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

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

anguished

anguish

apron

arson

ashen

atman

auction

austin

auden

bacon

bastion

bagman

banyan

bargain

bason

barton

baron

barren

basin

batten

baston

batton

beckon

bangkok

bayman

beacon

beaten

baton

baldwin

belgian

bison

aspen

bellman

billion

billman

benches

begun

bellon

billon

bisson

blacken

bitten

asian

calvin

bludgeon

bookman

bobbin

bollen

boatman

bolden

bongos

bordman

boston

bracken

brakeman

boughten

bounces

bourbon

bowman

brazen

brethren

breton

brighten

bunches

briton

bullion

broaden

cabin

brogan

button

broken

burden

bushman

burgeon

burdon

burman

burton

caisson

cajun

blowgun

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

capstan

captain

caption

caution

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

caxton

cauldron

certain

chairman

chances

changes

cayman

chainsaws

chaplain

chapman

christian

chicken

christen

children

chessman

chevron

charon

chasten

chieftain

cheapen

chosen

churchman

citron

claxon

clinton

classman

coachman

common

colon

canaan

concoct

concise

congest

conquest

conquests

consist

consign

consists

corban

cordon

copeman

craftsman

cotton

cousin

cowan

craven

cretin

crewman

crimson

cushion

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

dalton

dampen

damson

darken

dances

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

deaden

diction

devon

dian

doctrine

dobson

markman

dolman

dolphin

deacon

downcast

draftsman

dozen

dragon

driven

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

dudgeon

dustman

earthen

dromon

eaten

eden

donkeys

elan

emption

encased

encase

ensign

engine

enjoys

ensues

ermine

faction

fashion

falcon

fasten

fallen

famine

fancies

faulcon

fatten

faustian

felon

fibrin

fiction

finches

fielden

fireman

firman

fission

flashgun

flexion

footman

floren

foreign

engaged

fountain

foreman

flatten

fortune

fraction

friction

freshman

freshen

freedman

freeman

gascon

frighten

gallon

frozen

fusion

garden

gamecock

ganges

gamecocks

georgian

gammon

goodman

gentian

garron

glisten

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

golden

german

gluten

gorgon

grandson

gotten

gowan

fences

graven

engage

margin

marksman

grecian

gudgeon

gumption

insists

hackman

guardsman

hangman

griffon

harken

harten

hinges

happen

harden

hausen

headsman

headman

heaven

heathen

heighten

henchman

hasten

hessian

hempen

hetman

haven

hearten

heron

hidden

horseman

houseman

homespun

hogan

hoven

huntsman

hunches

hoten

human

ibsen

hyson

hymen

hyphen

incas

incase

inches

incest

haitian

incised

inject

injects

inquest

insect

insights

insects

insight

insist

marchman

homesick

ingest

incise

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jordan

jason

jetton

jorden

kansan

kalan

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kitchen

kirkman

klansman

kelvin

kitten

kremlin

laden

landsman

lagan

lampron

landman

language

launches

latin

leaden

layman

leaven

ledden

legion

leman

lengthen

lemon

lessen

lesion

lesson

leven

lichen

linden

liken

lightman

liman

lineman

linemen

linen

lighten

linguist

linguists

linkage

lion

listen

lisbon

liven

locken

lockman

london

longan

lotion

longish

loosen

loren

lopeman

logan

lounges

lumen

luncheon

lunches

lynden

lunges

m1

lyden

lynxes

mahone

maiden

mansion

madden

mangan

manges

mangoes

languish

martian

marlin

marten

marron

martin

mention

melon

mayan

melton

menges

mignon

milken

minden

minion

million

minges

minces

mission

daman

mason

mitten

moisten

monkeys

matron

mountain

muffin

motion

mormon

muslin

mullen

mutton

nekton

nation

molten

newsman

ninon

nonesuch

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

often

odin

olden

omen

onion

option

organ

orphan

ounces

othman

panton

outdone

outrun

owen

oxen

packman

pagan

paean

pancake

pancakes

pansies

parson

oven

pardon

open

passion

passman

plantain

pension

pectin

penguin

penman

pathan

patten

persian

pavon

person

perron

pinkish

pinion

pigeon

pillion

piston

pitman

plankton

peon

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

portion

ponton

portman

ponchos

poison

pressman

potion

prison

postman

patron

prussian

proven

punches

quenches

question

pullen

ranches

quicken

ranges

ransack

ration

morgan

reckon

redden

raven

rayon

reason

region

resin

rerun

namesakes

remakes

zircon

rincon

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rosin

rotten

seedsman

roman

rosen

runnion

rumen

russian

rowan

saffron

sadden

salesman

salmon

samson

saxon

santon

scallion

scullion

satin

scion

satan

sconces

scotsman

seaman

season

selden

rowen

ruin

section

semen

senses

shrunken

session

sexton

sequin

sharpen

seven

shaken

shearman

sermon

seton

shaman

shipman

shorten

shotgun

shogun

showman

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

smarten

smashes

slogan

smitten

smokestack

smokestacks

smooches

namesake

soften

soldan

solon

spartan

spearman

strengthen

sodden

sportsman

spokesman

squadron

stallion

stallman

spoken

statesman

stepson

stockman

station

stillion

stiffen

steven

stolen

straighten

stricken

sovereign

sovran

striven

suasion

sudden

sturgeon

sultan

sullen

summon

sunken

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

tendon

tarpon

tartan

threaten

surgeon

tension

teston

tangos

tillman

tappen

thicken

thousand

tighten

titan

token

traction

torsion

townsman

toughen

toman

trillion

triton

treason

trodden

trojan

tuscan

tungsten

tubman

turban

undone

unjust

urchin

union

urban

urine

urson

vanquish

vegan

vulcan

version

villain

vision

wanton

wagon

waken

warden

warren

watchman

wenches

weaken

weapon

whiten

wheaten

whitson

wiccan

yachtsman

woodman

widen

woolman

workman

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

written

woven

yankees

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

sneezes

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

abduction

abdomen

absorption

accretion

abstention

acumen

abstraction

addiction

pollution

admission

adoption

adsorption

aegean

adrian

affection

affliction

alaskan

african

albion

adhesion

albumin

aleutian

ancestry

alsatian

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

amasses

amazes

amigos

anchorman

alderman

ancestors

ancestral

annexes

apportion

ancestor

anglican

anxiously

anyone

appian

arkansan

andean

arian

alien

bedridden

artesian

ascension

aryan

aspersion

assassin

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attention

attraction

audition

artisan

aversion

austrian

avian

australian

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

biotin

benjamin

beholden

bitumen

beethoven

bonuses

brazilian

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

catalan

cartesian

castration

carnation

carrion

cardigan

caucasian

cation

causation

censuses

charlatan

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

cinnamon

chilean

charwoman

citizen

citation

civilian

collision

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

cognition

collection

collagen

collegian

coercion

cohesion

collusion

commotion

compression

complexion

communion

companion

completion

compunction

conclusion

cistercian

concisely

dalmatian

conflation

confection

confucian

confusion

congestive

congressman

contusion

conjectures

conjugal

consciously

consecrate

conjugate

conjecture

congested

consistent

consignment

constriction

convection

contagion

consequence

contraction

contraption

conjugates

conversion

conviction

correction

corrosion

corruption

consequent

councilman

countryman

cremation

creation

corsican

crestfallen

cyprian

crustacean

croatian

damages

damnation

direction

declension

deception

decision

deduction

defection

deflation

deletion

deflection

depression

description

delusion

denizen

depiction

depletion

demagogue

desertion

derision

demagogues

destruction

detection

determine

dimension

digression

dictation

digestion

dilation

dilution

diffraction

diffusion

devotion

detention

discretion

discipline

distinction

distortion

dissection

dissension

disruption

dispersion

division

donation

distraction

diversion

disunion

dominion

downtrodden

dorian

downsizings

downsizing

duration

egyptian

encryption

election

elison

ejection

elation

eleven

emission

emotion

emulsion

emblazon

embolden

enliven

enmeshes

englishman

enlighten

engaging

engages

engagements

engagement

equation

erection

eruption

erosion

eviction

etruscan

evasion

everyone

exaction

exception

exertion

exemption

excretion

excursion

exhaustion

excision

expansion

extraction

expression

explosion

extortion

expulsion

extension

extinction

extrusion

fabian

exclusion

fixation

foundation

ferryman

fenian

finishes

filtration

fijian

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

formation

forewoman

forgotten

freudian

freemason

franciscan

genuine

frustration

fungicide

fungicides

garrison

fruition

fustian

galleon

gordian

gentleman

geniuses

gaussian

ghanaian

gestation

gillian

gradation

feminine

gravamen

abandon

guardian

gyration

in-person

homages

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

harlequin

handwoven

hanukkahs

hydrogen

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

heartbroken

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

inception

imagine

ignition

images

illusion

immersion

impassion

impression

imprison

implosion

inaction

infraction

incision

incursion

incisions

inclusion

incisors

incisor

incisive

indian

infarction

inexact

infection

inflation

inflection

infliction

infusion

ingestion

injection

inhuman

ingested

injunction

injections

injectors

injector

injustice

inscription

insecure

insertion

insightful

incessant

insistence

instruction

intention

invasion

intestine

invention

intrusion

inversion

irian

irishman

jacobin

italian

keratin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

lactation

kantian

keynesian

kinshasa

korean

julian

lancaster

languages

lanolin

inspection

languishing

languishes

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

linkages

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magician

magdalen

malaysian

malayan

manages

mandarin

insouciant

margarine

insistent

marian

masculine

grobian

medallion

menaces

melanin

median

medicine

menhaden

midshipman

mexican

migration

minuses

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

reptilian

munition

musician

myosin

moroccan

muskmelon

mutation

resection

negation

narration

nebraskan

niacin

nevadan

nitrogen

nonhuman

nobleman

norwegian

nonunion

notation

objection

nutrition

nubian

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

octillion

odeon

omission

nuances

partisan

optician

optation

oration

opinion

origin

ottoman

orion

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partition

pelican

pentathlon

pavilion

permission

perfection

perfusion

permian

plantation

perception

persuasion

phrygian

perversion

plebeian

peterman

nemean

policeman

porcelain

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

predation

prediction

predestine

preemption

prescription

presumption

privation

pretension

prevention

probation

profusion

proportion

promotion

projection

proscription

snapdragon

protection

provision

prostration

puritan

ramadan

quotation

ramshackle

recession

reaction

rebellion

reception

recision

redemption

reflection

rejection

religion

relation

protean

remission

regimen

repression

remisses

resumption

restriction

retention

rescission

retraction

reopen

reversion

reunion

rifleman

revulsion

rhodopsin

seclusion

revision

rotation

rummages

salvation

saccharin

samoan

sciences

secession

scorpion

scythian

secretion

selection

sedation

sedition

seduction

sensation

saleswoman

silicon

simian

sinuses

singleton

skeleton

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

subscription

submersion

stygian

subtraction

suburban

summation

subversion

suggestion

sumatran

transaction

technician

superman

suspension

synagogue

synagogues

tactician

talisman

syrian

tamarin

taxation

timberman

temptation

toboggan

thespian

transcription

transfusion

transmission

translation

transgression

unburden

uncertain

tuition

unbroken

uneven

unison

unshackle

unwritten

vacation

uterine

vanishes

vatican

vibration

vitamin

vermilion

veteran

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

whimsical

whimsically

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

abnegation

abolition

accordion

acquisition

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

adaptation

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

advocation

affectation

admiration

adulation

agrarian

affirmation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

alabaman

albanian

algerian

algonquian

aldebaran

allocation

allegation

alteration

altercation

alternation

ammunition

american

amnesiac

amphibian

amputation

annexation

application

animation

annotation

angiogram

apparition

appalachian

appellation

apprehension

approbation

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

avocation

augmentation

bifurcation

aviation

backwardation

benediction

bavarian

barbarian

calibration

bohemian

bolivian

calculation

businesswoman

californian

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

cenozoic

chameleon

circumcision

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collocation

coloration

circulation

collodion

coloradan

columbian

combination

commendation

committeeman

compensation

circumspection

comedian

comparison

competition

composition

complication

commutation

compilation

comprehension

computation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

confirmation

confrontation

conflagration

contemplation

condescension

contribution

congregation

connotation

conjugation

conjugations

consecration

consecrations

consecutive

consequential

conservation

consistency

consistently

consternation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consolation

consummation

conjugated

contrarian

contraception

contradiction

contravention

consequences

coronation

conversation

convocation

convolution

copenhagen

copernican

corinthian

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

cultivation

crocodilian

culmination

cyclopean

crucifixion

criterion

custodian

cynicism

consequently

diocesan

dandelion

deconstruction

decoration

decimation

declaration

decompression

dedication

definition

delegation

dehydration

deformation

deposition

defamation

degradation

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

demagogy

deportation

desiccation

dereliction

desecration

designation

derivation

desolation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

destination

desperation

destitution

detonation

devastation

deviation

devolution

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

devonian

disconnection

disaffection

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

darwinian

dislocation

disposition

dissertation

disputation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

divination

domination

distribution

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

emanation

electrician

elocution

elevation

elongation

emigration

embarkation

emulation

encyclical

encyclicals

englishwoman

equestrian

erudition

estimation

equitation

eritrean

estonian

european

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excavation

execution

fascination

excitation

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

exhumation

expedition

expectation

expiration

explanation

explication

exposition

exploration

exploitation

extradition

extrication

fabrication

exclamation

fallopian

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

fluoridation

foliation

floridian

fluctuation

formulation

galilean

fragmentation

fumigation

gastrulation

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

graduation

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

gravitation

manumission

guatemalan

habitation

greco-roman

hemoglobin

hesitation

hibernation

hegelian

himalayan

herculean

historian

honeysuckles

honeysuckle

hungarian

hydrocarbon

ideation

illustration

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

imitation

immigration

immolation

implication

imposition

importation

implantation

imperfection

imputation

impregnation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indentation

indecision

incognito

indexation

indication

indigestion

indiscretion

indignation

indonesian

inflammation

infestation

infiltration

incessantly

information

inhalation

inhibition

injectable

injustices

innovation

inquisition

insecticide

inquisitor

inquisitive

inquisitors

insecticides

insistently

installation

instigation

institution

inspiration

insulation

insurrection

integration

interaction

intercession

intermission

interception

interdiction

interjection

interruption

intimation

invocation

intervention

intonation

intersection

interurban

interwoven

introduction

intuition

inundation

invitation

introspection

iranian

irritation

jacobean

iteration

isolation

jingoistic

jordanian

jingoism

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

irrigation

legislation

liberation

levitation

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

lineages

linguistically

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

malnutrition

malformation

mammalian

insouciance

gregorian

masturbation

regulation

medication

meditation

melanesian

mediation

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

misconception

miseration

misbegotten

misperception

moderation

mitigation

modulation

molestation

mongolian

mortification

maturation

motivation

mutilation

missourian

napoleon

navigation

moravian

nicaraguan

nigerian

newtonian

nomination

noblewoman

nonexistent

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

oblivion

obligation

observation

obsidian

obstetrician

octahedron

occupation

ohioan

olympian

opposition

orchestration

operation

ordination

ostentation

oscillation

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

overburden

paraguayan

profanation

penicillin

penetration

pedestrian

pelagian

pavlovian

permutation

perforation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

planarian

pigmentation

peruvian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

plutonian

population

praetorian

preconception

precondition

predilection

predetermine

preignition

preelection

premonition

presentation

preparation

preservation

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

reelection

prostitution

provocation

publication

protestation

protozoan

punctuation

radiation

reassertion

realization

reawaken

recantation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

recitation

reclamation

recreation

readmission

reexamine

reformation

refutation

reinspection

relaxation

registration

relocation

repossession

revelation

renovation

reputation

repercussion

repetition

reposition

reparation

reproduction

replication

requisition

resignation

republican

restitution

reservation

resolution

respiration

restoration

retrocession

resurrection

retardation

retribution

rhetorician

revolution

rhododendron

revocation

rumination

samaritan

saturation

sanitation

satisfaction

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

simulation

sicilian

simonian

situation

siberian

smithsonian

nestorian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

superstition

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

suffocation

superhuman

syndication

tabulation

tamoxifen

supervision

supposition

termination

surrogation

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

tasmanian

transformation

trepidation

transportation

transplantation

tribulation

unaccustomed

ulceration

unshakable

unsuccessful

usurpation

utopian

vaccination

vacillation

valerian

validation

valuation

variation

ventilation

vindication

veneration

vegetation

victorian

violation

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

academician

adulteration

adjudication

administration

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

alliteration

amelioration

amalgamation

amazonian

amplification

amortization

alienation

anticipation

appreciation

approximation

appropriation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

authentication

augustinian

authorization

babylonian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

beethovenian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

centenarian

certification

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

collaboration

cohabitation

colonization

commemoration

communication

concatenation

concessionary

conciliation

contamination

confederation

confabulation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consecutively

consolidation

consideration

continuation

coordination

cooperation

corroboration

dionysian

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

deification

degeneration

deliberation

defenestration

delicatessen

delineation

denunciation

denomination

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

demagoguery

determination

disinclination

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disintegration

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elimination

elizabethan

elaboration

electrocution

emancipation

encyclopedist

equalization

enumeration

epicurean

equivocation

ethiopian

eradication

evaporation

evaluation

evacuation

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

expatriation

facilitation

expropriation

extermination

exoneration

exoskeleton

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

hybridization

humiliation

illumination

imagination

hyperborean

hyperinflation

improvisation

immunization

inaccessible

hydrogenation

inactivation

incarceration

inauguration

incineration

incrimination

incorporation

inexcusable

indoctrination

inexcusably

inexhaustible

infatuation

inoculation

inhabitation

initiation

insemination

insecurities

insecurity

insinuation

insignificance

insignificant

instrumentation

interconnection

interpretation

interpolation

interrogation

intoxication

intimidation

invalidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

justification

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

mechanization

maximization

maximilian

metropolitan

miscalculation

misapplication

misinformation

misapprehension

reintegration

mobilization

modification

modernization

mummification

multiplication

mississippian

negotiation

neapolitan

resuscitation

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

notification

nonsectarian

normalization

nullification

obliteration

oregonian

organization

orientation

ossification

origination

ornamentation

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

pasteurization

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

prognostication

pronunciation

proliferation

proletarian

neutralization

qualification

purification

quantification

pythagorean

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

rectification

recuperation

recrimination

regeneration

refrigeration

reforestation

reiteration

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

representation

repatriation

repudiation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

scandinavian

sanctification

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

stratification

sophistication

sterilization

specification

subordination

substantiation

specialization

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unquestionable

unnecessary

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

vegetarian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

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