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3 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word duplication.
2 syllable words

ablaze

ables

abeles

action

afflicts

afflict

acton

airman

alman

amman

appalls

appeals

applause

apples

applies

alban

alan

bastion

apron

arson

auction

ashen

asian

aspen

baston

atman

austin

auden

bacon

baldwin

bagman

banyan

bargain

baffles

basin

bason

baron

barren

bison

barton

bisson

baton

bayman

beckon

beacon

beaten

bitten

batten

batton

belgian

bellman

begun

bellon

boatman

baubles

billion

billman

billon

bookman

bolden

befalls

bludgeon

blacken

boston

blowgun

bollen

bordman

bobbin

boughten

bracken

brazen

brighten

brakeman

brethren

bowman

breton

briton

brogan

bourbon

broaden

bibles

bullion

bushman

button

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

bubbles

cajun

calvin

canyon

canton

cannon

canon

caples

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

cables

cauldron

caution

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

chapman

chasten

christian

chessman

chicken

children

christen

chevron

churchman

charon

cheapen

chosen

chieftain

chaplain

citron

claxon

classman

coachman

canaan

clinton

caisson

colon

common

carton

copeman

corban

cordon

couples

cotton

cousin

craven

crewman

crouton

craftsman

crimson

cretin

cowan

cuban

cushion

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

dabbles

dalton

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

deflect

delphian

deflects

demon

deploys

desman

dian

devilish

devon

devils

diction

doctrine

dobson

duplex

divulge

dolman

dozen

draftsman

dudgeon

dolphin

drunken

driven

dromon

dungeon

doubles

dustman

dutchman

eaten

eden

earthen

efflux

dragon

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

evils

damson

faction

falcon

fables

eyeballs

fallen

famine

fashion

fasten

faulcon

faustian

felon

fatten

fibrin

fiction

fireman

firman

fission

fielden

flexion

flashgun

flatten

floren

foibles

footman

fortune

foreman

foreign

fountain

fraction

friction

freshen

freshman

frighten

freeman

frozen

freedman

function

fusion

gallon

garden

gammon

garron

gascon

georgian

gables

german

gentian

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

golden

goodman

gluten

gobbles

gorgon

gowan

gotten

gumption

grecian

grandson

graven

guardsman

griffon

haitian

gudgeon

hackman

hangman

happen

harden

harken

hasten

headsman

heighten

hausen

harten

havelock

haven

hearten

heathen

headman

henchman

hempen

heaven

heron

hessian

hetman

hidden

hobbles

hogan

homespun

human

houseman

hoven

hovels

huntsman

hymen

hyson

ibsen

hyphen

horseman

hoten

dampen

broken

daman

ion

jackman

jason

jetson

jargon

jasmine

jetton

junction

keelson

kelson

kalan

jordan

kansan

jorden

kenyan

kelvin

kirkman

kitchen

kremlin

klansman

lampron

landman

lagan

labels

landsman

layman

legion

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

latin

lapels

lengthen

lessen

lesion

lesson

kitten

levels

leven

laden

lichen

lightman

lifelike

lighten

listen

liken

liman

linden

lineman

london

linemen

lion

lisbon

linen

lockman

liven

locken

logan

lobules

longan

loosen

loopholes

lopeman

lotion

lumen

loren

luncheon

lyden

lynden

m1

madden

maiden

mahone

mangan

mansion

maples

marchman

margin

markman

marksman

marlin

marron

martian

mason

matron

marten

martin

mayan

mention

melton

melon

milken

million

minion

mignon

minden

mission

mitten

mobiles

molten

moisten

morgan

motion

muffin

mountain

mullen

muffles

muslin

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

nibbles

nipples

noblesse

nobles

norman

notion

novels

oarsman

oblige

oblique

ocean

odin

olden

often

mutton

onion

open

option

organ

orphan

othman

omen

outdone

outrun

oven

oxen

packman

pagan

owen

paean

panton

passion

passman

parson

pardon

pathan

patron

pectin

pavon

pebbles

ovules

patten

penguin

penman

pension

perron

person

persian

pillion

pinion

pigeon

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

poison

pollan

platen

platten

pollen

peon

peoples

ponton

potion

portion

postman

pressman

portman

prison

proven

prussian

publics

publish

public

pullen

pupils

question

quicken

quibbles

raffles

ration

raven

rayon

reckon

reason

redden

reflux

reflects

reflex

reflect

replace

rebels

replies

repulse

rerun

refills

resin

region

revels

repeals

riden

ribbon

ridden

ripen

rubles

rumen

ripples

riven

roman

rosen

robles

rowan

robin

rosin

rotten

rivals

rowen

ruin

risen

ruffles

russian

reveals

runnion

salesman

saffron

sadden

salmon

sanction

samson

santon

satan

satin

rifles

section

saxon

scallion

scion

scotsman

scuffles

scullion

seaman

season

sables

rincon

seedsman

repels

selden

semen

sexton

session

sequin

seton

seven

sermon

shaken

shrunken

shaman

mormon

shipman

shogun

showman

sharpen

shearman

shorten

shotgun

tension

shovels

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

soldan

slacken

slogan

smitten

smarten

sodden

soften

solon

striven

shuffles

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spokesman

stallion

splashes

spoken

sportsman

stallman

squadron

splashy

splices

squabbles

station

stepson

statesman

stillion

stockman

stolen

straighten

steven

stiffen

suasion

strengthen

stricken

sublease

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

summon

supplies

sunken

swollen

sylvan

sweeten

surgeon

swivels

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tables

tendon

teston

sturgeon

tighten

titan

tillman

thousand

threaten

token

traction

townsman

torsion

toman

topples

toughen

treason

trillion

trodden

tungsten

tubman

trojan

turban

tuscan

undone

triton

union

urson

urchin

urine

urban

vegan

vision

villain

version

vulcan

waffles

thicken

waken

weaken

weapon

wanton

warden

wagon

warren

watchman

weevils

wheaten

whiplash

whiten

whitson

woodman

woolman

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

wooden

woolen

worsen

workman

women

woven

written

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abandon

ablation

ablution

abolish

abortion

abrasion

accession

abstraction

abstention

accretion

absorption

addition

acumen

addiction

adhesion

admission

adoption

adsorption

adrian

affliction

afflictions

affection

african

afflicting

aegean

aggression

abduction

aleutian

alderman

albion

alien

albumin

alsatian

ambition

allusion

ambrosian

anglican

anyone

applicant

alaskan

andean

appian

applesauce

applicants

anchorman

apportion

damnation

artesian

arkansan

artisan

arian

assassin

aspersion

australian

aryan

ascension

assumption

asuncion

attention

attrition

attraction

aversion

assertion

backgammon

awaken

audition

austrian

avian

badminton

backwoodsman

bandwagon

aviles

battalion

bedizen

bedridden

bedouin

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

biblical

biotin

bosnian

bitumen

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

buffalos

abdomen

cablegram

cambrian

campion

companion

capsaicin

carnation

cardigan

cartesian

carrion

caucasian

castration

causation

cation

catalan

cessation

cavalcade

cetacean

chairperson

citation

charlatan

cistercian

chairwoman

chilean

charwoman

cinnamon

chamberlain

champion

citizen

civilian

clergyman

clarion

civilized

clarendon

collection

cohesion

coercion

cognition

collagen

cobblestone

cobblestones

collegian

collision

combustion

collusion

commission

commotion

civilize

communion

compassion

complexion

completion

compulsion

compunction

concession

conception

concoction

conclusion

concussion

conduction

conflation

confession

confection

condition

conjunction

congressman

connection

connexion

compression

congestion

conscription

constriction

construction

confusion

consumption

confucian

contagion

contraption

contortion

contrition

contraction

contusion

convection

convention

convulsion

conversion

conviction

councilman

correction

corruption

contention

corsican

countryman

corrosion

crustacean

cremation

croatian

creation

crestfallen

cyprian

dalmatian

infliction

deception

deduction

deflection

decision

deflation

declension

defection

deflected

deflector

deletion

deflectors

denizen

depiction

depletion

dentition

delusion

depression

derision

desertion

description

destruction

detection

detention

determine

dictation

devotion

dilation

diffraction

direction

digression

dimension

digestion

dilution

diffusion

discussion

discretion

discipline

dispersion

disruption

dissection

dissension

distraction

distortion

distinction

disunion

duplicate

diversion

division

donation

dominion

dorian

duration

edition

ejection

downtrodden

egyptian

election

elation

emulsion

emblazon

emission

emotion

encryption

englishman

enlighten

embolden

enliven

etruscan

eleven

epilogue

eruption

erosion

erection

eviction

evasion

everyone

exaction

equation

exception

elison

excretion

excursion

excision

exclusion

exemption

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

expression

explosion

expulsion

extension

extraction

extortion

extinction

extrusion

fabian

fenian

feminine

fixation

ferryman

filtration

fijian

fisherman

flotation

flirtation

foramen

formation

forbidden

forgotten

forewoman

foundation

fruition

freemason

freudian

franciscan

frustration

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

gyration

guncotton

halogen

grobian

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

immersion

imagine

impassion

implosion

impression

inaction

in-person

imprison

incision

inception

inclusion

incursion

indian

induction

infection

infarction

inflation

inflection

infraction

infusion

injection

injunction

inspection

insertion

inscription

instruction

intention

intestine

intrusion

invasion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

jettison

julian

keratin

kantian

jovian

keynesian

lactation

korean

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

logician

location

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

medicine

medallion

median

melanin

menhaden

mexican

migration

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

mobilize

mutation

munition

musician

moroccan

muskmelon

notation

narration

myosin

negation

nebraskan

nevadan

nobleman

nepalese

nemean

niacin

norwegian

nonunion

nonhuman

nutrition

nitrogen

nubian

novelists

novelist

ovation

objection

obligate

obligates

obliging

obliges

obliquely

obloquy

obsession

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

odeon

octillion

optation

oppression

optician

omission

opinion

oration

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

production

overdone

overman

perception

oxygen

partition

partisan

parthian

parisian

patrician

pelican

pavilion

payables

perfection

permian

permission

perfusion

persuasion

perversion

peterman

petition

phoenician

physician

phrygian

plantation

pollution

pentathlon

plebeian

policeman

percussion

populace

position

possession

precaution

precession

ingestion

precision

predation

prediction

predestine

preemption

preclusion

populist

probation

presumption

privation

pretension

prevention

procession

populists

profession

progression

projection

promotion

profusion

proportion

propulsion

prostration

protection

proscription

protean

provision

prescription

publicists

publicist

publicize

publicly

publishers

publisher

publishes

puritan

porcelain

quotation

selection

reaction

overrun

ramadan

rescission

recession

recision

rebellion

reception

resection

reduction

reflection

redemption

reflections

reflecting

reflective

reflexive

reflectors

reflector

retraction

regression

rejection

relation

religion

remission

rendition

reflected

reopen

reversion

regimen

replicas

replicate

replacement

replicates

replacements

replica

replaces

reflexes

repression

repulsive

resumption

reptilian

restriction

retention

reunion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rotation

rifleman

sedation

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

scorpion

secretion

secession

seclusion

scythian

seduction

sedition

sensation

inhuman

silicon

singleton

simian

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

summation

succession

submersion

submission

suburban

subscription

subtraction

subversion

suggestion

sumatran

supplicant

superman

suppression

suspension

suspicion

taxation

tactician

talisman

tablespoon

tablespoons

tamarin

tablecloths

tablecloth

temptation

technician

syrian

thespian

toboggan

timberman

transaction

tradition

transcription

transgression

transfusion

transition

translation

transmission

uneven

truncation

tuition

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

unbroken

uncommon

unison

vacation

uterine

unwritten

upholster

venetian

vatican

venison

vermilion

vocation

vibration

vitamin

veteran

volition

wesleyan

waterman

whiplashes

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

abolition

aberration

abolishes

abrogation

accusation

absolution

abyssinian

accordion

acquisition

activation

adaptation

adulation

admonition

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

aggravation

affectation

aggregation

affirmation

agitation

agrarian

amputation

alabaman

aldebaran

algonquian

algerian

altercation

alteration

alternation

ammunition

american

amphibian

animation

annotation

annexation

albanian

apologies

apologise

appalachians

apologist

appalachian

apparition

apologize

apologists

apology

applicable

apprehension

arbitration

armageddon

arabian

arthurian

armenian

aspiration

assemblyman

athenian

assyrian

augmentation

attribution

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

arizonan

benediction

bifurcation

bavarian

expiration

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

committeeman

calibration

calculation

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

compilation

celebration

centurion

circumspection

circulation

circumcision

chameleon

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

combination

coloration

columbian

coloradan

comedian

compensation

commendation

commutation

comparison

competition

collodion

composition

comprehension

computation

concentration

confiscation

condemnation

consummation

condensation

conflagration

consultation

condescension

confirmation

coronation

correlation

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

consolation

constellation

constipation

consternation

constitution

conservation

contemplation

contraception

contribution

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

conversation

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

crucifixion

cultivation

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

culmination

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

decompression

decoration

deconstruction

defamation

definition

degradation

deformation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

deposition

dereliction

derivation

desecration

destination

designation

desolation

desperation

detonation

devastation

destitution

devolution

deviation

devonian

dislocation

disaffection

diminution

dietitian

diocesan

dispensation

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

disillusion

disposition

disputation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

dissertation

dissipation

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

education

duplicative

duplicity

electrician

elocution

emulation

emanation

elongation

exclamation

embarkation

excavation

emigration

englishwoman

estimation

equitation

erudition

equestrian

eritrean

estonian

european

eustachian

evocation

evolution

execution

excitation

exhalation

exhortation

exhibition

exhumation

explanation

expectation

exploitation

exploration

expedition

exposition

extrication

fabrication

extradition

fallopian

fascination

fermentation

federation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

galilean

gastrulation

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

habitation

gravitation

graduation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

hegelian

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

illustration

hypertension

ideation

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

imitation

immolation

immigration

implantation

imperfection

inclination

impregnation

importation

imposition

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indentation

indexation

inflammation

indiscretion

infiltration

indigestion

indignation

infestation

indonesian

information

inhalation

inhibition

innovation

installation

inspiration

inquisition

instigation

institution

insulation

integration

insurrection

interaction

interdiction

interjection

intercession

interception

isolation

intermission

intimation

interruption

intonation

irrigation

introspection

introduction

intersection

intuition

intervention

interurban

interwoven

inundation

invitation

iranian

irritation

iteration

jacobean

jurisdiction

jordanian

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

liberation

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberian

lilliputian

librarian

limitation

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

machination

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

mammalian

malnutrition

manumission

melanesian

masturbation

maturation

meditation

mediation

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

misconception

miseration

misbegotten

misperception

missourian

mitigation

mortification

molestation

modulation

moderation

moravian

mongolian

navigation

napoleon

nebulizer

nestorian

newtonian

neoplasm

nicaraguan

obfuscation

nigerian

nomination

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obligated

obligations

oblivion

observation

occupation

obstetrician

octahedron

obsidian

ordination

ohioan

oscillation

opposition

operation

olympian

orchestration

ostentation

overburden

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pelagian

pavlovian

pedestrian

penetration

persecution

pigmentation

penicillin

perforation

permutation

politician

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

plutonian

polyhedron

polynesian

populism

praetorian

preconception

preelection

predilection

precondition

predetermine

preignition

premonition

preparation

presentation

preservation

profanation

procreation

proposition

prohibition

prosecution

protestation

prostitution

protozoan

publications

publicity

punctuation

segmentation

radiation

segregation

readmission

recitation

recantation

reawaken

recollection

recreation

recognition

reconstruction

reelection

reassertion

reexamine

refutation

reformation

regulation

reinspection

registration

relaxation

relocation

renovation

reparation

repetition

replicated

replaceable

reposition

repossession

resignation

requisition

reservation

reproduction

resolution

respiration

restoration

restitution

resurrection

republican

retardation

revelation

retrocession

sanitation

retribution

repercussion

revolution

rhododendron

rhetorician

samaritan

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

separation

self-deception

sequestration

shakespearean

simulation

sicilian

simonian

situation

smithsonian

speculation

siberian

substitution

statistician

stimulation

strangulation

subluxations

termination

subdivision

tetrahedron

superhuman

superstition

supervision

supposition

surrogation

syncopation

syndication

tasmanian

tabulation

tamoxifen

titillation

toleration

topology

transformation

tribulation

trepidation

transplantation

transportation

ulceration

typology

typologies

usurpation

upholstery

utopian

vaccination

vacillation

vegetation

valuation

variation

veneration

valerian

ventilation

violation

visitation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

accommodation

acceleration

academician

accumulation

accreditation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

agglomeration

affiliation

amalgamation

alienation

alliteration

alleviation

amelioration

amazonian

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

apologises

apologizes

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

articulation

assassination

assimilation

association

attenuation

assemblywoman

authentication

augustinian

authorization

babylonian

argentinian

bibliography

beethovenian

bibliographies

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

certification

cauterization

centralization

cephalosporin

centenarian

christianization

civilization

civilizations

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

commemoration

colonization

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consolidation

consideration

contamination

coordination

cooperation

continuation

corroboration

carthaginian

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

defenestration

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

degeneration

denomination

depopulation

denunciation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

diabolical

dionysian

discoloration

disinclination

discrimination

disembarkation

disintegration

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

emancipation

elizabethan

epicurean

enumeration

equivocation

eradication

exaggeration

evacuation

ethiopian

evaluation

evaporation

equalization

exacerbation

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exoneration

exhilaration

expatriation

expropriation

facilitation

extermination

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

hybridization

exoskeleton

illumination

humiliation

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

incarceration

inauguration

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

interconnection

instrumentation

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

intoxication

invalidation

intimidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

justification

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

magnification

manipulation

magnetization

manifestation

maximization

mathematician

maximilian

mechanization

metropolitan

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

modification

multiplication

modernization

mummification

mobilizations

negotiation

neapolitan

nullification

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

normalization

nonsectarian

nonintervention

overproduction

obliteration

obligatory

ossification

origination

organization

orientation

ornamentation

oregonian

pacification

panamanian

pasteurization

participation

patagonian

perpetuation

peloponnesian

qualification

ramification

pennsylvanian

philadelphian

pomeranian

quantification

ratification

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

initiation

prevarication

presupposition

proliferation

pronunciation

prognostication

proletarian

procrastination

public-spirited

presbyterian

pythagorean

rectification

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

recuperation

retaliation

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reintegration

reiteration

rejuvenation

renunciation

remuneration

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

sedimentation

scandinavian

reaffirmation

simplification

solicitation

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

sophistication

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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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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  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
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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
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  • 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
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Different Types of Rhymes
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