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

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

bayman

aspen

auction

auden

atman

austin

bacon

bagman

banyan

baldwin

basin

bason

bastion

baston

bargain

barton

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

barbette

barefoot

beacon

beaten

beckon

belgian

bellman

begun

bellon

billion

bison

bisson

bolden

billman

boatman

billon

blowgun

bordman

brakeman

brazen

bobbin

bludgeon

blacken

bollen

bookman

bowman

boughten

bourbon

boston

bracken

bitten

brethren

breton

burdon

bereft

brogan

broken

brighten

broaden

briton

browbeat

bullion

caisson

cabin

burgeon

bushman

cajun

burden

burman

burton

button

calvin

canaan

canton

cannon

canon

canyon

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carbide

carman

carmine

bereaved

carpet

carton

brevets

cayman

caution

cauldron

caxton

citron

carpets

chairman

certain

christen

chaplain

chasten

chessman

cheapen

chevron

charon

chicken

chieftain

children

chapman

chosen

christian

churchman

coachman

classman

claxon

clinton

colon

common

copeman

corban

cordon

corvette

corvettes

corrupt

corrupts

cotton

cousin

cowan

craftsman

cretin

crewman

crimson

crafty

craven

cumin

curtain

dalton

dagon

dagan

dampen

cushion

daman

damson

deacon

darken

deaden

deafen

deepen

cuban

crouton

demon

delphian

desman

diction

dian

devon

dobson

dolphin

doctrine

dolman

dozen

draftsman

dragon

drafting

drafty

driven

dromon

dungeon

dudgeon

eaten

eden

elan

earthen

dustman

dutchman

emption

engine

ensign

drunken

ermine

erupt

erupts

drip-dry

driftwood

hessian

faction

fallen

famine

farfetched

fashion

fasten

faustian

faulcon

fatten

felon

fervid

falcon

fiction

fibrin

fielden

flexion

fission

floren

flatten

flashgun

footman

foreman

foreign

forbade

forbids

forefoot

forfeit

forbid

forebode

forfeits

freshen

fortune

fraction

freshman

fountain

freeman

freedman

friction

fireman

frighten

frozen

firman

function

fusion

gascon

gallon

gammon

gentian

garden

garron

georgian

german

gibbon

gilden

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gluten

golden

gorgon

gowan

goodman

gotten

grandson

grafting

graphite

grecian

graven

gudgeon

gumption

guardsman

griffon

hackman

harden

harken

hangman

happen

harten

hasten

hausen

haven

heathen

heighten

headsman

headman

hearten

heaven

hempen

henchman

heron

hetman

homespun

hogan

hoten

horseman

houseman

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

ion

jetson

jason

jordan

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jorden

jetton

junction

kalan

keelson

kelson

kitchen

kansan

kelvin

kirkman

kitten

kenyan

klansman

krypton

laden

lampron

landsman

hidden

kremlin

lagan

layman

latin

legion

leman

leaden

lessen

lesson

lesion

leven

liken

liman

lighten

lightman

leaven

lichen

lion

ledden

linden

lineman

linemen

listen

lisbon

lemon

lopeman

logan

loosen

liven

loren

lockman

london

locken

longan

lumen

luncheon

lyden

maiden

m1

madden

mahone

lynden

mangan

mansion

martian

mason

mention

marksman

margin

marchman

markman

marlin

marten

martin

marron

matron

lengthen

mayan

melon

melton

linen

million

mignon

milken

minden

minion

mission

moisten

molten

mitten

morbid

morgan

mountain

muffin

mullen

muslin

nekton

mutton

mormon

newsman

ninon

pardon

parson

oarsman

norman

olden

odin

omen

onion

often

open

option

orbit

orbits

orphan

outdone

outrun

othman

oven

organ

owen

oxen

pagan

patron

packman

passion

passman

pathan

pension

paean

panton

penguin

penman

patten

peon

person

persian

perron

portion

portman

pavon

pigeon

pervades

pillion

pinion

plankton

piston

pitman

plantain

platten

poison

platen

ponton

pollan

pollen

pervade

pectin

postman

landman

shotgun

pressman

prison

private

privates

probate

profits

profit

prophet

prophets

proven

provide

provides

prussian

question

pullen

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

resin

rerun

rowan

riden

ribbon

ridden

roman

rosen

ripen

robin

rincon

risen

riven

rosin

rowen

rotten

ruin

russian

runnion

rumen

saffron

sadden

salesman

sanction

samson

santon

satan

salmon

satin

saxon

scallion

scion

session

season

seaman

scullion

scriptures

scripture

section

seedsman

selden

semen

scotsman

sequin

sermon

shaken

seton

sexton

seven

shaman

shogun

sharpen

shearman

shipman

sherbet

shorten

showman

silken

shrunken

sicken

soldan

slogan

siphon

smarten

slacken

smitten

sodden

soften

solon

stillion

siren

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spoken

sportsman

statesman

sorbet

spokesman

stallion

stallman

stepson

squadron

steven

stiffen

stockman

stolen

spearman

straighten

suasion

strengthen

sturgeon

stricken

striven

suction

sultan

sullen

summon

sunken

sudden

swollen

sweeten

surgeon

sylvan

surfeit

taken

syphon

tarpon

tartan

talon

tappen

tension

teston

thousand

tendon

zaman

tighten

tillman

thicken

threaten

thrifty

token

toman

titan

traction

torpid

torsion

townsman

toughen

treason

tribute

tributes

trillion

tripod

tripods

triptych

triptychs

triton

trojan

tubman

turban

tungsten

tuscan

turbid

turbot

urson

union

urban

urchin

undone

urine

trodden

vegan

version

villain

vision

yachtsman

vulcan

waken

wanton

warden

whiten

wagon

weaken

wheaten

watchman

weapon

whitson

wiccan

worsen

warren

widen

wizen

woodman

woolman

workman

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

written

warpath

yaupon

yeoman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablution

abduction

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

accession

abstraction

absorption

abstention

adsorption

accretion

acumen

addition

addiction

admission

adoption

adhesion

adrian

aegean

affection

aggression

affliction

african

alaskan

alderman

albion

albumin

aleutian

alien

alsatian

allusion

ambition

anchorman

ambrosian

andean

anglican

assertion

abandon

anyone

apportion

appian

arbiter

arbiters

arbitrage

arian

arkansan

arbitrates

arbitrate

artesian

aspersion

aryan

ascension

artisan

assassin

asuncion

assumption

attention

audition

attraction

attrition

australian

austrian

awaken

aversion

avian

backgammon

badminton

backwoodsman

bandwagon

battalion

bedridden

bedouin

bedizen

beholden

benjamin

beethoven

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

carnation

cambrian

campion

brevity

capsaicin

cartesian

cardigan

carrion

bravado

carpeting

carpeted

cation

catalan

castration

chairperson

chamberlain

chilean

chairwoman

champion

charlatan

charwoman

cinnamon

cohesion

cistercian

citizen

clergyman

civilian

clarendon

cognition

clarion

collection

collegian

collision

collagen

collusion

compassion

commotion

combustion

commission

communion

companion

completion

complexion

conception

compulsion

compunction

concession

confection

concussion

concoction

condition

conduction

confession

conclusion

conflation

congestion

confucian

congressman

confusion

conjunction

connection

connexion

compression

conscription

constriction

construction

consumption

contention

contortion

contraction

convection

contraption

contrition

contusion

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

contagion

correction

corrosion

corruption

corsican

corruptions

corruptive

corruptly

councilman

countryman

craftsmanship

deception

creation

crabeater

crustacean

crestfallen

curvature

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

decision

declension

defection

deflation

deduction

deletion

deflection

depression

dentition

depletion

depiction

denizen

delusion

desertion

description

detection

detention

determine

dictation

devotion

diffraction

digression

dimension

digestion

dilution

diffusion

direction

discretion

discussion

destruction

distraction

dissection

disruption

dispersion

dissension

distinction

diversion

distortion

division

disunion

discipline

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

draftsmanship

election

emulsion

ejection

edition

egyptian

eleven

elison

emblazon

emission

emotion

embolden

encryption

enlighten

englishman

enliven

equation

erection

erosion

erupting

evasion

exertion

exaction

eruption

eruptions

everyone

eruptive

eviction

exception

etruscan

excision

exclusion

excretion

excursion

exemption

exhaustion

derision

expansion

explosion

expression

fabian

extension

extraction

expulsion

extortion

extinction

extrusion

ferryman

fenian

feminine

ferryboat

ferryboats

fijian

fixation

fisherman

foramen

freemason

forbidden

forewoman

forbidding

foreboding

forefathers

forefather

forfeiture

forfeitures

forgotten

filtration

freudian

franciscan

fruition

frustration

garrison

galleon

fustian

gaussian

genuine

gentleman

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

graffiti

gravamen

gravitates

gravity

gravitate

guardian

guncotton

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

hereafter

heroin

heroine

laotian

injection

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

impassion

ignition

imagine

immersion

illusion

implosion

impression

imprison

inaction

in-person

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

inflation

infection

inflection

induction

infarction

infraction

infliction

precession

ingestion

infusion

inhuman

insertion

inspection

inscription

intention

instruction

italian

intestine

intrusion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

invasion

jamaican

jettison

jacobin

javelin

jovian

lactation

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

precaution

injunction

lanolin

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

median

logician

lumberman

lutheran

malaysian

malayan

magdalen

magician

mandarin

masculine

marian

margarine

menhaden

medicine

medallion

melanin

mexican

migration

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

nevadan

morbidly

munition

musician

muskmelon

nebraskan

myosin

moroccan

nemean

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nubian

norwegian

nutrition

objection

obsession

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

partisan

odeon

optation

oppression

optician

opinion

orbitals

overdone

orbital

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

overman

overrun

permission

patrician

oxygen

nonunion

partition

parisian

parthian

pelican

nonhuman

perception

pavilion

pentathlon

plantation

perfection

percussion

perfidy

perfusion

parapet

permian

perpetrate

perpetrates

persuasion

perversion

peterman

petition

pervading

phoenician

physician

plebeian

phrygian

policeman

pollution

porcelain

possession

position

predestine

precision

preclusion

prediction

preemption

pretension

prevention

presumption

privations

privately

procession

probative

probity

production

profession

profiting

profiteer

profiteers

profusion

progression

prohibit

protean

projection

promotion

prohibits

prostration

protection

proscription

proportion

propulsion

providence

provident

provider

provided

providers

provision

puritan

recession

ramadan

reaction

reception

rebellion

recision

redemption

reflection

reduction

regression

regimen

rejection

religion

remission

repression

rendition

reopen

reptilian

resection

retention

rescission

retraction

restriction

reversion

reunion

resumption

revision

rhodopsin

revulsion

rifleman

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

sensation

scorpion

scythian

scriptural

secession

seclusion

secretion

sedition

seduction

selection

servitude

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

starvation

stagnation

specimen

submersion

stygian

taxation

submission

suburban

subversion

subtraction

subscription

succession

superman

suggestion

sumatran

suppression

suspension

suspicion

tactician

syrian

tamarin

talisman

temptation

technician

prescription

thereafter

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transcription

torpedoes

torpedos

torpedo

transfusion

transition

translation

transgression

transmission

unburden

truncation

tuition

troubadour

turpitude

unbroken

unbutton

unison

uneven

uncertain

unwritten

uncommon

uterine

verbatim

vatican

venetian

venison

veteran

vermilion

vitamin

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

absolution

abyssinian

accusation

activation

acquisition

adoration

adaptation

admiration

admonition

adulation

adrenaline

accordion

advocation

affectation

affirmation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

albanian

alabaman

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

allegation

alteration

allocation

altercation

alternation

ammunition

american

amphibian

amputation

animation

annexation

annotation

appellation

approbation

apparition

application

appalachian

arabian

apprehension

arbitrager

arbitragers

arbitrageur

armageddon

arbitration

arbitrations

arizonan

arbitrators

arbitrary

armenian

arbitrator

aspiration

assemblyman

arthurian

arbitrageurs

attribution

augmentation

backwardation

athenian

assyrian

aviation

avocation

barbarian

bavarian

competition

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

bifurcation

calculation

businesswoman

calibration

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

carbohydrates

carbohydrate

carpetbagger

carpetbaggers

celebration

chameleon

centurion

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

coalition

cogitation

circumvention

coloration

collocation

collodion

coloradan

columbian

combination

commendation

commutation

comedian

comparison

committeeman

compensation

compilation

consummation

complication

computation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

conjugation

congregation

confrontation

connotation

conservation

consolation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

composition

contemplation

contraception

contrarian

contribution

contradiction

conversation

convocation

contravention

convolution

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

copernican

corinthian

copenhagen

corruptible

cotyledon

comprehension

declaration

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

dedication

culmination

cultivation

custodian

decimation

darwinian

dandelion

exhumation

defamation

decoration

deconstruction

definition

deformation

delegation

degradation

dehydration

demarcation

decompression

derivation

depredation

deportation

depravation

demonstration

demolition

deposition

deprivation

exhibition

exhortation

dereliction

desiccation

desecration

designation

desperation

destination

dislocation

detonation

dispensation

deviation

desolation

devonian

devolution

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

destitution

disconnection

devastation

dissertation

disinflation

disinfection

disposition

dissipation

disputation

distillation

dissolution

divination

domination

distribution

dominican

draconian

disillusion

exhalation

duplication

education

elevation

electrician

emanation

elocution

elongation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

erudition

equestrian

eritrean

estimation

eustachian

estonian

excavation

evolution

excitation

european

exclamation

execution

derivative

expectation

expiration

exploitation

exploration

explanation

explication

exposition

fabrication

extrication

extradition

fascination

fallopian

fibrillation

federation

fermentation

figuration

floridian

fumigation

fluctuation

fluoridation

forfeitable

formulation

fragmentation

generation

gastrulation

galilean

gargantuan

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

graduation

gorgonian

granulation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hesitation

hemoglobin

herculean

hibernation

expedition

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

ideation

immolation

iberian

ibuprofen

imitation

immigration

innovation

importation

illustration

implantation

implication

imperfection

imposition

impregnation

himalayan

indication

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

incubation

indentation

indexation

incrustation

indecision

indigestion

indignation

inattention

indiscretion

indonesian

information

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

laceration

inhalation

inhibition

invocation

inspiration

installation

instigation

inquisition

insulation

integration

insurrection

interaction

interception

intercession

interruption

intermission

interjection

intersection

interdiction

irrigation

intimation

intonation

intuition

introspection

introduction

interwoven

inundation

institution

invitation

iranian

irritation

isolation

interurban

jordanian

iteration

intervention

jacobean

kindergarten

jurisdiction

maturation

legislation

levitation

leviathan

liberation

liberian

limitation

liquidation

librarian

liquefaction

litigation

lubrication

locomotion

mammalian

machination

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

masturbation

manumission

medication

meditation

mediation

melanesian

lilliputian

menstruation

meridian

miseration

ministration

misperception

misconception

misbegotten

minnesotan

molestation

moderation

mitigation

modulation

mongolian

missourian

moravian

morbidity

mortification

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nestorian

neuropathy

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

observation

occupation

obstetrician

oblivion

obsidian

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

operation

opposition

ordination

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

permutation

pagination

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

pelagian

penetration

perforation

penicillin

perturbation

perspiration

pavlovian

perpetual

perpetuals

perpetuate

perpetrators

perpetrator

perpetuates

persecution

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

peruvian

population

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

pedestrian

praetorian

lancastrian

preconception

precondition

predetermine

preelection

predilection

preignition

premonition

preparation

cyclopean

preservation

presentation

proclamation

profanation

profitable

prohibition

prohibitions

protestation

propagation

publication

prohibitive

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

provocation

protozoan

providential

punctuation

radiation

realization

readmission

reassertion

recantation

recreation

reawaken

refutation

recitation

reclamation

recollection

reformation

recognition

reelection

reexamine

registration

regulation

reinspection

reconstruction

relaxation

renovation

reparation

replication

repercussion

repossession

repetition

reposition

reproduction

republican

reservation

respiration

restoration

revelation

reputation

requisition

resignation

resolution

restitution

resurrection

retrocession

retardation

retribution

revocation

rhetorician

rhododendron

revolution

rumination

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

samaritan

separation

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

sectarian

sequestration

shakespearean

simulation

simonian

siberian

sicilian

situation

smithsonian

stimulation

speculation

statistician

stipulation

strangulation

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

suffocation

superhuman

surrogation

superstition

supervision

supposition

syncopation

syndication

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

toleration

termination

titillation

tetrahedron

therapeutic

therapeutics

transformation

tribulation

trepidation

transportation

transplantation

tributary

tributaries

usurpation

ulceration

turbidity

utopian

vacillation

vaccination

variation

validation

valuation

vegetation

veneration

valerian

violation

ventilation

victorian

vindication

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

academician

accommodation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

accreditation

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alliteration

amalgamation

alleviation

amelioration

amortization

amazonian

amplification

annihilation

appropriation

appreciation

approximation

arbitrarily

association

argumentation

assassination

articulation

assemblywoman

argentinian

assimilation

anticipation

attenuation

authentication

babylonian

augustinian

authorization

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

brobdingnagians

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

certification

codification

christianization

centralization

civilization

clarification

cohabitation

coagulation

collaboration

colonization

classification

commemoration

communication

centenarian

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

desalination

decomposition

deceleration

decapitation

defenestration

deification

degeneration

deliberation

delicatessen

delineation

denunciation

denomination

depreciation

depopulation

desegregation

exfoliation

determination

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

dissociation

dionysian

dissemination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

domestication

disinclination

dramatization

enumeration

elaboration

edification

ejaculation

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

electrocution

equalization

equivocation

eradication

evaporation

evaluation

evacuation

ethiopian

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

excoriation

epicurean

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

gravitational

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

illumination

immunization

imagination

inactivation

improvisation

inauguration

incineration

incarceration

incorporation

incrimination

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insinuation

insemination

irradiation

interpolation

instrumentation

interrogation

interpretation

interconnection

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

ionization

investigation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

irrefutable

legalization

maximization

libertarian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

mechanization

maximilian

metropolitan

nickelodeon

misapplication

misinformation

misapprehension

miscalculation

mississippian

mobilization

modification

modernization

mummification

multiplication

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

lithuanian

nonintervention

nitroglycerine

participation

notification

normalization

nullification

obliteration

nonsectarian

orientation

organization

origination

ossification

ornamentation

oregonian

overproduction

pacification

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

peripatetic

panamanian

perpetually

perpetuation

perpetuity

polarization

philadelphian

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

probationary

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

proliferation

pronunciation

proletarian

prognostication

prohibitory

purification

qualification

quantification

pythagorean

reaffirmation

ramification

ratification

recombination

recommendation

recuperation

reforestation

refrigeration

recrimination

rectification

regeneration

reiteration

reintegration

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

preoccupation

simplification

solicitation

specification

specialization

sterilization

sophistication

stratification

substantiation

subordination

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

presbyterian

8 syllable words

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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
  • Egg and Peck
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  • 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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