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2 syllable words

sanction

function

junction

portion

longan

mangan

mansion

torsion

grandson

ashen

grecian

fashion

nation

passion

haitian

ration

station

plankton

phalanx

tungsten

penguin

banyan

billion

gorgon

minion

morgan

onion

pillion

wanton

canyon

million

pinion

stillion

organ

fielden

runnion

trillion

hangman

huntsman

fiction

belongs

fortune

georgian

flashgun

gentian

friction

pension

rincon

dungeon

luncheon

landsman

mention

shrunken

tension

sunken

faustian

bastion

diction

drunken

tlingit

sportsman

basin

bason

bison

caisson

chasten

elan

fasten

hasten

jason

hyson

mason

moisten

horseman

landman

oarsman

klansman

lengthen

millions

portman

children

salesman

seedsman

strengthen

delphian

billions

bordman

townsman

asian

fission

freshen

motion

lotion

legion

lesion

mission

potion

prussian

emption

region

session

suasion

gumption

cajun

belong

caution

heathen

hessian

notion

russian

ocean

aspen

austin

billman

bullion

ensign

jordan

jorden

bagman

baston

canton

chieftain

classman

clinton

corban

cordon

felines

foreman

fountain

freedman

gascon

gilden

ibsen

kelson

kansan

keelson

kenyan

linden

london

lynden

mignon

milken

mormon

mountain

norman

orphan

panton

passman

plantain

ponton

santon

scallion

scullion

sequin

sylvan

tillman

shearman

shorten

silken

stallion

undone

warden

union

whitson

alongs

auction

belgian

blanket

caption

action

engine

christian

dealings

ceilings

clinches

faction

feelings

fraction

freshman

flexion

flanges

martian

question

option

section

suction

traction

auden

bacon

baldwin

bayman

beacon

beaten

begun

billon

bisson

blowgun

boughten

brazen

broaden

brogan

canaan

cannon

canon

cauldron

cayman

cheapen

christen

craven

cretin

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deepen

demon

dragon

eaten

eden

floren

foreign

freeman

glisten

graven

haven

hogan

kalan

laden

lagan

layman

leman

lessen

lesson

leven

linen

listen

logan

loren

maiden

ninon

often

pagan

person

planking

raven

reason

rerun

satan

scallions

seaman

season

semen

seton

shaken

shaman

shogun

slogan

statesman

steven

straighten

sweeten

taken

treason

urson

villain

wagon

waken

warren

weaken

wheaten

worsen

yaupon

zaman

blankets

along

feeling

pigeon

dealing

keeling

kitchen

ceiling

oolong

henchman

cushion

healing

seeling

vision

wheeling

apron

arson

draftsman

faulcon

patron

pitman

guardsman

chessman

dalton

falcon

fireman

houseman

shipman

bolden

citron

clanging

claxon

damson

kelvin

nylons

olden

pylons

samson

selden

alban

alman

bargain

bellman

boston

brakeman

calvin

crimson

dobson

dolman

dolphin

fibrin

golden

jargon

jetson

kleenex

lightman

lineman

linemen

lisbon

matron

melton

minden

molten

oxen

parson

penman

piston

pressman

saxon

shotgun

silence

soldan

spearman

stallman

stepson

sultan

tuscan

tendon

vulcan

teston

craftsman

villains

marksman

valence

woolman

paean

rayon

peon

billings

margin

fillings

mailings

railings

schillings

filings

pilings

skillings

killings

shillings

failings

clenches

bushman

tailings

capstan

caxton

doctrine

dustman

headsman

homespun

lampron

postman

marchman

markman

scotsman

sexton

spokesman

yachtsman

pollen

pollan

poison

prison

pullen

quicken

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

sicken

smitten

risen

riven

siphon

siren

solon

stiffen

stolen

stricken

striven

sullen

thicken

swollen

syphon

talon

tighten

titan

triton

vegan

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

women

woolen

written

bellon

bitten

alan

bollen

brighten

chicken

briton

colon

driven

fallen

felon

frighten

gallon

gibbon

given

glidden

griffon

heighten

lichen

liken

loosen

hidden

hymen

hyphen

kitten

lighten

liman

liven

lyden

melon

mitten

mullen

burgeon

dudgeon

ailing

boiling

chilling

earthen

failing

clannish

coiling

dilling

billing

bludgeon

filing

gudgeon

mailing

filling

foiling

hilling

melange

fusion

jailing

killing

mahone

milling

pathan

persian

piling

quilling

railing

sailing

scaling

schilling

shilling

skilling

slinky

sturgeon

surgeon

tailing

trojan

urchin

veiling

version

willing

whaling

acton

airman

alines

balance

alums

atman

barton

boatman

bookman

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chevron

climax

collums

columns

copeman

dampen

darken

desman

felons

flounces

footman

gallons

garden

glances

goodman

hackman

harden

harken

hearten

jackman

jasmine

lockman

lopeman

marlin

marten

martin

pectin

pollens

saffron

salons

sharpen

smarten

sovran

spartan

stockman

sullens

tarpon

harten

headman

hempen

hetman

kirkman

kremlin

m1

melons

mullens

muslin

nekton

newsman

outdone

outrun

packman

pardon

sovereign

squadron

talons

tartan

tubman

woodman

woolens

workman

blankly

brethren

challenge

churchman

clamshell

coachman

collings

cowan

dian

dutchman

dwellings

gowan

ion

lion

mayan

othman

owen

rollings

rowan

rowen

rulings

scion

shellings

urine

watchman

zion

almost

slinger

balanced

volumes

amman

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

beckon

blacken

bobbin

bourbon

bowman

bracken

breton

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

certain

charon

chosen

common

cotton

cousin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

deaden

devon

dozen

famine

fatten

flatten

deafen

dromon

ermine

firman

frozen

gammon

garron

german

gladden

gluten

gotten

happen

hausen

heaven

heron

hoten

hoven

human

jetton

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

locken

lumen

madden

marron

muffin

mutton

odin

omen

open

oven

patten

pavon

perron

platen

platten

proven

reckon

redden

resin

turban

showman

spoken

urban

robin

zircon

weapon

challenged

yeoman

woven

woman

wooden

roman

rosen

seven

slacken

summon

tappen

thousand

threaten

token

toman

toughen

satin

rosin

rotten

sadden

salmon

rumen

sermon

sodden

soften

sudden

trodden

belling

bolling

bowling

falling

galling

calling

colling

cooling

culling

dueling

dwelling

fehling

holing

poling

pooling

polling

rolling

ruling

schooling

shelling

swelling

telling

tooling

walling

yelling

collins

balloons

saloons

ruin

flying

playing

helmsman

plumage

flowing

glowing

cleanser

blowing

clinique

blueing

bluing

clinic

blemish

clincher

flemish

plunger

cleansers

clinics

blancmange

glancing

plunges

clumsy

flimsy

3 syllable words

relation

truncation

filtration

elongate

formation

foundation

migration

plantation

dilation

ligation

donation

elation

causation

cremation

negation

oration

precaution

creation

concession

eruption

alsatian

confession

damnation

contagion

dictation

carnation

deflation

dalmatian

fixation

freemason

hydration

insertion

libration

pretension

repression

invasion

prevention

retention

sensation

vibration

stagnation

salvation

injunction

caucasian

cetacean

vacation

venetian

privation

excretion

expression

transgression

citation

precession

restriction

deletion

gradation

gyration

phoenician

anglican

belonging

bilingual

castration

compunction

conception

confection

contention

convection

convention

croatian

discretion

distinction

distortion

englishman

frustration

impression

in-person

inception

infection

inflation

invention

presumption

prostration

resumption

retraction

abortion

injection

condition

detention

dissension

equation

exertion

laurentian

asuncion

cistercian

congestion

anchorman

conjunction

aggression

apportion

connection

connexion

conversion

ablation

crustacean

deduction

depression

election

depletion

digression

dimension

gestation

impassion

inaction

incursion

inversion

lactation

prediction

optation

preemption

taxation

resection

seduction

regression

starvation

progression

proportion

temptation

ingestion

transition

reunion

cessation

extinction

dilution

belongings

absorption

devotion

delinquent

description

adsorption

desertion

congressman

flotation

ovation

intestine

duration

emotion

evasion

flirtation

location

notation

reaction

recession

predation

secession

sedation

vocation

expansion

infarction

malaysian

mutation

narration

quotation

remission

rotation

summation

inspection

probation

horatian

compression

contortion

conflation

predestine

assumption

contrition

conviction

declension

disruption

alaskan

deflection

diffraction

unburden

uncertain

exaction

exception

excursion

exhaustion

induction

coercion

capsaicin

mistaken

intention

misfortune

reflection

singleton

translation

transmission

laotian

abrasion

ascension

compassion

menhaden

oppression

erection

ignition

collection

cognition

accession

adoption

defection

delinquents

depiction

dentition

reduction

selection

eviction

misshapen

obsession

production

rendition

suppression

technician

attention

contusion

alongside

deception

detection

discussion

dispersion

dissection

persuasion

reception

succession

mandarin

reliance

destruction

exemption

inflection

scorpion

extension

silicon

extortion

infliction

gordian

peterman

infraction

collagen

consumption

distraction

assassin

waterman

companion

disunion

rejection

saleswoman

digestion

egyptian

ejection

implosion

aleutian

halogen

fenian

illusion

immersion

percussion

imagine

occasion

pollution

gillian

origin

possession

affliction

abduction

precision

procession

reversion

sedition

volition

revision

attraction

concoction

conduction

dorian

intrusion

erosion

corruption

munition

promotion

profession

malayan

assertion

delusion

commotion

diversion

emission

suspension

religion

chilean

korean

nemean

niacin

redemption

alien

solution

completion

median

myosin

transaction

conscription

austrian

backgammon

porcelain

constriction

corsican

rhodopsin

magdalen

abandon

alderman

chairperson

enlighten

unwritten

forbidden

forewoman

inscription

instruction

transcription

timberman

enliven

relinquish

affection

objection

ablution

aspersion

concussion

hydrogen

incision

irishman

emulsion

nitrogen

perfection

perception

preclusion

protection

revulsion

seclusion

fijian

submersion

subversion

complexion

contraction

contraption

encryption

aliens

chileans

citizen

cinnamon

explosion

alliance

eleven

elison

gravamen

albion

awaken

subtraction

jamaican

medicine

skeleton

unison

venison

vitamin

solomon

halcyon

pelican

toboggan

communion

albumin

arkansan

emblazon

projection

handwoven

imprison

etruscan

franciscan

harlequin

nebraskan

nonunion

suggestion

unbroken

aversion

lecithin

collision

division

abstraction

allusion

collusion

correction

direction

perversion

willingly

construction

combustion

obstruction

inclusion

extraction

backwoodsman

charlatan

cation

sumatran

lumberman

talisman

foramen

rebellion

galleon

julian

civilian

ghanaian

hawaiian

opinion

orion

brazilian

dominion

italian

vermilion

reopen

pavilion

abstention

accretion

addiction

diffusion

excision

exclusion

expulsion

fruition

occlusion

oxygen

propulsion

secretion

tuition

balloonists

determine

forgotten

jacobin

ottoman

bandwagon

bulletin

overdone

overman

overrun

specimen

bitumen

denizen

dalliance

galleons

keratin

nevadan

suburban

blanketing

columnist

crestfallen

reptilian

allowance

hammerman

ramadan

wesleyan

octillion

snapdragon

puritan

superman

audition

addition

edition

omission

rescission

infusion

compulsion

collegian

permission

recision

conclusion

musician

petition

plumages

tradition

position

confucian

midshipman

decision

commission

fisherman

convulsion

margarine

physician

abdomen

african

artisan

balloonist

charwoman

chairwoman

battalion

climactic

climaxes

cohesion

columnists

illnesses

logician

magician

guncotton

medallion

partisan

rifleman

uncommon

mexican

unbutton

australian

policeman

patrician

partition

prescription

admission

extrusion

artesian

attrition

avian

biotin

beholden

heroin

heroine

ambition

benjamin

fabian

saccharin

samoan

uterine

veteran

cartesian

nutrition

optician

proscription

profusion

norwegian

submission

tamarin

suspicion

tactician

bedouin

moroccan

billowing

corrosion

derision

lutheran

parisian

polemic

adhesion

silencer

salinas

adrian

uneven

violence

subscription

ambrosian

dilemmas

downtrodden

bouillon

anyone

keynesian

jettison

badminton

ferryman

beethoven

bedizen

garrison

provision

confusion

misprision

inhuman

clergyman

followings

acumen

schoolmaster

chamberlain

genuine

heartbroken

cardigan

everyone

nobleman

perfusion

discipline

polemics

silences

appian

arian

aryan

carrion

clarion

freudian

gaussian

grobian

horizon

irian

jovian

libyan

marian

nubian

odeon

permian

plebeian

protean

simian

syrian

transfusion

councilman

countryman

embolden

gentleman

housebroken

masculine

outspoken

aegean

nonhuman

following

glowingly

scythian

stygian

yellowing

mellowing

phrygian

balancer

bosnian

almighty

andean

bulimic

campion

catalan

champion

clumsily

colonies

colonize

cyprian

fustian

felonies

guardian

hellenic

kantian

hellenize

indian

javelin

lanolin

thespian

vatican

zambian

pleonasm

polonaise

lesbian

melanin

blemishes

challenger

parthian

regimen

challengers

challenges

colonist

cambrian

colonized

balances

bedridden

challenging

colonists

muskmelon

bullying

dialing

pentathlon

toweling

feminine

violins

clarendon

fluency

palmistry

4 syllable words

allegation

delegation

dilatation

divination

evocation

irrigation

litigation

dehydration

implantation

dispensation

illustration

importation

incantation

malformation

pigmentation

inclination

integration

preconception

calibration

celebration

commendation

culmination

dislocation

emigration

fermentation

intonation

obligation

precondition

presentation

recantation

allocation

collocation

detonation

domination

elevation

emanation

fascination

germination

hibernation

imitation

innovation

isolation

machination

mitigation

navigation

nomination

propagation

repossession

termination

validation

surrogation

deviation

mediation

conflagration

compensation

condensation

decompression

exhortation

fragmentation

implication

inflammation

ministration

segmentation

subluxation

pagination

incarnation

abnegation

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

adaptation

aggregation

altercation

alternation

application

combination

cultivation

desecration

designation

destination

devastation

invocation

duplication

indication

intimation

lilliputian

liquidation

molestation

palpitation

penetration

proclamation

reclamation

replication

resignation

segregation

vaccination

vindication

congregation

transplantation

praetorian

strangulation

connotation

conjugation

concentration

confrontation

misconception

coronation

corp.

explanation

animation

annotation

demonstration

alteration

avocation

incrustation

bifurcation

syncopation

corporation

correlation

decimation

dedication

defamation

derivation

desiccation

diminution

dissertation

dissipation

fluoridation

habitation

hesitation

irritation

limitation

medication

meditation

melanesian

motivation

preignition

profanation

provocation

recitation

renovation

reposition

revocation

sanitation

suffocation

ulceration

valuation

visitation

foliation

reassertion

iteration

liberation

vegetation

veneration

calculation

obfuscation

ostentation

condemnation

confiscation

punctuation

reinspection

education

complication

consecration

embarkation

instigation

coloration

miseration

toleration

disinfection

indignation

disconnection

augmentation

reproduction

generation

agitation

violation

activation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

algonquian

annexation

approbation

backwardation

confirmation

conservation

consummation

conversation

convocation

deconstruction

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

disaffection

elocution

equitation

estimation

expiration

incubation

information

inspiration

invitation

masturbation

melanesians

observation

ordination

oxidation

protestation

publication

reconstruction

simulation

situation

stimulation

stipulation

syndication

tribulation

aspiration

politician

reelection

affirmation

sequestration

admiration

figuration

fumigation

hungarian

preelection

premonition

declaration

impregnation

desperation

immolation

preservation

reawaken

readmission

usurpation

reservation

inhalation

exclamation

perturbation

reformation

titillation

explication

exploitation

perspiration

infiltration

respiration

restoration

rumination

definition

aberration

imputation

federation

indentation

fluctuation

adoration

aviation

decoration

indexation

liquefaction

ideation

pelagian

perforation

radiation

formulation

hemoglobin

preparation

satisfaction

operation

transportation

separation

variation

reparation

laceration

infestation

excavation

mortification

moderation

consternation

constipation

transformation

electrician

disputation

admonition

ammunition

benediction

emulation

insulation

intermission

intercession

ovulation

refutation

insurrection

granulation

permutation

reputation

statistician

commutation

retrocession

accusation

introspection

population

disposition

fibrillation

circulation

imposition

speculation

relinquishes

occupation

recognition

regulation

tabulation

registration

distillation

expectation

extrication

self-deception

introduction

accordion

glaciation

historian

cyclopean

columbian

circumspection

orchestration

graduation

jordanian

maturation

predetermine

reexamine

saturation

victorian

manumission

proposition

californian

desolation

jubilation

canadian

procreation

intuition

englishwoman

gregorian

oscillation

gravitation

galilean

deposition

erudition

collodion

levitation

mutilation

appellation

inhibition

opposition

mongolian

fallopian

recreation

trepidation

repercussion

supposition

repetition

vacillation

ylang-ylang

revelation

adulation

intersection

intervention

cogitation

installation

malnutrition

armageddon

amputation

disinflation

inquisition

lancastrian

consultation

interdiction

computation

exploration

interception

jurisdiction

arbitration

delinquency

modulation

macedonian

menstruation

misbegotten

dietitian

prohibition

interjection

ventilation

abdication

requisition

gorgonian

pagurian

acquisition

inattention

albanian

paraguayan

pavlovian

cancellation

hypertension

watermelon

alabaman

obstetrician

olympian

contraception

contradiction

excitation

composition

compilation

interaction

competition

lubrication

prostitution

exhibition

destitution

delinquencies

interurban

nicaraguan

consolation

nestorian

fabrication

indecision

indiscretion

interruption

legislation

comprehension

exhumation

businesswoman

appalachian

algerian

arizonan

bolivian

chameleon

imperfection

diocesan

locomotion

floridian

himalayan

institution

misperception

condescension

constellation

constitution

valerian

expedition

exposition

gastrulation

dissolution

apprehension

interwoven

tamoxifen

exhalation

indigestion

apparition

coalition

circumcision

recollection

crucifixion

dereliction

extradition

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word elongation

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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