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

pinion

minion

collins

onion

runnion

collings

luncheon

dungeon

junction

function

cauldron

lesion

vision

scallion

scullion

undone

stallion

pollens

crimson

ponton

dolphin

dolman

banyan

linden

kenyan

alban

kansan

lynden

gumption

clinton

london

canyon

tungsten

diction

wizen

huntsman

risen

rosin

reason

drunken

martian

othman

linen

option

fallen

fiction

gentian

mansion

shrunken

suction

sunken

treason

ninon

watchman

pollan

season

guardsman

dozen

engine

pollen

filings

friction

margin

pension

pilings

tension

prison

mention

rincon

landsman

marksman

sanction

clinches

bollen

auction

christian

cousin

klansman

asian

bludgeon

caution

lengthen

colling

scotsman

delphian

landman

dudgeon

grandson

falling

fission

grecian

gudgeon

heathen

markman

kitchen

legion

mahone

mission

marchman

strengthen

townsman

yachtsman

prussian

baldwin

dustman

region

russian

doctrine

suasion

scallions

pigeon

alman

arson

bargain

barton

billion

boston

bullion

calvin

canton

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

citron

clinics

harden

harken

harten

hearten

ibsen

jargon

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lockman

marlin

marten

martin

mignon

million

minden

mountain

oxen

panton

pardon

parson

penman

pillion

piston

pitman

plantain

santon

sharpen

shipman

shotgun

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

stallman

stillion

stockman

tarpon

tartan

tendon

trillion

tubman

tuscan

union

sultan

vulcan

wanton

falcon

emption

henchman

darken

whitson

penguin

dobson

plankton

dalton

garden

ensign

faulcon

fountain

draftsman

craftsman

sportsman

faction

failings

action

ceilings

billings

belgian

caption

dealings

faustian

fillings

flanges

georgian

feelings

flashgun

flexion

hangman

killings

longan

mailings

mangan

portion

rollings

rulings

schillings

torsion

section

shillings

traction

shellings

bastion

fortune

skillings

clenches

fraction

question

railings

dutchman

dwellings

tailings

beacon

beaten

billon

bison

bisson

brazen

cannon

brighten

alan

begun

bitten

bobbin

button

cheapen

briton

canon

chicken

clinic

cotton

demon

deacon

clinique

driven

christen

deepen

cretin

common

eaten

eden

freeman

gibbon

elan

gallon

given

frighten

glisten

gotten

glidden

griffon

hausen

heighten

hidden

hymen

hyphen

hyson

kitten

leman

leven

liman

lichen

lighten

liken

listen

liven

locken

lyden

muffin

poison

sicken

mullen

mutton

ripen

seton

semen

siphon

siren

mitten

quicken

summon

syphon

talon

toughen

wheaten

titan

whiten

oven

pavon

smitten

sodden

soften

steven

stiffen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

sweeten

written

thicken

villain

weaken

tighten

triton

trodden

thousand

wiccan

rerun

resin

ridden

robin

rotten

widen

riden

riven

seaman

ribbon

women

children

billions

bordman

oarsman

capstan

caxton

lampron

millions

portman

headsman

horseman

salesman

seedsman

sexton

cajun

calling

ashen

culling

cushion

fashion

filing

galling

hessian

haitian

nation

freshen

fusion

passion

pathan

station

piling

walling

persian

ration

version

session

acton

airman

alines

aspen

atman

austin

bagman

balance

balloons

baston

bellman

billman

bolden

bookman

captain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

chieftain

classman

claxon

collums

columns

corban

dampen

damson

desman

fibrin

cordon

fielden

fireman

scion

dian

footman

foreman

zion

freedman

gallons

gascon

gilden

golden

goodman

gorgon

hackman

headman

hempen

hetman

houseman

jackman

jasmine

jetson

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kelvin

lightman

m1

peon

milken

melton

mullens

mormon

paean

molten

lion

morgan

muslin

outdone

pressman

nekton

olden

mayan

passman

norman

organ

orphan

outrun

packman

pectin

saffron

saloons

samson

shearman

selden

sequin

shorten

saxon

silence

ion

stepson

sullens

talons

tillman

villains

warden

woodman

silken

soldan

sylvan

teston

woolman

alongs

blanket

brethren

bushman

challenge

churchman

coachman

freshman

bacon

breton

broaden

homespun

batten

cabin

bellon

beckon

blacken

bayman

spokesman

batton

baron

barren

basin

bason

baton

amman

boughten

auden

bracken

caisson

canaan

cayman

charon

chasten

chosen

colon

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

deaden

deafen

dragon

devon

famine

fasten

fatten

felon

flatten

floren

foreign

frozen

gammon

garron

gladden

graven

hasten

haven

jason

jetton

kalan

laden

lagan

latin

layman

happen

heaven

volumes

heron

leaden

madden

mason

maiden

marron

often

postman

melon

lesson

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

loren

moisten

pagan

patten

perron

raven

sadden

salmon

balanced

platen

platten

pullen

reckon

redden

rosen

satan

satin

seven

shaken

shaman

slacken

solon

stolen

straighten

swollen

taken

tappen

threaten

vegan

wagon

waken

warren

weapon

woman

wooden

yaupon

woolen

zaman

blankets

challenged

ailing

billing

boiling

bowling

burgeon

chilling

clannish

clincher

bolling

ceiling

coiling

cooling

dealing

belling

dilling

dueling

dwelling

earthen

failing

fehling

filling

feeling

healing

foiling

hilling

holing

jailing

keeling

killing

lotion

mailing

milling

motion

notion

ocean

plunger

poling

polling

pooling

potion

quilling

railing

rolling

ruling

sailing

scaling

schilling

schooling

seeling

shelling

shilling

skilling

slinky

sturgeon

surgeon

willing

swelling

tailing

telling

tooling

trojan

urchin

veiling

whaling

wheeling

yelling

alums

apron

boatman

brakeman

clanging

copeman

kleenex

kremlin

lopeman

felines

felons

flounces

glances

kirkman

matron

melons

workman

patron

valence

woolens

newsman

cowan

gowan

rayon

belongs

glancing

plunges

planking

almost

flying

statesman

toman

token

turban

urban

urson

worsen

woven

yeoman

blowgun

bourbon

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burman

bowman

burton

certain

clumsy

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

dromon

ermine

firman

flimsy

german

gluten

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

logan

loosen

lumen

odin

omen

open

person

proven

roman

sermon

shogun

showman

rumen

slogan

spoken

phalanx

zircon

along

blemish

flemish

nylons

salons

pylons

climax

cleansers

rowen

blankly

owen

rowan

ruin

urine

blancmange

blowing

blueing

bluing

flowing

glowing

playing

slinger

cleanser

belong

melange

oolong

plumage

tlingit

helmsman

clamshell

3 syllable words

adhesion

dominion

opinion

uneven

colonies

bedizen

bosnian

carnation

incision

invasion

audition

malaysian

occasion

parthian

provision

collegian

evasion

octillion

brazilian

civilian

colonist

colonized

pavilion

talisman

cohesion

bilingual

affliction

declension

confusion

infusion

prostration

cognition

attention

polonaise

collection

damnation

incursion

inversion

laurentian

colonize

diffusion

collagen

guardian

partition

halcyon

contagion

contusion

dalmatian

equation

norwegian

profusion

conversion

optation

indian

optician

solomon

abrasion

anyone

accretion

ascension

selection

stagnation

salvation

albion

addiction

starvation

alsatian

secretion

syrian

fenian

colonists

truncation

galleon

ghanaian

libyan

addition

harlequin

nonunion

simian

allusion

aryan

aversion

caucasian

cetacean

collusion

decision

arkansan

badminton

deletion

countryman

commission

division

dilation

edition

plebeian

erosion

immersion

negation

delinquent

halogen

petition

physician

position

predation

revision

sedation

precision

recision

religion

rescission

reversion

summation

tradition

volition

aegean

artisan

austrian

cambrian

cardigan

castration

charlatan

completion

conclusion

conflation

confucian

conviction

derision

distinction

filtration

genuine

inclusion

inflation

intrusion

magician

nonhuman

parisian

partisan

phrygian

policeman

scythian

stygian

suspension

unbutton

vermilion

delinquents

elison

attrition

ambition

andean

bulletin

campion

asuncion

felonies

admission

ottoman

vatican

ablation

ferryman

scorpion

aspersion

fustian

awaken

cyprian

concession

concussion

condition

confession

depiction

depletion

detention

dictation

dimension

fixation

formation

foundation

inaction

insertion

dalliance

connexion

election

zambian

dispersion

connection

crustacean

dissection

dissension

eviction

excision

denizen

violins

salinas

irishman

lactation

occlusion

gravamen

oxygen

patrician

persuasion

gordian

plantation

champion

kantian

prediction

pretension

prevention

cinnamon

citizen

hellenic

jamaican

retention

subversion

garrison

transition

galleons

submission

sensation

submersion

suspicion

tactician

taxation

abstention

prescription

albumin

excretion

ambrosian

complexion

columnist

infliction

communion

franciscan

digestion

egyptian

reptilian

intestine

transfusion

extinction

desertion

aleutian

dorian

assertion

clergyman

dilution

delusion

devotion

illusion

marian

cessation

emission

malayan

gillian

commotion

duration

elation

causation

donation

diversion

emotion

followings

gaussian

hawaiian

korean

irian

julian

imagine

musician

alien

margarine

munition

pollution

solution

appian

narration

chilean

remission

omission

permission

arian

sedition

carrion

oration

secession

possession

profession

promotion

procession

recession

relation

clarion

contrition

acumen

in-person

everyone

convention

capsaicin

convulsion

logician

forbidden

contortion

charwoman

battalion

medallion

convection

enlighten

enliven

mistaken

contention

compunction

conception

concoction

frustration

deflection

excursion

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

conduction

confection

inception

infection

alderman

misprision

invention

induction

singleton

intention

reflection

alaskan

inhuman

translation

guncotton

transmission

backwoodsman

subscription

fruition

columnists

inscription

tuition

congestion

fijian

heartbroken

ingestion

injection

conscription

constriction

relinquish

transcription

ablution

abortion

accession

affection

aggression

apportion

deception

defection

cistercian

compassion

deduction

deflation

depression

discussion

digression

dentition

detection

erection

gestation

impassion

exertion

ignition

menhaden

misshapen

obsession

nutrition

oppression

perception

perfection

preclusion

production

progression

proportion

propulsion

protection

reception

reduction

regression

rendition

seduction

seclusion

succession

suppression

temptation

technician

infarction

aliens

inflection

infraction

proscription

restriction

adrian

inspection

alliance

determine

dilemmas

assassin

bouillon

chileans

eleven

bulimic

contraction

bitumen

jettison

lanolin

mandarin

suburban

consumption

extrusion

keynesian

lesbian

nevadan

pelican

reunion

silicon

skeleton

thespian

congressman

encryption

description

venison

contraption

extension

wesleyan

correction

corruption

lecithin

notation

quotation

origin

ovation

direction

flirtation

location

rotation

willingly

companion

flotation

disunion

ejection

mutation

gentleman

rejection

outspoken

projection

unbroken

fisherman

housebroken

vocation

etruscan

perversion

emblazon

suggestion

englishman

probation

imprison

diffraction

distortion

presumption

fabian

exhaustion

misfortune

avian

pentathlon

biotin

midshipman

assumption

disruption

anglican

grobian

combustion

exception

horizon

jovian

median

myosin

permian

samoan

discretion

resumption

transaction

attraction

freudian

abduction

odeon

compression

protean

compulsion

nubian

implosion

nemean

niacin

exaction

impression

redemption

rifleman

objection

timberman

construction

bedridden

perfusion

palmistry

mexican

instruction

forewoman

italian

abandon

abdomen

chairwoman

discipline

lumberman

creation

adoption

corrosion

nitrogen

hydrogen

revulsion

anchorman

croatian

dialing

following

emulsion

horatian

benjamin

toweling

exemption

exclusion

explosion

adsorption

absorption

distraction

expression

subtraction

transgression

expansion

destruction

vitamin

specimen

violence

waterman

keratin

allowance

councilman

catalan

hammerman

ramadan

unison

handwoven

nebraskan

javelin

jacobin

saleswoman

puritan

medicine

reliance

bandwagon

precaution

cremation

reaction

precession

privation

blemishes

ligation

obstruction

conjunction

percussion

citation

injunction

gyration

african

australian

bedouin

cation

chairperson

corsican

foramen

heroin

heroine

magdalen

moroccan

nobleman

porcelain

predestine

rebellion

reopen

rhodopsin

saccharin

sumatran

tamarin

veteran

glowingly

extortion

hydration

laotian

libration

repression

lutheran

vibration

migration

resection

expulsion

coercion

eruption

preemption

alongside

balancer

almighty

forgotten

freemason

overdone

overman

peterman

silencer

masculine

overrun

superman

toboggan

balloonists

belongings

extraction

retraction

abstraction

gradation

challenger

vacation

plumages

regimen

backgammon

balances

balloonist

silences

challengers

challenges

beholden

elongate

orion

uterine

challenging

crestfallen

downtrodden

embolden

muskmelon

billowing

blanketing

snapdragon

mellowing

bullying

yellowing

melanin

feminine

clumsily

hellenize

pleonasm

beethoven

polemic

climaxes

climactic

illnesses

belonging

chamberlain

clarendon

polemics

schoolmaster

fluency

4 syllable words

cogitation

oblivion

carcinogen

combination

commendation

polyhedron

proclamation

committeeman

culmination

cultivation

obligation

publication

abyssinian

armenian

subdivision

allegation

allocation

validation

assyrian

propagation

bolivian

hyperion

iberian

algerian

rumination

criterion

floridian

liberian

connotation

siberian

gravitation

provocation

athenian

nigerian

toleration

augmentation

arbitration

compensation

complication

condemnation

condensation

obsidian

application

albanian

cyclopean

acclimation

consummation

barbarian

convocation

olympian

occupation

dominican

fabrication

oxidation

palpitation

prosecution

amphibian

abdication

indonesian

colonizers

commutation

galenical

acclamation

altercation

hellenism

alternation

calibration

coronation

abolition

arthurian

colonizer

collodion

alteration

fallopian

delegation

dilatation

disillusion

dissipation

elevation

fascination

fumigation

machination

mitigation

politician

profanation

ulceration

visitation

realization

trepidation

irritation

hibernation

levitation

limitation

titillation

concentration

conflagration

confrontation

californian

conjugation

consecration

octahedron

consternation

constipation

ostentation

coalition

contrarian

computation

confiscation

subluxation

coloration

operation

calculation

moderation

obfuscation

dietitian

crocodilian

violation

disinflation

meridian

attribution

corinthian

admonition

affectation

alabaman

ammunition

celebration

columbian

congregation

cotyledon

crucifixion

dereliction

duplication

elocution

eritrean

fibrillation

gorgonian

graduation

indecision

invitation

jordanian

librarian

lilliputian

liquidation

lubrication

maturation

molestation

observation

ordination

pavlovian

prostitution

reclamation

replication

saturation

syndication

tasmanian

vaccination

violinist

emanation

supposition

inhalation

elongation

affirmation

habitation

admiration

corporation

correlation

definition

detonation

termination

corp.

demolition

divination

germination

vacillation

innovation

premonition

contribution

explanation

isolation

oscillation

appalachian

opposition

proposition

appellation

aspiration

manumission

avocation

intuition

navigation

relocation

canadian

coloradan

comedian

devonian

galilean

newtonian

draconian

jacobean

iranian

maccabean

planarian

plutonian

simonian

condescension

implication

agitation

substitution

aberration

illustration

adoration

adrenaline

armageddon

modulation

violinists

disinfection

fragmentation

comprehension

delinquency

malformation

miseration

adulation

generation

foliation

ideation

iteration

laceration

prohibition

macedonian

veneration

pelagian

leviathan

instigation

shakespearean

liberation

surrogation

indignation

variation

consultation

apparition

constitution

registration

transplantation

apprehension

aggravation

estonian

advocation

aggregation

benediction

backwardation

conversation

hypertension

population

protestation

predilection

presentation

recantation

recollection

copernican

relaxation

vindication

accusation

circumcision

competition

compilation

composition

gargantuan

indication

information

inspiration

insulation

intermission

intimation

glaciation

intonation

inundation

invocation

acquisition

confirmation

activation

adaptation

cancellation

conservation

consolation

aldebaran

fermentation

masturbation

situation

destination

retardation

tabulation

restitution

resignation

statistician

predetermine

abnegation

designation

dislocation

approbation

demarcation

wagnerian

abrogation

granulation

syncopation

explication

animation

annotation

bifurcation

implantation

deposition

desolation

exclamation

declaration

diminution

dissertation

erudition

figuration

hungarian

imitation

immolation

irrigation

jubilation

litigation

mongolian

businesswoman

motivation

mutilation

contraception

infiltration

preelection

preignition

procreation

contravention

readmission

recreation

reelection

renovation

repetition

reposition

revelation

sanitation

smithsonian

suffocation

usurpation

valuation

supervision

perspiration

contradiction

rhododendron

perturbation

inhibition

ylang-ylang

arabian

indexation

bavarian

amputation

inclination

indentation

jurisdiction

chameleon

clinically

inquisition

incantation

interdiction

diocesan

integration

installation

gregorian

institution

mammalian

inflammation

infestation

formulation

missourian

napoleon

circumvention

gastrulation

constellation

incarnation

ministration

mortification

pigmentation

segmentation

englishwoman

utopian

punctuation

reinspection

dispensation

malnutrition

embarkation

republican

fluctuation

algonquian

annexation

exhibition

insurrection

interaction

intercession

interruption

recognition

simulation

indigestion

ventilation

incubation

aviation

circulation

bohemian

disposition

deviation

regulation

federation

distillation

mediation

reparation

separation

moravian

radiation

rhetorician

perforation

preparation

elongated

decoration

absolution

convolution

penetration

stimulation

stipulation

precondition

persecution

peruvian

emulation

immigration

requisition

strangulation

imposition

inattention

ovulation

speculation

tribulation

american

accordion

dandelion

eustachian

historian

pagurian

minnesotan

centurion

custodian

samaritan

nonprescription

contemplation

demonstration

interurban

victorian

impregnation

obstetrician

orchestration

incrustation

agrarian

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word polynesian

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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