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

action

acton

airman

airstrip

alan

airstrips

alban

alman

amman

apron

arcade

arcades

argot

arctic

archduke

ashen

asian

aspen

arson

arrests

atman

auction

auden

austin

baston

bacon

barton

banyan

basin

bargain

baron

barren

bastion

bason

bagman

baton

baldwin

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

belgian

bellman

begun

bellon

billion

bison

bludgeon

bisson

bitten

billman

boatman

billon

blacken

bobbin

blowgun

bolden

bollen

boston

bristol

bordman

boughten

brakeman

brazen

bookman

bracken

breakdown

breasted

bourbon

bowman

brackets

bracket

breasting

breakdowns

breakthrough

breakthroughs

breton

brighten

breastplate

brethren

brigade

brigades

briton

brightens

brisket

bristle

broaden

bristles

brightly

brogan

broken

brocade

brocades

brookside

brucite

aroused

arrest

button

burton

bushman

cabin

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

caisson

cajun

canaan

calvin

cannon

canon

canton

canyon

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

caution

caxton

carton

cayman

cauldron

certain

chairman

chaplain

charon

chasten

cheapen

chessman

christen

children

chieftain

chicken

christian

christians

churchman

circuit

circuits

cherished

chevron

chosen

citron

classman

clinton

claxon

coachman

chapman

colon

common

copeman

corban

cordon

corkwood

correct

corrects

cotton

cousin

craven

corset

craftsman

cresting

cowan

crested

cretin

crewman

cricket

crickets

crimson

crouton

crooked

croquet

crochet

crusade

crusades

crustal

bullion

crusted

crystal

crystals

curtain

cuban

cushion

cumin

dagon

dalton

daman

dagan

dampen

damson

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dian

diction

direct

directs

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dozen

drastic

draftsman

dragon

doorstep

drunken

dungeon

dudgeon

driven

drugstores

drugstore

driest

dromon

dutchman

doorsteps

earthen

earshot

eaten

eden

elan

emption

engine

ensign

erects

ergot

ergots

ermine

erect

erstwhile

erased

frustrate

crusty

faction

function

falcon

fashion

fasten

fatten

famine

faulcon

faustian

fiction

fibrin

felon

fielden

fireman

firstborn

firestone

first-rate

firman

firstly

flashgun

flexion

fission

flatten

floren

footman

foreman

gorgon

fallen

forests

forestalls

gotten

foreign

grandson

forest

fraction

fountain

fractions

fortune

forster

forestall

forgets

frightens

freeman

freestone

frightful

fracture

friction

freshen

frictions

frosted

freshman

frigate

frigates

freighters

frighten

frosting

frostings

freighter

frostbite

frigid

frosty

freedman

frozen

fructose

frustrates

gascon

garden

gallon

gammon

garron

fusion

gentian

georgian

gibbon

german

gilden

given

glisten

goodman

gladden

glidden

gluten

golden

gorgets

fractures

forget

graven

gumption

greasewood

grecian

gudgeon

guardsman

griffon

gristle

gowan

haitian

hasten

hackman

hangman

happen

harassed

harten

harden

hearten

harken

haven

headsman

headman

hausen

heathen

heaven

heighten

hessian

hetman

henchman

hempen

heron

hidden

horseman

homespun

horsehead

hogan

horsetail

horsetails

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

hyson

ibsen

hymen

hyphen

forgot

hirsute

ion

jackman

junction

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

jargon

jason

keelson

kalan

kelson

kenyan

jasmine

jurist

kansan

kitten

kitchen

jurists

kelvin

kirkman

laden

klansman

lampron

kremlin

landman

landsman

latin

layman

legion

leaden

leaven

ledden

lengthen

leman

lessen

lesson

lesion

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

lemon

leven

linden

lineman

lion

listen

linemen

linen

london

liven

lisbon

lockman

locken

logan

lotion

loosen

lopeman

longan

loren

luncheon

million

lyden

lynden

m1

lumen

lyrist

maiden

mahone

mansion

marchman

mangan

lagan

margin

marron

mayan

market

marten

martian

martin

markman

marlin

marksman

markets

mason

matron

melton

melon

mention

mignon

madden

milken

minden

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

mountain

muffin

mullen

motion

mormon

mutton

muslin

nation

morgan

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

onion

ocean

often

olden

odin

omen

open

option

organ

orchid

orchids

outdone

outrun

oven

orphan

othman

pagan

packman

paean

panton

pardon

passion

parson

parquet

passman

pathan

patron

patten

pension

pectin

penguin

penman

peon

perron

person

persian

persuade

persuades

pavon

piston

pillion

pitman

plantain

pigeon

plankton

pinion

platen

platten

oxen

pollan

pollen

poison

ponton

portman

portion

postman

potion

precede

precedes

practice

prejudge

practiced

practise

owen

pressman

prestige

presto

pristine

proceeds

prison

proceed

proctors

proctor

prostate

preside

prostrate

prussian

proven

pullen

priestly

purists

presides

question

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

pursuits

redden

region

purist

priesthood

rerun

resin

riden

ribbon

ridden

ripen

rincon

risen

russian

runnion

riven

rotten

robin

rosin

roman

rosen

rowan

rumen

rowen

ruin

sanction

santon

samson

salesman

salmon

satan

satin

scallion

scion

saxon

scullion

scotsman

seaman

season

section

selden

semen

seedsman

sequin

sermon

session

sexton

shorten

shotgun

shrunken

shaken

shaman

saffron

sharpen

shipman

seven

shearman

shogun

showman

seton

sicken

silken

sadden

pursuit

siphon

tractor

smarten

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

slogan

solon

spartan

stallion

sovereign

sovran

spearman

squadron

sportsman

spokesman

spoken

stallman

statesman

station

stepson

siren

stillion

suasion

straighten

stockman

stricken

striven

stolen

strengthen

sturgeon

steven

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

stiffen

surgeon

sylvan

syphon

sweeten

swollen

taken

talon

tappen

target

targets

teston

tension

sunken

tartan

tendon

tarpon

thrusting

thrusters

thicken

threaten

thousand

thirsty

throughout

thruster

thursday

thursdays

tighten

titan

whiten

tillman

torsion

toughen

slacken

tourists

token

townsman

toman

tourist

traction

treason

trestle

trillion

trickster

tricksters

triton

tungsten

trusting

trustees

tubman

trustee

turban

tuscan

trusty

whitson

trojan

trodden

undone

union

urine

urson

urchin

urban

vegan

vision

villain

version

vulcan

wanton

waken

warden

watchman

wagon

warren

weaken

weapon

turgid

wheaten

tractors

wiccan

widen

wizen

woodman

woolman

woman

women

wooden

worsen

workman

workdays

woolen

workday

worsted

woven

wrestle

written

yachtsman

wrestling

yaupon

wrestlers

wrestles

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

abdomen

abstention

ablution

abortion

absorption

abstraction

abandon

acumen

addiction

addition

adoption

adsorption

admission

aegean

adrian

aerostat

aerostats

affection

affliction

african

alaskan

albion

adhesion

albumin

aleutian

allusion

alien

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

appian

apportion

alderman

arian

archetypal

architect

archetypes

architrave

architects

archetype

arkansan

artesian

aryan

arresting

artisan

arrogate

attraction

assumption

attrition

audition

australian

aversion

austrian

avian

awaken

battalion

backgammon

bandwagon

backwoodsman

badminton

barristers

barrister

barricades

barricade

bedizen

bedridden

beethoven

beholden

bedouin

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

brazilian

breakwater

bouillon

bulletin

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

carrion

cartesian

caucasian

cation

catalan

chairperson

champion

collection

chairwoman

chamberlain

character

charlatan

characters

charwoman

charcuterie

cherrystone

chilean

christendom

cherrystones

christianize

cinnamon

civilian

clarion

citizen

clarendon

clergyman

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collegian

collagen

collision

collusion

commission

combustion

completion

commotion

complexion

companion

communion

compression

concussion

compulsion

compunction

conception

concoction

conclusion

condition

conduction

confection

confusion

confucian

connection

congestion

conjunction

congressman

connexion

constriction

construction

consumption

conscription

contortion

contraction

contraption

contrition

convection

contusion

conversion

convention

conviction

convulsion

correction

correcting

corrections

croatian

correctly

corruption

cremation

creation

councilman

countryman

crestfallen

corsican

creosote

corrective

corrosion

crocheting

corrugate

crocodile

crocodiles

crusader

crusaders

crusading

discussion

cyprian

deception

decision

declension

dentition

defection

deduction

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

depletion

depiction

depression

description

desertion

crystallize

detection

detention

destruction

determine

devotion

digression

diffraction

dimension

dilution

diffusion

digestion

crystallized

derision

directions

directed

direction

directive

cruzado

discretion

discipline

directly

director

directors

dispersion

disruption

dissection

dissension

distraction

distinction

distortion

diversion

disunion

division

donation

edition

dominion

downtrodden

egyptian

dorian

ejection

election

eleven

emblazon

embolden

elison

emission

emulsion

encryption

englishman

equation

emotion

enliven

enlighten

erection

erections

erecting

erector

erosion

evasion

eruption

etruscan

exaction

eviction

everyone

exception

excision

cruzados

crystalline

exclusion

excretion

exertion

excursion

exemption

expression

explosion

extension

extraction

extortion

extinction

extrusion

expulsion

exhaustion

ferryman

fenian

feminine

fijian

fireside

fisherman

foramen

forbidden

expansion

fabian

forested

forewoman

foresters

forester

forestry

foreshadow

foreshadows

forgotten

fractional

fruition

franciscan

freemason

freudian

frightfully

frustrating

galleon

garrison

gaussian

ghanaian

gentleman

genuine

gillian

gordian

gravamen

forgetful

gradation

guardian

grobian

guncotton

halcyon

hammerman

halogen

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

handwoven

heroin

heroine

heuristic

heuristics

horatian

horizon

housebroken

ignition

hydrogen

illusion

impassion

immersion

imagine

impression

in-person

inaction

inception

incision

infection

incursion

imprison

inclusion

indian

infarction

induction

inflation

inflection

infraction

infusion

infliction

insertion

injection

inscription

inhuman

injunction

inspection

intention

instruction

ingestion

intestine

implosion

inversion

intrusion

irishman

irian

irrigate

invasion

italian

invention

jamaican

jovian

julian

javelin

jettison

kantian

korean

keratin

keynesian

jacobin

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

location

lumberman

logician

lutheran

malayan

magician

mandarin

margarine

marian

lanolin

magdalen

marketplace

masculine

marketers

marketings

median

medicine

medallion

menhaden

melanin

marketer

marketing

midshipman

mexican

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

munition

moroccan

musician

muskmelon

myosin

narcotic

narcotics

nebraskan

nevadan

niacin

nemean

nobleman

nonunion

nitrogen

norwegian

nonhuman

nubian

objection

obstruction

occlusion

opinion

octillion

omission

odeon

optician

origin

ovation

nutrition

outspoken

ottoman

orion

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parasites

parachute

parisian

partition

patrician

parachutes

parthian

partisan

parakeet

parakeets

parasite

persuasion

pavilion

pentathlon

perception

pelican

percussion

perfection

perfusion

permission

permian

peristyle

persuaded

peroxide

perversion

peterman

physician

plebeian

prescription

policeman

pollution

position

porcelain

practically

preclusion

practical

precaution

precautions

practices

precession

precision

precedent

precedents

preceding

practises

preemption

predestine

prediction

phrygian

singleton

prejudice

president

pretension

presumption

prevention

presiding

promotion

probation

proceeding

proceedings

procedures

procedure

production

projection

profusion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

prosody

prostheses

prosthetic

prostitute

prostitutes

prosthetics

protean

prostatic

provision

presidents

puritan

ramadan

reaction

reception

recision

rebellion

reduction

redemption

relation

reflection

regimen

rejection

religion

remission

rendition

retention

repression

rescission

reopen

reptilian

resection

restriction

resumption

retraction

reversion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

reunion

saccharin

samoan

saleswoman

scarcity

scorpion

seclusion

scythian

sedition

selection

seduction

silicon

simian

skeleton

skyrocket

prejudgment

solution

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

stygian

submersion

subtraction

submission

subversion

subscription

suburban

suggestion

sumatran

superman

surrogate

surrogates

tactician

syrian

tamarin

talisman

targeted

technician

thespian

theorist

theorists

wesleyan

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transfusion

transcription

tragedy

tragedies

transgression

transition

translation

unbroken

unburden

transmission

trustworthy

tuition

uneven

uncertain

uncommon

unbutton

unison

uterine

vacation

tractable

vatican

unwritten

venison

variegate

varsity

vermilion

veteran

vitamin

vocation

waterman

volition

versatile

zambian

workaday

wrestler

skyrockets

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

abolition

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

accordion

acquisition

activation

abyssinian

admiration

adulation

advocation

admonition

adrenaline

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

allegation

allocation

algerian

algonquian

altercation

alternation

amputation

annexation

american

ammunition

amphibian

animation

appellation

appalachian

apparition

application

approbation

arbitration

arabian

apprehension

architecture

architectures

archdiocese

aristocrat

aristocrats

arizonan

armageddon

aldebaran

armenian

arthurian

augmentation

assyrian

assemblyman

attribution

athenian

aviation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

cancellation

canadian

californian

carcinogen

caricature

caricatures

celebration

centurion

circulation

characterized

characterize

circumspection

circumcision

circumvention

coalition

chameleon

collocation

collodion

coloradan

commendation

combination

comedian

columbian

committeeman

commutation

compensation

compilation

competition

comparison

complication

composition

concentration

comprehension

computation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confiscation

confrontation

confirmation

conflagration

conjugation

congregation

consternation

constipation

conservation

constellation

consultation

consecration

consolation

consummation

constitution

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

contribution

contravention

conversation

coronation

corp.

convocation

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

convolution

corporation

correctional

correlation

corregidor

corrugated

cotyledon

criterion

crucifixion

crocodilian

exclamation

custodian

culmination

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

dedication

defamation

definition

deformation

degradation

delegation

demarcation

dehydration

demonstration

demolition

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

crystallizes

dislocation

dereliction

deposition

desecration

designation

destitution

detonation

deviation

devolution

devonian

derivation

dietitian

diminution

diocesan

disinfection

directional

directorate

directories

directorship

disaffection

disinflation

directorships

disconnection

directory

disillusion

disputation

disposition

dissolution

divination

distribution

domination

dominican

education

draconian

duplication

emigration

dispensation

elevation

emanation

elongation

embarkation

elocution

electrician

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

ergotism

eustachian

erudition

european

estonian

evocation

evolution

excavation

execution

exhalation

exhortation

exhumation

expectation

expiration

exploitation

exploration

fabrication

explanation

explication

expedition

exposition

extrication

extradition

fascination

ferocity

figuration

fibrillation

exhibition

fluctuation

floridian

fluoridation

foliation

fallopian

formulation

forsythias

fractionally

fragmentation

glaciation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

germination

gentlewoman

forgettable

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

himalayan

hegelian

hemoglobin

hibernation

herculean

hungarian

historian

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

immigration

immolation

implantation

imperfection

implication

simulation

importation

impregnation

imputation

incrustation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

inclination

infestation

incubation

imposition

indentation

indication

indexation

indignation

indiscretion

indonesian

indecision

indigestion

infiltration

inflammation

inhalation

innovation

information

inhibition

inquisition

inspiration

installation

instigation

integration

insulation

insurrection

interaction

institution

interception

intercession

interdiction

interjection

interruption

inundation

intimation

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

introduction

intonation

introspection

invitation

invocation

intuition

irrigation

iranian

isolation

intermission

jacobean

jubilation

jurisdiction

jordanian

jurisdictions

kindergarten

machination

lancastrian

leviathan

liberian

lilliputian

librarian

liquidation

liquefaction

maccabean

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

marketplaces

maturation

medication

mediation

marketable

menstruation

melanesian

meridian

misperception

misconception

minnesotan

mitigation

modulation

missourian

mortification

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nomination

nestorian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

newtonian

nigerian

misbegotten

nonprescription

moravian

nonpartisan

obfuscation

obligation

observation

obsidian

obstetrician

oblivion

occupation

mongolian

olympian

ohioan

octahedron

orchestration

ordination

opposition

ostentation

oscillation

overburden

ovulation

prostitution

oxidation

palpitation

pagination

pagurian

paraguayan

penetration

parachuting

perforation

pedestrian

perturbation

pelagian

penicillin

permutation

perspiration

persecution

persuadable

peruvian

pavlovian

pigmentation

planarian

politician

plutonian

polynesian

population

polyhedron

prejudicial

practicable

practitioner

practitioners

praetorian

preconception

preignition

precondition

predilection

preelection

predetermine

prehistoric

premonition

preservation

presidential

relocation

presidio

presidencies

presidency

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abomination

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washingtonian

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word crustacean

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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.


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

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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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  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
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