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2 syllable words

affine

alan

amman

auden

bacon

baron

barren

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

blacken

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bracken

brazen

broaden

buffin

button

cabin

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

chasten

cheapen

coffin

common

cotton

cousin

craven

cretin

dagan

dagon

daman

dauphin

deacon

deafen

deepen

demon

dozen

dragon

eaten

eden

elan

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

flatten

floren

foreign

freeman

gallon

gammon

garron

gladden

gotten

graven

griffon

happen

hasten

hausen

haven

jason

kalan

laden

lagan

latin

layman

leman

leven

locken

loren

madden

maiden

mason

moisten

mullen

mutton

oven

pagan

patten

pavon

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

puffin

raven

reason

refine

rerun

robin

rosin

rotten

ruffin

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

seaman

season

semen

seton

shaken

shaman

slacken

sodden

steven

stiffen

straighten

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

taken

talon

tappen

thousand

treason

trodden

typhoon

wagon

waken

warren

weaken

wheaten

yaupon

zaman

cowan

gowan

paean

peon

rayon

ashen

asian

bludgeon

cajun

caution

dudgeon

fashion

grecian

gudgeon

haitian

heathen

legion

lesion

mahone

nation

passion

pathan

prussian

ration

region

russian

station

suasion

acton

alban

alman

apron

arson

aspen

atman

austin

bagman

banyan

bargain

barton

baston

boston

brakeman

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chaplain

chapman

classman

claxon

corban

cordon

dalton

dampen

damson

darken

dobson

dolman

falcon

faulcon

fielden

foreman

fountain

freedman

garden

gascon

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

harten

hearten

houseman

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kansan

lockman

london

marlin

marten

martin

matron

morgan

mormon

mountain

muslin

norman

onion

organ

outdone

outrun

oxen

packman

panton

pardon

parson

passman

patron

plantain

ponton

runnion

samson

santon

saxon

scallion

scullion

sequin

sharpen

shearman

shorten

shotgun

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallion

stallman

stockman

sultan

tarpon

tartan

tubman

tuscan

undone

vulcan

wanton

warden

action

aubin

auction

bastion

beckon

begun

bellon

billon

bisson

bitten

blowgun

bourbon

bowman

breton

briton

brogan

broken

buffoon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

caffeine

capon

caption

cavin

certain

charon

chicken

chiffon

chosen

christen

colon

coppin

craftsman

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

deaden

define

devon

dobbin

draftsman

driven

dromon

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

ermine

even

faction

faustian

felon

firman

flashgun

fortune

fraction

frozen

georgian

german

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

gluten

hangman

heaven

heron

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

jetton

kitten

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

linen

listen

logan

longan

loosen

lumen

luncheon

mangan

mansion

margin

marron

martian

melon

mitten

ninon

odin

omen

open

option

othman

perron

person

portion

prison

proven

pullen

quicken

ravin

reckon

redden

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

robbin

roman

rosen

rumen

sermon

seven

shogun

showman

shrunken

sicken

slogan

smitten

solon

spoken

stolen

stricken

striven

suction

sunken

swollen

thicken

threaten

tiffin

token

toman

torsion

traction

turban

urban

urson

vegan

villain

watchman

weapon

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

woven

written

yeoman

zircon

bordman

grandson

townsman

burgeon

doctrine

cushion

fusion

hessian

kitchen

dustman

earthen

fission

freshen

lotion

motion

caxton

landman

ocean

cauldron

marchman

oarsman

mission

markman

notion

persian

capstan

pigeon

potion

trojan

version

vision

baldwin

session

urchin

lampron

surgeon

delphian

sturgeon

horseman

klansman

portman

salesman

scotsman

seedsman

statesman

yachtsman

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

urine

boatman

bullion

copeman

footman

kremlin

minion

pitman

pillion

nekton

workman

molten

pressman

penman

piston

billman

billion

airman

citron

hempen

bellman

clinton

pectin

shipman

silken

gumption

ensign

hetman

jetson

selden

soldan

spearman

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

crimson

stepson

stillion

kirkman

headman

bolden

tungsten

bookman

chairman

lisbon

million

golden

linden

milken

olden

plankton

lopeman

chessman

chevron

desman

gilden

goodman

ibsen

lynden

m1

melton

mignon

newsman

pinion

sylvan

tendon

teston

tillman

trillion

union

whitson

woolman

woodman

function

guardsman

huntsman

junction

landsman

marksman

sanction

sportsman

belgian

brethren

bushman

christian

churchman

coachman

diction

engine

fiction

flexion

freshman

friction

gentian

mention

pension

question

rincon

section

tension

chopin

jawbone

kevin

levin

novum

ovum

pippin

daphne

divan

coupon

covin

rubin

soybean

children

headsman

homespun

lengthen

postman

sexton

spokesman

strengthen

emption

henchman

penguin

spiny

baboon

bovine

defame

divine

japan

lupine

opine

pavone

ravine

sabine

supine

upon

spinney

hipbone

3 syllable words

biotin

horizon

irian

myosin

niacin

rifleman

awaken

gravamen

jamaican

uneven

vitamin

alien

appian

arian

aryan

avenue

avian

cation

caucasian

causation

citation

collegian

dilation

dilution

diversion

dorian

euphony

fabian

fenian

foramen

galleon

gaussian

ghanaian

gyration

hawaiian

korean

ligation

malayan

malaysian

median

moroccan

negation

nemean

occasion

oration

orion

phoenician

plebeian

predation

privation

profession

reopen

saccharin

samoan

sedation

summation

tamarin

tiffany

venetian

acumen

african

capsaicin

enlighten

enliven

policeman

laotian

creation

croatian

fijian

horatian

ablation

abrasion

accretion

affection

alsatian

artesian

carnation

cartesian

confession

contagion

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

digression

dissection

formation

foundation

hydration

hydrogen

irishman

lactation

libration

migration

nitrogen

norwegian

optation

plantation

profusion

salvation

secretion

stagnation

starvation

taxation

vibration

albion

assassin

bosnian

beethoven

adrian

campion

anyone

andean

bedizen

catalan

champion

citizen

denizen

cinnamon

collagen

determine

ferryman

forgotten

fustian

garrison

gordian

freemason

guardian

halcyon

hammerman

kantian

jacobin

keratin

lanolin

mandarin

keynesian

javelin

medicine

nevadan

puritan

toboggan

unison

reunion

silicon

skeleton

solomon

specimen

zambian

pelican

vatican

peterman

ramadan

scorpion

venison

waterman

suburban

ottoman

adhesion

albumin

communion

countryman

digestion

masculine

nonunion

truncation

addition

aleutian

allusion

assertion

audition

aversion

cessation

cetacean

clergyman

collision

collusion

commission

commotion

corruption

cremation

deletion

donation

duration

edition

elation

evasion

flirtation

flotation

gradation

halogen

imagine

lecithin

location

margarine

mutation

narration

notation

origin

ovation

parthian

percussion

petition

physician

pollution

position

possession

precaution

precession

precision

probation

procession

promotion

provision

quotation

reaction

regimen

relation

remission

revision

rotation

solution

tradition

vacation

vocation

affliction

avena

bedouin

carrion

castration

chilean

clarion

completion

confection

conflation

confucian

confusion

ebony

freudian

frustration

gillian

grobian

hafnia

heroin

heroine

jovian

julian

libyan

marian

nonhuman

nubian

odeon

permian

prostration

protean

revenue

simian

subpoena

syrian

translation

uterine

veteran

abandon

abdomen

alaskan

alderman

artisan

austrian

backgammon

battalion

brazilian

cambrian

cardigan

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

civilian

cohesion

corsican

discipline

dominion

everyone

forbidden

forewoman

genuine

guncotton

italian

lumberman

magdalen

magician

medallion

mexican

mistaken

nobleman

opinion

partisan

pavilion

perfusion

porcelain

predestine

rhodopsin

sumatran

talisman

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

australian

aegean

coercion

corrosion

derision

fruition

lutheran

parisian

phrygian

scythian

stygian

tuition

admission

adoption

aggression

ablution

addiction

aspersion

compassion

concession

attention

collection

abortion

accession

ambition

anchorman

ascension

asuncion

benjamin

apportion

attrition

cognition

concussion

condition

connection

connexion

contusion

conversion

deduction

defection

deflation

depletion

dictation

diffusion

discussion

emulsion

equation

eruption

fixation

gestation

impassion

inaction

invasion

laurentian

menhaden

misshapen

obsession

occlusion

oppression

optician

oxygen

partition

patrician

perfection

persuasion

prediction

preemption

pretension

prevention

production

progression

propulsion

protection

transfusion

proportion

reduction

regression

repression

resection

retention

revulsion

seduction

selection

sensation

submersion

submission

subversion

succession

suppression

suspicion

tactician

temptation

transition

bitumen

bouillon

bulletin

cyprian

eleven

elison

feminine

indian

jettison

lesbian

melanin

overdone

overman

overrun

superman

thespian

wesleyan

companion

councilman

disunion

gentleman

housebroken

downtrodden

handwoven

octillion

harlequin

nebraskan

projection

unbroken

arkansan

emblazon

etruscan

franciscan

bandwagon

crestfallen

ambrosian

badminton

outspoken

suggestion

snapdragon

muskmelon

saleswoman

abduction

anglican

assumption

attraction

combustion

compression

compulsion

conception

conclusion

concoction

conduction

contention

contortion

contrition

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

correction

decision

declension

deflection

delusion

desertion

devotion

diffraction

direction

disruption

distortion

division

emission

emotion

erosion

exaction

exhaustion

filtration

fisherman

illusion

immersion

induction

infection

inflation

infusion

inhuman

misfortune

munition

musician

omission

pentathlon

permission

perversion

presumption

recession

recision

reflection

religion

rescission

resumption

retraction

reversion

secession

sedition

singleton

suspension

transaction

transmission

volition

clarendon

in-person

timberman

chairperson

logician

chairwoman

bedridden

congestion

backwoodsman

vermilion

heartbroken

rebellion

objection

apnea

opium

havana

levana

savanna

beholden

cistercian

deception

dentition

complexion

depiction

depression

detection

dimension

dispersion

dissension

election

erection

eviction

excision

prescription

detention

restriction

exertion

ignition

incision

inversion

nutrition

perception

absorption

congressman

reception

abstention

consumption

rendition

contraction

contraption

technician

adsorption

destruction

seclusion

distraction

expansion

inflection

preclusion

infliction

infraction

transgression

incursion

insertion

infarction

excretion

expulsion

extortion

subtraction

compunction

egyptian

ejection

embolden

imprison

intestine

rejection

reptilian

abstraction

constriction

conjunction

conscription

construction

extraction

instruction

obstruction

subscription

transcription

excursion

exception

intention

invention

intrusion

midshipman

inception

inclusion

impression

implosion

misprision

redemption

discretion

injection

ingestion

description

encryption

exclusion

exemption

explosion

expression

extension

extrusion

inspection

proscription

englishman

distinction

injunction

inscription

extinction

4 syllable words

ohioan

arabian

canadian

chameleon

comedian

criterion

diocesan

hyperion

iberian

liberian

mammalian

siberian

aberration

adoration

athenian

coloration

dietitian

ideation

laceration

leviathan

moderation

nigerian

operation

surrogation

toleration

violation

moravian

niobium

albanian

amphibian

armenian

committeeman

cotyledon

cyclopean

graduation

jordanian

librarian

maturation

pagurian

saturation

tasmanian

ibuprofen

annotation

appalachian

appellation

collocation

connotation

corp.

corporation

correlation

decimation

dedication

delegation

fluoridation

hesitation

hibernation

irrigation

medication

meditation

admiration

affirmation

allegation

allocation

alteration

animation

aspiration

avocation

derivation

desiccation

desolation

dilatation

elevation

gravitation

habitation

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

isolation

jubilation

litigation

motivation

mutilation

navigation

oscillation

polynesian

profanation

propagation

provocation

recitation

renovation

revelation

revocation

sanitation

suffocation

ulceration

vacillation

validation

valuation

adulation

agitation

education

assyrian

cogitation

fluctuation

collodion

modulation

bavarian

coloradan

tamoxifen

vegetation

draconian

european

fallopian

floridian

galilean

gregorian

himalayan

iranian

jacobean

maccabean

missourian

napoleon

planarian

praetorian

protozoan

reawaken

valerian

abdication

accusation

activation

adaptation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

approbation

backwardation

celebration

confirmation

consummation

conversation

designation

devastation

distillation

emigration

disaffection

elocution

equitation

decoration

estimation

bohemian

duplication

deviation

preparation

abnegation

acclimation

acclamation

generation

mediation

abrogation

altercation

alternation

application

liberation

annexation

calibration

cancellation

commutation

compilation

conservation

consolation

desecration

convocation

miseration

deprivation

excitation

prohibition

radiation

veneration

depredation

reparation

deformation

depravation

variation

cultivation

degradation

fabrication

granulation

apparition

coalition

federation

foliation

immigration

aviation

insulation

masturbation

obligation

observation

occupation

oxidation

palpitation

persecution

polyhedron

prosecution

publication

ventilation

vindication

resignation

segregation

proclamation

reclamation

replication

hegelian

indication

reassertion

invocation

hypertension

intimation

lilliputian

pelagian

penetration

iteration

perforation

population

tabulation

separation

abyssinian

accordion

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

american

assemblyman

barbarian

californian

columbian

conjugation

copernican

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

dehydration

dominican

eustachian

glaciation

gorgonian

guatemalan

herculean

historian

hydrocarbon

legislation

meridian

minnesotan

nestorian

nicaraguan

oblivion

obsidian

paraguayan

pavlovian

penicillin

peruvian

predetermine

reexamine

samaritan

situation

syncopation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

dissertation

bifurcation

dissipation

domination

dissolution

arbitration

fascination

figuration

irritation

levitation

limitation

procreation

proposition

reformation

locomotion

opposition

relocation

amputation

supposition

titillation

repercussion

repetition

attribution

algerian

arthurian

erudition

evocation

fumigation

politician

condemnation

evolution

perspiration

preelection

preignition

perturbation

preservation

reposition

resolution

respiration

restoration

computation

reservation

calculation

complication

reelection

repossession

rumination

augmentation

revolution

confiscation

constellation

implication

abolition

consternation

constipation

consultation

defamation

embarkation

excavation

execution

exhortation

ministration

mortification

declaration

punctuation

coronation

octahedron

subluxation

definition

consecration

illustration

incarnation

devolution

formulation

machination

gastrulation

installation

desperation

mongolian

inflammation

mitigation

integration

manumission

satisfaction

demolition

deposition

hungarian

retribution

nomination

recreation

incantation

visitation

importation

obfuscation

readmission

usurpation

liquefaction

realization

malformation

ostentation

tetrahedron

trepidation

transformation

transportation

congregation

exhalation

indigestion

strangulation

arizonan

bolivian

armageddon

comparison

hemoglobin

republican

devonian

sicilian

simonian

contrarian

adrenaline

crocodilian

newtonian

macedonian

plutonian

utopian

misbegotten

noblewoman

pagination

pedestrian

shakespearean

absolution

contribution

acquisition

admonition

conflagration

algonquian

distribution

competition

confrontation

contemplation

ammunition

carcinogen

exclamation

benediction

explication

extrication

sequestration

circulation

circumcision

combination

commendation

composition

dislocation

emulation

fibrillation

indonesian

interaction

invitation

lubrication

convolution

gargantuan

imposition

inattention

inspiration

deportation

crucifixion

culmination

demarcation

dereliction

destitution

incrustation

disposition

exhibition

interruption

liquidation

molestation

expiration

information

ordination

ovulation

permutation

precondition

predilection

prostitution

protestation

relaxation

reputation

recollection

refutation

implantation

orchestration

recognition

regulation

requisition

retardation

simulation

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

superhuman

syndication

tribulation

vaccination

comprehension

corinthian

rhetorician

transplantation

elongation

gentlewoman

inhibition

kindergarten

nonpartisan

rhododendron

expedition

eritrean

estonian

interurban

circumvention

overburden

lancastrian

constitution

jurisdiction

substitution

indentation

compensation

condensation

condescension

exploration

greco-roman

fragmentation

indexation

indignation

imputation

infestation

malnutrition

decompression

disinfection

disinflation

disputation

instigation

inquisition

exposition

imperfection

menstruation

centurion

preconception

reinspection

olympian

sectarian

reproduction

detonation

diminution

apprehension

divination

termination

disillusion

emanation

supervision

incubation

melanesian

resurrection

smithsonian

registration

intuition

germination

premonition

circumspection

concentration

contraception

contradiction

contravention

expectation

exploitation

extradition

impregnation

infiltration

interwoven

introduction

obstetrician

self-deception

fermentation

indecision

presentation

restitution

intercession

intonation

inundation

retrocession

copenhagen

intermission

recantation

superstition

destination

insurrection

exhumation

businesswoman

introspection

reconstruction

equestrian

deconstruction

disconnection

dispensation

interdiction

segmentation

inclination

institution

pigmentation

interception

misperception

electrician

intersection

intervention

interjection

nonprescription

demonstration

explanation

misconception

indiscretion

englishwoman

5 syllable words

pomeranian

corroboration

cooperation

panamanian

hyperborean

affiliation

alleviation

alliteration

annihilation

association

cauterization

collaboration

commemoration

deification

elaboration

evaporation

hyperinflation

lithuanian

polarization

reaffirmation

authorization

epicurean

philadelphian

dionysian

scandinavian

abbreviation

acceleration

accommodation

adulteration

agglomeration

amortization

amelioration

assimilation

attenuation

brutalization

certification

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

conciliation

confederation

consideration

decapitation

discoloration

edification

elizabethan

eradication

evaluation

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Words that rhyme with the word hyphen

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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