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

acton

airman

alan

alban

action

alman

amman

belgian

apron

ashen

arson

asian

atman

aspen

auction

auden

austin

baldwin

arabs

bacon

bagman

banyan

bargain

baron

barren

barton

bastion

baston

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

billion

bison

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

bludgeon

bookman

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boatman

bolden

bullion

bordman

boston

boughten

brazen

brakeman

brethren

bowman

bracken

breton

bourbon

briefcase

brighten

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

burden

button

bushman

burgeon

burman

burton

cabin

caisson

burdon

cajun

calvin

canaan

cannon

canon

canton

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

canyon

cauldron

carton

caution

caxton

chairman

bellon

certain

cervix

chaplain

chapman

christian

cheapen

charon

cherubs

chessman

chevron

chosen

children

chieftain

chicken

christen

churchman

chasten

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

common

cayman

bellman

begun

corban

cordon

copeman

cousin

craftsman

corpses

cotton

crimson

cowan

craven

crawfish

crayfish

crewman

cretin

crevasse

crevice

cribbage

crouton

curfews

cuban

cumin

cushion

curtain

curbstone

curbside

dalton

dampen

damson

darken

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

diction

dian

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dozen

draftsman

dragon

drawback

drawbacks

dudgeon

driven

drunken

dromon

driveways

dropsy

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

eaten

eden

earthen

earpiece

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

faction

falcon

fallen

famine

fashion

fibrin

faustian

fiction

fielden

felon

fireman

flexion

fission

flashgun

flatten

floren

firman

footman

fortune

fraction

fusion

fasten

foreman

fountain

foreign

freedman

freeman

function

friction

frighten

frozen

freshen

freshman

furbish

faulcon

garden

gascon

gallon

gammon

garron

garbage

gentian

georgian

gilden

gibbon

german

gearbox

gluten

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

golden

goodman

gowan

gorgon

gotten

grandson

giraffes

grecian

graven

grapeshot

gravestone

gravestones

gravies

griffon

gumption

gudgeon

guardsman

hackman

haitian

hangman

hyphen

fatten

harden

harken

harten

happen

harvest

hausen

heighten

headsman

heathen

headman

hearten

hasten

haven

heaven

hempen

henchman

hessian

hetman

heron

hidden

hogan

horseman

hoten

harvests

homespun

human

hoven

hymen

huntsman

hyson

harpist

harpists

houseman

ibsen

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jordan

jorden

jetton

junction

kansan

keelson

kenyan

klansman

kitchen

kelson

kelvin

kalan

kirkman

lesion

kitten

jetson

landsman

lampron

lengthen

kremlin

laden

lagan

latin

legion

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

lightman

landman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

lineman

linemen

linden

lisbon

linen

london

liven

lockman

longan

locken

logan

loosen

lopeman

lotion

luncheon

m1

lumen

lyden

lynden

loren

madden

mahone

maiden

lion

mansion

margin

marchman

mangan

markman

listen

martian

marlin

marten

martin

matron

marron

mason

mayan

marksman

muffin

minden

million

mention

melton

mignon

milken

melon

minion

mission

mitten

motion

moisten

morgan

mormon

molten

mountain

mullen

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

pectin

murphys

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

onion

oarsman

often

ocean

odin

omen

olden

open

option

organ

orphan

orphic

outdone

othman

outrun

oven

owen

oxen

packman

panton

pagan

paean

pardon

parson

passion

passman

pathan

penguin

pension

penman

patten

pavon

peon

perron

persian

person

perfect

pigeon

pillion

pinion

plankton

piston

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

patron

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

portman

porpoise

postman

potion

preface

prefect

prefix

prepuce

pressman

prison

professed

profuse

propose

proven

provoke

provost

provosts

prussian

pullen

provokes

purpose

purveys

question

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

riden

ripen

ribbon

rincon

risen

ridden

rosen

rosin

roman

rotten

rowan

rowen

rumen

runnion

russian

saffron

ruin

sadden

salesman

riven

salmon

robin

scallion

sanction

samson

santon

satan

satin

saxon

scullion

season

scotsman

seaman

scrapbooks

scrapbook

section

seedsman

scion

selden

semen

session

sequin

sermon

service

seton

shrunken

sexton

sharpen

shearman

shipman

seven

shaken

shorten

shaman

shogun

sheriffs

shotgun

showman

shropshire

sicken

silken

siphon

siren

soften

slacken

slogan

smarten

smitten

sodden

solon

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

spoken

spokesman

suasion

stillion

sportsman

stallion

station

stallman

stepson

statesman

steven

stiffen

strengthen

stockman

stolen

straighten

stricken

striven

sturgeon

squadron

suction

thousand

sudden

sullen

sultan

sunken

summon

surgeon

surface

surveys

syphon

sweeten

swollen

taken

talon

syrups

tarpon

tartan

tappen

tariffs

tension

sylvan

teston

tighten

tendon

thicken

titan

tillman

yachtsman

threaten

throwback

token

toughen

torsion

traction

toman

traffic

townsman

treason

trapeze

trappist

trillion

triton

trojan

trodden

trophies

tropics

tropic

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

undone

turban

union

turbos

urban

urchin

urson

wooden

woodman

urine

vegan

vision

version

villain

vulcan

wagon

whiten

wizen

wanton

warden

watchman

waken

warren

weapon

wheaten

whitson

wiccan

widen

weaken

woman

women

woolman

woolen

workman

worsen

woven

written

yaupon

yearbooks

yeoman

zaman

yearbook

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abandon

abdomen

abrasion

ablation

abortion

abstention

absorption

anyone

abduction

abstraction

accession

accretion

alderman

addiction

adoption

addition

adhesion

admission

adsorption

adrian

affection

albumin

affliction

aggression

alaskan

aegean

african

albion

alien

alsatian

ambition

apportion

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

appian

arkansan

arian

aspersion

artesian

attention

aryan

artisan

ascension

assertion

asuncion

assumption

assassin

attrition

attraction

audition

awaken

aversion

backgammon

bedizen

conception

avian

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

barbecues

barbecued

barbecue

battalion

bedouin

australian

concession

austrian

concussion

arabic

bedridden

biotin

benjamin

bitumen

bulletin

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

briefcases

caucasian

campion

cambrian

cartesian

beholden

carrion

carnation

capsaicin

cardigan

causation

cation

castration

catalan

completion

cessation

cetacean

chairwoman

chairperson

cervical

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

chilean

cinnamon

charwoman

cistercian

citation

citizen

collection

civilian

clarion

cohesion

clergyman

coercion

cognition

collagen

collegian

collision

commotion

combustion

commission

compassion

clarendon

companion

compression

complexion

compulsion

compunction

beethoven

concoction

condition

confection

confession

conduction

conflation

congestion

connection

connexion

convection

conscription

congressman

conjunction

contagion

contention

consumption

constriction

construction

contortion

contrition

contraction

contraption

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

countryman

corrosion

corruption

correction

corsican

creation

cremation

croatian

crestfallen

crevices

councilman

crustacean

determine

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deflection

decision

declension

deception

deduction

defection

deflation

deletion

dentition

depiction

denizen

depletion

depression

desertion

derision

description

detection

destruction

detention

devotion

dictation

digestion

eleven

diffraction

dilution

dimension

direction

discipline

discretion

discussion

dispersion

dissection

dissension

distortion

distinction

disunion

distraction

diversion

division

extrusion

dilation

donation

dominion

dorian

disruption

duration

earpieces

edition

elation

election

egyptian

ejection

downtrodden

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

enlighten

enliven

emulsion

encryption

englishman

everyone

equation

erection

erosion

eruption

etruscan

evasion

eviction

excision

exclusion

exaction

exception

excursion

exertion

excretion

exemption

exhaustion

expansion

explosion

extension

expression

expulsion

extortion

extinction

extraction

elison

fabian

digression

ferryman

flotation

fenian

feminine

fijian

filtration

fixation

flirtation

fisherman

firebug

firebush

forewoman

foramen

formation

foundation

forbidden

franciscan

frustration

fruition

freudian

freemason

furbishes

fustian

galleon

gaussian

forgotten

garrison

ghanaian

gestation

genuine

gentleman

gillian

gordian

gradation

guncotton

gravamen

graphical

graphically

guardian

grobian

gyration

gearboxes

halcyon

handwoven

harlequin

halogen

hammerman

horatian

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horizon

harvester

horrific

harvesting

hydration

hydrogen

housebroken

ignition

harpsichord

harvesters

implosion

immersion

impassion

inaction

imprison

impression

in-person

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

imagine

indian

infection

infarction

induction

inflection

inflation

infliction

infraction

simian

ingestion

injection

inhuman

inscription

intention

inspection

insertion

instruction

intestine

intrusion

invasion

inversion

jamaican

invention

irian

italian

irishman

jacobin

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keynesian

keratin

korean

laotian

lactation

lanolin

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

ligation

libration

jerboas

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magician

magdalen

marian

malayan

mandarin

margarine

masculine

median

medicine

misprision

medallion

menhaden

migration

midshipman

mexican

melanin

misfortune

mistaken

misshapen

moroccan

munition

muskmelon

narration

mutation

myosin

patrician

injunction

negation

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nonunion

nonhuman

norwegian

musician

notation

nubian

obsession

objection

obstruction

octillion

nutrition

odeon

omission

opinion

oppression

oration

optation

optician

orifice

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

parisian

oxygen

parthian

partisan

partition

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfection

perfected

perfectly

permian

permission

persuasion

nervously

phoenician

petition

physician

phrygian

peterman

plebeian

plantation

policeman

position

porcelain

porpoises

possession

precision

precaution

precession

predation

perversion

preemption

prediction

predestine

prefecture

prescription

presumption

pretension

prevention

privacies

privacy

privation

probation

procession

production

professions

professes

profession

professor

pervasive

professors

promotion

profusely

progression

projection

proficient

rescission

proposal

propulsion

proposals

proportion

proposes

prophecy

prophecies

prophesies

proscription

prostration

protean

protection

provision

provisions

provoking

proviso

provisos

puritan

purposely

purposes

purposeful

quotation

reaction

ramadan

reception

recision

recession

rebellion

reduction

reflection

redemption

regimen

regression

rejection

religion

relation

remission

rendition

reopen

propagate

reptilian

repression

resection

resumption

retention

restriction

retraction

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

samoan

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

scythian

scorpion

secession

secretion

sedation

selection

sedition

seduction

sensation

services

sharpshooters

sharpshooter

silicon

subversion

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

submersion

submission

stygian

subscription

succession

suspicion

suburban

suggestion

summation

superman

suppression

sumatran

suspension

surfaces

surpassing

surpasses

taxation

subtraction

syrian

talisman

temptation

tamarin

tactician

technician

terrifies

terrific

therapies

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

trafficker

traffickers

transaction

transcription

translation

transition

transmission

transgression

travesty

travesties

truncation

singleton

tropical

tuition

uneven

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unbroken

unwritten

unison

vacation

venetian

vatican

venison

vibration

veteran

vermilion

verifies

vocation

vitamin

volition

wesleyan

waterman

verbiage

uterine

zambian

skeleton

4 syllable words

annotation

absolution

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

abolition

aberration

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

abyssinian

adrenaline

activation

adaptation

admiration

admonition

adoration

adulation

advocation

affirmation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

allegation

accordion

algonquian

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

animation

appalachian

annexation

amputation

ammunition

amphibian

appellation

apparition

application

apprehension

approbation

acquisition

algerian

arabian

attribution

arbitration

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

athenian

aspiration

assyrian

assemblyman

augmentation

avocation

backwardation

aviation

barbecuing

bavarian

barbarian

cancellation

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calibration

calculation

californian

canadian

carcinogen

carboxylic

comparison

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

cogitation

coalition

collocation

collodion

columbian

comedian

coloration

combination

commendation

committeeman

coloradan

commutation

celebration

compilation

compensation

complication

competition

composition

comprehension

computation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

consolation

conjugation

confrontation

connotation

consecration

congregation

conservation

constitution

constellation

consummation

constipation

consultation

consternation

contemplation

contribution

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

convolution

copernican

coronation

convocation

copenhagen

corp.

conversation

corporation

corinthian

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

custodian

devolution

cultivation

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

dedication

decoration

declaration

deformation

deconstruction

defamation

definition

degradation

delegation

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

destination

destitution

deposition

depredation

derivation

desiccation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

designation

desolation

desperation

depravation

detonation

dehydration

devastation

deviation

culmination

devonian

condescension

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

disaffection

diocesan

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

dispensation

disposition

disputation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

dissertation

dissipation

divination

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

elocution

emanation

emigration

embarkation

elongation

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

estimation

estonian

erudition

european

eustachian

evolution

excitation

excavation

exclamation

execution

exhumation

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

explanation

explication

expedition

expiration

expectation

exploitation

exploration

exposition

evocation

extradition

extrication

fallopian

fabrication

fascination

decompression

figuration

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

fluctuation

floridian

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

germination

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

graduation

gorgonian

granulation

gravitation

habitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

iberian

ibuprofen

hegelian

hemoglobin

hesitation

himalayan

hibernation

historian

illustration

herculean

hydrocarbon

hyperion

ideation

hungarian

hypertension

imitation

immolation

immigration

imperfection

implication

implantation

importation

imposition

impregnation

inattention

imputation

incantation

incarnation

incubation

indecision

incrustation

indentation

indexation

indication

indonesian

infestation

indigestion

indignation

indiscretion

infiltration

inflammation

inclination

information

inhalation

inhibition

innovation

inspiration

installation

interaction

institution

inquisition

insulation

intimation

integration

insurrection

intercession

interception

interdiction

interjection

intermission

instigation

interwoven

interurban

intersection

intervention

interruption

intuition

intonation

inundation

invocation

invitation

introduction

introspection

irrigation

isolation

iteration

irritation

jacobean

iranian

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

leviathan

laceration

legislation

lancastrian

liberation

levitation

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

maturation

limitation

liquefaction

liquidation

locomotion

maccabean

machination

macedonian

lubrication

medication

mammalian

litigation

malnutrition

manumission

malformation

masturbation

melanesian

mediation

meditation

menstruation

meridian

miseration

minnesotan

ministration

misconception

misperception

misbegotten

missourian

moderation

mitigation

modulation

motivation

mongolian

mortification

molestation

moravian

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

noblewoman

nomination

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obligation

obfuscation

observation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

ohioan

octahedron

olympian

operation

ordination

orchestration

oscillation

orifices

ostentation

ovulation

opposition

oxidation

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pagination

overburden

pavlovian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

nestorian

pedestrian

perfectionist

perfectionists

persecution

permutation

perforation

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

polynesian

polyhedron

population

politician

praetorian

preconception

precondition

predilection

preelection

predetermine

preignition

premonition

preparation

presentation

preservation

previously

profanation

professional

proclamation

professionals

procreation

prohibition

professorship

simonian

professorships

proficiency

prosecution

propagation

proposition

propositions

prostitution

provisional

protozoan

protestation

provocation

provocations

punctuation

provocative

publication

realization

radiation

readmission

reawaken

reassertion

recitation

recantation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

refutation

recreation

reformation

reelection

reexamine

registration

regulation

relocation

reinspection

relaxation

renovation

reparation

repetition

repercussion

replication

reputation

reposition

repossession

reproduction

republican

requisition

propagandists

reservation

resolution

restitution

respiration

restoration

resurrection

retardation

retribution

revolution

revelation

revocation

rhetorician

retrocession

rhododendron

samaritan

rumination

saturation

resignation

sanitation

satisfaction

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

sectarian

separation

sequestration

serviceable

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simulation

situation

propagandist

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

suffocation

superhuman

supposition

superstition

supervision

surrogation

termination

tabulation

syncopation

syndication

tasmanian

tamoxifen

tetrahedron

terrifically

titillation

toleration

transformation

tribulation

trepidation

transportation

transplantation

ulceration

usurpation

vaccination

vacillation

utopian

vindication

valuation

variation

validation

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

visitation

victorian

violation

valerian

wagnerian

watermelon

propaganda

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

accumulation

acceleration

accommodation

appreciation

academician

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

alienation

alliteration

amazonian

amalgamation

amelioration

annihilation

amortization

amplification

accreditation

anticipation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

attenuation

association

assemblywoman

assassination

assimilation

authorization

babylonian

augustinian

authentication

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

carolinian

capitulation

carthaginian

cauterization

certification

centralization

christianization

classification

collaboration

civilization

codification

coagulation

cohabitation

clarification

communication

commemoration

colonization

concatenation

centenarian

conciliation

beethovenian

configuration

confederation

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

continuation

contamination

consideration

consolidation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decomposition

deceleration

decapitation

defenestration

degeneration

deification

delineation

deliberation

delicatessen

denunciation

denomination

depopulation

desalination

desegregation

depreciation

determination

discoloration

dionysian

discrimination

disinclination

disintegration

disembarkation

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

electrocution

elimination

emancipation

evaluation

enumeration

epicurean

eradication

equivocation

ethiopian

equalization

evacuation

evaporation

elizabethan

examination

exaggeration

exacerbation

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

hallucination

glorification

gratification

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hybridization

hyperinflation

illumination

hyperborean

hydrogenation

immunization

inauguration

inactivation

improvisation

incarceration

incineration

incrimination

incorporation

infatuation

indoctrination

imagination

initiation

inhabitation

inoculation

insinuation

insemination

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interrogation

interpretation

invalidation

intoxication

investigation

ionization

irradiation

irrevocable

intimidation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

maximization

localization

magnification

magnetization

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

misinformation

misapprehension

miscalculation

mobilization

modernization

mississippian

modification

multiplication

lithuanian

mummification

neapolitan

negotiation

nickelodeon

neutralization

nitroglycerine

notification

normalization

nonintervention

nonsectarian

nullification

obliteration

oregonian

organization

orientation

ornamentation

origination

ossification

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perfectionism

perpetuation

pomeranian

philadelphian

polarization

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

presupposition

prevarication

presbyterian

procrastination

professionally

professorial

pronunciation

proliferation

prognostication

proletarian

provisionally

qualification

quantification

pythagorean

purification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recuperation

rectification

refrigeration

reforestation

recrimination

regeneration

remuneration

reiteration

rejuvenation

reintegration

repudiation

renunciation

repatriation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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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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