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2 syllable words

abstruse

substance

dustman

tungsten

obstruct

gumption

substrates

whitson

junction

diction

fiction

friction

function

suction

obstructs

abstain

caxton

capstan

sexton

upsets

upstarts

russian

mission

prussian

fission

boston

austin

baston

dobson

citron

emption

ibsen

jetson

piston

pitman

sultan

teston

tubman

tuscan

huntsman

sanction

substrate

abstracts

action

christian

auction

bastion

dungeon

dutchman

caption

faction

faustian

flexion

fraction

gentian

luncheon

mansion

martian

mention

option

pension

portion

question

section

tension

torsion

traction

baldwin

bisson

briton

bitten

christen

capstone

kitten

listen

mutton

smitten

written

children

postman

scotsman

dipstick

offsets

portman

horseman

strengthen

yachtsman

doctrine

loosen

lengthen

button

glisten

mitten

bludgeon

dudgeon

ashen

fashion

pigeon

hessian

notion

vision

plankton

henchman

grecian

gudgeon

lotion

motion

potion

penguin

fusion

cushion

caution

passion

offshoots

freshen

ration

session

kitchen

pathan

ocean

acton

arson

aspen

atman

barton

billion

billman

canton

captain

carton

chessman

classman

crimson

dalton

ensign

claxon

clinton

damson

fibrin

fountain

gascon

harten

hearten

hetman

houseman

footman

keelson

kelson

gilden

lightman

marten

london

lynden

m1

melton

mignon

milken

million

nekton

outdone

passman

plantain

outrun

minion

onion

linden

lisbon

martin

mountain

muslin

pectin

oxen

panton

parson

pillion

pinion

guardsman

sportsman

craftsman

ponton

landsman

upstart

draftsman

upstream

pressman

runnion

samson

santon

spartan

spastic

saxon

shipman

shorten

stillion

smarten

spearman

sylvan

shotgun

silken

scullion

stepson

tartan

tillman

marksman

upset

vulcan

trillion

wanton

undone

belgian

brethren

bushman

drunken

engine

flashgun

fortune

freshman

georgian

margin

offshoot

rincon

shrunken

sunken

upshot

statesman

bason

cauldron

spectral

begun

spectrum

baton

bordman

batten

batton

billon

bison

bobbin

breton

brighten

spokesman

boughten

chicken

cabin

cotton

cousin

dozen

driven

frighten

gibbon

given

gluten

hausen

heighten

hidden

human

jetton

latin

lessen

lesson

muffin

patten

grandson

headsman

lighten

linen

mullen

oven

lobsters

cumin

abstract

crewman

crouton

fatten

fasten

flatten

cuban

glidden

markman

griffon

marchman

gotten

hyson

lumen

ninon

platen

landman

rumen

ribbon

ridden

klansman

platten

prison

quicken

robin

sicken

lampron

riven

homespun

proven

rotten

satin

risen

stiffen

sudden

sullen

summon

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

depicts

websters

delphian

stricken

subsides

striven

oarsman

titan

toughen

triton

women

villain

whiten

wiccan

earthen

haitian

station

trojan

mahone

nation

spectrums

sweepstakes

airman

alban

alman

bagman

bellman

bookman

carman

carmine

canyon

banyan

bargain

boatman

bullion

calvin

carbon

chairman

chaplain

gowan

ruin

chapman

chevron

chieftain

corban

cordon

dampen

darken

debased

desman

dolman

dolphin

falcon

faulcon

fireman

foreman

garden

goodman

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

headman

hempen

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

lineman

lockman

lobster

marlin

matron

linemen

cowan

minden

newsman

molten

morgan

mormon

norman

offset

organ

orphan

packman

pardon

patron

penman

saffron

scallion

selden

sequin

sharpen

sovereign

sovran

spigots

squadron

stallion

stallman

stockman

subside

tarpon

tendon

union

woolman

warden

webster

woodman

hangman

longan

othman

mangan

watchman

affects

diffused

dovecotes

salesman

hipsters

divests

ripostes

seedsman

townsman

typists

amman

certain

charon

chasten

chosen

colon

common

cretin

dragon

hopscotch

curtain

dromon

fallen

famine

felon

floren

foreign

garron

gladden

hoven

hymen

hyphen

lichen

liken

liman

liven

locken

logan

lyden

madden

omen

open

pavon

perron

person

pollan

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

sodden

solon

spigot

spoken

stolen

straighten

talon

tappen

pollen

soften

alan

bellon

blacken

blowgun

bollen

bourbon

bowman

bracken

broaden

brogan

broken

burton

devon

eaten

frozen

heaven

heron

hogan

hoten

jason

melon

moisten

pullen

resin

riden

ripen

roman

rosen

rosin

sadden

salmon

satan

sweeten

auden

baron

barren

basin

beaten

beckon

caisson

cannon

canon

deaden

deafen

gallon

gammon

happen

hasten

lagan

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

loren

marron

mason

odin

often

reckon

redden

seton

seven

shogun

showman

swollen

syphon

token

urson

wooden

woolen

trodden

woman

turban

worsen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

urban

vegan

warren

wagon

wheaten

toman

weapon

widen

wizen

asian

burgeon

heathen

legion

lesion

persian

region

sturgeon

suasion

cajun

surgeon

version

urchin

apron

bolden

brakeman

copeman

depict

effect

evict

fielden

freedman

golden

hipster

kirkman

lopeman

olden

quipster

shearman

soldan

tipster

upside

workman

dian

ion

lion

peon

rowan

rowen

scion

zion

churchman

owen

paean

coachman

mayan

affixed

beefsteak

bobcats

effects

sweepstake

bacon

bayman

beacon

brazen

burden

burdon

burman

canaan

cayman

cheapen

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deepen

demon

eden

elan

ermine

firman

freeman

german

graven

haven

kalan

laden

layman

leman

leven

maiden

pagan

poison

raven

reason

rerun

seaman

season

semen

sermon

shaken

shaman

steven

taken

waken

weaken

zaman

treason

zircon

eavesdrop

affect

bobcat

defaced

divest

dovecote

riposte

robust

space-time

typist

defects

urine

rayon

scapegoats

spectre

defect

scapegoat

3 syllable words

extinction

obsession

ablution

submission

distinction

suspicion

obstructions

substances

substitutes

abstentions

conscription

construction

abstraction

substitute

petition

consumption

extension

substantial

extrusion

subtraction

prescription

affliction

assumption

conception

confucian

contrition

contention

conviction

frustration

suspension

transmission

ascension

contusion

accession

asuncion

crustacean

dentition

optician

tactician

abstractions

partition

succession

addiction

concession

condition

extraction

inscription

instruction

transcription

objection

absorption

addition

aleutian

adsorption

complexion

description

destruction

exclusion

infliction

restriction

commission

encryption

transfusion

edition

contraction

contraption

pollution

extortion

physician

position

inspection

tradition

distraction

procession

solution

magician

unwritten

inception

declension

completion

confusion

exception

conclusion

confection

conduction

prostration

compunction

compression

castration

compulsion

convection

distortion

contortion

convention

convulsion

intrusion

ablation

abortion

accretion

affection

fustian

admission

aggression

ambition

bitumen

concussion

cognition

collection

jettison

deception

connection

connexion

cistercian

confession

depiction

abstinence

dissection

eviction

abstinent

discussion

dissension

excision

gestation

occlusion

oppression

production

profusion

progression

propulsion

ignition

incision

reception

secretion

technician

transition

reduction

regression

rendition

suppression

selection

allusion

assertion

audition

cetacean

collision

collusion

commotion

decision

delusion

devotion

dilution

egyptian

emission

emotion

excretion

expansion

explosion

expression

franciscan

illusion

obstacle

obstinate

octillion

phoenician

possession

profession

projection

promotion

proscription

provision

recession

recision

reptilian

rescission

secession

sedition

venetian

dominion

evictions

intention

filtration

concoction

conflation

civilian

pavilion

opinion

depictions

midshipman

misprision

discretion

brazilian

affections

subsidize

acumen

unbutton

uncertain

englishman

australian

sensation

adoption

dictation

plantation

nutrition

bulletin

seclusion

temptation

detection

patrician

insertion

resection

alsatian

detention

diffusion

optation

perception

retention

obstacles

apportion

artesian

attrition

attention

aspersion

abrasion

elison

cartesian

fixation

irishman

prediction

proportion

subversion

garrison

compassion

lactation

libration

preclusion

pretension

protection

vatican

conjunction

submersion

vibration

contagion

taxation

division

erosion

desertion

munition

musician

elation

negation

summation

albumin

badminton

deletion

precession

plebeian

precision

religion

remission

countryman

cessation

predation

communion

collegian

disunion

volition

citation

permission

muskmelon

sedation

crestfallen

outspoken

unbroken

truncation

imprison

omission

abandon

abdomen

austrian

bedridden

capsaicin

cardigan

everyone

forbidden

forewoman

logician

attraction

transaction

translation

mistaken

inclusion

combustion

rebellion

infusion

excursion

misfortune

talisman

retraction

deposits

fruition

tuition

substantive

hydration

salvation

deflation

norwegian

defection

impassion

damnation

exertion

inaction

conversion

dalmatian

erection

upsetting

carnation

depression

dimension

equation

foundation

depletion

formation

migration

dispersion

election

misshapen

stagnation

starvation

halcyon

downtrodden

kantian

digestion

suburban

ambrosian

companion

ejection

anyone

uneven

citizen

determine

epistle

thespian

toboggan

etruscan

subsidy

housebroken

nebraskan

nonunion

rejection

suggestion

upside-down

gyration

obstructive

imagine

immersion

ligation

malaysian

mutation

probation

narration

notation

oration

privation

quotation

occasion

reversion

revision

rotation

aversion

causation

corruption

dilation

duration

evasion

flirtation

flotation

alaskan

cambrian

policeman

unburden

italian

medallion

vermilion

uncommon

diffraction

exaction

infection

battalion

invention

presumption

chairwoman

in-person

lumberman

impression

redemption

guncotton

implosion

inflation

inhuman

reflection

depicted

perfusion

deficits

defections

deflection

subacute

nonhuman

pentathlon

resumption

gaussian

hawaiian

libyan

samoan

injection

congestion

derision

scythian

parisian

heartbroken

divestment

laotian

beholden

deduction

affecting

invasion

eruption

seduction

typesetting

inversion

offsetting

persuasion

preemption

revulsion

exemption

emulsion

incursion

laurentian

infarction

inflection

infraction

menhaden

andean

assassin

beethoven

bosnian

bouillon

campion

gordian

reunion

nevadan

waterman

arkansan

snapdragon

bandwagon

emblazon

scorpion

guardian

bedizen

deposit

lesbian

divestments

ferryman

handwoven

cyprian

jamaican

albion

awaken

champion

indian

intestine

eleven

embolden

wesleyan

zambian

gradation

fisherman

vocation

cremation

ovation

percussion

correction

abduction

lecithin

exhaustion

donation

location

vacation

induction

reaction

injunction

caucasian

direction

diversion

disruption

relation

affected

alderman

apostate

affective

appian

arian

aryan

backgammon

bedouin

biotin

carrion

cation

chilean

clarion

dorian

enlighten

enliven

fabian

galleon

ghanaian

gillian

grobian

heroin

heroine

ingestion

irian

korean

malayan

marian

myosin

niacin

nubian

predestine

protean

simian

subsidies

syrian

timberman

veteran

creation

corrosion

perfection

coercion

prevention

phrygian

digression

lutheran

anchorman

horatian

expulsion

aegean

croatian

stygian

apostle

baby-sit

gravamen

jacobin

keratin

adrian

keynesian

skeleton

medicine

puritan

venison

harlequin

hammerman

adhesion

peterman

unison

abstracted

mandarin

halogen

origin

singleton

parthian

perversion

precaution

revisits

rhapsodic

rifleman

genuine

defective

apostles

devastate

lopsided

backwoodsman

discipline

nobleman

spectators

sumatran

opposites

rhodopsin

lobbyists

chairperson

effective

chamberlain

charlatan

cohesion

alien

avian

congressman

fenian

freudian

jovian

julian

median

nemean

reopen

odeon

permian

saccharin

spaghetti

tamarin

transgression

uterine

nitrogen

oxygen

repression

benjamin

fijian

hydrogen

heavyset

ottoman

tapestries

denizen

rhapsody

vitamin

councilman

catalan

cinnamon

collagen

forgotten

specimen

javelin

solomon

spectator

lanolin

pelican

ramadan

freemason

silicon

superman

gentleman

clergyman

margarine

regimen

african

artisan

charwoman

corsican

magdalen

mexican

partisan

porcelain

rhapsodize

robustly

sophistry

spectacle

spectrograph

tapestry

spectacles

moroccan

obfuscate

masculine

foramen

orion

horizon

anglican

feminine

melanin

overdone

overman

overrun

revisit

suffocate

effectors

clarendon

heavyweights

saleswoman

navigate

eavesdropping

deficit

effector

episode

lobbyist

oboist

opposite

episodes

navigates

heavyweight

4 syllable words

instigation

publication

cultivation

obstetrical

disillusion

obstetricians

substituted

constellation

constipation

installation

menstruation

ostentation

obsidian

distillation

abdication

destination

estimation

fabrication

fibrillation

invitation

statistician

subdivision

gravitation

habitation

irritation

levitation

limitation

mitigation

supposition

titillation

visitation

extrication

recitation

expectation

dissipation

fluctuation

dietitian

prohibition

cogitation

gastrulation

punctuation

substantially

obstructionist

arbitration

amputation

computation

imputation

exhumation

consternation

jurisdiction

transportation

abnegation

carcinogen

samaritan

deconstruction

culmination

commutation

excitation

committeeman

oblivion

reconstruction

hypertension

masturbation

liquidation

lubrication

suppositions

reputation

abyssinian

syndication

equitation

tribulation

insurrection

palpitation

superstition

restoration

demonstration

connotation

politician

repetition

sanitation

assyrian

annotation

infiltration

dissertation

exploitation

extradition

trepidation

imitation

intuition

suffocation

circumspection

hesitation

manumission

preignition

ulceration

meditation

dilatation

obstructionists

agitation

apparition

attribution

coalition

disinfection

disinflation

disputation

electrician

exploration

illustration

indignation

interdiction

leviathan

malnutrition

ministration

preconception

retribution

transformation

vegetation

eritrean

altercation

alternation

circumcision

dominican

competition

custodian

benediction

interjection

conservation

inspiration

intermission

situation

crucifixion

exhibition

apprehension

dislocation

indecision

penetration

precondition

recognition

prosecution

dereliction

registration

devastation

expiration

observation

elocution

interaction

lilliputian

persecution

orchestration

contribution

misconception

distribution

indiscretion

sequestration

abolition

alteration

aspiration

definition

demolition

deposition

desperation

devolution

diminution

evolution

valerian

dissolution

erudition

fumigation

inhibition

hibernation

proposition

criterion

opposition

readmission

resurrection

siberian

sicilian

reposition

polynesian

premonition

recreation

resolution

respiration

revolution

rumination

liberian

iberian

businesswoman

valuation

decompression

adrenaline

capacitance

obstinacy

nonprescription

condescension

interception

embarkation

infestation

pedestrian

execution

intervention

shakespearean

intersection

malformation

republican

misperception

satisfaction

subluxation

englishwoman

introspection

aberration

athenian

ideation

variation

reassertion

iteration

liberation

laceration

coloration

concentration

incrustation

darwinian

graduation

sectarian

estonian

self-deception

predetermine

acquisition

backwardation

adaptation

affectation

calibration

composition

celebration

ammunition

annexation

american

admonition

contraception

copernican

penicillin

contradiction

affectionate

confirmation

convolution

depositions

disaffection

disposition

fermentation

imposition

inattention

intercession

molestation

presentation

oppositions

predilection

protestation

recantation

recollection

refutation

requisition

usurpation

admiration

affirmation

supervision

legislation

perspiration

preservation

procreation

corporation

preelection

corp.

declaration

reelection

reformation

repossession

sophisticates

reservation

litigation

locomotion

augmentation

compensation

hyperion

condensation

mammalian

confiscation

bavarian

canadian

fallopian

consultation

expedition

planarian

circumvention

dispensation

exhortation

disconnection

fragmentation

exposition

importation

pigmentation

reproduction

arizonan

incantation

chameleon

collodion

indentation

comedian

obfuscation

floridian

inquisition

segmentation

gregorian

missourian

napoleon

aviation

adoration

contrarian

deviation

decoration

interwoven

federation

foliation

generation

mediation

miseration

moderation

nigerian

operation

crocodilian

preparation

radiation

reparation

rhetorician

separation

surrogation

toleration

veneration

violation

retrocession

implantation

contemplation

relaxation

confrontation

permutation

inundation

immigration

resignation

retardation

divestitures

emigration

substantiates

commendation

approbation

conversation

deportation

desecration

designation

introduction

equestrian

ibuprofen

accordion

agrarian

centurion

interurban

minnesotan

librarian

saturation

albanian

historian

maturation

californian

barbarian

armenian

dehydration

assemblyman

nestorian

olympian

pagurian

rhododendron

depositors

indexation

algerian

allegation

allocation

avocation

bifurcation

mortification

collocation

dedication

defamation

liquefaction

decimation

detonation

lancastrian

emanation

evocation

integration

elevation

fluoridation

germination

inhalation

innovation

isolation

irrigation

jubilation

motivation

mutilation

oscillation

profanation

propagation

provocation

realization

revocation

smithsonian

revelation

hungarian

derivation

figuration

nomination

medication

melanesian

validation

consecration

appellation

correlation

relocation

desolation

renovation

reinspection

delegation

desiccation

divestiture

domination

immolation

machination

navigation

termination

fascination

condemnation

animation

coronation

divination

vacillation

arabian

modulation

pagination

transplantation

substantively

depositor

noblewoman

bolivian

apostrophe

education

devonian

maccabean

jacobean

simonian

adulation

affectively

hemoglobin

deformation

obligation

combination

compilation

perforation

abrogation

cancellation

circulation

degradation

segregation

demarcation

granulation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

application

convocation

vindication

contravention

consolation

consummation

population

replication

ventilation

vaccination

regulation

advocation

corinthian

depravation

depredation

tabulation

deprivation

conflagration

speculation

aggravation

aggregation

emulation

information

insulation

intimation

intonation

invocation

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

simulation

stipulation

stimulation

revocations

duplication

proclamation

officiate

indonesian

occupation

reclamation

indication

pelagian

cotyledon

gorgonian

gentlewoman

pavlovian

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word substitution

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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