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

acton

action

alban

airman

alan

ashen

alman

amman

apron

around

arrant

arrants

arson

atman

auction

aspen

austin

auden

asian

bargain

bacon

baron

baldwin

bagman

banyan

barren

barton

basin

bason

bastion

baston

bayman

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

belgian

billion

burdon

bellman

bison

bobbin

bludgeon

bisson

blacken

boatman

bolden

bitten

blowgun

bollen

bookman

bordman

bellon

boston

brakeman

boughten

bourbon

bracken

brandish

billon

bowman

brand-new

brandle

billman

brander

broken

brethren

breton

brighten

brandy

brazen

broaden

burden

brindle

briton

brogan

bromides

brownout

brownouts

bullion

brunette

brunettes

bromide

burgeon

bushman

burton

button

cabin

caisson

cajun

canaan

calvin

canyon

canton

cannon

canon

carbon

carman

caption

capstan

captain

carmine

carton

cauldron

caution

cayman

caxton

certain

chairman

chapman

chasten

chaplain

chessman

charon

christen

chevron

chieftain

chicken

children

chosen

christian

churchman

classman

claxon

citron

clinton

coachman

cheapen

colon

common

corban

cordon

corinth

copeman

cornet

cotton

darken

dagan

courant

craven

crandall

cowan

craftsman

cretin

crimson

crewman

crouton

cremate

cushion

curtain

cuban

cumin

currents

current

dagon

cousin

dalton

daman

damson

dampen

burman

deacon

deaden

deafen

burnet

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

diction

dian

devon

dobson

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

doormat

doormats

draftsman

dozen

dragon

drunken

dudgeon

dromon

drumhead

dungeon

eaten

eden

earthen

dutchman

durant

dustman

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

errand

errant

errands

driven

faction

fashion

fasten

fallen

falcon

farrand

faulcon

famine

fatten

felon

faustian

floren

fibrin

fiction

fireman

fission

firman

fielden

flashgun

flexion

flatten

foreman

foreign

forehand

forehands

footman

format

fortune

fraction

formats

fountain

freshen

freeman

frantic

freedman

function

garden

freshman

frighten

friction

friendship

friendships

frozen

friendly

frontal

fronted

frontier

frontage

frontiers

fusion

gallon

garand

gammon

garnet

gascon

garron

gentian

georgian

german

gerund

gerunds

gibbon

gilden

gorgon

gotten

gladden

glisten

golden

goodman

gourmets

gowan

given

glidden

gluten

gourmet

zircon

grandchild

grandeur

grandsons

grandson

grandly

granite

grecian

graven

granted

grenade

grantors

greenwood

grantor

grenades

grindstone

grinding

grindle

griffon

grinders

grinder

greyhound

groundnut

groundling

groundnuts

groundswell

groundwork

guardsman

gumption

haitian

hackman

harden

gudgeon

hangman

happen

harken

harten

hasten

hausen

haven

headsman

headman

hearten

huntsman

heighten

heathen

henchman

hempen

heaven

hessian

heron

hetman

hidden

horehound

hornet

hornets

horseman

houseman

homespun

hoten

hoven

human

hogan

hymen

hermit

hyson

hyphen

ibsen

hermits

ion

jargon

jason

jackman

jasmine

jetson

junction

jordan

jorden

kansan

kalan

keelson

kelson

kenyan

klansman

laden

kirkman

lagan

kitchen

kelvin

kremlin

kitten

lampron

landsman

landman

layman

lengthen

latin

leaven

lessen

leaden

legion

leman

ledden

lemon

lesson

lesion

leven

lichen

lineman

linemen

lighten

liken

liman

lightman

linden

linen

lion

lockman

liven

locken

listen

lisbon

logan

london

loren

lotion

maiden

loosen

luncheon

lyden

lopeman

lynden

m1

mahone

madden

lumen

longan

mansion

marchman

margin

marksman

markman

marlin

marten

marron

martin

mason

mayan

matron

mention

melon

minden

minion

mignon

million

milken

mermaids

mermaid

mitten

mission

moisten

molten

mountain

motion

muffin

mullen

muslin

mutton

nation

morgan

mormon

mangan

nekton

jetton

newsman

grounding

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

often

olden

odin

omen

option

onion

open

organ

ornate

parson

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

oven

oxen

pagan

packman

paean

owen

panton

pardon

parent

parents

passion

passman

pavon

pathan

patron

patten

pectin

pension

penguin

penman

peon

permit

permits

person

persian

perron

permute

pinion

plankton

platen

platten

piston

pitman

plantain

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

portman

potion

pigeon

postman

pillion

prentice

pressman

melton

printing

printings

primates

primate

prison

proven

ration

prussian

question

quicken

pullen

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

region

redden

printer

printers

promotes

rerun

riden

resin

ribbon

robin

ridden

runnion

russian

rosin

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

sanction

samson

sadden

santon

rosen

saffron

salesman

salmon

satan

satin

scotsman

saxon

scallion

scullion

scion

seaman

season

roman

section

rincon

ripen

promote

selden

risen

riven

semen

seedsman

sermon

session

seton

sequin

seven

sharpen

sexton

shorten

shaken

shotgun

shaman

shearman

shipman

shogun

shrunken

showman

threaten

grounder

siphon

siren

silken

sicken

slacken

smarten

sodden

soften

soldan

spartan

sportsman

slogan

solon

sovereign

smitten

sovran

spearman

spoken

spokesman

station

stallion

statesman

stallman

stepson

stockman

stillion

steven

stiffen

stolen

straighten

suction

suasion

strengthen

stricken

sturgeon

sudden

striven

sultan

sullen

sunken

summon

surgeon

squadron

sylvan

swollen

surrounds

surround

syphon

sweeten

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tension

tendon

termites

termite

teston

tighten

titan

thousand

tillman

thicken

token

torrent

torrents

torsion

traction

townsman

toman

toughen

treason

tungsten

triton

trodden

trillion

trundle

tubman

trojan

turban

tranter

truant

tuscan

tyrant

tyrants

turndown

undone

union

urson

urchin

urban

urine

vegan

turn-out

version

villain

vision

wanton

warden

waken

vulcan

wagon

yachtsman

warrant

warrants

warren

watchman

whiten

whitson

weaken

wheaten

weapon

wiccan

widen

wizen

woodman

workman

woolman

woman

women

wooden

woolen

wormwood

worsen

woven

written

zaman

yaupon

yeoman

zion

3 syllable words

ablution

abduction

abdomen

abrasion

abortion

absorption

abstraction

abstention

accession

accretion

acumen

addition

adhesion

admission

adoption

aggression

affection

adsorption

affliction

african

adrian

aegean

aryan

addiction

alaskan

albion

allusion

alien

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

aleutian

apportion

anyone

appian

arian

arkansan

armada

alderman

artisan

albumin

ascension

assertion

asuncion

assumption

aspersion

assassin

attention

audition

attrition

australian

austrian

aversion

avian

attraction

awaken

bandwagon

badminton

backwoodsman

baronet

baronets

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

beholden

backgammon

bermudas

benjamin

bermuda

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brandenburg

brandishes

brandywine

brazilian

bulletin

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

caucasian

castration

carrion

cation

catalan

cessation

cetacean

charlatan

charwoman

champion

chairwoman

chamberlain

chilean

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

clarion

civilian

clarendon

clergyman

coercion

chairperson

cohesion

coherent

collagen

collection

collegian

collision

collusion

commission

commotion

combustion

communion

completion

compassion

companion

complexion

concession

compression

conception

compunction

compulsion

conclusion

concoction

concussion

conflation

confession

confection

condition

conduction

confucian

congestion

confusion

convection

connection

connexion

conscription

congressman

conjunction

constriction

construction

consumption

contagion

contention

contortion

contraction

contraption

contrition

contusion

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

coronet

correction

corruption

corsican

coronets

councilman

corrosion

corundum

countryman

creation

croatian

crestfallen

cremation

curmudgeon

curmudgeons

cyprian

currently

porcelain

deception

declension

abandon

deflation

deduction

deflection

defection

deletion

delusion

denizen

depletion

dentition

depiction

depression

derision

decision

expansion

desertion

description

detection

detention

destruction

determine

dictation

digression

digestion

dilution

devotion

diffraction

diffusion

direction

dimension

discipline

discretion

dissection

discussion

disruption

dispersion

dissension

distraction

distinction

distortion

disunion

diversion

erection

dominion

division

eruption

dorian

durante

edition

downtrodden

elation

egyptian

ejection

election

eleven

elison

equation

emission

emotion

embolden

emulsion

encryption

enlighten

enliven

englishman

eviction

emblazon

erosion

etruscan

evasion

exertion

everyone

dramatist

excretion

exaction

excision

exclusion

exemption

excursion

dramatize

exhaustion

exception

expression

extraction

expulsion

extension

extinction

explosion

extortion

fabian

fenian

extrusion

fahrenheit

feminine

ferryman

flotation

fijian

filtration

fixation

fisherman

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

formative

freemason

franciscan

frenetic

freudian

frustration

fruition

galleon

furniture

fustian

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

gestation

gradation

ghanaian

genuine

gillian

granados

gordian

granado

granddaughter

granddaughters

grandfather

groundbreaking

grandmother

grandmothers

granduncle

grandnephews

granduncles

grandiose

grandnephew

gravamen

grandfathers

granitic

grobian

guardian

guarantee

guaranty

guaranteed

guarantees

guaranties

guarantor

guarantors

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

halogen

harlequin

harmattan

guncotton

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horizon

housebroken

hydrogen

ignition

immersion

imagine

irian

hermitage

irishman

impassion

inaction

impression

in-person

imprison

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

infarction

induction

indian

infection

inflation

ingestion

inflection

infraction

infusion

infliction

inhuman

injection

injunction

insertion

inspection

instruction

inscription

intention

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

intrusion

ironwood

implosion

italian

jamaican

jacobin

jettison

javelin

kantian

jovian

julian

korean

keratin

keynesian

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

nebraskan

lecithin

lesbian

malayan

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magician

magdalen

malaysian

libyan

mandarin

margarine

marinades

marian

maronite

marinade

masculine

medallion

marinates

marinate

medicine

menhaden

midshipman

mexican

melanin

median

mistaken

misprision

misshapen

moroccan

munition

mutation

musician

muskmelon

myosin

myrmidon

myrmidons

nemean

niacin

nevadan

sensation

illusion

misfortune

notation

norwegian

occasion

nonunion

normative

nubian

obsession

objection

nutrition

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

odeon

omission

oppression

optician

opinion

orient

origin

orion

ornately

ovation

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parental

paranoid

parentage

parenthood

parisian

parthian

partisan

patrician

perception

perfection

pavilion

pentathlon

pelican

percussion

permian

permission

permeates

perfusion

persuasion

perversion

petition

phrygian

peterman

physician

plebeian

policeman

pollution

nobleman

possession

position

precession

precaution

precision

preclusion

predestine

prediction

prenatal

preemption

premature

prescription

nonhuman

nitrogen

pretension

presumption

prevention

permeate

probation

procession

production

progression

profession

projection

profusion

primitive

proportion

protection

promotion

promotions

propulsion

provision

proscription

protean

quotation

puritan

pyramid

quarantine

quarantines

pyramids

ramadan

reaction

recession

reception

rebellion

recision

relation

reduction

reflection

regression

redemption

regimen

rejection

religion

rendition

reopen

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

restriction

resumption

retention

retraction

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

secretion

remission

rotation

saccharin

scorpion

saleswoman

secession

samoan

scythian

seclusion

selection

sedition

seduction

promoter

promoters

serenade

simian

singleton

silicon

skeleton

solution

solomon

snapdragon

specimen

succession

submission

subscription

suggestion

stygian

submersion

subtraction

suburban

subversion

sumatran

suppression

superman

suspension

surrounding

surroundings

suspicion

syrian

tactician

tamarin

talisman

temptation

technician

thespian

toboggan

timberman

translation

tornadoes

tornados

tornado

surrenders

transaction

tradition

transcription

transition

transfusion

transgression

transmission

traumatic

surrender

tuition

trinity

uneven

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

turntable

turntables

unbroken

uncommon

unison

unwritten

uterine

urinate

vacation

variant

vatican

variants

venison

veteran

vermilion

verandas

veranda

vocation

volition

vitamin

warranty

warranties

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abnegation

abdication

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

adaptation

accusation

accordion

admiration

activation

admonition

aggravation

affectation

acquisition

adrenaline

aggregation

adulation

advocation

agitation

albanian

agrarian

alabaman

allocation

alteration

allegation

algonquian

algerian

amputation

ammunition

american

amphibian

animation

annexation

approbation

appellation

application

appalachian

apparition

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

armageddon

armadillo

armenian

arizonan

armadillos

aromatic

annotation

arthurian

darwinian

aldebaran

aspiration

athenian

assyrian

assemblyman

avocation

attribution

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

barometer

barometers

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calibration

cancellation

calculation

californian

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

cogitation

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

chromatograms

coalition

chromatogram

coherently

chameleon

collodion

coloradan

compensation

columbian

comedian

commutation

compilation

committeeman

competition

comparison

decimation

concentration

complication

computation

comprehension

composition

confrontation

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

condescension

conflagration

congregation

conjugation

consecration

consolation

consummation

constellation

constipation

consultation

constitution

contemplation

contraception

contribution

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

convocation

convolution

copernican

coriander

copenhagen

corinthian

corinthians

cotyledon

crucifixion

criterion

crocodilian

culmination

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

deformation

decoration

dedication

defamation

definition

deconstruction

degradation

dehydration

decompression

delegation

demonstration

demolition

deportation

derivation

depravation

deposition

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

registration

declaration

desecration

designation

desiccation

desolation

detonation

destination

devastation

desperation

destitution

deviation

dilatation

dietitian

devolution

devonian

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

dislocation

disinfection

disillusion

disinflation

dispensation

disputation

disposition

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

distribution

divination

elongation

dominican

dissolution

draconian

emanation

embarkation

exhortation

dromedary

dramaturgy

duplication

emigration

education

elevation

electrician

elocution

dormitory

dormitories

evocation

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

eritrean

estimation

erudition

estonian

european

eustachian

equestrian

dramatically

excitation

excavation

exclamation

evolution

execution

exhalation

dramatizes

exhibition

exhumation

expiration

fabrication

explanation

expectation

explication

exploitation

expedition

exploration

extradition

exposition

extrication

federation

fallopian

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

fluctuation

floridian

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

formidable

formidably

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

graduation

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

grammatical

grandfatherly

grandmotherly

gravitation

grandiloquent

granulation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

herculean

hegelian

hemoglobin

hesitation

hypertension

himalayan

hungarian

historian

hydrocarbon

immigration

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

imitation

immolation

illustration

imperfection

implantation

importation

iranian

implication

irrigation

imputation

inattention

incantation

impregnation

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indentation

indignation

inhalation

indication

indexation

indigestion

indonesian

indiscretion

information

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

inhibition

irritation

imposition

innovation

inspiration

insulation

installation

instigation

insurrection

integration

inquisition

interaction

intercession

interception

interdiction

interjection

intermission

interruption

intersection

intervention

interurban

institution

interwoven

intimation

intonation

inundation

invitation

invocation

intuition

introspection

introduction

isolation

iteration

separation

jacobean

nestorian

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

legislation

lancastrian

liberation

levitation

liberian

leviathan

librarian

limitation

lilliputian

liquidation

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

malformation

macedonian

lubrication

maccabean

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

medication

masturbation

maturation

mediation

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

mitigation

modulation

miseration

misperception

misconception

missourian

molestation

moravian

motivation

mortification

navigation

mutilation

mongolian

napoleon

misbegotten

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obligation

obfuscation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

opposition

orchestration

oriental

oriented

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

orientals

parentheses

parameter

parameters

paramedic

paramedics

pavlovian

pelagian

pedestrian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

noblewoman

permeated

perimeter

perimeters

perspiration

permutation

permutations

persecution

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

preservation

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

praetorian

preconception

precondition

preparation

preignition

premonition

preelection

predilection

predetermine

premeditate

presentation

relocation

procreation

proclamation

prohibition

prosecution

proposition

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

publication

punctuation

pyramidal

radiation

readmission

recantation

realization

reassertion

reawaken

recitation

recreation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

reelection

reexamine

reformation

refutation

regulation

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abomination

acceleration

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utilization

vaporization

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verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word carnation

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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:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
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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:

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

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
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Different Types of Rhymes
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