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

mystics

sanction

traction

fraction

friction

fiction

faction

auction

diction

action

mistakes

mystic

whitson

saxon

piston

claxon

cystic

oxen

function

junction

mustache

section

moustache

caption

christian

flexion

mansion

suction

dustman

caxton

grandson

tactics

haystacks

ashen

fashion

fission

passion

mission

ration

mahone

gumption

nighthawks

emption

plankton

caution

pathan

acton

citron

clinton

jackman

falcon

atman

damson

hackman

ibsen

landsman

lockman

jetson

milken

mistake

mistook

mystique

nightsticks

packman

pitman

rustic

saffron

samson

silken

stockman

teston

tuscan

vistas

freshman

bushman

gentian

flashgun

mention

question

rincon

tension

vestige

pension

batton

delphian

written

klansman

misjudge

platen

stiffen

diskettes

aztecs

biscuits

children

distaste

lengthen

baton

christen

excites

satin

stricken

landman

wiccan

lampron

quicken

batten

chicken

nightclub

sexton

bitten

bisson

blacken

glisten

kitten

griffon

latin

sicken

bason

fasten

locken

mitten

briton

fatten

listen

bracken

flatten

strengthen

patten

platten

slacken

smitten

postman

postscripts

thicken

station

cushion

session

nation

henchman

haitian

hessian

kitchen

tungsten

pigeon

grecian

freshen

earthen

prussian

russian

vision

bagman

banyan

baston

alman

austin

begets

billion

billman

bookman

boston

brakeman

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

cassettes

caustic

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chieftain

crimson

dampen

ensign

footman

gascon

gilden

haystack

hectic

hetman

jasmine

justice

kansan

nightclubs

keelson

kelson

kirkman

lactic

lightman

lisbon

maoists

linden

matron

melton

lynden

mignon

million

minion

outdone

outrun

patron

pectic

pectin

pillion

pinion

plantain

recites

santon

scallion

shotgun

spearman

stallion

sultan

trillion

workman

nekton

sequin

stillion

sylvan

tactic

vulcan

shipman

panton

pressman

resets

stepson

tillman

visits

marksman

option

sunken

portion

torsion

shrunken

bastion

belgian

brethren

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

engine

faustian

hangman

hostage

lighthouse

luncheon

mangan

martian

nighthawk

acquits

amman

capstan

doctrine

liquids

marchman

misguides

burton

cannon

certain

dragon

driven

portman

eaten

markman

canon

seedsman

beaten

boughten

breton

sixties

bacon

alan

baron

barren

beacon

beckon

begun

billon

brighten

button

cretin

spokesman

cabin

cotton

deacon

deafen

famine

curtain

frighten

garron

given

glidden

gotten

happen

heighten

hidden

hyphen

jetton

gallon

gammon

gibbon

gladden

lagan

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

linen

madden

muffin

mutton

ninon

often

prison

reckon

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

rotten

sadden

salmon

satan

seton

shaken

siphon

soften

straighten

striven

sweeten

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

threaten

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

villain

wagon

waken

wheaten

backsides

weaken

whiten

women

zircon

exits

headsman

equates

nightstick

dudgeon

legion

region

gudgeon

heathen

lesion

bludgeon

potion

penguin

lotion

motion

notion

ocean

misquotes

postscript

beachheads

guardsman

huntsman

airman

aspen

assets

aztec

barton

bellman

besides

bestows

boatman

bullion

carton

chairman

checkouts

chevron

chicots

classman

costas

dalton

darken

deceits

decides

desman

dockets

dolphin

dugouts

facets

faucets

freedman

goodman

faulcon

fielden

fountain

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

houseman

jackets

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

london

m1

marten

martin

molten

mountain

muslin

onion

orphan

packets

passman

pastas

penman

pickets

pockets

ponton

rackets

racquets

reacts

rockets

runnion

russets

rustys

scullion

selden

shearman

shorten

smarten

sockets

spartan

tartan

tendon

testes

thickets

tickets

tubman

undone

wanton

wickets

woodman

woolman

digits

fortune

georgian

margin

postage

washouts

accedes

baldwin

baskets

bordman

caskets

cauldron

exceeds

gaskets

homespun

horseman

oarsman

salesman

scotsman

statesman

townsman

yachtsman

bison

cheapen

bellon

broken

caisson

charon

chasten

cousin

crouton

deaden

deepen

ledden

craftsman

demon

leaden

leaven

leman

lemon

leven

loosen

marron

mason

melon

mullen

oven

perron

sportsman

person

semen

seven

sudden

sullen

summon

treason

wooden

worsen

steven

woolen

spoken

devon

dozen

eden

elan

freeman

hasten

heron

hoten

draftsman

basin

felon

gluten

heaven

hyson

jason

moisten

pullen

redden

rerun

urson

reason

resin

seaman

season

token

vegan

weapon

woman

agates

cajun

suasion

acids

alban

apron

arson

asides

azides

bargain

bigots

bolden

buckets

bustos

copeman

cordon

decodes

dicots

burgeon

carmine

sturgeon

trojan

boycotts

carbon

carman

corban

dobson

dolman

asian

locates

garden

harden

jordan

jorden

lawsuits

persian

surgeon

facades

fireman

foreman

jargon

linemen

golden

fibrin

gorgon

lineman

lockets

maggots

minden

morgan

norman

olden

organ

parson

resides

marlin

mormon

newsman

sharpen

soldan

warden

urchin

stallman

tarpon

union

pardon

fusion

lockouts

lopeman

sovereign

sovran

squadron

version

othman

coachman

longan

nightshirts

churchman

watchman

cascades

chastised

cowan

dian

exudes

gowan

lion

mayan

paean

peon

rayon

ion

scion

succeeds

urine

zion

backstage

auden

bayman

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bourbon

bowman

brazen

broaden

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

canaan

cayman

chosen

colon

common

craven

crewman

cuban

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

dromon

eighties

ermine

fallen

firman

floren

foreign

frozen

german

graven

hausen

haven

hogan

hoven

human

hymen

kalan

laden

layman

liman

liven

logan

loren

lumen

lyden

maiden

odin

omen

open

pagan

pavon

poison

pollan

pollen

proven

raven

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rumen

sermon

shaman

toman

shogun

swollen

thousand

showman

siren

slogan

sodden

solon

stolen

trodden

turban

wizen

yaupon

urban

warren

widen

yeoman

zaman

woven

chastise

cycads

decades

lactose

legates

lightweight

nuggets

recedes

oxides

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

tsetse

posits

rosettes

nightshirt

bouquets

sight-seer

tuesdays

nightshade

dogwoods

3 syllable words

distinction

destruction

extinction

extraction

instruction

contraction

inspection

description

infliction

infraction

restriction

subtraction

infection

attraction

retraction

exaction

transaction

diffraction

abstraction

injection

election

erection

eviction

inaction

constriction

dissension

reception

cistercian

depiction

resection

obstruction

defection

deduction

seduction

inscription

detection

construction

deception

expulsion

rejection

recession

extension

infarction

inflection

prescription

ejection

secession

abduction

affliction

assumption

confection

conviction

deflection

disruption

distortion

filtration

fisticuff

frustration

induction

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

mystical

presumption

redemption

reflection

resumption

subscription

injunction

addiction

ascension

asuncion

collection

affection

connection

connexion

crustacean

dentition

discussion

dissection

fixation

gestation

objection

insertion

protection

conscription

perfection

dimension

production

prediction

detention

emulsion

ignition

dictation

reduction

revulsion

suspicion

tactician

vatican

selection

proscription

consumption

excretion

exemption

expansion

expression

transfusion

encryption

crestfallen

sedition

egyptian

rescission

decision

reaction

fisticuffs

projection

recision

franciscan

cetacean

emission

precession

procession

petition

convection

discretion

exception

discipline

inception

inflation

intention

prostration

invention

compunction

englishman

concoction

conception

talisman

contention

testicle

contrition

suspension

tacticians

translation

alaskan

castration

conduction

conjunction

transcription

jettison

accession

attention

complexion

assassin

admission

depression

excision

obsession

optician

perception

plantation

partition

patrician

pretension

succession

rendition

retention

stagnation

transition

depletion

confession

deflation

attrition

condition

salvation

extortion

incision

ambition

abstention

dalmatian

damnation

impassion

submission

propulsion

concession

technician

temptation

silicon

adsorption

addition

assertion

cessation

citation

commission

desertion

division

deletion

edition

precision

remission

flirtation

lecithin

imprison

physician

elation

position

religion

possession

profession

imagine

tradition

nebraskan

reptilian

testicles

infusion

transmission

intrusion

exhaustion

completion

compulsion

contortion

convulsion

conflation

confucian

convention

declension

impression

midshipman

pentathlon

italian

rebellion

mexican

distasteful

tactical

magician

quixotic

oppression

proportion

adoption

regression

suppression

vestiges

absorption

contraption

abortion

aggression

optation

progression

sensation

apportion

nutrition

compassion

exertion

accretion

cognition

concussion

diffusion

dispersion

misshapen

secretion

gentleman

acetic

badminton

disunion

ascetic

citizen

octillion

cinnamon

catalan

eleven

fustian

pelican

specimen

exotics

audition

collision

cremation

devotion

duration

emotion

evasion

fisherman

flotation

halogen

immersion

munition

musician

mutation

narration

negation

implosion

phoenician

permission

notation

omission

percussion

precaution

predation

confusion

summation

reversion

revision

sedation

venetian

compression

rotation

inhuman

volition

provision

relation

quotation

battalion

bedridden

corsican

heartbroken

unwritten

australian

pavilion

uncertain

civilian

egotist

abandon

brazilian

african

exotic

in-person

opinion

rifleman

medallion

cation

logician

dominion

beholden

artesian

aspersion

ablation

ablution

parisian

alsatian

cartesian

contagion

contusion

fruition

incursion

lactation

scythian

mistaking

preemption

creation

derision

transgression

nitrogen

oxygen

invasion

inversion

tuition

hostages

irishman

profusion

taxation

councilman

countryman

unbroken

albumin

ambrosian

muskmelon

truncation

awaken

downtrodden

bedizen

bulletin

handwoven

bitumen

cyprian

denizen

indian

jacobin

javelin

kantian

keratin

harlequin

mandarin

ottoman

housebroken

jamaican

lanolin

nevadan

pesetas

skeleton

puritan

thespian

vitamin

adhesion

companion

ramadan

anglican

dilation

direction

donation

collegian

malaysian

aleutian

aversion

causation

commotion

correction

delusion

erosion

excursion

gradation

gyration

inclusion

ligation

illusion

oration

ovation

pollution

privation

probation

promotion

singleton

solution

vacation

cardigan

chairperson

genuine

vermilion

galleon

magdalen

enlighten

partisan

predestine

sumatran

austrian

arian

chilean

appian

gillian

porcelain

unbutton

abdomen

libyan

perfusion

artisan

forbidden

explosion

extrusion

moroccan

aquatic

saccharin

syrian

tamarin

timberman

simian

veteran

exclusion

capsaicin

chairwoman

everyone

persuasion

seclusion

conversion

hydration

menhaden

subversion

aegean

coercion

submersion

croatian

horatian

starvation

stygian

anchorman

abrasion

formation

foundation

prevention

migration

vibration

norwegian

eruption

carnation

equation

phrygian

libration

preclusion

acidic

albion

outspoken

bouillon

communion

andean

beethoven

campion

ferryman

hammerman

champion

anyone

determine

forgotten

lesbian

regattas

etruscan

arkansan

wesleyan

waterman

peterman

embolden

zambian

intestine

toboggan

masculine

suburban

uneven

allusion

occasion

corruption

caucasian

diversion

location

collusion

conclusion

dilution

machetes

vocation

perversion

backwoodsman

backgammon

cambrian

enliven

octagon

unburden

uncommon

ingestion

guncotton

lumberman

laurentian

uterine

protean

occlusion

plebeian

repression

carrion

clarion

fenian

gaussian

ghanaian

hawaiian

malayan

marian

median

nemean

misjudgment

suggestion

misjudges

laotian

snapdragon

digestion

fijian

bandwagon

nonunion

emblazon

oxidized

adrian

bosnian

cicadas

elison

mestizo

superman

misjudgments

keynesian

halcyon

reunion

garrison

guardian

overman

overdone

combustion

gordian

gravamen

overrun

scorpion

jesuits

acumen

alderman

chamberlain

chastises

cohesion

equities

forewoman

congestion

oxidize

policeman

benjamin

aryan

alien

digression

avian

bedouin

biotin

dorian

fabian

freudian

grobian

heroin

heroine

horizon

irian

jovian

julian

korean

myosin

niacin

nubian

odeon

orion

permian

reopen

samoan

corrosion

lutheran

aqueduct

pagodas

diastase

unison

nonhuman

venison

freemason

medicine

niceties

cockatoos

margarine

parthian

aqueducts

clergyman

congressman

origin

digitize

regimen

mosquitos

castigate

castaways

mosquitoes

charlatan

nobleman

foramen

castigates

hydrogen

collagen

feminine

melanin

solomon

suicides

hostesses

rhodopsin

clarendon

charwoman

jujitsu

justices

hectograph

saleswoman

residues

righteously

dioxides

ecstasy

4 syllable words

liquefaction

disconnection

disinflation

instigation

intersection

interaction

distillation

titillation

mitigation

dissertation

dissipation

indiscretion

introduction

dissatisfied

imperfection

installation

indignation

integration

institution

dispensation

reinspection

dissatisfy

benediction

dereliction

cultivation

desecration

crucifixion

interjection

destination

estimation

insulation

immigration

disposition

fibrillation

insurrection

intercession

intimation

intonation

inundation

invitation

liquidation

predilection

recollection

restitution

statistician

syndication

divination

inhalation

innovation

desiccation

dilatation

litigation

limitation

preelection

desolation

imitation

repetition

immolation

distribution

irrigation

reelection

irritation

recitation

visitation

infiltration

gravitation

misconception

decimation

dissolution

mysticism

electrician

incantation

interception

indexation

attribution

interdiction

transformation

misperception

substitution

abdication

calibration

celebration

deconstruction

designation

emigration

excitation

exhibition

fabrication

imposition

inattention

indecision

indication

inspiration

invocation

lilliputian

penetration

publication

reconstruction

registration

resignation

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

tribulation

ventilation

vindication

appellation

isolation

inhibition

intuition

animation

disillusion

delegation

demolition

medication

meditation

dedication

oscillation

deposition

allocation

allegation

derivation

detonation

diminution

levitation

navigation

premonition

politician

revocation

implantation

emanation

businesswoman

supposition

resurrection

californian

elevation

avocation

impregnation

erudition

vacillation

extrication

bifurcation

fascination

fluoridation

hesitation

restoration

syncopation

renovation

readmission

revelation

trepidation

validation

pagination

republican

adulation

arbitration

execution

consecration

constellation

constipation

disputation

excavation

expedition

exposition

gastrulation

illustration

implication

indentation

inclination

englishwoman

importation

imputation

inquisition

mortification

pigmentation

vegetation

menstruation

ministration

education

jurisdiction

miseration

dietitian

iteration

liberation

abnegation

dominican

abrogation

consummation

culmination

degradation

cancellation

application

consolation

deportation

elocution

graduation

exhalation

competition

depredation

deprivation

maturation

depravation

saturation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

destitution

situation

approbation

dislocation

emulation

equitation

granulation

hypertension

information

intermission

interruption

lubrication

masturbation

oxidation

persecution

presentation

prosecution

recantation

reclamation

recognition

speculation

regulation

requisition

retardation

tabulation

segregation

apprehension

replication

reputation

vaccination

affirmation

resolution

respiration

perturbation

concentration

exclamation

admiration

explication

desperation

extradition

devolution

motivation

preignition

usurpation

expectation

evolution

mutilation

explanation

preservation

valuation

connotation

contemplation

obstetrician

figuration

fumigation

recreation

reservation

revolution

rumination

suffocation

ulceration

modulation

himalayan

mistakenly

fluctuation

calculation

cogitation

inflammation

testicular

sicilian

intervention

malformation

preconception

punctuation

segmentation

consternation

exhortation

exhumation

consultation

infestation

ostentation

reproduction

transportation

retribution

strangulation

veneration

rhetorician

variation

mediation

adoration

perforation

aberration

decoration

reparation

introspection

reassertion

separation

coloration

deviation

apparition

federation

generation

laceration

preparation

absolution

egotism

altercation

expiration

alternation

carcinogen

commutation

conservation

demarcation

devastation

molestation

precondition

prostitution

protestation

refutation

incrustation

exploitation

eustachian

relaxation

sequestration

superstition

circumspection

demonstration

subdivision

guatemalan

contribution

orchestration

samaritan

contradiction

paraguayan

abolition

alteration

nonprescription

annotation

appalachian

aspiration

conjugation

declaration

defamation

definition

habitation

hibernation

procreation

profanation

reposition

repossession

vestigial

manumission

melanesian

supervision

perspiration

reformation

sanitation

gentlewoman

iranian

computation

agitation

macedonian

assyrian

interwoven

condescension

constitution

embarkation

exploration

criterion

malnutrition

transplantation

moderation

toleration

radiation

foliation

aviation

prohibition

pistachio

coalition

ideation

mustachio

pelagian

operation

contraception

contravention

historian

indonesian

adaptation

eritrean

admonition

aldebaran

abyssinian

dandelion

amphibian

cotyledon

interurban

affectation

centurion

deformation

oblivion

confirmation

retrocession

obsidian

permutation

predetermine

ammunition

algonquian

palpitation

sectarian

self-deception

fermentation

observation

corp.

corporation

opposition

mustachioed

evocation

polynesian

proposition

realization

algerian

pistachios

relocation

smithsonian

repercussion

assemblyman

octahedron

arizonan

misbegotten

arabian

amputation

canadian

augmentation

incarnation

bavarian

devonian

decompression

european

gregorian

simonian

planarian

reawaken

fragmentation

valerian

tetrahedron

shakespearean

mammalian

leviathan

surrogation

asiatic

violation

athenian

corinthian

custodian

annexation

american

elongation

meridian

circumcision

conflagration

composition

agrarian

committeeman

comprehension

copernican

darwinian

dehydration

equestrian

estonian

glaciation

legislation

confrontation

gargantuan

minnesotan

nestorian

nicaraguan

nonpartisan

olympian

penicillin

reexamine

rhododendron

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correlation

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provocation

machination

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crocodilian

nomination

tamoxifen

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chameleon

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proclamation

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iberian

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ibuprofen

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formulation

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watermelon

condemnation

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complication

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hemoglobin

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armageddon

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noblewoman

testosterone

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convolution

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polyhedron

newtonian

librarian

accordion

circumvention

barbarian

herculean

greco-roman

oxidizer

superhuman

ohioan

diocesan

comparison

copenhagen

5 syllable words

inactivation

decapitation

resuscitation

misapplication

misinformation

justification

assassination

civilization

desalination

eradication

gratification

precipitation

ratification

russification

vilification

deceleration

disintegration

discrimination

disembarkation

imagination

anticipation

concatenation

equivocation

exasperation

desegregation

examination

initiation

intimidation

invalidation

misapprehension

quantification

rectification

sophistication

clarification

certification

denomination

denunciation

edification

gasification

ossification

dissemination

evaluation

exhilaration

incineration

nullification

purification

verification

pacification

classification

renunciation

discoloration

ramification

specification

egotistical

refrigeration

exaggeration

deification

deliberation

delineation

evaporation

retaliation

irradiation

elaboration

dissociation

improvisation

disinclination

incrimination

multiplication

interconnection

procrastination

simplification

recombination

recrimination

falsification

fortification

hyperinflation

contamination

continuation

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predisposition

participation

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depopulation

incarceration

magnification

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insinuation

sanctification

inoculation

amalgamation

interrogation

abomination

accommodation

amortization

assimilation

christianization

codification

conciliation

consideration

electrocution

elimination

indoctrination

mississippian

modification

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notification

obliteration

qualification

repatriation

revaluation

solicitation

stratification

unification

vulgarization

investigation

articulation

association

amplification

annihilation

interpretation

depreciation

alliteration

specialization

collaboration

commemoration

affiliation

extermination

expatriation

cauterization

proliferation

reaffirmation

centralization

manipulation

congratulation

reiteration

excoriation

maximization

substantiation

degeneration

subordination

instrumentation

domestication

emancipation

regeneration

inhabitation

administration

authentication

determination

legalization

premeditation

illumination

presupposition

dramatization

facilitation

interpolation

repudiation

intoxication

mechanization

hallucination

libertarian

adulteration

coagulation

amelioration

abbreviation

canonization

sterilization

attenuation

capitulation

humiliation

ionization

synchronization

pennsylvanian

alleviation

mathematician

infatuation

reverberation

appreciation

rejuvenation

authorization

reintegration

recommendation

insemination

immunization

negotiation

miscalculation

equalization

origination

presbyterian

magnetization

glorification

inauguration

elizabethan

fertilization

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colonization

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mobilization

prevarication

triangulation

utilization

caledonian

nickelodeon

patagonian

approximation

representation

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defenestration

adjudication

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cohabitation

pasteurization

perpetuation

nonintervention

accreditation

communication

decomposition

appropriation

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harmonization

hybridization

neutralization

normalization

organization

sedimentation

enumeration

incorporation

reforestation

recuperation

evacuation

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expropriation

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scandinavian

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remuneration

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confederation

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nitroglycerine

unitarian

nonsectarian

proletarian

washingtonian

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conglomeration

argumentation

argentinian

manifestation

assemblywoman

hydrogenation

corroboration

ejaculation

epicurean

cooperation

overproduction

peloponnesian

brobdingnagian

alienation

hanoverian

astigmatism

preoccupation

ethiopian

pronunciation

theologian

jeffersonian

neapolitan

beethovenian

polarization

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maximilian

yugoslavian

academician

acceleration

pomeranian

coordination

modernization

oregonian

hyperborean

babylonian

amazonian

panamanian

lithuanian

pythagorean

exoskeleton

lackadaisical

delicatessen

centenarian

veterinarian

carthaginian

vegetarian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word dissatisfaction

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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

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