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

acton

action

alman

advance

advanced

advent

bagman

airman

alan

alban

amman

ashen

arson

aspen

auden

apron

asian

atman

bacon

auction

austin

banyan

portion

baldwin

baron

barren

basin

bason

baton

barton

baston

bastion

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

beckon

bayman

bedpan

bedpans

canyon

bellon

bellman

belgian

bison

bludgeon

blacken

blowgun

boatman

breton

bargain

bookman

bobbin

bollen

boston

bordman

boughten

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brazen

brethren

brighten

brakeman

broaden

bolden

brogan

broken

bullion

burden

burdon

burgeon

burman

burton

button

bushman

cabin

caisson

cajun

calvin

captain

canaan

cannon

canon

canton

capstan

carbon

caption

carman

chairman

carmine

caution

certain

carton

cauldron

cayman

charon

cheapen

chasten

chaplain

caxton

chapman

chessman

chevron

children

christian

chosen

churchman

classman

claxon

coachman

colon

common

dampen

damson

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

cousin

cretin

craven

crewman

cowan

craftsman

cushion

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

dalton

darken

deacon

deaden

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

dolphin

devon

diction

dian

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dozen

dragon

dromon

drunken

draftsman

dudgeon

dungeon

eaten

eden

dutchman

dustman

earthen

elan

ensign

engine

emption

ermine

fallen

falcon

famine

faction

fasten

fatten

fashion

faulcon

faustian

felon

fiction

fibrin

fielden

firman

flashgun

flexion

fireman

flatten

floren

footman

foreign

foreman

freedman

freeman

fountain

fortune

fraction

freshen

freshman

friction

frighten

frozen

garron

fusion

gammon

gallon

garden

function

gascon

gentian

german

georgian

heaven

grecian

gladden

gudgeon

goodman

heathen

gluten

gotten

graven

gowan

golden

gorgon

grandson

hessian

guardsman

heron

gumption

haitian

hackman

hempen

harden

harken

headman

happen

hasten

hausen

harten

haven

hangman

headband

headbands

headsman

hearten

heighten

hetman

henchman

hogan

horseman

hoten

hoven

human

houseman

hidebound

huntsman

homespun

mansion

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ion

jason

jetton

jackman

jetson

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kansan

kalan

junction

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

laden

lagan

latin

lampron

landman

landsman

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

legion

lesion

lengthen

klansman

marron

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

lightman

lineman

linemen

liven

locken

lockman

london

logan

loosen

lion

longan

lopeman

loren

m1

luncheon

lotion

lumen

lyden

madden

maiden

mahone

mangan

marchman

margin

markman

marksman

marlin

marten

martian

mason

melon

mayan

martin

matron

melton

mention

minden

motion

morgan

moisten

molten

mormon

mullen

mutton

nekton

muslin

nation

mountain

newsman

notion

norman

oarsman

ocean

often

onion

odin

omen

olden

open

organ

option

paean

orphan

packman

pagan

othman

oven

outdone

outrun

outbound

owen

oxen

panton

pardon

parson

passion

pathan

passman

patron

patten

pavon

penguin

perron

pectin

peon

penman

pension

persian

person

platen

plantain

plankton

platten

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

portman

potion

postman

pressman

proven

pullen

prussian

reason

question

shearman

raven

ration

rayon

reckon

redden

region

shaman

rerun

scullion

resin

seaman

rincon

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rotten

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

russian

runnion

season

semen

sadden

saffron

salmon

satan

santon

salesman

satin

samson

saxon

scallion

sanction

scion

scotsman

rosen

seton

selden

rosin

section

shaken

seedsman

session

sequin

sermon

seven

sexton

sharpen

shogun

siphon

showman

shrunken

shorten

shotgun

soften

siren

slacken

slogan

sodden

smarten

soldan

solon

squadron

spoken

sovran

spartan

spokesman

sportsman

steven

sovereign

stallion

stepson

station

stallman

statesman

staving

stevens

stipend

stipends

stuffing

stolen

straighten

suction

strengthen

stockman

stooping

stopping

sudden

sturgeon

suasion

sullen

sultan

summon

sunken

surgeon

sweeten

syphon

swollen

taken

talon

tendon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tension

teston

threaten

thousand

tighten

titan

token

toman

torsion

treason

traction

townsman

undone

tubman

triton

trodden

turban

trojan

tungsten

tuscan

wheaten

union

urban

urine

version

vegan

weaken

vulcan

wagon

waken

woman

warren

wanton

warden

weapon

watchman

whiten

widen

urchin

wizen

wooden

urson

woodman

woolen

woolman

workman

worsen

woven

yaupon

yachtsman

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

allusion

abandon

ablation

ablution

accession

abduction

acumen

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accretion

addition

addiction

admission

adoption

adrian

adhesion

adsorption

advancement

advancements

advancer

advances

affliction

adventure

affection

adventures

aegean

african

adventists

aggression

aleutian

alaskan

albion

alderman

albumin

alien

advancers

advantage

adventist

artesian

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

andean

anglican

anchorman

anyone

appian

apportion

aryan

artisan

arkansan

ascension

assassin

assertion

aspersion

assumption

attrition

arian

asuncion

attention

attraction

audition

awaken

avian

austrian

backgammon

autobahn

australian

aversion

backwoodsman

badminton

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

bouillon

bosnian

brazilian

carnation

cardigan

bandwagon

campion

capsaicin

cambrian

bulletin

carrion

catalan

cation

cartesian

caucasian

castration

cetacean

cessation

causation

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

citizen

cistercian

civilian

citation

clarendon

clarion

cognition

collagen

collision

clergyman

cohesion

coercion

collection

collegian

collusion

dorian

combustion

commission

commotion

downtrodden

compassion

companion

completion

complexion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conception

concession

concussion

conclusion

concoction

condition

confession

confection

conduction

conflation

conscription

confucian

confusion

connection

connexion

congestion

congressman

conjunction

contagion

constriction

consumption

construction

contention

contortion

contrition

conviction

contusion

conversion

convection

convention

contraption

convulsion

correction

corruption

corrosion

corsican

creation

crestfallen

cremation

councilman

countryman

contraction

cyprian

croatian

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

decision

deception

declension

deletion

defection

deflation

deflection

deduction

denizen

delusion

desertion

dentition

depiction

depletion

derision

depression

description

destruction

dominion

detection

devotion

detention

determine

diffusion

diffraction

dictation

digestion

digression

dilation

dilution

dimension

division

direction

discipline

discussion

dispersion

dissension

disunion

distortion

disruption

dissection

distraction

distinction

diversion

discretion

donation

edition

duration

egyptian

ejection

elation

election

emblazon

eleven

elison

equation

embolden

emission

emotion

emulsion

enlighten

enliven

encryption

englishman

erection

erosion

evasion

eruption

etruscan

eviction

excision

exaction

exertion

everyone

exception

excursion

exclusion

excretion

fabian

exemption

exhaustion

extrusion

expansion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

extinction

extortion

extraction

fenian

feminine

ferryman

fijian

fisherman

forbidden

fixation

filtration

flirtation

flotation

foramen

freemason

franciscan

forgotten

forewoman

formation

foundation

fruition

frustration

garrison

fustian

freudian

galleon

gaussian

genuine

gentleman

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gravamen

gradation

grobian

guardian

guncotton

gyration

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

harlequin

handwoven

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

communion

horizon

horatian

housebroken

hydration

illusion

ignition

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

imprison

impression

in-person

inaction

indian

inception

incision

position

incursion

infection

infarction

induction

irishman

inflation

infusion

inflection

infliction

infraction

ingestion

intention

inhuman

injection

injunction

inscription

insertion

inspection

instruction

invasion

inversion

intestine

intrusion

invention

irian

italian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

marian

lanolin

laotian

lactation

laurentian

lesbian

lecithin

korean

libyan

ligation

libration

location

logician

lutheran

lumberman

magician

malaysian

magdalen

malayan

mandarin

margarine

median

medallion

medicine

melanin

masculine

menhaden

midshipman

mexican

migration

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

nutrition

nevadan

munition

musician

nemean

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

narration

negation

nebraskan

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

nubian

norwegian

notation

nonunion

occasion

obsession

objection

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

omission

odeon

opinion

optician

origin

oppression

oration

optation

orion

oxygen

parisian

ottoman

overdone

ovation

outspoken

overman

overrun

parthian

partisan

partition

patrician

pathfinder

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

permission

percussion

permian

perfusion

perception

perfection

phrygian

petition

physician

peterman

phoenician

perversion

persuasion

hydrogen

plebeian

plantation

policeman

pollution

porcelain

precession

precision

preclusion

inclusion

precaution

predation

predestine

prediction

preemption

prescription

presumption

privation

profession

pretension

prevention

probation

procession

production

profusion

promotion

progression

protean

proportion

propulsion

proscription

protection

projection

prostration

provision

puritan

ramadan

quotation

reaction

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

reflection

regimen

redemption

reduction

rejection

regression

relation

religion

remission

reopen

rendition

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

revision

retention

resumption

retraction

reversion

reunion

restriction

revulsion

rifleman

saccharin

samoan

saleswoman

salvation

scorpion

rhodopsin

scythian

secession

seclusion

sedition

seduction

secretion

sedation

selection

sensation

rotation

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

stepmother

stagnation

starvation

stiffening

stygian

submission

suburban

submersion

subversion

succession

subscription

subtraction

suggestion

summation

suppression

superman

sumatran

suspension

suspicion

syrian

talisman

tactician

tamarin

taxation

technician

temptation

thespian

possession

toboggan

timberman

tradition

tuition

transition

transaction

transmission

truncation

translation

unburden

transcription

unbroken

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

transfusion

uneven

transgression

unison

vacation

uterine

vatican

venison

venetian

veteran

vibration

volition

vermilion

vitamin

vocation

waterman

wesleyan

unwritten

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abyssinian

abolition

abrogation

abnegation

absolution

acclamation

acquisition

accordion

acclimation

accusation

activation

adrenaline

adulation

adaptation

admiration

admonition

adoration

aggregation

advocation

affirmation

advantages

adventuresome

adventurer

adventurers

affectation

aggravation

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

algerian

agitation

albanian

allegation

algonquian

allocation

arthurian

alteration

american

altercation

amphibian

animation

amputation

annexation

annotation

apparition

appalachian

appellation

application

alternation

apprehension

approbation

arabian

arbitration

assyrian

ammunition

arizonan

armenian

armageddon

athenian

assemblyman

aspiration

attribution

aviation

avocation

backwardation

augmentation

bavarian

barbarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

chameleon

celebration

centurion

circumcision

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

coloradan

coloration

columbian

committeeman

comedian

competition

composition

comparison

commutation

compilation

comprehension

complication

compensation

computation

condemnation

condensation

concentration

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

connotation

conjugation

congregation

confrontation

consecration

consolation

consummation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

contemplation

conservation

consternation

contrarian

contradiction

contravention

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

corinthian

copernican

correlation

coronation

corp.

corporation

copenhagen

criterion

crucifixion

crocodilian

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

culmination

cotyledon

contraception

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

defamation

definition

deformation

dehydration

dedication

degradation

delegation

demolition

demonstration

deposition

dereliction

derivation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

desiccation

demarcation

designation

desolation

desperation

destination

destitution

devonian

deviation

detonation

devolution

devastation

dietitian

dilatation

disaffection

diminution

disillusion

diocesan

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

dispensation

dissertation

disconnection

disposition

dissolution

distillation

dissipation

distribution

divination

disputation

domination

dominican

edifying

education

duplication

electrician

elevation

emanation

elocution

elongation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

european

estonian

estimation

eustachian

evolution

excavation

evocation

excitation

exclamation

exhibition

expedition

expiration

exhalation

exhortation

expectation

explanation

explication

exploration

exposition

extradition

extrication

exhumation

exploitation

fabrication

erudition

fallopian

federation

fibrillation

fermentation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

fascination

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gastrulation

formulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

guatemalan

gorgonian

granulation

graduation

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

habitation

hegelian

draconian

hemoglobin

herculean

himalayan

hesitation

hibernation

historian

combination

hungarian

commendation

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

ibuprofen

imitation

immolation

illustration

ideation

immigration

imperfection

imposition

implication

importation

implantation

impregnation

imputation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indentation

indexation

iranian

indication

indonesian

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

infestation

information

infiltration

innovation

inflammation

inhibition

inquisition

inspiration

installation

instigation

institution

interdiction

inhalation

insurrection

interaction

intercession

integration

interception

interjection

intermission

intervention

insulation

interwoven

interruption

interurban

intersection

intimation

introspection

intuition

inundation

intonation

invitation

invocation

introduction

irrigation

iteration

irritation

jacobean

isolation

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

liberian

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberation

limitation

lilliputian

litigation

liquefaction

liquidation

locomotion

maccabean

lubrication

macedonian

execution

librarian

machination

mammalian

malnutrition

malformation

manumission

mediation

maturation

masturbation

meditation

medication

melanesian

meridian

menstruation

minnesotan

ministration

moravian

misbegotten

miseration

misperception

mitigation

misconception

moderation

modulation

missourian

mongolian

molestation

mortification

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

nicaraguan

nigerian

newtonian

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

notifying

nonprescription

obsidian

oblivion

obligation

obstetrician

obfuscation

observation

occupation

olympian

ohioan

octahedron

operation

orchestration

ordination

opposition

oxidation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

pagurian

oscillation

palpitation

pagination

paraguayan

pelagian

pedestrian

penetration

pavlovian

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

pigmentation

planarian

politician

plutonian

polyhedron

polynesian

population

hydrocarbon

praetorian

precondition

preconception

predetermine

preelection

preignition

preparation

premonition

predilection

preservation

presentation

procreation

profanation

proclamation

prohibition

proposition

propagation

prosecution

prostitution

protozoan

protestation

publication

punctuation

realization

radiation

readmission

reassertion

reawaken

recantation

recognition

recitation

recreation

reclamation

recollection

reconstruction

reexamine

reelection

reformation

refutation

registration

regulation

reinspection

provocation

reparation

relocation

renovation

repercussion

repetition

reposition

repossession

republican

requisition

reproduction

replication

reputation

reservation

restitution

resolution

respiration

restoration

resurrection

revelation

resignation

retrocession

revocation

retribution

revolution

retardation

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

sectarian

segregation

segmentation

separation

sequestration

self-deception

shakespearean

relaxation

siberian

sicilian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

substitution

subluxation

suffocation

supervision

supposition

superstition

surrogation

superhuman

tamoxifen

syndication

syncopation

tabulation

tasmanian

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

trepidation

transformation

tribulation

transportation

transplantation

ulceration

utopian

utopians

vaccination

vacillation

valerian

variation

vegetation

veneration

validation

ventilation

valuation

victorian

vindication

visitation

violation

wagnerian

watermelon

usurpation

termination

5 syllable words

abomination

academician

acceleration

abbreviation

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

adventurism

agglomeration

alleviation

alienation

alliteration

amelioration

articulation

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

appropriation

approximation

assimilation

assassination

assemblywoman

association

attenuation

augustinian

babylonian

authorization

authentication

argumentation

argentinian

beethovenian

caledonian

brobdingnagian

capitulation

brutalization

carthaginian

cauterization

centenarian

centralization

certification

carolinian

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

codification

collaboration

coagulation

cohabitation

canonization

colonization

commemoration

conciliation

concatenation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

deification

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

degeneration

defenestration

deliberation

delineation

denomination

denunciation

delicatessen

desalination

depreciation

depopulation

desegregation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

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Words that rhyme with the word stiffen

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
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  • Orange

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