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

acton

action

alan

alban

alman

amman

anthem

anthems

apron

ashen

asian

aspen

arson

atman

austin

bolden

auction

auden

bonding

bacon

bagman

banding

bantam

baron

barren

bantams

bargain

baston

basin

baldwin

barton

bason

bastion

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

belgian

billion

begun

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

binding

bindings

bison

blacken

blowgun

bludgeon

boatman

bookman

bobbin

bordman

boston

boughten

bounding

brakeman

brethren

bourbon

bracken

brazen

bowman

briton

brighten

broaden

brogan

broken

bullion

bunting

burgeon

burman

burton

cabin

caisson

bushman

cajun

calvin

cantons

button

canteen

canteens

capstan

carman

carmine

caption

carbon

captain

carton

cauldron

bollen

caxton

centime

chaplain

centimes

centner

chanting

chapman

certain

chasten

children

chicken

christen

chieftain

cheapen

chosen

christian

churchman

citron

classman

claxon

jasmine

cayman

coachman

colon

comedown

common

condemn

condemned

condense

condensed

condemns

condone

condones

contain

contains

contemn

contends

contempt

contend

contents

content

copeman

cordon

corban

cousin

craven

curtain

craftsman

cowan

crimson

cretin

cushion

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

cotton

dampen

damson

dagon

daman

dalton

darken

deepen

dagan

delphian

deacon

daunting

demon

dentine

diction

dian

dozen

dragon

dungeon

driven

drunken

eden

dobson

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

dutchman

draftsman

dromon

dudgeon

dustman

earthen

eaten

elan

emption

flexion

entwine

entomb

falcon

ermine

famine

fasten

faction

fashion

fallen

fainting

fatten

faulcon

faustian

freshen

finding

fireman

caution

fielden

fiction

fibrin

firman

freshman

flashgun

flatten

fission

findings

floren

friction

footman

foreman

foreign

founding

fountain

fountains

freedman

fraction

freeman

fortune

frighten

frozen

piston

harken

funding

gallon

function

fusion

garden

gascon

garron

german

gibbon

georgian

given

glisten

gluten

golden

gammon

goodman

gorgon

gowan

graven

gudgeon

griffon

gumption

guardsman

grecian

hackman

haitian

gotten

hangman

harden

happen

handmade

hasten

haven

hausen

headsman

heathen

heighten

hessian

harten

hunting

hogan

hounding

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

homespun

horseman

huntsman

hearten

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

hymen

indent

pitman

plankton

intends

intend

intent

intents

intense

intone

intones

ion

jackman

jordan

jorden

jason

junction

kalan

kirkman

kitten

kitchen

klansman

lagan

lampron

landing

landings

landsman

latin

layman

landmark

landmarks

leman

legion

knitting

lineman

lesion

leven

lindane

lichen

lightman

lighten

liken

liman

linemen

lisbon

listen

liven

locken

lockman

logan

longan

lopeman

loosen

loren

lotion

lumen

luncheon

lyden

lion

mountains

jargon

mahone

maintain

maintains

mangan

mansion

marten

martin

matron

marchman

markman

margin

martian

mason

marksman

marlin

minding

mignon

milken

million

mayan

mission

mitten

molten

motion

mormon

morgan

mountain

moisten

mullen

mundane

muslin

muffin

mutton

odin

nation

newsman

nineteen

nineteenth

olden

norman

notion

oarsman

often

ointment

omen

open

ocean

organ

option

pillion

orphan

outdone

othman

outrun

patron

oven

pavon

packman

oxen

owen

paean

pagan

pardon

parson

paintings

painting

panting

passman

passion

pathan

patten

pentane

peon

person

persian

phantom

phantoms

pigeon

mounting

platen

platten

zaman

poison

seton

sermon

region

ponton

pollen

pontoon

pounding

pollan

portman

postman

potion

portion

prison

prussian

proven

pontoons

question

quintin

pullen

quicken

quantum

ration

raven

rayon

reason

session

rosen

rounding

rerun

ribbon

rincon

riden

risen

ripen

riven

saffron

robin

roman

rosin

rotten

rowen

ruin

russian

rowan

rumen

salmon

salesman

samson

sandman

saxon

scallion

scullion

satan

sanction

scotsman

satin

scion

seaman

season

section

semen

seedsman

sequin

sexton

shipman

shaken

shaman

sharpen

shearman

shorten

shogun

shotgun

showman

shrunken

shunting

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

sodden

stallion

smarten

slogan

soften

smoothen

smoothing

soldan

sounding

soundings

sovereign

solon

somethings

sometime

something

sometimes

sovran

spartan

spearman

smitten

squinting

smoothens

spoken

squadron

spokesman

sportsman

statesman

sunken

sylvan

station

stallman

stiffen

stillion

straighten

stockman

stolen

stricken

striven

summon

sturgeon

suasion

suction

sultan

sullen

taken

sweeten

surgeon

swollen

syphon

talon

tappen

steven

tarpon

tartan

taunting

thicken

toughen

thousand

tighten

tillman

townsman

titan

token

toman

traction

torsion

trillion

treason

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

triton

trodden

trojan

turban

undine

union

urban

urchin

version

vulcan

wanton

warden

villain

vision

vintner

vintners

wagon

waken

wanting

whitson

wiccan

woodman

warren

watchman

weaken

wheaten

whiten

widen

woman

winding

windmill

windmills

wizen

women

urine

woolman

urson

workman

woolen

worsen

woven

written

yeoman

yachtsman

yaupon

pointing

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abandon

abdomen

abduction

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

abstention

accession

absorption

abstraction

adhesion

addition

accretion

adrian

acumen

addiction

admission

adoption

adsorption

aegean

affection

african

aggression

affliction

alien

albion

aleutian

alaskan

alderman

albumin

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andante

antennas

antenna

anglican

anything

appian

apportion

arian

arkansan

ascension

aryan

artisan

artesian

assassin

assertion

aspersion

assumption

asuncion

alsatian

attention

attraction

attrition

audition

australian

avian

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandana

bandwagon

bandanas

battalion

bedouin

bedridden

bedizen

beethoven

bentonite

benjamin

beholden

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

aversion

austrian

bouillon

brazilian

campion

cambrian

bulletin

carrion

cantonal

capsaicin

carnation

cardigan

cartesian

cation

catalan

castration

caucasian

causation

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

cetacean

chamberlain

clarion

charlatan

cinnamon

chilean

citizen

charwoman

cistercian

citation

civilian

clergyman

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collection

collegian

collision

collusion

collagen

combustion

commission

commitment

commitments

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

commuting

complexion

completion

compression

compulsion

concession

concussion

conception

conclusion

concoction

condenser

condensate

condiment

condensates

condition

condiments

conduction

confession

confection

conflation

confucian

confusion

connection

connexion

congestion

conjunction

conscription

congressman

contagion

consumption

constriction

construction

container

correction

containment

contenders

containers

contemplate

contemplates

corruption

contender

contention

contented

contentions

contentment

contingent

continent

contingents

continents

contortion

continue

contraction

contraption

continued

continues

convention

contrition

conversion

contusion

convection

conviction

convulsion

corrosion

corsican

crestfallen

countryman

creation

councilman

countenance

cremation

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

damnation

dalmatian

deception

decision

declension

defection

deduction

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

dentition

depiction

depletion

derision

depression

desertion

description

detention

determine

detection

destruction

discipline

digestion

devotion

dictation

diffusion

digression

diffraction

dissension

dilation

dilution

dimension

direction

discussion

discretion

dispersion

disruption

dissection

distinction

distortion

distraction

disunion

division

diversion

dominion

downtrodden

donation

dorian

donations

duration

edition

ejection

egyptian

election

eleven

elation

elison

embolden

emblazon

emission

emotion

emitting

emotions

endanger

endowment

encryption

endangered

endangers

emulsion

endowments

endemic

enlighten

englishman

enliven

entangle

entombment

entangled

eruption

erosion

equation

erection

everyone

evasion

etruscan

eviction

exception

excision

exclusion

excretion

exertion

exemption

excursion

exhaustion

fabian

expansion

explosion

extension

extortion

extraction

extinction

expression

expulsion

extrusion

fandango

fenian

feminine

ferryman

fijian

filtration

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

foramen

forbidden

forgotten

flotation

forewoman

foundation

franciscan

formation

freudian

fruition

freemason

frustration

galleon

fustian

garrison

gaussian

ghanaian

genuine

gestation

gillian

gentleman

gordian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

grobian

guncotton

gyration

halcyon

handwoven

hammerman

halogen

harlequin

hawaiian

heroine

heroin

horizon

horatian

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

illusion

heartbroken

immersion

ignition

impassion

imagine

implosion

impression

imprison

in-person

inaction

incision

inception

inclusion

incursion

indians

indium

induction

indenture

indentured

indentures

infection

inflation

infusion

ingestion

inflection

infliction

infraction

insertion

infarction

intended

inhuman

injection

inspection

injunction

inscription

instruction

intensive

intention

intentioned

intentions

intensely

intently

intestine

intimate

intimates

invention

invasion

intrusion

inversion

irian

italian

irishman

jacobin

exaction

jamaican

jettison

javelin

jovian

kantian

julian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

lanolin

landowner

lanthanum

landmasses

landowners

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

ligation

libration

location

londoners

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

compunction

malayan

maintenance

malaysian

mexican

marian

masculine

margarine

medicine

median

medallion

melanin

menhaden

midshipman

migration

minuteman

janthina

mistaken

misshapen

misfortune

misprision

moroccan

monotone

mountaineer

mountaineers

orion

munition

munitions

muskmelon

musician

mutation

myosin

narration

negation

nemean

nebraskan

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

opinion

nubian

occlusion

nonunion

occasion

odeon

objection

obsession

nutrition

obstruction

octillion

omission

oppression

oration

optation

optician

norwegian

notation

origin

ottoman

overdone

overman

outspoken

ovation

oxygen

parisian

pantheon

pandemic

pantomime

parthian

partisan

partition

pavilion

patrician

pelican

overrun

penitent

pentathlon

perception

perfection

percussion

permian

perfusion

permission

peterman

perversion

persuasion

petition

phoenician

phrygian

physician

plebeian

plantation

policeman

pollution

regression

possession

precession

position

porcelain

precaution

precision

predation

predestine

preemption

prediction

preclusion

prescription

pretension

prevention

procession

presumption

privation

probation

production

profession

projection

promotion

profusion

progression

proportion

protection

propulsion

proscription

prostration

protean

provision

puritan

ramadan

randomize

randomly

quotation

reception

rebellion

reaction

recession

recision

redemption

reduction

regimen

reflection

rejection

relation

rendition

remission

remittance

reopen

repression

rescission

reptilian

resection

restriction

resumption

retention

reversion

reunion

revulsion

retraction

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

religion

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

scorpion

scythian

secession

sensation

sedation

seclusion

seduction

sentinel

sedition

selection

sentences

sentiment

sentinels

sentiments

secretion

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

specimen

snapdragon

solution

solomon

stagnation

summations

stygian

submersion

submission

suburban

suggestion

summation

subscription

subversion

succession

sumatran

subtraction

superman

starvation

suspension

suppression

suspicion

syrian

talisman

tactician

tamarin

technician

tantamount

taxation

temptation

tendencies

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transcription

transgression

transition

transfusion

translation

transmission

truncation

unburden

unbutton

undying

unbroken

tuition

uncertain

uncommon

undaunted

uneven

undoing

unison

untangle

untimely

unthinking

unwitting

unwritten

wesleyan

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

veteran

vermilion

vitamin

vocation

volition

vomiting

vibration

wantonly

waterman

zambian

4 syllable words

abolition

abdication

abnegation

aberration

abyssinian

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

adrenaline

adoration

admonition

adulation

allocation

agitation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

affirmation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

allegation

advocation

algonquian

admiration

american

alternation

altercation

amphibian

anathema

amputation

anatomy

anatomist

ammunition

andantino

animation

annotation

annexation

antinomy

antimatter

appalachian

appellation

arabian

apparition

arizonan

apprehension

application

approbation

alteration

arbitration

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

assemblyman

aspiration

assyrian

athenian

bolivian

bohemian

augmentation

avocation

backwardation

aviation

barbarian

benediction

bifurcation

bavarian

calculation

calibration

californian

canadian

canadians

cancellation

businesswoman

carcinogen

attribution

centenary

centennial

centimetre

centimetres

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumvention

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

coalition

cogitation

collodion

coloradan

coloration

columbian

collocation

combination

commendation

comedienne

committeeman

comedians

comparison

commutation

competition

compensation

compilation

complication

composition

comprehension

comedian

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

condemnations

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

connotation

conjugation

congregation

consecration

conservation

consolation

computation

jacobean

constellation

consternation

consummation

constipation

contaminate

contaminates

contemplative

contemplation

contemptible

contemptuously

continental

contingency

continentals

continual

contingencies

continuance

contrarian

constitution

contraception

contradiction

contravention

consultation

conversation

convocation

convolution

contribution

corinthian

copernican

corp.

coronation

copenhagen

correlation

corporation

cotyledon

countenances

custodian

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

cyclopean

dandelion

containerized

darwinian

decompression

decimation

declaration

decoration

dedication

defamation

definition

deconstruction

degradation

delegation

dehydration

deformation

demonstration

depredation

deposition

derivation

depravation

deprivation

dereliction

designation

desecration

deportation

desiccation

desolation

destination

destitution

detonation

devastation

deviation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

desperation

diminution

diocesan

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

dispensation

disconnection

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

disposition

disputation

distillation

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

distribution

disaffection

duplication

education

elevation

electrician

emanation

embarkation

elongation

emigration

elocution

emotional

endangerment

englishwoman

evolution

entanglement

entanglements

estonian

erudition

eritrean

equitation

equestrian

estimation

european

eustachian

evocation

emulation

excitation

excavation

exclamation

exhortation

exhibition

execution

exhalation

exhumation

expedition

expiration

exploration

expectation

explanation

explication

exploitation

exposition

extradition

fabrication

extrication

fallopian

fascination

federation

figuration

demolition

fibrillation

fermentation

floridian

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fluoridation

fundamental

impregnation

fumigation

galilean

fundamentals

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

germination

glaciation

gentlewoman

graduation

granulation

gorgonian

greco-roman

gravitation

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

gondwanaland

hesitation

hegelian

herculean

hemoglobin

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

immolation

immigration

ideation

illustration

ibuprofen

imitation

imperfection

implantation

implication

importation

ianthina

imposition

inattention

inattentive

incantation

insurrection

demarcation

indecision

incarnation

inclination

indemnify

indemnity

indemnities

indentation

indexation

indication

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

indonesian

information

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

inhalation

innovation

inspiration

inhibition

inquisition

installation

insulation

intermission

imputation

instigation

institution

integration

intemperate

intangible

intangibles

intensify

intensity

intensified

intensifies

intensities

intensively

intentional

interaction

intercession

interception

interdiction

interjection

intervention

interruption

interurban

intersection

interwoven

intimacy

intimately

intimation

intimations

intimidate

inundation

intonation

introduction

intonations

introspection

intuition

invitation

invocation

intimidates

iranian

iteration

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

lancastrian

laceration

legislation

levitation

liberian

leviathan

liberation

librarian

limitation

lilliputian

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

liquefaction

maccabean

macedonian

meridian

mammalian

malnutrition

manumission

maturation

medication

meditation

melanesian

mediation

machination

masturbation

menstruation

misbegotten

minnesotan

ministration

missourian

miseration

misperception

misconception

mitigation

moravian

monotony

malformation

molestation

modulation

mortification

motivation

moderation

mountaineering

monatomic

mongolian

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nomination

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obsidian

oblivion

obligation

obfuscation

observation

obstetrician

occupation

ohioan

octahedron

olympian

opposition

operation

orchestration

ordination

ostentation

oscillation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pelagian

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

peruvian

persecution

pagurian

perspiration

perturbation

permutation

pigmentation

pagination

planarian

plutonian

polynesian

polyhedron

politician

praetorian

population

precondition

preelection

preignition

predilection

preparation

predetermine

premonition

preconception

presentation

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

profanation

prosecution

prostitution

preservation

protestation

provocation

reassertion

protozoan

punctuation

regulation

publication

radiation

reawaken

readmission

realization

recognition

recitation

reclamation

recollection

recantation

reelection

recreation

reconstruction

reexamine

reformation

refutation

registration

reinspection

renovation

relocation

remittances

repetition

replication

repercussion

reposition

repossession

reproduction

requisition

resignation

reservation

republican

resolution

respiration

reputation

restitution

restoration

resurrection

rumination

relaxation

rhetorician

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vegetation

veneration

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violation

visitation

wagnerian

victorian

watermelon

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incubation

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abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accumulation

adjudication

accreditation

administration

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alliteration

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amazonian

amelioration

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assemblywoman

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electrocution

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entomologist

entomologists

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ethiopian

evaporation

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exoskeleton

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examination

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glorification

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gametangia

hanoverian

hallucination

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hyperborean

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ionization

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mississippian

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nickelodeon

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nitroglycerine

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scandinavians

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simplification

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triangulation

undeniable

undeniably

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

veterinarian

verification

vulgarization

washingtonian

vilification

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word tendon

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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.

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