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

acton

airman

alan

arson

alban

alman

amman

apron

arches

arkose

arses

argues

auction

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auden

bludgeon

burgeon

austin

bacon

basin

bastion

bagman

banyan

baron

barren

baldwin

bargain

barges

baston

bison

baton

billon

barton

bason

beckon

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

belgian

bellon

bellman

begun

billion

bisson

bitten

burton

billman

boatman

blowgun

bobbin

burman

blacken

bourbon

bookman

boston

bordman

breakage

bolden

bollen

boughten

boroughs

brakeman

bracken

brackish

brazen

bowman

braces

bourses

brasses

brethren

breton

brighten

briton

bruises

breaches

breeches

burden

burdon

brushes

bullion

breezes

broken

broaden

brogan

broaches

bushman

button

caisson

cabin

cajun

calvin

canaan

cannon

canon

caption

capstan

canyon

captain

carbon

caution

canton

cargoes

caxton

cushion

carman

carmine

carton

carjacks

carsick

cauldron

cayman

cargos

carjack

certain

chaplain

chapman

charon

chairman

charges

chasten

cheapen

chessman

christian

chicken

christen

churches

chieftain

children

chosen

churchman

citron

claxon

classman

chevron

coachman

clinton

colon

common

curtain

zircon

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

courses

corsage

cousin

craftsman

cowan

crashes

craven

crimson

cresses

cretin

crewman

crazies

creases

crises

crushes

crouton

cuban

crosses

cruises

crosswise

cumin

curses

dagan

dagon

dalton

daman

dampen

damson

darken

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

delphian

desman

devon

dian

diction

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dozen

draftsman

dudgeon

dungeon

driven

druggists

dressage

drunken

dresses

druggist

dustman

earthen

dutchman

eaten

eden

elan

ermine

fashion

emption

engine

ensign

dragon

falcon

fallen

famine

fasten

faustian

fatten

faulcon

felon

dromon

fiction

fibrin

fielden

fission

flashgun

flatten

floren

forces

forecast

forecasts

foreman

foreign

forges

foresight

foresees

forgoes

fortune

fountain

forsake

freedman

freeman

frescoes

freezes

freshman

firman

function

friction

frighten

gallon

gammon

frozen

fusion

garden

friezes

gascon

gentian

georgian

german

georges

grandson

garron

hetman

jackman

glisten

gladden

glidden

gilden

given

haitian

gowan

golden

goodman

gorgon

gorges

gotten

graces

grasses

gluten

gudgeon

gumption

grecian

guardsman

graven

griffon

grosses

hackman

heron

hasten

harken

hangman

happen

haven

harden

harten

hausen

headman

heaven

henchman

hempen

gibbon

headsman

heathen

hearten

hidden

fireman

heighten

herzog

homespun

horseman

horseshit

horses

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

hogan

hymen

hyson

hyphen

horseshoe

ibsen

footman

ion

jason

jasmine

deacon

moisten

jetton

jordan

jorden

junction

keelson

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kitchen

klansman

kalan

kitten

kelson

landman

kremlin

laden

lagan

lampron

landsman

lessen

lesson

leaden

latin

layman

largest

leaven

ledden

lemon

lengthen

legion

leman

largesse

lesion

large-scale

leven

lockman

lichen

liken

linen

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lighten

liman

mansion

listen

locken

lisbon

london

m1

loosen

longan

lopeman

lynden

liven

lotion

luncheon

lurches

loren

lumen

lyden

mahone

madden

logan

maiden

lion

mangan

marksman

marron

marchman

markman

margin

marshes

marlin

marches

marquiss

martian

marten

mason

marxist

marxists

mayan

martin

matron

mention

melon

melton

merges

mercies

mignon

milken

minden

minion

million

mission

jetson

mitten

jargon

molten

morgan

mormon

muffin

mullen

motion

muslin

mountain

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

nurses

olden

odin

often

omen

onion

open

option

orcas

organ

precise

jerseys

othman

orphan

oven

parson

outdone

outrun

packman

owen

oxen

panton

pagan

pardon

paean

penguin

passion

pectin

pathan

passman

patron

patten

pavon

pension

penman

perches

peon

perron

persian

person

persists

parsec

pigeon

plankton

piston

plantain

pillion

pinion

phrases

pitman

platen

platten

poison

pollan

ponton

porches

portion

potion

postman

praises

preaches

portman

pollen

orgies

presage

presses

pressman

prison

prices

prizes

persist

ration

projects

process

proven

raven

project

pullen

purchase

purges

question

quicken

purses

pursues

reason

reckon

proxies

redden

region

rayon

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

risen

rincon

ripen

riven

robin

roman

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

runnion

samson

sanction

salesman

sadden

salmon

saffron

rosin

saxon

scallion

satan

satin

scotsman

scion

rosen

santon

scourges

scullion

searches

seaman

season

screeches

seedsman

selden

semen

sequin

sermon

sexton

seven

shaken

shaman

sharpen

shearman

shipman

seton

shogun

shorten

shotgun

showman

sicken

silken

slacken

smitten

smarten

shrunken

siphon

siren

slogan

sodden

soften

soldan

sources

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

spokesman

sportsman

spoken

squadron

station

stallion

stallman

statesman

stepson

stockman

stiffen

stillion

steven

stolen

straighten

sturgeon

strengthen

suasion

stricken

striven

solon

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

summon

turban

surges

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tarses

tendon

tension

taken

teston

turquoise

thicken

sunken

urson

surcease

surgeon

thrushes

threaten

token

tillman

tighten

titan

toman

torsion

toughen

townsman

trackage

traces

torches

trashes

thousand

treason

tresses

tungsten

trojan

tubman

triton

trodden

trusses

tragic

turkeys

turkish

turkic

tuscan

undone

urchin

urban

urges

urine

torsos

vegan

union

verges

version

verses

villain

vision

waken

wagon

vulcan

wanton

warden

warren

warsaws

weapon

watchman

trillion

weaken

zaman

woolen

wheaten

wiccan

woolman

whiten

whitson

women

wooden

woodman

widen

worsen

wizen

woman

workman

wreckage

written

yachtsman

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zion

3 syllable words

abduction

abortion

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abrasion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accession

accretion

admission

addition

adoption

adhesion

addiction

adrian

adsorption

acumen

affection

aggression

affliction

african

aegean

alaskan

albumin

aleutian

albion

alien

asuncion

ambition

alderman

alsatian

ambrosian

andean

anyone

anchorman

apportion

appian

anglican

arkansan

arian

argosy

arises

archaic

audition

artisan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

attrition

allusion

assumption

assertion

attraction

attention

australian

austrian

aversion

backgammon

avian

awaken

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

barrages

bedridden

bedouin

bedizen

beethoven

battalion

biotin

benjamin

beholden

artesian

bitumen

bouillon

bosnian

bourgeoisie

brazilian

bulletin

aryan

campion

cambrian

carcasses

capsaicin

catalan

cardigan

caresses

carjacking

castration

cessation

caucasian

chairwoman

carnation

carjackings

cation

cartesian

causation

charlatan

champion

carriages

cetacean

chairperson

chamberlain

charwoman

carrion

cherishes

choruses

chilean

churchgoer

churchgoers

churchgoing

cinnamon

citizen

cistercian

citation

civilian

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collagen

collection

combustion

collegian

collision

collusion

commission

commotion

compassion

companion

communion

compulsion

compression

compunction

concession

conception

conclusion

concoction

conduction

condition

confection

conflation

confession

congressman

confucian

congestion

confusion

connection

connexion

conscription

convulsion

consumption

contortion

complexion

conjunction

construction

contraction

contention

constriction

contraption

conviction

contagion

contrition

convection

convention

contusion

conversion

completion

corrosion

councilman

corsican

countryman

corsicas

corsica

creation

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

crocuses

dalmatian

cyprian

damnation

declension

deflection

decision

deduction

defection

deflation

denizen

derision

deletion

dentition

depression

depiction

depletion

description

desertion

delusion

detection

destruction

detention

determine

devotion

dictation

diffraction

digression

dilution

digestion

dilation

diffusion

dimension

discretion

discipline

disruption

dissection

dispersion

dissension

distinction

distortion

distraction

disunion

diversion

division

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

duration

edition

election

ejection

elation

elison

egyptian

eleven

emulsion

emission

encryption

emotion

emblazon

embolden

englishman

erection

enlighten

enliven

equation

erases

erosion

eruption

eviction

everyone

etruscan

exaction

evasion

exception

excision

exertion

excretion

exemption

exclusion

exhaustion

excursion

expansion

expulsion

explosion

expression

extension

extortion

extraction

extinction

fabian

extrusion

farcical

farsighted

feminine

fenian

ferryman

fijian

filtration

fixation

fisherman

flotation

forecaster

forages

foramen

forecasters

forecasting

forewoman

forgotten

formation

foundation

franciscan

freemason

gestation

freudian

fruition

fustian

galleon

garrison

frustration

garages

genuine

gentleman

gaussian

ghanaian

abandon

gradation

gordian

graciously

guardian

grobian

gravamen

guncotton

gyration

halcyon

harlequin

handwoven

harasses

hawaiian

heiresses

heroin

heroine

hammerman

heartbroken

gillian

irishman

ingestion

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydrogen

hydration

hyraxes

ignition

imagine

illusion

immersion

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

inaction

in-person

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

induction

infection

infarction

inflection

infliction

inflation

infraction

infusion

inhuman

injection

injunction

inscription

insertion

inspection

instruction

intention

invention

intestine

intrusion

inversion

invasion

irian

iraqis

forbidden

italian

jamaican

deception

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

jurassic

keratin

lactation

kantian

lanolin

keynesian

korean

laotian

laurentian

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

masculine

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

marriages

marian

margarine

marxism

medallion

median

menhaden

melanin

mexican

midshipman

migration

mirages

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

morasses

moroccan

musician

munition

myosin

muskmelon

mutation

narcissist

narration

remission

negation

nevadan

nebraskan

nearsighted

niacin

nemean

nourishes

nitrogen

nobleman

norwegian

notation

nonhuman

nonunion

oppression

nutrition

obstruction

objection

obsession

occasion

occlusion

omission

octillion

odeon

opinion

nubian

optician

optation

oration

orchestra

orchestral

orchestras

orchestrate

origin

orion

overrun

orchestrates

ottoman

parthian

ovation

overdone

overman

oxygen

outspoken

parisian

parishes

patrician

pavilion

pelican

partition

perfection

permian

pentathlon

perfusion

perquisite

perquisites

persecute

persecutes

partisan

predation

orgasm

orgasms

perversion

persistent

persisting

persuasion

persuasions

peterman

petition

plantation

phoenician

pharisees

physician

phrygian

precision

plebeian

policeman

pollution

porcelain

position

possession

precession

persuasive

preclusion

preemption

prediction

predestine

preexists

preexist

presumption

production

prescription

presages

pretension

prevention

privation

procession

processions

probation

processes

progression

profession

profusion

persico

projection

projections

projectiles

proportion

promotion

propulsion

proscription

prosecutes

protection

provision

prostration

protean

prosecute

puritan

projectile

purchasers

purchaser

ramadan

quotation

projector

reaction

rebellion

recession

reception

recision

reduction

redemption

reflection

regimen

regression

rejection

rehearses

relation

religion

projectors

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

restriction

resumption

retraction

retention

reunion

rifleman

revulsion

revision

rhodopsin

reversion

rendition

salvation

saccharin

rotation

saleswoman

samoan

sarcasm

sedition

sargasso

scorpion

sedation

seclusion

secretion

secession

scythian

seduction

selection

sensation

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

subscription

subtraction

succession

summation

suggestion

sumatran

subversion

suburban

superman

suppression

reopen

suspicion

suspension

surgical

syracuse

syrian

taxation

talisman

tauruses

tamarin

terraces

temptation

thespian

toboggan

timberman

uterine

tradition

thoracic

transcription

transition

transmission

tricuspid

transgression

translation

transfusion

vatican

tuition

truncation

unbutton

uncommon

unburden

uncertain

unbroken

triassic

unison

unwritten

uneven

transaction

venetian

vermilion

vibration

veteran

viruses

vocation

volition

vitamin

waterman

wesleyan

xeroxes

zambian

tricycle

4 syllable words

abolition

abrogation

absolution

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abyssinian

accordion

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

admonition

adoration

admiration

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

aggravation

agitation

aggregation

affirmation

affectation

agrarian

alabaman

ammunition

albanian

allegation

allocation

algonquian

algerian

altercation

appalachian

alternation

alteration

american

appellation

apparition

approbation

annotation

animation

amputation

annexation

application

apprehension

amphibian

arbitration

arabian

aldebaran

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

aspiration

bifurcation

attribution

assyrian

arthurian

assemblyman

athenian

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

augmentation

bavarian

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

cancellation

canadian

californian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collocation

coloration

combination

columbian

coloradan

collodion

comedian

commendation

committeeman

comparison

commutation

compilation

compensation

composition

concentration

comprehension

complication

computation

condemnation

condensation

confirmation

condescension

conflagration

confrontation

confiscation

congregation

conjugation

connotation

conservation

consolation

constellation

consternation

consecration

constipation

constitution

consummation

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

conversation

contribution

contravention

convocation

convolution

contrarian

coronation

correlation

corinthian

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

courageously

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

copernican

culmination

cultivation

copenhagen

competition

cyclopean

custodian

fluctuation

dandelion

fluoridation

darwinian

decimation

definition

dedication

decompression

decoration

declaration

deconstruction

defamation

deformation

delegation

degradation

dehydration

depredation

demolition

deposition

depravation

derivation

desolation

demonstration

deprivation

dereliction

designation

destination

deportation

destitution

desecration

desiccation

demarcation

desperation

detonation

devastation

devolution

deviation

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disaffection

dissolution

divination

disinfection

disinflation

dissertation

disposition

dispensation

disputation

dislocation

distillation

domination

dissipation

distribution

disillusion

fascination

dominican

draconian

fermentation

duplication

elevation

education

electrician

erudition

emanation

emigration

emulation

embarkation

elocution

elongation

equitation

eritrean

equestrian

englishwoman

estimation

evolution

european

evocation

estonian

eustachian

exhibition

excavation

execution

excitation

exhalation

exclamation

exhortation

exhumation

expedition

exposition

explanation

explication

expiration

exploitation

exploration

fabrication

extradition

expectation

extrication

fallopian

federation

figuration

fibrillation

floridian

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

galilean

fumigation

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

himalayan

glaciation

graduation

gorgonian

granulation

gravitation

habitation

greco-roman

guatemalan

gregorian

hibernation

hesitation

herculean

hemoglobin

hegelian

interruption

historian

hungarian

hypertension

hydrocarbon

illustration

ideation

ibuprofen

imitation

immigration

immolation

imposition

imperfection

implication

importation

implantation

impregnation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

hyperion

inclination

incrustation

indecision

incubation

indentation

indexation

intermission

indication

indigestion

information

inhalation

infestation

infiltration

indonesian

inflammation

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

inspiration

installation

insulation

insurrection

integration

indiscretion

intercession

interaction

instigation

interception

institution

interdiction

interjection

indignation

iberian

jacobean

irrigation

intonation

intersection

intervention

intimation

inundation

intuition

introduction

introspection

interwoven

interurban

isolation

irritation

invocation

iranian

invitation

iteration

jubilation

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

lancastrian

laceration

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberation

liberian

locomotion

lilliputian

limitation

litigation

maccabean

librarian

liquidation

lubrication

lyricism

macedonian

malformation

maharajahs

malnutrition

mammalian

liquefaction

manumission

masturbation

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

meridian

miseration

misconception

menstruation

minnesotan

ministration

misbegotten

misperception

moderation

missourian

mitigation

modulation

moravian

molestation

mongolian

mortification

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

narcissism

narcissistic

navigation

nicaraguan

newtonian

nestorian

nigerian

nomination

noblewoman

nonpartisan

operation

nonprescription

opposition

obligation

observation

obsidian

obfuscation

obstetrician

oblivion

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

ordination

orchestration

orchestrations

precondition

orchestrated

ostentation

oscillation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagurian

pagination

palpitation

paraguayan

penicillin

penetration

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

persecution

perforation

permutation

persecuted

persecutions

persecutor

persecutors

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

persistently

pigmentation

planarian

politician

plutonian

preconception

population

polynesian

polyhedron

praetorian

premonition

predilection

preelection

predetermine

preignition

presentation

preparation

proclamation

preservation

profanation

processional

procreation

prohibition

provocation

propagation

proposition

prostitution

prosecution

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Words that rhyme with the word percussion

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How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

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

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

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

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
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  • Orange

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