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

gumption

emption

function

junction

flexion

gentian

mention

section

caption

tension

suction

pension

churchman

delphian

penguin

prussian

hessian

henchman

russian

session

nation

station

haitian

urchin

freshen

kenyan

onion

kelson

scullion

m1

jetson

runnion

stepson

keelson

ensign

sanction

huntsman

dungeon

dutchman

friction

mansion

question

brethren

diction

freshman

fraction

belgian

engine

fiction

bastion

faction

traction

action

option

caisson

chasten

urson

dustman

lessen

person

lengthen

lesson

basin

bison

mason

worsen

capstan

strengthen

jason

headsman

sexton

grandson

hyson

hasten

ashen

asian

bludgeon

burgeon

cajun

caution

cushion

dudgeon

earthen

fission

fashion

grecian

gudgeon

kitchen

lotion

mahone

mission

motion

notion

ocean

passion

persian

potion

ration

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

tungsten

version

draftsman

landsman

bellman

billion

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

claxon

fountain

london

corrupts

damson

desman

mountain

craftsman

muslin

nekton

outrun

scallion

tendon

teston

whitson

vulcan

outdone

saxon

selden

stillion

undone

airman

apron

banyan

canyon

headman

houseman

bullion

captain

hempen

hetman

ibsen

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

melton

million

minion

pectin

penman

pillion

pinion

pressman

samson

stallion

sultan

trillion

tubman

tuscan

workman

auction

bushman

christian

coachman

drunken

faustian

flashgun

fortune

luncheon

martian

portion

shrunken

sunken

watchman

torsion

baldwin

carpets

klansman

landman

spokesman

statesman

townsman

caxton

children

lampron

bacon

bason

bayman

beckon

bellon

bisson

bourbon

brazen

breton

brighten

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

canaan

cayman

certain

charon

christen

cousin

craven

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

ermine

fasten

felon

firman

frighten

german

glisten

graven

happen

hausen

haven

heaven

heighten

heron

hymen

hyphen

jetton

kalan

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

loosen

lyden

maiden

marron

melon

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

pagan

perron

raven

reckon

redden

resin

riden

satan

sermon

seven

shaken

shaman

siphon

siren

straighten

sudden

sullen

summon

syphon

taken

tappen

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

turban

urban

vegan

waken

zaman

weapon

widen

wizen

whiten

zircon

farfetched

plankton

fusion

heathen

legion

lesion

pathan

pigeon

region

trojan

vision

aspen

arson

atman

austin

bagman

baston

billman

boatman

bolden

bookman

boston

classman

clinton

copeman

jackman

jasmine

kansan

krypton

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lopeman

lynden

matron

mignon

milken

minden

molten

olden

oxen

marksman

newsman

packman

guardsman

panton

santon

sequin

sharpen

shipman

acton

alman

brakeman

calvin

canton

citron

crimson

dampen

dobson

falcon

fibrin

footman

gilden

gascon

golden

goodman

hackman

parson

passman

patron

pervades

piston

pitman

plantain

silken

tillman

soldan

sportsman

sylvan

tarpon

union

woodman

woolman

cowan

gowan

dian

georgian

hangman

mangan

margin

rincon

ion

lion

scion

rayon

urine

othman

mayan

zion

corvettes

bordman

driftwood

erupts

horseman

marchman

markman

oarsman

orbits

portman

postman

salesman

scotsman

tributes

yachtsman

alan

amman

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

begun

billon

bereft

bitten

blacken

blowgun

bowman

bracken

briton

brogan

broken

cabin

cannon

canon

cheapen

chicken

chosen

colon

corrupt

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

deacon

deepen

demon

dragon

driven

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

famine

fatten

fervid

flatten

forbade

freeman

frozen

gallon

gammon

garron

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

gluten

griffon

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

kitten

lagan

latin

leman

leven

linen

logan

lumen

madden

mitten

ninon

odin

omen

open

patten

pervade

platen

platten

poison

prison

proven

pullen

quicken

reason

rerun

ribbon

ridden

ripen

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rumen

sadden

salmon

satin

seaman

season

semen

seton

sherbet

shogun

showman

sicken

slacken

slogan

smitten

solon

spoken

steven

stiffen

stolen

stricken

striven

surfeit

sweeten

swollen

talon

thicken

token

toman

treason

villain

wagon

weaken

wheaten

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

written

yaupon

yeoman

scripture

alban

bargain

barton

carbon

brevets

carman

carmine

chieftain

erupt

carpet

corban

cordon

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

fireman

jargon

jordan

jorden

foreman

freedman

garden

gorgon

marlin

norman

marten

martin

morgan

mormon

pardon

ponton

provides

shearman

shotgun

smarten

tartan

torpid

wanton

warden

shorten

spartan

spearman

carton

dalton

darken

drip-dry

fielden

forbids

harden

harken

harten

hearten

lockman

organ

orphan

privates

prophets

saffron

stallman

stockman

peon

drafting

grafting

paean

longan

owen

rowan

ruin

scriptures

rowen

seedsman

homespun

forfeits

triptychs

auden

bereaved

bobbin

bollen

boughten

broaden

common

cotton

fallen

floren

forbid

foreign

gotten

loren

often

pavon

pollan

pollen

provide

robin

rosin

graphite

locken

rotten

sodden

soften

trodden

turbid

warren

barbette

carbide

corvette

morbid

orbit

profits

sovereign

sovran

squadron

tribute

warpath

doctrine

turbot

cauldron

browbeat

crafty

drafty

private

probate

profit

prophet

sorbet

thrifty

barefoot

forebode

forefoot

forfeit

tripods

triptych

tripod

3 syllable words

sensation

perception

perfection

temptation

gestation

persuasion

summation

negation

narration

cessation

flirtation

percussion

correction

corruption

predation

direction

sedation

abduction

assumption

capsaicin

filtration

horatian

inflation

presumption

resumption

translation

dalmatian

crustacean

alsatian

conjunction

corruptions

venison

asuncion

injunction

damnation

deduction

dictation

lactation

production

reduction

revulsion

salvation

emulsion

propulsion

equation

taxation

awaken

fixation

deflation

stagnation

seduction

medicine

menhaden

optation

plantation

ablation

lecithin

phoenician

gradation

consumption

elation

venetian

occasion

permission

cetacean

vacation

assertion

malaysian

regimen

duration

emblazon

truncation

redemption

convulsion

compunction

disruption

induction

transaction

frustration

conduction

suspension

compulsion

conflation

chairperson

vermilion

genuine

croatian

abrasion

accretion

affection

ascension

attention

skeleton

benjamin

carnation

collection

concussion

connection

connexion

contagion

deception

defection

depiction

depletion

election

erection

depression

detection

detention

dimension

discussion

dissection

dissension

eruption

formation

foundation

specimen

inaction

starvation

oppression

reception

suppression

invasion

assassin

protection

laurentian

prevention

pretension

denizen

preemption

repression

jamaican

keratin

retention

resection

secretion

selection

pelican

complexion

projection

ejection

embolden

snapdragon

destruction

adhesion

extortion

bandwagon

exemption

expulsion

gentleman

masculine

perpetrates

rejection

inspection

reptilian

transfusion

flotation

gyration

halogen

ligation

location

mutation

notation

physician

tradition

pollution

possession

precession

position

privation

petition

perversion

vocation

ovation

oration

probation

secession

solution

rotation

procession

profession

recession

quotation

promotion

relation

aleutian

commotion

emotion

evasion

causation

devotion

dilation

edition

cremation

donation

addition

citation

clergyman

collegian

commission

deletion

instruction

mexican

completion

alaskan

mistaken

extraction

compression

logician

construction

magdalen

magician

malayan

discipline

attraction

conception

italian

confection

invention

enlighten

enliven

foramen

contention

chairwoman

convention

convection

castration

distortion

horizon

eruptions

exception

impression

obstruction

hawaiian

anglican

perfusion

perpetrate

declension

deflection

exaction

rebellion

inception

infection

reflection

opinion

policeman

injection

corrosion

derision

creation

objection

coercion

parisian

ablution

admission

adoption

ambition

attrition

apportion

puritan

abortion

accession

beholden

ramadan

addiction

aggression

compassion

condition

diffusion

hydration

impassion

subtraction

confession

dentition

catalan

concession

digression

eviction

libration

cinnamon

migration

contraction

lanolin

lesbian

jettison

contraption

javelin

jacobin

silicon

inflection

obsession

optician

citizen

norwegian

oxygen

nevadan

misshapen

anyone

partition

patrician

preclusion

extension

privations

ferryman

wesleyan

progression

expression

elison

proportion

succession

encryption

regression

rendition

submission

tactician

technician

vibration

expansion

transition

garrison

transgression

suspicion

uneven

unison

prediction

seclusion

forgotten

freemason

councilman

harlequin

disunion

digestion

handwoven

companion

etruscan

albumin

distinction

saleswoman

nebraskan

suggestion

pervading

collision

affliction

remission

collusion

confucian

scriptural

conviction

allusion

concoction

precaution

contrition

sedition

discretion

contortion

audition

infusion

inhuman

intention

transmission

nonhuman

singleton

transcription

implosion

inclusion

prostration

delusion

dilution

emission

caucasian

illusion

imagine

origin

provision

reaction

heartbroken

abandon

marian

congestion

backgammon

plebeian

cation

clarion

abdomen

african

artisan

niacin

bedouin

ingestion

battalion

charlatan

everyone

appian

extinction

carrion

in-person

porcelain

ghanaian

predestine

permian

veteran

nobleman

cohesion

corsican

partisan

myosin

medallion

rifleman

unbutton

unwritten

heroin

talisman

heroine

aegean

contusion

abstention

artesian

carpeting

restriction

phrygian

aspersion

exclusion

cartesian

explosion

proscription

prescription

cognition

dispersion

laotian

irishman

curvature

infliction

fruition

stygian

description

ignition

hydrogen

tuition

nitrogen

nutrition

occlusion

profusion

scythian

albion

andean

arkansan

badminton

bedizen

bitumen

campion

champion

collagen

communion

corruptive

countryman

crestfallen

cyprian

eleven

franciscan

fustian

gravamen

indian

intestine

kantian

nonunion

octillion

ottoman

scorpion

solomon

superman

thespian

toboggan

turpitude

vatican

verbatim

vitamin

zambian

decision

division

desertion

inscription

musician

omission

munition

forbidding

subscription

erosion

parthian

conclusion

revision

rescission

constriction

recision

volition

confusion

misprision

retraction

abstraction

diffraction

conscription

combustion

religion

brazilian

arian

cardigan

biotin

chilean

orbital

pavilion

providence

sumatran

brevity

carpeted

gravitates

charwoman

guncotton

civilian

bedridden

dominion

uncommon

arbitrates

backwoodsman

acumen

forbidden

gillian

libyan

moroccan

orion

simian

forewoman

galleon

gaussian

samoan

excretion

adsorption

distraction

fijian

congressman

cistercian

exertion

infraction

erupting

excision

incision

insertion

absorption

prohibits

unbroken

servitude

reunion

bulletin

ambrosian

arbitrate

bosnian

bouillon

orbitals

gordian

gravitate

guardian

halcyon

egyptian

imprison

muskmelon

outspoken

englishman

exhaustion

intrusion

pentathlon

immersion

forfeiture

diversion

australian

aversion

precision

reversion

profiting

aryan

eruptive

alien

extrusion

ferryboats

infarction

avian

freudian

grobian

rhodopsin

dorian

gravity

arbiters

fabian

irian

jovian

julian

korean

syrian

nubian

odeon

cambrian

profiteers

provident

perfidy

protean

subversion

incursion

submersion

forfeitures

foreboding

inversion

conversion

adrian

beethoven

craftsmanship

housebroken

corruptly

determine

excursion

feminine

draftsmanship

hammerman

keynesian

melanin

misfortune

overdone

overman

overrun

parapet

peterman

profiteer

provided

suburban

thereafter

troubadour

waterman

fisherman

prohibit

austrian

clarendon

alderman

chamberlain

lumberman

morbidly

unburden

timberman

torpedoes

torpedos

uncertain

anchorman

fenian

graffiti

median

nemean

downtrodden

probity

reopen

saccharin

uterine

tamarin

mandarin

torpedo

lutheran

arbitrage

privately

ferryboat

probative

midshipman

margarine

bravado

provider

providers

forefathers

arbiter

hereafter

crabeater

forefather

4 syllable words

application

approbation

circulation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

replication

reputation

appellation

decimation

dedication

defamation

delegation

derivation

desiccation

desolation

detonation

elevation

germination

hesitation

medication

meditation

recitation

emanation

renovation

revelation

termination

revocation

legislation

surrogation

pagination

amputation

calculation

adulation

agitation

situation

annexation

cancellation

celebration

devastation

estimation

fermentation

granulation

palpitation

penetration

destination

duplication

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

advocation

affectation

degradation

desecration

designation

emigration

emulation

equitation

presentation

population

recantation

reclamation

regulation

resignation

segregation

tabulation

ventilation

speculation

stipulation

vaccination

exhalation

strangulation

allegation

animation

avocation

explication

allocation

annotation

dilatation

divination

fascination

navigation

perturbation

propagation

conjugation

innovation

perspiration

explanation

fluoridation

habitation

imitation

immolation

inhalation

irrigation

litigation

machination

sanitation

suffocation

trepidation

vacillation

validation

expectation

constipation

imputation

punctuation

segmentation

reparation

implication

preparation

fluctuation

perpetual

separation

modulation

complication

computation

perforation

constellation

excavation

formulation

fragmentation

graduation

maturation

saturation

abrogation

calibration

abnegation

adaptation

combination

commutation

compilation

consolation

consummation

convocation

culmination

excitation

indication

insulation

intimation

intonation

inundation

invocation

molestation

obligation

occupation

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

permutation

proclamation

protestation

refutation

vindication

aggravation

aggregation

registration

distillation

immigration

simulation

stimulation

tribulation

coronation

desperation

levitation

melanesian

sequestration

profanation

realization

restoration

revolution

aspiration

corp.

corporation

correlation

devolution

erudition

gravitation

isolation

premonition

jubilation

provocation

exclamation

evolution

dehydration

connotation

definition

demolition

mutilation

demonstration

motivation

syncopation

impregnation

collocation

domination

oscillation

declaration

conflagration

deposition

nomination

perpetuals

extrication

recreation

repercussion

repetition

resolution

repossession

respiration

valuation

violation

condemnation

compensation

condensation

confiscation

gastrulation

menstruation

generation

operation

dispensation

cogitation

ministration

mortification

ostentation

federation

comparison

pigmentation

obfuscation

subluxation

embarkation

exhortation

indexation

indentation

illustration

decoration

infestation

integration

transportation

veneration

inflammation

variation

installation

arbitration

augmentation

consecration

consultation

inclination

exhumation

abdication

absolution

acquisition

admonition

ammunition

benediction

commendation

deportation

dereliction

destitution

dislocation

elocution

exhibition

expiration

fabrication

glaciation

paraguayan

persecution

recognition

requisition

transplantation

fumigation

irritation

limitation

inhibition

contemplation

exploitation

arbitrations

implantation

abolition

himalayan

reawaken

incrustation

dissolution

diminution

mitigation

proposition

titillation

supposition

usurpation

concentration

opposition

reposition

rumination

orchestration

visitation

attribution

incantation

retribution

disputation

disinflation

indignation

satisfaction

expedition

reproduction

importation

constitution

execution

exploration

exposition

liquefaction

apparition

aviation

radiation

coloration

reassertion

american

carcinogen

circumcision

competition

congregation

composition

incubation

convolution

disposition

inspiration

fibrillation

restitution

statistician

prostitution

invitation

imposition

syndication

lubrication

relaxation

alabaman

copernican

dandelion

liquidation

penicillin

lilliputian

assemblyman

infiltration

extradition

obstetrician

circumspection

elongation

gentlewoman

confrontation

arizonan

ulceration

european

galilean

affirmation

tetrahedron

dissertation

evocation

hibernation

reformation

relocation

bifurcation

intuition

jacobean

politician

decompression

locomotion

maccabean

preservation

inquisition

reservation

instigation

interception

intersection

intervention

jurisdiction

resurrection

aberration

corinthian

deviation

dietitian

liberation

prohibition

adrenaline

ideation

laceration

mediation

moderation

toleration

macedonian

republican

foliation

pedestrian

adoration

coalition

iteration

miseration

perpetrators

meridian

gargantuan

hypertension

indonesian

masturbation

information

insurrection

intercession

interruption

observation

precondition

predilection

prosecution

superhuman

retrocession

recollection

interjection

publication

altercation

apprehension

alternation

conservation

backwardation

conversation

crucifixion

cultivation

confirmation

barbarian

minnesotan

introduction

corruptible

equestrian

cotyledon

sectarian

nestorian

nonprescription

aldebaran

cyclopean

distribution

eritrean

perpetrator

ohioan

estonian

wagnerian

herculean

appalachian

arthurian

disillusion

consternation

dissipation

malformation

imperfection

institution

electrician

smithsonian

circumvention

interdiction

alteration

procreation

reelection

misperception

admiration

figuration

prohibitions

octahedron

preignition

reinspection

polynesian

preelection

transformation

canadian

arabian

bavarian

diocesan

hyperion

derivative

mammalian

planarian

introspection

noblewoman

shakespearean

misbegotten

tamoxifen

turbidity

deformation

demarcation

intermission

retardation

pelagian

algonquian

superstition

probationer

rhetorician

disaffection

leviathan

peruvian

abyssinian

moravian

agrarian

albanian

columbian

contribution

dominican

contradiction

guatemalan

librarian

businesswoman

self-deception

samaritan

contraception

nonpartisan

amphibian

pavlovian

centurion

pagurian

tasmanian

watermelon

greco-roman

reexamine

disinfection

englishwoman

manumission

preconception

supervision

condescension

disconnection

incarnation

hungarian

probationers

comprehension

devonian

bolivian

comedian

contrarian

chameleon

collodion

reconstruction

floridian

crocodilian

napoleon

deconstruction

therapeutic

hemoglobin

protozoan

sicilian

simonian

athenian

carbohydrates

contravention

inattention

indecision

interaction

misconception

providential

kindergarten

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overburden

rhododendron

nicaraguan

jordanian

gorgonian

committeeman

morbidity

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hydrocarbon

carbohydrate

arbitrators

malnutrition

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substitution

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readmission

mongolian

indigestion

interwoven

assyrian

arbitrator

indiscretion

armageddon

gregorian

iranian

missourian

valerian

bohemian

subdivision

hegelian

polyhedron

ibuprofen

therapeutics

accordion

armenian

darwinian

oblivion

forfeitable

coloradan

utopian

fallopian

californian

carpetbaggers

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profitable

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carpetbagger

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iberian

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criterion

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praetorian

siberian

nigerian

arbitrageurs

lancastrian

neuropathy

victorian

predetermine

historian

tributaries

arbitrary

tributary

copenhagen

arbitragers

arbitrager

arbitrageur

5 syllable words

dissemination

premeditation

prevarication

pasteurization

desegregation

anticipation

domestication

congratulation

interrogation

participation

predestination

insemination

accreditation

attenuation

interpolation

authentication

specialization

alienation

articulation

investigation

depopulation

hyperinflation

misapplication

quantification

christianization

acceleration

assimilation

certification

clarification

determination

edification

facilitation

preoccupation

verification

hydrogenation

elimination

fertilization

modernization

orientation

sterilization

repatriation

coagulation

specification

eradication

mechanization

annihilation

lithuanian

imagination

polarization

amplification

incrimination

disembarkation

procrastination

representation

discrimination

commemoration

deceleration

approximation

expatriation

rejuvenation

defenestration

adjudication

cohabitation

authorization

perpetually

degeneration

corroboration

initiation

regeneration

equivocation

evacuation

falsification

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

rectification

reintegration

maximization

recommendation

sedimentation

sophistication

sanctification

abomination

accommodation

administration

adulteration

amortization

assassination

canonization

civilization

classification

confederation

coordination

decapitation

denomination

denunciation

discoloration

dramatization

elizabethan

evaluation

gasification

gratification

hallucination

illumination

inhabitation

nullification

pacification

purification

ramification

ratification

renunciation

repudiation

resuscitation

russification

stratification

vilification

interpretation

infatuation

prognostication

vegetarian

extermination

humiliation

reverberation

disinclination

simplification

disintegration

delineation

centralization

ornamentation

cauterization

overproduction

evaporation

amalgamation

communication

epicurean

appropriation

concatenation

consolidation

contamination

emancipation

equalization

examination

excoriation

exfoliation

fortification

harmonization

immunization

inoculation

insinuation

intimidation

invalidation

justification

normalization

organization

recrimination

subordination

expropriation

argumentation

cooperation

electrocution

localization

ossification

desalination

mobilization

precipitation

revaluation

unification

utilization

glorification

gravitational

colonization

modification

codification

peloponnesian

panamanian

brutalization

legalization

notification

pronunciation

qualification

hyperborean

vulgarization

ejaculation

depreciation

association

ionization

irradiation

appreciation

retaliation

accumulation

confabulation

intoxication

dissociation

recuperation

multiplication

instrumentation

deification

mathematician

substantiation

synchronization

neutralization

negotiation

reforestation

exasperation

incorporation

hybridization

indoctrination

miscalculation

patagonian

libertarian

improvisation

academician

amazonian

babylonian

caledonian

collaboration

affiliation

alleviation

alliteration

metropolitan

pennsylvanian

pythagorean

reaffirmation

inactivation

decomposition

maximilian

recombination

presbyterian

continuation

predisposition

scandinavian

assemblywoman

reiteration

exoskeleton

triangulation

abbreviation

amelioration

obliteration

nickelodeon

agglomeration

conciliation

consideration

interconnection

mummification

oregonian

solicitation

juxtaposition

nonintervention

presupposition

brobdingnagian

proliferation

misapprehension

deliberation

elaboration

enumeration

carthaginian

nonsectarian

yugoslavian

conglomeration

configuration

exacerbation

philadelphian

misinformation

brobdingnagians

theologian

inauguration

remuneration

incineration

carolinian

dissatisfaction

exaggeration

exoneration

exhilaration

jeffersonian

neapolitan

proletarian

refrigeration

unitarian

incarceration

delicatessen

augustinian

probationary

pomeranian

arbitrarily

irrefutable

perpetuity

prohibitory

peripatetic

ethiopian

hanoverian

mississippian

centenarian

veterinarian

washingtonian

beethovenian

dionysian

argentinian

nitroglycerine

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word perpetuation

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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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