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

citron

brethren

delphian

sexton

airman

bertram

billion

chairman

chevron

henchman

hetman

jetson

kenyan

matron

melton

million

minion

nekton

patron

pectin

pillion

pinion

pitman

stillion

teston

trillion

whitson

draftsman

curtain

heron

written

sportsman

bitten

section

briton

breton

flexion

pension

burton

tension

craftsman

engine

charon

jetton

mention

certain

belgian

kitten

question

marron

perron

freshman

mitten

threaten

huntsman

smitten

gentian

headsman

version

statesman

strengthen

freshen

earthen

dustman

doctrine

hessian

persian

lengthen

session

sturgeon

surgeon

portman

portrait

urchin

children

caxton

burgeon

capstan

bullion

carton

emption

plankton

atman

banyan

barton

baston

canton

canyon

captain

chessman

clinton

bellman

billman

penguin

crimson

ensign

footman

gilden

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

ibsen

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

linden

lisbon

lynden

m1

martin

tungsten

marten

mignon

partridge

workman

pressman

cartridge

milken

onion

plantain

outrun

penman

panton

piston

tartan

santon

scullion

selden

shipman

shorten

spartan

stallion

sultan

tendon

tillman

smarten

scallion

silken

acton

desman

spearman

runnion

stepson

sylvan

diction

fortune

margin

martian

georgian

fiction

torsion

portraits

luncheon

portion

friction

christian

dutchman

suction

landsman

dungeon

marksman

bushman

guardsman

rincon

chicken

christen

deaden

deafen

garron

german

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

griffon

heaven

hidden

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

linen

sicken

stiffen

striven

sweeten

vegan

lesson

straighten

stricken

villain

weapon

wheaten

wiccan

women

worsen

baron

baton

batten

batton

barren

beaten

beckon

bellon

billon

begun

bisson

bourbon

burden

burdon

burman

button

cretin

devon

driven

eaten

ermine

fatten

felon

firman

flatten

listen

melon

mutton

patten

person

platen

platten

ninon

prison

quicken

reckon

redden

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

satan

satin

sermon

seton

seven

thicken

zircon

turban

urban

urson

marchman

bordman

cartwright

grandson

landman

horseman

klansman

markman

oarsman

portrays

postman

salesman

yachtsman

scotsman

fission

bludgeon

kitchen

cushion

gudgeon

mission

russian

pathan

mahone

dudgeon

pigeon

prussian

vision

gumption

apron

paean

rayon

arson

peon

alman

aspen

austin

bagman

bargain

boatman

bookman

boston

brakeman

calvin

carbon

carman

carmine

chaplain

chapman

chieftain

classman

claxon

corban

cordon

dalton

dampen

damson

darken

falcon

fireman

foreman

fountain

garden

gascon

goodman

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

jackman

jargon

jasmine

london

marlin

jordan

jorden

kansan

lightman

mormon

urine

molten

morgan

mountain

muslin

norman

organ

orphan

outdone

perturbed

perturbs

saxon

sharpen

packman

pardon

parson

passman

ponton

portray

saffron

samson

shearman

shotgun

tarpon

tubman

tuscan

undone

union

vulcan

wanton

warden

woodman

woolman

junction

guardrails

function

northern

flashgun

churchman

drunken

mangan

shrunken

sunken

hangman

alan

amman

bacon

baldwin

bartram

basin

bason

bayman

beacon

blacken

boughten

bracken

brazen

brighten

cabin

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

chartreuse

chasten

cheapen

cotton

cousin

craven

critters

crouton

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deepen

demon

dozen

dragon

eden

elan

famine

fasten

floren

foreign

freeman

frighten

gallon

gammon

gladden

gluten

gotten

graven

guardrail

happen

hasten

haven

heighten

herder

homespun

hoten

jason

kalan

laden

lagan

lampron

layman

leman

leven

lighten

loren

madden

maiden

mason

muffin

mullen

oven

pagan

perturb

pullen

raven

reason

rerun

rotten

sadden

salmon

season

semen

shaken

shaman

seaman

siren

slacken

spokesman

steven

sudden

sullen

summon

taken

talon

tappen

tighten

titan

toughen

townsman

treason

triton

wagon

waken

warren

weaken

whiten

woman

wooden

woolen

zaman

ashen

haitian

cajun

asian

birthrates

grecian

ration

suasion

fashion

passion

station

heathen

nation

birthrights

northward

legion

lesion

region

artworks

boardrooms

wardrobes

ion

bolden

lion

charters

garters

fritter

zion

carters

fretter

golden

houseman

martyrs

newsman

soldan

porters

linemen

olden

tartars

mayan

lineman

sequin

copeman

alban

chartered

dobson

fibrin

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

fielden

freedman

lockman

lopeman

mortars

oxen

scion

minden

quarters

sovereign

squadron

stallman

stockman

sorters

dian

sovran

critter

faction

longan

fraction

bastion

birthright

mansion

birthrate

caption

coachman

action

othman

traction

tortures

watchman

courtyards

bratwurst

seedsman

wardrobe

artwork

boardroom

cauldron

protract

barter

birders

bison

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bowman

broaden

auden

brogan

broken

carter

charter

chosen

colon

common

courter

craters

crewman

liken

cuban

cumin

darter

garter

girders

hausen

hogan

human

hymen

hyphen

hyson

locken

logan

dromon

fallen

frozen

herders

hoven

lichen

liman

liven

loosen

lyden

lumen

martyr

moisten

mortar

murdered

murders

odin

often

omen

open

pavon

poison

pollan

pollen

porter

proven

quarter

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rumen

shogun

showman

siphon

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

sorter

spoken

stolen

swollen

syphon

tartar

thousand

token

toman

traitors

treaters

trodden

widen

wizen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

fusion

norther

notion

caution

ocean

torture

trojan

sanction

farther

lotion

motion

courtyard

potion

borders

boarders

bordered

harders

ordered

protrude

orders

warders

cowan

murder

ruin

traitor

auction

frater

grater

faustian

treater

gowan

option

girder

crater

praetor

rowan

owen

birder

prater

rowen

breather

creature

earthworms

forthright

ardor

boarder

border

harder

order

writers

carder

larder

warder

creatures

furthers

nurtures

earthwork

earthworm

breeder

grader

trader

trotter

writer

nurture

further

breeders

graders

traders

hardware

brother

brothers

crowder

3 syllable words

cyprian

keratin

marian

syrian

clarion

carrion

scythian

countryman

reptilian

austrian

bedridden

brazilian

cambrian

chairperson

civilian

clarendon

dominion

everyone

opinion

pavilion

unwritten

vermilion

adrian

bulletin

elison

ferryman

fustian

garrison

indian

jettison

lesbian

skeleton

thespian

wesleyan

puritan

kantian

clergyman

extortion

lecithin

encryption

arian

parthian

chilean

gillian

libyan

permian

simian

veteran

phrygian

talisman

castration

parisian

filtration

frustration

aegean

chairwoman

italian

stygian

portrayal

derision

accretion

addiction

albion

andean

anyone

artesian

attrition

bedizen

benjamin

bitumen

campion

cartesian

champion

cistercian

citizen

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

determine

erection

eviction

extraction

gestation

gordian

guardian

halcyon

irishman

keynesian

medicine

menhaden

patrician

pelican

peterman

rendition

scorpion

secretion

specimen

technician

temptation

vatican

venison

zambian

description

excretion

extrusion

prescription

commission

crestfallen

embolden

gentleman

alien

edition

egyptian

franciscan

appian

collision

emblazon

division

emission

fisherman

flirtation

etruscan

decision

companion

deletion

communion

desertion

aryan

margarine

fabian

permission

perversion

sedition

rescission

korean

petition

physician

plebeian

tradition

reversion

narration

badminton

dorian

octillion

portrayals

irian

immersion

heroin

heroine

imprison

recision

regimen

cetacean

provision

protean

religion

cation

addition

avian

galleon

position

affliction

conviction

pentathlon

prostration

misprision

contrition

disruption

assumption

distinction

intrusion

midshipman

completion

in-person

unbutton

enlighten

mistaken

sumatran

mexican

medallion

martyrdom

enliven

magician

perfusion

timberman

forbidden

battalion

african

charlatan

cardigan

conscription

admission

ambition

australian

constriction

condition

construction

contagion

detection

detention

dictation

dispersion

deflation

subscription

contusion

equation

heartbroken

inscription

instruction

obstruction

crustacean

eruption

exertion

fixation

incision

abstraction

insertion

excision

ignition

incursion

invasion

inversion

transcription

misshapen

norwegian

nutrition

lactation

partition

plantation

prediction

production

propulsion

reduction

submission

suspicion

tactician

transition

beethoven

distraction

infliction

curators

forgotten

cinnamon

proscription

waterman

catalan

fraternal

uneven

narrators

bosnian

bouillon

consumption

extinction

destruction

restriction

arteries

subtraction

silicon

contraction

contraption

adhesion

albumin

arkansan

disunion

downtrodden

bandwagon

handwoven

harlequin

nebraskan

nonunion

fenian

foramen

malayan

median

narrator

delusion

gaussian

ghanaian

jovian

moroccan

devotion

julian

erosion

nemean

orion

aversion

assertion

uterine

audition

cessation

direction

elation

corruption

duration

emotion

nubian

collegian

correction

odeon

evasion

munition

venetian

precision

musician

artery

horizon

illusion

hawaiian

imagine

remission

freudian

volition

bedouin

grobian

omission

origin

revision

phoenician

englishman

abandon

abdomen

alaskan

capsaicin

charwoman

genuine

guncotton

hairdresser

convulsion

inflation

infusion

inhuman

cartridges

backgammon

excursion

compulsion

acumen

artisan

conduction

retraction

cohesion

corsican

discipline

attraction

transmission

forewoman

logician

partisan

policeman

porcelain

predestine

quarterback

rebellion

uncommon

uncertain

combustion

coercion

fijian

corrosion

fruition

horatian

tuition

abortion

abrasion

attention

cognition

collection

connection

connexion

dissection

laurentian

protection

retention

seclusion

affection

ascension

dissension

inaction

deception

aspersion

optician

selection

seduction

proportion

apportion

beholden

defection

dimension

emulsion

optation

concussion

conversion

deduction

diffusion

discussion

election

hydrogen

impassion

nitrogen

perception

reception

prevention

revulsion

pretension

perfection

preemption

resection

preclusion

sensation

congressman

subversion

submersion

digestion

ejection

intestine

snapdragon

suggestion

courtiers

fortresses

reunion

suburban

ambrosian

hairdressers

toboggan

masculine

quarterbacks

projection

rejection

jamaican

unbroken

assassin

orators

ottoman

quarterly

hammerman

awaken

corridors

nevadan

vitamin

secession

contention

declension

mutation

convention

diffraction

distortion

confection

sedation

abduction

conception

contortion

convection

deflection

exaction

exception

exhaustion

implosion

inception

inclusion

induction

halogen

occasion

recession

rotation

infection

invention

presumption

oration

intention

misfortune

diversion

partridges

quotation

northwardly

redemption

flotation

allusion

furtherance

gyration

citation

reflection

aleutian

collusion

commotion

resumption

suspension

malaysian

negation

northerly

notation

percussion

pollution

possession

precession

predation

procession

profession

promotion

solution

summation

curator

courtier

objection

rhodopsin

injection

backwoodsman

congestion

tamarin

chamberlain

orator

saccharin

samoan

lumberman

fratricide

unburden

ingestion

adsorption

abstention

aggression

ablation

ablution

absorption

accession

adoption

anchorman

carnation

compassion

complexion

concession

confession

depression

digression

exclusion

exemption

expansion

explosion

expulsion

extension

formation

hydration

infarction

inflection

infraction

inspection

libration

lutheran

migration

northerners

obsession

occlusion

oppression

persuasion

profusion

progression

regression

repression

starvation

succession

suppression

urethra

vibration

truncation

eleven

ramadan

superman

fratricides

outspoken

lanolin

overdone

overman

overrun

housebroken

feminine

mandarin

orderly

jacobin

javelin

fraternize

melanin

discretion

furthermore

nonhuman

torturers

northerner

hairdressing

compression

conclusion

concoction

conflation

impression

singleton

confusion

confucian

tertiary

corduroy

nobleman

alderman

marauders

rifleman

murderers

magdalen

expression

gridiron

transgression

reopen

northernmost

oxygen

brotherly

creation

councilman

saleswoman

laotian

muskmelon

croatian

torturer

protracted

conjunction

collagen

freemason

gravamen

injunction

solomon

unison

anglican

caucasian

causation

ligation

ordering

privation

probation

reaction

marauder

vacation

cremation

donation

gradation

ovation

relation

vocation

location

precaution

murderer

dilation

compunction

creators

biotin

alsatian

corridor

myosin

dalmatian

foundation

niacin

asuncion

damnation

salvation

stagnation

taxation

hardworking

arthropod

transaction

translation

dilution

arthropods

transfusion

creator

prudery

charterhouse

prothorax

reorder

brotherhood

4 syllable words

agrarian

nestorian

paraguayan

sectarian

centurion

penetration

committeeman

criterion

european

floridian

hyperion

iberian

registration

liberian

sicilian

territory

missourian

siberian

algerian

arthurian

irritation

levitation

pedestrian

shakespearean

nigerian

arbitration

amphibian

arterial

librarian

celebration

abyssinian

barbarian

darwinian

estonian

historian

oblivion

obsidian

olympian

pagurian

restitution

samaritan

predetermine

territories

desecration

emigration

victorian

arabian

bolivian

comedian

arizonan

chameleon

gregorian

iranian

praetorian

demonstration

infiltration

trepidation

restoration

sequestration

gravitation

hesitation

limitation

meditation

derivation

equestrian

recitation

visitation

californian

moravian

peruvian

iteration

contrarian

vegetation

rhetorician

illustration

lancastrian

menstruation

ministration

designation

albanian

armenian

destitution

resignation

custodian

dominican

gorgonian

equitation

herculean

jordanian

pavlovian

sartorial

devastation

fabrication

tasmanian

fibrillation

invitation

dereliction

annotation

bavarian

canadian

collodion

decimation

dedication

defamation

delegation

desiccation

desolation

devolution

devonian

dilatation

disillusion

dissipation

draconian

elevation

erudition

evolution

extradition

extrication

fallopian

fluoridation

habitation

imitation

irrigation

mammalian

medication

napoleon

orchestration

perspiration

perturbation

planarian

polynesian

recreation

renovation

resolution

resurrection

revelation

revocation

revolution

sanitation

simonian

smithsonian

cogitation

attribution

indignation

agitation

crocodilian

education

tetrahedron

institution

disinflation

embarkation

substitution

pelagian

perforation

liberation

apparition

variation

miseration

athenian

pretoria

abdication

penicillin

apprehension

abrogation

aggravation

approbation

excitation

indecision

masturbation

palpitation

perturbations

benediction

liquidation

publication

refutation

inattention

american

interurban

aggregation

cultivation

reclamation

recollection

replication

algonquian

carcinogen

elocution

estimation

lubrication

predilection

subdivision

syndication

ventilation

greco-roman

wagnerian

accordion

eustachian

exhalation

expectation

incrustation

indiscretion

obstetrician

bifurcation

assemblyman

connotation

alteration

corp.

fumigation

corporation

demolition

deposition

figuration

legislation

hungarian

businesswoman

mitigation

mongolian

repetition

rumination

litigation

suffocation

himalayan

correlation

galilean

maccabean

newtonian

oratory

titillation

jacobean

plutonian

utopian

abolition

comparison

excavation

fluctuation

disinfection

interwoven

macedonian

electrician

consternation

exhumation

execution

instigation

subluxation

mortification

jurisdiction

adulation

interdiction

exhortation

gastrulation

retribution

bohemian

coalition

decoration

federation

generation

hegelian

preparation

prohibition

reparation

separation

veneration

exhibition

affectation

alternation

altercation

molestation

adaptation

segregation

crucifixion

information

indonesian

statistician

circumcision

prostitution

requisition

activation

protestation

distillation

recognition

depredation

acquisition

degradation

depravation

deprivation

intermission

intimation

permutation

inspiration

interaction

interruption

retrocession

gentlewoman

hydrocarbon

situation

distribution

concentration

copernican

exclamation

explication

exploitation

self-deception

reexamine

overburden

maturation

cotyledon

columbian

nicaraguan

saturation

opposition

readmission

intuition

immolation

reelection

supposition

inhalation

innovation

politician

preelection

preservation

procreation

proposition

reformation

reposition

supervision

reservation

respiration

desperation

englishwoman

declaration

dissertation

constellation

exposition

octahedron

reconstruction

adrenaline

transportation

fraternity

installation

constitution

modulation

reproduction

constipation

republican

ostentation

deconstruction

importation

malnutrition

augmentation

punctuation

indentation

infestation

expedition

aberration

aviation

adoration

brother-in-law

coloration

laceration

radiation

surrogation

congregation

competition

expiration

composition

deportation

contradiction

contribution

introduction

dislocation

disposition

nonprescription

lilliputian

invocation

superstition

imposition

indication

vindication

insulation

calibration

glaciation

alabaman

cyclopean

dandelion

graduation

inhibition

rhododendron

conjugation

comprehension

syncopation

motivation

introspection

disputation

transplantation

appellation

navigation

ulceration

exploration

consultation

implication

appalachian

incantation

inflammation

dissolution

imputation

mutilation

inquisition

reinspection

vacillation

affirmation

manumission

allegation

allocation

avocation

porterages

admiration

animation

aspiration

validation

coloradan

hemoglobin

incubation

noblewoman

protozoan

abnegation

acclamation

absolution

toleration

acclimation

advocation

annexation

backwardation

destination

reputation

simulation

speculation

superhuman

contemplation

application

stimulation

tribulation

deviation

disaffection

regulation

contraception

stipulation

contravention

cancellation

mediation

circulation

explanation

operation

immigration

insurrection

implantation

persecution

moderation

ideation

gargantuan

hypertension

foliation

emulation

leviathan

guatemalan

dehydration

kindergarten

aldebaran

nonpartisan

fraternities

minnesotan

isolation

repossession

indexation

interception

amputation

circumvention

intersection

integration

calculation

formulation

inclination

incarnation

collocation

hibernation

jubilation

consecration

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5 syllable words

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word eritrean

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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