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

gumption

sanction

emption

auction

suction

drunken

shrunken

sunken

plankton

tungsten

caption

diction

dungeon

flexion

fraction

friction

option

section

gentian

mention

pension

luncheon

jumping

action

lumping

rincon

faction

fiction

pumping

mansion

tension

thumping

traction

caution

lengthen

strengthen

russian

rampant

prussian

lampron

impinge

dampen

hempen

compounds

dumbfounds

convents

impounds

infants

torsion

summon

engine

portion

romping

camping

martian

pimping

tamping

lamping

combined

combines

tampons

impend

pompons

dumbfound

compound

impound

sampans

ashen

bludgeon

cushion

dudgeon

fashion

freshen

hessian

ration

fission

mission

gudgeon

passion

session

crimson

damson

aspen

confine

london

kremlin

m1

scullion

pompon

tampon

tarpon

sultan

onion

tubman

tuscan

undone

muslin

wampum

sharpen

samson

sampan

runnion

vulcan

margin

christian

fortune

georgian

othman

bastion

belgian

faustian

watchman

dutchman

question

muffin

mullen

sudden

confined

liman

mutton

sullen

yaupon

convent

convince

weapon

oven

ripen

tappen

woman

women

salmon

toughen

lemon

dustman

common

homespun

happen

amman

pompoms

unbend

unbound

cousin

hymen

infant

dozen

button

famine

gammon

grecian

haitian

kitchen

lotion

mahone

motion

nation

notion

ocean

pathan

pigeon

potion

snapping

station

vision

acton

airman

huntsman

alman

atman

austin

alban

arson

banyan

bagman

bargain

barton

baston

bellman

billion

billman

bookman

boston

bullion

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

carbon

carmine

carman

carton

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

combine

convene

corban

cordon

dalton

darken

desman

dobson

dolman

dolphin

ensign

falcon

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

footman

foreman

fountain

garden

gascon

gilden

goodman

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hetman

houseman

ibsen

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jordan

jorden

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

lampoon

linden

lineman

lightman

linemen

lynden

marlin

minion

morgan

mormon

mountain

orphan

outdone

oxen

packman

panton

pardon

parson

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

pompom

ponton

selden

shorten

shotgun

lisbon

lockman

marten

melton

mignon

milken

million

nekton

norman

organ

martin

minden

outrun

passman

pectin

penman

pressman

saffron

santon

saxon

scallion

shipman

silken

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

stepson

stillion

stockman

wanton

whitson

woolman

tartan

confounds

stallion

stallman

sylvan

tendon

teston

tillman

trillion

warden

woodman

bushman

churchman

coachman

flashgun

brethren

freshman

hangman

longan

mangan

boughten

bowman

alan

bracken

breton

brighten

briton

cabin

baldwin

broaden

burman

cayman

cannon

canon

cotton

crewman

cumin

daman

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dragon

driven

dromon

ermine

human

hyphen

hyson

kitten

lagan

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

linen

listen

liven

locken

loren

lumen

lyden

madden

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

prison

pullen

quicken

reckon

redden

ribbon

ridden

riden

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosin

rotten

rumen

sadden

satin

seaman

semen

sermon

seven

shaman

vegan

villain

warren

whiten

wiccan

widen

bordman

beckon

klansman

bayman

bellon

billon

chicken

bisson

blacken

bobbin

charon

christen

fallen

fatten

grandson

fasten

felon

auden

begun

cauldron

baron

delphian

barren

bason

bison

bitten

flatten

batton

bollen

firman

baton

batten

cheapen

gunpoint

floren

confines

convenes

given

glidden

glisten

hausen

landman

gladden

capstan

confound

foreign

hidden

oarsman

freeman

frighten

german

gibbon

griffon

heaven

heighten

heron

jetton

gallon

garron

gotten

layman

mitten

caxton

horseman

marchman

markman

marron

ninon

children

invent

portman

scotsman

sexton

melon

townsman

often

doctrine

omen

headsman

yachtsman

open

patten

pavon

perron

resin

showman

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

smitten

sodden

soften

stiffen

stricken

striven

syphon

talon

thousand

thicken

threaten

tighten

titan

toman

triton

trodden

wagon

wizen

wooden

woolen

written

yeoman

zaman

henchman

penguin

asian

burgeon

sniffing

sportsman

cajun

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

trojan

urchin

version

fusion

legion

lesion

heathen

earthen

craftsman

region

guardsman

combing

invents

persian

draftsman

landsman

marksman

henbane

apron

boatman

fielden

golden

matron

patron

sunbeam

bolden

brakeman

molten

soldan

sequin

shearman

newsman

copeman

chieftain

freedman

union

lopeman

kirkman

olden

workman

gowan

ion

zion

dian

mayan

scion

lion

cowan

postman

salesman

seedsman

statesman

spokesman

bacon

basin

beacon

beaten

blowgun

bourbon

brazen

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burton

caisson

canaan

certain

chasten

chosen

colon

craven

cretin

crouton

cuban

curtain

dagan

dagon

deacon

eden

elan

frozen

gluten

eaten

graven

hasten

haven

hogan

hoten

hoven

jason

kalan

laden

leven

logan

loosen

maiden

mason

moisten

odin

pagan

person

poison

proven

raven

reason

rerun

rosen

satan

season

seton

shaken

shogun

slogan

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

straighten

sweeten

swollen

taken

token

treason

worsen

woven

turban

urban

urson

waken

weaken

wheaten

zircon

owen

paean

rayon

peon

rowen

urine

rowan

ruin

moonbeams

moonbeam

3 syllable words

abduction

attraction

extinction

affliction

combustion

completion

compression

convulsion

declension

induction

addiction

apportion

ascension

attention

collection

deduction

dimension

emulsion

proportion

protection

seduction

selection

suspicion

companions

depiction

impassion

affection

objection

projection

obstruction

commission

compounded

truncation

embankment

destruction

expansion

expulsion

inspection

subtraction

disruption

tympanum

exaction

impression

reflection

deflection

diffraction

transaction

embankments

feminine

abortion

accession

concussion

connexion

connection

dampening

defection

revulsion

ambition

election

dissension

laurentian

erection

eviction

obsession

discussion

oppression

attrition

detention

detection

patrician

suppression

instruction

succession

submission

commotion

addition

petition

procession

compensate

phoenician

rejection

promotion

component

negation

position

unbundle

physician

edition

emission

profession

possession

summation

ejection

tradition

venetian

distraction

extension

abstention

impanel

empanel

magician

assumption

concoction

impinges

conviction

convection

clarendon

conduction

confection

frustration

comeuppance

distortion

implosion

presumption

resumption

companies

retraction

ablation

ablution

abstraction

accretion

admission

adoption

aggression

aspersion

campana

carnation

cognition

company

compensates

components

concession

condition

confession

crustacean

damnation

depletion

depression

eruption

extraction

hydrogen

ignition

inaction

melanin

nitrogen

optation

optician

oxygen

preemption

pretension

prevention

progression

regression

retention

secretion

stagnation

technician

temptation

expression

imprison

suggestion

consumption

contraction

extortion

aleutian

assertion

collision

corruption

emotion

halogen

lecithin

omission

permission

pollution

remission

percussion

reaction

solution

ligation

predation

provision

recession

origin

secession

sedation

sedition

conclusion

contrition

castration

conflation

conception

confucian

contention

contortion

convention

redemption

infinite

misprision

exhaustion

prostration

filtration

misfortune

transmission

infection

conscription

construction

constriction

campion

abrasion

exertion

salvation

libration

reception

congestion

dentition

contagion

dalmatian

fixation

insertion

migration

deception

alsatian

contusion

deflation

hydration

injection

gestation

profusion

rendition

dissection

repression

sensation

champion

pompano

dispersion

foundation

starvation

submersion

subversion

transition

anchorman

cistercian

conversion

dictation

digression

formation

incursion

plantation

vibration

infliction

chimpanzees

digestion

infraction

egyptian

inflection

prescription

adsorption

contraption

exemption

conventions

infantile

encryption

absorption

infarction

transgression

excretion

collusion

allusion

citation

collegian

munition

narration

religion

occasion

oration

aversion

causation

cessation

cetacean

correction

cremation

decision

dilation

division

donation

duration

deletion

desertion

devotion

dilution

direction

elation

gyration

imagine

immersion

malaysian

precaution

privation

recision

rescission

confusion

discretion

compounding

samoan

exception

inception

inclusion

inflation

invention

translation

infancy

logician

inscription

champions

connivance

conveyance

ingestion

chimpanzee

symphonies

subscription

excision

perfection

resection

taxation

incision

cartesian

prediction

tactician

invasion

occlusion

norwegian

perception

inversion

artesian

diffusion

lactation

inventions

description

infantry

jamaican

symphony

delusion

reversion

rotation

caucasian

quotation

conveying

relation

diversion

erosion

evasion

illusion

audition

flirtation

flotation

gradation

location

notation

vacation

ovation

vocation

mutation

probation

excursion

intrusion

intention

dumbfounding

infusion

transcription

hawaiian

malayan

ambient

ghanaian

simian

tympanic

lumberman

dominion

plebeian

tamarin

coercion

preclusion

creation

proscription

restriction

seclusion

transfusion

partition

croatian

equation

exclusion

horatian

laotian

tuition

explosion

fruition

extrusion

adhesion

assassin

awaken

cinnamon

communion

determine

embayment

fustian

hammerman

muskmelon

nevadan

ottoman

scorpion

solomon

specimen

suburban

tenpenny

thespian

toboggan

uneven

vitamin

zambian

musician

impending

perversion

precession

regimen

volition

confounding

bedouin

biotin

galleon

battalion

cation

dorian

gaussian

gillian

saccharin

brazilian

opinion

pavilion

policeman

clarion

civilian

discipline

carrion

confinement

irian

cohesion

chilean

charwoman

rifleman

chairperson

reopen

convenient

cambrian

permian

arian

abandon

alaskan

guncotton

in-person

appian

timberman

aryan

heroin

unwritten

heroine

korean

medallion

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unbutton

libyan

talisman

marian

symphonic

myosin

nemean

bambinos

niacin

syrian

acumen

nobleman

veteran

benjamin

irishman

misshapen

nutrition

convinces

etruscan

aegean

unbroken

dumbfounded

ambrosian

councilman

embolden

countryman

emblazon

phrygian

franciscan

badminton

derision

outspoken

stygian

nebraskan

nonpayment

corrosion

octillion

gentleman

parisian

scythian

harlequin

albion

andean

anyone

bambino

bedizen

bitumen

bosnian

bulletin

catalan

citizen

collagen

cyprian

denizen

eleven

elison

ferryman

freemason

garrison

gordian

gravamen

guardian

halcyon

indian

jacobin

javelin

jettison

kantian

keratin

lanolin

lesbian

mandarin

medicine

pelican

puritan

ramadan

silicon

skeleton

unison

vatican

venison

waterman

wesleyan

convincing

revision

unbending

clergyman

midshipman

unfinished

singleton

fisherman

nonhuman

margarine

parthian

precision

abdomen

austrian

capsaicin

cardigan

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

corsican

everyone

backwoodsman

bedridden

enliven

alderman

artisan

enlighten

african

backgammon

forbidden

forewoman

infante

sumatran

mexican

porcelain

predestine

vermilion

rebellion

genuine

inventor

italian

lymphomas

mistaken

magdalen

partisan

rhodopsin

fabian

avian

freudian

congressman

beholden

julian

jovian

moroccan

grobian

fenian

uterine

median

menhaden

foramen

alien

persuasion

odeon

protean

horizon

nubian

albumin

arkansan

bandwagon

confounded

crestfallen

disunion

downtrodden

fijian

handwoven

housebroken

lutheran

masculine

nonunion

intestine

inventive

inventors

reptilian

saleswoman

snapdragon

unbounded

unfounded

anglican

inhuman

pentathlon

lymphoma

keynesian

reunion

adrian

bouillon

forgotten

overdone

superman

heartbroken

beethoven

overman

overrun

peterman

australian

perfusion

homophones

englishman

orion

homophone

infamy

4 syllable words

compensations

complication

computation

dispensation

amputation

combinations

disconnection

implication

imputation

abrogation

admonition

aggregation

commendation

commutation

destination

disposition

emigration

emulation

immigration

intonation

obligation

ordination

palpitation

segregation

simulation

stimulation

vaccination

allegation

appellation

coronation

delegation

demolition

detonation

divination

germination

definition

deposition

fascination

imitation

immolation

irrigation

litigation

machination

navigation

opposition

profanation

proposition

repetition

suffocation

termination

circumspection

implantation

explanation

impregnation

comparison

compendium

pagination

condensation

confiscation

embarkation

expedition

exposition

fragmentation

formulation

imperfection

importation

inclination

integration

liquefaction

mortification

obfuscation

pigmentation

segmentation

subluxation

algonquian

aggravation

application

approbation

cultivation

convocation

convolution

accusation

acquisition

activation

cancellation

consolation

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

absolution

advocation

benediction

dereliction

designation

destitution

congregation

disaffection

distillation

equitation

fermentation

indication

inundation

invocation

population

exhibition

granulation

insulation

occupation

oxidation

predilection

presentation

prostitution

publication

recantation

recognition

recollection

regulation

replication

reputation

requisition

resignation

speculation

stipulation

tabulation

tribulation

ventilation

vindication

allocation

desiccation

elevation

companionway

collocation

correlation

devolution

hesitation

innovation

compensable

desolation

dilatation

isolation

compensated

avocation

habitation

abolition

annotation

appalachian

connotation

derivation

erudition

evolution

fumigation

dedication

dissolution

fluoridation

inhalation

conjugation

limitation

mitigation

oscillation

provocation

politician

recitation

trepidation

rumination

reposition

resolution

renovation

inhibition

repossession

resurrection

medication

meditation

melanesian

revelation

revocation

validation

revolution

sanitation

vacillation

concentration

conflagration

confrontation

leviathan

introduction

misconception

violation

contradiction

surrogation

demonstration

explication

dietitian

education

modulation

augmentation

calculation

comprehension

consecration

constipation

installation

constitution

disinfection

jurisdiction

fluctuation

consultation

nonprescription

circumvention

condescension

constellation

decompression

excavation

execution

gastrulation

inquisition

one-upmanship

adulation

reinspection

reproduction

vegetation

ostentation

retribution

satisfaction

substitution

agitation

devastation

lilliputian

calibration

celebration

circulation

adaptation

desecration

hypertension

interruption

elocution

excitation

transplantation

fibrillation

ovulation

exhalation

penetration

prosecution

introspection

restitution

subdivision

statistician

strangulation

alternation

duplication

precondition

liquidation

aspiration

companionship

contemplation

contraception

contribution

corp.

corporation

desperation

distribution

elongation

expectation

extradition

extrication

hibernation

incrustation

irritation

jubilation

legislation

levitation

motivation

mutilation

obstetrician

orchestration

polynesian

preelection

preignition

realization

reelection

respiration

self-deception

sequestration

titillation

ulceration

visitation

separation

preparation

rhetorician

disinflation

reparation

illustration

operation

misperception

coalition

punctuation

republican

transportation

coloration

reassertion

exploration

disputation

exhortation

preconception

cogitation

prohibition

ministration

apparition

reconstruction

deconstruction

altercation

refutation

circumcision

inattention

crucifixion

observation

permutation

persecution

apprehension

expiration

demarcation

deportation

situation

dislocation

inspiration

masturbation

syncopation

contravention

exploitation

alteration

animation

bifurcation

admiration

declaration

decimation

defamation

disillusion

dissertation

dissipation

hungarian

locomotion

valuation

preservation

readmission

repercussion

restoration

manumission

perspiration

reservation

recreation

aberration

electrician

adoration

decoration

federation

combinable

generation

ideation

laceration

iteration

condemnation

liberation

miseration

moderation

toleration

variation

veneration

reclamation

interaction

abnegation

incubation

annexation

consummation

intimation

conservation

relaxation

intermission

insurrection

affectation

estimation

syndication

carcinogen

proclamation

retardation

retrocession

acclimation

acclamation

conversation

copenhagen

graduation

maturation

saturation

affirmation

figuration

evocation

intuition

perturbation

relocation

dehydration

gravitation

reformation

usurpation

attribution

conventional

incantation

indignation

instigation

lancastrian

incarnation

inflammation

consternation

arbitration

indexation

interdiction

intersection

malnutrition

infinitely

inventory

interjection

registration

aviation

deviation

foliation

mediation

perforation

radiation

confirmation

indiscretion

abdication

deformation

fabrication

indecision

information

intercession

invitation

molestation

superstition

protestation

exclamation

olympian

glaciation

inventories

infestation

indentation

institution

interception

supervision

menstruation

intervention

transformation

malformation

mammalian

conveniently

comedian

fallopian

indigestion

chameleon

backwardation

championship

indonesian

infiltration

lubrication

dominican

guatemalan

exhumation

american

columbian

invincible

committeeman

infanticide

samaritan

procreation

championships

convincingly

arabian

assyrian

bavarian

canadian

collodion

criterion

european

floridian

galilean

gregorian

infanticides

himalayan

hyperion

iberian

liberian

maccabean

inoffensive

jacobean

missourian

napoleon

planarian

protozoan

reawaken

siberian

simonian

valerian

nigerian

bohemian

athenian

assemblyman

armenian

barbarian

abyssinian

accordion

agrarian

aldebaran

alabaman

amphibian

cotyledon

custodian

cyclopean

copernican

dandelion

librarian

obsidian

wagnerian

watermelon

minnesotan

oblivion

tasmanian

darwinian

pagurian

monophonic

paraguayan

meridian

penicillin

arthurian

ohioan

algerian

contrarian

arizonan

bolivian

coloradan

noblewoman

devonian

diocesan

hemoglobin

pedestrian

iranian

macedonian

armageddon

impunity

sicilian

praetorian

utopian

adrenaline

crocodilian

misbegotten

gentlewoman

californian

corinthian

hegelian

ibuprofen

pelagian

polyhedron

rhododendron

albanian

tetrahedron

centurion

eritrean

estonian

octahedron

nestorian

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greco-roman

historian

infinity

interurban

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pavlovian

predetermine

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tamoxifen

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businesswoman

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hydrocarbon

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kindergarten

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overburden

englishwoman

5 syllable words

abomination

assassination

hallucination

imagination

annihilation

simplification

amplification

communication

contamination

manipulation

recommendation

subordination

amalgamation

justification

sedimentation

concatenation

domestication

determination

elimination

denomination

dissemination

accommodation

presupposition

prevarication

russification

assimilation

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nullification

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coordination

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juxtaposition

improvisation

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rejuvenation

multiplication

mathematician

procrastination

accumulation

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capitulation

desegregation

authorization

emancipation

harmonization

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insemination

magnification

misapplication

predisposition

predestination

consolidation

examination

fortification

interrogation

falsification

recombination

organization

rectification

origination

reintegration

accreditation

sophistication

adulteration

gasification

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glorification

obliteration

christianization

remuneration

modification

renunciation

attenuation

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decapitation

denunciation

exoneration

orientation

vilification

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purification

qualification

authentication

eradication

pacification

ratification

verification

mechanization

ossification

coagulation

dramatization

amelioration

clarification

amortization

classification

codification

colonization

edification

gratification

premeditation

modernization

precipitation

preoccupation

stratification

affiliation

alleviation

alliteration

appreciation

articulation

association

cohabitation

collaboration

compensatory

confabulation

delineation

dionysian

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

exaggeration

extermination

incrimination

investigation

ionization

ornamentation

overproduction

pasteurization

polarization

representation

vaporization

degeneration

equivocation

substantiation

evacuation

centenarian

depopulation

hyperinflation

negotiation

appropriation

hybridization

inoculation

congratulation

magnetization

epicurean

veterinarian

maximization

recrimination

invalidation

anticipation

decomposition

normalization

quantification

participation

argumentation

hydrogenation

inhabitation

indoctrination

notification

abbreviation

civilization

specification

unification

sterilization

certification

desalination

elizabethan

pronunciation

exhilaration

resuscitation

solicitation

elaboration

evaporation

humiliation

imponderable

dissatisfaction

perpetuation

depreciation

deceleration

deification

deliberation

prognostication

specialization

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recuperation

interpretation

irradiation

centralization

intoxication

refrigeration

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excoriation

intimidation

manifestation

neutralization

equalization

reforestation

instrumentation

regeneration

cooperation

administration

electrocution

miscalculation

imponderables

triangulation

academician

evaluation

agglomeration

brutalization

fertilization

legalization

mobilization

utilization

localization

repudiation

expatriation

nonintervention

configuration

enumeration

conglomeration

incorporation

exasperation

exfoliation

reverberation

retaliation

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confederation

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consideration

inauguration

corroboration

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inactivation

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proliferation

reaffirmation

initiation

ejaculation

impenetrable

incineration

infatuation

approximation

misinformation

insinuation

panamanian

maximilian

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nymphomaniacs

oregonian

unitarian

assemblywoman

amazonian

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proletarian

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metropolitan

nitroglycerine

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libertarian

argentinian

hyperborean

carolinian

jeffersonian

nickelodeon

nymphomaniac

yugoslavian

presbyterian

pennsylvanian

exoskeleton

beethovenian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word compunction

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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