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3 syllable words
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

asian

suasion

landsman

delphian

landman

oarsman

placement

townsman

airman

apron

atman

bagman

billman

calvin

chairman

chapman

chessman

classman

dolman

falcon

fielden

fireman

freedman

hackman

headman

hetman

jackman

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kirkman

lightman

lineman

linemen

matron

melton

newsman

packman

passman

patron

penman

pressman

scallion

selden

shearman

stallion

stallman

tillman

woolman

workman

henchman

alan

amman

bacon

basin

bellon

burman

caisson

canaan

chasten

craven

churchman

dagan

dagon

demon

elan

famine

hangman

ermine

belgian

felon

freshman

firman

freeman

gallon

gammon

german

graven

hasten

haven

hymen

jason

laden

liman

mason

pagan

plasma

poison

raven

leman

lemon

maiden

melon

reason

resin

salmon

satan

seaman

season

semen

sermon

shaken

straighten

taken

talon

treason

waken

wizen

craftsman

draftsman

guardsman

placements

rayon

blazing

version

baldwin

bordman

falcons

grandson

horseman

marchman

markman

milkman

cajun

capstan

cauldron

children

nation

caxton

haitian

dustman

lesion

postman

scotsman

persian

portman

sexton

spokesman

yachtsman

glazing

station

acton

alban

aspen

baston

belgians

billion

boatman

bolden

bookman

bullion

calkin

canton

captain

carman

carmine

chaplain

chevron

chieftain

claxon

copeman

crimson

dalton

dampen

damson

dolphin

ensign

faulcon

fibrin

flagman

footman

foreman

gascon

gilden

golden

goodman

hempen

houseman

jetson

kremlin

lisbon

lockman

lopeman

m1

malkin

milken

million

minden

molten

mormon

muslin

nekton

norman

olden

panton

pectin

penguin

pillion

pitman

plaisance

plankton

plantain

pleasant

saffron

samson

santon

saxon

scullion

sequin

shipman

silken

soldan

spearman

stepson

stillion

stockman

sultan

sylvan

talcum

tendon

teston

trillion

tubman

vulcan

welcome

woodman

huntsman

sportsman

action

bastion

coachman

engine

mangan

dutchman

marksman

faction

brethren

bushman

caption

flashgun

flexion

fraction

gentian

sanction

mansion

mention

othman

pension

question

section

tension

traction

watchman

baron

barren

bason

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

beckon

billon

bison

blacken

bollen

bourbon

bowman

bracken

breton

brighten

burden

burdon

burton

cabin

cannon

canon

certain

charon

cheapen

chosen

colon

common

cousin

cretin

crewman

cumin

curtain

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

devon

dozen

dragon

dromon

eaten

eden

fallen

fasten

fatten

flatten

frighten

frozen

garron

gladden

happen

hausen

heaven

heighten

heron

human

hyphen

hyson

jetton

lagan

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liven

lumen

lyden

madden

marron

moisten

mullen

omen

patten

perron

person

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

prison

pullen

reckon

redden

rerun

riden

ripen

risen

roman

rosen

rosin

rumen

sadden

satin

seton

seven

showman

siphon

siren

slacken

solon

steven

stolen

sullen

summon

sweeten

swollen

syphon

tappen

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

toman

triton

turban

urban

urson

vegan

villain

wagon

weaken

weapon

wheaten

whiten

widen

woman

women

woolen

worsen

yeoman

zircon

calkins

doctrine

lampron

lengthen

milkens

pleasants

strengthen

vulcans

welcomes

earthen

fashion

legion

mahone

pleasing

sturgeon

pathan

burgeon

passion

surgeon

urchin

dian

vision

ration

ashen

grecian

region

session

lion

mayan

hessian

scion

urine

zion

heathen

ion

paean

peon

freshen

fusion

blacksmith

emption

tungsten

arson

austin

balsam

banyan

bargain

barton

blackens

boston

canyon

carbon

carton

citron

clinton

corban

cordon

darken

dobson

fountain

fulsome

garden

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

hearten

ibsen

jorden

kenyan

jargon

jordan

linden

marlin

mignon

morgan

outdone

outrun

ponton

organ

parson

piston

sharpen

orphan

lynden

pardon

london

marten

martin

mountain

oxen

shorten

slackens

sovran

smarten

sovereign

spartan

squadron

tarpon

whitson

wanton

warden

tuscan

well-known

wholesome

undone

tartan

shotgun

function

junction

rincon

georgian

option

portion

fortune

friction

auction

christian

diction

drunken

dungeon

faustian

fiction

longan

luncheon

margin

martian

shrunken

suction

sunken

torsion

align

auden

begun

bisson

blowgun

bobbin

bitten

boughten

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

button

chicken

christen

cotton

crouton

cuban

driven

floren

foreign

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

gluten

gotten

griffon

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

kitten

linen

listen

locken

logan

loosen

loren

malign

mitten

muffin

mutton

ninon

odin

often

open

oven

pavon

proven

quicken

ribbon

ridden

riven

robin

rotten

shogun

sicken

slogan

smitten

sodden

soften

spoken

stiffen

stricken

token

toughen

striven

sudden

thicken

trodden

warren

wiccan

wooden

woven

yaupon

written

homespun

bulging

kitchen

prussian

dudgeon

fission

flagging

pigeon

closing

lotion

caution

blessing

cushion

gudgeon

bludgeon

mission

motion

notion

ocean

potion

russian

trojan

gumption

aligned

aligns

bleaching

blowguns

cowan

flashing

gowan

maligned

minion

onion

owen

pinion

rowan

rowen

ruin

runnion

slogans

union

blessings

closings

blossom

cologne

talking

clocking

cloaking

walking

clogging

caulking

flogging

blocking

slouching

blossoms

alkanes

plugging

clucking

blackmail

blushing

flushing

classmates

classmate

3 syllable words

talisman

adrian

albion

beethoven

elison

halcyon

hammerman

pelican

peterman

skeleton

solomon

specimen

vitamin

foramen

galleon

horizon

avian

fabian

dilation

dilution

gradation

halogen

regimen

relation

vacation

albumin

laotian

corrosion

derision

parisian

abdomen

alderman

backgammon

chairwoman

elegant

enlighten

enliven

pelicans

perfusion

policeman

rifleman

anchorman

backwoodsman

balcony

benjamin

bitumen

bulletin

calcium

cinnamon

collagen

denizen

eleven

falconer

ferryman

forgotten

garrison

gravamen

helicon

irishman

jacobin

jettison

keratin

lesbian

mandarin

medicine

ottoman

religions

reunion

silicon

transition

vatican

venison

wesleyan

aleutian

allusion

clergyman

collegian

collision

collusion

correction

corruption

deletion

delusion

illusion

lecithin

perversion

pollution

volition

eloquence

precaution

precession

precision

alignment

reaction

religion

remission

revision

solution

eloquent

caucasian

biotin

chilean

evasion

irian

diversion

gillian

direction

occasion

bedouin

fenian

heroin

heroine

malayan

julian

gentleman

malaysian

percussion

median

moroccan

myosin

nemean

niacin

permian

reopen

saccharin

tamarin

veteran

acumen

charwoman

helicons

italian

medallion

mexican

uncommon

vermilion

alaskan

balconies

battalion

falconers

falconet

bedridden

african

chairperson

chamberlain

charlatan

transmission

falconry

forewoman

predestine

rebellion

anglican

transaction

genuine

nobleman

creation

croatian

fijian

horatian

allegiance

australian

ablution

abrasion

allusions

alignments

dentition

depletion

admission

collection

collisions

collegians

delusions

digression

diligence

diligent

dissection

diffusion

election

equation

eruption

hydrogen

illusions

malaysians

occlusion

perfection

persuasion

rendition

repression

resection

tactician

technician

retention

invasion

nitrogen

preclusion

selection

prediction

preemption

exertion

perception

pretension

prevention

profusion

seclusion

alchemy

anyone

awaken

bedizen

bosnian

campion

catalan

champion

citizen

determine

feminine

freemason

jamaican

javelin

lanolin

melanin

overman

polygon

puritan

ramadan

superman

toboggan

unison

waterman

zambian

alaskans

badminton

emblazon

embolden

ambrosian

falconets

nonunion

snapdragon

franciscan

exemption

arkansan

adhesion

bandwagon

transfusion

transgression

communion

councilman

handwoven

malignant

digestion

disunion

harlequin

masculine

reptilian

addition

aligning

audition

aversion

causation

cessation

cetacean

citation

cremation

decision

desertion

devotion

division

donation

duration

edition

elation

englishman

erosion

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

gyration

immersion

ligation

location

munition

musician

mutation

narration

negation

notation

oration

origin

ovation

permission

petition

physician

position

possession

predation

privation

probation

provision

quotation

recision

rescission

reversion

rotation

sedation

sedition

summation

tradition

vocation

affliction

assumption

abduction

appian

completion

samoan

conclusion

arian

confusion

glaucoma

declension

deflection

exaction

exhaustion

implosion

inclusion

infusion

inhuman

midshipman

nonhuman

presumption

reflection

resumption

retraction

carrion

cation

clarion

marian

simian

abandon

artisan

balkanize

brazilian

cambrian

cardigan

corsican

everyone

forbidden

guncotton

capsaicin

cohesion

civilian

logician

lumberman

magdalen

magician

moleskin

partisan

pavilion

mistaken

phlegmatic

pleasantly

pleasantry

polishing

rhodopsin

timberman

unbutton

unwritten

malcontent

ablation

abortion

coercion

addiction

adoption

alsatian

apportion

affection

ambition

artesian

ascension

aspersion

attention

attrition

beholden

blackmailing

carnation

cartesian

coelacanth

cognition

concussion

condition

connection

connexion

contagion

contusion

conversion

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

deception

deduction

defection

deflation

depiction

detection

detention

dictation

discussion

dispersion

dissension

erection

eviction

excision

fixation

formation

foundation

gestation

hydration

ignition

inaction

incision

incursion

inversion

lactation

laurentian

libration

menhaden

migration

misshapen

nutrition

optation

optician

oxygen

partition

patrician

plantation

production

proportion

propulsion

protection

reception

reduction

salvation

stagnation

tuition

revulsion

seduction

sensation

starvation

submersion

submission

subversion

vibration

fruition

suspicion

taxation

temptation

absorption

complexion

congressman

consumption

encryption

explosion

extortion

exclusion

inflection

infliction

restriction

countryman

nevadan

crestfallen

overrun

overdone

suburban

downtrodden

malcontents

uneven

egyptian

thespian

ejection

etruscan

housebroken

imprison

intestine

kantian

bouillon

muskmelon

nebraskan

octillion

outspoken

pleasantries

projection

rejection

suggestion

realism

truncation

unbroken

assassin

andean

abstraction

alchemist

assertion

attraction

castration

commission

commotion

compulsion

conception

concoction

conduction

confection

conflation

confucian

contention

contortion

contrition

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

diffraction

disruption

distortion

dulciana

emission

emotion

exception

excursion

extraction

filtration

frustration

imagine

inception

induction

infection

inflation

intention

intrusion

invention

misfortune

misprision

omission

pentathlon

phoenician

procession

profession

promotion

prostration

recession

redemption

secession

singleton

suspension

transcription

translation

venetian

odeon

congestion

heartbroken

hawaiian

aryan

grobian

in-person

nubian

volcanic

orion

uterine

sumatran

dorian

objection

clarendon

porcelain

freudian

gaussian

ingestion

ghanaian

plebeian

realign

pliocene

injection

libyan

unburden

uncertain

jovian

korean

discipline

syrian

dominion

protean

abstention

adsorption

contraction

contraption

description

destruction

distraction

expansion

expulsion

extension

extrusion

infraction

infarction

inspection

prescription

proscription

subtraction

lutheran

accession

aggression

cistercian

phrygian

accretion

compassion

concession

impassion

confession

depression

dimension

emulsion

fluxional

insertion

norwegian

aegean

obsession

stygian

scythian

oppression

progression

regression

secretion

succession

suppression

distinction

companion

conscription

constriction

construction

cyprian

dulcimer

fustian

gordian

guardian

indian

inscription

instruction

obstruction

scorpion

subscription

combustion

compression

discretion

extinction

impression

blossoming

margarine

parthian

austrian

opinion

expression

excretion

asuncion

bologna

compunction

injunction

glockenspiel

conjunction

volcanoes

volcanos

glassmaker

volcano

4 syllable words

alabaman

reexamine

arizonan

draconian

galilean

mammalian

realization

moravian

phylogeny

aviation

radiation

aldebaran

columbian

cyclopean

glaciation

predetermine

pavlovian

olympian

herculean

greco-roman

tasmanian

gentlewoman

assemblyman

bolivian

algerian

chameleon

deposition

evolution

canadian

arabian

collodion

coloradan

criterion

devolution

theologians

diocesan

elysium

hyperion

abolition

preelection

iberian

praetorian

valerian

readmission

fallopian

liberian

siberian

reelection

relocation

reposition

repossession

resolution

revolution

protozoan

apparition

alchemically

elegantly

reassertion

coalition

shakespearean

nigerian

polygyny

noblewoman

pelagian

hegelian

dietitian

rhetorician

absolution

acquisition

algonquian

dereliction

elocution

predilection

recollection

relaxation

religionist

requisition

superhuman

albanian

coalescence

copernican

cotyledon

dandelion

eustachian

hallucinate

jordanian

librarian

nicaraguan

oblivion

overburden

pagurian

plasmodium

polygonal

elongation

eloquently

californian

malnutrition

circumvention

delusional

disillusion

dissolution

erudition

locomotion

manumission

opposition

pelagians

politician

polynesian

preignition

proposition

repercussion

repetition

resurrection

supervision

decompression

supposition

exposition

alleghany

comedian

missourian

napoleon

plasmodia

polygamy

reawaken

sicilian

hallucinates

interwoven

republican

malignancy

aberration

culmination

adoration

statistician

athenian

exhibition

coloration

bohemian

deviation

decoration

circumcision

polyhedron

circumspection

benediction

lilliputian

disposition

persecution

convolution

foliation

federation

generation

admonition

ideation

iteration

superstition

destitution

diligently

laceration

leviathan

liberation

mediation

miseration

moderation

operation

perforation

preparation

prohibition

reparation

separation

surrogation

insurrection

composition

gargantuan

illusionist

interaction

intercession

interruption

toleration

violation

imposition

variation

veneration

hypertension

recognition

self-deception

retrocession

restitution

alexanders

amphibian

armenian

businesswoman

colloquium

committeeman

englishwoman

graduation

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

interurban

kindergarten

malignancies

maturation

meridian

minnesotan

penicillin

peruvian

rhododendron

saturation

situation

watermelon

admiration

allegation

alteration

affirmation

allocation

animation

annotation

appalachian

bifurcation

reproduction

appellation

aspiration

avocation

illusionists

collocation

connotation

corp.

ohioan

corporation

correlation

decimation

declaration

dedication

defamation

delegation

demolition

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

dilatation

dissertation

dissipation

elevation

figuration

retribution

habitation

germination

emanation

hesitation

reinspection

evocation

fluoridation

fumigation

gravitation

hibernation

misperception

intuition

intervention

irrigation

intersection

irritation

execution

isolation

electrician

interception

interdiction

litigation

tetrahedron

jubilation

inquisition

limitation

oscillation

premonition

levitation

preservation

propagation

visitation

provocation

renovation

restoration

recreation

respiration

termination

attribution

revocation

segmentation

procreation

fragmentation

reservation

revelation

suffocation

expedition

titillation

inhalation

innovation

mongolian

motivation

mutilation

navigation

medication

meditation

mitigation

melanesian

perspiration

perturbation

sanitation

satisfaction

rumination

ulceration

valuation

reformation

recitation

trepidation

usurpation

vacillation

validation

adrenaline

adulation

agitation

alexander

apprehension

armageddon

cogitation

crocodilian

education

fluctuation

hemoglobin

misbegotten

indigestion

modulation

interjection

vegetation

tamoxifen

bavarian

maccabean

dulcinea

himalayan

jacobean

extradition

planarian

simonian

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

acclamation

accusation

activation

ammunition

acclimation

adaptation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

altercation

alternation

annexation

application

approbation

backwardation

calibration

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

circulation

commutation

compilation

confirmation

conservation

consolation

consummation

conversation

convocation

crucifixion

cultivation

deformation

degradation

demarcation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

designation

destination

devastation

disaffection

dislocation

distillation

duplication

emigration

emulation

equitation

estimation

excitation

expiration

fabrication

fermentation

fibrillation

granulation

inattention

indecision

indication

indonesian

information

inspiration

insulation

intermission

intimation

invitation

invocation

liquidation

lubrication

masturbation

molestation

obligation

observation

occupation

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

penetration

permutation

population

presentation

proclamation

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

publication

reclamation

refutation

regulation

replication

reputation

resignation

retardation

segregation

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

corinthian

comprehension

syndication

vaccination

tabulation

vindication

tribulation

ventilation

conjugation

dehydration

inhibition

legislation

nonpartisan

syncopation

consternation

excavation

american

obfuscation

abyssinian

centurion

constellation

gastrulation

barbarian

disinflation

implication

jurisdiction

agrarian

augmentation

computation

illustration

subluxation

substitution

dominican

arbitration

calculation

complication

constipation

constitution

eritrean

estonian

consultation

guatemalan

embarkation

exploration

importation

liquefaction

malformation

menstruation

pigmentation

ministration

exhortation

sectarian

condemnation

consecration

samaritan

condescension

paraguayan

wagnerian

amputation

confiscation

disinfection

disputation

formulation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

indentation

indexation

indignation

infestation

inflammation

installation

instigation

institution

integration

mortification

octahedron

ostentation

punctuation

transformation

nestorian

transportation

alexandrine

fascination

congregation

nomination

exhalation

detonation

diminution

domination

machination

definition

strangulation

imitation

immolation

incubation

hungarian

registration

macedonian

pagination

comparison

volcanically

conflagration

confrontation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

demonstration

distribution

exclamation

expectation

explanation

explication

exploitation

extrication

implantation

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nihilism

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dualism

dualisms

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vaporization

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assemblywoman

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hallucinating

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amazonian

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pythagorean

augustinian

pronunciation

renunciation

denunciation

carthaginian

washingtonian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word salesman

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

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