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

banyan

canyon

damson

samson

emption

gumption

fraction

junction

caption

faction

gentian

function

mention

pension

tension

traction

action

sanction

station

nation

ration

ashen

passion

haitian

fashion

klansman

landman

lampron

canton

claxon

dampen

ensign

onion

runnion

stallion

kenyan

plantain

santon

saxon

panton

scallion

kansan

mentions

caisson

mason

amman

basin

bason

bison

cannon

chasten

famine

fasten

gammon

hyson

jason

salmon

canon

hasten

auction

dungeon

landsman

luncheon

suction

draftsman

huntsman

bastion

torsion

anthem

portion

section

option

flashgun

flexion

engine

martian

craftsman

asian

cajun

cantons

capstan

caution

caxton

delphian

freshen

grecian

hessian

lengthen

mahone

pathan

prussian

russian

session

strengthen

suasion

townsman

m1

kelson

packman

aspen

gascon

keelson

kremlin

lineman

scullion

undone

penguin

falcon

union

wanton

anthems

classman

london

stepson

tungsten

fountain

acton

hackman

passman

pinion

captain

chapman

atman

chaplain

hempen

henchman

linemen

oxen

ponton

saffron

bantam

jasmine

parson

jetson

mountain

alman

arson

baston

calvin

dobson

minion

penman

jackman

bagman

minden

phantom

plankton

random

tandem

tendon

chanting

fiction

georgian

mangan

margin

shrunken

sunken

faustian

panting

longan

drunken

banding

diction

belgian

fortune

freshman

landing

question

friction

hangman

alan

brighten

gallon

ermine

bayman

garron

barren

batton

bracken

brazen

burman

dagan

dagon

daman

batten

bacon

baron

blacken

cabin

cayman

baton

canaan

common

dragon

fatten

firman

craven

flatten

frighten

german

happen

haven

heighten

hymen

laden

latin

lagan

graven

gladden

hyphen

kalan

layman

lemon

lighten

lessen

lesson

lichen

liken

liman

liven

lyden

madden

maiden

pagan

moisten

patten

platen

platten

raven

person

riden

ripen

sadden

satan

satin

sermon

shaken

shaman

siphon

siren

slacken

straighten

summon

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tighten

titan

triton

urson

wagon

waken

whiten

widen

wizen

worsen

zaman

baldwin

cauldron

bantams

fountains

doctrine

homespun

mountains

pendant

phantoms

sentence

sexton

something

statesman

tendons

burgeon

bludgeon

cushion

dudgeon

gudgeon

heathen

earthen

fission

legion

lesion

lotion

motion

persian

ocean

mission

notion

potion

sturgeon

surgeon

version

region

urchin

landings

dian

mayan

ion

rayon

lion

zion

scion

airman

alban

apron

austin

bargain

barton

bellman

billion

boston

brakeman

bullion

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chessman

chevron

clinton

comedown

contain

corban

cordon

crimson

darken

dalton

desman

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

foreman

garden

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hetman

houseman

ibsen

jargon

jordan

jorden

kelvin

kirkman

lightman

linden

lockman

lynden

maintain

marlin

marten

martin

matron

mignon

melton

million

morgan

mundane

mormon

muslin

nekton

norman

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

pardon

patron

pectin

pentane

pillion

pressman

quantum

selden

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallman

stillion

stockman

tarpon

tartan

trillion

tubman

sultan

teston

tuscan

vulcan

warden

whitson

workman

ointment

somethings

bending

binding

bonding

dutchman

bounding

brethren

bushman

christian

churchman

daunting

ending

fainting

finding

founding

minding

lending

othman

hounding

mounting

painting

rincon

rounding

pending

pounding

sounding

taunting

wanting

watchman

winding

beaten

boughten

bourbon

bowman

auden

beacon

beckon

bellon

breton

salesman

sandman

bobbin

burden

burdon

burton

button

yachtsman

bisson

bollen

broaden

certain

cheapen

scotsman

sometimes

charon

christen

cotton

cousin

portman

deacon

cretin

crewman

cumin

curtain

deaden

handmade

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dozen

dromon

eaten

eden

hausen

leaden

listen

locken

loosen

elan

leaven

ledden

leman

leven

linen

headsman

horseman

loren

jetton

fallen

felon

floren

foreign

freeman

glisten

gotten

heaven

heron

human

lumen

melon

marron

perron

poison

pollan

pollen

reason

reckon

redden

rerun

robin

roman

rosin

rotten

rumen

bordman

resin

steven

turban

vegan

warren

weaken

weapon

wheaten

woman

women

urban

yaupon

yeoman

children

seton

soften

ninon

often

omen

oven

sodden

sudden

sullen

contains

showman

sweeten

seven

content

muffin

mullen

mutton

seaman

season

semen

thousand

threaten

toman

toughen

trodden

pavon

treason

dustman

zircon

markman

maintains

marchman

oarsman

fusion

trojan

findings

lendings

endings

bindings

paintings

kitchen

vision

soundings

pigeon

billman

boatman

bolden

bookman

chieftain

citron

contents

copeman

cowan

dentine

fielden

footman

freedman

gilden

golden

goodman

gowan

guardsman

lindane

lisbon

lopeman

marksman

milken

molten

newsman

nineteen

olden

paean

peon

piston

pitman

pontoon

quintin

sequin

shearman

soldan

sometime

sylvan

shipman

silken

spearman

sportsman

tillman

urine

woodman

woolman

coachman

pointing

squinting

landmarks

begun

intent

billon

intense

bitten

blowgun

intend

indent

briton

seedsman

brogan

entwine

spokesman

broken

chicken

chosen

colon

pontoons

postman

crouton

cuban

driven

frozen

gibbon

given

glidden

gluten

griffon

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

kitten

logan

mitten

odin

open

prison

proven

pullen

quicken

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

rosen

shogun

sicken

slogan

smitten

solon

spoken

stiffen

stolen

stricken

striven

swollen

thicken

token

villain

wiccan

wooden

woolen

woven

written

nineteenth

smoothen

landmark

intents

intends

centime

entomb

smoothing

intone

centner

owen

ruin

rowen

rowan

canteens

intones

vintners

windmills

knitting

canteen

vintner

windmill

condemn

condone

contemn

sundown

undine

bunting

hunting

funding

shunting

smoothens

centimes

condemned

condemns

condense

condones

contend

condensed

contempt

contends

3 syllable words

jamaican

completion

zambian

freemason

campion

compression

champion

conflation

prostration

frustration

transaction

dictation

deflation

accretion

admission

abrasion

accession

aggression

cognition

concession

confession

connection

connexion

contagion

digression

fixation

oppression

secretion

suppression

progression

impassion

tactician

technician

transition

donations

obsession

persuasion

succession

regression

assertion

cetacean

caucasian

permission

location

commission

duration

elation

flotation

notation

occasion

ovation

commotion

tamarin

malaysian

mutation

possession

probation

procession

profession

quotation

relation

promotion

rotation

vocation

adhesion

emblazon

masculine

complexion

transgression

creation

croatian

chairperson

filtration

impression

cambrian

combustion

inflation

chamberlain

compulsion

conception

convection

dominion

confection

confucian

contention

convention

transmission

genuine

lumberman

abduction

compunction

abstraction

albion

ramadan

congestion

ablution

andean

bosnian

venison

abortion

addiction

adoption

affection

apportion

anchorman

gravamen

artesian

ascension

aspersion

asuncion

attention

attrition

cartesian

cistercian

collection

concussion

condition

conversion

dentition

depletion

depression

dimension

dissection

equation

awaken

kantian

emulsion

exertion

insertion

anyone

protection

reduction

repression

selection

ignition

optician

preemption

garrison

invasion

perception

propulsion

submission

uneven

patrician

proportion

norwegian

partition

perfection

production

rendition

laurentian

menhaden

subversion

lanolin

objection

mandarin

suspicion

hammerman

suggestion

desertion

direction

remission

dilution

physician

deletion

perversion

petition

diversion

albumin

edition

aleutian

audition

aversion

projection

pollution

precession

transfusion

tradition

malayan

communion

ghanaian

secession

appian

galleon

franciscan

cation

saccharin

halogen

omission

foramen

collegian

addition

arian

evasion

position

badminton

munition

reaction

permian

ambrosian

emission

emotion

correction

recession

snapdragon

solution

bandwagon

digestion

contentions

affliction

african

anglican

anything

assumption

coercion

concoction

conduction

confusion

contortion

contrition

conviction

convulsion

declension

deflection

discretion

enlighten

enliven

everyone

exception

in-person

inception

infection

invention

laotian

magdalen

magician

mistaken

opinion

policeman

presumption

redemption

reflection

resumption

suspension

talisman

timberman

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

unwritten

vermilion

transcription

australian

guardian

scorpion

gordian

contusion

election

catalan

detection

halcyon

deception

detention

wesleyan

suburban

dissension

depiction

unison

defection

dispersion

emotions

eviction

keynesian

erection

jacobin

containment

reunion

misshapen

prediction

reception

retention

submersion

injection

denizen

prevention

ingestion

elison

inversion

lanthanum

resection

incursion

jettison

inaction

profusion

irishman

munitions

nutrition

lesbian

vatican

occlusion

pretension

javelin

adsorption

absorption

consumption

excretion

encryption

exemption

expansion

expression

inflection

inspection

prescription

countryman

fenian

condiment

aryan

samoan

councilman

myosin

companion

embolden

imprison

nonunion

biotin

simian

allusion

marian

carrion

nemean

niacin

veteran

collision

sentiment

collusion

intestine

immersion

clarion

corruption

devotion

dorian

rejection

margarine

handwoven

parthian

provision

sedition

volition

reversion

gentleman

korean

ejection

musician

origin

egyptian

hawaiian

plebeian

commitment

diffraction

attraction

exaction

induction

distinction

infusion

intention

nonhuman

retraction

conclusion

excursion

implosion

sumatran

conjunction

derision

corsican

constriction

corrosion

battalion

conscription

construction

fruition

bedridden

mexican

obstruction

parisian

subscription

logician

medallion

cantonal

cardigan

abandon

brazilian

charlatan

artisan

civilian

cohesion

forbidden

italian

guncotton

partisan

pavilion

porcelain

perfusion

predestine

uncommon

tuition

sentiments

condiments

commitments

incision

waterman

preclusion

assassin

revulsion

extinction

diffusion

collagen

overdone

commuting

indian

benjamin

deduction

overrun

oxygen

eruption

seclusion

bedizen

seduction

cinnamon

cyprian

determine

eleven

londoner

toboggan

arkansan

contented

proscription

disunion

downtrodden

abstention

endowment

harlequin

landmasses

intentioned

subtraction

restriction

intentions

description

distraction

muskmelon

infraction

octillion

reptilian

extension

infarction

tantamount

infliction

contraction

unbroken

contingent

contraption

contentment

division

janthina

englishman

illusion

percussion

imagine

delusion

erosion

lecithin

precaution

precision

religion

singleton

alien

inhuman

avian

bedouin

inclusion

chilean

fabian

freudian

gillian

heroin

heroine

grobian

gaussian

horizon

extraction

libyan

nubian

irian

jovian

julian

odeon

protean

injunction

endangered

inscription

syrian

uterine

disruption

distortion

intrusion

endangers

contingents

instruction

alaskan

abdomen

alderman

backgammon

antennas

bandanas

bentonite

indians

heartbroken

londoners

pantomime

endowments

penitent

randomize

randomly

rebellion

remittance

rhodopsin

sentinel

tendency

wantonly

scythian

stygian

fijian

aegean

lutheran

phrygian

beholden

destruction

hydrogen

discussion

endanger

excision

nitrogen

expulsion

extortion

countenance

outspoken

saleswoman

condensate

continent

tendencies

adrian

maintenance

antenna

bouillon

bulletin

indium

feminine

ferryman

nebraskan

sentinels

sentences

bandana

beethoven

fustian

medicine

monotone

ottoman

overman

superman

thespian

vitamin

nevadan

peterman

solomon

specimen

clergyman

decision

emitting

exhaustion

fisherman

midshipman

pentathlon

recision

regimen

rescission

revision

vomiting

acumen

chairwoman

charwoman

austrian

mountaineer

orion

landowners

backwoodsman

condensates

discipline

forewoman

continents

nobleman

median

moroccan

reopen

rifleman

exclusion

explosion

extrusion

contemplates

bitumen

citizen

melanin

housebroken

pelican

etruscan

skeleton

forgotten

keratin

landowner

crestfallen

puritan

mountaineers

silicon

entangle

misfortune

misprision

untangle

contemplate

entombment

clarendon

congressman

containers

intimate

minuteman

entangled

pandemic

indenture

fandango

intended

intensely

intensive

intently

intimates

container

indentured

indentures

andante

endemic

pantheon

undoing

undying

condenser

contender

continue

untimely

unwitting

contenders

continued

continues

undaunted

unthinking

4 syllable words

adulation

condemnation

augmentation

segmentation

agitation

compensation

amputation

glaciation

abdication

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

commutation

designation

permutation

compilation

accusation

activation

backwardation

calibration

cancellation

confirmation

ordination

palpitation

relaxation

tabulation

affectation

aggravation

advocation

alternation

annexation

adaptation

aggregation

admonition

ammunition

application

approbation

resignation

granulation

masturbation

emigration

fabrication

emulation

collocation

limitation

trepidation

imitation

respiration

isolation

levitation

reformation

perturbation

renovation

reservation

perspiration

restoration

premonition

immolation

connotation

correlation

decimation

declaration

oscillation

suffocation

defamation

desperation

detonation

divination

fumigation

preservation

propagation

provocation

recreation

appalachian

condemnations

demonstration

apparition

coloration

deviation

foliation

moderation

operation

mediation

surrogation

toleration

calculation

complication

computation

consternation

embarkation

formulation

cogitation

modulation

gastrulation

tamoxifen

incantation

incarnation

malformation

fluctuation

ostentation

pigmentation

transformation

transportation

situation

wagnerian

albanian

tasmanian

altercation

conservation

consolation

consummation

cultivation

deformation

desecration

destination

estimation

molestation

obligation

observation

occupation

population

celebration

information

penetration

immigration

convocation

deportation

devastation

presentation

strangulation

conversation

demarcation

oxidation

intonation

expiration

intimation

proclamation

protestation

publication

refutation

recantation

reclamation

simulation

ventilation

stimulation

transplantation

retardation

conjugation

dehydration

dedication

delegation

demolition

dissipation

evocation

inhalation

innovation

irrigation

irritation

medication

meditation

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

readmission

realization

relocation

revelation

revocation

titillation

visitation

ulceration

diminution

canadian

usurpation

mammalian

dilatation

elevation

abolition

bifurcation

derivation

dissertation

jubilation

alteration

corp.

corporation

desolation

fluoridation

desiccation

hesitation

legislation

litigation

polynesian

recitation

elongation

procreation

preignition

implantation

impregnation

contemplation

decompression

intimations

subluxation

disinflation

liberation

iteration

attribution

education

dispensation

intonations

condensation

confiscation

exhortation

comparison

exploration

arbitration

illustration

implication

importation

imputation

rhetorician

inclination

satisfaction

obfuscation

menstruation

reassertion

vegetation

malnutrition

miseration

consecration

constellation

constipation

consultation

indignation

inflammation

mortification

punctuation

dietitian

absolution

abyssinian

acquisition

aldebaran

american

amphibian

armenian

canadians

circulation

committeeman

competition

composition

congregation

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dislocation

distillation

dominican

duplication

equitation

excitation

fibrillation

hypertension

indication

inspiration

insulation

inundation

invitation

invocation

jordanian

liquidation

lubrication

ovulation

penicillin

prosecution

recognition

registration

regulation

replication

reputation

retrocession

samaritan

segregation

speculation

statistician

stipulation

syndication

tribulation

vindication

exclamation

conflagration

confrontation

sequestration

expectation

explanation

exploitation

assemblyman

circumspection

concentration

orchestration

syncopation

figuration

proposition

reelection

arabian

chameleon

comedian

locomotion

opposition

draconian

galilean

jacobean

definition

repossession

melanesian

manumission

vanadium

politician

supposition

maccabean

simonian

preelection

resurrection

himalayan

planarian

reawaken

installation

instigation

integration

preconception

armageddon

ministration

imperfection

indentation

indexation

reinspection

infestation

lancastrian

condescension

excavation

macedonian

disputation

comprehension

disinfection

exhumation

disconnection

corinthian

leviathan

pelagian

prohibition

athenian

coalition

moravian

meridian

peruvian

dandelion

darwinian

estonian

eustachian

comedians

columbian

elocution

librarian

pavlovian

algonquian

pagurian

benediction

carcinogen

circumcision

dereliction

convolution

disaffection

intermission

agrarian

copernican

imposition

intercession

interruption

insurrection

barbarian

gorgonian

lilliputian

apprehension

sectarian

watermelon

exhalation

incubation

persecution

recollection

restitution

precondition

prostitution

predilection

cotyledon

businesswoman

misconception

californian

contribution

contraception

explication

endangerment

extrication

incrustation

infiltration

resolution

repetition

erudition

hungarian

emotional

evolution

revolution

dissolution

algerian

reposition

intuition

deposition

devolution

repercussion

collodion

coloradan

devonian

newtonian

gregorian

constitution

execution

valerian

circumvention

intentional

interdiction

floridian

napoleon

interception

iranian

jurisdiction

fallopian

intersection

intervention

misperception

bavarian

substitution

diocesan

reproduction

monotony

plutonian

missourian

retribution

pedestrian

adrenaline

indigestion

interjection

contrarian

crucifixion

destitution

disposition

exhibition

gargantuan

inattention

indecision

indonesian

interaction

superstition

polyhedron

subdivision

requisition

rhododendron

indiscretion

minnesotan

inhibition

gentlewoman

guatemalan

self-deception

herculean

contaminates

eritrean

equestrian

contradiction

oblivion

obsidian

contravention

obstetrician

interurban

distribution

olympian

continuance

centennial

paraguayan

nonpartisan

accordion

centurion

mongolian

supervision

smithsonian

arthurian

reconstruction

expedition

exposition

electrician

liquefaction

introspection

inquisition

institution

contingency

deconstruction

octahedron

contaminate

arizonan

assyrian

bolivian

crocodilian

comedienne

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word damnation

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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