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

alan

sullen

mullen

melon

bellon

bollen

fallen

felon

gallon

pollan

pollen

talon

traction

bastion

caption

action

faction

flashgun

fraction

mansion

ashen

fashion

passion

pathan

ration

mahone

caxton

chaplains

landman

capstan

grandson

klansman

lampron

captain

caplin

acton

alban

alman

aspen

atman

bagman

banyan

baston

bellman

calvin

canton

canyon

chapman

chevron

classman

dolman

dampen

damson

dolphin

gascon

maslin

melton

muslin

pablum

packman

panton

passman

plantain

scullion

selden

sovereign

sovran

stallion

sultan

vulcan

claxon

falcon

hackman

jackman

keelson

kelson

kremlin

jasmine

kansan

marlin

santon

saffron

samson

saxon

scallion

franklin

plankton

cavin

charon

dozen

dragon

latin

leaden

leaven

lessen

lesson

liven

madden

marron

sadden

salmon

threaten

toughen

ledden

othman

amman

button

cabin

cannon

canon

collin

cousin

craven

dahlin

deaden

deafen

devon

lagan

lemon

muffin

mutton

oven

patten

pavon

perron

platen

platten

pullen

raven

ravin

reckon

redden

resin

satin

tappen

vegan

villain

wagon

auction

belgian

churchman

faustian

fortune

georgian

hangman

mangan

margin

martian

weapon

option

portion

bason

torsion

baron

barren

baton

batten

sapling

watchman

batton

beckon

billon

blacken

bracken

breton

famine

fasten

fatten

flatten

gammon

garron

gladden

graven

happen

haven

heaven

heron

jetton

kalan

seven

slacken

sudden

summon

woolen

craftsman

draftsman

landsman

sanction

asian

aspirin

bludgeon

bordman

burgeon

cajun

cauldron

caution

copland

delphian

doctrine

dudgeon

earthen

freshen

gudgeon

haitian

hessian

horseman

marchman

markman

nation

oarsman

persian

portman

prussian

russian

scotsman

session

shahin

spelling

statesman

station

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

townsman

upland

urchin

version

yachtsman

arson

airman

apron

austin

calkin

bullion

barton

billion

billman

brakeman

boston

bargain

carbon

carman

carmine

sanguine

saplings

carlin

carton

chairman

chessman

corban

cordon

dalton

darken

desman

dobson

dublin

elfin

ensign

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

foreman

garden

gilden

gorgon

harden

harten

fountain

goblin

harken

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

houseman

jordan

jorden

jargon

jetson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

lifeline

lightman

lineman

linemen

lockman

london

m1

malkin

marten

martin

matron

maudlin

milken

million

minden

morgan

mormon

mountain

napkin

nekton

norman

off-line

onion

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

oxen

pardon

parson

patron

pectin

penman

pillion

ponton

poplin

pressman

runnion

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

silken

smarten

spartan

squadron

stallman

stepson

stillion

stockman

tarpon

tartan

tendon

teston

tillman

trillion

tubman

tuscan

undone

wanton

warden

woolman

workman

guardsman

marksman

sportsman

uplands

brethren

coachman

coupling

dutchman

dungeon

drunken

engine

flexion

luncheon

longan

freshman

gentian

rifling

sunken

shuffling

lifelong

mention

oblong

pension

question

section

shrunken

suction

tension

spellings

german

gibbon

frighten

given

hausen

glidden

glisten

gotten

griffon

hasten

steven

stolen

stiffen

straighten

stricken

woven

striven

written

yaupon

worsen

zaman

heighten

hidden

hoven

hymen

hyphen

hyson

jason

kevin

kitten

lakin

layman

leven

levin

lichen

lighten

laden

liken

liman

linen

listen

locken

loren

lyden

maiden

mason

merlin

mitten

ninon

often

pagan

paulin

person

prison

proven

puffin

quicken

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rosin

rotten

ruffin

satan

sicken

sodden

soften

solon

siphon

siren

smitten

sermon

shaken

shaman

swollen

tighten

triton

syphon

therein

thicken

thousand

turban

urban

taken

urson

titan

trodden

waken

warren

wherein

whiten

wiccan

widen

woman

women

wooden

zircon

wizen

begun

berlin

bison

bisson

bitten

bobbin

boughten

bourbon

brighten

briton

brazen

caisson

chasten

christen

elan

chicken

driven

bayman

akin

bacon

basin

auden

certain

curtain

erin

colon

common

cotton

dagan

dagon

daman

buffin

burman

burton

broaden

burdon

burden

canaan

cayman

ermine

firman

flavin

floren

foreign

baldwin

children

headsman

lengthen

dustman

goblins

homespun

lifelines

poplins

postman

seedsman

sexton

spokesman

salesman

strengthen

supplant

legion

trojan

notion

lesion

ocean

region

mission

kitchen

lotion

motion

virgin

vision

cushion

pigeon

heathen

fusion

grecian

potion

fission

couplings

cowan

dian

emption

gowan

gumption

henchman

ion

lion

mayan

penguin

rayon

scion

tungsten

urine

zion

aplomb

bodkin

bolden

bookman

chagrin

chieftain

destin

fielden

golden

goodman

linden

lisbon

lynden

mignon

soldan

shearman

shipman

woodman

ibsen

whitson

minion

olden

newsman

crimson

clinton

copeman

footman

piston

lopeman

sequin

sylvan

sublime

threadfin

boatman

fortin

spearman

pitman

biplane

pinion

freedman

molten

union

citron

function

junction

huntsman

supplants

bushman

diction

fiction

friction

christian

kipling

rincon

sibling

colin

covin

cuban

dauphin

cretin

crewman

crouton

deacon

deepen

ermin

even

hogan

hoten

odin

omen

open

raisin

reason

human

tiffin

token

aubin

beacon

beaten

begin

bidden

blowgun

bowman

brahmin

break-in

brogan

broken

cheapen

chosen

cumin

demon

coffin

coppin

dobbin

dromon

eaten

eden

florin

freeman

frozen

gluten

griffin

herein

laurin

leman

logan

loosen

lumen

merkin

moisten

morin

perkin

pippin

rerun

roman

rosen

rumen

poison

robbin

seaman

season

semen

seton

shogun

showman

slogan

spoken

sweeten

termine

toman

vermin

yeoman

verdin

wheaten

weaken

turpin

treason

sheepskin

bumpkin

redskin

pumpkin

replant

buckskin

foreskin

dustbin

cochin

siblings

smoothen

within

citrin

lignin

siskin

dextrin

pipkin

aflame

crispin

abloom

vixen

rowen

rowan

ruin

owen

paean

peon

deerskin

pigskin

ronin

rubin

napalm

going

bruin

doyen

splendor

splenic

splendid

punkin

truncheon

splinter

quintin

splinters

linchpin

3 syllable words

cephalon

nevadan

vatican

venison

denizen

garrison

keratin

mannequin

ottoman

specimen

medicine

convulsion

vitamin

propulsion

revulsion

cation

myosin

niacin

biotin

violin

councilman

doubling

regimen

civilians

lecithin

pavilions

bubbling

percussion

provision

gentleman

origin

tabling

opulence

opulent

artisan

backgammon

corsican

discipline

divalent

genuine

globulin

jubilant

mexican

nobleman

partisan

talisman

unbutton

vermilion

abduction

compulsion

albion

andean

bouillon

campion

champion

cinnamon

citizen

forgotten

gravamen

halcyon

hammerman

jessamine

kantian

mandarin

moccasin

puritan

unison

vanillin

zambian

zeppelin

benjamin

emulsion

nitrogen

production

reduction

salvation

transition

admission

hydrogen

tactician

ambition

concussion

oxygen

arian

appian

avian

galleon

horizon

malayan

moroccan

saccharin

tamarin

audition

aversion

corruption

curmudgeon

diversion

division

glycogen

margarine

privation

reptilian

perversion

snapdragon

parthian

permission

reaction

adhesion

revision

badminton

bandwagon

crestfallen

ebullient

franciscan

octillion

abdomen

affluence

affluent

anglican

assumption

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

chamberlain

charwoman

combustion

conduction

convection

convention

conviction

corrosion

derision

enlighten

everyone

forbidden

horatian

laotian

parisian

pentathlon

singleton

transaction

translation

transmission

alsatian

inaction

gordian

adrian

conversion

irishman

elison

guardian

lactation

partition

keynesian

melanin

optician

discussion

opaline

deduction

myrmidon

wesleyan

damnation

eruption

overrun

overdone

paladin

subversion

dalmatian

eviction

overman

plantation

cognition

collagen

backwoodsman

anchorman

bosnian

scorpion

skeleton

solomon

prevention

starvation

taxation

stagnation

seduction

perception

perfection

pelican

clergyman

ambrosian

allusion

etruscan

albumin

downtrodden

citation

consumption

aleutian

expulsion

muskmelon

saleswoman

caucasian

causation

congressman

collegian

collision

devotion

direction

clandestine

collusion

correction

evasion

halogen

flirtation

gradation

gyration

imagine

ligation

malaysian

munition

musician

omission

oration

ovation

pollution

precaution

precision

remission

reversion

solution

vacation

transgression

volition

alien

aryan

bedouin

carrion

chilean

clarion

dorian

fabian

gaussian

ghanaian

plebeian

gillian

hawaiian

irian

marian

permian

foramen

heroin

heroine

jovian

korean

orion

samoan

veteran

medallion

attraction

opalines

italian

repellent

sumatran

rebellion

diffraction

perfusion

policeman

rhodopsin

exaction

castration

disruption

induction

brazilian

charlatan

effluence

effluent

invention

appellant

appliance

nonhuman

alaskan

austrian

presumption

resumption

battalion

retraction

abandon

forewoman

obstruction

transcription

coercion

creation

fijian

croatian

fruition

lutheran

abstraction

construction

tuition

ablution

artesian

carnation

ablation

cartesian

hydration

foundation

impassion

dissection

collection

digression

compassion

formation

invasion

inversion

laurentian

libration

migration

norwegian

nutrition

occlusion

optation

persuasion

prediction

selection

vibration

assassin

awaken

bulletin

contraction

begotten

anyone

beethoven

contraption

destruction

determine

distraction

eleven

expansion

feminine

extortion

ferryman

fustian

infraction

jamaican

jettison

layperson

lesbian

reunion

silicon

subtraction

suburban

thespian

toboggan

transfusion

uneven

waterman

digestion

companion

outspoken

nonunion

supplement

repellents

housebroken

appellants

arkansan

emblazon

embolden

harlequin

nebraskan

handwoven

rebellions

cessation

commission

commotion

cremation

deletion

delusion

dilation

dilution

mutation

narration

negation

notation

occasion

petition

phoenician

physician

position

possession

precession

predation

probation

procession

profession

promotion

quotation

religion

rotation

addition

appealing

donation

vocation

assertion

tradition

venetian

summation

appalling

edition

elation

flotation

illusion

sedation

location

affliction

conclusion

instruction

completion

conflation

declension

distortion

exhaustion

misfortune

extraction

prostration

clarendon

predestine

unwritten

alderman

grobian

nemean

bedridden

reopen

guncotton

syrian

acumen

nubian

bufferin

freudian

julian

logician

unburden

fenian

opinion

libyan

splendidly

odeon

uncertain

uncommon

protean

dominion

median

chairperson

simian

chairwoman

humulin

lumberman

magician

cohesion

enliven

heartbroken

australian

supplements

scythian

restriction

abortion

abrasion

accession

accretion

beholden

election

condition

connection

connexion

gestation

confession

depletion

menhaden

patrician

preclusion

resection

retention

seclusion

adoption

affection

proscription

addiction

aggression

apportion

complexion

ascension

aspersion

asuncion

attrition

concession

contagion

attention

contusion

crustacean

deflation

dentition

obsession

oppression

preemption

pretension

profusion

progression

proportion

protection

regression

rendition

aegean

stygian

repression

secretion

submersion

technician

temptation

suspicion

suppression

phrygian

sensation

submission

succession

infarction

bedizen

bitumen

communion

countryman

cyprian

deployment

freemason

indian

peterman

projection

sarasin

suggestion

superman

truncation

unbroken

relation

rescission

duration

implosion

emission

emotion

inclusion

inflation

sedition

secession

immersion

erosion

cetacean

desertion

suspension

recession

compression

conception

concoction

confection

confucian

confusion

contention

contortion

contrition

deflection

filtration

frustration

recision

reflection

decision

fisherman

congestion

objection

deployments

in-person

mistaken

moleskin

uterine

examine

timberman

encryption

infliction

prescription

cistercian

absorption

abstention

exclusion

deception

defection

depression

detection

detention

diffusion

dimension

dispersion

excision

exertion

depiction

dictation

dissension

equation

erection

fixation

adsorption

ignition

incision

incursion

insertion

misshapen

reception

inflection

replenish

explosion

compunction

englishman

conjunction

intestine

subscription

egyptian

disunion

ejection

imprison

conscription

rejection

constriction

excursion

infusion

inception

exception

impression

infection

inhuman

intention

discretion

intrusion

midshipman

misprision

redemption

eurasian

injection

ingestion

description

excretion

exemption

expression

extension

extrusion

inspection

distinction

injunction

inscription

extinction

diploma

diplomas

underpin

splintery

4 syllable words

dandelion

jacobean

maccabean

abolition

appellation

appalachian

avocation

devolution

evolution

navigation

revelation

revolution

vacillation

leviathan

adulation

adrenaline

absolution

cotyledon

cancellation

tabulation

granulation

convolution

american

watermelon

advocation

penicillin

copernican

guatemalan

abalone

bavarian

diocesan

animation

himalayan

annotation

correlation

desolation

gravitation

habitation

oscillation

provocation

demolition

isolation

resolution

revocation

sanitation

calculation

adrenalin

gastrulation

comparison

modulation

macedonian

crocodilian

agitation

tamoxifen

apparition

violation

abalones

abrogation

abyssinian

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

aggravation

aggregation

aldebaran

amphibian

approbation

circulation

compilation

consolation

convocation

dereliction

devastation

dominican

emulation

ovulation

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

population

predilection

recollection

regulation

speculation

statistician

strangulation

ventilation

wagnerian

deposition

iberian

immolation

inhalation

desiccation

jubilation

legislation

papilloma

decimation

algerian

defamation

derivation

dedication

gentlewoman

dissolution

liberian

divination

erudition

hesitation

levitation

meditation

criterion

medication

european

mutilation

hyperion

opposition

floridian

coloradan

renovation

repercussion

repetition

recitation

readmission

protozoan

proposition

propagation

supervision

supposition

siberian

sicilian

suffocation

connotation

amputation

constellation

consultation

formulation

satisfaction

adoration

aviation

coalition

noblewoman

laceration

operation

moderation

hemoglobin

aberration

armageddon

republican

education

vegetation

dietitian

meridian

moravian

peruvian

surrogation

commutation

observation

occupation

segregation

annexation

fabrication

gargantuan

benediction

exhalation

abdication

algonquian

composition

consummation

competition

emigration

insulation

equitation

estimation

exhibition

hypertension

invocation

subdivision

oxidation

penetration

prosecution

prostitution

simulation

abnegation

affectation

destitution

distillation

recognition

reputation

resignation

carcinogen

circumcision

conservation

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

designation

persecution

requisition

stimulation

stipulation

tribulation

ohioan

graduation

albanian

darwinian

herculean

contemplation

maturation

minnesotan

nestorian

tasmanian

saturation

californian

nonpartisan

conjugation

arthurian

arizonan

imitation

titillation

disillusion

chameleon

irrigation

litigation

locomotion

collodion

iranian

manumission

aspiration

innovation

mongolian

repossession

devonian

draconian

reposition

reservation

fallopian

motivation

fluoridation

affirmation

napoleon

mammalian

admiration

corp.

hibernation

valuation

preservation

corporation

praetorian

reawaken

polynesian

valerian

attribution

circumvention

computation

condemnation

condescension

consecration

constipation

constitution

execution

installation

exposition

expedition

intervention

mortification

lancastrian

malformation

malnutrition

retribution

tetrahedron

octahedron

misbegotten

shakespearean

obfuscation

confiscation

excavation

perforation

ideation

congregation

deviation

apprehension

coloration

nigerian

reassertion

corinthian

hegelian

prohibition

radiation

toleration

disaffection

acclamation

confirmation

application

orchestration

acclimation

backwardation

obstetrician

conversation

disposition

excitation

fibrillation

immigration

imposition

inattention

indication

interaction

interruption

intimation

contribution

contravention

invitation

circumspection

contraception

contradiction

masturbation

polyhedron

extradition

extrication

self-deception

relaxation

vindication

superstition

sequestration

kindergarten

rhododendron

alabaman

armenian

barbarian

cyclopean

glaciation

gorgonian

historian

jordanian

librarian

melatonin

nicaraguan

syncopation

overburden

oblivion

olympian

hydrocarbon

inhibition

predetermine

victorian

complication

allocation

consternation

exhortation

evocation

allegation

fumigation

perspiration

perturbation

politician

usurpation

validation

preignition

preelection

collocation

arbitration

melanesian

embarkation

inquisition

declaration

elevation

jurisdiction

ministration

reproduction

delegation

integration

reelection

transplantation

ulceration

rumination

decompression

imputation

incantation

liquefaction

transportation

transformation

bolivian

canadian

missourian

planarian

plutonian

appliances

arabian

assyrian

comedian

gregorian

newtonian

cogitation

utopian

oleandrin

indigestion

contrarian

pagination

admonition

altercation

ammunition

athenian

bohemian

calibration

celebration

conflagration

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

decoration

deformation

demarcation

deportation

distribution

elocution

exclamation

explanation

explication

federation

generation

implantation

incrustation

infiltration

introduction

lubrication

mediation

nonprescription

obligation

pelagian

permutation

preparation

proclamation

publication

reclamation

reparation

replication

retardation

rhetorician

separation

superhuman

vaccination

variation

veneration

assemblyman

dehydration

elongation

ibuprofen

eritrean

estonian

centurion

eustachian

samaritan

comprehension

sectarian

committeeman

accordion

agrarian

custodian

greco-roman

obsidian

pagurian

reexamine

augmentation

desperation

detonation

fragmentation

hungarian

exploration

implication

dilatation

introspection

emanation

premonition

procreation

inclination

incarnation

fascination

importation

trepidation

machination

inflammation

ostentation

subluxation

definition

reformation

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word javelin

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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