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

delegation

allegation

elevation

delegations

dedication

defamation

designation

desiccation

celebration

allocation

derivation

replication

decimation

desolation

emanation

segregation

detonation

hesitation

irrigation

litigation

allegations

dilatation

medication

meditation

navigation

recitation

revocation

validation

emigration

reclamation

resignation

renovation

revelation

surrogation

education

vegetation

allocations

culmination

delegating

fascination

fluoridation

aggregation

application

calibration

degradation

immigration

obligation

palpitation

avocation

germination

speculation

animation

annotation

appellation

collocation

divination

presentation

regulation

reputation

ventilation

habitation

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

levitation

machination

melanesian

mitigation

propagation

realization

sanitation

termination

trepidation

abrogation

suffocation

acclamation

acclimation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

destination

emulation

equitation

estimation

vacillation

devastation

elocution

penetration

recantation

legislation

exclamation

explanation

adulation

agitation

pagination

explication

elocutions

calculation

excavation

integration

illustration

implication

inclination

inflammation

segmentation

subluxation

declaration

definition

domination

erudition

motivation

mutilation

nomination

abnegation

accusation

deposition

valuation

activation

cancellation

fumigation

advocation

aggravation

adaptation

circulation

oscillation

reservation

respiration

restoration

approbation

repetition

visitation

cultivation

insulation

desperation

indication

correlation

intimation

connotation

coronation

dissipation

distillation

exhalation

irritation

isolation

jubilation

granulation

limitation

ulceration

duplication

fermentation

excitation

intonation

invocation

publication

inundation

lilliputian

proclamation

realizations

simulation

provocation

stimulation

reformation

recognition

stipulation

vaccination

premonition

preservation

profanation

recreation

tabulation

tribulation

vindication

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

function

junction

delphian

emption

gumption

keelson

kelson

pension

sanction

belgian

mention

flexion

tension

gentian

suction

section

freshen

haitian

hessian

lengthen

nation

prussian

russian

session

station

strengthen

tungsten

jetson

kenyan

scullion

stallion

penguin

melton

kelvin

stillion

bullion

henchman

million

runnion

trillion

stepson

onion

billion

bellman

ensign

pillion

scallion

selden

caption

bellon

hasten

bison

huntsman

brethren

caisson

chasten

hyson

lesson

mason

jason

melon

vegan

action

lessen

fiction

traction

flashgun

faction

shrunken

fraction

felon

luncheon

diction

engine

mansion

sunken

drunken

dungeon

basin

freshman

friction

question

asian

gudgeon

ballasts

grecian

children

bludgeon

grandson

ashen

dustman

cajun

caution

fission

dudgeon

cushion

fashion

salesman

mission

headsman

passion

suasion

sexton

ration

airman

alman

bagman

banyan

billman

plankton

canyon

chessman

chairman

chevron

claxon

damson

calvin

desman

headman

hempen

hetman

falcon

gilden

dulcet

ibsen

kremlin

m1

london

mignon

milken

minion

nekton

pectin

penman

pressman

samson

pinion

saxon

silken

sultan

sylvan

tendon

teston

tillman

tubman

tuscan

undone

vulcan

whitson

woolman

craftsman

draftsman

landsman

auction

faustian

bushman

hangman

mangan

bastion

bullshit

martian

torsion

portion

option

rincon

dutchman

christian

craven

glisten

bason

charon

cousin

dagon

frighten

graven

bacon

bayman

dagan

deaden

beckon

billon

bisson

brazen

breton

christen

daman

deafen

gallon

jetton

kalan

laden

lagan

layman

leaden

leaven

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

pagan

perron

person

raven

reckon

redden

resin

siphon

siren

straighten

summon

threaten

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

urson

villain

wagon

whiten

waken

widen

woolen

zaman

weapon

wizen

begun

alan

heighten

heaven

button

cayman

dozen

heron

lemon

haven

brighten

devon

canaan

dragon

fasten

ledden

hymen

hyphen

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

lyden

maiden

marron

moisten

pullen

bulkheads

riden

ripen

satan

seven

shaken

shaman

sudden

sullen

syphon

taken

talon

worsen

baldwin

capstan

collects

elects

klansman

molests

statesman

caxton

landman

cauldron

selects

lampron

earthen

heathen

lesion

region

mahone

pathan

sturgeon

kitchen

burgeon

notion

persian

legion

lotion

motion

ocean

pigeon

potion

surgeon

urchin

version

vision

bulkhead

apron

atman

captain

rayon

arson

delights

fireman

dian

canton

ion

fibrin

marksman

aspen

lion

mayan

brakeman

calloused

faulcon

austin

scion

acton

baston

chaplain

chapman

dalton

zion

citron

classman

clinton

crimson

gascon

bargain

alban

ballast

bolden

bookman

boston

dolman

daylights

dobson

footman

dolphin

dampen

fielden

golden

goodman

gorgon

hackman

jargon

jasmine

kirkman

lightman

jackman

kansan

houseman

linden

lineman

sportsman

linemen

lisbon

lynden

matron

minden

molten

morgan

muslin

olden

organ

oxen

packman

panton

parson

passman

patron

piston

plantain

policed

pitman

saffron

stallman

union

santon

shipman

shotgun

soldan

spearman

woodman

workman

guardsman

churchman

falsehoods

fortune

georgian

longan

margin

polished

alight

amman

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

bitten

blacken

blowgun

bourbon

bollen

briton

brogan

townsman

bracken

burden

cannon

canon

chicken

scotsman

spokesman

yachtsman

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

certain

cheapen

colon

cretin

curtain

oarsman

daylight

deacon

deepen

hailstone

hillsides

holstein

homespun

horseman

bordman

marchman

markman

milkweed

millstone

delight

demon

elan

flagstaff

flagstone

fallen

ermine

famine

driven

eaten

eden

fatten

firman

flatten

freeman

gammon

garron

german

gibbon

given

gladden

griffon

happen

hidden

hogan

doctrine

glidden

kitten

latin

leman

leven

linen

logan

loosen

madden

mitten

ninon

patten

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

prison

quicken

reason

rerun

ribbon

ridden

risen

sadden

salmon

riven

satin

seaman

season

semen

sermon

slogan

stiffen

solon

seton

shogun

stricken

striven

portman

sicken

slacken

smitten

steven

stolen

sweeten

turban

urban

weaken

woman

women

wooden

written

zircon

swollen

tappen

thicken

treason

wheaten

wiccan

falsehood

slighting

trojan

fusion

barton

boatman

calcite

carman

carmine

carton

blackouts

carbon

chieftain

closets

collect

copeman

corban

cordon

darken

elect

foreman

fountain

freedman

garden

harden

harken

harten

hearten

hillside

jordan

jorden

lockman

lopeman

marlin

marten

martin

molest

mormon

mountain

newsman

norman

orphan

outdone

ponton

flagstones

outrun

pardon

select

sequin

sharpen

skylights

shearman

shorten

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stockman

tarpon

tartan

ulster

wanton

warden

hailstones

hailstorm

cowan

gowan

paean

peon

urine

blasting

othman

watchman

coachman

bolstered

bolsters

falstaff

gallstone

milestone

oilseeds

polecats

postman

seedsman

auden

bobbin

boughten

bowman

broaden

broken

chosen

common

cotton

crewman

crouton

hoten

hoven

hausen

human

locken

loren

lumen

odin

often

omen

open

pavon

placate

placid

proven

robin

twilight

token

toman

warren

woven

yaupon

yeoman

rumen

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

showman

trodden

cuban

floren

gotten

cumin

dromon

foreign

frozen

gluten

skylight

sodden

soften

spoken

thousand

cliched

flagstaffs

gallstones

maelstrom

milestones

blasted

blisters

blockades

bolster

flusters

oilseed

clustered

clusters

plasters

polecat

holster

flaxseed

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

solstice

blackout

blaster

blister

blockade

bluster

cloister

closet

cluster

fluster

placoid

plaster

blacktop

blastoff

bluestone

cloistered

cloisters

closedown

plastics

closedowns

flighty

slaughters

slightly

blockheads

slaughter

blackwood

flaccid

plastic

blockhead

3 syllable words

truncation

delegates

compunction

delegate

presumption

melanin

medicine

castration

elison

resumption

pelican

relegate

venison

assumption

skeleton

ablation

aggression

collection

asuncion

crustacean

damnation

fixation

emulsion

deduction

election

deflation

dictation

lactation

menhaden

migration

plantation

production

progression

propulsion

reduction

regression

revulsion

seduction

selection

stagnation

taxation

cetacean

dilation

duration

conjunction

assertion

deletion

injunction

corruption

flirtation

gradation

halogen

lecithin

malaysian

occasion

phoenician

percussion

possession

relation

venetian

procession

profession

vacation

transgression

consumption

capsaicin

horatian

alaskan

chairperson

enlighten

enliven

collections

affliction

abduction

compulsion

conduction

induction

inflation

translation

frustration

disruption

convulsion

conflation

distinction

elections

prostration

selections

dentition

abrasion

accession

accretion

depiction

depletion

assassin

digression

discussion

equation

eruption

eviction

exertion

formation

foundation

starvation

suppression

technician

awaken

cistercian

denizen

jamaican

collagen

compassion

concession

confession

contagion

invasion

concussion

impassion

inaction

misshapen

obsession

oppression

delicate

optation

rendition

succession

jettison

persuasion

specimen

carnation

silicon

libration

hydration

insertion

secretion

vibration

keratin

egyptian

causation

aleutian

addition

aversion

citation

collegian

collision

commission

commotion

cremation

desertion

donation

edition

emission

evasion

flotation

gyration

location

mutation

notation

oration

ovation

petition

physician

pollution

position

privation

probation

promotion

quotation

religion

rotation

encryption

sedition

emblazon

reluctant

malayan

solution

tradition

infarction

vocation

extinction

excretion

expulsion

extortion

infliction

volition

destruction

allocates

attraction

backgammon

combustion

completion

compression

confucian

creation

croatian

diffraction

distortion

everyone

exaction

excursion

genuine

in-person

magician

mexican

mistaken

policeman

talisman

transaction

obstruction

construction

extraction

instruction

halcyon

adoption

addiction

apportion

suburban

lesbian

determine

nevadan

bulletin

delighted

ramadan

silicate

ablution

attrition

abortion

eleven

ferryman

aspersion

puritan

celestial

jacobin

unison

proportion

thespian

anyone

allocate

condition

dispersion

ignition

profusion

submersion

submission

suspicion

citizen

solomon

incursion

inversion

cinnamon

illicit

patrician

preemption

albion

freemason

uneven

subversion

wesleyan

conversion

cognition

albumin

contraption

contraction

electron

nebraskan

description

infraction

harlequin

expansion

etruscan

distraction

exemption

subtraction

transfusion

alien

caucasian

carrion

cation

collusion

origin

correction

reversion

chilean

rescission

illusion

imagine

immersion

clarion

veteran

hawaiian

marian

niacin

foramen

myosin

allusion

ghanaian

delighting

direction

devotion

plebeian

reaction

emotion

galleon

gillian

precaution

horizon

decision

delusion

dilution

division

perversion

recision

provision

abandon

acumen

african

alderman

bedridden

cambrian

chairwoman

charlatan

collected

contrition

conviction

delightful

contortion

elicits

logician

philistine

palisades

englishman

rebellion

infusion

rhodopsin

silicates

inhuman

anglican

concoction

confusion

exhaustion

lumberman

solicits

unburden

unbutton

misfortune

timberman

redemption

uncertain

vermilion

intrusion

retraction

unwritten

australian

aegean

coercion

inscription

laotian

electrons

scythian

phrygian

stygian

abstraction

illustrates

affection

anchorman

artesian

ascension

attention

cartesian

connexion

contusion

deception

defection

detection

detention

connection

diffusion

dimension

dissection

dissension

erection

excision

hydrogen

incision

laurentian

nitrogen

norwegian

occlusion

oxygen

perception

perfection

preclusion

reception

pretension

prevention

protection

resection

retention

seclusion

absorption

zambian

adsorption

ottoman

bedizen

palisade

vitamin

kantian

campion

mandarin

prescription

andean

champion

cyprian

gravamen

hammerman

forgotten

fustian

indian

ambrosian

communion

illustrate

companion

philistines

projection

rejection

saleswoman

bandwagon

countryman

clergyman

diversion

adhesion

erosion

recession

ejection

permission

precession

handwoven

reptilian

snapdragon

secession

confection

arian

conception

conclusion

contention

declension

deflection

exception

appian

implosion

inception

inclusion

infection

bedouin

biotin

heroin

heroine

moroccan

saccharin

simian

convention

orion

convection

samoan

permian

invention

suspension

libyan

syrian

julian

misprision

reflection

tamarin

ballistic

cohesion

brazilian

collective

corsican

guncotton

molested

nihilists

perfusion

abdomen

civilian

elective

opinion

partisan

uncommon

battalion

italian

pavilion

injection

medallion

subscription

artisan

dominion

objection

cardigan

conscription

constriction

selective

sumatran

ambition

benjamin

prediction

repression

transition

corrosion

derision

fruition

admission

depression

parisian

tactician

tuition

exclusion

explosion

extension

inflection

inspection

complexion

congressman

blessedly

bosnian

catalan

elicit

garrison

lanolin

scorpion

gordian

guardian

peterman

toboggan

arkansan

digestion

disunion

unbroken

bitumen

javelin

electric

electrode

gentleman

octillion

suggestion

overdone

embolden

solicit

overman

superman

waterman

imprison

overrun

regimen

midshipman

transcription

precision

impression

discretion

transmission

intention

omission

munition

blustering

musician

fisherman

plastering

audition

blistering

remission

aryan

avian

backwoodsman

blastoderm

collectors

congestion

dialects

dorian

electors

electro

electrodes

fabian

forewoman

freudian

galactose

gaussian

grobian

heartbroken

ingestion

irian

jovian

korean

loyalists

magdalen

molesters

nobleman

nubian

odeon

pilasters

pleistocene

predestine

protean

realists

rifleman

soloists

uterine

violists

restriction

irishman

lutheran

nutrition

fijian

expression

extrusion

fluctuate

optician

beholden

partition

abstention

proscription

crestfallen

adrian

beethoven

badminton

councilman

bouillon

collector

molester

ballistics

falsity

pilaster

downtrodden

feminine

keynesian

relocate

talkative

elector

vatican

franciscan

intestine

masculine

muskmelon

nonunion

nonhuman

singleton

pentathlon

electrics

revision

collegiate

glistening

parthian

slaughterhouse

margarine

austrian

chamberlain

clarendon

discipline

plasterwork

porcelain

fenian

median

nemean

reopen

fluctuates

glaciate

housebroken

outspoken

solstices

reelect

loyalist

dialect

coalesced

blockaders

realist

blockaded

dualist

duelist

reunion

royalist

soloist

violist

charwoman

elastic

forbidden

galactic

scholastic

plasterer

blockader

placidly

falsettos

flycatcher

falsetto

4 syllable words

conjugation

elongation

syncopation

coloration

decoration

demonstration

sequestration

federation

generation

preparation

reparation

separation

variation

veneration

conflagration

illustrations

self-deception

violation

modulation

extrication

amputation

complication

dispensation

execution

malformation

embarkation

exhortation

fragmentation

gastrulation

imputation

indignation

installation

instigation

ministration

pigmentation

retribution

commendation

consolation

dislocation

commutation

consummation

destitution

expiration

exhibition

alabaman

combination

disaffection

compilation

convocation

benediction

invitation

paraguayan

situation

ovulation

oxidation

population

relaxation

liquidation

occupation

ordination

persecution

refutation

requisition

syndication

repossession

perspiration

supposition

admiration

perturbation

affirmation

diminution

dissertation

aspiration

politician

congregation

relocation

galilean

strangulation

alteration

bifurcation

miseration

toleration

implantation

foliation

incrustation

exploitation

aberration

adoration

iteration

laceration

liberation

radiation

expectation

cogitation

aviation

perforation

reassertion

confiscation

menstruation

condemnation

condensation

incantation

incarnation

consecration

constellation

expedition

exploration

importation

mortification

exposition

constipation

exhumation

computation

formulation

disconnection

compensation

disinflation

obfuscation

liquefaction

satisfaction

altercation

alternation

backwardation

permutation

protestation

recollection

prosecution

relocations

restitution

statistician

retardation

alligators

retrocession

admonition

affectation

ammunition

annexation

demarcation

acquisition

deformation

deportation

graduation

saturation

dereliction

maturation

glaciation

disposition

molestation

imposition

inspiration

predilection

inattention

information

registration

masturbation

demolition

reelection

figuration

abolition

evocation

european

reawaken

proposition

procreation

appalachian

opposition

jacobean

valerian

preignition

alligator

maccabean

gravitation

preelection

locomotion

reposition

transplantation

polynesian

resurrection

titillation

contemplation

inhibition

concentration

circumspection

confrontation

distribution

extradition

infiltration

misconception

orchestration

illustrated

dehydration

pelagian

mediation

republican

armageddon

augmentation

misbegotten

rhetorician

ostentation

disputation

punctuation

indentation

indexation

transformation

condescension

consultation

infestation

decompression

ideation

fluctuation

prohibition

tetrahedron

preconception

jurisdiction

circumvention

coalition

deviation

electrician

dietitian

transportation

inquisition

abdication

albanian

centurion

circumcision

columbian

competition

composition

cyclopean

electioneer

eritrean

fabrication

fibrillation

incubation

interruption

introspection

minnesotan

nestorian

oblivion

pagurian

precondition

prostitution

sectarian

contraception

contribution

impregnation

evolution

revolution

resolution

fluctuations

rumination

devolution

hibernation

repercussion

usurpation

introduction

algerian

electricians

bolivian

canadian

arabian

mammalian

collodion

iranian

fallopian

electioneers

reproduction

apparition

arbitration

leviathan

operation

constitution

comparison

moderation

hemoglobin

institution

corinthian

macedonian

historian

conversation

interaction

agrarian

indecision

indonesian

american

conservation

reexamine

confirmation

electorate

intermission

estonian

lubrication

tasmanian

victorian

absolution

dandelion

delicately

pavlovian

observation

olympian

nicaraguan

greco-roman

crucifixion

dissolution

corporation

electrical

obstetrician

corp.

hungarian

contradiction

businesswoman

californian

reluctantly

intuition

illustrators

contravention

illustrative

rhododendron

attribution

malnutrition

comedian

consternation

devonian

diocesan

felicity

gregorian

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mollycoddle

copenhagen

5 syllable words

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annihilation

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pasteurization

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investigation

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abbreviation

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assemblywoman

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realistically

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electrostatic

misapprehension

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centenarian

veterinarian

washingtonian

beethovenian

lithuanian

dionysian

argentinian

carthaginian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word delegation

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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