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

action

acton

airman

alan

alman

amman

anthems

anthem

apron

alban

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

austin

auden

basin

bantams

bantam

banyan

bacon

bagman

baldwin

bargain

baron

banding

barren

barton

bason

bastion

bayman

baston

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

begun

beckon

belgian

bellman

bellon

bending

billman

billon

brakeman

billion

bison

bisson

bitten

bludgeon

boatman

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bowman

bolden

bookman

bordman

boston

boughten

bollen

bourbon

bonding

bounding

bracken

brazen

briton

brethren

breton

brighten

broaden

brogan

broken

bullion

burgeon

burman

burden

burdon

bindings

bunting

bushman

burton

caisson

button

cabin

cajun

binding

calvin

canteen

cannon

canon

canyon

cantons

captain

caption

canteens

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

centimes

caution

centime

cayman

centner

caxton

certain

chairman

chapman

chanting

capstan

chaplain

chasten

cheapen

charon

chessman

christen

christian

children

chieftain

churchman

chicken

chosen

chevron

citron

clinton

coachman

classman

claxon

colon

comedown

common

canton

condemned

condemns

condense

condemn

condensed

condone

condones

contain

contains

contempt

contend

contents

content

contends

copeman

corban

cordon

contemn

cotton

carbon

canaan

cousin

craftsman

craven

crimson

glisten

cretin

cushion

dagan

cumin

curtain

cuban

dagon

dampen

daman

dalton

daunting

deaden

deafen

darken

damson

deacon

deepen

delphian

demon

dentine

desman

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dromon

dragon

dustman

dungeon

dutchman

driven

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

drunken

dudgeon

devon

dian

diction

emption

ensign

engine

endings

ending

entwine

entomb

ermine

crewman

faction

famine

fainting

falcon

fallen

fashion

fiction

fasten

fibrin

fatten

faustian

felon

fireman

firman

findings

finding

fission

flashgun

faulcon

flexion

fielden

flatten

footman

foreign

foreman

fortune

fountain

founding

fountains

fraction

floren

freedman

freshman

freshen

friction

freeman

frighten

frozen

function

fusion

gallon

funding

gammon

garden

gentian

gascon

garron

gilden

gibbon

given

georgian

german

glidden

goodman

gluten

gotten

gorgon

gowan

grandson

grecian

graven

griffon

crouton

gladden

gumption

gudgeon

golden

haitian

hackman

handmade

hangman

harden

harken

hasten

harten

henchman

headsman

heathen

headman

hempen

hearten

heighten

heaven

heron

hessian

guardsman

hetman

hidden

homespun

horseman

hoten

hogan

houseman

hoven

human

huntsman

hunting

hymen

hyson

ibsen

hyphen

happen

indent

intend

intense

intends

intent

intents

hausen

haven

intone

intones

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

junction

jetson

keelson

kenyan

jetton

kalan

jordan

jorden

kansan

kelson

kelvin

kitten

kitchen

kirkman

klansman

leaden

lampron

kremlin

laden

lagan

hounding

landsman

landman

latin

landmark

landmarks

layman

knitting

lengthen

legion

lesion

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

ledden

leven

lendings

lindane

linden

linen

lightman

lineman

linemen

lichen

liken

lighten

liman

lion

listen

lisbon

landing

leaven

landings

london

liven

lockman

longan

loosen

locken

logan

lopeman

loren

lynden

luncheon

m1

lyden

lotion

lumen

madden

maintain

maiden

maintains

mangan

mahone

mansion

marksman

martian

marchman

markman

marten

martin

margin

marron

marlin

mason

lending

matron

mayan

mention

mentions

million

mignon

milken

minden

melon

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

motion

mountains

mounting

mountain

mundane

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

nineteen

nineteenth

muffin

mullen

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

onion

omen

olden

open

ointment

organ

othman

outdone

outrun

orphan

oven

option

pagan

packman

paean

painting

paintings

panting

panton

passion

oxen

pardon

pathan

parson

passman

patron

patten

owen

pectin

pavon

pendant

pending

penguin

melton

pension

pentane

peon

perron

persian

person

phantoms

phantom

pigeon

pinion

pitman

pillion

piston

plantain

plankton

platen

platten

poison

ponton

pontoon

pontoons

pollan

pointing

portman

postman

portion

potion

pollen

pressman

prison

pounding

raven

prussian

quantum

question

pullen

quicken

quintin

penman

random

ration

reason

rayon

reckon

redden

region

cowan

proven

rerun

resin

rincon

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

runnion

rumen

roman

rosen

rosin

rowan

rowen

ruin

rounding

russian

rotten

salmon

salesman

saffron

sadden

samson

sanction

riven

sandman

santon

scotsman

saxon

satan

satin

scullion

scallion

seaman

scion

season

robin

section

seedsman

sentence

semen

selden

session

seton

sexton

sequin

sermon

seven

shaken

sharpen

shipman

shearman

shrunken

shunting

shaman

shorten

shotgun

showman

shogun

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

smarten

somethings

sodden

soften

smoothens

smoothen

smoothing

something

soldan

sometimes

sometime

solon

sovereign

spartan

sounding

soundings

sovran

spearman

sportsman

smitten

spokesman

spoken

squadron

squinting

station

statesman

stepson

stallion

stallman

steven

stiffen

stillion

stockman

stolen

straighten

strengthen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suction

summon

sultan

sunken

sudden

sullen

sundown

suasion

surgeon

sweeten

syphon

sylvan

taken

tandem

talon

tappen

tarpon

swollen

tartan

tension

tendon

teston

tendons

tillman

thicken

threaten

tighten

titan

thousand

token

taunting

toman

townsman

torsion

traction

toughen

trillion

treason

triton

trodden

trojan

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

undone

undine

union

urchin

urson

urine

urban

vegan

turban

villain

vintners

vision

vintner

vulcan

whitson

wanton

wanting

warden

warren

windmills

watchman

women

waken

weaken

wheaten

weapon

whiten

wiccan

widen

winding

windmill

wagon

wizen

woman

written

version

woodman

woolman

worsen

workman

wooden

woolen

woven

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

minding

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

ablution

abdomen

abrasion

accession

abstraction

abortion

absorption

abstention

accretion

addition

acumen

addiction

adhesion

admission

adoption

affection

aegean

affliction

african

aggression

adsorption

adrian

alaskan

ambition

alsatian

alien

allusion

albumin

aleutian

anchorman

anglican

andante

andean

ambrosian

antenna

antennas

anyone

apportion

appian

anything

arian

albion

arkansan

artesian

alderman

ascension

aspersion

assumption

assertion

asuncion

assassin

attraction

attention

attrition

aversion

australian

austrian

audition

avian

awaken

backgammon

badminton

bandwagon

backwoodsman

bandana

bandanas

battalion

beholden

bedizen

beethoven

benjamin

bedouin

bentonite

bedridden

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

cambrian

councilman

artisan

aryan

campion

cantonal

capsaicin

castration

carnation

cartesian

catalan

caucasian

cation

carrion

cardigan

causation

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

charwoman

cinnamon

charlatan

chilean

cistercian

citizen

citation

clarion

clergyman

collection

collegian

cognition

coercion

collagen

cohesion

collision

collusion

commission

commitment

commitments

compassion

commotion

communion

companion

commuting

completion

complexion

compression

combustion

compulsion

compunction

clarendon

conception

civilian

concession

conclusion

concoction

concussion

condenser

condensate

condensates

conduction

condiment

condiments

confection

condition

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

conjunction

connection

connexion

conscription

congressman

contagion

construction

congestion

constriction

containers

container

containment

contemplates

contemplate

contention

contentions

continent

contentment

contented

contingent

continents

contender

contenders

contingents

contortion

contraction

continue

continued

continues

contraption

convulsion

contrition

convection

convention

conviction

contusion

conversion

correction

corrosion

corruption

corsican

countenance

countryman

cremation

crestfallen

creation

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

decision

declension

deduction

deflation

deflection

defection

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

depression

description

desertion

destruction

detection

derision

detention

determine

devotion

discretion

diffraction

dilation

diffusion

digression

digestion

dilution

dimension

discipline

direction

discussion

dispersion

disruption

dissension

dissection

distortion

distinction

distraction

disunion

diversion

donation

dominion

donations

downtrodden

dorian

duration

election

division

elation

egyptian

ejection

edition

eleven

elison

emission

emblazon

embolden

emitting

emotion

emotions

emulsion

encryption

endanger

englishman

enliven

endemic

enlighten

endowments

endowment

entangle

entombment

entangled

equation

evasion

erosion

eruption

etruscan

exaction

eviction

exception

everyone

excision

excretion

exemption

erection

exertion

excursion

exhaustion

exclusion

expression

explosion

expulsion

extension

expansion

extortion

extinction

extraction

extrusion

fabian

fandango

fisherman

fenian

ferryman

fixation

fijian

feminine

flirtation

formation

foundation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

franciscan

freemason

frustration

fruition

freudian

fustian

galleon

gentleman

garrison

gaussian

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gradation

abandon

endangered

endangers

gravamen

grobian

gyration

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

harlequin

gordian

handwoven

guardian

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horizon

housebroken

horatian

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

guncotton

illusion

impassion

impression

imprison

in-person

implosion

inaction

imagine

immersion

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

indenture

indentured

indentures

indian

indians

indium

infarction

infection

injection

infliction

infraction

inhuman

inscription

insertion

inflection

inspection

infusion

ingestion

intention

intended

intensely

intensive

intentioned

intentions

intently

intimate

intestine

intimates

intrusion

invention

invasion

inversion

italian

irishman

jacobin

jamaican

janthina

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

irian

keynesian

keratin

lactation

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lanthanum

landowners

landowner

location

lecithin

lesbian

korean

libration

ligation

libyan

londoners

logician

londoner

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malaysian

maintenance

malayan

mandarin

masculine

marian

margarine

landmasses

medallion

rejection

medicine

relation

median

menhaden

migration

mexican

midshipman

remission

minuteman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

monotone

moroccan

mountaineers

notation

muskmelon

mutation

munition

musician

nitrogen

myosin

narration

negation

nevadan

nebraskan

nemean

niacin

mountaineer

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

munitions

nubian

nutrition

objection

obstruction

occasion

obsession

occlusion

octillion

odeon

oppression

optation

omission

opinion

optician

origin

orion

ottoman

oration

ovation

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

pantomime

pandemic

pantheon

partisan

patrician

parisian

parthian

partition

pavilion

pelican

procession

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfection

permission

permian

perfusion

persuasion

privation

petition

phoenician

physician

phrygian

peterman

perversion

plantation

possession

position

plebeian

pollution

policeman

probation

porcelain

predation

precaution

precession

preclusion

prediction

precision

predestine

preemption

pretension

prevention

prescription

prostration

production

profession

promotion

progression

profusion

propulsion

projection

proportion

proscription

protean

protection

puritan

quotation

reaction

randomize

randomly

ramadan

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

redemption

reduction

reflection

regression

regimen

provision

melanin

religion

remittance

penitent

rendition

reopen

repression

rescission

reptilian

resection

restriction

retraction

retention

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

salvation

saleswoman

saccharin

samoan

sedation

secession

scythian

seclusion

secretion

scorpion

sedition

seduction

sensation

sentences

sentiment

sentiments

sentinel

selection

sentinels

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

solution

solomon

snapdragon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

subtraction

submersion

submission

suburban

subscription

subversion

succession

summations

suggestion

sumatran

superman

suppression

suspicion

suspension

truncation

syrian

tactician

talisman

tantamount

tamarin

temptation

taxation

technician

tendency

tendencies

timberman

thespian

toboggan

transaction

tradition

transcription

transfusion

transgression

transition

translation

transmission

tuition

uncommon

unison

unburden

unbroken

unbutton

uncertain

undaunted

undoing

undying

uneven

untangle

untimely

unthinking

unwritten

unwitting

uterine

vacation

vatican

venison

venetian

vermilion

vibration

veteran

vitamin

vocation

volition

vomiting

wantonly

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abnegation

abolition

aberration

abdication

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

accusation

accordion

acquisition

adaptation

admiration

admonition

arbitration

adoration

adrenaline

advocation

adulation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

allegation

algerian

algonquian

allocation

alteration

altercation

amputation

alternation

anathema

anatomist

american

ammunition

amphibian

anatomy

andantino

annexation

application

approbation

appellation

appalachian

apprehension

armageddon

antimatter

apparition

antinomy

arabian

albanian

arizonan

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

avocation

aviation

augmentation

attribution

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

calculation

calibration

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

californian

canadian

cotyledon

incubation

canadians

computation

concentration

celebration

centimetres

centenary

centennial

centimetre

centurion

circulation

chameleon

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collocation

coloration

collodion

coloradan

combination

commendation

comedian

comedians

comedienne

commutation

compilation

committeeman

competition

compensation

columbian

comparison

composition

complication

comprehension

condemnations

condescension

condensation

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

confrontation

contaminate

consecration

congregation

conservation

consultation

consternation

constitution

containerized

contaminates

carcinogen

contemplative

contemptible

contemptuously

continental

continuance

continual

contingencies

continentals

contingency

contraception

contradiction

contribution

conversation

contravention

contrarian

convolution

coronation

corinthian

corp.

copernican

copenhagen

correlation

corporation

countenances

glaciation

crocodilian

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

dandelion

decompression

deconstruction

declaration

decoration

deformation

definition

devastation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deposition

deportation

desecration

designation

destitution

desperation

dereliction

elocution

deviation

devolution

dietitian

disaffection

disconnection

diminution

diocesan

dislocation

disinflation

disinfection

dispensation

disillusion

disposition

dissertation

dissolution

disputation

devonian

distribution

domination

dominican

duplication

education

draconian

electrician

emigration

elongation

embarkation

emotional

endangerment

englishwoman

entanglements

entanglement

equestrian

erudition

eritrean

excavation

european

eustachian

exclamation

estonian

evocation

evolution

excitation

exhalation

execution

explication

exhibition

exhumation

expectation

expedition

explanation

exhortation

expiration

exploration

exposition

exploitation

extradition

extrication

fascination

fabrication

fallopian

gravitation

federation

fermentation

figuration

formulation

floridian

fragmentation

fluctuation

foliation

criterion

fumigation

galilean

fundamental

fundamentals

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

germination

gargantuan

crucifixion

graduation

gorgonian

gondwanaland

maturation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

interdiction

habitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

himalayan

historian

hibernation

intimacy

hydrocarbon

hyperion

illustration

ideation

iberian

hypertension

ianthina

imposition

impregnation

imperfection

implantation

inattention

inattentive

importation

indecision

indemnities

indemnify

indemnity

indigestion

indiscretion

indonesian

infiltration

inquisition

institution

insurrection

intangible

intangibles

intemperate

intensify

intensified

intensifies

intensities

intensively

interaction

intensity

intentional

interception

intersection

interurban

intervention

interwoven

intimately

hungarian

ibuprofen

introduction

intuition

intimidates

intimidate

isolation

jubilation

iranian

irritation

jacobean

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

interjection

legislation

levitation

leviathan

liberation

liquefaction

lilliputian

liberian

limitation

librarian

locomotion

machination

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

mammalian

malnutrition

manumission

masturbation

melanesian

mediation

menstruation

meridian

miseration

misconception

minnesotan

misperception

misbegotten

moderation

missourian

modulation

molestation

mongolian

monotony

monatomic

moravian

mortification

mountaineering

nomination

nicaraguan

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

napoleon

nigerian

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obligation

obfuscation

ovulation

occupation

observation

obstetrician

octahedron

obsidian

ohioan

opposition

operation

olympian

ordination

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

oblivion

overburden

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

pelagian

pedestrian

pavlovian

perforation

permutation

persecution

perturbation

perspiration

pigmentation

planarian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

plutonian

predilection

preconception

praetorian

predetermine

precondition

preelection

preignition

presentation

preservation

preparation

premonition

peruvian

profanation

propagation

prostitution

procreation

prohibition

proposition

prosecution

protestation

protozoan

punctuation

provocation

publication

reassertion

recantation

radiation

readmission

reawaken

recollection

reconstruction

recreation

recognition

reformation

registration

refutation

relaxation

reinspection

reelection

reexamine

relocation

remittances

penicillin

repossession

repetition

reposition

reproduction

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repercussion

requisition

resignation

retardation

retribution

reservation

restoration

resolution

respiration

resurrection

retrocession

restitution

revolution

reparation

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

satisfaction

saturation

sectarian

segmentation

strangulation

sentimental

self-deception

separation

situation

sequestration

sicilian

siberian

simonian

shakespearean

statistician

smithsonian

subluxation

substitution

subdivision

superstition

superhuman

tasmanian

surrogation

supervision

supposition

tabulation

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

toleration

transformation

trepidation

transportation

transplantation

ulceration

vaccination

vacillation

validation

usurpation

valerian

valuation

utopian

vanadium

variation

vegetation

veneration

victorian

violation

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

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abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accreditation

accumulation

accommodation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

amalgamation

alienation

alliteration

alleviation

amelioration

amplification

amortization

anticipation

amazonian

anatomically

anatomical

approximation

appreciation

appropriation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

assassination

assimilation

association

assemblywoman

attenuation

authorization

augustinian

babylonian

brutalization

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

centralization

cauterization

centenarian

centenarians

certification

christianization

civilization

conciliation

coagulation

classification

cohabitation

codification

collaboration

colonization

clarification

commemoration

communication

confederation

confabulation

configuration

condominium

condominiums

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contaminated

contaminating

contemporary

contemporaries

continually

continuances

continuation

continuity

continuously

coordination

cooperation

corroboration

deceleration

decomposition

decapitation

defenestration

degeneration

deification

deliberation

delineation

denationalize

depopulation

depreciation

desegregation

desalination

delicatessen

dionysian

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

elaboration

edification

ejaculation

electrocution

elizabethan

equalization

equivocation

entomology

entomologist

entomologists

epicurean

exaggeration

evacuation

ethiopian

examination

evaluation

evaporation

exacerbation

exasperation

facilitation

excoriation

exhilaration

exfoliation

expatriation

extermination

exoneration

exoskeleton

expropriation

falsification

gratification

fertilization

fortification

fundamentalists

fundamentalist

gametangia

fundamentally

gasification

glorification

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inadmissible

incarceration

inauguration

incrimination

incorporation

indonesians

indomitable

indoctrination

insinuation

initiation

intensifying

intentionally

interconnection

interpretation

intimidating

intimidated

irradiation

justification

juxtaposition

jeffersonian

lithuanian

legalization

libertarian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

mechanization

maximilian

maximization

misapplication

misinformation

miscalculation

misapprehension

mississippian

modernization

mobilization

modification

multiplication

mummification

notification

nickelodeon

neutralization

neapolitan

negotiation

nitroglycerine

normalization

nonintervention

nonsectarian

nullification

obliteration

remuneration

origination

organization

orientation

oregonian

ornamentation

ossification

overproduction

panamanian

pacification

pandemonium

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

penitentiaries

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

prevarication

presupposition

presbyterian

procrastination

prognostication

pronunciation

proletarian

proliferation

penitentiary

quantification

purification

qualification

pythagorean

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

rectification

recuperation

recommendation

recombination

recrimination

reiteration

reforestation

regeneration

rejuvenation

refrigeration

metropolitan

repatriation

repudiation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

sanctification

russification

scandinavian

scandinavians

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specification

sterilization

specialization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

undeniable

undeniably

vaporization

utilization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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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:

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  • Head and Mud
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When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
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