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2 syllable words

portion

torsion

fortune

georgian

sportsman

horseman

oarsman

bordman

portman

foreman

gorgon

morbid

pardon

garden

carbon

mormon

norman

orbit

harden

morgan

organ

orphan

shorten

auden

foreign

broaden

glidden

floren

hidden

loren

ridden

warren

sudden

faustian

margin

martian

guardsman

marksman

baldwin

orbits

marchman

forfeits

markman

alban

arson

austin

bargain

barton

bolden

carman

carmine

carton

dalton

darken

dobson

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

forbids

forebode

forfeit

gilden

golden

harken

harten

hearten

jargon

linden

london

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

minden

olden

outdone

parson

sharpen

smarten

soldan

spartan

stallman

tarpon

tartan

torpid

tubman

undone

wanton

faction

craftsman

bisson

begun

billon

bitten

bobbin

draftsman

fraction

briton

flashgun

mansion

option

burdon

burden

othman

boughten

sanction

baron

bourbon

barren

button

gibbon

driven

dozen

churchman

watchman

christen

cousin

forbid

coachman

caption

cabin

deaden

garron

chicken

given

gladden

action

eden

glisten

griffon

kitten

ledden

listen

lyden

madden

mitten

muffin

mullen

mutton

odin

leaden

linen

ninon

often

oven

prison

quicken

redden

ribbon

riden

risen

riven

robin

sadden

sicken

siren

smitten

sodden

stiffen

stricken

striven

sullen

summon

thicken

toughen

trodden

turban

urban

auction

turbid

villain

wiccan

widen

women

written

wooden

yaupon

bastion

traction

capstan

caxton

spokesman

corvettes

townsman

scotsman

children

homespun

klansman

landman

postman

grandson

yachtsman

ashen

caution

earthen

fashion

gudgeon

heathen

passion

dudgeon

kitchen

pathan

pigeon

sturgeon

potion

trojan

urchin

fission

bludgeon

burgeon

lotion

mahone

mission

motion

notion

ocean

persian

prussian

ration

russian

surgeon

version

vision

farfetched

plankton

banyan

aspen

atman

bagman

barbette

baston

canton

canyon

captain

carbide

carpet

chairman

chaplain

chapman

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

copeman

corvette

crimson

dampen

damson

fountain

goodman

hackman

headman

lightman

lineman

milken

million

mountain

lisbon

linemen

lockman

minion

molten

muslin

onion

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

santon

saxon

sovereign

sovran

spearman

squadron

stallion

stillion

stockman

sultan

sylvan

trillion

tuscan

whitson

woodman

acton

boatman

boston

dolman

dolphin

fielden

forefoot

gascon

houseman

ibsen

jasmine

kansan

kirkman

oxen

packman

panton

passman

runnion

saffron

samson

scallion

scullion

selden

shearman

shipman

shotgun

tendon

vulcan

airman

calvin

billion

billman

falcon

alman

freedman

jackman

mignon

lopeman

outrun

plantain

ponton

silken

tillman

workman

landsman

christian

friction

grafting

hangman

longan

luncheon

suction

sunken

shrunken

rincon

warpath

drafting

drunken

dutchman

dungeon

fiction

brethren

diction

mangan

bellon

bison

charon

dragon

fallen

fasten

fatten

heaven

lessen

moisten

famine

felon

german

hausen

heighten

jetton

leaven

lemon

lesson

bason

baton

batton

brighten

brogan

broken

burman

dromon

gallon

batten

burton

gammon

heron

hogan

hoten

hoven

hymen

hyphen

hyson

lagan

latin

melon

laden

omen

open

alan

amman

beckon

blowgun

blacken

bollen

bowman

bracken

breton

cannon

canon

certain

chosen

colon

common

cotton

cuban

curtain

deafen

devon

ermine

firman

flatten

frighten

frozen

gotten

happen

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

logan

maiden

marron

patten

pavon

perron

person

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

pullen

reckon

rerun

resin

ripen

satin

siphon

slacken

slogan

soften

solon

sorbet

spoken

stolen

swollen

syphon

tappen

thousand

threaten

triton

urson

weapon

whiten

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

salmon

sermon

seven

sherbet

shogun

showman

talon

tighten

titan

token

toman

vegan

wagon

wizen

woman

woolen

worsen

woven

yeoman

zircon

dustman

salesman

seedsman

doctrine

lampron

headsman

carpets

statesman

cauldron

station

cajun

session

fusion

nation

suasion

freshen

asian

legion

lesion

hessian

haitian

gumption

cushion

grecian

region

tungsten

cowan

dian

urine

rowan

ion

rowen

peon

zion

lion

gowan

scion

owen

mayan

paean

apron

bellman

bookman

bullion

brakeman

chessman

chevron

chieftain

ensign

erupt

junction

hempen

desman

function

footman

hetman

huntsman

jetson

m1

nekton

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kremlin

krypton

kenyan

matron

melton

newsman

patron

pectin

penman

pressman

profits

sequin

stepson

teston

union

woolman

belgian

bushman

engine

flexion

freshman

gentian

mention

pension

question

section

tension

deacon

demon

human

layman

leman

dagan

dagon

daman

deepen

graven

jason

kalan

craven

crouton

cumin

hasten

haven

leven

lengthen

private

satan

profit

reason

proven

waken

zaman

season

delphian

weaken

wheaten

seaman

raven

prophet

rumen

bacon

basin

brazen

bayman

beaten

beacon

cretin

fervid

freeman

mason

pagan

forbade

eaten

elan

browbeat

caisson

canaan

surfeit

cayman

chasten

cheapen

crewman

steven

straighten

sweeten

strengthen

taken

triptychs

semen

seton

treason

shaman

loosen

gluten

sexton

lumen

shaken

henchman

penguin

emption

scripture

barefoot

pervades

privates

prophets

provides

tripods

triptych

rayon

ruin

scriptures

erupts

driftwood

tributes

bereaved

bereft

corrupt

crafty

drafty

graphite

pervade

probate

thrifty

tripod

tribute

corrupts

turbot

drip-dry

provide

brevets

3 syllable words

korean

norwegian

dorian

ambition

partition

forbidding

oration

origin

orbitals

unwritten

unburden

unbutton

bedridden

artisan

charlatan

charwoman

partisan

forewoman

morbidly

provident

albion

guardian

ramadan

vatican

zambian

artesian

attrition

formation

optician

patrician

suspicion

tactician

transition

laurentian

cognition

irishman

admission

cartesian

condition

submission

arian

aryan

grobian

irian

plebeian

addition

audition

caucasian

causation

collision

commission

edition

gyration

margarine

harlequin

omission

permission

parthian

petition

volition

badminton

franciscan

physician

position

provision

tradition

octillion

austrian

coercion

affliction

nobleman

abandon

civilian

clarendon

opinion

arbitrage

contrition

magician

brazilian

chairwoman

lumberman

providence

combustion

talisman

derision

conviction

vermilion

african

logician

pavilion

parisian

dominion

torpedoes

transmission

torpedos

abortion

abrasion

accretion

addiction

aggression

andean

apportion

arbiter

australian

backwoodsman

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

campion

carnation

catalan

champion

collagen

dentition

digression

elison

excision

foreboding

fustian

halcyon

heartbroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

incision

javelin

jettison

kantian

keratin

lanolin

lesbian

libration

migration

nevadan

nitrogen

nutrition

obsession

oppression

ottoman

overdone

oxygen

progression

proportion

puritan

regression

rendition

secretion

solomon

starvation

suburban

suppression

technician

toboggan

torpedo

uneven

vibration

vitamin

waterman

gaussian

niacin

councilman

collegian

odeon

imprison

downtrodden

nubian

jovian

decision

libyan

dilation

donation

orion

dilution

diversion

division

duration

proscription

marian

halogen

prohibit

galleon

privation

probation

prescription

flotation

myosin

phoenician

precision

erosion

munition

musician

ovation

notation

fabian

reptilian

permian

narration

embolden

emission

recision

religion

remission

revision

masculine

percussion

nebraskan

ligation

location

quotation

rescission

rotation

protean

appian

arkansan

assertion

biotin

absorption

adhesion

venetian

vocation

albumin

syrian

clarion

clergyman

carrion

aversion

adsorption

citation

capsaicin

castration

prostration

rebellion

croatian

backgammon

timberman

corrosion

policeman

frustration

cambrian

attraction

misfortune

misprision

alderman

fruition

horatian

anglican

distortion

tuition

cohesion

contortion

compression

abdomen

rifleman

completion

chairperson

chamberlain

arbitrates

objection

conscription

constriction

subscription

transcription

adrian

anyone

bedizen

perception

perfection

cyprian

dissection

taxation

determine

ferryman

eviction

hammerman

eruption

forgotten

erection

gravamen

aspersion

menhaden

optation

plantation

indian

jacobin

ablation

ablution

keynesian

thespian

wesleyan

overman

alsatian

verbatim

conversion

dalmatian

damnation

depiction

depression

lactation

troubadour

prediction

prohibits

privations

repression

salvation

stagnation

mandarin

submersion

subversion

abstention

contraction

congressman

contraption

extortion

subtraction

description

encryption

infarction

infliction

restriction

transgression

forfeiture

flirtation

countryman

mutation

vacation

ambrosian

egyptian

sedation

reaction

etruscan

correction

relation

sedition

emblazon

corruption

direction

predation

unbroken

cremation

housebroken

nonunion

saleswoman

snapdragon

perversion

precession

precaution

alien

distinction

abduction

cation

chilean

freudian

ghanaian

gillian

hawaiian

englishman

heroin

heroine

horizon

impression

intrusion

malayan

julian

nemean

retraction

simian

tamarin

saccharin

samoan

avian

bedouin

disruption

eruptions

exhaustion

fenian

filtration

foramen

median

moroccan

nonhuman

transaction

translation

diffraction

perfidy

discretion

magdalen

inscription

obstruction

predestine

medallion

perfusion

uncertain

abstraction

arbiters

carpeted

construction

everyone

extinction

phrygian

lutheran

laotian

fijian

scythian

aegean

creation

stygian

expression

adoption

infraction

carpeting

forefathers

distraction

forfeitures

foundation

excretion

extrusion

persuasion

resection

destruction

retention

seduction

transfusion

anchorman

beholden

corruptions

deduction

pretension

prevention

production

reduction

bitumen

awaken

cinnamon

citizen

eleven

medicine

overrun

silicon

superman

freemason

peterman

assassin

gravitate

jamaican

provided

reunion

unison

bandwagon

digestion

arbitrate

handwoven

cetacean

reversion

craftsmanship

evasion

redemption

devotion

occasion

recession

conduction

pollution

possession

secession

commotion

deletion

delusion

procession

solution

profession

emotion

elation

promotion

draftsmanship

collusion

desertion

profiting

extraction

illusion

imagine

immersion

midshipman

allusion

aleutian

fisherman

instruction

malaysian

forefather

negation

induction

summation

acumen

alaskan

battalion

crabeater

discipline

gravitates

guncotton

in-person

italian

mistaken

probity

profiteers

reopen

rhodopsin

sumatran

uncommon

uterine

veteran

confession

ascension

concession

asuncion

attention

connexion

depletion

accession

connection

affection

contusion

deflation

compassion

cistercian

deception

concussion

defection

crustacean

collection

contagion

detection

election

detention

dissension

fixation

dispersion

discussion

erupting

dictation

equation

diffusion

exertion

dimension

emulsion

impassion

invasion

insertion

incursion

inaction

inversion

misshapen

occlusion

preemption

preclusion

profusion

propulsion

protection

reception

revulsion

seclusion

succession

selection

ejection

intestine

outspoken

crestfallen

suggestion

rejection

companion

projection

communion

disunion

muskmelon

truncation

feminine

pelican

skeleton

profiteer

turpitude

beethoven

providers

venison

denizen

melanin

specimen

probative

scriptural

cessation

assumption

compulsion

conception

confection

conflation

confucian

confusion

contention

convection

convention

convulsion

suspension

singleton

conclusion

concoction

resumption

exaction

gradation

declension

deflection

exception

excursion

inception

infusion

inhuman

presumption

reflection

lecithin

intention

invention

implosion

infection

inflation

pervading

inclusion

regimen

congestion

ingestion

injection

genuine

complexion

exemption

expansion

extension

mexican

inspection

ferryboats

expulsion

consumption

exclusion

explosion

inflection

enliven

eruptive

enlighten

gestation

brevity

compunction

bravado

temptation

gravity

benjamin

provider

sensation

gentleman

conjunction

curvature

injunction

corruptive

ferryboat

hereafter

parapet

pentathlon

privately

servitude

thereafter

perpetrate

perpetrates

corruptly

graffiti

4 syllable words

barbarian

cotyledon

darwinian

obsidian

overburden

watermelon

arabian

iberian

turbidity

siberian

liberian

meridian

armageddon

arbitration

dietitian

prohibition

apparition

abyssinian

accordion

copernican

gorgonian

armenian

jordanian

arbitrager

arbitrageur

carcinogen

oblivion

samaritan

abolition

algerian

alteration

arbitrations

assyrian

bolivian

coloradan

comedian

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

criterion

diocesan

erudition

gregorian

hyperion

jacobean

maccabean

manumission

opposition

politician

praetorian

preignition

prohibitions

proposition

readmission

supervision

supposition

valerian

formulation

mortification

arbitragers

rhetorician

nigerian

coloration

republican

laceration

moderation

crocodilian

coalition

operation

toleration

adoration

abdication

acquisition

alternation

approbation

competition

composition

cultivation

deformation

deportation

dereliction

exhibition

fabrication

gargantuan

hypertension

intermission

publication

recognition

liquidation

masturbation

oxidation

statistician

superstition

subdivision

agrarian

american

albanian

alabaman

amphibian

eritrean

nestorian

olympian

dominican

maturation

penicillin

victorian

columbian

historian

committeeman

librarian

saturation

arthurian

perturbation

contradiction

aspiration

orchestration

affirmation

demolition

fluoridation

intuition

irritation

procreation

ulceration

validation

nonpartisan

repercussion

assemblyman

habitation

deposition

repetition

reposition

polynesian

gravitation

trepidation

admiration

inhibition

attribution

planarian

european

napoleon

collodion

exhortation

missourian

importation

arizonan

bavarian

fallopian

iranian

jurisdiction

sicilian

interdiction

ostentation

canadian

chameleon

galilean

mammalian

substitution

malformation

malnutrition

tetrahedron

arbitrator

adrenaline

cogitation

comparison

misbegotten

tamoxifen

shakespearean

macedonian

contrarian

noblewoman

athenian

decoration

moravian

apprehension

aberration

bohemian

corinthian

foliation

generation

peruvian

separation

ideation

preparation

probationer

reassertion

reparation

variation

veneration

advocation

aldebaran

contribution

custodian

fibrillation

corruptible

granulation

altercation

calibration

demarcation

depredation

desecration

application

degradation

greco-roman

aggravation

aggregation

cancellation

disposition

guatemalan

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

backwardation

celebration

confirmation

emigration

compilation

immigration

imposition

commutation

circumcision

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

conservation

consolation

consummation

benediction

conversation

wagnerian

convocation

predetermine

convolution

indecision

cyclopean

extradition

penetration

pagurian

paraguayan

lubrication

obstetrician

pavlovian

palpitation

ordination

invitation

occupation

population

obligation

tasmanian

proclamation

prostitution

restitution

tabulation

requisition

retrocession

syndication

retardation

ohioan

nonprescription

californian

arbitrators

businesswoman

dehydration

elongation

hydrocarbon

constipation

allegation

allocation

consecration

animation

annotation

appalachian

collocation

connotation

declaration

irrigation

isolation

jubilation

mitigation

mongolian

oscillation

propagation

prohibitive

provocation

rumination

titillation

constitution

exposition

comprehension

constellation

consternation

ministration

illustration

gastrulation

avocation

desperation

disillusion

dissipation

fumigation

limitation

navigation

preservation

levitation

confiscation

appellation

evocation

hibernation

augmentation

derivation

hungarian

probationers

recreation

computation

transformation

reformation

relocation

reservation

sanitation

respiration

restoration

complication

resurrection

usurpation

expedition

visitation

calculation

carbohydrate

decompression

incarnation

subluxation

indignation

inquisition

obfuscation

retribution

instigation

institution

integration

reproduction

transportation

embarkation

vacillation

consultation

valuation

amputation

electrician

derivative

pedestrian

newtonian

plutonian

utopian

draconian

congregation

strangulation

affectation

annexation

circulation

expiration

molestation

observation

prosecution

protestation

providential

carbohydrates

contravention

deviation

aviation

contemplation

contraception

introduction

liberation

hegelian

mediation

perpetual

perforation

radiation

surrogation

violation

conflagration

sequestration

algonquian

indiscretion

infiltration

crucifixion

depravation

deprivation

relaxation

distribution

persecution

segregation

superhuman

tribulation

estonian

eustachian

sectarian

conjugation

englishwoman

dandelion

centurion

interurban

ibuprofen

graduation

glaciation

herculean

circumvention

disinfection

disinflation

exploration

lancastrian

menstruation

perpetuals

perpetuate

perspiration

preelection

reelection

satisfaction

hemoglobin

incubation

agitation

arbitrary

registration

adulation

himalayan

devonian

modulation

forfeitable

protozoan

reawaken

simonian

indication

indonesian

circumspection

iteration

incrustation

pelagian

vindication

federation

leviathan

miseration

combination

permutation

perpetuates

extrication

impregnation

equestrian

kindergarten

arbitrageurs

situation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

transplantation

introspection

nicaraguan

minnesotan

reexamine

indentation

indexation

reinspection

bifurcation

dedication

dilatation

diminution

dissertation

dissolution

divination

figuration

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

litigation

locomotion

medication

meditation

motivation

mutilation

profanation

realization

repossession

smithsonian

suffocation

fluctuation

pagination

indigestion

carpetbagger

interwoven

admonition

culmination

adaptation

ammunition

disaffection

dislocation

distillation

duplication

inattention

inspiration

insurrection

information

insulation

interaction

intercession

interruption

intimation

ovulation

self-deception

intonation

inundation

invocation

lilliputian

polyhedron

predilection

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

vaccination

carpetbaggers

rhododendron

syncopation

therapeutics

compensation

disconnection

dispensation

disputation

fragmentation

imperfection

implication

imputation

incantation

inclination

infestation

inflammation

installation

interception

intersection

intervention

liquefaction

misperception

octahedron

pigmentation

punctuation

tributary

interjection

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Words that rhyme with the word forbidden

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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