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3 syllable words
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2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

arrants

around

arrant

arson

apron

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

austin

auction

auden

banyan

bargain

barton

bacon

bagman

baldwin

baron

barren

basin

bason

bastion

baton

batten

batton

baston

bayman

beacon

begun

belgian

bellman

billion

bison

bisson

bitten

billman

billon

blacken

blowgun

bludgeon

boatman

bobbin

cannon

bolden

brandle

boughten

brakeman

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brand-new

brander

brandish

boston

breton

brethren

brazen

brandy

brighten

brindle

broaden

briton

bollen

brogan

broken

bookman

bullion

burgeon

brunettes

burden

burdon

burman

brownouts

brunette

brownout

burnet

burton

button

canton

caisson

cajun

bushman

cabin

canaan

calvin

canon

bromide

bromides

canyon

bordman

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

beaten

caxton

caution

certain

cayman

chairman

carton

chaplain

chapman

charon

chasten

cauldron

chessman

chieftain

chevron

cheapen

chicken

christian

chosen

christen

churchman

citron

children

clinton

classman

claxon

coachman

colon

beckon

common

bellon

corban

corinth

cordon

cornet

copeman

cousin

courant

cowan

craftsman

crandall

craven

cremate

cretin

crimson

crewman

cuban

cushion

cotton

currents

curtain

cumin

crouton

current

dalton

damson

dagon

daman

dampen

darken

dagan

deacon

deaden

deafen

delphian

deepen

demon

desman

diction

dian

devon

doctrine

doormats

dobson

doormat

draftsman

dozen

dragon

drunken

dolman

dolphin

driven

dromon

drumhead

dudgeon

dustman

durant

dutchman

eden

dungeon

eaten

earthen

elan

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

errand

errands

errant

faction

farrand

famine

fashion

fasten

fatten

faustian

faulcon

felon

fibrin

fallen

fiction

flexion

fission

flashgun

fireman

firman

flatten

floren

footman

fielden

forehand

forehands

foreign

foreman

formats

format

fortune

fountain

fraction

freshen

freshman

frantic

freedman

freeman

goodman

friendship

friendships

frighten

garnet

friendly

frontal

frontage

frontiers

fronted

frontier

frozen

function

fusion

garand

gallon

gammon

garden

garron

gascon

gentian

georgian

german

gilden

gibbon

given

gerunds

gladden

glidden

glisten

gerund

gluten

golden

friction

portion

gorgon

gotten

hangman

gourmet

grandchild

grandeur

grandly

grandson

grandsons

granted

grantors

granite

grantor

grecian

graven

greenwood

gumption

grenades

grindle

grenade

gourmets

grindstone

grinders

grinder

grinding

grounding

grounder

groundling

groundnut

groundnuts

guardsman

gudgeon

groundwork

groundswell

greyhound

haitian

griffon

hackman

gowan

harden

harten

harken

happen

hasten

hausen

hearten

heighten

heathen

heaven

mansion

headman

henchman

haven

hempen

hornets

hermit

hessian

hetman

heron

hidden

huntsman

homespun

hogan

horseman

hornet

horehound

hoten

houseman

hoven

human

ibsen

hyson

hymen

hyphen

hermits

ion

junction

jetson

jordan

jorden

jetton

falcon

kenyan

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kalan

lesion

jackman

klansman

landman

kitten

kremlin

laden

lampron

lagan

landsman

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lengthen

legion

leman

lemon

lichen

lesson

leven

linemen

kitchen

lessen

luncheon

lightman

linden

lineman

lighten

liken

liman

linen

listen

liven

lockman

locken

logan

london

longan

loren

loosen

lopeman

lion

lotion

lynden

lisbon

lyden

lumen

m1

madden

kirkman

jargon

jasmine

mahone

maiden

jason

mangan

margin

headsman

marchman

martian

marksman

marten

martin

markman

mason

marlin

matron

marron

mountain

melton

mayan

melon

mention

million

minden

mignon

milken

minion

mission

mitten

morgan

mormon

moisten

motion

molten

muffin

mullen

nation

mutton

muslin

mermaid

mermaids

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

olden

omen

onion

ornate

option

orphan

outdone

othman

outrun

oven

owen

oxen

packman

pagan

paean

panton

parents

pardon

parson

parent

passion

organ

pathan

patron

pectin

patten

pension

penguin

penman

pavon

peon

permits

permit

permute

perron

pinion

pillion

pigeon

person

piston

plantain

plankton

pitman

platen

platten

poison

persian

pollan

pollen

passman

ponton

open

portman

prentice

pressman

primates

primate

printer

printers

printing

printings

prison

promotes

promote

proven

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

ration

reason

rayon

reckon

raven

redden

region

postman

potion

rerun

ribbon

ridden

rincon

resin

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

runnion

russian

sadden

rumen

ruin

saffron

salesman

sanction

santon

samson

salmon

scallion

scion

scotsman

rowen

scullion

satin

seaman

section

satan

saxon

seedsman

season

selden

semen

shorten

session

seton

sequin

seven

sermon

sexton

sharpen

shipman

shotgun

shaken

shaman

shearman

shogun

shrunken

rowan

showman

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

smarten

smitten

soldan

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

zircon

sportsman

spartan

stillion

spokesman

sovereign

sovran

spearman

squadron

spoken

stallion

station

stepson

statesman

stallman

steven

stiffen

straighten

stockman

stolen

strengthen

stricken

striven

suasion

suction

sudden

sultan

sunken

sullen

summon

surgeon

surrounds

surround

sweeten

swollen

titan

sylvan

tendon

syphon

taken

talon

tension

tartan

tarpon

tighten

tillman

termite

teston

threaten

thicken

tappen

thousand

termites

triton

token

toman

torsion

torrents

torrent

traction

townsman

toughen

sturgeon

trillion

tranter

treason

trodden

trojan

truant

trundle

tungsten

tubman

tyrants

tuscan

tyrant

turndown

turn-out

undone

union

urson

urchin

urban

urine

turban

vegan

villain

vision

version

wanton

vulcan

waken

wagon

warden

warrants

warrant

warren

watchman

whitson

wheaten

whiten

weaken

weapon

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

woodman

woolman

woolen

workman

written

yachtsman

wooden

worsen

yaupon

zaman

zion

woven

yeoman

wormwood

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

ablution

abortion

abdomen

abrasion

accession

abstention

absorption

abstraction

accretion

acumen

addiction

addition

admission

adoption

adrian

adsorption

adhesion

aegean

affection

aggression

affliction

african

alaskan

aleutian

albion

albumin

alderman

alien

alsatian

ambition

allusion

ambrosian

andean

anglican

anchorman

anyone

appian

apportion

arian

arkansan

armada

artesian

ascension

aryan

artisan

assassin

aspersion

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attention

attrition

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

avian

awaken

badminton

bandwagon

backwoodsman

backgammon

baronet

baronets

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

bedouin

carnation

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

bermuda

biotin

bitumen

attraction

bouillon

brandenburg

brandishes

brazilian

brandywine

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

bosnian

cardigan

cartesian

carrion

cetacean

carnations

causation

cessation

caucasian

castration

cation

catalan

chairperson

chairwoman

charlatan

champion

charwoman

chilean

civilian

chamberlain

citation

cistercian

cinnamon

citizen

clarion

clarendon

coercion

clergyman

cognition

collection

collegian

cohesion

collagen

coherent

collision

combustion

collusion

commission

commotion

communion

compassion

companion

complexion

completion

compression

compunction

concession

bermudas

conception

compulsion

concussion

condition

conduction

conclusion

concoction

conflation

confession

confucian

confusion

congestion

declension

confection

connection

connexion

conscription

conjunction

contagion

constriction

construction

consumption

contortion

conviction

contention

convention

contraction

contraption

contrition

convection

contusion

conversion

convulsion

corruption

congressman

correction

corsican

coronets

coronet

corrosion

cremation

creation

countryman

councilman

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

currently

curmudgeon

curmudgeons

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

decision

corundum

deduction

deflation

deflection

defection

deletion

dentition

depiction

depression

depletion

derision

delusion

denizen

description

desertion

detention

detection

determine

dissension

dictation

dilation

digression

dimension

diffraction

diffusion

digestion

dilution

direction

devotion

destruction

discussion

discretion

dispersion

disruption

discipline

dissection

distinction

disunion

division

exception

diversion

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

dramatist

dramatize

duration

durante

edition

elation

egyptian

ejection

election

emblazon

emission

abandon

elison

emotion

equation

distraction

eleven

enlighten

enliven

englishman

erection

embolden

encryption

erosion

evasion

eruption

everyone

etruscan

eviction

exaction

exemption

exclusion

exertion

excretion

exhaustion

excursion

expansion

extension

extinction

expression

expulsion

extortion

explosion

extraction

fabian

extrusion

fenian

feminine

ferryman

fixation

filtration

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

fisherman

fijian

foramen

gordian

fahrenheit

forewoman

distortion

forgotten

formations

formation

foundation

franciscan

freemason

frenetic

formative

freudian

fruition

frustration

galleon

fustian

garrison

genuine

gentleman

gaussian

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

furniture

handwoven

excision

gradation

grandiose

grandmother

grandfathers

granddaughters

grandfather

granddaughter

grandmothers

grandnephew

grandnephews

gravamen

granitic

granduncle

granduncles

grobian

groundbreaking

gyration

guaranties

guardian

guaranteed

guarantees

guarantee

guarantors

guaranty

guarantor

guncotton

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

granados

harlequin

harmattan

hawaiian

heartbroken

granado

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

impassion

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

implosion

hermitage

in-person

inaction

emulsion

imprison

inception

incursion

incision

inclusion

indian

inflation

induction

infection

infarction

inflection

infraction

infusion

injection

infliction

inhuman

injunction

ingestion

inscription

insertion

instruction

inspection

intention

intestine

irishman

intrusion

invasion

invention

inversion

irian

ironwood

italian

jacobin

jamaican

kantian

jettison

jovian

impression

keratin

julian

keynesian

lactation

korean

lanolin

lecithin

laotian

lesbian

ligation

libration

libyan

location

logician

magician

lumberman

lutheran

malaysian

magdalen

malayan

mandarin

javelin

marinade

marinades

marian

margarine

masculine

marinate

medicine

medallion

median

melanin

menhaden

muskmelon

marinates

mexican

migration

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

maronite

mistaken

misshapen

moroccan

omission

mutation

musician

myosin

negation

narration

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

munition

myrmidons

nonhuman

nobleman

nonunion

notation

norwegian

nubian

normative

objection

obsession

occasion

nutrition

obstruction

occlusion

odeon

octillion

myrmidon

opinion

partition

oration

optation

optician

pollution

oppression

orient

origin

ornately

oxygen

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

parental

parentage

parenthood

paranoid

parisian

parthian

partisan

patrician

orion

percussion

perfection

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perfusion

permeates

perception

permission

permian

permeate

persuasion

phoenician

petition

physician

peterman

perversion

phrygian

plebeian

policeman

porcelain

position

possession

predation

precession

predestine

prediction

precaution

preclusion

precision

preemption

prescription

premature

prenatal

presumption

pretension

prevention

primitive

privation

probation

procession

production

progression

profession

projection

promotion

profusion

promotions

promoters

promoter

proportion

propulsion

proscription

protection

prostration

provision

protean

pyramid

pyramids

quarantine

quarantines

quotation

puritan

ramadan

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

reaction

redemption

reduction

reflection

regression

regimen

relation

rendition

rejection

remission

religion

rotation

repression

reptilian

reopen

resection

restriction

retention

resumption

rescission

reunion

retraction

revision

revulsion

rifleman

rhodopsin

reversion

saccharin

salvation

sedation

samoan

saleswoman

sensation

scorpion

secretion

seclusion

scythian

seduction

sedition

selection

secession

serenade

silicon

singleton

simian

skeleton

snapdragon

solution

solomon

stagnation

specimen

starvation

submission

stygian

submersion

succession

subscription

suggestion

subtraction

subversion

suspension

suburban

summation

sumatran

suppression

surrenders

surrender

superman

surroundings

surrounding

suspicion

tactician

syrian

tamarin

temptation

talisman

taxation

technician

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transcription

transition

tornadoes

tornados

tornado

transfusion

transgression

translation

transmission

traumatic

trinity

truncation

vacation

turntable

tuition

unburden

uncertain

turntables

uncommon

unbroken

unbutton

uneven

unwritten

unison

uterine

urinate

venetian

variants

variant

vatican

venison

verandas

vibration

veteran

vermilion

veranda

vocation

volition

vitamin

warranties

warranty

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abnegation

abdication

abrogation

aberration

abolition

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

abyssinian

accordion

accusation

adaptation

activation

adulation

acquisition

advocation

admiration

adoration

admonition

adrenaline

agitation

aggregation

aggravation

affirmation

agrarian

alabaman

allegation

aldebaran

albanian

algerian

algonquian

allocation

alteration

alternation

ammunition

altercation

american

amphibian

amputation

annexation

animation

annotation

application

appellation

appalachian

apparition

apprehension

approbation

arbitration

arabian

arizonan

armenian

armageddon

armadillo

armadillos

aromatic

aspiration

arthurian

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

aviation

attribution

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

barometers

barometer

cogitation

bavarian

compensation

concentration

bifurcation

calculation

bohemian

bolivian

canadian

cancellation

californian

calibration

businesswoman

carcinogen

combination

celebration

centurion

commendation

chameleon

circulation

circumvention

circumcision

circumspection

chromatogram

collocation

coalition

coherently

coloration

collodion

coloradan

columbian

chromatograms

comedian

committeeman

comprehension

complication

competition

compilation

comparison

composition

computation

benediction

condensation

condescension

condemnation

elevation

confrontation

confirmation

confiscation

elongation

connotation

congregation

constellation

consternation

conservation

consolation

consecration

constipation

consultation

consummation

constitution

contemplation

contravention

conversation

convocation

contraception

contradiction

contribution

convolution

conjugation

corinthian

coriander

corinthians

contrarian

copernican

cotyledon

criterion

crucifixion

copenhagen

crocodilian

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

distillation

declaration

decoration

dedication

deprivation

dehydration

defamation

deformation

deconstruction

degradation

derivation

delegation

demarcation

dereliction

definition

deportation

demonstration

demolition

depravation

depredation

deposition

dissertation

desiccation

desolation

desecration

designation

desperation

devastation

detonation

deviation

destitution

devolution

dilatation

dietitian

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

diocesan

devonian

dispensation

disputation

disinfection

disillusion

disinflation

disposition

dislocation

dissipation

destination

importation

decompression

conflagration

distribution

domination

divination

dominican

dormitories

draconian

dormitory

dramatically

dramaturgy

dramatizes

duplication

dromedary

education

emigration

embarkation

emulation

elocution

dissolution

impregnation

emanation

equitation

englishwoman

eustachian

eritrean

estimation

equestrian

erudition

estonian

european

evocation

excavation

electrician

evolution

excitation

exclamation

exhalation

execution

exhumation

exhibition

exhortation

expectation

expiration

exploitation

explanation

explication

exploration

expedition

exposition

fabrication

extrication

extradition

fascination

fallopian

federation

fibrillation

foliation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

fumigation

formidable

formidably

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

grammatical

grandiloquent

grandmotherly

granulation

greco-roman

gregorian

habitation

guatemalan

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

grandfatherly

hungarian

hypertension

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

imitation

immolation

immigration

implantation

illustration

imperfection

implication

imposition

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

indexation

innovation

incrustation

inclination

incubation

indecision

indication

infestation

infiltration

indignation

inflammation

indiscretion

indonesian

information

inhalation

inhibition

indigestion

inquisition

installation

instigation

inspiration

institution

insulation

insurrection

integration

interaction

intercession

intermission

interception

interdiction

interjection

interruption

intersection

intimation

intonation

intuition

intervention

interwoven

introduction

inundation

introspection

invitation

invocation

iranian

interurban

irrigation

isolation

iteration

limitation

jacobean

machination

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

levitation

legislation

leviathan

liquidation

liberation

lilliputian

liberian

librarian

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

masturbation

maturation

medication

mediation

menstruation

melanesian

meditation

meridian

ministration

miseration

misconception

minnesotan

misbegotten

misperception

mitigation

moderation

missourian

modulation

motivation

moravian

mongolian

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

nomination

nigerian

nonprescription

nonpartisan

nicaraguan

noblewoman

obfuscation

obligation

observation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

operation

opposition

orientals

oscillation

ovulation

oxidation

overburden

palpitation

pagination

paraguayan

pagurian

paramedics

paramedic

parameter

parentheses

parameters

population

polyhedron

penetration

penicillin

perforation

pavlovian

pelagian

pedestrian

permutation

permutations

permeated

perimeters

perimeter

perspiration

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accreditation

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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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  • Bulb
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