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4 syllable words
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2 syllable words

damson

m1

samson

summon

flexion

action

auction

caption

diction

dungeon

faction

faustian

fiction

fraction

friction

gentian

luncheon

mansion

martian

mention

option

pension

section

tension

torsion

traction

portion

huntsman

sanction

ashen

bludgeon

caution

cushion

dudgeon

fashion

fission

freshen

hessian

trojan

gudgeon

mission

ration

session

passion

grandson

lampron

arson

austin

claxon

crimson

dampen

dobson

ensign

hempen

houseman

ibsen

jetson

keelson

kelson

kremlin

london

muslin

onion

oxen

parson

promotes

runnion

saxon

scullion

stepson

sultan

tubman

tuscan

undone

vulcan

whitson

tungsten

amman

bason

bastion

belgian

bison

bisson

blowgun

bowman

brogan

broken

button

chosen

christen

christian

colon

common

cousin

dozen

dromon

drumhead

drunken

dutchman

engine

famine

fasten

flashgun

fortune

frozen

gammon

georgian

glisten

grandsons

hausen

hogan

hoten

hoven

hymen

hyson

lemon

lessen

lesson

liman

listen

logan

loosen

margin

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

odin

omen

open

othman

oven

promote

question

roman

rosen

salmon

shogun

showman

shrunken

slogan

solon

spoken

stolen

sudden

sullen

sunken

swollen

thousand

token

toman

toughen

watchman

woman

women

woven

yeoman

cauldron

nation

kitchen

pathan

baldwin

pigeon

capstan

caxton

postman

children

lengthen

doctrine

delphian

homespun

grecian

mahone

haitian

dustman

fusion

sexton

spokesman

station

strengthen

vision

cowan

gowan

rowen

owen

rowan

friendship

penguin

plankton

airman

alman

alban

aspen

atman

acton

bagman

bargain

barton

baston

billion

boatman

bolden

banyan

billman

bellman

bookman

boston

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

bullion

carton

chaplain

chapman

chairman

chessman

chevron

citron

classman

clinton

copeman

corban

cordon

dalton

darken

desman

dolman

dolphin

falcon

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

footman

foreman

fountain

frontal

garden

gascon

gilden

golden

goodman

gorgon

hackman

harden

hetman

harken

harten

headman

hearten

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lockman

lopeman

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

melton

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

molten

morgan

mormon

pardon

mountain

outdone

pectin

organ

penman

outrun

nekton

norman

olden

orphan

packman

panton

passman

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

ponton

pressman

saffron

santon

scallion

selden

sequin

sharpen

shipman

shorten

shotgun

silken

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

stallion

stallman

stillion

stockman

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

tendon

teston

tillman

trillion

trundle

wanton

warden

woodman

woolman

brethren

bushman

churchman

coachman

freshman

mangan

longan

hangman

rincon

cannon

canon

chasten

fatten

german

marron

mitten

chicken

charon

burman

crewman

crouton

cumin

deaden

felon

foreign

gallon

garron

cabin

caisson

cayman

cotton

cuban

daman

driven

ermine

fallen

firman

flatten

floren

freeman

frighten

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

gluten

gotten

mason

melon

ninon

platten

platen

often

pollan

proven

pullen

quicken

reckon

redden

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rosin

rotten

rumen

sermon

sadden

semen

satin

seaman

seven

written

siphon

siren

sicken

shaman

friendships

slacken

smitten

zaman

worsen

yaupon

happen

jason

patten

pavon

sodden

triton

wizen

trodden

auden

kitten

lagan

demon

jetton

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

tighten

titan

ledden

leman

threaten

wooden

woolen

alan

baron

heron

hidden

human

hyphen

devon

hasten

heaven

heighten

perron

pollen

prison

thicken

wagon

warren

widen

vegan

weapon

wiccan

urson

villain

whiten

barren

batten

basin

baton

batton

blacken

bobbin

bayman

begun

billon

bitten

bellon

beckon

bollen

boughten

bracken

breton

broaden

deafen

brighten

briton

dragon

griffon

lighten

liken

linen

liven

locken

loren

lumen

lichen

lyden

madden

person

soften

stiffen

stricken

striven

syphon

talon

tappen

horseman

marchman

markman

oarsman

portman

bordman

klansman

landman

headsman

scotsman

townsman

yachtsman

legion

lesion

asian

urchin

heathen

version

earthen

persian

surgeon

region

cajun

suasion

burgeon

sturgeon

henchman

mayan

zion

dian

ion

lion

scion

ruin

crandall

arrant

tyrant

union

craftsman

apron

draftsman

guardsman

brakeman

chieftain

brindle

landsman

brandle

courant

farrand

fielden

freedman

garand

garnet

gerund

granted

grindle

kirkman

matron

newsman

shearman

torrent

marksman

workman

errand

warrant

sportsman

patron

durant

errant

parent

wormwood

grounding

grinding

grandchild

corinth

arrants

bacon

beacon

beaten

bourbon

brazen

burden

burdon

cheapen

brownout

burton

canaan

certain

craven

cretin

curtain

dagan

dagon

deacon

deepen

eaten

elan

errands

gerunds

granite

groundnut

eden

graven

haven

hermit

hornets

kalan

laden

leven

maiden

pagan

parents

poison

raven

reason

rerun

salesman

satan

season

seedsman

seton

shaken

statesman

steven

straighten

sweeten

taken

torrents

treason

truant

turban

tyrants

urban

waken

warrants

weaken

wheaten

zircon

forehand

groundling

horehound

grindstone

groundnuts

brownouts

hermits

primates

peon

forehands

paean

rayon

urine

greyhound

doormats

formats

current

primate

grounder

permit

bromides

currents

permute

doormat

gourmets

grandeur

format

mermaids

permits

surrounds

termites

brandish

groundwork

around

bromide

cremate

gourmet

grenade

mermaid

surround

termite

brunettes

fronted

frontier

grenades

ornate

turndown

frontage

frontiers

brander

brandy

grantor

grinder

printer

tranter

turn-out

cornet

brand-new

frantic

friendly

grandly

grantors

grinders

hornet

prentice

printers

printing

groundswell

printings

brunette

burnet

greenwood

3 syllable words

laotian

magician

assumption

combustion

completion

compression

compulsion

confucian

contortion

implosion

presumption

resumption

ablation

accession

accretion

addiction

admission

adoption

affection

aggression

ambition

ascension

asuncion

attention

attrition

collection

concession

concussion

condition

confession

connection

connexion

contusion

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

formation

impassion

obsession

occlusion

oppression

patrician

preemption

jamaican

dimension

emulsion

production

profusion

progression

secretion

assassin

propulsion

protection

reduction

regression

selection

submersion

succession

suppression

suspicion

temptation

bedouin

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

aversion

causation

cessation

cetacean

citation

collegian

collision

corruption

cremation

deletion

delusion

desertion

dilation

duration

elation

gyration

illusion

imagine

immersion

ligation

malaysian

narration

occasion

omission

oration

permission

privation

provision

recession

remission

secession

sedition

suggestion

consumption

adsorption

communion

complexion

ambrosian

embolden

absorption

projection

truncation

unbroken

coercion

corrosion

croatian

declension

frustration

redemption

confusion

conflation

unbutton

compunction

conception

unwritten

attraction

conclusion

concoction

confection

contention

alaskan

contrition

distortion

convection

abdomen

convention

conviction

formations

impression

convulsion

exhaustion

dominion

policeman

acumen

affliction

conduction

lumberman

transmission

suspension

congestion

champion

beholden

aspersion

objection

abrasion

nevadan

elison

promoters

alsatian

carnation

cistercian

bitumen

contagion

conversion

deception

deduction

defection

deflation

dentition

depiction

depletion

depression

detection

detention

dictation

diffusion

dissection

dissension

election

equation

erection

eruption

suburban

exertion

eviction

fixation

gestation

awaken

toboggan

foundation

inaction

hydration

insertion

hammerman

ignition

jettison

uneven

beethoven

lactation

fustian

zambian

libration

norwegian

campion

laurentian

migration

optation

preclusion

reception

salvation

plantation

rendition

revulsion

seclusion

seduction

sensation

stagnation

starvation

subversion

taxation

freemason

technician

vibration

audition

caucasian

companion

contraction

contraption

correction

decision

digestion

direction

diversion

division

donation

egyptian

ejection

evasion

exemption

explosion

extortion

flirtation

flotation

gaussian

ghanaian

gradation

handwoven

housebroken

imprison

location

malayan

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

nebraskan

niacin

notation

outspoken

ovation

percussion

plebeian

precaution

prescription

probation

promoter

quotation

reaction

recision

rejection

relation

religion

reopen

rescission

reversion

rotation

simian

subtraction

tamarin

vacation

vocation

volition

infusion

exception

induction

filtration

guncotton

inception

misfortune

inflation

exaction

in-person

creation

inclusion

infection

invention

intrusion

nonhuman

horatian

logician

opinion

medallion

fruition

pavilion

translation

transaction

bedridden

chairperson

tuition

deflection

prostration

reflection

brazilian

cambrian

battalion

timberman

uncertain

carnations

unburden

castration

discretion

civilian

abduction

disruption

abandon

diffraction

constriction

construction

conjunction

conscription

injunction

obstruction

subscription

cinnamon

cartesian

cognition

scorpion

misshapen

bedizen

albion

andean

anyone

inversion

bosnian

garrison

invasion

gordian

incursion

bulletin

guardian

artesian

halcyon

indian

tactician

transition

kantian

lesbian

mandarin

medicine

thespian

unison

venison

vitamin

wesleyan

solomon

specimen

heartbroken

persuasion

ingestion

injection

determine

eleven

excision

incision

ottoman

optician

perception

perfection

pretension

resection

prevention

dispersion

cyprian

digression

discussion

partition

prediction

retention

description

transfusion

encryption

inspection

inflection

infliction

infraction

destruction

abstention

expansion

extension

expression

expulsion

infarction

distraction

extrusion

exclusion

excretion

intestine

nonunion

fisherman

reptilian

halogen

emblazon

harlequin

badminton

bandwagon

lecithin

origin

crestfallen

munition

musician

perversion

precession

adhesion

regimen

disunion

appian

arian

aryan

biotin

carrion

cation

clarion

dorian

galleon

chilean

gillian

grobian

korean

libyan

marian

odeon

nemean

jovian

irian

orion

permian

protean

distinction

syrian

saccharin

veteran

capsaicin

genuine

rhodopsin

cohesion

everyone

nobleman

rifleman

chamberlain

charwoman

mistaken

excursion

rebellion

inhuman

austrian

bermudas

enlighten

intention

discipline

retraction

pentathlon

enliven

misprision

midshipman

sumatran

uncommon

italian

vermilion

perfusion

talisman

aegean

phrygian

derision

parisian

transcription

instruction

inscription

scythian

extraction

stygian

abstraction

benjamin

coherent

extinction

hydrogen

irishman

menhaden

oxygen

repression

nitrogen

nutrition

adrian

catalan

collagen

denizen

citizen

ramadan

reunion

armada

bermuda

puritan

silicon

skeleton

waterman

variant

vatican

restriction

transgression

myrmidon

javelin

proscription

feminine

ferryman

keratin

keynesian

lanolin

pelican

gravamen

jacobin

overdone

overman

overrun

snapdragon

councilman

countryman

etruscan

octillion

arkansan

franciscan

gentleman

clergyman

margarine

parthian

revision

precision

singleton

alderman

backgammon

brandywine

chairwoman

cardigan

african

artisan

charlatan

harmattan

median

magdalen

mexican

corsican

freudian

forbidden

partisan

porcelain

myrmidons

predestine

moroccan

forewoman

pyramids

fabian

backwoodsman

avian

fenian

horizon

australian

alien

variants

nubian

foramen

julian

uterine

anchorman

brandishes

congressman

fijian

lutheran

bouillon

albumin

baronet

brandenburg

coronet

dramatize

forgotten

guarantee

downtrodden

saleswoman

grandiose

guaranty

marinate

parental

prenatal

maronite

melanin

orient

paranoid

peterman

primitive

superman

masculine

verandas

warranty

pyramid

serenade

traumatic

anglican

granduncle

curmudgeon

surrounding

baronets

clarendon

coronets

dramatist

marinates

normative

quarantine

warranties

formative

guaranteed

guarantees

guaranties

guarantor

turntable

granduncles

trinity

veranda

fahrenheit

curmudgeons

parentage

englishman

grandmother

surroundings

guarantors

quarantines

turntables

granados

durante

grandmothers

granddaughter

parenthood

marinade

hermitage

premature

granddaughters

groundbreaking

tornadoes

marinades

tornados

urinate

granado

permeate

grandnephews

corundum

currently

permeates

tornado

grandnephew

surrender

furniture

frenetic

granitic

surrenders

ornately

grandfathers

ironwood

grandfather

4 syllable words

collodion

fallopian

napoleon

simonian

defamation

dissolution

resolution

evolution

revolution

animation

devolution

decimation

diminution

surrogation

fluctuation

coalition

coloration

dietitian

prohibition

reassertion

violation

intimation

american

minnesotan

acclimation

elocution

acclamation

absolution

maturation

dislocation

graduation

destitution

persecution

dominican

proclamation

prosecution

prostitution

retrocession

samaritan

custodian

saturation

consummation

culmination

situation

convolution

estimation

lilliputian

reclamation

collocation

connotation

coronation

correlation

arizonan

dedication

definition

delegation

demolition

deposition

derivation

desiccation

dilatation

divination

domination

elevation

desolation

detonation

emanation

erudition

evocation

fascination

fluoridation

nomination

oscillation

politician

preignition

opposition

premonition

readmission

provocation

propagation

profanation

proposition

realization

reformation

relocation

renovation

repetition

repossession

revelation

revocation

sanitation

recitation

reposition

chameleon

hesitation

intuition

comedian

devonian

allocation

suffocation

allegation

machination

manumission

inhalation

innovation

medication

meditation

valuation

annotation

avocation

appellation

germination

supposition

termination

ulceration

gravitation

limitation

gregorian

habitation

isolation

litigation

vacillation

irrigation

jubilation

validation

mammalian

affirmation

abolition

admiration

imitation

protozoan

navigation

immolation

mutilation

motivation

aberration

adoration

adulation

agitation

attribution

cogitation

comparison

condemnation

constitution

decompression

decoration

education

execution

federation

generation

hemoglobin

ideation

importation

inflammation

iteration

laceration

leviathan

liberation

macedonian

miseration

moderation

modulation

noblewoman

operation

pagination

preparation

punctuation

reparation

retribution

rhetorician

separation

substitution

toleration

variation

vegetation

veneration

imposition

emulation

guatemalan

immigration

glaciation

estonian

indication

gorgonian

greco-roman

distillation

indonesian

oblivion

pagurian

duplication

exhibition

equitation

emigration

ohioan

fabrication

insulation

invocation

fermentation

information

inundation

liquidation

paraguayan

granulation

intermission

intonation

obligation

occupation

ovulation

palpitation

penetration

obsidian

ordination

oxidation

pavlovian

permutation

columbian

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

annexation

approbation

application

amphibian

ammunition

abdication

abrogation

admonition

acquisition

activation

adaptation

accusation

abnegation

committeeman

benediction

copernican

backwardation

calibration

cancellation

celebration

circulation

circumcision

combination

commutation

compilation

composition

confirmation

consolation

accordion

commendation

competition

convocation

cultivation

degradation

deformation

agrarian

depravation

depredation

disposition

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

designation

destination

devastation

disaffection

precondition

population

predilection

presentation

recantation

publication

recognition

recollection

refutation

regulation

replication

reputation

requisition

resignation

restitution

segregation

simulation

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

tabulation

tribulation

vaccination

ventilation

vindication

circumspection

distribution

exclamation

conjugation

gentlewoman

inhibition

legislation

contribution

contemplation

syncopation

corp.

corporation

desperation

canadian

aspiration

missourian

alteration

bifurcation

declaration

disillusion

newtonian

appalachian

dissertation

arabian

utopian

valerian

himalayan

dissipation

bavarian

assyrian

figuration

fumigation

hungarian

irritation

levitation

melanesian

mitigation

hibernation

mongolian

polynesian

preelection

plutonian

preservation

reservation

respiration

titillation

trepidation

recreation

reelection

resurrection

rumination

restoration

smithsonian

visitation

draconian

planarian

reawaken

arbitration

amputation

augmentation

pedestrian

calculation

circumvention

compensation

complication

computation

condensation

condescension

confiscation

consecration

constellation

constipation

consultation

disconnection

dispensation

disputation

embarkation

excavation

exhortation

expedition

exposition

formulation

fragmentation

gastrulation

illustration

imperfection

inquisition

institution

implication

imputation

inclination

installation

integration

jurisdiction

liquefaction

malformation

menstruation

interwoven

ministration

adrenaline

mortification

permutations

ostentation

obfuscation

pigmentation

preconception

republican

reproduction

satisfaction

segmentation

subluxation

transformation

apprehension

nigerian

congregation

mediation

pelagian

radiation

perforation

exhalation

apparition

deviation

incubation

athenian

aviation

foliation

strangulation

crucifixion

deportation

retardation

molestation

protestation

masturbation

lubrication

subdivision

demarcation

excitation

inattention

syndication

fibrillation

indecision

expiration

conversation

altercation

alternation

conservation

hypertension

inspiration

insurrection

interaction

intercession

interruption

invitation

observation

relaxation

explication

explanation

exploitation

grammatical

extradition

extrication

obstetrician

cotyledon

sequestration

self-deception

armenian

confrontation

concentration

conflagration

centurion

contraception

contradiction

incrustation

historian

misconception

implantation

demonstration

impregnation

nestorian

olympian

watermelon

victorian

introduction

penicillin

sectarian

orchestration

tasmanian

algerian

exhumation

comprehension

elongation

equestrian

arthurian

dehydration

perspiration

perturbation

procreation

hydrocarbon

repercussion

ibuprofen

usurpation

californian

assemblyman

disinfection

disinflation

incarnation

instigation

interception

electrician

incantation

indentation

indexation

indignation

infestation

interdiction

transportation

intersection

intervention

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5 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word promotion

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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