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

gumption

suction

huntsman

junction

function

fashion

haitian

passion

station

ashen

prussian

russian

nation

ration

austin

boston

baston

crustal

jetson

onion

piston

runnion

teston

sultan

tuscan

scullion

whitson

emption

tungsten

hyson

basin

caisson

bison

button

chasten

hasten

jason

mason

mutton

action

gentian

dungeon

flexion

flashgun

fraction

friction

faustian

fiction

faction

caption

mention

question

tension

luncheon

martian

auction

bastion

diction

christian

mansion

option

pension

section

portion

thrusting

trusting

frustrates

traction

sanction

torsion

asian

bludgeon

cajun

capstan

caution

caxton

cushion

delphian

doctrine

dudgeon

fission

freshen

frustrate

grecian

gudgeon

hessian

lengthen

mission

pathan

portman

postman

session

sexton

strengthen

suasion

acton

atman

aspen

classman

crusted

million

outdone

outrun

harten

melton

minion

stallion

mountain

stepson

muslin

tartan

nekton

stillion

hearten

undone

ensign

ibsen

trillion

trustees

tubman

crystal

houseman

marten

martin

thrusters

london

hetman

dalton

lightman

keelson

kenyan

kelson

spartan

fractions

billion

barton

breasted

bristol

bullion

frictions

footman

canton

canyon

captain

carton

clinton

fountain

frosted

ponton

vulcan

wanton

pristine

panton

pressman

prostate

santon

scallion

gascon

christians

banyan

pectin

pillion

chessman

citron

passman

pinion

pitman

shotgun

plantain

shorten

smarten

belgian

breasting

bushman

cresting

landsman

drunken

engine

frosting

horsetails

dutchman

georgian

fortune

freshman

guardsman

margin

prestige

shrunken

sunken

baton

batten

batton

bayman

bisson

bitten

breton

brighten

briton

cayman

cotton

cousin

craven

glisten

gotten

graven

hymen

hyphen

jetton

kalan

kitten

mitten

laden

moisten

bason

boughten

bacon

brazen

canaan

christen

crusty

dagan

dagon

dozen

fasten

fatten

flatten

daman

frighten

haven

heighten

latin

layman

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

maiden

oven

liven

lyden

muffin

mullen

pagan

patten

platen

platten

raven

riden

ripen

rotten

shaman

siphon

siren

satin

satan

shaken

smitten

straighten

sudden

sullen

summon

syphon

taken

threaten

thruster

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

waken

trustee

whiten

trusty

widen

written

wizen

zaman

bordman

cauldron

children

crystals

baldwin

doorstep

horsetail

headsman

klansman

horseman

lampron

landman

marchman

markman

oarsman

prostrate

scotsman

townsman

yachtsman

earthen

kitchen

legion

lotion

notion

heathen

ocean

vision

potion

lesion

mahone

motion

pigeon

region

frostings

dian

ion

scion

penguin

priesthood

mayan

henchman

lion

zion

rayon

plankton

airman

alban

alman

apron

arson

bagman

bargain

bellman

billman

boatman

bookman

brakeman

brightens

brisket

calvin

carbon

carman

carmine

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chevron

chieftain

claxon

corban

cordon

crested

crimson

dampen

damson

darken

desman

dobson

dolman

dolphin

drastic

erased

falcon

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

foreman

frightens

frightful

fructose

garden

gilden

goodman

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

headman

hempen

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kansan

kelvin

kremlin

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lockman

lynden

m1

marlin

matron

mignon

milken

minden

molten

morgan

mormon

organ

orphan

parson

norman

oxen

packman

pardon

patron

penman

proceeds

saffron

samson

saxon

selden

sharpen

shipman

silken

sovereign

sovran

squadron

spearman

stallman

stockman

sylvan

tendon

union

woolman

tarpon

tillman

warden

woodman

airstrip

breastplate

craftsman

firstborn

doorsteps

draftsman

drugstores

marksman

sportsman

brethren

earshot

hangman

mangan

othman

rincon

longan

watchman

wrestling

alan

amman

begun

bellon

billon

blacken

bobbin

bollen

bracken

brigade

bristle

broaden

burton

cabin

cannon

canon

tourists

chicken

curtain

arcades

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dragon

driven

eaten

eden

elan

famine

floren

foreign

heron

hidden

hoten

lagan

leaden

leaven

ledden

drugstore

salesman

leman

quicken

reason

first-rate

pullen

firestone

loren

tricksters

lemon

linen

locken

madden

leven

loosen

reckon

redden

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

forests

riven

rosin

homespun

robin

sadden

thicken

thousand

treason

trestle

trodden

urson

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

wrestle

yaupon

baron

beacon

beaten

beckon

spokesman

auden

barren

certain

charon

cheapen

common

cretin

crouton

fallen

felon

freeman

frosty

gallon

gammon

garron

gibbon

given

glidden

gristle

gluten

griffon

happen

hausen

heaven

marron

melon

ninon

statesman

gladden

often

perron

person

poison

pollan

pollen

persuades

pavon

prison

proceed

salmon

seaman

season

soften

frostbite

semen

seton

seven

sicken

slacken

sodden

steven

sweeten

talon

tappen

vegan

villain

wagon

warren

weaken

weapon

wheaten

stiffen

stricken

striven

grandson

sturgeon

surgeon

trojan

urchin

version

horsehead

burgeon

frigid

fusion

persian

arcade

argot

arrests

bolden

breakdown

brigades

bristles

copeman

corset

cowan

crusades

fielden

forestalls

forster

freedman

freestone

golden

gowan

kirkman

lopeman

market

newsman

olden

orchid

paean

peon

persuade

precedes

prejudge

proctors

sequin

shearman

soldan

target

tractors

trickster

urine

workman

worsted

wrestlers

wrestles

cherished

churchman

coachman

airstrips

bourbon

bowman

burdon

markets

arctic

targets

brogan

broken

burden

chosen

colon

blowgun

burman

crewman

crooked

cricket

cumin

erstwhile

forestall

gorgets

crusade

cuban

driest

dromon

jurists

ermine

firman

frigate

frozen

german

hogan

hoven

human

logan

lumen

odin

omen

open

parquet

precede

presto

proctor

proven

roman

rosen

rumen

sermon

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

spoken

stolen

swollen

thirsty

token

toman

tractor

turban

urban

woven

yeoman

zircon

breakdowns

orchids

purists

seedsman

corrects

priestly

directs

greasewood

presides

tourist

jurist

brackets

brocades

brookside

crickets

forest

thursdays

workdays

firstly

frigates

pursuits

owen

rowan

ruin

breakthrough

rowen

erects

practiced

workday

breakthroughs

brucite

thursday

ergot

harassed

arrest

circuit

freighters

brightly

brocade

preside

circuits

ergots

forgets

lyrist

purist

croquet

freighter

crochet

archduke

aroused

bracket

correct

direct

hirsute

pursuit

turgid

fracture

erect

practice

practise

fractures

throughout

forget

forgot

corkwood

3 syllable words

contraction

extension

contraption

distraction

capsaicin

abstention

subtraction

contortion

awaken

contrition

convection

convention

declension

frustrating

inflation

determine

translation

jamaican

assumption

attraction

completion

compression

conception

confection

confucian

discretion

distortion

addiction

apportion

cartesian

conversion

concussion

condition

contusion

deception

collection

connection

connexion

equation

impassion

optician

partition

production

proportion

propulsion

exertion

persuasion

reception

misshapen

patrician

reduction

ablution

abortion

depression

artesian

adoption

affection

attrition

dentition

depletion

detection

detention

digression

discussion

dispersion

dissection

dissension

insertion

invasion

selection

submersion

submission

subversion

tactician

gradation

collegian

obstruction

tradition

caucasian

constriction

construction

ovation

position

precession

probation

pollution

australian

aversion

commission

commotion

evasion

physician

solution

edition

vacation

donation

vocation

malayan

location

abstraction

objection

deletion

addition

extraction

relation

desertion

aleutian

cremation

promotion

muskmelon

countryman

projection

horatian

adsorption

complexion

excretion

croatian

consumption

expansion

extortion

expression

creation

destruction

inspection

prescription

chairperson

compulsion

battalion

deflection

diffraction

lumberman

conduction

policeman

disruption

concoction

confusion

convulsion

affliction

conviction

exaction

exception

excursion

impression

infection

reflection

austrian

intention

transaction

in-person

magician

inception

invention

pentathlon

unburden

transmission

distinction

ignition

injection

defection

depiction

eviction

inaction

inversion

rendition

resection

freemason

waterman

repression

conscription

retention

suburban

gravamen

erection

menhaden

pretension

norwegian

thespian

instruction

uneven

incursion

profusion

kantian

dimension

election

subscription

perception

occlusion

technician

ejection

exemption

egyptian

corruption

ghanaian

veteran

collision

collusion

hawaiian

gaussian

allusion

infraction

inflection

devotion

emotion

absorption

emission

extinction

diversion

emblazon

dilution

extrusion

decision

fisherman

immersion

cation

proceeding

provision

recision

transgression

transfusion

companion

crestfallen

plebeian

rescission

reversion

description

sedition

restriction

lecithin

rejection

abandon

acumen

alderman

backgammon

brazilian

civilian

coercion

compunction

conclusion

discipline

dominion

enliven

erections

everyone

infusion

intrusion

italian

laotian

medallion

misfortune

misprision

opinion

pavilion

presumption

redemption

resumption

retraction

timberman

uncertain

uncommon

inscription

transcription

conjunction

guardian

eruption

vatican

halcyon

hammerman

nevadan

specimen

gordian

excision

anchorman

albion

eleven

indian

deduction

andean

emulsion

anyone

cyprian

diffusion

lesbian

toboggan

mandarin

incision

bedizen

scorpion

wesleyan

seclusion

champion

ferryman

preemption

preclusion

seduction

bitumen

trustworthy

bosnian

zambian

revulsion

campion

prostheses

prosthetic

laurentian

nutrition

peterman

proscription

infarction

encryption

infliction

explosion

exclusion

communion

disunion

crusading

arian

arkansan

outspoken

reptilian

snapdragon

suggestion

delusion

precision

downtrodden

appian

aryan

division

religion

biotin

archetypal

bandwagon

octillion

audition

perversion

percussion

carrion

digestion

clarion

dorian

reaction

correction

direction

chilean

housebroken

imprison

galleon

adhesion

illusion

imagine

foramen

albumin

gillian

korean

libyan

marian

myosin

niacin

protean

saccharin

samoan

simian

unbroken

syrian

uterine

erosion

tamarin

inclusion

implosion

inhuman

induction

abduction

combustion

aegean

cambrian

abdomen

bedridden

chairwoman

precedent

crystalline

predestine

cohesion

guncotton

talisman

fruition

alaskan

forested

injunction

rebellion

unbutton

unwritten

phrygian

forewoman

logician

scythian

stygian

tuition

congestion

heartbroken

superman

admission

ambition

beholden

crocheting

christianize

cognition

corrections

directions

fractional

venison

unison

keratin

puritan

skeleton

irishman

beethoven

garrison

perfection

prevention

bulletin

medicine

overrun

prediction

overdone

overman

transition

ambrosian

badminton

expulsion

embolden

etruscan

franciscan

handwoven

intestine

nebraskan

nonunion

precedents

arresting

halogen

omission

parthian

munition

musician

precaution

margarine

origin

permission

clergyman

preceding

presiding

remission

volition

alien

avian

bedouin

fabian

grobian

heroin

freudian

singleton

heroine

horizon

irian

midshipman

jovian

julian

exhaustion

odeon

permian

nubian

nonhuman

ingestion

barristers

backwoodsman

charlatan

crystallize

enlighten

foresters

nobleman

perfusion

peristyle

persuaded

prostitute

rifleman

sumatran

vermilion

prostatic

fijian

lutheran

derision

parisian

corrosion

benjamin

nitrogen

oxygen

precautions

congressman

hydrogen

proceedings

crusaders

catalan

elison

architect

denizen

forester

saleswoman

adrian

barrister

cinnamon

citizen

collagen

directed

forgotten

jacobin

aerostats

frightfully

javelin

crystallized

harlequin

keynesian

silicon

forgetful

ramadan

vitamin

lanolin

gentleman

jettison

prostitutes

ottoman

solomon

councilman

pelican

correcting

foreshadow

procedures

prosthetics

regimen

revision

characters

charwoman

practical

porcelain

rhodopsin

cherrystone

forestry

christendom

corsican

tractable

fenian

orion

wrestler

forbidden

magdalen

parasites

partisan

reopen

practically

marketplace

african

barricades

cardigan

chamberlain

genuine

aerostat

crusader

nemean

heuristic

moroccan

prosody

artisan

mexican

practices

median

foreshadows

parachutes

erecting

marketing

tragedy

englishman

procedure

archetypes

architrave

barricade

bouillon

irrigate

directors

corrective

directive

melanin

scarcity

theorists

cherrystones

skyrocket

heuristics

parasite

masculine

arrogate

feminine

reunion

corrugate

variegate

varsity

anglican

marketings

prejudgment

prejudice

architects

tragedies

clarendon

archetype

marketers

skyrockets

targeted

narcotic

practises

president

creosote

fireside

director

narcotics

presidents

crocodile

character

directly

correctly

erector

marketer

parakeet

peroxide

versatile

parachute

charcuterie

crocodiles

parakeets

workaday

surrogate

theorist

surrogates

breakwater

cruzado

cruzados

4 syllable words

demonstration

incrustation

orchestration

sequestration

augmentation

fluctuation

confiscation

constellation

consternation

constipation

consultation

installation

pigmentation

fragmentation

instigation

obfuscation

transportation

agitation

segmentation

vegetation

disputation

gastrulation

infestation

menstruation

ostentation

graduation

maturation

saturation

situation

commendation

commutation

conservation

publication

culmination

palpitation

equitation

expiration

refutation

calibration

annexation

altercation

emigration

penetration

celebration

immigration

alternation

designation

inspiration

reputation

desecration

invitation

deportation

dislocation

inundation

statistician

registration

resignation

admiration

affirmation

allegation

allocation

animation

appellation

avocation

bifurcation

collocation

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

declaration

dedication

defamation

delegation

derivation

detonation

divination

domination

elevation

emanation

fascination

figuration

fluoridation

germination

hibernation

immolation

jubilation

inhalation

irrigation

innovation

isolation

litigation

machination

motivation

medication

navigation

mitigation

mutilation

nomination

oscillation

perspiration

preservation

profanation

recreation

reformation

propagation

provocation

realization

renovation

reservation

revelation

revocation

termination

titillation

trepidation

usurpation

vacillation

validation

valuation

expectation

concentration

confrontation

perforation

exploitation

aviation

deviation

rhetorician

dietitian

extrication

foliation

mediation

radiation

amputation

compensation

condemnation

computation

condensation

consecration

education

disinflation

mortification

importation

integration

dispensation

adulation

imputation

incantation

indentation

exploration

satisfaction

subluxation

transformation

modulation

exhortation

pagination

arbitration

punctuation

substitution

eustachian

custodian

committeeman

glaciation

aggravation

aggregation

fabrication

indication

duplication

liquidation

vaccination

prostitution

reclamation

relaxation

regulation

cancellation

abnegation

backwardation

abdication

abrogation

advocation

deformation

degradation

demarcation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

destitution

fibrillation

disaffection

information

insulation

insurrection

interaction

intercession

intermission

interruption

intimation

invocation

replication

intonation

restitution

segregation

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

syndication

tabulation

ventilation

acclamation

application

acclimation

activation

circulation

compilation

consummation

confirmation

consolation

conversation

convocation

emulation

granulation

hypertension

obligation

observation

occupation

permutation

population

tribulation

vindication

accusation

ovulation

combination

ordination

oxidation

approbation

proclamation

appalachian

intuition

dehydration

arabian

assyrian

fumigation

preignition

conjugation

syncopation

dissolution

perturbation

procreation

evocation

politician

practitioner

relocation

mammalian

reawaken

elongation

rumination

supposition

repetition

canadian

repossession

conflagration

circumspection

distribution

infiltration

implantation

contemplation

incarnation

inclination

implication

embarkation

formulation

indexation

indignation

exhumation

excavation

inflammation

constitution

misperception

calculation

apparition

coalition

pelagian

disinfection

complication

preconception

prohibition

condescension

malformation

adrenaline

jurisdiction

disconnection

institution

interception

intersection

intervention

interdiction

pedestrian

decompression

reinspection

agrarian

albanian

american

benediction

competition

congregation

copernican

deconstruction

dereliction

disposition

dominican

elocution

estonian

exhalation

historian

inattention

incubation

interjection

interurban

introspection

jordanian

lilliputian

lubrication

nestorian

obsidian

pagurian

persecution

practitioners

precondition

predilection

prosecution

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

retardation

retrocession

sectarian

strangulation

superstition

tasmanian

transplantation

watermelon

explication

contraception

exclamation

explanation

extradition

self-deception

obstetrician

misconception

assemblyman

impregnation

indiscretion

melanesian

erudition

evolution

collodion

comedian

opposition

gregorian

fallopian

definition

demolition

disillusion

deposition

reposition

diminution

chameleon

devolution

bavarian

directorship

hungarian

locomotion

himalayan

abolition

premonition

preelection

valerian

proposition

reelection

resolution

resurrection

revolution

missourian

polynesian

sicilian

planarian

napoleon

contrarian

circumvention

interwoven

retribution

execution

electrician

imperfection

reproduction

attribution

liquefaction

malnutrition

nigerian

corinthian

leviathan

athenian

acquisition

admonition

ammunition

eritrean

convolution

circumcision

apprehension

absolution

terrestrial

composition

crucifixion

directorships

exhibition

imposition

indonesian

minnesotan

presidential

columbian

penicillin

accordion

paraguayan

requisition

subdivision

abyssinian

oblivion

centurion

armenian

reexamine

cotyledon

predetermine

victorian

equestrian

contribution

contradiction

introduction

jurisdictions

inhibition

nonprescription

algerian

arthurian

forsythias

smithsonian

criterion

coloradan

devonian

directorate

european

galilean

floridian

iberian

hyperion

iranian

expedition

inquisition

jacobean

maccabean

exposition

liberian

siberian

simonian

lancastrian

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Words that rhyme with the word crustacean

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

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