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2 syllable words
4 syllable words
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2 syllable words

obstructs

obstruct

substrates

action

fraction

traction

auction

sanction

faction

capstan

saxon

claxon

oxen

baston

gascon

marksman

abstruse

substance

substrate

junction

function

bastion

flexion

caption

section

torsion

mansion

portion

martian

suction

doctrine

lampron

dustman

caxton

markman

sexton

abstain

marchman

ashen

fashion

passion

pathan

ration

caution

gumption

plankton

tungsten

emption

stockman

outrun

lockman

captain

dobson

jackman

austin

classman

jetson

harken

acton

aspen

kirkman

packman

fibrin

arson

atman

boston

falcon

canton

damson

darken

hackman

workman

patron

teston

parson

passman

matron

panton

saffron

santon

tuscan

samson

plantain

draftsman

craftsman

guardsman

landsman

spectrums

diction

faustian

georgian

margin

mention

sweepstakes

fiction

flashgun

fortune

friction

gentian

question

pension

option

tension

baron

barren

bason

baton

batten

garron

platten

latin

flatten

locken

fasten

fatten

cabin

blacken

bracken

patten

platen

slacken

batton

satin

zircon

bordman

grandson

upstarts

capstone

cauldron

horseman

klansman

strengthen

spectral

spectrum

oarsman

scotsman

yachtsman

landman

lobsters

websters

statesman

lengthen

postman

portman

mahone

freshen

hessian

sturgeon

station

nation

burgeon

haitian

prussian

russian

persian

version

earthen

session

surgeon

urchin

bargain

ensign

jargon

mormon

carton

marlin

marten

martin

morgan

outdone

orphan

banyan

bagman

carman

harden

organ

harten

carmine

ibsen

pardon

gorgon

melton

jasmine

airman

chaplain

chapman

alman

apron

barton

brakeman

canyon

carbon

chairman

chessman

chevron

calvin

citron

corban

dampen

fireman

garden

hetman

houseman

cordon

dalton

faulcon

foreman

fountain

hearten

jordan

jorden

kansan

keelson

kelson

lightman

lobster

mountain

nekton

norman

pectin

ponton

sportsman

piston

pressman

scallion

upstream

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spastic

huntsman

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

smarten

squadron

vulcan

warden

webster

wanton

stallion

sultan

tubman

tartan

tarpon

stepson

whitson

christian

hangman

shrunken

sunken

churchman

brethren

othman

belgian

freshman

dungeon

drunken

engine

luncheon

mangan

alan

amman

bacon

baldwin

basin

beckon

beefsteak

bison

bobbin

bobcats

boughten

bourbon

breton

brighten

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

caisson

cannon

canon

charon

children

certain

chasten

cotton

curtain

delphian

dragon

ermine

famine

firman

floren

foreign

frighten

gallon

gammon

german

gladden

gotten

happen

hasten

headsman

heighten

heron

homespun

hyson

jason

jetton

lagan

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

loren

madden

marron

mason

mutton

perron

person

reckon

salesman

salmon

robin

rotten

sadden

satan

sermon

shaken

siren

spokesman

straighten

sweepstake

taken

talon

tappen

threaten

tighten

titan

townsman

triton

turban

urban

wagon

waken

warren

whiten

urson

worsen

notion

henchman

dudgeon

grecian

gudgeon

bludgeon

hopscotch

ocean

cajun

penguin

cushion

asian

mission

motion

potion

lotion

suasion

fission

alban

bellman

boatman

bobcat

bookman

chieftain

clinton

desman

dolman

dolphin

footman

headman

hempen

upstart

kelvin

kenyan

lineman

linemen

london

kremlin

m1

milken

minden

pitman

molten

offset

onion

muslin

penman

runnion

shearman

scullion

spearman

selden

sequin

silken

stallman

tendon

undone

upset

urine

dutchman

upshot

bushman

rincon

longan

watchman

dipstick

divests

hipsters

offsets

seedsman

subsides

typists

upsets

auden

bayman

beacon

beaten

bellon

bisson

bitten

bollen

brazen

briton

broaden

broken

canaan

cayman

chicken

christen

common

cousin

craven

crouton

dagan

cretin

cuban

dagon

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

eaten

fallen

glisten

gluten

graven

hausen

heaven

felon

gibbon

haven

hoten

hymen

hyphen

kalan

kitten

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

liman

listen

liven

loosen

lyden

maiden

melon

mitten

moisten

muffin

mullen

often

oven

pagan

pavon

pollan

pollen

raven

quicken

redden

resin

ribbon

riden

rerun

ripen

rosin

seton

seven

shaman

sicken

siphon

smitten

sodden

soften

spoken

stricken

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

syphon

thicken

thousand

token

toughen

trodden

vegan

weaken

wizen

wheaten

zaman

yaupon

wiccan

written

weapon

widen

fusion

heathen

kitchen

legion

lesion

eavesdrop

pigeon

region

vision

trojan

fielden

freedman

gilden

minion

woodman

linden

lopeman

lynden

tillman

subside

trillion

woolman

golden

goodman

lisbon

million

sylvan

union

hipster

mignon

tipster

billion

billman

bolden

bullion

crimson

newsman

olden

quipster

shipman

copeman

debased

pillion

pinion

soldan

space-time

stillion

coachman

gowan

ion

mayan

offshoot

cowan

dian

lion

rayon

scion

zion

ripostes

affects

dovecotes

scapegoats

begun

offshoots

billon

blowgun

bowman

brogan

cheapen

chosen

colon

crewman

cumin

deepen

demon

driven

dromon

eden

elan

freeman

frozen

given

glidden

griffon

hidden

hogan

hoven

human

leman

leven

linen

logan

ninon

lumen

odin

omen

open

poison

prison

pullen

reason

proven

risen

seaman

season

shogun

showman

solon

ridden

riven

roman

rosen

rumen

semen

slogan

spectre

steven

swollen

woman

women

woven

toman

striven

woolen

yeoman

stolen

treason

wooden

stiffen

villain

typist

divest

robust

dovecote

upside

affixed

defects

depicts

effects

owen

paean

peon

rowan

rowen

ruin

spigot

affect

defaced

depict

evict

spigots

riposte

scapegoat

defect

effect

diffused

3 syllable words

transcription

subscription

infraction

restriction

transgression

diffraction

alsatian

crustacean

dissection

libration

plantation

obsession

gestation

protection

vibration

australian

objection

correction

direction

nebraskan

snapdragon

conscription

obstacle

absorption

expression

abstention

expansion

inspection

prescription

extinction

adsorption

extortion

conduction

concoction

compression

contrition

african

filtration

disruption

discretion

distinction

obstructive

exaction

translation

capsaicin

transmission

ablation

abortion

abrasion

accession

aggression

attrition

cistercian

compassion

concession

dalmatian

damnation

detection

digression

erection

hydration

inaction

laurentian

nitrogen

migration

perfection

reduction

patrician

regression

oppression

optation

assassin

production

progression

resection

stagnation

salvation

sensation

succession

suppression

temptation

abstinent

abstinence

abstentions

substances

obstacles

inscription

flirtation

citation

reaction

cessation

consumption

gyration

franciscan

extension

encryption

excretion

extrusion

proscription

assertion

description

expulsion

bandwagon

narration

oration

transfusion

corruption

crestfallen

downtrodden

procession

abandon

affliction

anglican

assumption

austrian

battalion

compulsion

compunction

conception

contention

contortion

conviction

convulsion

corsican

distortion

horatian

impression

induction

mistaken

pentathlon

suspension

ascension

ablution

accretion

conjunction

addiction

adoption

ambition

apportion

admission

aspersion

asuncion

attention

carnation

deduction

depression

fixation

hydrogen

discussion

formation

concussion

dentition

dictation

eruption

impassion

insertion

nutrition

optician

proportion

propulsion

secretion

partition

perception

repression

seduction

starvation

submersion

submission

suspicion

subversion

transition

vatican

duration

etruscan

harlequin

housebroken

masculine

arkansan

obstinate

petition

outspoken

infliction

halogen

mutation

notation

origin

permission

percussion

gradation

probation

secession

ambrosian

cetacean

rotation

companion

quotation

countryman

congressman

flotation

unbroken

precession

recession

cation

moroccan

chairperson

italian

completion

confucian

magdalen

exception

cambrian

inception

intrusion

abdomen

medallion

misprision

alaskan

uncertain

affection

eviction

taxation

artesian

emulsion

irishman

lactation

norwegian

tactician

heartbroken

injunction

connection

connexion

contagion

contusion

deception

depiction

detention

prediction

pretension

retention

revulsion

oxygen

persuasion

selection

cognition

rendition

reception

dissension

cartesian

condition

dispersion

collection

catalan

jacobin

javelin

kantian

mandarin

lanolin

fustian

jettison

keratin

ramadan

hammerman

halcyon

determine

infarction

nevadan

waterman

pelican

suburban

handwoven

projection

gentleman

octillion

reptilian

truncation

councilman

adhesion

muskmelon

albumin

commission

commotion

edition

audition

horizon

addition

intention

aleutian

dilution

imagine

pollution

lecithin

veteran

perversion

physician

phoenician

position

arian

confusion

solution

misfortune

evictions

confection

affections

combustion

convection

depictions

foramen

venetian

promotion

presumption

vacation

tradition

resumption

saccharin

tamarin

precaution

porcelain

rifleman

lumberman

magician

mexican

talisman

partisan

unburden

unbutton

unwritten

charlatan

chairwoman

chamberlain

charwoman

bedridden

genuine

forewoman

artisan

cardigan

enliven

everyone

corrosion

profusion

derision

depletion

preemption

defection

substantive

technician

coercion

anchorman

election

incision

parisian

divestment

ignition

laotian

albion

andean

denizen

garrison

ottoman

scorpion

champion

collagen

campion

ferryman

thespian

toboggan

beethoven

silicon

adrian

vitamin

guardian

solomon

zambian

puritan

complexion

gordian

peterman

specimen

eavesdropping

badminton

substitute

disunion

suggestion

tapestries

emblazon

embolden

imprison

communion

egyptian

englishman

ejection

divestments

rejection

saleswoman

nonunion

digestion

diversion

munition

emission

emotion

desertion

dilation

devotion

deflection

deletion

musician

negation

occasion

omission

sedation

sedition

nonhuman

parthian

recision

erosion

convention

implosion

conclusion

infection

profession

infusion

allusion

ligation

possession

precision

predation

privation

remission

redemption

reflection

clergyman

volition

collegian

collision

collusion

vocation

provision

aversion

caucasian

causation

decision

margarine

declension

location

summation

rescission

defections

clarion

perfusion

hawaiian

dominion

heroin

discipline

rebellion

brazilian

heroine

backgammon

civilian

orion

injection

guncotton

permian

backwoodsman

sumatran

congestion

opinion

nobleman

appian

carrion

vermilion

biotin

substitutes

aryan

tapestry

uncommon

dorian

fabian

predestine

subsidize

forbidden

policeman

timberman

galleon

pavilion

myosin

logician

gaussian

irian

marian

niacin

uterine

korean

rhapsodic

ghanaian

plebeian

confession

conversion

creation

croatian

diffusion

dimension

excision

exemption

exertion

foundation

fruition

incursion

inflection

lutheran

menhaden

misshapen

occlusion

offsetting

prevention

tuition

upsetting

typesetting

intestine

upside-down

bitumen

bosnian

cinnamon

citizen

bulletin

rhapsody

wesleyan

jamaican

cyprian

lesbian

subsidy

awaken

anyone

elison

keynesian

uneven

relation

reversion

religion

revision

cremation

malaysian

ovation

immersion

inhuman

division

donation

inclusion

delusion

illusion

invention

conflation

elation

excursion

exhaustion

rhodopsin

rhapsodize

ingestion

spectrograph

acumen

alderman

depicted

lobbyists

subsidies

lopsided

cohesion

sophistry

affecting

libyan

explosion

beholden

benjamin

alien

bedouin

inversion

equation

samoan

deflation

syrian

exclusion

preclusion

avian

grobian

seclusion

nubian

protean

scythian

bouillon

bedizen

superman

baby-sit

medicine

skeleton

gravamen

reunion

unison

venison

indian

heavyset

apostle

freemason

forgotten

overdone

overrun

overman

midshipman

evasion

fisherman

singleton

regimen

inflation

apostles

apostate

affected

affective

clarendon

enlighten

deficits

in-person

spectacle

robustly

chilean

gillian

median

fenian

freudian

invasion

jovian

julian

malayan

nemean

odeon

reopen

simian

obfuscate

spectacles

phrygian

stygian

aegean

fijian

feminine

melanin

epistle

lobbyist

navigate

eleven

defective

effectors

effective

heavyweights

subacute

navigates

spectators

devastate

deposits

deficit

oboist

spectator

effector

episode

opposite

suffocate

episodes

opposites

revisits

spaghetti

heavyweight

revisit

deposit

4 syllable words

aspiration

habitation

obstructionist

restoration

aberration

deconstruction

laceration

reconstruction

extradition

arbitration

menstruation

transformation

obstructionists

consternation

substantially

substitution

cancellation

expiration

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

fabrication

registration

insurrection

admiration

alteration

annotation

desperation

fascination

gravitation

perspiration

respiration

resurrection

sanitation

ulceration

vacillation

contradiction

adoration

demonstration

orchestration

explication

contraception

obstetrician

concentration

consecration

constellation

constipation

constitution

illustration

agitation

exploration

malformation

malnutrition

ministration

transportation

aggravation

aggregation

estimation

interruption

consolation

disaffection

prostitution

tabulation

calibration

abdication

advocation

affectation

consummation

observation

maturation

saturation

adaptation

altercation

application

alternation

approbation

conservation

desecration

destitution

excitation

oxidation

restitution

palpitation

destination

inspiration

statistician

substitutions

introspection

transplantation

interjection

obstetricians

sequestration

connotation

exclamation

decimation

abolition

affirmation

allocation

avocation

explanation

introduction

declaration

contravention

circumspection

distribution

desiccation

desolation

contribution

hibernation

isolation

levitation

oscillation

recitation

valuation

consultation

fragmentation

liberation

calculation

contrarian

complication

installation

instigation

interdiction

rhetorician

institution

intervention

federation

reinspection

cogitation

reparation

generation

iteration

veneration

retribution

mortification

exposition

tamoxifen

expedition

apparition

execution

obfuscation

disinfection

embarkation

misperception

excavation

disconnection

preparation

ostentation

attribution

amputation

decoration

separation

abyssinian

admonition

ammunition

annexation

apprehension

carcinogen

celebration

combination

commutation

congregation

convocation

crucifixion

cultivation

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

devastation

distillation

eustachian

exhalation

glaciation

graduation

granulation

insulation

intermission

lubrication

molestation

obligation

obstetrical

penetration

permutation

persecution

predilection

prosecution

protestation

publication

recollection

refutation

replication

retrocession

segregation

strangulation

ventilation

indiscretion

appellation

conflagration

exploitation

allegation

confrontation

animation

coronation

infiltration

corp.

corporation

expectation

correlation

derivation

erudition

politician

reservation

revocation

dedication

limitation

medication

preservation

trepidation

detonation

diocesan

collocation

dissertation

usurpation

validation

provocation

visitation

dissipation

suffocation

irritation

recreation

jubilation

reformation

navigation

comprehension

nonprescription

exhumation

aviation

augmentation

dietitian

decompression

intersection

moderation

operation

surrogation

lancastrian

adulation

pagination

computation

confiscation

liquefaction

reproduction

spectacular

electrician

education

integration

perforation

implication

infestation

pedestrian

subluxation

substantiate

macedonian

coloration

radiation

reassertion

toleration

variation

competition

composition

deportation

dislocation

disposition

elocution

emulation

compilation

benediction

emigration

fermentation

invocation

revocations

speculation

subdivision

fibrillation

hypertension

intimation

intonation

invitation

ordination

requisition

retardation

duplication

population

culmination

immigration

indication

presentation

reclamation

regulation

recantation

vindication

algonquian

conversation

convolution

superstition

tribulation

relaxation

gargantuan

occupation

proclamation

agrarian

american

alabaman

custodian

implantation

dandelion

eritrean

dominican

estonian

contemplation

misconception

interurban

librarian

nestorian

wagnerian

impregnation

incrustation

obsidian

watermelon

algerian

demolition

appalachian

defamation

definition

deposition

devolution

gentlewoman

delegation

dilatation

galilean

emanation

fluoridation

elevation

evolution

liberian

legislation

dissolution

domination

germination

assyrian

intuition

litigation

californian

spectroscopy

hesitation

sophisticates

manumission

dehydration

imitation

irrigation

iberian

siberian

meditation

conjugation

mitigation

motivation

nomination

ibuprofen

mutilation

opposition

premonition

renovation

procreation

profanation

proposition

perturbation

propagation

resolution

revolution

revelation

termination

supposition

titillation

comparison

vegetation

apostrophe

capacitance

interwoven

inflammation

modulation

inclination

preconception

tetrahedron

importation

compensation

condemnation

dispensation

disputation

formulation

obstinacy

condensation

condescension

spectrometer

disinflation

subsidizes

exhortation

imperfection

pigmentation

inquisition

incantation

indexation

indentation

jurisdiction

segmentation

prohibition

violation

miseration

intercession

guatemalan

historian

imposition

accordion

greco-roman

moravian

designation

ovulation

stimulation

barbarian

stipulation

copernican

oppositions

suppositions

albanian

simulation

centurion

cotyledon

committeeman

deformation

demarcation

depositions

jordanian

circulation

confirmation

paraguayan

commendation

sectarian

pavlovian

predetermine

recognition

reputation

resignation

pagurian

oblivion

equitation

syndication

reexamine

tasmanian

spectrometry

syncopation

apostrophes

hydrocarbon

equestrian

bifurcation

evocation

divination

criterion

figuration

immolation

locomotion

gregorian

coloradan

iranian

jacobean

machination

valerian

melanesian

polynesian

repetition

capacity

missourian

repossession

maccabean

reposition

capacitor

interception

repercussion

floridian

relocation

european

incarnation

hyperion

imputation

diminution

disillusion

inhalation

innovation

readmission

realization

armageddon

noblewoman

adrenaline

republican

sophisticate

athenian

acclamation

accusation

acclimation

substantiates

coalition

leviathan

acquisition

inattention

corinthian

affectionate

backwardation

indonesian

information

inundation

lilliputian

activation

circumcision

exhibition

vaccination

nigerian

precondition

self-deception

samaritan

overburden

nicaraguan

elongation

capacities

nonpartisan

capacitors

aldebaran

gorgonian

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word abstraction

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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