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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word halogen.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

falcon

scallion

alman

calvin

stallion

alan

gallon

belgians

talon

bastion

action

caption

dungeon

faction

georgian

mansion

engine

flashgun

fraction

margin

traction

sanction

ashen

burgeon

cajun

fashion

freshen

hessian

passion

pathan

pigeon

russian

session

prussian

ration

sturgeon

surgeon

baldwin

bulging

capstan

cauldron

caxton

delphian

falcons

grandson

klansman

lampron

landman

salesman

acton

alban

aspen

atman

bagman

banyan

baston

bellman

calkin

canton

canyon

captain

chaplain

chapman

classman

claxon

dalton

dampen

damson

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

gascon

hackman

jackman

jasmine

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

malkin

melton

packman

panton

passman

plantain

saffron

samson

santon

saxon

scullion

selden

stallman

sultan

talcum

vulcan

plankton

amman

auction

baron

barren

bason

baton

batten

batton

beckon

bellon

blacken

bollen

bracken

brethren

breton

button

cabin

cannon

canon

charon

churchman

cousin

craftsman

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

draftsman

dragon

dutchman

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

faustian

felon

flatten

flexion

fortune

freshman

gammon

garron

gentian

gladden

hangman

happen

heaven

heron

jetton

kalan

lagan

landsman

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

luncheon

madden

mangan

marron

martian

melon

mention

muffin

mullen

mutton

option

othman

oven

patten

pension

perron

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

portion

question

reckon

redden

resin

sadden

salmon

satin

section

seven

slacken

suction

sudden

sullen

summon

tappen

tension

threaten

torsion

toughen

vegan

wagon

watchman

weapon

earthen

bordman

region

doctrine

calkins

fission

horseman

oarsman

asian

portman

vulcans

haitian

mission

townsman

persian

nation

trojan

marchman

urchin

vision

markman

version

strengthen

suasion

yachtsman

cushion

lengthen

legion

children

caution

station

statesman

scotsman

kitchen

gumption

emption

henchman

airman

apron

arson

austin

bargain

barton

billion

billman

blackens

blushing

bolden

boston

bullion

carman

carmine

carton

chessman

chevron

brakeman

carbon

chairman

darken

desman

corban

cordon

dobson

ensign

fibrin

fielden

fireman

flashing

flushing

foreman

fountain

garden

gilden

golden

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

houseman

jargon

jetson

jordan

jorden

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

lightman

lineman

linemen

lockman

martin

m1

marlin

marten

london

matron

milken

million

minden

molten

morgan

mormon

mountain

muslin

nekton

norman

olden

outdone

parson

onion

organ

orphan

outrun

oxen

pardon

patron

pectin

penman

pillion

pleasant

ponton

pressman

runnion

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

silken

slackens

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stepson

stillion

stockman

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

warden

tillman

undone

woolman

tubman

trillion

tendon

teston

tuscan

wanton

workman

junction

guardsman

marksman

function

sportsman

bushman

christian

coachman

drunken

fiction

diction

friction

shrunken

sunken

longan

align

auden

bacon

basin

bayman

burden

burdon

burman

burton

caisson

canaan

cayman

certain

chasten

chicken

christen

colon

common

cotton

craven

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

jason

kitten

laden

layman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linen

listen

liven

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rosin

rotten

satan

sermon

shaken

shaman

sicken

siphon

siren

smitten

sodden

soften

solon

stiffen

stolen

straighten

stricken

striven

swollen

syphon

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

written

yaupon

zaman

floren

given

glidden

glisten

gotten

foreign

frighten

german

gibbon

graven

griffon

hasten

hausen

haven

heighten

hidden

hymen

hyphen

hyson

locken

mason

often

villain

waken

ninon

pagan

urban

urson

mitten

warren

begun

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

bobbin

boughten

bourbon

brazen

brighten

briton

broaden

driven

elan

ermine

firman

loren

lyden

maiden

malign

person

thicken

pavon

prison

pullen

quicken

raven

taken

thousand

tighten

titan

triton

trodden

turban

zircon

alkanes

dustman

headsman

homespun

milkens

pleasants

postman

placement

sexton

seedsman

spokesman

welcomes

flagging

grecian

notion

ocean

heathen

lesion

plugging

potion

fusion

lotion

blessing

clucking

motion

penguin

tungsten

cowan

dian

ion

lion

mayan

rayon

gowan

scion

urine

zion

linden

flagman

freedman

bookman

chieftain

citron

crimson

footman

goodman

ibsen

aligns

lisbon

boatman

aligned

balsam

blossoms

clinton

copeman

lopeman

mignon

lynden

newsman

maligned

minion

pinion

piston

huntsman

pitman

plaisance

sequin

shearman

slouching

shipman

spearman

union

welcome

well-known

woodman

placements

whitson

blessings

rincon

beacon

beaten

blossom

blowgun

bowman

brogan

broken

cheapen

chosen

classmates

cologne

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

deacon

deepen

demon

dromon

eaten

eden

freeman

frozen

gluten

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

leman

leven

logan

loosen

lumen

moisten

odin

omen

open

plasma

poison

proven

reason

rerun

roman

rosen

rumen

seaman

season

semen

seton

shogun

showman

slogan

spoken

steven

sweeten

token

toman

treason

weaken

wheaten

woven

yeoman

walking

blazing

blacksmith

blocking

talking

clocking

clogging

caulking

flogging

glazing

bleaching

blowguns

classmate

fulsome

slogans

wholesome

owen

paean

peon

rowen

ruin

rowan

cloaking

closing

pleasing

closings

blackmail

milkman

3 syllable words

african

charlatan

elegant

talisman

anglican

abduction

albion

allegiance

alsatian

ambition

asuncion

concussion

dalmatian

reduction

religions

salvation

selection

tactician

transition

collection

collegians

collisions

denizen

elison

garrison

halcyon

ottoman

silicon

diligent

keratin

production

medicine

specimen

vatican

propulsion

venison

vitamin

admission

biotin

cation

galleon

niacin

myosin

aleutian

allusion

audition

collusion

corruption

dilation

dilution

malaysian

permission

pollution

solution

volition

adhesion

harlequin

eloquence

eloquent

derision

parisian

backgammon

enlighten

enliven

partisan

unbutton

transaction

pelicans

translation

transmission

polishing

rifleman

declension

genuine

compulsion

conduction

corsican

mexican

alaskan

convulsion

affliction

assumption

combustion

artisan

ablution

bulletin

calcium

champion

cinnamon

polygon

ablation

cognition

citizen

zambian

damnation

seduction

deduction

revulsion

stagnation

campion

discussion

helicon

andean

forgotten

election

hammerman

partition

emulsion

balcony

eruption

lactation

falconer

kantian

mandarin

allusions

norwegian

puritan

occlusion

unison

irishman

malaysians

optician

perception

eleven

taxation

perfection

plantation

alaskans

albumin

alien

aligning

alignment

appian

arian

badminton

bandwagon

blossoming

complexion

consumption

correction

councilman

deletion

delusion

direction

elation

flirtation

franciscan

gentleman

gradation

horizon

illusion

imagine

malayan

malignant

margarine

moroccan

munition

musician

omission

parthian

perversion

precaution

precision

reaction

regimen

relation

remission

revision

saccharin

saleswoman

snapdragon

tamarin

transgression

vacation

capsaicin

disruption

cardigan

reflection

cambrian

presumption

magician

horatian

nobleman

alderman

helicons

medallion

induction

compunction

moleskin

falconet

policeman

phrygian

battalion

aegean

falconers

falconry

balconies

tuition

forbidden

fruition

castration

corrosion

italian

charwoman

stygian

laotian

abdomen

conclusion

resumption

completion

deflection

conflation

abstraction

obstruction

construction

transcription

anchorman

depletion

laurentian

backwoodsman

adrian

guardian

lanolin

gordian

keynesian

scorpion

artesian

benjamin

cartesian

coelacanth

contagion

deflation

delusions

digression

dissection

beethoven

illusions

inaction

alchemy

alignments

jettison

nutrition

persuasion

catalan

javelin

seclusion

bosnian

prediction

wesleyan

preclusion

inflection

congressman

infliction

transfusion

destruction

extortion

expulsion

digestion

suggestion

ambrosian

falconets

handwoven

addition

projection

cessation

assertion

aversion

caucasian

causation

citation

commotion

commission

downtrodden

clergyman

diversion

edition

ligation

etruscan

gyration

narration

emblazon

occasion

negation

oration

petition

phoenician

physician

position

possession

precession

predation

privation

procession

profession

promotion

provision

sedation

summation

tradition

venetian

aryan

avian

bedouin

carrion

fabian

chilean

clarion

dorian

foramen

gaussian

ghanaian

gillian

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

irian

orion

plebeian

julian

permian

samoan

korean

marian

pliocene

veteran

englishman

logician

magdalen

retraction

singleton

pavilion

perfusion

opinion

rebellion

rhodopsin

misfortune

nonhuman

sumatran

vermilion

unwritten

austrian

distortion

diffraction

implosion

abandon

balkanize

bedridden

brazilian

chairwoman

civilian

cohesion

attraction

inclusion

dominion

exaction

forewoman

alchemist

filtration

exhaustion

inflation

coercion

instruction

congestion

australian

fijian

croatian

creation

lutheran

objection

malcontent

scythian

pretension

prevention

apportion

hydration

vibration

profusion

progression

proportion

protection

preemption

abortion

abrasion

accession

accretion

fluxional

formation

foundation

gestation

oppression

optation

patrician

addiction

adoption

affection

aggression

obsession

libration

contusion

conversion

menhaden

connexion

attention

dentition

ascension

aspersion

carnation

compassion

concession

connection

crustacean

confession

condition

attrition

impassion

migration

regression

rendition

resection

retention

starvation

technician

temptation

repression

sensation

submersion

submission

secretion

subversion

succession

suppression

suspicion

anyone

contraction

thespian

contraption

distraction

feminine

ferryman

suburban

subtraction

restriction

assassin

reunion

expansion

explosion

proscription

uneven

exclusion

awaken

waterman

determine

toboggan

fustian

gravamen

jamaican

lesbian

infarction

nevadan

infraction

arkansan

egyptian

housebroken

embolden

ejection

muskmelon

nebraskan

nonunion

octillion

outspoken

reptilian

rejection

masculine

companion

truncation

malcontents

probation

devotion

notation

duration

immersion

emission

emotion

quotation

recession

donation

mutation

division

location

ovation

recision

cetacean

cremation

decision

rotation

secession

sedition

fisherman

rescission

vocation

desertion

erosion

evasion

flotation

reversion

concoction

conjunction

compression

conception

confection

contention

pentathlon

confucian

confusion

extraction

contortion

contrition

convection

convention

conviction

frustration

prostration

suspension

jovian

nemean

median

everyone

guncotton

fenian

chairperson

chamberlain

pleasantly

pleasantry

freudian

libyan

heartbroken

grobian

nubian

clarendon

lumberman

porcelain

discipline

unburden

uncertain

protean

uncommon

odeon

realign

reopen

simian

acumen

predestine

syrian

ingestion

injection

absorption

abstention

adsorption

beholden

blackmailing

cistercian

deception

defection

depiction

depression

detection

detention

dictation

diffusion

dimension

dispersion

dissension

encryption

equation

erection

eviction

excision

exertion

fixation

ignition

incision

incursion

insertion

invasion

inversion

misshapen

prescription

reception

volcano

communion

superman

bouillon

countryman

crestfallen

bitumen

bedizen

imprison

cyprian

dulcimer

peterman

realism

intestine

glassmaker

overrun

unbroken

overman

freemason

overdone

pleasantries

indian

discretion

exception

excursion

infection

inhuman

impression

inception

infusion

intention

invention

conscription

constriction

intrusion

midshipman

misprision

subscription

redemption

injunction

volcanoes

volcanos

timberman

mistaken

in-person

bologna

description

excretion

exemption

expression

extension

extrusion

uterine

inspection

distinction

inscription

disunion

glockenspiel

extinction

dulciana

phlegmatic

volcanic

glaucoma

4 syllable words

phylogeny

polygyny

alabaman

acclamation

application

acclimation

palpitation

jacobean

maccabean

calibration

abolition

animation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

delegation

fascination

avocation

habitation

melanesian

machination

sanitation

vacillation

elevation

algerian

collocation

navigation

politician

apparition

leviathan

calculation

abrogation

acquisition

aggregation

absolution

accusation

approbation

activation

adaptation

admonition

advocation

aggravation

ammunition

cancellation

culmination

american

diligently

elocution

granulation

copernican

carcinogen

aldebaran

celebration

obligation

tabulation

proclamation

statistician

cyclopean

reclamation

vaccination

replication

dedication

defamation

definition

domination

decimation

demolition

deposition

devolution

coliseum

connotation

derivation

colosseum

coloradan

detonation

coronation

emanation

correlation

diocesan

desiccation

desolation

dilatation

erudition

oscillation

repetition

resolution

revelation

revocation

revolution

suffocation

supposition

valuation

germination

isolation

renovation

medication

meditation

nomination

alleghany

hesitation

gravitation

opposition

repercussion

evolution

valerian

polynesian

premonition

profanation

propagation

termination

theologians

proposition

provocation

readmission

realization

recitation

aberration

adoration

alexander

amputation

armageddon

coloration

comparison

complication

crocodilian

dietitian

fragmentation

gastrulation

laceration

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

pelagian

satisfaction

subluxation

surrogation

tamoxifen

toleration

violation

strangulation

abdication

circulation

circumcision

combination

dominican

annexation

abnegation

algonquian

affectation

benediction

commendation

competition

compilation

composition

oblivion

commutation

wagnerian

cultivation

degradation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

designation

destination

devastation

albanian

destitution

desecration

maturation

amphibian

polygonal

depravation

pavlovian

convocation

convolution

graduation

duplication

paraguayan

consummation

consolation

emigration

emulation

equitation

estimation

exhibition

hypertension

occupation

ordination

oxidation

population

predilection

presentation

prosecution

prostitution

publication

recantation

recognition

recollection

requisition

segregation

ventilation

abyssinian

dandelion

fabrication

saturation

cotyledon

fermentation

penetration

persecution

columbian

lilliputian

regulation

religionist

reputation

speculation

resignation

eloquently

gentlewoman

californian

conflagration

explication

self-deception

exclamation

explanation

fallopian

arthurian

aspiration

fluoridation

manumission

ulceration

bolivian

collodion

criterion

european

floridian

himalayan

innovation

preelection

iberian

hyperion

pelagians

liberian

inhalation

mammalian

admiration

diminution

divination

motivation

nihilism

declaration

hibernation

immolation

jubilation

dissolution

imitation

irrigation

litigation

mutilation

supervision

reelection

affirmation

alteration

siberian

locomotion

reposition

protozoan

repossession

attribution

alchemically

condemnation

confiscation

circumvention

compensation

computation

condensation

condescension

consecration

constellation

consultation

constipation

constitution

excavation

execution

expedition

exposition

formulation

illustration

implication

inclination

inflammation

noblewoman

mortification

obfuscation

octahedron

elegantly

retribution

segmentation

republican

tetrahedron

malignancy

operation

moderation

realizing

alexandrine

prohibition

apprehension

congregation

radiation

reassertion

exhalation

foliation

perforation

transplantation

corinthian

aviation

meridian

moravian

coalition

peruvian

immigration

relaxation

tribulation

stimulation

backwardation

conversation

inattention

molestation

imposition

altercation

alternation

confirmation

conservation

disaffection

disposition

distillation

excitation

gargantuan

indication

insulation

interruption

intimation

intonation

inundation

invocation

masturbation

observation

ovulation

polyhedron

precondition

simulation

stipulation

superstition

vindication

minnesotan

sequestration

ohioan

orchestration

olympian

obstetrician

nestorian

tasmanian

circumspection

confrontation

contemplation

demonstration

contraception

contradiction

contravention

darwinian

contribution

concentration

coalescence

glaciation

extradition

extrication

hallucinate

inhibition

alexandrines

malignancies

corp.

corporation

elongation

nonpartisan

disillusion

rhododendron

delusional

fumigation

alexanders

assemblyman

perspiration

perturbation

preignition

relocation

rumination

titillation

usurpation

syncopation

dualism

dulcinea

disconnection

dispensation

reawaken

draconian

napoleon

iranian

arbitration

embarkation

exhortation

preconception

electrician

planarian

praetorian

jurisdiction

pigmentation

exploration

consternation

lancastrian

ministration

bavarian

inquisition

installation

integration

assyrian

transformation

arizonan

transportation

chameleon

decompression

imputation

missourian

incantation

liquefaction

reproduction

adulation

agitation

cogitation

education

vegetation

pagination

shakespearean

indigestion

hemoglobin

misbegotten

hallucinates

modulation

deformation

fibrillation

decoration

illusionist

ideation

crucifixion

dislocation

deportation

interaction

preparation

rhetorician

veneration

demarcation

reparation

lubrication

generation

retardation

athenian

federation

nigerian

separation

variation

permutation

distribution

introduction

nonprescription

misconception

exploitation

incrustation

implantation

committeeman

conjugation

comprehension

legislation

barbarian

agrarian

centurion

dehydration

armenian

hydrocarbon

eritrean

herculean

englishwoman

gorgonian

librarian

obsidian

pagurian

predetermine

samaritan

dualisms

overburden

historian

jordanian

nicaraguan

sectarian

kindergarten

victorian

watermelon

incarnation

desperation

reservation

mongolian

levitation

resurrection

importation

respiration

restoration

ostentation

trepidation

deconstruction

preservation

disinflation

introspection

augmentation

hungarian

reformation

recreation

reconstruction

illusionists

adrenaline

arabian

canadian

comedian

contrarian

fluctuation

gregorian

newtonian

pedestrian

plutonian

polygamy

registration

sicilian

utopian

infiltration

hegelian

bohemian

deviation

subdivision

superhuman

iteration

expiration

liberation

mediation

restitution

miseration

protestation

refutation

retrocession

accordion

custodian

estonian

eustachian

greco-roman

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plasmodia

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copenhagen

volcanically

5 syllable words

alienation

amalgamation

delicatessen

falsification

invalidation

misapplication

academician

assassination

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canonization

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christianization

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word halogen

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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