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

gumption

mansion

martian

junction

function

sanction

option

auction

caution

cushion

fission

grandson

klansman

landman

marchman

markman

mission

prussian

russian

scotsman

townsman

yachtsman

linemen

emption

dolman

stockman

dobson

lineman

samson

lockman

ponton

damson

oxen

parson

arson

carmine

carman

gentian

portion

glisten

bushman

friction

caption

guardsman

pension

huntsman

diction

fraction

hangman

landsman

othman

luncheon

bisson

loosen

lumen

longan

margin

listen

common

marksman

human

fiction

dungeon

faction

mention

crewman

cumin

rumen

christen

christian

action

suction

tension

torsion

traction

watchman

ashen

lampron

awning

bludgeon

booming

dudgeon

fashion

freshen

fuming

fusion

grecian

gudgeon

hessian

kitchen

looming

lotion

mahone

passion

pigeon

horseman

potion

homespun

motion

bordman

ration

notion

ocean

doctrine

session

portman

oarsman

vision

cauldron

alman

henchman

carton

plankton

carbon

alban

bagman

atman

banyan

bargain

barton

boston

tungsten

claxon

canton

canyon

chapman

classman

commons

darken

dampen

dolphin

ensign

fireman

foreman

fountain

garden

hackman

harden

harken

harten

hearten

houseman

humans

ibsen

jackman

jargon

jasmine

kansan

lightman

london

marlin

marten

martin

minden

mormon

mountain

newsman

norman

onion

outdone

outrun

packman

panton

pardon

passman

penman

piston

plantain

runnion

santon

saxon

sharpen

shotgun

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallman

tarpon

tartan

tubman

tuscan

undone

wanton

whitson

craftsman

draftsman

sportsman

freshman

mangan

bastion

georgian

shrunken

engine

section

fortune

sunken

drunken

faustian

flashgun

question

flexion

coachman

dutchman

liman

mitten

cannon

lessen

bason

locken

kitten

begun

dozen

driven

dromon

lesson

mullen

muffin

mutton

ninon

button

canon

cotton

briton

cousin

gammon

gibbon

crouton

cuban

given

glidden

gluten

griffon

hidden

gotten

hausen

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosin

rotten

salmon

showman

sicken

smitten

sodden

billon

amman

bison

bitten

famine

bobbin

bollen

bowman

chicken

hymen

hyson

fallen

fasten

linen

omen

pollan

pollen

prison

proven

pullen

oven

pavon

quicken

soften

stiffen

sudden

sullen

yeoman

written

summon

thicken

thousand

wiccan

woolen

toman

toughen

villain

stricken

trodden

women

striven

woman

wooden

baldwin

caxton

canyons

capstan

dustman

headsman

strengthen

statesman

lengthen

onions

salesman

spokesman

seedsman

coming

cunning

damning

dawning

dining

fining

gunning

haitian

homing

foaming

humming

lining

mining

nation

pathan

panning

pining

running

shining

station

swooning

tanning

trojan

twining

tuning

enhance

penguin

bookman

brakeman

bolden

boatman

ruin

airman

cowan

bullion

chairman

chaplain

chessman

copeman

corban

cordon

crimson

cummins

dalton

desman

falcon

famines

faulcon

fibrin

footman

freedman

gammons

gascon

gilden

golden

goodman

gorgon

romans

saffron

hempen

gowan

headman

hetman

linens

pillion

pinion

pitman

pressman

scallion

scullion

sequin

shearman

shorten

stallion

stepson

shipman

silken

spearman

stillion

sultan

summons

sylvan

warden

woodman

woolman

workman

yeomans

acton

aspen

austin

baston

bellman

billman

billion

calvin

canons

captain

citron

clinton

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

lisbon

mignon

milken

million

minion

morgan

muslin

omens

organ

orphan

soldan

tendon

trillion

jorden

kelson

linden

molten

unhinge

lynden

m1

lopeman

cannons

jetson

jordan

keelson

olden

teston

tillman

union

vulcan

belgian

brethren

churchman

comings

enhanced

linings

rincon

runnings

unions

bellon

auden

minions

beckon

blacken

alan

barren

batten

bayman

batton

baton

baron

basin

communes

sexton

blowgun

kenyans

brighten

bracken

children

boughten

breton

postman

broaden

brogan

broken

burman

cabin

caisson

canaan

cayman

charon

chasten

chosen

colon

daman

demon

deaden

deafen

devon

dragon

ermine

fatten

felon

firman

flatten

floren

foreign

freeman

frighten

frozen

gallon

garron

german

gladden

happen

hasten

heaven

heighten

heron

hogan

hoten

hoven

hyphen

jason

jetton

lagan

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lichen

lighten

liken

liven

logan

loren

lyden

madden

marron

mason

melon

moisten

odin

often

open

patten

perron

person

platen

platten

reckon

redden

resin

riden

ripen

rosen

sadden

satin

seaman

semen

sermon

seven

shaman

shogun

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

solon

spoken

stolen

swollen

syphon

talon

tappen

tighten

titan

token

triton

urson

threaten

vegan

wagon

warren

weapon

whiten

widen

wizen

worsen

woven

yaupon

zaman

amongst

asian

beaming

boning

burgeon

cajun

caning

earthen

gaming

ginning

heathen

inning

kenning

leaning

legion

lemming

lesion

loaning

meaning

persian

region

scheming

skimming

suasion

sturgeon

seeming

surgeon

teaming

swimming

teeming

version

urchin

waning

winning

apron

caymans

chevron

chieftain

demons

denounce

lemans

melton

kelvin

lemons

nekton

pectin

fielden

patron

matron

penance

renounce

seamans

selden

shamans

dian

ion

lion

mayan

owen

paean

peon

rowan

rowen

scion

zion

canings

innings

leanings

lemmings

meanings

winnings

knowing

delphian

bacon

beacon

beaten

bourbon

brazen

burdon

burton

craven

cretin

curtain

dagan

deacon

deepen

burden

certain

cheapen

dagon

eaten

haven

eden

leven

elan

graven

laden

kalan

maiden

pagan

poison

satan

steven

straighten

waken

zircon

rerun

taken

treason

urban

weaken

wheaten

sweeten

raven

reason

season

shaken

seton

turban

domains

demeans

canines

phonemes

quinones

romance

rayon

urine

commence

announce

finance

immense

announced

bemoans

remains

3 syllable words

fruition

tuition

conviction

ambition

concession

concussion

attrition

confession

dentition

nutrition

patrician

rendition

suspicion

tactician

constriction

aleutian

permission

petition

phoenician

physician

pollution

conscription

position

solution

dilution

edition

remission

tradition

venetian

volition

transcription

addition

emission

infliction

franciscan

congressman

prescription

nonunion

consumption

encryption

transgression

logician

cardigan

magician

unwritten

conception

conduction

confection

contention

affliction

conflation

confucian

contortion

convulsion

convection

convention

nonhuman

prostration

transaction

englishman

translation

artesian

carnation

cartesian

connection

connexion

irishman

suppression

aggression

obsession

bouillon

accession

addiction

dalmatian

oppression

optation

oxygen

regression

secretion

technician

garrison

starvation

succession

congestion

contusion

ablution

accretion

formation

foundation

digression

ignition

incision

plantation

progression

construction

inscription

subscription

description

badminton

commotion

summation

inflection

inspection

muskmelon

allusion

mutation

collusion

collision

possession

procession

profession

promotion

octillion

provision

sedition

restriction

truncation

contraption

contraction

acumen

anglican

artisan

assumption

canoeing

castration

charlatan

charwoman

combustion

completion

compression

compulsion

conclusion

confusion

discretion

dominion

forbidden

forewoman

frustration

inception

induction

infection

inflation

invention

misprision

partisan

redemption

talisman

unbutton

announcement

conjunction

injection

instruction

ingestion

objection

gravamen

ablation

collection

elison

guardian

ottoman

affection

asuncion

alsatian

crustacean

jettison

compassion

contagion

kantian

ramadan

solomon

unison

vatican

venison

conversion

lanolin

damnation

andean

bosnian

collagen

depiction

bitumen

depletion

depression

dimension

dissection

emulsion

eviction

excision

financial

hydration

inaction

insertion

lactation

libration

migration

norwegian

occlusion

prediction

profusion

protection

repression

salvation

preemption

selection

sensation

stagnation

submersion

taxation

vibration

suggestion

proscription

projection

albumin

bandwagon

digestion

egyptian

communion

expression

infraction

extinction

transfusion

complexion

adhesion

handwoven

exemption

harlequin

intestine

excretion

assertion

delusion

aryan

dilation

emotion

donation

division

flotation

gyration

illusion

freudian

ligation

margarine

precession

precision

location

predation

privation

probation

julian

negation

notation

oration

nubian

parthian

niacin

ovation

myosin

deletion

religion

causation

rescission

revision

rotation

cremation

secession

sedation

citation

collegian

decision

vocation

gaussian

recession

recision

quotation

distinction

financials

impression

announcements

resumption

inclusion

austrian

inhuman

brazilian

infusion

civilian

unburden

intention

presumption

cohesion

opinion

uncertain

compunction

abdomen

bedridden

pentathlon

pavilion

in-person

genuine

sumatran

vermilion

dimensions

intrusion

laotian

coercion

injunction

croatian

lutheran

derision

parisian

abortion

attention

persuasion

reduction

diffusion

impassion

incursion

perception

perfection

resection

invasion

inversion

propulsion

temptation

apportion

gestation

adoption

preclusion

laurentian

ascension

production

anchorman

commingle

proportion

seclusion

bulletin

halcyon

hammerman

phonemic

zambian

absorption

gordian

waterman

adsorption

mandarin

scorpion

jamaican

keynesian

indian

reunion

uneven

infarction

albion

awaken

determine

cinnamon

freemason

denizen

champion

campion

dominos

disunion

caucasian

fisherman

immersion

cessation

imprison

cetacean

duration

flirtation

correction

corruption

desertion

devotion

direction

diversion

elation

gradation

imagine

halogen

narration

vacation

relation

councilman

origin

humanists

countryman

reaction

reptilian

percussion

unbroken

samoan

biotin

abduction

grobian

galleon

concoction

dorian

odeon

irian

attraction

ghanaian

jovian

simian

uterine

appian

permian

tamarin

fenian

protean

korean

declension

suspension

hawaiian

arian

nemean

midshipman

plebeian

backwoodsman

nobleman

lumberman

chairwoman

alderman

announces

predestine

policeman

perfusion

discipline

reunions

rhodopsin

rifleman

unionists

cambrian

enliven

humanist

heartbroken

everyone

abandon

commencement

enlighten

aegean

annoying

corrosion

cistercian

deflation

dissension

election

eruption

fixation

menhaden

nitrogen

meaningful

misshapen

reception

retention

revulsion

creation

horatian

aspersion

deduction

phrygian

deception

hydrogen

exertion

detection

detention

discussion

stygian

winnowing

dictation

scythian

defection

dispersion

erection

seduction

prevention

pretension

expansion

extrusion

exclusion

subtraction

saleswoman

communist

annoyance

adrian

outspoken

shamanists

gentleman

anyone

arkansan

assassin

ejection

housebroken

bananas

dominique

beethoven

citizen

dominick

rejection

catalan

ambrosian

dominoes

eleven

ferryman

fustian

humanize

javelin

lesbian

ghanaians

jacobin

kimonos

medicine

nominees

overdone

overrun

companion

peterman

puritan

silicon

specimen

superman

vitamin

wesleyan

perversion

precaution

reversion

erosion

obstruction

aversion

malaysian

abstraction

deflection

distortion

exaction

exception

filtration

lecithin

disruption

implosion

evasion

misfortune

clergyman

retraction

occasion

diffraction

reflection

excursion

exhaustion

dimensioned

african

alaskan

alien

avian

backgammon

capsaicin

carrion

chamberlain

chilean

clarion

commences

communists

corsican

denounces

fabian

foramen

gillian

libyan

magdalen

malayan

marian

median

mexican

mistaken

mnemonics

moroccan

orion

porcelain

rebellion

renounces

reopen

saccharin

syrian

timberman

uncommon

enhancer

abstention

abrasion

equation

distraction

fijian

benjamin

explosion

expulsion

extension

extortion

destruction

beholden

subversion

canonize

thespian

enemies

pelican

bedizen

mnemonic

toboggan

cyprian

skeleton

demonic

keratin

suburban

vehemence

nebraskan

anions

forgotten

masculine

nevadan

overman

womanize

etruscan

humankind

emblazon

embolden

enhancement

singleton

extraction

regimen

diminish

seemingly

battalion

chairperson

enhancements

finances

financier

guncotton

italian

leniency

medallion

romanesque

cation

bedouin

heroin

horizon

heroine

veteran

knowingly

crestfallen

downtrodden

financiers

immunized

snapdragon

unionist

cinemas

enhances

demonize

tenancy

feminine

melanin

minimize

australian

animist

shamanism

minimized

clarendon

romances

animists

leningrad

enemas

demonstrate

demonstrates

immensely

announcer

bonanza

announcers

unanswered

4 syllable words

acquisition

competition

composition

confirmation

consummation

intermission

connotation

animation

fumigation

readmission

rumination

dietitian

apparition

contradiction

condemnation

constellation

condescension

constipation

inquisition

animism

precondition

proclamation

benediction

congregation

conservation

consolation

darwinian

graduation

conversation

convocation

convolution

statistician

dynamism

ammunition

admonition

requisition

annotation

abolition

affirmation

collocation

mongolian

propagation

provocation

definition

diminution

oscillation

valuation

preignition

premonition

sanitation

supposition

contemplation

obstetrician

conjugation

inhibition

contraception

conflagration

confrontation

instigation

institution

interdiction

crocodilian

moderation

transformation

fluctuation

modulation

toleration

armageddon

arbitration

confiscation

coalition

operation

cogitation

condensation

punctuation

consecration

prohibition

augmentation

consultation

nonprescription

rhetorician

consternation

constitution

abdication

abnegation

absolution

altercation

annexation

armenian

backwardation

cancellation

carcinogen

commendation

commutation

compilation

crucifixion

cultivation

dominican

fabrication

granulation

guatemalan

incubation

indecision

indonesian

information

inimical

insurrection

intercession

interruption

intimation

invitation

liquidation

lubrication

obligation

observation

occupation

oxidation

penicillin

permutation

population

prosecution

prostitution

publication

recognition

refutation

retrocession

situation

strangulation

superstition

syndication

watermelon

alteration

admiration

aspiration

arthurian

coronation

concentration

corp.

corporation

deposition

domination

demolition

dissolution

erudition

devolution

evocation

evolution

fascination

inhalation

jubilation

gravitation

innovation

limitation

polynesian

profanation

reformation

relocation

renovation

repetition

reposition

resolution

revolution

supervision

nonpartisan

machination

mutilation

nomination

contravention

ulceration

contribution

canadian

collodion

diocesan

fallopian

missourian

napoleon

planarian

dominicans

exhumation

contrarian

luminescent

malformation

pagination

englishwoman

reminiscence

reminiscent

reinspection

comprehension

disputation

obfuscation

adoration

preconception

satisfaction

electrician

menstruation

luminescence

fragmentation

complication

computation

aberration

compensation

inclination

indignation

inflammation

coloration

generation

foliation

transportation

installation

ideation

laceration

veneration

formulation

interception

violation

intersection

intervention

jurisdiction

apprehension

indigestion

interjection

peruvian

deconstruction

reconstruction

barbarian

disposition

dynamically

centurion

deformation

obsidian

demarcation

dislocation

calibration

circumcision

maturation

combination

adaptation

abyssinian

pagurian

acclamation

acclimation

dereliction

duplication

samaritan

saturation

amphibian

oblivion

affectation

culmination

destitution

elocution

equitation

indication

interaction

persecution

american

intonation

recantation

retardation

subdivision

vindication

insulation

committeeman

exhibition

inspiration

wagnerian

ventilation

lilliputian

humanism

pavlovian

inundation

fermentation

dandelion

fibrillation

imposition

invocation

masturbation

ordination

penetration

peninsular

presentation

vaccination

herculean

peninsula

algerian

allegation

introduction

allocation

syncopation

appellation

avocation

correlation

decimation

declaration

defamation

desperation

detonation

dissipation

divination

emanation

germination

habitation

hibernation

irritation

isolation

locomotion

perspiration

perturbation

businesswoman

indiscretion

mitigation

motivation

navigation

procreation

infiltration

financially

hungarian

imitation

immolation

levitation

preservation

incrustation

ibuprofen

recreation

repossession

reservation

resurrection

respiration

suffocation

demonstration

restoration

termination

orchestration

titillation

elongation

misconception

assemblyman

trepidation

visitation

vacillation

validation

usurpation

assyrian

expedition

coloradan

floridian

comedian

criterion

hyperion

iberian

liberian

siberian

valerian

amputation

attribution

decompression

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

disconnection

execution

diminishment

embarkation

exposition

incarnation

incantation

iranian

liquefaction

ostentation

substitution

bavarian

chameleon

segmentation

subluxation

mortification

pigmentation

infestation

bolivian

ministration

retribution

arabian

integration

indentation

indexation

octahedron

adulation

introspection

agitation

transplantation

shakespearean

tamoxifen

republican

demonstrations

comparison

bohemian

accusation

aviation

application

deportation

immigration

alternation

advocation

deviation

federation

nigerian

molestation

perforation

abrogation

radiation

aggravation

surrogation

variation

activation

aggregation

algonquian

approbation

celebration

desecration

designation

destination

devastation

dimensional

emigration

emulation

estimation

expiration

gargantuan

preparation

relaxation

tabulation

polyhedron

restitution

decoration

ovulation

palpitation

predilection

resignation

mediation

reassertion

separation

protestation

reclamation

recollection

simulation

reparation

stimulation

extradition

expectation

agrarian

alabaman

interurban

canonical

copernican

aldebaran

olympian

distribution

glaciation

cotyledon

circumspection

librarian

accordion

minnesotan

implantation

sequestration

leninism

dedication

delegation

derivation

desiccation

diminishes

melanesian

desolation

disillusion

meditation

elevation

medication

preelection

revelation

revocation

onomastics

recitation

reelection

realization

dehydration

hesitation

legislation

fluoridation

gentlewoman

himalayan

jacobean

calculation

protozoan

reawaken

utopian

maccabean

gastrulation

exploration

exhortation

galilean

sicilian

imperfection

imputation

lancastrian

gregorian

implication

mammalian

adrenaline

interwoven

noblewoman

pedestrian

onomastic

education

humanistic

registration

vegetation

athenian

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Words that rhyme with the word manumission

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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