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

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

ambush

amman

bastion

arson

ashen

aspen

asian

apron

bason

auction

atman

austin

auden

basin

bagman

baldwin

banyan

bargain

barton

baron

barren

bacon

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

combust

canyon

beckon

belgian

bellman

begun

bellon

bison

bisson

billion

billman

billon

bitten

blacken

bludgeon

bobbin

bolden

bombast

boston

bollen

brethren

bombshells

bookman

bombshell

bordman

boughten

brighten

blowgun

bourbon

bowman

bracken

breton

brakeman

brazen

briton

boatman

broaden

brogan

broken

bumpkin

bullion

certain

button

cabin

burman

bushman

caisson

burgeon

burdon

burton

cajun

calvin

campaigns

canaan

capstan

canvass

caution

canon

captain

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cannon

cauldron

canton

caxton

cayman

chairman

burden

chaplain

chapman

champagne

champaign

champagnes

chessman

christian

christen

children

chevron

chasten

chicken

chieftain

cheapen

chosen

charon

churchman

classman

claxon

citron

clinton

coachman

colon

common

compacts

compact

composts

composed

compose

compost

confect

confused

confuse

convicts

conveys

convex

convict

copeman

convoke

convoys

corban

cousin

craftsman

cordon

cotton

cowan

craven

crimson

cuban

cumin

dalton

crouton

dampen

curtain

damson

cushion

daman

dagan

darken

deaden

deafen

deacon

dagon

deepen

demon

delphian

desman

devon

dian

diction

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

draftsman

dragon

dungeon

driven

dudgeon

drunken

dutchman

dustman

dromon

earthen

eaten

eden

embossed

emption

ensign

engine

envoys

elan

ermine

faction

fashion

falcon

fallen

fraction

famine

faustian

fiction

faulcon

felon

fibrin

fielden

fireman

firman

fission

fatten

flexion

foreman

floren

foreign

footman

flatten

fortune

fasten

fountain

flashgun

friction

freshen

freshman

freeman

freedman

frighten

cretin

function

gascon

gammon

fusion

gallon

garden

garron

gentian

georgian

gibbon

gilden

german

given

glisten

goodman

gladden

glidden

golden

gluten

gombos

gorgon

grandson

graven

grecian

gumption

gudgeon

griffon

guardsman

haitian

hackman

harden

hangman

harken

harten

happen

gowan

hasten

hausen

haven

headman

headsman

hearten

gotten

heathen

heaven

hempen

heighten

hessian

hetman

heron

homespun

horseman

huntsman

hoten

humbug

houseman

humpback

human

hoven

hidden

ibsen

hymen

hyson

hyphen

hogan

impasse

impact

impacts

impish

impeach

imposed

impose

henchman

impugn

impugns

frozen

campaign

infest

infect

infects

infuse

infests

invest

invests

ion

invoice

invoke

invokes

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetson

jumpsuits

jumpsuit

jordan

jorden

jumbos

jetton

junction

keelson

kalan

kelson

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

kitchen

kitten

klansman

kirkman

knapsack

kremlin

lambastes

lambaste

lampron

lagan

landman

landsman

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

laden

lemon

lessen

lesson

lengthen

ledden

leman

legion

lesion

leven

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

lineups

lion

linden

lisbon

listen

lineman

linemen

liven

locken

linen

lockman

logan

luncheon

london

longan

lotion

lumen

m1

lynden

lyden

madden

loosen

mahone

maiden

mangan

lopeman

loren

mansion

marchman

martian

marlin

marten

martin

marron

mason

mayan

matron

mention

melton

melon

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

marksman

mitten

mission

moisten

muffin

mullen

motion

morgan

mormon

mountain

molten

muslin

mutton

margin

nation

markman

nekton

ninon

notion

norman

newsman

ocean

often

omen

olden

odin

outdone

oarsman

option

onion

organ

orphan

othman

oven

oxen

packman

pagan

owen

paean

outrun

pampas

open

panton

passion

parson

passman

pectin

patten

pavon

patron

pathan

penguin

pension

penman

peon

perron

person

persian

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

crewman

portion

ponton

pollen

portman

poison

pardon

potion

postman

pollan

pigeon

pressman

prison

prussian

proven

pumpkins

pullen

pumpkin

question

quicken

queenfish

rainbows

ration

raven

rampage

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

resin

rerun

ribbon

salmon

ridden

riden

samson

rincon

saffron

ripen

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

salesman

rowan

rowen

russian

rumen

runnion

sadden

ruin

sanction

santon

satin

satan

saxon

scallion

scotsman

scullion

seaman

scion

season

section

selden

seedsman

semen

session

sexton

sermon

seven

seton

shaken

shaman

shrunken

shampoos

sharpen

shipman

shorten

shotgun

showman

sequin

shearman

shogun

sicken

siphon

siren

snobbish

slacken

smarten

smitten

squadron

slogan

sodden

spartan

soften

sportsman

soldan

spokesman

sovereign

sovran

spearman

solon

spoken

statesman

stallion

stallman

stepson

station

silken

steven

stiffen

stillion

stockman

stolen

strengthen

stricken

region

striven

straighten

suasion

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

summon

sunken

sunfish

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

tempest

taken

tarpon

talon

tappen

tempos

tartan

tendon

tension

teston

tillman

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

timepiece

token

toughen

torsion

traction

toman

tombstone

tombstones

townsman

sturgeon

triton

trodden

trojan

treason

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

unbox

turban

undone

union

urchin

urban

urson

urine

vegan

unpack

version

villain

vulcan

vision

woman

trillion

watchman

wanton

warden

wagon

waken

women

warren

whitson

weapon

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

weaken

wheaten

yachtsman

woodman

woolman

wooden

woolen

worsen

written

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

workman

zion

woven

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

abdomen

abstention

ablution

abortion

abrasion

absorption

addiction

abstraction

accession

accretion

addition

admission

acumen

adoption

adhesion

adrian

adsorption

affection

affliction

african

aggression

alaskan

albumin

albion

alderman

aegean

ambushes

aleutian

allusion

alien

alsatian

ambrosian

amoebas

anchorman

anglican

andean

anyone

apportion

appian

arkansan

aspersion

arian

artesian

artisan

ascension

aryan

assassin

battalion

attrition

attraction

attention

audition

assumption

asuncion

aversion

australian

austrian

awaken

backgammon

badminton

backwoodsman

avian

bandwagon

assertion

bedridden

beholden

biotin

benjamin

brazilian

bitumen

bedizen

bosnian

bouillon

bonobos

bulletin

beethoven

cambrian

campion

campaigning

campuses

campaigner

campaigners

canapes

canvasses

capsaicin

canvassers

carnation

catalan

cartesian

causation

castration

carrion

cardigan

cation

caucasian

cetacean

chairperson

chamberlain

champion

cessation

chairwoman

cognition

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

collection

civilian

citizen

citation

clarion

clergyman

clarendon

collision

collagen

collegian

coercion

cohesion

cistercian

collusion

bedouin

commotion

condition

abandon

communion

composing

complexion

completion

companion

composites

composers

composer

composes

conduction

composite

compression

compunction

concession

conclusion

composure

concoction

conception

confection

confections

confession

construction

confesses

confessions

confiscate

configure

conflation

confucian

confusion

congressman

confusions

confuses

confusing

conjunction

connection

connexion

conscription

constriction

contagion

declension

deduction

contention

contrition

contraction

contraption

contusion

convection

councilman

contortion

convention

conviction

convictions

conversion

convulsion

corruption

correction

corsican

cremation

corrosion

countryman

creation

croatian

deception

crestfallen

crustacean

etruscan

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

decision

convective

consumption

defection

deflection

dentition

deflation

deletion

depression

denizen

depiction

depletion

delusion

destruction

desertion

derision

description

discussion

detection

detention

determine

disruption

dictation

devotion

digestion

digression

diffraction

dilation

diffusion

dilution

dimension

discipline

direction

discretion

dispersion

dissection

disunion

division

diversion

distortion

distraction

distinction

dominion

erection

donation

downtrodden

dorian

edition

duration

egyptian

ejection

election

embassies

elison

elation

eleven

dissension

embezzle

embassy

embezzled

embezzles

emblazon

emission

embolden

emotion

emphasized

emphasize

emulsion

encryption

enlighten

enliven

englishman

equation

envisage

eruption

erosion

exaction

eviction

compacted

evasion

everyone

exertion

excision

exception

exclusion

excretion

excursion

exhaustion

exemption

expulsion

expansion

franciscan

explosion

policeman

expression

extension

extortion

extrusion

extraction

extinction

fabian

feminine

fenian

ferryman

filtration

fijian

fisherman

fixation

forbidden

foundation

flirtation

flotation

forgotten

formation

foramen

forewoman

freemason

gordian

freudian

inception

fruition

frustration

garrison

gentleman

genuine

fustian

galleon

gaussian

genovese

ghanaian

gestation

gillian

heartbroken

gradation

gravamen

guncotton

guardian

grobian

gyration

halogen

harlequin

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

hawaiian

impostor

impression

horatian

horizon

honeybees

housebroken

ignition

hydrogen

hydration

illusion

impassion

imbeciles

imagine

immersion

impacted

impassioned

impassive

implosion

impeaches

impeachment

impeachments

imposing

imposes

impostors

heroin

inaction

imprison

in-person

heroine

incision

induction

incursion

indian

infection

infarction

infections

infective

ingestion

inflection

infliction

infraction

inflation

infusion

infusions

infighting

instruction

injection

injunction

insertion

inhuman

inspection

inscription

intention

intestine

intrusion

invasion

invasions

invasive

invention

invective

inversion

investing

investment

investments

investors

investor

invoices

irian

irishman

italian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

inclusion

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

lanolin

lecithin

laotian

laurentian

lesbian

ligation

libyan

logician

location

lumberman

magician

libration

malaysian

lumbago

magdalen

lutheran

malayan

mandarin

manifest

manifests

marian

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

mexican

menhaden

menopause

melanin

midshipman

migration

misprision

nebraskan

myosin

misshapen

mistaken

munition

musician

moroccan

muskmelon

mutation

narration

negation

misfortune

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nevadan

margarine

nemean

norwegian

nonunion

notation

nubian

nutrition

opinion

objection

obsession

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

omission

octillion

odeon

nonhuman

oppression

optician

optation

oration

origin

orion

ovation

ottoman

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

outspoken

partisan

partition

pelican

parthian

patrician

pavilion

percussion

pentathlon

perfection

perception

perfusion

permian

permission

petition

persuasion

perversion

peterman

physician

possession

phoenician

predation

phrygian

plantation

position

plebeian

precaution

pollution

porcelain

precession

preclusion

precision

preemption

predestine

prediction

prescription

presumption

privation

probation

procession

production

progression

pretension

profession

prevention

profusion

projection

propulsion

promotion

proportion

proscription

protection

provision

protean

reflection

prostration

puritan

quotation

ramadan

reaction

rampages

reduction

rebellion

recession

recision

reception

redemption

parisian

regimen

regression

reinvest

reimpose

reinvests

remission

religion

rejection

relation

rendition

reopen

resumption

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

restriction

revulsion

reversion

retraction

reunion

revision

rifleman

rhodopsin

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

retention

secretion

seduction

selection

secession

scythian

scorpion

sedation

sedition

seclusion

sensation

silicon

singleton

skeleton

stagnation

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

starvation

simian

submission

submersion

stygian

subtraction

subscription

subversion

succession

suburban

summation

sumatran

suppression

superman

tactician

suspicion

suspension

syrian

talisman

taxation

technician

temptation

tamarin

tradition

toboggan

timberman

thespian

transition

transaction

transgression

transfusion

transcription

translation

transmission

truncation

unbroken

tuition

unbiased

unbeknown

unburden

uneven

venetian

uncertain

venison

uncommon

unison

unwritten

uterine

vacation

vatican

vibration

vermilion

veteran

zambian

volition

vocation

vitamin

wannabes

wesleyan

waterman

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abnegation

abyssinian

accusation

acquisition

activation

acclamation

adaptation

acclimation

admonition

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

accordion

advocation

aggravation

affectation

affirmation

aggregation

agrarian

agitation

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

american

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

algerian

algonquian

ammunition

approbation

amputation

amphibian

appalachian

apparition

animation

annotation

appellation

annexation

application

apprehension

arabian

armageddon

arbitration

arizonan

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

attribution

athenian

augmentation

aviation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

combination

beneficence

benediction

benefactor

benefactors

beneficent

beneficial

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumvention

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

cogitation

coalition

coloration

collocation

collodion

coloradan

columbian

commendation

comedian

committeeman

commutation

decompression

comparison

compensation

compassionate

competition

compilation

complication

compositions

composition

computation

comprehension

concentration

condensation

condemnation

condescension

confectioner

confectioners

confessional

confirmation

confiscation

confiscated

confessionals

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

consolation

connotation

consecration

constellation

conservation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

cotyledon

contemplation

contraception

contravention

contradiction

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

copenhagen

copernican

correlation

corp.

corporation

corinthian

decimation

contrarian

coronation

criterion

crocodilian

declaration

culmination

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

crucifixion

dandelion

darwinian

dedication

decoration

deconstruction

defamation

definition

demolition

degradation

delegation

deformation

dehydration

depravation

depredation

demonstration

deportation

deposition

demarcation

destitution

deprivation

devastation

derivation

desiccation

dereliction

desecration

designation

desolation

dispensation

destination

detonation

desperation

deviation

devolution

devonian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disaffection

disposition

dietitian

equitation

disillusion

dislocation

disinfection

disinflation

disputation

erudition

dissertation

domination

divination

distillation

dissolution

distribution

dominican

draconian

education

duplication

emanation

embarkation

elevation

electrician

elocution

elongation

embezzlement

embezzler

embezzlers

emphasizes

emigration

emphasizing

emphysema

emulation

englishwoman

envisages

equestrian

dissipation

european

eritrean

estimation

estonian

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excavation

exclamation

excitation

exhalation

exhibition

execution

exhortation

expedition

exposition

explanation

exhumation

explication

expiration

exploitation

exploration

expectation

fascination

fabrication

extrication

extradition

fragmentation

fallopian

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

formulation

fluoridation

foliation

fluctuation

floridian

gastrulation

generation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

graduation

gravitation

gregorian

guatemalan

greco-roman

habitation

impregnation

imputation

herculean

hegelian

iberian

hemoglobin

hibernation

himalayan

ideation

hesitation

hungarian

hypertension

ibuprofen

hyperion

hydrocarbon

imitation

illustration

immolation

immigration

impassable

imposition

implication

imperfection

importation

implantation

impeachable

impeccable

impossible

impossibly

historian

inattention

incantation

incarnation

inclination

indigestion

indecision

indication

incrustation

indexation

indiscretion

incubation

indentation

indignation

inhibition

innovation

indonesian

inhalation

inefficient

infeasible

ineffective

insulation

infestation

inflammation

information

infiltration

inquisition

infestations

installation

integration

inspiration

instigation

institution

insurrection

interruption

interaction

intercession

intermission

interception

interdiction

intersection

interjection

interurban

intervention

intonation

intuition

intimation

introspection

inundation

introduction

interwoven

invocation

investigate

irrigation

investiture

investigates

invitation

iranian

irritation

invisibles

invisible

isolation

invigorate

jacobean

iteration

jubilation

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

liberation

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

liquidation

lubrication

lumpectomies

lumpectomy

maccabean

machination

mammalian

macedonian

malnutrition

malformation

manifestly

manifesto

manufacture

politician

manufactured

manumission

manufactures

paraguayan

miseration

masturbation

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

minnesotan

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minibuses

misbegotten

misconception

missourian

modulation

misperception

moderation

mitigation

mongolian

mortification

motivation

moravian

molestation

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nomination

noblewoman

nicaraguan

nigerian

newtonian

olympian

nonprescription

nonpartisan

nestorian

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

observation

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

omnibuses

operation

opposition

ordination

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagurian

pagination

palpitation

pedestrian

penetration

pavlovian

pelagian

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

premonition

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

population

pomposity

polynesian

polyhedron

praetorian

preconception

precondition

predilection

preelection

predetermine

preignition

preparation

presentation

preservation

proclamation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

publication

provocation

protozoan

protestation

punctuation

radiation

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vaccination

utopian

vacillation

valerian

validation

vegetation

variation

veneration

valuation

vindication

victorian

visitation

violation

watermelon

wagnerian

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abbreviation

abomination

accumulation

academician

acceleration

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administration

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affiliation

agglomeration

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alliteration

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amazonian

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articulation

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authorization

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assemblywoman

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beneficially

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capitulation

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pennsylvanian

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pomeranian

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representation

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repudiation

retaliation

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russification

resuscitation

sanctification

sedimentation

simplification

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theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

vaporization

vegetarian

utilization

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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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
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