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

action

actions

acting

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

astound

asthma

atman

auction

austin

auctions

astounds

auden

banyan

bastion

bagman

baldwin

basin

barton

bason

baston

bludgeon

bargain

basting

baron

bastions

baton

batten

batton

bayman

barren

beacon

beaten

beckon

belgian

begun

bellman

bellon

bison

billion

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

blacken

boatman

boasting

bacon

blowgun

bordman

bookstands

bookstand

bolden

bookman

bollen

boston

boughten

brazen

brakeman

bowman

bracken

bourbon

breton

brethren

brighten

broaden

briton

bullion

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burgeon

caisson

cajun

bushman

button

burton

burman

bobbin

calvin

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

caption

capstan

carmine

castings

casting

cauldron

caution

caxton

carton

certain

chairman

cayman

chasten

captain

carbon

chastened

chevron

charon

chapman

chessman

chestnut

chestnuts

chicken

cheapen

chieftain

children

chosen

christian

christen

chaplain

carman

churchman

classman

citron

clinton

coachman

coasting

colon

common

claxon

canaan

corban

cordon

costing

cotton

cousin

craven

craftsman

costumes

costume

cowan

cretin

crouton

customs

crewman

cushion

custom

cuban

cumin

dagan

curtain

dagon

dalton

crimson

daman

dampen

damson

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

copeman

destin

deepen

demon

delphian

devon

diction

dian

dictum

desman

disdain

disdained

disdains

distance

distant

distend

distinct

dungeon

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

drunken

dudgeon

dozen

draftsman

dragon

driven

dromon

dukedom

dustman

dutchman

eighteenth

eden

eighteen

eighteens

elan

emption

engine

eaten

ensign

ermine

esteem

earthen

extant

extend

extent

extends

extinct

faction

factions

eyestone

falcon

fallen

fashion

georgian

fasten

fastened

faustian

faulcon

felon

fiction

fictions

fatten

fibrin

festoon

fielden

fighting

fightings

flashgun

fission

fireman

firman

flatten

flexion

floren

footman

foreman

foreign

famine

fountain

fortune

fraction

freshen

freshman

friction

frighten

freeman

function

frozen

gentian

freedman

gascon

fusion

garden

gallon

gammon

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gorgon

golden

goodman

gluten

grandson

gotten

grecian

guardsman

griffon

gudgeon

graven

gowan

gumption

haitian

hackman

hangman

harden

harken

happen

harten

hasten

hastens

headsman

headman

hearten

hempen

haven

heaven

heighten

henchman

heathen

heightens

heron

hausen

hessian

homespun

hidden

hogan

horseman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

hosting

huntsman

hyson

hymen

hyphen

ibsen

garron

hetman

german

cabin

jackman

jason

jetton

jetson

jordan

jorden

jargon

jasmine

junction

kenyan

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kalan

keystones

keystone

klansman

kremlin

laden

kitchen

kitten

lagan

kirkman

lactone

lampron

landsman

landman

lengthen

lasting

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

lemon

lesion

leman

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

lightens

lightnings

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lighting

lightning

latin

linen

mangan

lion

lisbon

liven

listen

listings

listing

locken

lockman

london

lotion

longan

loren

lopeman

logan

loosen

lynden

m1

lyden

mahone

maiden

madden

martin

mansion

luncheon

marten

margin

marchman

markman

marron

marksman

marlin

martian

mason

matron

mayan

listens

mention

melton

melon

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

lumen

ion

mission

mountain

motion

morgan

mormon

muffin

mullen

mustangs

muslin

mustang

mutton

moisten

nation

nekton

newsman

nighttimes

ninon

nighttime

nightmares

nightmare

molten

notion

norman

mitten

oarsman

ocean

octane

often

olden

odin

omen

option

open

onion

organ

orphan

othman

ousting

oxen

owen

paean

panton

packman

pagan

pardon

parson

passion

passman

pathan

pastimes

pectin

pastime

patten

penguin

penman

pavon

peacetime

pension

peon

patron

perron

outrun

oven

plantain

pinion

pillion

piston

pigeon

pistons

pitman

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

plankton

persian

ponton

portion

portman

postman

postings

posting

postmark

potion

person

outdone

prison

prussian

pullen

question

ration

raven

questions

rayon

quicken

ragtime

proven

reckon

reason

rectum

redden

region

pressman

rerun

resin

sanction

riden

ribbon

ridden

right-hand

rincon

runnion

roasting

russian

ripen

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rowen

rumen

ruin

rotten

sadden

saffron

salesman

rowan

salmon

satan

samson

santon

satin

scallion

scotsman

saxon

scion

scullion

resting

section

sections

seaman

selden

season

session

seven

sequin

sermon

sexton

shorten

seton

shotgun

semen

shaken

shaman

sharpen

shipman

shogun

shakedowns

shrunken

showman

shakedown

shearman

seedsman

silken

sightings

sicken

sighting

siren

tighten

sixteenths

sixteenth

siphon

sixteens

slacken

slogan

smarten

soldan

smitten

sodden

soften

solon

tillman

sistine

sportsman

station

spartan

spokesman

sovereign

sovran

spearman

squadron

spoken

stallion

stallman

statesman

stillion

stockman

steven

stiffen

stolen

strengthen

stepson

suasion

sixteen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

straighten

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

zircon

surgeon

sustained

sustains

sweeten

sustain

syphon

swollen

sylvan

taken

system

tarpon

systems

talon

tappen

tartan

tension

tendon

threaten

teston

tastings

testing

thicken

thousand

tasting

tightens

titan

toasting

token

toman

turban

sunken

torsion

traction

townsman

toughen

touchdowns

trillion

triton

treason

trodden

trojan

tubman

tungsten

undone

twisting

union

urson

urban

urchin

urine

vegan

victims

vestments

vesting

version

vestment

tuscan

victim

vision

villain

wanton

vulcan

waken

wagon

warden

warren

whitson

watchman

weapon

wasting

weaken

whiten

widen

wheaten

wiccan

wisdom

wizen

woman

women

yaupon

wooden

yachtsman

zaman

woodman

woolman

woolen

worsen

woven

written

yeoman

workman

zion

yachting

touchdown

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

abdomen

abstention

ablution

abrasion

abortion

absorption

abstraction

academe

accession

accidents

accident

accretion

acetone

acumen

admission

adoption

adhesion

affection

adrian

aegean

affliction

adsorption

african

addition

aggression

alderman

aleutian

alaskan

albion

alien

albumin

allusion

alsatian

addiction

ambition

ambrosian

andean

anchorman

anglican

anyone

apportion

appian

arkansan

arian

artesian

assertion

artisan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assumption

astonish

asthmatics

asthmatic

astounded

attention

asuncion

attraction

attrition

australian

audition

auctioneer

auctioneers

austrian

astounding

aversion

avian

awaken

backgammon

bedizen

aryan

badminton

backwoodsman

bandwagon

battalion

beholden

beethoven

begotten

besetting

bedridden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bedouin

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

bystander

decedents

campion

conception

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

cistercian

carnation

carrion

cartesian

castration

causation

caucasian

catalan

cation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

citation

charwoman

charlatan

chilean

cinnamon

citizen

civilian

clarion

coercion

cognition

collection

collegian

cohesion

collision

collusion

collagen

commission

commotion

clergyman

communion

compassion

companion

complexion

completion

compression

compulsion

compunction

combustion

clarendon

concession

confession

concussion

condition

concoction

conduction

conclusion

confection

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

connection

congressman

conjunction

connexion

constriction

convention

construction

conscription

contention

contagion

contortion

contrition

convection

consumption

contraction

contraption

contusion

conversion

conviction

convulsion

damnation

dalmatian

correction

corsican

corrosion

corruption

creation

councilman

countryman

costumers

costumer

cremation

crestfallen

crustacean

croatian

cyprian

customer

customers

customize

decadent

decadents

decedent

declension

deception

bystanders

deflation

deflection

defection

deduction

deletion

dentition

depletion

depiction

denizen

delusion

depression

derision

detention

description

desertion

detection

destruction

destiny

dictation

destinies

determine

devotion

digression

diffraction

dimension

diffusion

digestion

dilation

direction

discipline

discretion

dilution

discussion

disdainful

dispersion

disruption

dissension

disunion

dissection

distances

distemper

dissidents

distinction

distinctions

distraction

distortion

distinguished

distinctive

distinguish

distinctly

diversion

donation

dominion

division

dissident

dorian

downtrodden

duration

dissidence

elation

edition

ejection

egyptian

echidna

election

elison

eleven

emblazon

encryption

emulsion

emission

emotion

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equation

equations

equating

erection

embolden

erosion

eruption

estimate

estimates

abandon

genuine

decision

evasion

everyone

exaction

eviction

exception

excision

exemption

excretion

excursion

exclusion

exertion

expansion

excitement

exhaustion

extender

extension

expression

expulsion

extenders

extensive

explosion

extensions

extinction

extinctions

extinguished

extinguish

exciting

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

exceeding

etruscan

ferryman

fenian

feminine

fastening

fictional

fastenings

fixation

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

filtration

foramen

forbidden

fijian

forewoman

fastener

foundation

franciscan

freemason

freudian

fasteners

forgotten

formation

frustration

fustian

galleon

gentleman

gaussian

fruition

garrison

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

grobian

guesstimates

guesstimate

guncotton

gyration

harlequin

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hesitant

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

incursion

in-person

impassion

immersion

impression

implosion

inception

inaction

imprison

incision

inclusion

imagine

illusion

indian

inflation

inspection

induction

infection

infarction

inflection

infraction

infliction

infusion

ingestion

insertion

injection

inhuman

injunction

inscription

intention

invention

instruction

invasion

intestine

intrusion

inversion

italian

irishman

istanbul

irian

jamaican

jacobin

jettison

javelin

jovian

julian

kantian

keynesian

keratin

lactation

korean

lanolin

lastingly

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

lightening

liechtenstein

libyan

location

locations

locating

logician

lumberman

listener

lutheran

macadam

malayan

magician

listeners

magdalen

malaysian

mandarin

listening

marian

margarine

masculine

medallion

median

menhaden

migration

medicine

midshipman

melanin

mexican

partition

mistaken

misshapen

misprision

misfortune

narration

moroccan

mutation

muskmelon

munition

musician

myosin

negation

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nightingale

nitrogen

nonhuman

nightmarish

nicotine

notation

norwegian

nonunion

nubian

objection

obsession

obstruction

occasion

nutrition

occident

octillion

occlusion

odeon

omission

optation

oppression

optician

opinion

oration

origin

orion

ottoman

nobleman

ovation

outspoken

oxygen

overdone

overman

overrun

parthian

parisian

partisan

pentathlon

patrician

pavilion

perception

pelican

perfection

permission

percussion

perfusion

permian

persuasion

phoenician

petition

physician

peterman

phrygian

plebeian

perversion

policeman

pollution

porcelain

possession

predation

postnatal

position

positions

post-mortem

postmasters

precession

precision

preclusion

postmaster

precaution

prediction

predestine

preemption

pretension

procession

prevention

probation

presumption

privation

production

profession

profusion

prostration

progression

protection

projection

proscription

propulsion

promotion

protean

proportion

provision

puritan

pseudonym

pseudonyms

questioner

questioners

quotation

questionnaire

questionnaires

ramadan

reaction

reactions

prescription

reception

recession

rebellion

recision

redemption

reflection

reduction

rectangle

rectangles

regression

regimen

rejection

relation

remission

religion

rendition

reopen

repression

reptilian

resection

residence

rescission

retention

restriction

retraction

resumption

reunion

revulsion

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

right-handed

salvation

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

residents

resident

scorpion

scythian

secretion

seduction

sedition

seclusion

sectional

sedation

selection

secession

sensation

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solution

solomon

stagnation

specimen

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

subscription

summation

succession

subtraction

suggestion

subversion

suburban

sumatran

succeeding

suppression

superman

suspension

suspicion

sustenance

syrian

tactician

systemic

tamarin

talisman

taxation

temptation

technician

tectonics

testament

tectonic

testaments

thespian

timberman

ticketing

toboggan

toastmaster

transaction

transcription

tradition

transfusion

transgression

translation

truncation

transition

transmission

tuition

unburden

uncertain

uneven

uncommon

unbroken

unbutton

unison

vacation

vacations

unwritten

uterine

vatican

venetian

venison

vermilion

veteran

vibration

victimize

vocation

vitamin

visiting

vocations

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abolition

abyssinian

academic

acclamation

academy

accidental

acclimation

accordion

activation

accusation

academics

acquisition

actionable

academies

adaptation

advocation

admiration

adulation

affirmation

admonition

adrenaline

adoration

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

allegation

agrarian

aldebaran

algonquian

alabaman

albanian

algerian

allocation

altercation

annexation

annotation

american

ammunition

amputation

animation

amphibian

application

appellation

apparition

apprehension

approbation

arbitration

arabian

arizonan

armenian

armageddon

arthurian

appalachian

aspiration

assemblyman

astonishing

assyrian

astonishment

attribution

athenian

avocation

backwardation

aviation

calibration

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

calculation

bohemian

californian

businesswoman

cancellation

canadian

circulation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumspection

circumvention

circumcision

coloration

cogitation

coalition

collocation

collodion

coloradan

columbian

combination

commendation

committeeman

comedian

commutation

compensation

compilation

complication

comparison

composition

competition

computation

comprehension

condensation

condescension

condemnation

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

congregation

connotation

conjugation

consecration

constellation

constipation

consultation

consolation

conservation

constitution

consummation

contemplation

contravention

contraception

contribution

contrarian

contradiction

conversation

convocation

convolution

corinthian

corp.

corporation

correlation

copernican

copenhagen

cotyledon

cultivation

culmination

crucifixion

criterion

cyclopean

crocodilian

custodian

customary

customizes

darwinian

dandelion

decimation

decoration

dedication

defamation

deconstruction

decompression

deformation

definition

delegation

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dehydration

derivation

demonstration

demarcation

demolition

deportation

deposition

dereliction

desecration

destinations

destitution

desiccation

desolation

desperation

designation

disinflation

detonation

deviation

devastation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

dictionary

dilatation

dictionaries

dichotomy

disaffection

disconnection

diminution

diocesan

dispensation

disillusion

disinfection

disputation

estimation

dislocation

estimations

disposition

indexation

estimated

dissertation

distillation

dissipation

dissolution

distribution

distinguishing

distinguishes

distinctively

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

electrician

elevation

education

emanation

elongation

elocution

embarkation

emigration

emulation

equitation

englishwoman

equestrian

erudition

eritrean

estimable

explanation

estonian

estonians

declaration

estimators

eustachian

evocation

excavation

evolution

excitation

european

execution

exhalation

exhortation

exhumation

exhibition

expiration

expedition

exceedingly

exclamation

exploitation

extendible

exploration

exposition

extensively

extenuate

explication

extinguisher

extinguishers

extrication

fabrication

extradition

extinguishment

fallopian

estimator

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

fluctuation

foliation

floridian

fluoridation

formulation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gravitation

granulation

gorgonian

graduation

guatemalan

greco-roman

gregorian

habitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hesitancy

hesitantly

hesitation

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hungarian

hypertension

ideation

hyperion

iberian

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

illustration

incrustation

impregnation

imitation

incantation

importation

immolation

immigration

imperfection

implication

implantation

inattention

imposition

incarnation

inclination

imputation

incubation

indecision

indication

indiscretion

indigestion

infestation

information

inhalation

infiltration

indonesian

installation

inflammation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

inspiration

instigation

institution

integration

insulation

insurrection

interaction

intermission

indignation

intercession

interruption

interception

interdiction

interjection

intersection

intimation

intonation

intervention

interurban

interwoven

introspection

introduction

intuition

inundation

invitation

ostensible

invocation

isolation

iteration

irritation

irrigation

jacobean

iranian

isotonic

jubilation

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

liquidation

lancastrian

levitation

legislation

legitimate

leviathan

legitimize

liberation

librarian

liberian

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

litigation

lubrication

locomotion

maccabean

macedonian

machination

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

medication

manumission

maturation

mediation

meditation

ministration

menstruation

melanesian

meridian

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

ostensibly

miseration

misperception

mitigation

missourian

moderation

modulation

motivation

moravian

mutilation

napoleon

nomination

mongolian

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

preparation

nigerian

noblewoman

nonprescription

obligation

observation

obstetrician

obfuscation

obsidian

oblivion

occidental

nonpartisan

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

operation

opposition

orchestration

oscillation

simulation

perspiration

pagination

palpitation

ovulation

oxidation

pagurian

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Words that rhyme with the word ostentation

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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.


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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

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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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Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
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