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

acton

action

alban

airman

alan

alman

amman

apron

arming

arson

aspen

ashen

asian

atman

austin

auction

auden

bacon

banyan

baron

barren

bargain

baldwin

barton

basin

bayman

baston

bason

bastion

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

beckon

belgian

bellon

bellman

billion

billman

begun

billon

blacken

bison

bourbon

burmans

bisson

burden

bagman

boatman

bolden

brazen

bitten

bracken

brahmin

burdon

bowman

bobbin

bordman

boston

brakeman

burton

bollen

bookman

breton

brimming

brethren

boughten

brighten

bullion

bromine

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

browning

burgeon

burning

blowgun

burnings

bushman

bludgeon

button

cabin

caisson

calvin

dampen

canaan

canyon

cannon

canton

canon

cayman

capstan

captain

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

caution

caxton

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

cajun

charming

charon

chessman

chasten

cheapen

chevron

chieftain

chicken

chosen

children

christen

christian

churchman

churning

citron

damson

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

common

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

daman

curtain

craven

cretin

crewman

cumin

craftsman

cousin

cowan

crimson

crouton

cuban

crooning

cushion

dagan

dagon

dalton

deacon

darken

deaden

deafen

zircon

greening

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dian

diction

doorman

dobson

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

emption

earning

dragon

dormant

draining

drumming

draftsman

dozen

dromon

drunken

driven

dungeon

dudgeon

dustman

dutchman

earnings

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

ensign

engine

falcon

faction

famine

farming

fallen

fasten

fatten

fashion

felon

faulcon

faustian

ferment

ferments

firmans

fireman

fielden

fiction

fibrin

foreman

flashgun

fission

flatten

framing

flexion

floren

foreign

forming

fraction

fountain

fortune

freeman

freedman

freemans

freshman

freshen

footman

gladden

friction

frighten

gammon

frozen

garden

fusion

gallon

garment

gascon

garron

garments

function

gentian

germans

germane

germain

georgian

gibbon

gilden

given

glidden

glisten

gluten

golden

goodman

graven

gorgon

grandson

grecian

gotten

gowan

griffon

grooming

guardsman

hackman

haitian

gumption

gudgeon

headman

hangman

hempen

happen

harden

harken

hasten

haven

harten

hausen

heaven

headsman

heathen

hearten

heighten

henchman

heron

hessian

hetman

homespun

hidden

hogan

hormone

horseman

horning

hoven

human

houseman

hormones

hoten

huntsman

hymen

ibsen

hyphen

hyson

ion

jackman

jetson

jasmine

jargon

jason

jetton

jordan

jorden

kenyan

kalan

kirkman

junction

kansan

keelson

kremlin

layman

kelson

kelvin

klansman

kitchen

kitten

lemon

laden

lagan

lampron

latin

landman

leaven

leaden

ledden

landsman

learning

legion

leman

lessen

lesson

lengthen

leven

lesion

lichen

liman

lighten

lightman

liken

minion

linden

lineman

lion

linemen

lisbon

linen

listen

liven

locken

lockman

logan

london

lopeman

longan

loosen

loren

m1

lotion

lumen

madden

lynden

luncheon

lyden

maiden

mahone

mangan

mansion

markman

marksman

marron

marchman

marlin

marten

martian

martin

margin

melton

mason

melon

merman

matron

mention

million

mayan

mignon

milken

minden

mitten

mission

molten

mormon

morgan

morning

mourning

moisten

mornings

mormons

mountain

muffin

mullen

motion

mutton

muslin

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

oarsman

omen

odin

ocean

olden

often

onion

option

open

outdone

organ

orphan

priming

othman

outrun

oven

notion

owen

oxen

paean

packman

panton

pagan

pardon

passman

passion

pathan

parson

pectin

patten

patron

pavon

peon

penman

pension

penguin

person

perron

persian

pigeon

pillion

pinion

plantain

platen

platten

plankton

piston

pitman

ponton

portman

poison

pollan

pollen

portion

postman

potion

pressman

prison

sodden

pronoun

soften

pronouns

spartan

proven

question

pullen

pruning

prussian

quicken

rayon

raven

reason

ration

redden

reckon

region

rerun

resin

pronounce

pronounced

solon

rosen

ribbon

rincon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

roman

salesman

rosin

rumen

runnion

rotten

russian

rowan

rowen

ruin

sadden

scullion

saffron

satan

samson

salmon

santon

sanction

satin

scallion

saxon

scion

screaming

scotsman

screening

screenings

seaman

season

soldan

section

sharpen

shogun

seedsman

selden

sermons

shaman

semen

seton

seven

session

shaken

sexton

shearman

sequin

shipman

shorten

shotgun

showman

silken

slacken

smarten

shrunken

sicken

siphon

siren

slogan

smitten

sovereign

sovran

stallion

stillion

stallman

stepson

sturgeon

spoken

spokesman

sportsman

station

squadron

steven

stiffen

straighten

statesman

stockman

stolen

strengthen

stricken

striven

suasion

surgeon

sultan

suction

sudden

sullen

surmount

summon

sunken

sweeten

surname

surnames

sylvan

swollen

townsman

spearman

taken

talon

syphon

tappen

tendon

tension

tarpon

tartan

teston

threaten

tillman

thousand

tighten

titan

token

thicken

toman

torsion

toughen

torment

torments

turban

turning

traction

training

trainings

treason

trillion

trimming

tubman

tuscan

trimmings

triton

trodden

trojan

tungsten

urban

urson

urine

urchin

union

vegan

undone

version

wanton

villain

vulcan

wagon

waken

warming

warning

warren

vision

warnings

zaman

watchman

warden

weaken

weapon

workman

whiten

worsen

wheaten

woman

women

whitson

woodman

woolman

wiccan

widen

wizen

wooden

woolen

yearning

yearnings

yeoman

woven

written

yaupon

yachtsman

zion

3 syllable words

abdomen

abduction

ablation

ablution

abrasion

abstraction

abortion

absorption

abstention

accession

admission

accretion

adhesion

addition

addiction

acumen

adoption

alaskan

adrian

aegean

affection

affliction

african

adsorption

albion

aggression

albumin

alderman

alsatian

aleutian

allusion

ambition

andean

ambrosian

anyone

anchorman

anglican

armament

apportion

arkansan

armaments

aryan

artisan

ascension

assassin

aspersion

assertion

assumption

asuncion

artesian

austrian

aversion

australian

attention

attrition

attraction

audition

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

bedouin

beholden

bedridden

beethoven

benjamin

biotin

birmingham

bedizen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

bitumen

cambrian

abandon

capsaicin

cation

cardigan

carnation

castration

cartesian

catalan

caucasian

causation

cessation

cetacean

chairmanship

chairwoman

chairperson

chamberlain

charlatan

chairmanships

charwoman

chilean

chromium

cinnamon

cistercian

citation

citizen

civilian

clarendon

commission

coercion

collegian

cohesion

collision

cognition

collection

collagen

collusion

commotion

companion

combustion

communion

compassion

completion

complexion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conception

concession

conclusion

concoction

concussion

condition

confection

confession

conduction

conflation

connexion

confucian

connection

confusion

congestion

congressman

conjunction

conscription

constriction

construction

consumption

contention

contagion

contraction

contortion

contraption

conversion

contrition

convection

convention

conviction

contusion

convulsion

corrosion

correction

corruption

corsican

cranium

cyprian

cremation

countryman

creation

councilman

crestfallen

croatian

criminals

crustacean

criminal

dalmatian

damnation

decision

declension

deletion

deflection

defection

deduction

deflation

emblazon

denizen

dentition

depletion

depiction

derision

depression

delusion

desertion

determine

detection

detention

destruction

devotion

dictation

diffraction

diffusion

digression

dimension

dilation

dilution

description

direction

digestion

discipline

discretion

dominion

dispersion

dissection

dissension

disruption

donation

distinction

diversion

disunion

distraction

distortion

division

dorian

dormancy

downtrodden

duration

elison

edition

egyptian

ejection

discussion

election

eleven

elation

emission

embolden

emotion

enlighten

enliven

emulsion

encryption

englishman

erection

equation

erosion

eruption

etruscan

evasion

everyone

eviction

excision

excretion

gordian

exertion

exaction

exception

fenian

excursion

exhaustion

extraction

expansion

expression

extension

explosion

expulsion

extinction

extortion

exclusion

extrusion

exemption

feminine

ferryman

freudian

fijian

filtration

fisherman

fixation

foramen

flirtation

flotation

forgotten

formation

forbidden

forewoman

freemason

foundation

franciscan

fruition

fustian

gaussian

garrison

gillian

frustration

genuine

germinate

ghanaian

germanic

gestation

gentleman

frowningly

grobian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

halcyon

gyration

halogen

guncotton

hammerman

handwoven

harmonies

harmonize

harmonic

harmonics

hawaiian

harmony

harlequin

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

hormonal

hydration

housebroken

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impassion

insertion

implosion

impression

imprison

in-person

inaction

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

infarction

induction

infection

inflection

infliction

inflation

infusion

ingestion

infraction

inhuman

injection

injunction

inscription

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

journeyman

intrusion

irian

inversion

invasion

invention

jamaican

ironing

irishman

italian

jacobin

jettison

javelin

jovian

julian

kantian

keynesian

keratin

korean

lesbian

lactation

laotian

lanolin

lecithin

laurentian

libyan

ligation

location

libration

lumberman

lutheran

logician

magdalen

magician

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

mexican

migration

midshipman

deception

misprision

mistaken

misfortune

repression

misshapen

moroccan

mormonism

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

narration

nebraskan

nevadan

negation

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

normandy

norwegian

nubian

nutrition

objection

overman

notation

odeon

octillion

occasion

obsession

occlusion

obstruction

omission

opinion

oration

oppression

optician

optation

overdone

orion

origin

ornament

ornaments

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

overrun

oxygen

paramount

parisian

parthian

partition

partisan

patrician

pavilion

percussion

perception

perfection

pelican

pentathlon

perfusion

permanent

persuasion

perversion

peterman

petition

phoenician

phrygian

physician

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

position

porcelain

possession

precaution

precision

precession

preclusion

premium

predation

prediction

predestine

premiums

preemption

prescription

presumption

pretension

prevention

privation

probation

procession

production

promotion

profusion

progression

projection

promenade

promenades

prominent

pronouncement

pronouncements

protean

protection

prostration

proportion

propulsion

proscription

provision

puritan

quotation

ramadan

reaction

reunion

rebellion

recision

reception

recession

redemption

retraction

reduction

regimen

regression

reflection

remission

rendition

religion

rejection

relation

reopen

reptilian

rescission

resection

restriction

resumption

retention

reversion

revision

scythian

profession

revulsion

rifleman

rhodopsin

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

salvation

secession

sedation

seclusion

sensation

selection

secretion

sedition

skeleton

silicon

singleton

snapdragon

seduction

solomon

solution

pronounces

stagnation

specimen

stygian

starvation

submission

submersion

subscription

superman

subtraction

suburban

suggestion

succession

summation

sumatran

subversion

surmounted

suppression

suspension

suspicion

syrian

tamarin

tactician

talisman

terminal

temptation

terminals

taxation

technician

terminate

thespian

terminates

timberman

toboggan

tournament

tormentor

tormentors

tormenting

tournaments

transgression

transmission

transition

tradition

transfusion

transaction

translation

tuition

truncation

unburden

unbroken

unbutton

transcription

uncertain

uneven

uterine

unwritten

unison

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

veteran

vibration

waterman

uncommon

volition

vitamin

vocation

warmonger

warningly

wesleyan

pronouncing

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abyssinian

abrogation

absolution

accordion

acclamation

accusation

acquisition

activation

adoration

admiration

adaptation

admonition

acclimation

adrenaline

affirmation

advocation

affectation

adulation

aggravation

agrarian

albanian

aggregation

agitation

alabaman

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

altercation

allegation

allocation

alteration

alternation

amphibian

animation

ammunition

american

annotation

amputation

annexation

armenian

appalachian

apparition

arabian

appellation

approbation

apprehension

arbitration

arizonan

armageddon

application

armenians

arthurian

assemblyman

aspiration

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

ceremonies

ceremony

chameleon

circumcision

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

darwinian

calculation

coalition

collodion

cogitation

committeeman

coloradan

collocation

columbian

comedian

coloration

combination

commutation

comparison

competition

compilation

composition

complication

compensation

comprehension

computation

concentration

commendation

condemnation

confirmation

conflagration

consternation

condensation

congregation

conjugation

connotation

condescension

confiscation

conservation

consecration

consolation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contrarian

contradiction

contraception

conversation

contemplation

contribution

convocation

convolution

contravention

confrontation

corinthian

corp.

corporation

correlation

copernican

coronation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

cultivation

criminally

crucifixion

criminalize

criminalist

culmination

custodian

cyclopean

criminalists

dandelion

copenhagen

calibration

californian

decimation

declaration

defamation

decoration

deformation

degradation

dedication

delegation

dehydration

definition

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

deposition

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

embarkation

desiccation

desecration

designation

desolation

desperation

destination

destitution

detonation

deviation

devastation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

dissipation

disinflation

dislocation

dispensation

disposition

dissertation

disinfection

disputation

dissolution

distribution

domination

divination

dominican

distillation

draconian

duplication

education

elevation

electrician

elocution

elongation

emanation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

eritrean

equestrian

equitation

eustachian

estonian

european

erudition

estimation

exclamation

exhortation

evolution

excavation

evocation

excitation

exhumation

expiration

extradition

expedition

exploration

exposition

expectation

explication

exploitation

explanation

extrication

fabrication

execution

fallopian

fascination

exhalation

exhibition

federation

fermentation

figuration

fluoridation

floridian

fluctuation

formulation

fragmentation

foliation

glaciation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

geranium

geraniums

germania

germination

gerrymander

gerrymanders

fibrillation

gorgonian

graduation

gravitation

granulation

gregorian

greco-roman

moderation

habitation

guatemalan

harmonium

harmonica

harmonizes

harmonia

intermission

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

ideation

hypertension

ibuprofen

imitation

immolation

imperfection

implication

implantation

imposition

illustration

immigration

importation

impregnation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

inclination

incrustation

indentation

indignation

indecision

indigestion

indiscretion

incubation

indication

indonesian

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

information

inhibition

inhalation

innovation

inquisition

interdiction

inspiration

insurrection

interaction

instigation

institution

integration

installation

intercession

interception

insulation

interjection

inundation

interurban

interruption

intersection

intervention

interwoven

intimation

intuition

introduction

intonation

introspection

indexation

iranian

iranians

irrigation

irritation

invitation

jacobean

iteration

isolation

invocation

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

jubilation

laceration

legislation

lancastrian

leviathan

librarian

levitation

liberian

liberation

miseration

lilliputian

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

litigation

maccabean

lubrication

locomotion

macedonian

machination

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

mediation

maturation

medication

meditation

melanesian

masturbation

menstruation

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

missourian

misconception

deconstruction

mitigation

misperception

reposition

mongolian

molestation

mortification

napoleon

motivation

mutilation

nestorian

navigation

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

nonpartisan

nomination

noblewoman

nonprescription

obligation

obfuscation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

octahedron

occupation

obstetrician

ohioan

olympian

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ornamental

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

paraguayan

pagurian

palpitation

pagination

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penicillin

penetration

perforation

permutation

permanently

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

planarian

plutonian

polynesian

polyhedron

politician

population

preconception

precondition

predetermine

predilection

preelection

preeminence

preeminent

preignition

praetorian

decompression

preservation

preparation

premonition

premonitions

proclamation

pigmentation

oxidation

reputation

modulation

prohibition

presentation

prominently

procreation

profanation

protestation

proposition

protozoan

prosecution

prostitution

publication

provocation

punctuation

radiation

readmission

realization

recreation

reassertion

reawaken

reclamation

recitation

recognition

recollection

recantation

reconstruction

reformation

refutation

reexamine

registration

regulation

renovation

relocation

relaxation

reinspection

reparation

reservation

repercussion

repetition

replication

reproduction

repossession

republican

respiration

resignation

resolution

restitution

restoration

resurrection

requisition

retardation

reelection

retribution

retrocession

revelation

revocation

rhetorician

rumination

rhododendron

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

revolution

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

simonian

siberian

sicilian

situation

smithsonian

simulation

speculation

propagation

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

statistician

substitution

suffocation

superhuman

surrogation

subdivision

supervision

superstition

supposition

subluxation

tamoxifen

syndication

tabulation

syncopation

tasmanian

terminable

termination

terminations

terminator

tetrahedron

thermometer

thermometers

titillation

toleration

tramontana

transformation

transplantation

trepidation

transportation

tribulation

ulceration

uranium

usurpation

utopian

variation

valerian

veneration

vacillation

validation

valuation

vaccination

vegetation

ventilation

victorian

visitation

wagnerian

vindication

watermelon

violation

5 syllable words

abbreviation

academician

acceleration

abomination

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

amazonian

affiliation

adulteration

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

agglomeration

amalgamation

amortization

amelioration

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appropriation

approximation

appreciation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

association

assimilation

attenuation

authentication

authorization

augustinian

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

capitulation

canonization

carolinian

cauterization

carthaginian

centenarian

centralization

ceremonial

certification

christianization

civilization

clarification

commemoration

coagulation

collaboration

cohabitation

codification

communication

concatenation

conciliation

colonization

classification

confederation

configuration

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

cooperation

continuation

contamination

coordination

consolidation

corroboration

criminology

criminality

caledonian

decapitation

deceleration

degeneration

defenestration

deification

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

depopulation

denunciation

depreciation

denomination

desalination

desegregation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

disembarkation

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

discrimination

disinclination

epicurean

enumeration

eradication

equalization

equivocation

ethiopian

evaporation

evaluation

evacuation

exacerbation

exaggeration

exasperation

examination

excoriation

extermination

exfoliation

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

exhilaration

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

humiliation

hybridization

hyperborean

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

immunization

imagination

inactivation

improvisation

incineration

incarceration

inauguration

incorporation

incrimination

decomposition

indoctrination

infatuation

illumination

initiation

inhabitation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

invalidation

intoxication

intimidation

investigation

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

maximilian

mathematician

mechanization

maximization

metropolitan

misapprehension

misapplication

miscalculation

modernization

mississippian

misinformation

ionization

mummification

multiplication

negotiation

neutralization

neapolitan

nickelodeon

nonintervention

nitroglycerine

nonsectarian

normalization

nullification

obliteration

oregonian

origination

orientation

ornamentation

ossification

ornamentally

organization

notification

overproduction

panamanian

pacification

patagonian

pasteurization

participation

pennsylvanian

peloponnesian

perpetuation

philadelphian

pomeranian

polarization

precipitation

predisposition

predestination

premeditation

presbyterian

mobilization

premonitory

prevarication

preoccupation

modification

presupposition

proletarian

proliferation

procrastination

pythagorean

purification

quantification

qualification

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

ramification

rectification

recuperation

ratification

regeneration

refrigeration

reforestation

reiteration

remuneration

reintegration

rejuvenation

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

prognostication

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

revaluation

pronunciation

simplification

sedimentation

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

substantiation

subordination

pronunciations

terminology

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

unification

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

vilification

synchronization

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word permian

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