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2 syllable words

amman

alan

action

acton

alban

affine

airman

alman

apron

brogan

broken

arson

baron

buffin

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auden

aubin

auction

bason

bargain

barren

banyan

basin

bacon

bagman

baldwin

baboon

barton

beaten

austin

baton

bastion

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

baston

beckon

begun

bellon

belgian

bellman

billion

billman

billon

broaden

bisson

blacken

boston

bitten

boughten

blowgun

bludgeon

briton

boatman

bobbin

bracken

brazen

brakeman

bollen

bowman

bordman

bookman

bourbon

brethren

breton

bolden

bovine

button

buffoon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

burgeon

bullion

cabin

caisson

cajun

caffeine

bushman

cannon

canon

calvin

canaan

canyon

canton

capon

capstan

captain

cayman

chasten

carbon

caution

carman

carmine

carton

caption

chaplain

cauldron

cavin

caxton

chapman

cheapen

chairman

charon

classman

claxon

certain

chicken

chiffon

chosen

christen

chessman

chevron

christian

churchman

chopin

children

citron

clinton

coachman

coffin

colon

common

cotton

copeman

coppin

corban

cordon

cousin

cowan

craven

coupon

covin

cretin

craftsman

crimson

dagan

dagon

crewman

crouton

cumin

curtain

cushion

cuban

daman

dauphin

deacon

dalton

dampen

damson

darken

daphne

deaden

deafen

deepen

define

defame

delphian

demon

desman

devon

diction

dolman

dobson

divan

divine

dobbin

doctrine

eaten

dozen

dragon

draftsman

driven

dromon

drunken

dungeon

elan

dudgeon

eden

ermine

fielden

dutchman

dustman

earthen

emption

ensign

engine

firman

even

faction

fallen

falcon

famine

fasten

fatten

fashion

faulcon

faustian

felon

fiction

fission

flatten

floren

flashgun

footman

flexion

foreign

foreman

fountain

freeman

freedman

fortune

fraction

freshen

freshman

friction

gallon

fusion

gammon

function

graven

grecian

garden

garron

gascon

frozen

gentian

georgian

german

gladden

gibbon

given

glidden

gilden

glisten

gluten

gotten

gowan

gorgon

grandson

golden

goodman

griffon

guardsman

gudgeon

haitian

hackman

gumption

hangman

happen

harden

harken

harten

hasten

hausen

haven

hearten

heathen

heaven

headman

headsman

hempen

heron

henchman

hidden

hoten

houseman

hessian

hetman

hipbone

hogan

hoven

human

homespun

horseman

huntsman

ibsen

jason

kalan

laden

lagan

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

japan

jetton

jetson

junction

jawbone

kansan

kelvin

kitten

kitchen

klansman

lampron

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kirkman

landman

kremlin

kevin

latin

landsman

layman

leman

legion

lesion

leven

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lengthen

lessen

lesson

levin

linen

listen

linden

lisbon

locken

lockman

lumen

loren

london

logan

longan

loosen

lotion

lopeman

luncheon

lupine

lynden

m1

mahone

madden

maiden

mansion

mangan

marchman

marlin

marten

margin

markman

marksman

marron

martian

martin

mason

matron

melon

mignon

milken

melton

mention

million

minion

showman

moisten

mission

mutton

mitten

muslin

molten

mullen

morgan

mormon

motion

mountain

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

patten

notion

norman

oarsman

novum

pathan

ocean

passion

odin

olden

onion

open

opine

organ

option

packman

outdone

outrun

omen

othman

oven

paean

pagan

panton

oxen

ovum

owen

pardon

parson

passman

patron

pavon

penguin

peon

pectin

penman

pavone

pension

perron

person

persian

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

platen

pippin

pitman

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

plantain

plankton

ponton

portion

portman

potion

postman

puffin

pressman

prison

raven

reason

pullen

prussian

ration

proven

quicken

question

rayon

ravin

ravine

reckon

sportsman

redden

refine

region

rerun

resin

robin

rotten

risen

ribbon

ridden

rincon

rosin

riven

robbin

roman

rosen

ruffin

rowan

rowen

ruin

runnion

rubin

russian

rumen

sadden

salmon

salesman

sabine

samson

satan

satin

santon

saxon

sanction

scallion

scullion

seaman

scotsman

season

sequin

section

seton

shaken

selden

semen

shaman

sermon

session

seven

seedsman

sexton

slacken

sharpen

shearman

shorten

shogun

shrunken

shipman

shotgun

smarten

sicken

silken

sodden

slogan

smitten

sovereign

solon

soldan

sovran

spartan

soybean

spoken

squadron

spearman

spiny

spinney

spokesman

station

stallion

stallman

statesman

stepson

steven

stiffen

straighten

stockman

stolen

strengthen

suasion

stillion

stricken

striven

sturgeon

sudden

sullen

suction

summon

sultan

sunken

sweeten

surgeon

supine

swollen

taken

talon

sylvan

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tendon

teston

tension

thousand

threaten

thicken

tiffin

token

toman

torsion

tillman

traction

townsman

tubman

trodden

trillion

treason

trojan

tungsten

turban

tuscan

typhoon

undone

union

upon

urban

urchin

urine

urson

vegan

villain

vision

version

warren

zaman

vulcan

wagon

waken

wanton

warden

weaken

wheaten

weapon

wiccan

whitson

woman

yaupon

watchman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

woven

written

yachtsman

woodman

woolman

workman

yeoman

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abrasion

abandon

abdomen

ablution

abortion

abduction

accretion

accession

absorption

abstention

abstraction

acumen

addition

addiction

adoption

admission

affection

adrian

aegean

adsorption

african

affliction

alien

adhesion

albion

albumin

aleutian

allusion

alderman

alaskan

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

andean

anchorman

anglican

anyone

apportion

apnea

appian

arian

aggression

artesian

arkansan

aryan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assertion

asuncion

assumption

attention

attrition

attraction

audition

aversion

avian

avena

avenue

artisan

austrian

australian

awaken

backgammon

badminton

bandwagon

backwoodsman

battalion

biotin

bedizen

beethoven

beholden

bedouin

benjamin

bedridden

bitumen

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

damnation

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cation

carnation

castration

cardigan

catalan

caucasian

causation

carrion

cessation

cartesian

cetacean

champion

chamberlain

chairperson

chairwoman

charlatan

charwoman

cinnamon

chilean

citation

citizen

clarion

civilian

clarendon

cistercian

clergyman

coercion

collagen

cognition

collection

collegian

collision

contagion

cohesion

collusion

commission

combustion

commotion

communion

completion

compassion

companion

complexion

compression

compulsion

concession

conception

compunction

conclusion

concoction

confession

concussion

confection

condition

conduction

conflation

confucian

confusion

connection

congestion

connexion

congressman

conjunction

conscription

constriction

construction

contention

consumption

contortion

contraction

contusion

conversion

convection

contraption

contrition

convention

conviction

convulsion

corrosion

correction

corruption

countryman

councilman

cremation

crestfallen

crustacean

creation

croatian

corsican

cyprian

dalmatian

declension

decision

deception

deduction

defection

deflation

depletion

discussion

deflection

denizen

deletion

delusion

depiction

dentition

derision

dilution

depression

desertion

description

destruction

determine

detection

digression

dilation

digestion

devotion

dictation

diffraction

diffusion

detention

discipline

dimension

direction

indian

discretion

disruption

dispersion

dissection

disunion

dissension

distortion

division

distraction

diversion

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

duration

egyptian

ejection

elation

ebony

election

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

enliven

emulsion

encryption

englishman

enlighten

equation

fijian

edition

eruption

erosion

euphony

evasion

everyone

etruscan

exaction

eviction

excision

exertion

excretion

exhaustion

exception

expansion

excursion

exemption

exclusion

explosion

expulsion

extension

expression

fabian

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fenian

ferryman

feminine

extinction

erection

filtration

fixation

foramen

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

formation

foundation

forgotten

freemason

forewoman

franciscan

freudian

galleon

fustian

frustration

fruition

garrison

gaussian

genuine

gentleman

gravamen

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gestation

guardian

gyration

halcyon

hammerman

halogen

hafnia

guncotton

handwoven

fisherman

harlequin

havana

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horizon

grobian

horatian

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

illusion

ignition

imagine

impassion

immersion

implosion

imprison

inaction

impression

in-person

incision

inception

inclusion

incursion

distinction

induction

infection

inflation

infarction

inflection

infliction

infraction

infusion

inhuman

ingestion

injection

injunction

insertion

inscription

invasion

instruction

inspection

intention

intestine

inversion

invention

irian

irishman

italian

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

jettison

lanolin

jovian

julian

intrusion

korean

kantian

keratin

lactation

keynesian

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

levana

location

lumberman

logician

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

median

medicine

masculine

medallion

migration

mexican

menhaden

melanin

midshipman

zambian

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

narration

niacin

negation

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

nitrogen

norwegian

nonunion

nonhuman

nobleman

notation

nubian

nutrition

objection

obsession

occasion

occlusion

orion

origin

octillion

odeon

opinion

omission

opium

oppression

oration

optation

optician

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

oxygen

overdone

overman

overrun

obstruction

parthian

parisian

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

peterman

pelican

pentathlon

phoenician

perception

percussion

permian

perfusion

perfection

persuasion

permission

petition

perversion

physician

policeman

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

pollution

porcelain

predation

position

possession

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

predestine

prediction

prevention

preemption

prescription

privation

probation

procession

pretension

production

presumption

profession

profusion

promotion

progression

projection

proportion

propulsion

prostration

protean

protection

puritan

provision

ramadan

quotation

reaction

rebellion

proscription

reception

recession

recision

reduction

redemption

regimen

regression

reflection

rejection

relation

remission

religion

rendition

reopen

repression

reptilian

resection

restriction

resumption

retention

retraction

reunion

rifleman

revision

rhodopsin

revenue

revulsion

reversion

rotation

rescission

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

savanna

scorpion

sedation

secretion

scythian

secession

seclusion

sedition

seduction

selection

silicon

simian

skeleton

singleton

sensation

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

subversion

succession

subtraction

suburban

subscription

suggestion

summation

sumatran

suppression

superman

suspension

suspicion

tamarin

taxation

temptation

technician

thespian

tiffany

syrian

toboggan

timberman

tactician

talisman

tradition

transaction

transcription

subpoena

translation

transition

transmission

transgression

truncation

tuition

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

unbroken

uncommon

uneven

unison

unwritten

uterine

transfusion

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

vibration

veteran

vitamin

vocation

volition

vermilion

waterman

wesleyan

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

abyssinian

accordion

accusation

absolution

admiration

activation

adaptation

admonition

adoration

adulation

advocation

affectation

adrenaline

affirmation

acquisition

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

alteration

animation

aggravation

amphibian

alternation

american

amputation

arabian

altercation

annexation

ammunition

annotation

appalachian

appellation

apparition

application

approbation

apprehension

aggregation

arbitration

armageddon

arizonan

aspiration

assemblyman

athenian

assyrian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

armenian

arthurian

calibration

californian

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

chameleon

centurion

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

cogitation

coalition

collocation

collodion

coloradan

coloration

comedian

committeeman

combination

commendation

commutation

columbian

compilation

comparison

competition

compensation

complication

composition

comprehension

computation

concentration

confirmation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confiscation

connotation

conservation

congregation

conflagration

confrontation

consolation

conjugation

consecration

consummation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

contemplation

contrarian

contribution

contradiction

contravention

conversation

copenhagen

copernican

corp.

convocation

coronation

corinthian

corporation

correlation

convolution

cotyledon

criterion

cyclopean

cultivation

crocodilian

crucifixion

custodian

culmination

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

decoration

dedication

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

defamation

contraception

definition

delegation

deformation

degradation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

depravation

depredation

deposition

deportation

derivation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

desiccation

designation

desolation

devastation

deviation

devolution

destitution

dietitian

detonation

devonian

desperation

destination

diocesan

dilatation

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

dislocation

disposition

disinfection

disinflation

disputation

disillusion

dispensation

distillation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

divination

distribution

dominican

domination

draconian

education

duplication

elevation

elocution

emigration

embarkation

elongation

emanation

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

electrician

erudition

estimation

european

eustachian

evocation

evolution

fibrillation

estonian

excitation

excavation

exclamation

exhortation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

expiration

expedition

exhumation

exposition

expectation

exploration

exploitation

explanation

explication

fabrication

extrication

extradition

fallopian

federation

fascination

fermentation

figuration

eritrean

fluoridation

floridian

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

galilean

fumigation

gastrulation

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

graduation

gorgonian

granulation

germination

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

habitation

guatemalan

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hesitation

hyperion

imitation

hypertension

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

illustration

immolation

hydrocarbon

immigration

implication

imperfection

implantation

importation

imposition

impregnation

imputation

indication

calculation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

inclination

indigestion

businesswoman

incrustation

precondition

indexation

incubation

indecision

indignation

inflammation

indonesian

infestation

infiltration

information

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

inspiration

insulation

installation

integration

instigation

intimation

invocation

insurrection

interaction

interruption

intercession

intermission

interdiction

interjection

interurban

interception

intersection

intervention

interwoven

institution

intonation

introduction

invitation

introspection

irrigation

iranian

irritation

isolation

iteration

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

kindergarten

laceration

jurisdiction

lancastrian

intuition

inundation

legislation

liberian

leviathan

librarian

liberation

levitation

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

litigation

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

machination

macedonian

manumission

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

maturation

medication

masturbation

mediation

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

repercussion

misbegotten

misperception

missourian

moderation

modulation

mitigation

molestation

moravian

motivation

mortification

mongolian

mutilation

napoleon

newtonian

nigerian

navigation

nestorian

niobium

nicaraguan

nomination

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

observation

obsidian

occupation

oblivion

octahedron

ohioan

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

olympian

ostentation

oxidation

ovulation

overburden

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pagination

oscillation

obstetrician

penetration

pelagian

pavlovian

penicillin

pedestrian

perforation

persecution

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

permutation

indiscretion

planarian

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

pigmentation

praetorian

preconception

preparation

preelection

preignition

preservation

premonition

presentation

profanation

proclamation

procreation

propagation

prohibition

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

provocation

protozoan

publication

punctuation

radiation

reassertion

recitation

protestation

reawaken

readmission

realization

recantation

predilection

reclamation

recognition

recollection

replication

misconception

miseration

recreation

reelection

reexamine

reformation

refutation

registration

republican

regulation

reinspection

reputation

renovation

relocation

relaxation

reconstruction

reparation

repetition

reposition

repossession

reproduction

requisition

restoration

resignation

reservation

resolution

respiration

restitution

retardation

resurrection

retrocession

retribution

revelation

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

saturation

sanitation

satisfaction

sectarian

sequestration

self-deception

segmentation

predetermine

shakespearean

siberian

segregation

sicilian

situation

simonian

simulation

smithsonian

separation

speculation

statistician

strangulation

stipulation

stimulation

subdivision

subluxation

transformation

suffocation

substitution

supposition

superhuman

supervision

superstition

surrogation

syncopation

syndication

tamoxifen

tasmanian

tetrahedron

termination

tabulation

toleration

titillation

transportation

tribulation

transplantation

trepidation

ulceration

usurpation

vegetation

vacillation

validation

valuation

valerian

variation

utopian

vaccination

veneration

violation

vindication

visitation

ventilation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

indentation

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

academician

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

adjudication

alliteration

administration

amelioration

amortization

amazonian

amalgamation

amplification

appreciation

anticipation

appropriation

approximation

annihilation

argentinian

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

articulation

authorization

authentication

assassination

babylonian

augustinian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

argumentation

brutalization

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

certification

centralization

centenarian

carthaginian

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

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hallucination

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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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