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3 syllable words
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2 syllable words

fortune

georgian

auction

longan

option

othman

portion

torsion

watchman

guardsman

marksman

earthen

sportsman

caution

pathan

bordman

capstan

cartoons

cauldron

caxton

dustman

farthing

horseman

jordans

mordant

oarsman

part-time

portend

portent

scotsman

wardens

yachtsman

banyan

bodkin

curtains

jasmine

boredom

fibrin

jackman

chieftain

faulcon

kansan

portions

airman

plankton

alman

aspen

atman

bagman

calvin

canyon

cardoon

chairman

chaplain

chapman

classman

claxon

clinton

dampen

damson

falcon

fourteen

gascon

goblin

houseman

lightman

hackman

lineman

tungsten

linemen

london

melton

onion

molten

muslin

nekton

outdone

outrun

minden

packman

fortunes

partner

passman

pectin

piston

poplin

runnion

saffron

samson

sardine

saxon

scallion

scullion

shearman

spearman

stallion

stallman

teston

tubman

tuscan

undone

vulcan

alan

amman

auden

bason

beaten

bison

bitten

blacken

bourbon

bracken

brahmin

breton

briton

broaden

burden

burdon

burman

cabin

cannon

canon

charon

collin

coppin

cousin

cretin

crouton

dahlin

dobbin

dozen

dragon

eaten

ermine

famine

fasten

firman

florin

gallon

gammon

german

gladden

gluten

happen

hausen

heron

hoten

hymen

hyphen

hyson

jetton

kitten

lagan

laurin

lichen

liken

liman

liven

lyden

madden

marron

morin

mitten

muffin

mullen

often

oven

perron

person

rerun

riden

ripen

robbin

sadden

salmon

satan

sermon

seton

siphon

slacken

smitten

straighten

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

syphon

talon

tappen

thousand

threaten

toughen

turban

urban

urson

wagon

wheaten

widen

wizen

worsen

written

yaupon

zircon

action

huntsman

ordnance

bastion

boarding

caption

dungeon

craftsman

drunken

dutchman

faction

faustian

flashgun

fraction

hangman

hoarding

luncheon

mangan

mansion

shrunken

suction

sunken

draftsman

portends

portents

traction

ashen

baldwin

bludgeon

burgeon

cowan

dian

dudgeon

dustbin

fashion

fortnight

fourteens

gowan

grandson

grouting

gudgeon

hurting

ion

klansman

lampron

landman

lengthen

lion

mahone

mayan

partners

passion

persian

postman

prussian

ration

russian

sardines

scion

sexton

shirting

shorthand

skirting

strengthen

sturgeon

surgeon

townsman

urchin

urine

version

writing

zion

boardings

gumption

fourteenth

apron

bellman

billion

billman

birthing

boatman

bolden

bookman

brakeman

britons

broadens

bullion

burdened

burdens

calkin

caplin

chagrin

chessman

chevron

citron

copeman

crimson

croutons

desman

destin

ensign

fielden

footman

freedman

gilden

golden

goodman

headman

hempen

hetman

ibsen

jetson

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

linden

lisbon

lopeman

lynden

m1

malkin

maslin

matron

maudlin

mignon

milken

million

minion

napkin

newsman

olden

ordain

patron

penman

pillion

pinion

pitman

pressman

quintin

selden

sequin

shipman

silken

soldan

stepson

stillion

sylvan

tendon

threatens

tillman

trident

trillion

union

verdant

whitson

woodman

woolman

workman

fortnights

function

junction

landsman

sanction

mention

basin

bayman

beacon

beckon

bacon

aubin

writings

begun

flexion

bellon

berlin

billon

bisson

fiction

blowgun

bowman

brazen

brogan

broken

tension

caisson

canaan

cavin

craven

crewman

coffin

cuban

cumin

freshman

cayman

gentian

chasten

cheapen

chicken

friction

chosen

christen

section

colon

pension

prudhomme

rincon

question

dagan

dagon

daman

dauphin

deacon

belgian

brethren

coachman

engine

deaden

deafen

deepen

elan

erin

devon

demon

driven

dromon

eden

diction

ermin

felon

freeman

freetown

frozen

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

graven

griffon

hasten

haven

heaven

herein

hidden

hogan

hoven

human

jason

kalan

laden

lakin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

linen

listen

logan

loosen

lumen

maiden

mason

melon

merkin

merlin

moisten

ninon

odin

omen

open

pagan

paulin

perkin

pertain

poison

prison

proven

pullen

quicken

raven

reason

ravin

reckon

redden

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

rumen

season

semen

shaken

rosen

seaman

seven

shaman

shogun

showman

sicken

slogan

solon

spoken

steven

stiffen

stolen

stricken

striven

swollen

taken

termine

therein

thicken

thirteen

token

toman

treason

vegan

verdin

vermin

villain

bushman

waken

christian

turpin

churchman

weaken

weapon

wherein

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

yeoman

zaman

children

aspirin

deerskin

delphian

homespun

foreskin

headsman

spokesman

salesman

seedsman

statesman

treatment

asian

bruting

cajun

cushion

fission

freshen

fruiting

fusion

girding

grating

grecian

greeting

haitian

heathen

hessian

kitchen

legion

lesion

lotion

mission

motion

nation

notion

ocean

pigeon

potion

region

session

shahin

shrouding

station

suasion

trojan

virgin

vision

wording

emption

franklin

henchman

penguin

sanguine

owen

paean

peon

rayon

rowan

rowen

ruin

birdman

citrin

credence

crispin

elfin

lignin

pertains

pipkin

pretend

prudence

prudent

siskin

threadfin

vixen

treatments

greetings

thirteenth

begin

bidden

break-in

colin

covin

even

flavin

freedom

griffin

kevin

levin

pigskin

pippin

pretends

protein

raisin

redskin

ronin

rubin

sheepskin

tiffin

thirteenths

brooding

grading

shredding

smoothen

braiding

breeding

trading

within

cochin

dextrin

freedoms

breathing

proteins

birthmarks

bruin

doyen

going

tradings

akin

birthmark

buffin

puffin

ruffin

dublin

punkin

truncheon

buckskin

bumpkin

pumpkin

dreadnought

linchpin

treadmill

treadmills

3 syllable words

cartesian

dorian

artesian

parthenon

arian

biotin

irian

korean

partition

margarine

bartender

cardigan

cardinal

charwoman

gardeners

guardians

hardeners

uncertain

unwritten

chardonnay

determine

garrison

bosnian

collagen

gordian

gravamen

hammerman

kantian

keratin

scorpion

ottoman

puritan

suburban

waterman

forgotten

fustian

solomon

abortion

apportion

carnation

gardening

hardening

optation

optician

pardoning

proportion

shortening

starvation

heartbroken

oration

appian

origin

carrion

clarion

cation

galleon

gaussian

heroin

heroine

malayan

marian

moroccan

myosin

niacin

orion

plebeian

saccharin

samoan

syrian

tamarin

assertion

aversion

diversion

gyration

audition

ardently

arkansan

bartenders

cardinals

cartoonist

harlequin

octillion

abandon

african

alaskan

alderman

austrian

cambrian

chardonnays

coercion

contortion

corsican

cortinas

forbidden

forewoman

globulin

guncotton

irritant

lumberman

medallion

porcelain

prostration

puritans

rhodopsin

rifleman

sardonic

sumatran

unburden

unbutton

accretion

adrian

awaken

adoption

bulletin

campion

cyprian

ferryman

jacobin

jamaican

moccasin

vitamin

abrasion

javelin

mandarin

ramadan

vatican

zambian

aggression

anchorman

aspersion

attrition

champion

cognition

contagion

toboggan

formation

fortunate

certainty

contusion

conversion

crustacean

digression

albion

certainly

fortuna

irishman

andean

gyrations

hydration

hydrogen

superman

halcyon

peterman

lactation

laurentian

libration

migration

nitrogen

norwegian

oppression

orations

oxygen

patrician

plantation

production

progression

secretion

reduction

skeleton

propulsion

uneven

regression

assassin

nevadan

submersion

suppression

tactician

lanolin

subversion

overdone

overman

catalan

vibration

ambrosian

housebroken

badminton

companion

councilman

countryman

gardenias

irritants

congressman

portmanteau

absorption

nonunion

adsorption

unbroken

infarction

nebraskan

ordinance

snapdragon

addition

aleutian

allusion

caucasian

causation

citation

collegian

collision

collusion

commission

commotion

desertion

dilation

dilution

duration

edition

erosion

fisherman

flirtation

halogen

immersion

lecithin

ligation

malaysian

narration

negation

occasion

petition

phoenician

physician

pollution

position

possession

predation

privation

procession

profession

promotion

provision

reaction

reversion

sedation

solution

summation

tradition

venetian

julian

abduction

fabian

nemean

attraction

nubian

assumption

fenian

jovian

median

uterine

libyan

veteran

foramen

compression

castration

freudian

ghanaian

gillian

grobian

hawaiian

combustion

conduction

contention

simian

concoction

horizon

compulsion

scrutiny

permian

reopen

contrition

convulsion

protean

odeon

alien

distortion

avian

bedouin

frustration

misfortune

nonhuman

partnership

singleton

transaction

chilean

abdomen

acumen

backgammon

battalion

bedridden

brazilian

capsaicin

certainties

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

civilian

discipline

dominion

enlighten

everyone

in-person

magdalen

magician

mistaken

nobleman

opinion

pavilion

policeman

predestine

talisman

timberman

uncommon

cartoonists

short-winded

creation

corrosion

croatian

aegean

australian

laotian

farthingale

fruition

derision

fijian

horatian

lutheran

parisian

phrygian

stygian

scythian

tuition

ablation

ablution

accession

addiction

admission

affection

alsatian

ambition

ascension

attention

cistercian

collection

compassion

concession

concussion

condition

confession

connection

connexion

dalmatian

damnation

deduction

dentition

depression

dictation

dispersion

dissection

durations

earthenware

emulsion

erection

eruption

exertion

foundation

gestation

inaction

incursion

insertion

inversion

nutrition

obsession

occlusion

profusion

protection

repression

revulsion

salvation

seduction

selection

stagnation

succession

suspicion

taxation

temptation

transition

submission

abstention

consumption

contraction

aerodyne

bedizen

beethoven

begotten

bitumen

contraption

court-martial

partnerships

baritone

extortion

anyone

prescription

bouillon

cinnamon

citizen

denizen

firedamp

freemason

gradient

subtraction

eleven

elison

indian

jettison

keynesian

layperson

lesbian

pelican

transgression

mannequin

maritime

medicine

overrun

paladin

reunion

sarasin

scrutinize

silicon

specimen

thespian

unison

venison

wesleyan

adhesion

albumin

bandwagon

clandestine

communion

crestfallen

digestion

downtrodden

etruscan

fortnightly

franciscan

gentleman

handwoven

projection

reptilian

imprison

intestine

masculine

muskmelon

outspoken

suggestion

truncation

cessation

corruption

affliction

creations

division

donation

emission

emotion

munition

musician

mutation

perversion

rescission

revision

threatening

vocation

anglican

clergyman

correction

cremation

direction

glycogen

gradation

illusion

imagine

marathon

notation

omission

probation

quotation

recession

recision

rotation

volition

decision

location

precaution

precession

regimen

secession

vacation

completion

sedition

conception

conclusion

confucian

confusion

elation

convection

discretion

exaction

excursion

evasion

confection

conviction

religion

declension

remission

convention

disruption

exhaustion

precision

relation

conflation

diffraction

filtration

deletion

misprision

delusion

devotion

percussion

impression

flotation

induction

intention

intrusion

croatians

permission

pentathlon

presumption

pretensions

resumption

retraction

curmudgeon

translation

transmission

cetacean

suspension

eurasian

ovation

abstraction

constriction

conscription

construction

obstruction

cortina

violin

subscription

transcription

tritium

clarendon

italian

congestion

pertinent

vermilion

maritimes

perfusion

logician

baritones

boardinghouse

cohesion

backwoodsman

burdensome

genuine

mexican

moleskin

objection

enliven

examine

gradients

rebellion

asuncion

beholden

benjamin

complexion

deception

defection

deflation

depiction

depletion

description

destruction

detection

detention

diffusion

dimension

discussion

dissension

distraction

election

encryption

equation

eviction

excision

excretion

expansion

expression

expulsion

extension

extrusion

fixation

ignition

impassion

incision

infraction

invasion

marathons

menhaden

misshapen

perception

perfection

persuasion

preclusion

prediction

preemption

pretension

prevention

proscription

reception

rendition

resection

restriction

retention

seclusion

sensation

technician

transfusion

urethane

prudency

zeppelin

saleswoman

breadwinner

rejection

compunction

credenza

feminine

egyptian

jessamine

melanin

myrmidon

distinction

pretender

disunion

ejection

emblazon

embolden

extraction

instruction

inscription

conjunction

credentialed

credentials

deflection

exception

inception

inclusion

infection

implosion

inflation

infusion

inhuman

invention

midshipman

redemption

reflection

extinction

ingestion

injection

breadwinners

freethinker

humulin

pretended

pretenders

prudently

exemption

exclusion

explosion

inflection

infliction

inspection

englishman

credential

prudential

injunction

freethinkers

bufferin

vanillin

underpin

4 syllable words

coloradan

gregorian

arthurian

leviathan

moderation

operation

toleration

accordion

armenian

barbarian

darwinian

samaritan

arabian

assyrian

bavarian

floridian

diocesan

criterion

galilean

iberian

iranian

hyperion

politician

jacobean

liberian

maccabean

missourian

planarian

praetorian

siberian

nonpartisan

connotation

kindergarten

valerian

aberration

apparition

dietitian

armageddon

adoration

coloration

cogitation

laceration

contrarian

reassertion

violation

nigerian

arbitration

hypertension

alabaman

agrarian

observation

american

prostitution

guardianship

committeeman

copernican

gargantuan

retardation

coordinate

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

adaptation

competition

confirmation

conservation

conversation

eritrean

altercation

deportation

demarcation

commutation

gorgonian

guatemalan

historian

jordanian

librarian

maturation

minnesotan

nestorian

nicaraguan

ordinary

pagurian

calibration

saturation

carcinogen

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

algerian

allegation

aspiration

avocation

collocation

habitation

hibernation

manumission

oscillation

polynesian

sanitation

californian

hydrocarbon

annotation

allocation

alteration

animation

appalachian

appellation

corp.

corporation

correlation

irritation

isolation

navigation

opposition

propagation

proposition

provocation

suffocation

supposition

hungarian

mongolian

abolition

affirmation

gravitation

ulceration

dissertation

admiration

vacillation

validation

augmentation

canadian

chameleon

collodion

comedian

computation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

embarkation

european

exhortation

fallopian

himalayan

importation

incarnation

lancastrian

malformation

mammalian

mortification

napoleon

octahedron

reawaken

transportation

adrenalin

adrenaline

adulation

comparison

coordinates

misbegotten

crocodilian

jordanians

macedonian

modulation

ordinaries

pedestrian

tamoxifen

agitation

athenian

coalition

corinthian

decoration

federation

generation

ideation

iteration

liberation

preparation

miseration

prohibition

reparation

rhetorician

separation

congregation

variation

veneration

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

contemplation

advocation

contraception

affectation

aggregation

contradiction

contravention

contribution

aggravation

algonquian

alternation

application

approbation

compilation

composition

consolation

obstetrician

celebration

conflagration

cancellation

combination

orchestration

backwardation

consummation

convocation

convolution

cultivation

deformation

desecration

devastation

emigration

fabrication

fortunately

granulation

immigration

masturbation

obligation

occupation

ordination

oxidation

palpitation

penetration

polyhedron

population

proclamation

prosecution

superstition

tabulation

abyssinian

amphibian

albanian

aldebaran

moravian

peruvian

meridian

centurion

columbian

dominican

eustachian

estonian

cotyledon

graduation

greco-roman

interurban

oblivion

obsidian

overburden

paraguayan

pavlovian

penicillin

predetermine

predominate

sectarian

tasmanian

comprehension

conjugation

dehydration

ibuprofen

ordinances

amputation

complication

confiscation

incantation

decompression

compensation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

formulation

liquefaction

ohioan

malnutrition

transplantation

ostentation

bifurcation

transformation

coronation

decimation

dedication

declaration

defamation

demolition

attribution

delegation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

dilatation

dissolution

elevation

erudition

evolution

fluoridation

innovation

jubilation

levitation

limitation

locomotion

preignition

preservation

readmission

reformation

renovation

repercussion

repetition

reposition

repossession

resurrection

revelation

revocation

calculation

revolution

supervision

valuation

variations

visitation

gastrulation

deposition

derivation

hesitation

immolation

irrational

ministration

substitution

imitation

devolution

domination

figuration

inhalation

intuition

irrigation

medication

obfuscation

nomination

perturbation

procreation

illustration

meditation

realization

reservation

respiration

recitation

recreation

resolution

subluxation

restoration

usurpation

apprehension

arizonan

bolivian

devonian

draconian

education

fluctuation

hemoglobin

interwoven

iridium

newtonian

noblewoman

plutonian

predominance

predominant

predominates

protozoan

republican

shakespearean

sicilian

simonian

strangulation

utopian

vegetation

aviation

abdication

abnegation

annexation

benediction

refutation

admonition

ammunition

publication

reclamation

recognition

recollection

regulation

relaxation

replication

reputation

requisition

resignation

restitution

retrocession

segregation

simulation

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

superhuman

tribulation

vaccination

surrogation

bohemian

vindication

concentration

radiation

ventilation

confrontation

disaffection

fibrillation

indication

inspiration

insulation

interaction

intercession

intimation

implantation

insurrection

nonprescription

information

incrustation

commendation

excitation

expiration

destination

destitution

exhibition

pelagian

inattention

perforation

imposition

intermission

deprivation

dereliction

sequestration

degradation

culmination

depravation

depredation

designation

mediation

duplication

estimation

elocution

interruption

intonation

disposition

distillation

emulation

equitation

invitation

invocation

lilliputian

permutation

molestation

ovulation

predilection

deviation

hegelian

lubrication

foliation

assemblyman

equestrian

gentlewoman

legislation

elongation

rhododendron

inhibition

syncopation

glaciation

herculean

scrutinizes

situation

olympian

reexamine

imperfection

disillusion

fumigation

smithsonian

disputation

implication

termination

electrician

imputation

inflammation

inquisition

installation

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Words that rhyme with the word martin

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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