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

gumption

huntsman

clinton

emption

henchman

minion

pinion

pitman

whitson

function

gentian

junction

suction

tension

diction

fiction

friction

mention

pension

passion

ashen

nation

fission

intend

mission

russian

grecian

haitian

ration

dustman

station

intense

sentence

fashion

prussian

intent

lengthen

strengthen

mentions

ensign

citron

contain

billion

crimson

damson

billman

footman

ibsen

jetson

kenyan

lindane

linden

lynden

million

pillion

onion

penman

piston

spearman

trillion

scullion

runnion

quintin

samson

shipman

stillion

tillman

hetman

pentane

contempt

draftsman

intends

intents

landsman

craftsman

sanction

sportsman

windmills

bastion

bushman

dungeon

flexion

basin

christian

engine

flashgun

freshman

luncheon

mansion

othman

rincon

bason

mason

summon

section

fasten

kitten

squinting

women

written

linen

hasten

listen

ninon

hyson

chasten

mitten

bisson

bitten

briton

christen

smitten

bison

glisten

caisson

jason

bantams

seedsman

contains

contend

entwine

grandson

headsman

delphian

centimes

children

indent

klansman

lampron

landman

statesman

portman

vintners

windmill

postman

something

phantoms

scotsman

townsman

yachtsman

vision

asian

pigeon

bludgeon

cajun

cushion

dudgeon

caution

freshen

gudgeon

heathen

legion

kitchen

lesion

hessian

region

session

suasion

anthems

penguin

tungsten

aspen

contends

airman

atman

guardsman

somethings

bantam

banyan

bellman

boatman

bookman

bullion

canton

canyon

centime

chairman

chessman

chieftain

comedown

contemn

dampen

dentine

desman

fountain

freedman

gascon

gilden

goodman

headman

hempen

intone

keelson

kelson

kremlin

lightman

lineman

linemen

lisbon

london

m1

maintain

melton

mignon

milken

mountain

mundane

muslin

pectin

nekton

panton

phantom

plantain

marksman

ponton

pressman

quantum

santon

shearman

silken

stepson

sultan

sylvan

teston

tubman

tuscan

tendon

undone

union

vintner

vulcan

wanton

woodman

woolman

action

anthem

auction

belgian

brethren

bunting

caption

churchman

coachman

dutchman

faction

fraction

drunken

faustian

hangman

hunting

option

sunken

portion

martian

shrunken

shunting

question

torsion

watchman

traction

bayman

breton

amman

bacon

beacon

begun

billon

beaten

tendons

brazen

sexton

button

canaan

sandman

common

cayman

cheapen

chicken

spokesman

cousin

deepen

dozen

driven

elan

freeman

gammon

demon

hyphen

hymen

famine

bordman

craven

cretin

dagan

dagon

deacon

daman

eaten

eden

gibbon

given

glidden

graven

griffon

hidden

handmade

haven

jetton

kalan

leven

liken

laden

layman

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

lichen

liman

liven

lyden

maiden

prison

raven

quicken

reason

rerun

ribbon

ridden

ripen

doctrine

riden

risen

riven

season

condemned

salmon

condemns

condense

seaman

semen

cantons

fountains

seton

shaken

shaman

sicken

siphon

siren

steven

stiffen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

sweeten

syphon

taken

thicken

threaten

toughen

treason

urson

villain

homespun

person

wizen

intones

mullen

maintains

widen

marchman

mutton

horseman

markman

muffin

oven

weaken

woman

mountains

oarsman

wiccan

moisten

pagan

waken

wheaten

worsen

zaman

earthen

lotion

motion

notion

ocean

pathan

plankton

potion

acton

alman

apron

arson

austin

bagman

barton

baston

boston

brakeman

canteen

carmine

centner

chapman

classman

condemn

captain

carman

carton

chevron

claxon

copeman

paean

dalton

dobson

harten

dian

dolman

fibrin

fielden

foreman

houseman

condensed

entomb

fireman

hackman

hearten

jackman

peon

lion

zion

lockman

lopeman

marten

minden

mormon

newsman

nineteen

norman

outrun

mayan

martin

matron

molten

outdone

oxen

packman

parson

passman

selden

smarten

sundown

undine

scion

ion

jasmine

kansan

kelvin

kirkman

patron

random

saxon

sequin

scallion

shorten

spartan

shotgun

stallion

rayon

tartan

stockman

stallman

tandem

workman

chanting

fainting

taunting

fortune

painting

panting

pointing

longan

mangan

mounting

georgian

margin

daunting

wanting

baton

batten

batton

beckon

bellon

boughten

bowman

brighten

burman

burton

cannon

canon

certain

charon

cotton

crewman

crouton

cumin

curtain

deaden

fatten

sometimes

deafen

devon

dromon

ermine

felon

firman

flatten

frighten

german

gluten

heaven

heighten

heron

hoten

human

latin

leaden

gotten

leaven

ledden

lighten

loosen

lumen

marron

melon

canteens

poison

omen

pullen

perron

platen

reckon

patten

platten

redden

satan

satin

rotten

rumen

roman

baldwin

resin

sermon

showman

titan

caxton

straighten

tighten

salesman

seven

toman

triton

vegan

cauldron

weapon

woolen

capstan

yeoman

whiten

wooden

nineteenth

paintings

landmark

burgeon

sturgeon

surgeon

trojan

urchin

version

persian

mahone

fusion

bargain

alban

bolden

calvin

chaplain

dolphin

carbon

darken

condone

corban

cordon

falcon

jordan

jorden

marlin

morgan

pardon

saffron

sharpen

sovereign

squadron

tarpon

warden

sovran

faulcon

jargon

garden

golden

gorgon

harden

harken

olden

organ

orphan

pontoon

soldan

sometime

landmarks

cowan

gowan

urine

condones

pontoons

auden

bobbin

burden

burdon

alan

baron

barren

blacken

blowgun

bollen

bourbon

bracken

broaden

brogan

broken

cabin

chosen

colon

cuban

dragon

fallen

floren

foreign

frozen

gallon

garron

gladden

happen

hausen

hogan

hoven

lagan

locken

logan

loren

madden

odin

often

open

pavon

pollan

pollen

proven

robin

rosen

rosin

sadden

shogun

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

stolen

swollen

talon

tappen

thousand

token

trodden

turban

woven

yaupon

urban

wagon

warren

zircon

contents

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

smoothens

content

pendant

ointment

bindings

endings

findings

landings

lendings

soundings

knitting

smoothen

smoothing

banding

bending

binding

bonding

bounding

ending

finding

founding

funding

hounding

landing

lending

minding

pending

pounding

rounding

sounding

winding

3 syllable words

destruction

exemption

infarction

intention

infection

contention

distortion

contortion

convulsion

frustration

inception

conduction

conflation

disruption

assumption

invention

redemption

intimate

cinnamon

concussion

sensation

emulsion

cistercian

contagion

summations

injection

seduction

insertion

ingestion

deduction

deflation

dentition

detection

detention

fixation

plantation

revulsion

discussion

gestation

invasion

construction

negation

predation

conjunction

elation

intimates

sedation

sentences

truncation

cremation

gentleman

intestine

sentiment

contentions

contraction

contraption

distraction

excretion

expression

expulsion

inflection

extension

infliction

intentioned

infraction

inspection

intentions

exception

conception

contrition

convection

convention

discretion

diffraction

concoction

reflection

exaction

deflection

confection

conviction

in-person

italian

mistaken

castration

translation

intrusion

prostration

freemason

jamaican

venison

citizen

condition

crustacean

election

connection

inscription

benjamin

confession

entombment

asuncion

connexion

dalmatian

ablation

concession

compassion

deception

defection

depiction

depletion

depression

dissension

equation

erection

eruption

dimension

eviction

exertion

congestion

formation

ignition

foundation

impassion

propulsion

constriction

optation

rendition

obstruction

incursion

production

reception

protection

preemption

temptation

lactation

menhaden

inversion

inaction

sentiments

incision

misshapen

reduction

flirtation

occasion

procession

emission

emotion

petition

donation

duration

egyptian

evasion

ejection

etruscan

assertion

desertion

flotation

malaysian

secession

narration

phoenician

possession

sedition

mutation

notation

rejection

commission

commotion

cessation

citation

quotation

promotion

recession

imagine

deletion

profession

immersion

relation

rotation

venetian

extortion

contingent

expansion

transgression

description

subtraction

encryption

abduction

completion

impression

excursion

compression

confucian

exhaustion

inclusion

infusion

enliven

sentinel

inhuman

pentathlon

minuteman

uncommon

battalion

scythian

misfortune

genuine

rebellion

creation

retraction

attraction

transaction

discipline

transmission

abrasion

accession

accretion

affection

aggression

alsatian

assassin

attrition

awaken

bitumen

carnation

collection

conscription

containment

contingents

contusion

conversion

damnation

denizen

dispersion

donations

emotions

excision

extraction

hydration

indian

libration

medicine

migration

obsession

oppression

optician

ottoman

partition

patrician

progression

regression

repression

salvation

secretion

selection

silicon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

submersion

submission

succession

suppression

tactician

taxation

technician

transition

unison

vibration

vitamin

councilman

countenance

countryman

condiment

continent

muskmelon

maintenance

projection

sentinels

complexion

suggestion

extrusion

tantamount

causation

collegian

decision

devotion

edition

gradation

lecithin

ligation

munition

addition

aleutian

aversion

corruption

dilation

division

gyration

location

oration

ghanaian

physician

position

ovation

percussion

pollution

precaution

reaction

rescission

vocation

tradition

vacation

recision

religion

reversion

solution

precession

probation

privation

malayan

regimen

remission

simian

policeman

alaskan

chairperson

contentment

confusion

englishman

artisan

cantonal

capsaicin

contemplates

chairwoman

pantomime

bentonite

combustion

compulsion

conclusion

lumberman

entangle

mexican

misprision

untangle

unburden

partisan

indians

magician

timberman

aegean

abstraction

croatian

horatian

phrygian

stygian

anyone

ambition

australian

apportion

fustian

cyprian

solomon

artesian

nevadan

aspersion

munitions

bedizen

cartesian

preclusion

prevention

catalan

proportion

determine

kantian

hammerman

pelican

peterman

beholden

eleven

pretension

suspicion

lanolin

profusion

suburban

cognition

hydrogen

nitrogen

contemplate

adoption

nutrition

continents

persuasion

retention

uneven

admission

subversion

seclusion

ablution

abortion

diffusion

digression

oxygen

objection

companion

harlequin

transfusion

emblazon

nebraskan

crestfallen

unbroken

downtrodden

imprison

congressman

entangled

communion

allusion

distinction

caucasian

collusion

compunction

delusion

erosion

fisherman

halogen

illusion

omission

origin

permission

cation

chilean

gillian

fenian

hawaiian

libyan

myosin

nemean

niacin

plebeian

samoan

implosion

nonhuman

tamarin

veteran

syrian

anglican

acumen

coercion

african

antennas

fruition

heartbroken

austrian

backgammon

containers

everyone

porcelain

charwoman

endemic

magdalen

nobleman

laotian

corsican

medallion

dominion

opinion

rhodopsin

untimely

tuition

rifleman

randomize

addiction

anchorman

ascension

prediction

occlusion

irishman

laurentian

resection

extinction

attention

commuting

handwoven

adsorption

andean

intended

intensely

intensive

antenna

campion

intently

champion

container

ferryman

jacobin

javelin

reunion

badminton

bandwagon

collagen

gravamen

indium

keynesian

lesbian

mandarin

ramadan

digestion

disunion

outspoken

saleswoman

thespian

toboggan

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

masculine

absorption

diversion

perversion

direction

correction

dilution

musician

audition

volition

affliction

declension

endangered

endangers

midshipman

singleton

suspension

foramen

carrion

unwritten

clarion

marian

enlighten

logician

pandemic

abdomen

pavilion

horizon

protean

vermilion

orion

permian

brazilian

contender

alderman

cambrian

chamberlain

civilian

cohesion

forewoman

guncotton

predestine

randomly

remittance

talisman

unbutton

uterine

uncertain

wantonly

perception

perfection

prescription

proscription

restriction

indenture

lanthanum

exclusion

endanger

dissection

derision

explosion

fijian

parisian

adhesion

albumin

ambrosian

beethoven

bosnian

bulletin

contenders

elison

embolden

garrison

jettison

keratin

londoner

monotone

nonunion

octillion

overdone

overman

overrun

puritan

reptilian

skeleton

snapdragon

superman

transcription

subscription

clergyman

collision

pantheon

indentures

revision

precision

indentured

provision

fabian

saccharin

abandon

condenser

avian

heroin

heroine

backwoodsman

biotin

irian

reopen

continue

gaussian

sumatran

alien

bedouin

londoners

median

moroccan

perfusion

tendency

abstention

norwegian

unthinking

corrosion

contented

continues

continued

franciscan

lutheran

tendencies

adrian

bouillon

feminine

forgotten

halcyon

vatican

margarine

parthian

forbidden

landowners

cardigan

bedridden

charlatan

arian

aryan

freudian

galleon

grobian

jovian

julian

korean

fandango

dorian

nubian

odeon

appian

arkansan

condensate

housebroken

mountaineers

undaunted

melanin

landowner

albion

gordian

guardian

scorpion

commitments

condensates

janthina

clarendon

mountaineer

andante

bandanas

bandana

condiments

endowments

penitent

commitment

endowment

emitting

undoing

undying

vomiting

anything

unwitting

landmasses

4 syllable words

vegetation

condemnations

education

distribution

exclamation

extrication

introduction

excavation

situation

consultation

consecration

gastrulation

illustration

liquefaction

punctuation

menstruation

subluxation

inquisition

institution

confiscation

mortification

accusation

advocation

aggravation

obligation

retardation

aggregation

ordination

celebration

duplication

occupation

resignation

tabulation

combination

application

deformation

abrogation

approbation

circulation

commutation

compilation

confirmation

desecration

designation

oxidation

destitution

devastation

disaffection

dislocation

emigration

inattention

population

vaccination

disposition

interaction

lilliputian

ovulation

palpitation

imposition

exhalation

termination

congregation

incubation

indigestion

collocation

interjection

habitation

himalayan

reformation

oscillation

allegation

allocation

appellation

avocation

bifurcation

coronation

correlation

dissertation

dissolution

domination

limitation

nomination

provocation

strangulation

fascination

figuration

germination

intuition

irritation

isolation

jubilation

machination

navigation

profanation

propagation

repossession

restoration

vacillation

validation

visitation

legislation

sentimental

contribution

explanation

impregnation

liberation

miseration

sequestration

veneration

violation

conflagration

contraception

explication

generation

indiscretion

infiltration

reassertion

surrogation

adulation

agitation

intemperate

modulation

pagination

condescension

constitution

decompression

formulation

consternation

disinflation

execution

retribution

historian

amputation

calculation

interception

pigmentation

intentional

interdiction

intersection

intervention

transformation

obfuscation

exhumation

computation

centurion

interurban

intimacy

complication

victorian

malformation

calibration

prostitution

presentation

deconstruction

demarcation

exhibition

expiration

insurrection

relaxation

benediction

masturbation

fermentation

annexation

recantation

requisition

alternation

protestation

registration

predilection

altercation

conversation

convolution

reconstruction

adaptation

elocution

indonesian

indecision

abnegation

conservation

recollection

erudition

appalachian

recreation

deposition

desperation

levitation

preservation

resolution

respiration

declaration

demolition

devolution

locomotion

reservation

revolution

dehydration

rumination

alteration

evocation

continuance

evolution

affirmation

gravitation

reawaken

perturbation

relocation

reposition

repetition

supposition

demonstration

deviation

extradition

orchestration

separation

preparation

self-deception

federation

mediation

decoration

contradiction

contravention

coloration

corinthian

implantation

reparation

variation

concentration

republican

augmentation

centimetres

arbitration

intensify

intensity

interwoven

intimately

continual

ostentation

disinfection

expedition

exploration

importation

reinspection

dispensation

disputation

exposition

fragmentation

preconception

reproduction

satisfaction

segmentation

cogitation

centenary

centimetre

acquisition

centennial

competition

affectation

composition

refutation

observation

sectarian

recognition

penicillin

absolution

commendation

excitation

persecution

precondition

dandelion

cotyledon

retrocession

guatemalan

deportation

nestorian

prosecution

backwardation

dereliction

statistician

molestation

abolition

admiration

aspiration

circumspection

confrontation

corp.

corporation

disillusion

elongation

european

fumigation

gentlewoman

hungarian

intensified

intensifies

intensities

intimidates

mammalian

manumission

misconception

obstetrician

opposition

perspiration

planarian

politician

praetorian

preelection

preignition

proposition

readmission

reelection

repercussion

resurrection

sicilian

trepidation

ulceration

usurpation

valuation

jurisdiction

aberration

adoration

anathema

contingency

coalition

intimidate

misperception

anatomist

transportation

contrarian

fluctuation

dietitian

laceration

operation

pelagian

perforation

exhortation

leviathan

prohibition

condensation

disconnection

electrician

compensation

circumvention

rhetorician

intangible

toleration

octahedron

armageddon

tetrahedron

moderation

contaminate

contemptuously

dominican

abdication

maturation

reexamine

american

saturation

crucifixion

permutation

carcinogen

cultivation

fabrication

lubrication

contemptible

circumcision

contemplative

publication

columbian

custodian

cyclopean

glaciation

graduation

paraguayan

nicaraguan

watermelon

contaminates

assemblyman

expectation

exploitation

businesswoman

contingencies

intangibles

anatomy

arabian

premonition

protozoan

polynesian

jacobean

canadian

chameleon

maccabean

diminution

galilean

nonprescription

definition

diocesan

emotional

comedian

hibernation

hemoglobin

aviation

radiation

embarkation

transplantation

malnutrition

foliation

ideation

imperfection

entanglement

comparison

restitution

superstition

admonition

apprehension

ammunition

predetermine

canadians

eustachian

comedians

tasmanian

eritrean

committeeman

copernican

pagurian

wagnerian

equestrian

procreation

entanglements

englishwoman

nonpartisan

mongolian

melanesian

countenances

monotony

bavarian

iranian

devonian

simonian

utopian

attribution

comedienne

substitution

adrenaline

bohemian

crocodilian

remittances

containerized

macedonian

pedestrian

subdivision

meridian

abyssinian

indemnities

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

darwinian

greco-roman

jordanian

minnesotan

monatomic

olympian

lancastrian

arthurian

smithsonian

ohioan

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Words that rhyme with the word intimation

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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