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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

acton

airman

bellman

bookman

brakeman

chairman

chessman

chevron

damson

desman

hackman

headman

hempen

hetman

ibsen

jackman

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

m1

melton

oxen

packman

penman

pressman

rectum

samson

selden

tendon

teston

whitson

workman

bacon

gumption

basin

henchman

bason

breton

bracken

questions

bellon

blacken

auctions

bisson

caisson

charon

chasten

chicken

christen

deaden

deafen

devon

fasten

felon

glisten

hasten

heaven

heron

leaden

jason

jetton

leaven

ledden

lemon

listen

marron

mason

melon

perron

person

quicken

redden

resin

seven

shaken

sicken

slacken

stricken

taken

thicken

threaten

urson

vegan

waken

weapon

wiccan

worsen

zircon

bushman

dungeon

brethren

christian

flashgun

option

torsion

bastion

luncheon

martian

portion

capstan

grandson

bludgeon

caution

headsman

delphian

kitchen

pigeon

potion

sturgeon

surgeon

urchin

spokesman

statesman

asian

burgeon

cajun

dudgeon

earthen

grecian

gudgeon

lotion

mahone

motion

notion

ocean

pathan

persian

suasion

version

vision

destin

dictum

dobson

pillion

pitman

plantain

bastions

penguin

plankton

spearman

stillion

stockman

tillman

woodman

woolman

stallion

tungsten

alman

apron

arson

aspen

atman

banyan

baston

billion

bagman

billman

bullion

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

chaplain

chapman

chastened

chestnut

citron

classman

clinton

fastened

footman

crimson

dampen

falcon

gascon

gilden

goodman

hastens

jasmine

kansan

linden

lisbon

listens

lockman

london

lynden

matron

mignon

milken

million

minion

muslin

onion

panton

parson

passman

patron

pinion

piston

runnion

saffron

santon

scallion

scullion

sequin

shakedown

shipman

silken

sultan

sylvan

trillion

tubman

tuscan

undone

victim

vulcan

acting

alan

amman

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

begun

billon

bison

bitten

bookstand

bourbon

brazen

briton

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

certain

churchman

cousin

craftsman

craven

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

dozen

draftsman

dragon

driven

drunken

dutchman

ermine

extend

extent

famine

fatten

faustian

firman

flatten

fortune

gallon

gammon

garron

georgian

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

graven

griffon

hangman

happen

haven

hidden

huntsman

hyson

kalan

kitten

laden

lagan

latin

layman

lichen

liken

linen

locken

loosen

madden

maiden

mangan

margin

marksman

mitten

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

oven

pagan

patten

platen

platten

prison

pullen

raven

resting

ribbon

ridden

rincon

risen

riven

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

sermon

shaman

shrunken

smitten

spoken

stiffen

straighten

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

talon

tappen

testing

token

toughen

turban

urban

vesting

villain

wagon

weaken

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

zaman

victims

lampron

marchman

landman

yachtsman

markman

pistons

scotsman

klansman

homespun

horseman

salesman

doctrine

dustman

distance

distant

shakedowns

chestnuts

children

sixteen

fusion

heathen

legion

lesion

region

trojan

rayon

urine

bookstands

extends

austin

barton

alban

bargain

boatman

bolden

boston

carmine

carton

copeman

cordon

carman

carbon

corban

chieftain

custom

dolphin

dolman

fireman

fielden

dalton

festoon

foreman

darken

dukedom

faulcon

fibrin

fountain

garden

harten

golden

houseman

jargon

gorgon

jordan

jorden

extinct

harden

harken

freedman

hearten

lactone

lightman

lineman

norman

olden

marlin

mountain

marten

molten

linemen

lopeman

minden

martin

morgan

mormon

newsman

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

pardon

ponton

sharpen

shearman

shorten

shotgun

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallman

system

tarpon

tartan

union

wanton

warden

wisdom

sportsman

landsman

vestment

sixteens

basting

coachman

listing

longan

tasting

twisting

lasting

casting

othman

wasting

watchman

asthma

auden

beaten

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

brighten

broaden

brogan

cheapen

chosen

colon

common

cotton

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

deepen

demon

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

fallen

floren

foreign

freeman

frighten

frozen

gluten

gotten

hausen

heighten

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

leman

leven

lighten

liman

liven

logan

loren

lumen

lyden

odin

often

omen

open

pavon

poison

pollan

pollen

proven

reason

rerun

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

seaman

season

semen

seton

shogun

showman

siphon

stolen

siren

sixteenth

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

steven

sweeten

swollen

syphon

thousand

tighten

titan

toman

treason

triton

trodden

warren

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

seedsman

townsman

systems

baldwin

cauldron

customs

bordman

oarsman

postman

portman

vestments

castings

tastings

listings

heightens

ion

lion

owen

peon

scion

zion

lightens

pastime

gowan

sistine

mayan

paean

ragtime

cowan

disdain

octane

dian

ruin

tightens

rowan

rowen

guardsman

boasting

coasting

costing

hosting

lightning

ousting

posting

roasting

toasting

pastimes

disdained

disdains

eighteen

sixteenths

postings

lightnings

right-hand

fighting

lighting

sighting

yachting

eyestone

eighteens

keystone

peacetime

nighttime

fightings

eighteenth

sightings

keystones

nighttimes

sustain

costume

mustang

touchdown

astound

costumes

distend

nightmares

sustained

sustains

mustangs

touchdowns

astounds

distinct

esteem

nightmare

postmark

3 syllable words

decadent

abduction

confection

convection

deflection

infection

reflection

elison

jettison

keratin

skeleton

specimen

denizen

venison

jacobin

medicine

clarion

deception

bedouin

discussion

carrion

accretion

addiction

ascension

concussion

dentition

depiction

detention

dimension

heroin

heroine

objection

dictation

dissension

attention

accession

injection

deduction

saccharin

eviction

marian

veteran

excision

fictional

fixation

gestation

inaction

lactation

laurentian

perception

prediction

preemption

pretension

prevention

production

reactions

reception

reduction

rendition

retention

secretion

seduction

sensation

succession

tactician

taxation

temptation

vacations

addition

aleutian

assertion

cetacean

commission

commotion

deletion

desertion

devotion

duration

edition

elation

emission

emotion

flirtation

gradation

lecithin

location

negation

occasion

permission

petition

phoenician

physician

pollution

position

possession

precaution

precession

predation

procession

profession

promotion

questioner

recession

secession

sedation

sedition

solution

summation

tradition

venetian

vocation

accident

decadents

truncation

coercion

croatian

fruition

parisian

creation

derision

complexion

encryption

inflection

corrosion

inspection

extortion

tuition

bedridden

chairperson

chairwoman

genuine

hesitant

logician

magician

residence

resident

conception

concoction

excursion

suspension

attraction

conduction

convention

contention

conviction

declension

diffraction

invention

retraction

redemption

affliction

exaction

exception

induction

transaction

inception

anyone

assassin

bulletin

destiny

lesbian

puritan

garrison

halcyon

thespian

cinnamon

ferryman

citizen

pelican

vatican

wesleyan

crustacean

deflation

depletion

alsatian

auctioneer

depression

asuncion

apportion

ambition

admission

adoption

aggression

abortion

ablation

ablution

attrition

compassion

digression

confession

condition

concession

emulsion

equation

eruption

exciting

extraction

benjamin

cistercian

dalmatian

damnation

exertion

accidents

ignition

impassion

incursion

insertion

incision

obsession

occlusion

oppression

oxygen

progression

proportion

propulsion

questioners

questionnaire

revulsion

salvation

stagnation

submission

transition

locations

menhaden

misshapen

patrician

plantation

positions

preclusion

regression

repression

seclusion

suppression

suspicion

vocations

adhesion

alien

allusion

appian

arian

audition

aversion

avian

cation

caucasian

causation

chilean

citation

clergyman

collegian

collision

collusion

contraction

cremation

decision

delusion

description

destruction

digestion

dilation

dilution

distraction

division

donation

egyptian

erosion

evasion

exclusion

excretion

exemption

expansion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extender

extension

extrusion

fabian

fastener

fisherman

flotation

foramen

galleon

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

gyration

halogen

hawaiian

horizon

illusion

imagine

immersion

infarction

infliction

infraction

libyan

ligation

listener

malayan

malaysian

masculine

moroccan

munition

musician

mutation

myosin

niacin

notation

omission

oration

ovation

permian

perversion

plebeian

prescription

privation

probation

provision

quotation

recision

regimen

relation

religion

remission

reptilian

rescission

residents

restriction

reversion

rotation

samoan

simian

subtraction

suggestion

syrian

tamarin

testament

volition

unbutton

assumption

disruption

distortion

frustration

uncertain

predestine

policeman

phrygian

castration

filtration

capsaicin

discretion

scythian

backgammon

guncotton

conclusion

uncommon

contortion

convulsion

opinion

auctioneers

combustion

completion

equations

in-person

compression

compulsion

conflation

contrition

confucian

alaskan

rebellion

exhaustion

acumen

pavilion

vermilion

unwritten

african

aegean

brazilian

impression

midshipman

presumption

intention

questionnaires

civilian

resumption

dominion

stygian

decedent

inflation

dissidence

dissident

inclusion

distinction

everyone

pentathlon

cohesion

discipline

translation

destinies

compunction

transmission

enlighten

enliven

talisman

backwoodsman

congestion

starvation

succeeding

subscription

extenders

partition

excitement

persuasion

ingestion

exceeding

conjunction

injunction

inscription

foundation

invasion

inversion

irishman

vibration

libration

instruction

aspersion

subversion

profusion

carnation

cognition

contagion

conversion

diffusion

constriction

transcription

abrasion

extensions

contusion

construction

obstruction

formation

nutrition

submersion

hydration

anchorman

dispersion

migration

optation

optician

testaments

abstraction

conscription

albion

andean

bedizen

beethoven

bitumen

campion

catalan

determine

echidna

fasteners

feminine

hammerman

jamaican

keynesian

lanolin

listeners

ramadan

adrian

champion

cyprian

fustian

forgotten

indian

mandarin

nicotine

awaken

acetone

eleven

javelin

freemason

kantian

macadam

melanin

nevadan

unison

distinctions

silicon

suburban

uneven

zambian

extinction

toboggan

proscription

octillion

dissidents

contraption

occident

consumption

nebraskan

adsorption

crestfallen

transgression

decedents

etruscan

absorption

harlequin

intestine

transfusion

abstention

badminton

emblazon

embolden

franciscan

imprison

diversion

revision

visiting

listening

origin

fastening

precision

ticketing

aryan

misfortune

misprision

prostration

dorian

nemean

confusion

biotin

fenian

grobian

orion

intrusion

nubian

freudian

korean

jovian

julian

odeon

englishman

protean

singleton

gaussian

reopen

irian

median

anglican

implosion

infusion

inhuman

rectangle

abdomen

abandon

battalion

cambrian

chamberlain

clarendon

corsican

extinctions

estimate

guesstimate

italian

lumberman

magdalen

medallion

mistaken

nobleman

perfusion

rhodopsin

rifleman

timberman

unburden

victimize

fijian

lutheran

liechtenstein

extensive

nitrogen

norwegian

artesian

equating

fastenings

hydrogen

beholden

cartesian

rectangles

academe

bosnian

bouillon

gordian

gravamen

guardian

ottoman

overdone

overman

overrun

peterman

reunion

scorpion

solomon

albumin

ambrosian

arkansan

saleswoman

customer

superman

communion

distances

muskmelon

sustenance

bandwagon

companion

handwoven

disunion

snapdragon

tectonics

vitamin

waterman

councilman

collagen

countryman

estimates

unbroken

besetting

locating

margarine

nonhuman

parthian

alderman

artisan

austrian

cardigan

charlatan

charwoman

customers

customize

extinguish

forbidden

forewoman

partisan

porcelain

sumatran

tectonic

uterine

lastingly

congressman

extinguished

istanbul

outspoken

downtrodden

housebroken

nonunion

begotten

pseudonym

disdainful

lightening

australian

heartbroken

pseudonyms

bystander

systemic

nightmarish

bystanders

postnatal

right-handed

asthmatics

distinctive

distinctly

distemper

astonish

nightingale

distinguished

guesstimates

postmaster

toastmaster

postmasters

costumer

distinguish

asthmatic

costumers

astounded

astounding

post-mortem

4 syllable words

allocation

revocation

preelection

resurrection

avocation

dedication

desiccation

recreation

reelection

declaration

medication

federation

generation

preparation

reparation

rhetorician

separation

surrogation

variation

veneration

education

application

benediction

annexation

disaffection

elocution

advocation

desecration

abdication

affectation

dereliction

equitation

excitation

maturation

penicillin

exhibition

expiration

glaciation

graduation

saturation

sectarian

fabrication

insurrection

persecution

predilection

recantation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

replication

requisition

speculation

decimation

defamation

definition

desolation

delegation

deposition

derivation

demolition

desperation

detonation

devolution

dictionary

elevation

emanation

erudition

evolution

fascination

germination

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

levitation

machination

meditation

navigation

provocation

premonition

preservation

recitation

reformation

renovation

repercussion

repetition

reservation

resolution

respiration

restoration

revelation

revolution

sanitation

suffocation

abolition

allegation

appellation

termination

trepidation

animation

annotation

collocation

bifurcation

vacillation

jacobean

maccabean

validation

aberration

adoration

adulation

agitation

apparition

aviation

coalition

coloration

corinthian

dietitian

disconnection

disinfection

electrician

embarkation

excavation

execution

expedition

exploration

exposition

fluctuation

imperfection

indexation

interdiction

intersection

iteration

laceration

liberation

meridian

miseration

moderation

operation

pagination

perforation

prohibition

radiation

reassertion

reinspection

satisfaction

shakespearean

tamoxifen

toleration

vegetation

violation

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

greco-roman

acquisition

centurion

actionable

activation

adaptation

aggregation

aggravation

ammunition

eritrean

approbation

liquidation

retrocession

vindication

interjection

molestation

restitution

celebration

indication

invocation

prosecution

protestation

publication

resignation

vaccination

ventilation

cancellation

granulation

hesitancy

calibration

hypertension

altercation

admonition

backwardation

interaction

reputation

lubrication

palpitation

regulation

refutation

penetration

presentation

relaxation

paraguayan

circumcision

obsidian

exhalation

residency

crucifixion

degradation

depravation

dictionaries

samaritan

depredation

deprivation

designation

dislocation

estimation

syndication

fermentation

statistician

duplication

situation

circulation

convocation

destination

destitution

emigration

emulation

tabulation

segregation

devastation

circumspection

exclamation

expectation

explanation

explication

exploitation

extradition

extrication

sequestration

admiration

affirmation

appalachian

aspiration

alteration

connotation

coronation

correlation

diminution

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

figuration

fluoridation

fumigation

corporation

dilatation

divination

domination

hibernation

imitation

immolation

corp.

evocation

inhalation

intuition

irritation

isolation

syncopation

innovation

irrigation

jubilation

arizonan

locomotion

nomination

litigation

melanesian

assyrian

draconian

limitation

bavarian

valerian

mitigation

european

legislation

mutilation

sicilian

motivation

opposition

oscillation

perspiration

readmission

realization

preignition

propagation

planarian

profanation

procreation

politician

galilean

himalayan

perturbation

proposition

relocation

reposition

ulceration

missourian

repossession

visitation

rumination

supposition

titillation

usurpation

valuation

exhumation

attribution

destinations

condescension

augmentation

complication

confiscation

fragmentation

obfuscation

preconception

gastrulation

segmentation

jurisdiction

reproduction

subluxation

estimations

exhortation

amputation

calculation

consecration

implication

intervention

incantation

incarnation

inclination

indentation

infestation

inquisition

interception

liquefaction

menstruation

misperception

mortification

ostentation

punctuation

retribution

mediation

adrenaline

modulation

deviation

leviathan

comparison

hesitantly

residences

pelagian

introspection

cogitation

ideation

foliation

moravian

peruvian

apprehension

extendible

incubation

registration

strangulation

conservation

agrarian

conversation

convolution

disposition

occupation

prostitution

tribulation

abyssinian

ordination

alabaman

alternation

aldebaran

herculean

consolation

consummation

questionable

nicaraguan

cultivation

fibrillation

obligation

observation

population

precondition

stimulation

american

stipulation

superstition

copernican

cyclopean

dandelion

nestorian

oblivion

amphibian

commendation

demarcation

commutation

distillation

indecision

estonian

estimator

competition

insulation

barbarian

information

compilation

victorian

composition

confirmation

culmination

combination

immigration

imposition

librarian

pagurian

inattention

inspiration

intercession

intermission

interruption

intimation

intonation

inundation

invitation

lilliputian

permutation

proclamation

accordion

eustachian

residential

simulation

committeeman

masturbation

minnesotan

ovulation

wagnerian

oxidation

reexamine

testimony

demonstration

accidental

businesswoman

conjugation

dehydration

equestrian

gentlewoman

inhibition

ohioan

self-deception

impregnation

misconception

introduction

contraception

contradiction

incrustation

smithsonian

supervision

comprehension

disillusion

algerian

polynesian

hungarian

manumission

criterion

protozoan

arbitration

circumvention

diocesan

iranian

siberian

compensation

condensation

constellation

deconstruction

reconstruction

condemnation

arabian

consultation

chameleon

consternation

napoleon

constipation

reawaken

constitution

collodion

coloradan

comedian

devonian

liberian

mammalian

computation

decompression

dispensation

disputation

formulation

illustration

importation

imputation

gregorian

disinflation

bolivian

indignation

academy

instigation

floridian

inflammation

fallopian

canadian

simonian

installation

institution

malnutrition

malformation

ministration

iberian

integration

lancastrian

hyperion

pigmentation

substitution

transformation

tetrahedron

transportation

estimators

estonians

macedonian

residencies

congregation

contrarian

crocodilian

misbegotten

noblewoman

pedestrian

indigestion

testimonies

bohemian

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word section

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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