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

action

alban

airman

alan

alman

amman

anthem

anthems

apron

arson

aspen

asian

atman

auction

baldwin

bagman

ashen

bacon

bellman

belgian

bantams

bargain

baron

barren

bason

banding

bastion

basin

beaten

canaan

bayman

beacon

beckon

bellon

bending

bison

bitten

blacken

binding

bindings

billion

billman

billon

bisson

blowgun

bludgeon

boatman

bordman

bolden

bobbin

bollen

bonding

bounding

bookman

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brakeman

brazen

breton

briton

burden

brogan

bunting

calvin

brethren

broken

bullion

burdon

burton

burgeon

burman

cabin

bushman

caisson

cajun

begun

craven

canteens

capstan

canteen

carbon

carman

caption

carmine

caxton

cauldron

caution

cayman

centime

centimes

centner

certain

chanting

chaplain

chapman

chairman

charon

chasten

chessman

cheapen

chevron

chieftain

chosen

chicken

christen

christian

churchman

children

citron

classman

claxon

coachman

colon

common

comedown

condemn

contend

condemned

condemns

condone

contain

contemn

contains

contempt

condense

contends

content

condensed

contents

copeman

craftsman

pointing

cousin

cowan

condones

cretin

crouton

curtain

crimson

crewman

cumin

cuban

cushion

dagan

dagon

dampen

damson

darken

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

dentine

desman

dian

devon

diction

drunken

dungeon

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dromon

dozen

dragon

draftsman

driven

dustman

dudgeon

dutchman

eaten

earthen

eden

elan

georgian

emption

ending

endings

engine

ensign

entomb

entwine

ermine

flashgun

fortune

faustian

fibrin

faction

fainting

falcon

fallen

famine

fashion

fasten

fireman

felon

firman

findings

fielden

finding

fiction

fission

flexion

footman

founding

fraction

freedman

freeman

freshman

freshen

friction

gammon

function

funding

fusion

garden

frozen

gallon

garron

gascon

gentian

german

gibbon

gilden

given

gladden

parson

glidden

golden

grandson

gowan

hangman

graven

grecian

griffon

gudgeon

gumption

guardsman

hackman

haitian

handmade

happen

harden

harken

headman

hasten

haven

headsman

hausen

heathen

heaven

gluten

hogan

henchman

hempen

heron

hessian

homespun

hetman

hidden

horseman

goodman

jackman

hounding

hoven

human

hunting

houseman

huntsman

hymen

hyson

hyphen

ibsen

jargon

jetton

indent

intend

intense

intends

jasmine

intent

intents

intones

intone

ion

jetson

jason

junction

kalan

ointment

lengthen

keelson

klansman

kenyan

kitten

kelson

kelvin

kirkman

kitchen

knitting

kremlin

laden

landman

lagan

landing

lampron

landings

landmark

landmarks

landsman

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

legion

leman

lending

lichen

lendings

lightman

liken

lessen

lesson

leven

lesion

marlin

liman

linden

lisbon

listen

lockman

linen

liven

lion

lindane

locken

logan

margin

longan

lopeman

lotion

loosen

lumen

luncheon

lynden

lyden

m1

mangan

madden

mahone

maintain

maiden

maintains

mansion

marchman

markman

odin

marksman

martian

marron

ocean

mason

matron

melton

mayan

mention

melon

mentions

mignon

milken

million

minion

minding

mitten

mission

moisten

motion

mounting

muffin

mullen

oarsman

mundane

muslin

nation

nekton

nineteen

ninon

nineteenth

newsman

notion

olden

omen

panting

open

option

outdone

othman

outrun

pardon

oven

owen

oxen

packman

painting

paintings

pagan

paean

yeoman

passion

passman

pathan

pectin

pavon

glisten

patron

penman

quintin

pension

pendant

zion

penguin

pending

pentane

pollan

pollen

peon

perron

person

pigeon

persian

piston

pinion

phantoms

pitman

poison

pillion

postman

pontoon

portion

pontoons

potion

pounding

pressman

prison

prussian

proven

pullen

question

random

quicken

ration

raven

reason

rayon

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

riden

ribbon

ridden

ripen

robin

rincon

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rosin

rounding

rowan

rowen

rumen

ruin

russian

saffron

salmon

saxon

sadden

salesman

samson

scallion

satan

sanction

sandman

scullion

scion

seaman

season

zaman

section

seedsman

tarpon

scotsman

sentence

selden

seton

sexton

sharpen

shotgun

sequin

seven

shaken

sermon

shaman

shearman

session

shipman

shogun

showman

shrunken

shunting

sicken

silken

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

smitten

smoothen

soldan

semen

sodden

soften

solon

toman

sovereign

sovran

sounding

soundings

sometimes

spearman

smoothing

spoken

sportsman

squadron

squinting

spokesman

stallion

stockman

stepson

stillion

steven

stiffen

statesman

station

stolen

straighten

strengthen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

sudden

suction

sullen

summon

torsion

sunken

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

syphon

tendon

tension

tandem

talon

tappen

taken

tendons

something

teston

thousand

threaten

token

tillman

thicken

sundown

toughen

townsman

tuscan

traction

treason

tubman

trodden

trojan

trillion

turban

sometime

union

wooden

undine

urban

urson

urchin

urine

woodman

woven

vegan

vulcan

version

villain

vision

vintner

vintners

wanting

wagon

watchman

waken

weaken

weapon

wheaten

widen

wizen

winding

whitson

wiccan

woman

windmill

windmills

women

woolman

woolen

workman

worsen

written

yachtsman

smoothens

somethings

zircon

3 syllable words

aryan

abandon

ablation

ablution

abduction

accession

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accretion

acumen

addiction

addition

adhesion

admission

african

adrian

adsorption

adoption

affection

affliction

albion

alaskan

aegean

aggression

albumin

alderman

aleutian

allusion

alien

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

andean

anchorman

anglican

andante

antennas

antenna

appian

anyone

apportion

anything

artesian

arian

arkansan

artisan

assassin

aspersion

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attention

audition

attrition

australian

austrian

aversion

avian

attraction

awaken

ascension

badminton

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandwagon

bandanas

battalion

bedizen

beethoven

bedouin

bedridden

beholden

bandana

biotin

bentonite

bitumen

bosnian

benjamin

bouillon

campion

brazilian

bulletin

cambrian

cantonal

capsaicin

cardigan

cation

carnation

cartesian

catalan

carrion

castration

caucasian

causation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

champion

charwoman

cessation

cinnamon

chilean

cistercian

citation

conclusion

concussion

citizen

clergyman

clarendon

coercion

cognition

collagen

collegian

collision

collusion

cohesion

collection

commission

clarion

concession

combustion

commotion

commitment

communion

companion

commuting

compassion

conception

completion

compression

compulsion

complexion

compunction

commitments

concoction

civilian

condensate

condensates

condition

condiment

conduction

confection

condiments

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

congressman

connection

conjunction

connexion

conscription

construction

constriction

consumption

contagion

container

containment

containers

contemplate

contemplates

contender

continent

contention

contenders

contented

contentions

contentment

continents

contingents

contortion

contingent

contraction

continue

continued

continues

contraption

contusion

contrition

conversion

convection

convention

conviction

corruption

convulsion

correction

corrosion

corsican

councilman

countenance

countryman

condenser

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

declension

decision

deception

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

derision

desertion

depression

description

dorian

destruction

detection

detention

determine

devotion

dictation

digression

digestion

diffraction

diffusion

dilation

dilution

dimension

discipline

direction

discussion

discretion

dispersion

diversion

distortion

disruption

dissection

dissension

distraction

distinction

disunion

dominion

division

donation

donations

downtrodden

duration

edition

elation

election

eleven

egyptian

ejection

elison

cremation

embolden

emblazon

emission

emitting

emotion

emulsion

emotions

encryption

endanger

endangered

endangers

endemic

endowment

enlighten

enliven

entangle

entangled

englishman

endowments

entombment

equation

eruption

erection

erosion

etruscan

evasion

everyone

eviction

exclusion

exhaustion

exertion

excursion

exemption

expansion

extortion

explosion

expression

expulsion

exaction

extension

fabian

extrusion

fandango

extraction

fenian

feminine

ferryman

fijian

filtration

fisherman

extinction

fixation

flirtation

forbidden

exception

flotation

foramen

forewoman

forgotten

formation

excision

foundation

excretion

franciscan

freemason

freudian

ghanaian

frustration

fruition

fustian

galleon

garrison

gestation

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gillian

creation

gordian

gravamen

gradation

guncotton

grobian

guardian

handwoven

gyration

halcyon

hammerman

halogen

hawaiian

heartbroken

harlequin

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

housebroken

hydration

immersion

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

impassion

imagine

implosion

in-person

inaction

imprison

impression

incision

inception

inclusion

indians

indian

indenture

indentured

indentures

indium

infarction

induction

infection

inflation

infusion

inhuman

inflection

infliction

infraction

ingestion

jacobin

injunction

instruction

injection

insertion

inspection

inscription

intended

intensely

intensive

intention

intentions

intently

intestine

intentioned

intimate

intimates

intrusion

irian

invasion

inversion

invention

irishman

italian

jamaican

javelin

janthina

incursion

jettison

korean

jovian

lactation

keratin

keynesian

landowner

lanolin

lanthanum

laurentian

lecithin

laotian

libyan

libration

ligation

londoner

location

logician

londoners

lumberman

mandarin

lutheran

lesbian

malayan

maintenance

malaysian

magician

magdalen

margarine

marian

masculine

occasion

median

medallion

crestfallen

medicine

menhaden

melanin

mexican

midshipman

migration

minuteman

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

monotone

mountaineer

mountaineers

munition

myosin

munitions

muskmelon

musician

mutation

narration

negation

nebraskan

nevadan

moroccan

nemean

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

norwegian

nonunion

notation

nonhuman

nubian

nutrition

obsession

objection

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

julian

odeon

omission

landmasses

opinion

outspoken

landowners

oration

optation

optician

origin

ottoman

ovation

orion

overdone

overman

overrun

oppression

oxygen

pantheon

pandemic

pantomime

parthian

partition

partisan

parisian

patrician

pavilion

pelican

penitent

pentathlon

permian

policeman

percussion

perception

perfection

permission

phrygian

persuasion

phoenician

petition

peterman

perversion

physician

plantation

plebeian

perfusion

pollution

porcelain

position

predation

possession

precaution

precession

presumption

precision

preclusion

predestine

prediction

preemption

prescription

puritan

pretension

privation

probation

procession

production

profession

profusion

progression

projection

promotion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

protean

prostration

provision

prevention

protection

quotation

ramadan

randomly

reaction

randomize

sedation

rebellion

regression

recession

recision

relation

religion

remission

reception

remittance

reflection

reopen

reduction

redemption

rendition

regimen

rejection

reptilian

repression

retention

rescission

resumption

resection

restriction

retraction

reunion

rhodopsin

reversion

revision

rifleman

revulsion

rotation

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

scorpion

samoan

scythian

secession

seclusion

secretion

seduction

sedition

sentences

sentiment

selection

sentinel

sentinels

sentiments

skeleton

silicon

simian

singleton

technician

solomon

solution

sensation

snapdragon

sumatran

stagnation

specimen

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

suburban

subversion

succession

subtraction

subscription

suggestion

summation

summations

suppression

superman

suspension

suspicion

tactician

syrian

tamarin

tantamount

talisman

taxation

temptation

tendencies

tendency

toboggan

thespian

timberman

transition

unbroken

tradition

transaction

translation

transmission

transfusion

transgression

transcription

unbutton

truncation

tuition

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

undaunted

uneven

unison

untangle

untimely

undoing

undying

unthinking

unwritten

uterine

vacation

unwitting

vatican

venetian

venison

veteran

vibration

vocation

volition

vermilion

vitamin

vomiting

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abnegation

abolition

abyssinian

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

activation

adaptation

accusation

acquisition

admiration

abdication

adrenaline

adoration

adulation

admonition

affectation

affirmation

agitation

advocation

albanian

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

aggravation

aggregation

algerian

algonquian

alteration

allocation

altercation

alternation

allegation

american

amphibian

ammunition

anatomy

annotation

anathema

animation

anatomist

annexation

amputation

andantino

apparition

appalachian

appellation

apprehension

application

approbation

arizonan

antimatter

armenian

arthurian

arabian

arbitration

armageddon

antinomy

aspiration

assemblyman

athenian

assyrian

augmentation

attribution

aviation

avocation

barbarian

bavarian

backwardation

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

californian

calibration

businesswoman

calculation

benediction

canadian

canadians

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centenary

centurion

centennial

centimetre

centimetres

chameleon

circumvention

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

coalition

collodion

cogitation

collocation

coloration

comedian

columbian

comedians

combination

commendation

commutation

coloradan

committeeman

comparison

compensation

competition

concentration

computation

compilation

composition

comprehension

complication

comedienne

condemnation

condemnations

condensation

contemptible

confirmation

confrontation

conjugation

confiscation

congregation

conflagration

connotation

consecration

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

conservation

constellation

consolation

consummation

contaminate

contaminates

contemplation

containerized

contemplative

condescension

continental

contingency

continentals

continual

contingencies

continuance

contraception

contradiction

conversation

contemptuously

convocation

corinthian

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

corp.

corporation

coronation

correlation

cotyledon

contrarian

contravention

contribution

countenances

cultivation

custodian

criterion

crocodilian

culmination

crucifixion

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

dedication

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

defamation

definition

deformation

degradation

delegation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

deposition

deportation

depravation

derivation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

demonstration

desecration

desiccation

desolation

destination

destitution

desperation

devastation

deviation

detonation

devonian

devolution

dietitian

dilatation

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

diminution

disillusion

disinfection

designation

dislocation

disinflation

disposition

disputation

dissertation

dispensation

dissolution

distillation

dissipation

distribution

dominican

domination

draconian

divination

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

elocution

elongation

emigration

emulation

emotional

endangerment

entanglement

englishwoman

entanglements

equitation

equestrian

estonian

eritrean

european

eustachian

erudition

estimation

evocation

evolution

expiration

excitation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

excavation

expectation

expedition

explanation

exposition

exploitation

exploration

exhumation

explication

fabrication

extrication

fallopian

fascination

extradition

fermentation

federation

figuration

fibrillation

floridian

foliation

fluoridation

fluctuation

formulation

exclamation

fragmentation

emanation

fundamental

fundamentals

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

gastrulation

germination

fumigation

embarkation

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

gregorian

graduation

gravitation

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

hesitation

herculean

historian

himalayan

hibernation

gondwanaland

hungarian

implantation

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

ibuprofen

ianthina

ideation

illustration

imitation

immigration

imperfection

importation

immolation

imposition

implication

imputation

incantation

impregnation

inattention

inattentive

incarnation

inclination

intensify

incubation

indentation

indication

indexation

indemnity

indemnities

indigestion

indignation

indiscretion

infestation

indonesian

infiltration

inflammation

information

inhalation

inhibition

irritation

innovation

installation

inspiration

instigation

institution

integration

insulation

insurrection

inquisition

intangible

intangibles

intemperate

irrigation

intensified

intensity

intimately

intentional

intimation

intensively

interaction

intercession

interception

interdiction

interjection

intermission

intimations

indemnify

interurban

interwoven

interruption

intimacy

intersection

intervention

intimidate

intonation

intonations

introduction

introspection

intuition

inundation

iranian

invitation

invocation

intimidates

isolation

intensifies

iteration

jacobean

intensities

indecision

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

levitation

liberation

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

litigation

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

machination

macedonian

malnutrition

mammalian

malformation

manumission

maturation

medication

mediation

menstruation

meditation

melanesian

meridian

misbegotten

ministration

minnesotan

miseration

misconception

misperception

missourian

moderation

mitigation

modulation

molestation

monotony

monatomic

mongolian

moravian

mountaineering

mortification

motivation

napoleon

navigation

mutilation

newtonian

nestorian

nigerian

nicaraguan

nonpartisan

noblewoman

nomination

nonprescription

oblivion

obsidian

obligation

observation

obfuscation

obstetrician

jubilation

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

operation

orchestration

ordination

ostentation

oscillation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

pagurian

pagination

opposition

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

peruvian

planarian

perspiration

plutonian

pigmentation

perturbation

politician

polyhedron

polynesian

praetorian

population

presentation

preignition

predetermine

predilection

preparation

preelection

premonition

preservation

preconception

precondition

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

profanation

propagation

prostitution

proposition

prosecution

protozoan

provocation

publication

protestation

punctuation

radiation

recantation

readmission

realization

reawaken

reassertion

masturbation

recognition

recitation

reclamation

recollection

recreation

reformation

refutation

reexamine

registration

reconstruction

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rumination

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vacillation

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vanadium

variation

veneration

ventilation

victorian

vegetation

vindication

violation

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

validation

valuation

incrustation

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abbreviation

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

accumulation

abomination

adulteration

adjudication

administration

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alleviation

amazonian

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anatomically

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argumentation

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assemblywoman

association

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brobdingnagian

conciliation

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entomologist

entomologists

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ethiopian

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fundamentalists

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gasification

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harmonization

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indonesians

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ionization

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mathematician

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representation

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resuscitation

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russification

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theologian

triangulation

unitarian

undeniable

undeniably

unification

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

washingtonian

vulgarization

yugoslavian

incrimination

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Words that rhyme with the word wanton

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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

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:

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