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2 syllable words

function

ration

draftsman

passion

craftsman

ashen

huntsman

fashion

junction

baldwin

bordman

capstan

cauldron

caxton

groundnut

lampron

townsman

acton

alman

arson

aspen

atman

calvin

bagman

baston

captain

chaplain

chapman

classman

cordon

dampen

dobson

falcon

fountain

garden

gascon

granted

hackman

harden

headman

jackman

jasmine

jetson

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kenyan

linden

lineman

linemen

lynden

mountain

onion

outdone

oxen

packman

pardon

parson

passman

penman

ponton

runnion

saffron

scallion

selden

squadron

stallion

stepson

trundle

turndown

wanton

warden

emption

groundling

gumption

henchman

penguin

tungsten

amman

baton

batten

batton

bison

broaden

canaan

chasten

dragon

gallon

hasten

brethren

gammon

grinding

alan

auden

baron

grounding

barren

basin

blacken

bracken

burden

burdon

cabin

caisson

deaden

famine

fatten

flatten

garron

granite

happen

hyson

jason

laden

lagan

latin

ledden

lessen

lesson

patten

lyden

maiden

person

brandish

dungeon

leaden

mason

platen

redden

satin

flashgun

platten

flexion

riden

salmon

slacken

engine

section

sodden

sudden

talon

tappen

wagon

worsen

auction

trodden

bastion

widen

drunken

longan

luncheon

option

portion

shrunken

suction

sunken

torsion

martian

urson

grindstone

groundnuts

groundswell

guardsman

marksman

sportsman

children

delphian

horseman

haitian

mahone

doctrine

caution

headsman

lengthen

marchman

markman

oarsman

portman

salesman

scotsman

sexton

freshen

yachtsman

hessian

session

strengthen

nation

pathan

prussian

russian

station

statesman

grandchild

airman

alban

apron

arrant

austin

bargain

barton

bellman

bolden

boston

brakeman

brand-new

brindle

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chessman

chevron

clinton

corban

dalton

darken

desman

dolman

dolphin

farrand

faulcon

fibrin

fielden

fireman

foreman

frantic

freedman

friendship

frontal

garand

gilden

golden

goodman

gorgon

grandeur

grandly

grindle

harken

harten

hearten

hempen

hetman

houseman

ibsen

jargon

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

lightman

lockman

m1

marlin

marten

martin

matron

melton

minion

morgan

mormon

muslin

nekton

norman

olden

organ

orphan

outrun

patron

pectin

pinion

pressman

scullion

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

stallman

stockman

sultan

tarpon

tartan

teston

tubman

tuscan

union

vulcan

whitson

woodman

workman

faustian

fortune

freshman

fiction

diction

rincon

churchman

dutchman

belgian

georgian

friction

margin

othman

question

watchman

bacon

bayman

beckon

bellon

bisson

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bourbon

brander

breton

brighten

brandy

brazen

burman

burton

button

cayman

certain

charon

christen

common

cotton

cousin

craven

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deafen

devon

dozen

eden

ermine

fallen

felon

firman

floren

foreign

frighten

german

graven

heaven

gotten

hausen

haven

heron

glidden

glisten

heighten

hidden

hymen

hyphen

jetton

kalan

layman

leaven

lemon

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linen

liven

locken

loren

marron

melon

listen

loosen

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

odin

often

oven

pagan

pavon

perron

pollan

pollen

raven

reckon

resin

ridden

ripen

robin

rosin

rotten

satan

sermon

seven

shaken

shaman

siphon

siren

soften

straighten

sullen

summon

syphon

taken

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

turban

urban

vegan

waken

warren

weapon

whiten

wizen

wooden

yaupon

zaman

zircon

friendships

arrants

dustman

homespun

spokesman

groundwork

seedsman

burgeon

asian

cajun

cushion

bludgeon

dudgeon

grecian

earthen

gudgeon

heathen

lotion

mission

sturgeon

suasion

motion

surgeon

gowan

potion

dian

version

cowan

ion

lion

mayan

rayon

fission

notion

ocean

urchin

scion

urine

zion

persian

boatman

pillion

piston

pitman

billion

billman

bookman

chieftain

crimson

errand

errant

garnet

gerund

mignon

milken

million

molten

newsman

grantors

grinders

bullion

footman

parent

sequin

shearman

citron

friendly

lisbon

lopeman

copeman

shipman

silken

spearman

tillman

warrant

stillion

sylvan

trillion

torrent

tyrant

woolman

bushman

corinth

coachman

printing

christian

beaten

chosen

billon

begun

burnet

colon

beacon

blowgun

bitten

bowman

briton

brogan

broken

cheapen

chicken

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

current

deacon

demon

deepen

driven

dromon

eaten

elan

freeman

frozen

gibbon

given

gluten

grantor

griffon

grinder

grounder

hermit

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

kitten

leman

leven

logan

lumen

mitten

omen

open

poison

prison

proven

pullen

quicken

reason

rerun

ribbon

risen

riven

rosen

rumen

seaman

season

semen

seton

shogun

roman

showman

sicken

slogan

smitten

solon

spoken

steven

stiffen

stolen

stricken

striven

sweeten

swollen

thicken

token

toman

tranter

treason

villain

weaken

wheaten

wiccan

woman

woolen

woven

yeoman

women

written

warrants

hornets

parents

postman

torrents

tyrants

region

lesion

pigeon

fusion

legion

trojan

kitchen

vision

printings

brownouts

cornet

courant

currents

durant

greenwood

hermits

hornet

owen

paean

peon

prentice

rowan

rowen

ruin

surrounds

forehands

errands

gerunds

surround

permit

around

termite

brownout

brunette

truant

turn-out

forehand

ornate

primates

brunettes

mermaids

printers

permits

permute

greyhound

formats

doormats

horehound

grenade

mermaid

printer

bromides

fronted

frontier

grenades

termites

wormwood

frontage

frontiers

promote

primate

bromide

doormat

format

promotes

drumhead

cremate

gourmet

gourmets

3 syllable words

phoenician

venetian

bandwagon

franciscan

handwoven

abduction

capsaicin

magdalen

abandon

talisman

abdomen

conduction

transaction

translation

transmission

brandywine

albion

anyone

campion

catalan

champion

denizen

elison

gordian

guardian

halcyon

hammerman

indian

jacobin

javelin

jettison

keynesian

medicine

ramadan

uneven

unison

vatican

verandas

zambian

admission

ambition

anchorman

ascension

attention

carnation

cognition

concession

concussion

confession

connection

connexion

dalmatian

dentition

grandfather

grandmother

lactation

laurentian

salvation

sensation

tactician

technician

cation

veranda

saccharin

galleon

ghanaian

appian

arian

bedouin

myosin

tamarin

niacin

addition

aleutian

audition

commission

commotion

correction

dilution

direction

donation

edition

flirtation

gradation

halogen

munition

narration

permission

petition

physician

pollution

position

predation

promotion

reaction

sedation

solution

tradition

vacation

brandenburg

snapdragon

truncation

transgression

horatian

laotian

alderman

clarendon

guncotton

anglican

carnations

castration

conception

confection

conflation

confucian

unwritten

concoction

contention

backgammon

enlighten

contortion

contrition

convection

african

enliven

genuine

policeman

unbutton

magician

convention

convulsion

declension

suspension

conviction

cambrian

induction

cardigan

chairperson

uncertain

grandmothers

in-person

granduncle

uncommon

unburden

grandfathers

ablution

abortion

accretion

addiction

adoption

adrian

affection

alsatian

apportion

assassin

attrition

backwoodsman

beethoven

benjamin

bosnian

cinnamon

collagen

collection

congestion

contagion

contusion

conversion

corundum

detention

dimension

dissension

ferryman

granddaughter

hydration

ignition

inaction

insertion

irishman

lesbian

menhaden

nevadan

optician

ottoman

partition

patrician

perfection

preemption

pretension

prevention

production

promotions

proportion

propulsion

protection

reduction

retention

scorpion

secretion

selection

solomon

submission

taxation

temptation

toboggan

transcription

vitamin

wesleyan

allusion

collegian

unbroken

collision

intestine

alien

collusion

causation

citation

freudian

downtrodden

arkansan

clergyman

samoan

corruption

oration

expansion

dilation

dorian

ligation

musician

origin

fenian

parthian

provision

carrion

perversion

foramen

devotion

emission

emotion

gyration

remission

irian

deletion

negation

omission

possession

profession

sedition

heroin

privation

summation

transfusion

heroine

ambrosian

korean

surrounding

fabian

nonunion

avian

granduncles

badminton

councilman

grandnephew

gaussian

countryman

biotin

encryption

adhesion

companion

volition

gentleman

aryan

clarion

congressman

hawaiian

marian

permian

odeon

albumin

projection

median

plebeian

veteran

masculine

chamberlain

charlatan

chairwoman

resumption

retraction

alaskan

artisan

brazilian

invention

acumen

infection

inflation

bedridden

inception

battalion

charwoman

medallion

partisan

perfusion

dominion

everyone

granddaughters

italian

opinion

forewoman

presumption

logician

nonhuman

civilian

corsican

forbidden

mexican

pavilion

porcelain

attraction

rifleman

affliction

combustion

confusion

diffraction

exaction

predestine

vermilion

rhodopsin

compulsion

turntable

completion

conclusion

coercion

derision

corrosion

creation

croatian

fruition

conscription

constriction

construction

parisian

tuition

grandnephews

ingestion

injection

ablation

accession

aggression

brandishes

artesian

cartesian

deduction

defection

detection

digression

formation

compassion

depletion

eviction

depiction

emulsion

erection

eruption

hydrogen

election

impassion

incision

incursion

invasion

inversion

libration

migration

nitrogen

norwegian

optation

oxygen

prediction

progression

nutrition

obsession

profusion

regression

occlusion

oppression

revulsion

vibration

seduction

succession

surroundings

suppression

objection

starvation

bulletin

determine

parental

bitumen

bouillon

ironwood

jamaican

reunion

waterman

awaken

bedizen

grandiose

myrmidon

cyprian

freemason

fustian

gravamen

overdone

prenatal

thespian

variant

suburban

specimen

communion

complexion

digestion

infliction

infarction

inflection

inspection

infraction

nebraskan

octillion

outspoken

saleswoman

consumption

contraction

rejection

reptilian

contraption

absorption

abstention

distraction

embolden

extension

emblazon

ejection

harlequin

adsorption

exemption

suggestion

groundbreaking

subtraction

egyptian

turntables

aversion

assertion

cetacean

delusion

desertion

duration

erosion

illusion

imagine

lecithin

caucasian

cessation

division

elation

englishman

flotation

cremation

diversion

distinction

location

mutation

ovation

percussion

precaution

quotation

relation

religion

revision

vocation

malaysian

notation

occasion

probation

procession

rotation

moroccan

compression

grobian

libyan

malayan

reopen

syrian

simian

intention

intrusion

formations

deflection

inclusion

inhuman

infusion

midshipman

pentathlon

redemption

reflection

chilean

gillian

horizon

julian

singleton

jovian

nemean

nubian

protean

variants

abstraction

extraction

lumberman

rebellion

cohesion

nobleman

inscription

instruction

austrian

sumatran

bermudas

heartbroken

extinction

aegean

abrasion

fijian

phrygian

scythian

stygian

aspersion

asuncion

beholden

coherent

crustacean

deflation

depression

dictation

diffusion

dissection

excision

exertion

fixation

gestation

perception

persuasion

preclusion

repression

seclusion

submersion

subversion

suspicion

extortion

peterman

armada

baronet

serenade

skeleton

superman

warranty

bermuda

citizen

surrenders

silicon

puritan

coronet

granados

imprison

forgotten

etruscan

guarantee

maronite

paranoid

guaranty

overman

overrun

crestfallen

disunion

muskmelon

keratin

marinate

housebroken

eleven

pelican

feminine

melanin

assumption

conjunction

curmudgeon

decision

evasion

exception

excursion

exhaustion

filtration

fisherman

frustration

immersion

implosion

impression

margarine

obstruction

precession

precision

prostration

recession

recision

regimen

rescission

reversion

secession

subscription

urinate

granado

uterine

australian

marinates

mistaken

trinity

orion

baronets

surrender

coronets

discipline

formative

guaranteed

guaranties

guarantees

guarantor

normative

ornately

quarantine

timberman

tornadoes

tornados

warranties

exclusion

explosion

excretion

prescription

expression

expulsion

extrusion

equation

fahrenheit

resection

deception

dispersion

parentage

discussion

reception

curmudgeons

lutheran

misshapen

furniture

cistercian

compunction

guarantors

quarantines

currently

dramatize

injunction

tornado

traumatic

discretion

misfortune

misprision

disruption

distortion

parenthood

hermitage

marinades

description

proscription

dramatist

destruction

restriction

permeate

pyramid

permeates

orient

durante

primitive

marinade

premature

pyramids

frenetic

granitic

myrmidons

harmattan

promoter

promoters

4 syllable words

dandelion

canadian

animation

annotation

hibernation

sanitation

validation

meridian

aberration

adoration

apparition

generation

laceration

veneration

aldebaran

benediction

backwardation

granulation

commendation

precondition

copernican

maturation

penicillin

wagnerian

alternation

abnegation

graduation

abdication

annexation

inundation

saturation

abolition

admiration

affirmation

allegation

allocation

appellation

aspiration

avocation

collodion

coloradan

comedian

connotation

diocesan

floridian

galilean

gravitation

habitation

jacobean

maccabean

manumission

navigation

planarian

preignition

readmission

renovation

rhododendron

trepidation

valuation

separation

incantation

toleration

radiation

ideation

lancastrian

federation

moravian

transportation

dietitian

reparation

rhetorician

peruvian

transformation

moderation

perforation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

corinthian

operation

ostentation

comparison

variation

augmentation

malnutrition

coalition

agitation

tamoxifen

decoration

prohibition

preparation

adrenaline

adulation

aviation

coloration

grandiloquent

strangulation

indecision

indication

masturbation

observation

jordanian

tasmanian

retardation

syndication

tabulation

resignation

ventilation

samaritan

grandfatherly

pavlovian

watermelon

grandmotherly

gargantuan

obsidian

hypertension

statistician

palpitation

recognition

vindication

penetration

minnesotan

acclamation

abyssinian

albanian

abrogation

accordion

acclimation

dominican

custodian

accusation

algonquian

american

activation

adaptation

aggravation

acquisition

advocation

centurion

affectation

aggregation

altercation

alabaman

amphibian

application

approbation

calibration

cancellation

confirmation

conservation

conversation

convocation

convolution

designation

fabrication

contradiction

conjugation

implantation

elongation

mongolian

reformation

appalachian

reservation

resolution

medication

repetition

reposition

meditation

perturbation

bifurcation

hungarian

inhalation

supposition

innovation

bavarian

intuition

resurrection

demolition

deposition

devolution

levitation

locomotion

rumination

arabian

declaration

dedication

recreation

revolution

chameleon

preservation

erudition

iberian

criterion

fallopian

opposition

draconian

gregorian

hyperion

fluoridation

iranian

liberian

mammalian

missourian

napoleon

politician

polynesian

alteration

algerian

corporation

corp.

siberian

valerian

corinthians

evolution

proposition

amputation

attribution

calculation

confiscation

consternation

gastrulation

interdiction

indentation

constellation

jurisdiction

menstruation

punctuation

constipation

indexation

satisfaction

constitution

indignation

malformation

iteration

mediation

leviathan

liberation

miseration

pedestrian

nigerian

crocodilian

contrarian

transplantation

violation

athenian

surrogation

absolution

admonition

carcinogen

consolation

degradation

dereliction

elocution

indonesian

insurrection

interaction

intercession

intermission

interruption

intimation

invitation

invocation

competition

consummation

depredation

composition

congregation

imposition

information

inspiration

lilliputian

permutation

polyhedron

predilection

recollection

refutation

relaxation

retrocession

vaccination

apprehension

liquidation

requisition

subdivision

tarantulas

indigestion

armenian

barbarian

committeeman

self-deception

agrarian

columbian

cotyledon

cyclopean

darwinian

eritrean

estonian

interurban

oblivion

gorgonian

greco-roman

librarian

conflagration

contribution

herculean

contemplation

contraception

impregnation

indiscretion

guatemalan

oriental

introduction

pagurian

overburden

paraguayan

sectarian

oriented

dehydration

businesswoman

comprehension

gentlewoman

inhibition

californian

nonpartisan

kindergarten

syncopation

circumvention

disinfection

installation

consultation

disinflation

inquisition

collocation

instigation

institution

integration

arthurian

intervention

obfuscation

octahedron

intersection

interception

correlation

defamation

delegation

derivation

permutations

dilatation

elevation

fascination

figuration

hesitation

imitation

immolation

irrigation

jubilation

litigation

motivation

mutilation

preelection

propagation

provocation

realization

subluxation

reelection

expedition

infestation

inflammation

repossession

consecration

revelation

revocation

incarnation

suffocation

supervision

tarantula

imperfection

ministration

reinspection

reproduction

retribution

electrician

tetrahedron

ulceration

vacillation

liquefaction

arizonan

bolivian

assyrian

devonian

european

newtonian

plutonian

praetorian

protozoan

reawaken

simonian

utopian

macedonian

fluctuation

armageddon

modulation

noblewoman

republican

shakespearean

interwoven

vegetation

orientals

cogitation

hemoglobin

education

incubation

interjection

registration

ammunition

celebration

circulation

commutation

compilation

population

proclamation

circumcision

reassertion

publication

reclamation

regulation

replication

reputation

segregation

simulation

speculation

bohemian

stimulation

stipulation

tribulation

superhuman

cultivation

depravation

excitation

incrustation

exhibition

equitation

emigration

foliation

deformation

demarcation

deprivation

duplication

emulation

deportation

expiration

contravention

infiltration

orchestration

immigration

extradition

hegelian

concentration

deviation

inattention

insulation

occupation

nonprescription

obligation

ordination

pelagian

confrontation

ovulation

oxidation

englishwoman

glaciation

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

nestorian

nicaraguan

olympian

parameter

perimeter

predetermine

reexamine

serenity

situation

victorian

limitation

machination

oscillation

evocation

mortification

decimation

desperation

desolation

desiccation

decompression

fumigation

mitigation

irritation

isolation

excavation

parentheses

perspiration

procreation

relocation

repercussion

exhortation

inclination

respiration

exploration

restoration

complication

computation

exposition

implication

importation

imputation

substitution

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word grandson

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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