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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

bullion

goodman

newsman

prudence

prudent

woodman

crewman

crouton

gluten

cuban

cumin

human

loosen

lumen

odin

proven

rumen

wooden

paean

peon

ruin

bruting

fusion

shrouding

fruiting

billion

banyan

boatman

bolden

bookman

canyon

copeman

croutons

footman

fountain

million

minion

outdone

onion

kenyan

molten

outrun

pillion

pinion

runnion

scallion

scullion

squadron

stallion

stillion

trillion

freedman

golden

headman

houseman

lopeman

mountain

olden

soldan

woolman

auden

beacon

beaten

blowgun

bowman

brethren

broaden

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

bushman

cheapen

chosen

coachman

colon

cretin

deacon

deaden

deepen

demon

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

freeman

frozen

gladden

glidden

hausen

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

laden

leaden

ledden

leman

leven

logan

lyden

madden

maiden

omen

open

protein

pullen

reason

redden

rerun

ridden

riden

roman

rosen

sadden

seaman

season

semen

seton

shogun

showman

slogan

sodden

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

sudden

sweeten

swollen

thousand

token

toman

treason

trodden

verdin

weaken

wheaten

widen

woman

woolen

woven

yeoman

postman

seedsman

children

homespun

cauldron

grandson

townsman

baldwin

delphian

landman

spokesman

bordman

headsman

cushion

gowan

lion

mayan

owen

rayon

grading

ion

braiding

grouting

lesion

dian

rowan

heathen

rowen

breeding

girding

grecian

zion

legion

lotion

ocean

potion

region

shredding

wording

cowan

motion

notion

trojan

scion

trading

alman

arson

acton

atman

airman

alban

apron

aspen

austin

bagman

baston

birdman

broadens

calvin

captain

carbon

burdens

bargain

barton

bellman

billman

burdened

canton

boston

brakeman

carman

carmine

chairman

chaplain

classman

carton

chapman

chessman

chevron

chieftain

citron

claxon

clinton

corban

cordon

credence

crimson

dalton

dampen

damson

darken

desman

dobson

dolman

dolphin

ensign

falcon

faulcon

fibrin

fielden

fireman

foreman

garden

gascon

gilden

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

harten

hearten

hempen

hetman

ibsen

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jordan

jorden

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lockman

london

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

matron

melton

mignon

milken

minden

morgan

mormon

muslin

nekton

norman

organ

oxen

packman

panton

pardon

parson

passman

orphan

patron

penman

pectin

piston

pitman

plantain

ponton

proteins

saffron

samson

santon

sardine

saxon

sequin

selden

pressman

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shorten

shotgun

silken

smarten

sovereign

spearman

stallman

stepson

sovran

spartan

sultan

stockman

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

tendon

tubman

whitson

wanton

teston

tillman

trident

tuscan

undone

verdant

vulcan

warden

workman

guardsman

landsman

ordnance

action

auction

bastion

belgian

boarding

caption

christian

churchman

diction

drunken

dungeon

engine

faction

faustian

dutchman

fiction

flexion

option

hangman

hoarding

luncheon

fortune

freshman

friction

flashgun

fraction

longan

martian

mention

margin

gentian

georgian

mangan

mansion

othman

pension

portion

prudhomme

rincon

sunken

watchman

suction

section

torsion

traction

shrunken

tradings

question

tension

alan

amman

bacon

baron

barren

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beckon

begun

bellon

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

blacken

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bourbon

bracken

brazen

breton

brighten

briton

burman

burton

button

cabin

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

certain

charon

chasten

chicken

christen

common

cotton

cousin

craven

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deafen

devon

dozen

dragon

driven

ermine

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

felon

firman

flatten

floren

foreign

freedom

freetown

frighten

gallon

gammon

garron

german

gibbon

given

glisten

gotten

graven

griffon

happen

hasten

haven

heaven

heighten

heron

hymen

hyphen

hyson

jason

jetton

kalan

kitten

lagan

latin

layman

leaven

lemon

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linen

listen

liven

locken

loren

marron

mason

melon

mitten

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

often

oven

pagan

patten

pavon

perron

person

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

prison

quicken

raven

reckon

resin

ribbon

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rosin

rotten

salmon

satan

satin

sermon

seven

shaken

shaman

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

smitten

soften

stiffen

straighten

stricken

striven

sullen

summon

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

thicken

thirteen

threaten

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

turban

urban

urson

vegan

villain

wagon

waken

warren

weapon

whiten

wiccan

wizen

women

worsen

written

yaupon

zaman

zircon

ardent

capstan

cartons

caxton

doctrine

dustman

farthing

gardens

horseman

jordans

hardened

hardens

klansman

lampron

marchman

markman

martens

mordant

pardons

lengthen

oarsman

portman

salesman

statesman

sexton

shortens

sardines

scotsman

strengthen

wardens

treatment

yachtsman

ashen

asian

bludgeon

burgeon

cajun

dudgeon

earthen

fashion

fission

caution

freshen

grating

greeting

gudgeon

haitian

hurting

hessian

kitchen

mahone

mission

nation

passion

pathan

persian

pigeon

prussian

ration

russian

session

shirting

skirting

station

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

urchin

version

vision

writing

boardings

plankton

portions

martians

henchman

tungsten

thirteenths

fortunes

emption

gumption

breathing

britons

dreadnought

pretend

threatens

boredom

urine

birthing

fortin

curtains

fourteen

freedoms

ordain

m1

treadmill

marksman

sanction

draftsman

huntsman

craftsman

function

junction

treatments

sportsman

greetings

parting

thirteenth

writings

treadmills

portent

portend

fourteens

martins

pertain

fourteenth

penguin

portents

pertains

birthmark

fortnights

birthmarks

cardoon

cartoon

partner

cartoons

fortnight

part-time

partners

pretends

portends

shorthand

3 syllable words

adrian

andean

bedizen

bouillon

indian

reunion

gordian

guardian

gradient

alien

appian

arian

aryan

avian

carrion

chilean

clarion

dorian

fabian

fenian

galleon

gillian

irian

korean

libyan

marian

nemean

orion

permian

plebeian

simian

syrian

uterine

munition

musician

mutation

aegean

fijian

fruition

lutheran

phrygian

scythian

stygian

tuition

cohesion

gradients

guardians

cyprian

scorpion

halcyon

kantian

keynesian

lesbian

superman

anyone

bosnian

bulletin

champion

ferryman

fustian

prudency

campion

thespian

uneven

albion

unison

wesleyan

zambian

foundation

nutrition

addition

adhesion

audition

bedouin

cation

clergyman

collegian

communion

deletion

disunion

donation

duration

edition

flotation

ghanaian

gradation

hawaiian

location

malayan

nonunion

notation

omission

ovation

parthian

phoenician

predation

probation

quotation

rotation

scrutiny

sedation

sedition

tradition

tritium

venetian

vocation

volition

civilian

everyone

cardigan

pavilion

prudently

rhodopsin

coercion

dominion

opinion

policeman

austrian

cambrian

brazilian

bedridden

logician

vermilion

sumatran

croatian

medallion

accretion

cartesian

condition

depletion

durations

hydration

rendition

addiction

admission

artesian

norwegian

prudential

prediction

secretion

awaken

bitumen

elison

garrison

gravamen

jamaican

jettison

mandarin

medicine

overdone

overman

overrun

puritan

scrutinize

vatican

octillion

countryman

gardenias

badminton

reptilian

aleutian

allusion

caucasian

causation

cessation

cetacean

citation

collision

collusion

commission

croatians

decision

delusion

dilation

dilution

division

elation

emission

evasion

flirtation

gyration

illusion

ligation

malaysian

narration

negation

occasion

oration

permission

petition

physician

pollution

position

precision

privation

provision

recision

religion

remission

rescission

revision

solution

summation

vacation

cortina

horizon

foramen

moroccan

reopen

saccharin

veteran

midshipman

completion

tamarin

abdomen

acumen

alderman

battalion

capsaicin

chairwoman

charwoman

cortinas

enlighten

enliven

forewoman

genuine

italian

magdalen

magician

mistaken

nobleman

perfusion

predestine

puritans

rebellion

talisman

unwritten

corrosion

creation

derision

horatian

laotian

parisian

backwoodsman

ablation

ablution

abrasion

adoption

alsatian

ambition

attrition

beholden

carnation

cognition

contagion

contusion

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

deduction

deflation

dentition

depiction

equation

dictation

diffusion

eviction

excision

fixation

formation

gestation

gyrations

hydrogen

ignition

incision

invasion

irishman

lactation

misshapen

occlusion

optation

orations

partition

patrician

plantation

preclusion

production

profusion

libration

migration

optician

persuasion

reduction

salvation

seclusion

seduction

sensation

stagnation

starvation

submission

suspicion

tactician

taxation

technician

temptation

transition

vibration

excretion

proscription

bandwagon

companion

councilman

catalan

downtrodden

breadwinner

franciscan

beethoven

egyptian

cinnamon

embolden

collagen

denizen

eleven

jacobin

ottoman

javelin

pelican

specimen

albumin

peterman

emblazon

solomon

ramadan

skeleton

determine

keratin

silicon

handwoven

housebroken

imprison

citizen

nevadan

masculine

lanolin

outspoken

freemason

gardener

venison

vitamin

saleswoman

assassin

forgotten

hardener

waterman

truncation

hammerman

suburban

snapdragon

toboggan

desertion

affliction

direction

conclusion

devotion

conviction

commotion

diversion

abduction

erosion

recession

conflation

confucian

confusion

filtration

lecithin

margarine

relation

conduction

regimen

frustration

halogen

reversion

contrition

inflation

corruption

assertion

aversion

correction

creations

cremation

fisherman

imagine

immersion

origin

emotion

percussion

perversion

nonhuman

possession

precaution

precession

prostration

redemption

procession

profession

promotion

reaction

misprision

secession

inclusion

induction

inhuman

intrusion

translation

castration

infusion

transmission

abandon

african

alaskan

artisan

australian

backgammon

biotin

breadwinners

burdensome

cardinal

chairperson

chamberlain

charlatan

corsican

discipline

forbidden

gardeners

guncotton

hardeners

heroin

heroine

in-person

irritant

lumberman

mexican

myosin

niacin

partisan

porcelain

rifleman

samoan

timberman

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

accession

transfusion

abortion

affection

aggression

anchorman

apportion

ascension

aspersion

attention

benjamin

cistercian

collection

compassion

concession

concussion

confession

connection

connexion

conversion

credential

restriction

deception

defection

depression

detection

detention

digression

dimension

discussion

adsorption

dispersion

election

dissection

dissension

emulsion

eruption

gardening

hardening

erection

exertion

fortunate

impassion

insertion

menhaden

pardoning

incursion

inversion

inaction

oxygen

prescription

laurentian

nitrogen

obsession

oppression

parthenon

extrusion

exclusion

preemption

succession

description

revulsion

encryption

reception

subversion

infliction

retention

perception

shortening

perfection

selection

suppression

protection

propulsion

progression

proportion

regression

repression

submersion

resection

pretension

prevention

distinction

englishman

fortuna

ambrosian

baritone

certainty

etruscan

aerodyne

certainly

unbroken

chardonnay

feminine

projection

rejection

credenza

muskmelon

crestfallen

nebraskan

cartoonist

suggestion

intestine

ejection

ardently

melanin

cardinals

digestion

gentleman

irritants

ordinance

arkansan

anglican

assumption

attraction

compulsion

combustion

compression

conception

concoction

contention

transcription

convection

convention

subscription

confection

inscription

contortion

convulsion

credentialed

conscription

constriction

credentials

declension

diffraction

discretion

disruption

excursion

exhaustion

transaction

implosion

infection

intention

invention

pretensions

singleton

deflection

distortion

exaction

exception

inception

misfortune

presumption

resumption

suspension

impression

pentathlon

reflection

retraction

extinction

marathon

threatening

cartoonists

injection

congestion

farthingale

boardinghouse

objection

short-winded

heartbroken

ingestion

sardonic

freethinker

abstention

absorption

baritones

complexion

congressman

consumption

destruction

pertinent

contraction

contraption

distraction

exemption

expansion

explosion

expression

infarction

infraction

inspection

expulsion

extortion

inflection

clarendon

extension

subtraction

certainties

pretended

transgression

asuncion

earthenware

marathons

compunction

conjunction

abstraction

construction

extraction

injunction

freethinkers

harlequin

instruction

obstruction

portmanteau

urethane

maritime

firedamp

court-martial

chardonnays

maritimes

partnership

partnerships

pretenders

bartenders

fortnightly

pretender

bartender

4 syllable words

utopian

plutonian

collodion

newtonian

meridian

custodian

eustachian

herculean

bolivian

canadian

comedian

draconian

european

floridian

fumigation

devonian

fallopian

napoleon

rumination

missourian

simonian

bohemian

foliation

ideation

mediation

moravian

radiation

accordion

darwinian

centurion

columbian

estonian

ohioan

gorgonian

jordanian

olympian

pagurian

obsidian

pavlovian

lubrication

assyrian

bavarian

arthurian

hyperion

iberian

iranian

iridium

liberian

planarian

fluoridation

galilean

mongolian

usurpation

chameleon

gregorian

procreation

arabian

criterion

jacobean

jubilation

maccabean

manumission

supervision

mammalian

praetorian

siberian

mutilation

sicilian

valerian

smithsonian

corinthian

deviation

jordanians

variation

crocodilian

moderation

pelagian

pedestrian

adoration

nigerian

hegelian

aviation

federation

athenian

coalition

prohibition

abdication

eritrean

historian

guardianship

graduation

abyssinian

glaciation

librarian

duplication

indonesian

liquidation

amphibian

permutation

refutation

armenian

agrarian

crucifixion

backwardation

albanian

barbarian

committeeman

nestorian

predetermine

cotyledon

dandelion

oblivion

syndication

cyclopean

sectarian

superstition

situation

tasmanian

superhuman

victorian

wagnerian

equestrian

medication

readmission

recreation

algerian

mitigation

variations

gravitation

meditation

validation

valuation

evocation

hungarian

irritation

levitation

limitation

dissipation

erudition

intuition

motivation

titillation

relocation

trepidation

dedication

polynesian

visitation

admiration

jurisdiction

disputation

malnutrition

himalayan

indignation

protozoan

incubation

cogitation

contrarian

fluctuation

macedonian

shakespearean

decoration

liberation

miseration

laceration

leviathan

aberration

apparition

coloration

generation

iteration

operation

perforation

reparation

rhetorician

preparation

separation

veneration

surrogation

toleration

acquisition

adaptation

advocation

algonquian

degradation

equitation

depredation

fabrication

invitation

molestation

protestation

publication

requisition

vindication

retardation

indication

oxidation

subdivision

ovulation

benediction

cultivation

fibrillation

indecision

dislocation

rhododendron

aldebaran

coordinate

greco-roman

maturation

penicillin

paraguayan

overburden

exhumation

dehydration

predominate

scrutinizes

assemblyman

saturation

californian

dominican

samaritan

ibuprofen

abolition

affirmation

allegation

allocation

alteration

animation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

arbitration

aspiration

avocation

bifurcation

collocation

condemnation

connotation

corp.

corporation

correlation

decimation

declaration

defamation

delegation

demolition

deposition

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

devolution

dilatation

disillusion

disinflation

dissertation

dissolution

elevation

evolution

expedition

figuration

habitation

hesitation

hibernation

imitation

immolation

indentation

indexation

inhalation

innovation

inquisition

instigation

interdiction

irrigation

isolation

lancastrian

litigation

locomotion

menstruation

navigation

opposition

oscillation

perspiration

perturbation

politician

preservation

propagation

proposition

provocation

punctuation

recitation

reformation

renovation

repetition

reposition

reservation

resolution

respiration

restoration

revelation

revocation

revolution

sanitation

suffocation

supposition

ulceration

vacillation

adulation

registration

arizonan

coloradan

coordinates

republican

adrenaline

agitation

predominance

predominant

predominates

diocesan

vegetation

education

interwoven

indigestion

modulation

noblewoman

reawaken

abnegation

activation

altercation

extradition

admonition

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

sequestration

alternation

ammunition

annexation

application

approbation

calibration

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

circulation

circumcision

commutation

competition

compilation

composition

confirmation

conservation

conversation

convolution

contradiction

consolation

consummation

convocation

depravation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

designation

disposition

distillation

destitution

devastation

elocution

emigration

emulation

infiltration

expiration

granulation

immigration

imposition

indiscretion

exhibition

estimation

excitation

information

inspiration

insulation

intermission

intimation

invocation

lilliputian

masturbation

obligation

observation

occupation

palpitation

penetration

persecution

polyhedron

population

predilection

proclamation

prosecution

prostitution

reclamation

recognition

regulation

replication

reputation

resignation

restitution

retrocession

segregation

simulation

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

tabulation

tribulation

ventilation

comprehension

reassertion

alabaman

inhibition

american

businesswoman

syncopation

hydrocarbon

legislation

kindergarten

copernican

interurban

minnesotan

conjugation

gentlewoman

guatemalan

reexamine

watermelon

ordinary

amputation

attribution

augmentation

calculation

complication

computation

condescension

confiscation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

disinfection

electrician

embarkation

excavation

execution

exhortation

exploration

exposition

formulation

gastrulation

illustration

implication

importation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

infestation

inflammation

installation

institution

integration

liquefaction

malformation

ministration

mortification

obfuscation

octahedron

ostentation

reproduction

retribution

subluxation

substitution

tetrahedron

transformation

transportation

congregation

apprehension

irrational

strangulation

exhalation

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5 syllable words

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word freudian

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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