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

acting

action

actions

airman

alban

alan

alman

bargain

baron

arson

apron

amman

ashen

baldwin

aspen

asian

asthma

astounds

auction

astound

auctions

bagman

bacon

banyan

barren

bason

basin

basting

bastion

beaten

bayman

beacon

bitten

beckon

blacken

begun

billon

belgian

bison

bellon

blowgun

bludgeon

bobbin

bisson

bollen

boasting

bellman

bolden

bordman

billion

bookman

bookstand

bookstands

bowman

billman

bourbon

bracken

brakeman

brazen

breton

briton

brogan

broken

burton

burden

burdon

burman

burgeon

bullion

bushman

cabin

caisson

brethren

cannon

calvin

canaan

canon

cajun

canyon

capstan

carbon

caption

carman

carmine

caution

casting

cauldron

castings

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chasten

cheapen

chastened

chessman

chestnut

chestnuts

chevron

chicken

chosen

chieftain

christen

christian

churchman

children

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

coasting

colon

common

lasting

bastions

copeman

costing

cousin

costume

costumes

cowan

cretin

craftsman

craven

crewman

crimson

crouton

curtain

cuban

cumin

cushion

custom

dagon

dampen

dagan

customs

daman

damson

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

dragon

dozen

delphian

demon

desman

destin

dian

devon

dictum

diction

disdain

disdained

disdains

dobson

distance

distant

distend

distinct

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dromon

dudgeon

draftsman

driven

drunken

dustman

eaten

dungeon

earthen

dutchman

eden

hessian

dukedom

eighteens

eighteenth

eighteen

engine

freshen

emption

elan

ensign

ermine

esteem

extends

extant

extend

freshman

extent

fusion

fallen

famine

faction

eyestone

falcon

factions

fashion

fasten

faustian

fastened

fibrin

extinct

felon

freeman

fiction

festoon

fighting

fightings

fielden

fireman

firman

flashgun

fission

footman

flexion

fictions

fortune

fraction

freedman

frozen

friction

georgian

gallon

gammon

garden

garron

gascon

gentian

gowan

german

gibbon

gilden

given

gladden

golden

glidden

gluten

glisten

goodman

grandson

function

graven

griffon

grecian

guardsman

gudgeon

hackman

haitian

gumption

hangman

hausen

happen

harden

harken

hasten

haven

hastens

headman

headsman

heaven

heathen

hempen

henchman

heron

hetman

hogan

hymen

hidden

horseman

hosting

hoven

homespun

houseman

human

huntsman

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

martian

jetton

kitten

ion

jargon

jackman

jasmine

jason

jetson

kansan

junction

kalan

kitchen

keelson

kelson

klansman

kelvin

kenyan

keystone

keystones

kirkman

lagan

marlin

kremlin

lactone

laden

lampron

landman

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

listens

leman

lemon

lengthen

lesion

lessen

lichen

lesson

leven

liken

lineman

linemen

lion

lighting

lightning

lightnings

liman

linen

listen

linden

lisbon

liven

listing

markman

m1

locken

logan

lockman

london

lopeman

longan

loosen

lotion

listings

lumen

luncheon

lyden

lynden

mahone

madden

maiden

mangan

mansion

margin

marchman

marksman

marron

landsman

zircon

mason

matron

melton

mayan

melon

open

minden

milken

million

mention

mignon

muffin

minion

mission

mullen

mitten

moisten

motion

mustang

muslin

mustangs

nation

nekton

newsman

nightmare

nightmares

ninon

nighttimes

nighttime

notion

oarsman

octane

onion

ocean

odin

omen

olden

option

ousting

oven

othman

owen

pagan

oxen

paean

packman

pardon

peon

passman

passion

pastime

parson

patron

pastimes

pavon

pension

pectin

penman

penguin

peacetime

perron

person

persian

piston

pitman

plankton

pistons

pigeon

pillion

pinion

poison

pollan

pollen

portion

postman

potion

posting

postings

postmark

pressman

siren

prison

prussian

proven

pullen

question

quicken

questions

raven

rayon

reason

ragtime

ration

reckon

sistine

redden

rectum

region

rerun

stockman

resin

resting

ribbon

riden

ripen

ridden

robin

riven

roasting

roman

risen

rincon

rosen

rosin

rowan

right-hand

rowen

ruin

russian

sadden

runnion

sanction

saffron

selden

salesman

salmon

samson

satan

scion

scotsman

saxon

scallion

scullion

rumen

seaman

season

section

seedsman

sections

seton

sermon

seven

session

sexton

sequin

shakedown

shakedowns

shaken

shogun

showman

sharpen

shaman

shrunken

shearman

shipman

solon

sicken

sighting

sightings

slacken

siphon

slogan

sixteen

silken

sixteenths

smitten

sixteens

sodden

soften

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spearman

sixteenth

spoken

sportsman

squadron

spokesman

stallion

stiffen

statesman

steven

station

stepson

stillion

straighten

stricken

striven

strengthen

sturgeon

suasion

suction

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

surgeon

sustain

sustained

sweeten

swollen

semen

sustains

sylvan

system

syphon

systems

talon

taken

tappen

tarpon

tendon

tungsten

tasting

tastings

tension

stolen

teston

testing

thicken

thousand

threaten

token

toasting

tillman

toman

torsion

toughen

traction

townsman

touchdowns

trojan

touchdown

treason

trillion

trodden

tubman

tuscan

turban

twisting

wagon

undone

urban

urson

urchin

urine

union

vegan

version

victim

vesting

vestment

vestments

victims

villain

vulcan

vision

waken

watchman

weaken

weapon

wasting

wheaten

whitson

widen

wizen

woven

written

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woodman

woolman

workman

worsen

yeoman

yachting

wisdom

yachtsman

zaman

zion

3 syllable words

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abduction

abortion

abandon

absorption

abstention

academe

abstraction

abrasion

accession

accretion

accident

accidents

acetone

acumen

addiction

aegean

admission

adoption

adsorption

adrian

affection

african

affliction

aggression

alaskan

alsatian

alderman

aleutian

albumin

alien

albion

allusion

addition

adhesion

ambition

anchorman

andean

anyone

anglican

appian

apportion

arian

arkansan

artesian

artisan

austrian

aryan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assertion

astonish

assumption

asthmatic

asthmatics

astounding

asuncion

astounded

attention

attraction

attrition

auctioneers

auctioneer

audition

australian

badminton

aversion

awaken

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandwagon

ambrosian

battalion

biotin

begotten

beethoven

bedouin

bedizen

bedridden

besetting

beholden

bitumen

benjamin

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

bystander

bystanders

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

carrion

cartesian

cation

catalan

caucasian

causation

castration

cetacean

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

cinnamon

chilean

cistercian

citation

citizen

collegian

clarion

civilian

clergyman

clarendon

coercion

collagen

cohesion

cognition

collection

collision

collusion

combustion

commotion

commission

communion

companion

compassion

completion

complexion

compression

compulsion

concession

concussion

conception

conclusion

condition

concoction

conduction

confection

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

connexion

congressman

connection

conjunction

conscription

contagion

contention

contortion

constriction

construction

consumption

contraction

contraption

contusion

contrition

conversion

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

corrosion

correction

corsican

corruption

councilman

costumer

costumers

countryman

croatian

crestfallen

creation

cremation

crustacean

customer

customers

customize

dalmatian

cyprian

damnation

decadent

decadents

declension

decedent

decision

decedents

deduction

dorian

defection

digestion

deflation

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

determine

derision

deflection

description

destiny

detection

depression

destinies

destruction

detention

digression

dictation

desertion

devotion

diffraction

diffusion

dilation

dilution

discipline

discussion

direction

discretion

dissection

disdainful

disruption

dispersion

dissension

dissidence

dissidents

diversion

distances

division

dimension

distinction

distemper

distinctions

distinctive

distortion

distraction

disunion

distinguished

distinctly

distinguish

dominion

donation

dissident

downtrodden

compunction

edition

duration

formation

deception

franciscan

egyptian

ejection

elation

election

freemason

eleven

embolden

emotion

elison

emblazon

emission

emulsion

encryption

englishman

echidna

enlighten

erosion

enliven

equating

equation

equations

eruption

erection

estimate

etruscan

evasion

estimates

exaction

everyone

eviction

exhaustion

excitement

exciting

excision

exception

exclusion

exertion

excursion

excretion

exemption

expansion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extender

exceeding

extenders

extension

extensions

extensive

extortion

extraction

extinction

extinctions

extinguish

extinguished

extrusion

fabian

fastener

fasteners

fastening

fastenings

fenian

feminine

ferryman

flotation

fictional

filtration

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

fijian

foramen

forbidden

forgotten

forewoman

foundation

freudian

fruition

frustration

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

gestation

gillian

gordian

gradation

heartbroken

grobian

gravamen

guardian

guncotton

gyration

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

guesstimate

halogen

hawaiian

guesstimates

heroin

heroine

hesitant

horizon

housebroken

horatian

hydration

hydrogen

illusion

ignition

imagine

impassion

immersion

implosion

incision

inaction

in-person

imprison

impression

inception

inclusion

incursion

indian

induction

infarction

infection

inflation

infraction

infusion

ingestion

inhuman

injection

intestine

inscription

insertion

instruction

injunction

inspection

intention

intrusion

jettison

invasion

irian

italian

jacobin

irishman

istanbul

jamaican

javelin

korean

kantian

keratin

jovian

julian

keynesian

infliction

lactation

invention

inversion

lanolin

laotian

lecithin

laurentian

lastingly

lesbian

libyan

libration

liechtenstein

ligation

lightening

listener

listeners

locating

location

logician

locations

lumberman

macadam

magdalen

magician

lutheran

mandarin

malayan

malaysian

margarine

listening

inflection

marian

omission

masculine

medicine

median

medallion

melanin

menhaden

mexican

oration

migration

midshipman

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

moroccan

origin

myosin

mutation

muskmelon

munition

musician

narration

negation

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nightingale

nicotine

nitrogen

notation

nubian

nightmarish

nobleman

nonhuman

norwegian

nonunion

nutrition

occasion

occlusion

obsession

obstruction

objection

occident

octillion

odeon

opinion

optation

optician

oppression

predation

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

orion

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfection

permian

permission

perfusion

persuasion

perversion

peterman

petition

phoenician

physician

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

pollution

policeman

porcelain

position

possession

positions

postnatal

post-mortem

postmaster

postmasters

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

predestine

silicon

simian

prediction

prescription

preemption

privation

probation

procession

prevention

protean

profession

prostration

production

profusion

progression

projection

promotion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

protection

provision

pseudonym

puritan

questioner

questioners

questionnaire

questionnaires

quotation

ramadan

reaction

reactions

pseudonyms

rebellion

recession

recision

reception

presumption

pretension

reduction

relation

redemption

reflection

regimen

regression

rejection

religion

remission

reopen

rendition

reptilian

rescission

repression

resection

residence

resident

resumption

restriction

retention

retraction

revulsion

rhodopsin

rectangle

reunion

reversion

rifleman

right-handed

revision

rotation

saccharin

samoan

salvation

saleswoman

rectangles

scorpion

scythian

sedation

secretion

seduction

secession

sedition

seclusion

sectional

selection

sumatran

sensation

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

stagnation

specimen

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

residents

suburban

subversion

succession

subtraction

subscription

suggestion

transition

suppression

suspicion

superman

suspension

sustenance

syrian

systemic

tactician

talisman

tamarin

taxation

temptation

tectonic

technician

tectonics

thespian

testaments

toboggan

ticketing

timberman

toastmaster

tradition

transaction

transcription

transfusion

transgression

translation

transmission

truncation

unbroken

summation

tuition

unburden

unbutton

unwritten

uneven

unison

uterine

testament

vatican

uncertain

uncommon

vacation

vacations

venison

veteran

venetian

vibration

vermilion

victimize

vitamin

vocation

volition

vocations

visiting

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

succeeding

4 syllable words

aberration

abolition

abdication

abnegation

abyssinian

abrogation

absolution

academic

academics

academies

accordion

academy

acclamation

acclimation

accidental

accusation

activation

adaptation

acquisition

actionable

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

admonition

advocation

alteration

affectation

admiration

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

alternation

agitation

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

allegation

allocation

algonquian

altercation

agrarian

annotation

amphibian

amputation

animation

ammunition

annexation

appalachian

apparition

appellation

approbation

apprehension

arabian

arizonan

arbitration

application

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assyrian

astonishing

athenian

attribution

augmentation

astonishment

avocation

backwardation

aviation

assemblyman

barbarian

american

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

canadian

californian

calibration

cancellation

calculation

carcinogen

centurion

celebration

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collodion

coloradan

coloration

columbian

combination

comedian

committeeman

commendation

commutation

comparison

competition

collocation

compensation

compilation

complication

composition

comprehension

condemnation

condensation

condescension

concentration

connotation

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

conservation

conjugation

congregation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contemplation

consolation

contraception

contrarian

copernican

contradiction

contravention

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

copenhagen

corinthian

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

cultivation

culmination

crucifixion

custodian

customary

customizes

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

dedication

defamation

definition

deformation

delegation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

deposition

depravation

depredation

derivation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

desperation

degradation

desiccation

desolation

designation

destitution

destinations

destination

detonation

devastation

devolution

devonian

dichotomy

dictionary

dietitian

dictionaries

deviation

dilatation

diocesan

disaffection

diminution

disconnection

dissertation

disillusion

dislocation

disposition

disputation

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

dissolution

distillation

dissipation

distribution

distinctively

distinguishes

distinguishing

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

computation

duplication

education

elongation

elocution

emigration

emanation

embarkation

emulation

eritrean

equitation

erudition

equestrian

estimation

estimations

estimator

excavation

estimable

estimated

european

estonians

eustachian

estonian

estimators

evocation

evolution

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

exploitation

expedition

exposition

expectation

explication

exploration

explanation

exceedingly

expiration

extendible

exhumation

electrician

extradition

extinguisher

extinguishment

extinguishers

extrication

fallopian

fascination

fabrication

extensively

extenuate

federation

fermentation

floridian

foliation

fluctuation

fluoridation

formulation

fragmentation

figuration

fibrillation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

gregorian

guatemalan

gravitation

greco-roman

fumigation

habitation

granulation

hegelian

hemoglobin

hesitation

hesitancy

hesitantly

herculean

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

illustration

imitation

importation

elevation

implantation

immolation

immigration

imperfection

imposition

implication

imputation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

impregnation

inclination

infestation

englishwoman

indentation

indecision

incubation

indexation

incrustation

indication

indonesian

indigestion

indignation

indiscretion

inflammation

inhalation

information

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

installation

inspiration

instigation

interwoven

institution

insulation

interurban

interaction

intercession

intermission

interception

interruption

interdiction

intersection

interjection

intervention

insurrection

integration

intimation

intonation

introduction

introspection

intuition

inundation

iranian

iteration

irrigation

isolation

jacobean

irritation

isotonic

invocation

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

invitation

laceration

lancastrian

infiltration

legitimate

legitimize

leviathan

liberian

librarian

levitation

liberation

limitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

legislation

locomotion

maccabean

macedonian

lubrication

malnutrition

machination

mammalian

malformation

manumission

masturbation

maturation

meditation

medication

mediation

meridian

menstruation

ordination

minnesotan

misbegotten

misdemeanor

misconception

misdemeanors

miseration

misperception

moderation

ministration

missourian

mitigation

mongolian

molestation

moravian

modulation

mortification

napoleon

mutilation

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

motivation

nigerian

nonpartisan

noblewoman

nomination

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

observation

obfuscation

nonprescription

obstetrician

octahedron

occupation

melanesian

ohioan

olympian

operation

occidental

orchestration

opposition

ostentation

oscillation

ostensible

ostensibly

overburden

palpitation

pagurian

pagination

ovulation

oxidation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

penetration

penicillin

pelagian

peruvian

perturbation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

perforation

posthumously

praetorian

preconception

precondition

predilection

predetermine

preparation

premonition

preservation

simonian

proclamation

profanation

prohibition

procreation

prostitution

propagation

proposition

prosecution

protozoan

protestation

provocation

preelection

publication

punctuation

preignition

radiation

readmission

realization

reawaken

reassertion

recreation

presentation

questionable

recitation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

recantation

stimulation

reexamine

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abbreviation

abomination

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vilification

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washingtonian

yugoslavian

utilization

synchronization

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Words that rhyme with the word boughten

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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.


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

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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.

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