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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word canton.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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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

banding

bastion

bunting

caption

daunting

drunken

dungeon

engine

faction

fainting

flashgun

fraction

gentian

hunting

landing

longan

luncheon

mention

mounting

painting

pension

shrunken

shunting

sunken

tension

taunting

traction

wanting

earthen

draftsman

sanction

ashen

craftsman

fashion

huntsman

landsman

mahone

passion

ration

canteens

contend

content

doctrine

dustman

entwine

lampron

pendant

portman

sandman

sexton

tendons

townsman

airman

alban

centime

chairman

arson

bargain

apron

bellman

brakeman

henchman

carbon

carman

carmine

chessman

chevron

mentions

paintings

chieftain

contain

contemn

corban

cordon

darken

dentine

desman

dobson

dolphin

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

dolman

foreman

gorgon

landings

garden

harden

harken

headman

jorden

penguin

hempen

hetman

houseman

jargon

jetson

jordan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

lightman

linden

lockman

lynden

m1

maintain

marlin

matron

minion

molten

morgan

mormon

muslin

nineteen

norman

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

oxen

pardon

parson

patron

pentane

pinion

piston

pontoon

pressman

quintin

scullion

selden

sharpen

shotgun

sovereign

sovran

squadron

stallman

stepson

stockman

tarpon

tubman

tuscan

union

vulcan

warden

workman

auden

bacon

basin

bayman

beaten

beckon

bellon

bison

bitten

bobbin

bollen

bourbon

brazen

briton

broaden

burden

burdon

burman

caisson

cayman

charon

chasten

common

cousin

craven

cretin

crouton

dagan

dagon

daman

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

eaten

ermine

fallen

felon

firman

floren

foreign

german

gluten

graven

hasten

hausen

haven

heaven

heron

hoten

hymen

hyphen

hyson

jason

kalan

kitten

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

lichen

liken

liman

linen

liven

locken

loren

lyden

maiden

marron

mason

melon

mitten

muffin

mullen

ninon

often

oven

pagan

pavon

perron

person

pollan

pollen

raven

reckon

redden

resin

riden

ripen

robin

rosin

sermon

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

siphon

siren

smitten

sodden

soften

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

syphon

taken

thousand

toughen

trodden

turban

urban

urson

vegan

waken

warren

weapon

wheaten

widen

wizen

worsen

written

yaupon

zaman

zircon

auction

binding

contends

contents

junction

ointment

bounding

churchman

belgian

bending

bonding

brethren

dutchman

ending

faustian

finding

flexion

fortune

founding

freshman

georgian

hounding

function

lending

margin

martian

minding

option

othman

pending

pointing

portion

question

pounding

rounding

sportsman

rincon

section

sounding

squinting

suction

torsion

watchman

winding

asian

baldwin

bludgeon

bordman

burgeon

cajun

cauldron

caution

centimes

contains

cowan

delphian

dian

dudgeon

freshen

gowan

gudgeon

haitian

headsman

hessian

horseman

intend

intense

intent

ion

lion

maintains

marchman

markman

mayan

nation

oarsman

persian

pontoons

postman

prussian

rayon

russian

salesman

scion

scotsman

session

statesman

station

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

urchin

urine

version

yachtsman

zion

bindings

emption

endings

gumption

lendings

findings

nineteenth

soundings

billion

billman

boatman

bolden

bookman

bullion

centner

citron

copeman

crimson

entomb

fielden

footman

freedman

gilden

golden

goodman

ibsen

intone

lisbon

lopeman

mignon

milken

million

newsman

olden

pillion

pitman

sequin

shearman

shipman

silken

soldan

sometime

spearman

stillion

sylvan

tillman

trillion

whitson

woodman

woolman

contempt

guardsman

intends

intents

landmark

marksman

beacon

fiction

friction

begun

billon

blowgun

bowman

brogan

broken

bisson

cheapen

bushman

diction

coachman

chicken

chosen

christen

christian

colon

crewman

cuban

cumin

elan

deacon

deepen

demon

driven

dromon

eden

frozen

gibbon

given

hidden

hogan

leven

listen

logan

loosen

lumen

freeman

glidden

glisten

griffon

hoven

human

leman

moisten

odin

omen

open

poison

prison

proven

pullen

quicken

reason

rerun

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rumen

seaman

season

semen

shogun

showman

sicken

slogan

solon

spoken

steven

stiffen

stolen

stricken

striven

swollen

thicken

token

toman

treason

villain

weaken

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

yeoman

intones

spokesman

sometimes

seedsman

handmade

children

homespun

cushion

fission

fusion

grecian

heathen

kitchen

knitting

landmarks

legion

lesion

lotion

mission

motion

notion

ocean

pigeon

potion

region

trojan

vision

owen

peon

rowan

rowen

ruin

paean

lindane

vintner

vintners

windmill

smoothen

windmills

smoothing

indent

comedown

condone

condemn

mundane

sundown

undine

funding

condemned

condemns

condense

condones

something

condensed

somethings

smoothens

3 syllable words

appian

arian

biotin

cation

galleon

lanthanum

ghanaian

saccharin

plantation

tamarin

pantheon

tantamount

badminton

abandon

antennas

bentonite

enlighten

guncotton

pantomime

sentinel

unbutton

uncertain

unwritten

wantonly

bosnian

campion

champion

zambian

denizen

jacobin

ramadan

hammerman

catalan

halcyon

javelin

fustian

garrison

keynesian

venison

albion

anyone

uneven

londoner

vatican

anchorman

ascension

attention

contagion

contusion

damnation

dentition

lactation

laurentian

stagnation

tactician

transition

aryan

clarion

dorian

bedouin

carrion

halogen

alien

phoenician

reaction

avian

fabian

fenian

foramen

gaussian

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

irian

korean

myosin

niacin

permian

plebeian

parthian

marian

samoan

venetian

veteran

arkansan

bandwagon

companion

contented

continent

countenance

countryman

downtrodden

franciscan

gentleman

handwoven

maintenance

sentences

sentiment

sentinels

abdomen

african

alaskan

anglican

anything

artisan

austrian

backgammon

bandanas

battalion

cambrian

capsaicin

castration

charlatan

contender

contention

continue

contortion

contrition

corrosion

declension

derision

dominion

enliven

genuine

horatian

italian

laotian

londoners

magdalen

medallion

mountaineer

opinion

parisian

partisan

pentathlon

predestine

randomize

randomly

suspension

talisman

tendency

transaction

translation

transmission

unburden

uncommon

assassin

beethoven

cinnamon

container

determine

elison

ferryman

guardian

jettison

affection

indian

alsatian

adrian

ambition

artesian

detention

keratin

dimension

dissection

dissension

bandana

collagen

fandango

foundation

awaken

optation

optician

bulletin

forgotten

jamaican

taxation

gravamen

partition

technician

landowner

menhaden

temptation

gordian

lesbian

admission

carnation

cartesian

concession

concussion

condition

confession

connection

connexion

conversion

crustacean

dalmatian

sentiments

ottoman

gestation

pretension

salvation

selection

sensation

containment

rendition

nevadan

continents

monotone

prevention

retention

puritan

solomon

inaction

reunion

wesleyan

benjamin

toboggan

vitamin

scorpion

cognition

collection

suburban

thespian

waterman

unison

skeleton

condensate

contenders

endowment

intestine

contentions

contingent

ambrosian

commitment

expansion

communion

condiment

continued

mountaineers

snapdragon

suggestion

unbroken

abstention

transfusion

transgression

masculine

truncation

albumin

continues

councilman

crestfallen

digestion

landmasses

nonunion

octillion

adhesion

contraction

nebraskan

contraption

tendencies

projection

reptilian

addition

aleutian

allusion

assertion

audition

aversion

caucasian

causation

cessation

citation

clergyman

collegian

collision

collusion

commission

commotion

correction

corruption

dilation

dilution

direction

diversion

donation

edition

flirtation

gradation

gyration

imagine

janthina

lecithin

ligation

malaysian

munition

narration

negation

occasion

oration

origin

permission

perversion

petition

physician

pollution

position

possession

predation

privation

procession

profession

promotion

provision

sedation

summation

solution

tradition

vacation

attraction

freudian

grobian

jovian

abduction

julian

horizon

gillian

moroccan

nemean

convection

convention

reopen

conviction

convulsion

nubian

protean

syrian

odeon

contentment

chilean

confucian

simian

conception

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confection

conflation

confusion

libyan

median

entangle

malayan

diffraction

frustration

intrusion

nonhuman

uterine

exaction

intention

prostration

retraction

singleton

untangle

acumen

alderman

bedridden

brazilian

cardigan

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

charwoman

civilian

containers

corsican

discipline

everyone

forbidden

forewoman

in-person

indians

intimate

landowners

lumberman

magician

mistaken

nobleman

pandemic

pavilion

perfusion

policeman

porcelain

rebellion

remittance

rhodopsin

rifleman

sumatran

untimely

vermilion

stygian

objection

abstraction

constriction

construction

phrygian

contingents

tuition

lutheran

scythian

aegean

croatian

creation

fijian

coercion

fruition

transcription

congestion

australian

backwoodsman

condensates

contemplate

entombment

heartbroken

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

accession

accretion

addiction

adoption

aggression

apportion

aspersion

attrition

cistercian

commuting

compassion

deception

deduction

defection

dictation

digression

donations

election

emulsion

erection

eruption

formation

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

impassion

incision

incursion

insertion

invasion

inversion

irishman

libration

migration

munitions

norwegian

obsession

occlusion

nitrogen

oppression

oxygen

patrician

perception

perfection

persuasion

preemption

production

profusion

progression

proportion

propulsion

protection

reception

reduction

regression

resection

revulsion

secretion

seduction

starvation

submersion

submission

subversion

succession

summations

suppression

suspicion

vibration

entangled

intentions

cyprian

eleven

encryption

intentioned

freemason

distraction

feminine

indium

congressman

extension

infraction

melanin

medicine

peterman

complexion

extortion

silicon

specimen

consumption

bitumen

bouillon

overdone

bedizen

citizen

overman

overrun

subtraction

superman

unthinking

pelican

muskmelon

emblazon

harlequin

housebroken

embolden

disunion

ejection

intended

intensely

intensive

intently

intimates

outspoken

rejection

saleswoman

undaunted

contemplates

deletion

elation

distortion

duration

deflection

cremation

desertion

division

disruption

inception

cetacean

delusion

decision

devotion

presumption

emitting

emotion

inclusion

emission

erosion

evasion

fisherman

flotation

precaution

illusion

immersion

location

margarine

musician

mutation

notation

omission

ovation

percussion

precession

precision

rotation

secession

probation

sedition

affliction

assumption

recision

filtration

religion

completion

compression

compulsion

inhuman

remission

recession

relation

reflection

quotation

regimen

rescission

reversion

revision

vocation

combustion

misfortune

redemption

volition

exception

exhaustion

induction

infection

inflation

infusion

invention

resumption

vomiting

conjunction

instruction

conscription

extraction

obstruction

orion

clarendon

timberman

cohesion

ingestion

mexican

endemic

logician

injection

absorption

adsorption

asuncion

beholden

deflation

depiction

depletion

depression

destruction

detection

diffusion

discussion

dispersion

emotions

endanger

equation

eviction

excision

exemption

exertion

expulsion

extrusion

fixation

indenture

infarction

inflection

infliction

inspection

misshapen

nutrition

preclusion

prediction

prescription

repression

restriction

seclusion

compunction

distinction

etruscan

englishman

egyptian

imprison

injunction

subscription

inscription

discretion

endangers

excursion

implosion

indentured

indentures

endangered

impression

midshipman

misprision

extinction

andante

expression

description

excretion

exclusion

explosion

proscription

condiments

commitments

endowments

penitent

undoing

undying

condenser

minuteman

unwitting

4 syllable words

monotony

sanitation

annotation

corinthian

abyssinian

albanian

centenary

centurion

copernican

dandelion

jordanian

samaritan

tasmanian

wagnerian

arabian

bavarian

draconian

animation

galilean

maccabean

mammalian

canadian

jacobean

connotation

gravitation

hibernation

habitation

coloradan

iranian

planarian

apparition

aberration

coloration

leviathan

moderation

contaminate

veneration

macedonian

augmentation

operation

fragmentation

athenian

generation

toleration

lancastrian

adrenaline

agitation

dietitian

malnutrition

adoration

contrarian

incantation

ostentation

pedestrian

laceration

transportation

meridian

moravian

peruvian

activation

affectation

alabaman

amphibian

barbarian

hypertension

agrarian

armenian

aldebaran

american

centennial

abnegation

adaptation

ventilation

canadians

algonquian

gargantuan

granulation

centimetre

alternation

cancellation

fermentation

palpitation

penetration

presentation

committeeman

recantation

custodian

eritrean

masturbation

darwinian

annexation

dominican

estonian

gorgonian

monatomic

nestorian

graduation

interurban

librarian

maturation

minnesotan

pavlovian

penicillin

saturation

sectarian

implantation

intuition

levitation

manumission

mongolian

navigation

readmission

californian

contaminates

vacillation

continental

politician

polynesian

preignition

continuance

renovation

valuation

ulceration

validation

restoration

countenances

algerian

allocation

affirmation

fundamental

allegation

gentlewoman

alteration

rhododendron

sentimental

appalachian

appellation

abolition

admiration

arthurian

nonpartisan

aspiration

avocation

corp.

corporation

hungarian

amputation

anatomy

antinomy

arizonan

assyrian

chameleon

circumvention

collodion

comedian

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

contingency

criterion

devonian

diocesan

european

fallopian

floridian

gastrulation

gregorian

hyperion

iberian

indentation

liberian

menstruation

missourian

napoleon

newtonian

pigmentation

plutonian

reawaken

segmentation

siberian

simonian

transformation

valerian

vanadium

transplantation

cogitation

adulation

comparison

continual

centimetres

inattentive

interwoven

misbegotten

tamoxifen

anathema

continentals

federation

aviation

coalition

decoration

ideation

liberation

miseration

nigerian

preparation

pelagian

strangulation

perforation

prohibition

radiation

reassertion

fundamentals

reparation

rhetorician

apprehension

variation

violation

separation

surrogation

abdication

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

admonition

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

altercation

contemplation

contraception

contribution

ammunition

contravention

application

approbation

backwardation

benediction

calibration

commutation

confirmation

conservation

contingencies

contradiction

carcinogen

competition

consolation

consummation

conversation

convocation

convolution

cultivation

disaffection

concentration

deportation

designation

destination

destitution

devastation

estimation

intimation

fabrication

inattention

interaction

intercession

intermission

interruption

intonation

invitation

confrontation

molestation

mountaineering

observation

permutation

predilection

prostitution

recognition

recollection

refutation

relaxation

resignation

restitution

statistician

superstition

tabulation

vaccination

cotyledon

accordion

cyclopean

oblivion

predetermine

watermelon

nicaraguan

overburden

paraguayan

pagurian

obsidian

glaciation

comedians

historian

reexamine

columbian

greco-roman

guatemalan

herculean

victorian

eustachian

intimacy

assemblyman

elongation

equestrian

kindergarten

comprehension

conjugation

calculation

bifurcation

collocation

attribution

substitution

correlation

condemnation

decimation

arbitration

declaration

dedication

defamation

computation

condensation

condescension

delegation

satisfaction

consecration

demolition

confiscation

punctuation

deposition

electrician

detonation

devolution

evolution

hesitation

imitation

immolation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jubilation

medication

meditation

exhortation

derivation

installation

liquefaction

ohioan

infestation

integration

desolation

desperation

dissertation

institution

erudition

perturbation

illustration

opposition

instigation

dissolution

perspiration

preelection

malformation

ministration

desiccation

entanglement

dilatation

elevation

mortification

octahedron

fascination

figuration

innovation

limitation

preservation

realization

recitation

recreation

reelection

fluoridation

inhalation

locomotion

machination

oscillation

propagation

proposition

provocation

reformation

repetition

intimations

reservation

resolution

respiration

intonations

reposition

repossession

resurrection

importation

revolution

rumination

smithsonian

suffocation

intersection

intervention

intentional

interception

interdiction

revelation

revocation

supervision

supposition

trepidation

usurpation

visitation

anatomist

andantino

antimatter

armageddon

bolivian

congregation

containerized

contemplative

contemptible

crocodilian

education

fluctuation

hemoglobin

himalayan

intemperate

intensify

intensity

interjection

intimately

modulation

noblewoman

pagination

praetorian

protozoan

registration

remittances

republican

shakespearean

sicilian

utopian

vegetation

celebration

compilation

circulation

circumcision

exploitation

combination

composition

culmination

deformation

degradation

demarcation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

disposition

duplication

conflagration

distillation

emulation

mediation

emigration

expectation

elocution

exhibition

immigration

imposition

indication

insulation

inspiration

indecision

entanglements

equitation

excitation

indonesian

information

infiltration

expiration

insurrection

ovulation

oxidation

persecution

circumspection

obligation

polyhedron

population

hegelian

iteration

occupation

ordination

invocation

reputation

impregnation

requisition

retrocession

condemnations

stimulation

stipulation

bohemian

subdivision

endangerment

deviation

syndication

extradition

extrication

superhuman

incrustation

prosecution

publication

simulation

speculation

tribulation

vindication

introduction

orchestration

lilliputian

reclamation

regulation

segregation

obstetrician

self-deception

foliation

sequestration

proclamation

replication

businesswoman

dehydration

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

intensifies

syncopation

intensified

intensities

inhibition

intensively

legislation

introspection

contemptuously

olympian

situation

definition

fumigation

germination

nomination

disinfection

mutilation

premonition

profanation

disputation

procreation

decompression

excavation

formulation

imputation

intangible

obfuscation

implication

disillusion

imperfection

incarnation

termination

jurisdiction

inclination

emanation

titillation

dissipation

domination

subluxation

tetrahedron

coronation

evocation

litigation

mitigation

exposition

melanesian

compensation

embarkation

exploration

relocation

repercussion

complication

disinflation

execution

expedition

indexation

indignation

inflammation

inquisition

misperception

reinspection

reproduction

retribution

emotional

motivation

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gondwanaland

5 syllable words

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word canton

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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