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

function

junction

gumption

emption

gentian

tension

pension

suction

section

mention

flexion

sanction

freshen

haitian

russian

session

nation

prussian

hessian

station

strengthen

lengthen

onion

kelson

keelson

kenyan

ensign

jetson

tungsten

scullion

runnion

stepson

action

basin

belgian

bison

caisson

caption

chasten

churchman

diction

drunken

dungeon

engine

faction

fiction

flashgun

fraction

freshman

friction

hasten

huntsman

hyson

jason

lessen

lesson

luncheon

mansion

mason

person

question

shrunken

sunken

traction

urson

vegan

worsen

earthen

mission

suasion

ration

headsman

dudgeon

fashion

mahone

persian

urchin

dustman

sturgeon

delphian

ashen

asian

version

bludgeon

burgeon

caution

cushion

fission

surgeon

cajun

passion

sexton

gudgeon

grecian

grandson

bullion

nekton

tubman

kremlin

kirkman

teston

whitson

henchman

hetman

headman

ibsen

bellman

hempen

billion

canyon

kelvin

mignon

london

m1

melton

minion

million

muslin

tendon

tuscan

vulcan

trillion

undone

workman

plankton

pressman

stallion

pectin

pillion

pinion

claxon

stillion

penman

penguin

banyan

bagman

damson

desman

samson

saxon

scallion

selden

fractions

chessman

frictions

sultan

draftsman

auction

landsman

bastion

bushman

christian

craftsman

dutchman

faustian

hangman

mangan

martian

torsion

portion

rincon

option

bacon

beckon

bellon

bisson

bourbon

cayman

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deaden

deafen

devon

jetton

kalan

laden

lagan

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

redden

resin

wagon

waken

weapon

whiten

widen

wizen

zaman

bason

bayman

begun

brazen

canaan

breton

brigade

brighten

burden

burman

burton

button

burdon

certain

christen

cousin

craven

dozen

dragon

ermine

fasten

felon

firman

forget

frighten

german

glisten

graven

harassed

haven

heaven

heighten

hymen

hyphen

listen

liven

lyden

maiden

melon

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

pagan

raven

reckon

riden

ripen

satan

sermon

seven

shaken

shaman

siphon

straighten

sudden

sullen

summon

syphon

taken

threaten

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

urban

turban

zircon

caxton

drugstore

statesman

capstan

klansman

landman

persuades

lotion

heathen

kitchen

legion

lesion

notion

ocean

vision

potion

motion

pathan

pigeon

region

christians

scion

ion

rayon

dian

urine

mayan

lion

zion

airman

brigades

brightens

captain

lineman

linemen

calvin

canton

dobson

footman

gascon

gilden

lisbon

lynden

panton

packman

union

aspen

alman

atman

billman

boston

brakeman

falcon

forgets

bookman

erased

ergots

frightens

jackman

jargon

jasmine

linden

persuade

woodman

kansan

lightman

organ

oxen

woolman

workdays

bargain

acton

baston

circuits

classman

clinton

corrects

hackman

houseman

minden

crimson

milken

morgan

dampen

parson

piston

plantain

shotgun

pitman

shipman

passman

silken

gorgon

arson

austin

chairman

directs

goodman

chaplain

arrests

chapman

santon

sylvan

thursdays

tillman

firstborn

drugstores

guardsman

marksman

sportsman

breasting

coachman

cherished

cresting

earshot

fortune

georgian

longan

margin

othman

thrusting

trusting

wrestling

watchman

baton

batten

chicken

spokesman

beacon

charon

batton

cheapen

given

horseman

gladden

marron

homespun

hogan

latin

prison

riven

sicken

markman

slacken

slogan

steven

smitten

stricken

wheaten

stiffen

striven

wooden

woolen

amman

bitten

cretin

baron

barren

driven

eden

salesman

eaten

elan

gallon

gammon

garron

gibbon

happen

heron

hidden

mitten

pullen

quicken

reason

ribbon

ridden

risen

sadden

salmon

satin

seaman

forests

oarsman

scotsman

season

shogun

workday

semen

seton

alan

blowgun

briton

brogan

cabin

portman

beaten

billon

blacken

bracken

cannon

canon

deacon

deepen

demon

famine

fatten

flatten

freeman

glidden

griffon

kitten

leman

leven

linen

logan

loosen

madden

ninon

platen

poison

platten

first-rate

yachtsman

bordman

patten

perron

sweeten

thicken

treason

wiccan

baldwin

talon

thursday

villain

weaken

women

woman

tappen

written

marchman

townsman

tourists

frigid

fusion

trojan

turgid

apron

alban

gowan

barton

boatman

bolden

brackets

breakdown

carbon

carman

chevron

chieftain

crested

cowan

carmine

carton

copeman

corban

cordon

crusted

dalton

darken

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

fielden

fireman

foreman

freedman

garden

golden

horsetails

fountain

harden

harken

paean

frustrates

harten

hearten

jordan

jorden

lockman

lopeman

marlin

marten

martin

matron

molten

mormon

mountain

newsman

norman

olden

orphan

outdone

pardon

patron

ponton

prejudge

proceeds

pursuits

saffron

sequin

sharpen

shearman

shorten

smarten

stockman

peon

soldan

spartan

spearman

stallman

tarpon

tartan

wanton

warden

brethren

frosting

prestige

arcades

breakdowns

erects

frustrate

gorgets

purists

seedsman

horsetail

markets

postman

jurists

lampron

targets

aroused

arrest

auden

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

broaden

broken

chosen

circuit

colon

common

correct

cotton

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

direct

dromon

ergot

fallen

floren

foreign

forgot

frozen

gluten

gotten

hausen

hoten

hoven

human

locken

loren

lumen

odin

often

omen

open

pavon

pollan

pollen

proceed

proven

rerun

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

showman

siren

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

stolen

swollen

thirsty

thousand

token

toman

trodden

warren

woven

yaupon

yeoman

frostings

horsehead

priesthood

breastplate

brocades

trustees

wrestles

crusades

practice

freestone

frigates

outrun

precedes

tourist

arcade

citron

crickets

fibrin

firstly

forest

fructose

jurist

pristine

prostate

sovereign

sovran

squadron

airstrips

breakthrough

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

forestall

children

cauldron

doctrine

erstwhile

firestone

orchids

practiced

precede

breakthroughs

parquet

brightly

brocade

archduke

trestle

trustee

trusty

wrestle

crusade

crusty

frosty

presto

driest

hirsute

pursuit

thruster

doorsteps

forestalls

argot

breasted

bristles

erect

corset

greasewood

orchid

worsted

lyrist

market

presides

priestly

purist

practise

target

croquet

crystals

freighter

prostrate

airstrip

crochet

bracket

bristle

brucite

cricket

crooked

frigate

gristle

preside

brisket

bristol

brookside

crustal

drastic

frightful

frosted

crystal

corkwood

arctic

doorstep

frostbite

throughout

freighters

proctors

fractures

thrusters

tractors

wrestlers

tricksters

proctor

fracture

tractor

forster

trickster

3 syllable words

assertion

elation

correction

direction

duration

occasion

venetian

cetacean

gradation

malaysian

percussion

phoenician

possession

procession

profession

vacation

capsaicin

crustaceans

conflation

assassin

jamaican

frustration

translation

awaken

abrasion

ascension

collection

accession

accretion

compassion

concession

confession

exertion

fixation

formation

foundation

obsession

oppression

optation

perception

perfection

starvation

succession

connection

connexion

suppression

deflation

carnation

dictation

digression

directions

attention

eruption

protection

secretion

corrections

selection

affection

contagion

horizon

surrogate

foramen

malayan

causation

citation

aleutian

clergyman

collegian

commission

commotion

addition

projection

suggestion

donation

edition

mutation

flotation

gyration

dilation

cremation

deletion

evasion

location

notation

oration

permission

physician

pollution

position

privation

probation

recession

relation

solution

ovation

perversion

petition

quotation

rotation

secession

tradition

promotion

vocation

transgression

frustrations

assumption

contention

convection

convention

backgammon

declension

derision

disruption

croatian

resumption

suspension

creation

magician

parisian

presumption

policeman

confucian

filtration

alaskan

conception

compunction

castration

inflation

confection

compression

completion

clarendon

vermilion

abduction

exaction

apportion

detention

laurentian

anyone

forgotten

adoption

garrison

dentition

detection

elison

freemason

jettison

attrition

hydration

dimension

keratin

depletion

medicine

production

proportion

election

menhaden

patrician

emulsion

profusion

equation

erection

objection

ignition

reduction

dissension

preemption

reception

libration

nevadan

asuncion

invasion

propulsion

deception

condition

addiction

uneven

seduction

abortion

vibration

conjunction

injunction

ablution

venison

revulsion

deduction

defection

rendition

submission

congestion

surrogates

cognition

technician

suspicion

adhesion

allusion

caucasian

collision

collusion

complexion

consumption

destruction

devotion

digestion

ejection

emblazon

emission

emotion

encryption

exemption

ghanaian

halogen

hawaiian

lecithin

moroccan

myosin

niacin

origin

permian

plebeian

precession

provision

reaction

rejection

sedition

compulsion

concoction

conduction

perfusion

contortion

contrition

convulsion

diffraction

exhaustion

invention

cohesion

battalion

mistaken

unwritten

inception

induction

prostration

attraction

coercion

conviction

confusion

corrosion

affliction

deflection

erections

infection

exception

redemption

abandon

retraction

fruition

tuition

acumen

laotian

barricades

reflection

african

medallion

transaction

logician

construction

ingestion

abstraction

injection

extraction

transcription

obstruction

instruction

lanolin

ambition

andean

cartesian

irishman

gravamen

jacobin

eviction

nitrogen

impassion

inaction

nutrition

occlusion

campion

norwegian

catalan

irrigate

contusion

javelin

kantian

dissection

lesbian

wesleyan

artesian

diffusion

misshapen

depression

unison

depiction

variegate

versatile

admission

zambian

hydrogen

concussion

discussion

thespian

partition

ramadan

ferryman

skeleton

specimen

collagen

prediction

albion

pretension

prevention

bedizen

denizen

repression

resection

retention

eleven

transition

corrugate

puritan

trusteeship

barricade

pelican

fustian

tactician

champion

abstention

adsorption

expulsion

egyptian

extortion

countryman

communion

companion

extension

etruscan

intestine

absorption

contraction

contraption

description

gentleman

snapdragon

nebraskan

distraction

infraction

inspection

prescription

harlequin

muskmelon

proscription

subtraction

transfusion

inflection

restriction

albumin

appian

arian

musician

munition

delusion

bedouin

biotin

correcting

omission

chilean

cation

parthian

clarion

division

carrion

recision

rescission

distinction

englishman

galleon

gillian

volition

libyan

marian

dilution

arresting

desertion

audition

decision

workaday

illusion

religion

precaution

proceeding

orion

samoan

simian

parachute

remission

transmission

combustion

conclusion

discretion

distortion

frustrating

impression

infusion

intention

bedridden

cardigan

chairwoman

charlatan

civilian

aegean

discipline

dominion

genuine

nobleman

porcelain

magdalen

inscription

parasites

pavilion

rebellion

uncommon

conscription

constriction

partisan

parakeets

subscription

scythian

abdomen

artisan

brazilian

phrygian

corsican

enlighten

enliven

everyone

forested

guncotton

italian

mexican

opinion

persuaded

precedent

practices

president

rhodopsin

rifleman

talisman

fijian

stygian

benjamin

cistercian

excision

extinction

backwoodsman

incision

insertion

fractional

optician

oxygen

parachutes

seclusion

preclusion

precautions

expansion

bosnian

corrective

halcyon

expression

arrogate

bitumen

bulletin

cinnamon

citizen

crocheting

directive

gordian

guardian

indian

ottoman

parakeet

excretion

scorpion

parasite

silicon

vatican

toboggan

vitamin

solomon

congressman

infliction

architect

arkansan

badminton

councilman

bandwagon

disunion

presidents

reptilian

handwoven

precedents

masculine

franciscan

unbroken

octillion

embolden

anglican

implosion

inclusion

midshipman

misprision

nonhuman

inhuman

pentathlon

aversion

crusading

diversion

erosion

imagine

immersion

precision

singleton

regimen

reversion

revision

avian

alien

aryan

dorian

fabian

freudian

gaussian

grobian

heroin

heroine

irian

jovian

julian

korean

nubian

odeon

protean

syrian

characters

cambrian

chairperson

charwoman

marketplace

australian

heartbroken

forbidden

cherrystone

forewoman

in-person

peristyle

practical

predestine

tractable

unbutton

aspersion

erecting

conversion

beholden

explosion

christianize

infarction

marketing

exclusion

subversion

submersion

inversion

incursion

dispersion

adrian

ambrosian

architrave

beethoven

bouillon

cherrystones

crestfallen

cyprian

determine

directors

downtrodden

feminine

hammerman

imprison

keynesian

melanin

nonunion

overdone

overman

peroxide

peterman

saleswoman

suburban

superman

theorists

waterman

marketings

intrusion

fisherman

prejudice

excursion

presiding

architects

aerostat

alderman

austrian

chamberlain

crocodiles

crystalline

lumberman

targeted

christendom

foresters

heuristic

marketers

timberman

unburden

uncertain

extrusion

director

fenian

median

nemean

reopen

saccharin

tamarin

uterine

veteran

wrestler

prosthetic

prostheses

proceedings

anchorman

lutheran

tragedy

aerostats

archetypes

crystallized

housebroken

outspoken

directly

crocodile

correctly

crusaders

forester

misfortune

marketer

overrun

mandarin

reunion

scarcity

foreshadow

margarine

tragedies

preceding

prejudgment

archetype

crystallize

practises

forestry

skyrockets

crusader

creosote

fireside

foreshadows

theorist

prosody

prostitutes

heuristics

narcotics

breakwater

cruzados

frightfully

varsity

directed

charcuterie

practically

sumatran

prostitute

trustworthy

procedure

prosthetics

skyrocket

narcotic

forgetful

archetypal

cruzado

prostatic

procedures

barristers

barrister

character

erector

4 syllable words

congregation

appalachian

collocation

isolation

conjugation

connotation

divination

erudition

fumigation

immolation

jubilation

irritation

innovation

dilatation

domination

gravitation

imitation

inhalation

mitigation

motivation

oscillation

perspiration

perturbation

realization

suffocation

legislation

nomination

profanation

mutilation

provocation

coloration

radiation

reassertion

variation

extrication

aviation

amputation

calculation

excavation

formulation

fragmentation

integration

mortification

retribution

segmentation

modulation

affectation

annexation

abdication

combination

commendation

commutation

compilation

indication

insulation

intimation

intonation

inundation

invocation

lubrication

occupation

permutation

population

consolation

consummation

convocation

culmination

distillation

duplication

elocution

excitation

fibrillation

ovulation

paraguayan

dereliction

oxidation

predilection

proclamation

recognition

recollection

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

tribulation

vindication

exhalation

reawaken

strangulation

bifurcation

definition

demolition

deposition

devolution

dissertation

elongation

affirmation

evolution

abolition

syncopation

figuration

preignition

premonition

resolution

ulceration

preservation

usurpation

levitation

recreation

revolution

rumination

valuation

hibernation

melanesian

reformation

repetition

repossession

reservation

trepidation

circumspection

federation

decoration

aberration

adoration

coalition

deviation

dietitian

foliation

iteration

laceration

operation

preparation

prohibition

separation

veneration

liberation

reparation

conflagration

exclamation

ideation

explanation

incrustation

generation

impregnation

mediation

explication

confrontation

demonstration

toleration

meridian

orchestration

miseration

moderation

sequestration

computation

condensation

compensation

complication

condemnation

confiscation

attribution

consecration

arbitration

constellation

constipation

circumvention

armageddon

consultation

inflammation

punctuation

satisfaction

subluxation

cogitation

installation

fluctuation

execution

exhortation

illustration

instigation

dispensation

inclination

implication

ministration

imputation

obfuscation

indignation

pigmentation

absolution

acquisition

admonition

altercation

saturation

pagurian

alternation

ammunition

circumcision

backwardation

benediction

maturation

confirmation

conservation

conversation

cultivation

disaffection

destitution

exhibition

interruption

masturbation

information

lilliputian

observation

presidential

molestation

prosecution

situation

protestation

publication

refutation

retrocession

statistician

alabaman

relaxation

requisition

apprehension

directional

relocation

diminution

opposition

himalayan

desperation

maccabean

directorship

aspiration

alteration

dissipation

dissolution

mammalian

limitation

locomotion

european

arizonan

evocation

politician

proposition

preelection

procreation

distribution

galilean

jacobean

extradition

arabian

reelection

canadian

concentration

contemplation

contraception

contribution

self-deception

dehydration

admiration

corp.

reposition

resurrection

corporation

correctional

repercussion

respiration

declaration

restoration

supposition

titillation

visitation

apparition

augmentation

condescension

consternation

corinthian

decompression

disconnection

embarkation

expedition

exposition

incantation

jurisdiction

liquefaction

malformation

menstruation

moravian

ostentation

pelagian

peruvian

preconception

prejudicial

reproduction

rhetorician

tetrahedron

transformation

transportation

voracity

demarcation

competition

composition

deformation

deportation

dislocation

imposition

syndication

expiration

hypertension

precondition

transplantation

insurrection

interaction

intercession

invitation

incubation

prostitution

retardation

registration

convolution

inattention

inspiration

introspection

directorships

interjection

disposition

liquidation

corrugated

cotyledon

dandelion

penicillin

ergotism

eritrean

nicaraguan

agrarian

albanian

samaritan

tasmanian

reexamine

variegated

implantation

inhibition

hungarian

exploitation

introduction

expectation

polynesian

contradiction

contravention

misconception

gentlewoman

bavarian

chameleon

iranian

comedian

floridian

gregorian

planarian

exhumation

exploration

reinspection

comparison

hemoglobin

athenian

indexation

inquisition

infestation

constitution

incarnation

indentation

imperfection

importation

macedonian

noblewoman

parachuting

disinflation

misbegotten

interception

interdiction

disputation

intersection

intervention

pedestrian

republican

misperception

indigestion

crucifixion

gargantuan

intermission

ferocity

restitution

superhuman

superstition

obstetrician

abyssinian

american

minnesotan

librarian

obsidian

overburden

amphibian

wagnerian

barbarian

columbian

committeeman

cyclopean

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5 syllable words

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word surrogation

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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