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

action

acton

adorn

adorns

alan

airman

alban

alman

amman

ashen

apron

arson

aspen

auction

asian

atman

auden

austin

bastion

baldwin

bagman

bargain

baron

barren

banyan

barton

bason

bacon

basin

baston

baton

bellon

batten

batton

bayman

beckon

beaten

beacon

bellman

begun

bedrooms

bedroom

belgian

bordman

billon

billion

billman

bison

bisson

bitten

boatman

bludgeon

bolden

blowgun

bobbin

copeman

bollen

blacken

bookman

bourbon

bowman

boston

breton

brighten

broaden

brethren

briton

brogan

brazen

broken

burden

burman

burdon

burgeon

burton

bullion

bushman

calvin

button

cabin

cajun

caisson

canaan

cannon

caption

carbon

captain

capstan

carman

carmine

canyon

caution

carton

cauldron

caxton

cayman

certain

canon

canton

chairman

chaplain

chapman

churchman

charon

chessman

chevron

chicken

chasten

cheapen

chieftain

christian

children

chosen

citrin

christen

citron

citrine

classman

coachman

claxon

clinton

colon

common

boughten

brakeman

corban

cousin

cordon

craftsman

cotton

cowan

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

craven

curtain

cutworms

cutworm

cuban

cumin

dampen

dalton

daman

dagon

damson

darken

deaden

deafen

deacon

daydreams

daydream

delphian

demon

cushion

dagan

desman

bracken

devon

dethrone

dian

diction

dustman

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dragon

driven

dromon

drunken

dudgeon

dungeon

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

ermine

emption

engine

ensign

falcon

faction

fallen

famine

foreman

faustian

faulcon

fatten

fashion

fasten

felon

fibrin

fielden

fiction

fireman

firman

fission

foreign

flashgun

flatten

floren

flexion

footman

fortune

fraction

freshen

fountain

freedman

freshman

freeman

friction

frighten

frozen

gammon

garden

gallon

fusion

garron

gascon

function

gentian

georgian

german

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

golden

gluten

goodman

gorgon

gotten

gowan

grandson

graven

guardsman

griffon

gumption

gudgeon

grecian

hackman

hadron

haitian

harden

harken

hangman

happen

hausen

heaven

hearten

hasten

headman

hawthorn

headsman

hawthorns

heathen

heighten

homespun

hempen

hetman

heron

hessian

horseman

henchman

hogan

hidden

huntsman

houseman

hoten

hydrant

harten

hoven

human

hydrants

haven

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

headroom

zircon

mountain

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jason

keelson

jetton

jordan

jorden

junction

kelson

kalan

kansan

kelvin

klansman

kirkman

kenyan

kitchen

kremlin

kitten

lampron

landman

lagan

laden

landsman

latin

layman

leaven

ledden

latrine

latrines

leaden

lemon

leman

lengthen

legion

lessen

lesion

lesson

leven

lightman

lichen

lighten

linemen

lineman

liman

linen

lion

listen

lockman

london

loren

longan

liven

locken

logan

loosen

lopeman

martian

markman

marlin

lotion

lumen

luncheon

margin

m1

mahone

madden

lynden

maiden

marchman

mansion

mangan

lyden

marksman

marron

marten

melon

liken

matron

matrons

martin

melton

mayan

mason

mention

linden

midterms

midterm

mignon

lisbon

milken

million

minden

minion

mitten

mission

modern

moderns

mormon

morgan

molten

moisten

mullen

muslin

muffin

motion

mutton

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

packman

often

omen

olden

onion

open

option

organ

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

outruns

oven

odin

owen

oxen

paean

pardon

parson

panton

nation

pathan

passman

passion

patron

pattern

patten

patrons

patterned

patterns

pectin

pavon

penman

pension

penguin

peon

persian

perron

person

pillion

pitman

plantain

pigeon

pinion

piston

plankton

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

poison

portion

portman

postman

potion

ponton

pagan

pressman

prison

sportsman

deepen

pullen

proven

prussian

quadrant

quicken

question

ration

rayon

reckon

raven

reason

storming

redden

region

resin

rerun

retrench

return

returns

rosen

roman

rotten

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rincon

russian

rosin

rumen

runnion

rowan

rowen

ruin

sadden

salmon

saffron

salesman

samson

scotsman

sanction

satan

santon

satin

saturn

sauterne

saturns

sauternes

scallion

saxon

scion

shorten

scullion

seaman

season

shotgun

section

selden

semen

sequin

sermon

sharpen

shearman

seven

shaman

seedsman

session

seton

sexton

shaken

showman

shipman

shrunken

shogun

statesman

siren

silken

sicken

siphon

solon

smarten

soldan

slacken

slogan

smitten

sodden

soften

spokesman

stallman

sovran

spartan

sovereign

spoken

southern

spearman

squadron

squadrons

stallion

station

steering

stepson

stolen

stillion

stockman

stiffen

stirring

sternpost

steven

stirrings

stormy

straighten

toughen

sterner

strangle

sternly

strangely

strangers

strangler

stranger

traction

sternposts

strengthen

strengthens

streamline

streaming

streamers

stringent

sturgeon

stringers

stringer

stringy

striven

stronghold

strongholds

suasion

stroma

strongly

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

summon

sunken

surgeon

swollen

sylvan

talon

sweeten

syphon

taken

tarpon

tartan

tappen

tendon

tension

teston

straining

threaten

tighten

toman

tillman

thicken

thousand

token

titan

torsion

townsman

triton

stricken

trojan

yachtsman

treason

tubman

trillion

trodden

turban

tuscan

tungsten

undone

urchin

urban

urson

urine

union

vegan

version

villain

vision

vulcan

warden

warren

wanton

wagon

waken

watchman

weaken

weapon

whiten

wheaten

whitson

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

workman

women

wooden

worsen

woodman

woolen

woolman

streamer

woven

written

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

abdomen

ablution

abortion

abrasion

accession

abstraction

absorption

abstention

accretion

acumen

adhesion

adherents

addition

addiction

adherence

adherent

admission

adoption

adrenal

adornment

adoring

adrian

adsorption

affection

affliction

aegean

african

aggression

alaskan

alderman

albion

albumin

anchorman

aleutian

alsatian

allusion

alien

ambition

ambrosian

andean

anglican

anyone

appian

attrition

apportion

arian

audition

aspersion

arkansan

artisan

artesian

ascension

aryan

assertion

assumption

attraction

battalion

attention

assassin

atrium

attorneys

attorney

asuncion

atriums

australian

aversion

austrian

backgammon

awaken

avian

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

battering

bedizen

bedouin

beethoven

beholden

bedridden

betterment

benjamin

bettering

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

buttermilk

bulletin

campion

cambrian

abandon

cardigan

capsaicin

champion

cetacean

carnation

castration

catalan

caucasian

causation

cartesian

carrion

cation

cessation

chamberlain

chairperson

chairwoman

charlatan

citation

charwoman

cistercian

chattering

chilean

civilian

cinnamon

citizen

clarendon

clarion

coercion

clergyman

cognition

collegian

cohesion

commission

compression

collection

collision

collusion

combustion

collagen

compulsion

compassion

companion

complexion

commotion

completion

communion

compunction

conception

determine

concession

confection

concussion

condition

concoction

conduction

confession

congestion

determined

conflation

confucian

confusion

congressman

connection

connexion

conscription

determines

contrition

contagion

contention

construction

consumption

contortion

contraction

contraption

convection

convention

contusion

conversion

conclusion

cyprian

convulsion

conjunction

corrosion

correction

constriction

corsican

crestfallen

corruption

councilman

countryman

cremation

creation

crustacean

croatian

conviction

dalmatian

damnation

deception

decision

declension

deduction

deflection

defection

deflation

deletion

dentition

denizen

depiction

depletion

depression

derision

description

desertion

delusion

determent

detection

detention

destruction

deterrent

deterrence

deterrents

halogen

insertion

detriment

excretion

digression

dilation

dictation

diffraction

diffusion

digestion

direction

dimension

dilution

discipline

discretion

discussion

dispersion

disruption

dissection

diversion

distraction

dissension

distinction

distortion

dithyramb

disunion

division

doddering

dominion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

duration

ejection

edition

egyptian

eleven

elation

election

elison

emblazon

embolden

emulsion

etruscan

emission

emotion

encryption

eternal

erection

equation

erosion

eruption

englishman

evasion

enlighten

everyone

eviction

exaction

enliven

exception

excision

excursion

exemption

exclusion

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

extrusion

expression

extraction

extension

extortion

extinction

expulsion

explosion

fabian

forbidden

feathering

feminine

ferryman

fenian

fisherman

filtration

fixation

formation

flotation

flirtation

foramen

hammerman

fijian

forewoman

forgotten

foundation

freemason

franciscan

freudian

frustration

garrison

galleon

fustian

fruition

gathering

gatherings

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gordian

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gravamen

gradation

guardian

grobian

devotion

guncotton

gyration

halcyon

progression

harlequin

hydration

handwoven

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

hydrogen

housebroken

incursion

hawaiian

illusion

ignition

immersion

imagine

impassion

impression

imprison

implosion

in-person

inaction

inception

inclusion

incision

infarction

indian

induction

infection

inflation

inflection

ingestion

injection

infraction

inhuman

infliction

infusion

injunction

inscription

instruction

intention

intestine

intrusion

inspection

inversion

invention

invasion

irishman

italian

irian

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

korean

keratin

keynesian

lactation

laurentian

lanolin

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

lettering

ligation

libyan

lumberman

masculine

maternal

location

logician

lutheran

libration

lutherans

magdalen

magician

malayan

mandarin

margarine

malaysian

marian

matronly

medallion

medicine

median

melanin

migration

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

narration

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

modernists

mistaken

modernist

modernize

moroccan

mutation

mothering

motoring

munition

musician

myosin

overrun

negation

nebraskan

neutering

nemean

nevadan

nitrogen

niacin

nobleman

occasion

nonhuman

notation

norwegian

nonunion

nutrient

nutrition

obsession

objection

nutrients

nubian

obstruction

octillion

occlusion

oxygen

odorant

omission

oppression

optation

optician

oration

opinion

origin

ottoman

orion

outermost

overdone

overman

outspoken

ovation

odeon

paternal

parisian

parthian

patrician

partisan

partition

pentathlon

pavilion

perception

patronage

patronize

pelican

perfection

percussion

perfusion

permian

permission

persuasion

peterman

perversion

petition

phoenician

physician

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

possession

position

powdering

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

predation

prescription

predestine

prediction

preemption

pretension

presumption

prevention

privation

probation

procession

production

profession

profusion

maturing

prostration

protection

proportion

propulsion

proscription

projection

promotion

protean

provision

puritan

quotation

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

recession

reception

recision

redemption

reduction

regression

reflection

regimen

rejection

relation

remission

rendition

reopen

repression

religion

reptilian

rescission

resection

retention

restriction

retirements

resumption

retiring

retraction

reversion

retrenchment

retrenchments

reunion

revision

revulsion

rotation

saccharin

rifleman

rhodopsin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

scorpion

scattering

secretion

secession

scythian

seclusion

sedation

selection

sensation

seduction

sedition

simian

silicon

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

stagnation

southerners

southernmost

southerner

specimen

starvation

strangulate

strengthening

transmission

submersion

stringency

strontium

stygian

submission

suburban

subversion

succession

subscription

subtraction

superman

summation

suggestion

sumatran

suppression

transgression

suspension

tactician

syrian

tamarin

talisman

taxation

technician

temptation

transaction

timberman

thespian

toboggan

tradition

transcription

suspicion

transfusion

transition

translation

utterance

vatican

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unbutton

uterine

uneven

unison

unwritten

vacation

vermilion

venison

venetian

veteran

vocation

veterans

vibration

vitamin

watering

watermark

volition

watermarks

wesleyan

weathering

withering

zambian

yttrium

4 syllable words

aberration

abnegation

abolition

abdication

absolution

abyssinian

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

adoration

accusation

acquisition

activation

admiration

adaptation

accordion

admonition

adrenaline

adrenalin

adrenergic

affirmation

affectation

adulation

advocation

agrarian

agitation

alabaman

albanian

aggravation

aldebaran

aggregation

algerian

algonquian

altercation

alteration

alternation

allocation

american

amphibian

ammunition

allegation

amputation

animation

apparition

annotation

appalachian

appellation

attribution

annexation

arbitration

arabian

approbation

apprehension

armageddon

arizonan

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

application

desperation

businesswoman

calculation

californian

calibration

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumvention

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

coalition

coloration

coloradan

collodion

collocation

columbian

combination

comedian

commendation

cogitation

comprehension

committeeman

comparison

commutation

compilation

competition

composition

complication

compensation

computation

concentration

confrontation

contravention

condemnation

condescension

condensation

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

contribution

connotation

consternation

consolation

constellation

constipation

conjugation

consummation

contemplation

consultation

contrarian

contraception

contradiction

conversation

corp.

consecration

conservation

convolution

constitution

copernican

corporation

correlation

corinthian

coronation

cotyledon

cultivation

convocation

congregation

crocodilian

criterion

crucifixion

culmination

copenhagen

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

decoration

declaration

decompression

dedication

deconstruction

determinant

defamation

deformation

dehydration

definition

degradation

delegation

determinants

demolition

deodorant

deodorants

demonstration

deportation

dereliction

deposition

derivation

depravation

depredation

cyclopean

desiccation

desolation

deprivation

determinate

desecration

designation

destination

demarcation

determinist

fabrication

destitution

detrimental

devastation

deviation

devolution

dietitian

dilatation

diocesan

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

dislocation

disinflation

dispensation

disposition

disputation

dissertation

distillation

distribution

dissipation

dissolution

divination

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

education

elongation

electrician

elevation

elocution

emanation

embarkation

estimation

emulation

englishwoman

eternally

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

emigration

estonian

eustachian

evocation

eternity

european

evolution

excitation

excavation

detonation

exclamation

execution

exhortation

exhalation

exhibition

exhumation

extrication

expectation

explanation

expedition

explication

expiration

exploitation

extradition

exposition

exploration

fallopian

father-in-law

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

foliation

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

fascination

formulation

fragmentation

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

galilean

fumigation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

graduation

guatemalan

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

habitation

devonian

incubation

hegelian

hibernation

hemoglobin

hesitation

herculean

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

ideation

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

imperfection

imitation

immolation

immigration

importation

implantation

imposition

impregnation

incrustation

implication

inattention

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

hydrometer

illustration

indication

indentation

indexation

indigestion

indignation

indonesian

indiscretion

infiltration

infestation

inflammation

information

innovation

inhalation

inhibition

inquisition

indecision

inspiration

instigation

installation

institution

mother-in-law

intercession

intermission

intersection

intervention

interaction

interception

interdiction

integration

interjection

interruption

interwoven

interurban

intimation

introspection

introduction

intuition

insulation

insurrection

invitation

invocation

iteration

irrigation

irritation

isolation

iranian

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

liberation

levitation

liberian

leviathan

librarian

lubrication

masturbation

limitation

litigation

locomotion

maturation

maccabean

macedonian

machination

mammalian

manumission

malformation

malnutrition

ministration

intonation

maternity

menstruation

matrimony

meridian

meditation

mediation

melanesian

medication

lilliputian

liquidation

minnesotan

misbegotten

inundation

misperception

moderation

mitigation

missourian

modernism

modernity

modernizes

molestation

mortification

moravian

modulation

motivation

mongolian

mutilation

napoleon

liquefaction

miseration

navigation

nestorian

nicaraguan

newtonian

nigerian

noblewoman

nomination

obstetrician

nonpartisan

observation

obfuscation

oblivion

obligation

obsidian

nonprescription

occupation

olympian

ohioan

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

ostentation

oscillation

octahedron

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

pagination

paternity

patrimony

patrimonial

patronymic

patronizes

patronizing

pedestrian

pavlovian

penetration

penicillin

pelagian

perforation

perturbation

perspiration

permutation

peruvian

persecution

planarian

pigmentation

plutonian

politician

polyhedron

population

polynesian

praetorian

misconception

predetermine

preelection

predilection

preignition

premonition

preparation

presentation

preservation

procreation

proclamation

precondition

profanation

preconception

protozoan

propagation

proposition

protestation

prosecution

provocation

prostitution

publication

prohibition

quadrennial

quaternary

radiation

readmission

recitation

reassertion

reawaken

recantation

realization

recollection

statistician

reclamation

recognition

punctuation

reelection

reformation

refutation

reexamine

registration

reinspection

regulation

repercussion

relocation

renovation

reservation

reparation

repetition

repossession

replication

reposition

reproduction

reputation

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tetrahedron

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utterances

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valerian

validation

vaccination

variation

veneration

vegetation

ventilation

violation

vindication

victorian

veterinary

visitation

wagnerian

trepidation

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abomination

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acceleration

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electrocution

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ethiopian

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examination

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exfoliation

exoneration

exoskeleton

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hanoverian

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imagination

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nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

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representation

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pronunciation

specialization

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subordination

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theologian

unitarian

unification

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

veterinarians

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

triangulation

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word watermelon

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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:

  • Month
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