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4 syllable words
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2 syllable words

plankton

sanction

caxton

tungsten

function

junction

grandson

capstan

downcast

doctrine

sexton

acton

canton

boston

canyon

santon

claxon

panton

plantain

saxon

banyan

baston

action

huntsman

faction

drunken

draftsman

fraction

marksman

craftsman

hangman

mangan

mansion

shrunken

traction

sunken

yankees

landsman

conquest

dustman

encased

klansman

strengthen

lampron

landman

lengthen

conquests

austin

bagman

barton

captain

chances

classman

carbon

harden

harken

hackman

lynxes

arson

aspen

atman

bargain

carman

carmine

carton

damson

dances

darken

ensign

falcon

fancies

penguin

gascon

garden

fountain

harten

jackman

kenyan

matron

mountain

outrun

jargon

nekton

oxen

packman

marten

martin

pancake

marlin

pardon

parson

hearten

onion

passman

kansan

patron

pectin

ponton

runnion

saffron

samson

scallion

sharpen

shotgun

smarten

spartan

stallion

tarpon

tartan

teston

wanton

language

vanquish

sportsman

flashgun

gentian

margin

flexion

longan

tension

martian

mention

caption

bastion

auction

bangkok

monkeys

suction

othman

section

rincon

pension

donkeys

baron

barren

bason

baton

batten

bracken

cannon

canon

cotton

dragon

spokesman

delphian

marchman

yachtsman

markman

portman

postman

townsman

batton

blacken

statesman

cauldron

fasten

fatten

flatten

garron

gotten

lagan

latin

pancakes

scotsman

platen

platten

concoct

patten

horseman

rotten

satin

slacken

wagon

anguished

unjust

emption

congest

ashen

caution

gumption

fashion

henchman

pathan

passion

ration

chaplain

chevron

brakeman

apron

bounces

chairman

chessman

clinton

airman

corban

cordon

chapman

citron

inquest

alman

calvin

languish

dalton

dobson

encase

faulcon

fences

fibrin

fireman

foreman

gorgon

hetman

houseman

jasmine

jetson

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kirkman

lightman

lineman

linemen

lockman

london

melton

minden

minion

morgan

mormon

norman

stepson

stockman

sultan

tendon

tuscan

undone

union

vulcan

anguish

organ

pressman

dampen

warden

scullion

sconces

ransack

workman

consists

guardsman

orphan

senses

ounces

outdone

pansies

penman

pinion

piston

shorten

sovereign

sovran

squadron

brethren

diction

dungeon

engine

faustian

fiction

fortune

freshman

friction

ganges

georgian

incas

luncheon

nonesuch

option

portion

ranches

question

torsion

bordman

amman

children

alan

bacon

beckon

bison

basin

boughten

bourbon

breton

brighten

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

caisson

canaan

certain

charon

chasten

curtain

dagan

dagon

ermine

famine

firman

floren

foreign

frighten

gallon

gammon

german

gladden

happen

hasten

heighten

heron

hyson

jason

jetton

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

locken

loren

madden

marron

mason

mutton

reckon

sermon

shaken

pagan

perron

person

sadden

salmon

satan

siren

tappen

pinkish

talon

oarsman

straighten

taken

threaten

incest

linkage

vegan

triton

urban

headsman

turban

waken

urson

warren

worsen

salesman

baldwin

titan

tighten

whiten

consist

homespun

zircon

linguists

freshen

earthen

burgeon

haitian

hessian

persian

ingest

urchin

station

russian

smashes

sturgeon

mahone

nation

prussian

session

surgeon

version

smokestacks

insists

chieftain

desman

peon

rayon

shearman

whitson

sequin

scion

ibsen

incase

silken

selden

zion

pillion

pitman

boatman

headman

m1

footman

longish

ion

bookman

bullion

dolman

dolphin

alban

billion

bellman

hempen

kelvin

kremlin

linden

lynden

milken

urine

million

minces

molten

dian

trillion

linguist

mayan

spearman

paean

muslin

stallman

tubman

lion

stillion

christian

churchman

manges

belgian

mangoes

quenches

tangos

bushman

bunches

dutchman

launches

lounges

ranges

changes

watchman

insist

gamecocks

incised

smokestack

auden

bayman

beacon

beaten

begun

bellon

bisson

bitten

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

brazen

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

cayman

cheapen

chicken

christen

common

cousin

craven

cretin

crouton

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dozen

elan

fallen

eaten

eden

felon

freeman

glisten

gluten

graven

hausen

haven

heaven

hogan

hoten

hymen

hyphen

kalan

kitten

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

leven

liman

linen

listen

liven

logan

loosen

lyden

maiden

melon

mitten

moisten

muffin

mullen

ninon

often

oven

pavon

pollan

pollen

quicken

raven

reason

redden

rerun

resin

riden

ripen

robin

rosin

seton

seaman

season

semen

seven

spoken

shaman

shogun

sicken

siphon

sudden

slogan

smitten

sodden

soften

stricken

steven

sullen

summon

sweeten

syphon

thicken

thousand

token

toughen

treason

trodden

weaken

weapon

widen

wheaten

wiccan

wizen

zaman

written

yaupon

asian

bludgeon

cajun

motion

fission

legion

lesion

mission

potion

heathen

dudgeon

grecian

lotion

notion

ocean

suasion

gudgeon

cushion

region

billman

bolden

chainsaws

copeman

fielden

crimson

freedman

gamecock

gilden

homesick

golden

goodman

incise

insight

lisbon

lopeman

mignon

namesake

shipman

sylvan

newsman

olden

soldan

tillman

woolman

woodman

bongos

cowan

coachman

gowan

inches

insights

seedsman

billon

colon

bowman

chosen

crewman

cuban

cumin

driven

dromon

frozen

gibbon

given

glidden

griffon

hidden

hoven

human

lumen

odin

omen

open

poison

prison

proven

pullen

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rumen

showman

solon

stiffen

stolen

striven

swollen

villain

toman

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

yeoman

fusion

kitchen

pigeon

trojan

vision

injects

insects

ensues

ponchos

owen

ruin

namesakes

insect

rowan

rowen

inject

sneezes

smooches

remakes

benches

engage

enjoys

finches

hinges

concise

hunches

lunches

consign

lunges

menges

minges

punches

wenches

engaged

3 syllable words

anchorman

ancestral

ancestry

austrian

lancaster

kantian

countryman

truncation

guncotton

cambrian

castration

prostration

transaction

constriction

halcyon

stagnation

mandarin

andean

transcription

fustian

concussion

ancestors

arian

arkansan

aryan

bandwagon

congressman

excretion

extortion

franciscan

intestine

nebraskan

saccharin

enlighten

unburden

magdalen

uncommon

unbutton

uncertain

anglican

concoction

backgammon

medallion

contrition

congestive

concussions

congested

battalion

alaskan

pentathlon

ancestor

frustration

singleton

translation

transmission

accretion

lactation

extraction

compassion

keynesian

abstraction

jacobin

backwoodsman

dalmatian

damnation

albion

zambian

plantation

congestion

forgotten

lanolin

thespian

champion

tactician

consistent

salvation

australian

conscription

transition

taxation

guardian

assassin

construction

campion

venison

confession

conversion

adrian

unquestioned

hammerman

secretion

foundation

incursion

encryption

extrusion

concoctions

languishing

transfusion

parthian

carrion

clarion

ligation

negation

downtrodden

nonunion

vacation

appian

cation

dorian

octillion

snapdragon

percussion

galleon

ghanaian

councilman

gaussian

irian

korean

handwoven

marian

tamarin

chamberlain

combustion

convention

annexes

contortion

convulsion

capsaicin

enliven

conception

conflation

conclusion

everyone

sumatran

exaction

in-person

mexican

excursion

exhaustion

italian

talisman

injustice

ingested

unwritten

anxiously

ingestion

instruction

consignment

insistence

insistent

insouciant

languishes

obstruction

inscription

subscription

accession

admission

ambition

apportion

artesian

aspersion

cartesian

cistercian

connection

connexion

crustacean

abortion

contusion

alsatian

concession

benjamin

attrition

condition

contagion

dentition

discussion

enmeshes

exertion

gestation

impassion

insertion

inversion

menhaden

oxygen

succession

proportion

migration

patrician

inaction

rendition

sensation

denizen

adhesion

ambrosian

crestfallen

bosnian

determine

ferryman

expression

albumin

waterman

wesleyan

medicine

gentleman

extension

masculine

adsorption

housebroken

muskmelon

outspoken

catalan

nevadan

amasses

skeleton

ottoman

scorpion

reptilian

unbroken

absorption

garrison

infraction

cyprian

gordian

javelin

lesbian

restriction

ramadan

consumption

transgression

anyone

indian

uneven

abstention

unison

contraction

contraption

prescription

correction

direction

donation

gradation

assertion

caucasian

halogen

location

occasion

compunction

precaution

englishman

phoenician

vanishes

venetian

vocation

artisan

fenian

intrusion

syrian

inclusion

invention

filtration

inception

abdomen

abduction

inflation

bedridden

hawaiian

acumen

mistaken

avian

cardigan

fabian

misprision

nonhuman

protean

corsican

veteran

permian

completion

convection

injunction

compulsion

concessions

conduction

confection

confusion

confucian

rifleman

contention

alien

conviction

policeman

porcelain

partisan

declension

plebeian

diffraction

discretion

conjunction

african

distortion

heartbroken

scythian

horatian

adoption

proscription

affection

ablution

addiction

aggression

abrasion

ascension

dispersion

carnation

dissection

dictation

digression

excision

destruction

exclusion

exemption

explosion

hydration

incision

engagement

invasion

norwegian

nutrition

obsession

nitrogen

occlusion

optician

partition

distraction

optation

perception

perfection

production

progression

propulsion

protection

reduction

regression

selection

starvation

submission

vibration

subtraction

cognition

libration

suspicion

temptation

fixation

technician

collection

description

persuasion

disunion

solomon

insightful

cinnamon

linkages

imprison

incessant

saleswoman

embolden

emblazon

distinction

elison

specimen

projection

peterman

toboggan

companion

jettison

beethoven

badminton

collagen

vatican

vitamin

incisions

kinshasa

permission

procession

promotion

tradition

regimen

induction

solution

infection

infusion

munition

narration

reaction

physician

inhuman

lecithin

intention

misfortune

position

petition

punishes

margarine

oration

suspension

pollution

compression

addition

affliction

engagements

aleutian

exception

attraction

assumption

citation

audition

clergyman

corruption

collegian

commission

commotion

fisherman

flirtation

gyration

imagine

dilution

edition

cessation

charlatan

charwoman

consequence

consequent

abandon

brazilian

chilean

civilian

discipline

dominion

forbidden

extinction

foramen

freudian

genuine

gillian

grobian

heroin

heroine

horizon

incisive

injection

jovian

julian

languages

libyan

magician

median

nemean

nobleman

nubian

objection

odeon

opinion

orion

pavilion

predestine

rhodopsin

simian

uterine

vermilion

profusion

suppression

deception

eviction

prevention

seduction

deduction

defection

emulsion

equation

erection

misshapen

preemption

prediction

infarction

preclusion

detection

oppression

derision

dissension

hydrogen

inflection

infliction

dimension

parisian

election

depiction

phrygian

depletion

aegean

stygian

ignition

expansion

complexion

lutheran

attention

laotian

formation

reception

seclusion

inspection

expulsion

revulsion

fijian

irishman

resection

bulletin

egyptian

harlequin

suburban

nuances

ejection

injections

awaken

hanukkahs

digestion

reunion

inexact

jamaican

communion

etruscan

keratin

rejection

bedizen

citizen

bitumen

suggestion

causation

devotion

diversion

flotation

origin

predation

privation

profession

quotation

remission

secession

sedition

dilation

decision

provision

sedation

cetacean

precision

rescission

implosion

midshipman

aversion

volition

notation

rotation

redemption

deletion

presumption

retraction

allusion

collision

reflection

possession

recession

recision

disruption

duration

precession

deflection

omission

collusion

emission

emotion

musician

mutation

summation

impression

resumption

censuses

chairperson

cohesion

rebellion

perfusion

chairwoman

forewoman

logician

lumberman

alderman

bedouin

malayan

moroccan

samoan

tuition

ablation

corrosion

beholden

laurentian

ramshackle

creation

coercion

croatian

fruition

retention

repression

submersion

depression

pretension

subversion

consciously

detention

diffusion

bouillon

superman

silicon

overdone

puritan

overman

overrun

pelican

freemason

incisor

consecrate

gravamen

remisses

perversion

delusion

desertion

illusion

injectors

immersion

malaysian

manages

erosion

elation

division

ovation

cremation

probation

religion

reversion

relation

rummages

revision

clarendon

geniuses

incisors

insecure

timberman

deflation

injector

asuncion

eruption

unshackle

conjugal

conjugate

fungicide

biotin

reopen

myosin

niacin

conjugates

fungicides

menaces

minuses

melanin

feminine

sciences

eleven

amigos

sinuses

damages

whimsically

whimsical

evasion

tonnages

bonuses

synagogue

demagogue

synagogues

homages

demagogues

images

downsizings

concisely

finishes

conjecture

engaging

downsizing

engages

conjectures

amazes

4 syllable words

wagnerian

hungarian

orchestration

equestrian

agrarian

gregorian

jacobean

maccabean

planarian

concentration

sequestration

pedestrian

shakespearean

incantation

ministration

penetration

statistician

abyssinian

accordion

dandelion

nestorian

pagurian

transplantation

centurion

eritrean

sectarian

incrustation

sanitation

algerian

assyrian

galilean

annotation

mongolian

nonpartisan

condescension

consternation

contrarian

exhortation

illustration

infestation

malnutrition

menstruation

nonprescription

transformation

amphibian

aldebaran

registration

masturbation

palpitation

cancellation

conversation

calibration

devastation

custodian

obsidian

adaptation

estonian

herculean

historian

algonquian

pavlovian

penicillin

victorian

annexation

cyclopean

conflagration

demonstration

extradition

extrication

infiltration

obstetrician

hyperion

criterion

draconian

allocation

liberian

avocation

animation

aspiration

connotation

praetorian

syncopation

siberian

arthurian

habitation

californian

unaccustomed

canadian

iberian

missourian

valerian

restoration

crocodilian

insouciance

agitation

malformation

gastrulation

punctuation

constellation

constipation

indentation

interception

arbitration

incarnation

transportation

tamoxifen

apparition

aberration

nigerian

adoration

nonexistent

reconstruction

generation

deconstruction

laceration

corinthian

veneration

competition

alabaman

conservation

columbian

convocation

committeeman

reexamine

saturation

consolation

consummation

advocation

affectation

circumspection

circumcision

oblivion

expectation

maturation

eustachian

acclamation

graduation

abnegation

abdication

minnesotan

acclimation

activation

application

emigration

celebration

equitation

excitation

inspiration

intercession

self-deception

alteration

gravitation

hesitation

hibernation

elongation

allegation

appellation

hydrocarbon

consistency

provocation

recreation

respiration

smithsonian

validation

renovation

ulceration

vacillation

repetition

valuation

admiration

fascination

affirmation

desperation

legislation

collocation

meditation

perspiration

navigation

politician

oscillation

suffocation

chameleon

consecration

constitution

englishwoman

consultation

decompression

bavarian

comedian

installation

instigation

importation

collodion

electrician

excavation

octahedron

diocesan

european

fallopian

attribution

napoleon

condemnation

sicilian

satisfaction

confiscation

congregation

decoration

macedonian

vegetation

consistently

federation

adulation

indigestion

incubation

perforation

preparation

rhetorician

reparation

separation

surrogation

incognito

contribution

backwardation

convolution

estimation

insulation

interaction

reclamation

recollection

moravian

intermission

meridian

peruvian

altercation

inattention

consecrations

relaxation

alternation

confirmation

immigration

indication

indonesian

oxidation

refutation

ventilation

contradiction

vindication

absolution

acquisition

aggravation

aggregation

compilation

demarcation

deportation

destination

fabrication

exploitation

indecision

invitation

invocation

jingoistic

permutation

publication

syndication

proclamation

prostitution

amnesiac

barbarian

interurban

greco-roman

jordanian

businesswoman

librarian

assemblyman

tasmanian

conjugation

ibuprofen

albanian

kindergarten

dehydration

cotyledon

olympian

predetermine

dilatation

complication

subluxation

tetrahedron

abolition

bifurcation

dedication

substitution

appalachian

decimation

declaration

defamation

delegation

desiccation

desolation

elevation

evocation

injustices

embarkation

inflammation

indexation

indignation

obfuscation

figuration

inhalation

imitation

innovation

intuition

isolation

levitation

manumission

medication

inquisition

circumvention

institution

integration

mortification

ostentation

perturbation

augmentation

readmission

preservation

propagation

recitation

procreation

reformation

relocation

repercussion

reservation

revelation

revocation

trepidation

arabian

insistently

fluctuation

interwoven

bolivian

modulation

conjugations

floridian

cogitation

newtonian

education

iranian

noblewoman

utopian

plutonian

exhalation

mammalian

strangulation

abrogation

athenian

degradation

contemplation

contraception

cultivation

deformation

approbation

benediction

desecration

contravention

carcinogen

composition

distribution

linguistically

designation

destitution

dislocation

duplication

expiration

interruption

molestation

obligation

observation

recognition

replication

resignation

implantation

distillation

operation

exhibition

indiscretion

prosecution

requisition

coloration

information

intimation

protestation

restitution

bohemian

exclamation

toleration

superstition

unshakable

iteration

segregation

explication

moderation

variation

hegelian

watermelon

inhibition

inquisitive

rhododendron

nicaraguan

samaritan

gentlewoman

armenian

glaciation

gorgonian

guatemalan

cynicism

copernican

darwinian

comprehension

calculation

demolition

deposition

devolution

dissertation

dissipation

evolution

execution

expedition

exploration

exposition

fumigation

immolation

implication

intervention

jingoism

jubilation

limitation

liquefaction

locomotion

opposition

polynesian

proposition

realization

repossession

resolution

resurrection

retribution

revolution

rumination

supposition

usurpation

visitation

devonian

inquisitor

simonian

coloradan

hemoglobin

apprehension

himalayan

explanation

introduction

ideation

aviation

leviathan

depravation

depredation

deprivation

disposition

gargantuan

granulation

hypertension

liberation

disaffection

dereliction

insurrection

retrocession

vaccination

miseration

persecution

pelagian

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Words that rhyme with the word lancastrian

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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