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

action

acton

alban

airman

alan

alman

amman

apron

aspen

arches

argues

arkose

arses

ashen

arson

asian

auction

atman

auden

austin

bacon

bagman

baldwin

banyan

bargain

barton

barges

baron

barren

basin

bason

bastion

baston

baton

batten

batton

belgian

begun

bellman

bellon

billion

bison

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

blowgun

bludgeon

blacken

bookman

bollen

bobbin

bolden

bordman

boroughs

boston

bowman

boatman

bourbon

bourses

bracken

braces

brakeman

boughten

brackish

brasses

brazen

brighten

beacon

brethren

bayman

breton

breaches

briton

breakage

brogan

broken

bruises

breeches

bullion

broaches

broaden

bushman

button

cabin

caisson

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cajun

brushes

calvin

canon

canyon

breezes

canaan

caption

carbon

canton

cannon

capstan

captain

carman

carjacks

carsick

carjack

cargos

carmine

carton

caution

cauldron

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

chaplain

charges

charon

cargoes

chapman

chicken

children

chevron

chieftain

cheapen

chosen

christen

christian

churchman

citron

churches

chasten

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

chessman

beaten

colon

beckon

common

corban

cordon

copeman

corsage

cotton

cousin

cowan

craftsman

craven

crashes

courses

crazies

creases

crewman

crouton

crimson

cretin

crosswise

cresses

crises

crosses

cruises

crushes

cuban

cushion

cumin

dagan

dagon

curtain

curses

dalton

darken

dampen

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

diction

dian

devon

druggist

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dragon

dudgeon

dozen

druggists

draftsman

driven

dromon

dresses

dressage

drunken

dungeon

dustman

eden

dutchman

eaten

elan

earthen

emption

ensign

ermine

engine

faction

falcon

fallen

freedman

daman

fashion

fasten

freshen

famine

faustian

friction

fatten

faulcon

fiction

fireman

felon

fission

fibrin

flashgun

fielden

footman

firman

flatten

flexion

floren

forecast

foreman

foresight

forges

freshman

forecasts

foresees

fraction

fortune

fountain

freeman

forces

frescoes

forgoes

forsake

foreign

grecian

freezes

friezes

frighten

fusion

garden

gallon

gammon

garron

gascon

gentian

georges

georgian

german

function

gluten

gilden

goodman

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

golden

gotten

gorgon

gowan

gorges

grandson

grasses

graces

graven

frozen

griffon

gumption

guardsman

gudgeon

haitian

hackman

hangman

happen

harken

harden

harten

hausen

headsman

headman

hearten

hasten

haven

heathen

heaven

heighten

henchman

hempen

heron

herzog

hessian

hetman

hidden

horseman

hogan

homespun

houseman

human

horseshit

hoten

hoven

horses

horseshoe

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

grosses

damson

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jerseys

junction

jetson

jordan

jorden

jetton

kansan

kalan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

klansman

kitchen

kirkman

kremlin

kitten

landsman

lampron

landman

lengthen

laden

lagan

large-scale

legion

largest

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lesion

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

largesse

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

lineman

linemen

linden

lion

lisbon

linen

listen

liven

lockman

london

longan

logan

loosen

lopeman

loren

lotion

luncheon

m1

lumen

lyden

lynden

lurches

madden

mahone

mangan

martian

mansion

marksman

marchman

markman

margin

marlin

marquiss

marches

marron

marshes

marten

martin

maiden

locken

marxist

marxists

mayan

mason

mention

melton

melon

mignon

mercies

merges

matron

million

minden

minion

milken

mission

mitten

motion

morgan

mormon

moisten

molten

muffin

mullen

muslin

mutton

nation

packman

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

nurses

ocean

onion

often

omen

open

olden

option

orgies

organ

orphan

orcas

othman

outdone

outrun

odin

mountain

oxen

owen

paean

oven

pagan

panton

parsec

passion

passman

parson

pathan

pectin

pavon

patron

pension

penguin

penman

peon

perches

patten

perron

persists

person

persian

persist

phrases

plankton

pillion

pinion

pigeon

piston

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

porches

portion

postman

potion

portman

precise

praises

preaches

pardon

yachtsman

sharpen

pressman

presses

process

prices

prison

prizes

shrunken

project

presage

projects

proven

proxies

pullen

purchase

purges

prussian

purses

question

quicken

ration

raven

pursues

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

rincon

ribbon

ridden

ripen

risen

robin

rosin

rotten

rumen

ruin

riven

roman

rosen

rowan

rowen

russian

runnion

riden

saffron

samson

sadden

salesman

salmon

sanction

searches

scallion

saxon

satan

satin

scion

scotsman

seaman

scourges

screeches

scullion

section

seedsman

santon

selden

season

semen

sexton

session

sequin

seton

seven

sermon

shaken

shaman

shearman

shotgun

sicken

shipman

shorten

silken

shogun

showman

siphon

siren

slogan

smarten

sodden

soften

smitten

solon

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

sources

squadron

spokesman

stallion

stricken

sportsman

strengthen

stallman

stockman

stillion

spoken

station

statesman

steven

stiffen

stolen

straighten

stepson

striven

sturgeon

suasion

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

surcease

syphon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

taken

talon

surgeon

surges

tarpon

tartan

tarses

tappen

tension

tendon

token

slacken

thicken

teston

thousand

threaten

thrushes

tighten

titan

tillman

toman

traction

torsion

toughen

townsman

trackage

torches

traces

tragic

torsos

undone

triton

trashes

treason

tresses

trillion

tuscan

trodden

tubman

tungsten

trusses

turban

turkish

turkeys

turkic

turquoise

trojan

union

urson

urchin

urban

urges

urine

vegan

verges

watchman

verses

villain

vision

vulcan

wanton

warden

wagon

waken

warren

whiten

warsaws

wiccan

version

weaken

weapon

wheaten

whitson

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woodman

woolman

woolen

workman

worsen

woven

written

wreckage

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablution

abduction

ablation

abdomen

abstraction

abrasion

absorption

abstention

accession

abortion

adsorption

accretion

acumen

adhesion

addition

addiction

admission

adoption

adrian

african

affection

affliction

aegean

alaskan

albion

aleutian

albumin

aggression

alderman

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

alien

anchorman

anglican

anyone

apportion

appian

archaic

arian

argosy

ascension

artesian

arkansan

artisan

aryan

arises

aspersion

assassin

assumption

asuncion

audition

attention

attrition

assertion

attraction

austrian

australian

aversion

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

avian

badminton

andean

bandwagon

barrages

battalion

beholden

collusion

bedouin

commotion

communion

bitumen

biotin

benjamin

bosnian

bouillon

bourgeoisie

brazilian

cardigan

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

carcasses

carnation

cartesian

carjacking

castration

carjackings

carrion

carriages

catalan

cation

caucasian

causation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

choruses

cinnamon

churchgoing

churchgoers

cistercian

citation

citizen

civilian

circuses

churchgoer

clarendon

clarion

cognition

clergyman

coercion

collagen

cohesion

cherishes

collegian

collection

collision

caresses

combustion

bedizen

commission

bedridden

beethoven

companion

compassion

compulsion

compunction

completion

compression

complexion

conception

conclusion

conduction

concession

concussion

condition

concoction

confession

confection

confucian

confusion

conflation

congestion

congressman

connection

conjunction

connexion

conscription

constriction

construction

consumption

contagion

contention

contortion

contusion

contrition

convention

conversion

contraption

convection

conviction

contraction

convulsion

correction

corrosion

corruption

corsica

corsican

councilman

countryman

corsicas

creation

croatian

crocuses

cremation

crestfallen

crustacean

dalmatian

desertion

cyprian

deception

declension

decision

deduction

defection

deflection

deflation

deletion

delusion

depiction

dentition

depletion

depression

denizen

derision

description

destruction

detection

detention

diffusion

determine

dictation

devotion

diffraction

digestion

dilution

dimension

dissection

direction

discussion

digression

discipline

discretion

dispersion

disruption

dilation

dissension

disunion

distraction

distortion

damnation

division

downtrodden

donation

dominion

dorian

distinction

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

elation

election

eleven

elison

emulsion

emotion

infusion

emission

embolden

emblazon

encryption

equation

englishman

enlighten

enliven

erection

eruption

erosion

erases

eviction

evasion

everyone

exaction

exclusion

exception

excision

etruscan

excretion

excursion

exertion

exemption

exhaustion

expansion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

diversion

extortion

extinction

extraction

extrusion

fabian

farsighted

farcical

ferryman

frustration

filtration

fijian

fixation

fisherman

fenian

flirtation

flotation

forages

forbidden

foramen

forewoman

foundation

franciscan

formation

forgotten

freemason

forecaster

freudian

forecasting

forecasters

fruition

fustian

galleon

garages

garrison

gaussian

genuine

gentleman

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

graciously

feminine

grobian

halogen

guardian

halcyon

guncotton

gyration

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

harasses

horatian

heroin

heroine

horizon

housebroken

heiresses

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

hyraxes

illusion

implosion

impassion

imagine

immersion

impression

imprison

in-person

inclusion

inaction

inception

incision

incursion

indian

induction

infarction

infection

inflation

inflection

infraction

insertion

inhuman

injunction

injection

inscription

inspection

instruction

abandon

intention

intestine

intrusion

invention

invasion

inversion

irishman

irian

iraqis

jacobin

jamaican

italian

javelin

julian

jovian

jurassic

kantian

jettison

keratin

korean

lactation

laotian

lanolin

keynesian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

ligation

libration

libyan

location

logician

lutheran

lumberman

magdalen

magician

malaysian

masculine

malayan

mandarin

margarine

marian

marriages

marxism

ingestion

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

migration

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

mirages

moroccan

morasses

infliction

munition

musician

muskmelon

narration

narcissist

mutation

myosin

negation

nebraskan

nemean

nearsighted

nobleman

nevadan

nitrogen

niacin

nonhuman

notation

objection

nonunion

norwegian

nourishes

nutrition

nubian

obsession

obstruction

occlusion

occasion

octillion

odeon

omission

opinion

optation

oppression

optician

oration

orchestras

orchestra

orchestrates

orchestrate

orchestral

origin

orgasms

orgasm

orion

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

oxygen

overdone

overman

overrun

pollution

parisian

partition

parthian

partisan

patrician

perception

pelican

perfection

perfusion

percussion

pentathlon

percussive

pavilion

permission

permian

persecutes

persecute

persistent

persisting

persico

persuasion

persuasions

persuasive

phoenician

plantation

petition

perversion

peterman

pharisees

phrygian

physician

plebeian

perquisite

policeman

perquisites

preclusion

predation

position

porcelain

precaution

precession

possession

precision

prediction

predestine

parishes

preemption

presumption

prescription

pretension

prevention

processions

production

procession

privation

probation

processes

profusion

profession

progression

projection

projections

projectors

projector

promotion

prosecute

proportion

prosecutes

prostration

propulsion

protean

protection

proscription

provision

purchases

purchaser

purchasers

puritan

ramadan

quotation

reaction

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

reduction

reflection

redemption

regression

regimen

rehearses

rejection

rendition

religion

remission

reopen

relation

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

restriction

resumption

retraction

retention

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rifleman

rhodopsin

rotation

samoan

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

seclusion

secretion

sargasso

sedation

seduction

scorpion

secession

scythian

selection

sedition

sensation

silicon

presages

simian

sarcasm

skeleton

singleton

solution

snapdragon

projectiles

solomon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

subscription

subtraction

suburban

subversion

succession

summation

suggestion

sumatran

superman

suspension

suppression

surgical

suspicion

tactician

syrian

taxation

syracuse

talisman

tamarin

tauruses

technician

temptation

thespian

thoracic

transfusion

transaction

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transcription

translation

transmission

transition

tricuspid

triassic

tricycle

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

terraces

vacation

uneven

transgression

unwritten

uterine

unison

venetian

vatican

venison

vermilion

veteran

viruses

vitamin

vocation

volition

vibration

waterman

wesleyan

xeroxes

projectile

zambian

preexist

preexists

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

aberration

abolition

abrogation

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

activation

acquisition

accusation

adaptation

admonition

admiration

adoration

accordion

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

alabaman

albanian

agrarian

ammunition

algerian

aldebaran

algonquian

allegation

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

amphibian

amputation

animation

annotation

annexation

appellation

application

approbation

apprehension

appalachian

apparition

arbitration

arabian

aspiration

armenian

arthurian

armageddon

arizonan

assemblyman

attribution

assyrian

augmentation

athenian

backwardation

aviation

barbarian

carcinogen

bavarian

combination

commendation

commutation

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

calculation

californian

businesswoman

calibration

cancellation

canadian

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

cogitation

coalition

collodion

coloration

coloradan

columbian

comedian

committeeman

comparison

compilation

complication

computation

competition

composition

comprehension

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

constellation

congregation

confrontation

constipation

conjugation

conservation

consternation

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

conversation

contrarian

culmination

coronation

correlation

corp.

corporation

copernican

corinthian

copenhagen

cotyledon

crucifixion

courageously

crocodilian

criterion

cyclopean

cultivation

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

distribution

decimation

decompression

decoration

deconstruction

dedication

defamation

declaration

definition

deformation

degradation

delegation

demarcation

deprivation

demolition

dehydration

derivation

demonstration

depravation

depredation

deposition

deportation

dereliction

desecration

desolation

devolution

compensation

destination

designation

desperation

destitution

detonation

distillation

devastation

deviation

dietitian

devonian

dilatation

diocesan

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

dispensation

dislocation

disinflation

disinfection

disputation

disposition

dissertation

dissipation

divination

duplication

dominican

draconian

elongation

emanation

emigration

education

elevation

electrician

emulation

embarkation

exposition

equitation

englishwoman

equestrian

estimation

erudition

eritrean

estonian

evolution

evocation

european

eustachian

excavation

exclamation

excitation

explication

exhumation

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

explanation

expedition

expiration

exploitation

expectation

exploration

extrication

extradition

fabrication

fallopian

federation

fermentation

fumigation

fibrillation

gravitation

fluoridation

fluctuation

figuration

floridian

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

inflammation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

gentlewoman

generation

germination

glaciation

granulation

graduation

gorgonian

greco-roman

gregorian

habitation

guatemalan

hegelian

hesitation

hemoglobin

herculean

himalayan

historian

hibernation

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

ibuprofen

ideation

illustration

imitation

immolation

implication

immigration

imposition

importation

implantation

imperfection

impregnation

imputation

incubation

inclination

inattention

incantation

incarnation

indication

indexation

indentation

indecision

incrustation

indiscretion

indignation

indonesian

indigestion

infestation

infiltration

information

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

insulation

installation

institution

instigation

integration

inspiration

insurrection

interaction

interdiction

interception

intercession

premonition

interjection

intermission

intimation

intersection

interruption

intervention

interwoven

interurban

intonation

invocation

inundation

intuition

introduction

introspection

invitation

iranian

irrigation

jubilation

jacobean

iteration

irritation

jordanian

jurisdiction

litigation

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

liberian

leviathan

liberation

levitation

kindergarten

librarian

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

modulation

locomotion

lubrication

machination

lyricism

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

mammalian

malnutrition

maharajahs

manumission

masturbation

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

misconception

misbegotten

miseration

misperception

missourian

moderation

mortification

molestation

mongolian

moravian

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

narcissism

narcissistic

navigation

nestorian

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

noblewoman

obfuscation

obligation

nonpartisan

nonprescription

observation

oblivion

obstetrician

obsidian

octahedron

occupation

opposition

operation

ohioan

olympian

ostentation

orchestration

orchestrations

orchestrated

ordination

ovulation

pagination

overburden

pagurian

palpitation

polynesian

penetration

pelagian

pedestrian

pavlovian

penicillin

percussionist

perforation

permutation

persecuted

population

politician

persecutor

persecutors

persistently

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

paraguayan

polyhedron

preconception

precondition

praetorian

predilection

preelection

preignition

mitigation

preparation

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restoration

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revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

sarcastically

segregation

simulation

segmentation

self-deception

sequestration

separation

situation

sectarian

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simonian

smithsonian

statistician

speculation

subluxation

termination

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

substitution

superhuman

tabulation

superstition

supposition

surrogation

syndication

surgically

syncopation

tamoxifen

supervision

tasmanian

toleration

tetrahedron

theorizes

titillation

transformation

trajectory

tribulation

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

ulceration

vaccination

usurpation

validation

utopian

valerian

valuation

vegetation

ventilation

variation

veneration

visitation

violation

vindication

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accumulation

adjudication

accreditation

administration

affiliation

agglomeration

amplification

alleviation

alliteration

amalgamation

alienation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

adulteration

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

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approximation

appropriation

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articulation

argentinian

assemblywoman

assimilation

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authorization

augustinian

babylonian

colonization

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brutalization

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

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centenarian

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classification

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christianization

civilization

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collaboration

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communication

beethovenian

concatenation

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consideration

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contamination

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decapitation

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decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deification

delineation

deliberation

delicatessen

depopulation

denomination

denunciation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

emancipation

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

extermination

eradication

equalization

enumeration

epicurean

equivocation

ethiopian

evaluation

evacuation

evaporation

examination

exaggeration

exasperation

excoriation

exacerbation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

exoskeleton

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

gratification

glorification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

hybridization

humiliation

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

illumination

imagination

immunization

improvisation

inauguration

incineration

inactivation

incarceration

incorporation

incrimination

indoctrination

infatuation

insinuation

inhabitation

inoculation

initiation

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instrumentation

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modernization

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intimidation

interpretation

intoxication

invalidation

ionization

investigation

irradiation

irresistible

irresistibly

justification

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

localization

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

magnification

manifestation

magnetization

manipulation

mathematician

mobilization

maximization

mechanization

metropolitan

modification

misapplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

misinformation

mississippian

maximilian

multiplication

mummification

interpolation

premeditation

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

normalization

nonsectarian

nullification

notification

obliteration

organization

origination

oregonian

orientation

ornamentation

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

pharisaism

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

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predisposition

preoccupation

presupposition

presbyterian

prevarication

procrastination

prognostication

proliferation

proletarian

pronunciation

prosecutable

purification

qualification

ramification

ratification

quantification

pythagorean

reaffirmation

recombination

reforestation

recommendation

rectification

recuperation

recrimination

refrigeration

reintegration

reiteration

renunciation

rejuvenation

remuneration

regeneration

repatriation

repudiation

representation

revaluation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

sophistication

solicitation

specification

specialization

stratification

sterilization

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

unification

triangulation

utilization

unitarian

verification

vaporization

washingtonian

vegetarian

vilification

vulgarization

veterinarian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word prosecution

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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
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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