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

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

amman

alman

anthem

anthems

auden

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

banding

austin

atman

beacon

baldwin

auction

banyan

bagman

bantam

bacon

bargain

barton

baron

barren

basin

baston

bantams

bason

baton

bastion

batten

batton

bayman

beaten

beckon

bending

bellman

bellon

belgian

bindings

bison

blacken

bonding

boatman

bookman

binding

blowgun

bolden

bobbin

bollen

breton

brethren

bludgeon

bordman

bounding

boston

brakeman

boughten

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brazen

brighten

broaden

brogan

bullion

cajun

canton

broken

burton

burden

burdon

bushman

button

cabin

caisson

calvin

burman

burgeon

bunting

canyon

cantons

canaan

cannon

canon

canteen

canteens

captain

capstan

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

cauldron

carton

caution

cayman

caxton

centimes

centner

centime

certain

chairman

chanting

chaplain

chapman

chevron

chieftain

charon

chessman

cheapen

chasten

christian

chosen

churchman

classman

claxon

coachman

comedown

colon

common

condemn

condense

condemned

condemns

condone

condensed

condones

contain

contemn

contains

contempt

contend

contends

contents

content

crewman

copeman

cordon

corban

cotton

craven

cowan

craftsman

cousin

cretin

deepen

cuban

dalton

cushion

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

dampen

damson

darken

deacon

deafen

daunting

crouton

delphian

demon

dentine

desman

ending

devon

dian

diction

engine

dutchman

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dozen

draftsman

dragon

drunken

eaten

dungeon

dudgeon

dustman

dromon

earthen

endings

elan

emption

doctrine

entomb

entwine

ermine

jetson

jordan

jorden

kelson

fallen

falcon

faction

famine

faulcon

felon

fasten

fatten

faustian

fiction

fibrin

fashion

finding

findings

fireman

fission

funding

footman

freedman

flexion

firman

friction

flashgun

flatten

freeman

freshman

function

founding

fountain

fountains

fortune

fraction

foreign

freshen

foreman

frighten

frozen

floren

fusion

gallon

garden

gascon

garron

gentian

german

georgian

golden

goodman

gladden

gorgon

gluten

gotten

gowan

grandson

gudgeon

hangman

graven

grecian

guardsman

gumption

harken

harten

hackman

haitian

handmade

happen

harden

hasten

hausen

headman

haven

headsman

heathen

heaven

hearten

heighten

hempen

henchman

heron

hetman

hounding

hessian

hogan

hoten

homespun

horseman

houseman

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

intone

intones

intend

intense

intends

intent

intents

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

fainting

junction

gammon

kitchen

kansan

hunting

keelson

kelvin

jetton

kirkman

kalan

klansman

kremlin

landman

laden

landing

landings

lagan

lampron

landmark

knitting

landmarks

latin

layman

leaven

lending

leman

lemon

landsman

lengthen

lendings

lessen

lesson

legion

leven

lesion

lichen

lineman

linemen

lightman

liken

liman

lion

lockman

liven

locken

logan

longan

lopeman

lighten

loosen

loren

lumen

lotion

luncheon

m1

mountain

lyden

madden

mahone

maiden

maintain

maintains

mangan

mansion

marron

marlin

marchman

markman

marksman

margin

marten

martian

martin

melon

mayan

melton

matron

mention

mason

mentions

minding

mission

molten

moisten

morgan

mormon

motion

muffin

mullen

mountains

mounting

mundane

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

nineteen

nineteenth

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

olden

ointment

often

omen

open

option

organ

outdone

orphan

outrun

othman

oven

owen

oxen

paean

packman

pagan

painting

paintings

panton

pardon

panting

pectin

parson

passman

patron

patten

passion

pathan

pavon

pending

pension

pentane

penguin

peon

perron

persian

person

phantom

pigeon

phantoms

plantain

plankton

platen

platten

poison

pointing

pollan

sharpen

ponton

pressman

portman

pontoon

portion

pontoons

postman

pounding

potion

reason

proven

prussian

reckon

pullen

quantum

question

random

raven

ration

rayon

region

rerun

pollen

resin

riden

ripen

robin

session

roman

rosen

rosin

seton

rotten

russian

sadden

saffron

salesman

rumen

salmon

ruin

samson

sandman

season

rowen

sanction

santon

sequin

saxon

scallion

scullion

satan

satin

scion

seaman

scotsman

section

semen

seedsman

sentence

sermon

rowan

seven

rounding

sexton

shaken

shaman

shearman

shorten

shrunken

shotgun

shogun

showman

shunting

smarten

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

smoothens

smoothen

soldan

smoothing

squinting

sodden

soften

somethings

something

sounding

soundings

sometime

sometimes

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spoken

spokesman

sportsman

squadron

stepson

stallion

stallman

statesman

station

steven

solon

stockman

tension

stolen

straighten

strengthen

sturgeon

suasion

summon

sullen

suction

sunken

sultan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

surgeon

tandem

tarpon

tartan

talon

tappen

taunting

taken

teston

threaten

thousand

tighten

titan

token

toman

torsion

toughen

townsman

treason

tubman

tungsten

trodden

triton

traction

trojan

turban

undine

tuscan

union

urban

urchin

urine

urson

woodman

woolman

vegan

version

vintner

vintners

vision

wanton

vulcan

warden

wagon

waken

warren

wanting

windmill

weaken

weapon

wheaten

watchman

whiten

widen

winding

windmills

wizen

woman

woolen

workman

worsen

woven

yaupon

yachtsman

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abandon

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abduction

abortion

abrasion

accession

abstention

absorption

abstraction

accretion

acumen

addiction

addition

admission

adhesion

adoption

adrian

adsorption

aegean

affliction

african

affection

aggression

aleutian

alaskan

alderman

albion

albumin

allusion

alien

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

andante

anchorman

andean

anyone

antennas

antenna

apportion

appian

anything

ascension

arian

arkansan

assassin

aryan

artisan

artesian

aspersion

attention

attraction

asuncion

bedizen

audition

attrition

aversion

awaken

austrian

avian

badminton

bandana

australian

bandwagon

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandanas

assertion

battalion

assumption

bedouin

anglican

bedridden

beholden

benjamin

bentonite

bitumen

biotin

brazilian

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

cantonal

carrion

cambrian

capsaicin

campion

cardigan

carnation

cation

catalan

cartesian

caucasian

castration

causation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

citizen

cistercian

citation

civilian

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

beethoven

cohesion

cognition

coercion

collection

collegian

collagen

collision

collusion

commitment

communion

companion

combustion

commission

commotion

commitments

compassion

commuting

completion

complexion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conception

concession

concussion

conclusion

concoction

condition

condensate

condenser

condiment

condiments

condensates

conduction

confession

confection

conflation

confucian

connection

confusion

congestion

conjunction

congressman

connexion

conscription

constriction

construction

contagion

containment

consumption

contingent

container

contention

containers

deletion

contingents

contenders

contemplate

contender

contemplates

contentions

continent

contented

contentment

continents

deflation

deflection

continues

contraction

contortion

croatian

contrition

contusion

conversion

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

contraption

countryman

correction

corrosion

corsican

creation

councilman

countenance

crestfallen

cremation

corruption

deduction

cyprian

crustacean

damnation

dalmatian

decision

declension

deception

defection

continue

continued

delusion

denizen

erosion

depression

dentition

depiction

depletion

determine

derision

detection

description

desertion

destruction

detention

devotion

dictation

dimension

diffusion

diffraction

digestion

digression

dilation

dilution

direction

discipline

discussion

discretion

dispersion

disruption

dissection

distinction

distortion

distraction

dissension

edition

division

disunion

endangers

dominion

downtrodden

donation

donations

dorian

duration

egyptian

diversion

eleven

ejection

elation

election

elison

emission

embolden

emblazon

emotion

emotions

emulsion

endanger

encryption

endangered

emitting

endemic

endowment

endowments

enlighten

englishman

enliven

evasion

entombment

equation

entangle

entangled

erection

eruption

etruscan

eviction

everyone

exaction

excision

exception

exclusion

jettison

excursion

excretion

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

explosion

expression

extension

exemption

fabian

extortion

extrusion

extraction

fenian

ferryman

feminine

fandango

fijian

filtration

fisherman

forbidden

fixation

flotation

foramen

forgotten

foundation

formation

franciscan

freemason

fruition

freudian

forewoman

frustration

flirtation

fustian

galleon

garrison

expulsion

ghanaian

genuine

gentleman

gestation

gillian

gordian

gradation

guardian

grobian

guncotton

hawaiian

handwoven

hammerman

halogen

halcyon

gyration

harlequin

gravamen

heroin

heroine

immersion

horizon

horatian

imagine

extinction

housebroken

illusion

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

impassion

imprison

heartbroken

intrusion

implosion

impression

in-person

inaction

incision

inception

inclusion

incursion

indenture

indentured

indentures

inversion

induction

infection

inflation

infusion

ingestion

infarction

inflection

inhuman

infliction

infraction

invasion

injection

injunction

inscription

inspection

instruction

insertion

intended

intensely

intensive

intention

intentioned

intentions

intently

intestine

intimate

intimates

invention

italian

irishman

irian

jamaican

policeman

jacobin

janthina

javelin

jovian

julian

mountaineer

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

landmasses

landowner

lanolin

laurentian

lanthanum

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

landowners

maintenance

gaussian

libyan

logician

libration

location

londoners

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

ligation

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

marian

margarine

median

masculine

medallion

medicine

melanin

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

minuteman

misshapen

mistaken

misfortune

misprision

monotone

moroccan

migration

mountaineers

munition

musician

myosin

munitions

muskmelon

mutation

narration

nemean

negation

nebraskan

overrun

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

occasion

nutrition

nubian

occlusion

nonunion

objection

norwegian

notation

obsession

obstruction

odeon

omission

opinion

oppression

optician

oration

optation

plebeian

octillion

orion

origin

ottoman

overdone

overman

outspoken

ovation

pantheon

pandemic

pantomime

parisian

partition

patrician

parthian

partisan

pavilion

pelican

oxygen

penitent

pentathlon

perception

permission

perfection

percussion

permian

perfusion

perversion

persuasion

peterman

petition

phrygian

phoenician

physician

plantation

pollution

porcelain

position

possession

preclusion

precession

precision

precaution

predation

pretension

predestine

prediction

preemption

prescription

prevention

presumption

procession

privation

probation

production

profession

progression

promotion

projection

recession

rebellion

proportion

provision

propulsion

proscription

protean

prostration

puritan

ramadan

randomize

randomly

quotation

reaction

profusion

reception

recision

reflection

protection

reduction

redemption

regimen

regression

rejection

religion

remission

remittance

relation

rendition

reopen

reptilian

repression

rescission

resection

reunion

resumption

retention

restriction

reversion

revulsion

retraction

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

samoan

saleswoman

saccharin

salvation

scythian

secession

scorpion

seclusion

sedation

sentiments

secretion

sedition

sensation

sentences

sentinel

seduction

sentiment

sentinels

selection

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

solution

solomon

snapdragon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

subscription

suburban

superman

subversion

summation

succession

summations

suggestion

sumatran

subtraction

suppression

suspension

suspicion

syrian

tactician

talisman

tamarin

technician

tantamount

taxation

tendency

temptation

tendencies

thespian

timberman

toboggan

transition

translation

transmission

transcription

transfusion

transgression

tradition

tuition

transaction

truncation

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

undaunted

undoing

undying

uneven

unwritten

unison

unbroken

unthinking

untangle

untimely

unwitting

uterine

vatican

venison

venetian

veteran

vermilion

vibration

volition

vocation

vomiting

wantonly

wesleyan

waterman

vitamin

vacation

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abolition

abnegation

aberration

abyssinian

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accusation

acquisition

activation

admiration

admonition

adrenaline

adoration

adaptation

adulation

agitation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

affirmation

agrarian

amphibian

alabaman

albanian

algerian

aldebaran

allegation

allocation

algonquian

alteration

american

alternation

altercation

ammunition

anathema

anatomy

anatomist

amputation

andantino

arizonan

animation

annotation

annexation

antinomy

antimatter

apparition

appalachian

appellation

application

approbation

armenian

arabian

armageddon

apprehension

arbitration

arthurian

aspiration

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

aviation

assemblyman

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

calculation

calibration

businesswoman

californian

canadian

canadians

cancellation

carcinogen

centenary

centennial

centimetre

centimetres

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumvention

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

coalition

cogitation

collodion

commendation

coloradan

collocation

coloration

columbian

comedian

comedians

combination

comedienne

committeeman

comparison

commutation

compensation

competition

compilation

complication

composition

comprehension

condemnation

condemnations

concentration

condescension

condensation

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

conjugation

congregation

confrontation

connotation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

containerized

contaminate

contaminates

consecration

conservation

contemplative

contemptible

contemplation

contemptuously

contingency

continual

continuance

contingencies

continental

continentals

consolation

dehydration

contrarian

contradiction

conversation

convocation

convolution

contraception

contravention

corinthian

copernican

coronation

corp.

copenhagen

corporation

cotyledon

countenances

correlation

criterion

crocodilian

dandelion

crucifixion

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

cultivation

decimation

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

dedication

culmination

defamation

definition

contribution

deformation

degradation

delegation

demonstration

demolition

deposition

depravation

deportation

depredation

dereliction

derivation

desolation

desperation

desecration

destination

destitution

desiccation

designation

deprivation

devonian

devolution

devastation

deviation

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

dispensation

diocesan

disillusion

disinfection

disaffection

disconnection

disinflation

dislocation

detonation

disposition

endangerment

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

draconian

divination

dominican

education

domination

duplication

electrician

elevation

elocution

elongation

emanation

emigration

embarkation

emotional

emulation

englishwoman

entanglement

entanglements

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

estonian

european

erudition

estimation

eustachian

evolution

evocation

demarcation

excavation

computation

excitation

exhibition

exhortation

exhalation

exhumation

exclamation

expiration

expedition

exploration

expectation

explanation

explication

exploitation

exposition

execution

fabrication

extradition

extrication

fallopian

federation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

fundamental

galilean

fundamentals

gargantuan

leviathan

generation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gondwanaland

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

himalayan

historian

hesitation

hibernation

hungarian

hyperion

fascination

hydrocarbon

hypertension

iberian

ideation

ianthina

ibuprofen

illustration

imitation

immolation

immigration

imperfection

implantation

imposition

implication

importation

impregnation

inattention

incantation

iranian

imputation

inclination

indexation

indecision

indemnify

indemnity

indentation

indemnities

indication

indonesian

incubation

indigestion

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

information

inhalation

indignation

inhibition

innovation

indiscretion

intonation

inquisition

inspiration

installation

instigation

institution

insulation

insurrection

intangible

intangibles

integration

intemperate

intensify

intensity

intensified

intensifies

intensities

intensively

intentional

interdiction

interaction

intercession

intermission

interception

interjection

interurban

interwoven

interruption

intimacy

intimation

intersection

intervention

intimations

intimately

intimidate

intimidates

intonations

inundation

intuition

inattentive

introduction

introspection

fermentation

iteration

invitation

invocation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

incarnation

jacobean

liberian

politician

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

gastrulation

kindergarten

lancastrian

laceration

liberation

levitation

legislation

librarian

liquidation

limitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

mammalian

manumission

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

masturbation

meridian

menstruation

minnesotan

ministration

malnutrition

miseration

misbegotten

misperception

misconception

missourian

monotony

mitigation

mongolian

modulation

moderation

molestation

monatomic

moravian

mortification

motivation

malformation

mountaineering

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

nomination

oblivion

obligation

obfuscation

obsidian

obstetrician

observation

occupation

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

opposition

orchestration

operation

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

pagurian

pagination

palpitation

paraguayan

pedestrian

pavlovian

pelagian

penetration

perforation

permutation

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

pigmentation

persecution

penicillin

planarian

oxidation

plutonian

polyhedron

incrustation

population

praetorian

preconception

precondition

preelection

preignition

predilection

premonition

preparation

preservation

presentation

predetermine

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

protozoan

proposition

prosecution

protestation

provocation

publication

punctuation

radiation

profanation

readmission

realization

reawaken

reassertion

recantation

prostitution

recitation

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Words that rhyme with the word linden

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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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