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

action

acton

affine

alan

alban

airman

alman

amman

auden

bacon

baron

ashen

arson

atman

asian

aubin

auction

barren

austin

bagman

bason

baboon

baton

banyan

baldwin

bargain

barton

basin

batten

batton

baston

bastion

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

bellman

blacken

belgian

bellon

billon

billion

billman

bisson

bitten

blowgun

boatman

bobbin

bolden

bollen

boughten

bludgeon

bracken

brazen

brakeman

bookman

boston

bourbon

bowman

bordman

brethren

breton

bovine

briton

broaden

carton

brogan

broken

burdon

burman

burton

burgeon

burden

bullion

bushman

buffin

buffoon

button

cabin

caisson

canaan

cajun

calvin

caffeine

cannon

canon

caption

canton

capon

carbon

carman

foreign

canyon

capstan

carmine

caution

cayman

cavin

certain

cauldron

caxton

chairman

chasten

charon

chessman

chicken

chieftain

chopin

chosen

chevron

chiffon

children

christen

christian

churchman

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

common

coffin

colon

coppin

fallen

cordon

cousin

corban

fatten

flatten

floren

cotton

craven

copeman

cowan

cretin

falcon

coupon

covin

craftsman

crewman

crouton

crimson

dagan

cuban

cumin

curtain

cushion

dagon

dalton

daman

damson

darken

dauphin

daphne

deacon

deaden

deafen

delphian

fasten

define

demon

desman

defame

devon

diction

draftsman

dragon

famine

dudgeon

driven

divan

dobbin

dobson

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

dozen

divine

dromon

drunken

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

eaten

eden

earthen

elan

emption

ermine

ensign

engine

even

faction

freeman

gallon

fashion

faulcon

faustian

felon

lampron

freshen

fiction

fielden

firman

flashgun

fission

footman

flexion

frozen

fusion

gammon

foreman

fountain

freedman

fortune

fraction

lagan

freshman

friction

function

garden

garron

gascon

gentian

gladden

gudgeon

georgian

german

gibbon

given

glidden

gilden

hackman

glisten

gotten

graven

goodman

gowan

grecian

gorgon

grandson

griffon

golden

gumption

hogan

houseman

gluten

guardsman

haitian

harden

harken

hangman

hasten

harten

hausen

haven

hearten

heathen

heaven

headman

hempen

henchman

heron

hidden

hetman

hessian

headsman

hipbone

homespun

hoten

horseman

hoven

human

huntsman

ibsen

junction

kalan

laden

kansan

jackman

jason

jargon

jasmine

japan

jetson

jawbone

jordan

jetton

jorden

kitten

kitchen

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kevin

klansman

kremlin

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

landsman

legion

leman

leven

lesion

lemon

lessen

lesson

levin

lengthen

linden

linen

listen

locken

lockman

logan

lopeman

loren

lisbon

london

longan

loosen

lumen

lotion

luncheon

lupine

lynden

m1

madden

mahone

maiden

marlin

mason

marten

mangan

mansion

margin

markman

marksman

marron

martin

martian

matron

marchman

landman

melon

melton

milken

mention

mignon

million

mission

morgan

mormon

mitten

moisten

molten

mullen

mountain

muffin

motion

muslin

mutton

nation

minion

nekton

option

opine

ninon

notion

norman

novum

oarsman

open

omen

ocean

often

odin

olden

onion

newsman

orphan

othman

outdone

oven

outrun

ovum

owen

paean

pagan

pathan

oxen

panton

patten

packman

pardon

passion

parson

passman

patron

pavon

pectin

platten

pavone

platen

poison

pollan

organ

peon

ponton

penman

perron

person

persian

plantain

pippin

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

portion

plankton

pollen

portman

potion

penguin

postman

pension

showman

pressman

prison

quicken

prussian

proven

pullen

puffin

question

raven

reason

rayon

ration

ravin

reckon

ravine

redden

refine

region

shaman

shearman

rerun

resin

russian

ribbon

ridden

robin

rosin

rotten

risen

riven

robbin

roman

rosen

rowan

rincon

rumen

rowen

rubin

ruffin

ruin

shaken

runnion

sadden

salmon

saffron

salesman

samson

satan

satin

santon

sanction

saxon

scallion

scullion

seaman

season

seedsman

sabine

semen

scotsman

selden

section

seton

sequin

sermon

session

seven

sexton

shipman

shogun

shorten

shotgun

shrunken

zaman

sicken

thicken

silken

thousand

slacken

sodden

soften

slogan

smitten

soldan

solon

smarten

sovran

spartan

spearman

soybean

toman

squadron

stallion

spoken

sportsman

spokesman

stallman

station

stepson

steven

stockman

stiffen

stillion

straighten

suasion

statesman

stolen

stricken

striven

strengthen

sturgeon

sullen

sudden

suction

sultan

spiny

summon

supine

sunken

surgeon

sweeten

tartan

taken

talon

swollen

sylvan

tendon

tension

tiffin

threaten

teston

tillman

toughen

sovereign

torsion

townsman

token

traction

wiccan

treason

trodden

upon

tubman

tuscan

turban

typhoon

urson

trojan

trillion

tungsten

urchin

union

urban

urine

undone

vegan

vision

version

villain

wagon

waken

vulcan

wanton

warden

warren

weaken

weapon

wheaten

watchman

whitson

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

woven

written

yachtsman

woodman

woolman

workman

yeoman

spinney

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abrasion

abdomen

ablution

abortion

absorption

abduction

abstention

abstraction

accession

accretion

acumen

adhesion

adoption

addition

addiction

admission

adrian

aegean

affection

affliction

african

aggression

alaskan

alien

albion

albumin

aleutian

alderman

adsorption

ambition

alsatian

allusion

ambrosian

andean

anglican

apportion

anyone

appian

apnea

arian

arkansan

artesian

aryan

artisan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attention

attrition

attraction

avian

aversion

avena

austrian

australian

avenue

badminton

audition

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandwagon

awaken

battalion

anchorman

bedizen

biotin

beethoven

bedridden

beholden

benjamin

bitumen

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

catalan

bulletin

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

cartesian

carrion

castration

cation

caucasian

causation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

citation

citizen

bedouin

clergyman

communion

clarion

cohesion

clarendon

compassion

cistercian

commission

coercion

cognition

collegian

collision

collection

collusion

collagen

combustion

commotion

companion

civilian

completion

complexion

compression

compulsion

conception

conflation

concession

concussion

conclusion

condition

confession

concoction

conduction

confection

confusion

congestion

conjunction

confucian

connection

consumption

construction

contagion

contention

constriction

contraption

contortion

contrition

contraction

contusion

convection

conversion

convention

conviction

convulsion

corruption

corrosion

correction

corsican

countryman

councilman

croatian

compunction

creation

cremation

crestfallen

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

decision

declension

deduction

deflation

defection

deletion

deflection

depiction

depletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

depression

desertion

description

destruction

fabian

detection

detention

extortion

dissection

determine

dictation

devotion

direction

dilution

digression

dilation

digestion

diffusion

diffraction

dimension

discipline

discussion

discretion

disruption

dispersion

disunion

distortion

distraction

distinction

diversion

dominion

division

dissension

dorian

donation

downtrodden

duration

edition

ebony

elation

election

eruption

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

emulsion

enlighten

enliven

encryption

evasion

equation

euphony

egyptian

everyone

etruscan

erosion

erection

englishman

exaction

exception

exhaustion

eviction

excision

excretion

exclusion

excursion

exemption

exertion

expansion

explosion

expression

expulsion

ejection

extension

extinction

extraction

extrusion

feminine

fenian

fijian

filtration

foramen

ferryman

flirtation

flotation

freemason

fixation

forbidden

fisherman

formation

foundation

forgotten

forewoman

franciscan

congressman

freudian

connexion

fruition

frustration

fustian

conscription

galleon

gaussian

garrison

gentleman

genuine

horizon

abandon

ghanaian

gillian

gestation

gravamen

gordian

gradation

grobian

guardian

gyration

halcyon

hammerman

halogen

handwoven

harlequin

havana

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hafnia

horatian

guncotton

housebroken

inaction

in-person

derision

hydration

hydrogen

imagine

impassion

ignition

immersion

imprison

illusion

implosion

impression

inflation

infraction

inception

incision

inclusion

indian

incursion

induction

infarction

infection

inflection

julian

infliction

infusion

ingestion

inhuman

inspection

injection

instruction

intention

injunction

intestine

intrusion

invasion

irian

irishman

inversion

italian

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

jettison

invention

jovian

inscription

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

insertion

laotian

lanolin

lecithin

laurentian

lesbian

levana

ligation

libration

libyan

logician

location

lumberman

lutheran

malayan

malaysian

magician

mandarin

magdalen

margarine

marian

masculine

median

medicine

medallion

melanin

migration

mexican

menhaden

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

myosin

mutation

narration

nebraskan

negation

niacin

nemean

oration

opinion

nevadan

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

norwegian

nonunion

notation

nubian

nutrition

obsession

objection

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

odeon

octillion

omission

oppression

opium

optation

optician

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parthian

partisan

parisian

partition

patrician

pelican

pavilion

perception

pentathlon

percussion

peterman

permian

perfusion

persuasion

permission

perversion

petition

phoenician

physician

plebeian

plantation

policeman

phrygian

pollution

perfection

position

possession

precaution

porcelain

precession

precision

preclusion

predation

predestine

preemption

prediction

privation

prescription

presumption

pretension

profusion

probation

prevention

procession

profession

production

progression

projection

promotion

proportion

propulsion

prostration

protean

proscription

protection

puritan

provision

ramadan

quotation

reopen

reaction

reception

recession

rebellion

recision

redemption

reduction

reflection

regimen

regression

rejection

relation

remission

religion

rendition

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

resumption

restriction

retention

retraction

reunion

revision

revenue

revulsion

reversion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

savanna

scorpion

sedation

secretion

secession

sedition

seclusion

seduction

selection

scythian

sensation

silicon

simian

snapdragon

skeleton

solomon

solution

tiffany

singleton

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

subpoena

submersion

submission

subscription

suburban

subversion

succession

suggestion

subtraction

summation

suppression

suspicion

tamarin

taxation

suspension

syrian

talisman

tactician

sumatran

temptation

technician

thespian

timberman

superman

toboggan

transaction

translation

transition

transcription

transmission

transfusion

uncommon

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

uneven

unison

uncertain

unwritten

uterine

unbutton

transgression

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

vermilion

veteran

vocation

vitamin

vibration

volition

waterman

wesleyan

tradition

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

abolition

accusation

activation

accordion

acquisition

adaptation

admiration

acclamation

admonition

adoration

acclimation

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affectation

affirmation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

amphibian

animation

annexation

annotation

apparition

appalachian

appellation

application

apprehension

approbation

arabian

arizonan

armenian

armageddon

arthurian

ammunition

athenian

assemblyman

arbitration

assyrian

aspiration

attribution

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

avocation

barbarian

bavarian

amputation

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

calculation

canadian

calibration

californian

cancellation

carcinogen

businesswoman

chameleon

celebration

centurion

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

comedian

coloration

coloradan

columbian

combination

commendation

committeeman

commutation

comparison

compensation

competition

compilation

complication

composition

comprehension

conservation

condescension

condemnation

confirmation

condensation

constellation

confiscation

conflagration

connotation

consolation

confrontation

consternation

constipation

consummation

constitution

copernican

contrarian

contemplation

contraception

contribution

contradiction

conversation

convocation

convolution

copenhagen

contravention

consultation

corp.

corporation

correlation

coronation

corinthian

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cyclopean

cultivation

custodian

culmination

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

dedication

defamation

delegation

degradation

dehydration

definition

derivation

deformation

demolition

demonstration

demarcation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deposition

deprivation

dereliction

desiccation

desecration

designation

desolation

desperation

destination

destitution

devastation

deviation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

detonation

diocesan

dilatation

diminution

disaffection

disinflation

disillusion

disconnection

dislocation

disinfection

dispensation

dissertation

distillation

dissipation

dissolution

distribution

dominican

domination

divination

draconian

disposition

disputation

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

elocution

elongation

emanation

emigration

embarkation

englishwoman

european

emulation

estimation

equitation

eustachian

erudition

estonian

excitation

evocation

excavation

evolution

execution

equestrian

exclamation

exhortation

exhalation

eritrean

exhibition

expiration

explication

expedition

exploration

expectation

explanation

exploitation

exposition

extradition

extrication

fabrication

computation

fallopian

concentration

federation

congregation

figuration

fibrillation

fluoridation

fascination

floridian

fluctuation

foliation

fermentation

formulation

fragmentation

conjugation

fumigation

galilean

consecration

generation

gastrulation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

glaciation

germination

graduation

gorgonian

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

granulation

habitation

guatemalan

hegelian

herculean

hemoglobin

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hyperion

hydrocarbon

hypertension

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

immolation

illustration

imitation

immigration

implication

importation

implantation

imposition

imperfection

impregnation

incantation

inflammation

inattention

imputation

incarnation

inclination

indication

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indigestion

indonesian

indignation

indiscretion

infestation

infiltration

information

hungarian

inhalation

jubilation

inhibition

installation

inspiration

innovation

instigation

insulation

integration

interaction

insurrection

interception

intercession

intermission

interdiction

interjection

interruption

introspection

interurban

interwoven

introduction

intersection

intervention

intimation

intuition

intonation

invocation

irrigation

iranian

irritation

invitation

isolation

iteration

jordanian

jacobean

institution

inundation

inquisition

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

precondition

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberian

liberation

newtonian

exhumation

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

liquidation

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

masturbation

maturation

medication

meditation

mediation

melanesian

meridian

menstruation

preconception

miseration

minnesotan

ministration

misbegotten

misperception

misconception

moderation

missourian

modulation

mitigation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

motivation

mortification

napoleon

mutilation

navigation

nestorian

niobium

nomination

noblewoman

librarian

nonprescription

nonpartisan

nigerian

occupation

obligation

observation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

ohioan

nicaraguan

olympian

octahedron

obfuscation

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

pagurian

oxidation

palpitation

pagination

paraguayan

pelagian

pavlovian

pedestrian

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

permutation

peruvian

perforation

planarian

pigmentation

plutonian

politician

polynesian

penetration

polyhedron

population

penicillin

praetorian

predetermine

preelection

predilection

preignition

indentation

preparation

preservation

presentation

proclamation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

indexation

protestation

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

propagation

radiation

reawaken

reassertion

readmission

realization

recantation

recitation

reclamation

recreation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

reexamine

reformation

refutation

reelection

reinspection

registration

regulation

relaxation

relocation

renovation

reparation

repercussion

reproduction

republican

reputation

requisition

premonition

reservation

resignation

resolution

respiration

restoration

resurrection

restitution

retardation

retribution

retrocession

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

revelation

rumination

samaritan

saturation

sanitation

satisfaction

sectarian

segmentation

segregation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

replication

repetition

reposition

repossession

siberian

sicilian

situation

simonian

simulation

speculation

smithsonian

stipulation

strangulation

statistician

stimulation

subluxation

subdivision

suffocation

supposition

supervision

superstition

surrogation

substitution

tabulation

syncopation

tamoxifen

syndication

tasmanian

tetrahedron

termination

superhuman

toleration

titillation

vacillation

transformation

transportation

ulceration

trepidation

tribulation

valerian

usurpation

utopian

validation

vaccination

variation

transplantation

veneration

ventilation

valuation

violation

vindication

victorian

visitation

vegetation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

affiliation

adulteration

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amazonian

amalgamation

amelioration

amortization

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

authorization

authentication

augustinian

babylonian

amplification

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

canonization

carthaginian

cauterization

certification

centralization

centenarian

christianization

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

collaboration

commemoration

colonization

cohabitation

communication

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Words that rhyme with the word ripen

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


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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