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2 syllable words

alan

amman

auden

bacon

baron

barren

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

blacken

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bracken

brazen

broaden

button

cabin

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

capon

cayman

chasten

common

coppin

cotton

cousin

craven

cretin

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

demon

dozen

dragon

eaten

eden

elan

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

flatten

floren

foreign

freeman

gallon

gammon

garron

gladden

gotten

graven

hasten

hausen

haven

japan

jason

kalan

laden

lagan

latin

layman

leman

leven

locken

loren

madden

maiden

mason

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

often

open

oven

pagan

patten

pavon

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

raven

reason

rerun

robin

rosin

rotten

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

seaman

season

semen

seton

shaken

shaman

slacken

sodden

soften

steven

straighten

sudden

sullen

summon

supine

sweeten

taken

talon

thousand

toughen

treason

trodden

upon

wagon

waken

warren

weaken

weapon

wheaten

zaman

caption

option

cowan

gowan

paean

peon

rayon

ashen

asian

bludgeon

cajun

caution

dudgeon

fashion

grecian

gudgeon

haitian

heathen

legion

lesion

mahone

nation

passion

pathan

prussian

ration

region

russian

station

suasion

capstan

lampron

acton

alban

alman

arson

atman

austin

bagman

banyan

bargain

barton

baston

boston

brakeman

calvin

canton

canyon

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chieftain

classman

claxon

copeman

corban

cordon

dalton

damson

darken

dobson

dolman

dolphin

falcon

faulcon

fielden

foreman

fountain

freedman

garden

gascon

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

harten

hearten

hempen

houseman

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kansan

lockman

london

lopeman

marlin

marten

martin

matron

morgan

mormon

mountain

muslin

norman

onion

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

oxen

packman

panton

pardon

parson

passman

patron

plantain

ponton

runnion

saffron

samson

santon

saxon

scallion

scullion

sequin

shearman

shipman

shorten

shotgun

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallion

stallman

stepson

stockman

sultan

tartan

tubman

tuscan

undone

vulcan

wanton

warden

gumption

action

aubin

auction

bastion

beckon

begun

bellon

billon

bisson

bitten

blowgun

bourbon

bowman

breton

briton

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cavin

certain

charon

chicken

chopin

chosen

christen

coffin

colon

coupon

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

dauphin

deaden

deafen

devon

dobbin

driven

dromon

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

ermine

even

faction

faustian

felon

firman

flashgun

fortune

fraction

frozen

georgian

german

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

gluten

griffon

hangman

heaven

heron

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

jetton

kitten

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

linen

listen

logan

longan

loosen

lumen

luncheon

lupine

mangan

mansion

margin

marron

martian

melon

mitten

ninon

odin

omen

opine

othman

perron

person

pippin

portion

prison

proven

pullen

quicken

ravin

reckon

redden

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

robbin

roman

rosen

rumen

sermon

seven

shogun

showman

shrunken

sicken

slogan

smitten

solon

spoken

stiffen

stolen

stricken

striven

suction

sunken

swollen

thicken

threaten

token

toman

torsion

traction

turban

typhoon

urban

urson

vegan

villain

watchman

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

woven

written

yeoman

zircon

cauldron

marchman

markman

townsman

burgeon

caxton

horseman

scotsman

cushion

bordman

doctrine

dustman

grandson

homespun

landman

oarsman

portman

salesman

statesman

fission

seedsman

earthen

freshen

hessian

lotion

notion

baldwin

fusion

kitchen

mission

motion

ocean

persian

pigeon

potion

session

sturgeon

urchin

version

yachtsman

surgeon

trojan

vision

klansman

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

urine

airman

bellman

billion

billman

boatman

bolden

bookman

bullion

chessman

plankton

chairman

chevron

citron

clinton

crimson

desman

ensign

footman

gilden

golden

goodman

headman

hetman

ibsen

jetson

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

linden

lisbon

lynden

m1

melton

mignon

milken

nekton

million

penman

minion

newsman

molten

olden

pectin

pillion

pinion

piston

selden

emption

pressman

pitman

silken

soldan

spearman

stillion

tendon

sylvan

teston

tillman

whitson

woolman

woodman

trillion

union

workman

tungsten

craftsman

draftsman

function

guardsman

huntsman

junction

landsman

marksman

sanction

sportsman

belgian

brethren

bushman

christian

churchman

coachman

diction

engine

fiction

flexion

freshman

friction

gentian

mention

pension

question

rincon

section

tension

kevin

chiffon

levin

ovum

rubin

tiffin

jawbone

soybean

novum

covin

divan

children

delphian

headsman

lengthen

postman

sexton

spokesman

strengthen

henchman

penguin

hipbone

spiny

affine

baboon

bovine

buffin

buffoon

caffeine

daphne

define

divine

pavone

puffin

ravine

refine

ruffin

sabine

spinney

defame

3 syllable words

appian

biotin

horizon

irian

myosin

niacin

reopen

awaken

campion

champion

gravamen

jamaican

scorpion

uneven

vitamin

alien

arian

aryan

avenue

avian

cation

caucasian

causation

citation

collegian

corruption

dilation

dilution

diversion

dorian

fabian

fenian

foramen

galleon

gaussian

ghanaian

gyration

hawaiian

korean

ligation

malayan

malaysian

median

moroccan

negation

nemean

occasion

oration

orion

phoenician

plebeian

predation

privation

saccharin

samoan

sedation

summation

tamarin

venetian

acumen

capsaicin

discipline

enlighten

enliven

opinion

policeman

rhodopsin

rifleman

fijian

horatian

creation

laotian

croatian

ablation

abrasion

accretion

adoption

alsatian

apportion

artesian

aspersion

carnation

cartesian

compassion

contagion

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

digression

dissection

eruption

formation

foundation

hydration

hydrogen

irishman

lactation

libration

migration

misshapen

nitrogen

norwegian

oppression

optation

optician

plantation

preemption

profusion

proportion

propulsion

repression

salvation

secretion

stagnation

starvation

suppression

suspicion

taxation

vibration

beethoven

bedizen

ferryman

forgotten

freemason

ottoman

peterman

reunion

puritan

ramadan

fustian

assassin

pelican

bosnian

garrison

adrian

catalan

anyone

cinnamon

albion

andean

citizen

collagen

cyprian

denizen

determine

guardian

halcyon

jacobin

keratin

keynesian

gordian

hammerman

javelin

kantian

lanolin

mandarin

medicine

nevadan

silicon

skeleton

solomon

specimen

suburban

superman

thespian

toboggan

unison

vatican

venison

waterman

zambian

adhesion

albumin

communion

companion

countryman

digestion

masculine

nonunion

outspoken

snapdragon

truncation

aleutian

allusion

audition

aversion

commission

commotion

assertion

clergyman

collusion

addition

cessation

cetacean

collision

cremation

deletion

donation

duration

edition

elation

evasion

flirtation

flotation

gradation

halogen

imagine

lecithin

location

margarine

mutation

narration

notation

origin

ovation

parthian

percussion

petition

physician

pollution

position

possession

precaution

precession

precision

probation

procession

profession

promotion

provision

quotation

reaction

regimen

relation

remission

revision

rotation

solution

tradition

vacation

vocation

apnea

assumption

avena

bedouin

carrion

castration

chilean

clarion

completion

compression

compulsion

conception

conflation

confucian

confusion

disruption

ebony

euphony

freudian

frustration

gillian

grobian

heroin

heroine

jovian

julian

libyan

marian

nonhuman

nubian

odeon

opium

permian

presumption

prostration

protean

resumption

revenue

simian

subpoena

suspension

syrian

tiffany

translation

uterine

veteran

abandon

abdomen

african

alaskan

alderman

artisan

austrian

backgammon

battalion

brazilian

cambrian

cardigan

chairperson

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

civilian

cohesion

corsican

dominion

everyone

forbidden

forewoman

genuine

guncotton

in-person

italian

lumberman

magdalen

magician

medallion

mexican

mistaken

nobleman

partisan

pavilion

perfusion

porcelain

predestine

sumatran

talisman

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

australian

aegean

coercion

corrosion

derision

fruition

lutheran

parisian

phrygian

scythian

stygian

tuition

cognition

absorption

adsorption

abortion

accession

prescription

ablution

collection

deception

invasion

addiction

admission

affection

aggression

ambition

anchorman

ascension

asuncion

attention

attrition

benjamin

concession

concussion

condition

confession

connection

connexion

contusion

conversion

deduction

deflation

depiction

depletion

depression

dictation

diffusion

transfusion

discussion

dispersion

emulsion

equation

fixation

gestation

impassion

inaction

laurentian

menhaden

patrician

perception

occlusion

oxygen

partition

complexion

obsession

persuasion

prediction

pretension

prevention

production

progression

reception

protection

contraption

reduction

regression

resection

retention

revulsion

seduction

selection

submersion

submission

subversion

succession

temptation

sensation

tactician

transition

consumption

bitumen

bouillon

bulletin

eleven

elison

feminine

indian

jettison

lesbian

melanin

overdone

overman

overrun

wesleyan

badminton

bandwagon

etruscan

franciscan

handwoven

harlequin

compunction

housebroken

imprison

unbroken

octillion

projection

muskmelon

councilman

arkansan

ambrosian

disunion

egyptian

gentleman

suggestion

downtrodden

emblazon

saleswoman

reptilian

crestfallen

nebraskan

abduction

affliction

anglican

attraction

combustion

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confection

conscription

contention

contortion

contrition

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

correction

decision

declension

delusion

desertion

devotion

diffraction

direction

distortion

division

emission

emotion

erosion

exaction

exception

exhaustion

filtration

fisherman

illusion

immersion

implosion

impression

inception

induction

inflation

infusion

inhuman

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

munition

musician

omission

pentathlon

permission

perversion

recession

recision

redemption

religion

rescission

retraction

reversion

secession

sedition

singleton

subscription

transaction

transcription

transmission

volition

clarendon

vermilion

backwoodsman

bedridden

logician

heartbroken

chairwoman

rebellion

timberman

congestion

objection

hafnia

levana

havana

savanna

contraction

beholden

defection

detection

detention

dissension

exemption

erection

eviction

excision

incursion

description

exertion

nutrition

congressman

rendition

abstention

encryption

excretion

expansion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extortion

technician

destruction

distraction

infarction

infraction

transgression

inspection

cistercian

dentition

election

ignition

incision

insertion

perfection

inversion

dimension

preclusion

restriction

seclusion

subtraction

proscription

ejection

embolden

intestine

rejection

abstraction

conjunction

constriction

inscription

obstruction

construction

instruction

extraction

intrusion

deflection

invention

excursion

infection

inclusion

reflection

discretion

intention

ingestion

injection

exclusion

extension

extrusion

inflection

infliction

distinction

englishman

injunction

extinction

4 syllable words

hyperion

cyclopean

ohioan

arabian

canadian

chameleon

comedian

criterion

diocesan

european

fallopian

iberian

liberian

mammalian

napoleon

siberian

aberration

adoration

apparition

athenian

coloration

dietitian

ideation

laceration

leviathan

moderation

nigerian

operation

surrogation

toleration

violation

hypertension

occupation

moravian

niobium

albanian

armenian

committeeman

copernican

cotyledon

graduation

jordanian

librarian

maturation

pagurian

saturation

tasmanian

ibuprofen

affirmation

alteration

appellation

collocation

corp.

corporation

derivation

desiccation

desolation

innovation

jubilation

fluoridation

habitation

imitation

immolation

inhalation

isolation

medication

meditation

admiration

allegation

allocation

animation

annotation

appalachian

aspiration

avocation

connotation

correlation

decimation

dedication

defamation

delegation

dilatation

elevation

gravitation

hesitation

hibernation

irrigation

litigation

motivation

navigation

opposition

polynesian

propagation

provocation

repercussion

reposition

repossession

suffocation

supposition

proposition

mutilation

oscillation

recitation

renovation

revelation

revocation

sanitation

ulceration

valuation

vacillation

validation

adulation

agitation

cogitation

iranian

jacobean

modulation

shakespearean

assyrian

bavarian

collodion

coloradan

vegetation

draconian

floridian

galilean

gregorian

himalayan

maccabean

missourian

education

planarian

praetorian

fluctuation

reawaken

protozoan

comparison

utopian

valerian

aviation

acclamation

desecration

depredation

deprivation

adaptation

advocation

affectation

bohemian

federation

celebration

composition

decoration

foliation

hegelian

acclimation

consummation

veneration

abrogation

abdication

pelagian

abnegation

accusation

activation

altercation

alternation

application

approbation

backwardation

competition

variation

aggravation

cancellation

miseration

aggregation

annexation

calibration

commutation

compilation

mediation

confirmation

conservation

prohibition

consolation

conversation

preparation

convocation

cultivation

degradation

perforation

radiation

reassertion

deportation

depravation

designation

duplication

elocution

emigration

devastation

equitation

coalition

deviation

distillation

excitation

fabrication

separation

granulation

iteration

estimation

generation

immigration

indication

insulation

interruption

intimation

invocation

lilliputian

masturbation

obligation

observation

oxidation

palpitation

penetration

persecution

polyhedron

population

proclamation

prosecution

publication

reclamation

reparation

replication

resignation

segregation

tabulation

liberation

ventilation

vindication

abyssinian

accordion

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

american

amphibian

assemblyman

barbarian

columbian

conjugation

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

dehydration

dominican

eustachian

glaciation

gorgonian

guatemalan

herculean

historian

hydrocarbon

legislation

meridian

minnesotan

nestorian

nicaraguan

nonpartisan

oblivion

obsidian

olympian

paraguayan

pavlovian

penicillin

peruvian

predetermine

reexamine

samaritan

situation

syncopation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

amputation

arbitration

attribution

calculation

compensation

complication

confiscation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

consultation

decompression

embarkation

exhortation

illustration

arthurian

execution

formulation

gastrulation

coronation

levitation

declaration

demolition

deposition

desperation

devolution

erudition

evocation

evolution

fascination

figuration

hungarian

limitation

locomotion

machination

manumission

perspiration

politician

preelection

condemnation

incantation

perturbation

incarnation

preignition

preservation

procreation

profanation

readmission

realization

recreation

reformation

relocation

repetition

reservation

resolution

respiration

restoration

revolution

rumination

supervision

computation

implication

titillation

visitation

augmentation

excavation

importation

trepidation

inflammation

bifurcation

ostentation

retribution

abolition

mortification

algerian

transformation

transportation

dissertation

integration

dissipation

malformation

dissolution

domination

fumigation

mongolian

obfuscation

octahedron

punctuation

reinspection

reproduction

irritation

subluxation

nomination

tetrahedron

mitigation

reelection

installation

ministration

usurpation

apprehension

congregation

exhalation

indigestion

strangulation

crocodilian

newtonian

adrenaline

armageddon

contrarian

hemoglobin

bolivian

pagination

arizonan

republican

devonian

pedestrian

plutonian

noblewoman

macedonian

misbegotten

tamoxifen

sicilian

simonian

algonquian

exclamation

absolution

implantation

ammunition

circulation

copenhagen

disaffection

contemplation

circumcision

contribution

distribution

culmination

destitution

dislocation

disposition

emulation

syndication

circumspection

conflagration

contraception

explication

extrication

speculation

superhuman

invitation

refutation

reputation

superstition

incrustation

indonesian

information

inspiration

interaction

regulation

relaxation

requisition

retardation

simulation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

combination

admonition

carcinogen

commendation

convolution

deformation

demarcation

dereliction

exhibition

expiration

lubrication

permutation

predilection

protestation

orchestration

precondition

self-deception

acquisition

benediction

fibrillation

gargantuan

imposition

inattention

prostitution

recognition

recollection

sequestration

liquidation

molestation

ordination

ovulation

subdivision

tribulation

vaccination

comprehension

corinthian

rhetorician

californian

introspection

elongation

transplantation

rhododendron

gentlewoman

inhibition

kindergarten

condescension

disinflation

dispensation

disputation

fragmentation

imputation

condensation

constitution

exploration

exposition

circumvention

expedition

imperfection

indentation

inquisition

interception

liquefaction

greco-roman

indexation

indignation

instigation

jurisdiction

lancastrian

malnutrition

infestation

menstruation

interurban

misperception

preconception

satisfaction

substitution

centurion

eritrean

estonian

overburden

sectarian

incubation

detonation

definition

diminution

termination

nonprescription

emanation

germination

registration

resurrection

melanesian

intuition

premonition

disillusion

divination

smithsonian

concentration

confrontation

contradiction

contravention

expectation

explanation

exploitation

extradition

impregnation

infiltration

interwoven

introduction

obstetrician

exhumation

fermentation

crucifixion

destination

indecision

intercession

intonation

inundation

insurrection

intermission

presentation

recantation

restitution

retrocession

businesswoman

equestrian

deconstruction

reconstruction

disconnection

disinfection

electrician

inclination

institution

interdiction

intersection

intervention

pigmentation

segmentation

interjection

demonstration

indiscretion

misconception

englishwoman

5 syllable words

hyperborean

pomeranian

cooperation

corroboration

ethiopian

neapolitan

panamanian

affiliation

alleviation

alliteration

annihilation

association

cauterization

collaboration

commemoration

elaboration

evaporation

hyperinflation

lithuanian

polarization

vaporization

authorization

scandinavian

dionysian

abbreviation

acceleration

accommodation

adulteration

agglomeration

amelioration

amortization

assimilation

attenuation

brutalization

certification

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

conciliation

confederation

consideration

decapitation

discoloration

dramatization

edification

elizabethan

eradication

evaluation

exoneration

facilitation

fertilization

gasification

glorification

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Words that rhyme with the word ripen

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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