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2 syllable words
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2 syllable words

boron

bowman

broken

chosen

colon

doggone

dromon

frozen

hoten

hoven

koran

moron

odin

omen

open

roman

rosen

showman

solon

spoken

stolen

swollen

token

toman

woven

yeoman

owen

rowan

rowen

lotion

motion

notion

ocean

potion

trojan

argon

argonne

boatman

bolden

copeman

golden

gorgon

lopeman

molten

morgan

olden

organ

soldan

auden

baton

begun

bhutan

boughten

broaden

bygone

capon

ceylon

chiffon

coachman

cocaine

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

dagan

dagon

dragon

floren

foreign

gluten

hausen

human

icon

iran

lagan

loosen

loren

lumen

maidan

meson

moisten

neuron

nylon

often

ozone

pagan

pecan

poison

proven

pylon

radon

rumen

salon

slip-on

thousand

upon

vegan

wagon

warren

xenon

yaupon

cochin

postman

fusion

python

homespun

spokesman

cowan

crayon

gowan

leon

ruin

bagman

bargain

austin

corban

cordon

dacron

dalton

faulcon

foreman

fountain

krypton

micron

mignon

houseman

jargon

jordan

jorden

memnon

mormon

mountain

newsman

norman

orphan

outdone

outrun

pompon

shorten

shotgun

stallman

tampon

union

wanton

warden

wigwam

drunken

faustian

flashgun

fortune

georgian

hangman

longan

mangan

portion

rincon

shrunken

sunken

torsion

again

alan

amman

bacon

baron

barren

basin

bason

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

begin

bellon

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

blacken

bourbon

bracken

brazen

breton

brighten

briton

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

certain

charon

chasten

cheapen

chicken

christen

cousin

craven

cretin

curtain

daikon

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dozen

driven

eaten

eden

elan

ermine

famine

fasten

fatten

felon

firman

flatten

freeman

frighten

gallon

gammon

garron

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

graven

griffon

happen

hasten

haven

heaven

heighten

heron

hidden

hymen

hyphen

hyson

jason

jetton

kalan

kitten

laden

lagoon

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linen

listen

liven

lyden

madden

maiden

marron

mason

melon

mitten

muffin

mullen

mutton

newcome

ninon

oven

patten

perron

person

platen

platten

prison

pullen

quicken

raven

reason

reckon

redden

regain

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

smitten

steven

stiffen

straighten

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

thicken

threaten

tighten

titan

toughen

treason

triton

turban

urban

urson

villain

waken

weapon

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

weaken

worsen

written

zaman

zircon

baldwin

bordman

horseman

lengthen

oarsman

portman

strengthen

townsman

asian

ashen

plankton

bludgeon

tungsten

burgeon

penguin

cajun

cushion

dudgeon

earthen

fashion

fission

grecian

gudgeon

nation

heathen

freshen

haitian

hessian

kitchen

legion

lesion

mahone

mission

passion

region

pathan

persian

russian

pigeon

prussian

ration

session

station

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

urchin

version

vision

acton

airman

alman

apron

aspen

atman

banyan

baston

bellman

billion

billman

bookman

brakeman

bullion

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

chieftain

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

crimson

dampen

damson

desman

dian

ensign

equine

exon

falcon

fibrin

fielden

fireman

footman

freedman

function

gascon

gilden

goodman

hackman

headman

hempen

hetman

ibsen

ion

jackman

jasmine

jetson

junction

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lion

lisbon

london

lynden

m1

matron

mayan

melton

milken

million

minden

minion

muslin

nekton

onion

packman

paean

panton

passman

patron

pectin

penman

peon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

pressman

rayon

runnion

saffron

samson

sanction

santon

saxon

scallion

scion

scullion

selden

sequin

shearman

shipman

silken

spearman

sportsman

stallion

stepson

stillion

sultan

sylvan

tendon

teston

tillman

trillion

tubman

tuscan

undone

urine

vulcan

whitson

woodman

woolman

workman

zion

action

bastion

belgian

brethren

bushman

caption

christian

churchman

diction

dungeon

dutchman

engine

faction

fiction

flexion

fraction

freshman

friction

gentian

luncheon

mansion

mention

pension

question

section

suction

tension

traction

caxton

dustman

klansman

seedsman

sexton

statesman

capstan

children

headsman

landman

salesman

grandson

pigskin

lampron

delphian

akin

become

bobbin

bollen

bosom

casein

chasm

cockney

common

cotton

cuisine

disown

dogma

fallen

gotten

ism

lakin

locken

magma

pavon

pigmy

pollan

pollen

pygmy

raisin

robin

rosin

rotten

schism

sigma

sodden

soften

trodden

emption

gumption

henchman

caution

hygiene

machine

landsman

craftsman

draftsman

huntsman

alban

arson

barton

boston

buxom

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

darken

dobson

dolman

dolphin

garden

harden

harken

harten

hearten

hexane

legume

lockman

marlin

marten

martin

maxim

oxen

pardon

parson

ponton

sharpen

siskin

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stockman

tarpon

tartan

vaccine

vixen

othman

option

watchman

auction

margin

martian

buckskin

cauldron

doctrine

marchman

markman

scotsman

yachtsman

acme

acne

awesome

bassoon

became

cocoon

dismay

guardsman

hackney

hakim

marksman

passim

possum

raccoon

rhizome

tycoon

ashame

jejune

regime

vishnu

rejoin

assume

resume

techno

vacuum

exhume

3 syllable words

oberon

orion

autobahn

grobian

jovian

odeon

protean

reopen

nobleman

rhodopsin

corrosion

croatian

coercion

laotian

beethoven

iguana

overrun

polygon

denouement

forgotten

overdone

overman

paragon

unison

commotion

devotion

donation

emotion

erosion

flotation

location

notation

omission

origin

ovation

probation

promotion

quotation

rotation

vocation

volition

agony

aileron

bedouin

cation

dorian

freudian

gaussian

ghanaian

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

julian

korean

liaison

nubian

rapprochement

samoan

uterine

abdomen

backgammon

cohesion

corsican

forewoman

hexagon

logician

magdalen

octagon

pentagon

porcelain

sumatran

biogen

fruition

lutheran

tuition

beholden

ganglion

norwegian

denizen

gordian

helicon

jacobin

javelin

keratin

lanolin

medicine

nevadan

puritan

ramadan

scorpion

silicon

vitamin

skeleton

specimen

pelican

reunion

superman

thereupon

toboggan

venison

waterman

whereupon

celadon

bitumen

carillon

catalan

cinnamon

citizen

assassin

bouillon

collagen

awaken

amazon

cephalon

ambrosian

downtrodden

embolden

handwoven

magnetron

outspoken

bandwagon

councilman

housebroken

unbroken

abidjan

aleutian

allusion

anglican

caucasian

causation

collusion

delusion

dilution

echelon

exaction

exhaustion

halogen

illusion

imagine

implosion

lecithin

ligation

marathon

munition

musician

mutation

negation

oration

pantheon

percussion

pollution

precaution

regimen

singleton

solution

alaskan

acumen

african

alderman

antiphon

cardigan

enliven

perfusion

rifleman

medallion

enlighten

lexicon

parmesan

heartbroken

austrian

battalion

chairwoman

discipline

forbidden

guncotton

italian

mexican

unbutton

uncommon

alien

appian

arian

avian

biotin

carrion

chilean

clarion

fabian

fenian

foramen

galleon

gillian

horizon

irian

libyan

mackinaw

malayan

marian

median

moroccan

museum

myosin

nemean

niacin

permian

plebeian

saccharin

simian

syrian

tamarin

taoism

veteran

explosion

aggression

proscription

ablution

abortion

adoption

anchorman

apportion

benjamin

cognition

compassion

concussion

contusion

deduction

diffusion

digression

discussion

emulsion

equation

eruption

exertion

formation

foundation

hydrogen

ignition

impassion

inaction

laurentian

migration

nitrogen

nutrition

occlusion

parthenon

persuasion

preclusion

production

profusion

progression

proportion

propulsion

reduction

regression

revulsion

seclusion

seduction

stagnation

scythian

creation

derision

horatian

parisian

phrygian

stygian

aegean

vagina

fijian

albumin

astrakhan

communion

crestfallen

cyclotron

disunion

electron

etruscan

gentleman

masculine

nebraskan

saleswoman

snapdragon

truncation

eleven

champion

determine

elison

albion

andean

anyone

bulletin

campion

cyprian

adrian

bedizen

freemason

fustian

garrison

halcyon

jettison

keynesian

lesbian

mandarin

melanin

requiem

suburban

thespian

uneven

wesleyan

feminine

ferryman

hammerman

indian

jamaican

kantian

peterman

saxony

vatican

zambian

abduction

assumption

attraction

combustion

compulsion

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confucian

confusion

contortion

convulsion

diffraction

disruption

distortion

inclusion

intrusion

induction

infusion

inhuman

misfortune

pentathlon

presumption

resumption

transaction

retraction

perversion

provision

aversion

privation

australian

procession

petition

backwoodsman

malaysian

reaction

rescission

phoenician

occasion

position

assertion

revision

narration

precession

precision

relation

predation

religion

cessation

cetacean

permission

physician

possession

profession

recession

remission

reversion

recision

citation

cremation

collision

correction

corruption

clergyman

commission

collegian

addition

decision

deletion

desertion

dilation

direction

diversion

division

duration

edition

elation

emission

evasion

fisherman

flirtation

gradation

gyration

immersion

secession

tradition

venetian

sedition

vacation

sedation

summation

abandon

absorption

adsorption

bedridden

brazilian

cambrian

capsaicin

chairperson

chamberlain

civilian

clarendon

consumption

contraction

contraption

destruction

distraction

dominion

everyone

exclusion

exemption

expulsion

extortion

extrusion

genuine

in-person

infarction

infraction

lumberman

magician

mistaken

opinion

pavilion

policeman

predestine

rebellion

subtraction

talisman

timberman

transfusion

transgression

unburden

uncertain

unwritten

vermilion

addiction

aryan

admission

concession

alsatian

ambition

condition

confession

dentition

dimension

depiction

depletion

depression

cesium

dictation

detection

detention

dispersion

dissection

dissension

election

incision

insertion

incursion

obsession

oppression

rendition

reception

transition

abrasion

ascension

asuncion

attention

accretion

accession

aspersion

connexion

attrition

compunction

distinction

englishman

contagion

ablation

conversion

connection

crustacean

deflation

invasion

inversion

defection

deism

dalmatian

damnation

deception

irishman

patrician

perception

plantation

pretension

prevention

protection

sensation

vibration

prediction

preemption

secretion

sesame

perfection

selection

excision

fixation

erection

cistercian

gestation

eviction

affection

collection

miocene

hydration

lactation

retention

salvation

subversion

suspicion

eocene

suppression

repression

libration

submersion

submission

succession

menhaden

misshapen

resection

tactician

taxation

technician

temptation

theism

abstraction

construction

conjunction

countryman

intestine

projection

extraction

instruction

franciscan

companion

suggestion

injunction

adhesion

badminton

digestion

egyptian

ejection

emblazon

obstruction

muskmelon

imprison

rejection

reptilian

extinction

affliction

redemption

suspension

reflection

translation

transmission

castration

completion

compression

conception

confection

conflation

contrition

convection

convention

conviction

declension

deflection

discretion

excursion

filtration

frustration

contention

exception

inception

impression

infection

inflation

invention

intention

midshipman

misprision

objection

bosnian

congestion

eczema

gravamen

injection

guardian

solomon

ingestion

ottoman

axiom

abstention

audition

complexion

description

encryption

excretion

expansion

expression

extension

inflection

infliction

inspection

margarine

parthian

prescription

restriction

charwoman

artisan

partisan

charlatan

transcription

inscription

constriction

conscription

subscription

artesian

starvation

partition

carnation

cartesian

optation

optician

oxygen

arkansan

nonunion

octillion

harlequin

miasma

nonhuman

prostration

vaccina

picayune

congressman

casino

cassino

reassume

eskimo

4 syllable words

ohioan

protozoan

columbian

locomotion

motivation

arizonan

bolivian

collodion

devonian

draconian

fallopian

gregorian

napoleon

newtonian

plutonian

noblewoman

okinawa

simonian

utopian

copenhagen

bohemian

coalition

foliation

ovulation

prohibition

automaton

cotyledon

custodian

estonian

gorgonian

greco-roman

hydrocarbon

minnesotan

olympian

overburden

paraguayan

pavlovian

peruvian

reexamine

fumigation

mutilation

procreation

smithsonian

evocation

correlation

relocation

jubilation

hemoglobin

interwoven

macedonian

misbegotten

oxymoron

coloradan

european

floridian

galilean

himalayan

iranian

jacobean

maccabean

praetorian

reawaken

aggregation

aggravation

algonquian

dislocation

degradation

duplication

molestation

retrocession

indonesian

protestation

regulation

segregation

leviathan

surrogation

kindergarten

elongation

syncopation

rhododendron

ibuprofen

accordion

agrarian

alabaman

american

lancastrian

copernican

cyclopean

dandelion

dominican

eustachian

graduation

historian

herculean

exhortation

mortification

guatemalan

jordanian

nestorian

nicaraguan

phenomenon

pagurian

penicillin

situation

victorian

watermelon

liquefaction

wagnerian

formulation

abolition

allegation

allocation

alteration

appellation

avocation

annotation

appalachian

animation

azerbaijan

coronation

corp.

corporation

decimation

dedication

defamation

delegation

demolition

deposition

derivation

desiccation

desolation

devolution

dilatation

diminution

disillusion

dissolution

elevation

erudition

evolution

figuration

fluoridation

habitation

hesitation

hungarian

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

intuition

irrigation

isolation

medication

mitigation

preignition

litigation

moravian

navigation

meditation

profanation

propagation

realization

meridian

recitation

renovation

repercussion

repetition

reposition

repossession

resolution

revelation

revolution

revocation

supposition

supervision

sanitation

suffocation

strangulation

rumination

usurpation

vacillation

validation

valuation

adrenaline

adulation

agitation

armageddon

comparison

education

fluctuation

orchestration

republican

tamoxifen

vegetation

accusation

adaptation

bavarian

acquisition

activation

chameleon

acclimation

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

diocesan

acclamation

siberian

sicilian

advocation

alternation

backwardation

benediction

assyrian

criterion

cancellation

celebration

crucifixion

disaffection

disposition

distillation

elocution

emigration

emulation

estimation

excitation

gargantuan

granulation

immigration

imposition

indication

interruption

liquidation

intimation

invocation

lilliputian

lubrication

application

circulation

demarcation

depravation

depredation

approbation

deformation

deportation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

insulation

interaction

designation

devastation

planarian

calibration

valerian

exhibition

destitution

circumcision

equitation

obligation

arabian

canadian

comedian

refutation

hyperion

reputation

tribulation

superhuman

vindication

iberian

requisition

ordination

permutation

persecution

reclamation

recognition

recollection

resignation

restitution

simulation

stimulation

ventilation

liberian

predilection

palpitation

missourian

replication

tabulation

speculation

mammalian

penetration

superstition

relaxation

stipulation

retardation

statistician

federation

iteration

mediation

pelagian

radiation

rhetorician

variation

veneration

businesswoman

aberration

coloration

equestrian

corinthian

generation

dehydration

preparation

perforation

decoration

inhibition

apparition

athenian

separation

liberation

gentlewoman

legislation

hegelian

violation

adoration

dietitian

aviation

deviation

ideation

miseration

nigerian

reparation

nonpartisan

laceration

reassertion

amputation

attribution

calculation

decompression

disputation

embarkation

excavation

execution

expedition

exposition

fragmentation

gastrulation

illustration

implication

importation

imputation

incarnation

indignation

inflammation

inquisition

installation

instigation

institution

integration

jurisdiction

malformation

malnutrition

menstruation

ministration

ostentation

pigmentation

punctuation

reproduction

retribution

satisfaction

segmentation

subluxation

substitution

tetrahedron

aldebaran

samaritan

albanian

sectarian

tasmanian

saturation

amphibian

abyssinian

exhalation

incubation

indigestion

centurion

committeeman

eritrean

glaciation

interurban

librarian

maturation

oblivion

obsidian

predetermine

distribution

exclamation

explication

exploitation

irritation

preelection

circumspection

extradition

levitation

impregnation

affirmation

bifurcation

limitation

machination

extrication

melanesian

incrustation

premonition

aspiration

dissertation

dissipation

divination

emanation

gravitation

perspiration

introduction

perturbation

fascination

germination

admiration

algerian

definition

desperation

detonation

hibernation

declaration

self-deception

sequestration

preservation

readmission

recreation

reelection

restoration

reformation

reservation

respiration

resurrection

titillation

visitation

termination

ulceration

trepidation

englishwoman

exhumation

pagination

pedestrian

shakespearean

abdication

admonition

affectation

ammunition

annexation

culmination

cultivation

destination

expiration

fabrication

fermentation

fibrillation

hypertension

inattention

indecision

information

inspiration

insurrection

intercession

intermission

intonation

inundation

invitation

masturbation

precondition

presentation

publication

recantation

subdivision

vaccination

introspection

syndication

californian

assemblyman

disconnection

disinfection

circumvention

disinflation

dispensation

electrician

augmentation

exploration

imperfection

indentation

inclination

incantation

indexation

interception

infestation

interdiction

intersection

intervention

misperception

preconception

reinspection

transformation

transportation

moderation

registration

operation

apprehension

interjection

toleration

armenian

barbarian

darwinian

demonstration

expectation

explanation

implantation

indiscretion

infiltration

misconception

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Words that rhyme with the word hogan

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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