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

action

acton

asian

airman

alban

alan

craven

alman

ambush

amman

apron

arson

atman

auction

austin

auden

begun

banyan

bacon

basin

baldwin

bagman

bargain

barton

baron

barren

bason

bastion

baston

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

baton

batten

batton

belgian

bellman

bellon

blacken

billion

billman

billon

bisson

bison

bitten

bludgeon

boatman

bolden

brakeman

blowgun

bobbin

brazen

bordman

bollen

bookman

bombshell

bombast

bombshells

boston

bourbon

bowman

bracken

cajun

bullion

briton

brethren

breton

brighten

boughten

broaden

brogan

broken

bumpkin

caisson

button

burgeon

bushman

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

aspen

ashen

calvin

cannon

canon

campaigns

canaan

canton

canvass

canyon

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cayman

cauldron

caxton

caution

certain

chairman

champagne

champaign

chaplain

champagnes

charon

chasten

cheapen

chessman

chapman

chevron

children

clinton

chicken

christian

christen

chieftain

chosen

citron

classman

churchman

colon

claxon

combust

coachman

common

compact

compacts

compose

composed

composts

compost

confect

confused

confuse

conveys

convex

convict

convicts

convoke

convoys

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

cousin

cowan

craftsman

campaign

cretin

graven

crewman

crimson

crouton

cushion

cuban

dagon

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

dalton

dampen

damson

darken

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dian

diction

dagan

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

driven

drunken

dudgeon

draftsman

dragon

dromon

dungeon

eaten

eden

dustman

dutchman

earthen

elan

engine

emption

ensign

envoys

ermine

gumption

faction

falcon

fiction

fashion

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

faulcon

faustian

felon

fibrin

fielden

fission

flexion

fireman

flashgun

firman

flatten

floren

footman

foreman

foreign

fortune

friction

freeman

freedman

fraction

embossed

freshen

freshman

frighten

frozen

function

gentian

fusion

garden

given

gascon

garron

georgian

german

gibbon

gallon

gilden

gammon

gladden

glidden

glisten

fountain

gluten

golden

gorgon

grecian

griffon

grandson

goodman

gotten

gowan

guardsman

gombos

gudgeon

hackman

haitian

heighten

cumin

hangman

harden

harken

harten

happen

hasten

huntsman

heathen

henchman

curtain

haven

heaven

headsman

headman

hausen

hearten

hessian

hetman

heron

hogan

hidden

homespun

horseman

hoven

houseman

humbug

hoten

human

hempen

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

impasse

impacts

impeach

impish

impose

imposed

impact

impugn

impugns

infect

infest

infects

infests

infuse

invest

invests

invoice

invokes

invoke

ion

jason

jasmine

jargon

jetson

jetton

jackman

jordan

jorden

jumbos

humpback

junction

jumpsuit

kenyan

kitchen

kansan

kelvin

keelson

kelson

kirkman

kitten

kalan

klansman

kremlin

laden

landman

lampron

knapsack

lagan

lambaste

lambastes

landsman

legion

layman

leaven

leaden

ledden

leman

lemon

lesion

lengthen

leven

lesson

lessen

lichen

lighten

liken

lightman

liman

jumpsuits

latin

linden

linen

lisbon

listen

lineman

linemen

lion

lineups

liven

london

longan

lockman

lopeman

locken

logan

loosen

loren

lotion

luncheon

lumen

lyden

lynden

madden

m1

mahone

maiden

mangan

mansion

marchman

margin

marksman

martian

markman

marron

marlin

marten

matron

martin

mason

mayan

melton

melon

million

mention

mignon

milken

minden

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

muslin

nation

mutton

nekton

newsman

ninon

oarsman

notion

norman

onion

olden

odin

often

open

omen

option

organ

oven

orphan

outdone

outrun

othman

ocean

owen

proven

oxen

paean

pagan

packman

pinion

panton

pardon

pampas

passion

parson

passman

pension

patron

pathan

patten

penguin

penman

pavon

persian

pectin

peon

perron

person

plankton

pillion

pigeon

piston

pitman

poison

plantain

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

portman

postman

potion

pressman

prison

prussian

pumpkins

pullen

pumpkin

queenfish

question

quicken

rampage

rainbows

reason

raven

rayon

ration

redden

reckon

region

risen

rincon

resin

riven

rerun

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

rosen

rosin

roman

salesman

robin

runnion

russian

sadden

saffron

rowan

rumen

salmon

satan

samson

ruin

season

scullion

seaman

scallion

scotsman

saxon

scion

satin

sanction

section

seedsman

santon

selden

semen

sharpen

rotten

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

sexton

session

sequin

sermon

shipman

shampoos

shrunken

sicken

shorten

shotgun

shogun

showman

silken

shearman

rowen

siphon

siren

smitten

smarten

slacken

slogan

zircon

soldan

sodden

soften

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

sportsman

spokesman

squadron

spoken

stallion

stallman

statesman

station

stillion

stockman

stiffen

straighten

stepson

stolen

strengthen

suasion

striven

stricken

sturgeon

steven

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

sunken

sunfish

sweeten

summon

sylvan

surgeon

taken

syphon

swollen

talon

tension

tendon

tarpon

tartan

tappen

tempest

tempos

teston

tillman

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

timepiece

titan

token

toman

snobbish

torsion

townsman

traction

toughen

trillion

treason

triton

trodden

trojan

tungsten

tubman

tuscan

turban

unbox

undone

union

unpack

urban

urchin

urine

urson

version

tombstones

vegan

vision

villain

vulcan

waken

weaken

wanton

warden

watchman

wagon

warren

wheaten

zaman

weapon

whitson

wiccan

wizen

women

woodman

woolman

whiten

widen

woman

wooden

woolen

written

woven

yachtsman

workman

worsen

yaupon

yeoman

zion

tombstone

3 syllable words

ablation

abdomen

abduction

ablution

abortion

abstraction

absorption

abstention

accession

accretion

acumen

adhesion

addiction

addition

allusion

adoption

adsorption

adrian

aegean

affection

affliction

african

aggression

aleutian

alaskan

albumin

alien

albion

admission

alsatian

ambrosian

ambition

ambushes

anchorman

andean

amoebas

anglican

anyone

apportion

appian

artesian

arkansan

arian

artisan

aryan

alderman

ascension

aspersion

assertion

assassin

assumption

attraction

asuncion

attention

attrition

audition

avian

australian

austrian

awaken

beholden

bandwagon

badminton

beethoven

bedizen

battalion

bedouin

bedridden

backwoodsman

backgammon

biotin

bitumen

benjamin

bouillon

bosnian

bonobos

brazilian

bulletin

cremation

canapes

campion

campuses

campaigning

carnation

canvassers

capsaicin

canvasses

cardigan

carrion

cartesian

castration

caucasian

causation

cation

catalan

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

collusion

cistercian

cinnamon

citizen

civilian

citation

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

cohesion

collection

coercion

collegian

collagen

cognition

collision

combustion

compassion

commotion

communion

companion

commission

compacted

conception

concession

completion

complexion

campaigners

composes

composer

composers

conclusion

composing

composite

compression

compulsion

compunction

composure

composites

concoction

conflation

confection

confusion

confucian

concussion

condition

confections

conduction

confession

confessions

confesses

confiscate

configure

confuses

confusing

confusions

congestion

connexion

connection

conscription

conjunction

congressman

consumption

constriction

construction

contention

contraction

contortion

contraption

contrition

convection

convention

contusion

conviction

convictions

convective

convulsion

countryman

correction

corrosion

corruption

corsican

councilman

campaigner

creation

cambrian

crestfallen

abandon

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

decision

deduction

declension

deletion

defection

deflection

delusion

dentition

denizen

depiction

depletion

depression

derision

desertion

description

devotion

detection

detention

destruction

determine

diffusion

diffraction

digestion

digression

dilation

discipline

direction

discretion

discussion

emblazon

disruption

dissension

dissection

distraction

diversion

distortion

dimension

disunion

distinction

dilution

donation

embezzled

downtrodden

duration

egyptian

ejection

dominion

dorian

election

edition

embezzle

eleven

elison

embassy

embassies

embezzles

enliven

emulsion

erosion

enlighten

emission

emotion

emphasize

emphasized

englishman

erection

encryption

envisage

expression

extrusion

eruption

eviction

etruscan

hydration

everyone

excision

exception

exclusion

exaction

excursion

excretion

exemption

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

explosion

expulsion

embolden

extraction

extinction

extension

extortion

fabian

fenian

ferryman

feminine

fijian

filtration

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

formation

foundation

frustration

freemason

franciscan

fruition

freudian

fustian

gestation

genuine

garrison

gaussian

genovese

gentleman

galleon

ghanaian

gillian

gravamen

gradation

grobian

guardian

gordian

gyration

guncotton

hammerman

handwoven

halogen

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

horatian

heroine

horizon

honeybees

housebroken

halcyon

illusion

ignition

imagine

imbecile

imbeciles

impacted

impassion

impassioned

implosion

impeaches

impeachment

impeachments

impassive

imposes

imposing

impostors

impostor

impression

in-person

inaction

imprison

inclusion

inception

indian

induction

infarction

infection

infections

infective

infighting

infusions

ingestion

inflection

injection

infraction

inhuman

infliction

injunction

inspection

inscription

instruction

intention

intestine

intrusion

invasive

invective

investing

investment

investments

investor

investors

hydrogen

invoices

jamaican

italian

irian

javelin

irishman

jacobin

jovian

jettison

julian

lactation

kantian

keynesian

keratin

korean

lanolin

laotian

lecithin

laurentian

libration

libyan

lesbian

ligation

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

lumbago

magdalen

malayan

magician

mandarin

manifest

manifests

regression

margarine

masculine

medallion

median

menhaden

medicine

melanin

menopause

migration

midshipman

mexican

misshapen

mistaken

narration

misprision

misfortune

moroccan

mutation

muskmelon

munition

musician

myosin

nebraskan

negation

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

obsession

nonhuman

objection

nonunion

notation

norwegian

nutrition

nubian

occlusion

obstruction

overdone

overrun

oppression

octillion

omission

odeon

opinion

optation

optician

ovation

oration

overman

origin

outspoken

ottoman

provision

orion

oxygen

persuasion

partition

parthian

partisan

pelican

pentathlon

pavilion

patrician

perfusion

permission

perception

perfection

percussion

permian

plantation

perversion

phoenician

phrygian

peterman

petition

physician

privation

possession

plebeian

recision

pollution

position

porcelain

preclusion

precision

precaution

precession

predation

recession

preemption

prediction

predestine

prescription

profusion

probation

procession

profession

presumption

pretension

prevention

production

progression

projection

prostration

policeman

proportion

propulsion

promotion

proscription

protean

protection

quotation

puritan

ramadan

rampages

reception

rebellion

reaction

reflection

parisian

redemption

reduction

marian

reimpose

relation

rejection

religion

reinvest

reinvests

rendition

reopen

repression

reptilian

remission

rescission

resumption

resection

restriction

retention

revision

revulsion

reunion

rhodopsin

retraction

rifleman

rotation

salvation

secession

saccharin

sedation

seclusion

samoan

secretion

seduction

saleswoman

scythian

scorpion

sedition

selection

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

regimen

suggestion

solution

solomon

stagnation

specimen

starvation

succession

submersion

stygian

submission

subscription

subtraction

suburban

toboggan

summation

sumatran

suppression

superman

suspension

suspicion

tamarin

syrian

talisman

tactician

temptation

taxation

technician

thespian

timberman

translation

transaction

transfusion

tradition

transcription

transgression

transition

transmission

tuition

unburden

uncertain

unbutton

unbroken

unbiased

uncommon

uneven

unwritten

unison

venetian

vacation

uterine

venison

vatican

vermilion

veteran

vibration

vocation

volition

vitamin

wesleyan

unbeknown

waterman

wannabes

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

abolition

acclamation

acclimation

activation

adaptation

accusation

accordion

acquisition

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

admonition

agitation

agrarian

algerian

alabaman

albanian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

aldebaran

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

animation

ammunition

amputation

amphibian

annexation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

application

approbation

apprehension

apparition

arabian

arbitration

armenian

arizonan

armageddon

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

backwardation

attribution

athenian

augmentation

aviation

avocation

barbarian

bavarian

calibration

benediction

beneficence

beneficent

beneficial

benefactors

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calculation

benefactor

californian

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

commendation

chameleon

circulation

circumspection

circumcision

circumvention

coalition

coloration

cogitation

collocation

collodion

combination

columbian

coloradan

comedian

comparison

committeeman

commutation

compassionate

compensation

compilation

complication

computation

comprehension

compositions

concentration

composition

condemnation

condensation

confectioner

confectioners

confessional

confirmation

confrontation

confessionals

confiscation

conflagration

confiscated

condescension

conservation

connotation

conjugation

consecration

congregation

consolation

constellation

consternation

consummation

consultation

constitution

contemplation

constipation

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

contribution

contravention

conversation

convocation

convolution

corinthian

coronation

corp.

corporation

copenhagen

copernican

correlation

cotyledon

competition

crucifixion

criterion

crocodilian

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

registration

darwinian

dandelion

decoration

decimation

declaration

dedication

defamation

decompression

deconstruction

definition

deformation

dehydration

delegation

degradation

demarcation

demolition

derivation

depravation

deprivation

deportation

depredation

dereliction

deposition

desecration

desiccation

desolation

desperation

designation

destination

demonstration

destitution

deviation

detonation

devastation

devonian

devolution

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

disaffection

diocesan

disconnection

disinflation

dislocation

disillusion

disinfection

dispensation

disposition

disputation

dissipation

dissertation

dissolution

distillation

divination

distribution

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

elongation

emanation

embarkation

elocution

embezzler

embezzlers

culmination

embezzlement

emigration

emulation

emphysema

englishwoman

envisages

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

erudition

estimation

evocation

eustachian

european

estonian

excavation

excitation

exclamation

exhalation

evolution

exhibition

expiration

exhortation

exhumation

expectation

execution

expedition

explanation

explication

exploitation

exploration

fabrication

extrication

exposition

extradition

figuration

fascination

fallopian

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

gastrulation

galilean

gargantuan

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

emphasizes

gravitation

graduation

granulation

greco-roman

gregorian

gorgonian

emphasizing

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

hesitation

himalayan

hibernation

historian

herculean

hungarian

manufactures

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

ibuprofen

imitation

immolation

illustration

ideation

immigration

impassable

impeachable

implantation

implication

imperfection

impeccable

importation

imposition

impossible

impossibly

impregnation

inattention

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

incubation

incrustation

indecision

indentation

indication

indexation

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

indonesian

inefficient

ineffective

infeasible

infestation

infestations

inflammation

infiltration

information

inhibition

inspiration

installation

instigation

inquisition

institution

insulation

integration

insurrection

interaction

intervention

intercession

interurban

intermission

interruption

interception

interdiction

intersection

interjection

interwoven

intimation

intonation

inundation

intuition

introspection

introduction

investigate

investigates

investiture

invigorate

invisible

irrigation

invisibles

iranian

irritation

isolation

jubilation

jacobean

jordanian

lilliputian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberian

librarian

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

lumpectomy

lumpectomies

machination

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

mammalian

malnutrition

manufacture

manifesto

manifestly

hydrocarbon

manumission

masturbation

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

minibuses

ministration

minnesotan

misconception

mitigation

misperception

missourian

motivation

moderation

modulation

molestation

mortification

moravian

mongolian

mutilation

misbegotten

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nomination

nigerian

noblewoman

observation

oblivion

nonpartisan

obfuscation

obligation

obsidian

nonprescription

obstetrician

occupation

operation

ohioan

olympian

omnibuses

opposition

octahedron

ordination

orchestration

ostentation

oscillation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

penetration

pelagian

perforation

pedestrian

pavlovian

penicillin

permutation

persecution

perspiration

pigmentation

peruvian

planarian

polynesian

presentation

preservation

profanation

perturbation

pagurian

plutonian

polyhedron

population

pomposity

preconception

precondition

preelection

predetermine

predilection

preignition

preparation

premonition

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

prosecution

prostitution

proposition

protestation

politician

protozoan

pagination

recantation

provocation

publication

punctuation

radiation

paraguayan

realization

reawaken

reassertion

readmission

recitation

recreation

reclamation

reelection

recollection

reconstruction

recognition

reemphasize

reexamine

reformation

refutation

praetorian

regulation

manufactured

reinspection

reinvestment

relaxation

relocation

replication

reparation

repossession

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violation

wagnerian

watermelon

unbecoming

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abomination

acceleration

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investigating

investigation

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vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word invasion

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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

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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
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
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  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

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