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

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

align

aligned

aligns

alkanes

alman

baldwin

amman

bacon

apron

arson

aspen

ashen

asian

atman

auction

auden

austin

bagman

balsam

banyan

baron

basin

bason

bargain

baston

boatman

baton

batten

beacon

beckon

beaten

batton

belgian

bellman

belgians

begun

bayman

bellon

billon

bisson

bison

bitten

blacken

blackens

bollen

blowgun

blossoms

blowguns

blazing

blossom

blessing

blocking

bleaching

blessings

blacksmith

bludgeon

bowman

bracken

bolden

bookman

bordman

brethren

bullion

breton

boston

brakeman

boughten

bourbon

brazen

briton

bushman

broaden

bulging

broken

brighten

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

burgeon

burton

button

cabin

caisson

cajun

blackmail

blushing

bobbin

cayman

canyon

capstan

canton

canaan

cannon

canon

captain

caption

carbon

carman

cauldron

carmine

carton

caulking

caxton

citron

clucking

caution

chairman

certain

charon

chaplain

chapman

chasten

cheapen

chicken

christian

christen

chessman

chevron

chieftain

chosen

churchman

clinton

claxon

classman

classmates

classmate

cloaking

clocking

clogging

closing

calkin

closings

coachman

calkins

calvin

bastion

barren

barton

kelson

colon

common

delphian

copeman

corban

cordon

cretin

crimson

cousin

cowan

crewman

crouton

cushion

cumin

curtain

dalton

dagan

dagon

daman

dampen

damson

darken

cuban

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

cotton

craftsman

desman

diction

craven

devon

dian

cologne

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

dobson

dozen

driven

drunken

dudgeon

draftsman

dragon

dromon

dungeon

eaten

eden

earthen

elan

dustman

dutchman

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

fiction

fielden

faction

falcon

falcons

fallen

famine

fasten

faulcon

felon

fashion

fibrin

heaven

fireman

fatten

fission

faustian

flashgun

firman

footman

flexion

foreman

floren

foreign

friction

freshman

freshen

freedman

freeman

fraction

fountain

fortune

frighten

frozen

fulsome

function

gallon

garden

gammon

fusion

gibbon

garron

gascon

gentian

german

georgian

given

gladden

flagging

glisten

golden

goodman

gorgon

gluten

gotten

grandson

grecian

griffon

gowan

graven

gudgeon

guardsman

gumption

headsman

hackman

haitian

flagman

harken

harden

harten

hangman

happen

hasten

hausen

haven

headman

hearten

heathen

heighten

henchman

ibsen

hessian

hempen

hetman

heron

hidden

homespun

horseman

houseman

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

flashing

flogging

flatten

glidden

ion

glazing

keelson

kelvin

jackman

jetson

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetton

kalan

junction

jordan

jorden

kenyan

leaden

leaven

kansan

kitchen

kitten

kremlin

klansman

kirkman

laden

lampron

landman

landsman

lagan

latin

layman

ledden

lemon

legion

leman

lengthen

lesion

lessen

lesson

lichen

lightman

lighten

liken

linden

listen

lisbon

liman

linen

lion

lineman

linemen

liven

lockman

locken

london

leven

malign

longan

logan

loosen

lopeman

loren

luncheon

lotion

lynden

m1

lumen

lyden

madden

mahone

maiden

pollen

flushing

maligned

martin

mangan

mansion

marchman

mason

marron

markman

marlin

marten

marksman

margin

martian

matron

mayan

melton

mignon

melon

mention

milkman

minion

minden

mission

mitten

moisten

often

malkin

molten

muffin

mullen

muslin

morgan

mormon

motion

mountain

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

olden

odin

omen

ocean

onion

open

option

oxen

orphan

outdone

othman

outrun

oven

owen

organ

packman

paean

panton

pardon

parson

pectin

pagan

passman

patron

patten

pavon

passion

pathan

pension

penguin

penman

peon

perron

person

persian

pigeon

pinion

piston

pitman

placement

placements

plaisance

plankton

plantain

platten

pleasants

pleasing

platen

pleasant

plugging

poison

plasma

pollan

shaken

portman

postman

potion

portion

pressman

prison

pullen

prussian

proven

question

quicken

raven

ration

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

shipman

riven

rerun

resin

rincon

ribbon

ridden

risen

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowan

salesman

runnion

russian

saffron

rumen

sadden

ruin

scion

salmon

scallion

rowen

saxon

samson

santon

sanction

satan

satin

scullion

section

seaman

season

seedsman

selden

session

sequin

semen

seton

seven

scotsman

sermon

sexton

shearman

ponton

shaman

zion

sharpen

shotgun

shogun

shorten

sicken

showman

shrunken

slacken

slackens

siphon

smitten

soldan

sodden

soften

spearman

smarten

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

stallion

stallman

spoken

slogan

squadron

siren

sportsman

spokesman

slogans

stiffen

stepson

steven

station

stricken

strengthen

statesman

stockman

stolen

straighten

striven

slouching

sturgeon

sudden

suction

suasion

sultan

sullen

summon

sunken

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

syphon

taken

talcum

talon

tarpon

tappen

tartan

thicken

tension

tendon

teston

threaten

thousand

talking

tighten

token

titan

toman

traction

townsman

torsion

toughen

treason

triton

undone

trodden

tuscan

tubman

tungsten

turban

trojan

union

urban

urchin

urine

urson

vegan

villain

version

vision

vulcans

written

waken

wagon

walking

wanton

yachtsman

warden

watchman

warren

welcome

welcomes

weapon

wheaten

well-known

whiten

whitson

wiccan

weaken

women

woodman

woman

wooden

wizen

woolman

wholesome

woolen

workman

widen

worsen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abortion

accession

abstraction

abrasion

absorption

abstention

accretion

aegean

acumen

addiction

addition

admission

adhesion

adoption

adrian

adsorption

alchemy

african

aligning

affection

alaskans

affliction

aggression

albion

alignment

alignments

albumin

aleutian

alien

alderman

alchemist

allegiance

allusion

allusions

ambition

ambrosian

anglican

alsatian

anchorman

andean

anyone

apportion

appian

arian

arkansan

balcony

artisan

ascension

aspersion

aryan

assumption

assassin

assertion

asuncion

awaken

attrition

audition

attention

backgammon

aversion

attraction

australian

avian

austrian

backwoodsman

badminton

artesian

balconies

balkanize

bandwagon

collagen

coelacanth

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

blossoming

beethoven

bologna

bosnian

brazilian

bulletin

blackmailing

bouillon

calcium

campion

capsaicin

carrion

catalan

cation

cardigan

cartesian

carnation

castration

caucasian

cambrian

cetacean

civilian

causation

chairperson

chairwoman

charlatan

charwoman

champion

chilean

chamberlain

cistercian

citation

cessation

clarion

clarendon

clergyman

cohesion

cognition

coercion

collection

collegian

collisions

malignant

collegians

collision

collusion

filtration

combustion

devotion

commission

completion

commotion

compassion

communion

companion

complexion

compulsion

conclusion

concoction

condition

conduction

concession

compression

conception

compunction

concussion

confection

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

connection

congressman

congestion

conjunction

connexion

conscription

construction

consumption

constriction

contagion

contraction

contention

contortion

contraption

defection

contrition

convection

deletion

delusion

conviction

contusion

conversion

convention

deflection

correction

corruption

corsican

denizen

depiction

councilman

creation

countryman

crestfallen

cremation

detection

corrosion

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

decision

deception

declension

deflation

crustacean

delusions

convulsion

destruction

dentition

derision

depletion

depression

desertion

description

detention

impression

determine

dictation

diligent

diffraction

abandon

diffusion

dilation

dilution

digestion

dimension

emission

disruption

discretion

discussion

direction

discipline

dispersion

emulsion

dissection

dissension

distraction

distinction

distortion

disunion

division

dominion

diversion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

dulciana

dulcimer

ejection

edition

elation

duration

egyptian

elison

emblazon

embolden

emotion

englishman

enlighten

erection

enliven

equation

eviction

eruption

erosion

evasion

everyone

exaction

excursion

exhaustion

exception

exclusion

exertion

excision

excretion

exemption

encryption

expansion

pollution

expression

extinction

explosion

expulsion

extension

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

falconer

falconers

falconet

falconry

falconets

ferryman

digression

fenian

fijian

fixation

inclusion

fisherman

feminine

fluxional

foramen

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

freemason

franciscan

formation

foundation

freudian

fruition

galleon

fustian

frustration

garrison

genuine

ghanaian

gestation

gentleman

gaussian

gillian

glassmaker

glockenspiel

gordian

gravamen

gradation

grobian

guardian

guncotton

halcyon

helicon

halogen

hawaiian

hammerman

harlequin

handwoven

heartbroken

gyration

helicons

heroin

heroine

illusion

horizon

housebroken

horatian

ignition

illusions

hydrogen

imagine

impassion

immersion

hydration

implosion

inaction

incision

in-person

inception

incursion

indian

induction

inflection

glaucoma

infliction

infection

infarction

inflation

infraction

inhuman

ingestion

injection

infusion

inspection

intention

insertion

inscription

instruction

intestine

invention

invasion

intrusion

injunction

inversion

imprison

keratin

irishman

jamaican

italian

jacobin

javelin

julian

jovian

lecithin

jettison

laurentian

korean

lactation

lanolin

laotian

keynesian

kantian

lesbian

irian

libyan

ligation

libration

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

malayan

malaysian

malaysians

magician

magdalen

malcontent

malcontents

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

medicine

median

medallion

midshipman

menhaden

migration

misshapen

mistaken

misprision

misfortune

moroccan

munition

nebraskan

musician

myosin

narration

mutation

muskmelon

negation

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nubian

nutrition

objection

obsession

ottoman

obstruction

occasion

octillion

occlusion

odeon

omission

oxygen

peterman

opinion

optician

oppression

oration

optation

origin

orion

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

ovation

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

pavilion

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfection

permission

perfusion

permian

persuasion

perversion

petition

patrician

moleskin

phrygian

physician

phoenician

plebeian

pleasantly

pleasantry

pleasantries

phlegmatic

policeman

plantation

pliocene

polishing

croatian

polygon

preclusion

prediction

position

precession

possession

porcelain

precaution

precision

predestine

predation

preemption

regimen

prescription

presumption

pretension

prevention

propulsion

procession

production

privation

probation

projection

profession

promotion

profusion

progression

proportion

proscription

prostration

protean

protection

puritan

provision

ramadan

reaction

quotation

realign

realism

recession

recision

reception

rebellion

reduction

redemption

reflection

regression

rejection

relation

remission

reopen

religions

rendition

rescission

resection

reptilian

repression

resumption

retraction

retention

reunion

reversion

restriction

revulsion

revision

rifleman

rhodopsin

saleswoman

rotation

saccharin

salvation

samoan

sedition

scythian

secession

seclusion

secretion

sedation

selection

sensation

scorpion

simian

singleton

specimen

snapdragon

solomon

solution

subscription

submission

stagnation

stygian

submersion

timberman

starvation

succession

suburban

subtraction

subversion

sumatran

superman

suspicion

summation

suppression

suspension

syrian

tactician

talisman

tamarin

taxation

thespian

technician

temptation

suggestion

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transcription

venison

transition

translation

transmission

transgression

tuition

unbutton

unbroken

uncommon

truncation

unburden

uncertain

uneven

unison

unwritten

venetian

vatican

uterine

vacation

vermilion

veteran

vibration

vitamin

volcanoes

volcanos

volcano

transfusion

volition

vocation

waterman

volcanic

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abolition

abdication

abnegation

aberration

acclamation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

accordion

admonition

adoration

admiration

adrenaline

advocation

allocation

adulation

affectation

alabaman

allegation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

albanian

algonquian

alexander

algerian

alexandrine

alexandrines

alexanders

alchemically

aldebaran

alleghany

affirmation

altercation

alteration

alternation

american

amphibian

amputation

animation

annexation

ammunition

annotation

application

arizonan

appalachian

appellation

apparition

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

approbation

armenian

armageddon

assyrian

aspiration

assemblyman

athenian

avocation

attribution

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

arthurian

californian

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

bolognese

businesswoman

calibration

calculation

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

coalition

coalescence

coliseum

cogitation

collocation

collodion

columbian

colloquium

coloradan

colosseum

coloration

comparison

committeeman

commutation

compensation

commendation

competition

compilation

complication

composition

computation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

comprehension

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

confirmation

congregation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

conservation

consolation

contradiction

constellation

consummation

constipation

constitution

consultation

contemplation

contraception

consternation

contrarian

contravention

contribution

correlation

convocation

corinthian

crucifixion

coronation

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

copernican

criterion

crocodilian

copenhagen

cultivation

culmination

custodian

cyclopean

dedication

dandelion

declaration

decimation

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

defamation

darwinian

definition

conversation

convolution

degradation

deformation

dehydration

delegation

delusional

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

deposition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

deportation

derivation

desiccation

desecration

designation

desolation

destitution

desperation

destination

devonian

devastation

devolution

deviation

detonation

dietitian

dilatation

diligently

comedian

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

dislocation

disposition

disinfection

disinflation

disputation

dispensation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

dissertation

dominican

divination

domination

dualism

dualisms

dulcinea

draconian

education

duplication

elevation

electrician

elegantly

elocution

eloquently

elongation

elysium

emanation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

diocesan

equitation

englishwoman

european

equestrian

erudition

estimation

eritrean

estonian

eustachian

execution

evolution

excavation

exhalation

excitation

exclamation

exhibition

evocation

exhortation

explanation

explication

expedition

expiration

exploitation

exploration

extrication

exposition

extradition

exhumation

fabrication

expectation

fallopian

federation

combination

fascination

fibrillation

figuration

diminution

fluoridation

floridian

foliation

fluctuation

formulation

fragmentation

fermentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gentlewoman

generation

gastrulation

germination

glaciation

incrustation

gorgonian

gravitation

granulation

graduation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

hallucinate

habitation

hallucinates

hegelian

hesitation

hemoglobin

herculean

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hyperion

hydrocarbon

hypertension

hungarian

imitation

iberian

ibuprofen

ideation

illusionist

illusionists

illustration

immigration

immolation

imperfection

implantation

implication

imposition

importation

inquisition

impregnation

inattention

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

indication

indecision

indigestion

indiscretion

indignation

incubation

indentation

indonesian

indexation

inflammation

infestation

infiltration

information

inhalation

inhibition

invocation

innovation

installation

interaction

inspiration

instigation

insurrection

integration

insulation

institution

intercession

interception

interdiction

interjection

interruption

intersection

intermission

interurban

intervention

interwoven

intimation

introduction

intuition

introspection

intonation

inundation

invitation

iranian

irrigation

irritation

iteration

isolation

jacobean

jurisdiction

jubilation

jordanian

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

malignancy

leviathan

liberation

levitation

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

litigation

liquefaction

liquidation

locomotion

macedonian

lubrication

maccabean

machination

malformation

malignancies

mammalian

manumission

obstetrician

medication

maturation

mediation

meditation

melanesian

meridian

menstruation

minnesotan

misbegotten

ministration

misconception

miseration

misperception

mitigation

missourian

moderation

modulation

motivation

malnutrition

moravian

mortification

mongolian

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nihilism

nigerian

newtonian

nomination

nonpartisan

obligation

nonprescription

obfuscation

oblivion

obsidian

masturbation

molestation

olympian

occupation

ohioan

octahedron

opposition

orchestration

ordination

operation

oscillation

ostentation

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

paraguayan

palpitation

pelagian

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagians

penetration

penicillin

persecution

pagurian

perforation

perspiration

permutation

perturbation

peruvian

pagination

phylogeny

pigmentation

planarian

plasmodium

plutonian

politician

observation

plasmodia

polygamy

polygyny

polygonal

polyhedron

polynesian

reinspection

preelection

praetorian

predilection

predetermine

precondition

preconception

preignition

propagation

premonition

preparation

proposition

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

profanation

presentation

prosecution

preservation

prostitution

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

readmission

radiation

realization

realizing

reawaken

reclamation

recitation

reassertion

recantation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

recreation

reelection

reexamine

reformation

refutation

registration

protestation

regulation

relaxation

relocation

renovation

reparation

religionist

repercussion

repetition

population

replication

reposition

republican

reproduction

repossession

reputation

requisition

resignation

resolution

reservation

respiration

restitution

resurrection

retribution

retardation

retrocession

revelation

restoration

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

samaritan

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

sicilian

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violation

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watermelon

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abomination

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yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word silicon

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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:

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