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2 syllable words

flexion

section

suction

delphian

emption

gumption

keelson

kelson

action

auction

belgian

faction

fraction

diction

traction

function

gentian

mention

fiction

friction

tension

junction

sanction

pension

nation

russian

station

session

sexton

hessian

freshen

haitian

prussian

henchman

penguin

saxon

scallion

oxen

scullion

silken

m1

jetson

melton

claxon

milken

million

selden

stepson

stillion

trillion

stallion

billion

bullion

bellman

falcon

nekton

pillion

vulcan

pectin

runnion

ensign

kelvin

onion

kenyan

huntsman

melon

brethren

caption

beckon

bellon

dungeon

engine

basin

bison

hyson

freshman

hasten

reckon

mason

chasten

felon

lesson

mansion

caisson

lessen

luncheon

question

jason

loosen

caxton

children

doctrine

elects

ballasts

lengthen

baldwin

collects

dustman

selects

statesman

salesman

strengthen

grandson

headsman

ration

suasion

bludgeon

potion

grecian

cajun

ocean

gudgeon

cushion

fusion

ashen

asian

caution

fashion

lotion

motion

passion

fission

mission

dudgeon

notion

plankton

tungsten

acton

airman

alman

apron

banyan

billman

bookman

brakeman

canyon

chessman

chevron

calvin

chairman

damson

daylights

delights

desman

dulcet

faulcon

gascon

fibrin

gilden

marksman

fireman

hackman

hempen

kirkman

kremlin

lockman

penman

pinion

draftsman

hetman

jackman

london

pressman

headman

packman

houseman

lightman

matron

minden

ibsen

lineman

linemen

minion

patron

samson

sultan

craftsman

landsman

sequin

stockman

sylvan

tendon

teston

tillman

tubman

tuscan

undone

whitson

woolman

workman

dutchman

bastion

bushman

sunken

drunken

falsehoods

option

shrunken

bullshit

christian

faustian

flashgun

martian

portion

rincon

torsion

alan

bason

bayman

bacon

billon

bisson

blacken

bracken

brazen

breton

brighten

button

canaan

cayman

charon

chicken

christen

cousin

craven

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

fasten

frighten

gallon

glisten

gluten

graven

hausen

haven

heaven

heighten

heron

human

hymen

hyphen

jetton

kalan

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

locken

lumen

lyden

maiden

marron

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

pagan

perron

person

proven

pullen

quicken

raven

redden

resin

riden

ripen

rumen

satan

seven

shaken

shaman

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

straighten

stricken

sudden

sullen

summon

syphon

taken

talon

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

triton

whiten

wiccan

spokesman

vegan

widen

wizen

urson

waken

weapon

toughen

villain

woolen

worsen

zaman

zircon

molests

hailstone

marchman

millstone

markman

klansman

lampron

landman

cauldron

capstan

burgeon

earthen

falsehood

heathen

kitchen

legion

lesion

mahone

pathan

persian

pigeon

region

sturgeon

surgeon

trojan

urchin

version

vision

rayon

austin

bagman

ballast

blackwood

atman

aspen

baston

arson

dian

ion

alban

bolden

boston

cowan

gowan

sportsman

calloused

canton

chaplain

chapman

chieftain

citron

classman

clinton

collect

crimson

captain

dalton

guardsman

dampen

darken

elect

fielden

hailstones

footman

dobson

dolman

dolphin

fountain

freedman

outdone

ruin

lynden

golden

goodman

kansan

linden

olden

mountain

outrun

scion

jasmine

molten

muslin

harken

mignon

mayan

lisbon

newsman

panton

parson

pitman

plantain

saffron

lion

zion

passman

piston

santon

select

shearman

shipman

soldan

woodman

skylights

spearman

stallman

union

churchman

margin

polished

georgian

hangman

mangan

bulkheads

fortune

bordman

cretin

daylight

deacon

deepen

delight

demon

dragon

driven

dromon

eaten

eden

fallen

fatten

firman

flatten

elan

famine

odin

plastics

alight

amman

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

beaten

begun

bollen

townsman

blowgun

beacon

seedsman

bitten

bourbon

broken

scotsman

yachtsman

bowman

briton

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

cannon

canon

certain

cheapen

chosen

colon

curtain

ermine

freeman

frozen

gammon

garron

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

griffon

happen

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

kitten

lagan

latin

leman

leven

linen

logan

madden

mitten

ninon

omen

patten

salmon

flagstone

reason

hillsides

holstein

horseman

prison

homespun

pollen

pollan

open

gallstone

poison

rerun

oarsman

platten

shogun

milkweed

showman

slogan

smitten

solon

spoken

steven

stiffen

stolen

striven

milestone

sweeten

swollen

tappen

token

toman

treason

turban

urban

wagon

weaken

wheaten

woman

women

wooden

woven

written

yeoman

polecats

platen

risen

riven

roman

rosen

seaman

season

semen

seton

portman

postman

ribbon

ridden

sadden

satin

sermon

bulkhead

flagstones

gallstones

hailstorm

milestones

slighting

blockades

barton

blacktop

bargain

blackouts

bluestone

boatman

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

closets

copeman

calcite

corban

cordon

flaccid

foreman

garden

harden

harten

gorgon

hearten

hillside

jargon

jordan

jorden

lopeman

marlin

marten

martin

molest

morgan

mormon

norman

organ

orphan

pardon

policed

ponton

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

tarpon

tartan

wanton

warden

othman

blasting

owen

longan

paean

rowan

rowen

urine

coachman

watchman

peon

falstaff

oilseeds

auden

blackout

blockade

boughten

broaden

common

floren

foreign

pavon

placate

often

cotton

bobbin

gotten

loren

placid

trodden

placoid

robin

skylight

sodden

soften

twilight

rosin

rotten

warren

yaupon

flagstaffs

maelstrom

cliched

blasted

closedown

clustered

clusters

flaxseed

oilseed

ulster

flusters

plastic

polecat

closedowns

solstice

bolstered

bolsters

blaster

bluster

closet

cluster

fluster

plaster

holster

cloisters

blisters

bolster

cloistered

blastoff

plasters

flagstaff

flighty

blister

cloister

slightly

blockheads

blockhead

slaughters

slaughter

3 syllable words

confucian

acumen

pelican

production

profusion

deduction

collection

selection

seduction

election

reduction

ablution

occlusion

albumin

aleutian

pollution

solution

transfusion

collections

affliction

infusion

induction

selections

elections

inclusion

inhuman

conclusion

conduction

abduction

assumption

confusion

filtration

presumption

resumption

melanin

elison

delicate

silicon

skeleton

medicine

venison

dalmatian

revulsion

technician

temptation

contusion

accession

accretion

emulsion

eviction

salvation

diffusion

sensation

succession

depiction

seclusion

secretion

alsatian

asuncion

gestation

inaction

preclusion

propulsion

harlequin

allusion

cessation

deletion

collusion

commotion

delusion

communion

corruption

dilution

halogen

truncation

elation

illusion

reluctant

lecithin

narration

negation

occasion

percussion

phoenician

predation

promotion

sedation

summation

vacation

venetian

consumption

destruction

infliction

encryption

concoction

convulsion

laotian

declension

delegates

intrusion

compunction

compulsion

allocates

enlighten

enliven

mexican

everyone

genuine

castration

exaction

transaction

discretion

perfusion

disruption

diffraction

ablation

abortion

adoption

aggression

anyone

apportion

attrition

compassion

concession

concussion

condition

confession

conjunction

construction

crustacean

damnation

deflation

denizen

dentition

depletion

dictation

discussion

eruption

fixation

injunction

inscription

instruction

jettison

keratin

lactation

menhaden

obsession

obstruction

oppression

patrician

plantation

prediction

progression

proportion

regression

rendition

silicate

specimen

stagnation

submission

suppression

suspicion

tactician

taxation

transcription

expulsion

exclusion

extortion

extrusion

disunion

egyptian

infraction

electron

distraction

description

prescription

infarction

correction

flirtation

collegian

collision

location

addition

malaysian

devotion

dilation

direction

possession

cetacean

assertion

commission

edition

emission

emotion

caucasian

duration

physician

procession

petition

position

profession

reaction

relation

religion

sedition

vocation

volition

tradition

chairperson

combustion

compression

alaskan

african

conflation

inflation

policeman

distortion

frustration

nonhuman

retraction

magician

contortion

capsaicin

exception

delightful

anglican

talisman

completion

contrition

galactose

distinction

translation

collected

silicates

abstraction

extraction

subscription

conscription

horatian

exertion

halcyon

affection

excision

impassion

jacobin

jamaican

illicit

aspersion

defection

allocate

conversion

ignition

albion

bitumen

thespian

preemption

unison

protection

resection

uneven

connexion

delegate

relegate

wesleyan

connection

assassin

contagion

bulletin

ferryman

abrasion

awaken

puritan

solomon

addiction

celestial

citizen

cistercian

cinnamon

eleven

vatican

electrons

lesbian

delighted

detection

dissection

equation

incursion

insertion

ramadan

erection

collagen

invasion

perfection

persuasion

submersion

subversion

absorption

nonunion

adsorption

contraption

expression

extension

explosion

ambrosian

excretion

expansion

unbroken

rejection

proscription

ejection

restriction

emblazon

projection

electric

etruscan

nebraskan

aversion

englishman

citation

evasion

gyration

erosion

gradation

privation

imagine

origin

ligation

precaution

rescission

desertion

decision

delighting

division

provision

recision

alien

bedouin

cation

implosion

carrion

reflection

clarion

redemption

chilean

infection

galleon

attraction

heroin

heroine

confection

horizon

malayan

niacin

convection

marian

moroccan

myosin

plebeian

samoan

conviction

gillian

deflection

ghanaian

hawaiian

exhaustion

misfortune

excursion

aegean

croatian

abdomen

injection

creation

electrodes

abandon

cambrian

backwoodsman

corrosion

objection

bedridden

chairwoman

backgammon

corsican

forewoman

scythian

charlatan

elective

stygian

collective

elicits

guncotton

fruition

in-person

rhodopsin

rebellion

logician

philistine

lumberman

selective

tuition

solicits

unburden

unbutton

uncommon

vermilion

unwritten

illustrates

phrygian

anchorman

artesian

ascension

attention

cartesian

deception

detention

dimension

dispersion

dissension

hydration

hydrogen

inversion

irishman

laurentian

libration

incision

migration

norwegian

oxygen

pretension

reception

retention

nitrogen

perception

prevention

vibration

extinction

cyprian

arkansan

andean

beethoven

contraction

bedizen

campion

champion

determine

philistines

forgotten

adhesion

electrode

kantian

reptilian

exemption

fustian

nevadan

ottoman

complexion

indian

subtraction

saleswoman

reunion

handwoven

inspection

countryman

inflection

suburban

toboggan

vitamin

zambian

notation

ovation

permission

oration

musician

perversion

munition

mutation

precession

probation

causation

flotation

immersion

quotation

remission

recession

reversion

rotation

secession

donation

cremation

diversion

clergyman

conception

constriction

contention

convention

misprision

suspension

inception

invention

appian

civilian

electrics

dialects

cohesion

artisan

collectors

veteran

avian

fabian

saccharin

syrian

battalion

dominion

palisades

libyan

partisan

arian

orion

simian

pavilion

nihilists

opinion

julian

electro

italian

irian

electors

permian

molested

medallion

biotin

uncertain

timberman

foramen

alderman

mistaken

brazilian

gaussian

reopen

parisian

transition

repression

starvation

carnation

fluctuates

depression

fluctuate

formation

foundation

admission

ambition

benjamin

lutheran

digression

misshapen

optation

derision

nutrition

congressman

coercion

adrian

bandwagon

blessedly

blockaded

bosnian

catalan

collector

companion

digestion

elector

elicit

embolden

franciscan

freemason

garrison

gentleman

gordian

guardian

hammerman

illustrate

imprison

javelin

keynesian

lanolin

mandarin

octillion

palisade

pilaster

scorpion

snapdragon

solicit

suggestion

impression

intention

blustering

fisherman

prostration

transmission

omission

regimen

audition

midshipman

predestine

australian

congestion

aryan

nobleman

pleistocene

soloists

violists

molesters

dorian

fenian

magdalen

ingestion

korean

loyalists

uterine

pilasters

freudian

median

nemean

tamarin

realists

rifleman

nubian

cognition

beholden

optician

abstention

transgression

partition

councilman

downtrodden

crestfallen

outspoken

badminton

ballistics

housebroken

fijian

muskmelon

intestine

masculine

blockaders

bouillon

dialect

falsity

feminine

gravamen

molester

peterman

reelect

relocate

superman

talkative

blistering

collegiate

singleton

glistening

parthian

precision

revision

pentathlon

chamberlain

clarendon

heartbroken

elastic

porcelain

sumatran

blastoderm

austrian

discipline

scholastic

galactic

grobian

jovian

odeon

blockader

protean

flycatcher

glaciate

solstices

coalesced

overdone

overrun

duelist

royalist

violist

loyalist

soloist

waterman

overman

realist

dualist

margarine

plastering

slaughterhouse

cardigan

charwoman

ballistic

forbidden

placidly

falsettos

plasterer

falsetto

plasterwork

4 syllable words

vegetation

distribution

explication

implication

subluxation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

advocation

allegations

calibration

culmination

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

designation

destination

devastation

duplication

emigration

equitation

estimation

indication

invocation

palpitation

penetration

presentation

publication

recantation

recognition

reputation

resignation

restitution

segregation

vindication

annotation

deposition

animation

definition

divination

erudition

irrigation

realization

litigation

machination

levitation

premonition

provocation

imitation

navigation

innovation

fascination

fluoridation

germination

habitation

repetition

sanitation

termination

trepidation

valuation

legislation

contribution

exclamation

explanation

extrication

self-deception

surrogation

agitation

fluctuation

pagination

complication

embarkation

excavation

inflammation

menstruation

electrician

illustration

inclination

segmentation

exhumation

paraguayan

activation

adaptation

abdication

affectation

abrogation

aggravation

aggregation

annexation

convocation

proclamation

refutation

exhibition

prostitution

requisition

dereliction

fermentation

intimation

intonation

relaxation

approbation

benediction

convolution

incubation

cultivation

fabrication

dislocation

immigration

inundation

obligation

predilection

realizations

recollection

statistician

syndication

vaccination

bifurcation

connotation

delegating

desperation

coronation

dissipation

preelection

domination

locomotion

nomination

syncopation

limitation

irritation

mitigation

motivation

politician

preservation

profanation

recreation

relocation

ulceration

visitation

galilean

reelection

reformation

reservation

respiration

supposition

fluctuations

propagation

restoration

resurrection

electricians

illustrations

separation

variation

sequestration

coloration

veneration

demonstration

decoration

generation

preparation

reparation

federation

attribution

disputation

constitution

dispensation

exposition

fragmentation

tetrahedron

imputation

mortification

punctuation

obfuscation

amputation

calculation

exhortation

confiscation

consecration

indexation

expedition

malformation

ministration

integration

pigmentation

institution

acquisition

combination

consummation

situation

admonition

altercation

ammunition

commendation

commutation

demarcation

disaffection

electioneer

excitation

imposition

permutation

relocations

alabaman

speculation

invitation

lubrication

oxidation

inattention

herculean

minnesotan

precondition

disposition

ordination

abolition

admiration

affirmation

alteration

appellation

aspiration

conflagration

conjugation

declaration

demolition

desolation

dissertation

electrical

elongation

european

evocation

extradition

implantation

incrustation

indiscretion

inhibition

intuition

jacobean

maccabean

misconception

opposition

perspiration

perturbation

polynesian

preignition

proposition

reposition

repossession

revelation

vacillation

valerian

coalition

computation

adoration

aberration

dietitian

condemnation

condensation

condescension

jurisdiction

adulation

disconnection

circumvention

liquefaction

iteration

satisfaction

substitution

compensation

electioneers

foliation

laceration

inquisition

reproduction

liberation

hemoglobin

instigation

preconception

perforation

reassertion

violation

importation

malnutrition

prohibition

indignation

toleration

decompression

miseration

constipation

cogitation

rhetorician

transplantation

centurion

electricals

albanian

american

columbian

oblivion

electorate

maturation

alternation

cancellation

composition

eritrean

deportation

information

retardation

molestation

delicately

superhuman

cyclopean

competition

deformation

masturbation

tabulation

crucifixion

emulation

graduation

nestorian

ventilation

glaciation

expiration

pagurian

saturation

circumcision

circulation

algonquian

granulation

protestation

regulation

registration

accusation

inspiration

interaction

interruption

occupation

congregation

illustrated

reluctantly

businesswoman

obstetrician

circumspection

concentration

confrontation

contemplation

contraception

infiltration

exploitation

introduction

orchestration

immolation

figuration

algerian

gravitation

isolation

protozoan

jubilation

mutilation

oscillation

arabian

bolivian

repercussion

titillation

reawaken

procreation

inhalation

disillusion

canadian

correlation

appalachian

comedian

iranian

nonprescription

electorates

comparison

macedonian

consultation

electrify

misbegotten

athenian

introspection

corinthian

modulation

augmentation

octahedron

deconstruction

gastrulation

interdiction

transformation

transportation

leviathan

reconstruction

pelagian

indentation

incantation

exploration

incarnation

infestation

ostentation

stipulation

strangulation

population

tribulation

calisthenic

compilation

consolation

liquidation

stimulation

exhalation

ovulation

backwardation

indonesian

fibrillation

abnegation

polyhedron

retrocession

simulation

insulation

distillation

indecision

electrocute

custodian

alligators

copernican

impregnation

historian

contradiction

expectation

contravention

dominican

dandelion

elucidate

estonian

tasmanian

greco-roman

olympian

californian

electrifies

rhododendron

fumigation

smithsonian

ohioan

rumination

illustrative

dehydration

manumission

disinflation

arizonan

alligator

collodion

diocesan

draconian

fallopian

felicity

missourian

praetorian

solicitor

installation

velocity

constellation

calisthenics

arbitration

formulation

armageddon

interwoven

republican

moderation

nigerian

operation

delectable

pedestrian

electroplate

collectible

collectively

dielectric

aviation

ideation

radiation

carcinogen

peruvian

confirmation

conversation

conservation

meridian

moravian

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word elocution

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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