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

abstain

abstracts

abstruse

abstract

action

acton

affect

affects

alan

airman

affixed

alban

alman

amman

arson

asian

ashen

aspen

atman

auction

apron

austin

bargain

auden

banyan

bagman

baldwin

baron

barren

barton

bacon

basin

baston

bason

bastion

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beefsteak

begun

belgian

beckon

bellman

bellon

bison

billion

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

bludgeon

blacken

bobbin

bobcats

boatman

bobcat

blowgun

bolden

boston

bordman

boughten

bracken

bollen

brethren

brazen

breton

brighten

briton

bookman

brakeman

bourbon

broaden

bowman

brogan

broken

bushman

burgeon

burton

burman

button

caisson

cajun

cabin

calvin

canyon

canton

cannon

canon

canaan

capstan

captain

caption

cauldron

carbon

carman

carton

carmine

caution

certain

caxton

cayman

capstone

chaplain

chairman

chapman

chasten

chessman

chieftain

cheapen

children

chevron

chicken

chosen

christen

christian

churchman

citron

clinton

coachman

claxon

colon

classman

charon

common

corban

cordon

copeman

craven

cotton

craftsman

cousin

cretin

crimson

cowan

crewman

cushion

dagan

dagon

crouton

cuban

curtain

cumin

dalton

daman

damson

dampen

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

debased

bullion

burden

burdon

deepen

delphian

demon

depict

depicts

desman

dian

devon

diction

diffused

dipstick

divests

divest

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dovecotes

dudgeon

dragon

dustman

dungeon

dutchman

eaten

eden

earthen

driven

drunken

eavesdrop

dromon

dovecote

effects

elan

effect

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

evict

faction

faustian

fashion

fasten

falcon

famine

fallen

fatten

faulcon

felon

fiction

flashgun

flexion

fielden

fireman

flatten

firman

floren

fission

fibrin

footman

foreman

foreign

fortune

fountain

fraction

freshen

freedman

freshman

freeman

friction

frighten

frozen

function

gallon

fusion

gammon

garden

gentian

gascon

garron

georgian

german

gibbon

gilden

given

gladden

glisten

gotten

goodman

gorgon

glidden

gluten

golden

gowan

grandson

grecian

gudgeon

guardsman

graven

griffon

gumption

hangman

hackman

haitian

junction

happen

hasten

harten

haven

headman

hausen

headsman

heathen

henchman

hearten

heighten

heaven

hempen

hessian

hetman

hipsters

hipster

hidden

hogan

homespun

horseman

hopscotch

houseman

heron

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

ibsen

hyson

hymen

hyphen

ion

jackman

landsman

jetson

jason

jasmine

jetton

jargon

jordan

harken

kansan

keelson

kelson

kalan

kenyan

defaced

klansman

kitchen

kitten

laden

harden

lagan

lampron

landman

jorden

layman

legion

leman

ledden

lemon

lengthen

lesion

lessen

lesson

leven

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linden

lineman

linemen

linen

lion

listen

lisbon

london

kirkman

lobster

lobsters

kelvin

leaven

liven

longan

locken

lockman

loosen

lopeman

loren

luncheon

kremlin

lotion

mahone

lynden

lyden

madden

m1

maiden

latin

mansion

mangan

margin

marchman

markman

marksman

martian

mason

marten

martin

matron

mayan

melton

million

defect

minion

minden

marron

melon

mention

mission

mignon

mitten

moisten

marlin

milken

molten

mormon

leaden

morgan

mountain

logan

motion

muslin

mutton

nation

lumen

muffin

nekton

mullen

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

plantain

oarsman

obstruct

obstructs

ocean

onion

offset

offsets

odin

offshoot

often

olden

offshoots

portman

omen

option

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

othman

oxen

owen

packman

panton

pagan

pardon

paean

parson

oven

passion

passman

pathan

pectin

patten

patron

pavon

pension

penman

penguin

peon

perron

persian

person

open

plankton

pinion

piston

pillion

pitman

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

poison

ponton

portion

pigeon

postman

potion

pressman

prison

prussian

pullen

proven

question

quipster

quicken

ration

raven

reason

rayon

region

reckon

redden

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

robin

rincon

ripostes

risen

riven

rosin

roman

rosen

riposte

robust

rotten

defects

runnion

russian

rumen

ruin

saffron

sadden

salmon

salesman

samson

sanction

santon

satan

satin

saxon

scallion

scullion

scotsman

scion

scapegoats

scapegoat

seaman

season

semen

selden

sequin

seedsman

sermon

session

sexton

seton

shaken

shaman

seven

sharpen

shearman

shorten

shipman

shotgun

shrunken

shogun

showman

sicken

silken

section

siren

siphon

spectrum

smitten

sodden

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

space-time

smarten

spectral

spearman

spastic

spectre

spectrums

spokesman

sportsman

spigot

spoken

spigots

squadron

station

stallion

statesman

stallman

stepson

steven

stockman

stiffen

stillion

strengthen

suasion

straighten

stricken

striven

sturgeon

stolen

slacken

subside

subsides

slogan

substance

soften

soldan

substrates

substrate

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

sunken

summon

sweepstakes

sweepstake

sweeten

surgeon

swollen

sylvan

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tartan

tarpon

tension

teston

tendon

threaten

tighten

tillman

thousand

titan

thicken

tipster

toughen

townsman

torsion

toman

traction

token

treason

tubman

trillion

triton

trodden

trojan

rowen

tungsten

typist

turban

tuscan

undone

urson

upstarts

upstream

upstart

upset

upside

upsets

urchin

upshot

urban

urine

union

vegan

version

villain

vision

vulcan

wanton

wagon

waken

warden

warren

watchman

typists

whitson

websters

webster

weaken

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

weapon

wiccan

woman

women

yachtsman

zaman

woodman

written

woolman

wooden

woolen

worsen

yaupon

workman

woven

yeoman

zion

zircon

rowan

3 syllable words

abandon

ablation

absorption

abrasion

ablution

abortion

abstention

abstentions

abstraction

abstractions

accession

abstinence

abstinent

abstracted

accretion

addiction

acumen

adhesion

addition

adsorption

admission

adoption

aegean

adrian

affection

affections

affected

affecting

affective

affliction

aggression

african

alaskan

albion

aleutian

albumin

allusion

alderman

alien

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anyone

anglican

apostate

apostle

apostles

appian

apportion

abdomen

abduction

assertion

artesian

arkansan

arian

artisan

assassin

ascension

aspersion

aryan

assumption

asuncion

attention

attraction

attrition

australian

austrian

aversion

avian

audition

awaken

backgammon

baby-sit

backwoodsman

bandwagon

badminton

battalion

bedizen

bedridden

beholden

beethoven

bedouin

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

champion

caucasian

carnation

carrion

cartesian

cessation

cardigan

castration

causation

catalan

cation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chilean

citation

cistercian

citizen

civilian

cinnamon

clarendon

clarion

charlatan

clergyman

coercion

cognition

collegian

collection

collagen

collision

collusion

cohesion

charwoman

combustion

commission

chamberlain

commotion

communion

companion

complexion

completion

compassion

compression

compulsion

conception

concession

compunction

concussion

concoction

conclusion

condition

confession

conduction

confection

construction

conflation

confusion

connection

confucian

conjunction

connexion

congestion

conscription

congressman

constriction

consumption

contagion

contention

contortion

contraction

contraption

contrition

convection

contusion

convention

conversion

convulsion

conviction

correction

corruption

corrosion

corsican

dalmatian

countryman

creation

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

councilman

damnation

crustacean

cyprian

deception

decision

declension

defection

defections

deduction

reversion

deflation

deflection

deletion

deficits

deficit

dentition

delusion

denizen

depiction

depicted

depictions

depletion

depression

description

destruction

deposits

desertion

deposit

detection

detention

dictation

diffraction

determine

devotion

devastate

dimension

dilation

digestion

derision

diffusion

digression

dilution

direction

discipline

dissension

discretion

discussion

dissection

distortion

distraction

dispersion

disruption

distinction

disunion

diversion

divestment

divestments

edition

division

dominion

donation

downtrodden

dorian

duration

eavesdropping

egyptian

ejection

effectors

effector

elation

eleven

elison

effective

election

emblazon

emission

embolden

emotion

englishman

enlighten

episode

episodes

epistle

equation

erection

eruption

etruscan

erosion

evasion

everyone

eviction

exaction

exception

excision

exclusion

extension

excretion

excursion

exemption

exertion

expansion

exhaustion

explosion

expression

evictions

expulsion

extraction

extortion

extrusion

encryption

fabian

feminine

extinction

ferryman

fenian

filtration

fixation

flirtation

flotation

fijian

fisherman

gestation

foramen

forewoman

formation

forgotten

foundation

franciscan

freemason

freudian

fruition

frustration

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

forbidden

gentleman

genuine

ghanaian

gillian

emulsion

enliven

gradation

gordian

gravamen

guardian

grobian

guncotton

gyration

halcyon

handwoven

hammerman

hawaiian

heartbroken

heavyweights

heavyset

heavyweight

heroin

heroine

horatian

housebroken

horizon

hydration

ignition

hydrogen

illusion

impassion

imagine

immersion

impression

imprison

implosion

in-person

inaction

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

defective

infarction

induction

infection

inflation

infraction

infusion

inflection

infliction

ingestion

inhuman

injection

inscription

insertion

injunction

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

intrusion

invasion

invention

inversion

italian

irishman

jamaican

irian

jacobin

jettison

javelin

kantian

jovian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

korean

halogen

julian

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

marian

harlequin

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

logician

lobbyists

lopsided

magician

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

malayan

malaysian

location

mandarin

margarine

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

menhaden

misfortune

midshipman

mexican

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

migration

moroccan

muskmelon

lobbyist

mutation

munition

narration

musician

myosin

melanin

nebraskan

negation

nemean

nevadan

nonhuman

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

notation

norwegian

nonunion

nubian

navigate

objection

obfuscate

oboist

obsession

obstruction

obstructions

obstacle

obstinate

obstacles

occasion

occlusion

obstructive

navigates

nutrition

octillion

odeon

offsetting

omission

opinion

optation

oppression

optician

oration

orion

origin

parthian

ottoman

outspoken

partisan

ovation

overman

overrun

oxygen

patrician

parisian

partition

overdone

pavilion

precession

petition

pentathlon

perception

percussion

perfusion

permian

permission

persuasion

peterman

perversion

phoenician

physician

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

porcelain

position

possession

pelican

precaution

perfection

precision

predation

preclusion

prediction

predestine

opposites

pretension

preemption

presumption

procession

phrygian

privation

probation

prevention

prescription

production

progression

projection

profession

profusion

promotion

proportion

prostration

protection

propulsion

proscription

provision

protean

quotation

puritan

ramadan

reception

rebellion

reaction

recession

recision

reduction

redemption

reflection

regimen

relation

rejection

religion

rendition

remission

reopen

reptilian

rescission

repression

resection

restriction

resumption

retention

retraction

reunion

regression

opposite

revision

revulsion

rhapsody

rhapsodic

rhapsodize

rhodopsin

revisits

rotation

robustly

rifleman

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

secretion

scythian

scorpion

secession

seclusion

sedation

selection

sensation

sedition

seduction

silicon

simian

singleton

snapdragon

substantial

solution

subscription

sophistry

spaghetti

spectacle

spectacles

spectators

skeleton

specimen

spectator

submersion

spectrograph

stagnation

starvation

stygian

subacute

substances

submission

subsidies

subsidize

subsidy

substantive

substitutes

substitute

revisit

subtraction

solomon

succession

suburban

subversion

suffocate

suggestion

sumatran

summation

superman

suppression

suspension

suspicion

tactician

syrian

tamarin

talisman

tapestries

tapestry

translation

taxation

technician

temptation

thespian

toboggan

timberman

transgression

transaction

transfusion

tradition

transcription

transition

transmission

truncation

uneven

tuition

typesetting

unbutton

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

upsetting

unwritten

unison

upside-down

vacation

vatican

venetian

uterine

venison

vibration

veteran

vermilion

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

absolution

aberration

abrogation

abolition

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

activation

adaptation

acquisition

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

admonition

advocation

affectation

affectionate

accusation

affectively

affirmation

agitation

agrarian

aggravation

aggregation

alabaman

albanian

allegation

allocation

algerian

algonquian

aldebaran

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

amputation

ammunition

amphibian

animation

annotation

annexation

apostolic

apostrophe

apostrophes

appalachian

apparition

appellation

application

apprehension

approbation

arbitration

armenian

armageddon

arizonan

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

barbarian

aviation

augmentation

arabian

backwardation

avocation

babysitting

baby-sitter

baby-sitters

avocado

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

avocados

businesswoman

calibration

calculation

californian

cancellation

capacitance

canadian

capacities

capacitor

capacity

capacitors

chameleon

celebration

carcinogen

centurion

circumvention

circulation

circumspection

circumcision

coloration

commendation

coalition

cogitation

declaration

collocation

collodion

coloradan

combination

columbian

comedian

committeeman

commutation

compensation

competition

compilation

complication

composition

comparison

comprehension

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

computation

constellation

consternation

constipation

confirmation

confiscation

confrontation

conflagration

constitution

conservation

connotation

consecration

consolation

congregation

conjugation

consultation

consummation

contemplation

contrarian

contraception

contravention

contribution

contradiction

conversation

copernican

copenhagen

corp.

corporation

corinthian

coronation

convocation

correlation

convolution

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

culmination

cultivation

custodian

crucifixion

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

decoration

dedication

gravitation

decompression

deconstruction

defamation

deformation

definition

dehydration

delegation

degradation

demarcation

demonstration

demolition

destination

deportation

deposition

depositions

depositor

detonation

destitution

desperation

deprivation

dereliction

depravation

designation

desecration

desiccation

desolation

distillation

devastation

depositors

deviation

devonian

dilatation

devastating

devolution

devastated

dietitian

depredation

disaffection

derivation

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disinflation

dislocation

disinfection

dispensation

disputation

dissertation

disillusion

disposition

dissipation

dissolution

distribution

divestiture

divestitures

divination

domination

dominican

embarkation

draconian

education

duplication

emigration

effectively

effectuate

electrician

elevation

elocution

elongation

emulation

glaciation

emanation

englishwoman

equestrian

estimation

estonian

eustachian

eritrean

erudition

european

evacuate

equitation

evocation

evolution

evocative

excitation

exclamation

excavation

exploration

execution

exploitation

exhumation

exhortation

exhibition

exhalation

expectation

expiration

explanation

explication

expedition

exposition

extrication

fabrication

extradition

fluctuation

federation

fascination

fallopian

fibrillation

granulation

fluoridation

figuration

floridian

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

germination

graduation

gorgonian

motivation

fermentation

gregorian

guatemalan

revelation

greco-roman

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

ideation

hypertension

iberian

implantation

hyperion

ibuprofen

illustration

hydrocarbon

imitation

immigration

immolation

imperfection

impregnation

importation

imputation

implication

imposition

inattention

incantation

incarnation

inclination

indentation

indexation

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indignation

indication

indigestion

infestation

indonesian

inspiration

installation

information

indiscretion

inhalation

inflammation

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

instigation

institution

intimation

integration

infiltration

insurrection

interaction

interception

intercession

insulation

intonation

interdiction

interjection

intermission

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

interruption

introspection

introduction

intuition

inundation

iteration

invitation

irritation

iranian

irrigation

isolation

jubilation

invocation

jacobean

lancastrian

jordanian

jurisdiction

laceration

kindergarten

legislation

levitation

leviathan

liberation

liberian

limitation

librarian

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

machination

malformation

macedonian

malnutrition

manumission

mammalian

mongolian

masturbation

maturation

menstruation

mediation

meditation

medication

melanesian

ministration

miseration

minnesotan

misperception

mitigation

misbegotten

misconception

meridian

missourian

moderation

modulation

molestation

mortification

mutilation

moravian

napoleon

nestorian

navigation

navigators

navigator

nomination

newtonian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nigerian

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

obligation

obesity

oblivion

obstetrician

obstetricians

observation

obsidian

obstinacy

obstructionist

obstetrical

obstructionists

occupation

octahedron

operation

officiates

officiate

olympian

ohioan

opacity

orchestration

opposition

oppositions

ostentation

ordination

oscillation

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

overburden

ovulation

pedestrian

praetorian

pavlovian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perspiration

perturbation

persecution

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

politician

plutonian

polyhedron

polynesian

population

preconception

perforation

precondition

predilection

predetermine

preelection

preignition

preparation

presentation

preservation

premonition

permutation

proclamation

publication

procreation

profanation

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validation

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violation

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wagnerian

watermelon

ubiquity

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

accommodation

acceleration

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accreditation

accumulation

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administration

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theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

vulgarization

vilification

utilization

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

washingtonian

vaporization

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word substantiation

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