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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word capstan.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

ashen

draftsman

substance

fashion

craftsman

passion

pathan

ration

dustman

grandson

horseman

klansman

lampron

landman

scotsman

statesman

yachtsman

alman

apron

bagman

calvin

canyon

arson

atman

banyan

barton

carton

chessman

dalton

dampen

dobson

ensign

falcon

fountain

hackman

harten

hearten

houseman

jackman

jasmine

jetson

kansan

keelson

kelson

marten

martin

melton

mountain

nekton

oxen

packman

parson

pectin

piston

ponton

pressman

saffron

scallion

shorten

smarten

spartan

spastic

stallion

sultan

tartan

tuscan

wanton

emption

gumption

mention

portion

auction

pension

question

baron

section

barren

faustian

basin

flashgun

flexion

freshman

bison

blacken

boughten

bracken

breton

brighten

burton

button

cabin

caisson

dragon

famine

frighten

gallon

gammon

garron

ripen

rotten

sadden

salmon

worsen

yaupon

martian

canon

chasten

mangan

cotton

curtain

gladden

gotten

cannon

certain

hasten

heighten

hyson

lagan

lessen

madden

mason

gentian

lesson

lighten

mutton

hangman

jason

jetton

person

urson

wagon

weapon

whiten

suction

tension

alan

torsion

amman

satan

slacken

straighten

talon

threaten

tighten

titan

triton

huntsman

landsman

marksman

sanction

sportsman

upstart

bordman

headsman

earthen

abstain

delphian

dipstick

mahone

lengthen

caution

strengthen

hessian

oarsman

haitian

portman

postman

salesman

townsman

freshen

nation

prussian

russian

session

baldwin

station

cauldron

doctrine

homespun

marchman

markman

spokesman

abstract

airman

alban

bargain

bellman

brakeman

carbon

carman

carmine

chairman

chevron

chieftain

clinton

copeman

corban

cordon

darken

desman

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

foreman

garden

gorgon

harden

harken

headman

hempen

henchman

hetman

hopscotch

ibsen

jargon

jordan

jorden

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

lightman

lineman

linemen

lockman

london

lopeman

m1

marlin

matron

minden

molten

morgan

mormon

muslin

norman

obstruct

onion

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

pardon

patron

penguin

penman

runnion

scullion

selden

sharpen

shipman

shotgun

sovereign

sovran

space-time

squadron

stallman

stockman

tarpon

tendon

tubman

undone

upset

upstarts

vulcan

warden

whitson

workman

bushman

dutchman

drunken

dungeon

belgian

fiction

fortune

friction

diction

georgian

brethren

engine

shrunken

sunken

function

guardsman

christian

churchman

junction

othman

luncheon

longan

watchman

margin

upstream

auden

bacon

bayman

beaten

beckon

bellon

bisson

bitten

bobbin

bollen

bourbon

brazen

briton

broaden

burden

burdon

burman

canaan

cayman

charon

cheapen

christen

common

cousin

craven

cretin

crouton

dagan

dagon

daman

deaden

deafen

deepen

devon

dozen

eaten

ermine

fallen

felon

firman

floren

foreign

german

glisten

gluten

graven

hausen

haven

heaven

heron

hoten

hymen

hyphen

kalan

kitten

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lichen

liken

liman

listen

liven

locken

loosen

loren

lyden

maiden

marron

melon

mitten

moisten

muffin

mullen

often

open

oven

pagan

pavon

perron

pollan

pollen

raven

reckon

redden

resin

riden

robin

rosin

sermon

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

siphon

siren

smitten

sodden

soften

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

syphon

taken

thousand

toughen

trodden

turban

urban

vegan

waken

warren

wheaten

widen

wizen

written

zaman

zircon

abstracts

obstructs

children

hipsters

lobsters

seedsman

spectral

spectrum

sweepstake

typists

upsets

websters

asian

bludgeon

burgeon

cushion

fission

ocean

grecian

mission

persian

sturgeon

suasion

cajun

lotion

notion

gudgeon

motion

surgeon

potion

cowan

dian

dudgeon

version

urchin

gowan

ion

lion

mayan

rayon

scion

urine

zion

lisbon

bolden

billman

bookman

lobster

milken

million

minion

mignon

linden

pillion

pitman

billion

citron

crimson

lynden

pinion

quipster

sequin

shearman

silken

spearman

stillion

soldan

sylvan

webster

footman

newsman

tillman

tipster

freedman

boatman

trillion

woodman

gilden

union

golden

goodman

olden

woolman

bullion

fielden

typist

upside

offset

hipster

abstruse

spectrums

substrate

sweepstakes

coachman

rincon

upshot

beacon

begun

blowgun

brogan

broken

chicken

chosen

colon

crewman

cuban

cumin

demon

elan

freeman

frozen

gibbon

griffon

given

glidden

hidden

leven

linen

ninon

odin

omen

prison

proven

reason

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rumen

seaman

season

solon

spoken

thicken

token

toman

treason

villain

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

yeoman

hogan

eden

driven

billon

bowman

deacon

dromon

hoven

human

logan

showman

swollen

semen

steven

sicken

slogan

stricken

striven

leman

poison

pullen

rerun

lumen

quicken

shogun

stiffen

stolen

weaken

ripostes

scapegoats

divests

substrates

beefsteak

offsets

subsides

heathen

pigeon

fusion

region

trojan

vision

kitchen

legion

lesion

offshoots

debased

divest

owen

paean

peon

riposte

rowan

rowen

ruin

scapegoat

subside

offshoot

dovecotes

affects

affixed

depicts

spectre

spigot

robust

spigots

depict

defaced

effects

bobcats

defects

bobcat

defect

effect

evict

affect

dovecote

eavesdrop

diffused

3 syllable words

talisman

uncertain

albion

andean

campion

champion

fustian

garrison

hammerman

jacobin

javelin

kantian

lanolin

mandarin

ramadan

rhapsody

vatican

zambian

alsatian

taxation

typesetting

upsetting

cation

abstinence

myosin

abstinent

biotin

niacin

saccharin

arian

galleon

gaussian

tamarin

corruption

halogen

lecithin

reaction

badminton

franciscan

obstinate

snapdragon

laotian

horatian

abdomen

african

alaskan

austrian

backgammon

cambrian

chairperson

charlatan

corsican

guncotton

magdalen

mexican

opinion

policeman

porcelain

predestine

rhapsodic

rhapsodize

rhodopsin

tapestry

unbutton

conception

unwritten

castration

transmission

abstraction

accession

admission

adoption

adrian

affection

ambition

anchorman

anyone

apostle

apportion

aspersion

assassin

attention

bosnian

bulletin

catalan

collagen

collection

concession

connection

connexion

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

divestment

elison

eruption

ferryman

gestation

gordian

guardian

inaction

irishman

jettison

keynesian

lactation

laurentian

lesbian

obsession

offsetting

oppression

optation

optician

oxygen

perception

plantation

preemption

proportion

propulsion

protection

reception

salvation

scorpion

selection

sensation

solomon

specimen

stagnation

substances

substantive

succession

superman

suppression

suspicion

tactician

thespian

toboggan

transition

uneven

wesleyan

transfusion

substitute

irian

intestine

nebraskan

abstention

addition

adhesion

heroine

samoan

dorian

plebeian

bandwagon

crestfallen

upside-down

carrion

councilman

assertion

causation

korean

audition

heroin

albumin

aleutian

tapestries

alien

avian

fabian

foramen

reptilian

allusion

extortion

handwoven

projection

bedouin

ghanaian

hawaiian

suggestion

ambrosian

digestion

cessation

citation

clergyman

collegian

collision

collusion

commission

dilation

dilution

edition

flirtation

gradation

gyration

ligation

narration

oration

origin

parthian

position

possession

predation

privation

procession

profession

promotion

provision

obstacle

summation

aryan

solution

masculine

outspoken

sedation

clarion

commotion

permian

correction

direction

marian

negation

contraption

perversion

veteran

permission

petition

phoenician

physician

pollution

tradition

vacation

venetian

abstractions

abandon

acumen

apostate

apostles

brazilian

cardigan

chairwoman

chamberlain

dominion

everyone

anglican

resumption

inception

artisan

battalion

contention

convection

bedridden

convention

depicted

charwoman

civilian

discipline

forbidden

forewoman

in-person

affections

diffraction

frustration

presumption

prostration

retraction

transaction

translation

declension

exaction

exception

suspension

italian

pavilion

uncommon

abstracted

assumption

attraction

completion

compression

combustion

medallion

mistaken

vermilion

divestments

redemption

abduction

confection

lopsided

disruption

magician

compulsion

perfusion

partisan

rifleman

coercion

corrosion

creation

croatian

derision

fruition

parisian

tuition

abstentions

constriction

construction

extraction

obstruction

transcription

ablution

ablation

addiction

affecting

aggression

backwoodsman

objection

obstacles

attrition

artesian

ascension

cistercian

cartesian

australian

accretion

cognition

congestion

abortion

carnation

substitutes

compassion

concussion

condition

confession

contagion

contusion

deduction

defection

dentition

depiction

depletion

depression

detection

detention

digression

dimension

dispersion

dissection

election

emulsion

erection

excision

formation

fixation

foundation

hydration

hydrogen

impassion

incision

insertion

libration

menhaden

migration

norwegian

occlusion

partition

patrician

perfection

persuasion

pretension

prevention

production

profusion

progression

reduction

regression

rendition

repression

retention

revulsion

secretion

seduction

starvation

submission

technician

temptation

vibration

awaken

bedizen

beethoven

bouillon

determine

epistle

forgotten

freemason

gravamen

indian

jamaican

keratin

medicine

nevadan

ottoman

puritan

reunion

skeleton

suburban

unison

venison

vitamin

waterman

absorption

downtrodden

complexion

housebroken

arkansan

countryman

egyptian

ejection

adsorption

consumption

emblazon

embolden

congressman

imprison

etruscan

contraction

gentleman

saleswoman

muskmelon

communion

companion

harlequin

rejection

encryption

exemption

nonunion

octillion

expansion

infraction

subtraction

transgression

prescription

substantial

truncation

unbroken

extrusion

extension

obstructions

aversion

caucasian

cetacean

cremation

decision

deletion

delusion

desertion

devotion

diversion

division

donation

duration

elation

emission

emotion

erosion

fisherman

flotation

illusion

imagine

location

malaysian

munition

musician

mutation

notation

obstructive

occasion

omission

ovation

percussion

precaution

precession

precision

probation

quotation

recession

recision

relation

religion

remission

rescission

revision

rotation

secession

sedition

vocation

volition

affliction

conclusion

concoction

conduction

conflation

confucian

confusion

contortion

contrition

conviction

convulsion

defections

deflection

depictions

distortion

excursion

exhaustion

odeon

moroccan

libyan

implosion

impression

infection

nemean

nubian

induction

median

simian

malayan

invention

misprision

grobian

jovian

julian

protean

nonhuman

horizon

syrian

uterine

chilean

singleton

fenian

freudian

gillian

reopen

pentathlon

reflection

sumatran

instruction

lumberman

enlighten

subsidize

subsidies

cohesion

logician

sophistry

affected

affective

nobleman

spectacle

alderman

rebellion

subscription

unburden

conscription

heartbroken

injection

extinction

ingestion

abrasion

asuncion

beholden

conversion

phrygian

eviction

exertion

scythian

dictation

fijian

lutheran

ignition

aegean

deflation

misshapen

prediction

resection

subversion

submersion

preclusion

stygian

diffusion

discussion

dissension

nitrogen

seclusion

nutrition

distraction

expulsion

infarction

inflection

inspection

exclusion

excretion

proscription

description

explosion

expression

destruction

restriction

disunion

distinction

baby-sit

feminine

silicon

eleven

englishman

episode

navigate

overrun

citizen

overdone

overman

melanin

opposite

pelican

subsidy

peterman

spectacles

bitumen

denizen

heavyset

cinnamon

discretion

evasion

evictions

filtration

immersion

inclusion

inflation

infusion

inhuman

inscription

intention

intrusion

margarine

midshipman

misfortune

regimen

reversion

deposits

genuine

navigates

devastate

deficits

defective

lobbyists

spectrograph

timberman

clarendon

effective

enliven

opposites

orion

episodes

robustly

infliction

invasion

inversion

incursion

equation

benjamin

compunction

obfuscate

conjunction

deficit

lobbyist

suffocate

deposit

spectator

effectors

subacute

spectators

eavesdropping

heavyweights

spaghetti

injunction

effector

heavyweight

oboist

revisits

revisit

4 syllable words

apparition

apostolic

palpitation

abyssinian

samaritan

appalachian

appellation

aspiration

diocesan

galilean

hyperion

jacobean

maccabean

napoleon

repetition

aberration

adoration

preparation

capacitance

apostrophe

amputation

reparation

transportation

tamoxifen

corinthian

separation

meridian

moravian

laceration

moderation

obstinacy

coloration

operation

toleration

leviathan

lancastrian

pedestrian

peruvian

application

approbation

annexation

amphibian

superstition

copernican

pavlovian

custodian

dandelion

alabaman

aldebaran

relaxation

adaptation

excitation

albanian

american

graduation

wagnerian

cancellation

eritrean

estonian

tasmanian

hypertension

reputation

absolution

maturation

obsidian

competition

masturbation

committeeman

saturation

minnesotan

nestorian

nonpartisan

apostrophes

collodion

affirmation

bavarian

algerian

allegation

babysitting

deposition

desperation

gravitation

habitation

hibernation

sanitation

trepidation

allocation

arabian

assyrian

chameleon

animation

arizonan

alteration

annotation

avocation

canadian

corp.

corporation

navigation

supposition

opposition

restoration

respiration

perspiration

ulceration

coloradan

comedian

admiration

readmission

draconian

propagation

proposition

recitation

abolition

vacillation

validation

valuation

european

fallopian

floridian

gregorian

iberian

liberian

usurpation

mammalian

missourian

planarian

siberian

valerian

computation

menstruation

substitution

consternation

constipation

constellation

constitution

consultation

gastrulation

transformation

decoration

agitation

ideation

miseration

iteration

surrogation

violation

liberation

adrenaline

adulation

coalition

comparison

radiation

perforation

reassertion

variation

veneration

rhetorician

federation

aviation

dietitian

generation

macedonian

transplantation

nigerian

prohibition

shakespearean

rhapsodizes

sophisticate

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

apprehension

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

advocation

affectionate

aggravation

aggregation

algonquian

altercation

activation

affectation

alternation

backwardation

calibration

carcinogen

circumcision

compilation

composition

confirmation

conservation

consolation

consummation

conversation

deportation

depositions

depravation

depredation

deprivation

destination

destitution

devastation

estimation

exhibition

expiration

gargantuan

registration

granulation

fabrication

substantively

interaction

interruption

lilliputian

molestation

observation

occupation

oppositions

oxidation

population

predilection

prostitution

protestation

recollection

replication

restitution

retrocession

suppositions

tabulation

vaccination

accordion

agrarian

armenian

barbarian

centurion

columbian

cyclopean

darwinian

dominican

eustachian

glaciation

gorgonian

greco-roman

contraception

self-deception

herculean

historian

obstetrician

orchestration

jordanian

librarian

oblivion

overburden

demonstration

pagurian

paraguayan

sectarian

exploitation

penicillin

predetermine

extrication

topsy-turvy

expectation

extradition

californian

equestrian

ibuprofen

rhododendron

sophisticates

syncopation

substituted

attribution

arthurian

collocation

correlation

defamation

delegation

demolition

derivation

desiccation

desolation

devolution

dilatation

dissertation

dissipation

elevation

evolution

fascination

figuration

fluoridation

calculation

augmentation

hesitation

irrigation

isolation

jubilation

levitation

preelection

preignition

preservation

recreation

reelection

renovation

repercussion

reposition

repossession

complication

dedication

condescension

confiscation

disputation

expedition

imitation

exploration

exposition

imputation

incantation

indexation

infestation

installation

instigation

institution

interception

malformation

malnutrition

obfuscation

substantially

erudition

substantiate

bifurcation

connotation

decimation

declaration

hungarian

immolation

supervision

consecration

execution

inhalation

decompression

revelation

excavation

innovation

locomotion

manumission

perturbation

importation

resolution

resurrection

ministration

illustration

liquefaction

mongolian

reformation

smithsonian

misperception

medication

meditation

realization

reservation

revocation

revolution

subluxation

oscillation

politician

polynesian

provocation

suffocation

ostentation

capacitor

capacity

bolivian

criterion

devonian

iranian

deconstruction

reconstruction

sicilian

simonian

substitutions

obstetricians

opacity

reawaken

utopian

hemoglobin

republican

subsidizes

exhalation

indigestion

fluctuation

vegetation

education

obstetrical

cogitation

contrarian

crocodilian

modulation

misbegotten

strangulation

noblewoman

circumspection

athenian

prosecution

mediation

explication

admonition

benediction

revocations

distillation

obligation

ovulation

deviation

reclamation

devastating

recognition

obstructionist

disposition

proclamation

simulation

vindication

duplication

emigration

emulation

bohemian

commutation

elocution

equitation

publication

refutation

incrustation

sequestration

ventilation

regulation

implantation

segregation

exclamation

ammunition

foliation

circulation

convocation

cultivation

deformation

degradation

designation

immigration

imposition

indecision

pelagian

demarcation

convolution

dereliction

substantiates

desecration

celebration

indication

information

inspiration

insulation

invocation

insurrection

intercession

intermission

penetration

permutation

persecution

polyhedron

retardation

speculation

hegelian

requisition

stipulation

subdivision

superhuman

resignation

statistician

stimulation

tribulation

assemblyman

baby-sitters

businesswoman

capacities

capacitors

comprehension

conjugation

cotyledon

dehydration

depositors

elongation

evacuate

exhumation

gentlewoman

guatemalan

hydrocarbon

inhibition

interurban

kindergarten

legislation

nicaraguan

olympian

reexamine

situation

victorian

watermelon

introspection

electrician

embarkation

exhortation

formulation

fragmentation

inquisition

intervention

disillusion

intersection

detonation

inflammation

interdiction

mortification

divestiture

machination

rumination

circumvention

condemnation

limitation

arbitration

imperfection

implication

fumigation

incarnation

intuition

irritation

jurisdiction

titillation

indentation

mitigation

evocation

octahedron

reinspection

punctuation

relocation

procreation

ohioan

visitation

reproduction

dissolution

retribution

obstructionists

satisfaction

affectively

armageddon

congregation

devastated

interwoven

pagination

interjection

spectrometer

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word capstan

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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