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2 syllable words

function

junction

sunfish

sanction

gumption

tungsten

runnion

onion

huntsman

diction

martian

fiction

mansion

drunken

dungeon

luncheon

shrunken

torsion

tension

mention

suction

pension

sunken

gentian

friction

portion

lengthen

grandson

strengthen

children

delphian

fission

prussian

fashion

grecian

ashen

haitian

mission

nation

ration

passion

russian

station

plankton

penguin

henchman

emption

craftsman

arson

sportsman

banyan

marksman

convicts

confused

landsman

billion

infects

canyon

citron

ensign

fireman

ibsen

kenyan

london

mignon

draftsman

million

minion

parson

pillion

scullion

spearman

saffron

shearman

infests

pinion

stillion

trillion

undone

whitson

auction

caption

christian

dutchman

fortune

faction

flashgun

flexion

fraction

mangan

longan

margin

section

georgian

option

action

bastion

brethren

engine

hangman

queenfish

rincon

traction

basin

bason

begun

bison

bisson

bordman

caisson

cauldron

chasten

christen

confect

confuse

convex

doctrine

dustman

fasten

glisten

hasten

horseman

hyson

jason

klansman

lampron

landman

listen

marchman

markman

mason

muffin

oarsman

person

portman

rerun

seedsman

siren

worsen

toughen

townsman

urson

asian

bludgeon

burgeon

cajun

caution

cushion

dudgeon

earthen

freshen

gudgeon

heathen

hessian

kitchen

legion

lesion

persian

pigeon

region

urchin

session

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

version

vision

bagman

bargain

barton

chevron

classman

claxon

clinton

fibrin

fielden

foreman

fountain

freedman

garden

gilden

harden

harken

orphan

gascon

gorgon

harten

hearten

organ

outrun

sequin

oxen

panton

passman

penman

samson

santon

saxon

scallion

sharpen

shipman

shorten

sovran

silken

spartan

sylvan

shotgun

sovereign

squadron

stallion

tarpon

tartan

smarten

tendon

wanton

warden

guardsman

invests

workman

airman

aspen

baston

billman

bullion

canton

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

conveys

corban

cordon

crimson

damson

darken

dobson

dolphin

jargon

jetson

jordan

jorden

kansan

keelson

kelson

kirkman

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

milken

minden

morgan

mormon

mountain

piston

pitman

plantain

ponton

muslin

norman

pardon

stepson

union

tillman

tubman

tuscan

sultan

vulcan

bushman

belgian

churchman

faustian

freshman

impish

question

baldwin

bumpkin

infest

unbox

capstan

pumpkin

scotsman

sexton

statesman

convict

headsman

caxton

infect

infuse

yachtsman

bacon

baron

beacon

bayman

beaten

barren

billon

bitten

bourbon

brazen

brighten

briton

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

canaan

cannon

canon

certain

charon

cheapen

cayman

chicken

cousin

craven

cretin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deafen

deepen

demon

dozen

dragon

driven

eaten

eden

elan

ermine

firman

floren

foreign

freeman

frighten

garron

german

gibbon

given

glidden

graven

griffon

haven

heighten

heron

hidden

hymen

hyphen

kalan

kitten

laden

lagan

layman

leman

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linen

liven

loren

lyden

maiden

marron

mitten

moisten

mullen

mutton

ninon

often

oven

pagan

perron

prison

quicken

raven

reason

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

satan

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

shaken

shaman

sicken

siphon

smitten

soften

steven

stiffen

straighten

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

syphon

taken

thicken

tighten

titan

treason

triton

turban

urban

vegan

villain

wagon

waken

warren

weaken

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

women

written

zaman

zircon

pathan

motion

lotion

mahone

notion

ocean

potion

snobbish

alban

impacts

acton

alman

apron

champaign

atman

lambastes

austin

bellman

bookman

boston

brakeman

calvin

campaign

canvass

captain

champagne

chaplain

chapman

chessman

dalton

dampen

compacts

chieftain

desman

dolman

falcon

faulcon

footman

goodman

hackman

headman

hempen

hetman

houseman

humbug

impasse

invoice

jackman

jasmine

kelvin

matron

kremlin

lockman

m1

melton

nekton

outdone

packman

patron

pectin

pressman

selden

stallman

stockman

teston

timepiece

unpack

woodman

woolman

othman

ion

mayan

bombshell

dian

paean

lion

watchman

peon

rayon

rampage

scion

urine

zion

champagnes

combust

campaigns

humpback

impugn

bombast

embossed

homespun

invest

invokes

jumpsuit

lambaste

salesman

spokesman

bombshells

alan

amman

auden

baton

batten

batton

beckon

bellon

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bracken

breton

broaden

brogan

cabin

common

cotton

deaden

devon

fallen

composts

felon

flatten

gammon

gladden

hogan

jetton

ledden

lemon

locken

logan

loosen

madden

melon

pavon

pullen

reckon

jumpsuits

famine

fatten

gallon

gotten

happen

hausen

heaven

latin

leaden

leaven

patten

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

redden

resin

robin

rosin

rotten

sadden

salmon

satin

seven

shogun

slacken

slogan

sodden

talon

tappen

thousand

threaten

trodden

weapon

woman

wooden

woolen

yaupon

trojan

fusion

boatman

convoys

golden

bolden

copeman

envoys

knapsack

lineups

lopeman

molten

newsman

olden

pampas

soldan

composed

impact

imposed

coachman

tempest

impeach

cowan

gowan

compost

postman

bowman

broken

chosen

colon

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

dromon

frozen

gluten

hoten

hoven

human

lumen

odin

omen

open

proven

roman

rosen

rumen

showman

solon

spoken

stolen

swollen

token

toman

woven

yeoman

compose

convoke

impose

invoke

jumbos

compact

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

rainbows

shampoos

tempos

ambush

pumpkins

gombos

impugns

tombstones

tombstone

3 syllable words

conflation

transgression

truncation

configure

confection

confucian

conviction

filtration

inflation

frustration

migration

aggression

condition

confession

exertion

progression

regression

gyration

negation

phoenician

venetian

infraction

infliction

infarction

convictions

confections

consumption

contraction

contraption

castration

affliction

distinction

compression

conduction

prostration

translation

contortion

conception

confessions

contrition

impression

convection

confusion

contention

convention

convulsion

discretion

exaction

infection

attrition

contagion

conversion

deflation

congestion

hydration

secretion

suspicion

patrician

plantation

rendition

sensation

stagnation

abrasion

conscription

ablation

conjunction

addiction

submission

affection

connection

connexion

crustacean

dentition

fixation

foundation

vibration

constriction

accretion

cistercian

concession

concussion

depression

dictation

digression

insertion

libration

oppression

suppression

transition

absorption

addition

adsorption

assertion

cetacean

citation

commission

confusions

cremation

desertion

dilation

distraction

duration

edition

elation

encryption

excretion

exemption

expression

extinction

infections

inflection

ligation

narration

oration

petition

physician

position

predation

prescription

privation

profession

relation

sedation

subtraction

summation

tradition

infusion

attraction

horatian

brazilian

civilian

in-person

magician

assumption

unwritten

creation

declension

pavilion

invention

exception

transmission

unburden

compulsion

induction

concoction

diffraction

uncertain

completion

inception

suspension

abstraction

inscription

construction

extraction

subscription

transcription

formation

invasion

alsatian

damnation

dispersion

abortion

ambition

dalmatian

deception

inversion

subversion

succession

technician

temptation

accession

admission

anchorman

apportion

detection

equation

erection

defection

depiction

depletion

election

eviction

gestation

ignition

impassion

incursion

incision

tactician

taxation

uneven

freemason

attention

optation

optician

ingestion

reduction

collection

salvation

profusion

injection

cognition

menhaden

obsession

production

proportion

protection

objection

propulsion

selection

starvation

ascension

compassion

lactation

repression

partition

reception

submersion

aspersion

carnation

egyptian

transfusion

complexion

description

infusions

countryman

inspection

ejection

octillion

projection

franciscan

extortion

nebraskan

rejection

reptilian

expansion

suggestion

unbroken

collegian

englishman

causation

collision

donation

occasion

possession

precession

vacation

immersion

gradation

emission

audition

aversion

cessation

deletion

evasion

flirtation

malaysian

munition

procession

provision

reaction

recession

reversion

secession

sedition

chairperson

exhaustion

policeman

intrusion

invasions

intention

impassioned

redemption

obstruction

lumberman

deflection

transaction

distortion

excursion

nonhuman

capsaicin

cardigan

retraction

combustion

mistaken

inhuman

timberman

conclusion

reflection

unbutton

misfortune

instruction

adoption

ablution

artesian

australian

cartesian

contusion

diffusion

misshapen

inaction

discussion

excision

irishman

norwegian

nutrition

perfection

preemption

prediction

fustian

garrison

indian

jamaican

jettison

mandarin

suburban

kantian

venison

proscription

restriction

andean

determine

elison

anyone

extrusion

awaken

assassin

cyprian

confiscate

caucasian

aleutian

commotion

gentleman

direction

correction

dilution

diversion

communion

devotion

downtrodden

compunction

decision

intestine

emblazon

nonunion

division

emotion

erosion

fisherman

flotation

location

musician

mutation

notation

omission

ovation

permission

pollution

precaution

probation

promotion

quotation

recision

remission

religion

rescission

rotation

solution

vocation

volition

inclusion

foramen

injunction

malayan

syrian

misprision

midshipman

implosion

ghanaian

plebeian

alderman

alaskan

battalion

coercion

acumen

bedridden

fruition

tuition

croatian

enlighten

genuine

enliven

everyone

forbidden

guncotton

logician

medallion

talisman

unbeknown

uncommon

vermilion

preclusion

seclusion

laurentian

asuncion

envisage

perception

persuasion

occlusion

bosnian

muskmelon

bulletin

digestion

denizen

albion

ambrosian

investors

albumin

campion

keynesian

adhesion

lesbian

toboggan

amoebas

gordian

halcyon

cinnamon

waterman

champion

vatican

eleven

gravamen

guardian

hammerman

scorpion

wesleyan

bedizen

ferryman

thespian

zambian

bandwagon

handwoven

imprison

housebroken

collusion

percussion

pentathlon

precision

presumption

allusion

corruption

resumption

perversion

delusion

revision

illusion

imagine

arian

carrion

chilean

dorian

fenian

galleon

libyan

simian

austrian

gaussian

tamarin

gillian

backgammon

cambrian

appian

hawaiian

unbiased

clarion

horizon

irian

perfusion

aryan

korean

cohesion

dominion

saccharin

chamberlain

investor

chairwoman

marian

veteran

embezzle

invasive

opinion

aegean

beholden

corrosion

deduction

derision

detention

dimension

dissection

dissension

emulsion

eruption

impeaches

laotian

parisian

phrygian

pretension

prevention

retention

revulsion

scythian

seduction

stygian

crestfallen

bouillon

bitumen

nevadan

companion

peterman

embezzled

embezzles

embolden

overdone

overman

overrun

superman

snapdragon

clergyman

margarine

confusing

parthian

abduction

disruption

rebellion

cation

freudian

grobian

heroin

heroine

jovian

julian

median

moroccan

myosin

nemean

niacin

nubian

odeon

abandon

clarendon

composite

forewoman

orion

imposes

permian

abdomen

protean

composers

confesses

reopen

samoan

uterine

italian

exclusion

abstention

destruction

lutheran

extension

fijian

infighting

benjamin

resection

explosion

expulsion

badminton

composites

confuses

disunion

reinvests

collagen

honeybees

melanin

composer

feminine

forgotten

lumbago

medicine

reunion

unison

backwoodsman

halogen

heartbroken

composure

lecithin

origin

biotin

sumatran

fabian

discipline

bedouin

rifleman

avian

rhodopsin

nobleman

alien

convective

etruscan

outspoken

composing

harlequin

nitrogen

oxygen

arkansan

councilman

hydrogen

infective

saleswoman

adrian

beethoven

campaigner

ottoman

citizen

pelican

investing

silicon

skeleton

singleton

jacobin

keratin

lanolin

puritan

ramadan

solomon

javelin

catalan

specimen

vitamin

regimen

african

artisan

charlatan

charwoman

composes

corsican

emphasize

imbecile

invoices

magdalen

congressman

partisan

porcelain

predestine

reinvest

mexican

campaigning

imposing

compacted

emphasized

impostors

invective

masculine

imbeciles

menopause

wannabes

genovese

anglican

canapes

bonobos

embassy

reimpose

campuses

canvassers

campaigners

canvasses

embassies

impassive

impostor

manifest

manifests

ambushes

impacted

impeachments

rampages

investments

impeachment

investment

4 syllable words

indiscretion

confiscation

ministration

arbitration

infestation

instigation

cultivation

emigration

invitation

confirmation

immigration

information

inspiration

penetration

publication

syndication

suffocation

ulceration

mitigation

registration

coloration

infestations

generation

iteration

liberation

miseration

veneration

indentation

subluxation

transformation

exploration

inflammation

punctuation

indexation

transportation

consternation

abnegation

annexation

strangulation

abdication

conservation

conversation

affectation

designation

fibrillation

insulation

invocation

resignation

indication

liquidation

vindication

expiration

ventilation

intimation

fabrication

affirmation

alteration

admiration

aspiration

bifurcation

corp.

corporation

declaration

desperation

dissertation

dissipation

fumigation

gravitation

inhalation

innovation

irritation

levitation

limitation

recreation

reformation

renovation

respiration

restoration

titillation

trepidation

visitation

federation

aberration

moderation

operation

perforation

reparation

variation

exploitation

decoration

ideation

laceration

preparation

demonstration

impregnation

adoration

separation

toleration

incrustation

incarnation

installation

incantation

cogitation

attribution

malformation

menstruation

fluctuation

exhumation

confectioner

excitation

incubation

insurrection

interaction

intercession

introspection

lubrication

masturbation

observation

refutation

apprehension

transplantation

regulation

altercation

alternation

backwardation

maturation

saturation

preservation

reservation

rumination

procreation

perspiration

confiscated

hungarian

hibernation

valuation

assyrian

valerian

concentration

expectation

aviation

comparison

confectioners

deviation

disinflation

disputation

embarkation

exhortation

foliation

illustration

imperfection

importation

institution

interception

intersection

intervention

mediation

misperception

radiation

substitution

surrogation

eritrean

pagurian

celebration

deformation

degradation

situation

confessional

indecision

glaciation

benediction

intermission

interjection

inattention

obsidian

desecration

oblivion

precondition

inefficient

dislocation

fermentation

inundation

calibration

interurban

commendation

presentation

interruption

invigorate

beneficent

recantation

recognition

amphibian

committeeman

restitution

subdivision

segregation

introduction

elongation

sequestration

dehydration

orchestration

allegation

beneficial

coronation

definition

gregorian

hyperion

delegation

iberian

divination

detonation

domination

emanation

fascination

irrigation

litigation

machination

germination

manumission

preelection

premonition

nomination

navigation

profanation

propagation

siberian

intuition

perturbation

reelection

criterion

supposition

chameleon

resurrection

termination

usurpation

comedian

liberian

condensation

beneficence

confessionals

apparition

disinfection

dispensation

coalition

fragmentation

mortification

segmentation

dietitian

preconception

pagination

ostentation

prohibition

augmentation

reassertion

nigerian

jurisdiction

compensation

decompression

interdiction

pigmentation

rhetorician

violation

consecration

combination

culmination

permutation

relaxation

ammunition

crucifixion

hypertension

intonation

retrocession

retardation

statistician

abrogation

adaptation

admonition

ordination

demarcation

disaffection

obligation

indigestion

copenhagen

destination

aggregation

deportation

dereliction

devastation

vaccination

businesswoman

legislation

conjugation

copernican

agrarian

confrontation

american

gentlewoman

contemplation

inhibition

misconception

graduation

predetermine

abolition

readmission

realization

vacillation

recitation

arabian

erudition

evocation

fluoridation

provocation

habitation

politician

polynesian

preignition

proposition

validation

demolition

deposition

derivation

animation

annotation

appellation

avocation

connotation

correlation

decimation

dedication

defamation

desiccation

desolation

canadian

dilatation

hesitation

isolation

jubilation

medication

meditation

melanesian

revocation

sanitation

revelation

algerian

collocation

elevation

imitation

opposition

floridian

immolation

oscillation

relocation

repetition

reposition

planarian

sicilian

allocation

disillusion

motivation

mutilation

reconstruction

disconnection

vegetation

interwoven

misbegotten

condemnation

modulation

shakespearean

consultation

inclination

malnutrition

armageddon

deconstruction

education

inquisition

obfuscation

contrarian

reinspection

adulation

agitation

crocodilian

satisfaction

acclimation

acclamation

activation

advocation

cancellation

commutation

accusation

acquisition

aggravation

approbation

compassionate

circulation

leviathan

circumcision

application

competition

consummation

depravation

distillation

depredation

deprivation

consolation

composition

convocation

compilation

disposition

duplication

elocution

emulation

equitation

estimation

exhibition

granulation

imposition

indonesian

pelagian

lilliputian

molestation

occupation

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

persecution

population

predilection

proclamation

prosecution

protestation

reclamation

congregation

recollection

replication

reputation

requisition

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

tabulation

tribulation

unbecoming

nicaraguan

historian

paraguayan

explanation

nonprescription

reexamine

implantation

penicillin

contradiction

minnesotan

samaritan

circumspection

watermelon

obstetrician

equestrian

victorian

kindergarten

syncopation

englishwoman

appalachian

diminution

repercussion

repossession

amputation

electrician

infeasible

republican

mammalian

calculation

liquefaction

reproduction

napoleon

excavation

compositions

complication

coloradan

computation

collodion

missourian

condescension

constipation

execution

expedition

exposition

formulation

reawaken

constellation

gastrulation

bavarian

bolivian

fallopian

implication

imputation

retribution

superstition

exhalation

corinthian

carcinogen

envisages

athenian

centurion

assemblyman

jordanian

cotyledon

albanian

exclamation

greco-roman

contraception

contribution

explication

extradition

extrication

librarian

olympian

overburden

tasmanian

self-deception

meridian

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accordion

columbian

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ibuprofen

distribution

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evolution

locomotion

supervision

arthurian

revolution

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arizonan

benefactors

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hemoglobin

himalayan

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investigates

invisible

iranian

jacobean

lumpectomy

maccabean

noblewoman

octahedron

pedestrian

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tetrahedron

invisibles

investiture

investigate

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hegelian

absolution

rhododendron

bohemian

convolution

superhuman

lumpectomies

polyhedron

herculean

estonian

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constitution

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macedonian

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impeccable

draconian

impossibly

utopian

impossible

algonquian

hydrocarbon

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comprehension

dandelion

alabaman

guatemalan

reemphasize

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contravention

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protozoan

manufactured

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manufactures

symposiums

ineffective

tamoxifen

manufacture

emphasizing

minibuses

emphysema

emphasizes

nonpartisan

manifesto

embezzlers

manifestly

omnibuses

embezzlement

reinvestment

5 syllable words

refrigeration

initiation

confabulation

reintegration

incarceration

quantification

sophistication

anticipation

conglomeration

incorporation

intimidation

assimilation

annihilation

proliferation

facilitation

solicitation

collaboration

enumeration

mummification

capitulation

appreciation

disintegration

reiteration

articulation

administration

accreditation

amalgamation

equivocation

exasperation

maximization

recrimination

participation

nullification

prevarication

renunciation

specification

denunciation

precipitation

remuneration

russification

colonization

stratification

abbreviation

agglomeration

exhilaration

exoneration

glorification

pronunciation

vulgarization

association

elaboration

recuperation

evaporation

humiliation

cauterization

alleviation

deceleration

deification

ionization

defenestration

exaggeration

multiplication

infatuation

desegregation

inoculation

domestication

interrogation

justification

congratulation

concatenation

consolidation

contamination

exacerbation

harmonization

inactivation

manifestation

misinformation

canonization

certification

civilization

clarification

classification

codification

decapitation

pacification

inhabitation

fertilization

purification

qualification

gasification

gratification

edification

ossification

ratification

mechanization

modification

notification

ramification

accommodation

amortization

attenuation

resuscitation

unification

verification

vilification

authentication

triangulation

delineation

irradiation

reaffirmation

reverberation

adjudication

investigation

simplification

pennsylvanian

centralization

dissatisfaction

interpretation

manifestations

appropriation

cooperation

corroboration

degeneration

equalization

examination

exfoliation

falsification

fortification

hyperinflation

instrumentation

invalidation

magnification

negotiation

normalization

organization

presbyterian

ramifications

recombination

rectification

regeneration

substantiation

hanoverian

utilization

christianization

coagulation

brutalization

investigations

legalization

argumentation

sterilization

acceleration

evaluation

localization

reinvigorate

dramatization

repudiation

discoloration

desalination

mobilization

specialization

approximation

intoxication

nonintervention

amplification

depreciation

retaliation

improvisation

dissociation

dionysian

synchronization

sanctification

excoriation

communication

confectionery

confectionary

neutralization

magnetization

delicatessen

hybridization

ejaculation

orientation

repatriation

inefficiency

revaluation

confucianism

expatriation

beneficially

disembarkation

alienation

accumulation

confectionaries

predisposition

recommendation

pomeranian

sedimentation

inefficiencies

inefficiently

ambiguity

origination

expropriation

coordination

hallucination

assassination

abomination

academician

denomination

illumination

determination

elimination

elizabethan

dissemination

libertarian

ornamentation

representation

presupposition

brobdingnagian

mathematician

rejuvenation

imagination

vaporization

nitroglycerine

polarization

confiscatory

predestination

reforestation

subordination

decomposition

insemination

epicurean

authorization

hydrogenation

maximilian

caledonian

eradication

discrimination

disinclination

jeffersonian

interconnection

mississippian

juxtaposition

procrastination

ineffectual

oregonian

incrimination

nickelodeon

interpolation

modernization

extermination

peloponnesian

patagonian

premeditation

preoccupation

ambiguities

perpetuation

washingtonian

cohabitation

pasteurization

indoctrination

evacuation

depopulation

emancipation

compassionately

immunization

misapplication

centenarian

prognostication

philadelphian

veterinarian

scandinavian

theologian

investigators

investigator

babylonian

hyperborean

miscalculation

unitarian

neapolitan

electrocution

proletarian

amazonian

panamanian

augustinian

assemblywoman

overproduction

ethiopian

nonsectarian

metropolitan

carolinian

manufacturers

manufacturer

misapprehension

beethovenian

yugoslavian

carthaginian

argentinian

lithuanian

pythagorean

ambassadorships

investigating

manufacturing

vegetarian

exoskeleton

ambassadorship

investigative

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word configuration

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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