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

action

airman

aspen

akin

alan

alman

amman

apron

burden

ashen

aspirin

atman

auction

auden

aubin

bagman

banyan

baldwin

bellman

bacon

bason

bastion

basin

bayman

beaten

beacon

beckon

begun

begin

belgian

bludgeon

bellon

boarding

billion

billman

berlin

billon

bidden

birthing

birdman

bison

bitten

blacken

bracken

bisson

birthmarks

birthmark

blowgun

boardings

bordman

bodkin

boredom

boatman

bolden

bourbon

bookman

bowman

brahmin

breton

briton

brakeman

brazen

brethren

break-in

braiding

breeding

breathing

britons

broaden

broadens

bullion

brogan

broken

bruting

brooding

bruin

buffin

buckskin

bumpkin

asian

burdened

burman

burgeon

cardoon

burdens

burdon

cabin

bushman

calkin

calvin

caisson

cajun

cannon

canon

canaan

capstan

canyon

caplin

caption

caution

cartoons

cauldron

cavin

caxton

cayman

chairman

chagrin

chaplain

chapman

charon

chessman

chevron

chasten

cheapen

chicken

chieftain

children

chosen

christen

christian

collin

churchman

citrin

citron

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

coffin

colin

cochin

colon

copeman

coppin

credence

cousin

craftsman

cowan

craven

covin

crewman

crimson

cretin

crispin

crouton

curtains

croutons

cuban

cumin

cushion

zircon

dahlin

dagon

daman

dampen

damson

dauphin

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

deerskin

desman

destin

delphian

demon

devon

dian

dextrin

diction

dobbin

dozen

draftsman

doyen

dragon

drunken

driven

dromon

eaten

dudgeon

eden

dungeon

dustman

earthen

faulcon

dutchman

dustbin

elan

elfin

fasten

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

fashion

erin

ermin

fibrin

even

falcon

faction

farthing

famine

faustian

felon

dreadnought

fielden

fiction

dublin

firman

olden

florin

flashgun

dagan

flexion

fission

footman

foreskin

flavin

fortnight

fortnights

franklin

fortune

fortunes

fourteen

fraction

fourteens

fourteenth

freedman

marksman

hyphen

freetown

freshman

friction

freshen

frozen

fruiting

fusion

function

gallon

gammon

gascon

gentian

georgian

goblin

german

gladden

gilden

gibbon

girding

gluten

given

glidden

glisten

golden

going

gowan

grandson

grating

goodman

houseman

grouting

grecian

greeting

guardsman

griffon

heron

gudgeon

hackman

haitian

happen

hausen

hangman

horseman

gumption

hasten

headman

graven

haven

headsman

hoten

heaven

hessian

greetings

hempen

herein

henchman

hetman

hidden

hoarding

hogan

homespun

huntsman

heathen

hymen

hyson

hurting

griffin

hoven

human

jackman

jasmine

freeman

freedom

ibsen

jordans

grading

pectin

ion

jetton

jetson

jason

junction

mayan

lakin

kansan

kitten

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kitchen

klansman

kevin

kremlin

lagan

laurin

lampron

landman

landsman

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lengthen

leman

legion

lemon

luncheon

lesion

lessen

leven

levin

lightman

lichen

lignin

lineman

linemen

liken

lesson

longan

liman

linden

liven

lion

lisbon

linen

listen

logan

london

linchpin

loosen

lopeman

kalan

lotion

lumen

lyden

madden

mahone

m1

maiden

malkin

lynden

mangan

mansion

marron

maslin

matron

mason

maudlin

melton

melon

mention

merkin

merlin

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mission

molten

mordant

moisten

morin

muffin

mullen

muslin

motion

napkin

nation

nekton

mitten

newsman

ninon

oarsman

often

notion

ordain

ocean

odin

option

onion

omen

open

ordnance

owen

othman

outdone

outrun

oven

packman

pagan

paean

part-time

pathan

partner

passman

partners

passion

patron

paulin

penguin

penman

freedoms

prison

perkin

peon

person

persian

pertain

pertains

poison

pigeon

plankton

pitman

piston

pillion

pigskin

pippin

pinion

poplin

perron

pipkin

portend

portends

portion

portent

portions

portents

postman

potion

pressman

pretend

pretends

proven

proteins

prudence

prudent

protein

prussian

prudhomme

pullen

puffin

punkin

pumpkin

quintin

pension

question

quicken

ration

raven

ravin

reason

rayon

reckon

region

redden

redskin

raisin

rerun

resin

riden

ripen

robbin

ribbon

ridden

rincon

risen

riven

roman

rosen

ronin

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

rubin

ruffin

runnion

sadden

saffron

salmon

samson

russian

salesman

sanction

sanguine

sardine

sardines

satan

saxon

scallion

scion

scotsman

scullion

seaman

season

selden

section

seedsman

thousand

sermon

seton

sexton

sequin

seven

shaken

session

shahin

shaman

shearman

shirting

shipman

shogun

sheepskin

shorthand

shrunken

silken

slacken

showman

sicken

skirting

shredding

siphon

siskin

smitten

shrouding

slogan

smoothen

soldan

solon

spearman

spokesman

sportsman

spoken

stallion

stallman

statesman

stepson

steven

station

sudden

sullen

stiffen

stillion

straighten

strengthen

stolen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

summon

sweeten

suction

sunken

surgeon

sylvan

swollen

threaten

tendon

semen

syphon

talon

tappen

taken

threatens

tension

teston

termine

therein

thicken

thirteen

threadfin

thirteenth

tillman

tiffin

token

toman

torsion

toughen

traction

townsman

trading

tradings

thirteenths

trillion

treason

trident

treatment

trojan

treatments

tungsten

tuscan

turban

turpin

undone

union

urban

urchin

urson

urine

verdant

vegan

verdin

treadmill

tubman

version

villain

virgin

vision

vulcan

wagon

waken

watchman

vixen

wardens

weaken

weapon

wheaten

wizen

vermin

widen

whitson

wherein

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

within

woodman

woolen

woolman

worsen

yachtsman

written

yaupon

writing

workman

woven

writings

yeoman

zaman

wording

zion

truncheon

treadmills

3 syllable words

abandon

abduction

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

ablution

absorption

ablation

abstention

abstraction

accretion

accession

addition

acumen

addiction

adhesion

admission

adoption

adrian

adsorption

aegean

affection

aerodyne

african

aggression

affliction

alaskan

albumin

albion

aleutian

alien

ambrosian

alderman

allusion

alsatian

ambition

andean

anchorman

anglican

apportion

appian

anyone

ardently

arian

artesian

arkansan

ascension

aspersion

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attention

assassin

audition

attrition

attraction

australian

austrian

aversion

awaken

avian

backgammon

badminton

bandwagon

baritone

bartender

bartenders

battalion

bedouin

bedizen

bedridden

backwoodsman

baritones

beethoven

begotten

beholden

biotin

benjamin

bitumen

bosnian

boardinghouse

bouillon

brazilian

breadwinner

breadwinners

bulletin

bufferin

cyprian

cambrian

campion

chairperson

cardinal

cardinals

capsaicin

cardigan

cartesian

carnation

carrion

cation

cartoonist

catalan

caucasian

causation

castration

cartoonists

certainly

certainty

certainties

cessation

cetacean

chairwoman

charwoman

chardonnay

chardonnays

champion

citation

chilean

cistercian

cinnamon

citizen

clarion

clandestine

clergyman

clarendon

collagen

coercion

cognition

civilian

cohesion

collection

collegian

collision

collusion

chamberlain

combustion

commission

commotion

burdensome

companion

compassion

communion

completion

compression

compulsion

concession

complexion

compunction

conception

concoction

concussion

conduction

conclusion

condition

confession

confection

congressman

connection

connexion

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

conscription

conjunction

contortion

contention

contagion

consumption

contraction

constriction

construction

contraption

contusion

conversion

contrition

convulsion

convection

convention

conviction

countryman

corsican

cortinas

councilman

corrosion

court-martial

correction

corruption

cortina

creation

creations

crestfallen

croatian

cremation

credenza

credentials

croatians

crustacean

curmudgeon

credentialed

credential

dalmatian

damnation

deception

decision

declension

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

dentition

denizen

depiction

depression

derision

desertion

description

depletion

dominion

determine

detection

detention

devotion

dictation

digression

dilution

digestion

diffraction

diffusion

dimension

dilation

direction

discipline

division

disruption

dissection

discussion

dispersion

diversion

distortion

dissension

distraction

distinction

disunion

dorian

discretion

donation

destruction

downtrodden

firedamp

everyone

duration

edition

durations

earthenware

elation

egyptian

election

eleven

elison

ejection

emblazon

emission

emotion

embolden

enlighten

emulsion

enliven

encryption

equation

englishman

erosion

erection

eruption

etruscan

eurasian

evasion

eviction

exaction

examine

excision

exception

exhaustion

exclusion

excursion

exertion

excretion

exemption

extortion

expansion

extinction

fabian

expression

expulsion

extension

explosion

extraction

extrusion

farthingale

ferryman

fenian

feminine

fijian

filtration

fisherman

flirtation

margarine

forbidden

forgotten

formation

foramen

forewoman

fortuna

flotation

fortunate

fortnightly

fixation

foundation

franciscan

freemason

freudian

fustian

frustration

garrison

fruition

galleon

gardeners

gardening

gardenias

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

ghanaian

gillian

gestation

globulin

glycogen

gordian

gradient

gradation

gradients

gravamen

guardians

heartbroken

harlequin

grobian

gyration

guncotton

gyrations

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

hardeners

hardening

handwoven

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

humulin

hydration

hydrogen

illusion

ignition

immersion

imagine

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

in-person

inaction

incision

inception

freethinkers

incursion

induction

infection

irritant

indian

irritants

infraction

infarction

inflation

inflection

infliction

inclusion

inscription

insertion

infusion

inhuman

injection

intention

instruction

inspection

intestine

invasion

inversion

irian

irishman

intrusion

ingestion

italian

injunction

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jessamine

patrician

jovian

julian

freethinker

pavilion

invention

korean

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

laotian

lanolin

laurentian

lecithin

layperson

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

malayan

magdalen

magician

malaysian

marian

mandarin

marathon

maritime

maritimes

marathons

masculine

mannequin

medallion

median

medicine

menhaden

melanin

migration

mexican

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moccasin

moleskin

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

myosin

mutation

myrmidon

narration

nebraskan

negation

nemean

oration

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nonunion

nonhuman

norwegian

notation

nevadan

orations

nubian

odeon

nutrition

octillion

occasion

obsession

occlusion

objection

obstruction

optician

oppression

opinion

omission

optation

ordinance

overrun

origin

ottoman

orion

overdone

overman

outspoken

ovation

oxygen

pardoning

paladin

parthenon

parisian

partition

partnership

partnerships

pelican

permian

pentathlon

percussion

permission

perfusion

perception

perfection

perversion

petition

persuasion

peterman

phoenician

pertinent

phrygian

physician

policeman

plebeian

plantation

pollution

porcelain

portmanteau

position

possession

precaution

precession

predation

predestine

precision

preclusion

prediction

privation

pretensions

prescription

preemption

pretension

presumption

pretender

pretended

pretenders

prevention

probation

procession

production

progression

profession

proportion

profusion

projection

promotion

prostration

propulsion

proscription

protean

protection

prudently

puritan

provision

prudency

prudential

puritans

quotation

relation

ramadan

regression

reaction

rebellion

recession

recision

reception

reduction

regimen

reflection

redemption

rejection

religion

remission

rendition

repression

reptilian

resumption

rescission

resection

restriction

rhodopsin

reversion

retraction

reunion

retention

revision

rifleman

revulsion

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

salvation

sardonic

scorpion

scrutiny

scythian

scrutinize

secretion

sedation

secession

seclusion

sedition

seduction

sarasin

selection

sensation

short-winded

shortening

simian

silicon

skeleton

singleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

starvation

stagnation

suburban

reopen

submersion

stygian

submission

subtraction

subscription

sumatran

summation

subversion

superman

succession

suggestion

suppression

suspension

suspicion

specimen

syrian

tactician

talisman

tamarin

taxation

technician

temptation

transition

thespian

transgression

threatening

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transcription

transfusion

translation

transmission

tritium

truncation

vermilion

unbroken

tuition

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uneven

uncommon

unison

underpin

unwritten

urethane

venetian

uterine

vacation

vatican

vanillin

venison

vibration

veteran

violin

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

zeppelin

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abolition

abrogation

abnegation

absolution

activation

abyssinian

accordion

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

adaptation

admiration

adoration

adrenalin

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

admonition

agrarian

alabaman

agitation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

albanian

algerian

algonquian

allegation

annotation

aldebaran

altercation

allocation

alteration

alternation

american

animation

amphibian

amputation

ammunition

annexation

appalachian

appellation

application

apprehension

approbation

apparition

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

arthurian

armenian

armageddon

arithmetic

aspiration

assyrian

athenian

assemblyman

augmentation

attribution

avocation

aviation

barbarian

backwardation

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

bradykinin

calibration

californian

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

businesswoman

calculation

celebration

centurion

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

chameleon

cogitation

coalition

collocation

collodion

coloradan

coloration

comedian

combination

columbian

commendation

committeeman

commutation

comparison

competition

contrarian

compensation

computation

compilation

composition

comprehension

complication

concentration

confirmation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confiscation

conflagration

connotation

congregation

consolation

conjugation

consecration

conservation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contemplation

contraception

confrontation

contradiction

conversation

coordinate

convocation

convolution

coordinates

copernican

corinthian

contravention

contribution

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

coronation

criterion

crocodilian

cultivation

culmination

crucifixion

copenhagen

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

deformation

decimation

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

dedication

defamation

definition

degradation

dehydration

demarcation

delegation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

deposition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

desecration

desiccation

designation

dominican

desolation

desperation

devastation

devolution

devonian

deviation

detonation

diocesan

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

disaffection

destitution

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

disposition

disputation

dispensation

dissertation

dissolution

distillation

dissipation

distribution

divination

domination

destination

draconian

education

duplication

electrician

elevation

elocution

elongation

emanation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

equitation

englishwoman

equestrian

eritrean

european

estonian

erudition

estimation

eustachian

excavation

exclamation

excitation

exhalation

execution

exhibition

exhortation

expiration

explication

exhumation

explanation

exploitation

exposition

exploration

extradition

extrication

fabrication

expectation

expedition

fallopian

fascination

federation

fermentation

evocation

figuration

fibrillation

evolution

floridian

cyclopean

formulation

fortunately

fluctuation

fluoridation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

gravitation

graduation

gregorian

greco-roman

guardianship

guatemalan

habitation

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitation

historian

hibernation

himalayan

hegelian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

importation

hypertension

illustration

foliation

immigration

immolation

implantation

imperfection

implication

imitation

imposition

impregnation

incarnation

incantation

inattention

imputation

indonesian

inclination

indecision

indication

indigestion

indiscretion

incrustation

inflammation

indexation

incubation

irrigation

infestation

infiltration

indignation

information

innovation

inhibition

inspiration

insulation

inquisition

interaction

installation

insurrection

intercession

instigation

institution

integration

interception

interdiction

intermission

interruption

intersection

interurban

intervention

interwoven

interjection

intimation

intonation

introduction

intuition

introspection

iranian

iridium

irrational

invitation

invocation

inundation

irritation

isolation

iteration

jacobean

jordanian

jordanians

jubilation

misbegotten

kindergarten

laceration

legislation

leviathan

librarian

liberation

levitation

liberian

lilliputian

liquefaction

litigation

liquidation

limitation

locomotion

lubrication

maturation

lancastrian

maccabean

macedonian

machination

malformation

mammalian

malnutrition

fragmentation

jurisdiction

manumission

masturbation

meridian

medication

meditation

mediation

menstruation

melatonin

melanesian

ministration

minnesotan

miseration

misconception

misperception

pavlovian

octahedron

moderation

mongolian

modulation

moravian

molestation

mortification

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

missourian

navigation

nestorian

mitigation

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

noblewoman

nomination

obligation

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

observation

obstetrician

occupation

obsidian

ohioan

operation

opposition

olympian

oleandrin

orchestration

oblivion

ordinary

ordinaries

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

oxidation

ovulation

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pagination

ordinances

pedestrian

inhalation

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

indentation

perforation

permutation

peruvian

perspiration

persecution

perturbation

planarian

plutonian

pigmentation

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

praetorian

predetermine

precondition

preconception

predilection

predominance

predominate

predominant

preservation

predominates

preignition

preparation

preelection

premonition

presentation

prohibition

propagation

proclamation

procreation

profanation

prostitution

proposition

prosecution

protozoan

protestation

provocation

publication

punctuation

radiation

reassertion

reawaken

readmission

realization

recitation

reclamation

recantation

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abomination

accreditation

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washingtonian

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word martin

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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.


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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

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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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Different Types of Rhymes
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