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

action

acton

alan

airman

alban

alman

amman

apron

ambush

arson

ashen

auction

atman

auden

austin

asian

aspen

baldwin

bagman

banyan

bacon

baron

bargain

barren

barton

basin

bason

bastion

baston

belgian

baton

batten

batton

beckon

bayman

begun

beacon

beaten

bellman

bellon

bison

billion

billman

bludgeon

bisson

blacken

bombast

billon

bitten

boatman

blowgun

bobbin

bolden

bollen

bowman

bombshells

bombshell

boston

bookman

bordman

bracken

boughten

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

brakeman

bourbon

brazen

brethren

brogan

broken

bullion

bumpkin

button

cabin

caisson

burman

burgeon

cajun

burden

burdon

burton

calvin

bushman

campaign

campaigns

cannon

canon

canton

canvass

canyon

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

caution

cauldron

caxton

chairman

cayman

certain

champagne

champagnes

champaign

chapman

chasten

chessman

chevron

cheapen

chicken

chieftain

children

chaplain

christian

christen

churchman

chosen

citron

charon

classman

clinton

coachman

claxon

colon

combust

common

compact

compacts

composed

compose

compost

composts

confect

confuse

confused

convicts

conveys

convex

convict

convoke

convoys

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

cousin

cowan

craftsman

craven

crimson

crouton

cushion

dalton

cumin

daman

cuban

curtain

dagan

dagon

dampen

damson

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

cretin

diction

delphian

desman

demon

dian

devon

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dudgeon

drunken

dozen

dragon

draftsman

driven

dromon

freeman

canaan

dutchman

dustman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

embossed

engine

frozen

ensign

german

ermine

dungeon

fraction

fountain

faction

falcon

fallen

famine

fashion

fasten

faustian

fatten

faulcon

felon

fission

fiction

flashgun

flexion

flatten

fibrin

fireman

footman

firman

floren

fielden

fortune

foreman

foreign

freedman

function

friction

freshen

freshman

frighten

fusion

gallon

gentian

gascon

garron

georgian

gammon

garden

envoys

gibbon

gladden

grandson

gilden

glisten

goodman

gorgon

gotten

golden

gowan

gluten

gombos

gudgeon

grecian

griffon

guardsman

graven

haitian

given

hackman

glidden

happen

harden

harken

hasten

harten

headman

hearten

hausen

headsman

heathen

haven

hempen

hessian

hetman

homespun

heron

hidden

hogan

humpback

humbug

houseman

human

hoven

huntsman

ibsen

hymen

hyson

hyphen

horseman

hoten

impact

hangman

impacts

impasse

heaven

impish

impeach

imposed

impugn

impugns

impose

heighten

henchman

crewman

infest

infuse

infests

infects

junction

infect

invest

invoice

ion

jackman

jetson

jason

jargon

jasmine

invests

jordan

jorden

jetton

invoke

invokes

jumpsuit

jumpsuits

jumbos

keelson

kelson

kitchen

kelvin

kenyan

kitten

klansman

kirkman

knapsack

kalan

lampron

kremlin

lambaste

lagan

latin

landman

landsman

laden

lambastes

layman

leaden

leaven

lemon

lengthen

ledden

leman

legion

lesion

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

kansan

lightman

lighten

liman

liken

listen

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

linen

m1

lockman

liven

locken

logan

london

lotion

lopeman

longan

loosen

loren

luncheon

lumen

lyden

lynden

madden

lineups

mahone

lion

mansion

mangan

maiden

martian

margin

marlin

marten

martin

marchman

markman

marron

marksman

mason

matron

mayan

mention

melton

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mission

mitten

morgan

mormon

moisten

molten

motion

muffin

mountain

mullen

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

notion

norman

oarsman

option

ocean

melon

often

onion

omen

open

olden

organ

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

oxen

oven

owen

packman

paean

pagan

pampas

parson

panton

pardon

passion

passman

pathan

patten

pectin

pavon

patron

penguin

pension

penman

peon

perron

person

persian

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

platen

plankton

plantain

platten

odin

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

region

potion

portman

shaman

portion

pressman

prison

prussian

postman

pumpkins

proven

pullen

pumpkin

ration

rampage

rayon

reason

raven

question

reckon

redden

queenfish

quicken

rainbows

resin

ripen

rincon

ribbon

ridden

riden

risen

riven

robin

roman

rerun

russian

runnion

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

sadden

satin

saffron

samson

sanction

salmon

santon

salesman

satan

rosin

saxon

scullion

scallion

scotsman

seaman

season

section

session

selden

semen

seedsman

sermon

sequin

sexton

scion

seton

seven

shaken

rosen

shampoos

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

showman

shrunken

shearman

slacken

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

smarten

slogan

smitten

sovereign

soften

soldan

solon

sovran

sodden

snobbish

spartan

spearman

spoken

sportsman

spokesman

stepson

shipman

station

squadron

stallion

stallman

striven

shogun

statesman

strengthen

stillion

stockman

stricken

sturgeon

stolen

straighten

suasion

stiffen

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

summon

steven

sunken

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

tension

talon

sunfish

taken

tappen

tarpon

tempest

tartan

tendon

teston

thicken

tempos

thousand

tillman

tighten

timepiece

titan

toman

tombstones

torsion

token

traction

townsman

tombstone

toughen

treason

trillion

triton

trodden

trojan

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

turban

unbox

unpack

urban

urson

urchin

urine

undone

vegan

vision

villain

version

vulcan

watchman

wagon

wanton

whitson

waken

warden

warren

weapon

union

weaken

wheaten

whiten

woolman

threaten

wizen

woman

wiccan

women

woodman

worsen

widen

wooden

woolen

workman

yaupon

written

yachtsman

yeoman

zaman

zion

woven

zircon

3 syllable words

ablution

abortion

abrasion

abandon

abduction

abdomen

absorption

accretion

abstraction

abstention

addiction

adoption

addition

admission

acumen

adhesion

adrian

adsorption

affection

affliction

aegean

african

alaskan

aleutian

allusion

alien

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

ambushes

amoebas

arkansan

andean

alderman

anyone

anchorman

appian

anglican

artesian

arian

aryan

albion

artisan

albumin

ascension

assumption

asuncion

attention

attrition

audition

policeman

aversion

avian

awaken

backgammon

bandwagon

badminton

backwoodsman

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

austrian

australian

cambrian

brazilian

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

bonobos

campuses

campion

campaigner

incision

campaigners

canapes

canvassers

canvasses

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

chairperson

champion

carrion

castration

cetacean

cessation

caucasian

causation

catalan

cation

chairwoman

chamberlain

cartesian

collection

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

cistercian

citation

civilian

clarion

citizen

clarendon

clergyman

coercion

cognition

cohesion

charlatan

collagen

collegian

collision

collusion

communion

compacted

composite

composites

composing

composes

composers

composer

composure

conception

concoction

connection

conclusion

conduction

condition

confection

congestion

confections

confessions

conflation

configure

confiscate

confucian

confusion

confuses

confusing

confusions

confesses

connexion

congressman

conjunction

contagion

construction

conscription

constriction

consumption

contention

contraction

contraption

contortion

contrition

contusion

convection

convention

conversion

conviction

convictions

convective

convulsion

corruption

correction

corrosion

councilman

countryman

corsican

deflation

creation

cremation

campaigning

croatian

dalmatian

cyprian

declension

deception

decision

defection

deduction

distortion

crestfallen

distraction

deflection

deletion

description

depression

dentition

delusion

depiction

depletion

desertion

derision

denizen

detection

detention

determine

dictation

devotion

destruction

diffraction

dilation

digestion

dilution

diffusion

digression

dimension

direction

discretion

dispersion

discipline

discussion

dissension

disruption

distinction

diversion

division

disunion

dominion

dissection

donation

downtrodden

duration

edition

elation

election

egyptian

ejection

elison

eleven

emblazon

emission

emulsion

embassy

embezzle

embezzled

embezzles

emotion

embolden

emphasize

emphasized

encryption

embassies

englishman

dorian

enliven

equation

erosion

erection

eruption

etruscan

eviction

exaction

expansion

exhaustion

everyone

excretion

evasion

excision

excursion

exclusion

exertion

exemption

expression

exception

explosion

expulsion

extension

extraction

extortion

extinction

feminine

fixation

fenian

filtration

extrusion

flirtation

fisherman

flotation

ferryman

fabian

fijian

foundation

forgotten

formation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

franciscan

ghanaian

frustration

enlighten

fustian

fruition

freudian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genovese

gestation

genuine

gyration

freemason

guncotton

gillian

gradation

gordian

guardian

gravamen

grobian

halcyon

hammerman

halogen

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

honeybees

ignition

horatian

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

illusion

horizon

harlequin

imbecile

imbeciles

immersion

handwoven

impacted

in-person

impeaches

implosion

impeachment

impeachments

imposes

imprison

impassive

impostor

imposing

inaction

impostors

inception

envisage

incursion

inclusion

indian

induction

infarction

intestine

infections

infraction

infection

inflation

inflection

infliction

infusion

infighting

infusions

ingestion

insertion

inspection

injection

injunction

inscription

inhuman

intention

instruction

infective

invasion

intrusion

invasions

invention

inversion

investment

investments

invective

investor

investing

investors

italian

irian

irishman

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

jettison

invoices

jovian

invasive

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

laurentian

lactation

korean

lanolin

laotian

libration

lesbian

ligation

lecithin

libyan

magician

location

logician

lumbago

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

manifest

manifests

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

medicine

median

menhaden

migration

mexican

menopause

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

misshapen

moroccan

narration

mutation

muskmelon

myosin

munition

musician

nemean

nevadan

objection

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

norwegian

nonunion

notation

nubian

nutrition

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

optation

octillion

odeon

oration

omission

opinion

physician

optician

origin

orion

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

oxygen

overdone

overman

overrun

plebeian

partition

parisian

parthian

partisan

patrician

pavilion

pelican

phoenician

pentathlon

petition

permission

perception

percussion

perfection

permian

perfusion

perversion

persuasion

peterman

phrygian

plantation

melanin

pollution

position

precaution

preclusion

precession

precision

porcelain

preemption

prediction

presumption

prescription

pretension

prevention

privation

probation

production

profusion

projection

proscription

prostration

protection

predestine

provision

protean

puritan

recession

reception

rampages

reaction

rebellion

ramadan

quotation

reflection

recision

reduction

redemption

regimen

reimpose

rendition

rejection

relation

remission

religion

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

reinvest

resection

resumption

retraction

retention

reversion

restriction

reunion

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

revision

rotation

saccharin

samoan

salvation

saleswoman

secretion

secession

scorpion

seclusion

scythian

selection

sensation

sedition

seduction

reinvests

thespian

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solution

solomon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submission

subtraction

subversion

suggestion

submersion

subscription

suburban

sumatran

superman

tamarin

tactician

syrian

talisman

technician

taxation

timberman

transaction

tradition

toboggan

transmission

transcription

transition

translation

transfusion

unburden

transgression

unbutton

unbroken

tuition

unbiased

unbeknown

uncommon

uncertain

vacation

uneven

unison

unwritten

uterine

veteran

vibration

venetian

vermilion

vatican

venison

vocation

vitamin

volition

wannabes

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

abolition

absolution

aberration

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

accordion

abyssinian

acquisition

admiration

adaptation

adrenaline

admonition

adoration

affectation

affirmation

adulation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

activation

agrarian

alabaman

arabian

arbitration

allocation

allegation

algerian

algonquian

american

alteration

amputation

altercation

alternation

ammunition

amphibian

appalachian

animation

annexation

annotation

apparition

appellation

application

approbation

apprehension

armenian

albanian

arizonan

armageddon

arthurian

aldebaran

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

attribution

athenian

augmentation

avocation

aviation

barbarian

backwardation

bavarian

benediction

benefactor

beneficent

bifurcation

beneficial

bohemian

bolivian

benefactors

beneficence

calibration

calculation

businesswoman

californian

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

chameleon

centurion

circumvention

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

cogitation

coalition

collocation

collodion

coloradan

comedian

columbian

commendation

committeeman

commutation

comparison

compensation

competition

complication

composition

compositions

comprehension

computation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confectioner

confectioners

confessional

confessionals

confirmation

confiscated

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

combination

consummation

connotation

consecration

constipation

consultation

conservation

consolation

constellation

consternation

constitution

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contribution

contravention

contrarian

conversation

convocation

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

crocodilian

criterion

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

defamation

decompression

decimation

dandelion

darwinian

decoration

declaration

dedication

deconstruction

degradation

definition

deformation

dehydration

delegation

canadian

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

deposition

deportation

depredation

deprivation

depravation

dereliction

derivation

desecration

desiccation

desperation

designation

desolation

destination

destitution

dietitian

detonation

devastation

deviation

distillation

devolution

dilatation

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

dispensation

diocesan

disillusion

dislocation

disinfection

disinflation

dissipation

dissertation

devonian

disposition

disputation

dissolution

divination

domination

distribution

dominican

draconian

education

elevation

duplication

electrician

elocution

emulation

embarkation

elongation

emigration

emanation

embezzler

embezzlement

embezzlers

emphasizing

emphysema

emphasizes

erudition

estimation

equitation

equestrian

european

eritrean

estonian

eustachian

evolution

expiration

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

exhortation

evocation

exhibition

exhumation

expedition

expectation

exploration

exploitation

explanation

explication

exposition

fragmentation

foliation

extradition

fallopian

fascination

federation

fermentation

fluctuation

fabrication

figuration

extrication

fibrillation

fluoridation

floridian

formulation

englishwoman

fumigation

galilean

generation

gargantuan

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

graduation

gorgonian

granulation

gravitation

habitation

gregorian

guatemalan

greco-roman

imitation

immolation

impassable

importation

imputation

implication

ideation

hibernation

hesitation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hypertension

hyperion

hydrocarbon

iberian

ibuprofen

illustration

immigration

implantation

imperfection

impeccable

impeachable

incantation

hegelian

imposition

impregnation

impossible

impossibly

inattention

incarnation

hemoglobin

herculean

envisages

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indentation

indexation

indication

indigestion

indignation

indiscretion

indonesian

inefficient

infeasible

inflammation

information

infestation

infestations

infiltration

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inspiration

intimation

inquisition

installation

instigation

interaction

insulation

integration

insurrection

interception

intercession

interdiction

intersection

intervention

interjection

intermission

interruption

interurban

interwoven

institution

intonation

inundation

intuition

invocation

jordanian

introduction

introspection

investiture

investigates

investigate

irrigation

invitation

invisible

invisibles

irritation

iteration

isolation

iranian

ineffective

jacobean

jubilation

invigorate

jurisdiction

kindergarten

limitation

lancastrian

laceration

legislation

liberation

levitation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

machination

liquefaction

litigation

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

lumpectomy

lumpectomies

maccabean

macedonian

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

manifesto

manifestly

manufacture

obfuscation

manufactured

manumission

meditation

maturation

medication

mediation

masturbation

melanesian

obligation

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minibuses

minnesotan

miseration

moderation

motivation

misconception

misbegotten

misperception

modulation

mitigation

missourian

mortification

molestation

mongolian

moravian

mutilation

napoleon

nicaraguan

navigation

nestorian

nomination

observation

nigerian

newtonian

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

operation

ohioan

olympian

omnibuses

opposition

ordination

orchestration

ostentation

pagination

pigmentation

oscillation

planarian

ovulation

oxidation

overburden

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pedestrian

pelagian

pavlovian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

octahedron

plutonian

politician

pomposity

polynesian

polyhedron

population

manufactures

precondition

preconception

praetorian

preignition

predilection

preelection

premonition

preparation

presentation

preservation

profanation

procreation

propagation

proclamation

prohibition

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

publication

provocation

recantation

punctuation

recollection

radiation

realization

readmission

reassertion

reawaken

reclamation

recitation

recreation

recognition

reexamine

reconstruction

reelection

reemphasize

reformation

refutation

regulation

registration

reinvestment

reinspection

renovation

predetermine

relocation

relaxation

reparation

repetition

repossession

replication

reputation

repercussion

reposition

reproduction

republican

reservation

requisition

resignation

respiration

restoration

resurrection

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utopian

vaccination

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vegetation

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valuation

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visitation

vindication

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wagnerian

watermelon

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abomination

abbreviation

accommodation

accumulation

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acceleration

academician

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administration

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ambassadorship

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pythagorean

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russification

sanctification

sedimentation

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substantiation

synchronization

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vegetarian

vaporization

vilification

veterinarian

verification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word compassion

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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
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  • Bulb
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