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

action

airman

alban

ancient

belgian

ancients

apron

arson

ashen

asian

auden

banking

bargain

auction

austin

banging

bacon

baldwin

barton

bastion

basin

bayman

beacon

beckon

beaten

begun

bellman

kelvin

bellon

benzene

benzine

button

benign

bison

bludgeon

boatman

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

blowgun

bobbin

caisson

bollen

boston

brakeman

boughten

bourbon

bordman

bookman

bouncing

bowman

brethren

breton

brighten

billion

bullion

briton

broaden

burden

burdon

burman

burton

burgeon

brogan

broken

bushman

bolden

carman

caption

capstan

carbon

carmine

cajun

carton

caxton

cayman

cauldron

caution

certain

chairman

chanson

chevron

charon

chessman

chasten

chosen

chieftain

cheapen

chicken

christen

children

christian

citron

churchman

clinton

coachman

common

colon

copeman

conscience

conjoin

conjoined

consume

consumed

consumes

corban

cordon

cotton

craven

craftsman

cowan

consents

crimson

curtain

cretin

crewman

cuban

crouton

cumin

cushion

dalton

dagon

daman

dancing

darken

dagan

deaden

deafen

deacon

pollan

zion

deepen

consent

delphian

demon

demesne

desman

devon

dian

diction

dobson

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

draftsman

driven

dromon

drunken

dungeon

dungeons

dudgeon

dustman

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

foreign

emption

foreman

engine

engines

enjoin

ensconce

enzyme

enzymes

ermine

ensnare

ensnarl

ensnares

faction

fashion

fallen

faulcon

fibrin

faustian

felon

fencing

fiction

fielden

fireman

firman

fission

flashgun

flexion

floren

gentian

encamp

fraction

footman

enchant

fortune

frighten

freedman

frozen

freeman

freshman

freshen

friction

garden

function

fusion

glidden

gorgon

german

georgian

gilden

gibbon

gingham

ginghams

ginseng

gotten

guardsman

golden

headsman

given

glisten

gluten

gowan

goodman

griffon

grecian

gumption

hanging

graven

harden

harken

haitian

hangings

harten

hasten

headman

hearten

hempen

henchman

haven

heaven

heighten

hetman

heathen

heron

hymen

gudgeon

hessian

houseman

hidden

hogan

homespun

horseman

hoten

hyphen

huntsman

hoven

human

hyson

ibsen

income

inchon

incense

incensed

incomes

marten

mason

insane

ion

jargon

jetson

jason

jetton

jordan

kalan

junction

jorden

keelson

kelson

luncheon

kirkman

kitten

kitchen

knickknacks

kremlin

knocking

lampron

laden

launching

launchings

layman

kinsman

leaden

leaven

ledden

loren

lopeman

longings

lengthen

lemon

lessen

lesson

lesion

leven

lichen

leman

lightman

lighten

liken

liman

lion

linen

linden

lisbon

liven

locken

longing

listen

lockman

logan

longan

lonesome

longhand

loosen

legion

lotion

lumen

mahone

luncheons

lynden

m1

lyden

lunching

matron

maiden

mankind

mankinds

marlin

margin

marchman

markman

marksman

marron

martian

martin

mignon

milken

mayan

million

mention

melton

melon

mincing

mitten

mission

moisten

molten

nanking

morgan

mormon

monsoon

motion

muslin

muffin

mullen

moonshine

mutton

monsoons

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

nonsense

notion

oarsman

ocean

minion

olden

omen

passion

odin

option

open

organ

orphan

patron

othman

outrun

oven

owen

oxen

pardon

pathan

outdone

pagan

paean

parson

pectin

penchant

pavon

perron

pension

penguins

pensions

peon

persian

penguin

person

pigeon

pinion

pillion

piston

pitman

pinching

often

poison

knickknack

pouncing

portion

portman

postman

potion

shorten

pollen

pressman

prison

pungent

prussian

proven

pullen

question

ransoms

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

shrunken

rerun

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

ripen

risen

robin

rotten

riven

roman

rowan

rowen

ruin

punkin

rosen

rumen

salesman

russian

sanction

sanguine

satan

scullion

season

section

scion

scotsman

seaman

seedsman

sharpen

shotgun

shaman

selden

sermon

session

shaken

sequin

semen

seton

seven

sexton

shearman

shipman

silken

shogun

showman

sicken

ringneck

stockman

siphon

siren

slogan

smarten

smacking

sodden

smitten

sneezing

smoking

sneaking

soften

soldan

solon

ringing

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

spoken

stepson

spokesman

sportsman

squadron

stallman

statesman

station

steven

stiffen

stillion

torsion

strengthen

straighten

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

sudden

suction

sultan

sullen

summon

sunken

syphon

sunshine

surgeon

sylvan

swollen

taken

threaten

tangents

tarpon

tartan

tension

tensions

teston

tighten

thicken

titan

sweeten

tillman

token

toman

tungsten

singing

traction

toughen

treason

triton

trillion

trodden

trojan

tubman

tuscan

turban

stolen

union

vengeance

urson

urban

urchin

urine

version

unknowns

unsound

vulcan

unkempt

warden

vegan

waken

weapon

workman

warren

whiten

widen

vision

watchman

villain

unkind

unknown

weaken

unseen

wheaten

whitson

wiccan

worsen

yachtsman

winsome

woodman

woolman

wincing

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

yaupon

written

yeoman

zaman

sinking

thinking

zircon

3 syllable words

abdomen

abrasion

abduction

ablation

ablution

abortion

absorption

abandon

adhesion

abstention

accession

abstraction

accretion

admission

addition

acumen

addiction

adoption

adrian

aegean

affliction

african

aggression

affection

albion

alien

amazon

ambrosian

alaskan

albumin

amazement

aleutian

alderman

ambition

allusion

alsatian

amazing

adsorption

amazons

amusement

amusements

amusing

anchorman

angina

anglican

artesian

appian

apportion

arian

arkansan

anyone

artisan

ascension

aryan

aspersion

assassin

assertion

attention

assumption

asuncion

attraction

audition

austrian

australian

attrition

avian

badminton

aversion

bandwagon

backgammon

banishment

awaken

backwoodsman

battalion

bedouin

bedizen

beethoven

bedridden

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bouillon

bosnian

brazilian

bulletin

benignly

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

carrion

catalan

carnation

cartesian

castration

cation

caucasian

causation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

champion

collision

chamberlain

chilean

charwoman

civilian

cinnamon

citizen

citation

cistercian

clarion

collagen

clarendon

clergyman

coercion

coenzyme

cognition

cohesion

collection

collegian

collusion

combustion

commission

commissioned

commissions

communion

companion

commotion

concession

charlatan

conclusion

compassion

complexion

completion

compression

compulsion

conception

concentrate

concentrates

compunction

concentric

concoction

concussion

condition

chairwoman

conduction

confection

confession

confusion

conflation

confucian

congenial

congestion

connexion

connection

connexions

congressman

consciences

conjunction

conscription

conjunctions

consonant

consonants

construction

consumer

consumers

contagion

consummate

consuming

consummates

constriction

consumption

contention

contortion

contraction

contraption

convection

conversion

contusion

contrition

convention

conviction

convulsion

councilman

correction

corrosion

corruption

corsican

countryman

decision

creation

crestfallen

declension

croatian

crustacean

cremation

cyprian

damnation

dalmatian

damaging

deception

deduction

defection

deflection

deflation

deletion

delusion

denizens

dentition

depiction

depletion

derision

desertion

detection

depression

description

destruction

detention

digression

determine

dilation

devotion

dimension

digestion

diffraction

diffusion

dictation

dilution

direction

discipline

discussion

discretion

dispersion

dissection

dissension

distraction

disruption

distortion

distinction

disunion

diversion

dorian

dominion

division

donation

downtrodden

duration

edition

ejection

egyptian

elation

election

elison

emblazon

eleven

embolden

emission

emotion

emissions

enchanting

enchantment

enchanted

enchanter

enchanters

engenders

encumber

engender

encryption

encounters

engineer

engineers

encounter

englishman

enigma

enlighten

enliven

enjoyment

enjoyments

ensemble

ensembles

ensuing

equation

erosion

erection

evasion

everyone

eruption

etruscan

eviction

exaction

excision

exemption

exclusion

excursion

encampment

excretion

exertion

expansion

exhaustion

explosion

fabian

extraction

extension

expulsion

extortion

extrusion

extinction

expression

fenian

ferryman

feminine

fijian

exception

filtration

finishing

fisherman

fixation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

formation

foundation

ghanaian

franciscan

freudian

fruition

gaussian

freemason

frustration

galleon

garrison

fustian

hammerman

genuine

gillian

gestation

flirtation

gordian

halcyon

guncotton

gravamen

gradation

grobian

gentleman

gyration

halogen

handwoven

guardian

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

honeycomb

emulsion

housebroken

forewoman

hydration

hydrogen

forgotten

encampments

malayan

ignition

malaysian

imagine

immersion

imagined

imagines

impassion

implosion

imprison

impression

in-person

inaction

inasmuch

incision

inception

incentive

inclusion

incoming

illusion

incomplete

incursion

incumbents

innocence

incumbent

innocent

indian

infusion

induction

infarction

infection

infraction

inflation

ingestion

inhuman

inflection

infliction

ingenue

injection

injunction

injunctions

innocents

jacobin

insincere

irian

italian

inspection

instruction

invasion

intrusion

intestine

intention

inversion

invention

inscription

irishman

jainism

insertion

jamaican

jansenist

jamaicans

jansenists

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

keratin

keynesians

laurentian

korean

laotian

lactation

lawmaking

lecithin

lesbian

longingly

ligation

libyan

libration

limousine

location

logician

long-winded

limousines

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

mannequin

manganese

managements

mannequins

marian

management

margarine

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

menhaden

melanin

mexican

midshipman

migration

nonunion

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

misshapen

monism

monisms

moroccan

munition

muskmelon

musician

mutation

myosin

narration

nebraskan

negation

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nincompoop

nincompoops

nonhuman

norwegian

notation

occasion

nubian

objection

obsession

nutrition

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

oncoming

omniscient

omission

omissions

ongoing

oppression

opinion

oration

optation

optician

origin

orion

overdone

overman

overrun

outspoken

ovation

parisian

ottoman

partisan

parthian

oxygen

partition

patrician

permission

odeon

pavilion

pelican

pensioner

pensioners

pentathlon

perception

perfection

perfusion

permian

percussion

perversion

phoenician

persuasion

petition

physician

phrygian

peterman

phoenicians

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

porcelain

position

possession

precaution

precession

preclusion

pretension

predation

predestine

prediction

prevention

preemption

prescription

profusion

projection

privation

presumption

procession

profession

production

progression

probation

promotion

protean

protection

proportion

propulsion

prostration

proscription

provision

precision

pungently

punishment

punishments

puritan

ramadan

quotation

reaction

rebellion

recision

reception

recession

solomon

reopen

reduction

redemption

reflection

regimen

regression

rejection

relation

rendition

renaissance

religion

remission

remissions

reversion

revision

rescission

resection

reptilian

repression

retraction

reunion

retention

resumption

restriction

rhodopsin

revulsion

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

samoan

salvation

saleswoman

scorpion

scythian

seclusion

secretion

secession

sedation

sedition

seduction

senescence

selection

sensation

ringmaster

silicon

simian

skeleton

snapdragon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

subscription

suburban

subtraction

subversion

succession

summation

suggestion

superman

suspension

sunshiny

sumatran

tactician

syrian

talisman

tamarin

suppression

suspicion

tangential

taxation

technician

temptation

thespian

toboggan

timberman

transaction

transfusion

tradition

transcription

transgression

transition

translation

transmission

truncation

tumescent

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

tuition

unbroken

uncomplete

unconcern

unconcerned

vatican

uneven

unbutton

unison

unisons

ungainly

uncanny

unwritten

venison

vanishing

veteran

singleton

venetian

vibration

vermilion

vitamin

waterman

vocation

volition

zambian

unseemly

wesleyan

uterine

vacation

4 syllable words

aberration

abnegation

abolition

abdication

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

accordion

accusation

acquisition

activation

acclamation

admiration

adaptation

admonition

adoration

acclimation

adrenaline

advocation

agrarian

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algonquian

algerian

allegation

alternation

allocation

alteration

altercation

american

adulation

amphibian

affectation

ammunition

amputation

anaconda

affirmation

animation

annotation

annexation

apparition

appalachian

appellation

apprehension

application

approbation

arabian

arizonan

arbitration

arthurian

armageddon

armenian

aspiration

assemblyman

athenian

assyrian

augmentation

attribution

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

canadian

cancellation

californian

calibration

calculation

carcinogen

businesswoman

centurion

celebration

chameleon

circumvention

circumcision

circulation

circumspection

cogitation

coalition

collocation

collodion

coloradan

coloration

columbian

combination

comedian

commendation

commissioner

commissioners

committeeman

commutation

comparison

composition

comprehension

competition

compilation

complication

concentrated

concentration

concentrations

computation

compensation

concomitant

condemnation

condensation

delegation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

congenital

copernican

connotation

confirmation

conjugation

congregation

conjunctiva

consecration

corporation

consensual

conservation

consolation

consonantal

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consumable

consummation

contemplation

corinthian

contrarian

contraception

contribution

contradiction

conversation

convocation

convolution

contravention

corp.

correlation

coronation

criterion

cotyledon

crocodilian

culmination

cultivation

custodian

crucifixion

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

declaration

decompression

copenhagen

decoration

dedication

defamation

definition

deconstruction

deformation

degradation

dehydration

emigration

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

deportation

deposition

derivation

desiccation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

designation

desolation

desperation

destination

destitution

depravation

devonian

devolution

devastation

deviation

detonation

dietitian

dilatation

diocesan

disaffection

disillusion

disconnection

diminution

disinflation

disinfection

disposition

dissertation

dissolution

distillation

dissipation

distribution

dominican

domination

dislocation

draconian

dispensation

divination

duplication

education

electrician

disputation

ideation

elongation

elevation

elocution

emanation

embarkation

emulation

encomium

encomiums

encompasses

encompassing

engineering

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

estonian

european

estimation

eustachian

evolution

evocation

execution

exhortation

exhibition

exhalation

exhumation

expectation

expiration

expedition

explanation

exploration

explication

exploitation

fabrication

extradition

extrication

fallopian

fascination

excavation

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

excitation

exclamation

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

fragmentation

formulation

generation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

granulation

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

gorgonian

graduation

gymnasium

gymnasiums

habitation

guatemalan

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

historian

himalayan

homogeny

homogenize

homogenized

hungarian

hypertension

hyperion

hydrocarbon

iberian

ibuprofen

condescension

decimation

exposition

imitation

immigration

immolation

implantation

imposition

impregnation

imperfection

implication

importation

imputation

incantation

inattention

incandescent

incarnation

incinerate

inclination

mammalian

illustration

incompetent

inconclusive

inconstancy

incontinent

inconsistent

inconvenience

incompetents

incubation

incrustation

indecision

incumbency

indication

indentation

indexation

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

indonesian

inhalation

information

inhibition

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

ingeniously

innocently

innovation

insanity

insensible

insinuate

insinuates

inspiration

installation

instigation

institution

insulation

insurrection

integration

interaction

inquisition

intercession

intermission

interdiction

interjection

interruption

intersection

interurban

interwoven

intimation

intonation

intervention

introduction

introspection

intuition

inundation

interception

invitation

invocation

iranian

irrigation

inseminate

irritation

isolation

insensitive

jacobean

jansenism

iteration

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

leviathan

levitation

legislation

librarian

liberian

lilliputian

liberation

liquefaction

limitation

litigation

locomotion

liquidation

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

zionism

malnutrition

malformation

manzanilla

manumission

maturation

masturbation

medication

mediation

meditation

meridian

menacingly

menstruation

melanesian

minnesotan

moderation

misbegotten

miseration

ministration

misperception

misconception

missourian

mitigation

modulation

molestation

motivation

mongolian

monogamy

moravian

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

noncommittal

noncompliance

noncommercial

nonconformist

nomination

noncombatant

noncombatants

nonconformists

nonpartisan

nonprescription

observation

oblivion

nonessential

obligation

obfuscation

numismatist

numismatists

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

nonsensical

olympian

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

pagination

oxidation

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penicillin

perforation

penetration

permutation

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

persecution

planarian

pigmentation

ohioan

plutonian

polynesian

polyhedron

population

praetorian

inconvenient

simonian

politician

predilection

preelection

predetermine

preparation

preservation

presentation

preignition

premonition

prohibition

proclamation

procreation

profanation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

provocation

punctuation

publication

radiation

readmission

reawaken

reassertion

realization

recitation

recantation

recollection

reclamation

recognition

preconception

stipulation

reexamine

reelection

reformation

refutation

registration

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

renovation

repercussion

reparation

regulation

repetition

repossession

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abomination

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amazonians

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unitarian

unification

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

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vilification

washingtonian

utilization

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word kansan

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How to use the rhyming dictionary

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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