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

abstain

abstruse

abstracts

abstract

action

acton

affect

affixed

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

affects

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

auden

auction

austin

atman

bacon

bagman

bason

baldwin

basin

bargain

barton

baron

barren

banyan

bastion

baston

beacon

beaten

bayman

beckon

baton

batten

batton

beefsteak

bisson

billon

begun

bison

bitten

bellman

billion

billman

bellon

bludgeon

blacken

blowgun

boatman

bobbin

bobcats

bobcat

bolden

bookman

bollen

bordman

belgian

boston

boughten

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brakeman

brazen

briton

breton

brighten

brethren

broaden

bushman

button

bullion

burgeon

brogan

broken

burden

burman

cajun

calvin

burton

cabin

caisson

canton

cannon

canon

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

capstone

caution

cauldron

caxton

cayman

claxon

canyon

chieftain

chairman

chaplain

cheapen

chessman

chevron

charon

chicken

chapman

chasten

christen

christian

churchman

children

chosen

citron

classman

clinton

certain

coachman

common

colon

carton

canaan

copeman

corban

cordon

cousin

cowan

cotton

craftsman

craven

cretin

crimson

crewman

crouton

cuban

cushion

cumin

curtain

dagan

deacon

dagon

damson

daman

deaden

deafen

dalton

dampen

debased

darken

deepen

burdon

defects

defect

demon

delphian

depicts

desman

depict

devon

dian

diction

diffused

dipstick

dobson

divests

doctrine

divest

dolman

emption

dolphin

dudgeon

driven

dozen

dungeon

drunken

draftsman

dragon

dromon

dustman

dutchman

eavesdrop

eaten

eden

earthen

effect

elan

effects

engine

dovecotes

ensign

dovecote

ermine

evict

faction

falcon

golden

fashion

fasten

fallen

faustian

felon

fiction

fielden

fission

fireman

famine

fibrin

flashgun

fatten

faulcon

footman

foreman

freedman

fraction

freshen

freshman

freeman

fortune

function

firman

friction

frighten

frozen

fountain

fusion

flatten

gentian

gascon

garden

garron

georgian

german

glisten

gibbon

given

glidden

gilden

goodman

gluten

gladden

gorgon

gowan

gotten

grandson

grecian

guardsman

griffon

graven

floren

foreign

gudgeon

gumption

flexion

haitian

hackman

hangman

happen

gammon

harden

harken

heathen

gallon

hasten

hausen

headsman

headman

haven

harten

hearten

heaven

heighten

hempen

henchman

hessian

hidden

hetman

houseman

heron

homespun

hipster

hipsters

hogan

hopscotch

hoten

horseman

hoven

human

huntsman

hymen

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

defaced

prison

jackman

ion

jargon

jasmine

jason

junction

jetton

jordan

jorden

keelson

kalan

kansan

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kitchen

kitten

klansman

kremlin

laden

lampron

kirkman

lagan

jetson

landsman

linen

landman

lesion

legion

leman

lesson

lengthen

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

leven

lichen

lighten

latin

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

liken

lisbon

listen

liman

liven

lion

lockman

london

m1

loosen

lotion

longan

lopeman

luncheon

lumen

lyden

loren

mahone

maiden

madden

lynden

mansion

marksman

margin

marchman

markman

marron

marlin

martian

mangan

locken

mason

matron

marten

martin

mayan

mention

melton

melon

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

lobster

logan

muffin

mullen

motion

mountain

lobsters

muslin

mutton

nation

mormon

owen

nekton

newsman

ninon

notion

norman

oarsman

obstruct

obstructs

ocean

odin

open

olden

often

offshoot

offshoots

omen

onion

option

organ

orphan

oven

othman

outdone

outrun

pension

oxen

paean

parson

pagan

panton

pardon

passion

passman

patron

pectin

pathan

packman

patten

pavon

offsets

penman

peon

persian

perron

person

penguin

pigeon

piston

poison

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

portion

portman

ponton

pollan

pollen

postman

potion

pinion

pressman

pillion

offset

proven

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

ration

riposte

quipster

reason

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

ripen

riden

risen

rincon

rayon

ripostes

riven

rosin

raven

rosen

robin

roman

rotten

rumen

robust

rowan

rowen

ruin

spearman

russian

salesman

samson

saffron

sadden

sanction

salmon

santon

runnion

scullion

seaman

saxon

scotsman

season

satan

scapegoat

scion

section

satin

scallion

scapegoats

seedsman

selden

semen

sequin

shearman

seton

sexton

seven

shaken

shaman

sharpen

shipman

silken

sermon

session

shrunken

sicken

shotgun

siphon

shogun

shorten

smitten

siren

smarten

showman

slacken

slogan

soldan

sodden

soften

solon

zaman

sovereign

sovran

space-time

spartan

spectral

spectre

spigots

sportsman

spokesman

spigot

spoken

station

spectrum

squadron

spectrums

statesman

stallion

steven

stiffen

stillion

stallman

stepson

stricken

strengthen

straighten

striven

stockman

suasion

sturgeon

stolen

subsides

suction

substance

substrate

substrates

sultan

sunken

sullen

summon

sudden

surgeon

subside

sweeten

sweepstakes

sylvan

sweepstake

syphon

swollen

tension

taken

talon

tappen

tendon

thicken

tarpon

tartan

teston

thousand

threaten

traction

tillman

tighten

titan

tipster

toughen

token

townsman

toman

torsion

treason

typist

typists

trillion

triton

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

trodden

trojan

undone

turban

union

upset

upshot

upside

urchin

upstarts

urban

upstream

whitson

version

upsets

villain

vision

vulcan

vegan

wagon

waken

wanton

warden

watchman

warren

weaken

wheaten

upstart

weapon

whiten

webster

websters

wiccan

wizen

urine

widen

woman

women

written

urson

woodman

woolman

wooden

woolen

worsen

workman

woven

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zion

zircon

spastic

3 syllable words

abandon

abdomen

ablution

abortion

absorption

abstention

abrasion

abstentions

accession

abstinence

abstraction

abstractions

abstinent

abstracted

accretion

acumen

addiction

admission

adoption

adhesion

adrian

adsorption

aegean

affecting

affected

affection

affections

affliction

affective

aggression

aleutian

alaskan

alderman

albumin

albion

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

alien

anchorman

andean

anglican

apostle

anyone

apostate

apostles

african

apportion

appian

artesian

arkansan

arian

brazilian

artisan

ascension

assassin

aspersion

aryan

assertion

assumption

attrition

asuncion

attention

attraction

audition

aversion

avian

australian

austrian

awaken

baby-sit

backwoodsman

badminton

backgammon

bandwagon

bedridden

biotin

battalion

bedouin

bosnian

bedizen

beethoven

benjamin

bitumen

beholden

bouillon

abduction

bulletin

ablation

declension

compunction

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

cartesian

carrion

cambrian

compression

campion

causation

caucasian

cation

castration

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

cinnamon

chilean

catalan

citizen

civilian

cistercian

citation

clarion

collision

collection

cognition

compulsion

collagen

cohesion

coercion

collegian

collusion

clergyman

combustion

commotion

completion

compassion

complexion

companion

communion

clarendon

conception

condition

concession

conclusion

concoction

concussion

confession

connection

connexion

conduction

confection

consumption

confucian

congestion

conjunction

conscription

congressman

confusion

constriction

conflation

construction

contention

contortion

contagion

crustacean

contraction

contrition

convection

convention

correction

contraption

conviction

convulsion

contusion

corrosion

corruption

cremation

conversion

councilman

corsican

countryman

creation

crestfallen

croatian

cyprian

decision

dalmatian

damnation

deception

deduction

exhaustion

defection

defections

deflection

deflation

deficit

deficits

defective

denizen

deletion

delusion

dentition

depiction

depletion

desertion

depictions

deposit

deposits

depression

description

derision

destruction

depicted

detection

detention

devotion

digression

dictation

devastate

digestion

diffraction

diffusion

dimension

dilation

dilution

determine

direction

discipline

discretion

disruption

discussion

dispersion

dissection

dissension

distinction

distortion

distraction

disunion

diversion

division

divestment

divestments

excursion

dominion

donation

duration

eavesdropping

dorian

downtrodden

egyptian

emulsion

elison

ejection

elation

election

eleven

effective

effector

emotion

embolden

effectors

englishman

encryption

emblazon

episode

enlighten

epistle

equation

erection

erosion

enliven

etruscan

episodes

eviction

evictions

evasion

everyone

excision

exaction

exception

exclusion

excretion

exemption

exertion

inception

explosion

expulsion

expression

extension

extinction

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

expansion

grobian

fenian

ferryman

fijian

filtration

fisherman

fixation

forbidden

feminine

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forewoman

forgotten

franciscan

freemason

formation

foundation

freudian

fruition

frustration

fustian

hammerman

galleon

gentleman

garrison

gaussian

genuine

incision

gestation

gillian

gradation

gordian

ghanaian

gravamen

guardian

gyration

halogen

guncotton

handwoven

halcyon

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heavyweights

heavyset

heroine

housebroken

horatian

horizon

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

heroin

illusion

imagine

immersion

impression

impassion

inaction

imprison

implosion

in-person

heavyweight

incursion

inclusion

indian

induction

infarction

infection

inflection

inflation

infliction

infraction

injunction

injection

inhuman

inspection

inscription

insertion

instruction

intention

intestine

invention

invasion

inversion

jacobin

intrusion

irishman

jamaican

italian

irian

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keynesian

keratin

ingestion

lactation

korean

laotian

lanolin

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

infusion

lobbyists

location

medallion

logician

lopsided

lobbyist

lumberman

lutheran

magician

magdalen

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

median

medicine

mexican

melanin

menhaden

midshipman

migration

privation

misprision

misfortune

misshapen

mistaken

probation

moroccan

musician

myosin

narration

muskmelon

mutation

overdone

navigates

navigate

munition

negation

nemean

nevadan

nebraskan

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nutrition

notation

norwegian

nubian

obfuscate

objection

oboist

obsession

obstacles

obstinate

obstruction

obstructions

obstructive

occasion

occlusion

obstacle

octillion

odeon

parthian

omission

opinion

offsetting

opposite

opposites

optician

oppression

optation

oration

origin

orion

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

overman

overrun

oxygen

nonunion

parisian

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

pelican

perfection

phoenician

perception

percussion

permission

pentathlon

perfusion

permian

peterman

perversion

persuasion

phrygian

prevention

plebeian

plantation

policeman

pollution

porcelain

precaution

precession

precision

prediction

predation

predestine

preemption

prescription

presumption

pretension

preclusion

procession

profession

production

progression

projection

promotion

profusion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

protection

prostration

protean

provision

puritan

ramadan

quotation

reception

rebellion

recession

recision

redemption

religion

reduction

regression

reflection

rejection

regimen

relation

rendition

reopen

reptilian

resection

rescission

restriction

resumption

retention

retraction

reaction

reunion

revision

revisit

revisits

reversion

revulsion

rhapsodize

rifleman

rhapsody

rhapsodic

rhodopsin

rotation

robustly

secession

samoan

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

secretion

seduction

scythian

scorpion

seclusion

sedation

selection

solution

sensation

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

sophistry

spaghetti

specimen

spectacle

spectacles

spectrograph

spectators

spectator

stagnation

starvation

submission

suspicion

stygian

submersion

subacute

subscription

suburban

subsidize

subversion

tactician

technician

suspension

subsidy

subsidies

subtraction

succession

substantive

substitutes

substitute

suggestion

summation

sumatran

superman

suffocate

suppression

syrian

substances

talisman

substantial

tapestries

tapestry

tamarin

temptation

taxation

thespian

transition

transmission

transcription

unison

toboggan

timberman

transaction

transfusion

transgression

translation

unwritten

typesetting

tuition

truncation

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unbroken

uneven

upsetting

vacation

upside-down

vatican

uterine

wesleyan

venetian

venison

vermilion

veteran

vibration

volition

vitamin

vocation

waterman

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

declaration

abrogation

absolution

abnegation

acclamation

abyssinian

acclimation

accordion

accusation

activation

adaptation

admonition

adulation

adrenaline

adoration

admiration

advocation

affectation

aggregation

affectionate

appellation

aggravation

affirmation

apparition

animation

annotation

agitation

alabaman

agrarian

aldebaran

albanian

algerian

allegation

allocation

alteration

american

ammunition

altercation

alternation

amputation

amphibian

algonquian

annexation

affectively

apostolic

apostrophe

apostrophes

appalachian

application

approbation

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

armageddon

arizonan

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

aviation

avocado

avocados

babysitting

baby-sitter

baby-sitters

backwardation

barbarian

benediction

bavarian

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

aberration

calibration

calculation

californian

cancellation

canadian

capacitor

capacitance

capacities

capacitors

capacity

carcinogen

computation

celebration

circulation

chameleon

circumcision

circumspection

coalition

circumvention

collocation

cogitation

comprehension

collodion

combination

commendation

coloration

columbian

committeeman

comedian

coloradan

compilation

compensation

commutation

comparison

complication

centurion

concentration

condescension

condemnation

condensation

confirmation

connotation

confiscation

consummation

conjugation

congregation

consecration

conflagration

consolation

constellation

conservation

consternation

constipation

constitution

confrontation

consultation

contemplation

cultivation

contraception

corporation

contradiction

contravention

contribution

coronation

convocation

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

correlation

contrarian

corp.

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

conversation

culmination

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

decimation

darwinian

deconstruction

dedication

decoration

decompression

defamation

deformation

dehydration

degradation

delegation

demarcation

demonstration

deportation

depositors

depositor

depravation

dereliction

depredation

deprivation

derivation

desecration

desiccation

designation

desolation

destination

desperation

destitution

detonation

deviation

devolution

devastation

devastating

devastated

devonian

dilatation

diminution

disaffection

diocesan

dissolution

disconnection

dispensation

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

distillation

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

distribution

execution

divination

divestiture

domination

dominican

divestitures

duplication

draconian

education

embarkation

effectively

emulation

elevation

emanation

electrician

elocution

elongation

effectuate

emigration

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

estimation

eritrean

estonian

european

evocation

evocative

evolution

excavation

exclamation

excitation

eustachian

evacuate

exhibition

indication

inclination

expedition

explanation

explication

expectation

expiration

exploitation

exploration

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fascination

fallopian

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

guatemalan

fluoridation

foliation

floridian

fluctuation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gentlewoman

generation

gargantuan

gastrulation

germination

glaciation

granulation

graduation

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

habitation

gorgonian

hemoglobin

hegelian

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hyperion

hydrocarbon

hungarian

hypertension

illustration

iberian

immolation

ideation

ibuprofen

imitation

immigration

implication

imputation

importation

implantation

impregnation

imperfection

inattention

incantation

incarnation

herculean

indecision

exhalation

incrustation

incubation

indentation

indexation

exhortation

exhumation

indignation

indiscretion

indonesian

indigestion

inflammation

infestation

information

limitation

inhibition

innovation

inhalation

installation

inspiration

instigation

interruption

institution

insulation

integration

interdiction

insurrection

interaction

interception

intercession

intermission

interjection

intersection

invitation

intervention

intonation

introduction

introspection

invocation

interurban

interwoven

intimation

inundation

intuition

iranian

irrigation

isolation

irritation

jacobean

iteration

jurisdiction

jubilation

jordanian

laceration

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

leviathan

liberation

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

liquidation

maturation

liquefaction

locomotion

litigation

malnutrition

lubrication

machination

maccabean

macedonian

mediation

mammalian

manumission

masturbation

malformation

medication

meditation

melanesian

meridian

menstruation

misbegotten

ministration

minnesotan

miseration

missourian

misconception

mitigation

misperception

modulation

molestation

moderation

motivation

mortification

mongolian

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

navigator

nestorian

newtonian

nomination

nigerian

noblewoman

nonprescription

nicaraguan

nonpartisan

obfuscation

obligation

obesity

oblivion

obstetrician

obstetricians

obsidian

occupation

observation

obstinacy

obstructionist

obstructionists

octahedron

officiate

officiates

navigators

olympian

ohioan

operation

opacity

ordination

orchestration

oscillation

ovulation

ostentation

overburden

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

paraguayan

pagurian

pedestrian

pelagian

pavlovian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

population

polyhedron

polynesian

praetorian

predilection

predetermine

preelection

preconception

presentation

preparation

preservation

obstetrical

prohibition

propagation

profanation

proclamation

procreation

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

provocation

infiltration

publication

punctuation

moravian

radiation

reassertion

reawaken

recantation

recitation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

reclamation

recreation

reelection

reinspection

relaxation

reexamine

regulation

refutation

reformation

registration

relocation

renovation

reparation

repercussion

replication

republican

reputation

resolution

resignation

reservation

respiration

restitution

restoration

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retribution

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revelation

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

revocations

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rhapsodizes

rhododendron

rumination

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samaritan

satisfaction

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sectarian

segregation

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self-deception

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shakespearean

sicilian

siberian

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situation

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sophisticate

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spectacular

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spectrometry

spectroscopy

statistician

speculation

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stimulation

strangulation

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surrogation

syncopation

subsidizes

termination

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substitutions

substantively

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superstition

suffocation

superhuman

supervision

suffocating

substantiates

syndication

tabulation

tamoxifen

tetrahedron

tasmanian

substantially

substantiate

titillation

trepidation

toleration

transformation

topsy-turvy

transplantation

transportation

tribulation

ulceration

ubiquity

usurpation

utopian

vacillation

valerian

validation

vaccination

variation

vegetation

valuation

veneration

ventilation

victorian

visitation

violation

vindication

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

administration

adulteration

adjudication

agglomeration

affiliation

affectionately

anticipation

alienation

alliteration

alleviation

amalgamation

amelioration

amazonian

amplification

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approximation

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argumentation

articulation

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assemblywoman

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authentication

authorization

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argentinian

beethovenian

brutalization

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caledonian

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carolinian

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deceleration

carthaginian

defenestration

degeneration

deification

denunciation

delicatessen

denomination

deliberation

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depositary

depository

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desegregation

depreciation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

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dissemination

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emancipation

domestication

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ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

epicurean

enumeration

equalization

epistolary

equivocation

eradication

ethiopian

evacuation

evacuations

evaporation

evaluation

examination

exaggeration

exasperation

evacuated

exacerbation

excoriation

incineration

exhilaration

exoneration

exfoliation

expatriation

extermination

facilitation

expropriation

exoskeleton

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

hyperborean

hyperinflation

humiliation

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hydrogenation

illumination

imagination

immunization

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inactivation

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incarceration

incrimination

incorporation

indoctrination

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multiplication

initiation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

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interpretation

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investigation

intoxication

intimidation

invalidation

ionization

irradiation

juxtaposition

justification

legalization

mummification

libertarian

jeffersonian

maximization

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

manifestation

mathematician

maximilian

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

navigational

neutralization

negotiation

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

nonintervention

pacification

normalization

notification

nullification

obliteration

obstructionism

oregonian

organization

origination

overproduction

orientation

ornamentation

ossification

neapolitan

nonsectarian

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

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preoccupation

presbyterian

prevarication

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proletarian

proliferation

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pythagorean

qualification

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ratification

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recommendation

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reforestation

regeneration

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reintegration

reiteration

rejuvenation

renunciation

remuneration

repatriation

representation

repository

repositories

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

sophisticated

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

subsidiary

subsidiaries

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

vaporization

utilization

specialization

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


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  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
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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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