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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

acting

action

actions

acton

airman

alban

alan

amman

alman

apron

ashen

asian

arson

aspen

asthma

astound

astounds

auction

atman

auctions

auden

austin

bacon

baldwin

brethren

banyan

briton

bagman

basting

baston

bastion

bastions

barton

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

baron

beaten

beckon

barren

begun

bisson

belgian

bellman

bellon

bayman

beacon

bitten

boasting

billion

billman

billon

bludgeon

boatman

bison

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bookman

boston

bookstands

bookstand

bordman

boughten

bracken

bolden

bollen

bourbon

bowman

brakeman

brazen

breton

brighten

bargain

broaden

brogan

broken

bushman

bullion

burgeon

burman

cabin

caisson

canaan

cannon

cajun

calvin

canon

canton

capstan

canyon

caption

castings

casting

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

caxton

caution

cauldron

cayman

chairman

christen

certain

chicken

chapman

children

christian

charon

chasten

chastened

chessman

chestnut

chieftain

chestnuts

chevron

cheapen

chaplain

chosen

citron

clinton

coasting

claxon

classman

churchman

coachman

colon

copeman

corban

cordon

cushion

costing

cotton

cousin

craftsman

costumes

craven

cowan

crimson

cretin

crouton

crewman

cuban

cumin

curtain

costume

custom

common

customs

dalton

dagan

dagon

daman

darken

dampen

burden

damson

burdon

burton

deacon

deaden

deafen

button

delphian

desman

destin

diction

devon

dictum

dian

disdains

disdain

disdained

distinct

distance

distant

distend

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dungeon

drunken

dutchman

driven

dudgeon

dragon

dromon

earthen

dukedom

dustman

eaten

eighteenth

eden

eighteens

eighteen

elan

emption

ensign

engine

dozen

draftsman

esteem

ermine

extends

extend

extent

extant

extinct

faction

eyestone

factions

falcon

fallen

famine

fashion

faustian

fasten

fatten

fastened

faulcon

felon

festoon

fiction

fictions

flexion

fightings

fighting

fielden

fission

function

fireman

flashgun

flatten

floren

firman

footman

friction

fibrin

foreman

foreign

fortune

fraction

freshman

freshen

fountain

freedman

freeman

frighten

frozen

fusion

gascon

garden

gallon

gammon

gentian

garron

georgian

german

gibbon

glisten

glidden

goodman

gorgon

gluten

golden

gladden

gotten

gowan

grecian

griffon

grandson

graven

guardsman

gudgeon

gumption

haitian

hackman

hangman

harken

harten

hasten

harden

hastens

happen

hausen

haven

headman

headsman

given

hearten

heathen

heaven

henchman

hempen

heightens

hessian

hetman

heron

hidden

hosting

houseman

hogan

homespun

horseman

hoten

heighten

hoven

huntsman

hymen

ibsen

hyson

human

hyphen

gilden

deepen

demon

ion

junction

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kenyan

keystones

kelvin

keystone

kirkman

kitten

kitchen

klansman

kremlin

lagan

lampron

laden

lactone

landman

lasting

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

layman

landsman

legion

leman

lemon

lesion

lessen

lesson

leven

listing

lighting

lighten

lightman

lichen

lightens

lightning

lightnings

kansan

listings

linden

listen

lisbon

lineman

liken

liman

listens

linemen

linen

lockman

locken

logan

london

liven

longan

loosen

lion

lopeman

loren

lotion

kalan

lengthen

lynden

m1

lyden

madden

mahone

mansion

maiden

marchman

marksman

mangan

margin

markman

martian

marten

marlin

marron

martin

matron

mention

mason

melton

melon

mignon

milken

million

lumen

minion

minden

mission

luncheon

mayan

ninon

mitten

molten

morgan

motion

mountain

muslin

muffin

mullen

mustang

mustangs

moisten

nekton

mutton

nation

mormon

oarsman

newsman

nighttime

nighttimes

nightmare

norman

notion

octane

nightmares

ocean

olden

odin

often

omen

option

onion

open

organ

orphan

othman

ousting

outdone

outrun

oven

owen

oxen

packman

panton

pardon

parson

pension

passion

pathan

passman

patron

patten

pastimes

pavon

pastime

peacetime

pectin

paean

penguin

pagan

penman

peon

perron

person

persian

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pistons

plankton

pitman

plantain

platten

platen

pollen

portion

ponton

portman

postings

posting

postman

potion

postmark

poison

pollan

prison

proven

prussian

question

questions

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

ragtime

pullen

reason

reckon

rectum

redden

region

rerun

resin

resting

pressman

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

risen

riven

right-hand

rotten

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

roasting

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

sanction

russian

salesman

saffron

samson

sadden

salmon

santon

satan

satin

saxon

scallion

scion

scotsman

scullion

section

runnion

seaman

season

sections

seedsman

sexton

session

sequin

seton

selden

semen

shearman

seven

shakedown

shipman

shotgun

shaken

shakedowns

sicken

sermon

shrunken

sightings

sighting

sharpen

silken

shorten

shogun

shaman

showman

sixteenth

sistine

sixteens

smitten

sixteen

sixteenths

smarten

slacken

slogan

soften

soldan

sodden

spartan

spearman

sovereign

sovran

solon

spokesman

spoken

sportsman

squadron

stallion

stepson

stillion

stiffen

station

statesman

steven

stockman

stallman

strengthen

stricken

straighten

striven

sturgeon

suasion

stolen

suction

sudden

systems

sullen

sultan

sunken

summon

sustains

sweeten

surgeon

sylvan

system

sustained

syphon

sustain

swollen

taken

talon

tastings

tasting

tartan

tendon

tension

testing

teston

tarpon

tappen

thicken

tillman

siren

threaten

thousand

written

yachting

tighten

toasting

titan

token

traction

torsion

townsman

toughen

touchdown

touchdowns

trillion

treason

triton

trodden

trojan

twisting

toman

tungsten

tubman

turban

tuscan

undone

union

urson

urchin

urine

urban

vegan

version

vesting

vestments

victim

vestment

victims

villain

vision

wasting

vulcan

wanton

wagon

waken

warden

watchman

warren

weaken

wiccan

whitson

wheaten

women

wisdom

weapon

whiten

woman

wooden

widen

wizen

woodman

woolen

woolman

workman

worsen

woven

yachtsman

tightens

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

siphon

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abduction

abdomen

abortion

abstention

abstraction

absorption

abrasion

academe

accession

accident

accretion

acetone

addiction

addition

accidents

admission

acumen

adoption

adrian

adhesion

adsorption

aegean

affection

affliction

aggression

aleutian

alaskan

albion

albumin

alderman

ambition

african

alsatian

allusion

ambrosian

alien

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

apportion

appian

arian

artesian

artisan

aryan

arkansan

ascension

aspersion

assertion

assassin

assumption

astonish

asthmatics

asthmatic

astounding

astounded

asuncion

attention

attraction

auctioneer

attrition

audition

auctioneers

badminton

austrian

awaken

aversion

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

brazilian

australian

bandwagon

battalion

besetting

bedizen

bedridden

bedouin

beethoven

beholden

begotten

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

bouillon

bosnian

decision

cistercian

bulletin

deception

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cartesian

castration

cardigan

carnation

carrion

catalan

causation

caucasian

cation

collection

cetacean

cessation

chairperson

cinnamon

chairwoman

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

citizen

civilian

cognition

citation

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

coercion

collision

cohesion

collagen

collegian

chamberlain

commission

damnation

cyprian

collusion

combustion

complexion

completion

compression

communion

companion

commotion

compulsion

compassion

conception

concession

concussion

concoction

conclusion

condition

conduction

confection

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

construction

conscription

congressman

connection

connexion

consumption

contagion

contention

conviction

contraction

contortion

contrition

contraption

contusion

convection

convention

conversion

convulsion

correction

corsican

creation

corrosion

countryman

councilman

corruption

costumers

cremation

crestfallen

crustacean

croatian

costumer

dalmatian

customers

customer

customize

decadent

decadents

decedent

decedents

bystander

abandon

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

bystanders

dentition

denizen

depletion

depression

derision

description

desertion

destiny

destinies

diffraction

devotion

dictation

diffusion

digression

determine

declension

dimension

discipline

dilution

discretion

disruption

discussion

dispersion

dissection

disdainful

dissidence

dissident

digestion

dissidents

distinctive

distinctly

distinguished

distinguish

distortion

distemper

disunion

dilation

division

diversion

dominion

direction

inaction

donation

downtrodden

ejection

duration

election

egyptian

edition

echidna

elation

eleven

erection

emission

emotion

emblazon

embolden

elison

emulsion

encryption

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equating

equation

equations

exaction

estimate

estimates

eruption

evasion

etruscan

everyone

exemption

exception

excision

exciting

erosion

exceeding

exclusion

excretion

excitement

excursion

expansion

exertion

exhaustion

dorian

explosion

expression

expulsion

extensive

extinguish

extraction

extinguished

extortion

extrusion

fabian

fenian

fastenings

fastening

fastener

fasteners

feminine

ferryman

filtration

fisherman

fixation

fictional

fijian

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

formation

forewoman

forgotten

frustration

foundation

franciscan

freudian

freemason

fruition

foramen

gestation

fustian

gaussian

incision

gentleman

galleon

garrison

genuine

immersion

gordian

gradation

grobian

gravamen

guardian

guesstimate

guesstimates

guncotton

gyration

halcyon

hammerman

halogen

handwoven

hawaiian

harlequin

heartbroken

heroin

hesitant

heroine

housebroken

horatian

horizon

ignition

hydration

hydrogen

illusion

imagine

ghanaian

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

gillian

in-person

inception

extender

extenders

inclusion

incursion

indian

infarction

induction

infection

inscription

inflation

infraction

infusion

inhuman

ingestion

injection

inflection

infliction

inspection

insertion

intention

intrusion

intestine

invention

invasion

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

istanbul

jamaican

jacobin

jettison

jovian

julian

javelin

obstruction

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

laurentian

korean

lecithin

lastingly

laotian

lanolin

lesbian

mistaken

ligation

libyan

libration

lightening

liechtenstein

listening

listener

listeners

logician

location

locations

locating

objection

magician

macadam

lutheran

magdalen

malaysian

mandarin

malayan

margarine

marian

masculine

midshipman

misprision

medallion

median

medicine

mexican

melanin

migration

menhaden

misfortune

misshapen

optician

lumberman

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

negation

narration

nebraskan

myosin

nemean

nevadan

nightingale

nicotine

moroccan

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

notation

norwegian

nonunion

nubian

nightmarish

nutrition

obsession

occlusion

octillion

occasion

omission

odeon

occident

opinion

oppression

optation

oration

secession

perception

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

permian

permission

perfection

perfusion

perversion

petition

persuasion

peterman

physician

phoenician

phrygian

prediction

plantation

position

precession

pollution

percussion

positions

plebeian

porcelain

possession

precision

precaution

postnatal

postmaster

postmasters

post-mortem

preclusion

predation

predestine

policeman

preemption

retention

prescription

pretension

presumption

recession

prevention

production

procession

privation

probation

profession

proscription

profusion

projection

propulsion

progression

proportion

promotion

prostration

protean

reactions

protection

reception

seduction

provision

questioner

questioners

puritan

questionnaire

questionnaires

reaction

quotation

ramadan

recision

resection

rescission

resumption

rectangle

rectangles

redemption

reflection

reduction

rejection

religion

regression

relation

remission

rendition

reptilian

reopen

repression

regimen

rebellion

residence

resident

residents

pseudonym

sedition

revulsion

revision

reversion

reunion

rhodopsin

rotation

rifleman

right-handed

pseudonyms

retraction

salvation

saccharin

samoan

saleswoman

scorpion

scythian

seclusion

secretion

sectional

sedation

simian

selection

silicon

sensation

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

solution

stagnation

subtraction

submission

subscription

starvation

submersion

stygian

suburban

succession

subversion

thespian

succeeding

suggestion

summation

sumatran

tactician

suppression

talisman

superman

suspension

suspicion

sustenance

syrian

systemic

tamarin

technician

taxation

tectonics

tectonic

temptation

testament

testaments

ticketing

timberman

toastmaster

toboggan

transmission

tradition

transcription

transition

transaction

transfusion

transgression

translation

truncation

tuition

unbutton

uncommon

uneven

uncertain

unison

unwritten

unbroken

vacation

unburden

vacations

uterine

vatican

venetian

vermilion

venison

vibration

veteran

victimize

visiting

vitamin

vocation

vocations

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abolition

aberration

abnegation

absolution

abyssinian

abrogation

academic

activation

academics

accidental

accordion

acquisition

accusation

actionable

adaptation

academy

academies

adrenaline

admonition

admiration

adoration

adulation

acclamation

advocation

affectation

acclimation

altercation

alternation

agitation

aggregation

aggravation

agrarian

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

alabaman

algonquian

alteration

apparition

allegation

ammunition

american

amphibian

annotation

allocation

annexation

amputation

animation

appalachian

apprehension

appellation

application

approbation

arbitration

arabian

affirmation

armenian

arizonan

arthurian

armageddon

assemblyman

assyrian

astonishment

aspiration

astonishing

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

backwardation

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

barbarian

businesswoman

cancellation

calibration

californian

canadian

calculation

celebration

carcinogen

centurion

circumspection

chameleon

circumcision

circulation

cogitation

coalition

combination

circumvention

commendation

comedian

coloration

collocation

collodion

columbian

coloradan

darwinian

committeeman

competition

commutation

comparison

compensation

comprehension

compilation

complication

concentration

computation

composition

condemnation

condescension

condensation

confirmation

consummation

confiscation

confrontation

conflagration

congregation

conservation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

conjugation

consolation

consecration

connotation

consultation

contradiction

contemplation

contribution

contraception

contravention

contrarian

coronation

corinthian

conversation

copernican

convocation

convolution

copenhagen

corp.

corporation

correlation

custodian

cotyledon

cultivation

crucifixion

culmination

criterion

crocodilian

customary

customizes

cyclopean

dandelion

decimation

indecision

declaration

deconstruction

dedication

defamation

decompression

decoration

definition

delegation

degradation

deformation

dehydration

demolition

demarcation

depravation

depredation

deposition

deportation

dereliction

deprivation

detonation

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desecration

designation

destinations

desperation

destitution

devolution

deviation

devastation

devonian

dietitian

dictionary

dictionaries

disinflation

disaffection

diminution

dispensation

disillusion

dislocation

disposition

disputation

dissertation

dichotomy

dissolution

dilatation

distinguishes

distinctively

distribution

divination

diocesan

domination

expedition

dominican

expectation

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

emigration

emulation

elongation

emanation

embarkation

elocution

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

estimation

estimations

erudition

estimated

estimable

estimator

estimators

estonian

estonians

eustachian

european

evolution

evocation

excavation

exclamation

exceedingly

excitation

execution

exhibition

exhalation

exhumation

exhortation

draconian

explanation

expiration

explication

exploitation

exploration

exposition

extenuate

demonstration

extensively

extinguishment

fascination

extinguishers

extrication

extinguisher

extradition

fabrication

fallopian

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

fluoridation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

gastrulation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

immolation

impregnation

germination

imitation

gorgonian

gravitation

graduation

gregorian

granulation

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

glaciation

immigration

hibernation

hegelian

hemoglobin

hesitation

hesitancy

hesitantly

historian

himalayan

herculean

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

ideation

iberian

ibuprofen

illustration

imperfection

implantation

implication

imposition

importation

imputation

incantation

inattention

incarnation

inclination

incrustation

incubation

extendible

indication

indentation

indignation

infiltration

indiscretion

infestation

indonesian

inflammation

inhalation

information

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

installation

inspiration

irrigation

interaction

integration

interdiction

insulation

intercession

interjection

intermission

interception

irritation

insurrection

interruption

introspection

intersection

intimation

intonation

introduction

intuition

inundation

interurban

invitation

invocation

intervention

iranian

interwoven

iteration

isolation

jacobean

isotonic

jurisdiction

jubilation

jordanian

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

legitimate

legitimize

leviathan

levitation

liberation

liberian

librarian

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

lilliputian

locomotion

lubrication

machination

macedonian

maccabean

malnutrition

manumission

malformation

mammalian

misbegotten

misconception

mediation

masturbation

medication

meditation

menstruation

melanesian

meridian

maturation

ministration

misperception

miseration

misdemeanor

misdemeanors

missourian

moderation

molestation

modulation

moravian

mongolian

oscillation

mortification

motivation

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nestorian

nicaraguan

nigerian

nomination

newtonian

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

oblivion

obsidian

observation

obligation

obstetrician

orchestration

olympian

obfuscation

octahedron

occupation

ohioan

occidental

opposition

operation

ordination

ostensibly

ostensible

ostentation

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

pagination

paraguayan

palpitation

penetration

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penicillin

pagurian

perforation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

permutation

peruvian

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wagnerian

watermelon

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abbreviation

abomination

academician

academically

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sterilization

stratification

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theologian

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systematically

testimonial

testimonials

testamentary

triangulation

unification

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utilization

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

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
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  • Orange

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