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

action

acton

alban

apron

amine

amen

anon

alan

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

austin

auden

baron

bacon

baldwin

barren

auction

bargain

barton

basin

bason

baston

bastion

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

begun

belgian

billion

billon

bisson

bemoan

bison

bitten

blacken

blowgun

boatman

bludgeon

bourbon

bowman

bullion

bordman

bolden

boston

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bracken

brethren

brazen

briton

brighten

broaden

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burgeon

burton

bushman

cabin

caisson

cajun

damson

calvin

button

canine

chaplain

captain

carman

carmine

capstan

carbon

caption

carton

cauldron

caxton

caution

certain

chasten

chicken

cheapen

chieftain

children

christen

churchman

christian

chosen

citron

claxon

coachman

colon

common

commune

copeman

corban

cordon

crewman

cousin

cotton

craftsman

craven

cowan

cretin

crimson

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

cushion

dalton

dampen

zircon

deacon

deepen

delphian

demain

demean

demon

diction

dian

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

earthen

dolman

dozen

dobson

dolphin

doctrine

domain

dragon

draftsman

dustman

driven

dromon

dudgeon

eaten

eden

elan

emption

darken

griffon

fashion

fasten

falcon

faction

fallen

fatten

faulcon

faustian

graven

fiction

fibrin

fielden

gascon

flexion

fireman

flatten

flashgun

fission

floren

foreman

foreign

fortune

freshen

fountain

freedman

freeman

fraction

gallon

friction

fusion

function

garron

frighten

frozen

garden

gilden

georgian

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gluten

golden

grandson

gorgon

gotten

gowan

grecian

gudgeon

milken

guardsman

gumption

haitian

happen

hasten

haven

harden

harken

harten

hausen

hearten

heighten

heathen

hessian

hidden

hogan

houseman

human

ibsen

huntsman

horseman

hoten

humane

hymen

hoven

homespun

hyphen

hyson

immune

inane

lockman

lopeman

junction

ion

kalan

jason

jargon

jordan

jorden

kitten

kitchen

lagan

lampron

laden

landsman

latin

leman

leven

legion

lightman

lichen

lighten

lesion

liman

liken

lion

lisbon

listen

liven

locken

logan

longan

loosen

loren

lotion

luncheon

lumen

lyden

maiden

madden

mahone

mangan

mansion

marchman

markman

marlin

marten

martin

margin

martian

mason

marksman

matron

mayan

memnon

mignon

minden

million

mission

mitten

morgan

mormon

molten

moisten

mountain

motion

muffin

mullen

mutton

muslin

nation

newsman

norman

oarsman

notion

omen

olden

odin

often

ocean

open

organ

option

othman

oven

outdone

outrun

pagan

oxen

owen

paean

pardon

patten

parson

patron

passion

pathan

pavon

orphan

peon

person

persian

pillion

piston

plankton

pigeon

platen

platten

ponton

poison

pollan

pollen

portman

portion

prison

postman

potion

phoneme

proven

prussian

question

pullen

quicken

quinine

ration

raven

rayon

reason

region

renown

remain

rerun

smarten

rename

rincon

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

rumen

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowan

rowen

ruin

salesman

sadden

riven

robin

section

russian

saffron

satin

samson

saxon

scallion

scullion

sanction

scotsman

satan

scion

seaman

season

seedsman

sullen

session

semen

sequin

seton

sexton

shrunken

shearman

shaken

showman

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

shogun

sicken

slacken

smitten

silken

siphon

siren

slogan

soldan

sodden

soften

sovereign

solon

sovran

spartan

stallion

spokesman

squadron

sportsman

spoken

stallman

statesman

stillion

stockman

stiffen

straighten

station

steven

stolen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

suction

sudden

sunken

sultan

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

thicken

thousand

toughen

tighten

toman

townsman

titan

token

torsion

traction

treason

trillion

tungsten

tuscan

turban

triton

trodden

trojan

union

urban

urson

urchin

urine

wagon

version

waken

vulcan

vision

whitson

wanton

watchman

warden

warren

wiccan

weaken

whiten

villain

wooden

wheaten

woolen

widen

wizen

worsen

written

yachtsman

woven

xenon

yaupon

yeoman

zion

ronin

3 syllable words

abandon

abdomen

abduction

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abstention

accession

accretion

abstraction

acumen

adhesion

addition

addiction

admission

adoption

adrian

aegean

affection

african

affliction

aggression

adsorption

albion

albumin

allusion

alaskan

alien

aleutian

alderman

ambrosian

ambition

alsatian

ammonia

andean

anchorman

anion

anglican

anime

appian

apportion

anona

arian

ascension

aryan

artisan

artesian

assassin

assertion

assumption

aspersion

asuncion

attention

bandwagon

attraction

audition

australian

austrian

avian

badminton

backgammon

awaken

backwoodsman

aversion

banana

attrition

bedouin

bedridden

bedizen

battalion

beethoven

benjamin

arkansan

biotin

beholden

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

brazilian

campion

cambrian

compassion

carrion

cardigan

carnation

cation

catalan

castration

cartesian

caucasian

capsaicin

causation

chairwoman

cessation

chairperson

champion

cetacean

chamberlain

charwoman

chilean

cinema

charlatan

citizen

civilian

collusion

cistercian

citation

clarion

clergyman

coercion

cognition

clarendon

collection

collegian

collision

collagen

combustion

commotion

communion

companion

cohesion

commission

complexion

completion

compression

compulsion

compunction

contrition

contusion

concussion

conclusion

concoction

condition

confession

conduction

confection

conflation

convection

contention

concession

connection

conception

confusion

congestion

connexion

confucian

congressman

contortion

conjunction

conscription

consumption

contagion

construction

convention

conversion

conviction

contraction

contraption

constriction

convulsion

correction

countryman

corruption

councilman

crestfallen

corrosion

corsican

creation

cremation

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

declension

deception

decision

deduction

defection

deletion

deflection

deflation

delusion

dentition

depiction

depletion

depression

derision

desertion

description

determine

detection

detention

destruction

devotion

dictation

digestion

discipline

dimension

direction

diffusion

digression

dilation

dilution

discretion

dissection

discussion

dispersion

disruption

dissension

disunion

diffraction

distinction

distortion

diversion

distraction

dominion

domina

dominee

division

domino

downtrodden

donation

elison

election

duration

dorian

dynamo

ejection

edition

egyptian

elation

eleven

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

emulsion

enema

enemy

feminine

encryption

enlighten

enliven

erection

equation

erosion

everyone

evasion

eruption

eviction

etruscan

exaction

excision

exception

excursion

exclusion

excretion

exemption

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

explosion

expression

expulsion

fabian

extortion

extraction

extinction

extrusion

extension

fenian

englishman

fisherman

fixation

filtration

flirtation

flotation

foundation

fijian

foramen

forgotten

forewoman

formation

forbidden

franciscan

freemason

freudian

fustian

galleon

fruition

garrison

frustration

gemini

ghanaian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

gaussian

gillian

gordian

gravamen

grobian

guardian

gradation

halcyon

perfusion

hammerman

hawaiian

handwoven

harlequin

heroin

heartbroken

heroine

housebroken

horizon

horatian

hydration

ignition

hydrogen

illusion

imagine

immersion

hominy

guncotton

halogen

impassion

gyration

implosion

imprison

impression

in-person

indian

inaction

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

infraction

infusion

induction

infarction

ingestion

infection

insertion

inflation

inflection

infliction

inhuman

injection

injunction

inscription

inspection

instruction

invasion

invention

intestine

intrusion

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

jamaican

jettison

javelin

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

intention

kimono

lamina

korean

lactation

lanolin

laurentian

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

ligation

libration

libyan

logician

location

lumberman

lutheran

malayan

mandarin

malaysian

magdalen

magician

nobleman

marian

masculine

margarine

median

medicine

melanin

medallion

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

migration

minium

mistaken

misshapen

misprision

misfortune

moroccan

munition

myosin

muskmelon

musician

mutation

narration

negation

nemean

nebraskan

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

nubian

notation

nutrition

objection

occasion

obsession

obstruction

octillion

odeon

omani

nominee

omission

opinion

occlusion

oppression

oration

optation

optician

origin

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

overdone

overman

orion

overrun

oxygen

parisian

pelican

parthian

partisan

partition

pavilion

patrician

permian

pentathlon

perception

perfection

percussion

permission

seclusion

peterman

petition

perversion

phoenician

physician

plantation

plebeian

pollution

possession

pomona

prevention

policeman

porcelain

persuasion

position

precession

preemption

pretension

predestine

predation

prediction

preclusion

precision

precaution

presumption

prescription

procession

privation

probation

phrygian

projection

profession

production

profusion

progression

promotion

singleton

protean

protection

proportion

propulsion

proscription

prostration

provision

puritan

quotation

ramadan

retention

rebellion

reception

reaction

recession

recision

redemption

reduction

regimen

rejection

reflection

regression

religion

relation

rendition

remission

reopen

resection

reptilian

rescission

repression

reunion

resumption

restriction

retraction

rifleman

reversion

revulsion

revision

rhodopsin

romany

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

salvation

scythian

secession

secretion

sedation

sedition

seduction

sensation

selection

silicon

skeleton

simian

solomon

simony

snapdragon

solution

stagnation

starvation

talisman

stygian

submersion

submission

suburban

subtraction

subscription

subversion

succession

superman

summation

suggestion

sumatran

suppression

syrian

suspension

suspicion

technician

tactician

tamarin

taxation

temptation

thespian

timberman

toboggan

transmission

transition

tradition

transaction

transfusion

transcription

transgression

translation

vacation

unburden

truncation

unbroken

unbutton

tuition

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

unwritten

unison

uterine

vatican

venetian

veteran

vermilion

vibration

vitamin

vocation

volition

wesleyan

waterman

wenona

yemeni

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abolition

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

accordion

admiration

adaptation

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

affirmation

adulation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

activation

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

allegation

algonquian

allocation

american

alternation

alteration

altercation

amphibian

animation

annexation

amputation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

apparition

apprehension

application

approbation

arabian

ammunition

arbitration

armenian

arthurian

armageddon

assemblyman

assyrian

aspiration

athenian

augmentation

attribution

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

arizonan

businesswoman

canadian

californian

calibration

cancellation

calculation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

comprehension

collodion

coloradan

coloration

collocation

columbian

complication

committeeman

comedian

comparison

commutation

composition

combination

commendation

competition

compensation

compilation

computation

condemnation

condescension

confirmation

condensation

confiscation

concentration

connotation

conservation

conjugation

consecration

congregation

consolation

contemplation

consternation

constipation

contraception

contrarian

constellation

contravention

constitution

conflagration

contradiction

contribution

conversation

consultation

consummation

convocation

convolution

corinthian

confrontation

copernican

correlation

corporation

cotyledon

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

corp.

criterion

copenhagen

coronation

declaration

decoration

decimation

decompression

deconstruction

dedication

defamation

definition

deformation

delegation

degradation

dehydration

demolition

demarcation

deposition

depravation

depredation

deportation

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

desiccation

designation

desecration

desolation

desperation

destination

destitution

demonstration

detonation

devastation

deviation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

disaffection

dilatation

diminution

disconnection

dislocation

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

disposition

dispensation

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

divination

distribution

education

diocesan

elevation

electrician

emanation

elocution

emigration

embarkation

elongation

emulation

darwinian

eritrean

equitation

equestrian

estonian

estimation

erudition

evolution

european

eustachian

evocation

excitation

excavation

federation

exclamation

execution

exhibition

expiration

exhumation

exhortation

explanation

explication

exploration

exposition

exploitation

expectation

expedition

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fallopian

fascination

exhalation

englishwoman

floridian

figuration

fibrillation

fluctuation

fluoridation

fragmentation

foliation

galilean

gargantuan

formulation

fumigation

generation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

graduation

gorgonian

granulation

gastrulation

gravitation

fermentation

greco-roman

gregorian

dandelion

habitation

guatemalan

hegelian

herculean

hemoglobin

hesitation

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ideation

illustration

ibuprofen

imitation

immigration

immolation

imperfection

inattention

implantation

incarnation

imposition

incantation

implication

importation

impregnation

inclination

incrustation

imputation

incubation

indecision

indentation

indexation

indication

indonesian

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

information

inhalation

inflammation

infestation

infiltration

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

insurrection

installation

integration

interaction

intermission

interurban

intercession

interruption

interception

interdiction

interjection

intersection

intervention

intimation

intuition

interwoven

intonation

introduction

inundation

introspection

invitation

invocation

iranian

jacobean

iteration

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

insulation

lancastrian

laceration

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberian

liberation

lilliputian

limitation

librarian

liquidation

inspiration

instigation

institution

litigation

maccabean

macedonian

newtonian

locomotion

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

maturation

medication

meditation

melanesian

mediation

lubrication

menstruation

meridian

misperception

minnesotan

misbegotten

noblewoman

ministration

machination

mortification

missourian

mitigation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

modulation

moderation

motivation

miseration

mutilation

napoleon

nestorian

navigation

masturbation

nicaraguan

nigerian

misconception

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

observation

occupation

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

penetration

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

paraguayan

ostentation

palpitation

pagination

pagurian

pedestrian

pelagian

pavlovian

penicillin

oscillation

perforation

permutation

nomination

persecution

sectarian

peruvian

liquefaction

perspiration

planarian

pigmentation

plutonian

politician

polyhedron

polynesian

population

praetorian

predetermine

preelection

predilection

perturbation

preignition

preparation

premonition

preservation

presentation

segregation

proclamation

prohibition

protozoan

protestation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

provocation

punctuation

radiation

publication

reawaken

reassertion

readmission

realization

recantation

reclamation

recognition

recitation

recreation

recollection

reconstruction

reelection

reexamine

reformation

refutation

registration

regulation

relaxation

relocation

reinspection

renovation

procreation

reparation

repetition

replication

propagation

repercussion

reposition

repossession

reproduction

requisition

republican

resignation

reservation

resolution

reputation

respiration

restoration

restitution

resurrection

retardation

retribution

retrocession

rhetorician

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

profanation

rumination

preconception

precondition

saturation

sanitation

samaritan

satisfaction

segmentation

separation

self-deception

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

strangulation

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

revelation

superhuman

superstition

supervision

supposition

surrogation

syndication

tabulation

syncopation

suffocation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

titillation

transformation

toleration

transplantation

trepidation

transportation

tribulation

ulceration

usurpation

utopian

vaccination

variation

vacillation

validation

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

victorian

valerian

wagnerian

violation

vindication

visitation

valuation

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

agglomeration

affiliation

adulteration

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amazonian

amalgamation

amelioration

amplification

annihilation

amortization

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

assassination

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

babylonian

authorization

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

carolinian

carthaginian

centenarian

capitulation

cauterization

centralization

certification

christianization

canonization

clarification

classification

coagulation

civilization

codification

collaboration

cohabitation

commemoration

communication

colonization

conciliation

concatenation

confederation

configuration

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

contamination

continuation

consolidation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

degeneration

defenestration

deification

delineation

delicatessen

deliberation

denomination

denunciation

depreciation

depopulation

desalination

desegregation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

dissemination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

epicurean

eradication

equalization

equivocation

ethiopian

evaporation

evaluation

evacuation

examination

exasperation

exaggeration

excoriation

exacerbation

exoneration

exoskeleton

exhilaration

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

falsification

facilitation

exfoliation

fertilization

fortification

glorification

gasification

hanoverian

harmonization

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

illumination

hyperborean

imagination

inauguration

inactivation

incarceration

immunization

incorporation

incineration

improvisation

incrimination

inhabitation

insemination

initiation

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mummification

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Words that rhyme with the word penman

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


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
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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