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

acton

action

airman

alban

alan

alman

baron

arson

apron

bacon

aspen

ashen

asian

auction

atman

auden

austin

bagman

baldwin

banners

banyan

barren

bargain

amman

barton

baston

bason

baton

bastion

basin

batten

batton

beckon

begun

beaten

belgian

bellman

bellon

billion

billman

billon

bison

bisson

blacken

bookman

bitten

bobbin

bollen

boatman

bolden

bordman

blowgun

bludgeon

bracken

bourbon

boston

boughten

bowman

brakeman

boomers

brazen

brethren

carbon

breton

bullion

broaden

burdon

burgeon

burden

burton

bushman

button

broken

burman

brogan

canton

cabin

calvin

canaan

cannon

canon

canyon

caisson

cajun

capstan

captain

caption

carman

brighten

carmine

briton

chairman

cauldron

beacon

cayman

certain

caution

caxton

charon

chaplain

chapman

chasten

cheapen

chessman

chevron

children

christian

chicken

churchman

christen

chieftain

chosen

citron

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

colon

comers

commerce

common

carton

bayman

conners

copeman

corban

cordon

cousin

cowan

craven

crimson

crewman

cretin

crouton

cuban

darken

curtain

cushion

cotton

cumin

dampen

damson

dalton

daman

dagan

dagon

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

delphian

demerse

demon

demurs

craftsman

desman

devon

diction

dian

dinars

diners

dinners

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

donors

dozen

downers

downright

dragon

draftsman

drunken

dungeon

dudgeon

dromon

dustman

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

emerge

driven

emption

emersed

engine

enrich

enraged

enrage

ensign

ermine

landsman

falcon

faction

fallen

famine

leaden

faulcon

felon

fasten

fatten

faustian

fibrin

fiction

fielden

fireman

firman

flexion

floren

fortune

flashgun

flatten

foreman

foreign

fission

footman

freshen

fraction

fountain

freedman

freshman

freeman

frighten

frozen

function

garden

gammon

friction

gallon

fusion

garron

gainers

gascon

gentian

genres

georgian

gilden

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gluten

golden

gorgon

goodman

grandson

heaven

gudgeon

gotten

guardsman

griffon

gumption

hackman

gowan

harken

graven

harden

hangman

hammers

happen

harten

grecian

gunners

headman

headsman

hearten

hausen

hasten

haven

heighten

haitian

heron

henchman

hessian

hempen

hetman

hogan

homers

hidden

homespun

horseman

houseman

honors

hoten

hoven

human

homework

heathen

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

immersed

ibsen

immerse

fashion

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

junction

kansan

kalan

juniors

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

kitchen

kitten

klansman

laden

lagan

lampron

latin

landman

lengthen

layman

leaven

kirkman

ledden

legion

leman

lemon

hyson

lessen

lesson

weapon

lemurs

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

liman

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

linen

lion

liners

listen

liven

locken

lockman

leven

luncheon

london

loren

longan

lumen

lyden

lopeman

loosen

lotion

lynden

m1

mahone

madden

maiden

mangan

marron

markman

lesion

margin

marchman

marlin

mansion

manners

manors

marksman

martian

marten

martin

matron

mayan

mason

melon

melton

mention

milken

mignon

million

minden

minion

miners

minors

mission

mitten

moisten

mormon

morgan

monarchs

molten

monarch

muffin

mullen

mountain

motion

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

ninon

newsman

logan

norman

notion

odin

oarsman

olden

omen

onion

outrun

option

open

organ

orphan

ocean

othman

outdone

often

oven

owen

owners

oxen

perron

packman

pagan

paean

pardon

parson

panton

passman

passion

pathan

patron

pension

pectin

penguin

penman

patten

pavon

peon

person

persian

pigeon

plankton

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

ponton

pollan

portion

portman

pollen

postman

potion

sharpen

shearman

pressman

prison

question

prussian

proven

pullen

quicken

shrunken

weaken

ration

rayon

reamers

reason

reckon

soldan

redden

region

remarks

remark

remorse

rerun

resin

rincon

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowan

rowen

samson

rumen

ruin

russian

runnion

saffron

salmon

sadden

salesman

rumors

sanction

santon

season

saxon

scallion

satin

scotsman

scion

schooners

scullion

section

seaman

seedsman

selden

semen

seniors

session

sequin

sermon

sexton

satan

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

shamrock

sovran

shorten

shipman

shotgun

showman

raven

shogun

silken

sicken

simmers

slacken

siren

siphon

skimmers

slogan

smarten

smitten

sodden

somewheres

soften

solon

sooners

sovereign

tappen

runners

spearman

shimmers

sportsman

spoken

spokesman

squadron

stepson

strengthen

stallion

stallman

stiffen

steven

station

stillion

statesman

stockman

stolen

straighten

stricken

threaten

striven

suasion

sultan

suction

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

summers

sumners

surgeon

sylvan

swimmers

sweeten

swollen

townsman

sinners

spartan

taken

syphon

talon

turban

tension

tartan

teston

teamwork

tendon

tenrecs

tenors

tenures

sturgeon

thicken

tillman

thousand

tighten

timers

timmers

titan

token

torsion

toman

toughen

tarpon

traction

treason

tubman

trillion

triton

trodden

trojan

tungsten

tumors

tuscan

undone

union

unrest

urchin

urban

urine

urson

vegan

veneers

version

vulcan

vision

villain

warden

waken

wanton

wagon

wainwright

warren

watchman

wheaten

wiccan

woman

women

whitson

whiten

widen

wizen

whiners

winners

woodman

wooden

worsen

woolman

woolen

written

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

workman

zion

woven

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abortion

abstention

abrasion

abstraction

absorption

adoption

accession

adsorption

accretion

addition

addiction

adhesion

acumen

admission

adrian

affection

affliction

aegean

aggression

alaskan

albion

albumin

aleutian

alderman

ambrosian

ambition

allusion

alsatian

alien

amharic

amorist

aryan

ascension

anglican

apportion

anyone

anarchist

anarchists

anarchy

anchorman

andean

artisan

arian

arkansan

artesian

appian

badminton

assertion

aspersion

assassin

assumption

attention

aversion

attraction

attrition

austrian

australian

audition

awaken

avian

backgammon

asuncion

backwoodsman

bandwagon

battalion

bedridden

beholden

bedouin

bedizen

beethoven

brazilian

biotin

benjamin

binaries

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

cardigan

bulletin

cameras

cambrian

canaries

campion

canneries

capsaicin

carnation

carrion

catalan

chairwoman

castration

cation

caucasian

causation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

collection

cinnamon

commission

cistercian

civilian

communion

citizen

clarion

citation

clarendon

coercion

collagen

cohesion

cognition

clergyman

collision

collegian

companion

collusion

combustion

commercial

commercials

commotion

cartesian

compassion

connection

complexion

compression

compulsion

conception

concession

completion

compunction

concoction

conclusion

concussion

condition

conduction

confection

confession

congestion

confucian

confusion

congressman

conflation

conjunction

connexion

construction

contraction

contagion

contention

constriction

contortion

conscription

consumption

contrition

contraption

contusion

convection

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

corruption

corsican

corrosion

countryman

denizen

desertion

councilman

destruction

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

decision

defection

deduction

deflection

declension

deflation

deletion

delusion

dentition

depletion

depression

description

depiction

derision

creation

detection

abandon

detention

precession

determine

egyptian

diffraction

digestion

devotion

diffusion

dictation

digression

dilation

dilution

dimension

direction

discipline

discretion

discussion

dissection

disruption

dispersion

dissension

dominion

diversion

distraction

division

downtrodden

distortion

disunion

distinction

dorian

donation

edition

duration

ejection

etruscan

election

emergence

elation

emergent

eleven

elison

embolden

emblazon

encryption

erection

emission

emotion

emulsion

energies

energize

energy

erosion

englishman

enliven

enriches

enrages

enrichment

enlighten

equation

exception

eruption

emerges

exertion

exaction

everyone

eviction

evasion

exhaustion

excretion

exemption

excision

excursion

exclusion

expression

laurentian

expansion

extraction

extension

extortion

fabian

extrusion

explosion

ferryman

feminine

filtration

fenian

fijian

fisherman

flirtation

fixation

flotation

forbidden

forgotten

forewoman

foramen

formation

hammerman

freemason

foundation

franciscan

frustration

fruition

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

ghanaian

gestation

gillian

freudian

hydrogen

heartbroken

gordian

gradation

guardian

gravamen

gyration

guncotton

halogen

handwoven

harlequin

grobian

halcyon

hawaiian

hemorrhage

heroin

heroine

homeric

humorist

housebroken

homeworkers

horizon

horatian

homeworker

honorees

humorists

hydration

immersion

imagine

ignition

illusion

imprison

impression

impassion

implosion

in-person

inaction

infraction

inception

incursion

expulsion

incision

injection

inclusion

instruction

indian

infection

inflection

extinction

induction

ingestion

infarction

inflation

infliction

infusion

insertion

inhuman

inscription

injunction

inspection

intention

lesbian

wesleyan

intestine

intrusion

invention

invasion

inversion

irian

irishman

jamaican

italian

jacobin

lecithin

javelin

jettison

keratin

kantian

jovian

julian

keynesian

korean

lactation

lanolin

laotian

precaution

libration

ligation

libyan

limericks

limerick

niacin

lumberman

logician

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

marian

mannerist

masculine

medicine

margarine

medallion

median

melanin

memorize

mexican

menhaden

migration

myosin

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

memories

monarchies

muskmelon

monarchists

monarchist

monarchy

munition

musician

mutation

narration

nebraskan

negation

nemean

nevadan

newmarket

nitrogen

nobleman

location

norwegian

notation

obstruction

nonunion

numeric

nubian

objection

obsession

nutrition

occasion

octillion

opinion

oppression

origin

outspoken

occlusion

omission

optation

optician

oration

orion

ottoman

odeon

overdone

ovation

overman

overrun

patrician

oxygen

nonhuman

partisan

parthian

partition

parisian

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

perfection

permission

percussion

perfusion

permian

plantation

petition

physician

perversion

phoenician

plebeian

phrygian

persuasion

peterman

pioneers

policeman

pollution

position

possession

porcelain

ownership

preclusion

predation

predestine

prediction

preemption

prescription

procession

pretension

prevention

privation

presumption

profession

probation

projection

production

progression

profusion

protection

proportion

provision

promotion

puritan

propulsion

prostration

proscription

protean

ramadan

quotation

precision

reaction

reception

recession

rebellion

recision

reduction

redemption

reemerge

reflection

rejection

regression

religion

remarriage

relation

remission

regimen

rendition

remorseful

repression

reopen

reptilian

rescission

resection

restriction

retention

retraction

resumption

reversion

reunion

revision

revulsion

rifleman

rotation

rhodopsin

saccharin

samaras

samoan

salvation

saleswoman

samurais

secession

selection

scorpion

sceneries

scythian

seduction

sedation

sedition

secretion

sensation

seclusion

tamarin

silicon

skeleton

simian

singleton

snapdragon

solution

solomon

somerset

specimen

stagnation

starvation

submission

submersion

subscription

stygian

subtraction

suburban

suggestion

subversion

succession

sumatran

summaries

summarize

summation

superman

suspension

suppression

suspicion

syrian

tamarisks

tamarisk

talisman

tactician

technician

temptation

taxation

timberman

toboggan

thespian

uncertain

tomorrows

tradition

transaction

transcription

transmission

translation

transition

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unbutton

unwritten

unburden

uncommon

transgression

unison

uneven

unawares

transfusion

uterine

vacation

venison

vatican

venetian

vermilion

veteran

vibration

vitamin

volition

vocation

waterman

synergies

synergy

zambian

wineries

4 syllable words

aberration

abnegation

abdication

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

accordion

accusation

admiration

acquisition

activation

adaptation

admonition

adoration

acclimation

advocation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

agrarian

aggregation

alabaman

albanian

agitation

aldebaran

algerian

adulation

algonquian

allocation

allegation

alteration

altercation

alternation

amputation

anarchical

amphibian

annexation

application

annotation

appalachian

aneurism

animation

apprehension

apparition

approbation

backwardation

appellation

arabian

armageddon

armenian

arbitration

arizonan

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

attribution

athenian

augmentation

avocation

aviation

barbarian

ammunition

amoroso

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

canadian

calculation

californian

cancellation

calibration

carcinogen

centurion

celebration

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

committeeman

cogitation

coalition

collocation

collodion

coloration

commercially

coloradan

commercialize

commercialized

comedian

columbian

combination

commendation

commutation

competition

complication

compilation

composition

comprehension

concentration

computation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confrontation

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

congregation

conjugation

coronation

connotation

contraception

constellation

constipation

constitution

consolation

consummation

consternation

consultation

contemplation

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

contribution

convocation

conversation

convolution

copenhagen

corinthian

corporation

consecration

correlation

conservation

corp.

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

custodian

cyclopean

cultivation

cyanuric

culmination

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

deconstruction

dedication

defamation

decoration

declaration

definition

decompression

degradation

delegation

dehydration

demolition

demarcation

deformation

demarcations

demonstration

depredation

deposition

depravation

deportation

dereliction

derivation

deprivation

desecration

desiccation

desolation

designation

desperation

destination

destitution

devolution

devastation

devonian

dietitian

deviation

dilatation

disaffection

diocesan

diminution

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

disposition

dissertation

dispensation

disputation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

disinflation

distribution

domination

divination

dislocation

draconian

duplication

emergencies

elocution

elevation

embarkation

elongation

emanation

electrician

emigration

emergency

erudition

emulation

energizing

energizes

energizer

eritrean

equestrian

equitation

englishwoman

european

estimation

estonian

education

evolution

eustachian

evocation

execution

exhibition

excitation

exclamation

excavation

exhalation

exhortation

exhumation

detonation

lancastrian

explication

expedition

expiration

explanation

exploitation

exploration

compensation

fabrication

extradition

extrication

expectation

fallopian

federation

figuration

fermentation

fibrillation

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generically

generation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

gregorian

graduation

greco-roman

guatemalan

gravitation

hemoglobin

habitation

hegelian

hemorrhagic

himalayan

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

historian

humorously

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

imitation

ibuprofen

ideation

illustration

immigration

iberian

implication

imperfection

imputation

imposition

impregnation

immolation

importation

implantation

inattention

incarnation

indecision

incrustation

incantation

incubation

indexation

inclination

infestation

indication

indigestion

infiltration

inflammation

indignation

indonesian

information

indentation

inhibition

inquisition

inhalation

innovation

inorganic

insurrection

interaction

inspiration

interdiction

installation

interception

insulation

intercession

exposition

institution

instigation

interjection

intermission

integration

interruption

introduction

interurban

intersection

intervention

interwoven

introspection

intimation

intonation

intuition

inundation

invocation

iranian

invitation

irrigation

iteration

irritation

isolation

jacobean

jurisdiction

jubilation

jordanian

kindergarten

laceration

legislation

librarian

liberian

liberation

levitation

limitation

liquefaction

liquidation

lilliputian

litigation

fascination

nonrecurring

lubrication

mammalian

leviathan

macedonian

maccabean

machination

malnutrition

malformation

manumission

medication

masturbation

maturation

mediation

meditation

melanesian

memorizes

menstruation

meridian

miseration

minnesotan

ministration

misbegotten

misconception

misperception

missourian

moderation

modulation

mitigation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

mortification

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

nonresidents

navigation

nestorian

nicaraguan

nigerian

newtonian

noblewoman

nomination

locomotion

mannerisms

nonresident

nonpartisan

nonprescription

numerically

oblivion

obsidian

obfuscation

obligation

observation

obstetrician

operation

olympian

ostentation

occupation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

octahedron

overburden

ohioan

ovulation

pagurian

oxidation

paraguayan

palpitation

pagination

pedestrian

penicillin

pelagian

penetration

pavlovian

mannerism

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

pigmentation

politician

plutonian

polyhedron

polynesian

population

praetorian

predilection

preelection

predetermine

preignition

preservation

preparation

presentation

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

profanation

prostitution

provocation

publication

prosecution

propagation

proposition

protestation

punctuation

protozoan

radiation

preconception

readmission

realization

reassertion

reawaken

recitation

reclamation

recantation

recognition

recollection

premonition

reconstruction

reelection

reemergence

reexamine

recreation

reinspection

regulation

reformation

registration

refutation

relaxation

remarkable

relocation

renovation

repossession

reproduction

republican

reparation

repetition

repercussion

reposition

replication

reputation

requisition

resolution

resignation

reservation

respiration

restitution

restoration

resurrection

retribution

retardation

retrocession

revelation

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

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shakespearean

simulation

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simonian

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suffocation

summarizes

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termination

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watermelon

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validation

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valuation

vegetation

veneration

variation

ventilation

utopian

wagnerian

vindication

victorian

violation

visitation

indiscretion

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abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

academician

accreditation

adjudication

administration

accumulation

accommodation

affiliation

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alliteration

amazonian

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brutalization

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carolinian

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classification

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civilization

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decomposition

degeneration

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delineation

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denomination

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dionysian

disembarkation

discrimination

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dissatisfaction

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domestication

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electrocution

emancipation

elizabethan

elimination

equivocation

enumeration

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equalization

eradication

ethiopian

evacuation

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exaggeration

exacerbation

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examination

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excoriation

exfoliation

determination

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ejaculation

exoskeleton

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expatriation

facilitation

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fertilization

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gasification

generosity

hyperborean

gratification

hanoverian

hallucination

harmonization

humiliation

hydrogenation

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hyperinflation

imagination

illumination

immunization

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incrimination

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jeffersonian

justification

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legalization

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libertarian

lithuanian

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magnification

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maximization

maximilian

mathematician

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

misinformation

mississippian

modernization

modification

mobilization

multiplication

mummification

localization

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

nullification

nonintervention

nonsectarian

notification

normalization

obliteration

ornamentation

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overproduction

orientation

oregonian

organization

origination

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

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pennsylvanian

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polarization

pomeranian

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repatriation

representation

renunciation

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resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

pronunciation

scandinavian

sedimentation

recommendation

simplification

sophistication

solicitation

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

utilization

yugoslavian

presbyterian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word american

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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.


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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:

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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:

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  • Head and Mud
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When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

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