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

delphian

banyan

saffron

scallion

canyon

kenyan

onion

stallion

runnion

pinion

minion

craftsman

draftsman

cauldron

horseman

markman

marchman

oarsman

bordman

lampron

portman

darken

smarten

orphan

organ

panton

palfrey

pardon

parson

ensign

dolphin

falcon

foreman

garden

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

hearten

jargon

jordan

jorden

kansan

linden

london

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

mignon

million

morgan

pillion

plantain

scullion

shorten

mormon

norman

penman

ponton

santon

sharpen

alman

bargain

billion

calvin

canton

carman

chairman

corban

cordon

tarpon

airman

arson

barton

carmine

carbon

carton

chevron

spartan

spearman

clinton

stillion

citron

tartan

tendon

trillion

undone

warden

wanton

luncheon

clapboards

belgian

pension

flashgun

faction

engine

mention

dungeon

mansion

margin

martian

marksman

tension

brethren

action

bastion

fortune

fraction

caption

georgian

gentian

guardsman

sportsman

longan

portion

torsion

traction

baron

barren

cannon

charon

gallon

floren

foreign

canon

garron

talon

loren

toughen

heron

linen

griffon

marron

perron

stiffen

muffin

ninon

alan

warren

deafen

caxton

baldwin

klansman

sexton

grandson

headsman

landman

children

doctrine

dustman

salesman

capstan

clapboard

penguin

ashen

emption

henchman

gumption

ration

plankton

pathan

fashion

mahone

passion

tungsten

apron

kelson

atman

kelvin

baston

jetson

aspen

bellman

jackman

jasmine

austin

bagman

alban

belfry

keelson

acton

kirkman

lineman

matron

m1

melton

junction

linemen

lisbon

minden

function

nekton

landsman

packman

mountain

outrun

passman

billboards

whitson

pectin

huntsman

pressman

patron

piston

pitman

vulcan

workman

sanction

bullion

captain

chapman

chaplain

chessman

classman

chieftain

claxon

crimson

dalton

dampen

dolman

damson

desman

faulcon

hetman

fibrin

fireman

fountain

gascon

hackman

headman

hempen

ibsen

samson

saxon

selden

shearman

shipman

sovereign

squadron

sovran

stallman

stepson

sultan

teston

tubman

tuscan

union

flexion

diction

churchman

freshman

friction

hangman

christian

auction

faustian

drunken

dutchman

fiction

mangan

option

question

othman

rincon

sunken

watchman

section

shrunken

suction

amman

auden

bason

baton

batten

batton

beckon

begun

bellon

billboard

billon

bisson

bitten

blacken

bollen

boughten

bourbon

bracken

breton

briton

broaden

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

canaan

certain

chicken

christen

clipboard

cousin

curtain

deaden

devon

dozen

dragon

driven

ermine

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

felon

firman

flatten

gammon

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

happen

heaven

hidden

hyphen

jailbreak

jetton

kalan

kitten

lagan

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lengthen

lessen

lesson

listen

madden

melon

mitten

mullen

mutton

often

oven

patten

person

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

prison

reckon

quicken

redden

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

sadden

salmon

satin

scotsman

sermon

seven

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

smitten

soften

statesman

strengthen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

syphon

tappen

thicken

threaten

townsman

turban

urban

urson

vegan

villain

wagon

weapon

wiccan

women

worsen

yachtsman

written

yaupon

zircon

persian

pigeon

station

russian

prussian

session

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

version

urchin

vision

hessian

bludgeon

gudgeon

haitian

nation

fission

asian

mission

freshen

burgeon

cajun

caution

kitchen

earthen

dudgeon

bullfrogs

billman

bolden

golfers

bookman

gilden

houseman

telford

tillman

golden

kremlin

boston

goodman

lightman

sylvan

brakeman

lockman

soldan

olden

scalpers

woodman

woolman

silken

dobson

outdone

oxen

shotgun

stockman

footman

milken

molten

fielden

muslin

dian

scion

rayon

ion

mayan

peon

lion

paean

urine

zion

coachman

bushman

postman

bullfrog

homespun

seedsman

spokesman

cayman

caisson

colon

cotton

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

elan

hausen

heighten

pagan

ripen

riden

lichen

robin

rosin

rotten

shaken

shaman

satan

scalper

sodden

solon

triton

widen

zaman

trodden

wooden

woolen

taken

whiten

wizen

woman

bacon

basin

bayman

bison

brazen

brighten

chasten

common

frighten

golfer

hasten

haven

hymen

bobbin

gotten

graven

hyson

jason

laden

layman

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

lyden

maiden

mason

pullen

pavon

raven

thousand

titan

stolen

swollen

tighten

waken

sulphur

straighten

blueprints

culprits

trojan

cushion

fusion

grecian

lesion

motion

heathen

legion

lotion

notion

ocean

potion

region

boatman

culvert

solvers

copeman

freedman

sequin

helpers

elvers

lopeman

pilfers

welfare

newsman

gowan

owen

bluffer

cowan

rowan

rowen

filberts

blueprint

culprit

beacon

beaten

blabbers

blowgun

bowman

brogan

broken

cheapen

cretin

crewman

chosen

clippers

crouton

deacon

cuban

culver

deepen

demon

dromon

cumin

eaten

eden

flappers

flippers

freeman

frozen

gluten

helper

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

leman

leven

logan

loosen

lumen

moisten

odin

omen

open

pilfer

poison

proven

reason

roman

rosen

rumen

seaman

season

semen

seton

shogun

showman

slippers

slivers

slogan

solver

spoken

steven

sweeten

token

toman

treason

weaken

yeoman

wheaten

woven

bluebeard

gilbert

filbert

silvers

blabber

clapper

clever

clipper

flapper

flipper

ruin

slipper

sliver

flavored

flavors

silver

cleaver

flavor

sleeper

bluebirds

blubber

clobber

glover

plover

slobber

bluebird

plovers

sleepers

wolfram

clover

3 syllable words

dominion

talisman

opinion

misfortune

abortion

apportion

proportion

badminton

communion

galleon

disunion

absorption

adsorption

infarction

crestfallen

african

brazilian

cambrian

civilian

contortion

distortion

pavilion

vermilion

carnation

albion

garrison

scorpion

cyprian

halcyon

elison

gordian

vatican

guardian

countryman

franciscan

octillion

snapdragon

reptilian

unbroken

parthian

extortion

transfusion

transgression

collision

bandwagon

halogen

ambrosian

celebrant

nonunion

carrion

cation

ghanaian

hawaiian

clarion

dorian

syrian

alien

appian

aryan

korean

marian

arian

rifleman

timberman

affliction

lumberman

castration

backgammon

policeman

rebellion

assumption

compression

declension

deflection

diffraction

exhaustion

frustration

discipline

discretion

everyone

transaction

alderman

suspension

resumption

reflection

intention

calibrate

in-person

impression

intrusion

invention

presumption

abrasion

abstraction

accretion

addiction

admission

adoption

celebrants

malpractice

affection

aggression

ambition

anchorman

backwoodsman

artesian

ascension

aspersion

attention

cartesian

cistercian

collection

damnation

deduction

defection

deflation

depression

detention

diffusion

dimension

dispersion

dissension

exertion

formation

incursion

insertion

inversion

irishman

laurentian

norwegian

oppression

production

profusion

progression

reduction

regression

secretion

seduction

selection

stagnation

starvation

submersion

subversion

suppression

tactician

transition

specimen

campion

uneven

adrian

solomon

destruction

suburban

determine

bosnian

champion

excretion

extension

cinnamon

expression

andean

catalan

extrusion

bulletin

citizen

anyone

collagen

jacobin

lanolin

ferryman

hammerman

indian

javelin

jettison

kantian

keratin

medicine

pelican

ramadan

abstention

skeleton

toboggan

wesleyan

zambian

albumin

harlequin

downtrodden

etruscan

housebroken

outspoken

malayan

assertion

confection

commotion

commission

edition

heroine

collegian

audition

emotion

fisherman

confucian

confusion

disruption

fenian

filtration

julian

prostration

erosion

immersion

veteran

margarine

narration

combustion

exception

excursion

irian

physician

saccharin

samoan

phoenician

venetian

volition

tamarin

petition

fabian

reversion

permission

anglican

provision

permian

profession

plebeian

tradition

gillian

addition

bedouin

abduction

promotion

avian

chilean

conviction

gaussian

heroin

induction

regimen

infusion

origin

oration

infection

lecithin

position

libyan

devotion

orion

redemption

desertion

aversion

simian

transmission

religion

battalion

medallion

transcription

artisan

forbidden

forewoman

austrian

bedridden

capsaicin

magdalen

cardigan

chairperson

chairwoman

charlatan

charwoman

genuine

magician

porcelain

partisan

mistaken

perfusion

corsican

construction

all-purpose

instruction

mexican

unwritten

obstruction

abdomen

italian

dentition

aegean

detection

derision

confession

dalmatian

attrition

condition

stygian

accession

cognition

crustacean

deception

alsatian

contagion

depiction

dictation

discussion

digression

election

equation

erection

parisian

eviction

objection

fixation

gestation

hydration

hydrogen

invasion

libration

menhaden

migration

misshapen

nitrogen

obsession

optician

partition

patrician

protection

salvation

perception

perfection

plantation

prediction

reception

rendition

sensation

succession

scythian

technician

suspicion

phrygian

submission

temptation

vibration

australian

eleven

bitumen

forgotten

jamaican

lesbian

complexion

exemption

prescription

denizen

ottoman

fustian

encryption

awaken

bedizen

mandarin

keynesian

infliction

calvaries

bouillon

puritan

reunion

silicon

congressman

thespian

venison

vitamin

waterman

adhesion

companion

masculine

saleswoman

suggestion

truncation

distinction

digestion

egyptian

ejection

englishman

projection

rejection

aleutian

allusion

deletion

inhuman

decision

correction

dilation

dilution

negation

occasion

omission

nonhuman

direction

musician

munition

malaysian

clergyman

flirtation

caucasian

cessation

cetacean

gyration

causation

donation

collusion

division

duration

evasion

emission

midshipman

pollution

revision

completion

sedition

summation

secession

sedation

precaution

reaction

possession

recession

recision

precision

predation

remission

rescission

translation

solution

constriction

subscription

procession

contrition

conscription

elbowroom

logician

foramen

freudian

grobian

rhodopsin

calvary

acumen

horizon

extinction

jovian

enlighten

sumatran

enliven

guncotton

nubian

heartbroken

odeon

uncertain

uncommon

median

unbutton

protean

abandon

moroccan

nemean

unburden

ablation

ablution

benjamin

concession

concussion

connection

connexion

contusion

conversion

corrosion

depletion

description

dissection

emulsion

eruption

excision

fijian

foundation

fruition

horatian

ignition

inaction

incision

inflection

lactation

laotian

lutheran

nutrition

occlusion

oxygen

persuasion

preemption

pretension

prevention

propulsion

proscription

repression

restriction

retention

revulsion

taxation

tuition

wolverine

pulverize

flavorful

beethoven

believers

mulberry

emblazon

arkansan

handwoven

intestine

delivers

imprison

self-respect

conception

conclusion

conduction

concoction

imagine

citation

gradation

illusion

ligation

vacation

compulsion

attraction

conflation

corruption

exaction

elation

inception

diversion

delusion

inscription

contention

perversion

privation

relation

convention

convection

convulsion

misprision

pentathlon

retraction

cohesion

congestion

clarendon

elaborate

flabbergast

alaskan

nobleman

predestine

injection

ingestion

compassion

believer

subtraction

consumption

contraction

resection

contraption

expansion

expulsion

optation

deliver

seclusion

distraction

inspection

infraction

impassion

preclusion

creation

coercion

croatian

councilman

overrun

overman

overdone

embolden

conjunction

extraction

nevadan

tilbury

injunction

melanin

superman

gravamen

gentleman

feminine

peterman

relievers

muskmelon

assassin

unison

nebraskan

location

mutation

cremation

slippery

flotation

singleton

notation

ovation

rotation

implosion

inclusion

inflation

percussion

probation

precession

quotation

vocation

chamberlain

wheelbarrows

myosin

niacin

oliver

reliever

reopen

silvery

exclusion

asuncion

beholden

biotin

compunction

explosion

uterine

flavoring

belabors

cloverleaf

blueberries

wheelbarrow

freemason

flavorings

pilfering

celebrate

culverhouse

cleverly

celebrates

blueberry

belabor

half-hearted

silverware

slavery

boulevard

boulevards

4 syllable words

macedonian

malformations

accordion

gregorian

valerian

algerian

deformation

abyssinian

alabaman

albanian

algonquian

calibration

eritrean

historian

victorian

nestorian

hyperion

iberian

iranian

arizonan

assyrian

devonian

galilean

liberian

criterion

siberian

simonian

polynesian

satisfaction

transformation

exhortation

nigerian

incarnation

importation

aldebaran

alternation

amphibian

apprehension

celebration

darwinian

designation

dominican

estonian

greco-roman

oblivion

olympian

polyhedron

registration

resignation

tasmanian

wagnerian

affirmation

bavarian

planarian

praetorian

allegation

bolivian

allocation

defamation

definition

reformation

suffocation

gravitation

bifurcation

smithsonian

validation

draconian

missourian

corinthian

arbitration

shakespearean

celebrations

illustration

meridian

confiscation

embarkation

lancastrian

transportation

athenian

obfuscation

acclimation

crucifixion

abdication

acclamation

altercation

carcinogen

application

backwardation

adaptation

affectation

annexation

confirmation

cultivation

desecration

deportation

devastation

emigration

fabrication

immigration

inattention

indonesian

information

masturbation

palpitation

penetration

refutation

publication

armenian

columbian

american

agrarian

centurion

committeeman

copernican

cyclopean

deliverance

gorgonian

interurban

conflagration

maturation

sectarian

obsidian

saturation

pagurian

jordanian

predetermine

impregnation

indiscretion

infiltration

admiration

decimation

dedication

elevation

figuration

imitation

medication

meditation

reservation

respiration

restoration

revocation

ulceration

collocation

delegation

desiccation

desperation

innovation

rumination

dissertation

irrigation

navigation

alteration

nonpartisan

animation

annotation

sanitation

elongation

coronation

ibuprofen

aspiration

habitation

preservation

abolition

hungarian

recitation

avocation

trepidation

litigation

hesitation

levitation

recreation

arabian

coloradan

comedian

deliberate

floridian

mammalian

newtonian

plutonian

qualifiers

indentation

agitation

integration

contrarian

attribution

consecration

disinfection

disinflation

indignation

pedestrian

infestation

gastrulation

adrenaline

intervention

menstruation

cogitation

misbegotten

ministration

subluxation

vegetation

education

interwoven

comparison

crocodilian

adoration

coalition

apparition

coloration

aberration

decoration

federation

laceration

liberation

miseration

iteration

preparation

perforation

separation

reparation

toleration

variation

transplantation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

distribution

aggravation

self-deception

destitution

insurrection

aggregation

equitation

qualifier

minnesotan

samaritan

abrogation

activation

advocation

approbation

degradation

hypertension

estimation

extrication

demarcation

elocution

excitation

inspiration

expiration

indication

intercession

barbarian

graduation

molestation

deliberates

obligation

dandelion

incrustation

invocation

proclamation

reclamation

librarian

vindication

restitution

retardation

paraguayan

intimation

replication

segregation

subdivision

nicaraguan

pavlovian

sequestration

equestrian

kindergarten

englishwoman

businesswoman

dehydration

syncopation

deliveries

readmission

fumigation

derivation

limitation

propagation

realization

dilatation

canadian

collodion

interception

chameleon

circumvention

politician

visitation

liquefaction

declaration

decompression

european

corp.

corporation

correlation

reelection

fallopian

demolition

jacobean

maccabean

napoleon

intersection

misperception

malnutrition

arthurian

retribution

irritation

tetrahedron

mitigation

dissipation

preelection

provocation

complication

execution

punctuation

excavation

resurrection

titillation

substitution

disillusion

hibernation

republican

tamoxifen

congregation

interjection

fluctuation

indigestion

benediction

indecision

interruption

invitation

predilection

prosecution

introduction

prostitution

bohemian

rhetorician

expectation

explication

contravention

contribution

exclamation

pelagian

veneration

disaffection

duplication

retrocession

statistician

syndication

fibrillation

prohibition

generation

leviathan

abnegation

acquisition

lilliputian

liquidation

lubrication

oxidation

recollection

penicillin

delivery

assemblyman

watermelon

moravian

peruvian

rhododendron

comprehension

herculean

situation

cotyledon

supervision

fluoridation

reposition

locomotion

augmentation

repetition

connotation

appellation

renovation

consternation

exploration

mortification

manumission

formulation

octahedron

ohioan

appalachian

deposition

erudition

opposition

ostentation

mongolian

supposition

vacillation

procreation

calculation

valuation

imperfection

proposition

implication

instigation

interdiction

institution

jurisdiction

inflammation

adulation

armageddon

deliverers

diocesan

himalayan

noblewoman

protozoan

sicilian

introspection

circumcision

gargantuan

conservation

granulation

absolution

consummation

composition

radiation

cancellation

surrogation

competition

convocation

disposition

exhibition

conversation

imposition

exhumation

aviation

recognition

superstition

superhuman

contradiction

requisition

contraception

foliation

observation

protestation

orchestration

moderation

operation

ideation

circumspection

hegelian

intermission

inhibition

hydrocarbon

custodian

eustachian

deliverer

conjugation

gentlewoman

glaciation

condemnation

disputation

incantation

indexation

inquisition

exposition

imputation

reinspection

constipation

expedition

desolation

electrician

devolution

intuition

motivation

repossession

revelation

usurpation

amputation

isolation

mutilation

immolation

jubilation

resolution

perturbation

perspiration

revolution

dissolution

evolution

inhalation

oscillation

modulation

strangulation

nonprescription

utopian

incubation

celebrities

hemoglobin

convolution

insulation

ordination

permutation

confrontation

accusation

regulation

distillation

interaction

ammunition

circulation

compilation

consolation

emulation

intonation

persecution

relaxation

simulation

stimulation

obstetrician

reputation

speculation

stipulation

tabulation

extradition

tribulation

ventilation

implantation

deviation

mediation

legislation

celebrity

computation

condensation

condescension

constellation

constitution

consultation

inclination

overburden

installation

reproduction

elaborates

exhalation

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5 syllable words

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word californian

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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

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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
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  • Bulb
  • Wolf
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