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

bludgeon

acton

action

alan

airman

blacken

alman

amman

apron

ashen

aspen

asian

auction

austin

atman

auden

bason

bacon

banyan

baldwin

baron

barren

bagman

basin

baton

batten

batton

baston

bastion

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

bison

begun

bellon

billon

bisson

bellman

billion

billman

belgian

bitten

blowgun

boatman

boughten

bracken

bourbon

bowman

brazen

bordman

bookman

brakeman

brethren

brighten

broaden

breton

briton

brogan

broken

bullion

burden

burdon

burgeon

burman

burton

bushman

cabin

caftan

calvin

caisson

caftans

cajun

canaan

cannon

canon

canton

canyon

captain

caption

capstan

captains

captions

button

cauldron

chaplain

cayman

certain

chapman

charon

chairman

chasten

chieftain

cheapen

chicken

caxton

chieftains

bolden

chessman

chevron

children

chosen

christen

christian

churchman

citron

lagan

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

cousin

cowan

craftsman

corban

copeman

cordon

craven

cretin

crewman

cuban

crimson

crouton

dalton

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

cushion

dampen

daman

damson

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

dian

devon

diction

diphthong

doctrine

lampron

dozen

doubting

draftsman

dragon

driven

dudgeon

dromon

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

dustman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

falcon

famine

fasten

faction

fatten

fashion

faulcon

faustian

felon

fibrin

fiction

fielden

fifteen

fifteens

fifteenth

fireman

firman

flashgun

flatten

fission

flexion

floren

footman

foreign

frighten

fraction

foreman

frozen

fountain

fortune

freeman

freshen

freedman

freshman

friction

gallon

gammon

function

fusion

garron

gascon

headsman

georgian

gentian

german

heathen

gladden

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

gilden

gorgon

gluten

grecian

golden

goodman

gowan

grandson

griffon

graven

happen

gudgeon

hackman

guardsman

haitian

gumption

hausen

hangman

hasten

haven

headman

heaven

hempen

heighten

henchman

heron

hidden

hogan

hessian

hetman

homespun

horseman

houseman

hoven

human

hymen

hoten

hyson

ibsen

huntsman

zion

zaman

ion

jackman

jasmine

jason

laden

jordan

jorden

jetton

kalan

jetson

junction

kansan

kitchen

kitten

klansman

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

landsman

left-hand

lemon

legion

leman

lessen

lesson

lesion

lengthen

leven

lichen

lighten

lifetimes

lifting

liken

liman

lightman

liven

lifetime

lineman

lion

linemen

linen

listen

linden

lisbon

lyden

london

longan

logan

loosen

lumen

luncheon

lotion

lopeman

loren

lynden

m1

madden

maiden

margin

mahone

marchman

mansion

mangan

markman

marksman

marron

martian

mason

mayan

landman

matron

melon

melton

nekton

mention

minden

milken

million

minion

mignon

moisten

morgan

mitten

mission

molten

mormon

motion

mountain

mullen

mutton

nation

muslin

neptune

newsman

norman

ninon

notion

oarsman

obtain

obtains

omen

odin

olden

othman

ocean

onion

open

option

options

organ

outdone

oven

packman

passion

owen

patten

panton

paean

pathan

pagan

passman

patron

outrun

peon

pectin

penman

pension

penguin

perron

person

persian

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

platten

plantain

platen

poison

plankton

portion

portman

potion

postman

seton

pressman

prison

prussian

ration

proven

pullen

quicken

rafting

question

sequin

raven

reason

rayon

reckon

redden

region

roman

rerun

resin

riden

ripen

ribbon

ridden

risen

rincon

riven

rosen

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

sadden

russian

runnion

santon

sanction

salesman

salmon

samson

satan

satin

scion

scotsman

saxon

scallion

scullion

seaman

season

selden

section

seedsman

semen

sermon

seven

session

sexton

shafting

shaken

shaman

shogun

shorten

showman

shrunken

sicken

shearman

shipman

shifting

silken

siren

slogan

smitten

slacken

solon

soldan

sullen

spearman

sultan

spoken

sputum

stiffen

spokesman

summon

stallion

sportsman

stallman

station

suasion

stepson

stillion

statesman

stolen

straighten

stricken

striven

sturgeon

strengthen

sudden

suction

talon

steven

sunken

surgeon

sweeten

tappen

swollen

taken

sylvan

teston

titan

wagon

warren

thousand

tighten

thicken

threaten

tillman

token

toman

torsion

traction

townsman

treason

whiten

trillion

triton

widen

tubman

tuscan

turban

tungsten

vegan

urban

urson

trojan

urchin

urine

union

uptown

wizen

watchman

undone

version

vision

vulcan

villain

wanton

waken

warden

weaken

weapon

wheaten

wiccan

woman

women

whitson

yachtsman

wooden

tendon

woodman

woolen

worsen

tension

woolman

workman

woven

written

yaupon

yeoman

zircon

3 syllable words

abandon

abatement

abatements

abduction

ablation

ablution

abortion

abdomen

abrasion

absorption

accession

abstraction

abstention

apportion

albion

addition

acumen

addiction

adhesion

albumin

adoption

aegean

accretion

adsorption

adrian

admission

affection

african

alaskan

affliction

alien

aggression

alderman

aleutian

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

andean

anglican

anchorman

abiding

appian

arian

avian

aryan

assassin

artesian

arkansan

ascension

aspersion

artisan

audition

assumption

asuncion

attention

attraction

attrition

austrian

australian

assertion

aversion

backgammon

awaken

bandwagon

badminton

backwoodsman

avoidance

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

biotin

befitting

benjamin

beholden

anyone

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

buffeting

bulletin

chilean

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

catalan

cation

cartesian

caucasian

causation

castration

champion

cessation

charlatan

carrion

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

charwoman

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

citation

civilian

clarendon

clarion

collegian

clergyman

collision

coercion

collagen

cognition

collection

cohesion

collusion

compassion

companion

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

completion

compulsion

compression

compunction

conception

concussion

concession

concoction

conclusion

conduction

condition

confection

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

congressman

connection

congestion

conjunction

connexion

conscription

complexion

contortion

consumption

contagion

construction

contention

constriction

contraction

convulsion

contraption

contusion

conversion

contrition

convection

convention

conviction

corsican

corruption

councilman

corrosion

correction

countryman

creation

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

dalmatian

cyprian

damnation

deception

declension

debating

deduction

debutante

debutantes

decision

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

derision

desertion

depression

description

detection

detention

division

determine

diffraction

destruction

digression

devotion

dictation

diffusion

digestion

dilation

dilution

discipline

direction

dimension

discretion

discussion

disruption

dispersion

dissection

diversion

dissension

distortion

distraction

disunion

distinction

dividing

dividend

dividends

dorian

downtrodden

dominion

donation

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

elation

election

emulsion

eleven

elison

emission

emotion

enlighten

emblazon

embolden

encryption

englishman

enliven

everyone

erosion

erection

equation

eruption

evidence

evident

etruscan

evasion

eviction

exaction

exception

excision

exhaustion

exertion

exclusion

excursion

excretion

exemption

fabian

expansion

explosion

expulsion

extortion

extension

extrusion

extinction

expression

extraction

fenian

feminine

ferryman

fijian

filtration

fisherman

forbidden

flirtation

flotation

fixation

foramen

forewoman

forgotten

formation

freudian

foundation

freemason

franciscan

fruition

frustration

galleon

fustian

gaussian

garrison

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

gravamen

gillian

gradation

gordian

grobian

guardian

guncotton

gyration

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

gestation

heartbroken

inaction

horizon

heroine

horatian

housebroken

heroin

hydrogen

hydration

ignition

imagine

illusion

immersion

implosion

impassion

impression

imprison

in-person

inception

inclusion

incision

infarction

indian

induction

infection

inflation

infusion

inflection

infliction

infraction

ingestion

inhuman

injection

injunction

inscription

insertion

instruction

inspection

intention

invasion

intestine

intrusion

irian

inversion

invention

italian

irishman

jacobin

javelin

jamaican

jovian

julian

jettison

kantian

korean

keratin

keynesian

lactation

lanolin

lecithin

laotian

laurentian

nemean

lesbian

left-wingers

ligation

libyan

libration

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magician

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

magdalen

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

mexican

migration

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

moroccan

mistaken

myosin

nevadan

muskmelon

munition

musician

narration

mutation

nebraskan

negation

misshapen

nevadans

niacin

nitrogen

nonunion

nobleman

nonhuman

norwegian

notation

nubian

nutrition

obsession

objection

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

optician

odeon

optation

octillion

opinion

oppression

orion

omission

optimal

optional

optimize

optimum

oration

optimist

optimists

origin

overdone

outspoken

ovation

left-winger

ovations

overman

ottoman

parthian

overrun

oxygen

parisian

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

pelican

percussion

pentathlon

permian

perfusion

perfection

permission

perception

persuasion

petition

phoenician

physician

phrygian

peterman

perversion

plebeian

policeman

plantation

pollution

left-handed

porcelain

position

possession

precaution

incursion

precession

predation

predestine

preclusion

prediction

preemption

presumption

prescription

pretension

prevention

privation

probation

procession

profession

production

profusion

promotion

proportion

progression

projection

propulsion

provision

prostration

protean

protection

proscription

ramadan

puritan

quotation

reaction

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

rejection

reduction

redemption

reflection

regimen

regression

relation

religion

reopen

repeating

rescission

repression

resection

reptilian

reunion

resumption

retraction

retention

restriction

rhodopsin

reversion

revulsion

revision

rifleman

riveting

rotation

rendition

saccharin

samoan

salvation

saleswoman

scorpion

scythian

secession

sedation

secretion

seduction

sedition

seclusion

selection

sensation

september

remission

silicon

skeleton

simian

singleton

snapdragon

softener

solomon

softening

solution

specimen

starvation

stygian

stagnation

suburban

submersion

submission

subtraction

subversion

succession

suggestion

subscription

sumatran

summation

suppression

suspicion

superman

suspension

syrian

talisman

tactician

tamarin

precision

taxation

temptation

toboggan

thespian

timberman

tradition

transaction

transfusion

transcription

transition

translation

transmission

transgression

unbutton

unburden

uncertain

tuition

truncation

unbroken

uncommon

technician

uneven

unison

unwritten

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

vermilion

vibration

vocation

volition

vitamin

veteran

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdominal

aberration

apparition

abdication

accordion

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

abyssinian

acclimation

abnegation

abolition

acquisition

activation

adaptation

adrenaline

adulation

accusation

adoration

advocation

affectation

alabaman

affirmation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

algonquian

agrarian

allegation

albanian

admiration

aldebaran

admonition

algerian

allocation

altercation

alteration

alternation

american

amphibian

animation

amputation

ammunition

annexation

annotation

appellation

application

approbation

arabian

arbitration

armenian

arthurian

armageddon

aspiration

assemblyman

apprehension

assyrian

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

avocation

arizonan

bavarian

barbarian

benediction

bifurcation

appalachian

bolivian

bohemian

calibration

californian

calculation

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

coloradan

comedian

coloration

combination

columbian

commendation

commutation

committeeman

comparison

compensation

competition

compilation

conservation

composition

computation

comprehension

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

conjugation

complication

congregation

connotation

consecration

consolation

businesswoman

constellation

consummation

constitution

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contrarian

conversation

contradiction

contravention

contribution

convocation

copernican

correlation

coronation

corp.

corinthian

copenhagen

corporation

cotyledon

convolution

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

darwinian

dandelion

decimation

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

dedication

declaration

defamation

definition

deformation

degradation

dehydration

demarcation

constipation

delegation

demolition

deposition

deportation

demonstration

depravation

depredation

derivation

desiccation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

desolation

designation

destitution

desperation

dietitian

destination

devolution

devonian

devastation

deviation

deviations

devotional

diocesan

disaffection

dilatation

diminution

detonation

disconnection

disillusion

disposition

disinflation

dislocation

dispensation

disputation

dissolution

distillation

disinfection

dissipation

distribution

dissertation

consternation

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

excitation

domination

equitation

divination

elevation

elocution

elongation

emanation

embarkation

emulation

emigration

eritrean

electrician

epitome

epidemic

englishwoman

equestrian

erudition

epidemics

european

estimation

estonian

eustachian

evidences

epitomize

evolution

evidently

excavation

evocation

exclamation

execution

exhibition

exhortation

expedition

explication

expiration

exploration

expectation

explanation

exploitation

exposition

extradition

fabrication

fallopian

fascination

extrication

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

exhumation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

glaciation

granulation

gorgonian

graduation

habitation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

generation

gentlewoman

hegelian

hemoglobin

himalayan

historian

hesitation

hibernation

germination

ibuprofen

herculean

hungarian

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

ideation

hydrocarbon

imitation

immolation

immigration

illustration

imperfection

implication

importation

implantation

imposition

impregnation

incarnation

imputation

incantation

inattention

inclination

interruption

indication

indentation

indexation

polynesian

indigestion

indignation

indonesian

inhalation

infestation

information

inflammation

infiltration

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

installation

inspiration

instigation

institution

insulation

insurrection

indiscretion

interaction

integration

intercession

interception

interdiction

interjection

intermission

intervention

iranian

introduction

intimation

incrustation

interurban

intuition

interwoven

intonation

intersection

inundation

introspection

invocation

invitation

isolation

irrigation

irritation

iteration

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

exhalation

legislation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

liberation

levitation

liquefaction

litigation

lilliputian

limitation

liquidation

lobotomy

maccabean

locomotion

lubrication

macedonian

machination

mammalian

manumission

malformation

malnutrition

maturation

masturbation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

mediation

meridian

minnesotan

misbegotten

miseration

ministration

misperception

misconception

moderation

modulation

missourian

mitigation

molestation

mongolian

moravian

mortification

motivation

napoleon

mutilation

navigation

neptunium

nestorian

nicaraguan

nigerian

newtonian

nomination

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obedience

obligation

obedient

observation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

obtainable

obviating

occupation

ohioan

olympian

operation

opposition

octahedron

optimistic

optometrist

optometrists

optometry

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

optimism

ostentation

overburden

oxidation

ovulation

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

pagination

pavlovian

penicillin

pedestrian

penetration

pelagian

perforation

persecution

perspiration

permutation

pigmentation

planarian

peruvian

plutonian

politician

perturbation

polyhedron

praetorian

population

incubation

predilection

predetermine

preelection

precondition

preconception

preignition

preparation

preservation

presentation

premonition

proclamation

profanation

prohibition

procreation

propagation

proposition

provocation

protozoan

prosecution

prostitution

publication

protestation

radiation

punctuation

reawaken

reassertion

readmission

realization

recantation

recitation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

recreation

reexamine

reelection

reformation

refutation

regulation

registration

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

renovation

repercussion

repetition

reparation

replication

reposition

repossession

reproduction

republican

reputation

requisition

reservation

resignation

resolution

respiration

retardation

retribution

resurrection

retrocession

revelation

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

restitution

restoration

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

segregation

sectarian

segmentation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

strangulation

stipulation

suffocation

subluxation

subdivision

supposition

surrogation

supervision

superhuman

superstition

tabulation

syncopation

syndication

tamoxifen

substitution

tasmanian

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

transformation

transplantation

transportation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

usurpation

validation

vacillation

valerian

valuation

utopian

vaccination

variation

vegetation

veneration

violation

victorian

vindication

visitation

wagnerian

ventilation

watermelon

termination

indecision

5 syllable words

abomination

academician

accommodation

adjudication

accreditation

affiliation

abbreviation

adulteration

agglomeration

amazonian

amalgamation

acceleration

alleviation

annihilation

amplification

alliteration

amortization

amelioration

accumulation

alienation

administration

anticipation

appreciation

approximation

appropriation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

babylonian

assimilation

association

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

authorization

argumentation

assemblywoman

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

cauterization

carthaginian

centenarian

centralization

certification

christianization

civilization

clarification

codification

coagulation

collaboration

cohabitation

classification

colonization

commemoration

communication

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Words that rhyme with the word soften

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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