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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word abstention.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
4 syllable words
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2 syllable words

luncheon

substance

dustman

abstain

tungsten

obstruct

henchman

bastion

christian

dungeon

engine

faustian

gentian

mansion

mention

pension

question

suction

tension

obstructs

sexton

lengthen

russian

strengthen

prussian

capstan

caxton

substrates

boston

banyan

canyon

gumption

austin

baston

canton

dobson

ensign

ibsen

kansan

kenyan

london

penman

onion

panton

piston

runnion

plantain

santon

sultan

tendon

teston

tuscan

tubman

undone

abstruse

function

junction

substrate

action

canon

flexion

martian

cannon

portion

belgian

option

traction

diction

button

fraction

mutton

bushman

mangan

caption

dutchman

friction

section

auction

hangman

faction

fortune

torsion

fiction

caution

dudgeon

ration

pathan

passion

doctrine

freshen

cushion

ashen

websters

fashion

gudgeon

hessian

scotsman

horseman

kitchen

klansman

session

landman

yachtsman

grandson

lobsters

bludgeon

fission

mission

portman

postman

urchin

upsets

upstarts

plankton

emption

abstract

penguin

airman

footman

fibrin

fountain

gascon

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

houseman

jetson

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kremlin

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lobster

lynden

m1

marten

martin

melton

mignon

minden

nekton

outdone

parson

passman

minion

mountain

muslin

oxen

pectin

outrun

chairman

chessman

acton

barton

clinton

dalton

samson

saxon

scullion

chevron

pressman

selden

smarten

arson

aspen

atman

bellman

captain

carton

citron

classman

claxon

damson

desman

pinion

pitman

shorten

shotgun

ponton

spartan

stepson

tartan

upset

vulcan

wanton

webster

whitson

craftsman

guardsman

huntsman

marksman

sanction

sportsman

upstart

upstream

draftsman

abstracts

landsman

brethren

churchman

drunken

freshman

georgian

longan

margin

rincon

shrunken

upshot

sunken

watchman

charon

christen

bason

baton

batten

batton

bellon

bobbin

beckon

bison

bisson

bitten

boughten

breton

brighten

briton

cabin

canaan

cotton

cousin

deafen

deaden

devon

fasten

fatten

felon

flatten

gibbon

glisten

heaven

heighten

heron

kitten

frighten

dozen

gotten

jetton

latin

hyson

leaden

sullen

oven

lighten

vegan

redden

linen

patten

listen

melon

reckon

resin

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

perron

lesson

platen

weapon

written

platten

whiten

mullen

ninon

marron

mitten

muffin

ribbon

robin

rotten

satin

seven

smitten

sudden

summon

threaten

triton

tighten

titan

toughen

subsides

statesman

spokesman

marchman

markman

spectral

spectrum

oarsman

offsets

townsman

affects

capstone

cauldron

bordman

baldwin

children

delphian

dipstick

homespun

lampron

headsman

hipsters

motion

earthen

haitian

grecian

nation

pigeon

notion

potion

hopscotch

ocean

mahone

lotion

station

vision

affect

alban

alman

bagman

bargain

billion

billman

boatman

bookman

bullion

calvin

carbon

carman

carmine

chaplain

chapman

chieftain

corban

cordon

crimson

dampen

darken

debased

dolman

dolphin

falcon

faulcon

fireman

foreman

garden

gilden

hackman

goodman

gorgon

harden

harken

hipster

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

lisbon

lockman

marlin

matron

milken

million

molten

morgan

mormon

norman

offset

organ

orphan

packman

pardon

patron

pillion

quipster

saffron

scallion

sharpen

shipman

silken

sovereign

sovran

spastic

spearman

spectrums

squadron

stallion

stallman

stillion

stockman

subside

sweepstakes

sylvan

tarpon

tillman

tipster

trillion

union

warden

woodman

woolman

coachman

flashgun

othman

sweepstake

effects

salesman

beefsteak

seedsman

alan

amman

certain

chasten

chicken

common

cretin

crouton

cuban

curtain

hymen

hyphen

locken

loosen

riven

loren

lyden

madden

riden

rosin

satan

siphon

stiffen

seton

sodden

soften

straighten

sweeten

mason

risen

slacken

ripen

salmon

sicken

siren

moisten

ridden

sadden

stricken

striven

talon

tappen

syphon

baron

barren

basin

auden

beaten

begun

billon

blacken

bollen

bourbon

bracken

broaden

burton

caisson

dragon

driven

eaten

fallen

famine

floren

foreign

gallon

gammon

garron

given

gladden

glidden

gluten

griffon

happen

hasten

hausen

hidden

hoten

jason

lagan

lichen

liken

liman

liven

often

pavon

person

pollan

pollen

prison

pullen

quicken

thicken

thousand

trodden

turban

urban

urson

villain

wagon

warren

wheaten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

yaupon

lesion

sturgeon

suasion

version

fusion

persian

asian

legion

surgeon

trojan

region

cajun

burgeon

heathen

upside

brakeman

kirkman

bolden

apron

workman

lopeman

newsman

sequin

fielden

effect

golden

olden

shearman

soldan

copeman

freedman

ion

rayon

dian

lion

scion

cowan

gowan

mayan

urine

zion

affixed

dovecotes

divests

ripostes

typists

bobcats

defects

bayman

bacon

beacon

blowgun

bowman

brazen

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burman

cayman

cheapen

chosen

colon

craven

crewman

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deepen

demon

dromon

eden

elan

ermine

firman

freeman

frozen

german

graven

haven

hogan

hoven

human

kalan

laden

layman

leman

leven

logan

lumen

maiden

odin

omen

open

pagan

poison

proven

raven

reason

rerun

roman

rosen

rumen

seaman

season

semen

sermon

shaken

shaman

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

spectre

spigot

spoken

steven

stolen

swollen

taken

token

toman

treason

waken

weaken

woven

yeoman

zaman

zircon

eavesdrop

bobcat

defaced

defect

divest

riposte

dovecote

robust

space-time

spigots

typist

owen

paean

depicts

diffused

peon

rowan

rowen

ruin

offshoots

depict

evict

offshoot

scapegoats

scapegoat

3 syllable words

accession

asuncion

obstructions

concession

crustacean

detention

dissension

protection

congestion

succession

abstinence

abstinent

objection

abstraction

subscription

procession

constriction

construction

suggestion

complexion

expansion

inspection

subtraction

obstinate

combustion

abandon

compression

invention

extinction

confection

convection

exception

frustration

inception

distinction

aggression

ingestion

ablation

abrasion

affection

aspersion

confession

connection

connexion

contagion

detection

gestation

oppression

pretension

progression

retention

selection

submersion

submission

abstractions

substantive

deception

dissection

laurentian

cistercian

collection

dimension

reception

regression

subversion

suppression

secession

extraction

possession

profession

recession

instruction

companion

adsorption

destruction

expression

extortion

extrusion

obstacle

muskmelon

distraction

inflection

projection

intestine

digestion

mistaken

castration

battalion

affections

opinion

deflection

excursion

impression

dominion

distortion

rebellion

discretion

infection

misfortune

prostration

reflection

transmission

compunction

fustian

excision

defection

election

libration

transcription

injection

dictation

digression

lactation

depression

dispersion

erection

optation

resection

tactician

temptation

upsetting

obstacles

optician

perception

determine

partition

plantation

prevention

australian

vibration

arkansan

aversion

badminton

cetacean

citation

collision

communion

crestfallen

decision

description

disunion

ejection

exclusion

excretion

exemption

explosion

franciscan

malaysian

occasion

octillion

precession

provision

recision

rejection

reptilian

rescission

restriction

transfusion

transgression

misprision

redemption

filtration

defections

austrian

subsidize

italian

civilian

pavilion

brazilian

alsatian

ablution

ambition

affecting

abortion

artesian

cartesian

repression

fixation

profusion

equation

misshapen

persuasion

perfection

occlusion

offsetting

taxation

typesetting

awaken

denizen

eleven

waterman

suburban

toboggan

venison

jettison

jamaican

vatican

addition

proscription

aleutian

allusion

negation

emblazon

collegian

collusion

commission

commotion

direction

diversion

edition

evasion

flirtation

downtrodden

fisherman

outspoken

assertion

caucasian

cessation

division

notation

immersion

correction

corruption

flotation

mutation

petition

position

quotation

physician

nebraskan

predation

phoenician

precision

imprison

snapdragon

pollution

promotion

religion

rotation

sedation

summation

reversion

solution

tradition

substitute

venetian

implosion

ghanaian

exhaustion

midshipman

malayan

veteran

plebeian

retraction

obstructive

abdomen

alderman

acumen

alaskan

capsaicin

forbidden

genuine

magician

medallion

lumberman

policeman

unwritten

unbutton

divestment

substitutes

scythian

addiction

absorption

attrition

benjamin

emulsion

eruption

irishman

patrician

preclusion

preemption

production

transition

andean

contusion

conversion

ignition

rendition

sensation

anyone

stagnation

apportion

condition

diffusion

assassin

concussion

adoption

bitumen

nevadan

anchorman

damnation

deduction

norwegian

nutrition

revulsion

subsidy

accretion

gravamen

halcyon

hammerman

dentition

seclusion

secretion

kantian

peterman

compassion

menhaden

reduction

cinnamon

cognition

bulletin

mandarin

carnation

elison

thespian

proportion

propulsion

seduction

bosnian

technician

uneven

suspicion

albumin

ambrosian

truncation

gentleman

housebroken

embolden

illusion

imagine

perversion

causation

deletion

delusion

desertion

devotion

gyration

narration

sedition

abduction

dilation

affliction

assumption

attraction

divestments

conflation

audition

confucian

contortion

dilution

confusion

contrition

conviction

convulsion

pentathlon

presumption

resumption

transaction

translation

duration

completion

compulsion

conclusion

conduction

disruption

elation

emission

concoction

emotion

erosion

lecithin

ligation

oration

percussion

privation

probation

reaction

biotin

carrion

bedridden

bedouin

cation

clarion

gaussian

heroin

heroine

apostate

hawaiian

timberman

libyan

samoan

talisman

niacin

saccharin

predestine

chairwoman

subsidies

marian

myosin

logician

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

tamarin

uterine

backgammon

affected

affective

cambrian

forewoman

guncotton

enlighten

enliven

heartbroken

admission

dalmatian

discussion

stygian

beholden

deflation

depiction

depletion

eviction

exertion

formation

foundation

hydration

impassion

inaction

incision

incursion

phrygian

insertion

prescription

tuition

inversion

invasion

aegean

migration

prediction

salvation

encryption

starvation

consumption

contraction

contraption

expulsion

coercion

fruition

horatian

creation

croatian

laotian

cyprian

garrison

gordian

bandwagon

albion

guardian

overman

countryman

indian

overdone

overrun

reunion

scorpion

adhesion

etruscan

ferryman

handwoven

puritan

medicine

egyptian

skeleton

apostle

campion

unbroken

abstracted

champion

jacobin

bedizen

zambian

wesleyan

lesbian

keynesian

beethoven

keratin

superman

unison

conjunction

conscription

cremation

depictions

diffraction

donation

evictions

exaction

halogen

gradation

inclusion

induction

inflation

infusion

inhuman

intrusion

location

margarine

munition

musician

nonhuman

omission

origin

ovation

permission

precaution

regimen

relation

remission

singleton

vacation

vocation

volition

backwoodsman

cohesion

defective

nobleman

korean

charlatan

depicted

everyone

rhodopsin

rifleman

fabian

fenian

chamberlain

chairperson

appian

devastate

effective

nubian

discipline

in-person

perfusion

sumatran

arian

chilean

dorian

irian

protean

syrian

grobian

spectators

foramen

galleon

simian

aryan

gillian

apostles

spaghetti

nitrogen

oxygen

hydrogen

derision

infliction

parisian

infraction

infarction

congressman

lutheran

corrosion

tapestries

englishman

councilman

harlequin

nonunion

upside-down

adrian

feminine

freemason

forgotten

lanolin

vitamin

injunction

melanin

ottoman

pelican

silicon

solomon

specimen

spectator

collagen

epistle

citizen

catalan

heavyset

inscription

javelin

ramadan

rhapsody

clergyman

parthian

revision

african

spectrograph

artisan

lopsided

magdalen

cardigan

charwoman

clarendon

corsican

effectors

lobbyists

mexican

vermilion

porcelain

rhapsodic

rhapsodize

robustly

subacute

partisan

sophistry

spectacle

tapestry

jovian

julian

nemean

horizon

avian

moroccan

permian

alien

median

odeon

freudian

reopen

spectacles

masculine

obfuscate

fijian

anglican

baby-sit

bouillon

deficit

effector

episode

suffocate

deficits

deposits

episodes

orion

saleswoman

deposit

heavyweight

lobbyist

navigate

oboist

opposite

navigates

heavyweights

opposites

revisits

eavesdropping

revisit

4 syllable words

hypertension

inattention

obstetrical

adrenaline

abyssinian

ostentation

circumvention

consternation

substantiate

obsidian

destination

insurrection

habitation

restoration

substitutions

ulceration

obstetrician

circumspection

substantiates

condescension

comparison

constellation

constipation

constitution

installation

preconception

instigation

institution

intervention

reinspection

obstinacy

agrarian

obstructionist

estonian

american

copernican

dominican

custodian

librarian

oblivion

samaritan

sectarian

absolution

devastation

distillation

gargantuan

restitution

statistician

abnegation

destitution

estimation

excitation

substantively

expiration

subdivision

vaccination

deconstruction

alternation

reconstruction

carcinogen

obstetricians

culmination

cultivation

interruption

masturbation

prostitution

indigestion

publication

impregnation

detonation

alteration

dissertation

irritation

limitation

assyrian

bavarian

misconception

aspiration

hibernation

fascination

contravention

explanation

planarian

levitation

extradition

hungarian

demonstration

respiration

extrication

desperation

resurrection

visitation

obstructionists

aberration

arbitration

augmentation

cogitation

contrarian

decompression

disinfection

dispensation

exploration

gastrulation

illustration

imperfection

indentation

infestation

interception

interdiction

intersection

iteration

laceration

liberation

menstruation

ministration

misperception

pedestrian

prohibition

rhetorician

transformation

transportation

altercation

albanian

barbarian

jordanian

abdication

ammunition

wagnerian

circumcision

conservation

interurban

combination

disaffection

predilection

committeeman

invitation

ordination

introspection

presentation

recollection

superstition

eustachian

recantation

refutation

tribulation

apprehension

pagurian

interaction

affectation

intercession

observation

protestation

retrocession

adaptation

calibration

darwinian

historian

nestorian

fabrication

interjection

affectionate

admonition

molestation

fibrillation

tasmanian

celebration

intermission

registration

fermentation

coronation

divination

meditation

polynesian

melanesian

assemblyman

self-deception

annotation

dilatation

sanitation

indiscretion

orchestration

repossession

diminution

contraception

domination

imitation

mitigation

smithsonian

definition

appalachian

gravitation

machination

recitation

connotation

emanation

sequestration

hesitation

dissipation

perspiration

criterion

nomination

preelection

premonition

iberian

profanation

missourian

exploitation

mammalian

incrustation

titillation

liberian

siberian

sicilian

concentration

rhododendron

valerian

disillusion

expectation

reelection

segmentation

exhortation

fragmentation

disconnection

compensation

indexation

disinflation

disputation

embarkation

incantation

consultation

pigmentation

malnutrition

subluxation

condensation

importation

republican

leviathan

agitation

interwoven

shakespearean

vegetation

capacitance

athenian

commendation

accordion

dislocation

armenian

divestitures

gorgonian

commutation

equitation

lubrication

eritrean

palpitation

deportation

annexation

exhibition

permutation

reputation

watermelon

victorian

equestrian

confrontation

businesswoman

ibuprofen

inhibition

implantation

californian

divestiture

exhumation

preignition

comprehension

perturbation

rumination

usurpation

lancastrian

fallopian

iranian

plutonian

electrician

gregorian

simonian

amputation

apostrophe

devonian

imputation

armageddon

computation

noblewoman

subsidizes

newtonian

spectacular

crocodilian

napoleon

collodion

chameleon

reawaken

transplantation

macedonian

coloradan

comedian

coloration

reassertion

veneration

violation

nigerian

surrogation

generation

corinthian

dietitian

coalition

pelagian

designation

approbation

conversation

relaxation

crucifixion

resignation

alabaman

centurion

algonquian

nicaraguan

pavlovian

penicillin

predetermine

saturation

recognition

aldebaran

maturation

graduation

apostrophes

substituted

condemnation

algerian

termination

avocation

jubilation

attribution

arthurian

medication

supposition

irrigation

isolation

litigation

locomotion

vacillation

validation

animation

allegation

abolition

collocation

correlation

appellation

allocation

decimation

dedication

defamation

delegation

derivation

realization

desiccation

desolation

devolution

germination

renovation

repetition

reposition

deposition

opposition

demolition

effectuate

elevation

dissolution

erudition

evolution

fluoridation

immolation

motivation

mutilation

navigation

oscillation

politician

propagation

proposition

provocation

resolution

suffocation

retribution

revelation

revocation

revolution

arabian

arizonan

canadian

draconian

misbegotten

himalayan

sophisticate

adulation

affectively

modulation

jacobean

maccabean

praetorian

education

fluctuation

utopian

accusation

depravation

depredation

apparition

deprivation

ideation

dereliction

desecration

ovulation

regulation

immigration

decoration

revocations

degradation

oppositions

replication

retardation

depositions

imposition

requisition

activation

advocation

acquisition

devastating

duplication

emigration

adoration

federation

disposition

elocution

emulation

granulation

obligation

occupation

oxidation

penetration

distribution

persecution

population

precondition

proclamation

prosecution

reclamation

segregation

miseration

competition

moderation

circulation

compilation

preparation

aggravation

aggregation

benediction

cancellation

reparation

application

composition

consolation

toleration

acclamation

acclimation

abrogation

consummation

lilliputian

suppositions

operation

separation

convocation

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

convolution

speculation

tabulation

ventilation

contribution

variation

amphibian

capacitors

columbian

conjugation

cotyledon

gentlewoman

glaciation

guatemalan

herculean

legislation

minnesotan

moravian

paraguayan

reexamine

situation

sophisticates

spectrometry

syncopation

topsy-turvy

complication

corporation

declaration

jurisdiction

figuration

satisfaction

obfuscation

confiscation

execution

expedition

exposition

excavation

corp.

punctuation

admiration

manumission

tetrahedron

liquefaction

innovation

readmission

calculation

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Words that rhyme with the word abstention

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

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