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

acton

action

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

arson

ardent

apron

ashen

asian

aspen

auden

auction

baldwin

bagman

bacon

banyan

bargain

baston

baron

barren

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

citron

bastion

bayman

beaten

beacon

bison

beckon

bitten

billman

belgian

bellman

billion

birthmark

begun

bellon

billon

birdman

birthing

birthmarks

bisson

chieftain

blacken

boston

boarding

boardings

bolden

bookman

blowgun

bludgeon

boredom

bobbin

bollen

bowman

brakeman

bourbon

bracken

broaden

broadens

breton

brighten

churchman

classman

brethren

brazen

breeding

briton

brogan

broken

britons

bruting

brooding

bullion

braiding

burden

burdened

burman

burton

burdon

burgeon

bushman

caisson

calvin

canton

captain

button

cabin

cajun

cannon

canon

carbon

capstan

canyon

caption

canaan

cardoon

cartons

cartoon

chessman

caxton

cayman

cauldron

caution

certain

chairman

chapman

cartoons

chaplain

charon

chasten

cheapen

chevron

chicken

chosen

burdens

children

christen

christian

copeman

coachman

clinton

colon

claxon

common

breathing

craftsman

cotton

cousin

cowan

craven

daman

cretin

crewman

crouton

crimson

credence

croutons

curtains

cumin

curtain

cuban

cushion

zircon

dagan

darken

damson

dagon

deacon

deaden

deafen

flashgun

dampen

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

dromon

drunken

devon

dian

driven

doctrine

dolman

dobson

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dragon

dreadnought

dungeon

dudgeon

diction

dutchman

earthen

eden

eaten

elan

engine

ensign

emption

ermine

falcon

faction

fallen

faulcon

famine

fatten

faustian

fasten

farthing

fashion

firman

fibrin

flatten

fielden

felon

fiction

fission

flexion

footman

fortnight

fortnights

fountain

fortunes

fourteen

fourteens

fourteenth

fraction

freeman

garden

freedman

freetown

freedoms

gammon

freshen

freshman

frighten

function

frozen

friction

fruiting

fusion

gallon

freedom

gardens

garron

gascon

guardsman

hackman

harden

german

gladden

harken

gilden

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

gluten

golden

gotten

goodman

gowan

grading

grandson

graven

grating

grecian

greeting

greetings

griffon

grouting

hangman

gudgeon

gumption

hardens

hardened

haitian

heighten

happen

gentian

headsman

headman

hausen

hasten

haven

henchman

heaven

girding

heathen

hempen

heron

ion

huntsman

hidden

hurting

hoarding

hogan

homespun

hessian

hetman

houseman

hoven

human

hymen

hoten

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

omen

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jetton

jason

jordans

junction

klansman

kansan

kirkman

kitten

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kalan

kitchen

leman

kremlin

laden

landman

landsman

lagan

layman

lampron

leaden

leaven

ledden

latin

legion

lemon

lengthen

lessen

lesson

leven

lesion

lichen

lighten

lineman

liken

liman

linden

linemen

liven

lion

lisbon

linen

listen

locken

lockman

london

lopeman

longan

logan

lotion

loosen

lumen

luncheon

lyden

madden

lynden

m1

mahone

maiden

mangan

mansion

marksman

margin

martens

marlin

martian

marron

martins

martians

mason

matron

mayan

mignon

milken

melton

mention

minden

million

minion

melon

mission

mordant

mitten

molten

moisten

mountain

motion

muffin

mullen

muslin

mutton

nekton

nation

newsman

ninon

notion

outdone

often

olden

odin

ocean

onion

open

ordain

option

ordnance

outrun

oven

oxen

owen

pagan

packman

panton

pardon

pardons

paean

parson

part-time

parting

passman

partners

partner

pathan

passion

patten

patron

pectin

pavon

penman

penguin

pension

peon

perron

pitman

person

piston

persian

pillion

pertains

pigeon

pinion

pertain

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

portents

ponton

portend

portends

portent

potion

portions

pretends

pressman

pretend

prison

protein

proven

proteins

prudence

prudent

prudhomme

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

sturgeon

suasion

resin

rerun

riden

ribbon

ridden

ripen

salesman

runnion

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rumen

rowen

risen

riven

ruin

rotten

rowan

russian

sadden

saffron

scotsman

rincon

santon

salmon

samson

sanction

sardine

satin

saxon

scallion

scullion

satan

scion

sardines

seaman

season

sermon

seedsman

section

selden

semen

sequin

session

seton

stolen

seven

shearman

shipman

shaman

sharpen

sexton

shirting

shaken

shogun

shorthand

shotgun

showman

shrunken

shrouding

shredding

stillion

sicken

silken

siphon

siren

slacken

skirting

slogan

smitten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

sodden

soften

solon

spearman

steven

stockman

spokesman

statesman

squadron

stallion

spoken

station

stepson

stiffen

straighten

stricken

strengthen

striven

triton

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

summon

sunken

tarpon

syphon

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

talon

taken

tappen

teston

threatens

titan

tendon

tension

tighten

thicken

thousand

threaten

thirteen

thirteenths

thirteenth

tillman

toman

token

toughen

townsman

treatment

traction

tradings

trading

treatments

treadmill

treadmills

treason

trodden

trident

trillion

trojan

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

turban

undone

urban

urchin

urine

union

workman

urson

verdant

woodman

vegan

verdin

wooden

yachtsman

vulcan

wagon

waken

vision

wardens

watchman

whiten

whitson

wheaten

widen

wizen

woman

villain

weaken

weapon

wiccan

women

woolman

version

woolen

wording

yaupon

worsen

yeoman

woven

written

writing

writings

zaman

zion

3 syllable words

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abduction

abortion

abrasion

absorption

accession

abstention

abstraction

accretion

acumen

african

addiction

addition

adhesion

adsorption

admission

adoption

adrian

affection

aegean

aerodyne

affliction

aggression

alaskan

albion

alderman

albumin

aleutian

alien

apportion

alsatian

ambition

anchorman

andean

anyone

anglican

appian

allusion

arian

arkansan

ardently

artesian

artisan

aryan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attrition

attraction

attention

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

awaken

ambrosian

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

bitumen

bartender

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

biotin

beholden

benjamin

boardinghouse

bosnian

bouillon

baritone

brazilian

breadwinner

bulletin

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

cardinal

cardinals

cartesian

burdensome

carnation

carrion

cartoonist

cation

caucasian

causation

catalan

castration

certainty

cartoonists

chairperson

certainly

champion

cessation

cetacean

certainties

chairwoman

charwoman

charlatan

chamberlain

chardonnay

chardonnays

chilean

citation

baritones

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

clarion

bartenders

civilian

clarendon

coercion

clergyman

collegian

collision

cognition

collagen

cohesion

collection

collusion

condition

breadwinners

commission

commotion

combustion

communion

compression

compassion

companion

completion

compulsion

complexion

concession

concussion

conception

conclusion

concoction

compunction

confession

conduction

confection

conflation

contagion

congressman

connection

connexion

confusion

congestion

conjunction

conscription

constriction

contusion

contrition

consumption

construction

contention

contortion

contraction

contraption

conversion

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

confucian

corrosion

correction

corruption

corsican

cortinas

cortina

countryman

court-martial

councilman

abandon

creation

credenza

creations

croatian

croatians

crestfallen

credential

crustacean

credentialed

credentials

cyprian

cremation

dalmatian

damnation

decision

declension

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

derision

depression

depletion

determine

description

desertion

detection

destruction

detention

devotion

depiction

digression

dilation

dilution

digestion

diffusion

dimension

direction

diffraction

discretion

discipline

dispersion

discussion

diversion

dissection

disruption

dissension

distortion

distraction

distinction

disunion

dominion

donation

downtrodden

division

dictation

duration

durations

deception

earthenware

elation

election

egyptian

ejection

edition

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emission

enlighten

encryption

englishman

emotion

enliven

emulsion

equation

erosion

erection

eruption

etruscan

evasion

everyone

eviction

exaction

excision

exception

exclusion

exertion

exhaustion

exemption

excursion

expansion

extortion

extraction

extension

expression

extinction

expulsion

explosion

extrusion

fabian

excretion

farthingale

ferryman

fisherman

flirtation

fenian

filtration

fijian

feminine

firedamp

fixation

flotation

forbidden

foramen

forgotten

formation

fortuna

fortunate

fortnightly

foundation

fustian

franciscan

freemason

freethinker

freethinkers

frustration

freudian

fruition

galleon

garrison

gardeners

gardener

gardening

gardenias

gaussian

genuine

hammerman

guardian

gestation

gillian

gradation

gradient

gradients

gravamen

grobian

guardians

guncotton

gyration

gyrations

halcyon

halogen

handwoven

hardener

gentleman

hardeners

hardening

ghanaian

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

hydration

housebroken

hydrogen

illusion

ignition

incursion

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

in-person

incision

inception

inclusion

intrusion

inaction

indian

infarction

induction

inhuman

infection

inflation

inflection

infliction

infraction

infusion

ingestion

injection

injunction

inscription

insertion

intention

instruction

inspection

intestine

religion

invasion

inversion

invention

irishman

irian

irritant

irritants

jamaican

italian

javelin

jettison

jacobin

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

laurentian

lanolin

lecithin

laotian

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

location

logician

lumberman

malaysian

magdalen

magician

lutheran

malayan

mandarin

marathon

marathons

margarine

marian

maritime

masculine

maritimes

medallion

median

medicine

mexican

menhaden

migration

midshipman

melanin

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

muskmelon

narration

nebraskan

munition

musician

mutation

myosin

negation

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

norwegian

notation

nonunion

nubian

origin

nutrition

obsession

obstruction

occasion

octillion

odeon

occlusion

opinion

objection

oppression

optation

oration

orations

optician

ordinance

omission

orion

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

overman

overdone

peterman

oxygen

pardoning

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

partnership

parthenon

partnerships

patrician

pavilion

pelican

percussion

pentathlon

perfusion

perception

perfection

permian

permission

persuasion

pertinent

perversion

petition

phoenician

physician

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

overrun

porcelain

portmanteau

position

possession

precaution

precession

precision

pretensions

preclusion

predation

predestine

prediction

preemption

prescription

presumption

pretender

pretended

pretenders

pretension

privation

probation

procession

production

profession

progression

profusion

projection

promotion

protean

proportion

provision

propulsion

prostration

protection

proscription

prudency

prudential

prudently

quotation

puritans

puritan

ramadan

reaction

prevention

recession

recision

rebellion

reception

reduction

relation

redemption

reflection

regression

regimen

rejection

rendition

remission

repression

reptilian

rescission

reversion

resection

revision

restriction

reunion

retraction

retention

resumption

rhodopsin

revulsion

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

salvation

sardonic

scrutinize

scrutiny

scythian

secession

secretion

sedation

sedition

seduction

selection

sensation

short-winded

shortening

silicon

simian

skeleton

singleton

seclusion

snapdragon

solomon

solution

starvation

specimen

stagnation

submersion

submission

reopen

subscription

suburban

subversion

succession

subtraction

suggestion

superman

sumatran

summation

suppression

syrian

talisman

tactician

tamarin

suspicion

taxation

suspension

technician

temptation

thespian

threatening

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transgression

transaction

transcription

transfusion

transmission

transition

translation

stygian

tritium

truncation

uncertain

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

tuition

uncommon

unwritten

uneven

unison

urethane

vermilion

vatican

uterine

vacation

venison

venetian

vibration

vitamin

vocation

volition

wesleyan

veteran

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abolition

abdication

abnegation

accordion

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

abyssinian

absolution

activation

adaptation

accusation

acquisition

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

admonition

advocation

affirmation

affectation

allegation

agrarian

alabaman

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

albanian

algerian

algonquian

aldebaran

allocation

american

alteration

alternation

altercation

ammunition

amphibian

amputation

apparition

animation

appalachian

appellation

annexation

annotation

application

apprehension

approbation

arabian

arizonan

arithmetic

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

arbitration

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

californian

calibration

canadian

cancellation

calculation

carcinogen

celebration

chameleon

centurion

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

circulation

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

coloradan

committeeman

coloration

computation

comedian

columbian

combination

commendation

commutation

comparison

coordinate

competition

compilation

compensation

complication

composition

condemnation

comprehension

condensation

confirmation

condescension

concentration

confiscation

conflagration

connotation

conservation

consummation

congregation

conjugation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constitution

consolation

constipation

contrarian

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

consultation

conversation

convocation

convolution

confrontation

coordinates

copenhagen

copernican

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

businesswoman

corinthian

criterion

crocodilian

custodian

cultivation

cyclopean

culmination

crucifixion

darwinian

dandelion

decoration

declaration

decompression

dedication

defamation

deconstruction

definition

deformation

demarcation

dehydration

delegation

degradation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

deposition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

decimation

dietitian

derivation

desecration

desiccation

desolation

desperation

designation

destitution

destination

devastation

deviation

detonation

devolution

devonian

dilatation

disaffection

dissipation

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

dislocation

disposition

disputation

dissertation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

domination

dominican

draconian

divination

duplication

floridian

education

electrician

elongation

elevation

embarkation

elocution

emanation

emigration

englishwoman

emulation

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

estimation

estonian

erudition

european

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

exhortation

execution

exhalation

exhumation

exhibition

expectation

expedition

expiration

exploration

exposition

explication

exploitation

explanation

extradition

extrication

fallopian

fascination

federation

figuration

fibrillation

fermentation

fabrication

foliation

fluoridation

formulation

fortunately

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

gastrulation

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

greco-roman

gravitation

granulation

gregorian

guatemalan

guardianship

habitation

germination

hegelian

herculean

hemoglobin

hesitation

hibernation

fluctuation

himalayan

historian

hydrocarbon

hungarian

hyperion

hypertension

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

illustration

importation

implantation

imperfection

immolation

immigration

imposition

implication

impregnation

incantation

inattention

incarnation

imputation

inclination

imitation

incrustation

indication

indentation

indigestion

indiscretion

indexation

indignation

indonesian

information

inhalation

infestation

infiltration

innovation

inhibition

inflammation

inquisition

integration

inspiration

insulation

insurrection

installation

instigation

institution

interaction

interception

intercession

intermission

interurban

interwoven

interruption

interdiction

intersection

intervention

interjection

intimation

intonation

introduction

introspection

incubation

intuition

inundation

relocation

invitation

indecision

irrational

irrigation

iridium

irritation

jacobean

isolation

iteration

jordanian

jordanians

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

levitation

librarian

liberian

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

litigation

liquidation

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

locomotion

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

masturbation

maturation

invocation

medication

mediation

meditation

meridian

menstruation

melanesian

minnesotan

ministration

misbegotten

iranian

missourian

miseration

misperception

mitigation

moderation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

modulation

mortification

motivation

liberation

napoleon

mutilation

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

noblewoman

nicaraguan

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obsidian

obligation

obstetrician

octahedron

occupation

ohioan

olympian

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordinances

ordinaries

ordinary

ordination

obfuscation

oblivion

ostentation

oscillation

observation

overburden

palpitation

pagurian

ovulation

oxidation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

predominant

penicillin

perforation

misconception

peruvian

perturbation

permutation

perspiration

persecution

pigmentation

plutonian

planarian

predetermine

politician

polynesian

population

penetration

praetorian

pagination

predilection

polyhedron

precondition

preparation

predominance

preignition

preconception

predominate

preelection

predominates

premonition

preservation

presentation

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

profanation

protozoan

prostitution

proposition

protestation

provocation

prosecution

publication

punctuation

radiation

reawaken

reassertion

readmission

realization

recantation

recitation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

recreation

reformation

reexamine

reelection

refutation

regulation

registration

reinspection

reconstruction

relaxation

renovation

repercussion

repetition

reposition

repossession

resolution

replication

reputation

requisition

reproduction

republican

reservation

respiration

resignation

restitution

retardation

resurrection

revelation

retrocession

retribution

restoration

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

scrutinizes

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situation

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vaccination

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vegetation

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violation

wagnerian

visitation

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watermelon

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abomination

academician

acceleration

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accumulation

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adjudication

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misinformation

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nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

normalization

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theologian

triangulation

unitarian

unification

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vulgarization

washingtonian

vilification

veterinarian

yugoslavian

substantiation

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word portman

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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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  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
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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:

  • Cat and Bad
  • 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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