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

acton

action

airman

alan

alban

alman

adrift

amman

apron

brogan

broken

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auden

auction

beacon

austin

beckon

bacon

baron

bagman

bargain

barren

basin

bason

baton

barton

baldwin

batten

batton

baston

bastion

bayman

beaten

bellon

banyan

bellman

belgian

bison

bollen

breton

bludgeon

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

brighten

boatman

bolden

bookman

bordman

boughten

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brazen

brethren

broaden

boston

brakeman

bullion

burden

burdon

burman

burgeon

burton

bushman

cabin

caisson

cajun

button

calvin

canaan

cannon

canon

canton

canyon

chairman

captain

capstan

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

cayman

caution

cauldron

caxton

certain

charon

chasten

chaplain

chapman

cheapen

chessman

christian

children

chieftain

chosen

churchman

colon

coachman

classman

claxon

common

cuban

crouton

cousin

craven

cotton

copeman

corban

cordon

cowan

craftsman

cretin

crewman

cushion

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

dalton

dampen

zircon

damson

deacon

deaden

deafen

darken

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

dian

dozen

diction

dragon

dobson

dolman

doctrine

dolphin

fiction

draftsman

dromon

fielden

drunken

eden

dudgeon

eaten

elan

dungeon

dutchman

dustman

earthen

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

faction

fallen

eyedrop

eyedrops

falcon

felon

famine

fasten

fatten

fashion

faulcon

faustian

fibrin

firman

fireman

flashgun

flatten

gudgeon

flexion

floren

footman

foreign

foreman

freeman

fountain

freedman

fortune

fraction

freshen

freshman

friction

frighten

frozen

fusion

function

gallon

gammon

garron

garden

gascon

gentian

gladden

georgian

german

grecian

goodman

gluten

golden

gorgon

gotten

gowan

graven

grandson

happen

haitian

hackman

harken

haven

gumption

heathen

headman

hasten

harden

hangman

harten

guardsman

hausen

headsman

hearten

heron

hessian

hetman

hempen

heighten

henchman

hogan

hoten

houseman

homespun

horseman

hoven

human

hymen

huntsman

hyphen

hyson

liken

liman

ion

jetson

jason

jetton

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

kalan

kansan

junction

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kremlin

kirkman

klansman

laden

lagan

lotion

lampron

latin

leaden

layman

landsman

ledden

leman

legion

lemon

lengthen

lessen

lesson

lesion

lichen

lighten

lightman

linemen

lineman

lion

loren

jorden

liven

london

locken

lockman

logan

loosen

longan

madden

lopeman

m1

lumen

luncheon

lyden

landman

mahone

maiden

mangan

marron

marlin

marten

mansion

margin

martian

marchman

markman

marksman

martin

mason

matron

mayan

melon

melton

mention

midrib

minden

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

muffin

mullen

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

norman

notion

ocean

oarsman

orphan

odin

often

olden

omen

onion

open

option

organ

motion

peon

mountain

othman

outdone

paean

outrun

pagan

oxen

pension

owen

panton

pardon

parson

packman

passion

passman

pavon

patten

pathan

patron

pectin

penman

pollan

pollen

penguin

perron

person

persian

platen

platten

plantain

plankton

poison

potion

portion

portman

postman

pressman

proven

prussian

ponton

pullen

redden

ration

raven

reason

rayon

reckon

rerun

question

region

redraft

resin

riden

rincon

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

russian

runnion

sadden

salmon

saffron

salesman

samson

retrieve

satan

satin

santon

saxon

seaman

scallion

scion

scullion

scotsman

season

semen

seton

session

selden

sequin

section

seedsman

sermon

shaken

shaman

sexton

sharpen

shearman

shogun

showman

shrunken

shorten

shotgun

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

sovereign

sodden

soften

solon

smarten

soldan

sovran

spartan

spoken

spokesman

squadron

sportsman

stallion

stallman

statesman

stepson

station

sanction

starfish

stolen

stockman

stirrup

stirrups

straighten

toughen

strapping

starboard

strippers

stripping

sturgeon

stripling

stripper

striving

strivings

suasion

sudden

sullen

suction

summon

sunken

sultan

token

surgeon

tarpon

sweeten

swollen

syphon

taken

talon

tendon

tappen

tartan

tension

threaten

teston

thousand

tighten

titan

toman

treason

triton

starboards

strengthen

traction

townsman

trodden

tubman

tuscan

turban

tungsten

torsion

undone

urban

trojan

union

urchin

urson

urine

vegan

vulcan

wagon

version

waken

warren

wanton

warden

watchman

weaken

weapon

wheaten

woman

whiten

widen

wizen

wooden

woodman

woolen

woven

woolman

worsen

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

workman

yachtsman

woodroof

3 syllable words

abandon

ablation

abduction

abdomen

ablution

abrasion

absorption

abstention

abortion

accession

adrian

abstraction

addition

accretion

addiction

adoption

acumen

adhesion

admission

adsorption

aegean

affection

albumin

affliction

aleutian

african

alaskan

aggression

anyone

albion

alderman

ambition

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambrosian

andean

anglican

appian

apportion

anchorman

arian

artisan

artesian

aryan

ascension

assassin

assertion

aspersion

assumption

attrition

asuncion

attention

attraction

atrophy

atrophied

atrophies

attribute

attributes

audition

bedizen

austrian

badminton

aversion

avian

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

australian

bandwagon

battalion

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bulletin

bouillon

brazilian

bosnian

arkansan

butterfat

butterfly

butterballs

butterflies

cambrian

capsaicin

campion

cetacean

cardigan

carrion

catalan

cartesian

carnation

castration

caucasian

causation

cation

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

champion

chilean

cinnamon

citizen

civilian

cistercian

collusion

citation

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

collision

coercion

cognition

collagen

collegian

cohesion

collection

combustion

commission

butterball

cyprian

commotion

compassion

companion

completion

compression

compulsion

complexion

compunction

conception

concession

concussion

conclusion

concoction

condition

conduction

confession

confection

conflation

convection

confucian

confusion

conversion

congestion

connection

congressman

connexion

contagion

conscription

conjunction

contrition

construction

consumption

contention

contortion

contraction

contraption

convention

contusion

conviction

convulsion

croatian

correction

corrosion

councilman

countryman

corruption

corsican

creation

cremation

crestfallen

crustacean

constriction

communion

dalmatian

damnation

decision

deception

declension

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

dentition

depiction

depletion

denizen

detention

derision

depression

description

desertion

detection

destruction

determine

devotion

diatribe

diatribes

dictation

dimension

discipline

diffusion

diffraction

digression

digestion

dilution

direction

dilation

dominion

discretion

discussion

division

dispersion

disruption

dissection

dissension

distortion

disunion

diversion

distraction

distinction

donation

dorian

downtrodden

fijian

edition

egyptian

ejection

duration

elation

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emission

election

emotion

emulsion

erection

enliven

enlighten

englishman

eruption

encryption

erosion

everyone

eviction

equation

evasion

etruscan

excision

excursion

exclusion

excretion

exception

exemption

exertion

exaction

exhaustion

expansion

ferryman

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

fabian

extrusion

fenian

extinction

extortion

extraction

feminine

featherbed

filtration

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

forbidden

foramen

forgotten

flotation

instruction

franciscan

foundation

freemason

fruition

freudian

frustration

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

ghanaian

gillian

genuine

gestation

gentleman

gordian

gravamen

gradation

guncotton

gyration

grobian

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

housebroken

hydrogen

hydration

insertion

impression

illusion

imagine

ignition

immersion

impassion

implosion

imprison

in-person

inaction

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

inhuman

injection

induction

infection

infarction

inflation

formation

infusion

inflection

infliction

infraction

ingestion

injunction

inscription

intention

guardian

forewoman

inspection

intestine

invasion

inversion

invention

intrusion

irian

irishman

jettison

italian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jitterbug

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

korean

keynesian

lactation

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

magdalen

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

ligation

libration

leatherback

logician

location

lutheran

lumberman

magician

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

leatherbacks

marian

margarine

masculine

median

medicine

medallion

melanin

midshipman

mexican

menhaden

migration

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

odeon

peterman

moroccan

petition

munition

musician

muskmelon

negation

mutation

myosin

narration

nebraskan

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

norwegian

nonunion

notation

nutrition

nubian

objection

occasion

obsession

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

omission

opinion

optician

oppression

optation

oration

origin

orion

parisian

resection

ottoman

overdone

overman

overrun

ovation

oxygen

outspoken

parthian

partisan

partition

pavilion

patrician

pelican

perception

permission

percussion

permian

physician

perfection

phrygian

pentathlon

persuasion

motherboard

phoenician

perfusion

motorbike

motorbikes

perversion

petrified

petrify

plebeian

plantation

policeman

pollution

position

precession

precaution

precision

porcelain

possession

preclusion

predestine

predation

prediction

preemption

prescription

pretension

prevention

presumption

privation

procession

profession

profusion

production

progression

projection

promotion

provision

protean

proportion

propulsion

proscription

protection

prostration

puritan

ramadan

quadruple

probation

quotation

reception

rebellion

reaction

recession

recision

regimen

redemption

reflection

reduction

reopen

regression

religion

remission

rendition

rejection

relation

repression

reptilian

rescission

motorboat

resumption

restriction

retrieval

retention

retraction

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

submission

salvation

retrievers

scythian

scorpion

secession

seclusion

secretion

sedition

seduction

selection

sensation

sedation

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

solomon

snapdragon

solution

specimen

stagnation

suppression

starvation

retriever

storybooks

strawberries

stygian

subversion

suburban

storybook

submersion

succession

suggestion

subscription

subtraction

sumatran

summation

toboggan

superman

suspicion

syrian

talisman

tactician

tamarin

suspension

technician

temptation

taxation

timberman

thespian

tradition

transition

transmission

transcription

transaction

translation

transfusion

transgression

tuition

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unbroken

uneven

unwritten

unison

truncation

uterine

vatican

venison

venetian

vacation

vermilion

veteran

vibration

volition

vitamin

vocation

waterfall

waterfalls

waterfowl

waterman

wesleyan

weatherproof

strawberry

waterproof

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abolition

accordion

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

american

acclamation

activation

accusation

acquisition

adaptation

admiration

admonition

adorable

adrenaline

acclimation

adulation

adoration

affectation

agrarian

agitation

aggregation

algerian

alabaman

advocation

aldebaran

albanian

amputation

affirmation

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

algonquian

amphibian

ammunition

animation

annotation

annexation

arabian

appalachian

apparition

appellation

apprehension

application

approbation

aggravation

arbitration

armenian

arthurian

assyrian

assemblyman

aspiration

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

backwardation

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

barbarian

arizonan

armageddon

calibration

calculation

californian

canadian

cancellation

caterpillar

caterpillars

centurion

celebration

carcinogen

chameleon

circumcision

circumvention

circulation

circumspection

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

comedian

coloration

columbian

coloradan

combination

commendation

committeeman

competition

comparison

compilation

compensation

composition

comprehension

complication

computation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

confrontation

conflagration

criterion

connotation

conservation

conjugation

consecration

consolation

consummation

constitution

consultation

contravention

congregation

contrarian

contradiction

contemplation

contraception

contribution

conversation

constellation

convocation

convolution

consternation

corinthian

copernican

coronation

corp.

copenhagen

corporation

cotyledon

correlation

crocodilian

constipation

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

commutation

businesswoman

darwinian

decoration

decimation

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

dedication

dehydration

defamation

definition

deformation

degradation

delegation

demarcation

demolition

deposition

deportation

depravation

derivation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

desiccation

designation

desolation

depredation

desperation

destination

destitution

demonstration

detonation

deviation

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

devastation

disillusion

disconnection

dislocation

disposition

dispensation

disputation

dissertation

divination

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

domination

dominican

disinfection

disinflation

devolution

draconian

education

elevation

electrician

emanation

elocution

elongation

embarkation

emigration

duplication

eritrean

emulation

equestrian

englishwoman

equitation

erudition

estimation

european

estonian

eustachian

evocation

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhibition

expedition

exhortation

exhalation

expectation

exhumation

expiration

explanation

explication

exploitation

exploration

exposition

fabrication

extradition

extrication

fallopian

federation

fascination

fermentation

evolution

figuration

iranian

fibrillation

dandelion

floridian

fluoridation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

generation

gargantuan

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

geotropic

glaciation

gravitation

graduation

granulation

greco-roman

gregorian

habitation

guatemalan

fluctuation

gorgonian

hegelian

hemoglobin

hesitation

herculean

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

imitation

ideation

illustration

immigration

immolation

imperfection

implication

importation

implantation

imposition

impregnation

ibuprofen

imputation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

inclination

indecision

incubation

indentation

incrustation

indexation

innovation

indication

indonesian

infiltration

information

inhalation

inflammation

inhibition

indiscretion

indigestion

indignation

inquisition

foliation

inspiration

installation

insulation

insurrection

instigation

institution

interaction

integration

formulation

lilliputian

interception

intercession

interdiction

interurban

interwoven

intervention

interruption

intimation

intersection

intonation

interjection

intermission

invitation

invocation

intuition

inundation

introspection

irrigation

irritation

jacobean

iteration

isolation

liquefaction

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

introduction

jordanian

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberation

liberian

librarian

limitation

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

maccabean

lubrication

macedonian

machination

lancastrian

mammalian

melanesian

manumission

mediation

maturation

malnutrition

medication

masturbation

meditation

meridian

menstruation

miseration

minnesotan

misbegotten

ministration

misconception

misperception

malformation

mitigation

missourian

moderation

moravian

molestation

mortification

motherfucker

modulation

mongolian

motivation

motherfuckers

napoleon

mutilation

navigation

nicaraguan

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nomination

nonprescription

oblivion

obfuscation

obsidian

obligation

observation

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

opposition

operation

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

pagurian

ovulation

paraguayan

oxidation

palpitation

pagination

overburden

pavlovian

pelagian

pedestrian

penetration

politician

persecution

peruvian

perforation

perspiration

permutation

planarian

pigmentation

plutonian

penicillin

polyhedron

polynesian

perturbation

praetorian

population

precondition

preconception

predetermine

preelection

preignition

preparation

premonition

predilection

presentation

preservation

prohibition

procreation

proclamation

profanation

propagation

protozoan

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

provocation

publication

proposition

punctuation

radiation

reawaken

reassertion

readmission

realization

recantation

recognition

recitation

recreation

reclamation

recollection

reconstruction

reexamine

reelection

reformation

refutation

registration

regulation

renovation

reinspection

relocation

relaxation

repercussion

reparation

repetition

reposition

repossession

republican

reproduction

replication

reputation

requisition

reservation

restitution

infestation

resolution

respiration

restoration

resurrection

resignation

subdivision

revelation

retardation

retrocession

revocation

rhetorician

rhododendron

revolution

rumination

samaritan

retribution

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

sectarian

separation

segregation

segmentation

sequestration

self-deception

shakespearean

siberian

sicilian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

substitution

suffocation

superhuman

subluxation

superstition

supervision

supposition

titillation

surrogation

syndication

tabulation

syncopation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

tetravalent

tetrahedron

termination

toleration

transformation

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

usurpation

valerian

variation

vacillation

utopian

valuation

vaccination

validation

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

victorian

violation

visitation

wagnerian

vindication

watermelon

waterproofing

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accumulation

adjudication

administration

accreditation

accommodation

affiliation

adulteration

alleviation

alliteration

amazonian

amalgamation

alienation

amelioration

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

agglomeration

articulation

argentinian

assassination

assimilation

association

assemblywoman

attenuation

attributable

babylonian

authorization

authentication

augustinian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

argumentation

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

canonization

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centenarian

centralization

certification

christianization

civilization

classification

coagulation

codification

collaboration

cohabitation

clarification

commemoration

colonization

consolidation

concatenation

conciliation

configuration

confederation

confabulation

congratulation

consideration

continuation

contamination

conglomeration

cooperation

corroboration

coordination

communication

decomposition

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denomination

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determination

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domestication

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eradication

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evaporation

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examination

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facilitation

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fertilization

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hanoverian

hallucination

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hyperborean

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investigation

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jeffersonian

interpretation

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justification

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metropolitans

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nickelodeon

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philadelphian

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theologian

triangulation

unitarian

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utilization

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

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Words that rhyme with the word striven

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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