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2 syllable words
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2 syllable words

faction

action

fraction

mansion

martian

torsion

traction

option

portion

sanction

ashen

fashion

fission

prussian

hessian

mission

ration

russian

session

mahone

passion

freshen

capstan

lampron

grandson

damson

parson

emption

gumption

saffron

samson

saxon

stepson

apron

arson

captain

chaplain

claxon

chapman

auction

baron

barren

bason

bastion

bisson

christen

christian

churchman

craftsman

diction

draftsman

fasten

fiction

flashgun

flexion

fortune

freshman

friction

function

garron

gentian

georgian

glisten

happen

junction

landsman

lessen

lesson

listen

margin

marksman

mention

pension

person

question

section

sportsman

suction

tappen

tension

urson

worsen

bordman

bludgeon

klansman

burgeon

caution

grecian

gudgeon

kitchen

earthen

dudgeon

haitian

nation

pathan

persian

caxton

pigeon

horseman

landman

portman

oarsman

surgeon

cushion

urchin

vision

station

version

marchman

markman

sturgeon

atman

baston

cordon

foreman

garden

calvin

classman

corban

gascon

martin

marten

abridged

marlin

matron

norman

piston

plantain

stallion

squadron

hearten

tartan

harten

banyan

oxen

packman

spartan

acton

harken

morgan

mormon

organ

outrun

orphan

bagman

darken

gorgon

harden

passman

patron

dampen

ibsen

barton

hackman

panton

pardon

teston

bargain

alman

carbon

aspen

carton

carmine

airman

carman

chairman

kirkman

chessman

falcon

kansan

shorten

ensign

jackman

jetson

jorden

keelson

fireman

jasmine

canyon

dobson

fibrin

jordan

canton

jargon

kelson

santon

scallion

smarten

sovereign

sovran

pressman

tuscan

whitson

warden

workman

plankton

watchman

brethren

belgian

mangan

luncheon

abridge

bushman

dungeon

dutchman

engine

faustian

hangman

othman

guardsman

basin

beckon

blacken

burden

burdon

burman

canon

certain

charon

chasten

chicken

cousin

baton

batten

batton

briton

dozen

amman

cannon

dragon

driven

billon

caisson

deaden

deafen

famine

fatten

cabin

bison

felon

bracken

alan

begun

bitten

bourbon

breton

burton

devon

firman

bellon

button

curtain

flatten

ermine

floren

jason

linen

hyson

loren

madden

marron

mason

melon

mitten

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

prison

quicken

reckon

resin

redden

ribbon

ridden

ripen

risen

riven

sadden

stiffen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

urban

vegan

villain

wagon

warren

weapon

zircon

foreign

gallon

gammon

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

griffon

heaven

hasten

heron

hidden

jetton

kitten

lagan

latin

leaden

leaven

lemon

oven

ledden

patten

perron

platen

platten

salmon

satin

sermon

seven

sicken

siren

slacken

smitten

talon

thicken

threaten

toughen

turban

wiccan

women

written

yaupon

baldwin

cauldron

doctrine

dustman

lengthen

salesman

scotsman

sexton

statesman

spartans

strengthen

townsman

yachtsman

lotion

notion

ocean

suasion

asian

potion

cajun

motion

tungsten

henchman

urine

alban

austin

averts

chevron

citron

clinton

crimson

dalton

desman

diverts

dolman

dolphin

efforts

everts

faulcon

fountain

gilden

pectin

penman

pillion

pinion

pitman

ponton

roberts

runnion

scullion

selden

sharpen

shearman

shepherds

shipman

shotgun

silken

spearman

stallman

stillion

tarpon

sylvan

stockman

sultan

tendon

billman

bellman

billion

boston

brakeman

copeman

hybrid

leopards

hetman

kremlin

houseman

hempen

kelvin

kenyan

headman

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lockman

lisbon

london

lopeman

melton

minion

muslin

nekton

m1

mignon

minden

lynden

milken

million

mountain

onion

undone

tubman

tillman

outdone

trillion

vulcan

wanton

huntsman

drunken

coachman

longan

rincon

sporting

shrunken

sunken

bollen

seedsman

bobbin

boughten

cheapen

kalan

laden

layman

leopard

lichen

lighten

liven

lyden

liman

locken

loosen

liken

riden

rotten

rosin

robin

satan

children

scabbard

shaken

shaman

shepherd

siphon

sodden

whiten

widen

spirit

soften

waken

wizen

woman

wooden

woolen

zaman

gabert

auden

bacon

canaan

cotton

dagon

daman

frighten

fallen

gotten

graven

hausen

haven

heighten

hymen

craven

dagan

hyphen

delphian

headsman

maiden

often

pavon

pollan

pollen

syphon

thousand

tighten

titan

trodden

open

pagan

taken

tapered

triton

hybrids

upwards

raven

straighten

spokesman

bayman

brazen

brighten

rerun

deepen

common

pullen

subverts

broaden

cayman

supports

moisten

fusion

heathen

legion

lesion

penguin

region

trojan

footman

peon

golden

bullion

fielden

freedman

goodman

newsman

rayon

molten

olden

union

paean

sequin

spirits

cowan

uproot

reverts

upward

cupboards

dian

lion

scion

bookman

chieftain

gowan

ion

boatman

woodman

woolman

zion

soldan

bolden

mayan

spearhead

abrades

fibroids

reports

vibrates

postman

seaports

homespun

departs

upbraid

avert

beacon

beaten

blowgun

bowman

brogan

broken

buffered

chosen

colon

covered

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

cupboard

deacon

demon

divert

dromon

eaten

eden

effort

elan

favored

freeman

frozen

gluten

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

labored

leman

leven

logan

lumen

odin

omen

poison

proven

rapport

reason

robert

roman

rosen

rumen

seaman

season

semen

seton

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

sweeten

swollen

token

toman

treason

weaken

wheaten

woven

yeoman

abrade

apart

defraud

nephrite

subvert

liveried

support

fibroid

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

spreader

mopboard

overt

evert

covert

fevered

revert

spheroid

shipyards

chevrette

depart

deport

report

vibrate

seaport

chipboard

keyboards

shipboard

shipyard

keyboard

seaboard

aboard

abort

abroad

afford

afraid

cavort

aborts

affords

3 syllable words

transcription

addition

petition

edition

audition

assertion

commission

permission

physician

position

possession

tradition

procession

profession

parisian

franciscan

derision

prescription

bedridden

african

encryption

capsaicin

chairperson

magician

talisman

unwritten

completion

impression

transaction

conviction

misprision

suspension

abduction

affliction

elison

hammerman

jettison

vatican

abridges

accession

addiction

affection

aggression

alsatian

apportion

ascension

aspersion

attention

collection

compassion

concession

concussion

confession

connection

connexion

dalmatian

damnation

depiction

depletion

digression

dissection

hydrogen

ignition

lactation

laurentian

nitrogen

obsession

optation

plantation

progression

proportion

propulsion

protection

regression

salvation

selection

stagnation

succession

taxation

saccharin

tamarin

constriction

conscription

appian

arian

subscription

digestion

imprison

projection

snapdragon

aversion

suggestion

causation

cessation

citation

collision

direction

diversion

dilation

adhesion

correction

desertion

gradation

emission

corruption

gyration

halogen

ligation

musician

narration

oration

percussion

perversion

phoenician

badminton

negation

omission

reptilian

munition

origin

precession

recession

predation

privation

provision

remission

secession

sedation

sedition

summation

vacation

venetian

volition

abridgement

description

expression

complexion

transgression

proscription

restriction

cardigan

castration

compulsion

everyone

coercion

forbidden

combustion

conduction

convention

declension

contention

translation

convection

in-person

convulsion

logician

magdalen

opinion

pepperidge

tuition

confection

cambrian

fruition

horatian

ablation

cyprian

ablution

ramadan

zambian

abortion

crustacean

artesian

congestion

suburban

construction

superman

anchorman

conversion

waterman

copperheads

formation

determine

jacobin

javelin

kantian

erection

eviction

excision

exertion

inscription

carnation

cartesian

election

hydration

impassion

incision

halcyon

gestation

ferryman

keratin

lanolin

defection

detection

asuncion

cistercian

obstruction

detention

mandarin

dimension

dispersion

foundation

dissension

objection

insertion

albion

prediction

andean

campion

catalan

pretension

prevention

retention

adrian

reduction

starvation

abstraction

vibration

champion

norwegian

migration

libration

oxygen

perception

perfection

production

submersion

subversion

sensation

resection

temptation

aleutian

ambrosian

aryan

carrion

caucasian

cetacean

clarion

collegian

commotion

congressman

copperhead

countryman

cremation

decision

deletion

destruction

dilution

division

donation

dorian

duration

egyptian

ejection

elation

excretion

flirtation

flotation

galleon

immersion

infliction

inspection

irian

korean

location

malaysian

marian

masculine

mutation

myosin

niacin

notation

occasion

octillion

ovation

parthian

pollution

precision

probation

promotion

quotation

reaction

recision

rejection

relation

religion

rescission

reversion

revision

rotation

solution

truncation

veteran

vocation

compunction

distinction

englishman

anglican

dominion

lumberman

repertoire

pavilion

partisan

austrian

chamberlain

artisan

corrosion

predestine

aperture

porcelain

policeman

reflection

brazilian

creation

frustration

croatian

backgammon

chairwoman

infection

invention

prostration

confucian

charlatan

charwoman

corsican

alderman

unburden

abdomen

uncertain

abortions

conception

concoction

conflation

contortion

deflection

vibrations

laotian

discretion

civilian

vermilion

apartment

backwoodsman

deportment

instruction

injection

conjunction

inaction

deflation

anyone

awaken

bosnian

abrasion

bouillon

collagen

adoption

freemason

gordian

bulletin

favorites

incursion

gravamen

puritan

thespian

dictation

eruption

inversion

guardian

deception

jeopardize

opportune

uneven

reception

jamaican

ottoman

overdone

overman

overrun

scorpion

vitamin

fixation

contagion

preemption

keynesian

lesbian

solomon

specimen

peterman

wesleyan

albumin

infarction

downtrodden

bandwagon

extinction

housebroken

saleswoman

unbroken

expulsion

extension

contraption

abstention

councilman

harlequin

inflection

handwoven

lecithin

malayan

margarine

moroccan

biotin

uterine

alien

apartments

avian

cation

fabian

favorite

fisherman

diverting

foramen

gaussian

heroin

heroine

horizon

emotion

permian

devotion

plebeian

syrian

clergyman

redemption

assumption

attraction

resumption

retraction

midshipman

presumption

excursion

inception

exaction

exception

implosion

disruption

inflation

filtration

diffraction

mexican

aegean

lutheran

phrygian

forewoman

scythian

cohesion

timberman

stygian

rhodopsin

rifleman

discipline

deduction

discussion

revulsion

overheads

overtures

persuasion

department

seduction

australian

typewriting

emulsion

menhaden

misshapen

forgotten

silicon

skeleton

absorption

adsorption

contraction

infraction

averted

cinnamon

citizen

denizen

fustian

medicine

overdoes

subtraction

pelican

separates

transfusion

eleven

distraction

unison

beethoven

consumption

venison

exemption

explosion

operates

expansion

assassin

extortion

emblazon

departments

librettist

outspoken

nonunion

muskmelon

nonhuman

allusion

collusion

erosion

exhaustion

evasion

delusion

distortion

illusion

imagine

pentathlon

misfortune

regimen

overhead

induction

precaution

cabarets

ghanaian

grobian

hawaiian

median

sportsmanship

gillian

nemean

chilean

bedouin

fenian

freudian

jeopardy

jovian

julian

libyan

nubian

odeon

operate

orion

protean

samoan

extraction

repartee

separate

simian

medallion

heartbroken

abandon

alaskan

genuine

italian

mistaken

perfusion

unbutton

ingestion

overdrive

sumatran

battalion

labrador

rebellion

apartheid

invasion

overthrows

benjamin

reportage

aforethought

departing

contusion

diffusion

equation

occlusion

preclusion

profusion

seclusion

beholden

fijian

extrusion

sportingly

exclusion

arkansan

bedizen

bitumen

cabaret

companion

crestfallen

disunion

etruscan

everyday

everything

feminine

gentleman

indian

intestine

labradors

libertine

melanin

nebraskan

nevadan

overdraft

overdraw

override

overtime

overtone

overturn

reunion

reverted

spirited

toboggan

inclusion

overthrow

overheat

infusion

conclusion

confusion

singleton

intrusion

injunction

inhuman

intention

aborted

abortive

acumen

clarendon

everythings

departed

enlighten

enliven

guncotton

hybridize

nobleman

libertines

overrides

overtones

overturns

reproduce

sephardic

uncommon

poverty

sporadic

overeat

reopen

overheats

overture

communion

embolden

overdose

liberties

overtake

overrate

deportees

supporters

overtakes

typewriters

overrates

overtax

sephardim

vibrators

liberate

liberty

overdo

overdue

puberty

deportee

covertly

overtly

supporter

typewriter

vibrator

overdrafts

reporters

departures

copartners

reporter

departure

copartner

libretto

4 syllable words

apprehension

abolition

affirmation

corp.

operations

resurrection

supervision

corporation

desperation

opposition

reparations

respiration

separations

deposition

proposition

readmission

admiration

aberrations

perspiration

repercussion

repetition

supposition

coloration

decoration

dietitian

federation

generation

moderation

perforation

toleration

veneration

comparison

attribution

malnutrition

transportation

abdication

admonition

acquisition

ammunition

backwardation

copernican

samaritan

competition

composition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

expiration

intermission

masturbation

statistician

operettas

alteration

manumission

reposition

reservation

declaration

restoration

reformation

hibernation

trepidation

ulceration

gravitation

politician

appellation

recreation

preignition

preservation

perturbation

coalition

miseration

prohibition

liberation

variation

iteration

reassertion

depredations

electrician

exposition

exploration

decompression

comprehension

expedition

misperception

transformation

imperfection

interdiction

confirmation

conversation

conservation

cultivation

abyssinian

fibrillation

american

amphibian

disposition

abnegation

absolution

adaptation

affectation

lubrication

altercation

alternation

annexation

application

recognition

restitution

observation

palpitation

publication

graduation

wagnerian

watermelon

imposition

inspiration

insurrection

intercession

interruption

precondition

procreation

propagation

contradiction

usurpation

vacillation

validation

sanitation

valuation

coloradan

repossession

premonition

irritation

erudition

intuition

hyperion

fascination

habitation

figuration

floridian

definition

demolition

obstetrician

navigation

bavarian

levitation

diocesan

machination

dissertation

animation

bifurcation

annotation

allegation

allocation

algerian

avocation

planarian

appalachian

adulation

agitation

amputation

arbitration

aviation

cogitation

consternation

corinthian

ideation

interception

intersection

intervention

jurisdiction

meridian

nonprescription

pagination

radiation

reproduction

retribution

satisfaction

separatists

substitution

surrogation

violation

acclimation

abrogation

acclamation

accusation

activation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

benediction

calibration

compilation

cancellation

carcinogen

convolution

deportation

exhibition

disaffection

interjection

dereliction

granulation

occupation

population

relaxation

subdivision

syndication

interaction

predilection

lilliputian

replication

liquidation

recollection

indecision

information

invitation

prostitution

reputation

requisition

retrocession

superhuman

tabulation

vaccination

transplantation

dominican

librarian

glaciation

barbarian

eritrean

oblivion

obsidian

nephridium

dandelion

agrarian

albanian

darwinian

sectarian

separatist

tasmanian

collocation

connotation

decimation

businesswoman

syncopation

coronation

correlation

dedication

defamation

delegation

expectation

derivation

dilatation

dissipation

contribution

desiccation

divination

desolation

detonation

domination

opportunists

circumspection

inhibition

elevation

emanation

fluoridation

fumigation

nonpartisan

germination

hesitation

imitation

impregnation

immolation

hungarian

inhalation

innovation

reproductions

irrigation

isolation

jubilation

limitation

litigation

medication

meditation

mitigation

motivation

profanation

provocation

realization

renovation

revelation

revocation

mutilation

nomination

oscillation

polynesian

recitation

rumination

suffocation

termination

titillation

visitation

canadian

assyrian

galilean

valerian

criterion

gregorian

missourian

iberian

napoleon

arabian

arizonan

jacobean

liberian

maccabean

siberian

mammalian

crocodilian

foliation

operating

nigerian

augmentation

opportunist

calculation

complication

condescension

constipation

constitution

vegetation

compensation

computation

deportations

spiritual

disconnection

fragmentation

gastrulation

importation

incantation

inquisition

institution

lancastrian

indignation

modulation

instigation

malformation

tamoxifen

mediation

contrarian

education

pedestrian

republican

shakespearean

adrenaline

deviation

ostentation

tetrahedron

fluctuation

reinspection

separating

commendation

commutation

introspection

insulation

consummation

intimation

intonation

ventilation

inundation

indication

molestation

vindication

registration

consolation

convocation

invocation

celebration

circulation

circumcision

combination

crucifixion

culmination

deformation

degradation

demarcation

desecration

designation

destination

devastation

distillation

duplication

elocution

emigration

emulation

equitation

estimation

excitation

fermentation

immigration

obligation

ordination

penetration

persecution

presentation

reconstruction

ovulation

oxidation

proclamation

prosecution

protestation

recantation

reclamation

refutation

regulation

resignation

retardation

segregation

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

tribulation

deconstruction

strangulation

accordion

aldebaran

nicaraguan

overburden

armenian

pagurian

alabaman

paraguayan

pavlovian

penicillin

apportionment

situation

greco-roman

introduction

implantation

committeeman

explanation

explication

exploitation

extradition

centurion

distribution

infiltration

interurban

contemplation

cotyledon

jordanian

elongation

ibuprofen

californian

dehydration

legislation

conjugation

bolivian

condemnation

disinfection

disinflation

european

excavation

execution

exhortation

fallopian

illustration

implication

imputation

incarnation

obfuscation

punctuation

reawaken

subluxation

arthurian

devolution

collodion

comedian

formulation

liberator

pigmentation

segmentation

sicilian

disillusion

confiscation

inclination

operators

praetorian

locomotion

preelection

operative

preconception

evocation

revolution

evolution

melanesian

englishwoman

consultation

constellation

reelection

abortionist

chameleon

condensation

consecration

disputation

spirituals

dispensation

draconian

relocation

resolution

embarkation

integration

ministration

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word apparition

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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