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

acton

amman

alan

airman

alban

alman

apron

ashen

aspen

arrant

arson

arrants

asian

atman

around

auction

auden

austin

bargain

bagman

baldwin

bacon

baron

baston

barren

basin

bastion

barton

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beckon

beacon

beaten

begun

belgian

bellman

bellon

bison

blacken

bisson

bludgeon

billion

billman

boatman

billon

bitten

blowgun

bobbin

brakeman

bordman

bracken

boston

boughten

bourbon

bookman

bowman

brand-new

brandish

brethren

bollen

brander

brandy

brazen

breton

brighten

broaden

briton

brogan

broken

brownouts

brownout

brunette

brunettes

bromides

bromide

bullion

calvin

burden

burdon

caisson

burman

burton

cabin

button

burgeon

cajun

bushman

burnet

canaan

capstan

captain

carbon

cauldron

caxton

carman

carmine

carton

chaplain

chapman

caution

bolden

brindle

cayman

certain

chairman

chasten

children

chessman

chevron

christen

chieftain

christian

cheapen

chicken

chosen

charon

citron

classman

clinton

coachman

churchman

colon

common

corban

craven

copeman

cordon

corinth

cornet

craftsman

cotton

cousin

cowan

courant

crimson

cretin

cremate

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

current

currents

curtain

cushion

dampen

dalton

dagan

dagon

daman

darken

deaden

deafen

deacon

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dian

diction

dobson

drunken

dungeon

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

doormats

doormat

draftsman

dragon

dutchman

driven

dromon

drumhead

dudgeon

dustman

durant

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

emption

engine

ermine

errand

errant

errands

falcon

fallen

fashion

famine

fatten

farrand

faulcon

fibrin

faustian

fielden

felon

fiction

fireman

firman

flashgun

flatten

fission

flexion

floren

footman

forehand

foreman

forehands

foreign

format

fortune

formats

frantic

freedman

freshman

freshen

freeman

friendship

friction

friendly

frontal

frighten

friendships

frontage

fronted

frontier

function

frozen

fusion

gallon

garden

gascon

gammon

garron

garand

garnet

frontiers

german

fountain

gilden

gibbon

given

gerunds

glidden

golden

goodman

gorgon

glisten

gotten

gluten

gourmet

gourmets

gowan

grandchild

grandeur

grandly

granite

granted

graven

gerund

grinding

grecian

grinders

groundling

grindstone

griffon

grinder

greenwood

greyhound

grindle

grenade

grenades

groundnut

hackman

grounder

grounding

gumption

groundswell

groundwork

groundnuts

guardsman

gudgeon

grantor

haitian

grantors

georgian

harden

happen

harken

hetman

hasten

headman

hausen

haven

headsman

henchman

hearten

heaven

hempen

heighten

heathen

hermit

hermits

heron

hessian

harten

hidden

homespun

hogan

horehound

hornet

horseman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

hornets

hymen

hyson

hyphen

ibsen

zircon

ion

jargon

jackman

jasmine

jason

jetson

jordan

jorden

jetton

junction

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kelvin

kirkman

kitchen

kitten

lampron

laden

lagan

kremlin

latin

layman

leaden

ledden

lengthen

leaven

lemon

leman

legion

lesion

lineman

lessen

lesson

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

leven

liman

linden

linemen

lion

lyden

markman

locken

lockman

liven

longan

logan

luncheon

loosen

lynden

loren

martian

mason

lotion

lopeman

lumen

m1

maiden

mahone

marchman

marksman

margin

marlin

linen

marten

marron

lisbon

listen

martin

matron

mayan

option

melton

kalan

melon

mermaids

mignon

minion

milken

million

moisten

mission

mitten

morgan

mormon

motion

mountain

molten

muslin

muffin

mullen

mutton

nation

nekton

mermaid

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

onion

often

olden

open

omen

odin

organ

orphan

ornate

othman

outdone

outrun

oxen

oven

packman

owen

pagan

paean

pardon

parent

parents

parson

pectin

passion

passman

patten

pathan

patron

pavon

penman

penguin

peon

permit

permits

permute

perron

person

persian

pigeon

piston

pitman

ponton

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

pillion

portion

pinion

portman

shrunken

pressman

prentice

primate

printing

prison

printings

primates

printers

promote

promotes

printer

potion

prussian

pullen

ration

raven

question

quicken

redden

reckon

rayon

reason

region

proven

silken

runnion

rerun

resin

riden

rincon

ridden

rosin

ripen

rotten

robin

ribbon

riven

roman

rosen

risen

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

russian

saffron

salmon

salesman

scallion

satin

scotsman

scullion

satan

scion

seaman

season

section

selden

seedsman

semen

sexton

sermon

session

seven

shaken

sequin

seton

sharpen

shorten

shaman

shearman

shipman

shogun

shotgun

showman

sicken

postman

slacken

smarten

siphon

siren

slogan

smitten

sodden

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

soften

solon

spearman

spoken

sportsman

squadron

spokesman

stallion

stepson

statesman

station

stiffen

strengthen

stallman

stockman

straighten

sturgeon

stillion

steven

stolen

stricken

striven

suasion

sudden

suction

sullen

sultan

sunken

summon

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

surrounds

sylvan

syphon

taken

surround

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

termite

urson

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

tillman

thicken

token

townsman

toman

torsion

toughen

torrent

torrents

teston

tranter

treason

trundle

trodden

turndown

tungsten

trillion

trojan

truant

tubman

turban

turn-out

tuscan

triton

tyrant

tyrants

union

urban

urchin

urine

termites

vegan

version

villain

wanton

vision

vulcan

warden

waken

wagon

warren

warrant

weaken

warrants

weapon

whitson

watchman

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

women

yachtsman

woodman

workman

wooden

yaupon

woolman

woolen

woven

written

yeoman

wormwood

worsen

zaman

zion

woman

3 syllable words

abandon

abdomen

abduction

ablution

ablation

abortion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accession

abrasion

accretion

addition

addiction

admission

adoption

adhesion

acumen

adrian

adsorption

anchorman

aegean

affliction

african

alien

albion

alderman

albumin

alaskan

aleutian

aggression

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anglican

affection

anyone

appian

apportion

arian

ascension

arkansan

armada

aryan

artisan

artesian

assassin

assertion

aspersion

asuncion

assumption

attention

attraction

audition

attrition

aversion

austrian

australian

avian

bandwagon

backgammon

backwoodsman

beethoven

badminton

awaken

baronet

baronets

bedouin

battalion

bedizen

bedridden

beholden

benjamin

fabian

biotin

bitumen

bermuda

bermudas

bosnian

bouillon

brandywine

brandenburg

brazilian

brandishes

bulletin

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

catalan

cardigan

carnation

carnations

castration

carrion

cartesian

cation

caucasian

causation

champion

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

cessation

cetacean

charwoman

chilean

coercion

cinnamon

clarendon

citation

civilian

citizen

cistercian

clarion

cognition

clergyman

collagen

collection

collegian

collision

collusion

cohesion

coherent

commission

combustion

commotion

companion

completion

compassion

communion

complexion

detention

compression

conception

concession

concoction

conclusion

concussion

conduction

confession

confection

conflation

confucian

congestion

connection

congressman

confusion

conjunction

connexion

conscription

constriction

contagion

construction

consumption

contention

contortion

contraction

contraption

creation

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

contusion

conversion

contrition

coronet

correction

corundum

coronets

corruption

councilman

countryman

corsican

corrosion

croatian

cremation

crestfallen

compunction

curmudgeon

curmudgeons

currently

dalmatian

crustacean

cyprian

deflation

declension

decision

deduction

defection

deception

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

derision

depiction

depletion

depression

extrusion

detection

description

desertion

destruction

devotion

diffraction

digestion

diffusion

dilution

direction

digression

dictation

dimension

dilation

discipline

discussion

discretion

dispersion

disruption

diversion

dissension

division

distraction

distinction

disunion

distortion

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

dramatize

dramatist

dissection

duration

durante

edition

election

determine

egyptian

ejection

elation

elison

eleven

emission

embolden

emotion

enlighten

emblazon

enliven

encryption

emulsion

englishman

erection

equation

erosion

eruption

exaction

eviction

etruscan

evasion

everyone

excision

exertion

expansion

extension

exception

exemption

excretion

excursion

exhaustion

exclusion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extraction

extinction

extortion

fahrenheit

position

possession

ferryman

fenian

feminine

filtration

fijian

fisherman

flirtation

forbidden

foramen

flotation

forewoman

formation

fixation

formations

forgotten

formative

franciscan

freemason

frenetic

freudian

fruition

fustian

frustration

furniture

galleon

gaussian

halogen

genuine

handwoven

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

gestation

gordian

gradation

granddaughter

granados

granado

granddaughters

grandfather

grandmother

grandfathers

grandmothers

grandiose

grandnephew

grandnephews

granduncle

granduncles

granitic

gravamen

guardian

groundbreaking

grobian

guarantees

halcyon

guarantee

guaranty

guaranteed

guaranties

guarantor

guarantors

guncotton

gyration

hammerman

compulsion

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hermitage

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

harmattan

hydrogen

incursion

ignition

imprison

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

impression

in-person

inception

inaction

incision

inclusion

harlequin

indian

insertion

induction

infection

inflation

infarction

inflection

infliction

ingestion

infraction

infusion

injection

inhuman

inscription

injunction

intestine

inspection

intention

instruction

invention

invasion

intrusion

inversion

jacobin

irishman

irian

ironwood

italian

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

keynesian

keratin

lactation

korean

laurentian

laotian

lesbian

lecithin

ligation

libration

libyan

illusion

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

malaysian

magdalen

magician

malayan

margarine

marian

marinades

marinate

marinates

maronite

masculine

medicine

median

marinade

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

migration

medallion

misfortune

ornately

mistaken

misshapen

munition

moroccan

musician

myosin

muskmelon

mutation

narration

negation

myrmidon

nebraskan

nevadan

niacin

nemean

nitrogen

melanin

nobleman

nonunion

nonhuman

norwegian

normative

notation

nubian

nutrition

objection

obsession

occlusion

occasion

obstruction

octillion

odeon

omission

opinion

optician

oppression

optation

oration

ottoman

origin

orient

orion

misprision

oxygen

overdone

ovation

overman

overrun

outspoken

parisian

parental

paranoid

parentage

parenthood

parthian

partition

patrician

partisan

pavilion

permian

pelican

perfection

perfusion

percussion

pentathlon

perception

permeate

peterman

permission

phoenician

persuasion

perversion

petition

physician

permeates

phrygian

policeman

pollution

plebeian

myrmidons

porcelain

precaution

precession

predation

preclusion

predestine

preemption

prediction

premature

prenatal

prescription

pretension

prevention

presumption

privation

probation

promotion

primitive

procession

production

profession

projection

profusion

progression

promotions

promoter

promoters

proportion

propulsion

protection

prostration

protean

proscription

provision

puritan

pyramid

pyramids

ramadan

quotation

quarantine

quarantines

reaction

reduction

rebellion

recession

recision

reception

regression

redemption

reflection

regimen

rejection

relation

remission

religion

reopen

retention

reptilian

repression

resumption

rescission

resection

restriction

retraction

rifleman

reunion

revision

rhodopsin

revulsion

rotation

reversion

salvation

saccharin

samoan

saleswoman

scorpion

secretion

scythian

secession

seclusion

sedation

selection

sedition

seduction

sensation

serenade

precision

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solution

solomon

specimen

starvation

stygian

submission

submersion

succession

suburban

subtraction

subversion

suggestion

summation

suppression

sumatran

superman

surrenders

surrender

surrounding

suspension

surroundings

suspicion

subscription

tactician

talisman

syrian

tamarin

technician

taxation

temptation

tornados

toboggan

thespian

timberman

tornadoes

tornado

transaction

tradition

transgression

transcription

transfusion

translation

truncation

transmission

unbutton

uneven

unison

unburden

tuition

trinity

turntable

turntables

unbroken

uncertain

uncommon

traumatic

unwritten

urinate

uterine

vacation

vatican

variant

variants

venetian

verandas

vermilion

vibration

vitamin

veteran

vocation

volition

veranda

zambian

wesleyan

warranty

warranties

waterman

4 syllable words

aberration

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

abyssinian

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

admiration

acquisition

accusation

adoration

activation

adaptation

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

admonition

affirmation

animation

annotation

affectation

allegation

aggravation

aldebaran

aggregation

alabaman

albanian

amphibian

allocation

agitation

agrarian

algonquian

algerian

alteration

alternation

altercation

american

amputation

ammunition

annexation

apparition

abdication

appellation

application

apprehension

approbation

arabian

arizonan

arbitration

appalachian

armenian

armageddon

armadillo

armadillos

arthurian

aromatic

aspiration

athenian

assyrian

assemblyman

attribution

augmentation

backwardation

avocation

aviation

barbarian

barometers

bavarian

barometer

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

calculation

calibration

businesswoman

californian

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

centurion

celebration

chameleon

chromatogram

chromatograms

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

circulation

coalition

cogitation

collodion

collocation

coherently

coloration

commendation

comedian

columbian

combination

committeeman

coloradan

comparison

competition

commutation

compilation

compensation

complication

composition

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

conjugation

congregation

connotation

conservation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consolation

consecration

consultation

consummation

contradiction

contrarian

contemplation

contraception

conversation

convocation

convolution

contribution

corinthian

corinthians

contravention

copernican

coriander

copenhagen

corporation

corp.

cotyledon

correlation

coronation

criterion

computation

crocodilian

cultivation

culmination

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

declaration

decimation

decompression

definition

decoration

dedication

defamation

deconstruction

deformation

demolition

dehydration

delegation

demarcation

depravation

crucifixion

degradation

deposition

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

deportation

derivation

demonstration

designation

desecration

desiccation

desolation

desperation

destination

destitution

deviation

devolution

devastation

detonation

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

diocesan

disinfection

diminution

disillusion

disaffection

disconnection

disinflation

dislocation

dispensation

disposition

disputation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

divination

dominican

domination

draconian

dormitories

dormitory

dramatically

dramatizes

dramaturgy

dromedary

dissertation

dissipation

duplication

electrician

elevation

elongation

elocution

embarkation

emanation

emulation

englishwoman

emigration

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

estonian

european

estimation

eustachian

evolution

evocation

excavation

excitation

execution

exclamation

exhibition

exhalation

exhortation

exhumation

expedition

expectation

expiration

exploration

explanation

explication

exploitation

exposition

education

extradition

extrication

fabrication

comprehension

fascination

federation

fermentation

figuration

fibrillation

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

formidable

formidably

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

grammatical

grandiloquent

grandfatherly

grandmotherly

granulation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

germination

fallopian

hemoglobin

herculean

hegelian

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

indecision

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

ideation

implantation

imposition

imitation

immolation

imperfection

immigration

implication

impregnation

importation

illustration

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

inclination

incubation

incrustation

indentation

indication

indexation

indigestion

indignation

indonesian

information

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

indiscretion

installation

interdiction

inspiration

insurrection

interaction

intercession

instigation

institution

integration

insulation

interception

intermission

interruption

interurban

intersection

intervention

interjection

interwoven

intimation

intuition

inundation

introduction

introspection

irritation

invocation

intonation

irrigation

iranian

invitation

jacobean

iteration

jordanian

isolation

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

liberian

leviathan

liberation

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

liquidation

liquefaction

malnutrition

macedonian

malformation

manumission

mammalian

machination

maturation

masturbation

medication

meditation

mediation

meridian

menstruation

minnesotan

ministration

misbegotten

melanesian

moderation

missourian

mitigation

modulation

mongolian

mortification

molestation

motivation

moravian

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

noblewoman

nomination

nicaraguan

nonprescription

nonpartisan

observation

obsidian

oblivion

obligation

occupation

obstetrician

octahedron

operation

obfuscation

olympian

ohioan

opposition

orchestration

ordination

ostentation

miseration

oriental

oriented

orientals

oscillation

overburden

oxidation

ovulation

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

paramedic

misconception

parentheses

parameters

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

misperception

penicillin

perforation

perimeter

perimeters

paramedics

penetration

peruvian

permutation

permutations

parameter

perturbation

perspiration

persecution

planarian

pigmentation

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

permeated

praetorian

precondition

preconception

predetermine

preignition

preservation

predilection

preelection

premeditate

preparation

premonition

presentation

proclamation

prohibition

procreation

profanation

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

punctuation

provocation

publication

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academician

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Words that rhyme with the word grandson

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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.

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