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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word attraction.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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2 syllable words

suction

fraction

faction

auction

traction

action

function

attracts

junction

attract

claxon

saxon

oxen

gumption

fiction

flexion

friction

diction

section

detracts

marksman

sanction

mansion

torsion

martian

caption

portion

detract

fashion

ashen

ration

prussian

caution

caxton

marchman

russian

markman

passion

acton

arson

citron

damson

darken

emption

hackman

harken

jackman

jetson

lockman

outrun

packman

parson

samson

stockman

tuscan

vulcan

whitson

flashgun

fortune

option

shrunken

fasten

gentian

georgian

pension

slacken

bastion

margin

mention

sunken

bason

bracken

dungeon

drunken

locken

guardsman

button

blacken

tension

mutton

huntsman

retracts

luncheon

bludgeon

addressed

dudgeon

fission

gudgeon

haitian

pathan

session

station

bordman

capstan

doctrine

horseman

mission

grandson

metrics

dustman

oarsman

cushion

mahone

nation

hessian

freshen

yachtsman

retract

scotsman

sexton

airman

plankton

aspen

alman

outraged

atman

tungsten

bagman

banyan

bookman

calvin

canyon

captain

carbon

carton

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chevron

ensign

fibrin

fireman

footman

foreman

gorgon

harden

harten

jargon

jasmine

jorden

kansan

keelson

kelson

kirkman

lightman

london

nekton

norman

panton

pardon

passman

patron

pectin

saffron

santon

scallion

scullion

shorten

shotgun

silken

sovran

squadron

stallion

bargain

barton

baston

brakeman

canton

carman

carmine

classman

corban

cordon

dampen

dobson

falcon

garden

gascon

hetman

ibsen

faulcon

hearten

jordan

marlin

marten

martin

matron

milken

morgan

mormon

muslin

onion

organ

orphan

outdone

pitman

plantain

spartan

spearman

runnion

sharpen

smarten

sovereign

stepson

tartan

sultan

tarpon

tubman

workman

undone

warden

belgian

engine

christian

dutchman

question

craftsman

mangan

draftsman

brethren

bushman

faustian

freshman

hangman

sportsman

outrage

rincon

alan

amman

bacon

baron

barren

basin

baton

batten

batton

beckon

bison

bisson

bitten

boughten

breton

brighten

cabin

caisson

cannon

canon

briton

charon

chasten

chicken

christen

cotton

cousin

dozen

dragon

famine

fatten

flatten

floren

foreign

frighten

gallon

gammon

garron

gladden

glisten

gotten

happen

hasten

heighten

heron

hyson

jason

jetton

kitten

lagan

latin

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

listen

loren

madden

marron

mason

mitten

muffin

mullen

oven

patten

perron

platen

person

platten

sadden

quicken

rotten

reckon

salmon

siren

sullen

smitten

sudden

stricken

satin

shaken

sicken

summon

taken

talon

tappen

threaten

tighten

titan

thicken

toughen

triton

urson

wagon

warren

waken

whiten

wiccan

worsen

zircon

written

children

portman

cauldron

delphian

baldwin

klansman

lampron

landman

headsman

lengthen

matrix

networks

spokesman

statesman

strengthen

theatrics

townsman

burgeon

grecian

kitchen

motion

notion

ocean

persian

pigeon

version

vision

sturgeon

surgeon

earthen

potion

storage

lotion

urchin

henchman

penguin

alban

apron

bellman

billman

austin

betrays

billion

boatman

boston

bullion

chessman

citric

clinton

crimson

dalton

desman

dolman

dolphin

fountain

gilden

goodman

headman

hempen

houseman

hydras

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lynden

m1

metric

mignon

million

minden

minion

melton

mountain

nitric

outright

retrace

stillion

strychnine

tillman

trillion

vitric

penman

pillion

pinion

piston

ponton

pressman

selden

sequin

shearman

shipman

stallman

sylvan

tendon

teston

woolman

wanton

woodman

landsman

starcraft

longan

othman

outreach

starches

sturgeons

storehouse

watchman

auden

beacon

beaten

begun

bellon

bobbin

bollen

bourbon

broaden

billon

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

butters

certain

common

cretin

crouton

curtain

cutters

deacon

deaden

deafen

devon

driven

eaten

ermine

fallen

felon

firman

german

gibbon

given

glidden

gluten

griffon

gutters

hausen

heaven

hidden

homespun

hoten

hymen

hyphen

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

liman

linen

liven

loosen

lyden

melon

moisten

mutters

ninon

nutters

often

pavon

pollan

pollen

postman

prison

pullen

putters

redden

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rosin

salesman

satan

seedsman

sermon

seton

seven

shutters

siphon

sodden

soften

spoken

stiffen

straggle

straighten

stresses

striven

struggle

sweeten

syphon

thousand

token

trodden

turban

urban

utters

vegan

villain

weaken

weapon

wheaten

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

yaupon

asian

heathen

straightedge

striking

cajun

fusion

region

whitehorse

structure

legion

suasion

lesion

trojan

cowan

dian

chieftain

gowan

zion

bolden

copeman

fielden

golden

freedman

rayon

lopeman

lion

scion

network

mayan

matrice

urine

molten

newsman

padres

ion

olden

soldan

staircase

starkly

straightens

stressful

struggles

theatric

union

coachman

churchman

strictures

batters

bayman

betters

bettors

bitters

blowgun

bowman

brazen

brogan

canaan

cayman

cheapen

chosen

colon

craven

crewman

cuban

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

deepen

dromon

eden

fetters

freeman

frozen

graven

demon

deters

elan

getters

haven

hitters

hogan

hoven

human

kalan

laden

layman

leman

letters

leven

litters

logan

lumen

maiden

matters

odin

omen

open

otters

pagan

poison

potters

proven

quitters

raven

reason

roman

rosen

rumen

seaman

season

semen

setters

shaman

shatters

shogun

showman

shudders

sitters

slogan

solon

squatters

steven

stolen

sweaters

swollen

tatters

toman

treason

waters

woven

yeoman

zaman

gathers

lathers

mathers

mothers

others

southers

starcher

starchy

stricture

stroking

adores

cadres

detours

guitars

retires

stairways

stragglers

woodwork

owen

matures

paean

ruin

rowan

structured

peon

structures

rowen

outdoors

adheres

badders

beaters

bidders

caters

cheaters

cheddars

eaters

haters

headers

heaters

hooters

ladders

looters

meters

metres

motors

peters

powders

raters

riders

rooters

rotors

routers

shooters

siders

skaters

stearic

stories

straggler

strickler

strikeout

strikers

suitors

teeters

tutors

voters

waiters

bothers

withers

weathers

authors

heathers

zithers

fathers

feathers

leathers

tethers

nethers

beadwork

pedros

strictly

strikeouts

striker

cedars

feeders

leaders

loaders

odors

raiders

readers

waders

bathers

ethers

features

futures

natures

sutures

radars

3 syllable words

compression

compulsion

conception

convulsion

deflection

disruption

filtration

infection

patricians

suspension

assassin

compunction

castration

convention

affliction

contrition

conviction

declension

prostration

reflection

ablation

accretion

addiction

abrasion

accession

adoption

asuncion

attention

hydration

concussion

digression

election

concession

confession

crustacean

defection

depression

impassion

laurentian

libration

migration

nitrogen

obsession

propulsion

secretion

succession

vibration

assertion

duration

gyration

oration

petition

possession

injection

narration

predation

correction

direction

procession

profession

reaction

conjunction

cetacean

citation

sedation

summation

negation

expansion

consumption

ejection

prescription

attractive

etruscan

restriction

companion

inflection

inspection

rejection

abandon

african

italian

alaskan

mattresses

medallion

combustion

conflation

confucian

contention

invention

contortion

completion

inception

distinction

impression

assumption

exception

discretion

eviction

carnation

cistercian

condition

deflation

depiction

detention

dictation

eruption

fixation

formation

foundation

gestation

hydrogen

optation

perfection

plantation

proportion

repression

sensation

starvation

submission

nutrition

suspicion

awaken

buttercup

determine

temptation

ablution

apportion

nevadan

jamaican

abortion

ascension

congestion

conscription

australian

etruscans

subscription

suggestion

unbroken

commotion

commission

addition

flirtation

description

mutation

adsorption

origin

absorption

notation

encryption

exemption

aversion

desertion

dilation

edition

detractors

elation

ligation

flotation

rotation

downtrodden

imagine

arkansan

expression

hydroxide

snapdragon

tradition

countryman

truncation

secession

solution

infarction

infliction

aleutian

causation

cessation

physician

position

privation

transgression

phoenician

pollution

promotion

quotation

recession

venetian

extinction

bedraggle

metrical

cataracts

mistaken

pentathlon

magician

buttercups

chairperson

redemption

unwritten

confusion

exhaustion

inflation

hydrogens

horatian

distortion

intrusion

aspersion

cataract

contagion

contusion

conversion

deception

deduction

dentition

depletion

detergent

dimension

dissection

dissension

exertion

garrison

heartbroken

hydroxides

ignition

ingestion

inscription

insertion

invasion

irishman

jacobin

jettison

lactation

norwegian

optician

outrages

oxygen

partition

pretension

profusion

reception

rendition

retention

seduction

submersion

suburban

subversion

tactician

taxation

technician

toboggan

transcription

vatican

waterman

excretion

extension

extortion

extrusion

abstention

proscription

congressman

collegian

deletion

moroccan

cation

ghanaian

malayan

allusion

collision

housebroken

hawaiian

collusion

crestfallen

cremation

corruption

devotion

diversion

emission

digestion

erosion

donation

immersion

bandwagon

headdresses

emotion

intestine

gradation

veteran

outspoken

malaysian

muskmelon

dilution

occasion

ovation

egyptian

permission

probation

provision

relation

reversion

sedition

watershed

saccharin

communion

precaution

vacation

resumption

englishman

infusion

induction

intention

implosion

misprision

presumption

abduction

detergents

conclusion

policeman

enlighten

cardigan

lumberman

unburden

forewoman

austrian

chairwoman

charwoman

everyone

forbidden

guncotton

pavilion

detractor

dominion

madrigal

brazilian

coercion

creation

uncommon

civilian

croatian

mexican

uncertain

opinion

enliven

bedridden

in-person

rhodopsin

artesian

injunction

admission

alsatian

ambition

cartesian

dalmatian

damnation

diffusion

emulsion

excision

dispersion

incursion

inversion

menhaden

networking

occlusion

prediction

preemption

resection

revulsion

salvation

transition

stagnation

watersheds

halcyon

peterman

gordian

scorpion

guardian

ferryman

uneven

freemason

bitumen

citizen

cyprian

fustian

elison

ambrosian

franciscan

emblazon

disunion

embolden

imprison

madrigals

nonunion

octillion

matrixes

reptilian

audition

bothersome

plebeian

samoan

syrian

tamarin

myosin

caucasian

carrion

decision

marian

division

aryan

delusion

evasion

appian

biotin

horizon

orion

foramen

illusion

lecithin

location

margarine

perversion

arian

clarion

heroin

vocation

irian

parthian

galleon

niacin

recision

rescission

dorian

heroine

korean

religion

structural

percussion

uterine

acumen

addresses

alderman

authorship

backgammon

cambrian

capsaicin

hydrazine

logician

rebellion

inclusion

inhuman

sumatran

talisman

translation

timberman

transmission

misfortune

waitresses

excursion

backwoodsman

corrosion

fruition

retrospect

laotian

scythian

tuition

explosion

seclusion

expulsion

beholden

cognition

perception

exclusion

persuasion

prevention

discussion

anchorman

transfusion

incision

misshapen

preclusion

equation

petroglyph

addressee

harlequin

albion

adrian

andean

anyone

bedizen

beethoven

campion

adhesion

bosnian

champion

eleven

gravamen

hammerman

indian

kantian

keratin

lesbian

mandarin

medicine

outrigger

overdone

overman

pelican

puritan

satirist

scattergood

superman

silicon

skeleton

guitarists

thespian

venison

retrograde

unison

wesleyan

badminton

zambian

halogen

leadership

fisherman

musician

midshipman

munition

omission

otherwise

precession

readership

remission

volition

nonhuman

cohesion

corsican

nobleman

staircases

bedouin

abdomen

motorcades

chamberlain

outriggers

guitarist

motorcars

cauterize

gaussian

bittersweet

satirists

unbutton

chilean

gillian

libyan

permian

protean

rhetoric

satirize

simian

matrices

rifleman

charlatan

discipline

perfusion

aegean

benjamin

derision

leaderships

liturgy

lutheran

parisian

phrygian

stygian

motorized

motorcar

bulletin

ottoman

overrun

collagen

motorcade

solomon

storekeeper

councilman

handwoven

catalan

gentleman

cinnamon

denizen

forgotten

javelin

keynesian

albumin

lanolin

lethargy

ramadan

redirect

reunion

specimen

vitamin

waterways

precision

authorized

anglican

singleton

clergyman

revision

regimen

petroglyphs

alien

partisan

avian

genuine

batteries

clarendon

porcelain

storekeepers

predestine

dieters

fabian

fenian

freudian

jovian

julian

median

motorize

odeon

reopen

rioters

theatres

artisan

grobian

lotteries

nubian

magdalen

stargazers

vermilion

nemean

authorize

masculine

fijian

feminine

bouillon

stargazer

melanin

futurist

satires

saleswoman

straightforward

meteors

widowers

coauthors

futurists

4 syllable words

intersection

satisfaction

penetration

insurrection

interjection

alteration

deconstruction

reconstruction

restoration

suffocation

introspection

ulceration

federation

separation

veneration

contraception

liberation

moderation

rhetorician

toleration

contradiction

decoration

generation

miseration

introduction

operation

preparation

extrication

reparation

gastrulation

arbitration

interception

illustration

imperfection

interdiction

retribution

liquefaction

subluxation

intervention

ministration

calibration

celebration

culmination

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

american

abrogation

aggravation

copernican

aggregation

altercation

alternation

approbation

cultivation

desecration

emigration

immigration

fabrication

masturbation

atrocity

disaffection

intercession

predilection

agrarian

intermission

publication

recollection

retrocession

segregation

arabian

annotation

corporation

bifurcation

connotation

coronation

corp.

correlation

declaration

derivation

desperation

detonation

dilatation

irrigation

litigation

meditation

mitigation

perturbation

preelection

recitation

recreation

reelection

reformation

reservation

respiration

rhetoricians

sanitation

titillation

habitation

imitation

demonstration

erudition

figuration

fluoridation

circumspection

extradition

hibernation

contravention

contribution

gravitation

hesitation

concentration

preservation

supposition

distribution

orchestration

sequestration

agitation

variation

contrarian

cogitation

atrocities

comparison

surrogation

dietitian

ideation

fluctuation

tamoxifen

reassertion

vegetation

violation

attribution

consecration

consternation

disconnection

disinfection

incantation

indexation

integration

decompression

jurisdiction

menstruation

misperception

reproduction

preconception

reinspection

situation

conversation

gargantuan

adaptation

devastation

fermentation

fibrillation

conservation

designation

congregation

inundation

resignation

registration

lubrication

librarian

retardation

recantation

expiration

dominican

benediction

commutation

apprehension

watermelon

commendation

affectation

confirmation

equitation

dislocation

information

observation

palpitation

presentation

reputation

interurban

relaxation

syndication

inspiration

nicaraguan

allegation

allocation

animation

appellation

avocation

collocation

coloradan

conflagration

confrontation

decimation

dedication

defamation

dehydration

delegation

desiccation

desolation

dissertation

dissipation

divination

domination

elevation

emanation

european

fascination

germination

immolation

implantation

impregnation

incrustation

infiltration

inhalation

innovation

intuition

iranian

irritation

isolation

jubilation

legislation

levitation

limitation

liturgical

matriculate

medication

misconception

motivation

mutilation

navigation

nomination

obstetrician

oscillation

politician

preignition

procreation

profanation

propagation

provocation

realization

reawaken

renovation

repetition

repossession

retractable

revelation

revocation

termination

trepidation

usurpation

vacillation

validation

visitation

computation

exploration

nonprescription

condemnation

comprehension

instigation

embarkation

imputation

malformation

malnutrition

education

augmentation

electrician

pigmentation

retroactive

compensation

modulation

condensation

pagination

interwoven

amputation

circumvention

consultation

dispensation

fragmentation

adrenaline

incarnation

segmentation

adulation

ostentation

tetrahedron

athenian

coalition

mediation

perforation

foliation

prohibition

radiation

deviation

aviation

indication

metrically

inattention

jordanian

advocation

destitution

indigestion

intimation

ovulation

invitation

invocation

alabaman

intonation

matriculates

destination

accordion

consolation

cancellation

circulation

crucifixion

elocution

emulation

precondition

protestation

prostitution

consummation

deformation

prosecution

occupation

samaritan

application

combination

competition

compilation

convocation

demarcation

deportation

distillation

duplication

estimation

excitation

granulation

hydrogenate

hypertension

insulation

lilliputian

oblivion

liquidation

molestation

obligation

ordination

oxidation

persecution

motorcycle

paraguayan

population

reclamation

recognition

glaciation

reexamine

rhetorical

proclamation

refutation

transplantation

custodian

regulation

statistician

simulation

speculation

barbarian

stimulation

tribulation

stipulation

tabulation

ventilation

vindication

subdivision

theatrical

eustachian

replication

indiscretion

contemplation

canadian

hydrocarbon

definition

syncopation

abolition

demolition

deposition

revolution

rumination

opposition

relocation

machination

resolution

conjugation

dissolution

evocation

evolution

readmission

reposition

assyrian

bavarian

devolution

perspiration

disillusion

diminution

cauterizes

collodion

criterion

comedian

locomotion

chameleon

fumigation

fallopian

floridian

gregorian

jacobean

maccabean

mammalian

missourian

napoleon

planarian

proposition

satirizes

premonition

valerian

disinflation

disputation

obfuscation

exhortation

installation

complication

condescension

confiscation

constellation

constipation

constitution

formulation

infestation

inflammation

mortification

punctuation

transportation

substitution

importation

pedestrian

motorcycles

execution

implication

hydrogenates

republican

calculation

indentation

inclination

excavation

indignation

aberration

hydrocarbons

adoration

apparition

strangulation

retrospective

laceration

nigerian

exhalation

abdication

exhibition

backwardation

imposition

ammunition

acclamation

activation

admonition

moravian

accusation

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5 syllable words

prevarication

alliteration

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justification

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determination

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cauterization

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word attraction

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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