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

accents

accent

account

action

accounts

acquaint

acton

alan

airman

agent

agents

alban

alman

amman

brighten

apron

arson

ashen

ashamed

ascends

ascend

ascent

asian

aspen

assent

assumed

atman

auction

auden

austin

backhand

bagman

banyan

bargain

baldwin

barton

baron

barren

bastion

bason

basin

baston

baton

batten

batton

bacon

beckon

beaten

bitten

begun

belgian

bellon

bellman

billon

besant

billion

billman

bisson

bismuth

bison

blowgun

bayman

bludgeon

bobbin

blacken

boatman

bolden

bollen

bordman

beacon

boston

boughten

bookman

bourbon

bookend

brethren

bracken

breton

brakeman

bowman

brazen

bookends

briton

broaden

brogan

bullion

disjoint

broken

burgeon

burden

bushman

button

calvin

cabin

caisson

canaan

cajun

burdon

caption

canton

canyon

carbon

cannon

canon

capstan

captain

carman

carmine

burman

burton

caution

cauldron

caxton

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

christen

christian

carton

charon

chicken

chessman

cayman

chasten

children

chevron

chieftain

cheapen

chosen

churchman

citron

claxon

classman

clinton

cogent

coachman

colon

common

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

craftsman

cousin

cowan

craven

cretin

crouton

cushion

cushioned

cumin

curtain

cuban

dagan

dagon

dalton

crewman

daman

crimson

dampen

damson

darken

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

deaden

decant

decent

descend

descent

descends

descents

desman

devon

dian

diction

dobson

discounts

checkmates

dissent

disowned

dissents

doctrine

docent

docents

checkmate

dolman

discount

dolphin

dudgeon

draftsman

dozen

doughnut

doughnuts

dragon

driven

dromon

drunken

dutchman

dustman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

fashioned

faustian

fashion

faction

fallen

falcon

famine

fasten

fatten

faulcon

fraction

dungeon

fiction

fibrin

fireman

fielden

firman

fission

flashgun

flexion

flatten

floren

footman

foreign

foreman

fountain

fortune

freedman

foxhound

freshen

freshman

friction

function

frighten

fusion

frozen

gallon

gammon

garden

freeman

glisten

gentian

gascon

georgian

gibbon

gilden

felon

garron

given

german

glidden

gladden

grandson

gotten

gorgon

goodman

gowan

harden

gluten

gumption

guardsman

grecian

gudgeon

griffon

hackman

golden

harken

hangman

haitian

happen

harten

hasten

graven

hausen

haven

hearten

henchman

heaven

heighten

heathen

headman

hempen

headsman

heron

hessian

hidden

horseman

hogan

hetman

houseman

homespun

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

ignite

ignites

junction

ion

jargon

jackman

jacinth

jasmine

jetson

jason

jordan

jorden

kelson

jetton

kansan

keelson

kenyan

kelvin

kalan

kitchen

klansman

kitten

kirkman

kremlin

kismets

kismet

lagan

laden

lampron

landman

landsman

legend

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

layman

legends

legion

lessen

lesson

lengthen

lemon

lesion

leman

leven

lichen

lightman

lineman

linemen

linen

linden

liken

liman

lion

lignite

london

lisbon

listen

lockman

locken

locksmith

liven

logan

longan

lighten

loosen

loosened

lopeman

lotion

luncheon

magnet

lynden

lyden

madden

m1

magnate

magnates

mansion

mahone

magnets

loren

martian

maiden

margin

marchman

marten

mangan

markman

marksman

marlin

marron

martin

mason

matron

lucent

mayan

lumen

melon

melton

mention

mignon

minden

milken

million

minion

miscount

mismatch

mismatched

mission

mitten

mountain

mormon

motion

morgan

moisten

molten

muffin

mullen

mutton

muslin

nascent

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

often

olden

odin

omen

option

organ

orphan

onion

othman

open

outdone

oxen

oven

packman

pageant

paean

owen

pagan

parson

passion

panton

pardon

pageants

pavon

outrun

pathan

passman

patten

patron

peasant

pectin

peasants

penguin

penman

peon

perron

person

persian

pheasant

pigeon

pillion

pinion

pollan

pheasants

piston

plankton

plantain

pitman

platen

platten

poison

piquant

pollen

ponton

portion

portman

deacon

potion

postman

prison

pressman

pension

prussian

pullen

ration

quicken

raven

quicksands

quicksand

rayon

question

reason

proven

recent

reckon

redden

recounts

region

regent

regents

recant

recount

rerun

resin

rescinds

resents

resend

resent

resound

rescind

ribbon

ridden

riden

risen

rincon

ripen

riven

robin

runnion

rosin

sanction

roman

rowan

rowen

russian

ruin

saffron

rumen

sadden

salesman

salmon

rosen

samson

santon

rotten

saxon

satan

satin

scallion

scotsman

scullion

second

seaman

season

seconds

section

seedsman

session

selden

sequin

semen

sequent

sermon

sharpen

seven

sexton

seton

shaken

shaman

shearman

shipman

shogun

shorten

shotgun

sicken

signet

silken

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

smarten

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

shrunken

spearman

spokesman

spoken

sportsman

squadron

showman

stallion

stallman

station

statesman

scion

stepson

stiffen

steven

stillion

stockman

stolen

straighten

strengthen

stricken

sturgeon

striven

suasion

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

summon

sunken

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

tendon

talon

tarpon

tension

taken

tartan

teston

tappen

thicken

thousand

thousands

thousandth

tillman

tighten

titan

token

toman

thousandths

torsion

traction

townsman

toughen

threaten

treason

trodden

trillion

tubman

triton

trojan

tungsten

turban

tuscan

undone

union

urson

urchin

urban

urine

vacant

vegan

villain

vision

version

viscount

vignette

viscounts

vignettes

vulcan

wagon

watchman

wanton

warden

warren

yachtsman

weaken

whitson

wiccan

women

weapon

whiten

widen

wizen

wizened

wheaten

woman

wooden

woodman

woolen

woolman

waken

workman

worsen

woven

written

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abortion

abduction

abdomen

abrasion

accession

absorption

acantha

abstention

abstraction

accenting

accented

accretion

addiction

accountant

accountants

acquaintance

acquainted

acumen

adhesion

affection

adsorption

aegean

adrian

affliction

african

agendas

agenda

alaskan

albion

aleutian

alderman

allusion

alien

alsatian

albumin

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

adoption

anyone

apportion

appian

artesian

arian

arkansan

artisan

aryan

ascendance

ascension

ascendant

ascending

aspersion

asuncion

assertion

assumption

assassin

asunder

attention

attraction

badminton

backwoodsman

austrian

aversion

backgammon

backhanded

bandwagon

avian

awaken

battalion

australian

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beholden

benjamin

biotin

beethoven

bosnian

bitumen

bouillon

brazilian

abandon

bulletin

cambrian

byzantine

campion

cartesian

cardigan

capsaicin

carrion

dispersion

causation

castration

caucasian

catalan

cation

distortion

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

charlatan

champion

chamberlain

chairwoman

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

collision

citation

cistercian

civilian

clergyman

clarion

clarendon

cognitive

collagen

collection

coercion

cohesion

cocoanuts

collegian

collusion

citizen

combustion

commotion

contrition

compassion

conviction

compression

concussion

completion

complexion

compulsion

compunction

conception

concession

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confection

confession

congressman

congestion

convection

conflation

confucian

confusion

connection

connexion

conscription

constriction

conjunction

construction

consumption

contention

contagion

convention

convulsion

contortion

contusion

contraction

contraption

conversion

communion

companion

diversion

correction

corruption

councilman

countryman

corsican

cosmetics

cosmetic

corrosion

creation

cremation

croatian

damnation

crestfallen

crustacean

dalmatian

cyprian

dentition

depiction

depletion

deception

depression

decimate

decision

declension

deduction

denizen

defection

deflation

deletion

deflection

delusion

derision

descendant

descendent

descendants

descendents

description

determine

detention

dilation

desertion

detection

destruction

devotion

dictation

digestion

diffraction

diffusion

dignity

dilution

dimension

direction

discipline

discontent

discontents

discretion

descending

discounters

dissection

discussion

division

distinction

dissension

disruption

dissenter

dissenters

dissenting

dogmatic

distraction

disunion

discounter

dominion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

disjointed

duration

eccentrics

eccentric

egyptian

elation

election

ejection

elison

eleven

emission

encryption

emotion

englishman

emulsion

enlighten

enliven

erection

equation

erosion

emblazon

eruption

embolden

essential

essentials

etruscan

eviction

excision

exemption

exaction

everyone

exception

excretion

exclusion

exertion

exhaustion

excursion

expression

evasion

explosion

expulsion

extension

extinction

expansion

fabian

extortion

extrusion

extraction

fascinate

fascinates

fenian

ferryman

filtration

fijian

feminine

fisherman

forbidden

flirtation

flotation

fixation

foramen

forewoman

formation

garrison

franciscan

foundation

freemason

fruition

frustration

fustian

freudian

galleon

forgotten

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gigantic

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

gyration

grobian

guncotton

harlequin

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

hackmatack

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hawaiian

horatian

horizon

housebroken

huguenot

huguenots

hydration

hydrogen

hyacinths

hyacinth

ignited

illusion

impassion

immersion

implosion

impression

inaction

imprison

in-person

inception

imagine

incision

incursion

induction

infection

indian

infarction

inflation

inflection

infliction

inscription

ingestion

infraction

infusion

inhuman

injection

injunction

insertion

inspection

instruction

intention

intrusion

invention

intestine

inversion

irishman

irian

invasion

jettison

jacobin

jamaican

italian

javelin

lactation

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lanolin

laurentian

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

ligation

libration

logician

location

magician

magdalen

lutheran

mackintosh

macintosh

magnetic

magnetics

magnetite

malaysian

malayan

magnitude

magnitudes

margarine

mandarin

marian

masculine

masonite

magnetron

median

medallion

medicine

lumberman

melanin

possession

menhaden

inclusion

migration

midshipman

misfortune

mishandle

mishandles

misconduct

mismatches

misprision

misshapen

moroccan

mistaken

nutrition

musician

myosin

mutation

narration

muskmelon

negation

nebraskan

nemean

norwegian

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

notation

nubian

objection

octillion

obsession

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

odeon

oppression

omission

optation

opinion

oxygen

oration

origin

osmotic

ottoman

orion

partisan

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

parthian

parisian

pageantry

pavilion

passionate

outspoken

peasantry

pegmatite

pelican

profession

mexican

perception

permission

perfection

percussion

pentathlon

permian

perfusion

perversion

peterman

persuasion

phrygian

plantation

policeman

pollution

plebeian

porcelain

precession

precision

precaution

preclusion

prediction

predation

predestine

preemption

procession

privation

pretension

prescription

prevention

probation

presumption

production

projection

relation

rejection

profusion

prostration

protection

promotion

proscription

proportion

propulsion

protean

misanthrope

provision

puritan

recession

quiescent

quotation

ramadan

raconteur

reaction

reagents

rebellion

recision

reception

reagent

recently

recommits

recommit

recondite

reduction

redemption

reflection

regimen

reignite

rejoinder

rekindle

religion

rendition

remission

reopen

repression

restriction

reptilian

rescission

resection

resentment

resentful

resentments

retention

resumption

retraction

reunion

revision

reversion

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

rotation

samoan

sedition

secession

secretion

scythian

seclusion

secondly

secondhand

sedation

seduction

selection

scorpion

sensation

sequential

starvation

sigmoidal

signature

signatures

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

subscription

stygian

submersion

subtraction

suburban

succession

subversion

suggestion

sumatran

summation

suppression

superman

suspension

syrian

talisman

temptation

tamarin

taxation

translation

thespian

toboggan

timberman

transmission

transgression

transcription

transaction

transfusion

truncation

tuition

uneven

unbutton

unburden

uncertain

unbroken

uncommon

unison

unwritten

uterine

vacation

vatican

vaccinate

venison

volition

vibration

vermilion

veteran

vitamin

vocation

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abolition

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

accentuate

accentuates

adaptation

acclamation

acclimation

acquisition

accordion

accountancy

accountable

accusation

acquaintances

acquaintanceship

activation

accommodate

admiration

accommodates

admonition

affirmation

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

affectation

animation

annotation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

allegation

algerian

allocation

aldebaran

algonquian

alteration

altercation

ammunition

alternation

amphibian

american

amputation

annexation

apprehension

appellation

application

approbation

appalachian

advocation

arbitration

armenian

armageddon

arthurian

arizonan

ascendency

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

asymmetry

asymmetries

augmentation

attribution

arabian

backwardation

avocation

aviation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

dispensation

businesswoman

calibration

calculation

byzantium

californian

canadian

carcinogen

cancellation

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

combination

circumcision

circumspection

collodion

coalition

cogitation

collocation

circumvention

coloration

coloradan

columbian

commendation

comedian

commutation

competition

comparison

compensation

complication

composition

compilation

comprehension

condemnation

computation

concentration

condensation

condescension

committeeman

conflagration

congregation

consultation

confiscation

confirmation

confrontation

consummation

conjugation

connotation

consolation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

conservation

contemplation

contradiction

conversation

contraception

contribution

contrarian

contravention

convocation

convolution

coronation

corp.

corporation

corinthian

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

cultivation

culmination

crucifixion

cyclopean

custodian

darwinian

dandelion

deposition

decentralize

decimation

decompression

decoration

declaration

dedication

deconstruction

defamation

definition

degradation

delegation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

deformation

demonstration

dereliction

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

derivation

designation

domination

copernican

desiccation

desolation

desperation

destination

destitution

detonation

diocesan

devolution

devonian

diaconate

dignitary

dignitaries

dilatation

devastation

diminution

deviation

disaffection

disconnection

discontented

dogmatism

disposition

disentangle

disillusion

discountable

disinfection

disinflation

dissertation

disputation

disinterest

dissipation

dislocation

disinterested

disintegrate

disintegrates

dissolution

distillation

dissymmetry

discontinue

dominican

divination

distribution

disunity

dogmatically

desecration

draconian

dosimeters

duplication

dysentery

electrician

elevation

education

elocution

erudition

emigration

emanation

embarkation

elongation

englishwoman

emulation

equitation

eritrean

equestrian

european

fascination

estimation

estonian

essentially

federation

eustachian

evocation

evolution

exhibition

excavation

execution

excitation

exclamation

exhortation

exhalation

exhumation

expedition

exposition

expiration

expectation

explanation

exploration

explication

exploitation

extradition

fabrication

fallopian

extrication

fascinated

fascinating

fecundity

copenhagen

fibrillation

figuration

fermentation

floridian

fluctuation

foliation

fluoridation

gargantuan

fragmentation

formulation

fumigation

galilean

generation

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gravitation

gregorian

guatemalan

greco-roman

habitation

hacienda

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

ideation

hypertension

ibuprofen

illustration

incarnation

imposition

immigration

hungarian

implantation

immolation

imperfection

implication

importation

impregnation

inattention

imitation

incantation

imputation

indonesian

indecision

indentation

incubation

incrustation

indexation

indignation

indiscretion

indigestion

indication

infiltration

infestation

inflammation

inhibition

information

inhalation

innovation

inquisition

institution

insulation

installation

inspiration

instigation

insurrection

integration

intermission

interdiction

intercession

interruption

interception

intervention

interaction

intersection

interjection

intuition

intimation

intonation

introduction

introspection

inundation

invitation

invocation

iranian

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jacobean

iteration

isentropic

interurban

jordanian

jubilation

interwoven

jurisdiction

laceration

kindergarten

lancastrian

legendary

legislation

levitation

liberian

liberation

leviathan

librarian

liquidation

limitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

locomotive

locomotor

lubrication

machination

inclination

machinations

magnetism

maccabean

macedonian

macintoshes

melanesian

malnutrition

mammalian

malformation

masturbation

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

meridian

reinspection

menstruation

minnesotan

ministration

misconception

misbegotten

miseration

misinterpret

misinterprets

moderation

mitigation

misperception

misunderstands

modulation

mongolian

missourian

mortification

molestation

moravian

motivation

misunderstand

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

noblewoman

nomination

nonprescription

nonpartisan

nicaraguan

obfuscation

occupation

obligation

obstetrician

oblivion

observation

obsidian

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

operation

oscillation

ordination

orchestration

ostentation

ovulation

oxidation

overburden

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

passionately

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

polynesian

plutonian

polyhedron

population

mesenteric

precondition

praetorian

preconception

premonition

preelection

predetermine

preparation

proclamation

predilection

presentation

preservation

procreation

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termination

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vaccination

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valerian

validation

valuation

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vegetation

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wagnerian

violation

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vicinity

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visitation

watermelon

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amazonian

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ethiopian

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nitroglycerine

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secondarily

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substantiation

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theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

misapprehension

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

verification

yugoslavian

misapplication

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Words that rhyme with the word cognition

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How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

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

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

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

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