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

brushing

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

argonne

arcane

arching

argon

argent

barren

arson

arsons

aspen

atman

auction

austin

auden

bacon

bagman

baron

banyan

baldwin

bargain

bargains

barton

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

billon

beacon

beaten

bison

bellman

begun

billion

billman

bitten

blacken

blowgun

bourbon

bookman

boston

bobbin

bollen

boughten

boatman

bolden

bordman

bowman

bracing

bracken

briton

arraign

brazen

brackens

brakeman

break-in

brighten

breaking

breeching

broaden

breakneck

brogan

broken

broking

brougham

browsing

bullion

burden

burdon

dobson

burman

burton

button

cabin

cannon

canaan

calvin

canon

canton

canyon

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

cayman

certain

caxton

chairman

chaplain

chapman

cheapen

chevron

chicken

chosen

children

chieftain

churchman

citron

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

colon

common

crashing

copeman

cordon

cousin

cotton

coursing

cowan

craftsman

cracking

corban

craven

creaking

crescents

cretin

crushing

crouton

curtain

crimson

cuban

crossing

crossings

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

dampen

dalton

damson

darken

deacon

darkened

crewman

deepen

deerskin

desman

delphian

demon

dian

doctrine

dolman

freeman

dozen

drachma

draftsman

dragging

freezing

drachmas

dragon

dressings

dragons

driven

dungeon

dromon

drunken

drugging

dustman

dutchman

eaten

eden

elan

ermine

freedman

fibrin

fallen

falcon

famine

fatten

faustian

fearsome

faulcon

fielden

firman

flatten

floren

footman

foregone

forcing

foreign

fortune

firkins

foreman

foreskin

foreseen

forging

fountain

forgings

foursome

fragment

fireman

fragments

freaking

dragnet

frequent

frequents

frighten

frogmouth

dragnets

gallon

gammon

gascon

function

fusion

garron

garden

german

georgian

georgians

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

gilden

gluten

golden

goodman

gorgon

graven

grandson

gotten

grazing

gowan

griffon

gruesome

hackman

guardsman

gumption

hangman

happen

frozen

gorgons

harden

harten

headman

hetman

heathen

henchman

haven

headsman

hausen

hearkens

hempen

hearten

harken

hidden

heighten

hogan

homespun

harkens

hoten

horseman

houseman

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

frogmouths

dolphin

irksome

ion

leman

jackman

jasmine

jerking

jerkins

kalan

junction

kansan

jordan

jorden

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

kitten

krishna

kirkman

klansman

laden

latin

layman

lampron

landman

landsman

lagan

legion

lengthen

lesion

jargon

leven

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

linden

linen

lisbon

liman

lion

lineman

linemen

loosen

london

liven

locken

logan

loren

lockman

lopeman

longan

lorgnette

lorgnettes

luncheon

lumen

lyden

lynden

m1

madden

maiden

mangan

moisten

margin

margined

margins

marchman

marching

marking

markings

markman

marksman

martian

matron

mayan

marten

martin

marlin

melton

mitten

merchant

merchants

merkin

merging

mignon

milken

million

minion

minden

molten

muffin

morgan

mormon

mountain

morgans

mullen

mutton

nekton

muslin

newsman

ninon

norman

oarsman

nursing

orphan

othman

onion

odin

often

omen

open

olden

option

organ

organs

outdone

outrun

oven

pagan

oxen

packman

panton

owen

paean

pardon

parchment

pectin

parsons

passman

patten

patron

pavon

parking

penman

parson

penguin

peon

percent

percents

perchance

perkin

perkins

persians

persons

phrasing

piercing

plantain

piston

pillion

pinion

pitman

plankton

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

postman

portman

preaching

sergeant

precinct

sergeants

precincts

presence

present

pregnant

presents

seton

silken

prison

prisons

prism

prisms

proven

pullen

quicken

purging

raven

rayon

reason

region

rerun

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

ripen

risen

riven

robin

samson

roman

saxon

sadden

rosen

saffron

runnion

salmon

satan

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

salesman

santon

sanction

satin

rosin

scallion

scullion

scotsman

scion

scorching

seaman

season

searching

presume

selden

semen

seedsman

sequin

sexton

sermon

shaken

shaman

sharking

sicken

shipman

sharpen

shearman

shogun

showman

shrunken

shorten

shotgun

slacken

siphon

smitten

siren

slogan

smarten

sodden

soften

solon

soldan

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

sorghum

spoken

statesman

stallion

squadron

stallman

steven

stiffen

straighten

strengthen

stricken

stillion

stolen

stockman

striven

sportsman

spokesman

titan

sudden

sullen

summon

sultan

sunken

surgeons

tendon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

thrashing

thicken

thousand

tillman

tighten

token

toman

torsion

toughen

tracing

treason

townsman

treasons

trillion

trojan

triton

trodden

trojans

tricking

trucking

tubman

tuscan

tungsten

turban

undone

union

urban

urchins

urgent

urine

waken

wrecking

versions

warren

villain

virgin

virgins

wagon

vulcan

written

watchman

wanton

weaken

wheaten

whiten

whitson

worsens

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woodman

woolman

warden

widen

wizen

working

workings

workman

woven

zaman

yaupon

yeoman

yachtsman

zircon

zion

presumes

zircons

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

abandon

abdomen

ablution

abortion

abrasion

absorption

accession

accretion

abstention

abstraction

addition

adhesion

affection

acumen

aegean

addiction

admission

adoption

adrian

affliction

adsorption

african

aggression

alaskan

albion

aleutian

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

andean

anchorman

anglican

alderman

anyone

apportion

appian

archangel

arachnid

arachnids

arcanum

archangels

argentine

argonaut

argentines

argonauts

argument

arguments

arian

albumin

arkansan

arrogance

arrogant

arraignment

arsenal

arsenic

arsenide

arraignments

arsenals

arsonist

assassin

arsonists

aspersion

aryan

ascension

assertion

artisan

artesian

assumption

asuncion

attention

audition

attrition

attraction

austrian

australian

aversion

avian

awaken

badminton

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandwagon

bargainer

bargainers

arkansans

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

benjamin

bedridden

beholden

beethoven

biotin

bitumen

bouillon

bosnian

brazilian

brazenly

brigantine

bulletin

infraction

burgundy

burgundies

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

carrion

caressing

carnation

carousing

causation

catalan

cartesian

castration

cardigan

cation

caucasian

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

circumference

circumcise

circumstance

circumscribe

circumspect

citation

circumvent

circumvents

cistercian

citizen

coercion

civilian

clarion

clergyman

clarendon

collection

cognition

cohesion

collagen

collegian

collision

commission

collusion

commotion

combustion

contention

compassion

communion

companion

complexion

completion

consumption

concession

compression

conception

compulsion

compunction

conclusion

concoction

concussion

confession

confection

condition

conduction

conflation

congestion

confucian

confusion

conjunction

congressman

connection

connexion

conscription

constriction

construction

contagion

contortion

convection

convention

contrition

convulsion

contusion

conversion

contraption

conviction

creation

corrosion

corsican

councilman

countryman

defection

cremation

crescendo

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

cross-country

deception

dalmatian

damnation

cyprian

decision

declension

darkening

deduction

deflation

deflection

deletion

depletion

derision

depiction

delusion

denizen

dentition

depression

detection

desertion

digression

description

dimension

detention

destruction

determine

dissection

devotion

digestion

dilation

dictation

diffusion

dilution

division

diffraction

discipline

distortion

discretion

discussion

dissension

dispersion

disruption

diversion

distinction

distraction

disunion

inflation

contraction

inflection

donation

dominion

dorian

dressmaker

dressmakers

dressmaking

duration

election

elation

elison

edition

ejection

eleven

emission

egyptian

emblazon

embolden

emotion

emulsion

encryption

erection

enlighten

enliven

equation

erosion

eruption

excursion

etruscan

evasion

everyone

eviction

excision

exaction

exception

eurasian

exclusion

excretion

exemption

englishman

exertion

exhaustion

freemason

expansion

expression

explosion

expulsion

extension

filtration

extortion

extraction

fabian

extrusion

franciscan

extinction

feminine

ferryman

fenian

fijian

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

foundation

forgotten

formation

foreigners

forewoman

fragmented

foreigner

downtrodden

frequency

freudian

fruition

garrison

fustian

frustration

galleon

gaussian

genuine

gentleman

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

heroin

frequently

gradation

horatian

gravamen

grobian

guardian

gyration

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

guncotton

handwoven

horizon

harassment

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroine

harlequin

horizons

horsemanship

housebroken

infection

inception

hydration

illusion

hydrogen

hurricane

hurricanes

ignition

imagine

immersion

impression

impassion

inaction

in-person

incision

imprison

induction

implosion

incursion

indian

infarction

inclusion

frequencies

infliction

infusion

ingestion

injection

insertion

inhuman

injunction

inscription

inspection

invasion

instruction

invention

intention

irishman

intestine

intrusion

inversion

irian

jacobin

javelin

jamaican

jettison

kantian

jovian

julian

keratin

kerosene

keynesian

korean

lactation

laurentian

lanolin

laotian

larceny

italian

lesbian

ligation

libration

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malaysian

malayan

marian

mandarin

margarine

marginal

marconi

masculine

median

medallion

medicine

melanin

merchandise

mercantile

menhaden

migration

midshipman

mexican

misshapen

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

marksmanship

precaution

moroccan

moroccans

munition

musician

mutation

myosin

muskmelon

negation

nebraskan

objection

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nutrition

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nourishing

nourishment

notation

nubian

norwegian

norwegians

nonunion

obsession

omission

occasion

occlusion

obstruction

octillion

odeon

opinion

oppression

oration

optation

optician

origin

organelles

organic

organics

organize

organist

organized

organum

orion

origins

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

paragon

parisian

partition

parthian

partisan

parsonage

patrician

pavilion

pelican

perception

pentathlon

percentage

perfection

perfusion

permian

phoenician

personal

persona

phrygian

petition

persuasion

personnel

perversion

peterman

personals

physician

pollution

plantation

plebeian

policeman

position

porcelain

pragmatic

pragmatist

pragmatists

precision

preclusion

predation

predestine

prediction

preemption

prescient

prescience

pregnancy

prescription

pregnancies

presences

presenter

presenters

presently

presentment

preconceive

pretension

prevention

prisoner

presumptions

prisoners

presumptive

privation

probation

production

progeny

profusion

proconsul

prognoses

progression

projection

promotion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

protection

provision

prostration

protean

proximal

proximate

puritan

pursuant

pyroxene

quotation

reception

ramadan

reaction

recision

rebellion

rendition

redemption

reduction

reflection

regimen

regression

remission

rejection

relation

religion

reopen

resection

rescission

repression

reptilian

restriction

resumption

retention

retraction

reunion

revulsion

revision

rhodopsin

reversion

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

saracens

salvation

sarasin

samoan

sarcoma

scythian

scorpion

secretion

seclusion

selection

sensation

sedation

sedition

seduction

silicon

simian

skeleton

presumption

singleton

snapdragon

solution

stygian

solomon

stagnation

starvation

submission

tiresome

submersion

subscription

succession

suppression

suggestion

subversion

suburban

sumatran

summation

superman

suspension

subtraction

suspicion

syrian

tactician

technician

taxation

tamarin

temptation

talisman

thespian

timberman

toboggan

transition

tradition

transmission

transgression

translation

transaction

transcription

tuition

transfusion

truism

truncation

unbutton

uncertain

uneven

unburden

uncommon

unbroken

vacation

unison

urgency

unwritten

urgently

uterine

vatican

venison

venetian

warehousing

veteran

vermilion

virginal

vocation

volition

vibration

vitamin

wesleyan

waterman

wearisome

workmanship

worrisome

workmanlike

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abolition

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accusation

acquisition

activation

adoration

adulation

adaptation

admonition

advocation

admiration

adrenaline

affectation

affirmation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

allegation

algerian

algonquian

allocation

alteration

altercation

american

alternation

ammunition

amputation

amphibian

animation

annotation

apparition

appellation

annexation

application

approbation

appalachian

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

archenemy

argentina

argentinas

arizonan

aldebaran

armageddon

arrogantly

aspiration

arthurian

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

broken-winded

armenian

arizonans

cancellation

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

canadian

californian

carcinogen

carcinogens

carcinoma

celebration

centurion

chameleon

charismatic

charismatics

chrysanthemum

chrysanthemums

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumstances

circumstantial

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collocation

coloration

combination

coloradan

comedian

columbian

commendation

comparison

commutation

committeeman

compensation

competition

compilation

collodion

complication

composition

computation

concentration

condescension

condemnation

condensation

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

conjugation

congregation

connotation

conservation

consolation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

confrontation

consultation

consummation

comprehension

contemplation

corinthian

conversation

convocation

contrarian

contradiction

contravention

contribution

convolution

corp.

burgomasters

copenhagen

corporation

copernican

correlation

cotyledon

coronation

crucifixion

culmination

criterion

crocodilian

cultivation

decimation

custodian

dandelion

cyclopean

darwinian

declaration

decompression

dedication

decoration

deconstruction

defamation

degradation

definition

delegation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deposition

depravation

deportation

depredation

derivation

desiccation

desecration

dereliction

designation

desolation

detonation

desperation

deprivation

destination

destitution

devastation

deviation

devolution

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

devonian

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

dislocation

disposition

disinflation

dispensation

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

deformation

distribution

divination

contraception

dominican

domination

infestation

duplication

electrician

elevation

education

emanation

elocution

emigration

embarkation

elongation

emulation

equitation

equestrian

englishwoman

erudition

eritrean

estimation

estonian

european

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

exhumation

exhortation

expectation

expedition

expiration

figuration

explanation

exposition

fascination

explication

exploration

fabrication

federation

extradition

fermentation

fibrillation

extrication

exploitation

fallopian

foliation

fluoridation

fluctuation

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

fragmentary

exhibition

draconian

infiltration

hemoglobin

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

graduation

gravitation

granulation

greco-roman

gregorian

habitation

guatemalan

hegelian

herculean

heroism

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

horizontal

hungarian

hydrocarbon

ideation

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

illustration

immigration

immolation

imitation

imperfection

imposition

impregnation

implication

imputation

implantation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

indentation

indecision

inclination

incubation

incrustation

indexation

indigestion

indication

indiscretion

indignation

indonesian

importation

gorgonian

inflammation

information

burgomaster

inhalation

inhibition

inquisition

innovation

interdiction

inspiration

installation

intercession

insulation

insurrection

interception

interaction

instigation

institution

integration

interjection

interruption

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

intimation

intonation

intuition

inundation

introspection

introduction

intermission

invitation

invocation

iranian

irrigation

irritation

jacobean

jubilation

jurisdiction

jordanian

kindergarten

laceration

iteration

lancastrian

legislation

isolation

levitation

liberation

leviathan

librarian

liberian

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

machination

maccabean

macedonian

malnutrition

malformation

mammalian

manumission

maraschino

marginally

marijuana

moderation

maturation

masturbation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

mercenary

menstruation

mercenaries

merchandiser

merchandisers

merchandising

mitigation

meridian

minnesotan

ministration

misbegotten

misperception

miseration

missourian

misconception

modulation

lilliputian

molestation

motivation

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

oscillation

nigerian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nomination

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

obsidian

occupation

obstetrician

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

operation

opposition

observation

original

orchestration

organically

originate

organism

organizer

organizers

organizes

organismic

organisms

originals

ordination

originates

oblivion

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

pagination

oxidation

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

parishioner

parishioners

parisians

parisienne

parsimony

pavlovian

penicillin

penetration

pedestrian

pelagian

parsonages

percentages

perforation

persecution

permutation

personable

personalize

personalized

perspiration

perturbation

personally

peruvian

personify

personifies

moravian

planarian

pigmentation

plutonian

politician

population

polynesian

polyhedron

praetorian

pragmatism

mongolian

predilection

precondition

preconceptions

preconditions

predetermine

preelection

preparation

preignition

premonition

presentation

presentations

preservation

preconception

procreation

profanation

proclamation

progenitor

prognosticate

prognosticates

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

provocation

proximity

publication

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abomination

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vilification

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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:

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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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