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

gumption

combust

emption

christian

luncheon

faustian

bastion

huntsman

function

suction

junction

question

caution

russian

prussian

boston

damson

dobson

humbug

ibsen

samson

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

auction

sanction

pumpkins

action

ambush

caption

diction

dungeon

flexion

fortune

dutchman

faction

fiction

lambastes

fraction

summon

friction

gentian

draftsman

mansion

option

martian

mention

pension

sportsman

craftsman

portion

torsion

section

traction

marksman

tension

fashion

grandson

pumpkin

sexton

capstan

cushion

dudgeon

freshen

caxton

fission

bludgeon

homespun

horseman

scotsman

ashen

gudgeon

hessian

kitchen

passion

ration

mission

bombast

session

bumpkin

dustman

lambaste

lampron

tempest

yachtsman

embossed

hempen

muslin

houseman

baston

keelson

kremlin

jetson

kelson

piston

austin

pressman

passman

m1

london

onion

lisbon

carbon

aspen

oxen

parson

dampen

gascon

chessman

crimson

fibrin

runnion

undone

saxon

scullion

teston

vulcan

arson

claxon

corban

ensign

alban

classman

stepson

sultan

whitson

sunken

drunken

georgian

jumpsuits

brethren

watchman

belgian

shrunken

impish

engine

margin

othman

bason

bison

bisson

bobbin

button

cabin

cousin

lemon

dozen

lessen

lesson

listen

muffin

mullen

liman

mutton

oven

sudden

sullen

woman

women

toughen

amman

christen

famine

fasten

gammon

gibbon

glisten

hymen

hyson

ribbon

robin

salmon

common

lengthen

delphian

children

baldwin

humpback

strengthen

unbox

cauldron

statesman

jumpsuit

spokesman

doctrine

grecian

potion

lotion

ocean

haitian

mahone

pigeon

station

motion

nation

notion

pathan

snobbish

urchin

vision

bombshells

plankton

penguin

acton

bagman

airman

alman

atman

banyan

bargain

barton

bellman

billion

billman

bookman

bullion

calvin

canton

canvass

canyon

captain

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chevron

citron

clinton

cordon

dalton

darken

desman

dolman

dolphin

falcon

faulcon

fireman

footman

foreman

fountain

garden

gilden

goodman

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hetman

impasse

jackman

jasmine

jordan

jorden

jumbos

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

jargon

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lockman

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

melton

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

morgan

mormon

mountain

nekton

norman

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

packman

pampas

panton

pardon

pectin

penman

pillion

pinion

pitman

plantain

ponton

saffron

santon

scallion

selden

sharpen

shipman

shorten

shotgun

silken

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

stallion

stallman

stillion

stockman

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

tendon

tillman

trillion

wanton

warden

woodman

woolman

compacts

composts

infests

invests

bombshell

bushman

churchman

coachman

flashgun

freshman

hangman

impeach

longan

mangan

rincon

alan

auden

baron

barren

basin

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beckon

begun

bellon

billon

bitten

blacken

bollen

bordman

boughten

bourbon

bowman

bracken

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

burman

caisson

cannon

canon

cayman

charon

chasten

chicken

compact

composed

compost

cotton

crewman

cuban

cumin

daman

deaden

deafen

demon

devon

dragon

driven

dromon

ermine

fallen

fatten

felon

firman

flatten

floren

foreign

freeman

frighten

gallon

garron

german

given

gladden

glidden

gotten

griffon

happen

hasten

hausen

headsman

heaven

heighten

heron

hidden

human

hyphen

invest

impact

impugn

infest

jason

jetton

kitten

klansman

lagan

landman

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lichen

lighten

liken

linen

liven

locken

loosen

loren

lumen

lyden

madden

marchman

markman

marron

mason

melon

mitten

moisten

ninon

oarsman

often

omen

patten

pavon

perron

person

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

portman

postman

prison

pullen

quicken

reckon

redden

resin

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

roman

rosin

rotten

rumen

sadden

satin

seaman

semen

sermon

seven

shaman

showman

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

smitten

sodden

soften

stiffen

stricken

striven

syphon

talon

tappen

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

toman

tombstone

townsman

triton

trodden

turban

urban

urson

vegan

warren

wagon

weapon

villain

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

wooden

woolen

worsen

written

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

cajun

burgeon

legion

lesion

persian

trojan

version

region

asian

surgeon

suasion

heathen

sturgeon

henchman

earthen

fusion

guardsman

impugns

landsman

impacts

tombstones

boatman

bolden

cowan

zion

apron

brakeman

campaign

dian

champagne

champaign

compose

copeman

freedman

golden

kirkman

lineups

lopeman

matron

newsman

olden

patron

shearman

union

soldan

timepiece

workman

chieftain

fielden

molten

sequin

gowan

ion

lion

mayan

scion

queenfish

campaigns

imposed

salesman

seedsman

champagnes

bacon

beacon

beaten

blowgun

brazen

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burton

canaan

certain

cheapen

chosen

colon

craven

crouton

curtain

dagan

dagon

deacon

deepen

cretin

eaten

hogan

eden

elan

frozen

gluten

graven

haven

hoten

hoven

kalan

laden

leven

logan

open

proven

maiden

odin

pagan

poison

raven

reason

rerun

rosen

satan

season

seton

shaken

shogun

slogan

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

straighten

sweeten

swollen

taken

token

treason

waken

weaken

wheaten

woven

zircon

gombos

impose

shampoos

tempos

knapsack

rowan

ruin

paean

peon

rayon

rowen

owen

urine

rampage

convicts

rainbows

conveys

convoke

convoys

unpack

confect

confuse

convex

sunfish

convict

confused

envoys

invoice

invoke

infect

infuse

invokes

infects

3 syllable words

exhaustion

conduction

compunction

compression

convulsion

abortion

accession

aggression

attrition

concession

condition

confession

discussion

emulsion

impassion

obsession

oppression

patrician

production

progression

propulsion

reduction

regression

submission

succession

suppression

addition

commotion

edition

emission

petition

physician

position

possession

profession

summation

tradition

ingestion

promotion

companion

digestion

nebraskan

abstention

etruscan

imbeciles

complexion

alaskan

abandon

campuses

dominion

lumberman

magician

attraction

completion

concoction

confection

disruption

impression

induction

impassioned

intention

affliction

convection

abduction

contortion

convention

declension

contention

contrition

conviction

confessions

ablation

ablution

abrasion

accretion

addiction

admission

adoption

affection

ambushes

apportion

attention

cognition

collection

connection

connexion

toboggan

damnation

deduction

ramadan

dentition

depression

digression

dimension

nitrogen

optician

oxygen

medicine

hydrogen

ignition

partition

protection

revulsion

selection

venison

proportion

rendition

secretion

seduction

subversion

tactician

technician

temptation

transition

objection

construction

obstruction

franciscan

pollution

contraction

contraption

halogen

origin

percussion

absorption

permission

convictions

negation

phoenician

venetian

harlequin

gentleman

myosin

expulsion

omission

niacin

predation

sedation

sedition

solution

ambrosian

lecithin

councilman

emotion

aleutian

remission

communion

truncation

collision

emblazon

embolden

unbroken

audition

confections

provision

congressman

destruction

subtraction

intestine

cambrian

corsican

policeman

embassies

discipline

guncotton

assumption

civilian

conclusion

genuine

charlatan

forbidden

conflation

confucian

embezzle

confusion

diffraction

pavilion

partisan

talisman

african

battalion

mexican

nobleman

opinion

timberman

exaction

rifleman

artisan

rebellion

resumption

singleton

transaction

presumption

transmission

porcelain

reflection

magdalen

medallion

unwritten

implosion

unburden

infection

deflection

invention

brazilian

uncommon

carnation

catalan

citizen

collagen

contagion

contusion

conversion

dalmatian

defection

deflation

denizen

depiction

depletion

detection

detention

dictation

election

elison

embassy

erection

eruption

eviction

exertion

formation

foundation

garrison

hydration

impeaches

inaction

instruction

jamaican

javelin

jettison

keratin

lactation

lanolin

libration

migration

nevadan

nutrition

occlusion

optation

pelican

plantation

preemption

profusion

puritan

repression

salvation

silicon

skeleton

stagnation

starvation

submersion

unison

vibration

zambian

infarction

infections

inflection

infliction

infraction

expression

encryption

transgression

impeachment

confusions

consumption

assertion

causation

citation

duration

deletion

albumin

immersion

imagine

occasion

precession

biotin

dilation

imprison

division

dilution

devotion

desertion

ghanaian

badminton

hawaiian

ligation

oration

precaution

elation

munition

collegian

collusion

probation

procession

emphasized

privation

musician

religion

plebeian

volition

arkansan

cetacean

cremation

embezzles

corruption

reptilian

gyration

samoan

aversion

allusion

housebroken

projection

malaysian

narration

embezzled

masculine

inflation

inclusion

intrusion

investment

infusion

investing

pentathlon

redemption

retraction

anglican

conception

filtration

translation

in-person

chairperson

chamberlain

fruition

canvasses

impassive

confesses

bedridden

logician

unbiased

italian

predestine

emphasize

enlighten

enliven

abdomen

vermilion

tuition

uncertain

equation

heartbroken

laurentian

sensation

abstraction

impeachments

cartesian

diffusion

norwegian

aspersion

fixation

seclusion

invasion

ascension

alsatian

composing

excision

injection

incursion

artesian

incision

insertion

asuncion

subscription

crustacean

inversion

menhaden

preclusion

taxation

suspicion

halcyon

champion

assassin

albion

investments

fustian

infusions

campion

eleven

awaken

amoebas

freemason

bulletin

hammerman

adsorption

lesbian

exemption

uneven

suburban

confiscate

impostors

egyptian

bandwagon

downtrodden

snapdragon

ejection

muskmelon

rejection

handwoven

nonunion

illusion

flotation

reversion

cessation

gaussian

direction

mutation

quotation

vocation

tamarin

caucasian

diversion

donation

evasion

notation

relation

rescission

erosion

vacation

rotation

recision

secession

location

recession

correction

malayan

flirtation

delusion

reaction

decision

cation

gradation

simian

ovation

libyan

invasions

frustration

midshipman

inception

constriction

conscription

exception

inhuman

sumatran

excursion

misfortune

canvassers

capsaicin

prostration

everyone

impostor

rhodopsin

suspension

scythian

horatian

stygian

croatian

laotian

coercion

aegean

phrygian

creation

inspection

campaigning

dispersion

beholden

cistercian

deception

dissection

extrusion

imposing

pretension

reception

prescription

prediction

excretion

retention

expansion

gestation

prevention

exclusion

extortion

dissension

extension

misshapen

transfusion

perfection

explosion

investors

andean

bosnian

outspoken

anyone

bedizen

cinnamon

cyprian

determine

gordian

forgotten

composites

guardian

indian

jacobin

kantian

mandarin

menopause

ottoman

lumbago

scorpion

solomon

specimen

wesleyan

adhesion

thespian

vitamin

regimen

extraction

fisherman

discretion

perversion

castration

distortion

inscription

transcription

precision

misprision

austrian

arian

appian

aryan

perfusion

acumen

bedouin

carrion

charwoman

composers

composite

invoices

chilean

investor

extinction

invasive

cohesion

clarion

mistaken

dorian

fabian

galleon

gillian

grobian

heroin

heroine

horizon

irian

korean

marian

moroccan

nemean

nubian

orion

permian

saccharin

syrian

veteran

benjamin

corrosion

derision

description

distraction

irishman

parisian

perception

persuasion

rampages

resection

adrian

crestfallen

waterman

manifests

octillion

overdone

overrun

vatican

beethoven

feminine

ferryman

keynesian

wannabes

composer

countryman

bitumen

canapes

disunion

genovese

distinction

reinvests

compacted

gravamen

reunion

conjunction

clergyman

composure

parthian

margarine

nonhuman

revision

australian

backwoodsman

proscription

avian

restriction

alderman

alien

julian

backgammon

reopen

odeon

protean

cardigan

chairwoman

forewoman

fenian

jovian

median

reinvest

foramen

freudian

composes

uterine

imposes

manifest

anchorman

impacted

fijian

lutheran

saleswoman

peterman

bouillon

melanin

injunction

overman

campaigner

superman

campaigners

clarendon

englishman

bonobos

reimpose

honeybees

configure

unbeknown

convective

confusing

confuses

invective

envisage

infighting

infective

4 syllable words

combination

comparison

leviathan

circumvention

compensation

subluxation

american

dominican

penicillin

ammunition

commutation

compassionate

competition

samaritan

compilation

composition

culmination

emulation

imposition

simulation

stimulation

diocesan

himalayan

indigestion

abolition

appalachian

diminution

domination

emanation

habitation

imitation

nomination

immolation

demolition

premonition

suffocation

supposition

beneficence

emphasizes

misbegotten

apparition

rhetorician

armageddon

coloration

compositions

condescension

amputation

complication

computation

condensation

confiscation

decompression

dispensation

embarkation

formulation

implication

imputation

obfuscation

cancellation

circumcision

commendation

confectioner

confessional

depravation

depredation

deprivation

destination

devastation

destitution

disposition

distillation

insulation

agrarian

indecision

indication

invocation

inattention

interruption

consolation

convocation

cultivation

degradation

emigration

convolution

emphasizing

equitation

exhibition

barbarian

gargantuan

embezzlement

granulation

immigration

committeeman

intonation

copernican

admonition

advocation

aggravation

accusation

obligation

occupation

activation

acquisition

aggregation

ordination

oxidation

palpitation

absolution

approbation

replication

reputation

application

abrogation

population

regulation

minnesotan

publication

oblivion

pagurian

prostitution

obsidian

requisition

dandelion

segregation

speculation

statistician

stipulation

subdivision

cyclopean

vaccination

tribulation

ventilation

vindication

tabulation

admiration

allegation

allocation

animation

annotation

appellation

assemblyman

avocation

bavarian

businesswoman

chameleon

circumspection

collocation

comedian

connotation

contraception

contravention

coronation

correlation

decimation

dedication

defamation

definition

delegation

demonstration

deposition

derivation

desiccation

desolation

detonation

devolution

dilatation

dissolution

divination

elevation

erudition

european

evolution

fascination

fluoridation

galilean

gentlewoman

germination

gregorian

hesitation

hungarian

iberian

incrustation

inhalation

inhibition

innovation

intuition

irrigation

isolation

jacobean

jubilation

legislation

liberian

limitation

litigation

locomotion

maccabean

machination

mammalian

manumission

medication

meditation

melanesian

misconception

missourian

navigation

opposition

orchestration

oscillation

planarian

politician

profanation

propagation

proposition

provocation

readmission

recitation

renovation

repercussion

repetition

resolution

resurrection

revelation

revocation

revolution

sanitation

self-deception

sequestration

siberian

syncopation

termination

vacillation

valerian

validation

republican

tamoxifen

arbitration

calculation

expedition

crocodilian

vegetation

confessionals

execution

education

exposition

omnibuses

constellation

noblewoman

confectioners

modulation

condemnation

consecration

constipation

fluctuation

constitution

consultation

fragmentation

illustration

pedestrian

imperfection

importation

disconnection

excavation

gastrulation

inclination

indexation

jurisdiction

ministration

inquisition

adrenaline

pigmentation

adulation

mortification

punctuation

installation

integration

liquefaction

infestation

retribution

segmentation

satisfaction

agitation

reassertion

operation

ideation

dietitian

federation

liberation

separation

toleration

adoration

iteration

aberration

variation

veneration

violation

preparation

miseration

moderation

reparation

decoration

generation

alabaman

interaction

intercession

inundation

circulation

intermission

elocution

introspection

calibration

fabrication

inefficient

duplication

estimation

invitation

presentation

proclamation

columbian

embezzler

congregation

albanian

emphysema

pomposity

predilection

syndication

prosecution

maturation

benediction

accordion

adaptation

beneficent

celebration

consummation

dereliction

penetration

recantation

abyssinian

centurion

reclamation

recognition

cotyledon

minibuses

recollection

graduation

nicaraguan

abnegation

acclamation

acclimation

conversation

designation

masturbation

retrocession

victorian

abdication

saturation

resignation

desecration

exhalation

intimation

strangulation

disaffection

fibrillation

ovulation

lilliputian

paraguayan

sectarian

affectation

carcinogen

fermentation

liquidation

librarian

explanation

explication

extrication

extradition

implantation

impregnation

indiscretion

infestations

obstetrician

concentration

confrontation

conflagration

distribution

contemplation

contradiction

contribution

introduction

figuration

reformation

titillation

confiscated

conjugation

assyrian

napoleon

beneficial

fallopian

arabian

bifurcation

declaration

fumigation

hibernation

levitation

mutilation

realization

recreation

reelection

rumination

trepidation

ulceration

valuation

nonprescription

canadian

alteration

iranian

affirmation

mitigation

preelection

corporation

coloradan

preservation

collodion

corp.

simonian

equestrian

gravitation

irritation

perturbation

reposition

repossession

protozoan

motivation

reservation

visitation

interception

interdiction

augmentation

inflammation

attribution

indignation

indentation

incantation

incarnation

intersection

intervention

lancastrian

octahedron

malnutrition

macedonian

preconception

embezzlers

comprehension

unaffected

exhortation

substitution

reproduction

cogitation

electrician

tetrahedron

coalition

pelagian

surrogation

aviation

foliation

prohibition

radiation

interjection

athenian

deviation

perforation

incubation

nigerian

registration

reinvestment

mediation

annexation

alternation

impeachable

molestation

protestation

persecution

permutation

information

refutation

relaxation

superstition

algonquian

deformation

precondition

backwardation

confirmation

altercation

indonesian

demarcation

observation

lubrication

armenian

eritrean

gorgonian

guatemalan

jordanian

dehydration

amphibian

kindergarten

glaciation

nonpartisan

tasmanian

pavlovian

rhododendron

situation

reemphasize

reexamine

watermelon

californian

infiltration

exclamation

polynesian

smithsonian

preignition

algerian

mongolian

procreation

arthurian

relocation

evocation

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word combustion

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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