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2 syllable words

invests

infests

invest

function

junction

infects

infest

minion

jetson

emption

teston

gumption

pinion

piston

tungsten

clinton

huntsman

sanction

freshman

question

rincon

friction

gentian

christian

mention

pension

flexion

fiction

diction

flashgun

section

tension

suction

lengthen

sexton

strengthen

delphian

convex

dustman

infect

grecian

penguin

fission

freshen

haitian

mission

station

hessian

nation

henchman

prussian

russian

session

baston

billion

citron

chessman

ensign

convicts

invoice

kelson

ibsen

kenyan

linden

hetman

keelson

lynden

melton

mignon

impacts

million

nekton

onion

pectin

pillion

pitman

pressman

runnion

scullion

stepson

stillion

sylvan

trillion

whitson

luncheon

sunken

mansion

shrunken

bastion

belgian

brethren

bushman

drunken

dungeon

engine

basin

lessen

caisson

postman

breton

briton

mason

driven

hyson

lesson

bison

kitten

listen

begun

headsman

bisson

bitten

chasten

hasten

grandson

glisten

christen

given

jason

jetton

linen

mitten

ninon

caxton

confect

written

striven

capstan

children

smitten

vegan

riven

threaten

ashen

asian

caution

earthen

bludgeon

dudgeon

fashion

cajun

cushion

gudgeon

heathen

kitchen

legion

lesion

pathan

passion

pigeon

ration

region

suasion

plankton

vision

canton

compacts

bagman

billman

bellman

canyon

craftsman

draftsman

chairman

pumpkins

airman

aspen

atman

austin

banyan

boston

chevron

chieftain

classman

bullion

conveys

footman

crimson

desman

gascon

sportsman

fountain

gilden

headman

hempen

kelvin

kremlin

lisbon

london

m1

matron

milken

mountain

muslin

panton

passman

patron

marksman

penman

plantain

ponton

lambastes

santon

selden

shipman

spearman

landsman

wanton

tendon

tillman

tubman

vulcan

silken

tuscan

undone

union

shotgun

sultan

action

auction

dutchman

fraction

faction

faustian

mangan

torsion

caption

hangman

impish

longan

martian

option

portion

sunfish

traction

bason

baton

batten

batton

burton

button

cousin

craven

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dozen

convict

embossed

dragon

eaten

hyphen

lagan

tempest

eden

elan

fasten

fatten

felon

laden

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

leman

lemon

ledden

leven

lichen

liman

quicken

redden

seton

sicken

siphon

siren

taken

zaman

combust

doctrine

scotsman

liken

landman

yachtsman

marron

melon

prison

raven

reason

reckon

seaman

season

semen

seven

shaken

shaman

villain

wagon

waken

invokes

portman

bacon

beacon

beaten

brazen

canaan

cayman

certain

charon

cheapen

freeman

gibbon

glidden

infuse

statesman

spokesman

homespun

horseman

impact

bellon

impugn

bayman

beckon

billon

cretin

flatten

townsman

chicken

graven

klansman

griffon

haven

heaven

heron

hidden

hymen

kalan

lyden

maiden

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

pagan

patten

perron

person

platen

platten

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

satan

satin

steven

stiffen

straighten

stricken

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

syphon

thicken

toughen

treason

urson

weaken

weapon

wheaten

wiccan

widen

wizen

women

worsen

lotion

motion

notion

ocean

potion

acton

apron

arson

bargain

barton

boatman

bookman

brakeman

calvin

canvass

captain

carton

claxon

dalton

damson

dobson

envoys

guardsman

jumpsuits

fibrin

fielden

fireman

freedman

goodman

gorgon

harten

hearten

houseman

humbug

impasse

invoke

jargon

kansan

lightman

lineman

linemen

lineups

marten

martin

minden

molten

morgan

organ

oxen

parson

samson

saxon

outdone

outrun

scallion

sequin

sovereign

sovran

confused

smarten

spartan

composts

shearman

shorten

stallion

tartan

woodman

woolman

fortune

impeach

georgian

margin

baldwin

tombstone

bombast

bordman

seedsman

salesman

dian

humpback

mayan

paean

scion

markman

ion

marchman

oarsman

confuse

lion

lambaste

zion

cauldron

peon

rayon

lampron

blowgun

cannon

boughten

brighten

canon

cotton

brogan

crouton

frighten

gluten

gotten

heighten

hogan

hoten

hoven

lighten

liven

logan

loosen

pavon

poison

proven

pullen

rotten

tombstones

shogun

slogan

tighten

titan

triton

whiten

woman

wooden

woolen

woven

alban

alman

bolden

campaign

carbon

champagne

champaign

carman

carmine

chaplain

burgeon

mahone

sturgeon

surgeon

trojan

version

chapman

convoys

copeman

corban

cordon

dampen

dolphin

darken

dolman

falcon

faulcon

foreman

garden

golden

hackman

harden

harken

jackman

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kirkman

lockman

lopeman

marlin

mormon

newsman

norman

olden

orphan

packman

persian

urchin

saffron

soldan

squadron

tarpon

unpack

warden

fusion

workman

pardon

sharpen

stallman

stockman

ambush

coachman

churchman

othman

rampage

watchman

compost

gowan

imposed

urine

campaigns

champagnes

compact

composed

cowan

jumpsuit

unbox

alan

amman

auden

baron

barren

blacken

bobbin

bollen

bourbon

bowman

bracken

broaden

broken

burden

burdon

burman

cabin

chosen

colon

common

crewman

cuban

cumin

dromon

ermine

fallen

famine

firman

floren

foreign

frozen

gallon

gammon

garron

german

gladden

happen

hausen

human

locken

loren

lumen

odin

often

madden

omen

open

pollan

pollen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rumen

sadden

salmon

sermon

showman

slacken

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

stolen

swollen

talon

tappen

thousand

token

toman

trodden

turban

urban

warren

yaupon

yeoman

zircon

compose

convoke

impose

jumbos

pampas

tempos

owen

bombshells

rowan

rowen

ruin

knapsack

rainbows

snobbish

queenfish

bombshell

impugns

gombos

timepiece

shampoos

bumpkin

pumpkin

3 syllable words

instruction

injunction

invention

extinction

distinction

investment

gestation

conjunction

construction

consumption

destruction

expulsion

extension

intestine

investments

convection

castration

convention

frustration

convulsion

investing

induction

filtration

disruption

inception

distortion

inflation

infection

discussion

cistercian

injection

invasion

constriction

fixation

temptation

crustacean

revulsion

ingestion

sensation

dictation

obstruction

distraction

extortion

inspection

infections

inflection

infraction

cessation

cetacean

exemption

expansion

infarction

negation

excretion

assumption

compunction

conception

conduction

confection

conflation

contention

contortion

conviction

deflection

discretion

exception

intention

invasions

investor

mistaken

presumption

prostration

redemption

reflection

resumption

asuncion

concession

concussion

connection

deduction

deception

defection

deflation

extraction

connexion

dentition

depression

eviction

congestion

dissension

emulsion

impassion

dimension

insertion

plantation

misshapen

seduction

inversion

menhaden

reception

prevention

confession

detection

detention

election

contagion

erection

confections

contraption

contraction

restriction

convictions

infliction

abstention

description

extrusion

lecithin

ejection

elation

evasion

flirtation

ligation

narration

predation

recession

truncation

secession

sedation

egyptian

gentleman

invective

investors

reinvests

rejection

summation

diffraction

translation

misfortune

transmission

suspension

excursion

discipline

singleton

in-person

compulsion

contrition

concoction

predestine

rebellion

confessions

impassioned

intrusion

impression

englishman

declension

italian

abstraction

objection

inscription

eruption

accession

equation

excision

preemption

adsorption

incursion

exertion

subtraction

specimen

exclusion

ablation

medicine

affection

attention

cinnamon

aggression

citizen

alsatian

ascension

collection

conversion

protection

explosion

assassin

condition

pretension

production

progression

reduction

dispersion

obsession

depiction

foundation

depletion

inaction

incision

lactation

migration

oppression

persuasion

propulsion

optation

regression

suspicion

starvation

succession

encryption

suppression

selection

taxation

complexion

expression

prescription

rendition

repression

resection

retention

salvation

notation

precession

possession

ovation

flotation

occasion

petition

phoenician

convective

projection

citation

crestfallen

infective

corruption

assertion

cremation

decision

malaysian

sedition

venetian

etruscan

desertion

devotion

quotation

councilman

relation

mutation

countryman

rescission

deletion

division

donation

duration

emission

privation

procession

profession

recision

emblazon

reversion

suggestion

rotation

abduction

combustion

attraction

compression

confucian

transaction

misprision

retraction

exaction

pentathlon

infusion

inhuman

inclusion

reinvest

australian

invasive

capsaicin

chairperson

unbutton

horatian

uncertain

creation

battalion

genuine

enliven

conscription

mexican

unwritten

formation

abrasion

aspersion

attrition

hydration

ignition

transfusion

contusion

transgression

accretion

carnation

compassion

dalmatian

dissection

damnation

digression

laurentian

secretion

stagnation

perception

perfection

technician

libration

patrician

optician

oxygen

tactician

infusions

partition

transition

vibration

subversion

bandwagon

indian

embezzles

jamaican

digestion

embezzled

franciscan

imbeciles

masculine

nebraskan

awaken

eleven

catalan

silicon

thespian

denizen

freemason

fustian

pelican

unison

venison

aleutian

causation

completion

conclusion

confusion

implosion

aversion

exhaustion

addition

anglican

collegian

commission

commotion

correction

dilation

emotion

direction

edition

gradation

gyration

imagine

immersion

location

munition

percussion

physician

pollution

position

precaution

oration

probation

promotion

reaction

religion

solution

tradition

vacation

vocation

cation

austrian

magician

corsican

invoices

malayan

chairwoman

confesses

embezzle

ghanaian

enlighten

alaskan

artisan

everyone

imbecile

partisan

guncotton

porcelain

timberman

unburden

uncommon

veteran

artesian

scythian

abortion

envisage

ablution

cognition

beholden

cartesian

aegean

adoption

apportion

diffusion

hydrogen

infighting

nitrogen

impeaches

stygian

nutrition

confusions

preclusion

croatian

profusion

congressman

proportion

submission

seclusion

submersion

phrygian

bitumen

suburban

gravamen

embolden

ottoman

javelin

emphasized

impacted

imprison

bedizen

lesbian

nevadan

ferryman

kantian

anyone

uneven

lanolin

unbroken

collagen

confiscate

cyprian

puritan

manifests

vitamin

wesleyan

disunion

downtrodden

harlequin

muskmelon

snapdragon

allusion

caucasian

collusion

delusion

diversion

erosion

fisherman

halogen

illusion

nonhuman

origin

perversion

acumen

african

backgammon

canvasses

emphasize

impassive

configure

dominion

impostor

lumberman

magdalen

marian

syrian

niacin

medallion

myosin

plebeian

simian

nobleman

opinion

policeman

heartbroken

absorption

carrion

chilean

clarion

rifleman

impeachment

fenian

foramen

gillian

hawaiian

horizon

libyan

prediction

anchorman

fruition

tuition

occlusion

laotian

coercion

addiction

jacobin

mandarin

genovese

impostors

halcyon

outspoken

beethoven

canapes

impeachments

overdone

overman

overrun

reunion

housebroken

andean

determine

menopause

ramadan

badminton

skeleton

composites

keratin

keynesian

peterman

solomon

dilution

omission

permission

volition

affliction

remission

audition

musician

midshipman

alderman

brazilian

campuses

canvassers

embassies

logician

proscription

civilian

cohesion

imposes

manifest

pavilion

rhodopsin

sumatran

talisman

unbiased

vermilion

jovian

ambition

bedouin

gaussian

irishman

benjamin

rampages

samoan

uterine

admission

protean

avian

heroin

heroine

moroccan

orion

communion

albumin

adhesion

ambrosian

derision

companion

parisian

subscription

nonunion

octillion

reptilian

fijian

transcription

bulletin

forgotten

waterman

toboggan

embassy

garrison

bosnian

elison

hammerman

jettison

superman

wannabes

abandon

abdomen

clergyman

collision

revision

cardigan

composite

regimen

forewoman

perfusion

provision

precision

biotin

fabian

irian

nemean

alien

median

norwegian

reopen

saccharin

tamarin

saleswoman

handwoven

lutheran

corrosion

amoebas

adrian

bouillon

honeybees

vatican

lumbago

feminine

melanin

parthian

backwoodsman

margarine

charlatan

bedridden

campaigners

clarendon

chamberlain

forbidden

appian

arian

aryan

arkansan

freudian

dorian

galleon

grobian

julian

korean

nubian

odeon

permian

campaigner

campion

guardian

gordian

albion

champion

scorpion

zambian

unbeknown

charwoman

cambrian

ambushes

confuses

bonobos

reimpose

composers

composer

composure

campaigning

composing

imposing

confusing

composes

compacted

4 syllable words

constellation

constipation

illustration

incantation

inclination

indexation

inflammation

ventilation

devastation

indication

segregation

vindication

decimation

innovation

recitation

delegation

inhalation

irrigation

mitigation

desiccation

desolation

detonation

divination

syncopation

extrication

indiscretion

sequestration

conjugation

gastrulation

indignation

institution

imputation

menstruation

excavation

implication

cancellation

consolation

consummation

conversation

exhalation

convocation

depravation

destitution

congregation

degradation

designation

depredation

registration

deprivation

desecration

emigration

emulation

equitation

immigration

information

interruption

inundation

investiture

molestation

penetration

protestation

reclamation

regulation

replication

reputation

resignation

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

syndication

tribulation

dedication

defamation

dissipation

inhibition

derivation

dilatation

elevation

emanation

fascination

equestrian

hesitation

imitation

immolation

irritation

limitation

medication

meditation

navigation

renovation

restoration

revelation

revocation

vacillation

visitation

conflagration

explanation

explication

orchestration

surrogation

education

exclamation

distribution

vegetation

expectation

impregnation

consecration

confiscation

consternation

constitution

incarnation

inquisition

consultation

electrician

importation

abnegation

oxidation

aggregation

interaction

ovulation

reconstruction

inspiration

culmination

liquidation

annexation

activation

celebration

reinvestment

masturbation

deconstruction

incubation

granulation

restitution

vaccination

advocation

abrogation

affectation

dislocation

indecision

obligation

fibrillation

strangulation

disposition

allegation

annotation

bifurcation

demonstration

isolation

respiration

suffocation

connotation

dissertation

realization

contemplation

introduction

avocation

titillation

extradition

mutilation

provocation

figuration

animation

dissolution

oscillation

legislation

desperation

fluoridation

motivation

propagation

sanitation

comparison

generation

beneficence

miseration

invisible

pedestrian

liberation

iteration

veneration

calculation

complication

computation

amputation

condemnation

embarkation

execution

expedition

exploration

exposition

formulation

intervention

jurisdiction

liquefaction

mortification

obfuscation

retribution

substitution

ostentation

punctuation

subluxation

transportation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

aggravation

application

approbation

circulation

combination

commutation

compilation

confirmation

conservation

convolution

deportation

duplication

elocution

excitation

exhibition

expiration

historian

imposition

inefficient

insurrection

lilliputian

nestorian

occupation

ordination

palpitation

persecution

population

proclamation

prostitution

recognition

relaxation

requisition

retardation

situation

statistician

superstition

tabulation

transplantation

contribution

coronation

allocation

correlation

declaration

deposition

domination

preservation

profanation

ulceration

perturbation

demolition

devolution

validation

perspiration

nomination

repetition

repercussion

machination

businesswoman

intuition

collocation

germination

habitation

jubilation

erudition

reformation

repossession

appellation

aspiration

invisibles

resolution

recreation

reservation

evolution

evocation

obstetrician

revolution

gentlewoman

himalayan

termination

englishwoman

disinfection

disinflation

lancastrian

pagination

impassable

pigmentation

modulation

exhumation

interception

dispensation

interdiction

disputation

preconception

satisfaction

agitation

intersection

reinspection

nonprescription

transformation

impeccable

adulation

separation

variation

decoration

deviation

federation

laceration

preparation

reassertion

reparation

violation

adaptation

benediction

backwardation

beneficent

fermentation

minnesotan

embezzlement

presentation

nicaraguan

disaffection

alternation

indigestion

altercation

deformation

demarcation

estonian

american

absolution

confectioner

dereliction

interurban

interjection

penicillin

calibration

paraguayan

victorian

invigorate

inattention

intercession

intermission

permutation

prosecution

indonesian

recantation

refutation

appalachian

concentration

reposition

rumination

dehydration

elongation

contradiction

assemblyman

exploitation

preelection

relocation

implantation

usurpation

levitation

beneficial

hungarian

preignition

reelection

lumpectomies

affirmation

alteration

gravitation

supposition

smithsonian

misconception

corp.

fumigation

resurrection

nonpartisan

admiration

corporation

disillusion

exhortation

armageddon

lumpectomy

arbitration

segmentation

republican

reproduction

cogitation

bavarian

augmentation

misperception

planarian

tetrahedron

reawaken

interwoven

disconnection

decompression

fragmentation

embezzlers

malformation

sicilian

infeasible

compensation

imperfection

impossible

condensation

confectioners

adoration

aberration

aviation

coloration

rhetorician

introspection

leviathan

mediation

perforation

toleration

operation

moderation

recollection

centurion

copernican

composition

confessional

sectarian

competition

saturation

commendation

dandelion

maturation

reexamine

confrontation

emphysema

cotyledon

custodian

acquisition

predilection

embezzler

cultivation

envisages

precondition

abolition

kindergarten

locomotion

opposition

trepidation

valuation

politician

proposition

tamoxifen

assyrian

european

octahedron

hemoglobin

ineffective

diocesan

contrarian

condescension

confessionals

compositions

fluctuation

circumvention

malnutrition

macedonian

praetorian

misbegotten

coalition

corinthian

dietitian

pelagian

prohibition

apprehension

circumspection

carcinogen

reemphasize

crucifixion

dominican

fabrication

barbarian

cyclopean

publication

eustachian

retrocession

samaritan

lubrication

glaciation

alabaman

guatemalan

librarian

overburden

hypertension

contraception

contravention

abdication

observation

wagnerian

self-deception

pagurian

aldebaran

graduation

definition

hibernation

premonition

diminution

manumission

polynesian

manifestly

maccabean

unaffected

arabian

canadian

galilean

mammalian

jacobean

impossibly

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Words that rhyme with the word investigation

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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