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3 syllable words
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2 syllable words

earthen

freshen

function

session

junction

sanction

hessian

pathan

sexton

acton

airman

bagman

banyan

baston

bellman

canyon

captain

chairman

chessman

chevron

desman

fountain

headman

hempen

hetman

jetson

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kremlin

linden

london

lynden

m1

mignon

minion

mountain

onion

pinion

piston

ponton

pressman

runnion

selden

stepson

sultan

undone

wanton

emption

stringent

baton

batten

batton

beckon

begun

bellon

bitten

faction

briton

burton

button

canaan

cannon

canon

certain

charon

dagon

bastion

curtain

dagan

deaden

deafen

devon

dragon

fatten

felon

flatten

heaven

heron

kitten

lagan

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

brethren

lessen

lesson

linen

marron

melon

mitten

mutton

ninon

action

christian

pagan

patten

perron

resin

satin

seven

redden

caption

diction

platen

platten

reckon

satan

fiction

smitten

wagon

weapon

flashgun

fraction

freshman

friction

longan

straighten

strangle

traction

written

suction

huntsman

ashen

asian

bludgeon

burgeon

dudgeon

fashion

fission

gudgeon

nation

passion

persian

pigeon

prussian

ration

russian

surgeon

caxton

suasion

capstan

sturgeon

cushion

headsman

klansman

landman

cajun

haitian

grandson

kitchen

mahone

delphian

mission

station

urchin

dustman

version

vision

alman

apron

aspen

atman

austin

barton

billion

billman

bookman

boston

brakeman

bullion

calvin

carton

chaplain

chapman

chieftain

citron

classman

claxon

crimson

dalton

dampen

damson

falcon

footman

gascon

gilden

goodman

gumption

hackman

harten

hearten

ibsen

jackman

jasmine

kirkman

lineman

linemen

lisbon

marten

martin

matron

milken

million

minden

molten

muslin

packman

passman

patron

pillion

pitman

saffron

samson

saxon

scallion

scullion

shipman

shorten

silken

smarten

spartan

spearman

stallion

stillion

sylvan

tartan

tillman

trillion

tubman

tuscan

union

vulcan

whitson

woodman

woolman

workman

craftsman

draftsman

landsman

dutchman

churchman

auction

bushman

martian

georgian

faustian

portion

fortune

option

othman

torsion

margin

alan

amman

bacon

baron

barren

basin

bason

bayman

beaten

billon

bisson

blacken

blowgun

boughten

bourbon

bracken

brazen

brighten

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

cabin

caisson

cayman

chasten

chicken

christen

cotton

cousin

craven

cretin

crouton

daman

dozen

driven

eaten

ermine

famine

fasten

firman

frighten

gallon

gammon

garron

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gluten

gotten

graven

griffon

happen

hasten

haven

heighten

hidden

hogan

hoten

jason

kalan

laden

layman

lighten

listen

logan

madden

maiden

mason

muffin

mullen

oven

person

prison

pullen

quicken

raven

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

rotten

sadden

salmon

sermon

seton

shaken

shaman

shogun

sicken

slacken

slogan

stiffen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

taken

talon

tappen

thicken

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

turban

waken

urban

urson

villain

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

zaman

zircon

children

doctrine

lampron

matrons

patrons

portman

postman

salesman

statesman

townsman

fusion

region

legion

heathen

motion

notion

ocean

lesion

grecian

potion

lotion

trojan

caution

rayon

urine

alban

boatman

bolden

corban

carbon

carman

carmine

copeman

bargain

arson

cordon

dobson

dolman

dolphin

fireman

garden

golden

gorgon

fibrin

darken

faulcon

fielden

freedman

harden

harken

foreman

houseman

jargon

lockman

newsman

lightman

marlin

morgan

mormon

norman

jorden

jordan

lopeman

olden

organ

outdone

outrun

pardon

orphan

oxen

parson

sequin

sharpen

shearman

shotgun

soldan

sovereign

sovran

squadron

stallman

stockman

tarpon

warden

sportsman

coachman

hawthorn

watchman

strangler

dethrone

auden

beacon

bison

bobbin

bollen

bowman

cheapen

broaden

broken

chosen

crewman

cuban

colon

common

cumin

deacon

deepen

demon

dromon

eden

elan

fallen

floren

hausen

hoven

human

hymen

foreign

freeman

frozen

hyphen

hyson

leman

leven

lichen

liken

liman

liven

locken

loosen

loren

moisten

open

lumen

lyden

often

omen

pavon

odin

poison

pollan

pollen

reason

proven

rerun

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rumen

seaman

season

semen

showman

siphon

siren

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

swollen

syphon

thousand

token

toman

treason

trodden

warren

weaken

widen

wizen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

cauldron

homespun

markman

horseman

hydrant

oarsman

outruns

quadrant

bordman

baldwin

scotsman

marchman

seedsman

spokesman

squadrons

yachtsman

stringers

stirrings

hawthorns

bedroom

citrine

cowan

dian

gowan

guardsman

headroom

hydrants

ion

lion

marksman

mayan

midterm

owen

paean

peon

rowan

rowen

ruin

scion

stronghold

zion

stirring

stringy

stringer

bedrooms

midterms

strongholds

sternly

return

retrench

straining

strongly

sternposts

daydream

returns

sterner

stroma

daydreams

sternpost

southern

streaming

steering

adorn

latrine

moderns

patterned

patterns

saturns

sauternes

storming

strangers

strangely

adorns

latrines

modern

pattern

saturn

sauterne

stormy

stranger

citrin

cutworm

hadron

cutworms

streamers

streamline

streamer

3 syllable words

lecithin

gentleman

enlighten

pentathlon

genuine

anyone

cinnamon

elison

forgotten

jettison

kantian

keratin

medicine

pelican

skeleton

specimen

ascension

attention

benjamin

contagion

contusion

detention

dimension

dissension

gestation

laurentian

menhaden

plantation

pretension

prevention

rendition

retention

sensation

technician

temptation

bedouin

clarion

carrion

ghanaian

heroin

heroine

marian

veteran

cessation

correction

corruption

direction

narration

negation

phoenician

venetian

badminton

reptilian

truncation

corrosion

horatian

laotian

parisian

derision

scythian

anglican

contention

contortion

declension

intention

intrusion

invention

enliven

contrition

mexican

convention

chairwoman

guncotton

unbutton

predestine

uncertain

unwritten

singleton

bedridden

suspension

affection

anchorman

andean

asuncion

bulletin

cistercian

citizen

collection

concussion

condition

connection

connexion

conversion

crustacean

damnation

deception

defection

detection

dictation

dissection

election

erection

exertion

ferryman

fustian

ignition

inaction

incision

incursion

indian

insertion

invasion

inversion

keynesian

lactation

lesbian

mandarin

perception

perfection

preemption

protection

puritan

reception

resection

selection

silicon

stagnation

stringency

thespian

uneven

veterans

wesleyan

addition

aleutian

allusion

cetacean

decision

deletion

delusion

devotion

donation

emission

emotion

erosion

flirtation

illusion

malaysian

occasion

parthian

countryman

precession

rejection

religion

appian

avian

regimen

chilean

rescission

crestfallen

adhesion

biotin

reversion

intestine

encryption

digestion

suggestion

secession

sedation

tradition

cation

abstention

alien

sedition

arian

extortion

summation

fabian

aversion

collision

simian

collegian

collusion

extension

foramen

clergyman

projection

moroccan

assertion

syrian

commission

duration

edition

gillian

saccharin

desertion

division

tamarin

commotion

elation

evasion

ligation

percussion

ejection

gradation

permission

fenian

immersion

plebeian

imagine

libyan

halogen

perversion

petition

physician

malayan

pollution

position

possession

contraption

profession

horizon

contraction

predation

procession

provision

promotion

reaction

galleon

permian

solution

vacation

hawaiian

samoan

detriment

recession

recision

dominion

distinction

conclusion

backgammon

englishman

abandon

abduction

castration

conception

concoction

conduction

in-person

everyone

confection

betterment

brazilian

chairperson

cohesion

civilian

logician

magician

mistaken

opinion

confucian

talisman

rebellion

compunction

unburden

pavilion

conflation

uncommon

confusion

convection

conviction

convulsion

deflection

distortion

exaction

exception

filtration

frustration

exhaustion

inception

inclusion

induction

infection

inflation

infusion

inhuman

redemption

reflection

transaction

translation

discipline

vermilion

constriction

construction

instruction

retrenchment

aegean

extraction

coercion

creation

fruition

croatian

lutheran

phrygian

stygian

tuition

abrasion

ablution

ablation

abortion

accession

accretion

addiction

admission

aggression

adoption

alsatian

attrition

aspersion

artesian

carnation

cartesian

ingestion

injection

ambition

apportion

objection

confession

dalmatian

concession

compassion

deduction

depletion

depiction

deflation

diffusion

equation

eruption

congestion

emulsion

depression

dispersion

discussion

digression

eviction

excision

fixation

foundation

impassion

migration

misshapen

obsession

occlusion

oppression

optation

patrician

persuasion

preclusion

prediction

production

profusion

progression

proportion

propulsion

reduction

regression

repression

revulsion

salvation

seclusion

secretion

seduction

submersion

submission

subversion

succession

suppression

suspicion

tactician

taxation

transition

assassin

cyprian

determine

deterrence

eleven

feminine

hammerman

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

lanolin

melanin

nevadan

toboggan

strontium

suburban

extinction

adrian

awaken

catalan

bedizen

beethoven

bitumen

bosnian

campion

champion

garrison

zambian

reunion

utterance

halcyon

vatican

albion

ramadan

collagen

infarction

transfusion

inflection

distraction

inspection

disunion

infliction

infraction

downtrodden

communion

unbroken

bandwagon

companion

complexion

arkansan

subtraction

consumption

congressman

destruction

egyptian

expansion

emblazon

franciscan

handwoven

imprison

embolden

etruscan

exemption

extrusion

audition

cremation

dilation

dilution

flotation

lutherans

musician

mutation

notation

munition

omission

oration

origin

vocation

volition

retrenchments

caucasian

causation

citation

diversion

fisherman

gyration

location

ovation

precaution

precision

privation

probation

quotation

relation

remission

revision

rotation

aryan

freudian

gaussian

grobian

median

nemean

niacin

odeon

myosin

nubian

orion

uterine

adherence

adherent

reopen

affliction

assumption

protean

attraction

korean

compression

combustion

completion

compulsion

excursion

julian

diffraction

discretion

disruption

implosion

impression

misfortune

misprision

presumption

prostration

resumption

dorian

midshipman

transmission

irian

jovian

strangulate

abdomen

african

italian

determined

determines

timberman

abstraction

austrian

patronize

acumen

battalion

deterrents

perfusion

deterrent

nobleman

policeman

conjunction

alaskan

cambrian

capsaicin

charlatan

clarendon

determent

magdalen

conscription

rifleman

cardigan

chamberlain

lumberman

matronly

medallion

sumatran

injunction

inscription

obstruction

transcription

adornment

backwoodsman

cognition

libration

beholden

formation

hydration

dithyramb

fijian

hydrogen

irishman

nitrogen

norwegian

nutrition

optician

oxygen

partition

patronage

starvation

vibration

expulsion

explosion

expression

adherents

adsorption

description

exclusion

absorption

excretion

prescription

proscription

restriction

transgression

atrium

freemason

gordian

guardian

maternal

ottoman

overdone

overman

overrun

nonunion

councilman

gravamen

peterman

octillion

bouillon

eternal

paternal

scorpion

vitamin

superman

nebraskan

harlequin

unison

ambrosian

saleswoman

solomon

snapdragon

masculine

waterman

muskmelon

yttrium

albumin

margarine

nonhuman

retraction

subscription

partisan

alderman

nutrient

heartbroken

australian

corsican

atriums

adrenal

artisan

charwoman

forbidden

forewoman

porcelain

rhodopsin

retirements

housebroken

outspoken

nutrients

modernize

odorant

gatherings

battering

bettering

modernists

chattering

doddering

lettering

motoring

neutering

scattering

watering

powdering

gathering

mothering

feathering

withering

weathering

modernist

watermark

attorney

watermarks

southerner

attorneys

adoring

retiring

southerners

maturing

outermost

southernmost

buttermilk

4 syllable words

corinthian

centurion

generation

surrogation

veneration

fermentation

penicillin

penetration

recantation

ventilation

sectarian

presentation

allegation

definition

delegation

detonation

emanation

fascination

gentlewoman

germination

hesitation

hungarian

intuition

levitation

machination

meditation

melanesian

navigation

premonition

recitation

renovation

repetition

restoration

termination

reparation

meridian

vegetation

ostentation

separation

menstruation

decoration

segmentation

federation

rhetorician

indentation

agitation

fragmentation

leviathan

exhortation

preparation

augmentation

variation

adrenaline

abnegation

abrogation

emigration

equitation

estimation

excitation

american

abyssinian

hypertension

inattention

aggregation

degradation

interaction

reputation

segregation

affectation

designation

molestation

benediction

destination

destitution

regulation

refutation

protestation

recognition

ammunition

resignation

intermission

copernican

statistician

intimation

eritrean

estonian

glaciation

graduation

vaccination

invitation

dominican

intonation

interurban

maturation

minnesotan

nestorian

pagurian

paraguayan

reexamine

samaritan

saturation

adaptation

admonition

devastation

interruption

restitution

kindergarten

syncopation

demonstration

fumigation

propagation

recreation

reelection

resurrection

revolution

reservation

respiration

sanitation

reformation

resolution

revelation

rumination

revocation

profanation

imitation

arizonan

vacillation

canadian

validation

bavarian

irritation

inhalation

irrigation

innovation

visitation

limitation

figuration

gravitation

litigation

preelection

preignition

polynesian

assyrian

habitation

hibernation

nomination

trepidation

mitigation

preservation

medication

decimation

declaration

dedication

demolition

defamation

avocation

abolition

coronation

draconian

deposition

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

devolution

dilatation

diminution

devonian

dissertation

divination

domination

elevation

erudition

evolution

european

annotation

gregorian

himalayan

iranian

jacobean

maccabean

allocation

galilean

animation

missourian

planarian

sicilian

simonian

appalachian

appellation

valerian

condescension

electrician

circumvention

pigmentation

ministration

installation

instigation

institution

integration

interdiction

lancastrian

incantation

indignation

infestation

intervention

transportation

punctuation

interwoven

aberration

iteration

toleration

liberation

dietitian

laceration

comparison

adoration

coloration

prohibition

radiation

reassertion

adulation

cogitation

coalition

athenian

aviation

apparition

violation

macedonian

misbegotten

miseration

moderation

operation

pedestrian

pelagian

perforation

education

abdication

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

approbation

advocation

aggravation

algonquian

application

culmination

cultivation

depravation

depredation

dereliction

disaffection

deprivation

desecration

elocution

emulation

fabrication

masturbation

registration

moravian

obligation

apprehension

speculation

ordination

vindication

syndication

incubation

tabulation

alternation

annexation

calibration

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

circulation

circumcision

combination

commendation

distillation

exhibition

expiration

granulation

immigration

indecision

indication

strangulation

indonesian

information

inspiration

insulation

insurrection

inundation

invocation

palpitation

permutation

persecution

peruvian

precondition

predilection

reclamation

recollection

replication

requisition

retrocession

extrication

aldebaran

albanian

confrontation

contravention

concentration

expectation

explanation

extradition

amphibian

exploitation

sequestration

agrarian

alabaman

committeeman

introduction

barbarian

infiltration

impregnation

darwinian

implantation

custodian

dandelion

greco-roman

historian

jordanian

librarian

nicaraguan

oblivion

obsidian

quadrennial

situation

victorian

wagnerian

incrustation

tasmanian

veterinary

englishwoman

ohioan

comprehension

businesswoman

californian

conjugation

rhododendron

inhibition

detrimental

strangulations

elongation

equestrian

legislation

exposition

illustration

inflammation

consultation

dispensation

incarnation

inclination

admiration

amputation

disinfection

disinflation

disputation

execution

exploration

indexation

intersection

reinspection

transformation

arthurian

bifurcation

gastrulation

affirmation

algerian

alteration

aspiration

preconception

inquisition

compensation

importation

connotation

corporation

correlation

satisfaction

collocation

corp.

calculation

expedition

interception

imputation

tetrahedron

disillusion

dissipation

imperfection

condemnation

condensation

consternation

excavation

dissolution

fluoridation

immolation

isolation

jubilation

embarkation

locomotion

mongolian

motivation

opposition

mutilation

misperception

oscillation

perspiration

retribution

substitution

perturbation

politician

disconnection

proposition

realization

attribution

provocation

readmission

repercussion

reposition

repossession

smithsonian

suffocation

supervision

supposition

titillation

ulceration

usurpation

valuation

plutonian

reawaken

deconstruction

reconstruction

bolivian

arabian

chameleon

comedian

transplantation

collodion

liberian

protozoan

mammalian

coloradan

criterion

fallopian

floridian

hyperion

iberian

napoleon

newtonian

siberian

crocodilian

adrenalin

contrarian

exhalation

fluctuation

indigestion

hemoglobin

congregation

modulation

shakespearean

interjection

noblewoman

republican

conservation

deportation

confirmation

orchestration

altercation

circumspection

consolation

consummation

exclamation

dislocation

hegelian

observation

subdivision

tribulation

liquidation

duplication

occupation

relaxation

ideation

explication

fibrillation

foliation

intercession

conflagration

lubrication

bohemian

commutation

competition

backwardation

compilation

conversation

convocation

convolution

crucifixion

disposition

proclamation

misconception

mediation

imposition

simulation

prosecution

prostitution

distribution

superhuman

contraception

composition

lilliputian

ovulation

nigerian

population

deviation

oxidation

publication

stipulation

superstition

stimulation

self-deception

accordion

armenian

assemblyman

columbian

cotyledon

cyclopean

dehydration

determinate

eustachian

exhumation

gorgonian

guatemalan

herculean

matrimony

olympian

overburden

patrimony

pavlovian

predetermine

utterances

watermelon

manumission

adrenergic

arbitration

complication

computation

confiscation

consecration

constipation

constitution

constellation

decompression

jurisdiction

liquefaction

formulation

implication

malformation

malnutrition

mortification

obfuscation

reproduction

subluxation

relocation

evocation

procreation

introspection

determinant

armageddon

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modernism

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ibuprofen

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hydrocarbon

deodorants

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copenhagen

maternity

paternity

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modernizes

5 syllable words

orientation

alienation

sedimentation

delicatessen

centenarian

degeneration

presbyterian

regeneration

authentication

dissemination

peloponnesian

defenestration

jeffersonian

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determinations

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exoskeleton

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nitroglycerine

deterministic

miscalculation

argentinian

hydrogenation

paternalism

paternalistic

dionysian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word strengthen

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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