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

children

daltons

grandson

horseman

landman

oarsman

portman

alban

alman

austin

calvin

corban

dolman

dolphin

falcon

fielden

foreman

garden

gilden

gorgon

harden

london

minden

molten

morgan

mormon

norman

organ

orphan

outdone

pardon

scallion

sultan

scullion

selden

shorten

squadron

stallion

undone

vulcan

wanton

malting

alan

bollen

faulting

faustian

folding

golding

moulding

scolding

boughten

colon

floren

wilding

fallen

foreign

portion

gallon

gladden

odin

often

loren

lyden

madden

paulin

pollan

mullen

pollen

fortune

sodden

widen

holding

swollen

stolen

sudden

sullen

trodden

georgian

riden

sadden

solon

salting

talon

warren

yaupon

torsion

vaulting

guardsman

landsman

sportsman

cowan

gowan

rowan

rowen

owen

capstan

caxton

delphian

doctrine

dustman

homespun

klansman

lampron

marchman

markman

postman

salesman

scotsman

spokesman

sultans

townsman

yachtsman

acton

all-time

arson

aspen

atman

bagman

banyan

bargain

barton

baston

bellman

billion

billman

boatman

bodkin

boston

bullion

calkin

canton

canyon

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chaplain

chapman

classman

claxon

copeman

dampen

damson

darken

dobson

fibrin

fireman

fortin

fountain

freedman

gascon

goodman

gumption

hackman

harken

harten

headman

hearten

holdings

houseman

jackman

jargon

jasmine

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lockman

lopeman

lynden

m1

malkin

marlin

marten

martin

maudlin

melton

milken

million

mouldings

mountain

muslin

onion

outrun

oxen

packman

panton

parson

passman

penguin

pillion

plankton

plantain

ponton

runnion

saffron

samson

sanguine

santon

saxon

seldom

sequin

sharpen

shotgun

silken

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

stillion

stockman

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

tendon

tillman

trillion

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

woodman

woolman

action

auction

craftsman

belgian

building

draftsman

brethren

function

junction

bolting

huntsman

bastion

caption

coachman

dutchman

flashgun

sanction

faction

fraction

drunken

dungeon

fielding

gilding

hangman

luncheon

longan

mangan

margin

martian

marksman

mansion

molting

option

othman

shrunken

suction

sunken

traction

watchman

wielding

yielding

amman

aubin

baron

barren

bason

baton

batten

batton

bellon

billon

bison

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bowman

bracken

brighten

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

button

cabin

cannon

canon

chosen

coffin

colin

collin

common

cotton

cousin

dahlin

deaden

dozen

dragon

dromon

eden

elan

famine

fasten

fatten

felon

flatten

florin

frighten

frozen

gammon

garron

glidden

gotten

happen

hausen

heighten

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

hymen

hyphen

hyson

kalan

laden

lagan

latin

laurin

leaden

ledden

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

logan

maiden

melon

moisten

morin

muffin

mutton

omen

open

oven

patten

pavon

platen

platten

poison

pullen

redden

ridden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

salmon

satin

shogun

showman

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

soften

spoken

summon

syphon

tappen

thousand

tighten

titan

token

toman

toughen

triton

villain

wagon

whiten

wizen

wooden

woolen

woven

yeoman

aspirin

headsman

seedsman

sexton

statesman

going

lion

ruin

ion

dudgeon

scion

fashion

gudgeon

heathen

flooding

dian

mayan

caution

ashen

bludgeon

clouding

lotion

motion

potion

zion

notion

ocean

prussian

ration

trojan

mahone

russian

passion

pathan

sliding

plodding

buildings

emption

henchman

chieftain

apron

carlin

chevron

bookman

caplin

chessman

airman

brakeman

chairman

citron

clinton

clothing

dublin

elfin

ensign

flattened

crimson

desman

footman

gluttons

hempen

jetson

kirkman

kremlin

goblin

hetman

ibsen

kenyan

lisbon

poplin

shearman

workman

napkin

nekton

newsman

shipman

maslin

matron

spearman

stepson

union

mignon

minion

patron

pectin

penman

pinion

piston

pitman

platinum

pressman

teston

threadfin

whitson

belting

bushman

christian

churchman

pelting

rincon

section

engine

pension

diction

fiction

flexion

freshman

gentian

friction

quilting

melting

mention

question

tension

tilting

bacon

basin

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

bidden

bitten

bourbon

berlin

bisson

brahmin

brazen

breton

briton

burman

burton

caisson

canaan

cavin

cayman

certain

charon

chasten

cheapen

chicken

christen

coppin

covin

craven

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

dauphin

deacon

deafen

deepen

devon

demon

dobbin

driven

eaten

ermine

firman

freeman

given

graven

griffon

gluten

german

gibbon

glisten

hasten

haven

heaven

heron

human

jason

jetton

kitten

layman

leman

lemon

lessen

lakin

leaven

lesson

leven

linen

listen

loosen

lumen

marron

mason

merlin

mitten

ninon

pagan

perron

person

prison

proven

quicken

raven

ravin

reason

reckon

rerun

resin

ribbon

risen

riven

robbin

ronin

rumen

satan

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

sicken

smitten

steven

stiffen

straighten

stricken

striven

sweeten

taken

thicken

threaten

treason

urban

vegan

verdin

waken

weaken

turban

urson

weapon

wheaten

wiccan

woman

women

worsen

written

zaman

zircon

redskin

deerskin

strengthen

sheepskin

lengthen

pigskin

bleeding

burgeon

asian

cajun

cushion

cochin

earthen

fission

floating

freshen

fusion

grecian

hessian

haitian

kitchen

legion

lesion

mission

nation

persian

pigeon

pleading

region

session

shahin

smoothen

station

suasion

sledding

slotting

sturgeon

surgeon

urchin

version

vision

within

franklin

bloodhound

blatant

bruin

citrin

crispin

destin

dextrin

doyen

full-time

lignin

mealtime

paean

peon

pipkin

rayon

siskin

urine

vixen

bloodhounds

pleadings

foreskin

begin

break-in

flavin

herein

merkin

raisin

erin

ermin

even

griffin

kevin

levin

perkin

pippin

rubin

termine

turpin

vermin

tiffin

therein

wherein

slating

slitting

virgin

fleeting

flitting

plating

plaything

playthings

akin

buffin

platoon

puffin

ruffin

chagrin

platoons

truncheon

punkin

buckskin

bumpkin

dustbin

pumpkin

quintin

linchpin

3 syllable words

abdomen

albion

andean

collagen

guardian

halcyon

mandarin

scorpion

solomon

waterman

odeon

bedouin

dorian

galleon

korean

malayan

aleutian

allusion

caucasian

causation

collegian

collision

collusion

dilation

dilution

halogen

malaysian

oration

origin

pollution

solution

volition

albumin

bandwagon

handwoven

harlequin

alaskan

acumen

austrian

cardigan

forewoman

charlatan

forbidden

corsican

magdalen

moleskin

policeman

talisman

ablation

ablution

aleutians

alsatian

anyone

assassin

beholden

bosnian

bulletin

campion

champion

collection

condition

contusion

dalmatian

determine

eleven

elison

formation

foundation

fustian

garrison

gravamen

hammerman

indian

jacobin

jamaican

kantian

laurentian

nevadan

norwegian

occlusion

ottoman

overdone

overman

overrun

pelican

profusion

ramadan

salvation

selection

silicon

skeleton

solutions

suburban

toboggan

uneven

vatican

vitamin

zambian

embolden

chilean

assertion

deletion

communion

commission

delusion

edition

arian

elation

negation

appian

gyration

illusion

parthian

biotin

ligation

notation

occasion

omission

ovation

petition

relation

aryan

position

predation

privation

probation

tradition

possession

provision

venetian

alien

phoenician

nonunion

quotation

cation

physician

polluting

procession

profession

religion

vocation

freudian

aversion

donation

gillian

location

audition

ghanaian

snapdragon

gaussian

grobian

jovian

julian

saleswoman

hawaiian

sedation

irian

allotment

diversion

flotation

summation

margarine

median

myosin

citation

rotation

niacin

plebeian

protean

saccharin

samoan

tamarin

addition

backgammon

brazilian

affliction

bulletins

confusion

battalion

capsaicin

civilian

cambrian

nonhuman

charwoman

cohesion

enliven

anglican

conflation

completion

confucian

enlighten

conclusion

conduction

dominion

everyone

guncotton

medallion

militant

abduction

logician

lumberman

magician

nobleman

porcelain

declension

rhodopsin

rifleman

skeletons

sultanate

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

artisan

pavilion

partisan

opinion

translation

abandon

african

italian

perfusion

coercion

croatian

abortion

abrasion

accession

accretion

addiction

admission

ambition

apportion

attention

attrition

carnation

cartesian

crustacean

damnation

dissection

hydrogen

oppression

seclusion

oxygen

partition

secretion

optation

optician

affection

ascension

aggression

anchorman

aspersion

artesian

adoption

cognition

compassion

concession

concussion

confession

connection

connexion

contagion

conversion

deflation

deletions

depletion

diffusion

digression

election

emulsion

haltingly

hydration

irishman

lactation

libration

migration

nitrogen

obsession

patrician

plantation

preclusion

production

progression

proportion

propulsion

protection

reduction

regression

relations

rendition

revulsion

stagnation

subversion

backwoodsman

succession

tactician

australian

suspicion

transition

suppression

vibration

submission

starvation

allotments

submersion

taxation

adrian

awaken

bedizen

bitumen

catalan

cyprian

freemason

javelin

jettison

keynesian

lanolin

ferryman

lesbian

peterman

superman

medicine

paladin

palatine

reunion

thespian

ultima

wesleyan

adsorption

beholding

companion

franciscan

gentleman

badminton

absorption

suggestion

adhesion

clandestine

arkansan

councilman

crestfallen

countryman

digestion

downtrodden

disunion

emblazon

nebraskan

militants

octillion

projection

truncation

complexion

transfusion

cessation

cetacean

clergyman

commotion

correction

corruption

cremation

decision

desertion

direction

division

duration

emission

evasion

fisherman

flirtation

gradation

immersion

munition

musician

mutation

narration

permission

perversion

precaution

precession

precision

promotion

reaction

recession

recision

remission

rescission

reversion

revision

secession

sedition

vacation

contention

assumption

confection

contortion

avian

attraction

castration

concoction

compulsion

combustion

carrion

clarion

heroin

contrition

heroine

nubian

reopen

simian

compression

permian

conception

horizon

convection

convention

fenian

conviction

fabian

convulsion

distortion

filtration

frustration

implosion

inclusion

induction

misfortune

presumption

resumption

singleton

suspension

exhaustion

foramen

gluttony

libyan

infusion

marian

inhuman

moroccan

nemean

intrusion

syrian

deflection

uterine

inflation

prostration

reflection

transaction

transmission

veteran

bedridden

mistaken

globulin

in-person

chairperson

chairwoman

discipline

genuine

predestine

ultimate

sumatran

vermilion

rebellion

timberman

congestion

objection

corrosion

creation

fruition

laotian

cistercian

depression

parisian

deduction

defection

dentition

depiction

detection

detention

scythian

deception

dictation

dispersion

dimension

dissension

equation

stygian

erection

eruption

eviction

excision

exertion

fixation

gestation

ignition

incision

aegean

inaction

incursion

insertion

invasion

inversion

horatian

prediction

fijian

menhaden

pretension

prevention

repression

retention

derision

lutheran

misshapen

nutrition

perception

perfection

persuasion

preemption

resection

reception

seduction

tuition

sensation

technician

temptation

phrygian

exclusion

congressman

consumption

contraction

contraption

infarction

inflection

infliction

prescription

proscription

transgression

abstention

explosion

extortion

expulsion

subtraction

extrusion

begotten

melanin

celadon

puritan

etruscan

imprison

masculine

outspoken

citizen

cinnamon

mannequin

unbroken

venison

beethoven

rejection

sarasin

ambrosian

bouillon

forgotten

denizen

gelatine

guillotine

moccasin

myrmidon

layperson

specimen

unison

ejection

intestine

keratin

housebroken

egyptian

muskmelon

englishman

reptilian

abstraction

conscription

constriction

construction

devotion

diffraction

discretion

disruption

emotion

erosion

eurasian

exaction

exception

excursion

glycogen

imagine

impression

inception

infection

intention

invention

lecithin

midshipman

misprision

obstruction

pentathlon

percussion

redemption

regimen

retraction

subscription

transcription

chamberlain

heartbroken

ingestion

injection

examine

mexican

miltonic

orion

violin

description

encryption

destruction

distraction

excretion

exemption

extension

expansion

expression

infraction

restriction

inspection

benjamin

discussion

impassion

asuncion

distinction

compunction

conjunction

extraction

feminine

inscription

instruction

jessamine

zeppelin

extinction

curmudgeon

humulin

clarendon

platonist

blatantly

injunction

platonists

glutamic

plutonic

bufferin

platonic

vanillin

underpin

fleetingly

4 syllable words

collodion

floridian

aldebaran

gorgonian

accordion

cotyledon

jordanian

alteration

bolivian

canadian

coloradan

comedian

correlation

fallopian

galilean

napoleon

palladium

valerian

validation

valuation

coloration

violation

toleration

meridian

foliation

macedonian

alabaman

albanian

columbian

obsidian

oblivion

valuations

caladiums

custodian

cyclopean

alternation

olympian

polyhedron

pavlovian

arabian

bavarian

chameleon

criterion

gregorian

algerian

abolition

immolation

siberian

evolution

inhalation

jacobean

maccabean

mammalian

isolation

hyperion

iberian

violations

jubilation

assyrian

diocesan

himalayan

liberian

missourian

planarian

praetorian

appellation

appalachian

corp.

corporation

demolition

oscillation

ulceration

desolation

mongolian

devolution

mutilation

collocation

allocation

politician

allegation

dissolution

polynesian

revolution

vacillation

resolution

revelation

formulation

malnutrition

aberration

bohemian

republican

adoration

adulation

reassertion

fluctuation

surrogation

athenian

apparition

dietitian

noblewoman

oleandrin

modulation

ideation

laceration

leviathan

moderation

nigerian

operation

pelagian

hemoglobin

abdication

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

altercation

algonquian

application

backwardation

calibration

cancellation

circulation

compilation

consolation

convolution

cultivation

deformation

deportation

dereliction

distillation

elocution

emulation

gargantuan

granulation

indonesian

insulation

lilliputian

molestation

moravian

obligation

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

persecution

peruvian

population

predilection

proclamation

prosecution

prostitution

publication

recollection

regulation

retardation

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

tabulation

tribulation

ventilation

abyssinian

altimeter

armenian

barbarian

committeeman

agrarian

american

amphibian

copernican

dandelion

darwinian

dominican

librarian

maturation

militancy

overburden

paraguayan

samaritan

saturation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

nestorian

nicaraguan

graduation

tasmanian

pagurian

greco-roman

historian

ohioan

assemblyman

californian

elongation

gentlewoman

hydrocarbon

legislation

admiration

affirmation

animation

arthurian

avocation

constellation

mortification

annotation

aspiration

malformation

connotation

constitution

consultation

ostentation

decimation

declaration

defamation

derivation

desiccation

octahedron

delegation

deposition

dilatation

disillusion

elevation

erudition

evocation

fluoridation

gravitation

attribution

tetrahedron

habitation

subluxation

substitution

hesitation

hibernation

hungarian

imitation

innovation

intuition

irrigation

litigation

manumission

motivation

navigation

opposition

preelection

preignition

procreation

propagation

proposition

provocation

readmission

realization

recitation

reelection

relational

relocation

renovation

repetition

reposition

complication

condemnation

condescension

punctuation

retribution

repossession

calculation

revocation

sanitation

suffocation

supposition

titillation

trepidation

execution

exhortation

gastrulation

importation

installation

jurisdiction

devonian

draconian

european

iranian

plutonian

reawaken

newtonian

protozoan

sicilian

simonian

utopian

adrenaline

adrenalin

agitation

cogitation

contrarian

crocodilian

education

interwoven

pedestrian

vegetation

altimeters

exhalation

altimetry

strangulation

comparison

misbegotten

tamoxifen

armageddon

corinthian

mediation

abnegation

conflagration

rhetorician

abrogation

annexation

circumcision

conservation

aggregation

competition

consummation

adaptation

aggravation

celebration

conversation

convocation

disaffection

culmination

dislocation

hegelian

iteration

contradiction

fibrillation

distribution

immigration

inattention

invocation

relaxation

vindication

contemplation

segregation

federation

permutation

perforation

estimation

fabrication

imposition

liquidation

masturbation

penetration

refutation

disposition

replication

contribution

reparation

statistician

activation

carcinogen

indication

resignation

restitution

approbation

acquisition

admonition

demarcation

hypertension

recognition

observation

desecration

designation

destitution

composition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

excitation

reputation

aviation

generation

advocation

commutation

decoration

deviation

liberation

confirmation

miseration

devastation

protestation

reclamation

retrocession

superhuman

syndication

orchestration

degradation

accusation

affectation

emigration

intimation

self-deception

benediction

indecision

veneration

duplication

exhibition

occupation

preparation

radiation

separation

variation

bradykinin

businesswoman

centurion

conjugation

dehydration

englishwoman

eritrean

estonian

eustachian

glaciation

guatemalan

herculean

inhibition

interurban

kindergarten

minnesotan

nonpartisan

penicillin

predetermine

relationship

rhododendron

sectarian

situation

syncopation

arbitration

augmentation

dedication

bifurcation

expedition

exploration

exposition

indentation

indignation

incarnation

coronation

illustration

imputation

reproduction

desperation

circumvention

dissertation

dissipation

satisfaction

figuration

transportation

transplantation

inflammation

fumigation

implication

irritation

levitation

amputation

incantation

indexation

limitation

medication

mitigation

perspiration

excavation

transformation

locomotion

meditation

perturbation

preservation

profanation

condensation

reservation

computation

respiration

restoration

resurrection

confiscation

consecration

decompression

rumination

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5 syllable words

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word baldwin

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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