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2 syllable words
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

copeman

bolden

golden

lopeman

molten

olden

outdone

outrun

proteins

soldan

union

chosen

hogan

blowgun

crouton

frozen

boughten

bowman

brogan

broken

gluten

colon

dromon

hoven

logan

odin

omen

open

rosen

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

spoken

stolen

roman

swollen

token

toman

woven

yeoman

coachman

owen

peon

paean

rowan

rowen

bruting

lotion

motion

spokesman

fruiting

grouting

homespun

notion

ocean

potion

trojan

portman

billion

citron

kenyan

scullion

whitson

minion

onion

organ

scallion

bullion

million

canyon

warden

lightman

wanton

jorden

banyan

hetman

jetson

jordan

matron

runnion

croutons

dalton

gorgon

houseman

austin

atman

corban

cordon

footman

fortin

foreman

fountain

fourteen

mountain

newsman

norman

patron

shorten

shotgun

stallion

stallman

stillion

faulcon

morgan

mormon

orphan

pillion

pinion

pitman

trillion

auden

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

bitten

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

burton

button

certain

cheapen

cotton

cretin

crewman

cuban

cumin

curtain

deacon

deepen

demon

eaten

eden

elan

fatten

faustian

flatten

floren

foreign

fortune

freeman

frighten

georgian

gotten

hausen

heighten

human

jetton

kitten

latin

leman

leven

lighten

loosen

loren

lumen

mitten

moisten

mutton

often

othman

patten

platen

platten

poison

portion

proven

reason

rerun

rotten

rumen

satan

satin

seaman

season

semen

seton

smitten

sportsman

steven

straighten

sweeten

thirteen

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

torsion

treason

triton

warren

weaken

wheaten

whiten

written

yaupon

bordman

delphian

doctrine

fourteens

wardens

yachtsman

shortens

horseman

townsman

jordans

oarsman

statesman

mordant

dustman

scotsman

treatment

dian

rayon

zion

brooding

ruin

earthen

fusion

grating

grecian

greeting

heathen

hurting

legion

lesion

pathan

region

shirting

cowan

shrouding

mayan

skirting

gowan

lion

writing

ion

scion

fortunes

fourteenth

portions

thirteenths

acton

airman

alban

bagman

barton

alman

apron

arson

aspen

bargain

baston

bellman

billman

birthing

bookman

boredom

boston

brakeman

britons

broadens

calvin

carman

canton

captain

carmine

carbon

carton

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

chieftain

classman

claxon

clinton

credence

crimson

curtains

dampen

damson

darken

desman

dobson

dolman

dolphin

ensign

falcon

fibrin

fielden

fireman

freedman

garden

gascon

gilden

goodman

hackman

harden

harken

harten

hearten

kansan

keelson

kelson

headman

hempen

ibsen

jackman

jargon

jasmine

kelvin

kirkman

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lockman

london

lynden

melton

minden

muslin

oxen

packman

piston

plantain

kremlin

marlin

marten

nekton

martin

mignon

milken

panton

pardon

parson

passman

pectin

penman

ponton

pressman

prudence

prudent

saffron

samson

sequin

saxon

selden

sharpen

shearman

shipman

santon

silken

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

smarten

tarpon

tartan

sovereign

stepson

sultan

stockman

sylvan

tendon

teston

threatens

tillman

tuscan

vulcan

woodman

tubman

woolman

undone

workman

craftsman

draftsman

huntsman

ordnance

treatments

action

auction

bastion

belgian

brethren

bushman

churchman

diction

dungeon

boarding

caption

christian

drunken

dutchman

engine

faction

friction

hoarding

flashgun

flexion

fraction

fiction

freshman

gentian

hangman

greetings

longan

luncheon

mangan

mansion

margin

martian

mention

option

rincon

parting

pension

question

section

shrunken

suction

sunken

tension

thirteenth

traction

watchman

writings

alan

amman

bacon

baron

barren

basin

bason

bayman

beckon

begun

bellon

billon

bison

bisson

blacken

bobbin

bollen

bourbon

bracken

brazen

burden

burdon

burman

cabin

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

charon

chasten

chicken

christen

common

cousin

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

dragon

driven

ermine

fallen

famine

fasten

felon

firman

freedom

freetown

gallon

gammon

garron

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

graven

griffon

happen

hasten

haven

heaven

heron

hidden

hymen

hyphen

hyson

jason

kalan

laden

lagan

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

lichen

liken

liman

linen

listen

liven

locken

lyden

madden

maiden

marron

mason

melon

muffin

mullen

ninon

oven

pagan

pavon

perron

person

pertain

pollan

pollen

prison

pullen

quicken

raven

reckon

redden

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rosin

sadden

salmon

sermon

seven

shaken

shaman

shorthand

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

sodden

soften

stiffen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

thicken

toughen

trodden

turban

urban

urson

vegan

verdin

villain

wagon

waken

weapon

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

zaman

zircon

caxton

cauldron

baldwin

capstan

cartons

ardent

children

hardened

hardens

headsman

klansman

lampron

landman

gardens

grandson

lengthen

marchman

markman

martens

martins

pardons

portend

seedsman

sexton

portent

strengthen

salesman

ashen

asian

bludgeon

braiding

breeding

burgeon

cajun

caution

cushion

freshen

dudgeon

fashion

fission

girding

grading

gudgeon

haitian

hessian

kitchen

mahone

mission

nation

passion

persian

pigeon

prussian

ration

russian

session

shredding

station

suasion

trading

vision

sturgeon

version

surgeon

urchin

wording

boardings

emption

henchman

tungsten

gumption

martians

plankton

breathing

burdened

birdman

burdens

sardine

verdant

pertains

ordain

urine

freedoms

trident

pretend

m1

marksman

function

guardsman

portends

portents

fortnights

junction

landsman

sanction

prudhomme

tradings

pretends

fortnight

farthing

sardines

birthmark

penguin

cartoon

treadmill

birthmarks

cartoons

part-time

treadmills

partners

partner

cardoon

dreadnought

3 syllable words

austrian

cohesion

scorpion

fustian

gordian

kantian

arian

appian

alien

aryan

avian

carrion

cation

chilean

clarion

fabian

fenian

galleon

gillian

irian

libyan

marian

median

nemean

permian

simian

plebeian

syrian

tritium

uterine

donation

location

mutation

omission

ovation

parthian

probation

vocation

volition

aegean

croatian

lutheran

phrygian

coercion

fijian

stygian

cortinas

logician

andean

adrian

albion

anyone

bedizen

bosnian

campion

champion

halcyon

guardian

bouillon

cyprian

indian

ferryman

gradient

jettison

keynesian

lesbian

thespian

overrun

uneven

overman

waterman

overdone

reunion

vatican

wesleyan

zambian

artesian

nutrition

cartesian

norwegian

caucasian

causation

cetacean

citation

clergyman

collegian

cortina

countryman

croatians

deletion

flirtation

ghanaian

hawaiian

malayan

munition

musician

octillion

oration

petition

phoenician

reopen

reptilian

scrutiny

venetian

veteran

civilian

gradients

corrosion

battalion

cambrian

dominion

everyone

forbidden

forewoman

opinion

nobleman

pavilion

vermilion

sumatran

laotian

fruition

tuition

brazilian

guardians

italian

mistaken

policeman

rhodopsin

accretion

attrition

beholden

contagion

crustacean

dentition

depletion

dictation

formation

foundation

gestation

lactation

optation

optician

partition

patrician

plantation

secretion

orations

tactician

australian

temptation

awaken

beethoven

bitumen

catalan

citizen

determine

elison

garrison

gravamen

jamaican

ottoman

peterman

vitamin

scrutinize

superman

unison

embolden

disunion

downtrodden

communion

nonunion

adhesion

outspoken

proscription

addition

audition

cessation

collision

commission

commotion

decision

devotion

dilation

division

duration

edition

elation

emission

emotion

erosion

evasion

gradation

gyration

ligation

malaysian

narration

negation

occasion

origin

permission

physician

position

precision

predation

privation

promotion

provision

recision

religion

sedation

remission

rescission

revision

sedition

summation

tradition

vacation

filtration

frustration

bedouin

castration

heroin

heroine

prostration

foramen

horizon

completion

contrition

moroccan

saccharin

samoan

tamarin

abdomen

alderman

artisan

bedridden

capsaicin

cardigan

chairwoman

charwoman

corsican

enliven

genuine

magician

medallion

partisan

porcelain

rebellion

talisman

creation

derision

horatian

parisian

ablation

abortion

abrasion

addiction

admission

alsatian

ambition

apportion

attention

carnation

cognition

dalmatian

damnation

deflation

detection

equation

eviction

hydration

ignition

incision

invasion

laurentian

libration

menhaden

excision

fixation

fortunate

migration

misshapen

persuasion

prediction

proportion

sensation

shortening

starvation

submission

suspicion

taxation

technician

transition

vibration

cistercian

condition

contusion

depiction

durations

gyrations

nitrogen

protection

rendition

retention

salvation

detention

irishman

pretension

stagnation

excretion

restriction

cinnamon

collagen

denizen

intestine

fortuna

assassin

portmanteau

bulletin

certainly

eleven

forgotten

freemason

ambrosian

skeleton

councilman

nevadan

specimen

bandwagon

crestfallen

hardener

companion

jacobin

egyptian

emblazon

etruscan

franciscan

handwoven

housebroken

imprison

keratin

gardenias

gentleman

masculine

ordinance

hammerman

javelin

saleswoman

gardener

solomon

truncation

mandarin

puritan

unbroken

prudency

ramadan

venison

lanolin

medicine

pelican

silicon

suburban

toboggan

distinction

dilution

halogen

conflation

attraction

relation

affliction

contention

regimen

margarine

contortion

conviction

distortion

recession

inflation

creations

imagine

immersion

constriction

cremation

reversion

secession

exhaustion

implosion

threatening

intention

intrusion

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

illusion

pentathlon

corruption

allusion

diversion

retraction

pretensions

aversion

aleutian

translation

assertion

collusion

percussion

delusion

fisherman

perversion

correction

desertion

direction

lecithin

pollution

possession

procession

precession

profession

reaction

transmission

precaution

solution

abandon

acumen

african

alaskan

backgammon

backwoodsman

biotin

cardinal

chairperson

chamberlain

charlatan

discipline

enlighten

extinction

gardeners

guncotton

hardeners

heartbroken

in-person

irritant

lumberman

magdalen

mexican

myosin

niacin

perfusion

pertinent

predestine

prudently

puritans

rifleman

short-winded

timberman

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

ablution

anchorman

concussion

description

encryption

conversion

extortion

extrusion

compassion

prescription

concession

aggression

benjamin

ascension

aspersion

connexion

absorption

abstention

destruction

explosion

connection

extension

adoption

accession

affection

confession

collection

subtraction

deception

deduction

contraction

distraction

depression

contraption

dimension

dispersion

election

earthenware

court-martial

defection

diffusion

digression

discussion

dissection

dissension

emulsion

erection

eruption

gardening

incursion

insertion

inversion

adsorption

exertion

hardening

hydrogen

inaction

obsession

occlusion

impassion

infliction

oppression

oxygen

pardoning

parthenon

perception

perfection

preclusion

preemption

prevention

production

profusion

progression

propulsion

prudential

reception

reduction

regression

repression

resection

revulsion

seclusion

seduction

selection

submersion

subversion

succession

suppression

englishman

aerodyne

baritone

breadwinner

chardonnay

ejection

badminton

cardinals

suggestion

projection

rejection

feminine

albumin

arkansan

cartoonist

irritants

muskmelon

nebraskan

snapdragon

melanin

pretender

ardently

digestion

convection

abstraction

confection

nonhuman

resumption

anglican

confucian

confusion

convention

convulsion

discretion

impression

inception

inclusion

induction

infection

suspension

transaction

extraction

construction

instruction

abduction

conscription

obstruction

subscription

transcription

assumption

combustion

conception

conclusion

concoction

conduction

declension

diffraction

disruption

exaction

excursion

infusion

invention

exception

presumption

deflection

inhuman

singleton

compulsion

redemption

inscription

compression

reflection

marathon

congestion

boardinghouse

ingestion

injection

objection

baritones

bartender

breadwinners

burdensome

exclusion

expression

clarendon

expansion

expulsion

transfusion

transgression

infarction

inflection

infraction

certainties

inspection

freethinker

exemption

pretended

complexion

congressman

consumption

pretenders

compunction

marathons

credential

asuncion

bartenders

conjunction

fortnightly

freethinkers

harlequin

injunction

urethane

credentialed

credenza

credentials

partnership

maritime

certainty

cartoonists

farthingale

partnerships

sardonic

maritimes

firedamp

chardonnays

4 syllable words

simonian

draconian

fallopian

utopian

bolivian

collodion

devonian

napoleon

newtonian

plutonian

peruvian

bohemian

foliation

ohioan

columbian

cotyledon

custodian

estonian

gorgonian

eustachian

olympian

pavlovian

praetorian

motivation

protozoan

procreation

mongolian

criterion

floridian

smithsonian

gregorian

athenian

coalition

corinthian

meridian

moravian

prohibition

sectarian

eritrean

nestorian

victorian

committeeman

molestation

indonesian

centurion

protestation

darwinian

jordanian

accordion

herculean

historian

arabian

assyrian

bavarian

canadian

chameleon

comedian

european

galilean

hyperion

iberian

iranian

jacobean

liberian

maccabean

mammalian

missourian

mutilation

planarian

mitigation

fumigation

siberian

sicilian

equestrian

evocation

alteration

arthurian

relocation

rumination

titillation

valerian

jordanians

deviation

rhetorician

aviation

hegelian

iteration

ideation

nigerian

contrarian

pedestrian

pelagian

radiation

mediation

macedonian

variation

abyssinian

tasmanian

alternation

equitation

superstition

armenian

amphibian

glaciation

barbarian

cultivation

cyclopean

lubrication

albanian

greco-roman

wagnerian

refutation

minnesotan

ovulation

agrarian

coordinate

permutation

oblivion

obsidian

pagurian

librarian

overburden

deportation

dislocation

watermelon

annotation

corporation

dissertation

dissipation

hungarian

jubilation

levitation

limitation

litigation

locomotion

manumission

algerian

corp.

correlation

dilatation

habitation

intuition

restoration

connotation

hesitation

imitation

irritation

meditation

sanitation

supervision

trepidation

polynesian

visitation

politician

usurpation

gravitation

perturbation

recitation

recreation

repetition

variations

attribution

arizonan

himalayan

disputation

malnutrition

ostentation

iridium

exhortation

importation

instigation

lancastrian

mortification

octahedron

tetrahedron

agitation

cogitation

coordinates

crocodilian

noblewoman

shakespearean

vegetation

federation

leviathan

liberation

adoration

apparition

coloration

aberration

decoration

generation

operation

laceration

miseration

moderation

perforation

surrogation

preparation

separation

reparation

toleration

veneration

orchestration

liquidation

backwardation

competition

crucifixion

masturbation

palpitation

penetration

sequestration

polyhedron

publication

requisition

restitution

retardation

retrocession

activation

affectation

altercation

devastation

distillation

duplication

estimation

fabrication

fibrillation

guardianship

intermission

intimation

ventilation

exploitation

acquisition

abdication

adaptation

algonquian

excitation

invitation

superhuman

statistician

syndication

dandelion

dominican

graduation

rhododendron

guatemalan

interurban

maturation

paraguayan

penicillin

ordinary

predetermine

californian

saturation

assemblyman

situation

hydrocarbon

scrutinizes

abolition

admiration

affirmation

allegation

allocation

animation

appalachian

appellation

arbitration

aspiration

augmentation

avocation

bifurcation

collocation

constellation

consternation

constipation

consultation

decimation

declaration

dedication

defamation

delegation

demolition

deposition

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

disinflation

electrician

elevation

erudition

figuration

fluoridation

formulation

gastrulation

hibernation

illustration

immolation

incantation

indentation

indignation

infestation

inhalation

innovation

inquisition

installation

institution

integration

interdiction

irrigation

isolation

malformation

medication

menstruation

ministration

navigation

opposition

oscillation

perspiration

preservation

propagation

proposition

provocation

readmission

reformation

renovation

reposition

reservation

respiration

retribution

revelation

revocation

substitution

suffocation

supposition

transportation

ulceration

vacillation

validation

valuation

interwoven

coloradan

fluctuation

modulation

incubation

adulation

hemoglobin

ordinaries

republican

diocesan

registration

reawaken

education

abnegation

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

ammunition

application

annexation

approbation

benediction

calibration

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

circulation

circumcision

commutation

compilation

composition

confirmation

conservation

consolation

consummation

conversation

convocation

copenhagen

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

designation

destitution

disposition

emigration

emulation

exhibition

granulation

imposition

invocation

expiration

hypertension

immigration

obligation

observation

occupation

contemplation

indecision

contradiction

contribution

fortunately

distribution

incrustation

obstetrician

inattention

inspiration

information

interaction

infiltration

indication

intercession

implantation

insulation

interruption

ordination

prostitution

extrication

population

expectation

oxidation

proclamation

reclamation

recognition

regulation

reputation

segregation

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

tabulation

tribulation

extradition

replication

resignation

subdivision

vindication

comprehension

exhumation

reassertion

alabaman

transplantation

predominate

american

copernican

samaritan

businesswoman

aldebaran

ibuprofen

legislation

nonpartisan

conjugation

ordinances

gentlewoman

inhibition

reexamine

syncopation

amputation

calculation

complication

computation

condemnation

confiscation

consecration

constitution

disinfection

embarkation

excavation

expedition

exploration

exposition

implication

imputation

incarnation

indexation

inflammation

interception

intersection

intervention

jurisdiction

liquefaction

obfuscation

punctuation

satisfaction

subluxation

transformation

disillusion

dissolution

exhalation

devolution

detonation

interjection

evolution

coronation

congregation

preelection

irrational

preignition

apprehension

strangulation

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5 syllable words

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word protean

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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