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2 syllable words

acton

action

affine

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

bacon

baron

barren

ashen

asian

aspen

arson

atman

auden

auction

aubin

austin

bagman

baboon

bourbon

banyan

bason

baldwin

basin

baton

batten

batton

baston

bastion

bayman

billion

billon

bisson

bitten

blacken

beacon

begun

belgian

billman

beaten

bison

bracken

bollen

bargain

bludgeon

blowgun

bobbin

boatman

bolden

briton

bookman

brazen

boughten

boston

bovine

bordman

brakeman

bowman

buffin

brethren

brighten

bullion

broaden

barton

brogan

burden

broken

buffoon

burdon

burgeon

burman

burton

button

cabin

caisson

cajun

calvin

caffeine

canaan

cannon

canon

canton

canyon

captain

capon

caption

capstan

carbon

carman

chasten

carton

caution

cauldron

cavin

caxton

cayman

certain

chaplain

chiffon

carmine

chicken

cheapen

christen

dagan

chapman

chieftain

chosen

children

chopin

christian

classman

claxon

citron

clinton

coachman

churchman

coffin

colon

common

cousin

craven

craftsman

copeman

corban

coppin

cotton

cordon

coupon

covin

cowan

curtain

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cushion

cumin

dagon

bushman

daman

zaman

dalton

damson

daphne

darken

dampen

dauphin

deacon

deepen

defame

define

demon

dian

diction

divan

divine

dobbin

dobson

doctrine

dolphin

dozen

dragon

dolman

draftsman

driven

dromon

drunken

dudgeon

dungeon

dutchman

eaten

eden

dustman

earthen

elan

emption

engine

ermine

even

falcon

faction

fallen

famine

fatten

firman

fashion

fasten

faustian

flatten

fiction

fibrin

fielden

fireman

flashgun

faulcon

fission

flexion

footman

gibbon

floren

gilden

foreign

foreman

fortune

fountain

fraction

freshman

freeman

freedman

friction

frighten

frozen

gammon

gallon

fusion

garden

function

garron

german

gascon

gentian

georgian

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gluten

goodman

golden

gotten

gorgon

graven

gowan

grandson

grecian

guardsman

hasten

haven

gudgeon

hyphen

gumption

haitian

hackman

happen

hangman

harden

harken

harten

hausen

headsman

hearten

heathen

heighten

henchman

ibsen

hymen

hidden

hogan

hoven

human

hipbone

houseman

homespun

horseman

hoten

huntsman

hyson

zion

shotgun

layman

ion

jackman

jasmine

japan

jargon

jason

jawbone

jordan

kalan

kansan

kevin

jorden

junction

kitten

kitchen

kirkman

leman

klansman

laden

lagan

lampron

latin

landman

legion

landsman

lengthen

lesion

levin

leven

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

listen

linden

linen

lisbon

liman

lion

lineman

linemen

liven

locken

lockman

london

logan

loosen

loren

lumen

luncheon

lotion

lopeman

longan

lupine

lyden

maiden

lynden

minion

madden

mahone

mangan

mansion

margin

marchman

markman

marksman

marlin

mason

marten

martin

martian

matron

mayan

mention

mignon

milken

million

minden

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

mullen

muslin

motion

mountain

mutton

nation

newsman

ninon

passion

norman

notion

parson

novum

ocean

odin

often

omen

olden

onion

open

opine

oven

option

orphan

pagan

othman

outdone

outrun

packman

owen

oxen

ovum

paean

panton

organ

pardon

oarsman

pathan

passman

patron

patten

pension

penguin

pavon

pavone

peon

persian

person

pigeon

pillion

platen

platten

pinion

piston

pitman

pippin

plankton

plantain

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

potion

portman

postman

prison

prussian

proven

puffin

pullen

quicken

question

raven

rayon

ration

ravin

ravine

reason

union

rincon

refine

region

ridden

ribbon

risen

riven

roman

urson

rerun

wagon

rosen

wiccan

villain

riden

ripen

waken

robin

rosin

rotten

seton

rowan

woman

rowen

robbin

ruffin

sadden

russian

rumen

runnion

ruin

sabine

salesman

salmon

samson

santon

sanction

satan

satin

sermon

saxon

scallion

scullion

section

seaman

season

scion

scotsman

semen

seedsman

sequin

urban

rubin

sexton

shaken

shaman

shipman

shogun

sharpen

shearman

shorten

showman

shrunken

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

smitten

silken

soften

straighten

slogan

smarten

sodden

solon

soldan

station

sovereign

sovran

spartan

soybean

stallion

spoken

statesman

squadron

stallman

spokesman

sportsman

spinney

spiny

stricken

spearman

stillion

strengthen

stolen

striven

turban

steven

stockman

titan

sturgeon

suasion

sudden

suction

sullen

summon

surgeon

sultan

sunken

supine

tillman

trillion

sweeten

sylvan

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tension

swollen

thicken

tiffin

tarpon

thousand

tartan

tighten

token

toman

torsion

tubman

traction

treason

townsman

tuscan

triton

trodden

trojan

tungsten

undone

typhoon

upon

urchin

urine

version

vision

vulcan

warren

watchman

wanton

warden

weaken

women

whitson

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

wooden

woolen

worsen

woodman

woolman

workman

woven

written

yaupon

yachtsman

yeoman

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

absorption

accession

abstention

accretion

abstraction

admission

adhesion

addition

acumen

addiction

adoption

african

adrian

aegean

affection

affliction

adsorption

aggression

albion

alaskan

alderman

albumin

aleutian

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

andean

anglican

appian

anchorman

anyone

apnea

apportion

arian

ascension

aryan

artisan

artesian

aspersion

assassin

assertion

asuncion

assumption

attention

badminton

backwoodsman

attraction

audition

backgammon

attrition

australian

austrian

avena

avenue

avian

awaken

aversion

bandwagon

battalion

bedouin

bedridden

benjamin

bedizen

beethoven

beholden

biotin

bouillon

bosnian

bitumen

brazilian

bulletin

arkansan

campion

abandon

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

carrion

cartesian

cation

caucasian

causation

catalan

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

cetacean

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

carnation

charwoman

castration

chilean

commission

clarion

cinnamon

citizen

citation

cistercian

clarendon

civilian

clergyman

coercion

collection

collagen

cohesion

cognition

collegian

collision

collusion

combustion

commotion

compassion

communion

companion

completion

complexion

concession

compression

conception

compulsion

conclusion

compunction

concussion

confession

confection

conduction

connection

condition

connexion

concoction

congressman

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

conjunction

conscription

constriction

construction

contention

contusion

contortion

contrition

contraction

contraption

convection

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

corruption

corrosion

corsican

councilman

countryman

consumption

creation

crestfallen

croatian

cremation

contagion

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

decision

declension

defection

deduction

deflation

deletion

deflection

delusion

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

derision

depression

description

desertion

detection

detention

determine

destruction

devotion

diffusion

diffraction

digestion

dictation

digression

dimension

dilation

dilution

dissension

direction

dissection

discretion

discipline

discussion

disruption

dispersion

distinction

distortion

diversion

division

disunion

donation

dorian

dominion

downtrodden

ebony

elison

edition

ejection

duration

egyptian

eleven

distraction

election

elation

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

emulsion

encryption

englishman

enliven

eviction

enlighten

everyone

erection

erosion

evasion

eruption

euphony

etruscan

exaction

equation

excretion

exception

excision

exclusion

exemption

exertion

excursion

exhaustion

expansion

expression

explosion

expulsion

extension

fabian

extortion

extraction

extrusion

extinction

feminine

ferryman

fenian

fijian

filtration

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forgotten

formation

foundation

forewoman

freemason

franciscan

freudian

fruition

frustration

garrison

galleon

fustian

genuine

gentleman

gaussian

gestation

ghanaian

forbidden

gillian

gravamen

gradation

grobian

guardian

halcyon

hafnia

halogen

hammerman

gyration

handwoven

harlequin

guncotton

havana

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hawaiian

gordian

horizon

horatian

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

illusion

imagine

ignition

immersion

impression

inception

impassion

implosion

imprison

in-person

inaction

incision

incursion

inclusion

infection

inflation

infusion

infarction

infliction

inflection

infraction

ingestion

inspection

inhuman

injection

insertion

injunction

inscription

instruction

intestine

intention

intrusion

invention

invasion

inversion

irian

italian

jacobin

jamaican

irishman

javelin

jettison

keratin

jovian

julian

kantian

keynesian

lecithin

induction

lactation

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

korean

lesbian

libyan

ligation

libration

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

levana

magdalen

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

magician

marian

margarine

masculine

medallion

medicine

median

melanin

mexican

midshipman

migration

menhaden

predestine

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

moroccan

munition

muskmelon

musician

mutation

myosin

narration

nebraskan

negation

niacin

nevadan

nemean

nitrogen

nobleman

notation

nonhuman

norwegian

nonunion

nubian

parthian

nutrition

obsession

occasion

occlusion

octillion

obstruction

odeon

omission

opinion

opium

oppression

oration

ovation

optation

optician

objection

ottoman

origin

parisian

orion

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

percussion

perception

perfection

permian

permission

perfusion

peterman

perversion

persuasion

petition

phoenician

phrygian

physician

plebeian

plantation

policeman

pollution

possession

position

precession

porcelain

precaution

precision

predation

preclusion

prediction

preemption

prescription

pretension

prevention

presumption

privation

probation

procession

profession

profusion

production

progression

propulsion

projection

promotion

proportion

prostration

proscription

protean

protection

provision

puritan

quotation

ramadan

reaction

unison

recession

rebellion

reception

recision

redemption

reduction

regression

reflection

religion

rejection

remission

rendition

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

resumption

restriction

revenue

retention

reversion

revision

reunion

retraction

rifleman

revulsion

rhodopsin

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

salvation

savanna

secession

scythian

sedation

seclusion

secretion

scorpion

sedition

selection

sensation

seduction

skeleton

simian

silicon

singleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

subscription

succession

suburban

submersion

submission

subversion

subpoena

subtraction

suggestion

suppression

superman

summation

sumatran

suspension

suspicion

syrian

talisman

tactician

tamarin

technician

temptation

taxation

thespian

tiffany

timberman

toboggan

transition

tradition

transmission

transfusion

transgression

transaction

transcription

translation

truncation

tuition

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unbroken

uneven

unwritten

veteran

vatican

regimen

uterine

vacation

vibration

venison

vermilion

venetian

vitamin

vocation

volition

relation

waterman

reopen

wesleyan

zambian

indian

4 syllable words

abolition

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

accordion

acquisition

activation

adaptation

admiration

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

affirmation

adulation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

albanian

algerian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

apparition

amphibian

agitation

amputation

ammunition

animation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

annexation

application

approbation

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

arthurian

aspiration

assyrian

athenian

assemblyman

attribution

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

avocation

armenian

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

armageddon

californian

calculation

calibration

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

centurion

celebration

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

coalition

cogitation

collodion

coloradan

coloration

columbian

combination

comedian

collocation

commendation

committeeman

comparison

commutation

competition

compilation

compensation

complication

composition

comprehension

computation

concentration

condescension

condensation

confirmation

confiscation

congregation

conflagration

confrontation

conjugation

connotation

condemnation

conservation

consecration

consummation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

contrarian

contraception

contravention

contemplation

contradiction

contribution

consolation

conversation

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

corporation

correlation

convolution

cotyledon

coronation

corp.

convocation

criterion

crucifixion

crocodilian

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

businesswoman

darwinian

decimation

declaration

defamation

decoration

dedication

deconstruction

definition

delegation

degradation

deformation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deposition

deportation

depravation

derivation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

desiccation

designation

desolation

desperation

destination

destitution

detonation

devolution

devastation

decompression

deviation

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

disposition

dispensation

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

divination

draconian

dominican

domination

duplication

emanation

education

elevation

electrician

elocution

elongation

distribution

emigration

emulation

expedition

embarkation

englishwoman

eritrean

erudition

equitation

equestrian

estonian

estimation

european

eustachian

evolution

execution

evocation

excitation

excavation

exclamation

exhortation

exhalation

exhumation

exhibition

expectation

exploration

exposition

explanation

explication

exploitation

fabrication

extradition

extrication

fascination

federation

fallopian

figuration

fermentation

fibrillation

floridian

foliation

fluoridation

fluctuation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

gastrulation

germination

glaciation

expiration

gorgonian

graduation

greco-roman

gravitation

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

hemoglobin

hesitation

herculean

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hegelian

hyperion

hypertension

iberian

ideation

imitation

ibuprofen

illustration

granulation

immolation

imperfection

imposition

implication

importation

implantation

impregnation

inattention

immigration

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

incubation

incrustation

indecision

indentation

indexation

indication

indigestion

indiscretion

information

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

inhalation

inspiration

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

indignation

installation

instigation

institution

insurrection

intercession

interurban

interception

interjection

intersection

interaction

intermission

integration

interruption

interdiction

intervention

interwoven

intimation

intonation

introspection

introduction

intuition

inundation

invitation

invocation

iranian

iteration

irrigation

isolation

jacobean

irritation

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

legislation

lancastrian

insulation

librarian

levitation

liberian

leviathan

liberation

limitation

liquefaction

litigation

lilliputian

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

masturbation

maturation

medication

meditation

mediation

melanesian

meridian

menstruation

minnesotan

indonesian

ministration

missourian

miseration

misperception

misconception

mitigation

moravian

molestation

moderation

mortification

mongolian

motivation

modulation

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nigerian

niobium

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

oblivion

obsidian

obligation

observation

occupation

octahedron

obstetrician

ohioan

olympian

opposition

operation

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

orchestration

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

pagurian

pagination

paraguayan

obfuscation

penicillin

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

pavlovian

perforation

permutation

persecution

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

planarian

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

pigmentation

population

praetorian

preconception

precondition

predetermine

predilection

preelection

preparation

premonition

preignition

preservation

presentation

procreation

profanation

proclamation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protozoan

protestation

provocation

publication

punctuation

radiation

readmission

recitation

reawaken

reassertion

recantation

reclamation

realization

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

recreation

reelection

reformation

refutation

registration

regulation

relocation

relaxation

restitution

reexamine

misbegotten

repercussion

repetition

replication

repossession

reproduction

reputation

requisition

reposition

reservation

resignation

renovation

resolution

respiration

restoration

republican

resurrection

revelation

retrocession

retribution

retardation

revocation

rhetorician

revolution

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

separation

segregation

self-deception

segmentation

sequestration

shakespearean

sicilian

simulation

smithsonian

situation

speculation

statistician

strangulation

stimulation

stipulation

suffocation

substitution

supervision

superhuman

superstition

supposition

surrogation

tabulation

syndication

syncopation

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

tasmanian

titillation

subdivision

toleration

subluxation

trepidation

siberian

transformation

transportation

transplantation

tribulation

simonian

ulceration

vacillation

valerian

usurpation

utopian

vaccination

validation

variation

valuation

veneration

vegetation

ventilation

victorian

reinspection

violation

visitation

vindication

wagnerian

watermelon

reparation

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accreditation

accommodation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

affiliation

adulteration

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

amplification

anticipation

amelioration

appreciation

annihilation

appropriation

approximation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

assemblywoman

association

assassination

assimilation

attenuation

babylonian

authentication

augustinian

authorization

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carthaginian

cauterization

certification

centenarian

centralization

carolinian

clarification

civilization

classification

coagulation

codification

christianization

collaboration

cohabitation

colonization

commemoration

concatenation

conciliation

confederation

confabulation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

communication

consolidation

contamination

continuation

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Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

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


Perfect Rhymes

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

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

Imperfect Rhymes

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

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

Using Rhymes

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

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

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

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

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

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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