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

abstracts

abstract

substrates

function

junction

abstruse

substance

auction

suction

dustman

oxen

tuscan

gumption

tungsten

substrate

sanction

marksman

flexion

fiction

section

diction

fraction

martian

friction

torsion

traction

action

faction

portion

markman

marchman

sexton

abstain

capstan

caxton

doctrine

prussian

caution

russian

upstarts

emption

austin

harken

jetson

outrun

stockman

tubman

parson

sultan

claxon

dobson

piston

arson

lockman

citron

teston

gascon

vulcan

boston

darken

ibsen

saxon

baston

fibrin

whitson

bastion

caption

christian

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

faustian

fortune

gentian

georgian

margin

luncheon

mansion

mention

upstream

option

huntsman

spectrums

pension

tension

sunken

guardsman

shrunken

question

locken

mutton

button

cauldron

affixed

bordman

children

dipstick

oarsman

strengthen

websters

yachtsman

portman

postman

scotsman

spectral

spectrum

horseman

lampron

lengthen

lobsters

dudgeon

fashion

ashen

cushion

plankton

bludgeon

fission

freshen

gudgeon

mission

passion

hessian

henchman

pathan

ration

session

acton

bookman

craftsman

canton

draftsman

airman

barton

sportsman

landsman

sweepstakes

upstart

atman

aspen

bargain

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chessman

chevron

classman

clinton

corban

cordon

dalton

damson

ensign

falcon

faulcon

fireman

footman

foreman

fountain

garden

gorgon

hackman

harden

harten

hearten

hetman

houseman

jackman

jargon

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kirkman

lightman

lobster

london

marlin

marten

martin

melton

mormon

matron

morgan

norman

mountain

milken

muslin

nekton

onion

packman

panton

pardon

passman

organ

outdone

orphan

patron

pectin

pitman

ponton

pressman

runnion

saffron

samson

plantain

santon

scullion

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

silken

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

spastic

squadron

stepson

tarpon

tartan

undone

wanton

warden

webster

workman

bushman

brethren

engine

rincon

upshot

belgian

flashgun

freshman

affects

baldwin

baron

barren

bason

baton

batten

batton

beckon

bison

bisson

bitten

blacken

bobbin

boughten

bracken

breton

brighten

briton

cabin

capstone

charon

chicken

cousin

christen

cotton

delphian

dozen

fasten

fatten

flatten

floren

foreign

frighten

garron

gibbon

glisten

gotten

grandson

headsman

heighten

heron

hipsters

homespun

hyson

jetton

kitten

klansman

landman

latin

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

listen

loren

marron

mitten

muffin

mullen

oven

patten

perron

platen

platten

quicken

reckon

ribbon

robin

rotten

satin

sicken

siren

slacken

smitten

spokesman

statesman

stricken

subsides

sudden

sullen

summon

thicken

threaten

tighten

titan

toughen

townsman

triton

upsets

warren

whiten

wiccan

written

zircon

burgeon

version

vision

mahone

nation

earthen

motion

grecian

haitian

kitchen

notion

pigeon

persian

sturgeon

surgeon

station

ocean

lotion

potion

urchin

penguin

alban

apron

brakeman

bullion

chaplain

chapman

crimson

dampen

debased

headman

hempen

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

affect

alman

bagman

banyan

bellman

billion

billman

boatman

calvin

canyon

chieftain

desman

dolman

dolphin

goodman

gilden

hipster

jasmine

linden

linemen

lineman

lisbon

lynden

m1

million

minden

mignon

minion

molten

penman

pillion

pinion

quipster

scallion

selden

shearman

shipman

sequin

spigots

stallion

stallman

stillion

tendon

trillion

upset

subside

tipster

sylvan

woodman

woolman

tillman

hangman

longan

mangan

othman

watchman

beefsteak

depicts

divests

dovecotes

effects

offsets

ripostes

salesman

seedsman

sweepstake

typists

alan

amman

auden

bacon

basin

beacon

beaten

begun

bellon

billon

bollen

bourbon

broaden

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

caisson

cannon

canon

certain

chasten

common

cretin

crouton

cuban

curtain

deacon

deaden

deafen

devon

dragon

driven

eaten

ermine

felon

gallon

gammon

german

given

gladden

gluten

griffon

heaven

hoten

famine

glidden

hymen

fallen

firman

happen

hasten

hausen

hidden

hyphen

jason

lagan

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

liman

loosen

lyden

madden

hopscotch

linen

liven

mason

melon

moisten

ninon

often

rerun

resin

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

rosin

riven

sadden

salmon

satan

sermon

seton

seven

shaken

sweeten

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

thousand

token

trodden

turban

vegan

villain

weapon

wheaten

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

yaupon

person

pavon

pollan

pollen

prison

pullen

redden

siphon

sodden

soften

spoken

stiffen

straighten

striven

urban

urson

wagon

waken

weaken

heathen

cajun

eavesdrop

legion

lesion

fusion

trojan

asian

region

suasion

bolden

effect

evict

copeman

depict

dovecote

fielden

freedman

golden

newsman

offset

olden

upside

lopeman

union

soldan

churchman

coachman

cowan

dian

gowan

ion

lion

mayan

offshoot

scion

urine

zion

bobcats

defects

bayman

blowgun

bowman

brazen

brogan

canaan

cayman

cheapen

chosen

colon

craven

crewman

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

deepen

demon

dromon

eden

elan

freeman

frozen

graven

haven

hogan

hoven

human

kalan

laden

layman

leman

leven

logan

lumen

maiden

odin

pagan

roman

omen

open

poison

proven

raven

reason

rosen

offshoots

rumen

seaman

season

semen

shaman

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

stolen

swollen

yeoman

zaman

toman

treason

woven

spigot

steven

bobcat

defaced

divest

defect

riposte

robust

space-time

typist

diffused

owen

paean

peon

rayon

rowan

rowen

ruin

scapegoats

spectre

scapegoat

3 syllable words

objection

abstentions

inscription

transcription

obstacle

infraction

absorption

complexion

inspection

substantial

expression

expulsion

extension

adsorption

consumption

description

compression

assumption

castration

compulsion

conception

contention

concoction

confection

convection

conviction

convulsion

diffraction

prostration

discretion

induction

retraction

suspension

extinction

affliction

compunction

distinction

abortion

addiction

affection

aggression

ascension

attention

cistercian

collection

concession

concussion

connection

connexion

crustacean

deduction

detection

discussion

dissection

erection

nitrogen

oppression

progression

propulsion

regression

seduction

selection

submission

suppression

suspicion

abstinent

abstinence

obstacles

conjunction

assertion

nebraskan

petition

procession

etruscan

projection

infarction

encryption

extrusion

inflection

infliction

excretion

expansion

proscription

extortion

transgression

african

abstracted

exception

affections

exaction

combustion

convention

deflection

filtration

infection

distortion

corsican

impression

contortion

inception

transmission

reflection

transaction

mexican

misprision

ablation

ablution

abrasion

adoption

apportion

aspersion

compassion

condition

confession

deception

defection

dentition

depiction

depression

detention

digression

dissension

election

emulsion

eruption

eviction

laurentian

gestation

hydrogen

inaction

insertion

libration

nutrition

optician

partition

proportion

oxygen

reception

resection

tactician

vibration

revulsion

subversion

submersion

australian

injection

commission

edition

lecithin

addition

congressman

direction

countryman

councilman

correction

corruption

origin

unbroken

secession

masculine

substitute

harlequin

downtrodden

tradition

gentleman

crestfallen

physician

position

possession

profession

recession

ejection

rejection

anglican

artisan

austrian

clarendon

completion

conflation

confucian

defections

depictions

discipline

evictions

intention

intrusion

invention

magician

mistaken

partisan

porcelain

presumption

resumption

spectacle

unbutton

uncertain

unwritten

alsatian

ambition

dispersion

lactation

taxation

temptation

formation

dimension

migration

sensation

starvation

impassion

dictation

fixation

hydration

ignition

irishman

retention

perception

perfection

plantation

carnation

substitutes

prediction

exertion

optation

contusion

contagion

conversion

incision

pretension

rendition

repression

spectrograph

fustian

catalan

citizen

determine

garrison

puritan

suburban

vitamin

silicon

specimen

ottoman

medicine

pelican

vatican

venison

jettison

keratin

exemption

cessation

cetacean

citation

precession

promotion

companion

commotion

transfusion

collision

percussion

phoenician

pollution

predation

provision

reaction

gyration

halogen

aversion

housebroken

imprison

summation

reptilian

franciscan

snapdragon

solution

spectacles

rescission

sedation

sedition

recision

muskmelon

octillion

truncation

outspoken

aleutian

decision

desertion

duration

emission

narration

negation

oration

venetian

myosin

englishman

niacin

translation

medallion

lumberman

abandon

genuine

magdalen

nobleman

unburden

inflation

rifleman

pavilion

rebellion

misfortune

opinion

redemption

singleton

subsidies

subacute

pentathlon

alaskan

capsaicin

brazilian

battalion

chairperson

confusion

charlatan

civilian

dominion

bedridden

heartbroken

artesian

cartesian

depletion

profusion

secretion

stagnation

succession

accession

accretion

affecting

dalmatian

damnation

norwegian

substantive

substances

foundation

misshapen

inversion

deflation

salvation

awaken

cinnamon

collagen

deficit

jamaican

javelin

denizen

lanolin

ramadan

solomon

skeleton

toboggan

unison

waterman

nevadan

ambrosian

digestion

egyptian

communion

suggestion

bandwagon

obstinate

disunion

allusion

malaysian

collegian

collusion

permission

notation

parthian

biotin

cation

conclusion

declension

hawaiian

ghanaian

implosion

infusion

occasion

moroccan

dilation

erosion

flotation

causation

devotion

diversion

flirtation

privation

reversion

ligation

quotation

rotation

immersion

imagine

probation

veteran

deletion

dilution

elation

plebeian

division

emotion

mutation

precaution

precision

religion

alderman

charwoman

abdomen

cambrian

cardigan

chairwoman

enliven

everyone

forbidden

forewoman

guncotton

logician

rhapsodize

subsidize

timberman

uncommon

injunction

italian

policeman

technician

congestion

coercion

upsetting

menhaden

preemption

occlusion

persuasion

scythian

diffusion

divestment

horatian

invasion

excision

incursion

hammerman

eavesdropping

assassin

bitumen

cyprian

bulletin

ferryman

kantian

halcyon

opposite

peterman

subsidy

uneven

thespian

suffocate

scorpion

guardian

gordian

mandarin

eleven

arkansan

divestments

albumin

emblazon

embolden

handwoven

intestine

nonunion

obfuscate

upside-down

audition

caucasian

cremation

donation

excursion

exhaustion

evasion

inclusion

inhuman

illusion

perversion

ovation

relation

vocation

vacation

delusion

location

gradation

affective

chamberlain

arian

clarion

affected

sumatran

marian

acumen

apostles

gaussian

horizon

heroine

irian

korean

opposites

enlighten

predestine

rhapsodic

talisman

aryan

saccharin

carrion

dorian

orion

heroin

libyan

malayan

samoan

syrian

ingestion

tamarin

uterine

admission

aegean

anchorman

beholden

cognition

creation

croatian

corrosion

equation

exclusion

explosion

fruition

laotian

offsetting

phrygian

preclusion

prevention

seclusion

stygian

transition

tuition

typesetting

adrian

adhesion

albion

badminton

andean

tapestries

anyone

indian

jacobin

superman

wesleyan

zambian

bosnian

campion

elison

rhapsody

apostle

bedizen

champion

gravamen

lesbian

overman

overrun

beethoven

overdone

midshipman

munition

musician

margarine

nonhuman

fisherman

omission

remission

volition

backgammon

cohesion

effective

rhodopsin

perfusion

apostate

defective

depicted

lopsided

effectors

episodes

in-person

lobbyists

sophistry

tapestry

backwoodsman

appian

grobian

bedouin

gillian

simian

foramen

fabian

galleon

nubian

permian

chilean

protean

benjamin

derision

lutheran

parisian

epistle

episode

effector

forgotten

freemason

keynesian

navigate

reunion

regimen

revision

clergyman

navigates

deficits

deposits

devastate

robustly

vermilion

alien

avian

fenian

freudian

jovian

julian

median

nemean

odeon

reopen

spaghetti

fijian

bouillon

feminine

heavyset

melanin

baby-sit

revisits

heavyweights

saleswoman

deposit

lobbyist

oboist

spectator

spectators

heavyweight

revisit

4 syllable words

contradiction

distribution

comparison

explication

introduction

obstetrician

american

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

installation

interdiction

menstruation

subluxation

abrogation

absolution

fabrication

destination

destitution

distillation

estimation

masturbation

prostitution

publication

interjection

desiccation

resurrection

suffocation

introspection

obstetricians

restoration

ulceration

substitutions

demonstration

contribution

rhetorician

contraception

explanation

circumspection

exclamation

arbitration

complication

execution

obfuscation

illustration

imperfection

implication

excavation

expedition

disinfection

consecration

electrician

exposition

instigation

institution

ministration

reinspection

intervention

malnutrition

misperception

mortification

retribution

satisfaction

transformation

substantially

abdication

activation

advocation

altercation

alternation

application

approbation

cancellation

carcinogen

conservation

consolation

culmination

consummation

convocation

cultivation

degradation

indication

disposition

insulation

expiration

intermission

copernican

dominican

intimation

tabulation

observation

prosecution

replication

vaccination

ventilation

vindication

obligation

lubrication

aggravation

aggregation

crucifixion

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

intonation

oxidation

segregation

fibrillation

depredation

invocation

statistician

inspiration

obsidian

depravation

hypertension

restitution

tribulation

diocesan

congregation

exhalation

registration

abolition

indiscretion

alteration

orchestration

allocation

aspiration

avocation

collocation

coronation

correlation

decimation

dedication

derivation

desolation

desperation

detonation

habitation

hibernation

dissolution

fluoridation

erudition

confrontation

contravention

incrustation

fascination

intuition

sequestration

irrigation

expectation

oscillation

isolation

litigation

respiration

vacillation

sophisticates

medication

provocation

recitation

revocation

supposition

confiscation

computation

consultation

ostentation

inflammation

inquisition

coloration

education

imputation

pedestrian

attribution

iteration

malformation

dispensation

apparition

amputation

jurisdiction

laceration

leviathan

liberation

incarnation

exploration

intersection

integration

embarkation

prohibition

contrarian

inclination

calculation

reproduction

aberration

nonprescription

abnegation

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

admonition

affectionate

agrarian

ammunition

backwardation

benediction

calibration

celebration

combination

commutation

competition

compilation

composition

confirmation

convolution

custodian

devastation

disaffection

dislocation

duplication

elocution

emulation

equitation

excitation

granulation

imposition

information

oblivion

occupation

ordination

palpitation

penetration

persecution

population

predilection

proclamation

reclamation

recollection

regulation

reputation

requisition

retrocession

revocations

samaritan

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

superstition

suppositions

syndication

impregnation

self-deception

assyrian

gentlewoman

apostrophes

syncopation

substituted

admiration

appellation

evolution

hesitation

jubilation

politician

perspiration

preelection

premonition

machination

preservation

opposition

resolution

conflagration

allegation

contemplation

levitation

connotation

divination

innovation

animation

annotation

diminution

inhalation

limitation

titillation

visitation

concentration

european

infiltration

dissertation

dissipation

validation

affirmation

demolition

bifurcation

defamation

definition

delegation

deposition

devolution

dilatation

domination

emanation

figuration

imitation

immolation

mitigation

motivation

meditation

navigation

nomination

misconception

elevation

irritation

mutilation

profanation

proposition

recreation

reelection

reformation

renovation

repercussion

repetition

reservation

revelation

revolution

sanitation

propagation

usurpation

comprehension

preparation

compensation

disconnection

condescension

variation

cogitation

condemnation

condensation

generation

formulation

federation

fragmentation

agitation

separation

armageddon

sophisticate

reparation

infestation

capacitance

toleration

liquefaction

apostrophe

republican

surrogation

interception

pigmentation

vegetation

segmentation

punctuation

adrenaline

modulation

adoration

interwoven

miseration

misbegotten

dietitian

moderation

violation

tetrahedron

operation

transportation

pagination

adulation

veneration

adaptation

circulation

designation

lilliputian

affectation

annexation

depositions

immigration

intercession

exhibition

invitation

emigration

apprehension

commendation

inundation

molestation

resignation

recantation

recognition

retardation

oppositions

presentation

refutation

protestation

ovulation

maturation

librarian

guatemalan

historian

interurban

exploitation

nestorian

paraguayan

penicillin

watermelon

pagurian

saturation

cotyledon

estonian

eustachian

committeeman

eritrean

dandelion

cyclopean

spectroscopy

gravitation

equestrian

appalachian

inhibition

hungarian

bavarian

galilean

exhumation

floridian

himalayan

liberian

protozoan

siberian

sicilian

germination

corp.

corporation

disillusion

locomotion

conjugation

procreation

trepidation

reposition

repossession

termination

valuation

ibuprofen

legislation

coloradan

iranian

valerian

melanesian

suffocating

iberian

planarian

gregorian

realization

dehydration

missourian

nonpartisan

exhortation

importation

lancastrian

crocodilian

obstinacy

noblewoman

indentation

incantation

indignation

substantiate

macedonian

spectrometer

tamoxifen

disinflation

disputation

augmentation

coalition

athenian

ideation

reassertion

obstetrical

barbarian

centurion

darwinian

graduation

implantation

permutation

conversation

algonquian

minnesotan

deformation

indonesian

indecision

inattention

fermentation

deportation

relaxation

circumcision

demarcation

precondition

situation

substantiates

californian

businesswoman

hydrocarbon

spectrometry

englishwoman

comedian

mammalian

arthurian

napoleon

criterion

decompression

canadian

preconception

chameleon

collodion

fallopian

preignition

relocation

evocation

indexation

smithsonian

transplantation

substantively

fluctuation

subsidizes

aviation

gargantuan

corinthian

deviation

devastating

decoration

foliation

mediation

nigerian

pelagian

perforation

radiation

kindergarten

capacities

armenian

pavlovian

albanian

columbian

predetermine

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5 syllable words

prevarication

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word obstruction

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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