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

abstain

abstracts

abstruse

abstract

action

acton

affect

affects

affixed

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

ashen

asian

arson

aspen

atman

auction

auden

austin

basin

banyan

barton

baldwin

bacon

bason

bagman

bargain

baron

barren

bastion

baston

beefsteak

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

billion

billman

billon

bellman

bellon

bison

belgian

boston

bisson

bitten

bludgeon

boatman

bobbin

bobcat

bobcats

bolden

blacken

bollen

bookman

bordman

boughten

blowgun

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brakeman

brethren

brazen

briton

breton

brighten

broaden

bullion

broken

button

burton

bushman

cabin

burgeon

burman

caisson

cajun

brogan

canaan

calvin

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

capstan

caption

captain

capstone

carbon

carman

carmine

caxton

caution

carton

cauldron

cayman

chairman

certain

chasten

chessman

cheapen

chaplain

chapman

chevron

charon

chicken

children

christian

christen

churchman

chosen

citron

chieftain

claxon

clinton

coachman

classman

colon

common

corban

cordon

copeman

craftsman

cotton

cousin

craven

cowan

cretin

crewman

crimson

crouton

daman

burden

cushion

dalton

dagan

dagon

curtain

cuban

damson

darken

debased

deacon

deafen

deaden

dampen

cumin

burdon

defaced

deepen

defect

defects

delphian

depict

demon

depicts

desman

diction

dian

diffused

devon

divest

divests

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dipstick

dovecotes

dozen

dovecote

draftsman

dustman

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

dudgeon

driven

earthen

dragon

dromon

eaten

eden

effect

effects

elan

eavesdrop

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

evict

faction

falcon

faulcon

gumption

fashion

fasten

fatten

fallen

famine

faustian

function

fiction

fission

flashgun

flatten

fielden

fireman

firman

flexion

footman

foreman

floren

foreign

fraction

fountain

fortune

freedman

friction

freeman

freshman

freshen

frighten

frozen

fusion

felon

gascon

gentian

garden

gallon

gammon

garron

georgian

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

gilden

goodman

gluten

gorgon

gotten

gladden

golden

german

grandson

gowan

grecian

fibrin

guardsman

gudgeon

graven

haitian

hackman

hasten

harken

harten

harden

hangman

haven

happen

hausen

heathen

headman

headsman

hearten

heighten

heron

heaven

hessian

hetman

hidden

hipster

hipsters

hogan

homespun

hopscotch

horseman

hempen

huntsman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

henchman

hymen

ibsen

griffon

hyphen

hyson

ion

jackman

jargon

jetson

jasmine

jason

jetton

jordan

jorden

junction

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kalan

kansan

kelvin

kitten

kitchen

klansman

laden

kirkman

kremlin

lotion

landsman

landman

lagan

lampron

lengthen

legion

latin

layman

leman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lesion

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

listen

linden

lisbon

liman

linen

lineman

linemen

lion

liven

lockman

locken

london

lobster

longan

lobsters

logan

loosen

lopeman

loren

piston

lynden

lyden

m1

madden

maiden

mahone

mangan

mansion

marksman

martian

marchman

markman

marten

martin

margin

marlin

marron

mason

matron

mayan

melon

melton

milken

million

mention

mignon

minion

minden

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

lumen

luncheon

nation

mutton

nekton

newsman

ninon

muslin

oarsman

notion

obstruct

obstructs

pinion

offsets

ocean

often

norman

offshoot

offset

onion

offshoots

option

olden

odin

organ

omen

open

orphan

outdone

outrun

oven

oxen

packman

pagan

paean

owen

panton

parson

pardon

passion

passman

pectin

pavon

pathan

penguin

pension

penman

peon

perron

patron

person

persian

patten

pillion

othman

pitman

sicken

pigeon

platen

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

portman

postman

potion

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

raven

ration

reason

reckon

quipster

rayon

redden

region

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

plantain

ripostes

ripen

riven

robin

rotten

rosin

russian

runnion

roman

rosen

rumen

sadden

salesman

samson

saffron

salmon

sanction

santon

satin

satan

saxon

scotsman

scallion

scion

scapegoats

scullion

seaman

section

season

selden

seedsman

semen

robust

rowan

sexton

session

sequin

seton

shaken

seven

sermon

rowen

shaman

sharpen

shrunken

ruin

shipman

shorten

shotgun

shearman

shogun

showman

silken

scapegoat

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

smarten

smitten

soften

sodden

soldan

solon

spartan

spastic

spearman

sovereign

sovran

space-time

plankton

spectral

riposte

spectre

risen

spectrum

spectrums

toman

spigot

stillion

spigots

sportsman

spokesman

squadron

spoken

stallion

station

stepson

statesman

steven

stiffen

stallman

stockman

strengthen

stricken

striven

straighten

sturgeon

suasion

subsides

subside

stolen

substance

substrates

substrate

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

sunken

summon

sweepstakes

sylvan

sweepstake

sweeten

surgeon

swollen

syphon

tartan

taken

talon

tension

tappen

teston

tarpon

tendon

thicken

tillman

threaten

tighten

titan

tipster

thousand

token

traction

toughen

townsman

torsion

trillion

treason

tubman

triton

trodden

trojan

tungsten

turban

tuscan

typists

typist

undone

union

upstarts

upstart

upstream

upside

upshot

upsets

upset

urban

urchin

urine

urson

vegan

version

villain

vision

vulcan

wanton

waken

weaken

warden

webster

watchman

wagon

warren

weapon

websters

whitson

wiccan

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

women

woodman

woolman

woman

wooden

woolen

workman

worsen

woven

written

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

abortion

abrasion

ablution

abdomen

abstention

abstentions

abstraction

absorption

abstractions

abstinence

abstinent

accession

abstracted

addiction

accretion

acumen

addition

adhesion

adsorption

adoption

admission

aegean

adrian

affection

affected

affecting

affections

affliction

african

aggression

alaskan

aleutian

affective

alderman

albion

albumin

alien

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

alsatian

anglican

apostate

anchorman

anyone

apostles

andean

apostle

apportion

arian

ascension

artisan

artesian

arkansan

aryan

aspersion

assassin

assumption

asuncion

attraction

assertion

attention

attrition

audition

appian

australian

austrian

aversion

avian

awaken

baby-sit

backgammon

badminton

bandwagon

backwoodsman

battalion

bedizen

bedridden

bedouin

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

collusion

bulletin

crustacean

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

carnation

cardigan

castration

caucasian

causation

cartesian

catalan

carrion

cation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

clarion

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

cistercian

cinnamon

chilean

citation

civilian

citizen

clarendon

cessation

clergyman

coercion

collection

collegian

collision

cognition

collagen

cohesion

commission

combustion

companion

commotion

communion

compassion

complexion

compulsion

compunction

conception

compression

completion

concession

conduction

concoction

confection

concussion

condition

conflation

confession

confucian

congestion

confusion

conjunction

congressman

connection

connexion

conclusion

conscription

constriction

consumption

contagion

contraction

contention

contortion

contraption

contrition

convection

contusion

convention

conviction

conversion

convulsion

correction

corsican

councilman

countryman

creation

corruption

cremation

corrosion

crestfallen

croatian

decision

dalmatian

cyprian

damnation

deception

declension

deduction

defection

defections

deflection

deflation

deficits

deficit

defective

delusion

deletion

dentition

denizen

depiction

depicted

depictions

depletion

diffusion

deposit

digression

depression

deposits

derision

destruction

description

desertion

detection

detention

devastate

determine

dictation

diffraction

devotion

digestion

dimension

dilation

dilution

direction

discretion

discipline

discussion

dispersion

disruption

dissension

distinction

distortion

distraction

dissection

divestment

disunion

diversion

divestments

division

donation

downtrodden

dorian

duration

edition

effective

effectors

effector

egyptian

election

ejection

elation

eavesdropping

eleven

elison

dominion

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

emulsion

encryption

enliven

enlighten

equation

englishman

erection

episodes

episode

epistle

eruption

erosion

etruscan

abandon

evasion

everyone

eviction

evictions

exaction

exception

exemption

exertion

excretion

excursion

excision

exclusion

expansion

extraction

expulsion

extension

extinction

extortion

expression

explosion

extrusion

exhaustion

fabian

ferryman

fenian

filtration

fixation

fisherman

fijian

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

foramen

forewoman

formation

foundation

franciscan

freemason

freudian

forgotten

fruition

frustration

fustian

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

feminine

galleon

gestation

ghanaian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

gillian

guardian

grobian

gyration

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heavyweights

heavyset

heavyweight

horatian

heroin

heroine

horizon

hydration

housebroken

hydrogen

impassion

imagine

immersion

illusion

impression

implosion

imprison

inaction

in-person

inception

incision

induction

inclusion

incursion

infliction

infarction

indian

infection

inflection

inflation

infraction

infusion

ingestion

inhuman

ignition

injection

injunction

inscription

insertion

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

intrusion

invention

invasion

irishman

inversion

italian

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jacobin

jovian

julian

irian

lactation

guncotton

kantian

keratin

korean

keynesian

lanolin

laotian

ligation

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

libyan

location

logician

lobbyists

lobbyist

lopsided

lumberman

magdalen

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

marian

masculine

medallion

medicine

median

margarine

melanin

menhaden

mexican

migration

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

misshapen

moroccan

musician

muskmelon

narration

nebraskan

myosin

navigates

navigate

negation

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

opposite

munition

objection

nutrition

notation

nubian

obfuscate

obsession

obstacle

mutation

obstacles

nonhuman

obstructions

obstinate

nonunion

obstructive

oboist

norwegian

occasion

octillion

occlusion

odeon

oppression

optician

offsetting

opinion

omission

optation

oration

opposites

origin

orion

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partisan

pavilion

ottoman

patrician

partition

pelican

perception

perfection

percussion

permission

pentathlon

perfusion

permian

petition

persuasion

peterman

perversion

phoenician

physician

phrygian

lutheran

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

position

possession

porcelain

precession

predation

precaution

preclusion

precision

predestine

prediction

prescription

preemption

procession

pretension

privation

probation

prevention

production

presumption

profession

profusion

projection

proportion

promotion

propulsion

proscription

prostration

protection

progression

provision

protean

puritan

ramadan

reception

recession

quotation

reaction

recision

rebellion

reduction

redemption

reflection

rejection

regimen

regression

relation

specimen

religion

rendition

restriction

remission

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

resumption

retraction

retention

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rhapsodize

rhapsody

revisits

revisit

rhapsodic

rhodopsin

reopen

rifleman

spectacle

selection

robustly

sensation

saccharin

salvation

samoan

saleswoman

rotation

scorpion

scythian

seduction

secession

sedation

secretion

sedition

seclusion

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

sophistry

spaghetti

spectacles

spectators

spectator

spectrograph

stagnation

starvation

stygian

subacute

submission

subscription

submersion

subsidies

subsidize

subsidy

substantial

substantive

succession

subversion

subtraction

substitute

substitutes

suffocate

suggestion

substances

summation

superman

suppression

suspension

suspicion

sumatran

syrian

taxation

temptation

talisman

tactician

technician

suburban

tapestries

tapestry

tamarin

thespian

timberman

toboggan

transaction

tradition

transcription

transfusion

transgression

transition

translation

transmission

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

unwritten

unison

upside-down

typesetting

upsetting

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

vibration

vermilion

veteran

venison

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abrogation

abolition

aberration

abnegation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

abyssinian

activation

accusation

adaptation

acquisition

advocation

adulation

admonition

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

affectation

affectionate

accordion

aggravation

aggregation

affirmation

affectively

agitation

agrarian

algonquian

algerian

albanian

aldebaran

allegation

alabaman

allocation

altercation

alternation

american

alteration

ammunition

amphibian

amputation

annotation

annexation

animation

apostolic

apostrophe

apostrophes

appalachian

apparition

appellation

application

arbitration

approbation

apprehension

arabian

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

arizonan

assemblyman

assyrian

attribution

athenian

augmentation

avocation

aviation

avocados

avocado

baby-sitter

baby-sitters

babysitting

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

crucifixion

coloradan

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

cancellation

canadian

celebration

capacitance

capacities

capacitor

capacitors

carcinogen

capacity

centurion

chameleon

circumspection

circulation

circumvention

circumcision

collocation

coalition

cogitation

coloration

collodion

columbian

combination

commutation

commendation

comedian

committeeman

comparison

connotation

compensation

complication

computation

compilation

concentration

competition

composition

comprehension

consecration

conflagration

congregation

confrontation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conjugation

conservation

consolation

consummation

consternation

constitution

consultation

contemplation

contribution

contraception

contravention

contradiction

contrarian

conversation

convocation

coronation

convolution

copernican

corp.

corinthian

copenhagen

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

culmination

criterion

crocodilian

decimation

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

declaration

dedication

defamation

degradation

deconstruction

decoration

definition

deformation

dehydration

delegation

demarcation

dilatation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

deposition

depositions

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

derivation

designation

depositors

desolation

detonation

destitution

desperation

devastating

devastation

devolution

deviation

devastated

dietitian

devonian

depositor

diminution

diocesan

dispensation

disconnection

disaffection

dislocation

disinflation

disinfection

disillusion

disposition

disputation

divination

dissipation

dissertation

dissolution

distribution

divestitures

divestiture

domination

dominican

draconian

emanation

duplication

education

effectively

effectuate

elevation

electrician

elocution

elongation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

decompression

eustachian

equitation

englishwoman

eritrean

equestrian

exhalation

erudition

estonian

european

excavation

evocation

evolution

evacuate

exclamation

execution

excitation

evocative

expectation

expedition

expiration

exhortation

exhumation

explanation

explication

extradition

exhibition

exploration

exposition

exploitation

fascination

fabrication

federation

fallopian

fibrillation

figuration

fermentation

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

germination

gargantuan

gravitation

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

graduation

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

hesitation

herculean

historian

himalayan

hibernation

hungarian

hydrocarbon

infiltration

illustration

iberian

imitation

implication

immolation

inhalation

immigration

innovation

imputation

imperfection

impregnation

importation

imposition

indexation

implantation

incarnation

inattention

inclination

incantation

incrustation

indecision

incubation

indentation

indiscretion

indignation

indonesian

inflammation

indigestion

infestation

ibuprofen

hyperion

hypertension

information

inhibition

ideation

inquisition

inspiration

instigation

integration

insulation

institution

insurrection

interaction

interception

intercession

interjection

interruption

intersection

intervention

interurban

interdiction

interwoven

intermission

introduction

introspection

inundation

intuition

irrigation

isolation

invitation

iranian

irritation

iteration

jubilation

jacobean

jordanian

jurisdiction

laceration

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

liberation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

limitation

lilliputian

liquidation

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

pigmentation

machination

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

manumission

mammalian

malnutrition

medication

masturbation

meditation

melanesian

mediation

maturation

ministration

menstruation

meridian

misconception

miseration

minnesotan

misbegotten

misperception

mitigation

missourian

moderation

greco-roman

mortification

molestation

moravian

motivation

modulation

operation

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

navigator

navigators

nomination

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obesity

obligation

obstetrical

obstetrician

observation

obsidian

obstetricians

oblivion

obstructionists

obstinacy

obstructionist

officiate

ostentation

occupation

octahedron

officiates

ohioan

opacity

ordination

olympian

opposition

oppositions

orchestration

oscillation

overburden

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

ovulation

pagurian

paraguayan

pedestrian

penetration

pavlovian

pelagian

persecution

penicillin

permutation

perforation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

politician

polynesian

plutonian

polyhedron

population

praetorian

preconception

predilection

predetermine

precondition

presentation

premonition

preparation

preignition

preservation

proclamation

preelection

profanation

procreation

publication

propagation

prohibition

proposition

provocation

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

simonian

reclamation

punctuation

radiation

readmission

recitation

realization

recantation

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speculation

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valerian

valuation

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victorian

visitation

violation

wagnerian

watermelon

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hanoverian

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nitroglycerine

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theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

yugoslavian

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

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