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

bastion

belgian

brethren

christian

churchman

dutchman

engine

flexion

freshens

gentian

hangman

mention

pension

section

tension

ashen

cushion

dressing

fashion

fission

haitian

mission

nation

huntsman

ration

prussian

russian

craftsman

pressing

station

passion

draftsman

capstan

caxton

crescents

delphian

fragment

horseman

klansman

landman

lengthen

postman

pregnant

salesman

scotsman

spokesman

strengthen

yachtsman

acton

apron

boatman

boston

calvin

canton

canyon

carman

crimson

damson

copeman

dolman

captain

clinton

billion

falcon

bullion

citron

claxon

dampen

fireman

foreman

ibsen

muslin

onion

patron

emption

kansan

matron

newsman

panton

persons

pillion

pinion

plantain

stallman

sylvan

stillion

stockman

vulcan

freedman

gilden

banyan

carmine

penguin

chaplain

austin

lightman

linden

linemen

tungsten

lineman

lisbon

lockman

london

lynden

lopeman

mignon

minion

mormon

milken

million

norman

presence

present

runnion

saffron

samson

santon

saxon

scallion

scullion

shearman

silken

stallion

sultan

trillion

undone

whitson

worsens

alan

bacon

baron

baton

batten

batton

barren

begun

billon

bison

bitten

blacken

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brazen

briton

burden

burdon

burton

button

cabin

canaan

cannon

canon

certain

chicken

common

cousin

craven

crewman

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

demon

dozen

drachma

dragon

driven

dromon

fatten

flatten

freeman

gallon

garron

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

graven

griffon

happen

haven

hidden

human

hymen

hyson

kalan

kitten

laden

lagan

latin

leman

liman

linen

loosen

lumen

madden

maiden

mitten

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

omen

oven

pagan

patten

platen

platten

prison

pullen

quicken

raven

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

rumen

sadden

satan

satin

seaman

semen

shaken

showman

sicken

slacken

smitten

stiffen

straighten

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

taken

talon

tappen

thicken

toman

toughen

turban

urban

villain

wagon

waken

wiccan

wooden

woolen

written

yeoman

zircon

fragments

action

marksman

caption

sportsman

landsman

coachman

diction

drunken

dungeon

faction

faustian

dressings

fiction

flashgun

fraction

friction

luncheon

mangan

mansion

othman

rincon

shrunken

suction

sunken

traction

watchman

asian

bludgeon

bordman

bracing

burgeon

cajun

caution

children

deerskin

dudgeon

earthen

grandson

grecian

gudgeon

homespun

kitchen

krishna

lampron

lotion

mahone

marchman

markman

motion

notion

nursing

oarsman

ocean

pathan

persian

pigeon

portman

potion

presents

rayon

seedsman

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

townsman

tracing

urchin

urine

version

vision

wrecking

plankton

gumption

alban

arson

bargain

barton

bolden

brackens

brushing

carbon

carton

chieftain

corban

cordon

crushing

dalton

darken

dobson

dolphin

drachmas

dragons

faulcon

fearsome

fibrin

fielden

fountain

garden

golden

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

hearten

irksome

jargon

jordan

jorden

marlin

marten

martin

minden

molten

morgan

mountain

olden

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

oxen

pardon

parson

perkins

ponton

prisons

sequin

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

tarpon

tartan

union

wanton

warden

function

guardsman

junction

sanction

virgins

auden

cretin

crouton

cuban

frighten

frozen

gluten

merkin

perkin

versions

swollen

syphon

merchant

triton

trodden

persians

sweeten

yaupon

surgeons

colon

cotton

gotten

gruesome

hausen

heighten

hogan

hoten

hoven

hyphen

portion

urgent

urchins

poison

pollan

pollen

prism

seton

shogun

siphon

siren

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

steven

piercing

stolen

auction

beacon

option

bobbin

bollen

boughten

deepen

beaten

blowgun

break-in

brighten

broaden

brogan

broken

cheapen

chosen

deacon

eaten

eden

elan

foreign

lighten

liven

fallen

floren

leven

lichen

liken

locken

logan

odin

pavon

often

longan

torsion

loren

lyden

open

proven

reason

rerun

riden

ripen

robin

rosen

rosin

martian

rotten

season

thousand

tighten

titan

token

treason

warren

weaken

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

woven

parchment

frequent

darkened

doctrine

bargains

foreskin

baldwin

gorgons

arsons

cauldron

harkens

hearkens

morgans

organs

parsons

breaking

cracking

crossing

dragging

fusion

grazing

heathen

jerking

legion

lesion

phrasing

region

tricking

trojan

virgin

working

frogmouths

merchants

dian

ruin

cowan

gowan

mayan

rowen

scion

zion

ion

rowan

lion

owen

paean

peon

argon

argonne

crashing

firkins

foregone

foursome

jerkins

merging

prisms

purging

searching

sorghum

thrashing

treasons

zircons

frequents

coursing

crossings

parking

perchance

sharking

trojans

forcing

georgian

margin

marking

workings

frogmouth

fortune

brougham

margins

markings

margined

precinct

sergeant

georgians

freezing

browsing

broking

freaking

creaking

breeching

foreseen

preaching

presumes

arraign

precincts

sergeants

forging

scorching

arching

forgings

marching

argent

presume

trucking

drugging

percent

dragnets

percents

lorgnettes

arcane

breakneck

dragnet

lorgnette

3 syllable words

bedouin

carrion

clarion

foramen

heroin

nourishment

heroine

marian

veteran

cessation

clergyman

regimen

lecithin

fisherman

chairwoman

harassment

mexican

policeman

predestine

bitumen

fustian

determine

garrison

cinnamon

elison

assassin

anyone

denizen

feminine

halcyon

skeleton

lesbian

pelican

jettison

keratin

wesleyan

hammerman

venison

medicine

pursuant

benjamin

dressmaking

gestation

irishman

sensation

alien

avian

direction

rescission

appian

arian

narration

permission

possession

profession

recession

cation

procession

percussion

precession

fabian

chilean

decision

gaussian

ghanaian

gillian

correction

corruption

galleon

hawaiian

horizon

libyan

moroccan

recision

secession

malayan

myosin

niacin

permian

assertion

plebeian

saccharin

samoan

simian

syrian

tamarin

crestfallen

digestion

franciscan

gentleman

intestine

muskmelon

suggestion

abdomen

acumen

aegean

alaskan

arraignment

arrogance

arrogant

assumption

backgammon

bedridden

capsaicin

caressing

chairperson

coercion

creation

croatian

derision

discipline

enlighten

enliven

everyone

fruition

genuine

horatian

laotian

lumberman

midshipman

mistaken

nobleman

parisian

phrygian

pregnancy

rebellion

rifleman

saracens

scythian

stygian

timberman

transmission

tuition

uncertain

uncommon

vermilion

admission

aggression

alsatian

ambition

anchorman

confession

dentition

detection

detention

digression

andean

ascension

aspersion

dimension

kantian

discussion

erection

incision

progression

regression

catalan

succession

solomon

affection

jacobin

jamaican

concession

javelin

connection

connexion

dissection

paragon

depression

dispersion

dissension

election

excision

laurentian

oppression

preemption

reception

rendition

repression

resection

submersion

retention

suppression

albion

bulletin

campion

dressmaker

eleven

keynesian

ottoman

toboggan

ingestion

overman

congestion

suburban

backwoodsman

presenter

presentment

adrian

horizons

lanolin

mandarin

moroccans

transition

uneven

unison

taxation

technician

temptation

waterman

attention

deception

menhaden

misshapen

persuasion

pretension

protection

awaken

tactician

bedizen

beethoven

champion

perception

citizen

nourishing

personal

crustacean

cyprian

indian

prevention

melanin

obsession

forgotten

freemason

gravamen

nevadan

personnel

peterman

accession

puritan

collection

suspicion

sarasin

cistercian

silicon

insertion

selection

ramadan

superman

perfection

vatican

vitamin

fixation

zambian

defection

extortion

adhesion

albumin

congressman

consumption

arraignments

badminton

councilman

countryman

disunion

ejection

emblazon

embolden

etruscan

fragmented

masculine

nebraskan

pregnancies

projection

rejection

reptilian

saleswoman

warehousing

addition

aleutian

allusion

audition

aversion

causation

cetacean

citation

collegian

collision

collusion

commission

commotion

cremation

deletion

delusion

desertion

devotion

dilation

division

donation

duration

edition

elation

emission

emotion

erosion

evasion

flirtation

flotation

gradation

gyration

halogen

illusion

imagine

immersion

ligation

location

malaysian

munition

musician

mutation

negation

notation

occasion

omission

oration

ovation

petition

phoenician

physician

pollution

position

precision

predation

privation

probation

promotion

provision

quotation

reaction

relation

religion

remission

reversion

rotation

sedation

sedition

solution

summation

tradition

vacation

venetian

vocation

volition

nubian

intention

pentathlon

prisoner

frustration

freudian

persona

suspension

combustion

compression

conception

confection

abduction

contention

convection

convention

impression

inception

infection

inhuman

misfortune

misprision

nonhuman

presumption

englishman

grobian

aryan

nemean

julian

orion

protean

jovian

declension

korean

castration

deflection

worrisome

discretion

reopen

disruption

distortion

exception

excursion

exhaustion

dorian

tiresome

invention

redemption

odeon

reflection

resumption

median

biotin

fenian

irian

workmanship

abandon

african

alderman

austrian

battalion

brazilian

cambrian

chamberlain

civilian

clarendon

cohesion

dressmakers

forewoman

in-person

logician

pavilion

porcelain

presences

presenters

presently

proximal

proximate

unwritten

charwoman

corsican

dominion

guncotton

italian

magdalen

magician

medallion

opinion

perfusion

pragmatic

unburden

unbutton

objection

corrosion

injection

fijian

lutheran

circumference

extraction

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

accretion

addiction

adoption

apportion

asuncion

beholden

carnation

cognition

attrition

compassion

concussion

condition

contagion

contusion

conversion

dalmatian

damnation

deduction

deflation

depiction

depletion

dictation

diffusion

emulsion

equation

eruption

eviction

exertion

formation

foundation

hydration

ignition

impassion

inaction

incursion

invasion

inversion

lactation

libration

migration

nutrition

occlusion

optation

optician

oxygen

partition

patrician

percentage

plantation

preclusion

prediction

production

profusion

proportion

propulsion

reduction

revulsion

salvation

seclusion

secretion

seduction

stagnation

starvation

submission

subversion

vibration

adsorption

description

distraction

excretion

expansion

expression

extension

inflection

inspection

burgundy

complexion

exemption

explosion

expulsion

bosnian

bouillon

brazenly

collagen

gordian

transfusion

guardian

exclusion

transgression

prescription

larceny

extrusion

overdone

encryption

horsemanship

kerosene

overrun

abstention

prisoners

destruction

reunion

scorpion

wearisome

presumptions

ambrosian

arkansan

bandwagon

communion

companion

cross-country

egyptian

harlequin

imprison

handwoven

housebroken

octillion

outspoken

pragmatist

snapdragon

truncation

unbroken

workmanlike

distinction

affliction

anglican

attraction

completion

compulsion

conclusion

concoction

conduction

conflation

confucian

confusion

contortion

contrition

conviction

convulsion

diffraction

exaction

filtration

implosion

inclusion

induction

inflation

infusion

intrusion

eurasian

prescience

origin

urgency

virginal

precaution

prostration

retraction

translation

caucasian

dilution

parthian

singleton

transaction

diversion

margarine

perversion

revision

instruction

inscription

truism

construction

subscription

uterine

abstraction

transcription

foreigner

hurricane

conscription

constriction

marksmanship

obstruction

arachnid

arsenic

arachnids

arsenal

argument

arcanum

argonaut

arsenide

frequency

personals

extinction

arkansans

australian

forbidden

artisan

rhodopsin

organize

organum

brigantine

partisan

burgundies

cardigan

charlatan

mercantile

sumatran

pragmatists

absorption

carousing

contraction

contraption

darkening

hydrogen

infarction

infliction

infraction

merchandise

nitrogen

parsonage

progeny

proscription

restriction

subtraction

urgently

arsenals

arguments

compunction

arsonist

downtrodden

circumvent

nonunion

organelles

organist

organized

bargainer

frequencies

argonauts

hurricanes

frequently

foreigners

conjunction

injunction

arsonists

heartbroken

circumstance

circumvents

bargainers

circumcise

preconceive

proconsul

artesian

cartesian

marginal

norwegian

origins

archangel

argentine

norwegians

marconi

circumscribe

circumspect

crescendo

argentines

pyroxene

archangels

presumptive

sarcoma

prognoses

organics

organic

4 syllable words

parisians

decimation

meridian

parisienne

alabaman

estimation

estonian

greco-roman

nestorian

parishioner

penicillin

reexamine

maccabean

defamation

desiccation

desolation

arizonan

desperation

jacobean

recitation

reformation

respiration

restoration

assyrian

galilean

planarian

sicilian

bavarian

pedestrian

apparition

bohemian

corinthian

decoration

federation

generation

laceration

parishioners

preparation

reassertion

reparation

rhetorician

separation

surrogation

variation

veneration

moravian

peruvian

abyssinian

barbarian

custodian

glaciation

obsidian

annexation

circumcision

protestation

arizonans

committeeman

graduation

historian

minnesotan

exhibition

desecration

destination

expiration

reclamation

devastation

excitation

molestation

destitution

restitution

amphibian

aldebaran

american

agrarian

centurion

dandelion

eritrean

librarian

statistician

maturation

paraguayan

superhuman

predetermine

samaritan

saturation

sectarian

tasmanian

wagnerian

ohioan

exclamation

algerian

abolition

allegation

animation

allocation

annotation

appalachian

perspiration

appellation

levitation

vacillation

validation

medication

navigation

legislation

meditation

aspiration

avocation

declaration

dedication

delegation

demolition

deposition

derivation

devolution

disillusion

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

gentlewoman

elevation

emanation

erudition

evolution

gravitation

habitation

hungarian

businesswoman

hesitation

preelection

premonition

preservation

readmission

recreation

reelection

renovation

repercussion

repetition

repossession

reservation

resolution

resurrection

revelation

revocation

revolution

smithsonian

equestrian

sanitation

trepidation

ulceration

assemblyman

arabian

bolivian

canadian

chameleon

exhumation

collodion

coloradan

comedian

criterion

devonian

diocesan

draconian

european

excavation

execution

expedition

exploration

exposition

fallopian

floridian

gregorian

heroism

himalayan

hyperion

iberian

indexation

infestation

iranian

liberian

mammalian

marijuana

menstruation

mercenary

missourian

napoleon

personally

personify

protozoan

reawaken

satisfaction

segmentation

siberian

simonian

transformation

valerian

adulation

agitation

comparison

fragmentary

shakespearean

tamoxifen

misbegotten

arrogantly

contrarian

noblewoman

adrenaline

education

macedonian

vegetation

charismatic

aberration

adoration

athenian

coloration

aviation

coalition

indigestion

deviation

dietitian

foliation

hegelian

ideation

leviathan

liberation

iteration

mediation

miseration

moderation

nigerian

operation

original

originate

pelagian

perforation

prohibition

radiation

toleration

registration

violation

exhalation

abdication

sequestration

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

admonition

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

application

approbation

benediction

calibration

cancellation

celebration

chrysanthemum

circulation

consummation

conversation

culmination

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

disaffection

designation

self-deception

dislocation

disposition

distillation

elocution

emigration

emulation

equitation

fabrication

granulation

hypertension

inattention

indecision

information

inspiration

insulation

insurrection

intercession

intermission

intimation

masturbation

palpitation

penetration

persecution

predilection

recognition

recollection

refutation

regulation

relaxation

replication

reputation

requisition

resignation

retrocession

segregation

speculation

superstition

tabulation

ventilation

expectation

explanation

explication

exploitation

extradition

extrication

accordion

albanian

armenian

columbian

copernican

cotyledon

cyclopean

darwinian

dominican

eustachian

guatemalan

herculean

interurban

jordanian

maraschino

mercenaries

nicaraguan

oblivion

olympian

overburden

pagurian

pavlovian

presumably

proximity

personable

personalize

personifies

situation

victorian

watermelon

rhododendron

englishwoman

charismatics

californian

figuration

disputation

indentation

gastrulation

dispensation

fragmentation

pigmentation

fascination

inflammation

germination

detonation

arthurian

dilatation

diminution

fluoridation

fumigation

innovation

mitigation

motivation

retribution

inhalation

alteration

connotation

corporation

correlation

hibernation

limitation

litigation

corp.

reinspection

imitation

exhortation

locomotion

immolation

embarkation

imperfection

evocation

electrician

illustration

admiration

affirmation

bifurcation

collocation

definition

intuition

irrigation

irritation

isolation

manumission

jubilation

melanesian

mutilation

condescension

confiscation

decompression

jurisdiction

lancastrian

malnutrition

disinflation

ostentation

transportation

opposition

chrysanthemums

calculation

circumvention

originals

ministration

misperception

obfuscation

substitution

subluxation

tetrahedron

originates

politician

amputation

disinfection

oscillation

propagation

attribution

disconnection

preignition

installation

instigation

institution

interception

polynesian

intersection

perturbation

procreation

intervention

proposition

provocation

realization

relocation

reposition

augmentation

rumination

suffocation

supervision

supposition

termination

titillation

usurpation

valuation

visitation

apprehension

armageddon

cogitation

crocodilian

fluctuation

interjection

interwoven

modulation

newtonian

personalized

plutonian

praetorian

pragmatism

presentable

republican

strangulation

utopian

zirconium

altercation

commutation

conservation

alternation

ammunition

backwardation

demonstration

impregnation

consolation

indiscretion

algonquian

confirmation

distribution

composition

carcinogen

compilation

incrustation

competition

convocation

cultivation

circumspection

contraception

misconception

contravention

orchestration

crucifixion

convolution

deformation

demarcation

deportation

gargantuan

imposition

indication

duplication

fermentation

fibrillation

indonesian

immigration

interaction

interruption

invitation

invocation

liquidation

lubrication

obligation

observation

occupation

ovulation

intonation

lilliputian

oxidation

permutation

polyhedron

population

proclamation

prosecution

prostitution

publication

presentation

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word pressman

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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