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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word proscription.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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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

diction

fiction

friction

portion

torsion

potion

mission

fission

lotion

motion

homespun

postman

notion

ocean

gumption

copeman

whitson

lopeman

emption

stepson

shipman

ibsen

proscribes

sanction

function

junction

bisson

broken

christen

glisten

tension

action

open

option

mention

spoken

suction

token

listen

martian

caption

coachman

auction

faction

faustian

flexion

traction

fortune

fraction

gentian

georgian

section

pension

pigeon

oarsman

hessian

session

trojan

cushion

prussian

spokesman

grecian

vision

proscribe

russian

freshen

bordman

kitchen

portman

arson

bolden

citron

corban

cordon

faulcon

gascon

aspen

foreman

gilden

boatman

clinton

billion

billman

crimson

austin

claxon

golden

lisbon

mignon

molten

morgan

mormon

orphan

outrun

parson

pillion

pinion

pitman

oxen

saxon

jordan

milken

linden

lynden

gorgon

houseman

jorden

million

minion

norman

olden

organ

sharpen

shorten

tillman

silken

soldan

stillion

trillion

warden

tuscan

sylvan

tarpon

guardsman

bastion

bushman

belgian

christian

churchman

freshman

dungeon

luncheon

mansion

rincon

engine

margin

question

begun

billon

bitten

blowgun

bowman

briton

brogan

kitten

linen

logan

loosen

loren

mitten

moisten

ninon

odin

solon

stolen

striven

smitten

swollen

sicken

slogan

stiffen

stricken

thicken

omen

chicken

cheapen

chosen

colon

deepen

driven

dromon

floren

foreign

frozen

gibbon

given

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

glidden

griffon

quicken

rosen

showman

prison

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

shogun

toman

warren

weapon

written

villain

wiccan

women

yeoman

woven

yaupon

markman

doctrine

marchman

townsman

children

cauldron

dustman

horseman

capstan

lengthen

strengthen

lampron

sturgeon

nation

passion

persian

station

surgeon

ration

urchin

version

plankton

bludgeon

caution

earthen

fashion

dudgeon

burgeon

ashen

fusion

henchman

gudgeon

haitian

mahone

acton

airman

apron

bargain

barton

baston

bellman

bookman

boston

brakeman

bullion

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

classman

dalton

dampen

darken

desman

falcon

fibrin

fireman

footman

foreground

fountain

foursquare

garden

goodman

hackman

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

jackman

jargon

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

landsman

lockman

london

m1

marlin

marten

martin

matron

melton

mountain

muslin

nekton

newsman

onion

outdone

owen

packman

pardon

passman

patron

pectin

penman

piston

prescribes

pressman

procure

rowan

rowen

runnion

saffron

scullion

selden

sequin

shearman

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

sportsman

squadron

stallman

stockman

sultan

tartan

tendon

tubman

union

vulcan

wanton

teston

undone

woodman

woolman

workman

brochures

drunken

dutchman

brethren

flashgun

othman

shrunken

sunken

watchman

yorkshire

prescribe

yachtsman

aircrafts

statesman

programs

caxton

landman

klansman

salesman

fragrant

delphian

headsman

scotsman

sexton

seedsman

basin

beacon

bason

baron

barren

beckon

brokers

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

caisson

crouton

cuban

curtain

deacon

cumin

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

ermine

lumen

marron

mason

melon

muffin

mullen

mutton

proven

pullen

reckon

redden

rerun

resin

toughen

turban

wooden

woolen

worsen

bellon

bacon

blacken

breton

broaden

auden

bourbon

bracken

bison

boughten

certain

charon

chasten

cousin

crewman

fasten

felon

firman

garron

german

gluten

grocers

happen

hasten

hausen

heaven

heron

human

hyson

jason

jetton

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

lichen

liken

locken

often

oven

perron

person

poison

ripen

rumen

sermon

seven

shaken

siren

slacken

sudden

sullen

summon

taken

tappen

thousand

threaten

urban

urson

vegan

waken

weaken

woman

zircon

suasion

brochure

cajun

asian

heathen

tungsten

orchards

legion

lesion

penguin

pathan

region

aircraft

corkscrew

craftsman

draftsman

fairground

forsworn

huntsman

marksman

calvin

banyan

atman

alban

alman

bagman

canton

chieftain

canyon

damson

dobson

dolman

dolphin

ensign

fielden

freedman

keelson

panton

program

programme

jasmine

jetson

kansan

plantain

ponton

porkers

scallion

shotgun

yorkers

kelson

lightman

lineman

linemen

minden

samson

santon

stallion

broker

cowan

croaker

croker

paean

fairgrounds

hangman

peon

forgers

longan

ruin

mangan

urine

gowan

grocer

orchard

baldwin

grandson

scarecrows

alan

amman

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beaten

bobbin

bollen

brazen

brighten

cabin

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

common

cotton

craven

cretin

dagan

dagon

daman

demon

dragon

eaten

eden

elan

fallen

famine

fatten

flatten

freeman

frighten

gallon

gammon

gladden

gotten

graven

haven

heighten

hymen

hyphen

kalan

laden

lagan

latin

layman

leman

leven

lighten

liman

liven

lyden

madden

maiden

pagan

patten

pavon

platen

platten

pollan

porker

raven

reason

riden

robin

pollen

rosin

rotten

salmon

seaman

sadden

satan

satin

season

semen

seton

shaman

siphon

sodden

soften

steven

straighten

sweeten

syphon

talon

tighten

titan

treason

triton

trodden

wagon

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

yorker

zaman

crushers

scorcher

forger

pressures

aircrew

barkers

corsair

markers

parkers

scarecrow

workroom

archers

brushwork

chargers

marchers

dian

forswear

surcharge

ion

scion

margrave

lion

rayon

mayan

zion

crozier

crusher

fresher

pressure

thresher

barker

berserk

brassard

breakers

browsers

courser

crackers

cruisers

dressers

marker

parker

tracers

trackers

triggers

truckers

workers

perjures

archer

charger

perjured

mergers

marcher

barger

searchers

marcor

parsers

brickyard

bracer

breaker

browser

churchyard

cracker

craker

crocker

cruiser

cursor

dresser

greaser

kercher

mercer

presser

purser

tracer

tracker

trigger

trucker

verser

worker

wrecker

merger

perjure

searcher

treasure

braggers

freezers

parser

braziers

preachers

treasures

crossroads

bragger

burgher

freezer

grazer

preserve

preacher

crossroad

3 syllable words

nutrition

omission

volition

constriction

destruction

excretion

contrition

misprision

logician

accretion

discussion

eruption

reception

secretion

suspicion

tactician

technician

attrition

deception

perception

laurentian

patrician

corruption

location

musician

vocation

construction

instruction

obstruction

munition

expression

contraption

distraction

adsorption

infliction

egyptian

tuition

rhodopsin

coercion

fruition

affliction

assumption

castration

austrian

conception

compression

conviction

declension

exception

frustration

impression

inception

prostration

suspension

transmission

distinction

asuncion

admission

aggression

australian

abstraction

ambition

addiction

ascension

cistercian

cognition

extraction

concussion

condition

digression

garrison

eviction

excision

formation

ignition

oppression

optician

partition

prediction

progression

submission

suppression

transition

dissension

repression

resection

dentition

depiction

dissection

erection

irishman

regression

rendition

addition

assertion

audition

commission

consumption

contraction

decision

donation

edition

emission

expulsion

extension

extinction

flotation

housebroken

imprison

infraction

inspection

masculine

muskmelon

notation

octillion

oration

origin

ovation

percussion

permission

petition

physician

position

precession

precision

probation

procession

quotation

recession

recision

remission

rescission

rotation

secession

sedition

subtraction

tradition

transgression

concoction

diffraction

retraction

excursion

completion

attraction

distortion

filtration

englishman

midshipman

bedridden

brokerage

croatian

cohesion

derision

crosscurrent

forbidden

nobleman

discipline

parisian

magician

unwritten

dictation

impassion

concession

incision

aspersion

hydration

hydrogen

incursion

vibration

adoption

libration

dispersion

norwegian

starvation

nitrogen

succession

crustacean

migration

depletion

carnation

depression

accession

foundation

insertion

lactation

obsession

gestation

preemption

pretension

prevention

retention

unison

elison

jettison

overdone

overman

overrun

bouillon

scorpion

downtrodden

caucasian

causation

deletion

elation

lecithin

mutation

crosscurrents

abstention

division

narration

provision

duration

absorption

religion

reptilian

flirtation

exclusion

correction

desertion

devotion

emotion

collision

gyration

phoenician

badminton

expansion

precaution

venetian

infarction

extrusion

extortion

reaction

vacation

cessation

councilman

countryman

cetacean

revision

truncation

direction

conclusion

dorian

odeon

jovian

korean

orion

intrusion

presumption

redemption

resumption

protean

gaussian

grobian

misfortune

inclusion

translation

brazilian

african

alderman

cambrian

civilian

cardigan

chairperson

corsican

dominion

in-person

talisman

everyone

vermilion

forewoman

pavilion

progresses

procreates

porcelain

opinion

laotian

horatian

backwoodsman

procurement

connection

specimen

ferryman

connexion

dalmatian

proportion

damnation

fixation

propulsion

stagnation

perfection

fustian

bulletin

abortion

conversion

cyprian

gordian

abrasion

persuasion

waterman

alsatian

plantation

jacobin

production

preclusion

reduction

subversion

vatican

revulsion

salvation

submersion

procreate

emulsion

assassin

cinnamon

apportion

affection

compassion

misshapen

adrian

citizen

cartesian

detection

oxygen

exemption

detention

seduction

occlusion

artesian

collection

selection

eleven

keratin

election

thespian

deduction

dimension

defection

deflation

transfusion

anchorman

equation

puritan

silicon

exertion

inaction

protection

seclusion

sensation

taxation

adhesion

snapdragon

crestfallen

rejection

projection

arkansan

ejection

disunion

illusion

imagine

immersion

negation

diversion

delusion

solution

conduction

parthian

collegian

occasion

clergyman

abduction

dilation

commotion

sedation

relation

compulsion

citation

evasion

confection

fisherman

exaction

induction

invention

procurements

infection

cremation

aversion

aleutian

reflection

transaction

gradation

ligation

margarine

halogen

perversion

deflection

pollution

possession

privation

profession

promotion

reversion

summation

contortion

convection

inflation

predation

carrion

guncotton

uncertain

clarion

mexican

acumen

charlatan

aryan

charwoman

arian

chamberlain

magdalen

chilean

backgammon

chairwoman

rifleman

lumberman

rebellion

unburden

uncommon

artisan

partisan

gillian

sumatran

nubian

reopen

julian

uterine

irian

libyan

freudian

groceries

marian

saccharin

simian

syrian

injection

objection

confession

creation

optation

diffusion

temptation

inversion

ablation

attention

ablution

invasion

phrygian

inflection

aegean

complexion

scythian

corrosion

lutheran

stygian

ramadan

solomon

vitamin

zambian

uneven

wesleyan

peterman

superman

skeleton

ottoman

suburban

prescribers

bedizen

andean

anyone

bitumen

lanolin

mandarin

catalan

collagen

forgotten

halcyon

hammerman

javelin

kantian

keynesian

lesbian

campion

compunction

grocery

determine

sharecroppers

indian

champion

denizen

albion

awaken

bosnian

guardian

conflation

confucian

conjunction

contention

convention

convulsion

crackerjack

dilution

erosion

exhaustion

infusion

inhuman

injunction

intention

malaysian

singleton

avian

alien

fabian

biotin

appian

fenian

unbutton

ghanaian

genuine

prescriber

galleon

timberman

foramen

heroin

median

nemean

horizon

heroine

moroccan

malayan

permian

veteran

plebeian

mistaken

sharecropper

tamarin

italian

alaskan

capsaicin

fijian

beholden

benjamin

contagion

menhaden

bureaucrats

etruscan

nebraskan

digestion

embolden

franciscan

outspoken

gentleman

saleswoman

suggestion

companion

harlequin

unbroken

beethoven

coworkers

reunion

sauerkraut

toboggan

jamaican

implosion

pelican

combustion

gravamen

pentathlon

nevadan

allusion

collusion

forgeries

regimen

congestion

heartbroken

abdomen

policeman

peregrine

medallion

predestine

ingestion

abandon

mercuric

battalion

enlighten

enliven

profusion

coworker

explosion

bedouin

hawaiian

cation

niacin

contusion

myosin

nurseries

samoan

sorcery

intestine

ambrosian

handwoven

marjoram

emblazon

nonunion

surcharges

pressurize

communion

forgery

bandwagon

peregrines

anglican

confusion

feminine

freemason

medicine

melanin

procurer

sorcerers

venison

crockery

brasserie

nursery

cursory

trickery

congressman

bureaucrat

clarendon

perfusion

mercury

pursuers

sorcerer

albumin

archery

nonhuman

treasurys

treasuries

surgeries

three-quarters

preservers

praiseworthy

paragraph

gregory

pursuer

progressive

perjurer

perjury

surgery

treachery

treasury

preserver

paragraphs

harassers

treasurers

erasers

marguerite

precursors

brazier

grazier

harasser

treasurer

eraser

precursor

4 syllable words

crucifixion

prohibition

coalition

misperception

interruption

lubrication

nonprescription

locomotion

dissipation

recreation

usurpation

misconception

electrician

gastrulation

apparition

foliation

rhetorician

interdiction

brokerages

olympian

restitution

exhibition

fabrication

fibrillation

desecration

alternation

benediction

disposition

insurrection

intermission

liquidation

masturbation

occupation

ovulation

superstition

definition

demolition

contradiction

obstetrician

desperation

aspiration

deposition

abolition

coronation

correlation

irritation

opposition

repetition

reposition

respiration

restoration

syncopation

motivation

rumination

supervision

supposition

bolivian

exclamation

proposition

alteration

fumigation

perspiration

preignition

politician

distribution

premonition

floridian

extradition

readmission

dissertation

extrication

incrustation

indiscretion

attribution

calculation

comprehension

consecration

consternation

constipation

cross-reference

decoration

dietitian

disconnection

excavation

expedition

exposition

incarnation

inclination

inquisition

instigation

institution

jurisdiction

laceration

malnutrition

menstruation

ostentation

substitution

transformation

transportation

variation

cyclopean

abrogation

apprehension

aggravation

abdication

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

glaciation

acquisition

overburden

admonition

samaritan

ammunition

aggregation

approbation

deconstruction

backwardation

confirmation

cultivation

deprivation

composition

conservation

dereliction

destitution

reconstruction

circulation

competition

degradation

depredation

congregation

depravation

destination

distillation

equitation

estimation

expiration

hypertension

imposition

inspiration

invitation

molestation

observation

ordination

persecution

precondition

proclamation

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

reclamation

retardation

requisition

publication

recognition

retrocession

segregation

speculation

statistician

syndication

admiration

corp.

corporation

gravitation

european

erudition

inhibition

confrontation

desiccation

contribution

explanation

decimation

declaration

desolation

fascination

impregnation

affirmation

derivation

disillusion

dissolution

evocation

fluoridation

hibernation

irrigation

isolation

jubilation

machination

manumission

preservation

profanation

reformation

mutilation

repercussion

limitation

mitigation

oscillation

relocation

reservation

levitation

recitation

titillation

protozoan

assyrian

trepidation

visitation

orchestration

sequestration

vacillation

sicilian

ulceration

introduction

amputation

arbitration

computation

constellation

constitution

decompression

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

execution

disputation

exploration

indignation

preconception

installation

interception

reproduction

incantation

illustration

liquefaction

ministration

formulation

punctuation

retribution

federation

aberration

aviation

bohemian

mediation

moderation

surrogation

adrenaline

cogitation

crocodilian

comparison

veneration

meridian

adoration

coloration

noblewoman

corinthian

fluctuation

generation

operation

radiation

reassertion

toleration

deviation

ideation

deportation

recantation

amphibian

eustachian

excitation

dominican

duplication

american

vaccination

abyssinian

columbian

cotyledon

darwinian

elocution

eritrean

emigration

disaffection

dislocation

recollection

historian

adaptation

celebration

consolation

consummation

maturation

immigration

abnegation

affectation

circumcision

commutation

compilation

deformation

indecision

insulation

oxidation

nicaraguan

absolution

calibration

cancellation

carcinogen

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

combination

granulation

strangulation

convolution

palpitation

subdivision

watermelon

incubation

tabulation

penetration

saturation

population

nestorian

expectation

exploitation

infiltration

equestrian

concentration

businesswoman

demonstration

dehydration

circumspection

contemplation

contraception

contravention

self-deception

ohioan

appellation

avocation

habitation

nomination

connotation

collocation

domination

allocation

bifurcation

germination

navigation

intuition

animation

dedication

allegation

medication

melanesian

annotation

polynesian

preelection

repossession

suffocation

termination

propagation

realization

sanitation

provocation

reelection

revocation

validation

englishwoman

condemnation

condescension

augmentation

confiscation

integration

planarian

intersection

malformation

criterion

consultation

exhortation

fragmentation

importation

obfuscation

shakespearean

mortification

siberian

armageddon

bavarian

education

introspection

reinspection

diocesan

arizonan

pedestrian

misbegotten

hyperion

iberian

liberian

missourian

nurseryman

valerian

liberation

iteration

perforation

nigerian

separation

exhalation

registration

miseration

reparation

violation

preparation

demarcation

agrarian

aldebaran

invocation

vindication

accordion

barbarian

devastation

conflagration

advocation

application

commendation

indication

committeeman

indonesian

intercession

centurion

explication

armenian

situation

paraguayan

convocation

altercation

predetermine

victorian

stipulation

sectarian

greco-roman

pagurian

fermentation

librarian

penicillin

wagnerian

replication

dandelion

lilliputian

assemblyman

conjugation

elongation

hydrocarbon

exhumation

nonpartisan

legislation

procrastinate

arthurian

lancastrian

figuration

octahedron

algerian

dilatation

diminution

tetrahedron

divination

hungarian

circumvention

perturbation

complication

embarkation

litigation

imperfection

imitation

immolation

implication

satisfaction

imputation

resurrection

infestation

inhalation

innovation

collodion

draconian

chameleon

galilean

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word proscription

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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