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6 syllable words
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

whitson

citron

diction

fiction

friction

children

nation

mission

station

grecian

emption

haitian

gumption

fission

million

stillion

billion

minion

jetson

spearman

ibsen

pillion

pinion

pitman

trillion

function

junction

christian

brethren

flexion

martian

gentian

portion

section

mention

pension

suction

tension

torsion

basin

bisson

caisson

bitten

briton

chasten

seedsman

christen

person

worsen

delphian

jason

kitten

mason

mitten

urson

written

glisten

hasten

rerun

listen

smitten

ashen

asian

burgeon

cajun

cushion

earthen

fashion

freshen

heathen

henchman

hessian

kitchen

legion

lesion

passion

persian

pigeon

prussian

ration

region

russian

session

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

urchin

version

vision

ensign

kenyan

kirkman

kelson

keelson

airman

billman

bullion

gilden

hetman

clinton

crimson

chevron

chieftain

chairman

sanction

footman

freedman

fielden

arson

linden

lisbon

lynden

matron

mignon

onion

outrun

parson

piston

milken

patron

runnion

scullion

sequin

shearman

shipman

huntsman

silken

guardsman

sylvan

workman

marksman

stepson

tillman

action

auction

dungeon

bastion

belgian

caption

dutchman

engine

bushman

churchman

faction

flashgun

fortune

fraction

freshman

georgian

luncheon

mansion

margin

option

question

rincon

traction

dustman

grandson

headsman

horseman

doctrine

bordman

cauldron

lampron

lengthen

marchman

markman

oarsman

scotsman

strengthen

yachtsman

sexton

statesman

tungsten

bacon

bason

bayman

beacon

beaten

begun

billon

bison

bourbon

brazen

breton

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

canaan

cayman

certain

charon

cheapen

chicken

craven

cretin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deepen

demon

driven

eaten

eden

elan

ermine

fasten

firman

freeman

german

gibbon

given

glidden

graven

griffon

haven

heron

hidden

hyson

jetton

kalan

laden

layman

leman

lessen

lesson

leven

linen

maiden

marron

moisten

mutton

ninon

pagan

perron

prison

quicken

raven

reason

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

satan

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

shaken

shaman

sicken

steven

straighten

stricken

striven

sweeten

taken

stiffen

thicken

villain

threaten

waken

treason

turban

penguin

urban

weaken

wheaten

wiccan

women

zaman

zircon

bludgeon

caution

dudgeon

gudgeon

lotion

motion

notion

ocean

pathan

potion

apron

aspen

atman

banyan

bargain

landsman

barton

bellman

boatman

bookman

carbon

carman

draftsman

canyon

craftsman

brakeman

sportsman

carmine

carton

chessman

classman

claxon

corban

cordon

damson

darken

desman

dobson

fibrin

fireman

foreman

garden

gascon

goodman

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

jargon

jordan

jorden

kelvin

kremlin

lightman

lineman

linemen

london

m1

marlin

marten

martin

melton

minden

morgan

mormon

muslin

nekton

norman

organ

orphan

outdone

oxen

pardon

passman

pectin

penman

pressman

saffron

samson

saxon

scallion

selden

smarten

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallion

sultan

tarpon

tartan

tendon

teston

tubman

tuscan

undone

union

vulcan

warden

woodman

woolman

peon

faustian

drunken

paean

urine

rayon

shrunken

sunken

baldwin

postman

salesman

homespun

klansman

landman

portman

spokesman

townsman

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

beckon

bellon

boughten

brighten

cotton

cousin

crouton

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

fatten

felon

flatten

floren

foreign

frighten

garron

gluten

gotten

heaven

heighten

hoten

hymen

hyphen

latin

leaden

leaven

lemon

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

loosen

loren

lyden

muffin

mullen

melon

ledden

oven

patten

platen

platten

poison

pullen

reckon

redden

resin

riden

ripen

rotten

satin

seven

siphon

siren

sudden

sullen

summon

syphon

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

vegan

warren

weapon

whiten

widen

wizen

woman

wooden

woolen

fusion

mahone

trojan

alban

austin

baston

acton

alman

bagman

bolden

boston

calvin

canton

captain

chaplain

chapman

copeman

dalton

dampen

dolman

dolphin

falcon

faulcon

fountain

golden

hackman

houseman

jackman

jasmine

kansan

lockman

lopeman

molten

mountain

newsman

olden

packman

stallman

panton

plantain

soldan

ponton

santon

stockman

wanton

coachman

hangman

longan

zion

mangan

othman

dian

ion

lion

starer

watchman

mayan

scion

capstan

caxton

plankton

alan

amman

auden

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bowman

bracken

broaden

brogan

broken

cabin

cannon

canon

chosen

colon

common

crewman

cuban

cumin

dragon

dromon

fallen

famine

frozen

gallon

gammon

gladden

happen

hausen

hogan

hoven

human

lagan

locken

logan

lumen

madden

odin

often

omen

open

pavon

pollan

pollen

proven

robin

roman

rosen

rumen

rosin

sadden

salmon

shogun

showman

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

stolen

swollen

talon

tappen

thousand

token

toman

trodden

wagon

woven

yaupon

yeoman

storeroom

cowan

gowan

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

storer

strayer

3 syllable words

filtration

cetacean

excretion

discretion

frustration

impression

inflation

distinction

cistercian

dictation

detection

accretion

detention

depiction

depression

deflation

eviction

attrition

exertion

fixation

secretion

patrician

insertion

sedition

extinction

destruction

petition

distraction

emission

cremation

relation

duration

egyptian

desertion

elation

narration

expression

deletion

gyration

infraction

attraction

castration

chairperson

compression

conflation

contrition

creation

diffraction

disruption

distortion

excursion

horatian

in-person

presumption

prostration

redemption

resumption

retraction

scythian

formation

impassion

cyprian

misshapen

hydration

ignition

incursion

freemason

crustacean

deception

defection

deduction

dentition

depletion

dimension

dissension

jettison

dispersion

equation

erection

emulsion

election

gestation

invasion

inversion

libration

instruction

injunction

migration

nutrition

oppression

ingestion

abrasion

prediction

ablation

addiction

aggression

attention

carnation

pretension

progression

injection

retention

protection

reception

regression

repression

revulsion

seduction

sensation

starvation

suppression

temptation

vibration

cessation

citation

dilation

edition

evasion

ligation

phoenician

physician

position

precession

predation

privation

quotation

reaction

recession

countryman

recision

religion

remission

reversion

restriction

rescission

ejection

rotation

commission

contraction

contraption

infliction

addition

truncation

assertion

syrian

rejection

infarction

subtraction

decision

division

negation

exemption

fisherman

gradation

mutation

notation

sedation

description

flirtation

flotation

immersion

oration

secession

summation

tradition

vacation

expansion

venetian

reptilian

extension

conviction

contortion

affliction

assumption

confucian

contention

exception

inception

infusion

inhuman

translation

deflection

induction

infection

intention

reflection

invention

intrusion

exaction

stygian

magician

everyone

opinion

pavilion

conjunction

dominion

italian

mistaken

constriction

extraction

inscription

civilian

rebellion

aegean

brazilian

phrygian

timberman

accession

apportion

ferryman

abortion

alsatian

congestion

objection

indian

affection

ascension

peterman

asuncion

confession

concession

compassion

aspersion

collection

condition

connection

damnation

conversion

eruption

dalmatian

contagion

digression

discussion

citizen

diffusion

connexion

elison

excision

bedizen

inaction

incision

menhaden

obsession

optation

partition

preemption

prevention

rendition

salvation

selection

foundation

persuasion

determine

plantation

lactation

optician

production

proportion

propulsion

reduction

resection

stagnation

submersion

submission

subversion

succession

suspicion

tactician

taxation

technician

disunion

projection

absorption

intestine

nebraskan

adsorption

encryption

prescription

transgression

etruscan

expulsion

emblazon

inflection

octillion

extortion

extrusion

consumption

inspection

suggestion

location

malaysian

munition

musician

occasion

omission

ovation

permission

perversion

possession

probation

profession

revision

precaution

procession

vocation

volition

precision

provision

englishman

audition

aversion

donation

compunction

causation

collegian

collision

correction

direction

erosion

emotion

devotion

carrion

midshipman

clarion

misprision

austrian

misfortune

chilean

foramen

exhaustion

inclusion

suspension

gillian

declension

abstraction

marian

implosion

libyan

battalion

conduction

confection

confusion

veteran

cambrian

completion

compulsion

conception

concoction

capsaicin

conscription

construction

discipline

logician

lumberman

obstruction

predestine

subscription

uncertain

vermilion

simian

cohesion

convulsion

convection

policeman

unburden

convention

coercion

australian

tuition

croatian

fruition

lutheran

assassin

jamaican

irishman

lesbian

awaken

bitumen

cinnamon

medicine

beholden

cognition

complexion

ablution

ambition

artesian

cartesian

concussion

silicon

admission

adoption

perfection

perception

preclusion

norwegian

profusion

proscription

laurentian

seclusion

transition

adrian

abstention

anyone

suburban

transfusion

eleven

fustian

garrison

thespian

uneven

vatican

venison

wesleyan

waterman

communion

imprison

gentleman

arkansan

patriarchs

adhesion

unbroken

corruption

transaction

aleutian

combustion

commotion

transmission

caucasian

transcription

delusion

conclusion

dilution

illusion

imagine

margarine

percussion

promotion

solution

singleton

pollution

diversion

alaskan

alderman

bedridden

chairwoman

chamberlain

enliven

korean

medallion

arian

aryan

dorian

horizon

irian

malayan

fenian

talisman

median

acumen

nemean

plebeian

protean

heartbroken

uterine

enlighten

laotian

contusion

hydrogen

nitrogen

corrosion

congressman

occlusion

derision

fijian

parisian

anchorman

albumin

albion

ambrosian

andean

badminton

bosnian

bouillon

campion

catalan

champion

companion

crestfallen

denizen

digestion

downtrodden

embolden

franciscan

gordian

gravamen

guardian

halcyon

hammerman

harlequin

housebroken

kantian

keratin

keynesian

mandarin

nonunion

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

pelican

puritan

reunion

scorpion

snapdragon

specimen

superman

vitamin

zambian

allusion

clergyman

collusion

parthian

pentathlon

origin

corsican

perfusion

appian

african

artisan

uncommon

charwoman

mexican

porcelain

alien

matriarch

rhodopsin

cardigan

genuine

abandon

forbidden

forewoman

cation

partisan

avian

fabian

patriarch

freudian

galleon

gaussian

ghanaian

grobian

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

jovian

julian

moroccan

nubian

odeon

orion

permian

reopen

saccharin

tamarin

dissection

exclusion

explosion

handwoven

beethoven

toboggan

bulletin

bandwagon

forgotten

muskmelon

nevadan

outerwear

abduction

nonhuman

lecithin

abdomen

sumatran

batterers

unwritten

bedouin

caterers

backgammon

waterworks

biotin

myosin

niacin

samoan

benjamin

saleswoman

skeleton

unison

waterwork

halogen

regimen

backwoodsman

batterer

caterer

charlatan

clarendon

guncotton

rifleman

unbutton

waterer

nobleman

oxygen

councilman

feminine

gatherers

collagen

jacobin

javelin

lanolin

melanin

ramadan

solomon

magdalen

gatherer

anglican

masculine

4 syllable words

inspiration

immigration

recreation

litigation

registration

dissipation

irritation

liberation

miseration

variation

disinfection

exploration

indignation

instigation

indiscretion

celebration

cultivation

desecration

distillation

emigration

expiration

fibrillation

information

intimation

intonation

inundation

liquidation

retardation

syndication

incrustation

impregnation

bifurcation

corp.

declaration

desperation

dissertation

divination

imitation

corporation

detonation

dilatation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

irrigation

procreation

restoration

ulceration

respiration

trepidation

coloration

deviation

indentation

indexation

decoration

generation

perforation

incarnation

federation

mediation

preparation

veneration

dispensation

importation

disputation

reparation

infestation

installation

pigmentation

separation

situation

depravation

deformation

degradation

demarcation

deportation

depredation

deprivation

designation

destination

devastation

disaffection

dislocation

estimation

excitation

indication

insulation

insurrection

interaction

invocation

intercession

lilliputian

stimulation

stipulation

simulation

resignation

presentation

protestation

publication

recantation

tribulation

segregation

ventilation

incubation

vindication

assyrian

legislation

criterion

admiration

desolation

desiccation

elevation

motivation

mutilation

perspiration

perturbation

preelection

preservation

delegation

fluoridation

reservation

syncopation

exploitation

aspiration

dedication

renovation

decimation

defamation

revelation

revocation

misconception

rumination

sicilian

emanation

valerian

alteration

suffocation

contemplation

derivation

fumigation

medication

reelection

reformation

athenian

attribution

disconnection

ideation

laceration

arbitration

exhortation

implication

foliation

mortification

inflammation

ministration

segmentation

subluxation

menstruation

aviation

imperfection

embarkation

radiation

intersection

education

intervention

reinspection

adoration

moderation

satisfaction

imputation

inclination

rhetorician

ostentation

toleration

transformation

retribution

fluctuation

misperception

interception

operation

illustration

institution

transportation

aberration

comprehension

exhumation

abdication

abrogation

activation

aggravation

aggregation

altercation

alternation

approbation

backwardation

centurion

confirmation

congregation

conservation

conversation

crucifixion

culmination

elocution

emulation

exhalation

fabrication

glaciation

historian

indecision

interjection

intermission

interruption

interurban

introspection

lubrication

masturbation

maturation

observation

penetration

predilection

reclamation

recollection

refutation

regulation

replication

restitution

retrocession

saturation

sectarian

speculation

victorian

iberian

hyperion

affirmation

correlation

missourian

coronation

diminution

distribution

dissolution

disillusion

himalayan

introduction

expectation

liberian

extrication

gravitation

bavarian

confrontation

planarian

levitation

praetorian

polynesian

limitation

siberian

resurrection

melanesian

intuition

usurpation

valuation

hibernation

visitation

excavation

gastrulation

constellation

consternation

constipation

decompression

electrician

formulation

execution

interdiction

malformation

liquefaction

punctuation

substitution

tetrahedron

dietitian

cogitation

nigerian

modulation

adulation

pagination

invitation

apprehension

indonesian

relaxation

subdivision

agrarian

calibration

cotyledon

eritrean

obsidian

oblivion

nestorian

pagurian

ordination

concentration

demonstration

explanation

explication

orchestration

self-deception

sequestration

businesswoman

contraception

conjugation

dehydration

contribution

exclamation

habitation

hesitation

hungarian

incantation

annotation

smithsonian

octahedron

meditation

algerian

connotation

consecration

repercussion

bolivian

comedian

relocation

repetition

reposition

reproduction

chameleon

resolution

devolution

devonian

preignition

politician

realization

recitation

floridian

simonian

evocation

evolution

gregorian

revolution

sanitation

hegelian

violation

reassertion

agitation

contrarian

interwoven

shakespearean

vegetation

apparition

comparison

bohemian

coalition

pelagian

prohibition

surrogation

matriarchal

patriarchal

patriarchate

meridian

reputation

statistician

molestation

precondition

imposition

indigestion

hypertension

inattention

palpitation

commutation

dereliction

fermentation

disposition

commendation

adaptation

affectation

annexation

competition

couturier

equitation

benediction

assemblyman

librarian

barbarian

custodian

minnesotan

amphibian

estonian

american

darwinian

predetermine

implantation

accordion

copernican

olympian

abyssinian

committeeman

dominican

graduation

watermelon

elongation

equestrian

inhibition

kindergarten

wagnerian

conflagration

armenian

nicaraguan

contravention

obstetrician

gentlewoman

amputation

abolition

allegation

allocation

animation

arthurian

condemnation

appellation

augmentation

avocation

compensation

collocation

definition

demolition

deposition

domination

erudition

isolation

computation

condensation

fascination

inquisition

germination

jubilation

premonition

fragmentation

opposition

profanation

confiscation

malnutrition

jurisdiction

vacillation

validation

consultation

nomination

oscillation

termination

obfuscation

readmission

machination

navigation

propagation

proposition

provocation

repossession

supposition

arabian

fallopian

pedestrian

collodion

iranian

plutonian

napoleon

crocodilian

misbegotten

deconstruction

newtonian

reawaken

reconstruction

adrenaline

utopian

application

acclimation

circulation

composition

accusation

advocation

abnegation

acclamation

acquisition

admonition

ammunition

carcinogen

compilation

consolation

cancellation

combination

consummation

convocation

duplication

exhibition

gargantuan

granulation

obligation

occupation

ovulation

oxidation

permutation

polyhedron

population

proclamation

prosecution

recognition

requisition

superstition

tabulation

vaccination

corinthian

contradiction

californian

overburden

greco-roman

extradition

guatemalan

jordanian

reexamine

moravian

literary

expedition

appalachian

englishwoman

preconception

calculation

exposition

complication

manumission

condescension

arizonan

coloradan

draconian

mammalian

protozoan

republican

canadian

european

circumcision

destitution

nonprescription

persecution

prostitution

superhuman

strangulation

penicillin

columbian

peruvian

transplantation

albanian

tasmanian

pavlovian

patriarchy

hydrocarbon

lancastrian

herculean

constitution

eustachian

locomotion

mongolian

supervision

maccabean

galilean

macedonian

circumspection

armageddon

jacobean

algonquian

convolution

absolution

ibuprofen

aldebaran

cyclopean

gorgonian

rhododendron

circumvention

paraguayan

hemoglobin

noblewoman

ohioan

alabaman

dandelion

nonpartisan

leviathan

samaritan

otherworldly

diocesan

tamoxifen

copenhagen

5 syllable words

continuation

incarceration

incorporation

interrogation

insinuation

recrimination

adulteration

attenuation

conciliation

consideration

denunciation

discoloration

elimination

exoneration

mummification

remuneration

renunciation

specification

enumeration

evaporation

retaliation

reverberation

humiliation

commemoration

dissociation

elaboration

proliferation

recuperation

negotiation

disintegration

depreciation

regeneration

reiteration

exacerbation

manipulation

equivocation

desegregation

abbreviation

agglomeration

assimilation

confederation

dissemination

evaluation

facilitation

prevarication

repatriation

repudiation

vilification

capitulation

association

collaboration

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Words that rhyme with the word deterioration

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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