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

acton

adroit

airman

alban

alman

amman

alan

arson

apron

aspen

ashen

athwart

atman

action

attired

austin

barton

banyan

baldwin

bagman

bargain

baron

barren

claxon

auction

baton

batten

batton

baston

battered

beacon

bastion

bayman

beaten

beckon

bellman

belgian

bellon

begun

billion

billman

billon

bludgeon

boatman

bitten

bison

bisson

blacken

bobbin

blowgun

bolden

bordman

boughten

bookman

boston

bourbon

bracken

brakeman

bowman

brazen

brethren

bollen

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

brogan

bullion

burden

burdon

button

bushman

burman

burton

cabin

caisson

burgeon

cajun

canton

canyon

broken

asian

bacon

calvin

captain

capstan

cannon

canon

carman

carmine

carton

carbon

cauldron

caution

caxton

caption

cayman

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chessman

chasten

cheapen

chevron

chicken

chieftain

certain

children

christian

christen

chosen

citron

auden

churchman

clinton

classman

coachman

colon

bason

common

corban

cordon

cotton

cousin

copeman

craftsman

cowan

craven

cretin

crimson

crouton

crewman

cutthroat

cushion

cuban

damson

cumin

curtain

dalton

dampen

deacon

dagan

dagon

darken

deaden

deafen

daman

deepen

basin

canaan

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dian

diction

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

draftsman

dustman

dutchman

dudgeon

drunken

dungeon

dobson

dragon

driven

dromon

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

fortune

ensign

engine

falcon

faction

fallen

faustian

fatten

faulcon

fasten

fashion

feathered

featured

famine

fibrin

fettered

fiction

fireman

fission

flashgun

firman

flatten

flexion

felon

floren

footman

foreign

foreman

ermine

emption

fountain

freshman

frighten

freshen

friction

freeman

fraction

freedman

frozen

fielden

garden

garron

gascon

gallon

gammon

gentian

function

georgian

gilden

german

given

gladden

glidden

gibbon

glisten

gorgon

goodman

gotten

gluten

grandson

grecian

golden

gowan

graven

guardsman

gudgeon

gumption

griffon

hackman

fusion

harden

harken

hangman

happen

harten

hearten

headman

hatreds

headsman

hatred

hausen

haven

heathen

heaven

hasten

heighten

hempen

henchman

hetman

heron

hessian

hidden

horseman

houseman

homespun

hoten

hogan

hoven

haitian

human

huntsman

hydride

hydrates

hydrate

hyphen

hyson

hymen

ibsen

ion

jargon

jetson

jackman

jasmine

jason

jetton

jordan

keelson

kelson

junction

kansan

kalan

kelvin

kenyan

jorden

lampron

kremlin

kitten

klansman

kitchen

kirkman

lagan

laden

landman

landsman

liken

lightman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lengthen

lessen

leman

legion

lesion

lesson

lighten

leven

lichen

lettered

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lion

linen

listen

lockman

littered

liven

locken

layman

liman

loren

london

longan

logan

loosen

latin

lopeman

m1

lumen

luncheon

mahone

mangan

mignon

lyden

margin

marksman

marchman

markman

marlin

marron

marten

martian

martin

matron

matured

mason

mayan

lynden

million

minion

mention

melon

madden

melton

maiden

milken

minden

lotion

mission

mitten

molten

moisten

morgan

mormon

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

mansion

muslin

mutton

parson

nekton

nitride

nitrates

nitrate

ninon

newsman

nation

patten

neutered

norman

notion

oarsman

often

odin

ocean

olden

omen

organ

option

open

orphan

outrun

othman

outward

outwards

outdone

oxen

packman

panton

paean

owen

pagan

oven

natured

pardon

passman

passion

pathan

patron

perron

onion

penguin

penman

peon

pension

pavon

pectin

persian

pillion

pigeon

person

petard

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

plankton

platen

platten

poison

ponton

portion

portman

postman

powdered

pressman

potion

prison

pollan

pollen

prussian

putrid

pullen

question

rayon

quicken

ration

raven

reason

reckon

redden

region

resin

rerun

retorts

retort

retreads

retread

retreat

retards

retired

retreats

retard

sportsman

rincon

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rosin

roman

rosen

rotten

rowan

rowen

ruin

runnion

russian

saffron

salesman

sadden

salmon

rumen

samson

satin

saxon

satan

scallion

santon

scotsman

scullion

scion

seaman

season

section

scattered

sanction

selden

semen

sermon

sequin

session

seton

seven

shorten

sharpen

shotgun

shrunken

sexton

shearman

shipman

shaken

shaman

shogun

showman

shuttered

spartan

silken

siren

siphon

slacken

slogan

smarten

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

sovereign

southward

sovran

smitten

spearman

sicken

seedsman

zircon

proven

spoken

stallion

stallman

tetrads

spokesman

squadron

starting

starters

starter

startles

startle

statesman

stepson

start-ups

station

steven

start-up

stillion

storied

stockman

stiffen

stolen

straddle

straddles

straddling

straighten

stratas

strata

stratum

striven

stretches

stretching

stretcher

stretchers

stretto

stricken

strutting

sturgeon

strident

suasion

sturdy

strengthen

sultan

suction

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

surgeon

sweethearts

sweetheart

sutured

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

tartan

talon

taken

tappen

tarpon

tendon

tension

teston

steward

threaten

thicken

thousand

tighten

syphon

tillman

titan

token

toman

torsion

toughen

townsman

traction

treason

trillion

tubman

triton

trodden

trojan

tungsten

turban

tuscan

undone

urchin

union

urban

urson

urine

vegan

version

vulcan

vision

villain

wagon

wanton

waken

yachtsman

warden

warren

weapon

weaken

wheaten

weathered

whiten

whitson

woodman

woodward

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

withered

woolen

woolman

workman

wiccan

worsen

woven

written

watchman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

stewards

3 syllable words

abandon

ablation

abdomen

abortion

abstention

absorption

accession

abrasion

abstraction

abduction

accretion

addiction

acumen

addition

adhesion

ablution

african

adoption

affection

adroitly

aegean

adrian

adsorption

affliction

aggression

alaskan

albion

albumin

alderman

aleutian

alien

admission

alsatian

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anglican

andean

anchorman

apportion

anyone

appian

arian

arkansan

artesian

aryan

assertion

artisan

assassin

aspersion

assumption

attention

ascension

attrition

attraction

austrian

australian

audition

aversion

awaken

avian

asuncion

backgammon

badminton

bandwagon

backwoodsman

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

beholden

bedouin

beethoven

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bitterroot

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

cambrian

capsaicin

carrion

cardigan

carnation

cartesian

catalan

cathartic

castration

caucasian

causation

cation

charlatan

charwoman

cetacean

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

clarendon

cistercian

citizen

clarion

chilean

cinnamon

citation

civilian

clergyman

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collagen

collection

collusion

combustion

compression

communion

commission

companion

compassion

compulsion

complexion

commotion

completion

compunction

conception

concussion

conduction

confection

construction

concession

concoction

condition

confession

congressman

congestion

contention

constriction

conflation

confucian

confusion

connection

connexion

conscription

conjunction

consumption

conclusion

contagion

contraction

contraption

contrition

declension

contortion

convention

conversion

convulsion

contusion

convection

conviction

crestfallen

countryman

corsican

councilman

corruption

correction

corrosion

creation

crustacean

croatian

cyprian

damnation

dalmatian

deception

decision

cremation

deduction

collegian

defection

collision

deflection

campion

deletion

dehydrate

dentition

denizen

depiction

depletion

depression

description

derision

desertion

destruction

determine

detection

detention

devotion

digression

diffusion

digestion

dictation

dimension

dilation

dilution

discipline

direction

diffraction

discretion

discussion

dispersion

disruption

dissection

distortion

dissension

distraction

distinction

disunion

diversion

division

dorian

downtrodden

dominion

donation

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

election

eleven

elation

elison

formation

emission

emblazon

encryption

equation

enlighten

enliven

englishman

erection

etruscan

eruption

everyone

exaction

eviction

evasion

exception

excision

exclusion

emulsion

excretion

exemption

exertion

excursion

exhaustion

expulsion

expansion

embolden

explosion

expression

extension

extinction

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

fatherhood

federate

flirtation

emotion

ferryman

erosion

filtration

fisherman

fixation

fijian

flotation

feminine

forbidden

fenian

foramen

forewoman

forgotten

frustration

freemason

delusion

foundation

freudian

franciscan

fruition

garrison

galleon

gaussian

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

gestation

genuine

gordian

gradation

gravamen

fustian

guardian

guncotton

gyration

grobian

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

halcyon

heroin

heroine

hitherto

housebroken

horizon

horatian

hydration

hydrated

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

impression

inaction

imprison

in-person

inception

incursion

inclusion

induction

indian

infection

infarction

inflection

ingestion

infraction

infliction

infusion

injection

inhuman

inspection

insertion

inscription

injunction

instruction

inflation

incision

deflation

intention

intestine

jettison

intrusion

invention

irian

inversion

italian

invasion

irishman

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

kantian

jovian

julian

keratin

lactation

korean

lanolin

lumberman

keynesian

laterites

laurentian

lesbian

lecithin

leatherwood

libyan

libration

ligation

muskmelon

literate

location

laotian

logician

lutheran

magician

malayan

magdalen

malaysian

mandarin

marian

margarine

masculine

medallion

medicine

migration

median

melanin

mexican

midshipman

menhaden

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

misshapen

moderates

mithridate

mithridates

moroccan

moderate

motherhood

mutation

munition

narration

nebraskan

musician

negation

nemean

myosin

nitrogen

nevadan

nobleman

niacin

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nubian

nutritive

nutrition

noteworthy

objection

obsession

obstruction

occasion

octillion

odeon

occlusion

omission

pavilion

oppression

opinion

optation

optician

oration

origin

ottoman

orion

outriders

outrider

outspoken

overrun

oxygen

ovation

overman

parthian

partition

partisan

patrician

parisian

patriot

overdone

patriots

persuasion

nonhuman

perception

perfection

pelican

percussion

pentathlon

perfusion

permian

permission

petition

phrygian

peterman

phoenician

physician

plebeian

procession

production

perversion

plantation

progression

projection

policeman

porcelain

position

possession

precaution

predation

predestine

precession

precision

preclusion

preemption

prescription

presumption

pretension

prevention

privation

probation

prediction

profession

profusion

pollution

proportion

propulsion

protection

prostration

protean

proscription

promotion

puritan

quadratic

ramadan

quotation

reaction

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

reduction

redemption

regression

reflection

regimen

rejection

religion

relation

remission

reptilian

rendition

repression

reopen

resection

resumption

rescission

restriction

retention

retraction

retarded

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

provision

rifleman

rotation

samoan

rhodopsin

saccharin

seduction

saleswoman

salvation

saturdays

saturday

saturate

specimen

scorpion

scythian

secretion

secession

seclusion

sedation

sedition

selection

sensation

silicon

simian

skeleton

snapdragon

singleton

solomon

solution

stagnation

starvation

startlingly

stratagem

strategies

stratagems

strategist

strategy

strategists

stratified

stratify

submersion

stygian

submission

subscription

subtraction

subversion

suburban

succession

suggestion

summation

suspension

sumatran

suppression

suspicion

superman

syrian

tactician

tamarin

talisman

temptation

taxation

technician

thespian

timberman

toboggan

stewardship

tradition

transaction

transgression

transcription

translation

transition

transfusion

transmission

truncation

tuition

unbutton

uncertain

unbroken

unburden

uncommon

uneven

unwritten

unison

uterine

vacation

vatican

venison

venetian

veteran

vermilion

vibration

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

deformation

aberration

degradation

abrogation

acclamation

abolition

absolution

abyssinian

acclimation

accordion

abdication

acquisition

activation

adaptation

admiration

cancellation

advocation

adrenaline

adulation

affectation

adoration

adriatic

affirmation

agrarian

abnegation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

algerian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algonquian

allocation

alteration

altercation

american

alternation

annotation

ammunition

animation

amputation

annexation

amphibian

application

apprehension

appalachian

appellation

apparition

approbation

armageddon

armenian

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

arthurian

assemblyman

assyrian

accusation

athenian

aspiration

attribution

authority

authorities

allegation

augmentation

avocation

barbarian

backwardation

aviation

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calibration

californian

canadian

calculation

celebration

centurion

admonition

carcinogen

chameleon

circumvention

circumcision

circumspection

circulation

cogitation

coalition

committeeman

computation

collodion

columbian

collocation

coloradan

coloration

combination

commutation

competition

comparison

comedian

commendation

compensation

complication

compilation

composition

comprehension

concentration

consultation

condescension

confrontation

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

congregation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

consolation

constellation

conservation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consummation

deconstruction

dedication

defamation

contemplation

contraception

contrarian

contravention

contradiction

contribution

convocation

conversation

convolution

corp.

copernican

corinthian

coronation

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

copenhagen

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

culmination

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

dandelion

decimation

declaration

decompression

decoration

definition

integration

delegation

dehydration

demolition

demonstration

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

desecration

destitution

deposition

desiccation

desolation

designation

desperation

destination

devastation

detonation

deviation

devolution

dietitian

dilatation

disaffection

devonian

diocesan

diminution

disconnection

disinfection

disposition

disputation

disinflation

dislocation

disillusion

dispensation

education

dissertation

distillation

distribution

dissolution

dissipation

divination

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

elevation

demarcation

electrician

elocution

embarkation

elongation

dehydrated

emigration

expiration

equestrian

englishwoman

equitation

eritrean

exploitation

emulation

european

erudition

estimation

estonian

eustachian

excavation

evolution

evocation

exclamation

excitation

expedition

exhibition

execution

exhalation

exhortation

exposition

expectation

exhumation

explication

exploration

explanation

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fallopian

fascination

federative

floridian

fluctuation

federated

federation

fibrillation

emanation

figuration

fluoridation

federations

foliation

formulation

fumigation

fragmentation

fermentation

galilean

gastrulation

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

greco-roman

glaciation

gregorian

gorgonian

gravitation

graduation

granulation

habitation

guatemalan

hegelian

germination

hemoglobin

herculean

himalayan

historian

hesitation

hibernation

heterodox

hungarian

hydrocarbon

iberian

hydrothermal

hypertension

hyperion

ibuprofen

ideation

illustration

imitation

imperfection

implication

immigration

immolation

implantation

importation

imposition

inattention

impregnation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

insulation

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indexation

indication

indigestion

indiscretion

indentation

indignation

indonesian

infestation

infiltration

inflammation

inhalation

inhibition

installation

information

inclination

inquisition

innovation

inspiration

instigation

institution

insurrection

interception

interaction

intercession

interruption

intimation

interurban

intersection

intervention

interwoven

interjection

intermission

introspection

introduction

interdiction

iranian

invocation

invitation

irrigation

intuition

irritation

isolation

jacobean

iterations

iteration

iterative

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

lancastrian

laceration

inundation

legislation

librarian

liberian

levitation

liberation

leviathan

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

literature

literati

litigation

limitation

locomotion

lubrication

meteorite

maccabean

macedonian

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

maturity

masturbation

maturities

maturation

medication

meditation

menstruation

mediation

meridian

melanesian

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

miseration

missourian

misperception

moderately

mitigation

modulation

moderating

moderation

moderated

manumission

mortification

moderators

moderator

mongolian

molestation

moravian

motivation

machination

misconception

mutilation

napoleon

intonation

navigation

nestorian

nigerian

newtonian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

nutritional

nutritionist

nutritionists

obfuscation

obligation

observation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

octahedron

occupation

ohioan

olympian

nomination

orchestration

opposition

operation

ordination

pagurian

ostentation

oscillation

overburden

palpitation

paraguayan

oxidation

ovulation

pagination

patriotic

pavlovian

pedestrian

penetration

penicillin

pelagian

perforation

permutation

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

persecution

planarian

proclamation

plutonian

politician

pigmentation

predetermine

polynesian

predilection

praetorian

precondition

preconception

premonition

preignition

preparation

preelection

preservation

presentation

population

procreation

profanation

prohibition

polyhedron

prostitution

propagation

proposition

protestation

prosecution

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

realization

radiation

readmission

reawaken

reassertion

recollection

recitation

reclamation

recognition

recantation

reconstruction

reelection

reexamine

refutation

recreation

reformation

registration

regulation

reproduction

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

reiterate

reiterates

renovation

replication

repercussion

repetition

repossession

reposition

reparation

republican

reputation

requisition

restoration

resignation

restitution

resolution

reservation

respiration

resurrection

retardation

retribution

revocation

retrocession

revelation

revolution

rhetorician

samaritan

rhododendron

rumination

sectarian

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

saturated

self-deception

segregation

sequestration

separation

shakespearean

segmentation

siberian

sicilian

smithsonian

simonian

situation

simulation

speculation

statistician

stereotype

stereotyped

stereotypes

stewardesses

stimulation

stipulation

strategical

strangulation

subluxation

substitution

subdivision

suffocation

supposition

superstition

syncopation

supervision

surrogation

superhuman

syndication

tasmanian

tetrahedral

tamoxifen

tabulation

termination

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

transportation

transformation

vacillation

transplantation

trepidation

tribulation

valerian

utopian

usurpation

vaccination

validation

ulceration

valuation

variation

vegetation

ventilation

veneration

victorian

vindication

visitation

violation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

academician

acceleration

abomination

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

carolinian

alliteration

amazonian

alleviation

amalgamation

amelioration

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

argentinian

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

articulation

assimilation

assemblywoman

assassination

association

attenuation

certification

alienation

augustinian

authorization

authentication

authoritative

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

centenarian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

proletarian

carthaginian

cauterization

canonization

centralization

cohabitation

civilization

christianization

clarification

classification

codification

coagulation

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

communication

concatenation

confederation

confabulation

configuration

consolidation

congratulation

conglomeration

consideration

conciliation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decomposition

decapitation

deceleration

defenestration

degeneration

delicatessen

deliberation

delineation

fertilization

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

desegregation

desalination

depreciation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disintegration

disinclination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

dissemination

domestication

dramatization

edification

emancipation

ejaculation

elaboration

elizabethan

elimination

fortification

electrocution

epicurean

equivocation

equalization

enumeration

eradication

ethiopian

evacuation

evaluation

exacerbation

evaporation

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

excoriation

expatriation

exfoliation

exoskeleton

exhilaration

exoneration

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

deification

gasification

glorification

gratification

humiliation

hanoverian

hallucination

harmonization

heterodoxy

hybridization

hydrotherapy

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

illumination

immunization

inactivation

improvisation

inauguration

imagination

incarceration

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

instrumentation

initiation

insinuation

inoculation

insemination

interpretation

interrogation

interpolation

intimidation

multiplication

interconnection

intoxication

invalidation

investigation

irradiation

ionization

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

metropolitan

magnetization

manifestation

magnification

manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

mechanization

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

modernization

modification

mobilization

mummification

neapolitan

negotiation

participation

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

patagonian

nonsectarian

neutralization

normalization

nonintervention

nullification

notification

notoriety

obliteration

oregonian

organization

orientation

ornamentation

ossification

origination

panamanian

overproduction

pacification

pasteurization

patriotism

perpetuation

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

prevarication

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

presupposition

procrastination

prognostication

proliferation

revaluation

pythagorean

purification

qualification

reaffirmation

quantification

ratification

ramification

recombination

recommendation

rectification

recuperation

recrimination

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reintegration

reiteration

rejuvenation

remuneration

representation

repatriation

renunciation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

russification

scandinavian

sanctification

sedimentation

specialization

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

pronunciation

sterilization

stratification

substantiation

subordination

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

utilization

unification

vaporization

verification

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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