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

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

aspen

asian

atman

auction

auden

austin

banyan

bagman

bason

bastion

baston

basin

barton

barren

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

belgian

beaten

begun

bellman

beckon

bellon

bisson

billion

billman

billon

bison

bitten

bludgeon

bobbin

bookman

boston

bordman

boatman

bolden

blowgun

bollen

boughten

bourbon

brakeman

brethren

briton

breton

blacken

bowman

bracken

brighten

broaden

brogan

broken

bullion

burgeon

brazen

burden

burdon

burman

burton

bushman

baldwin

bargain

bacon

baron

button

cabin

caisson

cajun

calvin

canton

cannon

canon

canyon

caption

carbon

capstan

captain

carman

carmine

caution

cauldron

caxton

carton

cayman

canaan

clinton

certain

chairman

charon

chaplain

chapman

christian

children

christen

chicken

chessman

chevron

chieftain

chasten

cheapen

chosen

citron

churchman

classman

claxon

coachman

combats

colon

combat

common

compete

competes

computes

confide

confides

copeman

corban

cordon

cuban

compute

cushion

cousin

craftsman

cretin

cowan

craven

crewman

crimson

crouton

cumin

curtain

dalton

deafen

dagan

damson

deacon

deaden

dampen

darken

deepen

daman

dagon

cotton

delphian

demon

desman

dian

diction

devon

dolphin

downbeat

dozen

dungeon

dudgeon

drunken

driven

draftsman

dragon

dromon

dutchman

dustman

doctrine

dobson

eaten

eden

elan

dolman

earthen

emption

empties

empty

ensign

engine

ermine

fashion

faction

fasten

falcon

fallen

famine

fatten

faulcon

faustian

felon

fiction

fibrin

fielden

fireman

firman

fission

flexion

flashgun

flatten

floren

footman

friction

fraction

embed

fountain

fortune

freedman

freeman

freshen

freshman

foreign

foreman

gudgeon

frighten

function

fusion

gambit

garden

gallon

gambits

gammon

gascon

gentian

georgian

garron

german

gibbon

glisten

gilden

given

glidden

golden

gladden

gluten

goodman

grandson

gorgon

gowan

gotten

graven

grecian

griffon

gunboats

gumption

frozen

gunboat

haitian

guardsman

hangman

harden

harken

happen

harten

henchman

headsman

heathen

headman

hempen

heaven

hackman

hasten

hausen

hearten

heighten

haven

heron

hessian

hetman

hidden

hogan

houseman

homespun

horseman

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

compote

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

imbed

imbeds

impedes

impede

hymen

impute

inept

invade

invites

invite

invades

ion

jason

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

junction

kansan

jordan

jorden

kalan

keelson

kelson

jetton

kelvin

kenyan

kitten

klansman

kremlin

lengthen

kirkman

landsman

landman

lampron

lambda

lagan

layman

leaven

ledden

latin

legion

kitchen

leaden

leman

lemon

lesion

linen

lessen

lesson

lichen

lightman

lighten

liken

liman

linden

limpets

lineman

linemen

leven

lion

laden

lisbon

listen

lockman

liven

locken

logan

luncheon

london

lotion

longan

loosen

lopeman

loren

lumen

lyden

lymphoid

lynden

m1

mansion

mangan

marchman

madden

mahone

martian

marron

marten

martin

mason

matron

mayan

mention

mignon

milken

million

melton

melon

minden

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

motion

mountain

morgan

mormon

muffin

mullen

maiden

muslin

mutton

nation

ocean

markman

nekton

newsman

ninon

marlin

notion

oarsman

norman

margin

odin

onion

often

omen

open

option

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

othman

oven

olden

marksman

portman

packman

paean

pagan

panton

parson

pardon

passion

pathan

patron

pension

patten

pectin

pavon

penguin

penman

passman

peon

oxen

perron

persian

person

pigeon

pinion

pillion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

owen

pressman

prison

prussian

proven

pullen

ration

question

reason

rayon

raven

reckon

redden

region

removed

quicken

potion

resin

ribbon

rincon

ridden

riden

risen

riven

robin

ripen

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowan

ruin

russian

runnion

saffron

rumen

sadden

rowen

salesman

samson

rerun

postman

santon

salmon

scullion

saxon

scotsman

scallion

scion

section

seedsman

seaman

season

selden

sanction

session

sequin

semen

sermon

seton

seven

shipman

sexton

shearman

sharpen

shorten

shaken

shaman

shogun

shotgun

showman

shrunken

satan

satin

sicken

silken

snippets

smitten

snippet

smarten

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

spearman

soldan

sovran

spartan

solon

sovereign

stepson

station

statesman

steven

stallion

stallman

spokesman

spoken

stillion

stiffen

sportsman

striven

squadron

strengthen

stricken

sturgeon

suasion

stockman

stolen

straighten

tension

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

sumpter

sunken

sylvan

sweeten

surgeon

swollen

symptoms

symptom

syphon

tarpon

tartan

taken

talon

tappen

tendon

tempting

teston

thicken

threaten

tillman

siren

tighten

titan

token

toman

torsion

toughen

traction

townsman

treason

trillion

tuscan

turban

tubman

trojan

umpteen

triton

trodden

tungsten

unbowed

umpteenth

undone

unfit

union

whitson

urban

urson

urchin

unmoved

urine

vegan

villain

version

vision

vulcan

wanton

warden

watchman

thousand

wagon

waken

warren

weaken

weapon

wheaten

whiten

woolen

siphon

wiccan

women

woman

wooden

wombats

wombat

woodman

woolman

written

yachtsman

worsen

workman

wizen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

widen

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

addition

accretion

accession

acumen

addiction

adhesion

admission

adsorption

adrian

affection

aggression

aegean

african

affliction

aleutian

alaskan

albion

albumin

alderman

alien

adoption

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anglican

andean

anchorman

amputate

ambitions

anyone

appian

apportion

arian

arkansan

artisan

artesian

aryan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assumption

assertion

asuncion

attrition

attraction

attention

audition

aversion

austrian

australian

avian

awaken

backgammon

badminton

backwoodsman

bandwagon

battalion

beholden

bedizen

commission

bedouin

benjamin

benefit

benefits

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

cartesian

carrion

catalan

castration

causation

caucasian

cation

cetacean

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

clergyman

chilean

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

civilian

citation

charwoman

clarion

clarendon

cognition

collision

collection

collegian

bedridden

cohesion

collagen

coercion

collusion

combustion

combatant

combatants

combative

commotion

compassion

communion

companion

competent

completion

beethoven

complexion

expansion

compulsion

compunction

compression

defection

convection

concoction

concussion

conduction

condition

concession

computers

conception

confection

conclusion

confession

conscription

confidence

confident

confidante

confetti

conjunction

congestion

confucian

consumption

confusion

confiding

congressman

constriction

connection

connexion

construction

conflation

contrition

contortion

contraction

contraption

contention

convention

contagion

contusion

convulsion

conviction

conversion

correction

corruption

corrosion

corsican

councilman

countryman

cremation

creation

crestfallen

computer

crustacean

croatian

deduction

cyprian

deception

decision

damnation

declension

dalmatian

deflection

deflation

deletion

delusion

dentition

depiction

depletion

depression

denizen

description

derision

destruction

detection

detention

determine

diffraction

dictation

desertion

devotion

dimension

diffusion

digression

digestion

dilation

dilution

direction

discipline

discretion

discussion

disruption

dispersion

dissection

dissension

distortion

distraction

distinction

diversion

disunion

edition

egyptian

division

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

duration

ejection

elation

election

elison

eleven

emission

emotion

emblazon

embolden

embitter

embedded

embody

emptier

embodies

emptying

emulsion

englishman

encryption

enlighten

enliven

equation

erection

erosion

eruption

eviction

etruscan

evasion

everyone

exaction

embattle

excretion

excision

exception

excursion

exclusion

exemption

exertion

exhaustion

expression

expulsion

extension

extinction

explosion

extortion

extraction

fabian

extrusion

fenian

feminine

ferryman

filtration

fijian

fisherman

fixation

forbidden

flirtation

flotation

foramen

franciscan

foundation

formation

forgotten

forewoman

freemason

freudian

fruition

frustration

fustian

galleon

gaussian

gentleman

garrison

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

harlequin

guncotton

gunpowder

gyration

grobian

halogen

handwoven

halcyon

hammerman

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

guardian

horatian

housebroken

horizon

embattled

abandon

hydrogen

hydration

ignition

imagine

illusion

impassion

impatience

immersion

impatient

impedance

implosion

impression

inaction

imprison

in-person

incision

inclusion

incursion

impotent

inception

indian

infarction

inflation

infliction

inhabit

infection

infidels

inflection

infraction

infidel

infusion

ingestion

inhabits

inhibit

inhibits

inhuman

injection

inpatient

inpatients

innovates

inscription

innovate

insertion

inspection

instruction

ineptly

intention

intestine

intrusion

invader

invaders

invading

invention

invasion

inversion

inviting

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

keratin

kantian

keynesian

lanolin

laotian

lecithin

laurentian

lesbian

libyan

libration

ligation

korean

logician

location

lumberman

lymphatic

lactation

lutheran

objection

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

magdalen

marian

occlusion

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

midshipman

menhaden

mexican

migration

melanin

misprision

misshapen

misfortune

mistaken

munition

moroccan

musician

mummified

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

narration

margarine

obsession

negation

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

niacin

nutrition

norwegian

nonunion

notation

nubian

obstruction

occasion

octillion

odeon

oppression

optician

omission

optation

oration

opinion

origin

orion

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

partition

parisian

parthian

partisan

patrician

percussion

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

perfection

permission

phoenician

physician

petition

peterman

perversion

persuasion

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

pollution

policeman

pompadour

perfusion

porcelain

permian

position

possession

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

predation

presumption

predestine

prediction

preemption

pretension

prescription

prevention

privation

probation

procession

production

profession

progression

projection

promotion

profusion

propulsion

provision

protection

proportion

prostration

proscription

protean

rendition

puritan

ramadan

reaction

reception

quotation

recession

recision

rebellion

redemption

reduction

religion

remission

reflection

regimen

rejection

regression

relation

renovate

singleton

repression

reptilian

reopen

rescission

resection

resumption

retention

retraction

revision

reversion

revulsion

rhodopsin

restriction

reunion

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

salvation

samoan

scorpion

seduction

scythian

sedition

secession

secretion

sedation

seclusion

selection

sensation

saleswoman

silicon

simian

skeleton

snapdragon

snapdragons

solution

solomon

somebody

specimen

starvation

stagnation

submission

subscription

stygian

submersion

subtraction

suburban

succession

suggestion

summation

subversion

sumatran

suspicion

suppression

suspension

superman

sympathies

sympathize

synoptics

synoptic

sympathy

syrian

tactician

talisman

technician

temptation

taxation

tamarin

temptations

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transmission

transition

transaction

transgression

translation

transfusion

unbutton

transcription

truncation

tuition

unburden

unbroken

unison

uncommon

uncertain

uneven

unfaithful

unwritten

uterine

venetian

vatican

vacation

venison

vibration

vermilion

veteran

vitamin

volition

vocation

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

admonition

adulation

adrenaline

advocation

adoration

aggravation

agitation

aggregation

admiration

allegation

affirmation

affectation

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

albanian

allocation

altercation

alteration

alternation

american

ammunition

ambitiously

amphibian

animation

amputation

amputations

annexation

annotation

appellation

apparition

appalachian

anybody

application

approbation

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

armageddon

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

attribution

athenian

augmentation

armenian

aviation

avocation

backwardation

calculation

barbarian

calibration

bavarian

coalition

composition

bifurcation

competition

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

competitions

collocation

cogitation

collodion

columbian

coloration

commendation

combination

coloradan

comedian

commutation

comparison

committeeman

compatible

compensation

compatriots

competencies

compatriot

competency

competently

competitive

compatibles

compilation

competitors

competitor

complication

computation

comprehension

computations

concentration

condescension

computerize

computerized

condemnation

condensation

confederates

confederate

confidential

confidences

confidently

confiscation

conflagration

confirmation

confrontation

conjugation

congregation

consolation

connotation

consecration

constellation

constipation

constitution

conservation

consternation

consummation

consultation

contradiction

contraception

contribution

contemplation

contrarian

contravention

definition

convocation

convolution

conversation

copenhagen

copernican

corinthian

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

cyclopean

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

criterion

custodian

cotyledon

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

decompression

deconstruction

declaration

decoration

dedication

defamation

degradation

demolition

dehydration

delegation

demarcation

depredation

deprivation

demonstration

deposition

depravation

deportation

dereliction

derivation

desecration

disaffection

desiccation

destitution

desolation

designation

desperation

detonation

destination

devastation

devolution

dietitian

deviation

devonian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disinfection

disillusion

electrician

disconnection

disinflation

dislocation

distillation

disputation

dispensation

dissolution

dissertation

dissipation

distribution

divination

dominican

domination

duplication

draconian

education

elevation

elocution

deformation

elongation

emanation

embarkation

emphatically

embodiment

emigration

empty-handed

emulation

equitation

englishwoman

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

estimation

european

eustachian

estonian

evocation

evolution

exhalation

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhortation

exhumation

expectation

expedition

exposition

extradition

explication

expiration

exploration

exploitation

explanation

extrication

fascination

federation

fabrication

fallopian

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

fluoridation

formulation

floridian

foliation

fluctuation

fragmentation

hungarian

fumigation

galilean

gentlewoman

gastrulation

gargantuan

generation

germination

glaciation

granulation

graduation

gorgonian

gravitation

himalayan

greco-roman

gregorian

habitation

guatemalan

hesitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hibernation

historian

maccabean

interurban

illustration

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

imitation

immolation

immigration

impediment

impediments

impatiently

imperfection

implantation

implication

importation

inattention

imputation

incantation

impregnation

incarnation

inclination

incrustation

indecision

incubation

indentation

indexation

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

indonesian

inhabitants

infatuate

infatuates

infestation

infiltration

inflammation

information

installation

inhabited

instigation

inhalation

inhibiting

inhibitor

inhibited

inhibitors

innovation

innovations

ineptitude

innovative

innovators

innovator

inspiration

integration

institution

interdiction

intercession

interaction

interjection

insurrection

interception

interruption

hydrocarbon

intersection

intervention

intuition

introduction

inundation

introspection

interwoven

invitation

invitations

inveterate

iranian

irrigation

liquefaction

irritation

isolation

jacobean

iteration

jurisdiction

jubilation

jordanian

kindergarten

litigation

liquidation

hypertension

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

liberation

liberian

levitation

librarian

limitation

lilliputian

locomotion

laceration

lubrication

machination

hyperion

macedonian

obligation

malnutrition

manumission

malformation

mammalian

oblivion

masturbation

maturation

medication

mediation

meditation

ministration

menstruation

melanesian

meridian

minnesotan

misbegotten

miseration

misconception

misperception

missourian

modulation

mitigation

motivation

mongolian

moderation

molestation

moravian

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

obstetrician

nicaraguan

nestorian

nigerian

newtonian

noblewoman

nonprescription

nomination

obfuscation

observation

obsidian

nonpartisan

occupation

ovulation

orchestration

octahedron

ohioan

opposition

operation

omnipotent

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

olympian

overburden

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

penicillin

penetration

pelagian

pedestrian

pavlovian

perforation

persecution

permutation

politician

perturbation

perspiration

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

population

polynesian

polyhedron

simulation

preconception

precondition

preignition

predilection

premonition

preelection

predetermine

preservation

preparation

presentation

prohibition

recognition

proclamation

procreation

profanation

publication

propagation

proposition

prostitution

provocation

prosecution

protozoan

protestation

punctuation

praetorian

reconstruction

radiation

reawaken

readmission

realization

reassertion

recantation

recollection

reclamation

recitation

recreation

reelection

refutation

reformation

reexamine

regulation

reinspection

relaxation

registration

relocation

renovation

renovations

renovator

renovators

repetition

reposition

republican

repossession

reproduction

replication

reputation

repercussion

reparation

rhetorician

resolution

resignation

respiration

retardation

reservation

resurrection

retribution

revelation

revocation

restoration

retrocession

revolution

restitution

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

segregation

sanitation

self-deception

saturation

sectarian

segmentation

sequestration

satisfaction

separation

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simonian

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

suffocation

superhuman

supposition

superstition

surrogation

supervision

symbiotic

sympathetic

syncopation

syndication

sympathizers

sympathizes

tabulation

sympathizer

tamoxifen

tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

transformation

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

usurpation

unobtrusive

vacillation

validation

valerian

valuation

vaccination

vegetation

variation

utopian

veneration

ventilation

victorian

violation

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

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abbreviation

abomination

academician

accreditation

accommodation

accumulation

adjudication

acceleration

administration

adulteration

agglomeration

affiliation

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

annihilation

amplification

amphitheatre

anticipation

approximation

appreciation

appropriation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

assassination

assimilation

assemblywoman

association

attenuation

authentication

authorization

augustinian

babylonian

coagulation

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

capitulation

canonization

carolinian

centralization

carthaginian

cauterization

centenarian

certification

civilization

christianization

clarification

classification

cohabitation

codification

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

communication

beethovenian

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederacy

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

confidentially

consolidation

consideration

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

emancipation

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

deliberation

deification

delicatessen

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

desegregation

desalination

determination

dionysian

disinclination

disembarkation

degeneration

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

discoloration

domestication

dramatization

elaboration

edification

ejaculation

elizabethan

electrocution

elimination

hybridization

discrimination

computational

equalization

eradication

equivocation

enumeration

epicurean

evacuation

evaporation

evaluation

ethiopian

exacerbation

excoriation

exaggeration

exfoliation

examination

exhilaration

exasperation

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

harmonization

hanoverian

hallucination

homeopathic

humiliation

homeopathy

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

imagination

illumination

immunization

inactivation

improvisation

inauguration

incarceration

incrimination

incorporation

incineration

indoctrination

inevitably

infatuated

infatuation

infidelity

infidelities

inhibitory

initiation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interrogation

interpolation

inevitable

interpretation

intoxication

intimidation

investigation

invalidation

invitational

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

justification

lithuanian

legalization

libertarian

localization

hyperborean

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

manifestation

mathematician

mechanization

maximization

maximilian

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

misinformation

mississippian

mobilization

multiplication

modernization

modification

miscalculation

mummification

neutralization

negotiation

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

neapolitan

nonsectarian

notification

nonintervention

normalization

nullification

obliteration

overproduction

oregonian

organization

origination

orientation

ornamentation

ossification

pacification

participation

panamanian

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predisposition

predestination

premeditation

presupposition

preoccupation

presbyterian

prevarication

prognostication

proliferation

procrastination

proletarian

pronunciation

purification

quantification

qualification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

remuneration

recrimination

rectification

recuperation

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reintegration

reiteration

rejuvenation

pythagorean

renunciation

repudiation

repatriation

representation

sanctification

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

sophistication

solicitation

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unavoidable

unitarian

vaporization

utilization

vegetarian

vilification

verification

veterinarian

washingtonian

vulgarization

yugoslavian

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