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

suction

auction

sanction

concoct

oxen

gumption

gentian

sunken

tension

traction

friction

luncheon

mansion

martian

mention

section

action

diction

option

pension

drunken

dungeon

shrunken

huntsman

faction

fiction

flexion

fraction

caution

prussian

grandson

russian

arson

claxon

dobson

emption

ensign

lockman

london

onion

parson

plankton

runnion

saxon

stockman

tungsten

tuscan

undone

vulcan

caption

bunches

bangkok

marksman

engine

rincon

portion

landsman

nonesuch

torsion

locken

margin

strengthen

gudgeon

hessian

mission

markman

marchman

freshen

doctrine

caxton

downcast

dustman

klansman

landman

bludgeon

ration

fashion

lengthen

passion

linkage

cushion

pancakes

ashen

scotsman

sexton

townsman

dudgeon

session

yachtsman

fission

conquests

bookman

acton

boston

consign

damson

concise

carbon

barton

alban

chances

dances

banyan

canyon

carton

darken

dolman

bargain

carman

carmine

clinton

canton

dolphin

henchman

penguin

unjust

falcon

garden

harken

minion

fountain

gascon

hackman

harden

harten

ibsen

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

milken

minden

mountain

muslin

nekton

faulcon

fences

hearten

jackman

jargon

kansan

keelson

kelson

kenyan

linden

lineman

linemen

jetson

ounces

panton

packman

pardon

pectin

pinion

plantain

ponton

samson

santon

scullion

penman

sharpen

shotgun

silken

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stepson

sultan

tarpon

tartan

tendon

tubman

wanton

whitson

flashgun

inquest

faustian

consists

belgian

punches

ranches

quenches

bushman

bastion

launches

question

watchman

incas

mangan

georgian

othman

hunches

inches

lunches

lunges

christian

fortune

craftsman

hangman

longan

dutchman

draftsman

sportsman

vanquish

freshman

bason

beckon

lessen

lesson

lichen

liken

linen

listen

muffin

mullen

mutton

pavon

pollen

ninon

oven

pollan

wiccan

bison

blacken

bisson

bobbin

bollen

bracken

button

cannon

canon

chicken

christen

common

cotton

dozen

fallen

fasten

hyson

quicken

rosin

rotten

conquest

cousin

glisten

gotten

reckon

robin

sicken

slacken

soften

stricken

sudden

sullen

trodden

summon

sodden

toughen

thicken

portman

consist

children

gamecocks

encased

cauldron

delphian

capstan

headsman

baldwin

bordman

horseman

insights

lampron

oarsman

pinkish

spokesman

potion

haitian

grecian

notion

pigeon

pathan

ocean

station

nation

motion

kitchen

mahone

anguished

vision

lotion

congest

linguists

lynxes

airman

alman

aspen

atman

austin

bagman

baston

bellman

billion

billman

brakeman

bullion

calvin

captain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

citron

corban

cordon

crimson

dalton

dampen

desman

encase

fibrin

fireman

classman

footman

foreman

gilden

goodman

gorgon

headman

hempen

hetman

houseman

incase

jasmine

jordan

jorden

lightman

lisbon

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

m1

melton

mignon

norman

organ

outdone

pancake

orphan

million

morgan

mormon

outrun

passman

pillion

piston

pitman

pressman

ransack

saffron

scallion

selden

sequin

shipman

shorten

spearman

stallion

stallman

stillion

sylvan

teston

tillman

trillion

union

warden

woodman

woolman

workman

insects

guardsman

anguish

languish

language

insists

benches

injects

linguist

brethren

changes

finches

hinges

lounges

menges

minges

monkeys

ranges

wenches

alan

amman

auden

bacon

baron

barren

basin

baton

batten

batton

beacon

begun

bellon

billon

bitten

boughten

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

broken

cabin

caisson

canaan

charon

chasten

deacon

deaden

deafen

devon

dragon

driven

famine

fatten

felon

flatten

floren

foreign

frighten

gallon

gammon

garron

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

griffon

happen

hasten

hausen

heaven

heighten

heron

hidden

homespun

hymen

hyphen

incest

incised

insect

insist

jason

jetton

kitten

lagan

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lighten

liman

liven

loosen

loren

lyden

madden

marron

mason

melon

mitten

moisten

often

patten

perron

person

platen

platten

prison

pullen

redden

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

sadden

salesman

salmon

satin

seedsman

seven

shaken

siphon

siren

smitten

spoken

statesman

stiffen

striven

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

token

triton

urson

vegan

villain

wagon

waken

warren

weaken

weapon

whiten

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

written

yaupon

zircon

version

urchin

asian

burgeon

engaged

cajun

surgeon

trojan

smashes

earthen

suasion

sturgeon

persian

lesion

region

fusion

heathen

ingest

inject

legion

lion

apron

boatman

bolden

bounces

fielden

incise

ion

chieftain

copeman

freedman

golden

scion

gamecock

insight

longish

lopeman

molten

newsman

patron

sconces

senses

shearman

cowan

minces

matron

olden

gowan

soldan

dian

mayan

zion

coachman

churchman

engage

enjoys

donkeys

ganges

ponchos

manges

yankees

namesakes

postman

smokestack

beaten

burton

cayman

certain

colon

craven

cretin

cumin

curtain

dagon

daman

demon

dromon

eaten

eden

bayman

blowgun

bourbon

bowman

brazen

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

cheapen

chosen

crewman

crouton

cuban

dagan

deepen

elan

ermine

firman

freeman

frozen

german

gluten

graven

haven

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

kalan

laden

layman

leman

leven

logan

lumen

maiden

odin

omen

open

pagan

poison

proven

raven

reason

rerun

roman

rosen

rumen

satan

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

shaman

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

steven

stolen

straighten

sweeten

swollen

toman

treason

turban

urban

wheaten

woven

yeoman

zaman

smokestacks

chainsaws

ensues

fancies

pansies

remakes

rayon

rowen

peon

owen

paean

rowan

ruin

bongos

urine

mangoes

tangos

smooches

homesick

namesake

sneezes

3 syllable words

affliction

compulsion

conception

conclusion

conflation

contention

confucian

contrition

convention

diffraction

exaction

infection

abortion

accession

accretion

addiction

affection

compassion

apportion

collection

concession

condition

confession

discussion

proportion

propulsion

protection

secretion

selection

succession

injection

conscription

obstruction

venetian

constriction

instruction

unquestioned

objection

phoenician

absorption

adsorption

complexion

projection

distraction

encryption

inspection

prescription

inflection

infliction

unbutton

declension

injections

combustion

compression

concessions

deflection

completion

confusion

discretion

frustration

inflation

retraction

translation

assumption

distortion

inception

inclusion

transmission

reflection

invention

contagion

defection

assassin

ablution

ablation

aggression

attrition

contusion

conversion

crustacean

dentition

depiction

detection

dictation

election

erection

eviction

fixation

foundation

impassion

incursion

insertion

obsession

lactation

occlusion

oppression

patrician

plantation

venison

progression

regression

rendition

sensation

suppression

suspicion

tactician

taxation

submission

transition

toboggan

abstraction

extraction

congestion

consignment

inscription

subscription

transcription

ghanaian

addition

aleutian

gentleman

rejection

assertion

transgression

unbroken

commission

description

position

possession

precaution

downtrodden

arkansan

excretion

expansion

ejection

muskmelon

extortion

commotion

negation

occasion

petition

physician

edition

percussion

pollution

predation

procession

profession

punishes

summation

countryman

sedation

promotion

reaction

solution

tradition

in-person

genuine

filtration

infusion

uncertain

impression

misfortune

pentathlon

redemption

acumen

battalion

compunction

unwritten

rhodopsin

intention

magician

unburden

exception

intrusion

englishman

exhaustion

castration

enlighten

enliven

medallion

abrasion

alsatian

anchorman

ascension

aspersion

asuncion

attention

carnation

cistercian

cognition

consistent

dalmatian

damnation

deception

deduction

deflation

depletion

depression

dissection

enmeshes

equation

exertion

formation

gestation

hydration

ignition

incision

ingestion

injunction

invasion

inversion

jacobin

laurentian

libration

migration

nevadan

oxygen

preclusion

profusion

reception

salvation

seclusion

seduction

stagnation

submersion

subversion

technician

temptation

uneven

vibration

exemption

expression

languishing

proscription

transfusion

deletion

causation

caucasian

malaysian

allusion

citation

desertion

donation

duration

egyptian

elation

munition

narration

insightful

emission

sedition

emotion

cessation

cetacean

collegian

devotion

recession

vocation

hawaiian

intestine

aversion

collusion

correction

corruption

bandwagon

direction

handwoven

ligation

provision

vacation

franciscan

dilution

moroccan

dilation

oration

privation

collision

gyration

nonunion

secession

location

audition

imagine

tonnages

suggestion

implosion

distinction

abduction

congested

inhuman

incisions

suspension

presumption

misprision

resumption

nonhuman

brazilian

backgammon

chairperson

lancaster

concisely

italian

civilian

lumberman

pavilion

policeman

sumatran

mexican

conjectures

anxiously

starvation

revulsion

retention

pretension

languishes

prevention

unshackle

resection

menhaden

preemption

norwegian

prediction

detention

emulsion

perfection

eruption

optician

optation

excision

diffusion

dimension

dissension

dispersion

partition

anyone

andean

awaken

jamaican

jettison

determine

kantian

destruction

denizen

elison

indian

suburban

mandarin

cinnamon

forgotten

fustian

sciences

extinction

imprison

emblazon

embolden

octillion

snapdragon

digestion

albumin

ambrosian

conjecture

crestfallen

engaging

reptilian

flirtation

recision

niacin

flotation

samoan

saccharin

evasion

gradation

quotation

division

finishes

diversion

parthian

decision

delusion

malayan

myosin

erosion

immersion

illusion

margarine

mutation

notation

plebeian

rescission

reversion

rummages

rotation

ovation

religion

relation

probation

aryan

vanishes

cremation

cation

abdomen

alaskan

annexes

disruption

alderman

bedridden

logician

opinion

excursion

ingested

abandon

cambrian

cardigan

chairwoman

charwoman

clarendon

everyone

incisive

rebellion

forewoman

dominion

timberman

prostration

coercion

fruition

creation

ancestral

croatian

horatian

laotian

backwoodsman

tuition

admission

abstention

restriction

ambition

consciously

engages

expulsion

extrusion

extension

fungicide

misshapen

explosion

perception

exclusion

cartesian

artesian

beholden

benjamin

digression

irishman

albion

amasses

champion

adhesion

badminton

bedizen

bitumen

nebraskan

bosnian

bulletin

etruscan

campion

linkages

feminine

ferryman

freemason

garrison

harlequin

cyprian

eleven

gordian

gravamen

communion

guardian

halcyon

companion

hammerman

keynesian

lesbian

medicine

melanin

pelican

scorpion

silicon

thespian

unison

vatican

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

perversion

remission

permission

precession

volition

musician

omission

congestive

injectors

midshipman

halogen

kinshasa

lecithin

fungicides

fisherman

origin

mistaken

arian

capsaicin

appian

bedouin

censuses

cohesion

corsican

incisors

talisman

biotin

insecure

chamberlain

carrion

fenian

african

chilean

clarion

galleon

perfusion

rifleman

dorian

gaussian

discipline

gillian

ancestor

heroin

heroine

horizon

nobleman

irian

korean

libyan

marian

orion

simian

syrian

tamarin

veteran

aegean

conjugal

conjugate

corrosion

derision

hydrogen

injector

nitrogen

nutrition

parisian

phrygian

ramshackle

repression

scythian

stygian

councilman

adrian

skeleton

amazes

beethoven

catalan

citizen

collagen

solomon

specimen

superman

ancestors

consecrate

vitamin

ancestry

disunion

nuances

inexact

hanukkahs

lanolin

peterman

puritan

reunion

keratin

ramadan

housebroken

javelin

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

incisor

overrun

clergyman

damages

singleton

homages

images

manages

precision

conjugates

injustice

regimen

anglican

revision

heartbroken

austrian

charlatan

artisan

magdalen

porcelain

fabian

congressman

whimsical

alien

predestine

vermilion

avian

foramen

freudian

jovian

julian

demagogues

median

nemean

nubian

odeon

protean

partisan

grobian

permian

reopen

uterine

forbidden

persuasion

masculine

fijian

lutheran

menaces

minuses

sinuses

amigos

bouillon

synagogue

demagogue

australian

languages

geniuses

synagogues

saleswoman

bonuses

whimsically

engagements

remisses

consequence

insistence

incessant

downsizings

engagement

consequent

insistent

insouciant

downsizing

4 syllable words

incarnation

interaction

syncopation

tamoxifen

introduction

incantation

inclination

embarkation

inquisition

punctuation

satisfaction

annexation

benediction

insulation

insurrection

interruption

intimation

recollection

ventilation

unsuccessful

reconstruction

deconstruction

innovation

renovation

resurrection

incrustation

suffocation

inhalation

manumission

supposition

inhibition

intuition

nonpartisan

ulceration

generation

coloration

decoration

veneration

fluctuation

leviathan

excavation

indexation

interdiction

intersection

disconnection

disinfection

inflammation

installation

integration

jurisdiction

liquefaction

reinspection

reproduction

preconception

subluxation

confirmation

dereliction

elocution

information

accordion

penicillin

commendation

copernican

dominican

nicaraguan

incubation

affectation

indication

persecution

indigestion

abnegation

algonquian

desecration

disaffection

syndication

publication

conversation

conservation

cultivation

introspection

demarcation

excitation

fermentation

intercession

intermission

invitation

presentation

inspiration

inundation

invocation

interjection

vindication

penetration

precondition

prosecution

recantation

predilection

recognition

admiration

affirmation

allocation

alteration

aspiration

avocation

bifurcation

canadian

collocation

coloradan

concentration

coronation

corp.

corporation

declaration

dedication

definition

demonstration

desiccation

desperation

detonation

diminution

diocesan

dissertation

dissipation

divination

domination

emanation

fascination

figuration

gentlewoman

germination

gregorian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

indiscretion

iranian

irritation

jacobean

kindergarten

levitation

limitation

locomotion

maccabean

machination

medication

misconception

mitigation

nomination

orchestration

planarian

preelection

preignition

premonition

preservation

profanation

provocation

recreation

reelection

reformation

repercussion

reservation

respiration

restoration

revocation

termination

titillation

trepidation

valuation

visitation

education

disinflation

imperfection

compensation

consecration

dispensation

execution

illustration

exhortation

augmentation

electrician

condensation

confiscation

consternation

fragmentation

importation

indentation

indignation

infestation

interception

intervention

obfuscation

comparison

menstruation

ministration

segmentation

transportation

transformation

instigation

pagination

institution

lancastrian

malformation

malnutrition

mortification

ostentation

pigmentation

substitution

preparation

ideation

dietitian

reparation

violation

variation

adoration

coalition

miseration

separation

surrogation

iteration

federation

aberration

laceration

reassertion

liberation

prohibition

rhetorician

immigration

ordination

dislocation

inattention

agrarian

committeeman

custodian

graduation

duplication

emigration

fabrication

fibrillation

indecision

indonesian

lilliputian

expiration

intonation

liquidation

guatemalan

replication

resignation

restitution

historian

retardation

centurion

masturbation

relaxation

retrocession

refutation

interurban

abdication

crucifixion

maturation

admonition

application

celebration

vaccination

pagurian

culmination

destination

devastation

statistician

designation

samaritan

circumcision

nestorian

combination

ammunition

transplantation

situation

advocation

altercation

minnesotan

adaptation

saturation

backwardation

calibration

victorian

convocation

subdivision

oblivion

confrontation

consecrations

contradiction

circumspection

contemplation

expectation

infiltration

sequestration

allegation

animation

annotation

fallopian

appellation

connotation

correlation

disillusion

evolution

fluoridation

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

hibernation

napoleon

nonprescription

mammalian

imitation

immolation

irrigation

isolation

arabian

assyrian

chameleon

collodion

litigation

valerian

legislation

meditation

melanesian

mutilation

bavarian

motivation

comedian

navigation

procreation

proposition

realization

recitation

reposition

resolution

repossession

consecutive

propagation

repetition

consistency

politician

polynesian

revelation

missourian

relocation

revolution

usurpation

vacillation

rumination

sanitation

validation

defamation

abolition

elongation

encyclical

decimation

delegation

demolition

derivation

desolation

dilatation

deposition

devolution

dissolution

elevation

erudition

evocation

dehydration

jubilation

opposition

oscillation

perspiration

perturbation

agitation

complication

condemnation

misperception

adulation

englishwoman

implication

contrarian

disputation

attribution

misbegotten

modulation

decompression

exploration

inquisitor

interwoven

consultation

retribution

vegetation

aviation

perforation

toleration

registration

deviation

foliation

encyclicals

mediation

operation

consistently

radiation

moderation

abrogation

alternation

absolution

circulation

lubrication

ovulation

deprivation

palpitation

carcinogen

degradation

destitution

oxidation

acquisition

acclimation

acclamation

accusation

activation

consolation

convolution

copenhagen

aggravation

aggregation

approbation

commutation

competition

compilation

consummation

cancellation

composition

deformation

deportation

depredation

depravation

disposition

equitation

estimation

distillation

emulation

exhibition

granulation

hypertension

population

imposition

molestation

obligation

occupation

permutation

proclamation

requisition

protestation

regulation

prostitution

speculation

reclamation

reputation

segregation

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

tabulation

unshakable

tribulation

greco-roman

assemblyman

eritrean

honeysuckle

alabaman

obstetrician

glaciation

cynicism

conflagration

implantation

consequential

wagnerian

businesswoman

equestrian

paraguayan

conjugation

inquisitors

insecticide

reexamine

contribution

unaccustomed

contraception

pavlovian

obsidian

sectarian

distribution

explanation

explication

exploitation

extrication

self-deception

exhumation

appalachian

fumigation

jingoism

readmission

adrenaline

exposition

expedition

noblewoman

praetorian

crocodilian

amputation

formulation

constellation

constipation

gastrulation

constitution

hemoglobin

calculation

computation

condescension

pedestrian

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5 syllable words

concatenation

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nitroglycerine

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pythagorean

insecurities

vegetarian

lithuanian

insignificance

insignificant

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word concoction

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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