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

propagation

abnegation

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

aggregation

adaptation

adulation

advocation

aggravation

agitation

allegation

allocation

amputation

animation

annotation

appellation

appalachian

application

approbation

avocation

calibration

cancellation

collocation

combination

commendation

condemnation

compilation

compensation

commutation

competition

complication

composition

computation

condensation

connotation

confiscation

conflagration

conjugation

congregation

consecration

consolation

correlation

constellation

constipation

consultation

consummation

convocation

coronation

culmination

decimation

dedication

fascination

delegation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

derivation

detonation

desiccation

designation

desolation

defamation

dilatation

divination

domination

duplication

elevation

emanation

emigration

fluoridation

fumigation

germination

granulation

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

imitation

immigration

immolation

inhalation

innovation

irrigation

isolation

jubilation

litigation

machination

motivation

medication

meditation

mitigation

modulation

navigation

mutilation

nomination

obfuscation

obligation

occupation

opposition

operation

ordination

oscillation

pagination

palpitation

oxidation

politician

population

proclamation

profanation

proposition

propositions

prosecution

provocation

provocations

realization

recitation

renovation

replication

repossession

reputation

resignation

revelation

revocation

sanitation

segregation

stipulation

suffocation

supposition

termination

surrogation

tabulation

validation

vacillation

violation

trepidation

vaccination

Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word propagation.
2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alan

alman

apron

amman

arabs

alban

arson

ashen

aspen

auction

atman

auden

austin

bargain

bagman

banyan

bacon

baldwin

basin

barton

bason

baron

barren

bastion

baston

bayman

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

beckon

belgian

begun

bellman

bellon

bison

billion

billman

billon

bisson

brazen

bitten

bludgeon

boston

bobbin

bollen

bordman

bookman

blowgun

boughten

bracken

boatman

bolden

bowman

brakeman

blacken

brethren

bourbon

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

bullion

caisson

button

cabin

burgeon

bushman

briefcase

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cajun

calvin

canaan

asian

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

caution

cauldron

caxton

cayman

certain

cervix

chairman

chaplain

chasten

chapman

charon

christian

christen

churchman

chieftain

children

chosen

classman

claxon

citron

clinton

coachman

cheapen

cherubs

chessman

colon

chevron

chicken

common

canyon

copeman

corban

cordon

corpses

craftsman

cotton

cousin

craven

cowan

crawfish

crayfish

crimson

cretin

crevasse

crevice

crewman

cribbage

crouton

cushion

cuban

cumin

curtain

curbstone

curbside

curfews

dagan

damson

darken

dagon

daman

dalton

dampen

deacon

deaden

deafen

canton

cannon

fasten

canon

desman

deepen

diction

delphian

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

demon

devon

dudgeon

draftsman

dragon

driven

dropsy

drawbacks

driveways

dromon

drawback

drunken

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

eaten

earthen

eden

elan

earpiece

engine

emption

ensign

ermine

faction

dian

fashion

fallen

famine

fatten

faulcon

faustian

falcon

felon

function

fiction

fission

flashgun

fielden

fireman

firman

flexion

flatten

footman

floren

foreign

fraction

fortune

foreman

fountain

freeman

friction

freshen

freshman

frighten

freedman

frozen

fibrin

furbish

fusion

gallon

garden

gammon

garron

gentian

georgian

garbage

gascon

gilden

gibbon

given

grapeshot

gladden

german

grandson

giraffes

glidden

gorgon

glisten

goodman

golden

gotten

gowan

gluten

guardsman

gearbox

grecian

graven

griffon

gravestone

gravestones

gravies

hogan

gumption

gudgeon

hackman

haitian

harden

harken

hasten

hangman

happen

harten

harpists

harpist

harvests

harvest

hearten

headsman

headman

heathen

hausen

haven

hessian

heighten

henchman

hetman

heaven

heron

hidden

hempen

huntsman

horseman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyson

ibsen

hyphen

homespun

jargon

ion

jason

jetson

jackman

jasmine

jordan

junction

keelson

kalan

jorden

kansan

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

jetton

klansman

kitchen

kremlin

kitten

laden

lagan

landsman

lampron

landman

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

lengthen

legion

leman

lemon

lesion

lessen

lesson

ledden

leven

kirkman

lichen

mason

lighten

liken

liman

lightman

linden

listen

lineman

longan

lockman

london

liven

locken

logan

lopeman

loosen

loren

lotion

luncheon

lyden

lynden

m1

madden

lumen

linemen

mansion

mahone

marchman

mangan

maiden

margin

linen

lion

lisbon

marksman

martian

markman

marlin

marten

martin

matron

marron

mayan

mention

mignon

million

melton

milken

minden

minion

melon

mitten

mission

morgan

moisten

mormon

molten

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

nation

muslin

mutton

ninon

newsman

nekton

norman

oarsman

ocean

notion

often

olden

odin

option

onion

open

organ

orphic

orphan

othman

oven

pagan

outdone

oxen

packman

paean

owen

outrun

parson

pardon

panton

passion

passman

murphys

omen

pavon

penguin

patron

pectin

patten

penman

pension

peon

perfect

perron

person

persian

pillion

pinion

pigeon

plankton

pollan

piston

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollen

ponton

porpoise

portion

portman

postman

potion

preface

prepuce

prefect

pressman

prison

prefix

professed

pathan

propose

proven

prussian

provokes

provosts

provoke

provost

pullen

purpose

purveys

question

ration

quicken

rayon

reason

redden

reckon

region

raven

ribbon

riden

ridden

rincon

ripen

resin

risen

robin

riven

profuse

rosin

rotten

rerun

roman

russian

samson

saffron

sadden

salesman

salmon

sanction

rosen

rumen

santon

scotsman

saxon

satan

satin

scallion

scion

scrapbook

scrapbooks

rowan

runnion

rowen

seaman

ruin

section

season

selden

semen

seedsman

sequin

scullion

session

shaken

sexton

seton

seven

service

shaman

shotgun

shipman

sermon

shropshire

sharpen

shorten

shogun

shearman

showman

shrunken

sheriffs

sicken

silken

siphon

siren

smarten

slacken

sodden

soften

torsion

slogan

smitten

townsman

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

sportsman

spearman

spokesman

spoken

squadron

stallion

statesman

stallman

steven

stiffen

stillion

station

straighten

stolen

strengthen

suasion

stepson

stricken

striven

sturgeon

stockman

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

sunken

summon

surface

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

surveys

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

syphon

taken

tappen

talon

tariffs

syrups

tendon

tension

teston

thicken

thousand

tighten

titan

tillman

threaten

token

toman

traction

toughen

trillion

treason

trappist

trapeze

triton

trodden

trojan

throwback

tungsten

tropics

tubman

tuscan

tropic

turban

turbos

undone

urson

union

urchin

urine

urban

vegan

vision

version

villain

trophies

vulcan

watchman

whitson

wagon

waken

whiten

wanton

warden

warren

weaken

weapon

wheaten

yachtsman

wiccan

widen

wizen

worsen

woman

solon

woodman

woolman

women

wooden

woolen

workman

written

woven

yaupon

zaman

yeoman

yearbook

yearbooks

zion

zircon

traffic

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

ablution

abdomen

abrasion

abortion

abstraction

accession

accretion

absorption

abstention

addition

adhesion

addiction

admission

adoption

acumen

affection

affliction

african

adsorption

aegean

adrian

aggression

aleutian

alaskan

alderman

albion

albumin

alien

alsatian

ambition

allusion

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

apportion

appian

anyone

arabic

artesian

artisan

arkansan

arian

ascension

aryan

assertion

assassin

aspersion

assumption

asuncion

attention

attraction

attrition

audition

australian

austrian

aversion

avian

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

barbecue

barbecued

battalion

barbecues

bedizen

bedouin

beholden

biotin

bedridden

benjamin

brazilian

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

briefcases

bulletin

cambrian

beethoven

campion

abandon

capsaicin

castration

cardigan

cartesian

carrion

catalan

cation

causation

cessation

cetacean

caucasian

cervical

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

citation

citizen

clergyman

clarion

civilian

clarendon

collagen

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collection

collegian

commission

collision

collusion

concussion

combustion

cistercian

compassion

completion

commotion

companion

communion

complexion

compulsion

compression

concession

conception

conclusion

concoction

conflation

conduction

confession

confection

confucian

congestion

conjunction

connection

connexion

congressman

confusion

conscription

construction

constriction

consumption

contagion

contention

contraction

contraption

contortion

contrition

contusion

convection

convention

convulsion

conversion

conviction

correction

corruption

councilman

corsican

corrosion

countryman

creation

cremation

croatian

crestfallen

crevices

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

decision

declension

condition

deduction

deflation

deletion

defection

deflection

dentition

denizen

depiction

depletion

depression

desertion

detection

detention

determine

destruction

derision

ferryman

dictation

devotion

delusion

dilation

digression

digestion

dimension

dilution

direction

diffusion

discipline

discussion

discretion

dispersion

dissection

disruption

dissension

distinction

distortion

diversion

distraction

division

disunion

dorian

dominion

donation

description

forbidden

downtrodden

duration

edition

ejection

election

egyptian

earpieces

elation

eleven

elison

embolden

englishman

emotion

emulsion

encryption

equation

enlighten

enliven

erection

emblazon

erosion

eruption

everyone

etruscan

evasion

exaction

eviction

exception

excision

emission

exclusion

excretion

excursion

exemption

exertion

expansion

exhaustion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

extortion

extraction

extinction

fabian

extrusion

feminine

fenian

diffraction

fijian

filtration

flirtation

flotation

firebush

fixation

fisherman

firebug

foramen

forewoman

franciscan

foundation

forgotten

formation

frustration

freemason

fruition

freudian

furbishes

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gradation

gordian

graphically

graphical

gearboxes

gravamen

grobian

harlequin

gyration

guncotton

guardian

halogen

handwoven

harvesting

hammerman

halcyon

harpsichord

harvesters

harvester

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hydration

horizon

horrific

housebroken

hydrogen

illusion

imagine

ignition

immersion

impassion

implosion

impression

inaction

in-person

imprison

inception

horatian

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

induction

infection

infarction

inflation

inflection

infliction

infraction

jacobin

ingestion

injunction

injection

infusion

insertion

inspection

inhuman

intention

intestine

intrusion

invasion

invention

inversion

inscription

instruction

irishman

italian

jamaican

javelin

jerboas

jettison

kantian

jovian

julian

keratin

irian

laurentian

korean

lactation

lanolin

laotian

lecithin

keynesian

lesbian

libration

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

magdalen

lutheran

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

margarine

masculine

marian

medicine

medallion

migration

median

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

moroccan

misshapen

melanin

professions

narration

mutation

myosin

muskmelon

munition

musician

nebraskan

nervously

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nemean

nonhuman

notation

norwegian

nonunion

objection

nutrition

obsession

occasion

obstruction

occlusion

nubian

octillion

odeon

oppression

optician

oration

opinion

origin

orifice

orion

ottoman

ovation

omission

oxygen

overdone

overman

overrun

parthian

parisian

partisan

partition

outspoken

pelican

pavilion

percussion

perfection

perception

pentathlon

perfusion

permian

perfected

perfectly

permission

phoenician

patrician

petition

persuasion

peterman

pervasive

phrygian

physician

perversion

plantation

policeman

plebeian

pollution

possession

porcelain

position

porpoises

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

prediction

predestine

preemption

production

prescription

presumption

pretension

prevention

privation

procession

probation

privacies

privacy

prefecture

profession

professes

professor

simian

professors

proficient

progression

projection

promotion

profusion

proportion

prophecies

prophesies

prophecy

proposal

proposes

propagate

proscription

proposals

protean

protection

provision

provisions

proviso

provisos

provoking

purposes

purposeful

puritan

purposely

quotation

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

reduction

redemption

reflection

regression

rejection

relation

religion

remission

rendition

regimen

reopen

repression

profusely

reptilian

resection

resumption

retention

retraction

restriction

revulsion

reversion

rhodopsin

revision

rifleman

rotation

rescission

reunion

salvation

saccharin

samoan

saleswoman

scorpion

seduction

sedition

scythian

secretion

sensation

secession

seclusion

selection

services

sharpshooter

sharpshooters

silicon

singleton

skeleton

tradition

snapdragon

solomon

solution

stagnation

specimen

stygian

submersion

submission

succession

suggestion

suburban

subversion

subtraction

subscription

sumatran

surfaces

suppression

superman

temptation

suspension

suspicion

surpassing

surpasses

tactician

talisman

taxation

syrian

technician

tamarin

thespian

terrifies

therapies

terrific

timberman

toboggan

transgression

transaction

transfusion

transcription

traffickers

trafficker

translation

transition

transmission

travesties

travesty

unburden

truncation

tropical

uneven

tuition

unbroken

unbutton

uncommon

uncertain

unison

unwritten

uterine

vatican

venetian

vocation

vibration

vacation

venison

vermilion

veteran

verbiage

verifies

vitamin

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abolition

abyssinian

absolution

accordion

acquisition

admiration

adoration

admonition

adrenaline

affectation

affirmation

arbitration

armageddon

alabaman

agrarian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

altercation

alternation

alteration

arabian

american

amphibian

annexation

ammunition

apprehension

apparition

arthurian

armenian

arizonan

albanian

aspiration

assemblyman

augmentation

attribution

athenian

assyrian

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

barbecuing

bavarian

calculation

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

californian

canadian

condescension

carboxylic

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

cogitation

circulation

circumspection

circumcision

circumvention

coalition

coloration

coloradan

columbian

collodion

comedian

comparison

committeeman

concentration

comprehension

confirmation

confrontation

conservation

consternation

constitution

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

contribution

conversation

convolution

copenhagen

corp.

copernican

corinthian

corporation

cotyledon

crocodilian

criterion

crucifixion

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

decompression

declaration

decoration

degradation

deformation

definition

dehydration

deconstruction

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

deposition

devastation

devolution

dereliction

desecration

destination

desperation

destitution

deviation

dietitian

foliation

disaffection

diminution

diocesan

dispensation

disconnection

disinflation

disinfection

disillusion

dislocation

disposition

distillation

dissolution

dissertation

dissipation

distribution

dominican

disputation

education

electrician

elongation

elocution

embarkation

emulation

equitation

englishwoman

equestrian

erudition

estimation

excavation

eritrean

evolution

evocation

estonian

exclamation

execution

european

eustachian

excitation

exhalation

expectation

expedition

explanation

explication

exhibition

exhortation

exhumation

expiration

exploration

exploitation

exposition

extrication

extradition

fabrication

fallopian

fermentation

federation

draconian

figuration

fibrillation

devonian

fluctuation

floridian

information

formulation

fragmentation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

historian

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

graduation

gorgonian

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

himalayan

hibernation

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hungarian

hydrocarbon

ideation

illustration

hyperion

hypertension

iberian

ibuprofen

implication

imperfection

implantation

importation

imputation

impregnation

imposition

incantation

inattention

incarnation

indication

inclination

indignation

incrustation

incubation

indigestion

indentation

indexation

indecision

inflammation

infestation

infiltration

indiscretion

indonesian

inhibition

inquisition

inspiration

installation

instigation

insulation

integration

insurrection

interaction

inundation

intercession

intermission

interdiction

interjection

interruption

intimation

intonation

introspection

introduction

intuition

invocation

intersection

intervention

interurban

invitation

iranian

institution

jacobean

iteration

irritation

interception

interwoven

jordanian

jurisdiction

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

liberation

levitation

liberian

leviathan

librarian

kindergarten

masturbation

lilliputian

liquefaction

limitation

liquidation

maturation

locomotion

lubrication

macedonian

maccabean

malformation

manumission

mammalian

malnutrition

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

miseration

ministration

misbegotten

minnesotan

misconception

misperception

mortification

missourian

moderation

molestation

mongolian

moravian

napoleon

nestorian

nigerian

newtonian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

oblivion

observation

obstetrician

octahedron

obsidian

ohioan

olympian

orchestration

ostentation

orifices

ovulation

overburden

pagurian

paraguayan

penetration

pelagian

penicillin

pavlovian

pedestrian

perforation

perfectionist

perfectionists

permutation

pigmentation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

plutonian

polyhedron

polynesian

praetorian

preconception

precondition

predilection

preelection

predetermine

presentation

preparation

preignition

premonition

preservation

previously

procreation

professional

professionals

republican

proficiency

prohibition

propaganda

propagandist

propagandists

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

provisional

provocative

punctuation

publication

radiation

readmission

recantation

reassertion

reawaken

reclamation

recognition

recollection

recreation

reconstruction

reelection

reexamine

reformation

regulation

relaxation

refutation

registration

relocation

reinspection

reposition

repetition

reparation

repercussion

reproduction

simulation

requisition

reservation

retrocession

professorship

resolution

retardation

respiration

restoration

resurrection

restitution

retribution

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

satisfaction

sectarian

rumination

samaritan

saturation

separation

segmentation

self-deception

sequestration

serviceable

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

situation

professorships

simonian

speculation

subluxation

statistician

stimulation

strangulation

subdivision

substitution

superhuman

superstition

supervision

syncopation

tasmanian

tamoxifen

syndication

toleration

tetrahedron

terrifically

titillation

transformation

visitation

tribulation

transportation

transplantation

ulceration

usurpation

vindication

valuation

variation

valerian

utopian

vegetation

ventilation

veneration

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

smithsonian

5 syllable words

abbreviation

acceleration

academician

accreditation

accumulation

agglomeration

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

alienation

amalgamation

alleviation

alliteration

amazonian

amelioration

amplification

amortization

annihilation

appreciation

anticipation

approximation

appropriation

articulation

argumentation

argentinian

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

authorization

authentication

augustinian

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

falsification

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

certification

centralization

centenarian

cohabitation

christianization

classification

civilization

clarification

coagulation

collaboration

commemoration

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

configuration

confederation

congratulation

conglomeration

consolidation

consideration

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

dramatization

decomposition

deification

delicatessen

defenestration

deliberation

degeneration

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depreciation

desegregation

desalination

determination

discoloration

disintegration

discrimination

disinclination

disembarkation

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

eradication

epicurean

equalization

enumeration

equivocation

examination

evacuation

evaluation

evaporation

exaggeration

exasperation

exacerbation

ethiopian

excoriation

exoneration

exhilaration

exfoliation

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

dionysian

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

harmonization

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

imagination

illumination

immunization

inauguration

improvisation

inactivation

incarceration

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

inoculation

insinuation

jeffersonian

insemination

instrumentation

interpolation

interrogation

interpretation

interconnection

invalidation

intoxication

initiation

intimidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

irrevocable

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

mathematician

localization

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

manifestation

maximilian

maximization

mechanization

miscalculation

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

misinformation

mobilization

mississippian

lithuanian

mummification

pasteurization

multiplication

neapolitan

neutralization

negotiation

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

nonintervention

normalization

notification

nonsectarian

nullification

obliteration

organization

orientation

origination

ornamentation

oregonian

pacification

overproduction

participation

panamanian

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perfectionism

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

precipitation

pomeranian

predestination

predisposition

prevarication

premeditation

presupposition

presbyterian

procrastination

professionally

professorial

prognostication

pronunciation

proliferation

proletarian

provisionally

purification

quantification

pythagorean

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

rectification

recuperation

recrimination

reforestation

reintegration

reiteration

renunciation

rejuvenation

regeneration

refrigeration

remuneration

repatriation

representation

simplification

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

specialization

specification

sterilization

subordination

stratification

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

sophistication

solicitation

vulgarization

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vegetarian

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.


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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:

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When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
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