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

action

acton

airman

alan

alman

amman

arson

alban

apron

ashen

aspen

asian

atman

auction

auden

austin

bason

bagman

baldwin

banyan

bargain

barton

bastion

baron

barren

basin

bacon

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beckon

beacon

beaten

belgian

bellman

begun

bellon

bowman

bisson

bison

billion

billman

billon

bitten

blacken

bludgeon

blowgun

boatman

bobbin

bookman

boston

bollen

boughten

bordman

bolden

bourbon

bracken

brakeman

brazen

bullion

brethren

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

bushman

burgeon

burman

burdon

burton

button

burden

cabin

caisson

cajun

calvin

canaan

cannon

capstan

canton

canyon

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

caution

chapman

christen

cauldron

caxton

chaplain

chairman

certain

children

cayman

chessman

chevron

charon

chasten

cheapen

chicken

chieftain

chosen

christian

churchman

clinton

claxon

classman

coachman

colon

combat

combats

common

compete

competes

citron

cushion

canon

compute

compote

computes

confide

confides

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

cousin

craven

crimson

crewman

cowan

craftsman

cretin

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

dalton

darken

daman

deaden

deafen

deacon

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

diction

dian

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

drunken

dozen

dragon

driven

dromon

draftsman

dagan

dudgeon

dungeon

dutchman

dustman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

embed

empties

empty

faction

ensign

engine

famine

falcon

fashion

ermine

fallen

fasten

fatten

faustian

faulcon

downbeat

felon

fiction

fibrin

fireman

firman

fielden

fission

flexion

flashgun

footman

flatten

floren

foreign

gentian

fraction

fortune

fountain

friction

freshen

freshman

freeman

freedman

frighten

frozen

foreman

fusion

gammon

gallon

gambit

gambits

gudgeon

glisten

garden

gascon

garron

georgian

german

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

golden

grandson

goodman

gorgon

gotten

gowan

gluten

grecian

griffon

guardsman

graven

haitian

hackman

gunboat

gunboats

heaven

harden

harken

harten

headman

hasten

hausen

headsman

haven

hearten

heathen

hessian

hangman

happen

hetman

heighten

heron

henchman

hidden

hogan

hymen

houseman

horseman

hoten

hoven

human

imbeds

huntsman

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

imbed

impede

impedes

homespun

impute

inept

dagon

invite

lynden

invades

ion

jackman

jetson

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetton

jordan

jorden

keelson

kansan

kalan

kelson

kremlin

kelvin

kitchen

kenyan

kitten

klansman

kirkman

lagan

laden

lambda

landman

landsman

latin

lengthen

luncheon

lemon

leaden

leaven

leman

legion

lesion

lessen

lesson

lichen

leven

lightman

lighten

liken

liman

limpets

linden

lineman

linemen

linen

lion

lisbon

london

listen

lockman

longan

layman

liven

locken

logan

lopeman

loosen

loren

lotion

m1

ledden

lumen

lyden

lymphoid

madden

mansion

mahone

mangan

maiden

marchman

margin

marlin

marten

marron

markman

marksman

martian

martin

mention

mason

matron

mayan

melton

melon

minden

mignon

milken

million

minion

mountain

mission

mitten

morgan

mormon

moisten

molten

motion

muffin

muslin

mutton

nation

mullen

nekton

newsman

ninon

invites

notion

norman

ocean

odin

often

olden

omen

onion

open

portion

organ

oxen

oven

othman

orphan

outdone

outrun

owen

packman

paean

pagan

parson

panton

pardon

passion

pathan

passman

patten

patron

pavon

penguin

penman

pension

peon

pectin

perron

persian

plantain

person

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

platen

platten

pollan

poison

pollen

ponton

portman

potion

postman

pressman

prison

ration

proven

pullen

question

quicken

raven

reason

rayon

reckon

redden

region

removed

oarsman

invade

sullen

resin

rerun

ripen

section

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

risen

riven

robin

roman

rotten

rosen

salmon

runnion

saffron

rumen

sadden

salesman

ruin

sanction

saxon

scullion

santon

scallion

satin

satan

rowen

seaman

scion

scotsman

season

rowan

rosin

sultan

seedsman

selden

sharpen

session

sexton

sermon

seven

shaman

sequin

seton

shaken

shearman

shipman

shorten

silken

shrunken

shogun

shotgun

smarten

showman

siren

siphon

slacken

slogan

smitten

snippet

snippets

sodden

soften

soldan

sicken

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

semen

spoken

spokesman

sportsman

stillion

station

stallion

stallman

steven

statesman

stiffen

squadron

strengthen

stockman

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

stolen

straighten

sudden

summon

sumpter

tuscan

surgeon

sylvan

swollen

sweeten

symptom

symptoms

syphon

taken

tarpon

traction

tappen

tartan

talon

tempting

tension

torsion

teston

tillman

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

toman

token

toughen

townsman

tubman

tungsten

trillion

triton

trodden

trojan

treason

tendon

turban

umpteen

undone

sunken

umpteenth

unbowed

urson

urchin

union

urban

urine

unfit

unmoved

weapon

whitson

woman

women

vegan

vulcan

vision

villain

watchman

wanton

warden

wagon

warren

waken

weaken

whiten

wheaten

wiccan

widen

version

wizen

yaupon

wooden

woodman

woolman

woolen

worsen

written

yachtsman

workman

woven

yeoman

wombat

wombats

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abandon

ablation

ablution

abrasion

absorption

abortion

accession

abstention

abstraction

accretion

addiction

abduction

adhesion

albion

acumen

admission

adsorption

aegean

adrian

affection

abdomen

affliction

aggression

anyone

apportion

alaskan

african

alderman

alien

ambition

allusion

alsatian

ambitions

ambrosian

andean

anchorman

anglican

amputate

albumin

appian

arian

arkansan

artesian

ascension

assassin

aspersion

asuncion

attention

attrition

attraction

audition

aversion

awaken

austrian

avian

backwoodsman

australian

badminton

backgammon

bandwagon

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

bedouin

beethoven

campion

beholden

artisan

aryan

biotin

benjamin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

benefits

cambrian

benefit

civilian

capsaicin

carnation

cartesian

carrion

cardigan

castration

catalan

champion

cation

causation

caucasian

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chamberlain

chairwoman

charwoman

charlatan

chilean

citation

cistercian

cinnamon

coercion

clarion

clergyman

cognition

collegian

clarendon

cohesion

collection

collision

collusion

combatant

combustion

combatants

combative

companion

collagen

communion

citizen

competent

compunction

computer

conception

concession

conclusion

concoction

concussion

condition

conduction

confection

confession

confidence

confident

confiding

computers

conflation

confucian

congestion

confusion

connection

connexion

congressman

contention

conscription

constriction

construction

contortion

contagion

conjunction

contraction

crustacean

confidante

contraption

contrition

convection

convention

conviction

contusion

conversion

convulsion

correction

councilman

corsican

countryman

creation

cremation

croatian

corrosion

crestfallen

confetti

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

declension

deduction

defection

decision

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

desertion

depression

description

dentition

depiction

depletion

denizen

derision

detection

detention

determine

destruction

devotion

dimension

dilation

dilution

dictation

digestion

direction

diffraction

disruption

diffusion

digression

discipline

discretion

discussion

dispersion

distortion

dissection

dissension

distinction

diversion

division

distraction

disunion

dominion

donation

emulsion

downtrodden

egyptian

eruption

duration

ejection

elation

elison

election

eleven

embattle

embedded

emblazon

embolden

embitter

embody

embodies

emptier

embattled

emptying

encryption

equation

enlighten

enliven

englishman

erection

erosion

etruscan

evasion

eviction

exaction

exception

excision

everyone

excretion

exclusion

excursion

exemption

exertion

expansion

exhaustion

expression

explosion

extension

extortion

extraction

extinction

expulsion

extrusion

fabian

dorian

filtration

ferryman

fijian

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

flotation

fruition

frustration

foramen

forbidden

formation

foundation

franciscan

freemason

freudian

forgotten

fustian

galleon

forewoman

hammerman

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

fenian

genuine

gestation

gillian

gradation

gordian

gravamen

guardian

grobian

gyration

ghanaian

guncotton

halcyon

gunpowder

halogen

handwoven

hawaiian

harlequin

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

immersion

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

impatience

impatient

impedance

impotent

implosion

impression

imprison

in-person

inception

inaction

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

infection

induction

infarction

ineptly

infidel

inflation

ingestion

inflection

infliction

infraction

infusion

infidels

inhabit

injection

injunction

inhibit

inhibits

inhabits

inhuman

innovate

inpatient

insertion

inpatients

inspection

inscription

innovates

instruction

feminine

intention

intestine

intrusion

nonhuman

recision

invention

invasion

inversion

irian

irishman

italian

jamaican

jettison

jacobin

javelin

jovian

kantian

lactation

keratin

laurentian

korean

keynesian

lanolin

julian

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

ligation

lumberman

libration

libyan

location

logician

lutheran

lymphatic

malayan

mandarin

inviting

malaysian

margarine

marian

medallion

median

masculine

migration

medicine

melanin

menhaden

midshipman

mexican

invading

niacin

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

mummified

munition

musician

muskmelon

narration

myosin

mutation

nebraskan

nevadan

nemean

magdalen

nobleman

nitrogen

nonunion

invader

norwegian

notation

nubian

redemption

obsession

objection

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

octillion

odeon

omission

opinion

oppression

optation

optician

oration

ovation

origin

ottoman

outspoken

orion

overdone

overrun

overman

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

pelican

permission

perception

percussion

perfection

permian

pentathlon

perfusion

perversion

phrygian

peterman

plantation

policeman

plebeian

pompadour

porcelain

persuasion

production

preclusion

prediction

precession

precision

predestine

progression

prescription

precaution

privation

pretension

prevention

probation

proportion

propulsion

protection

projection

profusion

reception

reduction

regression

provision

prostration

proscription

protean

quotation

puritan

ramadan

recession

reaction

rebellion

invaders

remission

religion

nutrition

reflection

regimen

rejection

relation

rendition

renovate

reopen

repression

rescission

reptilian

resection

revulsion

reversion

retention

rhodopsin

retraction

reunion

revision

restriction

rifleman

samoan

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

rotation

scorpion

secession

scythian

secretion

seclusion

selection

sedition

seduction

sensation

simian

silicon

solomon

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

snapdragons

somebody

specimen

stagnation

starvation

submersion

succession

suburban

subscription

suggestion

stygian

subtraction

subversion

sumatran

suppression

superman

suspension

sympathize

sympathies

sympathy

temptation

tactician

syrian

synoptics

synoptic

talisman

taxation

technician

temptations

tamarin

thespian

timberman

toboggan

truncation

transmission

transaction

translation

transcription

transition

transfusion

transgression

tuition

unbutton

uneven

vibration

unburden

uncertain

unbroken

uncommon

unfaithful

unwritten

unison

vacation

uterine

venison

wesleyan

vermilion

vatican

vocation

vitamin

volition

waterman

veteran

zambian

4 syllable words

adaptation

abolition

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

accordion

abdication

admiration

adoration

adulation

admonition

advocation

affectation

adrenaline

affirmation

agitation

appellation

aggregation

agrarian

apparition

alabaman

allegation

algerian

algonquian

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

ambitiously

american

ammunition

amphibian

animation

amputation

amputations

aldebaran

annotation

annexation

anybody

appalachian

aggravation

application

approbation

arabian

arbitration

apprehension

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

albanian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calibration

calculation

californian

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumspection

circumcision

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

coloration

collocation

collodion

coloradan

columbian

comedian

combination

commendation

committeeman

comparison

commutation

competition

compatibles

compensation

compatible

compatriot

compatriots

competency

competencies

competently

competitions

competitor

compilation

competitive

competitors

composition

complication

computation

computations

computerize

consternation

comprehension

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confederate

confederates

consummation

computerized

confidential

confidences

confidently

confirmation

confiscation

congregation

confrontation

conflagration

connotation

conjugation

consolation

consecration

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

conservation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

convocation

convolution

conversation

contribution

correlation

coronation

contravention

corp.

corporation

copernican

corinthian

copenhagen

cotyledon

criterion

crucifixion

crocodilian

culmination

cultivation

contrarian

custodian

cyclopean

cancellation

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

defamation

decompression

dedication

decoration

declaration

deconstruction

definition

deformation

degradation

delegation

demolition

demarcation

depredation

derivation

demonstration

deposition

depravation

deportation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

dehydration

desiccation

designation

desolation

desperation

detonation

devolution

destination

destitution

devastation

deviation

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

dispensation

dislocation

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

disposition

disputation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

dissertation

distribution

divination

disconnection

domination

dominican

education

draconian

duplication

elevation

emanation

elocution

elongation

electrician

embarkation

emigration

embodiment

emphatically

emulation

empty-handed

englishwoman

equitation

excitation

estimation

erudition

eritrean

estonian

european

eustachian

evolution

evocation

equestrian

exclamation

excavation

execution

exhibition

exhalation

expectation

exhumation

expedition

exhortation

expiration

explanation

exploration

explication

exposition

exploitation

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fascination

fallopian

federation

gregorian

fermentation

figuration

fibrillation

fluoridation

fluctuation

floridian

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

germination

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

graduation

granulation

gorgonian

maturation

gravitation

guatemalan

greco-roman

habitation

hesitation

hemoglobin

herculean

hibernation

himalayan

hegelian

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

illustration

hypertension

iberian

ibuprofen

ideation

imitation

immigration

immolation

impatiently

impediment

imperfection

imposition

implication

importation

implantation

impediments

impregnation

imputation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indentation

indication

inspiration

indexation

indignation

infestation

indigestion

indiscretion

indonesian

ineptitude

infatuate

infatuates

inflammation

information

installation

infiltration

inhalation

inhibition

inhibitions

inhibiting

inhibitor

inhibited

inhibitors

inhabitants

inhabited

innovation

innovations

inquisition

innovator

innovative

innovators

instigation

inhabitant

institution

interception

integration

insurrection

interaction

intercession

interdiction

interjection

intermission

intimation

interruption

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

intonation

inundation

introspection

introduction

intuition

insulation

invitation

invitations

inveterate

irrigation

isolation

invocation

irritation

iranian

iteration

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

laceration

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

liberation

levitation

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

liquidation

locomotion

litigation

lubrication

maccabean

machination

nigerian

macedonian

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

medication

meditation

masturbation

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

recitation

misbegotten

miseration

missourian

mitigation

moderation

modulation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

motivation

mortification

misperception

mutilation

misconception

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

reclamation

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

nomination

opposition

operation

ordination

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

omnipotent

pagination

paraguayan

pagurian

palpitation

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

pigmentation

population

politician

plutonian

polynesian

polyhedron

pavlovian

premonition

pedestrian

precondition

predilection

profanation

preconception

predetermine

preelection

preparation

presentation

preservation

praetorian

preignition

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

pelagian

propagation

proposition

recollection

perspiration

provocation

prosecution

prostitution

publication

punctuation

protestation

protozoan

recognition

radiation

readmission

reassertion

realization

recantation

reawaken

noblewoman

recreation

reconstruction

reexamine

reformation

regulation

reelection

refutation

relocation

registration

reinspection

relaxation

renovation

renovations

repetition

reposition

repossession

reparation

replication

repercussion

reproduction

resolution

reputation

requisition

resignation

reservation

respiration

republican

restitution

restoration

revelation

resurrection

revolution

retardation

revocation

rhetorician

retribution

retrocession

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

saturation

sanitation

satisfaction

sectarian

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

simonian

simulation

situation

siberian

smithsonian

sicilian

speculation

statistician

stipulation

renovator

stimulation

subdivision

subluxation

strangulation

suffocation

renovators

substitution

surrogation

supposition

superstition

supervision

superhuman

sympathetic

symbiotic

sympathizer

sympathizes

sympathizers

tabulation

syncopation

syndication

tasmanian

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

toleration

titillation

transformation

transportation

transplantation

tribulation

trepidation

ulceration

unobtrusive

usurpation

validation

vacillation

variation

vaccination

valerian

valuation

utopian

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

violation

vindication

visitation

victorian

watermelon

wagnerian

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accumulation

accreditation

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

adjudication

administration

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

amphitheatre

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

augustinian

authorization

authentication

babylonian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

beethovenian

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centenarian

centralization

certification

cohabitation

canonization

christianization

clarification

collaboration

classification

codification

coagulation

communication

colonization

commemoration

civilization

computational

conciliation

concatenation

confabulation

confederacy

confederation

confidentially

configuration

congratulation

conglomeration

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deification

deliberation

delicatessen

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissemination

dissociation

dissatisfaction

domestication

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

elimination

elizabethan

electrocution

emancipation

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

ethiopian

evacuation

evaporation

examination

exaggeration

exacerbation

exasperation

evaluation

excoriation

eradication

exhilaration

exfoliation

exoneration

expatriation

exoskeleton

extermination

expropriation

facilitation

equivocation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

homeopathic

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

hyperborean

immunization

improvisation

inauguration

incineration

inactivation

incorporation

incarceration

incrimination

homeopathy

indoctrination

inhabitation

infatuation

inevitable

inevitably

infatuated

infidelities

infidelity

initiation

inhibitory

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interrogation

intimidation

interpretation

intoxication

invalidation

invitational

investigation

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

justification

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

maximization

maximilian

mechanization

mathematician

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

misinformation

miscalculation

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

mummification

multiplication

neapolitan

neutralization

negotiation

nickelodeon

notification

nullification

normalization

nonsectarian

obliteration

orientation

organization

oregonian

origination

ossification

ornamentation

overproduction

pacification

participation

panamanian

pasteurization

patagonian

perpetuation

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

preoccupation

premeditation

presbyterian

presupposition

prevarication

procrastination

prognostication

proliferation

proletarian

pronunciation

purification

ramification

qualification

quantification

ratification

pythagorean

reaffirmation

nitroglycerine

recommendation

recombination

recrimination

recuperation

rectification

nonintervention

reforestation

regeneration

refrigeration

reiteration

rejuvenation

reintegration

remuneration

representation

repatriation

repudiation

resuscitation

revaluation

retaliation

reverberation

russification

scandinavian

sanctification

renunciation

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specialization

specification

sterilization

subordination

substantiation

stratification

sophistication

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unavoidable

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

vegetarian

yugoslavian

veterinarian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word gumption

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


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

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

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

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
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Different Types of Rhymes
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