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

aborts

abort

aboard

abrade

abridge

abrades

abridged

abroad

acton

action

affords

afford

afraid

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apart

apron

arson

aspen

ashen

asian

atman

auction

austin

auden

baldwin

averts

avert

bacon

bagman

banyan

bargain

barton

baron

baston

barren

bastion

baton

batten

batton

basin

bason

bayman

begun

belgian

boatman

bellman

bellon

billman

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

blacken

blowgun

billion

bludgeon

bolden

bookman

bobbin

bollen

boughten

boston

bowman

brighten

brakeman

bourbon

bracken

breton

brethren

brazen

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

buffered

burman

burton

bushman

button

beaten

burden

burdon

burgeon

caution

carton

beacon

canyon

cabin

caisson

canaan

cajun

calvin

cannon

canon

carman

carmine

capstan

captain

carbon

caption

canton

bullion

cauldron

cayman

beckon

cavort

caxton

chairman

chessman

certain

chaplain

chapman

charon

chasten

cheapen

chevrette

chevron

chicken

chieftain

churchman

christian

chosen

christen

children

chipboard

classman

citron

claxon

coachman

clinton

colon

common

efforts

curtain

corban

copeman

cordon

cotton

cousin

covert

covered

cowan

cretin

crewman

crimson

craven

crouton

cuban

cumin

cupboard

cupboards

cushion

dalton

damson

darken

dampen

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

dagon

delphian

demon

depart

defraud

deport

desman

dian

devon

diction

departs

dagan

zircon

dustman

driven

dromon

diverts

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dozen

dragon

dutchman

earthen

drunken

dungeon

eaten

dudgeon

eden

divert

effort

ermine

elan

fireman

emption

ensign

engine

evert

everts

floren

faction

falcon

fallen

famine

faustian

fasten

faulcon

fatten

fashion

felon

favored

firman

flatten

fibrin

fiction

fielden

fibroids

fibroid

flashgun

fission

fevered

flexion

footman

foreign

hessian

fountain

fraction

freshman

freedman

freeman

freshen

friction

frighten

function

frozen

fusion

gabert

garden

gallon

gammon

gascon

garron

gentian

georgian

german

gladden

glisten

gilden

gibbon

given

glidden

gorgon

gluten

golden

goodman

fortune

grandson

gumption

gowan

graven

grecian

hackman

gudgeon

griffon

haitian

harken

harten

gotten

harden

hangman

happen

hasten

hausen

haven

headman

hearten

heighten

headsman

henchman

hempen

heaven

heathen

heron

hetman

homespun

hoten

hogan

houseman

hoven

human

hybrid

hybrids

hymen

hyson

hyphen

ibsen

hidden

ion

jordan

jorden

jargon

jackman

jetson

jasmine

jason

jetton

kirkman

junction

kalan

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

keyboards

keyboard

kitten

kitchen

landsman

landman

lagan

lampron

laden

labored

lopeman

marchman

markman

latin

leman

lengthen

layman

ledden

legion

leopard

leopards

lesion

lessen

leaden

marten

klansman

lesson

lockman

listen

martin

martian

loren

lichen

lightman

lineman

linemen

lighten

liman

liken

lion

linden

linen

lisbon

liven

liveried

locken

logan

london

kremlin

longan

loosen

leaven

marlin

mahone

margin

lotion

luncheon

lyden

madden

lynden

m1

lumen

marron

mansion

mangan

maiden

matron

lemon

mason

melton

minden

mayan

leven

mention

melon

mignon

milken

million

minion

mission

molten

moisten

mutton

mitten

morgan

motion

mountain

muffin

muslin

mullen

mopboard

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

notion

often

omen

onion

ocean

odin

olden

open

organ

orphan

othman

option

outdone

outrun

oven

overt

nephrite

packman

oxen

owen

panton

parson

pardon

paean

passman

pagan

passion

pathan

patten

patron

pectin

pavon

penguin

penman

person

pension

peon

perron

persian

pitman

plantain

plankton

piston

pinion

platen

platten

pigeon

pollan

pollen

poison

ponton

postman

potion

pillion

pressman

prison

siren

sodden

prussian

proven

ration

question

quicken

pullen

reason

reckon

redden

region

raven

rayon

report

reports

rerun

rapport

resin

reverts

revert

roman

riden

ripen

robin

roberts

rosen

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

robert

rotten

rosin

rincon

russian

runnion

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

sadden

salmon

samson

santon

sanction

salesman

satan

satin

saxon

scallion

scullion

seaman

seaboard

scabbard

scion

seaport

seaports

season

seedsman

saffron

section

selden

semen

spoken

sequin

sermon

sexton

session

seton

shotgun

shogun

seven

shaken

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shaman

shipboard

shipyards

shepherds

shipyard

showman

shrunken

sicken

siphon

slacken

silken

smarten

slogan

smitten

spartan

sovereign

sovran

soldan

spartans

soften

solon

spearman

spearhead

spirit

spheroid

spirits

sylvan

spokesman

sporting

shepherd

squadron

statesman

stallion

stallman

stockman

stepson

station

stillion

steven

stiffen

stolen

straighten

strengthen

stricken

sturgeon

striven

sultan

subverts

suction

suasion

subvert

summon

sunken

sudden

sullen

support

supports

sweeten

surgeon

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

tartan

tappen

tarpon

tapered

tighten

titan

tillman

tension

teston

thicken

thousand

threaten

token

tendon

toman

uproot

townsman

traction

toughen

treason

tubman

tuscan

tungsten

triton

trodden

turban

trojan

trillion

urson

undone

urban

union

urchin

upbraid

urine

upward

upwards

version

vibrates

vibrate

villain

vulcan

vision

wagon

wanton

warden

warren

watchman

vegan

zaman

waken

whitson

whiten

wheaten

widen

wizen

woman

women

woodman

weaken

weapon

wiccan

wooden

workman

worsen

yaupon

yeoman

woolman

woven

written

woolen

zion

spreader

3 syllable words

abandon

ablation

abdomen

abduction

ablution

abridgement

absorption

abortion

abortions

abortive

abstraction

aborted

abridges

addition

abstention

abrasion

accretion

accession

acumen

addiction

african

adhesion

adsorption

admission

adoption

adrian

affection

affliction

aforethought

aegean

aleutian

aggression

albion

albumin

alaskan

alsatian

alderman

allusion

alien

ambition

anchorman

ambrosian

andean

anglican

apartment

apportion

anyone

apartheid

arian

arkansan

apartments

appian

aperture

artesian

artisan

aryan

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attention

attraction

australian

austrian

audition

backwoodsman

backgammon

awaken

aversion

averted

avian

badminton

attrition

bandwagon

libration

battalion

carrion

cation

beethoven

bedridden

bedouin

beholden

biotin

bitumen

benjamin

causation

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bedizen

bulletin

campion

cartesian

cambrian

catalan

cardigan

carnation

capsaicin

cabarets

castration

caucasian

cabaret

chairwoman

chairperson

cetacean

champion

cessation

chamberlain

charwoman

charlatan

citation

chilean

cistercian

cinnamon

civilian

citizen

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

coercion

cognition

collagen

collection

collegian

collision

cohesion

collusion

commission

combustion

compassion

commotion

communion

companion

completion

complexion

compression

compulsion

compunction

concession

concussion

conclusion

concoction

condition

conduction

confection

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

congressman

connection

conjunction

connexion

contagion

conscription

constriction

construction

consumption

contusion

contention

conception

contortion

contrition

contraction

contraption

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

copartner

copperhead

copperheads

copartners

correction

corsican

councilman

countryman

corruption

conversion

crustacean

covertly

croatian

cremation

creation

crestfallen

corrosion

direction

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

declension

department

decision

deception

deduction

defection

dilation

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

departed

dentition

denizen

dilution

departing

departments

deportment

depiction

depletion

departures

deportees

deportee

depression

derision

determine

description

digression

detection

destruction

departure

detention

dictation

desertion

devotion

diffraction

diffusion

digestion

formation

dimension

discipline

discretion

discussion

dispersion

disruption

dissection

dissension

distinction

distortion

distraction

disunion

diverting

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

division

duration

diversion

edition

elison

elation

election

eleven

ejection

emission

emotion

embolden

englishman

emulsion

encryption

enlighten

enliven

equation

emblazon

etruscan

forbidden

erection

eruption

erosion

evasion

everyone

eviction

everything

everythings

exaction

excision

exception

exclusion

everyday

excretion

egyptian

exertion

excursion

expansion

explosion

expression

extension

extraction

extinction

fabian

expulsion

extrusion

feminine

favorites

favorite

fenian

ferryman

fisherman

exhaustion

filtration

fijian

fixation

flirtation

flotation

exemption

foramen

extortion

foundation

freemason

franciscan

freudian

fustian

frustration

galleon

fruition

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gravamen

gradation

guardian

grobian

guncotton

gyration

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

harlequin

handwoven

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

forgotten

housebroken

hybridize

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

immersion

imagine

impassion

implosion

impression

in-person

incision

imprison

inaction

inception

inclusion

ingestion

inhuman

incursion

infusion

indian

induction

infarction

infection

infraction

inflation

inflection

infliction

injection

insertion

inscription

injunction

instruction

inspection

intestine

irian

invasion

intrusion

invention

inversion

italian

jacobin

javelin

jamaican

jeopardize

jeopardy

jettison

julian

kantian

keratin

jovian

keynesian

korean

labradors

lanolin

intention

lactation

labrador

logician

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

location

librettist

libertine

libertines

liberties

liberty

libretto

libyan

ligation

liberate

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malayan

malaysian

margarine

mandarin

marian

medallion

migration

masculine

menhaden

medicine

median

melanin

mexican

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

myosin

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

narration

nebraskan

negation

nemean

overtime

nevadan

niacin

nonhuman

nitrogen

nonunion

nobleman

norwegian

notation

nutrition

objection

nubian

omission

obsession

octillion

occlusion

occasion

odeon

obstruction

operate

operates

opinion

opportune

oppression

optation

optician

origin

ottoman

orion

overman

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overdoes

overdrafts

overhead

overheats

overdose

overheat

overdo

overdue

overeat

overheads

overdraw

overdrive

overrun

overrates

overrides

overrate

override

overtake

overtakes

overtax

overtone

overturn

overtones

overturns

overtly

overture

overdraft

partisan

oxygen

parisian

partition

parthian

patrician

peterman

pavilion

pelican

percussion

permission

permian

pentathlon

perfusion

perfection

pepperidge

perception

overthrows

perversion

presumption

persuasion

petition

phoenician

position

phrygian

plantation

physician

policeman

porcelain

plebeian

pollution

possession

precaution

precession

precision

poverty

preclusion

predation

predestine

prediction

preemption

prescription

overthrow

overtures

pretension

privation

probation

procession

production

profession

progression

profusion

projection

promotion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

prevention

protean

quotation

prostration

protection

provision

ramadan

puberty

puritan

reaction

rebellion

recession

recision

reduction

redemption

reflection

regression

regimen

rejection

relation

remission

religion

rendition

reopen

repertoire

repartee

reportage

reporters

repression

reptilian

reporter

reproduce

rescission

retention

resection

resumption

restriction

retraction

reunion

revulsion

reversion

revision

reverted

rifleman

rhodopsin

rotation

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

secretion

scorpion

sedation

scythian

secession

seclusion

sedition

seduction

selection

sensation

reception

sephardic

sephardim

skeleton

singleton

simian

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

silicon

spirited

separate

sportsmanship

sportingly

sporadic

separates

stagnation

starvation

summation

succession

suggestion

subtraction

suburban

subscription

suppression

submission

submersion

subversion

superman

sumatran

stygian

supporter

supporters

suspicion

suspension

transcription

tactician

tamarin

taxation

syrian

talisman

technician

temptation

thespian

toboggan

timberman

tradition

transmission

transition

transgression

transaction

translation

transfusion

truncation

tuition

typewriter

typewriters

typewriting

unbroken

uncommon

uncertain

unwritten

uneven

uterine

vacation

unburden

unbutton

unison

vatican

venetian

venison

vibration

vibrations

vermilion

veteran

vibrator

vibrators

vocation

volition

vitamin

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

aberrations

abdication

abolition

abnegation

abortionist

abortionists

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

abyssinian

accordion

acclimation

accusation

activation

adaptation

acquisition

adoration

admiration

adrenaline

adulation

admonition

advocation

affirmation

affectation

affordable

aggravation

agrarian

alabaman

agitation

aggregation

altercation

alteration

albanian

allegation

allocation

algonquian

algerian

aldebaran

alternation

american

amputation

amphibian

ammunition

apparition

annotation

arabian

animation

annexation

aphrodite

aphrodites

appalachian

apportionment

apparitions

appellation

apprehension

application

approbation

armenian

arbitration

arizonan

armageddon

arthurian

aspiration

assyrian

assemblyman

athenian

attribution

augmentation

backwardation

avocation

aviation

barbarian

bifurcation

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

bavarian

businesswoman

canadian

calibration

californian

cancellation

calculation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

circulation

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

committeeman

coloration

coloradan

comedian

columbian

combination

commendation

commutation

comparison

competition

compilation

composition

comprehension

complication

compensation

condescension

condemnation

condensation

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

conservation

consolation

consultation

consummation

contrarian

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

convocation

convolution

cooperates

cooperate

copernican

copyreaders

copenhagen

copyreader

coronation

corp.

corinthian

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

culmination

custodian

conversation

cyclopean

computation

decoration

dandelion

darwinian

declaration

decimation

dedication

decompression

deconstruction

defamation

deformation

dehydration

definition

delegation

degradation

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

departmental

deportation

deportations

deposition

depravation

depredation

depredations

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

dietitian

derivation

destitution

desolation

desperation

destination

devastation

devolution

deviation

devonian

detonation

desiccation

designation

dilatation

eritrean

diocesan

disillusion

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

dissertation

disputation

dissipation

disposition

dispensation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

dominican

draconian

domination

divination

duplication

education

elevation

electrician

concentration

elongation

elocution

emanation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

european

estimation

erudition

estonian

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excitation

exclamation

excavation

floridian

fallopian

exhortation

exhibition

expectation

expiration

exhumation

expedition

explanation

explication

exploitation

exploration

fabrication

extradition

extrication

exposition

federation

fascination

fermentation

figuration

fibrillation

fluoridation

exhalation

fluctuation

execution

foliation

formulation

illustration

insulation

fragmentation

galilean

fumigation

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

gastrulation

glaciation

germination

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gravitation

greco-roman

guatemalan

gregorian

habitation

hegelian

herculean

hemoglobin

hesitation

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

hypertonic

hyperion

iberian

hypertrophy

hypertensive

ibuprofen

ideation

diminution

imitation

immigration

importation

immolation

imperfection

implantation

implication

incantation

imposition

imputation

impregnation

inattention

incarnation

inclination

incrustation

incubation

inhalation

indecision

indigestion

indication

indexation

indiscretion

indonesian

infestation

indignation

information

inflammation

infiltration

inhibition

indentation

innovation

inquisition

installation

instigation

institution

inspiration

insurrection

disaffection

integration

intercession

interception

intersection

interaction

interdiction

interjection

intermission

interruption

interurban

interwoven

intervention

intimation

intuition

invitation

introspection

introduction

intonation

invocation

inundation

iranian

irrigation

irritation

jacobean

iteration

jeopardizes

jordanian

isolation

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

laboratories

laboratory

liberation

levitation

librarian

liberian

limitation

lilliputian

liberators

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

liberated

locomotion

legislation

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

lubrication

machination

malnutrition

manumission

mammalian

maturation

masturbation

meridian

leviathan

medication

meditation

mediation

menstruation

melanesian

liberating

ministration

liberator

minnesotan

misbegotten

miseration

misperception

missourian

moderation

molestation

modulation

mitigation

mongolian

mortification

motivation

moravian

mutilation

napoleon

overdoses

navigation

nephridium

nicaraguan

newtonian

nigerian

nonpartisan

noblewoman

nomination

nonprescription

observation

oblivion

obfuscation

obligation

obsidian

octahedron

occupation

obstetrician

ohioan

olympian

operating

operation

operations

operettas

operative

operators

operator

opposition

opportunists

opportunist

ordination

ostentation

oscillation

orchestration

overburden

misconception

overrating

nestorian

ovulation

oxidation

pagurian

palpitation

pagination

paraguayan

penetration

pelagian

pavlovian

pedestrian

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

planarian

politician

plutonian

polynesian

population

polyhedron

praetorian

pigmentation

predetermine

predilection

preelection

precondition

preignition

preparation

preservation

premonition

presentation

preconception

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Words that rhyme with the word sportsman

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
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  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
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  • Orange

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