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

fascination

machination

vaccination

vacillation

pagination

annotation

appellation

coronation

decimation

desiccation

desolation

vaccinations

machinations

allegation

allocation

animation

avocation

detonation

domination

cancellation

emanation

germination

habitation

isolation

navigation

nomination

oscillation

profanation

recitation

sanitation

termination

validation

destination

adulation

fascinated

agitation

fragmentation

gastrulation

acclamation

consummation

elevation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

combination

commendation

aspiration

culmination

correlation

palpitation

appalachian

connotation

hesitation

presentation

collocation

fermentation

resignation

fascinating

medication

accusation

meditation

application

calibration

desecration

designation

granulation

oxidation

recantation

propagation

suffocation

abrogation

acclimation

activation

adaptation

approbation

consolation

estimation

ordination

revocation

tabulation

dedication

defamation

delegation

derivation

divination

gravitation

provocation

renovation

revelation

surrogation

violation

laceration

concentration

explanation

modulation

graduation

education

vegetation

glaciation

maturation

saturation

amputation

calculation

compensation

condemnation

condensation

constellation

consecration

constipation

consultation

excavation

dispensation

ostentation

segmentation

abnegation

absolution

admiration

definition

fluoridation

admonition

jubilation

affectation

circulation

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

litigation

devastation

distillation

dissipation

irrigation

excitation

intonation

persecution

replication

segregation

abolition

affirmation

desperation

dilatation

exhalation

imitation

prosecution

penetration

immolation

proclamation

reputation

ventilation

inhalation

insulation

innovation

inundation

obligation

occupation

speculation

mutilation

abdication

emigration

emulation

equitation

melanesian

compilation

fabrication

reclamation

restoration

ammunition

masturbation

valuation

rumination

annexation

realization

motivation

perspiration

respiration

premonition

celebration

population

strangulation

commutation

convocation

regulation

Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word fascination.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

gentian

pension

mansion

mention

tension

function

junction

gumption

emption

suction

engine

luncheon

flexion

fraction

dungeon

traction

faction

action

section

sanction

bastion

caption

ashen

caution

fashion

freshen

haitian

hessian

lengthen

mahone

nation

passion

prussian

ration

russian

session

station

strengthen

gascon

aspen

passman

pageants

baston

classman

bason

accents

belgian

portion

question

fiction

auction

friction

jacinth

fashioned

martian

fasten

faustian

option

torsion

diction

magnates

dudgeon

docents

grecian

peasants

gudgeon

pheasants

asian

cushion

mission

cajun

pathan

suasion

bludgeon

fission

claxon

nascent

agents

samson

damson

saxon

thousandth

georgian

cushioned

christian

margin

pageant

flashgun

fortune

bracken

cabin

baton

batten

caisson

amman

cannon

alan

baron

basin

batton

barren

thousandths

bison

blacken

canon

chasten

famine

fatten

flatten

gallon

gammon

happen

hyson

dragon

garron

hasten

gladden

jason

lagan

latin

lessen

lesson

madden

mason

patten

person

platen

platten

sadden

salmon

satin

slacken

talon

tappen

urson

wagon

worsen

ascends

caxton

capstan

descents

dissents

grandson

magnets

seconds

thousands

vignettes

burgeon

earthen

heathen

kitchen

legion

lesion

motion

notion

lotion

ocean

persian

pigeon

potion

region

version

surgeon

sturgeon

urchin

vision

legends

regents

acton

alman

arson

ascend

ascent

assent

atman

austin

canton

craftsman

canyon

discounts

captain

draftsman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

dampen

decent

dobson

docent

ensign

falcon

loosened

oxen

packman

panton

parson

pheasant

plantain

pressman

recent

stallion

stepson

teston

thousand

tuscan

vacant

bagman

banyan

besant

boston

calvin

hackman

viscounts

houseman

keelson

kelson

santon

second

wizened

scallion

jackman

jasmine

jetson

kansan

peasant

saffron

vignette

agent

ashamed

freshman

hangman

legend

mangan

beckon

bellon

checkmates

dustman

burden

burdon

burton

yachtsman

klansman

sexton

accent

descends

bacon

bayman

bisson

bobbin

bollen

burman

horseman

auden

boughten

bourbon

brazen

breton

button

rescinds

statesman

brighten

broaden

scotsman

canaan

craven

lampron

recounts

cotton

cousin

curtain

cayman

christen

dagan

common

acquaint

charon

landman

certain

dagon

daman

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

ermine

fallen

felon

firman

floren

foreign

frighten

german

glisten

gotten

graven

hausen

haven

heaven

heighten

heron

hymen

hyphen

jetton

kalan

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

locken

loosen

loren

lyden

maiden

marron

melon

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

often

oven

pagan

pavon

perron

pollan

pollen

raven

reckon

redden

resin

riden

ripen

robin

rosin

rotten

satan

sermon

seven

shaken

shaman

siphon

siren

sodden

soften

straighten

sudden

sullen

summon

syphon

taken

threaten

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

trodden

turban

urban

vegan

waken

warren

weapon

whiten

widen

wizen

yaupon

zaman

zircon

backhand

plankton

tungsten

fusion

trojan

quicksands

airman

alban

apron

bargain

barton

bellman

brakeman

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

checkmate

chevron

corban

cordon

dalton

darken

descend

descent

desman

dissent

dolman

dolphin

doughnuts

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

foreman

fountain

garden

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

ibsen

jargon

jordan

jorden

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

lightman

lineman

linemen

lockman

london

lucent

m1

magnate

magnet

marlin

marten

martin

matron

melton

minden

morgan

mormon

sportsman

mountain

muslin

nekton

norman

onion

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

pardon

patron

pectin

penman

piquant

piston

ponton

rescind

resound

runnion

scullion

selden

sharpen

shotgun

smarten

sovereign

marksman

shorten

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallman

stockman

sultan

tarpon

tartan

tendon

tubman

undone

vulcan

wanton

warden

workman

huntsman

landsman

whitson

cowan

dian

foxhound

gowan

ion

lion

mayan

rayon

scion

urine

zion

brethren

churchman

cogent

drunken

bushman

dutchman

longan

othman

regent

shrunken

sunken

watchman

accounts

baldwin

bordman

cauldron

delphian

discount

doctrine

headsman

homespun

ignites

marchman

markman

miscount

oarsman

portman

postman

quicksand

salesman

townsman

resents

spokesman

sequent

viscount

blowgun

briton

beacon

beaten

billon

gibbon

bowman

bitten

brogan

begun

broken

given

gluten

griffon

hoten

hoven

season

human

ribbon

ridden

glidden

hidden

hogan

rerun

risen

riven

roman

rosen

seaman

weaken

written

woman

women

yeoman

henchman

wiccan

woolen

woven

wheaten

wooden

disjoint

penguin

chosen

cheapen

chicken

colon

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

deacon

deepen

demon

driven

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

freeman

frozen

kitten

leman

leven

linen

logan

lumen

mitten

ninon

odin

omen

open

poison

prison

proven

pullen

quicken

reason

rumen

semen

seton

shogun

showman

sicken

slogan

smitten

solon

spoken

steven

stiffen

stolen

stricken

striven

sweeten

swollen

locksmith

thicken

treason

villain

token

toman

guardsman

copeman

mignon

million

citron

crimson

clinton

disowned

assumed

milken

minion

olden

newsman

molten

pillion

pinion

soldan

sylvan

union

silken

spearman

stillion

tillman

trillion

pitman

signet

boatman

bookman

bullion

chieftain

footman

freedman

billion

billman

bolden

fielden

gilden

golden

goodman

lignite

ignite

linden

lisbon

shearman

kismet

lopeman

recount

sequin

lynden

shipman

woolman

woodman

rowen

bismuth

coachman

ruin

rincon

peon

rowan

owen

paean

bookends

children

seedsman

doughnut

account

decant

resend

resent

bookend

recant

mismatched

mismatch

kismets

3 syllable words

consumption

truncation

fascinates

conflation

compunction

abduction

suspension

fascinate

ablation

dissension

foundation

formation

libration

optation

migration

dissection

connexion

essential

contagion

connection

perception

hydration

concession

confession

persuasion

propulsion

reduction

vibration

production

temptation

starvation

assertion

causation

corruption

dilation

conjunction

donation

duration

flirtation

elation

gradation

percussion

gyration

halogen

lecithin

ligation

occasion

oration

possession

vacation

privation

cetacean

citation

malaysian

procession

profession

adhesion

adsorption

vaccinate

clarendon

horatian

disruption

confucian

inflation

presumption

distinction

compulsion

conception

discretion

confection

convection

convention

contention

essentials

resumption

transaction

transmission

accretion

abrasion

accession

melanin

admission

specimen

affection

aggression

feminine

ambition

aspersion

collection

attention

cistercian

masonite

cognition

compassion

concussion

condition

conversion

deception

deduction

deflation

dentition

dictation

digression

discussion

emulsion

eruption

fixation

inaction

insertion

invasion

laurentian

obsession

oxygen

progression

congestion

oppression

perfection

protection

reception

regression

rendition

resection

secretion

seduction

selection

revulsion

succession

suppression

suspicion

tactician

technician

transition

abstraction

injunction

obstruction

transcription

aleutian

solution

masculine

notation

audition

transfusion

transgression

extortion

edition

excretion

extension

extinction

mutation

expression

expulsion

evasion

flotation

location

tradition

physician

contraction

contraption

vocation

deletion

abstention

ovation

desertion

recession

aversion

cremation

pollution

relation

position

councilman

petition

precession

projection

correction

permission

rotation

caucasian

collegian

prescription

secondhand

addition

commission

direction

promotion

probation

quotation

secession

destruction

commotion

origin

accenting

combustion

completion

compression

concoction

conduction

confusion

contortion

contrition

conviction

convulsion

corsican

creation

croatian

declension

discipline

distortion

exception

filtration

inception

induction

infection

invention

magician

mexican

porcelain

injection

ingestion

objection

subscription

instruction

ablution

abortion

addiction

adoption

apportion

artesian

ascending

attrition

contusion

election

erection

hydrogen

incursion

decimate

cartesian

defection

equation

depletion

depression

detection

detention

dimension

dispersion

exertion

ignition

inversion

mackintosh

norwegian

partition

prediction

preemption

pretension

proportion

repression

retention

macintosh

nitrogen

optician

patrician

prevention

profusion

submersion

submission

subversion

accented

restriction

complexion

ejection

magnetron

description

proscription

rejection

inspection

encryption

inflection

infraction

acantha

allusion

devotion

collision

collusion

emission

emotion

decision

dilution

diversion

immersion

musician

omission

perversion

munition

precaution

precision

provision

recision

reversion

volition

sedition

reaction

remission

rescission

affliction

conclusion

deflection

impression

excursion

infusion

intention

logician

cohesion

magnetic

misfortune

redemption

reflection

sequential

discontent

fruition

derision

laotian

parisian

coercion

conscription

construction

tuition

constriction

diffusion

eviction

descending

depiction

excision

dissenting

incision

nutrition

occlusion

exclusion

asunder

absorption

exemption

quiescent

expansion

explosion

extrusion

infarction

infliction

discontents

digestion

egyptian

delusion

division

suggestion

erosion

illusion

passionate

religion

revision

attraction

intrusion

misprision

diffraction

backhanded

exaction

inclusion

misanthrope

retraction

alaskan

byzantine

magnetite

raconteur

recondite

inscription

hackmatack

corrosion

reagents

preclusion

seclusion

impassion

pageantry

distraction

subtraction

magnitudes

nebraskan

assassin

garrison

halcyon

ascendance

extraction

disjointed

agenda

exhaustion

hyacinth

imagine

implosion

accountants

acquaintance

appian

arian

capsaicin

cation

cognitive

descendants

descendents

dissenters

eccentric

galleon

gaussian

huguenots

magnitude

myosin

niacin

peasantry

pegmatite

recently

saccharin

secondly

talisman

tamarin

hyacinths

catalan

discounters

albion

andean

awaken

campion

champion

ascendant

determine

dissenter

elison

freemason

fustian

gravamen

hammerman

huguenot

jacobin

resentments

lanolin

acquainted

jamaican

javelin

jettison

kantian

mandarin

medicine

nevadan

ramadan

thespian

waterman

franciscan

vatican

venison

magnetics

suburban

unison

zambian

reagent

abandon

abdomen

african

alderman

austrian

backgammon

battalion

cambrian

chairperson

discounter

ignited

in-person

italian

lumberman

magdalen

medallion

policeman

predestine

rhodopsin

unburden

uncertain

alien

aryan

signatures

avian

bedouin

biotin

clarion

dorian

carrion

fabian

foramen

ghanaian

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

horizon

irian

korean

malayan

marian

moroccan

permian

plebeian

irishman

samoan

anchorman

veteran

bandwagon

accountant

albumin

badminton

etruscan

intestine

eccentrics

ambrosian

companion

crestfallen

arkansan

descendant

descendent

handwoven

housebroken

muskmelon

outspoken

snapdragon

vitamin

beethoven

reignite

anglican

guardian

bosnian

scorpion

gordian

wesleyan

keratin

anyone

keynesian

ottoman

cinnamon

citizen

collagen

denizen

dignity

overdone

overman

overrun

pelican

peterman

silicon

skeleton

solomon

superman

pentathlon

toboggan

lesbian

adrian

ferryman

forgotten

uneven

puritan

eleven

australian

backwoodsman

clergyman

fisherman

margarine

parthian

regimen

resentment

signature

congressman

mishandles

acumen

cardigan

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

civilian

cocoanuts

enliven

everyone

enlighten

bedridden

cosmetic

forbidden

guncotton

nobleman

dominion

mistaken

genuine

forewoman

brazilian

artisan

opinion

vermilion

timberman

perfusion

pavilion

partisan

rifleman

sumatran

unbutton

rebellion

uncommon

unwritten

fenian

agendas

libyan

menhaden

mismatches

misshapen

chilean

grobian

nemean

gillian

median

freudian

jovian

julian

nubian

orion

protean

reopen

odeon

simian

syrian

benjamin

uterine

aegean

communion

countryman

downtrodden

emblazon

embolden

unbroken

gentleman

harlequin

nonunion

octillion

reptilian

saleswoman

fijian

lutheran

phrygian

scythian

stygian

disunion

bedizen

indian

heartbroken

misconduct

reunion

bitumen

bouillon

bulletin

cyprian

midshipman

mishandle

nonhuman

singleton

rejoinder

dogmatic

englishman

gigantic

osmotic

beholden

imprison

resentful

inhuman

recommit

rekindle

sigmoidal

cosmetics

recommits

4 syllable words

conjugation

legislation

aberration

adoration

demonstration

generation

confrontation

veneration

macedonian

exclamation

explication

extrication

complication

computation

confiscation

consternation

disconnection

disinflation

execution

formulation

inclination

installation

malformation

mortification

obfuscation

pigmentation

satisfaction

subluxation

transformation

transportation

backwardation

acquisition

conservation

disaffection

immigration

destitution

duplication

indication

intimation

invocation

elocution

exhibition

expiration

ovulation

predilection

recollection

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

tribulation

vindication

prostitution

recognition

simulation

demolition

opposition

diminution

dissertation

congregation

deposition

fumigation

devolution

dissolution

evolution

erudition

hibernation

polynesian

politician

perturbation

proposition

revolution

repetition

repossession

resolution

supposition

transplantation

ulceration

usurpation

elongation

syncopation

reassertion

contemplation

variation

conflagration

decoration

perforation

misconception

reparation

cogitation

ideation

aviation

coloration

dietitian

sequestration

expectation

federation

orchestration

preparation

radiation

separation

indignation

menstruation

inflammation

preconception

arbitration

attribution

embarkation

ministration

disinfection

exhortation

augmentation

exploration

exposition

implication

instigation

integration

illustration

retribution

exhumation

condescension

expedition

incarnation

imputation

constitution

deformation

confirmation

benediction

alternation

composition

competition

demarcation

hypertension

molestation

permutation

protestation

inspiration

requisition

deportation

dereliction

lilliputian

retardation

restitution

conversation

dislocation

macintoshes

precondition

copenhagen

convolution

disposition

lubrication

relaxation

registration

evocation

reformation

preignition

essentially

levitation

procreation

trepidation

canadian

relocation

declaration

locomotion

preservation

reposition

recreation

reservation

contribution

extradition

distribution

contraception

dehydration

incrustation

circumspection

exploitation

obstetrician

self-deception

apparition

disputation

foliation

liberation

mediation

fluctuation

mesenteric

substitution

miseration

liquefaction

moderation

deviation

decompression

coalition

infestation

iteration

operation

prohibition

rhetorician

toleration

importation

punctuation

incantation

altercation

apprehension

circumcision

crucifixion

cultivation

imposition

information

invitation

misunderstand

observation

publication

refutation

situation

syndication

implantation

corporation

repercussion

titillation

inhibition

disillusion

visitation

alteration

contradiction

impregnation

corp.

bifurcation

irritation

figuration

limitation

manumission

mitigation

preelection

readmission

resurrection

reelection

hacienda

diaconate

planarian

tamoxifen

leviathan

magnetism

jurisdiction

circumvention

disentangle

malnutrition

indentation

misunderstands

indexation

reinspection

reproduction

inquisition

incubation

introspection

reconstruction

acquaintanceship

deconstruction

liquidation

fibrillation

fecundity

inattention

dysentery

carcinogen

superstition

secondary

insurrection

interaction

intercession

retrocession

intermission

interruption

introduction

isentropic

intuition

nonprescription

legendary

contravention

infiltration

interception

intersection

intervention

misperception

interdiction

lancastrian

accentuates

dogmatism

indonesian

indigestion

accentuate

interjection

indecision

indiscretion

comprehension

discontinue

supervision

electrician

reconnoitre

imperfection

institution

acquaintances

discontented

accommodates

secondaries

subdivision

dignitary

accommodate

passionately

ascendency

asymmetries

disinterested

disintegrates

accountable

vicinity

abyssinian

asymmetry

dosimeters

disintegrate

locomotive

discountable

quasimodo

comparison

coloradan

bavarian

diocesan

accountancy

dignitaries

assyrian

arabian

maccabean

jacobean

galilean

mammalian

reawaken

pedestrian

custodian

dandelion

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5 syllable words

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word fascination

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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