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5 syllable words
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2 syllable words

gumption

fiction

friction

function

junction

diction

suction

fission

grecian

lesion

mission

prussian

russian

seedsman

vision

lisbon

muslin

treason

glisten

gentian

christian

luncheon

mention

christen

huntsman

listen

caption

flexion

tension

cheapen

reason

dungeon

cousin

deepen

dutchman

risen

bisson

dozen

option

pension

section

prison

season

ashen

caution

cushion

asian

gudgeon

region

session

haitian

ration

dustman

salesman

fashion

typists

bludgeon

dudgeon

freshen

suasion

passion

station

heathen

nation

hessian

kitchen

legion

pigeon

ibsen

apron

chieftain

jasmine

jetson

keelson

kelson

onion

london

piston

runnion

sequin

shipman

shearman

scullion

stepson

sultan

undone

emption

tubman

typist

whitson

ensign

fielden

henchman

tuscan

tungsten

freedman

vulcan

desman

eavesdrop

landsman

sanction

substance

guardsman

action

auction

bastion

belgian

brethren

bushman

engine

faustian

flashgun

fraction

freshman

faction

drunken

martian

portion

question

mansion

shrunken

traction

upshot

torsion

sunken

basin

bason

beacon

beaten

begun

billon

bison

bitten

brazen

briton

button

caisson

chasten

chicken

cretin

deacon

demon

driven

eaten

eden

elan

fasten

freeman

gibbon

glidden

given

griffon

hidden

hyson

leman

lessen

lesson

leven

moisten

mitten

jason

kitten

hasten

mason

muffin

hausen

mullen

linen

mutton

oven

ninon

poison

quicken

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

ripen

riven

seaman

semen

seton

rosin

sicken

smitten

steven

stiffen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

thicken

thousand

toughen

villain

weaken

wheaten

wiccan

wizen

women

written

affixed

defects

delphian

dipstick

headsman

sexton

capstan

grandson

klansman

lengthen

ripostes

statesman

townsman

oarsman

strengthen

notion

motion

ocean

version

potion

persian

cajun

fusion

lotion

mahone

penguin

baston

billion

bookman

airman

sweepstakes

arson

austin

bellman

billman

brakeman

bullion

boston

captain

chairman

chapman

chevron

citron

paean

crimson

fireman

gascon

headman

depict

peon

dobson

craftsman

chaplain

classman

claxon

clinton

copeman

fibrin

footman

chessman

damson

evict

gilden

goodman

hetman

draftsman

houseman

kremlin

matron

mignon

oxen

melton

milken

penman

pinion

silken

subside

pillion

pitman

samson

spearman

million

minden

kelvin

kansan

minion

kenyan

nekton

patron

pectin

trillion

passman

parson

spigots

lynden

m1

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lopeman

newsman

saxon

marksman

sylvan

tendon

teston

selden

stillion

woodman

pressman

sportsman

tillman

woolman

churchman

coachman

fortune

georgian

margin

othman

rincon

watchman

bacon

children

bayman

spokesman

beckon

bellon

sweepstake

breton

bordman

brighten

cayman

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

devon

graven

charon

canaan

chosen

deaden

deafen

felon

frighten

frozen

happen

haven

heaven

hyphen

markman

jetton

leaden

leaven

liken

liman

open

ledden

lemon

lichen

liven

perron

lighten

marron

redden

riden

seven

heighten

heron

hymen

kalan

laden

layman

loosen

lyden

maiden

melon

pagan

person

pullen

raven

reckon

rosen

abstain

marchman

satan

shaken

cauldron

wooden

siphon

depicts

horseman

woman

taken

scotsman

syphon

worsen

siren

zaman

doctrine

woolen

divests

waken

tighten

caxton

threaten

scapegoats

vegan

weapon

baldwin

yachtsman

titan

whiten

yaupon

widen

straighten

tappen

lampron

landman

urson

portman

triton

subsides

shaman

plankton

sturgeon

surgeon

trojan

urchin

earthen

pathan

burgeon

acton

affect

alban

alman

aspen

atman

bagman

bargain

barton

boatman

canton

carman

carmine

corban

cordon

dalton

dampen

debased

carbon

bolden

calvin

carton

darken

defect

divest

dolman

dolphin

falcon

faulcon

foreman

fountain

garden

golden

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

harten

hearten

hempen

jackman

jargon

jordan

jorden

kirkman

lockman

marlin

marten

martin

molten

morgan

outrun

mormon

mountain

norman

olden

organ

orphan

outdone

packman

panton

pardon

riposte

sharpen

soldan

plantain

ponton

saffron

santon

shorten

shotgun

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallman

stockman

tarpon

tartan

upside

wanton

workman

warden

cowan

dian

gowan

ion

lion

mayan

rayon

scion

zion

longan

mangan

hangman

upstarts

affects

beefsteak

postman

capstone

homespun

upsets

alan

amman

auden

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

blowgun

bobbin

blacken

bollen

boughten

burden

burman

burton

cabin

burdon

hopscotch

bourbon

bowman

bracken

broaden

brogan

broken

cannon

canon

common

cotton

crewman

cuban

cumin

curtain

firman

flatten

floren

foreign

gallon

gammon

garron

german

gladden

hogan

lagan

latin

madden

certain

colon

crouton

dragon

dromon

ermine

fallen

famine

fatten

gluten

gotten

hoten

human

locken

logan

loren

lumen

hoven

odin

omen

patten

pavon

platen

platten

pollen

often

pollan

proven

robin

roman

rotten

rumen

sadden

salmon

satin

sermon

shogun

showman

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spigot

spoken

stolen

swollen

talon

token

toman

trodden

turban

urban

wagon

warren

woven

yeoman

zircon

obstructs

abstruse

substrate

upstart

dovecote

spastic

banyan

effect

robust

scallion

scapegoat

union

webster

hipster

quipster

stallion

tipster

canyon

owen

rowan

offshoot

rowen

substrates

ruin

urine

diffused

dovecotes

effects

hipsters

offsets

websters

abstracts

offshoots

spectrums

obstruct

defaced

lobster

space-time

upset

bobcats

spectral

spectrum

spectre

abstract

bobcat

offset

lobsters

upstream

3 syllable words

restriction

magician

resumption

presumption

attrition

depletion

addiction

condition

deduction

depression

depiction

emulsion

ignition

eviction

optician

patrician

prediction

preemption

pretension

prevention

propulsion

resection

retention

revulsion

seduction

submission

transition

suspicion

decision

collision

desertion

division

musician

phoenician

precaution

precession

profession

religion

rescission

revision

procession

venetian

precision

provision

recession

recision

secession

expulsion

egyptian

brazilian

logician

contrition

conviction

impression

transmission

affliction

disruption

induction

compunction

misprision

compulsion

evictions

depictions

assumption

retraction

cognition

collection

concession

jettison

concussion

connexion

confession

connection

defection

dentition

detection

detention

digression

dimension

discussion

dissection

excision

exertion

irishman

nutrition

elison

election

erection

epistle

impassion

citizen

dissension

inaction

incision

accession

aggression

oppression

accretion

admission

ambition

partition

affection

attention

apportion

asuncion

obsession

ascension

production

progression

proportion

protection

selection

regression

tactician

technician

reduction

rendition

secretion

succession

suppression

injunction

assertion

audition

consumption

corruption

munition

reaction

sedation

volition

cremation

solution

imprison

commotion

expression

proscription

niacin

aleutian

elation

emotion

negation

ejection

rejection

expansion

myosin

exemption

relation

predation

inspection

omission

devotion

cetacean

suggestion

pollution

destruction

causation

description

percussion

permission

promotion

digestion

summation

projection

infarction

prescription

infliction

abduction

affections

civilian

completion

compression

conception

conduction

confection

contention

convection

convention

convulsion

creation

declension

defections

deflection

diffraction

discipline

discretion

distinction

distortion

dominion

englishman

exaction

exhaustion

fijian

fruition

infection

invention

opinion

pavilion

predestine

reflection

revisits

rifleman

suspension

tuition

unwritten

injection

subscription

objection

inscription

instruction

transcription

constriction

congestion

conjunction

conscription

fixation

insertion

cyprian

freemason

keynesian

compassion

revisit

adoption

crustacean

garrison

medicine

venison

hydration

hydrogen

opposite

abortion

deflation

cistercian

denizen

vitamin

bulletin

silicon

unison

ablation

ablution

dictation

laurentian

assassin

cinnamon

libration

migration

nitrogen

optation

perfection

vibration

extinction

saleswoman

absorption

extension

encryption

etruscan

transgression

franciscan

inflection

reptilian

infraction

truncation

complexion

distraction

cessation

nemean

citation

gradation

gyration

fenian

halogen

lecithin

ligation

vacation

median

narration

origin

biotin

diversion

duration

correction

dilution

plebeian

dilation

direction

privation

combustion

confucian

deposits

in-person

attraction

conflation

partisan

concoction

bedridden

cardigan

forbidden

contortion

artisan

capsaicin

alaskan

nobleman

filtration

talisman

opposites

frustration

implosion

inflation

midshipman

singleton

transaction

translation

construction

laotian

derision

parisian

obstruction

deception

temptation

reception

aspersion

oxygen

gestation

contagion

sensation

typesetting

apostle

subtraction

adsorption

awaken

bosnian

bouillon

catalan

fustian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

keratin

lanolin

lesbian

nevadan

ottoman

peterman

ramadan

suburban

vatican

pelican

reunion

specimen

toboggan

wesleyan

puritan

abstention

skeleton

contraction

explosion

extortion

deficit

deposit

solomon

collagen

determine

contraption

badminton

companion

councilman

gentleman

allusion

nebraskan

obstructions

collusion

deletion

fisherman

malaysian

occasion

muskmelon

octillion

perversion

harlequin

aversion

appian

redemption

ghanaian

exception

inception

malayan

hawaiian

reopen

samoan

mexican

unburden

lumberman

abstentions

african

unbutton

magdalen

medallion

uncertain

extraction

uncommon

backwoodsman

abstraction

acumen

battalion

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

abandon

corsican

genuine

sumatran

porcelain

guncotton

divestment

charlatan

cohesion

deficits

vermilion

subsidize

apostles

coercion

horatian

abrasion

cartesian

profusion

aegean

occlusion

perception

subversion

artesian

contusion

conversion

submersion

corrosion

croatian

phrygian

scythian

stygian

dispersion

upsetting

eavesdropping

congressman

substantial

abstractions

bedizen

unbroken

campion

masculine

superman

handwoven

eleven

scorpion

adhesion

champion

forgotten

arkansan

snapdragon

communion

beethoven

thespian

divestments

flirtation

flotation

location

probation

pentathlon

caucasian

oration

donation

ovation

vocation

reversion

rotation

confusion

erosion

collegian

excursion

misfortune

delusion

evasion

margarine

conclusion

illusion

anglican

imagine

immersion

mutation

notation

quotation

abdomen

alderman

backgammon

bedouin

cation

charwoman

chilean

forewoman

gillian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horizon

ingestion

libyan

lobbyists

lopsided

mistaken

moroccan

orion

perfusion

policeman

rebellion

rhapsodic

rhapsodize

rhodopsin

simian

spectacle

substantive

syrian

veteran

lutheran

incursion

diffusion

anchorman

dalmatian

offsetting

seclusion

taxation

norwegian

starvation

equation

damnation

stagnation

invasion

plantation

excretion

extrusion

lactation

exclusion

inversion

beholden

benjamin

carnation

persuasion

misshapen

alsatian

formation

foundation

preclusion

transfusion

salvation

tapestries

spectacles

anyone

ambrosian

bandwagon

downtrodden

intestine

bitumen

overman

rhapsody

subsidy

waterman

disunion

embolden

obstacle

uneven

nonunion

overrun

outspoken

hammerman

indian

mandarin

episode

ferryman

overdone

castration

inclusion

inhuman

intention

intrusion

prostration

infusion

spectrograph

obstacles

clergyman

regimen

apostate

devastate

everyone

italian

navigates

sophistry

subacute

subsidies

tapestry

timberman

affecting

alien

carrion

aryan

arian

avian

clarion

fabian

foramen

freudian

grobian

irian

jovian

julian

korean

odeon

permian

saccharin

tamarin

uterine

gaussian

marian

dorian

nubian

galleon

protean

albumin

crestfallen

countryman

emblazon

housebroken

obfuscate

obstructive

obstinate

upside-down

guardian

gravamen

halcyon

zambian

gordian

feminine

lobbyist

albion

baby-sit

kantian

adrian

andean

nonhuman

melanin

navigate

suffocate

australian

parthian

abstinence

abstinent

substitutes

affective

austrian

abstracted

affected

cambrian

clarendon

defective

depicted

effective

enlighten

enliven

episodes

heavyweights

robustly

menhaden

substitute

effector

oboist

heavyset

effectors

spaghetti

substances

heavyweight

spectators

spectator

4 syllable words

inhibition

republican

coalition

prohibition

reassertion

decompression

expedition

preconception

admonition

benediction

disaffection

ammunition

deportation

dereliction

exhibition

recognition

statistician

stipulation

imitation

immolation

irrigation

isolation

appellation

litigation

visitation

reelection

repercussion

dilatation

diminution

dissolution

inhalation

divination

innovation

preelection

propagation

apparition

violation

implication

imputation

jurisdiction

disconnection

dispensation

accusation

application

penicillin

approbation

circumcision

compilation

deformation

demarcation

depravation

depredation

distillation

duplication

deprivation

immigration

invocation

inattention

indication

intimation

intonation

inundation

lilliputian

palpitation

population

recollection

insulation

predilection

relaxation

replication

superstition

stimulation

retardation

simulation

reputation

tribulation

vindication

dedication

derivation

irritation

machination

defamation

delegation

locomotion

intuition

jubilation

limitation

deconstruction

allegation

allocation

animation

annotation

appalachian

avocation

collocation

connotation

coronation

correlation

decimation

desiccation

desolation

detonation

devolution

domination

elevation

emanation

evocation

evolution

fluoridation

germination

fascination

hesitation

habitation

manumission

medication

oscillation

praetorian

profanation

meditation

provocation

trepidation

relocation

renovation

revelation

termination

titillation

revocation

revolution

sanitation

suffocation

supervision

reconstruction

recitation

resolution

melanesian

mutilation

navigation

mitigation

nomination

reawaken

vacillation

motivation

validation

introduction

businesswoman

dehydration

contradiction

elongation

extradition

misconception

obstetrician

syncopation

agitation

crocodilian

amputation

education

nonprescription

modulation

rhetorician

complication

compensation

hemoglobin

computation

deviation

pagination

ministration

installation

integration

liquefaction

miseration

pigmentation

reinspection

surrogation

condescension

illustration

mediation

importation

adulation

vegetation

inclination

inflammation

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

activation

adaptation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

calibration

cancellation

celebration

circulation

combination

commendation

commutation

consolation

consummation

convocation

convolution

copenhagen

cotyledon

culmination

cultivation

cyclopean

degradation

desecration

designation

destination

destitution

devastation

elocution

emigration

emulation

equitation

estimation

fermentation

fibrillation

granulation

hypertension

indecision

intermission

interruption

introspection

invitation

liquidation

minnesotan

obligation

obstetricians

occupation

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

penetration

persecution

presentation

proclamation

prosecution

prostitution

publication

recantation

reclamation

reexamine

regulation

resignation

revocations

segregation

speculation

syndication

tabulation

vaccination

ventilation

contraception

explanation

explication

disillusion

hibernation

levitation

resurrection

implantation

distribution

incrustation

circumspection

impregnation

legislation

conjugation

self-deception

assyrian

galilean

jacobean

diocesan

european

hyperion

himalayan

maccabean

missourian

protozoan

sicilian

valerian

circumvention

condemnation

condensation

excavation

execution

incarnation

mortification

incantation

misperception

hegelian

calculation

confiscation

constellation

noblewoman

constipation

constitution

separation

consultation

obfuscation

segmentation

misbegotten

imperfection

satisfaction

cogitation

operation

armageddon

electrician

consecration

nigerian

formulation

fragmentation

institution

disputation

gastrulation

indignation

coloration

iteration

liberation

retribution

preparation

disinfection

disinflation

reparation

malnutrition

instigation

interdiction

subluxation

substitution

fluctuation

apprehension

congregation

strangulation

exhalation

affectionate

annexation

interaction

abdication

affectation

fabrication

inspiration

insurrection

intercession

alabaman

columbian

lubrication

protestation

restitution

subdivision

committeeman

depositors

graduation

abnegation

guatemalan

molestation

maturation

oblivion

obsidian

paraguayan

predetermine

samaritan

saturation

situation

contravention

contribution

indiscretion

gravitation

desperation

fumigation

demonstration

sequestration

reservation

preservation

gentlewoman

respiration

contemplation

infiltration

figuration

concentration

corp.

corporation

confrontation

bifurcation

aspiration

ulceration

conflagration

expectation

extrication

rumination

dissipation

algerian

dissertation

exclamation

orchestration

perspiration

rhododendron

indexation

arizonan

indentation

iberian

depositor

tetrahedron

arbitration

infestation

comprehension

englishwoman

exploration

liberian

embarkation

octahedron

malformation

ostentation

napoleon

criterion

siberian

attribution

punctuation

augmentation

intersection

intervention

transportation

shakespearean

sophisticate

substitutions

macedonian

pedestrian

transplantation

comparison

decoration

interjection

federation

variation

generation

ideation

expiration

carcinogen

observation

foliation

leviathan

officiate

radiation

registration

permutation

polyhedron

refutation

superhuman

aviation

retrocession

veneration

incubation

crucifixion

dislocation

information

exploitation

amphibian

darwinian

dominican

copernican

dandelion

abyssinian

glaciation

eritrean

sophisticates

officiates

nonpartisan

valuation

usurpation

procreation

babysitting

polynesian

restoration

reformation

recreation

declaration

exhortation

gregorian

capacitor

capacity

collodion

floridian

arabian

opacity

bavarian

bolivian

canadian

chameleon

comedian

mammalian

planarian

rhapsodizes

capacitance

excitation

bohemian

corinthian

athenian

obstructionist

american

olympian

capacities

capacitors

custodian

aldebaran

pagurian

overburden

agrarian

hydrocarbon

armenian

evocative

ibuprofen

exhumation

tasmanian

accordion

meridian

hungarian

interception

menstruation

obstructionists

substantially

suffocating

obesity

fallopian

coloradan

utopian

apostolic

adrenaline

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5 syllable words

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civilization

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word reposition

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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