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2 syllable words
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

basin

bason

bison

caisson

chasten

gumption

hasten

hyson

jason

mason

fasten

bastion

faction

flashgun

fraction

caption

portion

option

mansion

martian

auction

action

suction

traction

torsion

suasion

grecian

session

caution

freshen

hessian

russian

prussian

asian

cajun

grandson

arson

aspen

bagman

baston

chastened

classman

claxon

damson

dobson

fastened

fibrin

fireman

gascon

hastens

lightman

lineman

linemen

minden

oxen

parson

passman

samson

saxon

emption

factions

tungsten

plankton

actions

auctions

bastions

bacon

bayman

brazen

brighten

canaan

cayman

craftsman

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

diction

draftsman

dragon

drunken

dungeon

faustian

fiction

flexion

fortune

freshman

friction

frighten

gentian

georgian

graven

hangman

haven

heighten

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

kalan

laden

lagan

layman

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

luncheon

lyden

maiden

margin

marksman

mention

moisten

pagan

pension

person

question

raven

riden

ripen

satan

section

shaken

shaman

shrunken

siphon

siren

sportsman

straighten

sunken

syphon

taken

tension

tighten

titan

triton

urson

wagon

waken

whiten

widen

wizen

worsen

zaman

mahone

horseman

klansman

ocean

bludgeon

oarsman

lesion

lotion

doctrine

gudgeon

seedsman

caxton

scotsman

notion

yachtsman

motion

dudgeon

strengthen

mission

markman

marchman

heathen

cushion

capstan

legion

cauldron

fission

bordman

statesman

pathan

portman

baldwin

lengthen

potion

landman

townsman

lampron

region

ion

dian

lion

mayan

rayon

scion

zion

questions

right-hand

sections

fictions

acton

alban

alman

apron

captain

carbon

carmine

dalton

canton

carman

carton

corban

dampen

darken

dolman

houseman

ibsen

dolphin

boston

chessman

falcon

faulcon

fielden

gorgon

jackman

lockman

london

norman

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

packman

panton

pardon

brakeman

chieftain

cordon

foreman

fountain

freedman

garden

marlin

martin

matron

mignon

morgan

mormon

mountain

marten

muslin

patron

atman

austin

barton

calvin

bargain

chaplain

chapman

harten

heightens

hackman

ensign

harden

harken

hearten

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jordan

jorden

kansan

keelson

kelson

lightens

plantain

ponton

pressman

saffron

santon

sequin

sharpen

shearman

shorten

shotgun

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallman

stepson

stockman

sultan

tarpon

tartan

teston

tightens

tubman

tuscan

undone

whitson

wanton

warden

vulcan

landsman

guardsman

basting

casting

dutchman

engine

lasting

bushman

lightning

longan

wasting

mangan

watchman

christian

othman

rincon

belgian

tasting

baton

begun

cotton

batten

batton

bracken

christen

cousin

beacon

broaden

brogan

fatten

foreign

gallon

beaten

blowgun

boughten

bisson

blacken

bobbin

bollen

cretin

fallen

famine

flatten

freeman

gammon

pavon

garron

gladden

muffin

mullen

mutton

often

platen

trodden

oven

patten

vegan

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

madden

cannon

rerun

amman

barren

robin

hogan

rosin

rotten

sadden

canon

salmon

talon

satin

tappen

seaman

season

alan

deepen

demon

semen

seton

shogun

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

steven

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

yaupon

baron

button

auden

cheapen

common

cabin

deacon

dozen

eaten

eden

elan

floren

glisten

gotten

happen

hausen

latin

leman

leven

listen

locken

logan

loosen

loren

reason

thousand

toughen

treason

warren

weaken

wheaten

nightmares

dustman

spokesman

sexton

salesman

homespun

headsman

children

fusion

pigeon

sighting

trojan

vision

burgeon

lighting

persian

earthen

urchin

kitchen

fighting

surgeon

version

sturgeon

lightnings

castings

penguin

henchman

tastings

gowan

cowan

paean

peon

urine

bellman

banyan

airman

billman

boatman

bookman

chestnut

chevron

clinton

citron

bolden

canyon

chairman

copeman

crimson

custom

desman

destin

eyestone

footman

gilden

golden

goodman

hetman

kelvin

kirkman

linden

headman

hempen

kremlin

lisbon

listens

lopeman

lynden

m1

melton

milken

molten

nekton

newsman

nightmare

octane

pectin

penman

olden

onion

piston

pitman

runnion

scallion

scullion

selden

shakedown

shipman

silken

soldan

spearman

stallion

sustain

sylvan

tendon

tillman

woodman

extant

woolman

workman

costing

ousting

resting

brethren

sightings

testing

churchman

coachman

acting

vesting

fightings

asthma

beckon

bellon

billon

bitten

bourbon

bowman

breton

briton

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

certain

charon

chestnuts

chicken

chosen

colon

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

customs

deaden

deafen

devon

distance

distant

driven

dromon

eighteen

ermine

felon

firman

frozen

german

gibbon

given

glidden

gluten

griffon

heaven

heron

hidden

hoten

hoven

human

jetton

kitten

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

linen

lumen

marron

melon

mitten

nighttimes

ninon

odin

omen

open

perron

pistons

postman

prison

proven

pullen

quicken

reckon

redden

resin

rosen

rumen

sermon

shakedowns

showman

solon

stiffen

stolen

stricken

threaten

toman

seven

striven

thicken

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

sicken

smitten

spoken

sustained

sustains

swollen

token

turban

urban

villain

written

yeoman

weapon

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

zircon

yachting

billion

bullion

dictum

disdain

dukedom

eighteens

festoon

kenyan

keystone

lactone

million

minion

nighttime

pillion

pinion

rectum

stillion

system

trillion

bookstand

union

victim

wisdom

ruin

rowen

owen

rowan

boasting

coasting

eighteenth

hosting

listing

posting

roasting

toasting

twisting

bookstands

disdains

disdained

delphian

extinct

distend

keystones

victims

systems

postings

listings

extend

extent

vestment

distinct

costume

extends

vestments

costumes

postmark

sixteenths

touchdown

mustang

astound

pastimes

touchdowns

mustangs

astounds

sixteenth

esteem

peacetime

ragtime

sistine

pastime

sixteen

sixteens

3 syllable words

digestion

horatian

croatian

capsaicin

castration

conflation

frustration

prostration

translation

abrasion

awaken

accession

accretion

affection

ascension

attention

cognition

collection

compassion

confession

connection

concession

connexion

deflation

contagion

dictation

fixation

obsession

resection

temptation

irishman

oppression

gravamen

protection

secretion

suppression

selection

sensation

jamaican

locations

gestation

pretension

repression

vocations

exertion

laurentian

prevention

retention

succession

irian

niacin

malayan

myosin

addition

aleutian

audition

aversion

commission

commotion

deletion

desertion

edition

evasion

petition

physician

pollution

position

precaution

promotion

reaction

recession

remission

secession

solution

tradition

suggestion

transgression

projection

coercion

laotian

policeman

completion

exaction

declension

contention

magician

magdalen

backgammon

conception

compression

attraction

confection

convection

convention

filtration

predestine

inflation

suspension

retraction

transaction

alaskan

waterman

ablution

abortion

conversion

vitamin

objection

determine

anchorman

apportion

asuncion

ambition

aspersion

garrison

nevadan

attrition

concussion

condition

suburban

addiction

admission

adoption

peterman

cistercian

hammerman

deception

election

erection

eruption

patrician

invasion

depression

perception

perfection

persuasion

positions

prediction

preemption

production

propulsion

reactions

reception

reduction

dimension

depletion

dissension

congestion

defection

detection

detention

equation

hydrogen

nitrogen

ignition

optician

insertion

partition

proportion

submersion

submission

subversion

suspicion

tactician

transition

allusion

biotin

collision

collusion

complexion

contraction

contraption

correction

corruption

devotion

direction

ejection

emission

emotion

exemption

fastener

fenian

foramen

halogen

immersion

median

munition

musician

nebraskan

nemean

omission

origin

permission

perversion

provision

rejection

reversion

revision

saccharin

sedition

subtraction

tamarin

volition

affliction

african

abduction

lumberman

charlatan

logician

charwoman

partisan

concoction

conduction

confucian

artisan

compulsion

mistaken

fruition

forbidden

convulsion

deflection

reflection

alderman

inception

discretion

corsican

redemption

fijian

impression

anglican

in-person

equations

presumption

unburden

exception

compunction

transmission

chairperson

unbutton

conviction

uncertain

combustion

invention

rifleman

contrition

unwritten

tuition

abandon

infection

resumption

porcelain

talisman

exhaustion

assumption

contortion

conjunction

injunction

abstraction

deduction

depiction

catalan

ingestion

halcyon

jacobin

emulsion

javelin

auctioneer

dispersion

jettison

mandarin

dentition

macadam

lanolin

contusion

injection

eviction

eleven

inaction

begotten

nutrition

occlusion

elison

ramadan

reunion

oxygen

impassion

solomon

specimen

incursion

menhaden

inversion

misshapen

profusion

australian

rendition

technician

acetone

fasteners

seduction

forgotten

revulsion

overrun

superman

vatican

ottoman

overdone

overman

infarction

abstention

absorption

restriction

inspection

adsorption

inflection

prescription

congressman

expression

consumption

excretion

extension

accident

arkansan

badminton

communion

councilman

emblazon

egyptian

franciscan

division

harlequin

collegian

lecithin

percussion

religion

intestine

fastening

precision

delusion

illusion

locating

erosion

muskmelon

margarine

questioner

nonunion

avian

gaussian

reopen

distinction

horizon

alien

englishman

veteran

samoan

fabian

uterine

forewoman

mexican

bedridden

uncommon

auctioneers

abdomen

guncotton

chairwoman

disruption

conclusion

distortion

induction

confusion

intention

acumen

diffraction

rebellion

rhodopsin

excursion

timberman

accidents

backwoodsman

derision

parisian

conscription

constriction

construction

corrosion

obstruction

extensions

lutheran

subscription

transcription

diffusion

discussion

equating

seclusion

sectional

excision

fastenings

distinctions

preclusion

questionnaire

artesian

questioners

cartesian

incision

fictional

extinction

norwegian

adrian

description

distraction

transfusion

encryption

expansion

expulsion

extortion

infliction

infraction

proscription

assassin

thespian

destruction

venison

beethoven

fustian

unison

destiny

medicine

toboggan

uneven

bitumen

bouillon

bulletin

collagen

keynesian

adhesion

ambrosian

albumin

disdainful

disunion

downtrodden

handwoven

imprison

masculine

occident

outspoken

postnatal

saleswoman

unbroken

testament

decision

rescission

imagine

lightening

recision

besetting

extinctions

fisherman

inscription

intrusion

instruction

implosion

inclusion

infusion

extraction

nonhuman

singleton

midshipman

questionnaires

right-handed

appian

heroin

testaments

heroine

austrian

orion

arian

heartbroken

aryan

dorian

hawaiian

korean

cardigan

bedouin

chamberlain

destinies

cation

listener

cohesion

excitement

ghanaian

moroccan

galleon

discipline

dissidence

dissident

enlighten

hesitant

perfusion

residence

resident

sumatran

plebeian

genuine

enliven

nobleman

beholden

benjamin

exclusion

explosion

extrusion

lastingly

nightingale

nightmarish

bandwagon

countryman

dissidents

embolden

etruscan

albion

bosnian

cinnamon

citizen

ferryman

silicon

skeleton

denizen

zambian

crestfallen

gentleman

andean

customer

anyone

bedizen

campion

gordian

kantian

keratin

listeners

housebroken

champion

residents

snapdragon

guardian

pelican

sustenance

puritan

scorpion

inhuman

misfortune

misprision

pentathlon

listening

parthian

clergyman

regimen

asthmatic

brazilian

dominion

estimate

decadent

medallion

cambrian

everyone

systemic

battalion

civilian

customers

customize

decedent

guesstimate

italian

opinion

pavilion

carrion

chilean

clarion

freudian

gillian

grobian

jovian

julian

libyan

marian

nubian

odeon

permian

protean

simian

syrian

exciting

companion

aegean

octillion

estimates

guesstimates

scythian

decadents

stygian

distances

decedents

phrygian

academe

lesbian

melanin

nicotine

cyprian

indian

echidna

feminine

rectangle

pseudonym

wesleyan

liechtenstein

ticketing

vermilion

clarendon

victimize

distemper

pseudonyms

tectonic

rectangles

astonish

exceeding

bystanders

extender

istanbul

reptilian

distinguished

extenders

extensive

extinguished

post-mortem

distinctive

distinctly

visiting

distinguish

bystander

costumers

tectonics

extinguish

postmasters

asthmatics

costumer

succeeding

astounded

postmaster

toastmaster

astounding

4 syllable words

aberration

adoration

aviation

coloration

laceration

deviation

mediation

operation

moderation

radiation

toleration

glaciation

graduation

maturation

saturation

abnegation

commutation

occupation

excitation

emigration

obligation

accusation

population

abrogation

designation

immigration

segregation

tabulation

aggravation

aggregation

resignation

granulation

affirmation

avocation

connotation

allocation

alteration

animation

annotation

appellation

coronation

admiration

aspiration

collocation

corp.

corporation

correlation

decimation

dedication

defamation

derivation

desiccation

desolation

detonation

dilatation

divination

domination

elevation

emanation

evocation

fascination

figuration

fluoridation

fumigation

germination

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

jubilation

machination

medication

meditation

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

nomination

oscillation

profanation

provocation

realization

recitation

relocation

revelation

revocation

sanitation

suffocation

renovation

termination

ulceration

vacillation

validation

elongation

conjugation

dehydration

apparition

generation

liberation

perforation

separation

adulation

decoration

variation

agitation

cogitation

education

fluctuation

dietitian

pagination

miseration

vegetation

foliation

preparation

reparation

federation

iteration

reassertion

veneration

modulation

amputation

augmentation

calculation

fragmentation

punctuation

computation

formulation

integration

abdication

acclamation

acclimation

activation

combination

adaptation

commendation

cancellation

compilation

degradation

congregation

confirmation

consummation

deformation

deprivation

desecration

destination

presentation

publication

regulation

reputation

vaccination

devastation

duplication

fabrication

fermentation

deportation

distillation

conservation

consolation

depravation

depredation

emulation

equitation

estimation

masturbation

observation

demarcation

recantation

reclamation

refutation

relaxation

replication

tribulation

vindication

advocation

application

altercation

alternation

pagurian

annexation

situation

backwardation

hypertension

intimation

simulation

calibration

celebration

culmination

cultivation

ordination

palpitation

insulation

retardation

conversation

indication

intonation

inundation

invocation

ovulation

oxidation

penetration

affectation

circulation

convocation

permutation

approbation

strangulation

proclamation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

ventilation

desperation

irritation

levitation

perturbation

preelection

preignition

procreation

recreation

declaration

dissertation

dissipation

limitation

perspiration

preservation

reelection

reformation

rumination

canadian

legislation

repercussion

respiration

restoration

arabian

reservation

repossession

usurpation

trepidation

syncopation

titillation

visitation

reawaken

appalachian

conflagration

diocesan

mammalian

bifurcation

arbitration

coalition

compensation

complication

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

consultation

destinations

dispensation

disputation

embarkation

estimations

excavation

exhortation

gastrulation

illustration

implication

importation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

indignation

inflammation

installation

instigation

malformation

ministration

mortification

obfuscation

ostentation

pelagian

pigmentation

prohibition

rhetorician

segmentation

subluxation

transformation

transportation

exhalation

incubation

indigestion

disaffection

expiration

inspiration

recollection

lubrication

agrarian

albanian

gargantuan

molestation

american

copernican

information

reexamine

fibrillation

watermelon

jordanian

tasmanian

wagnerian

liquidation

samaritan

librarian

invitation

predilection

syndication

protestation

recognition

dislocation

ammunition

implantation

confrontation

demonstration

concentration

contemplation

explanation

explication

exploitation

extrication

exclamation

impregnation

incrustation

orchestration

sequestration

hungarian

bavarian

criterion

locomotion

chameleon

comedian

manumission

coloradan

hyperion

evolution

iberian

liberian

politician

diminution

planarian

gregorian

himalayan

devolution

premonition

readmission

repetition

reposition

dissolution

erudition

resolution

resurrection

proposition

revolution

siberian

definition

opposition

supposition

abolition

demolition

deposition

armageddon

condescension

decompression

disconnection

disinflation

infestation

adrenaline

tamoxifen

menstruation

pedestrian

exploration

indentation

indexation

lancastrian

preconception

liquefaction

reinspection

comparison

satisfaction

comprehension

exhumation

athenian

apprehension

registration

hegelian

transplantation

leviathan

moravian

nigerian

convolution

absolution

admonition

composition

dereliction

benediction

destitution

acquisition

competition

disposition

exhibition

inattention

elocution

imposition

insurrection

interaction

intercession

intermission

interruption

lilliputian

polyhedron

prosecution

persecution

precondition

prostitution

requisition

superstition

statistician

retrocession

abyssinian

alabaman

armenian

misconception

circumspection

expectation

aldebaran

barbarian

cyclopean

contraception

infiltration

self-deception

paraguayan

dominican

obsidian

eustachian

gorgonian

predetermine

supervision

intuition

ibuprofen

inhibition

mongolian

attribution

circumvention

academy

constitution

praetorian

disinfection

assyrian

dichotomy

electrician

execution

exposition

interdiction

intersection

jurisdiction

misperception

inquisition

intervention

substitution

expedition

reproduction

imperfection

interception

malnutrition

retribution

contrarian

estimated

hemoglobin

macedonian

republican

introspection

misbegotten

interjection

noblewoman

shakespearean

sustainable

actionable

algonquian

carcinogen

bohemian

indecision

crucifixion

residential

restitution

circumcision

subdivision

distribution

indiscretion

introduction

contribution

astonishment

contravention

contradiction

extradition

obstetrician

astonishing

equestrian

academies

guatemalan

herculean

englishwoman

nonpartisan

interurban

isotonic

businesswoman

overburden

penicillin

sectarian

gentlewoman

hydrocarbon

nicaraguan

ostensibly

ostensible

rhododendron

melanesian

dictionary

reconstruction

deconstruction

polynesian

institution

ohioan

arizonan

draconian

interwoven

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sicilian

nonprescription

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committeeman

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estimator

estonian

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residency

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copenhagen

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5 syllable words

annihilation

ionization

alleviation

corroboration

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cooperation

evaluation

attenuation

abbreviation

coagulation

legalization

amelioration

inauguration

orientation

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deification

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examination

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miscalculation

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simplification

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panamanian

approximation

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academicians

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legitimacy

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legitimately

testimonials

amazonian

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caledonian

hanoverian

lithuanian

pythagorean

vegetarian

centenarian

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legitimizes

customarily

carolinian

nickelodeon

academically

systematically

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word ligation

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

Rhyming Dictionary


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