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

action

acton

airman

alan

alman

alban

amman

apron

argues

arches

arson

arses

ashen

aspen

asian

atman

auction

austin

auden

bacon

bagman

baldwin

banyan

basin

bastion

baron

barren

bargain

barton

barges

bason

baston

beckon

bayman

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

arkose

bellman

billion

belgian

bellon

billman

begun

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

blacken

bludgeon

boatman

bolden

bobbin

bookman

bollen

boroughs

brakeman

bourbon

bracken

boston

bowman

braces

brackish

bordman

boughten

bourses

brasses

brazen

brethren

blowgun

breakage

breaches

breeches

breezes

brighten

briton

broaches

baton

brogan

broken

bullion

brushes

burgeon

bushman

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

caisson

canaan

calvin

cannon

cajun

canon

canton

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

canyon

carjacks

carman

carmine

carjack

cargos

cargoes

carsick

carton

cheapen

caution

caxton

cayman

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chasten

chessman

chevron

cauldron

certain

chicken

children

chieftain

christen

christian

churchman

chosen

churches

charges

citron

breton

classman

clinton

coachman

colon

common

copeman

corban

cordon

claxon

corsage

cousin

cowan

courses

craven

homespun

broaden

crewman

cresses

cretin

crimson

cotton

craftsman

crouton

cuban

crushes

crosswise

cumin

cushion

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

dampen

curses

dalton

deaden

deafen

deacon

deepen

darken

delphian

demon

desman

diction

devon

dian

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

crazies

creases

drunken

dozen

draftsman

dragon

dresses

driven

dromon

druggists

dressage

dudgeon

firman

crises

earthen

dutchman

dustman

eaten

eden

elan

cruises

emption

engine

ensign

crosses

ermine

floren

faction

falcon

fallen

fashion

faustian

fasten

felon

faulcon

famine

fatten

fiction

dungeon

fibrin

fielden

fission

fireman

flexion

flashgun

flatten

footman

freedman

forces

goodman

druggist

fortune

fraction

foreman

foresight

foreign

foresees

forsake

forges

forecasts

forgoes

fountain

friction

freshen

freshman

frighten

frescoes

freeman

frozen

freezes

friezes

function

gascon

fusion

gallon

gammon

garron

garden

gentian

german

gilden

georgian

gibbon

georges

given

gladden

glidden

hessian

gluten

glisten

gowan

grandson

grasses

gotten

graces

gumption

graven

grecian

gudgeon

guardsman

griffon

grosses

hackman

haitian

hangman

happen

gorgon

harden

harken

headman

headsman

hasten

hausen

haven

heaven

heathen

hearten

henchman

heighten

harten

hempen

gorges

heron

golden

herzog

hetman

hidden

hogan

forecast

horseman

human

horseshit

horseshoe

hoten

horses

houseman

hoven

bruises

huntsman

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

m1

ion

jackman

leaden

jason

jetson

jetton

leman

jargon

jasmine

lessen

jordan

junction

kenyan

kelvin

kalan

kansan

keelson

kelson

jorden

kirkman

klansman

kremlin

laden

kitchen

kitten

landsman

landman

lagan

lesson

large-scale

jerseys

layman

leaven

latin

ledden

lampron

lengthen

lemon

legion

lesion

lightman

lichen

lighten

leven

liken

lineman

linemen

largest

liman

linden

lion

lisbon

linen

listen

largesse

lockman

london

liven

locken

logan

loosen

longan

lotion

lopeman

loren

luncheon

lumen

lyden

lynden

lurches

crashes

damson

hymen

mansion

maiden

mangan

mahone

martian

markman

marron

marksman

margin

marshes

marxists

marlin

marten

martin

marquiss

marxist

mason

matron

mayan

melon

melton

mention

million

minden

minion

mignon

mercies

merges

milken

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

marches

motion

muffin

mountain

mullen

marchman

muslin

mutton

mormon

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

nurses

oarsman

ocean

odin

onion

option

omen

open

orcas

olden

often

organ

orphan

othman

outdone

orgies

oven

outrun

oxen

owen

paean

pagan

panton

pardon

parson

parsec

packman

passion

passman

pathan

pectin

pavon

penguin

pension

penman

perches

peon

perron

person

persists

persian

persist

patten

plankton

pillion

pinion

pigeon

piston

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

potion

portion

postman

portman

ponton

porches

praises

preaches

precise

phrases

presses

presage

pressman

madden

process

prizes

project

projects

pullen

prussian

purchase

purges

proxies

purses

pursues

question

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

proven

reckon

patron

redden

region

rerun

resin

riden

ripen

rincon

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

robin

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

russian

salesman

samson

sadden

saffron

salmon

sanction

santon

scallion

scullion

satan

scion

scotsman

scourges

saxon

screeches

seaman

season

searches

satin

section

seedsman

runnion

selden

sequin

semen

sermon

session

sexton

seven

shaken

shaman

shipman

seton

sharpen

shearman

shrunken

shogun

showman

smitten

shorten

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

silken

slogan

smarten

shotgun

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

sources

spartan

spearman

sovereign

sovran

stallion

sportsman

stallman

squadron

statesman

station

spoken

stepson

spokesman

stillion

stockman

straighten

stolen

strengthen

sturgeon

suasion

stiffen

striven

stricken

steven

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

sunken

summon

surcease

surgeon

syphon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

surges

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tarses

tartan

prices

tension

teston

tendon

thicken

prison

thousand

threaten

zion

tighten

titan

tillman

token

toman

torches

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

traces

trackage

tragic

torsos

thrushes

workman

treason

trashes

tresses

triton

tubman

turban

trojan

turkeys

turkic

tungsten

trodden

trusses

turkish

trillion

turquoise

tuscan

undone

union

urban

urchin

urson

vegan

worsen

verges

version

urine

vulcan

verses

vision

wagon

waken

weapon

watchman

wanton

warden

warren

warsaws

weaken

whiten

wiccan

urges

wheaten

whitson

widen

wizen

woodman

villain

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woolman

woven

written

yachtsman

yeoman

wreckage

yaupon

zaman

zircon

3 syllable words

ablution

abduction

ablation

abortion

abrasion

abdomen

accession

accretion

abstraction

absorption

abstention

acumen

adhesion

addition

addiction

admission

adoption

adsorption

adrian

aegean

affection

affliction

aggression

albumin

african

alaskan

aleutian

albion

alderman

allusion

alsatian

apportion

alien

ambition

anglican

ambrosian

anyone

appian

anchorman

andean

arian

argosy

arises

archaic

arkansan

artisan

artesian

aryan

ascension

assumption

assertion

asuncion

aspersion

assassin

attention

attraction

attrition

audition

austrian

australian

aversion

avian

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

bedizen

battalion

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

bourgeoisie

brazilian

confucian

bulletin

castration

barrages

campion

cambrian

cartesian

carcasses

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

caresses

carjacking

carjackings

carrion

carriages

caucasian

cation

catalan

charlatan

causation

charwoman

cessation

cetacean

chairwoman

champion

chairperson

chilean

choruses

churchgoing

churchgoers

churchgoer

cinnamon

chamberlain

cistercian

cherishes

citation

citizen

civilian

circuses

clarion

clarendon

correction

confection

conduction

clergyman

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collusion

collegian

collection

collision

collagen

commotion

communion

commission

combustion

companion

confusion

conclusion

completion

complexion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conception

concession

concoction

concussion

confession

compassion

corruption

condition

conflation

congestion

connexion

conscription

congressman

contention

conjunction

consumption

construction

constriction

contagion

contusion

contortion

contrition

convention

contraption

convection

contraction

conversion

conviction

convulsion

connection

corsican

horatian

corrosion

corsica

corsicas

horizon

councilman

countryman

creation

crestfallen

cremation

erosion

crustacean

croatian

crocuses

damnation

dalmatian

cyprian

decision

deception

declension

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

derision

delusion

depiction

denizen

depletion

depression

dentition

description

determine

deletion

destruction

detection

devotion

direction

dictation

detention

diffusion

diffraction

digestion

digression

dilution

dilation

desertion

dimension

discretion

discussion

discipline

dissection

disruption

dissension

disunion

distinction

distortion

distraction

dispersion

diversion

infusion

division

donation

dominion

downtrodden

duration

edition

elation

election

egyptian

ejection

eleven

emblazon

elison

emission

emulsion

encryption

emotion

enlighten

englishman

enliven

equation

embolden

erection

erases

eruption

etruscan

eviction

exaction

evasion

everyone

exception

excision

exclusion

exertion

excursion

excretion

expansion

exhaustion

patrician

exemption

explosion

expulsion

expression

extension

extortion

extrusion

extraction

fabian

extinction

farcical

farsighted

feminine

ferryman

filtration

fijian

dorian

fenian

flirtation

fixation

foramen

flotation

fisherman

forages

forbidden

formation

forewoman

forgotten

franciscan

foundation

fruition

freudian

freemason

frustration

fustian

galleon

garrison

garages

gaussian

gestation

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

forecasting

gyration

gradation

graciously

gravamen

guardian

grobian

guncotton

halogen

halcyon

handwoven

hammerman

harasses

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heiresses

heroin

heroine

forecaster

gordian

forecasters

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

hyraxes

illusion

ignition

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

inaction

in-person

inception

impression

inclusion

incision

incursion

indian

imprison

induction

infliction

inflation

inflection

infraction

inhuman

injunction

infection

abandon

injection

inspection

inscription

insertion

infarction

instruction

intention

intestine

intrusion

invasion

invention

inversion

laurentian

jacobin

italian

irishman

jamaican

iraqis

irian

javelin

jettison

keratin

kantian

julian

keynesian

laotian

korean

lactation

lanolin

jovian

jurassic

lecithin

lesbian

ligation

libration

libyan

location

logician

lutheran

lumberman

magdalen

magician

malaysian

malayan

opinion

mandarin

marian

marriages

margarine

masculine

median

medicine

menhaden

melanin

medallion

mexican

midshipman

migration

mirages

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

optation

morasses

moroccan

munition

musician

mutation

muskmelon

negation

narration

narcissist

nevadan

nemean

nearsighted

niacin

nebraskan

nourishes

nobleman

nitrogen

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nubian

nonhuman

objection

nutrition

obsession

occlusion

occasion

obstruction

octillion

myosin

oppression

oration

optician

marxism

omission

orchestras

orchestra

odeon

orchestral

orchestrates

orchestrate

origin

ottoman

orion

ovation

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

orgasm

orgasms

oxygen

parishes

parisian

parthian

partition

partisan

pelican

pavilion

perception

percussion

pentathlon

percussive

perfection

persecute

permission

permian

perquisites

perquisite

perfusion

persistent

persisting

persico

persuasion

persuasions

persuasive

phoenician

predation

petition

preclusion

phrygian

physician

plantation

plebeian

pollution

policeman

precession

position

possession

porcelain

precaution

perversion

precision

peterman

pharisees

prediction

predestine

preemption

preexist

presumption

prescription

presages

taxation

temptation

pretension

production

profusion

privation

procession

probation

processes

profession

processions

progression

projection

projections

projectors

projector

promotion

prosecute

proportion

propulsion

prosecutes

proscription

projectiles

projectile

prostration

protection

provision

protean

purchaser

purchasers

purchases

puritan

quotation

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

reduction

reflection

redemption

regimen

regression

rejection

relation

rendition

religion

remission

reopen

rehearses

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

resumption

restriction

retention

retraction

reunion

revision

reversion

revulsion

rifleman

rhodopsin

rotation

technician

prevention

salvation

samoan

saccharin

saleswoman

scorpion

sargasso

seclusion

secretion

scythian

sarcasm

secession

seduction

sedation

sedition

sensation

selection

silicon

skeleton

singleton

simian

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submission

submersion

subscription

succession

suggestion

subversion

suburban

sumatran

summation

suppression

subtraction

superman

tactician

suspension

syracuse

suspicion

syrian

surgical

talisman

tamarin

tauruses

thespian

terraces

thoracic

preexists

toboggan

timberman

transfusion

tradition

transaction

transcription

transgression

translation

transition

transmission

triassic

tricuspid

unbroken

truncation

tuition

unwritten

uneven

uncommon

unbutton

unburden

uncertain

unison

tricycle

vacation

venetian

vatican

venison

vermilion

vibration

veteran

vitamin

vocation

volition

viruses

waterman

wesleyan

uterine

xeroxes

zambian

ingestion

4 syllable words

abdication

abolition

abnegation

aberration

abrogation

acclimation

acclamation

abyssinian

accordion

accusation

activation

acquisition

admonition

adaptation

admiration

advocation

adulation

adrenaline

affectation

adoration

affirmation

application

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

approbation

agrarian

allegation

albanian

algerian

algonquian

alteration

aldebaran

altercation

apprehension

alternation

ammunition

american

amphibian

amputation

animation

annotation

appellation

annexation

appalachian

apparition

alabaman

arbitration

arabian

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

assemblyman

attribution

assyrian

athenian

aspiration

augmentation

backwardation

aviation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

cancellation

businesswoman

canadian

calibration

calculation

californian

carcinogen

collocation

circulation

celebration

circumcision

chameleon

circumvention

circumspection

centurion

contribution

coalition

cogitation

collodion

combination

commendation

commutation

comedian

columbian

committeeman

coloradan

complication

compilation

compensation

competition

composition

comprehension

concentration

computation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

connotation

confirmation

consecration

constitution

confiscation

consolation

coloration

conflagration

consummation

conjugation

confrontation

congregation

convocation

constellation

consultation

coronation

constipation

contemplation

conservation

consternation

correlation

conversation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

convolution

copernican

corinthian

copenhagen

comparison

corp.

corporation

european

courageously

culmination

cotyledon

crucifixion

crocodilian

cultivation

degradation

delegation

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

declaration

decompression

defamation

definition

decoration

deconstruction

darwinian

deformation

dehydration

derivation

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

depravation

depredation

deposition

deportation

deprivation

dereliction

distribution

designation

desperation

destination

detonation

devastation

deviation

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

devonian

disillusion

disconnection

disinflation

disinfection

dislocation

dispensation

distillation

disputation

dissipation

divination

disaffection

disposition

dissertation

dietitian

domination

dominican

estonian

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

estimation

emanation

elongation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

embarkation

equestrian

erudition

eritrean

criterion

excavation

evocation

exhumation

exclamation

excitation

exhalation

exhibition

explication

explanation

expedition

expiration

expectation

exhortation

exploitation

exposition

exploration

extrication

fabrication

extradition

fallopian

fermentation

fluctuation

federation

fluoridation

figuration

fibrillation

foliation

floridian

formulation

eustachian

fragmentation

habitation

glaciation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

gentlewoman

generation

herculean

hesitation

granulation

gravitation

graduation

gorgonian

greco-roman

guatemalan

gregorian

hegelian

hemoglobin

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

indication

immigration

immolation

hypertension

ideation

hyperion

iberian

illustration

ibuprofen

imitation

implication

imperfection

implantation

importation

imposition

impregnation

imputation

inattention

incarnation

incubation

incantation

inclination

incrustation

indexation

indecision

indiscretion

indentation

indignation

indigestion

indonesian

inflammation

infestation

infiltration

information

inhalation

inhibition

machination

innovation

inquisition

installation

invocation

inspiration

instigation

institution

insulation

integration

intersection

interception

interdiction

insurrection

interaction

intercession

interjection

intimation

intonation

intermission

inundation

interruption

intervention

interwoven

interurban

intuition

introduction

introspection

maccabean

invitation

iranian

irritation

isolation

irrigation

jacobean

iteration

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

jubilation

legislation

levitation

liberation

leviathan

librarian

liberian

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

lyricism

macedonian

presentation

olympian

mammalian

malnutrition

malformation

manumission

maharajahs

masturbation

maturation

melanesian

meditation

mediation

menstruation

ministration

minnesotan

modulation

misconception

meridian

misbegotten

miseration

misperception

missourian

mitigation

molestation

moderation

moravian

mongolian

mortification

motivation

mutilation

nestorian

narcissism

narcissistic

navigation

napoleon

newtonian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nomination

octahedron

nonprescription

nonpartisan

nigerian

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

observation

obstetrician

occupation

obsidian

premonition

operation

ordination

orchestration

orchestrations

ohioan

ostentation

oscillation

oxidation

ovulation

overburden

pagination

palpitation

paraguayan

pagurian

pedestrian

pelagian

pavlovian

penetration

penicillin

percussionist

perforation

persecuted

permutation

persecutor

persecutors

perspiration

persistently

perturbation

peruvian

precondition

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

politician

polyhedron

polynesian

population

praetorian

preconception

predilection

predetermine

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rhododendron

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satisfaction

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situation

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speculation

stimulation

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theorizes

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utopian

valerian

validation

vegetation

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variation

veneration

ventilation

vindication

victorian

violation

visitation

watermelon

wagnerian

5 syllable words

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abbreviation

academician

accumulation

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administration

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amazonian

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ethiopian

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hanoverian

harmonization

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hyperborean

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nickelodeon

notification

nitroglycerine

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oregonian

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precipitation

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representation

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sanctification

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sterilization

stratification

subordination

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theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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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
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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