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2 syllable words

children

dustman

gumption

citron

pillion

piston

trillion

billion

million

stillion

maelstrom

diction

huntsman

junction

christian

fiction

friction

portion

suction

torsion

function

martian

ballasts

delphian

elects

millstone

molests

sexton

ration

station

ashen

fashion

prussian

fission

russian

grecian

mission

passion

haitian

nation

arson

baston

billman

delights

austin

bullion

clinton

boston

jetson

keelson

kelson

parson

onion

melton

pitman

gilden

ibsen

milken

pinion

minion

outrun

runnion

scullion

silken

spearman

emption

sultan

tillman

sylvan

teston

tuscan

tungsten

whitson

brethren

pension

luncheon

margin

mention

dungeon

belgian

faustian

bastion

flashgun

flexion

fortune

gentian

georgian

question

section

tension

briton

button

christen

capstan

basin

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

caisson

holstein

chasten

collects

kitten

listen

cauldron

marchman

markman

glisten

hyson

jason

hasten

mason

bordman

oarsman

mitten

caxton

villain

doctrine

lengthen

postman

selects

hillsides

strengthen

mutton

smitten

written

henchman

asian

cajun

bludgeon

caution

freshen

legion

region

heathen

pigeon

cushion

pathan

dudgeon

lesion

suasion

vision

kitchen

gudgeon

hessian

session

airman

aspen

atman

ballast

bargain

barton

bellman

blasted

carbon

sanction

blisters

calloused

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chessman

chevron

chieftain

classman

clustered

clusters

corban

cordon

crimson

dalton

darken

dulcet

elect

ensign

fielden

fireman

flusters

footman

foreman

garden

gascon

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

hearten

hetman

hillside

houseman

jargon

jordan

jorden

kelvin

kenyan

lightman

linden

lisbon

london

lynden

marten

martin

matron

mignon

molest

molten

morgan

mormon

norman

pardon

passman

pectin

orphan

outdone

patron

pressman

scallion

nekton

organ

selden

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shorten

shotgun

smarten

spartan

stepson

stallion

tarpon

tartan

tubman

craftsman

guardsman

undone

ulster

warden

draftsman

marksman

sportsman

vulcan

woolman

action

auction

blasting

bulkheads

bullshit

bushman

caption

drunken

dutchman

engine

faction

fraction

freshman

mansion

option

rincon

shrunken

sunken

traction

yachtsman

bacon

baldwin

baron

barren

bason

baton

homespun

horseman

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

begun

bellon

blister

bluster

boughten

brazen

breton

brighten

canaan

cayman

charon

cheapen

chicken

cluster

cotton

cousin

craven

cretin

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deepen

delight

demon

dozen

driven

eaten

eden

elan

fasten

fatten

felon

flatten

floren

fluster

foreign

freeman

frighten

garron

gibbon

given

glidden

gotten

graven

griffon

haven

heighten

heron

hidden

hymen

hyphen

jetton

laden

latin

layman

leman

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

grandson

liven

loren

gallstone

scotsman

linen

lyden

hailstone

headsman

maiden

marron

melon

moisten

muffin

mullen

ninon

oven

pagan

patten

perron

salesman

platen

platten

prison

pullen

quicken

raven

reason

rerun

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

rotten

satan

satin

seaman

season

semen

seton

shaken

shaman

sicken

siphon

siren

steven

stiffen

straighten

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

syphon

taken

thicken

threaten

tighten

titan

toughen

treason

triton

waken

warren

weaken

wheaten

plastics

portman

wiccan

widen

statesman

bolstered

bolsters

spokesman

whiten

milestone

wizen

lampron

solstice

women

woolen

milkweed

zaman

potion

bulkhead

motion

notion

lotion

surgeon

earthen

burgeon

ocean

persian

sturgeon

urchin

penguin

plankton

version

flagstaffs

gallstones

hailstones

hailstorm

landsman

milestones

acton

alman

bolden

bolster

calvin

alban

apron

banyan

boatman

bookman

brakeman

canton

canyon

captain

claxon

closets

collect

damson

daylights

desman

dobson

dolman

dolphin

falcon

faulcon

fibrin

fountain

freedman

golden

goodman

headman

kirkman

m1

scion

hempen

holster

kremlin

paean

linemen

zion

lineman

minden

mountain

plastic

ponton

olden

oxen

plasters

samson

saxon

policed

panton

saffron

santon

lion

muslin

dian

penman

plantain

select

mayan

peon

sequin

skylights

soldan

sovereign

rayon

sovran

squadron

stallman

tendon

union

wanton

woodman

workman

ion

polished

falstaff

flagstone

klansman

landman

oilseeds

polecats

townsman

seedsman

alan

alight

beckon

burden

burman

blaster

bollen

bourbon

burdon

burton

certain

colon

crouton

curtain

deaden

deafen

devon

ermine

fallen

firman

gallon

german

gluten

heaven

hoten

kalan

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

loosen

person

plaster

poison

pollan

pollen

reckon

redden

resin

sermon

seven

solon

stolen

swollen

talon

turban

urban

urson

vegan

weapon

woman

wooden

worsen

zircon

cliched

trojan

flagstones

fusion

mahone

blackouts

blastoff

bluestone

chapman

cloistered

cloisters

falsehoods

bagman

copeman

dampen

hackman

jackman

calcite

chaplain

jasmine

kansan

lockman

lopeman

marlin

newsman

oilseed

packman

stockman

urine

churchman

coachman

cowan

longan

mangan

gowan

hangman

othman

watchman

flagstaff

amman

auden

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bowman

bracken

broaden

brogan

canon

closet

cannon

cloister

common

broken

cabin

chosen

crewman

famine

frozen

gammon

gladden

happen

hausen

hogan

hoven

human

lagan

omen

open

pavon

proven

falsehood

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

showman

skylight

slacken

sodden

soften

tappen

twilight

wagon

cuban

cumin

daylight

dragon

dromon

locken

logan

lumen

madden

odin

often

rumen

sadden

salmon

shogun

slaughters

slogan

spoken

thousand

token

toman

trodden

woven

yaupon

yeoman

blockades

flaxseed

polecat

flighty

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

slaughter

blackout

blockade

placate

placid

blacktop

closedown

closedowns

blockheads

placoid

slightly

slighting

blockhead

flaccid

blackwood

3 syllable words

discretion

dictation

fixation

cistercian

gestation

elation

cetacean

instruction

extraction

extrusion

subtraction

contraption

destruction

mistaken

extension

contraction

philistine

compression

conflation

distortion

contrition

presumption

attraction

impression

resumption

aggression

accretion

depression

patrician

revulsion

seduction

deduction

oppression

abrasion

attrition

suppression

deflation

emulsion

secretion

temptation

contagion

sensation

progression

alsatian

ablation

regression

insertion

election

australian

inscription

construction

obstruction

constriction

abstraction

countryman

electron

philistines

reluctant

truncation

relation

summation

predation

adsorption

procession

expansion

infraction

prescription

duration

inspection

recession

infarction

restriction

assertion

citation

narration

sedation

description

extortion

cessation

deletion

gyration

negation

oration

secession

extinction

austrian

elections

inflation

intrusion

exception

induction

diffraction

assumption

excursion

misprision

distinction

deflection

retraction

suspension

disruption

contention

inception

contortion

redemption

reflection

ascension

fustian

abortion

accession

skeleton

injunction

injection

silicon

electrons

apportion

aspersion

asuncion

attention

carnation

collection

compassion

concession

confession

dalmatian

deception

defection

depiction

depletion

detection

discussion

dispersion

dimension

dissension

assassin

detention

equation

erection

eruption

eviction

exertion

formation

hydration

impassion

inaction

invasion

lactation

libration

migration

misshapen

obsession

optation

plantation

production

proportion

propulsion

protection

reception

reduction

repression

salvation

selection

starvation

succession

suspicion

taxation

vibration

absorption

abstention

consumption

cremation

desertion

dilation

egyptian

ejection

electric

emission

etruscan

evasion

exclusion

exemption

explosion

expulsion

flirtation

flotation

inflection

infliction

intestine

lecithin

malaysian

mutation

nebraskan

notation

occasion

petition

phoenician

possession

precession

profession

quotation

rejection

religion

rotation

sedition

transgression

venetian

collections

combustion

compulsion

conception

conduction

convection

concoction

confection

confucian

convention

exaction

convulsion

declension

misfortune

selections

exhaustion

compunction

alaskan

delightful

capsaicin

elastic

infection

invention

intention

predestine

creation

horatian

affection

concussion

condition

connexion

adoption

celestial

connection

contusion

conversion

delighted

damnation

medicine

dentition

conjunction

ingestion

melanin

digression

bulletin

determine

freemason

illicit

silicate

dissection

venison

excision

cinnamon

incursion

awaken

ignition

inversion

citizen

cyprian

foundation

pelican

incision

laurentian

nutrition

persuasion

retention

pretension

keratin

nitrogen

menhaden

resection

stagnation

eleven

submersion

elison

puritan

electrics

subversion

objection

jamaican

electrodes

submission

complexion

ligation

location

pollution

position

precaution

privation

probation

rescission

reversion

solution

chilean

housebroken

gradation

halogen

imprison

physician

suggestion

promotion

projection

illusion

immersion

ovation

imagine

percussion

recision

reaction

collision

corruption

gillian

delighting

division

emotion

malayan

edition

delusion

collegian

addition

aleutian

blustering

electrode

devotion

aversion

causation

commotion

decision

donation

erosion

tradition

volition

ballistics

blistering

commission

fisherman

vacation

vocation

syrian

unbroken

ballistic

elective

abduction

magician

talisman

molested

molesters

timberman

collected

completion

electors

electro

enlighten

enliven

englishman

elicits

everyone

pilasters

silicates

sumatran

lumberman

confusion

charlatan

chairperson

delegates

scholastic

uncertain

violists

policeman

unburden

unbutton

infusion

inhuman

translation

transmission

nihilists

realists

aegean

croatian

congestion

phrygian

scythian

stygian

ablution

artesian

cartesian

diffusion

norwegian

optician

preemption

perception

tactician

partition

preclusion

profusion

seclusion

downtrodden

halcyon

companion

specimen

digestion

disunion

emblazon

denizen

bitumen

waterman

bedizen

unison

transfusion

delegate

uneven

harlequin

delicate

solomon

collagen

elicit

indian

molester

pilaster

relegate

suburban

snapdragon

thespian

peterman

ferryman

elector

collusion

caucasian

origin

plastering

correction

allusion

dilution

direction

alderman

brazilian

civilian

biotin

carrion

cation

cambrian

chairwoman

clarion

abandon

charwoman

korean

acumen

collective

collectors

libyan

marian

niacin

plebeian

galactic

myosin

veteran

allocates

galactose

loyalists

rebellion

soloists

uncommon

vermilion

dorian

palisades

italian

pavilion

inclusion

in-person

solicits

implosion

arian

aryan

mexican

genuine

transaction

selective

foramen

gaussian

ghanaian

hawaiian

irian

simian

tuition

laotian

heartbroken

fruition

coercion

addiction

congressman

oxygen

hydrogen

prediction

prevention

occlusion

albion

allocate

collector

reptilian

adrian

forgotten

gordian

gravamen

guardian

nevadan

ambrosian

solstices

albumin

scorpion

octillion

palisade

outspoken

ottoman

jacobin

wesleyan

arkansan

ramadan

anyone

lesbian

toboggan

vitamin

communion

kantian

realist

violist

solicit

parthian

anglican

permission

perversion

remission

singleton

audition

affliction

slaughterhouse

munition

diversion

musician

margarine

omission

conclusion

conviction

midshipman

african

alien

artisan

battalion

cohesion

corsican

dialects

dominion

forewoman

galleon

guncotton

heroin

heroine

horizon

julian

logician

medallion

opinion

orion

partisan

plasterer

plasterwork

pleistocene

protean

rhodopsin

samoan

uterine

encryption

derision

fijian

technician

rendition

ambition

anchorman

irishman

admission

fluctuates

corrosion

perfection

transition

beholden

proscription

cognition

parisian

bouillon

hammerman

coalesced

falsity

adhesion

beethoven

dualist

duelist

garrison

franciscan

blessedly

jettison

overdone

handwoven

overman

royalist

superman

saleswoman

relocate

talkative

badminton

loyalist

mandarin

overrun

reelect

soloist

conscription

subscription

clergyman

glistening

provision

revision

precision

transcription

unwritten

abdomen

nobleman

blastoderm

backgammon

discipline

rifleman

perfusion

avian

bedouin

fabian

fenian

median

moroccan

nemean

permian

reopen

saccharin

tamarin

lutheran

fluctuate

benjamin

gentleman

javelin

keynesian

lanolin

catalan

bandwagon

vatican

councilman

dialect

embolden

nonunion

reunion

collegiate

regimen

nonhuman

clarendon

falsettos

bedridden

cardigan

forbidden

backwoodsman

magdalen

porcelain

freudian

crestfallen

masculine

appian

grobian

jovian

nubian

odeon

muskmelon

pentathlon

glaciate

champion

campion

zambian

andean

blockaded

blockaders

bosnian

falsetto

feminine

chamberlain

blockader

placidly

flycatcher

4 syllable words

decompression

dispensation

inclination

implication

importation

imputation

incantation

indentation

inflammation

installation

instigation

menstruation

segmentation

subluxation

adaptation

designation

distillation

intimation

intonation

relaxation

resignation

simulation

tribulation

deportation

equitation

fermentation

insulation

masturbation

palpitation

protestation

realizations

reclamation

vindication

culmination

indication

invitation

lilliputian

invocation

delegations

expiration

replication

reputation

stimulation

stipulation

annotation

alteration

aspiration

allegation

allocation

collocation

connotation

decimation

dedication

derivation

defamation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

detonation

dissertation

dissipation

emanation

figuration

fluoridation

habitation

medication

mitigation

renovation

revelation

revocation

sanitation

suffocation

respiration

validation

infiltration

miseration

elongation

reassertion

coloration

equestrian

extrication

liberation

syncopation

laceration

deconstruction

conflagration

reconstruction

education

confiscation

consecration

consternation

agitation

exhortation

gastrulation

incarnation

indexation

indignation

jurisdiction

fragmentation

obfuscation

pedestrian

situation

depredation

deformation

degradation

depravation

commutation

acclamation

acclimation

excitation

allocations

alternation

cultivation

deprivation

demarcation

emulation

elocution

application

altercation

destination

liquidation

obligation

syndication

speculation

segregation

incubation

interaction

regulation

estimation

dislocation

duplication

insurrection

allegations

commendation

proclamation

statistician

ventilation

information

inattention

introspection

disaffection

refutation

animation

appellation

avocation

bifurcation

coronation

correlation

declaration

diminution

domination

fascination

germination

isolation

mutilation

jubilation

melanesian

motivation

contemplation

distribution

explication

machination

navigation

impregnation

electrical

exclamation

nomination

oscillation

self-deception

illustrative

perspiration

explanation

misconception

profanation

politician

propagation

vacillation

relocation

provocation

confrontation

dehydration

repetition

repossession

termination

decoration

federation

generation

preparation

reparation

surrogation

toleration

separation

veneration

violation

adulation

modulation

fluctuation

pagination

condensation

excavation

liquefaction

constellation

constipation

disconnection

disinflation

disputation

elocutions

embarkation

institution

intervention

malformation

malnutrition

condemnation

transformation

calculation

amputation

arbitration

compensation

computation

ostentation

satisfaction

complication

misperception

mortification

preconception

electorate

circulation

benediction

abrogation

advocation

combination

aggravation

aggregation

transplantation

electricals

accusation

activation

compilation

conservation

consolation

approbation

exhalation

cancellation

consummation

convocation

imposition

ovulation

population

tabulation

granulation

interjection

oxidation

relocations

intercession

precondition

historian

retardation

interurban

minnesotan

disposition

intermission

occupation

vaccination

ordination

permutation

recognition

delegating

reelection

reformation

usurpation

deposition

inhibition

preignition

premonition

preservation

titillation

smithsonian

valuation

intuition

recreation

perturbation

expectation

exploitation

extradition

admiration

fluctuations

evocation

conjugation

corp.

corporation

assyrian

gravitation

levitation

reposition

reservation

supposition

circumspection

erudition

preelection

definition

reawaken

valerian

aberration

adoration

cogitation

condescension

consultation

deviation

dietitian

disinfection

electorates

electrify

execution

exhumation

exploration

foliation

formulation

inquisition

interception

interdiction

intersection

lancastrian

mediation

moderation

nonprescription

operation

pelagian

perforation

punctuation

reinspection

reproduction

republican

rhetorician

substitution

transportation

variation

columbian

custodian

maturation

nestorian

saturation

observation

victorian

annexation

conversation

exhibition

confirmation

affectation

competition

fibrillation

requisition

retrocession

superstition

restitution

backwardation

electioneer

indonesian

interruption

prosecution

congregation

destitution

persecution

prostitution

strangulation

paraguayan

indecision

introduction

contraception

obstetrician

arabian

bavarian

rumination

businesswoman

fumigation

resurrection

affirmation

procreation

proposition

european

hibernation

trepidation

gregorian

electronic

galilean

iranian

missourian

planarian

reluctantly

opposition

electrifies

locomotion

augmentation

constitution

attribution

hemoglobin

circumvention

macedonian

expedition

retribution

interwoven

electioneers

misbegotten

englishwoman

exposition

leviathan

indigestion

prohibition

electroplate

electrolytes

electrocute

coalition

accordion

agrarian

recollection

alabaman

contribution

composition

fabrication

centurion

calisthenic

hypertension

ammunition

estonian

acquisition

admonition

dereliction

crucifixion

elicited

predilection

cyclopean

publication

eritrean

eustachian

felicitate

circumcision

lubrication

glaciation

graduation

pagurian

realistic

abdication

sectarian

abolition

assemblyman

californian

demolition

dissolution

electrolyte

appalachian

hungarian

repercussion

imperfection

felicity

canadian

collodion

himalayan

calisthenics

devonian

fallopian

jacobean

maccabean

mammalian

simonian

praetorian

aviation

corinthian

dielectric

apprehension

electronics

ideation

delectable

radiation

contrarian

armageddon

contravention

abnegation

algonquian

carcinogen

contradiction

polyhedron

committeeman

collectivized

nicaraguan

predetermine

kindergarten

albanian

alligators

dominican

dualistic

rhododendron

aldebaran

elucidate

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Words that rhyme with the word illustration

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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