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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word allegation.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
4 syllable words

allegation

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

abolition

acclamation

acclimation

activation

accusation

adaptation

adulation

admiration

advocation

affectation

aggregation

agitation

affirmation

aggravation

alabaman

allocation

allegations

allocations

alteration

amputation

animation

annotation

appellation

appalachian

annexation

application

approbation

aspiration

avocation

calculation

calibration

cancellation

celebration

circulation

collocation

combination

commendation

complication

connotation

commutation

compilation

conflagration

coronation

congregation

conjugation

consolation

consummation

correlation

culmination

convocation

cultivation

decimation

dedication

defamation

degradation

delegating

delegations

delegation

depredation

depravation

deprivation

derivation

desiccation

desecration

designation

desolation

detonation

destination

devastation

dilatation

maturation

divination

domination

duplication

education

elevation

emanation

emigration

elocution

emulation

estimation

fragmentation

equitation

fascination

fabrication

fermentation

fluoridation

granulation

fumigation

galilean

gastrulation

germination

graduation

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

imitation

immigration

immolation

inhalation

innovation

irrigation

isolation

jubilation

litigation

machination

malformation

medication

meditation

melanesian

regulation

mitigation

modulation

motivation

navigation

mutilation

nomination

obligation

occupation

oscillation

ordination

oxidation

palpitation

pagination

penetration

politician

population

propagation

presentation

proclamation

profanation

provocation

publication

realization

realizations

recitation

reclamation

recantation

renovation

replication

resignation

reputation

revelation

revocation

sanitation

saturation

segregation

speculation

strangulation

subluxation

suffocation

surrogation

tabulation

ventilation

violation

termination

vegetation

ulceration

vaccination

vacillation

validation

valuation

Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word allegation.
2 syllable words

action

acton

alan

airman

alban

alight

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

austin

auden

ballasts

bagman

banyan

baldwin

ballast

bargain

baron

barren

barton

basin

bason

bacon

bastion

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beckon

beacon

beaten

begun

belgian

bellman

bellon

billion

bison

bisson

blacken

blackouts

blockheads

billman

billon

bitten

blasted

blackout

blacktop

blackwood

blaster

blasting

blister

blastoff

blockades

blockade

blisters

blockhead

bulkhead

blowgun

bludgeon

boston

bollen

bordman

bolden

bookman

bobbin

bolstered

bolsters

bourbon

boatman

bolster

bluster

boughten

brethren

bluestone

bracken

brazen

breton

brighten

brakeman

briton

broaden

brogan

bowman

broken

bulkheads

bullion

bullshit

caisson

bushman

button

cabin

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cajun

calcite

calvin

calloused

canaan

cannon

canon

caption

canyon

capstan

captain

carman

carmine

cauldron

canton

carton

caution

caxton

cayman

carbon

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chasten

charon

chevron

children

cheapen

chessman

christian

churchman

chicken

claxon

classman

christen

citron

clinton

chieftain

chosen

cliched

cloister

cloistered

cloisters

closets

coachman

clustered

clusters

cluster

closedown

collect

closet

closedowns

collects

colon

common

corban

cordon

copeman

craftsman

cousin

cotton

cowan

craven

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

cushion

damson

dalton

dampen

dagan

dagon

daman

deaden

deafen

darken

daylight

daylights

deacon

deepen

delphian

delights

demon

desman

delight

devon

diction

dian

dolman

dolphin

drunken

dragon

dozen

driven

draftsman

dromon

dudgeon

dobson

doctrine

elan

dungeon

dustman

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

dulcet

elect

elects

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

fraction

faction

falcon

fallen

falsehoods

falsehood

faulcon

fashion

fasten

faustian

famine

fatten

felon

falstaff

fibrin

fiction

fielden

fission

flatten

firman

flaccid

flashgun

flexion

flagstone

flagstones

floren

flagstaffs

flaxseed

flagstaff

flighty

footman

foreman

foreign

flusters

fluster

fireman

fortune

fountain

freshen

freeman

freedman

freshman

friction

mason

frighten

gallon

gallstone

fusion

gallstones

gammon

gascon

garron

garden

gentian

georgian

gilden

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glisten

golden

goodman

glidden

gluten

gorgon

gotten

gowan

function

graven

grecian

gumption

grandson

gudgeon

guardsman

griffon

haitian

hangman

happen

harden

hailstone

hailstones

hailstorm

harken

harten

hasten

hackman

headsman

headman

haven

hausen

heaven

hearten

heathen

hempen

henchman

heighten

heron

hessian

hidden

hillside

horseman

hogan

holstein

homespun

houseman

hillsides

holster

hoten

huntsman

hoven

human

hyson

ibsen

hyphen

hymen

hetman

ion

junction

jetson

jackman

jason

jargon

jasmine

jetton

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kansan

kalan

kenyan

kelvin

klansman

kitchen

kirkman

kitten

kremlin

lagan

landsman

lampron

landman

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lengthen

latin

legion

leman

lessen

lesion

leven

lichen

lesson

lighten

liken

liman

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lion

linen

listen

lisbon

luncheon

london

liven

lockman

locken

logan

m1

longan

lyden

loosen

lotion

loren

lumen

lopeman

lynden

mahone

madden

maelstrom

maiden

mansion

mangan

marchman

margin

markman

marksman

marlin

marron

marten

martian

martin

frozen

matron

mayan

mention

melton

melon

million

mignon

milken

milestone

milestones

minion

mission

mitten

morgan

moisten

molest

molests

molten

mormon

motion

milkweed

muffin

mullen

mountain

millstone

nation

mutton

muslin

minden

newsman

ninon

nekton

notion

norman

oarsman

ocean

often

odin

oilseed

oilseeds

olden

omen

option

open

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

oxen

othman

packman

owen

paean

pagan

oven

passion

panton

parson

pardon

passman

pathan

patron

patten

pectin

penguin

pension

penman

peon

perron

person

persian

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

placid

plantain

placoid

plankton

platen

platten

plastics

plasters

placate

plaster

plastic

pavon

poison

rosin

polished

pollan

pollen

policed

portion

ponton

portman

potion

postman

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

ration

raven

rayon

pullen

question

quicken

reckon

onion

redden

reason

region

session

rerun

resin

ribbon

rincon

riden

ripen

ridden

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosen

rotten

russian

runnion

samson

rumen

rowen

ruin

sanction

rowan

salesman

saffron

sadden

salmon

santon

satan

satin

saxon

scallion

scullion

scotsman

scion

section

seaman

season

seedsman

selden

selects

semen

select

sequin

sermon

sexton

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

sharpen

shipman

shorten

shogun

shearman

showman

shotgun

shrunken

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

skylight

skylights

zircon

polecats

smarten

slighting

slogan

smitten

sodden

soften

slaughters

slightly

soldan

solon

solstice

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

station

stallion

squadron

spokesman

stepson

stallman

statesman

steven

stiffen

stockman

stolen

straighten

spoken

strengthen

suasion

sturgeon

stricken

striven

sportsman

suction

stillion

sudden

sunken

sultan

sullen

summon

surgeon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

syphon

taken

tension

tendon

teston

tarpon

threaten

tighten

tartan

thicken

titan

thousand

token

traction

torsion

toughen

townsman

toman

talon

triton

trodden

trojan

tungsten

treason

tubman

tuscan

turban

twilight

ulster

undone

union

urson

urban

urchin

vegan

urine

trillion

version

villain

tappen

vision

vulcan

tillman

wagon

watchman

whitson

waken

weapon

whiten

wanton

warden

warren

weaken

wheaten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woodman

woolman

workman

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

yachtsman

zaman

zion

written

yaupon

woven

yeoman

polecat

slaughter

3 syllable words

abduction

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abrasion

abortion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accession

accretion

acumen

addiction

adhesion

admission

addition

adrian

adsorption

adoption

aegean

affection

aggression

alaskan

affliction

african

albion

albumin

allocates

allocate

aleutian

alien

allusion

ambrosian

alderman

ambition

anchorman

andean

anyone

appian

apportion

arian

arkansan

ascension

anglican

artesian

artisan

aryan

aspersion

asuncion

assertion

attention

assassin

assumption

attraction

audition

aversion

australian

avian

austrian

awaken

attrition

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

ballistic

ballistics

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

bedouin

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

blastoderm

blessedly

blistering

blockaded

blockaders

blockader

bosnian

blustering

bouillon

brazilian

ignition

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

causation

cation

caucasian

cartesian

carrion

catalan

celestial

cetacean

chairperson

collegian

champion

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

cistercian

charwoman

chilean

citizen

cinnamon

citation

civilian

clarion

clergyman

clarendon

cohesion

cognition

coercion

coalesced

collagen

collection

collections

collective

collector

collected

collectors

combustion

collusion

commission

compassion

commotion

completion

communion

companion

complexion

compression

compunction

compulsion

concussion

conduction

conception

concession

condition

conclusion

confession

concoction

confection

conflation

conjunction

connection

congressman

connexion

collision

congestion

constriction

construction

consumption

confusion

contagion

confucian

contention

contortion

contrition

contusion

contraction

contraption

convection

convention

convulsion

conversion

conviction

correction

conscription

crustacean

corruption

creation

councilman

cremation

corsican

countryman

corrosion

croatian

crestfallen

collegiate

cyprian

declension

deception

decision

deduction

delegates

deflation

delegate

deflection

defection

deletion

delicate

delighted

delighting

delusion

delightful

denizen

dentition

depletion

depiction

depression

desertion

derision

description

detection

detention

determine

destruction

devotion

dialect

dictation

diffraction

dialects

diffusion

digestion

digression

dilution

direction

dimension

discipline

discretion

discussion

dispersion

disruption

distortion

dissection

dissension

distinction

distraction

disunion

diversion

division

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

dualist

edition

duration

egyptian

ejection

duelist

elation

election

elections

elective

elector

elastic

electors

electric

electrics

electro

electron

electrode

electrodes

electrons

elison

eleven

emblazon

embolden

emulsion

enlighten

emission

emotion

encryption

englishman

elicit

enliven

elicits

equation

erection

erosion

eruption

etruscan

evasion

everyone

eviction

exaction

exception

excretion

excision

exclusion

excursion

exertion

exemption

exhaustion

expansion

expulsion

extortion

expression

extension

extinction

extraction

fabian

extrusion

falsity

falsetto

ferryman

feminine

fenian

falsettos

filtration

flirtation

fixation

fisherman

formation

flotation

forgotten

fluctuate

fluctuates

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

flycatcher

foundation

fijian

explosion

freemason

franciscan

freudian

galleon

fustian

galactose

galactic

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

glistening

gradation

glaciate

gravamen

guardian

grobian

guncotton

gyration

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heroin

heartbroken

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

abandon

illusion

illustrates

illustrate

illicit

induction

immersion

impassion

implosion

impression

in-person

inaction

imprison

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

imagine

infarction

infection

inflation

inflection

infliction

injunction

ingestion

injection

infusion

infraction

inhuman

instruction

insertion

inspection

inscription

intention

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

intrusion

irishman

italian

irian

jacobin

jamaican

jettison

kantian

julian

javelin

jovian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lanolin

laotian

lecithin

laurentian

libration

lesbian

libyan

location

logician

lumberman

loyalists

loyalist

lutheran

magician

magdalen

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

fruition

frustration

regression

medallion

medicine

melanin

menhaden

mexican

migration

midshipman

median

misshapen

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

molesters

molested

moroccan

molester

mutation

myosin

musician

muskmelon

nebraskan

niacin

nihilists

nevadan

nemean

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

notation

norwegian

nutrition

nonunion

nubian

objection

obsession

obstruction

occlusion

occasion

octillion

omission

odeon

rescission

optation

oppression

optician

opinion

oration

origin

orion

ovation

ottoman

outspoken

oxygen

overdone

overrun

palisades

parthian

palisade

parisian

partisan

partition

overman

patrician

pavilion

pelican

percussion

perception

pentathlon

perfection

persuasion

permission

permian

perfusion

munition

perversion

plebeian

philistine

peterman

petition

physician

phrygian

philistines

phoenician

pilaster

pilasters

plastering

plasterwork

plasterer

placidly

pleistocene

policeman

pollution

possession

porcelain

position

precaution

precession

preclusion

precision

prediction

predestine

privation

preemption

presumption

pretension

prevention

procession

progression

probation

production

projection

prescription

profession

profusion

promotion

proportion

propulsion

proscription

prostration

protection

provision

relation

puritan

quotation

reaction

ramadan

realist

realists

recession

reception

recision

rebellion

reduction

redemption

reflection

reelect

protean

rejection

regimen

relegate

religion

relocate

reluctant

rendition

reopen

repression

resection

reptilian

resumption

remission

retention

rotation

restriction

revulsion

reversion

rhodopsin

revision

retraction

rifleman

reunion

royalist

saccharin

samoan

saleswoman

selection

scythian

seclusion

secretion

seduction

sedition

scorpion

secession

sensation

selections

selective

scholastic

skeleton

silicon

silicate

simian

silicates

singleton

snapdragon

solicit

solomon

solution

solicits

soloists

solstices

soloist

specimen

starvation

submersion

submission

subscription

stygian

succession

suburban

subtraction

subversion

suggestion

sumatran

superman

suppression

suspension

vibration

suspicion

syrian

tactician

talisman

translation

tamarin

slaughterhouse

temptation

technician

transgression

thespian

toboggan

transaction

tradition

transcription

transfusion

transition

truncation

venetian

transmission

tuition

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unbroken

uneven

unwritten

unison

uterine

vacation

vatican

venison

talkative

veteran

vermilion

vocation

vitamin

violists

violist

volition

zambian

wesleyan

waterman

timberman

4 syllable words

aberration

absolution

abyssinian

accordion

acquisition

adoration

admonition

adrenaline

albanian

agrarian

aldebaran

algerian

alligators

alligator

algonquian

altercation

alternation

ammunition

american

armageddon

amphibian

apparition

arbitration

apprehension

arabian

arizonan

arthurian

armenian

athenian

assemblyman

assyrian

aviation

attribution

augmentation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

californian

canadian

calisthenic

calisthenics

carcinogen

centurion

chalcedony

chameleon

circumspection

circumvention

circumcision

cogitation

coalition

collectible

collectively

collectibles

collectivist

collectivized

collectivize

coloration

columbian

collodion

coloradan

comedian

compensation

confiscation

competition

comparison

committeeman

composition

computation

condemnation

condensation

concentration

condescension

confirmation

comprehension

consecration

confrontation

constellation

consternation

constipation

consultation

constitution

contemplation

contraception

contribution

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

convolution

conversation

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

conservation

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

declaration

decompression

decoration

deconstruction

definition

deformation

dehydration

delectable

delicately

demarcation

demolition

deportation

deposition

demonstration

dereliction

destitution

desperation

deviation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

dielectric

disaffection

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

dispensation

dialectic

dislocation

disinflation

disinfection

disillusion

disposition

disputation

distillation

dissolution

dissertation

dissipation

distribution

draconian

dominican

dualistic

electioneer

electioneers

electorate

electorates

electrician

electricians

electrifies

electricals

electrify

electronic

electrolytes

electrolyte

electrocute

electronics

electroplate

elongation

elocutions

embarkation

explication

elucidate

englishwoman

elicited

expiration

eritrean

erudition

european

eustachian

evolution

evocation

estonian

exclamation

excavation

excitation

execution

exhalation

explanation

masturbation

exhibition

exhumation

expedition

equestrian

exploitation

exhortation

exploration

extradition

extrication

fallopian

federation

felicitate

felicity

fibrillation

formulation

figuration

exposition

floridian

foliation

fluctuation

fluctuations

fluctuating

expectation

electrical

generation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

hemoglobin

herculean

hegelian

inflammation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

ideation

illustration

illustrated

illustrations

illustrative

illustrator

implication

implantation

importation

imposition

imperfection

incarnation

impregnation

imputation

incantation

inattention

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indication

indignation

indigestion

indentation

indexation

indecision

indiscretion

indonesian

illustrators

infestation

infiltration

inhibition

inquisition

insulation

inspiration

installation

instigation

integration

institution

insurrection

intercession

intermission

interception

interdiction

interjection

interaction

intimation

intonation

interruption

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

inundation

introspection

introduction

invitation

invocation

jacobean

irritation

iranian

iteration

jurisdiction

jordanian

intuition

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

liberation

liberian

leviathan

lilliputian

librarian

liquefaction

limitation

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

mammalian

malnutrition

information

manumission

menstruation

meridian

custodian

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

miseration

misperception

missourian

mediation

moderation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

mortification

relocation

napoleon

nestorian

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

noblewoman

mollycoddle

nonprescription

obfuscation

oblivion

observation

obstetrician

obsidian

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

nonpartisan

opposition

operation

orchestration

ostentation

ovulation

paraguayan

pagurian

overburden

pavlovian

pelagian

pedestrian

persecution

penicillin

perspiration

perforation

permutation

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

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polyhedron

polynesian

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praetorian

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procreation

prohibition

proposition

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realistic

oleaster

recognition

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recollection

prostitution

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reelection

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reexamine

refutation

registration

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protozoan

relocations

repetition

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reposition

repossession

reservation

requisition

resolution

reproduction

republican

respiration

restoration

restitution

resurrection

retardation

retrocession

rhododendron

reluctantly

retribution

revolution

rhetorician

rumination

samaritan

satisfaction

segmentation

sectarian

self-deception

separation

sequestration

simulation

shakespearean

situation

siberian

simonian

sicilian

smithsonian

solicitors

solicitude

solicitor

statistician

stipulation

subdivision

substitution

stimulation

supposition

supervision

superhuman

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syndication

tasmanian

tetrahedron

toleration

titillation

transformation

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transplantation

transportation

trepidation

velocity

utopian

usurpation

variation

valerian

velocities

vindication

veneration

tamoxifen

victorian

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

accommodation

academician

acceleration

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

agglomeration

affiliation

alliteration

alleviation

amplification

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amelioration

amazonian

annihilation

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augustinian

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beethovenian

brobdingnagian

caledonian

capitulation

cauterization

carolinian

carthaginian

certification

centralization

centenarian

christianization

clarification

civilization

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

collectivism

commemoration

communication

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conciliation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

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consolidation

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continuation

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consideration

delicatessen

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

degeneration

defenestration

deliberation

deification

delicatessens

denomination

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denunciation

depreciation

desegregation

desalination

determination

dialectical

dionysian

discoloration

discrimination

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disintegration

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dissemination

dissociation

dissatisfaction

elaboration

domestication

edification

ejaculation

elasticity

electricity

electrocution

electrocutions

electroplating

electrostatic

elizabethan

elimination

elucidative

emancipation

epicurean

enumeration

equalization

equivocation

evacuation

evaluation

evaporation

ethiopian

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

electrically

exasperation

extermination

expropriation

fertilization

fortification

expatriation

glorification

harmonization

hanoverian

imagination

hydrogenation

hybridization

humiliation

hyperinflation

illumination

hyperborean

illegitimate

infatuation

immunization

inactivation

inauguration

indoctrination

improvisation

incarceration

incrimination

incorporation

incineration

inhabitation

initiation

inoculation

insemination

interrogation

insinuation

interpolation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpretation

intimidation

intoxication

investigation

ionization

irradiation

justification

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

libertarian

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

maximilian

mechanization

metropolitan

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

modification

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

notification

normalization

nonsectarian

obliteration

origination

ossification

organization

ornamentation

oregonian

orientation

panamanian

pasteurization

participation

patagonian

overproduction

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

preoccupation

presupposition

procrastination

prognostication

proletarian

proliferation

pronunciation

presbyterian

quantification

purification

pythagorean

reaffirmation

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realistically

recombination

recommendation

rectification

recuperation

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recrimination

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renunciation

repatriation

remuneration

retaliation

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

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reverberation

russification

sanctification

sedimentation

scandinavian

simplification

solicitation

solicitations

sophistication

specialization

specification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

verification

unitarian

vaporization

vegetarian

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word allegation

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
  • Walrus
  • Orange

Rhyming Dictionary


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