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

accepts

action

acton

accept

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

austin

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

auction

atman

auden

backbite

bacon

bagman

baldwin

banyan

bargain

barton

baron

barren

basin

bason

bastion

baston

bayman

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

beckon

belgian

bellman

billion

bison

bludgeon

begun

bellon

billon

bisson

boston

blacken

billman

bobbin

blowgun

bollen

bordman

bitten

boatman

bolden

bookman

bracken

brakeman

boughten

bourbon

bowman

brazen

brighten

brethren

breton

briton

broaden

broken

brogan

bushman

button

bullion

cabin

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cajun

canyon

canaan

canton

cannon

canon

caption

calvin

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

caution

cauldron

carton

caxton

cayman

chaplain

chapman

chairman

certain

charon

chasten

cheapen

children

chessman

chevron

chieftain

chicken

christen

chosen

christian

churchman

citron

baton

cockpits

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

cockpit

colon

common

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

craven

crimson

cretin

crewman

cowan

crouton

cuban

cushion

cumin

curtain

cousin

dagon

dampen

damson

daman

dalton

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

dagan

deepen

delphian

demon

craftsman

desman

devon

diction

dian

dispatch

disputes

dispute

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dudgeon

drunken

dromon

dungeon

dragon

dustman

driven

dutchman

eaten

eden

earthen

egypt

dobson

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

except

despite

despot

caisson

fission

faction

fallen

falcon

fasten

faustian

faulcon

famine

fatten

felon

fiction

flashgun

fibrin

fireman

fielden

firman

flexion

fashion

footman

flatten

floren

foreign

foreman

fraction

fortune

fountain

freedman

freeman

friction

function

freshen

freshman

frighten

frozen

fusion

garden

gallon

gammon

garron

gascon

gentian

georgian

german

gilden

gibbon

given

glisten

hessian

goodman

gladden

grandson

gotten

graven

gorgon

gowan

grecian

glidden

gumption

gudgeon

guardsman

griffon

haitian

hackman

hasten

harden

harken

harten

happen

hangman

hausen

haven

hearten

headsman

heighten

heathen

henchman

headman

hempen

heaven

heron

hidden

gluten

homespun

horseman

golden

hogan

hymen

hoten

goosefoot

houseman

hoven

human

hetman

huntsman

hyson

hyphen

ibsen

houseboat

houseboats

mention

ion

jackman

jackpots

jackpot

jason

jargon

jetson

junction

jordan

jorden

jetton

kansan

kalan

keelson

klansman

jasmine

kitchen

kenyan

kremlin

lampron

kelson

laden

landsman

landman

kelvin

kirkman

kitten

lagan

layman

legion

lengthen

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lessen

lesson

lemon

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linden

lineman

listen

lisbon

liven

lion

linen

linemen

locken

lockman

london

longan

lopeman

loosen

loren

lotion

luncheon

lyden

lesion

lynden

m1

lumen

madden

mahone

maiden

mansion

mangan

margin

markman

marksman

martian

mason

marlin

marten

martin

marron

matron

mayan

marchman

melton

leven

logan

mignon

minden

minion

melon

milken

mission

mitten

moisten

morgan

molten

motion

muffin

mountain

mullen

mormon

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

notion

oarsman

norman

misfit

million

ocean

often

olden

odin

onion

open

option

omen

organ

orphan

othman

oven

outdone

outrun

owen

oxen

pardon

pagan

panton

paean

parson

passion

passman

pathan

patron

patten

pavon

pectin

packman

ponton

penguin

pension

phosphates

penman

peon

person

perron

persian

phosphate

pigeon

pillion

plankton

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

poison

pollan

platen

pollen

platten

misfits

portion

pressman

prison

proven

portman

potion

prussian

pullen

ration

question

quicken

raven

reason

rayon

postman

reckon

receipts

redden

region

receipt

robin

rerun

resin

riden

ribbon

ridden

rincon

ripen

risen

riven

rosin

rotten

rosen

rumen

rosebud

rowan

rowen

ruin

runnion

russian

saffron

sadden

salesman

salmon

samson

sanction

saxon

scallion

scion

roman

satan

scotsman

scullion

section

seaman

season

santon

seedsman

satin

selden

semen

sequin

sermon

respite

session

sexton

shaken

seton

sharpen

shipman

shotgun

shearman

shorten

shogun

showman

shrunken

sicken

siphon

silken

siren

smarten

slacken

smitten

slogan

sodden

soldan

soften

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

spoken

spokesman

sportsman

station

stepson

squadron

stallion

statesman

stallman

steven

stiffen

stillion

solon

stockman

straighten

stolen

suasion

strengthen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suction

sudden

sullen

summon

seven

sultan

sunken

sweeten

syphon

surgeon

sylvan

tarpon

tappen

tartan

taken

talon

swollen

tendon

tension

teston

titan

tillman

thicken

tighten

thousand

threaten

traction

toughen

townsman

torsion

token

toman

treason

tungsten

tubman

tuscan

triton

trodden

trillion

trojan

turban

tugboat

tugboats

undone

urson

union

urchin

urine

urban

vegan

villain

version

vision

vulcan

watchman

shaman

waken

weapon

wanton

warden

wagon

warren

weaken

wheaten

yachtsman

whiten

whitson

widen

wizen

worsen

woodman

woolman

workman

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abrasion

abortion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accession

acceptance

accretion

acumen

admission

addition

adhesion

adoption

addiction

adsorption

aegean

adrian

affection

affliction

aggression

african

alaskan

alderman

albumin

albion

aleutian

alien

alsatian

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

appian

apportion

arkansan

arian

artesian

artisan

ascension

aryan

aspersion

assassin

assumption

assertion

audition

asuncion

attention

attraction

attrition

australian

austrian

awaken

aversion

backgammon

backbiting

backpedals

backpedal

badminton

avian

backwoodsman

bandwagon

bedizen

bedridden

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bosnian

bitumen

bedouin

bouillon

brazilian

beethoven

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

castration

caucasian

causation

cartesian

carrion

cation

catalan

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

champion

charlatan

chairwoman

chamberlain

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

citation

cistercian

citizen

civilian

collagen

cognition

clergyman

clarion

coercion

cohesion

collection

collegian

collision

collusion

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

compassion

companion

completion

clarendon

complexion

battalion

compulsion

compunction

compression

conception

concussion

concession

concoction

conduction

condition

confection

confession

conclusion

conflation

congestion

confusion

congressman

conscription

connexion

conjunction

connection

constriction

construction

confucian

consumption

contagion

contention

contraction

contrition

contraption

contusion

convection

convulsion

convention

conversion

conviction

corruption

cremation

corsican

correction

corrosion

crestfallen

councilman

contortion

croatian

crustacean

countryman

abandon

dalmatian

damnation

cyprian

deceptions

declension

deception

deduction

decision

deceptive

deflation

deletion

deflection

delusion

depletion

depiction

dentition

denizen

defection

derision

creation

description

depression

desertion

destruction

detection

dictation

detention

discipline

determine

devotion

dilation

digression

digestion

dilution

dimension

diffusion

diffraction

direction

discretion

discussion

disruption

dispatcher

dispersion

dissension

dissection

dispatchers

dispatches

dissipate

dissipates

diversion

distortion

etruscan

distraction

distinction

disunion

division

donation

dominion

duration

dorian

downtrodden

edition

egyptian

egyptians

elation

eleven

elison

election

ejection

encryption

emulsion

emission

emotion

emblazon

englishman

embolden

enlighten

enliven

equation

eruption

escapades

escapade

erosion

erection

djibouti

exaction

eviction

ex-voto

exception

excavate

exceptions

excepting

everyone

excision

exclusion

excretion

evasion

excursion

exemption

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

exhibit

explosion

expiate

expression

expulsion

extension

extinction

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

fenian

feminine

ferryman

fixation

filtration

fisherman

fijian

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

expedite

gestation

foramen

forewoman

foundation

freemason

freudian

forgotten

formation

franciscan

frustration

garrison

fruition

galleon

gaussian

fustian

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

exhibits

gillian

gravamen

gradation

gyration

guardian

grobian

guncotton

halcyon

halogen

harlequin

hammerman

handwoven

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

gordian

hospital

horizon

hospitals

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

immersion

ignition

illusion

imagine

impassion

impression

imprison

implosion

in-person

inception

inaction

induction

inclusion

incision

infarction

lactation

incursion

inflation

laotian

ingestion

infusion

infraction

laurentian

infection

injunction

inscription

inspection

insertion

inflection

inhuman

jamaican

instruction

intention

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

irian

italian

jacobin

irishman

jacobites

intrusion

jacobite

javelin

injection

jettison

infliction

jovian

kantian

julian

korean

keratin

keynesian

migration

lanolin

lecithin

libration

ligation

libyan

indian

liquefied

location

lesbian

lumberman

lutheran

malaysian

magdalen

magician

malayan

mandarin

margarine

logician

masculine

marian

medicine

medallion

median

mexican

menhaden

melanin

midshipman

mistaken

misshapen

misprision

myosin

mutation

muskmelon

munition

musician

muscovites

muscovite

narration

moroccan

nebraskan

negation

niacin

nevadan

nemean

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

occasion

nutrition

nonunion

notation

obsession

objection

norwegian

nubian

obstruction

occlusion

occupied

misfortune

oppression

octillion

odeon

omission

optation

opinion

optician

oration

origin

ossified

orion

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partition

partisan

patrician

pavilion

pelican

perception

percussion

pentathlon

perfection

perfusion

permission

petition

peterman

perversion

phoenician

persuasion

plebeian

permian

physician

plantation

policeman

pollution

phrygian

phosphatic

porcelain

possession

position

precaution

precession

preclusion

precision

predation

preemption

predestine

prediction

privation

prescription

presumption

pretension

prevention

probation

production

procession

profession

profusion

proscription

progression

proportion

prostration

projection

promotion

propulsion

protean

protection

provision

puritan

quotation

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

recision

recapture

recession

receptions

receptive

reception

reduction

redemption

reflection

regimen

regression

relation

remission

rendition

religion

reopen

repression

rejection

resumption

rescission

resection

restriction

reversion

revision

retraction

reunion

revulsion

rifleman

retention

rhodopsin

reptilian

rotation

salvation

saccharin

samoan

saleswoman

seduction

scorpion

sedation

secretion

secession

seclusion

scythian

sedition

selection

sensation

solomon

silicon

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

simian

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

submersion

submission

subscription

stygian

subtraction

suburban

summation

taxation

succession

suppression

technician

suggestion

subversion

sumatran

suspension

suspicion

tactician

talisman

tamarin

syrian

temptation

superman

timberman

thespian

toboggan

tradition

transaction

translation

transcription

transgression

transfusion

transition

transmission

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

uneven

unison

uncertain

unwritten

uncommon

uterine

vacation

venetian

vatican

venison

vibration

veteran

vermilion

vocation

vitamin

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abnegation

aberration

abdication

abolition

absolution

abyssinian

acceptances

acceptable

acceptably

acquisition

accordion

admiration

admonition

adoration

adulation

affectation

adrenaline

affirmation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

albanian

algerian

algonquian

alternation

alteration

altercation

american

ammunition

amphibian

appalachian

annexation

apparition

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

armageddon

arizonan

armenian

aspiration

arthurian

augmentation

assemblyman

attribution

assyrian

athenian

backwardation

aviation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calibration

canadian

californian

carcinogen

celebration

chameleon

centurion

circumspection

circumvention

cogitation

circumcision

coalition

coloradan

coloration

collodion

committeeman

comedian

competition

columbian

comparison

imputation

composition

concentration

condescension

confirmation

conflagration

confrontation

conservation

consternation

constitution

contraception

contribution

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

conversation

convolution

copenhagen

copernican

corinthian

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

cyclopean

degradation

depravation

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

custodian

depredation

dandelion

defamation

decapitate

darwinian

decompression

decimation

dedication

declaration

decoration

deconstruction

deceptively

delegation

derivation

deformation

definition

dehydration

demarcation

deprivation

deportation

demolition

demonstration

deposition

desiccation

desecration

dereliction

desolation

destitution

destination

dissipation

excavation

distillation

designation

despotism

detonation

devastation

deviation

devolution

devonian

dilatation

dietitian

disaffection

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

dislocation

disinflation

disillusion

disinfection

dispensation

disputation

disposition

disputable

dissertation

dissipated

divination

excavations

dissolution

distribution

dissipative

exhalation

duplication

dominican

draconian

education

elevation

elocution

electrician

elongation

emanation

emigration

embarkation

englishwoman

equestrian

estimation

erudition

eritrean

estonian

european

eustachian

exclamation

desperation

evolution

evocation

excavators

excitation

excavator

exceptional

execution

comprehension

exhibition

exhibitions

exhortation

expectation

exhumation

expatriate

expatriates

exhibitors

explication

expiration

explanation

expedition

exploration

expeditions

exploitation

exposition

extrication

extradition

fabrication

fallopian

fluctuation

fluoridation

germination

fermentation

federation

figuration

glaciation

fibrillation

foliation

fumigation

fragmentation

gastrulation

generation

gargantuan

galilean

gentlewoman

floridian

expedient

exhibitor

hibernation

graduation

gorgonian

gravitation

guatemalan

greco-roman

gregorian

herculean

hesitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

hospitable

himalayan

historian

hospitalize

ibuprofen

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

hydrocarbon

imitation

immigration

hungarian

ideation

illustration

immolation

implication

importation

imposition

implantation

impregnation

imperfection

incantation

incarnation

inattention

incrustation

inclination

incubation

indication

indexation

indigestion

indentation

indignation

indiscretion

inflammation

infiltration

indecision

inhalation

information

inhibition

innovation

installation

inquisition

inspiration

infestation

instigation

insulation

integration

introspection

interception

intercession

interaction

insurrection

interdiction

interjection

intermission

intimation

intonation

interruption

intervention

interurban

interwoven

intersection

introduction

invocation

intuition

inundation

invitation

iranian

irrigation

iteration

irritation

jacobean

institution

jurisdiction

jordanian

jubilation

laceration

kindergarten

indonesian

legislation

lancastrian

leviathan

liberation

levitation

liberian

lilliputian

limitation

liquidation

litigation

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

librarian

malnutrition

medication

mammalian

meditation

masturbation

manumission

melanesian

maturation

mediation

menstruation

meridian

ministration

misconception

miseration

misbegotten

minnesotan

operation

mitigation

misperception

missourian

mortification

motivation

mutilation

moderation

molestation

mongolian

moravian

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

obstetrician

nigerian

nonpartisan

nonprescription

observation

oblivion

obsidian

occipital

opposition

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

orchestration

ostentation

overburden

pagination

pagurian

paraguayan

pavlovian

passivity

penetration

pedestrian

pelagian

perforation

penicillin

permutation

perturbation

persecution

perspiration

peruvian

pigmentation

politician

polyhedron

planarian

polynesian

plutonian

preconception

praetorian

precondition

predilection

preignition

predetermine

preelection

premonition

presentation

preparation

preservation

proposition

procreation

prostitution

prohibition

prosecution

protestation

protozoan

punctuation

publication

recantation

radiation

realization

reassertion

reawaken

readmission

receptacle

recitation

recognition

recollection

recreation

reconstruction

refutation

reexamine

reelection

reformation

reinspection

receptacles

registration

reparation

replication

repossession

relaxation

relocation

repercussion

renovation

repetition

reposition

reproduction

requisition

resignation

resolution

respiration

reservation

restoration

restitution

revocation

resurrection

retardation

revelation

retribution

retrocession

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

republican

samaritan

segmentation

saturation

segregation

sectarian

sequestration

satisfaction

separation

self-deception

tetrahedron

siberian

situation

sicilian

smithsonian

simonian

statistician

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

superstition

supervision

supposition

superhuman

susceptible

surrogation

tamoxifen

syndication

tasmanian

termination

titillation

toleration

transformation

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

ulceration

usurpation

utopian

valuation

valerian

variation

ventilation

vegetation

veneration

vindication

victorian

visitation

watermelon

wagnerian

shakespearean

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accumulation

accreditation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

amalgamation

amelioration

alliteration

amazonian

amplification

anticipation

amortization

approximation

alleviation

appreciation

appropriation

argumentation

assassination

assimilation

association

assemblywoman

attenuation

augustinian

argentinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

brobdingnagian

beethovenian

brutalization

canonization

capitulation

caledonian

cauterization

carthaginian

centenarian

certification

centralization

carolinian

christianization

civilization

classification

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

clarification

communication

commemoration

concatenation

confabulation

conciliation

confederation

configuration

congratulation

conglomeration

consideration

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Words that rhyme with the word occupation

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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