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

accedes

acquits

action

acids

acton

agates

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

banyan

ashen

asian

assets

atman

auction

austin

aspen

aztecs

aztec

azides

backsides

backstage

auden

bacon

asides

bagman

baldwin

bargain

barton

baron

barren

baston

bastion

baton

batten

batton

baskets

bason

basin

bayman

beachheads

beckon

bellman

belgian

begun

bellon

begets

besides

bestows

bigots

billion

billman

billon

bisson

biscuits

blacken

bitten

bludgeon

bobbin

boatman

bolden

blowgun

boston

bollen

bison

bordman

boughten

bookman

bourbon

bouquets

bowman

boycotts

bracken

brethren

brakeman

broaden

broken

brazen

burden

brogan

buckets

burdon

bullion

burgeon

bushman

button

cajun

burton

cabin

caisson

burman

calvin

canaan

cannon

canyon

canon

canton

breton

brighten

carbon

carman

captain

caption

capstan

carmine

briton

cassettes

cascades

caskets

caxton

caution

caustic

cayman

cauldron

chairman

certain

charon

chaplain

chapman

chevron

children

beaten

chessman

chastised

cheapen

checkouts

chicken

christian

christen

churchman

chosen

citron

chasten

chastise

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

chicots

chieftain

colon

carton

common

beacon

copeman

corban

cordon

craftsman

cotton

cousin

costas

cowan

craven

cretin

crewman

crimson

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

dalton

dagon

cushion

daman

cycads

darken

cystic

deaden

deacon

deafen

dagan

deceits

dampen

decides

damson

decodes

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dutchman

diction

digits

diskettes

distaste

doctrine

dobson

dockets

dolman

dolphin

dogwoods

draftsman

dian

dozen

dragon

driven

dromon

drunken

dudgeon

dicots

dungeon

dugouts

dustman

earthen

eaten

eighties

elan

engine

emption

ensign

ermine

exceeds

excites

equates

exits

eden

gumption

bustos

faction

exudes

fallen

fatten

fashion

faulcon

famine

fasten

fibrin

faucets

faustian

felon

fiction

fielden

fission

fireman

firman

flashgun

flatten

floren

flexion

footman

foreign

foreman

fraction

fountain

freedman

freshman

function

friction

frighten

fusion

frozen

gallon

gammon

garden

garron

gascon

gaskets

gentian

georgian

gilden

fortune

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gotten

grandson

gorgon

goodman

gluten

golden

gowan

freeman

grecian

graven

guardsman

griffon

freshen

gudgeon

hackman

hangman

falcon

haitian

happen

harden

harken

hearten

headman

headsman

harten

heathen

haystacks

haystack

heaven

hectic

hasten

hausen

henchman

hempen

heighten

haven

heron

hidden

ibsen

hetman

hostage

horseman

homespun

houseman

hogan

hoven

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

human

hessian

hoten

facets

facades

decades

jargon

jackman

jackets

ion

jasmine

jason

jordan

jorden

jetson

jetton

kenyan

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

junction

justice

kalan

kitchen

klansman

kirkman

kitten

lampron

kremlin

lactic

lagan

lactose

laden

landman

landsman

leaden

leaven

ledden

layman

lawsuits

legion

legates

latin

lengthen

leman

lemon

lesion

lessen

lesson

leven

lightman

lichen

lighten

lightweight

lighthouse

liken

linden

linen

lineman

linemen

lion

liman

liquids

lockman

locken

lockets

lisbon

listen

liven

locates

lockouts

london

longan

logan

luncheon

lynden

m1

loren

lotion

lyden

lumen

mahone

madden

lopeman

maggots

maiden

loosen

mansion

mangan

margin

marchman

marlin

marten

martin

martian

marron

mason

matron

marksman

mayan

markman

melon

mention

maoists

melton

minion

million

mignon

milken

minden

misguides

misjudge

mission

mistake

mitten

moisten

morgan

mormon

molten

motion

mountain

muffin

moustache

mullen

muslin

mutton

mustache

mystique

mystics

nation

nekton

newsman

mystic

ninon

nightstick

nightsticks

nightclubs

nightclub

nightshade

nighthawk

nightshirts

nighthawks

nightshirt

norman

notion

nuggets

oarsman

ocean

onion

option

olden

omen

open

mistakes

organ

orphan

othman

outrun

outdone

oven

often

odin

oxen

oxides

packman

packets

paean

pagan

pardon

parson

panton

passion

pastas

passman

mistook

pathan

patron

patten

pavon

pectin

pectic

penguin

penman

owen

pension

perron

person

persian

peon

pigeon

pickets

pillion

pinion

plankton

plantain

piston

pitman

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

poison

ponton

portman

pockets

portion

posits

postage

postman

postscript

postscripts

potion

pressman

prison

prussian

pullen

proven

question

misquotes

ration

rackets

racquets

raven

rayon

reason

reacts

recedes

recites

reckon

redden

region

resin

resides

resets

rerun

sovereign

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

riven

ripen

rockets

risen

rotten

runnion

rosin

russets

rumen

rosettes

rowan

rowen

ruin

russian

robin

rosen

saffron

rustys

sadden

samson

rustic

sanction

santon

salesman

salmon

roman

scotsman

scullion

saxon

scallion

satin

satan

scion

seaman

section

season

sermon

seedsman

selden

seven

session

sequin

semen

sexton

seton

shaken

sharpen

shotgun

shearman

shipman

shorten

shrunken

shaman

shogun

showman

silken

sight-seer

siphon

siren

sicken

smarten

sockets

slacken

sodden

soften

sixties

smitten

slogan

soldan

solon

sovran

spartan

spearman

sportsman

squadron

spokesman

spoken

stallion

stallman

stillion

stepson

statesman

stiffen

station

steven

stockman

straighten

stolen

strengthen

stricken

sturgeon

suasion

suction

succeeds

sudden

sullen

sultan

striven

sunken

summon

sylvan

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

syphon

tactics

tarpon

tactic

taken

talon

tappen

tartan

tendon

tension

teston

thicken

tillman

tighten

titan

thousand

threaten

testes

thickets

tickets

token

torsion

townsman

toman

toughen

traction

treason

trillion

tubman

tuscan

triton

trodden

turban

trojan

tungsten

tsetse

tuesdays

undone

union

urchin

urine

urban

urson

vegan

version

vestige

villain

vision

visits

vistas

vulcan

quicken

warren

wagon

waken

washouts

watchman

wanton

yachtsman

warden

weaken

weapon

whiten

wiccan

whitson

wheaten

widen

wizen

wickets

women

woman

woodman

worsen

woolman

workman

wooden

woolen

written

yaupon

woven

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

abdomen

ablution

abstention

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abstraction

accession

accretion

acidic

acetic

addiction

acumen

addition

adhesion

affliction

aegean

affection

adrian

adsorption

adoption

african

aggression

alaskan

albumin

albion

aleutian

alien

alderman

allusion

alsatian

admission

ambition

ambrosian

anglican

anyone

appian

apportion

aquatic

aqueducts

aqueduct

arian

artisan

arkansan

aryan

artesian

ascension

ascetic

badminton

aspersion

assertion

assassin

assumption

attention

asuncion

attraction

attrition

australian

austrian

audition

aversion

awaken

avian

backwoodsman

backgammon

bandwagon

battalion

anchorman

andean

bedizen

cartesian

beholden

benjamin

beethoven

bosnian

biotin

bitumen

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

cambrian

campion

cardigan

capsaicin

carnation

carrion

castigates

bedridden

castaways

castigate

castration

catalan

cation

caucasian

cognition

causation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chamberlain

chairwoman

champion

charwoman

charlatan

chastises

civilian

chilean

cistercian

cinnamon

cicadas

citation

citizen

clarion

clergyman

clarendon

cockatoos

collision

collagen

collection

collegian

cohesion

coercion

collusion

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

complexion

extinction

abandon

bedouin

compulsion

determine

conception

concession

concussion

conclusion

concoction

confection

condition

confession

conduction

congestion

connection

connexion

congressman

confusion

conscription

conflation

conjunction

constriction

confucian

construction

contagion

consumption

contrition

contention

contortion

convection

contraction

convention

contraption

contusion

conviction

conversion

convulsion

correction

corrosion

corruption

corsican

countryman

councilman

creation

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

compassion

declension

damnation

cyprian

dalmatian

deception

decision

deduction

deflection

deflation

deletion

defection

delusion

dentition

depiction

depletion

denizen

depression

derision

description

desertion

detection

destruction

detention

compression

devotion

dimension

digestion

digression

dictation

dilation

dilution

diffusion

diffraction

digitize

dioxides

direction

discussion

discretion

discipline

dispersion

disruption

distinction

dissension

dissection

distasteful

distortion

disunion

distraction

diversion

division

dominion

dorian

donation

downtrodden

diastase

edition

egyptian

duration

egotist

ejection

election

eleven

elison

elation

encryption

englishman

emulsion

emission

emotion

emblazon

embolden

enlighten

enliven

erection

equities

equation

etruscan

eruption

erosion

eviction

everyone

evasion

excision

exception

excretion

excursion

exemption

exertion

exaction

exhaustion

exclusion

expansion

ecstasy

exotics

exotic

compunction

companion

extension

expression

expulsion

completion

infection

extortion

extraction

extrusion

explosion

guncotton

fenian

ferryman

feminine

fijian

fisherman

filtration

fisticuff

fisticuffs

fixation

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

foramen

forewoman

forgotten

formation

fustian

franciscan

foundation

freudian

frustration

fruition

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

genuine

gestation

gordian

gradation

gravamen

freemason

grobian

guardian

hostages

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

heartbroken

harlequin

hawaiian

hectograph

heroin

heroine

indian

hostesses

horizon

horatian

hydrogen

hydration

ignition

illusion

inception

immersion

imagine

impassion

implosion

incursion

in-person

inaction

impression

imprison

incision

housebroken

inclusion

fabian

induction

infarction

gyration

ingestion

inflection

infliction

infraction

inflation

inhuman

injection

infusion

intention

insertion

inspection

inscription

instruction

invention

inversion

intrusion

invasion

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

jamaican

intestine

javelin

jettison

jovian

jesuits

jujitsu

julian

kantian

justices

keynesian

keratin

korean

lactation

laurentian

lanolin

lecithin

laotian

lesbian

injunction

ligation

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

machetes

magician

magdalen

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

libration

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

medicine

median

melanin

menhaden

midshipman

mexican

migration

mestizo

misjudgment

misjudgments

misjudges

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaking

moroccan

mosquitoes

mosquitos

muskmelon

munition

musician

mutation

myosin

narration

negation

nebraskan

nevadan

nemean

niacin

mystical

niceties

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

norwegian

nonunion

notation

nubian

objection

obsession

octagon

nutrition

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

octillion

mistaken

overdone

odeon

optician

opinion

oppression

optation

omission

oration

origin

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

overman

overrun

orion

oxidized

oxidize

oxygen

partition

parthian

pagodas

partisan

parisian

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

permian

permission

percussion

perception

perfection

perfusion

persuasion

perversion

phoenician

pesetas

physician

petition

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

peterman

policeman

pollution

position

porcelain

possession

precaution

prediction

precision

predation

preemption

preclusion

predestine

prescription

pretension

prevention

presumption

privation

probation

procession

production

profession

projection

progression

promotion

profusion

prostration

proscription

proportion

propulsion

protean

protection

provision

puritan

precession

ramadan

quotation

quixotic

rebellion

reception

recession

reaction

recision

redemption

reflection

regimen

reduction

regattas

regression

rejection

reptilian

rendition

religion

remission

reopen

rescission

repression

retention

restriction

resection

resumption

residues

retraction

reversion

reunion

revision

revulsion

relation

rifleman

rhodopsin

righteously

sedition

scythian

rotation

saccharin

salvation

samoan

saleswoman

scorpion

secretion

seclusion

sedation

secession

selection

sensation

solomon

seduction

simian

silicon

singleton

snapdragon

skeleton

solution

stagnation

specimen

starvation

stygian

submersion

subscription

suggestion

submission

suburban

subversion

succession

subtraction

summation

sumatran

suicides

superman

suppression

suspension

suspicion

syrian

tactician

tacticians

tactical

talisman

tamarin

taxation

temptation

technician

testicles

testicle

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transmission

transcription

transition

transgression

transaction

translation

transfusion

unburden

tuition

truncation

unbroken

uncommon

uneven

uncertain

unison

unbutton

uterine

unwritten

vacation

vatican

venetian

veteran

vibration

vermilion

venison

vestiges

vitamin

volition

vocation

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

aberration

abolition

abrogation

abyssinian

absolution

acclamation

acquisition

activation

acclimation

accordion

accusation

adaptation

adulation

adoration

adrenaline

affectation

advocation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

alternation

agitation

algerian

admiration

agrarian

albanian

alabaman

allegation

aldebaran

algonquian

allocation

alteration

altercation

admonition

american

barbarian

amphibian

amputation

ammunition

competition

animation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

apparition

annexation

application

apprehension

approbation

arbitration

arabian

armageddon

arthurian

armenian

arizonan

asiatic

assyrian

athenian

assemblyman

aspiration

attribution

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

bavarian

compilation

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

calibration

canadian

californian

cogitation

businesswoman

calculation

cancellation

carcinogen

combination

centurion

celebration

chameleon

circumspection

circumvention

collocation

circumcision

circulation

coalition

collodion

extradition

columbian

coloration

coloradan

comedian

commendation

committeeman

composition

complication

exposition

comparison

expiration

explanation

praetorian

comprehension

condescension

concentration

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

consecration

confirmation

conflagration

constellation

confrontation

connotation

congregation

consultation

conjugation

consolation

conservation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consummation

contravention

contemplation

contrarian

contraception

contradiction

convocation

conversation

contribution

convolution

copenhagen

copernican

corinthian

coronation

correlation

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

cultivation

crucifixion

culmination

darwinian

cyclopean

dandelion

custodian

decompression

decimation

declaration

decoration

deconstruction

dedication

defamation

degradation

dehydration

deformation

computation

destination

delegation

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

deposition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

derivation

deportation

dereliction

designation

desecration

desiccation

desolation

desperation

definition

destitution

expedition

detonation

devastation

devonian

deviation

disposition

dilatation

dietitian

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

dispensation

disputation

dissipation

dissatisfied

dissatisfy

dissertation

distillation

dissolution

divination

distribution

domination

dominican

draconian

devolution

exhumation

duplication

education

egotism

exhortation

electrician

elevation

elocution

elongation

emanation

emigration

englishwoman

emulation

embarkation

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

estimation

estonian

european

erudition

eustachian

exhibition

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exhalation

exclamation

execution

expectation

explication

commutation

exploitation

exploration

compensation

extrication

fabrication

fascination

fallopian

fibrillation

federation

fermentation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

gravitation

galilean

gregorian

gorgonian

fumigation

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

graduation

fragmentation

granulation

greco-roman

guatemalan

hesitation

habitation

imposition

hegelian

herculean

hemoglobin

ibuprofen

himalayan

historian

hibernation

hungarian

hyperion

hypertension

hydrocarbon

iberian

ideation

illustration

immigration

imitation

immolation

implication

incarnation

imperfection

importation

implantation

impregnation

inattention

indentation

incantation

imputation

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indexation

indecision

indication

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

indonesian

infestation

infiltration

inflammation

information

inhibition

integration

inhalation

innovation

installation

inquisition

inspiration

insulation

instigation

institution

insurrection

interruption

interception

interdiction

interaction

intercession

interjection

intermission

interurban

intersection

intervention

interwoven

intonation

inundation

introspection

intuition

introduction

invitation

jacobean

intimation

invocation

isolation

irrigation

iranian

irritation

iteration

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

lancastrian

laceration

legislation

leviathan

levitation

librarian

sicilian

liberation

liberian

liquefaction

lilliputian

limitation

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

maccabean

lubrication

macedonian

machination

malnutrition

malformation

mammalian

manumission

masturbation

maturation

medication

meditation

mediation

melanesian

meridian

menstruation

ministration

minnesotan

miseration

misperception

misbegotten

misconception

missourian

mistakenly

modulation

mitigation

moderation

molestation

mongolian

mortification

moravian

motivation

mutilation

mustachioed

mustachio

nicaraguan

mysticism

navigation

napoleon

newtonian

nigerian

nestorian

noblewoman

nomination

obstetrician

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obsidian

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

observation

octahedron

occupation

octagonal

opposition

olympian

operation

orchestration

ordination

ohioan

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

oxidation

oxidizer

pagurian

pagination

palpitation

paraguayan

permutation

ovulation

pedestrian

pavlovian

penicillin

pelagian

penetration

perspiration

perforation

persecution

peruvian

perturbation

pigmentation

pistachios

planarian

pistachio

plutonian

politician

polyhedron

polynesian

population

predetermine

predilection

preelection

preignition

precondition

preconception

premonition

preservation

proclamation

preparation

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abomination

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theologian

triangulation

vegetarian

unification

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utilization

vaporization

veterinarian

verification

vilification

washingtonian

vulgarization

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word octogenarian

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