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

acton

action

alban

airman

alan

alman

amman

ashen

ardent

apron

asian

baston

arson

aspen

bastion

atman

auden

auction

austin

banyan

baldwin

bagman

bacon

baron

bargain

barren

barton

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

bellman

billion

begun

belgian

bellon

billman

billon

bisson

birdman

birthmark

birthing

birthmarks

bison

bitten

bludgeon

boatman

blowgun

bobbin

boarding

boardings

bolden

blacken

bourbon

bordman

bookman

brakeman

canton

bracken

boredom

boston

bollen

boughten

bowman

braiding

canyon

brazen

breton

briton

britons

broaden

broadens

brighten

brogan

broken

burdon

breeding

brethren

burden

bullion

burdened

burdens

button

brooding

burman

burton

bushman

cabin

caisson

cajun

burgeon

calvin

canaan

cannon

canon

bruting

breathing

capstan

captain

caption

carman

carmine

cardoon

carton

cauldron

cartons

cartoon

cartoons

charon

caution

caxton

chairman

cayman

certain

chaplain

chapman

chasten

chevron

chicken

cheapen

chessman

christen

christian

classman

chieftain

churchman

children

citron

chosen

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

carbon

common

cordon

copeman

corban

crimson

credence

craftsman

cousin

cotton

cowan

craven

cretin

curtain

crewman

deaden

crouton

croutons

cuban

cumin

curtains

cushion

dampen

damson

dagon

dalton

darken

deafen

daman

deacon

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

diction

dian

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

driven

dreadnought

draftsman

dozen

dragon

dromon

drunken

dungeon

engine

dudgeon

earthen

eden

dutchman

eaten

dustman

elan

emption

ensign

ermine

faction

fashion

falcon

famine

fasten

fatten

faulcon

faustian

fallen

farthing

felon

fiction

fielden

fireman

fibrin

firman

flashgun

flexion

fission

footman

flatten

floren

foreign

foreman

fortin

fortnights

glidden

fraction

fortunes

fountain

fourteen

fourteens

freedman

freedom

freeman

freedoms

goodman

friction

frighten

fourteenth

freshman

freshen

freetown

frozen

fruiting

german

garden

gallon

gammon

fusion

function

fortnight

gilden

gentian

gascon

garron

georgian

gardens

gibbon

given

girding

gladden

glisten

gluten

golden

fortune

gorgon

gotten

gowan

headman

grandson

graven

grecian

grading

grating

greeting

greetings

griffon

headsman

haitian

guardsman

gudgeon

gumption

grouting

hackman

harden

hangman

happen

hardened

haven

hasten

hardens

harken

harten

hausen

hempen

heaven

heathen

hearten

heighten

henchman

hetman

heron

hessian

hidden

homespun

horseman

houseman

hogan

hoten

hoarding

hoven

human

hurting

huntsman

hymen

ibsen

hyphen

hyson

zircon

dagan

jetson

ion

jackman

jasmine

jargon

jason

jetton

jordan

jorden

kansan

kalan

jordans

junction

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

kitten

laden

kitchen

klansman

lagan

lampron

landman

landsman

leaden

ledden

leaven

latin

layman

leman

legion

lemon

lengthen

lessen

lesson

leven

lesion

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

liman

linden

lisbon

listen

lineman

lion

linemen

linen

lockman

liven

locken

london

lotion

lopeman

longan

mahone

logan

loosen

loren

lynden

m1

madden

lyden

lumen

luncheon

maiden

mangan

mansion

marchman

margin

marron

marksman

markman

marlin

marten

martens

martian

million

martians

melton

melon

mason

mayan

matron

mignon

milken

mention

minden

minion

mitten

martin

mission

moisten

martins

molten

mordant

morgan

mormon

mountain

muffin

muslin

nekton

mullen

pressman

motion

mutton

nation

newsman

ninon

norman

oarsman

notion

ocean

odin

onion

olden

often

omen

open

organ

outdone

ordnance

option

othman

orphan

outrun

oven

ordain

owen

oxen

paean

packman

pagan

panton

pardon

pardons

parson

part-time

pathan

passion

passman

patten

pertain

parting

partners

partner

patron

pectin

penman

pension

peon

penguin

persian

perron

person

pavon

pertains

pillion

pinion

piston

pigeon

pitman

plankton

plantain

platten

poison

ponton

portend

portion

platen

portions

portman

postman

pollan

portends

potion

pollen

portent

portents

pretend

prison

prudhomme

prudence

prudent

protein

proven

proteins

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

ration

rayon

raven

reason

pretends

redden

reckon

region

shredding

shrunken

resin

rerun

ridden

ribbon

riden

rincon

risen

riven

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowan

rowen

ruin

runnion

scallion

sadden

salesman

samson

rumen

russian

saffron

santon

salmon

sanction

sardine

sardines

satan

satin

saxon

scion

scotsman

shotgun

scullion

seaman

season

section

seedsman

selden

semen

sermon

session

seton

sequin

seven

shorten

sexton

shipman

shaken

shaman

shirting

sharpen

shearman

shogun

shortens

shorthand

showman

sicken

shrouding

silken

smitten

siphon

siren

slacken

smarten

slogan

soldan

skirting

sodden

soften

solon

stillion

spearman

stallion

stepson

squadron

spartan

spoken

spokesman

statesman

sportsman

stallman

station

stiffen

strengthen

striven

steven

stricken

suasion

straighten

stockman

stolen

sovran

sturgeon

suction

sovereign

sudden

syphon

sultan

sunken

summon

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

tillman

swollen

sullen

tendon

teston

taken

tension

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

thicken

thirteen

threaten

thirteenth

thirteenths

thousand

threatens

tighten

weapon

titan

token

toman

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

trading

tradings

treadmill

treadmills

trillion

treason

trident

treatment

treatments

trodden

triton

trojan

turban

urban

urchin

tubman

tuscan

undone

union

urson

tungsten

urine

verdant

vegan

verdin

version

villain

vision

vulcan

wagon

waken

wanton

warden

watchman

wardens

warren

weaken

whitson

wiccan

widen

woman

whiten

wizen

women

woolman

wheaten

woodman

workman

wooden

worsen

woolen

wording

woven

zion

writing

written

zaman

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

writings

3 syllable words

abdomen

abduction

ablation

ablution

abrasion

abstraction

absorption

abstention

accession

abortion

addition

adrian

acumen

accretion

adhesion

addiction

admission

ambition

adoption

aegean

aerodyne

african

affliction

albumin

affection

albion

aggression

alaskan

alderman

aleutian

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambrosian

adsorption

anyone

appian

anglican

aryan

arian

apportion

ardently

arkansan

artesian

artisan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assertion

attrition

assumption

asuncion

attention

attraction

audition

australian

austrian

avian

aversion

awaken

backgammon

badminton

backwoodsman

bandwagon

baritone

baritones

bartender

bartenders

battalion

anchorman

bedridden

bedouin

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

boardinghouse

brazilian

bosnian

bouillon

breadwinner

breadwinners

bulletin

burdensome

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

cartesian

cardinal

carnation

cardinals

cation

caucasian

causation

castration

catalan

cartoonist

cartoonists

charlatan

champion

certainties

cessation

cetacean

chairwoman

certainly

certainty

chairperson

chamberlain

chardonnay

chardonnays

charwoman

cinnamon

cistercian

civilian

citation

citizen

clarendon

collegian

cohesion

coercion

collagen

collection

collision

cognition

collusion

combustion

commission

commotion

completion

communion

companion

compassion

concession

compression

complexion

compulsion

conception

compunction

conclusion

concussion

concoction

condition

conduction

confession

confection

confucian

confusion

congestion

congressman

conflation

conscription

connection

conjunction

constriction

construction

consumption

contagion

contention

contortion

contraction

contraption

contrition

conviction

conversion

contusion

convention

convection

convulsion

connexion

correction

corrosion

corruption

credentials

cortina

corsican

cortinas

councilman

countryman

court-martial

creation

crestfallen

credential

credenza

croatians

cyprian

creations

credentialed

cremation

crustacean

depletion

croatian

abandon

dalmatian

dentition

damnation

decision

deception

deflection

declension

deduction

deflation

denizen

defection

deletion

delusion

depiction

derision

desertion

eviction

description

destruction

detection

detention

dictation

devotion

diffraction

diffusion

digestion

digression

determine

dilation

direction

evasion

dilution

disunion

discipline

everyone

dimension

discretion

discussion

dispersion

dissection

dissension

distinction

disruption

distortion

distraction

diversion

division

downtrodden

dominion

dorian

donation

depression

edition

egyptian

earthenware

ejection

duration

elation

encryption

eleven

durations

election

elison

emblazon

emission

embolden

emotion

emulsion

englishman

enliven

enlighten

equation

erection

erosion

eruption

etruscan

excretion

excision

exaction

exception

exclusion

excursion

exemption

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

explosion

extinction

fabian

expulsion

extension

extortion

extrusion

extraction

farthingale

fenian

feminine

ferryman

fijian

filtration

firedamp

fisherman

forbidden

fixation

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forgotten

forewoman

formation

freudian

foundation

gordian

franciscan

freemason

ghanaian

freethinkers

freethinker

fruition

galleon

genuine

fustian

gardener

gardeners

frustration

gardenias

gardening

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

gestation

fortnightly

fortuna

fortunate

gradation

gradient

gradients

gravamen

halcyon

guardian

guardians

grobian

hawaiian

gyration

guncotton

gyrations

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hardener

hardeners

hardening

heartbroken

halogen

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

expression

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

imprison

impression

in-person

inaction

incision

inception

inclusion

incursion

induction

inflation

infusion

infliction

infection

ingestion

infarction

inflection

infraction

inhuman

inscription

injection

injunction

insertion

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

intrusion

invasion

inversion

irishman

irian

irritant

irritants

italian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

invention

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keynesian

keratin

korean

lactation

lanolin

laurentian

lecithin

laotian

lesbian

libration

ligation

location

magician

lumberman

logician

magdalen

malayan

malaysian

lutheran

mandarin

marathon

marathons

margarine

maritime

maritimes

medallion

medicine

melanin

midshipman

mexican

menhaden

migration

masculine

misprision

moroccan

misshapen

mistaken

misfortune

nemean

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

narration

negation

nebraskan

myosin

nevadan

nitrogen

niacin

nobleman

nonunion

nonhuman

norwegian

nubian

nutrition

notation

objection

octillion

occasion

obstruction

obsession

occlusion

odeon

omission

opinion

oppression

optician

optation

oration

orations

overdone

origin

orion

ordinance

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

overman

overrun

oxygen

pavilion

parisian

parthian

pardoning

partisan

parthenon

partition

patrician

partnerships

partnership

perception

pelican

pentathlon

percussion

perfection

permission

perfusion

predestine

persuasion

phrygian

pertinent

phoenician

perversion

petition

peterman

physician

plebeian

policeman

plantation

porcelain

pollution

predation

position

precision

preclusion

possession

precession

precaution

portmanteau

prediction

prescription

preemption

presumption

proscription

pretension

prevention

production

privation

probation

procession

pretensions

profession

profusion

progression

promotion

proportion

propulsion

projection

protean

prostration

ramadan

provision

protection

prudency

prudently

prudential

puritan

puritans

quotation

rebellion

rendition

reception

reaction

recession

recision

redemption

reduction

regimen

remission

reflection

regression

religion

rejection

relation

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

reunion

restriction

retention

resumption

samoan

reversion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

retraction

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

sardonic

scorpion

scythian

secession

scrutiny

seclusion

secretion

sedition

sedation

seduction

selection

sensation

short-winded

scrutinize

pretenders

shortening

toboggan

pretended

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

subscription

submersion

submission

subversion

subtraction

suburban

succession

summation

suppression

sumatran

suspension

suspicion

tactician

talisman

thespian

technician

temptation

tamarin

taxation

threatening

suggestion

tradition

silicon

superman

timberman

transaction

wesleyan

transcription

transition

transmission

translation

tritium

tuition

uneven

truncation

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unbutton

unison

unwritten

urethane

uterine

vatican

vacation

venetian

venison

transgression

vibration

volition

vitamin

vocation

veteran

waterman

transfusion

zambian

pretender

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abyssinian

abolition

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

activation

acquisition

accusation

adaptation

admiration

admonition

adulation

american

adoration

affectation

advocation

affirmation

agrarian

aggravation

aggregation

albanian

agitation

alabaman

aldebaran

algerian

allegation

allocation

algonquian

alteration

altercation

alternation

adrenaline

ammunition

amphibian

amputation

annexation

arizonan

animation

apparition

annotation

appalachian

appellation

arthurian

application

arabian

arbitration

armenian

approbation

apprehension

arithmetic

armageddon

bavarian

aspiration

assyrian

athenian

assemblyman

attribution

augmentation

avocation

aviation

barbarian

backwardation

bolivian

comedian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

businesswoman

californian

calculation

canadian

cancellation

calibration

columbian

carcinogen

centurion

chameleon

celebration

coloradan

circumcision

circumvention

circulation

circumspection

cogitation

collodion

coalition

collocation

coloration

combination

committeeman

commendation

comparison

compilation

comprehension

complication

competition

commutation

compensation

composition

computation

concentration

connotation

condescension

condensation

confirmation

congregation

confiscation

condemnation

conflagration

confrontation

copernican

conjugation

consolation

consummation

constellation

constipation

consultation

consternation

constitution

contradiction

consecration

conservation

contraception

contrarian

contravention

contribution

contemplation

conversation

convocation

convolution

coordinate

coordinates

copenhagen

corp.

coronation

corporation

criterion

cotyledon

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

culmination

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

correlation

darwinian

depredation

decimation

declaration

degradation

dedication

decompression

defamation

decoration

definition

dehydration

deconstruction

delegation

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

deformation

depravation

deprivation

deposition

deportation

dereliction

derivation

desiccation

desolation

designation

desperation

desecration

destination

destitution

devastation

detonation

deviation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

dissipation

dilatation

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disinflation

dislocation

disinfection

dispensation

disputation

distillation

dissertation

dissolution

distribution

disposition

diminution

divination

draconian

dominican

domination

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

emanation

embarkation

elocution

emulation

elongation

emigration

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

european

erudition

estonian

estimation

eustachian

expedition

excitation

excavation

exclamation

evocation

evolution

execution

exhibition

exhalation

exhumation

exhortation

expectation

expiration

explication

explanation

exposition

exploitation

exploration

fabrication

extradition

extrication

federation

fallopian

fascination

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

fluoridation

foliation

fluctuation

formulation

fortunately

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gastrulation

generation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

gravitation

graduation

greco-roman

granulation

gregorian

habitation

guardianship

guatemalan

herculean

hegelian

hemoglobin

hesitation

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hyperion

iberian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

ideation

illustration

imitation

immolation

imperfection

implication

importation

ibuprofen

immigration

implantation

imposition

impregnation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indication

indexation

indignation

indigestion

misbegotten

indentation

infiltration

infestation

inflammation

information

inhalation

innovation

indiscretion

inquisition

instigation

inhibition

installation

inspiration

institution

misperception

insurrection

interdiction

intermission

interception

interjection

intercession

integration

interaction

interruption

intersection

intervention

interwoven

intimation

introduction

interurban

intonation

intuition

introspection

jacobean

invitation

invocation

inundation

iranian

irritation

irrigation

isolation

irrational

iteration

jordanian

jordanians

jubilation

jurisdiction

laceration

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

librarian

levitation

liberian

leviathan

liberation

lilliputian

limitation

macedonian

indonesian

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

liquefaction

maccabean

mammalian

malnutrition

malformation

manumission

machination

mediation

maturation

masturbation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

minnesotan

ministration

miseration

misconception

missourian

mitigation

moderation

modulation

molestation

mongolian

insulation

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

nigerian

newtonian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

nomination

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

octahedron

obstetrician

occupation

olympian

ohioan

operation

opposition

ordinary

ordinaries

ordination

ordinances

oscillation

ostentation

oxidation

overburden

orchestration

ovulation

mortification

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pagination

pelagian

pedestrian

penicillin

penetration

persecution

perforation

permutation

perspiration

predilection

planarian

polynesian

perturbation

plutonian

politician

pigmentation

polyhedron

population

praetorian

preconception

predetermine

precondition

predominance

predominant

predominate

preelection

predominates

preparation

preservation

premonition

presentation

preignition

sicilian

proclamation

procreation

profanation

propagation

prohibition

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protozoan

protestation

provocation

radiation

publication

punctuation

readmission

realization

reawaken

recantation

reassertion

recitation

recreation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

reelection

registration

refutation

reexamine

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termination

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valuation

vaccination

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variations

vegetation

veneration

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victorian

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violation

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

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abbreviation

academician

acceleration

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accommodation

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ethiopian

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theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word meridian

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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.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

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