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2 syllable words

stepson

emption

pension

flexion

tension

mention

gentian

section

caption

hessian

freshen

session

aspen

jetson

ensign

keelson

kelson

percept

gumption

lessen

lesson

person

urson

weapon

worsen

mansion

suction

option

churchman

engine

fiction

faction

fraction

freshman

friction

traction

diction

action

belgian

question

sanction

bastion

ashen

burgeon

capstan

cushion

earthen

fashion

fission

haitian

lampron

lengthen

mahone

mission

nation

passion

persian

prussian

ration

russian

station

strengthen

sturgeon

surgeon

urchin

version

worship

apron

bellman

captain

chaplain

airman

chairman

baston

chapman

chessman

chevron

classman

airships

desman

dampen

gascon

henchman

headman

hetman

kelvin

hempen

kenyan

melton

workman

tendon

nekton

pectin

passman

pressman

shipman

penman

selden

kirkman

teston

kremlin

m1

christian

faustian

martian

portion

junction

function

brethren

luncheon

worships

dungeon

auction

landsman

grasping

airship

bushman

flashgun

torsion

workshop

charon

felon

perron

bason

beckon

certain

chasten

basin

ermine

resin

seven

firman

fasten

bellon

bourbon

burden

burdon

burman

breton

burton

curtain

caisson

deaden

deafen

devon

german

happen

hasten

heaven

heron

jason

jetton

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

marron

mason

melon

urban

vegan

sermon

reckon

tappen

threaten

redden

turban

zircon

caxton

precepts

dustman

postman

salesman

delphian

homespun

horseman

headsman

klansman

landman

sexton

statesman

notion

pathan

ocean

grecian

gudgeon

kerchief

kitchen

lotion

vision

motion

cajun

bludgeon

asian

caution

potion

pigeon

suasion

dudgeon

plankton

penguin

workshops

urine

workbench

acton

alman

arson

atman

austin

bagman

banyan

billion

billman

bookman

boston

brakeman

bullion

calvin

canton

canyon

citron

claxon

clinton

copeman

crimson

crispin

damson

falcon

footman

gilden

goodman

graceful

hackman

houseman

jackman

jasmine

kansan

linden

lisbon

london

lopeman

lynden

mignon

milken

million

minion

onion

packman

panton

muslin

parson

pillion

pinion

plantain

precept

perspire

piston

pitman

runnion

samson

santon

saxon

scallion

silken

stallion

sultan

sylvan

tillman

trillion

tubman

tuscan

undone

scullion

stillion

sharpen

tarpon

vulcan

woodman

woolman

craftsman

marksman

sportsman

guardsman

draftsman

othman

dutchman

georgian

fortune

coachman

drunken

rincon

sunken

shrunken

watchman

hangman

kerchiefs

mangan

margin

horseflesh

bacon

baron

children

alan

amman

barren

baton

batten

batton

blacken

cabin

seedsman

begun

billon

bisson

bitten

canaan

briton

portman

bayman

bison

bracken

brazen

button

cannon

cheapen

chicken

christen

cousin

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

dragon

driven

gibbon

given

griffon

laden

lagan

latin

madden

maiden

mitten

moisten

muffin

mullen

patten

platen

platten

quicken

raven

risen

ripen

riven

shaken

sicken

stricken

striven

sullen

thicken

yachtsman

sadden

shaman

sudden

villain

wiccan

bordman

breakfast

woman

deepen

dozen

airspace

canon

famine

cayman

fatten

gallon

gammon

hyson

spokesman

flatten

garron

gladden

glidden

glisten

graven

haven

hidden

kalan

kitten

layman

linen

listen

loosen

mutton

ninon

open

oven

pagan

prison

pullen

ribbon

ridden

salmon

satan

satin

slacken

smitten

stiffen

straighten

summon

taken

talon

toughen

wagon

waken

women

markman

marchman

wooden

baldwin

grandson

markups

woolen

forceful

oarsman

yaupon

written

scotsman

townsman

zaman

region

heathen

lesion

trojan

fusion

legion

tungsten

alban

bargain

barton

boatman

bolden

breakfasts

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chieftain

corban

cordon

dalton

darken

dobson

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

fielden

fireman

foreman

fountain

freedman

garden

golden

gorgon

harden

huntsman

ibsen

harken

harten

hearten

jargon

jordan

jorden

lightman

lineman

linemen

lockman

marlin

marten

martin

matron

minden

molten

morgan

mormon

mountain

newsman

norman

olden

organ

orphan

outdone

oxen

pardon

patron

perceived

ponton

prospects

rayon

saffron

sequin

shearman

shorten

shotgun

smarten

soldan

spartan

spearman

stallman

stockman

tartan

union

wanton

warden

whitson

longan

colon

common

fallen

gluten

gotten

odin

often

omen

pavon

sweeten

syphon

thousand

tighten

swollen

titan

cotton

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

deacon

demon

hausen

heighten

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

leman

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

logan

horseplay

loren

horseback

lumen

perceive

lyden

token

toman

treason

triton

trodden

warren

weaken

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

woven

yeoman

auden

beacon

beaten

blowgun

pressboard

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

brighten

broaden

brogan

broken

chosen

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

floren

foreign

forgave

forgive

freeman

frighten

frozen

poison

pollan

pollen

proven

reason

rerun

riden

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

seaman

season

semen

seton

shogun

showman

siphon

siren

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

prospect

brickbat

crackpot

crosspiece

fibrin

crisply

markup

outrun

sovereign

sovran

squadron

lion

gowan

ion

peon

cowan

mayan

owen

zion

rowan

rowen

ruin

scion

dian

paean

cauldron

crackpots

crossbills

doctrine

grosbeaks

larkspur

crispy

crisper

prosper

archive

crossbill

crossbows

grosbeak

crossbow

prospers

brickbats

3 syllable words

assumption

disruption

redemption

suspension

affection

alsatian

attention

collection

accession

asuncion

concession

connection

connexion

defection

detection

detention

dimension

election

erection

eruption

gestation

laurentian

obsession

persuasion

preemption

pretension

prevention

protection

retention

selection

sensation

succession

taxation

assertion

gradation

lecithin

perversion

possession

transcription

profession

vacation

rejection

projection

egyptian

ejection

parisian

consumption

description

encryption

exemption

inspection

derision

extension

prescription

proscription

abduction

castration

confection

contention

convection

convention

declension

deflection

discretion

capsaicin

discipline

perceptive

infection

invention

presumption

transaction

vermilion

reflection

resumption

transmission

confession

crustacean

dalmatian

discussion

damnation

injection

depression

conscription

digression

fixation

objection

merciful

carnation

cistercian

extraction

formation

insertion

oppression

partition

plantation

prediction

garrison

lactation

progression

repression

precipice

inscription

regression

admission

adoption

starvation

thespian

aggression

ambition

salvation

suppression

suspicion

tactician

transition

abstraction

subscription

specimen

assassin

stagnation

complexion

causation

cremation

cetacean

contraption

clergyman

suggestion

citation

decision

donation

duration

elation

franciscan

flotation

abstention

dilation

expression

extortion

expulsion

expansion

gyration

notation

precision

destruction

inflection

transgression

ligation

location

digestion

adsorption

adhesion

halogen

munition

musician

mutation

narration

negation

oration

ovation

summation

distraction

omission

predation

vocation

volition

privation

probation

audition

restriction

quotation

recision

rescission

rotation

relation

sedation

remission

coercion

compression

corrosion

corsican

creation

croatian

distinction

distortion

fruition

frustration

impression

intention

laotian

logician

mexican

midshipman

perfusion

porcelain

predestine

prostration

rebellion

rhodopsin

translation

tuition

construction

instruction

obstruction

constriction

elison

jacobin

javelin

vatican

forgotten

jettison

ablation

excision

libration

keratin

lanolin

venison

ingestion

dictation

hydration

rendition

impassion

incision

eleven

deflation

depletion

foundation

irishman

vibration

denizen

dentition

depiction

ramadan

skeleton

apportion

attrition

compassion

migration

medicine

misshapen

cognition

nutrition

oxygen

patrician

proportion

congestion

champion

optation

propulsion

pelican

technician

campion

temptation

catalan

extinction

excretion

transfusion

councilman

bedouin

caucasian

commission

devotion

harlequin

dilution

deletion

clarion

aleutian

foramen

heroin

moroccan

commotion

heroine

addition

perspective

edition

desertion

horizon

marian

emission

malaysian

arkansan

carrion

permian

crestfallen

badminton

reptilian

truncation

emotion

veteran

occasion

evasion

forgiving

origin

appian

reaction

precaution

worshipers

tradition

masculine

phoenician

sedition

promotion

revision

petition

physician

intestine

pollution

solution

venetian

muskmelon

position

filtration

misfortune

misprision

retraction

inflation

conflation

contrition

attraction

completion

compulsion

diffraction

bedridden

artisan

cardigan

chairwoman

abdomen

african

austrian

backgammon

charlatan

cohesion

worshiper

charwoman

forbidden

forcible

genuine

crosspieces

magdalen

mistaken

magician

nobleman

partisan

rifleman

uncertain

opinion

archbishop

australian

backwoodsman

albion

andean

anyone

awaken

beethoven

bouillon

bulletin

cinnamon

citizen

collagen

cyprian

jamaican

kantian

keynesian

lesbian

ottoman

deduction

puritan

accretion

ablution

abortion

scorpion

artesian

addiction

benjamin

cartesian

solomon

silicon

zambian

concussion

contagion

emulsion

eviction

vitamin

equation

wesleyan

condition

exertion

hydrogen

ignition

inaction

invasion

gravamen

nitrogen

norwegian

optician

ferryman

fustian

menhaden

production

reduction

secretion

halcyon

revulsion

seduction

submission

albumin

subtraction

bandwagon

absorption

explosion

extrusion

disunion

contraction

exclusion

gentleman

handwoven

housebroken

imprison

octillion

outspoken

porcupine

saleswoman

infraction

collision

aversion

compunction

collegian

regimen

provision

collusion

erosion

religion

allusion

parthian

reversion

delusion

diversion

division

imagine

immersion

illusion

biotin

galleon

anglican

arian

gaussian

concoction

contortion

conduction

confucian

cation

chilean

ghanaian

gillian

nonhuman

implosion

plebeian

reopen

induction

simian

pentathlon

fabian

convulsion

avian

affliction

conviction

alien

libyan

samoan

exaction

hawaiian

malayan

alaskan

chairperson

dominion

enliven

everyone

forewoman

in-person

talisman

unbutton

unwritten

pavilion

civilian

porcupines

brazilian

enlighten

heartbroken

stygian

phrygian

fijian

scythian

aegean

abrasion

aspersion

inversion

diffusion

seclusion

occlusion

infarction

profusion

submersion

contusion

subversion

dispersion

conversion

preclusion

infliction

incursion

worshipful

prospectors

snapdragon

bitumen

nonunion

prospective

adrian

bosnian

emblazon

indian

englishman

nevadan

ambrosian

thoroughfares

guardian

nebraskan

periscopes

bedizen

companion

embolden

etruscan

determine

overman

melanin

overdone

feminine

freemason

gordian

overrun

persevere

hammerman

peterman

presuppose

reunion

suburban

superman

toboggan

uneven

waterman

combustion

conclusion

confusion

conjunction

excursion

exhaustion

fisherman

grasshopper

inclusion

infusion

inhuman

injunction

intrusion

singleton

aerospace

uncommon

acumen

unburden

alderman

aryan

archival

thoroughbreds

coercive

timberman

corrosive

battalion

derisive

cambrian

chamberlain

italian

lumberman

guncotton

medallion

prospector

dorian

policeman

fenian

freudian

julian

perseveres

grobian

irian

jovian

korean

median

myosin

nemean

niacin

abandon

nubian

clarendon

odeon

orion

protean

saccharin

syrian

tamarin

thoroughfare

uterine

congressman

anchorman

beholden

lutheran

mandarin

airspaces

communion

downtrodden

gyroscopes

horoscopes

traceable

countryman

unbroken

unison

thoroughbred

workable

margarine

forcibly

periscope

crucify

chargeable

breakable

doorkeeper

brazzaville

crucible

erosive

crucifix

sumatran

archivist

correspond

crowkeeper

archivists

corresponds

gyroscope

horoscope

crossover

crowkeepers

grasshoppers

4 syllable words

intersection

percipient

intercession

persecution

retrocession

hypertension

decimation

dissipation

perturbation

usurpation

fascination

resurrection

desiccation

recitation

vacillation

desolation

circumspection

contraception

surrogation

self-deception

preconception

imperfection

perceptible

perseverance

intervention

glaciation

abnegation

cancellation

conversation

desecration

destination

destitution

disaffection

estimation

exhibition

insurrection

interruption

predilection

recollection

vaccination

apprehension

restitution

absolution

adaptation

superstition

interjection

affectation

affirmation

dissertation

hibernation

bifurcation

dissolution

abolition

germination

isolation

oscillation

preelection

termination

preservation

repercussion

reservation

reelection

reformation

ulceration

expectation

misconception

liberation

toleration

circumvention

condescension

apparition

miseration

operation

constipation

coloration

moderation

corinthian

decoration

generation

federation

aberration

excavation

disinfection

iteration

meridian

disconnection

adoration

veneration

execution

exposition

interdiction

ostentation

gastrulation

reassertion

rhetorician

expedition

jurisdiction

aviation

separation

reinspection

radiation

satisfaction

preparation

reparation

abrogation

abyssinian

acquisition

admonition

aggravation

aggregation

aldebaran

altercation

alternation

american

ammunition

annexation

approbation

backwardation

barbarian

carcinogen

circulation

circumcision

confirmation

conservation

consolation

consummation

crucifixion

devastation

disposition

distillation

excitation

exhalation

fabrication

fermentation

graduation

information

insulation

intermission

introspection

lilliputian

masturbation

maturation

molestation

observation

occupation

oxidation

permutation

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

relaxation

samaritan

saturation

sectarian

statistician

wagnerian

watermelon

syncopation

extradition

extrication

legislation

exclamation

explanation

explication

alteration

allegation

declaration

allocation

bavarian

readmission

european

figuration

avocation

fluoridation

respiration

restoration

jacobean

admiration

repetition

desperation

validation

valuation

deposition

disillusion

diocesan

galilean

gravitation

habitation

reposition

repossession

trepidation

irrigation

irritation

sanitation

assyrian

aspiration

corp.

corporation

maccabean

coronation

locomotion

opposition

arizonan

correlation

appellation

navigation

proposition

planarian

animation

annotation

politician

sicilian

machination

procreation

supervision

augmentation

consecration

constellation

consternation

electrician

installation

instigation

institution

substitution

comprehension

disinflation

indentation

adrenaline

attribution

constitution

infestation

adulation

indexation

nonprescription

agitation

consultation

comparison

pagination

malformation

shakespearean

exhumation

macedonian

menstruation

transformation

transportation

foliation

coalition

violation

moravian

deviation

dietitian

variation

peruvian

ideation

mediation

prohibition

acclamation

fibrillation

reputation

situation

retardation

abdication

expiration

precondition

registration

acclimation

accusation

activation

advocation

application

tasmanian

calibration

competition

composition

convolution

depravation

marsupial

demarcation

deportation

jordanian

librarian

deformation

depredation

deprivation

dislocation

granulation

inattention

inspiration

interaction

herculean

overburden

penicillin

lubrication

ordination

olympian

replication

obsidian

nestorian

palpitation

tabulation

agrarian

albanian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

estonian

amphibian

eustachian

alabaman

concentration

contravention

obstetrician

demonstration

impregnation

incrustation

indiscretion

distribution

orchestration

assemblyman

sequestration

exploitation

demolition

derivation

devolution

defamation

dedication

divination

emanation

collocation

connotation

definition

delegation

dilatation

domination

elevation

erudition

detonation

evocation

evolution

fumigation

hesitation

hungarian

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

jubilation

levitation

limitation

litigation

manumission

medication

meditation

mutilation

nomination

preignition

premonition

profanation

mitigation

motivation

polynesian

propagation

provocation

recreation

relocation

renovation

resolution

revelation

revocation

revolution

rumination

realization

suffocation

supposition

titillation

visitation

importation

incantation

incarnation

decompression

compensation

bolivian

subluxation

canadian

calculation

arbitration

reproduction

condensation

amputation

confiscation

illustration

draconian

malnutrition

ministration

obfuscation

mortification

exploration

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

fallopian

disputation

mammalian

protozoan

dispensation

utopian

cogitation

crocodilian

pedestrian

vegetation

congregation

noblewoman

tamoxifen

deconstruction

contrarian

misbegotten

modulation

marsupials

indigestion

reconstruction

pelagian

fluctuation

strangulation

armageddon

education

benediction

combination

celebration

commendation

commutation

compilation

convocation

culmination

degradation

cultivation

dereliction

designation

duplication

elocution

emigration

emulation

equitation

gargantuan

immigration

imposition

intimation

invitation

invocation

obligation

intonation

inundation

ovulation

penetration

superhuman

syndication

tribulation

vindication

population

resignation

stimulation

stipulation

indecision

indication

liquidation

presentation

proclamation

publication

recantation

reclamation

recognition

refutation

regulation

requisition

segregation

simulation

speculation

ventilation

confrontation

elongation

implantation

equestrian

rhododendron

armenian

eritrean

contradiction

guatemalan

historian

precipitate

conjugation

reexamine

nicaraguan

irascible

prosperity

contribution

pavlovian

prospectuses

columbian

introduction

gorgonian

paraguayan

dehydration

poor-spirited

centurion

kindergarten

copernican

cotyledon

custodian

ohioan

appalachian

arthurian

melanesian

smithsonian

diminution

intuition

perishable

embarkation

pigmentation

imputation

integration

segmentation

exhortation

inclination

indignation

inflammation

punctuation

transplantation

condemnation

implication

lancastrian

computation

retribution

complication

arabian

hemoglobin

reawaken

iranian

napoleon

republican

correspondence

coloradan

newtonian

hyperion

plutonian

correspondent

incubation

cross-pollinate

interwoven

jurisprudence

conflagration

hegelian

contemplation

leviathan

infiltration

bohemian

algonquian

polyhedron

perishables

brachiopods

businesswoman

committeeman

correspondents

dominican

erasable

gentlewoman

greco-roman

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

inhibition

interurban

irrespective

minnesotan

nonpartisan

oblivion

prospectively

presupposes

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5 syllable words

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emancipation

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classification

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assemblywoman

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nitroglycerine

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lithuanian

pythagorean

carthaginian

washingtonian

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irresponsibly

irresponsible

dionysian

correspondingly

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word perception

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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