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

abstain

abstract

action

acton

abstracts

abstruse

affects

affixed

affect

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

auction

ashen

asian

atman

aspen

austin

bacon

auden

bagman

basin

baston

bason

bastion

baton

batten

batton

baldwin

bushman

baron

beckon

belgian

bellman

beefsteak

begun

bludgeon

bellon

bison

blacken

billion

bisson

bitten

billman

billon

blowgun

boatman

bobbin

bobcats

bobcat

bracken

bookman

boston

bordman

boughten

bollen

bourbon

bolden

bowman

brakeman

brazen

breton

bullion

brethren

brighten

briton

broaden

broken

brogan

burton

burden

burdon

burgeon

burman

beaten

button

caisson

cajun

calvin

cabin

canaan

cannon

canon

bayman

canton

canyon

caption

captain

capstone

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

capstan

caution

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chasten

chessman

charon

cheapen

chevron

chieftain

chicken

children

beacon

christian

churchman

citron

classman

christen

claxon

clinton

coachman

chosen

colon

banyan

common

bargain

barren

barton

craftsman

corban

copeman

cordon

cotton

cousin

cowan

craven

crewman

dalton

crouton

daman

cushion

curtain

dagan

dagon

cumin

cuban

dampen

darken

deacon

deaden

debased

deafen

damson

deepen

defects

defect

defaced

demon

depict

depicts

delphian

cretin

crimson

desman

devon

dian

diction

diffused

dipstick

divest

divests

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dovecotes

dovecote

dragon

dudgeon

dungeon

drunken

driven

dromon

dustman

earthen

eaten

eden

eavesdrop

effect

effects

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

evict

huntsman

faction

falcon

dutchman

fashion

fasten

fiction

fatten

felon

fibrin

flexion

fission

fireman

firman

fielden

flashgun

faulcon

flatten

faustian

footman

foreman

floren

foreign

fraction

fountain

fortune

freshen

friction

function

freshman

frighten

fusion

frozen

gascon

gallon

gammon

garden

garron

gentian

georgian

german

gladden

gilden

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

gluten

golden

goodman

freedman

freeman

grandson

famine

gotten

grecian

graven

gumption

gudgeon

guardsman

hackman

haitian

hangman

harden

harken

happen

griffon

hasten

headsman

harten

headman

hearten

haven

heaven

heathen

hausen

hessian

hetman

henchman

hempen

heighten

heron

gowan

horseman

houseman

hoten

hidden

hopscotch

hoven

human

hipster

hipsters

hyson

hymen

hyphen

homespun

ibsen

hogan

gorgon

jackman

ion

jetson

jason

jetton

jasmine

jargon

jordan

junction

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kansan

kelvin

kalan

jorden

klansman

kirkman

kremlin

kitten

kitchen

landsman

lampron

landman

laden

lagan

layman

lengthen

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lessen

legion

lesson

lesion

leman

leven

lemon

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linden

fallen

lineman

liven

linemen

linen

lion

mangan

lisbon

listen

lockman

london

locken

longan

loosen

lotion

margin

lobsters

luncheon

madden

loren

lyden

mahone

m1

maiden

lynden

lobster

logan

markman

lopeman

marksman

marchman

marten

martin

marron

mason

marlin

martian

matron

mansion

mayan

mention

melon

melton

lumen

mignon

minion

minden

option

milken

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

million

mormon

mountain

muffin

mullen

nekton

nation

mutton

muslin

motion

ninon

newsman

norman

notion

pagan

oarsman

passman

obstructs

odin

ocean

offset

offsets

onion

olden

open

offshoot

offshoots

often

organ

omen

orphan

outdone

outrun

othman

oven

oxen

owen

packman

paean

panton

parson

pardon

passion

pinion

obstruct

pathan

patten

patron

pavon

pectin

pension

penguin

penman

peon

perron

person

persian

pigeon

pillion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

portman

postman

potion

pressman

poison

platten

prison

prussian

question

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reckon

redden

quipster

region

pullen

proven

reason

resin

rerun

riden

ripen

ribbon

ridden

rincon

risen

riven

robin

selden

sanction

rotten

rosin

roman

rosen

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

runnion

russian

saffron

sadden

salmon

salesman

samson

ripostes

santon

saxon

scallion

scullion

scotsman

satan

satin

scion

scapegoats

scapegoat

section

seaman

season

seedsman

session

seven

sequin

semen

sermon

seton

sexton

shaken

shorten

shotgun

shrunken

shaman

sharpen

shipman

shearman

shogun

showman

sicken

silken

slacken

smarten

siphon

siren

slogan

smitten

soften

sodden

soldan

solon

spartan

sovereign

sovran

space-time

spearman

riposte

robust

spastic

spectral

spectrum

spectre

spectrums

sportsman

spokesman

spigot

spoken

spigots

squadron

stallion

station

stepson

statesman

steven

stiffen

stillion

strengthen

stockman

straighten

stricken

sturgeon

striven

stolen

suasion

stallman

subside

subsides

suction

substance

substrates

sudden

substrate

sullen

sultan

sunken

summon

surgeon

sweepstakes

sweepstake

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tension

teston

threaten

tendon

thicken

thousand

tighten

titan

token

toman

tipster

traction

torsion

toughen

townsman

treason

trillion

tungsten

tubman

triton

trodden

trojan

turban

tuscan

typist

undone

typists

union

upsets

upset

upshot

urban

urson

urchin

upstart

upstream

upstarts

urine

upside

vegan

version

villain

vision

vulcan

wanton

wagon

waken

warden

warren

watchman

weaken

weapon

webster

websters

whitson

workman

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

worsen

tillman

woodman

woolman

woman

women

wooden

woolen

yachtsman

written

zaman

zion

yaupon

woven

yeoman

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

abrasion

ablution

abortion

abdomen

abstraction

abstention

abstentions

abstinence

abstinent

accession

absorption

accretion

addiction

acumen

abstracted

adhesion

abstractions

addition

alsatian

admission

adoption

affections

affliction

affecting

affected

affective

african

aggression

adrian

adsorption

allusion

aleutian

albion

albumin

alaskan

alderman

alien

aegean

ambition

anchorman

andean

ambrosian

anglican

anyone

apostate

apostle

apportion

appian

arian

arkansan

apostles

artesian

ascension

attention

asuncion

assertion

assumption

attraction

aryan

attrition

audition

australian

aspersion

assassin

austrian

aversion

avian

backgammon

artisan

awaken

baby-sit

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

beethoven

bedouin

beholden

biotin

bitumen

benjamin

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

capsaicin

cambrian

campion

carnation

cartesian

carrion

castration

caucasian

cardigan

causation

cessation

cation

cetacean

catalan

chairperson

champion

chairwoman

charlatan

chamberlain

charwoman

chilean

cistercian

cinnamon

citation

civilian

citizen

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

coercion

collection

collegian

cognition

collision

cohesion

collagen

collusion

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

privation

complexion

completion

conception

compression

compulsion

compunction

concession

confection

concoction

conduction

concussion

condition

conclusion

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

connexion

connection

conjunction

conscription

congressman

constriction

contagion

contention

consumption

contortion

contrition

contraction

contraption

convection

contusion

convention

conviction

conversion

convulsion

correction

construction

corruption

corsican

corrosion

councilman

countryman

creation

cremation

crestfallen

dalmatian

damnation

cyprian

declension

deception

decision

infection

deduction

defection

defections

defective

deficit

deflection

deflation

deficits

deletion

dentition

depiction

delusion

denizen

depicted

depletion

depictions

deposit

deposits

depression

derision

croatian

description

desertion

detection

destruction

detention

determine

devotion

devastate

direction

dilation

digression

dimension

digestion

dilution

diffraction

diffusion

discretion

discipline

discussion

dissection

disruption

dispersion

dissension

divestment

distortion

distinction

distraction

disunion

diversion

divestments

division

donation

dominion

downtrodden

dorian

duration

eavesdropping

edition

ejection

effective

effectors

effector

egyptian

election

elation

elison

eleven

emblazon

encryption

emulsion

emission

emotion

embolden

englishman

enliven

enlighten

excision

episode

equation

epistle

erection

eruption

erosion

etruscan

eviction

evasion

everyone

evictions

episodes

exception

exaction

exclusion

excretion

excursion

exemption

exertion

probation

exhaustion

extraction

expression

expulsion

extension

extortion

extinction

extrusion

expansion

fixation

ferryman

feminine

fenian

filtration

fijian

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

formation

foundation

forgotten

franciscan

frustration

freemason

fruition

freudian

fustian

garrison

galleon

genuine

gentleman

gaussian

ghanaian

explosion

gillian

gordian

gravamen

gradation

gyration

guncotton

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

halcyon

harlequin

grobian

guardian

hawaiian

heartbroken

heavyweights

heroin

heroine

heavyset

heavyweight

horatian

housebroken

horizon

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

injection

inaction

imprison

implosion

in-person

impression

inception

inclusion

incision

incursion

indian

immersion

abandon

induction

inflation

inflection

ingestion

infliction

infraction

infusion

libration

inhuman

intestine

imagine

inspection

inscription

insertion

instruction

intention

invasion

invention

intrusion

inversion

impassion

injunction

irishman

italian

irian

jamaican

jettison

jacobin

javelin

kantian

keratin

korean

lanolin

jovian

laotian

julian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

keynesian

infarction

ligation

libyan

migration

malaysian

location

logician

lobbyist

lobbyists

lumberman

malayan

magdalen

mandarin

magician

lutheran

masculine

lopsided

marian

margarine

medallion

menhaden

mexican

medicine

melanin

midshipman

median

fabian

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

misshapen

negation

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

narration

myosin

navigates

navigate

nebraskan

niacin

nitrogen

nevadan

nobleman

notation

norwegian

nonhuman

nonunion

nubian

objection

obsession

obfuscate

obstacle

obstacles

obstinate

nemean

obstructions

occasion

obstructive

occlusion

octillion

odeon

offsetting

oppression

optation

oboist

opinion

omission

opposite

opposites

oration

optician

origin

orion

ovation

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

oxygen

overman

overrun

nutrition

partition

parthian

parisian

partisan

obstruction

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

percussion

persuasion

petition

perversion

peterman

phoenician

perfusion

phrygian

physician

permian

pretension

permission

plebeian

pollution

precession

policeman

possession

position

porcelain

predation

predestine

preclusion

prediction

precaution

preemption

prescription

precision

presumption

prevention

procession

profession

production

redemption

profusion

progression

proportion

propulsion

promotion

protection

projection

proscription

prostration

protean

quotation

puritan

ramadan

reaction

regression

reception

recession

rebellion

recision

provision

reflection

reduction

regimen

rejection

relation

rendition

remission

religion

reopen

repression

reptilian

resection

restriction

resumption

retention

retraction

rescission

reunion

reversion

secretion

revision

revulsion

rhapsodize

rhapsodic

rifleman

rhapsody

rhodopsin

revisit

revisits

rotation

salvation

samoan

saleswoman

saccharin

scorpion

scythian

sedation

selection

secession

seclusion

seduction

sedition

sensation

robustly

silicon

simian

skeleton

singleton

snapdragon

solution

solomon

sophistry

spaghetti

spectacle

spectator

spectacles

specimen

stagnation

spectators

spectrograph

starvation

stygian

subacute

submission

submersion

subscription

subsidies

tactician

succession

substances

substantive

substitute

substantial

subtraction

subversion

suburban

substitutes

suggestion

suffocate

summation

superman

suppression

suspension

suspicion

sumatran

talisman

subsidy

syrian

tamarin

subsidize

tapestries

tapestry

technician

thespian

wesleyan

toboggan

transaction

transcription

tradition

translation

transition

transfusion

transgression

transmission

truncation

tuition

uncertain

uneven

unburden

unbutton

unbroken

uncommon

typesetting

unwritten

unison

upsetting

upside-down

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

vibration

veteran

vermilion

vocation

volition

vitamin

timberman

waterman

zambian

4 syllable words

abrogation

abolition

acclamation

absolution

acclimation

abyssinian

accusation

activation

acquisition

accordion

admiration

aggravation

adulation

aggregation

adrenaline

affectionate

affectively

aldebaran

agrarian

algerian

alabaman

albanian

algonquian

alteration

admonition

altercation

amputation

alternation

ammunition

amphibian

american

appalachian

apparition

apostrophe

apostrophes

apprehension

approbation

arbitration

arabian

arizonan

apostolic

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

aviation

attribution

avocado

avocados

backwardation

babysitting

baby-sitters

baby-sitter

barbarian

commendation

commutation

comedian

bavarian

complication

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

calculation

californian

cancellation

canadian

compensation

capacitance

capacitors

capacitor

carcinogen

businesswoman

celebration

centurion

chameleon

capacities

circumcision

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collodion

capacity

coloration

combination

coloradan

columbian

committeeman

comparison

compilation

competition

concentration

computation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confrontation

confiscation

conflagration

congregation

conjugation

consecration

conservation

consolation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contemplation

contrarian

contraception

contradiction

contribution

contravention

conversation

convocation

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

coronation

correlation

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

culmination

custodian

cyclopean

criterion

declaration

dandelion

darwinian

decompression

decimation

dedication

desecration

deconstruction

derivation

depravation

deformation

definition

degradation

dehydration

delegation

demonstration

demolition

demarcation

deportation

depredation

deposition

depositions

depositor

depositors

deprivation

dereliction

desiccation

designation

desolation

domination

destination

desperation

devastation

detonation

devastating

devastated

deviation

devolution

dietitian

disaffection

devonian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disputation

dissertation

disinfection

dislocation

disinflation

dispensation

disposition

dissipation

distillation

disillusion

distribution

dissolution

divestiture

divestitures

divination

draconian

dominican

exhortation

duplication

composition

education

effectively

effectuate

electrician

elevation

excitation

emanation

elocution

elongation

exhalation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

exclamation

equitation

equestrian

estimation

erudition

eritrean

estonian

eustachian

european

evocation

evacuate

excavation

evolution

evocative

execution

destitution

exhumation

exhibition

expiration

expedition

explanation

explication

exploitation

exploration

exposition

comprehension

extrication

extradition

ideation

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

himalayan

hibernation

hesitation

herculean

hemoglobin

hegelian

historian

hungarian

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

librarian

immolation

fallopian

imitation

immigration

interruption

impregnation

incantation

implantation

illustration

implication

importation

imputation

imposition

incarnation

inattention

incrustation

inclination

incubation

indentation

indexation

indication

indignation

indigestion

indecision

infiltration

indiscretion

indonesian

information

inflammation

inhalation

inhibition

imperfection

installation

instigation

inspiration

inquisition

institution

integration

insulation

insurrection

interaction

intercession

interception

interdiction

interjection

intersection

intimation

intermission

inundation

intonation

intuition

intervention

introspection

interurban

introduction

interwoven

invitation

invocation

innovation

isolation

irritation

iteration

irrigation

iranian

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

lancastrian

kindergarten

levitation

legislation

leviathan

liberation

liberian

limitation

lilliputian

liquidation

liquefaction

malformation

litigation

mammalian

locomotion

malnutrition

maccabean

macedonian

masturbation

maturation

lubrication

manumission

mediation

meditation

medication

menstruation

melanesian

meridian

ministration

miseration

misperception

misconception

moderation

mitigation

modulation

missourian

mongolian

moravian

mortification

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

navigators

navigator

minnesotan

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

noblewoman

nomination

nonprescription

nonpartisan

misbegotten

obfuscation

obligation

observation

obstetrical

obesity

obstetrician

oblivion

obstetricians

obsidian

obstinacy

obstructionist

obstructionists

occupation

nestorian

officiates

officiate

octahedron

operation

ohioan

olympian

opacity

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

opposition

oxidation

oppositions

overburden

ovulation

pedestrian

pagurian

paraguayan

penetration

pavlovian

pelagian

penicillin

pagination

permutation

perspiration

perturbation

persecution

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

praetorian

preparation

presentation

preconception

predetermine

preservation

predilection

preelection

preignition

premonition

precondition

plutonian

proclamation

procreation

reelection

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prohibition

publication

prostitution

radiation

readmission

realization

protozoan

recantation

reawaken

recitation

reclamation

recollection

recognition

recreation

reconstruction

reexamine

punctuation

regulation

reinspection

registration

relaxation

relocation

reparation

renovation

replication

repercussion

repetition

reassertion

reposition

reputation

repossession

reproduction

republican

requisition

resolution

restoration

reservation

respiration

resignation

restitution

resurrection

retribution

retardation

retrocession

revelation

rhetorician

revocations

revolution

rhododendron

rhapsodizes

sectarian

revocation

rumination

samaritan

segmentation

saturation

satisfaction

segregation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

siberian

shakespearean

sicilian

situation

simulation

simonian

smithsonian

sophisticate

sophisticates

speculation

spectacular

spectrometer

spectrometry

spectroscopy

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subluxation

subdivision

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

substantially

substantiate

substantively

suffocating

substituted

substitution

syncopation

substitutions

syndication

superstition

supposition

superhuman

supervision

suppositions

surrogation

subsidizes

substantiates

termination

tetrahedron

toleration

titillation

transformation

topsy-turvy

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

ubiquity

usurpation

vaccination

valuation

variation

valerian

utopian

veneration

vegetation

ventilation

vindication

victorian

violation

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

accreditation

accommodation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affectionately

agglomeration

alleviation

alliteration

alienation

amalgamation

amortization

amplification

annihilation

amelioration

anticipation

amazonian

appreciation

approximation

argumentation

appropriation

argentinian

articulation

attenuation

assassination

association

assemblywoman

assimilation

authentication

augustinian

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carthaginian

cauterization

certification

centralization

centenarian

carolinian

clarification

christianization

civilization

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

communication

concatenation

conciliation

configuration

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

defenestration

degeneration

deliberation

denomination

delicatessen

denunciation

delineation

depopulation

depositary

depository

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

dionysian

disembarkation

discoloration

discrimination

disinclination

dissatisfaction

domestication

dramatization

dissemination

dissociation

disintegration

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

emancipation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

enumeration

eradication

equalization

epistolary

equivocation

ethiopian

evaporation

evacuation

evaluation

evacuations

evacuated

exacerbation

examination

exaggeration

exasperation

excoriation

epicurean

exfoliation

exoneration

exhilaration

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

libertarian

exoskeleton

facilitation

indoctrination

falsification

fertilization

fortification

glorification

harmonization

hallucination

hanoverian

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

illumination

imagination

immunization

inactivation

inauguration

incarceration

improvisation

incorporation

incineration

incrimination

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

investigation

insemination

inoculation

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interrogation

interpolation

interpretation

invalidation

intoxication

intimidation

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

manipulation

localization

magnification

lithuanian

magnetization

mathematician

maximization

mechanization

maximilian

metropolitan

misapprehension

oregonian

misinformation

mobilization

modification

mississippian

modernization

mummification

multiplication

navigational

neapolitan

negotiation

organization

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

misapplication

notification

nonsectarian

normalization

nonintervention

nullification

obliteration

miscalculation

obstructionism

ornamentation

origination

ossification

overproduction

participation

panamanian

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

pasteurization

perpetuation

philadelphian

prevarication

precipitation

premeditation

pomeranian

predestination

polarization

preoccupation

predisposition

presbyterian

presupposition

reverberation

decomposition

procrastination

prognostication

pronunciation

refrigeration

proletarian

proliferation

regeneration

purification

qualification

quantification

recommendation

recombination

rectification

recrimination

recuperation

reforestation

pythagorean

reintegration

reiteration

rejuvenation

repatriation

remuneration

renunciation

representation

repudiation

repository

retaliation

revaluation

resuscitation

repositories

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

sophistication

solicitation

sophisticated

specification

sterilization

subordination

subsidiary

substantiation

synchronization

subsidiaries

specialization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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