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

action

acton

alban

alan

alman

airman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

aspen

asian

atman

auction

auden

baldwin

austin

bagman

bacon

banyan

bargain

baron

barton

bason

barren

button

basin

bastion

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

begun

beckon

bisson

belgian

bellman

bellon

billon

billion

billman

bison

bitten

blacken

blowgun

bludgeon

boughten

bordman

boatman

bookman

boston

bobbin

bollen

bolden

bourbon

bowman

brethren

bracken

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

bullion

brakeman

brazen

brogan

broken

bushman

burden

burdon

burgeon

burman

burton

damson

cabin

caisson

calvin

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

capstan

captain

caption

carbon

carmine

carton

cajun

cauldron

carman

caution

caxton

canaan

chairman

certain

christen

chaplain

chapman

chessman

charon

cheapen

chicken

chevron

chieftain

children

chosen

chasten

christian

churchman

citron

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

colon

common

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

cowan

craftsman

craven

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

cushion

dalton

curtain

cuban

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

dampen

deaden

deafen

darken

deepen

delphian

deacon

demon

desman

devon

dian

diction

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

cousin

cayman

dozen

draftsman

dragon

driven

dudgeon

friction

dromon

ensign

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

dustman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

emption

engine

ermine

flexion

faction

fashion

falcon

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

faulcon

faustian

fiction

fibrin

fireman

felon

fielden

firman

fraction

flashgun

flatten

floren

footman

fortune

foreman

foreign

fountain

freshen

freedman

freeman

freshman

frighten

gallon

gammon

fusion

garden

gentian

georgian

gascon

garron

german

gibbon

given

glisten

glidden

gilden

goodman

gladden

gluten

gorgon

gotten

grecian

grandson

griffon

gowan

graven

gudgeon

guardsman

golden

haitian

hackman

harten

harden

harken

hangman

happen

hasten

hausen

haven

headsman

headman

hearten

heaven

henchman

heighten

hempen

frozen

huntsman

hessian

hetman

hidden

heron

hogan

homespun

horseman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyson

hyphen

ibsen

heathen

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetson

jetton

keelson

kitchen

jorden

kalan

kelson

kitten

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

klansman

kremlin

lampron

jordan

lagan

laden

landman

landsman

latin

layman

leaden

ledden

legion

leman

lemon

lessen

lengthen

lesson

lesion

leven

listen

luncheon

lightman

lighten

linden

linemen

linen

london

lichen

lisbon

lion

liken

lockman

liven

locken

logan

lotion

longan

liman

loosen

loren

lopeman

lineman

lumen

lynden

m1

lyden

mahone

madden

maiden

mansion

mangan

martian

margin

marksman

marchman

markman

marlin

marten

marron

martin

mason

matron

mayan

mention

melton

mignon

leaven

melon

milken

million

minden

minion

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

motion

mormon

mountain

muffin

muslin

mullen

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

often

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

olden

onion

option

organ

oven

oxen

outrun

outdone

orphan

othman

owen

packman

panton

pardon

paean

omen

pagan

passion

pathan

parson

patten

passman

patron

pension

penguin

pectin

penman

pavon

peon

perron

person

open

persian

pigeon

pitman

pillion

pinion

piston

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

ponton

pollan

pollen

portman

potion

postman

pressman

prison

poison

pullen

portion

proven

ration

question

quicken

raven

rayon

reckon

reason

redden

region

rerun

resin

runnion

ribbon

ridden

risen

rincon

riden

ripen

riven

rotten

robin

rosin

roman

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

saffron

sadden

salesman

santon

rosen

sanction

samson

satan

satin

scotsman

saxon

scullion

scallion

salmon

scion

seaman

season

section

session

selden

seedsman

sequin

semen

sermon

sexton

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

sharpen

shotgun

shrunken

sicken

shipman

shorten

silken

shogun

showman

shearman

siphon

siren

slacken

smarten

slogan

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

sportsman

spoken

spokesman

southdown

squadron

statesman

stallion

stallman

statement

stating

statements

station

stillion

stepson

stiffen

stations

steven

stockman

stolen

straighten

strengthen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

student

students

suasion

sudden

sultan

sullen

summon

sunken

sylvan

sweeten

surgeon

swollen

syphon

tarpon

tartan

talon

tappen

taken

tension

tendon

teston

thicken

thousand

threaten

torsion

traction

tighten

tillman

titan

toughen

townsman

token

toman

treason

tubman

triton

trillion

trodden

trojan

tungsten

undone

turban

tuscan

urson

urchin

urban

urine

union

vegan

version

villain

vision

vulcan

wanton

yachtsman

warden

woodman

woolman

wagon

watchman

whiten

warren

whitson

wiccan

women

weapon

wheaten

widen

wizen

woman

wooden

weaken

woolen

waken

workman

worsen

woven

written

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abduction

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

abstention

absorption

abstraction

acumen

adoption

adsorption

adhesion

adrian

aegean

african

arian

alaskan

albion

alien

alderman

albumin

allusion

alsatian

ambrosian

anyone

andean

anglican

apportion

appian

anchorman

artesian

aryan

artisan

assassin

assumption

aspersion

attraction

australian

austrian

aversion

awaken

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

bedridden

bitumen

bedouin

beholden

bedizen

beethoven

benjamin

biotin

bouillon

bosnian

brazilian

bulletin

arkansan

abandon

campion

cambrian

distraction

capsaicin

cartesian

cardigan

carnation

carrion

causation

castration

cation

catalan

caucasian

disunion

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

chilean

charwoman

cistercian

cinnamon

citations

citizen

civilian

clarion

coercion

clergyman

collagen

cohesion

collusion

combustion

communion

companion

clarendon

compassion

completion

complexion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conception

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confection

conflation

congestion

confucian

confusion

conjunction

congressman

contagion

conscription

construction

constriction

consumption

contortion

convention

contusion

convection

contraction

contraption

conversion

convulsion

correction

corrosion

corruption

countryman

councilman

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

damnation

creation

dalmatian

cyprian

deception

declension

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

delusion

denizen

depression

depletion

derision

desertion

description

destruction

digestion

determine

digression

dictation

devotion

dilation

dilution

dimension

diffraction

direction

discipline

diffusion

discussion

discretion

dispersion

dissension

distinction

distortion

dissection

disruption

diversion

dominion

corsican

donation

dorian

downtrodden

duration

egyptian

election

elation

ejection

eleven

emotion

encryption

emblazon

englishman

emulsion

enliven

embolden

enlighten

erection

eruption

exertion

excretion

equation

erosion

etruscan

excision

exception

everyone

exaction

exclusion

excursion

exemption

evasion

expansion

expression

explosion

expulsion

extension

extinction

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

filtration

ferryman

fijian

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

fixation

formation

foundation

foramen

forewoman

forgotten

feminine

franciscan

fenian

freemason

freudian

exhaustion

fruition

frustration

fustian

galleon

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gyration

gillian

gradation

gravamen

grobian

guardian

gordian

guncotton

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

hawaiian

handwoven

harlequin

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

hydration

housebroken

hydrogen

impassion

illusion

imagine

immersion

implosion

impression

imprison

in-person

inaction

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

infliction

infection

inflection

induction

inflation

infarction

infraction

injection

injunction

inhuman

inscription

inspection

infusion

ingestion

intestine

intention

insertion

instruction

intrusion

invention

invasion

inversion

irian

jamaican

italian

jacobin

javelin

lactation

kantian

jovian

julian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

ligation

libration

libyan

logician

location

lumberman

lutheran

malaysian

malayan

magdalen

mandarin

marian

margarine

masculine

medallion

medicine

median

midshipman

menhaden

methadone

mexican

migration

melanin

prediction

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

mutation

moroccan

muskmelon

mutations

myosin

narration

nemean

nevadan

nebraskan

niacin

nitrogen

notation

octillion

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

notations

nubian

objection

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

odeon

opinion

optation

oration

ovation

origin

outspoken

ottoman

orion

oxygen

overdone

overman

overrun

pavilion

parisian

parthian

partisan

percussion

perception

pentathlon

pelican

perfection

perfusion

permian

perversion

peterman

plantation

phrygian

plebeian

persuasion

policeman

precession

precaution

precision

preclusion

predestine

prescription

preemption

presumption

pretension

projection

privation

probation

prevention

profusion

proportion

proscription

prostration

protean

puritan

porcelain

quotation

quotations

ramadan

reaction

reception

rebellion

redemption

reflection

regimen

rejection

relation

reopen

repression

reptilian

resection

retention

restriction

resumption

retraction

reunion

revision

revulsion

reversion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

rotations

saccharin

salvation

samoan

scythian

scorpion

seclusion

saleswoman

seduction

sensation

simian

silicon

skeleton

singleton

solomon

snapdragon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stadium

stationer

stationers

stadiums

stygian

submersion

subscription

subtraction

suburban

subversion

suggestion

sumatran

superman

suspension

transmission

syrian

talisman

tamarin

taxation

temptation

thespian

toboggan

transcription

timberman

transaction

transfusion

transgression

translation

uneven

tuition

truncation

misshapen

unwritten

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unbroken

unbutton

unison

vacation

uterine

veteran

vermilion

venison

vibration

vocation

vitamin

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

acquisition

adaptation

accusation

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

admiration

affectation

adulation

advocation

affirmation

activation

aggravation

agitation

aggregation

algerian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algonquian

allegation

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

ammunition

allocation

amphibian

amputation

agrarian

annotation

animation

annexation

appalachian

apparition

appellation

arbitration

apprehension

application

approbation

arabian

attribution

aspiration

armenian

arthurian

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

armageddon

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

arizonan

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

distillation

californian

cancellation

carcinogen

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

cogitation

coloradan

coloration

collocation

collodion

columbian

committeeman

comedian

combination

commendation

comparison

commutation

compensation

composition

complication

comprehension

computation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confrontation

confiscation

conflagration

congregation

conjugation

connotation

constitution

compilation

consolation

consecration

conservation

constellation

constipation

consternation

consultation

consummation

contemplation

contradiction

contraception

contrarian

conversation

contravention

contribution

convocation

convolution

copernican

coronation

copenhagen

corinthian

correlation

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

criterion

catatonic

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

dedication

defamation

decompression

decoration

deconstruction

delegation

degradation

deformation

dehydration

demonstration

demarcation

deportation

dereliction

depravation

depredation

deprivation

destitution

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desecration

designation

destination

desperation

detonation

canadian

dilatation

devolution

deviation

devonian

devastation

diminution

disaffection

dominican

diocesan

divination

disconnection

disposition

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

dislocation

disputation

dissipation

dissertation

dissolution

distribution

domination

celebration

draconian

duplication

electrician

education

elevation

elocution

emulation

elongation

emanation

embarkation

emigration

englishwoman

equitation

estimation

eritrean

equestrian

estonian

european

execution

eustachian

evolution

excitation

excavation

exclamation

evocation

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

exhumation

expectation

expedition

expiration

exposition

explanation

explication

exploitation

exploration

fabrication

extradition

extrication

fascination

fallopian

fermentation

fibrillation

federation

figuration

fluctuation

floridian

fluoridation

foliation

fragmentation

formulation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

habitation

gravitation

graduation

granulation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

gorgonian

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hypertension

indecision

hyperion

hydrocarbon

hungarian

iberian

ideation

imitation

illustration

immigration

imperfection

ibuprofen

immolation

implication

implantation

importation

imposition

imputation

impregnation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indentation

hegelian

indexation

indication

indigestion

indignation

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

indonesian

inhibition

information

inquisition

inhalation

installation

instigation

institution

intermission

innovation

interdiction

intercession

interception

insulation

insurrection

interaction

integration

interjection

intersection

intervention

interruption

interurban

interwoven

intimation

inspiration

intonation

introduction

introspection

inundation

invitation

invocation

iranian

irrigation

iteration

irritation

isolation

jacobean

jurisdiction

indiscretion

jubilation

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

jordanian

legislation

levitation

leviathan

liberian

liberation

librarian

limitation

litigation

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

malnutrition

mammalian

malformation

manumission

masturbation

maturation

medication

mediation

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

miseration

misconception

misbegotten

repossession

moderation

modulation

molestation

missourian

persecution

motivation

mortification

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

nomination

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obstetrician

obsidian

obligation

obfuscation

oblivion

occupation

observation

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

operation

misperception

ordination

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

ovulation

overburden

palpitation

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

paraguayan

penetration

penicillin

pedestrian

pelagian

pavlovian

perforation

permutation

replication

perspiration

moravian

peruvian

propagation

mongolian

pigmentation

planarian

prosecution

plutonian

perturbation

polynesian

polyhedron

population

provocation

praetorian

precondition

preconception

predilection

presentation

preparation

preelection

preservation

predetermine

prostitution

profanation

proclamation

procreation

protestation

protozoan

publication

recreation

radiation

recognition

readmission

recitation

reassertion

recantation

realization

reclamation

reawaken

recollection

punctuation

reconstruction

refutation

reelection

reformation

reexamine

registration

regulation

reinspection

relaxation

renovation

relocation

reparation

repercussion

requisition

reputation

reproduction

republican

reservation

restitution

resignation

resolution

restoration

resurrection

retrocession

retribution

respiration

retardation

revelation

revocation

revolution

rhododendron

rumination

sanitation

samaritan

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segmentation

separation

segregation

self-deception

sequestration

shakespearean

simulation

situation

siberian

sicilian

simonian

situations

smithsonian

speculation

stimulation

stationary

stationery

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

substitution

subluxation

suffocation

superhuman

superstition

supervision

surrogation

syncopation

syndication

tabulation

tasmanian

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

toleration

transformation

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

tribulation

valerian

ulceration

vacillation

vaccination

usurpation

utopian

variation

validation

valuation

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

violation

visitation

vindication

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

accommodation

acceleration

accreditation

additionally

adjudication

administration

adulteration

accumulation

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

alienation

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argentinian

argumentation

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

augustinian

authorization

authentication

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

capitulation

canonization

carolinian

cauterization

certification

centralization

centenarian

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

codification

coagulation

collaboration

cohabitation

colonization

commemoration

communication

conciliation

concatenation

confederation

confabulation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

deceleration

decapitation

defenestration

deification

deliberation

decomposition

degeneration

delineation

delicatessen

denomination

depreciation

depopulation

desalination

desegregation

determination

dionysian

denunciation

discoloration

carthaginian

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

discrimination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

dissemination

domestication

dramatization

edification

electrocution

ejaculation

elaboration

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

equalization

eradication

equivocation

ethiopian

evacuation

exaggeration

examination

exacerbation

exasperation

excoriation

evaluation

evaporation

exfoliation

epicurean

exhilaration

expatriation

exoneration

exoskeleton

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

extermination

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

harmonization

hallucination

hanoverian

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

illumination

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

incarceration

incineration

inauguration

incorporation

incrimination

infatuation

indoctrination

initiation

inhabitation

inoculation

insemination

interconnection

instrumentation

interpolation

insinuation

interrogation

interpretation

intimidation

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Words that rhyme with the word petition

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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