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

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

anthem

anthems

apron

ashen

asian

aspen

arson

auction

austin

auden

bagman

baldwin

bantams

bantam

banyan

baron

barren

bargain

barton

bastion

bacon

banding

bason

baton

batten

batton

bayman

baston

beaten

beckon

basin

beacon

atman

bellman

billman

belgian

bending

bellon

billion

billon

binding

bison

bindings

bordman

bludgeon

bisson

boatman

bookman

bitten

blacken

bobbin

bollen

bolden

blowgun

bonding

boston

boughten

bounding

bracken

bowman

brazen

brighten

briton

broaden

bourbon

brogan

broken

bullion

bunting

button

cajun

bushman

burman

cabin

burton

burgeon

burden

burdon

caisson

calvin

brakeman

canaan

cannon

brethren

canon

breton

canton

canteen

canteens

cantons

canyon

caption

carmine

captain

carbon

capstan

carman

carton

begun

cayman

centimes

centime

centner

certain

chairman

chapman

chanting

chaplain

charon

chessman

chevron

christian

children

chieftain

churchman

chicken

christen

chasten

cheapen

chosen

claxon

clinton

coachman

citron

classman

comedown

colon

common

cauldron

caution

caxton

condense

condensed

condemned

condemns

condemn

condone

condones

contain

contains

contemn

contends

contend

content

contempt

contents

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

cousin

craftsman

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

craven

cuban

cushion

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

dalton

damson

daman

dampen

daunting

darken

deaden

deafen

deacon

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

dentine

diction

devon

dian

doctrine

dolman

dobson

dutchman

dolphin

dozen

dragon

dustman

dungeon

drunken

dudgeon

earthen

eaten

draftsman

ending

driven

emption

dromon

entomb

eden

endings

engine

ensign

entwine

ermine

elan

cowan

faction

falcon

fainting

fallen

famine

fashion

faustian

fatten

faulcon

felon

fiction

fireman

fielden

findings

finding

firman

fission

fibrin

flatten

flashgun

flexion

fasten

footman

foreman

fraction

fountain

fortune

foreign

founding

fountains

freedman

freeman

freshen

floren

hetman

friction

freshman

frighten

gammon

funding

gallon

fusion

garden

garron

gascon

function

gentian

georgian

german

gibbon

gladden

gilden

given

glidden

glisten

gluten

golden

goodman

gorgon

gotten

grandson

graven

grecian

gumption

guardsman

gudgeon

griffon

haitian

hackman

hangman

handmade

happen

harden

harken

harten

hasten

hausen

headsman

headman

hearten

heighten

heathen

heaven

frozen

haven

hempen

henchman

heron

gowan

hessian

huntsman

hogan

horseman

hoten

human

homespun

hounding

hoven

hunting

houseman

hymen

hyphen

ibsen

hyson

hidden

intend

intends

intense

indent

intent

intents

intone

intones

jackman

ion

jasmine

jargon

jason

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

klansman

kansan

kenyan

keelson

kitchen

kelson

kelvin

kirkman

kitten

mountains

lampron

lagan

kremlin

landman

landsman

landmarks

landmark

latin

lengthen

layman

lemon

legion

lendings

lending

leaven

ledden

leman

kalan

lesion

leaden

lessen

lesson

junction

lightman

lighten

lichen

liken

liman

lineman

linemen

lindane

linden

linen

lisbon

listen

liven

lion

locken

lockman

london

longan

laden

lotion

loren

lumen

luncheon

logan

lynden

m1

maintain

lyden

madden

mahone

maiden

maintains

mansion

marchman

mangan

margin

leven

markman

marksman

martian

marten

martin

marlin

marron

matron

lopeman

mayan

mention

mentions

melton

melon

mignon

milken

million

minden

loosen

mason

minion

mission

mitten

molten

moisten

morgan

mormon

motion

mountain

mounting

minding

muffin

mullen

nation

landings

mundane

muslin

mutton

nekton

nineteenth

ninon

nineteen

newsman

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

often

odin

ointment

omen

onion

open

option

organ

olden

orphan

othman

plantain

outdone

outrun

oven

packman

panton

panting

paintings

oxen

pardon

painting

passion

pathan

passman

patten

patron

parson

pectin

pavon

owen

pagan

paean

penman

penguin

pension

pentane

peon

perron

persian

person

phantom

phantoms

pinion

pigeon

pillion

pending

piston

pitman

plankton

pendant

platen

platten

pointing

poison

knitting

landing

pollan

shearman

pollen

portman

portion

postman

pontoons

pontoon

potion

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

pullen

quantum

quintin

question

quicken

ration

random

rayon

raven

redden

reason

reckon

region

ponton

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

ripen

risen

riven

robin

roman

rerun

rotten

rosen

rumen

samson

rounding

russian

runnion

salmon

salesman

sadden

saffron

sanction

santon

sandman

satin

satan

saxon

rowan

scallion

rosin

scotsman

scion

scullion

shipman

seaman

season

rowen

section

seedsman

selden

semen

sentence

session

sexton

sermon

seton

seven

sequin

shaken

shaman

sharpen

ruin

shorten

shrunken

shotgun

showman

pounding

shogun

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

smarten

slacken

smitten

slogan

smoothens

smoothen

smoothing

sodden

soldan

soften

sometimes

somethings

sometime

spartan

sovran

solon

sounding

spearman

soundings

sportsman

sovereign

spoken

spokesman

squadron

squinting

something

station

statesman

stallman

stallion

stepson

steven

stillion

stiffen

strengthen

stockman

straighten

stolen

stricken

striven

suasion

sturgeon

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

sunken

summon

sundown

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

surgeon

syphon

talon

tappen

tandem

taken

tartan

tarpon

tendons

tendon

tension

tillman

shunting

teston

thicken

thousand

titan

torsion

toughen

toman

traction

token

townsman

treason

trillion

tubman

triton

trodden

trojan

tungsten

tuscan

turban

undone

undine

union

urchin

urine

urban

urson

taunting

vegan

version

villain

vintners

vintner

vulcan

vision

wagon

waken

wanting

wanton

threaten

warden

warren

watchman

whitson

windmills

windmill

tighten

whiten

woman

weapon

wheaten

wiccan

widen

wizen

weaken

winding

women

yachtsman

woodman

woolman

written

zaman

workman

wooden

woolen

yaupon

yeoman

zion

worsen

woven

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

ablution

abdomen

abortion

absorption

abstraction

accession

abrasion

abstention

accretion

addiction

adhesion

addition

acumen

admission

adsorption

adoption

aegean

adrian

affection

affliction

aggression

alaskan

albion

albumin

african

aleutian

ambrosian

alsatian

ambition

alderman

allusion

alien

anchorman

andante

andean

anglican

attention

antennas

anyone

anything

appian

apportion

arian

antenna

attraction

artesian

ascension

asuncion

artisan

aryan

aspersion

assumption

assertion

compression

assassin

attrition

arkansan

australian

austrian

aversion

bedouin

audition

backgammon

bandana

awaken

badminton

backwoodsman

bandanas

avian

battalion

bandwagon

bedizen

compunction

bedridden

bentonite

beholden

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

cambrian

campion

cantonal

bulletin

castration

cartesian

carnation

capsaicin

cardigan

carrion

catalan

cation

caucasian

causation

cetacean

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

charlatan

citation

charwoman

chamberlain

cinnamon

chilean

compassion

cistercian

collision

citizen

clarendon

civilian

commission

cognition

clergyman

coercion

collection

cohesion

collagen

commitments

collegian

combustion

commitment

commotion

collusion

communion

clarion

commuting

companion

completion

complexion

beethoven

compulsion

concession

concussion

condiments

condensate

condensates

condenser

condition

condiment

conduction

conflation

congestion

confucian

confusion

congressman

conjunction

connection

connexion

confection

conscription

confession

construction

consumption

constriction

contagion

container

containers

containment

contemplates

contemplate

contenders

contender

contented

contentions

contentment

contingent

continents

continent

contingents

continued

contortion

continues

continue

contraction

contraption

convention

contrition

convection

concoction

contusion

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

crustacean

countryman

corruption

countenance

councilman

corrosion

corsican

cremation

creation

croatian

crestfallen

conception

damnation

dalmatian

cyprian

deception

declension

deflation

deflection

decision

deduction

defection

deletion

delusion

denizen

depiction

depletion

depression

description

destruction

detection

desertion

detention

determine

dentition

dictation

diffraction

dilation

digression

digestion

dilution

diffusion

dimension

derision

discretion

direction

discipline

discussion

dispersion

devotion

disruption

donation

dissection

distraction

distortion

dissension

diversion

division

distinction

disunion

donations

emotions

dorian

duration

downtrodden

encryption

edition

elation

egyptian

ejection

election

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emission

emulsion

endemic

endangered

endangers

endowment

endowments

entangled

entangle

emotion

enlighten

enliven

englishman

entombment

equation

erection

eruption

erosion

endanger

etruscan

emitting

eviction

evasion

everyone

dominion

exaction

conclusion

exemption

exception

excretion

exertion

excursion

excision

exclusion

expansion

exhaustion

expulsion

extraction

expression

extortion

extinction

extension

fabian

extrusion

fandango

explosion

feminine

fenian

ferryman

filtration

fijian

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

flotation

foramen

formation

foundation

forbidden

forewoman

franciscan

forgotten

freemason

frustration

fruition

galleon

fustian

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

grobian

gyration

guncotton

halcyon

halogen

handwoven

hammerman

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

freudian

abandon

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

ignition

hydrogen

impassion

implosion

immersion

impression

in-person

illusion

imagine

inaction

inception

incision

inclusion

imprison

infraction

incursion

indentures

indians

indian

indium

induction

infection

inflation

infarction

inflection

infliction

infusion

ingestion

indentured

injunction

injection

inhuman

inscription

insertion

instruction

inspection

intended

intensely

intention

intensive

intentioned

indenture

intentions

intimates

intimate

intestine

intently

invention

invasion

intrusion

inversion

jettison

italian

irishman

irian

jamaican

janthina

jacobin

javelin

mountaineer

mountaineers

kantian

keratin

keynesian

jovian

lactation

musician

julian

lanthanum

laotian

landmasses

landowners

landowner

lanolin

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

location

londoners

londoner

logician

lumberman

maintenance

malaysian

lutheran

magician

magdalen

malayan

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

medicine

median

melanin

menhaden

mandarin

midshipman

mexican

migration

minuteman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

monotone

moroccan

mistaken

mutation

narration

negation

munition

korean

munitions

muskmelon

myosin

nemean

nitrogen

nebraskan

nevadan

niacin

nobleman

notation

norwegian

nonhuman

nonunion

nubian

plantation

objection

obsession

obstruction

occasion

nutrition

occlusion

octillion

odeon

omission

opinion

oppression

optician

oration

optation

origin

orion

ottoman

ovation

overman

outspoken

pantomime

oxygen

overdone

parisian

overrun

pandemic

pantheon

patrician

partition

partisan

pavilion

parthian

pelican

penitent

permission

pentathlon

percussion

perception

perfection

perfusion

permian

persuasion

perversion

peterman

petition

phoenician

physician

phrygian

plebeian

policeman

pollution

position

possession

religion

predation

precaution

precession

preclusion

prediction

precision

predestine

prescription

preemption

presumption

pretension

prevention

privation

production

profession

probation

procession

progression

projection

promotion

propulsion

profusion

protection

proportion

proscription

prostration

provision

protean

puritan

quotation

ramadan

randomize

randomly

reaction

reception

recession

recision

rebellion

redemption

reduction

reflection

regression

regimen

rejection

relation

rendition

remission

remittance

porcelain

repression

reptilian

restriction

rescission

resection

resumption

retraction

retention

reunion

reversion

revulsion

rhodopsin

revision

rifleman

reopen

rotation

scythian

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

secession

sedation

selection

secretion

seduction

sedition

sensation

sentences

sentiment

sentiments

sentinels

sentinel

seclusion

singleton

simian

silicon

snapdragon

skeleton

solution

solomon

stagnation

specimen

starvation

submission

submersion

stygian

subscription

subtraction

succession

suggestion

subversion

suburban

sumatran

summation

summations

superman

suspension

suppression

suspicion

syrian

tactician

tantamount

tamarin

talisman

taxation

temptation

technician

tendencies

tendency

transaction

tradition

translation

truncation

thespian

timberman

transmission

transcription

toboggan

transgression

transfusion

transition

uncommon

unburden

tuition

unbutton

unbroken

undaunted

waterman

uncertain

wantonly

uneven

undying

undoing

unison

unthinking

untangle

untimely

unwritten

uterine

unwitting

vacation

vatican

venetian

vibration

veteran

venison

vermilion

vitamin

vocation

vomiting

volition

zambian

wesleyan

4 syllable words

abnegation

abdication

abolition

aberration

acclamation

absolution

abyssinian

acclimation

abrogation

accordion

adaptation

admonition

activation

admiration

adulation

acquisition

advocation

adoration

adrenaline

affectation

accusation

affirmation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

alabaman

agrarian

albanian

aldebaran

allegation

alternation

allocation

altercation

alteration

algerian

american

ammunition

amputation

anatomy

anatomist

amphibian

anathema

andantino

algonquian

animation

annotation

annexation

appellation

appalachian

apparition

antimatter

antinomy

application

approbation

arbitration

arabian

apprehension

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assyrian

assemblyman

arizonan

attribution

athenian

augmentation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

aviation

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

cancellation

calibration

calculation

businesswoman

californian

canadian

canadians

carcinogen

compilation

celebration

centenary

centimetre

centimetres

centurion

centennial

circulation

circumcision

competition

commutation

circumspection

chameleon

circumvention

collocation

coalition

cogitation

coloration

comedians

coloradan

comedian

columbian

comedienne

committeeman

collodion

comparison

compensation

complication

composition

comprehension

computation

demolition

concentration

condescension

condemnation

condemnations

condensation

confirmation

conflagration

confiscation

consolation

congregation

conjugation

confrontation

connotation

consecration

conservation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consummation

consultation

containerized

contemplative

contemptible

contemptuously

contingencies

contingency

continentals

continental

continual

continuance

contraception

contradiction

coronation

contribution

conversation

contravention

convocation

convolution

copenhagen

corinthian

copernican

corp.

corporation

correlation

countenances

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

dedication

defamation

deformation

definition

degradation

delegation

dehydration

demarcation

contrarian

demonstration

depravation

depredation

deprivation

deposition

deportation

dereliction

derivation

desecration

desiccation

desolation

desperation

designation

destitution

devastation

deviation

devolution

dilatation

dietitian

diminution

dislocation

disconnection

disaffection

disinfection

disinflation

disposition

disillusion

dispensation

disputation

diocesan

distillation

dissipation

dissolution

distribution

divination

dissertation

devonian

emulation

duplication

draconian

education

elevation

electrician

elocution

elongation

emigration

embarkation

emotional

endangerment

englishwoman

entanglement

entanglements

equestrian

equitation

estimation

erudition

eritrean

estonian

european

eustachian

dominican

evocation

evolution

exclamation

explanation

explication

execution

excavation

excitation

exhalation

expedition

exhibition

exhumation

exhortation

expectation

expiration

extrication

exploitation

exposition

extradition

fabrication

exploration

fallopian

fermentation

federation

fibrillation

figuration

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

hesitation

fumigation

gastrulation

gargantuan

fundamentals

fundamental

galilean

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

gondwanaland

gorgonian

granulation

graduation

gravitation

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

gregorian

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hibernation

himalayan

hungarian

hydrocarbon

ideation

hypertension

ianthina

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

historian

imitation

immolation

implication

immigration

impregnation

importation

imposition

implantation

imperfection

incarnation

imputation

inattention

inattentive

incantation

incrustation

incubation

illustration

indecision

intensively

indemnify

indentation

innovation

indemnity

indexation

indication

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

inflammation

infestation

infiltration

information

indonesian

inhalation

inquisition

inspiration

installation

insulation

inhibition

instigation

integration

insurrection

institution

intangible

intangibles

intemperate

indemnities

intensified

intensifies

intensities

intensify

intensity

intentional

intermission

interruption

interception

interdiction

intercession

interjection

interaction

intersection

interurban

intervention

intimations

intimacy

intimidates

intimately

intimidate

interwoven

introspection

invitation

introduction

intuition

inundation

invocation

irrigation

isolation

iteration

irritation

iranian

jacobean

mountaineering

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

jubilation

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberation

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

litigation

liquidation

liquefaction

locomotion

liberian

malnutrition

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

melanesian

mammalian

manumission

masturbation

maturation

medication

meditation

mediation

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

miseration

misperception

mortification

missourian

modulation

moderation

monotony

monatomic

mongolian

moravian

molestation

motivation

mitigation

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nestorian

nicaraguan

nigerian

newtonian

noblewoman

oscillation

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obligation

obfuscation

observation

oblivion

obsidian

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vanadium

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watermelon

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acceleration

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undeniable

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vaporization

vegetarian

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verification

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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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.


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  • 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
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  • True and Cure

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

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
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Different Types of Rhymes
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