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

acton

action

adjoin

adjoins

adjunct

adjuncts

airman

alan

alman

amman

austin

bagman

auden

auction

apron

ashen

asian

aspen

bacon

banyan

baldwin

baron

barren

baston

bason

bastion

basin

beaten

bayman

beacon

beckon

begun

bellman

belgian

bellon

bordman

billion

billman

bison

bitten

bisson

bitching

blacken

blowgun

boatman

bodkin

bludgeon

bodkins

boatswain

bolden

bookman

billon

bourbon

bracken

bowman

breton

briton

broaden

brogan

brazen

brethren

broken

burton

bullion

burden

burdon

burman

burgeon

bushman

calvin

cabin

capstan

brakeman

caisson

cajun

canaan

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

captain

caption

caution

catkins

cauldron

chaplain

catchment

catching

catchings

caxton

chapman

cayman

certain

chairman

chessman

chevron

charon

chasten

cheapen

chieftain

chicken

children

chosen

citron

christen

christian

churchman

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

landsman

dalton

dampen

copeman

corban

cordon

curtain

cousin

craftsman

cowan

craven

cumin

cretin

crouton

crimson

crewman

cuban

dagan

cushion

dagon

damson

deacon

deaden

deafen

dozen

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

dustman

dian

devon

diction

draftsman

driven

drunken

dungeon

dudgeon

dromon

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

edging

engine

emption

ensign

ermine

etching

etchings

falcon

faction

famine

fasten

fashion

flashgun

faulcon

faustian

felon

foreman

fetching

fibrin

fireman

foreign

fielden

fiction

firman

footman

floren

flexion

hetman

fission

hogan

fortune

fountain

fraction

freeman

freshman

freshen

friction

frozen

function

fusion

gallon

freedman

gascon

gammon

garron

georgian

gentian

german

gibbon

gilden

gladden

gluten

godsend

golden

goodman

godsends

glidden

glisten

gowan

grandson

graven

grecian

griffon

guardsman

hackman

gumption

haitian

hausen

happen

hangman

hasten

headman

hatching

haven

headsman

heathen

houseman

gudgeon

heaven

hoten

horseman

huntsman

hempen

given

heron

hidden

henchman

hessian

homespun

hoven

human

portion

postman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

matching

mason

jackman

jetson

jasmine

ion

jason

jetsons

jetton

jordan

jorden

judgment

junction

judgments

judging

kalan

kansan

keelson

kitten

klansman

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kitchen

kitchens

kremlin

laden

lampron

landman

layman

leaden

leaven

latching

ledden

legion

leman

lemon

lessen

leven

lengthen

lesion

lesson

lichen

linemen

liken

lineman

liman

lion

linden

lisbon

linen

listen

london

lodging

liven

logan

lodgings

loathsome

mangan

loosen

lopeman

loren

luncheon

lumen

lyden

m1

madden

margin

mahone

lynden

maiden

lotion

marchman

mansion

markman

marksman

marron

matron

mayan

melon

melton

mention

mignon

minden

milken

million

mitten

minion

mission

molten

moisten

martian

mormon

mountain

muffin

mullen

motion

muslin

nation

norman

newsman

ninon

nekton

oarsman

ocean

often

odin

olden

onion

omen

open

orphan

option

notion

outcome

outcomes

oven

outshines

packman

owen

panton

pagan

paean

passman

passion

pathan

patching

patron

penguin

pectin

penman

plantain

outshine

portman

pillion

pension

pitman

pinion

peon

person

perron

persian

pigeon

piston

pitching

plankton

zion

poison

daman

potion

shaman

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

ration

raven

reason

rayon

redden

reckon

redskin

redskins

region

rerun

runnion

resin

saffron

samson

ripen

riden

ribbon

ridden

rincon

risen

scallion

riven

roman

rosen

rumen

rowan

ruin

santon

scullion

sadden

rowen

russian

salmon

saxon

salesman

sanction

satan

seton

scion

selden

sequin

season

seedsman

seaman

section

seven

sermon

semen

session

shaken

sexton

shorten

shogun

shrunken

shearman

shipman

silken

showman

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

smitten

spearman

stallion

soldan

solon

sportsman

stagnant

spoken

spokesman

stacking

staging

stagnate

stallman

statesman

station

syphon

stepson

steven

stillion

stiffen

straighten

stocking

stockings

stolen

stricken

striven

strengthen

sturgeon

suasion

talon

sudden

sultan

sullen

summon

sweeten

suction

sunken

surgeon

sylvan

switching

swollen

sticking

taken

stigma

tappen

tendon

tension

written

woolman

woolen

thousand

threaten

tillman

teston

thicken

token

toughen

undone

torsion

traction

townsman

toman

tubman

tuscan

tungsten

treason

trillion

turban

trojan

union

urban

urchin

woodman

urine

urson

vegan

version

villain

vulcan

wanton

warden

waken

warren

watchman

whitson

wheaten

widen

wizen

weaken

weapon

wiccan

vision

witching

woman

women

wooden

woodsman

workman

worsen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accession

addition

acumen

accretion

addiction

adhesion

adjoining

admission

aegean

adrian

adsorption

affection

aggression

adoption

african

affliction

alaskan

albion

aleutian

alien

alderman

albumin

allusion

alsatian

ambition

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

appian

apportion

arian

aryan

artisan

artesian

arkansan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assumption

assertion

atheism

attachment

attention

asuncion

attachments

attraction

attrition

audition

austrian

australian

autism

backgammon

awaken

aversion

avian

backwoodsman

badminton

ambrosian

bandwagon

battalion

abandon

bedouin

bedizen

bedridden

bedchamber

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

buddhism

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

cartesian

carnation

carrion

castration

catacomb

catacombs

catalan

cation

caucasian

causation

champion

cetacean

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

citizens

cistercian

cinnamon

citation

citizen

clarion

civilian

clarendon

clergyman

cognition

coercion

cohesion

collection

collegian

collision

collusion

combustion

commission

commotion

companion

compulsion

compassion

completion

compression

complexion

conduction

compunction

concession

concoction

concussion

condition

conception

conclusion

confection

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

congressman

connection

connexion

conscription

contagion

constriction

conjunction

construction

consumption

contention

contraction

contraption

contusion

contrition

convulsion

corsican

conversion

convection

convention

conviction

correction

councilman

countryman

corrosion

crustacean

creation

croatian

crestfallen

cremation

corruption

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

contortion

dorian

deduction

deletion

defection

deflation

deflection

dentition

denizen

depiction

depletion

derision

delusion

depression

description

desertion

detection

deception

detachment

destruction

detention

determine

dilation

dictation

digression

digestion

devotion

diffraction

diffusion

dilution

dimension

direction

discussion

discretion

discipline

dissection

disruption

division

dispersion

dissension

distinction

diversion

distortion

distraction

disunion

dominion

downtrodden

donation

decision

declension

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

elation

election

emulsion

eleven

elison

emission

emotion

embolden

encryption

enlighten

emblazon

englishman

enliven

eruption

erosion

equation

erection

fabian

etruscan

evasion

everyone

eviction

exaction

exception

excision

excursion

exclusion

excretion

exertion

exemption

exhaustion

extinction

expansion

extortion

extrusion

expulsion

extension

explosion

expression

extraction

fenian

ferryman

feminine

forgotten

fijian

filtration

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

fisherman

fixation

forewoman

formation

ghanaian

foundation

freudian

freemason

fustian

galleon

frustration

fruition

gaussian

garrison

gentleman

genuine

gestation

franciscan

gillian

gordian

gravamen

gradation

grobian

guardian

guncotton

halcyon

gyration

halogen

hammerman

harlequin

handwoven

heartbroken

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

housebroken

hydration

communion

masculine

hydrogen

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

inaction

in-person

imprison

impression

incision

inception

incursion

irian

indian

infection

inflation

infusion

inflection

infliction

ingestion

inclusion

infraction

injunction

inscription

insertion

instruction

inspection

intestine

intrusion

intention

invasion

inversion

invention

italian

irishman

inhuman

jacobin

jamaican

injection

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

judgmental

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

kitchener

kitchenette

kitchenware

lactation

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

latecomer

latecomers

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

litigant

litigants

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

illusion

ignition

myosin

outgoing

medallion

median

medicine

medicines

menhaden

melanin

mexican

midsummer

midshipman

migration

misfortune

modicum

mistaken

misshapen

misprision

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

matchmaking

mutation

mutagen

narration

mutagens

nebraskan

negation

nevadan

niacin

nemean

nitrogen

nonhuman

nobleman

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nutrition

objection

obsession

occlusion

octillion

occasion

obstruction

odeon

nubian

opinion

omission

oppression

optation

optician

oration

origin

orion

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

oxygen

overrun

parthian

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

parisian

pelican

pentathlon

perception

peterman

percussion

perfection

permian

petition

permission

perversion

perfusion

persuasion

phoenician

physician

phrygian

pietism

plebeian

plantation

pollution

policeman

porcelain

matchmaker

matchmakers

position

possession

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

predation

presumption

predestine

prediction

preemption

production

prescription

pretension

procession

prostration

protean

prevention

proportion

privation

profession

promotion

profusion

progression

projection

propulsion

protection

probation

proscription

provision

puritan

ramadan

quotation

reaction

recession

rebellion

reception

recision

reduction

redemption

reducing

reflection

relation

regression

regimen

rejection

reopen

rendition

reptilian

repression

reticence

retention

rescission

resumption

resection

reticent

restriction

retraction

reunion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

samoan

salvation

saleswoman

reversion

revulsion

scorpion

scythian

religion

sedation

secretion

secession

sedition

seclusion

seduction

seducing

selection

sensation

remission

silicon

simian

skeleton

snapdragon

singleton

solomon

solution

stagnation

specimen

starvation

tactician

suburban

stockinger

stygian

succession

submersion

submission

summation

subtraction

subversion

sumatran

suspicion

suggestion

subscription

superman

suppression

suspension

syrian

talisman

tamarin

stigmatize

taxation

toboggan

unbutton

thespian

timberman

tradition

transaction

transition

unburden

transfusion

transcription

transgression

tuition

truncation

unbroken

translation

uneven

transmission

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

unison

vacation

vatican

uterine

veteran

venetian

vibration

venison

vermilion

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

technician

temptation

zambian

induction

infarction

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

allocation

acclamation

accordion

acclimation

adaptation

acquisition

accusation

activation

admiration

adulation

adoration

advocation

affectation

adrenaline

admonition

agitation

alabaman

affirmation

agrarian

aggravation

allegation

algonquian

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

aggregation

alteration

alternation

american

amputation

amphibian

annotation

annexation

appalachian

appellation

apparition

application

apprehension

approbation

animation

arabian

arbitration

arthurian

armageddon

armenian

athenian

assyrian

arizonan

aspiration

assemblyman

attribution

augmentation

altercation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

ammunition

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calibration

californian

calculation

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

chameleon

centurion

celebration

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

citizenship

cogitation

coalition

coloradan

collocation

collodion

coloration

columbian

combination

comedian

commendation

bavarian

committeeman

competition

compilation

composition

compensation

complication

comparison

comprehension

computation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

concentration

confirmation

conflagration

confiscation

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

connotation

constellation

consternation

conservation

consolation

consecration

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contemplation

contrarian

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

correlation

corinthian

copenhagen

copernican

corp.

coronation

corporation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

cultivation

culmination

crucifixion

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

dedication

defamation

delegation

deformation

dehydration

degradation

definition

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

deposition

derivation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

desiccation

designation

desolation

desperation

destination

destitution

detonation

dietitian

devolution

devonian

deviation

dilatation

devastation

disaffection

disposition

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

disputation

dislocation

disinflation

dispensation

dissertation

dissolution

distillation

dissipation

distribution

divination

decimation

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

commutation

education

electrician

elongation

elevation

elocution

embarkation

emulation

emanation

englishwoman

emigration

equitation

eritrean

erudition

estimation

equestrian

estonian

european

eustachian

evolution

evocation

excitation

excavation

exclamation

exhibition

execution

exhalation

exhortation

expedition

expectation

exhumation

explanation

explication

exposition

exploitation

extradition

extrication

exploration

fabrication

fallopian

fascination

federation

fermentation

figuration

fibrillation

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

fragmentation

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

germination

guatemalan

gorgonian

gravitation

gregorian

granulation

graduation

greco-roman

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

hesitation

himalayan

herculean

historian

hibernation

glaciation

hungarian

expiration

iberian

hypertension

hydrocarbon

hyperion

ideation

imitation

illustration

immolation

importation

incantation

immigration

implantation

imperfection

imposition

implication

imputation

inattention

impregnation

incarnation

incrustation

indecision

incubation

indication

indentation

indexation

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

infestation

infiltration

inflammation

inclination

iranian

information

inhalation

inquisition

intermission

instigation

insulation

installation

institution

inspiration

insurrection

integration

interaction

intercession

interception

interdiction

interjection

intuition

interruption

interurban

interwoven

intimation

invitation

intersection

intervention

inundation

intonation

introduction

invocation

introspection

isolation

inhibition

irrigation

irritation

iteration

jacobean

innovation

jordanian

jubilation

judaism

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

leviathan

legislation

liberian

levitation

liberation

librarian

limitation

liquefaction

lilliputian

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

machination

manumission

lubrication

masturbation

maturation

medication

mediation

medicinal

meditation

meridian

menstruation

melanesian

misconception

misbegotten

minnesotan

ministration

miseration

mitigation

missourian

misperception

moderation

mongolian

modulation

molestation

moravian

mortification

motivation

navigation

napoleon

mutilation

nicaraguan

newtonian

nestorian

nigerian

nonpartisan

nomination

noblewoman

nonprescription

obligation

obfuscation

oblivion

observation

obstetrician

occupation

obsidian

octahedron

operation

opposition

orchestration

ohioan

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

olympian

overburden

oxidation

ovulation

palpitation

pagurian

pagination

paraguayan

pelagian

pedestrian

penetration

penicillin

pathogenic

pavlovian

persecution

peruvian

perturbation

permutation

perspiration

photogenic

pigmentation

perforation

politician

planarian

plutonian

polynesian

polyhedron

ibuprofen

population

potassium

praetorian

indonesian

predetermine

predilection

preelection

propagation

preignition

preparation

preservation

premonition

presentation

proclamation

proposition

prohibition

profanation

prostitution

prosecution

protestation

protozoan

procreation

provocation

publication

punctuation

radiation

readmission

realization

reawaken

reassertion

recantation

recitation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

recreation

reconstruction

reexamine

reelection

reformation

refutation

registration

regulation

reinspection

revolution

relaxation

renovation

reparation

repetition

reposition

repercussion

repossession

reproduction

replication

republican

reputation

requisition

resolution

resignation

restitution

respiration

resurrection

retardation

restoration

retribution

retrocession

reservation

revelation

revocation

rhododendron

rhetorician

rumination

sanitation

samaritan

saturation

satisfaction

relocation

sectarian

segregation

self-deception

segmentation

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

precondition

siberian

sicilian

smithsonian

simonian

simulation

situation

speculation

statistician

strangulation

stimulation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

suffocation

superhuman

supposition

surrogation

supervision

superstition

syncopation

syndication

tabulation

tamoxifen

stipulation

tasmanian

titillation

tetrahedron

toleration

transformation

transportation

tribulation

trepidation

ulceration

transplantation

vacillation

validation

utopian

valerian

valuation

vaccination

variation

vegetation

victorian

veneration

ventilation

vindication

violation

wagnerian

visitation

watermelon

usurpation

termination

preconception

5 syllable words

abbreviation

academician

acceleration

abomination

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

alliteration

adulteration

administration

agglomeration

affiliation

alleviation

alienation

amazonian

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

assimilation

association

assemblywoman

attenuation

assassination

augustinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

amalgamation

amelioration

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

canonization

carthaginian

carolinian

cauterization

certification

centralization

centenarian

christianization

clarification

classification

civilization

cohabitation

codification

collaboration

coagulation

colonization

commemoration

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

conglomeration

congratulation

consolidation

consideration

configuration

contamination

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Words that rhyme with the word shotgun

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

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.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

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
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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