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2 syllable words

gumption

option

emption

suction

auction

junction

caption

function

guardsman

martian

caution

pumpkin

fission

lampron

mission

prussian

bumpkin

russian

arson

dobson

oxen

tarpon

parson

samson

damson

dampen

muslin

sharpen

pampas

landsman

huntsman

compacts

composts

sanction

marksman

pumpkins

action

christian

diction

rosin

bombshell

dungeon

dutchman

faction

fiction

flexion

fraction

friction

gentian

impish

luncheon

mansion

margin

mention

othman

pension

common

portion

listen

traction

bisson

torsion

dozen

glisten

section

tension

christen

watchman

cousin

bombast

compact

compost

capstan

doctrine

dustman

oarsman

cauldron

klansman

grandson

scotsman

townsman

yachtsman

mahone

bludgeon

passion

kitchen

ashen

pigeon

ration

snobbish

session

grecian

gudgeon

cushion

dudgeon

freshen

vision

fashion

hessian

bombshells

tungsten

impacts

alban

aspen

barton

captain

bargain

boston

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chaplain

chapman

claxon

crimson

darken

desman

dolman

dolphin

ensign

garden

harden

harken

harten

hearten

hempen

ibsen

jargon

jasmine

jetson

kansan

keelson

kelson

lisbon

lockman

london

marlin

marten

martin

onion

pardon

piston

ponton

runnion

saxon

scullion

shotgun

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stepson

stockman

sultan

tartan

jumpsuits

timepiece

undone

tubman

tuscan

lambastes

vulcan

whitson

engine

bushman

flashgun

faustian

ambush

fortune

bastion

belgian

brethren

drunken

freshman

georgian

question

longan

shrunken

sunken

sunfish

begun

bison

bitten

bobbin

composed

billon

bollen

briton

button

driven

ninon

pavon

pollen

prison

smitten

soften

convict

pollan

caxton

oven

quicken

sodden

villain

wiccan

wizen

women

written

combust

baldwin

yaupon

lambaste

strengthen

tempest

chicken

headsman

lengthen

sexton

seedsman

bason

marchman

amman

delphian

cotton

gammon

griffon

fallen

famine

gibbon

given

glidden

gotten

humpback

fasten

happen

liman

salesman

lessen

lesson

linen

hymen

hyson

hausen

homespun

hidden

kitten

locken

mitten

mutton

resin

ribbon

muffin

mullen

ridden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rotten

salmon

sicken

stiffen

stricken

sullen

summon

tappen

thicken

toughen

trodden

markman

striven

sudden

thousand

asian

haitian

fusion

lesion

lotion

motion

nation

notion

ocean

pathan

penguin

persian

plankton

potion

station

suasion

version

acton

alman

apron

atman

austin

bagman

banyan

baston

billion

pinion

billman

minden

pillion

pitman

plantain

pressman

saffron

santon

scallion

selden

shampoos

shipman

shorten

silken

spearman

stallion

stallman

stillion

sylvan

tendon

teston

tillman

trillion

wanton

warden

bullion

calvin

campaign

canton

canvass

canyon

champagne

champaign

chevron

citron

compose

faulcon

chessman

classman

clinton

copeman

corban

cordon

dalton

falcon

fibrin

fireman

fountain

gascon

convicts

foreman

gilden

gorgon

hackman

houseman

humbug

impasse

jackman

jordan

jorden

kelvin

kenyan

knapsack

kremlin

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lineups

lopeman

lynden

m1

melton

mignon

milken

million

minion

morgan

mormon

mountain

nekton

norman

organ

newsman

orphan

outdone

outrun

packman

panton

passman

pectin

mangan

queenfish

hangman

rincon

campaigns

alan

auden

jumpsuit

baron

landman

basin

barren

embossed

baton

blacken

bordman

bowman

bracken

bayman

beckon

boughten

horseman

impact

bellon

imposed

impugn

portman

batten

batton

brazen

children

breton

brighten

broaden

burman

cabin

caisson

cannon

canon

cayman

charon

chasten

cheapen

chosen

crewman

cumin

daman

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dragon

dromon

ermine

fatten

felon

firman

flatten

floren

foreign

freeman

frighten

frozen

gallon

garron

german

gladden

hasten

heaven

heighten

heron

human

hyphen

jason

jetton

lagan

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lichen

lighten

liken

liven

loosen

loren

lumen

lyden

madden

marron

mason

melon

moisten

often

omen

open

patten

perron

person

platen

platten

poison

pullen

reason

reckon

redden

riden

roman

rosen

rumen

sadden

satin

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seven

shaman

showman

siphon

siren

slacken

syphon

talon

threaten

tighten

titan

toman

triton

treason

urson

vegan

wagon

warren

weapon

champagnes

whiten

widen

woman

wooden

woolen

worsen

yeoman

zaman

heathen

burgeon

sturgeon

trojan

surgeon

urchin

draftsman

region

craftsman

earthen

sportsman

legion

cajun

freedman

headman

impose

bolden

bookman

chairman

chieftain

footman

hetman

boatman

airman

brakeman

fielden

golden

goodman

convoys

bellman

jumbos

matron

molten

olden

penman

shearman

soldan

tempos

union

kirkman

patron

sequin

unpack

woodman

woolman

workman

cowan

churchman

coachman

dian

gowan

paean

ion

lion

mayan

rampage

peon

scion

zion

postman

spokesman

statesman

tombstone

bacon

beacon

beaten

blowgun

bourbon

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burton

canaan

certain

colon

craven

cretin

crouton

cuban

curtain

dagan

dagon

deacon

eaten

eden

elan

gluten

graven

haven

hogan

hoten

hoven

kalan

laden

leven

logan

maiden

odin

pagan

proven

raven

rerun

satan

seton

shaken

shogun

slogan

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

straighten

sweeten

swollen

taken

token

turban

urban

waken

weaken

wheaten

woven

zircon

henchman

impugns

convoke

gombos

impeach

rayon

rowen

ruin

infect

rowan

invest

urine

infest

owen

infects

infests

invests

tombstones

rainbows

invoke

infuse

conveys

invoice

confect

confuse

unbox

convex

invokes

confused

envoys

3 syllable words

completion

compression

ambition

cognition

partition

propulsion

transition

compassion

commission

addition

audition

edition

petition

possession

tradition

complexion

magician

convulsion

artisan

abduction

conduction

impression

suspension

combustion

campuses

partisan

oppression

optation

conjunction

condition

impassion

oxygen

patrician

production

proportion

addiction

admission

apportion

attrition

emulsion

reduction

tactician

transcription

submission

suppression

suspicion

asuncion

harlequin

venetian

imprison

musician

remission

companion

omission

permission

phoenician

sedition

emission

procession

profession

provision

collision

expulsion

disruption

composite

logician

charlatan

misprision

cardigan

transmission

affliction

assumption

conviction

prostration

contrition

impassioned

brazilian

induction

accession

accretion

affection

aggression

artesian

ascension

aspersion

attention

campion

carnation

cartesian

champion

collagen

collection

composing

concession

concussion

confession

connection

connexion

construction

damnation

deduction

dentition

depiction

depletion

depression

digression

dimension

discussion

dissection

elison

eruption

eviction

garrison

hydrogen

ignition

injunction

irishman

jettison

laurentian

nitrogen

nutrition

obsession

obstruction

ottoman

progression

protection

ramadan

regression

rendition

repression

revulsion

secretion

seduction

selection

solomon

starvation

succession

technician

digestion

arkansan

franciscan

consumption

congressman

egyptian

suggestion

councilman

expansion

inspection

prescription

projection

expression

proscription

composites

octillion

destruction

restriction

convictions

transgression

niacin

aleutian

commotion

sedation

collegian

deletion

origin

parthian

percussion

pollution

predation

solution

myosin

assertion

corruption

causation

decision

desertion

division

halogen

munition

negation

promotion

recession

secession

recision

religion

summation

rescission

volition

transaction

african

cambrian

civilian

magdalen

opinion

translation

diffraction

distortion

corsican

presumption

forbidden

resumption

retraction

pavilion

implosion

charwoman

dominion

imbecile

nonhuman

capsaicin

composes

policeman

rifleman

talisman

unwritten

unbutton

castration

porcelain

confessions

conception

confection

convention

contention

convection

declension

abstraction

subscription

fruition

instruction

conscription

constriction

tuition

dissension

exertion

plantation

salvation

uneven

erection

excision

javelin

alsatian

scorpion

crustacean

hydration

submersion

unison

congestion

jacobin

adoption

medicine

assassin

bulletin

guardian

citizen

formation

foundation

bosnian

lactation

libration

lanolin

migration

retention

resection

heartbroken

denizen

backwoodsman

taxation

temptation

catalan

ablation

ablution

abortion

ambushes

dalmatian

defection

detection

campaigning

detention

objection

election

imposing

venison

vitamin

inaction

incision

stagnation

perfection

pretension

preemption

vibration

vatican

norwegian

prediction

prevention

zambian

adhesion

manifests

ambrosian

gentleman

masculine

reptilian

truncation

rejection

extortion

infliction

infraction

etruscan

distraction

compacted

communion

absorption

encryption

nonunion

imbeciles

badminton

confections

ejection

description

dilution

immersion

devotion

lecithin

revision

citation

dilation

direction

gyration

ligation

cessation

correction

distinction

caucasian

cetacean

cremation

diversion

duration

margarine

narration

elation

precaution

emotion

oration

precession

precision

englishman

reaction

privation

appian

aryan

biotin

exhaustion

plebeian

anglican

deflection

exaction

invention

conflation

contortion

attraction

discretion

frustration

singleton

infection

confucian

redemption

reflection

alaskan

inscription

injection

austrian

genuine

manifest

canvasses

lumberman

extraction

derision

discipline

in-person

mexican

rhodopsin

emphasize

parisian

bedridden

impassive

nobleman

chairperson

vermilion

cistercian

deception

dictation

deflation

envisage

contagion

fixation

persuasion

gestation

reception

insertion

extinction

rampages

impeaches

perception

sensation

abstention

contraction

awaken

freemason

adsorption

contraption

cinnamon

fustian

handwoven

saleswoman

gordian

albion

halcyon

hammerman

excretion

exemption

keratin

keynesian

lesbian

kantian

suburban

thespian

explosion

emblazon

embolden

countryman

bouillon

wesleyan

bandwagon

pelican

wannabes

nebraskan

determine

outspoken

subtraction

muskmelon

extension

transfusion

cyprian

jamaican

nevadan

puritan

silicon

specimen

andean

anyone

impacted

skeleton

impeachment

infarction

confiscate

snapdragon

infections

inflection

flirtation

occasion

flotation

relation

ovation

gradation

location

probation

vocation

malaysian

donation

quotation

aversion

collusion

mutation

perversion

allusion

imagine

vacation

fisherman

notation

rotation

impeachments

concoction

midshipman

pentathlon

inception

inflation

exception

filtration

acumen

cohesion

abandon

battalion

chamberlain

composers

enlighten

impostor

perfusion

enliven

carrion

everyone

unbeknown

cation

clarion

dorian

arian

galleon

unburden

uncertain

gaussian

ghanaian

timberman

hawaiian

horizon

irian

korean

malayan

marian

nemean

permian

samoan

simian

medallion

predestine

embassies

tamarin

profusion

aegean

abrasion

dispersion

infighting

coercion

occlusion

corrosion

conversion

contusion

laotian

phrygian

stygian

scythian

horatian

subversion

menhaden

fijian

creation

croatian

adrian

amoebas

composer

eleven

embassy

gravamen

mandarin

superman

unbroken

conclusion

reversion

confusion

delusion

illusion

excursion

evasion

erosion

misfortune

bedouin

chilean

moroccan

imposes

avian

configure

median

nubian

backgammon

protean

reopen

mistaken

freudian

gillian

grobian

sumatran

alien

fabian

fenian

ingestion

heroin

heroine

jovian

julian

uncommon

odeon

libyan

orion

saccharin

syrian

veteran

rebellion

confusions

exclusion

incursion

equation

invasion

extrusion

inversion

seclusion

preclusion

beholden

benjamin

diffusion

emphasized

lutheran

intestine

disunion

bedizen

beethoven

bitumen

campaigner

canapes

forgotten

genovese

indian

overdone

overrun

reunion

toboggan

waterman

inhuman

intention

confusing

inclusion

infusion

composure

intrusion

regimen

invasions

abdomen

alderman

forewoman

guncotton

italian

canvassers

campaigners

uterine

infusions

misshapen

foramen

anchorman

albumin

confuses

crestfallen

downtrodden

investment

embezzled

embezzles

housebroken

impostors

investments

feminine

ferryman

reimpose

australian

bonobos

lumbago

melanin

menopause

overman

peterman

clergyman

chairwoman

clarendon

confesses

embezzle

reinvest

unbiased

convective

reinvests

investing

invasive

investor

invoices

infective

invective

investors

honeybees

4 syllable words

contradiction

obstetrician

amputation

condescension

expedition

inquisition

accusation

commendation

consolation

consummation

convocation

convolution

exhibition

obligation

occupation

oxidation

palpitation

population

proclamation

statistician

prostitution

appellation

collocation

connotation

definition

erudition

oscillation

provocation

nonprescription

apparition

inhibition

contraception

prohibition

conjugation

coalition

armageddon

crocodilian

modulation

condemnation

confiscation

consecration

samaritan

condensation

constipation

constellation

constitution

consultation

formulation

implication

imputation

comprehension

obfuscation

acclamation

acclimation

activation

beneficent

cancellation

granulation

ordination

precondition

recognition

abrogation

absolution

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

application

approbation

benediction

culmination

dereliction

emulation

simulation

prosecution

stimulation

tabulation

vaccination

congregation

avocation

emanation

germination

allegation

allocation

animation

annotation

appalachian

beneficial

coronation

correlation

diminution

fascination

habitation

imitation

immolation

isolation

machination

manumission

navigation

preignition

profanation

realization

sanitation

suffocation

termination

vacillation

validation

conflagration

concentration

confrontation

contribution

contravention

extradition

operation

violation

pagination

augmentation

calculation

dispensation

gastrulation

importation

octahedron

reproduction

adulation

decompression

disconnection

fragmentation

jurisdiction

malnutrition

mortification

subluxation

agitation

cogitation

republican

comparison

adaptation

altercation

abnegation

calibration

circulation

circumcision

compassionate

conservation

conversation

degradation

depravation

depredation

destitution

estimation

distillation

deprivation

fermentation

disaffection

destination

immigration

equitation

duplication

emigration

indication

intimation

intonation

insulation

invocation

ovulation

pomposity

barbarian

guatemalan

cotyledon

predilection

reclamation

recollection

regulation

replication

reputation

stipulation

superstition

ventilation

tribulation

emphysema

segregation

speculation

cyclopean

vindication

strangulation

penicillin

aspiration

contemplation

corp.

corporation

decimation

dedication

defamation

delegation

derivation

desiccation

desolation

detonation

devolution

dilatation

diocesan

dissolution

divination

elevation

evolution

explanation

explication

fluoridation

fumigation

galilean

hesitation

implantation

impregnation

inhalation

innovation

introduction

irrigation

jacobean

jubilation

limitation

litigation

locomotion

maccabean

medication

meditation

melanesian

misconception

motivation

mutilation

nonpartisan

orchestration

readmission

recitation

renovation

resolution

revelation

revocation

revolution

rumination

self-deception

supervision

syncopation

trepidation

visitation

arbitration

excavation

liquefaction

toleration

execution

inclination

integration

retribution

satisfaction

segmentation

surrogation

transportation

moderation

rhetorician

contrarian

imperfection

vegetation

consternation

inflammation

reassertion

installation

pigmentation

ostentation

education

preconception

introspection

transplantation

masturbation

inattention

devastation

observation

lilliputian

wagnerian

inundation

excitation

exhalation

saturation

fabrication

hypertension

publication

recantation

librarian

interruption

presentation

resignation

graduation

permutation

envisages

maturation

penetration

elocution

dominican

symposium

persecution

polyhedron

alabaman

apprehension

armenian

amphibian

cultivation

celebration

american

affectation

copenhagen

backwardation

deportation

designation

abdication

desecration

dandelion

darwinian

alternation

annexation

carcinogen

circumspection

demonstration

distribution

exclamation

extrication

expectation

businesswoman

incrustation

confiscated

gentlewoman

legislation

sequestration

chameleon

missourian

valerian

alteration

irritation

coloradan

european

himalayan

hyperion

mitigation

napoleon

intuition

hibernation

assyrian

desperation

gravitation

admiration

mammalian

algerian

arthurian

levitation

mongolian

polynesian

comedian

respiration

perspiration

resurrection

repercussion

valuation

titillation

protozoan

leviathan

aberration

macedonian

deconstruction

adoration

attribution

reparation

preparation

lumpectomy

fluctuation

tamoxifen

symposiums

circumvention

reconstruction

disputation

beneficence

coloration

ideation

variation

nigerian

separation

noblewoman

exploration

illustration

incantation

laceration

misbegotten

ministration

substitution

tetrahedron

hemoglobin

reinspection

miseration

misperception

confectioner

confessional

confirmation

gargantuan

demarcation

indecision

invitation

liquidation

inspiration

interaction

intermission

lubrication

subdivision

retardation

restitution

syndication

expiration

relaxation

emphasizing

fibrillation

protestation

inefficient

molestation

oblivion

jordanian

pavlovian

abyssinian

columbian

committeeman

exploitation

copernican

glaciation

tasmanian

gorgonian

manifesto

albanian

obsidian

minnesotan

aldebaran

paraguayan

elongation

perturbation

preservation

procreation

dissipation

rhododendron

evocation

assemblyman

affirmation

lumpectomies

disillusion

dehydration

recreation

relocation

reservation

ulceration

usurpation

malformation

punctuation

arizonan

interdiction

lancastrian

criterion

fallopian

instigation

institution

floridian

disinflation

reawaken

electrician

embarkation

siberian

disinfection

confectioners

confessionals

incarnation

simonian

iberian

indignation

praetorian

liberian

sicilian

adrenaline

foliation

aviation

mediation

liberation

athenian

generation

pedestrian

decoration

deviation

federation

iteration

perforation

radiation

veneration

manifestly

embezzlement

impossible

impassable

impossibly

shakespearean

registration

indiscretion

crucifixion

deformation

insurrection

intercession

retrocession

superhuman

unbecoming

infiltration

englishwoman

eritrean

eustachian

reemphasize

ibuprofen

herculean

olympian

reexamine

situation

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greco-roman

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juxtaposition

decomposition

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harmonization

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ionization

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simplification

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word composition

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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