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

abhors

abreast

action

acton

affairs

afresh

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

appears

appraise

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

apprise

atman

approach

auction

auden

austin

averse

avers

bagman

banyan

bacon

baldwin

barton

barren

beckon

bastion

baton

beacon

basin

bellman

belgian

begun

bellon

billion

billman

bison

brethren

bisson

boatman

bludgeon

blacken

bobbin

bolden

blowgun

bollen

bookman

billon

bevers

bordman

boston

brakeman

bracken

brazen

bitten

bourbon

brighten

cajun

bowman

broken

brogan

burden

bushman

burman

button

burgeon

burdon

burton

cabin

caisson

breton

caption

canyon

canaan

canton

cannon

canon

capers

carbon

capstan

caprice

carman

carmine

captain

calvin

caxton

caution

cauldron

carton

cayman

boughten

chairman

certain

chapman

chaplain

briton

charon

chicken

broaden

chessman

christian

churchman

chevron

children

christen

chasten

cheapen

chieftain

choppers

chosen

chauffeurs

citron

classman

claxon

coachman

cobras

clinton

common

coffers

colon

bargain

baron

bason

baston

batten

batton

bayman

beaten

beavers

buffers

copeman

cordon

coppers

corban

cotton

craftsman

cousin

cowan

craven

covers

cretin

crewman

cushion

cypress

cumin

curtain

cuban

cyphers

dagan

darken

dampen

damson

dagon

daman

dalton

deacon

daybreak

deaden

deafen

crouton

crimson

coopers

bullion

defrost

defrays

deepen

defers

delphian

demon

depressed

desman

devon

diction

diffract

differs

dippers

diverge

divers

diverse

divorced

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

drunken

dungeon

dudgeon

dozen

dragon

driven

dromon

eaten

eden

earthen

elan

dutchman

dustman

divorce

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

evers

eyebrows

faction

falcon

fabrics

fallen

fabric

fashion

fibrin

famine

fatten

faustian

faulcon

fasten

felon

favors

fibres

fevers

fielden

fiction

fireman

dian

flashgun

firman

fission

footman

foreman

fortune

hearten

floren

foreign

freshen

freshman

fountain

freedman

fraction

frighten

function

garden

gascon

gammon

garron

gallon

gentian

freeman

friction

frozen

georgian

german

gilden

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gibbon

fusion

givers

goodman

gorgon

gotten

gophers

grandson

guardsman

grecian

graven

griffon

golden

gudgeon

gumption

gowan

haitian

hackman

harken

headsman

hangman

harden

harten

haven

hasten

hausen

headman

happen

gluten

heathen

henchman

hessian

hempen

hetman

heron

hidden

homespun

hogan

hoppers

horseman

houseman

human

hoten

hoven

hovers

huntsman

heaven

hymen

ibsen

hyphen

hyson

hebrews

heighten

heifers

flatten

flexion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jordan

jorden

jetton

jobbers

junction

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kalan

kansan

kelvin

keepers

kippers

kirkman

klansman

kremlin

landsman

kitchen

kitten

lampron

landman

laden

lagan

latin

ledden

labors

layman

leaden

leaven

leapfrog

lavers

legion

leman

lessen

lesson

lesion

leven

lengthen

lepers

levers

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

liman

lineman

linemen

lemon

lisbon

lion

linen

listen

lockman

locken

logan

loafers

london

lopeman

longan

liven

loopers

loosen

livers

loppers

loren

lotion

linden

lovers

lubbers

lumen

luncheon

m1

lyden

lynden

madden

marksman

marchman

markman

mansion

mahone

maiden

margin

mangan

martian

marlin

marten

martin

marron

matron

mason

melton

mention

milken

million

mignon

melon

minion

minden

mission

mormon

morgan

mayan

mitten

moisten

molten

motion

mountain

movers

muffin

mullen

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

newsman

ocean

obverse

olden

operas

odin

open

offers

often

oppressed

omen

option

onion

organ

oxen

othman

orphan

outrun

outdone

oven

overs

owen

packman

paean

parson

pardon

panton

papers

passion

pectin

pavon

pathan

patron

patten

paupers

passman

penguin

penman

peon

peppers

perron

pension

person

persian

pillion

pinion

pigeon

pipers

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

ponton

pollan

pollen

poppers

portion

portman

potion

postman

pressman

prison

pagan

ion

proven

prussian

pullen

ration

question

quicken

rappers

raven

rayon

reckon

reason

redden

nevers

refers

refresh

region

repairs

reprise

reproach

rerun

resin

quavers

reversed

reverse

riden

rincon

ribbon

ridden

skippers

reveres

robin

risen

riven

robbers

rivers

roman

seaman

reefers

saffron

rosin

rotten

rumen

rosen

rowan

rowen

rovers

rubbers

rubric

runnion

russian

sabres

sadden

ruin

salesman

salmon

ripen

sanction

saxon

samson

scallion

scotsman

santon

savers

saviors

savors

satan

scion

satin

scullion

scuppers

season

section

seedsman

ropers

selden

semen

sequin

sexton

sermon

shaken

shipman

shrunken

session

sharpen

shavers

shearman

shipwright

shipwrights

shorten

shotgun

shaman

shipwreck

showman

shippers

shogun

shoppers

shivers

seton

sicken

seven

silken

severs

siphon

siren

roofers

slacken

jason

sodden

soften

smitten

zircon

soldan

slogan

sovereign

solon

sovereigns

sovran

sparkling

sparkle

sparkles

spearman

sparsely

sparrows

spartan

sparger

spoken

squadron

sprocket

sprightly

stallion

stallman

spokesman

statesman

station

stepson

sportsman

stockman

straighten

strengthen

stillion

stricken

steven

stiffen

stolen

striven

sturgeon

suasion

suction

summon

sultan

suffrage

sullen

sunken

suppers

supers

surgeon

syphon

taken

sylvan

sweeten

suffers

swollen

talon

tension

smarten

tarpon

tartan

teston

tappen

tendon

tapers

thicken

thousand

tillman

sudden

tighten

titan

tippers

sweepers

threaten

token

toman

torsion

traction

townsman

toughen

toppers

treason

trillion

triton

trodden

trojan

tubers

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

undone

union

uprights

upright

uprise

urchin

uppers

urban

urine

turban

urson

vapors

weapon

version

vision

vegan

villain

vipers

vulcan

watchman

warden

waken

warren

wanton

wagon

wafers

waivers

weaken

sobers

whitson

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

wheaten

whoppers

wipers

women

woolen

workman

webers

woodman

woolman

worsen

woven

written

yachtsman

yaupon

zaman

zion

wooden

yeoman

zebras

zephyrs

zippers

weavers

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

abdomen

ablution

abrasion

abrasions

abortion

abrasive

abrogate

absorption

abstention

accession

accretion

acumen

addiction

addition

adhesion

abstraction

admission

adoption

adsorption

aegean

adrian

affliction

affection

affricates

african

affricate

aforesaid

africans

aggression

alaskan

aleutian

albumin

alderman

albion

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

apercu

apportion

appraisals

appraisers

appraises

appraiser

appian

appraisal

approaches

approaching

apprises

assumption

asuncion

artisan

apricots

arian

apricot

artesian

arkansan

attraction

ascension

assertion

aspersion

assassin

aryan

attention

attrition

audition

australian

aversion

aversions

aversive

averages

avarice

avian

average

benjamin

backgammon

awaken

backwoodsman

badminton

bedouin

bedizen

bedridden

beholden

behaviors

brazilian

abandon

biotin

bifurcate

beverage

beverages

bitumen

bulletin

castration

bosnian

carnation

campion

cambrian

caprices

capricorn

capsaicin

cardigan

cessation

caucasian

causation

cartesian

catalan

carrion

cation

cetacean

chairwoman

chairperson

bouillon

champion

chamberlain

charwoman

charlatan

chilean

cinnamon

cistercian

austrian

citation

civilian

citizen

clarendon

bandwagon

clarion

coercion

clergyman

cognition

collection

collagen

collegian

cohesion

collision

combustion

collusion

commission

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

completion

complexion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conception

concession

conclusion

concoction

concussion

conduction

battalion

condition

confection

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

conjunction

conscription

congressman

connection

connexion

beethoven

consumption

construction

constriction

contagion

contraction

contention

contortion

convulsion

contrition

declension

contraption

convection

convention

conviction

contusion

conversion

decision

cooperage

corsican

coppersmith

copyright

copiers

correction

copyrights

corrosion

councilman

countryman

corruption

cremation

creation

coverage

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

deflation

defection

deforest

deflection

deletion

delusion

depiction

depletion

dentition

denizen

deprecate

depression

depressions

depressants

depressant

depresses

depressive

derision

destruction

detection

desertion

description

detention

determine

deprecates

devotion

fabricates

diffraction

dictation

digression

digestion

diffusion

diaphragm

diapers

dilation

dilution

discretion

discipline

dimension

direction

discussion

deduction

dissection

dissension

disruption

distraction

distinction

distortion

divergent

disunion

diverging

diverges

dispersion

filtration

division

donation

dominion

divorcee

divorces

downtrodden

dorian

diversions

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

election

eleven

elation

elison

emblazon

embolden

diversion

emulsion

emission

emotion

encryption

equation

erection

enlighten

enliven

englishman

etruscan

eruption

evasion

erosion

everest

exception

exaction

eviction

everyone

excision

exemption

excursion

exclusion

exhaustion

excretion

expansion

euphoric

exertion

everglades

explosion

expression

evergreen

expulsion

extension

extinction

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

fabricate

fabricant

ferryman

feverish

feminine

fenian

evergreens

ingestion

fixation

flirtation

gestation

formation

foundation

flotation

forewoman

foramen

forbidden

forgotten

franciscan

freemason

frustration

fruition

gordian

freudian

garrison

gaussian

galleon

gentleman

genuine

ghanaian

gillian

gibberish

fustian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

grobian

gyration

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

harlequin

guncotton

hawaiian

handwoven

heartbroken

fisherman

heroin

heroine

hydrogen

horatian

housebroken

horizon

hovercraft

hydration

hyperspace

ignition

imagine

illusion

impassion

immersion

implosion

impression

inaction

imprison

in-person

inception

incursion

indian

infarction

induction

infection

incision

inflation

inflection

infliction

infraction

inclusion

infusion

fijian

inhuman

injection

injunction

instruction

insertion

inspection

inscription

devours

intention

intestine

intrusion

invention

invasion

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

jamaican

jettison

jovian

julian

keratin

kantian

keynesian

korean

lactation

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

layperson

lecithin

leprechaun

leprechauns

leprosy

lesbian

leverage

libration

ligation

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

lubricant

lubricants

lubricate

magician

magdalen

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

maverick

mavericks

medallion

medicine

lutheran

median

migration

mexican

menhaden

midshipman

misshapen

misprision

misfortune

mistaken

moroccan

melanin

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

narration

munition

musician

nebraskan

negation

nebraskans

nemean

objection

nitrogen

nobleman

niacin

norwegian

nonhuman

notation

nonunion

nubian

nutrition

obsession

obstruction

oppression

occasion

octillion

occlusion

oppressions

odeon

opinion

oppresses

optation

omission

oppressive

oppressor

oppressors

optician

oration

oxygen

origin

orion

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

overcome

overcomes

ovaries

overacts

overcoats

overact

overcast

overcharge

overcoat

overcook

overman

overcooks

overcrowds

overdone

overrun

overreach

overcrowd

overgrown

oversize

oversight

overstate

overseas

oversees

oversell

oversea

oversee

oversleep

overshoot

overshot

overstates

overstay

overgrowth

overweight

overstock

overuse

overstep

parthian

nevadan

paperweight

parisian

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

percussion

permission

permian

perfection

perfusion

persuasion

petition

phoenician

physician

perversion

phrygian

peterman

plantation

plebeian

porcelain

policeman

pollution

position

precaution

predation

precession

possession

preemption

preclusion

precision

prediction

predestine

prescription

prevention

presumption

privation

probation

procession

pretension

prostration

profession

propulsion

progression

proportion

projection

profusion

proscription

production

protean

protection

provision

promotion

puritan

javelin

rapprochement

quotation

ramadan

reaction

recession

recision

rebellion

reception

reappears

reduction

redemption

reflection

refractive

refractor

reforest

refractors

refreshing

refreshments

refreshment

refreshes

refresher

regression

rendition

regimen

rejection

relation

religion

remission

reopen

represent

repression

repressions

reprisals

represents

reprisal

repressive

reptilian

resection

rescission

repurchase

resumption

retraction

restriction

retention

reunion

reversals

reversal

reverses

reverser

reversers

reveries

revulsion

reversing

reversion

revision

referees

rhodopsin

rifleman

riverside

robberies

rivieres

rotation

saleswoman

saccharin

rubberize

salvation

samoan

sapphires

scorpion

scythian

secretion

seduction

sedition

sedation

seclusion

selection

sensation

secession

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

reviewers

snapdragon

sobriquet

solution

sovereignty

specimen

starvation

stagnation

stygian

submersion

submission

succession

solomon

subtraction

subscription

subversion

suburban

subversive

summation

suffragette

suffragists

sumatran

suffragist

suffragettes

suggestion

supercharge

suppression

superman

suppresses

suppressor

supersedes

supersede

suspension

suspicion

tactician

syrian

talisman

tamarin

taxation

temptation

technician

timberman

thespian

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transfusion

transgression

transcription

transition

truncation

translation

tuition

transmission

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

unwritten

unburden

unison

uprising

uprisings

uterine

vacation

unbroken

unbutton

vaporize

vatican

venetian

vermilion

venison

veteran

vocation

vitamin

volition

vibration

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abolition

acclimation

acclamation

abyssinian

accordion

accusation

activation

acquisition

adaptation

admiration

advocation

adulation

adrenaline

adoration

affectation

affirmation

africanize

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

allegation

admonition

albanian

algonquian

algerian

aldebaran

allocation

alternation

altercation

american

ammunition

amputation

animation

annotation

amphibian

annexation

aphorism

application

appellation

appalachian

apparition

aphorisms

appreciable

appreciate

appreciates

alteration

approbation

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

armageddon

armenian

arizonan

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

approachable

augmentation

benediction

calculation

aviaries

aviation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

commutation

compilation

collocation

consolation

bavarian

condemnation

bifurcation

combination

concentration

behaviorist

behaviorists

bifurcated

bohemian

cancellation

calibration

bolivian

circulation

businesswoman

celebration

canadian

carcinogen

californian

circumvention

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circumspection

compensation

computation

coalition

coloration

cogitation

confiscation

commendation

coloradan

collodion

comedian

comparison

columbian

competition

complication

committeeman

condensation

composition

comprehension

confirmation

condescension

conflagration

confrontation

consecration

conjugation

connotation

congregation

conservation

decimation

consultation

contemplation

consternation

constitution

constipation

contraception

convocation

contravention

convolution

contribution

conversation

contradiction

contrarian

constellation

coronation

correlation

copernican

corp.

corporation

corinthian

copenhagen

criterion

crocodilian

cotyledon

coverages

culmination

cultivation

crucifixion

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

dedication

degradation

defamation

delegation

deformation

definition

dehydration

depravation

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

detonation

devastation

deposition

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

depressingly

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desecration

destination

designation

desperation

destitution

depreciates

depreciate

devolution

deviation

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

diocesan

disconnection

disaffection

diminution

disillusion

disinflation

dislocation

dispensation

dissertation

disinfection

disputation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

disposition

emigration

emulation

diversified

divination

diversity

duplication

domination

emanation

dominican

draconian

education

elevation

electrician

elocution

elongation

embarkation

inhalation

diversify

equitation

englishwoman

eritrean

exhumation

estimation

equestrian

erudition

estonian

eustachian

european

explanation

exclamation

excavation

evocation

evolution

excitation

exhalation

execution

exhibition

expiration

expectation

expedition

exhortation

explication

exploration

exposition

exploitation

extrication

extradition

fabrications

fabrication

fabricated

fabricators

fabricator

fallopian

fascination

fermentation

federation

fibrillation

innovation

figuration

formulation

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

floridian

fragmentation

fumigation

gastrulation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

graduation

gorgonian

granulation

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

illustration

hibernation

himalayan

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitation

historian

hydrocarbon

hungarian

hypertension

hyperactive

hyperion

hypersonic

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

implication

imitation

immolation

implantation

immigration

imperfection

impregnation

importation

imputation

inattention

incantation

imposition

incarnation

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indentation

indecision

hegelian

indexation

inflammation

indication

indignation

infestation

information

indigestion

indonesian

infiltration

indiscretion

inhibition

insulation

inquisition

installation

instigation

inspiration

institution

insurrection

integration

intonation

intermission

interdiction

interjection

intimation

intersection

intervention

interwoven

interurban

interruption

introduction

introspection

inundation

irrigation

invitation

invocation

isolation

irritation

iteration

interaction

iranian

intuition

jacobean

interception

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jordanian

jurisdiction

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laceration

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liberian

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medication

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ministration

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

minnesotan

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missourian

navigation

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moderation

molestation

mongolian

moravian

mutilation

maccabean

napoleon

nestorian

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nicaraguan

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noblewoman

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overseers

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ovulation

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palpitation

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penetration

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penicillin

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politician

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polyhedron

population

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rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

satisfaction

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segregation

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separation

self-deception

shakespearean

sicilian

siberian

simonian

situation

sectarian

smithsonian

speculation

stimulation

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stipulation

strangulation

statistician

subdivision

substitution

titillation

suffocation

supposition

superhuman

superoxide

superstition

superstitions

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superstructure

supersonics

superstructures

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syndication

tamoxifen

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tetrahedron

tasmanian

toleration

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trepidation

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transplantation

vaccination

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ulceration

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utopian

validation

valerian

valuation

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vegetation

ventilation

veneration

vindication

violation

visitation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

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abbreviation

abracadabra

aboriginal

acceleration

academician

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amelioration

amazonian

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approximately

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attenuation

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authorization

authentication

communication

babylonian

clarification

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beethovenian

augustinian

capitulation

caledonian

contamination

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canonization

centralization

certification

carolinian

cauterization

carthaginian

centenarian

christianization

brobdingnagian

civilization

classification

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codification

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colonization

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confederation

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deceleration

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depreciation

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desegregation

determination

discrimination

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dionysian

disinclination

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diversionary

domestication

dramatization

emancipation

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ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

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elizabethan

eradication

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equivocation

equalization

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evacuation

evaluation

evaporation

expropriation

examination

exasperation

exaggeration

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excoriation

inhabitation

exoneration

expatriation

exhilaration

exoskeleton

extermination

exfoliation

ethiopian

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

glorification

gasification

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

imagination

hybridization

humiliation

illumination

hyperborean

hyperinflation

hypercritical

hyperkinetic

incarceration

immunization

inauguration

improvisation

inactivation

incineration

incrimination

incorporation

infatuation

initiation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

neutralization

interpolation

interconnection

interpretation

interrogation

intimidation

invalidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

pronunciation

jeffersonian

jeffersonians

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

laparoscopy

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

manipulation

maximization

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

mathematician

maximilian

mechanization

misapplication

metropolitan

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

modification

modernization

mobilization

multiplication

negotiation

mummification

neapolitan

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

normalization

nullification

notification

nonintervention

obliteration

nonsectarian

orientation

oregonian

origination

purification

organization

ossification

ornamentation

overconfident

overconfidence

overproduction

overestimates

overestimate

overexcited

overexposes

oversimplified

oversimplify

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

prevarication

presupposition

presbyterian

prognostication

proliferation

proletarian

solicitation

qualification

reverberation

quantification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recrimination

recombination

recommendation

rectification

recuperation

pythagorean

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

refrigerator

refrigerators

rejuvenation

reintegration

reiteration

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

representations

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

representative

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

subordination

stratification

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

vaporization

unification

unitarian

utilization

verification

vegetarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

veterinarian

yugoslavian

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How to use the rhyming dictionary

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

Using Rhymes

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
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

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

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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