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

action

acton

alman

airman

alan

amman

alban

arcane

apron

argon

argonne

arching

argent

arraign

asian

aspen

arsons

ashen

atman

auction

auden

austin

arson

bacon

barren

banyan

baron

bargains

bargain

baldwin

basin

barton

bason

belgian

bastion

batten

batton

bayman

baston

beacon

beckon

bellon

beaten

baton

begun

bellman

billon

billion

billman

bison

bludgeon

bisson

bitten

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bracken

brazen

brackens

breton

bracing

bookman

bourbon

brakeman

boughten

boston

bordman

bowman

break-in

breaking

breakneck

breeching

brethren

boatman

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

brushing

brighten

browsing

button

broking

burdon

burgeon

burman

brougham

burden

burton

bushman

bolden

cabin

caisson

cajun

calvin

canaan

cannon

canon

canton

canyon

captain

caption

capstan

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

caution

cauldron

cayman

caxton

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chessman

chevron

chasten

chicken

chosen

children

cheapen

chieftain

churchman

christen

christian

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

bagman

colon

common

crescent

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

coursing

cousin

crashing

craven

cracking

craftsman

creaking

cowan

crescents

cretin

cushion

crushing

curtain

darkened

crouton

cuban

cumin

crossings

crossing

daman

dampen

damson

darken

deaden

dagan

deacon

deafen

dagon

crewman

crimson

deepen

deerskin

demon

desman

devon

diction

dian

dobson

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

dragon

draftsman

dressing

dragons

dozen

dragging

dragnets

drachma

drachmas

dragnet

dressings

dudgeon

dungeon

earthen

driven

drugging

drunken

dutchman

dustman

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

ensign

emption

engine

ermine

delphian

bullion

faction

falcon

grecian

fallen

dalton

fashion

faustian

felon

famine

fasten

fatten

faulcon

fearsome

fibrin

fiction

fission

flashgun

firman

flatten

fielden

fireman

flexion

firkins

floren

footman

foreign

foreman

foregone

forcing

foreseen

foreskin

fraction

fragment

fortune

fountain

forgings

foursome

forging

frequent

freshen

fragments

frequents

freeman

freezing

freshens

freshman

function

friction

frozen

frighten

frogmouth

fusion

gallon

gammon

frogmouths

freaking

garron

freedman

garden

gascon

gentian

georgian

german

gibbon

gilden

given

georgians

gladden

glidden

glisten

goodman

gluten

golden

gorgons

grandson

gotten

gorgon

gowan

graven

gumption

grazing

griffon

gudgeon

guardsman

gruesome

hackman

haitian

happen

hangman

harden

harken

harkens

headsman

hasten

headman

hausen

haven

harten

hearkens

heaven

heathen

hessian

hempen

henchman

heron

hetman

hidden

homespun

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

houseman

horseman

huntsman

hearten

hymen

ibsen

heighten

hyphen

hyson

jackman

irksome

jargon

jetton

kitchen

jasmine

jetson

jerkins

jerking

jordan

jason

kansan

ion

junction

kalan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

krishna

kremlin

kirkman

lemon

kitten

klansman

lesion

laden

leaden

leaven

ledden

latin

layman

legion

lagan

lampron

landsman

lengthen

lesson

lessen

linen

landman

linden

leman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

lightman

lineman

linemen

leven

lisbon

lion

listen

liven

london

locken

logan

loren

lockman

luncheon

lotion

m1

lynden

lumen

madden

lyden

mahone

mansion

maiden

mangan

marching

marchman

mention

margin

margined

markman

lorgnettes

margins

markings

marksman

marlin

marron

martian

marten

martin

mason

matron

longan

lopeman

melon

melton

merchants

merchant

merging

merkin

loosen

marking

lorgnette

mayan

milken

million

minion

mignon

minden

mission

mitten

molten

motion

muffin

mullen

mountain

nation

muslin

mutton

nekton

newsman

ninon

notion

norman

nursing

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

omen

olden

onion

open

option

organ

organs

orphan

oven

othman

outdone

outrun

packman

oxen

owen

paean

parchment

panton

parking

pagan

parson

parsons

pardon

passion

pathan

pectin

patten

passman

patron

pavon

penguin

pension

percents

penman

percent

perchance

perkins

perkin

perron

persian

persians

person

peon

persons

phrasing

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

pigeon

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

piercing

ponton

portion

moisten

portman

potion

postman

preaching

precincts

precinct

mormon

session

morgans

morgan

pregnant

present

presence

presents

pressing

pressman

prisons

prison

prisms

prism

proven

prussian

pullen

purging

presume

question

ration

quicken

raven

rayon

reckon

reason

redden

presumes

region

rerun

resin

risen

ribbon

ridden

riven

rincon

riden

ripen

robin

rosen

roman

rosin

rowan

rumen

rowen

ruin

salesman

sadden

sanction

saffron

santon

rotten

satan

runnion

satin

russian

season

saxon

scallion

scullion

seaman

searching

scion

scorching

scotsman

section

salmon

selden

seedsman

semen

sergeants

samson

sergeant

sermon

sequin

seven

sexton

shaken

shaman

zircons

seton

toman

sharpen

shogun

sharking

shearman

shipman

shorten

shrunken

torsion

shotgun

slacken

showman

silken

siphon

siren

slogan

smarten

townsman

sicken

sodden

soften

solon

soldan

sovereign

spearman

sovran

spartan

spoken

spokesman

station

stallion

statesman

stallman

stepson

smitten

stiffen

straighten

stillion

stolen

stockman

steven

strengthen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suction

suasion

sudden

sullen

sultan

sportsman

surgeon

surgeons

summon

sunken

taken

sweeten

swollen

syphon

sylvan

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tension

thicken

threaten

sorghum

tendon

teston

thrashing

thousand

tillman

tighten

titan

token

trillion

traction

tracing

toughen

treasons

squadron

trojan

trucking

trojans

triton

trodden

tricking

treason

turban

tubman

tuscan

tungsten

undone

union

urchin

urchins

urban

urgent

urine

vegan

urson

version

versions

villain

vision

virgins

vulcan

wagon

waken

virgin

wanton

warden

warren

weaken

weapon

wiccan

wizen

woman

whitson

wheaten

whiten

widen

women

working

wooden

watchman

woolen

woodman

woolman

workman

workings

worsen

worsens

woven

wrecking

written

yaupon

yachtsman

yeoman

zaman

zircon

zion

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

abortion

abdomen

abrasion

absorption

ablution

abstention

abstraction

accession

accretion

acumen

addiction

adoption

addition

adsorption

adhesion

admission

adrian

affliction

affection

african

aggression

aegean

alsatian

aleutian

alien

albion

allusion

alaskan

alderman

albumin

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

apportion

anyone

appian

archangel

arcanum

archangels

argentine

arachnids

argentines

argonauts

argonaut

arachnid

argument

arraignments

arguments

arraignment

arkansans

arian

arkansan

arrogance

arrogant

assumption

arsenal

arsenals

arsenic

artesian

aspersion

ascension

arsonists

artisan

aryan

assassin

assertion

asuncion

arsenide

attention

attraction

attrition

arsonist

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

avian

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bargainer

bargainers

bandwagon

bedouin

bedizen

bedridden

battalion

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

brigantine

biotin

bitumen

burgundies

brazenly

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

burgundy

abandon

bulletin

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

carnation

cartesian

carrion

caressing

carousing

castration

causation

caucasian

catalan

cation

cardigan

cessation

cetacean

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

citation

circumstance

cistercian

circumcise

circumvents

circumference

circumscribe

circumvent

citizen

circumspect

civilian

chairperson

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

cognition

cohesion

collagen

collection

collegian

collusion

collision

commission

commotion

combustion

communion

companion

compassion

compunction

completion

compression

compulsion

complexion

concession

confession

confection

concussion

condition

concoction

conduction

conflation

conception

confucian

conjunction

connection

connexion

congestion

confusion

conscription

congressman

contention

constriction

construction

consumption

contortion

conclusion

contraction

contraption

contrition

convection

convention

contusion

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

corruption

corrosion

corsican

countryman

councilman

cremation

creation

crescendo

croatian

decision

crestfallen

cross-country

darkening

cyprian

damnation

deception

declension

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

dentition

denizen

delusion

depiction

depletion

description

derision

depression

desertion

coercion

detention

determine

dictation

devotion

diffraction

dilation

dimension

diffusion

dilution

digression

digestion

direction

discipline

destruction

discretion

detection

discussion

disruption

distinction

distraction

dispersion

dissension

dissection

distortion

division

disunion

donation

dominion

dorian

dressmaker

egyptian

dressmaking

downtrodden

duration

edition

dressmakers

ejection

elation

emblazon

eleven

elison

emulsion

encryption

emission

emotion

englishman

equation

enlighten

enliven

erosion

embolden

erection

eruption

eurasian

etruscan

evasion

election

everyone

eviction

diversion

exaction

exception

excision

excretion

exertion

excursion

exemption

exclusion

expansion

exhaustion

expulsion

explosion

expression

extension

extinction

extraction

extortion

extrusion

fabian

feminine

ferryman

flirtation

fixation

filtration

fijian

fisherman

flotation

foreigner

foreigners

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

foundation

formation

forgotten

fragmented

frequencies

frequency

frequently

frustration

fruition

franciscan

freudian

fustian

galleon

garrison

freemason

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

ghanaian

gillian

fenian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

guncotton

grobian

guardian

gyration

halogen

harassment

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

hawaiian

imagine

harlequin

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

horsemanship

horizons

housebroken

hurricane

hurricanes

hydration

immersion

heartbroken

ignition

illusion

impassion

implosion

inaction

impression

imprison

in-person

hydrogen

inception

incursion

incision

inclusion

indian

inflation

induction

infection

inflection

infraction

infusion

infarction

infliction

ingestion

dalmatian

injunction

inhuman

insertion

injection

inspection

intention

possession

instruction

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

intrusion

inscription

jacobin

jamaican

italian

jettison

irian

javelin

irishman

kerosene

kantian

jovian

julian

lactation

keratin

laotian

lecithin

laurentian

keynesian

lanolin

larceny

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

korean

position

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

marconi

margarine

marginal

marksmanship

masculine

medicine

median

melanin

menhaden

mercantile

marian

merchandise

mexican

migration

medallion

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

misshapen

munition

moroccans

musician

muskmelon

narration

mutation

myosin

nebraskan

negation

nemean

nutrition

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

notation

norwegian

nourishment

nourishing

nubian

norwegians

nonunion

objection

obsession

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

omission

odeon

optation

oration

oppression

opinion

optician

organelles

origins

organics

organic

organist

organize

organized

origin

organum

orion

ovation

ottoman

overdone

outspoken

overman

overrun

oxygen

parisian

paragon

parsonage

parthian

pelican

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

pentathlon

percentage

moroccan

perception

perfection

permission

perfusion

permian

percussion

physician

personals

personal

personnel

phoenician

petition

persuasion

pollution

perversion

peterman

phrygian

plebeian

policeman

persona

porcelain

precaution

pragmatic

pragmatists

pragmatist

precession

precision

predation

preclusion

preemption

pregnancies

pregnancy

prediction

presenter

presenters

presences

prescription

prescient

preconceive

presently

prescience

presentment

regression

predestine

presumption

presumptions

privation

pretension

prevention

prisoner

presumptive

prisoners

probation

procession

reopen

production

profession

promotion

profusion

progression

progeny

projection

prognoses

proportion

propulsion

protection

prostration

proscription

protean

proximal

proximate

provision

pursuant

puritan

quotation

reaction

ramadan

reception

recession

rebellion

recision

redemption

reduction

reflection

resumption

rejection

rendition

relation

religion

remission

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

regimen

restriction

retention

reversion

retraction

revision

reunion

revulsion

rifleman

rhodopsin

rotation

saracens

salvation

sedation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

sarasin

sarcoma

secretion

secession

scythian

scorpion

seclusion

seduction

sedition

selection

proconsul

pyroxene

skeleton

simian

silicon

solution

solomon

snapdragon

specimen

singleton

transgression

stagnation

starvation

suggestion

subscription

succession

subtraction

submersion

submission

subversion

stygian

suburban

summation

suppression

superman

suspicion

suspension

tactician

syrian

talisman

taxation

technician

tamarin

thespian

timberman

tiresome

toboggan

sumatran

translation

transaction

transition

tradition

transfusion

transcription

transmission

truism

tuition

unburden

unbroken

uneven

unison

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

urgency

urgently

unwritten

vacation

uterine

vatican

venetian

vibration

veteran

vermilion

vocation

virginal

volition

vitamin

warehousing

wesleyan

venison

waterman

wearisome

workmanlike

workmanship

worrisome

zambian

4 syllable words

abolition

abrogation

aberration

abdication

abnegation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

abyssinian

activation

adulation

accordion

admonition

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

advocation

aggravation

affectation

affirmation

aggregation

acquisition

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

alteration

altercation

amputation

ammunition

albanian

alternation

american

amphibian

annexation

application

approbation

appalachian

apparition

apprehension

argentina

argentinas

arbitration

archenemy

arabian

arizonans

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

backwardation

arrogantly

aspiration

arthurian

assemblyman

augmentation

attribution

athenian

aviation

assyrian

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

calculation

broken-winded

bohemian

burgomaster

burgomasters

businesswoman

bolivian

californian

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

carcinoma

carcinogens

centurion

chameleon

charismatic

chrysanthemum

chrysanthemums

charismatics

circulation

circumcision

circumstantial

circumspection

circumstances

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

commutation

coloration

comparison

coloradan

combination

comedian

columbian

committeeman

concentration

compensation

computation

compilation

complication

competition

composition

comprehension

confrontation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

consultation

conjugation

consecration

consolation

congregation

conservation

consummation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

conversation

convocation

copenhagen

convolution

copernican

corinthian

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

contribution

declaration

decoration

cultivation

crucifixion

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

crocodilian

decompression

deconstruction

criterion

contrarian

contravention

deformation

demolition

demarcation

deportation

dereliction

deposition

destitution

desperation

devolution

disinflation

diminution

disaffection

devonian

dietitian

diocesan

disconnection

disinfection

disillusion

excavation

distillation

dislocation

deviation

dissertation

dissipation

disputation

dissolution

disposition

distribution

dehydration

dominican

draconian

duplication

evolution

electrician

elocution

embarkation

elongation

englishwoman

eritrean

equestrian

erudition

eustachian

estonian

european

evocation

expectation

collocation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

explanation

expiration

exhumation

exhibition

expedition

collodion

exploitation

exploration

exposition

extrication

extradition

fabrication

explication

federation

fibrillation

figuration

fallopian

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentary

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

gentlewoman

glaciation

granulation

gravitation

graduation

gorgonian

guatemalan

gregorian

greco-roman

floridian

hibernation

heroism

herculean

hemoglobin

himalayan

historian

horizontal

hungarian

hegelian

ideation

iberian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

implantation

importation

implication

imperfection

imposition

imputation

impregnation

inattention

indication

incrustation

inclination

incarnation

indexation

incubation

indecision

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

hyperion

infestation

information

infiltration

indonesian

inflammation

ibuprofen

inhibition

installation

instigation

inspiration

population

insulation

integration

interaction

interception

insurrection

intercession

institution

intermission

interjection

interruption

intimation

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

invocation

invitation

intuition

interdiction

introspection

introduction

isolation

iteration

jacobean

iranian

jurisdiction

jubilation

locomotion

jordanian

laceration

liberation

leviathan

lilliputian

librarian

liberian

kindergarten

lancastrian

liquidation

liquefaction

marijuana

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

maraschino

mammalian

masturbation

maturation

menstruation

merchandising

mediation

marginally

mercenaries

mercenary

merchandisers

merchandiser

meridian

misperception

misconception

miseration

mitigation

modulation

moderation

missourian

minnesotan

molestation

misbegotten

moravian

motivation

mortification

mutilation

oscillation

napoleon

nestorian

obfuscation

nonprescription

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nicaraguan

nigerian

newtonian

obligation

ordination

oblivion

observation

occupation

obsidian

obstetrician

ohioan

opposition

orchestration

operation

olympian

octahedron

organically

organisms

original

organismic

organizer

organizes

originates

originals

organizers

originate

organism

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

parishioner

parishioners

parisians

paraguayan

pagurian

parisienne

parsonages

parsimony

pedestrian

pelagian

pavlovian

permutation

penicillin

perforation

percentages

persecution

personable

personally

personalize

personalized

personifies

personify

perspiration

perturbation

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statistician

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ventilation

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virginity

wagnerian

watermelon

utopian

zirconiums

zirconium

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abomination

abbreviation

academician

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ethiopian

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peloponnesian

panamanian

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pragmatically

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theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

vaporization

utilization

vegetarian

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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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

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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.

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