Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word cetacean.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 cetacean.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

adjunct

acton

adjoin

airman

alban

alan

adjoins

adjuncts

alman

basin

apron

arson

bacon

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

austin

auden

bason

bastion

banyan

baldwin

bagman

bargain

barton

baron

barren

baton

baston

amman

bayman

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

billion

begun

belgian

bellman

bellon

billman

bisson

bitten

billon

bison

bitching

blacken

blowgun

bludgeon

boatman

boatswain

bobbin

bodkin

bodkins

bolden

bookman

bollen

bordman

boston

boughten

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brakeman

brazen

briton

breton

brighten

broaden

brogan

broken

caisson

button

cajun

bullion

burgeon

burden

burdon

burton

cabin

bushman

calvin

canaan

brethren

caption

canyon

canton

captain

carbon

carman

cannon

canon

capstan

carmine

cayman

caution

catkins

cauldron

catchment

catching

catchings

caxton

chasten

chairman

certain

chaplain

chapman

charon

cheapen

christen

christian

children

chieftain

churchman

chosen

citron

chicken

clinton

classman

claxon

coachman

chevron

chessman

colon

common

carton

beckon

cretin

crimson

copeman

corban

craven

craftsman

cotton

cousin

cordon

cowan

crouton

crewman

cushion

dagan

dagon

daman

dalton

dampen

damson

deacon

deaden

deafen

darken

cuban

deepen

cumin

delphian

curtain

demon

desman

devon

dian

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

draftsman

driven

dudgeon

drunken

dragon

dromon

dungeon

eaten

eden

dustman

earthen

dutchman

edging

elan

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

etchings

etching

faction

burman

falcon

fashion

fasten

faustian

fatten

felon

faulcon

fallen

flexion

flashgun

fielden

flatten

fibrin

fireman

harden

famine

footman

foreman

freshen

fraction

freeman

fortune

fountain

freshman

freedman

gentian

function

fusion

gascon

garden

gallon

gammon

garron

foreign

frozen

frighten

georgian

firman

glisten

gilden

gibbon

given

glidden

gluten

german

grandson

goodman

gotten

golden

gorgon

gowan

gudgeon

gumption

godsends

gladden

graven

guardsman

griffon

hackman

hangman

happen

harken

godsend

hasten

headsman

headman

haven

harten

hausen

hearten

heathen

henchman

hempen

heaven

heighten

heron

hessian

hetman

hidden

homespun

horseman

hogan

hoten

human

huntsman

houseman

hoven

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

fetching

floren

hatching

minion

ion

jetson

jason

jargon

jasmine

jetsons

legion

jetton

junction

judgment

jordan

jorden

judgments

judging

layman

kalan

kansan

keelson

kitchen

kelson

kenyan

kelvin

kirkman

kitchens

kitten

laden

kremlin

klansman

lampron

landman

landsman

lagan

latching

latin

jackman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lesion

lessen

lesson

leven

lengthen

lemon

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linden

linen

lion

linemen

listen

lisbon

liven

lockman

london

loathsome

locken

lodging

lodgings

lotion

logan

loosen

lineman

longan

lopeman

loren

leman

lynden

luncheon

m1

lyden

mahone

maiden

mangan

mansion

marksman

margin

marchman

markman

marlin

marron

marten

mason

martian

matron

martin

matching

mayan

lumen

madden

million

mention

mignon

melton

melon

milken

minden

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

motion

muffin

mullen

mormon

muslin

pigeon

mutton

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

onion

olden

omen

open

option

organ

orphan

outdone

outcome

othman

outcomes

outrun

oven

outshine

outshines

owen

pagan

paean

packman

oxen

parson

pardon

passion

panton

passman

pathan

pectin

penguin

patron

patten

pavon

penman

pension

patching

person

perron

persian

peon

pillion

pinion

pitman

piston

pitching

mountain

poison

platen

platten

ponton

plantain

portion

pollan

plankton

portman

pollen

potion

postman

proven

pressman

prison

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

ration

raven

reason

rayon

reckon

redden

region

redskin

redskins

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

rincon

risen

riven

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rowan

rotten

rumen

santon

rowen

ruin

runnion

russian

samson

salesman

saffron

sadden

sanction

salmon

section

satan

scullion

seaman

season

saxon

scallion

scion

scotsman

satin

seedsman

semen

selden

sequin

sermon

session

seton

shaken

shaman

shipman

sexton

seven

sharpen

shearman

silken

sicken

shotgun

shrunken

shotguns

shorten

shogun

showman

smitten

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

smarten

stillion

soldan

sodden

soften

solon

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spokesman

spoken

sportsman

stallion

squadron

stallman

stagnant

stagnate

stacking

staging

statesman

stepson

steven

stiffen

stigma

sticking

stocking

straighten

stockings

stockman

stolen

stricken

strengthen

striven

sturgeon

suasion

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

tension

sunken

summon

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

switching

tarpon

tartan

swollen

tappen

tendon

syphon

taken

tillman

thicken

threaten

teston

tighten

thousand

titan

torsion

traction

toughen

token

toman

townsman

talon

treason

trillion

triton

trodden

tungsten

tubman

tuscan

turban

urson

undone

union

urchin

urine

urban

trojan

villain

vision

vegan

waken

wanton

warden

vulcan

watchman

wagon

warren

weaken

wheaten

weapon

whiten

written

witching

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

version

wiccan

worsen

yachtsman

woodman

woolman

woolen

woodsman

workman

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abrasion

ablution

abortion

abduction

abdomen

absorption

abstention

accession

accretion

abstraction

aggression

alsatian

addiction

addition

acumen

adhesion

admission

adoption

affection

aegean

affliction

adsorption

adrian

african

aleutian

alaskan

alderman

albumin

albion

alien

adjoining

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anyone

anchorman

andean

anglican

battalion

apportion

appian

artesian

arkansan

arian

artisan

backgammon

assassin

aspersion

attraction

ascension

attrition

atheism

attachment

asuncion

attachments

assumption

aryan

audition

australian

austrian

awaken

aversion

avian

autism

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

bedizen

beethoven

beholden

bedouin

bedridden

bedchamber

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

buddhism

bulletin

cambrian

campion

carnation

capsaicin

cardigan

cartesian

carrion

castration

caucasian

cation

catalan

catacomb

catacombs

abandon

chairwoman

chairperson

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

coercion

charwoman

collection

chilean

cinnamon

citizen

citizens

civilian

clergyman

clarendon

clarion

cognition

cohesion

collagen

collegian

collusion

collision

combustion

commotion

commission

communion

companion

compassion

completion

determine

complexion

compression

detachment

conception

compulsion

concession

contention

contortion

concoction

conflation

confection

confucian

conclusion

confession

concussion

conduction

confusion

congestion

condition

connexion

conjunction

congressman

connection

construction

consumption

conscription

constriction

contraption

compunction

contraction

contrition

convection

convention

contusion

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

corrosion

corruption

countryman

councilman

corsican

crestfallen

deflection

croatian

dalmatian

cyprian

damnation

decision

declension

deduction

delusion

dentition

denizen

depiction

derision

description

destruction

extension

diffraction

diffusion

digression

digestion

dilution

discretion

discussion

direction

discipline

dispersion

disruption

dissection

distraction

distortion

distinction

disunion

division

diversion

dominion

downtrodden

dorian

ejection

egyptian

edition

eleven

elison

emblazon

expulsion

emulsion

englishman

enlighten

encryption

enliven

eruption

exclusion

embolden

eviction

erosion

exaction

etruscan

exception

everyone

excision

excretion

exemption

excursion

exhaustion

expansion

expression

explosion

extraction

extinction

extortion

extrusion

fabian

inflection

halcyon

ferryman

fenian

fisherman

fijian

foramen

formation

forgotten

foundation

fruition

franciscan

forewoman

freudian

fustian

forbidden

garrison

galleon

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gillian

ghanaian

gravamen

gordian

guncotton

guardian

hammerman

grobian

halogen

handwoven

harlequin

feminine

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

hydration

horizon

housebroken

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

impression

incursion

implosion

imprison

in-person

inception

incision

inclusion

indian

induction

hawaiian

infarction

infection

ingestion

infraction

infusion

infliction

injection

injunction

inscription

inspection

intention

instruction

intestine

invention

inversion

intrusion

irishman

irian

jamaican

italian

jacobin

javelin

jettison

judgmental

jovian

julian

kitchener

kitchenette

keratin

keynesian

kitchenware

laotian

kantian

korean

lanolin

latecomer

latecomers

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

libration

litigant

litigants

logician

malayan

lumberman

lutheran

magician

mandarin

marian

margarine

matchmaking

matchmakers

matchmaker

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

medicines

migration

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

midsummer

melanin

magdalen

inhuman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

musician

muskmelon

moroccan

nebraskan

myosin

nevadan

nemean

nitrogen

niacin

nobleman

norwegian

nonunion

nonhuman

obsession

nutrition

objection

obstruction

occlusion

nubian

oppression

octillion

omission

opinion

optician

odeon

origin

orion

ottoman

overrun

outgoing

overdone

overman

outspoken

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

phrygian

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

perfection

percussion

perfusion

permian

permission

persuasion

perversion

peterman

physician

pietism

plebeian

policeman

modicum

position

pollution

precaution

preclusion

precision

mutagen

preemption

prediction

predestine

prescription

presumption

prevention

production

progression

promotion

projection

prostration

profusion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

protean

redemption

provision

puritan

rescission

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

recision

reflection

regression

regimen

reduction

mutagens

rejection

religion

remission

rendition

reopen

repression

reptilian

reducing

porcelain

resection

restriction

resumption

retraction

reticence

reticent

reunion

revulsion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

salvation

saccharin

samoan

saleswoman

scythian

seclusion

scorpion

secretion

seduction

seducing

selection

simian

silicon

skeleton

singleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stigmatize

stockinger

stygian

submersion

submission

subscription

subtraction

succession

suggestion

suburban

subversion

suspension

suppression

superman

munition

sumatran

suspicion

taxation

syrian

tactician

technician

timberman

thespian

translation

toboggan

tradition

transaction

talisman

transmission

transition

transgression

transcription

transfusion

tamarin

truncation

tuition

unburden

uncertain

unbroken

unbutton

uneven

uncommon

uterine

unwritten

unison

venison

vibration

veteran

vitamin

waterman

volition

vatican

vermilion

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abolition

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

abyssinian

accordion

acquisition

activation

agitation

adaptation

allegation

allocation

admiration

admonition

adoration

affectation

adulation

affirmation

adrenaline

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

alteration

altercation

alternation

arbitration

american

ammunition

animation

amputation

annexation

appalachian

appellation

application

approbation

apprehension

apparition

arabian

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

athenian

attribution

assyrian

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

amphibian

bavarian

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

cancellation

businesswoman

calibration

calculation

californian

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

coloration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

circumcision

citizenship

coalition

commutation

collocation

collodion

coloradan

columbian

combination

commendation

committeeman

comedian

comparison

compensation

competition

compilation

complication

computation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

confrontation

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

conjugation

condescension

consolation

constellation

consultation

consummation

consecration

consternation

constipation

conservation

constitution

congregation

contemplation

criterion

contraception

convocation

conversation

convolution

contribution

coronation

contrarian

correlation

corporation

contravention

corp.

corinthian

copernican

contradiction

cotyledon

copenhagen

crucifixion

crocodilian

cultivation

degradation

decimation

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

declaration

culmination

decoration

dedication

defamation

deformation

deconstruction

definition

delegation

demarcation

demonstration

decompression

demolition

deportation

destination

dehydration

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

deposition

derivation

desolation

desiccation

desecration

designation

desperation

destitution

deviation

comprehension

devastation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

diminution

dandelion

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

dislocation

disinflation

disputation

dispensation

disposition

dissolution

distribution

domination

duplication

draconian

education

dominican

electrician

elevation

emanation

elongation

embarkation

elocution

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

evocation

equestrian

eritrean

diocesan

estimation

estonian

erudition

emigration

excitation

excavation

eustachian

evolution

european

exclamation

exhalation

execution

exhibition

exhortation

exhumation

expiration

expectation

exploitation

exploration

explanation

explication

expedition

exposition

fabrication

extrication

extradition

composition

fermentation

federation

fallopian

fibrillation

fascination

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

fragmentation

formulation

generation

gastrulation

galilean

gargantuan

gentlewoman

glaciation

graduation

germination

granulation

gorgonian

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

floridian

indentation

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

hyperion

ideation

ibuprofen

illustration

immigration

importation

iberian

implantation

incrustation

implication

imperfection

imposition

inattention

incantation

imputation

incarnation

inclination

incubation

impregnation

indecision

indication

indexation

indigestion

indignation

indonesian

indiscretion

infestation

infiltration

inflammation

inquisition

inspiration

installation

instigation

integration

insulation

interaction

interception

insurrection

institution

intercession

interdiction

interjection

intermission

interruption

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

invocation

inundation

intuition

introspection

introduction

iranian

isolation

jacobean

judaism

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

liquidation

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

machination

mammalian

medication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

maturation

masturbation

mediation

medicinal

menstruation

melanesian

meridian

information

ministration

inhibition

misperception

minnesotan

misconception

preconception

moderation

modulation

molestation

reposition

missourian

moravian

republican

motivation

mortification

reputation

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

noblewoman

nomination

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obligation

obfuscation

observation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

operation

occupation

ohioan

olympian

opposition

octahedron

ordination

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pelagian

pedestrian

pathogenic

pavlovian

penetration

penicillin

perturbation

perforation

permutation

perspiration

persecution

peruvian

photogenic

pigmentation

planarian

misbegotten

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

potassium

praetorian

preparation

presentation

preservation

predetermine

predilection

preelection

premonition

preignition

profanation

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

provocation

protozoan

publication

radiation

punctuation

reassertion

reawaken

recantation

readmission

recreation

reclamation

recollection

reconstruction

precondition

recognition

mongolian

refutation

registration

reelection

reformation

reexamine

regulation

reinspection

relocation

relaxation

renovation

reparation

repercussion

repetition

replication

repossession

reproduction

requisition

reservation

respiration

resignation

restitution

resolution

resurrection

retardation

retrocession

retribution

revelation

rhetorician

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

samaritan

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segmentation

separation

simulation

sequestration

shakespearean

sicilian

siberian

simonian

smithsonian

segregation

stimulation

speculation

stipulation

statistician

self-deception

strangulation

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

surrogation

syndication

suffocation

superstition

supervision

superhuman

termination

syncopation

supposition

tabulation

tasmanian

tribulation

toleration

tetrahedron

transportation

transformation

transplantation

tamoxifen

ulceration

usurpation

utopian

variation

vacillation

validation

vaccination

valerian

valuation

veneration

vegetation

ventilation

violation

vindication

victorian

watermelon

wagnerian

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

accreditation

acceleration

accumulation

academician

accommodation

alliteration

affiliation

adulteration

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

adjudication

administration

amelioration

amazonian

amortization

annihilation

amplification

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

articulation

amalgamation

argumentation

argentinian

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

authentication

augustinian

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

canonization

cauterization

carolinian

certification

centralization

centenarian

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

communication

carthaginian

concatenation

conciliation

configuration

confederation

contamination

conglomeration

confabulation

consideration

consolidation

congratulation

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

deification

defenestration

degeneration

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

decomposition

determination

ejaculation

discoloration

disintegration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

dissociation

dissemination

dissatisfaction

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

dionysian

elimination

emancipation

electrocution

elizabethan

enumeration

equalization

epicurean

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Words that rhyme with the word cetacean

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


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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