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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

gumption

suction

emption

function

junction

diction

action

flexion

friction

faction

fiction

martian

fraction

auction

option

section

traction

ashen

caution

fashion

haitian

nation

passion

prussian

dustman

cauldron

ration

russian

station

grandson

dobson

garden

claxon

jackman

lockman

london

tubman

undone

marksman

bookman

damson

arson

hackman

parson

saxon

harden

onion

oxen

pardon

scullion

stockman

packman

sanction

runnion

huntsman

samson

squadron

bastion

caption

dungeon

dutchman

fashioned

flashgun

gentian

luncheon

portion

mention

tension

pension

margin

mansion

torsion

foxhound

common

delphian

doctrine

horseman

marchman

townsman

mason

markman

sodden

trodden

portman

summon

oarsman

sudden

spokesman

caisson

headsman

landman

basin

bason

checkmates

lampron

caxton

children

klansman

fasten

acquaint

accounts

bordman

jason

hasten

accent

baldwin

sexton

bison

chasten

hyson

asian

backhand

freshen

grecian

cajun

hessian

session

fission

dudgeon

mission

suasion

henchman

tungsten

locksmith

bludgeon

cushion

gudgeon

acton

airman

alban

alman

aspen

atman

bagman

banyan

bargain

barton

baston

bellman

billion

billman

boston

brakeman

bullion

canyon

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chapman

checkmate

chessman

classman

cordon

craftsman

crimson

dampen

darken

decant

desman

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

ensign

fireman

footman

foreman

gilden

goodman

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

houseman

ibsen

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

landsman

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lynden

m1

marlin

marten

martin

million

minden

minion

mormon

muslin

nascent

nekton

norman

outdone

passman

pectin

penman

pillion

pinion

pitman

ponton

pressman

scallion

selden

sharpen

shipman

shotgun

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

sportsman

stallion

stallman

stepson

stillion

sultan

tarpon

tartan

tendon

tillman

trillion

tuscan

vulcan

warden

whitson

woodman

woolman

workman

agent

ashamed

belgian

bismuth

drunken

faustian

brethren

freshman

bushman

christian

cushioned

engine

fortune

georgian

hangman

question

longan

sunken

watchman

shrunken

othman

amman

blacken

bollen

postman

auden

bacon

beckon

bisson

bobbin

bracken

capstan

brazen

button

magnets

brighten

broaden

chicken

canaan

christen

craven

deaden

dozen

fallen

frighten

gladden

cotton

cousin

dagan

dagon

famine

gammon

glidden

glisten

gotten

graven

haven

heighten

hidden

hymen

hyphen

kalan

laden

leaden

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

locken

lyden

lengthen

kismets

madden

maiden

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

pagan

pavon

pollan

pollen

quicken

raven

reckon

redden

ridden

riden

ripen

robin

person

rosin

sadden

rotten

strengthen

salesman

salmon

yachtsman

satan

shaken

siphon

siren

sicken

slacken

soften

straighten

sullen

syphon

taken

thicken

titan

triton

stricken

toughen

urson

homespun

tighten

waken

wiccan

whiten

seedsman

seconds

widen

woman

statesman

wizen

scotsman

women

wooden

worsen

agents

penguin

plankton

notion

legion

heathen

lesion

lotion

pathan

accents

ocean

vision

motion

pigeon

region

discounts

guardsman

kitchen

viscounts

potion

quicksands

mahone

account

apron

ascend

ascent

assent

assumed

austin

boatman

bolden

bookend

calvin

canton

captain

chaplain

chevron

citron

clinton

copeman

corban

dalton

decent

falcon

faulcon

fibrin

fielden

fountain

freedman

gascon

gorgon

matron

golden

kansan

kelvin

lisbon

lopeman

melton

mignon

milken

morgan

mountain

newsman

olden

organ

orphan

outrun

panton

patron

piston

plantain

recent

saffron

santon

second

sequin

shearman

shorten

silken

soldan

sylvan

teston

union

vacant

wanton

wizened

dian

ion

lion

zion

churchman

scion

mayan

coachman

jacinth

legend

mangan

pageant

rincon

rayon

regent

ascends

sequent

bookends

magnates

quicksand

recounts

pageants

alan

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

begun

bellon

billon

bitten

boughten

bowman

breton

briton

broken

cannon

canon

cheapen

cretin

crewman

cumin

daman

deacon

dromon

eaten

eden

fatten

burden

burdon

cabin

burman

cayman

charon

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dragon

driven

elan

ermine

felon

freeman

legends

mismatched

firman

flatten

floren

disjoint

foreign

gallon

garron

german

gibbon

given

griffon

happen

hausen

heaven

heron

human

jetton

kitten

lagan

latin

layman

leaven

leman

leven

linen

loosen

loren

lumen

marron

melon

mitten

ninon

odin

often

omen

patten

perron

platen

platten

poison

prison

pullen

reason

rerun

resin

ribbon

risen

riven

roman

rumen

satin

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

seven

shaman

showman

smitten

spoken

steven

stiffen

striven

sweeten

talon

tappen

threaten

token

toman

treason

vegan

yaupon

zaman

weaken

weapon

written

villain

wagon

warren

wheaten

woolen

yeoman

zircon

regents

burgeon

earthen

fusion

persian

surgeon

sturgeon

urchin

version

trojan

besant

chieftain

descend

descent

dissent

docent

doughnuts

kismet

loosened

magnate

magnet

molten

piquant

peasant

recant

pheasant

recount

resend

resent

resound

thousand

cowan

cogent

gowan

paean

mismatch

peon

urine

descends

descents

discount

dissents

docents

miscount

ignites

peasants

pheasants

rescinds

resents

thousands

viscount

blowgun

bourbon

brogan

burton

certain

chosen

colon

crouton

cuban

curtain

frozen

gluten

hogan

open

proven

hoten

hoven

logan

rosen

turban

thousandth

woven

shogun

slogan

solon

stolen

swollen

urban

thousandths

disowned

ignite

lignite

lucent

rescind

signet

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

doughnut

vignette

vignettes

3 syllable words

predation

sedation

summation

expulsion

consumption

compulsion

concoction

completion

compression

compunction

prostration

declension

assumption

conflation

convulsion

frustration

ablation

accretion

accession

asuncion

concussion

carnation

crustacean

emulsion

dalmatian

damnation

fixation

formation

foundation

lactation

submission

propulsion

starvation

succession

optation

dictation

secretion

taxation

temptation

occasion

conjunction

commission

negation

extortion

extinction

extension

prescription

excretion

expansion

expression

truncation

confection

contention

filtration

exception

impression

sequential

conviction

convection

convention

contrition

suspension

conception

dominion

transmission

affliction

presumption

translation

combustion

castration

uncommon

disruption

inflation

resumption

abortion

abrasion

admission

affection

aggression

alsatian

apportion

ascension

assassin

attention

attrition

collection

compassion

concession

condition

confession

congestion

connection

connexion

conscription

constriction

contagion

deflation

dimension

discussion

equation

extraction

gestation

hydration

impassion

injunction

jamaican

libration

migration

objection

obsession

oppression

oxygen

patrician

plantation

progression

proportion

protection

ramadan

regression

revulsion

salvation

selection

sensation

stagnation

subscription

suppression

suspicion

tactician

technician

vibration

addition

audition

suggestion

acantha

caucasian

muskmelon

cessation

transgression

causation

assertion

infarction

encryption

emblazon

projection

cetacean

complexion

dilation

commotion

abstention

absorption

cremation

citation

duration

edition

elation

emission

gradation

ligation

malaysian

oration

description

gyration

narration

percussion

location

petition

position

possession

privation

procession

profession

promotion

octillion

phoenician

physician

tradition

vacation

venetian

vocation

invention

pavilion

recommits

capsaicin

battalion

contortion

civilian

magician

attraction

confucian

abandon

brazilian

discretion

excursion

inception

distinction

alaskan

guncotton

unbutton

opinion

acquaintance

ingestion

inscription

transcription

ablution

jacobin

feminine

addiction

adoption

ambition

artesian

aspersion

cartesian

cistercian

cognition

conversion

deception

dentition

depletion

depression

detention

digression

venison

dissension

eruption

excision

exertion

hydrogen

ignition

inaction

insertion

invasion

menhaden

misshapen

awaken

nitrogen

occlusion

optician

partition

production

reception

reduction

toboggan

nevadan

rendition

submersion

subversion

guardian

collagen

freemason

medicine

extrusion

badminton

aleutian

aversion

subtraction

corruption

deletion

accountant

collegian

collision

desertion

donation

emotion

proscription

nebraskan

companion

evasion

masculine

margarine

egyptian

flotation

mutation

imagine

origin

ovation

parthian

contraction

flirtation

contraption

halogen

lecithin

notation

omission

pollution

probation

provision

reptilian

permission

precaution

quotation

remission

secondhand

etruscan

recession

relation

rotation

secession

exclusion

sedition

solution

exemption

explosion

conclusion

confusion

malayan

diffraction

implosion

hawaiian

singleton

ghanaian

myosin

exaction

intention

misprision

distortion

redemption

niacin

backgammon

in-person

magdalen

partisan

rebellion

italian

medallion

artisan

cambrian

porcelain

vermilion

forbidden

hackmatack

charlatan

discipline

mistaken

unwritten

rhodopsin

acumen

cardigan

chairperson

genuine

unburden

uncertain

deduction

dispersion

dissection

contusion

essential

incision

norwegian

persuasion

preclusion

profusion

preemption

inversion

australian

creation

croatian

accountants

repression

seduction

horatian

seclusion

andean

bosnian

bedizen

infraction

transfusion

campion

catalan

distraction

adsorption

champion

citizen

denizen

determine

elison

fustian

gordian

puritan

skeleton

indian

javelin

jettison

keratin

lanolin

mandarin

recommit

suburban

uneven

unison

zambian

division

bandwagon

downtrodden

adhesion

communion

snapdragon

allusion

correction

reaction

ambrosian

precession

recision

intestine

collusion

diversion

arkansan

digestion

devotion

ascendant

dilution

decision

ascendance

direction

reversion

immersion

rescission

religion

aryan

biotin

cation

conduction

exhaustion

simian

induction

samoan

abduction

essentials

infusion

inclusion

intrusion

pentathlon

tamarin

misfortune

plebeian

saccharin

everyone

pegmatite

chamberlain

enlighten

enliven

misconduct

logician

lumberman

policeman

bedridden

predestine

recondite

sumatran

heartbroken

defection

prediction

coercion

stygian

perfection

phrygian

anchorman

destruction

election

ascending

detection

diffusion

erection

depiction

laotian

resection

scythian

incursion

aegean

laurentian

eviction

decimate

eleven

ejection

albion

cyprian

rejection

ferryman

bitumen

countryman

descendant

anyone

bulletin

descendent

forgotten

hammerman

lesbian

imprison

kantian

scorpion

waterman

acquainted

handwoven

nonunion

thespian

wesleyan

resentments

embolden

construction

deflection

delusion

erosion

fisherman

illusion

infection

instruction

nonhuman

obstruction

passionate

perversion

reagent

reflection

retraction

transaction

secondly

appian

arian

bedouin

chilean

clarion

cocoanuts

freudian

rifleman

carrion

dorian

galleon

cohesion

gillian

raconteur

backwoodsman

chairwoman

horizon

forewoman

moroccan

alderman

injection

abdomen

permian

magnetite

nobleman

veteran

talisman

korean

marian

nemean

syrian

timberman

libyan

median

descendents

odeon

vaccinate

descendants

orion

tuition

irishman

reagents

transition

prevention

pretension

signatures

restriction

retention

beholden

descending

perception

fruition

inspection

mismatches

infliction

inflection

adrian

gentleman

harlequin

asunder

dignity

fascinate

overdone

overman

quiescent

silicon

specimen

superman

vatican

ottoman

peterman

albumin

crestfallen

discounters

cinnamon

garrison

gravamen

masonite

disunion

halcyon

councilman

overrun

solomon

pelican

vitamin

clergyman

inhuman

midshipman

signature

munition

musician

precision

volition

hyacinth

regimen

abstraction

resentment

african

fascinates

charwoman

cognitive

congressman

avian

mishandles

alien

ignited

mexican

fabian

corsican

foramen

discounter

perfusion

gaussian

grobian

heroin

heroine

irian

jovian

julian

nubian

protean

uterine

agendas

englishman

corrosion

fijian

benjamin

lutheran

nutrition

derision

parisian

hyacinths

franciscan

accented

magnitudes

unbroken

keynesian

beethoven

eccentric

anglican

rejoinder

backhanded

accenting

revision

agenda

mishandle

austrian

dogmatic

magnitude

rekindle

sigmoidal

recently

eccentrics

macintosh

mackintosh

pageantry

reopen

housebroken

magnetron

outspoken

resentful

saleswoman

fenian

disjointed

misanthrope

reunion

bouillon

discontent

dissenter

melanin

discontents

byzantine

clarendon

dissenters

peasantry

dissenting

huguenot

reignite

huguenots

magnetics

cosmetics

cosmetic

gigantic

magnetic

osmotic

4 syllable words

exclamation

explanation

fluctuation

modulation

calculation

compensation

complication

computation

expedition

gastrulation

inclination

inflammation

installation

segmentation

formulation

imputation

fragmentation

incarnation

pigmentation

vaccinations

abrogation

approbation

cultivation

machinations

palpitation

regulation

strangulation

intonation

stimulation

stipulation

backwardation

emulation

estimation

excitation

insulation

intimation

reputation

retardation

segregation

simulation

tabulation

ventilation

aggravation

aggregation

cancellation

distillation

circulation

consolation

consummation

depravation

deprivation

destination

emigration

ordination

granulation

immigration

obligation

population

publication

recantation

tribulation

animation

annotation

allegation

appellation

coronation

correlation

decimation

defamation

delegation

dilatation

divination

conjugation

derivation

desolation

detonation

elevation

fascination

germination

habitation

isolation

innovation

irrigation

limitation

inhalation

hesitation

litigation

meditation

syncopation

navigation

profanation

recitation

renovation

revelation

sanitation

termination

trepidation

vacillation

extradition

expectation

violation

incrustation

sequestration

consultation

constipation

condemnation

constellation

incantation

obfuscation

adulation

exposition

confiscation

exploration

agitation

vegetation

pagination

augmentation

amputation

condensation

decompression

dispensation

liquefaction

embarkation

instigation

integration

mortification

punctuation

acquisition

adaptation

admonition

calibration

celebration

competition

composition

designation

devastation

penetration

presentation

requisition

resignation

congregation

exhibition

fibrillation

fermentation

ovulation

invitation

demarcation

accordion

expiration

recollection

dissipation

motivation

mutilation

recreation

reformation

premonition

affirmation

diminution

proposition

mitigation

realization

ulceration

fumigation

himalayan

jubilation

diocesan

appalachian

admiration

declaration

demolition

erudition

irritation

levitation

opposition

politician

rumination

supposition

titillation

visitation

concentration

conflagration

confrontation

contemplation

demonstration

orchestration

distribution

exploitation

introduction

legislation

self-deception

arbitration

indignation

cogitation

inquisition

infestation

operation

indentation

coloration

disputation

condescension

toleration

exhortation

disconnection

illustration

importation

malformation

moderation

surrogation

ministration

decoration

menstruation

leviathan

armageddon

retribution

transportation

substitution

affectation

absolution

alternation

altercation

cyclopean

ammunition

annexation

conversation

conservation

benediction

convolution

deportation

desecration

disaffection

situation

destitution

disposition

imposition

deformation

information

inspiration

interruption

observation

precondition

masturbation

lilliputian

obsidian

inundation

predilection

recognition

incubation

refutation

prostitution

introspection

abolition

allocation

alteration

aspiration

avocation

circumspection

collocation

comedian

contraception

contradiction

contribution

corp.

corporation

dedication

definition

dehydration

deposition

desiccation

desperation

devolution

dissertation

dissolution

elongation

evolution

figuration

hibernation

implantation

impregnation

infiltration

inhibition

jacobean

locomotion

maccabean

medication

melanesian

misconception

polynesian

preservation

procreation

provocation

repetition

repossession

reservation

resolution

respiration

restoration

revocation

revolution

suffocation

valuation

reassertion

circumvention

subluxation

dietitian

preparation

reparation

education

tamoxifen

generation

crocodilian

disinflation

separation

transformation

miseration

reproduction

adoration

institution

iteration

jurisdiction

consecration

consternation

constitution

accountable

federation

comparison

laceration

exhumation

liberation

satisfaction

ideation

aberration

variation

veneration

preconception

transplantation

sectarian

confirmation

pagurian

abdication

circumcision

custodian

maturation

saturation

advocation

application

convocation

dandelion

dereliction

duplication

inattention

intermission

invocation

permutation

relaxation

agrarian

retrocession

cotyledon

indication

restitution

vindication

graduation

oblivion

replication

samaritan

statistician

victorian

fabrication

bifurcation

gravitation

intuition

manumission

hungarian

perspiration

usurpation

obstetrician

readmission

perturbation

nonpartisan

reposition

contravention

assyrian

bavarian

comprehension

collodion

european

floridian

galilean

gregorian

iranian

mammalian

missourian

ostentation

planarian

implication

reawaken

electrician

octahedron

indexation

misperception

interception

intervention

valerian

aviation

foliation

shakespearean

dogmatism

coalition

deviation

mediation

perforation

prohibition

radiation

registration

macedonian

dislocation

prosecution

protestation

glaciation

abnegation

persecution

darwinian

fecundity

jordanian

nicaraguan

paraguayan

penicillin

secondary

watermelon

amphibian

barbarian

minnesotan

tasmanian

syndication

centurion

algonquian

elocution

lubrication

molestation

equestrian

nonprescription

californian

extrication

explication

discountable

rhododendron

arabian

relocation

coloradan

preignition

fallopian

canadian

repercussion

chameleon

execution

disillusion

napoleon

arthurian

evocation

sicilian

simonian

tetrahedron

accountancy

apprehension

indigestion

pedestrian

acquaintances

adrenaline

magnetism

hemoglobin

contrarian

apparition

interaction

indonesian

carcinogen

indecision

meridian

intercession

athenian

rhetorician

nigerian

polyhedron

subdivision

pelagian

eritrean

aldebaran

hydrocarbon

alabaman

albanian

columbian

dignitary

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Words that rhyme with the word accommodation

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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