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

action

acton

alban

alan

airman

alines

alongs

alman

almost

ailing

along

alums

amman

apron

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

austin

auden

balance

balanced

bagman

bacon

bastion

baldwin

belgian

batten

balloons

bargain

barton

baron

barren

bason

banyan

baston

basin

baton

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

bellon

belling

bellman

belong

belongs

blemish

arson

billions

billon

bison

billing

billion

billman

billings

bisson

bitten

blacken

blankets

blancmange

blanket

blankly

boiling

bludgeon

bobbin

blowgun

boatman

blowing

blueing

bluing

bolden

bollen

boston

boughten

bolling

bordman

bookman

bourbon

clenches

brazen

brighten

broaden

broken

brethren

bullion

cajun

button

cabin

burgeon

burdon

burman

burton

caisson

bushman

calling

calvin

cannon

canon

canton

canaan

canyon

capstan

captain

caption

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

caution

carbon

ceiling

ceilings

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

challenge

challenged

chaplain

chapman

chasten

chicken

cheapen

chevron

christian

chieftain

children

charon

chilling

chosen

christen

chessman

churchman

burden

citron

clamshell

clannish

clanging

cleansers

cleanser

classman

claxon

climax

clinches

clincher

clinic

clinics

clinique

clumsy

coachman

collins

collums

collings

colling

coiling

colon

columns

common

clinton

bowling

bowman

bracken

brakeman

breton

cooling

copeman

corban

cordon

briton

brogan

cotton

cousin

cowan

craftsman

craven

cretin

crewman

crouton

culling

cuban

crimson

dealing

cumin

dagan

dagon

dalton

daman

darken

dampen

damson

deacon

deaden

deafen

dealings

curtain

cushion

deepen

delphian

demon

dian

devon

diction

dilling

dobson

dolman

doctrine

dolphin

dozen

draftsman

dragon

dungeon

dudgeon

dueling

drunken

dustman

driven

dromon

desman

dutchman

dwelling

dwellings

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

faction

failing

failings

gallons

falcon

fallen

gallon

falling

fashion

famine

faustian

faulcon

flounces

fasten

fatten

fiction

felons

filing

felines

felon

feeling

fibrin

fielden

filings

filling

feelings

fehling

fireman

fillings

flemish

flanges

flexion

flatten

floren

flashgun

flimsy

flying

foiling

fission

foreign

foreman

footman

flowing

fortune

firman

fountain

fraction

freeman

function

freshen

friction

freedman

fusion

frighten

frozen

freshman

galling

garden

gammon

georgian

gentian

garron

gascon

german

gilden

gibbon

given

glances

glancing

gladden

glidden

glisten

gotten

golden

gorgon

gluten

goodman

gowan

grandson

glowing

graven

grecian

gumption

gudgeon

guardsman

griffon

hackman

haitian

harden

harken

harten

hangman

happen

hasten

hausen

hearten

heathen

heighten

healing

heaven

haven

headman

headsman

helmsman

hempen

hessian

heron

hetman

hilling

houseman

hidden

horseman

hoten

hoven

homespun

human

henchman

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

hogan

holing

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetton

jetson

jordan

junction

kalan

jorden

kansan

kitchen

keeling

keelson

kelson

kelvin

killings

kitten

kenyan

kirkman

killing

klansman

kleenex

kremlin

jailing

lagan

lampron

landman

laden

landsman

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

lengthen

lesion

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

lightman

liken

lighten

liven

lineman

linemen

lion

linen

listen

lisbon

liman

locken

lockman

logan

lotion

longan

linden

loren

london

loosen

lopeman

lumen

madden

lynden

m1

mahone

mailing

mailings

maiden

mangan

lyden

mansion

margin

marlin

marchman

markman

marksman

marron

martian

marten

martin

mayan

mason

matron

luncheon

melange

melon

melons

mention

melton

millions

milling

milken

million

minden

mignon

minion

mitten

molten

morgan

moisten

mormon

motion

mullen

muffin

mountain

mullens

nation

muslin

mutton

nekton

newsman

ninon

nylons

notion

norman

oarsman

ocean

omen

onion

oolong

often

open

option

organ

othman

orphan

outdone

outrun

pagan

oxen

packman

owen

paean

parson

oven

pavon

pardon

passion

patten

panton

passman

patron

pathan

pectin

pension

penman

peon

penguin

odin

perron

persian

olden

person

poling

mission

pigeon

piling

pilings

pillion

piston

pitman

plantain

pinion

planking

plunges

plunger

platen

platten

plumage

playing

poison

plankton

pollens

polling

pooling

portion

ponton

portman

potion

postman

pollan

pressman

pollen

prison

prussian

pullen

pylons

proven

question

quicken

quilling

ration

region

railing

raven

rayon

reckon

reason

redden

railings

phalanx

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

rincon

risen

riven

robin

rotten

rolling

rosin

ruling

rollings

roman

rosen

rowan

rowen

ruin

rulings

rumen

russian

sadden

sailing

runnion

saffron

salesman

station

salmon

salons

sanction

saloons

samson

santon

satan

satin

scallions

scallion

scaling

schilling

schooling

saxon

schillings

scion

scotsman

scullion

seaman

silken

season

section

seeling

session

selden

semen

sequin

sermon

seton

seedsman

seven

shaken

sexton

shaman

sharpen

shelling

shilling

shorten

shellings

shillings

shogun

showman

shearman

shipman

shotgun

shrunken

silence

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

skilling

skillings

smarten

slinky

slogan

slinger

smitten

sodden

soften

sovereign

sovran

solon

spartan

spearman

squadron

spoken

sportsman

spokesman

stallion

stallman

soldan

statesman

stillion

steven

stiffen

stepson

stockman

stolen

straighten

strengthen

suasion

sturgeon

stricken

striven

suction

sullens

sultan

sudden

summon

sunken

sullen

surgeon

swollen

syphon

swelling

sylvan

sweeten

talons

tarpon

tartan

tappen

tailing

taken

tension

tendon

teston

thousand

thicken

tighten

telling

threaten

tillman

titan

tailings

traction

toughen

tooling

torsion

toman

tlingit

townsman

token

treason

talon

trillion

triton

trodden

villain

trojan

villains

tubman

tungsten

turban

undone

union

urban

urson

urchin

urine

valence

tuscan

vegan

veiling

version

vision

volumes

vulcan

wagon

walling

watchman

woolens

warren

woolen

wanton

warden

waken

weaken

whaling

weapon

whiten

widen

wizen

wheeling

willing

wheaten

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

whitson

woodman

yachtsman

woolman

worsen

woven

written

workman

yaupon

yelling

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

ablution

abdomen

abrasion

abortion

abstention

abstraction

accession

accretion

absorption

aggression

addiction

addition

admission

adhesion

adoption

adsorption

adrian

affliction

affection

anglican

acumen

aegean

african

alaskan

albion

albumin

aleutian

aliens

alderman

alien

alliance

allowance

allusion

alongside

alsatian

almighty

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

appian

anyone

apportion

arian

arkansan

audition

artesian

ascension

aspersion

aryan

assassin

artisan

asuncion

assumption

balances

attention

assertion

attraction

attrition

aversion

australian

austrian

avian

balancer

badminton

balloonist

balloonists

awaken

backwoodsman

belonging

backgammon

battalion

bandwagon

bedouin

bedizen

beethoven

bedridden

beholden

belongings

biotin

billowing

benjamin

blanketing

bitumen

contrition

blemishes

bosnian

bouillon

convection

conviction

bilingual

brazilian

bulimic

bullying

bulletin

clergyman

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cartesian

castration

carnation

catalan

cardigan

cation

carrion

caucasian

causation

cetacean

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

challenger

challenges

challenging

champion

chamberlain

charlatan

chileans

chilean

charwoman

cinnamon

citation

challengers

cistercian

civilian

climactic

clarion

clarendon

climaxes

citizen

coercion

clumsily

cognition

collision

collagen

collection

collegian

colonists

colonies

collusion

cohesion

colonist

columnist

columnists

combustion

commission

colonized

commotion

companion

communion

compassion

colonize

completion

complexion

compression

compunction

conception

compulsion

concession

condition

concoction

conduction

confection

concussion

confession

conclusion

conflation

congestion

confucian

conjunction

confusion

congressman

connection

connexion

conscription

constriction

construction

consumption

contagion

contraction

contention

contortion

contraption

contusion

convention

conversion

convulsion

correction

rendition

corrosion

corruption

creation

cremation

countryman

crustacean

crestfallen

croatian

dalmatian

dalliance

cyprian

damnation

deception

decision

declension

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

delinquents

denizen

delinquent

dentition

depiction

depletion

depression

derision

description

desertion

detection

detention

destruction

determine

devotion

dialing

dictation

diffraction

dilation

digression

dimension

digestion

dilemmas

dilution

direction

discipline

discretion

discussion

diffusion

division

dissection

dissension

disruption

dispersion

distinction

distraction

diversion

distortion

disunion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

dominion

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

elation

election

elongate

elison

emission

encryption

emblazon

emulsion

emotion

enlighten

embolden

englishman

enliven

equation

erection

erosion

eruption

etruscan

evasion

everyone

eviction

excision

exception

exclusion

exertion

exemption

exhaustion

excretion

excursion

exaction

expansion

explosion

expression

councilman

extinction

expulsion

extension

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

flotation

felonies

feminine

fluency

filtration

followings

fixation

fenian

ferryman

fijian

flirtation

forbidden

forewoman

following

forgotten

formation

foundation

foramen

frustration

fisherman

fruition

fustian

freudian

galleons

galleon

franciscan

freemason

eleven

gestation

gaussian

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

gyration

glowingly

guardian

guncotton

grobian

halcyon

halogen

harlequin

hammerman

handwoven

hawaiian

hellenic

heartbroken

hellenize

heroin

heroine

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

insertion

abandon

illusion

illnesses

imagine

impassion

implosion

incision

impression

imprison

inception

inaction

in-person

inclusion

inflation

incursion

indian

immersion

infarction

infection

infliction

inflection

ingestion

induction

infraction

infusion

inhuman

injection

injunction

inscription

horatian

inspection

intention

instruction

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

intrusion

italian

irian

irishman

lactation

laurentian

javelin

jacobin

jettison

julian

jovian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

jamaican

laotian

lanolin

lecithin

garrison

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

logician

location

lumberman

magdalen

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

margarine

marian

medallion

masculine

median

lutheran

medicine

melanin

mellowing

corsican

migration

misfortune

misprision

menhaden

mistaken

moroccan

munition

musician

narration

mutation

myosin

muskmelon

negation

nevadan

nebraskan

nemean

nitrogen

nobleman

nonunion

nonhuman

niacin

norwegian

nutrition

notation

nubian

objection

obsession

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

pelican

octillion

omission

opinion

optation

optician

oppression

oration

origin

ovation

partition

ottoman

orion

outspoken

oxygen

overman

overrun

patrician

palmistry

parisian

partisan

parthian

pavilion

overdone

percussion

perception

odeon

pentathlon

perfection

permission

perfusion

permian

persuasion

petition

perversion

peterman

phoenician

physician

phrygian

plantation

plumages

pleonasm

plebeian

polemic

polemics

polonaise

pollution

porcelain

possession

position

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

policeman

predation

prediction

preemption

predestine

prescription

presumption

pretension

prevention

privation

production

procession

profession

profusion

progression

projection

promotion

proportion

prostration

propulsion

proscription

protection

protean

provision

puritan

quotation

ramadan

reaction

recession

recision

reception

rebellion

reduction

redemption

reflection

regimen

regression

probation

rejection

relation

religion

reliance

relinquish

remission

reopen

misshapen

rescission

repression

resection

reptilian

restriction

retention

resumption

retraction

reunion

revulsion

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

salinas

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

schoolmaster

scorpion

scythian

secretion

seclusion

sedation

sedition

seduction

selection

sensation

silencer

silences

silicon

simian

skeleton

singleton

snapdragon

starvation

solomon

solution

stagnation

specimen

secession

submission

subscription

submersion

stygian

subtraction

suburban

succession

summation

suggestion

sumatran

superman

subversion

suppression

suspicion

suspension

syrian

tactician

tamarin

midshipman

taxation

technician

temptation

thespian

timberman

translation

toboggan

toweling

tradition

transaction

transition

transcription

transgression

transfusion

transmission

talisman

truncation

tuition

unbutton

uneven

unison

unwritten

uterine

vacation

violence

vatican

unburden

venetian

venison

vibration

vermilion

unbroken

veteran

volition

vocation

violins

vitamin

uncommon

waterman

willingly

wesleyan

yellowing

uncertain

zambian

mexican

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

aberration

abolition

acclamation

acclimation

abrogation

abyssinian

accusation

absolution

accordion

agitation

acquisition

adaptation

admonition

activation

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

affirmation

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

alliances

allowances

alternation

alteration

altercation

ammunition

american

amphibian

amputation

agrarian

animation

application

annotation

appellation

appalachian

apparition

apprehension

arbitration

approbation

arizonan

arabian

armenian

armageddon

augmentation

annexation

aspiration

arthurian

assemblyman

attribution

assyrian

athenian

avocation

backwardation

aviation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

conversation

bifurcation

contravention

bohemian

bolivian

convocation

contrarian

businesswoman

calculation

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

clinically

coalition

collodion

competition

coloration

colonizers

colonizer

columbian

coloradan

comedian

commutation

committeeman

comparison

compilation

complication

composition

computation

condemnation

condescension

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

confrontation

conjugation

congregation

consecration

consolation

constellation

constipation

conservation

consternation

constitution

contemplation

consultation

consummation

contradiction

comprehension

contraception

contribution

copenhagen

convolution

copernican

corinthian

correlation

corp.

corporation

imitation

crucifixion

crocodilian

criterion

decimation

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

custodian

dedication

decoration

definition

defamation

deformation

degradation

dehydration

delegation

demonstration

demolition

demarcation

delinquencies

delinquency

deposition

deportation

depravation

depredation

declaration

dereliction

deprivation

derivation

decompression

desecration

deconstruction

desiccation

designation

destination

desolation

desperation

destitution

detonation

devastation

deviation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

disinflation

disconnection

disaffection

diminution

diocesan

disillusion

disinfection

dislocation

dispensation

dissipation

divination

disposition

distillation

disputation

dissertation

dissolution

distribution

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

fabrication

cotyledon

emanation

elocution

elongation

emulation

elongated

emigration

embarkation

englishwoman

equitation

eritrean

equestrian

erudition

estimation

european

estonian

eustachian

evocation

evolution

exclamation

excavation

excitation

exhibition

exhortation

exhalation

execution

exhumation

explanation

explication

expedition

exposition

expiration

expectation

exploitation

exploration

extradition

extrication

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

fallopian

fluctuation

fluoridation

fragmentation

foliation

formulation

floridian

galilean

fumigation

galenical

gastrulation

generation

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

gravitation

gorgonian

granulation

graduation

habitation

guatemalan

gregorian

greco-roman

hellenism

hellenizes

hegelian

hemoglobin

hesitation

herculean

hibernation

illustration

inclination

indignation

hungarian

hydrocarbon

himalayan

ideation

hypertension

iberian

incarnation

historian

immigration

immolation

implantation

implication

imposition

importation

impregnation

imperfection

imputation

hyperion

incantation

inattention

innovation

incrustation

infiltration

indexation

indentation

indigestion

incubation

indecision

indication

inhalation

infestation

inflammation

indiscretion

information

indonesian

inhibition

ibuprofen

inquisition

inspiration

instigation

installation

institution

integration

insulation

interdiction

interjection

insurrection

intercession

interception

interaction

intermission

interruption

intimation

invitation

intonation

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

introduction

introspection

inundation

intuition

invocation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

iteration

laceration

iranian

jacobean

jubilation

jurisdiction

jordanian

kindergarten

lancastrian

leviathan

levitation

liquidation

liberation

liberian

librarian

limitation

lilliputian

litigation

liquefaction

melanesian

locomotion

lubrication

medication

mediation

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

masturbation

maturation

meditation

melancholic

melancholy

melanesians

legislation

gargantuan

menstruation

renovation

ministration

miseration

minnesotan

misconception

misbegotten

misperception

mitigation

missourian

moderation

modulation

molestation

mongolian

moravian

mortification

motivation

navigation

mutilation

napoleon

penetration

obstetrician

nestorian

nicaraguan

nigerian

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

newtonian

occupation

octahedron

operation

olympian

orchestration

ordination

pagination

palpitation

ostentation

oxidation

ovulation

pagurian

paraguayan

permutation

persecution

overburden

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penicillin

perforation

ohioan

perspiration

perturbation

pigmentation

planarian

precondition

preconception

polemical

polemicist

plutonian

meridian

polyhedron

population

premonition

praetorian

preignition

presentation

predilection

preelection

predetermine

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prohibition

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requisition

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respiration

restitution

resolution

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retribution

resurrection

retrocession

revelation

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

samaritan

self-deception

segmentation

sequestration

segregation

separation

statistician

sectarian

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

simonian

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

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substitution

suffocation

supervision

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surrogation

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superstition

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titillation

trepidation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

termination

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toleration

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transportation

tribulation

ylang-ylang

ulceration

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vaccination

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utopian

violation

usurpation

variation

valerian

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

victorian

violinist

visitation

violinists

watermelon

wagnerian

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abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

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accreditation

accumulation

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adjudication

adulteration

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agglomeration

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alliteration

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amplification

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assemblywoman

authorization

authentication

babylonian

beethovenian

augustinian

bilingualism

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

carthaginian

carolinian

cauterization

centralization

certification

centenarian

christianization

clarification

coordination

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cohabitation

collaboration

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communication

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conciliation

confabulation

configuration

confederation

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

delicatessen

delineation

denunciation

edification

defenestration

degeneration

deification

deliberation

decomposition

denomination

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

disinclination

discrimination

disembarkation

disintegration

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

ejaculation

elaboration

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

eradication

equivocation

evacuation

evaluation

evaporation

epicurean

ethiopian

exacerbation

examination

exasperation

exaggeration

exhilaration

excoriation

exfoliation

exoneration

exoskeleton

facilitation

expatriation

extermination

expropriation

fortification

hallucination

hanoverian

hydrogenation

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immunization

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hyperborean

initiation

illumination

imagination

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inoculation

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investigation

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jeffersonian

justification

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libertarian

lithuanian

magnification

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manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

misinformation

perpetuation

mobilization

mississippian

mummification

multiplication

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negotiation

neapolitan

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

nonintervention

nonsectarian

notification

obliteration

oregonian

orientation

origination

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participation

pasteurization

peloponnesian

overproduction

panamanian

patagonian

pennsylvanian

renunciation

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pomeranian

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pronunciation

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pythagorean

reaffirmation

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recrimination

rectification

regeneration

reforestation

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recuperation

reintegration

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rejuvenation

remuneration

philadelphian

repatriation

representation

repudiation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

sterilization

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

sophistication

specialization

solicitation

specification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

veterinarian

vegetarian

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word colonization

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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:

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