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

minces

christian

friction

diction

fiction

gentian

tension

mention

pension

insists

fission

mission

vision

insist

pinion

piston

senses

clinton

crimson

ensign

ibsen

linden

lynden

minion

whitson

henchman

tungsten

lynxes

bisson

glisten

christen

linen

listen

ninon

prison

risen

consists

finches

freshman

insects

junction

flexion

hinges

bushman

inches

dungeon

engine

luncheon

mansion

function

huntsman

minges

question

rincon

section

suction

children

consist

cushion

dustman

freshen

grecian

hessian

incest

incised

insect

kitchen

lengthen

lesion

pigeon

pinkish

prussian

russian

session

sexton

strengthen

undone

fences

trillion

tuscan

gilden

incise

mignon

milken

million

spearman

kansan

tillman

sylvan

emption

jetson

keelson

kelson

kenyan

gumption

inject

ensues

stepson

stillion

london

lisbon

tendon

teston

chessman

billion

bounces

citron

onion

consign

pitman

pillion

pressman

sconces

penman

runnion

silken

shipman

penguin

billman

belgian

benches

caption

faction

faustian

hunches

lunges

martian

portion

sunken

shrunken

auction

option

torsion

dutchman

menges

drunken

traction

bunches

linguists

action

fraction

incas

nonesuch

punches

quenches

lunches

wenches

landsman

bastion

brethren

sanction

bitten

billon

briton

gibbon

given

chicken

glidden

griffon

quicken

ribbon

reason

resin

ridden

treason

villain

thicken

written

wiccan

women

begun

cousin

stricken

dozen

driven

hidden

kitten

mitten

smitten

stiffen

lessen

lesson

riven

season

sicken

striven

injects

linguist

caxton

capstan

delphian

homespun

insights

horseman

headsman

landman

grandson

klansman

linkage

spokesman

scotsman

statesman

postman

seedsman

townsman

yachtsman

ashen

asian

bludgeon

caution

dudgeon

fashion

fusion

gudgeon

haitian

heathen

legion

motion

lotion

nation

notion

ocean

persian

potion

region

passion

ration

station

suasion

version

plankton

unjust

airman

austin

aspen

arson

bookman

banyan

baston

bellman

boston

bullion

canton

canyon

chairman

chances

chevron

chieftain

classman

claxon

damson

dances

desman

dobson

fancies

fielden

footman

fountain

freedman

gascon

goodman

headman

hempen

hetman

houseman

insight

kelvin

kremlin

lineman

linemen

m1

melton

minden

mountain

muslin

nekton

ounces

oxen

panton

parson

passman

pectin

plantain

ponton

samson

santon

saxon

scullion

selden

sequin

shearman

sultan

tubman

union

vulcan

wanton

woodman

woolman

craftsman

draftsman

guardsman

marksman

sportsman

changes

fortune

georgian

hangman

launches

longan

lounges

mangan

manges

margin

ranches

ranges

salesman

basin

bason

beckon

beacon

beaten

cauldron

doctrine

lampron

oarsman

bordman

portman

bellon

bison

brazen

breton

button

caisson

cannon

cheapen

canaan

canon

charon

chasten

chosen

cretin

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

eaten

eden

elan

fasten

felon

freeman

frozen

hasten

hausen

heaven

heron

hyson

jason

jetton

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

leven

loosen

marron

mason

melon

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

perron

person

reckon

seaman

seton

seven

steven

sudden

sweeten

toughen

markman

semen

sneezes

pullen

oven

marchman

poison

redden

rerun

rosen

rosin

sullen

summon

thousand

threaten

urson

vegan

baldwin

weaken

weapon

wheaten

wizen

woman

wooden

woolen

worsen

anguished

urchin

trojan

surgeon

sturgeon

smashes

mahone

pathan

earthen

burgeon

cajun

acton

alban

alman

anguish

apron

atman

bagman

bargain

barton

boatman

bolden

brakeman

calvin

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chainsaws

chaplain

chapman

concise

copeman

corban

cordon

dalton

dampen

darken

dolman

dolphin

falcon

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

foreman

garden

golden

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

harten

hearten

homesick

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kirkman

language

languish

lightman

lockman

longish

lopeman

marlin

marten

martin

matron

molten

morgan

mormon

newsman

norman

olden

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

packman

paean

pansies

pardon

patron

peon

saffron

scallion

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallion

stallman

stockman

tarpon

tartan

vanquish

warden

workman

donkeys

flashgun

ganges

enjoys

churchman

coachman

watchman

othman

yankees

alan

amman

auden

bacon

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

bayman

blacken

broken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brighten

broaden

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

cayman

certain

colon

common

cotton

craven

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

dragon

dromon

ermine

fallen

famine

fatten

firman

flatten

floren

foreign

frighten

gallon

gammon

garron

german

gladden

gluten

gotten

graven

happen

haven

heighten

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

kalan

laden

lagan

latin

layman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

logan

loren

lumen

lyden

madden

maiden

odin

often

omen

open

pagan

patten

pavon

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

proven

raven

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rotten

rumen

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

sermon

shaken

shaman

shogun

showman

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

stolen

straighten

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tighten

titan

token

toman

triton

trodden

turban

urban

wagon

waken

warren

whiten

widen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zircon

smokestack

concoct

engaged

ingest

smooches

inquest

smokestacks

incase

ransack

gowan

rowen

bangkok

rowan

bongos

ruin

engage

mangoes

ponchos

scion

tangos

cowan

dian

ion

lion

owen

rayon

mayan

urine

zion

encased

namesakes

congest

encase

gamecock

namesake

pancake

conquests

downcast

conquest

remakes

monkeys

pancakes

gamecocks

3 syllable words

infliction

inspection

unwritten

conception

bedizen

denizen

contrition

citizen

concessions

conviction

induction

cinnamon

exception

excursion

inclusion

infection

infusion

intention

intrusion

invention

midshipman

indian

transmission

englishman

accession

attrition

concussion

confession

conversion

dispersion

contusion

depiction

equation

diffusion

eviction

seclusion

suspicion

fixation

obsession

patrician

preclusion

sensation

submission

succession

technician

transition

constriction

conscription

consistent

commission

delusion

edition

lecithin

petition

physician

illusion

immersion

munition

procession

punishes

remission

evasion

position

precession

reversion

tradition

addition

erosion

instruction

egyptian

franciscan

description

derision

parisian

expression

expulsion

extrusion

explosion

inflection

consumption

encryption

exclusion

excretion

confection

implosion

bedridden

affliction

convection

singleton

discipline

genuine

magician

convulsion

mexican

conduction

unbutton

concussions

confusion

uncertain

conclusion

whimsical

injection

bulletin

insouciant

transcription

ambition

cognition

retention

resection

venison

ingestion

abrasion

addiction

cartesian

inaction

prediction

admission

pretension

prevention

profusion

tactician

enmeshes

connection

connexion

contagion

misshapen

nutrition

specimen

construction

cyprian

occlusion

optician

silicon

oxygen

artesian

dimension

submersion

subversion

dissension

subscription

partition

eleven

elison

aspersion

detention

jettison

emotion

restriction

deletion

elation

fenian

devotion

insightful

gillian

allusion

assertion

collegian

collusion

finishes

secession

councilman

chilean

malaysian

occasion

phoenician

reptilian

omission

permission

fisherman

rummages

tonnages

libyan

transfusion

intestine

countryman

audition

cessation

cetacean

images

imagine

recession

volition

simian

gentleman

inexact

aversion

musician

venetian

syrian

prescription

aegean

artisan

assumption

brazilian

cardigan

chairwoman

civilian

cohesion

corsican

creation

enlighten

enliven

everyone

exhaustion

forbidden

fruition

guncotton

in-person

incisors

inflation

inhuman

injections

italian

logician

misfortune

mistaken

partisan

pavilion

pentathlon

phrygian

porcelain

rebellion

scythian

stygian

timberman

tuition

unburden

uncommon

obstruction

attention

asuncion

defection

deflation

depletion

exertion

deduction

crustacean

cistercian

anyone

alsatian

deception

gestation

andean

assassin

emulsion

discussion

election

ferryman

fustian

incisor

kantian

dissection

garrison

halcyon

keratin

keynesian

lanolin

ascension

thespian

detection

depression

dictation

uneven

eruption

skeleton

erection

menaces

unison

vatican

bitumen

bouillon

impassion

congestion

laurentian

reception

revulsion

consequent

unshackle

consignment

norwegian

puritan

preemption

seduction

pelican

irishman

menhaden

perception

persuasion

taxation

adsorption

engagement

expansion

extension

extortion

infarction

infraction

transgression

proscription

clarion

median

etruscan

plebeian

unbroken

aleutian

caucasian

truncation

emblazon

corruption

commotion

cremation

correction

ejection

desertion

direction

suggestion

marian

octillion

muskmelon

diversion

donation

ghanaian

digestion

carrion

adhesion

gaussian

rejection

duration

narration

negation

perversion

kinshasa

pollution

precaution

predation

profession

promotion

reaction

relation

nemean

sedation

solution

summation

conflation

confucian

exaction

redemption

convention

concoction

declension

deflection

diffraction

impression

combustion

filtration

ingested

distortion

disruption

frustration

reflection

contortion

discretion

contention

suspension

distinction

acumen

insecure

predestine

coercion

vermilion

croatian

engagements

corrosion

medallion

capsaicin

fijian

horatian

laotian

censuses

geniuses

lumberman

incisive

extraction

whimsically

alaskan

battalion

perfusion

opinion

policeman

talisman

unquestioned

dominion

ancestral

accretion

ablation

ablution

adoption

aggression

beholden

benjamin

minuses

nuances

affection

anchorman

zambian

abortion

apportion

compassion

damnation

scorpion

carnation

collection

foundation

mandarin

reunion

jamaican

nevadan

sciences

remisses

medicine

toboggan

peterman

suburban

bonuses

amasses

awaken

selection

stagnation

albion

secretion

adrian

bosnian

campion

determine

suppression

temptation

extinction

injector

champion

freemason

gordian

oppression

plantation

perfection

production

progression

proportion

guardian

propulsion

protection

reduction

regression

repression

exemption

ambrosian

badminton

bandwagon

contraction

contraption

concoctions

destruction

distraction

conjecture

crestfallen

disunion

downtrodden

embolden

handwoven

linkages

masculine

nebraskan

nonunion

outspoken

projection

dilation

causation

citation

dilution

location

compunction

gradation

oration

vocation

percussion

notation

probation

rotation

vanishes

flirtation

flotation

gyration

ligation

mutation

ovation

possession

privation

quotation

vacation

alien

presumption

appian

arian

aryan

avian

bedouin

dorian

fabian

freudian

galleon

grobian

hawaiian

horizon

abduction

heroin

heroine

irian

jovian

julian

korean

malayan

myosin

nubian

niacin

odeon

permian

protean

attraction

reopen

castration

compression

compulsion

congested

completion

injectors

injustice

abstraction

transaction

veteran

translation

samoan

nonhuman

resumption

retraction

injunction

prostration

abdomen

chamberlain

chairperson

cambrian

backgammon

conjectures

abandon

ancestor

annexes

objection

austrian

alderman

forewoman

sumatran

abstention

fungicide

salvation

complexion

engages

subtraction

libration

digression

migration

vibration

downsizing

formation

absorption

optation

lactation

congressman

consciously

dalmatian

hydration

starvation

albumin

companion

housebroken

communion

forgotten

gravamen

beethoven

hammerman

synagogue

waterman

lesbian

wesleyan

superman

arkansan

snapdragon

amazes

ancestry

overdone

overman

overrun

clergyman

congestive

conjunction

downsizings

fungicides

halogen

manages

origin

parthian

regimen

synagogues

tamarin

nobleman

saccharin

biotin

anxiously

australian

languishes

foramen

rifleman

backwoodsman

moroccan

uterine

orion

heartbroken

rhodopsin

cation

hydrogen

conjugal

conjugate

nitrogen

lutheran

javelin

ottoman

ramadan

ancestors

feminine

solomon

consecrate

collagen

vitamin

catalan

jacobin

harlequin

melanin

conjugates

damages

homages

margarine

charlatan

charwoman

clarendon

concisely

african

magdalen

ramshackle

saleswoman

hanukkahs

demagogue

sinuses

anglican

languages

demagogues

lancaster

consequence

engaging

languishing

amigos

4 syllable words

instigation

institution

penicillin

insurrection

insulation

indonesian

intercession

intermission

invitation

syndication

precondition

sicilian

circumcision

jingoism

dissipation

inhibition

polynesian

preignition

rhetorician

indignation

interception

interdiction

intersection

inquisitor

inquisition

installation

preconception

reinspection

minnesotan

obsidian

benediction

disposition

exhibition

fibrillation

imposition

indication

intimation

intonation

invocation

inspiration

interruption

liquidation

subdivision

insistently

vindication

innovation

limitation

mitigation

inquisitive

inquisitors

inhalation

irritation

erudition

definition

businesswoman

melanesian

manumission

demolition

premonition

incessantly

deposition

readmission

repetition

reposition

assyrian

consistency

supervision

encyclical

supposition

titillation

visitation

indiscretion

infiltration

misconception

intervention

coalition

corinthian

republican

insouciance

electrician

exposition

dispensation

substitution

disinflation

disinfection

jurisdiction

leviathan

apparition

englishwoman

dietitian

expedition

inflammation

integration

indentation

indexation

ministration

misperception

prohibition

reassertion

infestation

inclination

abyssinian

admonition

ammunition

cancellation

carcinogen

consistently

consolation

consummation

cultivation

deconstruction

dereliction

dominican

encyclicals

inattention

interjection

interurban

introspection

inundation

oblivion

publication

recognition

reconstruction

requisition

restitution

retrocession

samaritan

statistician

superstition

ventilation

extradition

introduction

incrustation

gentlewoman

insecticide

abolition

decimation

divination

ulceration

canadian

trepidation

smithsonian

diocesan

levitation

diminution

renovation

desiccation

desolation

devonian

himalayan

opposition

planarian

politician

valerian

proposition

repossession

realization

recitation

rumination

iranian

simonian

condensation

constellation

constitution

consultation

constipation

disconnection

compensation

excavation

consecration

misbegotten

interwoven

execution

malnutrition

menstruation

illustration

shakespearean

pelagian

hegelian

iteration

veneration

generation

liberation

accusation

american

abdication

absolution

indigestion

acquisition

darwinian

competition

excitation

historian

fabrication

unsuccessful

estimation

amphibian

dandelion

eritrean

composition

expiration

centurion

granulation

information

interaction

nicaraguan

copernican

committeeman

relaxation

insecticides

predetermine

exhalation

situation

annexation

conservation

conversation

convocation

crucifixion

victorian

desecration

convolution

destitution

devastation

lubrication

penetration

oxidation

circumspection

contradiction

contraception

consecutive

kindergarten

legislation

equestrian

self-deception

demonstration

consecrations

obstetrician

explication

exclamation

syncopation

extrication

nonpartisan

concentration

expectation

nomination

machination

isolation

reelection

bifurcation

hungarian

animation

imitation

immolation

termination

annotation

emanation

coronation

irrigation

oscillation

gravitation

germination

dissolution

dilatation

dissertation

domination

fascination

fumigation

nonprescription

preelection

respiration

sanitation

vacillation

desperation

detonation

figuration

litigation

restoration

exhumation

connotation

profanation

subluxation

collodion

fallopian

arizonan

criterion

floridian

bavarian

arabian

bolivian

chameleon

comedian

european

transformation

transportation

gregorian

hyperion

iberian

incarnation

incantation

injectable

pigmentation

attribution

siberian

napoleon

mammalian

arbitration

liberian

exploration

consternation

condemnation

confiscation

praetorian

protozoan

reawaken

cogitation

athenian

aviation

adrenaline

apprehension

bohemian

noblewoman

crocodilian

tamoxifen

pedestrian

coloration

consequently

decoration

deviation

hemoglobin

federation

foliation

ideation

incubation

laceration

lineages

mediation

miseration

nigerian

nonexistent

preparation

radiation

registration

reparation

separation

surrogation

variation

violation

lilliputian

resignation

disaffection

presentation

designation

molestation

vaccination

destination

dislocation

distillation

hypertension

jingoistic

ordination

prosecution

prostitution

stimulation

stipulation

unshakable

abnegation

combination

commendation

culmination

fermentation

meridian

peruvian

immigration

persecution

protestation

recantation

tribulation

moravian

simulation

cotyledon

impregnation

linguistically

dehydration

armenian

maturation

sectarian

sequestration

custodian

assemblyman

glaciation

implantation

wagnerian

agrarian

columbian

estonian

conjugation

graduation

greco-roman

pagurian

paraguayan

reexamine

conflagration

exploitation

elongation

olympian

nestorian

saturation

contribution

contemplation

accordion

aspiration

comprehension

avocation

collocation

correlation

defamation

dedication

habitation

delegation

derivation

arthurian

algerian

allegation

allocation

appalachian

appellation

declaration

devolution

elevation

evocation

evolution

fluoridation

hibernation

jubilation

motivation

mutilation

navigation

locomotion

mongolian

propagation

revocation

revolution

usurpation

revelation

suffocation

provocation

repercussion

perspiration

medication

meditation

procreation

recreation

reformation

relocation

validation

condescension

lancastrian

liquefaction

imputation

injustices

disputation

fragmentation

obfuscation

punctuation

reproduction

satisfaction

tetrahedron

ostentation

augmentation

gastrulation

decompression

implication

imperfection

importation

segmentation

agitation

contrarian

plutonian

jacobean

education

modulation

vegetation

draconian

coloradan

newtonian

galilean

armageddon

fluctuation

adulation

utopian

conjugations

missourian

maccabean

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

activation

adaptation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

algonquian

alternation

application

approbation

calibration

celebration

circulation

commutation

compilation

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5 syllable words

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word incision

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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