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

acton

action

alban

airman

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

arming

atman

austin

banyan

auction

bargain

baron

barren

baldwin

bagman

barton

baston

auden

bacon

basin

bason

beacon

beaten

beckon

baton

batten

batton

bayman

bastion

begun

caution

belgian

bellman

bellon

billion

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

bison

boston

bobbin

bollen

bordman

bookman

bourbon

bludgeon

boatman

bolden

blacken

briton

blowgun

bowman

brimming

brethren

breton

boughten

brakeman

canton

bracken

bullion

browning

brazen

brighten

broaden

captain

brogan

burnings

burdon

burning

bushman

burman

burton

button

burgeon

burmans

cabin

caisson

bromine

canaan

calvin

broken

canyon

cajun

cannon

canon

brahmin

burden

capstan

carman

carmine

carton

certain

caption

carbon

cauldron

chairman

chaplain

chapman

cayman

chicken

christen

children

chessman

chevron

cheapen

chieftain

chasten

chosen

christian

citron

churchman

clinton

churning

classman

claxon

charon

coachman

colon

common

charming

caxton

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

craftsman

cowan

crewman

cousin

cretin

crimson

crooning

curtain

cushion

cuban

cumin

dalton

dagan

dagon

daman

dampen

damson

crouton

darken

deacon

deafen

deepen

deaden

delphian

demon

craven

desman

diction

dian

devon

dobson

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

doorman

dormant

dozen

driven

draftsman

drunken

draining

dudgeon

dragon

dromon

drumming

dungeon

dustman

earning

dutchman

earnings

eaten

eden

earthen

elan

engine

emption

ensign

ermine

ermin

fallen

falcon

faulcon

famine

fasten

fashion

faction

faustian

farming

felon

fatten

ferments

ferment

fiction

fireman

firman

fibrin

fielden

firmans

fission

flexion

floren

flashgun

flatten

footman

foreman

foreign

fountain

friction

freshman

function

fortune

freshen

freedman

fraction

framing

freeman

freemans

frighten

frozen

fusion

garden

garment

garments

gallon

gammon

garron

gascon

gentian

georgian

germain

german

germane

forming

hangman

gilden

gibbon

given

glisten

glidden

gladden

gotten

goodman

gorgon

golden

gluten

gowan

grandson

germans

guardsman

griffon

greening

grecian

gudgeon

gumption

graven

grooming

hackman

haitian

harken

houseman

happen

headsman

harten

headman

hearten

hasten

hausen

haven

heathen

heaven

henchman

heron

harden

hempen

hetman

hessian

hidden

heighten

horning

horseman

learning

homespun

hogan

hormones

hormone

hoten

hoven

huntsman

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

human

hymen

ion

jargon

jackman

jasmine

jason

jetson

kansan

jordan

jorden

junction

jetton

kenyan

kitten

kitchen

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kirkman

klansman

kremlin

landman

landsman

kalan

laden

lagan

lampron

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

leman

lemon

lengthen

lesson

leven

lesion

linden

linen

lineman

linemen

lessen

lisbon

listen

lion

lightman

longan

lockman

london

locken

loren

lopeman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

logan

lynden

m1

loosen

lumen

luncheon

mangan

mansion

maiden

mahone

marchman

mayan

marksman

marron

markman

marlin

marten

martin

margin

minion

martian

matron

mason

lotion

lyden

mignon

million

mention

milken

madden

melon

melton

minden

mitten

mission

mountain

mourning

moisten

morgan

mormon

morning

mornings

mormons

motion

muffin

molten

mullen

muslin

merman

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

notion

oarsman

ocean

olden

odin

often

omen

onion

open

option

organ

oxen

pavon

norman

orphan

othman

oven

outdone

outrun

owen

pagan

parson

packman

paean

panton

pardon

passman

passion

patron

patten

pectin

penguin

pathan

pension

peon

poison

perron

person

persian

penman

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

pigeon

plankton

platen

platten

ponton

plantain

pollan

pollen

portman

portion

postman

potion

prison

pressman

priming

quicken

pronouns

proven

pullen

pruning

prussian

pronoun

question

pronounce

pronounced

rayon

raven

ration

reason

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

ribbon

rincon

ridden

runnion

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rosin

rotten

roman

rosen

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

santon

sanction

salesman

russian

saffron

samson

sadden

salmon

scion

scallion

saxon

scotsman

satan

scullion

screenings

section

seaman

season

satin

screening

selden

semen

seedsman

sequin

sermon

shearman

shipman

sexton

sharpen

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

shogun

shorten

shotgun

silken

sicken

shrunken

session

showman

sermons

siphon

screaming

siren

smitten

sodden

soften

smarten

soldan

zircon

slacken

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

slogan

toughen

solon

squadron

stallion

sportsman

spokesman

stallman

statesman

spoken

stillion

stiffen

stepson

steven

stockman

stricken

striven

strengthen

stolen

straighten

sturgeon

station

suasion

summon

sylvan

sultan

suction

sudden

sullen

sunken

sweeten

surgeon

surnames

surname

surmount

swollen

trillion

tendon

syphon

taken

talon

tarpon

tartan

tappen

tension

teston

tillman

termine

thicken

threaten

thousand

tighten

titan

townsman

trimming

torsion

trodden

torments

training

traction

trainings

treason

turning

tubman

trimmings

triton

trojan

tuscan

tungsten

turban

token

toman

torment

undone

union

urban

urson

urchin

urine

vegan

version

vermin

villain

wanton

warning

vision

vulcan

wagon

waken

watchman

whitson

warnings

warren

weaken

weapon

warming

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

women

warden

woodman

woolman

woman

wooden

woolen

widen

wizen

workman

written

yachtsman

yearning

zion

yearnings

worsen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

3 syllable words

abandon

accretion

abdomen

ablution

absorption

ablation

abrasion

abortion

abstention

abstraction

accession

abduction

adoption

adrian

addiction

aegean

acumen

admission

addition

adsorption

adhesion

beholden

affection

alaskan

african

aggression

albion

alien

aleutian

albumin

alderman

affliction

allusion

andean

alsatian

ambrosian

ambition

anchorman

anglican

anyone

beethoven

appian

apportion

arian

arkansan

armament

armaments

artesian

aryan

ascension

artisan

aspersion

assassin

assumption

assertion

asuncion

attraction

attention

bandwagon

avian

australian

austrian

awaken

aversion

backgammon

backwoodsman

attrition

audition

badminton

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

bouillon

campion

brazilian

bulletin

cambrian

birmingham

charlatan

capsaicin

carrion

cartesian

carnation

castration

cardigan

catalan

cation

chairwoman

chairperson

champion

cetacean

cessation

chairmanship

chamberlain

chairmanships

caucasian

causation

chilean

charwoman

cinnamon

citizen

cistercian

clarendon

citation

clarion

chromium

clergyman

civilian

collegian

collagen

collection

cognition

coercion

completion

cohesion

collision

collusion

commission

commotion

companion

communion

combustion

compassion

complexion

compression

compulsion

conception

concession

conclusion

concoction

concussion

conduction

confection

condition

confession

conflation

connexion

congressman

confucian

confusion

congestion

connection

conjunction

conscription

contraction

constriction

contraption

construction

contagion

contention

consumption

contortion

contusion

conversion

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

contrition

corruption

corsican

corrosion

correction

countryman

councilman

cranium

depletion

crestfallen

creation

cremation

criminal

criminals

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

damnation

dalmatian

deception

decision

deduction

declension

defection

deflation

deletion

delusion

deflection

denizen

dentition

depiction

depression

derision

destruction

description

desertion

detection

detention

extraction

diffraction

devotion

dictation

diffusion

digestion

dimension

discipline

direction

discretion

discussion

digression

dilution

dilation

disruption

dispersion

dissension

dissection

distraction

disunion

distortion

dorian

dominion

distinction

division

diversion

donation

downtrodden

dormancy

duration

determine

edition

egyptian

ejection

election

elation

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emission

englishman

emotion

enlighten

encryption

emulsion

enliven

equation

erection

etruscan

eruption

erosion

everyone

evasion

eviction

exaction

excision

exception

exclusion

excretion

excursion

exhaustion

exertion

expansion

exemption

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

extinction

extortion

compunction

fabian

extrusion

fenian

feminine

fermium

ferryman

fijian

filtration

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

flotation

forgotten

forewoman

foramen

forbidden

formation

foundation

franciscan

freudian

freemason

frustration

fruition

frowningly

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

genuine

gentleman

germanic

ghanaian

gillian

gestation

gordian

gravamen

gradation

guardian

grobian

germinate

guncotton

halcyon

gyration

hammerman

halogen

handwoven

harmonic

harlequin

harmonics

harmonies

harmony

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroine

harmonize

heroin

horizon

hormonal

horatian

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

imagine

illusion

impassion

immersion

implosion

imprison

impression

inaction

in-person

inception

incision

incursion

inclusion

indian

induction

infarction

infection

inflation

infusion

inhuman

infliction

ingestion

inflection

infraction

injection

injunction

inscription

insertion

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

invention

invasion

intrusion

inversion

irian

ironing

irishman

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

journeying

journeyman

jovian

julian

jettison

italian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

laurentian

lanolin

laotian

lactation

nonhuman

lecithin

medicine

lesbian

libyan

libration

logician

lumberman

lutheran

malayan

mandarin

malaysian

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

ligation

median

mexican

magician

midshipman

menhaden

migration

melanin

misfortune

magdalen

misshapen

mistaken

misprision

moroccan

mormonism

munition

muskmelon

musician

nemean

narration

myosin

nevadan

location

negation

niacin

nebraskan

nitrogen

nobleman

mutation

nonunion

norwegian

nubian

objection

normandy

nutrition

notation

obstruction

obsession

occasion

occlusion

octillion

odeon

omission

opinion

origin

oppression

optation

oration

optician

orion

ottoman

ornaments

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parisian

partisan

paramount

partition

parthian

patrician

pavilion

ornament

pelican

pentathlon

perception

permian

perfusion

permission

permanent

persuasion

peterman

perversion

petition

phoenician

phrygian

plebeian

plantation

perfection

policeman

pollution

physician

percussion

precaution

porcelain

possession

position

precession

precision

preclusion

predation

predestine

prediction

premium

preemption

premiums

puritan

presumption

pretension

prevention

procession

privation

probation

production

profusion

progression

projection

profession

promenade

promenades

prominent

skeleton

promotion

pronounces

pronouncing

proportion

propulsion

protection

pronouncements

protean

proscription

provision

prostration

pronouncement

prescription

quotation

rebellion

reaction

reception

recession

recision

reduction

redemption

rejection

religion

regimen

reflection

regression

relation

remission

reopen

rendition

ramadan

reunion

reptilian

resection

rescission

resumption

retention

retraction

restriction

reversion

revulsion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

repression

samoan

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

scorpion

sensation

scythian

seclusion

secretion

secession

sedation

sedition

seduction

selection

singleton

simian

silicon

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

stagnation

solution

starvation

tradition

stygian

submersion

submission

sumatran

subtraction

suburban

succession

suggestion

summation

subversion

suspension

suppression

superman

suspicion

technician

tactician

talisman

tamarin

taxation

thespian

temptation

terminates

terminate

terminals

terminal

timberman

toboggan

tormentor

tournament

tournaments

tormentors

truncation

transaction

surmounted

translation

transfusion

transgression

transition

subscription

transmission

transcription

unbroken

tuition

unburden

unbutton

uncommon

uncertain

uneven

unison

unwritten

uterine

vitamin

vatican

venetian

vermilion

venison

veteran

vibration

wesleyan

volition

vocation

warmonger

warningly

waterman

zambian

tormenting

vacation

4 syllable words

accordion

aberration

abrogation

abnegation

abyssinian

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

abolition

adrenaline

activation

acquisition

adaptation

admiration

admonition

adoration

adulation

advocation

abdication

accusation

affirmation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

agitation

albanian

algonquian

algerian

aldebaran

allegation

american

alternation

altercation

allocation

amphibian

alteration

amputation

ammunition

animation

approbation

apprehension

appellation

application

arabian

armenian

arizonan

annotation

armageddon

arbitration

armenians

apparition

arthurian

assyrian

athenian

assemblyman

aspiration

attribution

appalachian

augmentation

aviation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

annexation

bifurcation

californian

bolivian

bohemian

benediction

businesswoman

canadian

cancellation

calibration

calculation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

ceremonies

ceremony

chameleon

comprehension

circumvention

circulation

circumspection

circumcision

collodion

cogitation

collocation

compilation

coalition

coloradan

coloration

columbian

comedian

combination

committeeman

comparison

commutation

compensation

commendation

competition

complication

composition

concentration

connotation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

conservation

confiscation

conflagration

congregation

confirmation

conjugation

confrontation

consecration

contrarian

corinthian

correlation

consolation

constellation

consternation

consultation

contemplation

copernican

consummation

contradiction

contraception

conversation

convocation

contribution

convolution

contravention

copenhagen

constipation

constitution

corp.

corporation

coronation

cotyledon

criterion

computation

derivation

criminalist

depravation

criminally

criminalize

dandelion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

culmination

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

decimation

declaration

dedication

decompression

decoration

deconstruction

defamation

definition

degradation

delegation

deformation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

depredation

deportation

deposition

deprivation

dereliction

criminalists

desiccation

designation

desolation

destitution

desperation

desecration

destination

devastation

devolution

deviation

dietitian

dilatation

disaffection

diocesan

diminution

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

disposition

disputation

dispensation

distillation

dissolution

draconian

dissertation

distribution

dominican

divination

domination

dissipation

education

duplication

electrician

elevation

elongation

elocution

emanation

embarkation

emigration

eritrean

englishwoman

emulation

equitation

equestrian

estonian

erudition

estimation

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excitation

excavation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

exhortation

exhumation

exhibition

explication

expectation

expiration

exploitation

exploration

explanation

expedition

exposition

detonation

extradition

extrication

fallopian

federation

fascination

fibrillation

fermentation

floridian

figuration

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

germania

fragmentation

fumigation

gargantuan

galilean

geranium

gastrulation

generation

formulation

gentlewoman

geraniums

fabrication

gerrymanders

gerrymander

glaciation

gorgonian

germination

graduation

granulation

gregorian

guatemalan

greco-roman

gravitation

habitation

harmonica

harmonia

harmonium

harmonizes

hegelian

hesitation

herculean

hibernation

hemoglobin

historian

himalayan

installation

instigation

hydrocarbon

institution

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

ideation

imitation

immolation

ibuprofen

imposition

illustration

implantation

implication

impregnation

imperfection

importation

immigration

incarnation

indonesian

incantation

inattention

incrustation

incubation

indecision

imputation

inclination

indication

indentation

indexation

indigestion

indignation

indiscretion

inhalation

inhibition

innovation

inflammation

information

infestation

infiltration

insulation

inquisition

hungarian

inspiration

interaction

insurrection

intercession

interception

integration

interdiction

interjection

intermission

interruption

intervention

interwoven

interurban

intersection

intimation

introduction

intuition

introspection

intonation

inundation

invitation

invocation

irrigation

irritation

jurisdiction

iranians

iteration

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

kindergarten

isolation

laceration

lancastrian

melanesian

legislation

liberation

liberian

librarian

leviathan

levitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

limitation

litigation

lubrication

locomotion

macedonian

maccabean

mammalian

malformation

manumission

malnutrition

minnesotan

masturbation

maturation

meridian

medication

meditation

mediation

machination

menstruation

ministration

misbegotten

nonpartisan

missourian

mongolian

moravian

miseration

mitigation

moderation

modulation

molestation

mortification

motivation

misconception

misperception

napoleon

navigation

mutilation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

noblewoman

nomination

nonprescription

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

obfuscation

observation

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

operation

orchestration

opposition

ordination

pavlovian

pelagian

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

ornamental

paraguayan

pagurian

pagination

palpitation

pedestrian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

permanently

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

persecution

planarian

pigmentation

plutonian

polynesian

polyhedron

politician

praetorian

predilection

predetermine

population

preelection

preeminence

preeminent

preignition

premonition

precondition

premonitions

preconception

preservation

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

presentation

profanation

prominently

propagation

proposition

protestation

provocation

prosecution

protozoan

prostitution

publication

punctuation

radiation

realization

readmission

reassertion

reawaken

recognition

recitation

reclamation

recantation

recollection

recreation

reconstruction

reelection

reexamine

reformation

refutation

reinspection

regulation

relaxation

registration

relocation

replication

renovation

reparation

repercussion

repetition

reposition

repossession

republican

reputation

requisition

reservation

resignation

respiration

restoration

restitution

retardation

resolution

resurrection

retribution

retrocession

revelation

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

rhetorician

rumination

reproduction

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segregation

separation

self-deception

segmentation

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simulation

situation

preparation

smithsonian

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

transformation

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subdivision

suffocation

substitution

surrogation

statistician

superhuman

supervision

supposition

superstition

syndication

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

tetrahedron

terminable

termination

terminations

thermometer

terminator

thermometers

titillation

syncopation

toleration

tramontana

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

usurpation

utopian

uranium

valerian

variation

vacillation

validation

valuation

victorian

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

vindication

violation

wagnerian

visitation

watermelon

vaccination

5 syllable words

abbreviation

accreditation

abomination

accommodation

acceleration

academician

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amplification

amelioration

amortization

anticipation

annihilation

appreciation

approximation

appropriation

argentinian

articulation

assimilation

assassination

association

assemblywoman

argumentation

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

babylonian

authorization

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

ceremonial

centralization

centenarian

canonization

certification

cauterization

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

cohabitation

collaboration

commemoration

communication

colonization

codification

conciliation

concatenation

confederation

confabulation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

continuation

contamination

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

criminology

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

delineation

degeneration

deification

deliberation

delicatessen

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

criminality

desegregation

desalination

ejaculation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

disembarkation

discrimination

disinclination

dissatisfaction

disintegration

dissociation

dissemination

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

electrocution

elizabethan

elimination

emancipation

eradication

equivocation

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

ethiopian

evaluation

evacuation

evaporation

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

falsification

fertilization

facilitation

fortification

gasification

glorification

hanoverian

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

hybridization

hyperborean

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

incarceration

inauguration

incineration

incrimination

incorporation

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

humiliation

insinuation

insemination

inoculation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interrogation

interpretation

intimidation

invalidation

intoxication

investigation

irradiation

hydrogenation

jeffersonian

justification

ionization

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

metropolitan

localization

miscalculation

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

maximilian

mathematician

misapplication

mechanization

maximization

misapprehension

misinformation

mummification

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

multiplication

neutralization

negotiation

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

neapolitan

nonintervention

patagonian

nullification

notification

obliteration

oregonian

organization

orientation

origination

pacification

nonsectarian

ossification

overproduction

peloponnesian

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

ornamentally

ornamentation

normalization

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

premonitory

preoccupation

presbyterian

prevarication

presupposition

procrastination

pythagorean

purification

prognostication

proletarian

proliferation

pronunciation

pronunciations

quantification

qualification

ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

recrimination

rectification

recuperation

recommendation

refrigeration

reforestation

ramification

regeneration

reiteration

reintegration

rejuvenation

remuneration

repatriation

renunciation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specialization

sophistication

specification

sterilization

stratification

triangulation

substantiation

subordination

theologian

terminology

unitarian

unification

utilization

synchronization

vaporization

vegetarian

veterinarian

verification

vilification

washingtonian

vulgarization

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word iranian

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