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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

alan

amman

auden

bacon

baron

barren

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beckon

bellon

blacken

bracken

brazen

breton

broaden

cabin

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

charon

chasten

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

deafen

devon

dragon

eden

famine

fasten

fatten

felon

flatten

gallon

gammon

garron

glidden

graven

happen

hasten

haven

heaven

heron

hidden

jason

jetton

kalan

lagan

latin

layman

leaven

lemon

lessen

lesson

lyden

marron

mason

melon

odin

pagan

patten

perron

platen

platten

raven

reckon

resin

ridden

riden

salmon

satan

satin

seven

shaken

shaman

slacken

sodden

straighten

sudden

taken

talon

tappen

threaten

trodden

vegan

wagon

waken

weapon

widen

wooden

zaman

brethren

churchman

rayon

ashen

asian

braiding

cajun

fashion

freshen

grading

haitian

heathen

hessian

hurting

mahone

nation

passion

pathan

ration

session

shirting

shredding

skirting

station

suasion

trading

bordman

gardens

grandson

hardened

hardens

headsman

jordans

landman

ardent

mordant

pardons

wardens

acton

alman

apron

arson

aspen

atman

bagman

banyan

bargain

barton

baston

bellman

birthing

bolden

boredom

brakeman

broadens

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

classman

claxon

corban

credence

dampen

damson

darken

desman

ensign

falcon

fielden

fireman

foreman

freedman

gascon

gilden

golden

goodman

gorgon

hackman

harken

harten

hearten

hempen

hetman

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

linden

london

lynden

m1

marlin

marten

martin

matron

melton

minden

morgan

mormon

nekton

norman

olden

organ

orphan

outdone

packman

panton

parson

passman

patron

pectin

penman

plantain

pressman

prudence

prudent

saffron

samson

santon

saxon

scallion

sharpen

shearman

shorten

smarten

soldan

spartan

spearman

squadron

stallion

stepson

tarpon

tartan

teston

threatens

trident

undone

woodman

action

bastion

beacon

beaten

begun

belgian

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

blowgun

boarding

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

brighten

briton

brogan

broken

button

caption

cheapen

chicken

chosen

christen

colon

common

cotton

cousin

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

deacon

deepen

demon

dozen

driven

dromon

eaten

elan

engine

faction

fallen

flashgun

flexion

floren

foreign

fortune

fraction

freedom

freeman

freshman

frighten

frozen

gentian

georgian

gibbon

given

glisten

gluten

gotten

griffon

guardsman

hangman

hausen

heighten

hoarding

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

hyson

kitten

landsman

leman

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linen

listen

liven

locken

logan

loosen

loren

lumen

mangan

mansion

margin

martian

mention

mitten

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

often

omen

open

ordnance

oven

pavon

pension

pertain

poison

pollan

pollen

portion

prison

proven

pullen

question

quicken

reason

rerun

ribbon

ripen

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

seaman

season

section

semen

seton

shogun

showman

sicken

siphon

siren

slogan

smitten

soften

solon

spoken

steven

stiffen

stolen

stricken

striven

sullen

summon

sweeten

swollen

syphon

tension

thicken

thirteen

thousand

tighten

titan

token

toman

torsion

toughen

traction

tradings

treason

triton

villain

warren

weaken

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

wizen

woman

women

woolen

woven

written

yaupon

yeoman

caution

fusion

kitchen

capstan

cartons

cauldron

caxton

children

delphian

farthing

seedsman

shortens

notion

horseman

dudgeon

portman

sexton

statesman

strengthen

bludgeon

breeding

brooding

cushion

fission

grating

grecian

gudgeon

legion

lesion

lotion

mission

motion

ocean

pigeon

potion

region

russian

trojan

vision

baldwin

prussian

lampron

shrouding

klansman

lengthen

marchman

markman

martens

oarsman

salesman

cowan

dian

gowan

ion

lion

owen

paean

peon

rowan

rowen

scion

mayan

ruin

zion

freedoms

mountain

muslin

newsman

vulcan

pillion

faulcon

fountain

boardings

alban

billion

chieftain

citron

fortin

clinton

fibrin

footman

onion

ordain

outrun

stillion

oxen

stockman

sultan

houseman

ibsen

austin

bookman

lopeman

fortunes

lockman

henchman

boatman

boston

lightman

lineman

linemen

lisbon

molten

sovran

ponton

scullion

shipman

shotgun

whitson

emption

pertains

sovereign

billman

breathing

britons

bullion

mignon

cardoon

milken

minion

piston

runnion

sardine

sequin

silken

stallman

pitman

million

pinion

wanton

plankton

woolman

martians

penguin

portions

copeman

crimson

dolphin

sylvan

dalton

dobson

dolman

dreadnought

croutons

tillman

tubman

treadmill

trillion

tuscan

union

draftsman

sportsman

craftsman

marksman

sanction

auction

bushman

christian

coachman

diction

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

faustian

fiction

friction

longan

luncheon

option

othman

parting

prudhomme

rincon

shrunken

suction

sunken

thirteenth

watchman

freetown

doctrine

dustman

homespun

martins

portend

portent

postman

sardines

scotsman

spokesman

townsman

treadmills

treatment

yachtsman

birthmark

fruiting

greeting

bruting

grouting

writing

gumption

thirteenths

tungsten

cartoon

fourteen

function

huntsman

junction

portents

treatments

birthmarks

shorthand

writings

greetings

cartoons

fourteens

part-time

fortnight

protein

fourteenth

fortnights

pretend

proteins

pretends

portends

partners

partner

3 syllable words

overdone

arian

bedouin

carrion

clarion

foramen

heroin

heroine

horizon

marian

moroccan

permian

burdensome

horatian

bedridden

clarendon

unburden

coercion

corrosion

derision

parisian

adrian

aerodyne

andean

certainly

certainty

determine

ferryman

forgotten

gardener

garrison

gordian

gradient

guardian

hammerman

hardener

keratin

medicine

nevadan

overman

overrun

peterman

ramadan

suburban

superman

waterman

alien

appian

aryan

assertion

aversion

avian

cation

clergyman

correction

corruption

desertion

direction

diversion

dorian

fabian

fisherman

flirtation

freudian

galleon

gradation

immersion

irian

korean

median

narration

odeon

orion

percussion

permission

perversion

reversion

saccharin

syrian

tamarin

uterine

veteran

abandon

abdomen

african

alderman

cambrian

cardigan

cardinal

certainties

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

everyone

forbidden

gardeners

gradients

guardians

hardeners

in-person

lumberman

magdalen

perfusion

timberman

uncertain

vermilion

croatian

creation

laotian

lutheran

urethane

admission

anchorman

aspersion

cistercian

conversion

dispersion

earthenware

exertion

gardening

hardening

incursion

insertion

inversion

menhaden

pardoning

perception

perfection

persuasion

rendition

submersion

subversion

assassin

baritone

anyone

awaken

bedizen

albion

beethoven

champion

cyprian

breadwinner

campion

chardonnay

catalan

denizen

eleven

elison

feminine

firedamp

freemason

halcyon

gravamen

indian

scorpion

jacobin

prudency

jamaican

javelin

kantian

melanin

pelican

puritan

jettison

keynesian

lanolin

lesbian

mandarin

skeleton

thespian

wesleyan

venison

zambian

vatican

specimen

adhesion

ambrosian

ardently

badminton

bandwagon

cardinals

downtrodden

embolden

handwoven

ordinance

snapdragon

addition

audition

caucasian

causation

cremation

dilation

donation

edition

elation

erosion

evasion

flotation

imagine

ligation

malaysian

marathon

margarine

mutation

negation

parthian

precession

privation

probation

procession

profession

reaction

recession

regimen

rotation

threatening

tradition

vocation

cessation

cetacean

citation

creations

croatians

duration

gyration

halogen

lecithin

location

notation

occasion

oration

origin

ovation

possession

predation

quotation

relation

secession

sedation

sedition

summation

vacation

abduction

biotin

castration

chilean

cortina

excursion

fenian

gaussian

ghanaian

gillian

grobian

hawaiian

jovian

julian

libyan

malayan

myosin

nemean

niacin

nubian

plebeian

protean

reopen

samoan

scrutiny

simian

alaskan

artisan

austrian

backgammon

baritones

battalion

capsaicin

chardonnays

charlatan

charwoman

corsican

enlighten

enliven

forewoman

genuine

irritant

italian

medallion

mexican

mistaken

partisan

pertinent

porcelain

predestine

prudently

puritans

rebellion

rhodopsin

sardonic

talisman

unwritten

backwoodsman

aegean

fijian

fruition

phrygian

scythian

stygian

tuition

ablation

abortion

abrasion

accession

accretion

addiction

adoption

affection

aggression

alsatian

ambition

apportion

artesian

ascension

attrition

attention

beholden

benjamin

carnation

cartesian

collection

compassion

concession

condition

confession

connection

contagion

connexion

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

deception

deduction

defection

deflation

dentition

depression

digression

detection

detention

dictation

dimension

dissection

dissension

durations

election

equation

erection

eruption

fixation

formation

fortunate

foundation

gestation

gyrations

hydration

hydrogen

impassion

inaction

invasion

irishman

lactation

laurentian

libration

marathons

migration

misshapen

nitrogen

norwegian

nutrition

obsession

oppression

optation

orations

parthenon

partition

patrician

plantation

prediction

preemption

pretension

prevention

production

progression

proportion

protection

reception

reduction

regression

retention

seduction

selection

repression

salvation

secretion

transgression

resection

sensation

shortening

encryption

stagnation

succession

extortion

starvation

suppression

tactician

taxation

technician

temptation

transition

vibration

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

citizen

bulletin

cinnamon

collagen

credenza

fustian

maritime

ottoman

reunion

scrutinize

silicon

solomon

toboggan

uneven

unison

vitamin

albumin

arkansan

companion

crestfallen

emblazon

gentleman

imprison

countryman

gardenias

intestine

masculine

harlequin

digestion

etruscan

franciscan

housebroken

ejection

irritants

nebraskan

rejection

reptilian

suggestion

truncation

muskmelon

projection

unbroken

saleswoman

abstraction

aleutian

allusion

anglican

attraction

collegian

collision

collusion

commission

commotion

compression

conception

conduction

confection

conflation

contention

contortion

contrition

convection

convention

decision

declension

deflection

deletion

delusion

devotion

diffraction

dilution

discretion

disruption

distortion

division

emission

emotion

exaction

exception

extraction

filtration

frustration

illusion

impression

inception

induction

infection

inflation

intention

intrusion

invention

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

munition

musician

omission

pentathlon

petition

phoenician

physician

pollution

position

precaution

precision

pretensions

promotion

prostration

provision

recision

redemption

reflection

religion

remission

rescission

retraction

revision

solution

suspension

transaction

transcription

translation

transmission

venetian

volition

opinion

sumatran

australian

pavilion

uncommon

boardinghouse

congestion

heartbroken

farthingale

ingestion

injection

objection

pretended

acumen

brazilian

cortinas

guncotton

logician

magician

civilian

cohesion

discipline

dominion

maritimes

nobleman

policeman

rifleman

unbutton

tritium

cognition

prescription

asuncion

proscription

ablution

concussion

absorption

abstention

complexion

contraption

destruction

excretion

exemption

expansion

expression

extension

extrusion

infarction

inflection

infraction

inspection

subtraction

transfusion

contusion

contraction

diffusion

adsorption

congressman

description

distraction

restriction

credential

depiction

depletion

discussion

emulsion

excision

eviction

ignition

incision

occlusion

optician

oxygen

preclusion

profusion

propulsion

revulsion

submission

suspicion

prudential

seclusion

cartoonist

communion

councilman

disunion

egyptian

nonunion

octillion

outspoken

portmanteau

conscription

constriction

construction

inscription

instruction

obstruction

fortuna

subscription

affliction

implosion

inclusion

assumption

infusion

singleton

inhuman

combustion

compulsion

convulsion

conviction

completion

confusion

conclusion

concoction

confucian

credentialed

credentials

exhaustion

resumption

nonhuman

presumption

short-winded

consumption

court-martial

exclusion

explosion

expulsion

freethinker

infliction

compunction

distinction

englishman

conjunction

injunction

fortnightly

extinction

partnership

cartoonists

pretender

partnerships

bartender

breadwinners

pretenders

bartenders

freethinkers

4 syllable words

meridian

coloradan

moravian

peruvian

overburden

erudition

arizonan

bavarian

canadian

floridian

planarian

aberration

adoration

apparition

coloration

corinthian

decoration

federation

generation

iteration

laceration

liberation

miseration

moderation

operation

perforation

preparation

radiation

reassertion

reparation

rhetorician

separation

surrogation

toleration

variation

veneration

degradation

backwardation

depredation

accordion

american

centurion

coordinate

copernican

dandelion

eritrean

greco-roman

herculean

interurban

jordanian

maturation

nestorian

nicaraguan

ordinary

paraguayan

predetermine

samaritan

saturation

sectarian

wagnerian

watermelon

admiration

affirmation

alteration

algerian

aspiration

bifurcation

corp.

corporation

declaration

dedication

derivation

desperation

dissertation

figuration

fluoridation

germination

hibernation

hungarian

medication

meditation

perspiration

perturbation

preservation

readmission

recreation

reformation

repercussion

reservation

respiration

restoration

resurrection

supervision

termination

trepidation

ulceration

usurpation

validation

variations

interdiction

tetrahedron

arabian

jordanians

assyrian

collodion

comedian

interwoven

criterion

pedestrian

draconian

european

galilean

gregorian

hyperion

iberian

iranian

iridium

jacobean

liberian

maccabean

mammalian

missourian

praetorian

reawaken

coordinates

ordinaries

armageddon

comparison

macedonian

shakespearean

siberian

valerian

deprivation

dereliction

hypertension

inspiration

insurrection

intermission

persecution

retardation

masturbation

aviation

extradition

superstition

advocation

admonition

deviation

abrogation

aggravation

emigration

interaction

foliation

ideation

aggregation

calibration

depravation

intercession

observation

guardianship

mediation

nigerian

altercation

violation

adaptation

pelagian

abdication

alternation

approbation

benediction

celebration

circulation

circumcision

confirmation

conservation

conversation

desecration

expiration

fabrication

fermentation

information

interruption

ordination

penetration

permutation

predilection

retrocession

segregation

superhuman

abyssinian

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

amphibian

armenian

barbarian

californian

cotyledon

custodian

darwinian

equestrian

estonian

eustachian

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

historian

kindergarten

librarian

obsidian

ordinances

pagurian

pavlovian

penicillin

predominate

reexamine

situation

tasmanian

victorian

appellation

abolition

allegation

allocation

animation

annotation

appalachian

exploration

arthurian

collocation

connotation

correlation

defamation

avocation

ohioan

decimation

definition

delegation

demolition

deposition

desiccation

desolation

detonation

devolution

dilatation

dissipation

elevation

emanation

evocation

evolution

fascination

fumigation

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

imitation

exhortation

inhalation

innovation

retribution

immolation

irrational

irrigation

irritation

litigation

machination

melanesian

mutilation

procreation

realization

reelection

relocation

repetition

resolution

revocation

revolution

sanitation

suffocation

expedition

isolation

jubilation

levitation

limitation

mitigation

motivation

navigation

oscillation

preelection

premonition

propagation

provocation

recitation

renovation

repossession

revelation

rumination

titillation

attribution

valuation

gastrulation

imperfection

interception

intersection

intervention

jurisdiction

lancastrian

malformation

malnutrition

menstruation

misperception

reproduction

transformation

transportation

circumvention

embarkation

vacillation

electrician

consternation

visitation

apprehension

interjection

registration

predominance

predominant

predominates

bolivian

chameleon

adrenaline

contrarian

crocodilian

education

fluctuation

modulation

vegetation

cogitation

pagination

devonian

diocesan

agitation

fallopian

himalayan

napoleon

newtonian

plutonian

tamoxifen

protozoan

sicilian

simonian

utopian

adulation

abnegation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

affectation

algonquian

ammunition

annexation

application

cancellation

carcinogen

commutation

compilation

consolation

consummation

convocation

cultivation

deformation

demarcation

deportation

designation

destination

destitution

devastation

disaffection

exhibition

fibrillation

dislocation

distillation

duplication

elocution

emulation

equitation

estimation

excitation

fortunately

gargantuan

granulation

intimation

contradiction

immigration

inattention

indecision

indication

indonesian

insulation

invitation

invocation

liquidation

lubrication

molestation

obligation

occupation

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

polyhedron

population

presentation

proclamation

protestation

publication

recantation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

refutation

regulation

relaxation

replication

reputation

requisition

resignation

stipulation

tribulation

introduction

self-deception

sequestration

simulation

speculation

vaccination

ventilation

statistician

stimulation

restitution

tabulation

circumspection

extrication

subdivision

syndication

vindication

athenian

bohemian

coalition

dietitian

hegelian

leviathan

prohibition

assemblyman

conjugation

dehydration

elongation

gentlewoman

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

legislation

nonpartisan

rhododendron

syncopation

augmentation

disinfection

disinflation

disputation

excavation

execution

exposition

formulation

obfuscation

fragmentation

illustration

ministration

mortification

implication

amputation

guatemalan

calculation

computation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confiscation

consecration

constellation

installation

instigation

integration

constipation

consultation

minnesotan

scrutinizes

arbitration

complication

decompression

importation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

indentation

indexation

indignation

infestation

inflammation

liquefaction

octahedron

committeeman

columbian

reinspection

satisfaction

ostentation

punctuation

oblivion

olympian

segmentation

cyclopean

dominican

subluxation

coronation

congregation

diminution

disillusion

supposition

domination

divination

exhalation

dissolution

smithsonian

incubation

locomotion

manumission

preignition

profanation

proposition

mongolian

indigestion

reposition

opposition

nomination

politician

polynesian

intuition

strangulation

conflagration

contemplation

contraception

contravention

contribution

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distribution

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hemoglobin

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inquisition

institution

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englishwoman

arithmetic

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deconstruction

5 syllable words

pomeranian

cooperation

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carolinian

hyperborean

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hanoverian

libertarian

jeffersonian

proletarian

unitarian

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presbyterian

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regeneration

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amazonian

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oregonian

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patagonian

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lithuanian

retaliation

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philadelphian

defenestration

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nonintervention

representation

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puritanism

brutalization

canonization

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brobdingnagian

capitulation

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nitroglycerine

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predominantly

puritanisms

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amalgamation

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communication

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dionysian

washingtonian

decomposition

instrumentation

christianization

juxtaposition

disinclination

ionization

synchronization

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word burden

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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