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4 syllable words
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2 syllable words

congest

bastion

luncheon

dungeon

question

function

huntsman

junction

gumption

ingest

unjust

tungsten

christian

sanction

mention

pension

tension

gentian

bunches

faustian

suction

mansion

engine

ashen

bludgeon

dudgeon

fashion

freshen

grandson

gudgeon

hessian

passion

prussian

ration

russian

session

undone

baston

tuscan

chessman

teston

classman

inject

aspen

henchman

gascon

london

pressman

runnion

consign

onion

passman

ensign

belgian

flexion

fortune

fraction

action

auction

dutchman

georgian

consists

craftsman

inches

landsman

launches

caption

diction

drunken

freshman

fasten

faction

fiction

friction

lessen

lunches

lesson

lunges

hunches

margin

draftsman

nonesuch

quenches

shrunken

portion

ranches

torsion

sunken

section

traction

option

martian

marksman

sportsman

bason

punches

injects

yachtsman

scotsman

cushion

incest

consist

horseman

landman

caution

lengthen

mission

nation

caxton

capstan

dustman

station

fission

haitian

klansman

urchin

sexton

strengthen

kitchen

pigeon

townsman

conquests

canton

canyon

chairman

dobson

fountain

lynden

m1

pectin

penman

plantain

stepson

sultan

chances

austin

chevron

linden

lineman

linemen

mountain

selden

claxon

clinton

panton

parson

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

tubman

whitson

banyan

fences

kremlin

pinion

piston

emption

ponton

boston

minden

tendon

minion

jetson

bellman

melton

arson

penguin

airman

damson

dances

plankton

headman

hempen

hetman

ibsen

muslin

samson

houseman

nekton

santon

saxon

scullion

wanton

desman

oxen

ounces

vulcan

guardsman

inquest

insists

finches

changes

hinges

longan

mangan

rincon

wenches

brethren

bushman

churchman

hangman

lounges

ranges

watchman

benches

menges

minges

listen

marron

mason

melon

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

oven

perron

person

reckon

redden

seven

sudden

sullen

summon

urson

weapon

resin

threaten

worsen

conquest

toughen

vegan

beckon

bellon

bison

bisson

cannon

chasten

christen

cousin

deaden

deafen

devon

hasten

heaven

heron

jason

jetton

leaden

ledden

lemon

leaven

hyson

linen

basin

caisson

charon

glisten

canon

button

breton

felon

dozen

anguished

homespun

portman

oarsman

delphian

insect

pinkish

statesman

insist

baldwin

encased

lampron

marchman

children

doctrine

markman

spokesman

bordman

headsman

cauldron

downcast

grecian

legion

cajun

burgeon

lotion

mahone

motion

notion

ocean

pathan

surgeon

trojan

potion

vision

sturgeon

region

lynxes

linguists

bagman

bargain

barton

billion

billman

bookman

bullion

dalton

dampen

darken

dolman

dolphin

encase

falcon

faulcon

footman

fibrin

fireman

foreman

gilden

garden

goodman

gorgon

pillion

pitman

tarpon

tartan

sylvan

tillman

trillion

pardon

lisbon

packman

union

alban

alman

carman

insects

acton

carmine

carton

corban

cordon

incase

jasmine

jorden

anguish

citron

concise

jackman

jargon

jordan

marlin

marten

martin

mignon

milken

million

morgan

mormon

outdone

outrun

saffron

language

scallion

stallman

woodman

languish

sharpen

sovran

spartan

spearman

stallion

stillion

stockman

warden

woolman

squadron

chapman

crimson

longish

atman

hackman

harden

harken

harten

lightman

lockman

norman

shipman

silken

smarten

sovereign

vanquish

calvin

carbon

chaplain

hearten

captain

organ

shorten

shotgun

orphan

coachman

enjoys

flashgun

ganges

incas

linguist

manges

othman

ponchos

seedsman

boughten

brighten

cabin

canaan

bracken

briton

broaden

chicken

common

cotton

dragon

driven

quicken

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

robin

rotten

sadden

satin

concoct

risen

riven

rosin

salmon

sicken

siphon

siren

soften

stricken

striven

smitten

slacken

stiffen

syphon

salesman

talon

tappen

auden

baron

baton

batten

batton

begun

bollen

fallen

famine

fatten

flatten

floren

foreign

frighten

gammon

garron

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

gotten

griffon

happen

hausen

heighten

hidden

platen

pollan

pancakes

hymen

often

patten

pavon

platten

pollen

barren

linkage

amman

billon

alan

bitten

blacken

bobbin

gallon

kitten

hyphen

incised

lagan

latin

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

loosen

loren

madden

mitten

moisten

prison

pullen

lyden

sodden

wagon

warren

thicken

tighten

trodden

titan

triton

villain

whiten

thousand

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

yaupon

postman

lesion

persian

fusion

heathen

version

asian

earthen

suasion

apron

boatman

bolden

brakeman

chieftain

copeman

ensues

fancies

fielden

freedman

golden

incise

kirkman

matron

insight

lopeman

molten

newsman

olden

patron

pancake

soldan

sequin

ransack

shearman

workman

cowan

dian

gowan

ion

lion

mayan

rayon

scion

urine

zion

bangkok

monkeys

insights

smokestack

bacon

bayman

beacon

beaten

blowgun

bourbon

bowman

brazen

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cayman

certain

cheapen

chosen

colon

brogan

craven

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deepen

demon

dromon

eaten

eden

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

shaken

shaman

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

straighten

sweeten

swollen

turban

waken

weaken

wheaten

yeoman

zaman

woven

taken

token

toman

treason

engaged

urban

zircon

smokestacks

smooches

senses

bounces

chainsaws

pansies

sconces

homesick

minces

donkeys

owen

tangos

paean

rowan

rowen

peon

bongos

engage

ruin

yankees

mangoes

namesakes

smashes

namesake

gamecock

remakes

gamecocks

sneezes

3 syllable words

conjunction

conjecture

ejection

rejection

truncation

abstention

intestine

compression

conduction

conflation

concussions

congestive

contrition

conviction

convulsion

inception

infection

invention

affection

ablation

addiction

attrition

dentition

benjamin

compassion

conversion

collection

contagion

depression

foundation

insertion

patrician

plantation

production

consistent

enmeshes

propulsion

digression

protection

reduction

rendition

selection

sensation

submission

transition

addition

edition

commission

injunction

negation

petition

phoenician

physician

position

predation

punishes

recession

secession

sedation

summation

tradition

venetian

egyptian

franciscan

contraption

incessant

complexion

contraction

inflection

inspection

transgression

nebraskan

consumption

in-person

unburden

uncertain

logician

alaskan

affliction

attraction

compulsion

conclusion

confucian

confusion

contortion

concoction

deflection

discretion

exception

impression

inflation

exhaustion

fungicides

induction

reflection

transmission

translation

transaction

ablution

abortion

admission

apportion

abrasion

accretion

adoption

ambition

carnation

cognition

conjugal

contusion

damnation

deflation

depiction

defection

dalmatian

deception

detection

dictation

dissection

election

erection

eviction

exertion

formation

fungicide

hydration

ignition

impassion

inaction

incursion

invasion

inversion

lactation

libration

menhaden

migration

optation

optician

partition

secretion

starvation

submersion

subversion

unshackle

ancestral

reception

repression

salvation

proportion

stagnation

tactician

technician

venison

vibration

conscription

constriction

construction

concoctions

commotion

countryman

citation

infliction

aleutian

collision

desertion

gyration

infraction

munition

occasion

congressman

oration

sedition

etruscan

pollution

duration

solution

muskmelon

tonnages

donation

privation

encryption

exemption

causation

cetacean

dilation

elation

emission

ligation

subtraction

aversion

audition

malaysian

margarine

provision

promotion

unbroken

expression

precession

brazilian

civilian

completion

diffraction

englishman

exaction

filtration

guncotton

inclusion

infusion

inhuman

injectors

injustice

intrusion

lumberman

midshipman

nonhuman

pavilion

policeman

predestine

rebellion

redemption

talisman

unbutton

uncommon

unwritten

inscription

instruction

transcription

awaken

eleven

anchorman

ascension

uneven

asuncion

denizen

determine

sinuses

jamaican

attention

perfection

mandarin

nutrition

perception

resection

garrison

specimen

cinnamon

suburban

depletion

incision

equation

injector

occlusion

irishman

laurentian

profusion

ancestors

ancestry

bandwagon

downtrodden

gentleman

nonunion

absorption

handwoven

infarction

finishes

assertion

corruption

emotion

correction

cremation

evasion

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

immersion

location

lecithin

notation

rotation

reversion

omission

malayan

probation

vacation

vanishes

ghanaian

collegian

permission

quotation

volition

allusion

collusion

musician

deletion

devotion

relation

division

gradation

ovation

vocation

caucasian

cessation

dilution

direction

diversion

kinshasa

mutation

remission

genuine

medallion

implosion

incisions

acumen

censuses

alderman

compunction

declension

backgammon

enliven

timberman

presumption

annexes

battalion

ancestor

suspension

enlighten

resumption

aegean

creation

horatian

consignment

croatian

coercion

fruition

phrygian

tuition

languishes

stygian

beholden

taxation

seclusion

suspicion

seduction

revulsion

artesian

cartesian

alsatian

aspersion

deduction

crustacean

detention

diffusion

dimension

dissension

emulsion

fixation

preclusion

preemption

pretension

eruption

excision

gestation

prevention

retention

andean

amasses

anyone

assassin

bulletin

transfusion

freemason

fustian

gravamen

indian

hammerman

kantian

menaces

halcyon

minuses

nevadan

sciences

waterman

thespian

toboggan

adsorption

clergyman

decision

albumin

delusion

erosion

halogen

illusion

imagine

narration

percussion

rescission

rummages

perversion

religion

snapdragon

reaction

ambrosian

origin

recision

bedouin

heroin

assumption

clarion

heroine

gaussian

marian

saccharin

plebeian

abduction

excursion

carrion

myosin

veteran

tamarin

castration

frustration

hawaiian

samoan

misfortune

pentathlon

niacin

abandon

subscription

abdomen

capsaicin

geniuses

chairwoman

chamberlain

concisely

clarendon

dominion

cambrian

discipline

forewoman

obstruction

bedridden

incisive

anxiously

italian

lancaster

opinion

heartbroken

discussion

dispersion

extinction

fijian

scythian

conjugate

consciously

cistercian

laotian

misshapen

hydrogen

lutheran

nitrogen

persuasion

temptation

norwegian

oxygen

prediction

expansion

explosion

prescription

excretion

exclusion

expulsion

extension

extortion

extrusion

reptilian

imprison

bonuses

bedizen

bosnian

campion

badminton

champion

bitumen

crestfallen

albion

cyprian

feminine

elison

adhesion

guardian

jettison

keynesian

communion

medicine

melanin

superman

unison

wesleyan

scorpion

overrun

companion

engaging

inexact

ferryman

gordian

insightful

lesbian

overdone

overman

peterman

outspoken

zambian

abstraction

prostration

precaution

damages

regimen

extraction

disruption

precision

distortion

conjugates

homages

images

misprision

manages

retraction

appian

arian

aryan

austrian

backwoodsman

biotin

cation

chairperson

chilean

cohesion

dorian

everyone

fenian

foramen

galleon

gillian

insecure

irian

korean

libyan

mistaken

nobleman

perfusion

rhodopsin

rifleman

simian

syrian

uterine

whimsical

destruction

corrosion

description

derision

distraction

parisian

engages

arkansan

lanolin

beethoven

javelin

disunion

emblazon

embolden

citizen

collagen

keratin

adrian

catalan

jacobin

ottoman

distinction

consecrate

housebroken

pelican

vitamin

skeleton

octillion

harlequin

silicon

solomon

puritan

ramadan

councilman

linkages

remisses

reunion

vatican

singleton

languages

parthian

australian

revision

african

artisan

cardigan

charlatan

charwoman

corsican

forbidden

magdalen

mexican

partisan

porcelain

sumatran

vermilion

alien

avian

fabian

freudian

restriction

grobian

julian

median

odeon

horizon

jovian

moroccan

nemean

nubian

permian

ramshackle

proscription

reopen

protean

masculine

forgotten

hanukkahs

amigos

anglican

synagogue

bouillon

demagogue

incisors

demagogues

synagogues

whimsically

orion

saleswoman

amazes

incisor

nuances

engagements

consequence

insistence

consequent

insistent

insouciant

downsizings

engagement

downsizing

languishing

4 syllable words

supposition

innovation

hungarian

suffocation

planarian

inhalation

renovation

interjection

conjugation

generation

fluctuation

veneration

circumvention

indexation

infestation

preconception

punctuation

inundation

agrarian

american

publication

invitation

recantation

conjugations

invocation

syndication

benediction

indication

penicillin

penetration

indecision

graduation

vindication

annexation

commendation

conversation

cultivation

fermentation

insulation

intercession

precondition

intimation

insurrection

intermission

presentation

samaritan

unsuccessful

ventilation

germination

divination

detonation

termination

bavarian

irritation

intuition

domination

algerian

definition

coronation

emanation

fascination

nomination

preignition

profanation

repossession

limitation

manumission

visitation

machination

mitigation

resurrection

premonition

titillation

misconception

consistency

inhibition

indiscretion

legislation

unaccustomed

agitation

confiscation

contrarian

apparition

adulation

segmentation

condensation

indentation

indignation

injustices

inquisition

ostentation

modulation

inflammation

decompression

coloration

comparison

cogitation

reinspection

coalition

compensation

injectable

dietitian

ideation

disconnection

education

disinfection

dispensation

fragmentation

surrogation

interception

integration

intersection

intervention

pigmentation

subluxation

augmentation

vegetation

pedestrian

nigerian

violation

prohibition

installation

instigation

abnegation

adaptation

admonition

aldebaran

ammunition

apprehension

barbarian

calibration

celebration

combination

committeeman

confirmation

conservation

consistently

copenhagen

culmination

cynicism

dereliction

designation

destination

disaffection

emigration

fibrillation

immigration

information

inspiration

interaction

interruption

interurban

intonation

introspection

librarian

liquidation

maturation

minnesotan

ordination

predilection

recognition

recollection

registration

resignation

retrocession

saturation

sectarian

situation

subdivision

vaccination

wagnerian

abolition

admiration

corp.

corporation

correlation

dilatation

diminution

gravitation

derivation

allegation

alteration

elongation

demonstration

equestrian

allocation

animation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

avocation

collocation

dedication

defamation

delegation

demolition

elevation

erudition

figuration

fluoridation

habitation

connotation

deposition

hesitation

incrustation

jubilation

infiltration

hibernation

concentration

irrigation

medication

reposition

validation

introduction

meditation

proposition

repetition

confrontation

vacillation

businesswoman

navigation

sanitation

contravention

propagation

imitation

immolation

isolation

preelection

provocation

incessantly

litigation

motivation

opposition

consecutive

oscillation

politician

circumspection

mutilation

readmission

realization

reelection

revelation

revocation

rumination

valuation

arabian

canadian

missourian

valerian

mammalian

interwoven

disinflation

aberration

iteration

ministration

leviathan

malnutrition

arbitration

liberation

toleration

englishwoman

aviation

radiation

mediation

interdiction

transportation

lancastrian

menstruation

transformation

foliation

deviation

consecration

imperfection

incantation

moderation

consternation

condemnation

consultation

operation

incarnation

inclination

misperception

reproduction

miseration

institution

adoration

mortification

obfuscation

deconstruction

reconstruction

incubation

pagurian

abdication

abrogation

acclimation

acclamation

glaciation

accusation

aggravation

activation

advocation

accordion

affectation

obsidian

acquisition

aggregation

oblivion

altercation

alternation

cancellation

carcinogen

centurion

commutation

circulation

competition

compilation

composition

convocation

deformation

consolation

devastation

duplication

elocution

copernican

consummation

degradation

demarcation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

emulation

granulation

imposition

indonesian

molestation

obligation

observation

occupation

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

persecution

prosecution

protestation

reclamation

regulation

replication

reputation

requisition

retardation

segregation

simulation

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

tabulation

dominican

application

approbation

backwardation

fabrication

equitation

watermelon

exhibition

lilliputian

population

proclamation

tribulation

unshakable

contraception

conflagration

contradiction

contemplation

assemblyman

consecrations

expectation

explanation

affirmation

implantation

impregnation

obstetrician

bifurcation

orchestration

dehydration

devolution

procreation

kindergarten

relocation

fumigation

ulceration

locomotion

melanesian

resolution

revolution

syncopation

nonprescription

polynesian

insecticide

self-deception

sequestration

gentlewoman

evolution

evocation

mongolian

calculation

amputation

comedian

attribution

complication

computation

constellation

constipation

electrician

excavation

comprehension

execution

assyrian

exposition

chameleon

gastrulation

illustration

collodion

expedition

formulation

implication

napoleon

importation

coloradan

imputation

jurisdiction

satisfaction

gregorian

reawaken

liquefaction

fallopian

retribution

malformation

crocodilian

armageddon

transplantation

adrenaline

convolution

corinthian

angiogram

perforation

circumcision

hegelian

hypertension

lubrication

permutation

superstition

laceration

prostitution

absolution

reassertion

congregation

pelagian

strangulation

exhalation

insecticides

honeysuckle

pavlovian

victorian

contribution

extradition

extrication

exclamation

explication

nicaraguan

restoration

smithsonian

recitation

respiration

perturbation

arthurian

aspiration

desolation

desperation

desiccation

encyclical

decimation

condescension

constitution

himalayan

tetrahedron

octahedron

sicilian

substitution

encyclicals

noblewoman

honeysuckles

hemoglobin

republican

restitution

athenian

decoration

reparation

variation

gargantuan

rhetorician

jingoistic

destitution

expiration

excitation

masturbation

relaxation

estimation

preparation

separation

linguistically

federation

desecration

overburden

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

inquisitive

reexamine

eritrean

darwinian

paraguayan

predetermine

estonian

rhododendron

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consequently

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5 syllable words

ionization

annihilation

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hydrogenation

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carthaginian

miscalculation

beethovenian

insecurities

lithuanian

pythagorean

demagoguery

insignificance

insignificant

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word congestion

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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