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2 syllable words

function

huntsman

junction

sportsman

sanction

gentian

mansion

mention

tension

pension

portion

torsion

grandson

lengthen

portman

warrants

torrents

strengthen

gumption

clinton

wanton

canyon

onion

canton

pinion

plantain

kenyan

runnion

banyan

santon

ensign

jetson

emption

shorten

whitson

minion

panton

grandsons

landsman

corinth

dungeon

section

suction

fortune

georgian

diction

fiction

flexion

friction

engine

luncheon

martian

ration

ashen

passion

pathan

prussian

arrants

bordman

russian

session

klansman

mission

nation

landman

oarsman

freshen

haitian

fission

grecian

tyrants

fashion

hessian

station

delphian

doormats

dustman

formats

horseman

friendship

henchman

penguin

tungsten

plankton

arson

atman

barton

lightman

sultan

torrent

gorgon

linden

lineman

nekton

carton

citron

frontal

jordan

jorden

kansan

keelson

kelson

granted

linemen

norman

london

organ

scullion

tartan

teston

lynden

ornate

orphan

tendon

trillion

melton

smarten

mountain

parson

spartan

warrant

craftsman

foreman

hetman

austin

chieftain

million

minden

morgan

guardsman

mormon

warden

pillion

piston

pitman

draftsman

undone

ponton

marksman

harten

stillion

billion

fountain

pectin

dalton

penman

corban

ibsen

martin

stepson

cornet

hearten

marten

cordon

bastion

caption

faction

frontage

rincon

action

fraction

christian

faustian

freshman

flashgun

mangan

margin

belgian

question

sunken

hangman

auction

drunken

printing

shrunken

option

traction

friendships

forehands

boughten

doctrine

basin

batten

bason

baton

breton

brighten

briton

hyson

jetton

lessen

seton

postman

lesson

listen

yachtsman

button

caisson

chasten

eaten

fasten

glisten

moisten

cretin

foreign

mitten

platen

platten

beaten

bitten

fatten

flatten

hasten

kitten

mutton

patten

baldwin

canon

ninon

capstan

caxton

parents

cannon

linen

satin

bison

christen

bisson

loren

batton

latin

floren

frighten

lighten

mason

heighten

jason

smitten

scotsman

hornets

sweeten

triton

marchman

markman

frontiers

headsman

threaten

seedsman

tighten

warren

statesman

townsman

titan

wheaten

whiten

sexton

written

kitchen

legion

lesion

gudgeon

suasion

cajun

heathen

bludgeon

cushion

dudgeon

earthen

pigeon

potion

vision

forehand

printings

ocean

lotion

notion

asian

region

caution

mahone

motion

acton

arrant

aspen

bargain

baston

bellman

billman

boatman

boston

brandle

brindle

bullion

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

chessman

chevron

classman

claxon

crandall

crimson

currents

damson

darken

desman

dobson

doormat

faulcon

fielden

fireman

footman

format

frantic

freedman

fronted

frontier

garden

garnet

gascon

gilden

grantors

grenades

grindle

harden

harken

headman

hempen

hornet

jargon

kelvin

kremlin

lisbon

m1

marlin

matron

mignon

milken

molten

muslin

outdone

outrun

oxen

pardon

passman

patron

prentice

pressman

printers

samson

saxon

scallion

selden

sequin

sharpen

shipman

shotgun

silken

stallion

stallman

sylvan

tarpon

tillman

trundle

tubman

tuscan

tyrant

union

vulcan

brandish

bushman

dutchman

coachman

brethren

othman

grandchild

watchman

churchman

longan

baron

bayman

billon

canaan

auden

bacon

barren

beacon

beckon

spokesman

begun

brazen

burton

bellon

broaden

cayman

dagan

certain

cotton

curtain

cousin

craven

dagon

deaden

demon

deacon

devon

driven

eden

elan

felon

freeman

garron

haven

hymen

hyphen

layman

gibbon

deafen

dozen

granite

grantor

graven

grenade

griffon

hoten

laden

kalan

charon

cheapen

chicken

daman

deepen

given

glidden

gotten

heaven

heron

groundnut

hidden

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

leven

lichen

liken

liman

liven

lyden

maiden

marron

melon

muffin

mullen

often

oven

pagan

perron

prison

person

poison

printer

quicken

raven

reason

reckon

redden

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

rotten

satan

seaman

season

semen

shaken

shaman

sicken

homespun

riven

seven

siphon

siren

steven

stiffen

straighten

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

syphon

taken

thicken

toughen

tranter

treason

urson

vegan

villain

waken

weapon

wiccan

widen

wizen

weaken

women

worsen

yaupon

zaman

surgeon

grindstone

groundnuts

burgeon

sturgeon

urchin

trojan

persian

version

airman

alban

alman

apron

bagman

bolden

bookman

brakeman

brunettes

calvin

chairman

chaplain

chapman

copeman

courant

dampen

dolman

dolphin

durant

errand

errant

falcon

farrand

fibrin

garand

gerund

golden

grinders

houseman

lockman

hackman

kirkman

olden

goodman

jackman

jasmine

lopeman

packman

parent

permits

primates

saffron

shearman

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spearman

squadron

stockman

turndown

woodman

woolman

workman

dian

peon

paean

ion

lion

mayan

rayon

scion

zion

cauldron

errands

gerunds

lampron

salesman

horehound

alan

amman

blacken

bobbin

bollen

bourbon

bowman

blowgun

bracken

gallon

grinder

lagan

chosen

colon

common

gammon

german

gladden

gluten

primate

salmon

solon

swollen

woman

trodden

wagon

wooden

zircon

brogan

broken

dragon

dromon

locken

logan

loosen

madden

pollan

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

sadden

talon

tappen

thousand

token

toman

woolen

brander

burden

burdon

burman

cabin

cremate

crouton

current

fallen

famine

ermine

firman

frozen

happen

hausen

hogan

hoven

odin

omen

open

pavon

pollen

pullen

sermon

shogun

showman

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

spoken

stolen

turban

urban

woven

yeoman

fusion

brownouts

friendly

brand-new

gourmets

mermaids

newsman

grandeur

promotes

termites

cowan

gowan

owen

rowan

drumhead

grinding

rowen

grounding

urine

groundwork

children

groundswell

brunette

groundling

burnet

crewman

cuban

cumin

gourmet

grounder

human

lumen

mermaid

permit

rumen

hermit

proven

truant

hermits

permute

surrounds

greyhound

ruin

around

surround

termite

turn-out

brandy

brownout

wormwood

grandly

greenwood

bromides

bromide

promote

3 syllable words

carnation

formation

sensation

contagion

crustacean

gestation

temptation

dictation

citation

cetacean

oration

truncation

convention

declension

inflation

contention

carnations

conflation

formations

suspension

translation

concession

cistercian

invasion

optation

pretension

prevention

lactation

orient

confession

insertion

preemption

ablation

damnation

stagnation

starvation

deflation

ascension

fixation

foundation

attention

dentition

retention

causation

flirtation

cessation

dilation

flotation

notation

sedation

summation

venetian

negation

rotation

narration

ligation

predation

gyration

privation

relation

elation

phoenician

quotation

donation

cremation

contraction

contraption

intestine

dominion

in-person

compunction

confucian

contortion

contrition

convection

confection

creation

conception

intention

invention

transaction

opinion

mistaken

pentathlon

quarantine

accession

accretion

addiction

affection

aggression

alsatian

asuncion

attrition

collection

compassion

concussion

condition

connection

connexion

contusion

conversion

dalmatian

detention

digression

dimension

dissection

dissension

equation

erection

freemason

garrison

hydration

impassion

inaction

incursion

inversion

irishman

kantian

libration

menhaden

migration

norwegian

objection

obsession

oppression

partition

patrician

perception

perfection

progression

protection

regression

rendition

resection

salvation

secretion

selection

succession

suppression

taxation

transition

vibration

addition

audition

caucasian

commission

correction

direction

duration

edition

evasion

gradation

location

omission

origin

ovation

occasion

arkansan

mutation

malaysian

petition

possession

precession

position

probation

abstention

physician

procession

exemption

complexion

extension

communion

companion

profession

reaction

vacation

quarantines

projection

proscription

tradition

badminton

vocation

infraction

prescription

volition

dorian

korean

frustration

magician

civilian

genuine

enliven

logician

exaction

brazilian

exception

enlighten

inception

induction

pavilion

infection

capsaicin

charlatan

infusion

horatian

corsican

forbidden

intrusion

redemption

reflection

transmission

marinades

prostration

porcelain

uncertain

unwritten

abduction

affliction

compression

concoction

turntable

unburden

castration

variants

distinction

conduction

croatian

predestine

conviction

convulsion

warranties

deflection

confusion

conscription

subscription

australian

congestion

constriction

construction

instruction

transcription

injection

misshapen

nutrition

reduction

assassin

awaken

tactician

submission

reunion

deduction

technician

ambition

artesian

suspicion

election

cartesian

extinction

detection

determine

ablution

admission

deception

anyone

indian

abrasion

parental

peterman

marinade

adoption

jamaican

prenatal

scorpion

cognition

defection

warranty

depiction

waterman

depression

discussion

jettison

emulsion

eruption

gordian

eviction

incision

venison

optician

mandarin

persuasion

prediction

production

propulsion

reception

repression

revulsion

seduction

aleutian

assertion

egyptian

turntables

collegian

corruption

transfusion

gentleman

collision

commotion

deletion

dilution

ejection

devotion

emission

emotion

musician

transgression

percussion

permission

recession

secession

sedition

pollution

precaution

promotion

provision

restriction

remission

solution

suggestion

digestion

harlequin

bandwagon

emblazon

consumption

description

encryption

infarction

inflection

infliction

inspection

disunion

franciscan

rejection

biotin

irian

assumption

arian

completion

compulsion

conclusion

filtration

presumption

inhuman

discretion

disruption

impression

inclusion

parenthood

englishman

attraction

aryan

cation

ghanaian

combustion

resumption

malayan

myosin

niacin

veteran

alaskan

conjunction

artisan

battalion

cardigan

partisan

tornados

ornately

vermilion

cohesion

italian

policeman

injunction

abandon

austrian

chairperson

charwoman

coronets

forewoman

obstruction

rebellion

talisman

uncommon

tornadoes

inscription

coercion

hydrogen

parentage

ingestion

ignition

backwoodsman

oxygen

profusion

promotions

parisian

brandishes

nitrogen

occlusion

proportion

seclusion

preclusion

abortion

apportion

tuition

depletion

exertion

derision

fruition

cinnamon

bitumen

elison

absorption

destruction

excretion

catalan

ferryman

guardian

subtraction

bulletin

citizen

denizen

gravamen

keratin

lanolin

medicine

adsorption

expression

expulsion

puritan

tornado

uneven

variant

vatican

vitamin

collusion

delusion

lecithin

adhesion

nebraskan

recision

decision

revision

allusion

reptilian

desertion

unbroken

division

countryman

illusion

halogen

imagine

downtrodden

handwoven

margarine

parthian

masculine

muskmelon

perversion

rescission

munition

precision

religion

nonhuman

carrion

clarion

foramen

abstraction

galleon

gaussian

marian

retraction

odeon

grobian

syrian

hawaiian

protean

distortion

orion

diffraction

implosion

appian

plebeian

jovian

misprision

cambrian

everyone

guaranteed

guarantees

guaranties

guncotton

magdalen

medallion

african

backgammon

chairwoman

discipline

mexican

rifleman

unbutton

heartbroken

bedridden

acumen

excision

extortion

benjamin

diffusion

beholden

expansion

distraction

groundbreaking

congressman

laotian

octillion

andean

albion

albumin

guarantors

etruscan

adrian

bedizen

imprison

beethoven

bosnian

bouillon

campion

champion

collagen

coronet

cyprian

eleven

forgotten

frenetic

fustian

guarantee

guaranty

councilman

halcyon

ironwood

jacobin

javelin

nevadan

ottoman

pelican

permeates

ramadan

silicon

solomon

toboggan

embolden

specimen

surrenders

skeleton

traumatic

unison

verandas

nonunion

zambian

anglican

aversion

clergyman

diversion

erosion

extraction

fisherman

midshipman

misfortune

singleton

chilean

freudian

julian

perfusion

libyan

avian

fabian

gillian

horizon

median

alderman

nubian

reopen

saccharin

samoan

simian

bedouin

tamarin

grandnephews

surrender

veranda

guarantor

alien

nemean

fenian

permian

uterine

aegean

aspersion

scythian

submersion

subversion

stygian

explosion

corrosion

fijian

exclusion

grandmother

phrygian

ambrosian

brandenburg

grandnephew

hammerman

wesleyan

lesbian

overdone

housebroken

currently

overman

thespian

outspoken

armada

durante

granitic

keynesian

suburban

snapdragon

granduncle

grandmothers

immersion

regimen

reversion

exhaustion

bermudas

extrusion

harmattan

permeate

heroin

heroine

granduncles

formative

lumberman

trinity

moroccan

nobleman

rhodopsin

sumatran

normative

coherent

lutheran

anchorman

dispersion

grandiose

superman

feminine

overrun

melanin

bermuda

baronet

saleswoman

marinate

paranoid

maronite

promoters

serenade

excursion

abdomen

baronets

brandywine

chamberlain

clarendon

marinates

myrmidons

timberman

fahrenheit

promoter

crestfallen

grandfathers

granados

primitive

curmudgeon

premature

myrmidon

granddaughters

curmudgeons

grandfather

surroundings

granado

urinate

furniture

dramatize

pyramid

corundum

granddaughter

hermitage

surrounding

dramatist

pyramids

4 syllable words

orientals

concentration

confrontation

cogitation

amputation

arbitration

compensation

computation

condensation

consultation

infestation

commendation

ovulation

tabulation

vaccination

abnegation

annexation

culmination

fabrication

occupation

accusation

adaptation

population

combination

palpitation

annotation

domination

procreation

rumination

sanitation

termination

visitation

alteration

nomination

fascination

germination

habitation

machination

transplantation

limitation

foliation

generation

ideation

variation

veneration

expectation

violation

pagination

calculation

disinflation

imputation

transportation

comprehension

obfuscation

indexation

agitation

advocation

cultivation

alternation

fibrillation

abdication

application

oxidation

invitation

aggravation

approbation

compilation

abrogation

acclamation

circulation

deportation

hypertension

intonation

lubrication

obligation

acclimation

aggregation

ammunition

intimation

activation

penetration

presentation

proclamation

publication

recantation

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

ventilation

apprehension

tribulation

permutation

strangulation

relaxation

admiration

allegation

allocation

animation

appellation

aspiration

avocation

collocation

connotation

derivation

dilatation

dissertation

dissipation

evocation

figuration

fluoridation

fumigation

hesitation

hibernation

imitation

isolation

levitation

perturbation

realization

recitation

recreation

renovation

ulceration

meditation

inhalation

mitigation

navigation

oscillation

propagation

provocation

relocation

restoration

titillation

innovation

irrigation

vacillation

floridian

valuation

validation

dehydration

impregnation

incrustation

dietitian

reassertion

surrogation

adulation

mediation

complication

incantation

adoration

importation

exhortation

deviation

moderation

radiation

federation

menstruation

toleration

preparation

modulation

aviation

perforation

disputation

vegetation

installation

instigation

ministration

coloration

gastrulation

laceration

reparation

integration

permutations

segmentation

corinthian

decoration

aberration

operation

separation

pigmentation

distillation

equitation

estimation

competition

deformation

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

information

inspiration

darwinian

indication

insulation

glaciation

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

destination

excitation

interaction

intercession

interruption

congregation

inundation

devastation

intermission

invocation

carcinogen

reexamine

admonition

maturation

cancellation

refutation

syndication

reputation

situation

segregation

armenian

saturation

liquidation

precondition

vindication

affirmation

appalachian

coriander

corinthians

decimation

declaration

dedication

defamation

delegation

demonstration

desiccation

desolation

desperation

detonation

divination

elevation

emanation

immolation

implantation

infiltration

intuition

litigation

medication

perspiration

politician

preignition

preservation

reawaken

reformation

reorient

reservation

respiration

revelation

revocation

suffocation

syncopation

trepidation

condescension

apparition

rhetorician

fluctuation

dispensation

leviathan

liberation

education

malformation

comparison

miseration

transformation

adrenaline

iteration

constellation

consternation

constipation

inclination

interdiction

incarnation

interception

punctuation

indignation

intersection

inflammation

athenian

intervention

incubation

reconstruction

interjection

registration

deconstruction

gargantuan

polyhedron

retardation

emulation

resignation

replication

emigration

masturbation

expiration

reclamation

observation

regulation

speculation

interurban

jordanian

predetermine

watermelon

aldebaran

altercation

backwardation

celebration

conservation

desecration

designation

demarcation

abyssinian

confirmation

dereliction

dislocation

absolution

dominican

consolation

consummation

convocation

crucifixion

conversation

exploitation

extrication

sequestration

conjugation

contemplation

legislation

erudition

jubilation

contravention

bifurcation

motivation

preelection

mutilation

elongation

reelection

repetition

reposition

resurrection

usurpation

chameleon

consecration

comedian

confiscation

condemnation

embarkation

exploration

misperception

subluxation

institution

canadian

imperfection

jurisdiction

implication

disinfection

reproduction

attribution

excavation

exhalation

meridian

coalition

pelagian

interwoven

bohemian

introspection

prohibition

immigration

inattention

indecision

predilection

tarantulas

american

duplication

superstition

insurrection

subdivision

centurion

destitution

elocution

recollection

calibration

restitution

copernican

disaffection

paraguayan

benediction

penicillin

retrocession

samaritan

indiscretion

gentlewoman

contraception

explanation

contribution

inhibition

rhododendron

introduction

misconception

conflagration

exclamation

explication

liquefaction

disillusion

illustration

evolution

manumission

parentheses

definition

demolition

abolition

circumvention

iranian

malnutrition

deposition

devolution

opposition

constitution

diminution

inquisition

mammalian

praetorian

dissolution

satisfaction

preconception

reinspection

premonition

exhumation

revolution

decompression

gregorian

resolution

repossession

execution

himalayan

readmission

tarantula

proposition

arabian

disconnection

repercussion

supposition

substitution

armageddon

hemoglobin

crocodilian

acquisition

exhibition

requisition

recognition

statistician

imposition

composition

convolution

disposition

coherently

hegelian

circumcision

lilliputian

prosecution

prostitution

nestorian

obstetrician

minnesotan

circumspection

extradition

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word orientation

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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