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2 syllable words
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

saxon

brakeman

claxon

sections

factions

emption

bacon

basin

chasten

jason

shaken

caisson

hasten

mason

actions

taken

waken

diction

fiction

caption

suction

mansion

mention

auction

tension

friction

gentian

pension

sanction

ashen

asian

freshen

fashion

cajun

grecian

passion

hessian

ration

session

suasion

caxton

statesman

grandson

salesman

sexton

acton

apron

chastened

damson

ensign

hackman

hastens

jackman

jetson

keelson

kelson

kirkman

matron

nekton

oxen

packman

patron

pectin

samson

sequin

shakedown

stepson

workman

gumption

fictions

auctions

bason

bastion

bayman

beacon

beckon

belgian

bison

blacken

bracken

brazen

canaan

cayman

craftsman

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

draftsman

engine

extant

fasten

flashgun

freshman

function

graven

haven

hyson

junction

kalan

laden

layman

lessen

lesson

lichen

liken

maiden

martian

moisten

option

pagan

person

portion

question

raven

reckon

satan

shaman

slacken

straighten

torsion

urson

weaken

worsen

zaman

zircon

mahone

urchin

capstan

mission

klansman

lampron

landman

spokesman

fission

surgeon

notion

shakedowns

caution

cushion

legion

lesion

lotion

ocean

region

motion

strengthen

russian

sturgeon

version

seedsman

lengthen

headsman

pathan

doctrine

potion

heathen

prussian

earthen

burgeon

persian

rayon

henchman

penguin

plankton

questions

bastions

bagman

arson

airman

aspen

atman

baston

alman

bellman

bookman

calvin

canton

captain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

chieftain

classman

headman

hempen

hetman

ibsen

jasmine

kansan

kelvin

kremlin

lightman

penman

plantain

minden

panton

parson

passman

rectum

saffron

lockman

stockman

lineman

linemen

m1

melton

pressman

santon

shearman

selden

desman

dampen

dobson

falcon

fastened

fibrin

fireman

freedman

tendon

teston

fielden

gascon

whitson

huntsman

landsman

marksman

sportsman

acting

basting

fortune

mangan

faustian

hangman

christian

churchman

luncheon

margin

tasting

bushman

brethren

dungeon

wasting

georgian

amman

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

beaten

bisson

bourbon

bellon

breton

broken

brighten

burden

curtain

canon

demon

elan

lighten

eighteen

ermine

famine

liman

listen

liven

locken

loosen

lyden

madden

patten

rerun

redden

riden

ripen

sadden

salmon

satin

seaman

season

steven

turban

wheaten

wiccan

stricken

widen

wizen

urban

whiten

cabin

charon

burdon

burton

cannon

certain

cheapen

burman

chicken

christen

deaden

deafen

deepen

devon

dragon

eaten

eden

marron

melon

perron

platen

platten

poison

quicken

reason

resin

semen

sermon

seton

seven

sicken

siphon

siren

spoken

vegan

wagon

weapon

cretin

flatten

alan

freeman

fatten

felon

firman

frighten

garron

happen

gladden

gallon

gammon

german

glisten

heaven

heighten

heron

hymen

hyphen

jetton

lagan

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

leven

sweeten

latin

syphon

lemon

talon

threaten

tighten

titan

token

treason

thicken

tappen

triton

children

baldwin

bordman

cauldron

oarsman

portman

scotsman

townsman

yachtsman

marchman

markman

homespun

horseman

bludgeon

gudgeon

dudgeon

trojan

vision

fusion

kitchen

pigeon

right-hand

tungsten

tastings

dian

ion

lion

mayan

scion

peon

paean

zion

urine

alban

austin

banyan

bargain

barton

billman

canyon

carton

citron

boatman

bolden

boston

carbon

carman

carmine

chestnut

clinton

copeman

corban

cordon

crimson

dalton

darken

destin

dictum

dolman

dolphin

dukedom

eighteens

faulcon

footman

foreman

fountain

garden

gilden

golden

goodman

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

hearten

heightens

houseman

jargon

kenyan

jordan

jorden

lactone

lightens

linden

lisbon

listens

london

lopeman

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

mignon

milken

molten

morgan

mormon

bookstand

organ

mountain

olden

guardsman

octane

muslin

newsman

norman

orphan

outrun

outdone

pardon

piston

pitman

ponton

scallion

sharpen

shipman

shorten

shotgun

silken

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

stallion

stallman

sultan

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

tightens

tillman

tubman

tuscan

undone

victim

vulcan

wanton

warden

woodman

woolman

coachman

othman

testing

lightning

longan

vesting

lasting

casting

drunken

dutchman

eighteenth

shrunken

sunken

watchman

resting

rincon

asthma

auden

begun

billon

bitten

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bookstands

boughten

bowman

briton

broaden

brogan

button

chestnuts

chosen

colon

common

cotton

cousin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

delphian

distance

distant

dozen

driven

dromon

dustman

fallen

floren

foreign

frozen

gibbon

given

glidden

gluten

gotten

griffon

hausen

hidden

hogan

hoven

kitten

linen

logan

loren

lumen

human

hoten

mitten

nightmares

ninon

odin

open

pavon

pollan

pollen

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

robin

roman

muffin

mullen

mutton

often

omen

oven

pistons

postman

prison

proven

pullen

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

shogun

showman

slogan

smitten

sodden

soften

solon

stiffen

stolen

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

swollen

thousand

toman

toughen

trodden

victims

villain

warren

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

written

yaupon

yeoman

castings

fighting

lighting

extinct

lightnings

sighting

bullion

million

minion

extend

custom

eyestone

pillion

extent

pinion

stillion

union

festoon

keystone

vestment

billion

disdain

nightmare

onion

peacetime

runnion

scullion

sustain

system

trillion

wisdom

gowan

cowan

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

boasting

coasting

costing

fightings

hosting

listing

ousting

posting

roasting

sightings

toasting

twisting

extends

vestments

nighttimes

customs

distend

sustains

keystones

sixteen

disdains

sixteenths

systems

sustained

disdained

postings

listings

yachting

sixteens

nighttime

sixteenth

costume

mustang

touchdown

astound

costumes

pastimes

touchdowns

mustangs

astounds

esteem

pastime

ragtime

sistine

distinct

postmark

3 syllable words

laotian

truncation

croatian

capsaicin

castration

translation

accession

ablation

accretion

digression

equation

formation

foundation

perception

repression

resection

starvation

deflation

crustacean

carnation

dissection

retention

optation

persuasion

prevention

secretion

pretension

succession

tactician

technician

alien

fabian

foramen

avian

saccharin

assertion

correction

direction

corruption

deletion

desertion

dilution

diversion

evasion

malaysian

permission

perversion

phoenician

profession

reaction

remission

recession

possession

procession

secession

venetian

digestion

masculine

coercion

backgammon

equations

mexican

chamberlain

inflation

chairperson

conflation

frustration

declension

discretion

prostration

exception

predestine

filtration

admission

hammerman

abrasion

affection

aggression

ambition

anchorman

ascension

attention

cistercian

collection

concussion

confession

concession

connection

gravamen

connexion

dentition

depletion

depression

elison

detection

detention

dimension

contagion

defection

deception

extraction

garrison

discussion

prediction

obsession

sectional

selection

election

oppression

menhaden

medicine

suppression

adrian

erection

eruption

perfection

exertion

beethoven

preemption

progression

protection

regression

rendition

reactions

reception

peterman

venison

inaction

jettison

keynesian

dissension

jacobin

incursion

insertion

laurentian

invasion

irishman

transition

accident

addition

aleutian

audition

aversion

commission

commotion

devotion

edition

ejection

emblazon

emission

emotion

encryption

excretion

expansion

expression

extension

extortion

fenian

halogen

immersion

irian

locating

malayan

median

munition

musician

myosin

nemean

niacin

omission

petition

physician

pollution

position

projection

promotion

rejection

reversion

revision

saleswoman

sedition

solution

suggestion

tamarin

tradition

transgression

veteran

volition

logician

derision

fijian

completion

acumen

parisian

decadent

tuition

chairwoman

magdalen

attraction

abduction

magician

compression

exaction

fruition

policeman

confection

convention

inception

infection

deflection

in-person

impression

contention

bedridden

convection

talisman

diffraction

excursion

retraction

corrosion

pentathlon

conception

concoction

invention

redemption

suspension

reflection

transaction

transmission

extensions

transcription

ingestion

lanolin

cognition

injection

keratin

adoption

suburban

superman

addiction

forgotten

mandarin

condition

halcyon

conversion

hydrogen

ignition

jamaican

javelin

fictional

macadam

inversion

congestion

submersion

suspicion

unison

submission

subversion

overrun

reunion

asuncion

attrition

auctioneer

deduction

denizen

aspersion

overdone

overman

vitamin

ablution

abortion

waterman

apportion

depiction

excision

nutrition

equating

eviction

determine

misshapen

specimen

eleven

dispersion

emulsion

nitrogen

occlusion

optician

awaken

accidents

backwoodsman

patrician

partition

skeleton

oxygen

positions

catalan

ramadan

preclusion

objection

production

proportion

propulsion

reduction

revulsion

seclusion

seduction

infraction

restriction

proscription

inspection

inflection

prescription

complexion

subtraction

distraction

contraction

exemption

description

expulsion

egyptian

gentleman

allusion

collision

arkansan

snapdragon

intestine

muskmelon

decadents

collusion

delusion

division

erosion

illusion

lecithin

origin

precision

provision

questioner

religion

badminton

bandwagon

bedouin

fastener

heroin

heroine

reopen

uterine

moroccan

biotin

horizon

rebellion

contortion

assumption

mistaken

disruption

charwoman

charlatan

lumberman

distortion

rectangle

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

residence

abdomen

porcelain

resident

unwritten

resumption

cardigan

rifleman

auctioneers

exhaustion

artisan

partisan

presumption

perfusion

rhodopsin

inclusion

forbidden

conviction

confucian

genuine

combustion

timberman

conclusion

hesitant

compulsion

alderman

contrition

convulsion

conduction

guncotton

affliction

induction

intention

australian

conscription

abstraction

inscription

excitement

subscription

lutheran

benjamin

diffusion

compassion

contusion

exceeding

exciting

questionnaire

questioners

incision

profusion

impassion

succeeding

extinction

infarction

acetone

destruction

anyone

bitumen

bouillon

bulletin

cinnamon

destiny

ferryman

abstention

adsorption

collagen

fasteners

infliction

citizen

ottoman

pelican

consumption

puritan

rectangles

contraption

toboggan

absorption

thespian

vatican

exclusion

explosion

extrusion

transfusion

solomon

handwoven

distinction

englishman

communion

disunion

embolden

occident

councilman

imprison

adhesion

albumin

ambrosian

nonunion

disdainful

octillion

postnatal

residents

testament

compunction

imagine

rescission

fastening

besetting

margarine

clergyman

collegian

fisherman

recision

extinctions

regimen

decision

infusion

construction

questionnaires

conjunction

singleton

constriction

midshipman

implosion

injunction

intrusion

instruction

obstruction

confusion

abandon

african

alaskan

galleon

listener

cohesion

carrion

decedent

arian

destinies

dissidence

enlighten

everyone

enliven

samoan

dissident

forewoman

nobleman

testaments

discipline

sumatran

appian

distinctions

clarion

cation

gaussian

marian

permian

artesian

beholden

cartesian

congressman

fastenings

norwegian

albion

decedents

harlequin

nebraskan

champion

andean

feminine

franciscan

fustian

crestfallen

kantian

nicotine

lesbian

melanin

nevadan

extender

uneven

listeners

silicon

bedizen

academe

begotten

echidna

dissidents

campion

downtrodden

wesleyan

assassin

zambian

anglican

inhuman

misfortune

misprision

nonhuman

right-handed

lightening

listening

ticketing

battalion

austrian

bystander

cambrian

guesstimate

italian

estimate

medallion

liechtenstein

clarendon

corsican

extenders

vermilion

tectonic

victimize

aryan

chilean

dorian

freudian

ghanaian

gillian

grobian

hawaiian

jovian

julian

korean

libyan

nubian

odeon

orion

plebeian

protean

simian

syrian

lastingly

nightmarish

countryman

guesstimates

aegean

scythian

bystanders

phrygian

stygian

companion

etruscan

outspoken

estimates

reptilian

unbroken

sustenance

distances

housebroken

cyprian

customer

indian

pseudonym

scorpion

guardian

bosnian

gordian

extensive

heartbroken

parthian

brazilian

civilian

customers

customize

distemper

dominion

opinion

pavilion

pseudonyms

nightingale

istanbul

tectonics

extinguished

distinctive

visiting

astonish

distinguished

extinguish

post-mortem

postmasters

distinguish

asthmatics

costumers

astounded

postmaster

toastmaster

astounding

distinctly

costumer

asthmatic

systemic

4 syllable words

aberration

adoration

deviation

federation

generation

ideation

laceration

mediation

perforation

preparation

reparation

separation

surrogation

variation

veneration

violation

education

graduation

maturation

saturation

backwardation

demarcation

desecration

equitation

emulation

circulation

excitation

expiration

granulation

recantation

reclamation

regulation

relaxation

replication

reputation

fabrication

permutation

refutation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

advocation

affectation

altercation

speculation

annexation

vaccination

abdication

application

tabulation

admiration

affirmation

allegation

annotation

animation

appellation

aspiration

collocation

decimation

defamation

delegation

derivation

desolation

desperation

detonation

dissertation

elevation

emanation

fascination

figuration

germination

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

realization

hibernation

meditation

perspiration

procreation

isolation

levitation

recitation

navigation

preservation

provocation

perturbation

reformation

revelation

reservation

respiration

restoration

termination

renovation

sanitation

suffocation

trepidation

usurpation

vacillation

validation

coloration

foliation

pagination

vegetation

iteration

liberation

moderation

fluctuation

operation

toleration

adulation

miseration

agitation

apparition

reassertion

rhetorician

amputation

calculation

embarkation

exploration

excavation

indexation

situation

aggregation

deportation

depravation

simulation

destination

aggravation

alternation

molestation

stimulation

stipulation

estimation

abnegation

abrogation

commutation

conservation

conversation

convocation

depredation

deprivation

designation

dislocation

emigration

information

liquidation

lubrication

masturbation

resignation

retardation

segregation

tribulation

ventilation

vindication

deformation

duplication

exhalation

cancellation

calibration

degradation

adaptation

approbation

celebration

confirmation

devastation

elocution

fermentation

indication

oxidation

palpitation

invocation

occupation

population

strangulation

penetration

persecution

presentation

observation

ovulation

proclamation

protestation

publication

recollection

syndication

imitation

connotation

dehydration

elongation

immolation

dilatation

dissipation

divination

domination

exclamation

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

fluoridation

fumigation

expectation

extrication

explanation

explication

exploitation

appalachian

inhalation

innovation

sequestration

alteration

syncopation

irrigation

litigation

mitigation

jubilation

motivation

irritation

limitation

mutilation

reelection

preelection

ulceration

draconian

oscillation

repossession

visitation

nomination

repercussion

rumination

titillation

legislation

propagation

profanation

augmentation

cogitation

complication

computation

confiscation

consecration

consternation

decompression

destinations

dietitian

disputation

estimations

execution

exhortation

exhumation

formulation

fragmentation

gastrulation

implication

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

indentation

infestation

malformation

menstruation

modulation

moravian

mortification

obfuscation

ostentation

pelagian

preconception

punctuation

segmentation

subluxation

transformation

transportation

incubation

registration

circumcision

combination

acquisition

culmination

albanian

compilation

consummation

ammunition

commendation

cultivation

fibrillation

exhibition

obligation

ordination

sectarian

eustachian

consolation

distillation

immigration

inspiration

insulation

inundation

tasmanian

herculean

hypertension

intimation

intonation

invitation

recognition

prosecution

penicillin

precondition

requisition

retrocession

conjugation

implantation

circumspection

demonstration

impregnation

incrustation

orchestration

locomotion

mammalian

jacobean

maccabean

canadian

arabian

demolition

reposition

diocesan

abolition

resolution

preignition

revolution

deposition

devolution

premonition

resurrection

erudition

readmission

definition

evolution

repetition

arbitration

tamoxifen

circumvention

compensation

condemnation

condensation

constellation

consultation

constipation

disconnection

illustration

importation

indignation

inflammation

installation

instigation

integration

shakespearean

lancastrian

liquefaction

ministration

pigmentation

reinspection

disinflation

dispensation

electrician

expedition

exposition

coalition

transplantation

apprehension

congregation

hegelian

indigestion

prohibition

actionable

absolution

admonition

intercession

intermission

destitution

insurrection

interaction

residential

disaffection

interruption

benediction

dereliction

predilection

restitution

statistician

superstition

cyclopean

predetermine

reexamine

wagnerian

watermelon

concentration

abyssinian

nicaraguan

samaritan

confrontation

conflagration

contemplation

librarian

extradition

greco-roman

misconception

jordanian

aldebaran

indiscretion

infiltration

self-deception

alabaman

comprehension

equestrian

dictionary

dissolution

diminution

intuition

manumission

opposition

politician

proposition

supposition

supervision

inquisition

intervention

condescension

academy

arizonan

bavarian

chameleon

coloradan

criterion

comedian

disinfection

interception

dichotomy

himalayan

iberian

praetorian

reawaken

interdiction

hyperion

liberian

planarian

intersection

siberian

imperfection

satisfaction

attribution

malnutrition

misperception

reproduction

retribution

comparison

interjection

extendible

adrenaline

estimated

pedestrian

deconstruction

reconstruction

leviathan

convolution

dictionaries

disposition

imposition

bohemian

inattention

prostitution

athenian

indecision

nigerian

polyhedron

competition

composition

crucifixion

lilliputian

algonquian

contraception

academies

accordion

accidental

agrarian

armenian

hesitancy

interurban

obsidian

pagurian

businesswoman

victorian

gentlewoman

hydrocarbon

inhibition

barbarian

overburden

residency

ibuprofen

minnesotan

constitution

substitution

rectangular

octahedron

institution

introspection

jurisdiction

melanesian

hungarian

armageddon

assyrian

contrarian

crocodilian

hemoglobin

hesitantly

interwoven

macedonian

protozoan

residences

noblewoman

sicilian

sustainable

obstetrician

nonprescription

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word vacation

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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