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

action

acton

actions

acting

airman

alban

alan

arson

aspen

baston

ashen

asian

bacon

astounds

austin

asthma

astound

bargain

barton

auden

auction

auctions

baldwin

banyan

baron

barren

basin

bason

bastion

basting

bastions

beacon

apron

beckon

begun

bellman

boston

belgian

bellon

billman

billion

billon

bookman

bordman

bitten

blacken

bobbin

bollen

bludgeon

bolden

bisson

blowgun

boasting

bookstand

bookstands

bowman

bracken

bourbon

brazen

breton

brethren

briton

broaden

burton

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burgeon

burman

bullion

bushman

cabin

caisson

cajun

christen

canaan

cannon

canon

christian

captain

carbon

caption

canyon

capstan

carton

cauldron

caution

caxton

casting

castings

chairman

certain

calvin

chaplain

chasten

chessman

chastened

charon

cheapen

chieftain

chevron

chicken

chestnut

chestnuts

children

chosen

coachman

canton

churchman

citron

claxon

clinton

coasting

colon

copeman

corban

cordon

cousin

craftsman

costumes

craven

costume

crewman

costing

cowan

crouton

crimson

cuban

cumin

curtain

custom

customs

cushion

dagan

dagon

dalton

dampen

damson

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

zircon

deepen

delphian

dian

desman

destin

diction

devon

dictum

disdains

distant

disdain

distance

distend

distinct

disdained

ensign

doctrine

dobson

dolphin

dromon

dragon

draftsman

dozen

driven

drunken

dudgeon

eighteen

dukedom

dutchman

eden

dungeon

earthen

eighteens

eighteenth

elan

engine

emption

ermine

esteem

goodman

extant

extend

extends

extent

extinct

eyestone

faction

falcon

factions

faulcon

fallen

fasten

fashion

fastened

fighting

faustian

festoon

fielden

felon

fiction

fictions

fightings

firman

flashgun

friction

floren

flexion

foreign

fountain

fortune

fraction

freshen

freshman

frozen

gascon

function

gallon

garden

fusion

garron

german

georgian

gentian

fission

gilden

gladden

gibbon

given

gluten

glidden

glisten

golden

gorgon

gowan

grandson

graven

grecian

gumption

guardsman

gudgeon

griffon

hearten

haitian

happen

harden

harken

harten

headman

hasten

hausen

haven

hastens

headsman

heathen

heaven

hangman

henchman

hempen

heron

hessian

melon

hidden

horseman

hoten

human

hoven

homespun

hosting

huntsman

ibsen

melton

mignon

hogan

lasting

lengthen

leven

ion

jargon

jetson

jason

jordan

jorden

jetton

kansan

kirkman

junction

kalan

kitten

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

keystone

keystones

kitchen

klansman

kremlin

landman

legion

laden

lagan

lampron

lactone

landsman

leaden

ledden

lemon

lesion

lessen

lightning

lighting

lightnings

locken

london

linden

lion

lisbon

linen

listen

listens

listing

listings

logan

lopeman

loren

lumen

luncheon

lesson

longan

loosen

lotion

mayan

lynden

m1

madden

mahone

maiden

marchman

markman

mansion

marlin

mangan

marten

marksman

marron

martian

martin

mason

margin

mention

milken

million

leaven

orphan

minion

mission

mitten

morgan

moisten

molten

mountain

muffin

mullen

motion

muslin

mustang

mustangs

nation

newsman

nekton

nightmares

nighttime

ninon

nighttimes

often

omen

notion

oarsman

olden

ocean

octane

odin

option

onion

open

organ

ousting

oxen

oven

owen

paean

panton

pagan

pardon

parson

passion

pathan

pavon

peacetime

penman

pectin

pension

penguin

peon

perron

person

persian

plantain

plankton

piston

pigeon

pastimes

poison

pistons

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

posting

postings

postman

postmark

potion

pillion

pinion

pastime

silken

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

questions

reason

raven

ration

rayon

spoken

reckon

station

ragtime

rectum

redden

region

stillion

rerun

resin

resting

rumen

right-hand

ribbon

ridden

rincon

risen

riven

roman

rosin

rosen

rowan

rowen

ruin

russian

roasting

robin

runnion

salesman

saffron

sadden

samson

santon

sanction

saxon

scallion

season

scullion

scion

section

sections

seedsman

sequin

sermon

session

selden

shaken

shakedown

seven

sexton

shakedowns

sharpen

shipman

shogun

shorten

showman

sighting

sportsman

sovereign

shrunken

sightings

sicken

smarten

slacken

smitten

sodden

soften

sistine

sixteen

sixteenths

sixteenth

slogan

soldan

sixteens

sovran

solon

spartan

spearman

spokesman

squadron

stallion

steven

stepson

stiffen

stolen

suasion

striven

strengthen

sturgeon

stricken

sultan

sudden

sullen

suction

sunken

tarpon

surgeon

sustain

sustained

tartan

taken

sylvan

system

swollen

systems

talon

tappen

sustains

tasting

tastings

tendon

thousand

tension

thicken

threaten

testing

teston

tillman

toasting

toman

token

torsion

touchdowns

townsman

toughen

traction

treason

touchdown

trillion

zion

trodden

tungsten

turban

tuscan

undone

twisting

union

urban

urson

urchin

urine

vegan

version

vestment

vestments

vesting

victim

victims

vision

vulcan

weapon

wanton

warden

wagon

waken

warren

wasting

villain

watchman

weaken

whitson

wiccan

woodman

woolman

workman

woman

women

written

yachting

wooden

wisdom

woolen

worsen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

trojan

3 syllable words

abandon

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

abstention

accession

abduction

absorption

abstraction

academe

accident

acumen

accretion

accidents

acetone

alderman

addition

addiction

adhesion

alien

aleutian

admission

adoption

adrian

affection

adsorption

aegean

albumin

affliction

african

alaskan

aggression

albion

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

andean

anyone

anchorman

appian

anglican

apportion

arkansan

artesian

artisan

arian

aryan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assertion

attention

assumption

asthmatic

astounding

astonish

asuncion

astounded

asthmatics

attraction

attrition

audition

auctioneer

auctioneers

austrian

avian

australian

backgammon

aversion

awaken

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

biotin

bedouin

beethoven

begotten

beholden

bedridden

benjamin

besetting

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

bedizen

brazilian

bulletin

bystander

bystanders

chilean

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

carrion

cation

catalan

cartesian

caucasian

causation

castration

cetacean

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

charwoman

champion

charlatan

conception

cinnamon

cistercian

citation

citizen

clarion

civilian

clarendon

clergyman

collagen

collegian

cognition

coercion

collection

cohesion

collision

collusion

communion

commotion

commission

combustion

compassion

companion

completion

compression

compulsion

complexion

compunction

concussion

condition

confession

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confection

conflation

confucian

confusion

concession

congressman

congestion

conjunction

connection

connexion

conscription

constriction

construction

contagion

contention

contortion

consumption

contraction

contraption

contusion

contrition

conversion

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

corrosion

councilman

correction

corruption

corsican

costumer

creation

costumers

cremation

crestfallen

countryman

croatian

crustacean

customize

customer

customers

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

decadent

decadents

decedent

decedents

decision

declension

deception

deduction

deflation

defection

deflection

deletion

delusion

dentition

denizen

depiction

depletion

depression

derision

desertion

detection

detention

destiny

description

destinies

destruction

devotion

dictation

distortion

dilution

digression

dilation

digestion

discipline

diffusion

direction

dimension

diffraction

discussion

discretion

dissension

dispersion

disdainful

dissidence

dissection

disruption

dissident

dissidents

distances

distinction

distinctions

distemper

distinctive

distinctly

distinguish

distinguished

distraction

diversion

disunion

downtrodden

dominion

dorian

donation

division

edition

duration

echidna

egyptian

elation

election

eleven

ejection

elison

emblazon

enlighten

embolden

emission

emotion

emulsion

englishman

encryption

enliven

estimate

erosion

equating

equation

equations

erection

eruption

estimates

etruscan

evasion

everyone

eviction

excitement

exciting

exaction

excision

exception

exceeding

exclusion

exhaustion

exemption

exertion

expansion

excursion

excretion

explosion

extension

extensions

extender

extenders

extensive

extinctions

fabian

extinguish

extinguished

extortion

extraction

extrusion

extinction

fastener

fasteners

fastening

fastenings

fenian

ferryman

fictional

fijian

feminine

filtration

fisherman

fixation

foramen

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

formation

foundation

franciscan

freemason

frustration

fruition

fustian

freudian

garrison

galleon

gentleman

gaussian

genuine

ghanaian

gestation

gillian

gordian

gravamen

gradation

expulsion

guncotton

guardian

grobian

guesstimate

guesstimates

gyration

hammerman

halogen

halcyon

hawaiian

harlequin

heartbroken

handwoven

heroin

heroine

hesitant

horizon

horatian

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

inaction

illusion

imagine

immersion

expression

ignition

impassion

in-person

imprison

implosion

impression

incision

inception

melanin

inclusion

migration

lanolin

induction

infusion

infarction

indian

inflation

inflection

infliction

infection

infraction

ingestion

inhuman

insertion

instruction

injection

injunction

inspection

inscription

intention

intestine

invasion

inversion

intrusion

invention

irishman

irian

jacobin

jamaican

italian

istanbul

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

korean

laotian

lecithin

laurentian

lastingly

lesbian

libration

libyan

liechtenstein

ligation

lightening

listener

listeners

listening

locating

location

locations

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

macadam

malayan

mandarin

malaysian

margarine

masculine

marian

median

medallion

medicine

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

incursion

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

myosin

moroccan

munition

muskmelon

mutation

musician

niacin

narration

nebraskan

nemean

negation

nevadan

nitrogen

nobleman

nightmarish

nightingale

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nutrition

nubian

odeon

objection

obsession

octillion

occasion

occlusion

occident

obstruction

omission

optation

oration

oppression

opinion

optician

origin

orion

overman

outspoken

overdone

overrun

ovation

oxygen

nicotine

parthian

parisian

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perfusion

percussion

perception

perfection

permian

permission

persuasion

perversion

petition

phoenician

physician

plantation

policeman

plebeian

phrygian

pollution

precaution

position

possession

porcelain

positions

post-mortem

postmaster

postmasters

postnatal

precession

precision

predation

preclusion

predestine

preemption

prescription

prediction

privation

pretension

profusion

procession

prevention

probation

profession

production

promotion

progression

proportion

propulsion

projection

protean

protection

prostration

puritan

provision

pseudonym

pseudonyms

proscription

quotation

questioner

questioners

questionnaire

questionnaires

reaction

reactions

rebellion

presumption

recession

recision

ramadan

rectangle

rectangles

reduction

reflection

regimen

relation

redemption

remission

regression

religion

rejection

rendition

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

residence

reversion

resident

retention

residents

restriction

retraction

resumption

reunion

revision

rifleman

right-handed

revulsion

rhodopsin

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

scythian

scorpion

secession

sedation

reception

seclusion

secretion

sectional

seduction

sedition

sensation

selection

solomon

silicon

simian

singleton

snapdragon

skeleton

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

subscription

reopen

submersion

stygian

submission

suburban

subtraction

subversion

transcription

sumatran

summation

suggestion

superman

suppression

suspicion

suspension

tactician

talisman

syrian

systemic

tamarin

sustenance

taxation

technician

tectonic

tectonics

testament

testaments

succession

temptation

thespian

ticketing

timberman

tradition

toastmaster

toboggan

transmission

transition

transaction

translation

transgression

transfusion

tuition

vacation

truncation

unburden

uncommon

unbutton

uncertain

unbroken

uneven

unwritten

unison

uterine

vacations

vatican

venetian

veteran

venison

vermilion

vibration

victimize

vocation

volition

vocations

visiting

wesleyan

zambian

succeeding

4 syllable words

aberration

abolition

academy

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

academies

academic

academics

accusation

acclamation

acclimation

accidental

accordion

activation

acquisition

actionable

adaptation

adoration

admonition

affectation

adrenaline

affirmation

adulation

advocation

alabaman

albanian

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

aldebaran

admiration

allegation

allocation

alteration

algerian

algonquian

altercation

alternation

american

amphibian

annotation

animation

apparition

appalachian

annexation

appellation

application

apprehension

approbation

arabian

armenian

arizonan

armageddon

aspiration

astonishment

assyrian

astonishing

athenian

augmentation

attribution

aviation

avocation

backwardation

assemblyman

barbarian

ammunition

amputation

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

arbitration

arthurian

businesswoman

calculation

abdication

canadian

cancellation

calibration

carcinogen

celebration

circumcision

californian

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumvention

circumspection

collocation

cogitation

coalition

collodion

committeeman

coloradan

comedian

coloration

columbian

comparison

combination

commendation

commutation

computation

competition

compilation

composition

comprehension

compensation

complication

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

conjugation

congregation

constellation

consternation

connotation

copernican

conservation

consecration

constipation

constitution

consultation

consolation

contrarian

contemplation

consummation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

copenhagen

corinthian

corp.

corporation

correlation

criterion

cotyledon

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

customizes

customary

coronation

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

dedication

deformation

defamation

decoration

definition

deconstruction

dehydration

delegation

degradation

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

deposition

decompression

dichotomy

depravation

depredation

derivation

desolation

deprivation

dereliction

desiccation

desecration

designation

destitution

desperation

detonation

destination

destinations

deviation

devastation

devolution

declaration

devonian

dietitian

dictionaries

dictionary

diocesan

dilatation

disaffection

diminution

dislocation

disconnection

disposition

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

disputation

dispensation

dissertation

dissolution

distillation

dissipation

distinctively

distinguishes

distinguishing

distribution

domination

draconian

dominican

education

duplication

electrician

elocution

elevation

elongation

emanation

embarkation

emulation

emigration

englishwoman

equitation

eritrean

equestrian

erudition

estimable

estimation

estimator

estonian

estimations

estimators

estonians

european

eustachian

estimated

evocation

excitation

evolution

excavation

exclamation

exceedingly

predetermine

execution

exhortation

exhibition

exhumation

exhalation

expedition

exploitation

expiration

divination

explication

incrustation

expectation

exposition

extendible

extensively

extinguisher

extinguishers

extinguishment

extenuate

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fallopian

fascination

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

foliation

fluoridation

floridian

fluctuation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

granulation

graduation

gorgonian

gravitation

guatemalan

greco-roman

gregorian

habitation

hegelian

hesitation

herculean

hemoglobin

hesitancy

hesitantly

hibernation

explanation

himalayan

hungarian

hyperion

hypertension

hydrocarbon

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

inattention

illustration

imitation

immolation

immigration

imperfection

implantation

importation

imputation

incantation

implication

imposition

impregnation

incarnation

incubation

historian

indentation

inclination

indigestion

indication

indexation

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

indonesian

information

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

inspiration

installation

instigation

institution

indignation

insulation

interaction

integration

interception

insurrection

intercession

intermission

interjection

interruption

interurban

interwoven

intersection

intervention

intimation

intuition

introduction

intonation

introspection

inundation

iranian

irrigation

invocation

irritation

isolation

isotonic

iteration

jacobean

invitation

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

indiscretion

lancastrian

legitimate

laceration

legislation

legitimize

jubilation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

liberation

interdiction

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

machination

macedonian

mammalian

malnutrition

malformation

manumission

masturbation

maturation

meditation

levitation

mediation

medication

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

indecision

minnesotan

ministration

misbegotten

exploration

miseration

misdemeanors

misperception

misconception

moderation

mitigation

moravian

modulation

molestation

mongolian

mortification

motivation

mutilation

misdemeanor

navigation

nestorian

napoleon

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

noblewoman

nomination

paraguayan

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

occupation

octahedron

observation

obstetrician

occidental

oblivion

obsidian

obligation

ohioan

olympian

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

missourian

ostentation

ostensible

ostensibly

oscillation

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

pagurian

palpitation

pagination

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

polyhedron

polynesian

politician

population

posthumously

praetorian

precondition

preconception

preelection

preignition

preparation

premonition

procreation

proclamation

profanation

predilection

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

questionable

radiation

presentation

preservation

readmission

realization

reawaken

reassertion

recitation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

recreation

rectangular

reexamine

reelection

reformation

refutation

relocation

regulation

relaxation

reinspection

registration

renovation

recantation

repercussion

repetition

reposition

repossession

reparation

replication

reproduction

reputation

republican

requisition

reservation

residences

residencies

residency

retardation

resolution

restoration

resignation

restitution

respiration

revelation

resurrection

retrocession

retribution

residential

saturation

revocation

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Words that rhyme with the word lightman

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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
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Different Types of Rhymes
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