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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word ignition.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

mignon

diction

mention

pension

gentian

function

junction

tension

fiction

friction

mission

fission

clinton

ensign

ibsen

signet

lynden

linden

minion

pinion

whitson

emption

henchman

gumption

begun

bisson

christen

ninon

glisten

linen

listen

section

sanction

rincon

suction

flexion

huntsman

mansion

luncheon

dungeon

engine

christian

children

cushion

freshen

grandson

grecian

hessian

kitchen

lengthen

pigeon

prussian

russian

session

strengthen

vision

undone

gilden

billion

billman

jetson

keelson

kelson

kenyan

lisbon

london

tungsten

milken

pillion

runnion

spearman

stepson

stillion

trillion

silken

shipman

pitman

million

onion

sylvan

tendon

tillman

penman

piston

citron

crimson

fraction

caption

freshman

faction

question

shrunken

action

drunken

auction

dutchman

belgian

brethren

sunken

torsion

option

cushioned

portion

traction

martian

bushman

billon

chicken

bitten

briton

gibbon

griffon

mitten

glidden

prison

sicken

quicken

thicken

wiccan

women

smitten

striven

given

stricken

written

stiffen

driven

hidden

lesson

lessen

risen

vegan

ribbon

ridden

villain

kitten

riven

klansman

headsman

delphian

landman

ignites

kismets

rescinds

seedsman

townsman

sexton

lotion

ocean

dudgeon

motion

bludgeon

nation

notion

gudgeon

heathen

legion

haitian

ashen

fashion

caution

lesion

passion

potion

ration

region

station

plankton

penguin

banyan

airman

arson

bagman

bellman

bookman

bullion

canton

canyon

chairman

claxon

chessman

chevron

chieftain

damson

decent

descend

descent

desman

dissent

dobson

fielden

footman

fountain

freedman

goodman

headman

hempen

hetman

ignite

kansan

kelvin

kismet

kremlin

lignite

lineman

linemen

m1

magnate

magnet

melton

minden

mountain

muslin

nekton

oxen

panton

parson

pectin

plantain

ponton

pressman

recent

rescind

samson

santon

saxon

scullion

selden

sequin

shearman

teston

tubman

union

vulcan

woodman

woolman

sultan

tuscan

wanton

guardsman

landsman

draftsman

marksman

sportsman

craftsman

fortune

georgian

hangman

regent

margin

fashioned

bastion

bismuth

faustian

flashgun

legend

beaten

dissents

doctrine

beckon

homespun

bellon

bison

discount

dustman

horseman

bason

portman

beacon

basin

vignettes

yachtsman

viscount

blowgun

capstan

lampron

salesman

resents

scotsman

sequent

breton

cauldron

brogan

button

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

charon

chasten

cheapen

cousin

cretin

dagan

dagon

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dozen

dragon

eden

statesman

elan

caxton

spokesman

eaten

fasten

felon

freeman

hasten

heaven

heron

hogan

hyson

jason

jetton

lagan

mullen

pagan

logan

mason

marchman

oven

magnets

markman

loosen

descents

marron

melon

bordman

perron

descends

person

pullen

reason

reckon

seaman

season

semen

shogun

slogan

threaten

treason

urson

baldwin

seton

sweeten

toughen

miscount

leaden

leaven

leven

moisten

muffin

redden

rerun

resin

oarsman

ledden

lemon

mutton

leman

seven

sudden

sullen

summon

steven

wagon

weaken

weapon

wheaten

woman

wooden

woolen

worsen

suasion

sturgeon

fusion

regents

mahone

earthen

persian

surgeon

urchin

burgeon

asian

trojan

cajun

disjoint

legends

pathan

version

acton

alban

alman

apron

aspen

atman

austin

bargain

barton

baston

besant

boatman

bolden

boston

brakeman

calvin

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chaplain

chapman

classman

copeman

corban

cordon

dalton

dampen

darken

discounts

disowned

docent

dolman

dolphin

falcon

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

foreman

garden

gascon

golden

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

harten

hearten

houseman

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kirkman

lightman

lockman

loosened

lopeman

marlin

marten

martin

matron

molten

morgan

mormon

nascent

newsman

norman

olden

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

packman

paean

pardon

passman

patron

peasant

peon

pheasant

piquant

saffron

scallion

second

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallion

stallman

stockman

tarpon

tartan

vignette

viscounts

warden

workman

churchman

agent

coachman

longan

cogent

mangan

othman

pageant

watchman

mismatch

alan

amman

pheasants

auden

bacon

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

bayman

blacken

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brazen

brighten

broaden

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

cayman

certain

chosen

colon

common

cotton

craven

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

daman

doughnut

dromon

ermine

fallen

famine

fatten

firman

flatten

floren

foreign

frighten

frozen

gallon

gammon

garron

german

gladden

gluten

magnates

gotten

graven

happen

hausen

haven

heighten

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

kalan

laden

latin

layman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

loren

lumen

lyden

madden

maiden

odin

often

omen

open

patten

pavon

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

proven

raven

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

sadden

salmon

docents

satan

satin

sermon

shaken

shaman

postman

showman

siphon

siren

slacken

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

stolen

straighten

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tighten

titan

token

toman

triton

trodden

woven

accounts

turban

urban

waken

wizen

seconds

widen

recounts

warren

whiten

peasants

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zircon

agents

locksmith

pageants

quicksands

vacant

resend

resent

doughnuts

recount

wizened

thousand

lucent

lion

owen

urine

ashamed

zion

jacinth

cowan

ion

dian

gowan

mayan

rayon

rowan

rowen

ruin

scion

ascends

bookends

checkmates

thousands

quicksand

mismatched

thousandth

accents

thousandths

account

checkmate

ascent

assumed

bookend

decant

resound

ascend

assent

recant

accent

acquaint

backhand

foxhound

3 syllable words

description

magician

exemption

infliction

deflection

disruption

exaction

elison

contrition

discretion

venison

exception

exhaustion

impression

cinnamon

inception

jettison

induction

infection

misprision

reflection

accession

ambition

cistercian

concession

concussion

confession

connection

connexion

deception

deduction

defection

deflation

detection

detention

dictation

digression

dimension

dissension

election

emulsion

erection

fixation

impassion

inaction

insertion

nutrition

obsession

oppression

distinction

optician

partition

reception

repression

accretion

admission

revulsion

stagnation

secretion

seduction

succession

suppression

tactician

transition

audition

cetacean

ingestion

collision

injection

devotion

elation

musician

inscription

desertion

emotion

negation

omission

permission

procession

provision

possession

precession

precision

profession

revision

volition

ejection

imprison

etruscan

intestine

rejection

truncation

excretion

expulsion

destruction

inflection

inspection

expression

tuition

extinction

fruition

completion

conception

compulsion

bedridden

combustion

logician

compression

conduction

contention

in-person

confection

unwritten

convection

convention

convulsion

diffraction

distortion

filtration

inflation

invention

midshipman

presumption

redemption

resumption

singleton

transmission

equation

congestion

carnation

denizen

uneven

cyprian

unison

adoption

collection

compassion

temptation

crustacean

citizen

damnation

diffusion

objection

eleven

garrison

apportion

gestation

pretension

prevention

production

propulsion

protection

reduction

seclusion

indian

medicine

ascension

preclusion

preemption

silicon

ablution

instruction

ablation

abortion

asuncion

proportion

bedizen

affection

invasion

inversion

irishman

retention

attention

incursion

migration

selection

sensation

anyone

bulletin

franciscan

relation

reversion

consumption

narration

delusion

percussion

cremation

pollution

precaution

predation

reaction

promotion

sedation

summation

suggestion

solution

expansion

extension

evasion

fenian

immersion

illusion

imagine

reptilian

gillian

projection

transgression

libyan

syrian

distraction

donation

duration

infraction

simian

ligation

infarction

erosion

chilean

aleutian

complexion

assertion

cessation

collegian

commotion

aegean

assumption

attraction

brazilian

chairperson

chairwoman

civilian

concoction

conflation

confucian

contortion

creation

declension

derision

dominion

everyone

forbidden

frustration

genuine

implosion

inclusion

infusion

inhuman

intention

intrusion

italian

magdalen

mexican

opinion

parisian

pavilion

phrygian

policeman

predestine

rebellion

retraction

scythian

sigmoidal

stygian

suspension

talisman

timberman

unbutton

injunction

conjunction

construction

obstruction

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

cartesian

ferryman

eruption

essential

formation

freemason

foundation

lanolin

hydration

keratin

vibration

submersion

lesbian

taxation

vatican

puritan

alsatian

artesian

plantation

prediction

profusion

resection

reunion

salvation

subversion

skeleton

starvation

wesleyan

menhaden

lactation

laurentian

libration

abrasion

occlusion

pelican

addiction

optation

norwegian

contagion

contusion

dignity

dalmatian

resentment

conversion

contraction

adsorption

subtraction

congressman

absorption

contraption

extortion

allusion

causation

flirtation

flotation

privation

probation

rotation

gradation

ghanaian

carrion

corruption

quotation

signature

correction

badminton

gentleman

nebraskan

octillion

gyration

countryman

digestion

fisherman

notation

occasion

nemean

niacin

vacation

aversion

collusion

resentful

myosin

clarion

plebeian

citation

dilution

median

dilation

direction

location

malaysian

mutation

marian

oration

ovation

vocation

anglican

pentathlon

prostration

conclusion

confusion

compunction

transaction

castration

excursion

sequential

affliction

conviction

essentials

translation

resentments

cognitive

coercion

croatian

horatian

discipline

fijian

laotian

enlighten

enliven

abandon

ignited

lumberman

extraction

rhodopsin

uncommon

alaskan

acumen

guncotton

uncertain

battalion

rekindle

medallion

unburden

vermilion

adrian

albion

awaken

campion

beholden

dissenting

champion

andean

determine

anchorman

forgotten

gordian

jamaican

keynesian

dispersion

guardian

kantian

mandarin

halcyon

dissection

nevadan

suburban

scorpion

peterman

specimen

benjamin

descending

zambian

perfection

quiescent

misshapen

perception

signatures

prescription

proscription

restriction

accountant

ascendance

ascendant

communion

abstention

encryption

exclusion

explosion

extrusion

companion

councilman

descendant

descendent

emblazon

embolden

unbroken

diversion

lecithin

reagent

caucasian

perversion

reopen

hawaiian

nonhuman

aryan

conscription

heroin

heroine

appian

arian

galleon

gaussian

nubian

grobian

abstraction

freudian

odeon

permian

protean

constriction

avian

subscription

samoan

fabian

abduction

bedouin

transcription

dorian

irian

malayan

jovian

alien

julian

korean

veteran

misfortune

abdomen

backgammon

chamberlain

forewoman

alderman

accountants

mistaken

sumatran

acquaintance

perfusion

descendents

descendants

austrian

cambrian

cardigan

cohesion

recommits

corrosion

ascending

agendas

aspersion

reagents

transfusion

muskmelon

ambrosian

magnetron

reignite

fustian

gravamen

asunder

handwoven

hammerman

recommit

albumin

arkansan

beethoven

nonunion

bandwagon

disunion

adhesion

overrun

downtrodden

overman

thespian

dissenter

toboggan

overdone

assassin

eccentrics

collagen

magnetics

waterman

superman

acantha

agenda

clergyman

disjointed

halogen

misanthrope

mishandle

origin

parthian

passionate

regimen

discounter

backwoodsman

heartbroken

biotin

cation

recently

rifleman

discontent

eccentric

dissenters

foramen

gigantic

pegmatite

horizon

magnetite

byzantine

magnetic

moroccan

capsaicin

orion

uterine

magnitude

tamarin

nobleman

saccharin

osmotic

vaccinate

persuasion

mishandles

hydrogen

hyacinths

mismatches

nitrogen

oxygen

discontents

lutheran

catalan

decimate

fascinate

feminine

jacobin

huguenot

javelin

outspoken

masonite

acquainted

ramadan

crestfallen

harlequin

magnitudes

melanin

vitamin

discounters

ottoman

solomon

accenting

backhanded

rejoinder

misconduct

margarine

hyacinth

charlatan

clarendon

cocoanuts

corsican

african

charwoman

dogmatic

fascinates

huguenots

artisan

partisan

secondly

peasantry

recondite

porcelain

pageantry

accented

cosmetics

housebroken

masculine

saleswoman

snapdragon

australian

cosmetic

hackmatack

raconteur

secondhand

mackintosh

macintosh

4 syllable words

indecision

disposition

imposition

fibrillation

intermission

liquidation

syndication

invitation

precondition

demolition

deposition

supposition

diminution

inhalation

limitation

titillation

innovation

divination

dissipation

irritation

inhibition

erudition

readmission

figuration

repetition

reposition

visitation

syncopation

apparition

iteration

liberation

coalition

dietitian

miseration

prohibition

disconnection

disinfection

indignation

electrician

inquisition

institution

interdiction

pigmentation

englishwoman

minnesotan

situation

designation

immigration

interruption

degradation

stimulation

intercession

admonition

indonesian

insulation

insurrection

requisition

resignation

simulation

statistician

tribulation

ammunition

crucifixion

disaffection

distillation

exhibition

intimation

regulation

segregation

vindication

stipulation

indication

intonation

invocation

inundation

abolition

bifurcation

detonation

dilatation

emanation

fumigation

imitation

immolation

preelection

proposition

recreation

reelection

renovation

repercussion

repossession

polynesian

dissolution

opposition

politician

dissertation

irrigation

disillusion

litigation

manumission

melanesian

mitigation

devonian

resurrection

iranian

rumination

simonian

sicilian

impregnation

infiltration

misconception

indiscretion

misperception

deviation

generation

ministration

pagination

republican

decoration

decompression

federation

leviathan

mediation

exposition

variation

incantation

incarnation

veneration

reassertion

expedition

imputation

implication

imperfection

disinflation

dispensation

reparation

inclination

indentation

malnutrition

separation

liquefaction

intersection

interception

installation

integration

inflammation

infestation

preparation

surrogation

indexation

preconception

coloration

segmentation

reinspection

punctuation

acquisition

aggravation

circumcision

competition

composition

copernican

culmination

depravation

depredation

deprivation

destination

destitution

dislocation

dominican

emigration

emulation

equitation

estimation

incubation

indigestion

information

inspiration

interaction

interjection

lilliputian

oblivion

obsidian

penetration

penicillin

predilection

presentation

recantation

reclamation

recollection

reexamine

replication

reputation

retrocession

samaritan

speculation

subdivision

superstition

ventilation

wagnerian

dehydration

distribution

extradition

implantation

equestrian

introduction

incrustation

obstetrician

desiccation

domination

elevation

evocation

evolution

himalayan

devolution

gregorian

valerian

desolation

desperation

derivation

animation

annotation

coronation

allegation

connotation

planarian

decimation

delegation

defamation

dedication

assyrian

declaration

fascination

hibernation

meditation

revocation

revolution

trepidation

procreation

profanation

propagation

relocation

sanitation

ulceration

germination

gravitation

hesitation

medication

navigation

nomination

recitation

reformation

restoration

suffocation

supervision

termination

machination

preservation

fluoridation

levitation

realization

diocesan

reservation

resolution

respiration

revelation

smithsonian

education

exhortation

adrenaline

hemoglobin

adulation

agitation

arbitration

subluxation

importation

comparison

excavation

execution

illustration

cogitation

attribution

retribution

fragmentation

instigation

reproduction

augmentation

intervention

fluctuation

disputation

magnetism

vegetation

modulation

aberration

adoration

reconstruction

athenian

hegelian

laceration

operation

foliation

ideation

moderation

aviation

pelagian

perforation

introspection

radiation

toleration

deconstruction

violation

amphibian

registration

alternation

cancellation

american

committeeman

combination

darwinian

adaptation

maturation

abnegation

pagurian

affectation

apprehension

abrogation

celebration

interurban

aggregation

graduation

abdication

gorgonian

glaciation

predetermine

annexation

calibration

carcinogen

commendation

excitation

granulation

prosecution

protestation

abyssinian

deportation

molestation

expiration

saturation

publication

vaccination

agrarian

dissymmetry

obligation

exhalation

desecration

inattention

strangulation

consolation

elocution

ordination

centurion

eritrean

consummation

deformation

cultivation

persecution

estonian

convocation

convolution

devastation

fabrication

fermentation

gargantuan

refutation

victorian

retardation

demarcation

lubrication

machinations

relaxation

restitution

conjugation

legislation

circumspection

self-deception

gentlewoman

elongation

kindergarten

exclamation

extrication

demonstration

conflagration

sequestration

expectation

explanation

explication

admiration

affirmation

allocation

alteration

appellation

aspiration

collocation

essentially

locomotion

motivation

mutilation

oscillation

jubilation

corp.

avocation

corporation

correlation

habitation

hungarian

isolation

perspiration

usurpation

comprehension

provocation

vacillation

validation

exhumation

valuation

perturbation

bavarian

constellation

ostentation

exploration

liberian

reawaken

vicinity

menstruation

chameleon

comedian

condensation

canadian

condemnation

embarkation

condescension

obfuscation

satisfaction

fallopian

mammalian

floridian

arabian

criterion

consecration

collodion

constitution

constipation

consultation

substitution

bolivian

mortification

vaccinations

draconian

hyperion

siberian

compensation

napoleon

newtonian

plutonian

praetorian

iberian

european

missourian

confiscation

armageddon

crocodilian

misbegotten

noblewoman

pedestrian

shakespearean

bohemian

corinthian

congregation

interwoven

disinterested

nigerian

disinterest

dogmatism

accusation

backwardation

activation

application

approbation

benediction

acclamation

acclimation

moravian

absolution

advocation

algonquian

altercation

circulation

commutation

meridian

compilation

confirmation

peruvian

conservation

conversation

occupation

dereliction

duplication

hypertension

masturbation

observation

ovulation

permutation

population

oxidation

palpitation

proclamation

prostitution

tabulation

armenian

byzantium

greco-roman

dandelion

nicaraguan

olympian

cotyledon

paraguayan

orchestration

misinterpret

contribution

jordanian

confrontation

albanian

sectarian

exploitation

contraception

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word ignition

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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