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

airman

banyan

bellman

canton

canyon

chairman

chessman

chevron

claxon

clinton

damson

desman

headman

hempen

hetman

ibsen

kansan

kelvin

kremlin

linden

london

melton

pectin

plantain

lynden

m1

minion

nekton

onion

panton

pinion

pressman

ransom

runnion

samson

santon

saxon

selden

teston

undone

whitson

winsome

beckon

luncheons

bellon

bisson

conscience

penguin

pungent

basin

bason

breton

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

charon

chasten

christen

deaden

deafen

devon

gumption

fasten

felon

linen

listen

melon

ninon

perron

marron

mason

person

redden

seven

dungeons

reckon

enchant

mansions

resin

ancient

glisten

hasten

heaven

heron

jason

jetton

leaden

leaven

ledden

urson

vegan

weapon

tangent

lemon

threaten

worsen

tungsten

brethren

bushman

christian

dancing

drunken

enjoin

hangman

inchon

mangan

portion

wincing

martian

mincing

moonshine

shrunken

option

rincon

sunken

flashgun

auction

bastion

ginseng

torsion

huntsman

klansman

landman

pinching

asian

ransoms

bludgeon

burgeon

delphian

cajun

lunching

earthen

caution

headsman

kansans

dudgeon

capstan

unsound

grecian

statesman

caxton

gudgeon

kitchen

lotion

mahone

motion

notion

ocean

pathan

persian

pigeon

potion

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

urchin

version

vision

ancients

penguins

tangents

acton

alman

apron

arson

aspen

atman

bagman

baston

benzene

benzine

billion

billman

bookman

brakeman

bullion

calvin

cancan

captain

chanson

chaplain

chapman

citron

classman

crimson

dampen

dobson

enzyme

falcon

footman

fountain

gascon

gilden

goodman

hackman

income

insane

jackman

jasmine

kirkman

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lonesome

matron

mignon

milken

million

muslin

oxen

packman

parson

passman

patron

minden

mountain

pillion

ponton

plankton

piston

pitman

saffron

wanton

tillman

silken

spearman

tuscan

union

unseen

vulcan

workman

scallion

scullion

shipman

stallion

stillion

sultan

sylvan

trillion

tubman

woodman

woolman

alan

amman

bacon

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

bayman

begun

benign

billon

bison

bitten

blacken

bouncing

bourbon

bracken

brazen

briton

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

cayman

certain

chicken

churchman

cousin

craftsman

craven

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

dozen

draftsman

dragon

driven

dutchman

ensconce

ermine

famine

fatten

faustian

firman

flatten

fortune

gallon

gammon

garron

georgian

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

graven

griffon

happen

haven

hidden

hyson

kalan

kitten

laden

lagan

landsman

latin

layman

longan

loosen

madden

maiden

margin

mitten

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

pagan

patten

platen

platten

pouncing

prison

pullen

quicken

raven

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

sermon

shaken

shaman

sicken

slacken

smitten

stiffen

straighten

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

taken

talon

tappen

thicken

toughen

turban

urban

villain

wagon

waken

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

zaman

zircon

mankind

kinsman

lampron

incomes

yachtsman

homespun

horseman

unkind

enzymes

sinking

spokesman

thinking

children

dustman

salesman

scotsman

townsman

fusion

rayon

gingham

urine

heathen

legion

lesion

region

trojan

alban

austin

boatman

bolden

boston

bargain

barton

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chieftain

consume

copeman

corban

cordon

dalton

darken

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

fibrin

fielden

fireman

foreman

freedman

garden

golden

gorgon

harden

hearten

jargon

harken

harten

houseman

jordan

jorden

lightman

lockman

lopeman

marlin

marten

martin

molten

monsoon

morgan

mormon

newsman

norman

olden

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

pardon

ringing

sequin

sharpen

shearman

shorten

shotgun

singing

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallman

stockman

warden

tartan

tarpon

unknown

mankinds

marksman

ensnares

ensnarl

sportsman

coachman

conjoin

ginghams

othman

watchman

auden

beacon

beaten

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

brighten

broaden

brogan

broken

cheapen

chosen

colon

common

deacon

deepen

cotton

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

eden

fallen

elan

demon

dromon

eaten

floren

foreign

freeman

frighten

frozen

gluten

gotten

hausen

heighten

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

leman

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

logan

loren

lumen

lyden

odin

often

omen

open

pavon

poison

pollan

pollen

proven

reason

rerun

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

seaman

season

semen

seton

shogun

showman

siphon

siren

sodden

slogan

soften

solon

spoken

steven

stolen

sweeten

swollen

syphon

thousand

tighten

titan

token

toman

treason

triton

trodden

warren

weaken

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

encamp

postman

consumes

monsoons

portman

bordman

doctrine

baldwin

markman

cauldron

ensnare

oarsman

marchman

consumed

seedsman

conjoined

zion

ion

peon

dian

owen

paean

cowan

lion

gowan

rowen

ruin

rowan

unknowns

scion

mayan

incensed

unkempt

guardsman

nonsense

incense

consents

knickknack

consent

knickknacks

demesne

hangings

smacking

hanging

banging

punkin

nanking

banking

longings

sanguine

launchings

longhand

knocking

smoking

sneaking

sneezing

longing

ringneck

launching

3 syllable words

mexican

genuine

denizens

contention

convention

declension

invention

suspension

jettison

skeleton

pelican

anyone

lanolin

medicine

cinnamon

elison

keratin

specimen

carrion

clarion

heroine

benjamin

heroin

collection

affection

concession

concussion

marian

asuncion

condition

veteran

confession

connection

connexion

damnation

deception

gestation

bedouin

detection

ignition

perception

menhaden

ghanaian

defection

dissection

election

engineer

erection

inaction

incision

insertion

perfection

phoenicians

plantation

preemption

protection

reception

resection

selection

stagnation

temptation

transition

addition

aleutian

assertion

cetacean

commission

commotion

deletion

desertion

devotion

donation

duration

edition

elation

emission

emotion

ensuing

flirtation

gradation

lecithin

munition

negation

percussion

permission

petition

physician

pollution

position

possession

precession

predation

procession

profession

promotion

reaction

recession

secession

sedation

sedition

solution

summation

sunshiny

tradition

vacation

ejection

franciscan

gentleman

projection

rejection

truncation

corrosion

derision

coercion

creation

fruition

parisian

croatian

encryption

tuition

extension

bedridden

chairperson

chairwoman

enlighten

enliven

finishing

in-person

innocent

logician

magician

unbutton

uncertain

unwritten

vanishing

convulsion

confection

conflation

confucian

conviction

contortion

pentathlon

banishment

conception

concoction

conduction

connexions

contrition

convection

punishment

exception

transmission

infection

inflation

reflection

engineers

intention

abduction

deflection

enjoyment

inception

induction

redemption

transaction

translation

bulletin

ferryman

indian

garrison

mandarin

lesbian

puritan

andean

assassin

citizen

jainism

thespian

halcyon

keynesian

kantian

silicon

uneven

unison

wesleyan

deduction

engender

eruption

fixation

deflation

congestion

lactation

incursion

enchanting

ingestion

injection

objection

depiction

depletion

depression

dictation

digression

discussion

emissions

emulsion

enchanter

eviction

excision

exertion

foundation

impassion

invasion

inversion

misshapen

obsession

oppression

patrician

abortion

accession

accretion

addiction

admission

adoption

aggression

carnation

cistercian

commissioned

commissions

contagion

contusion

conversion

progression

proportion

propulsion

reduction

secretion

regression

salvation

seduction

submission

suppression

ablation

alsatian

ambition

apportion

ablution

attrition

crustacean

suspicion

cognition

dalmatian

tactician

compassion

production

prediction

repression

revulsion

succession

taxation

tangential

abstention

adhesion

alien

allusion

angina

appian

arian

audition

aversion

avian

badminton

cation

causation

chilean

citation

clergyman

collegian

collision

collusion

complexion

consumption

contraction

contraption

councilman

cremation

decision

delusion

digestion

dilation

dilution

division

egyptian

enjoyments

erosion

evasion

exemption

expansion

extortion

fabian

fenian

fisherman

flotation

foramen

galleon

gillian

gyration

halogen

hawaiian

horizon

illusion

imagine

immersion

infarction

inflection

infliction

infraction

innocents

inspection

intestine

jansenist

libyan

ligation

location

malayan

malaysian

moroccan

musician

mutation

myosin

niacin

notation

occasion

omission

oration

ovation

permian

perversion

plebeian

precaution

privation

probation

provision

punishments

quotation

recision

regimen

relation

religion

remission

reptilian

rescission

reversion

rotation

saccharin

samoan

simian

suggestion

syrian

tamarin

transfusion

vocation

volition

keynesians

confusion

resumption

disruption

pavilion

discretion

renaissance

alaskan

vermilion

compunction

dominion

guncotton

distinction

englishman

brazilian

retraction

conclusion

distortion

discipline

infusion

impression

inasmuch

inclusion

inhuman

presumption

policeman

pungently

abandon

affliction

aegean

diffraction

intrusion

unisons

phrygian

rebellion

castration

compression

compulsion

assumption

attraction

combustion

enchanted

everyone

enchanters

cohesion

omniscient

singleton

exhaustion

encumber

stygian

exaction

excursion

scythian

civilian

completion

opinion

management

capsaicin

predestine

unburden

uncommon

talisman

engenders

filtration

frustration

midshipman

injunction

instruction

inscription

libration

migration

nutrition

transcription

irishman

manganese

occlusion

partition

seclusion

starvation

submersion

subversion

preclusion

incumbent

optation

optician

profusion

jansenists

omissions

persuasion

remissions

vibration

abrasion

anchorman

conjunction

conscription

constriction

construction

aspersion

extraction

consuming

diffusion

dispersion

formation

hydration

imagined

imagines

equation

enchantment

incoming

adrian

bosnian

campion

champion

coenzyme

catalan

cyprian

albion

determine

eleven

forgotten

bedizen

beethoven

awaken

bitumen

extinction

feminine

enigma

freemason

hammerman

mannequin

fustian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

melanin

nevadan

suburban

toboggan

uncanny

vatican

zambian

ramadan

monism

reunion

imprison

insincere

excretion

crestfallen

explosion

expression

countryman

expulsion

proscription

bandwagon

extrusion

consonant

handwoven

adsorption

absorption

nebraskan

distraction

disunion

unbroken

destruction

arkansan

emblazon

embolden

description

exclusion

managements

communion

companion

etruscan

prescription

restriction

transgression

subtraction

origin

conjunctions

diversion

precision

revision

caucasian

injunctions

aryan

biotin

implosion

dorian

freudian

nonhuman

incumbents

gaussian

prostration

grobian

irian

julian

korean

median

jovian

misfortune

misprision

nemean

nubian

orion

protean

reopen

congenial

odeon

abdomen

abstraction

acumen

african

backgammon

battalion

cambrian

chamberlain

clarendon

consummate

encounter

italian

jamaicans

lumberman

magdalen

medallion

mistaken

monisms

nobleman

obstruction

perfusion

rhodopsin

rifleman

subscription

timberman

fijian

concentrate

consonants

lutheran

backwoodsman

beholden

artesian

hydrogen

cartesian

nitrogen

norwegian

oncoming

oxygen

gravamen

encounters

collagen

guardian

peterman

albumin

ambrosian

scorpion

solomon

consummates

downtrodden

harlequin

waterman

amazement

ensemble

gordian

consumer

ottoman

masculine

overdone

overman

overrun

amazon

benignly

superman

vitamin

muskmelon

octillion

outspoken

unconcern

bouillon

limousine

saleswoman

nonunion

snapdragon

concentrates

encampment

margarine

anglican

parthian

nincompoop

alderman

amazons

amusement

artisan

austrian

cardigan

charlatan

charwoman

consumers

corsican

encampments

ensembles

forbidden

forewoman

incomplete

limousines

partisan

porcelain

sumatran

uncomplete

unconcerned

ungainly

unseemly

uterine

ringmaster

congressman

nincompoops

amusements

honeycomb

housebroken

incentive

consciences

australian

concentric

heartbroken

senescence

ingenue

long-winded

innocence

longingly

mannequins

tumescent

amazing

lawmaking

damaging

ongoing

amusing

4 syllable words

penicillin

definition

detonation

emanation

fascination

premonition

renovation

termination

germination

machination

corinthian

decoration

federation

preparation

reparation

rhetorician

separation

surrogation

variation

pagination

ammunition

benediction

maturation

admonition

designation

destination

hypertension

graduation

fermentation

penetration

recantation

presentation

recognition

centurion

vaccination

resignation

glaciation

ventilation

saturation

abolition

allegation

coronation

allocation

animation

annotation

appellation

avocation

decimation

dedication

derivation

declaration

defamation

delegation

demolition

deposition

desiccation

desolation

desperation

devolution

diminution

divination

domination

elevation

erudition

evolution

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

hibernation

inhalation

innovation

intuition

levitation

medication

meditation

melanesian

navigation

nomination

planarian

preelection

reformation

recreation

reelection

recitation

repetition

resurrection

rumination

revelation

revocation

revolution

vacillation

validation

restoration

respiration

reservation

resolution

trepidation

preignition

preservation

profanation

sanitation

aberration

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

agitation

apparition

augmentation

aviation

coalition

coloration

commissioner

condescension

dietitian

education

fragmentation

indentation

inseminate

intervention

iteration

laceration

liberation

menstruation

meridian

miseration

moderation

operation

ostentation

perforation

prohibition

radiation

reassertion

segmentation

toleration

vegetation

violation

acclamation

absolution

abrogation

abdication

abnegation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

calibration

adaptation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

alternation

annexation

application

approbation

cancellation

celebration

circulation

circumcision

combination

depravation

depredation

desecration

dominican

culmination

degradation

deprivation

dereliction

commendation

destitution

devastation

disaffection

elocution

emigration

emulation

equitation

estimation

excitation

exhibition

expiration

fabrication

granulation

inattention

indecision

indication

information

inspiration

insulation

insurrection

interaction

intercession

intermission

interruption

intimation

intonation

inundation

paraguayan

invitation

invocation

american

molestation

nonessential

abyssinian

ordination

copernican

dandelion

palpitation

precondition

predilection

protestation

requisition

persecution

regulation

replication

reputation

reclamation

recollection

refutation

restitution

retrocession

vindication

obsidian

minnesotan

situation

syndication

encomium

estonian

samaritan

segregation

statistician

apprehension

speculation

eritrean

tabulation

sectarian

demonstration

explanation

impregnation

figuration

manumission

mitigation

inhibition

bifurcation

corporation

imitation

motivation

corp.

syncopation

correlation

immolation

fluoridation

iranian

alteration

jacobean

affirmation

appalachian

missourian

aspiration

maccabean

collocation

dissertation

dissipation

limitation

commissioners

dissolution

opposition

legislation

locomotion

mutilation

oscillation

connotation

dilatation

fumigation

tangentially

valerian

nonsensical

admiration

sicilian

irrigation

isolation

jubilation

perturbation

simonian

irritation

litigation

perspiration

politician

arizonan

polynesian

propagation

proposition

provocation

readmission

supposition

realization

assyrian

visitation

repercussion

reposition

repossession

suffocation

gentlewoman

ulceration

bavarian

businesswoman

usurpation

valuation

canadian

titillation

devonian

draconian

european

galilean

himalayan

engineering

condemnation

comprehension

compensation

circumvention

amputation

calculation

condensation

intersection

ministration

expedition

exploration

malnutrition

preconception

disconnection

disinfection

electrician

excavation

exhortation

embarkation

execution

misperception

pigmentation

reinspection

retribution

satisfaction

disinflation

dispensation

gastrulation

punctuation

exposition

indexation

attribution

imperfection

incantation

inflammation

inquisition

instigation

transformation

installation

integration

institution

inclination

infestation

indignation

incarnation

interception

interdiction

transportation

consensual

innocently

mediation

fluctuation

foliation

macedonian

cogitation

athenian

deviation

pelagian

comparison

jansenism

encomiums

ideation

modulation

leviathan

moravian

peruvian

exhalation

incubation

indigestion

interjection

registration

strangulation

amphibian

committeeman

commutation

composition

darwinian

compilation

fibrillation

occupation

competition

greco-roman

population

wagnerian

carcinogen

disposition

pagurian

aldebaran

jordanian

altercation

dislocation

distillation

immigration

obligation

observation

nestorian

duplication

ovulation

simulation

oblivion

tasmanian

oxidation

permutation

librarian

prosecution

prostitution

relaxation

incinerate

indonesian

interurban

agrarian

barbarian

insanity

convolution

publication

alabaman

conservation

consummation

conversation

convocation

lubrication

masturbation

tribulation

manzanilla

consolation

imposition

stimulation

stipulation

reexamine

superstition

confirmation

albanian

proclamation

crucifixion

cultivation

gargantuan

lilliputian

liquidation

backwardation

congenital

californian

conjugation

contraception

contravention

confrontation

concentration

dehydration

elongation

circumspection

self-deception

sequestration

exploitation

expectation

explication

introduction

insensible

insensitive

ohioan

misconception

exclamation

rhododendron

indiscretion

incrustation

infiltration

implantation

extradition

extrication

menacingly

procreation

relocation

exhumation

englishwoman

inconsistent

hungarian

disillusion

smithsonian

algerian

supervision

evocation

arbitration

complication

bolivian

floridian

computation

constellation

arabian

confiscation

consecration

consternation

constipation

constitution

reconstruction

transplantation

consultation

disputation

decompression

collodion

coloradan

comedian

gregorian

concentrations

liberian

chameleon

encompassing

hyperion

illustration

imputation

malformation

mortification

iberian

formulation

lancastrian

liquefaction

introspection

importation

jurisdiction

obfuscation

siberian

implication

reproduction

mammalian

monogamy

napoleon

deconstruction

subluxation

criterion

fallopian

substitution

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word tension

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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