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

acton

airman

action

alban

alan

alman

amman

antlered

antler

antlers

apron

aspen

ashen

asian

arson

atman

austin

auden

auction

baldwin

bagman

bacon

billman

banyan

bellman

baston

baton

batten

barton

baron

barren

basin

bason

bastion

batton

beckon

begun

beacon

belgian

bayman

bellon

beaten

billion

billon

bitten

bison

bisson

bargain

blacken

bludgeon

blowgun

boatman

bookman

bollen

bordman

bolden

boston

boughten

bowman

brethren

breton

briton

bourbon

brazen

brighten

brogan

broken

broaden

bullion

bracken

brakeman

bundles

bundle

bushman

button

cabin

caisson

cajun

burman

calvin

candle

burton

canaan

bundled

candles

cannon

canon

cantle

burden

canton

cantel

canyon

burdon

burgeon

capstan

captain

caption

carbon

bobbin

carman

cauldron

carton

caution

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chieftain

chessman

churchman

children

chevron

christian

chicken

chosen

christen

chandler

citron

clinton

chasten

classman

claxon

coachman

cheapen

colon

common

cordon

copeman

cotton

cousin

corban

cowan

craftsman

crewman

crimson

cretin

crouton

cuban

cumin

craven

curtain

daman

cushion

dalton

dagan

dagon

deafen

dampen

deaden

darken

deepen

delphian

demon

deacon

dentals

dental

desman

damson

gentles

devon

dian

diction

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

dobson

draftsman

drunken

dromon

dragon

driven

dudgeon

dutchman

dustman

dwindles

earthen

dwindle

eaten

elan

eden

dungeon

entails

emption

engine

ensign

entail

dozen

ermine

felon

falcon

fallen

famine

faintly

faction

fantail

gantlet

fasten

fashion

fatten

fiction

footman

flexion

firman

fission

fielden

fireman

flashgun

flatten

fondle

floren

fusion

fibrin

foreman

foreign

fondly

fraction

foundling

freshman

function

fountain

freshen

friction

freedman

freeman

frighten

frozen

fortune

faulcon

gallon

gammon

garden

gascon

garron

faustian

gauntlet

gentian

gentiles

gentile

genteel

gentle

klansman

gudgeon

gently

gilden

gibbon

given

german

golden

glidden

glisten

gluten

gladden

gumption

goodman

grandson

gowan

gotten

grecian

griffon

graven

georgian

gorgon

guardsman

handled

hackman

haitian

handle

handles

handler

handlers

handling

hangman

headman

hausen

happen

harden

harken

headsman

harten

haven

hearten

hasten

heathen

heaven

heighten

henchman

hetman

hessian

heron

hidden

houseman

horseman

human

homespun

hogan

hoten

hoven

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

hempen

carmine

indulge

ion

jackman

jasmine

jason

jargon

jetson

jointly

jordan

jorden

jetton

keelson

junction

kelson

kelvin

kendal

kenyan

kalan

kansan

kindle

kindling

kindly

kirkman

kitten

knittle

kitchen

lampron

laden

lagan

landman

landsman

kremlin

landlords

latin

landlocked

landlord

landlock

layman

lengthen

lentils

lentil

lemon

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

legion

lesson

leven

lichen

lineman

linemen

lesion

lightman

linden

liman

lighten

liken

lessen

mantles

linen

lisbon

listen

london

lockman

longan

logan

loosen

lopeman

locken

lotion

lyden

lynden

m1

loren

lumen

madden

liven

luncheon

mahone

maiden

lintel

mangan

mantel

mansion

lion

mantle

marchman

marksman

markman

marron

marlin

marten

martin

mason

martian

matron

melton

melon

mendel

mayan

mental

mention

menthol

milken

million

minion

mignon

minden

mission

mitten

moisten

monthly

molten

mountain

muffin

motion

mullen

muslin

mutton

morgan

nekton

nation

mormon

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

olden

onion

omen

open

organ

option

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

oxen

owen

packman

panton

oven

pagan

pardon

parson

paean

passman

passion

pathan

patron

patten

penguin

pectin

penman

pension

pavon

peon

portman

perron

person

persian

pitman

pillion

pinion

piston

pigeon

plantain

plankton

platen

pollan

poison

pollen

platten

ponton

portion

postman

potion

margin

showman

shotgun

pressman

prison

question

proven

prussian

pullen

quaintly

quintile

quicken

quintal

raven

ration

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

rental

rentals

resin

rerun

ribbon

ridden

salesman

rincon

roman

saffron

risen

riven

riden

ripen

robin

rosen

runnion

russian

rumen

rundle

sadden

rosin

rotten

rowan

roundly

saintly

rowen

ruin

sanction

sandals

sandal

salmon

samson

santon

satan

satin

scandals

scallion

scandal

saxon

scullion

scotsman

seaman

section

scion

season

selden

seedsman

semen

sexton

session

sermon

seven

shaman

sequin

seton

shaken

sharpen

shearman

shindle

shipman

shogun

shorten

shrunken

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

smitten

smittle

smarten

soldan

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

smoothly

solon

spartan

spearman

spokesman

spoken

sovereign

sovran

sportsman

stallman

squadron

statesman

stallion

stepson

stillion

stiffen

station

steven

strengthen

stockman

stolen

straighten

soundly

stricken

sturgeon

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

summon

swindles

striven

sunken

sundial

tartan

swindle

swindlers

sweeten

surgeon

swollen

sylvan

taken

syphon

talon

tappen

tarpon

tension

suasion

tendon

teston

threaten

thousand

tillman

tindal

titan

token

townsman

toughen

traction

toman

torsion

tuscan

tubman

tungsten

trojan

triton

trodden

turban

trillion

undone

treason

union

thicken

untold

urban

urson

urchin

urine

vandals

vandal

vegan

until

villain

vision

version

woman

vulcan

watchman

wagon

waken

warden

warren

woolman

wanton

weaken

weapon

whitson

wheaten

whiten

windle

wiccan

widen

wizen

woodman

women

wooden

woolen

workman

yachtsman

worsen

woven

written

tighten

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablution

abdomen

ablation

abortion

abrasion

accretion

abstraction

abstention

accession

absorption

allusion

aleutian

acumen

addition

addiction

adoption

adhesion

adrian

african

affliction

adsorption

aegean

affection

aggression

assumption

alaskan

albumin

alderman

albion

admission

alsatian

ambrosian

ambition

anchorman

andean

anglican

antelope

anyone

apportion

appian

arian

artisan

ascension

artesian

arkansan

aryan

aspersion

assassin

assertion

alien

attrition

attention

australian

attraction

audition

austrian

aversion

avian

backwoodsman

awaken

backgammon

bandoliers

bandolier

badminton

bandleaders

bandleader

bandwagon

battalion

beholden

bitumen

bedridden

beethoven

bedouin

bedizen

benjamin

biotin

bimodal

bondholders

bosnian

bondholder

asuncion

bouillon

bundling

brazilian

bulletin

cantaloupe

candlesticks

candlelight

cantaloupes

candela

campion

cambrian

candlestick

capsaicin

cardigan

cation

castration

carrion

cartesian

catalan

causation

caucasian

chairwoman

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chandelier

charwoman

chandeliers

cinnamon

champion

citizen

chamberlain

charlatan

chilean

cistercian

citation

civilian

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

cognition

coercion

cohesion

collagen

collection

collegian

collusion

combustion

collision

commission

committal

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

compulsion

completion

complexion

compression

compunction

genuine

conception

concession

conclusion

conduction

concussion

confection

condolence

concoction

condition

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

connection

connexion

congressman

congestion

conjunction

conscription

construction

consumption

contention

constriction

contortion

contagion

contraction

contraption

damnation

carnation

convulsion

contrition

councilman

contusion

convection

conviction

conversion

convention

correction

corruption

corrosion

corsican

countryman

crestfallen

crustacean

croatian

creation

cremation

daintily

dalmatian

cyprian

decision

declension

deception

induction

deduction

defection

deflation

deletion

delusion

deflection

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

description

desertion

derision

depression

destruction

detention

devotion

dictation

diffusion

dilution

dilation

dimension

digestion

digression

direction

diffraction

discipline

discussion

discretion

disruption

dispersion

dissection

dissension

distortion

distinction

distraction

division

donation

dominion

disunion

diversion

dwindling

downtrodden

duration

edition

elation

ejection

election

egyptian

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

encryption

englishman

enliven

enlighten

endlessly

emulsion

equation

dorian

erosion

erection

eruption

etruscan

eviction

determine

everyone

evasion

exaction

excision

exception

exclusion

excursion

excretion

exemption

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

expulsion

explosion

extension

extinction

expression

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fustian

foramen

feminine

fixation

fenian

fondling

filtration

fisherman

fijian

flirtation

flotation

ferryman

forewoman

forgotten

formation

foundation

franciscan

freudian

forbidden

frustration

fruition

freemason

galleon

garrison

gaussian

genitals

genital

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

detection

gondolas

gondola

gondoliers

gondolier

gordian

gradation

grobian

gravamen

guardian

halogen

handlebar

halcyon

gyration

handlebars

hammerman

handily

handwoven

guncotton

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horizon

housebroken

horatian

hydrogen

hydration

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

inception

incision

in-person

inaction

inclusion

incursion

abandon

indolent

indian

fabian

indulgence

indulgent

indulges

infection

infarction

inhuman

inflation

infusion

inflection

infliction

infraction

ingestion

injection

initials

initial

injunction

innately

inspection

insertion

intellects

inscription

instruction

intellect

intention

intrusion

intestine

jamaican

invasion

inversion

invention

irian

irishman

italian

jacobin

jauntily

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

kindler

myosin

landholder

landholders

korean

lanolin

laotian

malaysian

laurentian

landlady

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

libration

malayan

ligation

mantilla

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

location

mandarin

margarine

masculine

medicine

median

menhaden

melanin

medallion

mentally

mexican

lactation

minutely

migration

misfortune

misshapen

mistaken

misprision

midshipman

moroccan

munition

mutation

muskmelon

musician

obsession

negation

landholdings

nebraskan

nemean

nitrogen

narration

nevadan

niacin

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nutrition

objection

nubian

obstruction

occlusion

occasion

octillion

odeon

omission

opinion

optician

oppression

origin

optation

orion

oration

ottoman

partisan

outspoken

pantaloon

overman

overdone

overrun

oxygen

pantaloons

parisian

ovation

parthian

partition

patrician

marian

persuasion

pavilion

pentathlon

pendulum

pelican

percussion

perception

perfection

perfusion

permission

permian

petition

pollution

phoenician

physician

peterman

phrygian

plantation

policeman

plebeian

porcelain

perversion

position

possession

landholding

precaution

precession

presumption

preclusion

predation

predestine

prediction

prescription

preemption

pretension

prevention

profession

profusion

probation

procession

privation

production

promotion

projection

progression

propulsion

rebellion

proportion

provision

protection

prostration

protean

puritan

quotation

proscription

ramadan

reaction

recision

reception

recession

reduction

redemption

regimen

reflection

regression

rejection

religion

relation

remission

rendition

reptilian

rescission

repression

remodel

resection

restriction

resumption

retention

retraction

reunion

reopen

revulsion

reversion

rhodopsin

revision

rotation

rifleman

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

salvation

seclusion

scandalize

scantily

scintilla

scythian

secession

secretion

scorpion

sedation

sedition

seduction

selection

sensation

solomon

silicon

singleton

simian

solution

skeleton

snapdragon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submission

submersion

technician

subscription

subversion

subtraction

suburban

suggestion

succession

sumatran

summation

superman

suppression

suspicion

swindler

suspension

tantalum

tactician

talisman

tantalize

syrian

tamarin

taxation

temptation

thespian

transition

transmission

transcription

transfusion

tradition

timberman

toboggan

transaction

transgression

translation

uncommon

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

undulates

undulate

unison

unduly

uneven

uterine

unwritten

venison

vacation

vatican

ventilate

venetian

vermilion

veteran

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

vibration

zambian

precision

4 syllable words

abolition

abdication

abnegation

aberration

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

abyssinian

accusation

acquisition

activation

advocation

adaptation

admiration

admonition

adoration

adulation

adrenaline

aggravation

affectation

aggregation

alabaman

affirmation

agitation

agrarian

allegation

algerian

albanian

aldebaran

allocation

assemblyman

algonquian

alternation

appalachian

alteration

amputation

american

amphibian

ammunition

animation

annotation

anthologists

anthologist

anthologies

anthology

annexation

altercation

apparition

appellation

application

approbation

arabian

apprehension

arbitration

arizonan

arthurian

armenian

armageddon

aspiration

assyrian

attribution

athenian

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

benediction

bavarian

bifurcation

barbarian

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

cancellation

calculation

candelabra

calibration

canadian

californian

candlemaker

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

circulation

chameleon

circumcision

circumspection

coalition

circumvention

cogitation

constellation

collodion

collocation

coloration

coloradan

combination

commendation

columbian

committeeman

comedian

commutation

comparison

gentlemanly

compilation

competition

composition

complication

computation

concentration

comprehension

condemnation

condolences

condescension

condensation

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

conjugation

connotation

confrontation

congregation

consecration

conservation

consolation

consternation

constipation

contemplation

consultation

consummation

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

constitution

contribution

convolution

convocation

cotyledon

correlation

corinthian

conversation

corp.

corporation

coronation

copenhagen

copernican

dandelion

cultivation

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

destination

custodian

cyclopean

dandelions

decimation

declaration

decompression

contravention

darwinian

dedication

defamation

decoration

degradation

definition

delegation

deformation

dehydration

demolition

demarcation

deposition

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

desiccation

desecration

desolation

designation

deconstruction

demonstration

desperation

detonation

devolution

devastation

devonian

deviation

dietitian

dilatation

diocesan

diminution

distillation

dissolution

disaffection

distribution

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

disposition

disputation

dissipation

dissertation

disconnection

dispensation

emulation

englishwoman

dominican

divination

draconian

estimation

electrician

domination

duplication

elevation

education

elocution

elongation

emanation

emigration

embarkation

equitation

equestrian

erudition

eritrean

estonian

european

evocation

evolution

excavation

exclamation

excitation

execution

exhibition

exhalation

exhumation

exhortation

expedition

eustachian

expectation

exposition

extrication

explication

exploration

explanation

exploitation

extradition

fallopian

expiration

fabrication

gastrulation

galilean

fascination

fibrillation

figuration

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

floridian

fermentation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

gargantuan

federation

gentility

generation

incubation

germination

glaciation

granulation

gorgonian

graduation

gravitation

greco-roman

guatemalan

gregorian

incrustation

habitation

hegelian

hesitation

herculean

hibernation

himalayan

historian

iberian

hypertension

hydrocarbon

hyperion

imposition

ibuprofen

ideation

indecision

hungarian

implication

illustration

implantation

imperfection

imitation

immigration

importation

impregnation

immolation

hemoglobin

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

inclination

praetorian

indiscretion

indexation

indication

indignation

indigestion

indentation

indonesian

intermission

indulgences

infestation

infiltration

inhalation

inflammation

information

inhibition

innovation

initialize

initially

inquisition

installation

inspiration

insulation

instigation

institution

integration

insurrection

intelligence

intelligent

interruption

indelicate

interception

interdiction

intercession

interjection

interaction

intersection

interurban

intimation

intonation

introspection

introduction

interwoven

intolerance

intolerant

intuition

invocation

invitation

iranian

irrigation

intervention

isolation

jacobean

irritation

iteration

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

inundation

indelible

compensation

lancastrian

napoleon

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberation

librarian

liberian

lilliputian

liquefaction

limitation

litigation

lubrication

locomotion

macedonian

maccabean

malnutrition

malformation

mammalian

liquidation

manumission

laceration

masturbation

maturation

medication

meditation

menstruation

mentality

melanesian

mediation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

missourian

misperception

mitigation

modulation

mongolian

moderation

misconception

miseration

obsidian

obstetrician

molestation

motivation

mutilation

mortification

machination

moravian

navigation

neonatal

nestorian

nicaraguan

nigerian

newtonian

nomination

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obligation

obfuscation

oblivion

observation

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

ontology

olympian

operation

opposition

oscillation

orchestration

ordination

ostentation

oxidation

ovulation

overburden

paraguayan

palpitation

pagurian

pagination

pavlovian

pedestrian

penetration

penicillin

pelagian

peruvian

persecution

permutation

perforation

perspiration

perturbation

pigmentation

planarian

politician

plutonian

population

polyhedron

polynesian

predilection

preignition

predetermine

preparation

presentation

preelection

preservation

premonition

revelation

proclamation

prohibition

procreation

profanation

propagation

prostitution

protozoan

proposition

prosecution

provocation

protestation

publication

punctuation

realization

reawaken

reassertion

readmission

radiation

recantation

recitation

retrocession

recognition

recollection

reformation

refutation

reclamation

recreation

regulation

reexamine

reelection

registration

reconstruction

reinspection

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vegetation

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variation

veneration

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wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accreditation

accommodation

accumulation

adulteration

affiliation

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adjudication

assemblywoman

alleviation

alliteration

administration

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ethiopian

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theologian

subordination

substantiation

tantalizingly

synchronization

thanatology

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vegetarian

vaporization

verification

vilification

washingtonian

vulgarization

veterinarian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word gentlewoman

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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
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  • Bulb
  • Wolf
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