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

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

amman

ancients

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

alman

baldwin

auction

austin

auden

bagman

banyan

bacon

basin

banging

bason

bargain

barton

baron

barren

bastion

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

baston

beckon

banking

begun

belgian

ancient

bellman

bellon

billman

billion

billon

bison

benzene

benzine

bisson

bitten

bludgeon

bookman

boatman

bolden

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bordman

boston

boughten

brethren

briton

benign

bowman

breton

brakeman

bourbon

bracken

brazen

brighten

broaden

brogan

broken

bushman

bullion

burman

caisson

burgeon

burden

burdon

burton

button

cabin

bouncing

cajun

calvin

canaan

cancan

caption

cannon

capstan

canton

canyon

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

caution

caxton

certain

cayman

chairman

chanson

chaplain

chapman

charon

children

chicken

chessman

chevron

chieftain

cheapen

christen

christian

churchman

citron

clinton

claxon

coachman

classman

chasten

chosen

colon

common

conjoin

conjoined

conscience

consent

consents

consume

consumed

consumes

copeman

corban

cordon

cousin

cotton

craftsman

cowan

craven

crimson

cushion

crewman

cumin

crouton

curtain

cuban

dagan

dagon

damson

dampen

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

dalton

darken

dancing

cretin

delphian

demesne

demon

deepen

desman

devon

dian

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

driven

dozen

dragon

draftsman

dromon

drunken

dudgeon

dungeons

dutchman

dustman

earthen

eaten

eden

dungeon

elan

engines

enchant

encamp

engine

ensign

ensconce

enjoin

ensnare

ensnares

ensnarl

enzymes

enzyme

ermine

faction

falcon

fashion

famine

fasten

fatten

faulcon

faustian

felon

fencing

fibrin

fielden

firman

fireman

flatten

flexion

flashgun

footman

floren

foreign

foreman

fraction

freeman

freedman

fortune

fountain

freshen

freshman

frighten

frozen

function

fusion

gentian

gammon

garden

gascon

gallon

garron

glidden

glisten

gilden

gibbon

ginseng

given

german

gingham

gladden

ginghams

georgian

gluten

golden

goodman

grecian

griffon

grandson

gorgon

gotten

graven

gowan

gudgeon

haitian

hackman

guardsman

hanging

hangings

hangman

headman

hasten

headsman

harden

harken

harten

hearten

hidden

hausen

haven

heathen

heaven

hessian

hempen

hetman

heron

henchman

heighten

homespun

hogan

human

houseman

horseman

hoten

hoven

huntsman

hymen

hyson

ibsen

hyphen

inchon

incense

incensed

income

incomes

happen

fallen

canon

insane

kitchen

ion

jackman

jetson

jason

jetton

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

junction

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kansan

kalan

kansans

kinsman

kirkman

kitten

knickknack

kremlin

laden

lagan

knocking

lampron

lonesome

leman

klansman

lemon

landman

lengthen

landsman

latin

launching

lessen

legion

lesson

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lesion

leven

launchings

lichen

listen

lighten

knickknacks

lightman

linden

linen

liman

lineman

linemen

lion

lisbon

lockman

liven

locken

logan

london

liken

longan

longing

longhand

luncheon

lynden

lotion

luncheons

lumen

lopeman

loren

lunching

lyden

m1

mahone

madden

maiden

loosen

mangan

mankind

mansion

mansions

marten

longings

marchman

martian

margin

marron

mason

marlin

markman

matron

marksman

martin

mayan

mankinds

melton

mention

mignon

million

mincing

milken

minden

minion

mitten

moisten

molten

monsoon

motion

moonshine

muffin

mullen

morgan

mormon

mountain

monsoons

muslin

melon

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

nanking

ninon

notion

norman

nonsense

oarsman

ocean

passion

odin

omen

olden

passman

often

option

open

organ

othman

orphan

outdone

outrun

oven

onion

oxen

paean

packman

pagan

panton

pardon

owen

parson

pathan

patron

patten

penchant

penguin

pectin

penman

penguins

pension

pensions

perron

peon

person

persian

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

pavon

platen

platten

poison

pinching

pollan

pollen

shrunken

ponton

potion

portman

postman

pouncing

prison

pressman

portion

prussian

pungent

pullen

punkin

question

quicken

ransom

proven

ration

reason

rayon

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

rincon

risen

riven

ringing

riden

ripen

ringneck

roman

robin

rosen

runnion

rosin

russian

rotten

rowan

rowen

rumen

salmon

saffron

sadden

salesman

ruin

samson

sanction

scallion

raven

satan

satin

scotsman

scion

saxon

scullion

seaman

season

section

sanguine

selden

seedsman

semen

session

sequin

sermon

shipman

santon

sexton

shearman

seton

seven

shaman

sharpen

shaken

shogun

shorten

shotgun

ransoms

showman

silken

sicken

spearman

smitten

stillion

sinking

smarten

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

smacking

smoking

sneaking

sneezing

soldan

sodden

soften

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

station

stallion

stallman

stepson

spokesman

statesman

sportsman

steven

squadron

stiffen

stricken

striven

strengthen

sturgeon

stockman

stolen

straighten

suasion

singing

spoken

sunshine

suction

sudden

summon

sultan

sullen

sunken

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

tendon

taken

tangent

tarpon

tartan

tangents

tension

talon

tensions

teston

tappen

thicken

tillman

threaten

thinking

thousand

tighten

titan

token

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

trillion

toman

tubman

treason

trojan

triton

trodden

tungsten

turban

tuscan

undone

urson

union

unknown

unknowns

unkempt

unseen

unkind

unsound

urban

urchin

urine

vegan

vengeance

vision

villain

version

vulcan

wanton

warden

wagon

waken

warren

watchman

weaken

weapon

wheaten

whiten

whitson

wiccan

widen

women

winsome

woman

written

woodman

woolman

wincing

wooden

woolen

worsen

workman

wizen

woven

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abduction

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

accession

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accretion

addiction

aegean

acumen

adoption

adrian

adsorption

affliction

affection

alien

adhesion

aggression

african

alaskan

aleutian

albion

alderman

albumin

alsatian

amazement

amazing

amazon

amazons

asuncion

allusion

amusement

andean

ambrosian

angina

anglican

anyone

amusements

attention

appian

apportion

artesian

arian

arkansan

ascension

aryan

aspersion

artisan

assertion

assumption

assassin

attraction

bedizen

amusing

austrian

bedridden

aversion

banishment

awaken

avian

backgammon

australian

badminton

bedouin

backwoodsman

bandwagon

battalion

anchorman

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bulletin

bouillon

brazilian

campion

cambrian

cardigan

capsaicin

carnation

carrion

cartesian

castration

cation

catalan

caucasian

causation

cessation

benignly

conduction

chairperson

champion

chairwoman

chamberlain

cinnamon

chilean

cistercian

citation

citizen

civilian

charlatan

charwoman

cognition

clarion

coercion

clergyman

coenzyme

cohesion

combustion

collection

collegian

collusion

collagen

communion

companion

compassion

complexion

completion

compression

compulsion

compunction

clarendon

concentrate

concussion

conception

concession

concoction

conclusion

concentrates

concentric

confection

confession

conflation

congestion

confucian

confusion

congressman

congenial

conjunction

connection

connexion

connexions

conjunctions

conscription

consciences

consonant

consonants

constriction

construction

consummate

contention

consumption

contortion

contagion

contraction

consuming

consummates

convulsion

corruption

contraption

contrition

convection

convention

conviction

contusion

conversion

correction

consumer

countryman

consumers

corrosion

councilman

corsican

creation

cyprian

croatian

crustacean

dalmatian

damaging

damnation

declension

deflection

deflation

delusion

denizen

denizens

abandon

description

derision

crestfallen

destruction

determine

dilation

dictation

digression

diffusion

digestion

dilution

direction

discretion

discipline

dispersion

disruption

ejection

dissection

distinction

distortion

diversion

disunion

distraction

dominion

donation

downtrodden

duration

dorian

eleven

expression

emblazon

embolden

englishman

enchanted

enchantment

enchanter

encampment

enchanters

encampments

enchanting

exertion

encryption

engineer

engineers

encounter

encounters

engenders

encumber

engender

enigma

enjoyment

enlighten

enliven

enjoyments

ensemble

ensembles

equation

erosion

eruption

etruscan

exception

evasion

exaction

everyone

excretion

exclusion

exemption

ensuing

exhaustion

excursion

expansion

expulsion

explosion

extension

diffraction

extinction

extortion

extrusion

fabian

extraction

fenian

feminine

ferryman

fixation

filtration

fisherman

fijian

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

foramen

forewoman

freemason

forgotten

formation

franciscan

foundation

fruition

freudian

frustration

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gillian

gestation

ghanaian

hammerman

grobian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

gyration

guncotton

halcyon

halogen

handwoven

hawaiian

harlequin

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

honeycomb

hydration

hydrogen

illusion

imagined

imagines

inaction

imprison

implosion

in-person

inasmuch

inception

inclusion

incentive

incoming

incomplete

incursion

indian

incumbents

median

induction

infliction

infection

inflection

inflation

infarction

infraction

innocence

ingestion

infusion

injection

injunction

injunctions

inhuman

innocent

innocents

ingenue

inscription

inspection

insertion

insincere

instruction

intention

jamaicans

invention

intestine

invasion

inversion

intrusion

irishman

jamaican

italian

jainism

irian

jacobin

jovian

javelin

julian

keratin

kantian

keynesian

jansenists

keynesians

pollution

jansenist

lactation

korean

laotian

lesbian

libyan

lanolin

ligation

laurentian

lecithin

libration

lawmaking

logician

limousine

limousines

location

long-winded

longingly

lumberman

lutheran

malaysian

malayan

managements

magdalen

management

mandarin

manganese

mannequins

marian

mannequin

margarine

masculine

medallion

medicine

muskmelon

menhaden

midshipman

misprision

mexican

migration

misfortune

misshapen

mistaken

monism

monisms

moroccan

mutation

melanin

occasion

myosin

narration

negation

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

nincompoop

norwegian

nincompoops

nonunion

notation

nubian

nutrition

obsession

objection

obstruction

occlusion

incumbent

octillion

omniscient

odeon

oppression

optician

opinion

oration

optation

ovation

ottoman

origin

orion

outspoken

overdone

oncoming

overrun

parisian

oxygen

overman

partition

parthian

partisan

pavilion

pelican

pensioner

pensioners

percussion

permian

perception

perfection

pentathlon

perfusion

phoenicians

phrygian

perversion

peterman

persuasion

plebeian

plantation

policeman

ongoing

relation

precaution

preclusion

predation

predestine

prediction

pretension

prevention

privation

prescription

presumption

probation

production

progression

projection

proportion

profusion

propulsion

protean

protection

prostration

puritan

proscription

punishment

punishments

pungently

ramadan

quotation

porcelain

reaction

rebellion

reflection

reduction

redemption

regression

regimen

rejection

renaissance

reopen

repression

reptilian

resection

resumption

restriction

retention

retraction

reunion

reversion

rhodopsin

ringmaster

rifleman

salvation

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

scythian

scorpion

seclusion

secretion

selection

sedation

senescence

sensation

silicon

singleton

skeleton

solution

solomon

snapdragon

stagnation

starvation

specimen

stygian

submersion

subscription

succession

suburban

subversion

subtraction

suggestion

sumatran

syrian

tactician

sunshiny

suppression

suspension

superman

talisman

taxation

tangential

temptation

tamarin

thespian

timberman

toboggan

transgression

transaction

transcription

transfusion

transition

translation

tuition

transmission

truncation

tumescent

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unconcern

unconcerned

uncomplete

uncanny

uneven

unison

unbutton

unisons

unwritten

unseemly

ungainly

uterine

zambian

vanishing

vatican

venison

vermilion

vacation

veteran

vibration

vitamin

vocation

wesleyan

waterman

4 syllable words

abolition

abdication

aberration

abnegation

acclamation

acclimation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

accordion

acquisition

admiration

activation

adaptation

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affectation

affirmation

accusation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

algerian

albanian

aldebaran

algonquian

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

amphibian

american

ammunition

amputation

animation

annexation

annotation

anaconda

appalachian

apparition

assyrian

appellation

apprehension

arbitration

armageddon

approbation

armenian

arabian

arizonan

application

aspiration

arthurian

assemblyman

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

backwardation

bavarian

barbarian

condescension

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calibration

cancellation

canadian

californian

carcinogen

calculation

centurion

chameleon

celebration

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

circulation

coalition

cogitation

comedian

coloration

collocation

columbian

collodion

combination

commendation

committeeman

commutation

competition

composition

comparison

compilation

complication

comprehension

compensation

computation

coloradan

concentrated

condemnation

condensation

concentration

concomitant

concentrations

benediction

confirmation

confiscation

congenital

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

consensual

consolation

conservation

constellation

consonantal

conjunctiva

constipation

consternation

constitution

consultation

consumable

consummation

contemplation

contraception

convocation

conversation

contradiction

contravention

contribution

contrarian

convolution

coronation

copernican

corinthian

corp.

copenhagen

correlation

corporation

cotyledon

dedication

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

criterion

crocodilian

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

dandelion

decompression

decimation

definition

defamation

decoration

deformation

delegation

demarcation

degradation

dehydration

deconstruction

demonstration

deposition

derivation

desolation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

deportation

dereliction

desiccation

designation

destination

desperation

destitution

devonian

deviation

detonation

devolution

devastation

dietitian

dilatation

disaffection

disinflation

disposition

disinfection

diocesan

disillusion

disconnection

dispensation

dislocation

disputation

dissolution

distillation

dissertation

divination

dominican

domination

distribution

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

exposition

emanation

emigration

elocution

embarkation

elongation

emulation

encomium

encomiums

engineering

encompassing

encompasses

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

erudition

eritrean

estimation

estonian

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

european

exhibition

execution

exhalation

expedition

expectation

exhumation

exhortation

expiration

explanation

explication

exploration

exploitation

declaration

fabrication

extradition

extrication

fascination

fibrillation

fermentation

federation

figuration

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

floridian

galilean

fallopian

generation

gargantuan

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gravitation

graduation

granulation

gregorian

greco-roman

habitation

guatemalan

gymnasium

gymnasiums

gorgonian

himalayan

hegelian

hesitation

hemoglobin

hibernation

herculean

homogenize

historian

homogeny

hyperion

homogenized

hypertension

hungarian

hydrocarbon

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

illustration

immigration

imperfection

implication

imputation

impregnation

importation

inattention

implantation

incantation

incandescent

inclination

incarnation

incinerate

incompetent

incompetents

inconclusive

inconsistent

inconstancy

incontinent

inconvenience

inconvenient

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indignation

indication

indentation

indexation

indigestion

indiscretion

incumbency

infiltration

infestation

inflammation

indonesian

information

inhalation

inhibition

ingeniously

innovation

innocently

inquisition

insanity

installation

inspiration

inseminate

insensible

insinuate

insinuates

insensitive

instigation

institution

interdiction

insulation

insurrection

intercession

integration

interception

interjection

interaction

interruption

intersection

interurban

intimation

intonation

invocation

intervention

invitation

inundation

introspection

iranian

interwoven

introduction

isolation

irrigation

iteration

jacobean

jansenism

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

legislation

liberation

levitation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

machination

mammalian

malnutrition

malformation

macedonian

lancastrian

manumission

masturbation

maturation

manzanilla

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

ministration

meridian

minnesotan

miseration

misconception

misbegotten

misperception

menstruation

modulation

moderation

molestation

missourian

mongolian

monogamy

motivation

mortification

moravian

menacingly

mutilation

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

noncompliance

nomination

noncommittal

noncommercial

napoleon

noncombatant

noncombatants

noblewoman

nonsensical

nonconformist

nonessential

numismatists

nonprescription

obfuscation

oblivion

obligation

observation

obsidian

numismatist

obstetrician

nonconformists

nonpartisan

occupation

olympian

opposition

operation

ordination

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

ohioan

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

penetration

penicillin

pedestrian

pelagian

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

politician

pavlovian

polynesian

octahedron

polyhedron

population

praetorian

precondition

preconception

predetermine

predilection

preelection

preparation

presentation

preservation

proclamation

prohibition

profanation

propagation

proposition

procreation

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

radiation

relaxation

revelation

reassertion

realization

reawaken

recantation

recognition

recitation

reformation

reclamation

recollection

reelection

recreation

reexamine

reconstruction

refutation

registration

reinspection

regulation

relocation

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rhetorician

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rhododendron

samaritan

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shakespearean

sicilian

simonian

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siberian

situation

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tamoxifen

tangentially

tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

toleration

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ulceration

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valerian

variation

vegetation

veneration

vacillation

validation

vaccination

valuation

vindication

violation

ventilation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

utopian

zionism

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abomination

abbreviation

academician

accommodation

acceleration

accreditation

accumulation

alienation

affiliation

adulteration

adjudication

agglomeration

alleviation

administration

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amazonians

amelioration

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amplification

annihilation

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argumentation

approximation

argentinian

articulation

assimilation

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assemblywoman

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augustinian

authentication

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beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

canonization

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

centenarian

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dionysian

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domestication

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ejaculation

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elizabethan

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eradication

ethiopian

enumeration

evaporation

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exfoliation

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exoskeleton

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fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

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hydrogenation

hyperborean

hybridization

illumination

imagination

imaginations

imaginary

imaginable

imaginative

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incantatory

incineration

incarceration

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incompetency

incompetently

incompressible

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inconceivable

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inconsistencies

inconsistency

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inconveniences

incorporation

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initiation

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inoculation

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ionization

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jeffersonian

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justification

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localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

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mathematician

maximization

maximilian

mechanization

mississippian

metropolitan

minicomputers

minicomputer

misinformation

misapprehension

misapplication

miscalculation

mummification

mobilization

modification

modernization

multiplication

neapolitan

negotiation

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nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

normalization

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notification

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obliteration

pasteurization

oregonian

orientation

origination

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organization

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pacification

panamanian

participation

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

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philadelphian

polarization

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

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preoccupation

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presbyterian

prevarication

procrastination

proliferation

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pomeranian

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reforestation

regeneration

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remuneration

pythagorean

rejuvenation

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

ratification

revaluation

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russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

sterilization

specification

specialization

stratification

substantiation

synchronization

subordination

theologian

triangulation

unaccountable

unconditional

unconscionable

uncomfortable

uncontrollable

uncompromising

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

vilification

verification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word emission

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How to use the rhyming dictionary

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


Perfect Rhymes

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

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

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

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