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

acton

adroit

action

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

athwart

attired

auden

auction

austin

banyan

bacon

baldwin

bagman

bargain

baron

barren

basin

baton

batten

batton

barton

baston

bason

battered

bastion

bayman

beacon

beaten

belgian

bellman

billion

bellon

begun

bison

billman

bludgeon

bitten

boatman

bisson

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bolden

billon

bordman

boston

boughten

brethren

bollen

brakeman

brazen

bookman

bracken

briton

bullion

bourbon

breton

broaden

brighten

bowman

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

bushman

button

caisson

cajun

cabin

burton

canaan

cannon

canon

canyon

canton

burgeon

captain

carbon

capstan

caption

cauldron

carman

carmine

carton

burman

cayman

caution

caxton

chairman

certain

charon

chessman

chasten

cheapen

chaplain

chapman

chevron

chicken

chieftain

children

christian

churchman

christen

chosen

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

colon

common

coachman

beckon

dagon

corban

cordon

craftsman

copeman

cotton

cousin

cretin

crimson

cowan

crouton

craven

crewman

cuban

curtain

dagan

cushion

cutthroat

cumin

deaden

dampen

damson

darken

deacon

deafen

deepen

daman

demon

delphian

desman

devon

dian

diction

dalton

dobson

drunken

draftsman

dolphin

dozen

dragon

dudgeon

dolman

driven

dromon

dungeon

earthen

dustman

dutchman

eden

eaten

elan

doctrine

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

falcon

famine

faction

fallen

fashion

fasten

fatten

faulcon

faustian

feathered

featured

fibrin

fielden

fiction

fettered

flexion

firman

flatten

floren

fission

fireman

flashgun

footman

foreign

foreman

freshman

fortune

freedman

freeman

freshen

fountain

friction

function

frighten

fraction

frozen

fusion

garden

gallon

gammon

garron

gascon

gentian

german

gilden

georgian

gibbon

given

gladden

goodman

glidden

golden

gorgon

glisten

gotten

grandson

gowan

grecian

gluten

griffon

guardsman

hatreds

graven

gudgeon

headman

gumption

haitian

hackman

hatred

harden

hasten

harken

harten

hangman

happen

hausen

haven

headsman

heathen

felon

heaven

calvin

hearten

henchman

hetman

heron

hessian

hempen

hidden

horseman

homespun

hoten

houseman

hogan

hoven

human

huntsman

hydride

hydrate

hymen

hyson

ibsen

hyphen

hydrates

heighten

ion

jason

jetson

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetton

jordan

jorden

junction

kenyan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kalan

kansan

kirkman

laden

kremlin

lampron

landman

kitten

klansman

kitchen

lagan

landsman

leaden

latin

layman

leaven

ledden

lengthen

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

lettered

leven

legion

lesion

liken

liman

lichen

lightman

lighten

linden

lineman

linemen

linen

lion

lisbon

listen

london

lockman

lopeman

longan

locken

logan

loosen

loren

lotion

lyden

lynden

m1

luncheon

madden

lumen

mahone

maiden

margin

marchman

mangan

mansion

markman

marron

matron

martian

mason

matured

marlin

marten

martin

marksman

liven

mayan

melton

melon

mention

million

minden

mignon

milken

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

motion

littered

muffin

mullen

mountain

mutton

nation

zion

muslin

nekton

neutered

nitrates

ninon

newsman

nitrate

nitride

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

olden

omen

onion

organ

open

option

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

oven

natured

pagan

packman

paean

pardon

panton

parson

passman

pathan

passion

patron

pectin

patten

pavon

penguin

oxen

penman

peon

perron

pension

persian

person

petard

pigeon

pillion

pinion

pitman

platen

platten

piston

plantain

plankton

poison

pollen

owen

outward

outwards

ponton

pollan

portion

portman

pressman

prison

postman

powdered

prussian

pullen

quicken

potion

question

putrid

ration

proven

raven

reason

rayon

reckon

redden

region

rerun

retard

retired

retorts

retreads

retread

retreat

retards

retort

retreats

resin

riden

ridden

rincon

ribbon

ripen

risen

riven

robin

roman

rotten

sturdy

rosen

runnion

russian

saffron

rosin

rumen

sadden

salesman

samson

salmon

sanction

satan

satin

santon

scullion

scallion

scotsman

seaman

season

saxon

scattered

scion

section

seedsman

selden

semen

sequin

sermon

session

seton

seven

sexton

shaken

shaman

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shorten

shogun

shotgun

showman

shrunken

silken

shuttered

sicken

rowan

siren

siphon

smitten

smarten

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

suasion

rowen

ruin

sovereign

spearman

sovran

spartan

southward

spokesman

sportsman

start-ups

spoken

squadron

stallion

stallman

start-up

statesman

stepson

station

starting

startles

startle

stillion

steven

stiffen

stockman

stolen

stewards

steward

storied

straighten

straddling

strata

strengthen

stratum

straddle

stratas

stretcher

stretching

stretchers

stretches

stricken

straddles

stretto

strident

striven

sturgeon

strutting

sudden

suction

sultan

sullen

sunken

starters

summon

surgeon

sweethearts

sweeten

sweetheart

sylvan

swollen

sutured

syphon

taken

talon

tarpon

tappen

tartan

tendon

tension

teston

tetrads

threaten

tillman

thicken

tighten

titan

thousand

toughen

townsman

traction

torsion

token

toman

treason

tungsten

trillion

tubman

tuscan

trodden

turban

triton

trojan

undone

urchin

urban

union

urine

urson

vegan

version

vision

villain

vulcan

wagon

warden

waken

warren

weaken

weapon

weathered

wanton

watchman

wheaten

whitson

widen

woodman

wizen

wooden

woolman

woman

women

woolen

whiten

withered

woodward

workman

worsen

written

wiccan

woven

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

starter

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

abrasion

ablation

abortion

abdomen

ablution

accretion

abstraction

abstention

accession

absorption

adsorption

adhesion

acumen

adrian

addiction

addition

adoption

admission

adroitly

aegean

affection

african

affliction

alaskan

aggression

albumin

alderman

albion

alien

alsatian

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

aleutian

anchorman

andean

anyone

appian

apportion

arian

arkansan

artesian

aryan

artisan

aspersion

assassin

ascension

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attention

attrition

attraction

audition

austrian

australian

avian

aversion

awaken

anglican

backgammon

bandwagon

backwoodsman

badminton

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

benjamin

beholden

beethoven

biotin

bitumen

bitterroot

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

cambrian

campion

instruction

carrion

capsaicin

cartesian

cardigan

catalan

cation

castration

carnation

caucasian

causation

cathartic

chairperson

chairwoman

cessation

cetacean

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cistercian

citizen

cinnamon

citation

civilian

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

compulsion

collegian

cohesion

collision

coercion

collection

cognition

collagen

collusion

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

completion

companion

complexion

compassion

compression

compunction

conception

concession

concussion

conclusion

conduction

condition

confection

confession

conflation

concoction

convulsion

confucian

confusion

congressman

conscription

connection

connexion

congestion

construction

consumption

contagion

contraction

contraption

contortion

contention

contrition

contusion

convention

conversion

conviction

constriction

convection

corrosion

conjunction

corruption

councilman

corsican

correction

countryman

crestfallen

creation

cremation

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

decision

declension

dehydrate

deflation

deduction

defection

deflection

delusion

denizen

dentition

depletion

depiction

depression

destruction

description

deletion

derision

desertion

detection

detention

determine

devotion

dictation

diffraction

diffusion

discussion

dimension

dilation

dilution

digression

direction

discipline

discretion

dispersion

disruption

dissension

distraction

distinction

distortion

dissection

disunion

diversion

division

downtrodden

dominion

dorian

donation

duration

egyptian

edition

elation

election

ejection

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emission

encryption

emulsion

englishman

emotion

enlighten

enliven

equation

erection

etruscan

eruption

erosion

everyone

eviction

evasion

exaction

exception

excision

exclusion

excretion

exertion

excursion

exemption

exhaustion

expansion

digestion

fatherhood

explosion

extraction

expulsion

extortion

extinction

extension

extrusion

fabian

expression

federate

ferryman

fenian

fijian

filtration

flirtation

fixation

fisherman

flotation

foramen

forbidden

formation

fustian

forewoman

freemason

foundation

franciscan

freudian

frustration

fruition

garrison

galleon

forgotten

gentleman

feminine

genuine

halogen

gaussian

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

guardian

gravamen

grobian

hammerman

halcyon

guncotton

gyration

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hitherto

hydration

hydrogen

hydrated

immersion

imagine

ignition

illusion

impassion

implosion

in-person

inaction

inception

incision

inspection

impression

incursion

imprison

indian

infarction

induction

inflation

inclusion

inflection

infliction

inhuman

infraction

infusion

infection

ingestion

injection

injunction

inscription

insertion

intention

intrusion

intestine

irishman

irian

invasion

invention

jettison

italian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

inversion

jovian

julian

keratin

kantian

keynesian

korean

lactation

lanolin

laterites

laotian

laurentian

leatherwood

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

libration

ligation

literate

abandon

logician

location

magdalen

lutheran

magician

lumberman

malaysian

malayan

marian

mandarin

margarine

masculine

menhaden

mexican

medicine

median

melanin

midshipman

migration

misshapen

misfortune

medallion

misprision

mistaken

mithridate

moderates

moderate

mithridates

moroccan

motherhood

specimen

munition

musician

narration

mutation

myosin

muskmelon

outriders

nebraskan

negation

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

nutrition

nobleman

nonhuman

notation

nonunion

noteworthy

norwegian

nubian

nutritive

obstruction

occasion

obsession

octillion

occlusion

odeon

origin

optation

opinion

optician

oration

oppression

orion

omission

ottoman

objection

outrider

overdone

overrun

overman

ovation

oxygen

patrician

parthian

partisan

parisian

patriot

partition

outspoken

pelican

patriots

pavilion

percussion

permian

pentathlon

perfusion

perception

perfection

permission

policeman

petition

phoenician

phrygian

persuasion

peterman

physician

perversion

plebeian

plantation

pollution

porcelain

possession

predation

predestine

preclusion

prediction

precaution

precession

precision

preemption

prescription

presumption

prevention

procession

privation

probation

production

profusion

profession

propulsion

proportion

proscription

position

promotion

protection

prostration

pretension

protean

projection

rebellion

progression

provision

puritan

quotation

quadratic

ramadan

reaction

recision

recession

redemption

reduction

regimen

regression

religion

rejection

reflection

relation

remission

rendition

reception

reopen

reptilian

rescission

resection

repression

restriction

resumption

retarded

retraction

retention

reunion

revulsion

reversion

rifleman

revision

rhodopsin

rotation

saccharin

salvation

samoan

saleswoman

secretion

scythian

scorpion

saturdays

saturday

secession

seclusion

saturate

seduction

sedation

sedition

sensation

selection

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solution

solomon

zambian

stagnation

starvation

startlingly

stewardship

stratagem

stratagems

strategies

strategist

stratified

strategists

strategy

stratify

suggestion

submersion

stygian

tactician

technician

submission

temptation

subtraction

subscription

suburban

subversion

succession

tamarin

superman

suppression

summation

suspicion

syrian

suspension

taxation

sumatran

talisman

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transcription

transfusion

transaction

translation

transition

transgression

transmission

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

uneven

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unison

unwritten

uterine

vacation

venetian

vatican

venison

veteran

vibration

vermilion

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

4 syllable words

abrogation

accusation

abolition

aberration

abnegation

abdication

acquisition

absolution

acclimation

acclamation

accordion

abyssinian

activation

adaptation

adoration

admonition

adrenaline

adriatic

admiration

adulation

advocation

affirmation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

agitation

allegation

alabaman

allocation

albanian

algonquian

aldebaran

altercation

alternation

alteration

american

algerian

amphibian

ammunition

amputation

animation

annotation

annexation

appalachian

apparition

application

approbation

apprehension

appellation

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

athenian

armageddon

arthurian

armenian

assemblyman

aspiration

assyrian

attribution

augmentation

authorities

authority

avocation

aviation

bavarian

barbarian

backwardation

benediction

celebration

bohemian

bifurcation

bolivian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

concentration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

collodion

coalition

cogitation

collocation

coloradan

coloration

columbian

combination

comedian

complication

committeeman

commendation

commutation

compilation

comparison

competition

compensation

composition

comprehension

computation

federation

condemnation

confiscation

conflagration

confirmation

cyclopean

condescension

consolation

congregation

consecration

constipation

conjugation

constellation

connotation

conservation

consternation

consummation

consultation

corporation

constitution

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

contrarian

conversation

corinthian

convocation

copernican

contemplation

dietitian

convolution

corp.

cotyledon

correlation

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

culmination

copenhagen

coronation

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

declaration

decimation

degradation

deconstruction

decompression

defamation

dedication

delegation

decoration

dehydrated

deformation

dehydration

demolition

depravation

demonstration

depredation

demarcation

deportation

deposition

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

desiccation

desolation

designation

detonation

desecration

desperation

destitution

destination

devastation

devolution

deviation

devonian

federations

confrontation

dilatation

diocesan

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

distribution

disposition

dislocation

disputation

dispensation

distillation

disinflation

dissipation

dissolution

dissertation

divination

draconian

dominican

domination

duplication

elevation

elocution

education

electrician

emigration

embarkation

elongation

emanation

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

erudition

estimation

estonian

european

excavation

eustachian

evolution

evocation

exclamation

excitation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

exhumation

exhortation

expectation

expedition

exposition

explication

expiration

exploration

exploitation

explanation

extrication

extradition

fabrication

fallopian

fascination

federated

condensation

federative

fibrillation

figuration

fermentation

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

formulation

galilean

foliation

fumigation

fragmentation

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

gravitation

glaciation

greco-roman

germination

gorgonian

gregorian

granulation

guatemalan

graduation

habitation

hegelian

heterodox

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

immolation

hungarian

implication

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

hydrothermal

hypertension

illustration

ideation

ibuprofen

imitation

immigration

imperfection

imposition

hemoglobin

implantation

impregnation

installation

inspiration

incarnation

inattention

imputation

incantation

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indication

indentation

indonesian

indexation

indignation

indigestion

innovation

inflammation

infiltration

information

inhalation

inhibition

inquisition

infestation

inclination

indiscretion

instigation

importation

institution

insulation

integration

intermission

interaction

interdiction

insurrection

interception

interjection

intercession

introduction

interruption

intimation

interwoven

interurban

intersection

intervention

intonation

jacobean

introspection

intuition

invocation

iranian

irrigation

iterations

invitation

inundation

iteration

isolation

irritation

iterative

jubilation

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

levitation

lilliputian

liberation

liquidation

librarian

liberian

limitation

liquefaction

litigation

motivation

literature

literati

locomotion

lubrication

macedonian

maccabean

machination

mortification

malnutrition

malformation

mammalian

manumission

masturbation

maturation

maturities

maturity

medication

meditation

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

meteorite

misbegotten

miseration

mitigation

missourian

misperception

moravian

moderation

moderately

moderating

moderated

moderators

moderator

modulation

molestation

mongolian

misconception

prohibition

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

nicaraguan

newtonian

nigerian

nutritional

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

oscillation

nutritionist

nomination

nutritionists

obfuscation

occupation

obstetrician

oblivion

obsidian

observation

ohioan

olympian

obligation

opposition

orchestration

operation

ordination

ostentation

polyhedron

overburden

revelation

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

patriotic

pelagian

pedestrian

pavlovian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

persecution

permutation

peruvian

perturbation

perspiration

planarian

plutonian

politician

pigmentation

polynesian

population

reawaken

praetorian

predetermine

preelection

precondition

predilection

preconception

preignition

preparation

presentation

preservation

proclamation

prosecution

procreation

propagation

premonition

profanation

proposition

protozoan

prostitution

protestation

provocation

publication

punctuation

radiation

realization

readmission

reassertion

recognition

reclamation

recitation

recreation

recollection

reconstruction

reexamine

regulation

reformation

registration

refutation

reelection

reinspection

reiterate

reiterates

relaxation

relocation

retribution

replication

renovation

reparation

repetition

repercussion

reposition

repossession

requisition

reservation

reproduction

republican

reputation

resignation

restoration

resurrection

resolution

respiration

restitution

retardation

retrocession

recantation

revocation

rhetorician

revolution

rhododendron

sectarian

samaritan

rumination

sanitation

satisfaction

saturated

saturation

segmentation

segregation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

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vegetation

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violation

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wagnerian

watermelon

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abomination

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ethiopian

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nitroglycerine

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verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word tetrahedron

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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

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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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