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

gumption

persian

prussian

russian

version

aspirin

lampron

dustman

aspen

jaspers

tuscan

whispers

emption

cousin

dozen

luncheon

fortune

christian

margin

caption

georgian

suction

misprint

bastion

question

faustian

option

dungeon

ashen

asian

bludgeon

burgeon

cauldron

caution

children

cushion

despairs

desperate

dispersed

doctrine

dudgeon

earthen

fashion

fission

freshen

gudgeon

hessian

mission

oarsman

passion

ration

session

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

urchin

vision

foreman

fireman

dispair

disperse

fibrin

garden

gascon

tungsten

gorgon

harden

jorden

jordan

harken

harten

houseman

jasmine

hempen

jargon

hearten

kansan

marten

martin

misprints

marlin

london

morgan

organ

expressed

norman

onion

mormon

muslin

orphan

outrun

pardon

passman

piston

pressman

runnion

saffron

scullion

sharpen

shipman

shorten

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

tubman

stepson

sultan

tarpon

tartan

teston

undone

vulcan

warden

carmine

corban

airman

apron

austin

bargain

barton

baston

cordon

crimson

dampen

darken

boston

captain

carbon

carman

carton

chaplain

chairman

chapman

chessman

chevron

citron

classman

despair

experts

action

guardsman

auction

faction

fiction

flexion

fraction

freshman

friction

gentian

section

function

shrunken

belgian

bushman

junction

landsman

brethren

churchman

huntsman

diction

portion

mention

pension

mansion

martian

drunken

dutchman

engine

sunken

tension

traction

torsion

asper

bison

charon

curtain

bisson

bourbon

brazen

burden

baron

barren

bason

burdon

certain

burton

burman

button

christen

firman

ermine

garron

fasten

floren

foreign

german

glisten

heron

hesper

happen

hausen

hyson

jasper

lessen

lesson

listen

loren

marron

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

perron

person

prison

resin

ripen

risen

rosin

sermon

siren

sudden

sullen

summon

tappen

thousand

toughen

turban

urban

urson

vesper

warren

weapon

whisper

worsen

yaupon

wizen

zircon

bordman

capstan

delphian

disprove

marchman

markman

portman

postman

yachtsman

scotsman

expert

lengthen

caxton

strengthen

klansman

sexton

townsman

landman

baldwin

headsman

icebergs

homespun

horseman

notion

ocean

pathan

lesion

grecian

haitian

kitchen

lotion

mahone

motion

nation

station

fusion

pigeon

potion

urine

henchman

plankton

penguin

acton

alban

alman

arson

aspire

atman

bagman

banyan

bellman

billion

billman

bookman

bullion

calvin

canton

canyon

claxon

clinton

copeman

dalton

damson

desman

disburse

dobson

dolman

dolphin

ensign

esprit

faulcon

fountain

falcon

footman

gilden

goodman

hackman

headman

hetman

ibsen

iceberg

jackman

jetson

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lockman

lopeman

lynden

m1

matron

melton

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

outdone

oxen

packman

panton

parson

samson

santon

saxon

scallion

selden

shearman

shotgun

silken

mountain

nekton

patron

pectin

stallion

stallman

stillion

stockman

sylvan

tillman

trillion

penman

pitman

plantain

ponton

pinion

pillion

tendon

wanton

whitson

woodman

woolman

workman

lakefront

draftsman

newsprint

oxfords

craftsman

marksman

passports

sanction

sportsman

watchman

flashgun

longan

rincon

othman

hangman

mangan

alan

amman

auden

basin

cotton

deaden

deafen

deepen

devon

dragon

driven

spokesman

statesman

fallen

famine

fatten

felon

grandson

frozen

flatten

gallon

gammon

frighten

gibbon

given

reason

rerun

salmon

talon

wooden

woolen

salesman

quicken

rosen

rotten

sadden

titan

written

hasten

heaven

heighten

hidden

pullen

ribbon

ridden

riden

riven

syphon

thicken

threaten

tighten

vegan

women

reckon

seedsman

gladden

glidden

gotten

griffon

redden

robin

satin

season

seven

sicken

siphon

slacken

smitten

sodden

soften

stiffen

stricken

striven

treason

triton

trodden

villain

wagon

whiten

wiccan

widen

woman

baton

batten

batton

oxford

beckon

begun

bellon

billon

bitten

blacken

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bracken

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

cabin

caisson

cannon

canon

chasten

chicken

chosen

common

jetton

cheapen

hymen

hyphen

jason

kitten

lagan

latin

leaven

leaden

ledden

lemon

lighten

liken

linen

lichen

liman

liven

phosphors

locken

loosen

lyden

madden

mason

melon

mitten

moisten

ninon

often

open

patten

pavon

platen

platten

poison

pollen

passport

pollan

exports

legion

heathen

cajun

trojan

region

boatman

freedman

gowan

bolden

chieftain

export

brakeman

chessboards

cowan

dian

disbar

expired

fielden

golden

ion

molten

mayan

lion

newsman

olden

phosphor

rayon

scion

sequin

soldan

union

zion

dashboards

coachman

bacon

beacon

bayman

beaten

blowgun

bowman

brogan

broken

canaan

cayman

colon

craven

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

demon

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

freeman

gluten

graven

haven

highbrow

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

kalan

laden

layman

leman

leven

logan

lumen

maiden

neighbors

odin

omen

pagan

raven

proven

chessboard

expire

roman

rumen

satan

seaman

semen

seton

shaken

shaman

shogun

solon

showman

slogan

spoken

steven

stolen

straighten

sweeten

swollen

taken

token

toman

waken

weaken

wheaten

woven

yeoman

zaman

dashboard

washboard

backboards

baseboards

highbrows

owen

paean

peon

ruin

rowen

rowan

backboard

baseboard

neighbor

sagebrush

3 syllable words

aspirant

chairperson

dispersal

in-person

lumberman

unburden

uncertain

compression

frustration

determine

suburban

abortion

aggression

apportion

ascension

confession

contagion

contusion

ablation

asuncion

equation

exertion

gestation

impassion

insertion

invasion

occlusion

oppression

persuasion

profusion

progression

proportion

regression

suppression

caucasian

allusion

collision

negation

procession

profession

collusion

possession

predation

provision

sedation

decision

evasion

fisherman

desertion

perversion

recision

rescission

summation

whispering

aspirants

muskmelon

truncation

imprison

companion

complexion

extrusion

explosion

expression

abstention

expansion

inspection

assumption

austrian

unwritten

castration

confusion

contention

contortion

contrition

convection

convention

declension

discretion

distortion

implosion

misfortune

alderman

completion

compulsion

conflation

intrusion

mistaken

conception

conclusion

confection

prostration

timberman

construction

expresses

awaken

accession

fustian

mandarin

waterman

expressions

jamaican

cyprian

hammerman

thespian

accretion

obstruction

affection

anchorman

artesian

attention

objection

aspiring

constriction

adoption

attrition

cartesian

aspires

assassin

collection

disbursement

concession

connexion

deflation

excision

optation

patrician

reception

disparate

deception

dictation

diffusion

dissection

misshapen

selection

succession

dissension

incision

superman

connection

despairing

disparage

obsession

preclusion

propulsion

protection

seclusion

secretion

temptation

cessation

cetacean

collegian

lecithin

narration

veteran

malayan

misfortunes

subtraction

illusion

ambrosian

countryman

housebroken

emblazon

consumption

projection

adsorption

distraction

saccharin

exclusion

excretion

delusion

secession

contraction

division

destruction

expulsion

extension

extortion

recession

prescription

unbroken

tamarin

transfusion

outspoken

corruption

duration

erosion

precision

elation

abandon

acumen

aspartame

aspirates

attraction

backgammon

battalion

bedridden

brazilian

cambrian

chamberlain

civilian

coercion

compunction

corrosion

deflection

derision

disbursements

discipline

dispersive

disruption

dominion

exception

filtration

guncotton

inception

inclusion

infection

inflation

infusion

intention

invention

medallion

opinion

parisian

pavilion

pentathlon

presumption

reflection

resumption

unbutton

uncommon

extraction

subscription

abstraction

conscription

eleven

peterman

resection

toboggan

erection

election

dimension

phosphoric

disbarment

receivers

scorpion

sensation

preemption

australian

uneven

eruption

menhaden

gravamen

specimen

injection

mispronounce

expressive

taxation

overdone

overman

overrun

perception

fixation

nevadan

depletion

aspirate

alsatian

defection

bedizen

campion

champion

depiction

detection

detention

contraption

description

infarction

infraction

inflection

restriction

absorption

audition

appian

arian

solution

aryan

religion

gaussian

ghanaian

heroin

samoan

uterine

hawaiian

adhesion

margarine

carrion

venetian

percussion

promotion

petition

position

clarion

commission

commotion

imagine

phoenician

heroine

horizon

niacin

pollution

irian

korean

myosin

plebeian

physician

marian

bandwagon

tradition

addition

aleutian

syrian

communion

crestfallen

egyptian

digestion

downtrodden

ejection

expertly

edition

disunion

rejection

reptilian

dorian

snapdragon

suggestion

combustion

distinction

midshipman

diffraction

expiring

redemption

fruition

inscription

tuition

capsaicin

chairwoman

everyone

expires

italian

cohesion

magician

policeman

phosphorites

talisman

taxpayers

whisperers

lutheran

transcription

abdomen

alaskan

enlighten

enliven

horatian

rebellion

expressly

congestion

andean

albion

addiction

beholden

admission

cognition

anyone

gossipers

denizen

bulletin

garrison

guardian

halcyon

indian

macabre

medicine

wesleyan

ablution

ambition

kantian

venison

lesbian

whisperer

zambian

concussion

bitumen

adrian

gordian

discussion

deduction

digression

condition

unison

emulsion

optician

irishman

laurentian

norwegian

extinction

ferryman

partition

production

reduction

revulsion

seduction

tactician

transition

citizen

phosphorite

submission

albumin

arkansan

embolden

etruscan

franciscan

handwoven

proscription

nebraskan

encryption

exemption

nonunion

halogen

munition

gyration

citation

devotion

emission

emotion

musician

neighborhood

permission

precaution

precession

causation

clergyman

direction

origin

oration

achievers

correction

deletion

dilation

dilution

flirtation

ligation

omission

privation

reaction

remission

revision

sedition

volition

galleon

libyan

simian

abduction

chilean

foramen

biotin

orion

permian

reopen

affliction

conviction

concoction

convulsion

exaction

nonhuman

inhuman

transmission

bedouin

confucian

induction

cation

gillian

exhaustion

conduction

moroccan

receiver

backwoodsman

artisan

discovers

logician

partisan

ingestion

bookkeepers

disappears

forewoman

nobleman

perfusion

predestine

rhodopsin

sumatran

exporters

rifleman

vermilion

croatian

stygian

aegean

creation

scythian

neighboring

laotian

phrygian

benjamin

congressman

carnation

dentition

depression

formation

foundation

inaction

libration

hydrogen

migration

perfection

plantation

hydration

transgression

dalmatian

damnation

eviction

ignition

lactation

neighborhoods

nitrogen

nutrition

oxygen

prediction

pretension

prevention

rendition

repression

retention

salvation

stagnation

starvation

technician

vibration

bosnian

catalan

forgotten

jacobin

jettison

keratin

beethoven

keynesian

intestine

discover

cinnamon

elison

harlequin

collagen

javelin

badminton

lanolin

councilman

ottoman

pelican

recovers

reunion

solomon

ramadan

puritan

silicon

skeleton

taxpayer

vatican

gentleman

icebreakers

octillion

vitamin

cremation

flotation

conjunction

donation

gradation

impression

instruction

location

mutation

notation

ovation

parthian

probation

quotation

regimen

relation

retraction

rotation

singleton

transaction

translation

vacation

vocation

alien

avian

charlatan

charwoman

porcelain

heartbroken

fabian

gooseberries

freudian

mexican

reexports

decipher

magdalen

fenian

jovian

julian

clarendon

median

nemean

forbidden

genuine

passover

cardigan

nubian

gossiper

grobian

african

corsican

expiry

high-powered

aquifers

odeon

protean

infliction

achiever

englishman

fijian

aquifer

bookkeeper

bouillon

masculine

gooseberry

takeovers

exporter

disappear

cheeseburger

reexport

injunction

freemason

feminine

melanin

anglican

bishoprics

disapprove

cheeseburgers

icebreaker

neighborly

neighbourly

lucifer

recover

saleswoman

recovery

raspberries

takeover

dogberry

hackberry

raspberry

4 syllable words

copernican

assyrian

aspirations

expiration

inspiration

perspiration

corp.

corporation

dissipation

restoration

ulceration

apparition

laceration

operation

preparation

separation

coloration

reparation

transportation

phosphorescence

misperception

expirations

exploration

agrarian

american

asperity

samaritan

devastation

disposition

masturbation

experiment

admiration

dissertation

alteration

decimation

declaration

figuration

hungarian

suffocation

usurpation

recitation

desolation

bavarian

desiccation

supposition

legislation

supervision

gregorian

planarian

disparaging

missourian

disillusion

valerian

circumspection

misperceptions

aberration

illustration

fluctuation

consternation

confiscation

cogitation

federation

imperfection

adoration

ministration

decoration

generation

iteration

violation

adrenaline

satisfaction

pedestrian

toleration

transformation

disputation

leviathan

diaspora

liberation

rhetorician

dispensation

reinspection

variation

decompression

obfuscation

experiments

surrogation

moderation

exposition

miseration

veneration

accordion

adaptation

affectation

altercation

alternation

backwardation

calibration

celebration

circumcision

commendation

confirmation

conservation

conversation

culmination

cultivation

custodian

desecration

designation

desperately

destination

disaffection

dislocation

disparages

disparity

dispiriting

distillation

dominican

emigration

esperanto

estimation

excitation

fermentation

graduation

historian

hypertension

immigration

information

insurrection

interaction

intercession

intermission

interruption

interurban

introspection

inundation

maturation

molestation

nestorian

observation

obsidian

occupation

pagurian

penetration

presentation

protestation

publication

recantation

resignation

saturation

sectarian

situation

statistician

subdivision

watermelon

expectation

explanation

exploitation

orchestration

experience

syncopation

demonstration

explication

incrustation

contemplation

sequestration

elevation

emanation

delegation

derivation

dissolution

reawaken

divination

avocation

defamation

domination

dedication

dilatation

respirator

hyperion

allegation

allocation

annotation

gravitation

habitation

animation

connotation

detonation

germination

hesitation

hibernation

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jubilation

levitation

limitation

litigation

mammalian

machination

medication

meditation

melanesian

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

correlation

fluoridation

coronation

oscillation

affirmation

bifurcation

sicilian

collocation

fascination

napoleon

appalachian

navigation

nomination

fallopian

appellation

polynesian

arabian

comedian

preservation

coloradan

canadian

chameleon

collodion

profanation

provocation

realization

receivership

propagation

recreation

reformation

repercussion

resurrection

desperado

renovation

repossession

reservation

revelation

revocation

sanitation

termination

titillation

trepidation

vacillation

validation

visitation

adulation

agitation

education

interwoven

modulation

arbitration

disapproval

disappearance

consultation

disconnection

condemnation

constipation

circumvention

shakespearean

condescension

augmentation

consecration

disinfection

expedition

fragmentation

disparities

disinflation

importation

infestation

instigation

integration

interception

interdiction

vegetation

intersection

intervention

jurisdiction

pigmentation

preconception

punctuation

segmentation

menstruation

mortification

ostentation

substitution

reconstruction

expressionist

athenian

deconstruction

pelagian

nigerian

perforation

penicillin

accusation

advocation

approbation

activation

consolation

committeeman

predetermine

degradation

interjection

circulation

consummation

convocation

tasmanian

abdication

vociferates

abnegation

compilation

cancellation

combination

commutation

depravation

abrogation

acclamation

aggravation

aggregation

annexation

acclimation

application

depredation

duplication

destitution

emulation

deprivation

centurion

equitation

fabrication

fibrillation

minnesotan

granulation

indecision

inattention

misgovernment

indication

indonesian

insulation

intimation

intonation

invitation

invocation

lilliputian

liquidation

obligation

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

population

predilection

proclamation

receiverships

reclamation

recollection

refutation

regulation

replication

reputation

restitution

segregation

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

superhuman

superstition

syndication

abyssinian

oblivion

jordanian

nicaraguan

tabulation

tribulation

vaccination

ventilation

vindication

albanian

aldebaran

aspirated

estonian

eustachian

glaciation

greco-roman

victorian

experienced

registration

assemblyman

concentration

contraception

conjugation

conflagration

californian

confrontation

dehydration

equestrian

kindergarten

distribution

impregnation

indiscretion

self-deception

implantation

ibuprofen

arthurian

comprehension

rumination

exhumation

algerian

smithsonian

fumigation

preelection

reelection

perturbation

amputation

complication

implication

lancastrian

inclination

compensation

indentation

excavation

indignation

embarkation

gastrulation

condensation

computation

imputation

exhortation

calculation

subluxation

incantation

incarnation

institution

criterion

devonian

installation

constellation

inflammation

liberian

formulation

european

himalayan

iberian

simonian

vociferate

siberian

apprehension

misbegotten

reciprocal

transplantation

coalition

congregation

dietitian

exhalation

exportable

armageddon

noblewoman

republican

incubation

reciprocate

mispronounces

dispirited

crocodilian

strangulation

exuberance

prohibition

hemoglobin

macedonian

exuberant

relaxation

crucifixion

polyhedron

meridian

deportation

lubrication

contravention

extrication

rhododendron

infiltration

misconception

alabaman

barbarian

columbian

cyclopean

eritrean

nonprescription

guatemalan

exclamation

overburden

paraguayan

respirators

wagnerian

reciprocates

librarian

recuperates

gentlewoman

obstetrician

desperadoes

olympian

cotyledon

businesswoman

pavlovian

revolution

abolition

manumission

devolution

preignition

premonition

proposition

diminution

politician

repetition

reposition

resolution

readmission

definition

demolition

deposition

erudition

evolution

mongolian

locomotion

opposition

tetrahedron

octahedron

indexation

arizonan

contrarian

floridian

low-spirited

diocesan

draconian

maccabean

galilean

iranian

jacobean

newtonian

pacifiers

plutonian

praetorian

protozoan

indigestion

recuperate

utopian

absolution

bohemian

composition

dereliction

acquisition

ammunition

prostitution

prosecution

recognition

hegelian

imposition

competition

corinthian

convolution

exhibition

admonition

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elocution

ideation

algonquian

precondition

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dandelion

amphibian

englishwoman

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discoveries

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hydrocarbon

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occupiers

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reexamine

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comparison

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recoveries

discoverers

discovery

carcinogen

deformation

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contribution

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introduction

deviation

foliation

radiation

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aviation

mediation

herculean

pacifier

disappearing

evocation

procreation

electrician

malformation

relocation

pagination

tamoxifen

occupier

disapproving

gargantuan

whosoever

copenhagen

5 syllable words

consideration

vulgarization

commemoration

collaboration

deceleration

alliteration

evaporation

association

recuperation

pasteurization

anticipation

cooperation

participation

exasperation

acceleration

adulteration

agglomeration

amelioration

assassination

assimilation

conciliation

confederation

denunciation

discoloration

facilitation

hallucination

incineration

obliteration

precipitation

pronunciation

renunciation

resuscitation

russification

solicitation

annihilation

affiliation

elaboration

ionization

vaporization

expatriation

juxtaposition

dissociation

enumeration

deliberation

alleviation

cauterization

deification

appropriation

degeneration

corroboration

sophistication

authorization

reiteration

configuration

conglomeration

consolidation

decomposition

incorporation

reforestation

justification

manifestation

manipulation

misapplication

misinformation

predisposition

discoverable

initiation

negotiation

regeneration

domestication

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civilization

clarification

pacification

edification

peloponnesian

classification

codification

colonization

inauguration

ossification

purification

qualification

ramification

ratification

prevarication

presupposition

preoccupation

certification

orientation

mobilization

modernization

modification

dramatization

legalization

mummification

abbreviation

verification

mechanization

hyperborean

canonization

localization

libertarian

neapolitan

proletarian

recoverable

respiratory

decapitation

brutalization

notification

nullification

unitarian

abomination

accommodation

amortization

dissemination

exhilaration

exoneration

fertilization

gasification

glorification

gratification

remuneration

specification

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stratification

unification

utilization

vilification

delineation

improvisation

polarization

adjudication

alienation

experiential

multiplication

extermination

capitulation

nonintervention

approximation

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exaggeration

refrigeration

procrastination

nonsectarian

specialization

humiliation

proliferation

reaffirmation

communication

substantiation

contamination

accreditation

amalgamation

concatenation

continuation

desegregation

emancipation

equalization

exacerbation

excoriation

fortification

exfoliation

harmonization

falsification

hybridization

insinuation

misapprehension

incarceration

experimental

magnetization

hyperinflation

magnification

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normalization

organization

recommendation

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reintegration

predestination

pomeranian

sedimentation

subordination

epicurean

expressionism

expropriation

administration

maximilian

presbyterian

augustinian

disproportionate

attenuation

coagulation

assemblywoman

theologian

coordination

denomination

desalination

determination

elimination

eradication

evaluation

illumination

interpolation

experiences

experimenter

repudiation

premeditation

repatriation

babylonian

amazonian

amplification

jeffersonian

patagonian

confabulation

expressionistic

interconnection

panamanian

expropriations

oregonian

interpretation

investigation

simplification

mississippian

accumulation

disembarkation

dissatisfaction

disintegration

caledonian

disinclination

centralization

defenestration

discrimination

disappearances

congratulation

depreciation

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reverberation

rejuvenation

pennsylvanian

sanctification

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metropolitan

nitroglycerine

brobdingnagian

cohabitation

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immunization

inactivation

inoculation

intimidation

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recrimination

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authentication

reciprocity

ejaculation

delicatessen

scandinavian

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inhabitation

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representation

articulation

intoxication

ethiopian

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incrimination

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hanoverian

nickelodeon

perpetuation

argumentation

indoctrination

instrumentation

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hydrogenation

overproduction

academician

mathematician

carthaginian

beethovenian

imagination

argentinian

retaliation

christianization

origination

veterinarian

expropriated

revaluation

electrocution

lithuanian

pythagorean

triangulation

vegetarian

centenarian

exoskeleton

misappropriate

dionysian

misappropriates

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word aspersion

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

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