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3 syllable words
5 syllable words
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2 syllable words

martian

guardsman

arson

garden

harden

pardon

parson

marksman

margin

auction

option

portion

torsion

sweethearts

ashen

bordman

caution

cauldron

retards

station

marchman

heathen

nation

markman

fashion

seedsman

grecian

haitian

passion

ration

carbon

citron

cordon

hearten

darken

harken

sharpen

shearman

dobson

harten

jargon

jordan

jorden

smarten

spartan

squadron

tarpon

tartan

bargain

carmine

carton

oxen

barton

freedman

martin

warden

retard

matron

carman

fielden

marlin

marten

patron

retread

whitson

bastion

diction

basin

bison

mason

beaten

bason

rerun

cretin

seton

sodden

jason

hasten

hyson

flashgun

chasten

fiction

eaten

sweeten

trodden

caisson

eden

fortune

fasten

wheaten

georgian

friction

children

grandson

horseman

nitrates

oarsman

statesman

retorts

retreats

russian

asian

session

freshen

region

cajun

lesion

legion

hessian

mission

prussian

suasion

fission

emption

gumption

sweetheart

alban

aspen

boston

chieftain

classman

corban

dolman

dolphin

fibrin

fireman

foreman

gascon

gilden

gorgon

hatred

ibsen

jetson

lightman

linden

lockman

lynden

minden

morgan

mormon

orphan

nitrate

norman

outdone

outrun

organ

passman

pitman

ponton

retreat

spearman

startle

retired

retort

sequin

shorten

sovereign

sovran

start-up

stockman

landsman

function

junction

sanction

action

caption

faction

gentian

section

christian

othman

question

starting

tension

traction

suction

fraction

faustian

flexion

freshman

mention

longan

mansion

pension

watchman

hatreds

headsman

yachtsman

burden

cayman

burdon

cheapen

elan

fallen

foreign

freeman

frighten

garron

heighten

taken

hidden

pagan

pollan

pollen

tighten

titan

warren

zaman

canaan

christen

floren

gladden

glidden

glisten

gotten

graven

haven

pavon

person

treason

triton

whiten

widen

worsen

urson

waken

weaken

written

bisson

bitten

bobbin

common

cotton

layman

leman

lessen

lesson

leven

lighten

listen

reason

ridden

sadden

riden

robin

rosin

rotten

satan

sudden

doctrine

lampron

auden

baron

bayman

locken

loren

baldwin

bacon

beacon

lyden

madden

maiden

mitten

moisten

landman

retreads

scotsman

brazen

broaden

brighten

briton

craven

start-ups

startles

barren

bollen

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deepen

demon

kalan

kitten

laden

raven

seaman

season

semen

shaken

shaman

siren

smitten

soften

steven

straighten

burgeon

cushion

earthen

kitchen

lotion

motion

notion

ocean

pathan

persian

pigeon

potion

sturgeon

surgeon

urchin

version

vision

airman

boatman

bolden

crimson

ensign

goodman

hetman

footman

hydrate

rayon

kelson

london

kirkman

mignon

atman

apron

attired

billman

brakeman

chairman

chessman

chevron

claxon

clinton

damson

golden

headman

houseman

keelson

lineman

lisbon

linemen

huntsman

milken

pressman

craftsman

draftsman

piston

nitride

samson

shotgun

soldan

starters

sylvan

tuscan

shipman

stepson

silken

undone

saffron

strident

tillman

woodman

olden

sportsman

saxon

selden

tendon

workman

paean

peon

belgian

brethren

bushman

engine

churchman

dungeon

luncheon

rincon

straddling

baton

begun

billon

batten

batton

klansman

spokesman

boughten

button

salesman

bourbon

burman

burton

certain

crouton

curtain

deaden

lengthen

charon

breton

chicken

driven

ermine

fatten

firman

flatten

german

gibbon

given

gluten

griffon

heron

hoten

hymen

hyphen

jetton

latin

leaden

ledden

lichen

liken

liman

linen

littered

liven

loosen

marron

mutton

ninon

odin

patten

perron

platen

platten

poison

prison

quicken

redden

ribbon

ripen

risen

riven

satin

sermon

sicken

siphon

straddle

striven

homespun

starter

dustman

stricken

townsman

stiffen

outwards

postman

syphon

portman

turban

strengthen

thicken

threaten

urban

wizen

women

villain

wiccan

wooden

zircon

henchman

penguin

featured

fusion

trojan

mahone

dudgeon

gudgeon

bludgeon

acton

alman

austin

bagman

baston

bellman

billion

bookman

calvin

canton

captain

chaplain

chapman

copeman

dalton

dampen

desman

falcon

faulcon

fountain

hackman

hempen

hydride

jackman

jasmine

kansan

kelvin

kremlin

lopeman

m1

melton

molten

muslin

nekton

newsman

panton

pectin

penman

putrid

mountain

packman

million

minion

pillion

pinion

plantain

outward

santon

stallman

sultan

stillion

straddles

teston

tubman

trillion

vulcan

wanton

woolman

coachman

lion

dutchman

drunken

mayan

scion

gowan

urine

hangman

dian

zion

mangan

shrunken

ion

southward

sunken

cowan

matured

sexton

tetrads

woodward

capstan

caxton

cutthroat

amman

tungsten

alan

plankton

battered

beckon

bellon

blacken

blowgun

bowman

bracken

brogan

broken

cabin

cannon

canon

chosen

colon

cousin

crewman

cuban

cumin

deafen

devon

dozen

dragon

dromon

famine

felon

fettered

frozen

gallon

happen

hausen

heaven

athwart

gammon

hogan

hoven

human

lagan

leaven

lemon

lettered

logan

lumen

melon

muffin

mullen

neutered

often

oven

petard

omen

open

powdered

proven

pullen

reckon

resin

roman

rosen

rumen

salmon

scattered

seven

shogun

showman

shuttered

slacken

slogan

solon

spoken

stolen

stratas

stratum

sullen

summon

swollen

talon

tappen

thousand

token

toman

toughen

vegan

wagon

weapon

woman

woolen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

natured

strutting

withered

stretches

scallion

canyon

scullion

union

banyan

bullion

kenyan

stallion

stretching

onion

runnion

owen

delphian

sturdy

ruin

rowen

rowan

strata

stewards

feathered

sutured

weathered

hydrates

steward

storied

stretchers

stretcher

stretto

adroit

3 syllable words

filtration

retraction

formation

repression

hydration

migration

optation

libration

vibration

cremation

cetacean

relation

citation

gyration

oration

predation

gradation

sedation

creation

infarction

restriction

prostration

castration

discretion

distortion

impression

inflation

frustration

freemason

guardian

fixation

deflation

depression

pretension

eruption

cartesian

foundation

retention

partition

artesian

dictation

digression

privation

ligation

notation

narration

precaution

precession

elation

audition

flirtation

dilation

flotation

duration

mutation

quotation

rotation

vacation

expression

excretion

distraction

infraction

destruction

description

compression

disruption

diffraction

horatian

italian

contortion

conflation

retarded

cardigan

predestine

translation

resumption

presumption

attraction

ablation

abortion

abrasion

accretion

adoption

aggression

alsatian

apportion

attrition

cistercian

cognition

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

depletion

detection

detention

emulsion

equation

erection

exertion

gestation

gordian

gravamen

impassion

inaction

inscription

insertion

instruction

invasion

lactation

laurentian

nitrogen

nutrition

oppression

patrician

peterman

plantation

prediction

preemption

prevention

progression

proportion

regression

resection

revulsion

salvation

secretion

sensation

stagnation

suppression

taxation

temptation

extortion

inspection

transgression

arkansan

subtraction

encryption

truncation

adsorption

etruscan

inflection

absorption

infliction

proscription

prescription

contraction

contraption

cessation

donation

causation

location

parthian

addition

edition

evasion

margarine

ovation

reaction

secession

sedition

vocation

negation

summation

tradition

aryan

deletion

median

desertion

probation

recession

remission

deflection

battalion

redemption

reflection

exaction

mistaken

misprision

misfortune

concoction

contrition

exception

distinction

artisan

charwoman

partisan

rhodopsin

infection

inception

chairperson

assumption

intrusion

invention

induction

capsaicin

charlatan

in-person

abstraction

croatian

obstruction

constriction

construction

injunction

conscription

extraction

subscription

transcription

reception

indian

inversion

irishman

misshapen

scorpion

australian

hydrogen

ignition

incursion

vitamin

obsession

persuasion

protection

patriot

production

reduction

rendition

reunion

perfection

perception

seduction

garrison

propulsion

succession

addiction

accession

adrian

admission

asuncion

bosnian

citizen

attention

cyprian

condition

compassion

concession

confession

deception

contagion

deduction

depiction

election

dissension

injection

dissection

dispersion

ingestion

discussion

dimension

eviction

defection

assassin

expulsion

digestion

egyptian

ejection

extinction

harlequin

extension

rejection

exemption

complexion

intestine

consumption

expansion

emblazon

nebraskan

downtrodden

imprison

extrusion

occasion

permission

perversion

petition

assertion

direction

imagine

compunction

immersion

procession

dilution

profession

englishman

devotion

caucasian

diversion

emission

percussion

precision

erosion

correction

corruption

possession

reversion

revision

malaysian

origin

emotion

arian

irian

korean

moderate

nemean

myosin

niacin

abduction

compulsion

conception

convulsion

convection

convention

foramen

excursion

intention

nonhuman

suspension

fenian

cation

dorian

exhaustion

conduction

confection

contention

declension

implosion

inclusion

mithridates

transaction

syrian

conjunction

coercion

heartbroken

cambrian

unburden

austrian

patriots

backwoodsman

congestion

medallion

fijian

forewoman

timberman

corsican

porcelain

rifleman

laotian

alaskan

objection

abandon

discipline

sumatran

alderman

beholden

ascension

aspersion

conversion

oxygen

preclusion

selection

seclusion

dentition

ablution

collection

cathartic

affection

concussion

connection

connexion

menhaden

mithridate

optician

submersion

tactician

subversion

beethoven

eleven

mandarin

moderates

forgotten

ambrosian

awaken

overdone

badminton

bandwagon

venison

congressman

medicine

companion

disunion

gentleman

catalan

muskmelon

octillion

projection

suggestion

waterman

reptilian

determine

unison

housebroken

solomon

andean

cinnamon

nevadan

unbroken

ottoman

outspoken

snapdragon

nonunion

bitumen

collagen

jamaican

jettison

ramadan

silicon

toboggan

division

solution

stratagem

commotion

venetian

aleutian

pollution

promotion

religion

aversion

delusion

halogen

illusion

stewardship

phoenician

combustion

conclusion

midshipman

pentathlon

chairwoman

forbidden

ghanaian

african

bedridden

odeon

uterine

veteran

abdomen

guncotton

lumberman

clarion

nobleman

freudian

magdalen

hawaiian

orion

protean

rebellion

carrion

uncommon

unwritten

literate

malayan

marian

moroccan

reopen

parisian

tuition

fruition

excision

abstention

corrosion

contusion

derision

lutheran

diffusion

anchorman

incision

occlusion

stratagems

communion

councilman

crestfallen

denizen

embolden

fustian

hammerman

handwoven

jacobin

javelin

kantian

keratin

lanolin

overman

overrun

pelican

puritan

saturdays

specimen

suburban

superman

vatican

munition

noteworthy

allusion

collegian

musician

recision

commission

collusion

infusion

startlingly

physician

position

conviction

fisherman

decision

omission

rescission

completion

volition

confucian

affliction

alien

backgammon

magician

mexican

logician

vermilion

avian

bedouin

policeman

biotin

fatherhood

outriders

cohesion

fabian

heroin

heroine

saccharin

saturday

tamarin

ambition

dehydrate

norwegian

profusion

explosion

submission

suspicion

technician

transition

exclusion

strategy

franciscan

saleswoman

adhesion

anyone

bedizen

bitterroot

bulletin

elison

ferryman

keynesian

outrider

uneven

provision

strategies

anglican

confusion

clergyman

inhuman

transmission

collision

strategists

lecithin

enlighten

talisman

genuine

everyone

acumen

nutritive

quadratic

chamberlain

perfusion

galleon

chilean

strategist

appian

gaussian

gillian

benjamin

horizon

transfusion

grobian

jovian

libyan

permian

samoan

julian

nubian

plebeian

simian

stratify

albumin

countryman

stygian

aegean

masculine

phrygian

saturate

scythian

singleton

albion

champion

halcyon

thespian

zambian

bouillon

skeleton

campion

lesbian

stratified

wesleyan

leatherwood

regimen

civilian

brazilian

clarendon

pavilion

enliven

hydrated

dominion

opinion

unbutton

uncertain

federate

feminine

melanin

adroitly

laterites

hitherto

motherhood

4 syllable words

importation

integration

embarkation

distillation

information

backwardation

immigration

intimation

intonation

liquidation

precondition

detonation

bifurcation

divination

evocation

inhalation

immolation

praetorian

hibernation

innovation

fluoridation

isolation

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

perturbation

relocation

repossession

titillation

validation

deviation

liberation

mediation

miseration

toleration

moderation

operation

decompression

installation

dispensation

malformation

preconception

mortification

exhortation

activation

altercation

alternation

conversation

calibration

celebration

commendation

confirmation

conservation

degradation

depredation

desecration

designation

destination

emigration

estimation

dislocation

fibrillation

intercession

protestation

insulation

masturbation

observation

ordination

resignation

indication

oxidation

inspiration

invocation

ventilation

vindication

allegation

affirmation

allocation

alteration

animation

appellation

aspiration

avocation

collocation

connotation

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

decimation

declaration

dedication

defamation

delegation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

dissipation

domination

elevation

emanation

fascination

figuration

germination

irrigation

jubilation

machination

oscillation

propagation

readmission

respiration

medication

nomination

provocation

restoration

revelation

revocation

suffocation

termination

navigation

preservation

recreation

usurpation

vacillation

procreation

reformation

renovation

profanation

ulceration

syncopation

reposition

irritation

reservation

legislation

aberration

adoration

coloration

decoration

contemplation

preparation

separation

laceration

surrogation

generation

reparation

reassertion

variation

veneration

violation

impregnation

incrustation

arbitration

condensation

condemnation

education

pagination

constellation

modulation

disinflation

cogitation

gastrulation

consternation

constipation

illustration

inflammation

interception

instigation

intersection

intervention

menstruation

ministration

subluxation

misperception

ostentation

reinspection

transformation

implication

imperfection

inclination

adulation

interdiction

reproduction

deconstruction

abnegation

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

annexation

jordanian

interjection

application

approbation

cancellation

combination

commutation

compilation

consolation

consummation

convocation

culmination

historian

cultivation

accordion

expiration

victorian

maturation

congregation

disaffection

duplication

depravation

deprivation

fabrication

population

statistician

vaccination

segregation

proclamation

stimulation

stipulation

interaction

simulation

obligation

situation

penetration

intermission

interruption

lubrication

insurrection

occupation

reclamation

replication

retrocession

syndication

reconstruction

tribulation

saturation

registration

admiration

appalachian

confrontation

conjugation

criterion

derivation

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

dissertation

dissolution

distribution

extrication

gravitation

himalayan

imitation

infiltration

introduction

iranian

levitation

limitation

misconception

preelection

preignition

reawaken

reelection

trepidation

visitation

formulation

exploration

excavation

fluctuation

aviation

hemoglobin

federation

foliation

rhetorician

attribution

imputation

disputation

indignation

augmentation

disinfection

indexation

retribution

ideation

disconnection

consultation

perforation

consecration

obfuscation

confiscation

condescension

radiation

compensation

complication

computation

punctuation

introspection

armenian

graduation

glaciation

abdication

accusation

benediction

nestorian

watermelon

exhalation

circulation

disposition

destitution

emulation

excitation

granulation

gargantuan

imposition

invitation

barbarian

refutation

prosecution

prostitution

speculation

permutation

incubation

reputation

recognition

recollection

tabulation

ovulation

regulation

contradiction

contribution

conflagration

exclamation

explanation

explication

obstetrician

californian

nonpartisan

indiscretion

extradition

inhibition

sequestration

circumspection

concentration

contraception

demonstration

orchestration

floridian

abolition

hyperion

iberian

annotation

gregorian

liberian

siberian

definition

evolution

hesitation

sanitation

arabian

erudition

resolution

locomotion

opposition

premonition

valuation

manumission

fumigation

resurrection

habitation

intuition

demolition

devolution

meditation

deposition

federations

perspiration

rumination

recitation

proposition

repercussion

revolution

supposition

satisfaction

armageddon

apparition

amputation

incantation

inquisition

calculation

electrician

indentation

infestation

circumvention

institution

coalition

tamoxifen

agitation

interwoven

dietitian

pigmentation

nigerian

republican

constitution

expedition

vegetation

pelagian

prohibition

liquefaction

adaptation

absolution

acquisition

affectation

algonquian

carcinogen

composition

indigestion

convolution

equitation

devastation

exhibition

hypertension

palpitation

apprehension

molestation

reiterates

indecision

recantation

strangulation

presentation

fermentation

requisition

nutritional

publication

restitution

centurion

contravention

self-deception

eritrean

nicaraguan

cotyledon

librarian

predetermine

custodian

darwinian

interurban

sectarian

implantation

exploitation

gentlewoman

kindergarten

exhumation

rhododendron

arthurian

supervision

hydrocarbon

collodion

bavarian

exposition

fragmentation

coloradan

planarian

plutonian

utopian

newtonian

jurisdiction

segmentation

octahedron

nutritionist

comedian

meteorite

malnutrition

transportation

missourian

protozoan

substitution

pedestrian

contrarian

macedonian

comparison

noblewoman

adrenaline

crocodilian

shakespearean

hegelian

meridian

admonition

ammunition

circumcision

crucifixion

dereliction

hydrothermal

inattention

polyhedron

predilection

moravian

reiterate

nutritionists

expectation

agrarian

albanian

aldebaran

american

estonian

eustachian

gorgonian

greco-roman

guatemalan

nonprescription

pagurian

businesswoman

penicillin

comprehension

overburden

equestrian

ibuprofen

reexamine

samaritan

tasmanian

englishwoman

wagnerian

hungarian

transplantation

politician

mongolian

repetition

canadian

chameleon

european

valerian

misbegotten

assyrian

mammalian

moderately

athenian

authority

bohemian

competition

lilliputian

subdivision

superstition

alabaman

dominican

obsidian

patriotic

dandelion

literati

paraguayan

algerian

literature

authorities

lancastrian

arizonan

leviathan

elocution

persecution

copernican

execution

tetrahedron

stereotypes

stereotyped

disillusion

strategical

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5 syllable words

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recombination

reforestation

reintegration

incarceration

exoneration

revaluation

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legalization

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exoskeleton

authoritative

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word retardation

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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