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

bending

christian

diction

drunken

dungeon

ending

engine

fiction

friction

funding

gentian

lending

luncheon

mention

pending

pension

shrunken

squinting

sunken

tension

fission

heathen

kitchen

mission

pigeon

vision

condense

grandson

intend

intense

intent

landman

lengthen

sentence

strengthen

windmill

mentions

penguin

bellman

airman

banyan

bolden

bookman

canyon

bullion

lendings

canton

chairman

chessman

chevron

chieftain

endings

henchman

tungsten

comedown

condemn

condone

cordon

desman

footman

fountain

freedman

garden

golden

goodman

harden

headman

hempen

hetman

intone

jetson

jorden

jordan

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kremlin

lineman

linemen

m1

melton

mountain

mundane

muslin

nekton

olden

outdone

panton

pardon

pectin

plantain

ponton

pressman

random

santon

scullion

sequin

shearman

soldan

stepson

sultan

tandem

teston

tubman

tuscan

undine

union

vulcan

wanton

warden

woodman

woolman

auden

beacon

beaten

beckon

bellon

breton

broaden

burden

burdon

button

canaan

cannon

canon

charon

cheapen

cousin

cretin

deacon

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dozen

eaten

elan

felon

freeman

gladden

heaven

heron

jetton

laden

leaven

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

lyden

madden

maiden

marron

melon

muffin

mullen

mutton

odin

oven

perron

pullen

reason

reckon

rerun

resin

riden

sadden

seaman

season

semen

seton

seven

sodden

steven

sullen

summon

sweeten

threaten

toughen

treason

trodden

vegan

weaken

weapon

wheaten

widen

woman

woolen

banding

bushman

condensed

belgian

brethren

binding

bounding

function

bonding

junction

dutchman

huntsman

intents

landsman

finding

flexion

founding

hounding

mangan

freshman

hangman

landing

longan

mansion

minding

suction

section

sounding

winding

windmills

pounding

question

rounding

baldwin

bludgeon

bordman

cantons

cauldron

condemned

condemns

condones

cushion

delphian

dudgeon

dustman

entwine

fountains

freshen

grecian

gudgeon

headsman

hessian

intones

klansman

legion

lesion

mountains

paean

peon

prussian

region

russian

sandman

seedsman

session

sexton

townsman

emption

bindings

landings

findings

gumption

soundings

plankton

acton

alban

alman

apron

arson

aspen

atman

austin

bagman

bantam

bargain

barton

baston

boatman

boston

brakeman

calvin

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

centime

chaplain

chapman

classman

claxon

contain

contemn

copeman

corban

dalton

dampen

damson

darken

dentine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

falcon

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

foreman

gascon

gorgon

hackman

harken

harten

hearten

houseman

jackman

jargon

jasmine

kirkman

lightman

lockman

lopeman

marlin

marten

martin

matron

molten

morgan

mormon

newsman

norman

organ

orphan

outrun

oxen

packman

parson

passman

patron

pentane

phantom

quantum

saffron

samson

saxon

scallion

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallion

stallman

stockman

tarpon

tartan

vintner

workman

guardsman

ointment

sanction

alan

amman

othman

baron

bacon

barren

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

bayman

bison

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

brazen

broken

burman

burton

bourbon

bracken

brighten

brogan

cabin

cayman

certain

chasten

flashgun

caisson

chosen

colon

watchman

common

craven

crewman

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

cotton

crouton

cuban

dragon

dromon

ermine

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

firman

flatten

floren

foreign

frighten

frozen

gallon

gammon

garron

german

gluten

gotten

graven

happen

hasten

hausen

haven

heighten

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

hyson

jason

kalan

lagan

latin

layman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

logan

loosen

loren

lumen

mason

moisten

often

omen

open

pagan

patten

pavon

person

platen

platten

poison

pollan

proven

anthem

pollen

raven

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

satin

rosin

rotten

rumen

salmon

satan

sermon

shaken

shaman

churchman

shogun

showman

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

soften

solon

coachman

spoken

stolen

straighten

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

thousand

tighten

titan

token

toman

triton

turban

urban

urson

wagon

waken

warren

whiten

wizen

worsen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zircon

lampron

capstan

caxton

doctrine

centimes

bantams

homespun

horseman

contains

marchman

oarsman

phantoms

portman

postman

salesman

scotsman

vintners

yachtsman

statesman

spokesman

markman

ashen

asian

burgeon

cajun

caution

earthen

fashion

fusion

haitian

lotion

mahone

motion

nation

notion

ocean

passion

pathan

persian

potion

ration

station

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

trojan

urchin

version

anthems

cowan

dian

gowan

lion

ion

mayan

owen

rowan

rayon

rowen

ruin

scion

urine

zion

centner

canteen

entomb

maintain

nineteen

pontoon

contempt

craftsman

draftsman

landmark

intends

marksman

sportsman

faustian

fortune

action

caption

faction

bastion

option

fraction

margin

torsion

georgian

auction

martian

portion

traction

canteens

handmade

landmarks

maintains

pontoons

nineteenth

contends

smoothens

contend

paintings

somethings

contents

smoothen

knitting

smoothing

bunting

chanting

daunting

fainting

hunting

mounting

painting

panting

shunting

pointing

taunting

wanting

content

something

sometime

sometimes

3 syllable words

chilean

fenian

ghanaian

gillian

libyan

simian

syrian

undying

aegean

phrygian

scythian

stygian

abandon

clarendon

dominion

in-person

londoners

opinion

tendency

unburden

induction

citizen

denizen

reunion

bedizen

bitumen

cyprian

mandarin

nevadan

andean

anyone

uneven

eleven

silicon

venison

beholden

condition

detention

dimension

dissension

ignition

inaction

incision

incursion

indenture

insertion

invasion

inversion

menhaden

pretension

prevention

rendition

retention

deletion

decision

delusion

desertion

devotion

division

elation

emission

emotion

erosion

evasion

bedouin

fisherman

immersion

carrion

imagine

illusion

clarion

phoenician

heroine

median

rescission

marian

religion

malayan

reversion

hawaiian

heroin

undoing

nemean

cetacean

samoan

sedition

reopen

recision

veteran

recession

plebeian

secession

venetian

badminton

disunion

endowment

intestine

tendencies

bedridden

bentonite

brazilian

civilian

condenser

conduction

derision

discipline

enlighten

enliven

fijian

forbidden

fruition

genuine

guncotton

inception

inclusion

indentured

indentures

infection

inflation

infusion

inhuman

intention

intimate

intrusion

invention

italian

minuteman

mistaken

parisian

pavilion

predestine

rebellion

sentinel

singleton

talisman

timberman

tuition

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

vermilion

keratin

benjamin

contusion

bosnian

kantian

conversion

deception

detection

election

erection

keynesian

deduction

depletion

emulsion

equation

impassion

dentition

emotions

jamaican

defection

deflation

depiction

depression

irishman

laurentian

awaken

revulsion

lesbian

medicine

seclusion

elison

specimen

thespian

endowments

toboggan

seduction

bandana

lanolin

skeleton

suburban

sensation

entombment

bulletin

addiction

garrison

gordian

ingestion

injection

fustian

freemason

attention

concession

concussion

discussion

eruption

exertion

fixation

foundation

prediction

cistercian

confession

dispersion

preclusion

assassin

bouillon

ferryman

preemption

reception

determine

guardian

jettison

overdone

ascension

dictation

pelican

peterman

puritan

ramadan

connection

connexion

contagion

diffusion

misshapen

vatican

eviction

excision

unison

wesleyan

resection

commitment

communion

companion

franciscan

gentleman

contingent

condensate

condiment

imprison

expansion

intensely

octillion

undaunted

intensive

rejection

intended

extension

intently

sentinels

bandwagon

countryman

egyptian

ejection

embolden

inspection

sentences

sentiment

infarction

inflection

infliction

infraction

truncation

intentioned

downtrodden

handwoven

intimates

intentions

etruscan

reptilian

unbroken

addition

aleutian

allusion

assertion

audition

aversion

cessation

clergyman

collegian

collision

collusion

commission

commotion

correction

corruption

direction

donation

duration

edition

lecithin

malaysian

munition

musician

narration

negation

occasion

omission

permission

petition

physician

pollution

position

possession

precession

precision

predation

procession

profession

promotion

provision

regimen

remission

revision

sedation

solution

summation

tradition

volition

affliction

moroccan

odeon

myosin

niacin

orion

uterine

freudian

foramen

confection

conception

conclusion

concoction

conflation

conviction

confucian

confusion

convention

tamarin

saccharin

contention

contortion

contrition

convulsion

declension

deflection

convection

diffraction

discretion

disruption

distortion

exaction

exception

excursion

exhaustion

filtration

implosion

impression

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

horizon

pentathlon

resumption

englishman

presumption

redemption

reflection

biotin

cation

distinction

suspension

abdomen

acumen

bandanas

battalion

lumberman

nobleman

rifleman

magdalen

alaskan

alderman

andante

cantonal

cardigan

chairperson

chairwoman

cohesion

endemic

everyone

logician

magician

medallion

mexican

policeman

randomize

randomly

remittance

wantonly

lutheran

creation

inscription

injunction

instruction

condensates

condiments

commitments

congestion

containment

contingents

sentiments

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

accession

accretion

admission

adoption

affection

aggression

ambition

anchorman

apportion

aspersion

attrition

carnation

cognition

collection

compassion

crustacean

damnation

dissection

donations

endanger

extinction

fandango

gestation

lanthanum

munitions

nutrition

obsession

occlusion

oppression

optician

partition

patrician

perception

perfection

plantation

production

profusion

progression

proportion

propulsion

protection

reduction

regression

repression

secretion

selection

stagnation

submersion

submission

subversion

succession

summations

suppression

suspicion

tactician

technician

temptation

transition

adrian

beethoven

catalan

gravamen

container

feminine

forgotten

collagen

hammerman

consumption

javelin

contentions

jacobin

landowner

melanin

abstention

monotone

ottoman

overman

overrun

superman

solomon

vitamin

waterman

contraction

contraption

description

destruction

distraction

encryption

exclusion

excretion

exemption

explosion

expression

expulsion

extrusion

prescription

proscription

restriction

unthinking

adhesion

arkansan

digestion

nebraskan

snapdragon

contented

continent

landmasses

councilman

maintenance

crestfallen

countenance

harlequin

muskmelon

suggestion

emblazon

tantamount

nonunion

projection

contentment

abduction

assumption

attraction

combustion

margarine

completion

compulsion

nonhuman

gradation

halogen

endangered

cremation

pantheon

parthian

percussion

reaction

compression

relation

endangers

entangle

frustration

origin

transaction

precaution

translation

transmission

untangle

avian

dorian

conjunction

fabian

construction

constriction

conscription

galleon

protean

irian

jovian

julian

nubian

korean

arian

alien

aryan

gaussian

permian

subscription

appian

transcription

grobian

partisan

pantomime

capsaicin

pandemic

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

perfusion

porcelain

continents

backwoodsman

backgammon

mountaineer

containers

artisan

african

antennas

corsican

landowners

untimely

objection

forewoman

rhodopsin

sumatran

absorption

adsorption

artesian

asuncion

cartesian

coercion

complexion

congressman

corrosion

croatian

digression

entangled

extortion

horatian

hydration

hydrogen

laotian

nitrogen

norwegian

oxygen

subtraction

transfusion

transgression

ambrosian

albion

saleswoman

scorpion

albumin

antenna

zambian

campion

contenders

continues

masculine

compunction

outspoken

mountaineers

housebroken

halcyon

champion

extraction

obstruction

caucasian

anglican

causation

citation

dilation

dilution

diversion

flirtation

flotation

gyration

janthina

ligation

location

mutation

notation

oration

ovation

perversion

privation

probation

vocation

retraction

vacation

quotation

rotation

contemplate

heartbroken

australian

austrian

cambrian

contender

continue

alsatian

formation

dalmatian

lactation

contemplates

libration

salvation

vibration

migration

optation

persuasion

starvation

taxation

continued

castration

prostration

penitent

abstraction

emitting

vomiting

anything

commuting

unwitting

4 syllable words

canadian

devonian

iranian

simonian

meridian

corinthian

abyssinian

canadians

darwinian

dominican

indecision

indication

indonesian

interurban

inundation

minnesotan

precondition

syndication

vindication

bolivian

assyrian

criterion

himalayan

kindergarten

hyperion

iberian

liberian

arizonan

innovation

intuition

smithsonian

inhalation

rumination

floridian

polynesian

collodion

comedian

planarian

siberian

sicilian

reawaken

monotony

vanadium

valerian

generation

indentation

nigerian

indexation

veneration

indemnify

indignation

pelagian

reassertion

indemnity

athenian

hegelian

iteration

liberation

interdiction

miseration

interwoven

indigestion

accordion

amphibian

armenian

polyhedron

centenary

centurion

comedians

committeeman

intermission

inattention

intimation

intonation

cotyledon

custodian

interruption

inspiration

insulation

insurrection

interaction

intercession

information

dandelion

invitation

copernican

invocation

eritrean

estonian

historian

liquidation

intimacy

nicaraguan

oblivion

obsidian

olympian

penicillin

predetermine

reexamine

benediction

commendation

carcinogen

situation

victorian

ohioan

indiscretion

introduction

algerian

dilatation

disillusion

dissertation

dissolution

emotional

syncopation

dissipation

figuration

immolation

irrigation

irritation

hungarian

indemnities

fumigation

titillation

inhibition

rhododendron

bifurcation

businesswoman

californian

dehydration

fluoridation

levitation

limitation

preelection

realization

reelection

continuance

litigation

renovation

visitation

fundamental

gravitation

repossession

trepidation

imitation

mitigation

anatomy

arabian

bavarian

chameleon

coloradan

contingency

disinfection

disinflation

draconian

european

fallopian

galilean

gregorian

incantation

incarnation

inclination

infestation

inflammation

inquisition

installation

instigation

institution

integration

intentional

interception

intersection

intervention

intimations

intonations

jacobean

maccabean

mammalian

ministration

missourian

napoleon

newtonian

plutonian

praetorian

protozoan

reinspection

adrenaline

cogitation

continual

armageddon

contaminate

crocodilian

hemoglobin

inattentive

intemperate

intensify

intensity

intimately

macedonian

misbegotten

republican

shakespearean

fundamentals

anathema

apparition

interjection

coalition

coloration

preparation

mediation

variation

apprehension

separation

violation

leviathan

reparation

incubation

dietitian

surrogation

prohibition

rhetorician

decoration

federation

bohemian

abdication

depredation

contingencies

crucifixion

incrustation

endangerment

cultivation

degradation

infiltration

dereliction

fabrication

implantation

designation

disaffection

dislocation

disposition

distillation

fibrillation

hypertension

immigration

imposition

lilliputian

lubrication

mountaineering

publication

restitution

retardation

simulation

subdivision

tribulation

impregnation

penetration

resignation

stimulation

stipulation

ventilation

albanian

aldebaran

columbian

barbarian

alabaman

gorgonian

graduation

greco-roman

guatemalan

nestorian

pagurian

paraguayan

samaritan

saturation

glaciation

overburden

sectarian

american

cyclopean

agrarian

centennial

centimetre

jordanian

librarian

tasmanian

maturation

wagnerian

comprehension

englishwoman

contaminates

elongation

intensities

intensively

equestrian

intensifies

gentlewoman

intensified

sentimental

appalachian

appellation

demolition

derivation

desolation

imperfection

hesitation

importation

ostentation

allocation

devolution

medication

desiccation

divination

isolation

meditation

punctuation

deposition

manumission

pigmentation

elevation

abolition

allegation

animation

annotation

avocation

collocation

connotation

correlation

desperation

diminution

erudition

locomotion

mongolian

motivation

circumvention

evolution

electrician

jubilation

illustration

arthurian

dedication

defamation

delegation

hibernation

implication

reproduction

decimation

declaration

habitation

imputation

mutilation

navigation

politician

preignition

preservation

propagation

proposition

readmission

recitation

recreation

reformation

repercussion

repetition

reposition

revocation

revolution

sanitation

suffocation

supervision

supposition

ulceration

validation

vacillation

arbitration

condemnation

restoration

condensation

condescension

provocation

resurrection

attribution

decompression

dispensation

intangible

liquefaction

menstruation

oscillation

disconnection

jurisdiction

misperception

octahedron

substitution

opposition

revelation

tetrahedron

disputation

respiration

introspection

reservation

augmentation

resolution

adulation

agitation

anatomist

andantino

antinomy

centimetres

comparison

contrarian

diocesan

education

fluctuation

intimidate

modulation

noblewoman

pedestrian

registration

remittances

vegetation

abnegation

abrogation

acclamation

radiation

absolution

adoration

acclimation

affectation

acquisition

activation

aggravation

aggregation

algonquian

aviation

accusation

advocation

self-deception

alternation

annexation

application

approbation

calibration

cancellation

backwardation

celebration

circulation

circumcision

competition

commutation

compilation

composition

convolution

desecration

emigration

consummation

duplication

foliation

confirmation

conservation

consolation

contradiction

contravention

conversation

convocation

culmination

depravation

deprivation

destination

devastation

destitution

elocution

emulation

excitation

equitation

estimation

exhibition

expiration

molestation

condemnations

granulation

gargantuan

obligation

occupation

misconception

moderation

ordination

distribution

ideation

ovulation

oxidation

population

palpitation

persecution

predilection

proclamation

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

refutation

regulation

replication

reputation

requisition

retrocession

segregation

speculation

superhuman

superstition

statistician

tabulation

deviation

intangibles

conjugation

assemblyman

continental

countenances

intimidates

legislation

nonpartisan

entanglement

moravian

peruvian

watermelon

calculation

admiration

definition

melanesian

amputation

relocation

detonation

complication

confiscation

premonition

evocation

computation

emanation

consecration

consternation

constitution

exhortation

expedition

exploration

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word linden

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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