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3 syllable words
6 syllable words
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

huntsman

gumption

mansion

contends

function

intents

junction

dustman

intense

sentence

condense

contend

emption

contain

samson

condensed

sanction

landsman

contempt

damson

craftsman

draftsman

intends

ointment

sportsman

faction

action

mention

luncheon

traction

tension

pension

dungeon

fraction

caption

gentian

suction

intent

fountains

mountains

cantons

contains

klansman

lampron

strengthen

portman

landman

lengthen

intend

scotsman

townsman

yachtsman

passion

caution

prussian

ration

station

mahone

ashen

nation

russian

landmarks

fashion

haitian

henchman

mentions

tungsten

canton

contemn

footman

fountain

tubman

undone

lightman

lineman

linemen

mountain

panton

runnion

wanton

atman

penman

guardsman

mundane

pentane

ponton

marksman

london

clinton

dampen

hetman

pitman

plantain

santon

onion

sultan

anthem

auction

bastion

bunting

diction

drunken

dutchman

engine

fiction

flexion

friction

hangman

hunting

shunting

martian

option

othman

section

shrunken

torsion

sunken

portion

button

centimes

gammon

grandson

headsman

marchman

markman

oarsman

phantoms

mutton

salmon

sometimes

vintners

statesman

summon

amman

bantams

bordman

common

condemned

condemns

doctrine

entwine

famine

handmade

horseman

postman

tendons

bludgeon

dudgeon

freshen

cushion

mission

suasion

cajun

fission

gudgeon

hessian

anthems

pathan

session

nineteenth

penguin

asian

grecian

airman

alman

austin

bagman

bantam

banyan

barton

bellman

boatman

bookman

boston

billman

canyon

carman

carmine

carton

centime

centner

chairman

chapman

chessman

citron

classman

condemn

dalton

desman

dolman

ensign

fireman

foreman

goodman

houseman

jackman

jasmine

kansan

lynden

minion

jetson

lindane

linden

lockman

kenyan

hackman

harten

headman

hearten

maintain

marten

martin

melton

minden

mormon

muslin

nekton

norman

outdone

outrun

packman

phantom

pinion

piston

pressman

quantum

quintin

scullion

passman

pectin

shipman

shorten

shotgun

smarten

sometime

spartan

stallman

tendon

tartan

spearman

stockman

sundown

teston

tillman

tuscan

whitson

woodman

woolman

vulcan

landmark

somethings

vintner

windmills

bushman

fortune

freshman

georgian

longan

taunting

belgian

chanting

faustian

mounting

wanting

watchman

funding

panting

christian

daunting

question

squinting

margin

rincon

canteens

cauldron

baldwin

children

condones

pontoons

salesman

intones

maintains

sandman

sexton

delphian

seedsman

something

spokesman

windmill

alan

baron

barren

bason

baton

batten

batton

bayman

bitten

blacken

boughten

bracken

breton

brighten

briton

burman

cabin

cannon

canon

cayman

cotton

cousin

daman

dozen

dragon

ermine

fasten

fatten

firman

flatten

frighten

gallon

garron

german

gladden

gotten

happen

heighten

hymen

jetton

kitten

lagan

latin

layman

lemon

lighten

liman

linen

madden

mitten

muffin

mullen

ninon

rotten

sadden

satin

slacken

smitten

sudden

sullen

tappen

patten

platen

platten

sermon

shaman

talon

oven

threaten

tighten

wagon

whiten

toughen

titan

triton

woman

women

written

zaman

kitchen

legion

endings

lesion

earthen

motion

region

heathen

notion

ocean

lotion

pigeon

lendings

potion

vision

paintings

acton

aspen

bargain

baston

brakeman

bullion

chaplain

chevron

claxon

crimson

dentine

fibrin

harden

harken

hempen

marlin

matron

mignon

milken

million

molten

morgan

newsman

nineteen

alban

arson

billion

calvin

canteen

captain

carbon

chieftain

comedown

condone

copeman

corban

cordon

darken

dobson

dolphin

entomb

falcon

faulcon

freedman

garden

gascon

gilden

gorgon

ibsen

jargon

jorden

keelson

kelson

kelvin

intone

jordan

kirkman

kremlin

lisbon

lopeman

m1

organ

orphan

oxen

pardon

parson

patron

pillion

pontoon

saffron

sovereign

sovran

squadron

stallion

stepson

warden

workman

sharpen

silken

random

saxon

scallion

selden

shearman

stillion

sylvan

tandem

tarpon

trillion

undine

union

bending

brethren

churchman

coachman

ending

fainting

flashgun

lending

mangan

painting

pending

pointing

capstan

caxton

plankton

auden

beaten

beckon

begun

bellon

billon

bison

bisson

bobbin

bollen

bowman

broaden

burton

canaan

certain

charon

chicken

christen

cretin

crewman

crouton

cumin

curtain

deaden

deafen

demon

devon

driven

dromon

eaten

fallen

felon

floren

foreign

freeman

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

gluten

griffon

hausen

heaven

heron

hidden

hoten

human

hyphen

hyson

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lessen

lesson

lichen

liken

listen

liven

locken

loren

lumen

lyden

marron

melon

often

omen

pavon

perron

pollan

prison

quicken

reckon

pollen

pullen

redden

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosin

rumen

satan

seaman

semen

seton

seven

showman

sicken

siphon

siren

sodden

soften

stiffen

straighten

stricken

striven

sweeten

syphon

thicken

thousand

toman

trodden

vegan

villain

warren

weapon

wheaten

wiccan

widen

wizen

wooden

woolen

yaupon

yeoman

contents

persian

fusion

trojan

burgeon

urchin

version

sturgeon

surgeon

apron

olden

fielden

golden

sequin

soldan

bolden

homespun

cowan

dian

gowan

ion

lion

scion

mayan

rayon

urine

zion

bacon

basin

beacon

blowgun

bourbon

brazen

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

caisson

chasten

cheapen

chosen

colon

craven

cuban

dagan

dagon

deacon

deepen

eden

elan

frozen

graven

hasten

haven

hogan

hoven

jason

kalan

laden

leven

logan

loosen

maiden

mason

moisten

odin

open

pagan

person

poison

proven

raven

reason

rerun

rosen

season

shaken

shogun

slogan

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

swollen

taken

token

treason

turban

urban

urson

waken

weaken

worsen

woven

zircon

content

pendant

owen

paean

peon

rowan

rowen

ruin

indent

bindings

findings

landings

soundings

banding

binding

bonding

bounding

finding

founding

hounding

landing

minding

pounding

rounding

smoothens

sounding

winding

knitting

smoothen

smoothing

3 syllable words

contentions

convention

attention

damnation

conjunction

construction

contraction

contraption

consumption

confection

frustration

conflation

compunction

declension

invention

suspension

conception

convection

convulsion

contortion

contrition

conduction

intention

asuncion

ascension

conscription

constriction

contagion

injunction

concussion

crustacean

stagnation

instruction

protection

plantation

sentiments

obstruction

summation

truncation

subtraction

destruction

concoction

completion

compression

compulsion

inception

transaction

conviction

translation

transmission

assumption

attraction

filtration

prostration

induction

castration

inflation

infection

carnation

dictation

emulsion

dentition

formation

foundation

optation

patrician

taxation

summations

ablation

containment

production

propulsion

submission

subscription

detection

salvation

selection

reduction

endowments

affection

condiments

congestion

alsatian

collection

transcription

attrition

compassion

confession

dalmatian

concession

inscription

condition

gestation

inaction

lactation

sensation

temptation

absorption

adsorption

cetacean

citation

commission

countenance

distraction

encryption

exemption

expansion

expulsion

infarction

inflection

infliction

infraction

inspection

intimates

negation

petition

phoenician

predation

prescription

sedation

sentiment

transgression

venetian

diffraction

uncommon

affliction

confucian

deflection

abduction

exaction

combustion

distortion

disruption

exception

contemplates

contentment

impression

resumption

presumption

redemption

reflection

abstraction

contingents

extraction

abortion

abrasion

feminine

addiction

injection

accession

objection

accretion

admission

aggression

adoption

apportion

cistercian

ambition

connection

ramadan

connexion

contusion

conversion

deception

deduction

defection

deflation

discussion

election

erection

fixation

hydration

impassion

insertion

invasion

lanthanum

libration

migration

nitrogen

obsession

oppression

optician

partition

progression

proportion

reception

regression

rendition

revulsion

secretion

seduction

ingestion

starvation

succession

antenna

commitments

contemplate

suppression

suspicion

determine

transition

tactician

vibration

description

condiment

extortion

gentleman

expression

complexion

projection

suggestion

endowment

intended

tantamount

intensive

countryman

maintenance

unthinking

adhesion

continued

restriction

contenders

continues

excretion

assertion

cessation

causation

addition

commotion

donation

duration

corruption

cremation

dilation

edition

elation

flotation

emission

flirtation

gyration

halogen

ligation

malaysian

mutation

notation

occasion

oration

permission

physician

position

narration

possession

privation

procession

profession

promotion

quotation

rotation

tradition

backgammon

conclusion

battalion

bentonite

cambrian

clarendon

guncotton

londoners

lumberman

magician

pantomime

unburden

unbutton

confusion

discretion

intrusion

pentathlon

retraction

horatian

contender

untangle

containers

continue

intimate

untimely

condensates

cartesian

cognition

depiction

depletion

digression

donations

hydrogen

depression

ignition

incision

incursion

inversion

nutrition

oxygen

technician

entombment

ablution

anchorman

aspersion

eviction

exertion

subversion

artesian

benjamin

eruption

submersion

equation

londoner

waterman

zambian

nevadan

assassin

entangled

champion

cinnamon

melanin

intentioned

intentions

vitamin

contingent

transfusion

campion

container

ottoman

ambrosian

collegian

companion

remission

secession

commitment

relation

condensate

collision

contented

aleutian

imagine

digestion

lecithin

downtrodden

location

rejection

deletion

egyptian

ejection

aversion

sentinels

undaunted

caucasian

desertion

munition

mountaineers

evasion

percussion

pollution

intestine

emotion

gradation

origin

ovation

probation

omission

provision

reaction

recession

sedition

solution

vacation

vocation

vomiting

bandwagon

nebraskan

entangle

indentures

excursion

exhaustion

implosion

inclusion

infusion

indentured

tamarin

misfortune

misprision

ghanaian

abandon

alaskan

antennas

acumen

alderman

creation

artisan

cantonal

enliven

croatian

genuine

bandanas

condenser

enlighten

in-person

italian

policeman

medallion

mistaken

mountaineer

partisan

randomize

sentinel

timberman

wantonly

emotions

dispersion

excision

indenture

laurentian

menhaden

munitions

norwegian

occlusion

persuasion

preemption

profusion

repression

extrusion

intently

bandana

crestfallen

bitumen

arkansan

sentences

catalan

snapdragon

tendencies

unbroken

citizen

fustian

gravamen

kantian

mandarin

peterman

intensely

toboggan

uneven

nonhuman

allusion

collusion

immersion

decision

religion

inhuman

dilution

reversion

diversion

division

precaution

precession

recision

devotion

fisherman

rescission

undying

cation

hawaiian

austrian

civilian

endemic

uncertain

unwritten

australian

logician

brazilian

malayan

veteran

chairperson

chairwoman

forewoman

indians

pandemic

pavilion

tendency

coercion

detention

diffusion

dimension

dissection

dissension

misshapen

retention

laotian

preclusion

pretension

prevention

seclusion

englishman

handwoven

landmasses

nonunion

andean

emblazon

awaken

denizen

ferryman

indian

distinction

anyone

jamaican

octillion

jettison

badminton

muskmelon

superman

reptilian

suburban

venison

franciscan

vatican

monotone

overman

pantheon

perversion

undoing

correction

erosion

midshipman

delusion

audition

direction

endangered

illusion

endangers

janthina

extinction

foramen

bedridden

biotin

uterine

cohesion

dominion

everyone

landowners

minuteman

opinion

backwoodsman

nobleman

randomly

rifleman

talisman

heartbroken

plebeian

samoan

rebellion

remittance

prediction

abstention

extension

perception

unwitting

fruition

irishman

perfection

tuition

beholden

fandango

resection

endanger

communion

councilman

embolden

housebroken

imprison

outspoken

eleven

keratin

keynesian

bosnian

gordian

guardian

cyprian

bulletin

hammerman

elison

bedizen

indium

beethoven

landowner

puritan

scorpion

solomon

singleton

skeleton

lesbian

specimen

thespian

wesleyan

clergyman

margarine

regimen

precision

musician

volition

rhodopsin

appian

arian

bedouin

carrion

clarion

abdomen

aryan

proscription

chilean

anything

heroin

explosion

predestine

dorian

fenian

galleon

gaussian

gillian

heroine

horizon

irian

korean

libyan

moroccan

orion

congressman

exclusion

marian

myosin

niacin

protean

discipline

charwoman

simian

charlatan

permian

saccharin

syrian

perfusion

sumatran

albumin

aegean

corrosion

disunion

parisian

etruscan

scythian

harlequin

lutheran

commuting

derision

phrygian

stygian

adrian

albion

garrison

jacobin

javelin

pelican

silicon

collagen

halcyon

medicine

forgotten

unison

reunion

lanolin

overdone

overrun

revision

parthian

andante

capsaicin

cardigan

chamberlain

mexican

vermilion

forbidden

corsican

magdalen

african

porcelain

grobian

jovian

julian

median

alien

freudian

fijian

masculine

fabian

saleswoman

avian

nemean

nubian

odeon

reopen

bouillon

freemason

anglican

continents

continent

penitent

emitting

4 syllable words

pagination

explanation

constellation

incantation

incarnation

installation

integration

intimations

constipation

fragmentation

gastrulation

inflammation

intervention

segmentation

consternation

pigmentation

activation

convocation

distillation

alternation

commutation

confirmation

consolation

consummation

cultivation

estimation

compilation

cancellation

fermentation

information

granulation

indication

insulation

intermission

interruption

invocation

ordination

vaccination

vindication

allegation

allocation

vacillation

habitation

avocation

litigation

innovation

inhalation

renovation

navigation

conjugation

syncopation

animation

connotation

validation

congregation

annotation

appellation

divination

imitation

immolation

profanation

suffocation

coronation

sanitation

conflagration

extrication

contraception

contribution

adulation

exclamation

explication

incrustation

agitation

amputation

complication

computation

confiscation

consultation

excavation

implication

imputation

indignation

instigation

interception

consecration

formulation

indexation

infestation

interdiction

intersection

mortification

punctuation

subluxation

transformation

aggregation

abrogation

acclimation

accusation

admonition

altercation

depredation

deprivation

emulation

equitation

masturbation

intercession

degradation

depravation

abnegation

acclamation

adaptation

advocation

aggravation

ammunition

annexation

application

approbation

calibration

conservation

conversation

emigration

invitation

immigration

obligation

occupation

exhalation

oxidation

palpitation

reclamation

penetration

population

regulation

replication

segregation

proclamation

publication

simulation

speculation

interjection

reputation

stimulation

stipulation

syndication

tabulation

tribulation

appalachian

desiccation

decimation

collocation

correlation

derivation

dedication

alteration

delegation

desolation

defamation

dilatation

elevation

introspection

diminution

fluoridation

gravitation

hesitation

hibernation

irrigation

isolation

limitation

medication

meditation

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

oscillation

premonition

provocation

recitation

reformation

restoration

revelation

propagation

revocation

rumination

titillation

ulceration

contradiction

demonstration

distribution

introduction

coloration

generation

iteration

surrogation

violation

veneration

calculation

education

fluctuation

condescension

constitution

vegetation

disconnection

inquisition

intentional

menstruation

ministration

obfuscation

retribution

modulation

incubation

affectation

composition

desecration

retardation

indigestion

destitution

inattention

contemptible

interaction

convolution

devastation

circulation

observation

prostitution

fibrillation

inspiration

duplication

fabrication

liquidation

ovulation

presentation

relaxation

celebration

competition

protestation

maturation

saturation

abdication

insurrection

recantation

graduation

strangulation

abolition

countenances

admiration

corp.

corporation

declaration

dissipation

intuition

realization

desperation

demolition

perturbation

trepidation

definition

supposition

figuration

valuation

jubilation

manumission

melanesian

respiration

legislation

aspiration

fumigation

inhibition

himalayan

contravention

extradition

concentration

impregnation

misconception

self-deception

sequestration

orchestration

aberration

adoration

armageddon

attribution

augmentation

cogitation

condemnation

decoration

embarkation

execution

expedition

exposition

federation

illustration

importation

institution

laceration

leviathan

liberation

malformation

miseration

misperception

moderation

operation

ostentation

preparation

reparation

rhetorician

separation

substitution

toleration

disaffection

absolution

designation

acquisition

dislocation

centenary

disposition

elocution

exhibition

expiration

statistician

imposition

indonesian

recognition

intimacy

situation

backwardation

benediction

deformation

contemplative

demarcation

inundation

lilliputian

permutation

predilection

prosecution

retrocession

recollection

resignation

restitution

requisition

confrontation

condemnations

obstetrician

indiscretion

infiltration

intimidates

entanglements

deposition

perspiration

politician

visitation

irritation

opposition

recreation

preservation

readmission

anatomy

evolution

proposition

bifurcation

erudition

nonprescription

levitation

repetition

reservation

resolution

resurrection

affirmation

dissertation

dissolution

devolution

repossession

revolution

anatomist

intimately

ideation

variation

reassertion

exhumation

containerized

arbitration

compensation

condensation

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

exploration

indentation

intangible

preconception

malnutrition

dietitian

reinspection

perforation

transportation

intimidate

registration

excitation

indecision

persecution

precondition

refutation

subdivision

molestation

mountaineering

dereliction

copenhagen

deportation

amphibian

elongation

dehydration

intensified

intensifies

intensities

intensively

intangibles

continuance

implantation

contingencies

evocation

usurpation

canadian

locomotion

monotony

preelection

preignition

reposition

reelection

relocation

procreation

repercussion

centimetres

indemnify

indemnity

entanglement

contingency

decompression

disputation

jurisdiction

transplantation

exhortation

intensify

electrician

liquefaction

reproduction

contemptuously

satisfaction

intensity

coalition

anathema

apparition

mediation

carcinogen

foliation

prohibition

radiation

deviation

aviation

exploitation

indemnities

alabaman

interurban

expectation

gentlewoman

reexamine

committeeman

centimetre

canadians

circumspection

glaciation

hungarian

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word contamination

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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