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

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alight

alman

amman

arson

ashen

apron

asian

aspen

atman

auction

austin

auden

bacon

begun

belgian

baldwin

bastion

basin

bason

bagman

banyan

bargain

barton

baron

barren

ballasts

baston

beckon

beacon

beaten

baton

batten

batton

bayman

ballast

bellman

billion

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

blacken

bison

blackout

blackouts

blacktop

blackwood

blasted

bookman

blastoff

blasting

blaster

blister

blisters

blockade

brakeman

brethren

bellon

bludgeon

boatman

blowgun

bobbin

blockheads

bluestone

bluster

bolden

bracken

bollen

boughten

bourbon

bowman

boston

bolstered

bordman

bolsters

breton

briton

broken

brazen

bolster

brighten

broaden

blockades

brogan

blockhead

bulkhead

bullion

bullshit

bulkheads

bushman

button

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

caisson

cabin

cajun

calcite

calvin

calloused

canaan

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

caxton

caution

cayman

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chessman

chicken

chevron

chasten

chieftain

cheapen

children

christen

churchman

claxon

chosen

christian

citron

classman

clinton

cloistered

cloisters

cloister

closedown

coachman

closedowns

closet

closets

clustered

clusters

cluster

collect

collects

colon

common

cliched

copeman

cotton

cousin

crimson

craftsman

cretin

craven

crewman

cowan

crouton

cuban

cushion

dagan

dagon

dalton

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

corban

dampen

darken

daylights

damson

cordon

deepen

delights

delphian

demon

delight

desman

devon

dian

daylight

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

driven

dulcet

elect

drunken

draftsman

dozen

dromon

dudgeon

dragon

dungeon

dutchman

dustman

eaten

eden

earthen

elan

elects

emption

engine

ensign

cumin

ermine

faction

falcon

ibsen

fallen

hyson

falsehoods

falsehood

fashion

fasten

gibbon

falstaff

felon

faustian

fibrin

fielden

fission

given

famine

fireman

flaccid

fatten

faulcon

flashgun

firman

flatten

flaxseed

hyphen

flagstaff

floren

flighty

fluster

fortune

fraction

function

freshen

flusters

fountain

footman

freedman

freeman

gentian

foreign

foreman

frighten

frozen

freshman

gilden

gallon

fusion

gallstone

gammon

gascon

flagstone

flagstones

garden

garron

georgian

german

gotten

gallstones

flagstaffs

glisten

glidden

golden

goodman

gorgon

gladden

gluten

gowan

grandson

graven

grecian

gumption

griffon

guardsman

gudgeon

hackman

haitian

hangman

hailstones

hailstorm

headman

hailstone

hasten

headsman

harken

harden

harten

hausen

haven

hearten

happen

heathen

hempen

hessian

hetman

heaven

henchman

hillside

heighten

hidden

heron

hillsides

hogan

holstein

horseman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

homespun

hymen

holster

junction

jason

ion

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jackman

jetton

jordan

jorden

kalan

kansan

keelson

kelson

kitchen

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

kirkman

kitten

klansman

lagan

laden

lampron

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

landsman

latin

layman

lessen

lengthen

lemon

leman

lesion

landman

lesson

leven

lichen

linden

liken

lightman

lineman

lighten

liman

linemen

linen

listen

lisbon

lockman

locken

liven

logan

london

loosen

longan

lopeman

lion

loren

lotion

m1

luncheon

lynden

maelstrom

lumen

lyden

madden

mansion

marchman

mangan

maiden

marksman

margin

mahone

markman

marlin

milken

martian

million

marron

marten

mayan

mention

melton

mignon

melon

milestone

milestones

milkweed

matron

millstone

martin

minden

minion

mason

mission

mitten

molest

moisten

molests

molten

motion

morgan

mormon

mountain

muffin

mullen

muslin

mutton

nekton

nation

ninon

newsman

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

oilseeds

oilseed

olden

onion

omen

open

option

organ

orphan

oven

outdone

outrun

othman

oxen

packman

owen

paean

pagan

parson

panton

pardon

passion

passman

pectin

penman

pension

patron

patten

pavon

penguin

pathan

peon

perron

person

pillion

persian

pigeon

pinion

piston

pitman

placid

placate

placoid

plantain

plaster

curtain

policed

platten

poison

polished

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

portman

potion

plankton

pressman

postman

prison

plasters

plastic

plastics

platen

seton

polecat

prussian

proven

pullen

question

quicken

ration

rayon

raven

reason

redden

reckon

region

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

risen

riven

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

smitten

saxon

sanction

russian

salesman

saffron

sadden

salmon

santon

satan

satin

samson

scallion

scion

scotsman

scullion

seaman

season

seedsman

selects

selden

select

session

semen

sequin

sermon

sexton

shaken

runnion

seven

shipman

sicken

shorten

shrunken

shotgun

shogun

showman

silken

shearman

shaman

sharpen

siren

slacken

skylights

skylight

slaughters

slighting

slaughter

slogan

smarten

siphon

soldan

sodden

soften

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

solstice

solon

spoken

spokesman

sportsman

stepson

stillion

station

stiffen

stallion

stallman

statesman

steven

stricken

strengthen

stockman

stolen

straighten

striven

squadron

suction

suasion

sudden

sullen

sultan

sturgeon

sunken

summon

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tension

thicken

tendon

teston

tartan

threaten

thousand

tillman

tighten

traction

trillion

token

toughen

townsman

titan

toman

treason

torsion

tubman

trojan

triton

trodden

tuscan

tungsten

turban

twilight

undone

union

ulster

urchin

urban

urine

urson

vegan

version

villain

vulcan

vision

whitson

woolman

waken

wanton

warden

watchman

weaken

wagon

warren

weapon

wiccan

wheaten

whiten

workman

women

woolen

worsen

woodman

woman

wooden

widen

wizen

yachtsman

woven

written

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

slightly

zion

zircon

polecats

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

abdomen

ablution

abortion

abstention

abstraction

abrasion

absorption

accession

accretion

addition

acumen

aegean

adoption

adsorption

admission

adrian

aggression

alaskan

african

albion

albumin

adhesion

alderman

alien

allocate

allocates

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

aleutian

anglican

apportion

anyone

appian

arkansan

artesian

artisan

arian

aryan

aspersion

asuncion

assassin

assertion

assumption

attraction

attrition

audition

australian

austrian

awaken

aversion

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

ballistics

bandwagon

ballistic

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

beholden

bitumen

benjamin

biotin

blessedly

blastoderm

blistering

blockaded

blustering

bouillon

bosnian

brazilian

blockader

blockaders

bulletin

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

carnation

carrion

cardigan

castration

catalan

cartesian

caucasian

cation

causation

celestial

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

chilean

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

citation

civilian

clarendon

charwoman

clarion

clergyman

coalesced

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collected

collusion

collective

collagen

collegian

collision

collectors

collector

collegiate

combustion

compassion

commission

companion

communion

conception

commotion

completion

conduction

concession

concussion

compression

conclusion

concoction

confession

compulsion

condition

conflation

compunction

congestion

confucian

confusion

congressman

conjunction

conscription

contention

construction

consumption

contortion

contagion

contraction

contraption

convention

conviction

contusion

conversion

convulsion

contrition

constriction

corruption

corsican

corrosion

councilman

countryman

creation

cremation

croatian

crestfallen

crustacean

dalmatian

cyprian

damnation

decision

delegates

delegate

delicate

depletion

delightful

delighted

delusion

denizen

dentition

delighting

derision

description

destruction

determine

dictation

devotion

dialects

dialect

diffusion

digression

digestion

dilation

dilution

discretion

discipline

discussion

disruption

dispersion

distinction

distortion

distraction

division

disunion

diversion

donation

dominion

downtrodden

dorian

dualist

duration

edition

egyptian

elastic

elective

electors

elector

electric

electro

electrics

electrode

electrodes

electrons

duelist

elicits

elison

elicit

emblazon

embolden

emotion

encryption

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equation

evasion

erosion

etruscan

eruption

everyone

exemption

excretion

exclusion

excision

excursion

exertion

extrusion

expansion

exhaustion

extension

expression

expulsion

explosion

extinction

extraction

extortion

fabian

falsettos

falsetto

falsity

filtration

ferryman

feminine

fenian

fijian

fixation

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

fluctuate

fluctuates

formation

foundation

forewoman

forgotten

foramen

forbidden

flycatcher

freemason

franciscan

freudian

fruition

frustration

fustian

galleon

galactic

galactose

garrison

gaussian

gillian

gestation

genuine

ghanaian

gentleman

glistening

glaciate

gordian

gravamen

gradation

grobian

guardian

gyration

harlequin

guncotton

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

housebroken

horizon

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illicit

illusion

illustrate

illustrates

imagine

impression

immersion

impassion

implosion

imprison

in-person

inclusion

incision

infarction

incursion

indian

inflation

infraction

ingestion

infusion

inhuman

insertion

injunction

inscription

instruction

intention

inversion

intestine

invasion

intrusion

irishman

irian

italian

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

laurentian

lecithin

laotian

lanolin

lesbian

abandon

libration

libyan

ligation

location

logician

loyalist

loyalists

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

marian

margarine

lumberman

medicine

median

medallion

melanin

mexican

migration

midshipman

menhaden

masculine

misfortune

mistaken

misprision

misshapen

molested

molesters

molester

moroccan

munition

mutation

musician

muskmelon

myosin

negation

narration

nebraskan

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nobleman

nonhuman

nitrogen

nihilists

nonunion

notation

norwegian

nubian

nutrition

obsession

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

octillion

odeon

omission

oppression

oration

optation

optician

opinion

origin

orion

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

outspoken

ottoman

oxygen

palisades

palisade

pelican

parisian

partition

parthian

partisan

pavilion

patrician

pentathlon

perception

percussion

permission

perfusion

phoenician

peterman

persuasion

petition

phrygian

physician

philistine

philistines

perversion

pilaster

pilasters

placidly

plasterwork

permian

plantation

plasterer

plastering

plebeian

pleistocene

policeman

pollution

position

porcelain

precaution

presumption

predation

predestine

preemption

precision

preclusion

prescription

privation

probation

progression

profusion

proportion

promotion

propulsion

proscription

prostration

provision

protean

quotation

puritan

ramadan

realist

realists

rebellion

recision

reelect

regression

regimen

relegate

relocate

rendition

remission

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

restriction

resumption

retraction

reunion

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

royalist

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

scholastic

sedation

scythian

seclusion

secretion

selective

sensation

sumatran

simian

silicate

silicates

singleton

scorpion

skeleton

slaughterhouse

solicits

solicit

snapdragon

soloist

soloists

solomon

solution

solstices

specimen

stagnation

starvation

suburban

succession

suspension

subtraction

stygian

submersion

submission

subversion

subscription

suggestion

summation

suppression

superman

syrian

suspicion

tactician

talisman

talkative

tamarin

technician

taxation

temptation

thespian

transaction

timberman

toboggan

tradition

translation

transcription

transgression

transition

transmission

truncation

tuition

transfusion

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

unbroken

unison

unwritten

vacation

uterine

venison

venetian

vatican

veteran

vermilion

vibration

volition

vocation

vitamin

waterman

wesleyan

violist

violists

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accusation

aldebaran

activation

acquisition

adaptation

adoration

adulation

advocation

admiration

admonition

affectation

adrenaline

affirmation

agrarian

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

alabaman

albanian

allocations

allegation

allegations

algonquian

algerian

alligator

alligators

allocation

altercation

alteration

alternation

american

amputation

ammunition

amphibian

annexation

animation

annotation

appalachian

apprehension

appellation

application

approbation

apparition

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

arthurian

armenian

armageddon

assemblyman

athenian

assyrian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

aspiration

bohemian

bolivian

estonian

businesswoman

calibration

calculation

californian

calisthenic

calisthenics

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

chalcedony

circulation

circumspection

circumcision

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collectible

collectibles

collectively

collectivize

collectivist

collocation

collectivized

collodion

coloradan

columbian

commendation

commutation

committeeman

comparison

compilation

compensation

competition

complication

combination

comprehension

computation

concentration

composition

condescension

condemnation

condensation

confirmation

conflagration

confiscation

confrontation

comedian

congregation

conjugation

disconnection

connotation

consolation

constellation

conservation

consternation

constipation

decompression

contraception

consultation

consummation

contemplation

contradiction

convocation

consecration

conversation

convolution

contravention

contrarian

contribution

dedication

constitution

culmination

correlation

coronation

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

disinfection

corinthian

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

deconstruction

decoration

copenhagen

deformation

defamation

definition

copernican

degradation

delegation

delectable

delegations

delegating

dehydration

delicately

demolition

demarcation

deportation

demonstration

deposition

depravation

depredation

dereliction

derivation

desecration

deprivation

desolation

desiccation

desperation

destination

destitution

designation

deviation

devolution

devonian

dialectic

dielectric

dietitian

devastation

detonation

diminution

diocesan

dislocation

disinflation

disillusion

disposition

dispensation

disputation

dominican

dissertation

distillation

dissipation

dissolution

distribution

divination

domination

draconian

duplication

education

electorate

electrical

electorates

electricals

electricians

electrify

electrifies

electrocute

electrolyte

electrolytes

electronic

dualistic

electroplate

electronics

elevation

elicited

elocution

elocutions

elongation

elucidate

emanation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

european

eustachian

erudition

estimation

evocation

evolution

excitation

excavation

exclamation

eritrean

fabrication

execution

exhibition

exhumation

exhortation

expectation

expedition

exhalation

expiration

exploration

exposition

explication

exploitation

explanation

extradition

extrication

fallopian

ideation

fascination

felicity

federation

fermentation

felicitate

figuration

fibrillation

fluctuation

fluctuations

floridian

fluctuating

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gastrulation

generation

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

gargantuan

graduation

granulation

gravitation

greco-roman

guatemalan

gregorian

habitation

hibernation

hesitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

hyperion

gorgonian

iberian

ibuprofen

illustration

illustrations

illustrated

illustrative

illustrator

illustrators

imitation

imperfection

implication

immolation

imposition

impregnation

immigration

importation

implantation

imputation

inattention

inclination

incantation

incarnation

incubation

incrustation

indexation

indication

indentation

indigestion

indiscretion

indignation

indonesian

infestation

indecision

infiltration

inflammation

inhalation

information

inhibition

inquisition

inspiration

insulation

installation

institution

instigation

integration

interaction

interdiction

interjection

interception

intercession

intermission

intersection

interruption

intervention

introspection

intuition

introduction

interurban

intimation

interwoven

inundation

intonation

invocation

invitation

innovation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

iranian

jacobean

jubilation

jordanian

jurisdiction

laceration

kindergarten

legislation

lancastrian

leviathan

levitation

librarian

liberian

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

litigation

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

machination

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

mammalian

masturbation

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

meridian

menstruation

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

misperception

mitigation

moderation

missourian

modulation

molestation

mollycoddle

mongolian

moravian

motivation

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

nomination

noblewoman

nicaraguan

nigerian

newtonian

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

observation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

ohioan

octahedron

olympian

oleaster

operation

ordination

opposition

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pelagian

pedestrian

pavlovian

penetration

penicillin

permutation

perforation

persecution

perspiration

planarian

peruvian

perturbation

pigmentation

politician

plutonian

polynesian

polyhedron

population

praetorian

preconception

predetermine

preparation

premonition

preservation

presentation

preignition

precondition

proclamation

profanation

procreation

prohibition

prosecution

propagation

proposition

prostitution

protestation

provocation

publication

protozoan

radiation

realization

readmission

realistic

realizations

reassertion

reawaken

recantation

recognition

recitation

reconstruction

recreation

reclamation

reinspection

regulation

registration

reexamine

reformation

refutation

relaxation

relocation

relocations

reluctantly

renovation

reparation

replication

repercussion

repossession

reproduction

republican

requisition

repetition

reputation

resolution

reposition

reservation

resignation

restitution

respiration

restoration

revelation

retrocession

retardation

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rhododendron

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punctuation

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self-deception

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shakespearean

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solicitor

solicitors

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statistician

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tabulation

superstition

supervision

superhuman

syncopation

tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

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ulceration

toleration

trepidation

tribulation

transportation

transplantation

transformation

vacillation

valerian

usurpation

vaccination

utopian

validation

valuation

ventilation

variation

veneration

velocity

vegetation

velocities

vindication

violation

victorian

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

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abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accreditation

accumulation

accommodation

academician

adulteration

adjudication

administration

affiliation

agglomeration

alliteration

alienation

alleviation

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

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annihilation

anticipation

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appropriation

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argentinian

assimilation

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assemblywoman

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authentication

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beethovenian

brutalization

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caledonian

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capitulation

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carthaginian

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centenarian

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degeneration

deification

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delicatessen

delicatessens

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denunciation

depreciation

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desegregation

determination

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discrimination

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dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

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ejaculation

elasticity

electrically

electricity

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electrocutions

electroplating

electrostatic

disembarkation

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

elucidative

eradication

enumeration

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epicurean

equivocation

evaporation

evaluation

evacuation

ethiopian

exaggeration

facilitation

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examination

exasperation

excoriation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

exfoliation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

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hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

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illegitimate

imagination

immunization

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incineration

incarceration

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incrimination

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infatuation

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interpretation

investigation

irradiation

ionization

jeffersonian

justification

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legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

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manipulation

misapplication

mathematician

maximization

mechanization

maximilian

metropolitan

misapprehension

miscalculation

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

mummification

multiplication

negotiation

nonintervention

neapolitan

neutralization

normalization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonsectarian

nullification

notification

obliteration

origination

orientation

organization

oregonian

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panamanian

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pennsylvanian

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polarization

misinformation

pomeranian

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representation

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resuscitation

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russification

sanctification

scandinavian

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simplification

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specification

solicitation

specialization

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sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

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Words that rhyme with the word election

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


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Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
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  • 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
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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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