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4 syllable words
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

airman

bellman

canton

canyon

banyan

chairman

claxon

clinton

desman

headman

hempen

hetman

kremlin

linden

m1

chessman

chevron

damson

ibsen

kansan

kelvin

london

lynden

melton

minion

nekton

onion

panton

pectin

pinion

plantain

pressman

runnion

samson

santon

saxon

selden

teston

undone

whitson

basin

bellon

gumption

bisson

beckon

breton

bason

caisson

felon

tungsten

canaan

cannon

charon

chasten

christen

deaden

deafen

canon

devon

fasten

glisten

hasten

heaven

heron

jason

jetton

ledden

linen

listen

leaden

leaven

lemon

marron

reckon

redden

penguin

mason

melon

ninon

perron

person

resin

seven

weapon

worsen

threaten

urson

vegan

brethren

bushman

bastion

bending

auction

anthem

christian

drunken

ending

lending

hangman

mangan

flashgun

option

rincon

sunken

portion

martian

shrunken

pending

torsion

huntsman

asian

caution

grecian

gudgeon

kitchen

motion

notion

ocean

suasion

cantons

surgeon

version

vision

capstan

bludgeon

caxton

dudgeon

earthen

entwine

cajun

burgeon

pathan

urchin

delphian

persian

potion

sturgeon

lotion

mahone

pigeon

headsman

klansman

landman

statesman

arson

aspen

bagman

bantam

baston

captain

centime

chaplain

chapman

citron

falcon

goodman

hackman

lineman

pillion

pitman

piston

quintin

random

sylvan

anthems

linemen

lisbon

ponton

shipman

tillman

woolman

woodman

brakeman

alman

apron

billion

billman

bookman

bullion

calvin

crimson

dampen

dentine

dobson

matron

mignon

milken

million

mountain

oxen

parson

passman

patron

minden

muslin

packman

pentane

phantom

scullion

silken

spearman

stallion

stillion

sultan

sundown

tubman

tuscan

workman

endings

trillion

atman

footman

saffron

jackman

classman

scallion

lendings

gilden

kirkman

acton

fountain

gascon

jasmine

tandem

union

wanton

plankton

vulcan

alan

amman

bacon

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

bayman

begun

billon

bison

bitten

blacken

bourbon

bracken

brazen

briton

bunting

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

cayman

certain

chicken

churchman

cousin

craftsman

craven

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

dozen

draftsman

dragon

driven

dutchman

ermine

famine

fatten

faustian

firman

flatten

fortune

funding

gallon

gammon

garron

georgian

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

graven

griffon

happen

haven

hidden

hunting

hyson

kalan

kitten

laden

lagan

landsman

latin

layman

longan

loosen

madden

maiden

margin

mitten

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

pagan

patten

platen

platten

prison

pullen

quicken

raven

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

sermon

shaken

shaman

shunting

sicken

slacken

smitten

squinting

stiffen

straighten

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

taken

talon

tappen

thicken

toughen

turban

urban

villain

wagon

waken

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

zaman

zircon

salesman

fountains

mountains

spokesman

bantams

homespun

yachtsman

horseman

sandman

children

scotsman

centimes

townsman

phantoms

lampron

dustman

rayon

trojan

heathen

urine

fusion

legion

lesion

region

alban

carton

centner

chieftain

condone

contain

copeman

corban

cordon

dalton

darken

dolman

dolphin

entomb

faulcon

fibrin

fielden

fireman

foreman

jordan

jorden

lightman

marten

mormon

newsman

pardon

quantum

warden

morgan

orphan

outdone

molten

outrun

olden

martin

lockman

marlin

organ

undine

maintain

norman

mundane

lindane

lopeman

gorgon

harden

garden

golden

austin

boatman

bolden

canteen

harken

harten

houseman

intone

sharpen

shearman

shorten

shotgun

sovereign

sovran

spartan

stockman

tarpon

tartan

bargain

barton

boston

carman

carbon

jargon

sequin

hearten

carmine

freedman

smarten

squadron

soldan

stallman

ointment

sportsman

marksman

coachman

othman

watchman

auden

beacon

blowgun

boughten

bowman

bobbin

bollen

brighten

beaten

broaden

cheapen

brogan

broken

chosen

colon

common

cotton

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

deacon

deepen

demon

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

fallen

floren

foreign

freeman

frighten

frozen

gluten

gotten

hausen

heighten

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

leman

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

logan

loren

lumen

lyden

odin

often

omen

open

pavon

poison

pollan

pollen

proven

reason

rerun

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

seaman

season

siphon

slogan

sodden

soften

spoken

swollen

syphon

semen

seton

shogun

showman

siren

solon

steven

stolen

sweeten

thousand

tighten

titan

token

toman

treason

trodden

weaken

whiten

widen

wizen

woven

triton

warren

wheaten

yaupon

yeoman

doctrine

contains

bordman

postman

canteens

cauldron

maintains

condemned

condemns

condones

intones

marchman

markman

portman

seedsman

baldwin

oarsman

ion

cowan

dian

gowan

lion

mayan

owen

nineteen

condemn

contemn

pontoon

peon

rowan

rowen

ruin

scion

zion

vintner

paean

windmills

contempt

guardsman

condensed

landmark

landmarks

intense

handmade

windmill

condense

pontoons

vintners

nineteenth

contends

contents

intends

intents

contend

content

indent

intend

intent

landings

paintings

comedown

banding

chanting

fainting

landing

painting

panting

smoothens

bindings

findings

soundings

somethings

knitting

smoothen

smoothing

sometime

binding

bonding

bounding

daunting

finding

founding

hounding

minding

mounting

pointing

pounding

rounding

sounding

taunting

wanting

winding

something

sometimes

3 syllable words

mexican

genuine

contention

convention

declension

invention

suspension

jettison

cinnamon

medicine

keratin

elison

skeleton

specimen

anyone

pelican

lanolin

carrion

benjamin

collection

concussion

condition

bedouin

concession

confession

connection

connexion

deception

damnation

defection

detection

election

gestation

ignition

erection

inaction

incision

insertion

menhaden

selection

stagnation

dissection

clarion

preemption

protection

reception

resection

plantation

ghanaian

perfection

heroin

heroine

perception

marian

affection

temptation

asuncion

transition

veteran

addition

aleutian

assertion

cetacean

commission

commotion

deletion

desertion

devotion

donation

duration

edition

elation

emission

emotion

flirtation

gradation

lecithin

munition

negation

percussion

permission

petition

physician

pollution

position

possession

precession

predation

procession

profession

promotion

reaction

recession

secession

sedation

sedition

solution

summation

tradition

vacation

ejection

franciscan

gentleman

projection

rejection

sentiment

truncation

contentions

extension

corrosion

croatian

encryption

creation

coercion

derision

fruition

parisian

tuition

anything

bedridden

bentonite

chairperson

chairwoman

enlighten

enliven

in-person

logician

magician

penitent

sentinel

tendency

unbutton

uncertain

unwritten

conception

concoction

conduction

confection

conflation

contortion

confucian

contrition

convection

conviction

convulsion

deflection

exception

pentathlon

redemption

reflection

transaction

translation

transmission

abduction

induction

inception

infection

inflation

intention

andean

assassin

bulletin

citizen

garrison

ferryman

halcyon

indian

lesbian

puritan

keynesian

thespian

wesleyan

unison

kantian

mandarin

londoner

silicon

uneven

accretion

attrition

compassion

alsatian

conversion

dalmatian

addiction

adoption

apportion

contusion

crustacean

carnation

admission

ablation

ablution

depression

ingestion

accession

cognition

depiction

depletion

cistercian

abortion

ambition

aggression

contagion

deduction

deflation

dictation

digression

discussion

donations

emotions

emulsion

eruption

excision

eviction

exertion

fixation

foundation

impassion

incursion

invasion

inversion

lactation

lanthanum

misshapen

munitions

obsession

oppression

patrician

prediction

progression

regression

repression

production

proportion

propulsion

reduction

revulsion

salvation

secretion

submission

congestion

objection

succession

seduction

summations

suppression

suspicion

tactician

taxation

injection

sentiments

abstention

adhesion

alien

allusion

appian

arian

audition

aversion

avian

badminton

cation

causation

chilean

citation

clergyman

collegian

collision

collusion

complexion

consumption

contraction

contraption

councilman

cremation

decision

delusion

digestion

dilation

dilution

division

egyptian

endowment

erosion

evasion

exemption

expansion

extortion

fabian

fenian

fisherman

flotation

foramen

galleon

gillian

gyration

halogen

hawaiian

horizon

illusion

imagine

immersion

infarction

inflection

infliction

infraction

inspection

intentioned

intentions

intestine

libyan

ligation

location

malayan

malaysian

moroccan

musician

mutation

myosin

niacin

notation

occasion

omission

oration

ovation

pantheon

permian

perversion

plebeian

precaution

privation

probation

provision

quotation

recision

regimen

relation

religion

remission

reptilian

rescission

reversion

rotation

saccharin

samoan

sentences

sentinels

simian

suggestion

syrian

tamarin

tendencies

transfusion

undying

vocation

volition

assumption

compulsion

compression

attraction

completion

combustion

compunction

affliction

cohesion

guncotton

capsaicin

cantonal

indians

brazilian

stygian

abandon

castration

distinction

civilian

talisman

discipline

scythian

conclusion

frustration

everyone

pavilion

policeman

predestine

exaction

inclusion

diffraction

midshipman

alaskan

excursion

intrusion

exhaustion

inhuman

londoners

endemic

englishman

opinion

dominion

confusion

infusion

phrygian

disruption

distortion

impression

discretion

vermilion

filtration

aegean

resumption

retraction

rebellion

singleton

presumption

unburden

uncommon

irishman

migration

libration

nutrition

partition

injunction

inscription

instruction

occlusion

submersion

transcription

persuasion

subversion

unwitting

vibration

endowments

optation

profusion

starvation

preclusion

optician

seclusion

formation

abrasion

anchorman

dispersion

conjunction

conscription

constriction

construction

diffusion

equation

extraction

hydration

aspersion

adrian

albion

awaken

bedizen

beethoven

bosnian

bitumen

campion

catalan

champion

cyprian

feminine

forgotten

freemason

fustian

hammerman

eleven

determine

jacobin

jamaican

indium

extinction

javelin

melanin

reunion

suburban

toboggan

vatican

zambian

nevadan

ramadan

contingent

contented

condiment

emblazon

embolden

adsorption

unbroken

absorption

description

commitment

destruction

communion

companion

crestfallen

etruscan

distraction

countryman

disunion

nebraskan

exclusion

extrusion

expression

expulsion

explosion

restriction

arkansan

excretion

proscription

bandwagon

handwoven

transgression

tantamount

subtraction

imprison

prescription

revision

caucasian

origin

precision

undoing

diversion

nubian

contentment

nemean

misfortune

grobian

misprision

nonhuman

dorian

biotin

protean

prostration

median

irian

korean

freudian

aryan

jovian

julian

gaussian

odeon

implosion

reopen

orion

entangle

abdomen

abstraction

acumen

african

antennas

backgammon

bandanas

battalion

cambrian

chamberlain

clarendon

contingents

continue

intimate

italian

lumberman

magdalen

medallion

minuteman

mistaken

nobleman

obstruction

pantomime

perfusion

randomize

randomly

rhodopsin

rifleman

subscription

timberman

wantonly

containment

entombment

lutheran

fijian

condiments

commitments

backwoodsman

artesian

fandango

beholden

cartesian

hydrogen

nitrogen

norwegian

oxygen

entangled

unthinking

albumin

ambrosian

peterman

continues

landowner

harlequin

downtrodden

collagen

continued

overrun

scorpion

continent

bandana

overman

container

gordian

monotone

overdone

bouillon

antenna

gravamen

intensely

intensive

intimates

muskmelon

guardian

saleswoman

ottoman

nonunion

solomon

octillion

vitamin

outspoken

waterman

masculine

snapdragon

superman

anglican

parthian

indentured

indentures

untangle

endangers

janthina

margarine

endangered

alderman

andante

artisan

austrian

cardigan

charlatan

charwoman

condenser

containers

continents

corsican

forbidden

forewoman

landowners

partisan

porcelain

sumatran

untimely

uterine

endanger

congressman

indenture

intended

landmasses

condensate

intently

contenders

housebroken

mountaineers

vomiting

australian

condensates

contemplate

heartbroken

contender

mountaineer

pandemic

contemplates

maintenance

undaunted

remittance

countenance

emitting

commuting

4 syllable words

penicillin

definition

detonation

emanation

fascination

germination

machination

renovation

premonition

termination

corinthian

decoration

federation

preparation

reparation

rhetorician

separation

surrogation

variation

pagination

ammunition

maturation

admonition

benediction

centurion

glaciation

graduation

hypertension

presentation

resignation

ventilation

fermentation

penetration

recantation

vaccination

designation

saturation

destination

recognition

abolition

allegation

animation

annotation

appellation

decimation

declaration

coronation

allocation

dedication

defamation

delegation

demolition

deposition

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

devolution

diminution

divination

domination

elevation

hesitation

hibernation

inhalation

intuition

medication

meditation

melanesian

respiration

restoration

resurrection

revelation

revocation

revolution

trepidation

vacillation

validation

rumination

erudition

gravitation

profanation

sanitation

planarian

levitation

navigation

reelection

reformation

nomination

recreation

repetition

recitation

preservation

evolution

avocation

habitation

innovation

preelection

preignition

reservation

resolution

aberration

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

agitation

apparition

augmentation

aviation

coalition

coloration

condescension

dietitian

education

fragmentation

indentation

intentional

intervention

iteration

laceration

liberation

menstruation

meridian

miseration

moderation

operation

ostentation

perforation

prohibition

radiation

reassertion

segmentation

toleration

vegetation

violation

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acquisition

calibration

acclimation

accusation

activation

adaptation

cancellation

circulation

circumcision

commendation

combination

celebration

depravation

abyssinian

inattention

indecision

american

speculation

statistician

indication

information

restitution

retrocession

requisition

inundation

granulation

inspiration

interaction

insulation

insurrection

intercession

intermission

interruption

intonation

segregation

intimation

invitation

invocation

reputation

syndication

centenary

centennial

tabulation

eritrean

precondition

predilection

obsidian

apprehension

application

excitation

emulation

protestation

degradation

exhibition

molestation

culmination

devastation

persecution

approbation

equitation

copernican

dandelion

estimation

dominican

estonian

minnesotan

paraguayan

destitution

fabrication

affectation

reclamation

recollection

advocation

desecration

refutation

sectarian

annexation

disaffection

regulation

replication

samaritan

ordination

alternation

elocution

emigration

expiration

palpitation

aggregation

depredation

situation

deprivation

dereliction

aggravation

vindication

explanation

impregnation

demonstration

admiration

iranian

affirmation

aspiration

bifurcation

collocation

connotation

dilatation

figuration

fluoridation

fumigation

imitation

immolation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jubilation

manumission

oscillation

monotony

legislation

maccabean

missourian

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

jacobean

appalachian

corporation

dissertation

inhibition

alteration

correlation

syncopation

dissipation

corp.

dissolution

sicilian

emotional

limitation

valerian

litigation

locomotion

opposition

perspiration

simonian

perturbation

politician

draconian

bavarian

himalayan

businesswoman

propagation

proposition

provocation

readmission

arizonan

canadian

gentlewoman

european

galilean

polynesian

realization

reposition

supposition

repossession

suffocation

titillation

devonian

repercussion

ulceration

usurpation

valuation

assyrian

visitation

condensation

reinspection

condemnation

integration

malnutrition

attribution

comprehension

installation

instigation

institution

embarkation

ministration

electrician

calculation

circumvention

compensation

excavation

execution

exhortation

expedition

exploration

exposition

gastrulation

interception

interdiction

intersection

intimations

intonations

retribution

satisfaction

transformation

transportation

amputation

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

imperfection

incantation

incarnation

inclination

inquisition

misperception

indexation

preconception

indignation

inflammation

pigmentation

infestation

punctuation

cogitation

leviathan

anathema

deviation

pelagian

foliation

comparison

mediation

macedonian

intensify

athenian

modulation

intensity

ideation

fluctuation

peruvian

exhalation

incubation

indigestion

interjection

registration

strangulation

moravian

altercation

amphibian

greco-roman

oblivion

backwardation

commutation

albanian

conservation

consummation

conversation

convocation

crucifixion

cultivation

disposition

fibrillation

gargantuan

competition

composition

convolution

dislocation

distillation

duplication

compilation

nestorian

carcinogen

confirmation

consolation

barbarian

immigration

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

indonesian

imposition

reexamine

permutation

darwinian

liquidation

lubrication

ovulation

oxidation

population

prosecution

publication

canadians

occupation

librarian

lilliputian

masturbation

obligation

proclamation

relaxation

tasmanian

observation

prostitution

simulation

wagnerian

stipulation

centimetre

pagurian

jordanian

stimulation

superstition

tribulation

committeeman

interurban

contraception

contravention

californian

conjugation

dehydration

circumspection

elongation

self-deception

sequestration

intensified

intensifies

intensities

confrontation

ohioan

condemnations

rhododendron

concentration

sentimental

extradition

implantation

incrustation

endangerment

indiscretion

introduction

misconception

infiltration

exclamation

expectation

explication

exploitation

extrication

englishwoman

smithsonian

procreation

exhumation

relocation

evocation

algerian

disillusion

hungarian

supervision

collodion

coloradan

comedian

criterion

floridian

liberian

constitution

newtonian

constellation

consternation

constipation

consultation

confiscation

napoleon

consecration

decompression

anatomy

illustration

mortification

reconstruction

arabian

lancastrian

bolivian

deconstruction

fallopian

liquefaction

obfuscation

chameleon

diocesan

iberian

mammalian

introspection

gregorian

hyperion

plutonian

arbitration

computation

contingency

implication

entanglement

formulation

importation

jurisdiction

siberian

vanadium

malformation

subluxation

tetrahedron

protozoan

disputation

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word mention

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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