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

action

acton

alban

alan

airman

alman

altar

altars

alter

alters

amman

apron

alder

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

auction

auden

atman

austin

bacon

bagman

balder

baldwin

baldric

balter

banyan

bargain

barton

basin

baron

barren

bason

bastion

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

burden

belgian

bellman

bellon

begun

bison

billion

blacken

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

blotter

blatter

bladders

blowgun

bladder

blather

bludgeon

boatman

bollen

bolden

bookman

bolter

bordman

boston

bobbin

bourbon

bracken

brakeman

boughten

boulter

bowman

brazen

brighten

brethren

breton

boulder

briton

broaden

boulders

brogan

broken

bullion

builders

builder

burdon

burman

burton

caisson

cajun

calvin

bushman

canton

canyon

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

caption

cannon

cauldron

caution

caxton

cayman

canon

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

carton

chasten

chessman

chevron

charon

cheapen

children

childrens

christian

churchman

chicken

citron

chosen

claxon

classman

clatter

clinton

clutter

coachman

cloture

colon

clothiers

clothier

colter

christen

common

corban

cordon

copeman

craftsman

cotton

craven

chieftain

coulter

cousin

cowan

cretin

crouton

crimson

crewman

cuban

culture

cultured

cultures

dagan

dagon

cushion

dalton

daman

darken

curtain

dampen

deacon

deaden

deafen

damson

burgeon

deepen

button

delphian

cabin

desman

diction

dian

devon

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dragon

driven

drunken

dromon

dudgeon

dungeon

dustman

earthen

dutchman

eaten

eden

eldritch

elan

elders

elder

demon

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

faction

falcon

fallen

falter

fashion

falters

famine

faulcon

fasten

faustian

fatten

felon

felter

fiction

fibrin

fielden

fieldwork

fielders

fielder

filter

filters

flashgun

fireman

flexion

firman

flatten

fission

flatware

flatworm

floren

flutters

flytrap

flatter

fortune

foreman

foreign

footman

fountain

floaters

flutter

fraction

friction

freshen

freshman

frighten

freeman

freedman

folder

garden

gascon

gallon

garron

gammon

fusion

gelder

georgian

gentian

gilden

gibbon

gilder

german

gladden

given

glidden

gliders

glider

golden

glitters

glitter

function

glisten

haitian

harken

gotten

grandson

graven

gowan

grecian

floater

guardsman

gumption

gudgeon

guilders

griffon

guilder

hackman

halters

halter

harden

hangman

gluten

happen

goodman

gorgon

harten

haven

hearten

heathen

headsman

headman

heighten

hempen

henchman

hessian

hetman

heron

frozen

heaven

hidden

horseman

houseman

homespun

hoten

holder

holders

huntsman

hyson

hymen

hyphen

ibsen

hoven

human

hasten

hausen

hogan

ion

folders

junction

jargon

jetson

canaan

jackman

jason

jordan

jorden

jasmine

jetton

kirkman

keelson

kelson

kalan

kansan

kelvin

kelter

kenyan

kilter

kitten

klansman

kremlin

laden

lampron

lagan

landsman

landman

latin

layman

lengthen

lesson

leaden

legion

leman

leaven

lemon

lesion

ledden

leven

lessen

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

liman

lineman

linden

linemen

lion

linen

lockman

longan

liven

london

listen

lisbon

logan

locken

loosen

lopeman

loren

lotion

luncheon

lyden

madden

lynden

m1

lumen

maiden

mahone

marchman

mansion

mangan

margin

marksman

martian

markman

marlin

marten

martin

mason

matron

marron

mayan

milken

million

minden

melon

minion

melton

mission

mitten

mention

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

motion

mignon

moulder

mountain

muffin

mullen

nation

mutton

muslin

nekton

ninon

norman

newsman

notion

oarsman

ocean

often

odin

olden

omen

onion

option

organ

orphan

open

outrun

outdone

othman

oven

oxen

packman

paean

owen

pagan

parson

pardon

paltry

panton

passion

passman

pathan

patron

patten

pavon

pectin

pension

penguin

penman

peon

portion

perron

persian

person

pillion

plankton

plantain

pinion

piston

pitman

pigeon

platen

platten

plotters

plotter

pollan

platters

platter

poison

ponton

pollen

polder

plater

portman

postman

potion

poultry

poulter

kitchen

pressman

cumin

prussian

zircon

pullen

prison

question

quicken

quilter

quilters

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

riden

ribbon

ridden

rincon

ripen

robin

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

runnion

russian

saffron

salesman

sadden

salters

salter

salmon

samson

sanction

saxon

scallion

santon

satan

satin

scion

scotsman

scullion

section

seaman

season

seedsman

selden

roman

semen

sequin

sermon

sharpen

rosin

sexton

shotgun

session

seven

shaken

shorten

seton

shearman

shelters

shelter

shipman

shogun

shrunken

shaman

shouldered

shoulders

shoulder

showman

silken

siphon

siren

skelter

slacken

smarten

smitten

slatter

proven

risen

riven

slaters

slogan

sodden

soften

sicken

soldan

solder

slater

soldier

soldiers

rosen

slider

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

station

squadron

stallion

sportsman

stallman

spokesman

statesman

sunken

spearman

stepson

stillion

spoken

steven

stockman

straighten

strengthen

stolen

sturgeon

stricken

stiffen

suction

sultan

sullen

striven

suasion

sultry

sudden

summon

surgeon

sweeten

swelter

swelters

sweltry

tarpon

syphon

swollen

sylvan

taken

talon

tappen

tartan

torsion

traction

tension

teston

tendon

thicken

thousand

tighten

titan

tillman

threaten

token

toman

toughen

townsman

trillion

triton

trodden

tubman

treason

trojan

tuscan

turban

tungsten

ultra

undone

union

urban

urson

urchin

urine

vegan

version

villain

vision

vulcan

walters

wanton

waken

walter

vultures

wagon

vulture

warden

watchman

warren

yachtsman

whitson

whiten

weaken

welter

wheaten

wiccan

welders

weapon

welder

widen

wilder

workman

worsen

wizen

woolman

woolen

written

woodman

woman

women

wooden

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

slither

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

abdomen

ablution

abrasion

abstraction

abortion

absorption

abstention

accession

accretion

acumen

alderman

addiction

affection

admission

adsorption

adoption

adrian

aegean

affliction

african

aggression

alaskan

adhesion

albion

albumin

arkansan

addition

alsatian

altarpiece

allusion

alien

aleutian

alternates

alternate

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

apportion

appian

anyone

arian

artesian

assertion

ascension

aspersion

aryan

artisan

assumption

assassin

asuncion

attraction

attention

attrition

australian

austrian

audition

aversion

balderdash

backgammon

awaken

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

avian

bedizen

bedridden

bedouin

beholden

bellwethers

beholder

bellwether

benjamin

bewilder

biotin

bewildered

bewilders

bitumen

bloodthirsty

beethoven

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

cartesian

carrion

conception

caucasian

causation

cation

catalan

cetacean

cessation

chairperson

condition

chamberlain

champion

chairwoman

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

congressman

cistercian

citation

civilian

citizen

clergyman

clarion

coercion

cognition

collection

collegian

collagen

collision

cohesion

collider

collusion

combustion

complexion

commotion

compassion

communion

completion

compression

companion

compunction

compulsion

concession

concussion

conclusion

concoction

confection

conduction

confession

commission

conflation

confucian

congestion

confusion

connexion

clarendon

connection

conscription

conjunction

constriction

construction

contagion

consumption

contention

contortion

dalmatian

contraction

contraption

contrition

convection

convention

conversion

contusion

conviction

correction

convulsion

corrosion

corruption

countryman

corsican

councilman

creation

cremation

croatian

crustacean

cultural

crestfallen

damnation

cyprian

deception

declension

decision

deflection

cinnamon

defection

deduction

deflation

deletion

abandon

delusion

election

dentition

depletion

depression

derision

desertion

description

detection

destruction

detention

determine

dictation

devotion

diffraction

dilation

diffusion

digestion

digression

dilution

direction

dimension

discipline

discretion

disruption

dispersion

dissection

discussion

dissension

distraction

distinction

distortion

diversion

division

donation

dorian

dominion

downtrodden

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

elation

elderly

elaters

elater

eleven

disunion

elison

emblazon

expansion

emulsion

encryption

equation

emission

erection

emotion

englishman

enlighten

enliven

eruption

etruscan

erosion

depiction

everyone

eviction

exaction

exception

excision

exclusion

exertion

exemption

excursion

excretion

exhaustion

evasion

extension

expression

expulsion

explosion

extinction

extortion

extraction

faltering

extrusion

fabian

embolden

ferryman

fijian

flattering

fixation

fisherman

flattery

fenian

flirtation

flotation

feminine

denizen

formation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

foundation

freemason

franciscan

fruition

freudian

fustian

garrison

galleon

gaussian

gestation

genuine

ghanaian

gentleman

gillian

gyration

gravamen

gradation

halcyon

guardian

grobian

guncotton

hammerman

halogen

glutaric

handwoven

harlequin

gordian

in-person

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

housebroken

horizon

hydration

hydrogen

helotry

immersion

ignition

illusion

imagine

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

hawaiian

inaction

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

infection

infarction

induction

injection

inflection

infraction

infusion

inhuman

injunction

insertion

instruction

inspection

infliction

inscription

inflation

intention

ingestion

intestine

intrusion

invention

invasion

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

jamaican

kantian

jettison

julian

javelin

jovian

lactation

korean

keratin

keynesian

laurentian

laotian

lanolin

lesbian

lecithin

libration

ligation

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magician

magdalen

maladroit

malayan

malaysian

maltreatment

mandarin

margarine

masculine

marian

medallion

medicine

melanin

menhaden

migration

mexican

median

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

midshipman

moroccan

mutation

narration

negation

muskmelon

munition

musician

myosin

nebraskan

nitrogen

notation

niacin

nobleman

nemean

nevadan

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

nubian

objection

obsession

nutrition

obstruction

octillion

occasion

odeon

occlusion

omission

oration

optician

oppression

opinion

origin

orion

ovation

possession

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partition

partisan

patrician

pavilion

pentathlon

overrun

percussion

perception

pelican

perfection

perfusion

permian

permission

persuasion

petition

phoenician

peterman

plantation

perversion

physician

phrygian

plebeian

plethora

pollution

policeman

polluters

polluter

porcelain

position

precaution

precession

predation

preclusion

precision

predestine

prediction

preemption

prescription

pretension

presumption

prevention

silicon

probation

procession

production

profession

projection

progression

promotion

profusion

protection

proportion

propulsion

proscription

protean

provision

privation

quotation

ramadan

reaction

reception

rebellion

recession

recision

redemption

reflection

reduction

puritan

regression

regimen

rejection

relation

rendition

religion

remission

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

restriction

retention

retraction

reversion

revision

reunion

revulsion

resumption

rhodopsin

rifleman

solitaire

reopen

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

salvation

saltier

scorpion

secretion

sedation

secession

seduction

sedition

scythian

seclusion

selection

sensation

soldering

snapdragon

singleton

simian

skeleton

soldiering

solution

solomon

stagnation

specimen

submersion

succession

submission

summation

subtraction

subversion

subscription

suburban

suggestion

sumatran

stygian

suspension

suppression

suspicion

tactician

syrian

tamarin

talisman

taxation

temptation

thespian

timberman

toboggan

transaction

technician

tradition

transcription

transfusion

superman

transgression

truncation

translation

transmission

tuition

unburden

uncertain

unbroken

uneven

unbutton

uncommon

vacation

uterine

unison

vatican

unwritten

venetian

venison

transition

vibration

veteran

vocation

volition

waterman

welterweight

vitamin

wesleyan

zambian

vermilion

zealotry

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

abolition

absolution

activation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

accordion

adaptation

abyssinian

adulation

advocation

admonition

adrenaline

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

albanian

alabaman

armenian

aldebaran

allegation

algerian

algonquian

alternator

altruism

alternately

alternative

altruistic

american

annexation

animation

amputation

amphibian

ammunition

annotation

apparition

application

approbation

appellation

appalachian

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

armageddon

arthurian

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

aviation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bilateral

bewilderment

bewildering

bolivian

bohemian

decompression

complication

demarcation

calibration

calculation

fragmentation

canadian

decoration

intimation

cancellation

composition

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coloradan

coalition

cogitation

collateral

collodion

combination

columbian

commendation

condemnation

condensation

commutation

compensation

compilation

comparison

competition

concentration

confiscation

computation

comprehension

congregation

comedian

conflagration

condescension

committeeman

confrontation

connotation

consecration

circulation

conjugation

consolation

constellation

constipation

consummation

contemplation

consultation

constitution

contraception

contribution

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

coronation

correlation

convolution

copernican

corinthian

copenhagen

culmination

cotyledon

criterion

crucifixion

crocodilian

declaration

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

dandelion

decimation

dedication

deconstruction

businesswoman

defamation

definition

deformation

delegation

demonstration

degradation

dehydration

demolition

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

deposition

desiccation

desecration

designation

desolation

desperation

destination

destitution

detonation

deviation

devolution

devonian

dilatation

dietitian

devastation

dislocation

intonation

disaffection

diocesan

disconnection

diminution

californian

dissertation

distillation

dilatory

disinfection

dispensation

disputation

disillusion

disinflation

dissipation

distribution

dissolution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

disposition

elevation

elocution

elongation

embarkation

emanation

emigration

emulation

equitation

englishwoman

eritrean

equestrian

estimation

eustachian

estonian

erudition

european

evocation

excavation

evolution

excitation

exclamation

exhortation

exhalation

exhumation

execution

exhibition

expiration

exploration

explication

explanation

exploitation

exposition

extrication

fabrication

extradition

fallopian

fascination

federation

figuration

fermentation

fibrillation

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fumigation

incantation

gastrulation

gargantuan

galilean

generation

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

gravitation

habitation

graduation

granulation

gorgonian

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

imperfection

helter-skelter

hemoglobin

heliotrope

herculean

hesitation

himalayan

historian

implication

hegelian

implantation

hyperion

hypertension

iberian

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

ideation

illustration

immigration

imitation

illiterate

illiterates

immolation

impregnation

hungarian

importation

imposition

imputation

inattention

interception

incarnation

inclination

indexation

indignation

incubation

indication

incrustation

indigestion

indiscretion

indecision

indentation

indonesian

infestation

infiltration

integration

insurrection

inflammation

information

intercession

innovation

installation

instigation

inspiration

institution

inquisition

insulation

interaction

intersection

interjection

inhalation

intermission

interruption

interdiction

interurban

intervention

interwoven

inhibition

isolation

introspection

inundation

invitation

invocation

introduction

intuition

irrigation

irritation

iranian

jubilation

jacobean

jordanian

jurisdiction

expectation

expedition

kindergarten

lancastrian

liberation

legislation

levitation

leviathan

liberian

limitation

lilliputian

lubrication

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

machination

locomotion

librarian

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

mammalian

maturation

medication

meditation

mediation

melanesian

melodrama

melodramas

miseration

militarists

mortification

militaries

menstruation

ministration

militarize

militarized

military

mitigation

minnesotan

missourian

misconception

misbegotten

misperception

modulation

molestation

meridian

moravian

mongolian

motivation

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nigerian

newtonian

nomination

nestorian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

ostentation

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

oscillation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

overburden

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

ovulation

pagurian

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

peruvian

population

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

polynesian

politician

polyhedron

polyhedrons

praetorian

preconception

precondition

predetermine

preparation

predilection

preservation

preelection

premonition

presentation

preignition

proclamation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

publication

punctuation

radiation

readmission

realization

recreation

recantation

reassertion

reawaken

reclamation

recollection

reconstruction

recitation

recognition

reelection

reformation

reexamine

refutation

registration

regulation

reinspection

relaxation

resolution

renovation

respiration

relocation

reparation

replication

repercussion

repetition

reposition

repossession

reputation

restitution

reproduction

requisition

republican

reservation

resignation

rhetorician

resurrection

retardation

retrocession

revocation

retribution

revelation

revolution

rhododendron

self-deception

rumination

salutary

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simulation

situation

simonian

smithsonian

solitary

transformation

strangulation

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

subluxation

subdivision

suffocation

substitution

superhuman

surrogation

supervision

supposition

syndication

syncopation

tabulation

tamoxifen

termination

superstition

tasmanian

tetrahedron

titillation

transportation

trepidation

transplantation

tribulation

vegetation

veneration

ulterior

utopian

validation

usurpation

vacillation

valerian

valuation

variation

vaccination

ventilation

violation

vindication

victorian

violator

violators

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

academician

administration

adjudication

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

alienation

alliterative

amalgamation

alternatively

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

aleatory

authorization

articulation

association

assassination

assimilation

assemblywoman

attenuation

authentication

augustinian

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

centralization

certification

carthaginian

conglomeration

christianization

civilization

commemoration

classification

centenarian

codification

coagulation

cohabitation

colonization

clarification

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deliberation

delineation

ionization

deification

delicatessen

discoloration

denunciation

depreciation

depopulation

desegregation

desalination

determination

dionysian

discrimination

disembarkation

disintegration

disinclination

dissatisfaction

dissemination

elimination

dissociation

elizabethan

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

electrocution

emancipation

denomination

equalization

equivocation

evaporation

enumeration

epicurean

eradication

evacuation

ethiopian

evaluation

exacerbation

exasperation

exaggeration

examination

excoriation

exhilaration

exoneration

exfoliation

exoskeleton

justification

expatriation

extermination

expropriation

falsification

facilitation

fertilization

intimidation

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

inactivation

hanoverian

improvisation

inauguration

harmonization

humiliation

hyperinflation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

illumination

imagination

illiteracy

immunization

incarceration

incineration

incorporation

indoctrination

incrimination

infatuation

interrogation

initiation

inhabitation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

inoculation

interpolation

interconnection

interpretation

intoxication

invalidation

irradiation

investigation

jeffersonian

mummification

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

maximilian

mechanization

melodramatic

militarism

militaristic

militarily

modernization

modification

multiplication

misapplication

misinformation

miscalculation

mississippian

misapprehension

mobilization

metropolitan

juxtaposition

nullification

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nonintervention

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

normalization

nonsectarian

notification

ossification

orientation

organization

origination

oregonian

ornamentation

overproduction

pacification

participation

panamanian

pasteurization

patagonian

pennsylvanian

peloponnesian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

predestination

preoccupation

premeditation

predisposition

presbyterian

prevarication

presupposition

procrastination

proliferation

precipitation

prognostication

proletarian

pronunciation

reiteration

quantification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

purification

pythagorean

recombination

recrimination

recommendation

recuperation

rectification

refrigeration

reforestation

regeneration

reintegration

rejuvenation

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

retaliation

resuscitation

reverberation

revaluation

solicitation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solidarity

sophistication

stratification

specification

specialization

sterilization

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

ultraviolet

unification

unitarian

vaporization

utilization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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