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

degradation

degradations

depredation

segregation

derivation

fluoridation

aggravation

aggregation

depravation

deprivation

regulation

abrogation

approbation

destination

emulation

equitation

reclamation

replication

reputation

segmentation

estimation

speculation

ventilation

decimation

dedication

defamation

surrogation

delegation

desiccation

desolation

detonation

elevation

emanation

erudition

hesitation

irrigation

medication

meditation

recitation

renovation

revelation

revocation

trepidation

validation

syncopation

education

extrication

vegetation

excavation

fragmentation

gastrulation

pigmentation

retribution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

advocation

application

cancellation

celebration

circulation

culmination

desecration

devastation

distillation

excitation

fabrication

fibrillation

granulation

indication

insulation

intimation

intonation

inundation

invocation

liquidation

oxidation

palpitation

penetration

presentation

recantation

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

tabulation

tribulation

vaccination

vindication

animation

annotation

appellation

avocation

coronation

correlation

dilatation

germination

habitation

irritation

levitation

litigation

machination

preservation

reservation

generation

termination

suffocation

legislation

preparation

divination

veneration

strangulation

variation

separation

allegation

decoration

allocation

exhalation

fascination

immolation

navigation

vacillation

imitation

congregation

innovation

federation

reparation

recreation

sanitation

inhalation

reformation

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

emption

gumption

suction

mention

flexion

gentian

section

junction

function

pension

tension

sanction

grandson

haitian

headsman

strengthen

station

lengthen

hessian

russian

prussian

session

delphian

freshen

nation

henchman

penguin

airman

egret

chevron

chairman

ensign

keelson

kelson

kenyan

scullion

stepson

headman

jetson

runnion

onion

selden

tendon

landsman

guardsman

huntsman

luncheon

mansion

martian

basin

portion

question

chasten

bison

charon

traction

burden

burdon

caisson

torsion

deaden

heron

marron

hasten

mason

action

jason

perron

person

sudden

urson

vegan

lesson

diction

dungeon

faction

friction

begrudge

engine

worsen

brethren

fiction

fraction

freshman

belgian

caption

ledden

leaden

lessen

redden

hyson

landman

sexton

bordman

regrets

dustman

grecian

ashen

asian

cushion

passion

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

bludgeon

fashion

mission

dudgeon

urchin

burgeon

cajun

earthen

ration

version

caution

fission

persian

gudgeon

plankton

tungsten

apron

arson

bellman

banyan

bullion

bagman

billion

canyon

draftsman

citron

cordon

chessman

claxon

damson

degrade

desman

garden

gilden

goodman

harden

hempen

hetman

ibsen

jordan

jorden

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

linden

london

lynden

m1

matron

mignon

nekton

melton

million

minion

muslin

pardon

parson

craftsman

marksman

sportsman

patron

pectin

penman

pillion

pinion

pressman

sacred

saffron

samson

saxon

scallion

spearman

stallion

stillion

sultan

teston

trillion

tubman

tuscan

undone

vulcan

warden

whitson

woodman

workman

option

dutchman

drunken

christian

rincon

shrunken

auction

sunken

faustian

georgian

flashgun

fortune

bastion

margin

bushman

hangman

baron

baldwin

auden

statesman

bacon

portman

barren

bason

beckon

bayman

bellon

bisson

bourbon

brazen

breton

brighten

broaden

capstan

begun

burman

burton

christen

dagon

caxton

button

canaan

cayman

certain

cousin

craven

curtain

dagan

daman

deafen

devon

dozen

dragon

ermine

fasten

felon

firman

frighten

garron

german

gladden

glidden

glisten

graven

haven

heaven

heighten

hidden

hymen

hyphen

jetton

kalan

laden

lagan

layman

leaven

lemon

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

lyden

madden

maiden

melon

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

pagan

raven

reckon

resin

ridden

riden

children

ripen

sadden

satan

secrets

seedsman

sermon

seven

shaken

sullen

horseman

taken

lampron

urban

klansman

shaman

zircon

marchman

siphon

markman

sodden

triton

trodden

turban

migrates

straighten

threaten

tighten

titan

toughen

whiten

degrades

wagon

waken

summon

syphon

weapon

widen

wizen

wooden

zaman

oarsman

heathen

kitchen

legion

lesion

lotion

mahone

motion

notion

ocean

pathan

pigeon

potion

region

vision

scion

urine

ion

acrid

acton

billman

boston

canton

captain

zion

bolden

bookman

calvin

brakeman

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chaplain

chapman

dampen

darken

degreed

deserts

falcon

fibrin

fireman

houseman

fielden

alman

aspen

atman

austin

bargain

barton

lion

baston

classman

clinton

corban

crimson

dobson

footman

foreman

freedman

gascon

golden

gorgon

hackman

harken

harten

hearten

jackman

jargon

jasmine

kansan

laggards

lightman

lisbon

marlin

marten

martin

mayan

linemen

lineman

migrate

dian

norman

outdone

outrun

olden

rayon

milken

minden

morgan

mormon

organ

orphan

oxen

piston

plantain

santon

smarten

soldan

sovereign

union

pitman

regret

sharpen

sovran

spartan

sylvan

woolman

packman

panton

passman

shearman

shipman

shorten

silken

squadron

tarpon

tartan

tillman

assured

churchman

mangan

regards

beacon

beaten

townsman

alan

amman

baton

batten

batton

cretin

freeman

given

griffon

haggard

happen

spokesman

foreign

gallon

gammon

gibbon

hogan

kitten

laggard

homespun

latin

leman

leven

linen

logan

loosen

loren

patten

prison

pullen

quicken

reason

semen

seton

shogun

sicken

siren

slacken

slogan

smitten

steven

stiffen

stricken

striven

sugared

sweeten

talon

treason

villain

doctrine

tappen

thicken

blowgun

cabin

chicken

checkered

recruits

brogan

cannon

scotsman

bracken

canon

salesman

briton

cheapen

demon

eaten

eden

famine

mitten

platen

rerun

fatten

floren

ribbon

exerts

risen

riven

salmon

warren

cauldron

weaken

wheaten

wiccan

woman

women

woolen

written

yachtsman

billon

bitten

deacon

driven

elan

flatten

niggard

ninon

poison

deepen

odin

platten

blacken

satin

seaman

season

trojan

escorts

exhorts

muskrats

fusion

measured

alban

asserts

boatman

chieftain

copeman

dalton

desserts

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

figured

fountain

hazards

lizards

lockman

lopeman

misread

molten

mountain

negroid

newsman

ponton

regard

secret

secrete

sequin

shotgun

stallman

stockman

wanton

wizards

coachman

paean

cowan

gowan

longan

peon

othman

excretes

watchman

accords

discreet

discrete

backwards

muskrat

passwords

postman

records

resorts

assert

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

broken

buzzard

chosen

colon

common

cotton

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

desert

dromon

fallen

frozen

gizzard

gluten

gotten

hausen

hazard

hoten

hoven

human

izard

izzard

lizard

locken

omen

open

lumen

often

pavon

pollan

pollen

proven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

showman

soften

solon

spoken

stolen

swollen

thousand

token

toman

wizard

woven

yaupon

yeoman

excrete

discards

accord

backward

exert

password

picard

record

recruit

whiskered

discard

rowen

ruin

escort

owen

discord

exhort

rowan

dessert

buzzards

resort

assort

bogart

dockyard

awkward

go-cart

3 syllable words

disruption

migration

regression

aggression

stagnation

sensation

progression

temptation

gestation

corruption

cessation

duration

negation

flirtation

gradation

summation

destruction

encryption

exemption

horatian

consumption

assumption

attraction

compulsion

clarendon

conduction

convulsion

resumption

inflation

presumption

diffraction

induction

translation

filtration

chairperson

abduction

migrations

exaction

castration

medicine

compunction

keratin

venison

ablation

carnation

deduction

dentition

depression

digression

emulsion

impassion

lactation

patrician

starvation

instruction

discussion

fixation

menhaden

persuasion

rendition

revulsion

salvation

alsatian

asuncion

concussion

deflation

injunction

attrition

dalmatian

dictation

crustacean

accretion

damnation

eruption

exertion

foundation

hydration

plantation

propulsion

secretion

ignition

formation

libration

oppression

seduction

suppression

vibration

construction

taxation

conjunction

technician

extraction

obstruction

emblazon

etruscan

gentleman

possession

vacation

addition

nebraskan

cetacean

malaysian

truncation

phoenician

edition

elation

gyration

lecithin

ligation

assertion

reptilian

occasion

venetian

oration

percussion

procession

profession

tradition

infraction

description

distraction

expulsion

subtraction

contraction

contraption

prescription

transgression

discretion

enlighten

secretions

african

impression

enliven

prostration

compression

conflation

retraction

combustion

contrition

exertions

exhaustion

everyone

frustration

singleton

capsaicin

genuine

transaction

magdalen

mexican

abrasion

abstraction

accession

addiction

adoption

assassin

assertions

awaken

backwoodsman

cistercian

cognition

compassion

concession

condition

confession

conscription

constriction

contagion

denizen

depiction

depletion

elison

equation

eviction

ferryman

garrison

hydrogen

inaction

inscription

insertion

invasion

jamaican

jettison

misshapen

nitrogen

nutrition

obsession

optation

pelican

production

puritan

ramadan

reduction

repression

skeleton

specimen

subscription

succession

transcription

regretful

expression

expansion

infliction

excretion

egyptian

congressman

proscription

restriction

discretions

aleutian

audition

aversion

causation

citation

collegian

commission

commotion

malayan

cremation

deletion

dilation

desertion

foramen

marian

donation

emission

location

notation

evasion

flotation

halogen

mutation

origin

ovation

permission

perversion

petition

probation

horizon

physician

privation

promotion

position

pollution

quotation

relation

rotation

sedition

carrion

solution

vocation

clarion

bedridden

medallion

redemption

discipline

pentathlon

chairwoman

decorative

policeman

englishman

alaskan

mistaken

anglican

misprision

magician

completion

unwritten

italian

unbutton

confucian

creation

croatian

catalan

aspersion

adrian

andean

artesian

lanolin

thespian

admission

cinnamon

guardian

jacobin

javelin

uneven

unison

abortion

apportion

anyone

ablution

citizen

cartesian

desertions

irishman

indian

degrading

incision

determine

conversion

norwegian

bedizen

cyprian

excision

oxygen

partition

preemption

profusion

subversion

freemason

proportion

silicon

wesleyan

submersion

submission

suspicion

gordian

lesbian

suburban

crestfallen

adsorption

countryman

absorption

councilman

imprison

infarction

adhesion

downtrodden

embolden

harlequin

extortion

transfusion

bandwagon

masculine

snapdragon

decision

direction

devotion

rescission

precaution

religion

reversion

caucasian

collusion

collision

correction

allusion

division

emotion

erosion

imagine

immersion

parthian

provision

reaction

recision

moroccan

orion

plebeian

intrusion

myosin

niacin

permian

syrian

veteran

affliction

arian

contortion

conviction

concoction

confusion

distortion

inhuman

bedouin

inclusion

ghanaian

cation

hawaiian

infusion

heroin

heroine

implosion

abdomen

coercion

laotian

acumen

alderman

scythian

corsican

lumberman

artisan

cambrian

charlatan

forbidden

in-person

logician

nobleman

battalion

partisan

rifleman

unburden

aegean

predestine

recreates

perfusion

australian

corrosion

recruitment

stygian

porcelain

phrygian

uncertain

ascension

anchorman

attention

affection

collection

connection

connexion

contusion

deception

detection

defection

detention

diffusion

dissension

election

erection

incursion

inversion

laurentian

perception

perfection

preclusion

pretension

prevention

regarding

resection

seclusion

selection

dimension

dispersion

dissection

occlusion

prediction

reception

retention

protection

bulletin

badminton

ascertain

communion

albion

ejection

extrusion

companion

rejection

campion

projection

champion

forgotten

collagen

accordance

albumin

cigarettes

gravamen

hammerman

kantian

ottoman

recreate

solomon

toboggan

scorpion

ambrosian

zambian

arkansan

fustian

vitamin

unbroken

ziggurats

handwoven

illusion

clergyman

delusion

distinction

recession

precession

secession

asserting

dilution

contention

convection

convention

declension

exception

inception

infection

reflection

excursion

conception

conclusion

confection

deflection

invention

midshipman

misfortune

suspension

decorate

dorian

charwoman

odeon

opinion

pavilion

cohesion

degraded

assortment

chilean

civilian

dominion

rebellion

discordant

heartbroken

injection

freudian

saccharin

gillian

samoan

biotin

austrian

backgammon

secretive

lucrative

galleon

forewoman

median

objection

simian

extinction

guncotton

vermilion

appian

irian

uncommon

korean

tamarin

brazilian

libyan

timberman

rhodopsin

aryan

according

tactician

tuition

ambition

transition

recording

beholden

complexion

benjamin

fruition

extension

parisian

derision

inspection

inflection

bitumen

bosnian

deserters

digestion

disunion

halcyon

housebroken

mandarin

nevadan

niggardly

overdone

suggestion

regimen

munition

musician

intention

remission

volition

fisherman

transmission

recordings

precision

omission

diversion

alien

avian

cigarette

deserter

jovian

julian

lacerate

nubian

recorders

fabian

gaussian

grobian

protean

disorders

ingestion

recruiters

ziggurat

abandon

disordered

congestion

talisman

exclusion

abstention

figurehead

disheartened

optician

explosion

loggerheads

lutheran

franciscan

fijian

intestine

saleswoman

octillion

nonunion

accurate

masquerade

asserted

assertive

beethoven

deserted

disorder

eleven

feminine

keynesian

melanin

overman

overrun

peterman

reasserts

recorder

recruiter

superman

vatican

waterman

margarine

revision

nonhuman

bighearted

discredits

cardigan

sumatran

assorted

chamberlain

secretly

fenian

nemean

reassert

reopen

uterine

muskmelon

outspoken

reunion

bouillon

accredit

macartney

discredit

acquired

wizardry

baccarat

loggerhead

newsworthy

4 syllable words

agitation

exclamation

explanation

explication

extradition

incrustation

sequestration

adulation

pagination

calculation

execution

exhortation

expedition

inclination

installation

subluxation

dispensation

implication

imputation

amputation

inflammation

adaptation

backwardation

benediction

calibration

combination

commendation

consolation

convocation

destitution

emigration

exhibition

lubrication

population

predilection

dereliction

elocution

invitation

proclamation

syndication

recollection

refutation

requisition

retrocession

compilation

consummation

duplication

ordination

commutation

fermentation

occupation

obligation

ovulation

bifurcation

declaration

decorations

definition

desperation

dissertation

jubilation

melanesian

motivation

mutilation

deposition

limitation

premonition

affirmation

collocation

oscillation

nomination

connotation

isolation

appalachian

demolition

devolution

evolution

figuration

dissipation

domination

profanation

propagation

provocation

realization

repetition

resolution

revolution

respiration

restoration

resurrection

titillation

visitation

aberration

confrontation

demonstration

exhortations

expectation

introduction

iteration

liberation

distribution

laceration

miseration

perforation

rhetorician

violation

self-deception

modulation

compensation

condemnation

condensation

attribution

computation

complication

embarkation

formulation

illustration

ministration

liquefaction

constellation

situation

paraguayan

consecration

confiscation

constipation

incantation

menstruation

consultation

disconnection

jurisdiction

exposition

mortification

exhumation

agrarian

saturation

obfuscation

maturation

reproduction

introspection

absolution

acquisition

admonition

ammunition

designation

disaffection

dislocation

disposition

expiration

lilliputian

incubation

interruption

masturbation

persecution

immigration

imposition

information

resignation

restitution

retardation

himalayan

abolition

corp.

corporation

inhibition

perturbation

procreation

european

diminution

valuation

perspiration

dissolution

lacerations

repossession

aspiration

conjugation

supposition

gentlewoman

adoration

exploitation

aviation

coloration

ideation

radiation

implantation

reassertion

meridian

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

misconception

moderation

contribution

apparition

concentration

orchestration

arbitration

condescension

disputation

disinflation

exploration

importation

satisfaction

integration

incarnation

inquisition

malformation

tetrahedron

transformation

cogitation

transportation

affectation

inspiration

molestation

permutation

alabaman

abnegation

glaciation

secretary

annexation

composition

deformation

competition

demarcation

deportation

inattention

interaction

graduation

convolution

precondition

prosecution

obsidian

transplantation

protestation

recognition

prostitution

relaxation

statistician

dandelion

penicillin

registration

admiration

circumspection

conflagration

contravention

dehydration

evocation

floridian

fumigation

galilean

gravitation

hibernation

impregnation

iranian

jacobean

legerdemain

locomotion

maccabean

mitigation

opposition

politician

preignition

proposition

reawaken

relocation

reposition

ulceration

usurpation

circumvention

decompression

deviation

augmentation

constitution

electrician

indexation

indentation

indignation

infestation

institution

leviathan

toleration

interdiction

macedonian

operation

prohibition

comparison

fluctuation

ostentation

foliation

preconception

coalition

mediation

republican

dietitian

logarithm

deconstruction

reconstruction

cotyledon

altercation

jordanian

alternation

circumcision

abdication

confirmation

reexamine

intermission

conversation

cultivation

cyclopean

conservation

accordion

copernican

publication

american

estonian

minnesotan

observation

infiltration

businesswoman

rhododendron

obstetrician

readmission

canadian

alteration

disillusion

intuition

repercussion

arabian

gregorian

mammalian

nonprescription

diocesan

logarithms

sicilian

rumination

adrenaline

pelagian

instigation

pedestrian

punctuation

corinthian

accordions

consternation

crocodilian

secretaries

malnutrition

noblewoman

algonquian

indecision

indonesian

moravian

peruvian

crucifixion

pavlovian

tasmanian

pagurian

nestorian

sectarian

samaritan

columbian

darwinian

albanian

figurative

dominican

centurion

greco-roman

indiscretion

guatemalan

eritrean

assemblyman

arthurian

discredited

californian

elongation

ageratum

englishwoman

algerian

bavarian

chameleon

assyrian

collodion

comedian

coloradan

decorated

decorators

planarian

valerian

devonian

missourian

protozoan

simonian

nigerian

tamoxifen

interwoven

armageddon

athenian

ageratums

carcinogen

decorator

subdivision

superstition

equestrian

excretory

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committeeman

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substitution

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criterion

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securities

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iberian

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majority

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accurately

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majorities

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intervention

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disorderly

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polyhedron

watermelon

octahedron

copenhagen

5 syllable words

exaggeration

pasteurization

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civilization

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fertilization

hydrogenation

decapitation

elizabethan

gasification

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christianization

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misinformation

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carolinian

remuneration

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myocardium

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assemblywoman

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nonintervention

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nitroglycerine

beethovenian

argentinian

lithuanian

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mccarthyism

dionysian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word degradation

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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