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

action

acton

alban

alan

airman

alman

amman

angel

angels

angled

angles

angle

anglers

angler

angling

ankles

ankle

anklet

anklets

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

auden

austin

baldwin

bacon

bagman

bangle

bangles

banyan

bargain

baron

barren

barton

bastion

bason

baston

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

baton

batten

batton

begun

bengals

billion

billman

belgian

billon

bellman

bellon

bison

bisson

bollen

bengal

bludgeon

bitten

blacken

bobbin

bolden

boatman

blowgun

bookman

bordman

boston

boughten

brethren

bracken

brazen

brighten

briton

brakeman

breton

broken

bourbon

bowman

broaden

brogan

bungled

bullion

bungler

bunglers

burden

caisson

button

burgeon

bushman

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

cajun

calvin

canaan

cancel

cancels

cannon

canon

basin

canyon

carman

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carmine

carton

cauldron

caution

caxton

certain

cayman

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chasten

canton

cheapen

chessman

chevron

children

christen

christian

charon

chicken

chieftain

chosen

churchman

citron

claxon

clinton

classman

coachman

colon

common

conclave

concludes

conceals

conclude

congealed

conceal

concealed

consult

consuls

consul

consults

congeal

consol

consoles

corban

councils

cotton

council

counsel

console

copeman

counsels

cousin

craven

craftsman

cretin

damson

cordon

cowan

cushion

dagan

crouton

dagon

daman

dampen

damsel

deacon

cuban

crimson

curtain

dalton

dangle

deepen

deafen

cumin

deaden

dangles

darken

crewman

demon

densely

desman

devon

diction

dingle

dian

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dozen

drunken

driven

dragon

dromon

dudgeon

draftsman

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

eaten

eden

earthen

elan

emption

enclave

enclose

enclosed

engulf

engine

engle

ensign

engles

enslave

english

ermine

delphian

faction

falcon

fallen

flashgun

famine

fashion

fasten

faulcon

faustian

felon

fangled

fangle

fiction

fission

fielden

fibrin

fireman

fatten

firman

flatten

footman

foreman

fraction

freedman

fountain

fortune

freeman

friction

flexion

freshen

freshman

frighten

floren

function

fungal

gallon

fusion

foreign

gascon

frozen

gammon

garden

garron

gentian

gilden

gibbon

georgian

german

gingles

glisten

given

goodman

gotten

gorgon

gowan

grandson

grecian

guardsman

graven

griffon

gumption

gudgeon

gladden

haitian

hackman

harden

harken

glidden

hansel

hangman

hasten

harten

gluten

henchman

heathen

hearten

headsman

heighten

headman

hempen

heaven

heron

hessian

golden

hetman

happen

himself

hidden

hogan

houseman

homespun

horseman

hoten

hoven

human

haven

huntsman

hymen

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

hausen

incline

includes

ingles

ingle

inkling

inclined

insults

insult

jackman

jason

jargon

jetson

jangle

jasmine

jetton

jingle

jingles

junction

kinkle

jungles

jungle

jorden

kitchen

kalan

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kelvin

kingly

kansan

kirkman

klansman

kitten

jordan

knuckle

knuckled

kremlin

laden

ion

knuckles

landsman

landman

lancelet

lengthen

lampron

leaden

legion

leman

ledden

lemon

lesion

layman

latin

lessen

leaven

lesson

lagan

leven

lightman

lichen

lighten

linden

lingle

linen

liken

liman

lineman

linemen

inclines

include

lisbon

listen

lockman

locken

longan

mission

liven

loincloth

lynden

london

luncheon

lyden

m1

loosen

maiden

mahone

mangles

mangan

mangle

marchman

lion

margin

marksman

marlin

martian

mansion

markman

mason

marten

martin

marron

matron

lopeman

lotion

mayan

mullen

mention

million

melton

mignon

minden

mingle

mingles

minion

milken

logan

lumen

madden

mitten

moisten

mongol

molten

loren

mongols

motion

mountain

muffin

melon

morgan

nation

mutton

muslin

nekton

ninon

mormon

notion

norman

newsman

oarsman

ocean

olden

odin

often

option

onion

onslaught

open

organ

orphan

othman

oven

outdone

outrun

owen

oxen

packman

pagan

paean

parson

pardon

panton

passman

passion

pectin

pavon

patron

pathan

patten

pencil

penciled

pencils

penguin

pension

penman

peon

perron

person

pigeon

pillion

pinion

persian

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

pollan

pollen

platen

poison

platten

ponton

omen

portion

portman

postman

potion

pressman

prison

prussian

pullen

proven

oneself

question

quicken

ration

rankle

rankles

reckon

raven

redden

region

reason

rerun

resin

rincon

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rayon

rosin

rotten

roman

rosen

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

russian

salesman

saffron

sadden

salmon

sanction

samson

saxon

satan

santon

scallion

satin

scion

scotsman

scullion

seaman

season

section

runnion

seedsman

selden

semen

sequin

shingles

shingle

sexton

sermon

session

sharpen

shearman

shipman

seton

shaken

shingler

seven

shaman

shogun

shorten

shotgun

showman

shrunken

sicken

silken

tinsel

singles

single

smarten

siren

slacken

slogan

smitten

smuggle

snuggle

smugglers

smuggler

smugly

snugly

sodden

sovereign

soften

soldan

sovran

spartan

spearman

solon

spoken

spokesman

siphon

squadron

stallman

stepson

statesman

station

steven

stiffen

stillion

stockman

straighten

sportsman

strengthen

stricken

striven

suasion

stallion

stolen

sturgeon

suction

singly

sunken

sullen

sultan

sylvan

summon

swingle

surgeon

sudden

sweeten

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

tarpon

tartan

tangle

tappen

tension

thicken

tendon

tensile

tangles

teston

thousand

tinkle

tillman

tingle

tighten

titan

threaten

token

torsion

tonsils

toughen

tonsil

townsman

traction

twinkles

tungsten

treason

trillion

tubman

triton

trojan

turban

unclean

trodden

uncles

uncle

tuscan

uncoil

undone

unglue

twinkle

union

urson

unseal

urchin

urine

urban

vegan

villain

vision

version

vulcan

watchman

waken

weaken

wanton

weapon

warden

warren

wheaten

whiten

whitson

winkles

winkle

wiccan

woolman

widen

wizen

women

woolen

woodman

workman

woman

wooden

yachtsman

worsen

woven

written

wagon

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

toman

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

ablution

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

accession

abstraction

absorption

abstention

accretion

acumen

addiction

addition

adoption

adhesion

adsorption

admission

adrian

aegean

affliction

african

aggression

alaskan

aleutian

albion

alderman

albumin

alien

alsatian

allusion

ambition

affection

anchorman

ambrosian

andean

angelic

anglican

anglophile

anguilla

angola

angular

anglicans

anglicize

angulate

anyone

appian

apportion

arian

arkansan

artesian

artisan

aryan

assassin

aspersion

ascension

assumption

asuncion

assertion

attention

audition

attraction

attrition

aversion

backwoodsman

australian

avian

austrian

awaken

backgammon

bandwagon

bangladesh

badminton

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

beethoven

bedridden

beholden

bengali

bengalis

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bungalows

bulletin

bungalow

campion

cambrian

carnation

cardigan

cartesian

carrion

caucasian

cetacean

castration

causation

catalan

cation

cessation

chairwoman

chairperson

chancellors

chancellor

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

chilean

chemicals

citation

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

chinchilla

civilian

collection

clarion

clergyman

clarendon

coercion

cognition

charwoman

cohesion

collagen

collegian

chemical

collision

chemically

collusion

capsaicin

combustion

comical

commission

commotion

compassion

completion

compulsion

compunction

complexion

compression

communion

conception

concession

concealment

conclusion

conclusive

concussion

concoction

conduction

condition

confection

conflation

conclusions

confession

congestion

confusion

congolese

conscription

conjunction

confucian

connection

connexion

congressman

conical

constriction

construction

consultant

consultants

consulship

consulate

consulates

consular

abandon

consulting

consumption

contraption

contention

contortion

contagion

contraction

convulsion

consoling

contrition

convention

convection

conviction

conversion

contusion

counselor

correction

corrosion

corruption

counseling

corsican

councilman

councilors

councilor

counsellor

cremation

creation

countryman

crestfallen

crustacean

counselors

croatian

cynical

damnation

deflation

cyprian

dalmatian

deception

decision

declension

deduction

defection

deflection

dangler

deletion

denizen

dentition

depletion

depiction

depression

derision

description

desertion

destruction

detection

detention

determine

distortion

devotion

dictation

dilation

diffraction

digression

diffusion

digestion

dilution

dimension

discipline

direction

discretion

discussion

disruption

dissection

dispersion

dissension

distinction

distraction

disunion

donation

diversion

division

domical

dominion

downtrodden

dorian

egyptian

duration

edition

elation

election

ejection

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emulsion

emission

emotion

enclosure

enclosing

enclosures

encryption

delusion

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equation

enslavement

erection

eruption

erosion

etruscan

companion

eviction

evasion

everyone

exaction

exception

bungling

excretion

exclusion

excision

exemption

exertion

fixation

excursion

expression

expansion

explosion

exhaustion

expulsion

extension

extortion

extraction

extinction

extrusion

fabian

flirtation

fenian

ferryman

filtration

finagle

fisherman

fijian

famously

feminine

flotation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

foundation

freemason

formation

forgotten

franciscan

freudian

frustration

fustian

galleon

fruition

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

ganglion

gradation

gordian

gravamen

guardian

grobian

gyration

halcyon

halogen

harlequin

hammerman

handwoven

guncotton

hawaiian

heroin

heartbroken

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

implosion

impression

imprison

impassion

inaction

inception

incision

inclement

in-person

inclosure

silicon

counsellors

inclusion

inclusions

inclusive

inculcate

inculcates

incursion

indian

induction

inflation

infarction

injunction

inflection

infliction

infection

ingestion

infraction

infusion

injection

inhuman

inscription

insolence

insolent

insolvent

instruction

inspection

insular

insulate

insulting

intention

intestine

insertion

intrusion

inversion

invasion

included

invention

italian

irishman

irian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

keratin

kantian

keynesian

lactation

lesbian

lanolin

laotian

korean

lecithin

laurentian

libration

ligation

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

malaysian

magdalen

malayan

magician

masculine

margarine

mandarin

marian

mistaken

medicine

medallion

median

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

migration

minuscule

misshapen

misprision

misfortune

monocle

mongoloid

muskmelon

manslaughter

moroccan

nitrogen

melanin

munition

musician

myosin

narration

mutation

negation

nebraskan

nevadan

nonchalance

nemean

niacin

nobleman

nonchalant

notation

nonunion

norwegian

nubian

obstruction

objection

nonhuman

nutrition

occasion

obsession

occlusion

octillion

odeon

omission

optician

oppression

oration

opinion

optation

origin

ottoman

ovation

overdone

outspoken

overman

overrun

orion

painkiller

painkillers

oxygen

parthian

parisian

partisan

partition

patrician

pelican

pavilion

percussion

pentathlon

perfection

permission

perfusion

perception

permian

phoenician

pinnacle

petition

physician

persuasion

peterman

phrygian

perversion

policeman

plantation

pollution

plebeian

preclusion

position

predation

possession

precaution

precession

porcelain

precision

predestine

prediction

preemption

presumption

privation

prescription

procession

pretension

prevention

probation

production

profession

projection

promotion

profusion

progression

propulsion

proportion

proscription

prostration

protection

provision

protean

puritan

quotation

ramadan

reception

recession

recision

rebellion

relation

redemption

reduction

rejection

regression

regimen

religion

remission

rendition

reflection

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

resumption

restriction

retraction

retention

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

reaction

rhodopsin

rifleman

ringleader

ringleaders

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

sans-culottes

sedation

seclusion

secretion

secession

scythian

scorpion

sedition

seduction

sensation

selection

senegal

sensual

simian

singleton

singular

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

starvation

stagnation

submersion

submission

stygian

subscription

subtraction

subversion

suggestion

suburban

succession

summation

sunglasses

sumatran

suppression

suspicion

superman

suspension

tactician

syrian

talisman

thespian

tamarin

taxation

temptation

technician

tinkling

tangelo

tinkler

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transfusion

translation

transgression

transcription

transition

transmission

truncation

twinkling

tuition

unbutton

uncertain

unbroken

unburden

unequaled

uncommon

unequal

uneven

unison

unwritten

unwisely

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

vibration

vitamin

vermilion

veteran

vocation

volition

wesleyan

waterman

zambian

4 syllable words

abnegation

abolition

abdication

aberration

acclimation

abrogation

acclamation

absolution

abyssinian

accordion

activation

acquisition

adaptation

adulation

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

admonition

advocation

affectation

aggravation

affirmation

aggregation

agitation

alabaman

agrarian

albanian

aldebaran

algonquian

algerian

allegation

allocation

altercation

alteration

alternation

amputation

ammunition

american

amphibian

ancillary

angelica

angelically

animation

annexation

angulated

annotation

appellation

appalachian

apparition

application

approbation

arbitration

apprehension

arabian

armageddon

armenian

arizonan

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

angelicas

avocation

aviation

backwardation

bangladeshis

bangladeshi

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

binoculars

binocular

bolivian

bohemian

cancellation

calibration

businesswoman

canadian

cancellations

californian

combination

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

collocation

circumspection

circumvention

circumcision

coalition

cogitation

collodion

coloradan

coloration

columbian

commendation

comedian

committeeman

compensation

competition

computation

complication

composition

contrarian

concentration

condemnation

condescension

condensation

conclusively

conflagration

confiscation

confirmation

conglomerates

conglomerate

comprehension

congregation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

conservation

confrontation

consolation

consolable

consolations

convocation

constellation

constipation

consternation

consolidates

consolidate

constitution

consultation

consultations

consultative

consummation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contribution

convolution

conversation

copernican

contravention

coronation

correlation

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

cynically

culmination

corinthian

crucifixion

criterion

crocodilian

cultivation

dandelion

custodian

cyclopean

degradation

dehydration

deformation

delegation

decimation

declaration

decompression

dedication

defamation

deconstruction

decoration

darwinian

copenhagen

definition

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

depravation

deportation

deposition

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

desiccation

desecration

designation

desolation

desperation

destination

detonation

devastation

destitution

distribution

deviation

devolution

devonian

dilatation

dietitian

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

diminution

disputation

disinflation

dislocation

disillusion

dispensation

disinfection

dissipation

dissertation

dissolution

disposition

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

education

duplication

elevation

electrician

elocution

emanation

embarkation

elongation

emasculate

emigration

equitation

englishwoman

equestrian

estimation

erudition

eritrean

estonian

european

eustachian

evocation

evolution

comparison

excavation

exclamation

excitation

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

exhumation

expectation

explanation

explication

exploration

expiration

execution

expedition

exposition

exploitation

extrication

extradition

fabrication

fascination

federation

fermentation

fallopian

fibrillation

figuration

glaciation

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

floridian

fumigation

galilean

ganglionic

gastrulation

generation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

germination

himalayan

graduation

gorgonian

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

historian

habitation

hemoglobin

herculean

hegelian

hesitation

hibernation

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

illustration

ideation

hungarian

ibuprofen

imitation

immaculate

iberian

immigration

implication

impregnation

importation

imposition

implantation

imperfection

incantation

incarnation

inattention

indentation

indexation

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

indecision

indonesian

infiltration

infestation

information

inhibition

insoluble

insolvencies

insulated

insolvency

instigation

inspiration

institution

inquisition

integration

insulator

insulators

insurrection

interception

interaction

intercession

intermission

interdiction

interjection

interruption

intervention

intersection

interurban

interwoven

introspection

inundation

introduction

intuition

invitation

liquidation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

iteration

iranian

jacobean

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

jordanian

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

liberation

levitation

liberian

leviathan

lilliputian

limitation

librarian

liquefaction

linsey-woolsey

locomotion

misperception

litigation

missourian

machination

maccabean

macedonian

maniacal

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

masturbation

manumission

maturation

medication

meditation

mediation

melanesian

ministration

menstruation

meridian

minnesotan

misbegotten

lubrication

miseration

misconception

molestation

modulation

mitigation

moderation

mongolian

motivation

mortification

monoclinic

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nestorian

nomination

noblewoman

moravian

nicaraguan

nigerian

newtonian

nonchalantly

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obstetrician

obligation

octahedron

oblivion

observation

obsidian

olympian

ordination

opposition

operation

orchestration

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

penetration

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

penicillin

pelagian

pedestrian

pavlovian

penicillins

permutation

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perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

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politician

polyhedron

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plutonian

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ohioan

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requisition

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resurrection

revelation

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retribution

retrocession

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

sanitation

samaritan

satisfaction

saturation

sectarian

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

titillation

toleration

situation

single-handed

singularly

smithsonian

statistician

subluxation

subdivision

substitution

suffocation

simonian

supposition

surrogation

superhuman

syndication

superstition

supervision

tabulation

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

tasmanian

transformation

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

ulceration

uneasily

usurpation

unusual

unsalable

utopian

vaccination

vacillation

vegetation

validation

variation

veneration

valuation

valerian

visitation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

acceleration

academician

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

agglomeration

affiliation

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

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authorization

augustinian

authentication

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

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canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

centralization

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centenarian

certification

christianization

civilization

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classification

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colonization

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communication

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evaporation

conciliation

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configuration

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decapitation

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decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deification

deliberation

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denunciation

desegregation

desalination

determination

dionysian

discrimination

disinclination

dissemination

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disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

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edification

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elaboration

electrocution

elizabethan

emancipation

emasculated

equalization

equivocation

enumeration

epicurean

ethiopian

evaluation

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

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excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

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falsification

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fertilization

exoskeleton

fortification

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glorification

gratification

gynecology

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

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hydrogenation

hybridization

hyperborean

imagination

illumination

incalculable

improvisation

incarceration

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immunization

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instrumentation

insularity

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investigation

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ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

misinformation

lithuanian

localization

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magnification

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mathematician

mechanization

metropolitan

misapprehension

mississippian

modification

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maximization

maximilian

mummification

multiplication

negotiation

neutralization

neapolitan

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

normalization

nonintervention

notification

nonsectarian

nullification

obliteration

organization

oregonian

orientation

origination

ossification

ornamentation

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

peloponnesian

patagonian

pennsylvanian

pennsylvanians

perpetuation

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polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

premeditation

philadelphian

predisposition

prevarication

presbyterian

presupposition

procrastination

pronunciation

prognostication

proliferation

proletarian

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pythagorean

ramification

renunciation

ratification

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reforestation

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recrimination

reintegration

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regeneration

reiteration

remuneration

repatriation

repudiation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

sensuality

simplification

singularity

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

tonsillectomy

tonsillectomies

triangulation

utilization

unification

unicellular

unitarian

vaporization

vegetarian

vilification

verification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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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.


Perfect Rhymes

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

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

Imperfect Rhymes

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

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

Using Rhymes

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

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

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

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

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  • Month
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  • Bulb
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