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3 syllable words
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2 syllable words

boredom

carman

carton

carmine

arson

austin

bargain

barton

carbon

dalton

darken

faulcon

fireman

fortin

garden

harden

harken

harten

hearten

jargon

marlin

marten

martin

pardon

parson

sharpen

smarten

spartan

stallman

tarpon

tartan

wanton

martians

auden

baron

often

boughten

broaden

barren

garron

siren

yaupon

action

auction

boarding

caption

christian

churchman

coachman

dungeon

dutchman

fraction

option

question

suction

traction

watchman

faction

hoarding

mansion

ordnance

sportsman

ashen

burgeon

caution

earthen

gudgeon

kitchen

motion

passion

persian

potion

prussian

russian

surgeon

version

ardent

fashion

lotion

notion

pathan

ration

baldwin

cartons

mahone

ocean

sturgeon

portend

bludgeon

gardens

pardons

portent

dudgeon

farthing

hardened

hardens

trojan

marchman

markman

martens

shorthand

boatman

bolden

boston

broadens

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

chairman

chapman

gascon

golden

muslin

outdone

outrun

oxen

packman

panton

passman

chaplain

acton

airman

alban

alman

aspen

atman

bagman

banyan

baston

classman

claxon

copeman

dampen

damson

dobson

dolman

dolphin

falcon

fibrin

fountain

fourteen

hackman

houseman

jackman

jasmine

kansan

lightman

lineman

linemen

lockman

london

lopeman

olden

ordain

minden

molten

mountain

onion

plantain

ponton

runnion

saffron

samson

saxon

scallion

scullion

shearman

santon

shotgun

gumption

henchman

sovereign

sovran

squadron

stallion

sultan

tuscan

vulcan

spearman

stockman

boardings

undone

soldan

tubman

alan

amman

bason

baton

batten

batton

belgian

bison

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brighten

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

cannon

canon

certain

charon

chosen

colon

common

cotton

cousin

curtain

diction

dozen

dragon

dromon

drunken

engine

ermine

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

fiction

firman

flashgun

flatten

flexion

friction

frighten

frozen

function

gallon

gammon

gentian

german

gladden

gotten

guardsman

hangman

happen

hausen

heighten

heron

hogan

hoten

hoven

hymen

hyphen

hyson

junction

lagan

latin

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

logan

longan

lyden

madden

mangan

marksman

marron

mention

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

odin

omen

open

othman

oven

parting

patten

pavon

pension

perron

person

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

portends

portents

prudhomme

rerun

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

sadden

salmon

sanction

satin

section

sermon

shogun

showman

shrunken

siphon

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

stolen

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

swollen

syphon

talon

tappen

tension

thousand

tighten

titan

token

toman

toughen

triton

trodden

turban

urban

urson

wagon

whiten

widen

wizen

worsen

woven

yeoman

zircon

doctrine

postman

martins

homespun

scotsman

dustman

fortnight

fourteens

townsman

capstan

cauldron

caxton

klansman

lampron

landman

grandson

lengthen

strengthen

spokesman

yachtsman

cajun

session

cowan

freshen

station

vision

dian

legion

ion

mayan

rowan

fusion

owen

lesion

lion

haitian

gowan

nation

rowen

scion

asian

cushion

fission

grecian

heathen

hessian

urine

mission

region

zion

pigeon

suasion

emption

fourteenth

plankton

tungsten

apron

bellman

billion

billman

birthing

bookman

brakeman

bullion

burdened

burdens

cardoon

cartoon

chessman

chevron

chieftain

citron

clinton

crimson

curtains

desman

ensign

fielden

footman

freedman

gilden

goodman

harpoon

headman

hempen

hetman

ibsen

jetson

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

linden

lisbon

lynden

m1

minion

pressman

mignon

milken

million

piston

matron

pitman

melton

patron

pectin

penman

pillion

pinion

nekton

newsman

sardine

selden

sequin

shipman

stepson

stillion

silken

sylvan

tendon

trident

teston

tillman

whitson

trillion

union

verdant

woodman

woolman

workman

craftsman

draftsman

fortnights

huntsman

landsman

brethren

bushman

freshman

rincon

bacon

billon

basin

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

bellon

bisson

bitten

brazen

breton

briton

caisson

canaan

cayman

chasten

cheapen

chicken

christen

craven

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

driven

eaten

eden

elan

felon

freeman

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

gluten

graven

griffon

hasten

haven

heaven

hidden

human

jason

jetton

kalan

kitten

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

linen

listen

loosen

lumen

maiden

mason

melon

mitten

ninon

pagan

prison

proven

pullen

quicken

raven

reason

reckon

redden

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

rumen

satan

seaman

season

semen

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

sicken

smitten

steven

stiffen

straighten

stricken

striven

sweeten

taken

thicken

threaten

treason

vegan

verdin

villain

waken

weaken

weapon

wheaten

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

zaman

delphian

cartoons

children

headsman

salesman

sardines

part-time

seedsman

statesman

treatment

sexton

girding

grouting

hurting

shrouding

writing

shirting

skirting

wording

penguin

paean

rayon

birdman

peon

breathing

threatens

croutons

ruin

commune

lampoon

britons

credence

partner

prudence

prudent

treatments

writings

partners

freedom

freetown

pertain

raccoon

protein

typhoon

thirteen

tycoon

grading

grating

greeting

shredding

trading

breeding

bruting

brooding

fruiting

braiding

jejune

freedoms

proteins

pretend

teaspoon

pertains

maroon

thirteenth

greetings

tradings

pretends

attune

baboon

balloon

buffoon

cocoon

galloon

lagoon

platoon

saloon

bassoon

birthmarks

festoon

immune

monsoon

neptune

pontoon

treadmill

tribune

impugn

treadmills

birthmark

thirteenths

dreadnought

3 syllable words

corsican

forbidden

porcelain

misfortune

scorpion

garrison

gordian

waterman

abortion

apportion

arian

aryan

formation

laurentian

norwegian

irian

proportion

orations

orion

assertion

aversion

caucasian

causation

diversion

gyration

margarine

parthian

croatian

african

alderman

artisan

austrian

cardigan

charlatan

charwoman

forewoman

partisan

unwritten

contortion

distortion

exhaustion

determine

gardener

catalan

lanolin

ottoman

overdone

overman

collagen

puritan

ramadan

suburban

solomon

guardian

hammerman

jacobin

hardener

javelin

vatican

vitamin

keratin

aggression

aspersion

abrasion

accretion

artesian

attrition

carnation

cartesian

gyrations

hydrogen

irishman

nitrogen

oppression

parthenon

partition

patrician

submersion

suppression

vibration

conversion

digression

migration

regression

secretion

hydration

libration

progression

shortening

starvation

subversion

absorption

addition

adsorption

aleutian

allusion

appian

audition

biotin

carrion

cation

citation

clarion

collegian

collision

collusion

commission

commotion

croatians

desertion

digestion

dilation

dilution

donation

duration

edition

erosion

extortion

flotation

galleon

gaussian

ghanaian

grobian

halogen

harlequin

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

immersion

jovian

ligation

location

malayan

malaysian

marian

myosin

narration

negation

niacin

notation

occasion

odeon

omission

ordinance

ovation

petition

phoenician

physician

plebeian

pollution

position

possession

precaution

predation

privation

probation

procession

profession

promotion

protean

provision

quotation

reaction

reversion

rotation

saccharin

sedation

solution

suggestion

summation

syrian

tamarin

tradition

venetian

vocation

volition

derision

brazilian

dominion

irritant

parisian

bedridden

cambrian

cardinal

chairwoman

cohesion

gardeners

horatian

civilian

cortinas

guardians

hardeners

logician

lumberman

attraction

fruition

pavilion

combustion

contrition

compression

frustration

opinion

rifleman

laotian

prostration

castration

talisman

magdalen

magician

unburden

unbutton

corrosion

puritans

creation

uncertain

tuition

ablation

ablution

accession

addiction

admission

adoption

affection

alsatian

ambition

anchorman

ascension

asuncion

attention

cistercian

cognition

collection

compassion

concession

concussion

condition

confession

connection

connexion

contagion

contusion

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

deduction

depression

dispersion

dissection

durations

emulsion

erection

eruption

exertion

foundation

gardening

hardening

inaction

incursion

insertion

inversion

lactation

nutrition

obsession

occlusion

optation

production

profusion

propulsion

protection

oxygen

congestion

plantation

australian

optician

pardoning

reduction

revulsion

salvation

seduction

selection

repression

stagnation

submission

succession

suspicion

transition

tactician

taxation

adrian

albion

andean

awaken

assassin

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

campion

champion

chardonnay

cyprian

eleven

elison

ferryman

fortuna

fustian

gravamen

halcyon

jamaican

jettison

kantian

mandarin

nevadan

overrun

peterman

toboggan

uneven

superman

zambian

councilman

ambrosian

contraction

court-martial

countryman

contraption

badminton

cardinals

franciscan

snapdragon

unbroken

arkansan

transgression

ardently

congressman

truncation

subtraction

adhesion

downtrodden

etruscan

imprison

muskmelon

nebraskan

octillion

portmanteau

abstention

infarction

projection

masculine

irritants

proscription

housebroken

prescription

cetacean

cessation

clergyman

correction

corruption

creations

cremation

decision

deletion

delusion

devotion

direction

division

elation

emission

emotion

evasion

fisherman

flirtation

gradation

illusion

imagine

lecithin

munition

musician

mutation

percussion

permission

perversion

precession

precision

recession

recision

relation

religion

remission

rescission

revision

secession

sedition

vacation

alien

abduction

suspension

anglican

induction

translation

transaction

fabian

fenian

assumption

affliction

transmission

avian

chilean

foramen

intention

intrusion

freudian

median

completion

compulsion

horizon

moroccan

conception

permian

conclusion

concoction

julian

nemean

reopen

uterine

samoan

veteran

simian

conduction

confection

conflation

confucian

confusion

contention

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

declension

diffraction

discretion

disruption

gillian

misprision

nubian

exaction

filtration

excursion

impression

nonhuman

resumption

libyan

pretensions

presumption

retraction

acumen

alaskan

backgammon

abandon

abdomen

abstraction

bartender

battalion

capsaicin

chairperson

chamberlain

chardonnays

conscription

constriction

construction

discipline

everyone

guncotton

in-person

italian

medallion

nobleman

obstruction

pantaloon

policeman

predestine

rebellion

rhodopsin

subscription

sumatran

timberman

transcription

uncommon

vermilion

objection

fijian

farthingale

lutheran

scythian

phrygian

aegean

short-winded

backwoodsman

boardinghouse

heartbroken

ingestion

stygian

beholden

benjamin

deception

defection

deflation

dentition

depiction

depletion

detection

detention

dictation

diffusion

dimension

discussion

dissension

earthenware

election

equation

eviction

excision

fixation

gestation

ignition

impassion

incision

invasion

menhaden

misshapen

perception

perfection

persuasion

preclusion

prediction

preemption

pretension

prevention

reception

rendition

resection

retention

seclusion

sensation

technician

temptation

consumption

destruction

encryption

infraction

restriction

transfusion

excretion

expulsion

complexion

expression

distraction

expansion

extrusion

description

albumin

gardenias

outspoken

aerodyne

egyptian

fortnightly

rejection

anyone

baritone

bedizen

beethoven

bitumen

certainly

bartenders

certainty

cinnamon

gentleman

citizen

keynesian

reunion

crestfallen

credenza

forgotten

opportune

pelican

silicon

ejection

denizen

firedamp

freemason

gradient

indian

lesbian

medicine

skeleton

bandwagon

cartoonist

thespian

embolden

wesleyan

companion

handwoven

venison

communion

specimen

intestine

unison

nonunion

reptilian

saleswoman

compunction

credentialed

credentials

conjunction

regimen

singleton

redemption

reflection

implosion

inclusion

invention

exception

midshipman

marathon

pentathlon

infection

instruction

inflation

partnership

inscription

infusion

inhuman

inception

deflection

extraction

afternoon

baritones

bedouin

burdensome

certainties

clarendon

enlighten

enliven

genuine

gradients

injection

mexican

mistaken

perfusion

scrutiny

tritium

marathons

exclusion

exemption

extension

explosion

urethane

inspection

partnerships

credential

prudential

inflection

infliction

distinction

englishman

disunion

feminine

emblazon

melanin

maritime

prudency

scrutinize

injunction

extinction

threatening

cartoonists

pertinent

prudently

sardonic

freethinker

maritimes

cortina

freethinkers

tablespoon

breadwinner

pretender

pretended

breadwinners

pretenders

honeymoon

picayune

4 syllable words

floridian

fortunately

watermelon

correlation

alteration

coronation

gregorian

praetorian

corp.

corporation

aberration

adoration

apparition

coloration

laceration

moderation

operation

reassertion

toleration

deportation

agrarian

accordion

ordination

darwinian

alternation

historian

victorian

maturation

deformation

nestorian

coordinate

cotyledon

copernican

jordanian

samaritan

ordinary

barbarian

american

gorgonian

gargantuan

librarian

saturation

arabian

assyrian

bavarian

bolivian

collodion

coloradan

criterion

diocesan

european

fallopian

galilean

hyperion

iberian

jacobean

liberian

maccabean

missourian

napoleon

admiration

appalachian

arthurian

planarian

aspiration

ulceration

affirmation

siberian

valerian

hibernation

procreation

profanation

malformation

exhortation

formulation

mortification

importation

coordinates

federation

contrarian

coalition

generation

leviathan

liberation

reparation

separation

armageddon

comparison

jordanians

foliation

rhetorician

fluctuation

variation

ideation

miseration

dietitian

adrenaline

nigerian

ordinaries

veneration

violation

iteration

prohibition

decoration

preparation

meridian

abrogation

greco-roman

aggravation

amphibian

aggregation

armenian

guatemalan

backwardation

approbation

altercation

hypertension

immigration

wagnerian

abyssinian

inattention

alabaman

obsidian

confirmation

demarcation

committeeman

conservation

conversation

penetration

retardation

fabrication

desecration

masturbation

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

dominican

calibration

eritrean

graduation

observation

oblivion

pagurian

paraguayan

pavlovian

celebration

penicillin

emigration

olympian

overburden

carcinogen

orchestration

californian

contravention

dehydration

elongation

nonpartisan

ordinances

collocation

connotation

decimation

declaration

dedication

defamation

definition

delegation

demolition

deposition

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

detonation

devolution

dilatation

diminution

dissertation

divination

dissolution

elevation

emanation

fascination

fluoridation

litigation

locomotion

machination

manumission

nomination

opposition

oscillation

polynesian

domination

erudition

evocation

evolution

figuration

medication

meditation

melanesian

mongolian

motivation

mutilation

navigation

politician

preignition

premonition

preservation

propagation

proposition

provocation

readmission

realization

recreation

reformation

recitation

relocation

renovation

repercussion

repetition

reposition

repossession

resolution

reservation

respiration

resurrection

revelation

revocation

revolution

restoration

sanitation

algerian

abolition

allegation

allocation

animation

annotation

appellation

avocation

bifurcation

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

hungarian

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

irrational

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jubilation

suffocation

supervision

supposition

usurpation

vacillation

validation

valuation

variations

ministration

arizonan

circumvention

decompression

arbitration

consecration

comedian

consternation

embarkation

illustration

integration

ostentation

punctuation

transportation

canadian

transformation

chameleon

attribution

devonian

draconian

gastrulation

incarnation

malnutrition

himalayan

iranian

iridium

mammalian

newtonian

plutonian

reawaken

sicilian

simonian

utopian

adulation

agitation

crocodilian

education

macedonian

noblewoman

pedestrian

republican

tamoxifen

vegetation

congregation

apprehension

cogitation

modulation

indigestion

bohemian

corinthian

deviation

radiation

athenian

aviation

mediation

pelagian

perforation

surrogation

acclamation

abdication

abnegation

absolution

acclimation

demonstration

accusation

activation

adaptation

admonition

affectation

culmination

cultivation

degradation

depravation

depredation

acquisition

advocation

deprivation

dereliction

designation

destination

destitution

devastation

disaffection

imposition

indication

indonesian

information

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

population

precondition

predilection

presentation

proclamation

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

publication

ventilation

vindication

conflagration

ammunition

confrontation

commendation

commutation

combination

application

benediction

cancellation

annexation

competition

concentration

compilation

composition

convocation

sequestration

consummation

convolution

consolation

dislocation

obstetrician

distillation

duplication

expiration

granulation

guardianship

contribution

excitation

exhibition

fibrillation

insulation

insurrection

interaction

intercession

intermission

lubrication

molestation

recantation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

segregation

simulation

speculation

statistician

stimulation

superhuman

superstition

tabulation

vaccination

disposition

elocution

emulation

equitation

estimation

inspiration

interruption

intimation

intonation

inundation

invocation

lilliputian

contradiction

obligation

occupation

regulation

relaxation

replication

requisition

resignation

retrocession

contraception

reputation

stipulation

subdivision

tribulation

albanian

columbian

aldebaran

centurion

predetermine

situation

assemblyman

conjugation

comprehension

sectarian

tasmanian

ibuprofen

estonian

minnesotan

interurban

moravian

inhibition

kindergarten

nicaraguan

peruvian

gentlewoman

hydrocarbon

legislation

syncopation

glaciation

amputation

augmentation

calculation

compensation

complication

computation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confiscation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

deconstruction

disconnection

disillusion

dispensation

dissipation

electrician

excavation

execution

expedition

exploration

exposition

fragmentation

fumigation

germination

imperfection

implication

imputation

incantation

inclination

inflammation

inquisition

installation

interception

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Words that rhyme with the word fortune

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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