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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

basin

chasten

emption

jason

laden

caisson

hasten

maiden

mason

caption

action

section

tension

traction

faction

gentian

mansion

pension

fraction

mention

flexion

sanction

cajun

grecian

heathen

hessian

passion

suasion

ashen

asian

fashion

ration

freshen

session

headsman

salesman

grandson

seedsman

statesman

apron

brakeman

claxon

damson

ensign

freedman

headman

jetson

keelson

kelson

matron

patron

samson

saxon

stepson

gumption

auction

bacon

bason

bastion

bayman

belgian

bison

brazen

brethren

burden

burdon

canaan

cayman

craftsman

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

deaden

diction

draftsman

eden

engine

fasten

fiction

flashgun

freshman

friction

function

gladden

gradate

graded

graven

haven

hyson

junction

kalan

landsman

layman

leaden

ledden

lessen

lesson

lyden

madden

martian

moisten

option

pagan

person

portion

question

raven

redden

riden

sadden

satan

shaken

shaman

straighten

suction

taken

torsion

urson

waken

widen

worsen

zaman

mahone

earthen

capstan

caution

cushion

lotion

caxton

klansman

mission

lesion

fission

lengthen

legion

lampron

landman

burgeon

strengthen

motion

prussian

russian

ocean

notion

surgeon

version

sexton

pathan

persian

region

sturgeon

potion

urchin

rayon

henchman

penguin

plankton

acton

airman

alman

arson

aspen

atman

bagman

baston

bellman

calvin

canton

captain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

chieftain

classman

dampen

desman

dobson

falcon

fibrin

fielden

fireman

gascon

goodman

hackman

hempen

hetman

ibsen

jackman

jasmine

kansan

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

lightman

lineman

linemen

m1

melton

minden

nekton

packman

passman

pectin

oxen

panton

parson

penman

plantain

predates

pressman

saffron

santon

selden

sequin

shearman

tendon

teston

squadron

whitson

woodman

workman

guardsman

huntsman

marksman

sportsman

christian

fortune

bushman

churchman

dungeon

hangman

luncheon

faustian

georgian

mangan

margin

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

beckon

bellon

bisson

blacken

bourbon

bracken

braided

breton

brighten

broaden

burman

burton

cabin

cannon

dragon

fatten

devon

eaten

elan

ermine

famine

felon

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

loosen

marron

melon

reason

reckon

semen

sermon

seton

seven

siphon

siren

sweeten

syphon

talon

tappen

threaten

tighten

titan

traded

treason

triton

wizen

wooden

amman

auden

certain

charon

credit

cretin

curtain

deafen

deepen

cheapen

christen

canon

alan

deacon

demon

firman

flatten

gallon

garron

german

glidden

glisten

freeman

frighten

happen

gammon

heaven

heighten

heron

hidden

hymen

hyphen

jetton

lagan

latin

leaven

leman

lemon

odin

patten

perron

platen

platten

poison

predate

rerun

resin

ridden

ripen

salmon

satin

seaman

season

slacken

sodden

steven

sudden

trodden

turban

urban

vegan

wagon

weaken

weapon

wheaten

whiten

zircon

baldwin

homespun

horseman

marchman

bordman

cauldron

children

doctrine

markman

oarsman

portman

scotsman

spokesman

townsman

yachtsman

trojan

vision

dudgeon

fusion

gudgeon

pigeon

bludgeon

kitchen

tungsten

ion

peon

dian

zion

scion

urine

lion

mayan

paean

canyon

bookman

bolden

boston

carbon

footman

fountain

golden

faulcon

foreman

garden

gorgon

jargon

barton

boatman

alban

austin

banyan

bargain

billman

carman

carmine

carton

citron

clinton

cordon

crimson

dolphin

copeman

corban

dalton

darken

dolman

gilden

harden

harken

harten

hearten

houseman

jordan

lisbon

jorden

lockman

london

lynden

marlin

marten

mignon

morgan

mormon

newsman

milken

molten

mountain

orphan

outdone

outrun

pardon

shipman

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

stallion

stallman

stockman

tillman

tubman

tuscan

undone

woolman

kenyan

muslin

olden

martin

norman

linden

lopeman

organ

piston

pitman

ponton

scallion

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

silken

smarten

sultan

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

vulcan

wanton

warden

coachman

longan

birthdays

drunken

dutchman

sunken

watchman

rincon

shrunken

othman

begun

billon

bitten

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

breaded

briton

brogan

broken

button

chicken

chosen

colon

common

cotton

cousin

crewman

crouton

crowded

cuban

cumin

delphian

dozen

driven

dromon

dustman

fallen

floren

foreign

frozen

gibbon

given

gluten

gotten

grated

griffon

hausen

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

kitten

linen

locken

logan

loren

lumen

mitten

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

often

omen

open

oven

pavon

pollan

pollen

postman

prison

proven

pullen

quicken

ribbon

slogan

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

shogun

showman

sicken

smitten

soften

solon

spoken

stiffen

stolen

stricken

striven

sullen

summon

swollen

thicken

thousand

token

toman

toughen

villain

warren

wiccan

woman

women

woolen

woven

written

yaupon

yeoman

hardhead

birthday

bearded

bullion

minion

million

hardwoods

billion

corded

credits

guarded

hearted

onion

pillion

runnion

pinion

scullion

sordid

stillion

trillion

union

gowan

cowan

rowan

rowen

owen

ruin

hardwood

shrouded

forthwith

fretted

parted

ported

heartwood

3 syllable words

laotian

croatian

capsaicin

predestine

castration

translation

digression

formation

dictation

dissection

fixation

medicine

optation

perfection

prediction

pretension

prevention

retention

starvation

adrian

resection

admission

carnation

crustacean

deflation

ablation

perception

persuasion

rendition

repression

alien

avian

fabian

median

foramen

desertion

dilution

direction

diversion

edition

occasion

perversion

phoenician

tradition

venetian

recession

remission

sedition

addition

assertion

audition

caucasian

correction

corruption

deletion

evasion

malaysian

percussion

permission

possession

precaution

procession

profession

reaction

secession

adhesion

digestion

truncation

coercion

chairperson

retraction

conflation

chamberlain

abduction

filtration

prostration

frustration

inflation

transaction

redemption

bedridden

jamaican

garrison

ascension

awaken

aggression

ambition

affection

attention

andean

hammerman

connection

connexion

contagion

deception

deduction

defection

dentition

depletion

depression

hydrogen

insertion

invasion

irishman

obsession

progression

production

oppression

preemption

reduction

gravamen

peterman

venison

succession

abrasion

accession

addiction

election

laurentian

regression

concession

detection

detention

equation

reception

accretion

collection

condition

dimension

dissension

eruption

protection

adoption

confession

exertion

cistercian

erection

secretion

elison

seduction

mandarin

selection

technician

traditions

suppression

tactician

transition

bedizen

keynesian

beethoven

jettison

aleutian

aversion

badminton

bandwagon

bedouin

commission

commotion

devotion

ejection

emblazon

emission

emotion

fenian

freudian

halogen

immersion

irian

malayan

munition

musician

myosin

nemean

niacin

odeon

omission

petition

physician

pollution

position

projection

promotion

rejection

reversion

revision

saccharin

saleswoman

snapdragon

solution

suggestion

tamarin

transgression

veteran

volition

conduction

fruition

confection

policeman

reflection

fijian

derision

logician

medallion

tuition

mexican

mistaken

backgammon

completion

compression

deflection

exception

transmission

conception

declension

talisman

suspension

convection

impression

inception

invention

abdomen

convention

alderman

contention

induction

infection

in-person

rhodopsin

corrosion

magdalen

pentathlon

discretion

african

chairwoman

magician

parisian

extraction

abstraction

concussion

conversion

determine

aspersion

cognition

dispersion

emulsion

inversion

inaction

halcyon

ablution

discussion

overman

abortion

attrition

eviction

indian

keratin

specimen

suburban

unison

anchorman

apportion

asuncion

depiction

ignition

incursion

misshapen

gordian

overrun

eleven

jacobin

pelican

reunion

vitamin

nitrogen

congestion

javelin

guardian

optician

lanolin

partition

catalan

vatican

nutrition

patrician

submission

suspicion

objection

revulsion

ingestion

injection

proportion

propulsion

submersion

denizen

forgotten

skeleton

superman

subversion

waterman

inspection

inflection

adsorption

complexion

excretion

exemption

expression

extension

extortion

encryption

restriction

allusion

collusion

intestine

collision

delusion

division

erosion

lecithin

franciscan

illusion

egyptian

provision

handwoven

origin

precision

gentleman

religion

biotin

heroin

heroine

horizon

reopen

uterine

moroccan

midshipman

unbutton

porcelain

partisan

rebellion

rifleman

timberman

perfusion

uncertain

partitioned

partitions

resumption

presumption

unwritten

affliction

anglican

assumption

attraction

combustion

compulsion

concoction

confucian

contortion

contrition

conviction

convulsion

diffraction

disruption

distortion

exaction

corsican

excursion

exhaustion

genuine

intention

charwoman

artisan

cardigan

charlatan

lumberman

australian

backwoodsman

transcription

lutheran

benjamin

excision

compassion

diffusion

contusion

incision

impassion

menhaden

occlusion

oxygen

preclusion

profusion

seclusion

distraction

bouillon

bulletin

cinnamon

bitumen

expansion

expulsion

prescription

proscription

subtraction

transfusion

anyone

citizen

absorption

collagen

nevadan

consumption

contraption

description

ferryman

abstention

contraction

destruction

overdone

infraction

ottoman

puritan

serrated

infarction

ramadan

infliction

silicon

solomon

thespian

toboggan

albumin

ambrosian

councilman

compunction

nonunion

etruscan

harlequin

communion

masculine

englishman

distinction

muskmelon

disunion

imprison

fisherman

regimen

clergyman

decision

recision

rescission

collegian

margarine

imagine

injunction

inscription

instruction

obstruction

conclusion

implosion

intrusion

subscription

confusion

inclusion

infusion

conscription

constriction

conjunction

construction

singleton

alaskan

acumen

arian

clarion

discipline

extinction

appian

cohesion

forewoman

sumatran

carrion

cation

creditor

galleon

gaussian

marian

permian

abandon

enlighten

enliven

everyone

guncotton

uncommon

samoan

nobleman

unburden

artesian

birdwatchers

cartesian

congressman

exclusion

explosion

extrusion

norwegian

embolden

champion

melanin

zambian

campion

fustian

kantian

lesbian

outspoken

albion

creditors

wesleyan

arkansan

crestfallen

nebraskan

assassin

uneven

feminine

unbroken

inhuman

misfortune

misprision

nonhuman

birdwatcher

graduate

clarendon

austrian

cambrian

heartbroken

battalion

forbidden

italian

vermilion

aryan

chilean

dorian

ghanaian

gillian

grobian

hawaiian

jovian

julian

korean

libyan

nubian

orion

plebeian

protean

simian

syrian

beholden

graduates

housebroken

stygian

countryman

thirtieth

aegean

phrygian

reptilian

scythian

companion

downtrodden

scorpion

cyprian

bosnian

certitude

eroded

erudite

gratitude

orthodox

parthian

dominion

brazilian

civilian

irritates

opinion

pavilion

octillion

irritate

peridot

prototype

fortieth

prototypes

carotid

fortitude

4 syllable words

aberration

decoration

deviation

generation

laceration

moderation

perforation

preparation

reparation

separation

surrogation

variation

veneration

violation

graduation

maturation

saturation

emulation

depredation

permutation

granulation

accusation

refutation

degradation

adaptation

advocation

excitation

abdication

backwardation

circulation

regulation

reputation

speculation

retardation

tabulation

allocation

bifurcation

avocation

decimation

declaration

defamation

delegation

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

detonation

dissertation

elevation

emanation

evocation

fascination

figuration

fluoridation

levitation

machination

realization

recitation

recreation

reformation

relocation

renovation

reservation

respiration

restoration

revelation

revocation

termination

affirmation

annotation

animation

allegation

appellation

hibernation

aspiration

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

germination

isolation

navigation

perspiration

vacillation

perturbation

preservation

sanitation

usurpation

dehydration

apparition

pagination

coloration

foliation

vegetation

liberation

operation

reassertion

iteration

adulation

rhetorician

toleration

graduations

miseration

agitation

education

amputation

calculation

abnegation

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

activation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

calibration

commutation

situation

altercation

alternation

annexation

application

approbation

cancellation

celebration

commendation

confirmation

conservation

deformation

deprivation

demarcation

deportation

depravation

conversation

desecration

designation

destination

devastation

emigration

equitation

estimation

expiration

fabrication

fermentation

strangulation

ordination

indication

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

penetration

information

inundation

molestation

observation

occupation

liquidation

masturbation

population

protestation

presentation

predilection

recantation

reclamation

simulation

relaxation

replication

resignation

segregation

stipulation

stimulation

syndication

tribulation

vaccination

ventilation

vindication

erudition

dilatation

fumigation

exploitation

connotation

coronation

inhalation

innovation

mitigation

irrigation

irritation

jubilation

limitation

motivation

appalachian

corp.

alteration

collocation

domination

canadian

dissipation

divination

imitation

litigation

corporation

immolation

correlation

mutilation

elongation

reawaken

readmission

legislation

repossession

rumination

titillation

reelection

resurrection

visitation

oscillation

propagation

repercussion

profanation

nomination

procreation

provocation

preelection

suffocation

ulceration

augmentation

cogitation

computation

condemnation

condensation

consternation

dietitian

disputation

embarkation

excavation

exhortation

exhumation

exploration

fluctuation

formulation

fragmentation

gastrulation

imputation

incantation

indentation

indexation

indignation

infestation

malformation

menstruation

meridian

modulation

moravian

ostentation

pelagian

segmentation

transformation

transportation

exhalation

incubation

registration

admonition

consummation

benediction

cultivation

lubrication

culmination

combination

proclamation

fibrillation

compilation

predetermine

precondition

publication

jordanian

consolation

dislocation

hypertension

convocation

duplication

albanian

aldebaran

ammunition

tasmanian

distillation

immigration

inspiration

penicillin

intimation

intonation

retrocession

irritations

obligation

recollection

invitation

insulation

invocation

conjugation

exclamation

demonstration

expectation

explanation

explication

extrication

implantation

impregnation

self-deception

syncopation

sequestration

draconian

mammalian

devolution

reposition

arabian

comedian

diocesan

traditional

revolution

abolition

resolution

deposition

definition

demolition

repetition

evolution

preignition

premonition

shakespearean

arbitration

compensation

complication

condescension

confiscation

consecration

constellation

constipation

consultation

decompression

disinflation

dispensation

expedition

illustration

implication

importation

incarnation

inflammation

inclination

installation

instigation

integration

interdiction

ministration

mortification

pigmentation

tamoxifen

obfuscation

preconception

punctuation

reinspection

reproduction

satisfaction

subluxation

adrenaline

pedestrian

prohibition

transplantation

apprehension

congregation

indigestion

coalition

hegelian

circumcision

acquisition

interruption

absolution

dereliction

disaffection

elocution

exhibition

indecision

indonesian

insurrection

interaction

intercession

destitution

intermission

persecution

recognition

requisition

restitution

statistician

superstition

wagnerian

orchestration

samaritan

reexamine

watermelon

sectarian

abyssinian

alabaman

american

copernican

confrontation

contemplation

dandelion

eustachian

conflagration

extradition

herculean

concentration

incrustation

indiscretion

infiltration

circumspection

librarian

comprehension

manumission

intuition

locomotion

diminution

dissolution

opposition

politician

proposition

supervision

supposition

bavarian

circumvention

criterion

attribution

chameleon

collodion

arizonan

disconnection

floridian

disinfection

electrician

imperfection

interception

malnutrition

misperception

retribution

jurisdiction

lancastrian

himalayan

iberian

liberian

exposition

intersection

hyperion

intervention

execution

planarian

praetorian

siberian

macedonian

interjection

comparison

prosecution

competition

composition

prostitution

bohemian

subdivision

nigerian

crucifixion

athenian

disposition

convolution

leviathan

imposition

inattention

lilliputian

contradiction

contraception

misconception

introduction

equestrian

armenian

hydrocarbon

inhibition

partitioning

rhododendron

accordion

ibuprofen

agrarian

barbarian

greco-roman

dominican

interurban

irritated

custodian

cyclopean

minnesotan

nicaraguan

obsidian

pagurian

businesswoman

kindergarten

gentlewoman

constitution

irritating

melanesian

deconstruction

institution

tetrahedron

inquisition

introspection

liquefaction

reconstruction

hungarian

substitution

assyrian

coloradan

contrarian

crocodilian

hemoglobin

interwoven

irradiate

noblewoman

protozoan

republican

sicilian

graduated

contravention

contribution

distribution

carcinogen

obstetrician

polyhedron

superhuman

gargantuan

traditionalists

cotyledon

nonpartisan

guatemalan

estonian

nestorian

overburden

englishwoman

heredity

octahedron

peruvian

polynesian

creditworthy

smithsonian

ohioan

disillusion

armageddon

misbegotten

nonprescription

maccabean

galilean

jacobean

predatory

assemblyman

corinthian

amphibian

orthodontic

committeeman

creditable

creditably

eritrean

historian

centurion

paraguayan

pavlovian

algerian

orthodontics

orthodontist

bolivian

european

devonian

orthodontists

algonquian

fallopian

gregorian

iranian

missourian

napoleon

simonian

utopian

orthodoxy

newtonian

plutonian

valerian

californian

columbian

darwinian

gorgonian

oblivion

victorian

olympian

arthurian

mongolian

copenhagen

gratuity

gratuities

5 syllable words

irradiation

alienation

vaporization

reiteration

corroboration

coagulation

confederation

attenuation

premeditation

repudiation

desalination

repatriation

edification

evaluation

eradication

deceleration

deification

ionization

annihilation

polarization

alleviation

cauterization

reverberation

reaffirmation

commemoration

elaboration

collaboration

evaporation

retaliation

accreditation

authorization

cooperation

degeneration

evacuation

hybridization

invalidation

origination

predestination

recommendation

regeneration

sedimentation

abbreviation

acceleration

accommodation

adulteration

amelioration

amortization

assassination

canonization

certification

clarification

classification

codification

hydrogenation

consideration

coordination

decapitation

determination

dissemination

dramatization

fertilization

gasification

gratification

inauguration

interpolation

legalization

mechanization

modernization

modification

orientation

pacification

preoccupation

prevarication

ramification

ratification

remuneration

revaluation

specification

sterilization

stratification

verification

vulgarization

affiliation

alliteration

association

deliberation

delineation

confabulation

humiliation

proliferation

expatriation

adjudication

appreciation

dissociation

cohabitation

depreciation

exaggeration

imagination

recuperation

infatuation

pasteurization

perpetuation

specialization

enumeration

continuation

domestication

hyperinflation

contamination

consolidation

immunization

magnification

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

inactivation

interrogation

intimidation

magnetization

rectification

reforestation

initiation

manipulation

negotiation

scandinavian

manifestation

recombination

configuration

equalization

exfoliation

falsification

maximization

reintegration

misapplication

misinformation

amalgamation

anticipation

concatenation

exacerbation

examination

exasperation

excoriation

subordination

communication

depopulation

desegregation

emancipation

triangulation

abomination

academician

agglomeration

authentication

inhabitation

assimilation

brutalization

civilization

colonization

conciliation

denomination

denunciation

discoloration

elimination

exhilaration

exoneration

facilitation

glorification

hallucination

illumination

incineration

localization

mobilization

mummification

notification

miscalculation

nullification

pronunciation

ejaculation

obliteration

precipitation

administration

ossification

purification

renunciation

resuscitation

russification

qualification

solicitation

unification

utilization

vilification

jeffersonian

accumulation

investigation

amplification

defenestration

extermination

interpretation

ornamentation

procrastination

representation

disembarkation

beethovenian

articulation

centralization

panamanian

refrigeration

rejuvenation

capitulation

appropriation

fortification

harmonization

incarceration

justification

incorporation

congratulation

conglomeration

equivocation

substantiation

traditionally

sanctification

neutralization

normalization

organization

misapprehension

participation

pomeranian

predisposition

quantification

recrimination

sophistication

delicatessen

indoctrination

argumentation

expropriation

ethiopian

christianization

presupposition

neapolitan

discrimination

disinclination

intoxication

multiplication

prognostication

instrumentation

caledonian

disintegration

hyperborean

dissatisfaction

improvisation

incrimination

overproduction

approximation

simplification

synchronization

pennsylvanian

mathematician

decomposition

traditionalist

augustinian

exoskeleton

epicurean

philadelphian

maximilian

interconnection

nonintervention

theologian

artiodactyl

brobdingnagian

metropolitan

proletarian

libertarian

nickelodeon

unitarian

electrocution

artiodactyls

assemblywoman

presbyterian

yugoslavian

elizabethan

juxtaposition

peloponnesian

nonsectarian

nitroglycerine

mississippian

vegetarian

veterinarian

centenarian

hereditary

carthaginian

washingtonian

argentinian

carolinian

amazonian

babylonian

hanoverian

patagonian

lithuanian

pythagorean

dionysian

oregonian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word gradation

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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