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

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

aspen

basin

asian

atman

auction

austin

auden

bason

bagman

bacon

baldwin

banyan

baston

bastion

baron

barren

bargain

barton

barefoot

barbette

baton

batten

batton

beckon

beacon

beaten

belgian

bellman

bellon

billion

begun

bereft

bereaved

billman

billon

bludgeon

bison

bisson

bitten

blacken

boatman

blowgun

bobbin

bolden

bourbon

bookman

boston

brakeman

bracken

bordman

boughten

bowman

brazen

breton

briton

brethren

brighten

broaden

brevets

brogan

bollen

broken

burden

bullion

burdon

burgeon

burman

burton

bushman

button

caisson

cajun

cabin

capstan

browbeat

calvin

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

captain

canaan

carbon

carman

carmine

carbide

carpet

caution

caxton

cayman

cauldron

certain

chairman

carpets

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chasten

cheapen

chicken

chevron

chieftain

christen

churchman

christian

charon

chosen

children

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

citron

colon

common

carton

bayman

copeman

corban

cordon

corrupts

corrupt

corvette

craftsman

cousin

cotton

corvettes

crafty

craven

crimson

cretin

crewman

curtain

crouton

cuban

cumin

cushion

dampen

damson

dagan

dagon

daman

dalton

darken

deaden

deafen

deacon

delphian

cowan

deepen

demon

desman

devon

diction

dian

dobson

dolphin

dozen

doctrine

draftsman

dolman

drafting

drafty

dragon

drunken

driven

dromon

drip-dry

driftwood

dudgeon

dungeon

earthen

dutchman

dustman

eaten

eden

elan

ensign

engine

ermine

erupt

erupts

zircon

faction

falcon

fashion

faustian

felon

fallen

famine

fatten

faulcon

farfetched

fasten

leaden

fiction

fission

firman

flashgun

flatten

fireman

floren

footman

forbids

forbade

forbid

linen

fielden

fibrin

fraction

fortune

fountain

freedman

freeman

freshman

friction

function

fusion

frighten

frozen

gallon

gammon

garden

garron

gascon

georgian

german

glisten

gilden

goodman

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

golden

gluten

gorgon

gotten

gowan

forfeits

grafting

hogan

hangman

grandson

griffon

gudgeon

guardsman

grecian

hackman

haitian

happen

henchman

headman

hempen

harden

harken

harten

hausen

hasten

heaven

haven

headsman

heighten

heron

hearten

hetman

heathen

hidden

huntsman

graphite

homespun

houseman

graven

horseman

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

ibsen

hyson

keelson

kelson

fervid

jetson

ion

junction

jason

jackman

jasmine

jargon

jetton

kansan

jordan

jorden

kalan

hyphen

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

leaven

kitchen

klansman

kitten

landman

krypton

landsman

laden

forebode

lagan

latin

ledden

lampron

forfeit

layman

lessen

legion

foreign

lesson

luncheon

lengthen

lesion

leven

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linden

lineman

linemen

m1

listen

lisbon

liven

lotion

lockman

locken

london

lopeman

loosen

longan

logan

loren

lumen

lyden

person

lynden

mansion

mahone

madden

marksman

maiden

mission

mangan

margin

marchman

markman

marron

martian

mason

marten

martin

matron

mayan

marlin

melon

melton

mignon

milken

million

minion

minden

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mutton

morbid

mormon

muffin

mullen

motion

mountain

muslin

lemon

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

notion

norman

oarsman

ocean

onion

open

odin

often

olden

omen

orbits

orbit

orphan

organ

othman

oven

outrun

oxen

owen

packman

paean

pagan

outdone

panton

passion

parson

passman

pardon

pathan

patten

patron

penman

pectin

penguin

pavon

peon

perron

leman

forefoot

lion

persian

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

plankton

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

portion

ponton

pervades

potion

portman

postman

pervade

foreman

pressman

prison

private

privates

probate

profit

prophets

prophet

profits

proven

provide

provides

question

pullen

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

resin

rerun

ripen

rincon

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

riden

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

runnion

salesman

sadden

salmon

saffron

sanction

samson

santon

satan

satin

saxon

scion

scotsman

seaman

season

scripture

scallion

seedsman

scriptures

sexton

scullion

selden

sermon

sequin

semen

seton

seven

shaken

sharpen

shaman

shearman

sherbet

shipman

shogun

shorten

shotgun

showman

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

smitten

smarten

soldan

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spartan

spearman

spoken

sovran

spokesman

sportsman

station

statesman

stallion

stallman

squadron

stiffen

steven

stillion

strengthen

straighten

stricken

stockman

stolen

striven

sturgeon

suasion

sudden

sultan

surgeon

sullen

summon

sunken

surfeit

sweeten

swollen

teston

taken

tappen

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

tendon

talon

syphon

thicken

threaten

thousand

shrunken

tillman

tighten

titan

token

toman

sovereign

thrifty

traction

torsion

toughen

townsman

torpid

trillion

tubman

tungsten

turban

triptychs

tripods

triptych

tribute

tributes

tuscan

urban

trojan

tripod

triton

undone

trodden

turbid

turbot

treason

union

urine

urson

urchin

vegan

version

weapon

villain

vision

worsen

vulcan

watchman

wagon

wanton

warden

waken

warren

warpath

weaken

whitson

woodman

woolman

wiccan

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

workman

woman

women

wooden

woolen

yaupon

woven

written

yachtsman

zaman

yeoman

zion

sorbet

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abortion

abstraction

accession

absorption

abrasion

abstention

accretion

adoption

addition

addiction

adhesion

acumen

admission

adsorption

adrian

african

affection

affliction

aggression

alaskan

alsatian

albion

aleutian

alien

alderman

ambition

allusion

albumin

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

aegean

appian

anyone

apportion

arbiters

arbitrage

arbiter

arbitrate

arbitrates

arkansan

arian

artesian

laotian

ascension

assassin

artisan

aspersion

aryan

assumption

asuncion

assertion

attraction

attention

attrition

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

avian

awaken

badminton

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandwagon

battalion

bedouin

bedizen

bedridden

beethoven

benjamin

beholden

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

bravado

brazilian

brevity

carpeted

bulletin

campion

capsaicin

cambrian

carnation

cardigan

carpeting

cartesian

carrion

citation

catalan

champion

castration

causation

chairwoman

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

caucasian

chamberlain

compassion

cation

charwoman

charlatan

cinnamon

chilean

commotion

cistercian

clarendon

civilian

clarion

clergyman

coercion

cognition

commission

cohesion

collagen

collection

collegian

collision

collusion

combustion

communion

companion

citizen

completion

desertion

abandon

compulsion

conception

concession

concussion

concoction

condition

compunction

conclusion

conduction

confection

confession

connection

conflation

confucian

congestion

confusion

congressman

conjunction

connexion

conscription

consumption

construction

contagion

constriction

contention

contortion

contraption

convulsion

contraction

convection

convention

conviction

conversion

contrition

contusion

corrosion

corruptive

corruptly

corsican

councilman

craftsmanship

deception

deduction

creation

crabeater

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

curvature

dalmatian

damnation

derision

decision

declension

countryman

defection

deletion

deflation

deflection

delusion

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

depression

compression

description

destruction

complexion

detection

detention

determine

diffraction

digression

devotion

digestion

dictation

diffusion

dilation

dilution

discipline

dimension

discretion

exemption

discussion

distraction

dissension

dispersion

dissection

distortion

distinction

diversion

division

dominion

donation

dorian

disunion

downtrodden

draftsmanship

duration

edition

egyptian

elation

election

ejection

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emission

emulsion

emotion

encryption

enlighten

enliven

erection

equation

erosion

exception

erupting

eruptive

etruscan

evasion

everyone

eviction

exaction

excision

englishman

exclusion

excretion

excursion

exertion

exhaustion

cyprian

expansion

extraction

expulsion

extortion

expression

fabian

extension

extinction

extrusion

feminine

fenian

ferryboat

explosion

fixation

filtration

fijian

fisherman

foramen

flotation

forbidding

forbidden

foreboding

ferryboats

ferryman

garrison

forgotten

formation

franciscan

foundation

forfeitures

freemason

fruition

frustration

fustian

freudian

galleon

gentleman

genuine

gaussian

forfeiture

gradation

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

horatian

graffiti

halogen

gravitates

gyration

gravity

hydrogen

guncotton

grobian

horizon

halcyon

guardian

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heroin

heartbroken

hereafter

heroine

gravamen

hydration

housebroken

gravitate

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impression

inception

impassion

imprison

implosion

inaction

in-person

keratin

incision

ingestion

inclusion

incursion

induction

indian

infarction

infection

infusion

infraction

inflation

infliction

inflection

injunction

inscription

insertion

injection

inspection

instruction

intention

inhuman

intestine

intrusion

irishman

invention

invasion

inversion

irian

jacobin

jamaican

italian

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

laurentian

lecithin

keynesian

lactation

lanolin

korean

forewoman

forefather

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magician

magdalen

malaysian

malayan

marian

mandarin

masculine

misshapen

medallion

medicine

median

mexican

menhaden

migration

midshipman

melanin

misprision

misfortune

moroccan

mistaken

margarine

morbidly

myosin

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

oppression

narration

negation

nebraskan

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

obstruction

nonhuman

notation

norwegian

nutrition

obsession

nubian

nonunion

objection

occasion

occlusion

opinion

omission

octillion

odeon

optation

optician

origin

oration

orbital

orbitals

ottoman

orion

ovation

overdone

overman

outspoken

oxygen

overrun

parisian

parapet

partition

partisan

parthian

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

permian

perfusion

perfidy

perpetrate

perpetrates

preemption

persuasion

perversion

petition

phoenician

physician

pervading

phrygian

peterman

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

position

possession

predation

precession

porcelain

precaution

precision

preclusion

prediction

predestine

forefathers

presumption

pretension

prevention

procession

privation

privately

probation

privations

probity

probative

production

proportion

propulsion

prescription

profession

progression

profusion

profiteers

profiteer

proscription

promotion

projection

prohibits

prohibit

protection

profiting

prostration

protean

providence

provident

provided

provider

providers

provision

puritan

quotation

ramadan

reception

reaction

recession

rebellion

recision

redemption

reduction

regression

regimen

reflection

rejection

relation

religion

remission

rendition

repression

reopen

reptilian

resumption

resection

rescission

restriction

retraction

retention

reversion

revision

reunion

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saleswoman

saccharin

salvation

samoan

sedation

seduction

secession

scorpion

seclusion

secretion

scriptural

sedition

selection

sensation

servitude

scythian

simian

silicon

singleton

solution

skeleton

solomon

snapdragon

toboggan

specimen

stagnation

starvation

submission

subscription

stygian

submersion

subtraction

suburban

subversion

succession

summation

suggestion

sumatran

suppression

superman

suspicion

suspension

syrian

tactician

taxation

talisman

tamarin

technician

temptation

thespian

thereafter

transcription

timberman

transgression

tradition

transaction

transition

torpedo

torpedos

transfusion

torpedoes

translation

transmission

tuition

unison

truncation

troubadour

turpitude

uneven

unbroken

uncommon

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

unwritten

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

vermilion

vibration

veteran

verbatim

vitamin

volition

vocation

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

uterine

4 syllable words

abolition

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

accusation

acquisition

adaptation

acclimation

activation

admiration

admonition

adulation

accordion

adoration

adrenaline

advocation

affirmation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

alabaman

allegation

albanian

allocation

agrarian

animation

ammunition

altercation

alternation

alteration

american

aldebaran

algerian

amputation

algonquian

amphibian

annexation

annotation

appellation

apparition

application

appalachian

apprehension

approbation

arabian

arbitrager

arbitrageur

arbitragers

arbitrary

arbitrageurs

avocation

arbitration

arizonan

armageddon

arbitrations

armenian

arbitrators

arbitrator

aviation

arthurian

aspiration

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

backwardation

barbarian

assemblyman

competition

bavarian

compensation

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

cancellation

californian

canadian

carcinogen

carbohydrate

carbohydrates

carpetbagger

circumvention

carpetbaggers

celebration

chameleon

centurion

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

coalition

cogitation

collocation

coloradan

commendation

collodion

coloration

combination

columbian

comedian

committeeman

commutation

comparison

compilation

composition

computation

condemnation

concentration

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

congregation

confrontation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

conservation

consolation

contemplation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consummation

consultation

contraception

conversation

contradiction

contribution

contravention

contrarian

convocation

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

coronation

corruptible

correlation

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

degradation

criterion

crocodilian

decimation

culmination

crucifixion

cultivation

dedication

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decompression

custodian

declaration

deconstruction

decoration

depravation

defamation

definition

delegation

deformation

dehydration

deposition

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desiccation

devolution

desolation

complication

desecration

designation

destination

destitution

derivative

desperation

detonation

devastation

deviation

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

disaffection

diocesan

disconnection

devonian

execution

dissertation

disillusion

disinfection

dispensation

disposition

disputation

dislocation

dissipation

disinflation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

elevation

emanation

emigration

electrician

elocution

embarkation

elongation

englishwoman

evolution

emulation

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

european

estimation

estonian

eustachian

evocation

excavation

excitation

exclamation

exhalation

exhibition

hibernation

expedition

comprehension

explanation

explication

exhortation

preparation

expiration

exhumation

expectation

fabrication

extradition

extrication

fermentation

federation

fallopian

fascination

exploitation

exploration

fibrillation

exposition

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

librarian

immolation

figuration

formulation

fragmentation

galilean

fumigation

generation

gastrulation

gentlewoman

glaciation

gargantuan

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

habitation

gravitation

guatemalan

gregorian

greco-roman

hesitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

illustration

ideation

ibuprofen

imitation

immigration

imperfection

imposition

implication

imputation

impregnation

importation

forfeitable

inattention

incantation

implantation

inclination

incarnation

inhalation

incrustation

indication

indigestion

indecision

indiscretion

indentation

indexation

indignation

infestation

incubation

indonesian

information

inhibition

inflammation

infiltration

inquisition

irrigation

inspiration

interception

installation

insurrection

interaction

insulation

integration

instigation

institution

interdiction

intercession

interjection

intermission

intersection

intimation

interwoven

interurban

intervention

intonation

introspection

introduction

inundation

intuition

invocation

invitation

iranian

innovation

irritation

isolation

jacobean

iteration

jubilation

jurisdiction

jordanian

iberian

laceration

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

liberation

lubrication

levitation

leviathan

liberian

lilliputian

limitation

litigation

liquidation

locomotion

maccabean

persecution

machination

macedonian

melanesian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

moderation

manumission

masturbation

maturation

medication

meditation

mediation

meridian

menstruation

miseration

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

misperception

modulation

missourian

molestation

mitigation

moravian

mongolian

morbidity

mutilation

navigation

motivation

napoleon

nestorian

neuropathy

newtonian

nomination

noblewoman

nicaraguan

nigerian

occupation

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obligation

obfuscation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

obstetrician

olympian

ohioan

octahedron

operation

opposition

pagination

mortification

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

palpitation

ostentation

ovulation

oxidation

overburden

pagurian

paraguayan

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

pavlovian

pedestrian

perforation

permutation

perpetrator

perpetrators

perpetual

perpetuate

perpetuals

perpetuates

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

politician

preignition

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

polynesian

population

praetorian

preconception

precondition

predilection

predetermine

preelection

premonition

polyhedron

liquefaction

presentation

preservation

probationer

probationers

proclamation

procreation

profanation

profitable

prohibition

prohibitions

propagation

proposition

prohibitive

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

providential

publication

punctuation

radiation

provocation

realization

readmission

reassertion

recantation

reawaken

recitation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

recreation

reconstruction

reelection

regulation

reformation

reinspection

refutation

registration

reexamine

relaxation

relocation

renovation

repercussion

repetition

replication

reposition

repossession

reparation

reproduction

resolution

reputation

republican

requisition

resignation

respiration

restoration

restitution

reservation

resurrection

revelation

revocation

retribution

retrocession

retardation

revolution

rhetorician

rumination

rhododendron

saturation

sanitation

samaritan

satisfaction

segregation

sectarian

segmentation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

simulation

sicilian

simonian

siberian

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subluxation

substitution

subdivision

suffocation

superhuman

supposition

superstition

supervision

tabulation

syncopation

syndication

tamoxifen

tasmanian

tetrahedron

therapeutics

therapeutic

toleration

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titillation

transplantation

transportation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

turbidity

tributaries

tributary

usurpation

validation

vaccination

vacillation

valerian

valuation

utopian

variation

vegetation

ventilation

veneration

victorian

vindication

violation

wagnerian

watermelon

visitation

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abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accreditation

accommodation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

amalgamation

amazonian

alleviation

alliteration

amelioration

amortization

amplification

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approximation

appropriation

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argentinian

articulation

assimilation

association

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authorization

authentication

augustinian

assemblywoman

assassination

babylonian

annihilation

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brobdingnagians

caledonian

brutalization

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

centenarian

centralization

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christianization

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classification

civilization

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codification

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carthaginian

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configuration

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conglomeration

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continuation

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decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

deification

delicatessen

deliberation

degeneration

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

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desegregation

desalination

determination

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dionysian

discrimination

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disintegration

dissemination

dissatisfaction

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domestication

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edification

emancipation

elaboration

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

ejaculation

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

eradication

equivocation

ethiopian

evacuation

evaporation

evaluation

examination

exacerbation

exaggeration

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

exoskeleton

extermination

facilitation

expropriation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gravitational

hallucination

hanoverian

gratification

harmonization

hybridization

humiliation

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hydrogenation

hyperborean

imagination

illumination

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incineration

incarceration

incrimination

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

insemination

inoculation

initiation

insinuation

instrumentation

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interpolation

interrogation

interpretation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

irrefutable

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

immunization

perpetuation

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

manifestation

magnetization

magnification

modernization

manipulation

mechanization

mathematician

maximization

maximilian

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mobilization

modification

mississippian

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nitroglycerine

notification

normalization

nullification

nonintervention

nonsectarian

obliteration

nickelodeon

origination

organization

orientation

oregonian

ornamentation

ossification

pacification

overproduction

panamanian

pasteurization

participation

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

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perpetually

perpetuity

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

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predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

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prognostication

pronunciation

proletarian

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pythagorean

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recommendation

rectification

recombination

recrimination

recuperation

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reforestation

reintegration

regeneration

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rejuvenation

representation

renunciation

repatriation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

remuneration

scandinavian

sedimentation

incorporation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

presbyterian

specialization

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sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vegetarian

vulgarization

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:

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