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2 syllable words

emption

jetson

gentian

tension

section

mention

pension

flexion

fission

freshen

hessian

mission

session

metrics

airman

keelson

kelson

patron

whitson

chairman

chevron

citron

matrice

matron

stepson

henchman

metric

gumption

hetman

ensign

action

belgian

bisson

brethren

breton

caption

charon

christen

christian

churchman

diction

engine

faction

fiction

fraction

freshman

friction

function

glisten

heron

jetton

junction

lessen

lesson

listen

mansion

marron

martian

perron

person

portion

question

sanction

suction

threaten

torsion

traction

urson

worsen

fashion

russian

burgeon

passion

surgeon

kitchen

ashen

nation

cushion

pigeon

pathan

version

vision

delphian

prussian

sexton

headsman

matrix

earthen

strengthen

grecian

lengthen

sturgeon

haitian

grandson

networks

persian

urchin

ration

station

statesman

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

parson

outrun

kremlin

pectin

hempen

headman

m1

piston

pitman

nekton

workman

penman

pressman

vitric

melton

ibsen

atman

saffron

saxon

teston

selden

samson

chessman

footman

penguin

desman

apron

bellman

arson

tendon

damson

claxon

citric

bushman

bastion

landsman

georgian

craftsman

luncheon

margin

marksman

option

sturgeons

huntsman

draftsman

auction

dungeon

dutchman

fortune

flashgun

baron

barren

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

beckon

begun

bellon

betters

bettors

billon

bitten

bourbon

briton

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

caisson

certain

chasten

chicken

curtain

deaden

deafen

driven

ermine

fasten

fatten

felon

fetters

flatten

garron

german

getters

devon

firman

gibbon

griffon

hasten

given

glidden

heaven

hidden

jason

kitten

latin

leaden

mitten

leaven

ledden

melon

lemon

letters

linen

mason

mutton

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

seven

sicken

thicken

urban

weapon

written

zircon

ninon

reckon

sermon

setters

villain

sweaters

vegan

stiffen

resin

stresses

satan

redden

satin

patten

quicken

smitten

platen

platten

straighten

prison

stricken

striven

wiccan

turban

women

markman

marchman

doctrine

dustman

bordman

horseman

klansman

landman

oarsman

lampron

salesman

scotsman

theatrics

yachtsman

bludgeon

cajun

asian

caution

gudgeon

dudgeon

lotion

mahone

notion

motion

potion

ocean

straightedge

suasion

tungsten

urine

acton

alman

bagman

aspen

banyan

bargain

baston

billion

billman

boatman

bookman

brakeman

bullion

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

chaplain

chapman

classman

clinton

corban

cordon

darken

fireman

crimson

dobson

garden

gilden

gorgon

fibrin

goodman

dampen

falcon

foreman

gascon

hackman

harden

harken

jackman

jasmine

jordan

jorden

jargon

kansan

lightman

linden

lisbon

london

lynden

marlin

mignon

milken

million

minion

morgan

orphan

mormon

muslin

network

nitric

norman

onion

organ

outdone

tillman

pillion

pinion

plantain

sylvan

vulcan

tarpon

stressful

theatric

trillion

squadron

scullion

runnion

santon

scallion

sovereign

sovran

stallion

warden

woodman

woolman

sultan

spearman

stillion

oxen

packman

panton

silken

undone

straightens

pardon

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shotgun

tubman

tuscan

passman

guardsman

sportsman

drunken

faustian

hangman

mangan

rincon

shrunken

storehouse

sunken

spokesman

alan

seedsman

amman

boughten

cayman

cheddars

canaan

cannon

bacon

batters

bayman

beaten

bison

bitters

bracken

brazen

blacken

brighten

butters

cabin

children

caters

detract

canon

cotton

cousin

craven

cretin

crouton

cutters

dagan

dagon

daman

deters

dozen

dragon

eaten

famine

floren

foreign

frighten

gallon

gammon

gladden

gluten

haters

heighten

gotten

graven

gutters

happen

haven

headers

hitters

hoten

hyson

kalan

laden

lighten

loosen

loren

madden

matters

maiden

baldwin

lagan

layman

litters

attract

muffin

mullen

oven

pagan

putters

quitters

raters

raven

rerun

sadden

shaman

shatters

shutters

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

wagon

waiters

moisten

mutters

nutters

pullen

rotten

salmon

seton

shaken

siren

sitters

skaters

slacken

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

taken

talon

tappen

tatters

utters

waken

wooden

caxton

homespun

zaman

cauldron

capstan

postman

portman

wheaten

woolen

townsman

warren

whiten

woman

adheres

feathers

fusion

heathen

heathers

leathers

legion

lesion

nethers

plankton

region

tethers

trojan

weathers

whitehorse

detracts

alban

austin

barton

betrays

bolden

boston

cadres

carton

chieftain

copeman

dalton

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

fielden

fountain

freedman

golden

harten

hearten

houseman

hydras

lineman

linemen

lockman

lopeman

marten

minden

newsman

olden

molten

attracts

martin

mountain

ponton

retrace

peon

rayon

paean

sequin

shorten

smarten

strychnine

staircase

spartan

soldan

stallman

stockman

tartan

union

wanton

watchman

longan

coachman

outreach

othman

retract

auden

badders

beacon

beaters

bidders

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bowman

broaden

brogan

broken

cheapen

cheaters

chosen

colon

common

crewman

cuban

cumin

deacon

deepen

demon

dromon

eaters

eden

elan

fallen

freeman

frozen

hausen

heaters

hogan

hooters

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

ladders

leman

leven

lichen

liken

liman

liven

locken

logan

looters

lumen

lyden

meters

metres

motors

odin

often

omen

open

otters

pavon

peters

poison

pollan

pollen

potters

proven

raiders

reason

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rooters

rosen

rosin

rotors

routers

rumen

seaman

season

semen

shogun

shooters

showman

shudders

siphon

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

squatters

stearic

steven

stolen

straggle

struggle

suitors

swollen

syphon

teeters

thousand

token

toman

treason

trodden

tutors

voters

waders

waters

weaken

widen

wizen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

outraged

authors

bathers

ethers

gathers

lathers

mathers

mothers

natures

others

southers

storage

striking

stroking

withers

retracts

zithers

outright

woodwork

stragglers

struggles

strictly

stairways

detours

guitars

pedros

retires

cowan

dian

gowan

ion

lion

mayan

outrage

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

scion

strictures

structured

structures

zion

cedars

feeders

leaders

loaders

odors

readers

riders

siders

stories

straggler

strickler

strikers

powders

bothers

features

futures

structure

fathers

sutures

stricture

beadwork

padres

radars

starches

outdoors

striker

starcher

starkly

strikeouts

addressed

starchy

adores

matures

starcraft

strikeout

3 syllable words

constriction

edition

narration

permission

physician

sedition

tradition

emission

flirtation

position

possession

addition

cetacean

assertion

cessation

commission

desertion

procession

profession

recession

secession

etruscan

derision

parisian

chairperson

everyone

destruction

prescription

magician

description

restriction

unwritten

castration

determine

filtration

conviction

transmission

attraction

contention

disruption

frustration

pentathlon

affliction

ferryman

keratin

vatican

misprision

medicine

venison

addiction

cognition

concession

discussion

inaction

incision

obsession

sensation

suppression

aggression

dictation

insertion

detergent

concussion

optician

accession

confession

crustacean

depiction

depletion

depression

irishman

lactation

nitrogen

oppression

partition

regression

retention

eviction

excision

exertion

plantation

pretension

progression

succession

carrion

construction

rhetoric

conscription

marian

inscription

clarion

extraction

etruscans

instruction

transcription

obstruction

subscription

countryman

audition

aversion

citation

collision

corruption

decision

deletion

division

elation

flotation

duration

franciscan

gradation

intestine

immersion

egyptian

lecithin

imprison

reptilian

munition

musician

mutation

negation

notation

omission

percussion

perversion

phoenician

precession

provision

religion

remission

predation

quotation

recision

rescission

reversion

rotation

sedation

summation

vacation

venetian

volition

contraction

contraption

distraction

excretion

extension

extortion

infliction

proscription

subtraction

attractions

combustion

matrices

contortion

exaction

induction

distinction

convulsion

diffraction

discretion

distortion

englishman

coercion

horatian

satirists

tuition

in-person

logician

mexican

italian

genuine

completion

chairwoman

compression

battalion

compulsion

detergents

talisman

fruition

conduction

impression

intention

intrusion

prostration

retraction

transaction

taxation

lesbian

contagion

optation

incursion

waterman

damnation

deduction

revulsion

adoption

dalmatian

inversion

deflation

adrian

denizen

cyprian

conversion

pelican

satirist

digression

wesleyan

salvation

abstraction

repression

dispersion

thespian

impassion

buttercup

hammerman

stagnation

specimen

preemption

aspersion

prediction

citizen

seduction

skeleton

asuncion

fixation

ablution

abortion

apportion

suburban

ablation

production

catalan

submersion

propulsion

anyone

proportion

subversion

bulletin

reduction

compassion

peterman

networking

alsatian

emulsion

absorption

abstention

adsorption

aleutian

arian

badminton

causation

collegian

commotion

consumption

correction

cremation

crestfallen

devotion

dilation

direction

diversion

donation

emotion

expansion

expression

expulsion

extinction

extrusion

gentleman

guitarists

gyration

headdresses

heroin

heroine

infarction

infraction

ligation

location

malaysian

matrixes

nebraskan

occasion

oration

ovation

pollution

precision

privation

probation

promotion

relation

revision

saccharin

solution

syrian

tamarin

transgression

truncation

uterine

vocation

watershed

compunction

assumption

austrian

lumberman

medallion

mistaken

cambrian

cardigan

corrosion

resumption

creation

capsaicin

civilian

policeman

excursion

redemption

translation

croatian

presumption

concoction

conflation

abandon

confucian

midshipman

opinion

vermilion

inflation

guitarist

dominion

forbidden

unburden

scythian

uncertain

alaskan

brazilian

lutheran

buttercups

chamberlain

pavilion

laotian

enliven

timberman

conjunction

injunction

albion

beethoven

abrasion

bitumen

affection

norwegian

anchorman

hydration

profusion

watersheds

andean

migration

bouillon

laurentian

libration

menhaden

occlusion

perception

perfection

awaken

vibration

prevention

campion

connexion

overman

erection

kantian

selection

nevadan

overrun

defection

overdone

vitamin

zambian

deception

reception

ascension

election

formation

carnation

collection

connection

lethargy

contusion

dimension

dissection

dissension

foundation

futurists

resection

ottoman

keynesian

mandarin

jamaican

fustian

champion

freemason

superman

uneven

unison

starvation

halcyon

ambrosian

unbroken

rejection

emblazon

embolden

downtrodden

ejection

congressman

companion

octillion

projection

snapdragon

exemption

batteries

bedouin

bothersome

cation

caucasian

dilution

irian

malayan

clergyman

korean

moroccan

myosin

niacin

collusion

precaution

reaction

allusion

futurist

fisherman

alien

appian

avian

fabian

foramen

galleon

horizon

permian

plebeian

protean

aryan

dorian

exception

convection

convention

conception

conclusion

confection

suspension

confusion

inception

invention

abduction

declension

deflection

infection

reflection

abdomen

alderman

uncommon

aegean

backgammon

discipline

artisan

liturgy

phrygian

stygian

acumen

rhodopsin

outriggers

partisan

artesian

benjamin

cartesian

eruption

petroglyphs

misshapen

objection

persuasion

heartbroken

australian

injection

complexion

inflection

bosnian

cinnamon

gordian

forgotten

inspection

cataract

gravamen

guardian

motorcar

outrigger

scorpion

toboggan

scattergood

silicon

outspoken

digestion

suggestion

handwoven

housebroken

petroglyph

albumin

communion

adhesion

retrograde

bandwagon

imagine

evasion

structural

exhaustion

margarine

otherwise

attracting

misfortune

delusion

erosion

halogen

regimen

illusion

biotin

chilean

fenian

freudian

gaussian

ghanaian

gillian

grobian

hawaiian

jovian

julian

libyan

lotteries

median

nemean

nubian

odeon

orion

samoan

satirize

simian

bittersweet

forewoman

perfusion

rebellion

cataracts

backwoodsman

authorship

cohesion

congestion

mattresses

motorcades

staircases

waitresses

motorcars

ingestion

buttresses

predestine

sumatran

retrospect

enlighten

clarendon

seclusion

exclusion

explosion

diffusion

equation

leaderships

beholden

transfusion

fijian

invasion

preclusion

arkansan

assassin

attractive

bedizen

disunion

eleven

feminine

hydroxide

indian

jacobin

javelin

lanolin

melanin

motorcade

motorized

nonunion

puritan

ramadan

redirect

reunion

waterways

infusion

authorized

inhuman

origin

leadership

singleton

implosion

inclusion

parthian

readership

nonhuman

african

hydrazine

madrigal

charlatan

guncotton

magdalen

nobleman

rifleman

unbutton

hydroxides

cauterize

dieters

rioters

motorize

reopen

satires

theatres

hydrogen

oxygen

authorize

outrages

councilman

harlequin

madrigals

masculine

muskmelon

saleswoman

collagen

anglican

solomon

hydrogens

bedraggle

addresses

charwoman

corsican

porcelain

meteors

widowers

detractors

coauthors

straightforward

detractor

stargazers

addressee

stargazer

storekeepers

storekeeper

4 syllable words

definition

demolition

deposition

desperation

erudition

declaration

intuition

perturbation

premonition

preservation

reformation

repetition

reservation

respiration

recreation

aberration

adoration

coloration

dietitian

laceration

liberation

miseration

extradition

perforation

variation

retribution

interception

intersection

intervention

attribution

malnutrition

dereliction

benediction

saturation

exhibition

expiration

sectarian

fabrication

fibrillation

insurrection

interaction

penetration

requisition

statistician

metrically

recognition

superstition

maturation

masturbation

interjection

admiration

affirmation

annotation

aspiration

bifurcation

detonation

figuration

gravitation

levitation

liturgical

preignition

mitigation

habitation

readmission

trepidation

sanitation

recitation

supervision

titillation

abolition

alteration

perspiration

politician

supposition

hesitation

repercussion

ulceration

meditation

coalition

prohibition

extrication

reassertion

moderation

operation

obstetrician

toleration

misperception

menstruation

expedition

exploration

exposition

gastrulation

imperfection

agitation

vegetation

tetrahedron

abdication

acquisition

adaptation

admonition

altercation

alternation

circumcision

competition

cultivation

destination

devastation

equitation

estimation

excitation

inspiration

liquidation

lubrication

palpitation

precondition

predilection

presentation

recantation

recollection

refutation

indecision

disposition

nestorian

penicillin

imposition

copernican

information

samaritan

hypertension

affectation

ammunition

backwardation

molestation

publication

reputation

theatrical

fermentation

syndication

ventilation

centurion

eritrean

glaciation

graduation

interurban

rhetorical

watermelon

apprehension

allegation

limitation

connotation

avocation

reposition

opposition

renovation

contradiction

distribution

decimation

dedication

defamation

revocation

demonstration

introduction

delegation

derivation

desiccation

desolation

dissipation

irritation

revelation

revolution

dissertation

repossession

corp.

corporation

dilatation

imitation

resolution

devolution

businesswoman

elevation

medication

appellation

fascination

inhibition

animation

melanesian

navigation

proposition

procreation

allocation

evolution

litigation

machination

hibernation

sequestration

emanation

manumission

validation

vacillation

usurpation

visitation

adulation

amputation

arbitration

augmentation

aviation

cogitation

comparison

consternation

corinthian

education

execution

exhortation

fragmentation

futurism

illustration

indentation

indignation

infestation

inquisition

instigation

integration

interwoven

jurisdiction

literacy

meridian

ministration

pagination

pedestrian

radiation

satisfaction

segmentation

surrogation

transformation

violation

abnegation

abrogation

deconstruction

acclamation

reconstruction

registration

acclimation

accusation

activation

aggravation

advocation

aggregation

annexation

application

approbation

calibration

cancellation

celebration

commutation

composition

confirmation

conservation

conversation

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

destitution

elocution

emulation

inattention

intimation

invitation

designation

distillation

emigration

granulation

intonation

observation

reclamation

permutation

protestation

regulation

replication

resignation

restitution

retardation

segregation

speculation

subdivision

tabulation

vaccination

paraguayan

estonian

nicaraguan

predetermine

abyssinian

american

amphibian

atrocity

obsidian

dominican

oblivion

greco-roman

situation

victorian

appalachian

fluoridation

fumigation

germination

motivation

mutilation

propagation

realization

provocation

suffocation

profanation

coronation

equestrian

diminution

correlation

disillusion

inhalation

oscillation

termination

legislation

dissolution

divination

domination

immolation

innovation

concentration

contribution

gentlewoman

collocation

irrigation

infiltration

isolation

orchestration

matriculate

jubilation

nomination

rumination

valuation

expectation

exploitation

self-deception

missourian

planarian

mammalian

gregorian

praetorian

bavarian

assyrian

nonprescription

floridian

arizonan

englishwoman

coloradan

arabian

canadian

criterion

diocesan

european

sicilian

valerian

calculation

republican

computation

deviation

consultation

decompression

disinflation

disputation

embarkation

ideation

incantation

excavation

importation

imputation

indexation

installation

mediation

transportation

foliation

shakespearean

athenian

liquefaction

atrocities

ostentation

modulation

pigmentation

fluctuation

absolution

circulation

consummation

deportation

combination

commendation

compilation

consolation

convocation

carcinogen

crucifixion

culmination

dislocation

invocation

inundation

exhalation

insulation

lilliputian

obligation

occupation

ovulation

oxidation

simulation

stipulation

superhuman

ordination

stimulation

tribulation

strangulation

duplication

matriculates

immigration

persecution

population

proclamation

prostitution

relaxation

vindication

indication

prosecution

tasmanian

librarian

exclamation

accordion

explanation

motorcycle

confrontation

explication

agrarian

pagurian

reexamine

custodian

darwinian

implantation

impregnation

incrustation

eustachian

cotyledon

albanian

satirical

indiscretion

alabaman

barbarian

overburden

wagnerian

aldebaran

assemblyman

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word rhetorician

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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

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