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

arson

parson

sanction

portion

function

guardsman

junction

mansion

margin

marksman

option

auction

torsion

fashion

nation

ashen

caution

haitian

passion

ration

station

grandson

marchman

markman

canyon

garnet

bargain

carbon

carman

carmine

darken

garden

banyan

dobson

barton

carton

harden

harken

harten

jargon

marlin

hearten

marten

martin

onion

pardon

ponton

oxen

runnion

sharpen

smarten

spartan

tarpon

tartan

gumption

basin

bason

bison

chasten

fasten

hyson

jason

mason

caisson

hasten

faction

gentian

mention

tension

fortune

fraction

flashgun

georgian

luncheon

dungeon

action

grandsons

huntsman

suction

traction

sportsman

bastion

pension

caption

asian

bordman

cajun

freshen

grecian

hessian

horseman

klansman

landman

oarsman

portman

prussian

russian

scotsman

session

suasion

townsman

yachtsman

gascon

kenyan

passman

gorgon

jordan

jorden

minden

minion

scallion

scullion

shorten

shotgun

foreman

fountain

kansan

lineman

linemen

lockman

london

morgan

mormon

mountain

norman

pinion

santon

saxon

sovereign

organ

ornate

panton

plantain

samson

orphan

sovran

stockman

undone

union

horehound

warden

tungsten

squadron

wanton

plankton

stallion

corban

baston

damson

ensign

alban

canton

classman

claxon

fireman

emption

aspen

cornet

dolman

dolphin

boston

cordon

hangman

watchman

freshman

landsman

friction

othman

drunken

engine

fiction

flexion

shrunken

craftsman

sunken

draftsman

diction

mangan

question

section

faustian

longan

bacon

baron

barren

bayman

bobbin

bollen

brazen

brighten

common

cotton

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

laden

layman

lessen

lesson

kalan

lichen

pagan

moisten

person

riden

ripen

rosin

rotten

satan

shaken

shaman

sodden

robin

siphon

siren

liven

lighten

liken

liman

locken

loren

lyden

pavon

soften

maiden

straighten

canon

cayman

frighten

hymen

raven

cannon

gotten

taken

tighten

triton

warren

trodden

urson

whiten

fallen

floren

canaan

foreign

garron

graven

haven

heighten

hyphen

pollan

pollen

syphon

titan

waken

widen

zaman

worsen

wizen

cauldron

baldwin

caxton

delphian

capstan

doctrine

groundnut

hornets

lengthen

strengthen

statesman

burgeon

bludgeon

cushion

earthen

dudgeon

fission

gudgeon

heathen

legion

lesion

lotion

mahone

mission

motion

notion

ocean

pathan

persian

potion

region

sturgeon

surgeon

urchin

version

forehand

scion

dian

zion

friendship

rayon

mayan

ion

penguin

lion

henchman

groundling

apron

bagman

alman

atman

brandle

acton

austin

airman

arrant

brakeman

billion

bullion

calvin

captain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

clinton

crandall

dalton

dampen

falcon

farrand

faulcon

fibrin

frontal

garand

granted

grenades

hackman

hornet

houseman

ibsen

jackman

jasmine

jetson

keelson

kelson

kirkman

lightman

linden

lynden

matron

mignon

million

muslin

outdone

outrun

packman

patron

penman

pillion

pressman

stallman

saffron

shearman

spearman

stepson

stillion

tendon

teston

torrent

tubman

turndown

tuscan

tyrant

vulcan

warrant

whitson

workman

sultan

trillion

trundle

grindstone

groundnuts

bushman

churchman

belgian

christian

corinth

dutchman

grinding

grounding

rincon

forehands

grandchild

friendships

arrants

torrents

headsman

homespun

alan

amman

burton

button

cabin

charon

cheapen

christen

famine

fatten

firman

flatten

freeman

gallon

gammon

german

granite

warrants

grenade

glisten

formats

gladden

happen

hausen

reason

toughen

treason

turban

yaupon

tyrants

wheaten

thousand

urban

wagon

weaken

heron

tappen

baton

batten

batton

blacken

auden

beacon

bourbon

bracken

spokesman

beaten

bisson

broaden

sexton

boughten

burden

burdon

salesman

burman

certain

cousin

cretin

curtain

deacon

deepen

demon

dozen

dragon

eaten

eden

elan

ermine

lagan

latin

leman

leven

linen

listen

loosen

madden

muffin

mullen

ninon

often

dustman

marron

mutton

oven

patten

perron

sadden

salmon

satin

platen

platten

poison

rerun

seaman

season

semen

sermon

steven

sudden

slacken

sweeten

zircon

doormats

seton

summon

lampron

sullen

talon

kitchen

trojan

pigeon

fusion

vision

bellman

bolden

billman

bookman

boatman

brindle

chevron

chieftain

citron

copeman

courant

cowan

crimson

desman

doormat

durant

errand

errant

fielden

footman

format

frantic

freedman

gerund

gilden

golden

goodman

gourmets

gowan

grindle

groundswell

headman

hempen

hetman

kelvin

kremlin

lisbon

lopeman

m1

melton

mermaids

milken

molten

nekton

newsman

olden

paean

parent

pectin

peon

piston

pitman

primates

selden

sequin

shipman

silken

soldan

sylvan

tillman

urine

woodman

woolman

printing

brethren

coachman

brandish

parents

begun

gerunds

beckon

children

errands

postman

seedsman

bellon

billon

bitten

blowgun

bowman

breton

briton

brogan

broken

brunette

burnet

chicken

chosen

colon

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

current

deaden

deafen

devon

driven

dromon

felon

frozen

gibbon

given

glidden

gluten

gourmet

griffon

heaven

hermit

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

jetton

kitten

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

logan

lumen

melon

mermaid

mitten

odin

omen

open

primate

prison

proven

pullen

quicken

reckon

redden

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rumen

seven

shogun

showman

sicken

slogan

smitten

solon

spoken

stiffen

stolen

stricken

striven

swollen

thicken

threaten

token

toman

vegan

villain

weapon

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

written

yeoman

printings

brand-new

currents

hermits

brownouts

grandeur

grantors

grinders

permute

greenwood

brunettes

termites

wormwood

owen

rowen

rowan

ruin

groundwork

brownout

brander

brandy

cremate

grantor

tranter

permit

grinder

truant

grounder

termite

turn-out

permits

prentice

surrounds

grandly

printers

around

printer

surround

bromides

friendly

fronted

frontier

frontage

greyhound

frontiers

bromide

promote

promotes

drumhead

3 syllable words

capsaicin

frustration

gravamen

guardian

castration

conflation

bosnian

translation

abrasion

accession

accretion

aggression

concession

confession

connection

dictation

digression

fixation

laurentian

connexion

contagion

deflation

gestation

norwegian

obsession

oppression

optician

progression

regression

secretion

sensation

succession

temptation

suppression

caucasian

rotation

probation

possession

procession

profession

relation

cessation

cetacean

quotation

elation

flotation

margarine

gradation

location

malaysian

vocation

cremation

mutation

notation

occasion

ovation

vacation

parthian

aryan

assertion

audition

creation

croatian

chairperson

charlatan

completion

confection

charwoman

cardigan

conception

partisan

attraction

compression

confucian

contention

convection

convention

filtration

artisan

inflation

transaction

tactician

suspicion

admission

congestion

attention

submission

affection

conversion

addiction

depression

asuncion

attrition

dissection

objection

uneven

depletion

awaken

inaction

equation

erection

cistercian

ignition

ablution

freemason

ascension

eruption

abortion

garrison

exertion

proportion

protection

repression

technician

transition

selection

apportion

scorpion

collection

concussion

condition

patrician

jamaican

ambition

insertion

irishman

gordian

invasion

perception

persuasion

perfection

adhesion

foramen

deletion

addition

malayan

infarction

desertion

arkansan

irian

korean

dilution

digestion

ghanaian

edition

harlequin

masculine

absorption

evasion

dorian

direction

collegian

arian

commission

commotion

projection

aleutian

adsorption

correction

corruption

percussion

permission

perversion

physician

suggestion

origin

petition

pollution

position

precession

solution

tradition

contraption

contraction

complexion

promotion

nonunion

munition

prescription

subtraction

transgression

nebraskan

recession

secession

affliction

assumption

coercion

compunction

conduction

confusion

contortion

contrition

conviction

convulsion

corsican

declension

deflection

diffraction

discretion

disruption

dominion

exception

forbidden

forewoman

genuine

impression

in-person

inception

infection

invention

laotian

magician

marinades

mistaken

nonhuman

opinion

ornately

policeman

porcelain

reflection

retraction

suspension

tornadoes

tornados

transmission

turntable

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

abstraction

transcription

construction

obstruction

constriction

conscription

subscription

reunion

zambian

kantian

compassion

lanolin

adoption

injection

ingestion

contusion

mandarin

marinade

heartbroken

venison

solomon

ottoman

unison

prenatal

tornado

deception

collagen

dentition

depiction

campion

andean

defection

detection

champion

detention

dimension

dissension

eviction

election

hydrogen

incursion

inversion

menhaden

misshapen

nitrogen

nutrition

occlusion

oxygen

prediction

pretension

prevention

production

profusion

promotions

reception

propulsion

albion

reduction

resection

rendition

retention

armada

ferryman

australian

anyone

description

destruction

inflection

infraction

encryption

distraction

excretion

exemption

transfusion

inspection

restriction

proscription

consumption

congressman

expression

appian

albumin

diversion

fenian

collusion

saccharin

bandwagon

orion

permian

emotion

clarion

horizon

emission

aversion

clergyman

omission

galleon

communion

reaction

biotin

collision

carrion

erosion

companion

provision

myosin

devotion

marian

musician

syrian

allusion

countryman

plebeian

councilman

remission

egyptian

ejection

franciscan

intestine

emblazon

niacin

muskmelon

octillion

sedition

volition

tamarin

rejection

turntables

distinction

abduction

anglican

compulsion

conclusion

concoction

intention

distortion

pentathlon

presumption

induction

infusion

redemption

resumption

conjunction

acumen

perfusion

brazilian

corrosion

derision

logician

harmattan

african

alaskan

pavilion

cambrian

medallion

predestine

battalion

unwritten

extraction

fruition

inscription

instruction

parisian

abandon

abdomen

austrian

tuition

brandywine

chairwoman

civilian

cohesion

enlighten

enliven

everyone

rhodopsin

talisman

determine

vitamin

aspersion

brandishes

cyprian

orient

bedizen

extinction

puritan

vatican

adrian

diffusion

denizen

frenetic

variant

wesleyan

deduction

emulsion

waterman

impassion

incision

jettison

cinnamon

ironwood

suburban

halcyon

hammerman

keratin

keynesian

lesbian

indian

specimen

eleven

elison

preclusion

preemption

revulsion

seclusion

seduction

submersion

subversion

ambrosian

abstention

extension

extortion

badminton

infliction

disunion

etruscan

gentleman

handwoven

housebroken

groundbreaking

snapdragon

unbroken

expansion

division

delusion

precaution

immersion

illusion

lecithin

precision

englishman

halogen

religion

reversion

avian

cation

alien

chilean

combustion

injunction

heroine

moroccan

simian

veteran

gillian

exaction

implosion

inclusion

inhuman

intrusion

misprision

jovian

misfortune

singleton

uterine

heroin

grobian

hawaiian

libyan

fabian

freudian

odeon

nubian

protean

samoan

gaussian

julian

vermilion

backwoodsman

rebellion

bermudas

italian

sumatran

lumberman

alderman

bedridden

mexican

variants

marinates

rifleman

furniture

fijian

aegean

lutheran

scythian

phrygian

stygian

anchorman

beholden

benjamin

expulsion

extrusion

grandmother

discussion

excision

dispersion

embolden

granados

jacobin

javelin

assassin

nevadan

parental

imprison

superman

overman

peterman

thespian

toboggan

brandenburg

outspoken

bitumen

forgotten

overdone

warranty

catalan

myrmidon

bermuda

bulletin

serenade

reptilian

beethoven

bouillon

coronet

fustian

ramadan

verandas

saleswoman

marinate

medicine

decision

excursion

exhaustion

fisherman

grandmothers

granduncle

imagine

midshipman

recision

rescission

revision

surrounding

formative

chamberlain

nobleman

normative

warranties

quarantine

nemean

uncommon

backgammon

reopen

guncotton

timberman

median

grandnephews

urinate

bedouin

discipline

magdalen

veranda

coronets

granado

explosion

granduncles

surroundings

exclusion

grandnephew

granddaughter

citizen

dramatize

guarantee

baronet

grandiose

guaranty

skeleton

maronite

overrun

pelican

silicon

crestfallen

downtrodden

quarantines

paranoid

permeates

curmudgeon

regimen

guaranteed

guaranties

guarantor

guarantees

baronets

dramatist

granddaughters

clarendon

permeate

parentage

trinity

coherent

curmudgeons

fahrenheit

guarantors

durante

corundum

pyramid

parenthood

feminine

surrenders

currently

melanin

traumatic

premature

hermitage

pyramids

surrender

primitive

grandfather

grandfathers

granitic

myrmidons

promoter

promoters

4 syllable words

confrontation

augmentation

compensation

malformation

cogitation

embarkation

pagination

condemnation

condensation

modulation

arbitration

graduation

maturation

saturation

backwardation

calibration

commutation

compilation

consolation

consummation

convocation

culmination

fabrication

deformation

deportation

designation

masturbation

obligation

occupation

population

oxidation

congregation

resignation

proclamation

adaptation

aggravation

aggregation

vaccination

abnegation

abrogation

approbation

allegation

allocation

alteration

animation

annotation

avocation

fluoridation

navigation

preservation

procreation

admiration

appellation

aspiration

bifurcation

derivation

detonation

dissertation

divination

germination

gravitation

emanation

habitation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

reservation

recreation

reformation

rumination

polynesian

sanitation

termination

ulceration

vacillation

validation

usurpation

conjugation

suffocation

valuation

aviation

decoration

deviation

federation

foliation

generation

iteration

liberation

mediation

miseration

perforation

preparation

radiation

reparation

separation

surrogation

veneration

concentration

importation

obfuscation

subluxation

exhortation

gastrulation

ostentation

transportation

adulation

complication

computation

confiscation

consecration

consultation

fragmentation

agitation

constellation

constipation

formulation

mortification

transformation

fluctuation

armenian

barbarian

darwinian

glaciation

jordanian

situation

acclamation

acclimation

activation

annexation

celebration

degradation

devastation

emigration

accusation

hypertension

immigration

information

intonation

lubrication

palpitation

penetration

presentation

prosecution

tabulation

advocation

desecration

granulation

recantation

relaxation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

fermentation

fibrillation

abdication

segregation

cultivation

application

cancellation

carcinogen

destination

publication

affectation

evocation

appalachian

decimation

declaration

dissipation

dilatation

fumigation

desperation

desiccation

imitation

dedication

delegation

desolation

elevation

defamation

figuration

hesitation

immolation

legislation

medication

jubilation

inhalation

limitation

litigation

manumission

innovation

levitation

meditation

motivation

opposition

mitigation

mutilation

perspiration

dehydration

elongation

politician

preignition

canadian

renovation

realization

revocation

trepidation

arabian

revelation

proposition

recitation

respiration

restoration

visitation

perturbation

relocation

titillation

contraception

contribution

orchestration

conflagration

contemplation

impregnation

comprehension

menstruation

ministration

armageddon

disinflation

dispensation

education

integration

indignation

inclination

dietitian

attribution

illustration

amputation

pigmentation

apparition

calculation

segmentation

vegetation

reassertion

satisfaction

punctuation

accordion

admonition

albanian

ammunition

apprehension

circulation

competition

composition

convolution

copernican

dislocation

distillation

duplication

emulation

equitation

estimation

excitation

expiration

gargantuan

gorgonian

indication

inspiration

insulation

intimation

inundation

invitation

invocation

liquidation

molestation

ovulation

permutation

prostitution

protestation

reclamation

recognition

refutation

regulation

replication

reputation

retrocession

simulation

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

syndication

tasmanian

tribulation

ventilation

vindication

wagnerian

watermelon

californian

contradiction

explanation

implantation

incrustation

sequestration

demonstration

syncopation

extrication

resurrection

repossession

reelection

repercussion

coloradan

preelection

melanesian

readmission

premonition

supposition

abolition

erudition

diminution

floridian

definition

diocesan

gregorian

iranian

mammalian

planarian

reawaken

arthurian

constitution

decompression

disconnection

disinfection

condescension

disputation

excavation

exploration

imperfection

implication

imputation

macedonian

incantation

indentation

infestation

indexation

inflammation

installation

instigation

permutations

contrarian

preconception

retribution

reinspection

adrenaline

misperception

athenian

coalition

transplantation

moravian

pelagian

prohibition

rhetorician

dereliction

disaffection

elocution

insurrection

interaction

intercession

interruption

incubation

intermission

agrarian

abyssinian

aldebaran

registration

committeeman

lilliputian

persecution

superstition

cotyledon

eustachian

acquisition

polyhedron

guatemalan

dominican

librarian

exhalation

overburden

absolution

precondition

predilection

recollection

penicillin

businesswoman

exclamation

expectation

explication

exploitation

contravention

distribution

misconception

obstetrician

infiltration

nonpartisan

exhumation

dissolution

revolution

deposition

devolution

locomotion

demolition

evolution

intuition

mongolian

reposition

supervision

repetition

resolution

nonprescription

bavarian

chameleon

assyrian

collodion

comedian

reproduction

criterion

malnutrition

draconian

devonian

european

galilean

himalayan

hyperion

iberian

octahedron

fallopian

intersection

intervention

substitution

interception

jurisdiction

execution

interdiction

jacobean

missourian

newtonian

liberian

plutonian

maccabean

napoleon

praetorian

siberian

simonian

valerian

reconstruction

crocodilian

introspection

tamoxifen

deconstruction

corinthian

indigestion

interjection

leviathan

nigerian

comparison

subdivision

indonesian

disposition

imposition

inattention

indecision

meridian

benediction

circumcision

crucifixion

exhibition

peruvian

algonquian

destitution

requisition

superhuman

restitution

tarantulas

columbian

pagurian

rhododendron

paraguayan

circumspection

pavlovian

alabaman

american

amphibian

dandelion

eritrean

estonian

herculean

historian

interurban

minnesotan

nestorian

oblivion

extradition

obsidian

samaritan

introduction

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5 syllable words

cooperation

harmonization

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word carnation

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

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