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

action

acton

acting

actions

airman

alan

alban

alman

apron

amman

astound

aspen

astounds

ashen

asian

bushman

bullion

asthma

atman

banyan

auction

auden

auctions

bacon

bagman

baldwin

bargain

baron

barton

basin

bason

batten

batton

beacon

basting

bastion

bastions

baton

bayman

beckon

bellman

bellon

belgian

barren

bison

boasting

blacken

blowgun

bludgeon

boatman

bolden

bobbin

bollen

bookman

boughten

brethren

bookstands

brakeman

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brazen

bordman

brighten

bookstand

broaden

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burgeon

burton

arson

caisson

cabin

chosen

cajun

canaan

capstan

canton

captain

calvin

canyon

canon

caption

carbon

carton

chairman

casting

castings

carman

certain

carmine

caxton

caution

cayman

cauldron

chaplain

chapman

children

chestnut

chevron

charon

chasten

cheapen

chestnuts

chastened

cannon

churchman

classman

claxon

coachman

colon

coasting

common

copeman

corban

cordon

costing

costume

cotton

cousin

craftsman

craven

cowan

crouton

crewman

costumes

cushion

cuban

curtain

cumin

customs

deaden

deacon

dagan

dalton

dagon

daman

deafen

dampen

damson

darken

gladden

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

diction

devon

dian

disdain

disdained

disdains

distinct

dungeon

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dozen

dragon

drunken

dudgeon

draftsman

dromon

dukedom

dutchman

earthen

friction

eden

eighteen

eighteens

eighteenth

elan

engine

ensign

emption

ermine

esteem

extant

freedman

freshman

extend

felon

extinct

extent

extends

eyestone

faction

fasten

fashion

factions

falcon

fastened

fallen

famine

fiction

faustian

faulcon

festoon

fielden

fictions

footman

fibrin

fighting

firman

fightings

fatten

flashgun

flatten

fireman

flexion

floren

fountain

foreman

foreign

fortune

fraction

freeman

freshen

frighten

frozen

goodman

function

fusion

garden

gallon

gammon

gascon

garron

gentian

german

georgian

hempen

gluten

golden

gorgon

gotten

graven

grandson

grecian

gowan

harten

hasten

hearten

gudgeon

guardsman

haitian

gumption

hackman

headman

harden

harken

hangman

happen

hastens

hausen

haven

heaven

headsman

heathen

heighten

heightens

heron

hoven

hessian

hetman

henchman

hoten

hosting

homespun

horseman

hogan

houseman

human

huntsman

hymen

hyson

hyphen

luncheon

kalan

ion

jackman

jason

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jordan

jorden

junction

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kitchen

kenyan

keystone

keystones

kirkman

klansman

kremlin

lasting

laden

lagan

lampron

landman

landsman

latin

leaden

lactone

layman

leaven

ledden

legion

leman

lengthen

lesion

lemon

lighten

lightens

lightman

lichen

lighting

lightning

lightnings

liken

liman

leven

london

lineman

linemen

lion

loosen

lockman

liven

locken

logan

lopeman

longan

loren

lotion

lyden

lumen

marron

m1

martian

maiden

mahone

marten

mangan

marlin

marksman

mansion

marchman

markman

margin

martin

mason

matron

mayan

melon

madden

mention

minden

molten

mountain

moisten

muffin

mullen

motion

morgan

mormon

mustang

muslin

mustangs

nation

newsman

nightmare

nightmares

nighttime

nighttimes

norman

notion

patten

organ

pathan

peacetime

penman

ocean

octane

olden

odin

often

omen

onion

open

option

pastime

owen

ousting

outdone

outrun

othman

oven

oxen

orphan

packman

panton

paean

pardon

pagan

passman

parson

passion

pastimes

patron

pavon

oarsman

penguin

pension

peon

perron

pigeon

persian

person

plantain

platen

platten

plankton

ponton

poison

pollan

pollen

portman

portion

postman

posting

potion

postings

postmark

zircon

reason

question

proven

pullen

prussian

questions

ragtime

ration

raven

rayon

redden

reckon

rectum

region

rerun

resin

resting

right-hand

rincon

ripen

runnion

russian

roasting

rotten

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

santon

satan

saffron

salesman

sadden

salmon

satin

samson

sanction

saxon

scullion

scallion

scion

scotsman

seaman

season

riden

section

sections

selden

seedsman

shearman

semen

session

sequin

seven

sermon

shakedown

shakedowns

sharpen

shaken

shorten

shotgun

shaman

sixteen

shogun

shrunken

showman

siphon

sighting

siren

sightings

sixteens

sixteenth

sixteenths

smarten

slacken

slogan

sodden

soldan

soften

sovereign

spartan

solon

sovran

statesman

station

squadron

stallion

stallman

spoken

stepson

steven

spokesman

straighten

sportsman

strengthen

stockman

stolen

sturgeon

suasion

sudden

sullen

suction

summon

sunken

sustain

surgeon

sustained

sustains

tarpon

tartan

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tendon

tasting

tastings

tension

testing

thousand

tighten

tightens

titan

toasting

toughen

treason

token

toman

torsion

townsman

touchdown

touchdowns

traction

triton

trodden

trojan

tubman

turban

undone

union

urban

urson

urchin

urine

vesting

vegan

vestment

version

vestments

victims

zaman

vision

weapon

vulcan

wanton

wasting

warden

wagon

waken

warren

watchman

whiten

widen

wisdom

woodman

weaken

woman

wooden

woolen

woolman

worsen

workman

wizen

woven

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

yachting

zion

3 syllable words

abstention

ablation

abduction

abdomen

ablution

abortion

abrasion

adsorption

abstraction

absorption

accession

accident

academe

accidents

accretion

acetone

aegean

addition

addiction

acumen

adhesion

admission

adoption

adrian

affliction

affection

arian

african

alaskan

aggression

alderman

aleutian

albumin

ambition

alien

albion

allusion

alsatian

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

apportion

appian

arkansan

bulletin

aspersion

aryan

ascension

artisan

assassin

astounded

assertion

astonish

assumption

asthmatics

asthmatic

astounding

asuncion

attention

audition

attrition

auctioneer

auctioneers

australian

attraction

awaken

aversion

avian

backgammon

badminton

austrian

backwoodsman

bandwagon

bedizen

besetting

battalion

bedouin

beholden

bedridden

benjamin

beethoven

begotten

bitumen

biotin

brazilian

bouillon

bosnian

artesian

decedents

bystander

chilean

bystanders

capsaicin

carrion

cardigan

cartesian

catalan

carnation

cation

causation

caucasian

cessation

castration

cetacean

chairperson

cinnamon

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

cambrian

charwoman

campion

coercion

collegian

cistercian

citizen

citation

civilian

clarion

clergyman

clarendon

cognition

collision

collusion

charlatan

cohesion

collection

collagen

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

completion

complexion

compression

compulsion

compunction

concussion

conclusion

concoction

condition

conception

confession

conduction

confection

conflation

congestion

connection

confucian

confusion

connexion

congressman

conjunction

conversion

conviction

conscription

construction

constriction

contention

contortion

consumption

contraction

contraption

contagion

contusion

contrition

convection

convention

convulsion

correction

corruption

corsican

corrosion

crestfallen

creation

countryman

cremation

councilman

costumer

costumers

croatian

crustacean

customer

customers

customize

cyprian

concession

dalmatian

damnation

decadent

decadents

decedent

deception

abandon

gillian

decision

declension

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

desertion

denizen

discipline

dentition

depiction

depletion

derision

depression

diffraction

diffusion

description

destinies

destruction

detection

detention

determine

dictation

devotion

dimension

digestion

digression

dilation

dilution

direction

discussion

discretion

disdainful

dispersion

disruption

distances

dissidence

dissident

dissidents

distemper

dissension

dissection

distinction

distinctions

distinctive

distinctly

distortion

division

distinguish

distraction

disunion

distinguished

diversion

downtrodden

donation

dorian

dominion

duration

edition

egyptian

eleven

ejection

elation

election

echidna

elison

fruition

emblazon

emission

emulsion

embolden

emotion

encryption

enlighten

englishman

enliven

equating

etruscan

equation

erection

erosion

estimate

eruption

estimates

equations

exciting

excitement

evasion

exception

eviction

exceeding

exclusion

exaction

everyone

excision

excretion

excursion

exhaustion

exertion

expansion

explosion

franciscan

exemption

expression

extender

extension

extenders

extensions

extensive

extinction

extinctions

extinguish

extinguished

feminine

extortion

extrusion

extraction

fabian

fastener

fasteners

fastening

fenian

ferryman

fastenings

fijian

filtration

fisherman

fictional

fixation

flotation

flirtation

forgotten

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

formation

foundation

freemason

expulsion

freudian

frustration

gaussian

galleon

garrison

gestation

genuine

ghanaian

gentleman

gordian

gravamen

gradation

guesstimates

hawaiian

guncotton

grobian

guardian

guesstimate

gyration

halcyon

hammerman

harlequin

halogen

handwoven

heartbroken

heroin

hesitant

heroine

horizon

horatian

housebroken

ignition

illusion

incursion

hydration

hydrogen

indian

imagine

immersion

impassion

in-person

imprison

implosion

impression

inaction

incision

inception

inclusion

induction

infection

infarction

inflation

inflection

infusion

ingestion

infliction

infraction

inhuman

insertion

injection

inscription

inspection

injunction

intestine

instruction

intention

kantian

intrusion

italian

irishman

invasion

inversion

invention

irian

istanbul

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

laotian

lanolin

lecithin

lastingly

laurentian

lesbian

libyan

liechtenstein

lightening

libration

ligation

listener

listeners

listening

logician

location

locations

locating

lumberman

lutheran

migration

macadam

magician

magdalen

mandarin

malayan

malaysian

marian

margarine

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

menhaden

melanin

mexican

midshipman

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

moroccan

munition

musician

nemean

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

narration

nebraskan

negation

nevadan

niacin

nicotine

nightingale

nightmarish

nobleman

nonhuman

nitrogen

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nutrition

obsession

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

occident

octillion

omission

opinion

optician

oppression

oration

odeon

optation

orion

origin

outspoken

ottoman

ovation

overdone

overman

oxygen

parisian

overrun

partition

parthian

partisan

pavilion

nubian

patrician

pelican

objection

pentathlon

perception

permission

phrygian

percussion

perfection

permian

perfusion

petition

persuasion

peterman

phoenician

perversion

physician

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

position

porcelain

positions

precession

precaution

preclusion

possession

postnatal

post-mortem

postmaster

postmasters

precision

predation

prediction

pretension

preemption

prescription

presumption

procession

prevention

privation

probation

reopen

production

rendition

profession

profusion

progression

projection

remission

promotion

proportion

questionnaires

propulsion

proscription

protean

protection

provision

prostration

pseudonym

pseudonyms

puritan

questioners

questionnaire

questioner

quotation

ramadan

reaction

reactions

recession

rebellion

recision

reception

rectangle

rectangles

redemption

reduction

religion

regimen

reflection

regression

rejection

relation

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

residence

resident

residents

restriction

retention

reversion

resumption

reunion

retraction

revulsion

revision

rhodopsin

right-handed

rotation

saleswoman

secession

saccharin

scythian

samoan

salvation

scorpion

seclusion

rifleman

secretion

sectional

sedition

seduction

selection

sedation

sensation

simian

silicon

singleton

submission

snapdragon

solution

solomon

skeleton

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submersion

suburban

subscription

subversion

subtraction

suggestion

sumatran

summation

suppression

suspension

suspicion

superman

sustenance

syrian

systemic

talisman

tactician

tamarin

succession

technician

tectonic

taxation

tectonics

temptation

thespian

testament

testaments

ticketing

timberman

toastmaster

toboggan

tradition

transition

transmission

transcription

transfusion

transgression

transaction

translation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

unwritten

uneven

unison

uncommon

venison

uterine

vatican

veteran

venetian

vacation

vacations

vermilion

victimize

truncation

vibration

visiting

vitamin

vocation

waterman

vocations

volition

wesleyan

zambian

succeeding

4 syllable words

abyssinian

abdication

aberration

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abnegation

academy

accidental

academies

academic

academics

accordion

accusation

acquisition

actionable

adaptation

acclimation

adrenaline

activation

adoration

admiration

admonition

adulation

acclamation

advocation

affectation

affirmation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

aggravation

aggregation

algerian

aldebaran

allegation

arabian

american

algonquian

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

albanian

amphibian

annexation

animation

amputation

ammunition

annotation

apparition

appalachian

appellation

apprehension

application

approbation

arbitration

aspiration

arizonan

arthurian

assyrian

astonishing

astonishment

assemblyman

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

armageddon

armenian

businesswoman

canadian

californian

calibration

carcinogen

centurion

celebration

calculation

chameleon

cancellation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

collocation

circulation

collodion

cogitation

comedian

coloration

columbian

combination

commutation

coloradan

committeeman

comparison

competition

composition

compilation

comprehension

complication

compensation

commendation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

connotation

conjugation

congregation

consecration

conflagration

conservation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consolation

contraception

contrarian

consummation

contemplation

contradiction

conversation

contravention

contribution

convocation

convolution

copernican

corinthian

correlation

corp.

corporation

coronation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

custodian

customary

customizes

cultivation

culmination

cyclopean

darwinian

dandelion

confrontation

copenhagen

computation

decimation

deconstruction

dedication

defamation

definition

deformation

dehydration

delegation

degradation

demarcation

demolition

deportation

deposition

demonstration

dereliction

derivation

depredation

depravation

dilatation

deprivation

desiccation

destination

destitution

desolation

desperation

destinations

detonation

devonian

devastation

dictionary

deviation

dictionaries

devolution

dichotomy

dietitian

designation

diocesan

desecration

disaffection

diminution

disillusion

disconnection

dislocation

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

disposition

dissertation

disputation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

distinctively

distribution

distinguishes

distinguishing

divination

dominican

duplication

draconian

domination

education

electrician

elevation

emigration

emulation

emanation

embarkation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

estonian

eritrean

estimation

erudition

estimable

estimated

estimations

estimator

estimators

estonians

eustachian

european

exceedingly

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

exhibition

exploitation

exhortation

exhalation

elongation

exhumation

expectation

expiration

expedition

explanation

explication

exploration

execution

exposition

extenuate

extensively

extinguisher

extendible

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fallopian

extinguishers

extinguishment

fascination

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

elocution

fumigation

galilean

gastrulation

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

gravitation

gregorian

guatemalan

greco-roman

habitation

graduation

granulation

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitancy

hesitation

hesitantly

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hyperion

iberian

ideation

hypertension

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

illustration

imitation

immolation

immigration

imperfection

implantation

infestation

importation

imposition

implication

impregnation

incrustation

imputation

declaration

inattention

incantation

incarnation

inclination

incubation

indecision

indentation

indexation

indigestion

indication

indiscretion

indonesian

indignation

infiltration

inflammation

inhalation

information

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

installation

inspiration

instigation

institution

insulation

insurrection

interaction

intercession

integration

interception

intonation

interdiction

intersection

interurban

interwoven

intervention

interjection

interruption

intermission

intimation

intuition

introspection

introduction

iranian

invitation

irrigation

invocation

irritation

isotonic

isolation

iteration

jacobean

jubilation

jordanian

jurisdiction

inundation

kindergarten

lancastrian

laceration

legitimate

legitimize

levitation

liberation

legislation

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

leviathan

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

mammalian

manumission

malnutrition

malformation

masturbation

maturation

meditation

medication

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

mediation

machination

minnesotan

misbegotten

misdemeanor

decoration

ministration

misconception

misdemeanors

miseration

mitigation

misperception

missourian

moderation

modulation

molestation

moravian

mortification

motivation

mongolian

napoleon

mutilation

navigation

nestorian

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

oblivion

obsidian

obfuscation

obligation

obstetrician

occidental

occupation

observation

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

opposition

orchestration

operation

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

ostensible

ostensibly

overburden

oxidation

ovulation

paraguayan

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

persecution

permutation

perspiration

peruvian

perturbation

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

praetorian

decompression

preconception

predilection

preelection

preignition

preparation

premonition

precondition

presentation

preservation

predetermine

prohibition

procreation

proclamation

profanation

realization

proposition

protestation

prostitution

publication

propagation

provocation

protozoan

prosecution

radiation

punctuation

questionable

readmission

reassertion

reawaken

recitation

recognition

reclamation

recollection

recantation

reconstruction

recreation

rectangular

registration

reexamine

reelection

refutation

reformation

reinspection

relaxation

regulation

relocation

renovation

reparation

reposition

repossession

reproduction

replication

republican

reputation

requisition

reservation

residences

residencies

residency

residential

restitution

restoration

respiration

resignation

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abomination

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Words that rhyme with the word piston

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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
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  • Bulb
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