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

avocation

advocation

allocation

navigation

provocation

revocation

application

allegation

convocation

animation

annotation

collocation

dedication

revocations

appellation

desiccation

fascination

gravitation

habitation

machination

medication

revelation

sanitation

suffocation

vacillation

validation

adulation

agitation

education

pagination

connotation

coronation

decimation

defamation

delegation

aggravation

aggregation

correlation

vaccination

appalachian

affectation

derivation

calibration

devastation

palpitation

tabulation

desolation

annexation

approbation

cancellation

desecration

fabrication

replication

detonation

abrogation

elevation

emanation

isolation

levitation

oscillation

propagation

recitation

renovation

abdication

termination

acclamation

nomination

activation

granulation

divination

domination

hesitation

invocation

germination

meditation

acclimation

profanation

accusation

adaptation

surrogation

violation

maturation

modulation

vegetation

graduation

saturation

amputation

calculation

complication

confiscation

gastrulation

mortification

consecration

fragmentation

obfuscation

subluxation

inhalation

innovation

jubilation

mutilation

combination

evocation

irrigation

commendation

evolution

fluoridation

celebration

circulation

revolution

strangulation

commutation

consummation

designation

consolation

devolution

culmination

destination

emulation

equitation

estimation

fermentation

ordination

obligation

compilation

depredation

deprivation

elocution

emigration

indication

occupation

ovulation

motivation

degradation

depravation

duplication

oxidation

dilatation

penetration

immolation

presentation

proclamation

recantation

reclamation

imitation

litigation

speculation

realization

persecution

publication

regulation

segregation

population

prosecution

reputation

resignation

admiration

affirmation

ventilation

aspiration

abnegation

abolition

vindication

valuation

Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word avocation.
2 syllable words

traction

suction

flexion

fraction

action

faction

auction

section

sanction

oxen

saxon

gumption

emption

claxon

junction

gentian

friction

fiction

mansion

mention

function

pension

diction

tension

caption

ashen

caution

caxton

doctrine

fashion

freshen

grandson

haitian

hessian

mahone

nation

passion

prussian

ration

russian

session

sexton

station

lockman

pectin

canyon

scallion

scullion

samson

runnion

plankton

gascon

hackman

banyan

damson

ensign

onion

jackman

nekton

stallion

keelson

acton

kelson

kenyan

stockman

falcon

stepson

jetson

packman

belgian

bison

blacken

bastion

slacken

reckon

basin

bason

beckon

jason

dungeon

flashgun

freshman

option

fasten

engine

question

torsion

caisson

chasten

hasten

craftsman

portion

locken

mason

martian

luncheon

bracken

landsman

hyson

marksman

lessen

lesson

draftsman

huntsman

dustman

capstan

headsman

cajun

landman

lengthen

strengthen

markman

delphian

asian

bludgeon

marchman

cushion

lampron

dudgeon

gudgeon

fission

grecian

mission

pathan

suasion

klansman

baston

airman

alman

aspen

atman

penguin

bagman

arson

bellman

billion

bookman

boston

brakeman

bullion

calvin

chevron

canton

captain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

faulcon

jasmine

kansan

kirkman

kremlin

melton

muslin

million

penman

classman

tungsten

dobson

hempen

headman

m1

parson

passman

pillion

pinion

dampen

darken

hetman

ibsen

panton

debased

desman

london

harken

minion

plantain

tuscan

undone

saffron

santon

selden

tendon

trillion

tubman

vulcan

sultan

henchman

sovran

teston

stillion

pressman

sovereign

whitson

workman

guardsman

sportsman

substance

bushman

christian

churchman

drunken

dutchman

fortune

hangman

mangan

margin

georgian

othman

upshot

watchman

sunken

brethren

faustian

shrunken

alan

amman

bacon

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

bisson

breton

brighten

button

cannon

cayman

charon

chicken

christen

deaden

bayman

bellon

brazen

cabin

canaan

canon

cousin

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

deafen

devon

dozen

dragon

famine

fatten

felon

flatten

frighten

gallon

gammon

garron

gladden

glisten

graven

happen

haven

heaven

heighten

heron

hymen

hyphen

jetton

kalan

laden

lagan

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

lyden

madden

maiden

marron

melon

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

pagan

patten

pavon

perron

person

platen

platten

quicken

raven

redden

riden

ripen

resin

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

seven

shaken

shaman

sicken

siphon

siren

straighten

stricken

sudden

sullen

summon

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

thicken

threaten

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

urson

vegan

wagon

waken

weapon

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

worsen

zaman

zircon

cauldron

bordman

children

baldwin

divests

horseman

oarsman

portman

scotsman

statesman

yachtsman

spokesman

townsman

heathen

burgeon

earthen

kitchen

legion

lesion

lotion

motion

notion

ocean

persian

pigeon

potion

region

surgeon

sturgeon

urchin

version

vision

zion

alban

ion

apron

clinton

scion

austin

barton

billman

carmine

carton

defaced

footman

foreman

gilden

mayan

carbon

carman

fireman

crimson

bargain

citron

corban

cordon

dalton

dolman

dolphin

obstructs

fibrin

fountain

garden

goodman

jargon

kelvin

harten

hearten

houseman

lightman

dian

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

mormon

mountain

outdone

outrun

patron

sharpen

shipman

spartan

spearman

woolman

lion

smarten

squadron

stallman

tillman

wanton

warden

woodman

rayon

gorgon

marlin

marten

harden

jordan

jorden

lynden

martin

matron

mignon

minden

orphan

pardon

piston

pitman

silken

tarpon

tartan

abstracts

milken

morgan

norman

organ

ponton

sequin

shorten

shotgun

union

coachman

longan

rincon

dovecotes

begun

depicts

billon

affixed

affects

boughten

bitten

bourbon

burton

homespun

beacon

beaten

burdon

bollen

auden

bobbin

briton

broaden

broken

burman

burden

certain

cheapen

common

cotton

cretin

curtain

deacon

deepen

demon

driven

eaten

eden

elan

ermine

fallen

firman

floren

foreign

freeman

german

gibbon

given

glidden

gotten

griffon

abstain

salesman

typists

hidden

hoven

capstone

hausen

kitten

leman

leven

linen

loosen

loren

mitten

ninon

often

poison

pollan

pollen

prison

proven

pullen

rerun

ribbon

rosin

reason

ridden

risen

riven

robin

rotten

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

smitten

sodden

soften

spoken

steven

stiffen

striven

sweeten

thousand

token

treason

trodden

turban

urban

villain

warren

weaken

wheaten

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

yaupon

woven

hopscotch

trojan

fusion

boatman

chieftain

copeman

divest

dovecote

evict

bolden

fielden

newsman

sweepstakes

upstart

freedman

golden

lopeman

molten

olden

spigots

eavesdrop

shearman

upset

soldan

space-time

spastic

sylvan

cowan

gowan

paean

peon

urine

abstract

upstarts

substrates

offshoot

obstruct

beefsteak

defects

diffused

effects

lobsters

postman

ripostes

seedsman

subsides

sweepstake

upsets

brogan

colon

offshoots

blowgun

bowman

chosen

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

dromon

frozen

gluten

hogan

hoten

human

logan

lumen

omen

open

odin

roman

rosen

rumen

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

spectre

stolen

swollen

toman

yeoman

abstruse

spectrums

substrate

affect

subside

typist

depict

lobster

upside

riposte

robust

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

offsets

websters

spectral

spectrum

spigot

upstream

defect

effect

scapegoat

webster

dipstick

hipsters

hipster

offset

quipster

tipster

bobcats

scapegoats

bobcat

3 syllable words

truncation

capsaicin

conviction

convulsion

conduction

convection

assumption

prostration

transaction

javelin

accession

crustacean

gestation

carnation

propulsion

eviction

deduction

migration

optation

asuncion

dictation

fixation

formation

hydration

libration

ablation

accretion

foundation

perfection

secretion

seduction

revulsion

sensation

starvation

succession

temptation

vibration

assertion

causation

cetacean

correction

dilation

direction

citation

caucasian

corruption

duration

gyration

ligation

malaysian

elation

flirtation

gradation

halogen

location

oration

ovation

percussion

phoenician

possession

procession

profession

venetian

vocation

consumption

adhesion

transgression

pavilion

african

civilian

horatian

navigates

compulsion

conflation

induction

compunction

resumption

presumption

frustration

convention

declension

evictions

catalan

abrasion

gravamen

affection

aggression

jamaican

attention

equation

digression

jacobin

deflation

ambition

depiction

dissection

emulsion

perception

technician

garrison

lanolin

persuasion

selection

suppression

prediction

prevention

tactician

awaken

medicine

pelican

ramadan

venison

admission

navigate

anchorman

ascension

collection

compassion

concession

concussion

confession

connection

connexion

contagion

eruption

obsession

oppression

progression

protection

regression

transition

vatican

conjunction

obstruction

construction

abstraction

transcription

flotation

lecithin

donation

addition

origin

harlequin

malayan

petition

physician

permission

myosin

edition

niacin

notation

mutation

evasion

collegian

quotation

aleutian

cremation

relation

digestion

tradition

position

reaction

transfusion

commission

commotion

probation

desertion

pollution

recession

destruction

rotation

suggestion

audition

secession

solution

saccharin

projection

cation

deletion

promotion

provision

abstractions

acumen

affections

anglican

cambrian

chairperson

combustion

completion

compression

conception

concoction

confection

confucian

contention

corsican

creation

croatian

depictions

discretion

disruption

everyone

exception

filtration

inflation

invention

magdalen

magician

mexican

obstructions

policeman

rifleman

suspension

talisman

transmission

vermilion

extraction

australian

instruction

divestment

backwoodsman

congestion

injunction

objection

aspersion

albion

addiction

campion

champion

hammerman

ablution

mandarin

unison

abortion

specimen

apportion

freemason

adoption

artesian

attrition

solomon

collagen

ottoman

silicon

vitamin

skeleton

cartesian

depression

election

dissension

insertion

irishman

laurentian

menhaden

oxygen

anyone

dimension

zambian

andean

cognition

suffocate

discussion

suburban

cistercian

exertion

norwegian

occlusion

condition

hydrogen

inaction

denizen

dentition

deficit

detection

detention

erection

deception

defection

depletion

incursion

invasion

nitrogen

optician

partition

elison

determine

ferryman

proportion

repression

jettison

profusion

resection

suspicion

patrician

preemption

kantian

reception

rendition

submersion

submission

keratin

nevadan

councilman

ejection

franciscan

masculine

infarction

ambrosian

albumin

badminton

gentleman

muskmelon

infliction

emblazon

rejection

encryption

excretion

complexion

expansion

expression

expulsion

extortion

prescription

extension

restriction

appian

biotin

carrion

arian

avian

foramen

galleon

allusion

tamarin

aversion

devotion

horizon

clergyman

marian

collision

hawaiian

collusion

clarion

dilution

emission

ghanaian

plebeian

division

diversion

moroccan

veteran

emotion

immersion

remission

revision

margarine

munition

musician

omission

perversion

sedition

volition

parthian

precaution

precession

partisan

affliction

lumberman

uncertain

unwritten

attraction

nobleman

conclusion

confusion

uncommon

porcelain

contortion

defections

subacute

contrition

distortion

rhodopsin

diffraction

mistaken

deflection

spectacle

exaction

inception

excursion

logician

unburden

unbutton

impression

infection

in-person

divestments

abdomen

alderman

chairwoman

charlatan

artisan

cohesion

devastate

discipline

enlighten

genuine

guncotton

backgammon

bedridden

nonhuman

redemption

reflection

retraction

coercion

laotian

parisian

conscription

subscription

derision

ingestion

fruition

inscription

injection

tuition

conversion

misshapen

contusion

diffusion

dispersion

excision

ignition

nutrition

preclusion

pretension

retention

seclusion

subversion

opposite

waterman

wesleyan

forgotten

fustian

absorption

abstention

exemption

bedizen

cinnamon

bosnian

citizen

congressman

toboggan

adsorption

thespian

scorpion

contraction

subtraction

description

proscription

puritan

distraction

halcyon

gordian

guardian

inspection

infraction

inflection

lesbian

communion

countryman

octillion

snapdragon

spectacles

decision

delusion

egyptian

erosion

illusion

recision

religion

etruscan

obfuscate

rescission

obstacle

reversion

intestine

bandwagon

chilean

exhaustion

misfortune

gillian

korean

libyan

orion

samoan

syrian

aryan

intention

singleton

bedouin

dorian

heroin

heroine

jovian

permian

inclusion

simian

infusion

italian

spectators

timberman

brazilian

battalion

rhapsodize

cardigan

alaskan

rebellion

constriction

sumatran

charwoman

dominion

forewoman

heavyweights

forbidden

medallion

opposites

perfusion

obstacles

opinion

abstentions

corrosion

benjamin

impassion

incision

aegean

extinction

fijian

lutheran

upsetting

phrygian

affecting

scythian

stygian

inversion

contraption

exclusion

explosion

extrusion

assassin

bitumen

outspoken

upside-down

obstructive

companion

bouillon

englishman

bulletin

heavyset

reptilian

cyprian

heavyweight

disunion

overman

tapestries

indian

overdone

peterman

distinction

overrun

imprison

rhapsody

spectator

superman

crestfallen

embolden

abstracted

downtrodden

housebroken

nebraskan

nonunion

implosion

midshipman

fisherman

imagine

inhuman

intrusion

misprision

pentathlon

regimen

precision

abandon

abstinence

abstinent

affected

affective

alien

deficits

episodes

fabian

freudian

gaussian

grobian

heartbroken

irian

julian

nubian

odeon

predestine

protean

spaghetti

spectrograph

subsidies

substances

substantive

tapestry

uterine

eavesdropping

substantial

beholden

adrian

episode

melanin

subsidy

uneven

eleven

arkansan

feminine

revisit

beethoven

saleswoman

obstinate

keynesian

handwoven

unbroken

substitutes

austrian

chamberlain

clarendon

defective

effective

enliven

lobbyists

revisits

rhapsodic

fenian

typesetting

median

nemean

reopen

offsetting

substitute

reunion

deposit

lobbyist

apostate

apostles

effectors

sophistry

robustly

effector

apostle

oboist

baby-sit

deposits

lopsided

subsidize

epistle

depicted

4 syllable words

conjugation

legislation

aberration

explication

extrication

adoration

aviation

decoration

laceration

compensation

computation

condemnation

condensation

constellation

constipation

consultation

embarkation

excavation

execution

formulation

implication

malformation

segmentation

absolution

alabaman

glaciation

acquisition

admonition

ammunition

backwardation

convolution

demarcation

distillation

conversation

immigration

insulation

intimation

intonation

inundation

invitation

lubrication

masturbation

predilection

recollection

simulation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

syndication

tribulation

erudition

melanesian

declaration

opposition

suffocating

supposition

proposition

repetition

relocation

jacobean

congregation

politician

galilean

maccabean

rumination

exhalation

recreation

fumigation

repossession

deposition

perturbation

premonition

resolution

demolition

perspiration

definition

syncopation

conflagration

confrontation

demonstration

dietitian

ideation

concentration

contemplation

exclamation

perforation

federation

separation

explanation

generation

reassertion

reparation

variation

veneration

orchestration

deviation

preparation

sequestration

cogitation

coloration

radiation

fluctuation

arbitration

condescension

attribution

dispensation

transportation

satisfaction

retribution

transformation

illustration

imputation

inflammation

installation

ministration

exhortation

inclination

integration

pigmentation

deportation

depositions

observation

oppositions

prostitution

excitation

destitution

exhibition

expiration

retardation

dereliction

altercation

conservation

benediction

disaffection

composition

permutation

deformation

dislocation

navigators

competition

devastating

lilliputian

recognition

suppositions

dandelion

requisition

apprehension

cotyledon

relaxation

reservation

reposition

diminution

himalayan

dissolution

polynesian

respiration

desperation

hibernation

locomotion

preservation

resurrection

restoration

transplantation

reformation

trepidation

ulceration

bifurcation

bavarian

navigator

reawaken

self-deception

incrustation

contraception

contribution

circumspection

dehydration

elongation

foliation

leviathan

ostentation

expedition

exploration

exposition

incarnation

operation

importation

macedonian

moderation

incantation

indexation

miseration

iteration

liberation

mediation

circumvention

preconception

coalition

armageddon

apparition

constitution

prohibition

rhetorician

augmentation

decompression

punctuation

toleration

reproduction

disconnection

abyssinian

albanian

aldebaran

algonquian

alternation

american

amphibian

avocados

circumcision

confirmation

copernican

cultivation

cyclopean

disposition

guatemalan

hypertension

imposition

inattention

liquidation

molestation

paraguayan

pavlovian

penicillin

precondition

protestation

refutation

situation

tasmanian

wagnerian

alteration

contradiction

contravention

exploitation

extradition

implantation

indiscretion

obstetrician

gentlewoman

algerian

expectation

corp.

introduction

dissipation

corporation

dissertation

distribution

figuration

irritation

mitigation

misconception

limitation

preignition

procreation

titillation

usurpation

readmission

repercussion

visitation

inhibition

avocado

arabian

canadian

criterion

hyperion

iberian

liberian

mammalian

diocesan

european

floridian

nonprescription

siberian

interdiction

tetrahedron

intervention

pelagian

lancastrian

jurisdiction

inquisition

imperfection

liquefaction

comparison

octahedron

devastated

exhumation

crocodilian

menstruation

consternation

noblewoman

intersection

incubation

interjection

deconstruction

indigestion

obstetricians

introspection

reconstruction

registration

meridian

columbian

retrocession

darwinian

dominican

crucifixion

jordanian

fibrillation

affectionate

information

interruption

nestorian

inspiration

minnesotan

insurrection

overburden

pagurian

predetermine

samaritan

sectarian

arthurian

manumission

obstructionist

preelection

supervision

reelection

californian

rhododendron

comedian

iranian

arizonan

chameleon

devonian

infestation

planarian

praetorian

malnutrition

electrician

disinflation

disputation

protozoan

comprehension

indignation

indentation

instigation

pedestrian

tamoxifen

misbegotten

capacitance

rhapsodizes

adrenaline

hemoglobin

obstructionists

corinthian

carcinogen

nigerian

peruvian

polyhedron

restitution

athenian

interaction

intercession

intermission

moravian

subdivision

gorgonian

olympian

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word avocation

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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