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

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

arrant

arrants

around

ashen

atman

auction

austin

auden

belgian

aspen

baldwin

bagman

banyan

bargain

barton

baron

barren

basin

bason

bastion

bacon

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beckon

beacon

beaten

begun

bellman

bison

bisson

billion

billman

billon

bitten

blacken

blowgun

bludgeon

boatman

bowman

bolden

bellon

bookman

boston

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bourbon

bracken

bordman

brakeman

brand-new

brandle

brandish

brazen

brander

broken

brethren

breton

brighten

brogan

broaden

brandy

brindle

briton

brownout

brownouts

bromides

bromide

brunettes

brunette

bullion

burden

burdon

burman

asian

deaden

burgeon

button

bushman

cabin

caisson

cajun

burton

calvin

cannon

canon

canaan

canton

canyon

capstan

captain

caption

carmine

carbon

carton

caution

cauldron

caxton

cayman

certain

carman

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chasten

chosen

christen

children

chevron

chicken

chieftain

christian

churchman

citron

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

classman

cheapen

common

chessman

damson

copeman

corban

cordon

corinth

cornet

cowan

cotton

cousin

courant

craftsman

crandall

craven

crimson

crewman

crouton

cretin

cuban

cushion

cumin

curtain

current

currents

dagan

dagon

dalton

daman

dampen

cremate

darken

deacon

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

diction

desman

devon

dian

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

doormats

dragon

draftsman

driven

dungeon

dudgeon

dromon

drumhead

drunken

durant

dutchman

dustman

earthen

eaten

eden

engine

elan

ensign

ermine

errand

errant

errands

doormat

faction

famine

fiction

farrand

fashion

faustian

fasten

faulcon

fatten

felon

fibrin

fraction

falcon

fielden

fireman

fission

flashgun

fountain

firman

foreman

flatten

flexion

floren

footman

foreign

forehand

forehands

fortune

formats

format

friction

freshen

freshman

freeman

freedman

frantic

granted

friendship

frontal

friendships

frighten

frozen

fronted

frontier

frontiers

frontage

gammon

gentian

fusion

gallon

garand

garden

gascon

garron

garnet

georgian

german

gerund

gerunds

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

golden

goodman

gorgon

gluten

gotten

gowan

gourmet

gourmets

grandson

grandchild

grandeur

grandly

grandsons

granite

grantor

friendly

grantors

graven

grecian

fallen

burnet

griffon

grindle

grindstone

grounding

greyhound

grenade

grenades

grinder

grinders

grinding

grounder

groundling

groundnut

groundnuts

groundwork

gudgeon

guardsman

groundswell

hackman

haitian

hangman

happen

harden

harken

harten

hasten

hausen

hessian

hearten

heaven

heighten

heathen

hempen

ibsen

henchman

hermit

hermits

heron

hetman

hidden

hogan

homespun

haven

horehound

houseman

hoten

huntsman

hornet

hoven

human

hornets

horseman

hymen

hyson

headman

hyphen

headsman

greenwood

jetson

jackman

ion

jargon

jasmine

jason

martian

jordan

jorden

kalan

kansan

keelson

kelson

kitchen

kremlin

kelvin

kenyan

kitten

klansman

kirkman

laden

lagan

lampron

lessen

lesson

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

landman

landsman

lemon

lengthen

leman

legion

lesion

ledden

leven

lichen

liken

liman

jetton

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

linen

lion

listen

mansion

london

logan

loosen

lockman

longan

liven

locken

margin

lopeman

m1

lighten

luncheon

lynden

lumen

lyden

madden

mahone

maiden

mangan

loren

marchman

marlin

markman

marksman

marron

marten

martin

mason

mayan

matron

melton

melon

mention

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mermaid

mission

mermaids

mitten

moisten

morgan

mormon

molten

muslin

muffin

mullen

mountain

mutton

nation

option

nekton

ninon

newsman

norman

oarsman

onion

odin

omen

open

olden

often

ornate

orphan

organ

othman

oven

outdone

outrun

owen

oxen

packman

panton

paean

pagan

pardon

parent

passion

parson

passman

parents

pension

pathan

penguin

pectin

penman

patten

pavon

patron

peon

permit

permits

permute

pillion

perron

pigeon

plankton

person

piston

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pinion

pollan

pollen

persian

ponton

portion

shotgun

postman

showman

portman

pressman

prentice

prison

primates

primate

printer

printers

printing

printings

promotes

promote

proven

ration

pullen

question

quicken

raven

rayon

reckon

redden

reason

region

rerun

resin

roman

rincon

rosen

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rowan

rosin

rotten

rowen

rumen

ruin

runnion

samson

salmon

saffron

sadden

salesman

sanction

santon

satan

saxon

satin

scullion

scallion

scion

shogun

scotsman

seaman

section

seedsman

selden

session

sequin

semen

sermon

seven

seton

sexton

sharpen

shaken

shaman

season

shearman

shipman

shrunken

shorten

sicken

silken

slogan

smarten

siphon

siren

slacken

smitten

whitson

sodden

soften

solon

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

spoken

spokesman

stepson

station

stallion

stallman

sportsman

statesman

steven

stiffen

stolen

strengthen

stillion

stockman

stricken

striven

sturgeon

straighten

suasion

squadron

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

surgeon

surrounds

surround

swollen

sweeten

sylvan

thousand

tarpon

tartan

syphon

talon

tappen

tension

tendon

teston

termites

termite

thicken

taken

tillman

threaten

tighten

token

toman

titan

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

torrent

torrents

treason

tranter

trojan

tubman

triton

trodden

truant

trundle

tungsten

tyrant

turban

tuscan

tyrants

turndown

turn-out

undone

trillion

wanton

urchin

union

urine

urson

vulcan

vegan

version

vision

watchman

villain

warden

wagon

waken

warren

warrant

urban

warrants

weaken

weapon

wheaten

whiten

woman

women

widen

wizen

workman

wiccan

woven

yeoman

woodman

woolman

wooden

woolen

worsen

written

yaupon

zaman

yachtsman

zion

wormwood

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abdomen

abandon

abduction

abrasion

accession

accretion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

acumen

addiction

admission

adoption

adhesion

affection

adsorption

aegean

adrian

affliction

aggression

alaskan

african

albion

alderman

alien

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

andean

anchorman

anglican

anyone

appian

arian

armada

arkansan

artesian

artisan

aryan

ascension

albumin

assumption

assassin

asuncion

aspersion

attention

attraction

attrition

audition

austrian

australian

aversion

awaken

avian

backgammon

badminton

bandwagon

baronet

baronets

bedouin

bedridden

battalion

bedizen

beethoven

beholden

backwoodsman

bitumen

biotin

bermudas

benjamin

bermuda

bosnian

bouillon

brandenburg

brandishes

brazilian

brandywine

bulletin

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

carnation

carnations

carrion

cetacean

cartesian

causation

caucasian

castration

cation

catalan

cessation

cardigan

chairperson

chamberlain

chairwoman

champion

combustion

communion

charlatan

citation

cistercian

chilean

cinnamon

civilian

citizen

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

collection

cohesion

coercion

coherent

collagen

collegian

collision

cognition

charwoman

companion

completion

complexion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conception

concession

conclusion

concussion

condition

concoction

conduction

confection

confession

confucian

contortion

connection

conflation

contusion

confusion

congestion

conjunction

connexion

consumption

conscription

constriction

construction

contention

contagion

contrition

contraction

congressman

contraption

convection

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

corruption

corrosion

correction

creation

corsican

coronet

coronets

councilman

countryman

corundum

cremation

croatian

crestfallen

crustacean

dalmatian

currently

cyprian

curmudgeon

damnation

curmudgeons

illusion

deception

declension

deduction

defection

decision

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

desertion

depression

dentition

depiction

depletion

description

derision

denizen

detection

detention

determine

destruction

dictation

diffusion

diffraction

digestion

digression

dilation

dimension

direction

discretion

discipline

discussion

dispersion

disruption

dissection

dissension

exaction

diversion

distraction

disunion

division

dominion

donation

distinction

distortion

dorian

downtrodden

dramatize

dramatist

durante

duration

egyptian

ejection

election

emulsion

elation

elison

eleven

embolden

emblazon

encryption

eruption

enliven

englishman

erection

enlighten

equation

eviction

evasion

everyone

etruscan

exception

excision

exclusion

exertion

exemption

excretion

excursion

exhaustion

expansion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extortion

extension

extraction

extinction

extrusion

fabian

fahrenheit

feminine

fenian

ferryman

fijian

filtration

fixation

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

formation

forgotten

formations

foundation

formative

freemason

franciscan

freudian

frenetic

frustration

fruition

fustian

gaussian

galleon

furniture

garrison

genuine

gentleman

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

grandiose

grandmother

granados

granddaughter

granddaughters

granado

grandfathers

grandmothers

grandfather

grandnephew

grandnephews

granduncle

granduncles

granitic

gravamen

grobian

groundbreaking

guaranteed

gyration

hammerman

handwoven

guaranties

guardian

guaranty

guarantor

guarantors

guncotton

halcyon

halogen

guarantee

guarantees

harlequin

harmattan

hawaiian

heroin

heartbroken

heroine

hermitage

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

impassion

immersion

impression

implosion

imprison

inaction

in-person

inception

incision

infection

incursion

inflation

inclusion

indian

induction

infarction

inflection

infliction

infraction

infusion

ingestion

inhuman

injection

injunction

jamaican

insertion

inspection

inscription

instruction

intention

jettison

intestine

intrusion

invention

invasion

inversion

irian

italian

irishman

ironwood

jacobin

javelin

ligation

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

laotian

laurentian

lanolin

libration

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

location

logician

mandarin

lumberman

magician

malaysian

malayan

magdalen

lutheran

margarine

marian

marinate

marinates

marinade

marinades

maronite

medallion

medicine

median

masculine

melanin

oration

menhaden

migration

midshipman

mexican

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

nebraskan

musician

munition

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

myrmidon

moroccan

narration

myrmidons

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

norwegian

nonunion

notation

nonhuman

normative

nubian

obsession

occlusion

occasion

objection

obstruction

nutrition

omission

odeon

oppression

opinion

octillion

optation

optician

origin

orion

orient

ornately

outspoken

ottoman

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parental

parentage

parisian

partition

parthian

partisan

paranoid

parenthood

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

permission

percussion

perfection

permian

perfusion

permeate

permeates

persuasion

perversion

phrygian

peterman

plantation

plebeian

policeman

imagine

porcelain

preclusion

prediction

precession

precision

preemption

predestine

prescription

prenatal

presumption

privation

pretension

prevention

primitive

probation

production

profusion

protection

provision

projection

progression

promoters

promoter

propulsion

prostration

protean

proscription

precaution

puritan

quarantines

quotation

regression

remission

ramadan

quarantine

reaction

recession

recision

reception

rebellion

reduction

redemption

reflection

regimen

pyramid

rejection

relation

religion

rendition

pyramids

reopen

rescission

repression

reptilian

resection

restriction

resumption

retention

retraction

reversion

reunion

revision

revulsion

rotation

rhodopsin

rifleman

saleswoman

salvation

scorpion

scythian

secretion

secession

sedition

seclusion

seduction

selection

sensation

serenade

saccharin

premature

simian

silicon

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

submersion

stygian

subscription

subtraction

suburban

succession

suggestion

sumatran

suppression

suspicion

subversion

suspension

superman

surrounding

surroundings

surrender

surrenders

taxation

tactician

technician

syrian

tamarin

temptation

talisman

thespian

timberman

wesleyan

toboggan

unison

uneven

transaction

tornados

transcription

transfusion

transmission

translation

transition

transgression

traumatic

truncation

unbroken

tuition

unbutton

turntable

trinity

turntables

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

urinate

vacation

uterine

variant

variants

vatican

veteran

vibration

venison

vermilion

verandas

veranda

tornadoes

vocation

vitamin

volition

tornado

warranty

warranties

waterman

zambian

singleton

4 syllable words

abolition

aberration

abdication

abnegation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

abrogation

accordion

abyssinian

accusation

acquisition

activation

admiration

admonition

adoration

adaptation

adulation

advocation

adrenaline

affectation

affirmation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

algerian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

animation

american

ammunition

amphibian

amputation

annexation

annotation

appellation

application

approbation

appalachian

apprehension

arabian

apparition

arbitration

aldebaran

arizonan

armageddon

armadillo

armadillos

armenian

aromatic

arthurian

aspiration

assyrian

athenian

assemblyman

augmentation

avocation

attribution

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

barometer

barometers

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

calculation

businesswoman

calibration

cancellation

canadian

californian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

chromatogram

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

chromatograms

coalition

collodion

cogitation

coherently

coloration

collocation

comedian

coloradan

columbian

combination

commendation

committeeman

commutation

comparison

compensation

competition

compilation

complication

composition

computation

concentration

comprehension

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

conjugation

confrontation

connotation

consolation

constitution

consecration

constellation

constipation

conservation

consternation

consultation

consummation

congregation

contemplation

contribution

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

conversation

convocation

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

coriander

corinthian

coronation

correlation

corporation

corinthians

corp.

cotyledon

crucifixion

criterion

crocodilian

culmination

custodian

cultivation

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

defamation

dedication

decompression

decoration

declaration

deconstruction

definition

delegation

deformation

degradation

demarcation

dehydration

demolition

demonstration

deposition

depravation

deportation

depredation

deprivation

derivation

dereliction

desecration

desiccation

devolution

dietitian

desolation

destitution

detonation

destination

desperation

deviation

devonian

devastation

dilatation

designation

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

diocesan

disposition

disillusion

dislocation

dispensation

disinfection

disinflation

disputation

dissertation

dissolution

distillation

estonian

dissipation

dominican

divination

distribution

domination

education

draconian

dormitory

dormitories

dramatically

dramaturgy

dramatizes

duplication

dromedary

electrician

granulation

elevation

elocution

elongation

estimation

emanation

emigration

emulation

embarkation

erudition

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

englishwoman

evocation

evolution

gravitation

european

fragmentation

exclamation

excitation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

exhumation

expedition

expectation

exposition

explanation

explication

exploitation

exploration

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fallopian

expiration

fascination

federation

fermentation

figuration

fibrillation

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

floridian

formulation

formidable

formidably

excavation

fumigation

galilean

gastrulation

gargantuan

generation

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

grammatical

grandiloquent

grandfatherly

grandmotherly

eustachian

greco-roman

gregorian

habitation

guatemalan

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

ideation

population

illustration

imitation

immolation

importation

immigration

imperfection

implication

implantation

imposition

imputation

impregnation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

inclination

incubation

indecision

inflammation

incrustation

inhalation

indentation

indication

indexation

indonesian

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

infestation

infiltration

information

inhibition

innovation

integration

installation

institution

inspiration

instigation

insulation

inquisition

intermission

insurrection

interaction

intercession

interception

interdiction

interjection

interruption

intersection

interurban

intervention

interwoven

invocation

intimation

intuition

inundation

introduction

introspection

irrigation

isolation

intonation

invitation

irritation

iranian

iteration

jacobean

jubilation

jordanian

kindergarten

laceration

liberation

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberian

lancastrian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

litigation

mammalian

manumission

machination

lubrication

macedonian

maccabean

malformation

malnutrition

maturation

medication

jurisdiction

mediation

masturbation

meditation

melanesian

polynesian

moderation

menstruation

minnesotan

miseration

ministration

misconception

misbegotten

missourian

mitigation

misperception

modulation

mongolian

molestation

motivation

moravian

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

occupation

nomination

nestorian

noblewoman

nigerian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nonprescription

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

obfuscation

observation

obstetrician

nonpartisan

operation

ohioan

olympian

opposition

octahedron

orchestration

ordination

oriental

oriented

orientals

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

paramedic

parameter

paramedics

parentheses

parameters

pavlovian

penetration

pedestrian

pelagian

penicillin

permutation

perforation

perimeter

permutations

perimeters

permeated

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

plutonian

pigmentation

politician

polyhedron

meridian

precondition

predilection

preelection

preconception

preignition

siberian

praetorian

premonition

preparation

presentation

preservation

proclamation

prohibition

profanation

procreation

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tasmanian

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tarantula

tamoxifen

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usurpation

validation

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valerian

vegetation

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visitation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

premeditate

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abomination

abbreviation

academician

accommodation

acceleration

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accumulation

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administration

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aeronautical

affiliation

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theologian

thermodynamics

thermodynamic

triangulation

unification

utilization

vaporization

verification

vilification

vulgarization

vegetarian

veterinarian

washingtonian

unitarian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word promotion

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
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