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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

ordnance

bordman

banyan

canyon

cordon

jorden

ordain

jordan

warden

guardsman

boarding

sportsman

hoarding

baldwin

horseman

portman

jordans

wardens

mordant

oarsman

boardings

boredom

canton

corban

foreman

fortin

fourteen

fourteenth

garden

gorgon

harden

kansan

kenyan

lineman

linemen

minden

morgan

mormon

norman

onion

organ

orphan

panton

pardon

plantain

runnion

santon

shorten

wanton

auden

canaan

cannon

mangan

mansion

canon

broaden

floren

georgian

landsman

foreign

loren

marksman

portends

warren

fortnights

torsion

fortune

hangman

portion

portents

klansman

portend

hardens

marchman

fourteens

ardent

cauldron

fortnight

gardens

grandson

hardened

markman

pardons

farthing

landman

portent

sardines

shortens

austin

barton

ensign

fireman

fountain

golden

apron

broadens

darken

arson

bargain

bolden

brakeman

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

dalton

faulcon

harken

harten

patron

lightman

fortunes

olden

ponton

plankton

penman

pinion

portions

outdone

parson

hearten

jargon

london

marten

martin

minion

mountain

marlin

matron

sardine

scallion

scullion

sharpen

smarten

soldan

spartan

squadron

stallion

stallman

tartan

tendon

undone

tarpon

union

drunken

dungeon

engine

faustian

gentian

draftsman

parting

sanction

pension

shrunken

tension

sunken

craftsman

longan

luncheon

margin

martian

mention

bacon

baron

brazen

barren

basin

bayman

bison

boughten

brighten

craven

burden

burdon

caisson

cayman

chasten

dagan

dagon

daman

frighten

graven

hasten

garron

gladden

haven

heighten

hymen

hyphen

hyson

jason

kalan

laden

layman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

often

pagan

poison

raven

riden

ripen

sadden

satan

shaken

shaman

shorthand

siphon

siren

sodden

straighten

sudden

syphon

taken

tighten

titan

triton

trodden

liven

lyden

madden

maiden

moisten

mason

odin

verdin

waken

whiten

widen

wizen

yaupon

zaman

delphian

homespun

martens

statesman

yachtsman

salesman

headsman

scotsman

seedsman

spokesman

strengthen

townsman

cartons

caxton

children

capstan

lengthen

postman

dustman

haitian

shrouding

cajun

nation

girding

station

suasion

grating

asian

writing

wording

gumption

henchman

martians

penguin

thirteenths

tungsten

acton

alban

boston

dampen

damson

gilden

alman

aspen

scion

baston

bullion

burdened

calvin

captain

cardoon

copeman

dolphin

fibrin

fielden

boatman

chieftain

paean

billion

chapman

lion

airman

chaplain

chairman

bagman

dian

atman

burdens

classman

zion

claxon

peon

clinton

dobson

dolman

gascon

falcon

freedman

goodman

hackman

ion

headman

jasmine

kirkman

mayan

jackman

houseman

lockman

rayon

linden

lopeman

lynden

mignon

million

molten

muslin

oxen

passman

samson

saxon

sequin

shearman

spearman

stillion

trident

verdant

workman

packman

pillion

outrun

pertains

saffron

selden

shotgun

sovereign

sovran

stockman

sultan

trillion

tubman

tuscan

vulcan

woodman

huntsman

function

junction

action

auction

bastion

caption

churchman

option

coachman

othman

prudhomme

suction

thirteenth

traction

watchman

rincon

writings

dutchman

fraction

faction

flashgun

alan

amman

bason

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brogan

broken

burman

burton

button

cabin

cartoons

certain

charon

cheapen

chosen

colon

common

cotton

cousin

cretin

curtain

deacon

deaden

deepen

demon

doctrine

dozen

dragon

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

ermine

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

firman

flatten

freeman

frozen

gallon

gammon

german

glidden

gotten

happen

hausen

heron

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

lagan

lampron

latin

leaden

ledden

leman

leven

linen

locken

logan

marron

martins

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

omen

open

oven

partners

patten

pavon

perron

person

pertain

platen

platten

pollen

pollan

protein

reason

redden

rerun

ridden

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

salmon

satin

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

sexton

shogun

showman

slacken

slogan

soften

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

sullen

summon

sweeten

swollen

talon

tappen

thirteen

thousand

token

toman

toughen

treason

treatment

turban

urban

urson

wagon

weaken

wheaten

wooden

worsen

woven

yeoman

zircon

ashen

braiding

breeding

brooding

dudgeon

earthen

heathen

potion

prussian

region

shirting

trading

sturgeon

burgeon

bludgeon

hurting

gudgeon

grouting

lotion

notion

mahone

ocean

russian

shredding

emption

skirting

surgeon

version

passion

trojan

motion

fashion

caution

grading

grecian

legion

lesion

pathan

ration

persian

urchin

treatments

gowan

rowan

rowen

bellman

billman

birdman

bookman

urine

birthing

cartoon

credence

citron

crimson

chessman

chevron

curtains

owen

desman

footman

hetman

jetson

keelson

kelson

kelvin

cowan

hempen

ibsen

kremlin

newsman

partner

pectin

pressman

proteins

lisbon

piston

pitman

m1

melton

milken

nekton

prudence

prudent

shipman

silken

stepson

sylvan

teston

tillman

treadmill

whitson

woolman

brethren

belgian

christian

fiction

diction

bushman

flexion

section

tradings

freshman

friction

question

part-time

treadmills

beckon

billon

breton

briton

begun

bisson

bitten

chicken

christen

bellon

driven

gibbon

given

glisten

griffon

prison

proven

pullen

freedom

freetown

quicken

reckon

ribbon

risen

riven

rumen

stiffen

stricken

striven

smitten

thicken

seven

cuban

cumin

felon

crewman

deafen

devon

crouton

gluten

heaven

human

jetton

kitten

loosen

lumen

melon

mitten

sicken

lemon

leaven

listen

lessen

lesson

resin

threaten

vegan

villain

weapon

wiccan

woman

women

woolen

written

greeting

vision

freshen

fruiting

fusion

bruting

fission

hessian

kitchen

pigeon

cushion

mission

session

breathing

croutons

britons

freedoms

pretend

threatens

greetings

ruin

birthmarks

pretends

birthmark

dreadnought

3 syllable words

guardian

scorpion

formation

laurentian

dorian

korean

australian

oration

arkansan

companion

ordinance

alderman

cortinas

guardians

medallion

andean

bosnian

kantian

carnation

foundation

keynesian

gardening

hardening

norwegian

orations

pardoning

starvation

aryan

avian

odeon

caucasian

causation

arian

predation

sedation

fenian

gyration

parthian

irian

communion

alien

fabian

dominion

capsaicin

cardigan

cardinal

declension

opinion

corsican

austrian

porcelain

abandon

forewoman

forbidden

sardonic

suspension

ablation

abrasion

adrian

albion

alsatian

anyone

artesian

ascension

attention

awaken

campion

cartesian

champion

contagion

credenza

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

fortuna

fustian

gradient

gravamen

gyrations

halcyon

hydration

indian

jamaican

lactation

libration

mandarin

migration

optation

plantation

salvation

stagnation

taxation

uneven

vibration

zambian

abstention

malayan

marian

cardinals

grobian

plebeian

citation

carrion

clarion

galleon

gaussian

notation

freudian

ligation

ghanaian

malaysian

occasion

ovation

median

nemean

orion

negation

permian

disunion

dilation

gradation

location

margarine

narration

origin

phoenician

harlequin

probation

jovian

donation

protean

adhesion

bandwagon

duration

quotation

badminton

handwoven

foramen

albumin

appian

summation

syrian

rotation

privation

venetian

truncation

flotation

vocation

flirtation

conduction

conflation

completion

translation

abduction

credentials

prostration

credentialed

castration

frustration

pretensions

horatian

acumen

magdalen

artisan

fijian

gradients

mistaken

croatian

abdomen

charlatan

charwoman

predestine

backgammon

battalion

cambrian

chairperson

partisan

perfusion

rebellion

rhodopsin

deflation

detention

condition

equation

dimension

misshapen

fixation

irishman

partition

perception

accession

menhaden

obsession

accretion

addiction

admission

adoption

cognition

collection

invasion

compassion

durations

credential

dissension

dictation

dissection

affection

gestation

perfection

short-winded

persuasion

heartbroken

objection

pretension

prevention

production

reduction

transition

profusion

protection

prudential

retention

secretion

selection

sensation

succession

temptation

complexion

court-martial

cyprian

hardener

lesbian

lanolin

extension

ferryman

gardener

freemason

thespian

bedizen

reunion

chardonnay

wesleyan

waterman

garrison

overdone

cartoonist

countryman

digestion

emblazon

franciscan

muskmelon

nebraskan

projection

octillion

suggestion

addition

audition

gillian

cetacean

cessation

clergyman

hawaiian

saccharin

perversion

possession

procession

profession

relation

cation

simian

elation

evasion

tradition

edition

vacation

tamarin

chilean

horizon

cremation

mutation

cortina

julian

libyan

croatians

collegian

nubian

african

exception

induction

inflation

transmission

alaskan

filtration

brazilian

redemption

reflection

civilian

cohesion

chairwoman

enliven

gardeners

hardeners

assumption

genuine

pavilion

pertinent

policeman

unburden

unwritten

attraction

everyone

combustion

enlighten

compulsion

deflection

vermilion

backwoodsman

boardinghouse

cartoonists

scythian

stygian

aegean

coercion

creation

laotian

phrygian

attrition

propulsion

patrician

adsorption

proportion

prediction

seduction

detection

shortening

progression

deduction

defection

dentition

reception

regression

rendition

oxygen

resection

nitrogen

occlusion

depletion

hydrogen

absorption

optician

ignition

deception

oppression

congressman

contraction

exemption

prescription

ablution

proscription

abortion

aggression

contraption

diffusion

digression

tactician

subtraction

apportion

election

erection

suppression

suspicion

eruption

transfusion

ambition

technician

fortunate

submission

ambrosian

downtrodden

portmanteau

masculine

fortnightly

nonunion

rejection

assassin

beethoven

catalan

collagen

denizen

determine

eleven

firedamp

forgotten

hammerman

jacobin

javelin

keratin

medicine

nevadan

ottoman

overman

puritan

ramadan

ejection

unbroken

solomon

vitamin

vatican

etruscan

suburban

toboggan

housebroken

venison

ardently

reptilian

snapdragon

distinction

compression

conviction

munition

obstruction

confusion

abstraction

construction

affliction

collusion

correction

corruption

conscription

omission

confucian

commission

creations

erosion

constriction

collision

contrition

contortion

volition

anglican

diffraction

recession

misfortune

provision

precession

precision

disruption

partnership

revision

distortion

midshipman

subscription

diversion

nonhuman

remission

deletion

retraction

dilution

direction

halogen

petition

position

aversion

percussion

solution

aleutian

permission

sedition

allusion

assertion

pollution

transaction

physician

secession

transcription

rifleman

bedouin

moroccan

bedridden

tritium

veteran

chamberlain

chardonnays

reopen

uterine

extinction

unbutton

uncommon

uncertain

puritans

talisman

guncotton

irritant

italian

logician

lumberman

magician

heroin

heroine

anchorman

aspersion

beholden

benjamin

concession

concussion

confession

connection

connexion

contusion

conversion

corrosion

depression

derision

description

destruction

distraction

encryption

excision

exclusion

excretion

expansion

extortion

incision

infarction

infraction

lutheran

nutrition

parisian

parthenon

partnerships

preclusion

preemption

repression

restriction

seclusion

submersion

subversion

transgression

gentleman

bouillon

bulletin

saleswoman

cinnamon

overrun

superman

embolden

councilman

irritants

jettison

imprison

bitumen

peterman

elison

unison

infusion

misprision

commotion

inscription

instruction

decision

desertion

inhuman

division

delusion

emission

concoction

pentathlon

extraction

confection

exhaustion

fisherman

conception

conclusion

contention

convection

convention

convulsion

illusion

discretion

immersion

intrusion

musician

precaution

impression

recision

presumption

resumption

reaction

promotion

religion

rescission

reversion

farthingale

congestion

discipline

nobleman

extrusion

infliction

sumatran

consumption

expression

biotin

niacin

samoan

burdensome

myosin

in-person

timberman

depiction

eviction

incursion

cistercian

dispersion

emulsion

exertion

insertion

inversion

revulsion

inaction

bartenders

fruition

egyptian

englishman

tuition

intestine

crestfallen

outspoken

urethane

aerodyne

skeleton

specimen

exaction

excursion

singleton

silicon

conjunction

prudency

intention

infection

inclusion

inception

invention

citizen

certainly

certainty

pelican

baritone

marathon

injection

devotion

imagine

lecithin

ingestion

regimen

emotion

baritones

certainties

clarendon

breadwinners

bartender

expulsion

inflection

inspection

mexican

pretended

prudently

compunction

injunction

earthenware

scrutiny

discussion

marathons

impassion

asuncion

maritime

implosion

feminine

breadwinner

melanin

scrutinize

explosion

threatening

maritimes

pretenders

freethinker

freethinkers

pretender

4 syllable words

barbarian

darwinian

canadian

floridian

mammalian

moravian

athenian

ordination

accordion

abyssinian

eustachian

chameleon

iranian

arthurian

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

pelagian

pedestrian

bohemian

macedonian

coordinate

deformation

olympian

watermelon

hypertension

gargantuan

oblivion

cotyledon

eritrean

algonquian

backwardation

deportation

librarian

alternation

herculean

agrarian

indonesian

aldebaran

amphibian

retardation

dandelion

affirmation

alteration

bolivian

collodion

comedian

draconian

european

fluoridation

galilean

gregorian

hibernation

jacobean

maccabean

ordinances

polynesian

praetorian

procreation

validation

adrenaline

contrarian

coordinates

ordinaries

crocodilian

condescension

exhortation

importation

indentation

malformation

mortification

corinthian

aberration

coloration

operation

laceration

moderation

meridian

peruvian

foliation

adoration

ideation

variation

toleration

nestorian

saturation

custodian

apprehension

abdication

approbation

inundation

degradation

demarcation

observation

obsidian

oxidation

commendation

confirmation

subdivision

committeeman

paraguayan

altercation

aggravation

aggregation

historian

guardianship

copernican

masturbation

maturation

depredation

graduation

victorian

abrogation

conservation

conversation

fabrication

carcinogen

contravention

orchestration

elongation

bavarian

allegation

devonian

reformation

trepidation

ulceration

recreation

fallopian

reservation

newtonian

allocation

bifurcation

missourian

connotation

iberian

isolation

napoleon

californian

iridium

liberian

rhododendron

assyrian

admiration

derivation

criterion

provocation

gravitation

propagation

preservation

usurpation

vacillation

hyperion

valuation

variations

appellation

aspiration

avocation

collocation

oscillation

assemblyman

dissertation

habitation

suffocation

planarian

appalachian

irrigation

irritation

plutonian

navigation

siberian

sicilian

simonian

sanitation

valerian

animation

annotation

cogitation

fluctuation

incarnation

armageddon

adulation

agitation

arbitration

modulation

transformation

transportation

comprehension

consternation

condemnation

attribution

embarkation

gastrulation

ostentation

aviation

decoration

deviation

federation

generation

iteration

liberation

mediation

nigerian

preparation

congregation

perforation

miseration

radiation

reparation

separation

surrogation

veneration

fibrillation

emigration

devastation

prosecution

segregation

resignation

relaxation

publication

protestation

calibration

designation

proclamation

cancellation

celebration

penetration

abnegation

acclamation

acclimation

acquisition

advocation

statistician

vindication

activation

adaptation

affectation

annexation

application

superhuman

syndication

consummation

molestation

consolation

convocation

cultivation

indecision

liquidation

obligation

information

lubrication

composition

palpitation

desecration

deprivation

depravation

immigration

competition

compilation

indication

estonian

guatemalan

wagnerian

pagurian

pavlovian

ordinary

glaciation

conjugation

situation

dehydration

alabaman

hydrocarbon

kindergarten

legislation

contraception

contradiction

dominican

contribution

columbian

cyclopean

defamation

dedication

algerian

decimation

abolition

declaration

delegation

dissipation

evocation

figuration

imitation

inhalation

innovation

jubilation

immolation

desiccation

elevation

erudition

hungarian

desolation

desperation

dilatation

fumigation

hesitation

levitation

limitation

litigation

medication

meditation

melanesian

mitigation

mongolian

motivation

mutilation

opposition

perspiration

perturbation

politician

preelection

proposition

readmission

realization

reelection

respiration

restoration

revelation

rumination

smithsonian

recitation

relocation

renovation

revocation

supposition

titillation

visitation

confiscation

complication

constellation

himalayan

circumvention

augmentation

consecration

constipation

consultation

illustration

coloradan

imperfection

indignation

menstruation

incantation

indexation

integration

interdiction

jurisdiction

ministration

misperception

reproduction

retribution

obfuscation

punctuation

satisfaction

education

formulation

tetrahedron

shakespearean

subluxation

arizonan

tamoxifen

vegetation

utopian

apparition

indigestion

hegelian

distribution

circumcision

disaffection

conflagration

elocution

expiration

ventilation

lilliputian

equitation

contemplation

granulation

permutation

persecution

extrication

excitation

inspiration

dislocation

absolution

estimation

insulation

implantation

invocation

prostitution

reclamation

recognition

recollection

introduction

impregnation

incrustation

benediction

dereliction

retrocession

distillation

refutation

superstition

nonprescription

replication

duplication

self-deception

sequestration

intimation

invitation

predilection

american

nonpartisan

centurion

predetermine

overburden

nicaraguan

penicillin

greco-roman

syncopation

samaritan

sectarian

disinflation

disputation

implication

exploration

execution

transplantation

excavation

infestation

repercussion

repossession

resurrection

supervision

inflammation

lancastrian

manumission

introspection

installation

instigation

substitution

comparison

diocesan

exhalation

incubation

noblewoman

registration

republican

strangulation

prohibition

fortunately

expectation

explication

leviathan

arithmetic

exploitation

circumspection

extradition

exclamation

coalition

rhetorician

infiltration

polyhedron

reexamine

equestrian

predominate

ibuprofen

exhumation

businesswoman

repetition

reposition

revolution

disinfection

demolition

deposition

devolution

resolution

dissolution

calculation

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5 syllable words

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word jordanian

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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

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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
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  • Walrus
  • Orange

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