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

asian

persian

suasion

version

brazen

person

urson

worsen

question

bastion

ashen

burgeon

cajun

delphian

earthen

fashion

freshen

fusion

haitian

hessian

lesion

nation

passion

ration

session

station

sturgeon

surgeon

urchin

aspen

kenyan

teston

banyan

gascon

pressman

baston

passman

stallion

workman

canyon

scallion

turquoise

classman

kirkman

m1

kansan

chessman

landsman

belgian

action

caption

christian

churchman

engine

faustian

fraction

faction

flashgun

flexion

freshman

gentian

martian

mention

pension

portion

torsion

traction

section

mansion

tension

burden

burdon

burman

burton

lessen

laden

layman

maiden

ermine

fasten

firman

jason

kalan

mason

mercies

pursues

rosen

raven

thousand

urban

reason

season

treason

turban

basin

caisson

bacon

bason

bayman

bourbon

chosen

craven

canaan

cayman

certain

chasten

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

frozen

german

graven

hasten

hausen

haven

lesson

nurses

pagan

poison

praises

phrases

resin

satan

sermon

shaken

shaman

straighten

taken

verses

waken

wizen

zaman

zircon

capstan

caxton

dustman

headsman

horseman

klansman

landman

lengthen

sexton

postman

salesman

statesman

strengthen

townsman

caution

fission

grecian

mission

motion

urges

notion

ocean

potion

region

surges

vision

cushion

purchase

heathen

legion

lotion

russian

prussian

trojan

mahone

pathan

emption

henchman

penguin

plankton

rayon

urine

alman

apron

bellman

billion

boatman

bolden

captain

crimson

crosswise

acton

airman

arson

atman

austin

bagman

boston

brakeman

bullion

calvin

canton

chairman

chaplain

chapman

claxon

copeman

dampen

damson

desman

ensign

falcon

fountain

golden

hackman

headman

hempen

hetman

houseman

jackman

jasmine

jetson

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kremlin

lopeman

matron

melton

million

minion

mountain

molten

nekton

newsman

olden

onion

outdone

outrun

packman

panton

parson

patron

pectin

persist

penman

pillion

pinion

piston

plantain

runnion

samson

santon

saxon

scullion

selden

sequin

soldan

stepson

stillion

tendon

trillion

tuscan

union

sanction

draftsman

guardsman

marksman

craftsman

sportsman

fiction

coachman

dungeon

auction

bushman

diction

fortune

friction

georgian

luncheon

hangman

option

margin

mangan

marshes

suction

yachtsman

alan

bordman

oarsman

baron

barren

baton

baldwin

portman

batten

amman

batton

homespun

scotsman

markman

persists

beacon

beaten

beckon

bellon

bison

bisson

blacken

blowgun

bowman

braces

bracken

breton

brighten

brogan

broken

bruises

cabin

cannon

canon

charon

cheapen

christen

colon

cousin

cresses

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curses

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dozen

dragon

dresses

dromon

eaten

eden

freeman

frighten

flatten

gammon

glisten

happen

heron

herzog

hogan

hymen

hyphen

hyson

elan

famine

fatten

felon

gallon

garron

gladden

gluten

grasses

heaven

heighten

hoten

hoven

human

jerseys

jetton

lagan

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

leven

lichen

seedsman

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

logan

loosen

lumen

lyden

madden

marron

melon

moisten

odin

omen

open

patten

perron

platen

platten

presses

prison

prizes

proven

purses

reckon

rerun

risen

marchman

redden

riden

roman

ripen

spokesman

rosin

rumen

grandson

sadden

salmon

satin

seaman

semen

seton

seven

shogun

showman

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

surcease

sweeten

swollen

syphon

talon

tappen

threaten

tighten

titan

token

toman

traces

triton

turkeys

vegan

weaken

weapon

widen

wagon

wheaten

whiten

woven

yeoman

dudgeon

kitchen

presage

pigeon

turkish

dressage

bludgeon

gudgeon

gumption

thrushes

horseshit

tungsten

alban

bargain

barton

billman

bookman

boroughs

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chevron

chieftain

clinton

corban

cordon

courses

cowan

dalton

darken

dian

dobson

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

fibrin

fielden

fireman

footman

foreman

foresees

forsake

freedman

frescoes

function

garden

gilden

goodman

gorgon

gowan

harden

harken

harten

hearten

horses

huntsman

ibsen

ion

jargon

jordan

jorden

junction

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lion

lisbon

lockman

london

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

mayan

mignon

milken

minden

morgan

mormon

muslin

norman

organ

orphan

owen

oxen

paean

pardon

parsec

peon

pitman

ponton

rowan

rowen

ruin

saffron

scion

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shorten

shotgun

silken

smarten

sources

spartan

spearman

stallman

stockman

sultan

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

tillman

torsos

tubman

undone

vulcan

wanton

warden

whitson

woodman

woolman

zion

arches

barges

brethren

charges

corsage

drunken

dutchman

georges

gorges

longan

othman

porches

rincon

shrunken

sunken

watchman

large-scale

auden

begun

billon

bitten

bobbin

bollen

boughten

brasses

briton

chicken

cotton

crazies

lampron

marquiss

broaden

button

common

crises

driven

fallen

floren

foreign

gibbon

given

glidden

gotten

graces

griffon

hidden

kitten

linen

locken

loren

mitten

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

often

oven

pavon

pollan

pollen

prices

process

pullen

quicken

ribbon

ridden

riven

robin

sicken

rotten

smitten

sodden

soften

stiffen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

thicken

toughen

tresses

trodden

turkic

villain

warren

wiccan

women

wooden

woman

woolen

written

yaupon

largest

breaches

breakage

breeches

churches

crashes

lurches

merges

perches

preaches

purges

scourges

screeches

searches

trackage

tragic

trashes

verges

wreckage

marxist

arses

bourses

cargoes

cargos

carsick

citron

tarses

forces

foresight

forgoes

orcas

largesse

proxies

sovereign

sovran

squadron

warsaws

horseshoe

carjack

marxists

orgies

project

argues

cauldron

children

doctrine

freezes

carjacks

breezes

grosses

trusses

creases

crosses

friezes

precise

arkose

marches

forges

torches

druggists

forecasts

cruises

brackish

broaches

forecast

brushes

crushes

druggist

projects

3 syllable words

castration

alsatian

aspersion

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

dispersion

invasion

stagnation

lactation

perception

plantation

salvation

sensation

taxation

temptation

caucasian

evasion

malaysian

narration

occasion

vacation

foramen

horizon

gradation

emblazon

masculine

adhesion

croatian

derision

parisian

frustration

prostration

translation

capsaicin

excursion

mistaken

perfusion

persuasive

artesian

deflation

dictation

fixation

menhaden

misshapen

thespian

norwegian

awaken

perfection

optation

starvation

carnation

cartesian

formation

foundation

abrasion

contagion

ablation

erosion

ligation

precision

predation

privation

probation

sedation

duration

elation

illusion

location

permian

arises

quotation

citation

clergyman

transfusion

allusion

causation

cetacean

collusion

cremation

relation

rescission

bandwagon

lecithin

rotation

recision

flotation

delusion

dilation

gyration

truncation

mutation

summation

vocation

oration

negation

notation

decision

ovation

donation

persistent

backgammon

chairwoman

coercion

cohesion

conflation

creation

discretion

enlighten

enliven

inflation

mirages

misprision

pentathlon

suspension

transmission

vermilion

abstraction

extraction

asuncion

champion

denizen

diffusion

discussion

campion

fustian

australian

ascension

backwoodsman

specimen

zambian

halcyon

deception

gravamen

bedizen

contusion

dissection

excision

migration

hydration

incision

preclusion

dissension

libration

occlusion

profusion

reception

resection

andean

ferryman

albion

forgotten

seclusion

suspicion

freemason

vibration

jamaican

kantian

explosion

abstention

expression

extension

extrusion

expansion

distraction

excretion

inspection

exclusion

assertion

aversion

desertion

direction

diversion

arian

division

bedouin

precession

carrion

ambrosian

provision

recession

appian

arkansan

saleswoman

reversion

disunion

franciscan

muskmelon

revision

secession

embolden

cation

procession

handwoven

immersion

percussion

crestfallen

clarion

correction

permission

galleon

corruption

gaussian

hawaiian

malayan

marian

moroccan

collegian

collision

heroin

halogen

heroine

misfortune

conception

conclusion

filtration

anglican

disruption

assumption

exception

inception

inclusion

implosion

confusion

intention

infusion

intrusion

everyone

abdomen

forewoman

sarcasm

farsighted

barrages

charwoman

mexican

artisan

orgasm

discipline

magdalen

partisan

austrian

porcelain

garages

laotian

corsican

nourishes

transcription

garrison

accretion

anyone

lanolin

ramadan

bitumen

succession

persisting

obsession

bouillon

guardian

conversion

citizen

eleven

gordian

indian

oxygen

catalan

assassin

jacobin

keratin

accession

keynesian

reunion

beholden

pelican

javelin

submersion

subversion

incursion

scorpion

concession

cistercian

insertion

inversion

processions

secretion

skeleton

vatican

uneven

exertion

communion

councilman

albumin

badminton

prescription

proscription

restriction

digestion

gentleman

housebroken

expulsion

marxism

adsorption

consumption

nonunion

description

destruction

orgasms

outspoken

reptilian

suggestion

surgical

possession

profession

religion

reaction

origin

parthian

distinction

churchgoers

alien

chilean

subscription

biotin

avian

obstruction

dorian

aryan

fabian

conscription

midshipman

freudian

constriction

ghanaian

construction

gillian

grobian

irian

jovian

orion

persico

protean

syrian

julian

libyan

reopen

inscription

plebeian

instruction

korean

nubian

samoan

odeon

simian

acumen

battalion

chairperson

charlatan

dominion

in-person

forbidden

italian

uncommon

ingestion

predestine

unbutton

congestion

medallion

bedridden

heartbroken

alaskan

african

cambrian

cardigan

churchgoing

civilian

farcical

corsicas

genuine

guncotton

nobleman

opinion

pavilion

perquisite

rebellion

talisman

scythian

tuition

fruition

phrygian

extinction

aegean

stygian

purchaser

fijian

abortion

admission

affection

aggression

ambition

apportion

attention

attrition

benjamin

collection

compassion

confession

connection

connexion

defection

dentition

depression

detection

detention

dimension

election

erection

eruption

digression

hydrogen

impassion

inaction

irishman

laurentian

nitrogen

nutrition

oppression

partition

patrician

preemption

pretension

prevention

progression

proportion

protection

regression

retention

rendition

repression

selection

technician

transition

suppression

tactician

encryption

extortion

transgression

countryman

nebraskan

perquisites

unbroken

snapdragon

archaic

beethoven

intestine

rejection

adrian

bulletin

cinnamon

collagen

cyprian

imprison

octillion

corsica

determine

elison

ejection

hammerman

lesbian

companion

etruscan

projection

jettison

harlequin

medicine

ottoman

puritan

overdone

overman

overrun

peterman

processes

silicon

solomon

suburban

superman

tricycle

toboggan

venison

vitamin

waterman

wesleyan

abduction

addition

aleutian

attraction

audition

combustion

commission

commotion

compression

confection

contention

contortion

contrition

convection

convention

declension

deflection

deletion

devotion

diffraction

dilution

distortion

edition

emission

emotion

exaction

exhaustion

fisherman

forages

graciously

imagine

impression

infection

inhuman

invention

munition

musician

nonhuman

omission

petition

phoenician

physician

pollution

position

precaution

promotion

purchasers

purchases

redemption

reflection

regimen

remission

retraction

sedition

singleton

solution

tradition

transaction

volition

venetian

caresses

abandon

rifleman

brazilian

orchestral

fenian

timberman

objection

harasses

median

morasses

myosin

nemean

niacin

saccharin

tamarin

injection

uterine

veteran

projections

policeman

sumatran

unburden

uncertain

unwritten

chamberlain

magician

nearsighted

persecute

alderman

logician

lumberman

ablution

addiction

anchorman

cognition

subtraction

adoption

concussion

condition

deduction

depiction

depletion

emulsion

eviction

ignition

optician

prediction

production

projectile

propulsion

reduction

seduction

complexion

revulsion

submission

contraction

absorption

congressman

contraption

exemption

infarction

infraction

inflection

churchgoer

orchestrates

lutheran

unison

downtrodden

mandarin

pharisees

melanin

carjacking

nevadan

percussive

egyptian

narcissist

feminine

persecutes

iraqis

bosnian

erases

circuses

affliction

completion

compulsion

concoction

conduction

confucian

conviction

convulsion

forecasting

induction

presumption

projectiles

resumption

carjackings

parishes

carriages

presages

margarine

orchestrate

cherishes

marriages

rehearses

clarendon

hyraxes

infliction

rhodopsin

englishman

compunction

triassic

bourgeoisie

injunction

conjunction

heiresses

jurassic

viruses

thoracic

terraces

argosy

carcasses

forecaster

prosecute

tricuspid

xeroxes

prosecutes

orchestra

sargasso

orchestras

choruses

tauruses

crocuses

syracuse

projectors

forecasters

preexists

projector

preexist

4 syllable words

glaciation

graduation

permutation

fascination

aspiration

decimation

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

germination

perturbation

recitation

respiration

restoration

termination

vacillation

valuation

radiation

variation

aviation

menstruation

situation

abrogation

aggravation

aggregation

approbation

backwardation

cancellation

circulation

conversation

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

destination

devastation

dislocation

equitation

estimation

excitation

expiration

fabrication

fermentation

molestation

protestation

refutation

segregation

vaccination

coronation

correlation

appellation

bifurcation

allegation

appalachian

avocation

delegation

allocation

affirmation

animation

annotation

dedication

defamation

detonation

dissipation

gravitation

evocation

levitation

legislation

fluoridation

hibernation

elevation

emanation

habitation

hesitation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

reawaken

dissertation

machination

medication

meditation

melanesian

revelation

navigation

oscillation

preservation

recreation

reformation

relocation

renovation

reservation

revocation

sanitation

trepidation

ulceration

usurpation

validation

adoration

peruvian

decoration

foliation

adulation

coloration

exploration

deviation

federation

education

vegetation

exhumation

generation

excavation

aberration

ideation

mediation

preparation

disputation

liberation

moderation

operation

moravian

separation

gastrulation

reparation

iteration

agitation

toleration

meridian

miseration

violation

fluctuation

veneration

infestation

abdication

abnegation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

advocation

affectation

albanian

altercation

alternation

annexation

application

circumcision

confirmation

conservation

consolation

consummation

designation

distillation

emulation

estonian

eustachian

exhalation

fibrillation

granulation

herculean

indonesian

information

inspiration

insulation

liquidation

lubrication

masturbation

maturation

observation

ordination

oxidation

palpitation

paraguayan

persecution

presentation

recantation

reclamation

registration

regulation

relaxation

replication

reputation

requisition

resignation

saturation

speculation

superstition

tabulation

tasmanian

ventilation

expectation

explanation

explication

exploitation

extrication

exclamation

orchestration

demonstration

sequestration

circumspection

incrustation

arizonan

declaration

corp.

corporation

connotation

dilatation

domination

disillusion

divination

fumigation

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

nomination

polynesian

procreation

profanation

propagation

suffocation

supervision

titillation

visitation

alteration

litigation

collocation

limitation

realization

figuration

jubilation

admiration

provocation

rumination

indentation

indexation

exposition

incantation

illustration

augmentation

circumvention

macedonian

amputation

arbitration

calculation

confiscation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

consultation

disinflation

dispensation

embarkation

exhortation

instigation

modulation

formulation

installation

interception

intersection

malformation

fragmentation

ministration

misperception

mortification

cogitation

obfuscation

ostentation

persecutions

punctuation

satisfaction

segmentation

transformation

transportation

orchestrations

pelagian

corinthian

courageously

jordanian

apprehension

congregation

eritrean

alabaman

commutation

combination

incubation

commendation

compilation

disposition

duplication

emigration

exhibition

proclamation

publication

tribulation

overburden

absolution

calibration

carcinogen

celebration

convocation

culmination

cultivation

deportation

abyssinian

watermelon

deformation

demarcation

destitution

disaffection

strangulation

hypertension

indication

intimation

custodian

pavlovian

intercession

gorgonian

intonation

inundation

invitation

invocation

occupation

obligation

ovulation

penetration

nestorian

population

restitution

retardation

retrocession

statistician

stimulation

simulation

stipulation

syndication

vindication

implantation

impregnation

concentration

confrontation

conjugation

elongation

persistently

syncopation

dissolution

smithsonian

implication

canadian

himalayan

importation

imperfection

imputation

simonian

incarnation

retribution

sicilian

inquisition

pigmentation

inflammation

indignation

european

subluxation

inclination

condemnation

disinfection

assyrian

fallopian

floridian

condensation

tetrahedron

expedition

complication

computation

jurisdiction

jacobean

compensation

iranian

mammalian

arabian

napoleon

disconnection

collodion

maccabean

attribution

devonian

execution

intervention

galilean

reinspection

liquefaction

apparition

interwoven

transplantation

narcissism

pedestrian

introspection

shakespearean

interjection

leviathan

armageddon

reassertion

rhetorician

crucifixion

inattention

prosecution

indecision

subdivision

immigration

prostitution

superhuman

extradition

agrarian

amphibian

copernican

darwinian

armenian

dandelion

equestrian

barbarian

cotyledon

committeeman

dominican

nicaraguan

penicillin

obsidian

historian

dehydration

self-deception

assemblyman

minnesotan

lyricism

kindergarten

contemplation

contraception

misconception

contravention

librarian

indiscretion

businesswoman

gentlewoman

greco-roman

comprehension

repercussion

processional

arthurian

resurrection

erudition

mongolian

ohioan

integration

institution

constitution

preconception

lancastrian

condescension

substitution

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Words that rhyme with the word persuasion

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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