Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word direction.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 direction.
2 syllable words

acton

airman

akin

alan

airstrips

alban

airstrip

alman

amman

apron

arcade

arcades

archduke

arctic

asian

arrest

arrests

argot

aroused

ashen

arson

aspen

aspirin

atman

aubin

auction

auden

austin

beckon

bacon

bagman

banyan

baldwin

bargain

baron

basin

bason

bastion

baston

barren

baton

barton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

begin

begun

belgian

bellman

bellon

bisson

billion

billman

berlin

billon

bison

bidden

bitten

bookman

blacken

bludgeon

bordman

boatman

bodkin

bolden

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

brethren

boston

bourbon

bracken

breton

boughten

breakdowns

bracket

brakeman

breakdown

brazen

break-in

brackets

breakthrough

breasted

breasting

breakthroughs

brahmin

breastplate

bristle

bowman

brisket

capstan

caption

bristles

brigades

brigade

briton

bristol

brighten

broaden

brookside

broken

brogan

brucite

bruin

buckskin

burden

bumpkin

buffin

burgeon

burdon

burman

burton

bushman

caisson

cajun

button

cabin

brocades

calkin

calvin

canaan

cannon

canton

canon

canyon

brocade

caplin

brightens

captain

brightly

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

carlin

cauldron

caxton

certain

caution

cayman

cavin

chagrin

chairman

chessman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chevron

chasten

cherished

cheapen

chicken

chieftain

children

christen

churchman

christian

christians

chosen

circuit

circuits

citron

citrin

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

cochin

coffin

colon

colin

collin

common

corrects

copeman

corban

cordon

corkwood

correct

coppin

cotton

corset

craftsman

cousin

craven

crested

cowan

crimson

cresting

cricket

crickets

crispin

cretin

crewman

covin

crochet

crooked

crouton

crusades

crusade

croquet

zircon

crustal

crusted

crystal

cushion

crystals

cumin

curtain

daman

dagan

dagon

dahlin

dalton

damson

dampen

deaden

deafen

darken

deacon

dauphin

deepen

deerskin

cuban

delphian

demon

bullion

desman

destin

devon

dextrin

dian

directs

direct

dobson

dobbin

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dragon

doorsteps

doyen

doorstep

drastic

dudgeon

driven

dungeon

drunken

dromon

driest

dublin

drugstore

drugstores

dutchman

dustman

dustbin

earshot

earthen

eaten

eden

elfin

elan

ensign

emption

engine

erect

erased

ergot

ermine

erin

ermin

erstwhile

ergots

even

erects

falcon

fashion

fasten

faulcon

faustian

famine

fatten

fallen

felon

firman

firstborn

fielden

fireman

firestone

fission

flashgun

flatten

firstly

first-rate

flavin

florin

footman

floren

forgets

foreman

foreskin

foreign

forestall

forestalls

forest

forests

forget

fibrin

forgot

function

crusty

grecian

forster

fractions

fortune

fountain

franklin

freedman

freeman

fortin

frictions

freshman

frighten

frigid

frigates

frightful

freighters

freighter

frigate

frightens

frosted

frozen

frostbite

fructose

frosting

fracture

fusion

frustrates

frustrate

gallon

gammon

frostings

garden

garron

frosty

gascon

german

gilden

georgian

gibbon

freestone

glisten

given

gladden

glidden

gluten

gorgon

goblin

goodman

gorgets

gotten

gowan

grandson

graven

golden

going

greasewood

griffon

horseman

griffin

haitian

gumption

guardsman

gudgeon

hackman

hangman

happen

harassed

harden

harken

hasten

haven

harten

hausen

headman

headsman

hempen

henchman

heaven

gristle

heathen

heighten

herein

heron

hetman

hidden

hearten

hogan

hirsute

homespun

horsehead

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

horsetails

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

fractures

horsetail

jackman

ion

jargon

jetson

jason

jasmine

jetton

jordan

junction

jurist

jurists

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kansan

kalan

jorden

kenyan

kevin

legion

kirkman

kremlin

kitchen

klansman

landman

kitten

laden

lagan

lakin

lampron

landsman

lessen

leaden

ledden

lesson

latin

layman

leman

leaven

lemon

lengthen

lesion

laurin

levin

leven

lichen

liken

lightman

lignin

lighten

liman

linden

lineman

linemen

linen

lockman

listen

linchpin

lisbon

locken

liven

logan

luncheon

lotion

london

loosen

lopeman

longan

loren

lumen

lion

lyden

lynden

mahone

m1

madden

maiden

mansion

marchman

malkin

mangan

margin

market

marksman

markman

markets

marron

marlin

martian

mason

marten

maslin

matron

martin

maudlin

mayan

melon

melton

merkin

mignon

milken

million

minion

merlin

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

morin

mormon

motion

nation

muslin

muffin

mullen

mountain

napkin

mutton

nekton

newsman

notion

ninon

norman

ocean

oarsman

odin

often

olden

omen

onion

open

option

orchid

organ

orphan

orchids

othman

outdone

outrun

oven

lyrist

packman

minden

panton

pagan

prussian

owen

oxen

parson

parquet

passion

passman

pectin

penman

pathan

patten

paulin

pavon

patron

person

persian

penguin

perkin

perron

paean

peon

persuades

plantain

persuade

pigeon

plankton

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

pipkin

pigskin

pippin

pardon

platen

platten

portion

poison

pollan

portman

ponton

potion

pollen

poplin

postman

practiced

practise

practice

precedes

prejudge

precede

preside

pressman

presto

prestige

prison

pristine

priesthood

priestly

proctor

proceed

proceeds

proctors

prostrate

prostate

pullen

proven

pumpkin

puffin

punkin

purist

pursuits

purists

question

quicken

presides

raisin

ration

rayon

ravin

reason

reckon

redden

redskin

region

pursuit

resin

rerun

rincon

raven

ridden

risen

riven

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowan

robbin

ronin

rowen

season

rubin

runnion

ribbon

russian

sadden

rumen

saffron

salesman

samson

salmon

sanguine

saxon

scallion

scullion

satan

satin

scotsman

seaman

scion

santon

selden

ruin

semen

sexton

sermon

sequin

seton

seven

shaken

shahin

shaman

sharpen

shipman

shearman

shorten

sheepskin

shogun

shotgun

showman

shrunken

sicken

silken

siphon

siren

siskin

seedsman

quintin

ruffin

smitten

smarten

soldan

slogan

sodden

soften

smoothen

spartan

spearman

solon

sovereign

sovran

slacken

strengthen

spokesman

station

statesman

stallion

straighten

stallman

stepson

stillion

stockman

stiffen

steven

stolen

stricken

sturgeon

suasion

striven

spoken

sportsman

squadron

sudden

sultan

sullen

surgeon

sunken

summon

taken

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

talon

tappen

tendon

termine

tarpon

tartan

teston

thicken

threaten

therein

thousand

thirsty

threadfin

tillman

tiffin

target

targets

thursday

thursdays

thrusting

throughout

thruster

thrusters

tighten

torsion

token

toughen

toman

tourist

tourists

townsman

tractor

titan

trestle

treason

tractors

trickster

tricksters

trillion

trojan

triton

trusting

trusty

trustees

tubman

turban

tungsten

tuscan

turpin

turgid

urson

urchin

undone

urban

union

urine

version

vegan

verdin

vermin

villain

trodden

truncheon

trustee

vixen

vision

vulcan

waken

wagon

wanton

warden

warren

watchman

weaken

weapon

virgin

workman

worsen

whitson

within

woodman

woolman

wherein

woman

wheaten

whiten

wizen

wiccan

wooden

widen

woolen

workday

workdays

wrestle

women

woven

worsted

wrestling

yachtsman

written

yaupon

wrestlers

wrestles

zaman

yeoman

zion

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abandon

abortion

abstraction

accession

abrasion

abstention

absorption

accretion

adoption

addiction

admission

addition

adhesion

acumen

aegean

adrian

adsorption

aerostat

aerostats

affliction

african

aggression

albion

alaskan

albumin

allusion

aleutian

alien

alderman

alsatian

ambition

andean

anglican

anyone

ambrosian

anchorman

appian

archetype

archetypal

archetypes

architects

architect

architrave

ascension

arresting

arian

arkansan

artesian

artisan

aryan

arrogate

aspersion

assertion

assassin

bedouin

assumption

attention

attraction

attrition

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

avian

awaken

badminton

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandwagon

barricades

barricade

battalion

barristers

barrister

bedridden

asuncion

bedizen

beethoven

begotten

beholden

apportion

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

breakwater

capsaicin

bulletin

bufferin

campion

cambrian

cardigan

castration

carnation

carrion

cartesian

catalan

cation

caucasian

causation

cessation

cetacean

chairwoman

champion

chairperson

character

chamberlain

characters

charlatan

charwoman

cherrystone

cherrystones

charcuterie

christianize

christendom

cinnamon

citation

cistercian

citizen

clandestine

chilean

civilian

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

cognition

cohesion

coercion

collegian

collision

collusion

collagen

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

companion

compunction

compassion

complexion

compression

completion

compulsion

conception

concession

concussion

conduction

concoction

condition

conclusion

confection

confession

congestion

conflation

confucian

confusion

congressman

conjunction

conscription

constriction

construction

contrition

contagion

consumption

contention

contraction

contraption

contortion

convention

corrosion

contusion

convection

conviction

convulsion

conversion

corrective

correctly

corrugate

corsican

deception

cruzados

deduction

councilman

crestfallen

countryman

creation

cremation

croatian

creosote

crocheting

crusading

crocodile

crusaders

crusader

crustacean

crustaceans

cruzado

crocodiles

crystalline

curmudgeon

deflection

dalmatian

cyprian

declension

damnation

decision

deletion

crystallized

crystallize

deflation

delusion

denizen

depiction

dentition

depletion

depression

derision

description

desertion

diffraction

dictation

detention

destruction

determine

devotion

digression

diffusion

digestion

dilation

dimension

directive

directly

dissension

director

directors

discretion

discipline

distraction

discussion

dilution

dispersion

disruption

distinction

distortion

diversion

disunion

division

donation

downtrodden

dorian

exception

duration

ejection

edition

elison

egyptian

elation

eleven

dominion

emission

emotion

encryption

emulsion

englishman

equation

embolden

enlighten

enliven

erecting

emblazon

eviction

everyone

erector

erosion

eruption

etruscan

eurasian

evasion

exaction

examine

excision

exclusion

excretion

excursion

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

expression

explosion

expulsion

extension

extraction

extortion

extinction

extrusion

fabian

feminine

fenian

ferryman

filtration

fijian

fireside

flotation

fixation

fisherman

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

foreshadow

foreshadows

forester

forested

foresters

forestry

forgetful

formation

exemption

foundation

fractional

franciscan

freemason

garrison

freudian

frightfully

fruition

frustration

frustrations

fustian

galleon

frustrating

gestation

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

gaussian

globulin

glycogen

gradation

gravamen

gordian

gyration

guncotton

guardian

grobian

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

heroin

hawaiian

heroine

heuristics

heuristic

horizon

heartbroken

housebroken

hydration

humulin

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impassion

impression

jamaican

imprison

inception

inaction

incision

injection

inclusion

injunction

incursion

inscription

indian

induction

infection

infarction

inflation

inflection

infraction

infliction

ingestion

infusion

inhuman

insertion

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

implosion

irishman

intrusion

irian

irrigate

italian

jettison

javelin

jessamine

in-person

jovian

kantian

keratin

julian

keynesian

lactation

korean

lanolin

laotian

jacobin

lecithin

layperson

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

marian

magician

magdalen

malayan

malaysian

mannequin

mandarin

margarine

marketing

marketings

marketers

marketplace

masculine

marketer

medallion

median

medicine

mexican

menhaden

melanin

migration

midshipman

mistaken

misshapen

misprision

moleskin

moccasin

misfortune

moroccan

musician

mutation

myosin

munition

negation

myrmidon

muskmelon

narcotics

narcotic

nebraskan

niacin

nevadan

nemean

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nubian

objection

nutrition

obsession

obstruction

occlusion

occasion

octillion

odeon

omission

oration

optation

optician

opinion

oppression

ovation

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

paladin

parachute

parachutes

parakeet

parakeets

parasite

parisian

partition

parthian

partisan

patrician

pavilion

pelican

peroxide

permian

perfusion

pentathlon

peristyle

perversion

persuasion

petition

phoenician

phrygian

peterman

physician

persuaded

plantation

plebeian

precaution

precautions

policeman

possession

position

porcelain

practical

precedents

pollution

practices

practises

precedent

practically

precession

preclusion

precision

predation

preemption

prediction

predestine

prejudgment

prejudice

preceding

prescription

parasites

projection

presiding

presumption

pretension

prevention

production

privation

probation

procession

proceedings

proceeding

progression

profession

profusion

promotion

puritan

procedure

procedures

proscription

proportion

propulsion

protean

prostration

prostheses

prosthetic

prosthetics

prostitute

prostitutes

prostatic

president

presidents

provision

prosody

revulsion

quotation

ramadan

rhodopsin

reaction

reception

recession

rebellion

redemption

recision

relation

religion

regimen

reflection

rejection

reduction

regression

retention

retraction

rendition

repression

remission

reptilian

reopen

restriction

rescission

resumption

reversion

revision

rifleman

reunion

rotation

saccharin

salvation

samoan

saleswoman

secession

sarasin

scythian

scarcity

scorpion

secretion

seclusion

sedation

sedition

seduction

sensation

silicon

simian

skeleton

singleton

skyrocket

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

transcription

solution

subtraction

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

succession

subscription

subversion

suggestion

suburban

suppression

superman

surrogate

surrogates

suspension

summation

tactician

talisman

suspicion

syrian

tamarin

sumatran

taxation

technician

temptation

thespian

theorists

theorist

timberman

toboggan

targeted

transaction

transgression

transition

translation

transmission

tractable

tradition

tragedy

tragedies

transfusion

skyrockets

truncation

vibration

trusteeship

trustworthy

tuition

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

uncommon

unwritten

uneven

uncertain

underpin

unison

uterine

veteran

vacation

venison

variegate

vermilion

vatican

venetian

versatile

vanillin

varsity

vocation

volition

vitamin

waterman

wesleyan

workaday

wrestler

violin

zeppelin

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

absolution

acquisition

acclamation

acclimation

abyssinian

accordion

accusation

adaptation

adoration

activation

admiration

admonition

adrenaline

adrenalin

advocation

affectation

adulation

affirmation

allocation

aggregation

agrarian

agitation

aggravation

alabaman

aldebaran

allegation

algonquian

algerian

albanian

apparition

alteration

altercation

alternation

annexation

ammunition

american

amphibian

animation

annotation

appellation

appalachian

amputation

application

apprehension

approbation

arabian

arbitration

archdiocese

architectures

architecture

arizonan

aspiration

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aristocrat

aristocrats

assemblyman

attribution

avocation

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

assyrian

athenian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

bradykinin

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

cancellation

canadian

californian

carcinogen

caricature

caricatures

centurion

celebration

chameleon

characterize

characterized

circumspection

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

coloration

coalition

collocation

cogitation

collodion

coloradan

columbian

combination

comedian

commutation

committeeman

comparison

complication

comprehension

competition

composition

compilation

compensation

computation

concentration

condescension

condemnation

condensation

confirmation

confrontation

conflagration

confiscation

congregation

conjugation

conservation

consternation

constitution

consolation

consummation

constellation

constipation

consultation

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

contemplation

contribution

conversation

corinthian

corp.

convocation

convolution

coronation

copernican

corporation

copenhagen

connotation

correlation

corregidor

consecration

corrugated

criterion

crucifixion

defamation

crocodilian

imperfection

cultivation

decoration

cyclopean

dandelion

declaration

dedication

decimation

crystallizes

custodian

decompression

deconstruction

darwinian

definition

culmination

delegation

demolition

deformation

degradation

dehydration

demarcation

cotyledon

demonstration

deposition

deportation

depravation

commendation

depredation

dereliction

desecration

derivation

deprivation

desiccation

desperation

designation

detonation

devolution

deviation

destination

destitution

devastation

devonian

dietitian

desolation

dilatation

disaffection

diminution

directorate

directorship

directorships

directory

directories

disconnection

disinfection

dislocation

disposition

disillusion

disinflation

dispensation

disputation

dissertation

distribution

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

divination

diocesan

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

emanation

electrician

elevation

elocution

elongation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

erudition

eritrean

estimation

european

eustachian

estonian

ergotism

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

expectation

exhibition

exhalation

exhumation

exhortation

expiration

expedition

exploration

exposition

explanation

explication

exploitation

fabrication

federation

extradition

extrication

fermentation

fascination

fallopian

ferocity

fibrillation

figuration

fluoridation

floridian

fluctuation

foliation

forgettable

formulation

execution

fractionally

greco-roman

forsythias

fragmentation

galilean

fumigation

gargantuan

gastrulation

germination

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gravitation

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

herculean

hegelian

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iberian

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abomination

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nickelodeon

nonintervention

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nitroglycerine

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oregonian

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panamanian

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sanctification

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sedimentation

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sterilization

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theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

versatility

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

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

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