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

suction

substance

dustman

prussian

russian

abstain

billion

dobson

gumption

ibsen

london

million

minion

obstruct

onion

pillion

pinion

runnion

scullion

stillion

substrates

trillion

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

undone

faustian

glidden

faction

auction

hidden

christian

action

function

bushman

huntsman

bastion

caption

dungeon

junction

dutchman

upstream

flexion

fraction

freshman

ridden

gentian

luncheon

mansion

martian

mention

option

sudden

section

torsion

pension

portion

traction

tension

question

substrate

obstructs

ashen

bludgeon

caution

cushion

dudgeon

gudgeon

freshen

horseman

fashion

scotsman

hessian

yachtsman

passion

delphian

sexton

grandson

bordman

capstan

ration

cauldron

children

caxton

subsides

baldwin

landman

session

aspen

arson

austin

boston

canyon

banyan

baston

billman

emption

bullion

chessman

citron

clinton

cordon

henchman

classman

claxon

crimson

damson

fibrin

garden

ensign

freedman

gascon

headman

houseman

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

gilden

goodman

harden

jetson

kenyan

linden

lisbon

lynden

mignon

milken

minden

muslin

outdone

oxen

pardon

passman

piston

samson

shipman

parson

pitman

pressman

saxon

scallion

selden

silken

spearman

squadron

stallion

stepson

subside

sultan

sylvan

tendon

teston

tillman

vulcan

warden

whitson

woodman

abstruse

fiction

landsman

friction

craftsman

draftsman

engine

guardsman

sunken

marksman

diction

brethren

rincon

sanction

shrunken

sportsman

belgian

drunken

gibbon

given

gladden

redden

ribbon

sullen

trodden

wiccan

summon

riden

prison

glisten

griffon

hyson

kitten

leaden

ledden

lessen

lesson

linen

listen

lyden

madden

mitten

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

oven

smitten

quicken

risen

riven

robin

sadden

sicken

sodden

stiffen

stricken

striven

toughen

villain

widen

women

thicken

wooden

written

auden

billon

bason

begun

bison

bisson

chicken

christen

cousin

dozen

driven

eden

fasten

bitten

broaden

briton

button

cabin

bobbin

deaden

headsman

homespun

marchman

markman

portman

seedsman

spokesman

statesman

strengthen

townsman

oarsman

lampron

upsets

affixed

lengthen

doctrine

postman

klansman

station

vision

nation

fission

abstract

lotion

mahone

motion

notion

pigeon

mission

heathen

ocean

potion

grecian

haitian

kitchen

plankton

penguin

lightman

linemen

dalton

dampen

darken

desman

corban

lineman

lockman

m1

marlin

marten

martin

olden

organ

morgan

mormon

mountain

melton

nekton

norman

paean

peon

orphan

dian

lion

outrun

packman

mayan

pectin

panton

ponton

penman

plantain

acton

airman

alban

alman

atman

bagman

bellman

scion

bargain

barton

bolden

bookman

calvin

canton

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chevron

dolman

dolphin

falcon

faulcon

fielden

fireman

footman

foreman

fountain

golden

gorgon

hackman

harken

harten

hearten

hempen

hetman

jackman

jargon

jasmine

kansan

kelvin

kremlin

saffron

santon

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

stallman

stockman

tarpon

tartan

union

upset

upside

wanton

woolman

zion

ion

abstracts

upstart

watchman

othman

upshot

hangman

mangan

longan

flashgun

alan

amman

baron

barren

basin

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

beckon

bellon

blacken

bollen

boughten

bourbon

bracken

breton

brighten

burden

burdon

caisson

cannon

canon

capstone

charon

chasten

cheapen

common

cotton

cretin

cuban

deacon

deafen

deepen

demon

depicts

devon

dipstick

dragon

eaten

elan

fallen

famine

fatten

felon

flatten

floren

foreign

freeman

frighten

gallon

gammon

garron

gotten

happen

hasten

hausen

heaven

heighten

heron

hymen

hyphen

jason

jetton

laden

lagan

latin

leaven

leman

lemon

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

lobsters

locken

loosen

loren

maiden

marron

mason

melon

moisten

odin

offsets

often

patten

pavon

perron

person

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

pullen

reason

ripen

rosin

reckon

rerun

resin

rotten

salesman

salmon

satin

seaman

season

semen

seton

seven

siphon

siren

slacken

soften

spectral

spectrum

spigot

steven

sweeten

syphon

talon

tappen

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

treason

triton

turban

typists

upstarts

urban

urson

vegan

wagon

warren

weaken

weapon

websters

wheaten

whiten

wizen

woman

woolen

worsen

yaupon

region

hopscotch

legion

lesion

pathan

eavesdrop

sweepstakes

spectrums

spigots

gowan

apron

chieftain

kirkman

boatman

bobcat

brakeman

copeman

debased

depict

evict

matron

molten

offset

patron

sequin

shearman

webster

rayon

spastic

typist

lopeman

affect

lobster

cowan

newsman

workman

coachman

fortune

margin

churchman

georgian

beefsteak

diffused

sweepstake

hipsters

bobcats

bacon

brazen

broken

canaan

bayman

blowgun

bowman

brogan

burman

burton

cayman

certain

chosen

colon

craven

crewman

crouton

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

dromon

ermine

firman

frozen

german

gluten

graven

haven

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

kalan

layman

logan

lumen

open

poison

omen

pagan

proven

raven

roman

rosen

rumen

satan

sermon

shaken

shaman

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

swollen

waken

zaman

yeoman

spoken

stolen

straighten

taken

token

toman

woven

zircon

burgeon

cajun

earthen

fusion

surgeon

version

trojan

asian

urchin

sturgeon

suasion

persian

dovecote

effect

hipster

quipster

robust

space-time

tipster

ruin

urine

owen

rowan

rowen

effects

divests

ripostes

defaced

defect

divest

riposte

dovecotes

affects

defects

offshoots

spectre

offshoot

scapegoat

scapegoats

3 syllable words

fustian

plebeian

obsession

submission

subscription

franciscan

octillion

reptilian

abstention

abandon

unwritten

austrian

forbidden

rebellion

bedridden

conception

affliction

conviction

andean

bedizen

gordian

guardian

halcyon

concession

condition

incision

indian

accession

attrition

suspicion

thespian

excision

patrician

succession

abstentions

conscription

constriction

obstruction

gaussian

gillian

libyan

median

simian

decision

badminton

countryman

consumption

petition

physician

prescription

communion

companion

collision

commission

excretion

chilean

position

syrian

upside-down

provision

recision

rescission

inception

completion

obstructions

scythian

battalion

exception

unbutton

uncertain

contrition

stygian

phrygian

talisman

combustion

unburden

aegean

transmission

cambrian

magician

cardigan

vermilion

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

accretion

admission

albion

ambition

backwoodsman

bosnian

bulletin

campion

champion

cognition

construction

cyprian

deception

dentition

depiction

dissection

dissension

elison

eviction

garrison

ignition

inscription

irishman

jettison

kantian

lesbian

misshapen

nevadan

objection

optician

partition

reception

rendition

rhapsody

scorpion

secretion

submersion

suburban

subversion

tactician

technician

toboggan

transcription

transition

uneven

vatican

wesleyan

zambian

infliction

encryption

inspection

description

extinction

extension

fabian

embolden

arian

imprison

unbroken

appian

aryan

addition

collusion

commotion

corruption

deletion

clarion

collegian

occasion

profession

promotion

malaysian

negation

pollution

procession

venetian

precision

nonunion

edition

emission

phoenician

carrion

nebraskan

possession

muskmelon

dorian

disunion

division

digestion

outspoken

predation

egyptian

allusion

aversion

recession

freudian

galleon

ghanaian

grobian

hawaiian

irian

korean

malayan

marian

nubian

suggestion

odeon

aleutian

assertion

audition

religion

secession

sedation

sedition

solution

tradition

summation

distinction

englishman

misprision

depictions

evictions

guncotton

capsaicin

acumen

depicted

medallion

everyone

mistaken

abdomen

uncommon

chairwoman

lumberman

alaskan

rhapsodize

policeman

addiction

affection

aggression

alsatian

apportion

artesian

ascension

aspersion

attention

cartesian

collection

compassion

concussion

confession

connection

connexion

contagion

contusion

conversion

crustacean

emulsion

substances

depletion

substantive

eruption

insertion

norwegian

australian

fixation

foundation

laurentian

libration

menhaden

nutrition

occlusion

oppression

perception

prediction

profusion

progression

proportion

propulsion

protection

regression

resection

revulsion

selection

sensation

vibration

taxation

congestion

suppression

determine

epistle

absorption

mandarin

lobbyist

anyone

awaken

ferryman

keynesian

jamaican

adrian

bouillon

assassin

expression

restriction

proscription

substantial

subtraction

albumin

ambrosian

downtrodden

emblazon

obstinate

substitute

truncation

arkansan

adhesion

housebroken

crestfallen

masculine

projection

causation

direction

elation

fenian

correction

ligation

cetacean

cessation

citation

dilation

dilution

duration

evasion

gyration

avian

permission

revision

munition

musician

cation

narration

nemean

volition

permian

oration

parthian

omission

samoan

obstructive

percussion

bedouin

probation

privation

alien

remission

jovian

julian

precession

reaction

protean

spaghetti

abduction

conclusion

concoction

confection

affections

compression

compulsion

conduction

conflation

confusion

contention

convection

convention

convulsion

contortion

forewoman

confucian

italian

lobbyists

logician

timberman

assumption

attraction

declension

alderman

backgammon

cohesion

enlighten

enliven

discretion

abstraction

induction

exhaustion

midshipman

presumption

pentathlon

suspension

disruption

frustration

resumption

excursion

croatian

divestment

creation

heartbroken

derision

fijian

abstinence

abstinent

horatian

parisian

ingestion

tuition

coercion

laotian

fruition

substitutes

contraption

complexion

carnation

contraction

adoption

expulsion

extortion

cistercian

destruction

extrusion

anchorman

transfusion

dalmatian

damnation

deflation

dictation

diffusion

optation

preemption

formation

migration

perfection

pretension

prevention

salvation

seduction

upsetting

explosion

temptation

exclusion

expansion

digression

deduction

discussion

dispersion

equation

gestation

lactation

production

retention

starvation

hydration

invasion

plantation

reduction

stagnation

apostle

abstractions

bitumen

gravamen

hammerman

jacobin

medicine

overdone

intestine

eleven

ramadan

reunion

venison

bandwagon

handwoven

unison

etruscan

obstacle

snapdragon

revisit

waterman

tapestries

divestments

clergyman

cremation

delusion

desertion

devotion

donation

emotion

erosion

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

nonhuman

illusion

extraction

halogen

misfortune

transaction

translation

gradation

imagine

lecithin

instruction

location

mutation

retraction

immersion

castration

notation

redemption

origin

inhuman

quotation

relation

prostration

precaution

distortion

ovation

reversion

rotation

vacation

filtration

vocation

inflation

infusion

apostate

nobleman

sophistry

tamarin

apostles

predestine

deficits

rifleman

saccharin

perfusion

revisits

affected

chairperson

chamberlain

veteran

genuine

lopsided

in-person

obstacles

deposits

discipline

heroin

heroine

adsorption

affecting

asuncion

beholden

congressman

defection

depression

detection

detention

dimension

distraction

election

erection

exertion

hydrogen

impassion

inaction

incursion

inversion

nitrogen

oxygen

persuasion

preclusion

repression

seclusion

transgression

citizen

councilman

harlequin

catalan

overman

overrun

ejection

freemason

rejection

ottoman

vitamin

cinnamon

javelin

heavyset

denizen

pelican

specimen

superman

abstracted

lanolin

gentleman

solomon

beethoven

deposit

baby-sit

puritan

collagen

keratin

silicon

skeleton

defections

margarine

deflection

diffraction

impression

infection

intention

exaction

reflection

regimen

implosion

inclusion

intrusion

singleton

conjunction

invention

injection

partisan

charlatan

mexican

affective

foramen

horizon

moroccan

reopen

myosin

orion

uterine

rhapsodic

rhodopsin

artisan

infraction

inflection

corsican

subacute

african

exemption

biotin

niacin

charwoman

magdalen

sumatran

infarction

porcelain

benjamin

offsetting

typesetting

lutheran

compunction

obfuscate

injunction

heavyweight

anglican

suffocate

feminine

forgotten

melanin

oboist

peterman

spectator

diversion

spectrograph

caucasian

clarendon

defective

effective

heavyweights

spectacle

spectators

corrosion

spectacles

saleswoman

deficit

effector

episode

navigate

opposite

perversion

eavesdropping

opposites

devastate

navigates

episodes

effectors

robustly

tapestry

4 syllable words

accordion

subdivision

agrarian

publication

amphibian

committeeman

darwinian

librarian

custodian

pagurian

chameleon

canadian

collodion

bavarian

criterion

hyperion

missourian

planarian

hungarian

meridian

athenian

nigerian

pedestrian

shakespearean

substitution

eritrean

abdication

cultivation

sectarian

fabrication

armenian

barbarian

fibrillation

centurion

liquidation

oxidation

gregorian

fallopian

substitutions

bolivian

mammalian

napoleon

smithsonian

algerian

dissipation

polynesian

trepidation

crocodilian

prohibition

macedonian

republican

expedition

instigation

invitation

syndication

estonian

historian

dominican

gorgonian

carcinogen

albanian

nestorian

pavlovian

depredation

degradation

tasmanian

circumcision

abnegation

absolution

lubrication

olympian

penicillin

samaritan

arabian

arthurian

babysitting

disillusion

equestrian

erudition

extradition

fluoridation

gravitation

irritation

jacobean

levitation

limitation

maccabean

mitigation

mongolian

supposition

titillation

validation

visitation

jurisdiction

institution

indignation

arbitration

disinflation

cogitation

lancastrian

capacitance

coalition

officiate

corinthian

rhetorician

apparition

benediction

dereliction

exhibition

columbian

capacities

eustachian

obstetrical

american

copernican

indecision

recognition

restitution

statistician

algonquian

backwardation

crucifixion

insurrection

suppositions

herculean

jordanian

expectation

obstetrician

circumspection

contradiction

infiltration

coloradan

demolition

devonian

intuition

assemblyman

inhibition

draconian

readmission

manumission

european

newtonian

deposition

galilean

iranian

plutonian

simonian

abolition

californian

obstructionist

businesswoman

politician

utopian

fumigation

officiates

opposition

proposition

repetition

reposition

rumination

ulceration

armageddon

disinfection

substantiate

interception

interdiction

intersection

subluxation

tetrahedron

circumvention

octahedron

noblewoman

exhumation

ostentation

sophisticate

aberration

coloration

obstetricians

mediation

apprehension

ideation

registration

bohemian

hegelian

liberation

surrogation

pelagian

inattention

superstition

approbation

imposition

competition

composition

disposition

moravian

depositions

peruvian

acquisition

celebration

annexation

indonesian

oppositions

intercession

intermission

calibration

obstructionists

polyhedron

retrocession

requisition

gentlewoman

alabaman

ibuprofen

nonprescription

indiscretion

sophisticates

introduction

substantiates

cotyledon

cyclopean

apostrophes

glaciation

greco-roman

maturation

minnesotan

saturation

paraguayan

graduation

predetermine

victorian

wagnerian

allegation

animation

allocation

annotation

derivation

appalachian

appellation

habitation

hesitation

evolution

correlation

decimation

delegation

devolution

elevation

imitation

defamation

hibernation

immolation

collocation

desiccation

avocation

connotation

englishwoman

desolation

dilatation

dissolution

inhalation

isolation

propagation

innovation

irrigation

jubilation

litigation

locomotion

motivation

mutilation

navigation

oscillation

provocation

realization

recitation

recreation

renovation

repossession

resolution

revelation

revocation

revolution

sanitation

suffocation

supervision

vacillation

arizonan

contrarian

fluctuation

inquisition

education

modulation

electrician

spectacular

malnutrition

retribution

adulation

misperception

affectively

apostrophe

praetorian

obstinacy

agitation

vegetation

attribution

himalayan

exposition

substantially

laceration

radiation

reparation

iteration

leviathan

adoration

decoration

federation

generation

miseration

moderation

preparation

separation

substantively

operation

toleration

variation

veneration

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

activation

adaptation

advocation

affectation

affectionate

aggravation

aggregation

cancellation

compilation

depravation

deprivation

distillation

expiration

excitation

lilliputian

obligation

observation

proclamation

prosecution

contravention

contribution

prostitution

reclamation

consummation

consolation

conversation

convocation

convolution

destitution

devastation

elocution

emigration

immigration

indication

inspiration

insulation

palpitation

penetration

persecution

recollection

relaxation

application

desecration

disaffection

invocation

estimation

resignation

duplication

designation

equitation

intimation

conservation

hypertension

masturbation

replication

interruption

retardation

segregation

distribution

revocations

ventilation

vindication

legislation

syncopation

topsy-turvy

dehydration

dandelion

depositors

aldebaran

guatemalan

conjugation

substituted

reexamine

overburden

situation

comprehension

baby-sitters

complication

condescension

confiscation

punctuation

condemnation

admiration

consecration

obfuscation

transportation

constipation

consultation

satisfaction

affirmation

constitution

alteration

consternation

bifurcation

constellation

decompression

corp.

aspiration

augmentation

transformation

corporation

menstruation

desperation

embarkation

exploration

mortification

dedication

execution

declaration

indentation

indexation

infestation

dissertation

inflammation

figuration

meditation

excavation

medication

perturbation

preelection

preservation

reelection

installation

integration

divestiture

procreation

ministration

reformation

gastrulation

illustration

repercussion

reservation

respiration

implication

restoration

resurrection

liquefaction

valuation

adrenaline

baby-sitter

capacitor

capacity

comparison

congregation

depositor

diocesan

effectively

exhalation

incubation

indigestion

misbegotten

obesity

protozoan

spectrometer

exploitation

self-deception

information

refutation

extrication

altercation

alternation

conflagration

exclamation

tribulation

contemplation

contraception

explanation

explication

incrustation

orchestration

sequestration

confirmation

foliation

deviation

perforation

deformation

demarcation

dislocation

aviation

deportation

divestitures

molestation

protestation

stimulation

stipulation

tabulation

simulation

elongation

spectrometry

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word obsidian

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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