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5 syllable words
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

haitian

nation

station

emption

saffron

action

airframes

basin

caisson

caption

chasten

craftsman

draftsman

faction

flexion

fraction

gentian

hasten

jason

mansion

mason

mention

pension

person

sanction

section

tension

traction

urson

worsen

ashen

asian

burgeon

grecian

hessian

freshen

passion

fashion

sturgeon

suasion

cajun

persian

grandson

earthen

ration

session

surgeon

delphian

version

airframe

urchin

saxon

scallion

samson

canyon

jetson

claxon

workman

kirkman

kenyan

kelson

keelson

banyan

ensign

stallion

perverts

gumption

damson

stepson

belgian

auction

diction

bastion

suction

harebrained

martian

function

engine

portion

forefront

churchman

junction

flashgun

option

freshman

friction

fiction

landsman

question

torsion

bacon

bason

bayman

bourbon

bison

brazen

curtain

burden

dagan

dagon

daman

cayman

burdon

burman

burton

canaan

certain

craven

deafen

shaken

taken

sermon

urban

hyson

perverse

german

haven

layman

raven

shaman

straighten

lesson

turban

laden

ermine

firman

kalan

lessen

maiden

fasten

graven

moisten

waken

pagan

satan

surfers

zaman

zircon

forebrain

capstan

landman

caxton

klansman

lengthen

strengthen

sexton

statesman

headsman

caution

mission

motion

fission

cushion

heathen

lesion

legion

lotion

mahone

notion

potion

pathan

ocean

prussian

region

russian

henchman

rayon

plankton

urine

surfer

penguin

atman

aspen

bagman

arson

acton

airman

apron

bullion

alman

bellman

billion

brakeman

calvin

canton

baston

captain

carefree

chairman

hempen

kremlin

chapman

chessman

chieftain

classman

headman

chaplain

dampen

gascon

hackman

ibsen

desman

dobson

falcon

jackman

kelvin

kansan

jasmine

hetman

m1

onion

oxen

matron

melton

million

minion

nekton

orphan

packman

panton

parson

passman

patron

pectin

pillion

penman

perforce

pinion

plantain

pressman

runnion

santon

scullion

selden

stillion

surprise

tendon

teston

trillion

union

whitson

guardsman

huntsman

marksman

sportsman

bushman

christian

dungeon

faustian

fortune

georgian

luncheon

mangan

hangman

margin

baron

barren

alan

amman

baton

batten

marchman

bellon

beaten

beckon

beacon

batton

bordman

markman

bisson

christen

portman

blacken

bracken

cannon

canon

salesman

breton

brighten

cabin

charon

cheapen

cretin

deacon

deaden

deepen

demon

devon

dragon

eaten

eden

elan

famine

fatten

felon

gladden

heron

leaden

liken

liman

liven

often

pervert

riden

ripen

sadden

seton

freeman

frighten

gallon

gammon

garron

lighten

listen

madden

melon

platen

platten

poison

salmon

seaman

season

semen

servers

glisten

griffon

heaven

heighten

herbers

hyphen

jetton

leman

leven

lyden

muffin

flatten

happen

hymen

lagan

latin

leaven

ledden

lichen

loosen

marron

patten

lemon

perron

reckon

reason

redden

rerun

resin

purports

satin

seven

triton

treason

traverse

vegan

townsman

threaten

tighten

titan

toughen

scotsman

wheaten

homespun

whiten

widen

wizen

horseman

talon

wagon

weaken

weapon

yachtsman

tappen

oarsman

siphon

syphon

baldwin

performs

soften

spokesman

siren

steven

stiffen

slacken

sweeten

bludgeon

dudgeon

fusion

gudgeon

kitchen

pigeon

trojan

vision

tungsten

bargain

barton

billman

copeman

dalton

darken

footman

fountain

garden

golden

goodman

gorgon

jargon

jorden

marten

martin

milken

newsman

norman

olden

perform

piston

pitman

sequin

austin

boatman

bolden

bookman

boston

carbon

corban

cordon

crimson

faulcon

foreman

freedman

gilden

jordan

marlin

mignon

minden

ponton

shearman

shipman

organ

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

silken

smarten

soldan

spartan

spearman

berber

dian

sylvan

fervor

stallman

herber

mayan

stockman

paean

ion

sultan

lion

peon

alban

carmine

carman

carton

chevron

clinton

dolman

dolphin

fibrin

fielden

fireman

harden

scion

harken

server

zion

harten

hearten

houseman

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lockman

london

lopeman

lynden

muslin

mormon

molten

morgan

mountain

outdone

pardon

tarpon

tartan

warden

tillman

tubman

tuscan

undone

vulcan

wanton

warfare

woodman

woolman

brethren

coachman

sunken

watchman

drunken

dutchman

othman

rincon

longan

shrunken

airborne

dustman

lampron

postman

seedsman

auden

begun

billon

bitten

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

button

chicken

chosen

colon

common

cotton

cousin

crawford

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

dozen

driven

dromon

fallen

floren

foreign

freeborn

frozen

gibbon

given

glidden

gluten

gotten

grabbers

hausen

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

kitten

linen

locken

logan

loren

lumen

mitten

mullen

mutton

ninon

odin

omen

open

oven

pavon

pollan

pollen

prefers

prison

proven

pullen

quicken

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

scrapers

shogun

showman

sicken

slogan

smitten

sodden

solon

spoken

stolen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

swollen

thicken

thousand

token

toman

trappers

trodden

villain

warren

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

wrappers

written

yaupon

yeoman

citron

harbors

harpers

proverbs

purport

outrun

wherefore

barbers

forebear

sovereign

squadron

carvers

sovran

therefore

craver

cowan

draper

gowan

grabber

graver

owen

prefer

proffer

rowan

rowen

ruin

scraper

trapper

wrapper

cauldron

children

dearborn

doctrine

forebears

graveyard

arbor

droppers

barber

barbre

carper

carver

drivers

grievers

groupers

harper

marver

prepare

proverb

sharper

trippers

scrubbers

troopers

harbor

torpor

graveyards

graybeard

drawbridge

cropper

driver

dropper

drover

griever

gripper

groover

grouper

proper

scriber

scrubber

shriver

tripper

trooper

graybeards

crowbar

prepared

prepares

3 syllable words

vacation

gradation

perversion

cessation

duration

gyration

oration

capsaicin

chairperson

frustration

conflation

prostration

translation

inflation

diffraction

perforates

filtration

ablation

abrasion

affection

aggression

carnation

crustacean

defection

depression

dictation

digression

fixation

formation

foundation

oppression

optation

progression

regression

repression

starvation

suppression

foramen

perforate

corruption

desertion

dilation

direction

cetacean

truncation

assertion

citation

causation

correction

cremation

donation

elation

flotation

ligation

location

mutation

negation

ovation

permission

privation

probation

profession

relation

notation

percussion

predation

quotation

rotation

sedation

summation

vocation

infraction

transgression

creation

african

compression

transaction

confection

deflection

perfusion

reflection

coercion

croatian

discretion

infection

impression

confession

admission

connection

connexion

deception

dimension

election

protection

selection

equation

erection

surprising

preference

exertion

hammerman

prevention

pretension

contagion

transition

menhaden

ascension

retention

technician

freemason

invasion

reception

dissension

depletion

resection

tactician

dentition

attention

dissection

rendition

ambition

cistercian

collection

detention

insertion

detection

laurentian

nerve-racking

adhesion

aversion

caucasian

clergyman

deletion

diversion

ejection

emblazon

evasion

expression

horizon

immersion

infarction

inflection

malaysian

masculine

occasion

performance

permian

phoenician

possession

precession

procession

projection

recession

rejection

reversion

saccharin

secession

tamarin

venetian

veteran

inception

enlighten

enliven

in-person

abduction

mistaken

vermilion

affliction

laotian

exception

genuine

invention

completion

conception

confucian

contention

convection

convention

redemption

transmission

corrosion

declension

derision

parisian

chamberlain

suspension

injection

australian

objection

cartesian

gravamen

ablution

addiction

artesian

overdone

concession

concussion

condition

depiction

incursion

propulsion

secretion

albion

mandarin

profusion

seduction

production

medicine

ferryman

jamaican

forgotten

kantian

reduction

campion

champion

aspersion

venison

determine

garrison

overman

asuncion

lesbian

overrun

accession

inversion

jettison

waterman

cognition

accretion

discussion

optician

revulsion

wesleyan

dispersion

suspicion

succession

andean

awaken

elison

ignition

anyone

peterman

emulsion

partition

subversion

suburban

barbershop

submission

conversion

misshapen

submersion

adoption

anchorman

deduction

eruption

diffusion

superman

zambian

eviction

norwegian

prediction

preemption

obsession

digestion

egyptian

suggestion

arkansan

albumin

complexion

extension

exemption

encryption

infliction

inspection

transfusion

remission

solution

devotion

galleon

halogen

carrion

sedition

audition

addition

aleutian

collegian

commission

commotion

dilution

edition

emission

emotion

margarine

munition

musician

omission

petition

physician

marian

pollution

malayan

arian

position

precaution

uterine

appian

promotion

moroccan

tradition

volition

cation

clarion

reaction

fisherman

pentathlon

infusion

intention

resumption

induction

misfortune

retraction

presumption

attraction

combustion

compulsion

anglican

concoction

conduction

confusion

conviction

convulsion

excursion

exhaustion

assumption

disruption

backgammon

fruition

abdomen

logician

lumberman

magdalen

chairwoman

cohesion

everyone

alderman

magician

lutheran

unburden

uncertain

mexican

policeman

rebellion

tuition

abstraction

paraphrase

extraction

predestine

transcription

rhodopsin

rifleman

surprises

talisman

timberman

attrition

congestion

contusion

inaction

irishman

seclusion

patrician

heartbroken

ingestion

preclusion

nutrition

occlusion

uneven

skeleton

specimen

contraption

distraction

expulsion

abstention

gordian

ramadan

excretion

corporal

contraction

unison

corporate

description

destruction

bedizen

consumption

denizen

eleven

proscription

restriction

bosnian

guardian

jacobin

indian

javelin

scorpion

lanolin

vatican

prescription

catalan

subtraction

pelican

halcyon

keratin

distinction

englishman

handwoven

nebraskan

crestfallen

embolden

harlequin

franciscan

forbearance

gentleman

intestine

reptilian

bandwagon

compunction

badminton

division

collision

collusion

allusion

delusion

exaction

illusion

contrition

erosion

lecithin

conclusion

implosion

inclusion

origin

parthian

inhuman

nonhuman

provision

precision

religion

traversing

construction

alien

obstruction

aryan

avian

barbara

bedouin

biotin

chilean

dorian

draperies

freudian

constriction

subscription

fabian

ghanaian

gillian

grobian

julian

irian

conjunction

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

jovian

korean

conscription

libyan

myosin

odeon

orion

simian

niacin

injunction

porphyry

inscription

nubian

protean

plebeian

instruction

syrian

acumen

battalion

bedridden

extinction

artisan

brazilian

forewoman

guncotton

corsican

backwoodsman

cambrian

charlatan

corporates

charwoman

civilian

firebrand

cardigan

dominion

forbidden

italian

medallion

nobleman

opinion

partisan

pavilion

porcelain

unbutton

uncommon

extortion

nitrogen

excision

expansion

compassion

proportion

fijian

abortion

apportion

hydrogen

impassion

incision

oxygen

aegean

absorption

adsorption

phrygian

benjamin

scythian

beholden

stygian

adrian

ambrosian

beethoven

bitumen

bouillon

bravery

bravura

bulletin

cinnamon

citizen

collagen

communion

companion

councilman

countryman

cyprian

disunion

drapery

etruscan

firebrands

forever

hereford

keynesian

muskmelon

nonunion

octillion

ottoman

perversely

prefrontal

puritan

purveyor

saleswoman

silicon

snapdragon

solomon

surveyor

thespian

toboggan

vitamin

rescission

intrusion

midshipman

singleton

distortion

misprision

revision

contortion

decision

imagine

recision

proportions

regimen

abandon

alaskan

austrian

barbaric

discipline

performers

unwritten

barbary

gaussian

congressman

exclusion

median

nemean

reopen

explosion

fenian

purveyors

extrusion

samoan

surveyors

downtrodden

housebroken

imprison

outspoken

unbroken

assassin

feminine

fireproof

fustian

firebrick

melanin

firebirds

nevadan

performer

properties

reunion

bribery

shrubbery

clarendon

firebird

properly

property

wherever

preparers

free-for-all

cerebral

sumatran

firepower

moreover

preparer

tripartite

4 syllable words

defamation

alteration

derivation

germination

figuration

preferential

resurrection

ulceration

termination

apparition

aviation

radiation

rhetorician

variation

malformation

exploration

aggregation

aggravation

glaciation

abnegation

graduation

abrogation

annexation

approbation

calibration

celebration

circulation

deformation

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

emigration

fabrication

fermentation

segregation

inspiration

penetration

permutation

refutation

perforated

allegation

allocation

animation

annotation

appellation

avocation

coronation

correlation

decimation

dedication

delegation

desiccation

desolation

detonation

dissertation

elevation

emanation

gravitation

fascination

habitation

hesitation

fluoridation

hibernation

levitation

medication

meditation

irrigation

irritation

machination

navigation

preservation

profanation

recitation

recreation

renovation

reservation

revelation

revocation

sanitation

suffocation

trepidation

usurpation

vacillation

validation

valuation

deviation

violation

foliation

ideation

mediation

arbitration

agitation

pagination

adulation

education

gastrulation

infestation

vegetation

imperfection

mortification

abdication

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

adaptation

activation

advocation

altercation

application

backwardation

conversation

designation

destination

estimation

excitation

fibrillation

situation

alternation

cancellation

conservation

devastation

emulation

equitation

granulation

hypertension

immigration

insurrection

interaction

intercession

lubrication

masturbation

molestation

observation

ordination

palpitation

persecution

presentation

protestation

recantation

reclamation

regulation

relaxation

replication

reputation

resignation

speculation

tabulation

vaccination

ventilation

registration

limitation

procreation

expectation

litigation

propagation

mutilation

extrication

herbarium

preferable

dilatation

connotation

perversity

appalachian

demonstration

erudition

imitation

evocation

immolation

mitigation

conflagration

confrontation

motivation

oscillation

infiltration

dissipation

dehydration

definition

collocation

divination

domination

fumigation

inhalation

innovation

isolation

repercussion

jubilation

rumination

nomination

provocation

realization

relocation

titillation

orchestration

sequestration

visitation

legislation

amputation

attribution

augmentation

calculation

cogitation

confiscation

consecration

consternation

disinflation

embarkation

excavation

exhortation

fluctuation

formulation

fragmentation

illustration

incantation

indentation

indexation

inflammation

integration

interception

intersection

intervention

menstruation

meridian

ministration

misperception

modulation

moravian

obfuscation

ostentation

peripheral

peruvian

reassertion

retribution

satisfaction

segmentation

transportation

circumcision

compilation

disaffection

indication

intermission

demarcation

deportation

dereliction

dislocation

distillation

insulation

interruption

intimation

intonation

inundation

invitation

invocation

obligation

occupation

ovulation

oxidation

apprehension

recollection

retardation

retrocession

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

superstition

syndication

consolation

culmination

cultivation

congregation

commutation

commendation

interjection

consummation

combination

convocation

duplication

elocution

liquidation

predilection

population

proclamation

exhalation

strangulation

publication

vindication

transplantation

tribulation

herbariums

eritrean

interurban

watermelon

albanian

arboretum

copernican

overburden

barbarian

tasmanian

elongation

abolition

evolution

melanesian

premonition

readmission

preelection

reelection

syncopation

resolution

conjugation

repetition

concentration

circumspection

revolution

supervision

exploitation

implantation

demolition

exclamation

explanation

explication

impregnation

incrustation

deposition

self-deception

devolution

arizonan

coloradan

reawaken

exhumation

corroborates

peripherals

arabian

circumvention

complication

compensation

computation

condemnation

condensation

constellation

coalition

dietitian

barbarians

constipation

consultation

decompression

disinfection

pelagian

dispensation

disputation

adrenaline

interdiction

importation

prohibition

incarnation

inclination

indignation

execution

implication

liquefaction

imputation

installation

instigation

pigmentation

corinthian

punctuation

subluxation

benediction

gargantuan

absolution

requisition

superhuman

restitution

statistician

prosecution

corroborate

exhibition

admonition

ammunition

crucifixion

lilliputian

recognition

destitution

incubation

acquisition

jordanian

penicillin

indiscretion

librarian

nicaraguan

preferences

paraguayan

porphyritic

barbarism

eustachian

contemplation

extradition

contraception

contribution

agrarian

herculean

amphibian

distribution

californian

periphery

performances

iranian

jacobean

diminution

canadian

opposition

floridian

galilean

comprehension

disconnection

jurisdiction

dissolution

reposition

repossession

expedition

locomotion

preignition

manumission

condescension

european

exposition

proposition

himalayan

politician

polynesian

mammalian

maccabean

arthurian

reproduction

preferably

reinspection

preconception

proverbial

supposition

intuition

tetrahedron

contrarian

carbureted

interwoven

introspection

convolution

disposition

inattention

indecision

indonesian

imposition

precondition

prostitution

carcinogen

composition

leviathan

competition

contravention

alabaman

aldebaran

arboreal

armenian

contradiction

committeeman

nonprescription

gorgonian

pavlovian

predetermine

irreverence

introduction

cotyledon

irreverent

misconception

abyssinian

dandelion

darwinian

dominican

reexamine

assemblyman

businesswoman

inhibition

gentlewoman

kindergarten

malnutrition

constitution

electrician

institution

inquisition

substitution

ohioan

republican

newtonian

carborundum

chameleon

collodion

comedian

fallopian

protozoan

bolivian

armageddon

devonian

diocesan

napoleon

utopian

indigestion

shakespearean

plutonian

simonian

comparison

noblewoman

bavarian

planarian

algonquian

athenian

bohemian

polyhedron

subdivision

olympian

greco-roman

minnesotan

sectarian

samaritan

obsidian

englishwoman

barbarity

oblivion

american

nestorian

hydrocarbon

wagnerian

columbian

accordion

guatemalan

centurion

deconstruction

octahedron

reconstruction

algerian

fireproofing

hungarian

mongolian

crocodilian

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5 syllable words

collaboration

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irrepressible

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word perforation

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

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