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

action

alan

airman

alban

alman

amman

anthem

anthems

apron

arson

aspen

ashen

asian

atman

auden

auction

beaten

bagman

bacon

baldwin

bantams

banding

bargain

baron

barren

bason

bastion

basin

bayman

beacon

beckon

begun

belgian

bellman

binding

billion

boatman

bellon

bending

billon

bindings

bolden

billman

bison

bitten

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bludgeon

bisson

bollen

bonding

bordman

bookman

bounding

bowman

breton

brakeman

bourbon

brazen

brethren

bracken

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

bullion

bunting

burton

burden

burdon

burman

bushman

burgeon

calvin

cabin

caisson

cajun

cowan

canaan

cousin

canteens

capstan

canteen

carbon

carman

carmine

caption

caxton

cauldron

caution

cayman

chosen

centime

centimes

certain

chairman

chanting

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

charon

chasten

cheapen

chicken

centner

chieftain

children

christen

christian

citron

churchman

claxon

coachman

classman

colon

common

comedown

condemn

condone

condones

condemned

contain

contains

contemn

contempt

condemns

condense

content

contends

contents

contend

pollan

copeman

corban

cordon

condensed

craftsman

craven

crewman

crimson

cretin

cuban

cumin

curtain

cushion

dagan

dagon

dampen

daunting

damson

darken

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

dentine

desman

dobson

drunken

dungeon

devon

dolman

dian

dolphin

diction

dustman

doctrine

dozen

draftsman

dragon

dromon

dutchman

dudgeon

eaten

earthen

driven

eden

elan

engine

ending

emption

endings

ensign

entwine

entomb

ermine

fainting

faction

fibrin

fallen

falcon

famine

faulcon

fasten

faustian

fashion

felon

fiction

flashgun

findings

fireman

fielden

finding

firman

flexion

fission

floren

footman

foreman

foreign

fortune

founding

fraction

freedman

freeman

freshman

freshen

friction

frozen

function

garden

gascon

gallon

gammon

garron

fusion

gentian

georgian

gilden

german

gibbon

given

gladden

funding

glidden

grandson

golden

gorgon

goodman

gowan

graven

grecian

gudgeon

gumption

guardsman

griffon

hackman

haitian

hangman

harden

harken

happen

headman

hasten

haven

headsman

heathen

heaven

hogan

glisten

henchman

hempen

hetman

heron

hidden

hessian

homespun

handmade

hounding

hymen

horseman

hoven

human

hunting

huntsman

hyson

hyphen

ibsen

intense

intend

intends

jackman

jargon

intents

jasmine

intent

intone

intones

ion

jordan

jetton

jetson

jason

jorden

junction

mayan

shipman

klansman

kenyan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kalan

kitten

kirkman

kitchen

lagan

landing

lampron

kremlin

laden

landman

knitting

landings

landsman

landmark

landmarks

liman

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lending

legion

lendings

lengthen

lichen

lesion

lesson

leven

lightman

lessen

liken

lindane

linden

linen

liven

locken

lion

lisbon

listen

lockman

longan

luncheon

logan

lopeman

loosen

loren

lumen

lotion

lynden

lyden

m1

marlin

madden

mahone

maintain

maiden

maintains

marron

mangan

mansion

margin

marchman

markman

marksman

martian

mason

matron

indent

melton

mention

mentions

mignon

milken

melon

million

minion

minding

pathan

mitten

mission

moisten

morgan

mormon

muffin

motion

mullen

muslin

mundane

nation

nekton

newsman

nineteen

ninon

nineteenth

patron

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

option

odin

omen

often

ointment

olden

open

othman

organ

orphan

oven

parson

pardon

oxen

packman

owen

paean

pagan

panting

painting

paintings

passman

passion

pectin

pavon

pendant

pending

penman

pension

penguin

pentane

peon

perron

person

persian

phantoms

pinion

pillion

pigeon

piston

pitman

pollen

pointing

poison

zircon

pontoon

pontoons

portion

portman

postman

pounding

potion

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

pullen

region

quintin

random

ration

question

quicken

raven

reason

rayon

reckon

redden

silken

rerun

resin

ribbon

riden

ridden

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rincon

risen

riven

rounding

sadden

saffron

rowan

rumen

rowen

russian

salmon

ruin

salesman

samson

saxon

scallion

sanction

satan

sandman

scion

scullion

scotsman

seaman

season

section

selden

seedsman

sentence

sequin

sharpen

seton

shogun

sexton

shearman

sermon

seven

shaken

shaman

session

shotgun

showman

shrunken

shunting

sicken

squadron

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

smitten

smoothen

smoothing

smoothens

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

sometime

sounding

sometimes

something

somethings

soundings

sovereign

sovran

spoken

spokesman

spearman

sportsman

squinting

stallion

stallman

stockman

stepson

stillion

stolen

semen

steven

stiffen

statesman

station

straighten

strengthen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

suction

sunken

sullen

summon

sundown

surgeon

tandem

sudden

swollen

sylvan

syphon

talon

taken

tarpon

tappen

taunting

sweeten

tendon

teston

threaten

tension

tendons

thicken

tillman

token

toman

toughen

torsion

traction

tubman

trodden

trojan

treason

trillion

tuscan

undine

turban

urban

urson

urchin

urine

zion

vegan

version

villain

vision

vintner

vintners

wanting

vulcan

wagon

waken

warden

warren

watchman

weaken

weapon

wheaten

widen

winding

wiccan

windmill

windmills

wizen

woman

woodman

woolman

women

wooden

woolen

written

workman

worsen

woven

yaupon

yachtsman

whitson

yeoman

zaman

3 syllable words

abandon

abdomen

ablation

abduction

ablution

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accession

accretion

addition

addiction

admission

adoption

adrian

adhesion

adsorption

aegean

african

affection

aggression

affliction

alaskan

acumen

albion

aleutian

allusion

alien

alderman

ambition

alsatian

ambrosian

andean

antenna

anglican

anchorman

antennas

andante

appian

anyone

anything

apportion

arian

arkansan

albumin

artesian

aryan

artisan

ascension

assassin

assertion

aspersion

austrian

assumption

attention

audition

attrition

attraction

asuncion

australian

awaken

badminton

aversion

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandanas

bandana

bandwagon

battalion

bedizen

beholden

beethoven

bedouin

bedridden

biotin

bentonite

benjamin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

campion

cambrian

cantonal

carnation

cartesian

carrion

cardigan

castration

cation

catalan

caucasian

causation

chilean

chairwoman

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

concoction

cinnamon

concussion

capsaicin

citation

cistercian

citizen

civilian

clarion

cognition

clergyman

clarendon

cohesion

collegian

coercion

collagen

collision

collusion

collection

compassion

combustion

commitment

concession

commission

communion

commotion

companion

commuting

completion

compression

compulsion

complexion

compunction

conception

conclusion

commitments

confusion

condensate

condensates

condiment

condition

condiments

conduction

confession

confection

conflation

confucian

congressman

conjunction

connection

connexion

conscription

constriction

construction

contagion

container

containment

containers

consumption

continent

contemplate

contemplates

contender

contention

contenders

contented

contentions

contentment

continents

contingent

contortion

contraction

congestion

contingents

continue

continued

continues

countenance

contraption

contusion

contrition

convention

conversion

convection

conviction

convulsion

corruption

corsican

corrosion

correction

councilman

condenser

countryman

creation

croatian

determine

crestfallen

cremation

crustacean

cyprian

damnation

dalmatian

decision

declension

deception

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

discretion

denizen

dentition

detention

depiction

depletion

depression

destruction

downtrodden

desertion

description

derision

detection

diffraction

diffusion

dilation

devotion

dictation

digression

dilution

digestion

dimension

direction

discipline

discussion

dispersion

dissection

dissension

disruption

disunion

diversion

distraction

division

distinction

dorian

dominion

donation

donations

distortion

duration

edition

elation

eleven

elison

embolden

egyptian

ejection

election

emblazon

emission

emitting

emotion

emotions

emulsion

endowment

encryption

endowments

endemic

englishman

endanger

endangered

endangers

enlighten

enliven

entombment

entangle

entangled

equation

eruption

erosion

erection

etruscan

evasion

exaction

eviction

everyone

excision

exception

exclusion

exertion

excursion

excretion

exemption

exhaustion

extraction

expansion

extension

expulsion

extinction

explosion

expression

extortion

fabian

extrusion

fandango

feminine

fenian

ferryman

fijian

filtration

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

flotation

foundation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

formation

franciscan

freemason

freudian

fruition

frustration

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

ghanaian

gentleman

gillian

genuine

gestation

gordian

gravamen

gradation

grobian

guardian

guncotton

halcyon

gyration

halogen

hammerman

harlequin

hawaiian

handwoven

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

incursion

impassion

impression

imprison

in-person

inaction

inception

inclusion

incision

implosion

jovian

intentioned

indian

indians

indentures

indium

induction

infarction

infection

inflation

inflection

infusion

ingestion

instruction

infraction

injection

insertion

infliction

inscription

inspection

injunction

intended

inhuman

intensely

jacobin

indentured

intensive

intention

intently

intimates

intestine

intimate

intrusion

invasion

invention

irian

inversion

irishman

italian

jamaican

janthina

intentions

javelin

jettison

julian

indenture

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

lanolin

lanthanum

landmasses

landowners

landowner

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

libration

ligation

location

logician

londoner

londoners

lumberman

lutheran

malayan

maintenance

magdalen

magician

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

median

medicine

relation

menhaden

migration

mexican

midshipman

mistaken

misfortune

minuteman

misshapen

misprision

monotone

mountaineer

mountaineers

munition

munitions

musician

mutation

moroccan

muskmelon

myosin

narration

nobleman

niacin

negation

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

nitrogen

nonhuman

nubian

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nutrition

objection

occasion

obsession

obstruction

occlusion

odeon

omission

opinion

oppression

optation

optician

orion

oration

origin

ottoman

overdone

outspoken

ovation

overman

oxygen

pantheon

overrun

pandemic

pantomime

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

patrician

octillion

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

percussion

perception

perfection

perfusion

permian

permission

persuasion

perversion

peterman

phoenician

petition

physician

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

policeman

remission

pollution

porcelain

position

possession

medallion

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

predestine

prediction

preemption

prescription

pretension

prevention

presumption

protean

privation

probation

procession

profession

profusion

progression

promotion

projection

prostration

proportion

propulsion

proscription

production

provision

protection

puritan

regression

regimen

ramadan

quotation

randomize

randomly

reaction

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

reduction

melanin

redemption

reflection

penitent

remittance

religion

rendition

reopen

reptilian

repression

rescission

resection

retention

resumption

restriction

reunion

retraction

rhodopsin

reversion

revulsion

revision

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

scorpion

sedation

scythian

secretion

secession

seclusion

sedition

seduction

selection

sentinel

sentences

sentiment

sentinels

sentiments

sensation

predation

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

suburban

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

subscription

subtraction

rejection

subversion

succession

sumatran

superman

summation

summations

suppression

suggestion

suspension

tamarin

tantamount

syrian

tactician

talisman

suspicion

taxation

technician

untimely

temptation

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transition

transcription

transfusion

transgression

translation

transmission

truncation

tuition

uncertain

unburden

unbutton

uncommon

unbroken

tendency

undaunted

undoing

undying

uneven

unison

untangle

unthinking

tendencies

unwritten

uterine

vatican

vacation

venetian

venison

vermilion

veteran

vibration

vitamin

vocation

wantonly

waterman

wesleyan

vomiting

zambian

volition

unwitting

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

absolution

activation

abyssinian

acquisition

accordion

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

adaptation

adrenaline

adoration

admiration

adulation

admonition

advocation

agitation

affectation

agrarian

alabaman

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

albanian

alteration

algonquian

algerian

allegation

altercation

alternation

allocation

american

amphibian

amputation

ammunition

anathema

aldebaran

anatomy

anatomist

andantino

animation

annexation

annotation

arizonan

apparition

appalachian

appellation

application

apprehension

antimatter

arabian

arbitration

approbation

antinomy

armageddon

armenian

assemblyman

aspiration

athenian

augmentation

attribution

assyrian

bavarian

backwardation

avocation

aviation

barbarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

arthurian

canadians

cancellation

concentration

carcinogen

centenary

centennial

celebration

centimetre

centurion

chameleon

centimetres

circumvention

coalition

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

cogitation

collodion

coloradan

coloration

collocation

columbian

comedians

combination

competition

compensation

comedian

committeeman

commendation

commutation

composition

comprehension

complication

comparison

computation

compilation

comedienne

condemnation

condemnations

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

contemptuously

conjugation

congregation

connotation

conservation

constellation

consolation

consecration

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

contaminate

contaminates

consummation

containerized

contemplation

contemplative

contemptible

continental

contingency

continentals

continual

contingencies

continuance

contraception

contradiction

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

corinthian

copernican

cotyledon

corp.

corporation

correlation

coronation

copenhagen

contrarian

countenances

contravention

canadian

criterion

crocodilian

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

dandelion

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

decimation

declaration

decompression

decoration

dedication

defamation

deformation

degradation

dehydration

delegation

dilatation

demarcation

deportation

deposition

depravation

derivation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

designation

desiccation

desolation

desecration

destination

destitution

desperation

devonian

dietitian

deconstruction

definition

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

diminution

demolition

dislocation

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

dissertation

disputation

dissipation

dissolution

disposition

distillation

distribution

divination

draconian

dominican

domination

duplication

elongation

education

demonstration

disillusion

elevation

electrician

elocution

detonation

emanation

devastation

deviation

emigration

devolution

embarkation

emulation

emotional

endangerment

englishwoman

entanglement

entanglements

equestrian

equitation

estonian

european

eritrean

erudition

estimation

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhibition

expedition

expectation

exhumation

expiration

extrication

exposition

exploitation

exploration

exhortation

explication

fabrication

fallopian

federation

fascination

extradition

fermentation

fibrillation

explanation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

foliation

fluoridation

formulation

fragmentation

fundamental

fumigation

exhalation

fundamentals

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gondwanaland

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hibernation

himalayan

herculean

historian

hesitation

hemoglobin

hungarian

hypertension

iberian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

ideation

ibuprofen

illustration

ianthina

imitation

immigration

implantation

immolation

inattention

importation

imposition

inattentive

implication

imperfection

imputation

incantation

incrustation

incarnation

impregnation

inclination

indecision

incubation

indemnity

indentation

indication

indexation

indigestion

indignation

indiscretion

indonesian

infestation

infiltration

inflammation

inhalation

information

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

installation

inspiration

instigation

institution

integration

insulation

insurrection

intangible

intangibles

intemperate

intensify

intensified

intensifies

intensities

intensity

interaction

intercession

interception

intermission

intentional

intensively

interdiction

interruption

interurban

interwoven

intimacy

intersection

intervention

intimately

intimation

interjection

intimations

intuition

intonation

intonations

introduction

introspection

inundation

intimidates

iranian

invitation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

invocation

iteration

jacobean

intimidate

jordanian

jubilation

kindergarten

lancastrian

laceration

legislation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

levitation

liberation

lilliputian

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

macedonian

maccabean

malnutrition

machination

manumission

mammalian

malformation

masturbation

jurisdiction

maturation

medication

meditation

mediation

indemnify

meridian

menstruation

ministration

minnesotan

miseration

monotony

misconception

missourian

mitigation

misperception

moderation

modulation

molestation

monatomic

misbegotten

mongolian

moravian

mountaineering

mortification

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

newtonian

nigerian

nestorian

navigation

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

oblivion

obsidian

obligation

observation

obstetrician

obfuscation

occupation

operation

olympian

opposition

ostentation

oscillation

ordination

orchestration

overburden

paraguayan

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

pagurian

nonprescription

octahedron

indemnities

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

peruvian

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

pigmentation

planarian

permutation

ohioan

plutonian

politician

polynesian

population

praetorian

polyhedron

melanesian

predetermine

predilection

preelection

presentation

preignition

preparation

premonition

preservation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

proclamation

protozoan

protestation

provocation

publication

punctuation

radiation

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watermelon

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abomination

accreditation

accumulation

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administration

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undeniable

undeniably

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vaporization

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vegetarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word mountain

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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

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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