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

gentian

mansion

mention

tension

caption

pension

ensign

function

sanction

junction

fiction

flexion

faction

section

engine

luncheon

action

diction

fraction

friction

option

suction

torsion

traction

martian

dungeon

portion

strengthen

hessian

grandson

fission

mahone

lengthen

ashen

freshen

lampron

fashion

mission

passion

prussian

ration

russian

session

capstan

emption

gumption

henchman

tungsten

draftsman

marksman

reprints

apron

arson

guardsman

banyan

canyon

canton

captain

chapman

claxon

clinton

damson

jetson

sportsman

craftsman

ibsen

chaplain

kansan

kelson

london

kenyan

linden

mignon

keelson

lynden

minion

penman

onion

panton

parson

plantain

saffron

pinion

runnion

samson

stepson

huntsman

saxon

santon

tendon

undone

whitson

auction

drunken

dutchman

fortune

georgian

christian

churchman

margin

freshman

bastion

question

belgian

flashgun

shrunken

sunken

klansman

barren

caxton

dustman

marchman

baron

bason

glisten

aprons

landman

ninon

happen

garron

bordman

urson

horseman

cannon

canon

fasten

worsen

children

markman

oarsman

portman

sexton

reprint

bisson

lessen

listen

christen

lesson

linen

person

tappen

gudgeon

cushion

burgeon

haitian

kitchen

station

pigeon

nation

persian

surgeon

penguin

earthen

plankton

bludgeon

pathan

caution

grecian

dudgeon

sturgeon

urchin

version

vision

acton

airman

alman

aspen

atman

bagman

bargain

barton

baston

befriends

bellman

billion

billman

calvin

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chessman

chevron

citron

classman

corban

cordon

crimson

dampen

darken

desman

dobson

falcon

fibrin

fireman

foreman

fountain

garden

gascon

gilden

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

landsman

lineman

linemen

lisbon

m1

marlin

marten

martin

matron

melton

milken

million

minden

morgan

mormon

mountain

muslin

nekton

norman

organ

orphan

outrun

oxen

packman

pardon

passman

patron

pectin

pillion

piston

pitman

ponton

pressman

scallion

scullion

selden

sharpen

shorten

silken

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallion

stillion

sultan

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

teston

tillman

trillion

tubman

tuscan

vulcan

wanton

warden

workman

brethren

bushman

faustian

watchman

hangman

mangan

othman

rincon

longan

salesman

amman

sovrans

baton

townsman

alan

statesman

basin

yachtsman

batten

blacken

breton

briton

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

certain

charon

chasten

chicken

cousin

vibrant

batton

beckon

begun

bellon

billon

bison

bitten

bourbon

bracken

burden

button

caisson

canaan

curtain

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

dragon

driven

ermine

famine

fatten

felon

firman

flatten

floren

foreign

gallon

gammon

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

griffon

hasten

heaven

heron

hidden

hyson

jason

scotsman

jetton

kitten

lagan

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

loren

madden

marron

mason

melon

mitten

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

patten

perron

platen

platten

prison

quicken

reckon

redden

resin

ribbon

ridden

ripen

risen

riven

sadden

salmon

satin

sermon

seven

sicken

siren

slacken

smitten

stiffen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

talon

thicken

threaten

toughen

turban

urban

vegan

villain

wagon

warren

weapon

wiccan

women

written

yaupon

zircon

affront

cauldron

doctrine

befriend

baldwin

delphian

headsman

asian

notion

ocean

lotion

cajun

motion

potion

sparing

suasion

affronts

alban

austin

bookman

boston

brakeman

bullion

caverns

copeman

dalton

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

footman

goodman

governs

houseman

lightman

lockman

lopeman

outdone

shearman

shipman

shotgun

spearman

stallman

stockman

supreme

taverns

union

woodman

woolman

sprinkle

coachman

urine

spokesman

supremes

seedsman

refrains

bacon

bayman

bobbin

auden

bollen

boughten

brazen

brighten

cavern

cayman

cheapen

common

cotton

broaden

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

deepen

fallen

frighten

gotten

graven

hausen

haven

heighten

hymen

hyphen

kalan

laden

layman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

loosen

lyden

maiden

moisten

often

open

pagan

pavon

pollan

pollen

pullen

raven

rerun

riden

robin

rosin

rotten

satan

shaken

shaman

siphon

sodden

soften

straighten

syphon

taken

tavern

thousand

tighten

titan

triton

trodden

waken

whiten

widen

wizen

woman

woolen

wooden

zaman

sprinkles

fusion

heathen

legion

lesion

region

trojan

ephraim

boatman

bolden

chieftain

fielden

freedman

golden

molten

newsman

olden

refrain

sequin

soldan

sprinters

ion

lion

springtime

cowan

dian

gowan

mayan

paean

peon

rayon

scion

zion

homespun

postman

shopworn

sprinkling

beacon

beaten

blowgun

bowman

brogan

broken

chosen

colon

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

deacon

demon

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

freeman

gluten

hogan

hoten

hoven

frozen

human

leman

leven

logan

lumen

odin

omen

poison

proven

reason

roman

rosen

rumen

seaman

season

semen

seton

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

spoken

sprinter

steven

stolen

sweeten

swollen

token

toman

treason

weaken

wheaten

woven

yeoman

springing

newborns

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

reforms

sprinklers

springer

auburn

lowborn

reborn

reform

newborn

sprinkler

deformed

reformed

govern

deform

springboard

affirm

affirms

3 syllable words

attention

detention

dimension

dissension

laurentian

ascension

oppression

suppression

rejection

projection

ejection

convention

invention

suspension

compression

contention

declension

admission

affection

ambition

asuncion

garrison

attrition

collection

connection

connexion

deception

defection

election

erection

optician

regression

repression

selection

tactician

transition

aggression

depression

digression

perfection

injection

protection

objection

detection

patrician

perception

progression

reception

correction

profession

transcription

direction

procession

possession

recession

secession

transgression

encryption

extension

complexion

badminton

prescription

apprentice

suggestion

castration

conception

confection

contrition

convection

capsaicin

conviction

deflection

exception

impression

inception

infection

redemption

reflection

opinion

intention

translation

transmission

abduction

affliction

accession

accretion

addiction

alsatian

carnation

cognition

concession

condition

confession

congestion

conscription

constriction

dalmatian

damnation

depiction

dissection

formation

hydration

ingestion

injunction

irishman

lactation

libration

migration

nutrition

obsession

optation

partition

plantation

pretension

prevention

propulsion

retention

salvation

secretion

stagnation

starvation

submission

subscription

succession

suspicion

taxation

technician

vibration

oration

adhesion

description

desertion

restriction

addition

narration

negation

commission

proscription

audition

inspection

cetacean

exemption

expression

inflection

elation

assertion

gyration

summation

franciscan

flirtation

predation

petition

permission

edition

position

physician

sedation

digestion

tradition

reptilian

abstention

derision

completion

compulsion

prostration

appearance

talisman

parisian

misprision

compunction

distinction

presumption

resumption

magician

bedridden

african

horatian

dominion

discretion

frustration

transaction

disruption

rebellion

unwritten

abstraction

inscription

backwoodsman

obstruction

construction

reprimands

eruption

fixation

foundation

eviction

cistercian

emulsion

exertion

ignition

insertion

hydrogen

persuasion

extinction

reduction

resection

production

preemption

prediction

eleven

elison

proportion

beholden

compassion

crustacean

ablution

vatican

jettison

ablation

apportion

deduction

dictation

revulsion

depletion

nitrogen

seduction

deflation

menhaden

destruction

causation

aleutian

expansion

reprimand

deletion

octillion

emission

emotion

evasion

gradation

fisherman

halogen

immersion

ligation

malaysian

margarine

munition

musician

occasion

omission

imprison

origin

provision

remission

reversion

solution

vacation

snapdragon

privation

promotion

volition

infliction

percussion

precession

duration

intestine

citation

pollution

devotion

collision

commotion

labyrinth

perversion

phoenician

dilation

sedition

egyptian

venetian

distortion

exhaustion

induction

inflation

filtration

abhorrent

nonhuman

inhuman

arian

appian

vermilion

forbidden

instruction

everyone

brazilian

chairperson

aberrant

civilian

cardigan

apparent

cambrian

logician

magdalen

pavilion

heartbroken

cartesian

abortion

dentition

abrasion

aspersion

diffusion

discussion

equation

concussion

misshapen

excision

impassion

artesian

incision

creation

fruition

tuition

norwegian

occlusion

oxygen

preclusion

profusion

rendition

seclusion

sensation

cyprian

congressman

awaken

denizen

campion

catalan

excretion

adrian

ferryman

cinnamon

expulsion

andean

albion

champion

halcyon

hammerman

absorption

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

lanolin

kantian

keratin

mandarin

ramadan

venison

zambian

adsorption

disunion

englishman

allusion

caucasian

cessation

clergyman

collegian

collusion

delusion

dilution

division

donation

location

parthian

precision

probation

rescission

truncation

vocation

scuppernong

albumin

etruscan

communion

masculine

ovation

quotation

mutation

ambrosian

muskmelon

rotation

relation

cremation

harlequin

religion

recision

reaction

decision

corruption

countryman

flotation

illusion

notation

revision

convulsion

carrion

clarion

dorian

ghanaian

irian

korean

saccharin

contortion

galleon

malayan

marian

niacin

aryan

myosin

concoction

conflation

anglican

tamarin

combustion

conduction

confucian

excursion

midshipman

abdomen

acumen

artisan

austrian

cohesion

backgammon

chairwoman

corsican

deferment

forewoman

charlatan

charwoman

genuine

in-person

mexican

vibrancy

mistaken

partisan

perfusion

porcelain

rifleman

timberman

australian

predestine

sopranos

unbutton

uncertain

peppermint

policeman

infarction

adoption

anchorman

contusion

incursion

benjamin

inaction

diapering

contraption

croatian

consumption

laotian

corrosion

aegean

gestation

coercion

contagion

transfusion

phrygian

conversion

papering

invasion

inversion

stygian

temptation

dispersion

peppering

scythian

tapering

bouillon

anyone

bitumen

bosnian

downtrodden

bedizen

bulletin

collagen

gravamen

fustian

forgotten

afferent

citizen

gentleman

deference

guardian

medicine

difference

different

freemason

gordian

indian

housebroken

saleswoman

operant

puritan

scorpion

thespian

silicon

pelican

skeleton

uneven

vitamin

councilman

reverence

ottoman

deferments

reference

severance

toboggan

solomon

superman

specimen

abhorrence

assumption

attraction

aversion

beforehand

conclusion

confusion

conjunction

diffraction

diversion

erosion

exaction

implosion

inclusion

infusion

intrusion

lecithin

pentathlon

retraction

singleton

cation

chilean

fabian

fenian

foramen

gaussian

enlighten

enliven

heroine

horizon

syrian

chamberlain

heroin

plebeian

simian

abandon

gillian

hawaiian

governance

veteran

moroccan

samoan

bedouin

guncotton

overhung

rhodopsin

unburden

uncommon

uppermost

alien

libyan

avian

biotin

permian

subtraction

subversion

submersion

favoring

laboring

contraction

distraction

extrusion

exclusion

explosion

extortion

infraction

lutheran

handwoven

arkansan

companion

bandwagon

outspoken

overhangs

reunion

efferent

determine

governors

keynesian

lesbian

reverend

reverent

unison

beethoven

soprano

unbroken

assassin

waterman

wesleyan

suburban

misfortune

regimen

extraction

precaution

imagine

reformists

governor

grobian

jovian

julian

orion

uterine

alaskan

alderman

government

lumberman

battalion

nobleman

protean

italian

bufferin

medallion

freudian

discipline

nemean

overhang

odeon

sumatran

nubian

median

fijian

suffering

covering

offering

debarment

differently

feminine

governments

emblazon

embolden

crestfallen

nonunion

nebraskan

hibernate

melanin

nevadan

overdone

overman

overrun

peterman

coverings

governing

offerings

sufferings

clarendon

overruns

reformist

reopen

nevermore

overnight

evermore

reformers

reformer

oberon

reaffirm

reaffirms

overmatch

4 syllable words

apparition

attribution

condescension

abdication

aggravation

application

aggregation

abrogation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

appellation

gravitation

trepidation

contraception

contravention

gastrulation

amputation

appearances

acclamation

acclimation

advocation

accusation

activation

cancellation

cultivation

degradation

fibrillation

palpitation

replication

tabulation

granulation

lubrication

population

publication

reputation

retrocession

segregation

affirmation

allegation

allocation

animation

annotation

appalachian

aspiration

avocation

correlation

derivation

habitation

irritation

navigation

levitation

preelection

propagation

recreation

reelection

repossession

sanitation

vacillation

validation

aforementioned

disinfection

tetrahedron

aberration

imperfection

transportation

adoration

retribution

misperception

cogitation

satisfaction

adulation

agitation

pagination

operation

adrenaline

circumvention

preparation

rhetorician

separation

calculation

arbitration

reproduction

laceration

variation

complication

surrogation

computation

reparation

graduation

convocation

commutation

compilation

consolation

consummation

congregation

abnegation

saturation

ordination

oxidation

exhalation

predilection

affirmations

strangulation

obligation

maturation

absolution

backwardation

disaffection

duplication

invitation

liquidation

masturbation

inattention

proclamation

syndication

vaccination

abyssinian

recollection

restitution

stipulation

introspection

abolition

admiration

arizonan

californian

collocation

conjugation

connotation

contribution

coronation

corp.

corporation

deposition

desperation

differential

diminution

dissipation

divination

explication

extrication

fascination

fluoridation

fumigation

germination

impregnation

indiscretion

inhibition

irrigation

isolation

limitation

machination

mitigation

opposition

oscillation

perspiration

procreation

proposition

provocation

readmission

repetition

respiration

resurrection

reverential

rumination

supposition

termination

titillation

valuation

visitation

malformation

obfuscation

constellation

consultation

octahedron

confiscation

ostentation

miseration

condemnation

modulation

mortification

decompression

malnutrition

iteration

augmentation

macedonian

violation

armageddon

disconnection

implication

indentation

indignation

formulation

fragmentation

imputation

ideation

radiation

instigation

intervention

dietitian

aviation

liberation

perforation

transformation

substitution

reinspection

interjection

transplantation

registration

affectation

combination

crucifixion

dereliction

albanian

carcinogen

ammunition

annexation

calibration

circulation

culmination

fermentation

intonation

admonition

darwinian

situation

adaptation

eritrean

acquisition

competition

convolution

copenhagen

differentials

insurrection

tasmanian

composition

deportation

expiration

inundation

aldebaran

american

statistician

copernican

persecution

glaciation

subdivision

alabaman

jordanian

prosecution

prostitution

superhuman

superstition

amphibian

polyhedron

deferential

self-deception

apprentices

introduction

bifurcation

distribution

contradiction

dilatation

dissertation

hibernation

imitation

dissolution

explanation

exploitation

incrustation

erudition

confrontation

figuration

domination

immolation

inhalation

innovation

litigation

manumission

melanesian

nomination

perturbation

politician

polynesian

preignition

profanation

repercussion

supervision

infiltration

reposition

misconception

suffocation

orchestration

floridian

disinflation

disputation

pigmentation

expedition

exploration

exposition

electrician

importation

exhumation

inclination

institution

interception

infestation

preconception

indexation

intersection

condensation

constitution

nonprescription

compensation

prohibition

moderation

mediation

comparison

corinthian

indigestion

governmental

reassertion

meridian

fluctuation

foliation

coalition

coloration

deviation

toleration

conservation

emigration

immigration

imposition

armenian

distillation

dandelion

disposition

confirmation

indecision

conversation

indication

alternation

inspiration

committeeman

intercession

gorgonian

stimulation

recognition

relaxation

retardation

paraguayan

insulation

obsidian

observation

oblivion

permutation

precondition

dominican

predetermine

celebration

demarcation

reappearance

benediction

altercation

watermelon

deformation

samaritan

commendation

intimation

tribulation

desecration

information

invocation

simulation

vindication

referendum

supremacy

dehydration

hydrocarbon

apprenticeship

obstetrician

rhododendron

extradition

expectation

circumspection

integration

labyrinthine

exhortation

alteration

motivation

diocesan

installation

interdiction

intuition

jubilation

mutilation

consecration

devonian

inflammation

never-ending

dispensation

illustration

ministration

embarkation

smithsonian

hyperion

consternation

incantation

premonition

relocation

jurisdiction

realization

incarnation

englishwoman

demolition

ulceration

evocation

definition

usurpation

simonian

subluxation

disillusion

apprenticeships

deconstruction

referendums

reconstruction

crocodilian

circumcision

requisition

intermission

dislocation

interruption

athenian

exhibition

lilliputian

generation

ovulation

veneration

molestation

occupation

protestation

nicaraguan

assemblyman

nonpartisan

guatemalan

olympian

references

sequestration

syncopation

conflagration

demonstration

elongation

differences

penicillin

contemplation

tabernacle

concentration

implantation

businesswoman

wagnerian

constipation

locomotion

detonation

algerian

emanation

inquisition

renovation

apparently

incubation

bavarian

pedestrian

assyrian

comedian

bolivian

criterion

misbegotten

reawaken

tamoxifen

napoleon

galilean

iberian

gregorian

himalayan

missourian

valerian

maccabean

planarian

shakespearean

sicilian

jacobean

draconian

iranian

liberian

chameleon

republican

siberian

leviathan

recantation

nigerian

ventilation

bohemian

presentation

resignation

designation

penetration

federation

decoration

papier-mache

destination

accordion

agrarian

barbarian

centurion

cotyledon

covariance

greco-roman

ibuprofen

liberians

librarian

minnesotan

overburden

pagurian

pavlovian

reexamine

sectarian

supremely

arthurian

lancastrian

hungarian

punctuation

reformation

elevation

evolution

hesitation

preservation

recitation

menstruation

decimation

declaration

dedication

defamation

delegation

desiccation

ohioan

desolation

medication

meditation

reservation

resolution

restoration

revocation

revolution

revelation

segmentation

devolution

vegetation

arabian

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5 syllable words

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word apprehension

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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