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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word lightman.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
3 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word lightman.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

dutchman

hangman

lightning

watchman

dian

ion

lion

mayan

scion

zion

lighting

pathan

sighting

huntsman

fighting

craftsman

draftsman

sportsman

bordman

doctrine

horseman

klansman

landman

marchman

markman

nightmares

oarsman

postman

salesman

seedsman

townsman

acton

airman

alban

apron

aspen

baston

bellman

arson

austin

bargain

barton

billman

bookman

chaplain

chieftain

boston

calvin

canton

captain

carbon

carton

chairman

chessman

citron

claxon

copeman

corban

cordon

dalton

dampen

damson

darken

desman

dobson

dolphin

falcon

fielden

fountain

faulcon

garden

gascon

goodman

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

jargon

jetson

jordan

jorden

kansan

kirkman

london

lopeman

marlin

marten

martin

morgan

mountain

muslin

newsman

nighttime

organ

orphan

oxen

panton

pardon

parson

penman

plantain

ponton

pressman

saffron

samson

santon

saxon

sequin

sharpen

shipman

shorten

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

sultan

tarpon

tartan

tuscan

right-hand

tillman

undone

vulcan

wanton

warden

woodman

woolman

workman

whitson

lightnings

alan

asthma

auden

bacon

baron

barren

basin

bason

beacon

bitten

blacken

bobbin

bollen

bowman

bracken

brazen

breton

briton

broaden

burman

burton

cabin

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

certain

chasten

cheapen

cousin

craven

crewman

crouton

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

deacon

deepen

dozen

dragon

dromon

eden

elan

ermine

fallen

fasten

firman

floren

foreign

gallon

garron

german

gladden

gluten

graven

happen

hasten

hausen

haven

hoten

human

jason

jetton

kalan

kitten

laden

lagan

lemon

leven

locken

loren

lumen

madden

maiden

mason

mitten

moisten

muffin

mullen

often

omen

oven

pagan

pavon

poison

pollan

pollen

raven

reason

rerun

robin

roman

rosin

rumen

sadden

season

sermon

shaken

showman

slacken

smitten

sodden

soften

steven

sudden

sullen

taken

talon

tappen

thousand

threaten

toman

toughen

treason

trodden

wagon

waken

warren

weaken

woman

women

written

yaupon

yeoman

landsman

marksman

action

auction

bastion

bushman

caption

churchman

coachman

drunken

guardsman

dungeon

faction

faustian

fightings

flashgun

fortune

fraction

freshman

georgian

longan

luncheon

mangan

mansion

margin

martian

option

portion

shrunken

sightings

suction

sunken

torsion

traction

ashen

asian

baldwin

bludgeon

cajun

capstan

cauldron

caution

caxton

cowan

dudgeon

earthen

fashion

gowan

grandson

grecian

gudgeon

haitian

headsman

heathen

lampron

legion

lesion

mahone

nation

paean

passion

peon

prussian

ration

rayon

region

russian

spokesman

station

suasion

yachting

actions

auctions

bastions

henchman

gumption

tungsten

plankton

factions

banyan

bolden

canyon

chastened

chevron

clinton

crimson

custom

ensign

eyestone

fastened

gilden

golden

hastens

hempen

ibsen

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kremlin

linden

lisbon

lynden

m1

melton

mignon

milken

molten

nekton

olden

onion

pectin

piston

runnion

scallion

scullion

selden

shakedown

silken

soldan

stallion

stepson

sylvan

tendon

teston

function

junction

sanction

vestment

beckon

christian

engine

begun

bellon

billon

bisson

friction

blowgun

bourbon

burden

burdon

wasting

broken

fiction

brogan

charon

flexion

question

chicken

christen

casting

pension

chosen

colon

deafen

acting

gentian

cuban

deaden

devon

driven

eighteen

basting

costing

glidden

glisten

belgian

gibbon

given

griffon

leaden

lessen

lesson

linen

brethren

listen

logan

mention

frozen

mustang

heaven

ousting

heron

rincon

hidden

hogan

section

felon

hoven

leaven

ledden

loosen

marron

melon

ninon

odin

open

perron

person

prison

proven

pullen

quicken

reckon

redden

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

seven

tasting

tension

rosen

shogun

sicken

diction

lasting

slogan

solon

spoken

stiffen

stolen

stricken

striven

swollen

thicken

token

turban

urban

urson

vegan

villain

weapon

wiccan

wooden

woolen

worsen

woven

zircon

nighttimes

strengthen

distant

homespun

distance

astound

children

customs

lengthen

pistons

shakedowns

sexton

burgeon

cushion

fission

freshen

fusion

hessian

kitchen

lotion

mission

motion

notion

ocean

persian

pigeon

potion

session

sturgeon

surgeon

trojan

urchin

version

vestments

vision

emption

fictions

mustangs

castings

penguin

questions

sections

tastings

rowan

ruin

urine

owen

rowen

billion

bullion

chestnut

destin

dictum

dukedom

eighteens

keystone

minion

octane

kenyan

lactone

listens

million

pillion

pinion

rectum

sustain

system

trillion

union

stillion

victim

wisdom

extant

astounds

postmark

listing

coasting

resting

hosting

posting

roasting

testing

toasting

twisting

eighteenth

vesting

boasting

chestnuts

costumes

delphian

distend

keystones

sustained

sustains

systems

victims

postings

listings

bookstand

extend

extent

sistine

costume

festoon

esteem

distinct

bookstands

extends

sixteenths

sixteen

extinct

pastimes

sixteens

sixteenth

pastime

peacetime

ragtime

touchdown

touchdowns

disdain

disdained

disdains

3 syllable words

biotin

cation

irian

myosin

niacin

citation

acumen

policeman

rifleman

gravamen

bitumen

beethoven

fustian

vatican

catalan

kantian

hammerman

solomon

irishman

nitrogen

excitement

dilation

ligation

lightening

alien

parthian

petition

avian

privation

dilution

diversion

gyration

fabian

fenian

foramen

horizon

median

nemean

protean

reopen

saccharin

samoan

tamarin

uterine

veteran

albumin

countryman

abdomen

alderman

artisan

austrian

backgammon

battalion

charwoman

creation

enlighten

fijian

forewoman

laotian

lumberman

lutheran

nobleman

nonhuman

partisan

scythian

sumatran

talisman

uncommon

assassin

awaken

collagen

forgotten

freemason

garrison

mandarin

overman

skeleton

specimen

uneven

admission

citizen

jacobin

keynesian

attrition

keratin

attention

adrian

champion

cinnamon

jamaican

javelin

jettison

lanolin

anchorman

artesian

puritan

ramadan

reunion

suburban

superman

toboggan

cartesian

nevadan

contagion

campion

contusion

crustacean

digression

dissection

hydration

hydrogen

lactation

libration

migration

nightmarish

optation

optician

partition

patrician

plantation

preemption

pretension

profusion

protection

retention

submersion

submission

tactician

vibration

ferryman

zambian

communion

councilman

digestion

downtrodden

gentleman

masculine

muskmelon

nonunion

octillion

outspoken

saleswoman

testament

addition

aleutian

allusion

assertion

audition

aversion

caucasian

causation

cetacean

clergyman

collegian

collision

collusion

commission

commotion

corruption

cremation

edition

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

gradation

halogen

lecithin

malaysian

margarine

mutation

negation

notation

occasion

oration

origin

phoenician

physician

pollution

position

possession

precaution

precession

precision

predation

procession

profession

promotion

provision

quotation

reaction

regimen

relation

remission

revision

rotation

sedation

solution

summation

tradition

vacation

venetian

assumption

attraction

dorian

galleon

castration

fastener

gaussian

permian

confucian

confusion

ghanaian

contrition

contention

contortion

arian

hawaiian

aryan

bedouin

malayan

frustration

orion

moroccan

plebeian

simian

inhuman

prostration

retraction

right-handed

heroine

heroin

appian

korean

transmission

abandon

african

alaskan

asthmatic

bystander

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

corsican

customize

discipline

dominion

enliven

estimate

forbidden

genuine

guncotton

italian

magdalen

magician

mistaken

perfusion

porcelain

predestine

rhodopsin

timberman

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

unwritten

coercion

corrosion

horatian

australian

croatian

parisian

tuition

backwoodsman

heartbroken

testaments

fruition

derision

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

accession

accretion

addiction

adoption

affection

aggression

alsatian

ambition

apportion

ascension

aspersion

auctioneer

benjamin

carnation

cistercian

cognition

collection

compassion

concession

concussion

condition

confession

connection

connexion

conversion

dalmatian

damnation

deduction

dentition

detection

detention

dictation

diffusion

eruption

exciting

formation

foundation

gestation

inaction

laurentian

nightingale

norwegian

nutrition

obsession

occlusion

oppression

oxygen

positions

prediction

prevention

production

progression

proportion

propulsion

reactions

reduction

regression

repression

resection

revulsion

salvation

secretion

seduction

selection

stagnation

starvation

subversion

succession

suppression

suspicion

taxation

temptation

transition

vacations

andean

abstention

anyone

bedizen

begotten

denizen

fasteners

gordian

halcyon

macadam

medicine

congressman

contraction

bulletin

destiny

feminine

consumption

contraption

albion

subtraction

transfusion

bosnian

bouillon

customer

acetone

eleven

elison

guardian

overdone

scorpion

restriction

overrun

pelican

silicon

unison

venison

accident

adhesion

ambrosian

arkansan

badminton

bandwagon

bystanders

companion

crestfallen

disunion

estimates

etruscan

franciscan

handwoven

harlequin

housebroken

intestine

nebraskan

occident

projection

reptilian

snapdragon

suggestion

sustenance

truncation

unbroken

astounding

compulsion

division

emission

erosion

compression

cessation

donation

convulsion

deletion

desertion

evasion

completion

convention

conviction

illusion

imagine

immersion

locating

location

ovation

percussion

permission

questioner

convection

recision

conception

diffraction

exaction

presumption

resumption

correction

decision

delusion

devotion

direction

duration

munition

perversion

recession

probation

emotion

fastening

narration

elation

musician

omission

religion

abduction

affliction

anglican

auctioneers

vocation

combustion

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confection

conflation

declension

disruption

distortion

exhaustion

secession

filtration

volition

induction

infusion

intention

intrusion

midshipman

misfortune

pentathlon

sedition

redemption

singleton

suspension

transaction

rescission

translation

reversion

chilean

libyan

abstraction

listener

marian

carrion

clarion

syrian

freudian

gillian

grobian

odeon

jovian

constriction

construction

obstruction

julian

nubian

congestion

objection

post-mortem

decadent

decedent

residence

resident

medallion

bedridden

chairperson

civilian

brazilian

customers

costumers

pavilion

mexican

cohesion

opinion

everyone

vermilion

destinies

victimize

accidents

dissidence

dissident

hesitant

systemic

in-person

guesstimate

logician

absorption

adsorption

aegean

astonish

asuncion

beholden

complexion

deception

defection

deflation

depiction

depletion

depression

destruction

dimension

discussion

dispersion

dissension

distraction

election

emulsion

equating

equation

erection

eviction

excision

exemption

exertion

expansion

expulsion

extension

extortion

extrusion

fastenings

fictional

fixation

ignition

impassion

incision

incursion

infarction

infraction

insertion

invasion

inversion

lastingly

locations

menhaden

misshapen

perception

perfection

persuasion

phrygian

preclusion

prescription

questioners

questionnaire

reception

rendition

seclusion

sectional

sensation

stygian

technician

transgression

vocations

dissidents

distances

egyptian

ejection

emblazon

embolden

guesstimates

postmaster

pseudonym

rejection

postnatal

wesleyan

residents

academe

decadents

decedents

compunction

costumer

lesbian

cyprian

indian

listeners

nicotine

disdainful

melanin

englishman

distinction

toastmaster

astounded

thespian

imprison

extraction

extensions

conjunction

conscription

instruction

transcription

subscription

ticketing

visiting

deflection

equations

besetting

discretion

exception

impression

infection

inflation

excursion

implosion

inception

inclusion

invention

misprision

rectangle

questionnaires

reflection

listening

postmasters

ingestion

injection

liechtenstein

extinction

distinctions

clarendon

distemper

pseudonyms

rebellion

tectonic

inflection

infliction

description

explosion

inspection

proscription

exclusion

expression

rectangles

encryption

excretion

extinctions

exceeding

extender

inscription

injunction

tectonics

istanbul

echidna

extenders

extensive

distinctive

distinctly

distinguish

distinguished

extinguish

extinguished

asthmatics

succeeding

4 syllable words

criterion

dietitian

committeeman

guatemalan

predetermine

watermelon

canadian

arabian

comedian

chameleon

diocesan

hyperion

iberian

liberian

mammalian

praetorian

siberian

athenian

ideation

leviathan

nigerian

violation

moravian

albanian

armenian

alabaman

cyclopean

cotyledon

custodian

librarian

jordanian

commutation

excitation

pagurian

reexamine

hypertension

tasmanian

ohioan

alteration

annotation

arthurian

connotation

dilatation

hibernation

manumission

politician

recitation

meditation

repetition

sanitation

valuation

readmission

legitimate

hesitation

isolation

gravitation

habitation

amputation

coloradan

computation

dichotomy

draconian

newtonian

plutonian

protozoan

reawaken

utopian

agitation

armageddon

cogitation

customizes

pedestrian

contrarian

noblewoman

vegetation

aberration

adoration

apparition

aviation

bohemian

coalition

coloration

corinthian

deviation

foliation

hegelian

iteration

laceration

mediation

moderation

operation

pelagian

prohibition

radiation

reassertion

rhetorician

surrogation

toleration

variation

contemplation

accusation

activation

adaptation

admonition

affectation

altercation

alternation

competition

culmination

cultivation

deformation

inattention

intimation

masturbation

occupation

deportation

devastation

elocution

equitation

estimation

granulation

intermission

lilliputian

palpitation

penetration

permutation

persecution

polyhedron

population

prostitution

refutation

reputation

superhuman

astonishment

prosecution

retardation

statistician

tabulation

copernican

dominican

estonian

maturation

nicaraguan

sectarian

glaciation

graduation

greco-roman

nestorian

isotonic

american

columbian

aldebaran

amphibian

centurion

eritrean

estimator

eustachian

herculean

historian

interurban

minnesotan

olympian

penicillin

samaritan

saturation

victorian

assemblyman

dehydration

gentlewoman

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

nonpartisan

avocation

collocation

corp.

corporation

decimation

dedication

medication

augmentation

correlation

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

navigation

nomination

opposition

oscillation

perturbation

polynesian

procreation

propagation

attribution

preelection

preignition

proposition

renovation

arbitration

reelection

reposition

repossession

recreation

provocation

calculation

resolution

relocation

constellation

consternation

constipation

realization

repercussion

restoration

revelation

revocation

revolution

constitution

appalachian

defamation

allegation

allocation

delegation

abolition

admiration

animation

estimations

appellation

octahedron

satisfaction

substitution

affirmation

formulation

lancastrian

mortification

fragmentation

aspiration

deposition

inhalation

consultation

gastrulation

illustration

derivation

desiccation

desolation

dissertation

evolution

devolution

evocation

dissolution

disputation

importation

domination

figuration

imputation

erudition

intuition

fluoridation

incantation

ostentation

transportation

elevation

innovation

irrigation

ministration

levitation

execution

exhortation

decompression

irritation

jubilation

legitimize

limitation

malnutrition

litigation

locomotion

smithsonian

suffocation

supposition

titillation

ulceration

vacillation

validation

visitation

academy

adrenaline

adulation

arizonan

assyrian

bavarian

collodion

comparison

education

estimable

estimated

estimators

estonians

european

fallopian

floridian

fluctuation

galilean

gregorian

hemoglobin

himalayan

indigestion

interwoven

iranian

jacobean

maccabean

misbegotten

missourian

modulation

napoleon

planarian

republican

shakespearean

simonian

strangulation

sustainable

tamoxifen

valerian

abdication

abnegation

federation

generation

perforation

preparation

acclamation

acclimation

reparation

veneration

abrogation

exploitation

acquisition

actionable

absolution

advocation

aggravation

circumcision

commendation

contribution

combination

contradiction

aggregation

ammunition

backwardation

celebration

circulation

compilation

contravention

conservation

contraception

composition

consolation

consummation

orchestration

annexation

carcinogen

sequestration

separation

confirmation

miseration

cancellation

liberation

calibration

obstetrician

approbation

application

benediction

conversation

convocation

convolution

degradation

designation

destitution

disaffection

disposition

distillation

emulation

exhibition

interaction

intercession

implantation

demarcation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

duplication

fabrication

gargantuan

indication

insulation

interruption

invitation

obligation

incrustation

invocation

molestation

observation

decoration

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

posthumously

predilection

proclamation

protestation

publication

relaxation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

regulation

replication

resignation

restitution

retrocession

simulation

speculation

stimulation

requisition

segregation

stipulation

subdivision

superstition

tribulation

vaccination

ventilation

vindication

exhumation

businesswoman

elongation

ostensible

accidental

astonishing

conjugation

equestrian

kindergarten

inhibition

legislation

occidental

ostensibly

rhododendron

syncopation

comprehension

abyssinian

academies

accordion

agrarian

barbarian

customary

darwinian

dandelion

transplantation

gorgonian

hesitancy

misdemeanor

oblivion

pavlovian

peruvian

obsidian

overburden

paraguayan

residency

situation

testimony

wagnerian

meridian

resurrection

bifurcation

mongolian

supervision

coronation

perspiration

respiration

fascination

declaration

demolition

desperation

detonation

dictionary

circumvention

diminution

machination

reservation

rumination

compensation

infestation

dissipation

confiscation

consecration

inflammation

jurisdiction

fumigation

liquefaction

emanation

reinspection

imitation

immolation

punctuation

germination

transformation

hungarian

reformation

excavation

malformation

trepidation

electrician

embarkation

menstruation

obfuscation

exposition

implication

usurpation

segmentation

complication

termination

algerian

preservation

profanation

disillusion

condemnation

condensation

condescension

expedition

incarnation

indentation

inquisition

installation

instigation

institution

integration

interception

interdiction

intersection

intervention

pigmentation

reproduction

retribution

subluxation

tetrahedron

premonition

apprehension

congregation

exhalation

incubation

interjection

registration

circumspection

conflagration

crocodilian

residences

misdemeanors

testimonies

concentration

pagination

confrontation

macedonian

distribution

extradition

exclamation

expectation

explication

extrication

infiltration

introduction

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word lightman

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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