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

acton

action

airman

alan

alman

amman

arching

argent

apron

arraign

aspen

ashen

asian

atman

bagman

auction

auden

austin

bacon

banyan

baldwin

baston

bason

baton

batten

bastion

basin

batton

beacon

beckon

bellman

beaten

belgian

bison

bayman

begun

billion

bellon

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

blowgun

bludgeon

bordman

boughten

bourbon

boatman

bolden

bookman

bowman

bracing

brackens

brighten

brazen

break-in

brethren

breton

breaking

breakneck

breeching

broaden

briton

broken

brakeman

brogan

broking

brougham

browsing

brushing

dalton

burden

burdon

burgeon

bullion

burman

burton

bushman

button

calvin

cabin

captain

caisson

cajun

chairman

canyon

cannon

canton

canon

capstan

canaan

caption

caution

cauldron

certain

caxton

cayman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chessman

chasten

cheapen

chicken

chevron

chieftain

chosen

christen

christian

churchman

children

classman

claxon

citron

clinton

coachman

colon

copeman

coursing

cousin

cowan

cracking

craftsman

craven

crashing

creaking

crescent

cretin

crimson

crewman

crossing

crossings

crescents

curtain

crouton

cuban

cumin

cushion

zircons

dagan

crushing

dagon

dampen

damson

gumption

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

deerskin

deepen

demon

delphian

desman

devon

dian

diction

doctrine

drachmas

dozen

dragon

draftsman

dragons

drachma

dragging

dragnet

dragnets

dressing

elan

dressings

dudgeon

drunken

dungeon

dustman

driven

dromon

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

engine

emption

ensign

ermine

hangman

drugging

forging

fountain

fibrin

faction

famine

fasten

fatten

faustian

fashion

fearsome

felon

fielden

firman

firkins

foregone

fission

flatten

footman

flashgun

forcing

flexion

foreskin

foreseen

forgings

fortune

foursome

fiction

fraction

fragment

frighten

freshman

frequent

freshen

freedman

frequents

freshens

freezing

friction

guardsman

gallon

frogmouths

function

frogmouth

frozen

fusion

gammon

hackman

georgian

georgians

german

gentian

gibbon

gilden

given

gladden

glidden

golden

goodman

glisten

gluten

gorgons

gowan

grandson

graven

grazing

grecian

gudgeon

griffon

gruesome

morgans

fragments

freaking

freeman

haitian

headman

hasten

haven

headsman

hausen

heaven

heathen

heighten

hempen

henchman

heron

hetman

hidden

hessian

hogan

homespun

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

kitten

happen

huntsman

hymen

hyson

hyphen

ibsen

horseman

leaden

ion

jackman

irksome

jasmine

jerking

jerkins

jetson

jason

jetton

keelson

kansan

junction

klansman

kalan

lagan

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kitchen

lampron

kremlin

laden

krishna

landman

landsman

latin

lotion

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

lengthen

legion

lesion

liven

lightman

lighten

liman

linden

lineman

linemen

lion

lisbon

linen

listen

longan

london

lopeman

logan

loosen

lorgnette

lyden

lorgnettes

luncheon

lumen

mansion

lynden

m1

madden

mahone

mangan

maiden

marching

marron

mayan

matron

mason

melon

melton

layman

mention

merchant

merchants

merging

merkin

milken

minden

mignon

million

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

mountain

muffin

mullen

motion

mutton

muslin

nekton

nation

newsman

ninon

othman

nursing

oarsman

notion

outdone

odin

often

ocean

onion

olden

open

option

omen

organs

outrun

oven

packman

owen

panton

pagan

paean

parchment

portion

passman

passion

patten

pathan

patron

pectin

percents

penman

pension

penguin

peon

percent

perchance

perkins

portman

perkin

perron

person

persian

persons

persians

piercing

pigeon

plantain

plankton

pinion

piston

pitman

platen

platten

pillion

poison

phrasing

postman

potion

preaching

pregnant

precincts

presence

present

pressman

presents

pressing

prison

prisons

prism

prisms

presumes

presume

proven

prussian

pullen

purging

quicken

question

ration

rayon

raven

reason

reckon

redden

region

precinct

rerun

resin

riden

ribbon

ridden

ripen

rincon

risen

riven

roman

runnion

russian

sadden

saffron

rosen

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

salmon

salesman

samson

santon

sanction

satan

scotsman

saxon

satin

scallion

scion

scorching

scullion

seaman

searching

season

selden

section

seedsman

sergeants

sequin

sermon

session

shaken

seton

seven

shaman

sexton

shearman

shipman

shogun

shrunken

silken

sicken

showman

siphon

slogan

smitten

soldan

solon

sorghum

spearman

spoken

sportsman

spokesman

stallion

stallman

statesman

station

stepson

steven

stillion

stiffen

stolen

straighten

sturgeon

strengthen

stricken

striven

suasion

tighten

sudden

suction

sullen

sultan

sunken

summon

surgeon

surgeons

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

token

tappen

semen

syphon

taken

talon

tendon

teston

tension

thicken

titan

thousand

tillman

threaten

thrashing

toman

torsion

toughen

traction

urban

townsman

treasons

undone

treason

tricking

trillion

triton

tubman

turban

trucking

tungsten

trojan

trojans

tracing

union

urchin

urine

urchins

urson

urgent

vegan

version

versions

villain

virgin

virgins

wanton

wagon

waken

vision

watchman

weaken

weapon

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

whitson

woodman

woolman

wheaten

working

woman

women

wooden

woolen

workings

workman

worsen

yachtsman

yaupon

zion

worsens

woven

written

yeoman

zaman

wrecking

3 syllable words

abortion

abrasion

abduction

abdomen

abstraction

ablation

ablution

absorption

abstention

accession

accretion

acumen

addiction

addition

admission

adhesion

adoption

adrian

adsorption

affection

affliction

african

aegean

alaskan

aggression

alderman

albion

albumin

aleutian

allusion

alien

alsatian

ambrosian

ambition

anchorman

andean

anglican

arian

anyone

appian

apportion

arachnid

arachnids

archangel

archangels

argentine

argentines

argonaut

argonauts

argument

arguments

arkansan

arkansans

arsenals

arsenal

arrogance

arrogant

arraignment

arraignments

arsenic

arsenide

artisan

artesian

arsonist

arsonists

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assertion

attention

attraction

awaken

audition

aversion

austrian

attrition

australian

avian

assumption

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

asuncion

bandwagon

bargainer

bargainers

battalion

biotin

bedizen

beethoven

beholden

bedouin

benjamin

bedridden

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

brazenly

brigantine

abandon

bulletin

burgundy

burgundies

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

cartesian

carrion

caressing

carousing

castration

catalan

caucasian

causation

cation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

cinnamon

clarion

chilean

circumcise

circumference

circumscribe

citation

civilian

citizen

circumvent

circumstance

circumvents

clarendon

collagen

cistercian

coercion

cognition

circumspect

collection

clergyman

cohesion

collegian

collision

collusion

combustion

commission

companion

commotion

communion

compassion

compulsion

compression

complexion

completion

compunction

conception

contortion

concussion

conclusion

concoction

condition

conduction

confection

confession

conflation

confucian

contagion

confusion

congestion

connection

connexion

congressman

conjunction

conscription

constriction

construction

consumption

conversion

contraption

contraction

contention

contrition

concession

convection

conviction

convulsion

contusion

convention

councilman

correction

corrosion

corsican

countryman

corruption

creation

cremation

cross-country

croatian

crestfallen

cyprian

crustacean

crescendo

darkening

gyration

dalmatian

damnation

decision

declension

deception

deduction

defection

deflection

deflation

deletion

delusion

denizen

dilation

dilution

depiction

dentition

depletion

depression

derision

desertion

detection

destruction

description

detention

determine

diffraction

digestion

devotion

diffusion

digression

dictation

dimension

dissection

direction

discipline

discussion

discretion

dissension

dispersion

disruption

distortion

distraction

distinction

disunion

diversion

dorian

dominion

donation

downtrodden

duration

dressmaking

division

edition

election

ejection

elation

egyptian

eleven

dressmakers

emblazon

embolden

emulsion

emission

emotion

encryption

enlighten

englishman

enliven

erection

erosion

elison

equation

eruption

etruscan

eurasian

dressmaker

everyone

eviction

evasion

exaction

excision

exception

excursion

exertion

exhaustion

excretion

exemption

expansion

franciscan

exclusion

expression

explosion

expulsion

extension

extinction

extortion

extraction

fabian

extrusion

ferryman

feminine

fenian

fisherman

fijian

filtration

fixation

foramen

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

foreigner

foreigners

forewoman

forgotten

formation

foundation

freemason

frequency

frequencies

frequently

moroccan

freudian

galleon

fustian

frustration

fruition

garrison

gaussian

ghanaian

gillian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

gordian

gravamen

gradation

grobian

fragmented

guncotton

halogen

hammerman

harlequin

heartbroken

hawaiian

harassment

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

horizons

housebroken

handwoven

horsemanship

hydration

hurricane

hurricanes

hydrogen

ignition

laurentian

immersion

in-person

impression

impassion

implosion

imprison

inaction

incursion

inclusion

incision

inception

insertion

indian

infraction

infarction

induction

infection

inflection

instruction

inflation

infliction

injection

inscription

infusion

inhuman

ingestion

injunction

inspection

illusion

intention

intrusion

intestine

inversion

invasion

invention

irian

irishman

italian

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

jettison

imagine

julian

kantian

keratin

jovian

korean

kerosene

keynesian

lactation

lanolin

laotian

libration

lesbian

lecithin

ligation

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

malayan

mandarin

malaysian

magdalen

magician

margarine

marconi

marginal

marian

marksmanship

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

mercantile

menhaden

merchandise

mexican

migration

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moroccans

halcyon

regression

myosin

muskmelon

munition

musician

mutation

nebraskan

narration

negation

nemean

niacin

nevadan

nitrogen

nonunion

nonhuman

nobleman

obstruction

norwegians

notation

norwegian

nubian

nourishment

nourishing

nutrition

objection

obsession

ottoman

occasion

odeon

optician

octillion

oppression

optation

opinion

omission

oration

organelles

organic

organics

organist

organize

organum

organized

origin

orion

origins

outspoken

occlusion

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

paragon

parisian

parsonage

parthian

partition

partisan

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

percentage

perception

percussion

perfection

permian

permission

personnel

personal

personals

persona

petition

persuasion

peterman

perversion

physician

phrygian

plantation

perfusion

phoenician

plebeian

pollution

policeman

porcelain

position

possession

precision

preconceive

preclusion

precaution

precession

pragmatists

projection

pragmatic

predation

prediction

pregnancy

preemption

pregnancies

pragmatist

prescient

prescription

prescience

presenter

presences

presenters

presently

presentment

proscription

presumption

presumptions

privation

procession

probation

production

predestine

pretension

prevention

prisoner

prisoners

progeny

proconsul

progression

profession

profusion

prognoses

promotion

proportion

propulsion

protection

protean

prostration

provision

proximal

proximate

puritan

pursuant

quotation

pyroxene

ramadan

presumptive

reduction

reaction

recession

recision

reception

rebellion

redemption

reflection

regimen

rejection

stygian

religion

remission

rendition

resection

repression

rhodopsin

reptilian

reversion

revulsion

rescission

revision

restriction

resumption

retraction

reunion

retention

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

saracens

sarasin

sarcoma

scorpion

secretion

scythian

secession

seclusion

selection

sedation

seduction

sedition

subscription

relation

sensation

silicon

simian

skeleton

singleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

starvation

stagnation

subversion

subtraction

suburban

reopen

submission

succession

suggestion

sumatran

superman

suppression

summation

suspension

suspicion

unburden

submersion

syrian

tactician

tamarin

talisman

taxation

technician

temptation

tiresome

toboggan

timberman

thespian

tradition

transaction

uncertain

transcription

transition

transgression

translation

transmission

truncation

tuition

truism

transfusion

unbroken

unbutton

uncommon

unwritten

uneven

unison

uterine

urgency

vacation

urgently

vatican

venetian

venison

vibration

veteran

vitamin

vocation

volition

virginal

warehousing

waterman

wearisome

vermilion

wesleyan

zambian

workmanship

worrisome

workmanlike

4 syllable words

aberration

abolition

abdication

abrogation

absolution

abnegation

abyssinian

accordion

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

admiration

admonition

adoration

adulation

advocation

adrenaline

affirmation

affectation

agrarian

alabaman

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

albanian

aldebaran

algonquian

algerian

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

amphibian

ammunition

amputation

animation

annexation

apparition

appellation

appalachian

annotation

application

approbation

arabian

arbitration

apprehension

archenemy

argentina

argentinas

arizonan

arizonans

armenian

armageddon

arrogantly

arthurian

aspiration

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

assemblyman

aviation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

broken-winded

businesswoman

calibration

californian

calculation

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

carcinoma

carcinogens

celebration

centurion

chameleon

charismatics

circulation

circumcision

chrysanthemum

chrysanthemums

circumvention

coloradan

circumspection

cogitation

coalition

circumstances

collocation

circumstantial

coloration

collodion

charismatic

columbian

combination

comedian

commendation

comparison

commutation

committeeman

compensation

competition

complication

compilation

composition

comprehension

computation

concentration

burgomaster

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

consummation

connotation

conjugation

consecration

conservation

congregation

consternation

consolation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

contrarian

contradiction

contraception

contravention

burgomasters

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

corp.

corporation

correlation

coronation

corinthian

contemplation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

copernican

crucifixion

custodian

cyclopean

culmination

cultivation

copenhagen

darwinian

dandelion

declaration

european

decoration

deformation

definition

dehydration

dedication

defamation

degradation

delegation

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

deposition

depravation

depredation

derivation

dilatation

deprivation

diocesan

dereliction

desecration

desiccation

designation

desolation

desperation

destitution

dietitian

devolution

devonian

devastation

deviation

detonation

destination

diminution

disaffection

decimation

disconnection

disillusion

deconstruction

disinfection

eustachian

dislocation

disposition

disinflation

dispensation

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

distribution

education

decompression

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

dissolution

electrician

elevation

divination

embarkation

elocution

elongation

emanation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

eritrean

equestrian

erudition

equitation

estimation

evocation

evolution

estonian

excavation

exhibition

execution

exhalation

exhortation

excitation

expedition

exclamation

exploration

exposition

exploitation

extrication

extradition

fabrication

fallopian

federation

fascination

fermentation

figuration

explication

floridian

expectation

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

fibrillation

formulation

explanation

fragmentary

expiration

galilean

fumigation

gargantuan

gastrulation

gentlewoman

generation

germination

gregorian

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

graduation

gravitation

greco-roman

fragmentation

guatemalan

habitation

exhumation

hegelian

herculean

hemoglobin

heroism

historian

hibernation

himalayan

hesitation

horizontal

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

ibuprofen

ideation

laceration

immigration

imitation

immolation

imperfection

importation

imposition

implication

implantation

impregnation

imputation

incarnation

inattention

incantation

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indentation

indexation

indication

indigestion

indiscretion

indignation

indonesian

inflammation

infiltration

infestation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

information

inspiration

installation

instigation

institution

insurrection

interaction

integration

insulation

intersection

interception

intercession

interurban

interdiction

interjection

intermission

interruption

illustration

litigation

interwoven

intimation

introduction

introspection

intervention

intonation

intuition

invocation

invitation

iranian

iteration

irrigation

irritation

jacobean

isolation

jordanian

jurisdiction

jubilation

lancastrian

kindergarten

leviathan

legislation

liberian

liberation

levitation

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

machination

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

macedonian

maraschino

mammalian

marginally

marijuana

maturation

masturbation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

mercenary

mercenaries

menstruation

meridian

merchandiser

merchandisers

merchandising

minnesotan

ministration

misbegotten

misconception

miseration

inundation

missourian

modulation

misperception

mitigation

molestation

mongolian

moravian

moderation

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

newtonian

nigerian

nestorian

nicaraguan

nonpartisan

nomination

nonprescription

noblewoman

observation

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

organism

occupation

organismic

octahedron

operation

opposition

olympian

orchestration

ordination

organically

organisms

ohioan

organizer

organizers

organizes

original

originate

originates

oscillation

originals

ostentation

overburden

oxidation

ovulation

parsimony

pagurian

palpitation

pagination

paraguayan

parishioner

parisians

parishioners

parisienne

parsonages

pedestrian

pavlovian

penetration

penicillin

pelagian

percentages

polynesian

motivation

personally

personable

personifies

personify

persecution

perspiration

personalized

perturbation

peruvian

permutation

inhalation

planarian

politician

polyhedron

plutonian

perforation

population

praetorian

regulation

prohibition

personalize

pigmentation

preconception

proposition

pragmatism

predilection

predetermine

preelection

preignition

premonition

preparation

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yugoslavian

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How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

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

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

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

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
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