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

acton

alban

action

alan

airman

align

aligned

alman

aligns

alkanes

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

austin

auden

baldwin

bagman

bacon

balsam

banyan

bastion

bargain

bordman

barton

baston

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

bookman

basin

bayman

beacon

blacken

beaten

belgian

bellman

belgians

bellon

beckon

begun

billion

billman

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

blackens

blackmail

bludgeon

blazing

blossom

blessing

blocking

blossoms

blessings

bleaching

blowgun

bollen

blowguns

blushing

bolden

bobbin

boatman

blacksmith

boston

bason

boughten

bowman

bracken

brazen

brakeman

bourbon

brethren

breton

brighten

briton

bulging

bullion

button

bushman

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

calvin

calkin

calkins

cajun

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

canton

canyon

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

cauldron

carton

caution

caxton

caulking

cayman

certain

children

chosen

christian

chaplain

chapman

charon

chairman

chieftain

chasten

christen

churchman

cheapen

chessman

chevron

chicken

citron

classman

claxon

cloaking

clocking

clogging

classmates

classmate

clinton

closing

closings

clucking

coachman

crouton

cologne

colon

common

crimson

corban

cordon

copeman

cousin

cowan

craftsman

cotton

craven

cretin

crewman

cuban

cumin

broaden

broken

curtain

cushion

dalton

dampen

damson

darken

dagan

dagon

daman

deafen

deacon

deaden

delphian

deepen

demon

desman

devon

diction

dian

dozen

dudgeon

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

drunken

dobson

draftsman

dragon

driven

dromon

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

brogan

gilden

gladden

falcon

faulcon

faction

fallen

fashion

falcons

famine

fasten

fatten

faustian

felon

fibrin

fiction

fielden

fission

function

fireman

flashgun

flatten

flagman

firman

flagging

fraction

flogging

footman

foreman

foreign

fortune

frozen

freshen

flushing

fountain

freedman

freeman

freshman

friction

frighten

fulsome

flashing

flexion

gallon

garden

gammon

garron

gascon

gentian

georgian

floren

german

gibbon

given

glidden

gluten

gowan

golden

goodman

gorgon

glisten

gotten

glazing

guardsman

gudgeon

grandson

griffon

grecian

graven

gumption

hackman

haitian

hangman

hausen

happen

harden

harken

harten

hasten

headman

headsman

haven

hearten

heaven

heathen

hoven

hessian

henchman

hempen

heron

hetman

hidden

houseman

hoten

horseman

hogan

homespun

human

heighten

ibsen

hyphen

hyson

hymen

huntsman

melon

mention

junction

kansan

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jordan

jorden

jetton

jason

keelson

kelson

kalan

kelvin

kitchen

melton

klansman

kenyan

kremlin

kirkman

kitten

landsman

lampron

landman

latin

leaden

layman

leaven

ledden

lengthen

lesion

lemon

lessen

lesson

legion

leman

leven

london

lichen

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lighten

liken

liman

linen

lisbon

lockman

listen

liven

lion

locken

logan

loosen

longan

loren

lopeman

lotion

lumen

luncheon

m1

malign

lynden

lagan

lyden

madden

mahone

maiden

maligned

mansion

margin

marchman

markman

marksman

marlin

mangan

martian

marron

marten

malkin

martin

mayan

matron

mason

laden

milken

million

milkens

milkman

minden

mignon

minion

muslin

onion

mission

morgan

mormon

mitten

molten

muffin

mullen

motion

moisten

mountain

mutton

nekton

nation

newsman

notion

ninon

norman

odin

oarsman

ocean

often

olden

omen

option

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

othman

oven

oxen

owen

packman

pagan

paean

panton

passion

pardon

parson

passman

pathan

patron

patten

penguin

pectin

pavon

penman

pension

perron

peon

persian

person

pigeon

pillion

plankton

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

open

platen

placement

plasma

placements

plaisance

platten

pleasant

pleasants

pleasing

pollan

poison

plugging

pollen

portion

portman

ponton

shearman

pressman

shotgun

prison

siren

postman

potion

prussian

proven

pullen

slogan

question

ration

quicken

spartan

reason

reckon

redden

region

resin

rerun

ribbon

ridden

risen

riden

rincon

ripen

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

robin

rowan

rowen

ruin

runnion

russian

riven

rumen

salesman

sadden

saffron

salmon

sanction

shrunken

samson

scotsman

scullion

santon

saxon

satin

scion

satan

scallion

seaman

season

section

selden

seedsman

session

seven

sequin

semen

sermon

seton

sexton

shaken

sharpen

shipman

shaman

shogun

shorten

showman

spoken

zircon

silken

sicken

siphon

slacken

slackens

titan

raven

smarten

soldan

smitten

sodden

soften

slouching

solon

sovereign

sovran

spearman

rayon

torsion

sportsman

stallion

stallman

statesman

station

stepson

stillion

stockman

stiffen

stolen

steven

straighten

strengthen

suction

stricken

suasion

slogans

striven

sturgeon

sudden

sullen

sultan

summon

sunken

surgeon

sylvan

talcum

talon

swollen

syphon

sweeten

taken

talking

tarpon

tartan

tappen

tendon

tension

teston

thousand

spokesman

tillman

thicken

threaten

tighten

token

toman

tuscan

toughen

squadron

traction

townsman

trillion

tubman

tungsten

treason

trojan

triton

trodden

turban

undone

union

urban

vegan

urchin

urson

urine

warren

version

watchman

vision

vulcan

villain

vulcans

wanton

warden

wizen

whitson

wagon

welcome

weapon

welcomes

well-known

whiten

walking

wheaten

wiccan

wholesome

waken

widen

woman

weaken

women

woolman

wooden

woolen

yachtsman

woodman

woven

yaupon

yeoman

workman

worsen

written

zaman

zion

3 syllable words

acumen

abandon

ablation

abrasion

abortion

abstention

accession

absorption

abstraction

accretion

addiction

addition

abdomen

adhesion

abduction

affliction

adoption

affection

adsorption

aegean

adrian

african

admission

aggression

alaskan

alaskans

albumin

albion

alderman

alchemist

ambition

alchemy

aligning

alignment

alignments

allegiance

alsatian

alien

ambrosian

andean

anchorman

anglican

apportion

anyone

appian

artesian

arkansan

arian

artisan

aryan

ascension

aspersion

assertion

assassin

asuncion

assumption

attention

attrition

attraction

australian

austrian

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

avian

badminton

balconies

balcony

audition

balkanize

bandwagon

battalion

bitumen

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

biotin

blackmailing

blossoming

bologna

brazilian

bosnian

bouillon

polygon

bulletin

campion

calcium

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

cartesian

caucasian

catalan

causation

carrion

cation

castration

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chilean

champion

citation

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

civilian

clarion

clergyman

collection

cohesion

coercion

cognition

coelacanth

collagen

collegians

clarendon

combustion

commission

communion

compassion

companion

completion

complexion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conception

concession

concussion

condition

concoction

conduction

confection

confession

confucian

conflation

congestion

congressman

conjunction

connection

connexion

constriction

construction

contagion

contention

contortion

consumption

contraction

contraption

contrition

convection

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

corrosion

corruption

councilman

countryman

conscription

creation

corsican

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

depletion

cyprian

deduction

dalmatian

damnation

defection

declension

deception

decision

deflation

deflection

deletion

denizen

dentition

depiction

discussion

derision

depression

direction

desertion

detection

description

devotion

destruction

detention

determine

dictation

dilation

diligence

diligent

digestion

dimension

diffraction

digression

discipline

discretion

dissension

exclusion

dispersion

dissection

disruption

disunion

diversion

division

distortion

distraction

distinction

dominion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

dulciana

evasion

dulcimer

duration

edition

elation

ejection

egyptian

election

elison

erection

elegant

eleven

eloquence

equation

emission

emotion

emblazon

eloquent

embolden

emulsion

enlighten

enliven

englishman

encryption

eruption

etruscan

excision

eviction

everyone

exaction

exception

excursion

impression

excretion

exhaustion

exemption

exertion

expansion

explosion

expression

extrusion

expulsion

extension

extortion

extraction

extinction

fabian

falconer

falconers

falconet

falconets

falconry

ferryman

fenian

feminine

fustian

filtration

fixation

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

fluxional

forewoman

formation

foramen

forbidden

forgotten

fruition

foundation

freemason

franciscan

freudian

frustration

fijian

galleon

gentleman

gaussian

ghanaian

garrison

genuine

gestation

gillian

gordian

glockenspiel

gradation

gravamen

guardian

grobian

gyration

halcyon

guncotton

hawaiian

hammerman

handwoven

halogen

harlequin

heartbroken

helicon

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

housebroken

glaucoma

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

implosion

immersion

imagine

impassion

glassmaker

helicons

imprison

inaction

in-person

incision

inception

incursion

indian

infarction

insertion

induction

inflation

infusion

inflection

infliction

infection

infraction

ingestion

inhuman

injection

injunction

inscription

inspection

instruction

inversion

intrusion

intention

intestine

invasion

jamaican

irian

invention

italian

irishman

jacobin

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

korean

keratin

keynesian

lactation

laotian

lanolin

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magician

malayan

malignant

magdalen

malcontents

malcontent

mandarin

marian

margarine

medallion

masculine

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

migration

midshipman

policeman

mexican

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moleskin

moroccan

musician

munition

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

nevadan

nebraskan

negation

nemean

niacin

norwegian

narration

nonhuman

nobleman

nonunion

nitrogen

nubian

notation

odeon

objection

obsession

obstruction

nutrition

octillion

omission

oppression

opinion

optation

optician

oration

origin

orion

overman

patrician

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overrun

oxygen

parisian

partisan

partition

parthian

plebeian

pavilion

pelican

pelicans

perfusion

percussion

perception

perfection

permission

pentathlon

permian

persuasion

perversion

petition

phoenician

physician

phrygian

peterman

phlegmatic

plantation

pleasantly

pleasantries

pleasantry

polishing

pliocene

position

porcelain

possession

predation

precaution

precision

precession

predestine

preemption

prescription

prediction

procession

privation

pretension

prevention

probation

profession

production

progression

proportion

projection

propulsion

protection

prostration

protean

proscription

puritan

presumption

ramadan

quotation

reaction

realign

realism

recession

recision

reception

rebellion

regression

regimen

reduction

reflection

redemption

religion

rescission

relation

religions

rejection

rendition

remission

reopen

resumption

reptilian

repression

resection

restriction

retention

retraction

reunion

reversion

revulsion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

saleswoman

samoan

rotation

saccharin

salvation

secession

scorpion

scythian

secretion

sedation

sedition

seduction

selection

sensation

skeleton

silicon

simian

singleton

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

transmission

stagnation

starvation

submersion

subversion

succession

submission

suburban

subtraction

stygian

subscription

suggestion

suppression

summation

superman

sumatran

suspicion

talisman

syrian

suspension

taxation

tactician

technician

temptation

tamarin

toboggan

thespian

timberman

tradition

transfusion

tuition

transaction

truncation

transcription

transgression

translation

transition

unbutton

unwritten

uneven

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unison

vacation

uterine

vatican

venison

venetian

vermilion

veteran

vibration

vocation

volcanic

volcanoes

volcanos

volition

vitamin

volcano

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

absolution

abolition

abnegation

abrogation

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

aberration

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

admiration

admonition

adulation

adoration

advocation

affectation

adrenaline

affirmation

agrarian

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

alabaman

alternation

albanian

aldebaran

alchemically

allegation

algerian

alexandrines

algonquian

allocation

alteration

altercation

alleghany

alexandrine

american

ammunition

amputation

amphibian

animation

annexation

appalachian

appellation

annotation

application

apprehension

apparition

alexanders

approbation

alexander

arabian

arizonan

arthurian

armageddon

armenian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

bavarian

avocation

backwardation

aviation

barbarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

bolognese

arbitration

dislocation

canadian

cancellation

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

coalition

coalescence

cogitation

coliseum

collocation

collodion

coloration

colloquium

coloradan

comedian

combination

columbian

colosseum

commendation

compilation

comparison

commutation

competition

compensation

composition

committeeman

complication

comprehension

condemnation

condensation

condescension

concentration

computation

confiscation

congregation

confirmation

conflagration

confrontation

conjugation

consolation

constitution

constellation

consecration

constipation

conservation

consternation

consultation

consummation

contribution

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

conversation

convolution

copernican

coronation

convocation

corinthian

copenhagen

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

connotation

criterion

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

dedication

decoration

definition

deformation

defamation

degradation

delegation

dehydration

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

dereliction

depravation

depredation

deprivation

derivation

deportation

desolation

deposition

desiccation

desecration

designation

destination

desperation

destitution

detonation

devonian

devastation

deviation

dietitian

dilatation

diligently

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

diocesan

dispensation

disposition

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

distribution

divination

dominican

distillation

domination

dualism

draconian

dualisms

dulcinea

education

elocution

elevation

electrician

elegantly

elongation

duplication

elysium

emanation

emigration

eloquently

embarkation

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

erudition

disinfection

estimation

estonian

european

eustachian

disinflation

evocation

excavation

excitation

execution

exclamation

exhalation

exhibition

exhumation

expedition

exhortation

exploration

exposition

explanation

explication

exploitation

fabrication

extradition

extrication

fallopian

fascination

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

fluctuation

fluoridation

formulation

foliation

fragmentation

figuration

fumigation

gentlewoman

galilean

gastrulation

generation

gargantuan

germination

floridian

expectation

glaciation

gorgonian

expiration

graduation

granulation

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

hallucinate

hallucinates

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

hesitation

herculean

himalayan

hibernation

historian

hungarian

illusionist

hyperion

hypertension

hydrocarbon

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

illusionists

imitation

illustration

immigration

immolation

imperfection

implantation

implication

imposition

importation

impregnation

crocodilian

inattention

imputation

incubation

inclination

incrustation

indonesian

indecision

indication

indentation

indexation

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

innovation

installation

inflammation

information

infestation

inhalation

inhibition

inquisition

infiltration

inspiration

instigation

insulation

institution

integration

insurrection

interaction

interception

introduction

interwoven

intermission

interruption

interurban

intuition

interdiction

interjection

intimation

intersection

intervention

introspection

isolation

inundation

intonation

invocation

iranian

invitation

irrigation

irritation

iteration

jacobean

jubilation

intercession

jordanian

jurisdiction

laceration

melanesian

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

lilliputian

locomotion

levitation

liberation

limitation

litigation

liquidation

liquefaction

liberian

librarian

macedonian

maccabean

lubrication

machination

malignancy

malformation

malignancies

malnutrition

manumission

mammalian

maturation

masturbation

meditation

mediation

medication

menstruation

meridian

minnesotan

miseration

missourian

misbegotten

ministration

misconception

mutilation

misperception

moderation

mitigation

modulation

mortification

motivation

moravian

molestation

mongolian

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nihilism

noblewoman

nigerian

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

oblivion

obligation

obfuscation

observation

obsidian

occupation

obstetrician

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

operation

opposition

oscillation

orchestration

ordination

ostentation

ovulation

overburden

pagurian

pagination

paraguayan

oxidation

palpitation

pavlovian

persecution

pelagian

pelagians

penetration

pedestrian

penicillin

permutation

perforation

perspiration

phylogeny

peruvian

perturbation

pigmentation

planarian

plasmodium

plasmodia

polygonal

politician

plutonian

polygyny

incarnation

polynesian

population

incantation

polygamy

polyhedron

predilection

preconception

praetorian

precondition

preelection

predetermine

preignition

premonition

preparation

presentation

preservation

proclamation

prohibition

profanation

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

publication

protozoan

provocation

protestation

punctuation

radiation

realization

realizing

readmission

reassertion

reawaken

recitation

recantation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

recreation

reformation

reexamine

refutation

reelection

registration

regulation

relocation

relaxation

religionist

renovation

repetition

reposition

repossession

republican

replication

reparation

reputation

reproduction

repercussion

requisition

reservation

resignation

respiration

restitution

restoration

resurrection

reinspection

retardation

retribution

revelation

revocation

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

procreation

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

retrocession

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

situation

simulation

simonian

sicilian

speculation

smithsonian

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

substitution

subdivision

subluxation

suffocation

supposition

siberian

superhuman

supervision

superstition

surrogation

tabulation

syncopation

syndication

tasmanian

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

transportation

theologians

toleration

titillation

trepidation

transformation

tribulation

transplantation

ulceration

valuation

vacillation

valerian

validation

variation

vaccination

usurpation

utopian

veneration

vegetation

violation

vindication

victorian

visitation

volcanically

ventilation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

abbreviation

accumulation

adjudication

affiliation

adulteration

administration

agglomeration

amazonian

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amalgamation

allegiances

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amplification

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association

assemblywoman

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attenuation

augustinian

babylonian

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authentication

argentinian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

carthaginian

centralization

centenarian

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civilization

christianization

classification

coagulation

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colonization

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concatenation

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conglomeration

confederation

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configuration

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consideration

continuation

contamination

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cooperation

corroboration

decomposition

deceleration

degeneration

depopulation

decapitation

deification

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

defenestration

denomination

denunciation

desegregation

determination

desalination

discoloration

depreciation

dionysian

discrimination

disinclination

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

equalization

epicurean

equivocation

eradication

disembarkation

evaluation

ethiopian

evacuation

evaporation

examination

exaggeration

exacerbation

exasperation

disintegration

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

exoskeleton

expatriation

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hallucinating

hallucinations

hanoverian

harmonization

illusionary

humiliation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

hydrogenation

illumination

imagination

immunization

hybridization

improvisation

inauguration

incineration

incrimination

incorporation

indoctrination

infatuation

initiation

inoculation

inhabitation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interrogation

interpretation

intimidation

ionization

investigation

invalidation

irradiation

intoxication

jeffersonian

interpolation

juxtaposition

justification

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

manifestation

mechanization

maximization

mathematician

maximilian

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

misinformation

mobilization

modernization

modification

mummification

multiplication

mississippian

neutralization

neapolitan

negotiation

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

normalization

nullification

notification

obliteration

nonsectarian

oregonian

organization

orientation

origination

ornamentation

overproduction

pacification

ossification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

inactivation

pomeranian

predestination

precipitation

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

incarceration

presupposition

prevarication

pronunciation

proletarian

proliferation

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quantification

procrastination

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recuperation

rectification

reforestation

recrimination

refrigeration

regeneration

rejuvenation

remuneration

reiteration

reintegration

renunciation

repudiation

representation

repatriation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

pythagorean

qualification

solicitation

specialization

simplification

sophistication

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

vaporization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

verification

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

vegetarian

yugoslavian

veterinarian

8 syllable words

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