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2 syllable words
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

samson

damson

bisson

christen

glisten

listen

summon

action

christian

caption

diction

dungeon

dutchman

faction

auction

fiction

flexion

fraction

gentian

mansion

friction

luncheon

martian

portion

section

pension

tension

mention

option

sunshine

torsion

traction

huntsman

sanction

ashen

cushion

hessian

kitchen

caution

dudgeon

fashion

grecian

gudgeon

passion

bludgeon

freshen

pigeon

ration

vision

session

lampron

grandson

arson

claxon

crimson

dampen

dobson

ensign

hempen

ibsen

jetson

keelson

kelson

kremlin

london

m1

muslin

onion

oxen

parson

piston

runnion

saxon

scullion

stepson

sultan

tubman

tuscan

undone

vulcan

whitson

pensions

luncheons

dungeons

conscience

tungsten

pungent

amman

bason

bastion

begun

belgian

billon

bison

bitten

brethren

briton

bushman

button

chicken

common

cousin

dozen

driven

drunken

engine

famine

fasten

faustian

flashgun

fortune

freshman

gammon

georgian

gibbon

given

glidden

griffon

hidden

hymen

hyson

kitten

lemon

lessen

lesson

liman

linen

margin

mitten

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

othman

oven

prison

question

quicken

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

salmon

shrunken

sicken

smitten

stiffen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

sunken

thicken

toughen

villain

watchman

wiccan

woman

women

written

pathan

lengthen

potion

dustman

sexton

doctrine

lotion

baldwin

cauldron

caxton

delphian

haitian

capstan

notion

motion

mahone

nation

station

homespun

strengthen

ocean

vengeance

mansions

penchant

penguin

tangent

plankton

tensions

engines

acton

airman

alban

alman

aspen

atman

austin

bagman

banyan

bargain

barton

baston

bellman

billion

billman

bookman

boston

bullion

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chanson

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

citron

classman

clinton

corban

cordon

dalton

darken

desman

dolman

dolphin

falcon

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

fountain

goodman

gorgon

hetman

houseman

jordan

lightman

jorden

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lockman

garden

footman

foreman

gascon

gilden

hackman

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

jackman

jargon

jasmine

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

lynden

mignon

milken

million

minden

mountain

outdone

ponton

santon

spearman

sylvan

tillman

morgan

mormon

pectin

sharpen

shipman

sovereign

outrun

marlin

marten

martin

melton

packman

panton

pardon

passman

pressman

saffron

selden

shorten

smarten

sovran

woolman

spartan

woodman

minion

nekton

norman

organ

orphan

penman

pillion

pinion

pitman

plantain

scallion

shotgun

silken

squadron

stallion

stallman

stillion

stockman

tarpon

tendon

teston

tartan

trillion

wanton

warden

mangan

moonshine

rincon

churchman

coachman

ginseng

hangman

inchon

punkin

longan

alan

auden

baron

barren

basin

tangents

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beckon

bellon

benign

blacken

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

bracken

breton

brighten

broaden

burman

cabin

caisson

cannon

canon

cayman

charon

chasten

cotton

crewman

cumin

daman

deaden

deafen

demesne

demon

devon

dragon

dromon

ermine

fallen

fatten

felon

firman

flatten

floren

foreign

freeman

frighten

gallon

gladden

gotten

heaven

human

hyphen

heron

heighten

garron

hasten

hausen

german

happen

jason

jetton

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lichen

lagan

lighten

liken

liven

locken

loosen

loren

lumen

lyden

penguins

madden

melon

mason

marron

moisten

pavon

often

patten

omen

perron

platen

platten

person

pollan

reckon

redden

riden

rosin

pollen

pullen

resin

ripen

robin

roman

rotten

rumen

semen

sermon

seven

shaman

showman

siphon

siren

syphon

thousand

threaten

tighten

sadden

satin

seaman

slacken

talon

sodden

soften

tappen

titan

toman

triton

trodden

urson

vegan

wagon

warren

weapon

whiten

widen

wizen

wooden

woolen

worsen

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

children

bordman

headsman

horseman

incense

kansans

klansman

landman

lunching

marchman

markman

nonsense

oarsman

portman

scotsman

townsman

yachtsman

urchin

trojan

surgeon

burgeon

cajun

fusion

legion

heathen

knocking

lesion

version

earthen

asian

region

smacking

persian

sturgeon

suasion

henchman

ancient

enchant

cowan

dian

gowan

ion

lion

mayan

paean

peon

scion

zion

craftsman

ringing

soldan

chieftain

sequin

singing

draftsman

copeman

shearman

ensconce

sportsman

patron

guardsman

longing

lopeman

union

landsman

apron

kirkman

brakeman

olden

incensed

banging

boatman

bolden

insane

freedman

cancan

fielden

golden

hanging

matron

marksman

molten

monsoon

newsman

workman

bouncing

ancients

dancing

fencing

pouncing

mincing

wincing

bacon

banking

beacon

beaten

blowgun

bourbon

brazen

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burton

certain

canaan

cheapen

chosen

colon

craven

cretin

crouton

cuban

curtain

dagan

dagon

deacon

deepen

eaten

elan

frozen

graven

eden

gluten

haven

hogan

hoten

hoven

kalan

kinsman

laden

launching

leven

logan

longings

maiden

mankind

monsoons

nanking

odin

open

pagan

pinching

poison

postman

proven

raven

reason

rerun

rosen

salesman

satan

season

seedsman

seton

shogun

shaken

sinking

slogan

solon

spoken

spokesman

statesman

steven

stolen

straighten

sweeten

swollen

taken

thinking

token

treason

turban

urban

waken

weaken

wheaten

woven

zircon

sneaking

sneezing

smoking

sanguine

ensnares

ensnarl

knickknack

hangings

launchings

longhand

mankinds

rayon

rowan

owen

rowen

ruin

urine

ensnare

knickknacks

unkempt

ringneck

conjoin

ginghams

ransoms

incomes

conjoined

gingham

consume

income

lonesome

ransom

unknown

unknowns

unseen

winsome

consent

consumed

consumes

encamp

enzymes

unkind

unsound

consents

benzene

benzine

enzyme

enjoin

3 syllable words

fruition

suggestion

tuition

egyptian

projection

damaging

complexion

prescription

brazilian

civilian

finishing

logician

pavilion

policeman

senescence

talisman

unwritten

vanishing

punishments

opinion

assumption

banishment

conception

conduction

confection

contention

convection

convention

impression

presumption

connexions

convulsion

declension

resumption

suspension

ablation

ablution

abortion

uneven

adoption

apportion

crustacean

deception

defection

depletion

depression

detection

detention

digression

jamaican

dalmatian

damnation

discussion

election

erection

compunction

dissension

excision

formation

incision

prediction

preemption

reception

assassin

vatican

nutrition

bulletin

proportion

impassion

temptation

submersion

objection

congestion

plebeian

simian

samoan

aversion

cetacean

cessation

constriction

allusion

subscription

causation

citation

collusion

corruption

conscription

cremation

desertion

devotion

dilation

dilution

duration

elation

imagine

immersion

ligation

malaysian

narration

occasion

gyration

oration

precession

precision

privation

revision

infliction

imprison

consumption

encryption

rejection

truncation

franciscan

ejection

description

digestion

badminton

muskmelon

derision

parisian

conflation

confucian

misprision

discretion

attraction

frustration

inception

concoction

distinction

redemption

alaskan

englishman

bedridden

contortion

deflection

cardigan

reflection

forbidden

unbutton

infection

jamaicans

lumberman

vermilion

exception

invention

abrasion

aspersion

carnation

conversion

exertion

fixation

deduction

hydration

cartesian

deflation

contusion

insertion

salvation

stagnation

plantation

starvation

hammerman

nevadan

optation

freemason

fustian

alsatian

artesian

dictation

eruption

transcription

cistercian

contagion

dissection

foundation

gestation

imagined

imagines

lactation

laurentian

migration

repression

libration

profusion

inaction

occlusion

toboggan

norwegian

revulsion

awaken

obstruction

anyone

seduction

campion

zambian

sensation

subversion

taxation

vibration

bouillon

ferryman

suburban

conjunction

construction

injection

champion

inscription

absorption

abstention

adsorption

amazement

appian

arian

aryan

carrion

caucasian

clarion

communion

companion

contraction

contraption

correction

countryman

direction

diversion

donation

dorian

excretion

exemption

expression

extension

extinction

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

galleon

gaussian

ghanaian

gradation

hawaiian

inflection

inspection

irian

korean

location

malayan

managements

marian

mutation

myosin

nebraskan

nemean

niacin

notation

octillion

ovation

pensioner

percussion

permian

probation

proscription

quotation

reaction

relation

reptilian

restriction

rotation

subtraction

sunshiny

tamarin

transgression

vacation

vocation

conjunctions

abandon

coercion

discipline

laotian

battalion

cambrian

predestine

unburden

uncertain

conclusion

confusion

phrygian

scythian

timberman

guncotton

castration

abduction

aegean

creation

diffraction

exaction

induction

prostration

inflation

chairperson

transaction

everyone

distortion

filtration

translation

medallion

disruption

croatian

implosion

midshipman

horatian

stygian

injunction

andean

medicine

venison

menhaden

amusement

vitamin

misshapen

albion

wesleyan

bosnian

perception

perfection

pensioners

tangential

cinnamon

kantian

lesbian

mandarin

ottoman

unison

dispersion

eleven

prevention

pretension

solomon

enigma

specimen

determine

halcyon

gordian

guardian

retention

scorpion

resection

destruction

distraction

extortion

expansion

infarction

expulsion

infraction

amazing

delusion

unbroken

evasion

erosion

halogen

illusion

injunctions

origin

lecithin

ambrosian

adhesion

parthian

precaution

perversion

emblazon

embolden

regimen

reversion

nubian

avian

fabian

alien

amusements

fenian

median

odeon

veteran

saccharin

bedouin

biotin

chilean

freudian

grobian

cation

gillian

heroin

heroine

jovian

julian

libyan

protean

syrian

sumatran

nobleman

pungently

uncommon

unisons

retraction

rebellion

pentathlon

rifleman

rhodopsin

enliven

excursion

innocent

enjoyment

exhaustion

capsaicin

management

chamberlain

charwoman

austrian

innocence

congenial

in-person

acumen

cohesion

enlighten

mistaken

misfortune

abstraction

instruction

corrosion

fijian

incumbent

ingestion

jansenists

extraction

incoming

equation

incursion

engineer

beholden

benjamin

preclusion

amusing

diffusion

hydrogen

nitrogen

oncoming

oxygen

seclusion

consuming

invasion

inversion

catalan

feminine

exclusion

gravamen

extrusion

ramadan

thespian

transfusion

citizen

puritan

adrian

amazon

bedizen

beethoven

bitumen

collagen

cyprian

denizen

indian

jacobin

javelin

keratin

keynesian

lanolin

limousine

mannequin

overdone

overrun

pelican

enjoyments

explosion

reunion

silicon

skeleton

waterman

arkansan

bandwagon

consonant

councilman

disunion

downtrodden

etruscan

gentleman

handwoven

harlequin

innocents

insincere

intestine

jansenist

nonunion

outspoken

snapdragon

unconcern

incumbents

clergyman

angina

lawmaking

margarine

infusion

inhuman

consciences

enchantment

intention

intrusion

nonhuman

singleton

engineers

inclusion

african

italian

mexican

heartbroken

genuine

keynesians

partisan

denizens

amazons

consummate

corsican

limousines

alderman

artisan

longingly

magdalen

mannequins

perfusion

concentrate

abdomen

charlatan

porcelain

unconcerned

forewoman

foramen

backwoodsman

horizon

chairwoman

consonants

backgammon

moroccan

reopen

uterine

inasmuch

anchorman

congressman

enchanter

ingenue

lutheran

manganese

persuasion

ringmaster

superman

concentrates

housebroken

saleswoman

albumin

forgotten

melanin

ensemble

masculine

crestfallen

overman

peterman

anglican

enchanters

long-winded

engenders

ensuing

ongoing

encounter

tumescent

australian

ensembles

clarendon

renaissance

orion

encampment

consummates

encounters

encampments

nincompoop

concentric

enchanting

incomplete

uncomplete

nincompoops

encumber

incentive

enchanted

monisms

benignly

coenzyme

consumer

honeycomb

jainism

monism

uncanny

consumers

ungainly

unseemly

engender

4 syllable words

apparition

rhetorician

american

committeeman

samaritan

chameleon

imposition

assyrian

comedian

intermission

circumcision

ammunition

precondition

benediction

competition

composition

statistician

valerian

acquisition

admonition

dereliction

culmination

cultivation

disposition

exhibition

recognition

requisition

publication

dissipation

emanation

intuition

irritation

rumination

visitation

fumigation

decimation

defamation

imitation

immolation

gravitation

mitigation

suffocation

repossession

diminution

titillation

levitation

locomotion

animation

trepidation

inhibition

coloration

ideation

cogitation

leviathan

surrogation

fluctuation

reassertion

violation

variation

comparison

decompression

expedition

exposition

inquisition

jurisdiction

substitution

acclimation

disaffection

fabrication

maturation

fibrillation

consummation

emigration

emulation

liquidation

immigration

acclamation

proclamation

saturation

simulation

stimulation

graduation

reclamation

recollection

subdivision

restitution

oblivion

predilection

syndication

intimation

invitation

estimation

indecision

amphibian

obsidian

penicillin

abdication

admiration

machination

realization

delegation

elevation

businesswoman

navigation

criterion

oscillation

floridian

sanitation

himalayan

hyperion

iberian

sicilian

dedication

renovation

siberian

habitation

termination

jubilation

appellation

disillusion

melanesian

recreation

fluoridation

mammalian

dissolution

divination

domination

meditation

mutilation

liberian

dilatation

germination

vacillation

derivation

avocation

desiccation

desolation

detonation

devolution

evolution

irrigation

isolation

motivation

recitation

validation

collocation

coronation

correlation

allocation

fascination

connotation

annotation

circumspection

contradiction

allegation

extradition

affirmation

hesitation

inhalation

innovation

litigation

medication

nomination

polynesian

profanation

propagation

obstetrician

resolution

provocation

reformation

resurrection

revelation

revocation

revolution

ulceration

aberration

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

agitation

arbitration

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

circumvention

comprehension

condemnation

condescension

crocodilian

decoration

deviation

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

education

electrician

federation

foliation

generation

imperfection

implication

imputation

indignation

inflammation

instigation

institution

interdiction

iteration

laceration

liberation

malnutrition

mediation

miseration

moderation

modulation

nigerian

noncommittal

operation

pagination

pedestrian

preconception

preparation

punctuation

radiation

reparation

reproduction

republican

separation

subluxation

toleration

vegetation

veneration

apprehension

registration

cancellation

carcinogen

armenian

calibration

columbian

celebration

circulation

degradation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

combination

depravation

abyssinian

commendation

destination

destitution

deformation

designation

devastation

distillation

duplication

granulation

indication

information

insulation

insurrection

intercession

intonation

inundation

invocation

lilliputian

lubrication

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

penetration

persecution

population

recantation

segregation

tabulation

tribulation

copernican

affectation

equitation

cotyledon

aggregation

advocation

aggravation

noncommercial

nonessential

prosecution

prostitution

regulation

stipulation

vaccination

absolution

adaptation

guatemalan

abnegation

replication

watermelon

abrogation

accusation

eritrean

activation

convocation

reputation

convolution

resignation

glaciation

annexation

application

approbation

commutation

confirmation

consolation

fermentation

inattention

compilation

crucifixion

elocution

obligation

occupation

darwinian

presentation

retrocession

superstition

ventilation

speculation

vindication

situation

demonstration

conjugation

syncopation

contemplation

contraception

exclamation

assemblyman

legislation

indiscretion

impregnation

infiltration

self-deception

misconception

introduction

algerian

arabian

alteration

fallopian

missourian

appalachian

napoleon

procreation

european

aspiration

gregorian

nonprescription

canadian

jacobean

corp.

supervision

bavarian

galilean

preservation

preelection

maccabean

bolivian

collodion

bifurcation

valuation

planarian

corporation

hibernation

reelection

figuration

reservation

declaration

respiration

desperation

restoration

dissertation

reawaken

simonian

amputation

calculation

compensation

complication

computation

condensation

confiscation

consecration

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

dispensation

embarkation

excavation

execution

fragmentation

armageddon

illustration

importation

inclination

installation

integration

interception

intersection

intervention

liquefaction

formulation

englishwoman

gastrulation

indentation

indexation

infestation

mortification

noblewoman

consensual

inconsistent

segmentation

transformation

malformation

ministration

misperception

obfuscation

ostentation

pigmentation

retribution

satisfaction

homogeny

congregation

exhalation

interjection

deconstruction

introspection

meridian

corinthian

bohemian

strangulation

reconstruction

perforation

altercation

alternation

hypertension

inspiration

masturbation

backwardation

deportation

interaction

molestation

demarcation

congenital

conversation

interruption

conservation

dislocation

excitation

expiration

observation

permutation

refutation

relaxation

protestation

retardation

predetermine

tasmanian

olympian

pagurian

paraguayan

wagnerian

orchestration

sequestration

confrontation

agrarian

barbarian

conflagration

contravention

concentration

librarian

contribution

explanation

distribution

expectation

implantation

encomium

incrustation

minnesotan

explication

accordion

custodian

cyclopean

extrication

dehydration

elongation

gentlewoman

numismatist

tangentially

arthurian

evocation

exhumation

homogenize

hungarian

perspiration

perturbation

relocation

repercussion

usurpation

nonsensical

rhododendron

californian

consternation

disputation

exhortation

exploration

incantation

praetorian

coloradan

incarnation

menstruation

octahedron

reinspection

tetrahedron

transportation

arizonan

diocesan

protozoan

noncombatant

noncompliance

numismatists

hemoglobin

incubation

contrarian

macedonian

shakespearean

concentrations

encomiums

misbegotten

hegelian

pelagian

homogenized

polyhedron

exploitation

moravian

peruvian

dandelion

noncombatants

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

jordanian

pavlovian

sectarian

incumbency

gorgonian

centurion

historian

menacingly

mongolian

ohioan

transplantation

encompassing

unassuming

smithsonian

consumable

devonian

draconian

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word commission

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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