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

decimation

defamation

desiccation

desolation

estimation

recitation

animation

desecration

reclamation

dedication

delegation

derivation

emanation

destination

detonation

elevation

fascination

hesitation

medication

meditation

renovation

revelation

revocation

vacillation

education

vegetation

excavation

exclamation

allegation

avocation

desperation

dilatation

imitation

immolation

irrigation

reformation

termination

acclamation

acclimation

isolation

levitation

respiration

restoration

cancellation

suffocation

depravation

depredation

dissipation

consummation

degradation

divination

celebration

annotation

deprivation

allocation

sanitation

emigration

appellation

litigation

machination

distillation

innovation

designation

inhalation

emulation

equitation

intimation

penetration

recantation

regulation

segregation

speculation

habitation

insulation

replication

reputation

oscillation

validation

excitation

resignation

trepidation

presentation

vaccination

fluoridation

germination

navigation

ventilation

surrogation

exhalation

explanation

extrication

explication

adulation

agitation

pagination

dispensation

execution

gastrulation

inflammation

installation

segmentation

vaccinations

collocation

connotation

predilection

aspiration

coronation

correlation

declaration

definition

demolition

deposition

devolution

jubilation

melanesian

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

nomination

perspiration

premonition

preservation

recreation

disaffection

profanation

propagation

provocation

realization

repetition

reservation

resolution

revolution

exhumation

culmination

destitution

persecution

circulation

calibration

consolation

oxidation

palpitation

proclamation

machinations

recollection

accusation

evolution

abrogation

appalachian

activation

advocation

aggregation

approbation

dissertation

dissolution

domination

adaptation

aggravation

erudition

application

affirmation

visitation

elocution

exhibition

indication

tabulation

tribulation

fermentation

irritation

expiration

granulation

immigration

intonation

inundation

invocation

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

vindication

titillation

Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word decimation.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

gumption

emption

freshman

henchman

chessman

pressman

bushman

mention

suction

junction

function

section

tension

question

flexion

gentian

pension

delphian

dustman

freshen

haitian

headsman

hessian

nation

prussian

russian

session

station

kenyan

hempen

headman

hetman

kremlin

runnion

passman

penman

scullion

teston

onion

m1

bellman

airman

chairman

classman

desman

lesson

bastion

lessen

engine

faction

belgian

caption

christian

churchman

fraction

diction

brethren

sanction

fiction

action

lemon

dungeon

friction

traction

mansion

summon

luncheon

bludgeon

cajun

caution

fission

ration

grecian

gudgeon

checkmates

klansman

postman

statesman

ashen

asian

cushion

passion

lampron

landman

sexton

fashion

mission

lengthen

strengthen

dudgeon

suasion

aspen

atman

chapman

footman

houseman

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kirkman

melton

million

minion

crimson

dampen

goodman

packman

pectin

alman

bagman

banyan

baston

billion

billman

bookman

bullion

canyon

checkmate

chevron

ensign

gascon

hackman

jackman

jasmine

jetson

london

muslin

nekton

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

scallion

selden

shipman

spearman

stallion

stepson

stillion

sultan

tendon

trillion

tubman

tuscan

undone

tillman

vulcan

woodman

woolman

penguin

workman

huntsman

craftsman

landsman

draftsman

agent

ashamed

cushioned

drunken

hangman

coachman

faustian

flashgun

auction

dutchman

fashioned

legend

martian

watchman

portion

mismatch

option

othman

shrunken

torsion

sunken

bellon

bacon

brazen

bayman

basin

breton

beckon

bisson

amman

brighten

bason

burman

craven

button

caisson

canaan

cayman

charon

chasten

christen

cousin

common

dagan

dagon

daman

deaden

devon

dozen

ermine

famine

deafen

fasten

firman

felon

frighten

gammon

german

glisten

graven

hasten

haven

heaven

heighten

heron

hymen

hyphen

jason

jetton

kalan

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

lyden

maiden

marron

mason

melon

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

pagan

perron

person

raven

reckon

redden

resin

riden

ripen

salmon

satan

sermon

seven

shaken

shaman

siphon

siren

straighten

sudden

sullen

syphon

taken

threaten

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

urson

vegan

waken

weapon

whiten

widen

wizen

zaman

woman

women

worsen

bordman

capstan

caxton

children

docents

portman

townsman

oarsman

scotsman

horseman

marchman

markman

spokesman

seedsman

yachtsman

earthen

burgeon

heathen

kitchen

legion

lesion

lotion

motion

mahone

notion

ocean

pathan

persian

pigeon

potion

region

sturgeon

surgeon

urchin

version

vision

agents

disjoint

plankton

legends

tungsten

apron

brakeman

scion

ascend

ascent

boston

calvin

austin

boatman

assent

besant

canton

rayon

captain

dissent

guardsman

carman

carmine

dolman

sylvan

sportsman

falcon

ibsen

santon

stallman

stockman

samson

saxon

fireman

saffron

second

shearman

silken

fibrin

claxon

citron

clinton

descend

foreman

kansan

dian

freedman

linden

patron

peasant

vacant

whitson

panton

union

discounts

mormon

marksman

acton

copeman

descent

lightman

lineman

lisbon

lockman

lopeman

lion

linemen

lynden

nascent

newsman

norman

wizened

milken

minden

ion

zion

viscounts

chaplain

damson

gilden

matron

mayan

plantain

mignon

pheasant

fortune

foxhound

georgian

mangan

margin

pageant

regent

rincon

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

beacon

cretin

cumin

curtain

deacon

deepen

demon

eden

crewman

elan

hidden

fatten

freeman

gallon

hyson

madden

ascends

loosen

human

lumen

mitten

moisten

ninon

rerun

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

rumen

sadden

satin

seaman

season

semen

seton

showman

sicken

slacken

acquaint

baldwin

smitten

villain

wagon

weaken

wheaten

wiccan

wooden

woolen

written

yeoman

cauldron

beaten

peasants

homespun

bison

blacken

bitten

bourbon

bowman

bracken

magnates

billon

quicksand

descents

discount

doctrine

dissents

begun

grandson

pheasants

seconds

alan

magnets

miscount

salesman

briton

burden

burdon

burton

cabin

cannon

canon

certain

cheapen

chicken

dragon

driven

dromon

eaten

flatten

garron

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

griffon

happen

kitten

lagan

latin

leman

leven

linen

omen

patten

platen

platten

poison

prison

pullen

quicken

reason

steven

stiffen

stricken

descends

striven

sweeten

talon

tappen

thicken

toman

treason

turban

urban

zircon

viscount

pageants

regents

fusion

trojan

account

alban

arson

assumed

bargain

barton

bolden

carbon

carton

chieftain

corban

cordon

dalton

darken

decant

decent

dobson

docent

dolphin

doughnuts

faulcon

fielden

fountain

garden

golden

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

hearten

jargon

jordan

jorden

kismet

marlin

marten

quicksands

loosened

martin

molten

morgan

mountain

olden

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

oxen

pardon

parson

piquant

ponton

recent

rescind

sequin

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

smarten

soldan

sovereign

tartan

warden

sovran

spartan

squadron

tarpon

wanton

cowan

gowan

paean

peon

urine

jacinth

bismuth

cogent

longan

ignites

kismets

rescinds

sequent

auden

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

broaden

brogan

broken

cotton

cuban

crouton

mismatched

chosen

colon

fallen

foreign

gluten

hausen

locken

logan

loren

odin

pavon

pollan

pollen

robin

rosen

rosin

rotten

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

warren

backhand

stolen

trodden

floren

gotten

hogan

frozen

hoten

hoven

often

open

proven

shogun

swollen

token

woven

yaupon

lucent

magnet

recount

disowned

ignite

lignite

magnate

recant

resound

thousand

rowan

ruin

rowen

owen

accounts

resents

thousands

thousandth

locksmith

accents

doughnut

thousandths

signet

bookends

vignettes

bookend

resend

resent

accent

vignette

recounts

3 syllable words

filtration

prostration

discretion

disruption

decimate

jamaican

inflation

translation

redemption

dictation

formation

discussion

fixation

lactation

persuasion

plantation

compassion

damnation

deception

emulsion

essential

misshapen

menhaden

deduction

deflation

dissension

cistercian

reduction

production

reception

seduction

taxation

ascension

salvation

propulsion

alsatian

ablation

revulsion

stagnation

assertion

cetacean

commission

commotion

corruption

duration

elation

flirtation

gradation

malaysian

occasion

percussion

phoenician

cremation

possession

profession

procession

promotion

regimen

vacation

recession

secession

venetian

excretion

exemption

muskmelon

adsorption

extortion

expression

truncation

expulsion

destruction

mexican

mistaken

discipline

horatian

distinction

abduction

completion

conflation

transmission

conduction

compression

distortion

essentials

convulsion

suspension

induction

invasion

libration

awaken

starvation

freemason

dentition

depiction

depletion

denizen

dispersion

cinnamon

aspersion

dimension

secretion

keratin

accretion

admission

thespian

accession

abrasion

skeleton

aggression

benjamin

concession

confession

equation

carnation

contagion

pelican

concussion

eruption

eviction

exertion

foundation

hydration

impassion

inaction

insertion

migration

obsession

oppression

optation

preemption

progression

regression

rendition

submersion

suppression

suspicion

vibration

submission

succession

technician

injunction

instruction

extraction

obstruction

conjunction

construction

extinction

citation

deletion

halogen

edition

infarction

collegian

decision

donation

evasion

dilation

gyration

causation

desertion

complexion

immersion

notation

imagine

encryption

aversion

emission

emotion

egyptian

expansion

addition

aleutian

flotation

ligation

location

mutation

emblazon

oration

ovation

description

solution

permission

rotation

petition

physician

pollution

privation

vocation

recision

prescription

sedition

tradition

gentleman

position

precession

rescission

malayan

reptilian

quotation

relation

distraction

probation

attraction

chairwoman

combustion

compulsion

confucian

creation

croatian

diffraction

enlighten

enliven

everyone

exaction

excursion

fascinates

genuine

impression

italian

lumberman

magician

misfortune

transaction

abstraction

conscription

australian

subscription

transcription

constriction

inscription

fustian

ablution

adoption

attrition

condition

excision

jacobin

lesbian

nevadan

javelin

lanolin

silicon

wesleyan

abortion

ambition

ottoman

ramadan

suburban

uneven

addiction

hammerman

apportion

ignition

puritan

vitamin

solomon

conversion

incision

fascinate

anyone

incursion

catalan

ferryman

inversion

citizen

determine

patrician

profusion

proportion

subversion

oxygen

councilman

masculine

crestfallen

ascendance

ascendant

contraction

contraption

infraction

exclusion

explosion

extrusion

infliction

restriction

subtraction

proscription

communion

companion

descendant

transfusion

descendent

caucasian

collusion

correction

devotion

collision

direction

division

omission

origin

perversion

precaution

provision

reaction

precision

religion

carrion

remission

clarion

reversion

foramen

cation

ghanaian

marian

permian

plebeian

hawaiian

samoan

veteran

allusion

fisherman

horizon

simian

tamarin

bedridden

corsican

magdalen

contortion

pentathlon

retraction

battalion

logician

abandon

dominion

infusion

nobleman

timberman

vaccinate

contrition

conviction

compunction

inclusion

inhuman

intrusion

unbutton

unwritten

talisman

confusion

medallion

singleton

backgammon

concoction

austrian

affliction

misprision

rifleman

mishandle

chamberlain

acumen

african

porcelain

unburden

acquaintance

descendants

descendents

aegean

phrygian

scythian

laotian

stygian

coercion

affection

artesian

attention

beholden

cartesian

collection

connection

connexion

contusion

defection

detection

detention

diffusion

dissection

election

erection

hydrogen

irishman

laurentian

nitrogen

perception

norwegian

occlusion

perfection

preclusion

pretension

prevention

protection

resection

retention

seclusion

selection

zambian

collagen

cyprian

mandarin

absorption

forgotten

mishandles

masonite

albion

gravamen

champion

indian

campion

andean

bulletin

halcyon

bitumen

kantian

bedizen

toboggan

delusion

erosion

illusion

ejection

badminton

disunion

embolden

countryman

digestion

adhesion

handwoven

housebroken

suggestion

clergyman

dilution

saleswoman

magnetron

rejection

projection

diversion

imprison

reagent

harlequin

anglican

conception

conclusion

confection

chilean

heroin

heroine

contention

arian

gillian

convection

misanthrope

biotin

galleon

convention

appian

reflection

bedouin

gaussian

declension

deflection

exception

implosion

moroccan

nemean

saccharin

syrian

inception

libyan

infection

invention

orion

guncotton

rebellion

artisan

congestion

backwoodsman

abdomen

perfusion

ingestion

pavilion

vermilion

partisan

pegmatite

injection

brazilian

cohesion

resentment

civilian

opinion

uncertain

objection

charlatan

policeman

predestine

cambrian

charwoman

misconduct

anchorman

depression

digression

prediction

reagents

repression

parisian

tactician

transition

tuition

derision

corrosion

fruition

inspection

extension

inflection

bandwagon

intestine

feminine

franciscan

garrison

arkansan

snapdragon

englishman

asunder

bosnian

elison

gordian

resentments

scorpion

ambrosian

jettison

overrun

recommit

venison

albumin

outspoken

medicine

accountant

unbroken

guardian

overdone

quiescent

disjointed

midshipman

exhaustion

nonhuman

audition

intention

sequential

acantha

munition

musician

passionate

volition

accountants

alaskan

alien

aryan

avian

chairperson

cosmetic

dorian

fabian

forewoman

freudian

grobian

hackmatack

heartbroken

irian

jovian

julian

korean

magnetite

myosin

niacin

nubian

odeon

protean

recommits

sumatran

uncommon

uterine

mismatches

signatures

abstention

fijian

cognition

partition

transgression

optician

nutrition

congressman

lutheran

discounters

etruscan

adrian

acquainted

downtrodden

magnitudes

nebraskan

nonunion

octillion

assassin

beethoven

dignity

dissenter

eleven

keynesian

melanin

overman

peterman

superman

unison

vatican

waterman

parthian

discontent

margarine

revision

signature

alderman

capsaicin

clarendon

discounter

dissenters

dogmatic

in-person

magnitude

peasantry

recently

recondite

secondly

median

ascending

pageantry

descending

dissenting

fenian

reopen

discontents

magnetics

accenting

bouillon

reunion

hyacinth

secondhand

eccentrics

byzantine

cocoanuts

forbidden

raconteur

rhodopsin

cardigan

agendas

hyacinths

macintosh

mackintosh

cosmetics

resentful

huguenot

backhanded

reignite

rejoinder

agenda

huguenots

ignited

magnetic

rekindle

sigmoidal

accented

eccentric

cognitive

osmotic

gigantic

4 syllable words

syncopation

decoration

reparation

separation

variation

veneration

violation

modulation

federation

expectation

generation

laceration

preparation

demonstration

amputation

calculation

condemnation

consecration

constellation

constipation

consultation

disconnection

disinflation

embarkation

exhortation

expedition

exploration

exposition

fragmentation

imputation

instigation

integration

malformation

menstruation

pigmentation

retribution

subluxation

implication

inclination

transformation

absolution

fibrillation

commendation

commutation

compilation

obligation

occupation

combination

ordination

prosecution

fascinated

protestation

population

ovulation

convocation

deformation

dereliction

devastation

dislocation

disposition

information

lilliputian

liquidation

duplication

inspiration

recognition

restitution

syndication

requisition

refutation

invitation

molestation

benediction

situation

masturbation

diminution

perturbation

fascinating

figuration

himalayan

locomotion

valuation

registration

strangulation

admiration

ulceration

usurpation

supposition

repossession

abolition

bifurcation

conjugation

legislation

concentration

contemplation

adoration

miseration

distribution

aviation

radiation

misconception

coloration

perforation

cogitation

aberration

circumspection

exploitation

iteration

liberation

extradition

sequestration

compensation

complication

computation

circumvention

decompression

condensation

disinfection

formulation

incarnation

disputation

illustration

incantation

indignation

infestation

liquefaction

ministration

mortification

transportation

ammunition

retardation

annexation

circumcision

demarcation

backwardation

saturation

admonition

conservation

graduation

inattention

glaciation

maturation

affectation

prostitution

congregation

acquisition

deportation

imposition

paraguayan

nestorian

assyrian

disillusion

jacobean

limitation

sicilian

maccabean

resurrection

essentially

procreation

evocation

politician

opposition

gravitation

proposition

european

galilean

mammalian

reposition

reawaken

relocation

conflagration

assemblyman

confrontation

inhibition

elongation

infiltration

dehydration

orchestration

confiscation

constitution

consternation

indentation

indexation

inquisition

ideation

ostentation

mesenteric

obfuscation

mediation

misbegotten

preconception

reassertion

substitution

tetrahedron

deviation

rhetorician

augmentation

fluctuation

foliation

institution

macedonian

satisfaction

coalition

dietitian

republican

prohibition

abdication

abnegation

abyssinian

american

centurion

columbian

competition

composition

confirmation

conversation

convolution

cotyledon

crucifixion

cultivation

dandelion

eritrean

estonian

fabrication

guatemalan

historian

incubation

intermission

interruption

misunderstand

obsidian

permutation

precondition

publication

relaxation

retrocession

samaritan

sectarian

statistician

tasmanian

transplantation

hibernation

introduction

self-deception

fumigation

manumission

preignition

contribution

rumination

impregnation

readmission

indiscretion

incrustation

repercussion

obstetrician

chameleon

arabian

comedian

canadian

iranian

moderation

misunderstands

disentangle

jurisdiction

misperception

armageddon

apparition

arbitration

condescension

importation

shakespearean

punctuation

pedestrian

corinthian

reproduction

leviathan

operation

pelagian

toleration

altercation

alternation

committeeman

intercession

dysentery

olympian

victorian

indonesian

dominican

interaction

lubrication

alabaman

observation

albanian

custodian

pagurian

reexamine

cyclopean

superstition

eustachian

penicillin

algerian

alteration

contraception

californian

intuition

equestrian

misinterpret

rhododendron

smithsonian

implantation

gentlewoman

contravention

corp.

contradiction

corporation

octahedron

devonian

attribution

imperfection

electrician

interdiction

praetorian

protozoan

crocodilian

deconstruction

hemoglobin

introspection

disinterest

tamoxifen

reconstruction

adrenaline

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5 syllable words

alienation

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secondarily

dionysian

argentinian

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bicentennial

decontaminate

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word decimation

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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