Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word segregation.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
3 syllable words
4 syllable words

segregation

abrogation

abnegation

acclamation

acclimation

activation

accusation

allegation

advocation

aggregation

aggravation

allocation

animation

approbation

application

annotation

appellation

avocation

cancellation

celebration

circulation

congregation

culmination

coronation

correlation

decimation

degradation

defamation

decoration

dedication

delegation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

derivation

desecration

designation

desiccation

destination

desolation

detonation

devastation

dilatation

distillation

divination

education

emulation

emanation

elevation

equitation

estimation

erudition

fibrillation

excavation

excitation

exhalation

federation

extrication

fascination

fabrication

fluoridation

fragmentation

gastrulation

generation

germination

granulation

habitation

hesitation

imitation

immolation

indication

innovation

inhalation

insulation

intimation

intonation

irrigation

invocation

irritation

legislation

levitation

litigation

machination

medication

meditation

mitigation

navigation

obligation

palpitation

penetration

pigmentation

reformation

preservation

preparation

presentation

propagation

regulation

renovation

recantation

recitation

reclamation

recreation

reparation

replication

reputation

reservation

resignation

segmentation

revelation

retribution

revocation

sanitation

separation

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

termination

suffocation

surrogation

syncopation

tabulation

vaccination

trepidation

tribulation

vacillation

ventilation

validation

variation

veneration

vegetation

vindication

6 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word segregation.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

acres

action

accrues

acton

agrees

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

assures

askers

auction

atman

auden

austin

augers

augurs

backers

banyan

bargain

bagman

baldwin

backrests

bakers

barren

bushman

bobbin

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

beckers

begun

beggars

belgian

bison

bellman

billion

bellon

bisson

billon

biggers

bickers

billman

bitten

bludgeon

burgeon

blacken

bullion

blowgun

bordman

bourbon

bookman

boston

bollen

boughten

bowman

bookers

boxers

bracken

brakeman

brethren

brazen

breton

brighten

briton

brogan

broaden

broken

buggers

bolden

burden

boatman

burdon

burman

backrest

burton

button

cajun

carbon

canyon

canaan

calvin

canton

cannon

canon

caption

capstan

captain

carman

carmine

carton

cashiers

caisson

caution

cauldron

christian

caxton

chairman

charon

certain

chevron

chaplain

chapman

chasers

chasten

checkers

chessman

cheapen

children

chicken

chieftain

chiggers

chosen

christen

cayman

churchman

cigars

citron

caesars

claxon

classman

cabin

clinton

coachman

bacon

cockroach

baron

colon

barton

common

basin

bason

bastion

baston

copeman

cuban

cookers

corban

cordon

cotton

craftsman

cousin

craven

crimson

cretin

cowan

crewman

crouton

cougars

cushion

cumin

curtain

damson

daman

dampen

darken

deacon

dalton

deaden

deafen

decreased

decrease

decries

deepen

decrees

dagan

dagon

degrees

demon

delphian

desman

devon

dian

daggers

diction

diggers

dickers

discharge

discourse

disgraced

disgrace

disgorge

dobson

doctrine

dockers

dolman

dolphin

dossiers

dozen

draftsman

drunken

dudgeon

dragon

dungeon

earthen

eaten

eden

eggers

elan

dustman

dromon

emption

dutchman

ensign

ermine

engine

driven

faction

falcon

famine

fallen

fashion

fakers

fasten

fatten

faulcon

faustian

felon

fibrin

fiction

fireman

firman

flexion

flashgun

flatten

floren

fissures

fission

foreman

foreign

fortune

footman

fishers

fountain

fraction

freshen

freshman

friction

frighten

function

freeman

freedman

frozen

garron

garden

gascon

gallon

gammon

fusion

fuckers

gentian

georgian

german

gibbon

geysers

gorgon

gilden

glisten

goodman

given

gladden

glidden

golden

gluten

gotten

gowan

grandson

grecian

guardsman

graven

griffon

gumption

haitian

gudgeon

hackman

gushers

guessers

guesswork

hackers

hasten

headsman

headman

hangman

haven

heaven

harden

harken

harten

happen

hawkers

heathen

hausen

hearten

hessian

henchman

heron

hempen

heighten

hetman

horseman

hidden

hogan

homespun

hoten

hookers

hoosiers

houseman

huntsman

housewright

hoven

human

housework

hymen

hyson

ibsen

hyphen

figures

ion

jargon

jackman

jaegers

jaggers

jaguars

jasmine

jason

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

joggers

jokers

junction

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kelvin

kalan

kansan

kickers

kirkman

kremlin

klansman

laden

lagan

lacrosse

kitten

lakers

koshers

lampron

landsman

landman

layman

leaden

leaven

latin

lasers

leaguers

ledden

legion

lengthen

lessen

lesson

lemon

lesion

leman

leven

lessors

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lion

linen

listen

liven

lotion

lisbon

locken

liqueurs

liquors

logan

lockers

lockman

london

loosen

loren

lopeman

longan

loggers

lookers

losers

lugers

luncheon

m1

lyden

kitchen

lynden

madden

maiden

mahone

majors

magyars

makers

mangan

lumen

mansion

marchman

margin

markman

fielden

marksman

portman

marlin

marron

mason

matron

marten

martian

martin

mayan

mention

melton

mignon

million

milken

minden

minion

mission

mischarge

misers

moisten

mitten

molten

mixers

morgan

mormon

motion

muffin

muggers

mountain

mousers

muckrake

mullen

nation

muslin

mutton

newsman

measures

negroes

ninon

niggers

nekton

oarsman

notion

norman

negros

melon

ocean

occurs

patron

patten

odin

olden

option

organ

orphan

oven

outrun

outdone

othman

often

oxen

omen

pagan

packman

paean

pagers

packers

onion

parson

panton

pardon

open

owen

passion

pavon

pectin

passman

passers

pathan

penguin

pension

penman

peon

perron

person

persian

pickers

plankton

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pacers

pigeon

ponton

pollan

pollen

portion

piecework

poachers

potion

postman

prison

pressman

prussian

pullen

proven

question

pushers

ration

raven

rayon

reason

quakers

reckon

recharge

raisers

razors

redden

rakers

recourse

quicken

region

racers

rackers

rerun

research

resin

resource

ribbon

rickers

ridden

riden

rigors

rincon

ripen

risen

riven

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

russian

runnion

saffron

sadden

salesman

salmon

samson

santon

satan

satin

robin

sanction

scullion

saxon

scallion

scion

scotsman

scissors

saucers

seaman

section

season

secures

seedsman

rockers

seekers

segars

rockrose

rogers

selden

semen

seizures

sermon

roman

sequin

session

seton

seven

sexton

shrunken

shaman

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shorten

shogun

shotgun

showman

sicken

siphon

silken

siren

slacken

slogan

smarten

siggers

smitten

soldan

steven

sodden

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

sportsman

squadron

squeakers

stallion

spoken

stallman

spokesman

statesman

station

stepson

stillion

solon

stiffen

soften

stockman

stolen

strengthen

straighten

sturgeon

suasion

striven

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

suckers

sugars

sucrose

summon

stricken

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

taken

tarpon

tartan

talon

tappen

takers

taxers

teachers

sunken

tendon

tension

teston

threaten

tighten

titan

tillman

thousand

tigers

shakers

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

token

toman

treason

trillion

triton

trojan

trodden

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

turban

undone

urson

urchin

urban

union

urine

ushers

users

vegan

version

vicars

villain

vision

worsen

visors

vulcan

wagon

wagers

vouchers

waken

wanton

weapon

warden

warren

weaken

watchman

washers

wheaten

wooden

whitson

whiten

widen

wizen

wiccan

woman

women

wishers

wickers

whiskers

woodman

woolen

woolman

workman

written

woven

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

shaken

zaman

zion

zircon

thicken

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abortion

abdomen

abrasion

abstraction

accession

absorption

abstention

accretion

acreage

acquires

addition

addiction

acumen

adhesion

adoption

adsorption

affliction

aegean

affection

aggregate

african

aggregates

adrian

aggression

aggressions

aggressive

aggressors

aggressor

aleutian

alaskan

albion

albumin

alien

alderman

admission

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

apportion

appian

arian

arkansan

allusion

artesian

artisan

aspersion

asuncion

aryan

assumption

ascension

assertion

assassin

attraction

attention

attrition

awaken

australian

aversion

austrian

audition

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

bakeries

battalion

bedizen

bedridden

bedouin

beethoven

beholden

biotin

benjamin

bulletin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bucharest

clarion

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

carrion

carnation

castration

cartesian

catalan

cardigan

caucasian

clarendon

causation

cation

cessation

chairperson

cetacean

chairwoman

charlatan

champion

charwoman

chilean

chamberlain

cistercian

citation

cinnamon

citizen

civilian

clergyman

coercion

cockroaches

cognition

cohesion

collegian

commission

collagen

collision

collection

combustion

collusion

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

digression

completion

compunction

compulsion

concussion

concession

concoction

conception

conclusion

condition

conduction

conflation

confession

confection

confucian

confusion

congestion

congressman

conjunction

conscription

connection

compression

consumption

construction

contagion

constriction

contraction

contraption

contrition

convulsion

contusion

convection

convention

conversion

connexion

conviction

contention

correction

corruption

corrosion

corsican

crustacean

councilman

countryman

cremation

creation

croatian

crestfallen

contortion

complexion

digressions

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

decision

deception

declension

deduction

decreasing

decreases

defection

deflation

deflection

depression

dentition

deletion

delusion

denizen

depiction

depletion

description

desertion

derision

destruction

determine

detection

detention

devotion

desires

dictation

diffraction

diffusion

digresses

digestion

dichroic

dilation

discipline

direction

dimension

discharges

dilution

discourage

discourses

discretion

discussion

disgraceful

disgorgement

dispersion

discursive

disruption

dissection

disrespects

disrespect

distortion

dissension

distinction

distraction

disunion

disregards

donation

division

diversion

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

disregard

horizon

duration

elation

egyptian

edition

ejection

election

emblazon

elison

emission

embolden

emotion

eleven

encryption

exaction

emulsion

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equation

erection

eruption

etruscan

eucharist

everyone

evasion

eviction

erosion

excretion

excursion

exclusion

excursions

exemption

exertion

exhaustion

exorcists

exercise

expansion

exorcist

excision

expulsion

expression

extinction

extension

explosion

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

ferryman

exception

position

feminine

fenian

possession

halogen

abandon

filtration

fijian

fisherman

flirtation

fixation

flotation

foramen

formation

forgotten

forbidden

forewoman

foundation

fisheries

franciscan

freudian

freemason

frustration

garrison

fruition

fustian

galleon

gestation

gentleman

genuine

ghanaian

gordian

gillian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

grobian

gyration

guncotton

halcyon

gaussian

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

housebroken

hickories

hydration

hydrogen

impression

ignition

imagine

immersion

illusion

impassion

implosion

imprison

inaction

in-person

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

inception

injunction

induction

inflation

infarction

infection

inflection

infliction

infusion

inhuman

injection

ingestion

infraction

inscription

insertion

instruction

inspection

intention

intestine

invention

intrusion

invasion

irian

irishman

inversion

issuers

jamaican

italian

jacobin

jettison

javelin

jovian

julian

keratin

kantian

kayakers

keynesian

lactation

lecithin

korean

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

licorice

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

luxuries

magdalen

malaysian

malayan

magician

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

medicine

medallion

occasion

menhaden

mexican

microscope

midshipman

microscopes

migration

miscarriage

misshapen

misprision

misfortune

mischarges

miseries

mistaken

moroccan

mazurkas

muckraker

occlusion

nitrogen

nebraskan

munition

mutation

myosin

musician

nevadan

niacin

nemean

nobleman

muskmelon

notation

median

nonhuman

nutrition

norwegian

objection

nubian

nonunion

obstruction

obsession

odeon

octillion

melanin

pavilion

oppression

oration

optation

opinion

optician

origin

orion

ovation

ottoman

overdone

overman

overrun

outspoken

oxygen

parisian

partition

parthian

omission

partisan

patrician

pelican

percussion

pentathlon

permian

perfusion

perception

perfection

permission

persuasion

perversion

phoenician

petition

phrygian

peterman

physician

picaresque

plantation

plebeian

pollution

policeman

porcelain

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

predation

preemption

prescription

presumption

pretension

procession

privation

prevention

probation

production

profession

progression

promotion

proportion

projection

propulsion

proscription

prostration

profusion

provision

protection

protean

puritan

rebellion

prediction

quotation

regression

ramadan

reaction

reassures

recision

reception

recession

reduction

redemption

reflection

regressions

relation

regressive

rejection

regimen

rendition

religion

remission

reopen

reptilian

repression

rescission

resection

researches

researchers

rescuers

researcher

resurgent

resumption

restriction

resurgence

resourceful

resources

resurrect

retraction

retention

reunion

reversion

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

revision

requires

rotation

sedation

segregate

salvation

sacrosanct

saleswoman

saccharin

samoan

scythian

scorpion

secretion

seduction

sedition

seclusion

secession

secrecy

sensation

selection

rosaries

predestine

singleton

skeleton

silicon

simian

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

solution

stagnation

starvation

summation

temptation

subscription

submersion

submission

stygian

subtraction

suburban

succession

subversion

suggestion

sumatran

suppression

suspicion

suspension

superman

syrian

tamarin

tactician

talisman

taxation

technician

thespian

timberman

toboggan

transaction

tradition

transcription

transgression

translation

transfusion

transition

transmission

truncation

tuition

unbutton

unburden

uncertain

unbroken

uncommon

uneven

vacation

unwritten

unison

uterine

venison

vatican

venetian

vermilion

veteran

vibration

vitamin

vocation

volition

voyagers

wesleyan

waterman

vagaries

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

adoration

abolition

abdication

absolution

accordion

abyssinian

acquisition

admonition

admiration

accuracies

accuracy

adaptation

affirmation

adulation

affectation

agitation

adrenaline

agrarian

albanian

alabaman

algonquian

algerian

agriculture

aldebaran

amputation

ammunition

altercation

alternation

american

alteration

amphibian

appalachian

apparition

annexation

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

arizonan

armageddon

arthurian

armenian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

attribution

athenian

aviation

augmentation

backwardation

barbarian

calibration

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

businesswoman

bolivian

bohemian

calculation

canadian

collocation

californian

carcinogen

commutation

circumspection

centurion

chameleon

circumvention

circumcision

combination

cogitation

coalition

commendation

coloration

columbian

collodion

coloradan

comedian

comparison

committeeman

compensation

competition

complication

composition

computation

condemnation

condensation

concentration

condescension

confrontation

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

conjugation

connotation

consecration

conservation

consolation

consultation

consummation

constellation

constipation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

constitution

consternation

contribution

convocation

contrarian

contravention

conversation

convolution

cultivation

comprehension

copernican

corp.

corporation

corinthian

cotyledon

crucifixion

crocodilian

criterion

copenhagen

cyclopean

custodian

demonstration

dandelion

darwinian

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

definition

deformation

dehydration

demolition

demarcation

deposition

deportation

dereliction

destitution

desperation

devolution

deviation

devonian

dietitian

compilation

disaffection

disconnection

diminution

diocesan

discouraging

discouragement

discourages

dislocation

disinflation

disillusion

disorganize

dispensation

disinfection

disposition

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distribution

disrespectful

domination

dominican

draconian

emigration

duplication

electrician

egregiously

elocution

embarkation

elongation

englishwoman

equestrian

evolution

eritrean

european

estonian

eustachian

evocation

explanation

exclamation

execution

exhibition

exhortation

expectation

exhumation

exerciser

exercisers

exercises

expedition

explication

exposition

fermentation

expiration

exploitation

exploration

extradition

fallopian

figuration

foliation

floridian

fluctuation

formulation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

indignation

hibernation

hemoglobin

herculean

hegelian

himalayan

indiscretion

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

illustration

ideation

iberian

immigration

hypertension

ibuprofen

implication

imputation

imposition

implantation

importation

impregnation

incantation

inattention

incarnation

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indentation

indexation

indecision

imperfection

indigestion

inflammation

infestation

infiltration

information

inhibition

inquisition

inspiration

installation

instigation

integration

institution

intermission

interruption

interaction

interdiction

interception

interjection

intercession

insurrection

interwoven

interurban

intersection

intervention

invitation

indonesian

introspection

inundation

introduction

intuition

iranian

isolation

jubilation

iteration

jacobean

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

leviathan

liberation

limitation

lilliputian

librarian

liberian

liquefaction

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

masturbation

maturation

observation

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

microcosm

ministration

micrographic

micrographics

misbegotten

microscopy

minnesotan

miscarriages

miseration

motivation

misconception

misperception

missourian

modulation

molestation

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rhododendron

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satisfaction

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self-deception

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

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tamoxifen

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tetrahedron

theocracy

titillation

transformation

toleration

transportation

transplantation

ulceration

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utopian

valuation

valerian

violation

victorian

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

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abomination

abbreviation

accommodation

acceleration

academician

accreditation

adjudication

accumulation

administration

adulteration

affiliation

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agricultural

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amazonian

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elizabethan

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ethiopian

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exoskeleton

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facilitation

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fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

hallucination

gratification

hydrogenation

harmonization

hanoverian

hybridization

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hyperborean

imagination

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illumination

immunization

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justification

jeffersonian

intoxication

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legalization

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localization

lithuanian

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mathematician

maximilian

maximization

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metropolitan

microcomputer

misapplication

microcomputers

microscopically

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misinformation

mississippian

modernization

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modification

multiplication

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nickelodeon

nonintervention

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normalization

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nonsectarian

nitroglycerine

origination

organization

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ornamentation

oregonian

orientation

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pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

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polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

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pythagorean

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recrimination

reforestation

recuperation

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reintegration

remuneration

renunciation

representation

repatriation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

sanctification

russification

sedimentation

scandinavian

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

stratification

substantiation

subordination

synchronization

triangulation

unification

utilization

unitarian

vegetarian

theologian

veterinarian

vilification

vicariously

yugoslavian

washingtonian

8 syllable words

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