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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word segregation.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
3 syllable words
4 syllable words

segregation

aggregation

degradation

abrogation

aggravation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

delegation

regulation

surrogation

derivation

irrigation

approbation

designation

destination

emulation

equitation

estimation

reclamation

replication

reputation

resignation

ventilation

segmentation

speculation

allegation

decimation

dedication

defamation

desiccation

desolation

detonation

elevation

emanation

fluoridation

hesitation

litigation

medication

meditation

navigation

recitation

renovation

revocation

congregation

revelation

syncopation

extrication

education

vegetation

excavation

fragmentation

gastrulation

pigmentation

retribution

application

cancellation

distillation

fabrication

fibrillation

granulation

palpitation

penetration

presentation

recantation

stimulation

stipulation

tabulation

abnegation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

advocation

celebration

circulation

culmination

desecration

devastation

excitation

indication

insulation

intimation

intonation

invocation

obligation

tribulation

simulation

vaccination

vindication

avocation

coronation

correlation

sanitation

inhalation

reservation

generation

exhalation

federation

innovation

decoration

legislation

fascination

germination

habitation

imitation

immolation

irritation

mitigation

preservation

propagation

levitation

machination

appellation

dilatation

divination

recreation

reformation

preparation

suffocation

trepidation

veneration

allocation

annotation

erudition

strangulation

reparation

variation

animation

termination

vacillation

separation

validation

6 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word segregation.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

function

junction

emption

gumption

penguin

pension

section

tension

flexion

gentian

mention

suction

sanction

freshen

strengthen

haitian

hessian

lengthen

delphian

nation

prussian

russian

session

station

henchman

tungsten

chevron

jetson

airman

chairman

ensign

keelson

kelson

kenyan

onion

runnion

scullion

stepson

disgraced

huntsman

bison

charon

hasten

belgian

caisson

heron

hyson

caption

basin

fiction

freshman

friction

mansion

martian

chasten

engine

jason

perron

action

lessen

lesson

drunken

brethren

person

dungeon

luncheon

portion

question

shrunken

marron

urson

faction

fraction

mason

vegan

diction

sunken

torsion

traction

worsen

headsman

disgrace

dustman

grandson

sexton

ashen

asian

bludgeon

burgeon

cajun

caution

cushion

dudgeon

earthen

gudgeon

persian

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

urchin

passion

mission

grecian

version

fission

fashion

ration

plankton

apron

arson

bagman

banyan

bargain

bellman

billion

bullion

canyon

chessman

citron

claxon

damson

desman

gorgon

headman

hempen

hetman

ibsen

jargon

kelvin

kirkman

craftsman

kremlin

london

m1

matron

melton

mignon

million

minion

morgan

muslin

nekton

organ

parson

patron

pectin

penman

pillion

pinion

pressman

saffron

samson

saxon

scallion

spearman

stallion

selden

stillion

tubman

sultan

tendon

trillion

teston

tuscan

guardsman

landsman

sportsman

undone

marksman

vulcan

whitson

workman

draftsman

christian

flashgun

auction

dutchman

hangman

bushman

faustian

fortune

margin

bastion

georgian

option

rincon

bordman

klansman

bacon

baron

barren

bason

beckon

begun

bellon

bisson

brazen

burden

bayman

bourbon

breton

brighten

burdon

burman

certain

burton

button

canaan

cayman

christen

cousin

craven

curtain

dagan

dagon

devon

firman

daman

deaden

deafen

dozen

dragon

ermine

fasten

felon

frighten

garron

german

glisten

graven

heighten

hymen

hyphen

jetton

kalan

haven

heaven

laden

lagan

leaven

lampron

landman

layman

leaden

lemon

ledden

lichen

liman

listen

liven

maiden

moisten

muffin

lighten

portman

liken

lyden

melon

mullen

pagan

resin

raven

reckon

oven

redden

mutton

ripen

riden

satan

seven

shaken

decreased

straighten

caxton

siphon

shaman

horseman

sermon

sudden

summon

wagon

waken

weapon

widen

wizen

zaman

statesman

whiten

sullen

syphon

triton

taken

threaten

tighten

titan

toughen

turban

urban

zircon

children

marchman

oarsman

capstan

markman

heathen

kitchen

legion

lesion

lotion

mahone

motion

notion

ocean

pathan

pigeon

potion

region

vision

acton

agrees

alman

aspen

atman

austin

barton

baston

billman

mayan

bookman

boston

brakeman

calvin

captain

dian

scion

canton

carbon

carman

carton

chaplain

corban

cordon

dampen

carmine

rayon

chapman

classman

clinton

crimson

ion

darken

decrease

decries

degrees

dobson

falcon

fibrin

fireman

footman

foreman

garden

gascon

gilden

goodman

hackman

harden

harken

harten

hearten

houseman

jackman

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kansan

lacrosse

lightman

linden

lineman

outrun

panton

sharpen

shearman

sovereign

sovran

smarten

zion

lynden

marten

norman

packman

passman

shipman

silken

spartan

linemen

pardon

piston

santon

squadron

lion

lisbon

martin

milken

urine

marlin

minden

mormon

oxen

pitman

plantain

orphan

shorten

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

tillman

union

warden

woodman

woolman

mangan

churchman

assures

alan

amman

bracken

buggers

cauldron

bitten

brogan

scotsman

homespun

billon

doctrine

briton

salesman

spokesman

baton

beggars

yachtsman

blacken

blowgun

batten

beacon

beaten

cabin

townsman

batton

cannon

demon

fatten

flatten

happen

baldwin

canon

cheapen

chicken

cretin

freeman

gibbon

gladden

glidden

griffon

deacon

deepen

eaten

eden

eggers

famine

foreign

gallon

gammon

given

hidden

driven

elan

floren

hogan

jaegers

kitten

latin

leman

leven

linen

logan

loosen

loren

madden

mitten

muggers

platten

quicken

reason

ribbon

sadden

salmon

satin

segars

semen

seton

siren

slogan

smitten

stiffen

stricken

striven

thicken

treason

villain

warren

ninon

patten

platen

poison

prison

pullen

rerun

ridden

risen

riven

seaman

season

shogun

sicken

slacken

steven

sweeten

talon

tappen

weaken

wheaten

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

fusion

gushers

trojan

ushers

alban

boatman

bolden

chieftain

decrees

fielden

fountain

copeman

dalton

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

freedman

golden

lockman

housewright

lopeman

molten

mountain

newsman

outdone

ponton

shotgun

soldan

wanton

olden

muckrake

sequin

stallman

stockman

paean

gowan

longan

watchman

peon

cashiers

othman

cowan

coachman

postman

seedsman

auden

augers

augurs

beckers

biggers

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

broaden

broken

chasers

checkers

chiggers

chosen

colon

common

cotton

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

daggers

diggers

dromon

fallen

frozen

fuckers

guessers

hoven

gluten

gotten

hausen

hoten

human

jaggers

joggers

lessors

locken

loggers

lumen

niggers

occurs

odin

often

omen

open

pacers

pavon

pollan

pollen

proven

racers

rigors

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

showman

siggers

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

sugars

thousand

tigers

token

toman

woven

yaupon

yeoman

disgorge

stolen

suckers

swollen

trodden

fishers

fissures

measures

pagers

pushers

wagers

washers

wishers

majors

accrues

cigars

dossiers

figures

guesswork

negroes

negros

sucrose

discourse

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

jaguars

magyars

recharge

backers

bickers

bookers

discharge

acres

bakers

cookers

cougars

dickers

fakers

hackers

hookers

kickers

lakers

lasers

leaguers

liqueurs

lookers

backrests

lugers

liquors

makers

packers

passers

mischarge

pickers

quakers

rackers

raisers

rakers

razors

rickers

scissors

shakers

takers

vicars

wickers

koshers

askers

mixers

resource

rockrose

piecework

recourse

taxers

whiskers

cockroach

secures

poachers

research

rogers

seizures

teachers

vouchers

backrest

geysers

caesars

dockers

hawkers

jokers

lockers

losers

misers

mousers

rockers

saucers

seekers

squeakers

users

visors

boxers

hoosiers

housework

3 syllable words

disruption

segregate

compunction

progression

aggression

gestation

migration

temptation

regression

stagnation

sensation

summation

duration

sedation

truncation

cessation

corruption

ligation

predation

conjunction

flirtation

injunction

destruction

encryption

horatian

consumption

exemption

abduction

compulsion

conduction

convulsion

inflation

clarendon

exaction

translation

induction

regressions

presumption

filtration

assumption

attraction

resumption

aggregate

castration

chairperson

aggressions

diffraction

venison

keratin

medicine

ablation

construction

obstruction

extraction

instruction

accretion

attrition

concussion

alsatian

carnation

asuncion

crustacean

deflation

dentition

dalmatian

damnation

deduction

depression

dictation

digression

discussion

emulsion

eruption

exertion

fixation

formation

hydration

ignition

impassion

menhaden

patrician

persuasion

propulsion

reduction

rendition

secretion

seduction

starvation

taxation

lactation

libration

oppression

plantation

production

revulsion

salvation

suppression

technician

vibration

gyration

elation

gradation

emblazon

assertion

procession

profession

lecithin

malaysian

cetacean

occasion

percussion

phoenician

possession

etruscan

vacation

oration

gentleman

venetian

nebraskan

reptilian

distraction

expulsion

description

prescription

transgression

contraction

contraption

infraction

subtraction

genuine

discretion

capsaicin

everyone

enliven

retraction

bedridden

exhaustion

prostration

singleton

frustration

transaction

african

enlighten

combustion

magdalen

compression

conflation

contrition

digressions

mexican

impression

abrasion

abstraction

accession

assassin

awaken

cistercian

cognition

compassion

concession

confession

conscription

constriction

contagion

denizen

depiction

depletion

disgraceful

elison

equation

eviction

ferryman

foundation

garrison

hydrogen

inaction

inscription

insertion

invasion

jamaican

jettison

misshapen

nitrogen

nutrition

obsession

optation

pelican

puritan

repression

skeleton

specimen

subscription

succession

transcription

infliction

proscription

restriction

expression

snapdragon

excretion

expansion

congressman

aggregates

egyptian

foramen

addition

horizon

aleutian

aversion

causation

commission

cremation

edition

evasion

halogen

dilation

citation

collegian

deletion

emission

commotion

desertion

donation

flotation

location

carrion

notation

clarion

mutation

malayan

origin

physician

privation

marian

ovation

permission

position

perversion

petition

pollution

probation

promotion

quotation

relation

rotation

sedition

solution

tradition

vocation

alaskan

englishman

discipline

anglican

misprision

magician

completion

policeman

confucian

chairwoman

italian

mistaken

unbutton

unwritten

pentathlon

creation

croatian

adoption

ablution

abortion

anyone

artesian

cartesian

decreasing

adrian

cyprian

jacobin

incision

javelin

irishman

lanolin

condition

lesbian

addiction

aspersion

excision

thespian

conversion

ramadan

silicon

apportion

unison

uneven

norwegian

oxygen

profusion

proportion

suspicion

determine

citizen

submission

suburban

subversion

cinnamon

nevadan

preemption

wesleyan

submersion

partition

catalan

collagen

freemason

infarction

crestfallen

councilman

countryman

transfusion

imprison

adsorption

embolden

harlequin

masculine

absorption

extortion

caucasian

collision

collusion

devotion

emotion

erosion

imagine

immersion

reaction

recision

reversion

division

precaution

religion

correction

decision

parthian

rescission

provision

direction

allusion

intrusion

arian

redemption

conviction

inhuman

cation

ghanaian

heroin

heroine

orion

syrian

concoction

confusion

veteran

hawaiian

contortion

plebeian

permian

distortion

niacin

implosion

moroccan

myosin

affliction

inclusion

infusion

corrosion

aggressive

nobleman

cambrian

lumberman

disgorgement

in-person

rifleman

aegean

acumen

perfusion

picaresque

porcelain

australian

coercion

artisan

rhodopsin

laotian

phrygian

charlatan

logician

uncertain

corsican

abandon

aggressors

battalion

medallion

stygian

partisan

scythian

regressive

unburden

affection

anchorman

ascension

attention

beholden

collection

connection

connexion

contusion

deception

defection

detection

detention

diffusion

dimension

dispersion

dissection

dissension

election

erection

incursion

laurentian

preclusion

inversion

occlusion

perception

perfection

pretension

prevention

protection

resection

reception

resurgent

retention

seclusion

selection

guardian

gordian

ottoman

zambian

adhesion

albion

campion

champion

fustian

gravamen

vitamin

albumin

companion

projection

rejection

forgotten

ambrosian

arkansan

communion

kantian

extrusion

hammerman

ejection

handwoven

aggressor

bedizen

bulletin

indian

solomon

scorpion

downtrodden

unbroken

andean

distinction

dilution

secession

clergyman

delusion

illusion

precession

recession

conclusion

conception

confection

contention

deflection

excursion

convention

declension

exception

convection

inception

infection

invention

misfortune

reflection

suspension

aryan

chilean

galleon

objection

charwoman

brazilian

appian

biotin

abdomen

korean

pavilion

libyan

austrian

backgammon

opinion

rebellion

bedouin

uncommon

irian

timberman

vermilion

gillian

dorian

heartbroken

saccharin

cohesion

extinction

digresses

samoan

simian

civilian

exorcists

dominion

forbidden

forewoman

tamarin

injection

guncotton

benjamin

inspection

licorice

complexion

prediction

inflection

admission

tactician

transition

tuition

extension

excursions

fruition

derision

ambition

parisian

bitumen

bosnian

disunion

digestion

exorcist

halcyon

housebroken

mandarin

microscope

resurrect

secrecy

suggestion

toboggan

audition

omission

regimen

remission

intention

midshipman

reassures

diversion

munition

musician

volition

transmission

fisherman

precision

backwoodsman

congestion

predestine

alien

discharges

avian

fabian

freudian

grobian

nubian

ingestion

gaussian

jovian

julian

protean

exercise

microscopes

talisman

odeon

abstention

exclusion

explosion

sacrosanct

miscarriage

optician

resurgence

nonunion

fijian

octillion

franciscan

saleswoman

intestine

lutheran

badminton

beethoven

eleven

feminine

mazurkas

keynesian

melanin

muckraker

overdone

overman

overrun

peterman

superman

vatican

waterman

revision

discourage

margarine

nonhuman

luxuries

decreases

mischarges

sumatran

alderman

chamberlain

cardigan

uterine

fenian

miseries

vagaries

nemean

cockroaches

reopen

hickories

median

bandwagon

muskmelon

outspoken

reunion

bouillon

eucharist

researches

discursive

discourses

resourceful

fisheries

acreage

issuers

acquires

dichroic

disregards

researchers

resources

rescuers

disregard

bakeries

desires

kayakers

rosaries

researcher

voyagers

disrespects

bucharest

disrespect

requires

4 syllable words

pagination

exclamation

explanation

explication

incrustation

sequestration

adulation

agitation

amputation

calculation

exhortation

inclination

dispensation

implication

execution

imputation

inflammation

installation

paraguayan

instigation

subluxation

compilation

convocation

adaptation

calibration

combination

commutation

consolation

dereliction

destitution

duplication

consummation

elocution

emigration

exhibition

fermentation

inundation

invitation

liquidation

lubrication

occupation

oxidation

recognition

ordination

ovulation

population

predilection

proclamation

recollection

refutation

retrocession

syndication

requisition

appalachian

bifurcation

demolition

definition

dissertation

dissipation

evolution

figuration

fumigation

limitation

motivation

declaration

desperation

isolation

jubilation

melanesian

mutilation

affirmation

collocation

connotation

devolution

deposition

domination

nomination

premonition

profanation

repetition

provocation

oscillation

realization

resolution

respiration

restoration

resurrection

revolution

titillation

visitation

aberration

adoration

confrontation

demonstration

distribution

expectation

extradition

iteration

laceration

liberation

miseration

perforation

self-deception

rhetorician

violation

conjugation

modulation

mortification

liquefaction

compensation

computation

complication

maturation

condemnation

consultation

confiscation

consecration

constellation

incantation

condensation

constipation

menstruation

ministration

disconnection

agrarian

tetrahedron

formulation

embarkation

situation

saturation

expedition

attribution

exhumation

exposition

illustration

obfuscation

restitution

lilliputian

benediction

disposition

ammunition

backwardation

immigration

incubation

absolution

introspection

acquisition

admonition

disaffection

commendation

dislocation

expiration

information

persecution

imposition

interruption

masturbation

abolition

corp.

corporation

aspiration

inhibition

repossession

admiration

diminution

gentlewoman

perspiration

perturbation

valuation

procreation

supposition

elongation

dissolution

european

himalayan

apparition

exploitation

aviation

implantation

coloration

concentration

contraception

contemplation

reassertion

misconception

contribution

radiation

orchestration

introduction

reproduction

importation

malformation

cogitation

disputation

misbegotten

disinflation

exploration

jurisdiction

transformation

transportation

incarnation

integration

arbitration

condescension

armageddon

inquisition

satisfaction

glaciation

penicillin

graduation

inspiration

permutation

affectation

annexation

prosecution

prostitution

statistician

alabaman

protestation

relaxation

transplantation

retardation

competition

deportation

registration

composition

deformation

demarcation

inattention

convolution

dandelion

interaction

molestation

circumspection

conflagration

contradiction

contravention

dehydration

evocation

galilean

gravitation

hibernation

impregnation

iranian

jacobean

locomotion

maccabean

opposition

politician

preignition

proposition

reawaken

relocation

reposition

ulceration

usurpation

fluctuation

circumvention

infestation

mediation

institution

prohibition

interdiction

ostentation

foliation

moderation

constitution

augmentation

leviathan

operation

republican

ideation

electrician

indignation

decompression

toleration

indentation

indexation

preconception

coalition

punctuation

deviation

comparison

dietitian

deconstruction

reconstruction

alternation

abdication

altercation

circumcision

confirmation

conservation

conversation

intermission

observation

american

cultivation

precondition

indecision

indonesian

publication

cyclopean

estonian

cotyledon

copernican

minnesotan

pagurian

reexamine

businesswoman

infiltration

obstetrician

canadian

repercussion

diocesan

intuition

arabian

floridian

mammalian

alteration

disillusion

sicilian

nonprescription

hungarian

rumination

corinthian

hemoglobin

pelagian

noblewoman

discouraging

microcosm

malnutrition

macedonian

consternation

moravian

peruvian

crucifixion

egregiously

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5 syllable words

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word segregation

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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