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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

crescents

lengthen

sexton

strengthen

airman

aspen

baston

bellman

brushing

chairman

chevron

classman

claxon

crashing

crushing

damson

desman

gascon

headman

hempen

hetman

ibsen

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

m1

melton

nekton

passman

pectin

penman

persons

piston

presence

present

samson

saxon

selden

tendon

thrashing

tuscan

whitson

worsens

gumption

henchman

alan

amman

bacon

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

bayman

begun

billon

bison

bitten

blacken

bourbon

bracken

brazen

briton

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

certain

chicken

cousin

craven

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

dozen

dragon

driven

ermine

famine

fatten

firman

flatten

gallon

gammon

garron

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

graven

griffon

happen

haven

hidden

hyson

kalan

kitten

laden

lagan

latin

layman

linen

loosen

madden

maiden

mitten

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

oven

pagan

patten

platen

platten

prison

pullen

quicken

raven

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

sermon

shaken

shaman

sicken

slacken

smitten

stiffen

straighten

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

taken

talon

tappen

thicken

toughen

turban

urban

villain

wagon

waken

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

zaman

zircon

churchman

dressings

dutchman

dungeon

faustian

surgeons

function

auction

luncheon

persians

portion

urchins

urgent

versions

virgins

merchant

option

junction

martian

sanction

torsion

urine

bracing

legion

region

rayon

fusion

heathen

krishna

lesion

nursing

tracing

trojan

wrecking

capstan

caxton

headsman

statesman

delphian

presents

dustman

pregnant

grandson

acton

alman

apron

arson

atman

austin

bagman

banyan

billion

billman

bookman

boston

brackens

brakeman

bullion

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

chaplain

chapman

citron

clinton

crimson

dampen

dobson

dragons

falcon

fearsome

footman

gilden

goodman

hackman

houseman

irksome

jackman

jasmine

kansan

kirkman

linden

lisbon

london

lynden

matron

merchants

mignon

milken

million

minion

muslin

onion

oxen

packman

panton

parson

patron

penguin

perkins

pillion

pinion

pitman

plantain

prisons

runnion

saffron

santon

scallion

scullion

shipman

silken

spearman

stallion

stillion

sultan

sylvan

tillman

trillion

tubman

tungsten

undone

vulcan

woodman

woolman

workman

craftsman

draftsman

huntsman

bowman

bollen

boughten

mangan

sunken

beacon

bobbin

margin

blowgun

othman

auden

beaten

break-in

crewman

brighten

broaden

brogan

crouton

common

cuban

fortune

georgian

hangman

perchance

piercing

broken

chosen

cretin

cotton

watchman

colon

trojans

cheapen

cumin

eden

fallen

rincon

deacon

shrunken

demon

dromon

elan

drunken

deepen

eaten

floren

foreign

freeman

frighten

frozen

gluten

gotten

gruesome

hausen

heighten

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

leman

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

logan

loren

lumen

lyden

merkin

odin

often

omen

open

pavon

perkin

poison

pollan

pollen

prism

proven

reason

rerun

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

seaman

season

semen

seton

shogun

showman

siphon

siren

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

sweeten

swollen

syphon

thousand

tighten

titan

token

toman

treason

triton

trodden

warren

weaken

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

coachman

breaking

klansman

cracking

crossing

dragging

grazing

arsons

jerking

landman

lampron

spokesman

tricking

salesman

phrasing

virgin

fragment

children

deerskin

homespun

horseman

working

parsons

postman

scotsman

yachtsman

margined

margins

dian

sergeant

cowan

gowan

ion

mayan

lion

owen

paean

georgians

peon

zion

scion

plankton

ruin

rowen

rowan

alban

bargain

barton

boatman

bolden

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chieftain

copeman

corban

cordon

dalton

darken

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

fibrin

fielden

fireman

firkins

foreman

fountain

foursome

freedman

garden

golden

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

hearten

jargon

jerkins

jordan

jorden

lightman

lineman

linemen

lockman

lopeman

marlin

marten

martin

merging

minden

molten

morgan

mormon

mountain

newsman

norman

olden

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

pardon

ponton

prisms

purging

searching

sequin

sharpen

shearman

shorten

shotgun

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallman

stockman

tarpon

tartan

treasons

union

wanton

warden

zircons

sportsman

fragments

landsman

marksman

coursing

crossings

forcing

longan

workings

parchment

sergeants

bordman

foreskin

frequent

gorgons

hearkens

markman

morgans

seedsman

bargains

cauldron

doctrine

marchman

portman

organs

baldwin

oarsman

darkened

harkens

townsman

brougham

drachma

broking

browsing

creaking

freaking

freezing

precinct

frequents

guardsman

argon

preaching

argonne

breeching

foregone

foreseen

arraign

sorghum

drachmas

precincts

sharking

parking

marking

marching

arching

forging

forgings

scorching

presume

argent

markings

drugging

trucking

percent

frogmouth

dragnets

percents

lorgnettes

arcane

breakneck

dragnet

presumes

lorgnette

frogmouths

3 syllable words

coercion

creation

croatian

derision

fruition

horatian

laotian

parisian

tuition

mexican

denizen

elison

garrison

jettison

keratin

medicine

nourishing

pelican

prescient

skeleton

thespian

venison

accession

admission

affection

aggression

ambition

ascension

attention

collection

concession

confession

connection

connexion

deception

defection

dentition

depression

detection

detention

digression

dimension

dissection

dissension

election

erection

gestation

laurentian

nourishment

obsession

oppression

perception

perfection

preemption

pretension

prevention

progression

protection

reception

regression

rendition

repression

resection

retention

selection

sensation

succession

suppression

tactician

technician

temptation

transition

aleutian

assertion

audition

cetacean

emission

clarion

decision

flirtation

emotion

flotation

desertion

elation

addition

causation

citation

commission

commotion

cremation

deletion

devotion

dilation

donation

duration

edition

fisherman

gradation

bedouin

heroin

heroine

niacin

gyration

veteran

halogen

marian

myosin

munition

negation

ligation

location

musician

mutation

notation

omission

oration

ovation

petition

phoenician

physician

pollution

position

predation

privation

probation

promotion

quotation

reaction

recision

regimen

relation

remission

rescission

rotation

sedation

sedition

solution

summation

tradition

vacation

venetian

vocation

volition

carrion

digestion

ejection

projection

rejection

suggestion

aegean

caressing

phrygian

arrogance

arrogant

bedridden

scythian

stygian

chairperson

discipline

magician

predestine

corrosion

chairwoman

genuine

logician

talisman

saracens

abduction

compression

conception

confection

contention

convection

convention

declension

deflection

discretion

exception

impression

inception

infection

invention

redemption

reflection

suspension

transmission

ablation

ablution

abortion

accretion

addiction

adoption

alsatian

anyone

apportion

aspersion

assassin

asuncion

attrition

benjamin

bulletin

carnation

catalan

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

cognition

compassion

concussion

condition

congestion

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

deduction

deflation

depiction

depletion

dictation

discussion

dispersion

eleven

emulsion

eruption

eviction

excision

exertion

feminine

ferryman

fixation

formation

foundation

freemason

fustian

halcyon

hydration

ignition

impassion

inaction

incision

ingestion

injection

insertion

irishman

jacobin

javelin

kerosene

lactation

lanolin

lesbian

libration

melanin

menhaden

migration

misshapen

nutrition

objection

optation

optician

paragon

partition

patrician

personnel

persuasion

plantation

prediction

presenter

production

proportion

propulsion

puritan

pursuant

ramadan

reduction

revulsion

salvation

sarasin

secretion

seduction

silicon

stagnation

starvation

submission

suspicion

taxation

unison

vatican

vibration

wesleyan

clergyman

egyptian

extension

caucasian

reptilian

aversion

collegian

extortion

allusion

collision

crescendo

division

exemption

gentleman

collusion

delusion

dilution

diversion

encryption

erosion

evasion

illusion

immersion

malaysian

imagine

origin

franciscan

occasion

perversion

precaution

precision

expression

inflection

inspection

transgression

intestine

truncation

warehousing

prescience

provision

religion

urgency

virginal

reversion

complexion

adhesion

crestfallen

revision

alien

chilean

fabian

foramen

libyan

malayan

moroccan

worrisome

syrian

arian

appian

avian

biotin

cation

galleon

gaussian

ghanaian

gillian

hawaiian

horizon

permian

plebeian

prisoner

tiresome

tamarin

saccharin

simian

samoan

prostration

attraction

confucian

disruption

inflation

affliction

assumption

combustion

completion

compulsion

concoction

conduction

conflation

contortion

conviction

contrition

convulsion

distortion

induction

intention

presumption

transaction

translation

castration

diffraction

exaction

excursion

exhaustion

pentathlon

resumption

filtration

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

frustration

retraction

african

alaskan

brazilian

capsaicin

civilian

clarendon

cohesion

dominion

enlighten

enliven

everyone

harassment

in-person

magdalen

mistaken

opinion

pavilion

policeman

pregnancy

presences

presenters

presently

rebellion

unbutton

uncertain

unwritten

vermilion

transcription

fijian

lutheran

progeny

extraction

abrasion

beholden

contagion

contusion

conversion

diffusion

dressmaking

equation

hydrogen

incursion

invasion

inversion

merchandise

nitrogen

occlusion

oxygen

preclusion

profusion

seclusion

submersion

subversion

urgently

adrian

albion

andean

cyprian

keynesian

absorption

determine

larceny

mandarin

moroccans

nevadan

ottoman

overdone

overman

waterman

abstention

overrun

vitamin

wearisome

description

zambian

consumption

contraction

contraption

adsorption

destruction

campion

suburban

presumptions

distraction

prescription

champion

restriction

awaken

bitumen

bouillon

brazenly

burgundy

proscription

bedizen

beethoven

collagen

forgotten

gravamen

horizons

subtraction

prisoners

transfusion

hammerman

indian

explosion

excretion

jamaican

kantian

extrusion

personal

expansion

peterman

expulsion

solomon

toboggan

exclusion

infarction

infliction

superman

uneven

infraction

badminton

disunion

emblazon

embolden

etruscan

imprison

masculine

muskmelon

nebraskan

pregnancies

saleswoman

margarine

parthian

compunction

eurasian

distinction

englishman

conclusion

intrusion

implosion

inclusion

infusion

inhuman

anglican

confusion

singleton

conjunction

conscription

constriction

construction

dorian

freudian

foreigner

fenian

hurricane

instruction

grobian

injunction

inscription

persona

protean

reopen

subscription

abstraction

jovian

aryan

julian

irian

korean

median

obstruction

orion

uterine

nemean

nubian

odeon

truism

alderman

circumference

artisan

austrian

backgammon

charlatan

charwoman

corsican

chamberlain

guncotton

rhodopsin

uncommon

rifleman

presentment

lumberman

unburden

backwoodsman

partisan

abandon

abdomen

acumen

arraignment

arsenal

arsenic

arsenide

battalion

brigantine

burgundies

cambrian

cardigan

forbidden

italian

medallion

mercantile

nobleman

perfusion

personals

porcelain

timberman

carousing

extinction

anchorman

norwegian

marginal

congressman

cartesian

artesian

percentage

parsonage

albumin

ambrosian

arkansan

arraignments

arsenals

arsonist

bandwagon

bosnian

circumvent

communion

companion

councilman

countryman

cross-country

dressmaker

foreigners

fragmented

gordian

guardian

handwoven

harlequin

housebroken

hurricanes

octillion

outspoken

reunion

scorpion

snapdragon

unbroken

argentine

archangel

nonhuman

workmanship

norwegians

arachnid

arachnids

arkansans

arsonists

australian

argument

arcanum

circumstance

argonaut

circumcise

dressmakers

forewoman

frequency

circumvents

organize

organum

preconceive

proconsul

proximal

proximate

sumatran

archangels

argentines

horsemanship

darkening

origins

arguments

argonauts

nonunion

pragmatist

downtrodden

frequencies

frequently

organelles

organist

organized

marksmanship

workmanlike

bargainer

circumscribe

circumspect

heartbroken

pragmatists

pyroxene

bargainers

presumptive

marconi

prognoses

organics

organic

pragmatic

sarcoma

4 syllable words

parishioner

apparition

decoration

federation

generation

parishioners

preparation

reparation

rhetorician

separation

surrogation

variation

veneration

glaciation

graduation

maturation

penicillin

saturation

abolition

allegation

allocation

animation

annotation

appellation

assyrian

avocation

decimation

declaration

dedication

defamation

definition

delegation

demolition

deposition

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

detonation

devolution

elevation

emanation

erudition

evolution

fascination

germination

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

levitation

machination

medication

meditation

navigation

parisians

preelection

premonition

preservation

readmission

recitation

recreation

reelection

reformation

renovation

repercussion

repetition

repossession

reservation

resolution

respiration

restoration

resurrection

revelation

revocation

revolution

sanitation

sicilian

termination

trepidation

vacillation

validation

coalition

coloration

foliation

education

reassertion

toleration

radiation

meridian

vegetation

aviation

adulation

corinthian

deviation

dietitian

ideation

iteration

laceration

liberation

mediation

original

perforation

agitation

originate

violation

pagination

adoration

moderation

prohibition

aberration

miseration

operation

abdication

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

acquisition

activation

accusation

abnegation

adaptation

admonition

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

ammunition

annexation

application

approbation

benediction

calibration

cancellation

celebration

circulation

depravation

dereliction

desecration

destitution

circumcision

degradation

depredation

deprivation

designation

destination

devastation

disaffection

elocution

emigration

emulation

equitation

american

excitation

estimation

exhibition

paraguayan

situation

expiration

intercession

estonian

hypertension

insurrection

presentation

centurion

palpitation

protestation

recollection

statistician

recantation

reputation

eritrean

reclamation

recognition

requisition

resignation

tabulation

fabrication

refutation

regulation

replication

superstition

ventilation

fermentation

penetration

predilection

obsidian

segregation

nestorian

molestation

samaritan

granulation

intermission

interruption

persecution

restitution

retrocession

speculation

vaccination

sectarian

admiration

affirmation

algerian

alteration

appalachian

aspiration

bifurcation

collocation

connotation

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

dilatation

diminution

disillusion

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

divination

domination

evocation

figuration

fluoridation

fumigation

hibernation

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

intuition

irrigation

irritation

jubilation

limitation

isolation

litigation

locomotion

manumission

melanesian

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

nomination

opposition

originals

originates

oscillation

perspiration

perturbation

politician

preignition

procreation

profanation

propagation

reposition

titillation

valuation

legislation

proposition

provocation

realization

relocation

rumination

suffocation

supervision

supposition

ulceration

usurpation

visitation

arizonan

bavarian

diocesan

european

galilean

heroism

himalayan

jacobean

maccabean

marijuana

mercenary

missourian

personally

planarian

valerian

modulation

misbegotten

amputation

adrenaline

calculation

condescension

decompression

disconnection

augmentation

attribution

disinfection

electrician

embarkation

execution

exhortation

fragmentation

interception

interdiction

intersection

intervention

menstruation

malnutrition

cogitation

fluctuation

excavation

exploration

expedition

exposition

gastrulation

imperfection

misperception

indentation

indexation

infestation

ostentation

comparison

preconception

presentations

segmentation

satisfaction

arrogantly

pedestrian

reinspection

retribution

apprehension

athenian

exhalation

indigestion

interjection

leviathan

nigerian

pelagian

registration

strangulation

altercation

backwardation

alternation

combination

commendation

commutation

competition

compilation

composition

confirmation

conservation

consolation

consummation

conversation

convocation

convolution

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

deformation

demarcation

deportation

dislocation

disposition

distillation

duplication

fibrillation

immigration

imposition

inattention

indecision

peruvian

indication

information

inspiration

insulation

moravian

interaction

intimation

intonation

inundation

invitation

invocation

lilliputian

liquidation

lubrication

masturbation

obligation

observation

occupation

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

permutation

population

precondition

proclamation

prosecution

prostitution

publication

relaxation

retardation

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

syndication

tribulation

vindication

greco-roman

pagurian

personable

personalize

circumspection

barbarian

historian

contraception

demonstration

explanation

librarian

exclamation

expectation

explication

extrication

impregnation

misconception

exploitation

extradition

indiscretion

committeeman

abyssinian

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

amphibian

arizonans

copernican

custodian

dandelion

dominican

mercenaries

minnesotan

oblivion

preconceptions

self-deception

sequestration

reexamine

wagnerian

watermelon

businesswoman

conjugation

dehydration

elongation

equestrian

gentlewoman

comprehension

inhibition

syncopation

exhumation

arthurian

polynesian

hungarian

merchandiser

ohioan

smithsonian

arbitration

complication

compensation

computation

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

consecration

constipation

constitution

consultation

formulation

malformation

constellation

consternation

ministration

punctuation

reproduction

circumvention

implication

dispensation

disputation

importation

imputation

incantation

indignation

inflammation

jurisdiction

disinflation

illustration

inclination

inquisition

installation

instigation

institution

integration

introspection

incarnation

liquefaction

mortification

obfuscation

pigmentation

preconditions

subluxation

substitution

tetrahedron

transformation

transportation

arabian

criterion

shakespearean

devonian

noblewoman

draconian

armageddon

contrarian

republican

fallopian

floridian

crocodilian

congregation

napoleon

siberian

simonian

iberian

mammalian

charismatic

macedonian

tamoxifen

chameleon

comedian

incubation

collodion

coloradan

hyperion

liberian

reawaken

personify

iranian

personalized

canadian

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Words that rhyme with the word freshen

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

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