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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word watermelon.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
3 syllable words
4 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word watermelon.
2 syllable words

mormon

norman

foreman

portion

georgian

fortune

torsion

sportsman

horseman

oarsman

portman

lampron

bordman

scotsman

yachtsman

atman

boatman

carman

carmine

corban

cordon

dampen

damson

fireman

gorgon

jordan

jorden

kremlin

lightman

marlin

morgan

organ

orphan

outrun

samson

shorten

stallman

warden

craftsman

amman

foreign

felon

firman

gallon

gammon

draftsman

huntsman

floren

churchman

sermon

german

melon

boughten

loren

margin

sullen

othman

bellon

talon

alan

faustian

burman

ermine

mullen

storming

warren

famine

martian

salmon

doctrine

homespun

dustman

klansman

landman

earthen

marchman

outruns

markman

pathan

persian

postman

sturgeon

burgeon

surgeon

urchin

baldwin

townsman

version

spokesman

statesman

airman

arson

austin

carbon

citron

classman

calvin

bagman

chapman

bellman

chaplain

emption

gumption

alman

chairman

bargain

copeman

dalton

darken

dolman

falcon

faulcon

fibrin

footman

garden

hackman

harden

harken

hempen

hetman

houseman

jackman

jargon

jasmine

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kirkman

lineman

linemen

lockman

lopeman

m1

matron

melton

muslin

outdone

packman

pardon

parson

passman

patron

pitman

saffron

scallion

scullion

selden

sharpen

shearman

shotgun

sovereign

sovran

spearman

squadron

stallion

stockman

sultan

tarpon

tubman

wanton

workman

retrench

vulcan

mansion

option

fraction

dutchman

auction

coachman

belgian

flashgun

faction

hangman

action

bastion

caption

guardsman

marksman

sanction

traction

watchman

landsman

flatten

frighten

jetton

kalan

resin

satin

triton

turban

whiten

worsen

woolen

yeoman

yaupon

zaman

heron

colon

common

gotten

hoten

heaven

heighten

garron

hymen

leaven

latin

layman

leaden

liman

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

lighten

marron

urban

urson

vegan

villain

roman

rotten

weapon

auden

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beckon

billon

bollen

bourbon

bowman

breton

brighten

broaden

burden

burdon

burton

button

cayman

certain

charon

cotton

cousin

curtain

daman

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

dromon

fallen

fatten

mutton

often

muffin

omen

oven

patten

pattern

perron

person

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

pullen

reckon

redden

saturn

sauterne

seven

shaman

showman

siren

solon

stolen

sudden

summon

swollen

threaten

tighten

titan

toughen

toman

zircon

cutworms

delphian

grandson

hydrant

patrons

matrons

quadrant

salesman

seedsman

squadrons

ashen

caution

fashion

freshen

motion

potion

ration

russian

session

trojan

bludgeon

ocean

passion

gudgeon

lotion

prussian

dudgeon

notion

mahone

hessian

acton

apron

alban

aspen

billion

banyan

barton

baston

billman

bolden

bookman

boston

brakeman

urine

bullion

canton

canyon

captain

carton

citrin

crimson

desman

chessman

claxon

chevron

cutworm

dobson

dolphin

ensign

fountain

freedman

gascon

gilden

golden

goodman

harten

headman

hearten

jetson

kansan

kenyan

latrine

london

marten

martin

milken

million

minden

molten

mountain

nekton

newsman

olden

onion

oxen

panton

patterned

patterns

pectin

penman

pillion

plantain

ponton

pressman

runnion

santon

saturns

sauternes

saxon

shipman

silken

smarten

soldan

spartan

stepson

stillion

streamline

sylvan

tartan

tendon

teston

tillman

trillion

tuscan

undone

whitson

woodman

woolman

hydrants

shrunken

section

dungeon

engine

pension

brethren

bushman

drunken

question

suction

sunken

tension

flexion

freshman

gentian

mention

longan

hawthorn

luncheon

mangan

bason

beaten

begun

bison

bisson

bitten

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bracken

briton

brogan

broken

cabin

cannon

canon

capstan

cauldron

caxton

chicken

children

chosen

christen

cretin

crewman

crouton

cumin

demon

dragon

driven

eaten

elan

fasten

freeman

frozen

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gluten

griffon

happen

hausen

headsman

hidden

hogan

hoven

human

hyphen

hyson

kitten

lagan

latrines

leman

lengthen

lichen

liken

linen

listen

liven

locken

logan

lumen

lyden

madden

midterms

mitten

modern

moisten

ninon

odin

open

pavon

poison

prison

quicken

rerun

return

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rosen

rosin

rumen

sadden

satan

seaman

semen

seton

sexton

shogun

sicken

siphon

slacken

slogan

smitten

sodden

soften

spoken

stiffen

stormy

straighten

strengthen

stricken

striven

strongholds

sweeten

syphon

tappen

thicken

thousand

token

trodden

wagon

wheaten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woven

written

legion

fusion

grecian

haitian

lesion

mission

asian

cushion

fission

cajun

tungsten

kitchen

heathen

nation

station

pigeon

hawthorns

vision

penguin

plankton

suasion

region

henchman

southern

junction

stronghold

function

strengthens

clinton

returns

dian

lion

chieftain

owen

mayan

gowan

zion

citrine

stroma

fielden

ibsen

cowan

ion

linden

scion

lisbon

rayon

lynden

rowan

midterm

moderns

mignon

minion

rowen

pinion

piston

sequin

union

christian

dethrone

diction

strangle

friction

fiction

rincon

stirring

sternpost

bacon

craven

canaan

stringent

brazen

cuban

basin

beacon

caisson

chasten

cheapen

dagan

dagon

deacon

deepen

eden

graven

hasten

haven

jason

laden

leven

loosen

maiden

mason

pagan

proven

raven

reason

season

shaken

sternly

steven

weaken

treason

waken

taken

streaming

stirrings

steering

strongly

adorn

ruin

paean

peon

strangely

daydreams

adorns

bedrooms

streamers

straining

stringers

bedroom

daydream

headroom

strangers

strangler

sterner

streamer

stringer

stranger

hadron

sternposts

stringy

3 syllable words

determine

formation

australian

alderman

buttermilk

corsican

determines

forbidden

vermilion

overman

aggression

attrition

digression

hammerman

ramadan

laurentian

suppression

peterman

progression

catalan

nitrogen

oppression

patrician

regression

tamarin

caucasian

causation

masculine

citation

oration

assertion

diversion

flotation

notation

aversion

origin

rotation

watermarks

quotation

permission

austrian

betterment

castration

cardigan

charwoman

determent

determined

watermark

contrition

attraction

magdalen

frustration

watering

pentathlon

battalion

coercion

lumberman

transmission

african

prostration

accession

accretion

admission

ambition

anchorman

aspersion

attention

campion

champion

cistercian

concession

confession

contagion

conversion

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

depression

garrison

gordian

gravamen

hydrogen

jamaican

javelin

lactation

lanolin

maternal

norwegian

nutrition

obsession

optation

ottoman

overdone

overrun

paternal

perception

perfection

plantation

protection

repression

scorpion

secretion

submersion

submission

suburban

subversion

succession

superman

utterance

vatican

vitamin

zambian

contraction

contraption

subtraction

transgression

cetacean

commission

correction

dilation

countryman

desertion

direction

donation

councilman

arkansan

gyration

location

mutation

ligation

negation

occasion

immersion

percussion

fisherman

flirtation

ovation

omission

perversion

nebraskan

saccharin

privation

badminton

detriment

probation

downtrodden

procession

etruscan

octillion

profession

dorian

uterine

reversion

summation

outspoken

vocation

permian

sedation

korean

veteran

petition

possession

predation

assumption

compression

convection

contention

compulsion

confection

conception

convention

declension

retraction

intrusion

suspension

discretion

filtration

convulsion

transaction

croatian

corrosion

derision

backgammon

horatian

lutheran

parisian

artisan

brazilian

motoring

cambrian

forewoman

partisan

pavilion

dominion

chattering

outermost

rebellion

battering

timberman

scattering

rifleman

uncertain

chamberlain

civilian

unburden

italian

deterrent

artesian

ascension

carnation

cartesian

detection

detention

dictation

dimension

dispersion

dissection

emulsion

erection

oxygen

exertion

foundation

optician

partition

persuasion

pretension

proportion

propulsion

retention

selection

stagnation

starvation

tactician

taxation

transition

obstruction

temptation

congestion

gestation

incursion

constriction

construction

alsatian

retrenchment

hydration

affection

connection

connexion

libration

heartbroken

vibration

apportion

compassion

abrasion

cognition

contusion

objection

insertion

ablation

collection

migration

salvation

abstraction

abortion

inversion

irishman

bouillon

deterrence

jacobin

absorption

abstention

adsorption

jettison

awaken

forgotten

bitumen

eleven

eternal

freemason

guardian

mandarin

veterans

odorant

complexion

congressman

consumption

destruction

distraction

expression

extrusion

inflection

inspection

prescription

proscription

restriction

citizen

ambrosian

companion

crestfallen

emblazon

embolden

franciscan

housebroken

reptilian

snapdragon

truncation

intestine

projection

suggestion

digestion

modernists

nonunion

gentleman

unbroken

retrenchments

orion

recession

arian

aryan

emission

malayan

moroccan

remission

cation

myosin

foramen

audition

clergyman

galleon

horizon

corruption

irian

erosion

niacin

cremation

evasion

gradation

margarine

relation

secession

vacation

protean

commotion

samoan

volition

precession

parthian

duration

lutherans

imagine

promotion

in-person

contortion

instruction

abduction

completion

conflation

mistaken

combustion

modernist

acumen

disruption

adrenal

distortion

deflection

intention

invention

conscription

infection

excursion

exception

impression

misfortune

diffraction

misprision

uncommon

inception

reflection

translation

capsaicin

chairperson

charlatan

deterrents

extraction

nutrient

perfusion

predestine

subscription

sumatran

talisman

transcription

bettering

adornment

creation

ingestion

injection

retirements

doddering

lettering

neutering

powdering

scythian

defection

deflation

resection

prevention

dentition

fixation

description

invasion

excretion

infarction

infraction

extension

extortion

dissension

eruption

patronage

transfusion

exemption

election

deception

equation

impassion

reception

modernize

yttrium

melanin

rejection

kantian

nutrients

mothering

wesleyan

pelican

skeleton

adrian

albion

andean

atrium

adhesion

ejection

attorneys

beethoven

bosnian

harlequin

cyprian

albumin

elison

gathering

bandwagon

fustian

communion

imprison

halcyon

emotion

exhaustion

inflation

inscription

allusion

halogen

malaysian

resumption

aleutian

collegian

collision

collusion

munition

reaction

nonhuman

musician

pollution

precaution

precision

anglican

revision

implosion

presumption

redemption

strangulate

solution

southerners

southernmost

backwoodsman

attorney

biotin

chilean

nemean

carrion

simian

atriums

nobleman

cohesion

enlighten

enliven

patronize

bedouin

clarion

odeon

policeman

plebeian

syrian

discipline

appian

alaskan

logician

gaussian

gatherings

ghanaian

heroin

heroine

jovian

grobian

hawaiian

marian

abdomen

medallion

gillian

matronly

alien

ablution

adherents

fijian

fruition

laotian

misshapen

occlusion

prediction

preemption

revulsion

southerner

tuition

feminine

anyone

cinnamon

denizen

ferryman

keynesian

withering

toboggan

keratin

saleswoman

distinction

nevadan

puritan

silicon

weathering

thespian

assassin

bulletin

medicine

unison

reunion

strontium

uneven

lesbian

collagen

feathering

solomon

specimen

venison

religion

affliction

retiring

conclusion

edition

inhuman

regimen

addition

midshipman

elation

adoring

illusion

venetian

deletion

lecithin

narration

position

provision

tradition

delusion

dilution

cessation

phoenician

physician

singleton

extinction

chairwoman

rhodopsin

unbutton

unwritten

clarendon

avian

bedridden

fabian

abandon

nubian

libyan

everyone

mexican

fenian

freudian

magician

opinion

julian

reopen

expulsion

guncotton

median

genuine

addiction

adoption

asuncion

benjamin

concussion

beholden

condition

depletion

menhaden

preclusion

production

seclusion

profusion

reduction

sensation

suspicion

rendition

technician

phrygian

compunction

englishman

aegean

stygian

handwoven

dithyramb

strengthening

adherence

indian

adherent

bedizen

concoction

conduction

confucian

confusion

conviction

inclusion

decision

devotion

division

rescission

recision

sedition

encryption

exclusion

infliction

explosion

conjunction

deduction

depiction

diffusion

discussion

eviction

excision

ignition

inaction

incision

seduction

stringency

disunion

egyptian

induction

infusion

exaction

expansion

injunction

maturing

4 syllable words

alternation

affirmation

alteration

determinant

intermission

copernican

guatemalan

overburden

altercation

confirmation

intercession

masturbation

hibernation

determinants

corp.

corporation

perturbation

reformation

apparition

coloration

moderation

contrarian

operation

rhetorician

toleration

determinist

armageddon

iteration

aberration

adoration

adrenaline

laceration

consternation

formulation

interception

intersection

intervention

ostentation

transformation

deformation

information

protestation

backwardation

cotyledon

agrarian

barbarian

observation

conservation

retrocession

conversation

librarian

saturation

interjection

maturation

modernism

admiration

animation

aspiration

bifurcation

coloradan

contraception

contravention

correlation

detrimental

floridian

mammalian

manumission

motivation

preservation

quaternary

repercussion

reservation

restoration

resurrection

supervision

ulceration

usurpation

imperfection

adrenalin

mortification

interwoven

gastrulation

interdiction

crocodilian

malformation

misperception

miseration

decoration

separation

generation

preparation

federation

liberation

perforation

reassertion

veneration

reparation

consummation

insurrection

aldebaran

interaction

amphibian

retardation

interruption

american

armenian

cultivation

estimation

gargantuan

penetration

activation

superstition

nicaraguan

olympian

quadrennial

wagnerian

apprehension

darwinian

tasmanian

predetermine

retirement

deportation

determinate

gorgonian

interurban

jordanian

intimation

dandelion

samaritan

orchestration

contemplation

arabian

bavarian

canadian

chameleon

criterion

diocesan

annotation

eternally

paternity

planarian

protozoan

desperation

connotation

declaration

demolition

figuration

imitation

litigation

hesitation

maternity

gravitation

germination

habitation

hungarian

himalayan

meditation

mitigation

respiration

sanitation

perspiration

readmission

recitation

termination

agitation

calculation

importation

exhortation

menstruation

cogitation

augmentation

comparison

attribution

ministration

arbitration

malnutrition

constipation

tamoxifen

vegetation

comprehension

condemnation

circumvention

condescension

bohemian

father-in-law

foliation

introspection

mother-in-law

surrogation

ideation

dietitian

strangulation

circulation

circumcision

moravian

consolation

convolution

excitation

fermentation

fibrillation

granulation

molestation

expiration

emulation

meridian

equitation

abnegation

absolution

adaptation

affectation

cancellation

compilation

devastation

hypertension

tabulation

commutation

inattention

population

carcinogen

palpitation

inspiration

permutation

reputation

peruvian

superhuman

accordion

kindergarten

albanian

committeeman

contribution

abyssinian

custodian

hydrocarbon

dominican

herculean

sectarian

graduation

eustachian

contradiction

penicillin

assemblyman

sequestration

obstetrician

elongation

utterances

extrication

circumspection

abolition

immolation

decimation

dissertation

strangulations

defamation

innovation

irrigation

intuition

irritation

isolation

limitation

levitation

preelection

procreation

propagation

provocation

repetition

repossession

suffocation

visitation

vacillation

fluoridation

titillation

mutilation

reelection

evocation

navigation

arthurian

appalachian

avocation

appellation

oscillation

relocation

valuation

incantation

missourian

plutonian

newtonian

jacobean

praetorian

integration

deodorant

instigation

arizonan

siberian

transportation

adulation

computation

exploration

sicilian

assyrian

iranian

modernity

reinspection

modulation

amputation

consultation

disinfection

retribution

comedian

hyperion

decompression

liberian

utopian

constellation

gregorian

imputation

fluctuation

pedestrian

tetrahedron

eternity

maccabean

hemoglobin

bolivian

iberian

reawaken

european

violation

nigerian

mediation

radiation

registration

corinthian

deviation

athenian

aviation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

polyhedron

predilection

prostitution

ventilation

publication

simulation

statistician

stimulation

vindication

disaffection

fabrication

approbation

occupation

annexation

emigration

oxidation

persecution

dislocation

distillation

abrogation

accusation

distribution

acquisition

composition

indication

invitation

refutation

convocation

recollection

relaxation

invocation

abdication

competition

exploitation

extradition

implantation

incrustation

indiscretion

infiltration

introduction

conjugation

equestrian

gentlewoman

nestorian

nonpartisan

syncopation

exhumation

rhododendron

estonian

eritrean

returnable

ibuprofen

californian

centurion

deodorants

historian

matrimony

pagurian

patrimony

glaciation

situation

victorian

dehydration

disillusion

algerian

punctuation

dissipation

complication

fumigation

locomotion

polynesian

ohioan

constitution

embarkation

substitution

opposition

disputation

satisfaction

obfuscation

confiscation

consecration

octahedron

reproduction

proposition

indexation

infestation

incarnation

indentation

adrenergic

installation

lancastrian

rumination

transplantation

collodion

congregation

fallopian

galilean

indigestion

macedonian

napoleon

patronymic

simonian

valerian

demarcation

nonprescription

coalition

expectation

impregnation

immigration

imposition

prosecution

destitution

liquidation

ordination

hegelian

leviathan

lubrication

ammunition

restitution

syndication

cyclopean

patrimonial

alabaman

minnesotan

oblivion

modernizes

reexamine

pavlovian

veterinary

institution

allegation

allocation

coronation

desolation

devolution

elevation

melanesian

resolution

smithsonian

disinflation

revolution

validation

electrician

dissolution

revelation

indignation

evolution

jubilation

mongolian

jurisdiction

implication

inhalation

delegation

shakespearean

patronizes

incubation

noblewoman

conflagration

draconian

acclamation

acclimation

admonition

algonquian

application

calibration

celebration

combination

culmination

insulation

dereliction

elocution

crucifixion

obligation

pelagian

ovulation

patronizing

proclamation

reclamation

regulation

speculation

stipulation

prohibition

replication

tribulation

variation

greco-roman

paraguayan

businesswoman

legislation

columbian

obsidian

renovation

subluxation

recreation

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Words that rhyme with the word watermelon

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

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