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4 syllable words
6 syllable words
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2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

ambush

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

auden

austin

banyan

bagman

baldwin

bacon

bargain

baron

barren

bastion

basin

bason

barton

baston

bayman

beacon

baton

batten

batton

beaten

beckon

begun

belgian

bellman

billion

bison

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

carman

bellon

bludgeon

blacken

blowgun

cauldron

bobbin

bombshell

bombshells

bollen

boatman

bordman

bourbon

boston

brakeman

boughten

brazen

bracken

brethren

brighten

briton

breton

broaden

brogan

bolden

bullion

bumpkin

bowman

broken

caisson

burgeon

bushman

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

cajun

burden

calvin

campaigns

canaan

canyon

canton

cannon

canon

canvass

capstan

captain

caption

carbon

carmine

carton

bookman

caution

bombast

certain

chairman

champagne

champagnes

champaign

chapman

children

chasten

charon

cheapen

chessman

christen

chevron

chicken

chieftain

chosen

christian

chaplain

churchman

classman

claxon

clinton

citron

coachman

colon

combust

caxton

cayman

common

composts

compost

composed

confect

confused

confuse

convex

conveys

convict

convicts

convoys

copeman

convoke

corban

cordon

craftsman

cousin

craven

cretin

cowan

crimson

cushion

curtain

crouton

cotton

cuban

dagon

daman

dalton

dampen

damson

cumin

darken

dagan

deacon

deafen

deaden

compact

deepen

compacts

demon

delphian

desman

devon

dian

diction

doctrine

dobson

dolphin

dolman

draftsman

dozen

dragon

dungeon

driven

dudgeon

dustman

dutchman

dromon

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

drunken

embossed

emption

ensign

engine

envoys

ermine

compose

campaign

fashion

faction

fasten

falcon

fallen

famine

fatten

faulcon

fiction

fibrin

fielden

faustian

felon

fission

fireman

firman

flashgun

flatten

foreman

floren

foreign

footman

flexion

friction

fortune

fraction

freshen

fountain

freedman

freshman

freeman

frighten

frozen

hessian

gentian

garden

gascon

garron

georgian

gilden

german

gibbon

glisten

given

gumption

fusion

gorgon

goodman

gotten

golden

gowan

gluten

grandson

grecian

graven

griffon

gladden

guardsman

glidden

gudgeon

hidden

function

haitian

hangman

hackman

gallon

hasten

harken

harten

hausen

haven

headsman

heathen

hearten

heighten

henchman

headman

heaven

hempen

gammon

gombos

hetman

hogan

homespun

horseman

heron

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

humbug

humpback

huntsman

harden

ibsen

hyson

hymen

hyphen

impacts

impasse

impact

happen

impeach

impish

impose

imposed

impugn

impugns

infect

infects

infests

infest

infuse

invests

invest

invoice

ion

invokes

invoke

jackman

jason

jargon

jetson

jordan

jorden

jasmine

jetton

jumpsuit

junction

jumbos

jumpsuits

kansan

keelson

kelson

kalan

kelvin

kenyan

klansman

kitchen

kirkman

kitten

knapsack

kremlin

lampron

laden

lagan

lambastes

lambaste

landman

landsman

layman

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lengthen

legion

leman

lemon

lesion

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

lightman

lighten

liken

liman

linden

lineman

linemen

linen

lion

lineups

listen

lisbon

liven

lockman

locken

logan

london

longan

loren

lotion

loosen

lopeman

maiden

luncheon

lynden

lyden

mahone

m1

madden

lumen

mangan

mansion

marchman

martian

marksman

margin

markman

mason

marlin

marten

marron

martin

matron

melton

mayan

melon

mention

mignon

million

milken

minden

minion

mission

moisten

molten

mitten

morgan

mormon

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

oarsman

notion

onion

often

olden

odin

omen

open

option

ocean

orphan

outrun

outdone

othman

oven

oxen

packman

owen

paean

pagan

organ

panton

pardon

pampas

parson

passion

passman

pathan

patron

patten

pectin

pavon

penguin

penman

pension

peon

persian

perron

person

pillion

pinion

plankton

piston

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

ponton

potion

pollan

portion

portman

postman

pollen

pressman

prison

prussian

pumpkin

proven

pullen

pumpkins

queenfish

question

quicken

rampage

rainbows

ration

reason

rayon

raven

redden

region

reckon

pigeon

rerun

resin

rincon

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

sadden

crewman

runnion

rosin

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

russian

samson

saffron

salesman

salmon

sanction

rosen

scullion

santon

saxon

scallion

scotsman

scion

seaman

season

section

satan

seedsman

selden

semen

satin

roman

session

sexton

sermon

seton

shaken

tension

shearman

sequin

sharpen

shipman

zircon

seven

shaman

shrunken

shotgun

thicken

shogun

siren

silken

sicken

siphon

slacken

slogan

shampoos

shorten

showman

smarten

smitten

soften

snobbish

sodden

soldan

solon

threaten

spearman

sportsman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

spokesman

spoken

stallion

stallman

station

stepson

statesman

strengthen

steven

stillion

stiffen

straighten

stockman

stolen

stricken

torsion

striven

suasion

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

summon

sunfish

sunken

surgeon

sweeten

sylvan

syphon

swollen

taken

tarpon

tartan

tendon

talon

tappen

tempest

tempos

teston

thousand

trillion

sturgeon

tillman

tighten

titan

timepiece

token

toman

traction

townsman

treason

triton

trodden

trojan

tungsten

tubman

unbox

turban

undone

tuscan

union

unpack

urson

urchin

urban

urine

version

vegan

toughen

vision

vulcan

villain

wagon

waken

wanton

whitson

warden

warren

weaken

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

watchman

weapon

widen

wizen

worsen

yachtsman

women

workman

written

woodman

woolman

woman

wooden

woolen

yaupon

woven

yeoman

zaman

zion

tombstones

tombstone

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abduction

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abstraction

accession

abstention

accretion

addiction

acumen

addition

adsorption

admission

adoption

adhesion

adrian

affliction

affection

aggression

alaskan

alderman

aleutian

albion

albumin

alien

alsatian

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

ambushes

african

amoebas

aegean

anchorman

andean

anyone

anglican

appian

apportion

aspersion

arian

arkansan

artesian

ascension

aryan

artisan

assassin

assertion

assumption

attrition

attraction

asuncion

attention

audition

aversion

australian

austrian

avian

awaken

backgammon

bandwagon

badminton

backwoodsman

bedridden

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

beholden

commotion

beethoven

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

cation

brazilian

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

campion

cambrian

caucasian

campaigner

campaigning

campaigners

canapes

campuses

capsaicin

canvassers

canvasses

castration

carnation

cartesian

cardigan

carrion

catalan

causation

cetacean

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

chilean

charlatan

charwoman

cinnamon

citation

cistercian

civilian

clarion

clergyman

clarendon

citizen

cognition

coercion

collection

collegian

cohesion

collagen

collision

collusion

combustion

commission

bonobos

communion

completion

compassion

complexion

composers

composite

composites

composer

composure

composing

composes

compression

compulsion

conception

concession

concussion

compunction

conduction

conclusion

conflation

configure

confection

confections

concoction

confessions

confession

confesses

confiscate

confucian

condition

contortion

confusion

congestion

conjunction

connection

connexion

confusions

congressman

conscription

consumption

constriction

contagion

construction

confusing

contention

confuses

contraption

contrition

convection

convention

conversion

contusion

convective

conviction

contraction

convictions

convulsion

crustacean

deception

correction

corrosion

cremation

countryman

creation

crestfallen

abandon

councilman

corruption

corsican

croatian

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

decision

deflation

deduction

defection

deflection

deletion

delusion

depression

dentition

depiction

depletion

denizen

derision

description

desertion

detection

determine

detention

devotion

destruction

dictation

diffraction

digression

dilation

diffusion

dilution

digestion

dimension

discretion

direction

discipline

discussion

dispersion

distinction

distraction

declension

distortion

dissection

dissension

disruption

diversion

division

donation

downtrodden

dominion

dorian

duration

elation

edition

egyptian

ejection

election

elison

embezzle

emblazon

embassy

embezzled

embezzles

embassies

embolden

equation

emission

eleven

emotion

emphasized

emulsion

encryption

englishman

enlighten

enliven

envisage

emphasize

erection

disunion

erosion

eruption

etruscan

compacted

exaction

companion

eviction

evasion

everyone

exertion

excretion

exemption

exception

excursion

excision

exclusion

incision

exhaustion

policeman

expression

extinction

extraction

explosion

extortion

expulsion

extension

extrusion

filtration

ferryman

fenian

feminine

fijian

fixation

fisherman

frustration

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

formation

foundation

freemason

franciscan

freudian

fruition

expansion

fustian

galleon

fabian

garrison

gentleman

gaussian

gestation

ghanaian

genuine

gillian

guardian

grobian

genovese

gordian

gradation

gravamen

gyration

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

halogen

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

honeybees

horatian

housebroken

horizon

hydration

guncotton

hydrogen

ignition

imagine

imbecile

imbeciles

immersion

impassion

illusion

impacted

impassioned

impassive

impeaches

implosion

imposes

impression

imprison

impeachments

imposing

impostors

impostor

impeachment

in-person

inception

inaction

incursion

indian

induction

infarction

infection

infections

infighting

infective

inflation

inflection

infliction

infusion

infraction

infusions

ingestion

injection

inhuman

insertion

inscription

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

injunction

invasion

lactation

intrusion

invasions

inversion

invasive

investing

invention

investors

investor

investments

investment

irishman

irian

invoices

italian

invective

jettison

jovian

julian

javelin

jamaican

kantian

keynesian

keratin

korean

jacobin

laurentian

laotian

lanolin

lecithin

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

location

logician

malaysian

lumberman

lumbago

magician

lutheran

magdalen

malayan

mandarin

manifest

manifests

menhaden

marian

margarine

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

masculine

menopause

migration

midshipman

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

mexican

moroccan

muskmelon

munition

musician

mutation

myosin

narration

negation

nebraskan

phoenician

nemean

nonunion

nevadan

nonhuman

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

oration

norwegian

optation

notation

nubian

nutrition

objection

obsession

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

optician

odeon

omission

oppression

octillion

opinion

petition

ovation

orion

outspoken

overdone

ottoman

overman

overrun

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

pelican

perfection

perception

pentathlon

percussion

perfusion

permission

permian

persuasion

perversion

peterman

origin

phrygian

physician

preclusion

plantation

plebeian

precaution

position

possession

porcelain

precession

pollution

progression

precision

prostration

predation

prediction

preemption

prescription

privation

procession

probation

presumption

pretension

prevention

production

profession

profusion

projection

promotion

predestine

proportion

propulsion

proscription

provision

puritan

quotation

protection

ramadan

rampages

reaction

reception

recession

recision

protean

rebellion

reduction

redemption

reflection

regression

regimen

reimpose

reinvest

reinvests

relation

rejection

religion

remission

rendition

reptilian

repression

reopen

rescission

resection

retraction

resumption

retention

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

restriction

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

saccharin

secretion

scythian

secession

scorpion

sedation

seclusion

sensation

selection

sedition

seduction

inclusion

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

solution

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

submission

subscription

submersion

stygian

subtraction

subversion

succession

suburban

summation

suggestion

sumatran

suppression

superman

suspension

syrian

tactician

taxation

technician

temptation

tamarin

talisman

suspicion

thespian

timberman

toboggan

translation

transmission

tradition

transcription

transfusion

transaction

transgression

transition

truncation

unbroken

tuition

unbiased

unburden

uncertain

unbutton

unwritten

uncommon

uneven

unison

uterine

vacation

unbeknown

venetian

venison

vermilion

vatican

veteran

vibration

vocation

volition

vitamin

wannabes

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

aberration

abolition

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

abyssinian

absolution

accordion

adaptation

acquisition

activation

affectation

admiration

adoration

admonition

adulation

adrenaline

affirmation

accusation

ammunition

advocation

aggregation

agrarian

agitation

aggravation

alabaman

algerian

albanian

aldebaran

algonquian

allegation

alteration

altercation

alternation

allocation

american

amphibian

amputation

annotation

annexation

apparition

apprehension

animation

appellation

appalachian

application

approbation

arabian

arbitration

aspiration

armageddon

arizonan

armenian

arthurian

assemblyman

assyrian

attribution

athenian

aviation

augmentation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

beneficent

beneficial

beneficence

benefactors

benefactor

bifurcation

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

californian

businesswoman

calculation

canadian

calibration

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

comedian

combination

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

coloration

coloradan

columbian

commendation

committeeman

dehydration

commutation

comparison

compensation

compassionate

competition

complication

compositions

composition

comprehension

confirmation

concentration

condemnation

computation

condensation

confiscated

confiscation

confectioner

confectioners

confessional

confessionals

condescension

confrontation

coronation

conjugation

connotation

congregation

consecration

conservation

corp.

corporation

consternation

consolation

constellation

constipation

constitution

contemplation

cultivation

consultation

conversation

contrarian

contradiction

contribution

contravention

copenhagen

convocation

convolution

copernican

corinthian

contraception

consummation

correlation

declaration

criterion

cotyledon

crucifixion

culmination

crocodilian

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

dandelion

decimation

decoration

decompression

dedication

defamation

deconstruction

definition

deformation

degradation

delegation

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

deposition

depravation

depredation

dereliction

deprivation

derivation

desperation

designation

desecration

desolation

deviation

destination

destitution

detonation

devastation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

diocesan

disinflation

disillusion

disinfection

desiccation

disputation

emigration

dislocation

dispensation

disposition

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

dissolution

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

embarkation

emanation

elongation

elocution

embezzler

embezzlers

embezzlement

emphasizing

emphysema

emphasizes

emulation

eritrean

englishwoman

envisages

equestrian

equitation

erudition

estimation

european

estonian

eustachian

evocation

evolution

compilation

excitation

excavation

execution

exclamation

exhumation

exhortation

exhibition

exhalation

exploitation

expectation

expiration

explanation

expedition

explication

exploration

exposition

extradition

extrication

greco-roman

fascination

fallopian

fibrillation

federation

fermentation

fluctuation

foliation

floridian

fluoridation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

habitation

galilean

generation

fabrication

gastrulation

gargantuan

gregorian

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

gravitation

graduation

granulation

guatemalan

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hesitation

ibuprofen

hungarian

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

ideation

hydrocarbon

illustration

imitation

immigration

immolation

impassable

impeachable

imperfection

importation

implantation

implication

impeccable

impregnation

imposition

impossible

impossibly

incantation

incarnation

inattention

imputation

inclination

indication

indiscretion

indentation

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indigestion

indexation

indonesian

ineffective

information

inefficient

infeasible

infestation

infestations

inflammation

inhalation

intimation

introspection

insurrection

instigation

inspiration

installation

institution

inquisition

insulation

innovation

interaction

intercession

interception

interjection

intermission

interdiction

intersection

interruption

intervention

interurban

interwoven

laceration

inhibition

introduction

intonation

inundation

intuition

invigorate

irritation

investigates

investiture

invitation

iteration

investigate

invisible

invisibles

invocation

isolation

irrigation

iranian

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

liberation

levitation

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

malformation

lumpectomies

lumpectomy

machination

maccabean

macedonian

malnutrition

mammalian

manufactures

manufacture

manifesto

manifestly

manumission

masturbation

menstruation

mediation

maturation

medication

meditation

melanesian

mortification

meridian

ministration

minibuses

miseration

misconception

misbegotten

minnesotan

misperception

missourian

mitigation

moderation

modulation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

motivation

resignation

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

nigerian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

newtonian

nomination

nonprescription

nonpartisan

observation

obsidian

obligation

obfuscation

obstetrician

oblivion

occupation

octahedron

operation

opposition

olympian

ohioan

omnibuses

orchestration

ordination

ostentation

oscillation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

penetration

pelagian

pedestrian

pavlovian

penicillin

perforation

perspiration

permutation

persecution

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

population

polynesian

polyhedron

pomposity

praetorian

preconception

preparation

preelection

premonition

predetermine

preignition

predilection

presentation

preservation

precondition

procreation

proclamation

profanation

prohibition

renovation

propagation

proposition

prosecution

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rhetorician

revolution

rhododendron

rumination

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samaritan

satisfaction

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sectarian

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

sequestration

shakespearean

manufactured

situation

sicilian

simulation

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smithsonian

siberian

speculation

strangulation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

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substitution

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supposition

surrogation

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supervision

superhuman

syndication

tabulation

syncopation

symposium

symposiums

termination

tasmanian

tamoxifen

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

utopian

valuation

transformation

transportation

trepidation

transplantation

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ulceration

valerian

usurpation

unaffected

vaccination

unbecoming

vacillation

validation

variation

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

vindication

visitation

violation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

accommodation

acceleration

academician

accreditation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

amortization

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

amalgamation

amazonian

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ambiguities

ambassadorships

ambassadorship

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association

appropriation

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argumentation

argentinian

articulation

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assemblywoman

attenuation

authentication

authorization

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babylonian

evaluation

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brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

exhilaration

capitulation

canonization

carolinian

carthaginian

centenarian

centralization

certification

christianization

codification

civilization

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classification

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collaboration

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colonization

communication

beethovenian

compassionately

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concatenation

confectionary

confectionery

confectionaries

confucianism

confiscatory

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congratulation

consolidation

contamination

exoneration

cooperation

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deceleration

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decapitation

deification

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degeneration

decomposition

enumeration

delineation

desalination

denunciation

delicatessen

denomination

depopulation

depreciation

disintegration

desegregation

determination

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dionysian

discrimination

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disinclination

equivocation

dissociation

elaboration

domestication

dissatisfaction

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

equalization

epicurean

eradication

dissemination

evaporation

ethiopian

evacuation

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

excoriation

exfoliation

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

exoskeleton

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

hyperinflation

harmonization

humiliation

hybridization

hyperborean

hydrogenation

illumination

imagination

immunization

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incarceration

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inefficiencies

intimidation

inhabitation

inoculation

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initiation

interrogation

interpretation

interconnection

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investigation

investigations

investigators

investigator

investigating

investigative

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnification

magnetization

manifestation

manifestations

manufacturers

mummification

manufacturer

manufacturing

multiplication

mathematician

maximization

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mechanization

misinformation

misapplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

mississippian

modification

mobilization

modernization

metropolitan

nullification

negotiation

neapolitan

normalization

neutralization

nickelodeon

nonintervention

nitroglycerine

nonsectarian

russification

notification

organization

orientation

participation

oregonian

ossification

ornamentation

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

patagonian

pasteurization

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

origination

perpetuation

philadelphian

proliferation

pronunciation

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

presbyterian

prevarication

presupposition

procrastination

prognostication

proletarian

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remuneration

reinvigorate

renunciation

quantification

purification

qualification

pythagorean

ramification

ramifications

ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

recrimination

recuperation

rectification

recommendation

refrigeration

regeneration

reforestation

reintegration

rejuvenation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

sophistication

substantiation

subordination

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

vulgarization

vilification

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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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
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  • Orange

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