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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

suction

emption

gumption

function

huntsman

jetson

junction

sportsman

guardsman

action

auction

fraction

section

torsion

traction

portion

brethren

fiction

flexion

friction

diction

faction

gentian

tension

martian

mention

pension

bordman

doctrine

dustman

grandson

secrets

portman

regrets

scotsman

lengthen

recruits

strengthen

sexton

delphian

caxton

headsman

yachtsman

ashen

station

russian

prussian

session

fashion

freshen

nation

caution

haitian

ration

pathan

passion

hessian

henchman

tungsten

cordon

ensign

garden

headman

harden

hetman

craftsman

marten

pectin

regret

runnion

muskrats

acton

arson

atman

barton

carton

claxon

harten

hearten

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kenyan

london

martin

melton

nekton

oxen

pardon

parson

onion

saxon

tartan

shorten

shotgun

teston

draftsman

warden

smarten

undone

stepson

landsman

scullion

spartan

sultan

whitson

sanction

belgian

caption

engine

flashgun

dungeon

dutchman

option

fortune

freshman

georgian

question

luncheon

bastion

mansion

margin

baldwin

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

capstan

cauldron

chasten

cotton

bison

button

caisson

children

breton

deaden

fasten

fatten

flatten

gladden

gotten

hasten

horseman

hyson

jason

jetton

landman

latin

leaden

ledden

lessen

lesson

madden

mason

migrates

muskrat

mutton

oarsman

patten

platen

platten

redden

rotten

sadden

satin

statesman

sudden

threaten

penguin

fission

bludgeon

plankton

asian

cajun

cushion

dudgeon

earthen

suasion

grecian

mission

gudgeon

marksman

acrid

airman

aspen

asserts

austin

banyan

bargain

baston

bellman

billion

boston

canton

canyon

captain

bookman

bullion

carbon

carman

carmine

chairman

chessman

chevron

citron

classman

clinton

corban

dalton

damson

darken

desman

dobson

fibrin

fireman

footman

foreman

goodman

fountain

gilden

gorgon

hackman

harken

hempen

ibsen

jackman

jargon

kelvin

kremlin

lightman

linden

lockman

lynden

m1

marlin

matron

minden

million

minion

morgan

mormon

mountain

muslin

norman

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

packman

panton

passman

patron

penman

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

ponton

pressman

recruit

saffron

samson

santon

scallion

secret

selden

sharpen

sovereign

sovran

spearman

squadron

stallion

stillion

stockman

tarpon

tendon

trillion

tubman

tuscan

vulcan

wanton

woodman

bushman

begrudge

christian

drunken

faustian

shrunken

sunken

records

spokesman

seedsman

townsman

accords

backwards

degrades

markman

exerts

klansman

postman

lampron

marchman

auden

bacon

baron

barren

bayman

beckon

bellon

bisson

bitten

blacken

boughten

bracken

brazen

brighten

briton

broaden

burden

burdon

burton

canaan

cayman

certain

charon

chicken

christen

cousin

craven

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

devon

dozen

felon

floren

foreign

frighten

garron

glidden

glisten

graven

haven

heaven

heighten

heron

hidden

hymen

hyphen

kalan

kitten

laden

layman

leaven

lemon

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

satan

seven

shaken

resin

ridden

riden

ripen

shaman

smitten

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

sodden

straighten

stricken

triton

trodden

urson

vegan

sullen

summon

syphon

taken

thicken

tighten

titan

toughen

waken

marron

deafen

locken

loren

lyden

maiden

melon

mitten

moisten

muffin

mullen

oven

pagan

perron

person

quicken

raven

reckon

warren

weapon

whiten

wiccan

wizen

wooden

widen

worsen

written

zaman

pigeon

version

ocean

notion

urchin

heathen

potion

motion

mahone

persian

kitchen

legion

lesion

lotion

sturgeon

surgeon

burgeon

region

vision

crimson

bagman

billman

escorts

accord

alban

alman

chaplain

boatman

chapman

desserts

bolden

calvin

deserts

dolphin

apron

brakeman

buzzards

chieftain

dampen

egret

degrade

dolman

falcon

faulcon

fielden

freedman

gascon

golden

houseman

jasmine

kansan

kirkman

lineman

linemen

lisbon

mignon

migrate

milken

molten

olden

sacred

secrete

sequin

shearman

shipman

soldan

stallman

sylvan

tillman

record

silken

union

workman

woolman

assured

ion

longan

rayon

zion

mangan

othman

rincon

mayan

watchman

dian

lion

scion

hangman

discreet

excretes

discrete

homespun

passwords

resorts

salesman

alan

amman

assert

beacon

beaten

begun

billon

bobbin

bollen

bourbon

broken

burman

buzzard

cabin

cannon

canon

cheapen

checkered

common

cretin

crouton

deacon

deepen

demon

dragon

driven

eaten

eden

elan

ermine

fallen

famine

firman

freeman

gallon

gammon

german

gibbon

given

gluten

griffon

happen

hausen

hoten

lagan

leman

leven

linen

loosen

ninon

odin

often

pavon

poison

pollan

pollen

prison

pullen

reason

rerun

ribbon

risen

riven

robin

rosin

salmon

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

soften

spoken

steven

stiffen

striven

sweeten

talon

tappen

thousand

token

treason

turban

urban

villain

wagon

weaken

wheaten

woman

women

woolen

yaupon

zircon

discards

excrete

exhorts

fusion

trojan

assort

awkward

backward

degreed

copeman

hazards

laggards

lizards

lopeman

misread

newsman

picard

whiskered

wizards

escort

dockyard

churchman

coachman

cowan

gowan

discord

regards

peon

discard

paean

urine

blowgun

bowman

brogan

chosen

colon

crewman

cuban

cumin

desert

dessert

dromon

frozen

gizzard

haggard

hazard

hogan

hoven

human

izard

izzard

laggard

lizard

logan

lumen

niggard

omen

open

proven

roman

rosen

rumen

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

stolen

sugared

swollen

toman

wizard

woven

yeoman

measured

exert

figured

go-cart

negroid

password

regard

resort

exhort

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

bogart

3 syllable words

accredit

declension

conduction

crustacean

conjunction

dictation

suppression

secretion

gestation

production

discredits

temptation

lactation

oppression

progression

reduction

regression

succession

aggression

accretion

accession

sedation

predation

prescription

expulsion

consumption

abduction

assumption

compression

confection

compulsion

conception

conflation

contention

convulsion

discretion

exception

convection

convention

disruption

frustration

induction

secretions

suspension

compunction

addiction

adoption

asuncion

concussion

condition

confession

contagion

deduction

depression

objection

affection

connection

connexion

erection

subscription

medicine

conscription

injunction

migration

vibration

abrasion

ascension

carnation

collection

concession

digression

fixation

formation

foundation

hydration

laurentian

libration

optation

plantation

propulsion

sensation

seduction

selection

taxation

ablation

compassion

obsession

starvation

addition

adhesion

adsorption

cessation

cetacean

citation

complexion

contraction

contraption

description

discredit

discretions

duration

edition

encryption

exemption

expansion

expression

extension

flirtation

gradation

gyration

lecithin

narration

negation

occasion

oration

possession

procession

profession

projection

subtraction

summation

tradition

truncation

affliction

castration

combustion

completion

contrition

conviction

deflection

diffraction

filtration

impression

inception

infection

inflation

invention

prostration

magician

migrations

presumption

reflection

redemption

resumption

unwritten

charlatan

medallion

unbutton

translation

constriction

extraction

inscription

transcription

alsatian

artesian

attention

discussion

dissection

dissension

election

emulsion

equation

eruption

hydrogen

impassion

revulsion

salvation

stagnation

assassin

keratin

injection

skeleton

repression

congestion

puritan

venison

backwoodsman

admission

recruitment

cartesian

dalmatian

dentition

dimension

damnation

deception

defection

deflation

cistercian

nitrogen

oxygen

partition

protection

suspicion

reception

rendition

submission

tactician

technician

companion

muskmelon

excretion

emblazon

nebraskan

suggestion

abstention

distraction

extortion

ejection

inflection

infraction

proscription

transgression

accordance

egyptian

rejection

etruscan

intestine

octillion

inspection

assertion

commission

causation

audition

caucasian

correction

direction

elation

dilation

ligation

location

malaysian

notation

origin

petition

phoenician

physician

privation

quotation

vacation

venetian

vocation

secession

percussion

corruption

flotation

position

rotation

mutation

recession

sedition

alaskan

bedridden

chairperson

pavilion

abstraction

horatian

guncotton

mistaken

artisan

opinion

partisan

brazilian

capsaicin

civilian

magdalen

decorative

dominion

porcelain

rebellion

unburden

exaction

concoction

confucian

contortion

attraction

intention

pentathlon

retraction

ablution

abortion

ignition

apportion

inaction

insertion

invasion

irishman

misshapen

norwegian

nutrition

occlusion

optician

patrician

perception

pretension

persuasion

proportion

resection

perfection

preemption

prevention

retention

ingestion

assertions

attrition

contusion

depletion

detection

detention

excision

exertion

guardian

elison

gordian

jacobin

jamaican

congressman

nevadan

jettison

absorption

specimen

explosion

awaken

denizen

extrusion

extinction

determine

fustian

garrison

exclusion

collegian

collision

emission

evasion

ovation

parthian

provision

badminton

commotion

aleutian

aversion

cremation

deletion

desertion

donation

relation

margarine

solution

countryman

gentleman

masculine

halogen

pollution

precaution

probation

precession

promotion

councilman

digestion

biotin

ghanaian

hawaiian

malayan

distortion

myosin

confusion

niacin

conclusion

veteran

exertions

midshipman

singleton

cation

exhaustion

misprision

lucrative

degraded

enliven

creation

croatian

enlighten

discipline

backgammon

abandon

battalion

acumen

everyone

australian

forbidden

policeman

predestine

genuine

rhodopsin

secretive

uncertain

rifleman

assortment

infarction

according

transfusion

aspersion

degrading

desertions

conversion

incision

incursion

menhaden

profusion

recording

seclusion

preclusion

submersion

subversion

bandwagon

crestfallen

handwoven

downtrodden

imprison

ottoman

andean

anyone

ascertain

ferryman

catalan

cyprian

freemason

regretful

lesbian

uneven

mandarin

suburban

reptilian

cigarettes

bedizen

eleven

accurate

collagen

forgotten

gravamen

solomon

snapdragon

ramadan

unison

vitamin

waterman

unbroken

englishman

indian

javelin

thespian

toboggan

citizen

scorpion

bulletin

cinnamon

kantian

wesleyan

distinction

lanolin

collusion

decision

perversion

permission

reaction

recision

inclusion

asserting

devotion

allusion

dilution

excursion

diversion

division

implosion

infusion

emotion

inhuman

immersion

intrusion

erosion

rescission

imagine

reversion

religion

charwoman

forewoman

in-person

aryan

bedouin

cambrian

arian

carrion

alderman

clarion

dorian

italian

abdomen

foramen

plebeian

chairwoman

horizon

irian

korean

orion

saccharin

austrian

heartbroken

cardigan

logician

syrian

lumberman

sumatran

nobleman

discordant

marian

recreates

recruiters

uncommon

aegean

anchorman

beholden

coercion

depiction

destruction

diffusion

eviction

dispersion

inversion

laotian

phrygian

prediction

scythian

stygian

assertive

peterman

housebroken

bitumen

champion

adrian

campion

albion

beethoven

bosnian

hammerman

overdone

albumin

zambian

construction

arkansan

recruiter

communion

instruction

recreate

ziggurats

embolden

obstruction

ambrosian

illusion

transaction

delusion

misfortune

recordings

appian

secretly

macartney

chilean

galleon

clarendon

median

tamarin

uterine

cohesion

freudian

perfusion

cigarette

heroin

odeon

samoan

timberman

decorate

gillian

heroine

libyan

permian

protean

simian

tuition

cognition

benjamin

ambition

restriction

disheartened

regarding

infliction

transition

corrosion

fruition

disunion

harlequin

nonunion

outspoken

asserted

deserters

recorder

masquerade

pelican

silicon

overman

nonhuman

halcyon

niggardly

superman

baccarat

vatican

transmission

musician

munition

clergyman

fisherman

omission

precision

remission

regimen

volition

assorted

alien

avian

julian

lacerate

deserter

african

jovian

nubian

ziggurat

corsican

recorders

vermilion

mexican

fabian

gaussian

grobian

moroccan

talisman

figurehead

fijian

derision

franciscan

lutheran

parisian

saleswoman

anglican

acquired

deserted

disorder

feminine

keynesian

melanin

overrun

revision

disordered

disorders

chamberlain

loggerheads

fenian

reassert

nemean

reopen

reasserts

bighearted

reunion

bouillon

loggerhead

wizardry

newsworthy

4 syllable words

exclamation

expectation

explanation

vegetation

incrustation

amputation

augmentation

computation

excavation

formulation

imputation

infestation

ostentation

indentation

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

affectation

aggregation

approbation

accusation

activation

aggravation

commutation

culmination

excitation

indication

occupation

liquidation

oxidation

palpitation

penetration

proclamation

recantation

reclamation

reputation

speculation

vaccination

vindication

annotation

connotation

coronation

correlation

decimation

defamation

delegation

derivation

desolation

detonation

emanation

habitation

revelation

sanitation

dilatation

fluoridation

levitation

elevation

imitation

renovation

machination

irrigation

irritation

fluctuation

exploitation

impregnation

introduction

agitation

adrenaline

comparison

orchestration

sequestration

arbitration

calculation

constipation

condemnation

condensation

constellation

gastrulation

inclination

exhumation

inflammation

installation

mortification

reproduction

abnegation

strangulation

backwardation

cancellation

celebration

circulation

combination

compilation

consolation

consummation

cultivation

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

designation

destination

distillation

emigration

estimation

fibrillation

emulation

granulation

insulation

intimation

intonation

invitation

molestation

obligation

population

predilection

protestation

publication

regulation

resignation

segregation

simulation

stimulation

ventilation

stipulation

congregation

tabulation

tribulation

oscillation

syncopation

dissertation

fascination

gravitation

erudition

germination

domination

divination

allegation

innovation

admiration

animation

appellation

declaration

immolation

inhalation

isolation

limitation

legislation

litigation

navigation

nomination

transplantation

profanation

vacillation

propagation

repetition

trepidation

ulceration

validation

visitation

recreation

termination

conflagration

contradiction

extradition

self-deception

adoration

decoration

implantation

coloration

federation

concentration

violation

demonstration

surrogation

compensation

dispensation

incantation

integration

confiscation

disinflation

exhortation

expedition

illustration

crocodilian

constitution

degradations

exposition

condescension

disputation

indignation

liquefaction

punctuation

substitution

pagination

obfuscation

transportation

cogitation

adulation

modulation

ministration

desecration

agrarian

expiration

exhibition

acquisition

samaritan

destitution

admonition

benediction

calibration

commendation

competition

inundation

interruption

immigration

ovulation

permutation

prostitution

refutation

requisition

evolution

resolution

realization

devolution

ageratum

affirmation

alteration

aspiration

appalachian

bifurcation

corp.

corporation

decorations

definition

demolition

deposition

desperation

conjugation

dissipation

procreation

equestrian

mutilation

premonition

preservation

inhibition

figuration

hibernation

jubilation

motivation

politician

reformation

reservation

melanesian

respiration

resurrection

restoration

revolution

discredited

supposition

assemblyman

contemplation

distribution

exhortations

obstetrician

contribution

aberration

attribution

consecration

dietitian

exploration

generation

ideation

importation

incarnation

inquisition

instigation

institution

laceration

leviathan

liberation

miseration

moderation

operation

pedestrian

preparation

radiation

reparation

retribution

separation

toleration

variation

veneration

devastation

disposition

lilliputian

subdivision

accordion

committeeman

cyclopean

dandelion

librarian

maturation

obsidian

deportation

ageratums

dereliction

saturation

registration

restitution

statistician

secretary

absolution

ammunition

carcinogen

composition

conservation

fermentation

hypertension

annexation

confirmation

conversation

imposition

inattention

information

incubation

recognition

recollection

observation

sectarian

inspiration

situation

alternation

convolution

insurrection

masturbation

retardation

presentation

dehydration

european

floridian

himalayan

jacobean

lacerations

arthurian

revocation

hungarian

dissolution

allocation

avocation

collocation

abolition

desiccation

opposition

perturbation

proposition

provocation

suffocation

usurpation

bavarian

locomotion

valuation

diminution

maccabean

repossession

planarian

legerdemain

consultation

apparition

misperception

pigmentation

education

preconception

reassertion

embarkation

consternation

segmentation

perforation

rhetorician

contrarian

accordions

jurisdiction

decompression

fragmentation

iteration

intersection

intervention

malformation

imperfection

octahedron

macedonian

interception

menstruation

satisfaction

subluxation

mediation

transformation

securities

application

fabrication

indonesian

indecision

interjection

abdication

advocation

convocation

demarcation

relaxation

deformation

disaffection

replication

invocation

duplication

precondition

superstition

graduation

gentlewoman

security

predetermine

aldebaran

wagnerian

circumspection

alabaman

eritrean

confrontation

indiscretion

barbarian

elongation

misconception

custodian

paraguayan

penicillin

jordanian

oblivion

comprehension

arabian

galilean

reawaken

reposition

preelection

reelection

mitigation

nonprescription

perspiration

readmission

comedian

titillation

collodion

diocesan

circumvention

disconnection

disinfection

introspection

complication

electrician

reinspection

secretaries

indexation

implication

republican

tetrahedron

altercation

circumcision

elocution

retrocession

aviation

dislocation

interaction

intercession

lubrication

meridian

intermission

syndication

coalition

persecution

apprehension

foliation

deviation

prohibition

prosecution

logarithm

darwinian

businesswoman

contraception

accurately

infiltration

nonpartisan

gorgonian

explication

nicaraguan

watermelon

figurative

rhododendron

guatemalan

glaciation

extrication

fumigation

repercussion

intuition

relocation

disillusion

logarithms

preignition

pejorative

rumination

evocation

armageddon

assyrian

execution

lancastrian

misbegotten

tamoxifen

canadian

decorators

fallopian

coloradan

interdiction

malnutrition

gregorian

iranian

mammalian

noblewoman

missourian

napoleon

sicilian

valerian

athenian

majority

nigerian

pelagian

indigestion

decorator

pavlovian

columbian

californian

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5 syllable words

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word accreditation

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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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