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

diction

flexion

fiction

friction

section

function

infects

junction

infect

infests

faction

mention

pension

fraction

gentian

suction

sanction

rincon

action

tension

traction

session

convex

infest

sexton

mission

hessian

confect

fission

freshen

claxon

clinton

emption

ensign

gumption

henchman

ibsen

jetson

keelson

kelson

linden

lynden

milken

minion

nekton

pectin

pinion

saxon

silken

stepson

whitson

sunken

dungeon

chicken

drunken

sicken

thicken

wiccan

mansion

huntsman

engine

linen

auction

christian

listen

invests

christen

luncheon

shrunken

reckon

stiffen

freshman

queenfish

griffon

question

lesson

quicken

belgian

beckon

stricken

bisson

glisten

lessen

ninon

sunfish

prussian

ashen

pigeon

grandson

cushion

grecian

nation

russian

strengthen

delphian

station

ration

children

kitchen

invest

invokes

lengthen

fashion

haitian

passion

vision

caxton

bookman

brakeman

hetman

london

m1

shipman

airman

chairman

acton

chessman

chevron

chieftain

crimson

citron

hempen

jackman

kremlin

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

lisbon

pressman

selden

sequin

tuscan

vulcan

workman

runnion

undone

bellman

billion

billman

desman

gilden

hackman

headman

melton

mignon

million

pillion

pitman

plankton

onion

oxen

packman

penman

piston

spearman

stillion

penguin

sylvan

tendon

tillman

trillion

tungsten

teston

caption

dutchman

option

flashgun

brethren

bushman

craftsman

draftsman

impish

impacts

landsman

marksman

portion

pumpkins

bastion

torsion

martian

bacon

basin

beacon

bason

begun

bellon

billon

bitten

blacken

bracken

breton

briton

caisson

charon

chasten

deafen

deacon

deaden

devon

driven

fasten

felon

gibbon

given

glidden

hasten

heaven

heron

hidden

jason

jetton

kitten

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

marron

mason

melon

mitten

muffin

person

perron

prison

redden

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

seven

shaken

slacken

smitten

striven

taken

threaten

toughen

waken

urson

vegan

villain

weaken

weapon

women

worsen

written

zircon

dustman

headsman

impact

infuse

klansman

landman

markman

marchman

spokesman

seedsman

townsman

unbox

heathen

ocean

notion

region

caution

motion

bludgeon

gudgeon

potion

lotion

lesion

legion

dudgeon

arson

aspen

banyan

baston

bullion

canton

canyon

classman

damson

darken

dolphin

dobson

fielden

footman

gascon

goodman

impasse

invoke

lineman

falcon

faulcon

fountain

freedman

harken

invoice

kansan

linemen

lockman

minden

mountain

muslin

orphan

panton

parson

passman

plantain

ponton

saffron

samson

santon

scullion

stockman

sultan

tubman

union

wanton

shearman

unpack

woodman

woolman

compacts

guardsman

confused

convicts

sportsman

mangan

margin

longan

faustian

fortune

georgian

hangman

baldwin

beaten

bison

bordman

broken

button

canaan

cannon

canon

capstan

cauldron

cheapen

confuse

convict

cousin

cretin

deepen

demon

doctrine

dozen

eaten

eden

elan

embossed

freeman

homespun

horseman

hyphen

hyson

impugn

lampron

leman

leven

lichen

liken

locken

loosen

moisten

mullen

mutton

oarsman

often

oven

portman

pullen

reason

rerun

salesman

scotsman

seaman

season

semen

seton

siphon

soften

spoken

sudden

statesman

steven

sullen

summon

sweeten

syphon

tempest

token

treason

wheaten

woman

wooden

woolen

yachtsman

asian

mahone

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

earthen

burgeon

cajun

fusion

pathan

persian

version

urchin

trojan

lambastes

alban

alman

apron

atman

austin

bagman

bargain

barton

boatman

bolden

boston

calvin

rayon

canvass

paean

urine

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chaplain

chapman

conveys

copeman

corban

cordon

dalton

dampen

dolman

fibrin

fireman

foreman

garden

golden

gorgon

harden

harten

hearten

houseman

humbug

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

lightman

lopeman

marlin

marten

martin

matron

molten

mormon

newsman

norman

peon

morgan

olden

organ

outdone

outrun

pardon

patron

scallion

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

smarten

soldan

sovereign

warden

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallion

stallman

tarpon

tartan

watchman

coachman

othman

churchman

bombast

lambaste

imposed

combust

compact

postman

baron

alan

amman

auden

barren

baton

batten

batton

bayman

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bourbon

bowman

brazen

brighten

broaden

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

cayman

certain

chosen

colon

common

cotton

craven

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

dragon

dromon

ermine

fallen

famine

fatten

firman

flatten

floren

foreign

frighten

frozen

garron

german

gladden

gluten

gammon

gallon

gotten

graven

happen

hausen

haven

heighten

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

kalan

laden

lagan

latin

layman

lighten

liman

liven

logan

loren

lumen

lyden

madden

maiden

odin

omen

open

pagan

patten

pavon

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

proven

raven

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

sermon

shaman

shogun

showman

siren

slogan

sodden

solon

stolen

straighten

swollen

talon

tappen

thousand

tighten

titan

toman

triton

trodden

turban

urban

wagon

warren

whiten

widen

wizen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

composts

convoke

envoys

impose

knapsack

lineups

pampas

tempos

cowan

gowan

zion

lion

owen

ion

impeach

mayan

rowen

ruin

dian

scion

rowan

compost

bombshells

snobbish

convoys

rainbows

rampage

bombshell

impugns

gombos

shampoos

pumpkin

bumpkin

ambush

compose

jumbos

timepiece

campaigns

champagnes

composed

humpback

jumpsuit

tombstones

jumpsuits

campaign

champagne

champaign

tombstone

3 syllable words

attraction

affliction

concoction

impression

infusion

retraction

declension

redemption

confucian

suspension

discretion

transaction

conflation

convulsion

disruption

ascension

accession

aggression

addiction

attention

cistercian

concussion

condition

deflation

dentition

dictation

dissection

emulsion

exertion

fixation

ignition

impassion

incision

incursion

inversion

obsession

prediction

invasion

oppression

pretension

prevention

production

progression

reduction

regression

rendition

repression

retention

revulsion

sensation

succession

suppression

construction

cetacean

elation

procession

constriction

desertion

possession

sedition

congestion

reaction

direction

emission

conjunction

correction

precession

inscription

contraption

consumption

subtraction

infective

truncation

description

encryption

infusions

expression

expulsion

restriction

mistaken

rebellion

compression

compulsion

confusion

distortion

investment

abduction

contortion

contrition

filtration

intrusion

invasions

presumption

resumption

misfortune

investing

englishman

impassioned

singleton

ablation

compassion

contagion

cinnamon

crustacean

conversion

depletion

dispersion

digression

perception

eleven

diffusion

laurentian

discussion

silicon

venison

foundation

plantation

preemption

propulsion

transition

conscription

extraction

obstruction

religion

invective

immersion

recision

relation

cremation

decision

deletion

confusions

assertion

devotion

division

donation

duration

emotion

gentleman

etruscan

evasion

phoenician

excretion

negation

predation

munition

egyptian

rescission

transgression

reversion

summation

suggestion

venetian

sedation

investments

inhuman

transmission

discipline

implosion

creation

translation

confesses

frustration

inclusion

misprision

embezzle

genuine

distinction

timberman

unwritten

combustion

assumption

completion

exhaustion

unburden

unbutton

pentathlon

uncertain

predestine

mexican

ablution

abortion

abrasion

abstraction

adoption

alsatian

apportion

aspersion

assassin

awaken

carnation

citizen

cognition

contusion

dalmatian

damnation

denizen

excision

formation

freemason

hydration

indian

infighting

jamaican

lactation

libration

menhaden

migration

optation

profusion

proportion

salvation

stagnation

starvation

submersion

subversion

taxation

technician

unison

vibration

adsorption

transfusion

absorption

extinction

aversion

aleutian

causation

cessation

citation

commotion

delusion

dilation

erosion

flirtation

flotation

gyration

gradation

fisherman

unbroken

illusion

imagine

ligation

location

malaysian

mutation

pollution

countryman

investors

percussion

embezzles

ovation

embezzled

oration

narration

councilman

notation

precaution

privation

probation

promotion

quotation

rotation

solution

muskmelon

convective

digestion

vacation

vocation

nebraskan

harlequin

imprison

anglican

excursion

conclusion

confusing

castration

compunction

prostration

uncommon

fruition

capsaicin

phrygian

stygian

croatian

alaskan

corsican

lumberman

scythian

rifleman

guncotton

coercion

horatian

enlighten

italian

enliven

investor

tuition

aegean

african

asuncion

beholden

temptation

envisage

gestation

impeaches

seclusion

secretion

persuasion

equation

misshapen

eruption

accretion

preclusion

skeleton

anyone

mandarin

jacobin

keratin

lanolin

cyprian

uneven

puritan

impeachment

bedizen

bitumen

exclusion

expansion

explosion

extortion

extrusion

determine

suburban

peterman

medicine

specimen

bandwagon

crestfallen

downtrodden

handwoven

impacted

nonunion

reinvests

allusion

fenian

carrion

veteran

clarion

chilean

syrian

addition

audition

collegian

collusion

commission

corruption

dilution

diversion

libyan

malayan

edition

lecithin

omission

physician

ghanaian

gillian

musician

occasion

perversion

petition

permission

position

volition

bedouin

tradition

heroin

heroine

saccharin

simian

remission

marian

alderman

battalion

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

midshipman

configure

nonhuman

dominion

impeachments

imposes

logician

magician

medallion

opinion

perfusion

policeman

reinvest

rhodopsin

australian

derision

laotian

parisian

oxygen

nutrition

occlusion

optician

prescription

proscription

anchorman

admission

attrition

ambition

benjamin

irishman

patrician

tactician

partition

submission

suspicion

albumin

badminton

ambrosian

franciscan

disunion

outspoken

andean

snapdragon

housebroken

manifests

masculine

elison

ferryman

fustian

garrison

gravamen

hammerman

jettison

kantian

keynesian

lesbian

nevadan

overdone

overman

overrun

reunion

superman

thespian

toboggan

vatican

waterman

pelican

wesleyan

confiscate

caucasian

collision

precision

provision

regimen

subscription

transcription

revision

backwoodsman

heartbroken

sumatran

backgammon

manifest

talisman

everyone

tamarin

abdomen

acumen

vermilion

plebeian

pavilion

uterine

invasive

abandon

unbiased

brazilian

foramen

hawaiian

median

myosin

moroccan

nemean

niacin

civilian

cohesion

forewoman

composite

reopen

samoan

abstention

corrosion

fijian

lutheran

feminine

composites

companion

communion

beethoven

octillion

forgotten

emblazon

embolden

adhesion

reptilian

amoebas

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

embassy

halcyon

melanin

clergyman

halogen

origin

margarine

biotin

gaussian

clarendon

bedridden

horizon

cardigan

embassies

imbecile

orion

emphasize

forbidden

impassive

invoices

nobleman

cation

artesian

cartesian

hydrogen

nitrogen

norwegian

arkansan

imbeciles

confuses

emphasized

vitamin

collagen

honeybees

solomon

javelin

ramadan

ottoman

catalan

menopause

genovese

parthian

artisan

austrian

canvassers

canvasses

charlatan

charwoman

congressman

magdalen

partisan

porcelain

unbeknown

alien

arian

dorian

freudian

ambushes

appian

fabian

aryan

avian

galleon

grobian

julian

irian

jovian

korean

odeon

nubian

permian

protean

impostors

saleswoman

adrian

albion

bonobos

campion

canapes

champion

gordian

guardian

reimpose

scorpion

wannabes

zambian

impostor

campuses

cambrian

campaigner

campaigning

campaigners

composing

imposing

composer

lumbago

composure

composers

composes

compacted

rampages

4 syllable words

disconnection

indentation

inflammation

interception

intervention

liquefaction

preconception

benediction

confessional

crucifixion

predilection

inspiration

inattention

intercession

inefficient

intermission

recollection

innovation

suffocation

intuition

introspection

figuration

inhalation

impeccable

generation

liberation

introduction

iteration

miseration

infiltration

veneration

misconception

confessionals

confiscation

disinflation

electrician

implication

inquisition

institution

misperception

satisfaction

indecision

intimation

intonation

inundation

annexation

convocation

imposition

invitation

precondition

interurban

dereliction

affectation

disposition

insulation

situation

confirmation

beneficent

reconstruction

indigestion

deconstruction

planarian

reformation

renovation

repercussion

repossession

circumspection

hungarian

expectation

indiscretion

beneficial

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

divination

impregnation

dilatation

limitation

syncopation

defamation

imitation

immolation

irrigation

irritation

litigation

mitigation

preignition

inhibition

rumination

self-deception

titillation

ulceration

visitation

comparison

coloration

ineffective

interwoven

mediation

perforation

deviation

reassertion

beneficence

consecration

inclination

indignation

jurisdiction

obfuscation

subluxation

transformation

condescension

dispensation

installation

instigation

integration

ministration

pigmentation

reproduction

incarnation

decompression

incantation

minnesotan

altercation

agrarian

advocation

application

conservation

liquidation

stimulation

apprehension

conversation

convolution

indonesian

presentation

ventilation

samaritan

hypertension

retrocession

simulation

stipulation

lilliputian

tribulation

incubation

duplication

fermentation

fibrillation

commendation

abnegation

distillation

reinvestment

dislocation

penicillin

immigration

dominican

centurion

investiture

penetration

recantation

admiration

affirmation

allocation

alteration

animation

annotation

aspiration

avocation

bavarian

businesswoman

collocation

conflagration

confrontation

connotation

contraception

contradiction

coronation

corp.

corporation

definition

dehydration

detonation

diminution

disillusion

distribution

domination

elongation

emanation

equestrian

evocation

fascination

fluoridation

fumigation

gentlewoman

germination

gravitation

implantation

incrustation

investigate

kindergarten

levitation

machination

manumission

nomination

perspiration

premonition

profanation

provocation

realization

reawaken

relocation

sanitation

sicilian

termination

trepidation

adulation

agitation

modulation

republican

arbitration

englishwoman

cogitation

pagination

contrarian

augmentation

compensation

imputation

importation

menstruation

transportation

condensation

disputation

fragmentation

ostentation

segmentation

complication

consternation

constitution

illustration

punctuation

lumpectomy

misbegotten

unaffected

surrogation

toleration

corinthian

operation

decoration

pelagian

laceration

aberration

leviathan

moderation

violation

adoration

granulation

graduation

abdication

lubrication

aldebaran

eustachian

glaciation

vaccination

pagurian

adaptation

ammunition

librarian

wagnerian

maturation

admonition

fabrication

american

ordination

masturbation

observation

historian

embezzlement

molestation

embezzler

saturation

investigates

backwardation

calibration

cancellation

combination

barbarian

compassionate

consolation

consummation

deformation

deportation

destination

persecution

protestation

publication

refutation

resignation

retardation

registration

culmination

cultivation

designation

relaxation

dandelion

carcinogen

prosecution

demarcation

copernican

contribution

concentration

demonstration

declaration

desiccation

arabian

dedication

jubilation

medication

mutilation

navigation

oscillation

hibernation

isolation

motivation

missourian

allegation

appellation

habitation

himalayan

correlation

perturbation

propagation

confiscated

polynesian

conjugation

lumpectomies

mammalian

recreation

validation

canadian

european

valuation

vacillation

usurpation

revocation

attribution

pedestrian

constellation

condemnation

constipation

comprehension

malformation

infeasible

impassable

invisible

consultation

malnutrition

benefactors

education

embezzlers

mortification

tamoxifen

reparation

aviation

federation

foliation

ideation

preparation

radiation

rhetorician

separation

variation

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

aggravation

aggregation

circulation

commutation

compilation

elocution

envisages

equitation

excitation

exhibition

expiration

occupation

obligation

palpitation

ovulation

oxidation

permutation

reclamation

recognition

replication

tabulation

requisition

restitution

approbation

speculation

desecration

proclamation

population

alternation

subdivision

assemblyman

reexamine

predetermine

symposium

sectarian

orchestration

invisibles

watermelon

explanation

contemplation

benefactor

custodian

appalachian

deposition

decimation

delegation

desperation

devolution

erudition

meditation

melanesian

mongolian

respiration

restoration

revelation

locomotion

resolution

revolution

reservation

elevation

procreation

recitation

hesitation

preservation

demolition

derivation

desolation

repetition

evolution

fallopian

hemoglobin

manifestly

computation

simonian

calculation

embarkation

execution

comedian

adrenaline

excavation

coloradan

fluctuation

collodion

noblewoman

expedition

formulation

napoleon

impossible

impossibly

chameleon

exploration

exposition

gastrulation

armageddon

gregorian

shakespearean

symposiums

transplantation

amputation

devonian

vegetation

iranian

jacobean

maccabean

praetorian

substitution

apparition

coalition

dietitian

hegelian

congregation

exhalation

strangulation

prohibition

absolution

prostitution

emulation

emigration

regulation

deprivation

exclamation

extradition

extrication

devastation

explication

exploitation

degradation

destitution

depravation

estimation

segregation

depredation

reputation

impeachable

sequestration

celebration

eritrean

darwinian

meridian

paraguayan

exhumation

moravian

overburden

nonpartisan

abyssinian

legislation

committeeman

greco-roman

manifesto

minibuses

olympian

reemphasize

victorian

hydrocarbon

nicaraguan

lancastrian

abolition

arthurian

opposition

politician

proposition

readmission

reposition

smithsonian

exhortation

retribution

supposition

arizonan

assyrian

bolivian

criterion

floridian

hyperion

iberian

liberian

siberian

valerian

nigerian

competition

composition

statistician

acquisition

polyhedron

athenian

algonquian

gargantuan

superstition

bohemian

obsidian

rhododendron

accordion

armenian

cotyledon

guatemalan

nestorian

oblivion

californian

invigorate

columbian

cyclopean

estonian

alabaman

amphibian

herculean

circumvention

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manufacturing

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word infection

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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