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

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

anguished

anguish

apron

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

auden

austin

bastion

banyan

baldwin

bagman

bargain

bacon

baron

barren

bangkok

barton

basin

bason

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

belgian

benches

begun

bellman

bellon

billion

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

bludgeon

bison

boatman

bolden

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bongos

bookman

bordman

boston

bounces

brethren

briton

breton

brakeman

boughten

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brazen

brighten

broaden

caisson

brogan

broken

bushman

bunches

bullion

button

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

cajun

calvin

arson

caption

capstan

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

captain

carbon

cauldron

carman

carmine

carton

caxton

caution

cayman

christian

chairman

chainsaws

certain

christen

chances

changes

children

chessman

chicken

chevron

chieftain

charon

chasten

cheapen

chosen

chaplain

chapman

churchman

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

common

colon

concoct

conquests

conquest

consist

consign

consists

corban

copeman

cordon

cousin

cotton

crimson

cretin

craven

crewman

craftsman

cuban

cumin

cushion

curtain

crouton

dagan

cowan

damson

dances

deacon

deaden

daman

deafen

darken

deepen

delphian

demon

concise

diction

devon

dian

ensign

dobson

doctrine

eaten

dolman

dolphin

dozen

draftsman

downcast

driven

eden

donkeys

dungeon

dustman

drunken

dutchman

dudgeon

dragon

dromon

earthen

elan

emption

encased

encase

engine

enjoys

engaged

engage

ensues

ermine

desman

dagon

congest

fraction

canaan

faustian

faction

fashion

fasten

falcon

fallen

famine

fancies

faulcon

fatten

felon

fences

fiction

fission

finches

fibrin

fielden

fireman

flashgun

firman

flatten

flexion

footman

foreman

floren

foreign

fortune

grecian

fountain

friction

freshman

freshen

freedman

freeman

frozen

frighten

function

gascon

fusion

garden

ganges

gallon

gammon

garron

gamecock

gamecocks

gentian

gilden

gibbon

georgian

german

given

glisten

glidden

goodman

golden

gorgon

gladden

gluten

gotten

gowan

grandson

griffon

gumption

guardsman

gudgeon

graven

henchman

haitian

hangman

hackman

harden

happen

harken

heathen

headman

headsman

hasten

hausen

heaven

harten

hearten

haven

heighten

hempen

hessian

hinges

hidden

hetman

heron

hogan

horseman

homespun

hoten

houseman

huntsman

hunches

homesick

hoven

human

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

hymen

inches

incest

incised

incise

incas

incase

dampen

shearman

inject

injects

inquest

insects

insect

insist

insists

insight

insights

ion

jackman

jargon

jason

jasmine

junction

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

kalan

kansan

kitchen

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kitten

landman

kelvin

klansman

kirkman

kremlin

laden

lagan

lampron

landsman

launches

leaden

leaven

ledden

languish

latin

layman

legion

lengthen

lesion

lessen

lesson

leman

lemon

leven

linkage

lichen

lighten

linden

liken

linen

linguists

linguist

lineman

linemen

london

liman

listen

lisbon

lockman

liven

locken

logan

lion

language

lightman

longan

lotion

loosen

longish

lopeman

loren

luncheon

lunches

lunges

lounges

lynden

lynxes

m1

madden

mahone

manges

maiden

mansion

lyden

mangan

marchman

mangoes

margin

martian

marron

mason

marlin

marten

martin

matron

lumen

marksman

markman

mention

mayan

menges

melon

mignon

postman

melton

minces

minion

minges

million

minden

dalton

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

morgan

mormon

monkeys

milken

muslin

nation

nekton

mutton

ninon

namesakes

nonesuch

newsman

namesake

notion

norman

oarsman

option

ocean

onion

shipman

olden

odin

organ

often

omen

open

ounces

oven

orphan

outdone

outrun

oxen

packman

paean

pagan

owen

parson

panton

pansies

pardon

pancake

pancakes

passion

passman

pathan

patron

pension

patten

penguin

pectin

pavon

penman

peon

persian

perron

person

pinion

piston

pigeon

pinkish

pillion

pitman

plankton

plantain

poison

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

portion

ponton

portman

othman

potion

ponchos

prison

sharpen

pressman

prussian

pullen

punches

question

quenches

quicken

ranches

ranges

reason

reckon

redden

proven

region

ration

rayon

remakes

ransack

resin

rerun

rincon

ribbon

risen

riven

runnion

ridden

riden

ripen

robin

roman

russian

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

samson

salesman

saffron

sadden

salmon

sanction

santon

satan

satin

saxon

scallion

sconces

scotsman

scullion

raven

scion

seaman

season

session

sexton

senses

section

seedsman

selden

semen

sequin

sermon

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

shorten

shogun

shotgun

showman

ingest

strengthen

shrunken

silken

sicken

smitten

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

smarten

smashes

sneezes

soldan

smokestack

sodden

soften

solon

smooches

smokestacks

sovereign

spearman

spokesman

sportsman

sovran

stepson

stillion

stiffen

station

steven

spartan

squadron

statesman

spoken

stallion

stallman

stockman

stolen

straighten

stricken

striven

suasion

suction

sudden

sunken

sultan

sullen

summon

surgeon

sweeten

sturgeon

sylvan

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

tension

tendon

teston

tarpon

tartan

tappen

tangos

thicken

written

thousand

threaten

yachtsman

tighten

tillman

token

torsion

traction

townsman

toughen

trillion

treason

trojan

toman

triton

trodden

tubman

tungsten

turban

tuscan

undone

union

unjust

urson

urchin

urban

urine

vegan

vanquish

villain

version

vision

vulcan

wanton

warden

watchman

wagon

waken

warren

weaken

weapon

wenches

whitson

wiccan

women

wheaten

wizen

woman

wooden

whiten

widen

woodman

woolen

woolman

workman

worsen

woven

yankees

titan

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abrasion

abortion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accession

accretion

acumen

addition

addiction

admission

adsorption

adhesion

adoption

adrian

aegean

affliction

affection

aggression

african

alaskan

albion

allusion

alsatian

aleutian

alien

alderman

amasses

amazes

ambition

ambrosian

amigos

andean

ancestor

albumin

ancestral

anchorman

ancestry

ancestors

anyone

annexes

anxiously

appian

apportion

arian

anglican

arkansan

artesian

artisan

ascension

aryan

aspersion

assassin

assumption

asuncion

attrition

assertion

audition

attraction

attention

aversion

avian

battalion

australian

awaken

backgammon

badminton

bandwagon

backwoodsman

austrian

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beholden

benjamin

beethoven

bitumen

biotin

bonuses

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

campion

bulletin

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

cartesian

carnation

carrion

caucasian

castration

cation

catalan

causation

cessation

chairwoman

censuses

chairperson

chamberlain

cetacean

champion

chilean

charlatan

charwoman

cinnamon

clergyman

citizen

civilian

cistercian

clarion

citation

clarendon

cognition

collegian

collusion

cohesion

coercion

collection

collagen

concessions

commission

combustion

compunction

commotion

compression

compassion

completion

complexion

companion

compulsion

communion

conception

indian

concussion

conclusion

concussions

concoction

concoctions

concisely

conduction

confession

confection

conflation

confusion

confucian

congestion

conjecture

congressman

congestive

connection

conjectures

connexion

conjugal

conjunction

conjugate

conjugates

consciously

conscription

consecrate

consequence

consequent

consistent

consignment

corsican

construction

consumption

contagion

contention

contortion

contraction

contrition

contusion

convection

councilman

convention

conviction

conversion

convulsion

correction

corrosion

corruption

constriction

countryman

contraption

creation

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

damnation

damages

deception

denizen

deduction

declension

exception

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

demagogue

demagogues

depiction

depletion

diffraction

diffusion

description

excursion

depression

dispersion

derision

distortion

englishman

detention

congested

detection

determine

devotion

dictation

dimension

digestion

dilation

dilution

digression

discipline

discussion

direction

discretion

equation

eviction

disruption

dissension

encryption

dissection

distinction

erosion

evasion

distraction

diversion

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

downsizing

downsizings

duration

egyptian

elation

election

ejection

elison

edition

emotion

eleven

emblazon

embolden

emulsion

enmeshes

enlighten

enliven

engagement

engagements

engages

engaging

erection

disunion

exclusion

eruption

everyone

desertion

excretion

etruscan

explosion

exaction

exhaustion

exertion

exemption

destruction

expansion

expression

expulsion

extension

extortion

extraction

extinction

extrusion

fabian

fenian

feminine

ferryman

filtration

fixation

finishes

fisherman

fijian

forbidden

flirtation

flotation

forewoman

formation

forgotten

foramen

foundation

franciscan

fruition

frustration

freemason

freudian

fungicide

fustian

garrison

galleon

fungicides

gaussian

genuine

gentleman

gestation

ghanaian

geniuses

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

grobian

guardian

guncotton

halcyon

handwoven

gyration

hammerman

halogen

hanukkahs

hawaiian

heartbroken

harlequin

heroine

horatian

heroin

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

homages

illusion

images

immersion

imagine

impassion

implosion

impression

inaction

in-person

inclusion

incisors

incisor

incisive

dalmatian

abandon

pollution

induction

inexact

infarction

infliction

infection

inflection

inflation

infusion

infraction

ingestion

inhuman

injection

injections

injector

injectors

injunction

injustice

insecure

insouciant

inspection

insightful

instruction

intention

intrusion

invention

intestine

irishman

irian

italian

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

kinshasa

korean

lactation

lancaster

midshipman

logician

ingested

libyan

lanolin

lecithin

laurentian

laotian

languishes

languishing

languages

lesbian

libration

ligation

linkages

location

lumberman

magician

magdalen

marian

malayan

malaysian

lutheran

mandarin

manages

margarine

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

menaces

menhaden

mexican

melanin

omission

minuses

migration

misshapen

misfortune

mistaken

munition

moroccan

musician

muskmelon

nemean

myosin

narration

negation

nebraskan

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

mutation

nonunion

nobleman

nonhuman

nuances

notation

nubian

nutrition

obsession

occasion

obstruction

optician

occlusion

norwegian

objection

octillion

opinion

odeon

oppression

optation

oration

overrun

prediction

origin

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

orion

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partisan

patrician

partition

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

perfusion

persuasion

petition

permission

perfection

permian

perversion

phrygian

peterman

physician

percussion

phoenician

policeman

plantation

plebeian

position

porcelain

ottoman

possession

preclusion

precession

precaution

predation

predestine

prescription

preemption

procession

pretension

prevention

privation

probation

presumption

profusion

proscription

profession

promotion

production

progression

projection

punishes

proportion

protection

prostration

protean

propulsion

repression

resumption

puritan

quotation

retention

rebellion

reception

reaction

recession

redemption

reflection

reduction

regimen

regression

ramadan

rejection

relation

remisses

remission

reopen

reptilian

resection

restriction

retraction

reunion

ramshackle

reversion

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rummages

rotation

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

seclusion

scythian

scorpion

secession

sciences

secretion

sedation

selection

sensation

seduction

timberman

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

sinuses

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

starvation

stagnation

submission

succession

submersion

subscription

subversion

stygian

suburban

subtraction

suggestion

summation

suppression

sumatran

superman

suspension

suspicion

tactician

syrian

talisman

synagogue

synagogues

tamarin

taxation

technician

temptation

thespian

toboggan

tonnages

tradition

transcription

transaction

transfusion

transgression

transition

transmission

tuition

truncation

translation

unbutton

uncertain

unburden

uncommon

uneven

unison

unbroken

unwritten

unshackle

unquestioned

uterine

vacation

vatican

vanishes

venetian

venison

vermilion

veteran

vibration

vocation

vitamin

volition

waterman

whimsical

whimsically

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abolition

absolution

abnegation

abrogation

abyssinian

accusation

acquisition

accordion

acclamation

acclimation

activation

admonition

adrenaline

adulation

adoration

admiration

advocation

adaptation

agrarian

agitation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

affirmation

alabaman

albanian

algerian

allocation

algonquian

aldebaran

allegation

alternation

alteration

altercation

american

ammunition

amphibian

arizonan

amputation

amnesiac

angiogram

annexation

animation

annotation

appalachian

apparition

appellation

arabian

arbitration

apprehension

application

approbation

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

assyrian

aspiration

athenian

attribution

assemblyman

aviation

avocation

augmentation

barbarian

backwardation

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

cenozoic

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

committeeman

comedian

coloration

combination

commendation

columbian

coloradan

compensation

competition

composition

comprehension

commutation

compilation

complication

comparison

computation

concentration

circulation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confiscation

conflagration

confirmation

confrontation

congregation

connotation

conjugation

conjugations

conjugated

consecration

consecrations

consecutive

consequences

consequently

consistency

conservation

consequential

consistently

consolation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consummation

consultation

contraception

contradiction

contemplation

contribution

contrarian

contravention

conversation

corinthian

convocation

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

cultivation

culmination

custodian

cyclopean

crucifixion

darwinian

dandelion

decimation

defamation

deconstruction

declaration

decoration

dedication

decompression

definition

deformation

degradation

dehydration

delegation

demolition

demonstration

demarcation

demagogy

deposition

dereliction

desecration

depravation

depredation

deprivation

derivation

desiccation

destitution

desperation

destination

devonian

devastation

detonation

deviation

devolution

dietitian

deportation

desolation

diminution

diocesan

dilatation

disaffection

disconnection

disposition

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

dislocation

disputation

dissipation

dissertation

dissolution

distillation

encyclical

divination

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

electrician

education

elevation

emanation

elongation

elocution

emigration

emulation

embarkation

distribution

englishwoman

encyclicals

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

erudition

estimation

european

excitation

estonian

exclamation

evocation

eustachian

exhibition

excavation

evolution

designation

execution

exhalation

expedition

exhumation

exhortation

incrustation

expectation

exposition

extradition

extrication

exploration

exploitation

fabrication

fascination

fallopian

federation

fermentation

expiration

fibrillation

explication

figuration

floridian

foliation

fluoridation

fluctuation

formulation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

gentlewoman

generation

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

explanation

guatemalan

fragmentation

hemoglobin

habitation

hegelian

herculean

himalayan

historian

hibernation

hesitation

honeysuckle

honeysuckles

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

ideation

hypertension

ibuprofen

illustration

imitation

immolation

immigration

implantation

imperfection

implication

imposition

importation

impregnation

imputation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

incessantly

inclination

incognito

incubation

indignation

indication

indentation

indexation

indigestion

indiscretion

indonesian

infiltration

infestation

inflammation

information

inhibition

inhalation

injectable

innovation

inquisition

inquisitor

inquisitive

inquisitors

insecticide

insecticides

interception

injustices

intercession

installation

insistently

inspiration

insouciance

instigation

institution

insulation

insurrection

integration

intermission

interaction

interdiction

interjection

intersection

interruption

intervention

interurban

interwoven

intimation

intonation

introspection

inundation

introduction

invitation

invocation

irritation

iranian

iteration

irrigation

isolation

jacobean

jingoism

jurisdiction

jingoistic

jubilation

jordanian

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberation

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

lineages

linguistically

liquefaction

liquidation

limitation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

machination

maccabean

macedonian

manumission

malnutrition

mammalian

malformation

maturation

masturbation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

minnesotan

ministration

nonexistent

mitigation

misconception

misperception

miseration

mongolian

missourian

molestation

modulation

moderation

moravian

motivation

mortification

misbegotten

nonpartisan

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

nicaraguan

nomination

nigerian

noblewoman

mutilation

newtonian

nonprescription

obsidian

oblivion

obfuscation

obligation

observation

obstetrician

opposition

occupation

olympian

operation

ohioan

octahedron

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

paraguayan

palpitation

penicillin

pelagian

penetration

pedestrian

pavlovian

ovulation

perforation

permutation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

politician

plutonian

polynesian

polyhedron

persecution

population

precondition

preconception

praetorian

predetermine

preignition

premonition

preelection

preparation

presentation

predilection

proclamation

preservation

prohibition

profanation

propagation

protozoan

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

publication

proposition

provocation

punctuation

procreation

radiation

resurrection

retrocession

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rhododendron

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samaritan

saturation

satisfaction

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self-deception

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shakespearean

sanitation

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siberian

situation

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speculation

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stimulation

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surrogation

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syncopation

tabulation

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

tasmanian

titillation

vaccination

transformation

trepidation

transportation

tribulation

transplantation

ulceration

unaccustomed

unsuccessful

unshakable

usurpation

utopian

toleration

vacillation

valerian

variation

validation

valuation

vegetation

veneration

vindication

ventilation

victorian

violation

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

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abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alliteration

alleviation

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amazonian

amelioration

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amplification

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articulation

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assassination

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brutalization

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incrimination

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electrocution

encyclopedist

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depopulation

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ethiopian

evaporation

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examination

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exaggeration

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exfoliation

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exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

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extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hanoverian

harmonization

hallucination

humiliation

hybridization

hyperinflation

hyperborean

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immunization

imagination

improvisation

inaccessible

inactivation

incarceration

inauguration

incineration

incorporation

hydrogenation

inexcusable

inexcusably

inexhaustible

infatuation

initiation

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inoculation

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insecurities

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insinuation

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jeffersonian

justification

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localization

lithuanian

indoctrination

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magnification

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metropolitan

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misinformation

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modification

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multiplication

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negotiation

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nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

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misapplication

misapprehension

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notification

organization

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pomeranian

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pythagorean

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recrimination

reforestation

regeneration

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remuneration

renunciation

resuscitation

rectification

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repudiation

retaliation

repatriation

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revaluation

russification

scandinavian

sanctification

sedimentation

representation

simplification

solicitation

stratification

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

substantiation

subordination

synchronization

theologian

utilization

triangulation

unification

unitarian

unnecessary

unquestionable

vaporization

vegetarian

vilification

verification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word incision

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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
  • Soap and Chap
  • 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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