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

action

acton

airman

album

albans

albums

alpine

amman

apron

barren

aspen

baldwin

ashen

asian

atman

bagman

auction

auden

austin

bacon

banyan

ballpoint

ballpoints

baston

baron

bason

baton

batten

batton

bastion

basin

bayman

beacon

bellman

beaten

belgian

begun

billion

bellon

billman

beckon

billon

boatman

bison

bolden

blacken

bisson

bitten

blowgun

bleeping

bludgeon

bordman

bookman

boughten

bracken

brighten

bourbon

bowman

broaden

brakeman

brazen

brethren

breton

briton

brogan

broken

bullion

button

bullpen

burden

burdon

burman

burton

burgeon

cabin

deafen

bushman

caisson

cannon

canaan

canon

cajun

canton

canyon

captain

caption

capstan

caution

chieftain

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

charon

chasten

cheapen

chevron

chicken

children

chosen

christen

christian

churchman

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

clipping

clippings

colon

corban

cordon

cousin

copeman

cowan

craftsman

craven

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

cushion

deacon

dampen

damson

dagan

dagon

daman

deaden

zircon

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

dian

devon

diction

doctrine

elfin

dustman

dozen

dragon

draftsman

driven

drunken

dromon

dungeon

dudgeon

dutchman

eaten

eden

elan

earthen

gilden

engine

emption

gammon

faction

ermine

fatten

fasten

fibrin

famine

faustian

fashion

fiction

felon

fielden

frighten

gascon

fireman

firman

floren

flashgun

flatten

flexion

fission

flippant

flavin

footman

foreman

fountain

foreign

fortune

fraction

freedman

freeman

freshman

freshen

friction

function

frozen

fusion

golden

georgian

gorgon

garron

ensign

gentian

german

gladden

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

gluten

goodman

gowan

grandson

griffon

graven

grecian

guardsman

gudgeon

gumption

hackman

hangman

haitian

happen

hausen

heighten

headman

hasten

haven

headsman

heathen

hyson

heaven

helping

hempen

helpings

henchman

houseman

heron

hidden

hogan

homespun

hessian

hetman

horseman

hymen

hoten

huntsman

hoven

human

ion

ibsen

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

jackman

jasmine

jason

junction

kalan

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kitten

kitchen

klansman

kremlin

laden

lagan

lampron

landman

landsman

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

latin

legion

leman

lemon

liken

lengthen

lesson

leven

logan

lesion

lightman

lighten

lessen

lichen

liman

lineman

linemen

liven

lion

linden

lisbon

linen

listen

longan

loren

lopeman

lotion

lumen

lyden

luncheon

lynden

m1

madden

mahone

maiden

margin

markman

london

marchman

mangan

mansion

marksman

martian

mayan

marron

matron

mason

melon

melton

milken

mention

million

mignon

minden

minion

loosen

mission

mormon

molten

mitten

moisten

morgan

mountain

motion

muslin

mutton

nation

newsman

ninon

norman

oarsman

notion

ocean

olden

onion

odin

omen

open

option

organ

othman

outdone

outrun

oven

owen

packman

pagan

paean

panton

patten

passman

passion

pathan

patron

pectin

penman

penguin

pension

peon

perron

persian

person

pigeon

pillion

plantain

platen

platten

plankton

pinion

piston

pitman

poison

portion

portman

postman

potion

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

pullen

quicken

ration

question

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

nekton

rerun

resin

ribbon

riden

ripen

ridden

rincon

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

runnion

sadden

scion

salesman

samson

santon

saxon

satin

russian

sanction

satan

scalping

scotsman

saffron

selden

seaman

season

section

seedsman

semen

smitten

sequin

sermon

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

sexton

session

shearman

shorten

shrunken

shipman

shogun

showman

silken

shelving

sicken

siren

slacken

slogan

slapping

sleeping

sloping

slip-on

slip-ons

soldan

solon

salmon

solvents

spearman

sportsman

spoken

spokesman

stillion

stiffen

stepson

steven

straighten

statesman

station

stolen

strengthen

sudden

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

suction

sylvan

summon

swollen

sunken

surgeon

sweeten

tappen

taken

tendon

teston

tension

thousand

thicken

threaten

tillman

titan

tighten

traction

trillion

tubman

torsion

townsman

toman

tuscan

treason

triton

trojan

tungsten

token

turban

undone

union

urban

urson

urchin

urine

villain

vegan

woolen

version

woolman

yachtsman

wanton

warden

wagon

warren

watchman

waken

weaken

weapon

wooden

whiten

widen

wizen

whitson

wheaten

wiccan

woman

women

woodman

yaupon

vision

workman

worsen

woven

written

yeoman

zion

zaman

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abortion

abduction

abdomen

abrasion

absorption

accretion

abstention

accession

abstraction

adoption

addition

acumen

addiction

admission

adhesion

aggression

bulletin

adrian

adsorption

affliction

african

aegean

affection

aleutian

alaskan

alderman

albino

albumin

albion

alien

allophone

allusion

alphonsine

allophones

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

andean

anglican

anchorman

appian

apportion

anyone

aryan

arian

artesian

arkansan

artisan

ascension

assassin

aspersion

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attention

audition

attraction

australian

attrition

awaken

austrian

aversion

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

bedouin

beholden

bedizen

beethoven

believing

bedridden

benjamin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

biotin

brazilian

abandon

campion

calvinist

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

catalan

cartesian

carrion

cation

castration

caucasian

causation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chelyabinsk

cellophane

chilean

companion

commotion

cinnamon

civilian

citation

citizen

cistercian

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

cliffhanger

cliffhangers

commission

coercion

collusion

collegian

collision

collection

cognition

combustion

cohesion

completion

compassion

communion

complexion

compression

concession

conception

compunction

conclusion

concoction

confession

conduction

confection

concussion

condition

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

congressman

conjunction

connection

connexion

consumption

conscription

construction

contagion

constriction

councilman

compulsion

contortion

contraption

contraction

convulsion

contusion

conversion

countryman

contrition

convection

convention

conviction

corruption

corsican

corrosion

correction

contention

creation

crestfallen

cremation

croatian

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

cyprian

declension

deduction

decision

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

delphine

dilation

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

depression

derision

dilution

desertion

destruction

detection

detention

description

determine

dictation

devotion

diffraction

diffusion

digestion

digression

dimension

discipline

direction

division

discretion

disruption

dissection

discussion

dispersion

diversion

distortion

dissension

distraction

disunion

distinction

emulsion

dorian

dominion

downtrodden

donation

duration

edition

egyptian

elephant

ejection

elation

election

eleven

elison

elephants

elevens

eleventh

embolden

enlighten

emblazon

emission

emotion

encryption

englishman

enliven

eruption

erosion

equation

etruscan

everyone

evasion

exaction

eviction

excision

exception

exclusion

exhaustion

exertion

excursion

excretion

exemption

expulsion

expansion

explosion

expression

extortion

extension

extinction

extraction

fabian

extrusion

fustian

fenian

ferryman

feminine

fijian

galleon

filtration

flirtation

flotation

fixation

forgotten

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

formation

foundation

franciscan

freemason

fisherman

freudian

fruition

frustration

galloping

galvanize

galvanic

gaussian

garrison

gentleman

genuine

gravamen

gillian

gordian

ghanaian

gestation

gradation

erection

guardian

grobian

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

gyration

guncotton

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

hydration

housebroken

hydrogen

inclusion

invasion

imagine

deception

ignition

illusion

immersion

impassion

implosion

in-person

inaction

imprison

impression

inception

incursion

indian

induction

infarction

infection

incision

inflation

infusion

inflection

infliction

infraction

ingestion

inhuman

intestine

injection

intention

insertion

instruction

inspection

inscription

injunction

javelin

inversion

irian

intrusion

invention

italian

jacobin

jamaican

irishman

jettison

julian

jovian

korean

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

ligation

libyan

libration

lesbian

location

logician

malayan

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

margarine

mandarin

marian

medallion

malaysian

masculine

median

medicine

melanin

migration

mexican

menhaden

midshipman

misfortune

misshapen

repression

misprision

mistaken

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

myosin

mutation

narration

reptilian

nebraskan

negation

nobleman

nevadan

niacin

nemean

nitrogen

nonunion

nonhuman

nubian

norwegian

notation

nutrition

objection

occasion

octillion

occlusion

obsession

obstruction

odeon

olivine

opinion

oppression

omission

optation

optician

oration

ottoman

orion

outspoken

oxygen

overdone

overman

overrun

ovation

origin

partition

parthian

partisan

pavilion

patrician

pelican

permian

parisian

pentathlon

percussion

perfusion

perception

perfection

permission

phoenician

physician

phrygian

philippine

perversion

peterman

philippines

persuasion

petition

plebeian

policeman

plebeians

plantation

pollution

porcelain

position

possession

precaution

precession

predation

preclusion

prediction

preemption

precision

predestine

recession

prescription

privation

procession

presumption

probation

pretension

prevention

production

proportion

propulsion

profession

promotion

prostration

profusion

progression

projection

protean

provision

protection

puritan

ramadan

quotation

proscription

reaction

rebellion

reception

recision

retraction

reduction

regression

reflection

redemption

regimen

rejection

relation

religion

relevant

relieving

remission

rendition

reopen

rescission

resection

resumption

restriction

reunion

retention

revulsion

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

samoan

salvation

saleswoman

scorpion

scythian

seclusion

secession

sedation

secretion

sedition

seduction

selection

sensation

self-interest

silicon

skeleton

simian

singleton

slovenly

snapdragon

solution

solvency

specimen

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

suburban

subversion

succession

subtraction

subscription

suggestion

sumatran

summation

suppression

superman

suspension

suspicion

transfusion

tamarin

talisman

syrian

tactician

taxation

telephone

telephones

technician

temptation

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

translation

stagnation

transition

transmission

transgression

transcription

transaction

truncation

tuition

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unbroken

uneven

uterine

unwritten

vacation

vatican

veteran

vermilion

venetian

vibration

venison

vitamin

volition

vocation

waterman

wesleyan

well-being

xylophone

zambian

unison

4 syllable words

abolition

aberration

abrogation

abdication

abnegation

absolution

acclamation

accordion

abyssinian

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

adulation

adrenaline

adoration

adaptation

admiration

admonition

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

affirmation

affectation

agitation

agrarian

activation

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

albanians

algerian

algonquian

allophonic

allocation

alluvium

altercation

allegation

alteration

alternation

alabamans

amphibian

animation

american

amputation

ammunition

annexation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

apparition

application

approbation

apprehension

arabian

armenian

arthurian

armageddon

assemblyman

aspiration

assyrian

athenian

augmentation

attribution

avocation

aviation

backwardation

arbitration

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bolivians

bohemian

arizonan

cancellation

californian

canadian

calibration

calculation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

coalition

circumvention

cogitation

collocation

collodion

coloradan

coloration

combination

columbian

comedian

commendation

committeeman

circumspection

compilation

circulation

darwinian

commutation

comparison

complication

circumcision

composition

compensation

computation

concentration

confirmation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

conjugation

congregation

connotation

constellation

consternation

consolation

consultation

constipation

constitution

consecration

conservation

contemplation

contrarian

consummation

cotyledon

convolution

conversation

convocation

contradiction

businesswoman

correlation

copernican

corp.

corporation

corinthian

coronation

contravention

crocodilian

criterion

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

contraception

cyclopean

contribution

custodian

comprehension

dandelion

copenhagen

competition

granulation

decimation

declaration

dedication

decoration

decompression

defamation

degradation

dehydration

deformation

delegation

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

dereliction

deposition

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

derivation

desolation

desiccation

designation

destitution

desperation

destination

dietitian

devonian

deviation

devolution

diocesan

detonation

dilatation

desecration

diminution

devastation

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

dislocation

disposition

dispensation

disputation

dissolution

distillation

dissertation

dissipation

distribution

divination

disinfection

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elephantine

elevation

elocution

elongation

disinflation

emulation

embarkation

emigration

emanation

englishwoman

erudition

equitation

estimation

eritrean

estonian

equestrian

european

evolution

eustachian

evocation

excavation

excitation

exclamation

exhalation

exhibition

execution

exhortation

exhumation

expedition

exploration

exposition

explication

exploitation

expiration

expectation

explanation

fabrication

extrication

fallopian

fascination

federation

fibrillation

fermentation

filipino

figuration

filipinos

floridian

fluctuation

extradition

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

galvanizes

gastrulation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

generation

glaciation

germination

gorgonian

graduation

gregorian

gravitation

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

himalayan

herculean

historian

hesitation

hibernation

hydrocarbon

hungarian

hyperion

hypertension

ibuprofen

ideation

immolation

imitation

illustration

imperfection

implication

immigration

imposition

importation

implantation

incarnation

inattention

imputation

incantation

impregnation

incrustation

indecision

inclination

incubation

indentation

indexation

indication

infestation

indonesian

infiltration

inflammation

indigestion

indignation

information

indiscretion

inhalation

inhibition

inquisition

insulation

installation

inspiration

insurrection

instigation

institution

interaction

intimation

integration

intercession

interdiction

interjection

intermission

interruption

interurban

interception

intersection

intervention

interwoven

introduction

deconstruction

intonation

invocation

intuition

invitation

introspection

inundation

iranian

isolation

jacobean

irrigation

iteration

irritation

innovation

jubilation

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

liberation

lilliputian

levitation

litigation

limitation

liquefaction

liquidation

locomotion

iberian

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

mammalian

manumission

malformation

malnutrition

masturbation

maturation

medication

mediation

meditation

melanesian

meridian

menstruation

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

definition

miseration

replication

misperception

misconception

mongolian

modulation

moderation

molestation

mitigation

moravian

motivation

mortification

napoleon

mutilation

navigation

nicaraguan

nigerian

nestorian

newtonian

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nomination

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

observation

occupation

obsidian

octahedron

obstetrician

operation

opposition

missourian

olympian

ohioan

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

ovulation

oxidation

overburden

pagurian

pagination

paraguayan

palpitation

pavlovian

pelagian

pedestrian

penicillin

penetration

perforation

permutation

persecution

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

pigmentation

politician

planarian

plutonian

polyhedron

polyphony

polyphonic

polynesian

population

praetorian

predilection

preelection

predetermine

preconception

preignition

premonition

preparation

proclamation

procreation

propagation

prohibition

profanation

proposition

provocation

preservation

protozoan

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

publication

punctuation

radiation

readmission

realization

reassertion

reawaken

recantation

presentation

recitation

reclamation

recollection

recognition

recreation

reelection

reexamine

regulation

reformation

registration

reinspection

refutation

precondition

relevancy

relocation

renovation

repetition

reposition

repossession

reparation

repercussion

reproduction

relaxation

republican

resignation

reservation

resolution

retardation

reconstruction

respiration

resurrection

retribution

restitution

restoration

retrocession

revelation

revolution

revocation

rhetorician

rhododendron

requisition

reputation

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

self-deception

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

sequestration

separation

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subluxation

subdivision

suffocation

substitution

supposition

surrogation

superhuman

superstition

supervision

sylvania

tamoxifen

tabulation

syndication

tasmanian

telephonic

telephonics

telephony

tetrahedron

termination

titillation

toleration

tribulation

transformation

transplantation

transportation

trepidation

ulceration

vacillation

utopian

syncopation

vaccination

usurpation

valerian

validation

valuation

variation

ventilation

vegetation

veneration

vindication

victorian

violation

wagnerian

watermelon

visitation

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accumulation

accreditation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

alliteration

alienation

amazonian

amalgamation

annihilation

amelioration

amplification

amortization

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

augustinian

babylonian

authorization

authentication

attenuation

argumentation

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

argentinian

capitulation

carthaginian

carolinian

cauterization

certification

centenarian

centralization

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

collaboration

colonization

cohabitation

commemoration

caledonian

communication

conciliation

concatenation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

congratulation

conglomeration

consolidation

consideration

contamination

cooperation

corroboration

coordination

continuation

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Words that rhyme with the word dolphin

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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