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

provocation

abdication

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

adaptation

aggravation

advocation

adulation

affectation

aggregation

agitation

allocation

allegation

altercation

animation

annotation

annexation

appalachian

appellation

application

approbation

avocation

cancellation

calibration

combination

collocation

commendation

commutation

compilation

complication

compensation

computation

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

conjugation

congregation

connotation

consecration

consolation

consummation

constellation

constipation

consultation

convocation

conversation

convolution

coronation

correlation

culmination

decimation

dedication

defamation

detonation

delegation

devastation

desiccation

derivation

desecration

desolation

dilatation

divination

domination

education

duplication

elevation

emanation

evocation

fabrication

fascination

fluoridation

germination

granulation

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

imitation

immolation

indication

inhalation

innovation

invocation

irrigation

isolation

jubilation

levitation

machination

litigation

medication

meditation

modulation

mortification

motivation

navigation

mutilation

nomination

obfuscation

obligation

occupation

ordination

oxidation

oscillation

opposition

ovulation

palpitation

pagination

population

politician

proclamation

profanation

propagation

proposition

prosecution

provocations

publication

revocation

realization

recitation

renovation

replication

revelation

sanitation

subluxation

suffocation

tabulation

termination

vacillation

validation

vaccination

violation

vindication

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

action

acton

alban

airman

alan

alman

amman

apron

arabs

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

auction

atman

austin

auden

bargain

banyan

baldwin

bagman

baron

barren

barton

basin

bason

bastion

baston

bacon

bayman

beckon

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

belgian

bellman

canaan

begun

bellon

billion

billman

bison

bisson

blacken

billon

bitten

bludgeon

bookman

boston

bobbin

bollen

bordman

boatman

bolden

boughten

bracken

brazen

brakeman

briefcase

brethren

bourbon

bowman

brighten

breton

briton

blowgun

broaden

caisson

broken

bullion

bushman

button

cabin

burden

burdon

cajun

burgeon

brogan

calvin

burman

burton

cannon

canon

canton

canyon

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

caution

cauldron

caxton

cayman

certain

cervix

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chasten

charon

cherubs

cheapen

chessman

christian

christen

children

churchman

chieftain

chosen

chevron

chicken

citron

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

colon

common

copeman

corban

cordon

corpses

captain

cotton

cousin

craftsman

craven

crawfish

cowan

crewman

crevasse

cretin

crevice

crouton

cuban

cribbage

crimson

cumin

curbside

curbstone

cushion

dampen

crayfish

curtain

dagon

daman

dalton

damson

darken

dagan

deacon

deaden

deafen

curfews

capstan

delphian

demon

desman

diction

dian

devon

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dragon

drawback

drawbacks

driveways

drunken

dromon

dropsy

dudgeon

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

driven

earthen

earpiece

eaten

eden

elan

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

faction

falcon

fallen

fashion

fasten

faulcon

faustian

fatten

fiction

fibrin

felon

fielden

fission

fireman

flashgun

famine

flexion

footman

foreman

flatten

floren

foreign

fortune

fountain

firman

fraction

friction

function

freshen

freshman

frighten

frozen

furbish

fusion

garden

gammon

garbage

gearbox

gentian

gallon

georgian

garron

german

gascon

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

giraffes

glidden

glisten

gotten

gorgon

gowan

grandson

grapeshot

graven

gravestone

gravestones

gravies

guardsman

goodman

grecian

gudgeon

griffon

gumption

hackman

haitian

golden

freedman

hangman

freeman

happen

gluten

harken

harden

harvests

harten

harvest

hasten

harpists

deepen

hearten

heighten

headsman

heathen

headman

hempen

henchman

hausen

hessian

hetman

heron

hidden

hogan

homespun

houseman

hoven

human

huntsman

horseman

hymen

hoten

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

heaven

ion

jason

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jordan

jetton

kelson

jorden

junction

keelson

kalan

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

klansman

kitchen

kirkman

kitten

kremlin

landsman

laden

lampron

landman

lagan

latin

layman

legion

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

lichen

leven

lighten

liken

lightman

liman

linden

listen

liven

lion

lisbon

linen

locken

linemen

lockman

london

longan

lotion

loosen

loren

lopeman

luncheon

lumen

lyden

lineman

lynden

m1

logan

mahone

maiden

marksman

leman

mansion

mangan

marchman

madden

lengthen

margin

markman

lesion

marlin

marten

marron

martian

mason

matron

mayan

melton

melon

mention

mignon

million

minion

milken

minden

mission

mitten

moisten

morgan

mormon

molten

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

nation

muslin

mutton

harpist

murphys

newsman

nekton

ninon

notion

norman

oarsman

ocean

onion

odin

often

olden

omen

open

oxen

option

orphan

orphic

othman

oven

outdone

pardon

outrun

panton

owen

parson

packman

passion

passman

pathan

patron

patten

pavon

pectin

paean

pension

pagan

penguin

organ

perfect

person

perron

persian

plankton

piston

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

peon

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

pigeon

portion

pillion

portman

pinion

potion

haven

postman

penman

martin

prefix

prepuce

pressman

prison

professed

profuse

propose

proven

provokes

provoke

provost

provosts

prussian

question

pullen

purpose

quicken

purveys

ration

raven

rayon

reckon

redden

reason

region

rerun

resin

riden

ripen

robin

rosin

rincon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rotten

russian

prefect

rumen

ruin

runnion

saffron

sanction

samson

rowen

santon

sadden

salesman

salmon

satan

satin

saxon

scallion

rowan

porpoise

scotsman

scrapbooks

shaken

scullion

seaman

season

section

scion

selden

semen

seedsman

sexton

session

scrapbook

sequin

service

seton

seven

shaman

sermon

sharpen

shotgun

shropshire

shrunken

shorten

sheriffs

shogun

showman

smarten

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

silken

slogan

smitten

sodden

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

station

squadron

stallion

stepson

sportsman

spokesman

statesman

stallman

spoken

steven

stiffen

stillion

soften

stockman

soldan

stolen

straighten

suction

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

strengthen

sudden

sultan

shearman

sullen

sunken

summon

shipman

ribbon

preface

surgeon

surface

zircon

syphon

sweeten

sylvan

surveys

swollen

syrups

tarpon

taken

tension

tartan

tendon

talon

tappen

tariffs

teston

thicken

tighten

titan

tillman

thousand

threaten

throwback

token

toman

traction

torsion

toughen

townsman

traffic

treason

trapeze

trappist

trillion

tropics

triton

trodden

tropic

trojan

trophies

tubman

tungsten

turban

undone

union

urson

urchin

urine

urban

turbos

tuscan

vegan

vision

villain

version

watchman

vulcan

waken

wanton

warden

wagon

yachtsman

warren

whiten

whitson

wiccan

wheaten

widen

wizen

worsen

woman

woodman

woolman

workman

weapon

women

wooden

woolen

woven

written

weaken

zaman

yaupon

yearbooks

yeoman

yearbook

zion

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

accession

abrasion

abstraction

abortion

absorption

abstention

accretion

addition

adhesion

acumen

addiction

admission

adoption

affection

african

affliction

adsorption

aegean

adrian

aggression

aleutian

alderman

albumin

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anglican

andean

anyone

anchorman

apportion

appian

arabic

artesian

arkansan

alaskan

arian

ascension

artisan

aryan

albion

assumption

asuncion

attention

assertion

aspersion

attraction

audition

australian

aversion

avian

austrian

awaken

attrition

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

barbecued

barbecues

barbecue

bandwagon

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

cambrian

benjamin

bitumen

briefcases

biotin

bosnian

campion

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

beholden

assassin

capsaicin

cartesian

catalan

cardigan

carrion

castration

cation

caucasian

causation

cessation

cervical

cetacean

chairperson

champion

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

cinnamon

citation

chilean

cistercian

citizen

civilian

clarendon

clergyman

cognition

collagen

collection

collegian

cohesion

coercion

collision

collusion

commotion

combustion

compassion

communion

companion

compulsion

compunction

completion

compression

complexion

concession

commission

concussion

conception

condition

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confection

confession

clarion

conflation

connection

connexion

conjunction

confucian

congestion

congressman

confusion

conscription

construction

constriction

consumption

contagion

contention

contraption

contortion

contrition

contraction

contusion

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

conversion

correction

corsican

crustacean

corrosion

corruption

declension

creation

cremation

croatian

crevices

crestfallen

decision

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

councilman

abandon

countryman

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

infraction

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

depression

desertion

description

derision

detection

destruction

detention

determine

devotion

dictation

digestion

diffraction

diffusion

digression

dilation

direction

dimension

dilution

discipline

discussion

dissection

disruption

dissension

dispersion

discretion

distinction

distortion

diversion

division

dominion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

duration

earpieces

edition

egyptian

ejection

elation

election

eleven

elison

emission

emotion

emblazon

embolden

emulsion

encryption

enlighten

englishman

enliven

equation

erection

erosion

eruption

etruscan

disunion

distraction

evasion

everyone

eviction

exaction

exception

excision

exclusion

exertion

excretion

excursion

exemption

exhaustion

explosion

expansion

expression

expulsion

extension

extraction

extortion

extinction

extrusion

fabian

foundation

ferryman

filtration

fijian

fenian

feminine

firebug

firebush

fixation

fisherman

flirtation

foramen

flotation

forbidden

forewoman

formation

forgotten

franciscan

frustration

fruition

freudian

furbishes

freemason

garrison

fustian

galleon

gaussian

gearboxes

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

halogen

gordian

gradation

graphically

graphical

gravamen

guardian

grobian

guncotton

gyration

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

musician

harvesting

harvesters

harpsichord

harvester

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

hydration

horizon

housebroken

horrific

hydrogen

immersion

impassion

ignition

illusion

imagine

impression

in-person

imprison

implosion

inaction

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

induction

infection

infarction

inflation

inflection

infliction

ingestion

infusion

inhuman

injection

injunction

instruction

insertion

inspection

inscription

intestine

intention

intrusion

invention

invasion

irishman

inversion

irian

jamaican

javelin

jacobin

lactation

italian

jerboas

jettison

jovian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

julian

lanolin

laotian

lecithin

libration

malaysian

laurentian

ligation

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magician

magdalen

malayan

mandarin

possession

margarine

lesbian

marian

prediction

medallion

medicine

menhaden

melanin

median

mexican

midshipman

migration

mistaken

misshapen

misfortune

misprision

moroccan

munition

narration

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

nebraskan

nevadan

nervously

nemean

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

notation

nonunion

norwegian

nubian

nutrition

objection

obsession

obstruction

octillion

occlusion

odeon

omission

masculine

oration

oppression

optician

opinion

ottoman

origin

orifice

orion

ovation

parthian

outspoken

overdone

overrun

oxygen

parisian

overman

pavilion

partition

partisan

patrician

pelican

phoenician

percussion

perfection

petition

perception

perfected

perfusion

permian

perfectly

permission

persuasion

perversion

pervasive

peterman

phrygian

physician

plantation

policeman

plebeian

pollution

position

porcelain

porpoises

precaution

precession

pentathlon

preclusion

predestine

preemption

services

precision

prefecture

prescription

presumption

pretension

prevention

privacies

privacy

probation

profession

professions

professes

professor

professors

proficient

profusion

profusely

progression

projection

promotion

propagate

propulsion

proportion

prophecies

prophesies

prophecy

proposes

proposals

proposal

proscription

protection

provision

protean

provisions

provisos

provoking

proviso

quotation

puritan

purposeful

purposely

purposes

ramadan

reaction

procession

recession

reception

recision

remission

redemption

rebellion

rejection

relation

reflection

regression

regimen

religion

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

restriction

resumption

retraction

retention

rendition

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rifleman

rotation

succession

salvation

samoan

saccharin

saleswoman

scorpion

secession

seclusion

scythian

secretion

seduction

sedition

selection

sensation

rhodopsin

silicon

skeleton

simian

singleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

sharpshooter

specimen

stagnation

submersion

sharpshooters

submission

suburban

subscription

subversion

subtraction

stygian

suppression

suggestion

sumatran

superman

surfaces

suspension

suspicion

syrian

tactician

transaction

technician

temptation

taxation

tamarin

terrifies

talisman

terrific

timberman

thespian

therapies

toboggan

tradition

traffickers

trafficker

transcription

transfusion

translation

truncation

transition

transmission

travesties

travesty

tropical

tuition

surpassing

transgression

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

unbroken

uneven

uncommon

unison

unwritten

vacation

uterine

vatican

venetian

venison

verbiage

vibration

vermilion

veteran

verifies

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

surpasses

4 syllable words

abnegation

aberration

abolition

absolution

abyssinian

accordion

admiration

admonition

adoration

affirmation

adrenaline

acquisition

alabaman

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

alteration

amputation

armageddon

alternation

ammunition

agrarian

arbitration

american

amphibian

apparition

apprehension

arabian

armenian

arthurian

arizonan

albanian

aspiration

aviation

athenian

assemblyman

assyrian

attribution

augmentation

backwardation

barbarian

barbecuing

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

calculation

businesswoman

californian

canadian

deformation

carcinogen

carboxylic

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumspection

circumcision

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

coloration

collodion

coloradan

columbian

comedian

committeeman

comparison

composition

competition

comprehension

concentration

condescension

confirmation

conflagration

confrontation

consternation

constitution

contemplation

conservation

contraception

contribution

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

crocodilian

criterion

crucifixion

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

declaration

decoration

decompression

deconstruction

definition

degradation

demarcation

demolition

deportation

dehydration

deposition

demonstration

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

designation

destination

destitution

desperation

deviation

dietitian

devonian

distillation

devolution

disaffection

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

disillusion

dislocation

dispensation

disposition

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distribution

dominican

draconian

elocution

electrician

elongation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

eritrean

estimation

erudition

equestrian

estonian

european

eustachian

evolution

excavation

exclamation

excitation

execution

exhalation

exhortation

exhibition

fragmentation

exhumation

explanation

explication

expedition

expiration

expectation

exploitation

exploration

extrication

exposition

extradition

federation

fallopian

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fumigation

galilean

gastrulation

generation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

guatemalan

gregorian

greco-roman

hemoglobin

hegelian

malnutrition

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

ideation

illustration

iberian

ibuprofen

implication

immigration

imputation

importation

imposition

impregnation

inclination

incantation

inattention

imperfection

implantation

incarnation

incrustation

indexation

incubation

indecision

indiscretion

indigestion

indentation

indignation

indonesian

infestation

infiltration

inflammation

information

inhibition

insulation

installation

inquisition

inspiration

instigation

institution

insurrection

integration

intimation

interaction

interruption

interdiction

intersection

intercession

interjection

interception

intermission

interurban

intervention

interwoven

intonation

introduction

introspection

intuition

inundation

invitation

iranian

iteration

jacobean

irritation

laceration

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

librarian

leviathan

liberation

liberian

malformation

lilliputian

maccabean

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

macedonian

sequestration

mammalian

predilection

manumission

masturbation

maturation

melanesian

mediation

menstruation

meridian

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

miseration

misperception

missourian

mitigation

moderation

ministration

molestation

mongolian

moravian

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

observation

obsidian

oblivion

obstetrician

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

operation

orchestration

ostentation

orifices

overburden

paraguayan

pagurian

herculean

penetration

pelagian

pavlovian

pedestrian

preconception

penicillin

perforation

perfectionist

perfectionists

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

polynesian

plutonian

polyhedron

praetorian

precondition

predetermine

preelection

presentation

premonition

preparation

preignition

preservation

previously

shakespearean

professional

procreation

professionals

professorship

proficiency

prohibition

propaganda

professorships

propagandist

propagandists

propositions

prostitution

protestation

provisional

protozoan

provocative

punctuation

radiation

readmission

reassertion

reawaken

relocation

recantation

reclamation

recollection

recognition

recreation

reconstruction

reelection

reformation

refutation

regulation

reexamine

relaxation

reinspection

registration

reparation

repercussion

repetition

reputation

reposition

repossession

reproduction

republican

requisition

reservation

resignation

resolution

respiration

restoration

restitution

resurrection

retardation

retribution

retrocession

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

separation

strangulation

serviceable

siberian

sicilian

simulation

situation

simonian

smithsonian

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

statistician

subdivision

substitution

supposition

superhuman

supervision

superstition

surrogation

syndication

syncopation

tetrahedron

tasmanian

tamoxifen

transformation

terrifically

toleration

titillation

transplantation

transportation

tribulation

trepidation

vegetation

usurpation

utopian

valerian

valuation

variation

ventilation

ulceration

veneration

victorian

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

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abbreviation

acceleration

academician

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

agglomeration

adulteration

affiliation

alienation

alliteration

amplification

amalgamation

articulation

alleviation

amazonian

amelioration

amortization

argumentation

annihilation

anticipation

approximation

appreciation

appropriation

argentinian

assimilation

association

assemblywoman

attenuation

canonization

authorization

authentication

augustinian

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

carthaginian

carolinian

cauterization

centralization

centenarian

civilization

christianization

coagulation

cohabitation

collaboration

communication

commemoration

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

congratulation

conglomeration

consolidation

consideration

contamination

continuation

coordination

cooperation

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

defenestration

decomposition

delicatessen

deliberation

delineation

denomination

depopulation

denunciation

desegregation

desalination

determination

depreciation

discoloration

dionysian

evaporation

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissemination

discrimination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

evacuation

domestication

dramatization

ejaculation

elaboration

electrocution

elimination

emancipation

elizabethan

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

equivocation

ethiopian

evaluation

examination

exaggeration

exacerbation

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

expatriation

extermination

expropriation

exoskeleton

facilitation

exoneration

degeneration

fertilization

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

magnetization

humiliation

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hybridization

hyperborean

imagination

illumination

improvisation

immunization

inactivation

inauguration

incarceration

incineration

indoctrination

incrimination

incorporation

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

instrumentation

insinuation

interpolation

interrogation

interconnection

interpretation

intoxication

intimidation

invalidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

irrevocable

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

manifestation

localization

lithuanian

manipulation

maximization

mathematician

maximilian

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

mobilization

misapprehension

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

normalization

nonsectarian

nonintervention

obliteration

oregonian

participation

organization

origination

orientation

ornamentation

overproduction

panamanian

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

perfectionism

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

pennsylvanian

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

presbyterian

presupposition

procrastination

professionally

professorial

prognostication

proliferation

pronunciation

proletarian

provisionally

pythagorean

reaffirmation

recombination

recommendation

rectification

recuperation

recrimination

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reintegration

rejuvenation

reiteration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

revaluation

retaliation

reverberation

remuneration

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

subordination

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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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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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
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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:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
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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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Different Types of Rhymes
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