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2 syllable words

portion

torsion

oarsman

gumption

suction

guardsman

georgian

function

junction

fortune

sportsman

martian

horseman

bordman

portman

ashen

authors

haitian

ration

nation

prussian

fashion

persian

passion

caution

russian

station

version

foreman

jordan

jorden

outraged

arson

corban

cordon

gorgon

jasmine

desman

morgan

mormon

muslin

norman

onion

organ

orphan

parson

outrun

runnion

scullion

shorten

warden

emption

landsman

marksman

huntsman

attracts

sanction

action

faustian

fraction

traction

churchman

dungeon

fiction

flexion

mention

tension

gentian

auction

faction

friction

mansion

margin

storehouse

luncheon

flashgun

othman

outrage

bastion

caption

option

pension

section

diction

basin

bison

bason

dustman

caisson

delphian

baldwin

hyson

worsen

urson

doctrine

fasten

cousin

dozen

waters

headsman

moisten

grandson

klansman

person

rosin

warren

marchman

markman

floren

chasten

foreign

jason

loren

mason

hasten

scotsman

boughten

resin

townsman

yachtsman

asian

henchman

burgeon

earthen

potion

ocean

surgeon

urchin

cajun

grecian

dudgeon

fission

gudgeon

notion

vision

tungsten

bludgeon

cushion

freshen

hessian

lotion

mahone

mission

motion

pathan

session

storage

sturgeon

suasion

detracts

retracts

airman

banyan

craftsman

atman

austin

boatman

billion

bullion

canyon

carbon

citron

harden

carman

chairman

ensign

fireman

harken

aspen

bargain

carmine

dalton

damson

darken

classman

claxon

crimson

dobson

faulcon

fibrin

garden

gascon

hydras

minion

kelson

matron

outdone

jargon

kenyan

lightman

london

million

outright

oxen

ibsen

jetson

kansan

kirkman

keelson

lisbon

marlin

pardon

passman

patron

pinion

retrace

pillion

saffron

saxon

samson

scallion

sovereign

sharpen

shotgun

sovran

spearman

squadron

staircase

stallion

stallman

stepson

stillion

sultan

tarpon

trillion

tubman

tuscan

undone

vulcan

wanton

whitson

workman

draftsman

belgian

bushman

christian

coachman

drunken

dutchman

engine

freshman

outreach

question

shrunken

sturgeons

sunken

watchman

bacon

lampron

landman

salesman

seedsman

auden

baron

barren

baton

batton

cauldron

batten

batters

homespun

bayman

bisson

bourbon

brazen

brighten

broaden

burden

burdon

burman

burton

butters

button

canaan

cayman

certain

charon

chosen

christen

cotton

craven

curtain

cutters

dagan

dagon

daman

ermine

fatten

firman

flatten

frighten

frozen

garron

german

glisten

gotten

graven

gutters

hausen

haven

heighten

heron

hoten

hymen

hyphen

kalan

laden

latin

layman

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

lyden

maiden

marron

matters

motors

muffin

mullen

mutters

mutton

nutters

often

otters

oven

pagan

patten

perron

platen

platten

poison

potters

prison

putters

raven

riden

ripen

risen

rosen

rotors

rotten

satan

satin

sermon

shaken

shaman

shatters

shutters

siphon

siren

squatters

straighten

sudden

sullen

summon

syphon

taken

tatters

attract

postman

spokesman

statesman

thousand

titan

toughen

triton

turban

urban

utters

voters

waken

tighten

whiten

widen

wizen

yaupon

zaman

zircon

bothers

fathers

ethers

gathers

heathen

kitchen

fusion

lathers

mothers

region

penguin

legion

southers

lesion

mathers

others

trojan

pigeon

ion

acton

alman

zion

alban

apron

urine

barton

baston

bellman

scion

bagman

betrays

dian

billman

rayon

boston

mayan

bolden

bookman

brakeman

calvin

canton

captain

carton

chapman

lion

chaplain

chessman

chevron

copeman

dampen

dolman

dolphin

falcon

footman

fountain

gilden

goodman

hackman

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

houseman

jackman

golden

kelvin

kremlin

linden

lineman

linemen

lockman

lopeman

lynden

m1

marten

martin

mignon

milken

minden

molten

mountain

newsman

olden

packman

padres

panton

penman

pitman

plantain

ponton

pressman

santon

selden

shearman

shipman

silken

smarten

soldan

spartan

stairways

stockman

straightens

struggles

sylvan

tartan

tendon

tillman

union

woodman

woolman

brethren

hangman

longan

mangan

rincon

structures

children

addressed

detract

networks

retract

strengthen

capstan

caxton

lengthen

badders

beacon

beaten

beaters

beckon

begun

bellon

betters

bettors

billon

bitten

bitters

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

colon

common

cretin

crouton

deepen

demon

deters

devon

dragon

driven

dromon

eaten

eaters

eden

elan

fallen

famine

felon

fetters

gluten

griffon

melon

meters

metres

mitten

ninon

odin

odors

omen

open

pavon

peters

pollan

pollen

powders

pullen

quicken

quitters

raters

adheres

alan

amman

bowman

bracken

breton

briton

brogan

broken

cabin

cannon

canon

caters

cheapen

cheaters

chicken

deacon

deaden

deafen

freeman

gallon

gammon

getters

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

happen

haters

heaters

heaven

hidden

hitters

hogan

hooters

hoven

jetton

kitten

ladders

lagan

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

letters

leven

linen

litters

loaders

locken

logan

loosen

looters

madden

reason

reckon

redden

rerun

ribbon

ridden

riders

riven

robin

roman

rooters

routers

sadden

salmon

seaman

season

semen

seton

setters

seven

shogun

shooters

showman

shudders

sicken

siders

sitters

skaters

suitors

smitten

sodden

soften

solon

stories

struggle

sweaters

slacken

slogan

spoken

steven

stiffen

stolen

stresses

stricken

strikers

striven

sweeten

threaten

swollen

talon

tappen

teeters

thicken

token

treason

plankton

toman

trodden

villain

weaken

weapon

wiccan

woman

woven

written

tutors

vegan

wagon

waiters

wheaten

women

wooden

woolen

yeoman

feathers

bathers

features

leathers

natures

nethers

tethers

weathers

withers

zithers

futures

heathers

sutures

striking

starcraft

cadres

chieftain

clinton

detours

fielden

freedman

melton

nekton

pectin

piston

sequin

starkly

stragglers

strychnine

teston

owen

paean

rowan

strictures

rowen

starches

gowan

cowan

structured

peon

matures

sexton

bidders

cedars

cheddars

crewman

cuban

cumin

feeders

headers

human

leaders

lumen

proven

rumen

raiders

readers

straggle

waders

straightedge

stroking

structure

starcher

adores

guitars

network

radars

retires

stressful

ruin

striker

matrix

metrics

outdoors

theatrics

whitehorse

straggler

starchy

stricture

beadwork

matrice

nitric

pedros

strictly

strikeouts

woodwork

strickler

citric

metric

theatric

vitric

stearic

strikeout

3 syllable words

formation

causation

oration

assumption

attraction

castration

prostration

libration

asuncion

carnation

hydration

migration

nitrogen

reduction

starvation

propulsion

production

vibration

construction

obstruction

gyration

quotation

citation

corruption

duration

flirtation

flotation

rotation

sedation

attractions

consumption

possession

contraption

destruction

subtraction

origin

predation

contraction

negation

notation

summation

projection

narration

buttresses

mattresses

authorship

horatian

convulsion

compunction

abduction

conduction

compulsion

disruption

filtration

inflation

presumption

resumption

retraction

translation

waterman

dalmatian

damnation

concussion

alsatian

deduction

instruction

crustacean

ablation

objection

deflation

emulsion

erection

eruption

exertion

fixation

foundation

hydrogen

lactation

norwegian

optation

conjunction

nutrition

persuasion

plantation

revulsion

salvation

stagnation

abstraction

seduction

sensation

australian

taxation

assertion

authorized

aversion

caucasian

cessation

cetacean

correction

desertion

digestion

dilation

direction

distraction

diversion

donation

ejection

elation

etruscan

ligation

location

malaysian

mutation

nebraskan

occasion

ovation

percussion

phoenician

physician

position

privation

probation

procession

profession

rejection

suggestion

truncation

venetian

vocation

watershed

frustration

clarendon

combustion

exaction

hydrogens

hydrazine

partisan

corsican

satirists

induction

redemption

african

diffraction

porcelain

artisan

logician

austrian

capsaicin

conflation

transaction

authorize

coercion

parisian

derision

croatian

affection

progression

temptation

assassin

gestation

menhaden

submersion

reception

medicine

ascension

subversion

succession

aggression

cistercian

misshapen

aspersion

attention

eviction

citizen

protection

gordian

transition

suppression

puritan

etruscans

regression

extraction

compassion

conversion

denizen

accession

ottoman

defection

connection

connexion

contagion

deception

congestion

scorpion

collection

jamaican

concession

venison

abrasion

determine

confession

catalan

accretion

depiction

depletion

dictation

injunction

injection

waterways

depression

digression

dimension

discussion

dissension

election

impassion

inaction

invasion

keratin

equation

irishman

laurentian

obsession

oppression

outrages

secretion

oxygen

perception

perfection

selection

watersheds

awaken

vitamin

encryption

exemption

infraction

description

congressman

transgression

expulsion

malayan

harlequin

cauterize

bothersome

aleutian

addition

korean

clergyman

collegian

commotion

commission

cremation

evasion

cation

horizon

edition

decision

deletion

division

emission

erosion

gradation

halogen

immersion

councilman

sedition

egyptian

permission

perversion

recession

relation

reversion

niacin

precession

promotion

recision

lecithin

rescission

secession

pollution

emblazon

petition

orion

solution

dorian

myosin

foramen

tradition

downtrodden

vacation

alaskan

attracting

confucian

unbutton

contention

motorcades

policeman

convection

confection

alderman

cataracts

cohesion

compression

conception

discipline

italian

completion

nobleman

convention

rifleman

declension

rhodopsin

vermilion

deflection

discretion

infection

magdalen

inception

impression

rebellion

magician

exception

charlatan

forewoman

madrigal

intrusion

invention

misprision

reflection

suspension

creation

inscription

ingestion

corrosion

lutheran

retrospect

ablution

abortion

cartesian

condition

detection

detention

detergent

ignition

incision

incursion

optician

partition

patrician

inversion

excision

attrition

adoption

addiction

artesian

insertion

rendition

submission

tactician

proportion

suspicion

technician

preemption

dispersion

apportion

dissection

pretension

profusion

repression

retention

bosnian

jacobin

gentleman

madrigals

buttercup

ambrosian

javelin

lanolin

adhesion

masculine

inspection

lesbian

motorcade

motorized

nevadan

arkansan

overman

peterman

overdone

imprison

ramadan

ferryman

unison

solomon

uneven

hammerman

octillion

excretion

pelican

expansion

specimen

suburban

adsorption

retrograde

expression

cinnamon

freemason

extrusion

snapdragon

gravamen

absorption

infliction

collagen

elison

inflection

guardian

complexion

wesleyan

satirist

silicon

skeleton

emotion

fisherman

margarine

audition

delusion

devotion

illusion

dilution

imagine

reaction

omission

parthian

precision

distinction

musician

religion

revision

volition

abandon

affliction

backgammon

bedridden

brazilian

enliven

buttercups

cambrian

chairperson

chairwoman

everyone

genuine

in-person

lumberman

excursion

carrion

saccharin

syrian

uterine

biotin

protean

tamarin

acumen

battalion

medallion

aryan

clarion

ghanaian

irian

marian

moroccan

motorize

mistaken

satirize

mexican

staircases

hawaiian

uncertain

plebeian

concoction

unburden

contortion

waitresses

anglican

confusion

permian

contrition

veteran

detergents

singleton

conviction

arian

unwritten

distortion

inhuman

patricians

extinction

backwoodsman

laotian

aegean

fruition

tuition

stygian

scythian

heartbroken

phrygian

prescription

proscription

restriction

ambition

beholden

admission

anchorman

cognition

dentition

infarction

futurists

abstention

diffusion

preclusion

prevention

resection

seclusion

extortion

prediction

transfusion

extension

cyprian

andean

cataract

saleswoman

anyone

campion

countryman

champion

eleven

forgotten

keynesian

garrison

fustian

bedizen

albion

jettison

kantian

lethargy

housebroken

indian

mandarin

embolden

companion

reptilian

communion

bandwagon

motorcar

overrun

muskmelon

thespian

zambian

albumin

superman

toboggan

vatican

englishman

infusion

conscription

constriction

leadership

otherwise

readership

intention

transcription

munition

provision

structural

collision

allusion

inclusion

implosion

subscription

collusion

precaution

remission

misfortune

nonhuman

transmission

appian

batteries

bittersweet

chamberlain

chilean

civilian

dominion

forbidden

galleon

gillian

grobian

guncotton

heroin

heroine

jovian

libyan

lotteries

motorcars

odeon

opinion

pavilion

perfusion

samoan

simian

sumatran

talisman

timberman

uncommon

leaderships

liturgy

coauthors

fijian

contusion

occlusion

networking

explosion

exclusion

disunion

franciscan

nonunion

bitumen

unbroken

hydroxide

halcyon

scattergood

intestine

outspoken

conclusion

pentathlon

futurist

exhaustion

midshipman

outriggers

cardigan

charwoman

alien

avian

bedouin

dieters

fabian

freudian

gaussian

julian

nubian

rhetoric

rioters

satires

theatres

benjamin

adrian

bouillon

redirect

stargazer

beethoven

attractive

regimen

abdomen

addresses

enlighten

matrices

metrical

storekeepers

meteors

fenian

reopen

badminton

nemean

crestfallen

matrixes

headdresses

median

handwoven

hydroxides

bulletin

feminine

reunion

melanin

outrigger

bedraggle

predestine

stargazers

detractors

guitarists

straightforward

widowers

addressee

storekeeper

petroglyphs

detractor

guitarist

petroglyph

4 syllable words

maturation

mortification

saturation

formulation

advocation

altercation

application

convocation

consummation

acclamation

commutation

compilation

consolation

acclimation

cancellation

combination

activation

culmination

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

granulation

masturbation

obligation

occupation

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

population

proclamation

segregation

tabulation

vaccination

connotation

appellation

avocation

delegation

desiccation

desolation

detonation

fascination

habitation

hesitation

hibernation

imitation

immolation

inhalation

recitation

congregation

innovation

perturbation

propagation

renovation

supposition

vacillation

validation

provocation

affirmation

allegation

allocation

animation

annotation

collocation

corp.

corporation

decimation

dedication

defamation

dilatation

divination

domination

elevation

emanation

germination

isolation

litigation

machination

medication

meditation

mutilation

navigation

nomination

oscillation

realization

revelation

revocation

sanitation

termination

contraception

contribution

orchestration

aberration

confrontation

conjugation

extrication

adoration

coloration

iteration

laceration

moderation

operation

toleration

violation

amputation

calculation

compensation

constipation

consultation

education

complication

computation

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

consecration

constellation

consternation

retribution

vegetation

fragmentation

obfuscation

ostentation

subluxation

cotyledon

emulation

commendation

acquisition

emigration

devastation

designation

circulation

conservation

destination

composition

calibration

celebration

confirmation

desecration

distillation

duplication

equitation

immigration

insulation

ventilation

fermentation

indication

estimation

fibrillation

interruption

intimation

intonation

inundation

invocation

vindication

presentation

protestation

penetration

backwardation

observation

recantation

reclamation

regulation

replication

stipulation

reputation

resignation

stimulation

conversation

adaptation

strangulation

simulation

speculation

tribulation

syncopation

repossession

reservation

preservation

contradiction

appalachian

conflagration

aspiration

procreation

reformation

concentration

proposition

contemplation

contravention

admiration

usurpation

distribution

bifurcation

opposition

dissertation

jubilation

incrustation

dissipation

deposition

erudition

restoration

legislation

trepidation

ulceration

apparition

decoration

reparation

rhetorician

variation

federation

generation

separation

veneration

perforation

liberation

miseration

preparation

dispensation

excavation

ministration

installation

integration

condescension

illustration

inflammation

implication

imputation

inclination

pigmentation

transformation

segmentation

transportation

satisfaction

absolution

admonition

ammunition

competition

annexation

convolution

deformation

deportation

watermelon

dereliction

disaffection

disposition

elocution

hypertension

imposition

information

interaction

lilliputian

liquidation

persecution

predilection

recollection

requisition

retardation

intercession

prosecution

prostitution

statistician

graduation

interjection

introspection

syndication

situation

exhalation

definition

declaration

devolution

dissolution

repercussion

recreation

reposition

resolution

respiration

repetition

revolution

sequestration

rhetoricians

valuation

demolition

impregnation

introduction

desperation

extradition

demonstration

diminution

explication

mitigation

titillation

explanation

melanesian

exclamation

figuration

perspiration

politician

premonition

evolution

locomotion

european

himalayan

abolition

protozoan

arbitration

armageddon

coalition

comparison

constitution

dietitian

disconnection

disinflation

execution

exhortation

exposition

foliation

ideation

importation

indexation

indignation

inquisition

interception

interdiction

intersection

intervention

jurisdiction

liquefaction

malformation

menstruation

prohibition

reassertion

reproduction

tetrahedron

reconstruction

benediction

dislocation

relaxation

alabaman

american

exhibition

jordanian

motorcycle

expiration

recognition

cyclopean

abdication

inspiration

permutation

demarcation

copernican

intermission

dandelion

overburden

deconstruction

insurrection

glaciation

guatemalan

satirical

fabrication

paraguayan

destitution

abnegation

inattention

self-deception

circumspection

obstetrician

misconception

arizonan

maccabean

reawaken

dehydration

galilean

elongation

reelection

liturgical

fumigation

gravitation

preelection

coloradan

supervision

rumination

criterion

visitation

inhibition

resurrection

diocesan

iranian

jacobean

instigation

decompression

imperfection

malnutrition

incarnation

cogitation

preconception

republican

embarkation

fluctuation

motorcycles

noblewoman

nonprescription

attribution

circumvention

disinfection

exhumation

exploration

misperception

expedition

apprehension

leviathan

futurism

registration

incubation

authorizes

mediation

meridian

aviation

radiation

deviation

excitation

hydrogenate

precondition

superstition

columbian

ohioan

lubrication

carcinogen

affectation

circumcision

publication

infiltration

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5 syllable words

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retroactively

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word authorization

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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