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

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option

suction

function

junction

pumpkins

fashion

prussian

ashen

caution

ration

passion

russian

pumpkin

lampron

bumpkin

hempen

impasse

dampen

damson

samson

stepson

fasten

summon

bason

torsion

traction

compacts

diction

auction

mansion

lambastes

dungeon

luncheon

bastion

martian

mention

tension

section

fiction

action

faction

huntsman

flashgun

friction

fraction

pension

portion

gentian

flexion

bludgeon

bombast

capstan

compact

cushion

dudgeon

fission

freshen

gudgeon

haitian

hessian

humpback

impact

lambaste

mahone

mission

nation

pathan

session

station

tempest

tungsten

aspen

arson

baston

champaign

chaplain

chapman

gascon

ibsen

pampas

parson

passman

runnion

jetson

saxon

boston

champagne

claxon

ensign

humbug

kremlin

oxen

keelson

kelson

scullion

sultan

tubman

vulcan

tarpon

crimson

campaign

london

dobson

onion

whitson

undone

tuscan

m1

captain

unpack

classman

muslin

sharpen

shipman

shrunken

sunken

engine

othman

georgian

question

rampage

watchman

faustian

fortune

impish

belgian

bombshell

christian

drunken

margin

dutchman

composts

impacts

sanction

amman

batton

button

bison

caisson

cabin

cannon

muffin

oven

common

gallon

listen

patten

talon

tappen

toughen

worsen

canon

glisten

hasten

mutton

sudden

sullen

woman

platten

jason

satin

women

madden

weapon

alan

baron

barren

basin

baton

batten

bisson

blacken

bracken

christen

cousin

dragon

chasten

dozen

famine

fatten

gammon

gladden

happen

garron

hymen

flatten

hyson

lemon

lessen

lesson

mason

latin

lagan

liman

mullen

urson

platen

salmon

person

ripen

sadden

slacken

wagon

yaupon

caxton

baldwin

campaigns

cauldron

champagnes

children

combust

composed

compost

doctrine

dustman

delphian

embossed

grandson

homespun

impugn

jumpsuit

lengthen

sexton

strengthen

kitchen

grecian

lotion

ocean

potion

motion

notion

pigeon

vision

bombshells

penguin

acton

airman

alban

alman

bargain

barton

billion

billman

bullion

carmine

carton

chevron

citron

apron

bagman

bellman

calvin

canyon

carman

atman

austin

banyan

bookman

canton

carbon

chairman

chessman

clinton

compose

copeman

corban

cordon

dalton

darken

desman

dolman

dolphin

falcon

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

footman

foreman

fountain

garden

gilden

goodman

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hetman

houseman

jackman

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kansan

jargon

kelvin

kenyan

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lockman

lopeman

lynden

morgan

mormon

mountain

nekton

norman

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

ponton

pressman

marlin

marten

martin

melton

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

packman

panton

pardon

pectin

penman

saffron

santon

scallion

selden

shorten

shotgun

silken

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

stallion

stallman

stillion

stockman

sylvan

tartan

tendon

trillion

warden

woodman

tillman

wanton

woolman

teston

timepiece

impugns

jumpsuits

craftsman

draftsman

brethren

bushman

churchman

freshman

impeach

ambush

coachman

hangman

longan

mangan

rincon

bordman

auden

scotsman

bayman

townsman

yachtsman

beckon

begun

bellon

billon

bitten

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

burman

cayman

charon

cheapen

chicken

cotton

crewman

cumin

daman

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

driven

dromon

ermine

felon

firman

foreign

freeman

german

gibbon

given

fallen

floren

frighten

glidden

griffon

hausen

imposed

heaven

heighten

human

hyphen

lichen

moisten

ninon

often

omen

open

quicken

horseman

melon

mitten

pavon

reckon

klansman

pullen

redden

ridden

riden

risen

riven

robin

roman

landman

resin

ribbon

rosin

rotten

rumen

marchman

gotten

heron

hidden

jetton

kitten

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

markman

oarsman

lighten

liken

linen

liven

locken

loosen

loren

lumen

lyden

marron

perron

pollan

pollen

prison

seaman

semen

sermon

seven

shaman

showman

sicken

siphon

siren

smitten

sodden

soften

stiffen

thousand

stricken

striven

thicken

tighten

titan

toman

triton

trodden

vegan

headsman

syphon

threaten

villain

whiten

wiccan

wizen

wooden

written

zaman

portman

warren

widen

woolen

yeoman

fusion

legion

region

henchman

urchin

surgeon

trojan

asian

burgeon

heathen

persian

lesion

sturgeon

suasion

earthen

cajun

version

plankton

boatman

bolden

brakeman

canvass

chieftain

cowan

dian

fielden

freedman

golden

gowan

guardsman

impose

ion

jumbos

kirkman

knapsack

landsman

lion

marksman

matron

mayan

molten

newsman

olden

patron

rayon

scion

sequin

shampoos

shearman

soldan

sportsman

tempos

union

urine

zion

workman

bacon

beacon

beaten

tombstone

blowgun

bourbon

brazen

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burton

canaan

certain

chosen

colon

craven

eden

salesman

cretin

crouton

cuban

curtain

dagon

deacon

dagan

eaten

elan

laden

maiden

postman

frozen

gluten

graven

haven

hogan

hoten

hoven

kalan

leven

logan

odin

pagan

poison

proven

raven

reason

rerun

rosen

satan

season

seton

shaken

shogun

slogan

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

straighten

sweeten

swollen

taken

token

treason

turban

urban

waken

weaken

wheaten

woven

zircon

seedsman

spokesman

statesman

tombstones

lineups

paean

owen

peon

rowan

rowen

ruin

convicts

snobbish

gombos

conveys

convoke

convoys

envoys

queenfish

sunfish

convex

confuse

convict

unbox

confect

confused

invoice

invoke

rainbows

infect

infest

infuse

invokes

invest

infects

invests

infests

3 syllable words

alaskan

expansion

subtraction

lumberman

campuses

chairperson

composite

in-person

contraction

contraption

assumption

concoction

conduction

confection

confessions

conflation

contention

contortion

convection

convulsion

diffraction

presumption

nevadan

convention

declension

exaction

resumption

transaction

frustration

ablution

abortion

abrasion

accretion

addiction

adoption

affection

ambition

ascension

asuncion

attention

attrition

carnation

cistercian

connection

connexion

collection

condition

contagion

conversion

dalmatian

deflation

depression

dictation

dimension

emulsion

exertion

fixation

formation

foundation

dispersion

gestation

hydration

inaction

insertion

libration

migration

optation

patrician

preemption

production

protection

reduction

secretion

selection

sensation

starvation

submission

subversion

vibration

addition

cessation

cremation

desertion

cetacean

congestion

aleutian

objection

causation

citation

corruption

dilation

elation

duration

edition

emission

emotion

phoenician

gyration

ligation

narration

oration

petition

physician

pollution

secession

position

tradition

venetian

privation

recession

solution

imprison

projection

composites

suggestion

confections

expulsion

distraction

infraction

inspection

consumption

expression

distortion

backgammon

confucian

conviction

deflection

exhaustion

implosion

inflation

pentathlon

capsaicin

unburden

affliction

conception

contrition

discretion

infection

invention

guncotton

filtration

timberman

prostration

abandon

redemption

retraction

battalion

reflection

dominion

magician

uncommon

impassive

medallion

unbutton

composing

conjunction

ignition

construction

freemason

extraction

jamaican

incursion

eviction

ingestion

injection

erection

eruption

equation

invasion

inversion

election

optician

occlusion

deception

defection

dentition

contusion

depiction

depletion

detection

obstruction

detention

dissension

impeaches

campion

campaigning

profusion

abstraction

champion

admission

repression

technician

toboggan

rendition

submersion

reception

rampages

rejection

adsorption

convictions

exemption

allusion

inflection

aversion

extortion

extension

impeachment

infarction

infections

snapdragon

remission

bandwagon

dilution

malaysian

sedition

malayan

compacted

egyptian

donation

occasion

omission

digestion

location

absorption

notation

mutation

arkansan

tamarin

intestine

emblazon

relation

deletion

ejection

rotation

samoan

devotion

vocation

prescription

flirtation

flotation

immersion

probation

reaction

permission

hawaiian

collegian

communion

collision

gradation

ghanaian

collusion

ovation

vacation

provision

quotation

precaution

brazilian

cambrian

chamberlain

civilian

coercion

conclusion

confusion

creation

croatian

disruption

embezzle

enlighten

enliven

exception

horatian

imposes

impostor

inception

intention

invasions

italian

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

opinion

pavilion

policeman

transmission

unwritten

impeachments

subscription

conscription

constriction

cartesian

imposing

norwegian

preclusion

fustian

uneven

perception

hammerman

zambian

superman

ambushes

elison

jettison

scorpion

suburban

laurentian

artesian

dissection

deduction

cyprian

diffusion

menhaden

amoebas

seclusion

awaken

revulsion

seduction

thespian

infliction

confusions

explosion

excretion

description

encryption

appian

ambrosian

badminton

crestfallen

downtrodden

embezzled

embezzles

embolden

muskmelon

impacted

unbroken

impostors

reptilian

niacin

simian

outspoken

myosin

audition

caucasian

composure

plebeian

veteran

correction

decision

delusion

direction

diversion

division

erosion

evasion

illusion

percussion

recision

religion

rescission

reversion

abduction

infusion

induction

distinction

investment

intrusion

inclusion

rebellion

bedridden

logician

sumatran

composes

inscription

everyone

injunction

vermilion

rhodopsin

unbiased

uncertain

fruition

laotian

transcription

tuition

discipline

determine

anyone

bosnian

bulletin

beholden

cinnamon

forgotten

prediction

campaigner

eleven

discussion

bedizen

digression

misshapen

resection

retention

salvation

garrison

lesbian

ottoman

excision

vatican

extinction

lumbago

incision

perfection

prevention

pretension

tactician

transition

venison

wesleyan

partition

guardian

taxation

investments

gordian

cognition

lactation

plantation

stagnation

halcyon

indian

medicine

solomon

specimen

unison

vitamin

alsatian

proscription

disunion

franciscan

nonunion

masculine

infusions

abstention

destruction

fisherman

perversion

origin

margarine

precession

halogen

lecithin

munition

musician

regimen

volition

cation

carrion

dorian

gaussian

gillian

horizon

chilean

galleon

bedouin

biotin

clarion

translation

arian

aryan

heroin

irian

korean

heroine

excursion

libyan

midshipman

marian

moroccan

nemean

reopen

orion

permian

saccharin

syrian

castration

uterine

instruction

acumen

charwoman

composers

perfusion

cohesion

heartbroken

campaigners

nobleman

rifleman

talisman

scythian

aegean

stygian

lutheran

derision

corrosion

phrygian

parisian

benjamin

irishman

extrusion

exclusion

nitrogen

oxygen

persuasion

restriction

nutrition

transfusion

hydrogen

transgression

collagen

silicon

waterman

adhesion

andean

embassy

octillion

adrian

citizen

skeleton

pelican

jacobin

overrun

etruscan

beethoven

ferryman

countryman

albion

bitumen

catalan

composer

denizen

feminine

councilman

gravamen

lanolin

overdone

puritan

ramadan

reunion

harlequin

kantian

javelin

keratin

keynesian

mandarin

gentleman

clergyman

nonhuman

parthian

precision

revision

singleton

alien

avian

fenian

jovian

julian

foramen

abdomen

fabian

median

african

grobian

nubian

backwoodsman

protean

alderman

artisan

emphasize

forewoman

imbecile

magdalen

austrian

cardigan

embassies

forbidden

genuine

mexican

porcelain

freudian

chairwoman

partisan

odeon

corsican

charlatan

predestine

anchorman

congressman

fijian

albumin

overman

saleswoman

housebroken

reimpose

imbeciles

bonobos

melanin

menopause

peterman

emphasized

bouillon

handwoven

anglican

inhuman

australian

canvasses

clarendon

manifest

canvassers

englishman

confiscate

manifests

canapes

wannabes

genovese

honeybees

confesses

configure

reinvest

unbeknown

envisage

convective

reinvests

confusing

confuses

invasive

invoices

investor

infective

invective

investors

infighting

investing

4 syllable words

amputation

compensation

complication

computation

decompression

importation

implication

imputation

comparison

composition

culmination

emulation

imposition

simulation

stimulation

palpitation

competition

admiration

corp.

desperation

imitation

immolation

limitation

propagation

corporation

dissipation

respiration

decimation

defamation

emanation

aspiration

suffocation

supposition

animation

appellation

ulceration

apparition

decoration

federation

generation

miseration

reassertion

surrogation

ideation

moderation

operation

preparation

variation

circumspection

reparation

toleration

contemplation

iteration

separation

veneration

violation

implantation

liberation

compositions

subluxation

cogitation

condemnation

dispensation

embarkation

fluctuation

imperfection

satisfaction

impassable

dominican

american

graduation

maturation

samaritan

saturation

situation

consummation

celebration

excitation

expiration

recantation

immigration

publication

occupation

adaptation

annexation

calibration

acclamation

acclimation

affectation

commendation

confectioner

confessional

cultivation

designation

disposition

estimation

desecration

devastation

emigration

fermentation

inspiration

interaction

intimation

inundation

penetration

presentation

proclamation

reclamation

resignation

annotation

appalachian

avocation

collocation

connotation

allegation

allocation

correlation

affirmation

alteration

bifurcation

coronation

declaration

dedication

delegation

demolition

dilatation

diminution

derivation

desiccation

irrigation

desolation

detonation

irritation

isolation

medication

meditation

deposition

dissertation

fascination

fumigation

hesitation

jubilation

machination

preignition

divination

domination

hibernation

litigation

locomotion

elevation

figuration

habitation

innovation

fluoridation

germination

gravitation

inhalation

levitation

mutilation

nomination

perspiration

motivation

opposition

oscillation

mitigation

navigation

premonition

proposition

repetition

profanation

realization

recitation

recreation

reformation

renovation

legislation

repossession

reservation

preservation

mammalian

provocation

restoration

revelation

chameleon

resurrection

revocation

syncopation

rumination

sanitation

titillation

termination

trepidation

vacillation

validation

comedian

usurpation

visitation

impregnation

adulation

expedition

incantation

exposition

impossibly

exhortation

exploration

incarnation

reinspection

transportation

agitation

obfuscation

inflammation

segmentation

beneficence

education

aviation

leviathan

liquefaction

disputation

deviation

arbitration

mediation

impossible

integration

dietitian

misperception

rhetorician

ministration

augmentation

mortification

lumpectomy

coalition

confectioners

foliation

circumvention

confessionals

vegetation

confiscation

pigmentation

modulation

perforation

prohibition

consecration

consultation

illustration

constipation

fragmentation

radiation

condensation

ostentation

comprehension

pagination

punctuation

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

accusation

activation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

altercation

alternation

application

approbation

benediction

cancellation

circulation

circumcision

combination

committeeman

commutation

confirmation

conservation

consolation

conversation

convocation

copernican

deformation

degradation

demarcation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

destination

disaffection

dislocation

distillation

duplication

elocution

equitation

fabrication

fibrillation

gargantuan

glaciation

granulation

hypertension

indication

indigestion

information

insulation

insurrection

intercession

intonation

introspection

invitation

invocation

lilliputian

liquidation

molestation

obligation

observation

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

permutation

persecution

pomposity

population

precondition

predilection

prosecution

protestation

recognition

recollection

reexamine

refutation

regulation

replication

reputation

retrocession

segregation

speculation

statistician

stipulation

syndication

tabulation

transplantation

tribulation

vaccination

ventilation

vindication

exclamation

dehydration

orchestration

demonstration

expectation

exploitation

incrustation

lumpectomies

nonpartisan

concentration

conflagration

confrontation

conjugation

sequestration

canadian

collodion

coloradan

fallopian

gregorian

himalayan

readmission

planarian

abolition

politician

preelection

perturbation

hungarian

procreation

valerian

manumission

intuition

resolution

revolution

devolution

reposition

arabian

repercussion

assyrian

reelection

evolution

bavarian

dissolution

evocation

definition

erudition

relocation

missourian

simonian

napoleon

condescension

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

gastrulation

attribution

calculation

constellation

consternation

impeccable

republican

excavation

execution

formulation

pedestrian

inclination

interdiction

intersection

indentation

indexation

indignation

infestation

installation

instigation

intervention

jurisdiction

preconception

lancastrian

malformation

menstruation

reproduction

adrenaline

retribution

substitution

transformation

athenian

deconstruction

reconstruction

absolution

acquisition

paraguayan

ammunition

amphibian

beneficent

guatemalan

jordanian

olympian

victorian

embezzler

convolution

lubrication

apprehension

inefficient

requisition

restitution

subdivision

armenian

interurban

interruption

sectarian

symposium

intermission

tasmanian

superstition

pagurian

indecision

admonition

nicaraguan

crucifixion

exhalation

destitution

exhibition

custodian

interjection

impeachable

accordion

inattention

columbian

congregation

strangulation

historian

incubation

nestorian

oblivion

prostitution

registration

obsidian

relaxation

retardation

distribution

self-deception

assemblyman

elongation

obstetrician

contraception

equestrian

indiscretion

contradiction

contribution

infestations

infiltration

explanation

explication

extrication

misconception

inhibition

introduction

beneficial

polynesian

melanesian

disillusion

supervision

exhumation

sicilian

devonian

constitution

european

electrician

iranian

reawaken

inquisition

institution

interception

hyperion

misbegotten

aberration

adoration

embezzlement

crocodilian

embezzlers

laceration

nigerian

reinvestment

pelagian

symposiums

interwoven

hemoglobin

indonesian

investiture

superhuman

abyssinian

contravention

rhododendron

centurion

dandelion

gorgonian

penicillin

extradition

minnesotan

estonian

nonprescription

cyclopean

cotyledon

ibuprofen

kindergarten

hydrocarbon

investigate

watermelon

overburden

eritrean

arthurian

mongolian

valuation

tetrahedron

octahedron

diocesan

jacobean

arizonan

floridian

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5 syllable words

compassionately

commemoration

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communication

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word compassion

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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