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2 syllable words

creases

prison

reason

risen

season

treason

christian

fission

asian

haitian

region

legion

mission

nation

pigeon

station

heathen

kitchen

suasion

seedsman

chieftain

crimson

fielden

freedman

lisbon

piston

sequin

shearman

basin

bastion

beacon

beaten

begun

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

brazen

breezes

briton

bushman

caisson

chasten

cheapen

chicken

christen

cousin

cretin

deacon

deepen

demon

diction

dozen

driven

eaten

eden

elan

faustian

fiction

flashgun

freeman

freezes

freshman

friction

friezes

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

graces

griffon

hasten

hidden

hyson

jason

kitten

leman

leven

linen

listen

mason

mitten

moisten

ninon

poison

question

quicken

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

riven

seaman

semen

seton

sicken

smitten

steven

stiffen

stricken

striven

sweeten

thicken

villain

weaken

wheaten

wiccan

wizen

women

written

fusion

fashion

freshen

gudgeon

potion

postman

persian

passion

preaches

hessian

lotion

mahone

cushion

motion

dudgeon

version

notion

ocean

dustman

salesman

bludgeon

breaches

statesman

ashen

breeches

caution

cajun

prussian

session

screeches

ration

russian

peon

paean

brakeman

aspen

austin

baston

apron

billion

billman

boston

chessman

citron

desman

classman

clinton

fibrin

fireman

gascon

gilden

houseman

ibsen

kansan

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lynden

matron

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

muslin

passman

patron

pressman

pillion

pinion

pitman

shipman

silken

spearman

stillion

teston

sylvan

tillman

trillion

whitson

tuscan

guardsman

landsman

action

auction

dungeon

caption

dutchman

churchman

engine

margin

option

othman

section

torsion

watchman

faction

gentian

georgian

luncheon

mention

portion

rincon

belgian

coachman

flexion

fraction

mansion

martian

fortune

brethren

pension

suction

tension

traction

bason

hausen

bayman

beckon

bellon

crosses

curses

haven

heaven

heighten

heron

hymen

hyphen

braces

charon

bacon

brasses

breton

brighten

button

canaan

cayman

chosen

craven

crises

dagan

deafen

dagon

daman

deaden

devon

fasten

felon

frighten

frozen

grosses

jetton

graven

kalan

laden

lemon

lighten

oven

phrases

marron

lichen

liken

maiden

melon

loosen

person

lyden

leaven

lessen

ledden

lesson

leaden

layman

liman

liven

muffin

mutton

pagan

praises

perron

mullen

prices

prizes

pullen

redden

riden

seven

shaken

shaman

siphon

siren

straighten

sudden

syphon

taken

thousand

tighten

toughen

triton

urson

vegan

weapon

woman

wooden

woolen

zaman

purses

satan

summon

raven

reckon

ripen

rosen

rosin

sullen

threaten

titan

traces

tresses

trusses

waken

whiten

widen

worsen

baldwin

capstan

cauldron

bordman

caxton

children

doctrine

headsman

homespun

horseman

klansman

lampron

landman

lengthen

marchman

markman

oarsman

persists

portman

scotsman

sexton

spokesman

strengthen

townsman

yachtsman

urchin

sturgeon

surgeon

breakage

earthen

thrushes

trashes

crushes

trojan

crashes

brushes

burgeon

presage

pathan

emption

henchman

gumption

plankton

tungsten

lion

dian

mayan

ion

rayon

scion

zion

acton

airman

alban

alman

arses

arson

atman

bagman

bargain

barton

bellman

boatman

bookman

bourses

bullion

calvin

canton

captain

bolden

carbon

carton

copeman

chairman

junction

carman

chaplain

chapman

chevron

claxon

carmine

corban

cordon

dampen

sanction

craftsman

dalton

damson

darken

dolphin

dobson

dolman

ensign

falcon

marksman

sportsman

faulcon

footman

fountain

huntsman

forces

golden

goodman

foreman

garden

draftsman

function

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

lockman

london

lopeman

m1

marlin

marten

martin

melton

molten

morgan

mormon

mountain

nekton

newsman

norman

olden

onion

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

oxen

packman

panton

pardon

parson

pectin

penman

persist

plantain

ponton

runnion

saffron

samson

santon

saxon

scullion

selden

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallman

stepson

stockman

sultan

tarpon

tartan

tendon

tubman

undone

vulcan

wanton

warden

woodman

woolman

workman

arches

charges

barges

georges

drunken

gorges

longan

porches

hangman

mangan

marshes

sunken

shrunken

alan

amman

auden

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bourbon

bowman

bracken

broaden

brogan

broken

bruises

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

cannon

canon

certain

colon

common

cotton

cresses

crewman

crouton

cruises

cuban

cumin

curtain

delphian

dragon

dresses

dromon

ermine

fallen

famine

fatten

firman

flatten

floren

foreign

gallon

gammon

garron

german

gladden

gluten

gotten

grandson

grasses

happen

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

lagan

latin

locken

logan

loren

lumen

madden

marxists

mercies

nurses

odin

often

omen

open

patten

pavon

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

presses

proven

robin

roman

rotten

rumen

sadden

salmon

satin

sermon

shogun

showman

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

stolen

swollen

talon

tappen

token

toman

trodden

turban

urban

verses

wagon

warren

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zircon

brackish

broaches

purchase

purges

scourges

searches

surges

trackage

urges

turkish

verges

wreckage

perches

penguin

merges

dressage

largest

lurches

churches

banyan

carsick

horses

druggist

foresees

sources

stallion

tarses

courses

scallion

canyon

orcas

proxies

union

gowan

urine

cowan

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

carjack

forges

marches

corsage

project

torches

druggists

carjacks

horseshit

turkic

pursues

herzog

process

marxist

tragic

parsec

torsos

crosswise

frescoes

warsaws

horseshoe

crazies

jerseys

precise

surcease

turkeys

large-scale

cargoes

cargos

foresight

forgoes

forsake

orgies

argues

marquiss

boroughs

forecasts

turquoise

forecast

arkose

largesse

projects

3 syllable words

derision

parisian

restriction

tricycle

deception

depiction

discussion

dispersion

dissection

eruption

dissension

eviction

ignition

irishman

pretension

prevention

reception

repression

retention

suspicion

fenian

median

nemean

addition

audition

commission

diversion

edition

lecithin

munition

musician

omission

permission

petition

physician

position

procession

tradition

volition

egyptian

imprison

description

creation

fijian

fruition

tuition

disruption

distinction

discretion

exception

excursion

midshipman

discipline

transmission

logician

inception

magician

reunion

ascension

attrition

bouillon

aspersion

inscription

bulletin

addiction

admission

accession

denizen

elison

garrison

concession

jettison

peterman

ambition

cistercian

cognition

asuncion

condition

dentition

diffusion

digression

hydrogen

insertion

misshapen

nitrogen

nutrition

vitamin

obsession

oxygen

partition

patrician

perception

persuasion

submission

succession

tactician

specimen

optician

preemption

processions

rendition

technician

transition

vatican

allusion

assertion

aversion

biotin

cetacean

collusion

cremation

deletion

delusion

desertion

destruction

elation

erosion

evasion

exclusion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

extinction

extrusion

franciscan

gaussian

halogen

illusion

immersion

infliction

inspection

marxism

myosin

niacin

origin

persistent

perversion

phoenician

precaution

presages

prescription

proscription

reaction

relation

reopen

reversion

venetian

bedridden

conception

persuasions

horatian

phrygian

cohesion

suspension

artisan

croatian

civilian

aegean

laotian

affliction

misfortune

corrosion

corsican

englishman

cardigan

contrition

conviction

brazilian

distortion

nourishes

infusion

corsicas

stygian

mistaken

porcelain

rifleman

vermilion

policeman

scythian

predestine

preexist

talisman

forbidden

partisan

unwritten

mexican

opinion

pavilion

assumption

dominion

conscription

constriction

instruction

subscription

transcription

accretion

artesian

jacobin

javelin

ottoman

processes

silicon

solomon

corsica

contusion

catalan

conversion

deflation

citizen

lanolin

cartesian

depletion

dictation

subversion

seclusion

invasion

assassin

inversion

cinnamon

secretion

collagen

freemason

fustian

fixation

preclusion

eleven

ramadan

submersion

thespian

incursion

profusion

bedizen

beethoven

equation

erases

exertion

occlusion

halcyon

persisting

transfusion

expansion

abstention

encryption

distraction

consumption

adhesion

caucasian

causation

cessation

citation

collegian

devotion

dilution

duration

disunion

dilation

donation

councilman

emotion

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

forages

gradation

imagine

digestion

gyration

malaysian

mutation

negation

badminton

narration

notation

occasion

oration

ovation

privation

probation

sedation

possession

predation

rehearses

rotation

summation

surgical

vacation

vocation

masculine

ligation

margarine

location

quotation

muskmelon

octillion

preexists

reptilian

saleswoman

chilean

gillian

syrian

libyan

simian

horizon

completion

exaction

austrian

perfusion

filtration

magdalen

rebellion

charlatan

genuine

charwoman

exhaustion

nobleman

conclusion

inflation

intrusion

presumption

uncertain

confusion

inclusion

implosion

resumption

african

chamberlain

retraction

backwoodsman

obstruction

coercion

ingestion

construction

lutheran

mirages

alsatian

beholden

crustacean

damnation

deduction

dalmatian

defection

depression

detection

detention

dimension

hydration

impassion

erection

inaction

lactation

election

emulsion

libration

migration

revulsion

norwegian

optation

salvation

seduction

starvation

stagnation

temptation

vibration

sensation

taxation

ablation

abrasion

carnation

formation

foundation

gestation

plantation

indian

anyone

bitumen

hammerman

mandarin

cyprian

ferryman

forgotten

keratin

lesbian

extortion

overdone

overrun

pelican

puritan

overman

skeleton

superman

uneven

adsorption

wesleyan

exemption

waterman

excretion

arkansan

communion

ejection

nonunion

outspoken

ambrosian

crestfallen

harlequin

housebroken

etruscan

intestine

narcissist

rejection

suggestion

truncation

cherishes

direction

clergyman

parishes

corruption

correction

percussion

commotion

pollution

profession

promotion

regimen

solution

graciously

aleutian

anglican

abstraction

castration

combustion

diffraction

prostration

reflection

translation

extraction

infection

singleton

impression

conflation

confucian

deflection

frustration

induction

invention

inhuman

intention

redemption

appian

aryan

foramen

bedouin

clarion

freudian

nearsighted

carrion

avian

everyone

unbutton

caresses

dorian

fabian

sarcasm

forewoman

xeroxes

alien

arian

arises

backgammon

galleon

ghanaian

grobian

acumen

orgasm

heroin

heroine

congestion

moroccan

irian

morasses

permian

protean

chairwoman

abdomen

harasses

jovian

farsighted

hawaiian

julian

korean

malayan

plebeian

marian

nubian

saccharin

capsaicin

odeon

samoan

italian

timberman

alaskan

in-person

injection

alderman

crocuses

tamarin

sumatran

triassic

uterine

veteran

australian

ablution

abortion

adoption

affection

aggression

anchorman

apportion

attention

benjamin

collection

compassion

concussion

confession

connection

connexion

contagion

infarction

inflection

infraction

laurentian

oppression

perfection

production

progression

proportion

propulsion

protection

reduction

regression

selection

suppression

bandwagon

andean

albion

adrian

prosecutes

albumin

snapdragon

projection

awaken

choruses

scorpion

unison

heiresses

nevadan

bosnian

gravamen

campion

venison

guardian

countryman

suburban

downtrodden

jamaican

kantian

keynesian

handwoven

orgasms

determine

emblazon

nebraskan

medicine

melanin

toboggan

gordian

gentleman

feminine

pharisees

zambian

champion

convention

confection

attraction

convection

convulsion

transaction

abduction

compression

compulsion

injunction

concoction

conduction

contortion

declension

nonhuman

contention

pentathlon

marriages

carriages

parthian

carcasses

guncotton

persuasive

medallion

unburden

chairperson

abandon

cambrian

clarendon

orchestral

syracuse

lumberman

enlighten

enliven

hyraxes

objection

battalion

rhodopsin

heartbroken

projections

uncommon

absorption

cation

complexion

congressman

contraction

contraption

orion

persico

subtraction

transgression

compunction

bourgeoisie

menhaden

projectile

conjunction

garages

embolden

unbroken

barrages

companion

purchaser

viruses

projectiles

terraces

thoracic

jurassic

forecasting

orchestrate

purchasers

purchases

persecute

prosecute

churchgoing

farcical

tricuspid

carjacking

orchestra

perquisites

persecutes

churchgoer

archaic

carjackings

circuses

percussive

tauruses

orchestras

perquisite

orchestrates

forecasters

argosy

iraqis

churchgoers

forecaster

projector

sargasso

projectors

4 syllable words

indecision

sicilian

preignition

dissipation

readmission

realization

reposition

repossession

deviation

dietitian

reassertion

mediation

subdivision

precondition

lyricism

predetermine

circumcision

disposition

repercussion

assyrian

dissolution

intuition

irritation

isolation

limitation

mitigation

polynesian

preelection

reelection

criterion

hyperion

iberian

liberian

visitation

diocesan

supervision

titillation

siberian

apparition

coalition

disinfection

disinflation

hegelian

instigation

institution

narcissism

nigerian

preconception

prohibition

rhetorician

shakespearean

penicillin

abyssinian

ammunition

crucifixion

disaffection

fibrillation

imposition

intercession

intermission

invitation

liquidation

insurrection

exhibition

superstition

dominican

obsidian

syndication

reexamine

relaxation

statistician

carcinogen

restitution

businesswoman

inhibition

opposition

trepidation

arizonan

bolivian

repetition

chameleon

proposition

comedian

definition

gravitation

politician

reawaken

abolition

demolition

erudition

fumigation

valerian

premonition

deposition

levitation

manumission

floridian

praetorian

processional

protozoan

rumination

supposition

decompression

hemoglobin

disconnection

electrician

expedition

exposition

indignation

inquisition

interception

interdiction

intersection

jurisdiction

misperception

reproduction

reinspection

substitution

republican

cogitation

misbegotten

corinthian

athenian

aviation

bohemian

foliation

miseration

deconstruction

ideation

meridian

liberation

iteration

leviathan

radiation

variation

reconstruction

acquisition

admonition

benediction

abdication

absolution

competition

cultivation

dereliction

polyhedron

prosecution

prostitution

lubrication

requisition

destitution

hypertension

retrocession

persecution

publication

composition

recognition

fabrication

eritrean

historian

darwinian

minnesotan

amphibian

extradition

committeeman

glaciation

samaritan

armenian

oblivion

olympian

situation

distribution

obstetrician

infiltration

misconception

indiscretion

algerian

bifurcation

persistently

dissertation

dilatation

divination

englishwoman

evocation

figuration

imitation

immolation

inhalation

irrigation

dehydration

innovation

melanesian

litigation

procreation

recreation

relocation

smithsonian

attribution

himalayan

missourian

arbitration

condescension

persecutions

prosecutions

constitution

execution

malnutrition

armageddon

crocodilian

introspection

tamoxifen

apprehension

macedonian

indigestion

noblewoman

registration

adoration

coloration

decoration

federation

moderation

preparation

violation

reparation

aberration

laceration

operation

veneration

deformation

demarcation

deportation

dislocation

distillation

immigration

indication

indonesian

information

inspiration

insulation

intimation

intonation

inundation

invocation

retardation

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

generation

tribulation

pelagian

perforation

separation

surgically

surrogation

toleration

vindication

circumspection

self-deception

contraception

contradiction

nonprescription

theorizes

aldebaran

elongation

alabaman

equestrian

narcissistic

nonpartisan

rhododendron

syncopation

custodian

estonian

eustachian

californian

dandelion

nestorian

comprehension

guatemalan

graduation

maturation

saturation

watermelon

pigmentation

navigation

collocation

avocation

motivation

mutilation

nomination

profanation

ulceration

usurpation

satisfaction

recitation

sanitation

germination

admiration

renovation

perturbation

connotation

propagation

fascination

reservation

fluoridation

oscillation

perspiration

circumvention

habitation

preservation

provocation

reformation

resolution

revocation

revelation

vacillation

validation

valuation

resurrection

respiration

restoration

dedication

machination

declaration

disputation

illustration

decimation

dispensation

annotation

emanation

implication

elevation

importation

incantation

inclination

indentation

indexation

incarnation

animation

infestation

affirmation

imputation

inflammation

installation

defamation

allegation

allocation

alteration

appellation

delegation

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

detonation

diminution

jubilation

termination

medication

aspiration

corp.

corporation

hibernation

suffocation

integration

coronation

correlation

hesitation

domination

ministration

meditation

adulation

agitation

coloradan

devonian

education

fluctuation

incubation

iranian

modulation

pedestrian

simonian

vegetation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

alternation

vaccination

annexation

celebration

proclamation

backwardation

presentation

segregation

resignation

abrogation

adaptation

application

calibration

recantation

acclimation

approbation

cancellation

protestation

acclamation

reclamation

abnegation

activation

regulation

speculation

accusation

altercation

refutation

replication

reputation

tabulation

ventilation

contravention

combination

commendation

commutation

compilation

confirmation

conservation

consolation

consummation

conversation

convocation

emigration

emulation

equitation

estimation

gargantuan

expiration

granulation

excitation

degradation

culmination

circulation

depravation

devastation

interaction

implantation

impregnation

elocution

inattention

duplication

incrustation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

designation

destination

fermentation

interruption

lilliputian

masturbation

molestation

obligation

observation

occupation

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

penetration

permutation

population

paraguayan

maharajahs

ibuprofen

cotyledon

overburden

prosecutor

legislation

american

hydrocarbon

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Words that rhyme with the word precision

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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