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

auction

flashgun

hangman

lasting

section

suction

bastion

caption

casting

flexion

mangan

mansion

craftsman

extant

fashion

draftsman

ashen

earthen

mahone

passion

ration

sanction

dustman

grandson

klansman

lampron

landman

lengthen

marchman

markman

portman

strengthen

airman

alban

apron

arson

bargain

bellman

bookman

carbon

carman

carmine

chairman

chessman

chevron

chieftain

clinton

corban

cordon

custom

darken

desman

destin

dictum

dobson

dolman

dolphin

ensign

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

foreman

garden

gorgon

harden

fastened

harken

castings

houseman

hetman

heightens

headman

jargon

hempen

jetson

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

lightens

lightman

lineman

linemen

london

m1

marlin

matron

minden

molten

morgan

muslin

mormon

norman

sections

octane

onion

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

pardon

parson

pastime

patron

penman

piston

pressman

ragtime

runnion

scullion

selden

sequin

shakedown

sharpen

shotgun

auctions

tungsten

sovereign

sovran

squadron

bastions

stallman

stepson

tarpon

tendon

tightens

tubman

tuscan

undone

victim

vulcan

warden

asthma

auden

basin

bayman

beacon

beaten

bellon

bison

bitten

bobbin

bollen

bourbon

brazen

briton

broaden

broken

burden

burdon

burman

caisson

canaan

cayman

charon

chasten

chicken

common

cousin

craven

cretin

crouton

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

eaten

ermine

fallen

felon

firman

floren

foreign

german

gluten

graven

hasten

hausen

haven

heaven

heron

hoten

hymen

hyphen

hyson

jason

kalan

kitten

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

liman

liven

loren

lyden

maiden

marron

mason

melon

mitten

muffin

mullen

often

oven

pagan

pavon

perron

person

pollan

pollen

quicken

raven

redden

resin

riden

ripen

robin

rosin

sermon

seton

seven

shaman

sicken

siphon

siren

smitten

sodden

soften

spoken

stricken

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

syphon

thicken

thousand

token

toughen

trodden

turban

urban

urson

vegan

warren

weaken

weapon

wheaten

wiccan

widen

wizen

worsen

written

yaupon

zaman

costing

drunken

basting

belgian

diction

dungeon

dutchman

function

engine

huntsman

faustian

fiction

fortune

freshman

friction

option

othman

ousting

pension

portion

shrunken

sunken

tasting

question

resting

tension

testing

torsion

vesting

junction

brethren

georgian

marksman

churchman

gentian

longan

luncheon

mention

sportsman

margin

landsman

martian

mustang

wasting

watchman

asian

astound

baldwin

bludgeon

bordman

burgeon

cajun

cauldron

caution

cowan

customs

delphian

dian

distance

distant

dudgeon

fighting

freshen

gowan

gudgeon

haitian

headsman

hessian

horseman

ion

lighting

lion

mayan

nation

oarsman

pastimes

persian

pistons

postman

prussian

rayon

russian

salesman

scion

scotsman

session

shakedowns

sighting

spokesman

statesman

station

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

townsman

urchin

urine

version

victims

yachting

yachtsman

zion

fictions

emption

henchman

penguin

questions

mustangs

gumption

tastings

billion

billman

boatman

bolden

bullion

chastened

chestnut

citron

copeman

crimson

dukedom

eyestone

festoon

fielden

footman

freedman

gilden

golden

goodman

hastens

ibsen

linden

lisbon

lopeman

lynden

mignon

milken

million

minion

newsman

nighttime

olden

pillion

pinion

pitman

shearman

shipman

silken

soldan

spearman

stillion

sustain

sylvan

system

tillman

trillion

union

whitson

woodman

woolman

astounds

bookstand

extend

extent

guardsman

vestment

posting

toasting

driven

dromon

eighteen

freeman

frozen

gibbon

elan

eden

given

glidden

glisten

crewman

griffon

bowman

brogan

cheapen

chosen

christen

colon

deepen

demon

boasting

bushman

christian

coachman

listing

twisting

lightning

bisson

begun

billon

blowgun

coasting

cumin

hosting

cuban

hidden

human

rincon

hoven

leman

sightings

hogan

leven

roasting

linen

listen

logan

loosen

lumen

moisten

ninon

odin

omen

open

poison

prison

proven

pullen

reason

rerun

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rumen

seaman

season

semen

shogun

showman

solon

steven

slogan

stiffen

stolen

striven

swollen

toman

villain

treason

woven

yeoman

fightings

woman

women

wooden

woolen

sustains

sustained

chestnuts

children

nighttimes

seedsman

sixteen

distend

homespun

systems

bookstands

cushion

extends

fission

fusion

grecian

heathen

kitchen

legion

lesion

lotion

mission

motion

notion

ocean

pigeon

potion

region

trojan

vestments

vision

listings

lightnings

postings

owen

paean

peon

rowan

rowen

ruin

costume

eighteens

esteem

keystone

listens

nightmare

peacetime

sistine

wisdom

sixteens

eighteenth

sixteenth

costumes

keystones

nightmares

sixteenths

postmark

touchdown

right-hand

touchdowns

distinct

extinct

disdain

disdained

disdains

3 syllable words

cation

tamarin

lactation

appian

arian

biotin

galleon

tactician

reaction

backgammon

guncotton

fustian

jamaican

javelin

lanolin

champion

garrison

catalan

mandarin

campion

halcyon

hammerman

albion

destiny

ramadan

zambian

andean

awaken

vatican

affection

anchorman

collection

connection

connexion

dissection

inaction

plantation

protection

reactions

selection

taxation

correction

dorian

halogen

alien

aryan

avian

bedouin

fabian

fastener

direction

foramen

korean

niacin

permian

plebeian

samoan

caucasian

parthian

clarion

percussion

carrion

gaussian

ghanaian

vacation

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

irian

moroccan

marian

myosin

veteran

occasion

accident

badminton

masculine

octillion

projection

abandon

abdomen

abduction

acumen

african

alaskan

artisan

attraction

austrian

battalion

cambrian

capsaicin

castration

charlatan

confection

convection

corrosion

decadent

derision

destinies

diffraction

exaction

hesitant

horatian

italian

laotian

magdalen

medallion

mexican

parisian

partisan

predestine

retraction

talisman

tectonic

transaction

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

concussion

bulletin

addiction

admission

alsatian

adrian

assassin

bosnian

ferryman

auctioneer

damnation

academe

gestation

perfection

beethoven

customer

determine

production

anyone

fasteners

technician

acetone

temptation

elison

transition

collagen

forgotten

ambition

contagion

contusion

accretion

keratin

keynesian

lesbian

silicon

artesian

ottoman

pelican

scorpion

ascension

election

reduction

salvation

puritan

nevadan

erection

resection

secretion

sectional

gordian

seduction

gravamen

stagnation

succession

guardian

jettison

skeleton

cartesian

dalmatian

dentition

detection

accession

accidents

occlusion

optation

objection

optician

solomon

oxygen

partition

vacations

suburban

vitamin

deduction

backwoodsman

thespian

toboggan

uneven

waterman

wesleyan

crustacean

defection

dictation

lastingly

laurentian

extortion

albumin

bandwagon

complexion

adhesion

ambrosian

arkansan

countryman

crestfallen

downtrodden

extender

ejection

companion

decadents

digestion

franciscan

distraction

infraction

gentleman

handwoven

muskmelon

nebraskan

occident

contraction

harlequin

intestine

rejection

reptilian

snapdragon

testament

subtraction

suggestion

sustenance

tectonics

truncation

addition

aleutian

allusion

assertion

audition

aversion

causation

cessation

citation

clergyman

collegian

collision

collusion

commission

commotion

corruption

dilation

dilution

diversion

edition

fastening

flirtation

gradation

gyration

imagine

lecithin

ligation

lightening

locating

location

malaysian

narration

negation

oration

origin

permission

perversion

petition

phoenician

physician

pollution

position

possession

precaution

predation

privation

procession

profession

promotion

provision

questioner

sedation

solution

summation

tradition

venetian

vocation

affliction

conception

conduction

horizon

conclusion

concoction

astounding

contortion

freudian

frustration

gillian

contrition

protean

reopen

syrian

convention

conviction

grobian

anglican

declension

deflection

chilean

libyan

auctioneers

jovian

nemean

odeon

julian

malayan

median

nubian

uterine

contention

induction

infection

fenian

pentathlon

prostration

rectangle

reflection

singleton

suspension

translation

transmission

simian

alderman

asthmatic

bedridden

brazilian

bystander

cardigan

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

charwoman

civilian

corsican

customers

customize

decedent

discipline

dominion

enlighten

estimate

everyone

forbidden

forewoman

lumberman

magician

mistaken

nobleman

opinion

pavilion

perfusion

policeman

porcelain

rebellion

residence

resident

rhodopsin

rifleman

sumatran

unburden

vermilion

victimize

tuition

creation

fruition

australian

congestion

extenders

excitement

injection

liechtenstein

fijian

croatian

transcription

testaments

aegean

coercion

abstraction

extraction

lutheran

phrygian

scythian

stygian

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

adoption

aggression

apportion

aspersion

astonish

attention

attrition

carnation

cistercian

cognition

compassion

concession

condition

confession

conversion

deception

depiction

digression

dimension

discussion

dissension

emulsion

equating

equation

eruption

eviction

excision

exciting

fastenings

fictional

fixation

formation

foundation

hydration

hydrogen

incursion

irishman

impassion

libration

locations

menhaden

migration

nitrogen

norwegian

obsession

oppression

patrician

perception

persuasion

positions

preclusion

prediction

preemption

prevention

profusion

progression

proportion

propulsion

questioners

questionnaire

reception

regression

rendition

revulsion

seclusion

sensation

starvation

submersion

submission

subversion

succeeding

suppression

suspicion

vibration

vocations

citizen

cinnamon

cyprian

freemason

inflection

feminine

extrusion

superman

abstention

contraption

destruction

encryption

expansion

extension

infarction

inspection

bedizen

eleven

rectangles

begotten

bouillon

overdone

bitumen

denizen

indian

macadam

medicine

melanin

nicotine

overman

peterman

specimen

venison

prescription

reunion

transfusion

transgression

overrun

unison

councilman

emblazon

embolden

estimates

astounded

decedents

bystanders

communion

distances

etruscan

housebroken

nonunion

outspoken

residents

saleswoman

unbroken

assumption

deletion

compression

confucian

confusion

cetacean

completion

decision

elation

compulsion

devotion

conflation

convulsion

disruption

distortion

exception

inclusion

besetting

excursion

donation

discretion

equations

exhaustion

inception

nonhuman

desertion

delusion

division

duration

cremation

presumption

emission

erosion

filtration

intrusion

misfortune

redemption

emotion

invention

evasion

munition

musician

combustion

fisherman

flotation

illusion

immersion

margarine

mutation

omission

ovation

precession

notation

precision

probation

quotation

recession

recision

regimen

relation

religion

remission

rescission

reversion

revision

rotation

secession

sedition

ticketing

visiting

volition

intention

questionnaires

resumption

conscription

orion

extensions

instruction

listener

constriction

construction

subscription

obstruction

extensive

enliven

heartbroken

ingestion

genuine

extinction

guesstimate

timberman

dissidence

dissident

clarendon

logician

cohesion

in-person

absorption

adsorption

asuncion

beholden

benjamin

congressman

consumption

deflation

depletion

depression

description

detention

diffusion

dispersion

exceeding

exclusion

excretion

exemption

exertion

explosion

expression

expulsion

ignition

incision

infliction

insertion

invasion

inversion

misshapen

nightingale

nutrition

pretension

proscription

repression

restriction

retention

compunction

distinction

dissidents

extinctions

disdainful

costumer

echidna

disunion

egyptian

guesstimates

pseudonym

imprison

istanbul

listeners

postnatal

conjunction

inscription

listening

infusion

inhuman

inflation

midshipman

right-handed

implosion

impression

misprision

distinctions

postmasters

post-mortem

extinguish

costumers

distemper

pseudonyms

systemic

extinguished

distinctive

distinguish

englishman

nightmarish

postmaster

injunction

toastmaster

distinguished

distinctly

asthmatics

4 syllable words

jacobean

maccabean

activation

affectation

samaritan

sectarian

planarian

habitation

gravitation

allocation

annotation

sanitation

arabian

draconian

galilean

reawaken

avocation

bavarian

canadian

machination

mammalian

coloradan

dichotomy

aberration

adoration

apparition

agitation

coloration

corinthian

dietitian

lancastrian

pedestrian

decoration

laceration

leviathan

moderation

operation

toleration

tamoxifen

meridian

moravian

peruvian

acclamation

acclimation

acquisition

adaptation

backwardation

disaffection

accusation

actionable

interaction

abdication

advocation

masturbation

graduation

greco-roman

palpitation

abyssinian

agrarian

american

amphibian

centurion

copernican

cyclopean

dandelion

eritrean

estonian

eustachian

predilection

accordion

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

barbarian

committeeman

custodian

vaccination

herculean

equitation

hesitancy

jordanian

librarian

maturation

minnesotan

nestorian

pavlovian

saturation

fabrication

annexation

tasmanian

testimony

altercation

victorian

wagnerian

application

algonquian

excitation

relaxation

admiration

affirmation

algerian

allegation

animation

abolition

alteration

appalachian

appellation

arthurian

aspiration

bifurcation

collocation

connotation

corp.

accidental

dedication

desiccation

hungarian

navigation

corporation

medication

politician

levitation

declaration

hibernation

preelection

readmission

restoration

revocation

suffocation

vacillation

valuation

recreation

reelection

repercussion

ulceration

provocation

resurrection

validation

amputation

arizonan

assyrian

augmentation

calculation

chameleon

collodion

comedian

criterion

diocesan

electrician

european

fallopian

floridian

gastrulation

gregorian

hyperion

iberian

incantation

iranian

liberian

liquefaction

malnutrition

missourian

napoleon

octahedron

siberian

transportation

valerian

adrenaline

adulation

cogitation

comparison

contrarian

crocodilian

education

estonians

fluctuation

hesitantly

macedonian

misbegotten

shakespearean

testimonies

athenian

coalition

federation

aviation

generation

ideation

liberation

miseration

nigerian

pelagian

perforation

preparation

prohibition

radiation

reassertion

reparation

rhetorician

separation

surrogation

variation

veneration

violation

abrogation

admonition

exploitation

benediction

orchestration

abnegation

absolution

aggravation

aggregation

alternation

ammunition

approbation

calibration

cancellation

circulation

circumcision

commutation

competition

confirmation

conservation

conversation

convocation

cultivation

demarcation

deportation

dereliction

desecration

destination

destitution

devastation

duplication

elocution

estimation

exhibition

expiration

gargantuan

granulation

expectation

hypertension

insurrection

invocation

molestation

sequestration

indication

observation

oxidation

proclamation

prosecution

prostitution

extradition

occupation

permutation

persecution

publication

reclamation

extrication

recognition

recollection

refutation

replication

requisition

restitution

speculation

statistician

superstition

tabulation

ventilation

vindication

implantation

dominican

glaciation

guatemalan

historian

cotyledon

estimator

gorgonian

nicaraguan

overburden

oblivion

obsidian

pagurian

paraguayan

penicillin

predetermine

armenian

interurban

watermelon

customary

reexamine

isotonic

columbian

academic

residency

darwinian

assemblyman

californian

astonishing

equestrian

gentlewoman

rhododendron

hydrocarbon

kindergarten

occidental

nonpartisan

hesitation

immolation

locomotion

arbitration

complication

condescension

correlation

delegation

confiscation

imitation

limitation

computation

defamation

elevation

fascination

jubilation

legitimate

legitimize

consecration

desolation

desperation

dissertation

erudition

constellation

detonation

consternation

devolution

inhalation

constipation

mongolian

constitution

consultation

estimations

dictionary

dilatation

dissolution

innovation

excavation

demolition

derivation

figuration

meditation

punctuation

irrigation

isolation

manumission

execution

irritation

reinspection

deposition

fragmentation

exposition

decimation

evocation

intuition

exhortation

expedition

exploration

rectangular

reproduction

fluoridation

evolution

satisfaction

opposition

attribution

imperfection

implication

preignition

preservation

procreation

disinfection

perspiration

propagation

proposition

usurpation

ohioan

realization

recitation

supposition

trepidation

destinations

introspection

oscillation

reformation

embarkation

relocation

renovation

circumvention

repetition

reposition

repossession

transplantation

reservation

revolution

illustration

resolution

respiration

revelation

supervision

visitation

importation

indexation

intersection

menstruation

infestation

polynesian

indentation

interdiction

jurisdiction

malformation

ministration

mortification

obfuscation

ostentation

transformation

perturbation

subluxation

substitution

academics

academy

apprehension

armageddon

bolivian

customizes

devonian

estimable

estimated

estimators

exhalation

extendible

hemoglobin

himalayan

indigestion

interjection

interwoven

modulation

newtonian

noblewoman

pagination

plutonian

praetorian

protozoan

registration

republican

residences

sicilian

simonian

strangulation

sustainable

utopian

vegetation

carcinogen

celebration

combination

compilation

composition

consolation

consummation

convolution

crucifixion

culmination

deformation

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

designation

dictionaries

dislocation

disposition

distillation

emigration

emulation

immigration

imposition

inattention

information

inspiration

insulation

intercession

intermission

interruption

intimation

intonation

invitation

lilliputian

liquidation

lubrication

obligation

ordination

ovulation

penetration

polyhedron

exclamation

explanation

questionable

self-deception

deviation

explication

population

recantation

astonishment

foliation

syndication

circumspection

contemplation

contraception

regulation

hegelian

superhuman

iteration

segregation

tribulation

subdivision

contravention

contribution

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

mediation

contradiction

incrustation

resignation

bohemian

reputation

introduction

retrocession

obstetrician

dehydration

conjugation

elongation

extenuate

inhibition

legislation

comprehension

ibuprofen

ostensible

ostensibly

syncopation

exhumation

academies

situation

misdemeanor

olympian

coronation

inclination

integration

compensation

definition

disputation

institution

interception

imputation

incarnation

inflammation

inquisition

installation

instigation

intervention

misperception

retribution

tetrahedron

disillusion

germination

domination

fumigation

litigation

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

premonition

profanation

formulation

segmentation

nomination

decompression

dissipation

emanation

melanesian

rumination

smithsonian

termination

titillation

condemnation

condensation

congregation

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word acton

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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