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2 syllable words

diction

fiction

friction

function

inquest

junction

linguists

linguist

pinkish

gumption

incas

pension

section

rincon

suction

insists

flexion

gentian

tension

mention

sanction

vanquish

insist

linkage

conquests

fission

mission

anguished

prussian

vision

russian

henchman

lynxes

ingest

penguin

clinton

ibsen

linden

crimson

muslin

sequin

silken

pinion

ensign

lisbon

lynden

milken

minion

emption

whitson

anguish

consists

huntsman

languish

landsman

engine

luncheon

traction

drunken

dungeon

action

christian

dutchman

conquest

auction

fraction

hinges

mansion

faction

inches

finches

minges

shrunken

sunken

townsman

chicken

children

bisson

christen

klansman

lengthen

seedsman

strengthen

sexton

glisten

dozen

consist

quicken

risen

sicken

grandson

cousin

listen

prison

dustman

incest

incised

linen

ninon

stricken

insights

headsman

thicken

wiccan

ashen

bludgeon

caution

cushion

fashion

freshen

fusion

passion

ocean

motion

session

notion

lotion

dudgeon

pigeon

congest

grecian

hessian

ration

kitchen

plankton

potion

gudgeon

tungsten

lesion

billion

citron

gilden

jetson

fences

jasmine

m1

incase

incise

kansan

kenyan

mignon

guardsman

bookman

desman

claxon

billman

ensues

keelson

kelson

london

million

pillion

language

oxen

marksman

minces

onion

pectin

penman

nekton

newsman

piston

pitman

runnion

scullion

saxon

shipman

spearman

stepson

stillion

sultan

sylvan

tendon

tillman

trillion

tubman

undone

vulcan

tuscan

bastion

bunches

belgian

benches

brethren

bushman

caption

faustian

flashgun

freshman

hunches

lunches

lunges

martian

menges

nonesuch

option

portion

punches

quenches

question

wenches

torsion

baldwin

caxton

delphian

downcast

landman

beacon

encased

beckon

doctrine

marchman

bason

postman

markman

begun

spokesman

billon

bison

bitten

briton

button

chosen

deacon

driven

fasten

frozen

gibbon

given

glidden

griffon

hausen

hidden

hyson

kitten

lessen

lesson

loosen

mitten

muffin

oarsman

mutton

salesman

oven

reason

mullen

reckon

resin

rosin

ribbon

ridden

season

riven

rosen

smitten

stiffen

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

thousand

toughen

treason

villain

weaken

homespun

wizen

women

written

trojan

legion

version

heathen

haitian

persian

nation

asian

station

suasion

unjust

region

craftsman

draftsman

insects

sportsman

airman

acton

arson

aspen

austin

banyan

baston

bellman

boatman

bolden

boston

brakeman

bullion

canton

canyon

chairman

chances

chessman

chevron

chieftain

classman

concise

dobson

consign

dances

darken

damson

injects

copeman

encase

falcon

faulcon

fielden

footman

freedman

harken

fountain

gascon

golden

goodman

hackman

headman

hempen

hetman

houseman

insight

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

lineman

linemen

jackman

lockman

longish

lopeman

melton

minden

molten

mountain

olden

ounces

outdone

outrun

packman

panton

parson

passman

plantain

ponton

pressman

samson

santon

selden

senses

shearman

soldan

stockman

teston

union

wanton

woodman

woolman

workman

changes

fortune

georgian

hangman

launches

longan

lounges

mangan

manges

margin

ranches

ranges

portman

yachtsman

capstan

lampron

statesman

horseman

concoct

bordman

cauldron

pancakes

scotsman

bacon

basin

beaten

bellon

blacken

blowgun

bowman

bracken

brazen

breton

brogan

broken

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

charon

chasten

cheapen

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

deafen

deepen

colon

deaden

demon

devon

dromon

eden

elan

eaten

felon

gluten

heron

hogan

moisten

hoten

hoven

human

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

mason

engaged

odin

person

poison

redden

semen

seven

shaken

shogun

showman

slacken

slogan

sweeten

perron

seaman

seton

swollen

taken

threaten

urson

weapon

wheaten

wooden

woolen

zircon

woman

hasten

freeman

jason

jetton

heaven

leven

lichen

liken

locken

logan

lumen

marron

melon

omen

open

proven

pullen

rerun

roman

rumen

sneezes

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

token

toman

vegan

waken

worsen

woven

yeoman

burgeon

smokestacks

cajun

earthen

mahone

pathan

smooches

sturgeon

surgeon

urchin

alban

alman

apron

atman

bagman

bargain

barton

bounces

calvin

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chainsaws

chaplain

chapman

corban

cordon

dalton

dampen

dolman

dolphin

fibrin

fireman

foreman

garden

gorgon

harden

harten

hearten

homesick

jargon

jordan

jorden

lightman

marlin

marten

martin

matron

morgan

mormon

norman

organ

orphan

pansies

pardon

patron

saffron

scallion

sconces

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

smarten

stallman

tarpon

warden

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallion

tartan

engage

enjoys

watchman

yankees

tangos

bongos

ponchos

cowan

gowan

donkeys

ion

lion

mayan

dian

churchman

owen

paean

peon

rowan

rowen

coachman

mangoes

othman

ruin

scion

zion

gamecocks

insect

inject

alan

amman

auden

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

bayman

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bourbon

brighten

broaden

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

cayman

cotton

curtain

certain

common

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

dragon

ermine

fallen

famine

fatten

firman

flatten

floren

foreign

frighten

gallon

gammon

garron

german

gladden

gotten

graven

happen

haven

heighten

hymen

hyphen

kalan

laden

lagan

latin

layman

lighten

liman

liven

loren

lyden

madden

maiden

often

pagan

patten

pavon

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

raven

riden

ripen

robin

rotten

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

sermon

shaman

siphon

siren

tappen

soften

straighten

syphon

talon

tighten

triton

titan

sodden

trodden

turban

urban

wagon

warren

whiten

widen

yaupon

zaman

fancies

ransack

pancake

remakes

bangkok

ganges

rayon

urine

smokestack

smashes

gamecock

namesakes

monkeys

namesake

3 syllable words

induction

discussion

concussion

position

injunction

inscription

instruction

physician

expulsion

expression

inflection

description

consumption

destruction

inspection

encryption

infarction

infliction

infraction

concussions

conduction

contrition

convulsion

discretion

inception

disruption

inclusion

infection

exception

invention

presumption

resumption

deduction

equation

rendition

englishman

revulsion

ignition

incursion

technician

excision

incision

transition

condition

emulsion

dentition

seduction

ingestion

injection

unquestioned

conjunction

conscription

constriction

construction

addition

commission

edition

emission

musician

petition

expansion

extension

possession

excretion

sedition

tradition

contraction

egyptian

contraption

logician

magician

compunction

compulsion

conception

conclusion

concoction

intention

intrusion

confection

contention

contortion

convection

convention

conviction

inflation

misprision

infusion

injections

redemption

assumption

singleton

transmission

distortion

impression

incisions

connexion

congestion

connection

deception

dissension

obstruction

accretion

invasion

seclusion

secretion

insertion

insistence

eviction

inaction

concession

exertion

eruption

suspicion

tactician

venison

impassion

insistent

inversion

submission

succession

denizen

accession

cinnamon

asuncion

attrition

dimension

contusion

depiction

depletion

detention

dictation

confession

depression

diffusion

fixation

nutrition

patrician

preclusion

production

propulsion

reception

citizen

reduction

collision

concoctions

decision

deletion

delusion

desertion

devotion

division

emotion

erosion

etruscan

exclusion

exemption

extortion

finishes

gentleman

illusion

imprison

incessant

intestine

languishing

linkages

munition

omission

percussion

phoenician

precaution

procession

profession

provision

punishes

recession

recision

religion

remission

rescission

secession

truncation

venetian

volition

conflation

brazilian

in-person

whimsical

abduction

concessions

discipline

unbutton

unwritten

combustion

confucian

confusion

midshipman

mexican

exaction

implosion

transaction

excursion

exhaustion

filtration

injustice

fruition

tuition

repression

oppression

optician

suppression

aggression

backwoodsman

consistent

insouciant

languages

ambition

silicon

enmeshes

selection

sensation

extraction

obsession

languishes

occlusion

jettison

cistercian

elison

medicine

unison

admission

cognition

affection

collection

conversion

defection

deflation

detection

election

erection

oxygen

protection

indian

partition

progression

regression

explosion

congressman

transgression

extrusion

audition

collegian

corruption

elation

muskmelon

projection

aleutian

assertion

causation

cetacean

commotion

evasion

lecithin

occasion

suggestion

negation

franciscan

masculine

imagine

immersion

permission

rejection

pollution

precession

precision

reversion

reaction

promotion

predation

revision

councilman

countryman

sedation

summation

solution

bandwagon

ejection

bedridden

incisive

distinction

censuses

chairwoman

artisan

civilian

enliven

policeman

enlighten

geniuses

partisan

pavilion

anglican

inhuman

deflection

diffraction

pentathlon

completion

translation

guncotton

italian

rebellion

compression

reflection

uncommon

objection

aegean

phrygian

scythian

stygian

consignment

apportion

beholden

compassion

plantation

gestation

prediction

preemption

pretension

prevention

proportion

resection

retention

abortion

adoption

ablation

ablution

addiction

extinction

contagion

digression

downsizing

hydrogen

irishman

crustacean

lactation

menhaden

foundation

nitrogen

persuasion

taxation

temptation

complexion

bedizen

bitumen

bouillon

bulletin

cyprian

jacobin

keratin

keynesian

lanolin

menaces

pelican

puritan

downtrodden

anyone

nonunion

eleven

reptilian

saleswoman

garrison

octillion

specimen

transfusion

skeleton

unbroken

handwoven

synagogue

emblazon

embolden

engagement

assassin

distraction

absorption

caucasian

cessation

correction

dilution

halogen

direction

donation

cremation

flotation

duration

location

mutation

relation

narration

notation

origin

ovation

probation

quotation

rotation

vacation

vocation

vanishes

affliction

timberman

whimsically

african

magdalen

downsizings

acumen

chilean

libyan

backgammon

insecure

chairperson

charlatan

charwoman

corsican

unburden

uncertain

forbidden

perfusion

predestine

talisman

rhodopsin

rifleman

frustration

porcelain

genuine

ghanaian

gillian

hawaiian

plebeian

castration

attraction

retraction

fenian

synagogues

engagements

cardigan

nobleman

niacin

myosin

syrian

prostration

incisors

alaskan

simian

coercion

consequence

laotian

parisian

corrosion

creation

derision

croatian

adsorption

restriction

libration

norwegian

dissection

laurentian

salvation

ascension

subtraction

alsatian

anchorman

attention

carnation

dalmatian

damnation

engages

optation

perfection

formation

hydration

migration

stagnation

vibration

starvation

andean

toboggan

nevadan

digestion

fustian

minuses

ferryman

freemason

solomon

ambrosian

bonuses

incisor

suburban

catalan

determine

ottoman

inexact

awaken

collagen

jamaican

javelin

ramadan

uneven

wesleyan

nebraskan

vitamin

kantian

vatican

snapdragon

lesbian

suspension

citation

dilation

collusion

diversion

fisherman

privation

declension

nonhuman

tonnages

images

oration

ligation

flirtation

gradation

gyration

allusion

aversion

perversion

kinshasa

malaysian

manages

abdomen

anxiously

austrian

biotin

battalion

bedouin

cambrian

carrion

clarion

cohesion

consequent

dominion

everyone

forewoman

freudian

gaussian

grobian

heroin

heroine

horizon

jovian

julian

lancaster

lumberman

malayan

marian

medallion

median

nemean

nubian

odeon

opinion

protean

reopen

samoan

sumatran

vermilion

abrasion

submersion

perception

aspersion

benjamin

dispersion

unshackle

subversion

profusion

horatian

misshapen

proscription

fijian

prescription

adrian

albion

amazes

beethoven

bosnian

campion

champion

demagogue

adhesion

gordian

consecrate

guardian

badminton

insightful

halcyon

harlequin

forgotten

hanukkahs

mandarin

overdone

overman

albumin

overrun

remisses

peterman

reunion

sciences

scorpion

sinuses

superman

zambian

subscription

transcription

ingested

congestive

injectors

misfortune

abstraction

alderman

ancestor

annexes

abandon

chamberlain

demagogues

mistaken

concisely

appian

abstention

alien

arian

aryan

avian

cation

dorian

fabian

galleon

irian

korean

moroccan

orion

permian

saccharin

uterine

veteran

artesian

consciously

fungicide

cartesian

amigos

ancestry

ancestors

communion

gravamen

hammerman

thespian

waterman

disunion

companion

arkansan

congested

regimen

parthian

fungicides

clergyman

rummages

capsaicin

conjectures

conjugal

conjugate

injector

ramshackle

housebroken

conjecture

tamarin

crestfallen

outspoken

foramen

conjugates

lutheran

ancestral

australian

nuances

heartbroken

melanin

amasses

feminine

damages

margarine

clarendon

homages

engaging

4 syllable words

inflammation

expedition

installation

liquefaction

benediction

equitation

indication

insulation

interruption

intimation

intonation

composition

intermission

invocation

liquidation

recognition

vindication

erudition

definition

demolition

inhalation

innovation

opposition

premonition

proposition

repetition

repossession

inquisitive

introspection

coalition

contradiction

prohibition

extradition

imputation

incarnation

incantation

electrician

implication

integration

interdiction

penicillin

disaffection

ammunition

dereliction

distillation

accusation

admonition

competition

inattention

interaction

incubation

insurrection

interjection

intercession

inundation

reclamation

recollection

tribulation

ventilation

simulation

indigestion

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

abolition

imitation

immolation

litigation

contraception

dilatation

manumission

dissolution

irrigation

politician

realization

preignition

distribution

self-deception

sequestration

obstetrician

renovation

dietitian

inquisitor

republican

excavation

execution

interception

calculation

condescension

constellation

constipation

constitution

decompression

indentation

infestation

instigation

institution

intersection

nonprescription

intervention

jurisdiction

malnutrition

ministration

reinspection

reproduction

circumcision

cancellation

circulation

consolation

consummation

convocation

convolution

information

inspiration

lilliputian

invitation

indonesian

minnesotan

deconstruction

reputation

victorian

destitution

regulation

replication

reconstruction

depravation

depredation

deprivation

segregation

granulation

proclamation

retrocession

acclamation

acclimation

activation

congregation

estimation

exhalation

excitation

syndication

emulation

nonexistent

statistician

degradation

occupation

penetration

precondition

predilection

strangulation

immigration

indecision

oxidation

animation

annotation

connotation

decimation

extrication

dedication

delegation

derivation

devolution

elevation

evolution

fluoridation

hesitation

defamation

desiccation

desolation

conjugation

locomotion

explication

exclamation

indiscretion

medication

revocation

meditation

conflagration

contribution

readmission

gentlewoman

recitation

suffocation

visitation

repercussion

revelation

revolution

inquisitors

resolution

sanitation

amputation

complication

computation

condemnation

confiscation

consecration

consultation

crocodilian

disinfection

disputation

education

englishwoman

formulation

gastrulation

illustration

importation

indexation

indignation

insouciance

misbegotten

misperception

preconception

punctuation

reassertion

retribution

rhetorician

subluxation

vegetation

aggravation

aggregation

abrogation

absolution

advocation

application

approbation

fibrillation

ovulation

duplication

expiration

obligation

palpitation

tabulation

desecration

population

resignation

unsuccessful

devastation

elocution

prostitution

centurion

backwardation

designation

emigration

refutation

celebration

conjugations

commutation

sectarian

compilation

situation

cyclopean

circumspection

consecrations

contemplation

consequential

expectation

infiltration

misconception

orchestration

allegation

legislation

allocation

businesswoman

collocation

declaration

appellation

avocation

bifurcation

correlation

diminution

dissertation

isolation

jubilation

dissipation

figuration

habitation

irritation

hungarian

provocation

jacobean

mitigation

motivation

navigation

equestrian

limitation

mutilation

oscillation

propagation

kindergarten

recreation

titillation

vacillation

validation

insecticide

european

himalayan

maccabean

planarian

adulation

tetrahedron

agitation

comparison

transformation

exploration

transportation

interwoven

menstruation

mortification

armageddon

contrarian

disconnection

obfuscation

fluctuation

disinflation

octahedron

consternation

modulation

injectable

pelagian

veneration

insistently

violation

liberation

lineages

iteration

leviathan

surrogation

miseration

insecticides

generation

corinthian

decoration

apparition

transplantation

annexation

abnegation

calibration

carcinogen

deformation

dislocation

exploitation

crucifixion

retardation

accordion

american

permutation

relaxation

superstition

dominican

greco-roman

conservation

conversation

jingoistic

prosecution

confirmation

deportation

persecution

demonstration

adaptation

linguistically

cotyledon

interurban

dandelion

honeysuckle

appalachian

evocation

nonpartisan

polynesian

respiration

restoration

consecutive

dehydration

resurrection

valuation

disillusion

procreation

reelection

reformation

rumination

preelection

consistency

incessantly

supervision

unaccustomed

relocation

desperation

divination

mongolian

assyrian

pigmentation

galilean

attribution

praetorian

exhumation

protozoan

reawaken

dispensation

malformation

canadian

cenozoic

missourian

lancastrian

diocesan

valerian

sicilian

satisfaction

honeysuckles

coloration

hemoglobin

incognito

apprehension

noblewoman

tamoxifen

consistently

deviation

foliation

separation

shakespearean

variation

mediation

federation

preparation

registration

reparation

fabrication

masturbation

lubrication

publication

implantation

affectation

fermentation

subdivision

abdication

commendation

restitution

presentation

demarcation

concentration

recantation

unshakable

copernican

columbian

committeeman

wagnerian

elongation

ibuprofen

alabaman

graduation

guatemalan

herculean

pavlovian

samaritan

reexamine

oblivion

obsidian

paraguayan

compensation

aspiration

augmentation

substitution

ostentation

admiration

arbitration

alteration

affirmation

segmentation

coronation

detonation

emanation

fascination

germination

gravitation

levitation

machination

melanesian

reservation

embarkation

perturbation

corporation

nomination

profanation

corp.

domination

perspiration

preservation

exhortation

fumigation

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Words that rhyme with the word inquisition

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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