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

action

airman

acton

alan

alban

alman

ambush

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

bushman

auction

auden

bisson

austin

baldwin

bagman

banyan

bargain

barton

bacon

baron

barren

basin

bason

bastion

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

batten

batton

baton

bellman

bellon

begun

belgian

billion

billman

billon

baston

bison

bitten

atman

bludgeon

boatman

brakeman

blacken

blowgun

bombast

bolden

bobbin

bollen

bookman

boston

bombshell

bowman

brazen

bombshells

bordman

boughten

bourbon

bracken

brethren

breton

briton

bumpkin

bullion

broaden

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burgeon

brighten

burton

caisson

cajun

cabin

calvin

campaign

campaigns

canaan

cannon

canon

capstan

captain

canyon

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

canton

cauldron

canvass

caution

clinton

caxton

cayman

chairman

certain

chaplain

chapman

champaign

cheapen

charon

champagne

chasten

champagnes

chessman

chevron

chicken

christen

christian

children

churchman

chosen

citron

chieftain

classman

claxon

coachman

colon

combust

button

compact

compacts

composed

compose

composts

compost

confuse

confused

confect

convoke

convict

convicts

conveys

convex

copeman

convoys

common

corban

cordon

crimson

cousin

cowan

cotton

craven

craftsman

cretin

cushion

cumin

cuban

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

dampen

damson

deacon

deaden

dalton

darken

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

diction

dian

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

dudgeon

drunken

driven

dromon

dragon

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

eaten

earthen

draftsman

eden

elan

emption

embossed

engine

envoys

ermine

ensign

faction

crewman

fashion

faustian

fasten

famine

felon

faulcon

fallen

fiction

fielden

fibrin

fatten

fission

flashgun

firman

fireman

flatten

flexion

footman

falcon

frozen

floren

fortune

fraction

freshen

freshman

freeman

freedman

friction

foreign

jasmine

foreman

fusion

gascon

gammon

garden

gallon

garron

gentian

gilden

gibbon

georgian

german

given

gladden

glisten

grandson

gumption

glidden

goodman

gorgon

gowan

gotten

grecian

gudgeon

guardsman

griffon

graven

haitian

hackman

gluten

golden

happen

hangman

gombos

harden

harken

hausen

hasten

harten

haven

houseman

hempen

heathen

heaven

heron

henchman

hearten

heighten

hessian

function

hetman

homespun

horseman

hogan

hoten

hidden

humbug

humpback

hoven

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

impact

human

impacts

impasse

headman

impeach

impish

headsman

impose

imposed

impugn

impugns

fountain

frighten

infects

infect

infest

infests

infuse

invest

invokes

invoice

ion

invoke

invests

jackman

jargon

jetson

jason

junction

jumpsuits

jumpsuit

jorden

jumbos

crouton

keelson

kelson

kansan

kenyan

kitten

kremlin

klansman

knapsack

laden

kitchen

lampron

landsman

lambastes

lambaste

landman

lagan

lesion

leman

lemon

lengthen

lessen

lesson

legion

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leven

latin

kirkman

liman

lightman

lighten

liken

linden

lineman

lisbon

listen

linen

linemen

lineups

lion

liven

locken

lopeman

london

lockman

longan

logan

loosen

lumen

loren

luncheon

lotion

lyden

lynden

m1

lichen

kelvin

mahone

maiden

mansion

mangan

martian

margin

marron

marlin

markman

marksman

marten

martin

mason

matron

mayan

marchman

melton

melon

mention

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

jordan

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

madden

jetton

morgan

muffin

mullen

motion

mountain

kalan

muslin

mutton

nation

mormon

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

omen

olden

onion

ocean

open

odin

option

organ

often

othman

orphan

outdone

outrun

pectin

oven

oxen

passion

pampas

parson

owen

packman

paean

panton

pagan

pardon

pathan

patron

patten

pavon

passman

penguin

pension

penman

persian

perron

person

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

peon

ponton

portman

portion

postman

potion

prison

pressman

pollan

prussian

pumpkin

pumpkins

queenfish

pullen

question

quicken

ration

raven

rampage

rayon

rainbows

reason

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

risen

riven

rosin

ripen

roman

rosen

rumen

robin

rotten

rowan

rowen

ruin

runnion

russian

samson

salesman

salmon

saffron

sadden

sanction

scullion

saxon

santon

scallion

scion

scotsman

satan

satin

seaman

season

section

seedsman

selden

semen

pollen

session

sexton

sequin

sermon

seton

seven

shaman

shaken

shampoos

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shrunken

sicken

showman

shorten

shotgun

silken

smarten

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

smitten

snobbish

shogun

sodden

soldan

proven

soften

solon

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spokesman

spoken

sportsman

stallion

stepson

stillion

station

statesman

stiffen

steven

stallman

stockman

stolen

straighten

strengthen

stricken

striven

suasion

suction

sudden

sturgeon

sullen

sultan

summon

sunken

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

taken

tartan

talon

tempos

tension

tempest

squadron

tillman

tendon

teston

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

timepiece

tappen

toman

tombstone

titan

token

zion

tarpon

tombstones

traction

toughen

townsman

tungsten

trillion

tubman

tuscan

sunfish

treason

trojan

triton

trodden

turban

undone

union

unpack

torsion

urson

urchin

urban

urine

version

vegan

vision

villain

vulcan

wanton

warden

wagon

waken

warren

watchman

weaken

whitson

weapon

wiccan

wizen

woman

wheaten

whiten

widen

women

written

woodman

woolman

wooden

woolen

worsen

workman

woven

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

unbox

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

abdomen

accession

accretion

abstraction

abstention

absorption

addition

admission

addiction

acumen

adhesion

adoption

african

affection

aegean

affliction

adrian

aggression

adsorption

alaskan

aleutian

alien

alderman

albumin

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

ambushes

amoebas

anyone

anglican

andean

anchorman

apportion

albion

appian

arian

arkansan

asuncion

artisan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assertion

assumption

aryan

artesian

attrition

attention

audition

attraction

aversion

austrian

avian

australian

awaken

badminton

backwoodsman

backgammon

bandwagon

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beholden

beethoven

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

brazilian

bouillon

bosnian

bonobos

bulletin

campion

campaigning

campuses

cambrian

canapes

capsaicin

canvasses

causation

castration

cardigan

catalan

carrion

cartesian

carnation

caucasian

cation

canvassers

cetacean

chairperson

cessation

chamberlain

chairwoman

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

citizen

cistercian

civilian

citation

clarion

clarendon

clergyman

combustion

cognition

collision

collegian

collagen

cohesion

coercion

collection

collusion

compassion

commission

commotion

communion

completion

companion

compacted

composure

compression

composing

complexion

condition

composites

composes

composers

composer

composite

conduction

convulsion

concession

conjunction

concussion

contrition

conception

concoction

conclusion

confection

connection

connexion

confessions

confections

configure

confesses

confession

confiscate

congestion

conflation

confucian

confusing

confuses

confusion

confusions

congressman

conscription

construction

constriction

contagion

contention

consumption

contortion

contraction

contraption

convection

convention

conviction

contusion

conversion

convictions

convective

abandon

corruption

corsican

correction

corrosion

councilman

countryman

campaigner

cremation

creation

crestfallen

croatian

campaigners

cyprian

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

decision

deception

declension

deduction

deflection

defection

deflation

depiction

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

depletion

depression

description

desertion

destruction

detection

detention

determine

devotion

diffraction

dictation

diffusion

digression

digestion

dilation

dilution

dimension

discretion

discipline

direction

disruption

discussion

dispersion

derision

distortion

dissension

distraction

distinction

dissection

disunion

diversion

edition

dominion

donation

dorian

duration

downtrodden

egyptian

election

ejection

elation

eleven

elison

embassies

division

embassy

embezzle

emblazon

embezzled

embolden

embezzles

emotion

emphasize

emphasized

encryption

englishman

equation

envisage

excretion

erection

enlighten

eruption

eviction

erosion

etruscan

evasion

everyone

excision

exaction

exception

exclusion

enliven

excursion

exemption

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

explosion

expulsion

expression

extension

extinction

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

fenian

feminine

ferryman

fijian

filtration

fixation

fisherman

flotation

fruition

flirtation

forbidden

formation

foundation

freemason

franciscan

freudian

jettison

foramen

frustration

garrison

fustian

galleon

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

genovese

gillian

gradation

gordian

gravamen

guardian

grobian

halogen

guncotton

gyration

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

housebroken

honeybees

impacted

ignition

impassioned

imbecile

hydrogen

hydration

illusion

imagine

imbeciles

immersion

hawaiian

impassive

impeaches

impeachment

impeachments

implosion

heartbroken

imposes

impostor

impostors

inaction

in-person

imposing

incursion

incision

inclusion

indian

inception

injection

infarction

infection

infections

infective

induction

inflection

infliction

infraction

inflation

infighting

ingestion

infusion

inhuman

infusions

injunction

inscription

insertion

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

intrusion

invasion

invasions

invective

invention

inversion

investing

investment

investments

investor

invoices

irian

irishman

investors

italian

invasive

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

forewoman

forgotten

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

laotian

korean

lactation

lanolin

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

laurentian

libration

ligation

location

logician

lumberman

lumbago

lutheran

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

manifests

manifest

marian

masculine

medallion

margarine

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

menopause

mexican

midshipman

migration

magdalen

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

musician

narration

myosin

muskmelon

mutation

negation

nemean

nebraskan

nevadan

niacin

moroccan

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

nitrogen

norwegian

notation

nubian

outspoken

obsession

objection

obstruction

occasion

omission

oppression

optician

munition

octillion

opinion

occlusion

odeon

optation

oration

origin

ottoman

nutrition

partition

ovation

orion

overdone

oxygen

overman

overrun

partisan

parisian

parthian

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perversion

percussion

perfusion

permian

perfection

permission

persuasion

peterman

petition

phoenician

phrygian

perception

plantation

plebeian

policeman

possession

pollution

porcelain

precaution

precision

preclusion

predation

predestine

prediction

preemption

precession

protection

profession

prescription

procession

presumption

pretension

prevention

privation

probation

production

progression

projection

promotion

propulsion

proportion

profusion

proscription

prostration

protean

reflection

provision

puritan

quotation

ramadan

rampages

reaction

recision

recession

reception

rebellion

reduction

redemption

rejection

regression

reimpose

regimen

remission

reinvest

reinvests

religion

relation

rendition

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

resumption

resection

restriction

retention

retraction

reunion

revulsion

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

salvation

samoan

saccharin

saleswoman

scorpion

scythian

secession

seclusion

secretion

sedition

seduction

selection

sedation

sensation

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

zambian

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

suggestion

stygian

submission

succession

submersion

subtraction

suburban

subversion

subscription

summation

transcription

sumatran

suppression

superman

suspension

suspicion

syrian

tactician

talisman

taxation

temptation

tamarin

technician

timberman

thespian

toboggan

transition

tradition

transmission

transgression

transaction

translation

transfusion

tuition

truncation

unbeknown

unbiased

unbutton

uneven

unison

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

vacation

uterine

vibration

venetian

venison

vermilion

vatican

veteran

vitamin

vocation

volition

unbroken

wannabes

waterman

wesleyan

4 syllable words

abolition

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

accusation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

abyssinian

accordion

activation

admonition

adaptation

admiration

aggregation

adoration

advocation

adulation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

adrenaline

agitation

alabaman

agrarian

albanian

allegation

allocation

algonquian

algerian

aldebaran

altercation

alternation

american

alteration

amputation

annotation

amphibian

animation

annexation

appalachian

apparition

appellation

application

approbation

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

aspiration

assemblyman

arthurian

assyrian

athenian

augmentation

attribution

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

beneficial

bavarian

beneficent

benediction

benefactor

beneficence

bifurcation

benefactors

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

coalition

combination

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

collocation

cogitation

collodion

coloration

coloradan

columbian

compensation

commutation

commendation

comedian

comparison

compassionate

compilation

complication

computation

comprehension

contradiction

condescension

condensation

concentration

condemnation

confiscation

confectioner

confessional

confectioners

confessionals

confirmation

confiscated

congregation

conflagration

confrontation

conjugation

connotation

consolation

consecration

conservation

convocation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consternation

consultation

consummation

contraception

contemplation

contravention

contrarian

contribution

convolution

coronation

conversation

correlation

committeeman

copenhagen

copernican

corinthian

corp.

cotyledon

corporation

criterion

crocodilian

inclination

culmination

cyclopean

cultivation

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

decompression

dedication

deconstruction

decoration

defamation

deformation

degradation

delegation

demonstration

dehydration

demarcation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

deportation

dereliction

derivation

desiccation

desecration

designation

destination

desolation

desperation

destitution

dilatation

disconnection

detonation

devolution

devastation

devonian

deviation

dietitian

dispensation

disaffection

dislocation

diocesan

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

disputation

distillation

dissolution

distribution

dissertation

dissipation

divination

domination

dominican

duplication

draconian

emigration

elevation

emanation

electrician

elocution

elongation

embarkation

education

embezzlement

politician

emphysema

embezzlers

emulation

emphasizing

emphasizes

embezzler

englishwoman

envisages

equestrian

equitation

european

eritrean

eustachian

evolution

estimation

estonian

excavation

evocation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

explication

exploration

expectation

expiration

exhortation

exhumation

explanation

exploitation

extradition

fermentation

extrication

fabrication

fascination

crucifixion

federation

fallopian

fibrillation

figuration

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

germination

gentlewoman

generation

glaciation

granulation

gorgonian

graduation

habitation

gravitation

gregorian

guatemalan

greco-roman

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hesitation

himalayan

hibernation

historian

immigration

hydrocarbon

hungarian

hyperion

ideation

ibuprofen

hypertension

illustration

iberian

importation

impassable

imperfection

impeccable

impeachable

implantation

impossible

impossibly

impregnation

inattention

incantation

indication

indentation

indexation

indecision

innovation

incubation

incrustation

indigestion

incarnation

indignation

indiscretion

inefficient

infeasible

ineffective

infestation

infestations

infiltration

inflammation

information

inhalation

indonesian

insulation

installation

integration

instigation

institution

inspiration

insurrection

interaction

interception

intercession

intonation

intuition

introduction

interdiction

interruption

intersection

intervention

interwoven

intimation

interurban

introspection

interjection

inundation

intermission

iteration

invocation

invitation

investigates

investiture

investigate

irrigation

invisible

invisibles

invigorate

iranian

irritation

isolation

jacobean

jubilation

jurisdiction

jordanian

kindergarten

laceration

leviathan

lancastrian

maccabean

legislation

levitation

liberation

liberian

machination

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

litigation

liquefaction

liquidation

lubrication

lumpectomy

locomotion

lumpectomies

macedonian

mongolian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manifesto

manifestly

manufacture

manufactured

manumission

manufactures

masturbation

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

minibuses

ministration

minnesotan

misconception

misbegotten

miseration

misperception

mitigation

missourian

moderation

modulation

molestation

moravian

motivation

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nomination

noblewoman

nigerian

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

obstetrician

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

observation

occupation

olympian

octahedron

ohioan

omnibuses

operation

ordination

orchestration

palpitation

oscillation

ostentation

pagination

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

paraguayan

penicillin

pagurian

pelagian

pedestrian

pavlovian

penetration

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

population

pomposity

polynesian

polyhedron

precondition

preignition

preconception

predilection

predetermine

preelection

praetorian

preparation

protozoan

preservation

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

profanation

propagation

presentation

prostitution

prosecution

protestation

shakespearean

provocation

readmission

punctuation

radiation

publication

reexamine

recognition

realization

recitation

recantation

reawaken

reclamation

recollection

reassertion

reelection

reconstruction

reemphasize

recreation

refutation

registration

regulation

reinspection

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rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

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siberian

situation

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speculation

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symposiums

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tamoxifen

tasmanian

termination

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tetrahedron

toleration

unaffected

transformation

transplantation

transportation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

unbecoming

valuation

vaccination

vacillation

valerian

usurpation

validation

utopian

ventilation

vegetation

variation

veneration

victorian

vindication

visitation

violation

wagnerian

watermelon

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abomination

abbreviation

academician

accommodation

accumulation

accreditation

acceleration

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

assimilation

alienation

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

ambiguities

ambassadorships

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amelioration

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amplification

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appropriation

argumentation

approximation

argentinian

articulation

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assassination

association

assemblywoman

attenuation

augustinian

authorization

authentication

babylonian

beneficially

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

carthaginian

coagulation

centralization

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christianization

civilization

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classification

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colonization

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confectionaries

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decapitation

deceleration

defenestration

degeneration

delicatessen

deification

deliberation

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denunciation

denomination

depreciation

desegregation

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determination

discoloration

depopulation

dionysian

discrimination

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disintegration

dissatisfaction

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dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

elimination

elizabethan

elaboration

electrocution

ejaculation

emancipation

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eradication

equivocation

evacuation

ethiopian

evaporation

evaluation

examination

exaggeration

exacerbation

exasperation

excoriation

exhilaration

expatriation

exoneration

exoskeleton

extermination

expropriation

facilitation

exfoliation

falsification

fertilization

incorporation

fortification

gasification

glorification

hallucination

gratification

hanoverian

harmonization

immunization

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imagination

hybridization

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

hyperborean

illumination

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inactivation

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incrimination

incarceration

incineration

inefficiency

infatuation

inefficiencies

inefficiently

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inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

indoctrination

insemination

instrumentation

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interpolation

interconnection

interrogation

interpretation

intoxication

intimidation

invalidation

investigation

investigating

investigator

investigations

ionization

investigative

investigators

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

modernization

libertarian

legalization

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

manifestation

manifestations

mathematician

manufacturer

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mechanization

manufacturing

maximization

maximilian

metropolitan

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misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mobilization

mississippian

modification

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multiplication

origination

ossification

negotiation

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nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

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nullification

nonsectarian

notification

obliteration

oregonian

organization

orientation

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overproduction

pacification

participation

panamanian

peloponnesian

pasteurization

patagonian

polarization

perpetuation

pennsylvanian

philadelphian

pomeranian

precipitation

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premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

prevarication

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pronunciation

prognostication

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pythagorean

ramification

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recommendation

recombination

rectification

recuperation

recrimination

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

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reintegration

reiteration

reinvigorate

renunciation

remuneration

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

repatriation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

solicitation

specification

specialization

sterilization

sophistication

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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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
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  • Bulb
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