Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word inquisition.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 inquisition.
2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alan

alman

alban

anguish

anguished

apron

amman

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

austin

auden

baldwin

banyan

bacon

bagman

bangkok

bastion

bargain

bason

baron

baston

basin

barton

barren

baton

batten

batton

beaten

bayman

billion

billman

benches

bisson

belgian

beacon

begun

bellon

billon

bellman

bison

bitten

bludgeon

bookman

boatman

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bolden

bordman

boston

bollen

boughten

bowman

bongos

bounces

bourbon

bracken

brakeman

brazen

briton

breton

brogan

broken

brighten

broaden

brethren

bunches

bushman

bullion

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

caisson

cabin

cajun

canton

calvin

canyon

canaan

cannon

canon

capstan

caption

captain

caution

cauldron

carman

carmine

carton

caxton

carbon

cayman

chairman

chainsaws

chicken

chances

changes

charon

chasten

cheapen

chaplain

chapman

claxon

chessman

chevron

christian

christen

chosen

chieftain

children

citron

churchman

classman

certain

clinton

coachman

beckon

colon

common

concoct

congest

conquests

conquest

consists

consist

consign

copeman

cousin

craftsman

cotton

cumin

cowan

crimson

craven

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cordon

dances

curtain

dagon

damson

deaden

dampen

daman

deafen

darken

deacon

dagan

cushion

deepen

corban

delphian

demon

dragon

desman

diction

dian

devon

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

downcast

donkeys

dozen

draftsman

drunken

driven

dromon

dudgeon

dutchman

dustman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

emption

encased

encase

ensues

dungeon

ensign

ermine

engage

engaged

engine

enjoys

fashion

fiction

fasten

falcon

faulcon

fallen

famine

fatten

fancies

faustian

faction

fences

felon

fibrin

finches

fielden

fireman

firman

flexion

fission

flashgun

flatten

floren

footman

foreman

foreign

fortune

fountain

friction

function

fraction

freshen

freshman

freedman

freeman

frighten

frozen

fusion

garden

gallon

gamecock

gamecocks

gammon

ganges

gentian

georgian

gascon

garron

german

gilden

golden

goodman

gluten

gorgon

glisten

gotten

gowan

gibbon

grandson

given

gladden

graven

grecian

glidden

griffon

guardsman

gudgeon

gumption

haitian

hackman

harken

hangman

harden

happen

hausen

harten

hasten

haven

headman

headsman

heathen

heaven

hearten

heighten

hempen

henchman

hinges

hessian

hidden

hetman

heron

hogan

homesick

homespun

horseman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

hunches

ibsen

hyson

inches

incest

incas

incised

incise

incase

ingest

hymen

injects

insects

insect

inquest

insists

insist

insights

insight

ion

jasmine

jackman

jason

jargon

hyphen

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

inject

huntsman

junction

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kelvin

kitchen

klansman

kitten

kirkman

kremlin

landsman

lampron

laden

lagan

landman

language

languish

latin

lengthen

launches

leaven

ledden

legion

leman

layman

lemon

leaden

lesion

lessen

lesson

leven

linguists

linguist

lichen

linden

liman

lineman

lighten

linemen

linen

lightman

liken

linkage

lion

lisbon

listen

liven

locken

lockman

london

loosen

longish

lopeman

longan

loren

lounges

logan

lumen

luncheon

lotion

lunches

lynxes

m1

madden

maiden

mahone

manges

mangoes

mansion

lynden

mangan

marksman

martian

marchman

markman

margin

marron

marlin

martin

mason

marten

mayan

menges

mention

melon

milken

melton

mignon

million

minces

minden

minion

minges

matron

lyden

lunges

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

monkeys

motion

kansan

muffin

mullen

mountain

muslin

mutton

nation

namesakes

namesake

nekton

newsman

notion

norman

oarsman

ninon

ocean

nonesuch

olden

odin

often

omen

onion

open

organ

orphan

ounces

othman

outdone

outrun

oven

owen

oxen

packman

paean

pagan

pancake

pancakes

pansies

panton

pardon

passion

passman

pathan

patron

patten

pension

parson

pectin

penman

peon

pavon

perron

persian

pinkish

person

penguin

option

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

morgan

plantain

mormon

platen

platten

poison

kalan

concise

pollan

pollen

portion

ponton

portman

ponchos

postman

potion

pressman

prison

prussian

quicken

punches

quenches

question

pullen

ration

ranches

ranges

raven

ransack

rayon

reason

proven

reckon

region

redden

remakes

rerun

resin

rincon

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

rosin

roman

riven

russian

runnion

rumen

salmon

sadden

samson

saffron

sanction

salesman

santon

robin

saxon

scallion

ruin

scion

sconces

scullion

season

scotsman

section

seedsman

sequin

selden

seaman

rowen

shrunken

semen

satan

senses

satin

rosen

sexton

rotten

session

seton

seven

sermon

shaken

shipman

shearman

rowan

sharpen

shogun

shorten

shotgun

showman

dalton

shaman

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

smitten

slogan

smarten

smokestack

smashes

smokestacks

stiffen

sneezes

smooches

sodden

soften

soldan

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spoken

spokesman

station

statesman

squadron

stallion

stallman

stepson

sportsman

steven

stillion

solon

stockman

stolen

straighten

strengthen

stricken

striven

suasion

sturgeon

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

sunken

summon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

surgeon

syphon

taken

tarpon

tartan

tangos

talon

tappen

tendon

tension

teston

thicken

tillman

threaten

token

tighten

toman

traction

townsman

torsion

toughen

treason

trillion

trojan

tungsten

tubman

tuscan

triton

turban

undone

unjust

union

trodden

urine

urson

urchin

vanquish

whitson

thousand

version

vegan

wheaten

urban

vision

vulcan

wagon

waken

wanton

warden

watchman

warren

wenches

weaken

weapon

wiccan

villain

wizen

women

whiten

widen

woman

woodman

wooden

written

woolman

woolen

workman

worsen

woven

titan

yachtsman

yeoman

yankees

yaupon

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abortion

absorption

abrasion

abstraction

abstention

accession

accretion

addition

admission

addiction

acumen

adhesion

adoption

affection

aegean

aggression

affliction

african

alaskan

adrian

albumin

albion

alderman

aleutian

allusion

ambition

alien

alsatian

amasses

amazes

adsorption

backgammon

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

ancestor

ancestors

ancestry

ancestral

anglican

anyone

annexes

anxiously

appian

apportion

attrition

artesian

artisan

aryan

ascension

assertion

assumption

assassin

aspersion

asuncion

attention

attraction

arian

arkansan

audition

austrian

australian

aversion

avian

awaken

amigos

bandwagon

badminton

battalion

bedouin

bedridden

beholden

benjamin

beethoven

biotin

bouillon

bonuses

bosnian

brazilian

bitumen

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

causation

cardigan

carrion

caucasian

carnation

castration

catalan

cation

cartesian

censuses

backwoodsman

cetacean

chairwoman

cessation

chairperson

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

citizen

cistercian

civilian

citation

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

cognition

collision

collection

collegian

coercion

collagen

cohesion

conception

commission

collusion

compulsion

combustion

commotion

completion

compassion

complexion

compunction

compression

communion

companion

bedizen

concession

concussion

conduction

condition

conclusion

concoction

confection

concoctions

concisely

concussions

confession

congestion

confucian

confusion

congestive

congested

conjunction

congressman

conjectures

conjugal

conjugate

conjecture

conjugates

connection

connexion

conflation

consciously

conscription

consequence

consequent

consecrate

consistent

consignment

constriction

construction

consumption

contagion

contraction

contrition

contention

contortion

contraption

convulsion

convection

contusion

convention

conviction

conversion

deduction

corruption

councilman

countryman

correction

cremation

corsican

corrosion

creation

crustacean

croatian

crestfallen

cyprian

deception

dalmatian

damnation

damages

decision

declension

defection

denizen

deletion

deflation

deflection

delusion

dentition

demagogue

demagogues

depletion

depression

description

derision

destruction

desertion

detention

detection

concessions

depiction

devotion

dictation

diffusion

diffraction

digression

dimension

determine

digestion

dilation

dilution

direction

discipline

discretion

discussion

distraction

disruption

dissension

distortion

distinction

dissection

dispersion

division

expansion

diversion

downsizing

donation

dorian

downsizings

downtrodden

dominion

disunion

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

emulsion

elation

election

emission

elison

eleven

emblazon

embolden

emotion

encryption

englishman

engagements

engages

engaging

engagement

enliven

enmeshes

equation

exception

excision

eruption

erosion

eviction

erection

etruscan

evasion

everyone

exaction

excretion

exclusion

excursion

enlighten

exemption

exertion

exhaustion

julian

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

extortion

extraction

extinction

extrusion

fabian

fenian

feminine

ferryman

finishes

filtration

fijian

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

foramen

formation

foundation

franciscan

freemason

freudian

fruition

frustration

fustian

fungicide

fungicides

galleon

gentleman

geniuses

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

grobian

guardian

guncotton

garrison

gyration

halcyon

handwoven

hanukkahs

halogen

hammerman

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

homages

horatian

horizon

gaussian

housebroken

hydrogen

hydration

ignition

impression

illusion

impassion

implosion

imagine

images

immersion

imprison

inaction

in-person

incessant

inclusion

induction

incision

incisions

incisive

incisors

incisor

infarction

abandon

infection

incursion

indian

inflection

inexact

infliction

inception

inflation

infraction

infusion

inhuman

ingested

ingestion

injection

injunction

injections

injustice

inscription

insecure

injectors

injector

intention

insertion

insistent

insistence

insouciant

inspection

instruction

insightful

intestine

intrusion

invention

invasion

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

keratin

kantian

keynesian

lactation

kinshasa

korean

lancaster

languishing

languages

languishes

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

linkages

libyan

libration

ligation

location

logician

lumberman

misprision

magician

magdalen

malayan

malaysian

manages

mandarin

masculine

marian

margarine

medallion

median

medicine

menaces

melanin

mexican

midshipman

menhaden

migration

minuses

misfortune

misshapen

mistaken

lutheran

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

narration

myosin

nebraskan

negation

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nutrition

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

obstruction

nonunion

notation

norwegian

nuances

nubian

objection

obsession

occlusion

occasion

omission

octillion

odeon

oppression

physician

phoenician

opinion

optation

optician

origin

ottoman

orion

ovation

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parisian

pelican

patrician

partition

partisan

parthian

pavilion

pentathlon

percussion

petition

permission

perception

perfusion

perfection

permian

persuasion

perversion

peterman

phrygian

plantation

oration

plebeian

policeman

pollution

possession

position

porcelain

precaution

preclusion

precession

precision

predation

prediction

predestine

preemption

presumption

pretension

prevention

prescription

propulsion

procession

privation

promotion

probation

production

profession

progression

projection

profusion

proportion

proscription

prostration

protean

protection

regression

punishes

provision

puritan

quotation

reaction

ramadan

ramshackle

reception

recession

recision

rebellion

redemption

reduction

reflection

regimen

rejection

rendition

religion

remission

relation

remisses

reopen

rescission

repression

reptilian

resection

resumption

restriction

retention

retraction

revulsion

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

reunion

rifleman

seduction

rotation

sedition

saleswoman

rummages

saccharin

salvation

samoan

sciences

seclusion

secretion

scythian

secession

scorpion

selection

sedation

sensation

singleton

silicon

simian

sinuses

skeleton

solution

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submission

submersion

subscription

subtraction

succession

suggestion

subversion

summation

sumatran

suburban

superman

suppression

suspicion

synagogue

synagogues

suspension

technician

syrian

tactician

taxation

talisman

tamarin

temptation

thespian

timberman

transition

tradition

toboggan

transmission

transaction

transcription

transgression

transfusion

tonnages

translation

unquestioned

unwritten

unbroken

unbutton

truncation

tuition

unburden

uncommon

uncertain

unison

uneven

unshackle

vacation

vanishes

venison

venetian

vermilion

vatican

veteran

whimsical

vibration

whimsically

wesleyan

volition

vocation

vitamin

waterman

uterine

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

accordion

activation

admonition

adaptation

admiration

adrenaline

adoration

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

adulation

agitation

affectation

affirmation

alabaman

agrarian

allegation

albanian

allocation

alteration

algonquian

algerian

altercation

alternation

aldebaran

american

ammunition

amputation

amphibian

amnesiac

angiogram

animation

annotation

appellation

apparition

approbation

annexation

appalachian

application

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

arizonan

arthurian

armenian

assyrian

attribution

aspiration

assemblyman

athenian

augmentation

avocation

armageddon

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

coalition

composition

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calculation

cancellation

calibration

canadian

californian

carcinogen

celebration

cenozoic

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

cogitation

collocation

commendation

collodion

complication

coloration

columbian

committeeman

comedian

combination

commutation

competition

compilation

comparison

compensation

coloradan

computation

comprehension

concentration

condescension

condemnation

condensation

expedition

confirmation

conflagration

confiscation

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

conjugations

conjugated

connotation

consecration

consecrations

consecutive

consequences

consequential

consequently

consolation

conservation

consistency

consistently

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consummation

consultation

contradiction

contraception

contemplation

contribution

conversation

convocation

contrarian

convolution

demolition

copernican

cultivation

contravention

corinthian

correlation

corp.

cotyledon

coronation

corporation

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

criterion

decompression

cyclopean

custodian

cynicism

decimation

dandelion

definition

deconstruction

darwinian

declaration

dedication

decoration

defamation

copenhagen

degradation

delegation

deformation

dehydration

demonstration

demarcation

demagogy

deprivation

dereliction

depravation

depredation

deportation

derivation

desecration

destitution

desiccation

desolation

designation

desperation

destination

dilatation

disaffection

devastation

diminution

dietitian

devonian

detonation

diocesan

deviation

devolution

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

dispensation

disputation

disillusion

distillation

dissolution

dissertation

dissipation

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

elocution

emigration

elongation

embarkation

emanation

emulation

encyclicals

encyclical

equitation

englishwoman

erudition

equestrian

estimation

eritrean

estonian

excavation

european

eustachian

evolution

evocation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

exhumation

exhortation

indecision

expectation

explication

exploration

exploitation

explanation

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fascination

fallopian

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluoridation

formulation

fluctuation

foliation

fragmentation

galilean

fumigation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

gastrulation

generation

germination

graduation

glaciation

granulation

greco-roman

guatemalan

gorgonian

gravitation

gregorian

habitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hesitation

himalayan

hibernation

honeysuckle

historian

honeysuckles

jurisdiction

expiration

hungarian

ibuprofen

ideation

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

iberian

illustration

implication

imputation

imitation

immolation

immigration

importation

implantation

imperfection

impregnation

incantation

inattention

incarnation

incessantly

inflammation

indication

incognito

incubation

indigestion

indentation

indiscretion

indexation

indonesian

indignation

infestation

infiltration

information

injectable

inhalation

interaction

inquisitive

innovation

injustices

inquisitor

inquisitors

insecticide

insecticides

interception

insistently

insouciance

installation

insulation

insurrection

instigation

institution

inspiration

integration

intercession

intermission

intimation

interdiction

interjection

interwoven

interurban

interruption

intonation

intersection

introspection

intervention

inundation

invocation

invitation

iranian

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jacobean

iteration

jingoism

jingoistic

jordanian

politician

jubilation

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

levitation

lilliputian

limitation

liberation

lineages

liberian

librarian

linguistically

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

misperception

maccabean

malnutrition

malformation

machination

macedonian

manumission

mammalian

ministration

masturbation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

maturation

miseration

mitigation

missourian

moderation

modulation

molestation

mongolian

moravian

opposition

motivation

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

nonexistent

navigation

obstetrician

newtonian

nestorian

nonprescription

nomination

occupation

nigerian

nicaraguan

nonpartisan

obligation

obfuscation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

octahedron

noblewoman

olympian

ohioan

operation

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

planarian

ostentation

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

palpitation

pagination

pagurian

paraguayan

penetration

pavlovian

pelagian

penicillin

permutation

pedestrian

persecution

perforation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

plutonian

population

polynesian

praetorian

precondition

predilection

preconception

predetermine

preignition

preelection

premonition

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rhododendron

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shakespearean

polyhedron

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situation

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tasmanian

tetrahedron

termination

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siberian

transformation

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unsuccessful

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ulceration

unshakable

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ventilation

victorian

vacillation

validation

valuation

valerian

vaccination

utopian

variation

vegetation

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visitation

violation

wagnerian

watermelon

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abbreviation

academician

acceleration

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accumulation

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administration

amazonian

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affiliation

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ethiopian

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theologian

triangulation

unquestionable

unification

unitarian

unnecessary

vilification

utilization

vaporization

verification

vulgarization

washingtonian

vegetarian

veterinarian

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word inquisition

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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:

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