation

competition

depravation

replication

deprivation

stipulation

imposition

reputation

depredation

lilliputian

palpitation

disposition

admiration

desperation

californian

declaration

aspiration

locomotion

respiration

restoration

nonpartisan

preparations

trepidation

preignition

bavarian

appalachian

figuration

assyrian

collodion

hyperion

missourian

planarian

repossession

praetorian

reposition

valerian

liquefaction

aberration

ideation

adoration

republican

decompression

dietitian

coalition

decoration

iteration

laceration

cogitation

reproduction

liberation

violation

compensation

illustration

incarnation

federation

embarkation

satisfaction

expedition

subluxation

ministration

miseration

dispensation

fluctuation

exploration

rhetorician

veneration

prohibition

exposition

toleration

surrogation

moderation

variation

generation

affectation

agrarian

altercation

annexation

arboreal

backwardation

benediction

calibration

celebration

commendation

confirmation

conservation

conversation

cultivation

custodian

demarcation

dereliction

desecration

designation

devastation

disaffection

dislocation

elocution

emigration

excitation

expiration

fermentation

graduation

greco-roman

hypertension

immigration

information

inspiration

insurrection

interaction

intercession

intermission

inundation

masturbation

maturation

observation

occupation

pagurian

penetration

persecution

precondition

predilection

presentation

prosecution

publication

recantation

recognition

recollection

resignation

retardation

saturation

situation

statistician

circumspection

dehydration

concentration

demonstration

legislation

syncopation

contemplation

elongation

exploitation

implantation

introduction

sequestration

canadian

avocation

erudition

evocation

fluoridation

oscillation

bifurcation

evolution

fascination

perspiration

floridian

politician

titillation

simonian

termination

abolition

affirmation

allegation

allocation

alteration

animation

annotation

emanation

mammalian

germination

gravitation

hesitation

hibernation

habitation

imitation

immolation

hungarian

inhalation

innovation

intuition

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jubilation

levitation

limitation

litigation

machination

medication

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

navigation

nomination

vacillation

meditation

validation

valuation

visitation

connotation

coronation

corporation

correlation

comedian

corp.

collocation

decimation

dedication

propriety

defamation

definition

delegation

devonian

proprietor

demolition

desiccation

desolation

detonation

derivation

chameleon

devolution

dilatation

diminution

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

divination

domination

elevation

preelection

premonition

preservation

profanation

provocation

realization

recitation

recreation

reelection

reformation

relocation

renovation

repercussion

reservation

resolution

resurrection

revelation

revocation

revolution

sanitation

fragmentation

adrenaline

adulation

agitation

education

consecration

disputation

imperfection

segmentation

consternation

pigmentation

modulation

vegetation

retribution

arbitration

incantation

condensation

confiscation

transportation

jurisdiction

attribution

augmentation

condemnation

disconnection

condescension

menstruation

obfuscation

transformation

contrarian

constipation

consultation

pagination

electrician

execution

integration

interdiction

intersection

intervention

malnutrition

punctuation

macedonian

pedestrian

reinspection

substitution

transplantation

deviation

radiation

introspection

perforation

deconstruction

athenian

foliation

nigerian

reconstruction

aviation

mediation

darwinian

aggravation

convocation

convolution

liquidation

segregation

vindication

alabaman

aggregation

estonian

abnegation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

apprehension

abrogation

absolution

indigestion

acquisition

activation

interjection

sectarian

interurban

abdication

admonition

advocation

corporations

librarian

watermelon

carcinogen

crucifixion

emulation

inattention

indecision

indication

indonesian

insulation

interruption

intimation

intonation

invitation

invocation

reclamation

refutation

regulation

relaxation

ventilation

registration

alternation

barbarian

application

pavlovian

ammunition

approbation

cancellation

circulation

combination

commutation

consolation

consummation

degradation

destination

destitution

distillation

duplication

equitation

estimation

exhibition

fabrication

fibrillation

granulation

molestation

obligation

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

population

proclamation

prostitution

protestation

requisition

restitution

retrocession

simulation

speculation

stimulation

guatemalan

minnesotan

committeeman

subdivision

proprietors

superstition

glaciation

syndication

tribulation

centurion

oblivion

obsidian

tabulation

vaccination

dominican

nicaraguan

expectation

kindergarten

performances

conflagration

contradiction

distribution

confrontation

contribution

impregnation

incrustation

indiscretion

businesswoman

infiltration

obstetrician

conjugation

inhibition

melanesian

comprehension

supervision

arthurian

perturbation

fumigation

procreation

disillusion

readmission

nonprescription

polynesian

mongolian

preferential

rumination

perforations

algerian

usurpation

european

amputation

proverbial

siberian

sicilian

calculation

criterion

protozoan

reawaken

coloradan

draconian

fallopian

newtonian

circumvention

complication

constitution

disinfection

disinflation

excavation

liberian

iberian

formulation

arabian

implication

arizonan

inclination

indignation

inquisition

instigation

institution

lancastrian

computation

indexation

plutonian

mortification

imputation

installation

preconception

constellation

gastrulation

inflammation

infestation

indentation

congregation

exhalation

incubation

crocodilian

noblewoman

shakespearean

barbarians

hemoglobin

pelagian

misbegotten

interwoven

strangulation

polyhedron

permutation

algonquian

lubrication

superhuman

circumcision

gargantuan

reexamine

irreverent

albanian

aldebaran

cyclopean

dandelion

irreverence

penicillin

exclamation

tasmanian

explanation

wagnerian

self-deception

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Words that rhyme with the word proportion

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

Rhyming Dictionary


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