Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word african.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
2 syllable words
4 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word african.
2 syllable words

abhors

abreast

action

acton

affairs

afresh

airman

alan

alban

alman

bracken

amman

appraise

appears

apprise

apron

arson

ashen

aspen

asian

atman

auction

austin

auden

avers

averse

bagman

bacon

baldwin

baron

barren

bastion

banyan

bargain

barton

bason

basin

baston

baton

beckon

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beavers

begun

bevers

blacken

bellon

bellman

belgian

bourbon

bludgeon

bollen

bordman

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

billion

billman

blowgun

boatman

bobbin

bolden

bookman

boston

boughten

brakeman

bowman

brazen

approach

brethren

burden

burgeon

briton

broken

bullion

buffers

burdon

darken

zircon

burman

burton

button

cabin

cajun

caisson

bushman

caption

calvin

canyon

canaan

cannon

canon

caprice

capstan

canton

captain

carbon

capers

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

caxton

caution

chairman

cayman

certain

chaplain

chapman

chevron

charon

chessman

chasten

cheapen

chauffeurs

chicken

chieftain

christen

churchman

children

christian

chosen

choppers

citron

classman

claxon

dampen

breton

cobras

clinton

coachman

common

coffers

curtain

colon

craftsman

corban

copeman

coppers

cordon

cotton

cousin

craven

cowan

crimson

cretin

crewman

covers

crouton

coopers

cuban

cumin

cushion

cyphers

cypress

dagan

dagon

dalton

brighten

daman

damson

deaden

broaden

deafen

daybreak

deacon

brogan

defrost

delphian

demon

defers

depressed

defrays

desman

devon

dian

diction

diffract

differs

dippers

ermine

diverge

draftsman

divers

diverse

dragon

dolman

dobson

doctrine

divorced

divorce

dolphin

dozen

drunken

driven

dudgeon

dromon

earthen

dutchman

dustman

eaten

eden

elan

dungeon

emption

engine

ensign

flatten

evers

faction

eyebrows

falcon

fabric

fabrics

flashgun

fashion

faulcon

famine

fasten

fatten

faustian

felon

fallen

favors

fibrin

fireman

firman

fiction

fission

fielden

fibres

fevers

harten

flexion

floren

fortune

foreman

foreign

fountain

fraction

freedman

freeman

gallon

freshman

footman

friction

frighten

frozen

garden

freshen

gammon

fusion

garron

function

gascon

gentian

georgian

german

given

gilden

grecian

gladden

grandson

glidden

glisten

golden

gluten

goodman

gophers

gorgon

gotten

gowan

graven

guardsman

harden

griffon

gudgeon

hackman

haitian

gumption

hangman

gibbon

happen

harken

givers

hasten

hausen

hearten

headman

haven

headsman

mansion

heathen

heaven

heron

hessian

hempen

hetman

hidden

henchman

hogan

homespun

hoppers

horseman

hoten

houseman

hoven

human

hovers

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

heighten

hyson

ibsen

jackman

ion

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetton

jordan

jorden

jobbers

junction

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kalan

keepers

kenyan

kirkman

kitten

kippers

kitchen

klansman

landsman

lampron

landman

lagan

kremlin

laden

labors

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

layman

legion

leapfrog

lavers

leman

lemon

lengthen

lepers

lessen

jetson

lesion

lesson

leven

levers

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

lineman

linemen

liman

linen

lion

linden

lisbon

listen

lockman

london

liven

locken

logan

loafers

livers

loren

lotion

lopeman

loosen

lovers

lubbers

loppers

loopers

m1

longan

luncheon

lyden

lynden

lumen

mahone

madden

maiden

mangan

margin

marchman

markman

marksman

martian

marlin

marten

martin

marron

mason

matron

mayan

melon

melton

mention

mignon

morgan

milken

minden

million

minion

mission

mormon

mitten

molten

moisten

mullen

deepen

muffin

mountain

motion

mutton

muslin

nation

movers

oarsman

nekton

nevers

newsman

norman

ninon

notion

ocean

obverse

often

onion

operas

olden

odin

offers

omen

open

plankton

option

sermon

session

oppressed

organ

orphan

othman

outrun

outdone

oven

proven

overs

packman

oxen

owen

pagan

paean

panton

pardon

parson

passion

passman

pathan

patron

pectin

patten

pavon

paupers

penguin

penman

pension

peon

peppers

perron

persian

person

raven

papers

pigeon

pillion

pinion

plantain

platen

platten

pitman

poison

ponton

pollan

pollen

portion

portman

postman

potion

hebrews

pressman

prison

pullen

prussian

pipers

piston

question

quicken

poppers

ration

rayon

rappers

reckon

reason

redden

refers

reefers

refresh

region

reprise

reproach

resin

rerun

quavers

repairs

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

ripen

risen

riven

reveres

robin

roman

robbers

roofers

reversed

reverse

rosin

rotten

rowan

rowen

rubric

sadden

russian

runnion

rumen

ruin

sabres

salmon

samson

salesman

sanction

santon

satan

rubbers

saxon

scallion

rosen

satin

scion

savers

savors

saviors

section

scotsman

scullion

seaman

scuppers

seedsman

selden

season

semen

rivers

ropers

rovers

sequin

heifers

sharpen

shaken

shaman

taken

seton

seven

shipman

shipwreck

shipwright

shipwrights

severs

shorten

sexton

shotgun

showman

shrunken

tappen

shavers

sicken

silken

siphon

siren

shearman

slacken

smarten

slogan

smitten

shippers

sodden

soften

soldan

sovereign

sovereigns

sovran

sportsman

sparger

sparkle

spartan

sparkles

sparkling

spearman

sparsely

sparrows

solon

spoken

spokesman

shivers

shogun

traction

squadron

stallion

stallman

statesman

station

stepson

stiffen

stillion

steven

stockman

stolen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suction

suasion

straighten

sudden

strengthen

suffers

suffrage

tarpon

sullen

sultan

sunken

shoppers

surgeon

summon

suppers

skippers

supers

sobers

syphon

talon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

sweepers

tapers

tartan

thicken

threaten

tendon

teston

tension

thousand

tighten

tillman

sprightly

token

toman

toppers

torsion

sprocket

toughen

townsman

tubman

triton

trodden

trojan

trillion

treason

tubers

tuscan

turban

tungsten

undone

union

upright

urchin

urban

urson

urine

uprights

uprise

uppers

vegan

titan

vapors

version

villain

vulcan

vision

vipers

wafers

wagon

warden

waken

warren

watchman

weapon

wanton

weaken

webers

weavers

wheaten

workman

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

whitson

woodman

woolman

whoppers

wipers

worsen

yachtsman

woven

written

yaupon

waivers

yeoman

zaman

zion

zebras

zephyrs

zippers

tippers

3 syllable words

abdomen

abrogate

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

abrasions

absorption

abrasive

abstraction

accession

accretion

abstention

admission

adhesion

acumen

addiction

addition

adoption

affliction

affection

adrian

adsorption

aegean

aforesaid

aggression

albion

albumin

alaskan

aleutian

ambition

alderman

alsatian

alien

allusion

ambrosian

andean

anchorman

anyone

apportion

appian

appraisals

apercu

appraisal

appraisers

appraiser

appraises

awaken

apprises

apricot

apricots

approaches

arian

artisan

artesian

arkansan

aryan

ascension

attraction

attrition

assumption

approaching

assassin

aspersion

assertion

backgammon

audition

avarice

austrian

australian

average

averages

avian

aversion

asuncion

aversions

aversive

badminton

attention

backwoodsman

bandwagon

bedridden

bedouin

battalion

bedizen

beethoven

benjamin

beverage

beverages

bifurcate

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

behaviors

beholden

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

clarendon

collagen

cambrian

capsaicin

campion

caprices

cardigan

citizen

carnation

carrion

cation

castration

causation

caucasian

cessation

cetacean

chairwoman

chairperson

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

cartesian

cinnamon

chilean

cistercian

citation

civilian

combustion

clarion

clergyman

cognition

coercion

collection

collegian

collision

collusion

commission

cohesion

dalmatian

commotion

communion

compression

compassion

companion

complexion

completion

compulsion

compunction

conduction

concoction

concussion

confection

conclusion

confession

condition

conception

conflation

concession

confucian

confusion

congestion

congressman

conscription

connection

connexion

conjunction

construction

constriction

consumption

contortion

contention

contraction

councilman

contraption

contrition

convection

convention

conversion

conviction

contagion

contusion

convulsion

copyright

coppersmith

copiers

copyrights

correction

corruption

countryman

corrosion

cooperage

crestfallen

coverage

creation

croatian

cremation

crustacean

damnation

cyprian

declension

decision

deception

abandon

deduction

denizen

defection

deflection

deforest

derision

deflation

depiction

deletion

delusion

depression

dentition

deprecate

deprecates

depressant

depressants

depresses

depletion

depressions

depressive

description

desertion

detection

destruction

detention

determine

devotion

devours

diapers

diaphragm

dictation

diffraction

digression

dilution

diffusion

dilation

digestion

dimension

direction

discipline

discretion

discussion

disruption

dissection

dispersion

dissension

distortion

distraction

disunion

diversion

distinction

divergent

diverging

diverges

diversions

division

divorcee

divorces

downtrodden

dorian

donation

dominion

duration

edition

election

ejection

elation

eleven

emission

elison

emulsion

emblazon

embolden

emotion

encryption

egyptian

enlighten

enliven

erection

equation

englishman

eruption

erosion

etruscan

everyone

everest

euphoric

everglades

evasion

evergreen

evergreens

eviction

exaction

exception

excision

fabian

excretion

excursion

exclusion

fabricate

exemption

exertion

expansion

expression

extraction

extrusion

extortion

explosion

extinction

exhaustion

fabricates

ferryman

expulsion

feminine

fenian

filtration

fijian

fisherman

feverish

fixation

extension

flirtation

fruition

flotation

forbidden

forgotten

foramen

forewoman

formation

foundation

frustration

freudian

ghanaian

franciscan

galleon

fustian

gentleman

gaussian

genuine

freemason

gestation

gillian

gibberish

gordian

gradation

gravamen

halogen

guardian

harlequin

handwoven

grobian

hammerman

halcyon

gyration

guncotton

resumption

heartbroken

mandarin

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

horizon

housebroken

horatian

hovercraft

hydrogen

hydration

hyperspace

imagine

immersion

illusion

ignition

impassion

imprison

impression

in-person

inaction

incision

implosion

inception

incursion

inclusion

indian

induction

infliction

infection

infarction

inflection

inflation

infraction

infusion

ingestion

inhuman

inscription

injection

injunction

insertion

instruction

intention

intrusion

intestine

irishman

irian

inversion

invasion

invention

italian

jacobin

jamaican

jettison

jovian

inspection

julian

kantian

keynesian

lactation

korean

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

layperson

leprechaun

leprechauns

leprosy

lesbian

leverage

libration

ligation

libyan

lubricant

nitrogen

location

logician

lubricants

lubricate

lumberman

lutheran

malayan

malaysian

magician

nebraskan

nebraskans

marian

masculine

maverick

mavericks

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

migration

midshipman

moroccan

misprision

misfortune

misshapen

mistaken

oppression

myosin

narration

musician

muskmelon

mutation

niacin

negation

nevadan

nemean

obstruction

oppressions

nobleman

obsession

norwegian

munition

nonunion

notation

nubian

nutrition

optician

nonhuman

occasion

occlusion

objection

octillion

oppresses

omission

odeon

opinion

plantation

oppressive

oppressors

oration

origin

ottoman

oppressor

optation

orion

outspoken

margarine

ovation

overcast

overcomes

phoenician

overdone

overcrowds

overcrowd

overrun

overgrown

overman

overgrowth

overreach

overseas

oversea

oversee

oversees

oversell

oxygen

overshot

oversight

oversize

oversleep

overstate

overstates

overstay

overstep

overstock

overuse

overweight

overshoot

partisan

parthian

parisian

partition

overcome

paperweight

patrician

pavilion

perfection

perception

percussion

pentathlon

perfusion

permian

permission

perversion

persuasion

overcooks

peterman

petition

reaction

phrygian

plebeian

overact

policeman

porcelain

overcoat

pollution

precaution

presumption

position

possession

precession

overcook

prediction

precision

predation

predestine

preclusion

preemption

prescription

privation

pretension

prevention

probation

production

progression

procession

profession

profusion

projection

proportion

propulsion

proscription

prostration

promotion

ovaries

protection

provision

protean

overcharge

puritan

quotation

rapprochement

physician

overacts

reappears

recession

recision

rebellion

reception

refreshments

reduction

reforest

reflection

referees

refractive

refractor

redemption

refreshment

refractors

refreshing

refresher

refreshes

regimen

regression

remission

rejection

relation

rendition

religion

reopen

represent

repression

repressions

reprisal

represents

reprisals

repressive

reptilian

repurchase

resection

rescission

retraction

restriction

reunion

retention

reveries

reversal

reversals

overcoats

reversion

reversing

reversers

reverses

revision

rifleman

revulsion

rhodopsin

saleswoman

rivieres

robberies

rotation

rubberize

riverside

reverser

saccharin

salvation

samoan

sapphires

scorpion

secretion

seduction

sedation

seclusion

sedition

scythian

selection

secession

sensation

reviewers

tactician

tamarin

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

specimen

sobriquet

sovereignty

solomon

solution

taxation

stagnation

starvation

stygian

subscription

submersion

submission

subtraction

suburban

subversion

subversive

succession

suffragette

suffragettes

suffragist

suffragists

suppression

sumatran

suppressor

summation

superman

supersedes

supersede

suppresses

suggestion

suspension

suspicion

talisman

syrian

supercharge

transaction

thespian

temptation

timberman

toboggan

transition

transgression

transmission

transcription

transfusion

tradition

translation

truncation

tuition

unwritten

technician

unbutton

unbroken

unison

uncommon

uneven

uncertain

uprising

uprisings

uterine

vacation

unburden

venison

venetian

vermilion

vibration

veteran

vitamin

volition

vocation

zambian

waterman

wesleyan

vaporize

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abrogation

abnegation

absolution

abolition

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accusation

acquisition

activation

admiration

adaptation

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

advocation

affirmation

adulation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

agitation

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algonquian

algerian

allocation

allegation

alteration

altercation

alternation

amphibian

animation

annotation

amputation

annexation

ammunition

appreciable

apparition

application

appalachian

appellation

aphorisms

aphorism

appreciate

appreciates

apprehension

approachable

approbation

approximate

arabian

approximates

arbitration

armageddon

arthurian

arizonan

armenian

aspiration

assemblyman

avocation

attribution

assyrian

augmentation

aviaries

aviation

athenian

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bifurcated

bohemian

behaviorist

bolivian

behaviorists

dandelion

calculation

calibration

businesswoman

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

combination

coalition

collocation

cogitation

cyclopean

collodion

coloradan

columbian

comedian

coloration

committeeman

commutation

comparison

complication

competition

compilation

composition

comprehension

compensation

condemnation

confrontation

confiscation

computation

concentration

condescension

condensation

confirmation

congregation

conflagration

conjugation

consecration

connotation

conservation

consolation

consummation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consternation

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

contribution

convocation

conversation

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

coronation

correlation

corinthian

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

criterion

coverages

crucifixion

crocodilian

culmination

cultivation

commendation

custodian

darwinian

deconstruction

decimation

declaration

decompression

decoration

dedication

defamation

deprivation

deformation

definition

degradation

delegation

demolition

dehydration

demarcation

dereliction

depressingly

demonstration

depravation

depredation

deposition

deportation

depreciate

depreciates

derivation

desiccation

destitution

desolation

desperation

devolution

designation

destination

devastation

deviation

detonation

devonian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

dietitian

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

desecration

disinflation

disposition

dispensation

disputation

dissolution

distribution

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

diversified

diversify

dominican

divination

domination

draconian

diversity

duplication

education

emanation

dislocation

elevation

electrician

elocution

emulation

emigration

embarkation

elongation

equitation

equestrian

englishwoman

eritrean

estimation

european

eustachian

evocation

execution

evolution

excavation

exclamation

excitation

fabrication

erudition

exhalation

exhortation

expedition

explication

expiration

extrication

extradition

expectation

explanation

exposition

exhumation

exploration

exploitation

fabrications

exhibition

fabricated

fabricator

fabricators

federation

fascination

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fallopian

fluoridation

formulation

fluctuation

foliation

fumigation

fragmentation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

germination

granulation

gorgonian

graduation

guatemalan

glaciation

gravitation

habitation

greco-roman

gregorian

estonian

hesitation

himalayan

hibernation

hemoglobin

herculean

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperactive

hyperion

hypertension

hypersonic

iberian

imperfection

ibuprofen

imitation

immolation

ideation

immigration

illustration

indication

implantation

implication

importation

imposition

imputation

impregnation

inattention

incantation

indigestion

incarnation

incrustation

indexation

inclination

incubation

indecision

indentation

infiltration

infestation

indonesian

inflammation

information

inhibition

inhalation

indiscretion

indignation

innovation

inquisition

insulation

insurrection

installation

interruption

hegelian

inspiration

instigation

institution

interdiction

interjection

interaction

intercession

intermission

interception

intersection

interurban

intervention

intimation

introduction

introspection

intuition

intonation

inundation

iranian

invocation

interwoven

invitation

irrigation

isolation

irritation

iteration

jacobean

jurisdiction

jordanian

jubilation

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

librarian

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aboriginal

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theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

veterinarian

verification

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word african

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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

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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
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  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

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