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

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

airborne

airframes

airframe

alman

amman

apron

baston

bastion

arson

arbor

asian

ashen

aspen

barbers

atman

auction

austin

auden

bagman

bacon

banyan

baldwin

barber

baron

barren

barbre

bargain

basin

barton

bason

baton

batten

belgian

bayman

beckon

beacon

beaten

begun

bourbon

bellman

bellon

berber

billion

billman

brazen

billon

bisson

blacken

bordman

bludgeon

boatman

bolden

bookman

boston

bison

bitten

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

brakeman

bowman

bracken

breton

broken

burgeon

bullion

burden

burman

brighten

briton

broaden

brogan

burdon

burton

caisson

cajun

capstan

brethren

cabin

button

calvin

cannon

canon

bushman

caption

canton

canyon

captain

canaan

carbon

carman

carefree

carmine

carvers

batton

carton

carver

caxton

cayman

caution

cauldron

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chessman

chevron

chasten

chieftain

cheapen

chicken

children

christian

chosen

christen

churchman

citron

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

colon

common

carper

craven

copeman

cordon

corban

cotton

cousin

craftsman

cowan

crawford

crimson

craver

cretin

crewman

crouton

curtain

cushion

cuban

cumin

dampen

damson

dagon

daman

deaden

dalton

darken

deacon

dearborn

cropper

deepen

dagan

delphian

demon

crowbar

devon

desman

diction

dian

drover

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

draftsman

dragon

driven

draper

driver

drawbridge

drivers

dromon

dropper

droppers

drunken

earthen

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

eaten

eden

elan

emption

engine

ensign

dudgeon

ermine

deafen

faction

falcon

fashion

faustian

famine

fasten

fatten

felon

faulcon

fervor

fiction

fielden

fireman

fibrin

firman

flexion

flashgun

flatten

floren

footman

forefront

foreman

forebears

foreign

forebear

forebrain

fraction

fortune

fission

fountain

freedman

freeborn

freeman

freshen

freshman

gentian

fusion

gammon

gascon

function

garron

german

gallon

garden

georgian

friction

frozen

given

gilden

gladden

frighten

gibbon

goodman

gorgon

grandson

glidden

grabbers

glisten

gluten

gotten

golden

graven

gowan

graver

graveyards

grabber

graveyard

graybeards

griever

grievers

fallen

griffon

gumption

guardsman

gudgeon

groupers

groover

grouper

haitian

hackman

hangman

happen

harbors

harden

harebrained

harbor

hausen

harken

harpers

harper

harten

hasten

haven

heaven

headsman

henchman

headman

hempen

heathen

herber

hearten

heighten

herbers

hessian

hetman

heron

homespun

horseman

hidden

hogan

hoten

houseman

hoven

huntsman

human

hymen

ibsen

hyphen

hyson

gripper

graybeard

grecian

latin

kansan

ion

kirkman

jackman

landsman

jasmine

jargon

jason

junction

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

kelson

keelson

kalan

kelvin

kenyan

leaven

mention

klansman

landman

kitchen

lengthen

kremlin

laden

kitten

lagan

layman

leaden

ledden

lampron

legion

leman

lemon

lesion

lessen

lesson

mangan

leven

lightman

lichen

lotion

lighten

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

longan

liken

liman

linen

listen

liven

lockman

locken

lion

london

lopeman

logan

loosen

loren

m1

luncheon

lynden

lumen

lyden

madden

mahone

maiden

marksman

margin

martian

marron

marchman

markman

marlin

marten

martin

matron

mansion

mason

marver

melton

melon

mayan

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mission

mitten

molten

morgan

mormon

nekton

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

nation

muslin

mutton

newsman

norman

ninon

notion

oarsman

ocean

olden

odin

often

omen

onion

open

option

organ

orphan

oven

outdone

othman

outrun

packman

owen

oxen

panton

moisten

pagan

paean

passion

pathan

passman

patron

penguin

pectin

patten

pavon

penman

pension

perforce

perform

peon

performs

perron

person

perverse

perverts

pervert

pardon

parson

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

portion

portman

ponton

potion

postman

prefers

prefer

prepares

prepare

prepared

pressman

prison

proffer

proper

proven

proverb

proverbs

prussian

pullen

purports

purport

rayon

question

ration

quicken

raven

reason

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

riven

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

ripen

risen

rosen

robin

roman

rosin

rotten

servers

sexton

scotsman

rowan

rowen

salesman

session

sadden

salmon

russian

saffron

samson

sanction

santon

saxon

scallion

satan

satin

scion

seven

section

season

runnion

scullion

scraper

scrapers

scrubbers

seaman

scriber

sermon

selden

seedsman

sequin

server

semen

scrubber

seton

ruin

shaken

rumen

shaman

zaman

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shorten

shotgun

shogun

showman

shriver

sharper

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

sturgeon

sovereign

slogan

smarten

soldan

smitten

sodden

soften

sovran

solon

spartan

spearman

stepson

sportsman

steven

spoken

spokesman

statesman

station

stallion

striven

stallman

stiffen

stillion

strengthen

straighten

stockman

stolen

stricken

squadron

suasion

suction

sultan

sunken

sudden

sullen

summon

surgeon

surfers

surfer

surprise

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

syphon

taken

tension

tendon

teston

therefore

thousand

thicken

threaten

tighten

tillman

traction

torsion

townsman

titan

token

toman

toughen

torpor

shrunken

trappers

traverse

treason

trapper

trillion

trojan

triton

trodden

tripper

turban

tungsten

tubman

tuscan

trippers

urchin

urban

troopers

union

urson

urine

undone

trooper

yachtsman

vegan

vision

villain

vulcan

wagon

workman

waken

weapon

wanton

warden

watchman

warren

weaken

warfare

woodman

woolman

wheaten

wizen

whitson

whiten

wiccan

widen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

wherefore

worsen

woven

wrapper

wrappers

written

yaupon

yeoman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abdomen

abduction

ablution

abortion

abrasion

accession

abstraction

abstention

absorption

accretion

adhesion

addition

addiction

acumen

admission

adoption

adrian

adsorption

affection

african

affliction

aggression

alaskan

albion

albumin

alderman

aleutian

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

aegean

aspersion

anchorman

andean

anyone

anglican

barbershop

appian

apportion

arkansan

arian

artesian

artisan

ascension

aryan

assassin

assumption

assertion

attention

attraction

attrition

audition

australian

austrian

avian

asuncion

backgammon

awaken

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

barbara

barbaric

barbary

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

bouillon

bitumen

bosnian

biotin

bravery

bravura

brazilian

bulletin

bribery

campion

capsaicin

cambrian

cardigan

carnation

cartesian

carrion

castration

catalan

cation

caucasian

causation

cerebral

cessation

chairperson

chamberlain

cetacean

chairwoman

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cistercian

citation

citizen

cinnamon

civilian

clergyman

clarion

clarendon

coercion

collision

cohesion

collection

collegian

cognition

collagen

collusion

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

companion

complexion

lecithin

completion

compression

compulsion

conception

compunction

conclusion

confection

confession

concussion

condition

concoction

conduction

confusion

congestion

confucian

congressman

connection

connexion

conscription

constriction

construction

consumption

contagion

conflation

convection

contention

contraction

contraption

contrition

contortion

contusion

convention

conviction

convulsion

corruption

corporal

corporate

corporates

corrosion

correction

corsican

countryman

creation

cremation

croatian

councilman

crestfallen

crustacean

cyprian

defection

conjunction

dalmatian

desertion

damnation

decision

deception

deduction

deflation

declension

deflection

deletion

delusion

dentition

depiction

depletion

derision

denizen

depression

description

concession

determine

detection

devotion

detention

dictation

destruction

diffraction

diffusion

digestion

dilation

direction

dimension

dilution

digression

discipline

dispersion

discussion

discretion

disruption

dissection

dissension

distraction

disunion

distortion

division

distinction

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

draperies

drapery

duration

elation

edition

ejection

egyptian

election

eleven

elison

excursion

emblazon

emission

embolden

emotion

emulsion

encryption

enlighten

enliven

englishman

equation

erosion

everyone

erection

etruscan

eruption

exertion

eviction

exaction

exception

excision

exclusion

excretion

exemption

exhaustion

expansion

compassion

fabian

lanolin

abandon

explosion

expulsion

extension

extrusion

extortion

fenian

feminine

ferryman

filtration

firebrand

fijian

firebrands

firebird

firebrick

firebirds

firepower

fireproof

fisherman

flotation

fixation

forgotten

formation

foramen

forbearance

foundation

forbidden

forewoman

forever

franciscan

free-for-all

freemason

extraction

gestation

freudian

garrison

fruition

fustian

frustration

galleon

gaussian

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

gradation

gordian

gravamen

extinction

gyration

guardian

guncotton

halcyon

hammerman

halogen

handwoven

harlequin

horizon

horatian

heartbroken

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

hereford

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

illusion

ignition

imagine

implosion

grobian

in-person

incursion

inaction

inclusion

imprison

impression

incision

inception

impassion

indian

induction

infection

expression

inflation

infusion

ingestion

inflection

infraction

infliction

inhuman

injection

injunction

insertion

instruction

inscription

intention

jacobin

inspection

jamaican

invasion

javelin

invention

intestine

lactation

italian

jettison

kantian

jovian

julian

keratin

intrusion

keynesian

laotian

laurentian

korean

irian

irishman

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

location

logician

mandarin

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

malaysian

malayan

magician

margarine

marian

median

medicine

menhaden

masculine

medallion

melanin

mexican

migration

midshipman

misprision

infarction

mistaken

misfortune

misshapen

moroccan

moreover

muskmelon

nerve-racking

munition

musician

mutation

overman

narration

negation

myosin

objection

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

nitrogen

niacin

notation

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

nutrition

overdone

nubian

overrun

occasion

obsession

occlusion

obstruction

optation

odeon

omission

oppression

opinion

ovation

optician

oration

origin

octillion

orion

ottoman

outspoken

oxygen

parisian

peterman

partisan

partition

parthian

patrician

pelican

performance

pavilion

perception

perfection

percussion

pentathlon

perforates

perforate

performers

performer

perfusion

permission

perversely

permian

plantation

petition

phoenician

physician

phrygian

pollution

plebeian

policeman

paraphrase

possession

precession

porcelain

precision

porphyry

position

predation

preclusion

precaution

predestine

prediction

preemption

preference

prefrontal

preparers

preparer

prevention

privation

prescription

pretension

presumption

probation

procession

progression

protection

profession

profusion

production

projection

promotion

prostration

proportion

property

properties

proportions

protean

properly

proscription

propulsion

provision

recession

purveyor

puritan

purveyors

recision

quotation

ramadan

rebellion

reception

reaction

redemption

reduction

reflection

regression

regimen

relation

rejection

religion

rendition

remission

reopen

rescission

reptilian

repression

resection

salvation

resumption

retention

retraction

reunion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

restriction

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

sedation

seclusion

secession

secretion

scythian

sedition

seduction

sensation

selection

singleton

simian

silicon

skeleton

solution

solomon

snapdragon

specimen

starvation

stagnation

stygian

submersion

suburban

submission

subtraction

subscription

succession

superman

summation

suggestion

sumatran

surprises

suppression

surprising

surveyors

suspension

surveyor

suspicion

tactician

tamarin

taxation

talisman

temptation

syrian

technician

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transcription

traversing

transition

translation

transfusion

transmission

transgression

tripartite

vacation

uncertain

truncation

unburden

tuition

unbutton

unbroken

unison

uncommon

unwritten

uneven

uterine

veteran

vatican

venison

venetian

vocation

vermilion

vibration

vitamin

volition

waterman

wesleyan

wherever

shrubbery

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

abyssinian

abolition

absolution

acclamation

adoration

admiration

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

advocation

adulation

admonition

adrenaline

accordion

aggravation

affirmation

aggregation

agitation

affectation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

allegation

allocation

algonquian

algerian

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

ammunition

amphibian

animation

annotation

annexation

apparition

appalachian

aspiration

approbation

appellation

apprehension

application

arabian

arbitration

arboreal

arboretum

arizonan

armageddon

arthurian

armenian

assemblyman

attribution

athenian

augmentation

aviation

avocation

backwardation

barbarism

barbarian

barbarians

barbarity

assyrian

amputation

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

calculation

businesswoman

calibration

californian

cancellation

canadian

carborundum

carbureted

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

chiropractic

chiropractor

chiropractors

circulation

circumvention

circumcision

circumspection

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

coloration

coloradan

combination

comedian

columbian

expiration

commendation

committeeman

commutation

explanation

compensation

comparison

composition

complication

desecration

competition

compilation

designation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

concentration

congregation

confrontation

conjugation

desolation

conflagration

conservation

connotation

consternation

consolation

consecration

constellation

consummation

constipation

consultation

constitution

contravention

contraception

contradiction

contribution

contrarian

conversation

convocation

convolution

contemplation

copernican

copenhagen

corp.

corporation

corinthian

coronation

correlation

corporations

corroborates

corroborate

crocodilian

crucifixion

cotyledon

criterion

cultivation

culmination

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

decoration

declaration

decimation

dedication

defamation

decompression

deconstruction

definition

degradation

delegation

deformation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

depravation

deprivation

depredation

deposition

dereliction

derivation

desperation

computation

desiccation

deviation

devastation

devolution

destination

destitution

detonation

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

diocesan

disaffection

dislocation

diminution

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

disposition

dispensation

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

elocution

emanation

embarkation

elongation

emulation

emigration

englishwoman

equitation

eritrean

erudition

estimation

european

estonian

eustachian

equestrian

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhortation

exhalation

exhibition

exhumation

expectation

exploration

expedition

explication

exploitation

exposition

comprehension

gravitation

preparation

fabrication

extrication

extradition

federation

fascination

fermentation

figuration

fibrillation

fireproofing

fluoridation

floridian

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

germination

generation

gargantuan

fumigation

galilean

gastrulation

gentlewoman

glaciation

fallopian

greco-roman

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gregorian

habitation

guatemalan

herbarium

herbariums

hegelian

hemoglobin

hesitation

hibernation

herculean

himalayan

historian

hydrocarbon

hungarian

ideation

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

illustration

imitation

immolation

imperfection

implantation

importation

implication

imposition

impregnation

incantation

inattention

indecision

incrustation

imputation

incarnation

inclination

immigration

incubation

indentation

indexation

indication

indigestion

indonesian

indignation

infestation

mitigation

information

inhalation

inhibition

innovation

inspiration

insurrection

interaction

intercession

inquisition

installation

instigation

institution

insulation

intermission

interception

interdiction

interjection

integration

interruption

intervention

invocation

intersection

intimation

intonation

inundation

introspection

intuition

iteration

irrigation

irritation

interurban

invitation

iranian

laceration

irreverence

irreverent

isolation

jacobean

interwoven

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

introduction

kindergarten

miseration

meridian

legislation

lancastrian

menstruation

levitation

liberation

leviathan

librarian

liquidation

limitation

lilliputian

litigation

locomotion

liquefaction

lubrication

maccabean

machination

malformation

mammalian

malnutrition

liberian

macedonian

manumission

maturation

masturbation

medication

meditation

melanesian

mediation

moderation

misperception

premonition

inflammation

ministration

misbegotten

misconception

minnesotan

missourian

infiltration

moravian

mongolian

mortification

motivation

navigation

mutilation

napoleon

nicaraguan

newtonian

nigerian

nonpartisan

nonprescription

noblewoman

nomination

nestorian

obfuscation

observation

occupation

obsidian

oblivion

obstetrician

ohioan

olympian

operation

opposition

orchestration

overburden

ordination

oscillation

ovulation

ostentation

octahedron

obligation

oxidation

palpitation

modulation

molestation

paraguayan

pagination

pagurian

pelagian

pavlovian

penicillin

pedestrian

performances

penetration

perforation

perforations

perforated

peripheral

permutation

peripherals

periphery

perversity

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

politician

porphyritic

polynesian

population

precondition

predilection

predetermine

praetorian

preelection

preconception

preferable

polyhedron

preferential

preferences

preferably

preignition

preservation

preparations

presentation

proclamation

prevaricate

prevaricates

procreation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

proportional

proposition

proportionate

proprietors

prosecution

prostitution

proprietor

propriety

proverbial

protozoan

protestation

provocation

publication

purifiers

punctuation

radiation

reassertion

readmission

realization

reawaken

purifier

recantation

recitation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

recreation

regulation

reconstruction

reelection

reformation

refutation

reexamine

registration

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relaxation

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renovation

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repetition

replication

reputation

repossession

requisition

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reproduction

republican

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respiration

resolution

restoration

resurrection

revelation

retrocession

restitution

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retribution

rhetorician

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

relocation

rumination

samaritan

saturation

sanitation

satisfaction

sectarian

separation

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

sequestration

shakespearean

situation

simulation

sicilian

simonian

siberian

smithsonian

subdivision

speculation

stimulation

statistician

stipulation

strangulation

subluxation

substitution

supervision

superhuman

suffocation

superstition

supposition

surrogation

syncopation

syndication

tamoxifen

tabulation

tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

toleration

titillation

transformation

transportation

trepidation

transplantation

tribulation

ulceration

usurpation

vacillation

vaccination

utopian

variation

veneration

validation

valuation

vegetation

ventilation

visitation

violation

vindication

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

valerian

indiscretion

5 syllable words

abbreviation

academician

acceleration

abomination

accumulation

adjudication

administration

accommodation

amortization

accreditation

adulteration

agglomeration

affiliation

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amelioration

amazonian

amalgamation

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

association

assimilation

authorization

assemblywoman

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

babylonian

amplification

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

centenarian

certification

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

collaboration

cohabitation

commemoration

colonization

communication

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conciliation

confederation

confabulation

configuration

conglomeration

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consideration

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contamination

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

corroborated

corroborative

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decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deification

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

determination

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dionysian

disembarkation

discrimination

disinclination

expatriation

disintegration

dissociation

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dramatization

domestication

elaboration

edification

ejaculation

elimination

electrocution

elizabethan

evaporation

emancipation

enumeration

eradication

equivocation

ethiopian

evacuation

evaluation

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

epicurean

exhilaration

exoneration

equalization

exoskeleton

expropriation

extermination

falsification

fertilization

fortification

facilitation

gasification

glorification

gratification

hanoverian

hallucination

harmonization

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

inactivation

inauguration

improvisation

incarceration

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

immunization

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

instrumentation

insinuation

interconnection

interpretation

interpolation

interrogation

invalidation

intimidation

investigation

irreparable

irreversible

irreversibly

irrepressible

irreparably

intoxication

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

ionization

indoctrination

legalization

irradiation

libertarian

manifestation

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

maximilian

mathematician

maximization

manipulation

mechanization

infatuation

metropolitan

misapprehension

misapplication

misinformation

miscalculation

modernization

mississippian

mobilization

modification

mummification

multiplication

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

nonsectarian

normalization

notification

nullification

obliteration

orientation

organization

origination

ornamentation

overproduction

ossification

oregonian

pacification

panamanian

pasteurization

participation

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

polarization

philadelphian

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

prevarication

preparatory

presbyterian

presupposition

procrastination

prognostication

pronunciation

proletarian

proportionately

proprietaries

proprietorship

proprietorships

proportionally

proprietary

proliferation

reiteration

purification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

quantification

recuperation

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

qualification

recombination

regeneration

refrigeration

reforestation

reintegration

pythagorean

rejuvenation

repatriation

remuneration

renunciation

representation

repudiation

revaluation

reverberation

retaliation

resuscitation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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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:

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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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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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