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

ingest

question

christian

congest

inject

tension

engine

inches

pension

luncheon

fiction

junction

diction

function

friction

gentian

bastion

dungeon

huntsman

mention

fission

freshen

hessian

incest

injects

kitchen

mission

pigeon

session

chessman

clinton

gumption

unjust

ensign

ibsen

lynden

minion

tungsten

pinion

whitson

pressman

teston

henchman

linden

piston

lessen

ninon

lesson

faustian

flexion

finches

freshman

hinges

mansion

minges

listen

linen

quenches

section

suction

glisten

rincon

insists

inquest

belgian

bunches

bisson

christen

sanction

bludgeon

cushion

fashion

nation

russian

station

children

lengthen

pinkish

ashen

sexton

insist

strengthen

haitian

grandson

grecian

gudgeon

legion

passion

insect

region

prussian

ration

dudgeon

urchin

vision

billion

lynxes

bellman

consign

headman

billman

hempen

hetman

london

melton

m1

mignon

milken

emption

million

trillion

undone

pillion

tuscan

aspen

citron

classman

baston

chairman

chevron

desman

gilden

penguin

incase

jetson

keelson

kelson

kelvin

lisbon

kenyan

kremlin

nekton

passman

penman

onion

pitman

pectin

runnion

airman

crimson

gascon

fences

selden

sylvan

tillman

silken

spearman

stepson

stillion

tendon

shipman

craftsman

marksman

consists

insects

draftsman

landsman

linguists

sportsman

auction

bushman

caption

churchman

drunken

faction

georgian

margin

martian

menges

option

hunches

benches

brethren

fortune

fraction

lunches

nonesuch

dutchman

lunges

incas

action

changes

launches

portion

ranges

punches

sunken

shrunken

ranches

traction

torsion

wenches

basin

bason

caisson

deaden

fasten

felon

heaven

jason

jetton

kitten

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

reckon

stiffen

heron

mason

perron

person

quicken

redden

stricken

deafen

hasten

hidden

riven

beckon

billon

breton

begun

briton

bellon

bitten

charon

chasten

chicken

griffon

marron

devon

driven

gibbon

given

glidden

melon

mitten

prison

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

linguist

sicken

smitten

seven

striven

vegan

threaten

urson

thicken

villain

wiccan

women

worsen

written

weapon

dustman

encased

delphian

horseman

incised

linkage

capstan

caxton

consist

headsman

homespun

klansman

landman

seedsman

statesman

scotsman

spokesman

townsman

yachtsman

conquests

heathen

lotion

notion

burgeon

caution

motion

potion

ocean

cajun

lesion

sturgeon

surgeon

trojan

plankton

damson

kansan

dances

bullion

encase

tubman

guardsman

arson

ensues

banyan

ounces

chieftain

fountain

freedman

saxon

plantain

scullion

chances

austin

insight

santon

samson

ponton

incise

oxen

parson

sultan

goodman

panton

canton

canyon

claxon

fielden

footman

sequin

shearman

boston

dobson

lineman

linemen

mountain

bookman

houseman

minden

muslin

union

vulcan

wanton

woodman

woolman

coachman

conquest

enjoys

hangman

longan

lounges

mangan

manges

watchman

canaan

cannon

canon

cousin

cretin

cheapen

doctrine

freeman

seaman

season

semen

weaken

woman

wooden

seton

baldwin

cauldron

wheaten

bordman

downcast

button

deacon

muffin

lampron

eaten

eden

deepen

moisten

marchman

oarsman

dozen

loosen

hyson

leman

markman

bison

demon

postman

elan

beaten

beacon

leven

mullen

portman

salesman

insights

mutton

oven

steven

sweeten

treason

pullen

toughen

reason

rerun

sudden

sullen

summon

woolen

asian

earthen

fusion

persian

pathan

suasion

version

mahone

acton

bargain

alban

alman

apron

atman

bagman

barton

boatman

brakeman

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

bolden

calvin

chaplain

chapman

hackman

corban

cordon

dalton

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

foreman

garden

golden

gorgon

concise

copeman

dolman

dolphin

harden

harken

dampen

darken

falcon

harten

hearten

jasmine

kirkman

lockman

lopeman

lightman

jackman

jargon

jordan

jorden

marlin

newsman

marten

martin

matron

minces

molten

morgan

mormon

norman

olden

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

packman

pardon

patron

saffron

smarten

language

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

sovereign

sovran

spartan

scallion

soldan

squadron

stallion

stallman

stockman

tarpon

warden

workman

tartan

paean

peon

rayon

urine

flashgun

ganges

ponchos

othman

smokestack

pancakes

concoct

alan

amman

auden

bacon

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

bayman

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brazen

brighten

broaden

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

cayman

certain

chosen

colon

common

cotton

craven

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagan

daman

dagon

dragon

dromon

ermine

fallen

famine

fatten

firman

flatten

floren

foreign

frighten

frozen

gallon

gammon

garron

german

gladden

gluten

gotten

graven

happen

hausen

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

poison

pollan

pollen

proven

raven

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

sadden

rosin

rotten

rumen

salmon

satan

satin

shogun

showman

sermon

shaken

shaman

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

stolen

straighten

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

thousand

tighten

titan

token

toman

turban

engaged

triton

trodden

urban

wagon

waken

whiten

yaupon

yeoman

warren

widen

wizen

woven

zaman

zircon

smokestacks

smooches

remakes

senses

chainsaws

fancies

pancake

ransack

cowan

scion

rowan

bangkok

gowan

rowen

engage

ruin

dian

ion

lion

mayan

owen

zion

namesakes

gamecock

namesake

pansies

bongos

donkeys

mangoes

tangos

yankees

gamecocks

anguished

monkeys

longish

anguish

languish

vanquish

sneezes

smashes

bounces

homesick

sconces

3 syllable words

injunction

unquestioned

incessant

projection

inflection

inspection

egyptian

in-person

magician

concessions

combustion

conception

confection

contention

convection

convention

deflection

discretion

exception

exhaustion

impression

induction

inflation

reflection

accession

insistence

aggression

conjectures

insistent

benjamin

connection

condition

concussion

connexion

deception

deduction

defection

deflation

dentition

depiction

detection

emulsion

exertion

election

enmeshes

eviction

dictation

erection

ignition

impassion

inaction

incursion

invasion

inversion

obsession

oppression

progression

reception

regression

repression

seduction

rendition

revulsion

sensation

succession

suppression

cetacean

elation

desertion

emission

precession

procession

conjunction

possession

profession

sedition

etruscan

infliction

conjecture

infraction

abstention

expression

truncation

exemption

predestine

logician

rebellion

congestive

contrition

injustice

resumption

infusion

englishman

conviction

convulsion

filtration

conflation

exaction

intrusion

conduction

concussions

compression

midshipman

diffraction

inclusion

inhuman

injectors

misfortune

presumption

redemption

affection

depletion

eleven

contagion

conversion

insouciant

ablation

compassion

cinnamon

venison

collection

consistent

digression

equation

incision

injector

foundation

menhaden

plantation

propulsion

protection

production

reduction

resection

selection

instruction

inscription

donation

emotion

phoenician

evasion

contraction

contraption

consumption

devotion

finishes

punishes

predation

fisherman

sedation

transgression

encryption

venetian

infarction

franciscan

nebraskan

summation

kinshasa

negation

reversion

cremation

complexion

duration

deletion

immersion

division

relation

aegean

alaskan

attraction

compulsion

conclusion

concoction

confucian

confusion

contortion

creation

fungicides

implosion

incisions

phrygian

retraction

singleton

stygian

timberman

transaction

translation

unburden

uncertain

constriction

construction

conscription

ancestral

specimen

beholden

diffusion

dimension

excision

fungicide

preclusion

pretension

proportion

stagnation

silicon

subversion

damnation

formation

migration

citizen

freemason

prevention

abrasion

dalmatian

fixation

starvation

submersion

contusion

indian

ablution

abortion

adoption

lactation

conjugal

detention

dissection

libration

preemption

retention

salvation

dissension

perfection

apportion

perception

accretion

optation

seclusion

secretion

carnation

hydration

unshackle

denizen

unison

vibration

unbroken

subtraction

gentleman

concoctions

congressman

countryman

muskmelon

notation

occasion

oration

ovation

lecithin

dilation

margarine

direction

malaysian

location

mutation

ligation

causation

aleutian

correction

erosion

flirtation

flotation

gradation

decision

gyration

illusion

imagine

aversion

cessation

citation

percussion

commotion

delusion

pollution

promotion

probation

quotation

reaction

recision

privation

religion

rescission

vacation

vocation

solution

precaution

rotation

tonnages

enlighten

geniuses

genuine

guncotton

unbutton

enliven

incisive

uncommon

completion

unwritten

excursion

nonhuman

discipline

italian

distinction

lumberman

mexican

policeman

censuses

croatian

coercion

fijian

scythian

horatian

fruition

tuition

anchorman

addiction

asuncion

attention

cistercian

dispersion

gestation

prediction

misshapen

occlusion

ascension

discussion

laurentian

eruption

profusion

extinction

expansion

uneven

bitumen

absorption

engagement

menaces

exclusion

mandarin

excretion

anyone

explosion

jamaican

pelican

peterman

awaken

extension

puritan

bedizen

determine

expulsion

lanolin

extrusion

keratin

skeleton

cyprian

suburban

sinuses

thespian

bandwagon

councilman

downtrodden

inexact

imprison

insightful

allusion

addition

assertion

audition

caucasian

clergyman

commission

collusion

ancestors

collegian

edition

images

narration

omission

permission

perversion

petition

compunction

dilution

corruption

diversion

munition

musician

physician

tradition

ancestry

remission

handwoven

nonunion

volition

position

misprision

disruption

distortion

chilean

clarion

affliction

gillian

heroin

heroine

malayan

marian

declension

carrion

fenian

myosin

pentathlon

bedouin

niacin

suspension

ghanaian

libyan

simian

syrian

veteran

acumen

annexes

opinion

engagements

corsican

medallion

mistaken

talisman

rhodopsin

whimsical

battalion

consignment

consequence

alderman

consequent

ancestor

chairwoman

chamberlain

dominion

insecure

backgammon

porcelain

alsatian

attrition

crustacean

partition

suspicion

cognition

irishman

tactician

patrician

taxation

parisian

technician

derision

laotian

lutheran

transition

admission

ambition

aspersion

nutrition

optician

oxygen

persuasion

submission

temptation

extortion

restriction

adsorption

description

distraction

destruction

transfusion

proscription

albumin

andean

badminton

medicine

overdone

nevadan

crestfallen

wesleyan

ambrosian

assassin

bonuses

toboggan

minuses

overman

overrun

remisses

reunion

superman

waterman

hammerman

disunion

kantian

snapdragon

ferryman

elison

jettison

masculine

garrison

halcyon

fustian

gravamen

keynesian

linkages

lesbian

origin

provision

assumption

castration

transcription

frustration

halogen

obstruction

transmission

collision

precision

regimen

extraction

subscription

revision

rummages

abduction

abandon

abdomen

anxiously

brazilian

capsaicin

chairperson

civilian

cohesion

concisely

everyone

foramen

forewoman

gaussian

hawaiian

heartbroken

lancaster

median

nemean

pavilion

perfusion

plebeian

reopen

saccharin

samoan

sumatran

tamarin

uterine

vermilion

corrosion

prescription

engages

nitrogen

hydrogen

norwegian

consciously

conjugate

communion

companion

reptilian

outspoken

feminine

synagogue

vatican

forgotten

octillion

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

emblazon

embolden

beethoven

melanin

adhesion

conjugates

abstraction

prostration

damages

homages

backwoodsman

manages

austrian

bedridden

cardigan

clarendon

forbidden

incisors

nobleman

rifleman

synagogues

whimsically

artesian

cation

cartesian

biotin

moroccan

horizon

orion

harlequin

housebroken

arkansan

consecrate

vitamin

demagogue

incisor

catalan

collagen

jacobin

javelin

ottoman

ramadan

solomon

languages

australian

parthian

vanishes

artisan

demagogues

african

charwoman

partisan

magdalen

charlatan

ramshackle

alien

appian

arian

aryan

avian

dorian

fabian

freudian

galleon

grobian

irian

jovian

julian

korean

nubian

odeon

permian

protean

saleswoman

adrian

languishes

albion

campion

champion

gordian

guardian

hanukkahs

scorpion

zambian

anglican

cambrian

sciences

downsizings

downsizing

engaging

languishing

amasses

amazes

amigos

nuances

4 syllable words

indexation

infestation

indecision

insulation

insurrection

intercession

intimation

intonation

inundation

invitation

vindication

indication

syndication

disaffection

intermission

invocation

dilatation

imitation

immolation

renovation

titillation

irrigation

visitation

irritation

limitation

mitigation

litigation

intuition

syncopation

inhibition

indiscretion

generation

veneration

disinfection

inclination

indentation

indignation

inflammation

injectable

injustices

inquisition

installation

instigation

integration

interception

intervention

preconception

intersection

reinspection

benediction

penicillin

interurban

immigration

situation

fibrillation

imposition

predilection

information

recollection

simulation

stipulation

interruption

penetration

tribulation

cynicism

interaction

stimulation

liquidation

minnesotan

inspiration

ventilation

precondition

divination

introspection

figuration

fluoridation

connotation

hungarian

animation

annotation

reelection

planarian

preelection

repossession

resurrection

rumination

sanitation

suffocation

businesswoman

conjugation

introduction

misconception

incessantly

incrustation

infiltration

legislation

contravention

equestrian

institution

englishwoman

miseration

decompression

interdiction

pigmentation

education

circumvention

vegetation

insouciance

misperception

punctuation

fluctuation

deviation

disconnection

iteration

disinflation

dispensation

imperfection

imputation

implication

incantation

liquefaction

incarnation

liberation

ministration

interwoven

mediation

agrarian

american

annexation

apprehension

cancellation

commendation

conjugations

consolation

consummation

conversation

convocation

crucifixion

fermentation

graduation

granulation

incubation

indonesian

insistently

lilliputian

presentation

recantation

registration

retrocession

samaritan

sectarian

unsuccessful

algerian

implantation

impregnation

consistency

contraception

elongation

insecticide

kindergarten

self-deception

bifurcation

detonation

diminution

dehydration

emanation

domination

gravitation

levitation

unaccustomed

machination

premonition

profanation

realization

repercussion

coronation

definition

evocation

fascination

fumigation

germination

nomination

relocation

termination

trepidation

bavarian

himalayan

arbitration

augmentation

compensation

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

violation

consecration

constellation

constipation

consultation

ostentation

surrogation

fragmentation

importation

menstruation

adulation

agitation

electrician

illustration

reproduction

coloration

comparison

cogitation

corinthian

republican

pedestrian

hegelian

segmentation

modulation

subluxation

nigerian

pelagian

reassertion

contrarian

nonexistent

insecticides

reconstruction

consistently

deconstruction

abdication

maturation

victorian

glaciation

adaptation

saturation

aldebaran

abnegation

admonition

ammunition

combination

confirmation

convolution

calibration

carcinogen

conservation

culmination

deformation

designation

barbarian

demarcation

deportation

fabrication

nicaraguan

cultivation

devastation

lubrication

molestation

centurion

dominican

resignation

retardation

ordination

relaxation

librarian

protestation

publication

vaccination

wagnerian

allegation

gentlewoman

corp.

corporation

navigation

allocation

alteration

correlation

motivation

mutilation

smithsonian

consecutive

avocation

appalachian

appellation

habitation

collocation

hibernation

jubilation

polynesian

propagation

provocation

admiration

circumspection

expectation

validation

valuation

concentration

sequestration

conflagration

confrontation

consecrations

contemplation

demonstration

canadian

transformation

attribution

european

transportation

arabian

diocesan

comprehension

consternation

constitution

mammalian

missourian

jurisdiction

mortification

obfuscation

sicilian

lancastrian

reawaken

tamoxifen

abrogation

ideation

perforation

altercation

foliation

aviation

operation

accusation

aggravation

aggregation

aberration

radiation

acclamation

advocation

affectation

acclimation

activation

toleration

alternation

application

approbation

backwardation

circulation

moderation

commutation

adoration

obligation

observation

permutation

compilation

duplication

jingoistic

occupation

ovulation

palpitation

tabulation

unshakable

population

subdivision

proclamation

leviathan

statistician

nonprescription

pagurian

orchestration

explanation

linguistically

watermelon

predetermine

dandelion

reexamine

copernican

accordion

contribution

ulceration

jingoism

recitation

respiration

restoration

melanesian

encyclical

desperation

disillusion

affirmation

locomotion

mongolian

desolation

dissipation

dissolution

perturbation

desiccation

decimation

dissertation

assemblyman

inquisitive

procreation

complication

formulation

coloradan

amputation

comedian

gregorian

computation

praetorian

assyrian

napoleon

simonian

collodion

iranian

devonian

calculation

transplantation

malformation

satisfaction

substitution

chameleon

fallopian

congregation

encyclicals

hemoglobin

adrenaline

misbegotten

strangulation

armageddon

inquisitor

apparition

angiogram

coalition

decoration

restitution

dietitian

dereliction

destination

destitution

dislocation

estimation

disposition

preparation

laceration

rhetorician

separation

distillation

variation

excitation

federation

hypertension

expiration

lineages

reparation

desecration

prohibition

moravian

committeeman

darwinian

eritrean

historian

estonian

honeysuckle

overburden

inquisitors

meridian

paraguayan

olympian

nestorian

abyssinian

abolition

arthurian

aspiration

condescension

declaration

dedication

defamation

delegation

demolition

deposition

derivation

devolution

disputation

elevation

erudition

evolution

excavation

execution

exploration

hesitation

manumission

medication

meditation

octahedron

opposition

perspiration

politician

preignition

preservation

proposition

readmission

recreation

reformation

repetition

reposition

reservation

resolution

revelation

revocation

revolution

supposition

vacillation

bolivian

siberian

criterion

floridian

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word ingestion

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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