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

abeles

ablaze

ables

action

acton

afflicts

afflict

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apples

applause

appalls

appeals

applies

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

austin

auction

auden

bacon

baffles

baldwin

bason

bastion

baston

basin

barton

baubles

barren

baton

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

batten

billion

belgian

bellman

begun

bellon

bibles

billman

bisson

billon

befalls

bison

bludgeon

bargain

baron

bitten

boatman

blacken

blowgun

bollen

bolden

bookman

bordman

boston

bobbin

brethren

briton

breton

brakeman

boughten

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brazen

brighten

broaden

bullion

bubbles

brogan

burden

bushman

button

burgeon

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

cajun

cables

caisson

calvin

cannon

canon

canton

canyon

caption

capstan

caples

captain

carbon

canaan

carman

carmine

caution

cauldron

carton

caxton

cayman

chairman

chicken

chevron

chessman

charon

chasten

cheapen

chapman

certain

chieftain

christian

chaplain

children

churchman

citron

chosen

christen

classman

claxon

coachman

clinton

colon

bagman

banyan

common

copeman

corban

cordon

cousin

crimson

couples

craftsman

craven

cretin

cowan

cotton

crewman

crouton

cuban

cushion

dalton

damson

dabbles

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

dampen

deaden

deafen

deacon

deepen

deflect

delphian

deflects

darken

demon

deploys

desman

devon

dian

diction

devils

devilish

divulge

dolman

dolphin

dobson

doctrine

dozen

doubles

draftsman

driven

dragon

dungeon

dudgeon

drunken

duplex

dustman

dutchman

eaten

eden

efflux

earthen

dromon

elan

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

evils

broken

faction

falcon

fables

eyeballs

fallen

fielden

fashion

faulcon

faustian

fasten

fatten

felon

fibrin

fiction

famine

fission

fireman

firman

flashgun

flatten

flexion

fraction

floren

footman

foibles

fortune

foreman

fountain

foreign

freshen

freshman

freedman

freeman

gibbon

friction

gallon

fusion

gables

garden

frighten

function

gentian

gascon

georgian

garron

german

gilden

frozen

gammon

given

glisten

glidden

golden

gobbles

gladden

gluten

goodman

grecian

gotten

gorgon

griffon

grandson

gowan

graven

gudgeon

gumption

guardsman

harden

hangman

happen

harken

headsman

headman

hasten

haven

harten

hearten

hausen

havelock

heathen

heaven

heighten

hessian

henchman

hempen

hetman

heron

hidden

houseman

homespun

horseman

hobbles

hogan

hoten

hovels

hoven

human

hyson

huntsman

hackman

haitian

ibsen

hyphen

hymen

mullen

ion

jetson

jason

jetton

jackman

jargon

jasmine

junction

kalan

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kitchen

kitten

kelvin

kenyan

klansman

kremlin

kansan

kirkman

landsman

lampron

landman

labels

laden

lagan

lapels

leaven

legion

ledden

leman

lemon

lengthen

latin

leaden

lessen

lesson

lesion

levels

leven

muffin

lichen

lifelike

layman

lighten

listen

linden

lisbon

linen

liven

lineman

linemen

lion

lobules

locken

lockman

london

lotion

loosen

longan

logan

loopholes

luncheon

lopeman

loren

lumen

lyden

lynden

mahone

madden

maiden

m1

mansion

marlin

marksman

marchman

maples

martian

margin

markman

marron

marten

mangan

mason

martin

mayan

melton

minion

melon

million

mention

milken

mignon

minden

mission

mitten

moisten

matron

mobiles

molten

morgan

liman

motion

muffles

lightman

liken

mormon

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

nipples

ninon

nobles

newsman

noblesse

nibbles

notion

norman

novels

oblige

oblique

oarsman

ocean

olden

often

omen

onion

option

odin

open

organ

orphan

othman

oven

outrun

oxen

owen

ovules

packman

paean

pagan

passion

panton

pardon

parson

passman

pathan

patron

patten

pebbles

pavon

pectin

pension

penguin

penman

perron

persian

person

pillion

pigeon

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

peon

pollen

peoples

portion

portman

ponton

postman

potion

outdone

pressman

mountain

daman

prison

proven

prussian

public

publics

pullen

pupils

publish

ration

question

quibbles

quicken

raffles

raven

rebels

reason

rayon

reckon

refills

reflect

reflects

reflex

reflux

region

repeals

redden

replies

repels

repulse

rerun

resin

replace

riven

revels

reveals

ribbon

ripples

ridden

riden

rincon

rifles

ripen

risen

rivals

robles

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

ruffles

rubles

rotten

rowan

rowen

ruin

zion

rumen

russian

salesman

sables

saffron

sadden

salmon

scallion

sanction

samson

saxon

santon

satan

satin

scion

surgeon

runnion

section

scullion

selden

seaman

season

seedsman

session

seven

sexton

sequin

semen

seton

sermon

shaken

shipman

shorten

shovels

scuffles

shearman

soldan

shotgun

shaman

silken

sicken

shogun

shrunken

shuffles

showman

smitten

smarten

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

sharpen

solon

tables

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

splashes

sportsman

spoken

spokesman

squabbles

squadron

splices

stallion

stallman

splashy

statesman

station

stepson

stillion

stiffen

stolen

stockman

straighten

strengthen

striven

suction

stricken

sturgeon

suasion

sublease

steven

sudden

sullen

sultan

sunken

summon

supplies

swivels

sylvan

scotsman

sweeten

swollen

syphon

tension

talon

tarpon

tartan

taken

tappen

tendon

tillman

thicken

teston

threaten

thousand

tighten

titan

token

toman

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

topples

trillion

treason

triton

trodden

trojan

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

turban

undone

urchin

union

urban

urine

urson

vegan

villain

version

vision

vulcan

waffles

wagon

weevils

whiplash

weaken

weapon

wheaten

wanton

warden

watchman

warren

whiten

whitson

wiccan

women

woolman

woolen

written

waken

woman

wooden

worsen

woven

workman

widen

wizen

woodman

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abolish

abortion

abrasion

accretion

addition

accession

abstraction

absorption

abstention

acumen

addiction

admission

adhesion

adoption

aegean

affection

cinnamon

affliction

african

afflictions

afflicting

aggression

aleutian

alaskan

albion

alderman

albumin

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

adrian

citizen

adsorption

arkansan

anyone

applesauce

applicant

appian

applicants

apportion

anchorman

anglican

assumption

arian

ascension

assassin

artisan

aspersion

aryan

assertion

artesian

attention

aversion

attraction

attrition

australian

austrian

audition

awaken

avian

aviles

civilian

backgammon

andean

backwoodsman

bitumen

bedizen

battalion

bedridden

bedouin

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

biblical

biotin

abandon

brazilian

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

buffalos

cablegram

civilized

capsaicin

cardigan

cation

carnation

carrion

castration

catalan

causation

cavalcade

cartesian

campion

caucasian

cambrian

cetacean

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cistercian

civilize

citation

combustion

collection

champion

clarion

cobblestone

badminton

coercion

collegian

collision

collagen

cobblestones

cognition

cohesion

clarendon

collusion

clergyman

bandwagon

commission

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

compunction

completion

complexion

compression

concession

conception

conclusion

concoction

concussion

conduction

condition

confession

confection

conflation

confucian

congestion

confusion

consumption

conjunction

connection

connexion

congressman

conscription

contention

construction

constriction

contortion

contagion

convection

contraction

convention

conversion

contrition

conviction

contusion

contraption

correction

corsican

corrosion

corruption

councilman

cremation

creation

crestfallen

croatian

countryman

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

depletion

decision

declension

deflation

delusion

deflection

deletion

deflected

deflector

deflectors

denizen

dentition

depression

description

desertion

destruction

determine

discipline

dictation

diffraction

diffusion

digestion

digression

dilation

dilution

direction

discretion

dispersion

dissection

distortion

distraction

distinction

disunion

diversion

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

elation

duplicate

duplicates

duration

egyptian

edition

ejection

elison

derision

eleven

emotion

emblazon

embolden

encryption

englishman

enlighten

enliven

exertion

exemption

equation

erosion

etruscan

evasion

everyone

exaction

exception

excision

exclusion

excretion

excursion

epilogue

expansion

exhaustion

procession

infraction

explosion

expression

extension

extinction

extortion

extraction

fabian

extrusion

ferryman

fenian

feminine

fixation

filtration

fisherman

fijian

flirtation

flotation

forgotten

formation

foundation

forewoman

foramen

forbidden

franciscan

freemason

ghanaian

fruition

frustration

freudian

galleon

fustian

gillian

genuine

gaussian

gentleman

gestation

garrison

gravamen

gradation

grobian

gordian

guardian

gyration

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

guncotton

hydration

hydrogen

in-person

ignition

illusion

imagine

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

immersion

inflation

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

infection

infarction

indian

inflection

infliction

ingestion

infusion

insertion

injection

injunction

inscription

inspection

inhuman

instruction

intention

intestine

invasion

inversion

intrusion

italian

jacobin

javelin

irian

irishman

jamaican

jettison

julian

jovian

keratin

laurentian

keynesian

lanolin

lactation

laotian

kantian

korean

lecithin

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

malayan

magdalen

magician

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

medicine

medallion

median

melanin

menhaden

mexican

migration

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

mobilize

moroccan

myosin

narration

negation

musician

mutation

muskmelon

nebraskan

nevadan

nemean

nepalese

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

novelist

nonhuman

novelists

notation

nonunion

norwegian

nubian

origin

objection

nutrition

obligates

obliges

obliging

obstruction

obliquely

obsession

obloquy

occasion

occlusion

octillion

omission

opinion

obligate

oppression

optation

oration

optician

odeon

orion

ottoman

ovation

oxygen

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

parisian

pavilion

partisan

partition

patrician

parthian

payables

pelican

pentathlon

plebeian

percussion

pollution

precaution

perception

permission

perfection

perfusion

permian

policeman

petition

phoenician

perversion

peterman

phrygian

physician

plantation

persuasion

position

porcelain

populace

populist

populists

possession

precession

precision

preclusion

predation

prediction

predestine

preemption

prescription

pretension

privation

probation

profession

progression

promotion

proportion

projection

profusion

proscription

protection

prostration

protean

provision

publicists

publicist

publicize

puritan

publicly

publishes

publishers

publisher

recision

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

quotation

redemption

replacement

munition

rifleman

reflection

reflections

reflecting

reflectors

reflexes

reflexive

rejection

regimen

regression

relation

religion

remission

rendition

reopen

reflector

replacements

reversion

rescission

retraction

reptilian

repulsive

resection

repression

restriction

retention

rhodopsin

reunion

reflected

revision

replicate

reflective

replica

replaces

replicas

rotation

replicates

salvation

saleswoman

saccharin

samoan

selection

seclusion

sedation

scythian

secretion

sensation

solution

solomon

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

scorpion

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

subscription

subtraction

suburban

subversion

succession

suggestion

summation

supplicant

sumatran

superman

suppression

suspicion

syrian

suspension

tablecloth

tablecloths

tablespoon

tablespoons

temptation

tactician

taxation

technician

talisman

tamarin

timberman

thespian

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transcription

transfusion

transgression

transition

translation

transmission

truncation

tuition

unbutton

uncertain

unburden

unbroken

uncommon

unison

upholster

uneven

unwritten

uterine

venison

vatican

venetian

vibration

vacation

vermilion

veteran

vitamin

vocation

volition

whiplashes

wesleyan

waterman

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abolition

abnegation

abolishes

absolution

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

abyssinian

accordion

adaptation

activation

admonition

admiration

adoration

adulation

advocation

agitation

adrenaline

affectation

aggregation

aggravation

affirmation

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

albanian

algerian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

ammunition

amputation

armageddon

amphibian

animation

annotation

annexation

apologist

apologise

apologists

apologies

apologize

apology

appellation

appalachian

appalachians

apparition

applicable

application

applications

approbation

apprehension

arbitration

arizonan

arabian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

avocation

athenian

attribution

assyrian

aviation

augmentation

backwardation

armenian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

barbarian

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

collocation

cogitation

collodion

coloration

coloradan

combination

columbian

comedian

commendation

commutation

committeeman

comparison

compilation

competition

composition

compensation

complication

comprehension

computation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

connotation

conjugation

consecration

congregation

conservation

consolation

constellation

consultation

consummation

contemplation

constipation

constitution

consternation

contraception

copernican

convolution

convocation

conversation

contradiction

contravention

contribution

contrarian

copenhagen

corinthian

correlation

corp.

corporation

criterion

coronation

cotyledon

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

decompression

declaration

dedication

deconstruction

decimation

decoration

defamation

definition

degradation

delegation

deformation

dehydration

demarcation

demonstration

darwinian

deposition

depredation

deportation

depravation

deprivation

dereliction

desiccation

destination

destitution

designation

desecration

derivation

desperation

devastation

detonation

deviation

devonian

dietitian

disaffection

diocesan

disconnection

disillusion

disinflation

disinfection

dispensation

disposition

dislocation

disputation

dissipation

dissertation

distribution

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

duplications

duplicity

duplicative

education

electrician

elocution

elevation

elongation

emanation

emigration

emulation

embarkation

execution

englishwoman

erudition

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

estimation

estonian

european

eustachian

evocation

excitation

exclamation

excavation

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

exhumation

expedition

expectation

explanation

explication

expiration

exposition

exploitation

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fallopian

fascination

fibrillation

federation

fermentation

figuration

fluoridation

foliation

fluctuation

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

exploration

guatemalan

fumigation

galilean

gentlewoman

gastrulation

generation

germination

glaciation

gargantuan

granulation

gravitation

graduation

greco-roman

gregorian

gorgonian

habitation

hypertension

hegelian

hemoglobin

hesitation

herculean

hibernation

historian

hydrocarbon

ideation

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

illustration

hungarian

immigration

imposition

implication

importation

imperfection

implantation

impregnation

imputation

inflammation

inattention

infiltration

incantation

inclination

indentation

incarnation

incrustation

indecision

indigestion

indication

indexation

indignation

infestation

indiscretion

incubation

indonesian

information

inhibition

inquisition

innovation

instigation

institution

inspiration

installation

integration

insurrection

interaction

interception

intercession

interjection

intimation

interdiction

intermission

interruption

intervention

intersection

interurban

interwoven

intonation

introduction

inundation

introspection

irritation

invitation

isolation

iranian

jacobean

intuition

iteration

lilliputian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

leviathan

liberation

liberian

librarian

jordanian

limitation

liquefaction

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

machination

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

mammalian

malnutrition

masturbation

manumission

medication

meditation

melanesian

maturation

mediation

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

misconception

miseration

misbegotten

misperception

mitigation

modulation

moderation

missourian

molestation

mongolian

moravian

motivation

mortification

proclamation

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nebulizer

neoplasm

nestorian

nigerian

oscillation

noblewoman

nomination

newtonian

nonprescription

nonpartisan

nicaraguan

obfuscation

obligation

obligations

observation

obstetrician

obsidian

obligated

occupation

oblivion

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

opposition

ordination

orchestration

operation

ostentation

oxidation

overburden

population

pagination

ovulation

palpitation

paraguayan

pagurian

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perspiration

politician

perforation

persecution

permutation

peruvian

pigmentation

perturbation

planarian

plutonian

populism

polynesian

polyhedron

praetorian

predilection

precondition

preconception

predetermine

preelection

premonition

preignition

presentation

preparation

preservation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protozoan

protestation

provocation

publication

publications

publicity

punctuation

recollection

recitation

realization

reassertion

recantation

reawaken

readmission

reclamation

recognition

recreation

radiation

reconstruction

reelection

rumination

reexamine

regulation

reformation

refutation

reinspection

relaxation

registration

renovation

relocation

reparation

repetition

replication

repercussion

republican

reposition

repossession

requisition

reproduction

reputation

resignation

resurrection

reservation

respiration

restitution

restoration

retribution

retardation

replaceable

retrocession

rhetorician

rhododendron

replicated

samaritan

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

self-deception

separation

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shakespearean

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topology

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valuation

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violation

victorian

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wagnerian

watermelon

utopian

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abbreviation

abomination

accommodation

accumulation

accreditation

academician

adjudication

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alliteration

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amelioration

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civilizations

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bibliographies

bibliography

brobdingnagian

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deification

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electrocution

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eradication

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ethiopian

evacuation

evaluation

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examination

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excoriation

epicurean

exhilaration

exoneration

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exoskeleton

expatriation

extermination

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fertilization

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glorification

gratification

expropriation

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

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metropolitan

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miscalculation

misapprehension

misinformation

mississippian

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mobilizations

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neapolitan

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

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organization

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theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

vilification

veterinarian

verification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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