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

machination

machinations

vaccination

fascination

pagination

allegation

allocation

animation

accusation

appellation

vaccinations

annotation

acclamation

avocation

coronation

detonation

domination

emanation

germination

habitation

navigation

profanation

acclimation

nomination

sanitation

activation

termination

vacillation

validation

recantation

adulation

agitation

calculation

fragmentation

abrogation

adaptation

aggravation

aggregation

approbation

decimation

application

desiccation

advocation

desolation

meditation

oscillation

calibration

appalachian

connotation

dedication

elevation

medication

provocation

revocation

circulation

suffocation

combination

delegation

recitation

cancellation

commendation

collocation

divination

hesitation

isolation

propagation

culmination

equitation

correlation

gravitation

destination

granulation

defamation

fermentation

occupation

revelation

designation

ordination

oxidation

palpitation

proclamation

reclamation

resignation

derivation

presentation

speculation

tabulation

renovation

violation

surrogation

education

fluctuation

vegetation

maturation

saturation

explanation

fascinated

graduation

modulation

amputation

compensation

gastrulation

jacobean

maccabean

condemnation

excavation

segmentation

condensation

inclination

admiration

obligation

abolition

affirmation

aspiration

replication

degradation

definition

backwardation

declaration

depravation

dilatation

depredation

exhalation

deprivation

fascinating

desecration

immolation

devastation

fluoridation

reputation

segregation

imitation

inhalation

abnegation

celebration

emigration

emulation

estimation

fabrication

acquisition

abdication

admonition

commutation

compilation

excitation

penetration

innovation

irrigation

litigation

melanesian

ventilation

jubilation

population

regulation

inundation

motivation

consolation

mutilation

recreation

strangulation

consummation

premonition

realization

rumination

ammunition

convocation

valuation

intonation

recognition

recollection

Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word machination.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

fraction

faction

gentian

mansion

mention

pension

tension

traction

function

junction

saxon

emption

gumption

claxon

luncheon

suction

dungeon

engine

caption

auction

sanction

flexion

section

ashen

caution

caxton

fashion

freshen

haitian

hessian

lengthen

mahone

nation

passion

prussian

ration

russian

session

station

strengthen

hackman

acton

packman

pageants

jackman

portion

question

torsion

option

slacken

martian

diction

fashioned

blacken

accents

fiction

belgian

bracken

bastion

friction

cajun

bludgeon

mission

cushion

dudgeon

accounts

pathan

magnates

peasants

grecian

pheasants

fission

gudgeon

seconds

asian

suasion

falcon

second

agents

thousandth

gascon

vacant

georgian

cushioned

margin

christian

fortune

pageant

faustian

jacinth

beckon

cabin

cannon

canon

dragon

gammon

gallon

garron

lichen

wagon

waken

lagan

latin

liken

locken

reckon

madden

alan

baron

barren

batten

batton

famine

fasten

bacon

amman

bason

baton

fatten

flatten

taken

gladden

patten

platten

shaken

zircon

satin

happen

platen

sadden

salmon

talon

tappen

thousandths

checkmates

acquaint

docents

recounts

vignettes

magnets

thousands

burgeon

earthen

heathen

kitchen

legion

lesion

lotion

motion

notion

ocean

persian

pigeon

potion

region

sturgeon

surgeon

urchin

version

vision

backhand

plankton

regents

legends

classman

aspen

pheasant

piquant

plantain

vulcan

workman

atman

bagman

calvin

banyan

baston

canton

canyon

captain

chaplain

chapman

checkmate

harken

lockman

saffron

samson

santon

scallion

discounts

viscounts

account

alman

besant

brakeman

dampen

damson

darken

decant

faulcon

jasmine

kansan

kirkman

nascent

nekton

oxen

panton

passman

peasant

pectin

stallion

stockman

thousand

tuscan

vignette

wizened

agent

ashamed

drunken

flashgun

hangman

legend

mangan

shrunken

sunken

basin

bellon

capstan

auden

bobbin

accent

bayman

beacon

bison

bollen

boughten

bourbon

brazen

breton

brighten

broaden

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

caisson

canaan

cayman

certain

charon

chasten

chicken

common

markman

curtain

cotton

cousin

craven

dagan

deafen

devon

dozen

ermine

felon

firman

foreign

gotten

graven

hausen

dagon

daman

deacon

deaden

fallen

frighten

german

hasten

floren

haven

heaven

heighten

heron

hymen

hyphen

hyson

jason

jetton

kalan

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

lighten

liman

liven

loren

lyden

maiden

marron

mason

melon

muffin

mullen

mutton

often

oven

pagan

pavon

grandson

klansman

perron

person

pollan

pollen

quicken

raven

redden

riden

ripen

robin

rosin

rotten

resin

satan

lampron

shaman

landman

sermon

seven

sicken

siphon

siren

sodden

soften

straighten

stricken

sullen

summon

marchman

sudden

bookends

spoken

syphon

thicken

threaten

tighten

titan

token

toughen

triton

trodden

turban

urban

urson

vegan

warren

weaken

wizen

yaupon

zaman

doctrine

wiccan

widen

sequent

weapon

worsen

sexton

whiten

fusion

trojan

landsman

arson

corban

cordon

decent

marksman

dobson

apron

chairman

airman

alban

austin

bargain

barton

bellman

bookend

bookman

boston

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chessman

chevron

dalton

desman

craftsman

docent

dolman

dolphin

doughnuts

ensign

fibrin

fireman

foreman

fountain

garden

gorgon

harden

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

houseman

jargon

jetson

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

lightman

lineman

linemen

london

loosened

m1

magnate

magnet

marlin

marten

martin

matron

melton

milken

minden

morgan

mormon

mountain

muslin

norman

onion

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

pardon

parson

patron

penman

ponton

pressman

recant

recent

recount

runnion

scullion

selden

sequin

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

silken

smarten

sovereign

spartan

squadron

stallman

stepson

sultan

tarpon

tartan

tendon

tubman

draftsman

sovran

teston

undone

wanton

warden

cowan

dian

foxhound

gowan

ion

lion

mayan

rayon

scion

urine

zion

brethren

churchman

dutchman

cogent

freshman

rincon

watchman

longan

othman

regent

bordman

cauldron

descents

discount

dustman

headsman

horseman

rescinds

resents

baldwin

portman

townsman

dissents

scotsman

yachtsman

ignites

viscount

spokesman

ascends

delphian

miscount

oarsman

salesman

statesman

beaten

begun

billon

bisson

bitten

blowgun

gibbon

glidden

given

glisten

gluten

griffon

kitten

leman

listen

leven

linen

logan

loosen

rerun

ribbon

lumen

ridden

rumen

seaman

semen

season

seton

risen

rosen

shogun

showman

roman

riven

slogan

steven

smitten

solon

stiffen

stolen

wooden

written

striven

sweeten

swollen

toman

woolen

woven

yeoman

treason

woman

women

driven

henchman

eden

elan

cheapen

chosen

christen

deepen

penguin

colon

demon

frozen

hoten

locksmith

human

mitten

moisten

hoven

poison

cretin

open

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

ninon

odin

omen

freeman

prison

villain

briton

brogan

hidden

pullen

wheaten

proven

bowman

dromon

eaten

hogan

tungsten

reason

guardsman

huntsman

sportsman

spearman

billman

soldan

ascent

billion

bullion

freedman

lignite

molten

shearman

shipman

signet

woolman

boatman

bolden

crimson

sylvan

goodman

newsman

olden

golden

ascend

copeman

ibsen

ignite

tillman

stillion

whitson

kismet

trillion

gilden

assumed

assent

clinton

fielden

citron

chieftain

footman

linden

lisbon

mignon

lopeman

pinion

piston

resound

union

woodman

lynden

million

pillion

pitman

lucent

minion

rescind

rowan

rowen

ruin

owen

coachman

bushman

paean

bismuth

peon

children

descends

homespun

postman

seedsman

disjoint

doughnut

quicksands

resent

resend

descent

disowned

dissent

descend

kismets

quicksand

mismatched

mismatch

3 syllable words

truncation

compunction

conflation

prostration

assumption

declension

abduction

jacobin

concession

concussion

confession

connection

connexion

libration

gestation

migration

dictation

crustacean

foundation

optation

contagion

fixation

hydration

formation

propulsion

tactician

accession

reduction

secretion

ablation

production

starvation

technician

temptation

vibration

accretion

succession

assertion

caucasian

causation

cetacean

citation

corruption

dilation

donation

duration

elation

flirtation

gradation

conjunction

halogen

location

ligation

gyration

malaysian

occasion

oration

possession

privation

procession

profession

vocation

adhesion

secondhand

clarendon

fascinates

horatian

vaccinate

conception

confucian

contention

inflation

compulsion

confection

convection

convention

frustration

presumption

sequential

resumption

deduction

backwoodsman

congestion

revulsion

selection

ascension

dentition

laurentian

digression

discussion

macintosh

feminine

seduction

melanin

invasion

deflation

mackintosh

attention

fascinate

abrasion

collection

conversion

emulsion

equation

eruption

essential

oxygen

persuasion

protection

regression

rendition

progression

affection

ambition

cognition

insertion

perception

suppression

transition

obsession

admission

aggression

compassion

condition

oppression

injunction

transcription

extension

extinction

extortion

expulsion

expression

aleutian

suggestion

edition

addition

lecithin

solution

evasion

tradition

transgression

excretion

projection

collegian

acantha

commission

commotion

cremation

notation

origin

contraction

contraption

deletion

flotation

mutation

ovation

permission

position

promotion

reaction

rotation

quotation

relation

recession

saccharin

audition

desertion

prescription

aversion

petition

physician

probation

digestion

pollution

precaution

secession

accenting

backgammon

combustion

completion

compression

concoction

conduction

confusion

contortion

contrition

conviction

convulsion

creation

croatian

discretion

disruption

distinction

essentials

exception

excursion

filtration

inception

induction

infection

invention

magician

suspension

transmission

subscription

ingestion

objection

injection

obstruction

ablution

abortion

addiction

adoption

apportion

artesian

aspersion

attrition

cartesian

cistercian

contusion

deception

depletion

depression

detention

dimension

dissection

dissension

exertion

hydrogen

ignition

inaction

incursion

inversion

nitrogen

norwegian

partition

patrician

preemption

occlusion

optician

pretension

prevention

repression

submersion

submission

masonite

suspicion

reception

retention

profusion

proportion

subversion

complexion

consumption

destruction

encryption

inflection

inspection

accented

description

proscription

transfusion

magnetron

omission

immersion

munition

perversion

precession

provision

musician

reversion

remission

sedition

volition

devotion

correction

dilution

allusion

direction

emission

emotion

collision

collusion

diversion

affliction

cohesion

raconteur

recondite

attraction

conclusion

diffraction

backhanded

distortion

impression

logician

infusion

intention

redemption

exaction

retraction

transaction

magnetic

coercion

conscription

derision

instruction

constriction

discontent

fruition

construction

laotian

parisian

tuition

detection

election

incision

defection

perfection

erection

diffusion

preclusion

dispersion

nutrition

resection

seclusion

excision

decimate

absorption

abstention

adsorption

distraction

exclusion

explosion

extrusion

infarction

exemption

infliction

infraction

subtraction

expansion

egyptian

decision

ejection

delusion

discontents

division

erosion

illusion

passionate

recision

religion

rescission

revision

rejection

exhaustion

deflection

inclusion

reflection

misfortune

intrusion

accountants

abstraction

byzantine

magnetite

secondly

misconduct

extraction

inscription

ascending

eviction

corrosion

impassion

pageantry

depiction

reagents

prediction

asunder

jamaican

quiescent

acquainted

awaken

ascendance

magnitudes

vatican

misprision

agenda

imagine

misanthrope

hyacinth

precision

implosion

acquaintance

african

alaskan

appian

arian

cation

cognitive

descendants

descendents

eccentric

galleon

hackmatack

huguenots

magnitude

moroccan

peasantry

pegmatite

tamarin

descending

hyacinths

anchorman

dissenting

restriction

albion

andean

assassin

campion

catalan

champion

determine

garrison

gravamen

halcyon

hammerman

huguenot

javelin

kantian

lanolin

mandarin

nevadan

pelican

ramadan

franciscan

resentments

accountant

ascendant

silicon

discounters

waterman

magnetics

nebraskan

suburban

masculine

zambian

anglican

disjointed

reagent

abandon

abdomen

acumen

alderman

battalion

cambrian

capsaicin

cocoanuts

corsican

discounter

guncotton

ignited

italian

lumberman

magdalen

medallion

mexican

mistaken

recently

recommits

talisman

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

alien

avian

bedouin

aryan

biotin

carrion

clarion

fabian

dorian

foramen

gaussian

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

ghanaian

horizon

irian

marian

korean

myosin

plebeian

signatures

malayan

niacin

permian

samoan

veteran

albumin

ambrosian

badminton

bandwagon

companion

descendent

etruscan

harlequin

muskmelon

octillion

handwoven

descendant

arkansan

outspoken

housebroken

snapdragon

eccentrics

unbroken

adrian

bosnian

anyone

citizen

cinnamon

denizen

beethoven

collagen

dignity

lesbian

ferryman

medicine

fustian

guardian

elison

eleven

gordian

forgotten

freemason

jettison

keratin

keynesian

pentathlon

ottoman

overdone

overman

overrun

peterman

solomon

puritan

scorpion

skeleton

reignite

specimen

superman

vitamin

toboggan

uneven

venison

wesleyan

thespian

unison

australian

clergyman

fisherman

heartbroken

margarine

parthian

regimen

resentment

signature

mishandles

artisan

austrian

brazilian

chairperson

chairwoman

cardigan

bedridden

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

civilian

forbidden

forewoman

genuine

discipline

dissenters

dominion

enlighten

enliven

everyone

in-person

perfusion

rhodopsin

unwritten

partisan

pavilion

rifleman

sumatran

timberman

opinion

predestine

policeman

rebellion

porcelain

unbutton

nobleman

vermilion

freudian

nubian

odeon

protean

agendas

orion

jovian

syrian

nemean

julian

benjamin

grobian

simian

menhaden

gillian

reopen

irishman

mismatches

chilean

misshapen

fenian

libyan

median

uterine

nonunion

aegean

phrygian

downtrodden

saleswoman

gentleman

lutheran

emblazon

fijian

intestine

councilman

countryman

embolden

scythian

stygian

communion

crestfallen

reptilian

bedizen

bouillon

mishandle

cyprian

indian

bitumen

bulletin

recommit

nonhuman

reunion

singleton

dissenter

rejoinder

congressman

dogmatic

gigantic

osmotic

rekindle

beholden

disunion

resentful

cosmetics

imprison

inhuman

midshipman

englishman

sigmoidal

cosmetic

4 syllable words

conjugation

legislation

syncopation

concentration

confrontation

decoration

demonstration

exclamation

explication

extrication

orchestration

sequestration

aberration

adoration

generation

laceration

veneration

computation

consecration

constellation

constipation

complication

confiscation

consultation

disconnection

dispensation

execution

formulation

incantation

incarnation

malformation

mortification

obfuscation

pigmentation

preconception

subluxation

annexation

affectation

distillation

exhibition

expiration

absolution

duplication

elocution

immigration

glaciation

indication

insulation

intimation

ovulation

liquidation

masturbation

persecution

macintoshes

invocation

precondition

relaxation

predilection

prosecution

requisition

simulation

tribulation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

vindication

deposition

devolution

diminution

congregation

evolution

erudition

demolition

fumigation

hibernation

locomotion

perspiration

perturbation

polynesian

opposition

politician

procreation

proposition

repetition

repossession

resolution

revolution

supposition

transplantation

elongation

coloration

radiation

conflagration

aviation

dietitian

cogitation

reparation

circumspection

reassertion

contemplation

perforation

preparation

misconception

federation

expectation

separation

variation

ideation

incrustation

decompression

arbitration

exploration

exposition

inflammation

installation

integration

ostentation

illustration

implication

indignation

retribution

exhumation

attribution

augmentation

condescension

exhortation

expedition

imputation

transformation

disinflation

ministration

transportation

deformation

destitution

composition

prostitution

benediction

competition

permutation

conservation

lilliputian

confirmation

conversation

convolution

copenhagen

deportation

disaffection

hypertension

retardation

altercation

dereliction

alternation

circumcision

bifurcation

desperation

dissolution

levitation

preignition

preservation

reformation

diaconate

reservation

repercussion

respiration

restoration

reposition

trepidation

ulceration

canadian

exploitation

self-deception

extradition

dehydration

contraception

contribution

importation

apparition

inquisition

iteration

indexation

toleration

liberation

disinfection

miseration

operation

moderation

rhetorician

coalition

crocodilian

punctuation

consternation

constitution

foliation

prohibition

circumvention

menstruation

deviation

mediation

apprehension

cultivation

deconstruction

demarcation

disposition

fecundity

imposition

incubation

information

inspiration

invitation

molestation

observation

protestation

publication

reconstruction

refutation

secondary

situation

syndication

essentially

evocation

impregnation

titillation

implantation

visitation

alteration

dissertation

dissipation

corp.

corporation

figuration

irritation

mitigation

distribution

limitation

manumission

readmission

relocation

obstetrician

usurpation

inhibition

contradiction

planarian

reinspection

magnetism

mesenteric

jurisdiction

reproduction

embarkation

indentation

infestation

instigation

leviathan

malnutrition

introspection

misunderstand

acquaintanceship

registration

retrocession

fibrillation

inattention

intercession

insurrection

lubrication

interruption

dislocation

intermission

introduction

intuition

legendary

infiltration

isentropic

nonprescription

contravention

accentuates

electrician

hacienda

disentangle

disputation

interception

intersection

reconnoitre

interdiction

intervention

misunderstands

accommodates

accountable

dogmatism

secondaries

accentuate

indigestion

interjection

carcinogen

indecision

indonesian

interaction

restitution

dysentery

accommodate

indiscretion

preelection

resurrection

comprehension

reelection

discontinue

supervision

institution

misperception

substitution

liquefaction

satisfaction

acquaintances

discontented

subdivision

superstition

locomotive

discountable

dignitary

disillusion

imperfection

passionately

accountancy

reawaken

ascendency

crucifixion

american

copernican

disintegrates

disinterested

dignitaries

bavarian

vicinity

draconian

arabian

mammalian

quasimodo

locomotor

tamoxifen

coloradan

asymmetries

galilean

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5 syllable words

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word machination

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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