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3 syllable words
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

alan

amine

baron

barren

bason

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

beckon

bellon

bison

blacken

bourbon

bowman

bracken

breton

brighten

burden

burdon

burton

cabin

canine

cannon

canon

certain

charon

cheapen

common

cretin

crewman

cumin

curtain

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

devon

dragon

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

fasten

fatten

felon

flatten

frighten

gallon

garron

gladden

happen

heaven

heighten

heron

human

hyphen

hyson

jetton

lagan

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liven

lumen

lyden

madden

marron

melon

moisten

omen

patten

perron

person

platen

platten

poison

reason

reckon

redden

rerun

resin

riden

ripen

roman

rumen

sadden

satin

season

seton

seven

showman

siphon

siren

slacken

steven

summon

sweeten

syphon

talon

tappen

threaten

tighten

titan

toman

treason

triton

turban

urban

urson

vegan

wagon

weaken

weapon

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

woman

women

worsen

yeoman

zircon

churchman

freshman

hangman

dian

ion

lion

mayan

paean

peon

scion

urine

zion

ashen

burgeon

earthen

fashion

freshen

grecian

heathen

hessian

legion

lesion

mahone

passion

pathan

persian

ration

region

session

sturgeon

surgeon

urchin

version

landman

seedsman

headsman

klansman

lampron

acton

aspen

banyan

baston

billman

boatman

bookman

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

carman

carmine

chaplain

chevron

chieftain

claxon

copeman

crimson

dolman

ensign

falcon

fibrin

fielden

footman

foreman

gascon

goodman

houseman

jetson

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

lockman

lopeman

melton

memnon

minden

mormon

nekton

newsman

norman

panton

pectin

pitman

plantain

saffron

santon

saxon

scallion

selden

sequin

shipman

spearman

stallion

stallman

stepson

stockman

tendon

teston

tillman

tubman

woodman

woolman

emption

henchman

action

anon

auden

bastion

begun

belgian

billon

bisson

bitten

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

brethren

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

bushman

button

caption

chicken

chosen

christen

coachman

colon

cotton

cousin

craftsman

crouton

cuban

denim

dozen

draftsman

driven

dutchman

engine

faction

fallen

flashgun

flexion

floren

foreign

fraction

frozen

gentian

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

gluten

gotten

griffon

hausen

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

kitten

landsman

linen

listen

locken

logan

loosen

loren

mangan

mansion

mention

mitten

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

odin

often

open

othman

oven

pavon

pension

pollan

pollen

prison

proven

pullen

question

quicken

quinine

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

robin

rosen

rosin

rotten

section

shogun

sicken

slogan

smitten

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

stiffen

stolen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

swollen

tension

thicken

thousand

token

toughen

traction

trodden

venom

villain

warren

watchman

wiccan

wooden

woolen

woven

written

xenon

yaupon

bordman

capstan

caxton

delphian

dustman

markman

ocean

grandson

homespun

horseman

lengthen

marchman

oarsman

prussian

portman

bludgeon

dudgeon

mission

motion

russian

postman

sexton

notion

scotsman

spokesman

gudgeon

strengthen

yachtsman

caution

cushion

fission

kitchen

townsman

fusion

lotion

pigeon

potion

trojan

vision

cowan

gowan

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

alban

bargain

barton

bullion

carbon

carton

citron

clinton

cordon

faulcon

fountain

harden

harken

harten

hearten

ibsen

jargon

jordan

jorden

linden

lisbon

mignon

olden

onion

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

oxen

pardon

parson

pillion

pinion

piston

ponton

runnion

silken

smarten

soldan

sovereign

tinman

stillion

squadron

sultan

sovran

spartan

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

warden

corban

billion

bolden

arson

dalton

austin

dobson

darken

dolphin

penguin

boston

garden

gilden

golden

gumption

gorgon

london

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

milken

million

minion

molten

morgan

mountain

muslin

scullion

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

trillion

tuscan

undone

union

wanton

whitson

vulcan

plankton

guardsman

huntsman

marksman

sanction

sportsman

auction

christian

diction

drunken

dungeon

faustian

fiction

fortune

friction

georgian

longan

luncheon

margin

martian

option

portion

rincon

shrunken

suction

sunken

torsion

demean

bemoan

ronin

baldwin

cauldron

children

doctrine

tungsten

commune

function

immune

junction

demain

domain

humane

inane

remain

rename

phoneme

renown

3 syllable words

ferryman

gravamen

alien

avian

fabian

gemini

horizon

lamina

nemean

permian

simony

tamarin

yemeni

clergyman

creation

croatian

chamberlain

horatian

laotian

adrian

anyone

awaken

beethoven

campion

champion

determine

feminine

freemason

hammerman

jamaican

keynesian

overman

peterman

ramadan

specimen

superman

vitamin

waterman

zambian

albumin

appian

arian

bedouin

biotin

carrion

cation

caucasian

causation

cessation

cetacean

citation

clarion

cremation

dilation

domino

donation

duration

elation

evasion

fenian

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

galleon

gradation

gyration

heroin

heroine

irian

ligation

location

malayan

malaysian

marian

median

moroccan

mutation

myosin

narration

negation

niacin

nominee

notation

occasion

oration

ovation

permission

predation

privation

probation

quotation

regimen

relation

remission

reopen

romany

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

sedation

simian

summation

vacation

veteran

vocation

wenona

abdomen

acumen

alderman

backgammon

cambrian

capsaicin

chairwoman

enlighten

enliven

everyone

genuine

lumberman

mistaken

perfusion

policeman

rifleman

talisman

timberman

vermilion

coercion

corrosion

derision

fijian

parisian

ablation

abrasion

admission

alsatian

ambition

anchorman

benjamin

carnation

contagion

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

deflation

dictation

equation

fixation

formation

foundation

gestation

hydration

invasion

irishman

lactation

libration

menhaden

migration

misshapen

optation

persuasion

plantation

preemption

salvation

sensation

stagnation

starvation

taxation

temptation

vibration

andean

elison

albion

assassin

catalan

bedizen

bitumen

cinnamon

denizen

eleven

forgotten

kantian

keratin

lanolin

ottoman

overdone

overrun

vatican

medicine

venison

javelin

jettison

melanin

pelican

suburban

reunion

uneven

mandarin

nevadan

garrison

halcyon

jacobin

lesbian

skeleton

solomon

thespian

wesleyan

adhesion

ambrosian

badminton

countryman

emblazon

embolden

gentleman

masculine

truncation

assertion

aversion

collegian

commission

commotion

correction

corruption

deletion

desertion

dilution

direction

diversion

emission

emotion

halogen

imagine

immersion

lecithin

omission

percussion

perversion

phoenician

possession

precaution

precession

precision

procession

profession

promotion

reaction

recession

reversion

revision

secession

venetian

anion

aryan

castration

chilean

conflation

dominee

dorian

dynamo

enema

enemy

filtration

freudian

frustration

gaussian

ghanaian

gillian

grobian

hawaiian

hominy

inflation

inhuman

jovian

julian

korean

libyan

nonhuman

nubian

odeon

omani

orion

plebeian

prostration

protean

redemption

syrian

translation

transmission

uterine

abandon

african

alaskan

battalion

bedridden

chairperson

charwoman

clarendon

cohesion

dominion

forewoman

in-person

italian

magdalen

predestine

rebellion

medallion

mexican

nobleman

sumatran

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

backwoodsman

australian

aegean

fruition

lutheran

phrygian

scythian

stygian

tuition

accretion

affection

aggression

cartesian

cistercian

collection

compassion

concession

confession

connection

connexion

defection

dentition

depletion

depression

detection

detention

diffusion

digression

election

emulsion

erection

eruption

exertion

inversion

laurentian

nitrogen

norwegian

obsession

oppression

perception

transition

perfection

technician

submersion

submission

subversion

succession

suppression

tactician

artesian

ascension

insertion

accession

aspersion

inaction

incursion

prediction

exemption

transfusion

profusion

protection

attention

conversion

deception

dimension

dispersion

dissection

dissension

hydrogen

impassion

pretension

prevention

progression

reception

regression

resection

selection

rendition

repression

retention

secretion

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

citizen

collagen

cyprian

fustian

gordian

guardian

indian

puritan

scorpion

silicon

toboggan

unison

ejection

nebraskan

communion

companion

muskmelon

disunion

arkansan

bandwagon

councilman

crestfallen

digestion

franciscan

handwoven

imprison

intestine

nonunion

projection

rejection

reptilian

snapdragon

suggestion

abduction

addition

aleutian

allusion

anglican

assumption

attraction

audition

collision

collusion

combustion

completion

compression

compulsion

conception

confection

confucian

confusion

contention

convection

convention

decision

declension

deflection

delusion

devotion

diffraction

discretion

division

edition

erosion

exaction

exception

excursion

illusion

implosion

impression

inception

infection

infusion

intention

invention

margarine

midshipman

munition

musician

origin

parthian

pentathlon

petition

physician

pollution

position

presumption

provision

recision

reflection

religion

rescission

resumption

retraction

sedition

solution

suspension

tradition

transaction

volition

porcelain

congestion

discipline

cardigan

charlatan

austrian

forbidden

pavilion

partisan

guncotton

opinion

rhodopsin

objection

unwritten

logician

unbutton

brazilian

magician

ingestion

injection

artisan

civilian

corsican

minium

pomona

domina

cinema

kimono

abortion

adoption

cognition

contusion

contraction

contraption

ablution

addiction

attrition

infraction

apportion

beholden

inflection

concussion

condition

deduction

restriction

asuncion

depiction

congressman

encryption

discussion

eviction

excision

oxygen

incision

complexion

consumption

distraction

expansion

excretion

nutrition

transgression

ignition

occlusion

optician

subtraction

partition

expression

extension

patrician

preclusion

production

proportion

propulsion

reduction

revulsion

seclusion

inspection

seduction

extortion

suspicion

abstention

compunction

englishman

downtrodden

egyptian

etruscan

harlequin

housebroken

octillion

outspoken

unbroken

abstraction

ammonia

extraction

transcription

affliction

conclusion

concoction

conduction

contortion

contrition

conviction

convulsion

disruption

distortion

inclusion

exhaustion

induction

intrusion

misfortune

misprision

singleton

heartbroken

absorption

adsorption

description

destruction

exclusion

explosion

expulsion

extrusion

infarction

infliction

prescription

proscription

anona

distinction

banana

anime

conjunction

conscription

constriction

construction

injunction

instruction

inscription

obstruction

subscription

extinction

4 syllable words

moravian

arabian

canadian

draconian

mammalian

reawaken

aberration

adoration

aviation

bohemian

coloration

decoration

deviation

federation

foliation

generation

ideation

iteration

laceration

liberation

mediation

miseration

moderation

operation

pelagian

perforation

preparation

radiation

reparation

separation

surrogation

toleration

variation

veneration

violation

meridian

peruvian

superhuman

alabaman

albanian

amphibian

committeeman

eustachian

glaciation

graduation

greco-roman

herculean

jordanian

maturation

predetermine

reexamine

saturation

situation

tasmanian

watermelon

assemblyman

ohioan

avocation

innovation

isolation

bifurcation

collocation

connotation

dilatation

inhalation

irrigation

irritation

jubilation

levitation

limitation

litigation

medication

meditation

mitigation

mutilation

navigation

oscillation

perspiration

perturbation

premonition

preservation

procreation

propagation

provocation

readmission

realization

recitation

recreation

reformation

relocation

renovation

reservation

respiration

restoration

revelation

revocation

admiration

affirmation

allegation

allocation

alteration

animation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

aspiration

corp.

corporation

correlation

decimation

declaration

dedication

defamation

delegation

demolition

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

dissertation

dissipation

elevation

emanation

evocation

figuration

fluoridation

fumigation

germination

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

hibernation

motivation

rumination

sanitation

suffocation

termination

titillation

trepidation

ulceration

usurpation

vacillation

validation

valuation

visitation

chameleon

coloradan

jacobean

liberian

maccabean

adulation

planarian

agitation

praetorian

siberian

simonian

cogitation

arizonan

criterion

tamoxifen

bavarian

diocesan

education

hemoglobin

vegetation

comedian

galilean

himalayan

hyperion

iberian

modulation

shakespearean

fluctuation

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

adaptation

admonition

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

altercation

alternation

ammunition

annexation

application

approbation

backwardation

calibration

cancellation

celebration

circulation

circumcision

commutation

compilation

confirmation

conservation

consolation

consummation

conversation

convocation

cultivation

deformation

degradation

demarcation

deportation

depredation

deprivation

depravation

desecration

designation

devastation

dislocation

elocution

equitation

fabrication

distillation

duplication

emigration

emulation

estimation

excitation

expiration

fermentation

granulation

fibrillation

indication

information

inspiration

insulation

intermission

intimation

invitation

invocation

liquidation

lubrication

masturbation

molestation

obligation

observation

occupation

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

penetration

permutation

persecution

population

proclamation

protestation

publication

reclamation

refutation

regulation

segregation

speculation

relaxation

replication

reputation

resignation

retardation

simulation

stimulation

ventilation

vindication

apparition

stipulation

syndication

tabulation

athenian

dietitian

tribulation

corinthian

hegelian

leviathan

nigerian

reassertion

rhetorician

abyssinian

agrarian

aldebaran

american

armenian

barbarian

centurion

columbian

conjugation

copernican

cotyledon

cyclopean

dandelion

dehydration

dominican

elongation

eritrean

estonian

gentlewoman

guatemalan

interurban

legislation

librarian

nestorian

nicaraguan

olympian

overburden

pagurian

paraguayan

pavlovian

penicillin

samaritan

sectarian

syncopation

wagnerian

algerian

definition

arbitration

condemnation

decompression

deposition

circumvention

consecration

detonation

computation

constellation

erudition

amputation

revolution

complication

resolution

augmentation

hungarian

calculation

consultation

attribution

evolution

manumission

supervision

confiscation

consternation

constipation

polynesian

resurrection

disinflation

fascination

execution

exploration

fragmentation

reelection

illustration

abolition

domination

exhortation

formulation

implication

devolution

imitation

nomination

importation

locomotion

preignition

imputation

incantation

punctuation

indignation

diminution

immolation

menstruation

indentation

retribution

indexation

machination

subluxation

melanesian

ministration

preelection

repercussion

reposition

disputation

repossession

embarkation

excavation

gastrulation

incarnation

infestation

inflammation

repetition

installation

instigation

integration

malformation

mortification

obfuscation

ostentation

segmentation

tetrahedron

transformation

transportation

congregation

exhalation

incubation

registration

strangulation

bolivian

contrarian

assyrian

collodion

comparison

european

adrenaline

fallopian

missourian

floridian

gregorian

iranian

newtonian

macedonian

napoleon

noblewoman

devonian

pagination

pedestrian

protozoan

armageddon

plutonian

utopian

valerian

interwoven

sicilian

absolution

destination

commendation

competition

composition

destitution

demonstration

gargantuan

exclamation

expectation

acquisition

explication

exploitation

extrication

implantation

algonquian

combination

sequestration

benediction

culmination

dereliction

disaffection

exhibition

hypertension

immigration

circumspection

interaction

imposition

contemplation

indonesian

inattention

incrustation

insurrection

infiltration

intercession

interruption

polyhedron

predilection

presentation

prosecution

impregnation

lilliputian

precondition

recantation

recognition

requisition

restitution

conflagration

recollection

retrocession

statistician

vaccination

orchestration

superstition

coalition

exhumation

prohibition

transplantation

businesswoman

californian

equestrian

hydrocarbon

rhododendron

ibuprofen

kindergarten

electrician

accordion

exposition

liquefaction

reinspection

custodian

expedition

darwinian

intervention

imperfection

gorgonian

historian

lancastrian

reproduction

condescension

octahedron

misperception

interception

interdiction

compensation

malnutrition

satisfaction

obsidian

victorian

oblivion

disinfection

intersection

pigmentation

minnesotan

preconception

divination

arthurian

coronation

disillusion

dissolution

intuition

proposition

supposition

mongolian

opposition

smithsonian

interjection

politician

profanation

apprehension

indigestion

contraception

contravention

contribution

crocodilian

distribution

explanation

extradition

indiscretion

misbegotten

republican

self-deception

carcinogen

convolution

copenhagen

crucifixion

inundation

ordination

disposition

indecision

intonation

prostitution

comprehension

englishwoman

subdivision

inhibition

deconstruction

reconstruction

nonpartisan

introspection

dispensation

constitution

institution

condensation

disconnection

inclination

inquisition

jurisdiction

substitution

concentration

confrontation

contradiction

introduction

misconception

obstetrician

nonprescription

5 syllable words

pomeranian

corroboration

cooperation

reiteration

amazonian

beethovenian

panamanian

affiliation

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

annihilation

association

cauterization

collaboration

commemoration

deceleration

deification

deliberation

delineation

dissociation

elaboration

enumeration

evaporation

humiliation

irradiation

lithuanian

polarization

proliferation

reaffirmation

recuperation

retaliation

reverberation

vaporization

authorization

degeneration

scandinavian

initiation

maximilian

regeneration

negotiation

assemblywoman

epicurean

acceleration

adulteration

agglomeration

amelioration

amortization

attenuation

confederation

abbreviation

academician

brutalization

certification

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

conciliation

consideration

decapitation

desalination

determination

discoloration

dissemination

dramatization

edification

elizabethan

eradication

evaluation

exhilaration

exoneration

facilitation

fertilization

gasification

glorification

gratification

inauguration

incineration

interpolation

legalization

localization

modernization

mummification

notification

mobilization

modification

nullification

obliteration

orientation

ossification

pacification

precipitation

premeditation

preoccupation

prevarication

purification

qualification

ramification

ratification

remuneration

repatriation

repudiation

resuscitation

revaluation

russification

solicitation

specification

sterilization

stratification

unification

utilization

verification

vilification

vulgarization

ethiopian

theologian

adjudication

appreciation

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depreciation

specialization

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exaggeration

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hyperborean

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reforestation

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authentication

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investigation

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approximation

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accommodation

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canonization

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electrocution

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imagination

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miscalculation

nitroglycerine

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nickelodeon

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nonintervention

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discrimination

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colonization

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renunciation

carthaginian

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washingtonian

argentinian

organization

subordination

christianization

disinclination

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indoctrination

synchronization

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Words that rhyme with the word layman

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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