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2 syllable words

claxon

workman

kirkman

saxon

person

worsen

emption

zircon

urson

lessen

lesson

mention

pension

auction

mansion

caption

churchman

diction

suction

tension

fiction

freshman

gentian

question

friction

sanction

ashen

burgeon

cushion

dudgeon

bludgeon

caution

earthen

fashion

fission

gudgeon

haitian

mahone

mission

nation

passion

persian

ration

station

sturgeon

surgeon

thrushes

turkish

urchin

version

caxton

grandson

sexton

acton

brakeman

chessman

damson

ensign

hackman

jackman

jetson

keelson

kelson

nekton

oxen

packman

pectin

pressman

samson

stepson

teston

gumption

bacon

basin

bason

bastion

beckon

belgian

bellon

bison

bisson

blacken

bourbon

bracken

brethren

breton

burden

burdon

burman

burton

bushman

button

caisson

certain

charon

chasten

christen

christian

cousin

craftsman

curtain

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

draftsman

dungeon

dutchman

engine

ermine

fasten

faustian

felon

firman

flashgun

function

german

glisten

hasten

heaven

heron

hyson

jason

jetton

junction

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

listen

luncheon

marksman

marron

martian

mason

melon

muffin

mullen

mutton

option

oven

perron

portion

reckon

redden

resin

sermon

seven

shaken

slacken

sudden

sullen

summon

taken

threaten

torsion

toughen

turban

urban

vegan

waken

weapon

persists

dustman

cajun

urges

purchase

grecian

salesman

pigeon

potion

brushes

spokesman

capstan

asian

strengthen

crushes

notion

lotion

surges

statesman

ocean

markman

marchman

doctrine

brackish

kitchen

klansman

lengthen

wreckage

pathan

suasion

landman

motion

vision

urine

tungsten

plankton

henchman

arson

alman

austin

baston

boston

canyon

captain

chaplain

canton

chapman

airman

aspen

bellman

bookman

atman

bagman

banyan

calvin

chairman

chevron

houseman

lockman

melton

scullion

stockman

dobson

persist

tubman

hetman

penman

whitson

jasmine

selden

desman

hempen

scallion

classman

dampen

darken

ibsen

muslin

piston

plantain

sultan

onion

santon

falcon

gascon

harken

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

orcas

panton

london

m1

headman

kremlin

parson

passman

runnion

sequin

stallion

tendon

undone

landsman

marxist

sportsman

guardsman

huntsman

forecasts

fortune

margin

marshes

coachman

georgian

hangman

mangan

othman

watchman

batten

striven

wooden

woolen

batton

cayman

deacon

flatten

gibbon

glidden

brazen

given

gladden

locken

loosen

mitten

moisten

smitten

spoken

turkic

zaman

written

begun

briton

broken

cabin

famine

gallon

gammon

dagan

garron

dagon

daman

bayman

fatten

amman

beacon

madden

straighten

weaken

maiden

ninon

women

raven

stiffen

stricken

wiccan

nurses

woman

alan

bitten

cannon

canon

baron

canaan

dragon

hidden

thicken

token

prison

platen

riven

verses

sadden

risen

platten

ribbon

ridden

salmon

driven

patten

satan

satin

barren

baton

billon

craven

graven

griffon

happen

haven

kalan

kitten

laden

chicken

lagan

latin

layman

lichen

liken

linen

pullen

tappen

pagan

quicken

shaman

sicken

villain

talon

wagon

baldwin

bordman

delphian

druggists

headsman

horseman

forecast

homespun

oarsman

portman

scotsman

seedsman

townsman

yachtsman

dressage

region

crashes

lesion

scourges

searches

breakage

perches

presage

lurches

marxists

churches

fusion

heathen

legion

merges

trojan

trackage

purges

trashes

verges

horseshit

penguin

largest

dian

cowan

gowan

ion

lion

mayan

rayon

scion

zion

barton

alban

billion

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chieftain

citron

clinton

dolman

dolphin

harden

harten

hearten

jordan

jorden

lightman

linden

bargain

corban

apron

billman

boatman

bullion

bolden

copeman

cordon

crimson

dalton

faulcon

fielden

fireman

footman

foreman

fountain

garden

freedman

gilden

golden

goodman

gorgon

jargon

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lopeman

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

matron

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

molten

morgan

mormon

mountain

newsman

norman

olden

organ

orphan

outdone

pardon

patron

pillion

pinion

pitman

ponton

saffron

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shorten

shotgun

silken

smarten

soldan

spartan

spearman

stallman

stillion

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

tillman

turquoise

trillion

tuscan

vulcan

woodman

woolman

union

wanton

warden

arches

drunken

gorges

charges

georges

barges

longan

porches

rincon

shrunken

sunken

auden

beaten

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

braces

brighten

broaden

brogan

cheapen

children

chosen

colon

common

cotton

cresses

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curses

deepen

demon

dresses

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

fallen

floren

foreign

freeman

frighten

frozen

gluten

gotten

grasses

hausen

heighten

herzog

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

lampron

leman

leven

lighten

liman

liven

logan

loren

lumen

lyden

odin

often

omen

open

pavon

phrases

poison

pollan

pollen

postman

praises

precise

presses

proven

purses

reason

rerun

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

seaman

season

semen

seton

shogun

showman

siphon

siren

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

steven

stolen

surcease

sweeten

swollen

syphon

thousand

tighten

titan

toman

traces

treason

tresses

triton

trodden

trusses

turkeys

warren

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

arkose

courses

druggist

fibrin

horses

largesse

outrun

sources

sovereign

sovran

squadron

tarses

owen

paean

peon

rowan

rowen

ruin

carjack

forges

horseshoe

marches

torches

cauldron

marquiss

projects

brasses

bruises

crises

graces

jerseys

mercies

prices

prizes

pursues

breaches

broaches

preaches

breeches

screeches

arses

bourses

carsick

forces

foresight

parsec

frescoes

proxies

warsaws

corsage

orgies

boroughs

argues

carjacks

breezes

crazies

creases

crosses

cruises

freezes

friezes

grosses

process

large-scale

cargoes

cargos

crosswise

foresees

forgoes

torsos

project

tragic

forsake

3 syllable words

derision

horatian

nourishes

parisian

abduction

emulsion

eruption

lactation

oxygen

rendition

ambition

propulsion

perfection

catalan

partition

production

reduction

denizen

revulsion

elison

taxation

deduction

transition

forgotten

garrison

javelin

jettison

keratin

accession

lanolin

admission

ramadan

asuncion

dentition

specimen

unison

skeleton

seduction

succession

terraces

myosin

niacin

addition

audition

cessation

commission

emission

edition

gradation

location

munition

musician

narration

omission

origin

perversion

petition

physician

position

reaction

remission

sedition

tradition

vocation

volition

encryption

persistent

expulsion

extortion

masculine

coercion

corrosion

fruition

laotian

tuition

compulsion

talisman

combustion

concoction

conduction

chairwoman

charlatan

vermilion

convulsion

tricuspid

declension

transmission

artisan

partisan

backgammon

magician

assumption

magdalen

logician

induction

discretion

disruption

resumption

genuine

exception

presumption

porcelain

transcription

abortion

puritan

accretion

apportion

alsatian

adoption

aggression

collagen

affection

attrition

carnation

cognition

connexion

dalmatian

damnation

dictation

erection

ignition

irishman

nitrogen

persisting

collection

connection

defection

depression

dissection

hydrogen

impassion

inaction

nutrition

persuasion

extraction

compassion

digression

election

excision

condition

detection

fixation

formation

patrician

oppression

gestation

laurentian

optician

plantation

resection

starvation

ottoman

regression

stagnation

submission

solomon

orchestras

suppression

suspicion

vitamin

cinnamon

citizen

preemption

progression

repression

salvation

selection

sensation

proportion

protection

secretion

temptation

tauruses

viruses

adhesion

aleutian

arkansan

assertion

biotin

cation

caucasian

cherishes

clergyman

commotion

consumption

deletion

description

desertion

destruction

devotion

dilution

duration

egyptian

ejection

emotion

expansion

expression

extension

forages

foramen

gentleman

gyration

harlequin

horizon

imagine

moroccan

negation

occasion

oration

orchestra

parishes

permian

phoenician

pollution

possession

precession

precision

predation

prescription

procession

profession

projection

promotion

proscription

purchasers

recession

rejection

revision

saccharin

secession

sedation

solution

summation

transgression

truncation

venetian

transaction

purchaser

compression

persuasions

exhaustion

translation

contortion

impression

retraction

contrition

exaction

infection

convection

bedridden

attraction

cardigan

discipline

forecasting

enlighten

charwoman

enliven

croatian

diffraction

guncotton

confection

castration

carcasses

reflection

forbidden

nobleman

redemption

unbutton

sarcasm

distortion

uncommon

pentathlon

creation

compunction

perfusion

rhodopsin

mirages

deflection

rifleman

conjunction

conscription

subscription

construction

instruction

injunction

inscription

abstraction

obstruction

ascension

ablation

ablution

artesian

aspersion

attention

confession

concession

ferryman

cartesian

cistercian

fustian

deception

injection

assassin

objection

orchestral

champion

hydration

backwoodsman

albion

beethoven

insertion

bouillon

andean

projections

libration

migration

norwegian

obsession

occlusion

preclusion

prediction

pretension

prevention

processions

reception

vibration

campion

halcyon

addiction

detention

dimension

crustacean

depletion

depiction

dissension

kantian

zambian

equation

eviction

exertion

retention

seclusion

heiresses

thespian

keynesian

complexion

exemption

infarction

inflection

infraction

contraction

contraption

distraction

excretion

inspection

restriction

congressman

extinction

subtraction

aversion

muskmelon

carriages

causation

cetacean

citation

cremation

decision

donation

digestion

octillion

dilation

diversion

saleswoman

elation

ligation

malaysian

bandwagon

marriages

badminton

marxism

notation

parthian

mutation

ovation

councilman

suggestion

collegian

collision

collusion

erosion

immersion

privation

probation

recision

rescission

reversion

rotation

allusion

flotation

fisherman

provision

quotation

regimen

relation

galleon

carrion

alien

caresses

marian

heroin

heroine

orion

ghanaian

avian

bedouin

clarion

fabian

appian

arian

gaussian

hawaiian

malayan

plebeian

samoan

englishman

african

filtration

brazilian

forecaster

conception

affliction

frustration

conclusion

confucian

suspension

forewoman

opinion

sumatran

capsaicin

everyone

dominion

perquisite

persecute

civilian

italian

churchgoing

pavilion

acumen

cohesion

in-person

predestine

completion

policeman

conflation

invention

prostration

abdomen

inception

chairperson

conviction

inclusion

unwritten

contention

convention

singleton

aegean

barrages

congestion

garages

fijian

ingestion

constriction

phrygian

scythian

stygian

benjamin

abrasion

contagion

contusion

conversion

deflation

dispersion

foundation

incision

incursion

inversion

optation

profusion

misshapen

submersion

subversion

menhaden

eleven

jamaican

bosnian

hammerman

feminine

guardian

extrusion

infliction

argosy

awaken

freemason

pelican

anyone

gordian

explosion

scorpion

reunion

exclusion

peterman

overrun

overdone

adsorption

overman

determine

transfusion

melanin

adrian

bulletin

choruses

lesbian

suburban

nevadan

superman

abstention

toboggan

uneven

vatican

absorption

waterman

wesleyan

crestfallen

albumin

ambrosian

forecasters

orchestrates

distinction

handwoven

imprison

intestine

narcissist

perquisites

reptilian

snapdragon

division

delusion

evasion

presages

religion

surgical

graciously

illusion

confusion

intrusion

inflation

excursion

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

nonhuman

alderman

uncertain

timberman

medallion

unburden

arises

mexican

corsican

aryan

chamberlain

fenian

clarendon

chilean

gillian

cambrian

mistaken

dorian

lumberman

freudian

australian

orchestrate

grobian

jovian

battalion

median

tamarin

abandon

korean

nubian

odeon

rebellion

syrian

uterine

irian

libyan

julian

nemean

alaskan

protean

reopen

simian

veteran

anchorman

beholden

churchgoer

diffusion

invasion

lutheran

pharisees

bedizen

bitumen

sargasso

communion

unbroken

mandarin

nonunion

indian

companion

nebraskan

cyprian

gravamen

countryman

silicon

downtrodden

franciscan

persecutes

disunion

emblazon

embolden

etruscan

housebroken

inhuman

infusion

projectiles

anglican

implosion

intention

margarine

churchgoers

corsicas

farcical

heartbroken

hyraxes

austrian

prosecute

syracuse

harasses

morasses

projectile

outspoken

orgasms

preexists

carjacking

archaic

corsica

tricycle

processes

carjackings

rehearses

orgasm

farsighted

xeroxes

nearsighted

persuasive

preexist

bourgeoisie

persico

erases

iraqis

jurassic

thoracic

projector

crocuses

prosecutes

triassic

projectors

4 syllable words

surrogation

penicillin

equitation

exhibition

fermentation

jacobean

persecution

recantation

reclamation

requisition

recognition

recollection

maccabean

acquisition

activation

accusation

acclamation

acclimation

vaccination

speculation

bifurcation

animation

abolition

annotation

allegation

appellation

decimation

defamation

definition

delegation

demolition

deposition

derivation

desolation

detonation

devolution

emanation

elevation

erudition

evolution

hesitation

locomotion

fascination

habitation

meditation

recitation

navigation

premonition

renovation

vacillation

validation

resolution

repetition

revelation

revolution

sanitation

circumspection

apparition

perforation

agitation

rhetorician

vegetation

adulation

pagination

variation

expedition

exposition

circumvention

excavation

execution

calculation

persecutions

depravation

depredation

designation

admonition

dereliction

tabulation

deprivation

abrogation

absolution

calibration

degradation

superstition

cancellation

ventilation

exhalation

adaptation

celebration

altercation

approbation

aggravation

aggregation

ammunition

benediction

destination

emigration

destitution

devastation

granulation

intercession

intermission

interruption

precondition

predilection

emulation

excitation

fabrication

palpitation

estimation

hypertension

occupation

oxidation

ordination

penetration

presentation

reputation

proclamation

regulation

resignation

retrocession

segregation

statistician

coronation

correlation

gravitation

hibernation

innovation

proposition

propagation

imitation

dissertation

appalachian

immolation

dissolution

divination

domination

preservation

profanation

usurpation

extrication

extradition

explanation

explication

allocation

connotation

realization

recreation

reformation

reposition

resurrection

revocation

exclamation

diocesan

trepidation

fluoridation

reservation

galilean

desiccation

orchestration

jubilation

oscillation

diminution

litigation

levitation

avocation

legislation

syncopation

affirmation

dedication

dilatation

inhalation

irrigation

isolation

medication

melanesian

motivation

nomination

opposition

perspiration

perturbation

mutilation

politician

repossession

supervision

supposition

sequestration

aberration

adoration

amputation

armageddon

aviation

coalition

coloration

comparison

corinthian

crocodilian

decompression

decoration

dietitian

disconnection

education

electrician

embarkation

federation

fluctuation

formulation

fragmentation

gastrulation

generation

inclination

inquisition

interception

intervention

iteration

laceration

leviathan

liberation

liquefaction

meridian

miseration

misperception

moderation

modulation

moravian

operation

peruvian

preconception

preparation

prohibition

radiation

reassertion

reparation

retribution

satisfaction

segmentation

separation

tamoxifen

toleration

veneration

violation

apprehension

orchestrations

strangulation

conservation

consolation

insulation

saturation

insurrection

interaction

intimation

intonation

graduation

replication

competition

compilation

composition

consummation

application

commutation

herculean

glaciation

annexation

carcinogen

combination

commendation

conversation

convolution

elocution

immigration

information

population

prostitution

tribulation

restitution

imposition

lubrication

demarcation

inundation

watermelon

confirmation

liquidation

masturbation

advocation

maturation

culmination

desecration

observation

obligation

relaxation

cyclopean

stipulation

stimulation

abdication

backwardation

dandelion

affectation

abnegation

alternation

disposition

distillation

alabaman

ovulation

lilliputian

sectarian

simulation

minnesotan

disaffection

permutation

paraguayan

demonstration

misconception

expectation

persistently

incrustation

inhibition

self-deception

conjugation

gentlewoman

arizonan

assyrian

readmission

reelection

ulceration

provocation

aspiration

himalayan

manumission

intuition

irritation

preelection

preignition

procreation

collocation

valuation

protozoan

alteration

corp.

restoration

suffocation

corporation

relocation

evocation

respiration

admiration

european

draconian

declaration

desperation

figuration

exhumation

shakespearean

arbitration

attribution

condensation

condescension

condemnation

computation

intersection

transportation

octahedron

illustration

imperfection

imputation

incantation

incarnation

indexation

inflammation

integration

interdiction

adrenaline

malnutrition

menstruation

pigmentation

transformation

ministration

mortification

constitution

consultation

exhortation

macedonian

noblewoman

compensation

constellation

consternation

constipation

dispensation

lancastrian

malformation

installation

jurisdiction

punctuation

reproduction

tetrahedron

courageously

indigestion

interjection

deconstruction

congregation

reconstruction

expiration

gargantuan

indecision

publication

dislocation

prosecution

protestation

syndication

vindication

deportation

duplication

convocation

deformation

fibrillation

inattention

indication

inspiration

invocation

molestation

refutation

retardation

darwinian

reexamine

concentration

amphibian

conflagration

confrontation

contemplation

obsidian

contraception

distribution

contribution

nicaraguan

contradiction

ohioan

exploitation

abyssinian

accordion

barbarian

introduction

columbian

indiscretion

cotyledon

greco-roman

guatemalan

overburden

eritrean

victorian

arthurian

comprehension

nonpartisan

nonprescription

rhododendron

businesswoman

polynesian

processional

elongation

equestrian

hydrocarbon

kindergarten

bolivian

coloradan

bavarian

institution

reinspection

subluxation

floridian

ostentation

disinfection

exploration

augmentation

iranian

missourian

planarian

confiscation

complication

indentation

prosecutions

sicilian

valerian

importation

implication

consecration

obfuscation

infestation

hemoglobin

incubation

interwoven

introspection

registration

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word percussion

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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