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

abstain

abstract

action

acton

abstracts

abstruse

affect

affects

affixed

alban

airman

alan

alman

apron

arson

ashen

atman

auction

auden

aspen

austin

bacon

baldwin

asian

bagman

banyan

amman

bastion

bason

baston

basin

baton

batten

batton

begun

bayman

beckon

beacon

beaten

beefsteak

belgian

bellman

billion

billman

bellon

billon

bison

bisson

bludgeon

bitten

bobbin

blacken

boatman

blowgun

bobcat

bollen

bobcats

bolden

bookman

boston

bordman

boughten

bowman

brethren

bracken

brazen

brakeman

briton

breton

brighten

bourbon

broaden

brogan

broken

bullion

bushman

caisson

burgeon

cajun

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

calvin

canaan

cannon

canon

canton

canyon

capstan

caption

carman

carmine

carbon

carton

caution

caxton

cayman

certain

cauldron

chaplain

chapman

chairman

charon

chasten

chicken

chessman

chevron

cheapen

christen

christian

churchman

chosen

citron

chieftain

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

children

capstone

captain

common

barren

bargain

baron

barton

corban

cordon

cousin

damson

copeman

craftsman

cotton

cowan

craven

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

cushion

dalton

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

dampen

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

debased

delphian

deepen

depict

defect

demon

depicts

defects

defaced

desman

devon

dian

diction

diffused

divest

dobson

doctrine

dolman

divests

dolphin

dozen

draftsman

dragon

dovecote

dovecotes

driven

dudgeon

dutchman

dustman

earthen

dromon

drunken

eden

effect

dungeon

effects

elan

emption

ensign

engine

eavesdrop

ermine

evict

faction

fallen

falcon

famine

faustian

faulcon

fatten

felon

fibrin

fiction

fission

flashgun

fasten

fireman

flatten

firman

flexion

fashion

fielden

foreign

fraction

fortune

fountain

freedman

freeman

freshen

foreman

function

friction

freshman

fusion

frighten

frozen

grecian

garden

gascon

gallon

gammon

gentian

georgian

garron

glisten

gibbon

given

glidden

gilden

goodman

gladden

gluten

gorgon

gotten

golden

german

grandson

gowan

guardsman

gumption

gudgeon

griffon

hackman

haitian

harden

harken

happen

hausen

hangman

hasten

hessian

footman

floren

harten

hearten

headsman

heaven

heathen

graven

henchman

hetman

heighten

heron

hidden

dipstick

hopscotch

haven

headman

horseman

hempen

homespun

huntsman

houseman

hoven

human

hyson

hymen

hyphen

ibsen

hogan

hoten

junction

ion

jargon

jackman

jasmine

jason

jetson

jordan

jorden

jetton

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

klansman

kitten

kremlin

lampron

laden

lagan

kirkman

kitchen

hipsters

landman

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

layman

legion

lessen

lesson

lengthen

lesion

lemon

leman

leven

landsman

kalan

kansan

lichen

lighten

lisbon

linen

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

listen

liken

liman

lockman

london

longan

locken

loosen

eaten

lobster

lopeman

loren

luncheon

lion

lynden

m1

lyden

madden

lotion

margin

mahone

mangan

liven

mansion

marchman

logan

markman

martian

marksman

marlin

marten

marron

martin

matron

mason

mayan

lumen

melon

lobsters

mention

hipster

melton

mignon

milken

million

maiden

minden

mission

minion

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

motion

muffin

mountain

mullen

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

oarsman

obstruct

norman

obstructs

ocean

offsets

odin

offset

offshoot

onion

often

open

olden

offshoots

omen

option

organ

notion

othman

orphan

oven

pigeon

outdone

outrun

oxen

packman

parson

pardon

panton

passion

passman

pathan

pavon

pension

penguin

penman

pectin

perron

persian

person

owen

paean

pagan

piston

plankton

pinion

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

portion

ponton

pollan

pollen

portman

patten

patron

potion

pillion

prison

pressman

peon

postman

prussian

question

quicken

risen

pullen

ration

raven

rayon

reckon

reason

redden

region

rerun

resin

ribbon

rosin

ripen

riven

russian

robin

ripostes

riposte

robust

rosen

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

runnion

scotsman

sadden

saxon

saffron

sanction

samson

santon

salmon

satin

satan

salesman

scallion

scion

scapegoats

scapegoat

scullion

smarten

rincon

seaman

season

section

seedsman

selden

session

sequin

semen

sermon

seton

seven

sharpen

shipman

shearman

shaman

shogun

shorten

shotgun

shrunken

sicken

silken

shaken

showman

siphon

siren

sexton

slacken

slogan

ridden

sovereign

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

sovran

spartan

riden

spearman

proven

spastic

space-time

roman

zion

quipster

spectral

spectrums

spokesman

squadron

sportsman

stallion

spigots

spoken

station

stallman

statesman

stepson

stiffen

steven

stockman

stillion

stolen

straighten

stricken

striven

strengthen

sturgeon

suasion

substance

subside

subsides

substrate

substrates

suction

sudden

spigot

sullen

sultan

sunken

summon

sylvan

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

sweepstakes

tarpon

tartan

talon

taken

tension

tappen

sweepstake

tendon

syphon

thicken

thousand

teston

tillman

threaten

tighten

titan

tipster

token

torsion

traction

townsman

toughen

trillion

treason

triton

trodden

trojan

tubman

typists

tungsten

tuscan

typist

turban

undone

union

upset

upsets

upshot

upside

spectrum

upstream

toman

urson

urine

upstarts

vegan

villain

version

vision

watchman

vulcan

wizen

wanton

warden

wagon

warren

waken

women

yachtsman

urchin

whitson

wiccan

written

weapon

widen

weaken

webster

woman

websters

wheaten

woodman

woolman

wooden

woolen

worsen

workman

woven

yaupon

whiten

yeoman

zaman

upstart

urban

zircon

spectre

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abandon

abdomen

abstentions

abrasion

abstinence

abstinent

abstracted

abortion

absorption

accession

accretion

abstention

addiction

abstraction

acumen

adhesion

abstractions

admission

affection

affliction

affections

adsorption

aegean

adrian

affected

affective

affecting

african

aggression

alaskan

albion

albumin

aleutian

allusion

alderman

alien

ambition

alsatian

compassion

adoption

ascension

ambrosian

appian

andean

anglican

anyone

apostle

apostles

apostate

apportion

arian

anchorman

arkansan

artisan

artesian

badminton

aryan

assumption

asuncion

assertion

aspersion

assassin

attrition

attention

attraction

austrian

australian

aversion

avian

awaken

baby-sit

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandwagon

battalion

beethoven

bedridden

bedouin

bedizen

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

brazilian

bulletin

bouillon

cambrian

campion

cardigan

carnation

capsaicin

castration

cartesian

catalan

carrion

caucasian

causation

charlatan

cation

cessation

cetacean

champion

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

charwoman

clarion

citizen

citation

cistercian

cinnamon

civilian

clarendon

clergyman

collision

coercion

collagen

collection

collegian

cohesion

chilean

collusion

combustion

commotion

communion

companion

completion

complexion

compulsion

compunction

compression

concession

condition

concussion

conduction

conception

confession

congestion

conflation

congressman

confucian

connection

conjunction

connexion

conclusion

consumption

confection

concoction

constriction

construction

conscription

contention

contagion

confusion

contrition

convection

contortion

contraction

contraption

contusion

convention

conviction

convulsion

correction

corruption

councilman

corsican

countryman

corrosion

crestfallen

creation

croatian

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

cyprian

cremation

conversion

deposit

decision

declension

deception

deduction

defection

defections

deflection

deflation

deficit

deficits

deletion

delusion

dentition

defective

depletion

depictions

deposits

depiction

depression

description

derision

desertion

denizen

destruction

detection

detention

devotion

dictation

determine

devastate

diffraction

digression

depicted

digestion

dilation

dilution

diffusion

dimension

direction

discipline

discussion

discretion

dissection

disruption

dispersion

dissension

distinction

distortion

diversion

distraction

disunion

dominion

division

divestment

divestments

donation

dorian

downtrodden

duration

effector

elison

effective

egyptian

ejection

elation

election

eavesdropping

eleven

encryption

emblazon

emission

emulsion

emotion

englishman

enlighten

enliven

embolden

effectors

episode

epistle

equation

eruption

erection

erosion

etruscan

episodes

eviction

evictions

everyone

evasion

exaction

excision

excretion

exertion

exception

excursion

exclusion

exemption

exhaustion

profession

expression

expansion

explosion

expulsion

extension

extinction

extortion

extraction

fabian

extrusion

ferryman

fenian

feminine

fixation

fisherman

filtration

fijian

flirtation

forbidden

flotation

forewoman

franciscan

foundation

freemason

formation

fruition

frustration

fustian

freudian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

gordian

ghanaian

gillian

forgotten

foramen

gravamen

gradation

guardian

gyration

grobian

guncotton

halcyon

halogen

harlequin

heartbroken

handwoven

hammerman

horizon

heroin

heroine

hawaiian

heavyset

heavyweight

heavyweights

horatian

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

impassion

implosion

illusion

imagine

immersion

impression

imprison

in-person

inaction

indian

incision

inclusion

incursion

induction

infection

infarction

inception

infliction

inflection

infraction

inflation

ingestion

infusion

inhuman

injection

injunction

inspection

inscription

insertion

instruction

ligation

invasion

intention

irishman

intestine

invention

irian

inversion

intrusion

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

housebroken

italian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

korean

lanolin

laurentian

lecithin

laotian

lesbian

libration

libyan

mandarin

margarine

logician

location

lobbyists

lopsided

lumberman

lutheran

magician

magdalen

malaysian

medallion

lobbyist

medicine

marian

malayan

masculine

median

migration

midshipman

menhaden

mexican

melanin

misprision

misfortune

moroccan

munition

musician

myosin

narration

mutation

negation

nebraskan

navigates

navigate

nemean

nevadan

muskmelon

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

nutrition

obfuscate

notation

objection

obsession

obstacle

obstacles

obstinate

opposite

oboist

obstruction

obstructions

occasion

obstructive

occlusion

octillion

offsetting

odeon

opinion

omission

oppression

norwegian

opposites

optation

oration

origin

orion

nubian

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

phoenician

mistaken

oxygen

overdone

parthian

patrician

partisan

parisian

overman

overrun

pavilion

percussion

pelican

perception

pentathlon

permission

perfection

perfusion

permian

phrygian

perversion

persuasion

peterman

plebeian

plantation

policeman

pollution

porcelain

precision

precaution

precession

preclusion

predation

prediction

predestine

preemption

production

prescription

pretension

misshapen

procession

presumption

prevention

privation

probation

proportion

progression

projection

promotion

proscription

prostration

profusion

provision

zambian

protean

protection

puritan

ramadan

reaction

recession

recision

reception

rebellion

reduction

regression

rendition

reflection

redemption

regimen

rejection

relation

religion

remission

rifleman

rhodopsin

repression

rescission

resection

reptilian

resumption

quotation

restriction

retention

retraction

revision

revisits

revisit

reversion

reunion

revulsion

rhapsodize

rhapsody

reopen

solomon

rhapsodic

solution

rotation

saleswoman

saccharin

salvation

samoan

scorpion

scythian

secretion

sedition

seduction

selection

secession

sedation

seclusion

skeleton

sensation

silicon

simian

singleton

snapdragon

sophistry

specimen

robustly

spectacle

spaghetti

spectacles

spectrograph

spectator

spectators

suburban

subversion

starvation

stagnation

submission

subscription

submersion

subacute

stygian

subsidize

subsidies

subsidy

substances

substantial

subtraction

substantive

substitutes

substitute

succession

suggestion

suffocate

summation

superman

sumatran

suppression

suspicion

tactician

suspension

technician

talisman

syrian

tamarin

taxation

temptation

tapestries

tapestry

thespian

timberman

toboggan

transaction

transcription

transfusion

transgression

transmission

translation

truncation

upsetting

tuition

uneven

typesetting

uncertain

unbroken

uncommon

unburden

unwritten

unbutton

unison

upside-down

vitamin

vacation

uterine

vatican

venetian

venison

vibration

vermilion

veteran

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

aberration

accusation

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

abyssinian

accordion

activation

adaptation

admiration

adulation

advocation

affectation

affectionate

adrenaline

affectively

affirmation

aggravation

agitation

aggregation

alabaman

albanian

agrarian

allegation

allocation

algerian

aldebaran

algonquian

alteration

altercation

adoration

alternation

american

amputation

amphibian

animation

annotation

appalachian

annexation

apostolic

apostrophe

apostrophes

apparition

application

approbation

arbitration

apprehension

arizonan

arabian

armageddon

arthurian

armenian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

attribution

athenian

avocation

augmentation

aviation

avocado

avocados

baby-sitters

baby-sitter

babysitting

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

cancellation

calculation

calibration

businesswoman

californian

canadian

capacitance

capacitor

capacities

carcinogen

capacity

celebration

centurion

chameleon

capacitors

circumcision

circumvention

circulation

circumspection

coalition

cogitation

collodion

combination

coloradan

coloration

columbian

commendation

comedian

commutation

committeeman

comparison

compensation

complication

profanation

computation

concentration

comprehension

condescension

condemnation

condensation

consecration

congregation

conjugation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

confirmation

consolation

constellation

conservation

consternation

consummation

constipation

constitution

consultation

contemplation

contradiction

contraception

contravention

contribution

contrarian

convocation

convolution

conversation

coronation

correlation

copenhagen

corp.

corporation

copernican

corinthian

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

culmination

cultivation

cyclopean

crucifixion

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

dedication

decimation

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

defamation

degradation

deformation

dehydration

delegation

demarcation

demonstration

deprivation

desolation

deportation

depositors

depositor

depravation

depredation

dereliction

derivation

desecration

desiccation

designation

desperation

destination

destitution

detonation

devolution

devastation

deviation

devonian

devastated

devastating

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

misconception

fluctuation

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

dispensation

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

disputation

dissolution

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

distribution

divination

divestitures

dominican

divestiture

draconian

duplication

librarian

education

effectively

elevation

effectuate

elocution

electrician

elongation

emanation

fluoridation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

estimation

equestrian

eritrean

european

estonian

eustachian

evolution

evocation

evocative

execution

excitation

exclamation

exhibition

exhalation

exhortation

excavation

exhumation

expedition

explanation

explication

expectation

exploration

expiration

exploitation

extradition

fabrication

extrication

fallopian

fascination

fermentation

fibrillation

federation

figuration

miseration

floridian

evacuate

gravitation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

galilean

gastrulation

fumigation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

generation

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

graduation

habitation

guatemalan

hesitation

hibernation

declaration

himalayan

gregorian

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

historian

greco-roman

hungarian

imputation

hypertension

hyperion

ideation

iberian

importation

imitation

immolation

implication

immigration

illustration

implantation

imperfection

impregnation

ibuprofen

inquisition

inattention

inhibition

inclination

indecision

incrustation

indentation

indexation

incubation

indigestion

indignation

innovation

indication

indiscretion

inhalation

infestation

indonesian

infiltration

inflammation

information

incantation

incarnation

inspiration

installation

jubilation

instigation

institution

integration

insurrection

insulation

interaction

intercession

interdiction

jurisdiction

intermission

interruption

intersection

interjection

intimation

intonation

introduction

introspection

isolation

inundation

invocation

intuition

invitation

iranian

irrigation

irritation

jacobean

iteration

jordanian

interwoven

intervention

interception

kindergarten

laceration

leviathan

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

liberation

liberian

interurban

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

limitation

locomotion

machination

macedonian

maccabean

lubrication

litigation

malnutrition

malformation

mammalian

maturation

medication

meditation

masturbation

mediation

melanesian

ministration

meridian

menstruation

minnesotan

misbegotten

misperception

missourian

hydrocarbon

moderation

modulation

mortification

motivation

molestation

mongolian

moravian

mutilation

mitigation

napoleon

navigation

navigator

navigators

nestorian

newtonian

occupation

nigerian

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

nicaraguan

obfuscation

obesity

obligation

oblivion

observation

obstetricians

obstetrician

obsidian

obstinacy

obstetrical

obstructionist

obstructionists

operation

octahedron

officiate

officiates

olympian

opacity

ohioan

ordination

orchestration

ostentation

overburden

oxidation

ovulation

pigmentation

palpitation

pagination

paraguayan

pagurian

planarian

pavlovian

penicillin

penetration

pedestrian

pelagian

persecution

permutation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

perforation

plutonian

polynesian

polyhedron

precondition

preconception

praetorian

predilection

predetermine

preignition

preelection

presentation

preparation

proclamation

preservation

procreation

prohibition

prosecution

prostitution

protozoan

protestation

publication

punctuation

realization

radiation

recognition

readmission

recitation

reassertion

recantation

reawaken

recollection

reclamation

reconstruction

recreation

reelection

regulation

reexamine

registration

reformation

refutation

reinspection

relaxation

renovation

rhetorician

relocation

replication

repercussion

reparation

reproduction

republican

reputation

resignation

reservation

resolution

respiration

restitution

restoration

revocation

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valuation

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veneration

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victorian

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wagnerian

watermelon

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abomination

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theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

vaporization

utilization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word opposition

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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:

  • Month
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  • Bulb
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