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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

extends

extend

extent

diction

fiction

friction

gentian

mention

pension

tension

sixteenths

extinct

distend

distance

sixteenth

sexton

fictions

ensign

bookstands

piston

bookstand

christian

engine

extant

flexion

mansion

section

sixteens

suction

freshen

dustman

pistons

fission

lengthen

distant

mission

hessian

strengthen

caxton

distinct

sixteen

session

vestments

henchman

sections

gumption

ibsen

tendon

teston

whitson

jetson

keelson

kelson

kenyan

system

citron

clinton

emption

lynden

mignon

stepson

victim

listings

linden

minion

dictum

pectin

pitman

pinion

tungsten

nekton

penman

function

junction

vestment

freshman

bisson

fraction

bitten

auction

traction

briton

question

christen

chicken

twisting

dungeon

luncheon

glisten

action

faction

lessen

lesson

quicken

sicken

belgian

kitten

ninon

listing

linen

listen

mitten

smitten

stricken

thicken

wiccan

written

kitchen

systems

sustained

sustains

ashen

nation

postman

spokesman

passion

pigeon

victims

prussian

ration

russian

station

vision

children

disdains

disdained

haitian

capstan

doctrine

grandson

grecian

cushion

fashion

factions

mustangs

penguin

actions

auctions

questions

airman

acton

banyan

baston

bellman

billion

billman

boston

crimson

bookman

canton

canyon

chairman

claxon

custom

desman

destin

disdain

footman

listens

kremlin

lisbon

london

milken

million

onion

m1

melton

oxen

saxon

sustain

sylvan

pressman

sequin

tillman

pillion

plantain

selden

sultan

undone

panton

rectum

tuscan

runnion

santon

shipman

silken

sistine

spearman

stillion

trillion

gilden

chestnut

kansan

chevron

chieftain

headman

hetman

kelvin

chessman

austin

hempen

astounds

marksman

sanction

huntsman

bastion

brethren

bushman

caption

drunken

dutchman

flashgun

faustian

hangman

mangan

martian

mustang

option

rincon

shrunken

sunken

testing

resting

portion

torsion

vesting

beacon

breton

beaten

beckon

begun

bellon

billon

button

canaan

cannon

canon

charon

cretin

deacon

devon

deaden

deafen

driven

eaten

gibbon

given

glidden

griffon

felon

heaven

heron

hidden

jetton

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

marron

melon

mutton

perron

prison

reckon

redden

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

seton

seven

stiffen

striven

sweeten

threaten

vegan

villain

weaken

weapon

wheaten

women

astound

seedsman

statesman

landman

keystones

customs

portman

chestnuts

delphian

headsman

homespun

horseman

klansman

scotsman

yachtsman

bludgeon

plankton

postings

caution

bastions

lesion

lotion

notion

pathan

earthen

gudgeon

potion

dudgeon

heathen

motion

region

ocean

castings

legion

tastings

arson

aspen

atman

barton

boatman

brakeman

bullion

captain

carton

classman

craftsman

dalton

damson

dobson

draftsman

festoon

fielden

fountain

gascon

freedman

goodman

guardsman

hackman

harten

hearten

houseman

jackman

keystone

kirkman

landsman

lightman

lineman

linemen

lockman

marten

martin

matron

minden

molten

mountain

muslin

octane

outdone

outrun

ponton

packman

parson

passman

patron

samson

scullion

shearman

shorten

shotgun

smarten

spartan

sportsman

stockman

tartan

tubman

union

vulcan

wanton

wisdom

woodman

woolman

workman

casting

georgian

basting

boasting

coasting

costing

fortune

lasting

longan

ousting

roasting

margin

posting

hosting

tasting

toasting

wasting

salesman

baldwin

cauldron

bordman

lampron

marchman

markman

oarsman

townsman

bacon

basin

bason

boughten

baton

batten

batton

bison

blacken

bracken

brighten

broken

caisson

chasten

burton

certain

cheapen

cotton

cousin

crouton

curtain

deepen

demon

dozen

eden

elan

fasten

fatten

flatten

freeman

frighten

gluten

gotten

hasten

heighten

hoten

hyson

jason

latin

leman

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

locken

loosen

mason

moisten

muffin

mullen

oven

patten

person

platen

platten

pullen

reason

rerun

rotten

satin

seaman

season

satan

semen

shaken

spoken

steven

straighten

sudden

slacken

sullen

summon

titan

taken

tighten

token

toughen

woolen

treason

triton

urson

waken

whiten

woman

wooden

worsen

zircon

mahone

trojan

urchin

version

cajun

burgeon

sturgeon

suasion

persian

surgeon

asian

fusion

postmark

chaplain

chapman

corban

cordon

copeman

chastened

sharpen

tightens

soldan

sovereign

sovran

stallion

tarpon

squadron

stallman

warden

alban

alman

apron

bagman

bargain

bolden

calvin

carbon

carman

carmine

dampen

darken

dolman

dolphin

dukedom

esteem

eyestone

falcon

fastened

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

foreman

garden

golden

gorgon

harden

harken

hastens

heightens

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

lactone

lightens

lopeman

marlin

morgan

mormon

newsman

olden

organ

orphan

scallion

norman

pardon

saffron

peacetime

watchman

coachman

paean

peon

eighteenth

urine

churchman

othman

rayon

costumes

nightmares

pastimes

shakedowns

alan

amman

auden

baron

barren

bayman

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bourbon

bowman

brazen

broaden

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

cabin

cayman

chosen

colon

common

craven

crewman

cuban

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

dragon

dromon

ermine

fallen

famine

firman

floren

foreign

frozen

gallon

gammon

garron

german

gladden

graven

happen

hausen

haven

hogan

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

kalan

laden

lagan

layman

liman

liven

logan

loren

lumen

lyden

madden

maiden

odin

often

omen

open

pagan

pavon

poison

pollan

pollen

proven

raven

riden

right-hand

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rumen

sadden

salmon

sermon

shaman

shogun

showman

siphon

siren

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

stolen

swollen

syphon

talon

tappen

thousand

toman

touchdowns

trodden

turban

urban

wagon

warren

widen

wizen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

costume

nightmare

shakedown

eighteens

nighttime

pastime

dian

gowan

nighttimes

cowan

ion

lion

mayan

rowan

rowen

ruin

scion

zion

owen

asthma

eighteen

ragtime

fighting

lighting

sighting

yachting

acting

lightning

sightings

touchdown

fightings

lightnings

3 syllable words

asuncion

crustacean

defection

gestation

insertion

obsession

concession

excision

injection

election

liechtenstein

erection

depression

prevention

protection

resection

precession

constriction

cetacean

procession

construction

inscription

obstruction

restriction

ejection

explosion

intestine

rejection

complexion

exemption

description

exclusion

filtration

frustration

inflation

induction

mistaken

compression

confection

redemption

convection

confession

connection

aggression

collection

extenders

affection

deduction

deflation

discussion

connexion

dispersion

emulsion

lactation

dissection

impassion

equation

exertion

laurentian

oppression

perception

repression

progression

regression

ingestion

revulsion

seduction

selection

suppression

objection

suspicion

tactician

taxation

technician

temptation

sedition

cessation

elation

rescission

assertion

emission

profession

decision

abstraction

petition

possession

desertion

recision

injunction

adsorption

consumption

contraction

contraption

subtraction

disdainful

projection

extender

disunion

compulsion

misfortune

presumption

prostration

rectangle

resumption

retraction

misprision

rebellion

systemic

transmission

mexican

italian

contrition

equations

contortion

discipline

assumption

attraction

castration

compunction

englishman

excitement

eleven

congestion

accretion

contagion

optation

alsatian

optician

seclusion

secretion

oxygen

aspersion

concussion

assassin

preclusion

extinguished

preemption

ablation

citizen

digression

attrition

propulsion

ignition

partition

compassion

depletion

patrician

perfection

plantation

absorption

besetting

citation

companion

correction

cremation

crestfallen

deletion

devotion

direction

division

duration

egyptian

emotion

evasion

extinguish

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

immersion

imprison

lecithin

location

muskmelon

mutation

negation

notation

percussion

precaution

predation

quotation

rectangles

relation

religion

reversion

rotation

sedation

suggestion

summation

testament

transgression

truncation

vacation

vocation

translation

implosion

concoction

completion

capsaicin

abandon

battalion

dissident

distemper

scythian

dominion

opinion

estimate

timberman

creation

addiction

carnation

adoption

dalmatian

abortion

abrasion

ablution

apportion

testaments

damnation

dentition

depiction

diffusion

eviction

exciting

fictional

formation

foundation

hydration

inaction

incision

libration

locations

migration

misshapen

nutrition

occlusion

persuasion

prediction

proportion

rendition

salvation

sensation

stagnation

starvation

submersion

subversion

vacations

vibration

vocations

australian

cinnamon

determine

silicon

bitumen

echidna

denizen

fustian

peterman

specimen

distinguished

venison

delusion

distinctly

arkansan

distinctive

gyration

erosion

aversion

commotion

aleutian

causation

dilation

donation

gradation

istanbul

imagine

communion

illusion

estimates

ligation

dissidents

malaysian

digestion

ovation

phoenician

privation

probation

ticketing

solution

pollution

narration

accident

occasion

oration

promotion

reaction

venetian

affliction

veteran

diffraction

distinguish

conviction

exaction

exhaustion

in-person

dissidence

guesstimate

predestine

decadent

genuine

lumberman

partisan

artisan

acumen

austrian

destinies

porcelain

horatian

accidents

phrygian

tuition

stygian

aegean

fruition

backwoodsman

coercion

croatian

eruption

artesian

equating

anyone

bedizen

nitrogen

encryption

condition

awaken

inversion

irishman

menhaden

indian

exceeding

invasion

infarction

infliction

beholden

infraction

jacobin

jamaican

keratin

lanolin

medicine

nicotine

ottoman

thespian

vitamin

benjamin

waterman

puritan

production

destiny

profusion

catalan

cyprian

reunion

skeleton

cartesian

reactions

reduction

astonish

incursion

sectional

suburban

decadents

housebroken

masculine

franciscan

outspoken

astounded

downtrodden

postnatal

bystanders

gentleman

occident

etruscan

snapdragon

sustenance

inhuman

conduction

conflation

confucian

convulsion

combustion

audition

intrusion

allusion

addition

pentathlon

singleton

caucasian

collegian

midshipman

collusion

commission

diversion

physician

edition

perversion

position

questioner

corruption

abduction

dilution

munition

musician

omission

volition

visiting

infusion

remission

inclusion

permission

tradition

alderman

carrion

bedouin

chilean

bystander

sumatran

talisman

clarion

ghanaian

fenian

gillian

heroin

heroine

libyan

listener

marian

chairwoman

chamberlain

malayan

enlighten

decedent

enliven

saccharin

simian

chairperson

syrian

victimize

logician

magician

alaskan

policeman

uterine

backgammon

medallion

unbutton

uncertain

unwritten

heartbroken

laotian

auctioneer

parisian

prescription

admission

ambition

cognition

transfusion

proscription

derision

conversion

lastingly

contusion

positions

questionnaire

transition

questioners

submission

succeeding

bosnian

bulletin

albumin

guesstimates

decedents

elison

gravamen

halcyon

hammerman

overdone

overrun

superman

overman

ambrosian

badminton

nebraskan

andean

beethoven

lesbian

keynesian

jettison

kantian

customer

ferryman

forgotten

garrison

listeners

macadam

freemason

mandarin

nevadan

uneven

unison

wesleyan

vatican

councilman

toboggan

auctioneers

collision

conclusion

confusion

conjunction

conscription

listening

precision

provision

questionnaires

regimen

revision

subscription

transaction

transcription

cation

protean

abdomen

cohesion

everyone

guncotton

brazilian

civilian

customers

customize

forewoman

hesitant

gaussian

unburden

uncommon

biotin

vermilion

foramen

hawaiian

niacin

plebeian

reopen

samoan

perfusion

median

myosin

nemean

tamarin

residence

pavilion

anchorman

nightmarish

corrosion

fijian

lutheran

emblazon

embolden

octillion

adhesion

countryman

handwoven

harlequin

bandwagon

reptilian

unbroken

melanin

feminine

astounding

bouillon

pelican

nonhuman

clergyman

halogen

margarine

origin

african

bedridden

charlatan

clarendon

cardigan

corsican

rhodopsin

nobleman

resident

forbidden

rifleman

congressman

moroccan

hydrogen

fastener

horizon

orion

norwegian

nonunion

residents

acetone

anglican

collagen

fasteners

javelin

ramadan

solomon

post-mortem

postmasters

fastening

lightening

parthian

charwoman

costumers

magdalen

fastenings

alien

appian

arian

aryan

avian

dorian

fabian

freudian

galleon

grobian

irian

jovian

julian

korean

nubian

odeon

permian

nightingale

toastmaster

saleswoman

postmaster

academe

adrian

albion

campion

champion

costumer

gordian

pseudonym

scorpion

zambian

guardian

cambrian

pseudonyms

tectonics

asthmatics

begotten

locating

asthmatic

tectonic

right-handed

4 syllable words

destination

disaffection

distillation

excitation

expiration

hypertension

inspiration

interruption

intonation

recollection

extensively

extendible

dilatation

dissertation

irritation

restoration

limitation

visitation

imitation

expectation

iteration

explanation

extrication

extradition

impregnation

incrustation

misconception

consternation

destinations

expedition

disinfection

exploration

exposition

illustration

intersection

imperfection

incantation

inclination

ministration

misperception

infestation

ostentation

interception

sectarian

indentation

preconception

substitution

devastation

extinguishment

destitution

disposition

equitation

estimation

exhibition

insulation

interaction

intercession

intermission

intimation

invitation

liquidation

predilection

recantation

restitution

vaccination

desperation

preelection

introspection

dissolution

divination

recitation

respiration

recreation

reelection

reconstruction

repetition

resurrection

ulceration

titillation

deconstruction

declaration

irrigation

litigation

meditation

interjection

inhalation

detonation

diminution

innovation

dissipation

figuration

hesitation

mitigation

immolation

intuition

sequestration

distribution

indiscretion

circumspection

exploitation

extenuate

syncopation

adrenaline

decompression

constellation

constitution

decoration

condescension

constipation

fluctuation

circumvention

estimations

excavation

execution

incarnation

indexation

inquisition

liberation

electrician

importation

miseration

reassertion

rhetorician

disinflation

disputation

imputation

integration

vegetation

liquefaction

menstruation

pigmentation

historian

situation

victorian

estonian

interurban

apprehension

incubation

indigestion

registration

affectation

alternation

distinguishing

activation

annexation

culmination

fibrillation

immigration

masturbation

molestation

prostitution

reclamation

recognition

refutation

information

precondition

deportation

imposition

inundation

oxidation

presentation

protestation

relaxation

reputation

requisition

residential

retrocession

exhalation

statistician

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

superstition

tribulation

bifurcation

alteration

decimation

fascination

machination

ostensible

ostensibly

levitation

repossession

smithsonian

astonishment

accidental

extinguishers

sicilian

equestrian

occidental

demonstration

obstetrician

infiltration

astonishing

exclamation

self-deception

explication

implantation

aspiration

disillusion

fluoridation

dehydration

legislation

perspiration

gravitation

introduction

orchestration

procreation

desolation

agitation

augmentation

cogitation

coloration

comparison

deviation

dietitian

dispensation

distinguishes

estonians

exhortation

exhumation

extinguisher

gastrulation

indignation

inflammation

interwoven

laceration

mediation

misbegotten

punctuation

satisfaction

segmentation

shakespearean

subluxation

transformation

transportation

samaritan

abnegation

accusation

abdication

acclimation

acquisition

acclamation

absolution

eustachian

adaptation

dominican

nicaraguan

agrarian

american

custodian

admonition

ammunition

altercation

backwardation

cancellation

carcinogen

circulation

combination

conservation

consolation

consummation

deformation

desecration

dislocation

fabrication

fermentation

indication

abyssinian

invocation

lilliputian

lubrication

occupation

ordination

permutation

proclamation

publication

syndication

vindication

nestorian

bavarian

annotation

elongation

avocation

isolation

concentration

dedication

locomotion

oscillation

perturbation

relocation

repercussion

suffocation

termination

connotation

coronation

corporation

mutilation

nomination

motivation

rumination

evocation

diocesan

revocation

allocation

corp.

medication

melanesian

sanitation

devonian

contraception

vacillation

inhibition

realization

himalayan

usurpation

habitation

valuation

iranian

planarian

simonian

admiration

collocation

domination

fumigation

germination

hibernation

businesswoman

desiccation

hungarian

politician

profanation

provocation

trepidation

consultation

implication

arbitration

compensation

condensation

comprehension

consecration

fragmentation

malnutrition

calculation

rectangular

englishwoman

retribution

generation

toleration

adulation

education

aberration

operation

pagination

pelagian

perforation

pedestrian

surrogation

sustainable

adoration

moderation

contrarian

violation

veneration

modulation

estimated

aldebaran

competition

albanian

accordion

persecution

prosecution

barbarian

cyclopean

calibration

advocation

application

commendation

gargantuan

commutation

demarcation

replication

convocation

conversation

estimator

glaciation

retardation

graduation

observation

elocution

greco-roman

cultivation

librarian

maturation

predetermine

saturation

confirmation

jordanian

penicillin

tasmanian

duplication

exceedingly

pagurian

palpitation

wagnerian

contravention

contribution

assemblyman

contemplation

confrontation

californian

conjugation

distinctively

rhododendron

affirmation

animation

correlation

allegation

dictionary

appellation

definition

emanation

jubilation

navigation

premonition

propagation

renovation

validation

complication

arizonan

estimable

attribution

computation

arabian

draconian

estimators

european

amputation

jacobean

maccabean

mammalian

missourian

newtonian

macedonian

tamoxifen

transplantation

condemnation

plutonian

embarkation

protozoan

confiscation

malformation

residencies

lancastrian

reawaken

mortification

praetorian

obfuscation

octahedron

foliation

reparation

corinthian

federation

aviation

leviathan

athenian

preparation

ideation

radiation

separation

variation

approbation

committeeman

herculean

indecision

compilation

guatemalan

designation

watermelon

conflagration

population

crucifixion

penetration

benediction

ventilation

minnesotan

abrogation

aggregation

dereliction

ovulation

resignation

centurion

aggravation

cotyledon

gorgonian

hesitancy

reexamine

dictionaries

granulation

obligation

subdivision

eritrean

tabulation

nonpartisan

appalachian

demolition

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word extension

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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