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

acton

basin

alan

airman

alban

alman

amman

ancients

ancient

apron

arson

asian

auction

atman

banyan

bason

aspen

auden

austin

bagman

bacon

baldwin

banging

banking

baron

bargain

barren

barton

beckon

bastion

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

bellman

bellon

benign

bisson

brakeman

brethren

benzine

billion

billman

billon

bison

bouncing

breton

bitten

bludgeon

benzene

blacken

boatman

bolden

blowgun

bobbin

bookman

bollen

bushman

bourbon

boston

boughten

bowman

bordman

canton

bracken

brazen

bullion

burden

canyon

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

burgeon

caisson

burdon

burman

burton

button

canaan

cabin

cannon

cajun

brighten

calvin

cancan

canon

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

caution

caxton

cayman

certain

chairman

cauldron

chanson

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

chasten

chicken

children

chieftain

cheapen

christen

chosen

christian

churchman

citron

claxon

clinton

charon

classman

coachman

colon

common

begun

conjoin

conjoined

conscience

consents

consent

consume

consumed

consumes

copeman

corban

cordon

dancing

cousin

cotton

crimson

craven

cretin

crewman

cowan

crouton

dagon

cuban

cumin

dampen

damson

curtain

dagan

daman

dalton

darken

deaden

deafen

deacon

deepen

delphian

demesne

demon

craftsman

desman

devon

dungeons

dian

drunken

dobson

dolman

doctrine

dolphin

dudgeon

dozen

earthen

dragon

draftsman

driven

dromon

dutchman

dustman

eaten

eden

elan

enchant

encamp

enjoin

ensconce

ensnare

ensnares

enzyme

enzymes

ensnarl

ermine

zircon

falcon

fasten

famine

fatten

faustian

faulcon

felon

fibrin

fielden

kirkman

fallen

flashgun

footman

firman

fireman

flatten

floren

foreman

foreign

fortune

fountain

freedman

freeman

glisten

gammon

fusion

frighten

frozen

gallon

jason

garden

garron

gascon

georgian

german

ginseng

gilden

gibbon

given

gingham

ginghams

gladden

glidden

goodman

golden

gorgon

gluten

gotten

gowan

grecian

graven

jasmine

griffon

gumption

hempen

gudgeon

guardsman

hackman

hangings

hanging

hangman

happen

harden

headman

harken

hasten

heaven

headsman

haven

heathen

harten

hearten

hausen

heighten

heron

hetman

hidden

homespun

hogan

huntsman

hoten

ibsen

horseman

hoven

houseman

hymen

hyson

human

hyphen

inchon

incensed

income

incomes

incense

jackman

insane

ion

jargon

kansan

kansans

jetton

kalan

jordan

jorden

kelvin

kremlin

kitchen

klansman

kitten

kinsman

knickknack

knickknacks

knocking

laden

landman

lagan

landsman

latin

lampron

launching

launchings

leaden

leaven

ledden

layman

legion

leman

lemon

linden

lesion

linen

leven

lightman

lichen

lighten

lynden

liken

liman

mangan

lineman

listen

lisbon

lockman

liven

locken

logan

london

lonesome

lotion

loosen

lopeman

loren

longings

longhand

longing

m1

luncheons

lumen

lunching

longan

lyden

lion

mahone

linemen

madden

maiden

marron

margin

mankind

mankinds

marchman

mansions

markman

marksman

marlin

martian

mason

marten

mayan

melton

matron

melon

martin

minion

mincing

mignon

milken

million

minden

moonshine

mitten

moisten

molten

monsoon

monsoons

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

morgan

mormon

muslin

mutton

nanking

nekton

newsman

ninon

notion

onion

norman

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

omen

olden

open

nonsense

option

orphan

oven

outdone

outrun

othman

panton

oxen

packman

passman

pagan

owen

paean

parson

pardon

pinion

pathan

patron

patten

pectin

penguin

penguins

peon

person

pavon

perron

persian

pigeon

pinching

pillion

organ

plantain

piston

pitman

plankton

platen

platten

poison

portion

ponton

portman

pouncing

postman

potion

pressman

prison

proven

pungent

pullen

punkin

ransoms

quicken

ransom

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

rincon

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

ringing

shotgun

risen

riven

pollan

pollen

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

saffron

sadden

salesman

salmon

samson

santon

sanguine

runnion

saxon

scallion

scullion

satan

satin

scion

scotsman

seaman

season

rumen

selden

seven

sermon

sequin

semen

seton

shaken

shaman

shrunken

shipman

sharpen

shearman

shogun

rowan

shorten

sicken

showman

silken

singing

sinking

sylvan

seedsman

slacken

siphon

stockman

rowen

smitten

smarten

soldan

sodden

soften

smacking

smoking

sneaking

sneezing

spearman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

solon

stallion

squadron

stallman

sportsman

statesman

stillion

stiffen

spokesman

slogan

steven

straighten

spoken

stricken

siren

striven

stolen

suasion

sullen

ruin

sturgeon

sudden

summon

sultan

sunken

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

tangent

taken

talon

syphon

tangents

tappen

teston

tarpon

threaten

tartan

thicken

thinking

thousand

torsion

tillman

tighten

titan

token

toman

toughen

townsman

trillion

treason

triton

trodden

trojan

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

turban

undone

unkind

unknown

unknowns

unkempt

unseen

unsound

urchin

urson

union

urban

urine

vegan

version

villain

vision

vulcan

wagon

wanton

waken

warden

watchman

warren

weaken

weapon

wheaten

whitson

winsome

wincing

wiccan

woman

widen

wizen

women

wooden

woodman

worsen

woolman

workman

woolen

written

yachtsman

whiten

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

ringneck

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

abandon

abdomen

ablution

abortion

abrasion

absorption

accretion

abstention

addition

abstraction

accession

addiction

admission

adhesion

adoption

acumen

adrian

adsorption

affection

aegean

affliction

african

aleutian

aggression

alien

alaskan

albion

albumin

alderman

alsatian

allusion

ambition

amazement

amazon

amazons

amazing

ambrosian

andean

angina

anchorman

anglican

amusing

anyone

apportion

appian

attrition

arian

arkansan

artesian

artisan

aryan

asuncion

assertion

assumption

assassin

attraction

banishment

audition

aversion

avian

austrian

australian

badminton

awaken

bandwagon

backgammon

backwoodsman

aspersion

amusement

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

amusements

bedridden

benjamin

benignly

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

brazilian

campion

cambrian

commotion

concession

capsaicin

carnation

carrion

cation

castration

beethoven

catalan

commissioned

commissions

commission

cardigan

caucasian

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

causation

clarion

chilean

champion

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

citation

civilian

clarendon

charlatan

clergyman

collagen

charwoman

collection

coercion

cognition

collegian

cohesion

coenzyme

collision

collusion

combustion

cartesian

conception

communion

compassion

companion

complexion

completion

compression

compulsion

compunction

concentrate

concentrates

concentric

concussion

concoction

conclusion

beholden

condition

confession

conduction

confection

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

conjunction

congenial

congressman

conjunctions

connection

connexion

connexions

conscription

consciences

consonant

consonants

constriction

construction

consumption

consumer

contention

contortion

contagion

contraction

consuming

consummate

contraption

consummates

consumers

convention

contrition

convection

conviction

contusion

conversion

convulsion

corrosion

councilman

countryman

corsican

creation

croatian

crustacean

cremation

crestfallen

damnation

dalmatian

cyprian

damaging

deception

decision

declension

defection

deduction

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizens

depiction

depletion

depression

derision

desertion

description

extension

exception

detection

devotion

diffraction

diffusion

dictation

digression

digestion

dilation

dilution

dissection

discretion

discipline

dispersion

discussion

donation

disruption

duration

division

distortion

distinction

disunion

diversion

distraction

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

edition

excision

exertion

engender

elation

election

ejection

egyptian

eleven

elison

emission

emotion

emissions

emulsion

emblazon

embolden

enchanter

enchanted

enchanters

encampment

encampments

enchanting

enchantment

engineer

encryption

encumber

engenders

encounter

encounters

engineers

enliven

erection

enlighten

enjoyment

eviction

enjoyments

eruption

englishman

enigma

ensemble

ensembles

ensuing

equation

erosion

evasion

everyone

exaction

etruscan

exemption

expansion

destruction

excursion

exclusion

excretion

exhaustion

determine

extortion

kantian

extraction

extinction

explosion

expression

expulsion

fabian

extrusion

keynesian

ferryman

fenian

feminine

finishing

flirtation

fixation

fisherman

flotation

foramen

forgotten

formation

forewoman

franciscan

foundation

forbidden

freemason

freudian

fruition

frustration

fustian

garrison

gaussian

genuine

gestation

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

gradation

gordian

galleon

gravamen

guncotton

gyration

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

honeycomb

guardian

horizon

ignition

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

illusion

grobian

imagine

infusion

imagined

infliction

imagines

immersion

impassion

impression

imprison

implosion

inaction

inasmuch

in-person

inception

inclusion

incision

incoming

incentive

infraction

incomplete

incumbents

incumbent

incursion

induction

inflation

indian

infarction

infection

jainism

inflection

innocent

ingestion

injection

innocents

inhuman

injunctions

injunction

innocence

inspection

inscription

instruction

insertion

insincere

intention

intestine

intrusion

invasion

invention

inversion

irian

irishman

italian

ingenue

jacobin

jansenist

jamaican

jamaicans

jansenists

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

keratin

lactation

keynesians

korean

lanolin

lecithin

lawmaking

lesbian

libyan

ligation

libration

limousine

limousines

location

logician

longingly

lumberman

long-winded

lutheran

magician

magdalen

mandarin

malayan

malaysian

management

managements

manganese

marian

mannequin

margarine

mannequins

medallion

masculine

medicine

median

melanin

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

migration

misshapen

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

monism

monisms

munition

moroccan

musician

muskmelon

mutation

myosin

nebraskan

nevadan

negation

niacin

nemean

nincompoop

nobleman

nincompoops

notation

nonhuman

nitrogen

oppression

opinion

nonunion

norwegian

nubian

obsession

occasion

nutrition

objection

obstruction

occlusion

omission

omniscient

omissions

odeon

oncoming

octillion

ongoing

optician

optation

origin

orion

ovation

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

parisian

phoenicians

filtration

oxygen

overrun

parthian

petition

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

perfection

percussion

permission

permian

perfusion

persuasion

perversion

peterman

physician

oration

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

fijian

policeman

pollution

possession

precession

position

porcelain

preemption

precaution

predation

prediction

predestine

preclusion

precision

privation

probation

presumption

protection

prescription

procession

production

promotion

profession

progression

proportion

profusion

projection

propulsion

proscription

prostration

protean

provision

punishment

puritan

punishments

pungently

reaction

quotation

ramadan

reception

rebellion

recession

recision

rejection

redemption

reflection

reduction

regression

regimen

relation

religion

remissions

repression

remission

reopen

reptilian

resection

rescission

resumption

restriction

retraction

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

renaissance

rhodopsin

rifleman

ringmaster

singleton

rotation

sedition

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

scorpion

secession

sedation

secretion

scythian

seclusion

seduction

selection

senescence

silicon

simian

skeleton

snapdragon

specimen

solution

solomon

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submission

succession

submersion

subversion

suburban

subtraction

subscription

suggestion

summation

superman

sumatran

suspension

sunshiny

suppression

suspicion

syrian

tactician

tangential

tamarin

talisman

temptation

taxation

thespian

toboggan

timberman

tradition

transaction

transfusion

transcription

transgression

transition

translation

transmission

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unbutton

uncertain

unburden

uncommon

uncanny

unconcern

uncomplete

unconcerned

tumescent

uneven

ungainly

unison

unisons

unseemly

unwritten

uterine

vacation

vanishing

vatican

veteran

vermilion

vibration

vocation

volition

vitamin

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abolition

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

acquisition

accusation

abyssinian

accordion

admonition

activation

adaptation

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

acclamation

acclimation

affectation

affirmation

advocation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

ammunition

adulation

amputation

animation

annotation

annexation

anaconda

appellation

apparition

application

apprehension

approbation

appalachian

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

armenian

arthurian

armageddon

aspiration

assyrian

assemblyman

athenian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

amphibian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calibration

cancellation

canadian

calculation

californian

carcinogen

centurion

celebration

circumvention

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

coalition

cogitation

commendation

collocation

coloration

combination

collodion

coloradan

comedian

columbian

commissioner

commissioners

committeeman

compensation

comparison

commutation

competition

compilation

composition

comprehension

complication

computation

concentration

concentrations

concentrated

condemnation

concomitant

condescension

condensation

confirmation

confrontation

confiscation

conflagration

congenital

congregation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

consensual

conservation

consolation

consonantal

constellation

conjunctiva

consternation

coronation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contraception

contravention

consumable

contemplation

contradiction

conversation

convocation

convolution

contrarian

contribution

corinthian

copernican

copenhagen

corp.

dandelion

corporation

correlation

culmination

cotyledon

crucifixion

criterion

crocodilian

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

decimation

declaration

definition

decoration

darwinian

dedication

defamation

decompression

deconstruction

demonstration

delegation

degradation

dehydration

demolition

demarcation

deformation

deposition

depravation

depredation

deportation

deprivation

derivation

desiccation

dereliction

desecration

designation

destination

desolation

desperation

destitution

detonation

devastation

devolution

dietitian

devonian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dislocation

dispensation

disposition

disputation

divination

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

dissertation

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

elevation

electrician

elongation

emanation

emigration

elocution

embarkation

emulation

encomium

encomiums

encompasses

engineering

encompassing

englishwoman

eritrean

erudition

equitation

equestrian

evolution

estimation

estonian

european

evocation

eustachian

excitation

excavation

exclamation

execution

exhibition

exhalation

exhortation

expiration

exhumation

expedition

deviation

expectation

explanation

explication

exposition

exploitation

exploration

fabrication

extradition

fascination

extrication

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

fluctuation

floridian

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

gastrulation

gargantuan

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

galilean

gorgonian

graduation

gravitation

granulation

greco-roman

gregorian

habitation

guatemalan

gymnasium

gymnasiums

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

homogeny

historian

homogenize

homogenized

hypertension

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

illustration

immolation

imperfection

incarnation

impregnation

imposition

implication

inattention

incantation

importation

imputation

incandescent

inclination

incinerate

incompetent

incompetents

indecision

inconclusive

inconsistent

incontinent

indentation

incrustation

incubation

indigestion

indication

indexation

indignation

inconvenient

incumbency

indiscretion

infestation

infiltration

inflammation

iteration

indonesian

inconstancy

inconvenience

information

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

innocently

inquisition

insanity

inseminate

inspiration

installation

insensible

insensitive

insinuate

insulation

instigation

insinuates

institution

insurrection

integration

intervention

interaction

intercession

intermission

interruption

interception

interdiction

intersection

interjection

interurban

interwoven

intimation

intonation

intuition

inundation

introduction

introspection

invitation

invocation

iranian

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jacobean

immigration

imitation

jansenism

ingeniously

implantation

jubilation

jordanian

jurisdiction

fallopian

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

liberation

leviathan

machination

librarian

liberian

limitation

lilliputian

litigation

locomotion

liquidation

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

liquefaction

malnutrition

malformation

mammalian

manumission

manzanilla

maturation

masturbation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menacingly

menstruation

meridian

ministration

miseration

minnesotan

misperception

moderation

misbegotten

missourian

mitigation

modulation

misconception

molestation

mongolian

monogamy

motivation

moravian

mortification

navigation

mutilation

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

nomination

noblewoman

operation

noncombatants

nonessential

nonsensical

noncommercial

noncommittal

nonconformist

nonconformists

noncompliance

noncombatant

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obsidian

obligation

oblivion

observation

obfuscation

obstetrician

occupation

numismatist

ohioan

olympian

octahedron

numismatists

opposition

ordination

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

pagination

palpitation

oxidation

pagurian

paraguayan

ovulation

penetration

penicillin

pelagian

pedestrian

perforation

persecution

perspiration

permutation

perturbation

peruvian

pavlovian

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

preelection

praetorian

precondition

predilection

preconception

predetermine

premonition

preparation

preignition

presentation

preservation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

proclamation

protestation

protozoan

provocation

punctuation

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abomination

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Words that rhyme with the word tension

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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