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

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

ashen

arson

asian

aspen

arming

atman

auction

auden

austin

baldwin

bagman

bacon

banyan

barton

bastion

basin

bason

baston

baron

barren

baton

batten

bargain

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

belgian

bellman

bellon

billion

billman

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

blacken

boatman

blowgun

bordman

bludgeon

bolden

boughten

bobbin

breton

boston

bowman

brahmin

brazen

brakeman

brethren

bookman

bollen

bourbon

bracken

brighten

briton

brimming

broaden

bullion

brogan

button

burman

bushman

burton

burgeon

burmans

burnings

burden

burdon

cabin

burning

caisson

cajun

canton

cannon

canon

calvin

canaan

canyon

caption

broken

capstan

captain

carbon

bromine

carman

carmine

browning

caution

caxton

cayman

carton

cauldron

chairman

certain

chaplain

chapman

chasten

charming

charon

churchman

chessman

chevron

chieftain

cheapen

chicken

children

chosen

citron

coachman

classman

claxon

clinton

colon

churning

christen

christian

common

begun

corban

cordon

copeman

craftsman

cotton

cousin

cowan

craven

cretin

crewman

crimson

curtain

cumin

cuban

cushion

dagan

dalton

dagon

daman

damson

dampen

darken

deaden

deafen

deacon

deepen

crouton

delphian

demon

desman

crooning

devon

dian

diction

doorman

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dragon

draining

dormant

driven

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

dudgeon

earthen

drunken

dromon

drumming

earnings

eaten

eden

earning

emption

engine

ensign

ermin

ermine

elan

fashion

faction

farming

famine

falcon

fallen

faustian

fasten

fatten

faulcon

ferments

felon

fireman

fibrin

fielden

firman

firmans

fission

ferment

flexion

fiction

flashgun

foreman

forming

floren

foreign

footman

fortune

freshen

fountain

fraction

freshman

friction

flatten

framing

frighten

freedman

freeman

frozen

freemans

function

fusion

garments

gascon

gentian

gammon

garron

garment

german

germans

germane

georgian

glisten

glidden

gluten

golden

goodman

gorgon

gibbon

gotten

gowan

grandson

gumption

grecian

graven

gilden

guardsman

gudgeon

griffon

greening

grooming

given

haitian

hackman

gladden

hangman

harden

gallon

happen

harken

garden

harten

hasten

hearten

headsman

headman

hempen

haven

heaven

heighten

heathen

henchman

homespun

hessian

hetman

hormone

heron

hidden

hogan

horning

hausen

germain

hormones

horseman

huntsman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

ion

landman

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jordan

jetton

jorden

keelson

jetson

junction

kansan

kalan

kelson

kenyan

klansman

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

kitten

kitchen

laden

lampron

lagan

landsman

latin

layman

leaven

ledden

legion

lengthen

leaden

lesson

leman

lemon

lineman

lightman

lighten

liken

liman

linden

lichen

linemen

lesion

lessen

listen

liven

lisbon

oarsman

leven

london

longan

lion

luncheon

loren

lotion

m1

linen

lyden

lynden

mahone

maiden

mansion

mangan

marchman

marksman

martian

markman

marten

martin

margin

marlin

marron

mason

matron

mayan

locken

melon

melton

lockman

mention

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mission

mitten

mormon

mormons

mornings

morgan

morning

moisten

molten

mountain

mourning

motion

muffin

mullen

mutton

muslin

nation

logan

nekton

newsman

loosen

lopeman

learning

madden

lumen

norman

notion

merman

ocean

ninon

onion

omen

olden

open

organ

option

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

oven

owen

oxen

panton

packman

pardon

pagan

paean

parson

passion

pathan

patten

passman

patron

piston

odin

penguin

penman

often

pension

peon

perron

person

persian

pigeon

pinion

pillion

pitman

pectin

plantain

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

portman

postman

potion

plankton

platen

pavon

pronounce

pronounced

pronoun

pronouns

proven

prussian

question

pullen

quicken

priming

pruning

ration

reason

reckon

redden

region

raven

rayon

prison

sanction

pressman

resin

rincon

riden

ripen

roman

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

robin

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowen

runnion

russian

rumen

sadden

ruin

salmon

saffron

salesman

samson

santon

rowan

saxon

scallion

satan

scotsman

section

satin

screening

scullion

seaman

season

screenings

selden

seedsman

semen

screaming

session

sexton

sharpen

sermon

seven

shaman

sermons

seton

sequin

shaken

shearman

shorten

shotgun

showman

shrunken

shipman

silken

sicken

shogun

siphon

scion

rerun

siren

smarten

smitten

torment

slacken

slogan

soldan

sodden

spartan

spearman

sovereign

sovran

soften

solon

sportsman

station

stallman

stepson

statesman

stallion

squadron

spoken

spokesman

strengthen

stockman

straighten

steven

stiffen

suasion

sturgeon

stillion

stolen

suction

sudden

stricken

torments

sultan

summon

sunken

sullen

surgeon

surmount

striven

surname

tartan

syphon

sylvan

tappen

tarpon

taken

talon

tension

tendon

surnames

teston

swollen

termine

sweeten

threaten

tighten

titan

tillman

thicken

thousand

toman

token

torsion

toughen

townsman

traction

trainings

training

trillion

triton

trimmings

treason

trodden

trimming

trojan

tubman

tungsten

turban

turning

undone

union

urson

urchin

urban

urine

tuscan

yachtsman

version

vermin

villain

vulcan

vision

waken

wagon

wanton

warden

warnings

warming

warning

watchman

warren

weaken

weapon

whitson

whiten

widen

wizen

woman

women

woodman

wheaten

wiccan

wooden

woolen

woolman

workman

worsen

woven

written

vegan

yaupon

yeoman

yearnings

yearning

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

ablution

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

abstention

accession

absorption

abstraction

accretion

acumen

addiction

admission

addition

adoption

adhesion

adrian

adsorption

affection

affliction

african

aggression

alaskan

albion

albumin

alsatian

allusion

aegean

alderman

alien

aleutian

ambition

ambrosian

andean

bedizen

anchorman

anyone

appian

apportion

arian

armaments

arkansan

armament

ascension

artesian

assertion

artisan

assassin

aspersion

aryan

assumption

attention

asuncion

attrition

attraction

audition

australian

aversion

austrian

avian

awaken

badminton

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandwagon

battalion

anglican

cation

bedouin

benjamin

biotin

birmingham

bitumen

brazilian

bosnian

bouillon

carnation

cartesian

capsaicin

bulletin

campion

cambrian

cardigan

carrion

castration

catalan

beholden

causation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chairmanship

chairmanships

chilean

chromium

citation

cistercian

civilian

citizen

clarendon

coercion

cinnamon

collection

clarion

cognition

cohesion

collagen

collegian

clergyman

collision

collusion

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

companion

caucasian

compassion

completion

bedridden

complexion

beethoven

compression

compulsion

compunction

conception

concession

concussion

concoction

conclusion

condition

conduction

confection

conflation

confession

confucian

confusion

congestion

connection

connexion

conjunction

conscription

congressman

contagion

consumption

constriction

construction

contention

contortion

convention

convection

contraction

contraption

contrition

contusion

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

corsican

corruption

countryman

councilman

cranium

creation

cremation

corrosion

criminals

crestfallen

criminal

croatian

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

cyprian

declension

defection

deduction

decision

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

dentition

depiction

depletion

depression

denizen

desertion

description

derision

destruction

detection

detention

deception

dictation

devotion

dimension

digression

digestion

dilation

diffraction

dilution

diffusion

direction

discussion

discretion

discipline

disruption

dispersion

dissection

dissension

distinction

distortion

distraction

diversion

disunion

division

dominion

donation

dorian

dormancy

downtrodden

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

election

elation

eleven

emblazon

elison

embolden

emission

emotion

enlighten

emulsion

encryption

englishman

enliven

equation

erection

erosion

eruption

etruscan

eviction

evasion

exaction

exception

exemption

excretion

exclusion

excursion

exertion

everyone

expansion

exhaustion

excision

extension

expulsion

expression

explosion

extinction

extortion

extraction

determine

ferryman

fermium

flirtation

fixation

filtration

fijian

feminine

fisherman

fenian

formation

flotation

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

foramen

frustration

foundation

freemason

franciscan

freudian

fruition

frowningly

garrison

galleon

gaussian

genuine

gestation

fustian

gentleman

germinate

germanic

gyration

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

halogen

gravamen

guardian

grobian

harlequin

guncotton

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

harmonics

harmonic

harmonies

horatian

harmony

harmonize

hawaiian

heartbroken

horizon

heroin

heroine

hormonal

hydration

housebroken

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

inaction

in-person

inception

incision

inclusion

abandon

incursion

indian

injection

infection

induction

infarction

inflation

inflection

ingestion

infraction

infusion

infliction

inhuman

injunction

inscription

insertion

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

invention

invasion

inversion

intrusion

irishman

jamaican

jacobin

fabian

irian

italian

javelin

ironing

jettison

kantian

jovian

julian

lactation

keratin

korean

journeyman

keynesian

journeying

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

extrusion

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

magdalen

lutheran

magician

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

medicine

melanin

menhaden

migration

mexican

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

misshapen

mormonism

moroccan

mutation

narration

muskmelon

munition

myosin

musician

negation

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nonhuman

nobleman

norwegian

notation

nonunion

normandy

nubian

partisan

median

objection

obsession

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

odeon

nitrogen

omission

opinion

oration

optation

oppression

optician

ornaments

ornament

origin

orion

ovation

ottoman

overman

outspoken

overdone

overrun

oxygen

paramount

parisian

parthian

pavilion

patrician

nutrition

partition

pentathlon

perception

perfection

percussion

perfusion

permanent

permian

permission

persuasion

phoenician

petition

perversion

phrygian

pelican

peterman

physician

plantation

pollution

policeman

plebeian

porcelain

possession

position

precaution

precession

predation

predestine

prediction

precision

preclusion

preemption

premium

premiums

prescription

presumption

pretension

prevention

procession

profession

production

progression

probation

profusion

projection

promotion

pronouncements

pronouncement

prominent

pronounces

promenade

promenades

pronouncing

protection

propulsion

prostration

proscription

proportion

protean

provision

puritan

quotation

ramadan

reception

privation

rebellion

reaction

recession

recision

redemption

reduction

reflection

regression

regimen

rendition

rejection

relation

remission

religion

reopen

repression

resumption

resection

restriction

retention

revulsion

retraction

reunion

revision

reversion

rotation

rescission

rhodopsin

rifleman

reptilian

saleswoman

saccharin

salvation

samoan

sensation

secession

selection

secretion

scythian

seclusion

sedation

seduction

sedition

scorpion

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

tormentors

specimen

stagnation

starvation

suppression

submersion

submission

stygian

subscription

succession

subtraction

subversion

suburban

suggestion

summation

sumatran

superman

surmounted

suspension

suspicion

terminate

temptation

tactician

talisman

tamarin

syrian

taxation

technician

terminates

timberman

terminals

thespian

toboggan

tormentor

terminal

tormenting

tournament

tradition

transaction

transfusion

transcription

transgression

transition

translation

transmission

truncation

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unbroken

uneven

unison

tuition

unwritten

uterine

vacation

tournaments

vatican

venetian

venison

veteran

vermilion

vibration

vocation

vitamin

volition

warningly

waterman

warmonger

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abnegation

abdication

abolition

aberration

acclamation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclimation

accusation

activation

acquisition

adaptation

admiration

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

accordion

advocation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

alternation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

ammunition

american

algerian

amphibian

amputation

algonquian

animation

annotation

annexation

appellation

appalachian

apparition

arbitration

application

apprehension

approbation

arabian

armageddon

armenian

armenians

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

arizonan

attribution

athenian

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

assyrian

bavarian

compensation

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

carcinogen

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

cancellation

compilation

canadian

californian

celebration

commendation

commutation

centurion

ceremonies

ceremony

chameleon

coloration

combination

circumvention

circumspection

circulation

circumcision

cogitation

coalition

collocation

collodion

coloradan

columbian

comedian

committeeman

competition

comparison

complication

comprehension

composition

concentration

computation

condescension

condemnation

condensation

confrontation

confiscation

conflagration

confirmation

connotation

consecration

conservation

conjugation

congregation

consolation

contemplation

consummation

consultation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consternation

crocodilian

correlation

contraception

conversation

convocation

contravention

contribution

contrarian

convolution

corp.

corporation

corinthian

copernican

copenhagen

cotyledon

criminalists

criminalist

criminalize

criminally

criterion

contradiction

culmination

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

crucifixion

indexation

darwinian

dandelion

defamation

dedication

decompression

decoration

declaration

deconstruction

definition

deformation

degradation

delegation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

decimation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deposition

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

designation

destination

desecration

desiccation

desolation

destitution

desperation

devastation

detonation

devolution

deviation

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

dispensation

disinflation

disputation

dislocation

disposition

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

distribution

dissolution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

elevation

emanation

electrician

elocution

elongation

emigration

embarkation

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

erudition

eritrean

estimation

european

explanation

estonian

evolution

evocation

excavation

excitation

eustachian

exclamation

execution

expectation

exhalation

exhortation

exhibition

exhumation

expedition

expiration

explication

exposition

exploitation

exploration

extradition

extrication

fascination

fabrication

fallopian

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

formulation

fragmentation

fluoridation

fluctuation

floridian

foliation

fumigation

galilean

gastrulation

gargantuan

gravitation

generation

germination

gorgonian

hesitation

hibernation

gentlewoman

gerrymander

gerrymanders

glaciation

habitation

granulation

germania

graduation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

harmonia

harmonica

geranium

harmonium

harmonizes

hemoglobin

geraniums

hegelian

herculean

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

ideation

illustration

imitation

implantation

impregnation

imputation

hyperion

iberian

immigration

immolation

implication

imperfection

importation

imposition

ibuprofen

innovation

incantation

inattention

inclination

incarnation

incrustation

indentation

incubation

indecision

indication

indigestion

indignation

infestation

indonesian

infiltration

inflammation

inhalation

inhibition

information

indiscretion

inquisition

insulation

installation

insurrection

instigation

integration

inspiration

institution

interaction

intercession

intermission

interruption

interception

interdiction

intersection

intervention

interjection

interurban

intimation

interwoven

inundation

invitation

invocation

intonation

intuition

introspection

introduction

iranian

iranians

irritation

isolation

iteration

irrigation

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

laceration

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

nonpartisan

limitation

levitation

liberation

librarian

liberian

lilliputian

litigation

liquidation

leviathan

locomotion

oblivion

liquefaction

macedonian

lubrication

maccabean

machination

malformation

manumission

malnutrition

masturbation

maturation

mammalian

obsidian

meditation

medication

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

misconception

miseration

minnesotan

misbegotten

misperception

mitigation

missourian

moderation

molestation

mortification

modulation

mongolian

moravian

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

nomination

noblewoman

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

obstetrician

occupation

observation

mediation

octahedron

pavlovian

olympian

ohioan

operation

opposition

oscillation

ovulation

overburden

palpitation

oxidation

pagination

paraguayan

pagurian

pedestrian

permutation

penetration

penicillin

perforation

pigmentation

permanently

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

pelagian

plutonian

politician

polyhedron

population

polynesian

praetorian

preconception

precondition

predilection

preelection

predetermine

preeminence

preeminent

preignition

premonition

premonitions

preparation

preservation

situation

presentation

proclamation

profanation

procreation

prohibition

prominently

propagation

protestation

prostitution

proposition

prosecution

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

radiation

realization

recantation

reassertion

readmission

reawaken

recitation

reclamation

recollection

recognition

reconstruction

recreation

reinspection

reelection

regulation

renovation

refutation

reformation

registration

reparation

relaxation

relocation

replication

reexamine

repossession

repercussion

repetition

reposition

reproduction

reputation

requisition

republican

resignation

restoration

reservation

respiration

resolution

resurrection

restitution

revelation

revocation

rhododendron

retribution

retardation

retrocession

revolution

rhetorician

sanitation

rumination

samaritan

saturation

satisfaction

self-deception

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

sicilian

siberian

simonian

simulation

smithsonian

speculation

supposition

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

suffocation

substitution

superstition

supervision

superhuman

tabulation

syncopation

tasmanian

syndication

tamoxifen

termination

terminable

terminations

surrogation

tetrahedron

terminator

titillation

thermometers

thermometer

toleration

transformation

tramontana

transplantation

transportation

tribulation

trepidation

vaccination

vacillation

ulceration

usurpation

uranium

utopian

validation

valuation

variation

valerian

vegetation

veneration

violation

ventilation

vindication

visitation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

academician

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

amalgamation

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amplification

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

annihilation

anticipation

approximation

appreciation

appropriation

argentinian

assassination

articulation

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

authentication

authorization

augustinian

babylonian

canonization

commemoration

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

centenarian

ceremonial

centralization

certification

christianization

carthaginian

colonization

civilization

clarification

classification

codification

coagulation

cohabitation

collaboration

communication

beethovenian

concatenation

conciliation

confederation

confabulation

configuration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

conglomeration

contamination

continuation

coordination

cooperation

corroboration

determination

criminology

criminality

deceleration

degeneration

decapitation

decomposition

defenestration

deification

delineation

delicatessen

deliberation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

dramatization

domestication

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

elizabethan

electrocution

elimination

emancipation

equalization

enumeration

equivocation

eradication

epicurean

evaporation

examination

exaggeration

ethiopian

evaluation

exacerbation

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exoneration

exhilaration

expatriation

exoskeleton

extermination

evacuation

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

gasification

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

hybridization

humiliation

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

illumination

hyperborean

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incineration

incarceration

incrimination

incorporation

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

interpolation

ionization

interrogation

interconnection

interpretation

intimidation

invalidation

investigation

intoxication

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

premonitory

legalization

nonsectarian

libertarian

localization

magnification

magnetization

manipulation

maximization

mathematician

maximilian

mechanization

metropolitan

mobilization

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

modernization

modification

multiplication

mummification

neutralization

negotiation

neapolitan

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

notification

lithuanian

nullification

obliteration

organization

oregonian

origination

ossification

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

pennsylvanian

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

premeditation

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

preoccupation

prevarication

presupposition

ratification

procrastination

prognostication

proletarian

proliferation

pronunciation

pronunciations

qualification

purification

quantification

pythagorean

ramification

reaffirmation

regeneration

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

recombination

recuperation

reforestation

refrigeration

renunciation

reiteration

reintegration

remuneration

rejuvenation

repatriation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

presbyterian

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

simplification

solicitation

specification

specialization

sterilization

sophistication

stratification

synchronization

subordination

substantiation

terminology

theologian

triangulation

unification

utilization

unitarian

vaporization

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

vegetarian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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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:

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When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
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