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

auction

function

junction

suction

gumption

tuscan

dobson

martian

fraction

action

marksman

diction

sanction

friction

flexion

faction

craftsman

section

draftsman

fiction

traction

option

abstain

dustman

doctrine

markman

scotsman

yachtsman

marchman

nation

station

fashion

haitian

passion

ashen

caution

russian

prussian

ration

boston

darken

arson

claxon

dolphin

gascon

harken

emption

onion

oxen

parson

runnion

lockman

saxon

stockman

scullion

vulcan

guardsman

sportsman

substance

luncheon

obstructs

portion

pension

watchman

caption

mansion

christian

margin

othman

shrunken

mention

question

bastion

drunken

dungeon

faustian

flashgun

sunken

gentian

tension

torsion

affects

capstan

cauldron

caxton

jason

mason

delphian

hyson

basin

bobbin

caisson

robin

hasten

soften

horseman

bison

chasten

locken

grandson

lobsters

substrates

gudgeon

hessian

asian

grecian

suasion

dudgeon

hopscotch

cajun

plankton

bludgeon

fission

mahone

tungsten

session

cushion

freshen

mission

alban

austin

banyan

bargain

abstracts

acton

aspen

barton

baston

billion

bookman

bullion

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

canyon

chessman

dolman

faulcon

harten

ensign

falcon

garden

hackman

harden

classman

damson

debased

fibrin

hearten

houseman

ibsen

jackman

jargon

jetson

keelson

kelson

kenyan

lobster

london

marlin

marten

martin

milken

million

minion

muslin

nekton

orphan

packman

pardon

passman

pectin

piston

saffron

substrate

pillion

pinion

ponton

pressman

samson

scallion

stallion

stepson

trillion

tubman

whitson

squadron

sultan

huntsman

stillion

sovereign

landsman

sharpen

shotgun

silken

smarten

sovran

tarpon

undone

spartan

tartan

teston

belgian

bushman

dutchman

engine

fortune

freshman

georgian

longan

rincon

upshot

bacon

bayman

effects

bason

beckon

bordman

bisson

divests

townsman

blacken

bobcats

typists

bollen

canaan

brazen

brighten

cabin

cayman

children

defects

bracken

button

chicken

christen

common

craven

dagan

dagon

dozen

cotton

cousin

daman

fallen

fasten

frighten

glisten

gotten

graven

haven

heighten

hymen

hyphen

kalan

laden

layman

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

lyden

maiden

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

often

oven

shaken

baldwin

beefsteak

rosin

siphon

obstruct

rotten

reckon

headsman

homespun

klansman

pavon

raven

satan

lampron

sicken

landman

lengthen

oarsman

pagan

quicken

siren

shaman

pollen

subsides

pollan

statesman

riden

sexton

spokesman

ripen

strengthen

slacken

sodden

straighten

stricken

sudden

summon

syphon

portman

sullen

taken

thicken

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

trodden

waken

whiten

postman

wiccan

zaman

widen

wizen

kitchen

legion

henchman

penguin

potion

vision

region

motion

heathen

notion

lesion

lotion

ocean

pathan

pigeon

sweepstakes

alman

bellman

billman

bobcat

chairman

scion

affect

apron

atman

bagman

brakeman

canton

zion

calvin

captain

airman

chaplain

chieftain

lion

chapman

dian

chevron

citron

clinton

corban

cordon

crimson

dalton

dampen

defaced

desman

fireman

footman

foreman

fountain

gilden

goodman

gorgon

headman

hempen

mayan

hetman

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kansan

kremlin

lightman

matron

melton

mignon

mormon

mountain

kelvin

kirkman

linden

lineman

linemen

lynden

m1

minden

morgan

norman

pitman

organ

outdone

outrun

panton

patron

penman

plantain

robust

santon

selden

sequin

shipman

shorten

spearman

stallman

subside

upset

sylvan

tendon

tillman

union

wanton

warden

woolman

workman

ion

rayon

woodman

hangman

brethren

churchman

coachman

mangan

offshoot

affixed

capstone

dovecotes

salesman

offsets

sweepstake

upsets

abstract

ripostes

websters

beacon

beaten

begun

bellon

billon

bitten

boughten

bourbon

breton

briton

broaden

broken

cannon

canon

charon

cheapen

cretin

cuban

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dragon

driven

eaten

eden

elan

famine

fatten

felon

flatten

floren

foreign

gibbon

griffon

hausen

heaven

heron

freeman

gallon

gammon

garron

given

gladden

glidden

happen

hidden

rerun

resin

striven

sweeten

talon

tappen

thousand

threaten

token

treason

turban

urban

urson

vegan

villain

wagon

warren

weaken

weapon

wheaten

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

written

yaupon

alan

auden

amman

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

jetton

kitten

latin

leaden

lagan

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

leven

linen

loosen

loren

madden

marron

melon

mitten

ninon

patten

perron

person

platen

platten

poison

prison

pullen

reason

redden

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

sadden

salmon

satin

seaman

season

semen

seton

seven

smitten

spoken

steven

stiffen

zircon

offshoots

trojan

sturgeon

persian

version

burgeon

earthen

fusion

urchin

upstream

surgeon

boatman

bolden

copeman

defect

divest

dovecote

effect

fielden

freedman

golden

lisbon

lopeman

molten

newsman

olden

shearman

soldan

space-time

spastic

spigots

typist

upside

webster

cowan

gowan

paean

peon

urine

depicts

diffused

dipstick

hipsters

seedsman

blowgun

bowman

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

burton

certain

chosen

colon

crewman

crouton

cumin

curtain

dromon

frozen

firman

ermine

german

gluten

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

logan

lumen

odin

omen

open

proven

roman

rosen

rumen

sermon

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

stolen

swollen

toman

woven

yeoman

abstruse

spectrums

hipster

offset

quipster

tipster

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

spectral

spectrum

spectre

spigot

upstarts

depict

evict

riposte

scapegoat

scapegoats

upstart

eavesdrop

3 syllable words

abduction

crustacean

truncation

conflation

frustration

conduction

confection

prostration

affection

gestation

optation

production

compunction

taxation

starvation

obsession

reduction

vibration

ablation

alsatian

carnation

libration

conjunction

objection

obstruction

negation

nebraskan

assertion

cessation

occasion

infarction

harlequin

predation

subtraction

consumption

procession

sedation

absorption

summation

capsaicin

affections

obstructions

affliction

castration

combustion

compulsion

convulsion

induction

discretion

infection

suspension

inflation

transaction

translation

abrasion

accretion

formation

stagnation

succession

suppression

temptation

suspicion

injunction

foundation

submission

hydration

subscription

accession

dalmatian

fixation

ascension

aspersion

cognition

compassion

concession

construction

aggression

cistercian

asuncion

concussion

abstraction

confession

contagion

damnation

deduction

defection

deflation

dictation

lactation

optician

discussion

migration

oppression

oxygen

partition

perfection

plantation

progression

salvation

secretion

seduction

sensation

regression

assassin

propulsion

audition

caucasian

causation

cetacean

citation

congressman

destruction

dilation

duration

elation

etruscan

excretion

franciscan

gyration

inflection

infliction

infraction

ligation

location

malaysian

masculine

muskmelon

narration

obstacle

octillion

oration

phoenician

possession

prescription

privation

probation

profession

recession

secession

transgression

vacation

venetian

vocation

compression

rifleman

conception

confucian

abstractions

assumption

artisan

mistaken

completion

contention

alaskan

convention

charlatan

corsican

declension

defections

diffraction

exaction

excursion

african

deflection

disruption

filtration

partisan

presumption

transmission

reflection

resumption

retraction

apportion

collagen

ablution

instruction

admission

artesian

attention

awaken

addiction

congestion

jamaican

conscription

ambition

abortion

attrition

cartesian

condition

connection

connexion

deception

depletion

digression

dispersion

dissection

dissension

equation

eruption

exertion

hydrogen

impassion

inaction

invasion

laurentian

nitrogen

fustian

misshapen

persuasion

proportion

subversion

gravamen

ottoman

selection

emulsion

insertion

reception

collection

conversion

solomon

incursion

suffocate

transcription

submersion

obstacles

depression

patrician

revulsion

prediction

protection

transition

contraption

expression

expulsion

expansion

extension

inspection

adsorption

substantial

description

abstention

aversion

deletion

flotation

margarine

origin

councilman

digestion

notation

physician

petition

suggestion

commission

cremation

corruption

direction

mutation

myosin

desertion

gradation

ovation

percussion

relation

solution

malayan

parthian

rotation

aleutian

collegian

correction

arkansan

addition

commotion

adhesion

projection

donation

flirtation

position

evasion

precession

niacin

edition

halogen

pollution

promotion

quotation

reaction

tradition

acumen

in-person

conviction

inception

nobleman

subacute

conclusion

impression

chairperson

attraction

mexican

anglican

rebellion

confusion

convection

distortion

exception

exhaustion

invention

misfortune

charwoman

contrition

magdalen

magician

unbutton

lobbyists

contortion

nonhuman

porcelain

cardigan

policeman

talisman

constriction

inscription

ingestion

divestment

australian

croatian

abstentions

heartbroken

creation

horatian

affecting

anchorman

contusion

dentition

depiction

election

erection

eviction

inversion

perception

pretension

prevention

irishman

menhaden

preemption

profusion

technician

tactician

detection

ignition

norwegian

nutrition

repression

resection

detention

occlusion

rendition

retention

dimension

badminton

companion

countryman

bosnian

lobbyist

uneven

exclusion

unison

contraction

exemption

emblazon

vatican

extortion

egyptian

vitamin

ejection

javelin

lanolin

medicine

ramadan

distraction

proscription

jacobin

encryption

determine

silicon

thespian

gentleman

transfusion

deficit

housebroken

pelican

intestine

catalan

garrison

guardian

venison

obstinate

rejection

opposite

freemason

halcyon

unbroken

complexion

collision

allusion

collusion

decision

distinction

divestments

obstructive

devotion

dilution

diversion

emission

emotion

fisherman

immersion

lecithin

munition

musician

omission

permission

precaution

provision

recision

remission

volition

rescission

sedition

reversion

austrian

battalion

brazilian

aryan

concoction

misprision

affective

cation

devastate

plebeian

singleton

saccharin

abandon

abdomen

redemption

affected

backgammon

civilian

dominion

enlighten

enliven

everyone

forbidden

genuine

alderman

cambrian

cohesion

discipline

italian

logician

intention

evictions

extraction

pavilion

depictions

uncertain

biotin

predestine

vermilion

gaussian

ghanaian

hawaiian

navigates

spectacle

infusion

opposites

unwritten

medallion

opinion

subsidies

inclusion

coercion

injection

fruition

laotian

tuition

extinction

substitutes

extrusion

excision

preclusion

upsetting

adoption

incision

restriction

explosion

diffusion

seclusion

typesetting

champion

andean

bedizen

cinnamon

citizen

cyprian

denizen

gordian

hammerman

albumin

crestfallen

campion

disunion

eleven

ferryman

handwoven

outspoken

elison

imprison

anyone

nonunion

albion

keratin

puritan

jettison

mandarin

scorpion

kantian

skeleton

specimen

bandwagon

suburban

waterman

wesleyan

ambrosian

zambian

abstracted

communion

snapdragon

tapestries

indian

navigate

spectacles

nevadan

englishman

upside-down

erosion

precision

perversion

pentathlon

clergyman

revision

intrusion

delusion

inhuman

division

implosion

illusion

imagine

religion

abstinence

abstinent

appian

arian

backwoodsman

bedridden

carrion

chairwoman

chilean

clarion

defective

deficits

dorian

effective

fabian

foramen

forewoman

galleon

gillian

grobian

horizon

korean

libyan

lopsided

lumberman

marian

moroccan

nubian

orion

perfusion

rhapsodize

rhodopsin

robustly

samoan

simian

sophistry

substances

substantive

syrian

tamarin

tapestry

unburden

veteran

derision

aegean

offsetting

scythian

stygian

fijian

lutheran

beholden

parisian

phrygian

oboist

peterman

bouillon

rhapsody

subsidy

bitumen

bulletin

lesbian

overdone

overman

overrun

superman

reptilian

substitute

embolden

midshipman

sumatran

timberman

spectrograph

spectators

apostate

episodes

effectors

chamberlain

bedouin

freudian

heroin

heroine

jovian

julian

alien

avian

irian

odeon

permian

protean

spaghetti

uterine

benjamin

corrosion

baby-sit

beethoven

adrian

effector

forgotten

episode

heavyset

toboggan

keynesian

spectator

saleswoman

regimen

apostles

deposits

guncotton

heavyweights

revisits

subsidize

uncommon

downtrodden

nemean

reopen

fenian

median

apostle

heavyweight

reunion

revisit

feminine

melanin

clarendon

rhapsodic

epistle

eavesdropping

deposit

depicted

4 syllable words

arbitration

augmentation

computation

constipation

fragmentation

condescension

constellation

infestation

malformation

abnegation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

adaptation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

altercation

approbation

calibration

cancellation

confirmation

conversation

culmination

devastation

duplication

granulation

indication

invocation

lubrication

observation

ordination

palpitation

prosecution

replication

tribulation

vaccination

vindication

animation

annotation

appellation

coronation

correlation

dedication

defamation

desiccation

fascination

isolation

jubilation

machination

medication

navigation

congregation

allegation

sanitation

vacillation

validation

revocation

obstetrician

legislation

incrustation

contraception

sequestration

violation

amputation

formulation

adulation

education

calculation

agitation

cogitation

dispensation

gastrulation

illustration

implication

pagination

inflammation

pigmentation

integration

ministration

segmentation

nonprescription

conservation

annexation

celebration

circulation

composition

convolution

strangulation

absolution

competition

deformation

distillation

equitation

degradation

emigration

emulation

estimation

depravation

fibrillation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

designation

destination

fermentation

immigration

intimation

intonation

inundation

molestation

presentation

prostitution

protestation

reputation

revocations

segregation

speculation

statistician

insulation

ovulation

recantation

regulation

stimulation

stipulation

ventilation

penetration

reclamation

resignation

simulation

obstetricians

abolition

appalachian

decimation

politician

suffocating

ulceration

contradiction

contribution

termination

affirmation

delegation

indiscretion

infiltration

hesitation

hibernation

immolation

innovation

irrigation

proposition

realization

renovation

imitation

inhalation

litigation

meditation

motivation

recitation

desolation

self-deception

bifurcation

derivation

detonation

dilatation

divination

elevation

emanation

fluoridation

germination

gravitation

opposition

demonstration

mutilation

revelation

explication

extrication

syncopation

coloration

reassertion

laceration

moderation

vegetation

surrogation

operation

toleration

aberration

armageddon

execution

exhortation

consternation

constitution

excavation

importation

imputation

incantation

installation

inclination

satisfaction

transformation

transplantation

admonition

registration

demarcation

oppositions

relaxation

exhalation

elocution

refutation

introspection

information

acquisition

persecution

ammunition

graduation

dislocation

alternation

maturation

deportation

saturation

contravention

corporation

desperation

evocation

admiration

repossession

fumigation

respiration

alteration

aspiration

corp.

definition

implantation

explanation

dissertation

relocation

exclamation

polynesian

dissipation

reformation

restoration

rumination

dehydration

valuation

supposition

circumspection

elongation

adoration

crocodilian

decompression

decoration

dietitian

embarkation

federation

fluctuation

generation

ideation

iteration

jurisdiction

liberation

miseration

octahedron

perforation

preconception

preparation

punctuation

reparation

reproduction

retribution

separation

substitution

transportation

variation

veneration

cultivation

benediction

disposition

inspiration

apprehension

excitation

masturbation

retrocession

cotyledon

permutation

cyclopean

suppositions

predilection

exhibition

expiration

abyssinian

intercession

barbarian

imposition

recollection

affectionate

precondition

subdivision

disaffection

recognition

syndication

dandelion

darwinian

substitutions

devastating

retardation

glaciation

destitution

requisition

oblivion

guatemalan

librarian

lilliputian

obsidian

crucifixion

situation

dereliction

distribution

introduction

expectation

declaration

deposition

erudition

evolution

irritation

limitation

premonition

preservation

revolution

locomotion

melanesian

mitigation

preignition

reservation

resolution

visitation

galilean

iberian

inhibition

siberian

arthurian

maccabean

reawaken

demolition

dissolution

liberian

californian

figuration

levitation

manumission

devolution

diminution

himalayan

perspiration

repetition

recreation

reposition

titillation

diocesan

trepidation

usurpation

jacobean

circumvention

contrarian

disconnection

pedestrian

disputation

disinflation

noblewoman

exploration

exposition

obstructionist

macedonian

comprehension

expedition

imperfection

incarnation

indexation

interception

lancastrian

intersection

inquisition

instigation

liquefaction

menstruation

reinspection

ostentation

aviation

deviation

foliation

deconstruction

coalition

prohibition

mediation

radiation

reconstruction

depositions

insurrection

interruption

copernican

backwardation

hypertension

circumcision

inattention

wagnerian

carcinogen

indecision

invitation

obstructionists

interaction

liquidation

american

columbian

misconception

alabaman

dominican

minnesotan

exploitation

superstition

polyhedron

paraguayan

extradition

penicillin

businesswoman

perturbation

preelection

mongolian

reelection

officiates

procreation

gentlewoman

equestrian

algerian

repercussion

arabian

assyrian

canadian

indignation

misperception

indentation

criterion

coloradan

european

floridian

hyperion

tetrahedron

substantially

exhumation

mammalian

disinfection

apparition

indigestion

devastated

misbegotten

sophisticate

comparison

leviathan

nigerian

officiate

pelagian

rhetorician

hemoglobin

impregnation

intermission

gargantuan

restitution

agrarian

albanian

armenian

navigators

pagurian

olympian

pavlovian

committeeman

predetermine

assemblyman

nonpartisan

rhododendron

samaritan

custodian

gorgonian

jordanian

tasmanian

substituted

eustachian

hungarian

attribution

intuition

electrician

intervention

englishwoman

disillusion

institution

resurrection

malnutrition

smithsonian

fallopian

navigator

protozoan

republican

missourian

napoleon

valerian

adrenaline

apostolic

capacitance

obstinacy

rhapsodizes

incubation

affectively

bavarian

bolivian

chameleon

collodion

comedian

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Words that rhyme with the word obfuscation

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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