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

actions

acting

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

arson

ashen

apron

aspen

asian

astound

auctions

auden

asthma

atman

astounds

austin

bacon

basin

bagman

banyan

baldwin

bargain

baron

barren

barton

bason

begun

bastion

bastions

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beckon

beaten

belgian

bellman

billion

billman

bellon

bookman

billon

bitten

bludgeon

bison

blacken

boatman

blowgun

bobbin

boasting

bolden

bookstand

bollen

bowman

bracken

boston

boughten

bourbon

bordman

briton

burton

bushman

brakeman

bookstands

brethren

breton

broken

brazen

brighten

broaden

brogan

bullion

button

caisson

burgeon

caption

burden

burdon

burman

cabin

capstan

cajun

calvin

canyon

canton

canaan

cannon

canon

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

caution

caxton

cayman

citron

certain

chairman

chapman

castings

charon

chevron

chasten

chessman

cheapen

chastened

chestnut

chestnuts

children

chosen

chieftain

churchman

casting

chaplain

claxon

clinton

classman

coachman

colon

common

coasting

basting

baston

baton

crimson

cretin

copeman

corban

cordon

costume

costing

costumes

cotton

cousin

craftsman

craven

cowan

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

custom

customs

deacon

dagan

dalton

dagon

daman

damson

deafen

dampen

deaden

darken

delphian

deepen

demon

desman

destin

devon

zircon

dictum

eden

dian

disdain

disdained

disdains

distance

distant

distend

distinct

eaten

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

draftsman

dragon

driven

dromon

drunken

dungeon

dudgeon

dustman

dukedom

dutchman

earthen

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

eighteen

eighteens

esteem

eighteenth

extant

extend

extent

extends

extinct

lengthen

factions

fashion

fasten

falcon

fastened

fallen

famine

faustian

felon

faulcon

fatten

fibrin

festoon

fielden

leven

fireman

firman

flashgun

flatten

footman

floren

foreman

eyestone

freedman

freeman

fortune

fountain

freshman

frighten

frozen

foreign

fusion

gallon

gammon

garden

gascon

garron

georgian

gibbon

german

gilden

given

glidden

goodman

gluten

golden

gorgon

gladden

gotten

gowan

graven

griffon

guardsman

hidden

gudgeon

gumption

haitian

hackman

hangman

happen

harden

hasten

harken

harten

hastens

hausen

haven

headman

heathen

heaven

hearten

heighten

heightens

hempen

henchman

heron

headsman

hetman

huntsman

grandson

homespun

horseman

hogan

hoten

houseman

hoven

human

hymen

hyson

hyphen

kitten

jetson

ion

jackman

jason

jargon

jasmine

keelson

kelson

jetton

jordan

jorden

kalan

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

keystone

keystones

kirkman

kremlin

lightman

laden

lagan

klansman

lampron

landman

lactone

landsman

fighting

hosting

leaden

leaven

ledden

layman

legion

leman

lemon

lesion

fightings

lessen

lesson

lichen

lighten

lightens

lighting

lasting

linden

liken

lineman

linemen

liman

linen

lion

lisbon

listens

listing

listings

liven

lockman

london

locken

loosen

lopeman

longan

logan

lotion

loren

lynden

luncheon

m1

lumen

lyden

madden

mahone

maiden

matron

mansion

marchman

mangan

margin

martian

marksman

marron

mason

markman

marlin

marten

martin

mayan

latin

melon

melton

mignon

milken

million

minion

minden

mitten

motion

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

muffin

mountain

mullen

muslin

lightning

nekton

nation

mutton

lightnings

mustang

newsman

owen

ninon

notion

nighttime

nighttimes

norman

mustangs

ocean

oxen

octane

oarsman

onion

olden

odin

often

omen

open

option

organ

orphan

othman

oven

outdone

outrun

ousting

packman

paean

panton

pardon

pagan

parson

pectin

passion

patron

patten

passman

pastime

pastimes

pavon

peacetime

penman

penguin

perron

peon

person

portion

persian

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

pistons

plankton

plantain

platen

ponton

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

portman

pathan

nightmares

postman

posting

postings

nightmare

potion

postmark

pressman

prison

sistine

slogan

proven

smitten

question

pullen

questions

ration

raven

rayon

ragtime

reason

reckon

rectum

redden

region

rerun

resin

resting

spearman

ridden

sovran

ribbon

risen

rincon

riden

riven

selden

ripen

runnion

samson

rosin

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

sadden

saffron

saxon

salmon

salesman

rosen

sanction

satan

satin

scotsman

scullion

scallion

scion

seaman

season

santon

roman

seedsman

semen

seton

seven

shakedown

robin

sermon

sequin

shakedowns

shaken

shipman

shearman

right-hand

shaman

silken

sharpen

shrunken

shorten

shotgun

shogun

showman

sixteen

sixteens

slacken

sixteenth

siren

sixteenths

sighting

smarten

soldan

siphon

sodden

soften

solon

sovereign

spartan

roasting

sightings

spokesman

spoken

sportsman

stepson

station

statesman

stallion

stallman

steven

stiffen

stillion

striven

strengthen

stockman

stolen

straighten

sturgeon

suasion

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

surgeon

townsman

sylvan

system

sweeten

squadron

swollen

syphon

sustain

taken

tarpon

tartan

talon

tappen

tasting

sustained

tendon

teston

testing

thousand

torsion

threaten

tillman

token

tighten

titan

tightens

toman

toasting

touchdown

touchdowns

toughen

trillion

treason

trojan

triton

trodden

tubman

sustains

systems

tungsten

tuscan

undone

twisting

urson

turban

union

tastings

urban

urchin

urine

vegan

victim

villain

version

vesting

victims

vestment

vestments

weaken

vulcan

waken

warden

watchman

wagon

warren

wanton

wasting

weapon

wheaten

whiten

wisdom

woman

widen

wizen

women

wooden

woodman

written

woolman

workman

woolen

worsen

woven

yachting

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

academe

accession

accident

accidents

accretion

acetone

acumen

addition

admission

adoption

adrian

affliction

affection

aegean

adhesion

adsorption

african

aggression

alaskan

albion

albumin

aleutian

alderman

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambition

anchorman

anglican

andean

anyone

appian

apportion

arian

arkansan

assassin

assertion

ascension

artisan

aryan

asuncion

ambrosian

artesian

audition

assumption

aspersion

asthmatics

astonish

asthmatic

astounded

attention

attraction

attrition

auctioneer

auctioneers

astounding

aversion

austrian

australian

avian

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

abandon

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

begotten

besetting

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bouillon

bosnian

brazilian

compassion

bulletin

bystander

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

bystanders

carnation

cardigan

complexion

completion

cartesian

carrion

caucasian

causation

castration

cation

catalan

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

cistercian

citizen

chilean

charwoman

cinnamon

charlatan

champion

citation

civilian

clarion

clergyman

collision

collection

coercion

cognition

collegian

cohesion

collagen

commotion

collusion

commission

combustion

clarendon

communion

companion

compression

compulsion

expansion

compunction

conception

concussion

concoction

conduction

confection

confession

conclusion

condition

conflation

confucian

connection

connexion

constriction

croatian

congestion

conjunction

conscription

confusion

contention

construction

congressman

contagion

consumption

contortion

contraction

convention

conviction

contusion

convection

contraption

contrition

conversion

convulsion

corruption

corsican

costumer

costumers

corrosion

councilman

countryman

cremation

crestfallen

crustacean

cyprian

customers

customize

dalmatian

customer

deception

damnation

decision

decadent

decadents

decedent

decedents

declension

deflection

deflation

delusion

denizen

dentition

depression

depletion

derision

description

destruction

destinies

destiny

concession

detention

determine

diffraction

dimension

diffusion

digestion

dilation

dilution

digression

discipline

discretion

disdainful

dissension

disruption

dissection

dissidence

dispersion

dissident

dissidents

distances

distinction

distemper

distinctions

distraction

distortion

distinctly

distinguished

distinguish

disunion

division

diversion

edition

egyptian

dominion

duration

downtrodden

dorian

echidna

donation

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emulsion

encryption

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equation

equations

equating

eruption

erosion

distinctive

estimate

estimates

evasion

etruscan

everyone

exaction

exception

exciting

excursion

exceeding

exertion

exclusion

excretion

exemption

exhaustion

excitement

explosion

expression

laurentian

extender

extenders

extension

extensions

extensive

extinction

extinctions

extinguish

extinguished

expulsion

extrusion

extortion

extraction

fastener

fasteners

fastening

ferryman

feminine

fenian

fabian

fisherman

filtration

fijian

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

freemason

forgotten

formation

foundation

franciscan

freudian

forewoman

frustration

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gillian

gestation

ghanaian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

grobian

guardian

guesstimate

guncotton

horatian

gyration

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

hawaiian

harlequin

heroin

heroine

hesitant

hydration

horizon

housebroken

hydrogen

heartbroken

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impassion

impression

imprison

implosion

in-person

inception

infection

incision

incursion

inclusion

indian

induction

fastenings

injection

infarction

infliction

inflation

inflection

infraction

injunction

ingestion

infusion

inhuman

inscription

insertion

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

invention

invasion

inversion

intrusion

jacobin

irishman

italian

jamaican

istanbul

irian

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

laotian

lactation

lanolin

korean

lecithin

lesbian

guesstimates

libration

libyan

ligation

liechtenstein

lightening

niacin

listener

listeners

listening

lastingly

logician

locations

magician

lumberman

lutheran

macadam

malayan

magdalen

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

median

medallion

medicine

melanin

mexican

menhaden

migration

midshipman

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

narration

myosin

nebraskan

negation

nicotine

nemean

nevadan

nightingale

locating

location

notation

nobleman

nitrogen

nonunion

norwegian

nonhuman

nubian

parisian

mutation

objection

obsession

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

oppression

occident

octillion

omission

opinion

odeon

optician

oration

optation

origin

orion

ottoman

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

outspoken

position

nightmarish

oxygen

possession

nutrition

partition

patrician

pavilion

partisan

pelican

percussion

perfection

perception

pentathlon

permission

perfusion

permian

persuasion

petition

phoenician

phrygian

peterman

physician

perversion

plantation

pollution

plebeian

policeman

porcelain

parthian

positions

precession

post-mortem

preclusion

predation

precision

postnatal

postmaster

postmasters

predestine

silicon

preemption

simian

presumption

singleton

prevention

production

procession

profession

privation

probation

profusion

prescription

projection

promotion

pretension

protection

proportion

propulsion

proscription

provision

prostration

progression

puritan

questioner

questioners

questionnaire

questionnaires

quotation

reactions

ramadan

rebellion

reception

recision

reflection

reduction

redemption

rectangle

rectangles

revulsion

regimen

rescission

regression

reopen

religion

remission

rendition

relation

repression

reptilian

restriction

resumption

residence

residents

retraction

reunion

retention

reversion

resident

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

samoan

salvation

seclusion

scythian

protean

secretion

sectional

sedation

pseudonym

selection

sensation

saleswoman

scorpion

skeleton

solution

right-handed

solomon

snapdragon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

succession

submission

subtraction

subscription

suburban

subversion

succeeding

summation

suggestion

sumatran

suspicion

superman

suppression

submersion

suspension

pseudonyms

unbutton

syrian

sustenance

uncertain

tactician

taxation

talisman

tamarin

technician

unison

temptation

thespian

testament

testaments

ticketing

timberman

toboggan

toastmaster

tradition

transaction

transcription

transfusion

transgression

transition

translation

transmission

truncation

uncommon

uneven

unbroken

unburden

unwritten

uterine

vacation

vatican

vacations

venetian

veteran

vermilion

victimize

vibration

venison

visiting

vitamin

vocation

volition

vocations

waterman

wesleyan

tectonics

zambian

systemic

tectonic

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

academic

academics

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accusation

acquisition

actionable

accidental

activation

academies

adaptation

academy

adoration

admonition

admiration

adrenaline

advocation

affectation

adulation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

allegation

agrarian

algonquian

allocation

algerian

alteration

altercation

alternation

animation

annotation

amphibian

ammunition

amputation

annexation

apparition

application

appellation

appalachian

arizonan

apprehension

arbitration

approbation

arabian

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

avocation

assyrian

assemblyman

astonishing

astonishment

attribution

athenian

aviation

augmentation

backwardation

barbarian

american

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calibration

cancellation

calculation

californian

canadian

carcinogen

comparison

celebration

centurion

circumspection

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

coalition

collocation

cogitation

collodion

coloration

combination

commendation

committeeman

comedian

columbian

commutation

coloradan

compensation

competition

compilation

complication

composition

comprehension

computation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

confrontation

connotation

consecration

conjugation

conservation

consolation

constellation

constipation

congregation

consternation

constitution

consummation

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contribution

conversation

contrarian

contravention

convocation

convolution

contradiction

corinthian

coronation

copernican

copenhagen

correlation

corp.

cotyledon

corporation

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

culmination

cyclopean

customizes

customary

decimation

darwinian

dandelion

decoration

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

dedication

defamation

definition

dehydration

deformation

degradation

delegation

demarcation

demonstration

deposition

deportation

depravation

depredation

dereliction

demolition

deprivation

derivation

desiccation

desecration

designation

desolation

desperation

destination

destinations

destitution

custodian

deviation

concentration

detonation

devolution

devonian

devastation

dictionary

dictionaries

dilatation

diminution

dietitian

diocesan

disconnection

disaffection

disillusion

dislocation

disinfection

disinflation

disposition

dispensation

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

dichotomy

distinguishing

distinguishes

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

emulation

electrician

elevation

elocution

emanation

embarkation

elongation

emigration

distinctively

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

estimation

estimations

estimator

estimated

estimators

estonian

european

eustachian

estonians

evocation

evolution

estimable

excavation

exceedingly

excitation

execution

exclamation

exhibition

exhalation

exhortation

exhumation

expiration

exploration

exposition

expedition

explanation

explication

exploitation

extendible

expectation

extenuate

extensively

extradition

extrication

extinguishment

extinguisher

fascination

fallopian

federation

fibrillation

fermentation

figuration

fluctuation

foliation

floridian

fluoridation

fabrication

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

granulation

hemoglobin

hesitation

herculean

hesitancy

hesitantly

hibernation

himalayan

extinguishers

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

ibuprofen

ideation

imitation

immigration

illustration

immolation

imperfection

implication

imposition

importation

implantation

impregnation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

incubation

incrustation

indication

indecision

indentation

indexation

indiscretion

indigestion

indignation

indonesian

inclination

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

information

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

insurrection

inspiration

insulation

installation

instigation

institution

integration

interaction

interception

interdiction

intersection

intercession

interjection

intermission

interruption

intervention

interurban

interwoven

intimation

intonation

invocation

intuition

inundation

introduction

introspection

iranian

iteration

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jacobean

jurisdiction

jubilation

jordanian

invitation

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

legitimate

legitimize

isotonic

levitation

leviathan

librarian

liberation

liberian

limitation

lilliputian

liquidation

litigation

liquefaction

nonpartisan

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

machination

macedonian

maturation

manumission

mammalian

malnutrition

masturbation

malformation

mediation

meditation

melanesian

meridian

menstruation

ministration

minnesotan

misconception

misbegotten

misdemeanor

misdemeanors

miseration

mitigation

missourian

misperception

moderation

mortification

modulation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

motivation

medication

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nicaraguan

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

nomination

noblewoman

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

occidental

octahedron

operation

olympian

ohioan

opposition

ordination

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

ostensible

ostensibly

overburden

ovulation

pagination

oxidation

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pelagian

pavlovian

pedestrian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

pigmentation

planarian

population

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

plutonian

peruvian

praetorian

posthumously

preconception

precondition

predilection

preignition

premonition

preparation

predetermine

preservation

presentation

preelection

procreation

profanation

proclamation

prohibition

prosecution

proposition

prostitution

provocation

protestation

protozoan

punctuation

questionable

realization

radiation

readmission

reassertion

reawaken

recantation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

recitation

reconstruction

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siberian

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termination

testimony

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testimonies

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toleration

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transportation

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valerian

validation

vaccination

valuation

utopian

variation

vacillation

vegetation

veneration

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victorian

vindication

violation

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

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abbreviation

abomination

academically

academician

acceleration

accommodation

academicians

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accumulation

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administration

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proletarian

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pronunciation

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sterilization

stratification

subordination

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testamentary

testimonial

testimonials

theologian

systematically

triangulation

unification

unitarian

vaporization

utilization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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


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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
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
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  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
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