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

acton

action

alban

alan

amman

alman

arson

army

ashen

asian

aspen

bacon

atman

auden

aurum

austin

auction

banyan

batten

batton

baton

bagman

bahrain

baldwin

bargain

basin

bason

barton

baston

bastion

bayman

beacon

barroom

beaten

begun

belgian

billman

billon

billion

bisson

bitten

bireme

bison

blacken

bludgeon

blowgun

boatman

bookman

bobbin

bollen

bordman

bolden

boron

boston

bourbon

bracken

brakeman

boughten

bowman

brainy

brazen

brawny

briton

brighten

broaden

brogan

bullion

broken

bruin

brunei

burden

burdon

brownie

burman

burton

burgeon

carbon

bushman

button

cabin

caisson

calvin

canaan

cajun

cannon

canon

canton

canyon

capstan

captain

caption

carman

carmine

careen

carton

cauldron

caution

caxton

cayman

certain

chaplain

chapman

carney

chasten

chicken

christen

children

cheapen

chosen

christian

chieftain

churchman

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

colon

common

corban

cordon

copeman

corinne

corny

cousin

craven

curtain

cotton

cowan

craftsman

dagan

cranny

dagon

crimson

cretin

creamy

crewman

crony

crouton

daman

delphian

damson

cuban

cumin

crummy

cushion

dalton

dampen

darken

crayon

deacon

deepen

demon

derma

diction

dian

dharma

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

dragon

draftsman

drama

dreamy

driven

dudgeon

dromon

drunken

dungeon

durham

durene

dustman

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

engine

emption

ermine

heighten

herein

famine

fatten

fashion

fasten

falcon

faction

fallen

faulcon

faustian

firman

fibrin

fireman

fiction

fielden

fission

flashgun

flatten

floren

flexion

footman

foreign

gammon

foreman

gallon

forum

fraction

fortune

fountain

freeman

freshman

friction

frighten

frozen

fusion

freedman

function

garden

gascon

hogan

gentian

georgian

gibbon

given

gilden

gladden

glidden

glisten

goodman

gorgon

gluten

gotten

gowan

golden

guardsman

german

graven

griffon

grandson

grecian

grainy

granny

grimy

gudgeon

haitian

hackman

gumption

hangman

happen

harden

harken

henchman

hasten

haven

headsman

harten

hearten

hausen

heathen

hidden

homespun

horny

horseman

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

houseman

hyphen

ibsen

hyson

jason

jackman

ion

iran

iron

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

junction

journey

kalan

kansan

karma

kitten

kirkman

kitchen

koran

klansman

krone

laden

lagan

lampron

landman

landsman

latin

layman

laurin

leman

lengthen

leven

legion

lesion

madden

linen

listen

loren

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

linden

liman

lineman

linemen

loran

lumen

lotion

lion

lisbon

london

liven

logan

lockman

longan

locken

loosen

lopeman

lynden

luncheon

lyden

maiden

mitten

mahone

mangan

mansion

marchman

margin

marine

marlin

markman

marone

maroon

marksman

marten

martian

mason

martin

mayan

muffin

mountain

mention

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mission

molten

moraine

moisten

moreen

morgan

mormon

morin

moron

motion

mullen

murine

nation

muslin

mutton

neuron

portion

ninon

norman

newsman

norma

notion

norna

orphan

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

othman

olden

onion

open

organ

omen

option

outdone

oven

outrun

owen

paean

pagan

oxen

packman

patten

panton

passion

pathan

pardon

parson

passman

pavon

penguin

pension

peon

persian

person

pharaon

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

platen

platten

plantain

plankton

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

portman

potion

postman

prison

primo

prussian

proven

pullen

purim

quicken

question

quorum

raven

rayon

ration

reason

rearm

region

shaman

sharpen

rowan

ruin

rerun

russian

sicken

rowen

riden

ribbon

risen

rincon

ripen

ridden

riven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

runnion

rumen

seton

sadden

salmon

salesman

samson

shaken

satan

satin

santon

saxon

scallion

scion

scotsman

scullion

seaman

season

sanction

seedsman

section

scrawny

sermon

semen

serene

sequin

serum

sexton

shearman

shipman

shorten

shogun

shoehorn

silken

zaman

showman

shrunken

shotgun

showroom

siren

slacken

smitten

smarten

siphon

slogan

sodden

soften

soldan

token

sovran

spartan

squadron

sovereign

stallion

solon

spoken

spokesman

sportsman

stallman

statesman

station

stiffen

stillion

steven

stockman

straighten

striven

strengthen

stricken

sturgeon

suasion

stolen

toughen

sweeten

sudden

sullen

sultan

suction

summon

sunken

surgeon

trillion

swollen

taken

talon

sylvan

syphon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tarin

tension

theorem

thicken

thousand

torsion

tillman

tighten

titan

toman

thermae

thorny

townsman

traction

tourney

treason

triton

trodden

turban

trojan

tubman

tungsten

turney

tuscan

undone

union

urban

urchin

urson

version

yaupon

weaken

waken

vision

wagon

vulcan

warren

warden

wanton

watchman

villain

wiccan

whitson

wheaten

whiten

widen

woman

wizen

women

wooden

woolen

woodman

woolman

workman

worsen

woven

written

yachtsman

yeoman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abortion

abduction

abandon

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abrasion

accession

abstention

abstraction

absorption

accretion

adrian

admission

adhesion

addition

acumen

addiction

adoption

adsorption

aegean

african

affection

affliction

aggression

albion

alaskan

albumin

aleutian

alderman

alsatian

alien

allusion

ambrosian

ambition

anchorman

andean

anglican

appian

apportion

arian

anyone

arena

arkansan

aroma

artesian

artisan

aryan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attention

backwoodsman

audition

australian

austrian

badminton

aversion

avian

awaken

attraction

backgammon

barium

attrition

bahraini

bandwagon

battalion

bedridden

beethoven

beholden

biotin

benjamin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

briony

bulletin

bedouin

cambrian

campion

bedizen

capsaicin

carnation

cardigan

catalan

cation

caucasian

causation

castration

cartesian

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

chilean

clarendon

citation

citizen

cistercian

civilian

clergyman

charwoman

coercion

collection

cinnamon

collagen

collegian

collision

cohesion

cognition

collusion

combustion

commission

conception

compassion

communion

companion

concession

completion

complexion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conclusion

concussion

condition

concoction

conduction

confection

confession

congestion

conflation

confucian

confusion

congressman

connection

conjunction

connexion

contortion

contraction

conscription

constriction

construction

contagion

contention

consumption

conviction

conversion

contrition

convection

convention

contraption

contusion

convulsion

cornea

corona

correction

corruption

countryman

corsican

councilman

corrosion

creation

croatian

crestfallen

cremation

crimea

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

decision

declension

deduction

defection

deletion

deflection

deflation

denizen

delusion

dentition

depiction

depletion

derision

desertion

depression

description

destruction

detection

detention

determine

devotion

dictation

digression

diffraction

diffusion

digestion

dimension

dilation

dilution

direction

discipline

dorian

discretion

discussion

dispersion

disruption

dissection

dissension

diversion

division

distraction

disunion

distinction

distortion

dominion

donation

downtrodden

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

election

eleven

elison

elation

emblazon

embolden

encryption

emission

emotion

emulsion

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equation

erection

erosion

everyone

etruscan

evasion

eruption

eviction

exaction

exception

excision

exclusion

excretion

excursion

exemption

exertion

commotion

exhaustion

extension

fabian

extraction

explosion

extortion

expression

expulsion

extinction

extrusion

ferryman

feminine

fenian

farina

fijian

filtration

fisherman

fixation

foramen

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

forgotten

forewoman

formation

foundation

fruition

freemason

freudian

frustration

fustian

galleon

garrison

franciscan

gaussian

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

gestation

expansion

gordian

gradation

gravamen

hammerman

guardian

grobian

halogen

halcyon

gyration

guncotton

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

horizon

horatian

in-person

hydration

hydrogen

housebroken

ignition

illusion

inaction

imagine

implosion

imprison

immersion

impression

impassion

incision

incursion

inclusion

indian

inflection

infraction

infarction

infection

induction

inflation

infusion

infliction

ingestion

inhuman

injunction

injection

insertion

inspection

inscription

instruction

invention

intention

intestine

intrusion

inversion

irani

irian

irony

irishman

italian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

invasion

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

korean

keynesian

lactation

lanolin

laotian

lecithin

laurentian

larine

lesbian

libyan

libration

ligation

location

logician

lutheran

lumberman

magician

magdalen

malayan

mandarin

margarine

medicine

masculine

median

medallion

melanin

menhaden

malaysian

mexican

migration

merino

midshipman

misfortune

muharram

misprision

misshapen

possession

mistaken

moroccan

munition

muskmelon

narration

myosin

nebraskan

negation

precession

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

nonunion

notation

norwegian

nubian

objection

nutrition

obsession

occasion

occlusion

obstruction

octillion

odeon

orion

omission

opinion

optician

oppression

oration

origin

optation

ottoman

overrun

overdone

overman

ovation

outspoken

oxygen

parisian

patrician

parthian

partisan

partition

paramo

pelican

pavilion

percussion

perception

perfection

pentathlon

perfusion

permian

permission

persuasion

peterman

perversion

petition

phrygian

musician

phoenician

physician

plebeian

plantation

policeman

pollution

porcelain

mutation

position

precaution

predestine

precision

preclusion

inception

preemption

prediction

predation

pretension

prevention

prescription

presumption

privation

procession

probation

progression

production

profession

projection

promotion

profusion

proportion

protection

provision

protean

propulsion

prostration

proscription

puritan

pyrena

quotation

ramadan

reaction

recession

rebellion

reception

recision

redemption

reduction

regimen

regression

reflection

relation

rejection

religion

remission

reopen

retraction

resection

repression

reptilian

rescission

retention

resumption

restriction

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rotation

rifleman

samoan

saleswoman

salvation

saccharin

scorpion

seclusion

scythian

secession

sedation

sedition

seduction

selection

secretion

sensation

rendition

silicon

simian

zambian

toboggan

skeleton

snapdragon

specimen

singleton

solution

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

subscription

solomon

suburban

subversion

succession

suggestion

summation

sumatran

suppression

superman

suspension

suspicion

tamarin

syrian

talisman

tactician

technician

temptation

taxation

subtraction

thespian

thorium

timberman

tradition

transition

transmission

transgression

transaction

transcription

translation

transfusion

tuition

truncation

tyranny

unburden

uncertain

uneven

unbroken

unbutton

uncommon

unison

unwritten

venison

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

verine

vermilion

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

vibration

wesleyan

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abolition

abyssinian

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

accordion

accusation

acquisition

activation

acclimation

adrenaline

adaptation

adoration

admiration

admonition

adulation

algerian

advocation

american

affirmation

agrarian

aldebaran

aggravation

alabaman

agitation

aggregation

albanian

allocation

alteration

allegation

altercation

alternation

amphibian

affectation

ammunition

amputation

algonquian

assyrian

animation

arabian

annotation

apparition

appalachian

appellation

application

apprehension

approbation

arizonan

armenian

arthurian

arbitration

armageddon

aspiration

assemblyman

annexation

athenian

augmentation

avocation

aviation

attribution

barbarian

bavarian

backwardation

bifurcation

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

calibration

calculation

californian

canadian

cancellation

businesswoman

committeeman

carcinogen

centurion

celebration

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

coloration

coloradan

comedian

columbian

combination

commendation

comparison

commutation

competition

compilation

compensation

composition

comprehension

complication

computation

concentration

condescension

condemnation

condensation

confirmation

conflagration

confiscation

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

conservation

consolation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consummation

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contrarian

contradiction

contribution

conversation

convolution

copenhagen

copernican

convocation

corinthian

contravention

coronation

corporation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

custodian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

cyclopean

corp.

decoration

declaration

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

decompression

deconstruction

dedication

defamation

degradation

definition

delegation

dehydration

deformation

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

correlation

deportation

deposition

depravation

derivation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

desperation

desiccation

desolation

designation

destination

destitution

detonation

devastation

deviation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

diocesan

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

dislocation

disinflation

dispensation

disposition

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

elevation

electrician

embarkation

elocution

elongation

emanation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

erudition

estonian

estimation

eustachian

european

evolution

evocation

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhibition

exhortation

herculean

expedition

exploration

exposition

explanation

explication

exploitation

extradition

extrication

fabrication

expiration

fallopian

federation

fascination

fermentation

figuration

fibrillation

fluoridation

floridian

foliation

fluctuation

galilean

formulation

fumigation

fragmentation

gargantuan

gastrulation

gentlewoman

himalayan

glaciation

germination

generation

gorgonian

graduation

greco-roman

expectation

gravitation

granulation

exhumation

gregorian

habitation

guatemalan

hegelian

hesitation

hibernation

historian

hemoglobin

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

ibuprofen

ideation

illustration

immigration

imitation

immolation

imperfection

implantation

importation

imposition

impregnation

implication

imputation

incantation

inattention

incrustation

indigestion

inclination

incubation

indecision

indentation

indexation

inhalation

indication

infiltration

indignation

indiscretion

information

infestation

indonesian

inflammation

inhibition

innovation

inspiration

installation

instigation

institution

insurrection

interaction

intercession

integration

interception

interdiction

interjection

insulation

intermission

iteration

interruption

interurban

interwoven

intersection

intervention

intimation

intonation

introduction

introspection

invitation

invocation

inquisition

iranian

irrigation

irritation

isolation

inundation

intuition

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

exhalation

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

librarian

liberian

liberation

limitation

lilliputian

litigation

locomotion

liquidation

liquefaction

lubrication

levitation

macedonian

machination

malformation

mammalian

malnutrition

manumission

maccabean

maturation

masturbation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

meridian

miseration

minnesotan

ministration

misbegotten

misconception

misperception

menstruation

moderation

mitigation

missourian

molestation

moravian

modulation

mortification

motivation

mongolian

navigation

nestorian

napoleon

mutilation

nigerian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nomination

newtonian

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obsidian

oblivion

obligation

obfuscation

observation

octahedron

occupation

obstetrician

ohioan

operation

olympian

opposition

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

pagurian

palpitation

oxidation

pagination

paraguayan

pedestrian

pelagian

pavlovian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

permutation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

politician

polyhedron

polynesian

population

praetorian

incarnation

predilection

preelection

preignition

premonition

preparation

preservation

presentation

prohibition

procreation

profanation

propagation

protozoan

protestation

proposition

provocation

proclamation

prosecution

prostitution

publication

punctuation

readmission

radiation

realization

reassertion

reawaken

recantation

recitation

recreation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

reformation

reexamine

reelection

registration

refutation

regulation

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

reparation

repossession

replication

reposition

reservation

respiration

reputation

requisition

resignation

republican

reproduction

resolution

restoration

resurrection

retrocession

retribution

restitution

retardation

rhetorician

rhododendron

revocation

revolution

revelation

repetition

rumination

samaritan

saturation

sanitation

satisfaction

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

separation

sequestration

self-deception

renovation

shakespearean

repercussion

precondition

siberian

sicilian

simonian

situation

smithsonian

simulation

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

suffocation

supervision

superhuman

superstition

surrogation

supposition

tabulation

syndication

tamoxifen

tasmanian

syncopation

tetrahedron

termination

toleration

titillation

transformation

transplantation

transportation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

veneration

usurpation

utopian

valerian

vaccination

vacillation

variation

validation

vegetation

valuation

ventilation

substitution

victorian

violation

visitation

vindication

wagnerian

watermelon

preconception

predetermine

5 syllable words

abbreviation

acceleration

abomination

academician

accreditation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

accommodation

agglomeration

affiliation

alliteration

alienation

amazonian

amelioration

alleviation

amalgamation

amortization

amplification

adulteration

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

annihilation

anticipation

articulation

assemblywoman

association

assassination

assimilation

attenuation

babylonian

authorization

augustinian

authentication

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

cauterization

centenarian

centralization

certification

carolinian

carthaginian

clarification

civilization

classification

coagulation

christianization

collaboration

cohabitation

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Words that rhyme with the word heron

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

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


Perfect Rhymes

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

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

Imperfect Rhymes

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

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

Using Rhymes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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