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

allocation

application

allegation

avocation

collocation

validation

allocations

acclamation

animation

annotation

appellation

dedication

delegation

habitation

machination

replication

elevation

allegations

calibration

desiccation

acclimation

fascination

medication

suffocation

palpitation

navigation

provocation

revocation

sanitation

vacillation

advocation

adulation

agitation

education

pagination

calculation

complication

subluxation

appalachian

correlation

defamation

annexation

decimation

approbation

cancellation

connotation

coronation

celebration

convocation

culmination

delegations

desecration

duplication

elocution

fabrication

granulation

obligation

proclamation

publication

reclamation

tabulation

vaccination

derivation

affectation

aggravation

desolation

abdication

abrogation

accusation

activation

adaptation

detonation

dilatation

domination

emanation

germination

gravitation

hesitation

isolation

meditation

nomination

oscillation

profanation

propagation

realization

recitation

renovation

revelation

aggregation

termination

valuation

surrogation

violation

explication

vegetation

alabaman

maturation

saturation

modulation

graduation

galilean

amputation

confiscation

consecration

elocutions

fragmentation

gastrulation

implication

malformation

obfuscation

mortification

abolition

admiration

equitation

affirmation

aspiration

consummation

alteration

indication

divination

fluoridation

imitation

inhalation

consolation

estimation

fermentation

immolation

innovation

regulation

litigation

population

jubilation

circulation

persecution

relaxation

reputation

resignation

irrigation

segregation

combination

commendation

presentation

melanesian

commutation

compilation

emigration

emulation

speculation

motivation

mutilation

penetration

politician

abnegation

cultivation

degradation

oxidation

recantation

ventilation

destination

occupation

prosecution

realizations

devastation

relocation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

designation

ordination

strangulation

vindication

invocation

ulceration

altercation

Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word allocation.
2 syllable words

fraction

auction

faction

action

flexion

section

suction

traction

sanction

oxen

falcon

claxon

stallion

emption

scallion

gumption

saxon

gentian

mansion

function

tension

diction

friction

fiction

pension

mention

caption

junction

ashen

ballasts

caution

caxton

delphian

doctrine

fashion

freshen

grandson

haitian

hessian

mahone

nation

passion

prussian

ration

russian

session

sexton

station

damson

faulcon

hackman

jackman

acton

canyon

banyan

gascon

alman

ensign

calvin

jetson

keelson

kelson

kenyan

nekton

lockman

scullion

samson

stepson

stockman

plankton

runnion

packman

onion

vulcan

pectin

basin

bason

beckon

bison

blacken

hasten

huntsman

flashgun

bracken

caisson

alan

chasten

fasten

engine

option

gallon

luncheon

jason

hyson

freshman

marksman

lessen

bastion

dungeon

landsman

belgian

mason

locken

draftsman

slacken

martian

portion

craftsman

question

torsion

lesson

talon

reckon

asian

dustman

cauldron

dudgeon

fission

pathan

suasion

strengthen

bludgeon

salesman

cajun

klansman

baldwin

cushion

capstan

collects

marchman

markman

selects

headsman

lengthen

gudgeon

lampron

mission

grecian

landman

blockades

bookman

boston

brakeman

bullion

calloused

canton

captain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

classman

dalton

ibsen

henchman

penguin

harken

alban

bagman

dampen

kansan

airman

kirkman

arson

aspen

atman

dobson

dolman

dolphin

headman

darken

ballast

hempen

london

baston

bellman

billion

desman

hetman

jasmine

kelvin

m1

melton

pillion

pinion

selden

tendon

minion

milken

million

plantain

pressman

sultan

teston

trillion

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

undone

parson

panton

penman

whitson

silken

workman

saffron

santon

stallman

stillion

passman

guardsman

sportsman

brethren

faustian

othman

fortune

shrunken

georgian

blockhead

bushman

christian

churchman

drunken

dutchman

polished

sunken

watchman

hangman

mangan

margin

bacon

amman

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

bayman

bellon

bisson

blockade

bollen

brazen

breton

brighten

button

cabin

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

charon

chicken

christen

cousin

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

dragon

fallen

famine

fatten

felon

flatten

frighten

gammon

garron

gladden

glisten

graven

happen

haven

heaven

heighten

heron

hymen

hyphen

jetton

kalan

laden

falsehoods

lagan

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

lyden

madden

maiden

marron

melon

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

pagan

patten

perron

quicken

raven

bulkheads

person

platen

pollan

pollen

platten

redden

resin

riden

ripen

sadden

satan

satin

salmon

seven

shaken

shaman

sicken

siphon

siren

straighten

stricken

triton

zircon

sudden

sullen

toughen

urson

vegan

wagon

waken

summon

syphon

taken

tappen

thicken

threaten

tighten

titan

weapon

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

worsen

zaman

bordman

horseman

oarsman

plastics

portman

spokesman

statesman

yachtsman

scotsman

children

elects

molests

townsman

burgeon

heathen

region

motion

kitchen

notion

potion

version

earthen

vision

lotion

legion

lesion

ocean

persian

pigeon

sturgeon

surgeon

urchin

blockheads

bulkhead

falsehood

ion

bargain

zion

austin

apron

barton

crimson

blackouts

calcite

carbon

footman

lion

billman

scion

carman

carmine

carton

corban

cordon

foreman

fountain

golden

harten

houseman

jargon

lisbon

mignon

kremlin

minden

harden

goodman

citron

bolden

clinton

closets

collect

daylights

fibrin

fielden

fireman

garden

gilden

gorgon

hearten

jordan

jorden

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

matron

molten

morgan

mormon

mayan

rayon

muslin

dian

mountain

norman

olden

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

pardon

patron

piston

pitman

policed

ponton

select

sequin

sharpen

shipman

shorten

shotgun

skylights

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

tillman

union

warden

woodman

woolman

wanton

blasting

bullshit

coachman

longan

rincon

alight

gallstone

auden

begun

beacon

beaten

billon

bitten

bobbin

boughten

bourbon

briton

broaden

broken

certain

cheapen

burden

burdon

burman

burton

colon

common

cotton

curtain

demon

driven

eaten

cretin

deepen

elan

deacon

eden

daylight

ermine

firman

floren

foreign

freeman

german

gibbon

given

flagstone

glidden

gotten

griffon

hausen

hidden

kitten

leman

leven

homespun

linen

loren

mitten

placate

hailstone

loosen

ninon

often

pavon

placid

placoid

milestone

poison

prison

pullen

reason

rerun

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

robin

rosin

rotten

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

skylight

smitten

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

steven

stiffen

thousand

stolen

swollen

holstein

striven

sweeten

token

treason

trodden

urban

villain

turban

twilight

warren

weaken

wheaten

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

yaupon

fusion

trojan

slighting

flagstones

gallstones

blasted

boatman

chieftain

copeman

delights

milestones

elect

lopeman

molest

newsman

plasters

dulcet

flaxseed

freedman

hailstones

plastic

shearman

hailstorm

ulster

flagstaffs

cowan

gowan

paean

peon

urine

hillsides

milkweed

postman

seedsman

bolstered

bolsters

millstone

solstice

oilseeds

closet

delight

odin

omen

proven

toman

blowgun

bowman

crewman

crouton

cumin

human

cuban

hoten

blackout

blaster

brogan

chosen

dromon

frozen

gluten

hogan

hoven

logan

lumen

open

rumen

showman

woven

plaster

shogun

slogan

roman

rosen

yeoman

cliched

maelstrom

blacktop

blackwood

blastoff

clustered

flusters

clusters

hillside

oilseed

bolster

flaccid

holster

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

flagstaff

bluster

slaughters

slightly

cloister

cluster

fluster

blisters

bluestone

cloistered

cloisters

closedown

closedowns

polecats

flighty

slaughter

blister

polecat

falstaff

3 syllable words

truncation

allocates

capsaicin

collections

affliction

transaction

filtration

prostration

allocate

translation

pelican

conduction

assumption

selections

election

propulsion

ablation

crustacean

accession

dictation

gestation

accretion

deduction

hydration

migration

asuncion

carnation

seduction

fixation

optation

secretion

sensation

libration

perfection

succession

temptation

formation

foundation

vibration

starvation

correction

corruption

direction

flirtation

ligation

location

privation

profession

gyration

percussion

procession

relation

assertion

caucasian

causation

cetacean

citation

elation

gradation

malaysian

oration

phoenician

duration

possession

venetian

vocation

transgression

complexion

adhesion

consumption

harlequin

african

talisman

horatian

elections

compunction

compulsion

anglican

declension

deflection

presumption

convulsion

induction

conflation

frustration

reflection

resumption

ascension

albion

collagen

awaken

oppression

delicate

ambition

deflation

depiction

protection

revulsion

persuasion

anchorman

affection

elison

concession

admission

concussion

compassion

confession

contagion

dissection

equation

emulsion

eruption

eviction

progression

regression

suppression

tactician

technician

transition

connexion

prediction

abrasion

aggression

melanin

connection

garrison

jamaican

vatican

jacobin

medicine

ramadan

attention

silicon

digression

halcyon

skeleton

solomon

venison

perception

obsession

obstruction

conjunction

abstraction

construction

transcription

lecithin

aversion

commission

commotion

donation

pollution

audition

flotation

malayan

physician

rotation

solution

probation

galleon

collision

collegian

niacin

saccharin

position

notation

evasion

edition

destruction

tradition

suggestion

inflection

infliction

reluctant

volition

albumin

deletion

dilution

mutation

secession

digestion

cremation

transfusion

addition

promotion

recession

ovation

reaction

origin

quotation

aleutian

projection

desertion

myosin

permission

cation

petition

acumen

alaskan

alderman

cambrian

chairperson

charlatan

combustion

completion

compression

conception

concoction

confection

confucian

contention

convection

convention

corsican

creation

croatian

delegates

discretion

disruption

enlighten

enliven

exception

inflation

magician

mexican

palisades

policeman

rifleman

suspension

transmission

australian

extraction

instruction

backwoodsman

objection

injunction

congestion

gravamen

hydrogen

freemason

hammerman

jettison

inaction

insertion

laurentian

occlusion

norwegian

kantian

invasion

nitrogen

keratin

incursion

menhaden

mandarin

optician

irishman

addiction

aspersion

attrition

cognition

adoption

artesian

cistercian

apportion

andean

anyone

campion

champion

specimen

suburban

ablution

abortion

determine

denizen

delegate

silicate

unison

cartesian

uneven

celestial

relegate

ferryman

deception

defection

condition

conversion

dentition

depletion

depression

detection

dimension

discussion

dissension

vitamin

detention

erection

patrician

proportion

ottoman

oxygen

profusion

palisade

zambian

partition

repression

resection

rendition

exertion

preemption

reception

subversion

submersion

submission

suspicion

electron

expansion

expression

restriction

badminton

expulsion

extension

councilman

emblazon

handwoven

extortion

prescription

gentleman

infarction

ambrosian

ejection

franciscan

excretion

encryption

rejection

collusion

tamarin

clergyman

biotin

horizon

marian

emission

sedition

immersion

margarine

carrion

perversion

emotion

omission

religion

remission

reversion

clarion

veteran

alien

ghanaian

hawaiian

allusion

arian

provision

precaution

foramen

precession

devotion

appian

munition

musician

moroccan

plebeian

diversion

parthian

abdomen

attraction

infection

invention

artisan

backgammon

battalion

bedridden

italian

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

inception

silicates

in-person

nobleman

guncotton

mistaken

contortion

genuine

contrition

conviction

diffraction

distortion

partisan

exaction

excursion

everyone

nonhuman

redemption

rhodopsin

retraction

chairwoman

cohesion

collective

lumberman

medallion

selective

confusion

impression

logician

electrons

fruition

parisian

conscription

injection

inscription

tuition

ingestion

laotian

subscription

coercion

derision

contusion

diffusion

excision

dispersion

ignition

preclusion

pretension

prevention

retention

seclusion

inversion

misshapen

nutrition

congressman

contraction

delighted

exemption

forgotten

cinnamon

citizen

eleven

fustian

gordian

guardian

puritan

scorpion

description

distraction

proscription

blockaders

blockaded

subtraction

adsorption

infraction

bedizen

lesbian

thespian

toboggan

inspection

absorption

waterman

abstention

bosnian

wesleyan

bulletin

decision

delighting

delusion

division

englishman

erosion

illusion

etruscan

egyptian

intestine

bandwagon

plastering

saleswoman

snapdragon

rescission

communion

recision

countryman

revision

gillian

orion

exhaustion

singleton

simian

bedouin

aryan

samoan

blockader

conclusion

chilean

permian

syrian

dorian

infusion

heroine

korean

intention

heroin

misfortune

julian

libyan

sumatran

blastoderm

pavilion

dominion

illustrates

constriction

brazilian

collectors

cardigan

charwoman

civilian

delightful

elective

perfusion

philistine

pleistocene

rebellion

forewoman

nihilists

galactose

forbidden

molested

opinion

timberman

vermilion

extinction

phrygian

scythian

benjamin

corrosion

impassion

fijian

fluctuate

aegean

incision

lutheran

stygian

contraption

exclusion

extrusion

explosion

indian

coalesced

lanolin

distinction

companion

javelin

disunion

downtrodden

housebroken

illustrate

imprison

octillion

peterman

electric

electrode

nebraskan

nonunion

outspoken

bitumen

overdone

assassin

catalan

collector

cyprian

falsity

overman

overrun

relocate

solicit

philistines

superman

talkative

reptilian

inhuman

regimen

implosion

intrusion

slaughterhouse

inclusion

imagine

blustering

midshipman

precision

misprision

fisherman

abandon

avian

dialects

electors

electro

electrodes

fabian

freudian

gaussian

grobian

heartbroken

irian

jovian

loyalists

magdalen

molesters

nubian

odeon

pilasters

predestine

protean

realists

solicits

soloists

uterine

violists

fluctuates

beethoven

dualist

duelist

nevadan

arkansan

feminine

keynesian

pilaster

ballistics

adrian

embolden

solstices

blessedly

elector

unbroken

elicit

masculine

realist

royalist

muskmelon

loyalist

molester

pentathlon

glistening

blistering

collegiate

electrics

austrian

chamberlain

clarendon

discipline

elicits

falsettos

galactic

porcelain

scholastic

fenian

plasterer

reopen

beholden

median

nemean

glaciate

crestfallen

bouillon

dialect

falsetto

soloist

violist

reelect

reunion

collected

elastic

ballistic

flycatcher

placidly

illicit

plasterwork

4 syllable words

conjugation

legislation

adoration

decoration

laceration

exclamation

conflagration

explanation

aberration

extrication

toleration

coloration

compensation

computation

condensation

constellation

constipation

consultation

embarkation

condemnation

excavation

illustration

inflammation

execution

formulation

inclination

segmentation

admonition

ammunition

inundation

relocations

predilection

stimulation

demarcation

tribulation

recollection

acquisition

dislocation

lubrication

glaciation

alternation

backwardation

immigration

ovulation

distillation

masturbation

statistician

lilliputian

simulation

intimation

intonation

absolution

stipulation

insulation

molestation

syndication

demolition

deposition

congregation

evolution

devolution

declaration

erudition

delegating

definition

evocation

jacobean

fumigation

exhalation

perturbation

proposition

perspiration

opposition

premonition

polynesian

recreation

repetition

repossession

resolution

revolution

rumination

supposition

maccabean

transplantation

elongation

syncopation

concentration

orchestration

federation

dietitian

foliation

generation

demonstration

confrontation

contemplation

aviation

ideation

perforation

radiation

cogitation

reassertion

fluctuation

preparation

self-deception

reparation

variation

veneration

illustrations

separation

sequestration

arbitration

attribution

dispensation

exhortation

installation

ministration

transformation

integration

transportation

condescension

satisfaction

imputation

retribution

pigmentation

cyclopean

composition

deformation

aldebaran

albanian

competition

dereliction

cotyledon

destitution

excitation

requisition

exhibition

recognition

alligators

algonquian

benediction

expiration

deportation

retardation

disaffection

apprehension

convolution

permutation

prostitution

reposition

algerian

alligator

desperation

locomotion

restoration

resurrection

respiration

reservation

valerian

diminution

trepidation

reelection

levitation

reformation

bifurcation

dissolution

preelection

reawaken

preservation

himalayan

hibernation

fluctuations

exploitation

circumspection

implantation

contraception

contribution

dehydration

incrustation

armageddon

augmentation

mediation

electrician

expedition

incarnation

incantation

indexation

circumvention

liberation

preconception

reproduction

rhetorician

coalition

macedonian

exploration

iteration

miseration

apparition

deviation

decompression

operation

moderation

prohibition

ostentation

constitution

exposition

punctuation

importation

disconnection

abyssinian

american

amphibian

circumcision

columbian

confirmation

conservation

conversation

copernican

disposition

electioneer

hypertension

imposition

inattention

liquidation

oblivion

observation

paraguayan

pavlovian

precondition

protestation

refutation

situation

tasmanian

wagnerian

distribution

expectation

introduction

contradiction

extradition

gentlewoman

contravention

misconception

corp.

corporation

dissertation

limitation

indiscretion

irritation

preignition

electricians

titillation

procreation

readmission

repercussion

visitation

illustrated

infiltration

dissipation

californian

inhibition

obstetrician

figuration

usurpation

mitigation

floridian

hyperion

nonprescription

iberian

mammalian

liberian

arabian

bolivian

canadian

collodion

criterion

diocesan

european

fallopian

siberian

consternation

interdiction

liquefaction

jurisdiction

crocodilian

lancastrian

exhumation

leviathan

electioneers

imperfection

intersection

inquisition

malnutrition

menstruation

noblewoman

tetrahedron

comparison

octahedron

pelagian

indigestion

incubation

deconstruction

introspection

interjection

registration

meridian

reconstruction

crucifixion

calisthenic

jordanian

fibrillation

information

delicately

dandelion

darwinian

dominican

minnesotan

olympian

nestorian

pagurian

predetermine

inspiration

interruption

invitation

polyhedron

insurrection

retrocession

samaritan

sectarian

arthurian

manumission

reluctantly

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englishwoman

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oleaster

electricals

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5 syllable words

alliteration

annihilation

collaboration

authentication

polarization

vaporization

cohabitation

adjudication

imagination

pasteurization

specialization

authorization

origination

multiplication

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desalination

elimination

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assimilation

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evaluation

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proliferation

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inoculation

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participation

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reforestation

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conglomeration

inactivation

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hybridization

manipulation

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organization

solicitations

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academician

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discoloration

pronunciation

civilization

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beethovenian

argentinian

lithuanian

pythagorean

dionysian

electrically

electricity

realistically

collectivism

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word allocation

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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