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2 syllable words

emption

stepson

gumption

gentian

experts

pension

section

flexion

mention

question

caption

tension

aspirin

delphian

desperate

freshen

haitian

hessian

lampron

nation

session

station

hempen

esprit

apron

teston

chessman

aspen

chairman

chevron

kelson

pressman

kenyan

jetson

disperse

keelson

airman

ensign

urson

weapon

function

junction

belgian

misprint

christian

friction

engine

jason

diction

lessen

lesson

worsen

fraction

freshman

mason

hesper

heron

marron

action

hasten

person

bastion

brethren

faction

fiction

mansion

martian

option

perron

sanction

vesper

portion

charon

chasten

caisson

suction

torsion

traction

basin

dextrin

expert

ashen

asian

burgeon

cajun

lengthen

cushion

earthen

fashion

dispersed

fission

grecian

mission

passion

dustman

persian

russian

children

prussian

ration

headsman

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

urchin

version

sexton

strengthen

misprints

exports

penguin

banyan

citron

chapman

baston

bellman

bullion

chaplain

billion

canyon

captain

classman

crispin

dampen

gascon

desman

despair

destin

disburse

dispair

headman

hetman

ibsen

m1

passman

runnion

shipman

spearman

stallion

tendon

stillion

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

million

melton

onion

pectin

penman

pillion

pinion

piston

saffron

scallion

scullion

selden

whispers

whitson

workman

henchman

nekton

trillion

jaspers

minion

tuscan

landsman

passports

bushman

luncheon

auction

churchman

dungeon

faustian

flashgun

fortune

georgian

margin

bacon

asper

baron

barren

bourbon

bason

bayman

beckon

bellon

bison

bisson

brazen

breton

burden

burdon

canaan

burton

burman

cayman

certain

christen

craven

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deaden

deafen

ermine

fasten

felon

devon

erin

firman

garron

glisten

german

graven

happen

haven

heaven

hyson

jasper

jetton

kalan

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

listen

maiden

melon

moisten

pagan

raven

reckon

redden

resin

satan

sermon

seven

turban

shaken

shaman

straighten

taken

tappen

therein

threaten

urban

vegan

waken

wherein

whisper

zaman

zircon

bordman

bumpkin

capstan

cauldron

caxton

despairs

disprove

doctrine

dustbin

klansman

oarsman

homespun

landman

markman

marchman

portman

pumpkin

redskin

postman

statesman

bludgeon

gudgeon

lotion

region

mahone

notion

ocean

pathan

vision

heathen

potion

caution

legion

motion

pigeon

lesion

kitchen

virgin

dudgeon

tungsten

plankton

acton

alman

aspire

atman

austin

bagman

bargain

barton

billman

bookman

boston

brakeman

copeman

corban

draftsman

carbon

citrin

darken

newsprint

crimson

clinton

calvin

canton

caplin

carman

carmine

carton

claxon

cordon

rayon

damson

elfin

foreman

garden

fireman

gilden

urine

falcon

goodman

chessboards

footman

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

harten

hearten

houseman

jackman

jargon

jasmine

craftsman

jordan

jorden

kansan

london

lopeman

lynden

marlin

linden

lisbon

marten

martin

milken

packman

pardon

pitman

santon

sharpen

muslin

patron

plantain

samson

saxon

shearman

mignon

morgan

mormon

napkin

outrun

export

matron

norman

organ

orphan

panton

shorten

pipkin

silken

siskin

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

threadfin

sultan

tillman

woodman

union

guardsman

tubman

woolman

huntsman

warden

vulcan

undone

drunken

dutchman

hangman

mangan

rincon

shrunken

sunken

alan

beacon

beaten

begun

berlin

billon

blacken

bracken

bitten

cannon

canon

deacon

passport

chicken

cousin

button

cabin

cheapen

buckskin

amman

baton

batten

batton

break-in

briton

cretin

townsman

brighten

deepen

dragon

horseman

spokesman

yachtsman

driven

eaten

eden

famine

flatten

flavin

floren

foreign

freeman

gibbon

given

griffon

heighten

herein

baldwin

deerskin

demon

dozen

hymen

ermin

frighten

gammon

glidden

expire

gallon

scotsman

elan

fatten

gladden

icebergs

hyphen

salesman

hidden

kevin

kitten

lagan

latin

leman

leven

levin

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linen

liven

loosen

loren

lyden

madden

merkin

merlin

mitten

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

open

oven

patten

perkin

pippin

platen

platten

poison

prison

pullen

quicken

raisin

reason

rerun

ridden

riden

sadden

salmon

satin

seaman

season

seton

sicken

ribbon

ripen

risen

riven

semen

siphon

siren

slacken

smitten

steven

stiffen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

syphon

talon

termine

thicken

verdin

pigskin

treason

vermin

villain

chessboard

triton

warren

woolen

written

yaupon

grandson

weaken

wheaten

wizen

wooden

tighten

titan

toughen

turpin

wagon

whiten

wiccan

widen

woman

women

franklin

sanguine

linchpin

within

fusion

trojan

disbar

boatman

dalton

lakefront

bolden

carlin

chieftain

dobson

sportsman

alban

arson

dolman

dolphin

oxfords

calkin

faulcon

fibrin

fielden

golden

iceberg

lightman

lignin

marksman

fortin

expired

sagebrush

fountain

freedman

lineman

linemen

lockman

malkin

maslin

minden

molten

mountain

newsman

olden

outdone

oxen

parson

ponton

poplin

sequin

shotgun

soldan

stallman

stockman

vixen

wanton

dian

ion

lion

mayan

paean

peon

scion

zion

coachman

othman

watchman

longan

baseboard

sheepskin

foreskin

oxford

seedsman

auden

begin

bidden

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

broaden

brogan

broken

cavin

chosen

colon

cotton

common

coppin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

dashboard

dromon

fallen

florin

gluten

griffin

hausen

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

lakin

even

frozen

gotten

laurin

locken

logan

morin

neighbors

odin

lumen

often

omen

pavon

pollan

pollen

proven

ravin

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

shogun

showman

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

stolen

swollen

thousand

tiffin

token

toman

trodden

woven

yeoman

backboards

baseboards

shahin

goblin

dashboards

maudlin

bodkin

phosphor

cowan

neighbor

owen

doyen

gowan

rowan

rowen

ruin

backboard

phosphors

washboard

aubin

brahmin

coffin

colin

collin

covin

dahlin

dauphin

dobbin

highbrow

paulin

robbin

ronin

rubin

cochin

smoothen

highbrows

bruin

going

buffin

ruffin

expressed

akin

puffin

punkin

chagrin

truncheon

dublin

quintin

3 syllable words

expressions

extraction

distraction

horatian

excretion

expansion

inspection

capsaicin

dispersal

in-person

conflation

inflation

completion

misprision

thespian

aspersions

translation

abrasion

ablation

accretion

aggression

dalmatian

damnation

impassion

dictation

fixation

insertion

alsatian

compassion

deflation

depletion

exertion

hydration

lactation

optation

salvation

secretion

libration

persuasion

plantation

regression

migration

progression

repression

stagnation

vibration

taxation

suspicion

cetacean

flirtation

gradation

gyration

negation

oration

predation

procession

recession

summation

vacation

abstraction

secession

desertion

elation

sedation

truncation

prescription

subtraction

adsorption

extortion

infraction

destruction

expulsion

emblazon

contraction

description

transgression

aspirates

aspirant

mistaken

everyone

contrition

compulsion

attraction

diffraction

transaction

disruption

distortion

exaction

excursion

apportion

attrition

asuncion

abortion

carnation

cyprian

contagion

conversion

discussion

digression

equation

incursion

accession

ascension

concession

dentition

depiction

dissension

formation

australian

inversion

foundation

disbursement

invasion

deception

menhaden

aspirate

misshapen

obsession

patrician

rendition

subversion

succession

ferryman

reception

proportion

propulsion

assassin

preemption

starvation

submersion

technician

inscription

instruction

subscription

constriction

construction

conscription

obstruction

transcription

veteran

eurasian

imprison

foramen

aversion

fisherman

infarction

ligation

location

malaysian

notation

occasion

probation

privation

perversion

venetian

whispering

citation

aspirants

precession

restriction

clarion

dilation

direction

lecithin

extrusion

flotation

phoenician

donation

immersion

ovation

companion

evasion

masculine

causation

mutation

carrion

proscription

cremation

correction

snapdragon

deletion

quotation

marian

relation

countryman

rotation

vocation

crestfallen

explosion

reversion

affliction

aspartame

assumption

austrian

bedridden

cambrian

chairwoman

chamberlain

coercion

compunction

concoction

conduction

confucian

contortion

conviction

convulsion

creation

croatian

disbursements

dispersive

distinction

enlighten

enliven

genuine

implosion

induction

intrusion

lumberman

misfortune

pentathlon

redemption

retraction

timberman

transmission

unburden

uncertain

ablution

addiction

eviction

awaken

anyone

inaction

seduction

ignition

campion

medicine

mandarin

anchorman

condition

deduction

despairing

determine

lesbian

nutrition

perception

production

reduction

keratin

layperson

concussion

optician

submission

freemason

fustian

champion

suburban

specimen

superman

hammerman

wesleyan

disparate

elison

adoption

jamaican

venison

disparage

jettison

emulsion

revulsion

housebroken

consumption

embolden

gentleman

muskmelon

egyptian

extinction

exemption

encryption

reptilian

transfusion

ambrosian

infliction

unbroken

misfortunes

exclusion

arian

appian

malayan

percussion

permission

petition

physician

pollution

promotion

recision

rescission

heroin

heroine

horizon

position

solution

sedition

tradition

addition

syrian

tamarin

aleutian

caucasian

commotion

collegian

commission

decision

corruption

saccharin

devotion

diversion

edition

emission

emotion

erosion

backgammon

dominion

medallion

opinion

brazilian

mexican

conception

battalion

inclusion

civilian

discipline

conclusion

italian

resumption

magician

infusion

presumption

alderman

pavilion

confusion

underpin

unwritten

exception

inception

disbarment

mispronounce

injunction

derision

laotian

parisian

conjunction

corrosion

affection

aspiring

attention

cartesian

artesian

connection

contusion

connexion

dissection

election

erection

norwegian

defection

pretension

prevention

protection

selection

profusion

resection

collection

detection

detention

diffusion

excision

perfection

preclusion

seclusion

dimension

eruption

retention

incision

laurentian

occlusion

partition

zeppelin

pelican

contraption

andean

gravamen

puritan

zambian

absorption

denizen

kantian

waterman

peterman

uneven

albion

halcyon

indian

skeleton

bedizen

scorpion

overman

overrun

overdone

bandwagon

digestion

downtrodden

expertly

handwoven

allusion

collusion

ejection

clergyman

collision

delusion

rejection

icebreakers

dilution

disunion

projection

division

suggestion

illusion

imagine

neighborhood

precaution

outspoken

possession

precision

adhesion

provision

reaction

religion

albumin

profession

confection

bedouin

irian

contention

cation

declension

aryan

bufferin

chilean

dorian

galleon

gaussian

ghanaian

gillian

hawaiian

korean

libyan

convection

convention

deflection

midshipman

moroccan

expiring

invention

simian

orion

abduction

infection

inhuman

permian

reflection

plebeian

uterine

singleton

congestion

abdomen

abandon

unbutton

talisman

objection

acumen

uncommon

perfusion

predestine

phosphorites

cohesion

rhodopsin

reexports

rebellion

logician

guncotton

ingestion

injection

expiry

icebreaker

ambition

neighborhoods

aegean

transition

oxygen

fruition

lutheran

beholden

neighboring

prediction

phrygian

admission

confession

tactician

benjamin

scythian

stygian

tuition

complexion

inflection

extension

communion

franciscan

bitumen

bosnian

bulletin

citizen

forgotten

garrison

gordian

guardian

jessamine

cinnamon

phosphoric

phosphorite

intestine

taxpayer

toboggan

councilman

whisperer

myrmidon

nevadan

aspires

arkansan

silicon

intention

audition

musician

munition

omission

halogen

margarine

exhaustion

combustion

regimen

remission

volition

alaskan

alien

avian

backwoodsman

clarendon

corsican

expires

fabian

forewoman

freudian

grobian

jovian

julian

moleskin

myosin

niacin

nubian

odeon

policeman

porcelain

protean

reopen

samoan

taxpayers

vermilion

whisperers

sumatran

cognition

abstention

fijian

irishman

saleswoman

adrian

beethoven

badminton

nonunion

octillion

catalan

discover

jacobin

javelin

lanolin

melanin

sarasin

unison

vatican

nebraskan

feminine

clandestine

etruscan

reexport

eleven

gossipers

keynesian

macabre

ramadan

receivers

nonhuman

curmudgeon

heartbroken

parthian

origin

revision

exporters

african

bookkeepers

cheeseburgers

discovers

examine

globulin

humulin

magdalen

nobleman

rifleman

nitrogen

biotin

decipher

gossiper

median

neighbourly

nemean

hydrogen

neighborly

passover

congressman

fenian

receiver

englishman

harlequin

exporter

anglican

aquifer

takeovers

vitamin

paladin

reunion

bishoprics

bookkeeper

bouillon

recovers

begotten

cheeseburger

collagen

disappear

mannequin

moccasin

ottoman

solomon

achievers

expresses

glycogen

aquifers

artisan

cardigan

disappears

forbidden

gooseberries

charlatan

charwoman

disapprove

partisan

raspberries

high-powered

lucifer

recover

takeover

violin

achiever

dogberry

gooseberry

expressive

hackberry

raspberry

recovery

expressly

vanillin

4 syllable words

rhetorician

moderation

explanation

explication

exploitation

extrication

apparition

toleration

misperceptions

education

vegetation

demonstration

variation

sequestration

dispensation

disputation

embarkation

exhortation

gastrulation

illustration

imperfection

importation

ministration

consternation

excavation

approbation

calibration

adaptation

confirmation

respirators

altercation

alternation

cancellation

conservation

devastation

conversation

degradation

designation

dislocation

distillation

equitation

immigration

insurrection

interaction

molestation

observation

palpitation

presentation

protestation

emulation

insulation

intercession

recantation

reclamation

refutation

regulation

replication

reputation

resignation

speculation

vaccination

segregation

ventilation

dilatation

divination

irrigation

irritation

isolation

limitation

litigation

titillation

oscillation

suffocation

mitigation

respirator

appellation

valuation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

exhalation

fluoridation

imitation

hibernation

visitation

dehydration

legislation

reassertion

agitation

exclamation

radiation

circumspection

implantation

adulation

comparison

fluctuation

orchestration

surrogation

pagination

aviation

decompression

exhumation

expedition

exposition

incarnation

installation

instigation

intersection

incantation

imputation

amputation

implication

interception

execution

infestation

consecration

disinflation

integration

intervention

malformation

reinspection

satisfaction

segmentation

destitution

persecution

stimulation

stipulation

disaffection

restitution

simulation

consolation

consummation

vindication

copernican

annexation

application

compilation

culmination

cultivation

deformation

demarcation

deportation

fermentation

fibrillation

hypertension

oxidation

nestorian

situation

liquidation

interjection

affectation

interurban

sectarian

disposition

elocution

exhibition

intermission

indication

interruption

intimation

intonation

inundation

invitation

invocation

publication

recollection

retardation

predilection

syndication

glaciation

tribulation

aspirated

graduation

expressionist

allocation

annotation

animation

transplantation

allegation

appalachian

assyrian

avocation

devolution

dissolution

evolution

definition

demolition

deposition

evocation

machination

melanesian

navigation

relocation

repetition

resolution

revolution

sanitation

termination

repercussion

validation

germination

premonition

habitation

procreation

gravitation

propagation

concentration

distribution

syncopation

contemplation

extradition

indiscretion

infiltration

cogitation

modulation

deviation

violation

pedestrian

arbitration

augmentation

computation

compensation

complication

confiscation

constellation

consultation

constipation

disconnection

disinfection

inclination

indentation

indexation

indignation

electrician

fragmentation

inflammation

interdiction

foliation

obfuscation

ostentation

shakespearean

pigmentation

ideation

punctuation

retribution

mediation

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

benediction

centurion

circulation

commendation

desperadoes

desperately

duplication

esperanto

estonian

experiment

fabrication

granulation

greco-roman

historian

imposition

incubation

introspection

lilliputian

occupation

population

prosecution

recognition

relaxation

requisition

retrocession

statistician

superstition

tabulation

connotation

coronation

diminution

disillusion

correlation

conjugation

equestrian

experience

disparaging

conflagration

elongation

incrustation

collocation

domination

jubilation

repossession

supervision

nomination

erudition

realization

profanation

misconception

intuition

mutilation

fumigation

motivation

provocation

receivership

rumination

impregnation

supposition

gregorian

sicilian

himalayan

desperado

arabian

missourian

valerian

condensation

condemnation

subluxation

pelagian

institution

calculation

substitution

disapproval

interwoven

jurisdiction

liquefaction

experiments

malnutrition

mortification

misgovernment

moravian

strangulation

deconstruction

reconstruction

experienced

diaspora

composition

disparages

dispiriting

indonesian

albanian

committeeman

receiverships

ordination

ovulation

obligation

superhuman

commutation

competition

abyssinian

accordion

asperity

convocation

dereliction

proclamation

eustachian

victorian

combination

overburden

reexamine

vociferates

watermelon

recuperates

pagurian

crucifixion

lubrication

custodian

permutation

prostitution

disparity

nicaraguan

obsidian

tasmanian

abolition

algerian

introduction

self-deception

californian

nonprescription

opposition

reposition

kindergarten

proposition

inhibition

preignition

gentlewoman

smithsonian

assemblyman

obstetrician

nonpartisan

confrontation

attribution

reproduction

tetrahedron

canadian

collodion

fallopian

mammalian

reawaken

recuperate

vociferate

constitution

inquisition

condescension

formulation

bavarian

coloradan

devonian

hyperion

napoleon

planarian

praetorian

lancastrian

simonian

european

misbegotten

disappearance

macedonian

disparities

republican

acquisition

exportable

coalition

admonition

dietitian

leviathan

congregation

nigerian

ammunition

carcinogen

circumcision

prohibition

precondition

subdivision

contraception

olympian

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bradykinin

5 syllable words

alliteration

collaboration

commemoration

deliberation

elaboration

enumeration

vaporization

reiteration

pasteurization

degeneration

regeneration

incorporation

excoriation

misinformation

remuneration

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centralization

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christianization

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denunciation

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glorification

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nitroglycerine

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delicatessen

carthaginian

beethovenian

argentinian

delawarian

lithuanian

pythagorean

washingtonian

dionysian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word desperation

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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