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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

fiction

friction

diction

whiskers

mixers

section

suction

christian

flexion

persian

fission

vision

version

children

mission

sexton

citron

crimson

ibsen

milken

piston

silken

spearman

tuscan

whitson

sicken

gentian

bisson

glisten

faction

chicken

christen

dickers

kickers

rickers

fraction

prison

mention

bickers

function

liqueurs

liquors

listen

pickers

quicken

risen

stricken

tension

traction

wiccan

wickers

auction

vicars

action

question

junction

rincon

thicken

pension

caxton

asian

burgeon

cushion

earthen

freshen

urchin

pigeon

prussian

russian

wishers

kitchen

session

surgeon

doctrine

grecian

dustman

secures

spokesman

fishers

fissures

lesion

sturgeon

suasion

hessian

boxers

claxon

clinton

gilden

airman

askers

billion

billman

chairman

figures

bookman

chessman

chevron

ensign

gascon

jetson

kelson

lisbon

mignon

million

linden

lynden

keelson

minion

tungsten

oxen

nekton

pectin

pillion

pressman

gumption

emption

sequin

taxers

teston

shearman

shipman

trillion

pinion

saxon

pitman

stepson

stillion

sylvan

vulcan

tillman

huntsman

marksman

portion

engine

shrunken

faustian

fortune

georgian

mansion

margin

martian

option

luncheon

sunken

torsion

sanction

bastion

belgian

brethren

caption

churchman

drunken

dungeon

certain

charon

checkers

chiggers

diggers

firman

fuckers

german

gibbon

given

glidden

marron

mitten

niggers

ninon

occurs

reckon

ribbon

resin

reason

ridden

beacon

beckers

beckon

begun

biggers

billon

bitten

bookers

bourbon

brazen

briton

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cookers

cousin

curtain

deacon

dozen

driven

ermine

griffon

guessers

heron

hidden

hookers

kitten

lessen

lesson

perron

lessors

linen

lookers

person

rerun

rigors

riven

scissors

season

seekers

sermon

siggers

smitten

squeakers

stiffen

striven

suckers

treason

turban

urban

urson

villain

weaken

women

worsen

written

zircon

cauldron

discourse

headsman

homespun

horseman

lengthen

lampron

oarsman

scotsman

statesman

seedsman

delphian

postman

yachtsman

strengthen

capstan

bludgeon

motion

heathen

fashion

legion

caution

fusion

ashen

dudgeon

gudgeon

gushers

haitian

lotion

nation

pushers

ocean

station

passion

region

research

potion

ushers

notion

ration

penguin

disgorge

henchman

acton

apron

arson

bargain

boston

aspen

austin

barton

baston

bellman

brakeman

bullion

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chieftain

cigars

classman

corban

cordon

damson

decrease

decrees

decries

desman

dobson

urine

fireman

footman

freedman

garden

foreman

goodman

gorgon

fibrin

fielden

guesswork

hackman

harden

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

jackman

houseman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

lockman

london

m1

marlin

marten

martin

matron

morgan

mormon

muslin

organ

orphan

outrun

penman

piecework

runnion

scullion

sharpen

sovereign

shorten

onion

melton

norman

pardon

packman

parson

passman

saffron

selden

patron

samson

smarten

sovran

spartan

sultan

tarpon

tartan

tubman

warden

stockman

undone

squadron

woodman

tendon

woolman

workman

guardsman

discharge

draftsman

mischarge

craftsman

landsman

sportsman

dutchman

freshman

bushman

acres

backers

bacon

bakers

baldwin

baron

barren

basin

bason

beaten

beggars

bellon

bison

blacken

bordman

bracken

breton

broken

buggers

button

caesars

caisson

chasers

chasten

cheapen

chosen

cretin

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dockers

eaten

eden

eggers

elan

fakers

fasten

felon

floren

foreign

freeman

frozen

garron

grandson

hackers

hasten

hausen

hawkers

heaven

hyson

jaegers

jason

jetton

jokers

klansman

lakers

landman

leaden

leaguers

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

leven

lichen

liken

locken

lockers

loosen

loren

makers

marchman

markman

mason

melon

moisten

muffin

muggers

mullen

mutton

oven

pacers

packers

passers

poison

portman

pullen

quakers

racers

rackers

rakers

redden

rockers

rosen

rosin

salesman

saucers

seaman

segars

semen

seton

seven

shaken

shakers

siren

slacken

spoken

steven

sudden

sugars

sullen

summon

sweeten

taken

takers

thousand

threaten

token

toughen

townsman

vegan

waken

warren

weapon

wheaten

wizen

woman

wooden

woolen

teachers

washers

seizures

trojan

plankton

cajun

pathan

mahone

measures

alban

accrues

alman

atman

bagman

banyan

boatman

bolden

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

chaplain

chapman

copeman

dalton

dampen

darken

degrees

dolman

dolphin

dossiers

falcon

faulcon

fountain

golden

harken

hoosiers

housework

lacrosse

lightman

lineman

linemen

minden

lopeman

molten

mountain

newsman

olden

plantain

ponton

panton

outdone

recourse

santon

union

resource

shotgun

paean

scallion

peon

wanton

soldan

stallion

stallman

rayon

hangman

coachman

mangan

flashgun

longan

watchman

assures

othman

decreased

magyars

jaguars

alan

augers

amman

auden

augurs

baton

batten

batton

bayman

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

brighten

broaden

brogan

cabin

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

colon

common

cotton

cougars

craven

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

dagan

daggers

dagon

daman

dragon

dromon

geysers

fallen

famine

fatten

flatten

frighten

gallon

gammon

gladden

gluten

gotten

graven

happen

haven

heighten

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

jaggers

joggers

kalan

laden

lagan

lasers

latin

layman

lighten

liman

liven

logan

loggers

losers

lugers

lumen

lyden

madden

maiden

misers

mousers

odin

often

omen

open

pagan

patten

pavon

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

proven

raisers

raven

razors

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rotten

rumen

satan

showman

salmon

shaman

shogun

sadden

satin

siphon

slogan

sodden

straighten

syphon

tappen

tighten

titan

toman

soften

swollen

tigers

solon

stolen

talon

triton

trodden

users

visors

wagon

whiten

widen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

koshers

wagers

vouchers

pagers

poachers

rogers

majors

housewright

muckrake

negroes

negros

rockrose

sucrose

gowan

ion

cowan

dian

lion

mayan

ruin

owen

rowan

rowen

scion

cashiers

cockroach

zion

recharge

backrests

disgraced

backrest

disgrace

agrees

3 syllable words

discretion

exception

misprision

conversion

dictation

discussion

exertion

fixation

invasion

seclusion

submersion

preclusion

resurgent

subversion

incision

decision

discourage

fisherman

inscription

assertion

desertion

recision

aversion

evasion

occasion

rescission

description

expulsion

extortion

in-person

mistaken

timberman

uncertain

inclusion

implosion

inception

misfortune

infusion

intrusion

abrasion

accession

crustacean

diffusion

gestation

misshapen

persuasion

resurgence

succession

miscarriage

occlusion

conscription

subscription

exorcist

truncation

diversion

caucasian

division

malaysian

abstention

erosion

muskmelon

emblazon

perversion

precision

adsorption

prescription

illusion

imprison

delusion

extinction

conception

chairperson

licorice

lumberman

mexican

conclusion

unburden

confusion

declension

frustration

discipline

exercise

discursive

intention

midshipman

suspension

accretion

addiction

anchorman

ascension

asuncion

bedizen

citizen

concession

contagion

contusion

cyprian

deduction

defection

depiction

detection

determine

discharges

disgorgement

election

eleven

erection

eviction

extraction

inaction

lactation

obsession

oxygen

peterman

prediction

profusion

resection

secretion

seduction

sensation

silicon

suburban

taxation

transcription

transfusion

consumption

proscription

lecithin

emission

procession

devotion

correction

deletion

collusion

syrian

location

rejection

allusion

masculine

ejection

religion

elation

saccharin

emotion

cessation

cetacean

veteran

direction

disunion

imagine

precaution

vacation

recession

etruscan

precession

reaction

researches

secession

sedition

vocation

conviction

assumption

singleton

deflection

induction

inhuman

prostration

exaction

exhaustion

diffraction

infection

reflection

castration

affliction

acumen

creation

coercion

corrosion

derision

fruition

tuition

alaskan

alderman

chamberlain

decreases

parisian

austrian

italian

rebellion

alsatian

affection

exorcists

beholden

injection

backwoodsman

concussion

connection

depletion

detention

dissection

emulsion

eruption

connexion

deception

deflation

depression

dissension

ignition

preemption

ingestion

impassion

menhaden

reduction

retention

perception

perfection

pretension

prevention

collection

dimension

production

protection

reception

revulsion

selection

technician

distraction

inflection

overrun

destruction

infarction

infliction

infraction

mazurkas

inspection

thespian

cinnamon

overdone

superman

overman

assassin

hammerman

restriction

indian

jamaican

awaken

fustian

denizen

acquires

bitumen

keratin

requires

mandarin

puritan

waterman

specimen

egyptian

projection

disregard

embolden

discourses

nebraskan

ambrosian

bandwagon

communion

arkansan

companion

councilman

countryman

crestfallen

digestion

franciscan

gentleman

housebroken

intestine

resourceful

suggestion

heroin

heroine

munition

musician

negation

hickories

libyan

omission

narration

percussion

simian

petition

horizon

permission

phoenician

gillian

physician

pollution

promotion

relation

tradition

profession

revision

sedation

summation

remission

malayan

position

provision

marian

possession

volition

predation

solution

venetian

tamarin

uterine

commotion

collegian

commission

distinction

addition

aleutian

cremation

audition

edition

carrion

duration

chilean

desires

collision

clarion

capsaicin

attraction

backgammon

battalion

combustion

filtration

inflation

chairwoman

cohesion

genuine

medallion

impression

rescuers

convection

invention

confection

concoction

conduction

presumption

abandon

resumption

retraction

cambrian

constriction

enlighten

enliven

everyone

guncotton

instruction

logician

magician

policeman

porcelain

predestine

abduction

disruption

distortion

pentathlon

redemption

sumatran

talisman

unbutton

uncommon

aegean

fisheries

horatian

australian

laotian

congestion

issuers

lutheran

disregards

researcher

phrygian

scythian

acreage

croatian

stygian

objection

submission

aggression

laurentian

contraction

subtraction

temptation

progression

ambition

confession

suspicion

suppression

proportion

tactician

encryption

nutrition

propulsion

condition

adoption

ablution

admission

ablation

abortion

apportion

attrition

attention

cognition

complexion

compassion

decreasing

dentition

exemption

oppression

optician

partition

patrician

regression

rendition

repression

transition

bucharest

jacobin

lesbian

muckraker

reunion

secrecy

skeleton

adhesion

albumin

medicine

downtrodden

anyone

handwoven

jettison

nevadan

nonunion

adrian

elison

eucharist

ferryman

freemason

garrison

gravamen

halcyon

toboggan

outspoken

snapdragon

uneven

unbroken

vatican

venison

wesleyan

compunction

englishman

dilation

dilution

gradation

obstruction

gyration

margarine

oration

privation

probation

clergyman

donation

causation

flirtation

regressions

citation

flotation

rotation

researchers

mutation

quotation

notation

ovation

corruption

aggressions

construction

completion

compression

compulsion

contention

contortion

transaction

ligation

contrition

transmission

convulsion

conflation

confucian

convention

aggressors

reopen

opinion

kayakers

fenian

moroccan

foramen

myosin

nemean

niacin

korean

vermilion

dorian

abdomen

brazilian

plebeian

dominion

pavilion

orion

irian

disgraceful

perfusion

bedouin

permian

mischarges

arian

aryan

hawaiian

miseries

gaussian

ghanaian

civilian

median

samoan

absorption

artesian

benjamin

carnation

cartesian

contraption

dalmatian

damnation

digression

fijian

formation

foundation

hydration

irishman

libration

migration

norwegian

optation

plantation

salvation

stagnation

starvation

vibration

voyagers

beethoven

badminton

unison

reptilian

scorpion

octillion

bulletin

keynesian

forgotten

pelican

gordian

guardian

harlequin

bouillon

origin

halogen

injunction

nonhuman

luxuries

regimen

translation

abstraction

digressions

microscopes

transgression

african

unwritten

segregate

congressman

forbidden

forewoman

corsican

nobleman

bakeries

picaresque

artisan

cardigan

rifleman

bedridden

rhodopsin

partisan

cation

biotin

clarendon

hydrogen

nitrogen

microscope

ottoman

aggressor

conjunction

ramadan

feminine

vitamin

bosnian

javelin

catalan

melanin

solomon

collagen

anglican

lanolin

parthian

aggregate

charlatan

charwoman

magdalen

vagaries

appian

fabian

protean

rosaries

alien

avian

nubian

galleon

grobian

julian

freudian

jovian

odeon

aggregates

saleswoman

albion

andean

campion

champion

kantian

zambian

heartbroken

sacrosanct

disrespects

reassures

disrespect

dichroic

resurrect

resources

cockroaches

digresses

aggressive

regressive

4 syllable words

expiration

inspiration

bifurcation

reassertion

discouragement

exploration

excavation

dislocation

insulation

liquidation

excitation

victorian

incrustation

indiscretion

declaration

exclamation

extrication

desperation

expectation

explication

discourages

disillusion

equestrian

dissertation

respiration

evocation

figuration

recreation

relocation

restoration

ulceration

exercises

exorcism

iteration

liberation

discouraging

miseration

fluctuation

decoration

execution

exposition

illustration

installation

instigation

ministration

misperception

infestation

equitation

oxidation

reclamation

speculation

demarcation

recantation

miscarriages

devastation

information

vaccination

exhibition

historian

indonesian

indecision

inattention

exhalation

interurban

nicaraguan

sectarian

intercession

intermission

interruption

aspiration

decimation

desolation

exorcisms

explanation

exploitation

extradition

himalayan

legislation

machination

melanesian

misconception

perspiration

procreation

recitation

sequestration

sicilian

smithsonian

syncopation

confiscation

consternation

decompression

electrician

exhumation

expedition

incantation

incarnation

inclination

disorganize

embarkation

indexation

institution

intervention

liquefaction

interwoven

nicaraguans

shakespearean

inquisition

interception

pedestrian

menstruation

obfuscation

preconception

punctuation

transformation

transportation

laceration

pelagian

reparation

coloration

generation

federation

rhetorician

veneration

separation

preparation

incubation

acclamation

acclimation

annexation

copernican

accusation

activation

affectation

altercation

backwardation

circulation

greco-roman

cancellation

circumcision

centurion

minnesotan

accordion

agrarian

pagurian

desecration

predetermine

conservation

consolation

consummation

destination

estimation

nestorian

masturbation

molestation

occupation

protestation

proclamation

relaxation

requisition

orchestration

demonstration

admiration

alteration

bavarian

corp.

fascination

hungarian

supervision

usurpation

corporation

vacillation

kindergarten

isolation

oscillation

preelection

preservation

reelection

reformation

businesswoman

devonian

gregorian

polynesian

planarian

simonian

praetorian

regurgitate

missourian

repercussion

reawaken

reservation

dispensation

subluxation

adrenaline

mortification

misbegotten

circumvention

consecration

constellation

constipation

consultation

calculation

lancastrian

aberration

adoration

operation

perforation

apparition

leviathan

moderation

toleration

vindication

invocation

indication

interaction

retrocession

insurrection

fabrication

observation

syndication

subdivision

publication

lubrication

abdication

absolution

alternation

confirmation

disaffection

destitution

benediction

crucifixion

conversation

dereliction

herculean

maturation

gentlewoman

custodian

cyclopean

nonprescription

situation

concentration

californian

saturation

self-deception

dominican

estonian

eritrean

watermelon

desiccation

dedication

gravitation

collocation

imitation

dilatation

dissolution

divination

hibernation

appalachian

dissipation

affirmation

allocation

fumigation

avocation

diminution

immolation

irritation

innovation

levitation

limitation

intuition

irrigation

inhalation

litigation

medication

mitigation

englishwoman

perturbation

provocation

realization

resurrection

revocation

repossession

rumination

suffocation

titillation

trepidation

visitation

condescension

condensation

constitution

imperfection

implication

education

interdiction

intersection

european

reproduction

draconian

iranian

criterion

jacobean

hyperion

iberian

tamoxifen

jurisdiction

accuracy

cogitation

disconnection

disinfection

ostentation

arabian

gastrulation

reinspection

chameleon

canadian

arizonan

assyrian

comedian

diocesan

collodion

coloradan

fallopian

liberian

mammalian

compensation

maccabean

hemoglobin

napoleon

exercisers

siberian

valerian

corinthian

deviation

athenian

aviation

dietitian

coalition

foliation

hegelian

ideation

nigerian

interjection

mediation

indigestion

radiation

variation

violation

prohibition

replication

fibrillation

carcinogen

contraception

contradiction

hypertension

tribulation

advocation

application

lilliputian

simulation

restitution

cultivation

prostitution

polyhedron

prosecution

superhuman

introduction

superstition

persecution

convocation

duplication

egregiously

predilection

elocution

disposition

distillation

immigration

inundation

intonation

recognition

recollection

imposition

invitation

intimation

stimulation

stipulation

accuracies

glaciation

assemblyman

overburden

reexamine

olympian

graduation

dehydration

meridian

paraguayan

albanian

aldebaran

committeeman

jordanian

hydrocarbon

inhibition

ibuprofen

tasmanian

derivation

deposition

arbitration

detonation

attribution

complication

fluoridation

habitation

renovation

resolution

jubilation

motivation

mutilation

nomination

opposition

reposition

repetition

revelation

validation

navigation

disinflation

devolution

proposition

indentation

allegation

politician

propagation

indignation

coronation

correlation

elevation

emanation

preignition

premonition

profanation

algerian

erudition

abolition

reconstruction

readmission

disputation

introspection

importation

domination

imputation

connotation

supposition

evolution

inflammation

defamation

definition

deconstruction

hesitation

locomotion

integration

pigmentation

satisfaction

animation

arthurian

sanitation

tetrahedron

appellation

meditation

delegation

substitution

manumission

octahedron

annotation

demolition

revolution

adulation

agitation

apprehension

armageddon

bolivian

floridian

macedonian

microcosm

microscopy

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word excursion

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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