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

action

faction

fraction

traction

caxton

claxon

saxon

caption

sanction

auction

fiction

bastion

diction

flexion

mansion

section

suction

friction

sexton

capstan

ashen

fashion

grecian

haitian

station

passion

ration

nation

billion

banyan

acton

aspen

classman

baston

canyon

damson

fielden

gascon

hackman

milken

oxen

trillion

passman

million

samson

silken

jackman

sequin

packman

pillion

stillion

function

junction

craftsman

draftsman

maelstrom

marksman

landsman

christian

mason

elan

hyson

caisson

deacon

bracken

basin

hasten

bason

beacon

chasten

bison

jason

fasten

faustian

blacken

slacken

weaken

flashgun

question

delphian

dustman

children

doctrine

statesman

spokesman

elects

grandson

lampron

klansman

landman

seedsman

salesman

fission

prussian

caution

legion

pathan

lesion

freshen

mission

russian

cajun

session

heathen

hessian

region

asian

mahone

suasion

emption

gumption

plankton

atman

austin

bagman

bullion

blasted

boston

brakeman

billman

canton

captain

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chieftain

dampen

falcon

faulcon

flaccid

flaxseed

freedman

gilden

houseman

ibsen

jasmine

kirkman

kansan

keelson

kelson

lockman

plantain

nekton

panton

pectin

piston

saffron

shearman

stallion

tuscan

huntsman

vulcan

stockman

whitson

pressman

santon

scullion

scallion

sylvan

sportsman

teston

workman

tillman

option

tension

bulkheads

mangan

mention

martian

freshman

belgian

blasting

gentian

hangman

pension

portion

rincon

torsion

amman

alan

bacon

baron

baton

barren

postman

selects

batten

batton

bayman

beaten

beckon

billon

bisson

brazen

cabin

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

cheapen

chicken

christen

craven

cretin

famine

yachtsman

demon

scotsman

daman

eaten

eden

dagon

oilseeds

dragon

dagan

deepen

fatten

flatten

freeman

gallon

gammon

garron

gladden

glisten

graven

happen

haven

kalan

laden

lagan

latin

layman

leman

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

liken

listen

locken

madden

maiden

moisten

pagan

patten

person

placid

platen

platten

quicken

raven

reason

reckon

rerun

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

seaman

season

semen

seton

shaken

shaman

sicken

steven

straighten

stricken

sweeten

taken

talon

tappen

thicken

treason

urson

villain

wagon

waken

wheaten

wiccan

worsen

zaman

zircon

cauldron

marchman

millstone

markman

baldwin

hillsides

milestone

ballasts

collects

homespun

horseman

hailstone

flagstone

molests

blockheads

bulkhead

cushion

falsehood

kitchen

lotion

motion

notion

ocean

pigeon

potion

tungsten

vision

arson

blackouts

blacktop

blackwood

dalton

ensign

jetson

kelvin

stepson

sultan

molten

peon

selden

harken

rayon

flagstones

guardsman

bookman

hailstones

hailstorm

spearman

bolden

crimson

golden

minden

milestones

fibrin

pitman

melton

plastic

woolman

fireman

bellman

hillside

mignon

soldan

apron

alban

linden

lineman

linemen

alman

blockades

calvin

citron

darken

daylights

dobson

clinton

dolphin

delights

dolman

blastoff

dulcet

elect

lightman

lisbon

lynden

matron

parson

oilseed

patron

olden

shipman

stallman

paean

skylights

falsehoods

margin

sunken

blockhead

fortune

luncheon

drunken

engine

georgian

bullshit

bushman

dungeon

shrunken

daylight

frighten

mitten

pullen

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

spoken

token

begun

bellon

bitten

blockade

delight

driven

fallen

felon

mullen

risen

bordman

twilight

triton

tighten

titan

headsman

brighten

briton

polecats

broken

colon

hidden

lighten

ninon

poison

pollen

siphon

gallstone

pollan

oarsman

sullen

lengthen

stiffen

hymen

hyphen

kitten

linen

liven

melon

placoid

solon

woolen

liman

placate

portman

bollen

given

heighten

siren

townsman

gibbon

glidden

griffon

loosen

lyden

prison

riven

strengthen

skylight

smitten

stolen

striven

swollen

syphon

women

whiten

widen

wizen

written

henchman

penguin

cliched

trojan

gallstones

bludgeon

burgeon

urchin

gudgeon

sturgeon

dudgeon

earthen

fusion

surgeon

version

persian

airman

ballast

bargain

barton

boatman

calcite

calloused

carbon

carman

carmine

chevron

collect

carton

chairman

copeman

corban

cordon

desman

footman

foreman

fountain

garden

goodman

gorgon

harden

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

jargon

jordan

jorden

kremlin

london

lopeman

m1

marlin

marten

martin

minion

molest

morgan

mormon

mountain

muslin

newsman

norman

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

pardon

penman

pinion

plasters

ponton

select

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

spartan

smarten

sovereign

sovran

squadron

tarpon

tartan

tendon

tubman

undone

wanton

warden

woodman

cowan

dian

brethren

coachman

gowan

churchman

longan

othman

watchman

ion

scion

dutchman

polished

mayan

urine

lion

zion

bolstered

bolsters

blackout

auden

blaster

boughten

alight

bobbin

blowgun

bourbon

bowman

breton

broaden

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

certain

charon

chosen

common

cotton

cousin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

dromon

ermine

firman

floren

foreign

frozen

german

gluten

gotten

hausen

heaven

heron

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

jetton

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

logan

loren

lumen

marron

muffin

oven

perron

omen

open

mutton

odin

often

plaster

proven

pavon

redden

resin

rotten

rumen

slogan

sodden

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

sermon

seven

shogun

showman

soften

sudden

summon

thousand

threaten

toman

toughen

trodden

turban

urban

vegan

warren

weapon

woman

wooden

woven

yaupon

yeoman

flagstaffs

slighting

blisters

bluestone

onion

cloistered

kenyan

bolster

cloisters

clustered

clusters

flusters

holster

polecat

ulster

union

runnion

owen

rowen

rowan

solstice

ruin

falstaff

plastics

blister

closet

cluster

bluster

cloister

slightly

fluster

closets

closedown

policed

closedowns

flagstaff

slaughters

holstein

slaughter

milkweed

flighty

3 syllable words

capsaicin

retraction

filtration

accession

damnation

stagnation

inaction

election

plantation

succession

dictation

cessation

precession

dilation

elation

cremation

vacation

creation

exception

translation

exaction

reflection

castration

deflection

elections

diffraction

discretion

freemason

detection

defection

collection

deflation

crustacean

dalmatian

deduction

accretion

equation

erection

eruption

gestation

salvation

sensation

insertion

prediction

resection

hydration

vibration

migration

libration

repression

secretion

seduction

tactician

selection

occasion

rejection

location

caucasian

ligation

vocation

secession

cetacean

privation

procession

recession

deletion

gradation

ejection

assertion

precaution

citation

gyration

truncation

distraction

excretion

expansion

expression

infraction

extension

inflection

inflation

italian

infection

prostration

frustration

resumption

induction

presumption

predestine

excursion

horatian

impression

inception

transaction

attraction

alaskan

selections

transmission

backgammon

collections

ablation

admission

affection

ambition

ascension

carnation

cistercian

concession

connection

connexion

deception

depiction

depletion

depression

digression

discussion

dissection

dissension

eviction

excision

exertion

formation

foundation

impassion

injection

inscription

invasion

obsession

optation

oxygen

perception

perfection

persuasion

preemption

pretension

prevention

production

protection

reception

reduction

retention

silicon

starvation

technician

temptation

transition

digestion

masculine

description

franciscan

projection

infliction

contraction

reluctant

infarction

complexion

electron

expulsion

extortion

inspection

subtraction

transfusion

transgression

restriction

evasion

negation

donation

probation

remission

malaysian

dilution

imagine

oration

summation

direction

notation

precision

sedation

predation

duration

desertion

causation

correction

flirtation

flotation

narration

ovation

percussion

quotation

rotation

saccharin

mutation

battalion

elastic

conception

mexican

concoction

medallion

convection

exhaustion

compression

affliction

invention

suspension

conflation

declension

mistaken

confection

conduction

subscription

conscription

croatian

transcription

extraction

injunction

abstraction

abortion

abrasion

adoption

apportion

peterman

aspersion

concussion

detention

dimension

ignition

ingestion

aggression

asuncion

celestial

confession

incision

incursion

inversion

contagion

compassion

dispersion

relocate

andean

delighted

kantian

pelican

misshapen

jacobin

reunion

assassin

champion

oppression

zambian

progression

eleven

electrons

silicate

objection

proportion

campion

halcyon

hammerman

regression

mandarin

suppression

suspicion

absorption

extinction

companion

extrusion

electric

etruscan

egyptian

encryption

muskmelon

saleswoman

contraption

harlequin

proscription

exclusion

exemption

suggestion

prescription

intestine

explosion

nebraskan

aleutian

halogen

illusion

compunction

volition

pollution

profession

immersion

possession

corruption

decision

devotion

diversion

emission

emotion

lecithin

recision

religion

reversion

revision

sedition

solution

delighting

delusion

rescission

alien

gillian

malayan

median

combustion

contention

disruption

chilean

niacin

assumption

redemption

distortion

intention

intrusion

tamarin

contortion

appian

arian

foramen

cation

fenian

abduction

convention

gaussian

completion

myosin

nemean

abandon

alderman

acumen

abdomen

conjunction

allocates

instruction

congestion

delightful

illustrates

cambrian

collected

elective

galactic

rhodopsin

backwoodsman

enlighten

enliven

in-person

silicates

violists

coercion

galactose

magdalen

electrodes

scholastic

uncertain

fijian

timberman

electors

talisman

laotian

philistine

ablution

anchorman

revulsion

laurentian

seclusion

irishman

conversion

submersion

attention

addiction

emulsion

hydrogen

menhaden

nitrogen

preclusion

subversion

albion

allocate

awaken

catalan

cinnamon

citizen

collagen

delicate

elector

albumin

elison

javelin

medicine

fustian

garrison

jamaican

nevadan

gravamen

abstention

lanolin

adsorption

ambrosian

illicit

ramadan

electrode

emblazon

consumption

disunion

philistines

handwoven

destruction

skeleton

specimen

thespian

venison

vitamin

arkansan

badminton

unison

illustrate

imprison

solomon

division

promotion

collision

distinction

englishman

commotion

origin

erosion

collusion

aversion

perversion

allusion

phoenician

plastering

venetian

anglican

implosion

inclusion

constriction

construction

obstruction

conviction

misfortune

misprision

pentathlon

brazilian

moroccan

orion

austrian

guncotton

collective

collectors

electro

molested

elicits

reopen

chairperson

charlatan

corsican

delegates

lumberman

nihilists

civilian

discipline

palisades

pavilion

unburden

uncommon

rebellion

sumatran

galleon

porcelain

ghanaian

policeman

vermilion

hawaiian

julian

pilasters

selective

propulsion

tuition

occlusion

congressman

contusion

fruition

diffusion

bandwagon

bitumen

blockaded

blockaders

bulletin

collector

communion

crestfallen

delegate

denizen

determine

elicit

falsetto

forgotten

housebroken

keratin

nonunion

octillion

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

pilaster

overman

overrun

palisade

puritan

reelect

relegate

reptilian

snapdragon

suburban

superman

toboggan

vatican

violist

waterman

wesleyan

addition

blustering

audition

collegian

compulsion

conclusion

permission

confucian

convulsion

commission

fisherman

physician

petition

position

midshipman

munition

omission

musician

blistering

edition

margarine

infusion

tradition

african

artisan

ballistic

blastoderm

chairwoman

charwoman

cohesion

falsettos

blockader

forewoman

logician

magician

molesters

plasterwork

partisan

pleistocene

rifleman

avian

biotin

solicits

fabian

unbutton

uterine

veteran

australian

cartesian

fluctuates

profusion

dentition

fluctuate

nutrition

artesian

attrition

beholden

cognition

condition

norwegian

optician

partition

patrician

rendition

submission

unbroken

downtrodden

corrosion

derision

flycatcher

solstices

lutheran

parisian

adhesion

adrian

anyone

bedizen

beethoven

bouillon

falsity

ferryman

jettison

keynesian

molester

solicit

uneven

provision

glistening

clergyman

slaughterhouse

contrition

confusion

singleton

inhuman

chamberlain

genuine

heartbroken

perfusion

nobleman

electrics

everyone

jovian

korean

irian

benjamin

clarion

dorian

libyan

marian

nubian

odeon

simian

carrion

permian

aryan

bedouin

heroin

freudian

grobian

heroine

horizon

plasterer

plebeian

samoan

protean

syrian

aegean

councilman

countryman

embolden

gentleman

glaciate

phrygian

scythian

stygian

nonhuman

blessedly

talkative

bosnian

gordian

cyprian

guardian

scorpion

lesbian

indian

soloist

melanin

parthian

regimen

collegiate

bedridden

forbidden

unwritten

cardigan

dominion

opinion

soloists

ballistics

feminine

realist

clarendon

realists

placidly

dialect

loyalist

royalist

dialects

loyalists

coalesced

dualist

duelist

4 syllable words

implantation

dispensation

illustration

implication

incantation

preconception

allocations

altercation

annexation

application

calibration

celebration

desecration

dislocation

duplication

immigration

indication

inundation

invocation

molestation

replication

vaccination

vindication

divination

dedication

elevation

delegation

desiccation

allegation

hibernation

irrigation

preelection

repercussion

suffocation

innovation

litigation

medication

provocation

validation

imitation

isolation

machination

readmission

reelection

repossession

revocation

aberration

adoration

coloration

decoration

deviation

laceration

illustrations

iteration

liberation

mediation

miseration

toleration

education

condensation

maturation

compensation

complication

decompression

consecration

electrician

inclination

importation

infestation

inflammation

integration

malformation

ministration

graduation

indentation

pigmentation

saturation

acclamation

alternation

accusation

activation

affectation

allegations

acclimation

backwardation

commendation

conversation

culmination

cancellation

convocation

cultivation

delegations

designation

devastation

elocution

emigration

excitation

expiration

fermentation

information

intercession

intimation

intonation

invitation

transplantation

lilliputian

obligation

oxidation

palpitation

publication

resignation

precondition

presentation

reclamation

penetration

proclamation

protestation

syndication

derivation

detonation

emanation

domination

meditation

mitigation

nomination

recreation

reformation

reposition

reservation

renovation

termination

syncopation

connotation

annotation

appellation

avocation

animation

alteration

aspiration

coronation

hesitation

vacillation

habitation

navigation

gravitation

motivation

perturbation

preservation

sanitation

valuation

visitation

admiration

declaration

defamation

germination

recitation

fascination

figuration

fluoridation

limitation

profanation

ulceration

irritation

affirmation

decimation

propagation

separation

operation

perforation

conflagration

reparation

demonstration

electricians

explication

preparation

foliation

generation

incrustation

surrogation

federation

impregnation

misconception

moderation

veneration

violation

excavation

exhortation

augmentation

confiscation

elocutions

embarkation

calculation

condemnation

exploration

incarnation

transportation

adulation

agitation

indignation

interception

intersection

fluctuation

pagination

mortification

segmentation

vegetation

obfuscation

misperception

reinspection

transformation

combination

confirmation

incubation

consummation

depravation

exhalation

depredation

inspiration

liquidation

persecution

deprivation

electioneer

interaction

observation

occupation

ordination

degradation

fabrication

equitation

estimation

destination

granulation

retrocession

prosecution

recantation

masturbation

electorate

stipulation

aggravation

aggregation

tabulation

reconstruction

advocation

tribulation

approbation

circulation

stimulation

situation

abrogation

abnegation

adaptation

speculation

abdication

segregation

simulation

deconstruction

appalachian

concentration

confrontation

conjugation

corp.

corporation

desperation

diminution

diocesan

dissertation

dissipation

electrical

exclamation

expectation

explanation

exploitation

extrication

fluctuations

illustrated

immolation

indiscretion

infiltration

inhalation

melanesian

orchestration

perspiration

politician

praetorian

preignition

procreation

reawaken

respiration

restoration

self-deception

sequestration

titillation

reproduction

disconnection

liquefaction

disputation

amputation

electioneers

aviation

variation

execution

ideation

gastrulation

imputation

instigation

fragmentation

punctuation

exhumation

pelagian

electorates

apparition

radiation

constipation

tamoxifen

condescension

introspection

predetermine

commutation

ovulation

exhibition

lubrication

insulation

congregation

emulation

insurrection

acquisition

electricals

fibrillation

permutation

recollection

columbian

glaciation

population

cyclopean

regulation

superstition

tasmanian

refutation

predilection

distillation

inattention

minnesotan

imposition

indecision

conservation

reputation

strangulation

statistician

contraception

circumspection

businesswoman

inhibition

erudition

galilean

revelation

usurpation

opposition

jacobean

maccabean

correlation

delegating

deposition

desolation

fumigation

jubilation

proposition

trepidation

levitation

mutilation

rumination

oscillation

intuition

premonition

definition

repetition

supposition

resurrection

consternation

disinflation

imperfection

consultation

formulation

inquisition

installation

electrify

jurisdiction

interdiction

malnutrition

satisfaction

menstruation

cogitation

prohibition

modulation

arbitration

attribution

computation

dietitian

expedition

exposition

ostentation

algonquian

compilation

intermission

consolation

apprehension

ammunition

interruption

ventilation

composition

indigestion

interjection

admonition

circumcision

dereliction

disaffection

registration

competition

benediction

recognition

requisition

olympian

wagnerian

abyssinian

reexamine

extradition

introduction

paraguayan

sectarian

penicillin

albanian

reluctantly

dissolution

illustrative

illustrators

hydrocarbon

nonprescription

californian

legislation

algerian

electrifies

locomotion

chameleon

constellation

disinfection

collodion

circumvention

institution

intervention

fallopian

lancastrian

draconian

himalayan

bolivian

valerian

coalition

pedestrian

electrocute

delectable

shakespearean

hegelian

armageddon

rhetorician

illustrator

distribution

calisthenic

destitution

disposition

gargantuan

hypertension

moravian

contemplation

prostitution

restitution

contravention

contradiction

assemblyman

amphibian

elicited

eustachian

oblivion

victorian

equestrian

accordion

aldebaran

dominican

jordanian

comprehension

alabaman

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word relaxation

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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