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

collocation

allocation

provocation

avocation

complication

domination

nomination

allocations

convocation

proclamation

suffocation

obligation

allegation

connotation

oscillation

propagation

validation

application

modulation

confiscation

consecration

obfuscation

subluxation

altercation

publication

animation

calibration

annotation

allegations

appellation

advocation

consummation

culmination

duplication

prosecution

coronation

oxidation

palpitation

correlation

dedication

delegation

desiccation

acclamation

acclimation

isolation

profanation

combination

politician

commendation

realization

consolation

occupation

medication

commutation

sanitation

compilation

navigation

population

replication

dilatation

elevation

fascination

habitation

machination

revocation

vacillation

toleration

violation

conjugation

adulation

agitation

education

pagination

conflagration

calculation

compensation

computation

condemnation

condensation

constellation

constipation

consultation

implication

mortification

germination

tabulation

desolation

desecration

alteration

detonation

fluoridation

ordination

congregation

appalachian

divination

cancellation

defamation

derivation

emanation

elocution

fabrication

decimation

gravitation

affectation

celebration

cultivation

hesitation

irrigation

jubilation

invocation

litigation

aggravation

aggregation

vindication

activation

adaptation

reclamation

imitation

meditation

accusation

realizations

immolation

abrogation

indication

innovation

abdication

inhalation

motivation

mutilation

annexation

delegations

granulation

approbation

opposition

polynesian

vaccination

recitation

relaxation

proposition

relocation

renovation

revelation

termination

ulceration

valuation

Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word collocation.
2 syllable words

auction

suction

gumption

oxen

fiction

function

diction

faction

friction

fraction

option

marksman

martian

section

flexion

sanction

traction

action

junction

ashen

cauldron

caution

doctrine

fashion

haitian

marchman

markman

nation

passion

prussian

ration

russian

station

falcon

harken

vulcan

alban

faulcon

lockman

arson

parson

dobson

dolman

dolphin

runnion

stockman

emption

scullion

saxon

scallion

stallion

darken

claxon

onion

pollen

bason

chasten

bastion

caisson

tension

pollan

luncheon

torsion

basin

flashgun

huntsman

caption

hasten

portion

guardsman

fasten

fallen

jason

locken

watchman

bison

polished

othman

pension

mention

gentian

hyson

dungeon

bollen

margin

mason

mansion

baldwin

ballasts

caxton

scotsman

collects

dustman

grandson

selects

asian

sexton

yachtsman

bludgeon

cajun

cushion

dudgeon

freshen

hessian

mahone

fission

grecian

gudgeon

mission

session

suasion

delphian

aspen

barton

banyan

bargain

baston

billion

calvin

blockades

boston

bullion

bookman

canyon

garden

gascon

blockheads

hackman

harden

jetson

keelson

kelson

kenyan

london

marlin

marten

martin

milken

million

minion

samson

carbon

damson

packman

pardon

passman

pectin

ponton

plankton

dalton

pillion

pinion

acton

alman

carmine

carton

carman

classman

closets

ensign

hearten

ibsen

jackman

nekton

jargon

harten

sharpen

shotgun

silken

smarten

sovran

spartan

stallman

sovereign

stepson

squadron

stillion

sultan

tarpon

tartan

tubman

whitson

tuscan

undone

tungsten

trillion

craftsman

draftsman

landsman

sportsman

belgian

bushman

christian

drunken

engine

faustian

freshman

fortune

longan

question

shrunken

sunken

blockhead

dutchman

georgian

alan

bacon

bayman

beckon

blockade

bracken

canaan

bisson

blacken

bobbin

brazen

brighten

chicken

button

cayman

christen

common

craven

dagan

cotton

cousin

dagon

daman

gallon

dozen

frighten

glisten

gotten

graven

haven

heighten

hymen

hyphen

laden

layman

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

lyden

maiden

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

pagan

pavon

raven

quicken

reckon

person

riden

ripen

robin

rosin

satan

shaken

shaman

rotten

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

sodden

soften

straighten

stricken

sudden

sullen

summon

syphon

taken

talon

thicken

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

whiten

urson

waken

wiccan

widen

wizen

worsen

bulkheads

trodden

zaman

elects

headsman

lampron

landman

molests

salesman

spokesman

children

horseman

lengthen

oarsman

strengthen

portman

statesman

bordman

capstan

klansman

townsman

lotion

vision

legion

potion

region

heathen

motion

notion

pathan

pigeon

kitchen

ocean

lesion

bulkhead

penguin

henchman

bellman

bagman

ballast

billman

chaplain

lion

chapman

chessman

chevron

citron

clinton

corban

cordon

headman

hempen

norman

orphan

outrun

outdone

sylvan

lineman

lisbon

organ

sequin

rayon

collect

lightman

linden

linemen

minden

olden

tendon

teston

tillman

calloused

crimson

mayan

canton

captain

gallstones

scion

chairman

bolden

brakeman

fibrin

fielden

footman

fountain

gilden

gorgon

lynden

m1

matron

mignon

fireman

foreman

golden

goodman

melton

molten

morgan

mormon

mountain

muslin

saffron

santon

selden

select

shipman

shorten

skylights

soldan

spearman

apron

jordan

policed

jorden

patron

warden

panton

pressman

wanton

desman

hetman

penman

ion

jasmine

dian

houseman

kirkman

airman

pitman

zion

plantain

atman

austin

dampen

kansan

kelvin

piston

union

woodman

woolman

workman

blasting

brethren

bullshit

churchman

coachman

falsehoods

hangman

mangan

rincon

alight

amman

barren

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

begun

bellon

billon

bitten

boughten

milestone

auden

baron

breton

briton

broaden

broken

cabin

cannon

canon

charon

cheapen

closet

colon

cretin

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dragon

driven

eaten

eden

elan

famine

fatten

felon

flatten

floren

foreign

freeman

gammon

garron

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

griffon

happen

hausen

heaven

heron

hidden

jetton

kalan

kitten

lagan

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

leven

linen

loosen

loren

madden

marron

melon

mitten

ninon

often

patten

perron

platen

platten

poison

prison

pullen

reason

redden

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

sadden

salmon

satin

seaman

season

semen

seton

seven

skylight

smitten

solon

spoken

steven

stiffen

stolen

striven

sweeten

swollen

tappen

thousand

threaten

token

treason

twilight

villain

vegan

holstein

homespun

wagon

warren

weaken

weapon

wheaten

woman

women

wooden

yaupon

gallstone

woolen

written

zircon

plastics

falstaff

polecats

falsehood

urchin

sturgeon

version

fusion

earthen

surgeon

slighting

burgeon

persian

trojan

blackwood

chieftain

copeman

daylights

delights

flaccid

kremlin

lopeman

newsman

ulster

dulcet

boatman

calcite

elect

freedman

shearman

milestones

molest

polecat

cowan

gowan

paean

peon

urine

millstone

seedsman

bolstered

bolsters

hailstone

milkweed

flagstone

hillsides

oilseeds

postman

solstice

blowgun

bourbon

bowman

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

burton

certain

chosen

crewman

crouton

daylight

cuban

cumin

curtain

delight

dromon

firman

frozen

german

gluten

hoten

hoven

hogan

ermine

human

logan

placoid

rumen

lumen

odin

omen

open

placate

placid

proven

roman

rosen

sermon

turban

slogan

woven

showman

yeoman

shogun

toman

urban

cliched

flagstaffs

flagstones

hailstones

hailstorm

blackouts

hillside

blasted

bolster

clustered

clusters

flaxseed

flusters

holster

oilseed

plasters

plastic

rowan

rowen

ruin

owen

blackout

bluster

blaster

cloister

maelstrom

cluster

fluster

plaster

slaughters

slightly

blastoff

blisters

bluestone

cloistered

cloisters

closedown

closedowns

flagstaff

flighty

slaughter

blister

blacktop

3 syllable words

harlequin

truncation

assumption

castration

affliction

collagen

filtration

abduction

collections

conduction

selections

solomon

hydration

crustacean

vibration

deduction

lactation

libration

propulsion

damnation

accession

asuncion

dictation

dissection

fixation

formation

ablation

accretion

election

foundation

secretion

seduction

stagnation

succession

migration

plantation

taxation

citation

duration

halogen

audition

gyration

location

ligation

malaysian

narration

assertion

caucasian

cessation

cetacean

causation

elation

oration

phoenician

possession

privation

profession

relation

vocation

procession

vacation

venetian

consumption

complexion

capsaicin

charlatan

allocates

conflation

compulsion

declension

convulsion

deflection

elections

translation

presumption

compunction

resumption

frustration

induction

reflection

transaction

affection

artesian

ascension

perfection

progression

gestation

defection

deflation

oxygen

partition

protection

sensation

allocate

regression

suppression

assassin

cartesian

detection

revulsion

gravamen

digression

laurentian

prediction

jamaican

depiction

aggression

resection

pelican

concession

erection

inaction

awaken

abrasion

cognition

concussion

emulsion

eruption

eviction

oppression

temptation

compassion

confession

ottoman

attention

silicon

connection

connexion

contagion

equation

obsession

optician

conjunction

construction

obstruction

donation

evasion

niacin

gradation

digestion

aversion

flotation

dilution

direction

edition

flirtation

transgression

margarine

notation

pollution

ejection

percussion

origin

projection

rejection

parthian

solution

tradition

reluctant

malayan

arkansan

suggestion

myosin

petition

rotation

secession

mutation

physician

adhesion

ovation

position

correction

addition

commission

collegian

collision

corruption

promotion

volition

probation

cremation

quotation

deletion

recession

inflection

infliction

destruction

aleutian

commotion

desertion

reaction

acumen

african

alaskan

alderman

anglican

artisan

combustion

completion

compression

conception

confection

confucian

contention

convection

convention

corsican

creation

croatian

diffraction

discretion

disruption

exaction

exception

horatian

infection

inflation

magician

nonhuman

partisan

policeman

retraction

rifleman

suspension

talisman

congestion

objection

injunction

transcription

abstraction

injection

instruction

australian

ablution

abortion

unison

freemason

addiction

albion

garrison

guardian

medicine

melanin

venison

admission

halcyon

ambition

jacobin

nevadan

vatican

vitamin

anchorman

apportion

aspersion

attrition

uneven

celestial

cistercian

condition

determine

deception

depression

detention

dimension

discussion

hydrogen

impassion

invasion

irishman

nitrogen

preemption

prevention

profusion

proportion

repression

retention

submersion

submission

elison

patrician

silicate

perception

persuasion

reception

skeleton

conversion

depletion

dissension

exertion

incursion

insertion

occlusion

pretension

norwegian

subversion

ramadan

delicate

bosnian

technician

transition

suburban

tactician

suspicion

congressman

contraption

distraction

excretion

infarction

expansion

expulsion

extension

expression

infraction

inspection

albumin

councilman

electron

prescription

restriction

transfusion

nebraskan

devotion

diversion

allusion

saccharin

collusion

emission

emotion

immersion

biotin

cation

hawaiian

lecithin

aryan

galleon

munition

musician

precaution

reversion

sedition

precession

religion

remission

omission

permission

ghanaian

plebeian

provision

chairperson

backgammon

abandon

charwoman

collective

delegates

nihilists

cohesion

in-person

nobleman

cardigan

medallion

palisades

selective

silicates

mexican

attraction

concoction

confusion

contortion

contrition

conviction

distortion

excursion

impression

inception

invention

redemption

unwritten

battalion

enlighten

enliven

cambrian

logician

lumberman

transmission

unburden

unbutton

mistaken

uncertain

inscription

ingestion

conscription

extraction

laotian

subscription

tuition

electrons

fruition

coercion

dentition

dispersion

adoption

contusion

diffusion

excision

ignition

menhaden

preclusion

inversion

misshapen

nutrition

rendition

seclusion

bulletin

campion

bedizen

champion

cinnamon

subtraction

blockaded

blockaders

citizen

denizen

fustian

delegate

delighted

gordian

mandarin

palisade

description

eleven

hammerman

ferryman

puritan

proscription

relegate

scorpion

extortion

exemption

specimen

encryption

contraction

waterman

kantian

abstention

anyone

absorption

adsorption

andean

jettison

keratin

zambian

ambrosian

franciscan

gentleman

clergyman

decision

delighting

delusion

division

englishman

erosion

egyptian

illusion

imagine

countryman

emblazon

perversion

intestine

communion

companion

etruscan

recision

octillion

nonunion

rescission

revision

badminton

handwoven

alien

appian

arian

blockader

carrion

chilean

clarion

foramen

horizon

julian

libyan

moroccan

orion

samoan

syrian

tamarin

veteran

conclusion

infusion

intention

singleton

dorian

misfortune

gillian

exhaustion

korean

simian

marian

pleistocene

constriction

bedridden

philistine

collectors

everyone

opinion

heartbroken

predestine

pavilion

delightful

elective

abdomen

timberman

illustrates

dominion

brazilian

italian

chairwoman

backwoodsman

civilian

forbidden

forewoman

galactose

molested

rhodopsin

genuine

aegean

derision

parisian

phrygian

scythian

lutheran

stygian

fijian

incision

extinction

fluctuate

exclusion

explosion

extrusion

distinction

collector

bandwagon

coalesced

bitumen

relocate

solicit

superman

talkative

thespian

catalan

cyprian

wesleyan

illustrate

javelin

electrode

saleswoman

imprison

snapdragon

lesbian

disunion

falsity

electric

indian

overdone

overman

philistines

lanolin

overrun

peterman

housebroken

outspoken

blustering

slaughterhouse

midshipman

misprision

fisherman

precision

inhuman

intrusion

plastering

inclusion

implosion

avian

bedouin

blastoderm

dialects

electors

electro

electrodes

fabian

freudian

gaussian

grobian

heroin

heroine

irian

jovian

loyalists

magdalen

molesters

nubian

odeon

perfusion

permian

pilasters

porcelain

protean

realists

rebellion

solicits

soloists

sumatran

uterine

vermilion

violists

benjamin

fluctuates

corrosion

flycatcher

adrian

masculine

beethoven

dualist

reptilian

solstices

unbroken

duelist

elector

elicit

forgotten

keynesian

loyalist

molester

pilaster

realist

royalist

ballistics

toboggan

electrics

blistering

collegiate

glistening

regimen

austrian

discipline

elicits

falsettos

galactic

guncotton

scholastic

uncommon

fenian

reopen

median

beholden

nemean

crestfallen

embolden

downtrodden

glaciate

muskmelon

dialect

violist

pentathlon

bouillon

falsetto

feminine

blessedly

reelect

reunion

soloist

ballistic

chamberlain

clarendon

collected

elastic

plasterer

illicit

placidly

plasterwork

4 syllable words

concentration

confrontation

moderation

vegetation

coloration

operation

cogitation

contemplation

explication

surrogation

amputation

arbitration

augmentation

condescension

gastrulation

elocutions

formulation

fragmentation

illustration

inclination

inflammation

malformation

competition

degradation

alternation

graduation

abnegation

saturation

convolution

circulation

conservation

composition

confirmation

conversation

demarcation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

designation

destination

devastation

dislocation

distillation

emigration

maturation

emulation

equitation

estimation

fermentation

immigration

insulation

intimation

intonation

inundation

lilliputian

lubrication

molestation

observation

ovulation

penetration

persecution

presentation

prostitution

regulation

tribulation

recantation

relocations

reputation

resignation

segregation

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

syndication

ventilation

alabaman

abolition

admiration

aspiration

affirmation

bifurcation

corporation

hibernation

corp.

evocation

fumigation

strangulation

melanesian

repossession

rumination

galilean

supposition

elongation

legislation

syncopation

aberration

adoration

ideation

contraception

orchestration

exclamation

explanation

extrication

dietitian

reassertion

armageddon

decoration

foliation

contribution

fluctuation

laceration

illustrations

installation

integration

constitution

imputation

indexation

consternation

segmentation

ministration

dispensation

embarkation

ostentation

pigmentation

excavation

execution

exhalation

deformation

deportation

cotyledon

protestation

cyclopean

masturbation

predilection

disaffection

glaciation

ammunition

admonition

absolution

acquisition

statistician

recollection

retardation

definition

perspiration

perturbation

declaration

devolution

repetition

recreation

reposition

diminution

premonition

revolution

preelection

diocesan

himalayan

deposition

delegating

maccabean

valerian

demolition

dissolution

erudition

locomotion

jacobean

evolution

reelection

resolution

usurpation

transplantation

reawaken

contradiction

contravention

incrustation

demonstration

implantation

obstetrician

self-deception

fluctuations

sequestration

dehydration

deviation

federation

liberation

retribution

iteration

preconception

exhortation

preparation

disconnection

octahedron

transformation

variation

nonprescription

perforation

mediation

aviation

prohibition

radiation

electrician

separation

coalition

attribution

generation

satisfaction

miseration

transportation

reparation

veneration

incantation

reproduction

incarnation

importation

crocodilian

decompression

punctuation

albanian

aldebaran

alligators

apprehension

backwardation

barbarian

benediction

columbian

darwinian

dereliction

destitution

disposition

electioneer

excitation

exhibition

expiration

imposition

inattention

liquidation

mollycoddle

oblivion

permutation

polyhedron

precondition

recognition

requisition

situation

dissipation

distribution

dissertation

figuration

reservation

respiration

circumspection

trepidation

electricians

exploitation

levitation

inhibition

algerian

limitation

preignition

desperation

restoration

resurrection

titillation

indiscretion

mitigation

visitation

infiltration

preservation

introduction

misconception

reformation

procreation

illustrated

arthurian

manumission

irritation

alligator

arabian

canadian

collodion

bolivian

coloradan

criterion

european

floridian

hyperion

iberian

liberian

siberian

fallopian

mammalian

electioneers

liquefaction

contrarian

pelagian

comprehension

inquisition

apparition

jurisdiction

rhetorician

leviathan

circumvention

exploration

macedonian

noblewoman

expedition

exposition

indigestion

reconstruction

incubation

deconstruction

introspection

crucifixion

interaction

refutation

circumcision

fibrillation

hypertension

invitation

interruption

abyssinian

american

information

amphibian

armenian

copernican

dandelion

dominican

librarian

minnesotan

olympian

paraguayan

pavlovian

predetermine

jordanian

pagurian

samaritan

inspiration

wagnerian

carcinogen

tasmanian

insurrection

expectation

extradition

californian

gentlewoman

rhododendron

reluctantly

repercussion

menstruation

bavarian

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5 syllable words

alienation

alliteration

annihilation

collaboration

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adjudication

specialization

authorization

prognostication

intoxication

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harmonization

domestication

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hydrogenation

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cooperation

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imagination

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premeditation

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pronunciation

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civilization

renunciation

amelioration

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affiliation

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expatriation

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repudiation

remuneration

nitroglycerine

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presbyterian

beethovenian

vegetarian

pythagorean

lithuanian

centenarian

veterinarian

dionysian

electricity

electrically

realistically

collectivism

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word collocation

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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