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

action

adapts

acton

adapt

adept

adopt

adopts

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

aspen

ashen

arson

asian

atman

auction

auden

austin

bagman

bacon

baldwin

banyan

basin

bason

bastion

barton

baron

barren

bargain

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

belgian

bison

billion

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

bludgeon

blacken

boatman

bobbin

bollen

bolden

blowgun

bookman

bordman

boston

boughten

brethren

bracken

brazen

brakeman

bourbon

bowman

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burgeon

burton

burman

bushman

button

caisson

calvin

cabin

canyon

canton

canaan

cannon

canon

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carton

carman

carmine

caution

caxton

cauldron

cayman

certain

cajun

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chasten

charon

cheapen

chessman

chevron

chicken

christian

christen

churchman

chieftain

children

chosen

citron

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

colon

common

bellon

bellman

copeman

corban

cotton

cordon

craftsman

cousin

craven

cowan

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

bullion

cushion

curtain

dagan

dagon

cumin

dalton

dampen

deadbeats

deaden

deafen

deacon

deadbeat

deathbed

deepen

delphian

desman

demon

damson

diction

devon

dian

doctrine

dobson

dolman

darken

dolphin

draftsman

dudgeon

dozen

dragon

driven

dromon

dungeon

drunken

eaten

eden

dustman

elan

dutchman

earthen

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

faction

falcon

fallen

famine

fashion

fasten

fatten

faulcon

faustian

fiction

fission

fibrin

fielden

fireman

firman

flexion

flashgun

flatten

footman

foreman

floren

foreign

footpath

fortune

fraction

freshen

fountain

freedman

freeman

freshman

friction

function

frighten

fusion

frozen

gentian

gascon

gallon

gammon

garron

garden

georgian

gladden

gibbon

given

gilden

glidden

glisten

gorgon

golden

goodman

gowan

gluten

grandson

graven

gumption

gotten

grecian

gudgeon

guardsman

griffon

german

hackman

haitian

happen

hangman

harden

harken

harten

hasten

henchman

headman

headsman

hearten

hempen

heaven

heighten

heathen

haven

hausen

hetman

homespun

horseman

hotbed

hoten

hogan

hotbeds

houseman

hoven

huntsman

hymen

human

hyson

ibsen

hyphen

hidden

heron

hessian

daman

ion

jackman

jetson

jetton

jason

jasmine

jargon

jordan

junction

jorden

kansan

keelson

kalan

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

klansman

kremlin

kitten

laden

lagan

lampron

landman

landsman

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

lengthen

leman

lesson

lemon

lessen

lesion

leven

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

liman

lineman

linemen

lion

linen

listen

lisbon

liven

kirkman

kitchen

lotion

london

lopeman

longan

loosen

loren

luncheon

madden

linden

lyden

lynden

mahone

maiden

m1

mangan

mansion

martian

mason

marksman

margin

marchman

markman

marlin

marron

marten

martin

matron

melton

locken

logan

mention

melon

mayan

million

milken

minion

mignon

mission

minden

mitten

moisten

lockman

molten

mountain

muffin

mullen

motion

lumen

nation

mutton

muslin

morgan

mormon

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

felon

ocean

olden

omen

onion

open

option

organ

orphan

othman

output

outfits

outbids

outputs

outrun

oven

owen

oxen

outvote

outvotes

packman

paean

pagan

outbid

outdone

panton

outfit

parson

pardon

passion

passman

pathan

pectin

odin

patten

patron

pension

penguin

penman

often

perron

person

persian

pavon

plankton

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

pigeon

plantain

platen

platten

poison

peon

pollan

portion

portman

ponton

pollen

potion

pressman

postman

prison

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

redbud

proven

region

redoubt

rerun

resin

ribbon

rowen

ripen

risen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

runnion

rotten

rumen

rowan

russian

samson

ruin

sadden

saffron

salmon

salesman

sanction

santon

satan

satin

ridden

riden

scotsman

saxon

scallion

scullion

scion

section

rincon

riven

seedsman

seaman

selden

straighten

season

sodden

semen

session

sexton

seven

shaken

sermon

seton

sequin

sharpen

shaman

shotgun

shipman

shorten

shrunken

shearman

shogun

showman

silken

siphon

sicken

siren

smarten

slacken

smitten

slogan

soften

soldan

sportsman

spartan

sovereign

sovran

spearman

spokesman

spoken

squadron

stallion

stallman

station

statesman

stillion

steven

stiffen

stepson

stockman

stolen

solon

strengthen

stricken

trillion

striven

suasion

sturgeon

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

sunken

summon

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

taken

talon

tendon

tension

threaten

tighten

titan

tillman

thicken

thousand

tidbits

tidbit

token

traction

teston

torsion

toughen

townsman

toman

stupid

trodden

trojan

tungsten

tubman

tuscan

turban

union

urson

urchin

urban

urine

undone

yachtsman

vegan

version

villain

vision

vulcan

watchman

wagon

whitson

wanton

waken

whiten

warden

warren

weapon

weaken

wheaten

widen

wizen

woodman

wiccan

woman

women

worsen

wooden

written

woolen

woolman

workman

treason

woven

triton

yaupon

zaman

yeoman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abortion

abdomen

abrasion

abstraction

abstention

absorption

accession

accretion

adapters

adaptive

adapter

acumen

addiction

addition

adhesion

admission

adopted

adopter

adoptions

adoptive

adrian

adsorption

adopters

adoption

aegean

affection

aggression

affliction

african

albion

albumin

alaskan

alderman

aleutian

alien

alsatian

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

apportion

appian

anyone

artesian

ascension

arian

artisan

arkansan

aryan

aspersion

assertion

assassin

assumption

asuncion

attention

attraction

audition

attrition

australian

austrian

aversion

avian

badminton

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandwagon

conjunction

battalion

bedouin

bedizen

beethoven

bedridden

beholden

biotin

benjamin

bitumen

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cessation

cardigan

castration

carnation

cartesian

carrion

cation

causation

catalan

caucasian

cetacean

chairperson

champion

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

citation

cistercian

cinnamon

citizen

civilian

clergyman

clarion

clarendon

collection

collegian

cognition

collagen

collision

coercion

cohesion

collusion

compassion

commotion

combustion

commission

companion

completion

complexion

communion

compression

compulsion

compunction

concession

conception

concussion

concoction

conclusion

conduction

conflation

confession

confection

condition

confucian

confusion

congestion

congressman

connection

connexion

constriction

construction

convulsion

contagion

contention

consumption

contortion

contraption

contraction

contrition

conscription

convection

convention

contusion

conversion

conviction

corruption

correction

corsican

corrosion

countryman

councilman

creation

croatian

cremation

crestfallen

dalmatian

cyprian

precession

damnation

deception

declension

decision

deduction

deflation

deflection

deletion

defection

delusion

dentition

depletion

depiction

denizen

depression

description

derision

desertion

detection

detention

determine

dilation

dictation

digression

digestion

devotion

diffusion

diffraction

dilution

dimension

direction

discipline

discretion

discussion

destruction

donation

disruption

distinction

dispersion

dissension

distortion

dissection

diversion

division

distraction

disunion

dominion

downtrodden

duration

edition

elation

egyptian

ejection

election

eleven

emblazon

emulsion

elison

encryption

emission

emotion

englishman

equation

enlighten

enliven

embolden

eruption

erection

erosion

etruscan

evasion

everyone

eviction

exaction

excretion

excision

exclusion

excursion

exertion

exception

exemption

exhaustion

dorian

expression

explosion

expulsion

expansion

extension

extortion

extinction

extrusion

extraction

fabian

filtration

flirtation

ferryman

fixation

fijian

fisherman

forgotten

flotation

foramen

forewoman

formation

forbidden

foundation

fustian

freemason

franciscan

freudian

frustration

fruition

gyration

galleon

garrison

gentleman

genuine

gaussian

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

godfathers

gradation

godfather

gravamen

guardian

grobian

guncotton

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

halcyon

heroin

heroine

fenian

hawaiian

hydration

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

immersion

impassion

implosion

impression

abandon

imprison

in-person

inaction

inception

inclusion

incursion

incision

imagine

induction

inflation

infection

infarction

inflection

infliction

infusion

heartbroken

injection

inhuman

ingestion

injunction

infraction

insertion

inspection

inscription

instruction

intention

intestine

obsession

invasion

invention

inversion

irishman

italian

irian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

feminine

intrusion

korean

lecithin

lanolin

laurentian

laotian

libration

ligation

libyan

lesbian

keynesian

location

logician

magdalen

lumberman

lutheran

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

masculine

margarine

marian

medicine

medallion

median

melanin

menhaden

midshipman

migration

mexican

misprision

mistaken

misshapen

misfortune

moroccan

motivates

motivate

mutation

narration

myosin

muskmelon

nitrogen

munition

musician

negation

niacin

nevadan

nebraskan

nemean

norwegian

nonhuman

nobleman

notation

nonunion

nubian

objection

nutrition

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

odeon

indian

omission

oppression

optician

oration

opinion

origin

orion

ottoman

outfitting

outfitted

outfitters

outfitter

ovation

outspoken

overman

overrun

overdone

oxygen

pollution

parisian

partition

partisan

patrician

pelican

pavilion

pentathlon

percussion

perfection

permission

parthian

perfusion

permian

perception

persuasion

perversion

peterman

petition

physician

phrygian

plebeian

policeman

phoenician

position

porcelain

possession

predation

precaution

preclusion

predestine

prediction

preemption

prescription

prevention

provision

presumption

pretension

precision

production

procession

probation

profession

profusion

progression

privation

prostration

projection

promotion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

protean

protection

religion

quotation

puritan

ramadan

reaction

recession

reception

recision

rebellion

redemption

reduction

reflection

regression

rejection

regimen

relation

remission

reopen

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

resumption

retention

restriction

retraction

reunion

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

revulsion

rifleman

salvation

sedation

rotation

saccharin

samoan

saleswoman

secretion

rendition

scorpion

seclusion

scythian

seduction

sedition

selection

sensation

singleton

silicon

simian

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stepdaughters

stepdaughter

stepfather

stevedore

secession

submersion

submission

stygian

subscription

subversion

succession

suggestion

suburban

subtraction

sumatran

summation

superman

suppression

suspension

suspicion

syrian

tactician

taxation

technician

talisman

tamarin

translation

thespian

timberman

toboggan

transgression

transaction

transcription

tradition

transfusion

transition

transmission

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

vacation

unbutton

uncommon

uneven

unison

unwritten

uterine

uncertain

vatican

venetian

venison

vibration

veteran

vermilion

vocation

vitamin

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abnegation

abolition

aberration

absolution

abyssinian

acquisition

accordion

adaptable

admonition

adoptable

adrenaline

affirmation

alabaman

aldebaran

agrarian

albanian

algerian

algonquian

alteration

altercation

alternation

ammunition

american

apparition

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

arthurian

arizonan

armenian

armageddon

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

conjugation

backwardation

amphibian

barbarian

bavarian

beatified

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

californian

calculation

businesswoman

canadian

carcinogen

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumspection

circumcision

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collodion

coloradan

coloration

benediction

compensation

combination

compilation

columbian

committeeman

comedian

comparison

competition

complication

composition

comprehension

concentration

computation

confrontation

condescension

conflagration

confiscation

confirmation

congregation

consecration

constipation

consolation

constellation

consternation

constitution

conservation

contemplation

consummation

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

contribution

convocation

convolution

conversation

copenhagen

copernican

crucifixion

corp.

corporation

corinthian

crocodilian

criterion

cotyledon

culmination

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

destination

dandelion

destitution

decompression

declaration

deconstruction

definition

decoration

degradation

deformation

dehydration

demarcation

depravation

demonstration

deportation

demolition

deposition

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

darwinian

desperation

devolution

deviation

dietitian

devonian

diminution

disaffection

dispensation

disconnection

diocesan

disinflation

disillusion

dislocation

disinfection

disputation

disposition

dissipation

distillation

dissertation

dissolution

distribution

divination

dominican

duplication

draconian

education

electrician

embarkation

elocution

elongation

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

estimation

erudition

eritrean

estonian

evolution

european

evocation

eustachian

excavation

excitation

exclamation

exhalation

execution

exhibition

exhumation

exhortation

explication

expiration

exploration

expectation

explanation

exploitation

expedition

exposition

fabrication

extrication

extradition

fallopian

federation

figuration

fibrillation

formulation

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

floridian

fumigation

galilean

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

gargantuan

glaciation

graduation

indentation

gorgonian

guatemalan

gregorian

greco-roman

hemoglobin

illustration

hegelian

immigration

herculean

indication

hibernation

historian

hydrocarbon

hungarian

hypertension

ibuprofen

ideation

hyperion

iberian

immolation

importation

implication

implantation

imperfection

inhalation

himalayan

imposition

incrustation

impregnation

imputation

indexation

innovation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

inattention

indignation

incubation

indecision

indigestion

integration

inspiration

inflammation

infestation

infiltration

indonesian

information

installation

indiscretion

inhibition

instigation

insulation

inquisition

institution

intimation

insurrection

interaction

intercession

interception

interdiction

interjection

intermission

intonation

interruption

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

introspection

introduction

inundation

invitation

invocation

irritation

irrigation

iteration

iranian

jacobean

itty-bitty

jubilation

jurisdiction

jordanian

mediation

laceration

lancastrian

liberation

leviathan

liberian

levitation

lilliputian

limitation

librarian

liquefaction

intuition

liquidation

kindergarten

misconception

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

litigation

locomotion

masturbation

manumission

maturation

molestation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

minnesotan

misbegotten

miseration

relaxation

ministration

misperception

mitigation

missourian

modulation

moderation

mongolian

moravian

mortification

motivation

motivations

motivated

mutilation

napoleon

nativity

nigerian

nestorian

nicaraguan

newtonian

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

observation

obstetrician

olympian

opposition

orchestration

ostentation

octahedron

ohioan

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

pagurian

paraguayan

pedestrian

pavlovian

pelagian

penicillin

permutation

perforation

persecution

perspiration

peruvian

perturbation

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

politician

preservation

polynesian

population

preconception

precondition

predetermine

predilection

preelection

premonition

preignition

praetorian

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

prosecution

proposition

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

publication

polyhedron

radiation

realization

readmission

reassertion

reawaken

reclamation

punctuation

recognition

recollection

recreation

reconstruction

refutation

reformation

reelection

redoubtable

reexamine

regulation

registration

reinspection

relocation

obsidian

repercussion

repetition

replication

repossession

reposition

reproduction

republican

requisition

reservation

respiration

restoration

resolution

retribution

restitution

retardation

retrocession

resurrection

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

segregation

rumination

satisfaction

samaritan

saturation

sectarian

self-deception

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

simulation

sicilian

simonian

situation

smithsonian

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subluxation

subdivision

stupidity

substitution

superstition

supposition

supervision

superhuman

syncopation

syndication

tasmanian

tamoxifen

tetrahedron

titillation

transformation

toleration

transplantation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

usurpation

utopian

valuation

valerian

variation

veneration

ventilation

vindication

victorian

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

acceleration

abomination

academician

accommodation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alliteration

alleviation

amplification

amalgamation

amortization

amazonian

amelioration

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

authorization

argentinian

authentication

augustinian

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

certification

centralization

carolinian

cauterization

centenarian

carthaginian

christianization

civilization

clarification

coagulation

colonization

cohabitation

collaboration

commemoration

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consolidation

consideration

brobdingnagian

contamination

continuation

coordination

cooperation

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

deification

defenestration

degeneration

delicatessen

deliberation

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

desalination

desegregation

depreciation

determination

disintegration

dionysian

discoloration

disembarkation

discrimination

disinclination

dissemination

dissociation

dissatisfaction

domestication

ejaculation

elaboration

elimination

electrocution

emancipation

elizabethan

equalization

epicurean

enumeration

equivocation

ethiopian

evacuation

examination

evaporation

evaluation

exacerbation

exaggeration

excoriation

exasperation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

falsification

expatriation

extermination

expropriation

facilitation

exoskeleton

fertilization

fortification

glorification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

inhabitation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

humiliation

imagination

illumination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incarceration

incrimination

incorporation

incineration

infatuation

indoctrination

initiation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

interpolation

instrumentation

interconnection

intimidation

interrogation

intoxication

interpretation

invalidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

justification

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

manipulation

legalization

libertarian

localization

magnetization

magnification

misinformation

lithuanian

mathematician

mechanization

maximilian

maximization

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

mississippian

modernization

mobilization

multiplication

mummification

neutralization

neapolitan

negotiation

nickelodeon

notification

normalization

nonintervention

nonsectarian

nullification

nitroglycerine

obliteration

panamanian

ornamentation

organization

origination

orientation

oregonian

ossification

overproduction

pasteurization

participation

patagonian

peloponnesian

perpetuation

pennsylvanian

polarization

philadelphian

precipitation

pomeranian

predestination

preoccupation

predisposition

presbyterian

prevarication

presupposition

pronunciation

procrastination

prognostication

proletarian

proliferation

qualification

purification

quantification

pythagorean

reaffirmation

recommendation

rectification

recuperation

recombination

recrimination

reforestation

reintegration

reiteration

refrigeration

regeneration

rejuvenation

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

revaluation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

sterilization

remuneration

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

utilization

unification

unitarian

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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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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