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3 syllable words
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

auction

bastion

dancing

flexion

hangman

option

pension

portion

flashgun

mangan

martian

gentian

mention

section

suction

tension

torsion

caution

draftsman

freshen

nation

haitian

craftsman

mahone

prussian

session

station

pathan

hessian

russian

sanction

homespun

kansans

klansman

landman

ransoms

sexton

airman

alban

carman

carmine

cancan

carbon

carton

chairman

chanson

chessman

chevron

corban

cordon

crimson

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

foreman

fountain

jordan

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

linemen

muslin

norman

lightman

lineman

lockman

morgan

mormon

mountain

nekton

onion

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

pardon

patron

pectin

penman

pressman

scullion

selden

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

sovereign

mansions

stockman

sultan

conscience

pensions

tangent

tarpon

tartan

plankton

whitson

tendon

tungsten

teston

apron

austin

bargain

barton

bellman

boston

brakeman

dalton

darken

desman

garden

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hetman

houseman

ibsen

jargon

jorden

london

marlin

marten

martin

matron

melton

minden

ponton

runnion

smarten

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallman

tubman

tuscan

undone

vulcan

wanton

warden

workman

auden

bacon

beckon

bellon

bisson

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bourbon

bowman

brazen

breton

brighten

broaden

burden

burdon

burton

button

canaan

certain

charon

christen

cotton

cousin

craven

crewman

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

deaden

deafen

demon

devon

dozen

dromon

fallen

felon

floren

foreign

freeman

frighten

glisten

gotten

graven

hausen

haven

heaven

heighten

heron

human

hyphen

jetton

kalan

laden

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lichen

lighten

liken

listen

liven

locken

loosen

loren

lumen

lyden

maiden

marron

melon

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

often

omen

oven

pagan

pavon

perron

pollan

pollen

raven

reckon

redden

resin

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosin

rotten

rumen

satan

seaman

semen

seven

shaken

showman

siphon

siren

sodden

soften

straighten

sudden

sullen

syphon

taken

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

urban

toman

toughen

triton

trodden

turban

vegan

waken

warren

weapon

yaupon

zircon

whiten

widen

wizen

woman

yeoman

women

pouncing

function

junction

landsman

diction

question

shrunken

belgian

bouncing

brethren

churchman

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

engine

faustian

fencing

fiction

georgian

fortune

freshman

friction

longan

luncheon

margin

othman

sunken

watchman

asian

baldwin

banking

bludgeon

bordman

burgeon

cajun

cauldron

cowan

cushion

delphian

dian

doctrine

dudgeon

dustman

earthen

fission

gowan

grecian

gudgeon

headsman

horseman

ion

lengthen

lion

lotion

mankind

marchman

markman

mayan

mission

motion

nanking

nonsense

notion

oarsman

ocean

persian

portman

potion

rayon

salesman

scion

scotsman

smacking

statesman

strengthen

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

tangents

townsman

unsound

urchin

urine

version

yachtsman

zion

dungeons

ancient

engines

luncheons

penchant

penguin

vengeance

henchman

tensions

pungent

sanguine

banging

billion

billman

boatman

bolden

bookman

bullion

chieftain

citron

clinton

copeman

fielden

footman

freedman

gilden

golden

goodman

hanging

linden

lisbon

lonesome

lopeman

lynden

mignon

milken

million

minion

molten

monsoon

newsman

olden

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

sequin

shearman

shipman

silken

soldan

spearman

stillion

sylvan

tillman

trillion

union

winsome

woodman

woolman

guardsman

marksman

hangings

huntsman

mankinds

sportsman

colon

begun

beacon

beaten

cheapen

chicken

chosen

broken

rincon

billon

bitten

blowgun

wincing

briton

brogan

christian

moonshine

bushman

cretin

deepen

crouton

cuban

deacon

demesne

driven

eaten

gibbon

eden

elan

given

frozen

glidden

coachman

gluten

hogan

griffon

hidden

hoten

hoven

kitten

ginseng

leven

linen

logan

mitten

ninon

odin

open

poison

prison

proven

pullen

quicken

reason

rerun

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

rosen

season

seton

shogun

sicken

slogan

smitten

solon

spoken

steven

stiffen

stolen

stricken

striven

sweeten

swollen

thicken

token

treason

villain

wheaten

wooden

woolen

mincing

weaken

wiccan

woven

written

penguins

ancients

monsoons

spokesman

seedsman

postman

launching

children

incense

fusion

heathen

kitchen

knocking

legion

lesion

pigeon

region

trojan

vision

owen

peon

paean

rowan

rowen

ruin

income

insane

longing

ensconce

incensed

launchings

conjoin

ensnare

incomes

longings

conjoined

smoking

sneaking

gingham

sneezing

ensnares

ensnarl

ginghams

encamp

knickknacks

benzene

benzine

consume

enzyme

unknown

unknowns

unseen

sunshine

enjoin

punkin

consent

consumed

consumes

enzymes

kinsman

lunching

unkind

enchant

consents

longhand

unkempt

benign

knickknack

ringing

singing

inchon

ringneck

thinking

pinching

sinking

3 syllable words

appian

arian

cation

galleon

niacin

permian

damnation

dalmatian

myosin

saccharin

samoan

admission

ambition

commotion

commission

permission

reaction

promotion

summation

horatian

laotian

cambrian

capsaicin

talisman

transmission

javelin

determine

freemason

amazon

catalan

assassin

gravamen

jettison

lanolin

vatican

albion

kantian

andean

elison

jacobin

jamaican

mandarin

waterman

affection

alsatian

attention

collection

commissioned

commissions

connection

connexion

formation

inaction

lactation

laurentian

plantation

preemption

protection

salvation

selection

stagnation

submission

tactician

taxation

temptation

transition

addition

aleutian

audition

causation

citation

correction

corruption

cremation

dilation

dilution

direction

edition

emission

emotion

flirtation

gradation

halogen

irian

gyration

ligation

aryan

dorian

simian

narration

negation

omission

oration

privation

solution

avian

sedation

alien

bedouin

biotin

carrion

remission

tradition

clarion

fabian

profession

vacation

venetian

foramen

gaussian

ghanaian

heroin

pensioner

petition

hawaiian

phoenician

possession

heroine

korean

marian

nemean

plebeian

veteran

physician

pollution

position

predation

ambrosian

badminton

franciscan

jansenist

projection

abandon

abdomen

abduction

african

alaskan

alderman

amazons

attraction

backgammon

banishment

battalion

castration

chairperson

chamberlain

coercion

combustion

completion

compression

compulsion

confection

connexions

contention

convection

convention

corrosion

corsican

creation

croatian

damaging

declension

derision

diffraction

dominion

exaction

fruition

italian

jamaicans

lumberman

magdalen

magician

medallion

mexican

omniscient

parisian

porcelain

presumption

redemption

resumption

retraction

rhodopsin

senescence

transaction

translation

tuition

uncertain

vanishing

vermilion

adrian

anyone

beethoven

feminine

ablation

ferryman

fustian

ablution

awaken

cinnamon

accession

carnation

abortion

jansenists

accretion

bosnian

collagen

objection

gordian

keynesian

ottoman

overman

specimen

mannequin

peterman

suburban

addiction

apportion

superman

venison

vitamin

adoption

anchorman

aggression

guardian

lesbian

medicine

nevadan

solomon

thespian

toboggan

uneven

wesleyan

attrition

unison

cognition

condition

compassion

concession

concussion

confession

deduction

defection

dentition

detection

detention

digression

dimension

election

emissions

emulsion

erection

eruption

foundation

hydration

impassion

libration

manganese

migration

obsession

omissions

oppression

optation

optician

oxygen

partition

patrician

pensioners

phoenicians

perfection

pretension

prevention

production

progression

proportion

propulsion

regression

remissions

rendition

seduction

sensation

reduction

retention

secretion

revulsion

starvation

submersion

succession

suppression

technician

vibration

scorpion

contraption

communion

companion

ejection

nebraskan

contraction

adhesion

complexion

albumin

amazement

consonant

digestion

muskmelon

suggestion

distraction

exemption

bandwagon

infraction

subtraction

councilman

emblazon

embolden

expansion

handwoven

outspoken

transfusion

arkansan

masculine

rejection

snapdragon

truncation

transgression

allusion

amazing

assertion

aversion

caucasian

cessation

cetacean

clergyman

collegian

collision

collusion

deletion

desertion

devotion

diversion

donation

duration

elation

ensuing

fisherman

flotation

immersion

imagine

lawmaking

lecithin

location

malaysian

munition

musician

mutation

notation

occasion

origin

ovation

parthian

percussion

perversion

precaution

probation

procession

provision

quotation

regimen

relation

rotation

vocation

volition

sedition

horizon

julian

jovian

anglican

libyan

malayan

affliction

reopen

median

chilean

fenian

protean

moroccan

concoction

conduction

contortion

contrition

freudian

conception

confucian

conflation

conviction

convulsion

deflection

odeon

nubian

syrian

impression

induction

infection

invention

management

pentathlon

reflection

gillian

grobian

acumen

austrian

bedridden

brazilian

charlatan

charwoman

civilian

consummate

guncotton

keynesians

logician

mannequins

nobleman

partisan

policeman

uncommon

unisons

unwritten

artisan

cardigan

chairwoman

everyone

forbidden

forewoman

in-person

inasmuch

innocence

innocent

opinion

pavilion

perfusion

predestine

rebellion

rifleman

sumatran

timberman

tumescent

unburden

unbutton

amusement

phrygian

backwoodsman

scythian

concentrate

transcription

congestion

stygian

consonants

incumbent

injection

abstraction

tangential

aegean

fijian

extraction

abrasion

amusing

artesian

ascension

aspersion

asuncion

benjamin

cartesian

contagion

contusion

conversion

crustacean

deflation

depiction

depletion

depression

dictation

dissection

engineer

eviction

excision

exertion

fixation

gestation

hydrogen

ignition

imagined

imagines

incision

insertion

irishman

menhaden

nitrogen

norwegian

nutrition

occlusion

oncoming

perception

persuasion

prediction

profusion

repression

subversion

suspicion

citizen

absorption

denizen

eleven

forgotten

indian

jainism

keratin

limousine

melanin

monism

pelican

reunion

silicon

abstention

bedizen

bouillon

cyprian

adsorption

bitumen

consumption

overdone

overrun

infarction

bulletin

encryption

extortion

inflection

managements

skeleton

puritan

consummates

countryman

crestfallen

ensemble

etruscan

housebroken

downtrodden

imprison

harlequin

egyptian

gentleman

innocents

intestine

octillion

nonunion

reptilian

saleswoman

unbroken

unconcern

amusements

concentrates

compunction

encampment

incumbents

angina

decision

delusion

division

erosion

excursion

evasion

precision

exhaustion

precession

recession

exception

ongoing

recision

revision

religion

rescission

reversion

assumption

secession

conclusion

confusion

engenders

engineers

enjoyment

filtration

frustration

implosion

inception

inflation

intention

nonhuman

prostration

pungently

punishment

singleton

suspension

illusion

margarine

enchantment

conscription

orion

constriction

construction

obstruction

subscription

uterine

heartbroken

genuine

ingestion

enchanting

denizens

limousines

australian

cohesion

renaissance

discipline

clarendon

ensembles

encumber

encampments

enlighten

enliven

monisms

unconcerned

mistaken

beholden

cistercian

congressman

deception

diffusion

discussion

dispersion

dissension

enjoyments

equation

exclusion

excretion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

extrusion

incoming

incursion

infliction

inspection

invasion

inversion

lutheran

misshapen

preclusion

prescription

punishments

reception

resection

seclusion

disunion

incentive

insincere

conjunction

instruction

inscription

congenial

consciences

discretion

disruption

distortion

enchanted

inclusion

infusion

long-winded

misprision

misfortune

inhuman

intrusion

midshipman

extinction

uncomplete

conjunctions

longingly

description

destruction

proscription

restriction

englishman

ringmaster

distinction

injunction

enchanters

enigma

nincompoop

incomplete

injunctions

nincompoops

enchanter

benignly

consumer

coenzyme

honeycomb

uncanny

sunshiny

consumers

ungainly

unseemly

consuming

engender

concentric

encounter

finishing

ingenue

encounters

4 syllable words

readmission

affirmation

animation

admiration

aberration

adoration

apparition

coloration

commissioner

laceration

tamoxifen

moderation

operation

toleration

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

amphibian

confirmation

graduation

maturation

saturation

tasmanian

watermelon

canadian

navigation

abolition

commissioners

arabian

allocation

alteration

appellation

allegation

annotation

aspiration

validation

locomotion

bavarian

gravitation

manumission

habitation

avocation

defamation

hibernation

valuation

chameleon

coloradan

corp.

comedian

corporation

diocesan

galilean

jacobean

maccabean

mammalian

planarian

demolition

sanitation

reformation

agitation

coalition

miseration

amputation

violation

malformation

radiation

adulation

prohibition

transformation

generation

federation

ideation

rhetorician

separation

liberation

reparation

comparison

decoration

dietitian

aviation

iteration

perforation

preparation

surrogation

variation

veneration

meridian

moravian

peruvian

abrogation

absolution

abdication

abnegation

barbarian

accusation

affectation

acquisition

aggravation

altercation

advocation

armenian

aggregation

adaptation

activation

alternation

approbation

backwardation

annexation

ammunition

deformation

emigration

albanian

aldebaran

american

intimation

statistician

alabaman

interaction

masturbation

application

hypertension

information

reclamation

recollection

relaxation

vaccination

agrarian

columbian

calibration

committeeman

cancellation

circumcision

emulation

competition

composition

compilation

intermission

commutation

observation

copernican

predilection

dandelion

dominican

estimation

fabrication

palpitation

proclamation

tabulation

guatemalan

granulation

jordanian

librarian

manzanilla

obsidian

pavlovian

reexamine

samaritan

wagnerian

permutation

algerian

appalachian

connotation

bifurcation

dedication

collocation

declaration

delegation

correlation

deposition

derivation

devolution

elevation

evolution

figuration

fluoridation

fumigation

hesitation

hungarian

dilatation

erudition

fascination

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

irrigation

jubilation

levitation

limitation

litigation

medication

meditation

motivation

mutilation

opposition

perturbation

politician

preservation

assemblyman

recreation

renovation

repetition

reelection

preelection

preignition

propagation

proposition

provocation

realization

reposition

repossession

reservation

resolution

resurrection

revelation

revolution

rumination

suffocation

supposition

trepidation

revocation

ulceration

vacillation

arizonan

assyrian

attribution

augmentation

calculation

collodion

complication

computation

condemnation

criterion

decompression

draconian

embarkation

european

fallopian

floridian

formulation

gastrulation

gregorian

himalayan

hyperion

iberian

incantation

inflammation

iranian

lancastrian

liberian

liquefaction

malnutrition

missourian

napoleon

praetorian

protozoan

reawaken

satisfaction

siberian

simonian

transportation

valerian

cogitation

armageddon

adrenaline

contrarian

education

fluctuation

jansenism

macedonian

modulation

vegetation

shakespearean

pedestrian

athenian

apprehension

corinthian

strangulation

bohemian

homogeny

foliation

deviation

leviathan

mediation

nigerian

pelagian

reassertion

algonquian

carcinogen

celebration

circumspection

circulation

admonition

benediction

combination

conservation

consolation

consummation

conversation

convocation

convolution

cultivation

contemplation

degradation

exclamation

demarcation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

designation

duplication

elocution

expiration

immigration

implantation

equitation

excitation

imposition

inattention

lilliputian

obligation

ovulation

oxidation

publication

recognition

refutation

regulation

segregation

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

tribulation

ventilation

exhibition

gargantuan

indication

interruption

invocation

occupation

penetration

population

replication

reputation

requisition

resignation

retardation

retrocession

vindication

custodian

cyclopean

cotyledon

darwinian

accordion

anaconda

centurion

encomium

eritrean

estonian

glaciation

gorgonian

greco-roman

herculean

interurban

minnesotan

nestorian

nicaraguan

oblivion

olympian

overburden

pagurian

paraguayan

penicillin

predetermine

sectarian

situation

victorian

californian

elongation

encompasses

inhibition

comprehension

syncopation

tangentially

exhumation

consonantal

conjugation

concomitant

incumbency

dehydration

rhododendron

circumvention

condescension

premonition

arbitration

compensation

confiscation

polynesian

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

procreation

constitution

emanation

germination

consultation

domination

imperfection

importation

implication

incarnation

indentation

indexation

inquisition

perspiration

imputation

intervention

desperation

nomination

arthurian

evocation

intuition

oscillation

machination

desiccation

desolation

menstruation

decimation

retribution

homogenize

punctuation

mitigation

reproduction

subluxation

isolation

mongolian

substitution

recitation

irritation

relocation

electrician

expedition

exhortation

exploration

exposition

integration

ohioan

excavation

obfuscation

repercussion

transplantation

smithsonian

termination

visitation

restoration

titillation

execution

fragmentation

interdiction

mortification

respiration

supervision

bolivian

concentrated

congregation

consensual

crocodilian

devonian

encomiums

exhalation

hemoglobin

incandescent

incompetent

inconstancy

indigestion

innocently

inseminate

interjection

interwoven

monogamy

newtonian

noblewoman

noncompliance

pagination

plutonian

registration

republican

sicilian

utopian

superstition

explanation

intercession

liquidation

superhuman

extradition

commendation

extrication

invitation

polyhedron

prosecution

impregnation

prostitution

protestation

restitution

molestation

persecution

indecision

inspiration

ordination

subdivision

concentration

culmination

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

expectation

exploitation

obstetrician

orchestration

destination

explication

destitution

devastation

desecration

fermentation

conflagration

fibrillation

introduction

homogenized

nonessential

hegelian

insulation

insurrection

lubrication

syndication

gentlewoman

ibuprofen

insensitive

numismatist

unconverted

legislation

nonpartisan

equestrian

insensible

engineering

hydrocarbon

kindergarten

nonsensical

concentrations

eustachian

historian

incinerate

incompetents

gymnasium

insanity

condensation

infestation

interception

jurisdiction

ministration

coronation

definition

encompassing

indignation

instigation

institution

ostentation

reinspection

intersection

disillusion

melanesian

octahedron

installation

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word samson

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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